iUrttelUgcncer & journal. Eancaster, Angmt 30, 1850- GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR, DEMOCRATIC SOMISATIOSS, CANAL COMMISSIONER: WILLIAM T. MORISON. AUDITOR GENERAL: EPHRAIM BANKS. SURVEYOR GENERAL: J. PORTER BRAWLEY. Democratic County Committee. A meeting of the Democratic County Committee, will be held at the public house ot William J. Stxxls, (Shertz's old Btand,) in the City of Lan caster, on Thursday the 22nd inst., at 11 o'clock, A. M. Punctual attendance is requested. WM. B. FORDNEY, Chairman. ' LancasteffAugust 13,1850. ID* The Agricultural Address is crowded oul this week. It shtfffappear in our next. ID* We omitted to mention in our last that the “ Saturday Express," and “ VoUafreund," of this city, have both been recently enlarged and impro ved in appearance—a gratifying evidence of their prosperity. The Presidency. Although nearly two years must elapse before a candidate for the Presidency will be nominated by the Democratic party of the Union, there are those in our ranks who appear anxious to forestall public opinion on the subject, either for the purpose of preventing an honest expression of opinion in ref- erence to the several' candidates whose names, may be presented to the National Convention—to give some particular aspirant an undue advantage over his competitors-r-o/to throw an element of discord into our ranks, so as to enure to the benefit of the Whig party at the elections, which precede the next National contest This miserable policy, we believe, is entirely and exclusively confined to Penn sylvania—the Democracy of the other States, with more discretion and honesty of intention, choosing to wait until the proper time arrives when it will be proper to make known their wishes in regard to the next candidate —and wisely preferring to first settle the agitating questions which are dis tracting the country. We respectfully suggest to our Democratic friends throughout the State, that, inasmuch as there is a very important election pending this fall, and a yet more important one is to take place next year, whether it would not be as well to husband all the ■ energies and resources of the party for these two campaigns, in preference to making calculations and concocting plans with a view to committing the party on the Presidential question, all of which may only have the effect of placing it in a wrong position when the proper time arrives. The great State of Pennsylvania might occupy a much prouder position before the Nation than she does, if it were not for the suicidal policy uni formly pursued by some of her politicians. No wonder that her claims are disregarded by the De ■mocracy of ojher States, and that, of late years, she .wheels into the Whig line at almost every import ant election, when she is-made to pursue so fatal a course in reference to her own interests. The great body of the people—the masses who control the elections—are never consulted at all in these matters. It is exclusively the work of the politi cians, to whom we are indebted for all the reverses the party has met with in the last, twenty years ami until the masses take hold of the subject for ' themselves and correct the evil, the same disastrous consequences must inevitably follow. We are in favor of doing one thing at a time. We want to succeed this fall—we want to elect a Governor next year—after which it will be time enough for Democrats to commit themselves on the Presidential question. By pursuing'this course, the people would have time to deliberate and make their wishes known on the subject—not in a steal thy, under hand way, as is the practice of some who wish- use the great Democratic party of the State to subserve their own purposes, but in an open, honest and manly manner, that will ensure success to the Democracy of the Union, no matter who may be the nominee. The time for manage ment and trickery has gone by in Pennsylvania. The people will no longer sanction such conduct— and as often as it is resorted to, .just so often may defeat be expected at the ballot boxes. These are our sentiments. Congressional. |o* In the Senate, on Tuesday last, the bill to admit California as a State into the Dnion, was finally passed by a vote of 34 to 18. Eleven of the Southern Senators filed a protest against its admission. The bill establishing territorial governments for New Mexico and Utah was passed on Thursday— with a provision postponing the operation of the law until the disputed boundary .shall have been settled to the mutual satisfaction of the parties. It was further providedj.that when New Mexico pre sents herself as a State, she shall be admitted with out reference to the question of slavery ; and the right of habeas corpus in an alleged slave and an appeal to the Supreme Court were' incorporated.— An attempt by Mr. Chase, of Ohio, to insert the Wilmot Proviso failed by a vote of 20 to 25. Thus has the Senate disposed of the troublesome business which has occupied the attention oi that body for more than eight months —and it now rests with the House of Representatives to say whether action of the Senate shall stand as the judgment of the country. We hope for the best, and yet we fear the turbulence and the demagoguism so prev alent in the House! The debate on the Texas boundary bill commenced in that body on Wednes day. Some forty of the Southern members have formed an alliance, offensive and defensive, and will endeavor to prevent a settlement of the different questions, on the Senatorial plan, by every possible means, and at all hazards to the Union. We, there fore, greatly fear that “the end is not yet:” The House has been hammering away at the Diplomatic Appropriation Bill, but with out making much head-way. The Washington correspondent of the Daily News (a Whig paper,) after speaking of the action of the Senate, thus gloomily alludes to the House of Representatives -. “But alas! I fear, greatly fear, we have not had a tithe of the excitement and agitation that is to follow. There are doubts whether a single bill, j either that for the admission of California, for the adjustment of the Texas Boundary Question, or those for the establishment' of territorial govern- * meats for Utah and New Mexico, will pass the Honse Had the Compromise Bill reached the House, it might have passed; but its provisions now coming singly up for consideration, it is by no means certain that any one of them can be passed. There is a large majority in favor of the admission of California; but that this majority will be so checkmated by the minority as to prevent it* pas sage is very certain, if it be in the power of the latter to do so. But should it ever pass, the worst bone of contention will still remain unadjusted. Without a settlement of the Texas Boundary Ques tion a collision of arms seems to be almost inevi table ; and yet there is but little prospect of its settlement. The ultras, north and south, will make common cause against it in the House. Giddings and Tombs, Stephens and Wilmot, Preston King and Thaddeus Stevens, and all of the same kith and kin. north and south, will unite in opposition ■to Mr. Pearce’s bill, and will, I fear, have strength enough to defeat it. The truth of the matter is, these agitators do not want the