■ BIGtEB CliVßs SO. 2.!
A very large, ? wipßCtabte aid A ? thii«iaati!i meet
ing of “ Bigler Club N6,2,>> was held ; atlhe> Wrttc
House ot Mr. Johb SiAck', in Columbia, on; Satur
day evening, thefith inst., and war cajled.to older
at the appointed time bythe PreßidentjMr.JoaifuA
J. Gault. The minuter of .the preceding iheejing
were read and adopted, when Dr. N. B. Wolte
waß called upon to address the Association, which
EB did in his usual happy and eloquent stylefoijthe
space of three, quarters of an hour, amidst (ypqqpnt
interruptions of applause. At the conclusion of
his address, he submitted the following preamble,
and'resolutions for the consideration of the democ
racy present, which were adopted with most singular
unanimity, amidst the greatest enthusiasm.; '
'Whereat, The time is drawing near when the
people of Pennsylvania will be called upon, in ac
cordance with’a clause of: the Constitution orube
State, to elect one of her citizens to fill the office
of Governor of the Commonwealth, and i also to
elect several citizens to fill the offices of ( Canal
Commissioner and the Supreme Bench in her Judi
ciary organization: ' ; ..J J ,1...,
■ - To fill these Cffices with; fidelity
And Whereat, To». , , . -
and trust to the preserve the honor or
our State abroad and her * growing prosperity at
home—to develope our natural resources and pro
tect our labor—to encourage the lawlul enterpr.ses
of our citizens, inventive, professional, arustica ,
mechanical and agricultural—to increase the faci .-
tiealor acquiring a liberal education, so ttat , the
aspiring son of the poor man, withl ad
may become equally learned with
minister our laws with justice and equity “fl
to us our inalienable rights; it is important that
men should be chosen whoi possess, necessary
qualification and integrity re
the wishes of the people.. And Wternu re
counize in the organization of the democratic
party, the
attachment to | the
institutions of our State and Country Andwterfat,
t ha “been a usage, established by a thousand pre
cedents—founded upon a fundamental princip e of
riffht in our political economy, and particu arly
recognized by the Democraticparty of Pennsylvania,
to express preference for men to fill offices, even i
before nominations are made by Conventions of I
their fellow-citizens: therefore, be it ; |.
Resolved. That it iB the opinion of this;meeting
that Col. WILLIAM BIGLEEof Clearfield county,
possesses all the qualificalions.necessary, and in an
eminent degree, to make a gopd, wise andean; efh
cient Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania : and that we earnestly, though respectfully,
and with all deference to the preferences of others,
urge his nomination fof that office by the State Con-,
ventfon to be held at Reading in June nexf, as our
Democratic candidate. ' i
Resolved, That not to Col. William Bigler alone
we pledge our .support in the next Gubernatorial
canvass, (though he stands as our first, fma only
expressed choice Jor that office,J but, to thf Demo
cratic nominee for Governor ot the State of Penn
sylvania, be he who he may, provided h'e.is a worthy
exponent of our cherished principles-devojedly
attached to the institutions of our country, ; and
possesses honesty of purpose, capacity to, do,’and
willingness to perform his duty as Chief Magistrate
of the State.
Resolved, That we will support energetically, the
nominee for the office of Canal Commissioner by
the Reading Convention; and also the gentlemen
who may be placed in nomination by the s>tate
Judiciary Convention to be held at Harrisburg m
June next, for the Supreme Bench of our Judiciary
organization; among whom we would be: pleased
to see our much ’ esteemed and respected fellow
citizen,'the Hon.ELLIS LEWIS; possessing as he
does, that rare combination of brilliant talents —
pre-emfnent legal attainments—a profound philoso
phical mind-great and qualities of heartland
uniform urbanity of manners iu his intercoursej.with
his feilow-men. We know, he ; would faithfully] per
form his duty to the Constitution and Law» to
the State and to the Union, to the People and to
’the Bar. L
Resolved, That we have a ‘'favorite son’’ in Lan
caster county , whom we are nurturing as a “favorite
man” for the Democracy of the Union. As his fel
low citizens, we feel proud to claim him as our own;
as his neighbors we know how to appreciate his-rare
worth; as his friends, personal and political, we
are willing to stand by him, and “never surrender
while a shot lay in the locker.” > ; j
Resolved, That we endorse the sentiment of our
distinguished fellow citizen? the Hon. JAMES
BUCHANAN, that “ that Country is the most
PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREAT
EST Reward; 5 ’ and that we most earnestly recom
mend the soul of the'sentiment to the consideration
of our fellow-working men throughout the country,
that the character of its author may be understood
and appreciated. ' !
Resolved, That as Democrats, we repudiate the
party who called ,Gjjn. Taylor “a cut throat and a
robber, ” when he was fighting the* battles of our
country; and who subsequently discovered: his
availability for the Presidency—we repudiate the
party who endorsed the treason of-ToMiCoRWiN,
who declared in the Senate Chamber of the Nation,
he “ hoped the Mexicans would welcome our soldiers
with bloody hands'fio hospitable graves”— we re
pudiate the party Who in 1828, invoked “war\pes
tilence and famine ,” upon that people who would
consent to elevate Andrew Jackson to the Presi
dential Chair of thejUnion. We repudiate the party
who, in 1828 called it man-worship to erect Hick
ory Poles; but .who, in 1840, could build log-cabins
and drink hard cider, and whose only [declared
principles \yot%“ Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” We
repudiate the party who ran Gen. Taylor: as a
pro-slavery man in-the South, and as a proviso
man in the North. We repudiate the party- that
has fostered W.ilmotism, Niggerism, Galphinism
and Native Americanism! And we also repudiate
the dictatorial spirit of treating the wishes of the
people, both at Elections and in Conventions, as it
they had not taken place, or been expressed | and
we pledge ourselves not to submit to any usurpation
of rights belonging to us as individual members of
the body politic ; and that henceforth, we will do our
own thinking and our own voting, and? there shall
be none to make us afraid !
are the people’s rights—these we’ll;maintain ;
Unawed by influence, and unbribed by gain.- ,
Mr. Cline, then made some pertinentj remarks,,
complimentary to Col. Bioler, when quite a inum
ber came forward and signed the “Club roil.” The
(following resolutions were then presented ' f and
passed wilhout-a dissenting voice. !
On motion of Samuel Wi. Whilehill, ‘ _
Resolved , That our thanks are due to the Editor
or Editors of a paper published in this county, cal
led i( The Lancasterian,” an illegitimate by birth,
“ any thing else” than a “Lanc<wferian’’ by edu
cation ; and a rank Guerilla by occupation, for. as
signing us a position,’the antipodes o! itself. We
are, where we always would be II !
On motion of JoiiaiMurphey it vyaa j
Resolved , That we have no confidence in the po
litical integrity of the man, nor in the character of
the Journal, that will propagate the principles of
“treating an election as if hact not taken place,”
or refuse to publish the deliberations of Two Thous
and Democrats, expressed through theirj represent
atives in a County CQ'uvention; but styling j them,
“ a factious minority.”
On motion of Dr. N. B. Wolfe, it was!
