Itentrnal E. W. 411JTTER, EQITOR. Lancmteri Nay 291)1A49. v r The proceednge of the County Meeting, held in the Court lionoe, on Saturday last, to elect delegates to, the qtote Convention for the-further- - once of the 'Common School System will appeal in our, next. GEORGE M. STEINMAN, Esq., of this city, presided. TEr. liotx.Scntrruans.—We direct the public Intention to the advertisement or J. W. HURLEY, Treasurer and Librarian of the Lancaster County Bible Society, offering a large assortment of Bibles and Testaments at their Depository, three doors north of the post-office. These bcioks are published by the New York Parent Society, at prices so low as to cover only the coat of printing and binding, and may even be had " without money and with out price? , Among the assortment, we would par ticularly recommend, a German and English Testa ment, the two languages being placed in juxta position, on the same page. This Testament pos sesses the additional advantage, that it may serve as an excellent book for acquiring a knowledge of either language. It is sold by the single copy at 44 cents, less than half its value. Er The Lancaster County Farmer now rejoices in 74, valuable acquisition to its editorial department G. SWARTZ, Esq. having become the Associate Editor with Col. WILLIAMS. The Farmer is an interesting journal, t and deserves to be liberally patronized. I E7" The Columbia Spy also appears in a new dress, and abounds with racy and Well written articles. If we did not belong to the corps our selves, we would be almost tempted to write a puff in behalf of the'Lancaster county press. 117 - Gar.o DOLLARS received at this office in pay mem of arrearages for subscription, advertising, &c. Ll 7 Tax PosT-Ornec at Safe Harbor, - Uneasier county, has beeij restored to the Manor side of the Conestoga, and" Col. P. S. Lindemutb appointed Postmaster. "1 "COTTON FACTORY AT YORK.—The citizens of York are about to hold a public meeting, to adopt the initiatory measures for the erection of a Cotton Factory in that place. Speaker of Congress. - As it is now, not only highly probable, but almost morally certain, that there will be a Democratic majority in the next House of Representatives, it may not be too early to agitate the question of the Speakership of that body. We have a favorite for this post, whom we present to the consideration of the Democracy and its representatives in the next Congress. We refer to Gov. JAMES APDOWELL of Virginia. Casting our eye over the list of mem bers elect, we discover none, whom we would prefer to this distinguished son of the Old Dominion. By whatever standard he be tried, whether of the head or of the heart, he will be found in the highest sense equal to the requirements of the place. If talents that would adorn any parliamentaryassem blage of any country on earth—if integrity, with out spot or blemish—if experience in civil govern ment, the most useful and extensive—if a bland and dignified demeanor, yet wholly free from ostenta tion—and, above, and beyond all, if an ardent and abiding attachment to the bonl of our common Union, may be regarded pre-requisites for this or any other important public trust, then no more Sui table or deserving man can be named than Gov. Lucia M'Dowstr.. His speech in the last Congress, on the Slavery question, which was 'so extensively read and admired, was alone sufficient to stamp him as a Statesman and Patriot,with few or no superiors. He is the representative of the Rockingham and Shenandoah district, the OLD BEAKS of Virginia, and has been re-elected to Congress without a com petitor. The Speaker of the last Congress was from Federal Bluelight Massachusetts. TO make the contrast as marked as 'possible, may the next be taken from glorious old Virginia, the Gibraltar of Democracy, against whose sides the storms of Fed eralism have ever beat in vain, and who, at her recent elections, has won fresh laurels, and now presents additional claims to the respect and grati tude of the nation. IIJ The Washington (Pa.) Examiner, one of the oldest and most influential Democratic journals in the state, appears in a newand much enlarged dress. It is now entitled to rank with the most attractive, as also the ablest, of the country press. We con. eratulate the enterprising editors upon this new proof of their prosperity. 1:1:7'COL HENRY H. SYLVESTER, for the last four years the efficient Clerk of the Patent Office at Washington, has been removed by the "no party" commissioner, EI,VIWiR. Previous to his appoint ment, Col. S. was a prominent Democrat in New Hampshire, where he will doubtless return. POST-MASTER AT CARLISLE.—Among the numer ous post-office changes, recently made, is the ap pointment of Abraham Hendel at Carlisle, in place of Capt. GEORGE SANVEILSON . , removed. The Hr r aid (whig paper) remarks: " kis due to Captain Sande,rsca, who retires from the post-office, to say, that we hate ever found him obliging and attentive in his office." Then, why was he removed? Merely to " punish - him for his Democracy. PIKE COUNTY.—John M. Heller and John Wood ward have been appointed delegates to the Pittsburg Convention, with instructions to support Col. Joux H. BRODHEAD for Canal Commissioner. TAKING TIME Br THE ForiELocx.—The Chicago Democrat urges Col. .BENTON as the Democratic candidate for the next Presidency. The Shunk Monument. J.&con Fur , Esquire,wfiV was appointed the Treasurer of the fund collected for the erection of a monument over the grave of FnANcis R. SUM, gives notice that the contributions at this time amount to $395 54. This is a very inadequate sum, and will have to be considerably increased, if the' monument is to be one worthy of the distin guished Statesman, whose, memory it is designed to honor. On the list of contributors, we do not find any mention made of the county of Lancaster. It is not-yet too late to. contribute to this noble object. lEr Mr. PZNDLETON, the defeated ex-member of Congress from the Loudon district in Virginia, is attempting to demonstrate by figures which'cannot lie, that Mr. MORTON, his successor, owes his elec tion wholly to the Democrats, who voted for him almost without exception. We trust PENnETON will succeed in making the case plain, aria' that Mowroa will clinch his array of facts J;.y voting throughout with the Democrats. This wouldleave the Virginia whigs without a solitary representative in either branch of Congress. Pittsburg Convention. The West Chestei Republican suggests, that as the Cholera prevails at Pittsburg, it would be 'ad visable for the Democratic State Central Commit tee to issue a call, changing the time of meeting. But quere—whither shall we go, where the Cholera may not come? By rushing from imaginary dan ger, we_ may "fly to evils that we know not of." We submit the suggestion to the Pittsburg Post. The Quarreling Tragedians. FORREST commenced an engaement at the Walntit .Street Theatre, last night—where he was no doubt enthusiastically received by the play-goers. Manasenr sailed last week, in the_ steamer Hibernia, from Boston, for his native England. His departure was attended by no public