question settled, and knowing if that bill should pass all agitation would be at an end, and their seats filled by other men, they will make a hard struggle to prevent its passage. Thus then the prospect of a prolonged strile is very .promising, while the friends of har mony and peace and the Union have the worst ap prehensions of the future.” j, porter Brawley. The Whig press axe particularly severe in their attacks upon this gentleman—and, in addition to assailing him with all manner otvituperation, are very anxious to make it appear that he is unpopu lar in his own county, and that he will run far be. hind his ticket. To show the falsity of such a cal culation, we publish below an. article from the Meadville Sentinel —a, paper by no means friendly to his nomination. The fact is, Col. Brawiet is one of the strongest men in the State, as will be apparent when the election is over, and the Whig press might as well attempt to turo the waters ot the Susquehanna up stream, as to prevent his elec- tion: n „ “The Survktor General op Crawford Under the above tori >he nal, ot this P> B “, editor, to no ““WefcTlo,2 with any disposition to get;up Journal, alter going on to prove its contain .. Ba „ s assertions .that Mr. Braw- W would bfdis’tanced in his own county, “have Wn sustained by hundreds of democrats, over their ol ignore./ Such a state of things we have no doubt would please the editor of the Journal and his Whig friends, very much; but we are happy to be able to state such is not the truth. The asser tion of the Journal that “ neither he (Brawley) nor his friends have any hope, whatever, that he can, in any event, receive even a respectable vote, will of course be properly appreciated. Such an idea coming from an editor who sustains the txalphin ites, in their robberies of the National Treasury, will be received by the community with several grains of allowance. But the rich part of this arti cle is to come yet. The editor walks square into us as follows: “The organs, in this county, however, still bear aloft the tattered flag of their damaged candidate in silence— daring neither to defend his reputation, or attack those of their party who have publicly abandoned his standard;” Now as far as we are concerned, we did-not think the “powerful” opposition, of which the Journal makes such a blow, worth talking about, is the reason we did not speak of it. Of course we know Mr. Brawley has some personal enemies, who are democrats, that will not vote for him; but that there are “hundreds” of such* we can assure our friends abroad, is perfectly absurd. It should be remembered that no man who ever occupied a prominent'position in his party, escaped makmg edemies at home. Why is it that James Buchanan has enemies among the democrats of Pennsylvania, and even of Lancaster county? rhere is a strong party against Webster in the whig ranks in Mass achusetts. The same can be said of Clay, in Ken tu-ky, and of Benton, in Missouri. It is certainly not very strange then, that our candidate for Sur veyor General, should have met With some demo crats in his own county, who thought he was get ting along rather last. Brawley. we are confident, will run as many votes in this county, as any man on the ticket, and we say to democrats over the State, pay no attention to any thing the wings may say in reterence to his unpopularity at borne, ihey may write and talk till they go blind about his want of “honesty and capacity.” No one here pays any attention to these stories, except a lew persons with whom he has had some difficulty. How is it if he is the man the whigs say he is, that he has always succeeded when a candidate? lo show that he is a popular man at home we have only to refer to the manner in which he has been sustained by his neighbors. At 18 years of age Brawley was elected, by a large majority. Major of one of the largest militia regiments m the Mate, and after serving a couple of years in that capacity was elected Colonel. Before he had attained his 22d year he was elected to the Legislature, and af ter representing this county one winter at Harris burgh, was re-elected. We next find him a candi date for the State Senate, in Venango and Crawford counties, when he was elected as usual. Now for any person to say he is not popular at home is all gammon, and to tell the people they have been sus taining a dishonest and incompetent man, is an in sult to their intelligence. Democrats, when you hear the whigs abusing a democratic candidate, you may take it for granted he is the right kind of a man, and it is your duty to work the harder for him the more he is slandered. Gen. Jacßson on Disunion. We recommend the following extract from Gen Jackson's Proclamation to the Nullifiers of South Carolina, in 1832, tf*tte special attention of all Disunionists of the present day. Those in the North and in the South who talk so flippantly about dissolving the Confederacy, would. o do well to ponder on the words of truth and soberness so pa riotically expressed by the second Father of his Country. Here is the extract: — What have you to gain by division and dissen sion! Delude not yourselves with the belief that a breach may be afterwards repaired. If the Lmon is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation, I w iU then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword. Neither should you deceive your selves with the hope that the first Une of separation would be the permanent one, and that nothing but harmony and concord would be found- in the new associations formed upon the dissolution of the Un ion Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition. And if the recollection ol common dangers, in which the people of these Uni ted States stood side by side against the common foe; the memory of victories won by your united valor: the prosperity and happiness they have en joyed under the present constitution; the proud name they bear as citizens of this great republic; il a ii the recollections and proofs of common in terest are not strong enough to bind it together as one people, what tie will hold united the new divis ions of empire, when these bonds have been broken . and dissevered! The first line of separation would not last for a single generation; new Iragments would he torn ofl; new leaders would spring up, and this great and glorious republic would soon be broken into a mul titude of petty States, without commerce, without credit jealous of one another, armed for mutual aggressions, loaded with taxes to pay armies and leaders, seeking aid against each other from foreign powers, insulted and trampled upon by'the na tions of Europe, until, harassed with conflicts, and humbled and debased in spirit, they would be ready to submit to the absolute dominion of aby military adventurer, and surrender their liberty for the Bake of repose. It is imposssible to look on the conse quences that would inevitably follow the destruc tion of this Government, and not feel indignant I when we hear cold calculations about the value of | the Union, and have so constantly before us a line | of conduct so well calculated to weaken its ties. All Hall! North Carolina! For the first time in fourteen years, the Demo ocrats have made a clean sweep in the old North State. They