7 * ' • ' Written forthe Intellie«ie*r. Random Sketches as I Pass Along. letterno. 3; A dissertation on Epicureanism and Ingratitude— Mansion House — Ebensburg —Its inhabitant}— l Tfieir .dialect—The Cambria Guards —Beulah A description of the past and the present—Affec tion's tribute, fyc., fyc. » Friend San dehsor:— An ancient epicure once j vaunted that philosophers were frequently prose. ; lyted to Epicureanism, but epicures never gave up •their pleasures, and turned to be philosophers.— \.The spirit of this declaration implies, that a natu ral epicure cannot be a philosopher, but a philoso pher can eDjoy his gustatory delights without in validating his'position, or losing , caate with his class. Moralizing thus to myself, my mind, by some suggestive idea which I cannot explain, (did you ever try to trace' the connection of ideas?) fix ;ed itself upon'the subject of ingratitude, and be ; gan a discursive train, of thinking. This train of thought at length.brought me to the conclusion that we are all dependant upon each other, and,; i inasmuch as we are all brothers of the great hu man family, gratitude is out of the question ; for the obligation to give is quite as strong, as the necessity to receive. E. g. The proprietor of a spring, in the midst of an arid desert, could not refuse a draught of water, to the expiring pilgrim, without grossly violating the laws of the common brotherhood./ In turn, a reciprocity of favor ia due ! from the. recipient to the benefactor, and it is his duty .to discharge his obligation whenever oppor- • ' tunity is presented. My first and Second positions being taken, I deduced the fallowing as a legiti mate sequeter , that I was under obligations to no tice in a becoming manner the hospitable mansion house of Mr. Johnston Moore, of Ebensburg. We arrived here just as the grey streaks of twi light began to appear in the eastern sk); and having travelled all night over a road the equal of which I riever hope to see again, with no refreshments of any kind, you may safely conclude that our appe tites were most singularly keen and destructive.— Promptly, however, as if iq anticipation of our physical wants and a due appreciation of our ne cessities, this gentlemanly landlord had breakfast • prepared and we were summoned to the “ ban quet hall.” It is needless to say, that the substan tial and superior delicacies' of the table were so very, inviting that I really astonished myself in the proficiency .1 made in that most delightful science, Gastronomy. If there be any modesty in hunger, I confess I felt ashamed ofmy dissipation- Dish after dish malted away like tho “baseless fabric of a vision;” or the passing of a “ summer cloud ;” and from the midst of a cloud of savory fumes,, I thought of* the “ thimble rigger and his litile jo kernow you see that cake —now youdoDU see it: ypu see that venison slake—now' I'll bet no man can tell where it is gone, unless one end is still outside of my masticators. Sic transit gloria edibles. “ For ” vittals “ are like poppies, spread, You flower, its bloom is shed j Or like the snow flake in the river; A moment white, then melts forever ; Or like the-Borealis race, > ' That flit ’ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow’s lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.” Ebensburg is the county seat of Cambria county, j and contains a population of about eight hundred souls. It was originally laid out by Rev. Rees Lloyd, and became the county seat by an aqt of Assembly of 1805. The ground upon which the town stands, was purchased by the Rev. Morgan J. Rees, from Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of tho Declaration of Independence ; in fact all Cambria township was included in the pur chase. At that*time, these regions were the ex treme frontier of white settlements, and many events of these trying times are still perpetuated by tradition. There are several good buildings in this town, among which might be named the Court House and Jail, the Academy, the Catholic Church', and several private residences. The town ship of Cambria was settled by Welsh, and takes its name from the mountainous parts of Walcs.f— The population is ,now mixed, and proportioned among the. Welsh, Americans, English, German and Irish, but-the Welsh arc greutly in the major ity. Indeed,Cambria contains more Welsh inhabi tants than any other county in the United States. They speak their native language s f ill, but most of them can speak .English enough for any business transaction. In politics they are generally Whig in principle, and very patriotic in their attachment to American institutions. In the late war with Mexico, many of them marched under'command of Capt. James Murray, in the “ Cambria Guards,” and acquitted themselves in a highly. creditable' manner. Their industry is almost proverbial, and many of them have acquired sufficient means, to enable them now to live in easy circumstances. — After the novelty of the Cambria dialect has ceas ed to excite your curiosity, you are somewhat as tonished to hear the amount of double names these .people have: thus you fin’d Evan Evans, Lewis Lewis, Thomas Thomas, Rees Rees, &c., &c. By referring to the map of Pennsylvania, ypu wilJ find a town about 2 miles west of Ebensburg called Beulah. Perhaps there is not a more interesting spot in Pennsylvania than thi =. It was the original site for the seat of Justice,-and at one time con tained about 200 hundred inhabitants. .It ia now, no more. About forty years ago it ceased to exist, and now only lives on the page of history. I was not acquainted with its history until I visited it, and to my astonishment I found no “ house or hut ” to designate the town. The ancientsitn ia in a moun . tain pass, precipitous hills rising abruptly on either -side, which are covered with large trees and laure 1 wood. I passed through it, and found at the wes tern end of the town a large creek called Black lick, and observed some very fine trout in'its clear waters. When I had. approached the streapi, I observed a very old man sitting on the cross-beam of an old dilapidated bridge. Deep traces of care were 6trongly marked upon his brow, and his once manly and vigorous frame, seemed bent beneath the accumulated weight of years. He seemed in different to my approach, or did not possibly ob serve me, until I saluted him and enquired the way to Beulah. I shill never forget the expres sion, which but momentarily lit up his countenance as he raised hib face to mine. It was some time before be could utter a word, and his bosom seem ed to labor with wild and uncontrollable emotions. At length he replied in a tremulous voice, as he took off his old worn hat, and exposed his gray hair, silvered with the frosts of many winters, “you area stranger here, sii, or you would not ask me for Beulah. It has died and is buried there. 1 " He raised his trembling hand and pointed to some little grass hillocks by the way-side, and which I had just past. .What was it; my whole frame Bhook and I felt a thrill 1 never lelt before, at the touching eloquence of that simple sentence .* “ It has died, and is buried there /” snd he .'again re lapsed into abstraction. There was something pathetic in his tone and manner, which made asdeep impression upon my heart. Tears trickled down his furrowed cheek, whilst memory seemed active iwith the past. At he consented td accompany me through the « village desolate,” and from this last survivor I learned, “ that heap of stones is. all that is left of a once bea.utilul edifice, in which was kept a public library, given .us by Dr. Rush of Philadel phia.” This little mound, continued the aged man, was the happy abode of our village pastor, who was a good man and we all loved him. Over there was our .Church and School Htmse, where we assembled every night to hear the- Bible read. Here uncle Morris and aunt Mary lived ; .but they died, too; so did all their 'children. They are all dead, and I am left plane ” He'could speak no more, but 1 wept like a child ; and I wept, too, to see him weeping Thank God I I’m not a savage.