Itteltigencer Sr, journal.
E. W. MUTTER, EDITOR.
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Lancaster, June 26, 14. it•
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waE c:D..lttcd rrolli the lett.?,r to 1;%15.. Jr
..stq`N. sincerely regret Ui wh:rt,
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labors of his office. His death nas
found sensation in the public mind, and expressions
of regret from all parties are testimonials to his
worth. His name, associated with some of the
most brilliant events in on national history, will
hold an elevated place in the annals of his country.
Honored by all parties, for private worth, for the
strict and pure morality of his deportment in every
station, all will revere his memory, as a patriot and
statesman of unblemished character.
The N Y. Tribune, leading Whig-journal, says:
"JAN' , K. Por.x was born in Mecklenburg county,
North arolina, Nov. 2 ; 1795, and at the time of
his decease was 53 years and 7 months old. Some
accounts make his ancestors Irish, others Scotch—
some say their original name was Pollor k, others that
it was Polk. We think it probable that they em
igrated to the Colonies from the North of Ireland.
It appears that his branch of the family had resided
in Maryland, in Pennsylvania, in North Carolina,
and finally removed to Tennessee. ANDREW JACK
SON stated, in 1844, that the he had known James
K. Polk from his boyhood, and ::at '•a citizen more
exemplary in his moral deporment, more punctual
and exact in business, more energetic and manly
in the expression of his opinions, and more patriotic,
does not live."
Mr. Polk's father is, we think, stiq.,alive—he
was a farmer, and removed to Tennessee in 1806,
when James K. was in his eleventh year—it is
also said that he acted as a surveyor, and, with his
family, had to toil hard for a living in the valley
of the Duck River, then a wilderness. James K.
is the eldest of ten children—acquired the rudiments
of an English and classical education near his
home, aii'd after years of suffering from a very
painful complaint, he was relieved by a surgical
operation. He gained high horrors at the Univer
lity of North Carolina—was assiduous, persevering,
and regular in his attendance—a good mathemati
cal and classical scholar. In 1819, he began to
study law with the celebrated Faux GRUNDY of
Nashville, was admitted as a member of the bar
of Tennessee in 1820, and was well employed in
his line. He served as clerk to the Tennessee Leg
islature, was next a member for Maury, his place
of residence, and in 1825, in his 30th year, elected
to Congress.
He opposed the administration of Mr. ADAMS
until its close. During the whole of Gen. JACK
SON'S administration he was one of its firmest sup
porters. In December, 1827, he was placed on the
committee of Foreign Affairs, and some time after,
as chairman of a select committee, he made a re
port on the surplus revenue, denying the constitu
tional power of Congress to collect from the people,
for distribution, a surplus beyond the wants of the
government, and • maintaining • that the revenue
should- be reduced to the exigencies of public ser
vice. In 1830, he defen led the act ,of General
Jackson hi placing his veto On the Maysville road
bill. In December, 1835, Mr. Polk was elected
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and again
chosen to that station in 1836, at the extra session
held in the first year of Mr. Van Buren's adminis
tration: Inothe twenty-fifth Congress, over which
he presided as Speaker at three sessions, commenc
ing in September, 1837, and ending in March, 1839,
parties were nearly balanced (Mr. Polk's majority
as Speaker being only eight,) and the most exci
ting questions were agitated during the whole pe
riod. He was fourteen years in Congress, and two
or three of these years Speaker, having been chosen
in December 1835, and in September, -1:837. No
more thorough going party man could be found
than Mr. Polk—he was very industrious and while
on the floor of Congress was reported never to have
missed a vole. As he received a vote of thanks at
the close of The session of 1837, for his impartiality
as Speaker, it may be inferred that he had great
control over his temper. He was a ready debater;
delivered long and animated speeches, and was one
?Le legislators in his day.
1, r Polk was elected . Governor of
Or,
1844, he ieceived the nom•
atic National Convention.
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'e for President of the United
- Tice he was elected in ,the
of the e'e- , !..' '-i: ' y theicople_Of the United
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;,L , . r.; 11.;32, : over Mr. Clay, the whig
. : rill:l ,4 :i , fi.',!:, 1 - .x . pre-5 ,, -,) hrough the electoral colle
t go_. 'll 7. - fiber. t . ~.,. was 65.
" trp ,-, tar:r., •,'• 2 . :. -1, q ,duce he married the - daugh."
ter oi" T . ,cl ch,b. , •., CEq., a merchant of RUtherfonil
Thlk had no chthirkn i —wat
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^ en iy ; Tenn. :i*,
of being no duellist, no gambler, but a steady op•
ponent to speculation. In his intercourse with the
public be was affable and courteous; his voice was
strong but unmusical; he was clear headed, and
npable of grascio t ...o,4?rebending and explaining,
^orppl:e at.' 1114 tier.; ot public interest; a polite and
attel„i, an.l. zo regular and devout in
earl ; rue. • 1-11 affirms that during the
t college he [Mr., Polk]
MEE
I , :s -:rs was irreproachable. "Of
e gettleman, and as known to
stria' s estic relations," said the
u 1 *he Intelligencer, "we have no
• . ..therwise than with entire
of the United States, is
, he country. The history
Titten in the hearis of the
!I!! :ad news at Washington
the following proclama
de. nevi in Honor of
cut Polk.
eep regret, announces to
• death of James K. Polk,
- - .1 .11 States, which occurred
• L a instant.
• illed upon to mourn' the
~,, ...• in of whose long services
• • :rev inscribed on the tab-
nd Common Councils of
It in common with our
the death of JAMES K.
he United States, whose
tatesmanship (luring his
his administration mem
r country.
!y sympathize with the
(id that a committee of
Council be appointed to
i_opy of these resolutions.
Resoked. That as a mark of respect for the
memory of the deceased, the Halls of Councils be
hung with emblems of mourning for the space of
six months.
The Presidents of Councils, and Illessrs. Gillespie
and Gorrecht of Select and Messrs. Steinman and
Corner of Common Councils, were 'appointed the
committee under the second of the above resolutions.