demonstration. The City and- CountrY As if by a remarkable coincidence, Three of the principal cities of the U. States have been almost simultaneously visited by dire calamities, each of a - totally different kind, and yet all attended with the most melancholy consequences. It would seem as if the natural and moral elements hid conspired to produce these sore visitations. Beginning at the South, we discover a latge "por tion tit' the ancient city of Now °ALBAN'S, terribly devastated by a rise of the. Mississippi, breaking through the artificial barriers that had long success fully resisted its surges, and driving • hundreds of families in dismay from their dwellings. The spectacle is described as alike terrible and sublime. However .immense the destruction of property, it is to be feared that disasters of a still more melan• choly nature may yet be in reserve. Even after the crevasses shill be firmly closed, bodies of stagnant water will do doubt remain on the inundated tracts, which, becoming impregnated with vegetable and animal matter and acted on by the rays of a scorch ing summer sun, will be conyetted into pools of putrefaction, sending forth unwholesome vapours and poisoning the atmosphere. Dangerous and malignant diseases must be the consequence, in creasing the reccrds of mortality to an alarming extent Death and the Grave will reap an abundant harvest. We trust these forebodings may not be realized, but to us they seem inevitable. Descending to Sr. Loins—the great Western metropolis, that has bounded almost at a single leap into a mighty emporium of trade and commerce—we find the oppozite element executing its office of ruin and destruction. In a few brief hours the industry and labor of years is converted by the destroying agent into a pile of ashes. Nearly five hundred edifices, most of them filled with valuable merchati diZe, and twenty-five splendid steam-boats, fall a prey to the flames. Six millions of property are consumed, and several valuable lives are lost. Such a disaster cannot fail to excite an (interest as wide as the reign of Sensibility itself And yet, there is consolation. There is in the American character an elasticity and a fund of stern and firm resolve, which rises superior to every reverse of fortune, and reaps fresh energy from every fall it sustains. A fire occurs to day, sweeping away entire streets as by tlle scythe of a mower, and presenting only a broad scene of blackened walls and smouldering ruins—behold on the morrow, before the embers have had time to cool, the hand of industry is already at work, removing the rubbish, and laying the foundation for other and.yet more noble struc tures. In a few short months, almost every vestige of the calamity dishppears—new streets are built • up on the site of the former ruins—and all are again active and prosperous as ever. The moral and physical resources of the American people, as thus exemplified, are alike gratifying and marvel lous. They are not surpassed, if equalled, by any other people on the face of the globe. Coming to New YORK, we discover a spec tacle more terrible than either because the offspring of man's malignant and deinoniac passions. In this enlightened age, and in that opulent and refined metropolis, the panorama of woe is crowned by a sight truly shocking and disgraceful. Out of the personal rivalry of a pair of play-actors, whose relative merits should have been discussed only 'by interested critics in the magazines and newspapers, there grows up a tremendous physical conflict, in which death-dealing musketry becomes the fearful arbiter! The one party is resolved, like the dog in the manger, neither to be gratified itself, nor suffer gratification to others—and the other party is resol ved to assert a "vested right," if needs be, at the mouth of the cannon! The field of strife is not in the broad glare of day, on an open field, nor amidst chapparals and mountain-passes. The battle is fought in the densest part of a crowded .city, after Night had drawn her sable curtain and invited man to rest and repose. The combatants meet, and the conflict is fierce, determined and sanguinary- Bricks, tiles, beams, stones, and other ponderous missiles are swept through the atmosphere, as the wind sweeps the thistle's beard. The greeting is returned by vollies of musketry, and on every side lie the maimed and the wounded, the dead and the dying, In the fierce engagement, more lives are lost than have been sometimes forfeited in a hotly contested battle between the armies of contending nations. Wonderful disparity between Cause and Effect! Truly, "what a big fire a little matter kindleth r Who need long conjecture the origin of such a shocking scene, springing from causes so comparativ'ely trivial? It"was the offspring of man's fierce and malignant nature, and like the head of Medusa, it can scarcely be looked upon, without converting, the spectator into marble. But why resort to table? The dismal reality far transcends the power of fiction. With the joy one feels on turning from the pain ful to the joyous, we leave the fate-stricken city to seek relief amidst the tranquil retirement of the country. Man made and mars the one—Gon made a'd keeps the other ! Here we witness no wild tumults, no festering social disorders, no embittered conflict of the passions, to array man against his brother, and till hint with impetuosity and rage.— Here "hate and her furious colleagues" are un known, and the Fiends of Discord never enter. But here PEACE, the bounteous patroness that im proves and adorns society, nurtures the virtues of the heart, and sheds her refreshing dews on all the benignant charities and sympathie, of our nature. Our honest and industrious farmers find cause for private and public felicitation, in the busy prepara tion fur and confident expectation of another fruit- and abundant harvest. Mountain and valley are redolent of prosperity and plenty, and from house and hamlet arises the incense of joy and gratitude. Long may the Disposer of Events con tinue to „exempt them from the peculiar providences that so often devastate the crowded cities ! Mobs.