Jatelli . gencer & Journal.
E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR
Lancatler, July 3, 1849.
SCHOOL TAX.—At a-recent meeting of the
Board of School Directors of this city, C. M.
WEsraIEFFER was duly elected Collector of School
Tax assessed in this city for the year 1849. Mr.
W. has the benefit of much experience in this vo
cation, and is a gentle Man of admitted efficiency
and integrity
LANCASTER GAS COMPANY.-At an election, held
on Wednesday last, the following named gentle
men were elected officers of the above company.
who are to serve until the second Monday of June.
1850:
President—Hon. ELLIS LEWIS.
Managua.—thristopher Hager, D. Longenecker.
John N. Lane, Dr. F. A. Muhlenburg, Dr. John
Miller, William
An advertisement appears in our columns of
to-day, inviting proposals for the erection of the
necessary buildings and works.
ET' GE0..61: W. BREWER, Esq., of Chambers
burg has consented to deliver an Oration, on the
coming 4th of July, to the citizens of Bedford.
Democratic State Convention
The Democratic State Convention, for the nomi
nation of a candidate for Canal Commissioner.
meets at Pittsburg, on to-morrow, July 4. It will
doubtless be an imposing body, both as to respect
ability and numbers. The delegation from Lan
caster county left here last Saturday. Of those
originally chosen, so far as we could learn, WrL.
LIASt MATHIOT, Esq., of this city will be the only
one in attendance. The following gentlemen have
gone as substituted delegates: Dr. J. J. GIVEN, M.
D. iloim aoox, J. D. BACHMAN, EDWARD CHAMP
NETS, and CHARLES E. WENTZ.
Eulogy on Ex-Presldent Polk.
It will be seen that the Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN.
for reasons which are explained in the subjoined
correspondence, has declined the invitation tendered
him by the Select and Common Councils of this
city to deliver an Oration on the life and public
services of JAMES K. POLE. Whilst the public
with one accord, will regret this decision, they will
acknowledge that the delicate relations sustaint'd
by Mr. B. as a member of the late Cabinet, left
him no other course ,to pursue:
LANCASTER, June 29, 1849
Hon. JAMES Burns NAN :
Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Select
and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster,
held on the 21st instant, it was unanimously resol
ved, to invite you, at such time as might suit your
convenience, to deliver an Oration on the lite. char
acter, and public services of James K. Polk, Ex-
President of the U. States. whose recent unexpected
decease has elicited the most ieeling expressions of
sympathy in every section of the country: And
the undersigned were appointed a committee to
convey to you the wishes of Councils in this respect.
Your long and intimate public and personal ac
quaintance with the lamented Ex President, com
mencing with your cotemporary service in Congress,
and sub-equently extended and matured, by the
close and confidential relations which existed be
tv,een you. throughout the entire term of his event
ffil ad .ninistratio --joined to your pre eminent
ability to do justice to this interesting, though
mournful, occa,aon—in the opinion of Councils,
point you out as peculiarly competent to discharge
this appoint,. ent.
In the hope that circumstances may place it in
your power to accept, we remain,
Very respeetiully
Your Fellow. Citizens,
JOHN HAMILTON,
CHRhTIAN ZECHER,
J. M. HARMONY,
REUBEN S. ROHRER,
GEORGE WILSON,
HENRY GANTZ.
P. S —Your absence from Lancaster has preven
ted this communication from being made at an
earlier date.
WHEATLAND, 30th June, 1849
GENTLEMEN : I have received your note of yes
terday. inviting me, on behalf of the Select and
Common Councils of the city of Lancaster, to de
liver an oration on the lite, character and public
services of our late lamented President, James K.
Polk.
Most gladly would I comply with your request,
and endeavor to do justice to hie pure character
and eminent public services; were it not, that,
having been closely identified with him and the
important measures of his eventful administration,
as a member of the Cabinet, I could not perform
this duty, without appearing. in some small degree,
to commend myselt. This would detract from the
effect of any eulogy on the late President which I
might pronounce and could not fail to subject me
to unpleasant criticism.
The merits-and illustrious public services of the
late President can be more becomingly and appro
priately presented and ennrced by distinguished
statesmen of our country, who were not members
01 his Cabinet, and I am rejoiced to know that sev
eral of them have already undertaken the task
Returning my cordial and grateful thanks to the
Select and Common. Councils for having deemed
me worthy of so high an honor, I remain,
Very respectfully. your friend,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
To John Hamilton, Christian Zecher, J. M. Hai
mony, Reuben S. Rohrer, George Wilson and
Henry W. Guatz, Esquire, Committee &c.
Death of Don. Calvin Blythe
We learn with regret the decease of the Hon.
CALVIN SCYTHE, which took place in Fairfield,
Adams county, on the. 20th ultimo, aged 57 years.
Judge B. was a commissioned officer in the war of
1812; was in the battles of Chippewa, Niagara,
&c., and behaved with great gallantry. He was
earl, in life a member of the House of Representa
tives from Mifflin (now Juniata) county, then Sec
retary of the Commonwealth, under Gov. SHULZE,
Attorney General, Judge of the Dauphin, Lebanon
and Schuylkill district, and Collector of the Port
oz Philadelphia He was an amiable and generous
gentleman
The President's Visit.
The Daily News says : "We understand that the
President will leave Washington on his tour to the
North, about the middle of August. He will pro
ceed from Baltimo, e to York, and from thence visit
LANCASTER, Harrisburg, Chambersburg, and the
Bedford Springs, Hollidaysburg and Pittsburg. He
will then pass through Ohio to Cleaveland, where
he will embark for Buffalo, and will - be at the New
York :Late Agricaltural Fair at Syracuse on the
10th. From Albany he will proceed east to Boston
and after visiting.the capitals of New Hampshire
2 and alaine, will retttrn south via Providence, New
York and this city, his purpose being to reach
Washington about the close, of September."
ET' The COLLAMER morbus seems to be exceed
ingly fatal throughout the whole Union. Every
man struck with it feels at once that he is a case.
The Bogen PosV—who else—said this.
Tua RUSSIA ' S Missiosr, the Baltimore Clipper
states, it is rumored will be tendered to the Hon.
FRANCIS GRANGER
Judge Woonnuair has consented to deliver
an Eulogy upon Mr. Polk, in Boston, in August.
From the Star of the North
UtThe Lancaster Intelligencer thinks that A. H.
:REEDER of Northampton county, should be in
the State Senate. We second the motion. Mr.
Reeder is a Democrat of reliable firmness, of fixed
politfeal faith; end of high intelligence. He would
be a creditable representative of Old Northampton,
and an ornament to the Senate.
