intelligencer 4 Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
Lancaster, February 19,1850.
ID* Rev. Henry Sllcer, late Chaplain to
the U. S. Senate,.will preach the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in this City, on to-morrow
(Wednesday) evening—service at 7 o’clock.
On our First Page
Will be found a neat biographical sketch of Mrs.
Sabah Polk, the esteemed lady of the lamented
a ex-President—also, an excellent speech of Mr.
Meek, of Centre county, delivered in the House of
Representatives in opposition to the passage of the
; supplement to the Reading Railroad Bill—and a
brief, but-comprehensive address in favor of the
establishment of Normal Schools, by Rev. James
A. of Carlisle, a delegate to the late
State ’Educational Convention. We bespeak for
each of them an attentive perusal.
iLr It will be perceived from our advertising
columns, that Mr. Woodville. intends giving one
of his-highly interesting entertainments at the Me
chanics’ Institute, on Thursday evening. Mr. W.
is one of the most happy and forcible delineators of
the peculiarities of character now before the pub
lic 5 his songs, whims, oddities and humorous drol
leries constitute one of the richest treats of the sea
son, and as many of our good citizens will recollect
his visit to this place some six years since, we have
but to announce the fact of his appearance to in*
sure him a full house.-* Those who have never had
thß pleasure of hearing him, we commend by all
to embrace the coming occasion, for we feel
assured his entertainment, in point of taste and true
humor, will render more than satisfaction to all.
fD”Mr. Muhlenbehg, of the Seriate, will accept
our thanks, for a pamphlet of his very able
speech on the supplement to the, act incorporating
the-Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.
K7*Col. Kaufman, one of the talented Represen
tatives in Congress from Texas, has our thanks for
a pamphlet copy of the admirable speech of Gen.
Houston on the Slavery question, made in the
U. S. Sepate on F/iday week. e
Gen; H.j though a Southern man with Southern
feelings, took strong ground in favor of. the Union.
The two concluding sentences of his eloquent per
oration is as follows
“I wish, if this Union must be-dissolved, that its
ruins may be the monument of my grave, and the
graves of my family. I wish no epitaph to be
written to tell that I survived the ruin of this glo
rious Union-"
Tbe “IVortli Pennsylvanian.”
We have received a prospectus for the publica
tkurof a weekly Democratic journal, about to be
commenced in Towanda, Bradford County, by our
talented and energetic young friend, Wien Forney.
Esq., late editor of the Saturday Gleaner , an excel
lent literary paper published in Philadelphia. We
can cheerfully recommend Air. F. to the Democracy
of Bradford county, as a gentleman every way
worthy their encouragement and support. A thor
ough-going, radical Democrat, of the real Jackson
and Polk stamp, with rare business talents, and a
gifted and ready writer, he cannot fail to gain the
confidence and esteem of all who form his acquain
b tance. We wish him abundant success in his un
dertaking— he is eminently deserving.
We shall be pleased to forward the names of sub
scribers to the “North Pennsylvanian'' from this
region. The paper is to he published in quarto
form of eight pages, once a'week, at the rate of
$2 per annum, or $1,50 when paid in advance.
Canadian Affairs.— The; letter of Earl
Grey to Lord Elgin, containing instructions as to
the course he is to pursue towards those concerned
in the annexation movements in Canada, is likely
to work more to the advantage than the overthrow
of the annexationists—so thinks the Albany Jrgus.
The first impression which it appears to have made
in the Provinces, seems to justify this opinion, as it
is met with ridicule it not defiance by the people.
"We learn, says the Jrgus, from most reliable
sources, that the removal from office of all those
engaged in the movements referred to, by the Gov
ernor General, Lord Elgin, has done more to aid
tjieir cause than almost any thing else, and that the
edict of Earl Grey, the Colonial Secretary of the
British Government, will only add fuel to the flame.
Jhe United States certainly has not quite outgrown
its clothes yet, and has considerable spare room for
sfettlers, and is likely to have for some years to
come; but jf our Canadian neighbor has determined
to come into our family circle, and will promise to
behave herself when she gets there, we must incline
to the opinion that when she has fully determined
to “change her condition in life,” no power the
other side of the great waters will prevent it. That
time has not yet come—but it is certainly ap
proaching.
0I7"Col. William Bigler, of Clearfield, spent
two or three hours in our City last week, on his way
to Philadelphia. He is in fine health and spirits,
having entirely recovered lrom his recent indis
position. .
ID* The original manuscript copy ol General
Washington s Farewell Address to the People ol
the United States, was sold at public auction, at the
Philadelphia Exchange, on Monday evening last,
for the sum of $2300. It was purchased for Jas.
Lenox, Esq., of New York.
d?-The State Election in New Hampshire will
take place on he 12th of March.
C7*The vote ip the U. S. Senate, on receiving
Mr. Hale s petition for a peaceable dissolution of
the Union, was nearly unanimous against it—only
3 voting in the affirmative, to 51 in the negative.
The trio who voted in the affirmative were Messrs.
HALE, SEWARD and CHASE. Pass their names
round!
ET Senator Gwtn and Messrs.' Wiuoht and
Gilbert, the two Representatives elect from Cali
fornia, are now in Washing'on, prepared to take
their seats as soon as Congress shall admit the'
newly organized State into the Union. The other
Senator, Col. Fremont, -has not yet arrived—being
detained at Panama by the illness of his lady. ,
The Hague-. Street Explosion.
We learn from ihe New York papers, that the
whole number of dead bodies recovered from the
ruins of the building destroyed by the recent explo
sion, amounts to £3, and the wounded , 0 40 ,_
What a heart-rending scene it must have been.
California Gold. —We learn from the Penn
syhanian, that from the 9th to the lSih inst, there
was received at the U. & Mint, in Philadelphia,
upwards ol ONE MILLION SIX HUN’bRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS!
Handsome Revenue. —lt is stated that the rents
Col. Fhemont’s property at San Francisco,
amount to $40,000 per annum. *
IH7~The trial of Professor Webster for the al
leged murder of Dr. Parkman, in Boston, is fixed
for the 19th of March. When arraigned beiore the
Court, and the usual question of * l guilty, or not
guilty ? put to him, he replied in a clear and em
/ phatic voice—«l am not guilty.”
Arrested.— Seven individuals have been arres
ted and imprisoned in the County Jail, on suspicion
of having committed a burglary and assault upon
Mr. Patterson, of Colerain township, a few
weeks' ago.
ID*About 1500 Valentines passed through
our P. O. on Thursday last
California.
The interest excited by the discovery of the rich
gold mines of California, says the Baltimore Amer
ican, seems to increase by every arrival from that
El Dorado of the far west The millions ot dollars
already sent from California in gold and gold dost,
demonstrate that whatever exaggeration there may
have been, or may still be, respecting the extent ot
the precious deposit in that country,.the basis ol a
reality has been found sufficient to warrant the belief
of immense resources still awaiting exploration.
