jutelliginter .St , journal. GEORGE SANDERSON, EDITOR Lancaster;November, 20, 11849. PROSPECTUS For publishing in the City of Lancaster, in connexion - with the Intelligencer, Gerrntin Democratic paper, to be called 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 above 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 "EAura" will be printed on a medium sheet, and furnished to subscribers at the low price of $l,OO per annum—payable in advance, or before the expiration of six months from the time of sub scribing. GEO. SANDERSON. INTELLIGENCEII OFFICE, Lancaster, September 11, 1849. Ennszs..=Two errors occurred last week, in the article headed Franklin College. For "instrument," in the second paragraph, read investment—and for "Farmers," in the fifth, read Germans. Compositors do sometimes make mistakes, but, in this case, they were not discovered in time for correction. Ho, for California! If any of the good citizens of Lancaster county desire to take a trip to the gold regions of the West, we would recommend them to look at an advertise ment .in another column from the office of the Philadelphia and Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. It will be there seen that a splendid steamship will leave Philadelphia for Chagres, on the 1 lth of December next, and the rates of fare, we take it. are extremely moderate. The accommodations on board the vessel will be all of the best kind, and nothing will be omitted to ensure the safety and comfort of the passengers. There is no Election pending now We learn that the Phamix Line has bought off the Hamilton cars from the way train; and has again the whole control of this line to Itself. To this, of course, there could be no objection, were it not for the fact that, no sooner is it accomplished, than the fare is raised to $2,50 from this city to Philadelphia, the same rate that was charged pre vious to the time Mr. Hamilton's car was placed .upon the road! But all this is done since the elec tion. Prior to it, this company, through General Miller, made a great noise about favoritism, extor tion, -&c., &c., and attempted, by that course, to defeat the election of Mr. Gamble. Failing in this, they now turn round, and in the very teeth of their declarations, pursue the same course of extortion which they Were then so vociferous in condemning. The fare now to Philadelphia, on all the lines, is therefore $2,50, instead of $2,00 which it was a short time ago. We again repeat our hope that the Legislature will take this matter in hand_at an early day, and see that the fare is reduced to a reasonable rate.— Let it be done promptly and permanently, so that the travelling community may know what they have to depend upon. Let the State place cars upon the road and carry passengers to the exclu sion of companies—or else regulate the fare, and throw the road open to competition. If the toll exacted by the Commonwealth is too high, let it be at once reduced ; and let every thing be done that can be accomplished to ensure cheap, expedi tions and safe travelling to the people. "Curses come home to Roost:, And the same may be said of violated pledges, says the Nashville Union, as is proved by the result of the elections which have been held since Gen. Taylor began to act upon the presumption, that the solemn pledges made by him, in reference to pro scription, were merely electioneering tricks to catch votes. It may be that he regarded it as quite smart, and quite as honorable to humbug the peo ple, as to whip the Mexicans; but, if so; he should have remembered that the American people had a remedy which the Mexicans did not possess; and, no doubt, by this time he has found out what that remedy is. A New York Whig paper recently made the very candid and sensible remark, that Executive patronage could be employed so as to build up a party; and that it could be misapplied so as to break down a party ;—the President had made the latter application of his power, and had already well nigh ruined poor whiggery. We agree with this editor so far as he goes; but our opinion is that whiggery is "clean gone;' and that it has been too soundly cudgeled and battered to recover for the next dozen of years. Some Crumbs of Comfort fox Whiggery. The crushing disasters that have befallen the Whig party, at the recent elections in the west, south-west, north and south, have really a tendency to induce one to pity their condition, and administer some little consolation so as to prevent them from committing suicide through sheer grief. To en courage our Whig friends, as much as possible to bear up under their numerous misfortunes, we now inform them that they have actually elected a mem ber of Congress in the Wheeling district of Virginia, through the feuds and contentions that prevailed in the Democratic' party , there! We also, in a spirit of kindness, assure thein that in Massachusetts, they have come within two or three thousand of electing their candidate for Governor, by the people! and also that they haile carried a majority in both branches of the Legislature! If we had any more news of the same sort, we would give it with the greatest of pleasure, as we do not like to see the blueish, elongated, dejected - looking countenances of our Whig friends, who, -barring their politics, are a pretty clever Set of fellows, without, as a genuine philanthropist, mak ing every effort in our power to relieve them. We hope they will take our kindly act in good past, and that the few items of encouragement we have been able to give may have the desired effect of restoring them to some degree, at least, of cheer fulness and hope. The Lamented Dead. The body of the late Gen. Won-ra, with those of his companions in arms, Col. litniiiceiv and Major GATES, arrived at New York, in the Steamship Ohio, and were buried on Thursday last with mili tary honors. The trustees of Greenwood Cemetery have, it is said, presented to the city of New York a large plat of ground, to be devoted to the erection of a monument to these and other departed officers who May hereafter lose their lives in the; service of their country. NEW Mexico.—A Santa Fe correspondent of the St. Louis; Republican, states that Hugh Smith, Esq., was chosen Delegate to Congress, and that he is now on his way to Washington to take his seat in the House at the ensuing session. Hon. CIIARLLS Horrost, for a number of years one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of this State, died on the 10th instant, at his residence in BeMonte. T‘The Democratic Party Dis solved.” Immediately upon the election of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency, to borrow the idea from the Pitts burg Past, every whig and whigling from Dan to Beersheba exclaimed, with rapturous ejaculations, that—" the Demerara* Party teas dissolved .