Inaugural 4ddress of Goa. Taylor.
Elected. by the American People to the highest
office known to our laws, I appear here to take the
oath prescribed bfyy the Constitution; and, in corn.
pliances with a llp ,- prhontired custom , to-itultlrtss
those v -- iho are now assembled.
The confidence and respect shown by my coun
trymen in calling me tote the Chief
of a Republic holding a high rank a mong the,lia
tions of the earth; have :inspired me with feelints
of the most profound gratitude; butoivhen I reflect
that the acceptance of the office which their par
tiality has bestowed, imposes the discharge of the
most arduous duties, and involves the weightiest
obligations, I am conscious that the raition which
I have been called to fill, though sufficient to satisfy
the loftiest ambition is surrounded by fearful re
sponsibilities. Happily, however, in the perfor
'mance of my new duties, I shall not be without
'able co-opeiation. The Legislative and Judicial
branches of the government present prominent ex
amples of distinguished civic, attainments and ma
tured experience; and it shall be my endeavor to
to nay assistance in the Executive Depart
ments, individuals whose - talents, integrity and
purity of character will furnish ample guaranties
for the faithful and honorable performance of the
trusts to be committed to their charge. With such
aids, and an honest purpose to do whatever is right,
I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for
the best interests of the country, the manifold duties
devolved upon me.
In the• discharge of these duties, my guide will
be the Constitution, which I this day swear to
"preserve, protect, and defend." For the anterpre
, tation 'Of that instrument, I shall look to the deci
sions of the Judicial Tribunals established by its
authority, and to the practice of the government
under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a
share in its formation. To the example of those
illUstrinus patriots I shall always defer with rever
ence; and especially to his example who was, by
so many titles, "the Father of his Country."
To command the Army and Navy of the United
States; with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to make Treaties and appoint Ambassadors and
other officers;-to givetto Congress information of
the state of the Union,hnd recommend such meas
ures as he shall judge to be necessary; and to take
rare that the laws shall be faithfully executed—
these are the most important functions entrusted
to the President by the - Constitution; and it may
' be expected that I shall, briefly, indicate the prin
ciples which will control me in their execution.
Chosen by the body of the people, under the as
surance that my administration would be devoted
to the.-welfare of the whole country, and not to the
support of any particular section or merely local
interest, I this day renew the declarations I have
heretofore made, and proclaim my fixed determina
tion to maintain, to the extent of my ability, the
government in its original purity, and to adopt as
the basis of my public 'policy those great republi
can/doctrines which constitute the strength of our
national existence.
In reference to the Army and Navy, lately em
ployed with so much distinction on active service,
. care shall be taken to ensure the highest condition
of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object, the
military and: naval schools, sustained by the libe•
rainy of Congress, shall receive the special atten
tion of the Executive.
As American freemen, we cannot but sympathise
in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and politi
cal liberty; but, at the same time, we are warned
by the admonitions of history-, and the voice of our
own beloved Washington, to abstain from entang
ling alliances with foreign nations. In all disputes
between conflicting Governments, it is our interest,
not less than our duty, to z• - bmain strictly neutral;
while our geographical position, the genius of our
institutions and our people, the advancing spirit of
civilization, and, aboverall, the .dictates of religion,
direct us to the cultivation of peaceful and friendly
relations with all other Powers. It is to be hoped
that no international question can now arise which
a Government, confident in its own strength, and
resolved to protect its own just rights, may not
settle by wise negotiation, and it eminently becomes
a Government like our own, founded on the morali
ty and intelligence of its citizens, and upheld by
their affections, to exhaust every resort of honorable
diplomacy before appealing to arms. In the con
duet of our foreign relations I shall conform to
these views, as I believe them essential to the best
interests and the true honor of the country.
The appointing power vested in the President,
imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it
is possible to be informed, I shall make honesty,
capacity, and fidelity, indispensable pre requisites
to the bestowal of office, and the absence of either
of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause
for removal.
It shall be my study to recommend such consti
tutional measures to Congress as may be necessary
and proper to secure encouragement and protection
to the great interests of Agriculture, Commerce,
and Manufactures; to improve our rivers and har
bors; to provide for the speedy extinguishment of
the public debt; to enforce a strict accountability
on the part of all officers of the Government, and
the utmost economy in all public expenditures.
.But it is for the wisdom of Congress itself, in which
all legislative powers are vested by the Constitution,
to regulate these and other matters of domestic
policy. I shall look with confidence to the en
lightened patriotism of that body to adopt such
measures of conciliation as may harmonize conflict
ing interests, and tend to perpetuate that Union
which should be the paramount object of our hopes
and affections. In any action calculated to pro
mote an object so near the heart of every one who
truly loves his country, I will zealously unite with
the co-ordinate branches of the Government.
In conclusion, I congratulate you, my fellow
citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which
the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted
our common country. Let us invoke a'continuance
of the same protecting care, which has led us from
small beginnings to the, eminence we this day oc
cupy, and let us seek to deserve that continuance
by prudence and moderation in' our councils; by
well-directed attempts to assuage the hitteMess
which too often marks unavoidable cliff-
opinion; by the promulgation and practice of just
and liberal principles; and by an enlarged patriot
ism which shall acknowledge no limits but those
61 our own wide-spread Republic.
March 5, 1849.
Case of Return to Reason After
Forty Years' Insanity.
The Boston Traveller gives the particulars of this
remarkable case, previously mentioned. The per
son is named Robbins, was formerly a shoemaker
by trade, and About the age of 24 lost his wife, and
soon his reason. He was confined in the poor
house, and wad farined out, among other paupers.
He had his feet frozen so badly that they had to be
amputated.
About a year ago, Robbins first began to exhibit
signs of returning reason. It was observed that he
paid more attention to personal cleanliness. He
was encouraged, and shortly appeared—after the
lapse of nearly half a century—in the clothing of
a man. Soon after he was allowed to wander
about the building, and at times he would turn to
and help in light work, such as husking corn, &c
Finally, he began to talk of persons and places
familiar in his youthful days, before reason was
clouded; but beyond that period, all to him is blank.
He described with perfect accuracy places of which
he was conversant in his earlier days; spoke of the
companions of that period; of one in particular,
whom he denominated "a gal," though if now living
she ha-4 attained to over three score years. He has
been tried in various ways as to the verge of his
memory; but it always stops at the commencement
of his insanity. One day the marriage of an ac-
Oaintance, which took place in his early days of
reason, was mentioned, and the name of the bride
intentionally mittated. He instantly corrected the
error, and gave the right name. When asked in
what year he was born, he replied, " About 1786"
—but still insists that he is but twenty four yeirs
Of age. At the last accounts he continued to im
prove, and it was hoped that reason was again
firmly seated upon her throne.