Mr. HAMILTON offered the following preamble
and resolution, which were read and unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, The close and intimate connexion of
our distinguished fellow citizen. the Hon. JAMES
BUCHANAN, with Ex-President JAS. K. POLK,
in his eventful administration of the Federal Gov
ernment, during its entire period, and his previous
knowledge of the man, incidentally acquired du
ring their contemporary representation in the Con
gress of the United States, joined to his comrnan
ding and eloquent oratorical ability, especially fit
him to pronounce a due oration on the life, charac
ter, public services, and general history of the
illustrious deceased. Be it, therefore
Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of
the city of Lancaster, that a joint committee of
three members from each Council be appointed to
wait upon Mr. BUCHANAN and invite him to
deliver such oration, at as early a day as may suit
his convenience, and in the event of his acceptance
that said committee be instructed to make all
necessary arrangements for the same.
Messrs. Hamilton, Zecher, and Harmany, of
Select, and Messrs. Rohrer, Wilson and Gantz of
Common Councils, were appointed the Committee
'under the above resolution.
Resolved, That the above proceedings be signe,
and published in all the city newspapers.
NEWTON LIGHTNER, Pres't.
attest JAMES BLACK, Clerk S. C.
JAMES C. CenrEwrsn, Clerk C. C.
117 - GEOHGE M. DALLAS has consented to deliver
an Eulogy on JAMES K. Aux, before the Demo
cratic citizens of Philadelphia.
LT - JAMES BUCHANAN has received a similar in
vitation from the Selett and Common Councils o
this city. Mr. B. is at present on a visit to Wash
ington, and his acceptance cannot be known, until
after his return.
CITY FINANCES.—In to-days paper will be
found the official statement of the city authorities,
touching the management of the city affairs, du ins•
the past fiscal year. The exhibit is in ever , ay
flattering to the ability and prudence of the -
men connected with our city government, and
proves that the public interests have been commit
ted into proper keeping. When it is recollected,
that the members of the Select and Common Coun
cils, by a usage that we regard as unjust and illib
eral, devote their time and labor to this public
trust without compensation, we think the most cap
tious must be silenced by the manner in which
they discharge their duties. The situation of a
Councilman is at best a thankless one, often expo
sing him to undeserved censure, and we can per
ceive no solid reason, why he should not, like every
other laborer, be " worthy of his hire." We ques
tion whether the municipal affairs of any City or
Borough in the State are more wisely and judi
ciously administered, than are those of the " only
Democratic" city of Lancaster.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—We are pained to learn,
that Mr. CHRISTIAN Raman, a citizen of Leacock
township, Lancaster county, came to his death, on
Wednesday last, in a melancholy manner. He was
assisting in the raising of a waggon shed on the
farm of Jacob Blank, when a portion of the timber
gave way, and falling upon his head, caused death
in the course of fifteen minutes. The deceased was
a young man of much respectability and worth,
had been married only about 18 months since, and
his premature death is greatly lamented.
StrDbEN Daavn.—On the evening of last Sunday
a week, Mrs. MARY EltrasT, wife of Henry Hurst,
who had been on a visit to a sister at Intercourse,
in this county, was about to return with her hus
band to their own residence, a few miles distant.
They had proceeded but a short distance, when .
Mrs. HURsT was seized with hemorrhage of the
lungs, and before she could be lifted out of the ve
hicle, she was a corpse. The deceased was in the
54th year of her age, and was highly respected by
a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
BANK STOCKS.—Eight shares of the capital
stock of the Lancaster Bank were sold recently at
public sale at $61,311 per share. Six shares of
the capital stock of the Farmers' Bank of Lancas
ter brought, at the same sale, $57,62i per share.
This shows a handsome advance in the prices of
both of these stocks over the last public sales, and
is an evidence of. confidence of the community in
their management and value.--Union.
had{ no recollec ion of such a person ; and the chase
was abandoned Again Mr. CJI.LAMEIL was in
formed of the d lemma. A third battery was lev
elled at the head of poor MeSeAlums, foi- out he
roust go, let a successor come from whence he
may. This ti e, the commission was directed to
JOHN FINDLEY, a resident of Fu/ton township, to
hold a post-ollic in Drumore township. This diffi
culty was compromised, by the appointment of a
tenant 01 Mr. FIINDLEY, as Assistant P. M., residing
in Di - umore, aboiit halt a mile from the residence
of the actual Pos Master. But, to crown this chap-
-o the memory of a citi
nguished by the highest
could bestow, it is order
lansion, and the several
in, be immediately placed
siness suspended during
ter f)f misfortun-S, the latest advices state, that the
Tenant (not wi-hing to play second fiddle in so
small a matte 9 has likewise refused his appoint
ment—and the result is, that the Greene post-olticp,
with its half-do4n post-masters, is without a local
habiitation. Thq'se are facts, derived from respecl
' able authority. 4They are only equalled by the
appoimments of .I.llr. FITZ IVannes for Upper
Leacock townsh p, where, in violation of all usage,
three post-offices iave been crowded together within
a dimance of about four miles, leaving another por
tion of road for the space of fire miles without any
post-11/we whatever! It Mr. Frrz WARREN be a
"competent - marl for the place he holds, it would
be difficult to say who is not. We are sure, no
such mistakes ever occurred under Col. MEMEL
and WILLIAM J. j BROWN.
at the War and Navy
ble military and naval
melancholy occasion, to
ious dead.
Z. TAYLOR
ler. the public offices at
1 City Councils
a Councils of the city of
ion, June 21st, 1b49, Mr.
lect Council, in the chair.
