Great Temperance Meeting,
On Saturday week the Lancaster County Temper
ance Society convened in the borongh of Marietta,
according to previous announcement The Meet
ing was largely attended, and the discussions warm
and feeling. It was the most lively meeting of
the kind that the Parent Society has had for a long
period. The ladies cheered the. sittings of the so.
ciety with their presence and their smiles. Du
ring the day the following resolutions were ably
discussed, one by one, and unanimously adopted f
Resolved, That we find sufficient evidence, (if
other proof were wanting,) of the deleterious ef
fects of all alcoholic liquors, whether fermented
or distilled, Whether taken in lafge quantities, in
the fact, that it exists no where as a national com
pound, that it is disliked by all persons until their
taste becomes vitiated, that it furnishes no nour
ishment and cannot be assimilated, that it
always injures the stomach and otherwise de
ranges the system, and when its use had been long
continued, produces a long catalogue of the most
fatal diseases.
Resolved , That the practice now become so uni
versal amoog vintners, brewers, and others en
gaged in the liquor business of adulterating their
liquors with some of the most active and virulent
poisons, (in addition to that which they naturally
contain) such as oil of vitriol, hen bane, nux vom
ica, sugar of lead, poison hemlock, prussic acid,
&c., thus absolutely poisoning those who drink,
calls for the severest reprehension on the part of
the moralist, and the most ripeedy action on the
part of the legislator. *
Resolved, That we have labored long and hard
for the reformation of the drunkard, by means of
the Press and the public speaker, entreaty and per
suasion, by the formation of Temperance Societies,
Total Abstinence Societies, and Divisions of the |
Sons of Temperance ; still we find our utmost ef
forts insufficient to remove the evil. Many of those
that had reformed, have returned to their cups. —
Intemperance still pollutes our land, giving rise to
untold misery, wretchedness and crime j and the
reluctant conclusion is at last extorted from us,
that as long as the present license law exists, the
glorious cause we advocate can never reach a suc
cessful consummation.
Resolved r That we hold with the.originators and
signers of the Declaration of Independence, and
the framers of the Constitution of our own State,
that the right to life, to liberty, to property, to pur
sue happiness, are inalieniable, and that govern
ments are formed for the protection of such rights;
and that since our license law endangers our lives
. in permitting those to drink who conduct our cars
and Bteamboats, saps the very foundation of our lib
erty in taking away the self respect, and enervating
the minds of our people, deprives us of our prop
erty in demanding heavy taxes and charities, to pay
for the .crime and support the pauperism of its
victims, and interferes with our happiness in caus
ing vice and wickedness of every dye ; we call up
on our legislature as good citizens seeking redress
for wrongs imposed, to protect us by blotting out
this remnant of barbarism from our statute books
and place rumselling upon the same platform as’
other- crimes of like enormity.
Resolved , That, since our enemy, Rum, is strong
and his mtrenchments, the license law, formidable
we recommend to temperance men every where
to form Societies, where none at present exist, and
add to their usual duties, that of compelling the
tavern keepers to sell according to law, and in this
manner, keep the subject in agitation, so that we
may obtain as speedy as possible, a law abolishing
the sale of liquor entirely, and thus be able, Her
cules like, to strangle the monstef in his own den.
R( solved 3 That the late success of the friends of
Temperance, by thtir remonstrances against the
licensing of taverns, should encourage them to
persevere in their efforts.
Resolved , That in' ail our efforts to promote the
cause of Temperance, whether in reforming the
poor inebriate, in denouncing the traffic in ardent
spirits, or m striving to- procure a law abolishing
the ssle, we are actuated Dy no angry feelings to
wards those who sell, we would gladly convince
them of their error, and Bhow them that their bus
iness compels them to be enemies of mankind : and
only desire to protect our own rights, to do good
to our fellows, and rescue the land from the evils
of Intemperance.
Resolved, That those newspapers of our county
which reiuse to publish notices of our meetings, or
an account of our proceedings, and those, who do
so, by inserting above, that significant phrase, “bv
request,” show by such conduct that they are not
altogether free from the influence ofLßum, and for
feit much of the respect and support%hich we as
temperance men would otherwise feel inclined to
bestow.
Resolved , That we recommend to Temperance
men in genera], and the Order of the Sons of Tern
perance, that they unite in an effort to obtain such
a number of subscribers, arid give such encourage
ment to ihe Temperance Press in the city of Lan
caster, that may enable the Editors to make such
improvements as the importance of the ca\ise it ad
vocates seems to demand.
.. „ E. CONARD Prei’t.
Joseph Gibbons, Rec. Sec.
The Nashville Convention.
The following resolutions were adopted unani
mously by the Nashville Convention, on the 10th
inst. We invite attention to them ■
, !■ Resolved, That the territories of the United
btates belong to the people of the several States
.as their common property; that the citizens of
the several States have equal right to migrate, with
their property, to those territories, and be protect
ed m the enjoyment of their property, so long as
the territories remain under the charge of the gov
ernment! .
Resolved, That Congress has no power to ex
clude from territory of the United States, property
lawfully belonging to the States of Union, and any
act which may be passed by Congress to effect this
result, is a plain violation of the constitution oi the
United States.
3. Resolved, That it is the duty of Congress to
provide.civil government for territories, as the spiri'
of American institutions forbids the maintendnce
of military governments in time of peace; and all
laws heretofore existing in territories formerly be
longing to foreign powers, which interfere with
the full enjoyment of religious freedom, the free
dom of the press, trial by jury, and all other rights
of person or property, as secured, or recognized in
the courts of the United States are necessarily
void; and so soon as such territories become
American territory, it is the duty of the federal
' government to make early provisions for the enact
ment of those laws, which may be expedient and
necessary to secure to the inhabitants and emi
grants to such territories the full benefit of the con
stitution in assertion of their rights.
4. Resolved , That to protect property existing in
the several States of the Union, the people of the
States have invested the federal goverame'nt with
the powers of war and negotiations, and of sus
taining armies, and navies, and prohibit to the Stare
authorities the exercise of the same powers ■ they
made no distinction in the protection of the ’ prop
erty to be defended, nor was it allowed to the fed
eral government to determine what should be held
as property; whatever the States hold as property
the government is bound to recognize and defend
as such. Therefore, it is the sense of this conven
tion that all the acts of the federal government
which tend to denationalize property of any de
scription recognized in. the constitution, in favor of
the proprietors of other property, are acts directlv
opposed to the South. }
5. Resolved, That it is the duty of the federal gov
ernment to firmly to maintain, the
equal rights of the citfeens of the several States
in the territories of the United States, and to repo’
diate the power to make a discrimination between
the proprietors of different specfes of property in
7 e J eglslat1 ™- The fulfilment of this
duty by the federal government, would greatly tend
to restore peace. The laws of the States relative
to the protection to be afforded, are perfectly plain
and any attempts to weaken or destroy the title of
any citizen upon the American territory, are plain
and palpable violations of the fundamental law un
der which tne government exists.
