3tdelligenter & Journal.
E. W. NUTTER, EDITOR.
Lancaster, Ally 117, 1849.
: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
CANAL'COMMISSIONER:
JOHN A. GAMBLE,
OF LYCOMING COUNTY
Tribute of respect to the Memory
of James EL Polk, late President
of the United States.
EULOGIUM BY E. W. BUTTER
2 The Committee announce to their fellow-citizens
the following arrangements, as a tribute of respect
to the memory of the late President of the United
States:
The Eulogium on the life and charaCter of the
deceased' to be delivered by E. W. Hurrra, on
Thursday, the 19th of July, at 8 o'clock in the
Evening, at the LUTHERAN CHURCH.
The ceremonies to commence with music by the
choir.
' Introductory prayer, by Rev. Jolts' McNAIR.
Eulogiuni by E. W. Hurrraz.
Funeral Dirge.
Benediction by the Rev. Dr. BAKER.
The citizens, without distinction of party, are
respectfully invited to be present on the occasion.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.
Lancaster, July 17, 1849.
flYOur able correspondent "W" complains that
many inaccuracies have crept into his communica
tions. We do not doubt it, for manuscript more
badly written has rarely come under our, notice.
We have had our mind severely taxed, to decypher
many ofits hieroglyphics, and in many instances
have been obliged to guess at them. Correspondents
should learn to write so that people can read what
they have written. We consider this as necessary
an accomplishment as that a man should speak
with sufficient plainness to be understood, as well
as heard. We trust "W" will take the hint, and
endeavor to improve his chirography. He should
learn, also, that it is against all printer's rules, to
write on both sides of the sheet of paper.
:Electing the Judges.
-lt will be seen, and doubtless meet with general
approval, that the Democratic State Convention
which recently met at Pittsburgh, by an unanimous
vote passed a resolution in favor of the amendment
of the Constitution for giving to the People the
election of the J udges. This expression of opinion,
emanating from the assembled representatives of
the Democracy of the whole State, cannot fail to
exercise a powerful influence in its final settlement,
as it proves the deep hold this favorite measure has
• upon the popular mind and heart. We trust the
resolve will be reiterated at all the Democratic
County Meetings to be held this fall, and that the
Democratic representatives will be all instructed in
its favor. Let assurance be made doubly sure, for
in a mattter of such grave importance, the people
cannot well exercise too much vigilance.
Speaker of Congress
The Boston Post says: "Governor McDowELL,
has been extensively and favorably spoken of in
connection with the next speakership of the house
of representatives. He was first named in con
nection with that office by a Pennsylvania paper,
and the suggestion has received a cordial reception
from the democratic press of Virginia. Gov. Mc-
Dowell's fine sense and attainments, together with
his great dignity and urbanity of manner, would
render him an ornament to the speaker's chair of
the house of representatives, and an honor to 'our
country, however bounded.'"
Detecting Counterfeit Money
Mr. W. T. SHARER of Pittsburg is now in this
city, at liztemo's Hotel, prepared to impart instruc
tion to all who may desire it, in the "art and mys
tery"of detecting counterfeit Bank Notes. by various
infallible rules and marks. Mr. S. having explained
to us tile leading features of his system, we take
pleasure in testifying to its claims to the favor of
businessmen, who are wont to handle paper-money.
To them this species of knowledge is invaluable.
Politics in Texas.
The politics of the new State of Texas are in a
strange condition, and it is very difficult to unravel
the mazes in which they are involved. There are
five candidates for Governor—the present incumbent
Governor Woon—Colonel BELL, Gen. McLain),
Judge MILLS, and Judge WEBB. It is a strong
proof of the Democratic sentiment of the people,
when it is shown that every one of these aspirants
is a Democrat. :We think Governor WOOD will be
re-elected. Mr. Pirrstwar is hotly opposed for re
election to Congress by VOLIqEY E. Howsnu, (Dem.)
Hon. D. S. KAUFMAN, the other Democratic mem
ber will be re-elected with ease, 'The question of
dividing the State is introduced into the canvass,
and has many friends. The candidates are all
compelled to take their position on that subject.
Good News from Alabama!
The Whig editors, not long since, confidently
claimed that they would redeem Alabama. With
what show of justice, may be deduced from the
fact, that they have already offered their nomina
tion for Governor to two gentlemen, who have both
declined. The Montgomery Journal, the Whig
State paper, despcndingly says: " Our party is fal
ling back into its old habits of inactivity ; the
Democratic nominee will walk the track—and the
Legislature, from appearance, be carried by the
same."
Id" The Sunbury Gazette contains an oration
delivered in that place, on the Fourth of July, by
Rev. J. P. Sitixnu., to the children and teachers of
the Lutheran Sunday School, who commemorated
the day in a grove on Shamokin creek. The ad
dress is alike remarkable for its brevity and plain
ness, and the patriotic and high-toned character of
its sentiments. It exhibits in the Orator a deep
devotion, as well to the truths of Christianity, as to
the principles of republicanism, established by the
heroic deeds of our forefathers. Mr. Shindel has
labored long and usefully in that community, and
the Gazette says truly of this (possibly his last)
4th of July Oration : breathes the spirit of the
christian and the patriot, and shows that the rev
erend old gentleman, who has nearly closed the
business of this life, is desirous of inculcating into
the minds of the rising generation those principles
of religion and patriotism by which he has been
animated during a long and useful life."
Post Masters Appointed.
HENRY MILLER', Jr., Esq., at Lampeter Square,
in place of D. H. Herr, Esq., resigned.
J. S. WEAVER, Esq., at Earl, in place of Martin
E. Stauffer; removed.
HENRY M. RAWLINS., Esq., at the Buck in place
of Mr. E. Daily.
ID' A magnificent and most extensive Panoram
ic View of a Journey from London to New York,
painted by Professot La BLOND is exhibiting at the
Mechanics' Institute—and may be seen from Wed
nesday evening. (See advertisement.)
CHOLERA.—The total no. of cholera cases in
Philadelphia, from May 30th to last Saturday
evening, were 1,098—0 f which 403 proved fatal.
1117' THOMAS EAELE. Esq., of Philadelphia, a
distingtflihed member of the Reform Convention,
died, after a painful and protracted illaess, on Sat-
urday last.
Joey( S. Rail', Esq. of Kittaning, has been
nominated by the Democrats of Armstrong county
for a seat in House of Representatives.
„ The International Art-Wilion.