—lt is gratifying to observe the healthy tone of public opinion, as expressed through the press, in relation to the New York riots. Among the multitude of extracts that could be given, we have been particularly interested-in the forcible and well-timed comments of the Doylestown Demo crat and York Gazette, both able and influential journals. They concur in reprobation of the doc trine, that it was the duty of the New York author ities to close the theatre against MACREADT, merely to ippease the wrathof a lawless band of ruffians and rowdies, who would neither hear the actor themselves, nor suffer others to hear him! Such a suggestion aims a blow at one of the most cherished features of our free institutions, and would, if adop ted, subject society wholly to the dominion of embit tered passions. Admit the right of the constituted authorities to arrest a play, for the reason that there are some who bear malice against one of the actors, and a kindred spirit would lead to the suppression of a printing-office, because forsooth a portion of community have taken umbrage at a paragraph, or cherish personal hostility to the Editor! And if a theatre may be thus shut up, and a printing office—why not a church, to gratify the demands of those who do not like the preacher—or a lecture room, or any other edifice consecrated to instruc tion or amusement, that are in themselves lawful. None can more heartily regret than we the serious loss of life occasioned by the New York riots, but we cannot join in denouncing the city authorities for the employment of the military against the :rioters. This was their duty, after every pacific measure had been exhausted, and they would have ' justly deserved censure, had they shrunk from the responsibility. The idea of mollifying the canni bal fury of a mob, by honied phrases, not to men tion fatal and degrading concessions, is alike absurd and dangerous. LYSIMACFILTS did not rely for se curity upon patting into tameness the beast let loose to devour him—nor do modern lion-tamers resort to 'fondling and coaxing, as a means of subduing the fury of the animals. The lash and the scourge are the instruments employed—and experience proves that no other is effective. York and Ciunberiand Railroad. We are gratified to learn from the the York Re publican, that the President and Directors of tilt Company have awarded the contracts for construct ing it complete, including the road-formation, au perstructury, rails and, all materials, to' Messrs. PONDER, & Co., for the sum of $52.5,090. The price to be paid is considerably below the esti mate of the Engineers. The Contractors, says the .Republican, are men of skill and experience' in this kind of work, and no doubt knew what they were about when they made their proposals. The time limited in the contracts for the completion of the road is; we believe, eighteen months. The route.adopted is that generally known as "The Middle. Route," which. crosses the Codorus about Small's mill—passes up through the farm of Jithn Emig, Jr.- 7 -intersects the Harrisburg turnpike at' Kuhfs=•re-crosses it near Jacob Hake's and Adam Free's—lollows on in the rear of Liverpool —strikes the river at Houghs's saw mill, below York Haven, and then pursues the bank of the Sus. quehanna to the junction with the Cumberland Valley Railroad at - the -Harrisburg bridge. The damages on this route are estimated to ammmt to Vto,ooo, and they have been bier the most part ad justed with the landholders. We further learn, that tho enterprising contrar• tors have agreed to accept in paymenr of their con tract $llO,OOO of the stock 01 this road. Aside from its intrinsic value, 'derived from the earnings of the road, the City Councils of Baltimore, as an inducement to capitalists to inv4 , st in thiS,stock and contribute to the construction of the road, have passed all ordinance by which for a term of 15 years they are to receive dividends on' $9:11 yaw) of stock held by the city in the Susquehanna Rail road, running between Baltimore and York. For every dollar of stock taken by the contractors in their road, they hence receive the interest on near !Teo dollars in another road, which after next year will probably pay it per cent, thus yielding them about I I per cent, in addition to whatever the new road may divide. This stock is hence equal to rash. Next Canal Commissioner. After the peace, Worth was for some time super intendent of the West Point Military Academy. In 1824 he was appointed lieutenant colonel ; in 1832 a Major of ordinance ; and in 1838 Colonel of the eighth regiment of infantry, the rank he held in the line at the period of his death. In 1821, after the retirement of General Armistead, Worth suc ceeded to the chief command in Florida, where he had been serving as second in rank for about a year. Ambitious of distinction, he sought every opportunity to bring the Indians to action, and, though often disappointed, finally succeeded. On the 17th of April, 1842, he overtook a large force of savages at Polaklaklaba, near the St. John's river. A terrible action ensued, but victory finally crowned Worth. In recompense for his gallantry on this occasion, Worth was brevetted a brigadier general. He remained in Florida after this for some time, but the Indians never could be induced to try their strength with him again. When a war with Mexico became .probable, he was detached to Corpus Christi, to join Taylor, and remained with the General until just before the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de . la Palma. The cause of his leaving, as is well known, was a difference between him and Twiggs, growing out of his brevet rank. He hastened to 'Washington, intending to resign; but the war altered his decision, and, cancelling his resignation, he hurried back to to the army. After rejoining Taylor, all are well acquainted with his conduct at Monterey, where he stormed the Bishop's Palace, which overlooked the town at Molina del Rey, that dearly bought victory; at Cerro Gordo, at Churubusco, and at the storming °Lille gates of Mexico. His brilliant exploits in these engagements are yet green in the memory of all ; and many an unbidden tear for his melancholy end will fall from the eyes of those who knew him generous to a fault, and brave as he was generous. In many respects he resembled Decatur. In battle, especially where daring courage 'was required, he had no superior. His soldiers still tell, with enthu siasm, that, at Monterey, he dismounted from his horse, placed his plumed hat on the point of his sword, and waving it high over his head, led them to storm the. Bishop's Castle. May he rest in peace, for the soil of old mother Earth never covered a warmer-hearted, nobler man, than Major General Gen. Taylor's Simplicity. Worth. lion. CuArtLEs LamAn and C. D. ELintnn have been appointed delegates to the Pittsburg State Convention, from the representative district com posed of Lycoming, Clinton, and Potter counties— and JOHN B. Bern,Esq. has been chosen the Sen atorial delegate from Centre, Clinton, and Lycom ing counties. They are all instructed to support JOHN A. GA MBLE, Esq. for Canal Commissioner. The Democrats of Clinton county declare, in the resolutions adopted at their recent county-meeting, that the popularity of Mr. Gamble in the North is such, that he would receive the largest majority ever givers to any man, securing an easy victory to the Democracy of the State, and to the people o the services of an honek, pure, and experienced officer in the Canal 'Board." This is high praise. The Jersey Shore (Pa.) Republican considers the nomination of Mr. GAMBLE beyond all doubt, and claims for him one hundred votes on the first ballot. Post-Master at Baltimore. JAMES M. BUCHANAN, Esq., the popular and efficient post-master of Baltimore, was not removed, but in April last tendered his resignation to the President, which was accepted to take effect on the Ist of July. The citizens of Baltimore, of all par ties, will part from their late Post-Master with in finite regret, as all bear Willing testimony to the ability and efficiency with which