— Silently, he took me to a little enclosure on the hill side, almost inaccessible because of the briers and berry bushes clustering around the old dilapi dated, (ence. A little foot-path led to the interior, where‘l found myself among the habitations of ihe dead. .It was the village grave yard, and upon the unpolished stones, could be traced the history of Beulah, and its once active and joyous popula tion. A malignant disease broke out among them, and by “ one fell swoop” the work of the destroy ing angel, was complete. Here, side by side, in the republic of dust, the high and the low, the joyous and sad, tho young and the old, in trembling hope repose, to await their final summons to the bar of God. In their midst while living, still, in' death was be, whom they all loved, for he was a good man, the Rev. Timothy Davis. Affection’s tribute has planted flowers upon his grave, and as my companion stooped down to raise the drooping petals of a white rose, I thought I saw a tear fall upon its leaves, and then another upon the grave. . White rose 1 that o’er the grave of .the departed thy fragrant petals ; —knowest thou Aught of the anguish of the broken hearted, The stricken one who weeps beside them now? Something of Heaven’s own purity we bring, JS’en to this dark aiid sin-stained earth of ours, And the true heart hath a warm welcoming For your pure loveliness, oh I gentle flowers. • Intelligencer fc lonrnal. Lancaster, Febrnary'2s, 1881. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. ' County Committee Meeting* Agreeably to public notice given, the Democrat ic County Committee of Lancaster county met at the public house of William J. Steele, in the City of Lancaster, on Saturday the Ist day pf February, 1851, when the following proceedings were bad, viz: Resolved, That at the primary meetings of the Democracy to be held in the different Wards, Bor oughs and Townships of the County of on Saturday the t st day of March next, tne gates'elected to the County Convention to be held at the city of Lancaster, on the Wednesday follow ing, tie elected with a view to the appointment of Delegates to the Harrisburg Judicial Convention to beheld on the lUh of June, as well as to the Reading Convention, and that the chairman of this committee be authorized to issue a call accordingly. Resolved, That the Democracy of the county be recommended to nominate one person m each Ward Borough and election district, to serve the ensuirig year as County Committee-man, and also that they nominate their Township committees, and ’hand them to the Chairman of the next County Convention. - WM. B. FORDNEY,* ' • Chairman. H E. Leman, Sec’ry. In pursuance, of the above proceedings, as also the resolutions of the County Committee, at their meeting on the 10th of October last, I hereby is sue this notice, requesting the Democrats of Lan caster county to meet in their respective. Wards, Boroughs and Townships, on SATURDAY THE IST DAY OF MARCH, 1851, at the usual places, of holding such elections,.then and there to elect" not less than three nor more than five Delegates to represent said districts in a general County Conven tion; to be held in the City of Lancaster, on Wed nesday the 6th day exf March, 1851, for the purpose of electing six delegates to represent Lancaster county in the Gubernatorial State Convention to be held in Reading on. the 4th of June next, and also six Delfegates to represent said County in the Judi ciary State Convention to be held at Harrsburg on the 11th’of June next. WM. B. FORDNEY, Chairman Co. Committee. Feb. 4, 1851 Delegate Meetings. The. Democrats of the East Ward will meet at the public house of Mrs. Messenkop, iir E. King street? ; on Saturday evening next, the Ist of March, at 7 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing five delegotes to represent said wardi n the County Con vention which is to be held on the sth of March. By order of the Committee. The Democrats of 'the West Ward will meet at the public house of H. Trout, in W. Orange street, on Saturday evening next, the- Ist of March, at 7 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing five dele •gates to represent said \yard in the Co. Convention. By order of the Committee. Conestoga Township. The Democrats ot Conestoga Township are re quested to meet at the public house of Adam Ken dio, on Saturday next the Ist of March, for the purpose of electing five delegates to represent said township in the County Convention to be held in -Lancaster on the oth of March. Said election will be held between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock, P. M. By order of the Committee. Washington Borough. The Democratic Citizens .of the Borough of Washington will meet on Saturday evening,March 1; 1801, .at the public house of‘‘Mrs. Kellt, at 7 o'clock, P. M., to elect delegates to the County Con vention to be held at Lancaster on the oth of March: WILLIAM DUNLAP, Chairman, of the Borough Committee. Manor Township. The Democratic Citizens of Manor' ToWnship will meet on Saturday, March the Ist*, 1801, at the public house of Jacob S. Mann in said township, between the hours of 2 and 0 o'clock, P. M., to elect delegates to the County Convention to be held at Lancaster on the Wednesday following. ABRAHAM PETERS, Chairman, of the Townxhip Committee. Marietta Borough. The Democratic citizens of'the Borough of Ma rietta and vicinity, are requested to meet on Satur day evening, March Ist 1801, at- the Town Hall, for the purpose of electing delegates Jo the County Convention; by order of Col. Wm. B. Fordnet reg ularly appointed Chairman of the Co. Committee. By order of the Borough Committee. East Hempfield. The Democrats ofE. Hempfield will meet at the public house of John A. Lutz, in the village of Pe tersburg, on Saturday the Ist of March, between the hours of 2 and 5 o’clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing five delegates to represent said Township in the County Convention which is to assemble in Lancaster on the Wednesday following. By o the Committee. The Delegate Elections. The Democrats of the City and County will recol lect the Delegate Elections on Saturday next. We trust there will be a general turn out of the people, and that they will give a full and fair expression of opinion in reference to the subjects which will legitimately come before the County Convention. Let them elect men to represent them who will faithfully carry out their wishes in selecting dele gates to the Reading and Harrisburg Conventions, so that. Lancaster county may have her just weight and influence in both of those bodies. J. B; Amwaee, Esq.-, Chairman of the new Coun ty Committed has called together the County Convention which assembled in this City, on the 13th of November last, for the purpose of appoint ing, delegates to the Judicial Convention. ID*We direct public attention to the advertise ment of the Trenton Mutual Life Insurance Company, imanother cplumn. The subject of lile assurance is one which commends itself strongly to the attention of every citizen, and we cannot do better than advise our friends in this community to call with the Agents,'Messrs. Landis & Black, of this City, and secure policies- without delay. A few dollars spent in this way, may be of immense advantage to their families at a future day. THE ALLEGHANIANS.