For the Intelligencer. REVERIES. BT THE SOLITAIAE. * Imagination hath a coloring For all things Teal; andlpaints.the object Of its imagery in hues most gorgeous^ Always heihgtened. With" stem realities , It plays; and oft its visioned dreams take shape, And to their shape-add wings andjly, in search, E*er tireless, of purer joys. And thus, what Otherwise were misery hnd woe, is Oft to bliss transformed. ’Tie'only that Which happiness and pleasure brings; alas, That fades and dies away! The fairest Ocean-flower that drinks the rolling Wave, but raises once its petal’d form, blooms To the wild an hoar, smiles one enraptur’d Smile, then blushing, sinks, and waßtes mwat’ry Tomb. The sunbeam quiv’ring on the dancing Ripple, sports a moment in its liquid Gold, tiien melts in the shadowy air. Rainbow, in its tinted glory, half spans The arched sky, then hides its beauty In the folds of Light. 0 fading loveliness! The stern old forest its liv’ry of green Puts oh, and glories in majestic grandeur, Then shakes its load ofbeauty to the winds. Alas, those withered leaves! —they rattling Fall, and rustle in the breath of Night,— A hollow, empty sound. And then how drear Those frowning oaks, their moss-shagged arms Blanched by a thousand storms, upward, Imploring, turned and creaking to thfe “Wint’ry gust —What dismal'groans. 0 fleeting Splendor!—Those rugged leafless limbs all Naked stand, like wild reality of imagery Disrobed. Those forest trees! The merriest Warbler of the wood-land wild ne’er caroled Half its roundelay, but from the gelid Caverns of the North, old winter drove hit Frozen blast and chilled its, song- sweetest Chaplet village maiden ever wreathed, scarce Unfolded to the scented winds, than fairest Rose-queen drooped and died—What beauty was, What beauty is—those withering flowers! Montbobe, July 10* 1850. Plank. RoadsAs^ ' As these roads are fast taking the place of turn pikes; and at several are already projected in this county, we think it proper to copy the following essay on tlae subject, from the Scientific American, which will no doubt be interesting to many of our readers: The™ Construction.-— ln the most general!) approved system, two parallel rows of small sticks or timber (called indifferently sleepers, stringers or sills) are imbeded in the road, 3 or 4 feet apart.— Plank,-eight feet long and three inches,tluck, are laid upon those sticks across them,-: at right angles "to their direction. A side track of earth, to turn out upon, is carefully graded. Deep ditches are dug on each side, to ensure perfect drainage; and thus is formed a plank road. Latino them out. —In laying out a plank road, it is indispensable, in order to secure all the bene fits which can be derived from it, to avoid or cut down all steep ascents. A'very short rise of even considerable steepness may, however, be allowed to remain, to save ex pense; since a horse can, for a short time, put forth extra exertion to overcome such an increased resis tance; and the danger of slipping is avoided by de scending upon the earthen track. A double plank track will rarely be necessary. No one without experience in the matter can credit the amount of travel which one such track' The House has excluded Mr. Smith, the delegate from New Mexico, by a vote of 105 to 98. The following Cabinet officers have been appoint ed by president Fillmore, and confirmed by the Senate: Daniel Webster, of Mass., Secretary of State. •Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, Sec’y, of Troasury. James A. Pearce, of Maryland, Sec’y of Interior. Edmund Bates, of Missouri, Sec’y of War. Wm. A. Graham, of N. Carolina, Sec’y of Navy. N. K. Hall', of' New York, P. M. General. Jno. J. Crittenden, of Ky., Attorney Goneral. •The same who desired'tho Mexicans to welcome our brave soldiers with “ bloody hands and hospi table graves.” What an appointment! It augurs badly for the new administration. The Sew Crisis. The sudden death of General Tailor, and the change in the administration of the general gov-' ernment, must lead.to decisive consequences, for good or for evil. Many intelligent men regard the prospect as doubtful and gloomy; while others have convinced themselves that the. issue will be fortunate. Mr. Fillmore holds a vast influence in his hands. His recent negative official position has made his future course a matter of mystery. If he is a wise, firm, patriotic man, he may lend political aid to the peaceful arrangement of all our trying troubles. If, on the contrary, he is a mere partisan—a mere sectionalist—he may contribute to the immediate overthrow of the hopes of every patriot, and precipitate the catastrophe of disunion- We are free to say, however, that we look for bet ter things from the new President, and we are strengthened in this expectation by the perusal of a letter which he wrote in reply to a Fourth of July invitation, extended to him by the Temperance men of Buffalo. His letter is dated on the 10th of June, and he goes out of the ivay of the object of the celebration, to speak of the Union. His opin ions have since become nationally interesting: Gentlejien : — I have received your kind invita tion to attend a “ Union celebration,” in the city of Buffalo, of the approaching anniversary of our Na tional Independence. * Nothing could give me more pleasure than to mingle with my fellow citizens on that joyous occasion. Judging from the favorable reports which I have recently heard of the progress of the cause of Temperance in Buffalo, I infer, that the {{ Union celebration” implies a union of temperance and patriotism—ofcool heads and warm hearts—and such a union is greatly desired at this time, to save the Union to which we are all so de votedly attached. I do not,, however, anticipate that it will be in my power to accept your flattering invitation; 'as my official duties will, in all proba bility, require my presence here. I trust, however, that notwithstanding the pres ent painful aspect of our political affairs and the jarring discord of sectional leeling, that the wisdom and conciliation of the present generation, are equal to the preservation of that glorious Constitution, unimpaired, which they have received as the great est blessing from their ancestors, and that this birth day of our nation shall ever find us it one and in separable.” Truly yours, « Millard Fillmore. Orson Phelps, Esq., and others, Committee of Ar rangements, Buffalo. Now, although these are words that may readily be construed to mean exactly the reverse of the con struction which they are reasonably entitled to, we cannot put away from us the fact, that Mr. Fill more has always been the fast friend of Clay, and that he is the foe of Seward, the demagogue, who now leads the forces of fanaticism in the Senate. We should regret, for his own sake, as well as for the country's sake, if be did not elevate himself above all sectional factions, and declare boldly for the Union.