That when this meeting adjourn, it
will meet again on'Saturday evening, the 19th inst.,
at the Public House of Samuel W. Whitehili, for
merly Jeremiah Brown’s, Sr. j
On motion of P. Morris, it was I
Resolved , That the thanks of this meeting are
hereby tendered to Dr. N. B. for his elo
quent, yet mild, manly, lucid and talented address
upon this occasion; and that this resolution be
published with the proceedings of the 'meeting, in
the Lancaster Intelligencer, aud the Pennsylvanian.
On motion, adjourned. > ;
J. J. GAULT, President.
C. M* Stbein, Secr’y. j.
U7* It is now evident that Wnp. F. - Johnston is
to be the federal candidate for Governor :to run
against Col. Bigler. The Democracy, says the Bed
ford Gazette, ask nothing better than this. His two
greatest weapons in the contest that elected him by
the skin of his teeth, were unconditionalopposition
to the veto and pardoning, power ! Having'become
a convert to these hitherto “ whig scare-crows, it
will require all his time to relute his'former posh
tion, which will render him the conjempt ol the
whole community. * When Governor! Shunk was
up for re-election, old Bill run the “one-term ” hum
bug right into, the ground. Heie, too„he will have -
to make a somerset 1 In three short years he has
changed irora all the questions he contended against
in the last campaign! llis next hobby will no
dopbt be based upon the B’Hoyism/he exhibited in
Bedford at the time he roosted upon two chairs in a
bar-room, after being treated with utter contempt
by his political friends at the Springs. He can read
his fate in the two last elections for Canal Commis
sioner and members of the Legislature 1
Railboads IN the United States.— The aggre
gate extent of all the railroads in the, United States,
including those which will be compiled during the
present year, amounts in all to no less i than ten
thousand six hundred and eighteen miles,. Adding
those which will b« entirely completed next year,
the total extent will exceed twelve ' thousand , six
hundred miles; more than sufficient, if ; extended
in one line, to reach round half,the circumference
of the globe. This aggregate goes beyond that of
the railways in all the rest of the world. !
Jp* The death warrant for the ! execution of
George Pharoah, convicted at the last Chester co.
Court for the murder of Miss Rachel Sharpless,
was received and read to him, on Wednesday last,
in the presence of several witnesses.—The day Of
execution is fixed for August 39,1851.
Lancaster, April 8,1851;
GEp. ss|:n,ders6n, EDITOR.
FOR GOVERNOR: %
,? COE. WIIXIAM ■ f
• . • . ariJSaianjai ctiainr,.
Subject to the decision cf tie democratic Convention
JET Many of our Merchant* are -well supplied
with Spring goods, and expect to do a rushing bu»;
iness. For particulars; see our advertising columns.
RTRev. Pesheli. Coombs, the newly stationed
Minister for this City, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, preached his first discoure here on Sunday
morning last. He ma,ie favorable im
pression upon his audience, and from his. acknow ;
ledged piety and talents we have no doubt he will
be eminently successful in his new field oflabor.
The late Pastor, Kev. James McCabteb, is ap
pointed to Port Carbon, Schuylkill county.
The Journeyman Carpenters of this City were
on a strike last week for higher wages, &c., and
paraded on Wednesday to the number of about
sixty, accompanied by music and banners with
appropriate mottos. We have not learned the
result of their demonstration —but presume the
master workmen have made some arrangement by
which a satisfactory of the difficulty
has-been effected. \ v
017” We have been' favored, 'by the publisher,
with a neat little pamphlet df 24 pages,-entitled a
“Journal of the Sufferings and Hardships of Capt.
Parker H. French’s Overland 'Expedition to Cali’
*ornia, which left New York City, May 13,1850,
and arrived at San Francisco, Dec. 14.” The
Journal was written by Mr. William Miles, one
of the ill-fated expedition. and transcribed and pre
pared for the press by his brother, Mr. Wesley
Miles, of Carlisle, Pa., the whole forming a highly
graphic and interesting description of the route and
the Ecenes through which they passed. .
The retail price is 15 cents per copy. Agents’
Booksellers, Merchants, Sec., by addressing Wesley
Miles, Carlisle, can be furnished with any number of
copies at a very liberal discount, by accompanying
their orders with the cash.
Tli© Magazines.
Godey’a, Graham’s and Sabtain’b, for. Apnl,
are all excellent numbers, more than usually inter
esting in matter, and decidedly rich in embellish
ment. They each fully sustain the high character
they have heretofore maintained with the reading
Graham’s for May- is already juibjished, and a
most capital number it is.
Tlie Railroad Bridge Destroyed.
We regret to inform our readers that the sub
stantial structure, known as the Railroad Bridge
across th§ Conestoga, about one and a half miles
below this .City, was entirely destroyed by fire on
Friday evening last. The fire commenced, we
understand, between the double floors near the west'
end, having doubtless originated from a coal or from
the sparks of the locomotive which passed over
►about 5 o’clock. As the wind was blowing pretty
fresh at the time from the west, all efforts to extin
guish the fire proved fruitless, and the entire struc
ture was soon enveloped in a sheet of flame, so that 1
in less than one hour from the time the fire was
discovered, nothing was left remaining but the abut
ments which supported the bridge. The bridge was
built some seventeen or eighteen years ago, at the
time the Railroad was constructed, and, we belief
\vas about 1500 feet in length.
' It is an unfortunate circumstance, occurring jjist
at this time when the Spring trade had fairly op-,
ened, and when an immense amount of business, in
travel and transportation, was being done on the
road. Travellers, however, will not meet with any
serious detention or inconvenience, as ample pro
vision lias already been made for their speedy
crossing (with their baggage) over the creek—and
in about two weeks, it is believed, a temporary
structure can be erected over which a continuous
and uninterrupted transportation again be had.
The Canal Commissioners were here early on Sat
urday morning, and at once adopted measures for
the speedy re-building of the bridge, and also for
the accommodation of the public in the mean time.
A large amount of lumber has already been con
tracted for aud delivered, and the greatest energy
and activity are manifested by all the officials con
nected with the, road.
Johnston and Bigler. —Wm. F. Johnston, our
present worthy Governor, and Col. William Bigljer,
of Clearfield, will undoubtedly be the Whig and
Doco nominess for Governor next summer. The
Locos, with their usual swaggering and boasting,
are cxultifig over the prospect that their man will
be more than a match for ours in the Gubernatorial
race—but that remains to be deeided. It is hot
the first time those two gentlemen were pitted
against eaeh other. In 1847 Bigler represented
Clearfield, Armstrong, &'c. in’the State Senate,
the very next year Johnston was returned for the
; same district. As Gov. Johnston proved himself
an over-match for the Colonel in their own district,
it is probably that he will come off victorious in
the State canvass.
ID* Will the Examiner, from which we clip the
above precious morceau, he candid enough to jtelli
its readers the whole truth j by informing them that
although Col. BigleH represented the Clearfield
district, in-the State Senate, in i 847, he was not
a candidate the “ very next year ” when William
F. Johnston was elected. Had he been the can
didate of the Democratic party, we hazard nothing
in asserting that Mr. Johnston would not have
been, elected to the Senate, much leas would he low
be the Governor of the Commonwealthh. If the
Examiner has any doubts on this subject, we pre
sume they Will all be dispelled by the action of the
people of that Senatorial district and of the State
on the second Tuesday of October next.