—This unequalled Quartette band of singers will give a Concert at the Mechanics' Institute this evening. They will doubtless have a full house. JD*Rev. W?r. Urie, of Columbia, will preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church of this City, on next Sabbath morning and evening. Tough Question. —The Postmaster at York has received a letter from Philadelphia/directed to the “Prettiest Girl in York,” the worthy official himself being constituted by the writer judge of the matter. He, however, is in somewhat of a quandary, and rather wishes to decline being umpire. HTThe Democratic State Convention of New Hampshire have repudiated Mr. Atwood, who had received the nomination several months ago for Governor, and re-nominated the present incumbent, Governor Dinsmore. Mr. Atwood had been playiug “fast and. loose'" on the slavery question, since his nomination—hence the action of theI*Convention. 1 *Convention. CTPresident Fillmore has sent in a Message to the Senate, in reply to a resolution of Mr. Clay, calling lor information in reference to the Boston riot. The President takes decided ground-in favor of maintaining the fugitive slave law*, and promises to exert his constitutional power in enforcing its provisions. DT’C'ommodore Stockton, (Dem.) has been e lected a U. S. Senator, by the Legislature of 0 New Jersey, iin place of Mr. Dayton, (Whig,) whose term expires on the 3d of March. ID'Tlhe Twentt-Secoxd was celebrated in this, City through the day, by the firing of Cannon, and the display of Flags. ; D7*CJiirion County has instructed for .Col. Wx. Bigler for Governor,'and Gen. Seth CLorEnfor Canal Commissioner. ** HTNu. 216 Market street, Philadelphia, is the place to get first-rate Jewelry, &c. See Bailey’s advertisement. Trath mast Prevail* The Lancaxtenan, in one of its articles against the Bigler Club, is forced to acknowledge, however unpalatable the .admission may be, that the nomi nation pf Col. Bigler “is admitted by all to be certain.” Then why, we would ask, does it make such wry faces and grqwl like a beqr with a sore head, at the forfnation pf an Association which haß for its sole object (the unfounded assertion of that • paper to the -contrary notwithstanding,) the promo tion of that gentleman’s prospects in Lancaster county ? The editor's admission comes tonlate» however, and is tco reluctantly made, to benefit him in the least. Had it been made six months ago, and the course of his paper regulated accord.' ingly, there would have been some meaning in it— some show of submission to the will of the people. But, at this late day, it seems very much like trying to make a virtue of necessity by announcing a fact which was just as palpable then as it is now. Whether that paper intends to support Col. Bigler after he is nominated is, to say the least of it, prob, lematical, in view of the fact that, for the first time we believe, it has made known to its readers that such a candidate was before the people; and, espec ially, because it now seeks to thwart and oppose an organization which is intended to strengthen his vote in this 'City and County. Indeed, opposition to his election is pretty clearly intimated in the same article, where it is said that the “ bitterness and disappointment” amongst those who were in favor of another candidate, would “ soon take the torm of open opposition to the nomination.” What effect the slander and abuse of the Bigler Club by that paper has had, let the tremendous meeting at Jones’, on Saturday evening, testify. A few more articles of the same sort, from the same quarter, will convert all the Democrats in this City to be Bigler men. A New Test of Democracy. The Lancasterijn calls the formation of the Big ler Club a “ disorganizing movement,” and denoun ces it as “ dangerous, disorganizing and anti-demo cratic in its tendencies.” Well, this is a new wrin kle in politics that we, unsophisticated as we are, never dreamed of before—a new feature in the Democratic creed,'that was never thought of in the school where we received our political education. | What! has it come to this, that the freemen of Lan. ! caster City, in the year. 1801, dare not meet, to express their preference for Governor, and form an Association for the purpose of promoting, in a peaceable and legitimate way, the success of their favorite candidate! Why, it is done in every other County of the State, at times, and a Bigler Club has ‘ been in existence in the City of Philadelphia lor the last six months, and yet no one ever before dreamed that such a course was either dangerous, disorganizing, -or anti-democratic in its tendencies. | We were'taught to believe, and have always acted I upon the principle, that a Democrat was a free man* ! and that he had a perfect right to express his pref | erence before a nomination, without being called to ! account for his conduct by ar.y man or set of men ! who had other preferences. .- But, it appears in this we have been mistaken—there being a new test of party fealty set up in Lancaster county by the wri ter for the Lancasterian. The Democracy of this ! City dare not take any action on the question of the I next Governor, until, with cap in hand, they humbly ( crave permission from their self-constituted master! j If they attefnpt such an outrage against his dignity’ •! he threatens to “ treat their selection (or election) I as though it had never been held,” and more than I insinuates that he will read them out of the party l | How.far this would-be Dictator will succeed in his efforts remains to be seen. We much mistake the character of our Democracy, if they do not teach the scribbler a lesson which he will not soon for. get—one that will be as fatal to his aspirations as ever the Buckshot War was to poor old Joseph Ritner and those who instigated him to adopt the high-handed measures which characterized his in- glorious administration. A fugitive slave, named Shadrach or Wilkins, the property of John De Bree, of Virginia,'was ar rested in Boston, on Saturday a week, and carried immediately to the U. S. Court Room, and the evidence of the fact of his being the slave of Mr. De Bree was read before the Commissioner, who postponed, by request, the further .consideration of the case until Tuesday. The law of Massachu setts forbidding the use of their JaiU for the safe keeping of fugitive slaves, the Marshal was unable to lodge his prisoner in a place of security. In this emergency, whilst considering what was best to be done, and whilst yet in'the Court Room with his prisoner, a lawless mob of negroes entered the room and with force and violence rescued the fugitive from the custody of the officer, hurried him into the street, and then, amidst shouts and oaths, and the brandishing of weapons, carried him off; without a single efforfbeing made to prevent them ‘ —in fact, it appears, they were aided and abetted by several white men, who, we are pleased to learn, have since been arrested. The affair, as might have been expected, has created great excitement throughout the country, the outrage being of such an aggravated character as to startle every friend of the Constitution and laws under which we live. The following appeared in the Washington Republic of Wednesday last: The following Proclamation has been issued by the President of the U. States,.in consequence of the late unlawful proceedings at Boston, on the 15th inst., by which the Deputy Marshals were knocked down and maltreated by an infuriated ne gro mob and who by force»rescued a fugitive slave out of the hands of the officers: ' . OFFICIAL. A PROCLAMATION 13V THE PRESIDENT OF THF. V. STATES. Whereas, infonnaiion has been received that sundry lawless persons, principally persons of col or, combined and confederated together, for the purpose of opposing by force the execution of the laws of the United