— Pennsylvaniau. ID* Millard Fillmore, now by the Constitution President of the United States, was bom in Summer Hill, Cayuga co., New York,. January 7th, ISOO. His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, is a farmer, still living in Erie county, New York. Mr. Fillmore spent four years, in early life, in working at tbe clothier’s trade, and during that time devoted all his leisure hours to reading and study. At the age of 19, he attracted the notice of Judge Wood, of Cayuga county, u f ho took him into his office. In 1821 he removed to Buffalo and entered a law office, teaching for his maintenance until, the year 1-823, when he was licensed to practice in the Court of Common Pleas. In 1827 he was admitted an At torney of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. - In 1829 he was elected a member of the Assembly from Erie co., and was twice re-elected. He was elected to Congress in the year 1832, and after the expiration of his term resumed the prac tice of his profession. In 1836 he was again sent to Congrefs, and was subsequently re-elected for another term. During this session, he was placed at the head of the Committee of Ways and Means. In .1844 he %yas nominated by the Whig party as their candidate for Governor. In 1847 he was elected Comptroller of the State. In 1848 he was elected Vice President of the United States, and on the 4th March, 1849, he entered upon the duties of the office. Order of Succession - .— ln case of the death of both the President and Vice President of the United States, during the term for which they were elected, the following act, passed by Congress, March Ist, 1792, chap. 8, sec. 9,provides for the emergency: “ Be it enactech.&c., That in case of a removal, death, resignation, or inability, ; both of the President and Vice President of the United States, the Presi dent of the Senate pro tempore, and in case there shall be no President of the Senate, that the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the time being shall act as President of the United States, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.” Cholera at the West. —At Nashville on,the, 12th, there were 21 interments, of which 14 were of cholera. John B. Frentz, an old and esteemed citizen of New*Albany Indiana, died of the cholera on Wednesday. He was sick only a few hours.— .There has been one case of cholera, in Clinton co., Ohio, which terminated fatally. Some eight or ten c ases of Cholera are reported in different parts of Harrison county, Indiana, about half of which proved fatal. The health of Lexington, Ky., yyhere the cholera appeared last season in its most malig nant type, is reported to be excellent. But one death from Cholera has occurred there this season. The cholera has appeared in Clermont county, 0., and three deaths occurred last week in the little town of Bethel. There have been a good mapy deaths from cholera in Louisville; but the victims seem all to have come from Drennon Springs.— Drennon must haye had a tremendous throng of visitors, when the cholera broke out there. $894,973 65 798,370 42 $96,603 13 Congress. Washington, June 10, 1850. William F. frolrngtonu The death of General Taylor has doubtless given a serious blow to the * influence of this arch dema gogue, not only at Washington, but also in Pesflte sylvania. Daring the life-time of the old Hero, no individual appeared to he more in his confidence than Johnston, and very many of the appointments in this State were evidently made to gratify his wishes. So completely had- be managed to get the ear Of the President, that Senator Cooper was thrown entirely in the back ground, and could ob tain nothing for his friends—in fact he was well nigh driven, by the intrigues of Johnston, into open hostility to the administration. f But a change has come oer the spirit of this Whig: Governor’s dream, since the accession of Mr. Fillmore to the Presidency, and, instead of finding himself still at the top of'the ladder, he has been made to give place to his rival, Cooper, and must from henceforth content himself with a subordinate position. The fortunes of Mr. Cooper are identified with Mr. Clay—and as this latter gentleman appears to have the ear of the new Pres ident, we may expect the appointing power to be used, so far as Pennsylvania is concerned, for the especial benefit of Cooper's friends. That Mr. Cooper will exert the influence he now has to his own advantage, and against the faction that follows the fortunes of Governor Johnston, no one who knows him and who is acquainted with his dispos ition, can for a moment doubt. He is not the man to forgive an insult, and his enemies in the Whig party will be made to feel his vengeance whenever opportunity offers. The insultg and abuse heaped upon him by those who are known to be in the confidence of Johnston, have been treasured up in his memory, and he will yet be able to repay them with interest for their work of defamation. Our neighbor of the Union Tribune who is, par excellence, the organ of Governor Johnston, will have to see to it in time that the cause of his mas. ter suffers no detriment in this region. Cooper 6tock has latterly taken a rise even in the “ Old Guard,” and under the very nose of Mr. Stevens and those who have been so busily engaged in the work of defaming both him and Mr. Clay. We sadly fear that “ Othello’s occupation’s gone,” and that from henceforth our military friend, the Lieut. Colonel and aid to hU Excellency, will be reduced to the ranks, and be made to follow the rising fortunes of his more modest compeer of the Examiner <§r Herald. Wonderful, wonderful, the swaps and changes! Losing and Winning. The Albany Journal—the organ of Senator Sew ard—has a somewhat lengthy article admitting that there is “ alienation ami estrangement” between him and President Fillmore, and threatens not to support his administration unless he adopts, with the office to which he has fallen heir, the measures of the Galphin Cabinet, and vindicates the Taylor policy; otherwise that Journal does not hesitate to admonish Mr. Fillmore by allusion to “the perfidi ous course and ignominious fate” of John Tyler.