Two of the magnificent prize paintings, " The
Fairest of the Fair" by Court, and " JI Sweet Kiss,"
a Pastel by Brochart, intended for distribution by
lot to the subscribers to the "International Art-
Union" for 1849, have been sent by the' anagers
of the . bistituticm, Messri. Gonpil, Vibert, & Co.,
froth the Free Gallery, 289 Broadway, New York,
to Smarr Sisyssa, Esq., their honorary Secretary,
for this city. The paintings will be here on Satur
day the - 21st instant, and will remain for exhibition
two or three days at the Book Store of Messrs.
Sy.s.worxa & Bao. in North Queen Street, a few
doors above the Post Office. We earnestly urge
our readers to pay this establishment a visit on
that day and examine these most splendid works
of Art. The annual engraving may almi be tieen ,
there.
The subscription is only five dollars, and every
subscriber receives an engraving certainly, and may
obtain one of the numerous prize paintings which
are to be distributed by lot to thesubscribers. We
hope the list will be a large one, for the object is
worthy of encouragement.
Valuable Books.
We are indebted to the politeness of our friends,
Messrs. JUDD and Munaix, for copies of the fol
lowing valuable Books, forming part of the "CuAm-
Balls' Educational Course," and which they are
desirous of introducing into the Public Schools- in
this city and county. We advise teachers to calf
and examine for themselves:
ELEMENTS or Zoocoor, or Natura/ History of
Animals, (Illustrated)—edited by D. M. Reese, M.
D. and LLD, " comprising a complete comprehen
sive system of Zoology, rudimental as compared
with voluminous works, but not not less systematic
or thorough. The anatomical structure, and phys
iological diversities of every individual being inclu
ded in the animal world, whether at present exist
ing upon the earth, in the air, or in the waters of
the globe, or found among the fossil remains whicn
geology has developed by its researches, so far at
least as the latter series admit of recognition, will
all be found described, explained, and illustrated
by the ingenious and learned author."
ELEMENTS or GEOLOGY—by David Page, (Illus
trated)—an elementary volume, on the science of
Geology, viz : I. The present condition of the
earth's surface—and 2d. The changes to which it
has been subjected—the former called positive
Geology, embodying the facts of the science—the
latter speculative Geology, which includes the theo
ries that are proposed to explain and account for
the changes which have occurred in the structure
of the globe during past ages. " This is an inter
esting book as it exhibits the progressive conditions
of the earth from the remotest periods, and reveals
the character of the plants and animals which have
successively' adorned and peopled it—and import
ant, as it determinmi the position those metals and
and minerals upon which the arts and manufactures
so intimately depend."
ELEMENTS OF VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PHYSIOL
OGY—by G. Hamilton, M. D.—"embracing the gen
eral structure and functions of plants, and the or
ganization of animals. The object of the work is
to unite vegetable and animal Phisiology, and
bring both systems under one head, as properly
connected and adapted to the mind of the student."
Schuylkill County
The Pottsville Emporium, an efficient and well
conducted organ of the Democratic party, is de
lighted with the nomination of Mr. GAMBLE as
Canal Commissioner, and at the conclusion of its
article contains the following gratifying assurance:
"So far as Schuylkill county is concerned, we as
sure our friends abroad, that there will be no more
political " somersets " here; from ' ? linmistakeable
indications we feel confident of sweeping the county
at the next election, by as large a majority as she
has ever been known to give.-
The Fist Day.
The Newark Advertiser, alluding to President
'l'emon's recommendation for a day of general
fasting and prayer, says, and truly, that such a sug
gestion becomes the character of a Christian nation,
and will be gratefully responded to by the religious
sentiment of the country. It was the custom of
the Fathers of the Republic to recognize the Divine
goyernment on all fit occasions—alike in seasons
of joy and affliction. During the eight years of the
revolution, Congress proclaimed eight public Fasts
and eight days for Thanksgiving. Mr. Madison
proclaimed a Fast in August, 1812, on account of
the War, by direction of Congress, and Mr. Tyler
one in 1840, in consequence of the death of Gen.
Harrison, at the instance of the Cabinet.
Fearful Bill of Mortality.
The St. Louis Union, of the 26th, say'S:
The whole number of cemeteries of the city re•
port for the week up to Monday last, 25th, the
unparalleled number of seven hundred and sixty
three interments, of which five hundred and eighty.
nine died of cholera—and of children one hundred
and sixtyfour under five years of age. No mor•
tality equal to this has ever occurred for one week
in St. Louis heretofore, oral it is to be hoped will
not hereafter.
The week after this, as we learn by the telegru•
phic despatches, the number of deaths is 040. The
population of St. Louis has been decreased from
seventy to fifty thousand by families leaving in
consequence of the ravages of the cholera.
In Cincinnati the total number of deaths for the
week ending July oth was 1.047, of which 799 by
cholera.
COST or AN Ectrimatc.—The New York Sun
measures the intensity of the cholera by the effect
that it has upon the pocket. It estimates the
money cost of the epidemic in that city at ten
millions of dollars, a calculation that may be use
ful in showing that, if the same amount of money
had been applied to removing the discomforts and
squalidness of a large portion of its inhabitants ,
the city might be enjoying at this time much bet
ter health than it does. The neglect of the social
and moral duties which society owes to all its mem.
hers, is generally visited upon it again in the form
of afflictions, which, like messengers of wrath, come
as dispensers of punishment to selfishness and in
humanity.
From the Washington Union
Death of Mrs. Madison.
Just as we are preparing to go to press, we hear
with profound grief of the death, in this city ; of
Mrs. Dolly Madison, the relict of James Madison,
once the President of the United States. This
greatly venerated, beloved, and celebrated lady,
whose loss will be felt and regretted by. the whole
country, has lingered since Sunday, and breathed
her last, at a quarter - past 10 o'clock last night.
We anticipate the grief which will be universally
felt at her loss; but we must reserve till to-morrow
the sacred office of paying a proper tribute to her
merits.
irr SENATOR. BENTON says: "With respect to
the expediency of the Proviso, I think there was no
necessity for it, and there are prudential reasons war
IT SHOULD NOT DE PASSED."
This is the exact position of the Democratic
party, and has been contended for at all times. The
abolitionists are repudiated by Col. Benton, whom
they have frequently endorsed as their future stand
ard bearer.—Utica aiscrecr.
SLOW Junrics.—The Pittsburg Gazette, a deciddd
Whig journal, says: "There never was but one
postmaster general in office, since the formation of
the government, who understood his duty perfectly
and discharged it fearlessly, and that was Amos
KErmALL." And the Gazette might have added,
that a better abused officer never was connected
with the Government.