• announced the purpose
ig, Mr. MAcRIoT offered
resolutions, which were
pted :
17 —
Cabinet SOeleets.—There are seven cabi•
net officers c ein4.ted with the National Adminis
tration, making i,•ebtiling, the President, eight in
dividuals, Gen. Talmo!' having, as we see by an
uncoutradicted newspaper state.nent, averred to
Gen. PETEn. SKTN SMITH, that the appointments
were given out, lice the situation of Messenger to
our City Councilsi according to the wishes of the
majority, himself find each member of the cabinet
being alike entitl'ed to one vote—we would give
something handsorne to know, after what lia.shion the
Noccedingo thin prroidenilnl Beard are conduc
ted . We detest eaves-dropping, but we would Cs
teem it a great faVor to be allowed to 'look
whilst the Boar 4 is in session. Who presides?
Who acts as Secretary? When the election of a
Postmaster or Collector commences, who acts as
Judge and who as Inspector? Do the voters indi
cate the man of their choice viva rare, or by ballot?
If tho latter, are the ballots deposited in a box or
in a hat? If the latter again, in whose hat? Is a
choice effectedo a plurality, a majority, or does
it recoi.:c two thips, a lu Baltimore Convention?
Who keeps the tally-papers, and who declares the
state of the different liallottings? Who is the um
pire in the event of a lie, or in case of a contested
election 7 These a!re grave speculations upon grave
matters. We maylSEem too inquisitive about them,
but the mode adopted by the illustrious follower of
the "earlier Presiclejas:' of conferring appointments
is altogether so novel, that the present and future
ages ought to have the benefit of it. It has long
been a, standing complaint with the office-holders
under the General ( Government at Washington that
in the District of Columbia they lose the right of
voting. But the Cabinet dare grumble no longer,
since IFree Suffrage has been opened even in the
White House.
of Lancaster have heard
, clancholy intelligence of
POLK, late President of
' id near Nashville, on the
. age of fifty-four years.
• fbr all public bodies to
he memory of one who
he most exalted station
tizens, and whose public
rth entitle him to the re
: American People. Be
Lveo>nsc COCNTT.—We learn that the Demo
crats of Lycoming county trill this fall agree upon
Gen. WILLIAM F. PACKER for the Senate. and Major
WILLIAM BuiNutri for member of the Legislature.
Star of the North.
We sincerely trust that these anticipations may
be realized. Major But DEE is a patriotic and in
telligent citizen, a consistent Democrat, and by his
gallant conduct in Mexico well entitled to public
honors. Gen. PACKER needs not our praise. he
whole State is familiar with his name, his ta ils,
and his usefulness• in the public councils. He is
needed in the Senate. Wofully has that body de
teriorated of late years, and it will be a good lork
to elevate it to its former standing. I.Ve avant men
there of education, of enlarged experience and
statesmanship, who will be capable of some higher
display of genius, than the drawling out of a sleepy
oi• "No, - at the call of the muster-roll.—the
franking of ungrammatical documents to indifferent
constituents,—or the rising up in the seat, supported
by a convenient desk, in support of a call for the
"Previous Question." Besides Gen. PACKER, we
should be rejoiced to see ANDREW H. REEDER come
from old Northampton. The Democracy of that
district have long sought an opportunity to reward
his valuable services to them—but he would not-
Id ill he not yield , The Dornoeial., of Philadelphia
county, of Montgomery, of Bucks, and of York,
have also an important part to hear. Their nom
inations for the Senate will sill succeed. How im
portant, then, to nominate men who are not only
sound and true, but who possess, the proper intel
lectual qualifications. Let the next Senate be re
deemed, not only from the ascendency of Federalism,
but also from its mournful mental infirmity.
RELTOIOIIS STATISTICS.—Aroong the statistics
of the Southern :Methodist Church we observe the
following:—Number of members, 491,786; of
which 3n4,000 are colored.
With comparatively few exceptions, we presume,
this vast; body of colored persons, numbering more
than one third of a million, members of the Metho
dist churches of the South, are SLAVES. We do
not, as an abstract question, advocate the institu
tion of Slavery—but do - not these statistics furnish
gratifying proof, that, as a body, the slaves of the
South breathe a moral element, to which the free
colored population of the North, more particularly
of the large L -mmercial cities, are comparative
strangers? It is a , ALN!I attested fact, that the color
ed race are peculiarly susceptiblef of the doctrines
of Christianity, and are easily anhavingly brought
under the dominion of those vital and immortal
truths, which to the "wise and the noble" are but
a stumbling-block and foolishness. We are our
selves acquainted with Southern planters, extensive
slave-holders, who are not only themselves consis
tent members of the Methodist church, but also
every slave, male and female, on their plantations.
The masters, to whom we refer, when the usual.
means of Grace are wanting, do not unfrequently
themselves instruct their slaves in the truths of, the
Bible. These happy relations the ultra abolitionist
would subvert, and tear these tens of thousands of
moral and Christian souls away from their hcifites, to
revel and riot and rot in the degradatiOn, and crime,
and misery, which mark the life of the colored peo
in our otter-crowded sea-board cities.. From such
philanthropy, Heaven deliver them!
r-rOn the eve of the last election, our neighbor
of the U74on .5- Tribune addressed an appeal to the
DEMOCRATS of Lancaster, to vote for Gen. T.crLon.
He would. scarcely venture to publish such another
appeal 2101}0
17 - A :Feorowir COMPANY, with a capital Of
$200,000, in shares of $5O, has been formed in
Reading, ]Pa. ' .
Th
York, (Pa
A P st-00ice Missing!
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IWe have fr .uentl,, heant cd missing P ont-Met,F..
fete, but it has been rAeived for present experieice,'
to record the T
,:
ysteriousdisappearance of.a 'Post-
0./rice. Such w catastrophe has aphiallifhappene.l
. .._ ..
milder the ausp i ces of Mesars. Corsa...min and
in Wu-
,
HEIN, Pruniore township, Uncaster county. 7.
The circums'ces are 4 follows At the incian:•
ing of the p esent adrninistrition, the'" Greene"
tl .
postoffice was eld by FLEMING McSrAtiastr, Esq. ,
a most amiabll and attentive officer, but under the
condemnation pt Democracy. 'He was . removed,
of course , and Mr. CIIIILLES REED, a respectable
Whig, appointed his successor. From commenda-'
ble, considerathL, Mr. R. declined to lift his corn
rn.4ison. The l'act was commuuicated.to the Gen
eral Post-Mastet and in a short time a commission,
came to hand or a 'Mr. RU BERT Born. After a
diligent search Ft . several weeks in all the region
rotind-about, no: while male citizea, answering to that
name. could be du i covered ! The " oldest inhabitant
funds required for lighting the town of
) with gas hava.been aubscribed.