the affairs of the office have been conducted by him. Although a straight-forward and uncomproniising Democrat, Mr. B. possesses the esteem of all classes and parties . If we lived in Maryland, we would advocate the nomination of JAMES M. BI CILANAN as the next Democratic candidate for Governor, for we know of no one more likely to bear the Democratic Hag forward to victory. The following is Mr. B.'s letter to the President: BALTIMORE, April 17, 15.19 Sin:—Desiring to retire from the situation of Post-Mas'er at Baltimore, for the purpose of de voting mysellexclusively to my profession, I hereby respectfully resign that office. and I have the honor to be, with great respect. Your obit serv't, JAMES I\!. BUCHANAN His Excellency, Z. Tmon, President ot' the United States. The Washington Union says, that amidst the general sweep of Democrats from office by the cabinet, which is at the rate of front thirty to sixty a day, General TArLorf with great apparent sim plicity, is sometimes heard to say: Well, I know very well what these Democrats are aiming at in complaimng so much of my official acts. They wish to provoke me to a violation of my pledges; but I will show them that they can't fool me; I am determined to carry out all my pledges in spite of all that they can say or do. - Aid this is the secoml II ashiao w ! Chantbersburg Postmaster Mr. NICHOLAS PEARCE has been appointed by General Taylor, Postmaster at Chambersburg„- Pa., in place of John Milintock, Esq., removed. The ehambersburg Sentinel says, this-Mr. Pearce is "an F.nglishman by birth, sentiment and feeling, and was on board of an English manml-war off the coast of South Carolina in the contest between England and the United States, in 1812. - Verily it would seem as though the praise or the London Times upon General Taylor's Inaugural Address has had its effect. A Rich Speculation. Mr. AlActAy, late member of Congress from the city of New York, is said by the Boston Atlas to have purchased, in connection with his three broth_ ers, very nearly if not altogether, a whole county in the state of Illinois, at the head of the Illinois river. The tract was mostly purchased by soldier's laud warrants, which, continues the same authority, cost not over sixty cents an acre. The land is said to be unsurpassed in America. A Spunky Postmaster. Mr. PARK, Postmaster at Binghampton, New York, refuses to surrender the seals of office to his successor B. T. Cooke. Mr. Cooke informed the Postmaster General of the state of affairs, and Mr. Collame'r, issued his illandanals against the refrac tory P. M., but this valiant officer peremptorily re fuses to obey the writ. Hard hit at Taylor. It has been generally supposed, that Mr. Ew w ANN', the new Commissioner of Patents, was first com mended to the notice of the President, by a recent report of his on hydraulics, but this is hardly pos sible. We doubt whether TAYLOR ever read it, for Mr. EWBANK says: 'No well regulated mind would ever embrace war as a professsion." Again he says: " The name of Warr will be known, while that of every warrior, and monarch, and statesman of this day has perished—and so it ought to be, for, with few exceptions, he contributed more to the happiness of his species than have such men from the beginning of Time." Wholesale Proscription: Not less than 60 Democrats were removed from the Philadelphia Custom House, on Friday, embracing the Weigher, Guagers, Clerkt, Inspec tors, Measurers, Markers, Messengers, &c. The removed officers were all honest, capable, and faitliful, and no complaint existed against them • except their politics. A L&nr EDITOR.-Mr. Rennet, late editor of the Yazoo City Whig, having died, his widow has taken charge of the paper, and will in future conduct it in her own name. 11::k" A. F. STEWART, Esq. has been appointed Postmaster at Meadville, Crawford county, in place of 'Jona H. Dovemses, removed. From the Philailelphia Sun. Death of General Worth. We notice with sincere regret, the death of Me. • . General WOUTR. He died at San Antnnio, Texas",:, on the 7th initint,"frOm:an rithiek:Of cholera. His • 'courage and handsome person have often caused . him, and not unjustly, tobe compared to the:Roland of Napoleon's army, Murat. Few American offp cars participated in as many battles as Worth— none, perhaps, in such brilliant and numerous vic tories. Prominently distinguished in the war of 1812—then in that of Florida—then under Taylor at Monterey—and filially in the campaign against the city of Mexico, he ran u career alike fortunate and brilliant, and one in which glory and promotion followed hand in hand. But, alas! for the end of human glory. When the war is over, he is cut off by an ignoble disease, in a paltry frostier town. _ WORTH claims descent from one of the earliest Puritan settlers. He was born in 1794, received a plain but substantial education, and began life as a trader's clerk , in Hudson, New York. When the war of 1812 broke out, he entered the army as a private, but did not long remain in the ranks. A fellow-clerk, Who had enlisted with him, having been- placed tinder arrest for some indiscretion, applied to Worth for advice, who undertook to write a petition for the delinquent, to the Colonel of the regiment. This officer happened to be Scott. Struck by the style and penmanship of the petition, he inquired the name of the writer, and in the in terview that followed, was so pleased with Worth's Manners, and soldierly and handsome person, that he appointed ldin his private secretary. Scott did not stop here. He procured for Worth a commis sion in the twenty-third regiment ; and the merits of the young subaltern, joined to some good fortune, did the rest (or his advancement. Worth rose rap idly, indeed, during the war of 1812. At Chippewa he distinguished himselt so highly, that he was brevetted a captain ; at Ltmdy's Lane he won the rank of Major, and if peace hail not been declared immediately afterwards, he would doubtless have advanced still further. Interesting . Law Suit. The IT'esl Chester (Pa.). Republican reports the following interesting law-suit, recently tried in the Common Pleas court of that county. Although the general elementary principles which -apply to the case may be clearly defined, the facts were pec uliar, and presented a somewhat novel issue for the derision of the jury. The result conveys a whole some moral, by Which all may profit—the binding obligation of a promise, whether founded upon an equivalent, or assumed from mere courtesy and good will. F.LIZABF.TH SMITH VS. FlEti.lrf Tz.