Our Banking Institutions.
We have before us the Annpakßeportof the
Auditor Pennsylvania, which, ; in ad
dition to o there in g' matter; contains a
tabular Btatemeht of the conditioriof the v«iou®
Banks of Pennsylvania,- Tor the month of No
eember, 1850. Thefollowing arethe resource
of the . -
Lancaster Bulk.
Bills discounted.!."..-. --- —j®
Specie, and Treasnry Notes -.174,427 20
Dae by Banks.. J 68,038 66
Notes and Checks of other Banks.... 58,881 67
Beal Estate and Personal Property...l3,l4o 85
Bonds, Mortgages& other Securities.3l,o4l 06
Expenses.... ....5,35£ 01
Loans.... - ; J54,952 00
Total Resources ._..r,W5,727 97
'ilabiUtles.
Capital Stock .-. i • • •---*5403,900 00
Circutation 577,740 00
Dae other Banks.- - ......... ......135,530 45
Dae Dep05it0r5.......... •........278,531 16
Dividends unpaid.............Jt. ....786 90
Discounts, interest and exchanges..-41,211 85
Profit and Loss, j - 42,474 25
Dae Commonwealth 35,533 26
Total Liabilities...-. ■_ 1,075,727 97
Lacaster County Bank—lts Resources,
Bills discounted $465,939 02
Specie and Treasury Notes.—— ...55,559 87
Due, by Banks - O5
Notes and Checks of other Banks.. ..13,245 67
Real Estate and I , orBonal Prdperty...B,so3 26
Bonds, Mortgages & other Securities.2s,oBB 65
Total Resources. 570,697 02
liabilities.
Capital Stock----.. $17J,718 75
Circulation i- 227,760 ,00
Due other Brks . J ......... - C 0,565 82
DuoDeposito 5...... 79,502 34
Dividends unpaid —-9>263 60
Contingent Fund - .. -*10,544 16
Discount, interest and exchurige..... 1 96
Due Commonwealth 2,340 39
Total Liabilities 570,697 02
FarmerB , Bank—lts Resources.
Bills discounted .......$668,570 19
Specie and Treasury Notes.... 56,255> 77
Due by 8ank5....................113,550 84
Notes and Checks of other Banks 23,916 46
Real Estate and Persoual Property G,OOO 00
Bonds, Mortgages &.other Securities.43,B26 46
Stocks....
Miscellaneous L
Total Resources. ......
Liabilities,
5350,000 00
409,035 .60
j 35,304, 73
.‘.144,332 90
Capital Stock.
Circulation.........
Due other Backs...
Due Depositors
Dividends unpaid....
Profit and Loss..
Due Commonwealth.
Total Liabilities
Savings 9 Institution—lts Resources;
Bills discounted.... t $195,061 10
Specie and Treasury. Notes 17,553 06
Real Estate and Personal Property. 1.10,175 00
nndother Securities..B9G 79
5t0ck5.......... —.. 11,281 90
Exchange and Interest—
Expenses..... ...
Total Resources.
liabilities.
Capital 5t0ck...... $30,000 00
Due Depositors ...200,000 00
Dividends unpaid..... —......... 1,810 00
- ...1,551 86
Total Liabilities. 1 ....236,734 90
Col. ank and Bridge Comp’y —Resources.
Bills discounted..... $224,384 95
Specie and Treasury N0te5..........22.970 52
Duo by Banks.....
Notes Checks of other Banks
Stocks; 254,255 00
Exchange and Interest.... ......274 23
Expenses .......... ... 3,325 42
L0an5...... .... 10,994 74
Total Re50urce5............ .'".567,575 56
Liabilities.
Capital Stock ...$307,300 00
Circulation....
l)ae other Banks..
.17,200 36
1,719 50
.16,118 52
19,726 25
...t 897 38
.567,575 26
Union <s• Tribune.
Due Depositors
Dividends unpuid. f.’.
Discount, interested exchange
Profit and Loss
Due Commonwealth
Total Liabilities
From Ihu Richmond Enquirer.
Interesting Correspondence.
Richmond, April 2, 1851.
Dear Sin: On behalf and in the name of the
Central Southern Rights Association of Virginia,
we most cheerfully transmit to you a copy of its
resolutions, adopted on the 2Sth day ol the last
month, ami respectfully invite you to visit opr city,
and, on such day as- you may select, adjhresa our
people.