6. Resolved, That the slaveholding States cannot
and will not, submit to the enactment, by Congress’
of any law imposing onerous conditions or rt
stramts on mdsyduals removing with their proper
ty into the territories of the United to
any law making discrimination of country and
class between diflerent sections of the Umoi-beT
‘f I he opMon of this Convention
that the tolerance of Congress has given to trie ru.'
tionthe impression that federal authority m' ■'!
be employed incidentally to subvert or we»‘ ' g
institutions existing in a State which is <■ i"" '
beyond their jurisdiction and con* - onfe “ e<ll 7
cause of the discord which menac' 'f° a . m ' AID
of the Union, and which has r- ,f
the efficient action of the go- vdl n '& h destroyed
7. Resolved , That the r 'eminent itself.
is reqnired by the f unt ). performance of this duty
and th» - amental law of tod Union ;
ef i ud 1 f 01 the several States composing
the Union canno disturbed without disturbing
the frame oi t ; ie American institutions. - This
is violated in the case of. the citizens of
the slave molding States, if power to enter the ter
ritories, with their property is not lawfully acquired,
to these States the .warfare against this .right is a
wear- upon the Constitution. The defenders of
this, right are defending the Constitution; and those
whp deny or impugn its existence, are unfaithful
» the Constitution; and if disunion follows, the
destroyers of these rights are the disunionists.'
8. Resolved, That the performance of its duties
upon this principle, we.declare, would enable Con
gress to remove the embarrassments in which the
country,is now involved. The vacant territories
of the United States, no longer regarded a* places
forsectional rapacity and ambition, would be grad
ually-re-occupied by inhabitants drawing to them,
by and feelings, institutions based on
the princlpfesolthe Constitution; to them would be
naturally applied governments formed on Ameri
can ideas, and approved of by the constituents of
that particular section.
9. Resolved, That the recognition of this princi
ple would deprive the questions between the Texas
and the United States, of their sectional character,
and would leave them for adjustment, without dis
turbance from sectional prejudice and passion, upon
the considerations of magnanimity and justice.
10. Resobed, That a recognition of this princi
, pl e would inftise the -principle of conciliation in
1 the discussion of an adjustment of this, question,
and would afford a guarantee of an early and satis
factory termination.
11. Resolved, That in the event of a dominant
majority refusing to recognize the constitutional
rights we assert, or continuing to deny the obliga
tions of the federal government to maintain them,
then it is the recommendation of this Convention
that the territories should be treated as property,
and divided between the sections of the Union, so
that the rights of both sections be adequately secu
red in their respective shares; that we are aware
this course is open to great objections, but we are
ready to acquiesce in the adoption of the line of 36
30 North latitude, extending to the Pacific ocean— n
'an extreme concession, npon considerations of what
is due to the stability of one of our institutions.
12. Resolved* That it is the opinion of the Con
vention, that controversy should be ended, either
by the recognition of the Constitutional rights of
the Southern people, or by an equitable partition'
of the territories; that the spectacle of the confed
eracy of States, involved in quarrels or other events
of a war in which the American arms were crown
ed with glory, is humiliating; that the incorpora
tion of the Wilmot proviso, in .the offer of a settle
ment a proposition which the States regard as
disparaging and dishonorable—is degrading to the
c o un try; the termination of this controversy by
the disruption of the confederacy, would be a cli
max to the shame which attaches to the difficulty,
and which it is the paramount duty of Congress to
avoid.
13. Resolved , That this Convention will not con
sent that Congress shall adjourn withgut making
an adjustment of this controversy; and in the con
dition in which the Convention finds the question
before Congress, it does not feel at liberty to dis
cuss the methods.
JnteUigenrer & Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR,
Lancaster, June 18, 1850.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
CANAL COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM T. MORISON
AUDITOR GENERAL:
EPHRAIM BANKS
surveyor general :
J, PORTER BRAWLEY.
To our Democratic Friends!
We have a proposition to make. 1 It is this- As
soon as one hundred new paying subscribers can
be obtained m Lancaster county we will enlarge
the ' I.'rrr.r.t.rGENCKn,' so as to add four columns of
reading matter to each number. If one or two ac
tive men m each township and borough will make
the effort, we have no doubt treble that number
can be obtained in a few weeks. What say our
Democratic friends to the (proposition? Who will
be the first to move in the matter?
State Central Committee.
The following named gentlemen compose the
Democratic State Central Committee, as appointed
by the Williamsport Convention:
John Hickman, Chester County, Chairman
Luther, Riley, Dauphin do.
Asa Dimock, do. do.
Andrew Miller, Philadelphia county.
James Goodman, do. do
Loyd Wharton, Bickley, do do.
Charles Brady, . . do. do.
John B. Sterigere, Montgomery do.
Wrn. T. Rogers, Bucks <] o .
John Kolp, Lancaster do.
A. M. Sallade, Berks do.
John A. Innas, Northampton do
E. Maynard, Tioga ' do
Henry C. Eyre, Union do.
D. F. Williams, York do.
George W. Brewer, Franklin do.
A. P. Wilson, Huntingdon do.
Henry W. Beeson, Fayette do.
Seth Clover, Clarion do.
John S. Rhey, Armstrong do.
Thos. W. Grayson, Washington do.
M. C. Trout, Mercer do
Charles Frailev, Schuylkill do
Sami. H. Tate, Bedford <f o .
Sami. P. Collins, Luzerne do
£ Hami| t°n, Alleghany do!
Charles Brown, Philadelphia do
William Deal, do. do
W. L. Dewart, Northumberland do
C. E. Wright; Bucks do.
James Donegan, Berks do!
Tt J. P. Stokes, Philadelphia city
Daniel Barr, do. do.
iD*The following County Committee, to act in
conjunction with the State Central Committee, was
appointed by the Williamsport Convention to serve
for the ensuing year: Col. Reah Frazer, C. M. John
ston, and Dr. John Huston.
Fourth of July.
A celebration of the approaching Anniversary
ol Independence, irrespective of party, is to take -
place in Col. Mayer’s woods nearßrownstown. An
oration auitable to the occasion will be delivered
by Geouqe W. McElhot, Esq., of this city. Din
ner will be served about I o'clock. A Ball in the
evening is to close the festivities of the day.
The “ Perkins Institution.”
We have received from the Publishers the “Eigh
teenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Perk
ins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the
Blind”—from which we learn that the whole num
ber of those unfortunate inmates now at the Insti
tution is 102, and that its monetary affairs are in
a flourishing condition. We learn also that the Pu
pils are taught various branches of manufactures
m addition to the usual branches of education
taught in a common school, and that trom twenty
to thirty-five blind adults are employed every year
in the manufacture ol goods, whose wages amount
to over $2OOO.
The Institution, in all its departments, is in a
prosperous condition, and is highly creditable to the
State of Massachusetts and to those who have the
supervision of it. The Report is a highly interest
ing one, but we We not room for farther details.
Another Chance for Sportsmen!
See advertisement in another column relative to
the 11 Great Yorkshire Race,” which come off
at York, (England,) on the 23d day of August next.
