From the New Yogi Evermg Poa.
Nineveh and its Remains :
With an account of ,a visit to the chalchean Christians
of Kurdistan, and thi Yezidis or Demi wars/tippers;
and an inquiry into the manners and arts of the
ancient 'Assyrians. By Auer's - IL LATA.no,sq,
D. C. L. • 2 vols. .New Yotk: George P. Putnam,
155 Broadway.
Over the lands_ watered by the Euphrates and
the Tigris rise ridges of hills and tracts of table
lands, grown with. Corn, or crowned with villages
and Arab cemeteries; the chasms, formed by water
courses in the sides of these elevated grounds, are,
and for thousands' of years have been, the haunts of
the hyena and the jackal. The unlearned traveller
looks upon these eminences as the natural inequal
ities of the country; and their symmetrical forms,
which would prove less enormous masses to have
been of man's construction, are scarcely sufficient
to suggest their real origin to the modern mind,
habituated to the pigmy productions of a Wren, or
of a Michael Angelo. An energy of investigation,
unparalleled-id the history of human intellect, after
having' exhausted the secrets of Egypt, confirming
or completing its history, and restoring to us its
domestic life, has been recently directed to the more
mysterious•regions of the capital cities of that great
Assyrian monarchy which once extended its domin
-ionover half the world.
Two private individuals, M. Botta and Mr. Lay
ard, have disinterred a history which has been bur
ied for three thousand years. Five years ago the
traditions of an empire, rivalling in magnitude that
of later Rome, consisted of a mass of semi-fabulous
stories, arranging themselves around personages of
whose very existence there might be reasonable
doubt; the stories of Ninus, Semiramis, and Sardi
napalus having claims upon our credit, much like
those which are made upon it by the fables of Her
cules or Arthur. Besides these traditions, we had
the incidental witness of a few verses of the Old
Testament, and of notices scattered rarely, here and
there, among ancient and dubious Greek authorities.
The importance of the Assyrian empire, strange to
say, was the accidental cause of this paucity of rec. :
ords concerning it; for Herodotus, who was satisfied
with allotting a single niche in his great work to
Egypt, and to other considerable nations', intended
the history of the Assyrian empire for a separate
treatise, which, if it was ever written, has not de
scended to us. In Mr. Layard's'words :
" Although the names of Ninevah and Assyria
have been familiar to us from our childhood, and
are connected with our earliest impressions derived
from the inspired writings, it is only when we ask
ourselves what we really know concerning them
.that we discover our ignorance of all that relates
to their history and even to their geographical 'po
sition. It is indeed one of the most remarkable facts
in history that the records of an empire so renowned
for its power and civilization should have been en
tirely lost; and that the site of a city as eminent
for its extent as its splendor, should for ages have
been a matter of doubt."
Thanks, however, to the labors of Mr. Layard
and M. Botta, seconded by those of Maj. Rawlinson,
and the greatest German and French Philologists,
we are now in a fair way to recover the lost records
Of Assyria, - and of becoming as familiar with the
domestic habits, the modes of warfare, the arts, and
the religion of that empire, as we are with the
customs and worships of Greece and Rome.
_ .
Mr. Layard, in the autumn of 15.16, induced by
the startling discoveries made at Khorsabad by M.
Botta, commenced his investigations on the banks
of the Tigris with , a zeal and resolution worthy his
object. M. Botta, from the mound of Kotiyunjik,'
had dug the first Assyrian monument a year or two
before. This was an enviable distinction acquired
by himself, and by the government—always liberal
in expenditure for the advancement of art—which
seconded his efforts. I Mr. Rich had already made
some interesting observations on the site of Babylon.
but they were not of importance enough to abolish
M. Botta's claims to be regarded as the first great
discoverer of Assyrian antiquities. This gentleman,
abandoning Kouyunjik after a slight superficial ex
amination, directed his labors to the minor ruins at
Khors4bad. Here he made the discoveries which,
during the last few years, have, been the leading
subjects of comment among the arclunlogists of
Europe. In the trenches opened by M. Botta were
found series of bas-reliefs, the products of a style of
art wholly unlike, in many essential points, any
style already known. Exhibiting analogies with
the arts of Persia, Egypt, and Asia Minor, which
render these reliefs of the highest import as addi
tions to, and probable clues to problems in, the his
tory of,the origin and progress of the arts in these
countries, they constitute in themselves an indepen
dent chapter of no mean mark in the history of
universal art With an attention to details not in
ferior to that displayed by the artist of Egypt, the
Assyrian sculptor combined a vivacity and truth
which is nowhere to be found in the remains that
strew the valley of the Nile. We cannot go along
with the French critic, who affirms that the Assyr
ian relics will bear a comparison with the produc
tions of Phydias ; but we are as little prepared to
deny the superiority of some of the best fragments
delineated by Mr. Layard to all but the very first
efforts of modern art in the same kind. There are
- conventional forms and a total disregard to literal
versiniffitude in the works of the Assyrian which
must shock an unprepared and uncultivated taste,
and distract it from the appreciation of the real ex
cellenice which abounds in them ; but real, excel
lence there is, and tfiat, if we mistake not, of a high
order. In details, tale art, as in all true schools,
becomes suggestive rather than literally imitative,
when literal imitation' becomes inconvenient, from
limited•space, or other causes. In a lion-hunt, for
example, the lion rolls dying wider the chariot
wheels, while the warrior, is sending his arrow be
fore him into space. In a siege, the height of the
soldiers scaling the walls is out of all proportion to
that of the walls themselves ; but the lion and horse
have true action; the aspect of the warrior-is bold
and noble; the incidents of the siege are depicted
with invention and power.
So much for the art which has been restored to'
the world by Messrs. Botta and Layard; and, by
the way, let it be understood that we place the
French discovereObefore the English one, not on
account of the magnitude of the' discoveries of the
- first, but only on account of his priority in order of
time, Mr. Layard's dikoveries being much more
numerous and interesting than those of M. Botta.
To give our readers a notion of the value of these
remains in restoring a picture of Assyrian life and
data for Assyrian history, we need only state that
the slabs of alabaster, upon which the principal
works are executed, are many hundreds in number,
and that they contain delineations of incidents of
every.order associated with the history of this an
cient nation. „ But lAsides these reliefs, and more
important still, for historical purposes, an immense
body of inscriptions have been found, and carefully
copied, and, are now being deciphered by philolo
gists of all countries.
Of course we can treat for the most part only in
the most general terms concerning the contents of
Mr.-Layard's volumes, but there are two c - three
details, which are of such commonly appreciable
interest, that we must not neglect to mention them
in an account which is' to . contain all that many
readers will know of these wonderful Assyrian rev
elations. It appears from the investigations of Mr.