— The State Register—the anti-Seward paper at Al“ bany—copies the whole from the Journal, and coolly remarks that tl The following article from a contemporary, ex pressing distrust of President Fillmore—one of the longest tried and truest whigs in the nation, and foreshadowing hostility to his administration—we doubt not will strike our readers, as it has us, with no little surprise.” <, The Register remarks further, that it has no doubt the high powers with which Mr. Fillm.ue is clothed will be “discreetly used to restore peace and harmony, and compose the unhappy differences that now unfortunately divide and distract the Un ion. Without surrendering his own judgment, he will call to his aid the wise counsels of the great and good men, of whom, fortunately, there are not a few at hand, in shaping his course of action.” We shall see what we shall see. The two wings of Federal Whiggery—the Fillmore wing and the Seward wing—are now looking daggers points at each other on account of the spoils, and an open rupture maybe anticipated before a great while.— This is the state of the case—the losing and win ning game—in New York, and here in Pennsylva nia we shall have the same scene between the Johnston and Cooper factions—or else we are greatly mistaken in our reckoning. Time will determine whether we are right or wrong in our prediction. s£r VVe challenge the Intelligencer to point out a single item in Simon Snyder’s political creed, which is not now held —and consistently too as a Whig of the present day—by Henry W. Snyder. If there is any blushing to be done it should be done by those whose facility in making assertions is in inverse ratio to their ability to sustain them by proof. —Examiner Sf Herald. ID* We might answer the above challenge of the Examiner, by asking it to point out a “single item” in the creed of Henry W. Snyder, the Gal phin Whig candidate for Auditor General, which was held by his revered Democratic father. When our neighbor attempts an impossibility of that kind, it will perhaps be time enough lor us to direct his attention to the “items” of difference in the politi cal character and sentiments oftfhe father and son. But, one of the principles entertained and carried out by Simon Snyder—still held by all good Dem ocrats—was an open and avowed hostility to an in’ crease of Banks or banking capital, which brought down upon his devoted head the bitter hatred and unsparing denunciation of the then Federal (now Whig) party. “ Show me the company a man keeps and I’ll tell you what he is,” is a true adage; and we hardly suppose Henry W. Snyder is so thoroughly anti bank as his father was—for we are very sure that if he was so radical on that subject, he would not be considered a good enough Whig to be placed in nomination for the high and important office of Auditor General, a functionary who wields no mean influence for or against banking institutions. Collegiate. —The Carlisle papers announce the following appointments to vacant Professorships in Dickinson College:— Rev. Erastus Wentworth, A. M., President of McKendree College, Illinois, was elected Professor of Natural Science, in the place of Professor Spen cer F. Baird, resigned. Rev. Herman M. Johnson, A. M., Professor of Langnages in the Ohio Wes leyan University, was called to the chair of Philo sophy and English Literature, mado vacant by the resignation of Professor Allen ; and James W. Marshall, A. 8., Professor of Languages, in the place of Rev. Dn. iVlcClintock. GCrSpeaking of Mr. Baird, the Reading Gazette has the following, which a long acquaintance with that gentleman enables us fully to endorse: Prof. Spencer. F. Baird, of Dickinson College, Carlisle, has received the appointment of Assistant Secretary of the cjraithsonian Institute. The honor could not have been more worthily conferred. — Although still a young man, Prof. Baird has obtain ed great proficiency in the natural sciences, and we may safely say, that as a naturalist he has no superior in this country. We wish him a long career of honor, and usefulness in his new station. KrJ. P. Brawiey, the loco foco candidate for Surveyor General, voted in the last Legislature in lavor o f increasing the. salary of the office for which he has been nominated, and to which he aspired when the vote was given. —Lebanon Courier. Nr. Brawiey did no such thing . The salary of the office lor which he is the Democratic candidate, was not increased, nor was there a proposition made to do so; but those*of the Auditor General sand State Treasurer were, and as we think, very properly.— Pennsylvanian. Treaty with Mexico. —The N. O. Picayune of the 10th instant states that Mr. Letcher, our Min ister to Mexico, has succeeded in effecting a treaty with that Government, similar in its provisions to that already made with Nicaragua. The Picayune adds:— This will enable our citizens to carry into effect tneir cherished enterprise of building arailway com munication. between the two oceans, which will bring New Orleans within twelve’ days’ travel of San Francisco. The _ Dead Insulted—--The Living Slandered. The Pennsylvanian thus admirably retoits upon the North American, Newark Mercury , and other of tite Regency prints, who have had'the onblashing impudence to charge hypocrisy upon the Demo crats for speaking kindly of the deceased General Tatlor. The latter named sheet has even had the unparalleled audacity, to-charge the Democrats with having brought about his death by the course they have pursued in reference to the Galphin bus iness, and other enormities of the defunct Cabinet! Alter going on to show, from the record, the bit ter opposition of the editor of the Mercury to Gen. Tailor's nomination, and to the war in which he gained all his laurels, the Pennsylvanian proceeds in the following strain: Thus much lor the Mercury ; and now for the villainous allegation that General Taylor’s death was brought about by Democratic opposition. Let us go back a few years; and let us begin by show ing who were among the first to honor and applaud General Taylor, without reference to political con sequences. Mr. Polk, a Democrat, voluntarily placed him in command of the American forces at Corpus Christi and in Mexico. His victories were applauded by the Democracy to the echo; and at this moment the sincerest tributes to his valor, to be found on the pages of history, are from Demo crats, who supported the war as just and righteous, and honored the leader of our armies for having