The commerce of the world is already affected
sensibly by the developments of mineral wealth in
Caiitornia. The harbor of San Francisco is thronged
with the shipping of all nations, and it has become
the central point of a trade which, to judge from
its beginnings, may one day become among the
most extensive and the most lucrative ever enjoyed
by the greatest cities. The glories of Tyre and of
Carthage; the more modern splendors of Venice
and Genoa; the massive opulence which has made
London the imperial seat of commerce in our own
days —these must hereafter all stand in a subordi
nated comparison with the future mistress of the
Pacific seated by her mountains of gold.
To give permanence to the prosperity of Califor
nia upon the scale of its present promise, it is requi
site that some more substantial depository of her
golden treasures should be discovered than has been
found yet} in the sands of the Sacramento. It is
believed that this discovery has been made, and that
in fact \he placers where gold dust and detached
particles of gold of various sizes, are dug lrom the
alluvium, have received these deposites from the
washings of the mountains in whose bosom, in
whose very structure and substance, the mother
veins of gold exist in combinations with rock and
earth. Should this prove to be true, the business
of mining will then become regular and permanent.
Capital will be required to establish fixtures and
machinery; and labor, no longer desultory and in
dividual, will have to be directed by science, and
be steadily continued as at a settled occupation.
It must also follow that villages, towns and cities
will grow up in the neighborhood of the richer
mines, and the cultivation of the ground, to procure
subsistence for a resident population, may be re
garded as another result to be expected.
It is a strange phenomenon—this sudden upris
ing of a State on the Pacific. If the age were less
fruitful of marvels, we might pause in astonishment
at this apparition forwhich History gives no pre
cedent. A full—panoplied Minerva, the State of
California has come into a mature existence s at once,
and like her mythological prototype she has sprung
from the head of her sire. But the succession of
prodigies at this day is so rapid, that one has no
time to experience surprise. Our epoch has taken
lor its motto nil admirari —to wonder at nothing.
Democratic Union Meeting.
A great Democratic Union .Meeting, of all those
who sustained the Democratic platlorm in the last
Presidential campaign, and .who are now opposed
to the fanatical efforts of the Free Soil and Aboli
tion agitators, to sever the Union, is to be held in
Philadelphia, at the CHINESE MUSEUM, on the
evening of the 22d inst The call is published in
the Pennsylvanian , and is signed by several thousands
of the staunch and incorruptible Democracy of the
City and The meeting promises to be a
tremendous outpouring of the people, and its pro
ceedings will, doubtless, have a happy effect in re
buking the fell spirit of disorganization and disunion
which is now so rile in some sections of our beloved
country.
i sury.— The Judiciary Committee of the
State Senate; have reported a bill relative to the
legal rates ol interest. Under its provisions, a per
son may pay and receive such rates ol interest, for
the loan of money on notes, drafts, &e., growing
out of any business transaction, to any length of
time not exceeding twelve months, as the parties
may agree upon in writing; but on all judgments
the rate is limited to six per cent. The act is not
to apply to bank discounts or to loans on real
estate.
We doubt the policy or fairness ol a law ol this
kind. Either the present legal rate of interest is
wrong or it is right. If the first, then the'new act
ought to embrace in its provisions all classes—as
well judgment and bank debtors as any other. If
the old law is right, then would it be an act of in
justice to place any unfortunate or needy individ
al at the mercy of the greedy Shylocks who infest
every community." As it is, with all the legal en
actments an,d guards against usury, the needy in
many instances are shaved almost to the bone—then,
how will it be when the greedy and avaricious
dispositions of these money dealers are not held in
check by the law, but each one is permitted to
take advantage of his neighbor's necesities, and
exact any amount from the poor unfortunate who,
from the force of circumstances, is placed in his
power ?
Slanders on Mr. Hannegan.
A short time since we stated, that not
believe the base charges of the Whig press and
letter writers, against the Hon. E. A. Hannegan,
Our late Minister to Berlin, and remarl?ed that we
hoped that we would have the privilege of saying
they were'not true. We noiy have that privilege,
which we embrace by publishing the following
article from the New York Globe: —
Mr. Hannegan. —We perceive that our late
Minister to Berlin. Hon. Edward A. Hannegan, has
returned in the Europa; and a personal friend of
ours, who knew him intimately abroad, authorizes
us to say that the letter defamatory of Mr. Hanne
gan, published in the Whig papers of Boston, and
copied elsewhere, makes nothing but statements
utterly without foundation. Mr. Hannegan never
tasted a drop of ardent spirits during his whole res
idence in Europe, and his conduct was one of me
most amiable and exemplary character under all
circumstances. The stories, therefore, of the letter
writer in question are most cruel as well as unjust;
and were no doubt the manufacture of some per
sonal ill feeling and malignity. We trust that the
journa.s which gave unintentional circulation to
these malicious charges against Mr. Hannegan,
will copy this correction.
We wonder what the New York Evening Post,
•Atlas , Tribune , and other papers, who not only pub
lished the falsehoods of the British letter writer, but
added to the mass of corruption tales of their own
manufacture, to the injury ofMr. Hannegan, sim
ply because he differed with them in politics, think
now ? These libellers may yet sorely repent their
work. —Baltimore Argus. ■-
A Nut for the Whigs and Free
Soilers to Crack.
The Richmond Whig complains bitterly of the
Democratic politicians of the Old' Dominion, for
taking the wind out of the sails of the Whig slave
holders. by pretending a rampant zeal for the ex
tension of slavery. The whigs, says that ’leading
organ of their party, at a moderate calculation, own
two-thirds of the Negroes in the State, and the whig
party is largely in the majority east of the moun
tains, where the black population is principally
found. “The demagogues,” says the same paper,
scoffirigly, “who traduce the whigs by calling them
the abettors of the Abolitionists, do not, themselves,
in nine cases out of ten, own a negros toe-nail.”
And yet the whigs of Virginia are in close alli
ance with the whigs of the North, the latter boast
ing so loudly of their opposition to slavery and its
extension to the territory acquired from Mexico!
If this isnpt “aiding and abetting” the Abolitionists,
then are we at a loss to know the true meaning of
the terms.’ Oh, consistency! thou art indeed a jewel
that cannot be too highly prized.
(Crßailroads and Telegraphs have” brought dis
tant cities and markets near our doors ; and it is
wisdom on the part of our business men to improve
these facilities. Merchants would find it for their
interest to trade at Simmons’ Oak Hall in [Boston,
which is probably the largest clothing establishment
in our country;
Taxable* In tbe County Towns of
Pennsylvania, 1849.