Layard, at Nimroud, that the Assyrians were ac
quainted with the principle'of vaulting by arches,
and of supporting roofs by pillars; yet it is very
remarkable that neither of these valuable expedients
'was employed, to any extent, in the enormous Assy
rian buildings. Consequently, all the closed appart
merits are long galleries, narrow enough to allow
of roofing by horizontal beams. Mr. Layard dis.
covered only one instance of vaulting by the so
called "Roman," or semi-circular arch, and that
was in a position , where - it was not demanded by
the. necessities of construction. A bas-relief of a
fishing or pleasure house, showed the only trace of
columns; and these, it is most interesting and sur
prising fact, were distinctly "lonic," showing that
that order was the adoption, and not the invention,
of the Greek colonists of Asia Minor. From the
circumstances of the neglect of the discovery of
the arch and the column, 111 r. Layard infers that it
was not made until after conventional forms of
architecture had been adopted, and an adherence to
them as in the case of Greek architecture, was
become a point of religious feeling.. Of the anti
quarian results of Mr. Layard's researches, perhaps
the most popularly interesting
are the determina
tion of the site of Nineveh and the verification of
the extraordinary and coincident descriptions of
that city, to be found in the Old Testament and
Diodorus Siculus. An oblong space, the angles of
which are marked by four great masses of ruins—
namely, Nimroud, Kouyunjik, Karamles, and Khor
sabad—is covered with lesser mounds and traces
of buildings. This space is about 480 stadia, or
three days' journey, or sixty miles around, which
is the area assigned to Nineveh by Jonah and Dio
dorus. Moreover, the situation is precisely that
ascribed to the city by the later writers. To un
derstand how this immense size was consistentwith
the comparatively small number of inhabitants, we
are to'remember that the walls of the Assyrian
cities enclosed arable land sufficient to grow corn
for all the inmates, and pasture to support all their
cattle, in case of invasion or siege. The other
problem that will immediately strike all who think
of the matter, namely, the present state of the ruins,
which are mere mounds of earth, is satisfied at
once by the fact that the bricks, which formed the
'chief 'building material, were merely dried in the
sun, bud were consequently soon reduced to their
parent earth when their thin cases of stiiine,:or baked
bricks, fell off, or where destroyed. With such an
inherent tendency to ruin; what mustlhave been the
size of 'the separate palaces of Nineveh, when the
mountain left by one of them, after the lapse of
3000 years, is still 4,985, yards round, and 100
feet high!
We-close this hasty glance at the antiquarian
portions of Mr. Layard's work" by the following
passage from the letter of a traveller, conveying
his first impressions of the sight revealed to bim
by thetexcasiations at Nimrondi
" I took the opportunity, wlailstAt Mosul, of vis
iting the excavations of Nimroud. Bat' before I
attempt to give a short account of them I may as
well say a few words as to the general impression
Which these wonderful remains made upon me on
my first visit to them. I should begin by stating
that they are all underground. To get to them
Mr. Layard has excavated the earth to the depth of
twelve or fifteen feet, where he hascome to a-build
ing composed of slabs of marble. In this place,
which forms the the north-western angle of the
mound, he has fallen upon the interior bars,
and
galleries, the walls of which are covered with bas
reliefs and inscriptions in the cuneiform character
—all in excellent preservation. The upper part of
the walls, . which were of bricks, painted With
flowers, &c., in the brightest colors, and the roofs,
which were of wood, have fallen, but fragments of
them are strewn about in every direction. The
time of day when I first descended into these cham
bers happened to be towards evening, the shades of
-which added, no doubt, , to the awe and mystery of
the surrounding objects. It was, of course, with
no little excitement that I suddenly found myself
in the magnificent abode of the old Assyrian kings,
where, moreover, it needed not the slightest effort
of imagination to conjure hp visions of their long
departed 'power and greatness. The walls them
selves were crowded with phantoms of the past.
In the words of Byron, 'Three thousand years their
cloudy wings outspread,' unfolding to view a vivid
representation of those who conquered and posses
sed so large a portion of the earth we now inhabit.
There they were in the oriental pomp of richly.
' embroidered - robes and quaintly artificial coiffure.
There, also, were portrayed their deeds in peace
and war, their audiences, battles, sieges, lion-hunts,
&c. My mind was overpowered by the contem
plation of so many strange objects ; and some of
them, the portly forms of kings and viziers, were
so life like, and carved in such fine relief; that they
might almost be imagined to be stepping from the
walls to question the rash intruder on their privacy.
Then, mingled with them, were other monstrous
shapes—the old Assyrian deities, with human
bodies, long, drooping wings, and the heads and
beaks of eagles; or, still faithfully guarding the
portals of
,the deserted halls, the colossal forms of
winged lions and bulls, with gigantic human faces.
All these figures, the idols of a religion long since
dead and buried, like themselves, seemed actually
in the twilight to be raising their desecrated heads
from the dust of centuries; certainly the feelini , of
awe which they inspired me with must have b een
something akin to that experienced by their heathen
votaries.-
We have now said quite enough to enable our
readers to judge of the almost inestimable value of
Mr. Layard's discoveries, for the historian, the an
tiquary, and the'Biblical critic. We must take a
glance at the matters of more popular interest
with which these volumes abound. As a mere
•tbook of travels,' it is one of the most attractive
we have had the pleasure of perusing; the glimpses
which we catch at Arab life are vivid and impres
sive in the highest degree; the account of the Nes
torian or Chaldean Christians, who have lived, un
tainted by Romish defection from the truth, from
the earliest ages of Christianity, among the moun ,
tains of Kurdistan, is of the very highest interest
for the multitudes of Protestants who have clung
to the example of the Vandois as being the most
consistent historical refutation of the Romish sys
'fern. The personal dangers to which Mr. Lavard
was continually exposed, from the neighborhood of
the plundering Arabs, and sanguinary Kurds, keep
constantly alive the lowest kind of interest in which
all are capable of partaking; while that gentleman's
invincible courage, unwearying perseverance, and
admirable management of the strange company he
was occasionally cast among, offer -a spectacle re
freshing to behold, in these days, when, thanks .to
the new police, we can, most of tis, easily dispense
with heroism of the sort exhibited by Mr. Layard.
We present our readers with a few extracts, which
will illustrate our remarks, and show the justice of
our praise. Mr. Layard thus begins the descrip
tion of his wanderings' in the desert regions of
Nineveh and Kurdistan: •
"During the autumn of 1537 and winter of 1540,
I had been wandering through Asia Minor and
Syria, scarcely leaving untrnd one spot hallowed
by tradition, or unvisited one ruin consecrated by
history. I was accompanied by one no less curious
and enthusiastic than myself. We were both
equally careless of . comfort and unmindful of dan
ger. We rode alone; our arms were our only pro
tection; a valise behind our saddles was our ward
robe; and we tended our own horses, except when
relieved from the ditty by the hospitable inhabi
tants of a Turcornan village or an Arab tent.—
Thus unembarrased by needless luxuries, and unin
fluenced by the opinions and prejudices of others,
we mixed amongst the people, acquired without
effort their manners, and enjoyed without alloy
those emotions which scenes so novel and spots so
rich in varied association cannot fail to produce. I
look back with feelings of grateful delight to those
happy days when, free and unheeded, we left at
dawn the humble cottage or cheerful tent, and lin
gering as we listed, unconscious of distance and of
the hour, found ourselves, as the sun went down
under some hoary ruin, tenanted by the wandering
Arab, or in some crumbling village still bearing a
well-known name. No experienced dragoman mea
sured our distances and appointed our stations.—
We were honored with no conversations by pachas,
nor did we seek any civilities from governors. We
neither drew tearsnor curses from the villagerii,
by seizing their horses or searching their houses
idr provisions; their welcome was sincere ; their
scanty fare was placed before us; we ate, and came,
and went in peace."