`° Mis taken souls, they little dreamed that their victory,. obtained - by misrepresentation and dissimulation, would, only prepare the way for their complete overthrow and.: annihilation before twelve months shOuld roll around! Yet, such has been their ter rible fate. The glorious democracy of the Union have aroused in their might, like a lion from his lair, and swept whiggery with the besom of destruction. Every election, save one or two in the N. England States, that has been held since the advent of Tay lorism, has resulted in favor of the Democracy, and disastrously to the whigs. Behold the victories! COIZNECTICIIT, that gave her electoral vote to Taylor by a large majority, has elected three of the four members of Congress. Vinonts has elected thirteen of the fifteen mem bers of Congress TEXAS is democratic all over, as usual, only a little more so TENNESSEE, that went for Taylor by thousands, has elected a democratic governor by a large majority. Ismess has gone for the democrats by an increased majority of thousands. Lows has not left a greaSe-spot of whiggery within her borders. NORTH. CAROLINA shows a very large democratic KENTUCKY, that went for Taylor, has sent a majority of Democrats to her State Convention now in session. GF.ORGFA, that gave her vote to Taylor, has elected a democratic governor and a democratic legislature by large majorities. Muse is Democratic by thousands, and whig gery there has been knocked into a three-cocked hat! AI/RYLAND, that went largely for Old Zack, has a democratic majority of about 2,000 on the popu lar vote, and sends one additional democratic mein- ber to Congress Omo has elected a democratic legislature, and has a large democratic majority on the popular PENNSYLVANIA, that gave her vote to Taylor, has elected a' democratic canal commissioner by twelve thousand majority, and has a handsome dem ocratic majority in both branches of the legislature. LouisiANA, Gen. Taylor's own State, that also gave her vote to him last tall, has just elected three democratic members to Congress of the four, a democratic governor, and a democratic legislature! Mississippi, that. Taylor came within a few hundred votes of carrying, has elected the brave Quitman, governor, all four Democratic members of Congress, (being a gain of one!) and a large majority in both branches of the legislature. AIICIUGAN, the gallant Wolverine State, has but recently reaffirmed her faith by electing a demo cratic governor and a democratic legislature over all oppositioh by at least :VDU majority. INTEw Ynari, that went for Taylor by 50,00 1 1, has reduced that .majority to just nothing at all! and the Democrats have elected one-half of the ' State officer& and one-halt the members in both branches ol the legislature.? Kew .Tuassv has come nigh repudiating Taylor ism, having given the democrats a majority of over :3,1)00 un the popular vote, and reduced the whig majority in the legislature from 23 to 7! And Wiscoxsis closes the campaign of by electing the democratic candidate for governor, State officers, and a large majority in the legis• lature. Call ye all this. friend whiggies, a "dissolution of the democratic party!" We like such a dissolu tion vastly. It makes the democrats feel a con sciousness that the, inglorious reign of federal whig gery will he of short duration—that its days are already numbered—and that its termination will he brought about so soon as an indignant people can have an oppOrtunity at the ballot-box. Now, then, democrats—ask your Whig neighbors whether they still think our party is dissolved? If they answer in the affirmative, then ask them to explain the "why, and wherefore . ' of the above mentioned unparalleled victories, that have never been equalled since the days of the patriot Jackson. The Memory of Mr. Polk. Amongst the first proceedings after the organiza tion of the Tennessee Legislature, now in session at Nashville, was the adoption of a joint resolution authorising a select committee of the two Houses to make arrangements for the delivery of an Eulogy upon the life and character of the late President POLK, whose decease on the 15th of June last is still remembered with mourning, over all the land. The Hon. A. 0. P. NICHOLSON, the early and in timate friend of the lamented ex-President, was selected to pronounce the eulogy. We learn from the Nashville Union that the ceremonies, which were of a very imposing character, took place on the lst inst. An immense procession, composed of Military, Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Sons of Tem perance, Firemen, members of the Legislature, Judges, Attorneys, Citizens generally and strangers, was formed in the Public Square, and marched from thence to the M'Kendree Chapel. The Union thus speaks of the eulogy : Mr. Nicholson's oration was replete with thought as well as feeling. While he exhibited the triumphs achieved by the industry and energy of the lamen ted subject of his eulogy, he showed also, in the glowing and earnest style of expression, the advan tages which all may derive from such an example. Not one of the multitude retired, nor manifested the slightest weariness, during nearly two hours time, in which lie recounted before them the most prominent incidents in. the life of Mr. Polk. He dwelt longest, of course, upon his achievements as a statesman, and upon those stirring times of partizan strife in our country's history, in which Mr. Polk was called upon to take so conspicuous a part; and while lie recounted, with the just pride - of an American citizen, the greatness and renown to which his country has attained by adhering to those grand principles of republicanism of which Mr. Polk has been the acknowledged champion for so many years, he was not unmindful to record that most worthy and most important passage in the life of every truly great man, which describes how he "set his house in order," with reference to his eternal interests. Mr. Polk died a christian. It would be difficult to decide between the value of the impression received from the words of the Eulogist, and those produced by the music of the full and well practiced choir, as applied to the fol lowing beautiful funeral hymn, with which also the Eulogy itself was concluded: He's gone to his home, like a well ripen'd sheaf, The ear in its fullness, and sear in its leaf; The angels have borne him with joy to the skies, The portals of heaven have closed on their prize. He's gone, like the sun at the dying of day, When shades veil the earth as its fight fades away, In greatness he ruled, and in glory he rose, When call , d by the Saviour from this world of woes. He's gone, like the waters in brightness that flow, While verdure and flowers clothe their banks as they go, Till forth to the deep, in their grandeur they roll ; He's gone to the ocean, the home of the soul. He's gone! and the nation is in sackcloth dressed ; We mingle our tears round the place of his rest! Like a widow, who deeply doth mourn in her weeds, We linger in love round the scene of his deeds. He watch'd o'er the nation, he saw her bright form Arise in its beauty 'mid battle and storm, Our sighs, like an orphan's, are heavily drawn, While speaks the cold marble—He is gone! he is gone. The Legislature directed the printing, at the public expense, of 7,500 copies of the Address for distribution. We shall endeavor to publish some portions of it in the Intelligencer, if we can procure a copy. Tut SATIIRDAT COURIEU CASE.