117 Senator Foorz is to deliver an Eulogium on
General Jackson, before the Jackson Democratic.
Association of Washington city, (D. C.) on the 9th
proximq
• , ,'Senator pAVID R AtCHISON and Represent
ative Walkup 'P. HALL have taken the stump
against Col. Bssrrost in Missouri.
Inderwudence Day.
IR accordance with custom, we print in to.day's .
paper .the Declaration of Independence, that une
quailed'and , irtiperishable State Paper, which, as'
Mr..litsvinson predicted it would, has become the
signal all over the world, for arousing men to burst
the chains of Despotism, and to assume the bless- '
ings and security of Free Government. The an
nual return of this day should forever refresh our
recollection of the truths contained in this docu
ment, and re-animate and stregthen our dew tion
to them. It is the Shiboleth of our National faith,
the "pillar and the cloud," that must lead us, as it .
did our fathers, through every scene of trial, doubt,
and peril. We would, indeed, be recreant to the
magnanimous impulses of our nature, if the annual
return of this day did not awaken in our , bosom
the latent energies of gratitude and joy. When
the report o' cannon booms along the waters, and
is gradually lost in its reverberations among the
distant hills, it must fall upon ears that are deaf to
the voice of patriotism, if it dOes not summon from
the soul a spontaneous spring tide of patriotic emo
tion—and when the rejoicing youth, bouyant with
hope and animation, lights the bon-fire upon the
highway, until the crackling flames, "like Israel's
pillar, chase the night from Heaven," jaundiced
and distempered must be the eye that is offended at
the sight. When the shrill tile and the spirit-stirring
drum send forth their merry notes, and the exhil
crating tones of "Hail Columbia" or "Yankee Doo
rile" fall in rich cadence upon the ear, harder than
flint must be the heart that is not electrified as by
a spark from the altar of '76.
We shall spare ourselves the task of recounting
those mighty deeds, which historians. orators, and
poets have made familiar to the public mind, as
though written in letters of living light upon the
clear arch of the sky. We shall not seek to intro
duce to our readers the never absent faces of their
"house-hold gods:' The consecrated places which
once knew them, but now know them no more,
have not yet been blotted from our memories.—
Though WesursaTos, too good and pure to remain
on earth. " full of years and of honors." has been
translated into the mere_ congenial atmosphere of
Heaven, his country yet lives to rejoice in his ex
ample, and to bless his sainted memory. Though
the youthful Waktex.xdescended into the gloomy
I sepulchre, 'ere time had furrowed his brow or
chilled the warm current of his blood, Bunker Hjll
yet survives to perpetuate the sad story of his early
martyrdom. Though the gallant son of Erin,
Mouratriesur, sacrificed his precious life in the cause
of American Freedom, yet the thrilling impulses
that swell the bosom at the mention of his name,
attest that the memory of his devotion still lives.
He fell in struggling for the liberties we now enjoy,
never more beholding the scenes of his nativity,
which have never, alas, themselves known the
charms of Freedom, and to which he would have
brought, as to the ruins of Babylon, the spirit of
Woe. And though JEFFERSON, and ADAMS, and
Hastcocx, and HE - NRY, and LEE. and GER RY and
CARROLL, with their sainted associates, - have long
since departed, to reap the rich harvest of their
labprs "in another and a better world," their
example continues, in all its impersonated excel
lence, present to our eyes. The ancient State
House, in which they signed the proclamation of
a Nati,n•s birth, still rears its dome cat high—and
the bell, whose solemn tones summoned them to
gether, is still there. Never may the hand of im
provement remove or desecrate these sacred relics!
Pre•e,.iinent upon the bright catalogue of their
virtues was their purity of purpose. Against
THEIR names, at least, the reproach was never
uttered, that they were animated by ignoble mo
tives, or contended for ignoble things. Not daz
zling crowns, nor imperial diadems, attracted them.
They did not toil for the hollow fiction of a name.
but for the rich reality of redeeming an enslaved
country from thraldom. All their "inalienable'
rights had been trampled under foot. The privil
ege of enjoying unmolested their own vine and fig
tree had been taken away. Our gallant tars had
been taken upon the high seas, and impressed into
the service of a nation they abhorr•d, against a
nation they were proud to call their own. Our
coasts had been ravaged and our towns and cities
burnt. The frontiers were but thinly settled, and
mostly with helpless families of men. women, and
children. Against these the vile Harpy of the
earth and sea, gangrened with every abomination,
incited the ferocious savages of the forest, who
opened the sluices of innocent blood, until the val
lies were strewn with the dead bodies of guiltless
sons and daughters Was it a wonder, that the
bones of slaughtered innocence became the recruit
ing officers to rebellion'? Was it more or less than
the holy instinct of our nature, that the patriot
bosoms of our fathers should heave with honest in
dignation, and that, without stopping to take coun
sel from the unmanly idolatry of personal ease,
they should, without apprenticeship, engage in the
tearfur"trade of death !•' They did not await the
coming of some cloud enthroned HERCULES, to
beat the enemy back at the point of his club, but
they relied upon their own sinewy arms, their ov a
bold and buoyant hearts, to achieve redemption
Fm this, the peasant abandoned his plough, the
mechanic his workshop, the merchant his counting
houe, and each the theatre of his avocation
Thus were the foundations of 'the Independence,
which WE now enjoy, securely laid. May they
nevermore be shaken.
Not less conspicuous, perhaps, among their vir
tues. was their uniform reliance on the protecting arm
of the Lord. When they wove their web of policy,
they did not say in their hearts, with the fool,
"there is no God." His Supreme Power was ever
recognized. Whilst they wielded the "weapons of
rebellion" against the sell-asstimed dominion of
mere earthly rulers, they acceded unlimited sub
mission to Him, who holdeth in his hand the des
tiny of men and nations. "If God be for us, who
shall be against us 1' was their sours high senti
ment. They felt a sell-satisfying conviction, that
the succor of the Supreme Ruler, sincerely invoked,
could frustrate the wisest plans, defeat the most
formidable preparations, and convert the most ter
rifle engines into harmless vapor. They fel that
the same Almighty Hand, that had in ancient
times turned aside the waters of the sea, to protect
his chosen people, could also turn aside the mus
ketry of despotism. Hence WASHINGTON was not
ashamed, frequently to leave the camp, and retire
into the unbroken solitude of the forest, and there,
upon bended knee, and with outstretched hands,
implore the favor of the " God of battles." Sweet
and acceptable to the Most High must have been
the orisons of such a man's humility! Nor was it
in the hour of Danger alone, when this reliance
was declared, but in the hour of Triumph. also.—
"Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thee, be the
praise!'' was their languagain the hour of proudest
victory.
