Infelligencer & #lkaintal.
GEORGE SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster, October 23,11349.
PROSPECTUS
For publish* itrihe City of Lancaster, in connexion
with the Intelligencer, a German Demmiatic paper,
robe calllii the LANCASTER EAGLE. •;•'
AT the urgent solicitation of many Democratic
friends, as well as from our own belief that a paper
of the kind is greatly. needed in the County of Lan
caster, and could be well sustained by our German
population, we propose issuing a German paper
with the abode title, as soon as a sufficient number
of, subscribers can be obtained to warrant the un.
dertaking.
The paper shall be conducted on strictly Demo
cratic principles, and will advocate the men and
measures of the party zealously and ,fearlessly.
Strict attention will also be paid to the literary
and news departments, and nothing shall be omitted
on our part to make it a useful family and political
journal.
Should a sufficient number of subscribers be ob
tained:the publication - of the paper will be com
menced about the Ist of January next.'
The ",&GLE" will be printed on a Medium sheet,
and furnished to subscribers at the low price of
$l,OO per annumiayable in udvance, or before
the expiration of six months from the time of sub
scribing. , . GEO. SA NDERSPN.
INTELLIGENCER OFFICE,
Lancaster, September 11, 1849.
-" Sit Observer" came to hand too late for this
week's paper. The communication shall appear in
The Cause.
The Whig papers are very much troubled just'
now in devising "ways and means" to account for
the late overwhelming defeat of their party in this
State, and are busily engaged in hatching up all
manner of excuses to break the force of the tre
mendous fall they have experienced. They might
as well be candid for once—"acknowledge the corn"
—and admit that the principal cause of their defeat
was the want of a sufficient number of votes. To
make any other excuse, only renders them ridicu
lous in tie eyes of all sensible men. The admin
istrations at Washington and Harrisburg were both
in the full tide of experiment—the "winds and
weather" were favorable tothem—and if they had
had the votes, no sane person doubts but they would
have been polled on the day of the election. If
any remained at home, in the face of the powerful
efforts made by the leaders to bring them out to
the polls, it is because they are heartily sick of
Federal Whiggery, and determined to cut loose
their connexion with a party whose leading men
show themselves so utterly unfit to manage public
affairs for the honor and prosperity of the nation.
The Presidential Jaunt Postponed.
President TAYLOR started from Washington a
few days ago, on a trip to the East—but when he
reached Baltimore, the news from Pennsylvania
began to loom up before him, and he retreated to
Washington in "double quick time." The General
would prove a better soldier before the Mexicans
or Red Coats, than in the presence of an indignant
people expressing their disapprobation of his pol
itical conduct through the ballot boxes. It would
have been much better for the 91d Hero's fame, had
he remained at the head of the Army, rather than
to embark his reputation upon the stormy sea of
politics, more especially with Whig pilots at the
helm. As a soldier, he is "every inch a man"—
but as a statesman he is the veriest pigmy, and
ought never to have bees thought of for the high
and important office of President of the United
States. All statesmen are not heroes—neither are
all heroes statesmen. Generals WASHINGTON and
JACKSON combined the requisite qualities for both
in an eminent degree; but Gen. TAYLOR is not a
JACKSON—stiII less can he lay claim to be a "sec
ond Washington."
Hon. William F. Packer.
This:gentleman will, doubtless, be strongly urged
for Speaker of the Senate, at the next session of
the Legislature. No better man could be selected.
Prompt in his decisions, ready as a debater, and
courteous and affable in his intercourse' with his
fellow members, he made one of the most popular
presiding officers the House of Representatives ever
had—and we doubt not, if placed in the Chair
of the Senate, that he will fully sustain the high
character he acquii-ed during the last two sessions
of the Legislature.
Election in Maryland.
At the late election in Maryland the Democrats
made a gain of 11 members of the Legislature.—
The last hou * Se of Delegates consisted of but 25
Democrats to 76 Whigs, being a majority of 32
it is now but 10. The Senate holds over from last
year.
The ..argus has made an estimate of the popular
vote of the State, taking the Congressional vote
where candidates on both sides were run—and in
two of the districts where the Democrats had no
candidates, adopting the Gubernatorial vote of
1847. From all which it appears there is a clear
Democratic majority in the State of 2,359!
The Fire still Burninx.
The old Democratic fires, to use the lUnguage of
the Baltimore Argus, are sweeping over the country
with the force and velocity of the flames upon the
dry and boundless prairies. Every thing in the
shape of Whiggery is prostrated—scarcely enough
left to make a decent funeral procession for the
defunct animal.
Now, let us hear froin New York, Louisiana and
Mississippi the same kind of music, and we shall
have had glory enough for one campaign.
The Washington Monument.
The marbk block furnished by the State ol Ar
kansas, for the National Monument at Washington
is thus described by the Arkansas Intelligeneer :
The block of marble intended for the Washingto
Monument, quarried in Carroll county, was brought
to our city on Tuesday last, under the charge of
Captain Beller. It is four feet in length, two feet
wide, and eighteen inches thick, and weighs about
2,000 pounds. The word Arkansas, in large letters,
is beautifully engraved on the lace. It will be sent
to Washington at the earliest opportunity. The
best jndges pronounce the marble of a superior
quality, although the workmanship and polish may
not compete with marble finished in the other
States. The Messrs. Bellers are entitled to great
credit for this specimen of their mechanical inge
nuity. While it will take its place in the monu
ment, and there femain as a memorial of the grate
ful hearts of our people, it will afford to the world
another proof of the vast resources of our State;
and we ,hope the day is not far distant when the
export of marble from Arkansas will prove a fruit
ful source of income and profit,
We have also seen two •inkstands, one a present
to Major Greer, of Little Rock, the other to Scott,
White & Co., the workmanship of the Messrs. Bel
lers. They are beautiful ornaments for the desk,
fine specimens of art, and nicely, ,finished. ,
Hon. Antos E. Woon (Dem.) has been elected to
Congress in the district lately represented by Hon.
R. DICKINSON, deed.
The Ohio Statesman of the 13th inst claims 18
Democrats in the Senate—and gives the Whigs 17,
and 1 Free Soiler. In the House it claims 38
Democratic' members, and gives the Whigs and
Free. Soilers . .33. One county is a tie.