won his laurels in such a conflict. Democrats in Congress contended for that war, against the very demagogues who now say that the Democrats de stroyed General Taylor. Democratic votes carried the reinforcements and supplies that made his ar mies successful. All this, too, while many of the Whig leaders were openly aiding and comforting the common foe, ridiculing and denouncing the war, and assailing the troops as cut-throats and butchers. During the whole time, the Democracy, in and out of Congress, never allowed a thought to interpose between their estimation of Gen. Taylor, and the apprehension of his elevation to the Presi dency as their political opponent. When finally he u>a* nominated by the Whigs, these Democratic eulogies were used to make Democratic votes; and the eleventh hour -politicians who left Clay and came into Taylor’s support, did so in view of the fact, among other considerations, that he had fought in a Democratic war, and had been encour aged by Democratic applause, and Democratic votes.elected him. Now let us look at the other side of the question: —ls it not well known that after'Generul Taylor, assisted by a Democratic administration, and sus tained by the Democratic masses, had secured a glorious reputation in a Democratic war, the har pies of Whiggery set about to make him President? Is it not notorious that he protested, over and over again, his utter unfitness for a life for which j he had neither taste nor ambition ? Is it not notorious that he was badgered and worried into accepting a Whig nomination in the face of his honest, early and earnest pledge not to do so? Placed before the people, the campaign was managed by the same rekless and ambitious men who had dragged him from a pursuit to which he had been reared. For him, they spoke two opinions on every question; and, with they held him up in two attitudes before the country. When he was elected, they took possession of the adnfinistration ; they organized it; they dispensed the offices; they made the guillotine hack off heads in defiance of the pledges he had made. Aroused to a sense of his situation, is it marvellous that General Taylor should be humiliated and alarmed—that he should hear the popular complaints against'his ministers with regret and dismay ? But did tjiese Cabinet and outside intriguers stop here ? The cabal were not yet satiated; and one of their last acts was to induce the brave soldier to sanction, under a mis representation of the facts—the Galphin wrong.— We have it from high authority, that he' saw enough of that affair, before his death, to convince him that it was unjust. General Taylor might easily have discriminated between attacks upon his Cabinet and attacks upon himself; but the high honor of the warrior could not brook the position which the Cabinet and the Whig leaders had put him into—the one by hiding from him or falsifying the operations of the government: the other by dragging him from his profession, to fill a position full of perils and responsibilities. Human flesh and blood could not bear such a crusade; and the man who had faced the bullets of the enemy, fell before the duties of an office for which he had little relish, and the bungling and baseness of those who ruled and ruined in his storied name. Mr. Crawford’s Letter. Mr. Crawford, the Secretary of War, has ad dressed a letter to Speaker Cobb, which that gen-, tleman laid before the House of Representatives on the ] Bth inst. Mr. Crawford requests the House to take such steps as may be necessary, in order to institute a legal process against him, for the recov ery of any portion of the Galphin claim received by him. He assures the House that he will not interpose any delay, or raise any other defence than the proper construction of the act of August 14th, 1848, passed by Congress, in relation to the Gal phin Claim. The letter was referred to the Judi ciary Committee. It will be remembered, that this act of Congress allowed the principal of. the Galphin Claim, but rejected the interest. The justice even of this decision by Congress, has been generally ques tioned, and indeed it'js exceedingly doubtful wheth er this claim could, with any appearance of pro priety, be brought against the Genera! Government, as the State of Georgia alone, Was indebted to Gal phin in this amount. If Mr. .Crawford really in tends to comply with the promises he makes to Congress, we can perceive no chance of his justify ing himself in the eyes of the‘country, for this plunder; as no possible construction can be given to the act of 1848, which would at all justify the exaction of the interest.— Times. Whig Bickering. Under this head, Greeley, of the N. Y. Tribune, exposes tbe hypocritical fluttering of aspirants for favor under the new Chief, who has just taken up the “robes of State authority,' 5 transferred to him by, the death of General Taylor. Greeley says:— “These are great times for small people. The sudden death of our President and the unlooked-for accession of another, have elevated some hundreds, in their own imagination, to the summit of pros perity and power. They are the new President's particular friends, so they say, and the class is very considerably increased within avi eek. The growth of this company reminds, us of Talleyrand's con versation with an oflice-seeker under the restored Bourbons, who urged his claim on the plea that he had accompanied Louis XVIII. in his flight to Ghent on Napoleon’s return from Elba. “Are you sure you accompanied his Majesty to Ghent or only re turned with him?” asked the wily Minister : “What do you mean, Sir? “Only this ” responded the im perturable diplomatist, “ that we know there were but eight hundred who accompanied his Majesty to Ghent, whereas more than eighteen thousand returned thence with him.” Foreign Items. The steamship America arrived at Halifax on Wednesday last. She brings Liverpool dates to the sth inst., having sailed on the 6th. Sir Robert Peel was killed on the 28th of June by being throwm from his horse. Cotton and Flour have slightly advanced. The growing crops of grain throughout Great Brit ain continue promising. Great excitement prevailed at Lisbon on the 9th ult., in consequence of the arrival of an American Squadron in the Tagus to enforce the claim of $7O, 000. Twenty-one days were allowed, by the Amer. ican commander, for a final reply. Fears were en tertained of refusal. The Portuguese, government, it is Etated, have determined to resist the demand upon them. The Schleswig difficulty between Russia and Denmark has been satisfactorily adjusted. The Remains of President Taylor. —The bill for the erection of a monument to Gen. Taylor, in the Congressional burial ground at Washington, passed both Houses of Congress on Wednesday.