—The facts of this case appeared to be these : Some time in April, 1848, the plaintiff on her way from Col umbia to Westchester, got out vt the car at the Rail Road Hotel, Downington, kept by defendant. She •had with her a trunk and band-box, which were taken charge of by the porter of the house, and placed upon the porch bench. The plaintiff requested the son of Mr. E. who had charge of the bar and the general business of the establishment, to take care of them and send them over to West Chester by the stage, on the next day. ( --s hich he agreed to do. She then left, on foot. When the stage came along, the baggage was missing; there was no evidence that it had been put away into the house ; and upon inquiry it was not to be found. This suit was then instituted by plaintiff to recover the value of the trunk and band-box and contents. Defendant resisted the claim on the ground that the plaintiff not having entered the Hotel and re ceived accommodations for which the landlord was entitled to pay, the law in relation to Innkeeper and Guest, could not apply in this case; and also that as the defendant had taken charge of the baggage and agreed to forward it, without having received any compensation' therefor, he could not be held . responsible. The first position of defendant was sustained by the Court, and admitted by plaintiff; but in relation to the second, the Court ruled that although the defendant had taken charge of the baggage and agreed to forward it gratuitously, still, if it had been lost by " gross negligence' on his part, he was responsible, but not otherwise. The Court, then, after drawing the legal distinction between ordinary attention, in matters of this kind. and gross negli gence, left the construction of the facts as proved in the case, to the jury. Verdict for plaintiff; $7l, 25. Pennypacker for plaintiff; Hemphill for de fendant. School Appropriations. The following circular is published by the Commis . sioners of Lancaster County, for the information of the public. SECRETARY'S OFFICE. ) Ilnanisnua, April 20, 1849, To the Commissioners of Lancaster County: tiEsrLantEN pursuance of the thirty-second sec tion of an act. entitled -An Act for the regulation and continuance of a system of' education by Common Schools." passed the 7th day of April. 1849, 1 herewith transmit to you a statement of the amount-to which every district in your county is entitled. out of the an nual appropriation of $200,000, for the year 1810, as fol low,:. I=l Bart. $177 12 Brecknock, 127 10 Carnarvon, 160 31 • Cocalico East. 160 31 Cocalico West. 176 30 Colerain. • 123 41 Conestoga, 229 19 Columbia, 213 43 Conoy, 155 39 Donegal East. 392 78 Donegal West. 137 35 Drumore. 216 48 Ephrata. 198 85 Earl, . 382 94 Earl West. 160 31 Elizabeth,. 213 201 Fulton. 156 21 Hempfteld East, 20910 Ilempilehl West, 216 07 Respectfu Lampeter East. $174'25 Lampeter West, 148 83 Lancaster,, 48 79 Lancaster city, -1015 16 Leacock. 182 86 Leacock'Upper, , 185 73 Little Britain, 157 44 Manheim. 205 41 Martic. 275 11 Manor, 407 54 Mbuntjoy, 236 98 Paradise, 155 39 Penn. 184 09 Rapho, 351 37 Salisbury, 314 06 Sadsbury, 111 93 Strasburg West, 161 95 Strasburg Borough, 78 31 Warwick, 216 89 illy yours, = TOWNSEND lIAINES, dent of Common Schools. Superinten IE7 Gen. J. J. McKAT, of North Carolina, de clines a re-election to Congress. He has represen ted the Wilmington district in that State, for twenty years, and is one of the oldest members of that body. Election of Judges by the Peeple. NO• U. -.Before entering on the argument which I design to offer in support of the propositions submitted at 'the close of my last cornmunication,lt may not be • , haproper to advert to the Manner. in :which : the adicicates - of this " reform" present their "appeals," and the argumtits which they offer to sustain it I have before me some hih,.dozen articles on this subject, all of them advocating the proposed change, and containing, as I suppose, all that can be said in its favor. They are exceedingly well written, and are very much alike in sentiment, but they have totally failed to satisfy me that the people of Pennsylvania would derive any even the slishtest benefit from the adoption of.this amendment. One might very readily suppose, reading some of these productions, that the people of this country were just beginning to understand the "true princi ples of government"—that the system of " cheeks and balances' formed by the philosophers and statesmen of our early days, which has won the unqualified approbation of every mighty mind that has pondered on it, from the first day of its exist ence to the present time, is in truth so lamely con ceived and wofully defective that it must now be re-modelled and improved, by the " onward march of truth and freidom"—the "swelling stream of human opinion in seine voluhlis arum," &c. &c. It might be supposed that we were in the midst of a great po litical struggle between "the people and their rulers," (something like the contest between King Join. of England and his Barons, which resulted in the Magna Charts,) in which "the masses," the "toiling millions," were striving to wiest from government some great " political right," which the government on the other hand was as strenuously endeavoring to retain ! By some we are told that "this glorious reform must be uecomplisheir—that the "timid mind - and the " interested placeman" will of course oppose this, as they do all other reforms, which have for their object the 'interests of the people;" and that the lawyers, who from the nature of their profession are so prone to become "bigoted and intolerant' will in general oppose it, that "they may debar the profanum vulgis from all participation in the selec- ion of Judges F' Others, of a more sanguine temperament, over leaping every thing like argument, are pleased to regard this matter as settled, and shout "I 0 Tnr- lIMPEIE" over all who dale attempt to arrest the onward march of mind," or darken the "brighter era that is about to dawn upon the people of Pennsylvania." While others again are heard to call loudly and lustily on the people, the "sovereign people," " whose voice is like the voice of God," and are "so perfectly able to govern themselves," who are "competent to elect officers so much higher than Judges,' who "biow so much 'more about the qualifications and duties of Judges than they do of the duties of Legislators, Governors , and Presidents," to "arouse in their might," to "unite togetker as one man," to " make one common cause," and to resume this right which so unquestionably belongs to them as a 'free, self governing people," ''c. Now, I respectfully submit that such appeals and such rcasoning„ in a matter of this kind, is decidedly in bad taste. When JEFFEASOZY, and Jar, and nuart ros, and Menisozr sought to induce the American people to adopt the present constitu tion, in lieu of the Articles of Confederation, they did not resort to such means, or employ such, lan guage. They appealed to the reason, not to the vanity, the passions, or the prejudices of the people. They sought to convince, rather than convert, and all who seek, now or hereafter, to, effect any great public reform, will do well to imitate them. Can these advocates of an elective Judiciary mean what they say? Do they believe that any man in his right mind denies the power, or the right, of the people of America, to do, in a proper way and in matters not forbidden by the laws of God, just exactly as they see proper? I have yet to see the first man, in office or out of it, who holds to heresy like this. Why then argue as if there were such persons in existence Such a course is, to say the least, exceedingly