have elected the Governor by over 3,000, and carried a majority in both branches of the Legislature. The land of Nathaniel Macon is at length redeemed from the embrace of Feder. alism. The Galphin dose proved too strong for her stomach. She could stand Hard Cider and all the other Whig nostrums of 1840, disgusting as they were, but the Galphimsm of 1 8 50 was a dose which she met with loathing and abhorrence. Long life to the Democracy of North Carolina. They con tended nobly in a good cause, and they now have their reward. Railroad For Sale. The Canal Commissioners have given public notice, that sealed proposals will be received by them until the 10th of October next, for the sale of all that part of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad extending from the eastern end of the Schuylkill Inclined Plane, (including the Schuylkill viaduct) to the corner of Vine & Broad Streets, in the city of Philadelphia—together with all the real estate and old materials upon the part of the road rendered useless by the new road to avoid the Schuylkill Inclined Plane. The proceeds of said sale shall not be less than $200,000, and is to be applied to laying a second track for six miles east of Columbia, and to straighten such short curves and re-lay such portions of the Railroad as the Canal Commissioners may deem necessary. JP» The Democrats have carried Indiana —elect- ing a mhjority of the Legislature, as also delegates to reform the Constitution. . ; 07* In Kentucky the Democrats have gained largely, but not sufficient to give them the State.— Col. Richard M. Johnson is elected to the Legisla ture. 07* In Missouri the Whigs have all the members of Congress and a majority of the Legislature.— So much for Col. Benton’s factioui course. The Whig County: Convention Which assembled in this city on Wednesday last, as we anticipated it would, unanimously placed in nomination Thaddsos Stevehs for re-election to Congress—thus fully endorsing his course during the present session, and placing the. Whigs of Lan caster county.side. by side on the same platform, witii the Garretsons, the Hales, and the other fanatics of the North, who have wejl nigh foun dered the ship of State by their wicked crusade against the constitutional rights of the South. — That Mr. Stevens i is gifted With rare talents none will deny; but that his character, either politically or morally, is such as should recommend him to the people of this great county, is more than many of his own party are willing to concede. They must gulp him down, however, with all his here sies—abolitionism, disunionism, and all—and swear fealty to the man who, on a former occasion, it is stated,- expressed a willingness to “ throw con science to the devil,” so that he might carry out his wicked scheme of defeating the expressed v. ill of the people of Pennsylvania. We allude to his effort to organize a minority Legislature in Dec. 1838, and prevent Governor Porter from the oath, of office, although elected by a large ma jority of the popular vote. ’Tis true the Conven tion o.f Wednesday passed no resolution approbato ry of his conduct This would have been too strong a dose for at least one-halt of that body to swallow. But the unanimous nomination they gave him is a sufficient endorsement of his conduct, and as fully identifies the whole party with him and his princi ples, as though they had passed a resolution, by a unanimous vote, approving of his course at Wash- . For members of the Legislature the Convention nominated Messrs. Bartram A. Sheaffer, of this city, C. L. Hunsecker, of Manheim, Jacob Nissley» of Mount Joy, Robert Baldwin, of Salisbury, and James Cowden, of Columbia—giving the go-by to Messrs Andrew Wade, of Elizabethtown, and A. Scott Ewing, ol Drumore, who are thus made year nings of to gratify the spite of a few individuals in their respective sections. How the gentlemen and their friends will relish such shabby treatment it is not for us to say. It is a family affair, and those who are aggrieved will know best how to resent the indignity. Mr. John L. Thompson received the nomination for Prosecuting Attorney, on the first ballot, having distanced all his competitors in the race. This gentleman, we understand, has boxed every point of the political compass during the last ten or twelve years—being at times Democrat, Anti-ma son, Whig, Native American, Democrat, and then Whig again. In view of his tergiversations in pol itics, his enemies have given him the soubriquet of the “Artful Dodger,” and his nomination goes down very roughly with many of the Whigs. Mr. T., however, will make a good officer. The balance of the nominations are as follows, all ol whom, we believe, are tolerably fair men— at least we hear no complaint: Commissioner —Samuel Fry, of Warwick. Directors —Abrm. Kauffman, Penn ; and Jacob Landis, East Lampeter. Auditor —John Kirk, Little Britain. County Surveyor— Henry H. Kurtz, Manheim. Prison Inspectors —John H. Bassler, Manheim ; C. Boughter, City; John Bushong, East Lampeter; Slater Brown, Fulton; Abraham Leamon, West Lampeter; and Abraham Landis, Ephrata. After the ticket was nominated, a series.of reso. lutions were reported by A. Herr Smith, Esq., eu logistic of Gen. Taylor, approving of the conduct of the present National and State.Administr u.o '■ affirming the doctrines of the party with regard to slavery, and in favor of adopting the amendment to the Constitution making the Judges elective. But not a word for or against Mr. Stevens—although it was well understood that a resolution approving a/ Mr. Clay's Compromise, and thereby virtually condemning was prepared and would have been offered in the Convention, with a fair prospect of enlisting a majority in its favor, had it not been suppressed by the leaders in this city. The resolutions being read were adopted, and the Convention adjourned in a hurry, without a solitary speech from any quarter, all appearing anxious to get away, and not a few of the delegates chagrined and mortified at the result of thq day s proceedings. It is worthy of remark that not a solitary can- didate for any office of consequence, on the ticket, is taken from the southern section of the county. Why the Whigs of that region were ostracised is more than we can say. If, however, they are sat isfied, with having the cold shoulder turned upon thjfm by their brethren of the north, east and west, it is none of our business. The majority of the Convention thought, perhaps, that there were no Whigs south of the turnpike fit to fill any office of importance. How that is, we do not pretend to judge. It is a matter for our political opponents themselves to settle. “Our Army swore terribly in Flanders!” The Union is mistaken. Whatever other faults or passions may be predominant with us, one thing is certain that “ a vein of malice ’ does not enter into our composition. We have alw r ays thought ourself to be the best natured man in the world — nor would we injure a hair of our neighbor’s head, much less do aught to lessen his well-known influ ence or prospects with the Whig party. Had we anticipated that our somewhat humorous allusion to the condition of Whig organism in this county, since the accession of President Fillmore, would have had a tendency