— We see it stated that the remains of the late Presi dent are to rest permanently in the Congressional burial ground, and that Mrs. Taylor instead of re turning to Louisiana, will take up her residence in Baltimore, with her daughter, the wife of Doctor Wood. . Drowned. —A man named Smeltzer was drowned in the Conestoga Dam, near Safe Harbor, on Friday last, whilst attempting to cross it in a boat. Great Storm* One of the severest storms we ever recollect to have witnessed, as it regards its duration, occurred on Thursday night and Friday morning last. The rain fell without intermission—most of the time in torrents— for .about thirty hours, cansing immense floods in every’direction, with incalculable loss of property. The Conestoga was higher, it is said, than it had been for twenty years, and the other streams thronghontthe county were' swollen in the same proportion. Great damage was done to the fences and meadows along the several streams, and a vast amount of lumber, firewood, &c. was swept away by the flood. Several of our townsmen, amongst the rest Messrs. E. C. Reigart and Jno. S. Gable, lost very heavily in saw logs, boards, plank and scantling. About 2,000 bushels of salt stored on the lower floor.of the Ware House belonging to the Conestoga Navigation Company—the property we believe oi Mr. Aspinwall—was destroyed by the water. Nearly every person owning property along that stream suffered more or less damage. Throughout the County, in every direction, the grain yet standing, or on shock, together with the growing corn and fruit and forest trees suffered se verely.. Judging from what we hear, we think it altogether probable that at least one-half of all the fruit in this County has been destroyed. In this City, a great many shade and fruit trees were blown down, and much damage was done to the gardens. The new Prison and several houses in town were partially unroofed, and many of the cel* lars in the lower parts of the city were filled with water. The Iron Works at Safe Harbor, together with many of the houses, were considerably injured .by the flood—and an immense amount of Lumber, of every description, was swept away from that neighborhood. From our exchanges we learn that the storm extended in every direction—east, west, north and south—and was everywhere marked with great destruction of property. In Philadelphia, in addi tion to the immense loss of property, the papers inform ns that from 15 to 2U persons were drowned in the Schuylkill river. That river was so much swollen on Friday, as that the water covered the lower floor of the Water Works at Fairmount, and did immense damage all along its course— flooding factories and dwellings from Philadelphia all the way up to Reading and beyond the latter place. Between Manayunk and Phajnixville the water rose about 20 feet above its ordinary level. Two of the acqueducts of the Uqion Canal, which crossed the Tulpehocken above Reading, were car ried away by the flood. In Baltimore, New York, Boston—and all along the sea coast, as far as heard from, the storm and flood were equally severe and did immense damage to shipping and other property, .as well as causing the loss of a great many lives. The Juniata and Susquehanna rivers were also swollen almost beyond precedent, and an immense amount of damage was sustained along their cour ses by of lumber and other property. Be tween Middletown and Harrisburg the Railroad was submerged by the overflow of the river, and the cars could only be got through with [much diffi cultv, on Saturday and Sunday. Some injury has also been done to the Canals, several breaks having occurred at various points along the line—but what amount of damage has been sustained by the Commonwealth cannot be ascertained for some time. Funeral of tlie President. Eighty or a hundred thousand persons are sup posed to have been present at the imposing cere monies attendant on the last honors to General Taylor. The escort was two miles in length, and comprised nineteen companies of volunteers, and from 800 to 1000 United States troops and marines. Gen. Scott, attended by a brilliant staff, commanded the military. The funeral car was drawn by eight grey horses, each lead by a groom in oriental costume. The car was a hearse under a raised canopy, most beau tifully and tastefully decorated, the whole being surmounted by a large carved and gilded American eagle. The coffin was a fine specimen of the art, being covered with black velvet, the edges of heavy silver, with large silver tassels, looped with gold fringed buttons. The inscription on the coffin plate is as follows ; I ZACHARY TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES, JET. 66. On either side of the funeral car were seven Uni ted States Soldiers, who served under the President during his brilliant campaign in Mexico. Immediately in the rear of the car was “old Whitey,” the favorite war horse of the departed President, upon which were placed the trappings and implements which he has often before worn upon the battle-held. Pall-bearers. Pall-bearers. Hon. Henry Clay, Hon. T. H. Benton, Hon. Lewis Cass, Hon. Daniel Webster, and 15 others. On arriving in front of the Congressional bury ing ground, the military escort was formed in two lines; the first consisting of the detachment ap pointed to the first valley, facing the Cemetery, and thirty paces (distant from it; the second line con sisting of the remainder of the Infantry in the es cort, twenty paces in the rear. The battery of ar tillery took a position on the rising ground, about one hundred paces in the rear of the second line. The coffin was then removed by the soldiers to the vault, being the one in which the lamented President Harrison was interred, preceded by the Chaplains, members of the Cabinet, U. S. Senators, members of Congress, foreign Ministers and other dignitaries, all of whom formed a circle in front of the vault. Entering the gravel foot-way was one of the most impressive scenes of the day. The minister proclaimed aloud, c< I am the resurrection and the life, he that fielieveth in me, though he die, yet shall he live,” &c., proceeding with the remainder of the beautiful burial service of the Pro testant Episcopal Church. Mr. Clay, Webster, Gen, Cass, Mr. Benton and Brig. Gen. Henderson, were close to each other, and wept over the re mains of him who is no more in this world ; indeed, of the unnumbered thousands jvho crowded within the vast enclosure, containing the ashes of so many departed patriots, not one could be seen who did not manifest a very fitting sorrow and deportment. Upon the conclusion of the ceremonies, the com pany retired and prepared to return, when the firing party of infantry made three rounds, followed by three rounds by the Battery of U. S. Artillery.