Again, speaking of the Arab life, Mr. Layard
"'There is a charm in this wandering existence,
whether of the Kurd or the Arab, which cannot be
described. I have had some experience in it, and
look backward with pleasure to the days I have
spent in the desert, notwithstanding the occasional
inconveniences of such a life, not the least of them
being a strong tendency on the part of all nomads
to profess a kind of communist philosophy, sup
posed in Europe to be the result 'of modern wisdom,
but which appears to have been known from the
earliest times in the East. Friends and strangers
are not always exempted from the rules of this
philosophy ; and as reciprocity is as little under
stood in the Asiatic as in the European system,
their property is made no less tree with than that of
Job was by Arabs and Chaldees some four thou
saad years ago. Still this mode of life has not al
ways a bad effect on human nature. On the con
trary, it frequently acts favorably. One cannot
but admire the poor, half-naked Arab, who, intrus t
ed with a letter or message from his sheik to the
pacha of Bagdad, walks proudly up to the great
man's sofa and seats himself; unbidden, upon it as
an equaL He fulfils his errand as if he was half
ashamed of it. If it be too late to return to his
tent that night, or if business still keep him from
the desert, he stretches himself under a tree outs ide
the City gate, that he may not be degraded by sleep
ing under a roof orwithin walls. He believes that
the town corrupts the wanderer ; and he remembers
that until the sheik of the desert visited the citizens,
and were feasted in the palaces of their governors,
oppressions and vices most odious to the Arabs
were unknown.'
The following-is an admirable description of an
extraordinary scene—,one of the annual festivities
the Yezidis. or Devil-worshippers. It is midnight,
in a dimly illuminated forest of Kurdistan :
"The tambourines, which were struck simulta
neously, only interrupted at intervals the song of
The priests. As the time quickened, they broke in
more frequently. The chant gradually gave way
to a lively melody, which, increasing in measure,
was finally lost in a contusion of sounds. The tam
bourines were beaten with extraordinary energy,
the flutes poured forth a rapid flood of notes, the
voices were raised to their highest pitch, the men
outside joined in the cry, while the women made
the rocks resound with the shrill tahlehl. The
musicians, giving way to the excitement, threw
their instruments into the air, and strained their
limbq into every contortion, until they fell exhaus
ted to the ground. I never heard a more frightful
yell than that which rose in the valley. The time
and place were well suited to the occasion, and I
gazed with wonder upon the extraordinary scene
around me. Thus were probably celebrated, age:
ago, the mysterious rites of the Corybantes whet t
they met in some consecrated grove. I did tic
marvelithat such wild ceremonies had giver, rise to
those stories of unhallowed rights and obsc eneitrys
teries which have rendered the name of yezi.di an
abomination in the East. Notwithstan ding 'the -un
controllable excitement which appear ed to prevail
amongst all present, there were no int'
or unseemly ceremonies. When tb. e musicians and
singers were exhausted, the noic
,e suddenly
gestures
e suddenly died
away. The various groups resu
me their previous
cheerfulness, and again wander ed through the val
ley, or seated themselves uncle ,
the trees."
• The emigration of an Arab
" tribe is thus described:
We soon found ourselve
s in the midst of wide
spreading flocks of and camels. As far as
the eye could reacb to tlr a right, to the left, and in
front, was the sane mco ting crowd. Long lines of
asses and bußocks lad on with black tents, huge
cauldrons and variegat ed carpets ; aged women
and men, no longer abit to walk, tied on the heap
of domestic furniture;. u &ants crammed into saddle-
bags—theit tiny heads thrust through the narrow
opening, balanced on the animal's back by kids or
lambs tied - On the opposite side; young girls clothed
only in the close : fitting Arab shirt, which displayed
rather than concealed their graceful forms; moth
ers with children on their shoulders; boys driving
floeks of lambs; horsemen armed with their long
tufted spears, scouring the plain on their fleet mares
riders urging their dromedaries with their short
hooked sticks, and leading theirbigh-bred steeds by
the halter ; colts galloping amongst the throng ;
high born ladies seated in the centre of huge wings,
which extended like those of a butter-fly from each
side of the camel's hump, and are no less gaudy
and variegated—such was the 'motley crowd thro'
which we had to wend our way for several hours."
Jutelligencer & Journal.
E. HUTTER, EDITOR.-
Lancaster, May Si, 1549.
ANOTHER COLONEL !—Dr. D. E. SHIRK, of Eph
rata, has been. appointed an Aid to Governor
JOHNHTON with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
We-should think it would afford some Comfort to
the clerks in the State Department, if the Aid man.
ufactory were soon to stop.
1:1J' THE LIST or LETTERS, remaining in ; the
Lancaster city posboffice, on the Ist instant, will be
found on our outside page.
117 F. G. MAY'S connection with the Steubenville
(0.) Union has ceased, and the paper will hereafter
be under the sole conduct of the junior partner, Mr.
MEANS.
NEW FACTORY.—We learn that the initiatory
steps have been taken, by a number of enterprising
capitalists, for the erection of another extensive
Cotton Factory in this city. Between seventy and
eighty thousand dollars have already been sub
scribed towards the object.
Honceope-rate.—This "new school" of medical
practitioners, it is asserted, are on the constant in
crease in all parts of Germany.—Exchange paper.
Not alone in Germany, but also in the U. States,
and nowhere so much as in Pennsylvania. Here
too the disciples of Father HAFINE3iAN are numer
ous beyond all former example, and we have seen
the Doctors of State, who sat last winter at Harris
burg to consult on the diseases of the body politic,
apply this peculiar theory even to the great system
of Finance. Part of this doctrine is, that sickness
may be cured by administering to the patient doses
of the exceptionable matter by which it was ori
ginally produced—the hair of the dog for - the cure
of the bite. Now, what most afflicts the currency
of .Pennsylvania is a redundancy of Paper Money,
which necessarily excludes from circulation the
precious metals. And the remedy, which our
financial M. D.'s provide, is—more paper still!—
Another manufactory of "promises" at York, and
another at Danville! The public voice crieth long
and loud against the Relief Notes—and the remedy
suggested at Harrisburg is—a fresh batch "of the
same sort!" If our currency-tinkers would only
learn to stick to iqfinitessema/doses, the Homccopathic
theory would be triumphant in the state, but un
fortunately the parallel fails here, for their minis
trations are sufficiently copious to strangle an
Anaconda.
