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'
<?an accommodate. Over a single track near Syra
cuse, 101,000 teams passed in two years,
over 220 teams per day, and during three days 720
passed daily. The earthen turn-out track must,
however, be kept in good order; and this is easy, if
it slope off properly to tlie ditch, for it is not cut
with any continuous lengthwise ruts, but it is only
passed over by the wheels of the wagons which
turn off from the track and return to it. They
move in curves, which would rarely exactly hit
each other, and this travel, being over the earth,
tends to keep it in shape rather than to disturb it.
Covering.— The planks having been properly
laid, as has been directed, should be covered over
an inch in thickness with very fine gravel or peb
bles, from which all the stones or pebbles are to be
raked, so as to leave nothing upon the surface of
. the road that could be forced into and injure the fi
bres of the planks. The grit of the sand soou pene
trates into the grain of (he wood and combines with
the fibres and the dropping upon the road to form
* hard and tough covering like felt, which greatly
»protects the, wood from the wheels and horses
'shoes. Sawdust and tan-bark have also been used.
The road is now ready for use.
Laying. —The planks should be laid directly a
■ cross the road, at right angles, or “square,” to its
line. The ends of the planks are not laid evenly
to a line, but project three or four inches on each
side alternately, so as to prevent a rut from being
formed by the side of the plank track, and make it
easier for loaded wagons to get upon it, as the
wheels, instead of scraping along the ends of the
planks when coming towards the track obliquely
after turning off, will, on coming square against the
edge of one of those projecting planks, rise directly
upon it. On the Canada roads every three planks
project three inches on each side of the road alter
nately.
Durability. —A plank road may require a re
newal, either because it has worn out at top by the
travel upon it, or because it has been destroyed at
the bottom by rot. But, if the road have travel
enough to make it profitable to its builders, it will
wear out first, and if it does, it will have earned
* abundantly enough to replace it twice over, as w’e
see presently. The liability to decay is there
fore a secondary consideration on roads of impor
tance.
JDecat. —As to natural decay, no hemlock road
has been in use long enough to determine how long
the plank can be preserved from rot. Seven years
is perhaps a fair average. Different species of hem
lock vary greatly; and upland timber is always
more durable than from low and wet localities.—
The pine roads in Canada generally last about eight
years, varying from seven to twelve. The original
Toronto road was used chiefly by teams hauling
steamboat wood, and at the end of not six years
began to break through in places, and not being re
paired, was principaly gone at the end of ten years.
Having been poorly built, badly drained, not sanded,
and no care bestowed upon it, indicates the minim
um of durability. Oak plank cross-walks arfe in
Detroit, the plank being laid flat as on those of
pine.., It is believed that oak plank, well laid,
would last at least twelve or fifteen years. One set
ol sleepers will outlast two plankings. Several
Canada roads have been relaid upon the old sleep
ers, thus much lessening the cost of renewal.
Heartless and Inhuman €onduct.
A circumstance has just come to our knowledge,
which makes us blush for humanity. A Mr. Chas.
Howard, of this city, accompanied his wife to Col
umbus, on last Monday ; when on the cars his wife
was taken ill. When they arrived at. Columbus,
Mr. Howard procured an omitfbus and took her to
the U. S. Hotel, kept by a man named Russell.—
She commenced growing worse, having all the
symptoms of the cholera. Mr.-H. intormed the
landlord, and endeavored to induce him to arouse
the domestics, (they having retired lor the night,)
and to send for a physician. He refused to do
either. Meanwhile Mrs. H. was continuing to
grow worse. Howard knew not what to do—no
one was willing to go into the room where his
wife was. He happened to hear some one on the
street—he immediately ran out and acquainted a
person whom with the circumstances, who
immediately said he would go and get his own
physician. In a short time the gentleman returned,
accomparrretTby a doctor, who did all he could, bat
it was too late—Mrs. H. died the next day at 12
o’clock.
The boarders all fled the house; and no one could
be prevailed upon to perform the last duties‘for the
ti&ad, and Mr. H. had, with his own hands; to shroud
his wife for the grave. • During his absence, when
he was attending to placing his wife's remains in
the vault, the humane landlord of the U. S. Hotel,
took the keys of Mr. H.’s trunks in his own poss
ession, and refused to give them up, unless he was
payed $3OO, saying his house was damaged to that
amount by the death which had occurred within it.
Mr. Howard importuned him to let him have the
hair which was cut from his wife's head, but he
refused, declaring that nothing should go out of his
possession until he received what he claimed. Mr.
H. offered him a fair equivalent for the trouble he
had been put to on his account, which he refused
with scorn. Is it not strange that the lightning of
God’s wrath does not descend from the throne of
Omnipotence, and destroy, with a sudden vengeance,
such a blot upon humanity from the face of this
beautiful earth!
Mr. Howard returned to the city yesterday, but
starts-Jor Columbus to-day, for the purpose of ob
taining some m'eans or other, for the re-possession
ol his property. —Cincinnati paper.
Tolls on the Public Works.
The Secretary of the Canal Board has tarnished
a statement for publication, showing that the tolls
on the Public Works of Pennsylvania, from the
,30th November last to the 30th June, 1850, is
For the same period last year,
Increase over last year,
intelligencer & Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
. Lancaster, July 23,1850.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
V- CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM T'. MORISQN.'
AUDITOR GENERAL:
EPHRAIM BANKS.
SURVEYOR GENERAL:
J. PORTER BRAWLEY.
We have occupied our first page this week with
the able and patriotic oration delivered by George
W. McElbot, Esq., of this City, at Brownstown,
on the 4t& inst. A copywas furnished for publi
cation at the request of the Committee of Arrange
ments, and we cheerfully give it a place in our col
umns satisfied that its perusal will be a rich treat
to all of our readers.
The Procession.
We hope our country friends will not forget the
Procession which is to come off in this City, on
Saturday next, in honor of the memory of Gen
Tailor, a Programme of which was published in
our last. The eulogy will be delivered by the Rev.
Samuel Bowman, D. D.,in the Lutheran Church,
at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Nothing has yet been done in the Senate with the
Compromise Bill. All is still in doubt and uncer
tainty. •>
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*