Adams—Gettysburg,
Allegheny—Pittsburg, (proper,) -
Armstrong—Kittaoing,
Beaver—Beaver,
Bedford—Bedford,
Berks—Reading,
Blair—Hollidaysbnrg,
Bradford—To wanda,
’Bucks—Doylestown,
Butler—Butler,
Cambria—Ebensburg, no return.
Carbon—Mauch Chunk,
Centre—Bellefonte,
Chester—West Chester,
Clarion—Clarion,
C 1 earfie] d—Clearfield,
Clinton—Lock Haven,
Columbia—Bloomsburg, no return.
Crawford—Meadville,
Cumberland—Carlisle,
Dauphin—Harrisburg,
Delaware—Chester, no return.
Elk—no return.
Erie—Erie,
Fayette—Uniontown,
Forest—no return.
Franklin—Chambersburg,
Greene—Waynesburg, no return.
Huntingdon—Huntingdon, no return.
Indiana—lndiana,
Jefferson—Brookeville,
Juniata—Mifflintown, no return.
Lancaster—Lancaster,
Lawrence—Newcastle, no return.
Lebanon—Lebanon,
Lehigh—Allentown,
Luzerne—Wilkesbarre,
Lycoming—Williamsport,
McKean—Smithport, no return.
Mercer—Mercer,
Monroe—Stroudsburg, no return.
Mifflin—Lewistown,
Montgomery—Norristown,
Northampton—Easton,
Northumberland—Sunbury,
Pike—Milford, no return.
Perry—Bloomfield,
Philadelphia, (proper,)
Potter—Coudersport,
Schuylkill—Pottsville,
Somerset—Somerset,
Susquehanna—Montrose,
Sullivan—Laporte, no return.
Tioga—Wellsborough,
Union—New Berlin,
Venango—Franklin,
Warren—Warren,
Washington—Washington,
Wayne—Honesdale,
Wyoming—Tunkhannock,
Westmoreland—Greensburg,
s York—York,
The boroughs having taxables over 1,000, are
Harrisburg, Mauch Chunk, York, Easton, Erie and
Pottsville.
Mb. Clay's Speech. —The Washington Union
shrewdly remarks that there is a certain class of
people who take a pride in idolizing him. These
people will, of course, cry up his last speech to the
skies. “For example, the correspondent of the
Baltimore Patriot writes, in a style of man-worship
that is truly ridiculous:
“It is conceded on all hands, by Locofocos and
Whigs alike, with a few exceptions by ultras,
whom nothing could satisfy, that Mr. Clay’s
speech is unanswerable.”
“Unanswerable!" Why, his own argument
against the Missouri Compromise was founded on
a palpable assertion of a fact which
does not exist. No one contends for holding the
territory south of 3Gdeg. 30min. eternally and irre
versibly subject to the introduction of slaves. When
it shall hereafter enter as a State, it must adopt
such a constitution as a majority of its voters shall
determine.” —N Y. Globe.
A Photest. —Twenty-four members of the House
of Representatives, at Harrisburg, have filed a Pro
test against the passage of the supplement to the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad bill, on the
ground of its unconstitutionality and unfairness.
Their names are:—John Cessna, D. H. B. Brower,
B. G, David, Wm. Brindle, Wm. H. Souder, W. J.
Jackson, W. J. Morrison, Wm. Henry, M. Myers,
John B. Meek, R. Simson, E. Mowry Jr., T. C.
Scouller, D. Steward, E. C. Trone, J. Hastings, Sam
uel Marx, A. Beaumont, J. R. McClintock, H. Wil
liams, J. Black, Samuel Robinson, J. E. Griffin, J.
F. McCulloch. :
A Head Off Good Beginning.
Gen. James Watson Webb, (of U. S. Bank no
toriety.) the lately appointed Charge de Affaires to
Austria, has received his quietus in the Senate.—
The nomination was rejected on Tuesday last, by
a vote of 3-X to 7! The seven Senators who vo
ted for his confirmation, are Messrs. Seward, Spru*
ance, Wales, Mangum, Berrian, Dawson and Bell.
Mr. Clay, it is understood, not only voted in the
negative, but spoke against the nomination as one
“not fit to be made.”
This summary rejection, it is said, has caused a
considerable fluttering in some other quarters, and
several more of the newly appointed Taylor office
holders are expected to go by the board.
[by JIEQ.UEST.]
Proceedings of the Lancaster Co.
Temperance Society.
At a meeting of the Lancaster County Tempe
rauce Society, held in the Presbyterian Church in
the village of Mountjoy, on Saturday the 2nd inst.,
the following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved , That the bonds, by which man is linked
to his fellow man—the social law, by which all
members of a community are obliged to share its
weal or woe—the noble impulse of our nature, which
prompts us to relieve the distressed, administer com
fort to the miserable, bind up the broken heart, and
elevate the character of man—and a desire to fulfil
that divine command of the Scripture, “love your
enemies as yourselves,” were the motives that actu
ated those who commenced the great temperance re
form, and they are still the influences that impel us
onward to perfect it.
Resolved, That, (since every effect must have a
cause,) the bloated countenances, the clouded intel
lects. blasted hopes, crushed affections, ruined do
mestic hippiness, beastly drunkenness, premature
death, misery, wretchedness, and crime, that we see
and know exist around us, and which maybe sum
med up under the general head of the evils of in
temperance, have a cause, and that cause is the pres
ent liquor traffic.
Resolved, That we hold all men to be equal, and
to have a right to do that which makes them happy,
while not infringing upon the rights of others; but
when a man. or any set of men. pertinaciously per
severe in a business that is spreading untold evils
and wickedness through the land, we, as a portion
of those who suffer, claim the right, and will exer
cise the privilege, of doing, what we can to put a
stop to such nefarious conduct.
Resolved, That in our opinion the present license
law is contrary to the principles upon which all
constitutions should be based, and defeats the true
end for which government's are established; for, if
the business itself is right, the law allows a few to
do that from which the many are excluded; and, if
the business is wrong, no legislature can have right
ful authority to license it.
Resolved ,• That those who sign tavern licenses,
certifying that the person applying is a man of
“good repute for honesty and temperance,” when
it is notorious that many of them are neither hon
est or terpperate, are guilty of gross immorality
most pernicious in its influence, and are responsible
before God and man for much of the evil that re
sults from intemperance.
Resolved , That while we sympathize with the ef
fort now making in various parts of our State', for
the purpose of procuring a modification of our pres
ent license laws, so as to make it more difficult to
obtain a license, and, when obtained, more difficult
to do injury to society, by dealing out the accurse-l
poison, we gladly look forward to the day, not far
distant we.hope, when an entire prohibitory law
will be passed, making it a penal offence to sell in
toxicating drink as a beverage, and our legislators
thus wash out the stain that now defiles the fair
escutcheon oT our State, And Pennsylvania cast off
her load of guilt, and prove herself in morals as in
position, the Keystone of this great confederation.