Two Persons Burnt to Death.
CLEARFIELD, March 5.,
On Sunday morning, the 18th of February, the
residence of Joan WODEL in Lawrence township,
was destroyed by fire, and his father, (at an advan
ced age) and his infant child, were consumed with
the building. Mr. Wodel had kindled a fire and
returned to bed. Presently he awoke from hearing
a noise, and on opening the door leading from the
bed-room to the kitchen the flames burst in in such
volume that he, could not shut it again. He sprang
to a window. There he was also met by the same
devouring element. But through the window, as
their only chance, he, his- wife, and their eldest
child,succeeded in effecting their escape, after being
most shockingly burned. Thus almost entirely
naked, they ran to Mr. Ardery's nearly half a mile,
when the thermometer was ranging from 5 to 10
+degrees below zero. Mrs. W. had her infant (about
two weeks old) in her arms, but lost it in the
flames.
Nothing at all was saved—so that the family is,
entirely destitute, and loudly calls for assistance
from all who have to spare. An effort is rmw
making for their relief, and we trust no one wal re
fuse his mite.—Banner.
A Coax FOR SOCIAL Evu.s.—The society in Exg.
land for the improvement of the laboring classes, at
which Lord Ashley figures, have issued arraddresss,
in which they say that nothing is wanting to raise
the laborer "to a position of moderate comfort, ;but
an increase of hope and confidence." A pretty ley e gg ,
share of both would seem to be required, •
3ntelligencer
E. W. HOTTER, EDITOR.
Lapcsatiter t MaTili 1, 1849
0:7- We . feel wand persoital reganifor the author,
of-.the communication signs 11 .firriaer County."
But having assunk ourselves that - his censures
against the County CommissiOenotu - e founded in
misapprehension, and that their contract with Mr.
Hsviranii is in strict conformity with law, we
cannot lend our columns to assail them. The Free
dom of the Press, we admit, cannot be held too
sacred—but, on the -other hand, too great care can
not be exercised, lest this freedom degenerate into
licentiousness. We claim the right to discriminate
between the two, and shall not hesitate to exercise it.
Washington and Taylor!!
The American people are gravely promised that
the elevation of Gen. ZACHAET TAYLOR to the
Presidency will restore the republic to the pristine
purity and excellence that prevailed in the days of
the Father of our Country—and the General him
self, in the simplicity of his heart, tells us he has
selected the first President as the exemplar, in
whose footsteps he is resolved to follow. We have
no doubt he honestly intends this, or he would not
say it, but we are seriously apprehensive that he
will prove but a feeble imitator. It is quite cer
tain that the beginnings are in no wise auspicious,
for the ceremonies attending Gen. WASHINGTON'S
Inauguration, and those which have recently sig
nalised that of Gen. TAYLOR, are in every particu
lar strikingly opposite and different. We will en
deavor to glean from history a summary of the
events that characterised the former.
The 4th day of March of the present year was
the 60th anniversary of the government of the
United States under the present constitution. Find
ing that the old articles of confederation were not
strong enough to bind the States together, and that,
when relieved from the external pressure of com
mon danger, the binding force of those articles
was little stronger than "a rope of sand," the con
vention of 1787 was convoked by the pktriotism
of the country, and our present glorious Constitu
tion was the offspring of their wisdom. During
the year 1789 the states were engaged in discus
sing the new Constitution, and proposing the amend
ments made conditions precedent to its adoption.
The consequence of the delay was that the Cinsti
tution itself did not go into effect until March 4th,
1739.
But, although the Constitution became of full
force and virtue on the 4th of March, 1789, the
wheels of government were not brought into full
play until nearly two months afterward. Both
houses of Congress attempted to assemble on that
day, but there was no quorum in either body. ' Both
branches were accordingly obliged to adjourn over
from day to day, week after week, before either
could be organised. Thrice did the attending mem
bers of the Senate address circulars to the absentees,
urging them to come and take their seats. But it
was not until the Ist of April that a quorum ap
peared in the House of Representatives, and not,
until the Gth of that month, that by the arrival of
RICHARD HENRY LEE of Virginia the Senate was
enabled to organize and proceed to business—when
JOHN LANODON was elected President of the Senate,
pro tempore, and FREDERICK. AUGUSTUS MUHLEN
BERG Speaker of the House. The first act of Con.
greas was to count the votes for President. Only
ten states had placed themselves within the pale of
the Union by ratifying the Constitution. The
whole number of votes was sixty-nine, every one of
which was spontaneously given to GEORGE WASH
INGTON.
The result having been declared, CHARLES THORP
sost, the Secretary of the old Congress, was des
patched to Mount Vernon as Commissioner to notify
the Chieftain of his election, and accompany him
to New York to- enter upon the duties of his exal
ted station, where he arrived in safety on the 23d
of April—and was inuagurated on the 30th. The
oath of office was administered upon the terrace in
front of the City Hall by Chancellor LIVINGSTON.
The Secretary of the Senate held the Bible upon a
rich cushion of crimson velvet. The Father of
his Country arose with inimitable simplicity and
dignity, his bright intellectual face beaming full
upon the audience, and, bowing his venerable head,
he imprinted a fervent kiss upon the sacred volume
The Chancellor then in a clear distinct voice pro
claimed that it was done, adding: "Long live GEORGE
WASHINGTON, President of the United States"—and
the air was rent by the acclamations of assembled
thousands. From the City Hall, the President, Vice
President, and the members of both houses of Con
gress, and a large concourse of people, proceeded
to Trinity Church, where the august ceremonies of
the day were closed by solemn religious services
conducted by Bishop PROVOST. Such is a bird's
•ye glance of the events that signalised the election
and inauguration of GEORGE WASHINGTON—sixty
years ago.
How altered the times! ZACHARY TArcott, the
imitator, is elected, not by the spontaneous will of
the whole American people, but by a positive nu
notify. He comes to the seat of government, not
with unostentatious simplicity, but attended by
pomp and pageantry, and surrounded by an army
of parasites and flatterers : lusting after the flesh-pots.
Instead of fulfilling 'his pledges to proscribe the
bitterness of party, he selects his cabinet from the
most "ultra" adherents of a particular party--theene
mies of those principles, to whose ascendency, under
Providence, the country is indebted for all its present
unexampled grandeur and greatness. Instead of
delivering his Inaugural Address with impressiveness
and dignity, he performs the task in such a bungling
manner, thht his warmest supporters axe constrained
to confess their mortification. We need not follow
up the contrast in the finale. The reader can fill
up the remainder of the picture. WASHINGTON,
after he had assumed the presidential robes, repair
ed to, the sanctuary, and there invoked blessings
upon his own efforts and upon his country. His
professed follower attended three balls, and regaled
his senses upon the quadrille, the polka, and the
waltz, retiring after a day and a night of fashiona
ble hilarity and amusement, to muse upon the novel
sphere in which fickle fortune has placed him.