to rile the tender sensibilities of our military friend of the Union, that knowledge would have distressed us amazingly. By the way, we think' our neighbor is entirely too thin-skinned for his profession. This thing of flashing up and showing one’s bristles at every supposed indignity—however much it may be in character with a military Ajfi to His Excellency the Governor, holding the rank of Lieut. Colonel is entirely out of place in the more humble sphere of editorial life; we, therefore, respectfully advise our neighbor—whose courage is undoubted —to curb his temper, control his passion for blood and carnage, and be content with the position assigned him as organ No. 2 of Lancaster Co. Whiggery. We speak understandingly on this subject; for we were once in the military line ourself, and had the high honor of serving a campaign in the celebrated “ Buckshot War.” [Our neighbor, we believe, was there too, and took his first lessons in military tac tics from that distinguished Commander-in-Chief, Joseph Ritkee!] But, then, we have long since become disgusted with “the pomp and circumstance of glorious war,” and, like a good citifehn, settled down into the mbre quiet walks of civil life, satisfied at having to labor for a living, and perfectly willing to see others prosper and thrive in their business. This is a queer country, as our neighbor has doubtless found out by thiß time. Somehow or other, one man considers himself just as good as another, and a haughtiness or superciliousness of manner —even in a Governor’s aid—is entirely out of place in a plain republican community. We hope the Union will' condescend to profit by our example. To be sure the advice comes from a very humble quarter; but gnat men have found it convenient and even beneficial, at times, to take lessons from the lowly and obscure. It is said that a grenadier, in the ranks, upon a memorable occa sion, sasred the life of the Emperor Napoleon, and we read that a great city was once saved from pil lage and destruction by the cackling of geese!— May we not hope, then, that our advice, humble as we are, will not be entirely lost upon one who oc cupies such a distinguished position in the military as well as in the newspaper line. It is given in good faith—our motives being, like Caesar’s wife, not only pure, but above suspicion. Important Discovery. The following article from the National PsUeUi gencer of Saturday week, will be „xead with deep interest: Electro-Magnetism at a Motive Power. —The Im portant Question Settled. ~ Professor Paoe, in the Lectures which he fa now delivering before the Smithsonian Institution, .states that there is no longer any doubt of the application of this power as a substitute for steam. He exhi bited the most imposing experiments ever witness ed in this branch of science, An immense bar of iron, weighing one hundred and sixty pounds, was made to spring up by magnetic action, and to move rapidly up and down, dancing like a feather in the air, without any visible support. The force operat ing upon this bar he stated to average three hun dred pounds through ten inches of its motion. He said he could raise this bar one hundred feet as rea dily as through ten inches, and he expected no diffi culty in doing the same with a bar weighing one ton, or a hundred tons. He could make a pile dri ver, or a forge-hammer, with great simplicity, and could make an engine with a stroke of six, twelve, twenty, or any number of feet The most beautiful experiment weever'witnessed was the loud sound and brilliant dash from the gal-1 vanic spark, when produced near a certain point in his great magnet. Each snap was as loud as a pis tol ; and when he produced the same spark at a little distance from this point, it made no noise at all. This recent discovery he stated to have a practical bearing upon the construction of an elec tromagnetic engine. Truly, a great power is here; and where is the limit to it ? He then exhibited his engine, of between four j and five horse power, operated by a battery con tained within a space x>f three cubic feet. It looked very unlike a magnetic machine. It was a recipro eating engine of two feet stroke, and the whole en gine and battery weighed about one ton. When the , power was thrown on by the motion of a lever, the engine started off magnificently, making one hun* i dred and fourteen strokes per minute, though, when it drove a circular saw ten inches in diameter, saw- 1 ing up boards an inch and a quarter thick into laths, the engine made but about eighty strokes per minute. There was a great anxiety on the part of the spec tators to obtain specimens of these laths, to preserve as trophies of this great mechanical triumph. The force operating upon his magnetic cylinder throughout the whole motion of two feet, was stat ed to be six hundred pounds when the engine was moving very slowly, but he had not been able to ascertain what the force was when the engine was running at a working speed, though it was consid erably less. The most important and interesting point, however, is the expense ot the power. Pro fessor Page stated that he had reduced the cost so far, that it was less than steam under many and most conditions, though not so low as the cheapest steam engines. With all the imperfections of the engine, the consumption of three pounds of zinc per day would produce one horse power. The larger his engines, (contrary to what has been known be fore,) the greater the economy. Professor Page was himself surprised at the result. There were yet practical difficulties to be overcome; the battery had yet to be improved; and it remained yet to try the experiment on a grander scale, to make a power of one hundred horse , or more. Truly the age is fraught with wonders; and we can now look forward with certainty to the time when coal will be put to better uses than to burn, scald, and destroy. OrTt will be recollected, that, at the last session of Congress, an appropriation of $20,000 was made to enable Professor P. to carry out his experiments* From the above it is rendered certain that success will crown his efforts, and that steam will have to give place to a yet more powerful agent. 