117Hon..Ialsks BUCHANIA is now at Meadville,
on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Dr. Y.s.Tss, mho, we
regret to learn, has been quite ill for several weeks
past .
117 - Arkantaut lead ore yields 70 , per. cent.
The Present, and the Future.
. . . .
The result - of the recent election in Lancaster
county, would' seem to indicate that even-here, in
this Gibralter of Whiggery, ,the people are begin
ning to tbirar and act for themselves, Hundreds of
honest and wellati3aning Whigs—sincerely *irons
of advancing the country's welfare, and anxious to
see its interests promoted—have, we opine, become
disgusted with the self constituted leaders and dic
tators-if their , party, satisfied of to holloWness and
insincerity of their professiims, and are now ready
to range themselves on the side of Democracy, see
ing as they do, by the unmistakeable evidence pre
sented to their minds, that it is the true party of
progress, and to the measures advocated and en
forced by successive Democratic administrations is
the country indebted for the unparalleled prosperity
it enjoys.
Whilst we have ever been devoted in our attach
ment to the Democratic party and itrkprinciples,
believing, as we conscientiously do, that they are
best adapted to the wants and wishes of the people
—yet we have at no time been so uncharitable as
to suppose that the majority of our political oppo
nents had any other desires than the welfare and
prosperity of the country: and, in adhering to
Whig principles, they doubtless supposed they were
best assisting to advance the greatness and glory of
the Nation, and promote the comfort and conve
nience of the people. We have always believed
that the masses of the Whig party were honest in
their intentions, and that they would do nothing
knowingly but what they conceived to be right.
That they have been mistaken, and grossly deceived
and misled by their reckless and corrupt leaders,
we also believe,—and that, whenever they were
undeceived, we did not ,doubt but that many of
them would cut loose the party ties that had hitherto
bound them, and range themselves on the side of
Democracy. •
That this was the case, to some extent, at the
late election, we do not entertain a doubt—and our
faith is strong that even here, in this banner county
of Federal Whiggery, a brighter day is about dawn
ing upon the Democratic party. 'Tis true, the
Whig vote was small, compared with the number
polled last year--but, then, the Democratic vote
was correspondingly diminished, and, of course,
could not have reduced the Whig majority to nearly
one-half of what it was a twelve-month ago, had
there been no changes in our favor. And, then
again, if the administrations of JOHNSTON and
Tsimon are as popular as the Whig papers allege
they are, and the powerful appeals made by these
organs to their partisans to turn out to the election,
are taken into consideration, we think it is but fair
to presume that every Whig in the county, unless
prevented by some unavoidable cause, would have
attended the election to express their approbation
—particularly as they were all well aware of the
existence of a powerful party, determined in its
opposition to the "powers that be."
For these, and other reasons that might be ad
duced, we entertain the belief , that a gradual but
sure change is at work in the minds of many in
Lancaster county, who, for years, have been arrayed
in opposition to the Democratic party, but who,
nevertheless, are Democrats at heart, and have no
sympathies in common with the leaders who man
age and control the Whig party. We are also in
clined to the opinion, thfit many young men are
heartily tired of their connexion with a party that
does not keep pace with the progressive spirit of
the age, and are beginning to cast off the shackles
that would bind them to the decayed and rotten
systems of a former age. We are, therefore,
im
pressed with the opinion, that the Whig party of
this county is gradually on the wane, whilst the
Democratic party is proportionately on the increase
—and all that is needed to keep the current running
in our favor, is for the Democrats to pursue a pru
dent, moderate and conciliatory - course—at the same
time to present our principles in a bold, manly and
convincing light, the purity of which, as reasonable
men, our Whig friends cannot help admiring. That
done and persevered in by our Democratic friends,
it will not be long until many, who have heretofore
been ranked with the opposition, will be found
putting on our armour, and battling with a hearty
good will against the party, of special privileges
and thread-bare theories of government.
These are our convictions, after a calm survey
of the battle field—whether right or wrong, it will
be for time to determine.
Practice - vs. Profession.
From all parts of our country, says the Balti
more Argus, the cry is heard issuing from the
mouth of the rich, "encourage home industry" or
"support Arrierican manufactures." These cries
come mainly from the aristocratic portion of our
countrymen, who tell fig they have the interest of
the laboring classes at heart. They say that they
want to see the poor of America prosper in pre
ference,to the poor of every other country under
the sun, solely because they love their country and
their countrymen! These high tariff protectionists
have no sell-love—no, not they. They care noth
ing about swelling their already bloated coffers.
They do not wish to realize twenty, thirty or forty
per cent. on their heavy capitals, wrung from the
heart's blood of the masses. No, not a bit of it.
These men are prompted to advocate a high protec
tive tariff, by the purest principles of patriotism !
So they tell us. Now let us see whether their
practice accords with their professions. Go with us
to yonder splendid mansion—call up the servants
and ask who occupies it? You are told that it is
the home of the millionaire manufacturer. Take
a stroll through the splendid building, and examine
the window—you will find it is of French mann
factnre, American not being good enough. Look
at the beautiful carpets, table covers, window cur
tains, and ornaments that decorate the hall, parlors
and chambers, and you will find that they come from
abroad—are of foreign manufacture. This is the
home of the high tariff man. The clothes he puts
on—the fdod he r eatsthe coach he rides in—come
from other countries; even the airs he puts on
smell of the aristocracy of Europe.
This is no fancy sketch—it is a true picture of
the men who sing out so lustily for protection; and
we appeal to every intelligent farmer, mechanic
and laboring man, and ask them whether it is not
so. While these protectionists profess one thing,
they practice another. They call upon the masses
to sustain their selfish doctrine, telling them that it
is to their interest to do so. They use every ar
gument that their sophistical minds can invent, in
attempting to arouse the prejudices of the people
in favor of a high tariff. They employ orators and
writers to advocate the passage of - a law that will
roll silver and gold into their coffers, and thus be
enabled to live like the privileged classes of mo
narchical Europe.
We call upon our fellow-workingmen of all
parties to be watchful! Beware of the oppressor!