News from Salt River!
We have no additional news to communicate,
this week, either from Canada or California, but
have several interesting items of intelligence from
an attentive correspondent at Cock' d Hat,the flourish
ing capital of the Salt River country. He states,
that at the time of writing there was a prodigious
commotion in all the saline settlements, and that
the "oldest inhabitant - could not call to remem
brance such another stir and pother. There was
a general moving in and out, and matters had the
appearance of a coming thorough revolution. The
day before, three immense ship-loads of Democrats
sailed for their old homes. They all belonged to
CONNECT/CUT, of the genuine Down East stamp,
and much rejoicing was manifested by all on board,
at the prospect of so speedy a return. Their places
were soon filled up, however, by a numerous de
tachment of Whigs, who manifested much mortifi
c'ation at the discomfort of the place, but were
obliged "to stand it." This was but a trifle, how
ever, to what followed. Scarcely had the Connec
ticut boys left, when the whole country was sur
prised by the landing of full 14 boat-loads of pale
looking TAYLORMEN from Virginia. They looked
as if they had encountered terrible storms during
the passage—and so wo-begone was their appear.
ance, that a wag, on shore taunted them with this
sarcastic remark: " Why, my boys, you really look
as if you all had the Borrs!" This must have
been cruel in the extreme—adding insult to injury.
Our informant further states, that the authorities
are busily employed in providing places for expected
newcomers. Two or three boat loads are antici
pated in August from Indiana, one from Maryland,
with the prospect of a tolerably smart emigration
from the Southern. states. At present the popula
tion is of a mixed sort, but the prevailing impres
sion there is, that in a few years the Democrats
will all have moved out, and that the country will
again pass into the sole occupancy of the Taylor•
men and Whigs. The latter, from having resided
there so long, are better acclimated, and can more
readily accommodate themselves to. the hardships
of the country. A safe and a pleasant voyage to them.
State Treasur3
GIDEON J. BALL, Esquire, the modest gentleman,
who elected himself the Treasurer of this State, as
sumed the duties of his place on the Ist inst. His
first act was the removal of the excellent Chief-
Clerk, Col. AsA DIMOCX, who is succeeded by Too•
NICAOL4IN, Esq. former member of the House of
Representatives from Beaver county.
U ' 100 GUNS were fired by the DEMOCRATS
of Boston, on the Ist instant, to express, in the
words of the heading of the subscription, "their unal
loyed satisfaction at the removal of MARCUS Mon-
Ton from the office of Collector of Boston!' Mr .
Morton has given great offence to his former friends,
by consorting with his 01/ political enemies, and
elevating " traitors" to office. Such is political
popularity—such the applause of the world. For
many years in succession, MARCUS MORTON was
the standing candidate of the Democracy of Massa
chusetts for the office of Governor, and none stood
higher in their confidence. Now, that same De•
mocracy celebrates his dismissal frorrr an humble
Collectorship with one hundred rounds of cannon!
Lancaster Savings' Institution.
At an election for trustees of the Lancaster
Savings' Institution, held on the evening of May 5,
1849, in pursuance of public notice given, accord
ing to the provisions of the Act of Incorporation,
the following named gentlemen were duly elected,
viz: E. Schaeffer, Chr. Kieffer, George Ford, New
ton Lightner, John S. Gable, Reah Frazer, J. B.
Stubbs.
Centre County.
The sterling Democracy of this county met a few
days ago, and appointed ROBERT Biunow, Esq.,
representative delegate to the Pittsburg Convention,
with instructions to support JOHN A. GAMBLE for
Canal Commissioner.
Elj - Gen. JOHN A. QUITMAN has been nominated
for Governor of Mississippi, by the Democratic
State*Convention, and will be elected, of course.
7Hon. E. A. HANNEGAN, Envoy Extraordinary
and, Minister Plenipotentiary to Beilin, and his Pri
vate Secretary, Colt, sailed in, the Europa on Wed
nesday for Europe.
Mississirer.—Mr. Tompkins, the only, Whig
member in the last House of Representatives from
Mississippi, declines a 'le-election. %
Glorious Old Virginia;
Whiggery Utterly Demolished!
Thotigh other states—including even, we blush
to acknowledge, our own Pennsylvania—have shot
madly from their political sphere—the Old Do
minion, Vraarars, proudly maintains her ancient
position. The history of this noble old Common
wealth is the synonyme of- all that is good, great,
and glorious_ She is, truly, the "mother of states
and of statesmen." From her loins sprung the im
mortal WAsnlawroN, the Father of our common
country. 'From her JZIT ERSOV emanated the chart
of our National -Independence, and it was by his
gigantic mind that the great principles of Democ
racy were built upon their present sure foundation.
From her mountain forests sprang PATRICK HENRY,
that illustrious child of nature, who gave the first
impulse to the ball of the revolution, and whose sub
lime eloquence is incorporated in the history of the
nation. She gave to the nation a Munson, the
matchless expounder of republican truth, a RAN-
Doran, a Lai, and a TAYLOR, and a host of Patriots,
Sages, and Statesmen, whose deeds reflect lustre
upon their country and upon mankind. Virginia
stood proudly erect in the great political whirlwind
of 1840, when almost the whole Union yielded to
a series of senseless mummeries and sensual de
baucheries, whose bare-contemplation at this day
fills the mind with astonishmedt and disgust. She
was at her post in 1844, and again in 1548, and to
her belongs the enviable distinction, shared by none
of the original thirteen, of having never yet depos
ited -her Electoral vote for a, Federal candidate for
the Presidency. • Again she has terribly rebuked
the TAYLOR administraiion, by sending to the next
Congress 14 good and true Democrats, opposed to
its selfish and proscriptive policy, and only .1 Fed
eralist, and lie elected by DemOcratic votes, as a choice
of evils! Here is a consecrated commonwealth—a
chosen spot of earth, sacred in the eyes of all Dem
ocrats and lovers of free and good government•
May the old Keystone deduce a moral from this
brilliant example! May she here take a lesson in
stedfastness and consistency, and if she cannot re
trieve the Past, let her, at least, be inspired with
firm and fast resolves for the Future! The time
was when Pennsylvania and Virginia were as twin
brothers in politics, united in the bonds of friendly
fraternity, and worshiping at the same political
altar. May that period soon again return!
In the last Congtess, the delegation from Virginia
stood : Democrats 9, Whigs 6. In the next it will
stand, Dem'Ocrats 14, Whigs I—being a Demo•
cratic gain and Whig loss of five members, equiva
lent to ten votes. The following are the names of
the gentlemen chosen :
Ist Dist. John S. Millson (Dem.) No change.
2nd " Richard K. Meade, (Dem.) "
3rd " Thomas H. Avefett, (Dem.) Gain.
4th " Thomas S. Bocock, (Dem.) No change
9th "
_Paulus Powell, (Dem.) Gain. •
6th " James A. Seddon, (Dem) Gain.