Jusr Lisa THEN.—The down-easters having
their market for lobsters spoiled by the cholera,
are packing them in ice, and shipping them to
-Barbadoes. It is no odds to a Yankee whether he
has a home market or a foreign one, he will always
get rid of his stock profitably.
I=f==
Mr. Bucpanan.
• This distinguished gentleman arrived at the Bed
lord Spring on last Friday evening, and looks un
usually well. He is in the enjoyment of excellent
health, and presents the appearance of a Statesman
Who dischargeffhis whole duty to the country in
one of the moat trying times ever witnessed by
our official acts, whether considered
as Foreign 11Enister, United States Senator, or Sec
retary of State, challenge a comparison with those
of any other man, living or dead. His dignity of
character, boldness of purpose, superiority of in
tellect, imposing appeaancs, and polite and cour
teous-deportment, has given him an exalted place
in.-the affections of the people throughout the length
and breadth of this mighty nation—and, although
assailed with unceasing malignity by the federal
press and federal politicians, he has hosts of warm
admirers even in the ranks of the opposition. He
has met with a hearty welcome from the Democ
racy of Bedford, who always receive his visits with
peculiar pleasure. He will remain here some two
or three weeks, and may probably visit other por
tions of Pennsylvania, farther west, before he re
turns home. After four years of unceasing labor,
in the most responsible department of the Govern
ment, recreation of this kind must be as pleasant
to himself as his company is agreeable to his friends.
F 11.31 the Harrisburg Democratic Unto.
John A. Gamble.
We this day raise to our mast-head the name of
JOHN A. GAMBIA: of Lycoming, as the Democratic
nominee for the important and responsible office of
Canal Commissioner. Tlie first vote in the Pitts
burg Convention, gave evidence of the strength
which Mr. Gamble possessed throlighout the State;
front that moment, his nomination was certain, and
on the second vote he had u Majority of twenty-five .
over all other candidates. This exhibition of popu
larity when there were names of so many other
good men presented to the Convention, is highly
flattering to our nominee, and is an evidence of the
united support which he will receive from the lion.
hearted Democracy of Pennsylvania, on the second
Tuesday of October next.
Mr. Gamble is a man of talents, of fine business
capacity, and a firm and consistent Democrat. He
represented the county of Lycoming in the Legis
lature previous to 1830, and in the fall of that year
was elected a member of the Convention to reform
the Constitution. In that stormy body, where the
best talent of the State was assembled on both sides,
from the opening Scenes of the 1 / 1 .1 of May, 1837, to
the close on the afternoon of the 212 d of February,
1838, he was ever found steadfastly voting on all
questions, with the friends of Democratic progress
and reform, and in opposition to the Stevens', the
Meredith's, and the Sargeant's, who upheld to the
last the life tenure to office, and the unrestricted
appointing power of the Executive. This is suffi
cient evidence of Mr. Gamble's sterling Democracy.
In all the relations of life, Mr. G. is known to be a
highly upright, honorable and conscientious man,
possessing the requisite qualifications to make him
a highly efficient and popular Canal Commissioner.
Of his election there cannot be any doUbt, as our
political opponents cannot rally their forces at the
coming election, as they did during the elections of
the last fall.
We' may say to our friends, therefore, in the dif
ferent counties, organize and give the 191!mocratic
nominee a vigorous support, and you will carry the
State by an old fashioned Democratic majority.
The Tomb of Washington.
The proposition that Congress should purchase
the Mount Vernon estate, so that the tomb of
WAsuiNaTox should be included within national
ground, was very generally acceptable to the public,
when made; but, for some reason or other, we
know not what, it failed of success. A correspon
dent of the Boston ✓ltlas, who recently visited
Mount Vernon, says that the present proprietor
would be willing to sell the mansion, with several
hundred acres of the land, to the National Govern•
men:, although he would not part with a foot of it
to any stranger. The correspondent adds:
We do not believe that any person ever visited
this hallowed spot without going away with the
conviction that the purchase should be made by
Congress. Let the nation own it, and fit it up in a
manner worthy of the Republic and of the illus.
trious dead, whose name is our richest inheritance,
and whose life was one uninterrupted thaw of the
highest and purest actions that ever marked the
family of man. It is disreputable that it should
longer remain in its present state. If we had Mt.
Vernon in old Nlassachusetts; if Washington had
been her son, and his body was laid within her
mould, bow the spot would be treasured in our
hearts, and beautified by our hands. The people
of our Commonwealth would count it as their
richest treasure, and our maiden:, would keep the
tomb dre . ssed with flowers in perennial ireshpess.
The President's Tour.
The National Intelligence,. of Tuesday last, con'
tains the following semiofficial announcement:
In reply to the many communications addressed
to the President of the United States, touching his
expected Northern tour, including invitations and
inquiries as to the,time and route of his journey,
and too numerous to admit of a specific answer to
each, we are requested to stale that the exact time
of his departure and the route which-he may lied
it expedient to take, are necessarily Unsettled; and,
indeed, that a continued prevalence of the cholera
may render it proper to abandon the journey al.
together. His thanks are due to those corporate
bodies and individuals who have, in anticipation of
this journey, invited him to visit particular places,
and favored him with the offer of their hospitality.
It will afford him pleasure to accept such invita
tions as far as the demands upon his time and
other circ.urnstaitees may permit.
Jefferson Davis and the Whigs.
A correspondent of the Ohio Statesman, writing
from Jackson, Miss., where the late Democratic
Convention was held, says:
The convention was then addressed by Colonel
Jefferson DaVis—the gallant leader of the Missis
sippi Rifles at Buena Vista—a son-in-law of Gen.
Taylor, now one of du :United States Senators from
this State. His personal friendship for Gen. Taylor
is well known; but there is perhaps no man in the
Senate or elsewhere who will take stronger grounds
against the measures of the existing eight-headed
administration, or stand up more strongly in re
buke of its flagrant violation of plighted fati.h. In
common with all men, whose bread is not depen
dent upon office, Col. Davis feels that the national
character has been disgraced by the falsification
which the Taylor cabinet has made of the seductive
promises of the Whig party and its candidates,
during the Presidential contest; and his immense
influence with the people of this State will be
actively exerted to render it sure that the popular
voice in Mississippi, at the next election, shall go
forth in stern condemnation of the President and
his Federal advisers.
