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<Sl)c JDmtfapef |intcUigciutt J . VOL. LI. Jniclligentcr & Journal. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY MOUSING, BY GEO. SANDERSON. TERMS: Subscription. —Two dollars per annum, payable in advance; two twenty-five, if not paid within .*• . six months; and two fifty, if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued until all ar rearages are paid, unless at the option of the . Editor. Advertisements. —Accompanied by the CASH, and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents foreach additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. Job Printing. —Such as Hand Bills,’Fo»«mg Bill** Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. ORATION Delivered toy GEO.- W. M’ELROY, Esq., of tills City, ;st the Celebra tion held at Brownstown, Lan caster County, July 4,1850. MR. CHAIRMAN: me pleasure to meet you on this occasion, and for the purpose for which we are assembled. We are here to celebrate the dav which gave birth to the liberties ot this nation. We are here to converse face to face, on those great and undying principles, which are em bodied iin the.declaration which we have just heard read. It is right that we should meet together on this day and lor the purpose I have mentioned. It is one of those high and exalted privileges which it is our duly to exercise.. No one who appreciates the advantages ol the government under which we live, will doubt the propriety ot our thus assembling.— By our meeting together on this day, our minds are brought under the influence of a salutary and bene ficial example. We are led to contemplate the glo rious events to which it gave birth. Our feelings become more.warmly attached to the interests of our 'cduntry, and - 'we are’ sensibly impressed with the importance of our position as a nation, and led ■to those plans which are calculated to insure our perpetuity. Every citizen of tfye United States, in this partic ular, has a solemn and imperious duty imposed upon him. It is not the mere vain show, and the apparently unsubstantial enjoyments, which some times attend public demonstrations of this charac ter, that should be the inducements for the com memoijation of the events to which this day gave birth. Feelings of a higher and more sacred order, should prompt us to the discharge of this duty. We should come forward to this work, feeling that we are the representatives of the dead, to whose servi ces we are indebted for all the political blessings we enjpy. Our minds should be filled with grati tude to them, and we should connect their names with our ceremonies, with grateful hearts and be coming solemnity. For who are so deserving of our gratitude, as the men who-assembled them selves together on this clay, seventy-four years ago, to lay the foundation of the Republic under which we liv?? We read that during the days of the Ro man Republic, it was the custom of that nation, to hold their festivals, commemorative of prominent events in their history. They exhibited their grat itudeito their great men, for the services they had rendered, by public rejoicings, and by connecting their names with their national festivals and their hours pf leisure and of recreation. The same spirit should; animate the people of these United States. If in the darker period of the world's history, grat itude was a prominent feature of the human char acter, how much more so ought it now to be, since civilization and refinement are spread throughout the world, and the mistaken and imperfect opinions of past, have given place to learning and reli gion, and all those refined moral and rational sen timents which are the noblest attributes of man. To jus, this day brings with it leelings of a pecu liar character. We almost forget for the time, our present existence, and our attention is turned in stinctively into the retrospect. We contemplate ihe pjist, and we call up events which have long since transpired. Images of departed w’orth and greatness rise into view, and we feel ourselves, as it w’erje, transported back to be witnesses of those scenes), and to occupy a place amid those conflicts which;“tried frien's souls/’ We almost lancy that we see before us,, that noble band of patriots, who assembled themselves together in 1770, to adopt the declaration we have heard read. Our ears seem to catch the sound of the first Cannon, as it announced the onset of freedom, and signalized the downfall of tyranny upon our shores. But! if, undef ordinary circumstances, it is impor tant apd instructive for us to meet together on this day, ahd if gratitude for our apeestors and zeal lor our ccjuntry's welfare, require Ihat it should be set apart,!for the particular purpose in which we are engaged, how much more forcibly does this duty ap pea lip us now, at this particular crisis, when a dark , cloud jappears to be suspended over the Union, and the elements of national discord have shaken it to its very centre. In times of fancied security, we may forget the Fourth of July and the events which it commemorates; but i& it possible for us to.do so, in timies like the present, when the spirit of disunion is abrpad in the land, and the chosen fruits of the nations inheritance are about to be sacrificed in the wine press of the destroyer ? Now, indeed, my fel* low'citizens, is the time lor the people of this coun try tolspeak, and to speak their sentiments plainly, too, wjithout reference to’party feeling, and without regard to any local influence, which may be brought to bea r upon them. On the questions which are now agitating this country. - •! which have already threatened a rupture ot c u Confederacy, we should be united as one man. No party leelings should divide up. No local or sectional differences should disturb the harmony of our proceedings. We should comnrjiinp togeuier as one people, with one country, one liberty and one constitution. Ever since the origin of this government, a diver sity of opinion has existed between its two branch es, growing out ot the existence of slavery in the States. That diversity oi opinion has nownakea the.shjape of hostility, and I am not guilty of exag geration, when I say, that there are men in this country at the present time, who are as anxious to insure-a.dissolution of our Confederacy now, as out forefathers were to establish it. Men whose judg 1 mentshave been perverted by their passions, whose imaginations have associated with southern slavery, iniquities which it never gave birth to, and who. led away by the spirit of fanaticism, are now following their dangerous ciusade, with the dagger of the consp rator in the one hand, and the torch of the , incem iary in the other. Th; t slavery is an evil in this government, no man c f common discernment can deny. The great and tie good amongst us, have deeply deplored its existence, and looked upon it as a national curse. When viewed in the abstract, it is brought in con flict with our Republican-Character, and we are held jp to ridicule by the rest of the vvorld, for profesping a theory at variance with our practice. It is evil reproachful to our social system, and the history of the country has furnished many mel ancholy examples, that it is a stumbling block in the wry of our national prosperity. Every philan thrope t. every friend to his country, will honestly admit, that slavery is an evil, repugnant to our in stitute ns, and disgraceful to humanity. However the negroe may be to us, in' his physical ellectual conformation, he still forms a link chain ot humanity, and we have no moral • exact from him his labor without compen- The practice is at variance with our decla which acknowledges all men to be bom fret and it comes in conflict with the re vealed leclarations of the Almighty, that He “ has made of one blood all the nations of the earth:' The moment we enslave man of any color, we contra dict the spirit of that declaration, and deny the in fallibility of that divine precept,- which should be a rule ot moral government for all nations. But while we acknowledge slavery to be an evil, both moral and political, we deny that it is an evil of our own seeking. We object that the whole burden of its responsibility should be thrown upon us.