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.