The stakes are very heavy, and the prizes will be
distributed to the holders on the 20th of September
Telegraph to Europe.
Quite -a number of writers are discussing with
earnestness the practicability of laying wires upon
die bed 0 t the ocean, and establishing a telegr&ph
1C co mmunication at once; and, we believe, the
mos't of them approve of the project. A cor
respondent of the New York Journal of Com
merce, who is represented to be an able, experien*
cfed and scientific civil engineer, proposes to lay
down a wire rope of twenty strands, number 14
wire, isolated from each other, so that twenty dis
tinct machines could be operated, and twenty mes
sage# tent at the same time. He says it will take
eight miles in length of this rope to. break by its
own weight in the water; and that therefore it
could not break upon being letdown into the deep
est part of the ocean. The wire rope is to be
coated with gutta percha, and to be reeled off from
steamers employed for the purpose. It would
cost, he Bays, $875,000 for 3500 miles, the 1 whole
distance from New York to England; via Boston
and Newfoundland, with allowances,' The cost of
two steamers pne trip, including the erection of
station houses atthe landings, telegraphic machines,
Stc n &C., ready for operation, he estimates at $425,-
000, which will swell the total to $1,300,000.
I Lr Senator Foot* has consented to deliver the
oration before the Washington Monument Society
at Washington, on the 4th proximo. It will doubt -
Uia be an able and eloquent »ddr?M.
A Word In Season.
The next Legislature of Pennsylvania will have
the important duty to perform of electing a U. S.
Smator to succeed Mr. Sturgeon—and upon the
character and integrity of the members of both
branches ]-*turned by the people, will depend whe
ther our good old State is to be honored or disgra
ced in the Senate of the United States. The Whigs
will resort to any means and exert all their ener
gies to carry a majority in the Legislature; but,
failing in that, they will, as is their usdhl policy,
cast their votes for some pretended Democrat, of ea
sy virtue, who will reciprocate their kindness by
yielding a willing support to their favorite meas
ures before that body. In view ol this, the people
should be more than usually careful in the selec-
tion of candidates to represent them in the next
Legislature. Let no one be nominated or support
ed by Democrats who is not known to be pure and
of undoubted political integrity, and who will not
be proof against all the arts and seductive influen
ces brought to bear upon them by the designing
men who will hover about the Capitol. And, to
make “assurance doubly sure,” a pledge in writing,
should be exacted from every candidate, solemnly
binding himself to support the regular caucus nom
inations of the party. Should this course, or a sim
ilar one, be pursued in all the Democratic counties
then, will a true-hearted Democrat be elected to re
present Pennsylvania in the U. S. Senate. But
should a contrary policy prevail, we may expect
some ambi-dextrous politician—some dishonest as
pirant to take the place of the firm, consistent,
reliable Daniel Sturgeon, who in sunshine and storm,
in prosperity and adversity, has ever been lound
“faithful among the faithless, 1 ’ and whose integrity
never once has been called in question.
The disgraceful proceedings of certain individu
als at the Williamsport Convention, should be suffi
cient to open the eyes of the people to the trickery
and downright rascality that -will be attempted to
influence the next Legislature. Let the true heart
ed Democracy of Pennsylvania see to it in time,
that none of their representatives, who may be sent
to legislate for them next winter, can be approach
ed in the same way. Let them select no one who
is not known to be proof against bribery and cor
ruption, and all the seductive appliances which
may be put in requisition at Harrisburg.
Seeing, as we think, the danger in the prospect
ive, we have considered it a duty to warn the peo
ple in time of what we believe will be attempted.
We hope our brethren of the Democratic press
throughout the State vgill all sound the alarm.—
“Forewarned is forearmed,” and let them remind
the people that “eternal vigilance is the price paid
for liberty.” We have discharged our duty.
Whig Harmony!
There is evidently trouble brewing in the Whig
warn of this region. Whilst the resolutions of the
Whig County Convention and the general course of
the Unions, Tribune gives the “cold shoulder” to
Henry Clay, the Examiner $ herald takes the op.
posite course and still considers the great “ Harry
of the West" as the beau ideal of Whig perfection.
For proof of this we refer our readers to the publi
cation, in that paper of Wednesday last, of the res
olutions, so strongly approbatory of Mr. Clay’s
course, recently passed at a meeting of the Whig
Young-Men’s General Committee of New York
and also to a highly laudatory article of Mr. Clay
and his Compromise Bill, taken from the Philadel
phia Inquirer. In addition to this, the omi-ion on
the part of the Examiner to say a solitar word
approbatory of the resolutions of the Couiv c.„,.
vention above referred to, is significant of t„ i acl
that the proceedings of that body, in treating Mr.
Clay with such marked disrespect, are any thing but
satisfactory in that quarter. We shall watch the
progress of this (as yet smothered) feud between
our Whig Iriends with some interest. It will come
to a head, by and bye—then, look out for an ex
plosion in the Whig-wam 1
“Throw Physic to the Dogs I”
It must be gratifying to the Whigs of Lancaster
county, to know that their late County Convention
fully endorsed the conduct of Gen. Taylor and his
Cabinet, in every respect—including, of course, the
Galphin Swindle and all the other peculations of the
administration,'which amount, in the aggregate to
over a MILLION OF DOLLARS! It is true, toe
Convention did not say so in that many words—
but in sanctioning all toe measures of the Admin
istration, of course those particular acts were inclu
ded. Whether this is the sentiment of the honest
farmers and mechanics of the County remainß to be
seen—and whether the young “sprigs of the law,”
who had the resolutions prepared before hand, and
who influenced toe action of the Convention, truly
reflected ,the opiniojis of toe Whigs of the country,
will be ascertained hereafter. We doubt exceed
ingly, however, whether this City dictation will go
down well in the Townships, and whether they can
swallow the dose— Galphinism and all—without
nauseating their stomachs and causing wry faces
But, then again, we know that Whig stomachs gen
erally are very capacious, and that it takes a great
deal of the strongest kind of medicine to'produce
any retchings—and it may be that even Galphin
ism itself, with all its hideousness and flagrant en
ormity, will not prove an emetic for them. We
shall see. In toe mean time we give the following
list of ingredients composing the dose which they
must gulp down, if they endorse all the proceed
ings of their County Convention:
THE ALLEN CLAIM'
THE BARRON CLAIM "
THE EWING CLAIM"i
THE BENSON CLAIM!!!!
THE ALABAMA CLAIM I " "
THE VIRGINIA CLAIM!!!!!!
THE WINNEBAGO CLAIM"""'
THE DE LA FRANCIA CLAIM! 11111"
THE MAMMOTH GALPHIN CLAIM!!!!!!!!!
And numerous other Claims amounting to over
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!
Still they Come!