The Anthracite Coal Trade of Schuylkill co.,
is very much disturbed just now. The miners
looked for a considerable reduction in the carrying
charge by the Reading Railroad, in accordance
with the general policy: of almost all railways. In
this they have been disappointed. The rates on
that road were put up last year to $ I 70 per ton of
of coal for 92 miles; and the reduction-announced
for this year is only ten cents. The colliers are
much exasperated, and at a Jarge meeting denunci
atory of the company for the rates, it was resolved
to curtail the shipments fifty per cent., with an in
timation of a total suspension this week if a satis
factory reduction be not made. What amount of
reduction wonld meet their views is not stated;
probably $1 25 instead of $1 60 per ton, is about
the mark. The Pottsville Journal, of Saturday,
says:.
The quantity this week by railroad is 28,829 04
tons, against 19,112 tons last week, showing an
■increase of 8,716 14 tons. A few cargoes; have
been shipped by canal. There is fair demand at
Richmond for single cargoes of coal. ! .
It is reported, (though we do 5 not vouch for the
truth of it,) that the Forest Improvement Company
has effected a sale of coal for the Chagres steam
ers of 40,000 tons, to be delivered in New York at
$3,80 per ton. The coal is to be shipped by canal.
, H7* A correspondent of the Harrisburg Keystone
warmly recommends William S. Campbell, Ksq. }
of, Cambria_county, (formerly Superintendent of
the Portage Railroad,) as a suitable candidate for
Canal Commissioner. x
Buchanan in tbe Old Dominion.— ln
from a friend of ours now residing in .Virginia, da
ted the 12th instant, we find the folio wing language
in reierence to our great Statesman:—-“lam'settled
in the midst of the Democracy of old Virginia, and
it gives me much gratification to hear on every
side the name of James Buchanan associated with
the next Presidency.' -Yempay rely upon the fact
that he would be a‘tower of strength to our party
if on the ticket in 1852.*’ York Gazette,
Amidst the violence, defection, and nullification
of th’ejSjates of Vermont, Ohio,
(notificjuding New York,), inhere,
are two bright and cheering spots in out politiealj
heavens oldtu& to'Jennsjdraiia Sad Virginia.
The'one his ifimifestedJan
t 0 tie abolition idt thnisj upon/her in ati;
unguarded WmW whi|*boU|pfo and ;
theStidthaS passed witlfTrfiexamplei.
unanimity, in favor of the Compromise, and of
peacefa , patriotic devotion to the Union and the"'
Rights of the States, which are worthy of the fath
ers of the republic in its best daysrThese tWO great
central States, flanking the North on the, one side
and the South on the other, can do much—in fact
are almost omnipotent—in allaying discontent, in '
rebuking'sectional factions, and in perpetuating the
biasing's of. the Union .We said, months ago, that.
they could maintain the peace, and . guaranty the
Union, if they acted ill concert. We are glad to
see that they- are enlisted in the same cause, and
with grasped hands are bearing aloft the same ban
ner. We trust, with the aid of the surrounding pa
riotic States, they will be invincible. No two States
in the Union have as deep a stake in the issue as
Pennsylvania and -Virginia. From their locality,
they nyrst be converted, in the event of a rupture
of the Union, into the great battle fields on which
the question of empire will be determined. History
has tolrl us how the wide, fertile districts bordering
on France and Germany have been for centuries
swept by the alternate ravages of friends and foes.
Deserted fields, sacked cities, burning towns, ruined
inhabitants, violated females, and slaughtered chil
dren, have filled the annals of this ill fated region
with unutterable wo. What these unhappy dis
tricts iave seen and felt, Virginia, Pennsylvania,
andMoryland are destined to see and feel with ten
fold aggravation, if this glorious Union be broken
up and destroyed. They have a right to speak out
in this crisis: they have exercised that right in a
bold and'manly spirit; and we rejoice that they
have done so. They rebuke alike the fanatical
madness of abolition, as well as the phrenzied zeal
of South Carolina chivalry. These misguided zeal
ots of both sections may fume and rage, and resolve
to trample on the constitution, and to hazard the
peace and prosperity of the country; but they strug
gle against fate. These States may say to them, ae
Jupiter did in the council of the gods:
« Ye strive in vain: if I but.stretch this hand,
I heave the gods, the ocean, and the land ;
l fix the chain to great Olympus* height,
And ‘the vast world hangs trembling in my flight.’*
When these States forbid the bans, abolition, and
all otier kinds of nullifies, must stand aghaßt, and
fall back into their allegiance to the Union. Nor
is it to be leared that these States will sanction any
very outrageous violations of the constitution, or
any acts of unmanly submission. They are high
tonedj enlightened, and independent, and are as far
from yielding to wrong as from inflicting it. Both
are essentially democratic, and both are opposed to
constructions of that instrument not warranted by
its terms and its principles. We again repeat that
we arje rejoiced at this evidence of the strength of
the Union. It will give confidence and energy to
its friends in the same degree that it confounds and
unnerves its adversaries. Those who have invited
Virginia to take the standard ol disunion in her
mighty hand as leader, may now see how little
they Understood her true character, and who hope-
less and unpropitious is their cause. We advise
them] to desist, to abandon their ’course, and to fol
low the lead of the u Old Dominion’’ in the path of
peace and harmony, as promptly as they were
anxious to do in that ot discord and commotion.— .
Her example is one that no real patriot need b'.ush
to imitate! The Keystone and the Old Domiuh.n
majy they tread for centuries the same road; may
they stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of the
federal constitution; may they march with locked
shields in upholding the Union and the Rights of
fhe States! —Washington Union.
Senator James, of HUode Island,
Defines* his Position.
Tlie following card in the Providence Post, of
Monllay last, explains the position of the new Sena
tor Chas. T. James, just elected from Rhode Island.
It will be remembered that he was charged with
having declared in favor of the “ leading Whig
measures,’' and also with having said he would act
with! the Whigs of the United States Senate. His
card has the merit of frankness at least:
Editor of the Providence Daily Journal:
Having seen the letters published in your paper
of Friday last, relating to me, I deem it an act of
justice to myself, to my friends, and to the public
to say: Ist. That I have never on any occasion,
norj to any person, said that 1 was a Whig. 2d.
On (the contrary, I have always belonged to the Old
Democratic party. 3d. lam in favor of a judicious
tariff; such an one as wilt effectually protect the
labor of the country, by taxing, lightly, the neces*
saries of Lite, and heavily the luxuries. If there
be one measure of government more Democratic
than another, I consider that which, by such means,
compels the rich to give employment and support
to the poor to be such. 4th. I am in favor of
internal improvements by. the General Government
—especially on our Southern and Western waters,
so|far as the same can be carried out consistently
with the Constitution—and which the true interests
of|our country demand. These two. measures I
consider as the only “leading Whig measures” of
the present day. To these my assent and support j
are given, not.because of any pledge to that effect, i
but because adopted by me many years since on
principle. This is all I consider to be embraced
in|my note to the Hon. Wi». Sprague, and it was
so ! regarded at the time it was written. These
measures are, in my estimation, not only Whig,
biit Democratic ; lying at the .very foundation of
our national prosperity and greatness; especially
that of protection of our indnstry.
IJT regret exceedingly the necessity which compels
trie to appear in the public press in ray own behalf,
and was induced to hope I should be left free to
exert what little ability and influence I might pos
sess for the benefit of our State and Country in
accordance with my best judgment, independently
of, party dictation; and I still hold the fixed deter
mination, without deference to such dictation, to
pursue such a line of conduct as in my judgment
may best comport with the true interests of our
common, country. This much I have said in jus
tice to : myself and others; and shall' leave my
course in the Senate of the United States to speak
for itself when the time may come.