We institute these comparisons from no-choice
of our own. We have no desire to prejudge Gen.
TAYLOR, or to prescribe to him a line of duty, at
variance with the usages of the society in which
he now lives and moves: Our sole purpose is to
prove, by well attested historical reminiscences,
that Gen. TAYLOR has in the very outset failed to
follow in the footsteps . of the illustrious WASHING
TON, and that the comparison is little less than an
insult to the latter's memory. That he has fought
upon the battle.field bravely and well, the world
admits—and withered be the hand that would pluck
a leaf from his laurels. But that, in his civil ad
ministration, he is destined in the remotest degree
to approximate to the excellence of a Wasinx °TON,
we regard as an aspiration supremely - presump
-tnous, not to say lndicious. No man who truly
'venerates *Le memory of the great 'first President
would hawd a contrast so unwarrantable—seeing:
that the commencementis such a sorry camcature.
White Swan Hotel.
( jar advertising columns contain the card of
G .SOREFI Alma, Esq., formerly of Schuylkill county,
who has become the proprietor of the well-known
White Swan Hotel, in Race street, Philadelphia.
In hiisocial relations, Mr. R. has alwa:peen pro
verbial for his kind and gentle Manly caring, and"
we doubt not that in his new vocatimii as Landlord,
he will Yet more fully exemplify these traits of
character. We commend his establikiment to the
patronage of the Lancaster public.
HT C. B. Paleness, Esq., of Philadelphia,. has
been appointed Ass*" tent Secretary of the Treasury,
and has accepted the appelalmutt.
Democratic German Paper.
Frog! the commencement ofour location in thieelty,
we titCee been urged, by taper and personal appeals,
to the -establishing of . o*oc{atie German news
paper; Within he last few weedui theie solicita
tions have so nialtiplied;ond We:AURA:eI' whence
Doty emanate aie milli:entitled to Out respect,
that we deemoo . tiublic . ,xesponse . 'prope That. e.
Gerriitin newspaper, deVoteii to the Democratic
cause, is indispensably required in Lancaster county,
is undeniable. .Fully one-half, if not two-thirds, of
the population is composed of Germans, whose
reading is almost exclusively confined to their own
language. It reqiiires only the observation of an
half hour, when the masses of our yeomanry on
public occasions crowd the city, to be assured that
the German hinguage is the dominant one, and ..
must remain so for the next quarter century. The
Whig party have in the Volksfreund of Mr. Bala
an able and influential organ; possessing a Wide
spread circulation. They have in addition the
German paper of Mr. MYERS, originally Democrat
ic, but of late years devoted to Natiye Americanism,
and a zealous supporter of Gent TAILOR. These,
two journals may sow the county broad-cast with
political Error, and yet the Democratic party, with
Truth on its side, has not the means to send out
the antidote! Is it a wonder that Lancaster has
become the Whig banner county of the Union
That the Democrats of the county appreciate
this state of things, we are fully . persuaded. In
proof of this we quote a resolution adopted by the
Democratic County C,Orninittee, at a meeting held
in this city, July 19, 1848, WILLIAM NIATHIOT,
Esq., in the chair, S. J. M.Lirrsitsox, Secretary.
"On motion, Resolved, Thai it be recommended
to the Democracy of the county \ to subscribe to a
German paper, if commenced by \lr Humca, and
that the several township committees this day ap
pointed be requested to collect subscriptions for the
same."
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Again—at a Democratic City' Meeting held in
the Court-House, February 1, 1819, to ratify the
nominations for city-officers, on motion of SCeirms
D. BACHMA N, Esq., the following resolution
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, 'flat in the opinion of this meeting, a
German Democratic paper is much needed in this
county, and that the establishment of one be rec
ommended without delay.
These opinions are in accordance with those en
tertained by the Democrats throughout the county.
From the entire Northern section, composed almost
exclusively of Germans, scarce a day passes that
does not convey the most urgent appeals to supply
this great desideratum. And this brings us to an
explanation of our position, which we design as a
reply to all the letters that have reached us on this
subject.
Fully aware ourselves of the necessity of a Dem
ocratic German paper in this county, we announced
our intention in the first no. of the Intelligencer and
Journal of Dec. 28, 1847, as follows :
GERMAN PAPER.—We intend shortly to issue
proposals for the publication of a Democratic Ger
man paper in this city. For a period of nine years
we conducted a German paperin our native county,
Lehigh, and we shall be proud, if our efforts are
properly seconded, to supplythialongacknowledged
want here.
That these intentions were not carried into effect,
was owing to subsequent events. Irrstead of finding
an united and harmonious party, it was rent asun
der by distractions and divisions, paralysing its
strength, and rendering it an easy prey to the pow
erful Federal majority. Having abandoned a pleas
ant post elsewhere, it was our firm resolve to make
this our permanent residence, and to apply what
ever feeble energies we possessed to the support of
those principles whose advocacy is, as it were, part
of our nature. We have no wish to revive unpleas
ant reminiscences, or to open wounds that should
be forever healed. But, instead of finding our efforts
for the establishment of a German paper "properly
seconded," a rival English paper was commenced
—sent to all our subscribers—in order to break
down the lntelligencer, the old organ of the party,
that for filty years had successfully withstood the
assaults of Federalism. Whilst this, through the
kindness of generous and confidiff patrons, has not
been achieved, it has defeated the establishment of
the German journal, which we had in contempla
tion when we came here. Ithas done much more.
The most important events of life not unirequently
turn upon the smallest pivot, and we veriLy regard
it no exaggeration to say, that the Lancaster county
troubles have been the means of electing a Whig Gov.
ernor of Pennsylvania and a 'W hig President of the
United States. We make the declaration " more in
sorrow than in anger," and with no wish to reflect
upon the past course of any Democrat.