7th " Thomas H. Bayley, (Dem.) No change
Bth " A. R. Holladay, (Dem.)
9th " Jeremiah Morton, (Whig) "
10th " Richard Parker, (Dem.)
11th
Henry jJames
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13th " Francis MlMullen, (Dem.) Gain.
I.lth " J. M. H. Beale, (Dem.)
13th " Alexander Newman, (Dem.) No ch'ge
The Legislature is also Democratic in both
branches. Again we say, all honor, and glory, and
praise to the invincible Democracy of the Old
Dominion !
ify- The intelligent Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald speaks of Mr. MORTON,
the only "Whig" member of Congress elect from
Virginia, in these terms:
The result of the Vir g inia election appears to be
fourteen democrats, and a half a Whig; for Mr.
Morton, elected over Mr. Pendleton, is very gene
rally reported to be for the sub treasury, for free
trade, against a bank, and against the Wilmot proviso.
30th Congress
31st Congress
- 9—democrats, 6 Whigs.
-14 i—democrats, a whig
Democratic gain
.51.--Whig loss 5
or a difference of 11 in the vote in the House. If
the other Stites to elect come in at this rate, Mr.
Winthrop will not be re-elected speaker of the
House—that's certain.
Layard's Book on Nineveh
The attention of the literary and religious world
has been recently powerfully enlisted by the inter•
esting work of Mr. LATARD, an enterprising English
gentleman, who has literally disentombed, from its
slumber of more than twenty five hundred years,
the ruins of ancient Nineveh, the capital of the
once proud and powerful Assyrian empire. That
our readers may form
.some idea of the character
and importance of the book, we print in another
column an interesting notice of it from the Neiv
York Evening Post. From this imperfect sketch
alone, it will be seen, that .LA.TARI) . S discoveries
deserve to be classed among the most stupendous
achievements of this remarkable age. Here ive
have one of the most ancient cities of the known
world, founded by Nirditou, the grandson of NOAH
—a city, according to the prophet JONAH of "three
day's journey," and whose merchants, as another
prophet says, were "multiplied' above the stars of
heaven"—dug up from the bowels of the earth, and
many of the house-hold idols of its succession of
ambitious and martial princes brought to light from
beneath the accumulated rubbish of centuries.—
These discoveries supply an important link in the
chain of imperfect and obscure history, and by the
believer in the Bible cannot fail to be greeted with
a cordial satisfaction. With the exception of what
is contained in the sacred writings, little is known of
the history of Nineveh—for the most ancient of the
Heathen authors, who have occasion to say aught
concerning it, only speak of it in brief as a city
that was once great and flourishing, but is now
destroyed and desolate. Notwithstanding its former
splendor and magnificence, so little if it was re
maining, even in the times of early antiquity, that
authors were not agreed aboUt its situation. Luc I AN,
who flourished in the second century after Cunrxr,
affirms that Nineveh was so' utterly perished, that
by not one footstep could its location be determined!
Now, however, by the enterprise of a daring trav
eller, is not only the site disclosed, but its former
palaces and temples are again trodden by human
footsteps, and ponderous relics are disentombed and
transported down the Tigris and Persian Gulf to
Bombay, and thence to London, to be preserved in
the British Museum ! Such results are worthy of
this age cf magnetism and steam, and stamp the
men of the present century with the seal of an
almost heaven-born inspiration. We join in the
recommendation, so warmly urged by the press
both of Europe and this country, and say to our
readers, do not fail to buy and read LAyAnn's work
on NINEVEH, It is for sale at all the principal
bookstores in this city.
Mns. PIERCE BUTLER—The New York Sun
day Morning .Arews publishes the following piece of
gossip in relation to this lady, formerly Miss FANNY
KEMAL; whose domestic troubles have recently
occupied so large a share of the public attention.
'The incident here related is highly creditable to
this eminent lady, and proves her possessed of true
Sarnarilan philanthropy:
We have read a great deal about the eccentri
cities, of Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, and we have
lately had proof of her decided eccentricity. She
is now boarding at the Battery Hotel, entirely un
attended, excepting by a very nice lady's maid,
and we have met her several mornings, taking her
equestrian exercise quite alone. Her favorite ride
appears to be through West street, directly on the
North River, and a more dirty and disagreeable
thoroughfare can scarcely be found, even in this
nasty city. A few mornings since, she strolled down
among the boatmen at Pier No. 1 North River,
dressed in a close straw bonnet, a white dress, and
a check josey, (something between a sack and a
jacket) and although it was a cold, bleak, windy
morning, we saw her embarked and rowed out in
the stream by one waterman. We understood
afterwards, that, attracted by the painful scene of
a ship-load of emigrants, she went on board, and
divided all the money she had with her among the
poorest 'and most distressed of the families.
Gen. Lewis Cass.
This.accoriiplished Soldier and Statesman, the
gallant' standard-bearer of the Democracy at the
last presidential election; previous to his departure
from Washington, was invited by the Democratic
members of our State Legislature to visit Harris ,
burg, on his, way back to Detroit. Unfortunately
the letter did not reach him at Washington, but
was forwarded to the General at Detroit; which ex
plainsthe delay in answering it. We subjoin, from
the Harrisburg Democratic Union, the correspondence
which passed on the occasion. Although defeated
in Pennsylvania, Gen. CASS is a 0 great favorite
with her Democracy, having justly endeared him
self to them, not less by his gallant deeds. in the
last War and his memorable services as Minister
at France, than by his stern - and unflinching
support of the measures of the late National ad
ministration. To no man in the country does the
Democratic party owe a more laiting debt of grat
itude than to LEWIS CASS.
HARRISBURS, March 22, 1849
HOn. LEWIS CASs,
DE AU. Stn: The undersigned, members
of the Legislature, your political friends, give you
a cordial invitation to visit Harrisburg on your
way home, from your duties in the: Senate of the
United States, where you have recently been recal
led with such honor to yourself, by the Democracy
of your own State. They hope you will afford
them this opportunity of paying their personal res
pects to you, at the Capitol of the State of Penn
sylvania, and of expressing to you the gratification
they have in viewing you as the honored standard
bearer of the Democratic party of the Union.
[Signed by all the Democratic members of the Senate
and House of Representatives.]
DETROIT, April 3, 1849
GENTLEMEN : Your invitation to me to visit Har
risburg, on my reture home, did not reach Wash
ington till after my departure, and was forwarded
to me here; end i j embrace the first moment in tiny
power, to ackn'ifwledge its receipt, and to thank
you for this distinguished mark of your kindness
and confidence. Though circumstances, which I
am sure you will appreciate, would have prevented
me from accepting you invitation, had it even found
me at Washington; yet no circumstances can ,
di
minish the value of this token of your approbation,
nor obliterate its impression upon my mind. Per
sonally it is, and will be dear to me, but it is still
dearer as . a testimonial of attachment, from the
representatives of the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
to the great Democratic, party of the Union, of
whose principles and cause, it was their pleasure
to make me the representative, during the recent
Presidential contest, and to which circumstance I
owe this proof of your favor. As such I accept, and
thank you for it.