The Iron Business.—The Mari& In.
telligencer makes most welcome and cheering repot t
'of the prospects of the iron interest in that section.
: All looks as if a prosperous bushier's is at hand.
From what paper, thiitic yon, do we quote the
foregoing paragraph, which speaks thus flatteringly
of the present and prospective condition of the
/ion Masters? Why, from none other than the
Nor* American, the organ, par excellence, of the
Whig party. of Pennsylvania in general, and of
JOHN 3f.: CLAYTON, the-TAYLOR Secretary of State.
in particular. It seems, then, that the Irdn Men
of the North are not annihilated, after all, but that
the "most welcome and cheering reports" are rife
concerning them, betokening a "prosperous busi
ness" in the future. From the connection which
obviously exists between some people's politics and
their pockets, it is to be hoped, that they will now
begin to form a favorable opinion of Democratic
policy, and as the "per centuns per annum" is their
sole standard for estimating the wisdom of govern
ment, they will doubtless alter their views of the
tariff of 1846, and its effects upon the prosperity
of the country.
But what a commentary is this on the doleful
prognostics of w orators and newspapers, whilst
the present tari v was pending betisre Congress .
and . freely indul for a long time after its passage.
fi k
Well do we remem r, for we were an eye and ear
witness of the scene, the doleful behaviour of the
Federal members/ of Congress, especially those
from Pennsylvanit, on that memorable occasion.
Never since the w rld began, was the tongue em
ployed in such a melancholy task, as that of pour
traying the opening of the Pandora box prepared
by the cruel hands of "Sir ROBERT WALic Ea. - -
Why, one would haye supposed that the dome of
the Capitol might be'fent in ['wain by their heart
rending agony. No they prophesied, in tribula
tion and tears, and 'non they fretted and fumed,
like excited Amazons, Their speeches consisted
only in gloomy elegies ) on the decay of trade, the
stoppage of panufactures, the revocation of orders,
the distresses of the operatives, with a liberal inter- '
spersibn of abuse of the Democratic party. Oh! the
Future was so fraught with unmixed terror! Those
distinguished Federal commanders, Generals PA xlc
and Rots, the heroes of so many political sieges,
dressed out in 'uniforms of crape, were despatched
on a pilgrimage of Woe among the people. At
their bidding, factories were to stand still, as if
commanded thereto by some modern presumptuous
JOSHUA ! Mills were to be closed, furnaces to blow
out, looms and spindles to grow rusty, workmen to
die of sheer starvation, and none but lucky Under.
takers and Coroners were to have employment!
The boilding cauldron of SHAKSPEARE . S witches
did not contain half such a miscellany as was
thrown into the panic -pot of the wings.
I And, after all, it world seem, the country has
virtuously resolved not to he ruined, behave the
ruiners never so badly. Peace, Health, and Industry,
those pi-overfill ,Jr u, uncial alarms, str
round us on every side, and seem to have thrmed
a palpable conspiracy utterly to defeat and put to
shame Federal prophets and politicians. Croakers
are voted by common consent a nuisance, and peo
ple are resolutely determined against being talked
into a condition at variance with the circumstances
that surround them. They will not, like .NIACIETII,
allow themselves to be startled by-dreams, nor to
eat their daily bread in the fear of shadows. And,
to crown it all, the Iron-Masters themselves, llie
1). - nim'En CLASS, come voluntarily forward, and con
fess to the failure of the apparatus intended to de
molish them. The 'mourners are summarily dis
missed. with the assurance, that nobody is dead, or
even hart, in consequence of the catastrophe. The
only -. explosion" heard of, as yet, is the unavoidable
"blow tip" of the High Tariff prOtection theory,
with its concomitant misery-making machinery in
the bargain. Long live the Tariff at 1846! It
must be good, when even the Grambletonians of
the North rlmerican are compelled to bear testimony
to the prosperous condition of the Iron and Money
Mongers under it.
Ireland.—What an amazing contras) be
tween the present condition of the people of the
U. ;States, and that of the inhabitants of portions
of poor, unfortunate, famine-stricken Ireland f—
: Whilst hundreds and thousands of human beings,
lashicned like ourselves, springing_trom the same
parent-stock, travellers to the - same bourne, and
subject to the same physical necessities, are there
falling into premature graves, for want of the
necessai ICS of life—the God of the Harvest is here
again dropping fatness from His paths, and is lite
rally overloading us with benefits. Not only van
we, in this favored land, form no adequate concep
tion of .the untold horrors of Starvation. but even
immoderate Hunger is a sensation- which rarely
forms as ingredient in the cup of individual suffer
ing. In respect to their bodily wants, even the so
called Poor have alwaysa sufficiency, whilst from the
super-abundant tables of the Rich there would be
enough and to spare to feed an almost countless
multitude.
In Ireland, ive read, fatal diseases are the result
of Famine—here, (strange difference,) they are ap
prehended from our overflowing Plenty. In Ire
land, by the capricious failure of a single vegetable,
the great body of the nation is visited by a doers
more terrible than War and Pestilence. In the, U.
States the Good Being has provided such an endless
variety of vegetable rontq, that, cntting in the fields
and gardens, they create . the dread of putrelaction,
unwholesome vapours,. poisonous atmosphere, Dis
ease, and Death! There the often virtuous and
industrious peasantry, their pale and emaciated
wives, and their innocent and helpless little ones,
descend into the cold and collinless grave together,
cheered by no ray of com`ort, except that which
illumes the pathway of the Believer=whilst we,
and our wives, and our children, claiming no higher
Humanity, are nurtured and fattened in the lap of
an overflowing Plenty!