—The long pen ding case of Holden -vs. McMakin, has at length been settled at Philadelphia. The defendant has paid to the executors of the plaintiff' $45,00D in cash, as their half of the value of the establishment, besides $50,330 in outstanding debts. General Taylor's Failure as Pres- ident. We believe it is now the sentiment of nine-tenths of the American people, that General Taylor's ex periment as President of the United States has turned out to be a complete failure. No man came into power under more favorable or natter ing auspices. He had just returned from the fields of Mexico covered with laurels won for him by the brave army which he commanded. His polit ical opinions, from studious concealment, were tt,' known. He was, indeed, represented to be a whig, but not an ultra one. His principles and senti ments were represented by himself and his advo cates to be of the most moderate and liberal char acter. He was represented by his friends—and he so represented himself—not to be a partisan. He was held up as the friend of both parties—to be opposed to the violence and asperities of partisan politics; and he was hailed by many of both polit ical parties as the man who would put an end to the fierce party contlicts,and the procriptions which followed them, with which they believed the coun try had been afflicted under the lead and influence of mere politicians. He held forth the same senti ments himself in the letters, which were written for him, and which bore his signature. He avowed himself opposed to proscription, and even proclaim ed in his inaugural address that no man should be removed from office, whatever might be his polit ical opinions except tbr good and sufficient cause. It was under such circumstances that he came into power. The people of the United States in a bo dy were kindly disposed towardshim, and wished him well. 'The Whigs were bound to stand by him, be cause they had made him their candidate, and sup ported him as such, although they did it under the compulsion of their own desperate political for tunes, and not for any personal regard for him, having but little hope that they were to gain more by his election than theif opponents. And the democrats, although they had opposed him as the candidate of the Whig party, felt kindly towards him, and were not disposed to wage a violent op position against his administration, if it should be conducted in the spirit of the promises and pledges made by him, and by his friends - 1n his behalf, pre vious to his election. The democratic leaders feared most, that he would administer the govern ment/ in that spirit of liberality and conciliation which he had promised, and that thus he would be the great instrument of disorganizing their party. which would cause them years of hard and patient labor to reconstruct. Such, we repeat, were the citcumstances under which General Taylor assumed the office of the presidency. No man ever ascended to that high position under . auspices so' favorable. His true policy was most obvious. It was straight-forward. He had only to be AN HONEST MAN, to gain both the applause and the affections of his countrymen. He had only to redeem the pledges which he made . in order to attain the high office to which, on the faith of those pledges, the people elevated him—in order to become the most popular and powerful Chief Magistrate since the days of Jackson. If he had proved himself to be the President of the peo ple instead of a party—it he had treated both par ties with the same impartial justice—if he had not proscribed one party, and thrown himself into the hands of the other, permitting its leaders to use him as a mere passive instrument to carry out their selfish schemes of party and individual aggran• I dizement—he woul4have endeared himself to the I masses of the people, and his hold upon their affec tions and support could not have been shaken by the arts and wiles of partisan leaders. While he I would have thus made his own influence and power jalmost omnipotent, he most probably would have been the means of disorganizing both parties; thus j causing a fusion of political elements, which it Iwould have taken years to separate and re-combine into new political organizations. All this was in the power of Gen. Taylor to accomplish, if he had possessed the capacity to perceive his true position on his advent to the Presidency, and the firmness to act in accordance with the policy which it dictated. But, unfortunately for his own reputation, and very fortunately for the Democratic party, lie proved to be unequal to his high fortunes. His weakness, his inexperience, and (the events of his presidential career thus far justifies us in saying) his bitter hatred to Democracy, concealed by artful and stu dious misrepresentations during the canvass, corn pelled him to throw himself into the arms of the wily and unscrupulous leaders of federalism. He thus abandoned the people for party. He became the passive instrument, in the hands of the leaders of federalism, of the most vindictive and ruthless prp scription of his political opponents. The annals of the republic furnish no instance, under any admin istration, of such sweeping and remorseless proscrip tion. He permitted the unscrupulous men into whosehands he had fallen, to violate and falsify all his solemn pledges, to write a falsehood upon every promise which he made previous to his election, and thus to dishonor and disgrace him. He has permitted them to proclaim' to the world, by acts perpetrated in his name, that his election was a fraud upon the people. By thus suffering them to violate his voluntary and solemn promises, and to falsify the sacred (cord of a Soldier, lie has exposed himself to the just conclusion that those promises were intended to delude the people, and that his election was thus obtained by false pretences. This is the position in which Gen. Taylor has permitted himself to be placed before the world.