07*The following extract from the Washington correspondence of the Baltimore Clipper , (a paper Whigisbly inclined,) will show the voters of Lancaster co., and especially the manufacturers, what the conduct of Mr. Stevens in Congress is driving to: Conciliatory and Ultra Speeches* Doings in the House. Washington, Aug. 15, 1850. Mr. Ashmun, of Mass., made a most excellent speech yesterday in the House, in support not only of the but of the Senate bill fixing the boundary of Texas, and the compensation to be paid her lor the surrender of territory. He took the right view of this important bill, and de monstrated clearly the necessity that existed, for its early and prompt passage by.the House of Rep resentatives. Not that the bill was what as an in dividual member of Congress he should like it to be but, that it was the best that, under the cir cumstances, could be procured, and for the sake of I peace he was willing to go for it. Mr. Ashmun | expressed some apprehension that trom a coalition between the ultras of the North and South, this i peace offering to the country might be rejected and concluded with a patriotic appeal to the con- 1 servative portions of both parties to stand by the | country and pass the Senate bill. Mr. Stevens, of Penn., also made a speech upon the same subject, but of a diametrically opposite character. It was ultra, illiberal, vindictive and unstatesmanlike throughout, so far as he confined himsell to the consideration of the Texas bill. And if Congress should by any mishap fall in with his views,' Pennsylvtnia will never cease regretting that she suffered Mr. Stevens to represent her great interests in Congress. This ultra sectionalistmade enemies of at least two tariff friends in the House yesterday, and the spirit he manifested will do. more to break up all the manufacturers in his State, than all the free trade advocates could ac complish together. This should be borne in mind by the voters ot Pennsylvania at the coming elec tion ; for if such fanatics and monomances are sent here for the purpose of distracting the country and arraying one section against the other, the manu facturers and iron dealers of the Keystone State must not look to any representative from a slave State to aid in extending that fostering protection to domestic industry which the manufacturing free States have so great an interest in both asking and receiving. What a contrast between the course of Mr. Cooper, the liberal ann conservative Senator from that State, and this Mr. Stevens, whose chief | vocation seems to be to instigate one section of the Union to array itself in hostility against the other. _ The Romobed Soothebh Confedebact. —Some of the letter writers from Washington having start ed the silly rumor that efforts had been secretly making for some time past, both at the South and in Washington, looking to a dissolution of the Union and the establishment of a Southern Confed eracy; arid the subject having been incidentally broached in the Senate, on Thursdiy last, Senator Hocstox, of Texas, who was named as the person having all the correspondence connected therewith, in his possession, promptly gave the whole story a flat denial. He said: That about two weeks ago he had been told that a terrible disclosure was about to be made of some machinations against this Union, and in which he was to be mixed up. It was not till this morning that he knew what the solemn humbug was. ■ He knew nothing of the plot. He had no knowledge of any treason that was hatching here or elsewhere. He differed with the opinions expressed by some gentlemen here, as to the value of the Union. But he had no knowledge of any plan to form a South ern Confederacy, or of any plan to bring about a dissolution of the Union. He could not, consistently with his duty to his country, entertain such know ledge without making it public. If he had any such information, he would be bound in duty to expose it, and not connive at it. There had been nothing in his past history to justify such an im pression. He had denounced the buffalo hunt and its alleged ends. He loved, and the State he repre sented loved this Union too well to countenance any treasonable design or movement. They had had too much trouble and anxiety to get into the Union to have any desire to get out of it again.— He was in the Union, and could not be whipped out of it again. His State would stand by the Un ion forever. The statement contained in the paper before him was both ridiculous and false. Casualties. Sad Accident. —On Friday week, John, aged 13, a son of Wm, Housekeeper, of Philadelphia, while on a visit to bis relatives in the lower part of this Co., was instantly killed by being thrown from a wagon and struck on the head by one of the wheels. The accident occurred near Smedley’s mill, in Fulton township. Homicide.— On last Sunday week, in Fulton township, a white man named John Stansbury, was stabbed, in the breast with a dirk knife during a scuffle, by a colored man named Lawson Miller, from the effects of which he died in a few minutes. Miller surrendered himself, and is now in jail awaiting his trial. Killed. —A woman named Susan Downey, re siding in Drumore twp.,was killed by lightning on the evening of the 3d inst. Drowned— A young man named Geo. BowerSj was drowned at Columbia, on Friday week. JET The Act of Assembly excluding foreign bank notes of a leas denomination than $5 goes in to effect to-morrow. arrival of the steamship pacific. Great Battle between tbe Daiie» And Schleswig HoUteiners. The steamship Pacific, which sailed from Liver pool on the 31st July, arrived at her'wharf at the foot of Canal street about 9 o’clock last night, the 11th making the passage from port to port in eleven days and five hours, and only nine days and five hours in crossing the Atlantic. —Sun Denmark and the Duchies.— The war has now commenced in earnest. On the 25th ult the two armies met, and after some skirmishing a reg ular engagement ensued in which the Danes were victorious. The battle began at dawn of day and lasted eleven hours. The Danes attacked with about 25,000 men, and the insurrectionary army was about 20,000 strong. The centre of the Schles wig Holsteiners under Gen. Willesen occupied the hill of Adstedt, a little distance north of the town of Schleswig; the Danes attacked both wings of their enemies and after a combat which continued for 8 hours they brought all their disposable strength against the centre of Willesen's troops and at length forced him to return through Schleswig "towards Rendsburg, but the defeat was most signal and the result must be gratifying to the Danes. By dates from Hamburg of the 2.7 th, we learn that the killed, wounded and missing, in the battle of Adstedt, are now stated at seven thousand,.of which the greater share has fallen on the Danes, the number engaged in the action is estimated at 40,000 Danes and 30, 000 Holsteiners. The Borsenhalle states that Gen. WilUsen refused to accept the Danish General’s offer of three days truce on the 26th. Sound Doctrines from the Whig Press. The annexed article appeared in the New York Mirror about the Ist of March last—a paper which claims to be the first in the United States to pto. pose Gen. Taylor as a candidate for the Presidency, and whose editor received a snug office at his hands. At a time like this, when so many Whigs are cry ing out for a renewal of a restrictive commercial system, and attributing the embarrassments of our manufacturers to the Democratic tariff, it is a doc- ument worthy of general circulation. Should our Democratic readers hear any protectionist crying out for a renewal of high tariff duties, and saying that “nobody but Loco Focos can talk in favor of free trade,” just “ poke at them” the subjoined re- marks from the- New York Mirror. On a subject of this sort, it is a regular Coon killer, and it reads as frec-tradish as anything that ever appeared in a South Carolina paper. It vindicates a liberal com mercial system like that fostered by the present tariff, 'in an unanswerable manner, and hits the high tariffites the hardest kind of blows. We com mit it to the hands of the Democratic public, with the advice to “circulate the documents.”