[l7 - The Daily Sun, the Native American organ
of Philadelphia, speaks of the Democratic nominee
for Canal Commissioner, as follows:
Joni" A. GAMBLE, Esq., of Lycoming county,
who is the democratic candidate for Canal Com
missioner, is a strong man, well versed in the State
Improvements and made an excellent legislator.
It will require a strong candidate to beat him.
Over Seven Tons of Laws.
The laws of the last session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, 5,600 copies, weigh over seven tons
and a half. If these laws are not valuable, it will
certainly not be for want of weight.—Democratic
A WARNINO TO LA.DIES.-A lady of Washington,
in consequence of inflammation produced by wear
ing a light ring, recently had her finger taken off
to the knuckle joint. The operation was perform
ed while she was under the influence of chloroform.
UJ Ho'e. ROBERT M. M'Lena, has been nomi
nated as the Democratic candidate for Congress in
the fourth congressional district of Maryland, com
posed of the first fifteen wards of Baltimore.
1 1 17" Ex-President Via. Borisar is at present en.
gaged in superintending the enlargement of his res
idence at Lindenwold. The additions are to be
spacious and elegant,
Election of Judges by the People.
NO. V.
I owe an apology to you, sir, and to the teaders
of the intelligencer, for dwelling so long on this
topic. To you, because, committed as you are on
the subject, yOu cannot but feel annoyed at the.per
tinacity of one, who opposes so warmly a measure
so "fraught with public good;" and to your readers,
because they may all very possibly agree with you,
or at least may have no relish for such dry and
tedious disquisitions. I entertain the sentiments
which I have here imperfectly endeavored to ex
press, as the result of long reflection, aided by as
thorough an acquaintance with the spirit of our
institutions and our people, as I could acquire in
the life I have lived; and I have gives them utter
ance from motives as disinterested and pure, as
patriot heart can entertain. That my ability was
not equal to my desire is the only thing I have to
regret. That many would read what I had to say,
I could not hope—but that the thoughts, thus
feebly put forth, might possibly arouse others of
brighter intellect, and more attractive style, from
an apathy which on a subject like this is to say
the least of it unworthy of the age, I did hope,
and do most certainly believe. Be this as it may,
my task is nearly ended. The truth which I felt
bound to utter has been spoken, and the result is
with HIM, who governs nations with his wisdom.
That He will direct us aright no curie can doubt.—
But to the subject.
The objections which I have thus far urged
against the adoption of this amendment, derive
additional and fearful force from the fact, that the
people of Pennsylvania are by no means celebrated
for: voluntarily seeking out, and elevating her coil.
nest men to offices of trust and profit. No one
acquainted with the character of our people, will
deny but that they consider "every thing worth
having at least worth asking for," and that, unless a
man, either personally, or by the aid of friends
bound to him by the ties of interest or of strong
personal or political feeling, presents himself before
the people for their suffrages, he will gcnerallibe
permitted to pass down the stream of time "un
noticed and unknown."
If this be so, can any one be at a loss to know
the character of the men who will hereafter (should
this amendment pass) occupy the Bench? Let any
reflecting man look around on the members of the
legal profession, in his own County, and ask him
self, it the man that he has mentally fixed on es
one calculated to adorn and dignify the judicial
bench, is the one who would be at all likely to
throw himself into the muddy stream 01 party
politics, or stem it with success, if thrust in by the
partiality of his friends? Or rather, if the very
'man whom he knows to be the most superficial
and the least regardful of that which should regu
late the conduct of the Judge, would not, because
of his superior tact and political talent, almost in
variably succeed in securing a nomination—and of
course an election. Those who now tremble at what
they call the "one man power," and are so horror
struck at the thought of one man (a Governor,)
nominating, and thirty-three senators confirming the
nominee—seem to forget, that all candidates, under
their new system, would have to be nominated by
some one maxi at a County Convention—and his
fitness for the nomination discupsed and settled by a
conclave seldom (if ever) as large as the Senate;
with this most material difference, that in the one
case tho nominee could be chosen from among
the competent men of the whole State, and would be
chosen and confirmed under the solemn sanction of
an official oath and the heavy responsibility of offi
cial duty, while in the other case he must be nom
inated outof a district composed bf two or threecoun
ties and confirmed (the election following as a mat
ter of course as every one knows,) oftentimes by
trick, sometimes by money, generally by party drill,
and always without the wholesome guards which
are thrown around this duty, now. Would they
have the people to place more confidence in the
integrity and competency of a man, who appoints
himself to nominate a nominee for the Judgeship at
a county meeting, than they would in a man delib
erately selected by the people, and inducted under
oaths into ;office for that purpose—or place greater
reliance on the honesty and wisdom of a county
meeting, or convention (not larger than the Senate)
who convene, of their own accord, and therefore
represent no one but themselves, or perhaps, who
were sent there as delegates by some dozen or so
of active politicians in the several townships of the
county, Who happen to live near the place of hold
ing the election, and therefore represent but a few
more, and who, when together, deliberate and decide
as only such assemblies do deliberate and decide
—than on a body of men chosen by a regular legal
vote of the whole people, and who act with some
thing like solemnity and order—and under a deep
sense of responsibility to God and their Constituents?
Can men be so inconsistent; and yet be listened to?
Will the people of Pennsylvania transfer this im
portant duty from the men of their won choice, reg.
ularly and fairly ascertained, to men who either
select themselves, or are selected by a few others,
in a most careless and irregular way? Who that
knows how county conventions iiire formed, and how
binding their nominations' aro on the political par.
pips, in whose name they act, can fail to see that
this will be the practi[..al operation of this change.
Is it desirable? Is it an improvement He who
believes it must be mad.
Butit has been said, that 'qhe Judges do now
enter the political arena"—that "greatness is not at
present thrust upon them"—that "the learned legal
student (the very man, by the way, for the bench)
rates low in the political market"—that "one whose
ambition lies in the direction of a Judgeship must
take the stump and endeavor to secure the election
of a Aiovero9r, who, when elected, will bestow on
him the office as a reward for is pep/ices," &c., &c.