— However culpable the government ol the U. States ma y u continuance, wo are not chargeable with the introduction of slavery here, It is air in stitution of foreign origin, and was transplanted into thia country by England at the time of her surliest settlements. It formed a part of that system of piracy, with which the mother country was so justly chargeable m the early history of her cola inferio -and in in the right t< sation. ration, and « nies. Those who have read the history of our early struggles, will remember that every means were-adopted to rid ourselves of this evil. The •patriots of the revolution deplored its existence amongst them. Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of employed the efforts of his great mind to devise some practicable method for its abolition. The Father of his Coun try recognized the foul blot upon our institutions, and made its miserable victims the object of his paternal regard and his generous philanthropy. But with all their wisdom and humanity, they could find no door wide enough to let slavery out. Their descendants have encountered obstacles equally serious in their character. Immediate and , unconstitutional abolition is as idle as it is imprac ticable. To let loose the slaves of the South in their present condition, would be to doom them to certain destruction. With us they could never sub sist upon terras of equality. Their constitution, their color, their habits of life, all would prevent them from the associations of freedem. With their introduction to liberty, their degradation would still exist.. Wherever they would go, they would carry with them their marks of inferiority. Excluded from the homes of the white man and that kindred intercourse, which alone can make freedom worthy of its name, it would not be long until their race would be extinct, and like the Red man of the forest, driven from one point to the other, they would perish in an atmosphere which would be poisonous to their existence. In a few centuries they would have faded from the earth, andjiothing be left of them to show that they had ever lived or toiled, except the scattered graves of their people, and that history which would record their suffer ings and their destruction. The only "practicable method of effecting our riddance ol this evil, wtrich has everbeen discov ered. has, at the' present time, been of. It might with -propriety be said, that it has almost perished for want of support. The friends of hu man liberty who proposed to form colonies in the c luntry of their ancestors for these miserable beings, where they might have a government of their own and subsist upon terms of equality, have been driven almost off the theatre of reform, by the. blind lanaticism which has been thrown in their way. They have been met in their work ol benev olence, by an association favorable to immedi ate and unconditional abolition, without regard to the safety of the country or the interests of the South. Millions of dollars have been expended in its support, which if they had been apjfropriated to the true purposes of reform, might have purch ased the liberty of the slave and sent him on his way rejoicing. And while this association was laboring to effect and did in part effect, the-des truction of this benevolent object, its tendency was to foster a spirit of hostility in the southern section of this Union, inimical to the work of reform and adverse to the cause which it professed to sus tain. Petitions were annually flooding our Halls of Representation, signed by men, women and children, of all classes and ol all colors, in which the slaveholder was represented as a of blood, ; while as a compensation for the libel, he was posi tively solicited to surrender upon the altar of suffer ing humanity, at least two-thirds of his lawful inheritance. Nor were crusaders then destitute of the means whereby to impel the machinery of their work. In every part of the country they had their hired esn misaries, who were laboring to excite the’ feelings of the North against the South, upon the slavery question. They had their Representatives too, who, session after session, presented their treasona ble petitions and assisted to fling their firebrands into the arena of debate. I say, my fellow-citizens, that this course, so unreasonable and unjust, has had the effect of retarding the progress of emanci pation in. this country. The tendency of abolition ism has been, not to meliorate the condition of the slave, but to rivet his chains tighter, and render his condition more hopeless and more intolerable. For although the r South itself, as I verily believe, is long since convinced that slavery is an evil, it should be remembered that they are not to be driven to a surrender of their property, without the stipulation of some conditions which will work a compromise of feeling. Their rights are as sacred as those ol the North. Both are protected by the same constitution, and the enjoyment of each freely 'and uninterruptedly, is the terms upon which our Confederacy is founded. That which occasioned the excitement under which the government is now laboring, is but a counterpart of the spirit to which I have referred. Foiled in their efforts to compel an abolition of the slaves of the South and of the Dist. of Columbia, these friends of humanity, as they term themselves, have turned their energies towards California and New Mexico, cherishing the vain hope that their doctrines will run current in reference to those countries, which were achieved by the bravery and sufferings of our soldiery in the late war. Unrea sonable upon the subject in reference to those ter ritories, as they were upon the general question, they commenced a premature crusade and rallied their forces in the shape of a political faction, whose peculiar virtue was to prohibit slavery on free soil. It required but a limited knowledge of the laws of nations, to know that* this movement was entirely irrational and unfounded; for the soil they sought -to protect from the encroachments of sla very was already protected by law, and the protec tion they demanded, was