Another characteristic, which shone with trans
cendent lustre, Was their truly Christian &ELI-
O/MILL. It was not so much for themselves, as
for us, that they labored. Many of them were
men, whose heads had been silvered by the frosts
of many winters, and who were resigned, in a few
brief years at longest, to pay the solemn debt of
nature They hence must have seen and known.
that, although the labors of the seed-time devolved
on them, it was reserved for others to reap the har
vest. No matter! The oldest brought to the task
the same indomitable determination of the youn
gest Theirs was not the idle ambition to "ride
the whirlwind and direct the storm," but to establish
an Asylum for the oppressed of every clime; and,
although millions, in after ages might come from
Afar to enjoy its blessings, who had contributed
nothing to found it, they were not less willing to
build it up, and throw its doors wide open to their
admission. Had they been governed by selfish con
•iderations, they would have paid the paltry tax
imposed by Great Britain, but they chose a differ
•nt path. " Millions for defence, but not a cent for
tribute," was their watchword.
1 II
RoutO to California.
Xs the public Mind is still intensely directed
to thetgold regions a California, and many are the
inquiries as to the Most accessible route for reach
ing it,ithe followir l g account of the travels of our
enterpising townpiman Mr. Rcvsaa ' Dl FOLTZ.
may riot be unintellesting to his numerous friends
and aCqur ' ty ear in
the sprint of the first
to reach I a delight
ful road, spared with
other rout iber of the
family, fr
Ist 11A.ni
the %
10th--Lei
19th--Le
Brews, ....go, (Poi,— ,noel.)
23rd—.-Arrived a Point Isabel and travelled by
land IS miles to the North of the Rio Grande,
and, embarked on boaid a steamer the same night.
24th--Arrived at, Brownsville (Fort Brown,) op
posite MatamoCes. Met the remainder of Col.
Webb's party. Who suffered much from Cholera.
Sai led the same, night tor Romo, after hearing
dreadful accounr of the murders committed by
Indians and the ravages of the Cholera.
2.6th—Left Romo l on the Rio Grande—each of the
party purchaso two mules—one for luggage, the
other for the Addle. and started for Mazatlan
via Monterey. and Durango.
I3thApril—Reaciaed Saltillo.
,
,or Parras..
Parras. The country was noa
ds good Hired wagons to cart) ,
relieve the mules, which were
15th April--Lett
18th April—Left
level and the ro•
the luv.age t
giving out.
24th April—Mad 40 miles hard riding, withcut
water or grass and reached Cumminco. Re
mained here 3 ays fur the wagons to come or—
when they did s , it was found they were robbec of
$1.500 worth of baggage. Our wagon was safe.
,
30th April—Left for Durango. 't ~,,,,,, $.
Ist May—Arrive at liZtzbiter.',44" . "' ( 4
4th May—Left D i urango.
12th May—Arrived at Mazatlan.
The distance travelled from Matamores to .Mazat- 1
lan was 527 miles l which was made in 35 traveling
j
days, making 2 3 . miles fbr each day's travel.
The road from Matamores to Durango car be
travelled with a ersey wagon. but from Durango
to Mazatlan it i a mule path, over high, ruged,
difficult, mountaur.
The party co fisted of 25 Americans, all well
mounted and well armed. There were a nurcber
of servants, mul e teers, guides, &c., and about 30
sumpter mules. Indians and robbers were abun
dant and were frequently about in large numters,
but afraid to attakt, the party. A great display
was made of firelirms, and at all stopping -places
the best shots wish rifles and pistols fired at targets,
and all arms we kept in perfect order for instant
use.
No difficulty o any kind occurred on the route,
and most of it wits a delightful trip of pleasure, as
it was made at a season of the year, when grass
was most abundant, and the weather generally
pleasant.
At: Mazatlan we met a party who left New
York, on the Ist of January, going via Vera Cruz
and the city of Mexico.. Their expenses had so
tar been $llOO each man—whilst the expenses of
this party, m er their short and agreeable route, had
only been $l7O each.' At Mazatlan six vessels
were up for San Finncisco, the average cabin passage
of which was s7p. The party expected to sail in
two days and expected to reach San Francisco in
days.
For the Intelligencer s Journ4l.
•
Ta 1 Rye Stalks.
Mr. Editor: I observe in the "American Press"
of the 23d instan, an account of a Manheim twp.
.' Taylor Rye Stalk," measuring 8 feet, '1 inches.
Now, I would beg leave to inform our Manheim
neighbors, that " Old Warwick" can produce a
regular Democratic Rye Stalk, raised by ABRA
HAM COLTOR, 4liich measures S feet, Gi inches!
Try again, neigh, or .klanheim, WARWICK.
BATHS.—Ofq neighbor across the square, Mr.
JORN A. KlELtsr, who has distinguished himself
for many years past by his enterprize and good
taste in catering for the appetite of both sexes, and
the amusement of the stronger, proposes to open
a Bathing establishment in the rear of the Meehan.
ics' Institute, which is. now occupied by his Bow.
ling Saloon. He designs to have Shower and
Plunging Baths, iboth cold and warm. It is need.
less to say any thing in commendation of such an
establi•hment. IA clean skin is next in comfort to
a clean conscienLe and those who know nothing
of the latter, mu be enabled to form a good idea
of its pleasureableness by the delightful sensations
they wil! experiOce in emerging from KELLER'S
contemplated B a ths.
Such an establishment has long been needed
here, and the wrlnder is that our city has so long
remained without one. KELLER'S enterprise must
prose successful Union ty Tribune.
Mshczu COUrTT NOMINATIONS.—The democ
tacy of Mercer' ,county held their Convention on
the 10thinstant when the following ticket was
placed in nominiition:
.dssembly—Jo i n Hoge and Morris Leech.
Commissioner John Loutzenhizer.
Treasurcr—Jarob Mourer.
:hide/or—Joseph Gilmore.
Trustees -B '. Baskin and S. Giebner.
We have no t oubt this ticket will be triumph.
antly elected. tVe look upon Mr. HOGE as one of
he West, and his selection is cred.
ty. He is a sagacious politician,
and best of all, an honest man.
the first men of
liable to the pa,
an able lawyer,
ADAM and DAWSON WADSWORTH
delegates to the State Convention,
TFIOMPSON G
were appointed
without instruc
Wanly in Louisiana.
Awful F
The Buitinfoii Sun has the following extract of
a letter receiv in Baltimore. from Louisiana,
which shows at alarming destruction of the slaves
in that Stat:
PARIS OF ASCENSION, June 18, 1849.