Whilst these dissensions last, and the patronage
of the Democratic party is divided - between two
English journlas,.it is our settled resolve not to em
bark in the enterprise of establishing a German
paper. Capital, , Time, Energy, and Toil, are de
manded to found it successfully, and we cannot con
sent to bestow these upon a new paper, so long as
the Democracy are not throughly united in support
of the old organ. Whenever harmonious relations
shall be restored, weiavow our readiness to embark
in the project, but not until then. That this period
may be near at hand, is our most ardent hope and
desire. There never was a time, when the Good
Old - Cause demanded greater sacrifices of personal
interest and ambition than the present. It the
beginning of Gen TAYLOR'S administration affords
any index to the future, we believe that its energies
will be as unceasingly exerted to the prostration of
the Democratic party as were those of the elder or
the junior Aussie. From an implacably Federal
Cabinet, and an inexperienced Chief, who has in
advance committed all into other hands, what has
the Democracy of this country to expect but stern
and unyielding opposition? To thwart these dan
gerous designs, and restore the Democratic party
to its former proud position, may require the vigi
lance of an Argus and the toils of a Hercules. In
this good work it will devolve on Pennsylvania to lead
the van. As by her miserable defection the Democ
racy lost the Union, so by her return to the ancient
fold the Union must again be won. And it is no
stretch of the imagination to believe, that upon the
Democracy of Lancaster county may depend the
future political revolution of Pennsylvania. How
immense, then, the responsibility of those to whom
belongs the government and guidance of her local
politics!
Doings at Washington.
It is said that CHARLES A. RocKwELL, Esq., of
Connecticut, has been nominated by President Tay
lor for Register of the Treasury, in placeOf DANIEL
GRAHAM, Esq., resigned.
Also, that Jemi.s M. McCum.outiu, Esq, First
Comptroller of the Treasury, has resigned, but that
Gen. Taylor refuses to accept it.
Also, that FITZPATRICK WARREN of lowa, has
been appointed Second Assistant Postmaster Gene
ral, in place of WILLIAM J. BROWN.
Also, that JAssEn E. BRADT, late member of
Congress from Franklin county, (Pa) has been ap
pointed Second Auditor General,. in place of Gen.
APCs.u.s.
All "Ultra Whigs"—and nothing else.
[From the Public Ledger of yesterday.]
Jones W. FORNEY, Esq., Deputy Surveyor of this
port, has, resigned his office, to give the Adminis
tration a chance to fill it with a person whose views
agree with it. Mr. Forney was a decided supporter
of Gen. Cass, both in his paper and in his public
speeches; but he had the rare merit in political
opponents of sustaining his own principles without
assailing the character of those he opposed or de
tracting from their acknowledged merits. The
duties of his profession and those of his public office
were discharged with equal ability.
BY . MR. MCGAUGHEY, of Indiana, formerly a
member of Congress, has been appointed Governor
of Minesota Mr. C. S. Smith, of Ohio, Secretary,
and Mr. NiTosltourn, of Illinois, Chief Judge.
the Cabinet.
After our last week's issue, the Cabinet of Gen
eral TATLOIL was made to undergo several chanis
As finally organised, it iscornpssed as followsizAv
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Joss M. CLATTox, Secreutry`o State.
Wx. M. MZHEDITU, Secretarybf the Treasury..
C. W. Cms.wrosn ' Secretarysif War.
Ws W. B. Pasoros, Secretary of the Navy:
Tuomss..Ewriro, Secretary of - ' - Tome, Department.
Jscas Cotismsa, Postmaster General .
Rivairmir Joassos, Attorney General.
' These nominations have all been confirmed by
the Senate. Objections were raised to that cif Mr.
CoLcsman, on aeeount of his votes on the Slavery
question, but
.he was finally confirmed.
We have no desire to institute disparaging com
parisons—but are of opinion that every unpreju
diced person must admit that the new Cabinet, in
all the essential elements of ability and statesman
ship, falls far below that of President PoLK. If is
a-respectable but not a great cabinet, and we think
there was better timber to be selected even from
the Whig ranks.
The appointment of Mr. MEREDITH to the Treas
ury Department, intended to compensate Pennsyl
vania for her services in casting the die in favor of
TAYLOR, does not seem to answer the design. It
was solemnly protested against by a large number
of influential Pennsylvanians, headed by Senator
COOPER, backed by a majority of the Whig mem
bers of the State Legislature. Mr. MERED ' ITR is
unquestionably an eminent Attorney, and under-.
stands how to argue knotty points befor, a Court
and Jury with distinguished ability and success.
But he ie a mere Attorney—not a Statesman—and
is wholly inexperienced in the financial policy of
'the nation. We venture to predict that in his new
sphere he will fall immeasurably behind Mr. WAL-
K - Es. If he can half equal him in industry and
ability, he will accomplish more than at present
we are willing to place to his credit.
If there were those who looked for the formation
of a Cabinet, less decidly political, they have been
disappointed. But as we had no reason to doubt
the complexion of things, and as we concede to
Gen. TAirt.tin the right to select his Cabinet in ac
cordance with his own views, and to stand upon
the responsibility of his acts, the result may be
submitted, without cavil in advance, to the judg
ment of the country. So far as the Cabinet can
be said to be sectional, it consists of„Jour from the
Southern and thrie from the Northern States.
Gen. W. F. Packer.
The Spirit of the Times or 'the 22d ult. contains
the following well merited commendation of Gen.
Peciv.sn, the present Speaker of the House of Re
presentatives. As a presiding officer of the House'
Gen. Packer has no superior. His decisions afe
fair and impartial, and made: with the rapidity of
thought. The confidence of all parties in his im
partiality and knowledge of parliamentary law, is
evinced by the fact that his:decisions have never
in any instance, been reversed. As a writeri a pub
lic debater, and a statesman, Gen. P. is one of the
strong men of the State.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Harrisburg, 20//1 February.
I AM SITTING HERE, in the House, listening to
the second and third reading of local bills, that
our excellent Speaker is putting through at the rate
of forty per hour. It is a great thing to have a
competent Speaker. Some very clever men, on
the floor, fail entirely when put into the chair.
have seen this in five Speakers, and active business
men. In the nine session's I have passed at this
Capitol, we have never had a better Speaker than
Mr. PACKER, and there have been some very good
ones—the best Messrs. Crabb and Snowden. Mi.
Packer I like better than either of them ; perfectly
posted up in parliamentary usages, always right in
questions of order and never at a loss. He is the
readiest officer I ever saw in the chair, and, as
everybody says, impartial. Politics or personal
friendship have nothing to do with his decisions.
He is a "model" Speaker.
Extra Session of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1849
A resolution was adopted authorizing the Vice
President to fill vacancies occurred in the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
A resolution was also adoptid authorizing the
Select Committee appointed to examine into the
eligibility of General Shields to hold a seat in the
Senate to send for persons and papers. A paper
relating to the subject was presented by Mr. Wal
ker, and referred to the Select Committee. Ad
journed.
No nominations were sent in to-day.
The crowd is rapidly thinning off, although there
is still a large concourse of strangers from all parts
of the Union.