Adhere to the holy principles of Democracy, which
are calculated to cause "the . blessings of govern
ment, like the dews and sunshine of Heaven, to be
shed alike upon the high and the low, the rich and
the poor"—and the time must soon arrive when
all classes in the community will be prosperous
and happy—when liberty and equality will be the
rich boon of every American citizen.
IT-7 - The unexpected defeat of Mr. SANDERSON in
Bradford County, and the Democratic candidates in
Crawford County, a circumstance the more to be
regretted, as in the last mentioned county it was
accomplished through the treachery of professed
Democrats, reduces our majority in the House to
18—quite enough, however for all useful purposes.
In another column will be found a correct list of
the members elect to both branches of the Legisla
ture.
JOHN A. GAMBLE AT HOME.—The major
ity for Mr. Ossinr.c, in Jersey Shore, Lycoming
county, where he resides, is 286. The usual
Democratic majority in that town is from 60 to 601
The Nixt State Legislature.
_
The - PeirnsOcinian of Weslneislay last figs the
following - remaiks in reference to the great array of
talent found in The Democratic `members elect, and
also to the imPurtant duties that will devolve upon
them—in all of which we fully concur. In fact,
we do not recollect the time when there were as
many able mitt sent to the Legislature by either
party. It tiugtirs well for the sound intelligence
and discrimination of the people
.
We read over' the list of Democtatic members
elect to the next Legislature with real pride. The
contrast with those which have gone before, is
healthy and prelmising. It would be folly to deny
that, for many years, both parties in this State have
been too apt to;pass over the good, and to advance
the objectionable candidates, in their selections of
.nominees for Liigislators. Some of the Democratic
representatisnis leretofore have been the merest
effigies of men, and have either truckled to the
power of the Aanks, on the one hand,' or swerved
in the performalsce of a plain duty, on the other.
The result has been to awaken the attention of our
political friendslto the importance of placing our
best men before the people for the high trust of del
egates in the State Assembly. Burning with the,
recollection of the shame which a departure from
this golden rule' has reflected upon us, the Demo-
crats this year took care to put up no candidates
for Legislators, who were not, in all respects, com
petent, faithful;:and honest. The list of members
elect to both branches of that body, shows how
well and how Wisely this duty has been discharged.
The names of J. N. Conyngham, W. F. Packer,
Andrew Beauthont, Thomas S. Fernon, Charles
Frailey, John S M'Calmont, J. S. Rhey, William
Brindle, Dr. William Smith, Dr. J. R. M'Clin
tock, John B. Meek, Dr. Joshua Y. Jones, Henry
A. Muhlenbuti, J. D. Leet, J. M.- Porter, John
Cessna, with others that we could mention, are a
proud assurance that the interests of the State are
safe, and that Democratic measures will be carried
into effect boldly and uncompromisingly, by the
majorities in bfith Houses. Philadelphia contrib
utes eight sound ! and reflecting gentlemen to the
delegation in ,the House—gentlemen who know
their duties, whO will stand by the interests of the
State, and will harry out the will of their constit
uents.
Much, therefore, will be expected at the hands
of the next Legislature, and the Democrats who
will control it riaust canvass the ground before tak
ing their seats. The Apportionment bill will re
quire caution and conciliation to carry it Biro - ugh. No
Democrat will ko there to do any injustice to the
Whigs. No cause can succeed which imitates the
Whig frauds In tlie Apportionment bill of '35--36; and
the Democracy:despises an example, so unworthy.
To show that a similar wrong was contemplated
at the next sesston, we have only to allude to the
declaration of Dr. Burden, one of the Whig repre
sentatives from this city, that " he was nominated
for a special puipose," and that that purpose was
the arrangement of an Apportionment bill for the
next seven years. Other measures will invite the
attention of the. Legislature; not the least important
of which will be the passage of an act, in accord
ance with the almost universal public sentiment of
this city and county, consolidating Philadelphia
city and districts, and dividing the wards into elec
tion precints, for the purpose of allowing a minor
ity a voice in the Councils.
Florida liedeemedl---The Whig
Danner Down.
Several elections were held in the State of Florida,
on the Ist inst.; for members of the State legislature
to meet next fall. Vacancies were occasioned by
the resignation:of sundry whig members, appointed
to federal office® by the present administration, and
by deaths and other causes. By the State consti
tution, we learb, the holding of federal office and
State office by the same person is forbidden. The
elections for major generals and for brigadier gen
erals, and for 16cal offices in the different counties,
also came off at the same time. We gather from
the "Floridian and Journal," of Tallehassee, and
the "News," at Jacksonville, and other Florida
papers, the follOvving facts:
Mr. A. E. Maxwell, of Leon county, is elected
senator by a majority of 36 votes over his popular
whig competitdr, N. L. Thompson, Esq. General
Taylor's majoiity last fall was 162—democratic
gain in this county 198. Mr. M. is one of the ed:
itors of that able Democratic paper, the Floridian
and Journal. ,
In St. John's county, (St. Augustine,) the entire
democratic ticket is elected by 62 majority. It is
observed in oneof the papers. "Taylor made nearly
a clean sweep of the offices, and the people have
made a clean sweep of the Taylorities. This
majority will bk , . increased in the other precincts."
It is also stated that Colonel John Milton—one
of the Cass deinocratic electors last fall, and who
is the democratic candidate for major general of the
Ist division—hiss received large majorities in Jef..
ferson and Gadsden counties. The latter county
was Taylor in 1848. Col. M. is certainly elected
over Gen. L. A. Thompson, who was supported by
the whigs.
In Duval county, the whig vote was 121 behind
that of General Taylor last fall. Colonel Jesse
Carter, the Deniocratic candidate for major general
in East Florida,: is certainly elected by a large ma
jority; and also Colonel Francis L. Daney, the
democratic candidate for brigadier general. The
News says: •
We also lean that Colonel Robert Brown, in
Columbia county, and Mr. Horace Vaughan, in
Nassau, have been elected to the State senate, in
opposition to the whig candidates. This is a great
result, but only a shadow of what will come here
after, when discomfited Taylorism shall find no
foothold in Florida. What do Mr. Cabell and other
whig functionaries and officeholders think of thisq
The late senator from Nassau was Mr. Tracy, a
whig, appointed a live oak or lumber agent by Mr.