— The line of military then re-formed, the right being occupied by artillery, and returned towards the city. 07*The editor of the New York Mirror having hinted that tibe editor of the New York Herald is not a beauty, the latter offers to bet a thousand dollars that he is handsomer than the Mirror man. Bennett says— “We mean to make this bet—that we will come nearer to the great statue of the Apollo Belvidere, in the judgment of twelve of the best artists in N. York, than our contemporary, who calls us an “ Ogre”—an “Ogre"—daily, weekly, and monthly. And in order to make the bet more complete, and as it has been lately introduced in Barnum’s hotel to be stripped to the naked truth to make philoso phical experiments, we are perfectly willing to go belore a committee of these twelve artists, selected as a jury, to be stripped side by side with Hiram Fuller, to test which of us comes nearer to the great model of Apollo, and that the one who does come nearer shall have the money, to be distributed among the poor of New York. Will he accept our proposition?” This is a fair proposition, but if it be accepted due notice should be given, in order that people might have time to leave the city before these knights of the quill were “ unrolled.” The New Planet. —The Washington Republic announces officially that the new planet, Parthe nope, discovered by M. Gasparis, of Naples, was observed at the National Observatory, in Washing ton, on the nights of the 11th, 13th and 14th insts. with the filaT-micrometor of the large equatorial. This is the eleventh in the family of asteriods, and the seventh that has been discovered within the last lonr years. It resembles a star of the tenth magnitude. CJ*There has been received at the Philadelphia Mint, from California, from the first deposit in De cember, 1848 to the 29th-of June, 1850, in all > $15,750,000 in gold. IP* Peter V. Hagser, Esq., for many years third Auditor of the Treasury, died, at Washing ton, on Wednesday evening last. Col; WiUlamßlgier. The following admirable letter from the pen of Col. Wn.Li.AJt flisUß, to the Democratic Celebra tion at Reading,- wDI be read' with much interest .The patriotic sentiments it inculcates, are jus t quch as might have been expected from so pare and re liable a Democrat, now that the stability of the -Union is threatened by factionists in the North and ui the South: Clkabhxld, July. Ist, 1850. Gentlemen have your flattering favor of the 22nd ult, asking-me to join you and those you rep resent, in commemorating the approaching anni versary of our National.lndependence, at the city of Reading. I have long promised raysef the honor and pleasure of meeting the Democracy of Berks on some public occasion, and sincerely regret that circumstances connected with my domestic affairs —over which I can now have no control—will prevent me availing myself of your kind invitation to unite with them on the interesting occasion re ferred to. The recollection of tht day that gave birth to our National Independence, cannot be too fondly cherished by the American people. The blessed consequences ot that event could not have been an ticipated by the most prolific imagination. It laid the foundation of political and religious liberty lor the American people, and secured for them the greatest political blessings to which humanity can attain. Nor have these good effects been confined to our country and people. They have feached other - countries, have cheered other hearts, and strengthened the hands of the friends of human lib erty in other lands. The union of the States, under the Constitution, gave our Nation early strength and dignity of posi tion with the other powers of the earth, while the reservation of large sovereignties to tue States has had the effect to make them so many active, apt bitious and patriotic members of one great body, and thus has been given life, growth, and vigor to the whole system. Under the fostering influence of Democratic rule, the government thus constitu ted, has conferred the greatest possible blessings upon the most of the people, and our. whole country has advanced “in the scale of greatness and prosper ity, in a ratio approximated by no other nation on the face of the earth. The perpetuity of these blessings to the people, and our National greatness and prosperity, depend ujjon a peaceful, harmoni ous and cordial continuance of the Confederacy of the States. I regard it, therelore, as the work of Christianity and patriotism, to stand by the Union in its present critical position— to strengthen the hands and cheer the hearts of all those who are la boring to save us from the direful consequences of sectional conflict. The great mass of the people, North and South, are anxious to see an end to tins conflict—they go for the peace of the country—the. preservation of the Union agaiast all.abstraction and fanaticism, and are extremely desirous to see a final disposition of the controversy now dividing our councils at Washington City. This result can only be produced by moderation and concession on all hands; and it would seem, that in cases like the present, involving the peace of the country, if rot the very existence of the Government itself, that the most proud man of position in the ndtion may well yield something of his own peculiar notions— especially so far as concerns mere matters ol expe diency and policy—to secure a permanent and sat isfactory adjustment of every feature of this dan gerous question of slavery. When this shall have been done, the portentous cloud that has lor some time darkened our political horizon will have passed away, and the nation will be left in full view of a cheering and prosperous future. The brightness and glory of the first day of our independence would only be equalled by the dark gloom and deep dis grace of the hour that witnesseth the dissolution of our National Union. As the first view of Canaan was to the Israelites, so were the glimmerings of inde pendence and the forms of Republican Government to our