Is there no end to the Galphins’—and will there
be noend to them ? Every day, almost, brings with
it a new troop, as deformed and hideous as any that
have yet appeared. The Washington Union says:
We have been told that the Cabinet have been
paying interest on the old Virginia commutation
claims which has been refused by all former ad
ministrations. We understand that large sums have
b«n paid out of the treasury on .these claims for
interest, founded on pretended judgments recovered
in the courts of Virginia. We understand that cer
tain agents, having toe management of these claims,
have made large sums of money in the business of
hunting up and presenting them to toe Taylor ad
ministration for payment. We understand that toe
amount already paid out on this class of claims—
interest alone—will reach one or two hundred
thousand dollars, perhaps much more!”
And all these in addition to the Galphin claim—
the Francia claim—the Benson claim—the Com
modore Barron claim—the Ewing claim—the
Alabama claim—the Allen claim—toe Winnebago
swindle—and various others— amounting in the
aggregate to over One Million of Dollars! paid by
Cabinet officers, without warrant or authority of
law.
Truly, the people are paying dearly for the mis
take they made in elevating Gen. Taylor to the
Presidency. If this system of Galphanizing, or
bleeding the treasury, is permitted to continue for
rivo or three years longer, we should not wonder
if high tariff duties became necessary in order to
save the government from bankruptcy.
Will the Editors of the Whig organs in this
county let ns have their opinion of these bare
faced peculations ? We are sincerely anxious to
know what they think of them—and we have no
doubt their readers are equally solicitous on the
subject Do, gentlemen, make public your ideas
of Taylor Galphinism—and let the good people of
Lancaster county know whether you sanction or
disapprove of these wholesale robberies of the
public treasury. j
Mr. Clay and the Gal piling.
Mr. Cut and the Administration now hold an
tagonistical positions to each other. The great
Kentucky Statesman, who for five and twenty years
has held the Whig heart of the Nation as if by
magic, is now, for the first time, balked in his ef
forts to heal the wounds of his country—and that,
too, by a batch of men who are but pigmies in in
tellect and statesmanship when compared with
himself. Whilst he, like a true patriot, is bending
all his energies and employing all his eloquence to
affect an adjustment of the difficulties that now be
set the Nation, they are sneakingly and cowardly at
work to defeat his efforts and to prolong the agita
tion of the Slavery question. He has taken his po
sition boldly and manfully—they are endeavoring
to evade the question, by a craven spirit of procras
tination which seeks by non-action to postpone a
decision of the momentus subject But this is not the
worst feature of the case on the part of the Galphin
Cabinet They are not content with trying to de
feat the plan of adjustment or compromise advoca
ted by Mr. Cut, but they are meanly endeavoring,
through the instrumentality of hired letter writers
and pensioned presses, to write down that great
statesman and blacken his fame with posterity.
This is the basest kind of ingratitude on their part>
and must, of necessity, recoil upon themselves, with
tremendous effect. To Hnuni Cut’s forbearance
are these ingrates mainly indebted for the positions
they occupy before the country; for had he exert
ed his mighty influence against Gen. Tatcob, (and
who could have blamed him had he done so, after
the manner he was treated by the “Slaughter
House 1 ’ Convention of 1848!) that gentleman nev
er could have been elevated to the Presidential
Chair. This the Galphins well know; and yet,
so lost are they to a proper senseof their obligations
to Mr. Cur, that they would now destroy him, if
they could, and blacken the reputation which he has
acquired after fifty years hard toil in the service of
the pnblic. But they cannot do it. These men
are but intellectual pigmies in the grasp of his
giant intellect, and they will find to their cost that
all their efforts will fall harmless at his feet.—
Nor is he the man to quail before his enemies.
Hehrt Cut knows no fear—and whilst, no doubt,'
he would vastly prefer an encounter with “ foemen
worthy of his steel,’’ yet he will never ..turn his
back to mortal man. Least of all will he cower,
to those ingrates who have been fed by his bounty
and who, after having been warmed into political
‘ife by his guardianship of the Whig party, now
turn round, like the adder in the fable, and attempt
to sting to death their kindeA and greatest bene
factor.
We have no friendship for Mr. Clat, politically.
His desertion of the Democratic party in 1820, and
the bitterness with which he has since assailed it 3
principles and policy, have arrayed against him
the whole body of the Democracy from one ex'
tremity of the Union to the other. He has his
faults—but, he is, nevertheless, emphatically a
great man, in almost every sense of the word, and
no one can look upon his manly form without at
the same time admiring his many splendid quali
ties. His character is the common property of the
whole American people, and however much a ma
jority of them may dislike some of the principles
and measures he has heretofore advocated, they are
willing to award him a niche ip, the temple of fame
which has been attained by but few statesmen of
the nineteenth century. His eminent services to
the Whig party should have endeared him to every
member of it—for it is owing to the talents
and energies of Hehbt Clat, and to him alone,
that the Whig party has an organized existence at
the present day. Had it not been for him—for the
almost super-human efforts he put forth against the
Democratic party, alter his apostacy from it—the
Whig party would now be a weak, miserable,
helpless faction—without energy, without organi
zation, without power, without numerical strength
to accomplish any thing. Mr. Cuai has made it
what it is, and for this, he is now, in his old days,
when upon the verge of the grave, visited with the
blackest ingratitude that ever fell to the lot of man.
But the day of retribution is coming, and the great
Kentuckian will yet triumph over an administra
tion that is detested and despised, on account of its
weakness and inefficiency, by three-fourths of the
American people.
Nothing yet Done!
Congress is now in the seventh month of its
session, and still the great question of Slavery
which embraces toe other question of admitting
California and toe Territories—is apparently as far
( rom a settlement as ever. What is to be the up
shot of this business, it is impossible to conjecture.
Much ill feeling is again excited at Washington.
On Thursday last, Messrs. Clay and Bfnton, not
withstanding their age and character, had an angry
altercation on the floor of the Senate; and in the
House, Messrs. Toombs and Wintbbof, two mem
bers from whom better was expected, became so
much excited as to almost come to blows, or some
thing worse.
ID* We are indebted to the Messrs. Sfanoler &
Bao., for a very excellent piece of music, by Miss
Emma F. Mteiis, a highly talented young lady of
Columbia, and dedicated to our friend Geo. Wolfe,
Esq. of the same place. The music is prefaced
with an admirable lithographed portrait of Mr. W.,
and the whole affair is gotten up in toe very best
artistical style. Call at Spangler’s, and judge for
yourselves.
Dry Weather.
The Erie Observer complains of toe drought in
that section, and says there has fallen no rain there
of any consequence for the last seven weeks ! We
also learn from our exchanges that in the States of
Michigan and Wisconsin, the drought has been
very severe. In this region (Lancaster Co.. Pa.)
we have had more than our share of rain the pres
ent season—and could have spared our western
friends a score at least of very fine showers! The
last eight or ten days, however, indicate a'dry spell
of weather.