Who is adequate to the solution of this dreadful
and amazing phenomena? Fathom the unfathom
able mystery, who can. The presumptuous Phil
osopher, wise in his own conceits, will refer it to
the caprices of Nature, discarding the over-ruling
hand of Nature's Cod. The Political Economist will
trace the secret of the Scourge to bad government
and a vicious system of social economy. The latter
has some shew of Common Sense in his favor, for
bad laws and evil rulers arc a terrible national
calamity. We grant the cruelty of the rapacious,
landlord,who grows gluttonous and fat on the sweat
of the "weary and heavy laden." We admit Ire
land's life-destroying connexion with Great Britain.
the harpy of the land and the sea, who sits - upon
her neck, like the Old Man of the Sea upon the
back of . SlPißill. But do these sufficiently account
for the dreadful Reali or reach even half-way
, 1,,,
through the mysterious ieb of Ireland's doom?
Wai think not. If the mo her earth did not deny
her accustomed increase, think you, bad• govern
ment, great social evils, and much political oppres
sion, or all combined, could result in Famine and
Starvation? These phenomena, after all, speculate
as we may, are among the incomprehensible mys
.eries of the Mosr Hiou. Little as we can com
prehend Him in his uncreation and. unending
duration, or in His immutable existence, Or in His
incommunicable attributes; or in His wonderful
works, or in the yet more stupendous Economy of
' His grace—even so little do we understand Him in
respect to the dispensations of his providence.—
' . l7nsearchable are His judgments, and His ways
past finding out." , Why it is, therefore, that in our
land plenty crowns the work of peace with abun
dance, and from her overflowing cornucopia scatters
all the comforts that light tip the gloom of life and
lend a halo to existence—whilst in distant Ireland
gaunt Famine and 'Disease are blighting and deso
lating entire districts--are events which 'to our
short-sighted view are wholly inexplicable. A
becoming humility should then be our's-seeing
that the explanation of the mystery is "neither
written by the sunbeam, nor waited on the breeze."
Deciding by Lot.
A correspondent in the last no. of the American
Press ¢ Republican of this city, for the double nor!
pose, no doubt, of reflecting discredit upon the last
Legislature, and of prejudicing the 'public mind
against the election of Judges by the People, ridi
cules that chase of the resolution for amending the
Constitution, which provides that "Me term of each
of the persons who shall then be elected Judges of
the Supreme Court shall be decided by lot." This
provision the erudite critic is disposed to caricature
as a revival of the exploded lottery system, and as
subjecting grave questions to the capricious arbi
tration of CHANCE. This is the sum and substance
of his communication.
Without intending,(with the thermometer aspir
'Mg to lOOdeg. in the shade,) to writes labored reply
to "Trump," we must be allowed to say, that no
belkver in the liple—no believer in an omnipresent,
omniscient, all-creating and all-controlling God,
ever employs such a phrase as Chance, when its
meaning and application, as in the present instance,
are intended to associate o tth any event in life a
blind and undefinable fatality. We are assured by
the Book of Books, that all the hairs of our head
are numbered, and that not a sparrow falls to the
ground, except by Divine appointment. The recog
nition.of the hand of the Supreme Being, even in
the most minute and to our limited view paltry
circumstance of life, is the more necessary, when
it is remembered, that from these so-called paltry
causes often spring such mighty results, both in the
passages of individual and national history, as could
not have been possibly produced by any but the
Supreme intelligence.
I gi attehtatlon uf this truth, we doubt not, instance
will rise up in the personal recollection of almoit
el' ery one, in which the color and direction of a
ong Futurity were traceable with an unnerring
Inger to the veriest bagatelle. The cackling of the
!lost stupid or-the feathered tribe, it is said, saved
Icon°. The flight of a bird saved MOHAMMED,
hereby affecting the destiny of millions. There must
.aist a Providence that controls ALL events, howe-
'Or great, or however snmll, Or there can be no
Providence at all. 11 . there be no particular Prov
de•nce, there can - be no general Providence, seeing
hat : generalities consist only of an aggregation of
nfinitessernal specialities. The tallest mountain,
chose summit reaches to the clouds, is only a heap
f intoute particles, each distinct from the other
and the unfathomable ocean in resolvable into little
drops. To separate the Creator from a single one
of these particles of dust, is to deny his agency in
callino forth the mountain—and to separate Him
from a single globule of water, is to deny that fie
made the sea. There is, hence, nu such thing as
Chance, even in the matter of the selection of
Judges of the Supreme Court. The Wise Men
said: "The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
disposing thereof is of the Lord." So thought, too,
the eleven Apostles, when they, in no gambling or
trifling spirit, adopted this mode of choosing a suc
cessor to JUDAS.
Our purpose teas merely to protest against what
seemed to ua little less than practical Atheism. We
may add, however, that the custom of defining the
tenure of certain officers, by lot, often arises from
the necessity of things, and has long prevailed both
under the National and State governments. On the
admission of a new State into the Union, the Leg
islature elects two U. S. Senators, who afterwards
in
the presence of that body, determine by lot who
shall serve four and who six years, as it is not de
sirable that both shall go out at the same time.—
The ;eats of the members of the House of Repro
' sentatives, at IVashington, there being a preference,
are assigned by lot. The new Constitution, adopted
in this State in IS3S, altered the senatorial tenure,
I whereupon the new Senators determined their res
pective terms of service by lot. The members of
the first Canal eoard of Pennsylvania, standing
on equal footing, decided by lot who should serve
one, who two, and who three years. This resulted
from necessity, as the people had made no distinc
tion, and the law provided an annual election of a
' , member. The plan has worked well, in practise,and
rno one has objected to it on the ground of immorality.
W hen applied to proper and lawful uses, it is un-
objectionahle—hut when to Imes that are unlawful
and-improper—such as the disposal of money, that
ought to be earn ed—it becomes a sin, and so would
any other system, perverted to the same ends.