' The President's family took formal possesion of
the White House to day. Semi-official notice has
been given that the President will only receive vis
iters at stated hours on certain days of the week.
The Speech of the Session.
Governor McDowELL, of Virginia, seldom speak,
more than once during a session of Congress, but
when. he does, is listened to with profound attention.
Of his last great effort on the Integrity of the Union,
the Washington correspondent of the New York
True Sun thus writes :
I will not attempt to sketch this great effort,
which is here pronounced the ablest speech ever
delivered in the English tongue. It possessed the
polish of an Adison, the grace of a Curran, the point
of a Randolph, the logic of a Webster, the fervid
ness of a Henry, and the patriotism of a Chatham.
The Speaker sat behind the orator bathed in tears,
during the delivery of a portion of the speech, and
of the thousand hearers sitting under his eloquence,
most of them were thus affected. For - a fourth of
an. hour atter he had concluded, no business was
transacted, so deep was the feeling manifested. At
the conclusion of this hour, the- House, with one
aceord, tihouted out for him to go 011, and lie Con
tinued his speech for three quarters
,of an hour
longer. This is the first time in the history of the
heretofore inexorable one hour rule, in which it was
suspended to permit a member to continue his
speech. Even to John Quincy Adams this compli
ment was refused. But enough of this effort. I
hear that near a hundred thousand copies have al
ready been subscribed for by the members from all
sections of the country, and without distinction of
party, for gratuitous circulation."
Buehler's Hotel.
All who have visited Harrisburg. says the Penn
sylvanian, during the present session of the Legis
lature, have spoken in the highest terms of the
improvements introduced into this ancient.and his
torical establishment, by its new proprietor, Wm.
Buehler, Esq. The old host, Henry Buehler, Esq.,
retires, let us hope, upon the profits earned dining
his long and prosperous administration. The
house has ever been distinguished for many conve
niences, but his successor has modernized it com
pletely. ,There are a freshness and comfort about
the house now that make it a choice place of so
journ; not the least of its advantages being the
politeness and attention of the present proprietor.
A Noble Deccd.
Ono of the very last acts of President POLK was
to confer upon the son of the ever lamented SKUNK ,
the appointment of Cadet ai West Point, out of
the number alloted to him. He accompanied this
appointment by the expression of his high regard
for the deceased patriot, and thehope that the youth
might not,fail to follow the example of the father.
Maryland U. S. Senator.
Bensrastur C. Ilowann, Democrat, has been ap
pointed by Governor Thomas to fill the vacancy in
the United States Senate, occasioned by the resig:
nation of Reverdy Johnson.
ITT Mrs. MARIA HOBNIIEC 3F, widow of John W.
Hornbeck, late member of congress from the Lehigh
and Bucks district, has been appointed to -ttig post•
office at Allentown, in place of E. It Newhard,
Esq. redipod.
James Buchanan.
r We take pleasure in republishing the following
,interesting correspondence bet Ween the Democratic
members of the present •Legislature and . .the
.I.;iiiis4locru.sryi, hirii,to visit litirrisburg
orthis retirement from the Depaiyaeuttif State,at
Washington. Next to the testimony of his-own
lieart, nothing sio gratefully co mpensates a public
-
truth for the,toil araranxietylie hat:Spent ikthe
'public- service, as the approving plaudits of his
fellow-citizens. We know of no one associated
with the public councils, during the last quarter
century, who has reason to rejoice in a more plea
sant retrospect than JANES Bucuasas. Called.
into active political life at an early age, he has
progressed, step by step, from humble professional
life to the exalted honors of the republic, and all
of them he has filled with signal credit to himself
and in a way to reflect lustre upou the country
His despatches as Secretary of State, both for pro
found research and clearness and vigor of style,
will bear comparison with those of any that have
emanated from that Department since its first
organization. At home and abroad they have
been the theme of deserved admiration and eulogy.
fie now retires from the trying and,arduous sphere
in which lie has labored the past four years, con
fessedly one of the ablest Statesmen of the republic,
and with a personal reputation pure and unblem
ished.
It is the intention of Mr. BUCHANAN, in the
course of a few weeks, to return to this city, to
reside among those, who were the first to usher
him upon the stage of public life. Nowhere will
he find truer or warmer friends than in the city
and county of Lancaster. As a Neighbor. Citizen,
and Friend, be is justly endeared to them—not less
by his brilliant public career than by his habits of
social friendship—and they will rejoice to welcome
him again in their midst.
HAUIIISBURG, Feb. 28, 1819
HON. JAMES BUCHANAN
Dear Sir ..—Upon the close of your official duties
at Washington, and your retirement from the ardu
ous field of Public Labor, which you have occupied
for the last quarter of a century, .with such high
honor to yourself, •and your native State, and the
Union at large, the undersigned Democratic Repre
sentatives of the People of Pennsylvania, now as
senibled at Harrisburg—many of whom have never
had.the pleasure of making your acquaintance per
sonally—would be highly gratified to meet,you at
the seat of government of the Keystone State} and
tender to you the expression of their undiminished
confidence in your integrity, ability and ' sound
statesmanship.
With sentiments of respect, we are your friends,
W. F. Packer, W. F. Small,
M. M'Caslin, • J. Porter Brawley,
Robert C. Sterrett, Timothy Ives,
Thos. H. Forsyth, Augustus Drum,
Isaac Hogue, John Potteiger,
R. R. Little, V. Best,
F. B. Streeter, William Overfield,
John C. Myers, Jacob Cort,
Samuel Fegelv, A. J. Wilcox,
Gerge A. Frick, W. Y. Rolterts,
N. A. Elliott, Charles Stockwell,
Joseph Laubach, Josiah
James Porter, Abm. Lamberton,
D. M. Bole, Jas. J. Kirk,
B. S. Schoonover, David Evans,
John Fausold, D. F. Williams,
J. F. M'Culloch, John Souder,
D. M. Courtney, James W. Long,
John Hastings, Peter D. Bloom,
H. P. Laird, George Walters,
Daniel Zerbey, Edward Nickelson,
William Shaffner, Hugh McKee,
Robert Klotz, John Smyth,
R. Hampson, W. Redick,
Jacob M'Cartney, John B. eek,
John S. M'Calmont, John B. Gordon,
Stewart Pearce, George F. Carl,
Arunah Wattles, Samuel Taggart,
William Henry, .1. W. George,
William T. Morrison, C. A. Luckenbach,
Thomas Grove, Samuel Marx.
WASHINGTON, March 5,1849
GENTLEMEN "—.l have been honored by the re
ceipt of your note of the 28th ultimo, inviting me
to visit the seat of Government at Harrisburg, atter
my retirement from the officeof Secretary of State.