States, did at Boston, Massa chusetts, on thefifteenth of this month, make a vio lent assault on the marshal or deputy marshals of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts, in the court house, and did overcome the said offi cers, and did, by force, rescue from their custody a person arrested as a fugitive slave, and then and there a prisoner lawfully holden by the said mar shal or deputy marshals of the United States, and other scandalous outrages did commit in violation of the laws: Now, therefore, to the end that the authority of the laws maybe maintained, and those concerned in violating them brought to immediate and con dign punishment. I ha,ve issued this my proclama tion, calling on all well-disposed citizens to rally to the support of the laws of their country, and requiring and commanding all officers, civil and military, who shall be found within the vicinity of this outrage, to be aiding and assisting, by all means in their- power, in quelling this and other such combinations, and assisting the marshal and his deputies in -recapturing the abovementioned prisoner. And I do, especially, direct that prose cutions be commenced against all persons who shall have made themselves aiders and abet tors in or to this flagilious offence. And I "do fur ther command that the District Attorney of the United States, and all other persons concerned in the administration or execution of the laws of the United States, cause the foregoing offenders, and all such as aided, abetted, or assisted them or shall be found to have harbored ‘or Concealed such gitive, contrary to law, to be immediately arrested: and proceeded with according to law. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, this i Sth day of February, 1801. [l. s.] MILLARD FILLMORE. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. ID*The Ball at the Mechanics r Institute, on Fri day night, was largely attended by the young la dies gentlemen of the City, and .'everything, we understand, passed off very pleasantly. The pro ceeds, which amounted to a considerable sum, are for the benefit of the Lancaster Brass Band. • oD*The Birth-Night Supper at Steele's 'Hotel, on Saturday evening last, was partaken of by about seveny-five gentlemen. Amongst the invited guests present wenoticed Hon. Jab. Buchanan and Judge Lewis. It was a splendid supper, and reflected great credit upon Mr. Steele^ - • I Great Outrage! Mr* Wise’s Resolutions. Our neighbor, of fatZanaulcrim appears to have a peculiar knack of construing things to mean just precisely their opposites, and what no body ejse ; ever suspected them to mean. As an instance, we refer to the construction put by him tjie reso.l lutions of the Hon. Henrt A. Wise, of Virginia, at the Democratic meeting held in Richmond, on the 12th inst, in reference to the next Presidency.! By reference to those resolutions, every sensible person will see at a glance that the only plain and legitimate meaning is, that Pennsylvania deserves to have the next President, and that if she presents a Virginia is ready and willing to sup port him. This is Mr. Wise’s meaning, who, by the.-way, is an ardent and devoted personal and po litical friend of the Hon. James Buchanan, and it is also the meaning of the other statesmen, of the Old Dominion who sustained Mr. W's resolutions. The truth, is, that the eyes not only of the Democ racy of Virginia, but of a majority of the States of the Union, are now directed to Pennsylvania, and if she does not get the next President of the U. S., it will be because she fails in being true to her own interests and repudiates her own distinguished statesmen, an act of political suicide which no other State would be guilty of. To show the meaning of Mr. Wise, we subjoin a portion of his remarksiupon introducing his reso. lutions. We hope, after reading what he says, our neighbor will not go all the way to Michigan or Texas, or any other &tate, to find*a solution of what appears to be a very plain proposition: “ How can we unite the North and the South?— By but one way. Can we carry New York? No, sir; New York is gone from us. No son of N. York can carry New York. What great Northern State can we carry? (and we must have more thanone.) Can we carry Pennsylvania by carrying Ohio? We tried once and failed. Can we carry Ohio by car rying Pennsylvania? The Democratic State of Virginia may unite- the Democracy North and South by reposing in the Key stone of the Federal Arch. Virginia and Pennsylvania have been in vincible lor Democracy. Divided, they have failed. Pennsylvania has always been side by side with her elder sister when Virginia presented a name. She has never named one, but has been content to go lor our Washington, our Jefferson, our Madison, our Monroe. Carry Pennsylvania with Virginia,—Penn sylvania standing on tne Southern frontier ol the North, and Virginia on the Northern frontier ol the South, —and we have an offset to New’ York—a standard in the field more than the nucleus of any other; and I think we secure Ohio. To carry the Union, we must carry Pennsylvania. .To carry Pennsylvania we must invite her to make a nomi nation. I stand ready to support the nominee, who ever he may be. Let Virginia ask Pennsylvania to name a man who shall be our standard bearer. Let us ask others to respond; and the other Demo cratic States concurring, we will support him.” And in another part of his speech he says: “You have but one throw of the die—Pennsylva nia. It is immaterial whether she gives us Buchanan, or Dallas, or any other good and true man.” [IT* To show in what light the matter is viewed elsewhere, we give the following extract of a letter from the Washington correspondent of the Philadel phia Evening Bulletin, a paper that is hostile to Mr. Buchanan: Washington, Feb. 20. I understand from pretty reliable authority, that in a Caucus of the members of the Virginia Con vention, called for the purpose of expressing views and opinions with reference to the Compromise measures ot last session, in connection with the presidency in 1852, the Hon. Henry A. Wise de clared, in behalf of himself and a majority of the democratic members present, that the candidate of the party should come from Pennsylvania, and that the choice of that State, would be the choice of Virginia. lam further assured, that subsequently this sentiment was put to vote, and carried in the affirmative by a more than two third vote. We will doubtless hear from Richmond in a few days, when the truth of the matter will be put to rest. Mean while, assuming the statement to be true, it is a high compliment from the 1 Old Dominion to the Old Keystone, and evinces a powerful fraternal sympathy over which neither fanaticism nor dis unionism has had any influence. I mentioned sev eral weeks since that a good feeling existed here to concede to Pennsylvania the right of choosing, the -next President, and I was not in suppos ing that Virginia would respond. In fact, it is due that State that she should have the selection of the next Executivfe. The great West has had her chance, and New England has no reason to com plain. All other sections of the Union, with the exception of Pennsylvania, seem to have been equally fortunate. Therefore it is but fair that a choice should now fall to the lot of the leading State in the late scheme of pacification—the Old Keystone, whose congressional delegation were al most unanimous iu recording their names for the adjustment, and rebuking fanaticism even from the first hour of agitation. Gov. Quitman’* Proclamation; The telegraph had before announced the arrival of Gov. Quitman iu New Orleans, to take his trial on an indictment for aiding the Cuban Expedition. We have received Irom the Mississippian a copy of the Governor's address