"Alas, 'tis true; and , tts, 'lts true.';
But because the late change 'in the Constitution
has led to this result—because a class of public
servants who formerly seemed to be of no party—
who were never even seen at political meetings, who
never dreamed of making stump speeches—who, for
all the world could see, had no sympathy, either
for majority or minority, and who moved amidst
the fiercest political storms "calm as a summer
morning," respected and trusted by all men and all
parties—because this class of officers have since
this change in their tenure been turned into "party
hacks"—are known to the world as "Democratic
Judges" and "Whig Judges," have become frequen
ters of political junketings,stump speakers, mingling
with the "rowdiest of the rowdy," and winking at,
if not actually encouraging, the vilest practices of
the vilest men—and all this to earn, or retain, their
offices. Because this is so, shall we increase the
evil? Shall we madly leap from the heated frying
pan into the hotter fire beneath? Shall we 'Com
mit suicide to cure this disease, for disease it un.
questionably is. No! No !! Rather let us retrace
our steps. Rather, by far, restore the ancient good
behavior tenure. We raay thus restore the ancient
Judiciary. The change in tenure was a sad depar
ture from the perfect design of our government, as
originally framed. There were evils, great and in-
supportable evils, under the old tenure. What
human system has them not? But it, instead of
changing the tenure, and making the Judges, what
the writer in the Law Journal truly says they are
-.the framers of the amended Constitution had
provided a cheap, accessible mode of trying Judges
for incompetency, dishonesty, or disability, would
not every cause of complaint have been removed?
Would we have had such results as these? I wish
to say nothing harsh—but who can lay his hand
on his heart and say, that this change has been an
amendment?—or that the ,ChcLracter of the Judiciary
has been improved by it? If not, let us pause—
pause and turn, for "that stay madness lies." --
Under the proposed system, the candidate must
be a resident of the district in which he.is to pre.
side—a greater J eAt,hart this can hardly be sup
posed; for, if at all competent fig the station, he
will:be one *lto is bound by ties . ;:of friendship or
business to, nearly every suitor in his Court. Half
his term must elapse before all the cases in which
he has been consulted, feed, and given opinions, are
disposed of. Shall he sit in Judgment on them
To, state the objection is to establish it. If not
taken from- his district, then must people cote for
or against him, without knowing any thing of his
fitness for the station. Not so with a Governor',
who has the whole state to choose from, or with
the Senate, who come from every portion of the
State.
But I must close. I have seen no argument in
favor of this measure, that deserves the name—
nor any thing that required a serious answer.—
Much ad captandum logic, and many warm appeals
to popular prejudices and feelings, but no cool, de
liberate investigation, has met my eye. lam sorry
for it. I have written hastily—carelessly, and not
being present to revise the proof, many gross errors
have crept into my communications, the correction
of which I must now leave to the intelligence of
my readers. I thank you, sir, for the space you
have given me in your valuable - - ( papei—and am
only sorry that it was not better filled. I could
not hope that any cotemporary would do me the
honor to copy my lengthy argument, particularly
as the side I have taken is not the popular one.
But the heads of the argument,—the "postulato, -
the substance of the reasons, which have been urged
against this amendment, I would be pleased to see
laid before the people of Pennsylvania. I will, there
fore, condense them into the foul - I , ot propositions, to
be considered by the people in reference to this pro
posed amendment, in the hope that their brevity
may induce the press to lay them before their read
ers without distinction of party. This I will ask
you to publish, and then' conclude. W.
For the lulclllgencer k Journal
Lancaster Cemetery.
Ma, EDITOR: I am pleased to learn that at a late
meeting of the Consistory of the German Reformed
Church, prompt measures were adopted for the im
mediate completion of the improvements of this
new "Repository of the Dead."
As much dissatisfaction has for some time past
been felt and expressed by the lot-holders at the tar
diness of the Trustees of the Cemetery, it is but
justice to them to say, that the want of the neces
sary means has, in a very great measure, prevented
them from carrying out their original designs.
Besides the amount already appropriated for the
Superintendent's House, now in the course of con
struction, and which will be completed by the Ist
day of September next, the additional sum of
$1,500 has been set apart to finish the enclosure,
and re•gravel the avenues, which evinces a disposi
tion on the part of the Trustees to do justice to the
lot•holders, and make this, (as it can and will be
made,) one of the prettiest spots in our community.
As soon as the Superintendent's house is fleshed he
is to move in it, take charge of the grounds, and
become responsible for all injury done. Lot-holders,
their families, and friends, will be admitted at all
times, and all objections which have heretofore
existed will be removed. In order to enable the
Trustees to complete these improvements, it is
hoped that all those in arrearages will see the ne
cessity of discharging their dues at as early a day
as possible. A LOT-HOLDER
LANCASTER, July 10, 18.19.
Mr. Gamble at Home!
The Jersey Shore (Lycoming county) Republican,
the place of residence of Mr. GAMBLE, the Demo
cratic nominee for Canal Commissioner, endorses
the claims of its townsman in the following com
plimentary manner. We have not
. a doubt Mr.
Gamble will be sustained by an overwhelming
majority in all those counties where he is best
known, which speaks volumes in his praise:
It will be seen by a brief despatch from Pitts
burg, which we publish in to-days paper, that the
Hon. JOHN A. GAMBLE, has been nominated as
the candidate for Canal Commissioner by the Demo
cratic State Convention.
We hail this result with peculiar satisfaction and
whilst we would most cheerfully have entered the
campaign with either of the distinguished gentle
men named in the Convention as our standard
bearers, yet we have now the proud satisfaction to
see out own personal choice endorsed by a highly
complimentary vote of the representatives of the
popular will throughout the State. We will there
fore embark in the approaching contest with all the
hearty good will inspired by our personal knowl
edge of the estimable character of the nominee, and
a firm conviction that his election will secure to
the Commonwealth an efficient and faithful officer.
Mr. Gamble needs no recommendation from us in
this section of the State, his friends are co-extensive
with the circle of his acquaintance, and the vote of
this County neat fall will show the estimation in
which he is held by his' personal acquaintances of
all parties. But to our Democratic brethren abroad
we may be permitted to say that Mr. Gamble is
worthy of the distinguished position assigned him
by the State Convention, of bearing in triumph the
standard of the great Democratic party, He will
bring to the discharge of the duties of the office, a
thorough practical knowledge of the various works
of pubic improvement throughout the State, a
vigorous mind and habits , of industry, devoted to a
conscientious diecharge of' the important and res•
ponsiblo duties of the station.
Influenced by an honest devotion to the princi•
pies of the Democratic party, with no factional
predilections to subserve, no branch of the party to
favor, none to oppose, his future course cannot fail
to merit the universal approbation of that party by
whom he will be most triumphantly elected.
True Democracy.