The cholera] is sweeping off the black popula
tion in great umbers. For instance, Dr. Duffel
has lost 7 negro l ps, M. Le Blanc 4, Trist 20, Ken
ner 34, Doile 41; Minor, opposite this place, has
lost; 66 within a; week. These are within sight of
our house. Dwn the Latourche, Col. Bibb has
lost 74. Bishop Polk (Episcopalian) 64, and many
others in propwition. The victims have no pre
monitory symptom. They are taken with a weak
ness in the leg 4,: and in two hours they are dead!
They haNe neither diarrhma nor vomiting It is
awful to see hotv , they drop down in the field—at
one moment perfectly well and hearty, and by the
time they are I carried to the house they are no
more. Every iporning there are a number repor
ted dead on theldifibrent plantations. This morn
ing there were three dead at Dr. McCall - s, one at
Dr., Duffel's, ant eight out of twelve at Dr. Bren
ner's. I will scy no more on this subject ;it is too
awful to dwel upon. As yet, no white persons
have been affected on the coast"
ALABAMA.—The Democrats of Alabama have
nominated Hon. HEN RT COLLIER for Governor.—
The nomination was made after many ballotings,
the name of Gov. Chapman having been with
dramm. It is an extremely good one, and will be
sustained by the people. Judge Collier has been
for twenty years on the bench of the State, as Cir
cuit and Supreme Court Judge, and Chief Justice
of the latter.
5.711 OK E.-It
cost . o the Brit.
£18,250, or ne
!as been ascertained that the annual
sh government, by firing salutes, is
i rly fi ty dollars per day.
has been a
,certained, also, that the cost to the
ent, for powder and ball expended
the United States, amounts to sev
pounds. The shots were not in
utes" exactly, but they were " all
eless.—Boston Post.
British govern
in its war with
eraJ millions of
tended for "
smoke," never
1 1 00NOVEll, Esq. has withdrawn from
[ocrat, which will hereafter remain
sive conduct of his partner, Mr.
he Democrat is one of the soundest
llemocratic exchanges.
ID— B. S. Sc
the' Monroe Den
under the excl
RtIPOWALT.. I
And beet of our
Laxinvrry.
in the town .
living sixty per-
Of a population of three thousand,
!f Champlain, N-Y., there are now
i ons between the ages of seventy end
113 Niehola
on'Monday eve:
Merthre, a German, at Pottsville,
•ing last, fell in a state of intoxica
dow five stories above the ground.
t morning.
don from a w",
Ho died the he I .
TOWN 31r.ETING.
Death of James H. Polk.
Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the Dem
ocrats of Lancaster city was held at the Court
House, on the evening of Wednesday, June 27.
The meeting was organized by the appointment oi
the following officers :
Presi4etit.--JACOB ALBRIGHT.
Vice Presidents.—George B. Withers, James Boon
Jacob Weaver, Jacob Winnover, John Dehuff, Geo.
Hinkle . , Charles M. Howell.
Secretaries.—William S. Amwake, David Bench
A. J. Helfenstein, M. D. Holbrook.
On motion, the following gentlemen were appoin
ted a Committee to report resolutions, expressive
of the sense of the meeting, viz E. W. Butter, H.
B. Swarr, G. M. Kline, James Reynolds, G. W.
M'Elroy, W. G. Evans; George F. Meeser.
During the absence of the Committee, the meet
ing was addressee by Winnism MATMOT, Esq.
The Committee, having retired for some time.
reported the following preamble and resolutions.
which were read and unanimously adopted, viz:
o' days on
ME=
Globe for
IT HAVING PLEASED GOD, THE DISPOSES OF ALL
EVENTS, to remove from time to eternity, JAME.
K POLK, the late distingu lobed Ex-President o
the U. States—an occurrence which has come wilt
unexpected and melancholy suddenness upon the
American people, to whom the many public ant.
private virtues of the deceased were •'familiar
house-hold words,",
.and which has fallen with pe
culiar severity upon that great national party, of
which he was so long the leader, advocate. an::
triend—the Democratic citizens of the city of Lan
caster have here met, to mingle their sympathies
and regrets with those spontaneously expressed by
their political brethren in every portion of the U.
States. Be it, theretore, unanimously
Resolved, That the untimely decea'se of JAMEs I
K. POLK may be justly lamented as a severe
national bereavement, as.it has removed from the
land at the living one whose whole life was use
fully and conspicuously devoted to the best interests
of the public, and whose service , as Chief Magis
trate, during a most trying and eventful period cn
our history, were of a character well calculated
not only to win for himself the highest niche in
the temple of fame, but also to elevate his country
to an unexampled degree of prosperity and power.
Although gathered to his fathers, his example still
lives, and his memory, enshrined in our heart of
hearts, shall be as an evergreen in a cultivated soil.
Resolved, That in the late JAMES K. POLK we
recognized a Patriot and Statesman, possessed of a
mind glowing with inextinguishable devotion to
country, correct and quick in its perceptions, and
steady and fixed in the prosecution of its lofty pur
poses. Springing from humble life, with no stim
ulant for the untried Future but a clear head and
an honest heart, his subsequent career, limited oni)
by the proudest public honor on the face of the
globe, has beautifully exemplified one of the crown
ing features of our Free Institutions. Brought up
at the feet of our own glorious and unequalled
ANDREW JACKSON, he fully merited the en
comium, that "a 'citizen more exemparyin his moral
deportment. more punctual and exact an his business.
more - energetic and manly in the expression of hts
opinions, and more patriotic, there does not live.''
Resolved, That we point to ihe administration of
JAMES K. POLK as one of the most useful and
brilliant that has adorned the nation s annals since
the days of WAsHINGTON. It would be difficult
to exaggerate the stupendous results that have
sprung from his policy. When he came into office,
issues of deep and momentous consequence were
pending. If he approached them with trembling
anxiety, he brought to the task, also, a copious
measure of the lion-hearted firmness that he had
imbibed at the Hermitage. With stern and inflex
ible will, did he encounter every public exigency.
In the conduct of the Mexican War. courage and
alacrity were as necessary in the cabinet as in the
tented field, and these qualities iwere not wanting in
JAMES K.POLK. To maintain inviolate the
rights of his country, was his unalterable aim
When the War had been "commenced by Mexico,'
no feature of his policy shone more conspicuously
than his moderation, and to regain Peace, without
dishonor, was his constant study. To relinquish
his high trust, with his country at peace, prosperous
at home, and respected and powerful abroad, was
his highest ambition. How complete his success,
let our present condition testily. The acquisition
of Oregon, New Mexico, and California, with her
rivers and mountains of gold—the prosperity of
our Commerce, our Agriculture, and our Manufac
tures—and the unexampled state of the Public
Credit—these are a Eulogy, the most eloquent than
can be written—these are a monument, more en
during than marble or bronze..