— And now what is the result? He has appealed to the people, and the people have spoken in reply ; and what is their response? Condenination,—con demnation of the fraudulent expedients by which the election of Gen. Taylor was accomplished, and condemnation of the vindictive policy which he has permitted the cabal by which he is surrounded to pursue in his name. But that is not all which the response of the people implies. It implies, that Gen. Taylor has moved himself to be wanting in those high capacities of intellect, which are abso lutely essential to a successful execution of the duties of the great office which he fills, and that his administration has proved to be a failure. The example of Gen. Taylor and the fate of his admin istration should serve as a lesson to ambitious men, who aspire to exalted official positions which they are not qualified by education, habit, nor experi ence, to fill ; and who seek to attain such positions by a system of false promises and hollow-hearted pledges which they never intend to perform. Such men cannot fail to have been convinced, as General Taylor doubtless has by the events of the last few months, that the American people are both intelli gent and honest ; that they know when they have been deceived and betrayed ; and that they will not hesitate to condem and repudiate those wbo dare to impose upon their confidence, however strong may have been their regard for them, and however grateful they may have been for honest and riatri otic services previously rendered.--Union. Slavery in California. By acclamation, California has settled the slave question. The representatives of the people have disposed of it; and doubtless the people themselves ' have before this ratified their action. The news surprises nobody. It is received as a matter of course, and we hear no murmurs from the South against it. 'What, then, is the unmistakeable in ference ? Clearly that the continued agitation on this subject has been entirely aimless, unless in exciting bad feeling. California has taken the very course which the leaders of this agitation declared she would not take; and Congress is not called upon to legislate upon the subject in any sense. Who doubts that New Mexico will eventually fol low In the footsteps of California, whenever the question of her boundary is settled, and she has population enough to take the matter into her own hands? Thus all the wretched intrigues of politi cians will be foiledl—Pennsy/vaidaa. The •Truth must Prevail. Before the late election, it will be recollected that the Whig presses and orators were continfiallyrra ting about the devastation and ruin brought upon the country by the tarifr of 1846 and other' Demo cratic measures of policy. This was the burden of their complaint from morning to night—and so piteous were their railings, that, to a strangei'just arrived upon our shores, it would seem as if the whole nation were upon the verge of bankruptcy. Now, that the election is over, hear what these same croakers have to say : Governor Joassrox, of Pennsylvania, it is known has appointed the 29th inst., as a day of general Thanksgiving throughout the State. His procla: mation begins as follows : A beneficent God has blessed the people of this Commonwealth with health and abundance. The fields have yielded bountiful returns to the labors of the husbandman. The enterprises of the citizens, in all branches of industry, have been appropriately ye warded. Peace with all nations has been vouchsafed to the country. Civil and religious liberty, under the institutions of free government, have been pre served inviolate, and the largest measure of earthly happiness has been gratuitoUsly dispensed by an all-wise and merciful Providence. • And Governor Elsa, of New York, another of the Whig panic makers, has alio issued a procla mation for Thanksgiving, from which we extract the following: Peace and "quiet have reigned throughout our land. The labors of the husbandman have been rewarded in the returns of the fruits of the earth. INDUSTRY HAS PURSUED ITS ACCUSTOM ED WALKS IN ALL ITS VARIED EMPLOY MENTS, & ITS VOTARIES HAVE ENJOYED HONEST AND WELL-EARNED REWARDS. Now, one of two things is.certain. Either these dignitaries and their friends wilfully misrepresented the true condition of the country, in their tirades against the policy of the Democratic party, or else they were mistaken, and ought at once to acknow ledge the gross injustice of the charge made against their opponents. They may take either horn of the dilemma they choose—but, will they be honest and candid enough to confess their faults t Aye, there's the rub. Cool—Very! The North American denounces the union of the two divisions of the Democratic party, in the city of New York, as a " base coalition - '—a "bartering away all decency and self.respect"—a "monstrous attempt to unite for infamous purposes things directly hostile in their nature"—and a variety of other equally choice terms culled with great care, and strung together in the peculiar style for which that paper is so justly celebrated. And these rich effusions of a low mind, whose grovelling propen sities must be on a par with his billingsgate slang, are fully endorsed by the Union Tribune, of this city! a paper professing a degree of respecta bility which the peculiar organ of Mr. Clayton can hardly aspire to. We. marvel at all this—not so much at the viru lence and infamy of the attack upon the DemoCrats of New York. (for ;that is the vocation of these organs of "all the decency,') as,at its barefacedness, in view of the degrading and disreputable coalition entered into between the Whigs of New York and the NEGRO voters of that city, a fact which is in disputable, and which none of the Whig papers attempt to deny. By means cf this foul coalition and amalgamation with the blacks, the Whig party in the City and in the State were saved from an overwhelming defeat—and yet, in the face of all this, the two papers above mentioned have the brazen-faced effrontery to turn roynd and bespatter the Democrats with the foulest of epithets, because, forsooth, they had made an effort to restore harmony to their heretofore divided household, and unite upon a common platform of principles! Look at this vile attack of the North Ancrican. endorsed as it is by the Union Tribune, in any light we may—it so dark a subject will bear the light—and it is the coolest piece of impudence and unmitigated hypocrisy we have ever read. They ought to first wash their hands in innocency, and clean their own skirts of the foul and degrading amalgamation with which they are justly chargea ble, before they attempt to fasten odium upon Dem ocrats for healing their divisions and uniting in the support of the regularly nominated candidates of the party. Whig Gammon. A' New York correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, (Whig,) in alluding to the election in the Empire State, says:— We did not really know our strength. We now see that whenever we choose to exert that strength, the Whig flag will fly in victory. We shall so exert it, you may be sure, in any coming contest, as to leave