unfair. Before the adoption of our American Constitutions all civil and political power was unquestionably in the hands of the people. A government of some kind was indeed necessary to their existence as a community,but such an one as we now have was not indispensable. It might have varied in a thousand different ways from that under which we now live, The people, in whom all power was and still is vested, might have decided that all laws should be passed in "mass meetings," and that, instead of the costly and cumbrous machinery of Courts and Juries, all civil and criminal causes should be de cided in town-meeting, by a vote of the people, on hearing their proofs and allegations. This would have been the most natural, plain, straight-forward, democratic mode of doing business. Why then was this not done? Not because the idea had not occurred to them, for the plan of electing all public officers is the very _first one that would present itself to the minds of a people about to organise a gov. ernment. Not-because the penver was wanting, nor because the right was denied. Not even because public business might not have been very well per formed in this way, for surely no one who believes that the people, who were wise enough to desire a Constitution, and who now elect their Representa tives and Governors, and who therefore ought to elect their Judges, would be unfit to enact laws and decide disputes between neighbors. Not then, for either of these reasons, did they prefer the Consti tution which we now have—but simply because the excellent good sense of the people, and their profound knowledge of human nature,- had taught them that there were better methods of accomplish ing these great objects. They, therefore, decided not to legislate in masses, (the most natural and democratic plan by odds,) but to select representatives for that purpose. They determined viol to assemble in town-meeting for the decision of civil and criminal causes; but erected tribunals to be filled by men, selected by the people's Governor and the people's Senate from among those who had : passed their lives in the study of the law, and who, with twelve others, good men and true, selected by lot, should discharge this most impor tant duty. They adopted this somewhat artificial plan of government for reasons which to them seemed good and wise—reasons, which time has served but to Strengthen—which tu me look almost like the work of inspiration, and which, if properly regarded, will induce this generation to preserve that unimpaired, which our forefathers established. It is not true that we are so vcry much wiser in matters of this kind than those who have gone be fore us, as some would have us believe. The ad vocates of this reform are presenting as a new thing, as a bright discovery in the science of government, an idea which is in truth as old and as crude as the earliest and rudest association of the inhabitants of the earth—an idea, which was examined and rejec ted by our fathers for this very reason. It is not true, that there is, on ever was, or ever will be, any contest between the government and the people, on this point. The selection, the confirmation, or re jection, of aspirants for such offices is a matter too embarrassing and unpleasant, to be at all desirable. Nor is there any design on the part of any one, lawyer or layman, to oppose this amendment from motives of interest, or from unworthy timidity.— Nor should such insinuations aid its advocates. The question is one of great importance--one that should be examined in all its bearings by every man who has a right to vote, before he casts his ballot for or against it. If the result of this exam ination skews, beyond a doubt, that the proposed amendment will not mar the beautiful harmony of or system of government—oz that it will add to the firmness, the integrity, and usefulness of the Judiciarythat power which sits in solemn judg ment on the lives and forthnes of the citizen, and to which alone the man and the minority cut look for that protection against the aggressions of society, . . acting by majorities, which the Constitution was designed to afford, and without which our boasted civil and religious . liberty would be but an unmean ing name then; and thin only, should all who love their country sustain it. W. • For the Lotelligeneer t Jo urnal. Election of Judges by the People.' Mr. EDITOR: rim at present too much occupied with other pursuits, - to review the positions of your correspondent "W," on the subject of electing Ind ges by the People—and whilst I differ from him in toto, I respect, his caution in withholding his assent from what must be to him an untried theory. To his apprehensions, however, I beg leave to oppose my own observation of facts. . Last summer, I had occasion to travel in the South West; and had the good fortune to meet a number of the Judges elected by the people of Mis sissippi—and a more learned, high-minded, respec table and respected body of men does not grace the bench of any state in the 'Union. I met them in public and in private, and heaidtbree of them make speeches, but in none did I discover the qualities of head or heart that mark the demagogue. Depend upon it, the People, who are most deeply interested in this question, are fully competent to solve it in the best manner. Ex-President Polk. From the Nashville (Tenth) Union Our distinguished fellow-citizen has, as we have heretofore announced, returned to this city, and quietly settled down in his beautiful residence on an eminence near the capitol. The cares and re sponsibilities of the most, exalted position in the Civil Government of the earth are laid aside, and the late President, mingling daily with his fellow citizens in the streets of our beautiful city as one of the sovereign people, is , we doubt not, a happier man than when in Washington, burdened with the weight of his vast responsibilities, and surrounded with the throng who looked to him as the dispen ser of patronage and place. Mr. Polk looks ten years younger than when lie landed here six weeks ago. The lire of his eye had never been quenched, and he has recovered the elasticity of step and the healthful complexion of which sickness had temporarily deprived him on his first arrival. That lie may here pass a quiet evening after the most eventful morning and mid day of his life, is a wish in which we are sure most of those even who have been numbered with his political opponents will join. The time has not arrived when justice can be extended to the brilliant and successful administra tion of Mr. Polk by his political opponents; but the day will yet come when that administration will be regarded as the most prolific of great and beneficial results of any which adorns the pages of our history. It established—permanently, we be lieve—the policy for which the party of the coun try 'has contended since the days of Jefferson, and impartial history, when the faction which opposed the policy of Mr. Polk's administration shall hare been consigned to endurinc , infamy, will pronounce these results the most bene ficent ' of any since