Resolved, That we deem some appropriate public
Demonstration in honor of the illustrious Deceased
in this city, as called for alike by his eminent ser
, vices and character, and that a committee of 13 be
appointed to make the necessary arrangements.
[The Chair appointed the following gentlemen:
James Boon, H.: B. Swarr, G. W. McElroy, James
L. Reynolds, G. M. Kline, W. G. Evans, G. F.
Meeser, William Mathiot, Jacob B Amwake, Jacob
Weaver, G. W. Baker, G. B. Withers, Jas. Wiley.;
li , ?solved. That a committee of five be appointed
to forward these proceedings to the family of the
deceased Ex-President, with the assurance of the
sincere condolence of this meeting in their afflictive
aereavement. [The Chair appointed M. D. Hol-
Irook, John Jackson, I. N. Lightner, Dr. H. Car
?enter, Dr. P. Cassidy.)
Resolved, That these proceedings be signed by
he officers and published in the Democratic papers
d the city of Lancaster, the Pennsylvanian, and,
tte Washington Union.
CURIOUS CASE.—Decidedly the most novel
julicial trial of recent occurrence. is that of Capt.
Jtseph Bradly, at New Orleans, for the murder of
Ftnny Daly. The case itself was a curious one.
Bndley was about to sail for California ; and being
mtdly enamored with Fanny, endeavored to per
smile her to go with him. Upon her refusal he
mwdered her, as is stated. The prisoner's counsel
unlerstood from the Attorney General that the case
world go over to the next term of the Court, and
so sad not his defence at all ready; when lo! on
the 19th inst., the prisoner was arraigned, and in
spit of the protestations of his counsel, the Judge
pretsed it to a trial. Thereupon the distinguished
gentleman who appeared for the defence, abandoned
the :ase. Still the Judge proceeded with the trial.
Great difficulty was found in empannelling a
jury as those summoned: thought it unjust to the
prisoner to try him for his lile under such circum
stantes. No defence was made, and the prisoner
refused to have any counsel assigned him ; but'
when a paper purporting to be Bradley's confession
of the murder was offered against him, without any
evidence to show that it was in reality his writing ,
Mr. Larne eloquently interfered and protested against
its admission. Nevertheless the Judge ordered it
to be given to the jury as evidence. The case went
to the jury without any defence; and these gentle.
mess completed the novelty of the trial by render.
ing the following verdict:
"Guilty without .capital punishment, and recom.
mended to the mercy of the Court, on the ground
of the prisoner not being prepared for trial. The
jury do not intend to censure the action of the Court."
MORE CHANGES.—WILLIAN A. BRADLEY
has been appointed Post Master at Washington
City, in the room of Col. C. K. GARDINER, removed.
Col. G. was a prominent and gallant officer in the
-War of 1812, and honorably distinguished himself
in the campaigns on the frontier.
PaILIP R. Paitze.m. has been appointed District
Attorney for Washington City, in the room of
PaILIP BAirros ICEr, removed. Mr. K. is a talented
and eloquent son of Francis S. Key, the author of
the popular song of the "Star Spangled Banner."
MINNESOTA.--“ Now, by St. Paul, the work
goes bravely on." The Governor, Mr. Ramsey,
issued his proclamation from St. Paul, the capital,
on the Ist of June, for the organization of the new
territory. He and the other officers of the govern-
ment were received in due form by the troops at
Fort Snelling.
/17 1 . GLANCY SONY; Esq., P. G. of Montgom
ery Lodge, No. 59, has been appointed by the Grand
Lodge of the I. 0. of 0. F., of Pennsylvania, De
puty District Grand Master for Berks county.
Mr. PAINTER, one of the Canal Commis
sioners, and Mr. Wascs, the clerk of the Board,
are out upon a tour of supervision along the North
Struck Canal.
JACOB ALBRIGHT, President
• for am , 114 ell%euw& J .111161.1
Election of Judges by the People.
NO• IV.
That the proposed amendment will.very materi
ally change our present form of government, in
henry, by weakening, if not entirely destroying,
hp only conservative power in the State, and sub
jecting all branches of government to- one ruling
-overeign influence, it seems to me is too clear to
be doubted. If the advocates of this change have
any design at all, it must be this. Their whole
complaint seems to be, that the Judiciary is too in
dependent—too far removed from popular influence.
Now, if there be any truth in what•l have hereto
fore said on this head—if in all governments, par
ticularly in our's, where the democratic tendency
is so strong, there is a necessity for some restrain
ing conservative power—some political "balance
wheel" or "brake - -then is the object of this amend
ment an improper one, and the "air it is intended
to remove a positive good.
But it may by be argued, that notwithstanding
'his be a departure from the established theory of
government, no bad consequences would be likely
to flow from it—that in States where .it has been
•vied for some years, no such results have been seen
tr felt—and that the Judges will always retain too
nigh a sense of the importance and dignity and
design of their institutions, ever to be swerved from
their duty, by the will or wishes of a mere majority.
If this be true—if it effect nothing--why insist
upon this change? If a theory be so unimportant,
shy have we constitutions at all'? Why not con.
tense our whole constitution into one single section
'hat shall decree the will of the majority to be the
,aw of the land, and all public officers their agents
.o carry out and enforce this will, trusting ever)
hing else to the sense of the importance, the dig
nity, and moral honesty of the officers t Certainly,
ti the form, the theory of government, be of so lit
tle consequence, we have heretofore spent a vast
amount of time, and talent, and money to very
little purpose.
But the premises are not true and the inference
drawn from it is false.
The form of government is all important. A
change of principle is invariably followed by a cor
responding change in action. , A new theory never
fails to introduce a 11(711 practice. If the Legislator
of the present day feels it his solemn duty (as it
most unquestionably is.) to stand up in his place
and represent with all his powers the wishes of the
majority whichelected him, in consequence of which
a healthy, active, moving power is communicated
to the wheels of government—if the Executive offi
cer, conscious of the approbation and support 01
that same power. the majority—enforces with firm
ness the laws which they- have enacted, in conse
quence of which this moving power is made to
produce the desired result, and the will of this ma
jority is carried out, as it should be—does any one
suppose, that the Judge, whose chief business now,
and whose real usefulness (as I contend) consists
in restraining and checking those two powers—in
seeing that they " trench not on grqund forbidden
by the law of God and Nature, and the Constitution,
(all of which are older and higher and holier than
the law of the majorityl—in preventing both, or
either of them, in their hot enthusiasm for the
public good, from infringing on some "private rights
-and by sober reasoning and a faithful adherence
to fundamental:law and principle bringing them
both back, before it is too late, to their true and
legitimate sphere of action—does any one, I repeat,
suppose that he will long remain proof against this
influence, or fail, in time, to represent, with equal
faithfulness, that power that gave and sustains his
political existence, or that he will, for any length
of time, en'irely disregard (as the good and faithful
Judge ever should,) the will of the then sole and
sovereign power in government?