to the people of Mississippi} resigning his office. After staiing-the proceedings of the U. States authorities against him, he says:— “Unconscious of having, in any respect, violated the laws of the country; ready at all times to meet any charge that might be exhibited against me, I have only been anxious, in this extraordinary emergency, to follow'the path of duty. As a citi izen, it was plain and clear, I must yield to the law, however oppressive or unjust in my case; but as Chief Magistrate of a sovereign State, I had also in charge her dignity, her honor, and her sovereignty, which I could not permit to be violated in my per son. Resistance by the organized force of the State, while the Federal Administration is in the hands of men who appear to seek some occasion to test the strength of that government, would result in violent contest, much to be dreaded in the present critical condition of the country. v “The whole South, patient as she is under en croachment, might look with some jealousy upon the employment of military force to remoye a Southern Governor from the jurisdiction ofhis State, when it had been witheld from her citizens seeking to reclaim a fugitive slave in Massachusetts.'’ He then proceeds to point out the evil's and in conveniences that would follow’ his leaving the State for an indefinite period, w’hile still holding his the duties of which he could not discharge. There was, in his opinion, no course open for 'him consis tent w’ith the interests of the Stale, but resignation of his office, and thus transferring its powers and duties to his lawful substitute, the President of the Senate. He says:— ■ “I, therefore, fellow-citizens, now resign the high trust confided to my hands, with no feeling of per sonal regret, except that I-could not serve you bet- with no feeling of shame, for I am innocent of the causes which have induced the necessity of this step. On the contrary, altough personally I. fear no investigation and shun no scrutiny, I have spared no efforts, consistent with self-respect, to avert this result. So soon as I learned that attempts would be made, under an act of Congress of/the last century, to remove me from this State, I formally offered to the proper autborites of the United States any se curity or pledge to appear in New’ Orleans, and rrjeet the charges against me, so soon as my term of office should expire; and I remonstrated against the indignity thus about to be offered, not to myself, but to the State, in dragging away from his duties her Chief Magistrate. 5 “My proposition was not accepted, and my re monstrance not heeded. It is not for me to com plain. You are the aggrieved party. My course in. this matter meets the approval of some of the most patriotic citizens near me. I sincerely hope, as it w ; as dictated alone by my sense of duty to die State, it may meet the approbation of my fellow citizens. . ? ' ' A new election is ordered on the 3d and 4th of November of this year, and the Vicksburg Sen'inel renominates General Quitman. — News. 07~Gen. Houston attended a Military York, on Friday night, and delivered a lecture in Harrisburg, on Saturday evening,. to the. Ladies,of the Episcopal Church and others. A correspondent of the Star oj the North, (Co lumbia C 0..) strongly recomends our friend John B. BnATTON, Esq., of the Carlisle Volunteer, as a candidate for Canal Commissioner. We second the Newspaper Change.— The Spirit of the Times, a daily paper which has been published in the city of Philadelphia for many years, appeared on Thursday last with a new name, the ‘Pennsylvania Statesman,’ in a new dress, and under new auspices. L. F. Currie & Co. are the new publishers. The Bigler Club. An immense.meetirig of the Democracy of Lan caster City, took place at the public house of Jas, L. JoHM, in Spring Garden, on Saturday evening last, the 22d insL The crowd was so great, as to render it impossible for more than one-half of the persons present, to get into the large room in which the meeting was held; consequently, the house was crowded up-stairs and down-stairs, and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. ‘ The first business in order was the report of the several Committees, appointed at the previous meeting. The Committee on. By-Laws, through their Chairman, Col. William S. Amweg, reported the following, which were unanimously adopted > (Omitted this week for want of room.) * The Committee to select Permanent Officers ot the Association, throngh Hibam B. Swarh, Esq., their Chairman, reported the following list, which was unanimously agreed to by the Club: Piesident i Capt. GEO. SANDERSON. Vice Presidents : N. E. Ward-f-Dn. Samuel Humes, S. W. Ward-j-HEKRT M. Reigart, N. W. Ward*— Robert'Modebwell, S. E. Ward— [Col. Francis Russell. Recording Secretaries: Wm. Meespr, John Si Dougherty. Corresponding Secretary ; John L. Keffer. Finance Committee: N. W. Ward —J. Franklin Reigart, S. E. Ward4-George King, N. E. Wardf—J. J. Kellar, S.'W. Ward.;—Hugh Fitzpatrick, j Treasurer: Michael Withers. . Executive Committee : N. E. Ward.; * N. W. Ward. James L. Reynolds, Daniel Finefrock, Samuel Rupleyj John H. Duchman, Lighiner, Andrew Reese, Thomas C. Wiley, James L.'Jones, John C. Rote, Henry E. Wentz, Thomas Cox, - Sebastian Musser, John Dougherty. John Sheirenbrand. S. W. Ward; S. E. Ward. Jonas D. Bachman, Henry Wilhelm‘ Henry Sh'eaff, j James H. Barnes, Col. W. S. Amveg, John M; Amweg, Patrick Brady, j John Hentzler, Emanuel Reigart, Philip Snyder, Samuel Hoover!, Andrew White, George SteigeWvalt. Amos Slaymaker.' The meeting Was addressed by Messrs. Swarr, Sanderson, Jon D. Bachman, Amweg, J. Frank-' -lin Reigart and Potts. j A large numbejr of new names were subscribed as members of the Association. On motion, it directed jthat the several lists of signers to th£ Cldb, be, handed in to the Sec retaries at the nefct meeting. - On motion, th€ Club then adjourned to meet at the 1 public house:?of John A.jScHEiRF.NIntAXD, in West King street* on Friday evening next , the 28th inst., at 7 o'clock! j (Signed by the Officers.) The Steamer [Atlantic. The following extracts of a private letter from ! the able commander of this noble vessel, may be ; interesting to many of our readers: j Cove of Cork, Jan.. 28. 1 * * When Ihe accident happened there was a a high sea, with [heavy squalls, but moderating a little; the lulls being longer than they had been.— ; As I had been steaming head to wind, all was snug, ! foreyards down, &c., which left me nothing but my fore and aft sails to heave to,j and they were often becalmed by the heavy roll of the ship, as she lay in"the trough of the' sea. The next day it moderated a little, and we were employed in sending down the small maintopmast and getting the foreyard'up; getting the floats off their wheels, &c. After five days incessant labor, on my part, and never going below, I found I was drifting to the eastward. — Found that with salt provisions apd two meals a day, I had thirty days provisions board. Called the passengers together and told them my intention of putting the ship's head to [the eastward! They said “Captain, we have every confidence in,you, but do, my dear fellow take care of yourself; for what would become of us if: any accident should happen to you T’ About 4 o’clock that morning I fell, during a heavy roll, and was picked up and carried to my room, stunned by a blow on the head. At 5 I was up again. All this time the ship did not ship a drop of wat er, nor did she leak a drop. jHovv 1 love that ship and how fearful 1 was that I'should lose her! After we kept away, we averaged 150 miles a day; some times going nine miles an hour, with but little sail, as I was obliged to be careful. Ail I had was up, and it was small for such a