I am, Gentlemen, your friend and fellow-citizen,
LEWIS CASS.
W. F. Packer, Edward Nickleson, W. Y. Roberts,
Esquires, and others, democratic members of the
Legislature of Pennsylvania.
Governor of Tennessee
The Democratic State Convention of Tennessee
met at Nashville, on the 19th ultimo, and was,
among the most imposing assemblages ever con
vened in the State. It was called to order by Maj.
Wir.m.A.M H. Por.a, and was finally organised by
the appointment of A. 0. P. NICHOLSON, Esq., as
President. On the first ballot, Gen. WILLAM THOUS
DA LE of Sumner county was duly - nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Governor. The Nashville
Union accordingly carries at its mast-head the fol
lowing imposing Flag: •
FOR GOVERNOR
GEN. WILLIAM TROUSDALE,
THE VETERAN OF THREE WARS,
The Soldier of Tallashatchee, Talledega, Pensacola, the
Glorious Night of the 23d December, IST-1 the
Sth of January, 1811; of the Forks of Witldaeoo
chie ; the Three Battles of the lVahoo hamMork,
17lh,18th, and 21st November, 1836; of Contreras,
of Cherubusco, of 211olino del Bey and of Cheid-
tepee, in 1848.
There is military chieftainism enough here, we
should .think, to satisfy the taste of even the "Dem
ocratic Taylormen," and bring, them back to the
fold. We are happy to understand, however, that
the Democrats of Tennessee do not rest their hopes
of success upon these grounds exclusively. They
are not sacrificing their principles, after the manner
of the whigs, at the shrine of Mars. Gen. TRous-
DALE is represented as also a Statesman, combining
every necessary civil qualification, and as an upright
and consistent Democrat. The Whig journals of
Tennessee are evidently alarmed at this nomination.
The Nashville Banner (Whig) says : "We may say
of the nominee of the Convention, what all unhes
itatingly concede, that he is well worthy of the sup.
port of his political friends, so far as his personal
merits are concerned - '—and the Daily Gazette, also
a whig journal, says of him: "The Democracy
have displayed a little policy in the selection and
have now a standard-bearer worthy of their affection
and confidence.'" The Union, the ably conducted
Democratic organ, says :
"The Taylor Democrat's of the State, united
with those who voted for Cass, are a majority of
the voters of the State; and we therefore look upon
the election of Gen. Trousdale as a fixed fact. We
need scarcely urge our friends to rally to his sup
port. They will do it by spontaneous combustion.'
No party drill which the whigs may be able to get
up can prevent THE PEOPLE of Tennessee from
voting for WILLIAM. TROUSDALE.-
Religious Liberty in France
Some months ago Monsieur Pilatte, a Protestant
clergyman, delivered a course of Lectures in Paris
which gave offence to some who, taking advantage
01 some trifling informality of the Rev. gentleman,
made complaint to the police, which resulted in
closing his meetings and the imposition of a line.
M. PiTarte applied to the Minister or Public In
struction and Worship," asking to be informed what
formalities were required previous to the opening
a place for public worship. The following is a
translation of the Minister's reply :
Sin—You having called my attention to the cir
cumstances under which your meetings were closed,
and wishing to know in what way the like difficul
ties may he avoided in future, I reply, that in Art.
7, of the Constitution of 1 &4S, an equal liberty of
worship is secured to those who do and to those
who do not acknowledge the forms of worship rec
ognized by the law—the only difference being, that
the former do and the latter do not receive the sal
ary of their ministers from the state. " The right
you claim is then incontestible, and nothing can
oppose the free exercise of your functions as min
ister of the Gospel." It will only be necessary to
make known to the police the place, days and hours
of your meeting, so that the necessary surveilliance
may be exercised. FALLOUX,
Minister of Pub. Instruction and Worship."
SIMON DRUM, F.sa..—The citizens of Greensburg,
\ Westmoreland county, gave this gentleman a supper
on the 25th ultimo, which was very numerously
attended. Toasts were drunk and speeches made.
The company escorted their venerable guest to his
residence, and on leaving him, gaVe three hearty
cheers. Even the Intelligencer, the Taylor organ in
that county, thus speaks of the wrong done to Mr.
Drum—" For reasons not connected- with politics, a
large portion of the Whigs of the borough would
have been pleased with the .retention of Mr. Drum
in the post office.-
RETRENCHMENT IN Tag Taxestrax.—The ex
penses of collecting the revenue from customs
from the Ist of July next, are not to exceed the
" sum of one million, five hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars per annum." There will be a reduc
tion of about half a million on the amount it cost
in the past year. The Secretary has issued a circu
lar calling for information respecting the number
of persons connected with the customs, their corn
pensation, and the reduction that can be made with
due regard to the public interest.
Box MOT OF LorinTixs.—The Ministry had
been expecting some difficulty with the question of
Church salaries; and when the announcement of
the election of Thiers took place, Ledru Rollin ex
claimed. " How unfortunate that we carried not
our scheme before. Thiers, who is just now hand
in glove with the priesthood, will not lend himself
to any measure against their interests." " Lend
himself!" exclaimediamartine, "of course not--
he has always been used to sell himself, and at a
tolerably ruinous price, too."
American eontodi Abroad.
The N. Y. Tribune contriins7a statement of the
official income of our Consuls abroad, by which it
appears that no Consulate is atpresent worth $10;
000. The largest amount received is by the Consul .
at Liverpool, who in 1845 received $9,963 05. The
Consulates at Rio 'de Janerio and at London are
also worth $9,000. The, next best are the. Cons
ulates of Havana add Glasgow, both , of which yield
annually upwards of $6,000. St. Thomas and the
Sandwich Islands each yield $4,000; six other
posts yield $2,000 per annum ;, eighteen are worth
$l,OOO ; and the remaining ninety Consulates range
from $9OO to $4OO per annum; much the largest
proportion of them being worth less than ssou.
The Consul at Alexandria, in Egypt, receives a
salary of $3OOO. Three Consuls on the coast of
Barbary each receive a salary of $2,000, and five
in China receive a salary of $l,OOO a year each.
One at Beyrout receives a salary of $5OO. Several
of the minor Consuls have made no return of fees.
Anecdote of "Toni Corwin:,
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Chronicle,
writing from Washington, relates the following
anecdote of Senator "Tom CORWIN" of Ohio, for
the correctness of which We would not vouch.
Whether fiction or fact, it is characteristic of the man :
The conceded fact that the dark and swarthy hue
which overshadows the features of Senator Corwin,
entitles him to the sobriquet of "Black Torn" was
strikingly illustrated a few days since in this city.