Or, does any one believe, that the people (taught
to believe theirnwill SVPHEME,) will elect, or retain
in power, an officer, who (if he would do his duty
to the constitution and the citizens) must often veto
their favourite laws—thwart „their darling meas
ures, and arrest and destroy many of their most
cherished plans for the "public goodP
No! no! never, until poor human nature is en
tirely changed from what it is, and ever has been,
since the "full," will man cease on the one hand to
bend and bow to those from whom he receives, and
to whom he looks, for place, and power, and hon
our—or, on the other hand, to exact from those, to
whom such boons are granted, the tribute of im
plicit obedience.
There may be, there doubtless are, men who
would rise above such considerations, and hold to
their integrity "through life.' Such instances have
been seen, and might occur again, but they would
only 'brat' exceptions "few and far between," to the
general rule, that must arise under such a theory
as this.
It is said the experiment has been fried in New
York and in Mississippi, and has worked well, and
that in these States the bench is filled with the
brightest legal luminaries of the age.
I might grant all this, and still deny, that these
sporadic cases prove any thing against the general
position I have taken. But Ido not, cannot grant
it. The experiment has not been tried. One elec
tion cannot test it—two or three will scarcely de
velops all its evils. Not until it becomes necessary,
as it will eventually become, for the aspirants for
this office to canvass their counties for votes, to do
what the representatives now do—" stump the dis
trict"—from tavern to tavern, from vendue to bat-
talion training, mingling with or at least winking
at the very disorders and vices that it is their duty
in office -to suppress and punish—not until they are
seen resorting to all this bargain and sale, .this
trickery and machinery of township and county
political conventions, this buying and packing of
delegates--(which is- looked upon as no great
crime, as the world now goes.)—for the purpose of
clothing themielves with that "ermine robe," that
should be' pure and stainless as the driven snow—
not until, in this noisy turmoil, your quiet, reserved,
and learned lawyer,who knows more,than he can say,
and whose knowledge would adorn the bench, shrinks
back in dismay, or is thrust asideby your chattering,
superficial, intriguing member of the bar, who says
more than he knows, and whose great,ability con
sists in making the greatest amount o? noise, out
of the very smallest quantity of powder—not until
the discusions of our courts are seen leaning with
the popular current, whichever way that may
chance to run—and your most influential man with
the court is not he that reasons best, but he who
has the greatest political influence in the-county or
district—until the man or the corporation that em
ploys the men, and controls the votes of the district,
is seen riding in legal form, sustained by your
courts, over the poorer man, or the weaker corpo-
ration, that E may chance to come in contact with
their's—not,' in fact, until this majority power.
strengthened by years of unrestrained exercise and
indulgence—flattered by demagogues into a firm
belief in its own omniscience—encouraged in its
daring flights by a Judiciary too feeble or too
venial to interpose the salutary checks of constitu
tional and natural law—and dazzled by some bril
liant scheme of public good—breaks through all
the barriers now erected around the private citizen.
beats down the shield that now protects his private
rights, and erects on the ruins of our constitutional
republic a wild, untamed Democracy, fierce and free,
and' unrestrained, where the rulers suffer the curse
of anarchy and the ruled groan under the van of
despotism—never, I say, until these, and other
equally horrible yet natural and legitimate results
are seen to flow from this change in their form of
government, will we behold the terrible fruits of
this untried experiment. W.
1. S. I owe an apologyi \to you, Mr. Editor, and
your readers, for occupying:so much of-your vain
y\
able space, and their time, and \ will to
finish what I desire to say in m next
11X Col. Jets. Here, the Texan\
the cholera at San Antonio, about thr
From Me Phth4dphia Public Ledger
A. Gem of rartizan Politics.
We find in the "Reposita4 and Tfhig," a weekly
journal of Chambersburg, the following specimen
of Christian and gentlemanlike feeling:
"Swift Retribution;—On Tuesday last the 'Green
Spot' was made doleful by the tolling of the bells,
for the death of .lifines K. Polk, late Piesident of
the Locofoco Party. The news of his decease was
received by Telegraph. The disease under which he
labored was chronic diarrhcea, as stated in our last.
chug has this ambitious and wicked man been
called early to the final settlement of his dreadful
account. We would, in charity, have wished him
a lifetime of ten thousand years in which to 'bring
forth fruits for repentance.'
"We are taught in the Book of Books that for
National sins there shall be National- afflictions.
Does it not, however, seem a little singular just
contemporaneous with the death of the author of
the most shameful iniquities in which our country
ever engaged, that 'the consequences of those iniqui
ties should be so full upon us!—that the scourge of
disease should be sweeping the length and breadth of
dar land. Verily, the ways of Providence are
inscrutable."
This is the first notice of the late President's de
cease, which has yet reached us, in which he was
:nentioned disrespectfully; and for the honor of
American journalism, we hope that it will be the
last. Even in journals which, during Mr. Polk's
Presidency, never permitted a day to pass without
stricture upon his official character and conduct,
.ve have seen respectable, becoming notices of Isis
decease, and candid acknowledgement of virtues
which they had never before discovered in him.
As a general rule, American politics are free from
posthilmous rancors. To all well constituted minds,
he grave is invested with sanctities which cannot
he disturbed without infamy to the disturbers. Par
tisans, in the midst of their excitements, and while
he object of their assault is capable of selfdelence,
may misapprehend, misrepresent, libel and traduce.
But upon a call to the last account, when all world
ly ties are severed, all worldly interests terminate.
justice resumes its ascendency, and enjoins silence,
if it cannot admit commendation.
We proceed not too far in pronouncing this as
sault an insult to American public opinion.' That
public opinion is too chastened. too refined, too ex
a;ted, to tolerate violations of the grave, even when
ruth is spoken. And it is too sternly just to endure
such outrages when exhibited in falsehood and slan
der. In pronouncing Mr. Polk an "ambitious and
wicked man," this journal utters a shameless libel ;
and in insinuating that he has been "called early to
the final settlement of his dreadful account," it au
daciously enters the field of profanity. We admit
that Mr. Polk was ambitious, as every Americas
citizen should be—to serve his country faithfully.