The follgwing admirable resolutions were adopt
ed, among others, at Democratic State
Convention, held at Pittsburg,Ta. We subscribe
to them with all the powers of soul, believing them
to show forth the true spirit of Democracy:
Resolved, That the interest and rights of labor it
is but just to defend. The labor of the country is
the wealth of the country, and the impulse and life
of her progress and prosperity.
Resolved, That the Ten Hour law, without pro
viso, amendment or appendage to defeat its true
br,eratinns, is A measure that commands our cor
dial support.
Resolved, That all power should remain with and
be wielded by the people, except where I'o concen
tration and convenience it is necessary to confide
the same to agents. We approve not only of an
elective judiciary, but of electing all public ser
vants by the people, who are fully competent
themselves to do that which they employ others to
do.
A Good Disinfectant.
Dissolve one pound of chloride of lime in ten
gallons of water; one gallon of , this mixture thrown
into the sink every day at noon, will keep the sur
rounding atmosphere pure and healthy ; or, if pre
ferable, half a peck of quicklime thrown into the
sink every week, will have the same effect.
In crowded or damp rooms, the air may be
purified by keeping a saucer full of chloride of lime,
or a plate full of unslacked lime, on the floor. As
soon as the lime slacks it is unfit for use in rooms,
but may be used to purity glitters or sinks. The
chloride of lime, when it has lost the odor which
distinguishes it from common • lime, is no longer
useful as a purifier.
When it is desirable to obtain the purifying
virtue of chloride of lime in a large quantity,
sprinkle a little vinegar upon it. Oil of vitriol,
sprinkled upon chloride of lime, will disengalte the
chlorine still more rapidly. Any person can do
this by taking care to pour on the acid slowly and
then leave the apartment as quickly as possible,
for some time. The chloride of zinc, is perhaps
the best disinfectant known, better than the lime.
1:17 . ALFREU BISHOP, recently deceased, in New
Haven, disposed by will of an estate valued at one
million of dollars. He gave liberally to his near
relations, as well as to others who had been unfor
tunate in business. These donations ranged from
$15,000 down to a few hundreds. $BOOO to the
American Bible Society; $5OOO to the Female
Benevolent Society of Bridgeport, and an annuity
of $lOO to be paid by his widow during her life to
the Rev. Dr. Hewitt. The residue of his estate he
gave to his wife-and children, to be divided accord
ing to the statute of Connecticut. •
PEOPLE DESEUTINO CINCINNATI: It is stated
that there are 150 houses for rent in Cincinnati, the
tenants having Berl from the cholera. It is esti
mated that the city had lost about 1,5QC0 from this
cause, and four or five times that number by the
ravages of the cholera.
- 'llllnesota.
It may be proper to keep ourselves fainiliarized
with 'the , names of the new additions made from
time to time h) __our
,political family. Mirresor.i.
is the youngest: She is a promising infant ,and
preserves the family likeness.
"Since this new. territory has received a regular
government," says the Pittsburgh Gazette, "numbers
of tourists have visited it, and emigrants are flock
ing in. From all the.acceunts we have seen of it,
and from some personal knowledge of those high
latitudes, we have no doubt that Minesota will, in
a few years, possess a large, intelligent and highly
moral population, and that as much real, substantial
happiness will be enjoyed there as in any portion
of our'wide Union. It may not be as wealthy a
State as some others, but living will be cheap, and
artificial wants limited, while it will be among the
healthiest climates in the world. There are settle
ments now up as high as 4d degrees, and thriving
villages and pleasant farm houses greet the eye of
the traveller. The Fever add Ague, that scourge
of more southern portions of the West, is unknown
there:'
While multitudes are hastening with eager avid
ity to California, lured on by the prospect of golden
treasures, others, less ambitious yet probably more
considerate, are taking up their abodes in the new
and pleasunt glades of Minesota. Fortunate land
of ours! Happy indeed in its ample terrritories,•
its fertile soil, its healthful climate—capable of re
ceiving and of sustaining untold millions, giving a
home to the exile and plenty to the destitute; and
happiest of all in securing to her children the ines
timable birthright of freeom, with all its ennob
ling prerogatives!
The capacious bosom of the West, teeming with
productive elements, awaits the coming of multi
tudes. A future empire reposes there in embryo.
From our station on the seaboard we can hear of
progressive life and activity beyond the Mississippi.
By an inherent energy of reproduction territories
arise, pass into the organization of States and
become the prolific parents of other States. The
process knows no cessation. Onward and onward
the impulse moves. And so it must move on until
the measure of a destiny is fulfilled, unequalled in
its greatness in all the tide of the times, and more
imposing in its•grandeur than anything which His
tory has recorded or Fancy has conceived,
Physicians.
The Richmond Republican bears strong editorial
testimony in favor of the course pursued by the
physicians of that city, in the present visitation of
the cholera. It says:
We do not claim for our physicians greater de
votion than is manifested by their profession in
other cities, but we claim for the profession here
and everywhere, that it is one of the noblest pro
fessions on the face of the earth. It is only at
times like these that we fully realize the value and
the excellence of these true:hearted sons of science
—these heroic men, in comparison with whose
calm courage the fiery valor of the soldier-shrieks
into utter insignificance. A period, of ordinary
health, is to the physician like a time of peace to
the soldier, but tire visitation of the epidemic is the
war in which he goes forth to the front of the
battle, and to the struggle with Death, that he may
save the lives of others, and perhaps perish himself
in saving them. Yet we hear men say that the
physicians are paid for their services! And are
not all other professions paid'? Are not the soldier
and the sailor paid? Were not Jackson and Tay
lor, Perry and Decatur, paid for their services? No.
A grateful country placed a wreath of immortal
glory upon their brows, far more valuable than
gold, a wreath which the faithful physician deserves
equally with a Napoleon or Wellington.
Look at the conduct of our physicians here. See
them, old and young, pressing forward like a band
of chivalrous brothers to the relid of suffering hu
manity. There is no hovel so poor, so loathsome.
so reeking with the foul breath of pestilence, in
which those messengers of mercy have not been
found standing by the bedside of the most misers
ble and destitute wretch in the community, no
matter what his color„.and exhausting all the re
sources of medical skill for his relief. In cases
like these there could have been no remuneration.
None was expected. But that mattered not. Life
was at stake, and as rapidly as others would fly
from danger, have our physicians hurried to it, to
save their fellow men.