— Balt. Argus: s Home Industry. —Whenever the opponents of free trade speak of home industry, and the neces sity oflegislating for. its protection, they refer to the manufacturing interest. All Jthe persons con nected with that branch of labor comprise but a small portion of the American people. There is another, and a far larger class, who cultivate the soil, besides thousands engaged in commerce, who are entitled to the same amount of protection which is extended to the manufacturer. There surely U no particular merit in being employed in manufac turing, that special laws should be passed for its protection. The Farmer and the Navigator are also Americans —the one obtaining his living by the sweat of his brow and the other by encountering the perils of the deep. &3“Thoy contribute by far the greatest amount of revenue required for the support of government. The quantity of duties obtained upon the raw material, which comes in competition with that produced by the American farmer, is scarcely worth taking into account ; while upon articles similar to those manufactured in this country, the principal amount of our duties is col lected. The domestic manufacturer of iron, salt, augarVcotton, broadcloth, &c., does not pay one sol itary cent of duty upon the articles imported of the same description, for the reason that he consumes his own iron, salt, sugar , $-c. JKTIn that way, he is relieved of much of the burden which falls upon the Farmer. The agriculturists of this country are assuming a high position in society. They understand the science of farming; and therefore their information has become enlarged, and their minds improved. — They also appreciate the tender solicitude which the protectionists manifest for them, and under stand the banquet, to which they are often invited, to be very much that which the fox tendered to the stork, when the food was served upon platters. — For a long time the opponents ot free trade mana ged to mystify the question so effectually that the s^"farmers really believed that they were benefited by the restrictive system. It was really too bad , reasoned disinterested philanthropists, for England to place such enormous duties upon American pro ductions, without being punished by a similar im position upon her manufactured goods. It is now well understood that there is more sophistry than sense in such appeals to our prejudice. Eng land desires to tax her subjects by making them pay enormous prices for food, is that a reason why our citizens should insist upon injuring themselves for the purpose of annoying England? That excuse will no longer avail the manufacturers, because Great Britain has adopted the policy of free trade. Some other argument must be trumped up for the pyrpose of inducing people to consent that money shall be legislated out of their pockets. The persons who are benefited by the operation are very considerate , because they seek, with great good nature, to sugar the pill which they prepare for the farmer to swallow. They have, however, been obliged to change their grounds so often, that they almost blush now while they utter their protestations. It is simply a waste of time and money to attempt, at this day, to re-establish the doctrine of protection. Toe great a flood of light has been cast upon the subject within the last ten years, to render it at all probable that free trade will be substituted by the restrictive system. ICTThe Examiner blinks the question as to whether or not it is in favor of the admission of New Mexico as a State. We asserted in our last paper that Mr. Webster was not, and cited an i extract from a recent speech he made in the Sen* j ate to prove it. The Examiner, instead of defining its position, attempts to get round the question* by stating that we “ carefully conceal the fact that he [Mr. W.] is in favor of giving her [New Mexico] a territorial government forthwith.’ Our neighbor is mistaken. We never did any such thing. On the contrary, we supposed that every person knew the fact that Mr. Webster was in favor of organ izing a territorial government there—and we were of the opinion, also, that every person in the coun try, who is in favor of peace and harmony, was in favor of the same thing. But we did say—and say so still—that Mr. W. was opposed to granting New Mexico a State government, and we wanted to know the Examiner stood on that question. We still Jiope our neighbor will enlighten his rea ders on the subject. Let him be either “ fish, flesh or salt herring,' 1 so that his true position may be known. . If he is the friend of the present adminis tration, whose mouth-piece Mr. Webster is, let him show his friendship by sustaining the position the Premier has taken on this, one of the important questions of the day—even if it is, as it is well known to be, in direct conflict with the sentiments and opinions of Mr. Steves s, the Whig candidate for Congress from this district. New Jersey Peach Crop.— lt has been said that the peach crop of New Jersey was greatly injured by the storm of the 18th July, but we are glad to learn that such is not the fact. A fair average crop may be expected, and of a better quality than if the wind had not reduced the num ber on the trees. As an evidence of the abundance of the fruit, the Newark Advertiser says that a gen tleman in Burlington county, on Tuesday, bought eight hundred baskets on the trees at ten cents a basket of three pecks each. Oak Hall.—The largest and most splendid stock of ready-made clothing to be found in Boston can be seen at Geo. W. Simmons’ Oak Hall. The suc cess of this establishment has been truly wonderful. The proprietors have adopted a correct system in doing business, and they have been richly rewarded by a constant increase of patronage. No person in visiting Boston should fail to witness the rich dis play of goods, and make their purchases. H7“The Democracy of old Berks, at their county meeting on the 6th inst.,. unanimously adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That we have the highest confidence in the integrity, ability and sound Democracy of Col. l William Bigler, of Clearfield county, and that we but express the universal sentiment of the De mocracy of Berks, when we say that he is our first choice for Governor. . For the Intelligencer. The Next Governor. Ms. Editor Nothing*has appeared for a long . timeJn the columns of .your paper, which afforded me greater pleasure than the article in your last ' issue recommending .that sterling Democrat and of Democratic principles, Col. Rf.ah . Frazer, as a candidate fof Governor. While .1 'cheerfully subscribe to all that is said of him, and wiUjfield him a hearty support, under all circum stances, I believe that his name has been mentioned at too late a day to enable his friends to place him fairly before the Democracy of the State, and secure for him the support necessary to nominate him at the Reading Convention. In a large number of counties delegates have already been chosen to that body, and quite a num ber of them have been instructed. In other counties the Democracy have expressed their preference for other candidates. ..Old Berks has, at a recent County Meeting, signified her intention of support ing Col. William Bigler; so has Schuylkill, Le high, Juniata, and a host of others. Now, Mr. Editor, I am confident that if Colonel Frazer’s name would have