CHAS. T. JAMES.
Philadelphia, March 17, 1851.
Butler County.
The Democratic Convention of Butler county
met on the 24th ult, and appointed delegates to
the State Conventions, with instructions to support
Col. William Bigler tor Governor; Hon. Wil
liam Beatty, for Canal Commissioner; and Hon.
John Bbedtn, and Hon. James Campbell, for the
Supreme Bench.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
\ Resolved, That it is due to Pennsylvania, not
only oil account- of her unflinching Democry, that
tile high and noble stand which she has taken in
vindication of the constitution and .laws of the
land, and preserving peace and order throughout
the country, that she should have the next candi
date of the Democracy, for the Presidency of the
United States; and that fully impressed with its
deep sense of justice towards a people so devoted
tp the Union, we ask the nomination for that office,
of her distinguished son the Hon. James Buchanan,
who haß stood by the interests of the nation, with
übtiring zeal—who has never swerved from bis
fealty to the great principles .of the Democratic,
party, and who.has always proved himself to be in
everystation in life, h statesman of the first mag
nitude.
The Convention also passed resolutions compli
mentary to Col. William Bigler, Col. Samuil
if?. Black, 'Hon. William Beattt, Hon. John
'Gredin and Hon. James Campbell. '
j CT* Lieut. R. C. Rogers, of the U. S. Navy,
deliver a lecture in this city, abont the middle
of the present month, on Mexico, together with an
Recount of .his own imprisonment, and escape, and
the subsequent capture of the city. The Examiner
of last week contains a correspondence had between
fome of our most respectable citizens and Lieut
Rogers, from which we learn that on bis return to
Lancaster we will be favored with a full and com
plete history of his capture, imprisonment, Buffet*-
mg*,Stc. ' .
We take the following able article from the
sGeorgia Banner. The ,inireferring to thfe ,
letter; that has recently'emanated j from CoL ShK** ( '
in regard to the.compromise measur^'«f^r.
We have the pleagqfe to-^j^bt
rulers, some extracts from kfengthy, ably written, ,
aiwvery in teres ting letter, jj
.the reqoest of a number of hfifellow *;To }
the radically Democratic do@ifoe ©fctWSslettei£Ave -
fhilySabscnbe. ' The argiiinents-arftptam aiid" un-.
sophisticated; and the tribote which the writer
jjaysyto the disinterested patriotism ot the great
men, who have sa nobly resisted the aggressions ot
fanaticism upon the reserved rights of the-people
of- die States , aad i 'Territories, v sla
very agitation, is
paid to MrrGobb, of'Ga% tt the present gifted and
distinguished Speaker of the House of Representa
tives,” and Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, “whose
name is indelibly inscribed in letters of living light
upon ♦ the scroll of 'his ebuhtry ? a historyj” wUI be
deceived with the warmest approbation by the good
Sooth,
generally, wherever this letter may .find its way.—
The distinguished naihesofi Bccbaßaw and Cohn,
are deservedly popular in the Southern section of
the Union, and vre rejoice to know that they are not
less cherished among the Democracy and the true
friends of the Union in Pennsylvaniafthe old “Key
Stone” of the Confederacy. “Republicans—who
in every respect, are worthy the cause of the Union,
and the cause worthy of them,” we would rejoice
to see their names before the country, as candidates
for the highest offices'withinjthe gift of the Ameri
can people. With Jambs Buchanan, of Pennsyl
vania, for President, and Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
for Vice President, with “ Union—a strict Construc
tion of the Constitution , and Non Intervention by
Congress on the Slavery Question —as their motto, in
scribed upon their banner, the friends of Buchanan
and Cobb , might reasonably hope to succeed in the
next Presidential canvass. The friends of the Un-
ion at the South would rally around their standard,
and the Democracy oT the North* and West, who
have maintained their integrity, in 'the “ trying cri
sis of difficulties” through which ! they <and their
country have passed, would look to them as their
“ tower of strength” and the Country’s'hope.
From tie Pittiburg Chronicle, (a neutral paper.)
Pennsylvania and the Presidency.
* From innumerable indications in> various influen
tial quarters, we infer that the claims of Pennsyl
vania to the Presidency are about- being acknow
ledged by the-Democratic party in other States.-
Whether this feeling arises from a sense of partiality
for our giant old Commonwealth, or for Hon. James
Buchanan, who is mentioned in connection with
her claims, or from a consciousness of necessity,
we are not able, at present, to divine. It is suffi
cient to know that the position of the Keystone is
receiving favorable considerations from those who
have the power, to honor her, by the elevation of
one of her greatest sons to the first place in the
Republic. * .
The crippled condition of the Democratic party
in the Empire State, has forced the party in other
States to calculate upon a national triumph without
her aid. New York being given up as hopeless by
the Democracy, it is absolutely necessary to secure
Pennsylvania, or defeat is certain to overtake them.
The Keystone, therefore, being .considered the
battle-ground of the next Presidential contest, it is
quite natural that the party, in other States, should
look to her for a candidate ; particularly when she
is able to present one who Btands second to no.man
in his party in all the elements necessary to. make
a dignified, republican President.; Besides, Mr.
Buchanan-has done the country great service, and
we all know it. His reputation is broad and general;
not confined to localities or States. His party, in
every section, from Maine to -Texas, can find in
Pennsylvania’s candidate the embodiment of their
common creed.
In Virginia, whose politicians exercise a most
potent influence in the nomination of the Democratic
presidential candidates, we observe, that Mr. Bu
chanan will have no opposition. The Richmond
Enquirer of a recent elate, says: ;
“A meeting of the Democratic party in the Leg
islature, Convention, &c., met in the Hall of Del
egates on Wednesday night, to organize for the
ensuing Presidential campaign. The meeting came
to no conclusion, but adjourned after appointing a
committee to prepare business for another meeting
in the ensuing week. j
lt The principal speaker on the occasion was Mr.
H. A. Wise,member ofthe Convention'from Acco
mac. He urged the erection of a platform of
principles, embodied in certain resolutions read by
him, which concluded by declaring
of the Democratic party in this State to accept any
Democrat for the Presidential campaign who should
be selected by the State of Pennsylvania.”
The platform.of principles, alluded to. in this ex
tract, has been agreed upon, which is nothing more
nor leas than an endorsement of Mr. Buchanan’s
political sentiments. So far, therefore, as Pennsyl
vania and Virginia go, in the nomination of a can
didate, they can be counted upon with certainty for
James Buchanan. '
But in other quarters, remote and near,' we see
indications that are pregnant with meaning. The
Hopkinsville (Ky.) Press, comos to us wjth the
name of Buchanan flying at its mast-head, and
pronounces him the strongest man in the Democratic
party. This is copied by the Lynchburg Republican
with commendation. In Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Alabama he is rallying his paHy into
unity, and in North Carolina the opposition) to him
is very little. New Jersey is said to be enthusiastic
for him, and away out in Wisconsin the agitation
for him has already commenced. The Daily Wis
consin, of a recent'date, contained a long commu
nication upon the subject, from which we copy a
single extract; it looks as if the Democrats there
were in earnest in the vindication of Pennsy. vania’s
claims. From this extract, it will be seen hat the
importance of carrying Pennsylvania is urged as
an additional reason why Mr. Buchanan should
be the nominee—it says :
“As a Senator, he has justly entitled hiipself to
a place in the first rank of orators ; as diplomatist,
he is acknowled in all nations as a man of superior
genius and tact, as a cabinet officer, his giant intel
lect and lofty patriotipm, was a tower of strength
to the administration of James K. Polk. jNeed I
say more of the man whom the Key-State presents ?