no doubt of the political character of the majority,of the people of New York, which is, in the contest just passed, demonstrated to be deci dedly Whig. To which that spirited Democratic journal, the Argue, replies with much force and truthfulness Well, is not this rich? They did not know their strength. When they exert it, the Whig flag will fly in victory. Whew! Well, we think it takes trese whiggies a long time to muster courage to exert their strength. We have beaten them in Geor gia and Pennsylvania, which States cast their elec toral votes for the Whig President. We have gained largely in every State that has held, its election since Zachary Taylor took his seat ; and now it has come down to New York, where .the Democracy are broken in pieces by their internal dissensions; and because the Democracy have not carried all their candidates, in a State, which was swept at the two or three last elections by the Whig party, so that we had scarcely a delegate in her State Legislature, or a Democrat to represent her ! on the floor of Congress, a feeble shout is. raised, • and a victory is proclaimed through a pretended i telegraphic dispatch. We are willing that our opponents should make the most of this victory ; I • they need a little comfort after the many severe • drubbings we have given them this fall. I The late election in the Empire State has, - more than anything else, convinced 513 of the weakness of whiggery in that region. Had the Democracy ' been united, a great victory would have been the result. What a Party! We find the subjoined paragraph in the columns of the Boston Atlas (Whig) of the 9th instant, a few days prior to the Massachusetts election.— What will our Whig contemporaries o`f this State, who lilt up their hands with holy horror at the coalition of Barnburners and Old Hunkers in New York, say to this'? or is this begging for colored voters all right in their estimation? We Ape our very fastidious neighbor of the Union ¢ Tribune will favor us with his opinion of the matter. But, to the paragraph:— NEW YORK COLORED IMES.-A meeting was held last week by the colored voters of New York city, at which they voted to support the whig ticket unanimously. We hope our colored friends of Boston will imitate the good example of their brethren in New York. The whig party is the party of freedom, and always was. And this is the great Whig, alias Taylor party who are begging the votes of the colored population, to sustain an administration whose chief is the owner of some three hundred slaves! Admirable consistency, truly! But, it shows to what misera ble shifts the Whig party is reduced, when, to save themselves even in Massachusetts, the Gibralter of Federalism, they are compelled to stoop so low, as to solicit, cap in hand, the assistance of their "col ored friends," and urge upon them the propriety of imitating "the good example of their brethren in New York." Txxxxssr.E.—Parties M. the Tennessee Legisla ture are exactly equal. The Democrats have three majority in one House, and the Whigs have three in the other—makk a tie on joint ballot. A joint Convention tried to elect a Judge on the 19th ult., but had to give it up for a. bad job after four ballotings. The last Bank Fraud. Ths history of the Susquehanna Bank, when fully disclosed, Will be a most startling history. The "Montrose Democrat" informs us, that the Cashier of the Bank has not been under bonds for years. The Cincinnati "Enquirer" States, that many thousands of dollars of Susquehinna Bank notes have recently been put, out in the West, where they nod• remain, in the hands, doubtless, of the farmers—a dead loss. The last number of the Bradford "Reporter" uses the following. strong and indignant language, on the same subject: Several stories are already in circulation, ac counting for the failure of this Banks such as that city Broers had combined to make a run upon it, that large sums had been loaned, under an arrange ment that the borrowers were to provide fur its redemption, &c., &c. These and all othet like sto ries are trash, such stuff' as lies are made out of. The Bank broke, because it was designed and in-, tended that it should break. Such has been the deliberate and settled purpose for months, if not for years.—For this result, its ostensible directors, we presume, are in no way responsible. They were the men of straw—mere automatons. who were moved as the wires pulled, and knew just so much about the affairs of the Bank as the shrewd ones allow them to know, and no more. They merit the scorn and contempt, which should ever attach •to the tools and puppets of villainy; but that they are implicated in the "body" of the crime, that they are sharers in the fraud, in this wholesale rob bery of the public, we do not believe. Having con sented to become the tools of deeper villains, they are now to be made, in part, at least, the pack horses of their villainy.. We repeat it, that the Susquehanna County Bank has failed, from no casualty or misfortune ir. business, but from design and deep laid villainy, on the part of its real and true managers, who are to reap a harvest of thousands upon thousands, out of the public, and the sweat of defrauded labor. And yet, in the face of this damnable fraud, the Legislature are called upon to give charters to new banks—in a word, the peoples representatives are cooly asked to strengthen the hands of those who would plunder the people! We notice the applica tions for these charters, in different quarters of the State; and, doubtless, they will be urged next win ter, with all the usual appliances. We hope sin cerely that the Democratic representatives will sternly resist the attempt which will be made. We extract from the New York Tribune, says the North American, a notice of the Dau phin and Susquehanna Coal Company's operations on the Susquehanna, near Harrisburg. It is grati fying to us to find the mineral resources of Pennsyl vania duly appreciated in other cities. The rail road of this Company, sixteen miles long, will be finished in a few weeks, and we shall have sup plies of the admirable semi-bituminous coal of this region early in the spring. It is peculiarly adapted to steamers and locomotives, and all kinds of iron manufactures. Cheap fuel has built up the large manufacturing cities of Great Britian, and the at tention of persons entering into new enterprises, where the best and most economical fuel can be procured, will naturally . be attracted to this spot. Here coal will not cost half as much `as it now does in New England, and a market for all kinds of manufactured goods can be commanded at the South and West . through the numerous railroads and canals already constructed. Harrisburg has already commenced a large cotton factory, and has machine shops, rolling mill, foundries, &.c.; and in the coal valley at