Resolved, That we recommend to the local so
cieties where they exist, and to temperance men
generally, in other parts of the County, to unite to
gether for the purpose of obtaining facts in regard
to the violation of the License Law by liquor sel
lers, with the ultimate object of presenting them
before the Court, at its next session in Lancaster.
ENOS CONRAD, Pres’t.
Attest: Joseph Gibbons, Rec. Sec’y.
l ID" Commodore Turner, a naval officer of con
siderable distinction, died at Philadelphia on the
4th inst.
Eloquent Remarks.
A few days since, it. Haze, of New Hampshire,
presented a petition to the U. S, Senate, purporting
to be from certain citizens of Delaware and Penn
sylvania, asking for a peaceful dissolution of the
Union; upon which question Gen. Cass spoke
as follows:
Mr. President, no man whb attends the discus
sions in the Senate can fail to perceive the predis
position which prevails here te push principles to
their extremes. If we do not find a massive wall
where they must stop, we follow them indefinitely
with as much metaphysical zeal as any of the dis
ciples of the ancient schools of logic. The provis
ion respecting the right of petition is contained in
one of the amended articles of the constitution,
which provides that Congress shall pass no law to
preventthe people from assembling peaceably and
petitioning for redress of grievances. Ido not deny
that the right thus secured is an important one, but
I do not rate it by any means as high as the hon- 1
orable senator from Ohio [Mr. Chase] appears to
do. Thanks to the wisdom of our forefathers, and
to the spirit of our institutions, the people of this
country have a much more efficient remedy than
the right of petition for any abuse by the govern
ment, whether apprehended or existing—the right
of action; the right to send you home, and me
home, and all of us home, and to put other and
better men in our places, that their wishes may be
accomplished. The government is theirs, and the
ballot box is a far better security for its faithful
administration than this humble right of petition.
In England, whence the measure is derived, it is
the best means the people have for a redress of
grievances; and a poor one it is, too, there, as the
experience of every day demonstrates. With-a
hereditary Executive, a hereditary House o l Lords,
and a House of Commons originally elected lor the
life of the sovereign, the right to petition is about
all that is left to the people. Why, sir, if we were
utterly to refuse to receive petitions in this country,
it would produce no other effect than to rouse pub’
li£ indignation and hurl us from our places. No
legislature in this broad land will ever place any
improper limitation upon the exercise of this right.
But, sir, the rare limitations w r hich control it neces
sarily arise out of the nature of things. You
would not receive a petition couched in insolent, or
obscene, or blasphemous language. Would you
receive one asking Congress to declare that there
was no God. and to pass a law prohibiting the peo
ple of the United States from assembling for the
purpose of religious worship? Would you refer
such a petition, as the senator from New York
[Mr. Seward] proposes to refer this, with grave in
structions to report the proofs of the existence of a
God, and to add their feeble evidence to the testi
mony upon that subject, which is found equally in
the Book of Nature and the Book of Revelation,
and which is with us and around us, from the cradle
to the grave? Then, sir, if there are .limitations
to the duty of receiving, if not to the right of pre
senting petitions, what are they? They should be
decent in their language, and the action they ask
for should be within the sphere of our constitutional
power. This principle the senator from Massachu
setts, [Mr. Davis,] in my opinion, laid down the
other day with equal truth and force. If I under
stood his vote, how’ever, it happened to him, as to
most of us too often in life, that his doctrine was
better than his practice. I think, on a test vote on
that occasion, he was among those in favor of the
introduction of a petition asking what w r e could
not grant. The constitutional object of the right
of petition is declared to be the redress of grievan
ces. Instead of a valuable right, an application to
Congress to do w’hat it cannot do, reduces it to a
farce, and is calculated to bring the right itself into
contempt. If we have no power to grant the
prayer of the petition, why should such a petition
be received? and our time thus profitlessly spent
might be devoted to useful and national purposes.
I am not speaking, sir, of a doubtful question—of
petitions for measures of doubtful validity, and
about which reasonable men may differ and do
differ. These should be respectfully received and
considered. But I speak of applications lor the
exercise of powers which we have clearly and un
deniably no right to assume—like this for the dis
solution of the Union, or for the annihilation of a
State of this confederacy.
It has been said, sir—and it has been said in
,reproach —that if we ought not to receive petitions
“asking us to do an unconstitutional act, we ought
not to receive petitions or remonstrances against,
such an act.
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1 do not so understand our own duties or the
rights of the people. There is a great difference
between a proposition to do what we have no right
to do, and a remonstrance against doing it, when
there is reason to apprehend it may be done. The
one asks us to violate our oaths and the constitu
tion, the other to recollect the obligations of both..
This petition asks us to dissolve the Union. I
shall vote for rejecting it; and if there were any
other mode by which our indignation at such a
wicked and foolish proposition could be more pow
erfully expressed, I should adopt it with pleasure.
I had occasion some time since, and under much
less imposing circumstances than the present, to
say we ought to have one unpronounceable word,
as the Jews had of old, and that word,“dissolution.?
I repeat the sentiment—and w T ith a stronger con
viction, if possible, than ever of its truth and im
portance.
We talk as flippantly of breaking up this Union
as we,.talk about dividing a township. The great
difficulty of our position is, sir, that we do not
know' how well we are off. The sun never shone
on so prosperous *a country as this; and yet we
reject almost contemptuously the blessings of God,
and seem utterly insensible tp_the favors he has
showered upon us. Look over the pages of ancient
history, sir, look round the world as it is; and
where will you find more freedom, more happiness,
less oppression,less misery, than in this country?
And yet we seem from time to time ready to reject
all these elements of public and private prosperity,
and to destroy this government, the world's best
hope and our own. Instead of this eternal system
of complaining, we should bow our knees in grati
tude to Him who gave us these blessings, and who,
I sometimes fear, will strike us with judicial blind
ness, as He did His chosen people af old.
That we have difficulties at times to encounter
is but the common lot of humanity, individual as
well as national; but when these come, let them
be adjusted in a proper spirit of compromise, and
the future may bring us all that the fondest aspira
tion can desire.
This petition asks us to take measures to dissolve
this Union peaceably. It professes to come from
the followers of William Penn, the great apostle of
peace; from a portion of the most respectable
Society of Friends, whose high moral qualities no
man appreciates better than I do. But what kind
of a proposition is .this? To dissolve this Union
peaceably! I say it with all proper deference to the
petitioners, but I say it emphatically, that he who
expects such a result is either already in an insane
hospital or ought to be placed there. He who be
lieves that such a government as this, with its
traditions, its institutions, its promises ol the past,
its performance of the present, and its hopes of the
future, living in the heart’s core of almost every
American, can be broken up without’bloodshed,
has read human nature and human history to little
purpose. No, sir; the Gordian knot that binds us
together will never be severed but by the sword.