Successful Experiment in Aerostation.-
Mr. Bell, a physician of London, has achieved a
new discovery in the science of terostation-toat’
f n- C S n ?° mg ’ dlrectln e. or steering a baioon
which he accomplished a few weeks since to the
surprise of the Londoners. He maneuvered his
tWn, h t r ° U nV- he Ka mS ° f air with a d «terity
that puts all his contemporaries in the shade The
baioon is represented to be of an eliptic shape
or m veFetahir etn g “ f ° rm the S P anish melon
or vegetable marrow, manufactured of toe finest
silk with netting of cordage, and with a spring
infl V t- C ° DStrU f ted ? n an entire new principle. The
inflation, conducted with the greatest pricey took
Gasworks Th 0 ” 8 *" gaBometcr of the Phmnix
Gas Works The ascent was made at about six
o clock, and the descent took place at Essex with
a result favorable to toe intrepid aeronaut, but
Ca Jfl" g fce loss of life of one who had bravely
and kindly hastened to the rescue of a fellow crea
ture in his penlous descent from the regions above.
We’ll bet a dozen of Scotch herring, that our
townsman, Mr. Wise, can accomplish the feat if
such a thing has been done by a Londoner. He
can do what any other body can do in the science
of aerostation—that’s certain. .
JET Quite a new business has been started at
Hamsburg, Pa. The Union says that Messrs. Till
& Main, boat builders of that borough, have laid
the keel and set up the ribs of a schooner, on toe
bank of the Sußquehanna below the railroad bridge
to be floated to tide water when completed.
Equivocal. The flock of a worthy minister
have presented him with a policy of insurance on
-DL lfe f ° r * soo °— :l s °ug little sum, which, as
Phehm O'Leary would say, he can only enjoy when
he is dead! These posthnmos benefits are some
what equivocal, as a reward of merit. It is like
presenting a pipe of wine to a gentleman, to be
drunk at his funeral.
BD-Mrs. Sallie W. Lawrence, of Louisville, has
been divorced from her husband, T. B. Lawrence
of Boston. ’
toemesdous fire: in cojl-
IV"- vaißu.
]LoB * or Ufe—s3o,ooo worth or
" Property Destroyed:
A tremendous conflagration occurred in the Bor
ough of Columbia, on Sunday night last For the
following particulars we are indebted to the
mss of Col. A. M. Srurotsn, who was an eye
witness to the scene:
On Sunday night, about 12 o'clock, an Express
train from Columbia reached our city, bringing in
telhgence that a destructive fire, that threatened the
safety of the town, was then raging in that place,
and requesting the assistance of our firemen. The
alarm was immediately given, and in a short time
the Sun Engine and Hose mounted a truck car, and
accompanied by about 150 firemen and citizens,
proceeded with the train to Columbia, and reached
the fire in time to render some assistance.
The particulars are as follows: The fire broke
out at about half past 10 o’clock, in a cooper shop
belonging to Christian Meyers, situated near the
river bank, between Walnut and Locust Sts Sur
rounded as it was with buildings and material of
the most combustible character, so rapid was the
progress of the fire, that before the firemen could
bring their apparatus to bear upon it, several of the
old frame buildings were wrapped in flames. The
intense heat and rapid progress of the fire soon
gave it a most threatening aspect, and the destruc
tion of the town seemed inevitable. However bv
almost super human exertions, the flames were
confined to the square between Walnut and Locust
streets, and Front street and the River. The Co
lumbia Bridge was on fire three several times, and
but for the unusual calmness of the night, would
certainly have been destroyed. The breeze which
was but light blew for a while directly towards the
town, and during its continuance in that direction
all hope of preventing its almost total destruction
w-as abandoned. Fortunately, however, the wind
changed and the fire was driven towards the river
where coming in contact with the immense piles’
of Lumber, it soon raged with renewed violence.—
After several hours of severe labor, the progress of
the fire was checked, not however, until a larae
amount of valuable lumber was consumed. °
The principal sufferers are: Robert Hamilton,
whose losses are heavy, and no insurance either up
on dwelling or lumber ; C. Meyers, &E. Howard
partly insured, loss heavy; N. Evans, insured.—’
Messrs. Pownall & Dickinson lose heavily, no in
surance. Quite a number of our Lancaster Lum
ber Merchants are sufferers. The principal, are
Reinhold &Co Shenk & Long, D. Hartman, and
J. liable. No insurance on any part.
Nine houses tenanted by twenty-three indigent
families, many of whom barely escaped with their
lives, were destroyed. We could not learn the value
ottnem. loss is estimated at $30,000
of which not the fifteenth part was insured.
The office of the “Columbia Spy” was also de
stroyed, though a large portion ofthe type & mate
rial were saved, and insurance sufficient to cover the
balance of the loss
We regret to state that a young man, named
Augustus Myers, was so injured by the falling of
a chimney that he died in two hours. D. Shoemaker
and another person were also injured, but not seri
ously.
The greatest praise is due the firemen & citizens
lor tneir noble exertions in arresting the flames.
The fire was no doubt the work of incendiaries,
as two men were seen running from the Cooper
bhopjust as the alarm was given, and though ef
forts were made to arrest them, they succeeded in
making their escape.
Bunker Hill Celebration.
The Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill,
which occurred on yesterday, the 17th of June|
was to be celebrated at Boston. From the prepar
ations made, it was doubtless a grand affair. The
orator selected for the occasion was Edwabd Ev
eiutt, one of the most popular and eloquent
speakers of the age. The Boston Post , in aft article
on the subject, and speaking of Mr. E., says: “He
will stand, too, near where the British landed sev
enty-five years ago when they marched to scale the
redoubt which Prescott’s valor, and that of his im
mortal band, have immortalized.”
The celebration was gotten iip, as it should be,
irrespective of parties. A general invitation was
extended to all the citizens of every age, sex and
condition.
Col. William Bigler.
This distinguished Democrat paid a flying visit
to Lewistown last week, on his way home to Clear
field. Speaking of the marked attention extended
to him by the citizens of that Boyough, the True
Democrat concludes by saying: ■
The signs of the times unerringly point to him
as the man to carry our flag to victory in the Gu
bernatorial canvass of 1851. In honoring such a
man the people honor themselves.
Licsrwrssr laox Woeks.— The great Iron
Works of the Messrs. Scranton are now making
forty tons of Railroad Iron per day, while no other
concern in the Union is known to be making a sol
itary rail. This iron is of such excellence, that the
makers sell it easily at seven dollars per ton ad
vance on the priced merchantable English rails.
E7*We clip the above from the N. Y. Tribune.
We think the editor is mistaken in his allegation
that there is but that one establishment in the Un
ion making Railroad Iron at the present time.
If our information is correct, the Safe Harbor Iron
Works, in this County, are also engaged in the
manufacture of Railroad Iron, at the present time,
and are making at the rate of 150 tons per week,
and a very superior article at that.
But is it not surprising how statements like the
above find their way into Whig papees, especially
at the present time when the restoration of the Ta
riff of 1842 is about to be demanded!