His character as a statesman is the nation’s.legacy,
as it has been the shield of her institutions. Suffice
it to say that Pennsylvania presents him and claims
his nomination for her claim’s sake, and I ask, with
out any apprehension that a successful .answer can
be given, is there a State that has as good a claim
for the honor of furnishing the candidate 1 Did she
not contribute as much as any other of the old
thirteen States in the glorious struggle for’American
Independence 7 Has she not been the steadfast
and-ardentsupportor of oumational compact under
all circumstances 7 Has she ever murmured, rebel
led or threatened to rebel against the constitutional
mandates of the Federal Constitution? In short,
has not her vox populx,.&s well as'her statesmen,
proved her emphatically the keystone of the Federal
Arch, never swerving, and never attempting to
swerve from the true interest of our national Union?
And I would ask further: Can any State in this
Union say more with the same degree of well-known
truth 7 Why then, I continue to ask, should not
the young and patriotic Staje of Wisconsin, with a
commendable desire to do justice to her hoary
headed sister, cast her vote in the National. Con
vention for James Buchanan 7
“ Examine this subject, fellow citizens of Wis
consin, remember that the great State that now lays
claim to the honor of furnishing the Democratic
candidate, has never had that honor awarded be
fore ; and that no President has ever been elected by
the people , without her vote, and that none will ever
be likely to succeed without her.” .
A Man Hanged In Mistake.
The following article which we copy from the
Boston Port,-shows the danger of convicting a per
son for murder on cirumstansial evidence aloue:
It is probable that Hicks, who was executed at
Monticello, Mississippi, last spring, for the murder
of William Allen, was not guilty of the ; crime.
The Coroner’s inquest found that Allen was shot
in the head, but the remains have been since ex
humed, and examined by physicians, froth whose :
report it appears that he was not shot, but was
probably killed by a blow, according to Hicks’s
confession made to a minister, and published after
his. execution.. The confession of .Hicks, with
whom Allen had been travelling, was to the effect
that on Sunday morning, while he, Hicks, had, left
their camp, at Ford’s Cowpens, to examine some
houses near by, his wife came running to him,
teling him she was afraid she had killed, Allen.
Hicks returned to,the camp, and finding that Allen
was indeed dead -or nearly so, removed the body
about 15.9 rods off, and left him with his clothes
beside him. - It appears that after Hicks had gone
out, Allen took a large draught of whufitey and
then approached Mrs. Hicks with only his shirt*
drawers and socks, u with the r design of hugging
her, as she said,” and that she threw at him the
wagon hammer which she had in herb and poundiDg
coffee. It hit him on the head and caused his
death. She did not know that Allen’s design was
•of the basest kind, but her only intention was to
keep him off. On the trial* Hicks’s prevarications
tended to strengthen the circumstances against
him, but those very prevarications arose from his
determination not to implicate his wife. Had he
told the truth at first, and called for a medical ex*
animation of the deceased, it is highly probable
that he would have been acquitted, and the law
have been spared the odium ol a judicial murder.
But we must say that his wife, in keepiug silent
while her innocent husband was executed, failed in
the high courage andvirtue which her sex have
so often exhibited. '
87* A gTeat Cathedral is projected by the, Catho
lics in Washington city. It is estimated to cost
$1,000,000, and is to be paid for by contributions
from all the CathbUcs in the Unjon and by dona
tions from Eprope. A lot of! ground 300 feet square
% has hath for it.
RHODE ISLAND REDEEMED FRPM
FEDERAL WHIGGERY! 1 *
Ths Election ini Dhole Island, on Wednesday
last, resulted gloriosis for the Demo
crats. :>They have indee<l-ik>l>ly
•hertnafcto peaceand prq|peritygand
triumph will.elicit aahout o£
swept thejoard clear, asthafolr
lowing summary of the result will show:
' v TheGovemor, Philip Allen,, 600 maj.
“ Lieut Governor, VW. B. Lawrence, 276 M
*? Secretary of State,. Asa.Potter,^ ; 250 u ,
“ Attorney'General W. S. Burgess, 250 “
Edwin Wilbur, 250 “
All the above are Democrats.
In the Senate, the Democrats have elected 14
members and the Whigs 13—no choice in 4 4is
-tricts. 'ln the House, .31 DenQocrats to 25 Whig*
are elected, and no choice in six districts.
There is no change in the Congressional delega
tion—the twb old members being re-elected; Ge<j.
S. King (Whig,) in the, Eastern District by about
30 majority, and Benjamin B. Thurston (Dem.) in
the Western by about 1,000.
Truly, it is a glorious Victory—the'more so be
cause it was entirely unexpected. ■
27* The following article we copy from the
Brookville Jeffersonian,, the Democratic paper of
Jefferson county, Pa., heretofore, and still, friendly
to the nomination oi Gen. Cass. It is but another
evidence of the direction public sentiment is taking
in reference to the Presidency:
The Next President. —Who will be the next
President! is beginning to be a question of some*
interest io political circles. The Whigs with a
unanimity that augurs a hard-iought campaign,
have already settled upon Gen. Scott as .their can
didate, and the form of. a nomination is all that is
now required to place }iim in that relation. Know
ing him to be comparatively unacquainted with the
affairs of government, : they design keeping his in
competency in the background, and relying solely
upon Jits military services for success.. Whether
the remembrance of heroic exploits will again lead
the people astray, is a matter yet to be determined;
but it is surmised by many that Gen. Taylor lapped
all the cream off that dish of milk.
Considerable division exists among the Demo?
crats, rendering it*very uncertain who will be our
candidate. A few months ago the star of Gen.
Cass was in the ascendent; but now, we regret to
say, it appears to be on the wane. It cannot be
concealed that the States lying upon and contiguous
to the Atlantic, which usually control the nomina
tion, have deserted hirp in a body,- and that the
principal part of his strength now lies in Vermont,
Michigan, lowa and Wisconsin. Dickinson, of N.
York, Douglass, of Illinois, and Lane, of Indiana,
are named by some'who are hostile to old stagers;
but unless an emergency shall occur similar to that
which brought Mr Polk into the arena, neither of
these gentlemen will be selected as our standard
bearer in 1852. ■
Judging from present appearances, we have
come to the conclusion that’either Houston or Bu
chanan will be the nominee of the Democratic Na
tional Convention. The former has recently been
making some headway iu the South and West; but
having little strength in the East and North, it is
doubtful whether he can succeed. The latter will
undoubtedly receive the support of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, besides that of
enough other States to place his nomination beyond
dispute; so we regard.if as a “ fixed fact ” that the
Old Keystone will furnish our next Presidential
candidate. That he will be elected scarcely admits
of a question. t
Let it not be supposed by any individual that we
are desirous that the foregoing statement and con
clusion should prove correct. They who regularly
peruse our columns know well that we are partial
to Gen. Cass; but we would be unpardonably ob
livious to the signs of the times, and unjust to our
readers, did we not perceive and proclaim that his
chances are daily decreasing. It is gratifying,
however, to be assured that in the event ol his fail-
ure, a statesman of equal ability will be called upon
to carry forward our party banner to battle and
to victory.