I accept the invitation from the "Democratic Rep
resentatives of Pennsylvania,' with the most grate
ful emotions. Indeed, before its receipt, I had de•
termined to visit Harrisburg during your present
session, n ot only for the pleasure of meeting old
friends, but for the privilege of nicking new ones,
among the members of the Legislature.
Having been in the public service, almost with
out intermission, for more than a quarter of a cen
tury, I should be unreasonable in the extreme, if I
were not satisfied with official honors. The strop.
gest desire which I now feel, is, to return to the
bosom of my native State, and to the society of
friends to whom I am indebted, tinder Heaven, for
all the political elevation which I have ever attained,
there to pass my remaining days in peace and trail
quility. Still, I shall always remember with pro
found gratitude the uniform support I have received
from the Democracy of Pennsylvania, and, as a
private citizen, shall never cease to maintain those
great principles of Democratic policy, to the advo
cacy of which the best years of my life have been
devoted. After long experience and close observa
tion, 1 feel thedeepest conviction that the prevalence
of these principles in the administration of the Fed
eral Government, is essential, not only to the wel
fare, but the permanence of our glorious Union. It
is to their ascendency that we are indebted, under
Providence, for the unexampled prosperity which
we have enjoyed at home, and for the high rank
we have attained among the nations of :he earth.
In conclusion, I cannot refrain from thanking
you, with all my heart, for the seal of approbation
which you have affixed to my public career, up to
its very close. The value of this testimonial is
greatly enhanced by the fact, that the Democratic
members of the preseist Legislature, in the midst of
peculiar difficulties, have sustained the principles
of their party, with an ability, firmness, and union,
which have never been surpassed by any -of their
predecessors. •
From your friend, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
To William F. Packer, J. Porter Brawley, Timothy
Ives, Augustus Drum, John Potteiger, William
F. Small, M. McCaslin, and Robert C. Sterrett,
Esqrs., and others.
The Finale of Congress.
Among the important hills passed at the wind
ing up of the :loth Congress, were the following:
The Home Department, the head of which is
designated as the Secretary of the Interior.
The General Appropriation bill, without Mr.
Walker's amendment.
The Army and Navy Appropriation bills
Extending the 11. S. revenue laws over Califor
nia—rejecting the House territorial bill and the
proviso.
The taking the next census
For the coinage of gold dollars and double eagles.
The Minessota territorial bill—excluding the
provision for giving it effect on the 10th of March,
and placing the appointments in the hands of Mr.
Polk.
To establish d board for Mexican claims.
Among the bills rejected or lost, was the bill
for a branch mint in New York.
Sartain's Magazine
Sartain's Magazine for March possesses more
than, usual interest. The first engiaving "The
Moment of Suspense," is a superb work of art.—
The second, "Undine," is a spirited mezzotint.—
The " Pool of Siloam," a beautiful lithograph.
Old Rickets and a ball by Moonlight in Utopia, are
excellent sketches. West's birth-place and the
Springfield Meeting House, are handsome wood
engravings, accompanying a sketch of the life of
the American painter, Benjamin West. The
contributions are by the most gifted American
writers, and the work gotten up in a style of ele.
gance never surpassed in this country.
• LEBANON COUNTS.—William M. Derr and Jon
athan S. Beckley have been appointed delegates to
the Pittsburg State Convention, with instructions to
support Col. JACOB WEIDEL for Canal Commis
sioner.
117 The Harrisburg correspondent of the Public
Lager states that JA.m.zs Coopzu has sold his resi
dence and other property in Adams county, and
will remove this spring to Schuylkill county, taking
up his residence permanently in Pottsville. .
l&The Canal Commissioners give notice that,
if the Weather permits, the main line of canal pill
be open for neyigetion on the 10th init.
Religion and Phrenology.
An interesting : dispntatiOn took place in the
Court House Of 'Alibi eiti,iesierday afternoon, be
tween Rey.Mr.rNati - of the Presbyterian church,
a4dara:S. Fowiat, the,Phrenologist. Hon. Erns
fiawis„occOpledrtberettair, and the audience was,
graced* the preeenee of a large number of ladies.
The rin4atts. in controversy were certain passages
iti one* Mr. Boykin's: phrenological works, which'
on the one hand were pronounced at variance with
the Bible, and, by their author defended as iu ac
cordance with it. The controversy was conducted
in good spirit, and with the observance of entire de.
Comm by the audience.
As to the issue, we believe the public sentiment
°was almost universal. We know that Mr. WlNtin
has not sought the praises of men, but his triumph
on all the points in dispute was most complete and
overwhelming. The cause of Truth is deeply in
debted to him, for defending her, when assailed
under most dangerous and insidious pretexts.
Sickness in Fayette County.
The Uniontown Genius of Liberty of the 23d
ultimo says: A disease has 'prevailed foi the last
two or three weeks in the Northern section of this
county, particularly in Tyrone township, of an
unusually malignant and fatal character. The
physicians of that neighborhood could not account
for its appearance, and it differed so much from the_i
common diseases of this part of the country that
they were at a loss to know what to call it or how
to treat it. It generally attacked those who were
laboring under severe colds, and so violently, in
several instances, as to cause death in a few hours,
where medical aid could not at once be obtained.
The first intimation, we are told, the patient had
of the approach of the disease was an intensely
painful sensation dn one or more of the fingers
which was directly afterwards felt in the toes and
head and over the whole body, and alwys accom
panied with cramp. There have been about sixty
cases of the disease since it first appeared—twenty
two of which proved fatal. The last new case
was on the I-Ith instant, and thapatient, we are
happy to say, is now convalescent. From the vir
ulence of its attacks, as well as from some of the
symptoms attending the disease, some were dispo
sed to believe it to be Asiatic Cholera. Others,
and among the number an intelligent physician,
are opinion that it is Influenza, in a very malignant
form. When we first heard of the prevalence of
the disease, we did not believe it to be Cholera, nor
do we now. Our physicians, however, will, no
doubt, investigate it thoroughly, and the result of
their - labors may lead to a knowledge of its origin,
character and treatment.
CIRCLEVILLE BANK.—There is some excitement I
in relation to a recent act of this bank, which has
issued bills with red backs, in imitation of the paper
of the State Bank of Ohio. This new issue we are
told, has been paid , out in large amounts in Illinois
for cattle, provisions, and in short, every description
of produce and rnerchandize, and has been in most
cases received as the paper of the State Bank of
Ohio. These facts should place people on their
guard in relation to the notes of this bank. The
imitation of the State Batik paper—the issue being
sent to a distant state for circulation, and there
passed for State Bank money, is, we think, pre
sumptive evidence of fraud. We do not say that
the Circleville, or any other Bank, has not a right
to change plates, but when the charter has nearly
expired, as is the case in this instance, it appears
ominous.—Cincinnati Gazette.