!D"The alleged discovery of Mr. H. M. Paine,
of Worcester, Massachusetts—by which a brilliant
inflammable gas is produced from water, at a mere
nominal cost—is strongly doubted by some. The
Boston Journal, speaking of it, says:
This discovery is so remarkable in its character,
and embraces such important results, that we must
be pardoned for doubting the entire correctness of
the statements, until we have received stronger de
monstrative proofs than have yet been laid before
the public. It is true that the light has been exhi
bited, and is highly satisfactory, but the mode of
producing it has hitherto been studiously concealed;
nor is it known, excepting from the statements of
the discoverer, that there is no other agent in its
production than water. Nor is there any thing in
the previous history of Mr. Paine which should,
lead us, in these days of humbug and morbid thirst
for notoriety, to give full credence to his account
of the astounding nature of this discovery, unsup
ported by testimony from persons well qualified to
test its merits, and who have been allowed an op
portunity of so doing.
The New York Express says:
Our Gas Company here have but little faith in the
improvement, and have offered $1,000,000, for'evi
dence of its success, which they say cannot be given.
Cleveland Savings Bank.— The Cleveland
correspondent,of the New York Herald thus de
scribes the mode in which the recent robbery of
that institution was effected:
The robbers came to Cleveland about two
weeks before the robbery; they watched the Pres
dient of the bank for several days, for the purpose
of stealing the keys; they finally observed him
enter his room, which is on the lower floor in front
and looking through the window, saw him deposits 7
the bank key in the bureau drawer, and soon after
.he appeared in the street; and while he stood talk
ing with some men that were at work near his
house, one,of the rogues slipped into the house and
stole the bank key from the bureau drawer, and
w;ith it unlocked the vault, removed the $12,000
amd returned the key back to the drawer. But had
the President taken the caution to disarrange the
key, the robbery would, in all probability have
been prevented This cunning idea of returning
the key, had the effect the rogues contemplated
by fixing suspicion on the-offifcers of the bank ■ and
thus feeling secure, in consequence of such susdi
cion, the rogues began boldly spending the money.
The first information that led to their arrest came
from a house of ill fame, a short distance from the
city, where the rogues spent a good portion of
k heir J™ e after 1116 robb<!1 7 - The money was
buried in two parcels— part on the bank of the
lake, and part in an embankment on the railroad,
and never, probably, would have been found had
not the rogues pointed out the spot.”
Tbi Coal Thau*. —The shipments of coal last
week from the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions a
l°ne, reached nearly 62,000 tons. The Lehigh
trade is rapidly increasing—the shipments last
week, exceeding., bv upwards of 4,000 tons, those
from the Schuylkill mines by railroad. The total
fixuprEents/or the season from these mines amount
to 805,285 tons*
California Sews.
We received, by the New York mail of -Wednei
day last, the following letter from our friend, G.
W. Bake, Esq., now in California. The graphic
description he gives of the route over which he
passed, will be read with interest by his numerou.
friends m this county. It will also be gratifying to
them to know that he is in excellent health, and suc
ceeding very well since he reached the Et Dorado
of the West:
Sas Francisco, April 30, 1850.
Geo. Sahdirsos, Esq,— Dear Sir: The Intel
ligencere lorwarded by your kindness have been
receded up to March lath/ From the editorials
Se »or^ V f r^T nt in ,heir columns > ,he y are
the source of the deepest interest to me. Few can
eave their native home, or as the Germans more
touchingly express it. their “father land,” withom
regret h, nd alth , ough l am indebted to Lan
caster county for naught but that of a birth-dace
and expect never to be her debtor for aught elre ft’
Will be a happy day when my foot is a|a n u^ n
her soil. For a home, old “y"?!!
and Lancaster County a long while after.
I arrived at Chagres, January 26. The town is
one of no interest, being composed of some tiro or
tiiree hundred miserable hots, and wholly inhabited
by negroes. An old fort, standing a dreary and
and voiceless sentinel at the entrance of the bay
might arrest the attention of an antiquarian, and
andlhe feWS ° mb . re re ? ecti , ons upon fallen greatness
and the vanity of national as well as human am
bition. Having no penchant that way, we will
not disturb the pompous ruins, but proceed to pre
pare for a trip up the Chagres river. The numer
ous shops of the place can furnish every thing
requisite for the journey, such as bread, wine, brandy
eatS V-, The latter should brought with
the traveller Claret wine will be found extremely
“ sefu ’ as 'I* 11 “ palatablej it quenches thirst and de
stroys the flaccid qualities ot the river water. Brandy
or rum should always accompany the voyager
Boats of all sizes from a large launch to a small
hog trough, line the shores. The scenes here pre
sented upon the arrival of a steamer are striking
and novel. A thousand natives ol all sizes, ages
sexes and colors, from Japan black to parchment
yellow, in any degree of nakedness, raggedness,
taudriness, and dirtiness swarm upon the shores and
m the boats, rowing, poleing and shoveing hither
and thither m most consummate anxiety, perplexity
and confusion, and all trying to drive a bargain
If you betray the least fickleness they will rate
their price accordingly. A boat above the medium
size should be selected for not more than three • the
price will vary from $25 to.sloo, according to the
demand, and anxiety of the passengers to get off.
Over the after part of the boat there should be a
covering to afford protection from the sun and
dews. Your luggage stored forward, and yourself
under the awning, you may bid adieu'toChag res.
f bis river has been most grossly misrepresented
Men devoid of taste for the beautiful in nature
dead to her poetry, and untouched by her harmony
magnificence and luxuriance, have called her many
loul names. For miles her waters flow as placidly
as the meadow stream where the weeping willow
grows. Her banks are covered with trees, vines,
and flowers, rich in color, magnificent in size, and
endless m variety. And like a wanton maid, con
scious of her charms, she displays all her attrac
tions m graceful roundings, now as though she
rushed to take a towering hill in her embrace, and
then off to kiss a flowery plain. Everything around
is so new and strange, so rich and beautiful, that it
is with an effort that you are convinced of being in
substantial existence. During the rainy season it
is quite different; the stream is then full, rapid,and
dangerous, requiring many days to complete the
passage. Thirty hours to two days should find you
at Gorgona, a town of the same character as Cha
gres Haying a good night’s rest and one or two
comfortable meals, (and the traveller is- by this
time prepared to rate comfort according to circum
stances,) you must make arrangements tor the
transportation of yourself and ’luggage. This is
done by mules and men. Riding mules are hired
from 8 to sl6—pack mules at $8 per hundred
pounds. Men carry trunks, &c„ on their backs for
whatever they can get. I would observe here that
trunks and packages should not exceed much one
hundred pounds, and should be well secured and
covered \vith canvass or gum. Get a good and
strong riding mule by all means, and if you do not
wish to be disappointed about your baggage see it
started and then keep with it if you think proper,
i-adjes rule some astride and some on side saddles.
The former is possibly the safest, but certainly not
the most pleasant. A good rider need have no fear
upon a side saddle.