He had, it appears, occasion to visit the Navy De
partment to transact some business with which he
was intrusted. While there, waiting the return of
the Secretary's messenger, by whom he had sent in
his name, a gentleman whose modest and excited
appearance betokened an office-hunter, stepped up
to Mr. Corwin, whom he supposed from his dark
complexion to be the veritable messenger and hand
ed him his " papers . ' with a request that he would
take them to the Secretary. Mr. C. playfully re
marked that he was otherwise engaged just at that
time, "but;' continued he, directing the attention
of the gentleman to a negro boy in the corner of the
room, "if you will give your papers to my cousin
there, he will take them to the Secretary of the
Navy." Just at this moment a gentleman acquain
ted with Senator Corwin, entered the room and
addressed him by name. The confusion of the
office-seeker can better be imagined than described.
He looked as if he had committed an unpardonable
sin, which utterly destroyed all hope of his obtain
ing an office. He approached the Senator—large
drops of perspiration standing on his brow, and
taking him to one side, in a tremulous voice kegged
his pardon. Mr. C. who enjoyed the joke, told hith
to give himself no uneasiness—that such mistakes
were of frequent occurrence, and his astonishment
was, that he had not been apprehended before as a fu
gitive slave.
Philadelphia Appointments.
According to the statement of a Washington
correspondent of the Peniisyivanian, the following
appointments have been determined upon by the,
Taylor administration for Philadelphia:
Collector—W. D. Lewis, Whig.
Diqrict Attorney—J. W. Asmead, Native.
Marshal—H. Jones Brooke, Whig ; of Delaware
county, present State Senator.
The Naval Officer and Post Master not ascer
taMed, though it is confidently asserted that Mr.
Monti's, of the Inquirer, is to have one of these
places. Where are the Independents? Is there no
sops for them?
TAXING IT AS HE SHOULD.—JOHN S. BAGS, Esq.,
formerly editor of the Detroit Free Press, on his
removal from the office of Post Master at Detroit,
published the following card, which indicates that
Mr. B. understands taking such things philosophi
cally. We doubt not that the Democrats of that
city and of the state, will welcome him back to
the editorial chair, and to a position where he may
more effectually advance the exalted principles of
his party.
BACK AGAIN.—The undersigned, having been
relieved of the duties of Post Master of this city,
retur.ns this day to his•former connection with the
Free Press. For the present, he will only say, that,
in resuming his editorial labors, he will endeavor
to advance the best interests of the state, and of the
Democratic party. Hanmorrr,CONCESSlON,Usios,
everything for the CAUSE, nothinc , ' for MEN, will be
his party w;tchword. JOHN S. &GC.
1.13 Gen. Tivr.on having been elected an hono
rary member of the Neatrophian Society of Jackson
College, accepted the honor in the following fashion:
WASHINOTOIC, D. C., April 10, 1849.*
Sm—l have recel*ed your communication of
March 5. announcing ,irly election as an honorary
member of the NeatropMan, Society of Jackson
College, and beg leave through you, to thank the
members of the society for' their complimentary
action in the case. Wishing them' all success and
prosperity, I remain, very truly, your friend and
obedient servant, Z. , ,TAYLOR.
E. M. Branch, Esq., Corresponding Secretary Nea
trophian Society, Jackson College.
FEMALE TEsTptoNy.—The sister-in-law of the
senior Editor of the West Chester Republican, sends
home in a letter two ounces of the genuine gold
dust, and fully confirms the reports heretofore pub
lished in relation to the riches of the mines. In
writing to her she says her husband had been at
the mines, and acquired a considerable. quantit
of the dust. She, besides attending to her house
hold duties, was earning $2O a week by sewing.
PROOF READlNG.—Proofreaders are sometimes
very negligent In speaking of Gov. McDowell's
speech, the manuscfipt said, ";any members wee,
and among them Mr. Speaker Winthrop more than
once gave way to his feelings in a flood of tears."
The printed copy read, " many members slept, and
Mr. Speaker Winthrop more than once gave way
to his feelings in a onug of beer."
Ttrantrin Our.—The Skowhegan Press states that
one establishment in that place, turned out between
ten and twelve thohsand dollars' worth of shovel
handles the past year. Another " establishment"
at Washington has been very laudably and profita
bly employed this spring in turning out various live
articles that have been mere shovel-handles during
their whole term of oflice.—Boston Courier.
A Goon Hir.—Theodore Parker says :—" Mr .
Facing-both-ways is a popular politician in Amer
ica just now, sitting on the lence between honesty
and dishonesty, and like the blank leaf between the
Old and New Testaments, belonging to neither
dispensation."
fl 7" Over a watering place in Vermont, a gen
tleman found inscribed the following spirited verse,
which he transcribed while watering his horse :
" Temperance fountain good as can be ;
Better far than rum or brandy ;
If this truth excite your fury,
Let your horse be judge and jury."
111 An old toper, in the last stage of the dropsy,
was told by his physician that nothing would save
him but being tapped. His son objected to this
operation by saying, "Daddy, daddy! don't let him
for you know that there was never anything "tap
ped- in this house that lasted more than a week."
117 - There is some philosophy in the following
from the Germantown Telegraph. To die expressly
to have people to speak well of one may be all
well enough ; but we intend to lire with that view,
so that we marwitness our own exaltation.
CANADA.—We have seen a letter from Montreal,
says the N. Y Tribune, dated Thursday, after burn
ing of the Parliament House, which states that it is
almost impossible to describe the feeling which
pervades the people in relation to political matters
and that the general cry is for annexation to the U.
States. The writer is an American merchant and
has resided in Montreal several years.
WM CAROLINA. election of Members of
Congress in the Old North State takes place on the
first Thursday in' ugust, and the candidates, are
already announced.
10 - The Rev. Thomas J. Burrows, who is now in
Worcester county jail, for killing -Mr. Bishop, has
employed the Hon. Henry A. Wise to defend him
For the .Tatelligenter
The Gas Lights.
The attention of the citizens of Lancaster is di
rected to one of the most profitable investments
ever offered to them. It is a well established fact,
from, the experience of cimilar enterprises, that few,
if any, of, another character, pay so well as Gas
Companies. My reason for presenting these few
remarks is, that, if our citizens should feel at all
tardy in subscribing to the stock, when the Books .
shall be opened, on the lith instant, some. of the
knowing ones from a neighboring city, (as I am
credibly informed) will be here, to take it all. Now
can it be possible that the citizens of good old
Lancaster will be so asleep to their owp•interests ?
As the shares are but $35, I feel satisfied that one
and all of. our citizens, who conveniently can, will
come forward and enrol their names on the sub
scription list as stockholderS, to the exclusion of
those from abroad. Why will our citizens, when
the most of them can join in the enterprise, permit
others to reap so rich a harvest. You may talk
of your Savings' Fund, and speculations of differ
ent kinds, but none, 1 believe, will bear comparison
with the productiveness of the present enterprise
Who in our midst would not feel indignant at his
own neglect, after the stock is all taken, to hear
the fortunate ones (then and then only) boast of
their success in obtaining what they did.? They.
will be silent until all is over.