Secretary Mason. The increase of the democratic
vote, and the decrease of the whig vote, is sufficient
to show that thC chariot-wheels of the young State
of flowers are again on the good old democratic
track. It was boasted of by the whigs as the
"banner State.% It has struck the whig flag. It
has repudiated perfidy in political pledges, and
stands side by side with Georgia, Maryland, Penn
sylvania, and Ohio, on the democratic platform.—
Washington Union.
Democrlitic Victory in Oregon.
From the fai'-distant region of Oregon, we have
received accounts of the election of S. R. Thurston,
Esq., Democrat; as delegate to Congress. The vote
stood :
Thurston, (Dem.) 470
Columbia Lancaster, (Dem.) '321
John W. Meek, (Dem.) . 40
—Griffiri, (Dem.) 6
J. W. Nesrbith, (Whig) , 106
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature has been organized at Oregon
City. All its officers, save one, are Democrats. A
memorial to Congress had been adopted. The
Legislature adjourned on the 28th July, to meet
again on the 3d: Monday in August.
STRUCK wrier Peasx.ysts.—We learn that Dr.
A. Horass, of Pinegrove, was on Saturday week,
while on his way to Lebanon, and when near the
latter place, stricken down by paralysis. He re
maincled apparently senseless for some time, but has
since revived id some measure, and hopes are en•
tertained of his recovery.—Examiner.
He is since deceased.—Ed. Intel.
THE Ears B.L'irx.—This institution has resumed
specie payment 4, and in noting this fact, the Erie
(Pa.) Gazette sitys:
We learn frdm those who are well informed,
that its former liabilities have been honorably can
celled, and it is'.now placed upon a healthy and
permanent basks. Its notes are redeemed in this
city at 3 per cerit,
Our Rejatlops withFrance._
The New York Journal of Commerce is satisfied
'that there must be some error as to:the alleged
'declaration of the French President,;that If-France
were topgage ,in ultr, with afgrwer n , it would
he with the United .Strttes—tiiiillts conviction is
'confirmed by conversations with gentlemen recently
from Paris, is likely to . know the views of the'
French Government, who state Fonfidently that so
far from entertaining hostile feelings towards this
country, precisely the opposite is true, both. of the
French government and people. It fears that this
misinformation
"Has had an influence upon the minds and even
upon the diplomacy of the statesmen at Washing
ton, and that in consequence of this misapprehen
aion;they have interpreted as deliberately insulting
language, what was far enough from having been
So intended. On no other ground can we under
stand how a wise Administration should have per
mitted an affair so trivial in itself, to produce an
explosion; which must necessarily be unfortunate
for all concerned. From what we hear of M.
Poussin, we cannot doubt that he has been misap
prehended in this matter, as well as N. de Tocque
vine, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, both
of whom,' in common with Mr. Clayton, are com
paratively inexperienced in diplomacy, and may
have used expressions which implied more than
they intended. On the other hand, for the reason
above stated, these expressions may have been con
strued by Mr. Clayton, as implying what they did
not imply. Certainly, if he suspected that the
French Government was seeking to get up a war
between the two countries, he was in no condition
to interpret M. Poussin's language liberally, nor
scarcely even with candor., Hence, probably, the
unfortunate issue of the correspondence. Far be
it from us to desire the American Government to
submit tamely to an intentional insult from any
quarter; but believing as we do, that none was
intended in the present case, we sincerely regret
that our Government had not invited the French
Minister once more to modify his languge, instead
of setting up its back and offering him his pass
ports. A little more patience might have prevented
much inconvenience."
This is the common-sense view that the Ameri
can people will take, in spite of the bellicose swag
gering of the "peace"-prating organs. When it is
Moreover borne in mind, that Mr. Rives (of all
men in the Union!) has been sent to France at this
time, it will be universally regretted that some one
a little less "inexperienced in diplomacy" than Mr.
Clayton, is not at the head of the State Department.
CROPS IN GREAT BRITAIN.—A London
letter of the 26th ult., published in the National
Intelligencer, says:—
There is a great deal of discussion going on with
respect to the real character of the late harvest.—
On one hand, the Mark Lane Express says : " The
reports as to the yield and quality of the crops con
firm the favorable anticipation previously indulged,
and we have no hesitation in estimatina ' the pro
duce of this year's harvest above that of average
seasons." On the contrary, the Economist says :
"In various quarters we meet with disappointment
at the yield of so much of the wheat crop as'has
been tested." Messrs. Sturge say, in their circular,
the growers generally express disappointment with
the yield, in proportion to the quantity of straw.''
The Daily News says: "In all quarters, the farmers
who have thrashed any of their corn are nearly
unanimous in declaring themselves disappointed
with the quantity of grain in proportion to the
straw; while on the wide tracts of heavy land the
plant was decidedly deficient" We have conversed
with very intelligent practical men in one of the
most fruitful agricultural districts of the kingdom,
and their general opinion was, that so far as that
neighborhood was concerned, the crop, not only of
wheat, but of all other grain, was at least an aver
age one. A good deal, as respects the price of
wheat will depend upon the produce of the potato
crop. The Mark Lane Express says: " The blight
(of potatoes) is by no means so general as in for
mer seasons, and this root having been rather ex
tensively grown , we' are disposed think that the
portion of the crop which has escaped will yield a
larger quantity of sound potatoes than we have had
in either of the preceding years since the first ap
pearance of the disease." Should the potato crop
really prove deficient to any extent, it may be
doubted whether our own crops of grain would
prevent a consicrerable rise in prices. The writer
of the corn market review in the Express says:
"Our own impression is that good qualities of
red wheat are not likely to rise over 40s. the guar
ter. On the continent of Europe prices have kept
up in consequence of the generally reduced state of
the stocks of old grain. At Dantzig the best wheats
are 425. to 435. per quarter—the'freight to London
:Is. and 6d. per quarter. At Hamburg red wheat
could not be bought below 395. 3d. per quarter. At
Rotterdam, Antwerp, and in France, prices were
about the same, and a raise in these markets oc•
curred in instant response to the rise in our own
markets. In the Mediterranean, Polish Odessa
wheat and similar sorts had, notwithstanding the
total cessation of demand on British account, been
held pretty firmly. In the United States prices of
grain had been tolerably well supported, and the
value of flour had rather advanced, though the
want of orders from England had prevented much
business being done in breadstuffs."