Another Pledz,e Violated:
The reading public well rememhcis a lengthy
editorial article, which apt-cared under date of
April 13, 1 S Is. in the Ciocinnati Signal, in relation
to the opinions and purposes of General TAYLOR.
Among the sentiments avowed in that article was
that the administration (viz. the Cabinet,) should
be - ‘omposeil of the leading mintle of ALL parties,"
as a course not only practicable, but one that would
redound to the highest interests of the whole coun
try. The Editor of the Signal forwarded a copy
of the article to Gen TAYLOR, and iil due course of
mail received from hi in a reply, written by his oia'n
hand, dated May IS, l ' Sias, in which he says
trust you will pardon me in thus briefly replying
to VOLI, Which I do with a II 1 Gil OPINION and APPRO
VA L Of the , n/inients and views embraced in your
Search the past annals of politics, and
when was there ever a more shameful violation of
a pledge, deliberately made and publicly announced?
You will search in Vain.
VIVA VOCE SYSTEM.—The Carlisle Derha
erat quotes with approbation our article in favor of
voting by the living voice, in Delegate Conventions,
and urges its adoption, also, upon the Democrats
of Cumberland county, who have heretofore acted
upon a system nearly as bad as that of voting by
secret ballot. The D!inocrat remarks:
our conventions the delegates vote by marking
—the names of the candidates are written down,
and the delegates go up. one alter another, and
mark their vote to the candidate of their choice.
In this way the same evils follow that are incident
to the secret ballot. One - mark is like another,
and no one can tell from the paper how the dele
gates have ‘oted. Probably one or too may be
standing by, and if they even see, the knowledge is
likely to remain with them, and in a few hours be
tOrgotten.
For these reasons we also subscribe to the open
and manly system of voting viva rove. We wish
to see a little more Jeffersonian and Jackson de
mocracy- carried into our conventions, and the action
or every democrat made known. Like Jackson,
make the delegates take the responsibility of their
votes on their own shoulders, and if they are not
willing to do this fairly, uprightly, let them be
excluded.
UGLY F.DrroRs.—PRENTIcE of the Louisville
Journal, and the editor of the Louisville Democrat,
are employed in discussing their relative personal
beauty, and according to their own confessions nei
ther of them stands in danger of being hung for his
beauty. PRENTICE says that a lady under the in
fluence of chloroform, kissed the editor of the
Democrat, and upon returning to consciousness, was
so mortified at what she had done that ebe went
away and hung herself, and that on another occa
sion, when the same editor tried to look his pret
tiest, he was knocked down by a fellow from the
country who supposed he was making faces at him.
The editor of the Democrat retorts by saying that
Prentice might be of some serviceas a "scarecrow,"
and Prentice in reply denies that his neighbor of
the Democrat could be of any use even in keeping
off the foul birds, for although he might " scare
away the crows," he would be sure to attract the
buzzards! This is western beauty!
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT.—Gov. JOHNSTON
has appointed the Hon. Josses Burrrscrrolc, of
Kittaning, to be President Judge of the 18th Judi
cial District, composed of the counties of Clarion,
Venango, Jefferson, Elk and McKean. He will
succeed the Hon. ALEXANDER .MCCALMONT, whose
term has expired. Mr. BUFFINGTON is a lawyer
of extensive practice in several of the Western
counties, and twice represented the 24th District
of this State in Congress.
SURRENDERED ! - -001. BRAXTON Ba.soo, of 'give
them a little more grape" notoriety, surrendered
his hand and heart to Miss Enizs B. &Lis, in
New Orleans, on the 7th inst. Served him right!
He should have known that his battery could not
resist the email arms of woman.—Carlisk Dern.
Calllfornia..we find the city journals
full of letters, and extracts oflette,s, purporting to
have been received from their correspondents in
California—but, believing that the public credulity
is olten severely taxed 'by Munehausen tales, We
have made it a tule, to republish only such as are
endorsed by a reliableiame. In this class of cor•
respondents, we include, of course, Major General,
PEUSITZIL F. SMITH, commanding the U. S. Army
in that region, who writes from. San Francisco to
the editors of the Washington Union, as follows .
You only think of California in connexion with
gold; and, indeed, a most wonderful connexion it
is. As to the extent of country holding the pre
cious metal, and the comparative facility with
which it is procured, there has been no exaggera
tion. The whole slope of the Sierra Nevada. on the
western side for a length of mole than 400 miles,
and in a belt of at least 40, contains it in greater
or smaller quantities; and it may extend still fur
ther, as further research is made. It is found sim
ply by digging and washing the earth;' no expensive.
machinery and no intricate chemical processes are
necessary to develope the magic hoard.
A pickaxe, shovel, or even a butcher's knife, to
loosen the earth and stones, and the most-simple
basin for washing, have been as richly rewarded as
the most approved. machines from other countries.
Good luck in the laborer choosing his location, has
more than compensated for want of skill The
real difficulties lie in the hardships to be encoun
tered in the remote uninhabited spots where the
gold is found. Want of food, overworking excited
by success, bad water, and dissipation, all combine
to exact a heavy tribute when found. All are not
successful, but every one works on, hoping that the
.next blow of his will disclose a treasure that will
surpass all that he has hitherto heard of. Many
die unheeded, many come off sicl; but there are
ten arriving from each quarter of the globe to re
place every one who goes. Chinese, Sandwich
Islanders, Chilians, Peruvians, Prussians, Mexicans,
French, English, Irish, out number as yet the
Americans, but the latter will have their share.—
Provisions, woolen clothing, liquors, kitchen and
mining utensils, sell at enormous profits in the
mines; other articles scarcely sell at all. Woman's
gear is altogether a drug.
- The amount of gold hitherto found is hard to
determine. It is said abOut $.1,000,000 have beet]
exported. I shall be able in a few weeks, from
facts I ant collecting, to make some approximation
to it.
In the mean time, all this is disastrous for us.
No servants are to be had; $•350 a month has been
refused in my presence by a cook. All my ser
vants nave quit, and yesterday I. engaged one at
$lOO a month, because he is too sick to go to the
mines, but I certainly shall lose him if he gets his
heal th.