the adoption of the Constitution. Trying to get out of the Serape. The Second Assistant P. M. General, Mr. WAR REN, is getting frightened at the number of his decapitations. He, addressed a letter to the Post master of Burlington, lowa, telling him that he should resign, or he would have to be removed. The Postmaster then sent the following letter to the editors of the Burlington Gazette—exposing the last trick of the new powers that be: GENTLEMEN:---By Thursday's mail, the 26th instant, I received a very polite letter from the Second Assistant Postmaster General, informing me that I must expect to be removed from my office in a short time, and inviting me to resign. I have been personally on friendly terms with Mr. Warren for some years back, during his residence in this city, and must take this opportunity of in forming the public, as I have already informed him, that upon this subject I can have no corres pondence with the Department, and that I can by no means comply with his request. In November last, I voted for the Democratic candidates, Cass and Butler, and supported them during the campaign, and would do so again if the opportunity offered; and if for this I am to be pro scribed and removed from office, despite the pledges of Gen. Taylor, and the declarations of the party which supported him, no man will submit more cheerfully than myself. My office is at the mercy of the new administration, whenever they see fit to appoint my successor. LEVI HAGER, P. M. Burlington Post Office, April 30, 1899. Funeral of Hon. Daniel Duncan WASHINGTON, May 22. The funeral of the Hon. Daniel Duncan, late a member of the House of Representatives from Hamilton county, Ohio, who died on Friday evening, took plaCe this afternoon, from his late residence, Pennsylvania Avenue, under the superintendence of Thomas J. Campbell, Clerk of the House of Rep resentatives. The remains were followed to the Congressional burial ground by Representatives and Senators of Congrdss, the Secretaries of the several departments of the Government, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Diplomatic Corps, the Mayor of Washington, and citizens generally. The pall bearers were the Hon. Dudley Marvin, of New York; Hon. John S. Pendleton, of Virginia ; Hon. Messrs. Cabell, of Florida; Holmes, of Geor gia; Marsh, of Virginia; Washington Barrow, and Colonel Haskell, 01 Tennessee. Distressing Suicides. CARLISLE, (Pa.) May 2U. We regret to learn that Mr. GEORGE RUPP, an old and estimable citizen of the vicinity of Shire manstown, in this county, committed suicide on Monday morning last by hanging himself in the garret of his own house. We have heard of no cause assigned for the melancholy het. ANOTHER.—Yesterday morning, in Mechanics burg, this county, Mr. WILLIAM QUIGLEY, merch ant, of the firm of Zug & Quigley, committed the same rash act by hanging himself in his store. Mr. Qiugle) bore the reputation of being an upright, honorable young man, and not even the remotest cause, so far as our information extends, could prompt him to the diabolical act. He leaves many friends and acquaintances to deplore his premature end.—Democrat. Execution of Washington Goode BOSTON, May 25. Washington Goode, (colored,) who was convicted of murdering Thomas Harding, on the night of the 28th of June last, was hung this morning in the prison yard, a few minutes before 10 o'clock. He attempted to commit suicide last night in his cell, by cutting the principal veins with a piece of glass. Being entirely exhausted from loss of blood, he was carried to the scaffold on a chair. He protested his innocence to the. last. Earthquake at Maracaibo. BOSTON, May 24, P. M. Letters from Curacoa to the 12th of May have been received here, stating that a tremendous earthquake had taken place at Maracaibo, on the 13th of April, doing much damage. Monogas was still acting as President, though it was expected Paez would soon fill that office. Robbery of the Quincy Bank. BOSTON, May 22. The Quincy Bank, of Quincy, was robbed this morning of a package of bills containing five thous and dollars. The Cashier had went out for a few minutes, and when he returned he found that some rogue had cut out a pane of glass and carried off the money. The bills were all of the Quincy Bank. Acquittal of Rev. Mr. Burroughs. BA.mmuora, May 22. The jury in the case of the Rev. Mr. Burroughs, who was tried in the Court of Worcester County for the murder of his brother-in-law, Tames B Bish op, have returned a verdict of acquittal, on the ground that he acted in self-defence. 113 BENJAMIN L. CAIIPENTER, Esq., one of the Appraisers of the Custom House, an esteemed citi zen, and capable officer, has been removed, and Mr. John H. Withers, a merchant of this city, appointed in his place. Cause of removal, Mr. Carpenter's Democracy. It is thus Gen. Taylor carries out his pledges!—Pennsylvanian. TARING CARE OF r FAXILY.-Mr. Hone, the newly appointed Naval Officer of New York, of seven officers under him, appointed two or his sons and three of his nephewe! Er WILLIAM C. Rrvis, Jr. of Virginia, was married in Boston, on the 16th, to Grace Winthrop Sears, the daughter of a millionare, and sister of the beautiful Madame Te/fauivills• From the Erie (Pa.) Observer A Disgraceful Act.' . - We hive heretofore cherished the belief, that there Were sortie acts Gen. Taylor would refuse to perform at the bidding of his keepers, the cabinet, .but it appears we are mistaken. There is nothing, 'in the . Shape of proscription, that they demand, that he will not sanction. The following is the proof, and if it does not bring a blush of shame so the cheek - of every one who. was engaged last fall in representing Gen. Taylor as opposed to• removals for political considerations, then they will not blush at anything. We copy from the Gazette: EU - We learn that GILBERT KNAPP has been appointed a Captain in the . Revenue. Service vice DANIZI DOBniNs, removed. We pass over the facts that this removal and appointment was not asked for by any body at all interested, save and except the appointee; and that he, the said appointee, is as universally disliked, if not despised, as the venerable gentleman he super sedes is respected in . this vicinity Where they are both best known, and come to the circumstances which should have prevented Geri. Taylor from perpetrating so gross an outrage upon the people of this section, and the memory of one of his most illustrious predecessors, the immortal Jacxsois ! Capt. Daniel Bobbins, is one of the pioneers of the Lake country, and in our last - war with Great Brit ain, was one of those who, like Gen. Taylor him self, stood between the savage foe and the defence less women and children of the, frontier. Jte is now an old man, and in embarrassed circumstances. This fact ought to have saved him from the ruth less hand of a President, that came into power under such pledges as those made by Gen. Taylor. But that is not all. Gilbert Knapp was formerly a Captain in ,the Revenue Service and was dismissed by Gen. Jackson—for what—think you reader? Because he was a Whig, a federalist. -No-that had nothing to do with it. for those who were tired of his presence here had attempted to procure his removal, and failed. For abuse of Gen. Jack son, himself? No, the old soldier cared nothing for the abuse of such a man. But he was dis missed from.a service, in which. none but gentle men= should be employed, for grossly - and witlidly slandering the lady of the President! And this man, thus dismissed, is reinstated by Gen. Taylor. Com ment is unnecessary. The damning tact speaks for itself, and will add another laurel to that, wreath of infamy which the political harpies who compose his cabinet, are wreathing around the head of Gen: Taylor.