Dauphin, we shall no doubt soon see such useful establishments as these, togeth er with works for making nails, edge tools, and the thousand things to which cheap semi-bitumin ous and anthracite coals are so suitably applied. The railroad being constructed by the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company, will be comple ted in November, and ace shall during the spring begin to have in market, in quantities, the semi bituminous coal of that region. The road is said to be the best coal road ever constructed in Penn sylvania., This road has been built by a few capi talists, the public not having been called on to take any stock. The company owns 10,000 acres of land in the great southern coal field of Pennsylvania, com mencing at the Susquehanna river, and extending eastward, toward Schuylkill county, for a distance of nearly 18 miles. The coal is precisely the same analysis with the celebrated South Wales forma tion, known as the Welsh Coal, and now used by the Cunard line of steamers, and for general manu facturing and steaming purposes in England. The coal is worked above water level, from veins rang ing from three to seven feet in thickness—is most regular in its formation, and easily mined. Its cost to the company will not greatly exceed that of the Delaware and Hudson, while they will be able to realize a much larger profit, from its superiority 'and durability for steaming purposes. A party of gentlemen from this city, well known for their enterprise and wealth, have just returned from a visit to this immense property. One of them, who went there with his mind not entirely prepared to credit the statements which had been pressed upon his notice, asserts that the coal lies there in immense masses, fully exposed to view, inviting the labor of the miners—equal, if not su perior in quality, to any he has ever seen in this or any other country. It passes down through the great Pennsylvania and Tidewater Canals to Havre de Grace, or finds its way over countless Rail roads now in operation, towards every point of the compass, through the most productive part of Pennsylvania. The company has no competitor for the semi-bituminous Coal trade, except the Cumberland region, and that is 120 miles further from the markets at tide water. The company will commence to supply the mar ket with coal early in the spring—and that entirely free from debt,—with every facility for a large and prosperous trade, and an exceedingly small capital. Its management is in the hands of those who have been successful in their own private enterprises, and who stand high in public ettimation. The successful introduction of an abundant sup ply of semi-bituminous coal at moderate prices is truly a matter of congratulation. Editorial Convention. This body met at Harrisburg, on the 9th inst., but, owing to the number of editors in attendance being but small, they did nothing but pass the sub. joined resolutions. We trust that there will be a general attendance at the adjourned meeting. We intend to be there, if possible. Resolved, That an adjourned convention of the editors and publishers of newspaperswith in the State of Pa. be .held in the borough of Harrisburg, on TUESDAY, the Ist day of January next, (I tsso,) to memorialize Congress on the subject of such an alteration of the postage laws as will allow news. papers to be sent in the mails, within the counties and congressional districts in which they are pub lished, FREE OF POSTAGE ; also to memorialize the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the subject of having the laws of a public nature published in the newspapers of the Commonwealth; and to adopt such other measures as will be calculated to protect and advance the interests of the public and of the publishers of newspapers of the interior, as they may deem proper and important. Resolved, That the editors and publishers of news papers in Pennsylvania, without distinction of party, are requested and expected to attend said convention. Resolved, That the above proceedings be signed by the officers, and published in all the papers of the Commonwealth; and that this convention ad journ to meet on said day. [Signed by the officers.] Promotion In the Navy. Commander ITINTOSH, for sometime in command of the steamer Michigan, at Erie, Pa., has been promoted to a Captaincy in the Navy. The Erie Gazette speaks in very flattering terms of Corn. M'lntosh, and says that while his 'promotion is a cause of sincere gratification to his numerous friends, his departure from the Lake region—and especially :this city—is generally regretted." THE CHOLERA.—This dreadful scourge has again made its appearance in St. Louis. The steamer Constitution,loaded with emigrants, arrivr there on the ]sth inst., from New Orleans, he• s i ng the disease on board. Thirty cases had or _ cured during the voyage, seventeen of which had termina ted fatally. Another vessel, the James H ew i tt, also had it on bOard. The epidemic had. also broken out above Vicksburg. Mississtem.—Gen. QtiIT3LOT, the Demor•ratic candidate, is elected Governor by 0 or 10,00,0 maj• The whole four Democratic candidates are elected to Congress, as also a large majority in both branches'ol the Legislature. A clean sV:eep! Latest Foreign - NewS—EituninarY• Thestearnshiik Ainerica arrived at Halifax on Thursday',, last, and the Philadelphia papers of Fri day had the news by telegraph, from which we make the following summary : The French Ministry resigned in a body on the 30th disinclihation to sustain the views erribodied in the President's letter relating to Rome. A new Cabinet has been formed, which wholly represents the views of the President and a majority of the Assembly. The London Times says, if this is a clear and definite signification to the sweeping measure by which the President of the French Republic has changed his wholeadministration, and the resolute message in which he announced the species of coup detat to the National Assembly, we must suppose that Louis Napoleon intends to convey to France and the world his peremptory intention to assume, in his own person, the supreme direction of the affairs of the Republic. The Emperor of Russia, taking into consideration the letter of the Sultan, confined himself to a de. mand that the Hungarian refugees should be expel led from Turkey. The affair is considered settled- Ansists. AND Huso.anr.