In making you this communication, we take
leave to say that in you, ns one of the gifted
statesmen of Pennsylvania, we have, in all past
time, found a devotion to the great interests of the
nation, its constitution and permanency, worthy of
all imitation. Without doubt or hesitation* we
may truly say you have ever been found a firm
friend to all parts of the nation, arid .ever ready to
maintain the rights of each against all factions or
parties. Come, then, and' speak to us in that lan
guage of instruction and of wisdom which has
signalized your life.
We are, most respectfully, your fellow citizens,
- -D a crnTT
C.';S.’MORGAN, i Committee.
THO. E. JETER. 3
‘‘Whereas the Central Southern Rights Association
of: Virginia, entertainirig the most profound love
and admiration for the constitution of the United *
States as it \yaa written and understood by the pa
triots'and sages who adopted it, and entertaining
the like love and regard lor the union of the States
upon the principles of the constitution as so under
stood, being willing and ready to pledge their lives,
their fortunes, and their sacred honor for the
maintenance both of the : constitution and. union of
the States in their original purity, and havinglearn
ed from his published' letters and written opinions
that the Hon. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania,
entertains the like views and sentiments: “therefore,
« Resolved , That the Hon. James Buchanan, of
Pennsylvania, be invited to address this association
at such time as may suit' his convenience, and to
counsel with us iii regard to the best means to be
adopted in the present alarming crisis for the
maintenance of the constitution and union of. the
States in their, original purity.” .
Wheatland, (near Lancaster,)
April 10, 1851.
Mi Beau Sins: I have received your kind letter
of the 2d instant, with the resolutions adopted by
the Central Southern Rights Association of Vir
ginia, inviting me to address the association at
such time as may suit my convenience, and to
counsel with them “in regard to the best means
to be adopted in the present alarming crisis for the
maintenance of the constitution arid the union of
the States in their original purity ”
I should esteem it both a high honor and a great
privilege to comply with this request; and there
fore regret to say that engagements—which I need
not specify—repder it impossible for me to visit
Richmond during the present or possibly the next
month.
The association do me no more than justice,
when attributing to me a strong desire “ for the
maintenance of the ‘constitution and the union of
the States in their original purity.” Whilst Yew
men in this country would venture to avow a dif
ferent sentiment, yet the question still remains, By
what means can this all-important purpose be best i
accomplished 'i X feel no hesitation in answering,»
by a return to the old Virginia platform of State I
rights, presented by the resolutions of 179 S and
1799, and Mr. Madison’s report.] The powers
conferred by the constitution upon the general gov
ernment must be construed strictly* and Congress
must abstain. from the exerice of all doubtful
powers. But it is said these are mere unmeaning
abstractions; and so they honestly car
ried into practice. Like the Christian’s faith, how
ever, when it is genuine, good works will inevita
bly flow'from a sincere belief in such a‘strict con
struction of ths constitution. Were -this old. re-
principle adopted in practice, we should
po, IjOPger 'witness unwarrantable and dangerous
attempts in Congress to interfere with the institu
tion of domestic slavery, which belongs exclusively
to. the States where it exists. There would be no
efforts to establish high protective tariffs; the pub
' lie money would not be squandered upon a grand
system of internal improvements, general in name,
but partial in its very nature, anil corrupting in its
tendency, both to the government and to the peo
ple; and we would retrench our present extrava
gant expenditures, pay our national debt, and return
to the practice of a wise economy, so essential both
to public and private prosperity; Were I permit
ted to address your association, these are the coun
sels 3, should give, and some of the topics I should
discuss, as thej best means “ for the maintenance
both' of the constitution and the -union of the States
in their, original purity,” and for the perpetuation
of our great arid glorious confederacy. - -
With sentiments of high regard, I remain, yours,
, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Robert G. Scott, C. S. and Thomas E.
Jeter, Committee, &c. '
JfotcUigenfer Journal^
y,nnria«ter. Awfl; 88. 1851* W
‘ GEO. SAti>DCRBON> EDITOR.
, v ; : FOR GofrEI(WOR:
COL. WHiUMI BlfilEß,
or C r,F *p rnria COUNTY. .
Subject to the decision of the Democratic Convention
A meeting of the Association will be he]d in the
Court House, in this City, on Saturday evening next,
thl 26 th inet., at 7i o’clock.
The Democracy present wjll be addressed by
Roheht Tyler, Esq., of Philadelphia. , . - \
GEO. SANDERSON, President.