To give any adequate idea of the road from Gor
gona to Panama is an impossibility. Just imagine
the up-hilliest and dowu-hilliest, the ruggedest and
stoneiest, the holeiest and narrowest, the ditch
test and ruttiest, the roughest and windiest, the
rootiest and stumpiest, the breatneckiest and darnd
est road that ever tracked a wilderness, and you
w)li have an idea of this. With all this, however,
I saw no real danger. The animals are as nimble
and sure footed as any of the Raubs on the tight
rope. The journey may be made in six hours, and
should be commenced in the morning, especially so
when ladies travel. Refreshments can be had at
the numerous ranches that now line the road. Wine
and brandy should be carried conveniently as much
of the wa»er is brackish from vegetable matter. I
look upon the whole trip across the Isthmus as one
of romantic interest and novelty, full of incident
pleasure and amusement. As for the fatigue and
other discomforts, any one who is not prepared for
them should have remained at home; California is
no place for him.
The church towers of Panama seen at a distance
are cheering signs of the speedy termination of that
part of the journey so much dreaded by the traveller.
He has passed the Rubicon, and has not been torn
to pieces by the huge bug-bears of the letter writers,
nor has he been precipitated from some awful pre
cipjce into the yawning gulph below, nor has he
even been gratified by seeing a tithe of the horrors
that he was led to believe were inseparable from
the journey. All danger over, with a good meal
and sleep in prospective, the cactus fences, the orange
trees and tall cocoanuts, the lazy natives and naked
babies, all excite new interest in the dusty rider’ as
he enters the suburbs of this dilapidated town.—
Panama is scarce 200 years old, yet it has the ap
pearance of being very ancient, from its rusty and
ruinous condition. From the ' completion of the
walls it began to decay, and there was no enter-
prise to arrest it, and no individual or national in
dustry to keep it in repair. Churches, once magni
ficent in size, structure and ornament, stand with
their four naked walls upstretched to heaven, as
though appealing from this profane neglect. Ruin
and decay had set their seals upon everything until
American enterprise wrought a change, and now
the visitor of a year ago would scarce, recognize
the place. There are but few Spanish families res
ident here, the majority of the population being
negroes, and a more thriftless and worthless popu
lation cannot be found in any country. Imbecile
and degraded, without physical courage, or moral
character; gaming, cock-fighting and bull-worrying,
constitute the most prominent national character
istics. Their courts are organized and conducted
upon bribery and corruption. Their religion, noth
ing but outward pomp and circumstance, adminis
tered by priests who regard the church in the same
light as they do the cockpit, from both of which
they draw their revenues, officiating in the one in
the morning and betting at the other in the after
noon of thesame Sabbath. It is difficult to predict
the effect of American character in changing the
order of things in Panama. Difficulties have already
occurred, conflicts have already happened between
the two classes of citizens, and the manner of their
settlement augurs much against the durability of
the present government.
Mail steamers leave Panama on the first of every
month. The voyage up the coast is tedious, and
mostly uninteresting. Acapulco is the first fort
made on the trip. This town is quite pretty, clean
and lively. Fruit of all kinds in abundance ; na
tives polite, cleanly and, apparently, industrious.
Ihe next is Mazatian, (the steamer stops at other
points to discharge the mail,) a beahtiful Mexican
tow ?;, L “ < ! nti 8 de e ree of luxury, refinement and
wealth here that is quite refreshing after a stay at
Mo ? tere >'' we “W from the boat, is most
delightfully situated on the slope on the coast
amidst green fields and flowery valleys. From
there ban Francisco is made in a few hours.. I will
not now attempt to give any description of my
feelings as we passed through the Golden Gate but
“rEtte 11 te “ y ° U my impreSBions of San
ID* The first train of Cars reached Huntingdon
on the 6th inst.
a JnnH Advertising —When one has
other. W J h ‘ ch . C “ be aBb r d ed cheaper than
d.e ,h ff ° rd “ 18 an ohicct for him to adver
l.reevh • m ? re eite ** B *vely he advertises, the
b “? lneBs be W ‘H do. As an illustration, we
would refer to Geo. W. SiMmons, Esq., of Bos
ton, who, by extensive advertising, hasbuiit np the
largest clothing establishment in the country, and
has caused Oak Hall to be known throughout the
civilized world.
ID“We invite attention to the advertisement of
Mr. Cbas. E. Emes, who, it will be seen, has re
moved his Hat & Cap Store to the south-west cor
ner of Market & Sixth streets, Philadelphia.
Commodore Stockton has resigned his com.
mission in the Navy
{Lr Mr. Clay’s indisposition was very slight—
Ht was at his post the next day.
CITYTTEMg.
A Biatrrmm Moscmiht—A Monument is
the ,T m ° ry °f'be late Cams-
TUB Bachmam, Esq., of this city. The material
is the purest Italian marble, and it will be finished
m the highest style. The work is being done at
the yard ot Caas M. Howiit. It is to be twenty
leet high, and when completed will constitute bne
of the most splendtd specimens of workmanship to
t „'™ nd > [l 'be country; evincing at once the good
taste of the artist, and the liberality of those bv
whose dyection it is to be executed.— Union. *
D:y ’ Saveral files occurred a few day's ago—at
having been made to fire the stables of
I ? m . es ?• John Metzgar and Alder-
Swet?‘ C The C allay . b<!t ' vee " N: King and Duke
htteets. The Connells have directed the Mayor to
offer a reward of $3OO for the apprehension and
coZ'hh ° f the i nC c- endmry or incendiaries. A
colored bhy, named Gilmore, residing with Mr
Reynolds, next door to Mr. Lane, was°arTe ted'mi'
dischargad want of evidence
, r lD ‘. The CosesToox Steam Mills are stopped
for a time—No. Ito ibake necessary repairs, P (m
t is said,) and No: 2 for want of hands-most of
the operatives preferring to leave, rather than sdb
a 'eduction ol their wages, as contemplated
by the Managers The following Card will explain
the “ why and wherefore-. ’ F
thas fti Vlan !5 erS ° f ‘ h , e MUI ? havi "g ascertained
mat the goods manufactured at present from the
nW P r t Ced < i otton COSt them more than could be
obtained., n the market for them, they, on mature
an/ C N 7o solved to stop No.'i
and No. they were willing to run if it could be
3 ° SS - The "’ere so regulated
, , thay e .' eveU ' voul<l barfely do this. I made this
. ‘ n P* rs °o to all employed in No. 2' Mill
under the hopes (ha, with the' explanation then
made, it would be satislactorv Tho i.
in g since learned that «:
islaction, have concluded to stop the Mill eve
nmg, until such time as the state of the market
will warrant their running it.
_ DAVID LONGNT.CKER, Aot
Lancaster, June 8, 1850.
. i!!, , m cctiso.— Pursuant t 0 public notice
a meeting was held at the publiq house ol Fred’k
cooper on Thursday evening last. Col Wm S
Amweg was called to the Chair, and Juo. B Mark
ey appcinted Secretary. On motion it was agraed
that the Company adopt the Constitution and By
Laws o the old company, “ Lancaster Fencibles."