—The fiends, who are nicknamed rulers in Austria, not satisfied with the human gore they have already shed, still continue their sanguinary career. Several additional mur ders have been added to their already fearful acts. Their victims who have been strangled in Pesth, or shot, are all men of rank, and when it is stated the wretch Haynau has been appointed Civil and Military Governor of Hungary, crimes at which humanity shudders, at once arise before the mind at the mention of his name. If this wholesale system is continued, another crisis in that country is believed to be inevitable. The Hungarian officials are , sending in their re signations in masses. A circular of Kossuth's is circulating in Pesth, in which that patriot assures his countrymen that he has removed the crown of St. Stephen solely for the purpose of rendering the coronation of a Hapsburger impossible. The various nationalities of Hungary have re commenced their old struggles for ascendency, par ticularly the Slowaks Rubenes. , The Government intends to renew the fortifications of Buda—the contracts for masonry are stated to amount to 264,000 florins. An ordinance of the Emperor has been published, which has for its object to apply to Hungary the principle of equality, in the eye of the law, of all citizens in all matters of duty and itnposts°. The Austrian Government has issued circulars to all the Kenna publishers, prohibiting the publi cation of any book, without having first submitted the manuscript to the inspection of a military governor. A Drawn Battle! We gather from the New York papers that the Senate will be composed of 17 Feds, to 15 Demo crats—the House 65 Democrats to 63 Feds—mak ing a tie on joint ballot, Pretty well done for the Democrat; under all the circumstances. ErThe Washington Republic is still quite sure that the Democratic party is dead ! If this be so, its ghost, which has recently appeared in our Northern, Western, Middle and Southern States, and has so dreadfully mauled the Whigs, must be a series of muscular and stout-hearted apparitions. —Pennsylvanian. CHOLERA IN NEW GRARADA.—Accounts from New Granada state that the cholera had visited that Republic with terrible mortality. At Cartha gena, in a population of less than 11,000 souls, 2,400.fe11 before it, and in the towns of Villanueva, Turbaco, San Estanislau, with an aggregate popu lation of about 9000, not less than 1500 were car ried off Even these devastations were exceeded, however, on the Magdalena River. There it passed over villages and left not a human being alive with- in their precincts. THE POPULAR VOTE OF NEW JERSEY The New Brunswick Times has received the majorities in the different counties of New Jersey, at the late election, and makes the Democratic majority 3618. Last year Taylor had a majority of 3047. MICIIIGAN.-A Democratic Governor by about 3,000 majority, and a Democratic majority in both branches of the Legislature. So we go! Lowers:vs.—The Democratic Governor, and three of the four members of Congress elected.— Pretty good for Gen. Taylor's own State ! LOCAL ITEMS. New Market House Meeting. At a large and respectable meeting of citizens, favorable to the erection of New Market Houses, held at'the public house of Dan'l Kendig, on Satur day evening last, George Sanderson was called to to the chair—Hugh Maxwell, Adam Rotharmel, Jacob Weitzel, Sr., and Henry F. Benedict, Vice Presidents—and A. H. Hood, and J. Franciscus, Secretaries. J. Franklin Reigart, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of 35 citizens, appointed at a previous meeting, submitted a lengthy report, which after being ably discussed by Messrs. J. Myers, A. H. Hood, John Wise, Col. W. S. Amweg, Hugh Max well, and J. F. Reigart, was agreed to. A committee of twentyfive was then appointed to submit this report to the next meeting for their approval, or to adopt such amendments to it as may be considered proper. Another meeting of the citizens will be held at the public house of Wendall lin E. Fling Street, on next Saturday evening. tEr Messrs. ESHELMAN & GocumrArn, have become the owners and publishers of the Farmer g• Literary Gazette, and will be assisted in the edi torial department by Mrs. LYDIA JANE Pransoa• We wish the new editors and publishers abundant success in their undertaking. 11U - Rev. THOMAS P. HUNT is to be here this week for the purpose of lecturing on the subject of temperance. We had the pleasure of listening to Mr. H. some two or three years ago—and, unless he has altered since then, we can assure the citizens of Lancaster that he is a master workman at the business,and cannot fail to interest all who mtry attend upon his lectures. "The American Law Journal," . for November., pub lished by HAMERBLY & Co., has been placeil upon our table, through the kindness of Mr. ameraly. It is edited by an association of legal gentlemen and is well worthy the patronage of the fraternity. Eu - The following gentle - men were yesterday elected Directors of the 'Lancaster Bank for the ensuing year : David Le . .ngenecker, Dr. John Miller, John F. Shroder, I . l', nr y G. Long, Mark Connell, Jno. Musselman, F arnuel Fry, Mari s Hoopes, Henry A. Roland, Cleo nent B. Grubb, Jas. Tugers, Stephen F. Eagle, - - Rr :ihraim Hershey. Tea 7 ZOLIAN MixErrnata.—These excllent sing ers, it, will be seen by their advertisement, intend sv ing a Concert in this city, on Friday evening dext. They come amongst us with a high reputa tion as talented vocalists, and we doubt not their perlormance will fully come up to public expecta tion. Go and hear them, by all means. ED — The Philadelphia papers ci3mplain bitterly against the indiscreet and frequent exercise of the pardoning power by Governor Johnston. Convicts who have violated the law repeatedly are no sooner fodged in prison thanthey axe turned loose again on the community to renew their depredations. The pardoning power is a high prerogative, which ought never to be used except when the -end of puniohment has been attained. California Itenis---October, 1849. There are al3outone hundred thousand persons at work in the - Mines, earning only three dollars per day on an average. The new Constitution is in progress of comple tion. Pueblo San Jose had been agreed upon as the permanent seat of the State Government„ Slavery is forever prohibited in the new State— and tree neg Toes are not perinitted to enter the territory., The right of suffrage is extended to all free male citizens of the United States, 21 years of age, after six mouths residence in the State, and thirty (lays in the district. The Legislature to convene in December, and elect two Senators to Congress, and proceed to organize a State Government forthwith. Banks of discount are prohibited, and banks of deposite are strictly guarded, by making the stock.: holders liable, &c. Pay of delegates to the State Convention $l7 per day ; interpreters, $23 per day ; and clerks from $2O to $25 per day. The Senate will probably consist of 14, and the House of 36 members.