hull. She is'a great ship—scuds like a gull, and on account of her great safe when lying to: After all this work of mind and body, I deeply feel how much is to be attributed to the kindness of [the Almighty in fav oring us with the winds to reach a port of safety. The night I made Cape Clear Light, it was blow ing from the N. W., with hail and snow. On we went, and at 2 in the morning the moon rose, the weather was clear and we made the light. At 8 o’clock took the pilot for Cork; at 3 o'clock anch ored and sent off all the passengers. This was the finest and most moderate day for five weeks. That night the weather became stormy again. I mention this to show you how blessed we have been. * ! JAMES WEST- The New York Post, speaking of the late disas er, says— ; It is conceded that the vessel proved herself to be fully worthy of her fame, and a credit to American marine architecture. The accident was one which no human foresight could have foreseen or guarded against. We happen to know that some $25,000 worth of the machinery, originally made for the At lantic, was condemned by the company, and a part of that condemned was the; shaft. The one just broken was a second one subsequently made. The loss of the condemned machinery fell upon the com pany, or upon a portion of it, and yet they were not disposed to take any risk whatever, which’ money could diminish. We ars also assured that the vessel .was “slowed*’ at the time the shaft broke, and that no censure can properly attach to the navigators of the v[esseL for neglect in this par ticular. Ansos, Robbery’ and Attempted Assassina- . tion ! —On Thursday night a week, a high-handed outrage was committed in Penn township, in this county. The facts as we are informed, are these: Mr. John S. Keyser, storekeeper, about 4 miles from the village ofLitiz, about T 2 o'clock at night, was aroused frqm bed by a noise in the store-room, whereupon* he immediately dressed himself, and with a loaded pistol proceeded to the store, where he found a man disguised, who had already robbed the store ofthe. cash,amounting to several hundred dollars, and set fire to the store. As soon as Mr. K. entered the room, this fiend, in human shape, fired the contents of a loaded pistol at him, the ball passing through Mr. K.'s hat. Mrs. Keyser, on hearing the noise, took her child into her arms and entered the store room just as the assassin fired the pistol, the report of which so frightened her that she feil on the floor, and Mr. Keyser, thinking that bis wife was shot, neglected4o use the pistol in his own hand, arid in the excitement of themoment, the flames spreading rapidly, the burglar made good his escape. , The building, with all its con tents, was entirely lt is said that some ttime ago, Mr. K. received an anonymous letter, threatening him with assassfnation.— Union . Newspaper Subscribers. We make it a rule in all cases to discontinue a paper when requested, if arrearages are paid up, but not otherwise, if the subscriber is worth the money. We have met with persons on our list, like the man mentioned in the following paragraph l which we copy tor the information of all such as are not acquainted with the law on the subject: Mr. Jasper Harding, of Philadelphia, not long since recovered a large sum, (about $l2O, we be lieve. fora subscription to the Pennsylvania lnqu.i~ rer, of a man residing in Rhode Island. The sub scriber took the paper-for some time, and then sent the publisher notice of discontinuance, without forwarding money for payment. The publisher took no notice of this, nor of several subsequent no tices of refusal to take the papers ,from tlie post office. The result was, that, notwithstanding the the Rhode Islander did not- receive the paper for several years, yet -he was forced to pay Mr. Har ding the whole amount up to the period claimed in the bill. The free black population of Virginia is 53,537 Letter from Harrisburg. Correspond cncaof Hie Intelligencer. Harrisburg, February 22, 1851. The incidents of Legislation during the past week have not been characterized by anything very re markable, either in the.amount or of the importance of business transacted.i Much time has been wasted in idle and empty discussion, on subjects of trifling importance, and many hours that ought have been more profitably spent, in calling yeas and nays, on questions of/the least,possible interest On Tuesday and Wednesday a considerable number of private bills were passed, but if these days are excepted, the whole of the week’s business might have been transacted in a single day - . The mostimportant bill passed was that providing for the re-annexation of Montour to Columbia county. This, while first under discussion, elicited an animated debate, and drew out all the skill and management of its friends and loes for and against it. Not an inch of ground was left undisputed. Fight was made at every point, and fair means and foul adopted to defeat it. But it passed a second reading, and when on Monday afternoon it came up for final reading, its opponents yielded the contest and the bilLpassed the House by a handsome ma jority. It now rests with the Senate to say what disposition shall be made of. I fear for its fate there,-as several who should vote for itj have ex* pressed & determination to defeat it if possible.— Hoping however that a sense of justice to the peo ple, as well as justice to Felty Best, may induce them to vote for its re-anneiation, we leave it there for the present. Another important Bill before the Senate, is that laving a tax upon tonnage and passengers transpor ted over the York and Cumberland Rail Road. — This bill affects in an important degree the interests of Lancaster county and of the State at large, to say nothing ofthe diversion ofa vast amount of trade from Philadelphia to Baltimore. ‘The difference in the.distance between Baltimore and Philadelphia, and Harrisburg, is so great as to give to the former place a decided advantage over the latter. To compensate for this difference in distance it is con templated to lax freight passing over the entire line , of the road at 25 cents per ton, and 15 cents upon each passenger. This will place the roads upon an equality, and give both cities an opportunity of competing for the trade and travel. This will also give the public works a chance of competing with these company improvements. If no tax is laid upon the York and Cumberland Company, the re sult must be a deficit in the revenue of the State of some hundreds of thousands of dollars for the com ing year. Already a large amount of* freight is passing over the York road, and this will be in i creased with every day. It is to be hoped that calm and considerate legislation will be had upon this subject, and that such discussion will be had upon it as its impdrtance deserves. The voice of Lancaster county, should be heard in this matter, as it will very materially affect her interests. A Bill was passed through the house on Friday compelling the Lancaster & Harrisburg Rail Road Co. to fence in their road. It was presented, and pass ed finally, in the space offive minutes. I have be fore spoken of hasty legislation, and here we have ;an illustration of the effects. This Bi 1, although j gotten up in good faith, was exceedingly unfair in j its requirements, and would have operated much j to the prejudice of the company to which it most 1 particularly related. A moment’s reflection served | to convince Borne of the members that they had act- I ed very injudiciously, in giving their assent to the passage of thle Bill. As representatives of the ; State of Pennsylvania, they had passed a law com ■ pelling a company, to do that which they had never 1 asked of the State—-to fence their road. Had the ! law been a general one, then, there would have ; been*no grounds for reconsideration, but when it i was understood that the fencing of any particular j Railroad was necessary for the safety of individuals | and cattle, it' became apparent that all roads should ! be fenced, and hence a necessity fora general law. ; The bill.comes up for consideration on Monday.