The Quartermaster pays $5,000 a year for the
house I live in, and it would make but a poor toll.
house for a country bridge. The climate is cold
all the year round, and loggy in the summer, The
hills are bare; and the country is all hills—(forgive
the bull.) The beef is execrable, end vegetables
none ; and nobody has time to catch fish, if there
are any—voila In carte.
Any one who will come here to dig gold, or
bring goods with him to sell to the diggers, will
make money. No other bilsinoce will succeed.—
comts must bring a house with him ;
there are but few here, and lumber $6OO per thou
sand feet.
IRELAND.--A. letter from Dublin under date of
Ist instant, published in the N. Y. Journal of Com
merce, presents the following melancholy picture
of the present condition of Ireland:
Ireland now exhibits the spectacle of a people so
exhausted by misguided efforts, thatshe has na lon.
ger power to act for her own preservation ; so par
alyzed is she by failure in a hopeless cause, as to
have no energy left to extricate herself trom the
slough into which she has plunged; so discouraged
by disappointments in attempts to effect what was
unattainable, that she has no heart left to strive for
a practicable good. Her condition is pitiable in the
extreme, and at the same time so embarrassing as
to baffle the calculation and confound the judgment
of the most astute statesmen. After an eleemosy
nary support of four years continuance, she is man
ifestly in a far worse condition than when the
calamity first overtook her. All the efforts, public
and private, that have been made for her relief,
have proved unavailing either in arresting the evil
or in placing any portion of her people in a better
condition. "The truth" (says the "Advocate" of
this week) "is too sad, too pressing. The people
are dropping dead by the way side, or crawling
into their famine and pestilence stricken hovels, to
die of starvation; the prisons are filled with unfor
tunate wretches, who have. taken refuge, in legal
crimes, from similar fates; the poor-houses through
the land,; are glutted, casting off their surplus by
death only; and twenty-two unions in Ireland are
bankrupt. The contractors for food to many of
them must stop the supply it' extraneous ready
money aid be not given." "I cannot," said a gen
tleman from Clare to the writer, "go from my own
house in any direction, witholit seeing some persons
dead, or dying, of hunger by the road side, or in
the same dreadful condition." "I travelled" said
another, "over part of Mayo, where, two years ago,
I sass' not less than two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds, value in live stock; but on the this last
journey, I saw not a living animal, except a Curlew
and a Plover."
EE7 JOHN M. CLAYTON, the present Secretary of
State; said on the floor of Congress, a few years
since, the following. We presume the Premier
will have no objections to take a dose of the same
medicine, which he was so ready to prescribe to
"I consider the Senate as possessing certain ex
ecutive powers, to be exercised in co-operation
with the President, when they approve of the ad
ministration of his co-ordinate powers, or in oppo
sition to, and as a salutary check upon him, when
he has abused such poWers, and that, as officers of
a certain grade cannot be appointed without their
advice and consent, so, if those officers
. be removed to
reward partisans, or for any other unjustable purpose,
the Senate can reject nominations to supply the vacan
cies thus occasioned, and thus either compel the Pres
ident to reinstate those removed, or leave vacancies
which he cannot supply after the expiration of
their session."
VIRGINIA GOLD MINES.—The editor of the
Fredricksburg News has been requested by one of
the proprietors of the White Hall Gold Mine to
contradict the statement made in a late telegraphic
despatch from that place, that $7,000 had been
obtained in one day. No such amount of gold has
been obtained in one day since the mine was
opened. The ieditor adds :
In saying this, we do not wish to be understood
.as exciting a suspicion as to the value of the mine.
On the contrary, we are confident no mine in this
State has been worked with the same success. In
the last four or five months $50,000 have been re
ceived at the cost of some $6,000. The costs, we
learn, are about $6O per day, whilst the receipts
vary from $lOO to $l,OOO
Err There is much in Mr. Polk's conduct to
which it will be difficult to give so favorable an
interpretation as might be wished. His manner of
acquiring the Presidency was about as bad as the
uses to which he applied the high powers of that
office.
This is the language of the New York Tribune, in
announcing the death of the lamented POLL—
What can it mean? Surely, if any one of our
Presidents reached that high office, free from, taint
or suspicion, it was Jemzs POLK. The' whole
country knows, that he was not even a candidate,
prior to his nomination at Haltimore,' and that the
office was conferred upon him, without hii ever
having sought it. He came into the Presidency
with clean hands and a pure heart, and so he went
out.
CALIFORNIA GOLD.—The New York Herald
makes up a list of arfivals of California gold at
ports in this and foreign countries, from which, it
deduces the result of the total amount shipped from
San Francisco up to the latest'advices is $4,269,
788; of which $1.362,200 came to the U. States.
This is exclusive of the amounts carried away by
individuals from that region, of which no special
mention has been made. It is presumed that the
yield thus far is equal to $5,000,000.'
Post Masters Appointed.
Dr. JOHN KENDIG, to be Post Master at Cones
toga, Lancaster county, in place of Adam Kendig,
Esq. removed.
Jones FRANK, Esq. to be Post Master at Hemp.
field in place of J. R Martin, Esq. removed. •
HEART S. Sa g s, Esq. to l Post Master at
Adamstown, place of Henry Stauffer, Esq.. re
moved.
11:e - Hon. Calvin Blythe is lying dangerously ill
at Fairfield, Adams county.
From the ktestern (Me.) Arrus
First and, Second Washington.
The first chapter of parallels - between these two,
is one of striking contrasts.
The ftrsi Washington resigned his command at
the end of the war. The second held on to clire
office .ind its emoluments to the last moment.
Tb' first was a statesman as well as a soldier
The second is soldier. but not a statesman.
The first had cleaily defined principles, and avow
ed them. The second has none, and avows none
The first was elected President unanimously.
The second came in by a minority of the popular
vote.
The first came in as a no-party President, and
accordingly appointed to his cabinet Jefferson and
Hamilton, the leaders of the tno political parties.