Listen in the night, and at all hours you hear
them driving by in hot haste to the help of some
victim of the pestilence. Sleep is a rare thing to,
them. Sometimes they obtain two or three hours
of rest, and then are roused again to their exhaust.
ing duties. Sometimes night after night 'passes
without their obtaining a minute of repose. Con
tagion they laugh at. The fatigue that exposes
them to the epidemic they seorn. With a glorious
enthusiasm they devote themselves to the benefit of
their fellow mgri. We have heard deeds of gene
rosity on the part of physicians, we have known
facts illustrating their nobility of nature, which we
cannot publish, but which we could not forget if
we should live a hundred centuries—deeds which
must surely receive the approbation of the Great
Physician of souls, and be remembered at that de
cisive hour when the declaration, "For I was a
hungered and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took
me in: Naked and ye clothed me: I was sick, and
ye visited me," shall send unspeakable'joy to every
pure and benevolent heart. - •
"Honor to whom honor is due." This is a feeble
tribute, but it expresses in faint terms what thou
sands strongly feel.
From the Carlisle Valyntser
John A. Gamble.
In another column we publish a condensed ac-
count of the proceedings of the late Democratic
State Convention, which met at Pittsburg on the
4th instant. Jan. A. Gemnr.r., of Lycoming county,
it will be seen received the nomination for Canal
Commissioner, The selection, we hesitate not to
say, is a fortunate one We can speak of Mr.
GAMI?Li: from our own personal knowledge, Our
acquaintance with him has been long end intimate,
and we have ever found him a higlimiinded end
honorable mutt, Ho is n Democrat, too—it work.
leg,: persevering, indefatigable Democrat—who lets
long been doing . battle in the trout ranks of the
Democracy of the glorious North. He is therefore
entitled to the confidence and support of every
well-wisher of the Democratic party. His quali
fications for the office will not be called in question
by any one acquainted with him.' He is a most
active business man, a good scholar, and possessed
of sound practical judgment. Should he be elected
—as he undoubtedly will be, by a large majority
—he will make a most valuable and trust•wbrthy
member of the Canal Board.
Mr. GAMBLE has not been much in public life.
When quite a young man he served for one or two
sessions in the State Legislature; and, if our recol
lection serves us, we think he was also a member
of the Reform Convention to amend the ConstitU
tion. In his own county—glorious old Lycoming
—Mr. GAMBLE is deservedly popular. His word,
once given, is considered equal to his bond, by those
who know him best.
Let our Democratic friends, therefore, throughout
the State buckle on their armor, and prepare fir
the approaching political contest. Our candidate
for the important office of Canal Commissioner is
a pure Democrat, whose character, both moral and
political, is without spot or blemish. Let us all
determine that *Pennsylvania muse and shall be re
deemed," and our success is certain. Up Demo.
crats! Organize for duty. "GAMBLE AND DEMOC
nAcr," should be watchword of all true Democrats.
Important Decision of the Su
preme Court.
Commonwealth vs. The Easton Bank—This case
was decided in favor of the Commonwealth, in a
very able and elaborate opinion by Judge BELL.
The claim of the Commonwealth was for an
increase of tax on dividends for the years 1835,
1836, and 1837,—the Bank having regularly paid
eight per cent. the amount required to be paid
under the act chartering the Bank—Act of 25th of
March, 1824.
The principle involved was a very important
one—whether the Act of Ist April, 1835, increas
ing the tax on Bank dividends, was noLunconstitu
tional as to Banks previously chartered, and whose
charters had not then expired, under a rate of taxa
tion less than that paid by the Act of Ist April,
1835—0 r, in other words, whether the Legislature
possessed the pOwer to increase the rate of taxation
beyond that fixed in the charter.
The question was rendered still more important,,
as the principle applied to some fifteen or more
Banks, that had paid into the State Treasury, for
tax on dividends, due a period of more than twelve
years, about s6o,ooo—under protest. If the deci.
sion had been adverse to the opinion of the account
ing officers of the 'C o mmonwealth, those Banks
would doubtless have made an effort to recover
back the amount paid by them. Hence the im
portance of the decision, as well as settling a very
important question affecting the revenue.
The case was argued with much ability by
McConsuoK and Aaatcas for the Commonwealth,
and A. H. REEDER, Esq., for the Bank.
GRAPHIC.—Lord Byron described a party with'
which he dined, as follows:
" Like most parties of the kind, it was at first
silent, then talky, then argumentative, then dispu,
tatious;then unintelligible, then altogethery, then
inarticulate, and then drunk•
t.From the Carlisle (Pa.) American Democrat
John A. Gamble, Esq.
It .is with.no_ordinary feelings of pride and plea
sure that we .Announce to our Democratic friends
everywhere the nomination of the gentleman whose
name heads this article, as the Democratic candi
date for Canal. Commissioner, by the State Conven
tion at Pittsburg on the 4th; instant.- In the selec
tion of Me. Gzisnck for this important post ; we
have every reason to believe that the Convention
discharged a duty which will receive a hearty and
enthusiastie•response'from every true hearted Dem
ocrat in the entire State, and its action will be rat
ified on the 2nd Tuesday of October next by a
most triumphant victory. Although a member of
the
: Convention which placed him in nomination,
and personally his friend, We are free to say, that
had the selection fallen upon either of the other
di=stinguished men brought before it, he would have
received our cordial and enthusiastic support. Our
preference for Mr. GAMBLE arose from a long per
sonal acquaintance with the marl, and his superior
mop.' and intellectual fitness for the office. To
our -mind, it was absolutely necessary that such a
man should be selected as our standard bearer for
the approaching campaigna man of sufficient
talents and' energy of character, and one in whom
the people can repose the most implicit confidence
that the principles and measures of the party, which
they hold indispensable to a correct and economical
administration of our public improvements, will
be faithfully carried out Such a man is JOHN A.
GAMBLE, of Lycoming—a man in the vigor of life
and intellect—possessing fine talents, polished and
moulded by education—firmness and decision of
character for any emergency—of large experience
and observation on our public works as a contractor
—integrity, which has never been questioned—and
prudence, without which no man can act wisely or
correctly. His' unanimous nomination by the Con
vention, crowned as it was by the most deafening
applause, clearly indicates him to be the choice of
THE PEOPLE—around him they will rally and con!
time to rally, in the firm hope that, through his
exertion's and in virtue of Democratic principles,
rigidly adhered to and enforced, they will escape
from the evils which an unwise r corrupt and die)
honest State administration would entail upon them.
It is enough for the Democracy of Pennsylvania to
know that their candidate is above reproach, either
as an upright politician, a sound, unwavering Dem
ocrat, or an exemplary citizen. All the glossaries,
constructions, explanations. falsehood and s'ophistry
of our federal opponent's, cannot effect his election.