Indiana County.
The Democracy of Indiana county, met in the
Borough of Indiana, on the 25th nit., and appointed
delegates to the State Conventions. The following
resolutions, among others, Were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved , That we have undiminiahed confidence
in the great ability, and elevated patriotism of
Pennsylvania’s distinguished statesman, Hon.
James Buchanan, and fondly trust that through
him Pennsylvania will be made the Banner State of
the next Presidential contest.
Resolved , That we have the fullest reliance upon
the integrity and capacity of Col. William Bigler,
of Clearfield county; and that, if he is nominated
for Governor, we will give him our cordial support.
Resolved , That this meeting hold in high estima
tion, the tried patriotism, talents and bravery, of
Col. S. W. Black, of, Allegheny county, and look
forward to the no distant day, when his fellow
citizens will have an opportunity of expressing
their gratitude by elevating him to a situation he is
eminently ; qualified to fill with honor, viz: The
Chief Magistracy of Pennsylvania.
fcj-Gleason's Drawing Room Companion , No. 2,
more than sustains the promise that the former
number implied. Five illustrations are given as
previously, addfng spirit and beauty to eight pages
of original novelettes, sketches, etc., and the cur
rent foreign and domestic news, with grave and gay
items of divers interest. On the first page the eye
is pleased! with a correct drawing of Sacramento
City , California; next with a full length portrait of
Kah-ge-gah-bowh (George‘Copway,) the Indian
Chief; followed by Franklin Square , Philadelphia;
Loss of the Packet Ship Elizabeth; and a View of
Faneuil Hally Boston. Among the contributions is
the “Circassian Slave,” by Lieut. Murray ; “Love
in a Cottage,” by the Old.’Un; and “Kate Bel
mont,” by Martha A. Clough. This beautiful paper
is issued every week, at $3 a year; or 6 rents a
single copy. To bo had at Spangler’s.
Extraordinary Suicide.— We announced in
our last, the sudden death of William Calendar, of
York, Pa.; in the cars, on his return from Harris
burg, where he had just taken out a policy of in
surance on his life for the- sum of $5,090. We
now learn from the York Gazette that he did not
die in the cars, having gone to Harrisburg and
retured oh horseback, being taken sick with vomb
ting and: pulling on his way back. He finally
reached home at about 10$ o’clock at night—re.
fused to Up down—would hot permit his family to
summon medical aid—and died at about 3£ o’clock
on Thursday morning, sitting up in a! chair. His
stomach was removed and submitted to a variety
of chemical tests, each, one ol which resulted in
establishing the presence of arsenic. •
‘Frou Texas.— The Exemtionof Capt. French.—
l3ates from Galveston to <he 29th/and Rio Grande
to the 19th ult., have been received at New Orleans.
A letter has been received at Brownsville from
Matzatlan, dated February 15th. It states that
Capt. Parker French, the notorious swindler, was
shot orhanged for highway robbery, on the road
between.;Mazatlan and Durango, some account of
which we had already received by telegraph. A
party ofj Mexicans* arrested him and his eight men
at a place called Chavaria, after a' hard fight’of
two hours. One of the men escaped. Freuch and
the others were taken to Salto, a small military
post* and were then executed.
The Indians are again at their work of plunder
and murder in the Valley of the Rio Grande. The
planters along the river, are in the greatest alarm,
from the Indians having - killed or wounded a party
of herdsmen near the river, between Brownsville
and Camp Ringgold. Families are removing to
the. Mexican side.
Canales ism command on the Mexican side ol
the Rio : Grande.
The Indians are again at their work of, death in
the Rio'Grande Valley, and families on the Ameri
can side have removed to the other.
07* A Swindling Operation to a large extent!
occurred in this county last week. It seems that
a man by the name of David Leaman, who had
been engaged in The milling business near New
Holland, alter purchasing a large amount of grain
and flour on credit, and converting it into cash,
suddenly left for *'parte unknown,” leaving his cred
itors stand up to the rack, “fodder or no fodder.”—
His swindling operations is supposed to amount to
some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. This Mr.
Leamah recently purchased a handsome mill prop,
erty, for which he promised (like some of our banks
do occasionally) to pay on the first day ol the pre
sent rajonth j but instead o! “ forking over," he sud
denly vamosed for the great West : We hope Mr.
L. may be caught and punished for his rascality.—
, Saturday fiqprsM. -' *
Letter •Gran -Harrisburg.
Corrapeaduc* of Um IstaUifnecr.
April 4, 1851
More than'a uatttl'degree of excitement has been
connection^with the proceedings ojCthe
£egisliture during the present week. In therein
hare had lhe : .biU xMfttive to the
!qf Montour to the county of .Columbia, and aftML
’fall discussion, defeated. It is however!
rtreHma bill will be reconrid-'
ered. Mr. Buckalew, the Colombia Senator, made
an eloquent speech in ■favor of re*annexation, and-
Mr. Frailey from Schuylkill, answered him in a
most significant amispirited argument, which no
doubt saved Montour - from being blotted out of
existence. The Judge is certainly a most able,
independent and successful Senator. His consti
tuents' have great reason to be proud of him. An
act providing for the election of judges of the sev
eral counties in this Commonwealth, has passed
finally. It provides that Judges of the Supreme
Court may be voted for on separate pieces of paper.
This provision has beenmfideso as to accommodate
and facilitate the anticipated desire on the part of
the people, to vote for the best men without regard
to party considerations. So let the approaching
Judicial Convention take care to place good men
before the people. None other should ever be
offered for this office.
A bill to charter the new Bank at Easton, has
also been passed finally, and only needs the hand
of-Gov. Johnston to become a law. This bank has
been' chartered on the ground that the old bank,
which last year refiised to answer the interrogatories
addressed to them by the Bank Committee, relative
to their affairs, would probably soon expire for want
of an exrention of their charier. The members in
the House from Northampton, do not really desire
the old bank to be : re-charfered, though they want, !
if possible, to have a bill for rc-charter, which has i
already passed to! a second reading in the House, j
pass finally in that body, and have it defeated in i
the Senate for political purposes at home; but they
will hardly be able to effect this questionable
movement. • ' i
A bill confirming the sale of the Danville and
PottsviUe Railroad, and saving, it issaid some sixty
thousand dollars to the Commonwealth, has passed
both houses and will become a law. .
The House has been occupied the entire week in
considering the appropriation bill. Forty-five thous
and dollars for the completion of the Western
Reservoir, foriy thousand to the company and con
tractors of the West Philadelphia Railroad, two
hundred, and filty-fone thousand to the North Branch
Canal, are the principal amounts authorized to be
appropriated by tho House; but the amount for the
West Philadelphia Railroad will be reconsidered
and stricken out. There is a firm determination
on the part of the House to avoid any increase of
the public debt, i As ever, M. &C.
Letter from Columbia.
Correipoudeace of lb* Intelligencer.
Columbia, April 5, 1851,
Friend Sanderson :—The time is drawing near,
yvhen four white citizens of our borough will have
to appear before jibe Court of Quarter Sessions in
your city, to answer to the charge of (t riot, and
disturbers of the peace! ” This charge is a serious
one, involving the character and standing of the
accused, in society; and if found true, will attach
infamy and disgrace to their hitherto “ fair names.”