1:177 FREDERICK WArrs, Esq. of Carlisle has
been appointed the successor of Judge Hepburn in
the judicial district composed of Cumberland, Perry
and Juniata counties. Mr. W. is an able lawyer,
and we doubt not his appointment will give general
satisfaction.
SUNDAY TRAVF.L.-A bill in the New Jersey
Legislature to suppress Sunday travelling on the
public lines of conveyance passed both Houses,
but was lost by a disagreement between them in
iegard to an amendment restricting the penalty to
the carrying of freight, and leaving passengers per
mission to travel as before.
Ili Dr. GEORGE R. ESPY, several years a mem
her of the legislature, and Auditor General during
Gov. Porter's first term, died at Fort Madison, lowa
on the 20th
THOMAS McCotty,, Esq., who represented Phil
adelphia county in the House and Senate for seve
rat years, died last week at his residence in South-
117 - The Union announces, that although the bill
to create the new territory of Minesota was so
altered as to confer the appointing power on Mr.
YOLK, yet he refrained from making any nomina
tions to the Senate.
REssomAut.r. Excess.—The theatmcgoers in N.
Orleans having expressed much dissatisfaction at
the non-apperance of Mr. Booth, in Richard, his
physician, "in justice to Mr. B." informs the public
that he was prevented from appearing by an attack
of cholera!
trr Capt. Licou HECK, of Cumberland county
is recommended as the next Democratic candidate
for Canal CommisSioner.
MARRIAGES.
On the Bth inst., by the Rev. J. C. Baker, Joseph
Evereole to Mary Hilcher, both of West Donegal.
DEATHS.
On the 26th ult., after a lingering illness, Robert
L. M , Allister, of Lower Chanceford, York county.
On the sth inst., in this city, Amos, son of John
Kuhns, aged 3 years and 3 months.
On the 6th inst., in this city, John Chambers, aged
33 years, 6 months and 8 days.
At Pittsburg, on the Ist instant, Margaret, wife
of Dr. Josiah Ankrim, formerly or Chester county,
Pa., in the 66th year of her age . . [Baltimore Argus
please copy.]
For the Million.
MACAULEY'S England—neW and cheap mil
,tionat 25 cents a volume. This history of
England, volume 1, printed verbatim et literatim
from the London edition, including the notes, and
an elegantly engraved portrait of the author—price
25 cents.
' Volume 2 will be published at the same price
next week. The other volumes will be issued uni
form with this as soon after their publication in
London as possible.
It is believed that this is the highest attainment
in the art of producing cheap books, of which the
world has furbished an example.
Baptist Noel's Great Work. Union of Church &
State, by Rev. Baptist Noel. 1 vol 12mo.
No religious work of this century has produced
such a powerful impression in Great Britain as this
production; nine thousand copies having already
been sold within the brief interval of its publication.
All new Books received as soon as published_and
for sale at low prices.
J. GISH & BROTHER'S
Cheap Book Store, North Queen Street, Lancaster.
march 13 21-7"
Harnley Patent Corn Plough.
NO'T'ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the sub
scriber has bought the Patent Right of Harn
ley's Corn Plough, for the following townships, viz:
Lancaster, Strasburg, Conestoga, Martic, and East
and West Lampeter; and he will keep constantly
on hand a stock of said Ploughs. Persons wishing
to purchase the same for use in the aforementioned
townships, will please call either on the subscriber,
or leave their orders at Geo. M. Steinman's Hard
ware Store, where the articles can also be had on
the same terms as at my shop.
Shop Rights, for manufacturing the Ploughs can
be had by making application either to the subscri
ber, or to George M. Steinman, and by paying one
dollar in advance for each plough intended to be
made.
A liberal discount will .be made to persons pur
chasing by the quantity to sell agan, by making
early application to the subscriber. Any infringe
ment upon the rights of tbe snbscriber in the above
patent, will be punished with the utmost' penalty
of the law.
JOHN CHOCK,
Conestriga Centre, Lancaster county, Pa.
March 18, P 49
An laxtentive Sale of Valuable
Machines'', Tools, PatternS,
'-•• •
•
Wiltbi sold. titpublic sale, on FRIDAY, the
tli'Of MARCH INST., commencing at 10
o'clock;: at r .S , the- Foundry and Machine Shop, in
WeseVhesirtit Street; Lancaster city, Pa., one STA-
T/04;tY Eiterne - and gonna, of six-horse power,
onejnige.Boring Mill,,one small do., Slide Lathe,
three back. +geared Lathes, 2 small Lathes, IXon
,Shear,, one small. Lathe for Clock-makers' use, au
upright drill Press, 2 large Slide Rests, Bolt Cutting
Machine, a Rotary - Engine, Shafting; Hangers, Pul
lies and Belting, hand turning tools, Reemers, -
Drills, Rose-bitts,. Hammers, Mandrills, Stocks,
Taps and Dies, one set rolls for bending boiler
platen,-Punching Machine, Screw Press for draw
ing on. Car Wheels, - with a great variety of Tools in
general use in the finishing department; Smiths'
Bellows, Anvils,Vices, Sledges, Tongs, Swedgea,
&c., Foundry arsOrmall and large Ladles, iron
and wood Flasks, car wheel Copes and Chills, Fan,
Coal Mill, with a great variety of very valuable
PATTERNS, Consisting pf Stationary Engines,
from four to one hundred anit,. fifty horse-power,
a large assortment of Bevil and Spur Gearing, Roll
ing Mill Patterns, slide and back geared Lathes of
different sizes; planing mill Pattern, pulley Pat
terns from 4 to 36 inches diameter; Car Wheels,
saw and grist mill Gearing, Water \Vheels.
Terms of sale—under one hundred dollars, Cash
—above that surn,,three months credit, with ap
proved security.
WILLIAM RUSSELL,
JOHN EHLER.
March 13, M 9
To Dealers ln•Coal.
WANTED 1800 tons of Baltimore Company
Coal, , or other coal of equal quality, at the
Conestoga Steam Mills, Lancaster Pa., 100 tons to
be delivered on or before the first day of May, 100
tons on or before the 15th day of May, 100 tons on
or before the Ist day of June. 200 tons 'on or be
fore the 15th day of June, the remainder during the
months of July, August and September 1849, to be
delivered in the'yard of the mill, free of dirt, and
to be weighed in the scales of the Company. Also
for 500 tons of pea coal, to be delivered between the
first days of June and,August, of same quality as
the 1800 tons, free of slate and dirt. Sealed propo
sals will be received until the 10th clay of April, at
the office of the Conestoga Steam Mills.