protection* for protection, a feature in our municipal code, which has never yet been discovered, by the most skilful and ener getic legal latitudinarian. That this movement, irrational and provoking in its character, should rouse a spirit ol resentment in the southern section of this union, is not to be wondered at. Will any one charge me with being over-indulgent' to the South when I say, that the ludicrous position of Northern men, asking of Congress the passage of a law, prohibiting that which was already prohibited, fully authorized and sanctioned the position they had assumed. Every man acquainted with the geography of his country must know, that the soil of California and New Mexico, is not congenial to human bond age. Free labor alone can prosper and flourish upon its surface. Nature has set up an insuparable barrier to the advancement of slavery there. And there never will originate the necessity for a change in the municipal regulation, which now excludes it from its limits. I have thus alluded temporarily to the present excitement in this country, and its causes; not that 1 believe that eventually any actually serious re sults will lollow it, but because I am of the opin ion that it behooves us, as a people, on this great day, tuily to understand the position that we occupy. Alas! how far have we departed from the glorious examples which were left us by our fathers ? How ha*'e we suffered ourselves to be led away after strange political gods, until we have almost lost sight of those solemn, duties which we are enjoined to perform ? The union of States which was held in such deep reverence.by the Father of his Coun try, and his immortal compatriots, is regarded by us as a light and trivial fellowship, which can be sev ered without remorse or hesitation on the shrine of faction or of interest. The solemn admonition which, was given by that truly great man, “to frown indignantly upon the first dawning of every attempt to separate one portion of this government from the other, or enfeeble the sacred ties that now link together its various partsf is thrown aside as unworthy our attention and unsuixed to the progressive spirit of the age. Thank God! that this present Fourth of July still finds us a united and free people! Thank God! that so far at least our country is still secure. Thank God! that the middle of the nineteenth cen tury finds us still in the possession of our freedom, and that our Union 6till remains unharmed amid the conflicts which may one day rend it asunder. If there is a government on the face of the earth, worth preserving, in all its parts and all its propor tions, it is the government of the United States.— We have set the first example of the advantages of a free Republican government, which the world has ever known. There is not a country under the sun which will compare with ours, in the mainten ance of any of those great principles which and ennoble the human character.. Here every man is placed upon an equality, or at least has the means of placing himself upon an equality with the proudest of the land. We have been elevated to a station from which we can look abroad upon tho nations of the earth, with the proud reflection, that we are preeminent among them all. To an elevation from which we can survey their charac* ter, with the proud consciousness that our laws are more wholesome and more permanent, our liberties more secure, our soil more and our fa* cilitiea for the extension of a wide and powerlul « THAT COUNTRY IS. THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”— Buchanan. CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1850. empire, more numerous and more certain. That we can boast of a population, proud and intelligent, strong in their physical and intellectual resources, who have never been weakened by the bonds of servitude, whose nerves have never been unstrung by the pangs of hunger, and whose sinews'have never been bruised by the rod of oppression. Of a people, great and independent in their equality, who have been rocked in the cradle of liberty, nurtured at its fountain, and taught in its schools. The name of an American citizen is claimed as a proud distinction, and like that of the Roman in the palmy days of his Republic, is his passport to honour in every civilized portion of the world. For the enjoyment of these advantages we owe a deep reverence to the memory of our buried ancestry. The nations of the earth respect us, not so much on account of our intrinsic excellence, as for our connection with men who in days gone bye, sus tained their rights upon the battle field, and fought and bled in defence of their country's liberty. The , actors in the revolutionary drama have nearly all passed away. The "curtain has dropped upon the stage and the theatre is silent. The pall of eterni ty has been thrown around them, and the silence of the grave sends back *no echo from the busy train, which once filled up the measure of their reality. But though the spirits of the revolution are gone, they have left an inheritance behind them, an inheritance more valuable than gold or silver, of freedom. It is for us, their rep resentatives, to cherish and protect it. It is for us to preserve it from harm, and to hand it down un impaired to posterity. When we cast our eyes abroad over this coun try, we are lost in wonder and astonishment at the rapid advances it has made. It is but a few cen turies ago, since this beautiful soil which we see around us, was a wild and unbroken wilderness, — “ Inhabited by beasts of prey, And men more wild and fierce than they.” Here the rude panther awoke the forest with his midnight bowl, and the pale moonlight reflec ted back the shining' folds of the deadly serpent. Silence and desolation were here. The unexplored wilderness returned ; no echo of the woodman’s axe, and gave back no song of the husbandman as he pursuedTds daily toil. Savage life in all its rude ness and originality was here. Buried in the deep recesses of the forest, was the wigwam of the war like Indian, whose only worship was his idolatry, and whose only God the unknown spirit that dwelt in the bursting thunder. But how changed is now’ the scene? The clouds of" ignorance an‘d supersti tion have been rolled back, wigwam of the Indian has disappeared, and his council fires have gone out upon our shores. The ploughshare of the husbandman now passes over the bones of his fath ers, and our? harvests grow upon their forgotten graves. On the ruins of savage life have been founded the blessings of civilization. Where all this rudeness and desolation once dwelt, we now fiud the homes of happy men, a soil teeming" with the finest ol earth's productions, and a nation basking in the sunshine of liberty. But within the narrow compass of our own homes, we see but little of this country and its greatness. Stretching as it now does from the Atlantic to the Pacific, we can form but a limited conception of it, when confined to the circle of our own Observations. It is when we look upon its geography and contemplate the immense territory which it now covers, that we are overwhelmed w’ith its magnificence. And to whom are we in debted for