forefathers. A9'the hand-writing on the wall was to Babylon, so will be, teethe American people, the first record of the dissolution of the union of the States.. You will be kind enough, Gentlemen, to present to the company the annexed sentiment, and accept for yourselves and those you represent, assurances of my high regard. The Union of the States and the Union of the Demvcratic Party: —The former Union indispensa ble to the existence of the National Government— the latter equally necessary to secure its efficient, impartial and pure administration. Very truly, Your friend, WM. BIGLER. To Peter Filbert, J.. Hagenman, Wm. Arnold, A. S. Feather and J. Glancy Jones, Committee of Invitation. By the Committee. —William Bigler—one of Penn sylvania’s ablest and most talented sons, His lel low citizens will need his services in more exalted spheres than those he has already occupied. The Galphin Candidate. The following article, which is copied^from the Union Times, a paper .published in Mr. Snyder's own county, will show the estimation, in which the Whig candidate for Auditor General is held at home amongst those who have longest and best known him. That his father was honest and faithful to all his public trusts is but a poor guaranty for the son. It is an old and generally true saying, that the son of the Parson is the worst boy in the Par ish. So it is undoubtedly in this case—for when a man has no other claims to public favor than the good character of his father, ten chances to one» that he is not much of a man himself. But to the article: Galphin Sntder. —-The Galphin Whigs met in State Convention, at Philadelphia, on the 19th insr. We perceive that the name of Henry W. Snyder, of this county, was brought before the Convention for Surveyor General, but failing in this, on the second ballot, he was lucky enough to get the nomination for Auditor General, a position of the highest importance and responsibility, requiring talents of the most distinguished order, and for which Mr. S. is notoriously disqualified both by ed ucation and experience. Mr. S. is a brother of the Hon. John Snyder, and son of ex Governor Snyder, and for many years a warm and uncompromising Democrat, but conceiving himself wiser than his fa - Mer,he eventually cut himself loose from the Democ racy of the country, and since 1828 has acted with the opposition. Disappointed ambition was the cause of his apostacy. As far as our recollection extends, Mr. Snyder has never shown much talent as a leader , but has invariably been compelled to submit to the dictation of others, and occupy a secondary position in the ranks of his party. Al though frequently up for nomination for Senator, &c K he has never as much as commanded a respect able vote in convention, owing to the antipathy of the Whigs against him, occasioned by his reserved habits and aristocratic airs. He is disliked as much by the bone and sinew of the Whigs as he is dis countenanced by the Democrats, and most certain ly his nomination was as unexpected as it is un popular and detested. So far as the Democrats are concerned, we can freely say, that we look upon his nomination with perfect indifference. He!s not going to “set the river on fire” through his popu larity here. Some of the most prominent whigs in the county will oppose him “tooth and nail,” and we predict his triumphant defeat in his own ballot box which usually gives a Whig majority of 100. Professor Webster. The Governor and Executive Council of Massa chusetts have refused to commute the sentence of this wretched man—and have directed that his ex ecution shall take place on Friday, the 30th of August next. California Cotton. —lt would appear that the riches of California do not consist alone in the pre cious metals. The N. O. Picayune says:— We have seen a sample of cotton grown in Up per California, which is a great curiosity. The cotton is of a very long staple, and of excellent quality; the bolls are large, and the cotton of a fine color. We had no idea that such cotton could be grown in California, and it only serves to show that that country possesses a variety of riches in her soil. More Spurious Notes. —The Bank Note De tector describes a new issue of spurious $5 Notes on the Farmeis’ Bank of Reading, thus: An altered note on the Farmers? Bank of Read ing, has just made its appearence. The principal vignette is three human figures and a nondescript animal. On the right end, two human figures, and on the left the figure sin a large die. The name of the Bank and the word “ State of Pennsylvania and Reading” inserted. Democratic Review.—The July No. of this ex cellent periodical is on our table, and, as usual, is filled with.several very able articles on politics, history, literature, &c., &c. The article headed vs. Christianity and the Union,” is one which especially commends itself to every lover of our glorious Union. The number before us is em bellished with a handsome portrait of Governor Thomas, of Maryland. The Great Tunnel of the Baltl- more and Ohio Railroad* This is one of the greatest works of civil engi neering now going on in the world. It is a few miles from Morgantown, Western Virginia. A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, who has been in that region, thus describes it: From ftence I visited the big Tunnel, about 9 miles off, I never had formed any conception of rnodtis operand: of these hardy Irishmen in tunnelling through a mountain for a railroad track, a nule and a quarter wide. There are already sunk three shafts some 20 by 16 feet, and from 175 to 185 deep, and you will see hundreds of shantees. reminding you of a new town in California. The shafts being now completed to the peifect level of the road,, a large number ot hands are ena bled to go to work, tunnelling through the rock all ol which has to be brought up through the shafts, except at the two extremes or sides of the mountain. They work day and night—one set during the night, and the other by day. This is a stupendous work, and under contract to the enter prising contractors Messrs. „ Lemmon, Gorman & Co., who are fully confident of having the whole completed in less than two years. They have had a hard time of it during the-winter; a continual outlay in the expensive preparation for so mighty a work, in a distant and mountainous region, where everything like provision was scarce, and hard ’to be procured at prices greatly beyond those obtain ed in our Eastern cities. The indomitable courage and enterprise of those contractors is about, how