We give you thus, somewhat in extenso, the state
ment of this our leading journal on the affairs of
the corn market. It must be borne in mind that
this publication is the avowed organ of the proter
tionist party, and its statements should be read with
a reference to that position. So far as we can
gather from intercourse with practical men in va
rious parts of the country, we are of opinion that
our wheat harvest will prove hardy an average
one.
The Czar and the Sultan
The statement in the London Times that the
Emperor Nicholas had made a peremptory demand
for the surrender of the Hungarian fugitives now
sheltered in Turkey, and had declared that he would
regard the escape of any one of them as a cams
Belli, is the most important item by far in the last
steamer's schedule of news. It was supposed that
the Sultan would persist in his refusal, in which he
is supported by the British Ambassador. The
Times seems to take it for granted that if the Rus
sians should move upon Constantinople, the Eng,
lisle fleet in the Mediterranean would interfere at
We may presume that Russia, elated by her suc
cess in Hungary, is not unwilling to find a pretext
for striking a blow at the South, in furtherance of
her long cherished designs of aggrandiiement in
that quarter. Whenever, in her estimation, the
time has come for that, we may be sure the pretext
will not long be wanting,.
The elements of liberalism in France, in Italy,
in Germany, throughout all Europe, indeed, would
be powerfully stirred by a declaration of war from
Russia on the ground stated in the Times. If the
noble champions of Hungarian, freedom are to be
persecuted to the death; if Despotism will insist
upon their blood, and is ready to go to war for the
purpose of destroying them—fugitives as they are
and broken in heart and ho - pe—then, indeed, it be
comes a fit occasion for those who hold liberal
principles in Europe to go to war in their defence.
Kossuth,Bern and Dembinski are now the represen
tatives of something more than Hungarian liberal
ism; they are the exponents of the great cause of
freedom throughout the Continent—of that cause
which with obscure perceptions and indefinite aims,
has been vaguely struggling for some kind of de
liverance during these late months and years of
commotion in the Old World.
Doubtless Russia has calculated well and has
chosen with great circumspection the moment for
her projected demonstration. The risings of the
patriots in all parts of Europe have been 'put down.
their hopes for the present have been crushed; yet
such an alienation has been produced between the
people and their governments, that there is scarcely
a nation in Europe, except Russia, that could go to
war with the cordial support of public sentiment.
Apathy and sullen indifference have followed the
recent popular struggles in Austria, in Prussia and
to some extent in France. This last named country,
having refused countenance to those who in neigh
boring nations sought to imitate the French exam
ple Of 'republicanism, may now have an opportunity
of considering how far her chances of success in a
war of opinions" and systems are likely to ; be im
proved by a postponement of that war—the post
ponement having enabled the champions of des•
potic power to concentrate , their forces, and to
stand ready for the coming contest: in all the flush
of recent victory.—BakimoreviSnerkao.
Vote for Canal Commissioner.
. .. . ...... . V .,...
1c...A.161.5. Fur.Laiz. Cr.as.vas.
Allegheni, • 5103 6236 523
Adams, .. _ 1256 1645
Armstrong, " 200
Berks, i 6827 , 2867 , 2
Bedford, ' - ,:- 2579. . • 2524 -::,'--- '
Butler, I 2092 , i . - 172 - '.'''
Bucks, • 4657 ' 4432
Bradford, 2687 - - -.;.p434 `1
"Blair.,-;, , , 13111?. :1730 . .: •
teavefi! - .. 188 t, - - 1875- . ‘i
Cumberland,' 2909 '2558'
Carbon, 756 490
Cambria, 1375 1128
Centre, 2093 1382
Clinton, • 1001 v - - 670
Chester, 4238 5085
Crawford, • 2483 2204
Columbia, 2423 1696 16
Clarion, 1851 940
Clearfield, 891 . 526
Delaware, 1311 1743
Dauphin, 2108 2788 80
Elk, - 100 ,
Erie, 1369 2503
Fayette, 2645 2113
Franklin, 2666 3097
Greene, 2048 1048
Huntingdon, 1330 1787
Indiana, 123 U 1729
Jefferson, 870 463 ,
Juniata, 1099 929
Lancaster, 4224 . 7123
Lehigh, 260
Lebanon, . 1788 2378
Lycoming, 2130 1524
Lawrence, 1067 1689
Luzerne, 3149 2578
Monroe, 1303 241
Montgomery, 5081 3698 82
Idliean, . 110
Muffin, 1305 1031
Mercer, 2618 2424
Northumberland, 1874 1111 ti 2
Northampton, 2982 2215
Phila. City, 4602 7386 • 698
Phila. County, 14680 11714 1815
Pike, 655 119
Perry, 1419 927
Putter, 546 282 '
Susquehanna, 2073 1391
Schuylkill, 3551 , 3478 215
Somerset, 964 2141
Sullivan, 330 149
Tioga, 1681 1183
Union, 1820 2431
Venango, 1028 511
Westmoreland, 4097 2397
Wayne, 650
Washington, 45U
Warren, 97.2 • 784
Wyoming, • 706 766
Yofk, 4035 3359
137,622 125,635 3770
Where the figures are carried out in detail, the
returns are official.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
1. Philadelphia City—Benjamin Mathias, IVin
✓l. Crabb.
2. Philadelphia County—Thomas S. Fernon,*
Thomas H. Forsthe, Peleg B. Savery.
3. Montgomery—Joshua Y. Jones.*
4. Chester and Delaware—H. Jones Brooke.
5. Berks—Henry A. Muhlenberg."
6. Bucks—Benjamin Malone.-
7. Lancaster and Lebanon—Jos. Konighmacher,
Joseph Stine,
8. Monroe, Carbon, Schuylkill and Pike—
Charles Franey.*
9. Northampton-and Lehigh—Conrad Shimer.*
10. Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming—Fran
cis B. Streeter.
11. Bradford and Tioga—John W. Guernsey.*
12. Lycoming, Clinton, Centre and Sullivan—
Wm. F. Packer.*
13. Luzerne and Columbia—Valentine Best.
14. Northumberland and Dauphin—R. N. Frick.
15. Cumberland and Perry—R. C. Sterrett.
16. Mifflin, Juniata and Union—l. J. Cunning
ham.