been brought before the people in connection with that office at the proper time, and before the tide had set in another direct ; on, he would have been chosen as the stan dard-bearer of our party in 1851-, by the Reading Convention, but as it is, would it not be better to defer his claims until 1854, when there will be no obstacle in his way. From present appearances Col. Wm. .Bigler, of Clearfield, will be our candidate, and with him we will triumph. Lancaster county onres it to him to give him her vote at the Democratic Convention to be held at Reading in June next. I have conversed freely with a large number of Democrats in various parts of the. county on this subject, and before the name of Col. Frazer was mentioned I met with no one who did not intend to support Col. Bugler. Since the communication appeared in the last Intelligencer, I have also sfeen a number of Democrats, and they, without excep tion, say that noth’ing would give them more satis faction than to place Col. Frazer in the Guberna torial chair as a worthy successor of the lamented Shuns, but they believe with me that it is now too late to secure the nomination for that gentleman. Let us, then, present the name of Wm. Bigler, as the choice of our county, and coming as he does from the West, his successor will belong to the East, and with a united effort in 1854, we will place Col. Frazer in the proud and glorious position of Chief Executive of the Keystone stale. A DEMOCRAT. Little Britain, Aug. 17, 1850. The Great Railroad Xine The public mind is now directed to one of the most important interior works yet undertaken in America, vve allude to the line.of railway being rapidly constructed, stretching near one thousand miles continuously, from the Eastern seaboard to the Mississippi, and running through the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,'and Illinois. The mag* nitude and importance of this great chain, have, until recently, rendered the work of doubtful con' struction j but there no longer remains any reaßon* able doubt of its completion, at a very early day- This great work we see is in charge of six active and energetic companies, each pressing their link with all the means and men that can be thrown upon it. The line from Philadelphia to Pittsburg* we learn, will be in operation by the summer of 1852. From Pittsburg west to Massillon, 118 miles, the iron has been purchased. The western link in Ohio is in a rapid state of progress. The eastern section in our State, from Indianopolis to the Ohio line, is in a forward state of construction, and a part of the iron is being laid. The section from Indianapolis to the State line is being*energet ically prepared for the superstructure, and the line through Illinois, from Terre Haute to St. Louis, is soon to be located. This shows what can be done by energy and concert of action directed to a com mon purpose. We shall soon no longer feel the inconvenience of being in the interior. The direct ness of this line of railway will enable us to reach the Eastern cities in less time than was formerly occupied between our city and Madison, while our business operations must receive an additional im* ' pulse to an extent not at this, time to be realized . even by those who are the most sanguine. —lndiana • Sentinel. Inventions J. Franklin Reigart, Esq., whose .success in his line of business is unequalled, has succeeded, during last week, in obtaining from the Patent Office, two patents for Lancaster county men. One is to J. Pannabecb-eb, of Elizabethtown, for an ‘ Improved Rolling Mill or Mode of Manufacturing Fire Arms' 1 and the other to the Messrs. Walkkr, of this city, for a “Double Curved S shaped Dasher Churn. 1 ’ These inventions are said to be highly creditable to the skill'and ingenuity of the Patentees. £7“The nomination of John L. Thompson, Esq., for Prosecuting Attorney, is considered a triumph of young Whiggery over old Hunkers —in other words, Mr. T. was the candidate of the Union clique, who in this matter at least got the better of the Examiner. How the other portions of the ticket are in this respect, we have no means of knowing—except the candidate for Congress, who is also known to. be the special favorite of the Union. Collector’s Office, Columbia, ) August I, 1850. J The following is the amount of tolls received at this office for the month of July : Cana), Outlet Lock, Rail Road, Section Boats, Fines, Amount previously reported, Total, 186,109 26 Total increase, 11,20473 STEWART PEARCE, Collector. Note. —The amount received for July this year falls somewhat short of that received for the same month last year. This was caused by the recen breaks in the Canal. An American Lady at Court. A correspondent furnishes the following descrip tion of the dresß worn by Miss Lawrence, the daughter of our Minister to'England, at a late draw ing room, where she was-presented to the Queen of England: “Train of rich white Moire, tinuped with bouil lones of tulle and bouquets of roses de Mai, lined with white glace; with three skirts of tulle, looped with chaldaine of roses de Mai; blonde berthe.— Head dress, feathers, blonde lappets and diamonds. Ornaments, diamonds.” The New York Star thinks this costume would contrast somewhat curiously with the Sunday go to-meeting apparel of Miss Lawrences grandmoth er. Let us see. The old lady, if we mistake not, was the wife of a poor but decent laboring farmer. Her costume must have been as follows; Boddice and skirt of linsey wolsey, spun, woven, cut out and made up with her own hands; looped at the sides with both ' bands, when the road to church happened to he muddy. She had no “blonde bertkes ’ we believe, although as some of the Lawrences are of fair complexion, she may have had several births of blondes. Head dress, a mob cap. Ornament, a contented smile on the : lips, and a prayer book or bible in the hand. High heeled boots of kip leather laced above the ankle, and pattens in wet weather. Lord, if the old woman could only wake up and see her grand-darter, how it would astonish-her repub lican simplicity, especially the bouillones of tulle, the skirts of tulle, the chaldaine of roses de Mai, the feathers and diamonds! —Dollar News. The Cholera.— This fearful disease appears to be extending itsself through the Valley of Vir ginia. In addition to the ravages it has made at Harper's Ferry, a number of deaths occurred du*£ ing the last week at Winchester, and along/the Shenandoah River Manhbim. The census of this 0 thriving ‘little Borough, which has just been taken, shows the fol lowing result: —Males, (all white,) 393; Females, (do.) 396. Total, 789. gj* Messrs. Critterden and McKexxax have reached Washington, ard entered upon the discharge of their duties as members of President Fillmore Cabinet. ’ gj* lowa has elected oife Democrat and one Whig to Congress. The Democratic State ticket is elected. BOOK NOTICES, Histobt of the World. —This great work, by Vojt.Rottech, and which is just published for the first time in this country, “is a complete narra tive from the Creation of the World to the year 1850, four volumes in one, illustrated with twenty eight highly finished*-historical engravings; the type, the paper and the binding are all superb, while the engravings are spirited and effective.