But aside from this, it is an important charge, in
volving as it does the principle, as to whether a
moral and quiet community of people have not
the right to protect themselves from general insult,
when every human evidence has been given, of
such design ? and whether the perpetrator of the
insult, caught in the act flagrante delicto, is not
more reprehensible'in the eyes of the law, than the
excited and insulted multitude 1
I have not time, to argue the affirmative of these
questions this week, nor do I know that I will ar
gue the questions at all; but it does appear to me
that an affirmative can be applied to both ques
tions, authorized; by natural laws; and no human
law can contrvaene the principle.
A press of engagements, must 'prevent me am
plifying upon the subject; and also from porting
you up in matters pertaining to Tow Hill.
The old Roman adage that “ those whom the
Gods mean to destroy they first make mad,*’ ap
pears to be verified in the 'sayings and doings of
the conductors of the (t Lancasterian.” Like the
inmate of the Lunatic asylqm, who in his distem
pered imagination converts worthless chippings of
tin and .broken bits of glasß into trinkets and gems of
inestimable value, decorating therewith the tattered
rags which cover hisemaciated body, and the fool’s
cap which adorns his crazed head,-and regarding
them as. the crown and symbols of royalty— bo they
in the perversity; of their disposition, send forth in
all their insignificant nothingness, that which has
no being at all, save in their own gangrened minds,
and would fain make it appear as though they were,
in themselves only, the sole embodiment of the
Democracy ol Lancaster county, when, in fact,
they are but the fag end of it, hanging ,on but by
the “ skin of their teeth,” and ready to drop off
by reason of the accumulated rottenness with
which they are encumbered. According to their
idea, the “ rump parliament ” convention which
tried to assemble in the Court House, in February
last, and the delegates to which were originally
elected by some; four hundred voters, is held up as
representing the whole democracy of the county —
while the regular Democratic Convention of the sth
of March last, representing nearly 2000 Democratic
voters of the couny, is stigmatized as {t a factious
minority.” A convention of two hundred delegates,
among whom were to be found some of the oldest
and most sterling Democrats in the county, are de
nounced as being guilty of “ party rebellion and
disorganization,” while the miserable abortion,
mustering but forty-six delegates, - '{twelve of whom
were from the city,) is tobe regarded as the represen
tation of the very quintessence of the Democracy of
Lancaster county! That the articles denouncing
the proceedings of the Democracy of this city and
county are Written for the edification of the party
here , is much to be doubted—the writers are, no
doubt, aware that “ no man is a prophet in his
own country” especially if he be one of the Ro
back stamp, aud from their long bow style, I should
infer that they are intended to take effect at a dis
. tance , /or certain it is, they have none here, at
home; for a series of more palpable and unblush
ing falsehoods than weekly grace the columns of
the “ Lancasterian ” are not to be found, even in
' the pages of t( Baron Munchausen.”
But to “ give the Devil his due” I must admit
that one of the writers of the ct Lancasterian ” has
indeed uttered a truism, but whether unintention
ally or not I will not pretend to say. In the last
No. it iq asserted that the very first move of Mr.
Buchanan’s friends “ to bring .-him out as a candi
date in 1852 ” would fi at once set bis own county
■ in a blaze.” You are right there, Mr. writer for
i the Lancasterian, only, as usual, a leetle behind the
time. Mr. Buchanan has not only been named for
the next! Presidency, here and in other counties
( of' this State, but also.in Virginia, North Carolina,
r Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin and other-
Stated of the Union. And if w£ are to take, as
signs of the times, the enthusiastic applause which
every mention of his name brought forth at the
large Democratic meeting, in the Court House, on
Saturday night, ithe 29th.)—the fact of Mechanics
parading, the streets of this city, bearing a banner
inscribed with the following extract from one of his
speeches s—" That Country is the most prosperous,
where labor commands the greatest reward,”—and,
“last tho’ not least” the protest of-many of
those twenty-six counties “ against Simon
ron’s organ at Harrisburg‘and Reah Frazer’s and
Thos.’ H.. Burrowe’s mouth piece, at Lancaster,
perverting resolutions which were intended merely
as compliments to Gen. Cass and other U. S. Sena
tors, who stood by- the compromise, into expres
sions of preference for Gen; C. as their next candi
date for'the Presidency, then will f/lr. Buchanan’s
being named “ not only set his own county,” but
hit owii : State, <( in a blaze.” And as 'Pennsylva
nia's to be the battle ground in the next Presiden
tial campaign,! with her. “ favorite son” as Democ
racy’s standard bearer, we are as certain of victory,
throughout the Union, at we are that none other
than her own! Buchanan, can carry the Keystone
State, i % SANSPEUR.
017" The Harrisburg Keystone should not have
attached the I resolutions passed by the County
Convention of Lebanon last fall, to its string of
notices'in favor of Gen. Cass for the Presidency in
’52, That was an expression of confidence in his
patriotism ana ability—notbingjnore. This coun
ty has not yet spoken on the subject.—Lebanon
Advertiser.
AccUiHT.f-On Thursday last, an Irishman,
name unknown, was pushed pr fell from a burden
train, just below the Conestoga Bridge, and had his
leg and foot horribly mangled by the cars passing
over them. He was brought to the city in the af
ternoon, and Conveyed to the Poorhouse, where it
was found necessary to amputate the-leg.— lb.*
J Sbad in the Scsuuehahita.—The shad fishing
in the Susquehanna has already commenced, with
unparalled success at this season. From the im
mense! quantities taken by the gill nets, at this
early period, it is presumed by the knowiug ones,
that the fishing season' is some two Wieks owlier
than u|uah ■
Mr. Editor:— rln answer to the question I hate
been so ftequqnWartedfTiii,whether Empties, Cor*
thartics, irurihg with Cauttie’i, are
homoeopathic remedies ;I hwe only to say, that
they are heft only do homoeopathic remedies, but
th^ they afe rejected by all true homoeopathista as
injugous 'tsi the humansyitem. This question was
by, the Homoeopathic Institute, at its Con*
ventioh iii 1846 K in Philadelphia, where some 160
meinbere'were present; some of them grew gray in
the iqld school practice, and yet it was put down
by a unanimous vote. But, hear Hahnemann him
selt on the same subject:
- ‘•’The employment of mixtures of medicine*,- an
association, the inconvenience of which is felt even
by persons unconnected with the profession, is not
the only motive which should make us reject
Alleopathy, seeing that it feels no hesitation in op
pressing life, oftentimes irreparably, by (means of a
single medicine, for instance calomel. .- It deserves
this fate also, in consequence of the other processes
by which it exhausts the strength and the humors
of the diseased body, by means either of 6food
letting, ol .sudoHJicsy hot baths, emetics , and purga
tives, orpainful processes, as cauteries , vesicatories,
sinapisms , acupuncture moxa , etc., processes which
all debilitate beyond belief the vital force, the
energy of which combined with tho action of a well
selected remedy, can only effect a cure.
C. EHRMANN, M. D.,
Member of the Homoeopathic Institute.
Lancaster, April 6,1861.
The Election In Leacock*
Soudersbu&o, April 5, 1851.
Mr,- Editor Tho Lancasterian of this week
contains an article exulting over the defeat of Jos.
Kellenberger, the settled candidato for Inspector of
the Democrats of Leacock township, by John V.