all this meed of earthly good? History has aw’anled to the Pilgrim fathers, the honour of having established in this country the first permanent Republican colony. The principles which governed those adventurers, are well known to us all. Deprived of the liberty of conscience, and trammeled in their notions of religion and the Bible, They sought new world as an asylum, where they might exercise that liberty free from restraint. They came here for that purpose, and for that alone. Differing, as they did from the established creeds, and entertaining opinions adverse to the government, in relation to the Deity and his attributes, they were compelled to flee from their native country to escape the persecutions which hunted them to the grave. Among them were men of learning and distinction, who in their own country had forsaken the blandishments of fortune, and the lavors ot royalty. They came here, not as fugitives Imm justice come, to escape the punish ment of tpe law which they had violated, not as men worn down by poverty, and willing to engage in any adventure to regain their fallen fortunes; but they capie here as men whose minds were free from reproach, with the Bible in the one hand and the implements of husbandry in the other. On the wild shores of New England, then a mere rock bound coast, washed by the billows of the Atlantic, they took up their abode. They were not the orig inators of the Revolution, but their descendents were among the first who shouldered their muskets in that glorious struggle. Yet the Pilgrim fathers were to a great extent the benefactors of this coun try. Their names deserve to be enrolled among our proudest archives. They have left behind them examples ol true piety and religious self-de nial, worthy the imitation of all ages. “ The Pilgrim Exile! —sainted name, The hill whose icy brow, Rojoicod when ho came in the morning’s flame, In the morning’s flame bursts now ; And the moon’s cold light, as it lay that night, On the hill side and tho sea; Still lies where he laid his houseless head, But the Pilgrim, where is he ?” “ The Pilgrim spirit has not fled ! It walks in the noon’s broad light, And it watches the graves of the glorious dead With the holy stars by night! It watches the graves of the brave who have bled, And shall guard the ice-bound shore ’Till the waves in the bay where the. Mayflower Shall foam and freeze no more.” [lay The descendants of those religious exiles still celebrate their advent into this country and hold their annual festivals commemorative of the hard ships they endured. The brightest intellects of the age have passed eulogies upon them, and their names have gone upon the pages of undying history and will elicit the reverence and respect of all men, while the boundless ocean continues to wash the shores upon which they repose. Yet it was not to the Pilgrim fathers alone that we aTe indebted for the government under which we live ! Those to whom we are more immediately indebt ed for the liberty we enjoy, date their advent into this country at least a century later than the Pil grim fathers. The Atlantic coast was then peopled by the enterprizing and the adventurous from all parts of the world. America was not then an ex clusive wilderness. The hand of civilization had touched and the lorests had already begun to crumble before the hardy yeoman's stroke. Colo nies had been formed and the mineral and agricul tural resources of the country were in a rapid state oFdevelopement. The wilderness had begun to blossom as the rose. The boundless ocean had'been frequently tracked by the skill of the navigator, and commerce had opened wide her saile for dis tant ports. Populous towns had sprung up along our sea-board filled with an industrious and enter prising people, whose labor had furnished them with a rich reward, and whose families were sub sisting in the enjoyment of domestic peace and happiness. The causes which gave rise to the Revolution are ! known to us all. It was not the desire to break down the established forms of government, as they existed in the mother country, but to carry them out agreeably to their spirit and origin. That which was the strongest inducement to the colonists, was the existence among them of taxation without re presentation. Other grievances were comparatively of minor importance compared with that. They desired a representation of their interests in the English Parliament, a privilege which was denied them, although that body continued to pass its bur densome tax laws for their regulation, which was an .immense source of revenue to that government. The stamp act, you remember, was the crowning point of them all. But still there were other grievances of which they complained and which are forcibly set forth in their Declaration. Armed troops had been quartered amongst them in times of peace, their legislatures were dissolved for pre suming to oppose the iniquities of Parliament, the military was rendered independent of and superior to the civil power, the eflbct of which was, that murders were perpetrated on peaceful inhabitants, by an idle and dissolute soldiery, and a mock trial preserved them from the punishment they deserved. Their trade was cut off with the rest of the world, their property was plundered upon the high mbs, their coasts were ravaged, their towns were burned, and the lives of their people destroyed. Either oi these grievances would have been sufficient to have justified the signers of the Declaration in sep arating themselves from the mother country, but When they fell upon them so heavily, when they came in such numbers, forbearance was no longer a virtue and resistance became indispensable. That our fathers did not desire originally to sep arate themselves from the mother country, may be inferred from the fact, that many of the grievances enumerated in their Declaration, were borne by them for years before that Declaration was adopted. As far back as the year 1765, the legislature of Massa chusetts passed a series of resolutions, expressive of their rights under the English government, and condemnatory of the encroachments which had been made. In Connecticut in the year 1776 sim ilar proceedings were had and town meetings were held, in which many of the grievances under which they labored were clearly and distinctly set forth. It was only on the fourth of July 1776, that the final step was taken. The Declaration was adopted, published and sent forth to the world. It was the signal of a war with the mother country. ’ It was the talisman which was to lead forth the oppressed to that struggle for their liberty, which they finally achieved. To these men, I have remarked, we are more im mediately indebted for the advantages which we now enjoy. With them the Revolution was a glo rious and at the same time, a most dangerous un dertaking. It embraced the alternative o! liberty or death ; for had they failed, death would have been their fate, and death too accompanied by the shame and ignominy of the scaffold. But they had confi dence in the purity and honesty of their cause.