Committee on drill and meeting room reported that
they could procure a suitable room ol J S Gable
and were instructed to" make the necessary arranee’
ments as son as possible. Committee on uniform
nH° n i n n; n f''• b “ e ToUnd jacket ’ Ij Sbt blue pants,
and cloth fatigue cap; were continued. On motion
Emanuel loung was chosen as drill officer Mes’
srs.-H. E Slaymaker and John S. Detweiler were
appointed to copy the constitution and by-laws that
me members can sign the same.— Saturday Express
ID* OnMonday week, the Lancaster Gas Com-
OiriL 6 eCtl V d th ,f follo 'y in S: named gentlemen its
Directors for the ensutng'year, viz: Hon. Ellis
Lewis President; John N. Lane, Dr. F. A Muhlen-
Cu g ’ ?;-? ager ’ D ' b'Ongneeker, W. Gleim ahd Dr
John Miller.
ID" We direct attention to the C;ird of Mrs
yciHAunos who proposes to open a school for the
instruction of young ladies in the higher branches
vfi»M U ° n ' MrS ' ‘j a lady who comes amongst
us highly recommended as to character- and attain
ments, and we have no doubt of her ability to ren
der entire satisfaction .to all .who patronize her.
On Sunday evening last, an alarm of fire took
cv Ca ~ l . on f mated in a shed belonging to Judge
chaifier tn the rear of Centre Square, and is tho't
to have been the work of an incendiary. The fire
was extinguished before any damage was done.
Chrome—or Chromic lion.
The Miners’ Journal of the Sth.inst. says—
We are gratified to learn that the diggers of
.Chrome, m Delaware county, are as busy as the
gold diggers in California. One firm has upwards
of one hundred hands employed, and are daily ship
ping the mineral to Baltimore. The proprietors
ol farms up on which it is found receive three dol!
lars per ton for washed Chrome; and in the rocks
state it is worth five dollars per ton, The mineral
‘V f ? 1 ““t I I . n abundance , at various points east
of the Mine Ridge, in Lancaster, Chester and Del
to W &mmore eS,and “ W " early *“■ shi PP ad
Chrome is not found in the metalic state; its
oxyde is a green orchy substance which is general
ly intermixed with silicious minerals. Chromic
iron, (which is the kind above alluded to,) is sought
after to obtain from it the chromic acid; for the
preparation of the beautiful chrome-yellow, used
in painting and dying. It is found in the Shetland
Islands, in Syria, in'some parts of France, and else
where; but it is more plentiful in the region above
mentioned than any other place we have ever heard
01.
Dur ‘ns 'be thunder gust on Saturday week,
the barn of Henty N. Landis, about 3 miles east of
this City, was struck by lightning, and burned to
the ground.
<&1)£ Jtlarketo.
Lancaster Markets,
Lancaster, June 15.
The Flour market is firm—s4,B7* is offered for
superfine, and $5,121 for extra.
Wheat, White $1 15—Red 81 10. I
Oatif 33c~ C ° rn g °° d re 9 ue,t At 66c—Rye 1 60,
Whiskey— 2sc per gallon.
Butteh sells readily from 11 to 12cJ per lb.
Chickens-—25 a3ll per pair.
Egos sold at 12| per dozen.
Potatoes are 62 a 70c for Mercer.
Philadelphia Markets,
Philadelphia, June 15. r -
Condition of the Markets.
S3 F nn Ur wL B H?,'? <mt )So#lS 31J— Rye Flour
I? 9a hlte Wheat 91 28 per bushel, and Red
V 65 cts — Yel,ow Corn 66 cts.— Oats 43
cts.— Whiskey 27 cts.
h» C f' T T^ E ™ ET- —At market 1600 head of
beef cattle, 200 cows and calves, and 960 hogs
m VeB rrf 7 8 B'6o 8 ' 60 P cr 100 lbs—Cows k
n, son S ° d ,AA? I6 & 40 —Hogs brought from $5 00
91 00 to P 3 r oo he6P 82 °° ' 9 4 00-t*"* B
Baltimore Markets.
Baltimore, June 15. -
, pl ‘ J " r $ 5 25 “6 31 j—City Mills $6 50—Wheat,
White $1 28, Red sllB—Corn 64 cts Oats 43
cts.—Whiskey 27 cts.
CATTLE M ARKET.—Beef Cattle 1150 head at
market, of which 450 were sold at from $3 00 to
4 2 „. P, er , 1b0 , 1 . b8 - on tbe boof > aid the balance driven
to Philadelphia— Hogs $5 per 100 lbs—the mark et
inactive.
MARRIAGES.
In this city, on the 6th inst., by M. Carpenter,
Mayor, Augustus B. Leedam, of Delaware, to
Hannah M. Hoopes, of Chester county, Pa.
On the 26th alt., by the Rev. Mr. Harbach, Mar
tin Dorwart to Wilhelmina Dellet, ol this city.
In New Holiand, on the 13th inst., by the Rev.
r)iln° h e n’ I ? r ; Ge °’ W - Smith > to Miss Susan R.
iiiller, all of the above place.
At Lampeter Square, on Thursday the 13th inst.,
by Christian Hess, Esq., Mr. Peter Garra, Jr„ of
Paradise twp., to Miss Margaret Templeton, of
West Lampeter.
On the 23d ult., by the Rev. J. H. Menges, Mr.
John Bare to M iss Anna Kuhns, both of Millers
viJle, Lancaster county.
On the 6th inst., by Rev. R. Compton, Mr. El*
Cummings, of Marietta, to Miss Mary Smith, o'
Columbia.
DEATHS.
At the residence of bis mother, near Columbia,
on the 6th inst., Frank Heiss, aged about 40 years.
At Millerstown, on the 3d inst., Catharine Gray
bill, aged 100 years. Mrs- G- was married on the
day the Battle of Brandywine was bought.
On the 30th ult., in Cumberland county, Charles
Gerber, sen., formerly of Ephrata twp.. Lancaster
county, aged 63 years, 10 months and 25 days.
At the residence of Joseph T. Wilson,'in Colum
bia, on,the 3d inst., Benjamin Spangler, in the3oth\.
ye&r of his age. *
In West Hempfield twp., on the 29th ult, Ann,
daughter of David K. Stauffer, aged 21 years, 8
months and 8 days. ■ *
on . tbe ,f th lnBt -, near Beartown, after a short bat
painful illness, which she bore with perfect calm
ness, Rachel Detrich, daughter of*!aria Rhoads,
and late wife of Edward Detrich, aged 20 years', 3
months and 20 days.
On the 29th ult.. in Fulton twp., in the 64th year
of her age, Mrs. HarrietMaxweli, widow of Robert
Maxwell, Esq., dec’d, and daughter of the late
Gen. John Steele, formerly Collector of the Port of
Philadelphia. Of the deceased, it maybe truly ’
said, that she has left none, in the large circle of
relatives and friends, whose loss 'would be more
severely felt or sincerely regretted. Her exem
plary piety, gentle manners and useful life, cave
dignity to the domestic , ircle, and formed a bright -
example fyr mutation. She lived greatly esteemed
and r»epe«ted,_aad diad eisseraly lame Med. W*