To talk, then, of dissolution, is to talk of war. Both
are inseparably connected, and the evil day that
brings the one will bring the other. And what
kind of a war will it be? Such a war, sir, as this
the world has never seen. The nearer we have
been as friends, the more deadly will be our feelings
as enemies. It will have all the elements of a civil
war—of an intestine war. Wherever the border
may be, it will be marked by blood and conflagra
tion from one end of it to the other. Far be it
from me to weigh the injuries that each portion
might inflict upon the other, and then strike the
balance of evil with mathematical precision. It
is enough for me to know that ruinous would be
the hopes of both. And where is all this to end?
If jealousies and fancied rival interests, or real
grievances, are to divide us into two confederacies,
where is that division to stop? Similar causes
will exist; they are inseparable from human nature;
and we shall finally be reduced to Sjate sovereign
tigs, and may read our fate in the fate of the Greek
Republics, so vividly portrayed by the ancient his
torians.
Why, sir, it is but a year or two since, on the
occasion of a war with Mexico, that a distinguished
senator from South Carolina, [Mr. Calhoun,] still
unhappily detained from his place by sickness, de
picted in glowing colors the danger of victorious
generals returning from loreign conquest. I be
lieved then, as I believe yet, that he greatly over
rated the danger, and that there was a preservative
force in this country which would laugh to scorn
.the efforts of military power. And it was but a
day or two since, that the other distinguished sen
ator from South Carolina, [Mr. Butler,] now in his
seat, pronounced a splendid eulogy upon General
Scott for themoderation he exhibited when he en
tered the capital of Mexico. The senator, if I re
collect right, thought he deserved some distingui
shed mark of his country’s approbation for remain
ing faithful to her interests and his own duties, and
not placing himself at the head of a Mexican king
dom. Few men, sir, have a warmer personal re
gard for General Scott than I have, and - perhaps
still fewer place a higher estimate upon his services
than I do. He has won a high station among the
great captains of the age, and he has also won imper
ishable honor for himself and for bis country. The
campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico is among the
proudest feats on military record. But, sir, with
all this, I have no thanks to render him for the
moderation which the senator from South Carolina
alludes. Ido not believe that the thought of each
treachery ever entered his mind; nor do I believe
that, it he had made the attempt, there was one
American in the army who would have deserted
the standard of his country to follow the standard
of a disloyal. soldier. The stars ahd the stripes
would have still been the pillar of fise by day and
cloud by night, to conduct our gallant countrymen
to that home, whose associations neither time nor
distance could weaken or sever. All honor, then,
to Gen. Scott, and to the army, for what they did
and suffered; but there let ns stop. I trust it will
be long before we find a Rubicon in our country. •
But, sir, what will gentlemep say who anticipate
such danger from military power to the danger to
be apprehended to great sections of our country,
when these are arrayed against each other in an
armor and an attitude it is easy to forsee but im
possible to prevent ? The border would bristle
with bayonets. Every commanding height would
be crowned by its fortress. Standing armies would
become a part of the permanent organisation of
each. And the probability is, judging from the
lessons of history, that we shall be brought together
again by some powerful leader, and find ourselves
in a consolidated instead of a confederated country,
under the iron rule of a military despot. God
save me from witnessing that day!
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. 14, 1850.
The principal topic of interest at the seat of gov
ernment, for the past week, has continued the same
—Caifornia and Slavery. This momentous ques
tion, however, has now assumed a shape more tan
gible and sensible, than it has ever before done.—
Hitherto, it has been one of mere abstraction—it is
now one of tangibility and texture.
As I have written you all along, Mr. Clay’s
compromise proposition is now more than “obsolete
idea.” More especially now, since the President
has transmitted to Congress the Constitution of
California, which will throw all questions of com
promise to the winds. There is nothing now to
compromise; for California has sent her Constitution
here, and asks for admission into the Union. It is
republican in its form, and of itself, is the Model
Constitution, perhaps, of the whole 31. Her Rep
resentatives are also here, ready to assume the
functions of their stations. Now, what hinders a
settlement of the question at once"? Here it is
the following provision in her Constitution, which,
though it is doubted by some whether she had the
right to adopt, can scarcely be denied by most dem
ocrats:
“Sec. 18. Slavery or involuntary servitude, ex
cept for the punishment of crimes, shall never be
tolerated in this State.”
Is it fairly to be doubted that California had not
the right to say whether she would have the exist
ence of slavery or any other institution within her
boundaries'? Is it not a fact that she has the power
of excluding this or any other institution from her
borders?
It is argued by some, : that California ought not
to be admitted with the above provision, because
she excludes the South from a participation in her
wealth. It is not so. If slavery is excluded, as
they of that State have decided, do not all who go
there, do so upon equal footing? But it would not
be so if her Constitution were different. But this
is not the matter at issue.
Mr. Foote, in his speech to-day, made use of the
following language:
He declared that'California was not a State, and
never had any authority to form a State constitu
tion. It was thus attempted to smuggle California
into the Union. He complimented the patriotism
and talent displayed in the deb.ates and proceedings
of the California Convention. He opposed the views
of those who would rudely hazard the Union by
bringing into the Union California, without any
adjurnment of other questions. He stated the truth
—and the truth would prevail—here was a plan
to betray the interests of the South. He commen
ted upon the views ol Mr. Benton with great sever
ity, and went on to remark that it was owing to
the fact that his son in-law was the Senator elect.
* ♦ * * * * *
He could not be suspected of any prejudice
against California or its Representatives. But his
duty to his State—to the horior of the South—induced
him to oppose her admission in "this way. If Cal
ifornia was admitted, as an independent proposition, 1
it would dissolve the Union.
Now all such talk as this is purely gratuitous,
though coming from a good democrat. Mr. Foote
was once as favorably disposed to the admission of
California as a State as any man in the Union, un
til she adopted her Constitution, then the tune with
him and others changed.
This question has ceased to be a party question,
merely. Northern and Southern Whigs and Dem
ocrats will vote for the admission, and the loud
talk about dissolving the Union if California is now
admitted, is pure flummery. There are some in
the. South, whigs and democrats, who upon this
subject of slavery, are as fanatical as Wilmot,
Giddings & Co. are upon the other extreme; either
of which, when this exciting subject is discussed,
are very poor authority for conservatives. And
•the only difference between these extreme fanatics
is, one would dissolve the Union to perpetuate Sla
very, and the other would do so to annihilate 'it.—
Either of which is dangerous enough. Now, it is
not proposed to allow these hot-heads their own j
way in this thing, at all. The safety of the Union
rests in the hands of the cool lovers of the Repub-!
lie; and this being the fact, California will most j
likely very soon be admitted into our National
family, and the Union will be dissolved just about \
as much as it was when a certain Whig party of ,
the North declared it would be,a few years ago if j
Texas was annexed.