The second was
,elected in the same shape, but ap
pointed an entire whig cabinet.
The first was President in fact. The second is
President in name only~,,_
The first regarded his Word as sacredly inviola
ble. The second has broken his, times hard to enu
merate, in three months.
The
. first was an intellectual giant, of colossal
proportions. The scrumd is an intellectual dwart;
of pigmy dimensions.
But Why undertake to run a parallel'? There is,
in the whole history and character of the two men,
but one point of similarity—they both fought well.
It was the fascinating idea that Gen. Taylor was
to be a •second Washington: . that attracted to him
many thousands of -votes that he would otherwise
have lost.
The memory of•that renowned chieftain, accom
plished statesman, and high-minded man, is as fresh
in the hearts of the people, as in the infant days of
the ,republic. There is an undying , glory about the
name that makes it, when cunningly used, a potent
and almost irresistible battle-cry.
The system of proscription adopted by General
Taylor—or his cabinet for hi. is a striking ex
ample of departure, not only. ftiom the line ot pre
cedent established by Washineton, but by all the
"early Presidents. - And when they did have occzt-
SlOll to remove,it was not done by overriding solemn
pledges to the contrary.
flI The Allentown Democrat, referring to the
appointment of ROBERE PA FTF:RSON, ' as Harbor
Master at Columbia, says: " Robert is well known
in this community, and we have no doubt his nu
merous friends here will rejoice in his promotion.
lie is an industrious, energetic man, and will there-
fore, doubtless discharge filithfully Any duties the
Canal Board may see proper to impose upon
him."
Diorocmyric VI wrony.—A special election held
Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday, for a representave
the State Legislature, has resulted in the election
STRICKLAND, (Democrat.) who received a ma-
jority of 194 votes. This is the first Democratic
candidate ever cl,cted from that place.
Thus is the T.Ls 1.0 H. administration rebuked in
all quarters, North, East, South, and West. it
does not soon mend its ways, it willde in a minor
ity in every township, county, and State in thn
Union.
Westmoreland County.
The Democrats of the " Star of the West" have
nominated the following ticket :
F. M'Culloeh; Harrison P. Laird
and Joseph Guffey.
Sheriff—John Hague.
Register I?comler.—Janors 4.eenan, jr.
Treausurer.—Thomas J. Ba.!aoy.
fI7 . I 3 II.F.SIDENT TAYLOR, it stated by. Wash
ington letter writers, intends visiting Bedford
Springs, in the month of Augiust, from thence to
'ourney through the interior off Pennsylvania, and
to attend the Agricultural Fair at Syracuse (N. Y.)
His visit, however, will deper id upon the state of
the public business.
ll~Jossra BUTTEIIFIELD, of Illinois, has been
appointed Commissioner of he General Land
Office, in the room of Col. 11,*chard M. Young,
OFFICE HuNTlNG.—Upwards of N9O applica_
tions are pending before the Collector of Customs
of New York, for about 300 pl.ces!
New AND ELEGANT CLOTHING.--AD aSsortmen il l
of Summer Clothing, of a very elegant and superior
quality and of unrivalled workmanship, consisting
of Coats, Vests, and Pants, has just been received
at Fonn's Tower Hall. It was originally made for
the New Orleans Market, where only the best is
bought, and can't beat,. as all, who see it, will
readily testify. Come, then, and see, and juke for
yourself.
& SON, No. 15, North Seeond St.,
Philadelphia, has just opened a supply of Summer
Goods, which is unrivalled. Call and see.
PRIVATE BOARDING.—M T. FORD is willing to
receive five or six private boarders, single gentle
men, or young married couples, at his house in
Duke Street, (Jeffries' Row,) between Chesnut and
Orange. The house is new, and so is the furniture.
A fine bathing room is attached. A more plea
sant location there is not in. Lancaster city. Call
and examine it.
From the Montreal Transcript, July 22, - 1848.
We think it due to Dr. Wistar that we should add
our testimony to numerous others, as to the extra
ordinary merits of his
.medicine in certain cures,
particularly where the patient has complained of
pain in the side, or in eases of an axthmatical
character.
We are personally acquainted with many persons
who have experienced immense relief from the use
of this medicine, when laboring under the diseases
above mentioned; and as-in the ehangeableclimate
of Canada these diseases are more than usually
common, any medicine .calculated to counteract
them must be of value.
We are aware that it has a large and still increas
ing sale, and has been very generally and benefici
ally used since its introduction into Canada three
years ago—and the very filet of its having stood the
test of three years> experience is proof of its value.
We are not in the habit of recommending patent
medicines unless the benefits conferred by them
have come under our own observation: but in the
present instance we can recommend WISTAR'S
BALSAM (IF WILD CHERRY, as a medicine
werthy of the confidence of the public in diseases
of the Chest and Side, and in many cases in this
city severe Coughs have yielded to its influence.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS.
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2. Because they are not an " Empirical Medi
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3. Because they. are composed of Roots and
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4. Because - they may be taken at any time, when
there is a - sensation of uneasiness at the Stomach
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6. Because they keep the Stomach and Bowels
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venting despondency by calming .and invigorating
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7. Because they effect cures without the usual
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8. Because they are exceedingly popular, and
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iKr We have had lately geveral .beautiful days
and glorious evenings. Judging from the number
of ladies and gentlemen promenading our ,streets,
visiting the Ice Cream Saloons, discussing the
merits of ripe Strawberries, and the beautiful pro
portion and elegant fit of Jos. Gormly's New Style
of Summer Clothing, and wondering how it is pos
sible' that such superior goods can be afforded at
such remarkably low prices. But the reason'ie
plain, viz: the supply equalAthe demand—and the
demand equals the supply. The demand being se
great, be is satisfied with a very small ,profit. To
supply this demand he employs a vast number of
workmen who replenish his stock sufficiently, to
meet the wants of the large number of purchasers
who daily call at this truly fashionable and favour
ite store called Lancaster Hall of Fashion, Situated .
in North Queen street, three doors from °tinge, •
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