But when partisan rancor pronounces him wicked.
we challenge proof of his having ever violated a
single engagement, public or private, or of ever
baying acted from a corrupt motive. And he has
been "called early," cut off prematurely, to settle a
"dreadful account!'' How dares this blasphemer
step between the deceased and the Judge of All, to
set up his own blind judgment upon the character of
the account, or the prematurity of the call! He a
judge of men in the Almighty Presence? And his
charity would have asked a longer life, to bring
forth repentance! How beautiful is that charity
which, to gratify partisan rancor, violates the grave
and blasphemes the Almighty!
And still more audaciopsly, the libeller refers to
the Bible upon national sins, and says that the peo
ple are now suffering under the scourge of pesti
lence, in re ribution tor the crimes of Mr. Polk's
administration! In charity we must think this
libeller mad. If he be rational, we find language
inadequate to characterize such wicked audacity.
• Has the cholera come in punishment of national
sins? Then what national sins induced its former
vis.tation ? If it ever comes without such errand
dares he deny that it has come so now'? And alter
this ebullition of blasphemy, he says, " Verily, the
ways of Providence are inscrutable." Then hon
dare you undertake to explain them? But since he
relers to the Bible, we would remind him of the in
junction, "Jude not, least ye be judged ;" and or
the rebuke, "Canst thou find out the Almighty to
perfection ?" And of the prohibition, "Thou shalt
; not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain. -
I This is the first time within our recollection, in
which a partisan hyena has insulted the American
people, by violating the newly made grave of one
whom they had honored with their chief magistracy.
For the credit of our country, we hope it will be
the last.
Cholera Intelligence.
CINCINNATI, June 26.—The whole number of
deaths, during the 24 hours, ending at noon to day,
is about 150, of which 130 were German and'lrish
residents.. The German and Irish population here
is about 40,000.
June 27th.—There were 98 cholera interments
and 38 from other diseases, for the 24 hours ending'
at noon to-day. At 8 o'clock in the evening, six
cemeteries had not reported.
NORFOLK, June 26.—The Board of Health re
ported 56 cases of cholera, and 14 deaths, for the
week ending to-day.
The last accounts from New York, &c., are more
favorable. In the South and West, the disease is
still fearfully destructive.
At New Orleans, B 5 cholera deaths week ending
June 16th, out of 163 interments.
In _Milford and Nontauk, Ohio, 20 or 25 cases
and 9 deaths-3 in the former, and 6 in the latter
village.
At San Antonio, Texas, the Advocalc, of the
25th ultimo, states that the sickness had entirely
disappeared, and also from the -encampment of
United States' troops. Three thrusand persons lett
the city during its prevalence, but notwithstanding
this, 600 new made graves are to be counted.
At Nashville, on the 10th. only 9 cholera deaths
and on the 20th only 10. The Union attributes the
change from damp oppressive atmosphere to clear
and dry.
At Louisville, Ky., last Friday, eight fatal cases.
At Elizahethtovin, 111., on the Ohio river, out of
a population of less than 300, there were 24 deaths
in two or three days.
At Lexington, hy., cholera abating; 4 deaths on
20th, one on 21st. In the asylum only one or two,
and as many more cases.
At Madison, la., 4 new cases and 2 deaths on'
20th.
At Covington, Ky., the decrease continues.
At Warsaw, Mo., up to 29th ult., seven fatal
cases.
At St. Louis, the cholera deaths in week ending
16th, were 402—0 n the two following days 61
and 69.
At Little Bock Ark., 4 deaths in week ending
16th, with 4 on the steamer Cashier, below.
At Napoleon, at Pine Bluff, and in Johnson co.,
also at the river plantations, numerous deaths are
mentioned from the disease.
At Pittsburgh, one or two cases this week, from
imprudent diet, but no death.
117 - CALEB S. WOODHULL, the Whig Mayor of
New York, says of Mr. POLE, in his proclamation
announcing the death of the Ex-President: "In
evary position, whether as Governor of his native
State, as Speaker of the House of National Repre
sentatives, or as Chief Magistrate of the American
people, he has displayed abilities of no common
order; and by the force of his talents, the purity
of his life, and the sincerity of his patriotism, has
commanded the highest esteem and confidence of
his fellow citizens. The ,events in which he has
borne a prominent part, will form one of the most
brilliant chapters in the annals of our country, and
will transmit his name to postelity as one of the
most illustrious of our Presidents."
SPANIRI HISTORY.—When Gen. Scott was in
Mexico he seized and brought home near 5,000
volumes of historical works, all in the Spanish lan
guage. Some of these are said to be three hundred
years old, and contain a perfect history of Mexico
from its conquest by the Spaniards. It is the in
tention of the government to extract from these
volumes all that may be useful in forming a corn
plete history of New Mexico and California, and
the works will then be returned to MexicO.
DEATHS FORM DRINKING COLD Wersu.—ln
various parts of the country, deaths have occurred
from the imprudent indulgence in cold water when
the body was overheated. Too much caution can
not be used, especially by laboring persons exposed
to the direct- rays of the sun. If care is taken to
bathe the hands and face before drinking no evil
consequence is likely to arise.
Ez slorsrva Rorsar.a:.—The large and beautiful
Jewelry establishment of Messrs. Watson & Hilde
burn, of Philadelphia, was entered on Sunday a
week, between twelve and one o'clock, by means of
he skylight, and robbed of property to the amount
d twenty thousand dollars. This is the most dar
ng robbery that has been perpetrated in that city
40i • number of r u n.
FROM CALIFORNIA & MEXICO.
Important • Atelligence—Disastrons State of Affairs
at San- Framisco--otheral Smith about to return
—Latest News from the 111ines--Return of Santa
The New York Sun has received letters and pa
peis by the steamer Clyde, with advice from San
Francisco to the 19th of May, seventeen days later
than former advices. The story they tell is any.
thing but favorable in regard to California, where
anarchy appears to reign triumphant.
The troubles between General Smith and his
command and the people of San Francisco, are con
firmed. The idea of military rule is repulsed most
decidedly. General Smith and a few of his troops
have been driven on board the vessels of war in •
port. The rest have fled to the mines. In conse
quence of the hostility of the people and the total
impossibility Of doing any thing by force, General
Smith will return home -by the first opportunity.
San Francisco is completely in the hands of the
rowdies, and the streets are one continued scene of
fights and brawls. All peaceably disposed persons
are in favor of Gen:Smith, and it is the universal
opinion that he is not half sustained by the homl
government.
El Trait d'Union publishes a number of interest- \
ing items hrought by Mr Redding, from San Fran-
cisco. Affairs at the Upper mines were in a most
'deplorable state. Several attempts had been made
on them by the Indians. The latter are represen•
ted as, being most daring and desperate in character,
butchering all who came within their reach Those
who have gone in searce of gold do not find it the
flowery path they anticipated. They are obliged
to work in the water up to the . middle, exposed all
day to a scorching sun. Add io this the attacks
ot the Indians, which are daily becoming more fre
quent, the expected approach of the cholera, the
sickness already among them, and we have a faint
idea of the miner's lite ' • many are "turning their
attention to other branches of industry, while many
are preparing to return hcme.