— Other bills of equal importance are permitted to ! pass without the slightest opposition, although their . tendencies arejust as unfair as the one to which I •have referred. The recent action of the Virginia Convention in regard to the Presidential candidate for the next campaign, is hailed here with marked satisfaction. The* generous conduct of the Democracy of the Old Dominion, in determining to support for President the man whom Pennsylvania may select, is a mark ed demonstration in favor of Mr. Buchanan, who has ever been a favorite with the Virginians. If in Pennsylvania there is enough State pride, to in duce her people to stretch forth their hands and take the honor tendered them, there can no longer be a doubt but that Mr. Buchanan will be the next President. Gen. Houston, arrived here to-day at noon from York, and was waited upon by numerous friends. He delivered a Lecture on the Early History of Texas in the Hall of the House of Representatives, to, a crowded and highly delighted audience. He leaves to-morrow morning for New York. I have just learned that Mr. Buchanan will visit Harrrisburg, in the course of a few days. It is to be hoped he will, as he has many friends here who will welcome him with enthusiasm. CONESTOGA. Thrilling Incident. Washington, Manor Twp., Feb. 17, 1851 To the Editor of (be Lancaster Intelligencer:-- Dear Sir: —On Saturday last, the 15th instant, there happened an incident in this vicinity which merits to be recorded in your columns, in order to perpetuate the names of some noble and generous hearted men of Lancaster county. Mr. Himmer, a resident of this Borough, was out among the small IslanJs of the Susquehana, above this place, gunning for wild ducks, and on his re. turn home towards evening was caught in the ice, which had just broken loose on the Columbia Dam, He tried his utmost to make the shore—but in vain, as the ice came thicker and thicker down the river. He soon found his strength failing, and was forced to give up any further trial —so he drifted helplessly along-with the massive cakes of ice that covered the angry floodl HU situation became more and more critical every moment, and -his destruction seemed certain, inasmuch as he was rapidly ap proaching Turkey Hill Falls where his light canoe must necessarily have been dashed to pieces among , the rocks. Finding himself at length opposite the j H. hailed and begged for help. — 1 his voice re-echoed on the shore when I a large log canoe*was launched on the icy flood, I manned by four of our best river men, vizt Jacob Saylor, Sr., Christian Mellinger, David Sat lor, Nathaniel Urban. They immediately be gan to battle with the obstinate mass of ice in order to save, if possible, the unfortunate young man.— Long and doubtful was the struggle of these noble hearted men. But Providence strengthened the arms of the brave, and their gallant efforts were crowned with success. The stentorian voice of David Saylor at length saluted our ears with the joyous intelligence, “we have him.” Hundreds now followed the shore as far down as the Blue frock,inhere the whole party landed in safety, and three cheers (which must have startled our neigh bors on the York County shore,) welcomed the rescuers and the rescued to terra firma. I remain, Dear Sir, Yours, &c. GUSTAVUS DORR. Bible Presentation. —On last Saturday even, ing a week, a Bible was -presented, in the Luthe ran church of this city, by Conestoga Council No- S, Order of United American -Mechanics, to Lan caster Council, No. 20, United Daughters of Amer ica. Mr. John Wise presented,^and Miss Susan A. Hambright received the appropriate gilt—each with suitable addresses. After-the ceremonies were over, Rev. Dr. Baker delivered a pertinent address on the character of the Bible. The Wheeling Bridge Case.«— tl is understood that Chancellor Walworth, to whom the subject was referred for investigation, has made his report to the Supreme Court o» the U. States against the Wheeling Bridge, declaring it an obstruction to navigation as it now stands, and recommending that it be raised twenty-eight feet higher. Oj-Jennt Lind was in New Orleans last week singing to inftnense houses. The premiums paid* for seats at auction ranged from $25 to $3O. The seats sold at auction netted $20,000 per night! JET’* Books for the sale of stock to the Strasburg Railroad Company will be opened in Strasburg, on : Tuesday, the 11th of March. It is thought the whole amount of stock will be readily sold. Tennessee.— The Knoxville Register says there is within the limits of East Tennessee bituminous coal enough to supply a thousand large iron man factories a thousand years. The Etowah Iron Works in Georgia, the Register says, are supplied with Tennessee coal. A cotton factory, 235 fee i long, 53 feet wide, and four stories high, has just been erected near Winchester. The they will be able to commence operations D / beginning of April. It is intended tq run spindles, and to employ 64 l°orns at the * spin in a short time thereafter to «[ d s • dies. Over 300 operatives will be employed in the factory. lietter from Columbia. Cormpoodeoceof-Uu InteUipneer. f . Tattler’, litters—Jgony— Tattler a gentleman—A dutinctian—Riatm—Tmo Hill delighted—lntuit to our citizens—reasons for riot—Tattler a rioter at heart—A legacy—Powers behind the . throne A character without a name—Covenant—sfob assail RichOson's, Price **, Vincent's and IFinsonj —Mack erel by'moonlight— Burning of a carpenter shop* One hundred dollars ; or was tcollcn sie haben A bull dog—A puppy—Crib and pile — effi dent itxasel — jmcl and xchi&kcr-XZoblogyj A nigger encounter—“ Red Shell''—A poor vfhiti t coman: Columbia, Feb. 22, 1851 Frisks Sandersonl trust you will permit me to say without the imputation of flattery, that the last Intelligencer was looked for with a great deal of interest, showing conclusively that the letters of w Tattler ’’are beginning to attract gen eral attention among our citizens. One merit, at least, they possess, which is, their strict adherence to well known facts, when such . are detailed.— Some persons think he is too moderate in dealing with these negro sympathisers, and advise a strong application of the “ agonybut to such I would say, Tattler has no private pique or personal ani mosity to gratify, and can never stoop to do a j base or unworthy action. He is always a gentle man, at least in his own estimation, which is say-' ing more perhaps than many of his enemies can do. If I have occasion to unrobe the true charac ter ol some men, I will also have discretion enough to draw* abroad line of distinction between-the . honest, high minded, honorable man, and the base, dishonest, hypocritical knave! The first, will find Tattler his friend; the latter,his implacable enemy. In a former letter, I informed you, Mr. Editor, that several of our citizens had been arrested ds violatersof the peace! and this week it becomes my painful duty to let you know, that they are b’onnd over to court in the sum of three hundred dollarsj as rioters! The suit has been instituted by out Chief Burgess, at the instance of a few men, who are determined to persecute the “poor white trash,” !to the extatic gratification of all “ Tow Hill.”