The first of the week, the House acceded to the
Senate resolution making an extra appropriation
for the Treasury Department, so far as to grant $l,
250,000. If this does not satisfy Mr. Meredith,
why I suppose he will “call again'.”
The California Message, No. 2, about which there
has been so much expectation, and which, it was
said, was to be so carefully and concisely written,
came before the House on Wednesday. To the
surprise of all, it contained only three lines, and a
signature. It was accompanied by the California
Constitution, transmitted to the President by Gov.
Riley. It is now in the hands of the Committee of
the Whole on the State of the Union.
The House, as in this Committee, are yet upon
the subject of the Annual Message, but probably
that will be turned off very soon for something
more important,—the admission of California.—
My impression is, lrom all that I can discover,
that there exists the strongest desire in the House
to get a vote upon this matter—when, as soon that
time comes, we shall see it pass by a quick vote,
no doubt.
The House has refused to allow a Clerk to the
Supreme Court of the United States to record the
decisions of its Judges. Quite right.
J. Watson Webb's rejection by the Senate,
seems to displease no one in particular. But seven
Senators voted for him ; Mr. Clat being one of his
opposers. This will partially satiate a feeling
which Mr. Clay must have had towards him since
previous to the Philadelphia Whig Convention—
and perhaps, too, proves a similarity of view’s, as
to w’hat Mr. Webb himself said of Gen. Taylor's
appointments—that he was not possessed of ability
to make a decent one—l thought there might have
been some truth in what he had said, when I read
his appointment.
I wish to call your attention to the manner in
which the printing for Congress is now being per
formed. It is the most creditable work ever done
for Congress, and it is a shame that the contractors
receive so poor a remuneration. It is done at the
Union office.
Our city the present week, has been the head
quarters of music and amusement. The Germania
Society, the Elenas, and the Panoroma of the burn,
ing of Moscow are here; and what, with balls and
soirees, we have had rather a gay week.
■ Gen. Lopez, who was recently sentenced to death
in. Spain, escaped to this country, and is now here.
He has been Governor of Valencia and Madrid.
ID* The Pennsylvania Canals are to be opened
on the 7th March, by order of the commissioners.
CITY AFFAIRS.
Proceedings of Connells.
Feb. 12. Select and Common Councils met.—
W. P. Brooks was elected a member of Common
Council, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion ofD. B. Bartholomew.
The following officers were elected for the ensu
ing year:
Treasurer —J. Zimmerman.
Solicitor — A. Slaymaker.
•Assessor — M. Bundle. '*
Collector of City Tax — J. M. Westheffer.
Collector of Water Tax — Philip Leonard.
SuperiruTnt of Water Works—J. A. Messenkop.
Street Commissioner— Jacob Stormfeltz.
fopdrtors —James C. Carpenter, Geo. Albright
and J. Dorwart.
Messenger —George "Albright.
The following standing committees were ap
pointed, viz:
_ Finance Committee- Messrs. Amwake, Weidier.
Hamilton and Samson.
T • Committee—Messrs. Zecher, Harmony,
Lightner, Steinman, Erisman and Beates.
Street Committee— Messrs. Zecher, Metzgar, Roh
rer and Yiesley.
Go“d wlsor MeSSrs ' Gill -P ie ' H—ny.
Committee on Fire Engines arid Hose Companies—
Messrs. Lightner, Gorrecht, Metzgar, Steigerwalt
Morton and Gantz. , ’
Committee on Buchanan Belief Fund— Messrs
Lightner, Gorrecht, Samson and Brooks. -
P° lic * Committee — Messrs. Amwake, Hamilton,
Gillespie, Wilson, Torr and Gorner.
In C. C. on motion of Mr. Steinman, the Water
Committee, together with the President of Councils,
and one additional member from each body, were
directed to inquire into the condition of thg Water
Works, and report such improvements as may be
necessary to ensure a lull supply of pure water, to
gether with a plan and an estimate of the probable
cost'.
Mr. Samson appointed oil part of C. C. S. C.
concurred, and appointed Mr. Hamilton.
On motion, adjourned.
JAMES BLACK, Clerk S. C
JAMES L. REYNOLDS, Clerk C. C.
*ew Cemetery.— We learn'that the Ves
try of the Lutheran Church of this City, has pur
chased a splendid piece of ground, containing six
teen acres, fronting on S. Queen Street, and extend
ing east to the Conestoga, for a Cemetery. It is a
beautiful spot, known as “Woodward's Hili,” and
is admirably adapted for the use intended. If is
not designed exclusively for the Lutheran Church,
but members of all other denominations are at lib.
erty to purchase lots for the purpose of burial.—
Already about four hundred have been sold.
James B. Lake, Esq., is appointed Treasurer, to
whom application can be made by those who are
desirous of purchasing lots.
Great Fire in Sew Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. 16 —A. M.
A tremendous fire occurred in this city this mor
ning, at about one o clock, commencing in Camp
street, and already nineteen buildings are in ashes,
the most of which are large stores. The office of
the Picayune, and Robb’s extenseve banking house,
are also destroyed. The fire is not yet extinguished,
although the utmost exertions are being made by
our citizens and the fire department. The loss is
not far from $500,000, the principal portion pf
which is covered by insurance.
A Black Rainbow. —The Boston
learns that a black rainbow was discovered on
Tuesday evening about 8 o'clock, by the good peo.
pie of New Bedford. Its direction was from the
north-west to the south east, and it lasted about
twenty minutes. It was very perfect, and of great
size. ;
Fat Cattle— The Albany Evening Journal
speaks of a valuable drove of cattle recently brought
to that market. Among them was one ox, nearly
the size of a common elephant, weighing 3600 lbs;
a five year old heiier, weighing 2300 pounds, which
took a premium at Syracuse last fall; also three
pairol cattle, averaging 4500 pounds per pair, in
cluding a pair of line backs, weighing 4500.
EfThere were 45 deaths in St. Louis during
the week ending the 4th instant, of which three
were from cholera.
THE MARKETS.
HOUSEKEEPER'S MARKET.
Lancaster, Feb. 16, 1850.
Butter— ls plenty and commands a good price.
Table butter sold at 17 to 20 cents per lb. Infe
riororought 14 to 15 cents.
Hbos—Plenty, and sold at 12ia14 cts\ per doz.
Potatoes— Good potatoes at Balo cents per half
peck. By the bushel they are sold at 62ja75 cents.