Eckert, a Frazer man, and as Mr. Kellenborger is
a friend of Mr. Buchanan the Editor claims it as a
victory over Mr. B. and his friends.
The contest between Kcllenberger and Eckert
was on their individual popularity, many democrats
only voteitig for Supervisor and School Directors,
as there very little excitement about the In
spector, and that of a personal character. Had
Mr. E. run as a Frazer is on the Colonel’s
popularity or that of the Editor of the' Lancastrian,
he would have found himself like that Editor on a
certain occasion, after jumping out of a back win
dow, an outsider.
Why did the Editor forget or neglect to mention
the election of John L. Idgbtner, a Buchanan man ,
as one of the Supervisors of Leacock township 7
But that would not answer his purpose, and Would
have showed that there was no contest between the
friends of Mr? B. and Col. Frazer. The Citizens of
Leacock exercise their individual opinion in select
ing township officers, and will not permit foreign
dictation. They detest the doctrine of treating an
election at though it had never taken place , as much
as they do the misrepresentations of<the Lancat
terian. , L.~^
West Point. —The following appointments have
been made to the Military Academy, at WestPoint*
from Pennsylvania. Each member of Congress, as
his turn comes, has the privilege of naming one
pupil:
Timothy M. Bryan, Jr., 2d Congress’! District.
Henry W. Freedly, 6th do.
Cornelius Van Camp, Bth do.
Charles D. Emery, 12th do.
Lewis Merrill, 13lh do.
Edward L. Hartz, 14th do.
The following gentlemen have been appointed
visiters for 1851 :
1. Robert H. Gardiner, Esq., of Maine.
2. William Dwight, Esq., Massachusetts.
3. Professor A. W. Smith, Connecticut.
4. lion. Francis Granger, New York.
6. Gen. George Cadwalader, Pennsylvania.
6. Gen. James L. Gaither, Maryland.
7. Professor James Phillips, North Carolina.
8. Col. Win. P. Bowen, Georgia.
9. Anthony H. Dunlevy, Esq., Ohio.
10. Henry W. Huntington, Esq., Louisiana.
11. Dr. Samuel Breck, Alabama.
12. Hon. Thomas Randall, Florida.
13. Rev. John H. Lathrop, L. L. D., Wisconsin.
Cornelius Van Camp, above-mentioned, is a son
of our worthy townsman, Alderman JohnC.
Van Camp.
TATTLER,
For the Intelligence!-.
The Public Schools. —The following exhibits
the arrangement for visiting the public schools,
during the present month :
YISITING MEMBERS. BCHOOU.
Dan.U) Lagan, High School.
J. W. Jackson, Mr. Gilbert.
R. Moderwell, Mr'. Nourse.
Rev. Mr. Schweiniiz, Miss Thompson.
P. G. Eberman, Miss Diller.
Geo. Ford, Esq., Misses Miller and Reed.
Reporting Member, Male Department
Daniel Lagan, East.
Peter Gerber, Misß S. Bmiih.
C. Gillespie, Mrs. Magee.
M. D. Holbrook, Mias Hoftmeier,
A. 11. Hood, Eaq., Miss C. Eberman.
John Wise, Mrs. Reinstine & Mias Winger.
Reporting Member, Female Department
Peter Gerber, East.
Henry Sloek, Esq.,
J. C. Van Camp,
James Black,
A. G. Helfenstey),
John Bear,
Reporting Member,
H. Stoek, Esq.,
H. Rotharmel,
J. Weaver,
Joseph Ehrenfried,
11. B. Swarr, Esq.,
Hon, A. L. Hayes,
E. C. Darlington,
Geo. Sanderson,
Reporting Member,
H. Rotharmel,
Singular Properties op 1 the Figure Nisi.—
Multiply 9 by itself or any other figure, and the
two figures forming the product will, in each case,
if added together, amount to 9; for example 9
multipleid by 9 is SI, and S and 1. added together
moke 9; so on with the other figures forming the
amount of 1 2 3 4 5 C 7 S 9 (viz: 45) will also if
added together, make 9. And il any number
ever be multiplied by 9, and the figures forming the
product be added together, the sum will be either 9
or a multiple of 9. Thus—the- product of" 578 .
multiplied by 9 is 5202 and the amount of these
figures added together is 9. And 4371 multipled
by 9 gives 39,339, the sum of which is 27, or these
times 9.
QT QUINN’S Model Shoe Store, especially
fitted up for the Ladies, attracts particular atten
tion. He has, perhaps, the largest and most com
plete stock of Ladifes’ Slack Gaiters, aswell as of
all other color do.; hal f do.; Shoetees; Jenny Linds,
Ties, Slippers, Misses black and various
Gaiters, Morocco Boots and children’s shoes of
every style and quality. Quran's Model Shoe
Store is the well-known establishment m East
Orange street, No. 3, Kraaph's Arcade. Btrict
attention paid to customer work.
On the 27th of March, by the Rev. J. C. Baker,
■William Torbert Youart, to Elizabeth Conquest,
both of this city. ’
By the Rev. J. Wallses of Peqaea,'John Walker,
of Leacock, twp., Lancaster county, to Precilla
Hoover, of Sadsbury twp., Chester co.
By the same, on the 4th ult., John Whitman, to
Anna Axe, both of Carnarvon twp., Lancaster co.
By the same, on the 18th uIC, William Fleming,
Susan Townsley, both of Salisbury twp., Lancaster
connty. '
On Saturday last, of Scarlet Fever, Mary
er, infant daughter of Dr. John W. Rawluas, ol
this city. ■ . . . .
In South Middleton township, Cumberland co.,
on thp February last, Mrs. Elizabeth Zug,
wile of John Zug, Esq., aged 50 years and U days. •
On the 31st ult., Mr. John Krady, a highly re
spectable -citizen of Manor towukhip, in the 57tn
year of his age. '
On Monday ‘ afternoon 'ast, Julian Wmenow,
wife ol Frederick Winenow, of this city, aged 24
years, 2 months and 22 days. _ • . A
At Ephrata, in this county, on the 31at ult., after
a painful illnesa of four days only, . Martin Sharp,
aged 18 year s, 1 month and 19 days.
On the 28 ult., in Willow Street, in this county,
Ziniri Irwin, aon of James Irwin, aged 9 years,’ 6
months and 22 days.
On the 29th ult., in West Lunpetex,. Elizabeth
Mylln, wife of Jacob Mylin, agpd 68 years, 5
months and 25 days.
On the 20th ult., in Franklin county, David Mui
selman, son of Christian Musselman, of Lancaster
county. # ' , '
On the 19th ult., in Silver Spring twp.,■Cumber
land county, Andrew, aged 15 years, and on the
20th, Martin, aged 16 years, sons of Daniel Weber,
Jate of this county*.
On the 20«ult.,at .the residence of Jacob Stoufier,
of .Conestoga, Catharine Zellers, aged 21 y ears, S
months 4nd IQ days, . ~ ‘ *
J. Price. '
Miss Mayer.
M isa White.
Mias Samson.
iMiaß Sullivan.
Misa O’Donnell.
Male Department
Female High School.
Mias E. A. Eborman,
Misa A. Smith,
Misa Boyd,
Mias Russel,
Mrs. Moore,
Mrs. Gotta.
Female Department
West .
MARRIAGES.
DEATHS.