He is the cA.NuinATE Or 'IRE 01INAT DEMOCRATIC
PARTE, WHICH IN THE COMING ELECTION, CAN
NOT BE DEFEATED.
From the Baltimore Argue, p
Brief, but Expressive.
Among the great men who were invited to the
Whig jollification in Delaware Mr Secretary. Pre s:
ton was included. We have taken a brief notice
of Mr. Clayton's letter, and give below' the entire
of Mr. Preston's, as follows;
51111SQTON, D. C., July 2, 1849.
Gentlemen—l have received your cordial invi•
tation to join the Whig citizens of Wilmington and
New Castle county, in celebrating the approaching
anniversary of our National Independence. I am,
very respectfully, yours, &c.
WA!. BALLARD PRESTON.
To Messrs. John Wales, Charles I. Du Pont, J.
11. Price, Z B. Glazier, E. Gibbons, Wm. Thatcher,
E. C. Stotsenbtirg, Committee..
Now this is what we
,call a model letter. We
suppose Mr. Preston is so completely overwhelmed
with his "oppressive duties" that he couldn't even
thank the Whigs of Delaware for their kind.invi
tattoo, or say to them whether he would accept it
or not. We wonder if they will not consider the
reply of Mr. Preston of the Matty Van Buren Nom
cormtrrar. order.
The Cholera In New York.
The official table gives the report of the Board
of Health as 704 deaths in New York, by Cholera,
in seven weeks, from 19th of May to 7th of July.
The Inspectors report gives 1063 deaths. Similar.
discrepancies between the two reports occurred in
1532. Some physicians will not report to the
Board of Health, while they are compelled to re
port, through the sextons, to the City Inspector t
their disease of which the patients died.
The total number of cases of cholera reported to
the Board of Health, up to the 7th instant, was
1,580 i but, as the 'total number of deaths to the
same time was 1063, the number' of cases must
have been at least 2,500, or 920 more than have
been reported by the physicians to the Board of
Health. It thus appears that the ratio of the mor
tality by cholera, to the number of cases, now, is
about the same as it was in 1832. More than one
half of the deaths by cholera have been among the
foreign population. The particulars of the nativity
of persons who died by cholera, last week, were as
follows ;
Vilifed States, 98, Ireland 138; England, 10;
Scotland, 5; Wales, 3; Germany, 28, France, 8;
Poland, 1; Denmark, 1; Portugal, '2 ; Unknown,
22 ; 219--total 317. •
In 183-2, the number of deaths by cholera, up to
the same period was 2,861, against 1,136 the pres
ent year ; the population is now double what it
was in 1832.
The total number of deaths, last week, by chol
era and kindred diseases, was as lollovvs:—Asiatic
Cholera, 317; Cholera Morbus. 10; Dysentery, 2.5;
Diarrhma, 23. Total 377. Besides 31 of cholera
infantum.
Affairs in St. Louis—The Cholera.
ST. Lours, July 10.
•
The line having worked very irregular•fhr the
past week or two, has prevented us from sending
daily despatches. Today the cholera is thought
to be on the increase, though the cemeteries have
not yet reported. The weather is extremely hot,
and has been so for the past day or two. This
tends greatly to aggravate the disease. •
It is impossible to picture the distress which the
epidemic has occasioned In a number of
cos entire families have been swept out of existence.
Hundreds of personi have fled from the pity, lean•
ing their business unsettled.'
Building in the burnt district prr.grosses but
slowly, on uneount or :the seaicity of mechanics,
which is mainly owing to the prevalence of the
cholera. Almost ull kinds of mechanics command
the highest wages, It will he some time before
we will entirely recover *from the double calamity
with which we have been visited.
Yesterday, o young Irish draytnan committed
suicide, because, forsooth, his wife, of whom he
expressed himself tiredNould not die of the pre•
vailing epidemic!
Two Sac Indians have been arrested near tort
Leavenworth, for murdering Colbarn, a Santa Fe
trader, on the plains, about two years ago. They
confessed their guilt.,
Health of St. Louis.
ST. Lours, July 13.
•
The epidemic in this city continues to rage to
an extent truly distressing to our surviving citizens,
not one of whom but has already lost a near and
dear relation, or a cherished friend. Our physicians,
who, for more than two roo, - dos have labored al
most incessantly to afford relief to their patient*
are now becoming severely afflicted; and it is with
pain that we notice, among the names furnished by
the cemeteries yesterday, those of a number of our
most eminent Professors of Medicine, whose places
it will take much time and study to fill. The in
terments reported yesterday number nearly two
hundred.
• Dreadful H3got
01111 b; N 1 8.. July 12.'
About half-past ten •o'clock this forenoon, the
Crard , e Protectionists left the city, and proceeded
towards b Indian Town, for the purpose of meeting
several lodges at that place. On their way thither
they were attacked by a party of Catholics. A
serious riot during which 12 persops'weN
killed, and several otherS badly wounded. The
military were called out and quelled the riot.
Front the Washington COTlTsporulcnce of the New York. Post
Mr. Peter Magner.
YoU will have heard that the ancient PZTLII
HAW:all, second-auditor, has succumbed to mani
fest destiny. It was the remark of Sir Edward
Bulwer, I believe, that old men- will*die, and of Mr.
Jefferson, that they never resigd. It is possible
that Mr. Hagner, may sustain the axiom of the
great novelist, but he has already practically-dis
paraged the accuracy of the stales:pan. Tie hue
resigned. But I am sure I shall 'astonish your
readers by informing them that not only has ;qr.
Hagner resigned, or engaged to resign, but that the
ex-Hon. N. P. Tallniadge, whig senator from New
York, has been selected to take his place. The in
formation upon which I state this, is of such a
character that I can hardly doubt its correctness.
itANDsomi: DoikrATioN.--..4.t the last meeting of
the Philadelphia' Typographical Society, a letter
I:vas received from Richard Ronaldson, Esq., one of
its most esteemed honorary members, enclosing a
voluntary contribution of five hundred dollars to the
funds of the society. The amount has been placed
in the henefieeut flal4, Pt apap fp; the witio*s
children of deceased nierntiers.. ' • • '
lii The Mexican Minister of War in his -late
report to his government - states the number of
Mexican women and children annually captured
and carried off by the hostile Indians to be upwards
of six hundred. It is the .practice of the savages
to murder the men and hold the women as captives.