17. York—Henry Fulton.*
18. Franklin and Adams—TV. R. Sadler.
19. Huntingdon, Bedford and Blair—Alexander
King.
20. Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria and Clearfield
—Augustus Drum.
21. Westmoreland and Somerset—lsaac Hugus.
22. Fayette and Greene—Maxwell MCaslin.
23. Washington—G. V. Lawrence.
24. Allegheny and Butler—George Darsie,
H. Haslett.•
25. Beaver and Mercer—David Sankey.
26. Crawford and Venango—J. Porter Brawley.
27. Erie—John H. Walker.*
28. Warren, Jefferson, McKean and Elk—Tim
othy Ives.
New members marked*
Democrats 17—Whigs 16.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams—Daniel M. Smyser.
Allegheny—R. C. 'Walker, William Epsy, John
Miller, J. R. McClintock.
Armstrong—John S. Rhey.
Beaver and Lawrence—John Allisot4 Win. Smith.
Berks—Daniel Zerby, Wm. Shailher, Alexander
S. Feather, John C. Evans.
Bedlord—John Cessna,Samuel Robinson.
Blair—Charles E. Kikead.
Bucks—James Flowers, Hiram A. Williams, Ed
ward Nicklesen.
Butler—D. H. B. Boyer.
Bradford—Charles Stockwell, Joseph C. Powell.
Cambria=Wm. A. Smith.
Chester—David J. Bent, John Acker, John S.
Bowen.
Centre and Clearfield—John B. Meek, J. B
Hemphill.
Cumberland—Henry Church, Thos. C. Scouller.
Columbia—Benjamin P. Fortner.
Cravirlord—.diwon Leonard, Benjamin G. David.
Dauphin—John.B. Rutherford, Thomas Duncan.
Delaware—James J. Lewis.
Erie—James C. Reed, Leffert Hart.
Franklin— William Baker, John McLean.
Fayette—James P. Downer,Joseph E. Griffin.
Greene—Lewis Roberts,
Huntingdon-3. K. Cornyn. ,
Indiana—Wm. Evans.
Jefferson, Clarion and Venango—John McCal
mont, John Hastings.
Lebanon—John W. Killinger.
Lehigh and Carbon—Robert Klotz, Sam'l Marx.
Luzerne—Andrew Beaumont, J. Y. Conyngham.
Lancaster—Andrew Wade, Lewis Hurford, Jacob
.Messly, Robert Baldwin. A. Scott Ewing.
Lycoming, Clinton, Potter and Sullivan—Wm.
Brindle, Wm. Dunn.
Mifflin—Alexander Gibboney.
Montgomery—Wm. Henry, W. T. Morrison,
David Evans.
Mercer—John Hoge, Morris Leech.
Northumberland—John B. Packer.
Northampton and Monroe—James M. Porter,
Michael Meyers, John D. Morris.
Perry—David Steward.
Philadelphia City—Thomas R. Steele, George H.
Hart, Charles O'Niell, Jesse R. Burden, Craig Biddle.
Philadelphia County—Thomas K. Finletter, Fay
ette Pierson, Joseph G. Molloy, Wash. J. Jackson,
Richard Simpson, Wm. H. Solider, Henry Huplet,
Sylvester Cridlad.
Schuylkill—William J. Dobbins, IVicholas Jones.
Somerset—Henry Little.
Susquehanna and Wyoming—Sidney B. Wells,
Ezekiel Mowry.
Tioga--Jerenniah Black.
Washington—Jonathan D. Leet, Thos. Watson.
Warren, McKean and Elk--Glenni W. Scofield.
Westmoreland—John F. McCulloch, H. P. Laird,
Joseph Guffey.
Wayne and Pike—Thomas Grier.
Union and Juniata—Eli Slifer, John MeLaughlin.
York—Jacob S. Haldeman, Alex. C. McCurdy,
Edmund S. Trone.
Democrats in Roman—Whigs in Italic.
'Democrats 59—Whigs 41.
Majority on joint ballot 19 !
Mr Mrs. LYDIA. J. PIERSON, is to be one of the
editors of the Literary Gazette, of this city.
Now for New York.
While the indomitable Democracy of Maine,
Connecticut Vermont, Maryland, Tennessee, Geor
gia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, &c., have been achieving
mighty victories, and accomplishing wonderful
revolutions in their political localities, New York
has only been drilling and marshalling her forces
for the November battle-field. The Democracy,
says the New York Globe, in every instance where
it has been permitted to encounter itkarch, despe
rate enemy, since 1848 ; has conquered triumphantly.
The enemy has been as effectually repulsed as were
their Mexican friends and abettors during the late
war. The succession of Democratic victories are
similar to those which commenced at Palo Alto
and ended at the "City of the Aztecs." They are
a perfect resemblance, and, politically, have the
same tendency, Not a gun was fired in Mexico
but brought down a live Mexican—not a ballot
has been thrown but has brought down ?'Coon."
—Pennsylvania».
.Cheadh.---.ll.mtexation to the 11. S.
The intelligence from Canada, informing us of
the movement at Montreal in favor of annexation
to the United States, is highly important An Ad-
Iris to the people of Canada has just appeared,
Wiih.the signatures of . some thr4:hundis' d of the
most influential citizens of Montreid It sets forth
the many evils under which the Provinces are'suf
feriiigi'it discusses various propositions for relief,
and iorneito-the conclusion that the final remedy
for Colonial :grievances consists in a 'friendly and
peaceful sepciration from British connexion, and a union
upon equitable terms with the great North ihnericah
Confederacy of Sovereign States."
This avowal is calmly made; and along with it
goes the expression of sentiments of kindness and
respect towards Great * Britain, without whose con-
sent it is declared that separation is not to be con
sidered as either practicable or desirable.