— The God ol battles approved of it, heaven sanc tioned it, and the honest testimony of the civilized world, gave it approbation. And yet, situated as they were, the undertaking seemed desperate and hopeless. They were lew in number, and destitute of the advantages necessary to the conduct of a successful campaign. In connection with this, the government with which they came in conflict was the most powerful on the face of the earth. A government which had won lor itself, the double distinction of both mother and conqueror of nations. A government whose dominions extended into almost every part of the habitable globe, whose flag had been.unfurled upon almost every hilltop, and whose sails had whitened almost every sea. What, my fellow-citizens, must have been the feel ings of those patriotic men, when at the termina tion of their glorious struggle, the British lion crouched betore them on the memorable plains of Yorktown! When their glorious eagle, “whose eye had never winked and whose wing had never tired ” through all the blood and peril of their renowned conflict, rose proudly upon the wings of the morn ing and bathed his plumage in our cloudless sky! “ The God of battles smiled —Justice triumphed ; The stars and stripes, Columbia’s sacred flag, Like eagle’s pinions fluttered to the breeze ; And the Red Lion, haughty Britain’s emblem, Discomforted, went howling back with rage, To lair amidst the white cliffs of Albion.” Never was a tyrant, who swayed the sceptre of hi unholy power over an oppressed and injured people, more disconcerted at this strange and unexpected result, than was George the Third. Possessing a mind naturally weak and unstable, he soon alter declined into idiotism and sat chattering upon his throne, until worn out by age and the effects ol in sanity, death relieved him from his embarrassments, and his people from the excesses of a monarch who had occasioned them much shame and reproach, “s With the termination of our Revolution, the free ; government of this country commenced. And how it has advanced in strength and permanency since its origin, our past history furnishes evidence. From the States originally but thirteen in number, we have attained to thirty, with the prospect that others will yet come in to form a part in the bright galaxy of our Republic. England foiled in her efforts to subjugate us to her will, now consoles herself with the reflection that the experiment of self government must fail. That this country, great, powerful and free as it is. must eventually resolve itself back into its original elements, and be driven by necessity, to acknowledge the divine right of Kings. Heaven forbid that we should ever recognize such right any more than we would the divine right of constables. Whether the prediction of England will ever be realized, must depend entirely upon ourselves. We can prove ourselves worthy of the inheritance we have received from our ancestors, or we can go on regardless of their sacred example and sacrifice all they have given us. Oh! my fellow citizens, is it not to be hoped, that we will never be guilty of this self destruction ? Let it not be said in after years, that some antiquarian has carved upon the tomb of the American Republic, the name of sui cide. Let us remember that we are acting not only for ourselves, but posterity. The example which we set, will be imitated by generations un born, and it should be our great duty so to protect the liberty of this country, that when the grave closes over us, it may descend unimpaired to those who will come alter us. Above ail considerations, the Union of the States should be to us most sacred. No local or sectional feeling should induce us for a moment to forget its importance. We should cling to it, as the anchor of our hopes, and the 6alety ol posterity. If it should tall by our hands, or through our negligence, it will bury every thing in its ruins. Civil war, drear, fearful and interminable would follow its destruction. Our fair fields would be turned into deserts, our implements of husbandry would be thrown aside, and that feeling of brother hood which has so long subsisted amongst us, would give place to defdly feuds and dire hostility. Our families would be alarmed by the cry ol midnight murder, and we would be driven into a revolution more deadly, than any we have ever known before, a revolution among ourselves. That tlik\ people of this country will so act in the present Crisis, as to prevent the occurrence of any such calamity, I entertain no doubt. The good and the great men of all parties have come up to the rescue. The slate of Massachusetts has been heard, through the eloquent strains and un answerable arguments of her Webster. Kentucky has thrown herself into the breach, in the person of her venerable Clay, and has rebuked the grow ing spirit of disunion in this country, through his withering sarcasm and inimitable eloquence.— With such men and such a cause, we have but little to fear. And I trust my fellow citizens, that however bitter may be the feelings now pervading the different sections of this country, that in the end it will redound to our glory and the country’s good. And that you and I, and those who will come after us, will continue to meet as we have done to day, to celebrate the anniversary of our country's liberty. And that when we do so, we will do it, with the proud consciousness, that our Union, will be then as it now is, safe and perma nent, our freedom will be then as it now is, the same glorious conservator of our peace and happi ness, and the time-honored flag of the nation, will be then as it is now, floating proudly in the breeze, w’ith its broad stripes unsullied and its bright 6tars undimmed. - ladies 5 Furnishing Store. AN excellent assortment of SPRING GOODS, such as Black Gros de Rhine and Pqul de Soie Dress and Mantilla SILKS, high lustres, all widths; Plain, Figured and Striped, Changeable GLACE DRESS SILKS; Black Silk Fringe and Lace, Dress and Cardinal Trimmings; Plain, Corn, Blue, Pink, Green, all wool, DELAINS ; Plain, Green, Blue, Pink and Corn Bereges, Embroidered SFFJSS MUSLIN for evening Dresses , SILK POPLINS, SILK TISSUES , inneat styles , LINEN LUSTRES from 12i fo 31± cts. ; SPRING GINGHAMS and CALICOES; PLAIN and EMBROIDED LINEN CAM BRIC HDKFSfrom 10 cts. to $3,00, IN GREAT VARIETY / Belting and Bonnet RIBBONS ; Gloves, Hosiery, Laces, Striped and Barred Cambric Muslins, with a general assortment of Men’s and Boy’s Wear, at the store of ROTHARMEL & BEATES, april 30-14-6t] North Queen street. To tho Public. I have this day appointed H. C. Fonderemith sole agent for the sale of Fenton’s Patent Flint En* amel Ware, in tho countioi of Lancaster and Lob anon. All orders for the abovo ware must be for warded to tho said Fonderimith at the city of Lin* castor, and all persons are hereby prohibited from selling or exposingfbr sale, said waro without per* mission from said Fonderimith. A. W, GOODELL, april Bs-tM3] Agent for Company, Who Wants a Meat Fit? BOOTS AMD SHOES. THE undersigned thankful for past favors, respectfully informs his friends, and theFHV public generally, that he is still to be found? lbL at his old stand in North Queen street, directly op posite Kaufman’s Black Horse Hotel, where hehas on hand a fine assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES, for Ladies’ and gentlemen’s wear, and is prepared to make to order, at all times and at the shortest notice, any description of the fashionable Boots and Shoes now worn, and at prices which cannot fail to please. • Give him a call. CHRISTIAN STIFFLE. N. B. Mending done in the neatest manner, and at the shortest notice. [june 4-18-6 m S-UMMER! “ The Spring is here, the delicate-footed May, With her fair fingers full of leaves and flowers.” THE Spring is here and Summer follows fast, and now is the time to prepare for the warm but beautiful season that will soon be upon us, l>y cal ling at [ Erben’s Emporium of Choice & Cheap Dry Goods. JUST OPENED —Splendid Changeable Dress SILKS! Elegant Black and Green Chamelion MANTILLA SILKS, extra widths,at very low prices. NEW STYLE BAREGE DE LAINES, the new article for dresses, which will supersede Bareges as they are more serviceable and will wash ! Silks, Tissues, Bareges, Lawns, Chintzes, Swiss, Mull and Book Muslins, of the best fabrics and most elegant styles. Also, Bonnet, Waist and Neck Ribbons, at ERBEN’S CHEAP STORE. “The sun burns hotly”—we are sure to know it— And “shade thy top-piece”—truly Bays the poet! Parasols! Parasols! A Large Invoice of PARASOLS of every color and price, Plain and Fringed, large and small, which will be sold lower than ever before offered. Wide Black Silk Laces, Silk Fringes and Gimps for M antillas, just received. China Pearl, Braid, Leghorn and Palm HATS for Men and Boys, of the new shapes, in endless variety and all prices. Superior Embossed Cloth Piano and Table Cov ers. Damask Linen and Colored Cotton Table Covers, Napkins, Towelling, &c., &c., just received and now opened at the store of CHAS. M. ERBEN & BRO., National House Building, next door to Russel’s Hardware Store, Lancaster, Pa. may 28 18-tf A CARD rHE subscribers beg leave thus to acquaint their friends and the public, that they’ve made such arrangements with a house in the city ot Philadel phia, as will enable them to execute orders for the purchase and sale of BANK STOCK, RAIL ROAD STOCK, STATE AND UNITED STATES LOANS, &c. &c., At the Board of Brokers, with promptness and fidelity and on as favorable terms in every respect, as can be done in Philadelphia. The faithful and confidential execution of all business entrusted to them may be relied on. Money safely invested for individuals on Estates, in Bonds and Mortgages, State and United States securities, &c. &c. Personal attention will be given to the proper transfer, &c., of Stock, Loans, &€., and such general supervision as will obtain for those intrusting business to them the safest and most de sirable securities. Also, the collection of Notes, Checks, Bills, on Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and the towns &c..in this vicinity. - % Also, persons desirous of buying or selling any stock of the Lancaster Banks, Conestoga Steam Mills, Gas or Turnpike Stocks by leaving the order in our nands will meet with prompt attention. JOHN F. SHRODER, GEORGE K. REED, N. W. corner of East King and Duke sts. Lancaster. Feb. 12, 1850. 3-ly Don’t Forget Old Friends. for the very generous patronage I hitherto extended to him, the subscriber re- Jspectfully asks the attention of the public, to the superb assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES he now offers. Having recently made very large additions to his alrealy superior stock, he is pre pared to accommodate all who step in to see him, with every article that can be desired in the regu lar BOOT and SHOE business. Customers, both Ladies and Gentlemen, are in formed that he employs the best hands only, and that having a personal supervision of all Customer Work done in his establishment, he is enabled to guarantee it inferior to none in the city. His prices are as usual, reasonable, and as he brings to his business the experience of many years, he trusts that the very liberal patronage hitherto extended to his establishment will be continued and increased, while on his part he promises that nothing will be left undone, that will in any way contribute to the comfort and satisfaction of his customers. His store is in North Queen street, one door south of Zahm & Jackson’s Jowelry Store. CLRISTIAN GAST, 3m-14 EXCHANGE HOTEL, East Eins*Street, Lancaster, Pa. TTTILLIAM J. STEELE takes this method of YV informing tho public generally, that having purchased of Mr. Christian Shertz all the property connected with the “ EXCHANGE HOTEL,” he has removed to the same, and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. Heconfiden’.Jy hopos, by strict attention to the wishes of those who may favor him with their patronage, to merit a liberal custom. HIS TABLE will always be liberally furnished with the best delicacies the market affords. HIS BAR will constantly be supplied with Wines and Liquors of the choicest brands. His ST ABLING is commodious and well fitted up. He respectfully solicits a share of public patronage. Lancaster, June 11, 1850. 20*6m Important Removal. EM. HAMBRIGHT respectfully informs the • public, that he has removed hie Tailoring Establishment to the room formerly occupied by George Meeser, as a Looking Glass Store, where he may be found at all times, ready and willing to wait upon those who may favor him with their cus tom. He also begs leave to state has just returned from the city, with the most complete and elegant assortment of UNCUT CLOTHS, CAS-SIMERES, AND RICH SATIN AND SILK VESTINGS, ever offered in Lancaster. This stock having been selected by a competent judge of FASHIONABLE GOODS, as well as a first-rate judge of their qual ity, he flatters himself able to meet the wants of his customers in the most satisfactory manner, and as sures all who may favor him with a call, that no efforts will be spared to promote their interest.— Don’t forget the place, West King street, next door to C. Hager & Son’s Dry Good Store. april 30 6in-14 REMOVAL. MACHINE SHOP AND IRON FOUNDRY REMOVED. HAVING removed our Machine Shop and Iron Foundry, from our old stand, at the Railroad, to the place formerly occupied by Mr. John Baker, Coachmaker, in East Orange street, Lancaster, Pa., we tender our grateful acknowledgements to our kind friends,■'"'customers, and the pubJßfgenerally, for the very liberal patronage heretofore- enjoyed, and that no exertions shall be wanting on our part to merit a continuance of the public support. Our new location has been, fitted up recently for the business, affording conveniences not previously possessed for want of room and suitable buildings— besides, the Locomotives passing on the railroad were an inconvenience to our customers that we are entirely free from in our new location. The varieties of THRESHING MACHINE made and repaired as heretofore, Corn Shellera, Wheat Drills, Ploughs, Horse Rakes, &c., made, and kept on hand for sale. Our stock of Patterns connected with the Iron Found™, we feel warranted in saying, is equal if not superior, to any other establishment in the county, being the kind now generally used, to gether with skilful Pattern Makers at all times ready to make to order, thus enabling us to fill all orders for Casting and Fitting with despatch. Highest price paid for old Castings. WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, april 93 13-6 m Rails! Rails!! 