ever, to be richly rewarded by the large monthly estimates they will be enabled to have made them hereafter, by so good a pay-master, as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and wilf, as they deserve, be able to make a considerable amount of money for their incessant labor. The works of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in passing through Western Virginia and the Ohio Valley, will be among the proudest works oi the age. IET-The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia issued an order a few days since, requiring the Pro thonotary to keep open his office from ft ..o’clock A. M., until 3 P. M. during vacation, and; .during term time until 5 P. M., thereby implying-'that all business must be transacted in those hours. The question of office hours came before the Supreme Court, at Lancaster, in 1824, in the case of Spangler m. Rouse, a judgment having been entered at an unusual hour, perhaps in the n night time,[and ita validity questioned upon the gVound aqiong, others. In deciding the case Justice Duncan said that “as to the judgment bding entered out of office hourst the laws of Pennsylvania acknowledged no such time as office hours; it does not depend upon the good will oi an officer, whether, he will go to his office after 3 o’clock in the afternoon,'or-not. I think it is his duty* to go there in case of necessity, at any time , and at all times! Ido not say it is his duty constantly to keep his office open, at unusual hours, but to go whenever urgent business de mands it.” flZT* Rev. Erwin W. Huttbr was expected to preach in St. Mathew's Lutheran Church, Philadel phia, on Sunday last. 017'lhe pioneer of the small-prcfit system, by his perseverance and enterprise, has established the most prosperous clothing establishment /in the country. Oak Hall, Boston, is knQwn throughout the length and breadth of the land. Geo. w. Sim mons, the proprietor, has orders from esery section of the country. LOCAL ITEMS. New Hose Carriage.— By request, we called on Saturday last, at the Shop of Messrs. Cox & SuYDAM, in South Duke street, to take a look at a splendid new Hose Carriage, just finished by those gentlemen for the Sun Company, one of the most efficient bodies of Firemen in this City. It is un doubtedly as neat a specimen of mechanism of the kind as we have ever seen, and reflects great credit on the skillful and enterprising Mechanics who built it. ’ The Carriage is remarkably light in its structure—but at the same time combines strength and great beauty of finish. The bronzing and pol ishing cannot be excelled any where, and the. Paint ing in front, representing the celebrated Pocahontas saving the life of Captain Smith, is really beautiful. On each side is an Eagle, and behind is the motto of the motto of the Sun Company, with the date ot - its organization, and the names of the builders. In every respect it is a beautiful piece of workman ship and speaks well for the skill and fine taste of Messrs. Cox & Sutdast, as also for our caster -Mechanics generally, who hre not to be surpassed by those of any other City in the Union. We direct attention to the Card of Messrs. Leo nard & Beah, Marble Masons, in our advertising columns. A casual visit to their establishment n few days ago, satisfied us that they thoroughly un derstand their business. Those who wish to judge for themselves would do well to call at their room, next door north of Spangler’s Bookstore, where ev ery variety of design and the most beautiful work manship can be seen. 07*Conestoga Steam Mill No. 2, resumed oper ations on yesterday. ID* Barnard & Hess, whose advertisement will be found in another column, keep a splendid article of soap for sale. We recommend housekeepers by all means to give it atrial. Those who have tested the article, are warm in their commendation, con sidering it a great saving in expense and labor> over and above the common washing soap. 117“ We have been presented by Mr. Charles Frailet, rfT this City, with several specimens of Visiting Cards, executed by himself with pencil.— They are written with great delicacy and neatness, and finished with so much artistical skill, that they might readily be taken for the work of an engrav er. Mr. F. furnishes them at a very low price—and as he is a worthy and deserving young]man, we hope to hear that he is liberally patronized. Those in need of Visiting Cards, Invitation Notes, &c. &c M we would by all means advise to give him a call.— Specimens may be seen at Spangler’s Bookstore. THE MARKETS. (Corrected weekly for the Intelligencer.] Lancaster Markets, Lancaster, July 20. The Flour market is fair—s 4,76 is offered for superfine, and s4B7} for extra. Wheat, White $1 10—Red $1 08. Grain—Corn is in good request at 56c—Rye 60, Oats 37* c. Philadelphia Markets. Philadelphia, July 20. Flour is quiet. Limited sales at 518 a 5 25 for common standard brands. Sales of red Wheat at 1 16 a $1 18; white do. $ 1 25 ; yellow Corn 63 cents ; Oats 45 cents ; .Rye 65 cents. . - Provisions remain steady as last quoted. Mess Pork 11a $ll 25; prime $9; Lard 7a 7* cts. The cotton market is without change. Holders are firm at previous prices. Whiskey is selling at 25 cents per gallon. Baltimore Markets* Baltimore, July 20. Iflour-is firm at $5,25 from old, and $5,50 from new wheat. Rye Flour $3,37* —Corn Meal $3 a $3,12*. , Sales of new Whefct, red, $1,12a $1,16, and $ 1,18 a 51,20 for white. Corn 60 a 62 cts; Oats 43 a 45 cents; Rye 60 cents. Whiskey 25 cents per gallon. 5 THE CATTLE MARKETS- Philadelphia Cattle Market, July 20.—At market about 1,100 head of beef cattle, 200 cows and calves, and 600 hogs. p r ; ceB . Beeves —The bulk of the sales were at 5 50 a $7 50 per 100 lbs. : j Cows and Calves sold at 16 to $3B; - Hogs all sold at 6 00 a $5 25 per 100 lbs. Sheep and Lambs.—The former sold at 2tos4 \ the latter at 1 to $3, according to quality. Baltimore Cattle Market, July 20.—Offerings to-day, 750 head of beeves, 550 bead of which were sold to city butchers at prices ranging from 2 00 to $3 62* per 100 bs. outhehoof, being equal, to $4 00 a $7 00 net, and averaging $3 00 gross. 200 head were driven to Philadelphia. • fj 0 g 8 . The market was more active. 'We quote them at 5 00 a $5 50 per 100 lbs. New York Cattle Market, July 18.—At mar ket to-day*, 70 cows and calvefe, and 6,000 sheep and lambs. Cows and Calves.—Transactions at from 2000 to $47 00. All sold. ' * Sheep and Lambs.—Sales of sheep at irom. 2,50 to $7 00, and lambs 200 a $4. The market .closed quite brisk*