=
The change of policy which has taken place in
England, by which her dependencies lose all the
advantages while they retain all the inconveniences
of the Colonial relation, has evidently prepared the
public mind of Canada for a disruption of the ties
that bind her to the mother country. While the
Corn Laws continued, the produce of Canada had
the benefit of a high protection in the markets of
Great Britain. The abrogation of those laws
places Canada upon the footing of other countries
—with this difference, that while the British market
offers no advantage to Canada, the Canadian mar
ket is monopolized by British manufacturers. '
•Ft is worth while to note the stress which is laid
upon this fact in the Montreal Manifesto. If Can
ada could have home manufactures she might give
up the benefits formerly derived from the Corn Laws.
But it is not the policy of England that her Colo
flies should manufacture anything. " With super.
abundant water tower and cheap labor, especially
in Lower Canada," sayi the Address, "we have yet
no domestic manufactures; nor can the most san
guine, unless under altered circumstances, anticipate
the home growth, or advent from foreign parts, of
either capital or enterprise to embark in this great
source of national wealth."
The movement at Montreal is the first definite
step in the matter of annexation, and it seems to
bring the issue into a startling prominence. It is
intimated in some quarters that local discontents
have instigated many to join in this Manifesto, who
have no wish to see annexation consummated, but
desire merely to alarm the British Government and
to intimidate it, if possible, into acquiescence with
their demands. But the thing once started will be
likely to get beyond the control of finesse and
such petty diplomacy. The tendency towards an
nexation grows out of that natural instinct which
impels a people to demand a political existence of
their own, when the colonial state no longer con
tributes to their growth and prosperity. Canada,
as a parasite plant, would have clung longer to the
parent stock, if it could have continued to draw
subsistence therefrom. But now that she has to
pay the expenses of her own government, without
any commercial privileges pertaining to her relations
with Great Britain, it is quite natural that she should
wish to enjoy for herself all the advantages of self.
government.—Baltimore .9merican:
The Campaign just Closed.
The late campaign was opened on the part of
the Federalists, says the Democratic Union, by
Gov. -JOHNSTON parading Gen. TAYLOR through
Pennsylvania, in Aunust, with a set speech put in
his mouth, that he was the special friend of Amer
ican manufactures, and particularly the friend of
the iron interest. He was in favor of specific du
ties, and was even willing to violate his oft-repeated
pledge of not interfering with the action of Congress,
by recommending a change in the admirable tariff
of 1846. Then came forward the Whig candidate
for Canal Commissioner, HENRY M. Fusr,En, who
stumped the State from the Delaware to Pittsburg,
and fror'rt. the Maryland to the New York line,
promising all things to all men—better protection
to the iron and coal interests—more work to the
laboring man—higher prices to the farmers—and,
above all, he was to complete the North Branch
Canal, and redeem a large portion of the State debt
at the same time. He was all things to all men—
a Native among Natives, an Irishman among Irish
men, the friend of the German farmers, and a Free
Soiler to suit circumstances. The Governor, too,,
tried his hand at bargaining with the Natives in
Philadelphia, and the Free Soilers in the North ;
but the violated pledges of the former campaign
stood out in bold relief in the memory of the people
of Pennsylvania, and they were determined to re
buke both the National and State administrations.
Canal Commissioner.
M. FMITOR :—Be pleased to insert the cordial
approval of a fellow-Democrat, of the introduction
of the name of PF.TER MARTIN, Esq. as'a candidate
for Canal Commissioner, in the last No. of-the In
telligencer, signed " SINCERITY."
Mr. IVIenTiN has made honesty, sobriety, and
Democracy his constant study through life. He is,
characteristic of our much lamented SHUN K. 'Phe
latter received the appropriate appellation of " Hon
est FRANK i" whilst the former is entitled to the
term of "Honest PETER."
His peculiar observance of method in business
and rigid attention to his duties, served as a con
stant passport, in his continued progress, to that
eminent distinction, as Afagistrate in Elizabeth
township.
I feel a confident persuasion that I shall be sup
ported in my opinion by every reader who knows
him; that if he bb elevated to the office of Canal
Commissioner, the public will receive that incor
ruptible and vigilant attention requisite for the
Public Good.
NEW Counts.—The Presbyterian Congregation
of this City have it in contemplation to erect a new
Church edifice on the site of the present old one.
They need it very much, and we have no doubt the
wealth and public spirit of the congregation will
prompt them to put up a building which — ahall be
an ornament to the City, and keep pace with the
spirit of improvement so strongly characteristic of
CARLISLE CORRESPONDENCE. I the present age.
CARLISLE, October 22, 1849
The woodsawyer of the " Charcoal Sketches"
dolefully murmured that steam power was so inter
meddling with manual labor, people would soon be
of no use at all, and in hie sullen discontent he de
terminately averred that lie would put a teakettle
full of boiling water in his belly and turn steam
engine. The newspaper correspondent has as much
right to complain of the progress of improvement
as had the poor sawyer—at least, has he, so far
as it regards the transmission of that which in
homely Saxon we call news--for scarcely has lie
succeeded in taking the nib from hie pen to com-'
municate with a distant editor, when the very thing
which he was about to tell on paper as a "laugha
ble occurrence," " unfortunate accident," " awful
disclosure," or "marriage extraordinary," is known
abroad by the silent, sneaking workings of those
infernal horizontal lightning rods. Perhaps, before
the poor devil gets his letter to the post office, the
editor to whom it is addressed is busily engaged in
.a far City packing up his papers for subscribers,
containing the "particulars" of what the scribbling
dupe imagined he would be the first to communi
cate. The telegraph has tricked him, and he gets
no editorial thanks for hie written information, but
rather an illnatured ejaculation- such as cc pay your
postage next time."
But we will not rail against the tell-tale wires,
they but repeat the story as it is given them, they
"nothing extenuate nor aught set down in malice."
We have telegraphs around us, about us, and in
our midst, deserving blame. If a young lady is
seen on the street with a hole in her stocking, or is
detected through a parlor window by a peeping
sneak in receiving from her lover his parting ten.
o'clock kiss, the young men constitifte a line of tel
egraphs: Is gossip abroad, woman's tongue', is a
telegraph. Does malevolence put slander afloat,
the whole community forms a reticulated telegraphic
system. Against such as dere let diadly shafts be
hurled.