- Trial of Thos. J. Burroughs The ease was taken up in Worcester Coun ty Court, Maryland;'on the 14th instant. The Snowhill Shield says that the first bill found by the State Attorney was for "murder in the first degree," which was ignored by the grand jury, and a bill subsequently brought in for "manslaughter," and upon this issue Bur roughs is now being tried. The Baltimore Sun gives the testimony already taken. Con densed it amounts to this:— Wm. Pavdon testified that, on the 23d day of March, saw Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Bishop meet ; saw Mr. Burroughs walking the road on, the left hand side of cart rut; I looked some 'distance -ahead, and saw Mr. Bishop meeting him both in the same path; met off against Capt. Junes' pound gate; they stopd there a little while, when I saw the hands of one of them moving; I said to Jas. Pruit and Jas. Wheaton, "boys, Bishop is going to strike Burroughs," apon looking again, I said to a by-stander it is Mr. Burroughs' hands, for Bishop has his hands in his pockets; directly, I saw Mr. Burroughs step back about four steps, quick; saw Mr. Bishop approach about two steps, and turn his left side to Mt. Bur roughs, and then smoke rose over Mr. Bur roughs' shoulder; I saw Bishop fall; fell on his right side; I didn't think Mr. Bishop was near enough to have snuck a blow with the hand on Mr. Burroughs when pistol was fired; saw Mr. Bishop step before I saw smoke rise; saw him turn his left side, but didn't see any thing like cowering or shrinking. The witnes described a previous quarrel which led to this rencontre; which quarrel oc curred in his store on the 23d of March, in consequence of a letter written by Burroughs, and some money transactions between them. On the 23d of March Mr. Burroughs came in my shop and remained an hour before Mr. Bishop came in; Bishop then said, Burroughs, I understand that you have been writing a slanderous letter 'about my brother George! Burroughs said, can you prove it Bishop said he could; Burroughs said, if so, you have the law, and must seek your redress; Bishop ask ed him what kind of redress—sue a beggar and catch a louse; damn you, I've a great mind to go up to John Jones' store and get a cowhide, and give you a cowhiding; Bur roughs said, Mr. Bishop, I promised my wife before I left home I would resent no insult'; Bishop asked him if he did or did not write the letter; don't remember Burroughs', reply, but don't think the reply was insulting; Bish op asked him if he recollected handing the letter over a pair of bars and asking a per son's opinion of it; Mr. Burroughs denied that he ever did so hand it across the bars, but don't remember the reply about writing the letter exactly ; Bishop said to Burroughs - d—n you, ki've a great mind to take this board and give your head a slapping; that board was 2 Peet 4 inches broad and 1 inch thick; it was a split board of a shoemaker; Mr. Burroughs said to Mr. Bishop that so long as he'behaved himself he expected the laws of his country to protect him; I saw nothing like anger in Mr. Burroughs ; Bishop was standing over three feet from Burroughs; his manner was not that of a bully ;.he was front ing Mr. Burroughs; his manner was that of a man in anger ;.he was, I thought, angry; Mr. Bishop begged my pardon afterwards for act ing so in my shop; every time he said any thing about the board or cowhide, he prefaced it with a d—n you. From the Imliana.Stare Sentinel Singular Marriage. . - The marriage of Mr. 'HENRI' APPLE and Mrs. .SARAH APPLE was solemnized at the clerk's office in this city on the 7th instant by Judge SMith, one 'of the Associate Judges of this county: Mr. and Mrs. Apple have been living together as husband and wife for some twenty years, and have raised a large family of children! Their re-marriage was made necessary by the following mysterious train of circumstances, as we learn by a friend who was present at the examination of the case in the cir cuit court now in session-in this city. Mr. John Apple, many years ago left this county as a volun teer to the Black Ilawk, war. During his absence a traveller passed through the county, who in formed Mrs. A. that her husband had been killed, that he, the traveller, had aided in burying him, and had marked, with an axe, the tree under which he was interred. Apple did not return, and no doubt was 'entertained by his wife or her friends of his decease. Time passed on, nothing was beard to discredit the traveller's story, and Mrs. A. after having continued for a proper length of time in a state of supposed widowhood was formally married to Mr. Henry Apple, a farmer of this county, with whom she has since cohabited. A few months since, it was authentically ascertained that John Apple was actually living! A divorce was ob tained by Mrs. Apple and she was re-married as above stated, to Henry Apple, the man with whom she had been innocently living for many years past as her supposed husband. We have heard no cause assigned for the singular manner in which the first husband acted. DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY PITTSBURG, May 21. A difficulty took place in the German Pres byterian Church, at the commencement' of the service, yesterday morning. Much con fusion prevailed, when Mr. Demler arose, and told the minister, the Rev. Mr. Roehler, that he was usurping his place, and that he must immediately leave the premises. Mr. Him mer and others interfered for the purpose of restoring quiet, but the altercation grew fier cer, and a general fight ensued, in which both men and women belonging to the congrega tion participated, which resulted in the arrest and binding over of Messrs. Himmer and Demler for their appearance at Court, and to keep the peace in the meantime. It has been deemed prudent by the authorities to lock up the church until difficulty is finally settled. It appears that there is a division among the members of the church, and that this dis graceful affair originated in the attempt of the minority to keep possession of the keys of the church, against the expressed will of the ma jority. ELECTiON op Jo-Boss —Dont let this subject be lost sight of. The members of the Legislature to be chosen next fall, are to decide whether the ques- tion is to be permitted to come before the people. The people are just as competent to select their otvn judiciary, as they are to chosse an agent to select for them.— Wilkesbarre Fanner.
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