4 non DRY CHESTNUT RAILS, twelve foot long, for sale by the subscriber, at Millport, East Lampeter twp., near Lancaster, C june 4,19-tr. TDANIEL POTTS; SPRING FASHIONS AT THE CHEAP HAT AND CAP STORE, IN EAST KING ST,, A FEW DOORS WEST OF THE FARMERS* BANK, LANR. LEVI SMITH, Hatter, respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that hethas just received from New York and Philadelphia, the latest Spring style for . FASHIONABLE HATS, PM of the best materials, in the durable manner, and superior style. He will con stantly keep for sale a large stock of Fine and plain Hats of every description and the most improved styles. His stock consists of SILK, BEAVER , NUTRIA , BRUSH, RUSSIA, FUR, MOLESKIN, fyC. And a large assortment of Slouch and others, for the summer season. Call and examine. Feeling satisfied that he can render satisfaction to all who may pleasfe to give him a call, as he warrants his goods to wear well and keep their color. Also, a very extensive assortment of CAPS of all descriptions, comprising childrens’, boys’, mens’, cloth, velvet, silk glazed, common glazed, fur, &c., CHEAP FOR CASH. LEVI SMITH, Proprietor. N. B. Hats made to order at the shortest notice. Hats bought in this'establishment will be brushed and ironed whenever desired, free of charge. March 26. 9-tf Important Information. THE subscribers have just opened a very exten sive assortment of NEW GOODS, suitable to spring trade, which they intend selling off at low prices. Their stock comprises a much greater variety of goods than any other in this county, and they feel confident in assuring customers that they can be supplited with any article in their line of trade, on the most favorable terms. They have al ways in store a full assortment of STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, CARPETING, LOOKING GLASSES FLOOR AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS, Queensware, Paper Hangings, Groceries & Lamps. They have just opened a great variety of Lawns, Bereges, Berege Delaines and. White Goods adapted to Ladies wear, which will be sold cheap by T. & H. BAUMGARDNER, Walnut Corner, Centre Square and North Queen street, Lancaster. [april 30-tf-14 AWAKE! JUST received at NO. 80, North Queen street, a large assortment of SPRING and SUMMER DRY GOODS, Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings and Tweeds, Ladies’ Dress Goods, Plain, Pink, Blue and Orange colored De Leines, Lawns, Alpacas, &c.; Alpaca Lustre, Linen do. Bareges, Ginghams, Calicoes, superior Black Dress Silks, Black Silk, White Crape Silk; Shawls, De Laine and Thibbet do. Parasols, Um brellas, Linen and Cotton Carpet Chain, Cotton Goods for men and boys’ wear, Palm Leaf and Straw Hats, Paper and other Window Shades, with a general assortment of 'Dry Goods usually kept. To our friends and the public we would say, that after reading of the great bargains to be had else where, please call and secure still greaterjiargains. We will sell at the lowest cash prices, GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, &c. Tea, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Cheese, Chocolate, Spices, Almonds, Figs, Prunes, Candies ; Brushes, Bed-cords, Wash-lines, Buckets, Matts ; Superior Hams and Dried Beef, with a general assortment of articles in the Grocery line. Basket Carriages, Basket ‘ Cradles and Chairs, with a large assortment of clothes, marketing and travelling baskets. TOBACCO, and SEGARS wholesale and retail. MACKEREL—ISO bbls. I and £ bbls., Nos. 1, 2 and 3—best selected Mass. Mackerel. SAld, TAR AND FISH. Don’t forget, North Queen street, 2 squares from the Court House, in the Museum Buildings. W e will try to make the walk more than pay for your PINKERTON & SMELTZ. may 21, 1850. Plumbing. THE subscribe begs leave to inform her friends and the public, that she will continue the bus iness lately carried on by her deceased son, John Getz, at his old stand immediately under Reed’s Hotel, in West King street, where she will be pre pared as heretofore to furnish "find lay IRON & LEAD PIPE. in the best manner, at the shortest notice an'd on the most reasonable terms.' Cast Iron Pipes from 14 to 12 inches in diameter; Leaden Pipes from 4 to 4 inches in diameter; and Wrought Iron for steam and hot water circulation are furnished in or out of the city. Hydrants, Bath Boilers, Hot and Cold Baths, Water Closets, Liftand Force Pumps and Hydraulic Rams fitted up in a workmanlike manner. REPAIRING promptly attended to, and every description of work in the Plumbing line. SHEET LEAD of very superior quality, for sale at the lowest prices. Qn hand and for sale, 1 3000 FEET LEAD PIPE , best quality, (American manufacture,) assorted sizes, suitable for conveying water from springs &c., at the lowest case prices. ELEANOR GETZ, West King street, Lancaster. April 16. 12-tf REMOVAL- WM. E, HEINITSH respectfully informs his friends, and the public generally, that he has removed to his new store, in East King street, two doors oast of the Lancaster County Bank, and directly opposite Shertz’s Exchange Hotol, where he has opened an assortment of FANCY GOODS &c. BASKETS, Hosiery, Kid, Silk, Lisle Thread and Cotton Gloves—Thread, Bobbin and Cotton Edgings and Insertings, Laces; Fancy Perfumery and Soaps; Shell, Buffalo, Horn and Ivory Combs of every description ; Fine Hair, Cloth, Shaving, Teeth, Scrubbing and Dusting Brushes; all kinds of Buttons, Corn .Brooms, and Whisks; Alicantand Jute Mats; Fancy Stationery; Jewelry; a general assortment of Trimmings; Willow Coaches and Chairs; Bomboo Rocking Chairs for children,'a new and beautiful article. , -• Ladies’ and gentlemens’ silk, linen, cotton and gingham Hdkfs. and Cravats ; G. E. Braces, Visiting and Playing Cards; Terra Cotta Card Baskets; Mantel Ornaments and numerous other articles in the variety line. NEW MUSIC Orders received and attended to without delay. Musical Instruments, Guitar and Violin strings, Bridges, Screws, &c., &c. Having made arrangements for the saleofMyer’s superior and celebrated premium PIANO FORTES, he will keep an assortment. Ladies can have an opportunity of trying music before purchasing. Thankful for past favors, he respectfully solicits a continuance of public patronage. april 2 10 FIRE! FIRE! A RIVER SET ON FIRE AT LAST! WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE! IT would require :11 the ornetas and gas pipes in the city to declare to the public the quantities and styles of Goods now opening at the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Store, and at such low rates as to defy all competition. We always had the reputation of selling our goods cheap, but now we are prepared to sell them cheaper than ever, for cash or for produce. We respectfully invite the public to call and judge for themselves. C. BEATES, Formerly Hestetter & Beates, E. King st., Lan’r. may 7 14-6 t Clocks, Watches, and Jewelry. GM. ZAHM, corner of East • King street and Centre Square, would call attention his fine assortment of WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, CUTLERY, Hair and Cloth Brushes, Perfumery, Pocket Books, Spectacles, Thermometers, Spy Glasses, Mathematical Instru ments, Canes, Accordeons, &c. &c. All goods sold by him warranted what they are sold for. Repairing of all kinds attended to. Seals for Societies* Lodges, Corporations, fitc., neatly engraved. Stensil Plates for marking barrels, boxes, &c. cut. GIVE HIM A CALL. ; Lancaster, Feb. 19, 1850. 