Chickens —Plenty at 20a31 cents per pair.
Apples—Sold at 12iaI8i cts. per half peck.
Dried Apples —Sold at 3a4 cents per quart.
Butter—Sold at 37ia50 cts. per crock.
Cabbage —From 3to 6 cts. per head. *
Lard. —Extra sold at Ba9cets. per lb.
Celery. Red Beets, Beans, &c. plenty, and at
all prices.
LANCASTER GRAIN MARKET— (wholesale.)
Feb. 16.
Flour —Fresh ground $4,50 per barrel.
Wheat— White $1 per bush. Red 90a95 cents.
Corn—Old, 50 cents. New, 37ia45 cents.
Rye—6o cents per bushel.
Oats—Sold at $1,06, in bags of 3 bushels.
Corn— From 56 to 62cts. per bus. in the ear.
Oats—2B cents per bushel.
Clover Seed— $3,75a4.00 per bushel.
Whiskey—22 cents per gallon.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16, 1850.
FLOUR.—The flour market remains very quiet
Holders ask 54,87 for standard shipping brands,
but few sales have been reported. For city con
sumption, the sales are at $5,00 to $5,37* cents.
Rye Flour is dull at $2,94. The last sale of Corn
Meal was at $2,62$ per barrel.
GRAlN.—There is but a limited amount of
Wheat offering and prices are steady. Sales of red
at $1,06a1,07, and white at $1,14. Rye is in de
mand. A sale of 1200 bushels on Saturday at 62J
cents per bushel. Corn is inactive. We quote old
yellow at 64, and new at 55a56 cents. Oats—Sales
of Pennsylvania at 35a36 cents per bushel.
WHISKEY—Is in limited demand. Sales ot
both bbls. and hhds. at 24a25 cents.
CATTLE MARKET.—The offering of Beef
Cattle for the week was about 750 head. Beeves
are selling from $5,50 to 7,50 per 100 lbs. Hogs.
—There were 400 head in the market, and sold
from $5,00 to 5,50 per 100 lbs. Cows—loo sold
as follows—s2B to 40 for fresh, $l5 to 25 for
springers, and $8 to 15 for dry. Sheep and Lambs.
—The former from $2 to 4, and the latter from $1
to 3.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 16, 1850.
FLOUR.—Sales made yesterday at $4,75.
GRAlN;—Prime red wheat Io9alloc—white 105 a
108 c—family flour white 110all8 cents. Corn, 51
a 55 for new white, and 52a53 for yellow. Old corn
56 for white and 62 for yellow. Oats 32a35 cents.
WHISKEY.—SaIes of bbls. at 26 cents, and of
hhds. at 25 cents
Jenkiri’g Restaurateur.
THIS purely Vegetable Medicine cures as no
other has been known to do. It cures Cholera,
with its Diarrhcea, Casting Stomach, Chill and Sick
ness thoroughly. Cramp Chqlic in a few moments.
Erysipelas Fever or Black Tongue, promptly. Also,
Vertigo, Chronic Rheumatism, Cramp, Burns, Sick
Toothache, Chillblain, and Sprains, in
one application. It cures Stiffness of Joints, Pain,
Numbness, Palsy, Goitre, Pleurisy, Asthma, Tetter 5 ,
St. Vitus’ Dance, Whooping Cough—any disease
that can be cured by the circulation and purifica
tion of the blood,; —in this it excels. Where used
in families it abides. Hundreds are being-cured by
it- accompany the Medicine.
. Sold by GISH & BRO., Lancaster city; iM’Car
teh, Strasburg; Brook, Colerain; Ma.vahan, G.
T. Cooper, Enterprise; Abey, Intercourse.
August 28. 1849 lyeow-31
FOR THE HAlR.— Stork’s Chemical Hair
Invigorator. This mild, yet powerful and
inialhble renovator, insinuates its balsamic proper
ties into the pores of the head, nourishes the hair
m its embryo state, cleanses it from scurf and dand
ruff, accelerates its growth, sustains it in its matu
rity, and continues its possession of healthy vigor,
silky softness, and luxurious redundancy, to the
latest period of human life. Its operation in cases
of baldness is peculiarly active; so that in numer
ous instances where other remedies have been tried
in vain, STORR’S CHEMICAL HAIR INVIGO
RATOR has superseded ornaments of art by rein
stating, in full plentitude, the permanent gifts and
graces of nature. For children it is especially rec
ommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head
of hair. The esteem in which it is held, together
with numerous testimonials constantly received of
its efficacy, afford the best and surest proof ofoits
merits. Price 25 cents, large bottles.
Prepared only by George F. Storrs, No. 18 Ches
ter street, Phila. Principal Depot, No. 1, Ledger
Buildings. J. Gish & Brother, Booksellers, near
the National House, agents for Lancaster.
June 19 ’49 eowly-21
Chambers’ Celebrated Tbonuo
nlan Botanic Medicines.
A GENERAL assortment of these truly valuable
and innocent Medicines, are kept for sale at
Adams $ Co.’s Express Office, in North Queen St.,
nearly opposite the Museum, Lancaster, Pa.
Also, at the same place, may be had “ Chambers’
Thomsonian Practice,” by which every man and
woman may learn in an hour’s time to administer
any required medicine, with ease and a beneficial
effect. The Books $2.
The Medicines are neatly put up in packs and
bottles, labelled with directions for using. Prices
vary according to the article, from 5 to 121 cents
an ounce; packages from Tto 4 ounces in weight,
Sc. GILBERT HILLS, Agents
October 16,>49 eow6m-38
MARRIAGES'
On the evening of the 14th inst., by Rev. J. H.
Hurley, Mr. Joseph Pusey to Miss Juliann Stoner,
HI of this city. ,
On the sth inst., by Rev. J. McCarter, Mr. John
.numphreyville to Elizabeth Eberly.
In Harrisburg, on the sth inst., by Rev. T. M.
Boggs, Mr. Jacob M. Erisman to Miss Marie E.
Hiestand, both of Marietta, Lancaster county.
DEATHS.
In this city, Catharine, widow of Jacob Keller,
aged S 4 years and 3 months.
In Manheim twp., Mary Ann Stouffer, aged 5
In the same twp., Aaron K. Stouffer, in his 3d
year.
In Manor twp., of scarlet fever, Joseph, son of
And. 1. Kauffman, aged 2 yrs. 4mo. and 21 days.
Wove! and Interesting: Entertain-
ment.
.IMERIC.IN PECULIARITIES END EX
CENTRIC CHdRjISTERS.
Together with a GRAND CONCERT qf Vocal and
Instrumental Music.