— And. 100, th 6 citizens of Columbia are coolly asked to furnish the necessary means to carry on this prosecution: the very men who stand indicted, must contribute their quota toward their own conviction. An appropriation is asked to be made by our Town Council, to appease the unholy wrath of the dark spirit ’of Abolitionism. Is this not adding insult to injury, and should it not be frown ed down by a virtuous and intelligent community'? By the laws of Pennsylvania, they may be found guilty on the charge; but by the sense of this community, they were no rioters—they were no violators of the peace. Their crime consists in opposing the delivery of sentiments which have for their object the dissolution of our great family of States. 'They would not allow a white negro to insult the modesty of our mothers and our sisters, by preaching his odious doctrine ol amalgamation of races and colour. They would not consent to hear'the great Constitution of the United States de nounced as an instrument of h —//, and the memory of its illustrious fathers profaned by this vile pimp of darkness. They would not sutler ought to be said against that country, which their hearts adore and theirs arms are ever ready to defend. And Tor this, they are arraigned as criminals before a trib unal of their countrymen. They arc no more criminal than I, for my heart and sympathies were with them in this entire transaction; my every feeling throbs in unison with theirs, and t l shall pray to God that the same spirit shall continue with them and I, that actuated them to drive thi3 scoun drel from our midst; and when dying, my children shall be heir looms to my principles. The prosecutor in this present case, is not so culpable, as a few of the pimps behind the throne. Them 1 will endeavor to unmask, and show to the world what kind of stuff they are made of, —who it is, that carry the “ war of opposition to the knife, and the ; knife to the handle.” Look at this character, citizens of Columbia, and ask yourselves if it is not a faithtiul delineation of an old famil iar face: “There was a- man, (and he is now a ' ) who was very poor. There was a time, (not long ago,) we all» remember it. This man and time, came together. The man blacked his face, and the time was black, for it was midnight. - He went forth in the night, and found kindred spir its, with whom an oath was covenanted, to drive the niggers from Tow Hill. To do this, pistols, dag gers, and other murderous weapons were necessary. They commenced their operations at Richason's house, whose windows wore demolished, and whose life was put in jeopardy by the discharge of pistols. Richason's crime was, considering himself as good as ajwhite man, and preaching the bible to white people. This man, next went to old John Price’s on Tow Hill, and threw stones into the windows, and tore down the chimney. The shaqty was left a complete wreck. He next went to Vincents 4th street, battered in the doors and windows of this house, and sought to destroy whatever he could lay his hands upon. - Not satisfied vvl(h this, he came down to third street, and an onslaught upon Wash Winson's house, I Soon the front was in ruin, for nothing could witnstamkthe vigor of his attacks, and the ardor of his enthusi asm. Wash's flour and mackeral were scattered through the streets, and Tattler helped to pick them up and restore them next morning to “ poor Wash.” Tattler’s ideas of propriety wjre shocked at this inhuman treakfiient, but then jit was all justified. From Wash's, the lurid glare of a burn ing carpenter shop attracted the staring eye of the frightened spectator. ’ Look how those sheets of flame are seething in the air. See how gorgeously those bright vapors are circling in moonlight. ‘Bum the d——d abolitionist out,” Was muttered through the closed teeth of him, who'has now’ one hundred dollars to buy Baker, and fifty dollars to prosecute the young men who would not permit Burleigh to lecture in this place. Several other interesting reminiscences must be : omitted this week; probably we will not allude to them.again. But here is a bull dog; he was a puppy once, and licked the hands of those who fondled and fed him. He has now grown to be a mastiff or a cur, or may be he is still a bull dog. His teeth are full grown, and he is very friendly to negroes. Pro bably because they are friendly to him, for them is many a slip ’twixt the crib and the pile. Hie canis! ~ But there is another of these negro sympathisers, who has not got one penny to pay, but lots of sym pathy for “ the poor down-trodden slave of the South.” - He amuses himself by reading abolition papers to the kitchen girls in his boarding house, and by attending caucus meetings, to protest against the publication ol Tattler's letters. He is a splendid young man, and has a thrifty whisker in his jowl, and is backed like a weasel, methinks. Zoologists say he belongs to the Simia tribe. I have a few more characters of the “same sort,” to notice at the proper time, but lor the present, will conclude by letting you know*] that one negro cut another a lew nights ago, to such ah extent as to place his life in jeopardy. He is running at large, in defiance of law. This is all right! He is not a whiteman. “Red Shell” a negro thief was arrested in Perry county, for a larceny in this place some time ago,and taken to prison today.— There is a poor white woman, who is very sick and hungry , in a little shanty on the tow path, above this place. She is really an object of charity.— Ladies of Columbia, see to her, and I will give you credit, if Baker's friends do not. No doubt,, if she. gets well, tears of gratitude will trickle down tier cheeks, and he who sees in secret will reward you openly. Obituiiit. —The late California news, brought with it the announcement of the death of Jons Math iot, formerly of Lancaster city. He emigrated to California in the spring of 1850, with high hopes of success, and with a future before him, redolent wtih the fairest promises. His untimely death, is therefore rendered doubly melancholy. Young,ar dent, and posessed of sterling qualities of mind and heart, we anticipated lor him a brilliant progress in our “golden sister,” but death, “who loves a shin ing mark,” made disappointment laugh at hopes career. Mr. Matiiiot has a large circle of friends in this State, who will deeply deplore his death. In Lan caster city, his immediate home, he was greatly es teemed; Indeed none more so, for natural dignity and the unwavering attributes of true .manhood. He was a son of the late Johx Matiiiot, Sr., for many years-Mayor of Lancaster, and during his life a distinguished citizen of that place. The whole family have always been identified with the Dem ocratic party; and the only regaining male mem ber, W.m. Matiiiot., Esq. now a resident of Lancas ter, is one of its most active and efficient members. We sincerely and honestly regret the demise ol Mr. Matiiiot; Jr., and trust that some suitable testimony will be offered to his memory, byone more fitted for the task than the writer of this notice.— Pennsylvanian. New SCELEE.-The largest and best pair of scales now in use on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad have recently been erected by the State in this borough. They were manufactured by Messrs. Coult & Davis, of Philadelphia—Mr. A. B. Davis being the inventor—and are entirely different iiom heretofore in use. They are more simple, yet more correct and durable; and will weigh with accuracy, from fifty-to one hundred and twenty-two thousand pounds. They are eighty feet in length, and can weigh six single or three double cars at once. An idea can be formed of their accuracy from the fact that two pounds ou the ponderous scales will raise the beam. Their total cost was SIBO0 —included in which was the expense of excavation and mason r y, done by Mr. H. \Voxr, of this borough.T-tyy. TATTLER.
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