4-tf Extract of American Oil, FOR the cure of Burnt, Scalds, Bruises, wounds, Sore Throat, Ring Worm, Scald Head, Btc. Sold wholesale and retail at Dr. RAWLINS* Med ical Hall, North queen strroet. may 14 16 Camphlne or Pine Oil OF the best quality it told at Dr. Rawmbi’ Medical Hall, North Queen at., Lancaster, at 14 conta a quart. [april 16-13-ly PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. J. McCALLA, DENTIST, Graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (Foruerlyof No. 100, South oth St.jPhll’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 DR. F. MILLER, Honuepathic Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur, HAS removed his office from-Kramph’s building, to the second story of Jungerich’s Building, North Queen street, opposite Vankanan’s Franklin House Hotel. [April 16, 1850-12-tf Dentistry. MESSRS. REID & CARMAN, Dentists, re spectfully infornr their friends and citizens of the city and county of Lancaster, that they have removed their office to No. 8, North Queen ’street, over J 7 F. Long’s Drug Store, where they can be found at all times prepared to perform all operations upon the teeth.' Artificial teeth from one to a full set in serted on the most improved principle. Pivot teeth inserted, cleansing, filing and extracting performed with care, and all operations pertaining to the den tal art, executed in the most skiliul manner, and on the most moderate terms. April 9 ’5O-ly-10] REID k CARMAN. UDlfiaQa SURGEON d E]Mrnri:sx'9 OFFICE —In Kramph'a Building, NORTHEAST CORNER OP Orange and Nortli Queen Streets, LANCASTER, PA. Lancaster, July 3, 1849. CHESNUT STREET HOUSE. SAMUEL MILLER, NO. 131 CHESNOT St., Between 3d & 4tA tit., P HILADELPHIA . BOARDING $l,OO per day. [Aay 14, 1850-ly-rC . GEO. W. McELROY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his office next door to the Intel ligencer Office, Market Square, in the room with Hibam B. Swabb, Esq Lancaster, April 2, 1850 WILLIAM S. AMWEG, # % Attorney at Law, # OFFERS his professional services to the public. He also attends to the collection of Pensions, and the'prosecution of all manner of claims against the general government. His residencejin the city of Washington for several years, the- experience derived from the duties of the office, .which he had filled during that time, and the mode in which claims of this sort are most speedily adjusted, give the" most ample assurance that business placed in his hands will be attended to in such manner as can not fail to afford satisfaction. Office in South Queen street, second house below the Lancaster Bank. Nov. 20, 1849. a>m. a. WA-xobAtr. OEMnrisTt Opposite Vankanan's (formerly Schofield's) Hotel, North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. I heartily recommend to the people o! Lancaster, all others to whom this may come, Dr. Waylan, Grndute of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, as a gentleman eminently qualified to practice his profession in a skillful and scientific manner, and ofmoral character thatentitles him to all confidence. I do also certify, that Dr. Waylan did obtain, as the award of a Committee, consisting of Dr. Parmly of New York, Dr. Roper of Philadelphia, and Dr. Noyes of Baltimore, a Case of Instruments, offered by the College as a prize for the greatest proficiency in the study and art of Dentistry as taught in the Institution. 1 do also certify that Dr. Waylan has operated upon my mouth in a highly satisfactory manner. Thos. E. Bond, Jr., A. M., M. D. Professor of Special Pathology and Therapeutics in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Lancaster, Dec. 11, } 49. 46-tf MARTI* 91. ROIIRER, SURVEYOR & CONVEYANCER. OFFICE, Opposite Sprocket's hotel, East King Street, LANCASTER, PA. SCRIVENING, .As writing Deeds, Wills, Mortgages, Releases, Accounts, &c. on reasonable terms and the shortest notice/ march 16, *5O. 6m-8 ° Geo. W, llunter, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE —North Duke stroet, ono door above Widmyer’B Cabinet Warerooms, in the office recently occupied by John F. Shrodor, Esq. All kinds ol Conveyancing, writing Wills, Deeds v Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will be attended to with correctness and despatch April 12, *6O John M, Amweg, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFERS his professional services to the public. Office in Brenneman’sßuilding,Centre 'quare, Lancaster, in the rear of W. G. Baker’s Drug Store, and two doors north of E. Sheaffcr’s Saddlery. Lancaster, Feb. 19, 18§0. 4. 1 y Landis & black, ATTORNIES AT LAW: Office —Three doors below the Lancaster Bank, South Queen Street, Lancaster, Penn’a. JKJ* All kinds ol Scrivening, such as writing Wills, Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will be attended to with correctness and despatch. '"January 16, 1849 61 JACOB L. GROSS, Attorney at Law, Office, Centre Square, EPHRATA—opposite Gross ’ Hotel, WHERE he will attend to the practice of his profession in all its various branches. Also Surveying—and all kinds bf Conveyancing, writing Deeds, Wills, Mortgages, stating Adminis trators and Executors’ Accounts, &c., with accu racy and despatch. [April 23, ’5O-13-ly Dr. 91, 91. 91oore & Son, DENTISTS, RESPECTFULLY announce to their friends and the public generally, that they still continue to practise Dentistry in all its various branches. ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted ■ ■ upon Pivot; Plate or Atmospheric Pressure, from a single tooth to a ([rrESflßflL full set; carious and decayed teeth T_T r rendered sound and healthy by filling, and teeth extracted with one-half the pain generally experi enced. Sir Charges in all eases moderate. (OrOffice in North Queen street, half a square from the Court House, and adjoining Col. George Mayer’s Hardware Store, and nearly opposite Kauffman’s Hotel. [apriJ 30 ’5O-t£l4 LANCASTER TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT. Lynch & 9loore, ’ LATE OF PHILADELPHIA, RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Lan caster and vicinity,that they have commenced the above business in all its Various branches, in Breneman’s Building, in the >opm directly over A. N. Breneman’s Boot and Shoe Store, (Centre Square,) where they are prepared to do all kinds of Fashionable TAILORING, in a style equal to any house in Philadelphia. They assure those who may favor them with their custom, that no efforts will be sparod to render completo satisfaction. They warrant all garments jnado by them ,to Fit Perfectly ; and shall inako it a spools! point to oxecitte all orders in tho most prompt and completo manner. They respectfully solicit patronage. Lanca.ter, May 14, 1850. JOB PRINTING neatly and expeditiously ext* euted at thla offloe. . NO. 26.