MR. WOODVILLE, the popular Lecturer and
much admired Vocalist, Violinist, Guitarist
and JEolian performer, respectfully announces to
the Ladies and Gentlemen of Lancaster, that he
will give a variety of pleasing and interesting en
tertainments, at the Mechanics* Institute, on
THURSDAY EVENING, -21st inst.
For programme refer to bills of. the day.
Feb. 19. "
Stocks for Sale.
1 HO Shares United States Bank Stock.
J- yjyj 50 do Girard do do
40 “ Conestoga Steams Mills do
•30 “ Lancaster Bank t do
10 “ Farmers’ do do
15 “ Litiz Turnpike do
6 “ Manor do do
The above stock will be sold on the most reason
able terms at the office of
JNO. F. SHRODER & Co., Agents.,
N. W. Corner of East King and Duke sts
Jno. F. Shroder. Geo. K. Reed.
Feb. 19. 4_ 3t
W Wanted to Rent
ITHlNOneSquareof the Court House, East,
West, er North, a HOUSE, the lower floor
and cellar to be use as a-Wine Store, for which a
good rent will be paid , od a lease of two or more
years. Apply to John C. Van Camp, here—-or ad
dress the„subscriber. PETER WAGER,
Feb. 19-lt] No. 2, South 7th at., Philad’a.
OR. J. McCAJLLA, DENTIST,
Graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery ,
(Formerly of No. 100, South sth St., Phil’a,)
WOULD respectfully announce to the public,
that having permanently located in Lancrster
for the practice of his profession, he is to be found
directly over Messrs. Sprecher & Rohrer’s Hard
ware Store, East" King street, fourth door from the
Court House. |Feb. 19, ’5O-4-ly
John M 4 Amweg,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFERS his professional services to the public.
Office in Brenneman’s Building, Centre >quare
Lancaster, in the rear of W. G. Baker’s Drug store!
and two doors north of E. Sheaffer’s Saddlery.
.Lancaster, Feb. 19, 1850. 4-jy *
FLOWER SEEDS.—A choice variety of Flower
Seeds, just received and for sale, at
CHARLES A. HEINfTSH’S
Drug and Chemical Store, East King street.
Lancaster, Feb. 19. 4.3^
New Music.
TUST received at the Cheap Book Store of JUDD
MURRAY, the following music just published:
bix Amusemens Elegans, by Charles Voss.
No. 1. La Palonaise. No. 2. La Polka.
No. 3. La Mazurka. No. 4. La Fontaise.
No. o. Le Pondean. No. 6. Les Variations.
Praise the Bright Flag of Columbia.
Gallop Brilliant. Think_Ere you Speak.
Woman’s Love.
Tho’ Thou Art Gone
A Dream that Love can Ne’er Forget.
Primrose Polka. Hopeless Love.
With a great variety of the latest and most fash
ionable music published, to which we invite the at
tention of ail lovers of music.
Lancaster, February 19, 1850. 4
Music! Music!! Music!!
WE have just received from the Publishers the
following CHOICE NEW MUSIC :
Juney at the Gate , (Ethiopian.)
Old Aunt Dinah , a companion. to Uncle Ned.
i^t¥a^SoT^. e B rown >” a highly popular song.
Ttp Top Polka —a. splendid piece.
Markoe Quickstep.
Together with a general assortment of good
music, all of which we are prepared to furnish on
the most accommodating terms.
Orders solicited. SPANGLER & BRO.
Feb. 19. 4
Pen Cutters.
A FRESH SUPPLY of th'ese splendid articles
received. We .would advise those de
sirous of purchasing to give ua a call, in order that
they may be able to judge of the quality of our
Pen Makers. We advise this because an inferior
article, closely resembling the genuine, has been
palmed upon purchasers, The articles we offer are
of the first quality, which we will warrant.
SPANGLER & BROTHER,
North Queen street..
Feb. 19-4]
THE “ALLEGHANIANS” created a great ex
citement, but not equal to that at the BEE
HIVE STORE—caused by those extraordinary cheap
HIGH COLORED DE LAINS,
PINK, BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE
IN SOLID COLORS,
selling for 12$ cents—one half value.
CHAS. E. WENTZ & BRO.,
Feb. 19-4-tf] Bee Hive.
Gold Pens! Gold Pens!
A SPLENDID assortment of Bagley’s genuine
Gold Pens, just received and for sale cheap, at
Feb. 19-4] SPANGLER & BROTHER’S.
The Message Bird.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to this elegant Periodical re
ceived only by SPANGLER & BRO.
Price 1,25 per annum. [Feb. 19-4
Notice.
THETax Collectors for the County of Lancaster,
for the year 1849, are hereby informed that if
their duplicates are not liquidated and settled off,
on or before the 15th of March next, process will
issue against them, for arrearages, without any
further notice, —and all defaulting collectors, who
shall be in arrear on the next day of appeal will not
be reappointed. JOHN WITMER,
HENRY MUSSELMAN.
DAVID STYER,
Commissioners.
Feb. 19-5-td]
Estate of Eve Henly.
In the Court of Common Pleas for the co. of Lan.
WHEREAS Andrew Henly, Executor of Chris
tian Henly, deceasec, who was, one of the
committee of Eve Henly, did on the'4th day of
February, ISSO, file in the office of the Prothonotary
o{ said Court his account of the said estate.
'Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested
in the said estate, that the said Court have appoin
ted the 18th day of March, 1850, for the .confirma
tion thereof, uuless exceptions be filed.
Attest, HENRY STOEK, Proth’y.
Proth’ys Office, Lan. Feb. 19, 1850. 4-4 t
1 Estate of John Price, dec’d,
LETTERS of Administration de bonis non with
the will annexed, upon the estate of John Price,
of Marietta, Lancaster county,deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted
to the said estate are hereby requested to make im
mediate payment; and those having claims against
the same to present them, duly authenticated, for
settlement, to JOHN M. WALLER,
Administrator de bonis non with will annexed,
residing at Marietta. [Feb. 19-4-6t*
IN THE MATTER of the intended application of
Daniel Conrad, to the Honorable Judges of the
Court ol Quarter Sessions at the April Term,
ISSO, for license to continue keeping a public
house in Conestoga township—it being an old
WE the undersigned citizens of the township of
Conestoga, where the said Inn or Tavern is
proposed to be kept, do certify that-the said Inn or
Tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and
entertain strangers and travellers, and that we are
well acquainted with the said Daniel Conrad, and
that he is of good repute for honesty and tempe
rance, and is well provided with house room and
conveniences for the accommodation of strangers
and travellers.
David Landis, John Lener, Christian Kindig
Christian Sterneman, John Hess, Abraham Hess
Jonas Harnish, Benjamin Hess, John H. Harman*
Benjamin Conrad, Rudolph Herr, Jacob Heverstick >
Tobiaa Stehmao. [Feb. 18-4-3t* ’