D. LONGENECKER.
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march 13
Natural Astrology.
MR. A. H. HUSE would respectfully inform the
citizens of Lancaster and vicinity, that be
will remain for a short time in their midst, and that
he can be found at Ho . pple's Hotel, at the .Railroad
Depot, from S o'clock A. M. until 9 P. M., where
he may be questioned on the
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
lie will answer all questions .concerning Business,
Marriages, Journeys, Voyages, and all'other con
cerns of life.
PRlCE.—Gentlemen 50 cents: Ladies '25 cents
march 13, • '3t-7
Estate of Anna Groff.
In the Court of Common Pleas for the Co. of Lanc'r.
H T E r ll . E: te A e S ii
o D f a vi A cf Groff d a p a o m n u e t ! h
e H unbi
ninth
day, March, 1899, file in the office of the Pro
thonotary of the said Court, their account of the
said Estate:
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested
in the said Estate, that the said Court have.appoint
ed the 16th day of April, 1849, for confirmation
thereof, unless exceptions be filed.
ATTEST: HENRY STOEK, Proth'y.
Prothonotary's Office, 1
Lanc'r,March 13, 1849. 5 .
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An Ordinance
AUT HORIS IN G Philip Spindler to erect a
slaughter-house on the rear of hie lot on the
West side of South Queer street, south of Cherry
street, in the city of Lancaster:
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•
Be it ordained and enacted by the citizens of Lan
caster, in Select and Common Council assembled
That-Philip Spindler be and he is hereby authorised
- and permitted to erect, or cause to be erected, a
slaughter-honse in the rear of his lot situated on the
west side of South Queen Street, south of Cherry
street, in said city, under and subject to the regu
lations and restrietions of the ordinance entitled
"an ordinance respecting distilleries, slaughter
house's, hog-pens and tanneries, passed the I Ith
day of August, A. D. 1832
Provided, nevertheless that this ordinance shall
not take effect and be in force until at least three
property holders adjoining on each side of the lot,
on which such slaughter-house is proposed to be
erected, shall first give their assent to the Presidents
of Councils in writing, and Provided further, that
the said Philip Spindler shall pay into the City
Treasury the sum of ten dollars, to defray the ex
penses of publishing and recording the ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law at the city of
Lancaster, the 6th day of March, A. D. 1849.
HENRY CARPENTER, Pres , t pro tem S. C.
Attest: LssrEs BLACK, Clerk of S. C. •
WM. MATHIOT, Pres't C. C.
F. W. BEATES, Clerk C. C. pro tem.
march 13 -
WHITE SWAN HOTEL.
riIHE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends
I_ and the public in general, that he has taken
the White Swan Hotel and Stage Office, No. 108,
Race Street, formerly kept by J. Peters & Son.
The House being large and convenient, and in the
business part of the City, he hopes, by strict atten
tion to business j that his friends will give him a
call. He pledgE himself, that nothing shall be
wanting on his part to make his friends at home.
Terms—sl per day.
_
GEORGE RAHN '
Formerlylof Schuylkill County.
PIIILA., March 13, '49 6m-7
Change In the Election Law.
AN N ACT relative to voting at elections in the
counties ofAdams, Dauphin, York, Lancaster,
Franklin, Cumberland, Bridford, Centre, Green and
Erie.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall
be lawful for the qualified voters of the county of
Adams, Bedford, Dauphin, York, Lancaster, Frank
lin, Cumberland, Bradford, Centre, Green and Erie,
froth and after the passage of this act, to vote for
all candidates for the various offices to be filled at
any election on one slip or ticket. PROVIDED, The
office for which every candidate •is voted for shall
be designated as required by the existing laws of
this Commonwealth.
Sac. 2. That any fraud committed by any person
voting in the manner above prescribed, shall be
punished as similar frauds are directed to be pun
ished by the existing laws of the Commonwealth.
The above is published by order of the Commis
sioners of Lancaster county.
P. G. - I:BERMAN, Clerk.
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March 13,'49
Bank Stock and City 5 per cent.
Loan for Sale.
() N MONDAY, the 9th of APRIL NEXT, at
2 o'clock in the afternoon, the un S ersigned
will sell by public vendee, at the public house of
Lewis Sprecher, in East King Street , Lancaster.
41 Shares of Stock of the Farmers' Bank of Lan
caster.
29 Shares of Stock of the Lancaster Bank.
$165 of Lancaster City 5 per cent. Loan, redeem
able in 1866.
Terms Cash on the 15th of April, when the stock
will be transferred.
WM. HEITSHU,
KINZER D. BENDER,
Executors of the Will of Catharine Burckher, dec
March 13, NI9 • to-7
Strays.
GAME to the premises of the sebscriber in Wu
more township, Lancaster county, in May last,
One Yellow Heifer, with white face : horns pointing
together, three years old ;—One Small Steer, yellow
with white face and line back. The above Cattle
were for a long time supposed to belong to the
owners of some other cattle that were left with me
to pasture—consequently they were not entered in
the Township Books agreeably to the Act of As
sembly for such cases made and providedibut the
cattle are still in my possession, and the owner is
requested to come, prove property, pay sharges,
and take them away, otherwise they will be dis
posed of according to law.
JAS. D. MALONE.
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March 13, ,49
Orphan Asylum of 14mcaster.
THE Trustees of this Institution expect that in
the course of a few weeks, it will be prepared
to receive a limited number of Orphans.
Information of any Orphans in Lancaster county,
who are between four and seven years of age, who
are females, and who have lost both parents—ac
companied with p iculars relative to their health,
disposition, and sent situation—will be thank
fully received by Trustees. Address
Rev.. S. BOWMAN,
Dr. JOHN L. ATLEE, or
A. L. HAYES. .
march 13
Manor Turnpike Road Company.
NOTICE.—An adjourned meeting of the Stock
holders of the Manor Turnpike Road Com
pany, will be held at the public house of Peter
Reed, in the 'city of Lancaster, on Thursday, the
12th day of April next, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the
purpose of taking into consideration, the propriety
of extending the Turnpike from Millersville to the,
"Lake Mill." A general attendance is req nested.
DANIEL HARMAN, President A
Attest GEO. FORD, Secretary.
March i3,•,49
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OlifililNG GOODS.--Bombannei,
Mbiousselblape Lakes, Prints, &c., at very; low
prices by QtRIAL 1 2 / 4 224T;
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