—Spirit, of the Znies. MIRACULOUS ESCAPS AND PRAISEWORTHY ACT. -It is seldom we have to record a more self-sacri ficing and philanthropic spirit than was exhibited at Shepherdstown, a few days since, by Mr. Bowers, the gentieinanly:and acccomplished architect of the Maryland and Virginia Bridge. A free negro, in the employ of Mr. 8., was engaged in blasting near the top of one of the highest cliffs on the Potomac river, and a sand-blast having "blown out," he com menced re-drilling in the fissure of the rock. He had scarcely proceeded more than six inches, when the unburtdpowder ignited and the blast went off with a tremendous explosion, tearing the rock into a thousand fragments. Mr. 8., who was nearby, attracted by the noise, ran to the top of the cliff; and perceiving the negro dreadfully wounded and in the act of falling over, without a moment's hesi tation, leaped some fifteen feet to the bench on which he was struggling, just in time to save him. The escape of Mr. B. himself was truly wonderful and miraculous. Had he struck the bench two inches farther from the bank, he must have lost his balance, and been precipitated with the negro, two hundred and fifty feet to the water's edge! Taking into consideration the humble character of the rescued, and the thousand chances to one against Mr. R's being able to mantain his gravity after a fall of 15 feet on a shell only six inches wide, we may in truth say it was an act .; deserving the highest commendation, and worthy to be written in letters of gold.—Charlestown (Va.) Free Frees. Er The Hon. James Buchanan was at Pittsburg recently on a visit. He was received with great enthusiasm, and was welcomed in an impressive speech by Col. McCandless. 'Old Buck's" reply was eloquent and to the point. We see it stated that he contemplates a visit to New Orleans, and ex pects to call on his friend Col. King, of ..labama, on his way back. He may be sure of a cordial reception in the South. Our people know well what is due to such an eminent statesman—to one who has made war on the fanatics in their defence, and who has lost no occasion to speak out for their rights, ever since he entered the United ,States' Senate.—North Carolina Standard. Tax CARLISLE Peirry.—We are glad to learn that intelligence has been received, by the last steam. er, of the safe arrival in California, of Dr. -J. C. Neff, who left Carlisle last winter and took passage by sea, and that letters have been received from Mr. Robert McCord, who with Messrs. Simon Alter and George Keller, reached San Francisco, by the over. land route, on the 19th of September. Messrs. Fleming, Williams, Kneedler and Homer, had not yet reached- there, but were presumed to be getting along well. We hope that all may realize their wishes.—Herald. From the Spirit at the Times. Horrible Steamboat Disaster—Ex plosion on board the Louisiana-- The Boat Shivered to Atoms-- Upwards of 150 Lives Lost NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16—A. M Last evening about five o'clock, as the steamer Louisiana, bound for St. Louis, was leaving the levee, both boilers exploded with a terrible crash, liter ally shattering the boat to atoms, and seriously damaging the steamers Storm and Boston; which were alongside. The decks of all three steamers were crowded with passengers, and the scenowhich followed was heart-rending in the extreme. It is supposed that about 00 lives were lost, besides a large number who were frightfully scalded and mangled. Already fifty dead bodies have been re. covered. The levee is strewn with the dead and dying. Arms, legs and heads are scattered in every direction. Thousands of citizens are congregated around the melancholy scene, doing all in their power to alleviate the sufferers. It is impossible, in the confusion which prevails, to obtain a list of the names of the killed and wounded. The Louisiana sunk a few minutes after the dis- aster. It is unknown what led to the explosion.— It is supposed that the engineers and firemen were killed, as they have not been seen since the acci dent. SECOND DISPATCH NEW ORLEANS, Nov, 17—A. .N 1 Captain Kennon, of the steamer Louisiana, has been arrested, and held to bail in the sum of $BOOO. The explosion having been attributed to careless ness, a searching inyestigation will shortly take place. Many more dead bodies have been found. The number of killed, it is believed, will reach 200, besides many dreadfully wounded. The flags of the shipping are all at half mast. - THE MARKETS. LANCASTER, NOV. 17, 1849. i Flour, (wholesale,) s4,7s—(retail,) e. 2,745 per 100 lbs. Wheat, 98 a 1,00 per bushel. Corn, (old) 56 a 60—(new) 95 a 60 eta. per be. Rye, 56 cts. per bu. Oats, $l,OO per bag. PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 17, 1849 . Flour.—Sales made during the week at 85. City Mills Flour $5,121. Rye Flour, 83,37 a $3,60. Red Wheats 100 a 106 eta.— White do. 107 a. 111 ; and parcels suitable for family flour from 112 to 120. Corn, white 60 a 61, and yellow 60 a 62 ct 9. Rye, 55 a 56 cts. Oats 30 a 32 etc. Clouerseed, $4,50. BALTIMORE, NOVEMBER 17, 1849. Flour and Meal.--Ckperations reach some 5 a 6000 bbls. of Flour, triosfty standard Penn. brands, at $5, includiu selected at $5,060 a $5,121. For home 1113 , 1 ',late has been also rather more doing, and sales were made within the range of $6 a 5,50 for common to extra and fancy brands. Rye Flour b:as declined, and about 1500 bbls. sold at s 3.— Corn Meal has been unsettled, and about 2000 bbls. Penna. meal sold at $3,128 a 2,061 and $3, mostly at the latter price, at which rate the market closes. Grain.—Sales of the week reach some 95 a 50,000 bushels at 102 a 107 ets for inferior, and prime reds at 105 etc, which was the closing price ; 107 a 108 c. for mixed and 112 a 113 eta for white. Rye is scarce and in demand, with sales of Penn , a. at 60 a 62 cis. Corn--Southern yellow sold at 65c. including white at 61 a 62 eta. Oats continue dull, with 'sales o , f Southern at 27 a3O cts and 31c. for common to prime, and Penn>a at 33 a 35 ate. • MARRIAGES. In Chambersburg, on the Bth instant, by Rev. Augustus C. Wedekind, JOHN M. COOPER, Esq., Editor of the Valley Spirit, to Miss ADAuffr. M., daughter of Daniel Dechert, Esq., of that place. fa this city, on the 15th inst., by M. Carpenter, Mayors Jonathan Pickering, of Little Britain, to Guli Elma Hambleton, of Drumore. On the 13th inst., by Rev. J. C. Baker, -Emanuel Balmer, of Penn twp., to Mary Horner, of West Donegal. On the same day, by the same, Christian D, War fel, of East Lampeter, to' Margaret E. Dunlap, of Lower Leacock. DEATHS. At Lampeter Square, on the 14th instant, Naomi Elizabeth, wife of Henry Kuhns, and daughter of Christian and Barbara Hess, aged 2.1;) years, 4 mos. and 4 days. In the city of Reading, on, Saturday morning a week, Mrs. Hannah R. Grosh, wife of Rev. A. B. Grosh, of that city, and daughter-in-law of Hon. Jacob Grosh, of the borough of Marietta, aged 49 years. In the borough of Manheim, this county, on the 12th inst., of Typhoid fever, Jaccib Brubaker, aged 20 years, 1 month and 23 days.
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