*’ It is unquestionably one of the most valuable publi cations of the day, and should have a place in every library, large or small, in Lancaster co. An immense book of over seventeen hundred pgs ., and furnished at $3,50! So cheap, that almost every individual can afford to purchase a copy.— We bespeak for the Agent, Mr. Clarke, a hearty welcome into every house in the county. 07“ Mr. Clarke is also authorized by W. A. Leary & Co., to take subscriptions for all the valu : able' Historical and Theological works published by them—such as “ The Military Heroes of the Revolution,” u Military Heroes of the War of 1812 and the War with Mexico,” “Frost's History of America,” Burdens History of all Religions,” &c. Edinburg REviEW.-This excellent Quarterly has just been received from the press of Leonard Scott & Co., New York, and is for sale at Spangler’s Bookstore. It is one.'of the ablest of the foreign publications, and the present number fully main tains its high character in the literary world. Cobbin’s Illustrated Domestic Bible. —The third number of this excellent work, from the press • of Samuel Hueston, N. York, is before us. The marginal notes and references, with the accompany- v ing expositions of the sacred text, together with its elegant paper, fine print,-and its numerous illustra tive engravings, makfe it every thing desirable in'a family, and must command for it an immense circu lation throughout the Union. Its re-publication in this country will greatly serve the cause of biblical knowledge, and have a tendency to increase the desire among all classes for scriptural reading. The work is to be completed in twenty-five numbers, and is furnished to subscribers at the low price of twenty-five cents each.' Those who may desire to have the work complete, bound in one volume, can also be accommodated. SKrMr. J. A. Thackara, is appointed an Agent for this city and county, to whom persons desirous of subscribing for the work can make application. Christian Parlor Magazine. —This is truly an excellent monthly publication, by George Pratt, N. Y. It is a work devoted to Literature, Morals, and Religion, and illustrated with rich, appropriate, and beautiful Engravings —furnished to subscribers at the low price of $2 per annum, payable in advance. The August number is embellished with.a splendid engraving representing the Fall of Babel, also a Medal of Gen. Taylor. The work has' reached the seventh volume, and is annually increasing in public favor. Godet’s La'dt's Book, for September, is a capital number in every respect. The engravings are more than superb. 07*The London Quarterlt has also been re ceived. It has a high reputation amongst foreign publications. CITY ITEMS. 07“ By reference to the advertisement in another column, it will be perceived that the Balloon “Her cules” is again ready for service, and that topical ascensions will be made on Friday and Saturday next —after which Mr. Wise will leave the earth and, with a party of passengers, start on a long journey through the upper regions of the atmos phere. Should the weather prove favorable, we anticipate a large crpwd of people to witness the £7* An attempt was made to break into the Bookstore of Judd & Murray, on Wednesday night last. A suspicious looking stranger, who was prowling about near the spot, was arrested by Watchman Weaver, and is now in prison. He gives bis name as C. Carlile. One of the finest improvements going on in this City is by Messrs. Hager & Son, at their Store in West King street. When completed, as it will be in a few days, it will be one of the neatest and most tastefully arranged Dry Goods’ establishments any where out of Philadelphia. Uj* The Restaurant under the Market House presents great attractions. See advertisement. — Brintnall knows how to cater for the public taste, and his efforts to please must ensure him lots ot customers. gj* Our County Court commenced its session on yesterday, in this city. MARRIAGES. On the Bth inst., by the Rev. J. J. Strine, Mr. W. Roberts, to Miss Barbara Newcomer, both of West Hempfield twp. On the same day, by the same, Mr. Geo. Miller, of E. Hempfield, to Miss E. Laise, of Manor twp. On the 10th insL, by the Rev. J. C. Baker, Mr. D. Rummel, of Manor, to Miss M. A. Rhineare, of Conestoga. $9,431 25 1,20800 12,843 67 469 67 20 00 23,972 49 162,136 77 On Wednesday afternoon, in Columbia, very sud denly, from a- stroke of apoplexy, Dr. J7S. Clark son, a highly esteemed physician of that place. On the sth inst., Mr. Jas. Hollinger, of the village of Petersburg, this county, in the 43d year of his age. On the Bth inst, in this city, Charles, son of Abm. •Miller, aged 8 months and 2 days. In Carlisle, on the 12th inst., Captain Samuel Thompson, in the 72d year of his age—and in the same place, on the same day, Mr. John McCot, aged 71. THE MARKETS. [Corrected weekly for the Intelligencer.) Baltimore Markets. Baltimore, Aug. 17. BEEF CATTLE.—SuppIy larje, and demand brisk. There were 1000 head offered thi. week, of which 564 were bold to City Butcher*, and the driven to Philadelphia. Price* ranged from $2,26 to $3,00, on the boof, equal 'o $4,50 a $5,75 net. ' HOGS.—Live Hop quoted at $5.25 a $5.50. FLOUR.—The market dull, $5,37 1-2 per bbl.. GRAlN.—Prices have declined, and prime red wheat *e!l»at $l,OO a $l,O6 —common white $l,lO, and prime white $1,15 a $1,20. CORN i» worth 60 a 62 1-7, and OATS 36 a 40 cent*. WHISKEY—It tellic; at 26c. in hhds., and 27c. in bblt. 1 Philadelphia Markets^ Aug. 17. BEEF CATTLE.—A full supply, and price* rmfe from $5.50 to $7.26 perlOOlbb*. COWS and CALVES told at $l6 to $3B. HOGS $5,00 to $5,25. SHEEP and LlMBS—the former's2to $4, the latter $1 »s*- FLOUR.—OId Flour $5,25 —fresh ground $5,37 l-2-«tra brands $6,60 to 5,75. RYE FLOUR, $2,94; CORN MEAL, $3,00. GRAlN.—lnferior and fair red wheat, $l,OO a $1,10; food and prune lot* $1,12 a sl.lS-whitee, $1,16a $1,22. RYE 65 cent*; CORNtt* 65 cents; OATS, 40 a 43 cents. WHISKEY,27 cent* in bbl*. Agricultural Meeting. AN adjourned meeting of the Agricultural Soci ety of Lancaster county, will be held at Coor er’s Hotel, in this city, on Tuesday, September aa, at 2 o’clock, P. M-, when a Constitution and By l.aws will be submitted, and a P' r “» ne “ t ° rg,n lM aug 2Cb2t-30j . Sew Clean Timotny Seed. Tfl B f b New'Timor!* sSST lots of New Tim very re doced rates, seeds, and offer!kgoßGE M. STEINMAN, West King Street, Lancaster. 41-30 au£ 20 ■F Lancaster Bestanrant. J- briNTNALL respectfully calls public k«/r attention to his Eating Establishment CjjJ West King st., unde<the Market House.SHb His rooms are handsomely fitted up, and noflimg has been left undone 10 make a visit to them at tractive and pleasant. In addition to koeprng a FRESH TURTLE & CLAM SOUP, (during tie season,) .&c, &c., He also keeps HOT COFFEE, CAKES, &c., which will be a great accommodation to Market people, as his saloon is open at all hours. Housekeepers and others can he accommodated with Tomatoes, Water Melons, Corn, Cantelopes, Apples, Peaches, Pears, t(C., sc., in any quantity and at the lowest market prices. He invites his friends and the public generally to give him a call. Lancaster ( Aug. 20. DEATHS.
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