There were over 8000 persons at the mines, and
half of whom are Americans, one quarter Califor.
nians, and the remainder Peruvians and Chilians.
The general idea among the Americans is that
no foreigners should be allowed to dig for gold, and it
is almost certain that difficulties resulting in blood.
shed will soon occur. The hatred between the
Americans and the swarms of foreigners is intense.
The average sum of gold collected by all who are at
the mines scarce exceeds rive dollars per day for
each, and it is generally believed that he will be the
luckiest who returns home in good health. The
expenses of living at the mines are enormous.
Colonel Mason, upon whose circular rests the
foundation of all the bitter feelings which have
been engendered, is by no means secure, and it is
said that unless he quits the country soon. he will
be assassinated by the foreigners. E Arco says,
"It would be curious it, after all, the law of the
party most strong should be proclaimed, and the
new masters of the country driven from their new
possessions.''
MEXICO
From Mexico we have news that the country is
again in a complete state of revolution, and the re
turn of General Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna
tom his banishment is now duly looked for. To
basco has pronounced for him; and it is supposed
that many of the other departments will now fol
low the example. Alarming rumors have lately
been circulating at Vera Cruz that a large band of
rubbers, under the command of a desperado named
Quiros, was on the march to attack the place. It
is certain that he has a large force under hisl com
manded and is greatly feared.
All the dilligences are escorted between Mexico
and Vera Cruz with soldiers, but there is still great
insecurity of life and properly: Sierra Gorda, the
scene of the great battle, is the headquarters of the
robbers.
The U. S. sloop of war Saratoga arrived at Vera
Cruz on the 15th, from Tampico.
A subscription of $2OOO has been raised at Oax
aca for the Pope.
The cholera has appeared in several parts of Mex
ico, and is making, sad ravages. By a recent report
of the ministers of justice it appears that the num
ber of deaths by this disease in 1833 was—males,
10,528 ; females, 11,174—total, 21,802.
A daily line of wagons between Vera Cruz and
Mexico is about to be started.
A memorial presented to the Legislature of Du
rango by the Governor gives the amount of gold
and silver brought into the assaying department of
the mint, and produce of the State, as amounting
to 114,266 marks, one ounce and two eighths.. The
principal part of this amount was silver.
The lollowing degree has been published by Ma
riano Paredes, President ad interim of Guatemala,
dated 31st March:
Art. 1. All steamers arrived at the ports of Izta
pam and Champerico, on the Southern coast, bring
ing letters or passengers, will be exempt from ton-•
nage and port dues,
Art. 2. The same privilege is extended to all
vessels exporting from the said ports native pro•
duce, raw or manufactured, with the sole exception
of cochineal.
Art. 3. The duration of this act of exemption
will be five years from date.
Art. 4. The department of commerce is instruc
ted to take the proper means fore facilitating the
arrival of vessels, discharging of cargo, warehous-
Art. 5. This decree is to receive all possible pub
licity.
Art. 6. Enjoins the Corregidors of Escuinbla and
Suchitepaiez to use all probable means for the im•
provement of the ports mentioned, etc.
A Flare Up at Washington.
(Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
The appointment of Minister to Mexico has not
been made It is understood that a full mission.
will not be given to South Carolina.
Col. Sloo is here. He will bring his beautiful
steamship, the Ohio, into these waters, for public
exhibition and admiration, about the Ist of August,
or as soon as she is ready.
The Secretary of State has allowed himself to
be much incommoded by "quarrels between two
of his subordinates.
Mr. Gordon, who succeeded Mr: Stubbs, as dis
bursing agent of the State Department, is to go
out, but is, through Mr. Clayton's interposition, to
have a place in the capitol.
The next Secretary of State will probably be
Mr. Crittenden.
Ex-Senator Westcott, of Florida, made a per
sonal assault this morning, in Mr. Campbell's
room, in the War Department, upon Gen. Towson.
The parties were separated.
The high-ran.e of the thermometer renders
some men irritable.
The Mexican Commissioners have made awards
in several of the cases which wegs before the mixed
commission, under the treaty - TT, 1839, and left un
decided by the umpire; 13Cit they have not can ied
out the sum to be allowed; they have merely de
cided upon the principle inv s alved, in each case.
Mysterious Affair—Probable Es
cape of Dr. Coolidge.
Boston, June,29.
A despatch from Portland says that Dr. Mann
of Schouhegan, states that a body wan brought
from Thomaston, and interred as that of Coolidge's,
who it was reported committed suicide while in
prison about six weeks since. Suspicions being
aroused, the body was disinterred a few days since,
in presence of 16 persons, including Dr. Mann him•
self, and Coolidge's father, and they all "agreed that
it was not his body. Mr. Coolidge testified that
his son had lost the end of one thumb, and had n
scar on his face; whereas the corpe had ascar
the cheek, and both thumbs were whole. The OP
cumstance has created considerable excitement.
From the N. Y. Enquirer of June 28
General Scott.
A report was received yesterday, by, telegraph,
from Washington, that Gen. Scott was lying dan
gerously ill at West Point.
We are happy to have it in our power to state,
that it is entirely unfounded. Gen. Scott's health
has not been so good for months as it is at present
GLORIOUS BOSTON NoTioN.—The Bostonians talk
of fitting out an expedition to go in search of Sir
JonN FILANELTN. One of the public spirited citizens
"Let us then no longer wait for the movement
of the United States Government. Let us in Bos-
ton raise by subscription the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars to cover contingencies, and jet us
fit out the expedition without delay. If Bostonians
will it, their vessels may sail out 01 the harbor in
this holy cause before three weeks are passed."
VERDICT FOR LIBEL.---A NeW York corresponl
dent of the Philadelphia Ledger says that Dr.
Hamers of the former city, wlio recently sued the
editor of a scurrillous paper for a libel on his wife,
has had a verdict in his favor for $lO,OOO damages.
IsnrANA.—As was anticipated, EDWARD W.
Katmai's:, (lately rejected by the U. S. Senate
for Governor of Minesota,) has been nominated by
the Wnigs of the With (late Thompson's) Dietlict
for Congress. - •
Icr The Lawrence Journal is the title of a new
Democratic paper, puhtished at NeW Castle, in the
new county of Lawrence, recently erected. The
editor is J. M. KUNSTEB: Eq., a man of ability,
dileisiort and iudtkett7.