" The magnetic cord 'may have anticipated, me,
nevertheless I note you an item or two. Soree'sen,
Ration was created in our town on Monday evening
last, by the discovery that a duel was to come off
according to the'atriet_ruleaoLthetcode of honor,
•
between a young officer at the garrison and a young
.gentleinan who resides close by the Borough, and
that_ lAfi;krmatloii had been lodged with a magistrat,
and 'it warrant issued by him for the arrest of the
parties. The circumstances, as nearly as I have
learned them, out of which the matter arose, seem
to be these. Some eight or ten days previously
these young gentlemen had involved themselves in .
some misunderstanding with each other, and as
there seemed to be no possibility of an amicable -;
arrangement of it, the officer, a Lieutenant, .chal
lenged his adversary to the field, there to terminate
this dispute in a gentlemanly manner. The chal
lenge was accepted, the seconds chosen, two young
gentlemen. of town, and arrangements made that
the party should leave Carlisle on that night, at 12
o'clock, for a designated spot in Maryland, where
shots were to be exchanged: The affair was; how
ever-,
some way divulged, and their departure ar
rested by the capture on the warrant alluded to, of
the citizen party, on the evening of Monday, who
promptly entered bail for his appearance at the
next Court of Quarter Sessions. The other party
- was arrested at the garrison on the following morn
ing and brought to town; he too gave the required
bail. The seconds have not been, thus far, moles
ted
by the law. Whether the matter will end here
cannot be told; possibly they may yet fight it out;
this, however, is not probable, it is more likely
that time and reflection will cool the blood of both.
A letter has been received by a gentleman in
Carlisle, from somewhere on the over land route to
California, stating that George Fleming, Esq., who
left for the diggings with the Carlisle party in
March or April last, is homeward bound. I can
hardly think that Mr. Fleming, when almost within ,
sight of the promised land, would quail, retrace
his steps, and live over again all hie sufferings
outward.
The lashing that Taylorism got at the last elec
tion•has compelled it to hide its diminished head,
and hushed it into silence. The Democracy donut
tread upon the poor thing, but let it crawl along as
wholly harmless in its utter prostitution.
TOWN FACTS AND FANCIES.
.117 - I.laj. Gen. GEORGE FORD, has issued a Divis
ion Order, in obedience to instructions from the
Adjutant General, requiring the Brigadier Gener
als, Brigade Inspectors, Colonels, Regimental and
Staff Officers of his Division, to equip themselves
with the Undress Frock Coat and Forage Cap, pre
scribed by the regulations for Officers of the same
rank in the Regular Army. He also recommends
that, in the format ion of new Volunteer Companies,
the members adopt thi Fatigue or Undress Uniform,
worn by the same branch of the service in the
Army, arid that the uniform of the- Officers of such
new Companies correspond with the same. Offi
cers who have procured the Full Dress Uniform
will not be affected by the order.
GENERAL AGENCY OFFICE.—This establishment,
located in North Queen Street, is one which deser
ves the patronage of this community. Something
of this kind has long been needed here to meet the
growing wants of the City and County of Lancaster,
and our friend HAMILTON is the very man to make
it useful as,. a place of general intelligence. For
particulars, see advertisement in another column.
;Kr Look at JUDD & MURRAY'S advertisement.
They have a splendid assortment of neW and valu
able Books, besides Stationary, &c., Ate. Call at
their establishment, and judge for yourselves. •
THE MAGAZINES.—The "Lady's Book," and
"Graham's Magazine," for November, are already
published, and both fully sustain the high character
to which they have already attained. For sale at
Holden's Magazine," for November, is a
valuable number, more than sustaining the high
character the periodical. has already acquired in
the reading community.
NovEt.e..—"Rockingham,or the Younger B rother , '
—a new novel, abounding in interest—for sale at
Glut's—price 25 cents
"Maternal Love," is the title of an interesting
novel, just issued by Stringer & Townsend, New
York, and for sale at Grim's—price 25 cents.
itti - Governor JouNsToa honored this city with a
flying visit on yesterday week, but attracted very
little attention from any person. The next we
hear of him is, that he arrived in Washington the
following day—no doubt for'the purpose of paying
Old Zack a visit, and administering some consola
tion to him for the overwhelming defeat of the Ad
ministration in Pennsylvania.
COUNTY CODIMISSIONEREL—The new hoard organ
i.red on Monday last, and now consists of John
Witmer, Henry Musselman and David Styers, Esqrs.
Henry G. Long, Esq., was re-appointed Solicitor,
and Mr. Peter G. Eberman, Clerk. Mr. Henry
Lechler, of Intercourse, was appointed Mercantile
Appraiser for the ensuing year.—ExaMiner.
For ILc Itttelhgrnrcr.
ANOTHER AECIDENT.—We learn from the Express,
that on Thursday last a portion of the scaffolding
at the New Prison gave way, and precipitated five
of ... the workmen to the ground, adistmice of some
twenty-live or thir,ty feet. Three of the men were
seriously injured by falling across some frame work,
the other two received but slight bruises, and were
able to return to their work the name day.
tans LIGHT.—The Gas Company have, for a week
past, had workmen employed in South Queen St.,
digging trenches for the gas pipes: We may there
fore expect, in a short time, to have our "go ahead"
city beautifully lighted up—cheering intelligence,
no doubt, to those who have occasion to "be
about" alter nightfall.
MOUNT JOY
RAIN !—We had quite a juicy time of it on Sun,
day last, in this vicinity. In the evening the rain
fell in torren ts—so much so, than none but the
mostreligious folks would venture out to church.
We were there. •
Lord Elgin at Toronto.--Removal
of the seat of •Government.
114OrrIty.AL, Oct. 15th.
Intelligence t has reached us from Toronto that
Lord Elgin has leased a private residence in that
city. We have also received a telegraphic despatch
from thence, stating that the c removal of the seat
of Government from Montreal is believed to be now
certain. It is thought the publication of the Mani
festo here has led to this decision, and that as
Montreal is lost beyond redemption to the loyalist
party, Toronto may be preierred by being made
the seat of Government.
117 Miss Fillmore, a daughter of the Vice Pres
ident of the United States, recently received an
appointment as teacher in one of the public schools
of Buffalo, and is now acting in, that capacity.—
How striking an illustration of the simplicity of
our republican .institutions! Miss . Fillmore received
her education at the State Normal School.
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