This is no delusion. Inquire for yourselves•be
fore the Inth instant', and be satisfied of these facts,
and do not be caught napping. This is another
great step in the adimricement of the city interests,
which all should feel a pleasure in -promoting, by
entering heartily into the measure. It will increase
the value of property, give additional labor to the
working classes, and be the means of encouraging
the erection of many more Factories and edifices
of different kinds throughout the city. A. E.
Affairs in Canada.
Montreal Quid.—✓lgiturion in the Eastern Townships
Further Arrests.
MONTREAL, May 5.
The Parliament: was not in session to day. It
will convene on Monday next, and hold its sessions
in the new building owned by Mr. Hayes, called
the Free Mason's Hall. But it is said the seat of
government is to alternate four years at Quebec
and Toronto.
A young man engaged in the Custom House has
been arrested, and is in custody for disturbing the
peace, or, it is probable, to be detained as a witness.
The agitation still continues in the eastern town
ships.
All is quiet in Montreal.
SECOND DESPATCH.
MONTREAL, May 5-7 P. M.
The giivernnient has taken possession of the new
building, belonging to Mr. Hayes; and both Houses
ot 'Parliament will meet there on Monday.
A' person named Stone was arrested to-day, but
the charge against him is not known.
' 'Some of the late prisoners are about to start on
a tour of "agitation" through the eastern town
ships.
In the Assembly, yesterday, Mr. Holmes gave
noticOof a bill to incorporate the St. Lawrence and
Champlain Canal Company, stating positively that
the necessary funds are all ready
The petitions for a recall of-the Governor, Lord
Elgin, have been numerously signed, and it is
thought that a request to this effect will pass the
present session.
Navigation to this point having opened, the first
ship of the season arrived to-day.
Revolution in Mexico.
[From the New Orleans Delta, April 28.1
We are indebted to a friend for the following ex
tract from a letter received by him yesterday,
elated
MATAmonos, April 20; 1849.
Paredes is kicking up the devil at present. The
pronunciados (insurgents) took. San Luis Potosi on
the 17th inst., and have marched on Queretaro.
Tne troops sent firom here to put down the revolt
have pronounced in favor of Paredes, and joined the
revolutionists as soon as they crossed the moun
tains."
i_U" WASHINGTON TOWNSEND, Esq., ~ has been
chosen Cashier of the Bank of Chester County, in
the place of his father, David Townsend, Esq., re
signed on account of ill health.
" PROGRESS OF THE Aus."—The editor of the
Easton .flrgus, a few days ago, saw a boy and girl,
neither of them over eight years of age, stagger by
his office, beastly drunk.
(For the Lancaster Intelligencer.)
Mr. EDITOR : While on a visit to Philadelphia, a
friend took me to the splendid China establishinent
of Messrs. TYRDALE & MITCHELL, 219 Chesnut St.
I found, to my great surprise, that Messrs. T. & M.
were offering goods at unprecedentedly low rates
and I was so struck with the difference that I found
myself continually asking questions such as this :
Is there anything the matter with that Dinner set
marked only 812,00 for 130 pieces? I was politely
shown that it was of the very best material, and
perfectly sound. I scarcely knew what to think of
it, until I found out that they have adopted the Cash
System, and in consequence of the large amount of
their sales, made for Cash, and involving no lasses,
they can afford to sell at prices that will defy com
petition by those who do a smaller business, or a
credit business.
In fact, I found that a citizen or a farmer can buy
a Dinner . set—a Tea set—a Toilet set—a set. of
Glassware—or anything from an entire outfit to a two
cent Bowl, at much lower prices than are paid for
such wares by the quantity at wholesale, on Market
street, to those merchants who must have heavy
profits to covers interest and losses accruing from
long credit. In a word I found that those 'buyers,
who, from a proper spirit of economy had examined
the market themselves—and had not taken as true a
prejudice that has been industriously circulated by
interested parties that Chesnut street was the dearest
street in the city—have been for years enjoying the
advantage of selecting from the largest variety, the
newest styles and patterns to be found in the U. States
and at as low rates as they could have been ob
tained anywhere. By their new system, T. &M.
are now prepared to offer the same extensive„vari
ety at greatly reduced prices; and being convinced
of the.above facts, I ask the favor of you to insert
this communication, and oblige
Health and Strength.
DR. S. 0. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY WINE
BITTERS
INDIGESTION AND COSTIVENESS CURED!
. _
1 - j• These celebrated Bitters_ are composed en
tirely of vegetables of the most innocent yet effec
tual virtues. They give purity and tone to the
stomach and bowels, and are the most effectual
remedy ever known for Indigestion, Liver Com
plaints, Jaundice, Flatulency, Heartburn, Loss of
Appetite, Sick-Headache, Bilious Attacks, Giddiness,
Nervousness, Wandering Pains, Sinking Faintness,
Sour Stomach, Weakness, Piles and Humors.
A more powerful and healthy action of every
faculty of the body will be effected by.their use,
for they give life, firmness and vigor, promote
action in the stomach and bowels, cleanse from
unhealthy secretions, and purify the blood in the
most effective manner.
As you value health, be careful and observe that
all Bitters prepared by me have a fac-simile of my
signature on the outer envelope, to counterfeit
which is forgery.
For the convenience of Families, I have the
roots and herbs ground and packed in papers,
which may be used in wine or water.
b - Orders from agents, rnercknts, traders,
druggists, apothecaries, and dealers in medicines,
will be punctually attended to. • For sale, whole
sale and retall, at my office, N 0.15 Hanover Street,
Boston, and in every town throughout the New
England States, by my agents, who are pledged to
sell the genuine.
irr Price 75 cts. a bottle-50 cts. a paper...,o
For sale by J. GISH & ,BRO., Booksellers, and
J. F. LONG, Druggist, North Queen Street, and by
Druggists, Apothecaries, and Traders throughout
the United States. , (may I 142
Pulmonary Consumption.
From its having almost always baffled the most
skillful, medical treatment, has very justly been
termed the Oplirobrium of Physicians;" and, until
within a few years; been generally considered in,.
curable, although many medical men of the highest
standing, among whom we may meition Laennec
and his friend Bayle—both distinguished authors,
admit that this Much dreaded disease may be cured,
even in its advanced stages, when the lungs are not
completely disorganized. The remedy Which we
now offer, DR. WISTAR'S BALSAM ,OF WILD
CHERRY for the cure. of this disease, not only
emanates from a regular Physician, but has also
been well tested in all the complaints for which it
is recommended. A Physician in Maine says:
I have recommended the use of Dr. Wistars
Balsam of Wild Cherry for diseases of
.the lungs,
for two years past, and .many,bottles to my knowl-,
edge have been used hi : My patients, all with bene-•
ficial results. In two eases, where it was tfiought
CormaarEn Comiumeviorr had.takan place, Ate
Wild cherry effected a cure. _
E. BOYDEN, Physician at'Ereter;Conior,
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS' • tie
wrapper: To be had of
GISH &13RO.,13ooksellers.
may 1 1849
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