April 22, 1851. ,
The following resolution was passed at the
Democratic County -Convention 1 of the sth of
« On motion, the Officere'of the Convention were
directed to prepare.lists of the County Committee
and Township Committees, from the names fur
nished by the Delegates.”
ln obedience to this resolution, the Officers of
the Convention have prepared the tallowing list of
the County Committee, to serve the ensuing year:
, v .Chairman— NEWTON LIGHTNER, Esq., City
, Bart —William .Miller.
Brecknock —Ephraim Shober. .
Caernarvon —Thomas Edwards.
* E. Cocalico —Col. Andrew Ream.
W. Cocalico—Co\. Jesse Reinhold.
Colerain— Dr. George T. Dare.
. Columbia —Peter A. Kimburg, S. F. Lodkard.
Conestoga —Adam Kendig.
Conoy —Jacob B. Hamilton.
J 5. Donegal —Henry-rHousoal.
W. Donegal —Jacob T D. Keller, Jr.
Drumore —John Hastings.
Earl —Wendel Holl.
W. Earl —John Forney.
Elizabeth —John Elser.
Elizabethtown-^— A. Redsecker.
Ephrata L. Gross.-
Fulton— James Hanna.
E. Hempfield— Henry Imhoff, Sr.
We Hempfield —Jacob Gambcr.
E. Lampeter —John R. Miller.
W. Lampeter —Abraham Sides. *
Lancaster City, E. Ward —Peter Garber, James
L. Reynolds, James Barnes, John L. -Kofier.
Lancaster City , W. Ward—Dr. Geo. B. Kerfoot,
Geo. M. Steinman, Henry E. Wentz, Col. Wm. S.
Amweg.
Lancaster Twp. —Charles Nauman.
Little Britain —Dr. James P. Andrews. -
Leacock —Isaac F.,Lightner.
Upper Leacock —Dr. J. C. Wiedler. .
Manheim Bor. —Philip Arndt.
Manheim Twp. —Henry E. Lemnn. •
Manor —Abraham Peters.
Marietta— Andrew Leader. ,
Martic —David Laird.
• Mountjoy —James Laird.
Penn —Henry Hambright.
Paradise— George D. Mcllvaine.
; Rapho —Joseph Masierson. ,
Sadsbury —Robert Steel.
Salisbury —Thomas W. Henderson.
Strasburg Bor . —James McPhaiL
Strasburg Twp. —Jacob Neff.
Warwick —Peter Fieließ.
Washington Bor. —John A. Brush.
OCT The- Township Committees omitted this
week lor want of room.
,57,459 00
....ID 83
909,538 55
13,857 25
.9,921 41
.6,427 20'
.969,538’ 55'
1,289 30
477 75
....23G,734 90
.....‘.38,792 36
ID* A complete table of the township and bor
obgh officers, of-Lancaster county, elected in March
last, will be found on our first page. We are in
debted for it to the kindness of the Examiner.
...12,578 34
Pennsylvania Farm Journal.
The first, or specimen number of this new agri
cultural paper, made its appearance on Friday last.
It is gotten up with considerable taste and presents
quite a neat appearance, something after the style
of the Albany Cultivator.' It is published in quarto
form of 32 pages on strong and fine paper, with a
neat and appropriate cover. Its editorial articles
and remarks are characterized by sound sense and
ability, and the selections, are evidently made with
care and discrimination. It is also embellished
with appropriate ongravings representing cattle,
fowls, &c.
130,905 00
13,708-55
The Journal is edited by Professor S.
deman, of Columbia, and published in this city by
Mr. A. M. Spangler, at the rate of $1 per annum
for a single copy; to clubs of five, it will be‘sent
for $4; to ditto of ten, $7,50; and of twenty,
815,00. , .
- It ia scarcely necessary to add, that the enter
prise is one that should be encouraged by the Far
mers of this county and of the State. A periodical
of the kind has long been needed in Pennsylvania.
They have them in New York, Maryland, and
other States, where they exercise a most important
influence in their line —and the Old Keystone
should not be behind her neighbors in the good
work. -
We bespeak for thb Journal a favorable recep
tion with the public, and wißh the editor
lislicr abundant success in their undertaking.
On Tuesday connection of the venerable
Thomas Ritchie with this valuable democratic
journal ceased, and he took leaye of his patrons in
nn able valedictory, in which he paid a high com
pliment to his talented successor.
On Wednesday Maj.DoNELSONIs salutatory ap
pcaferi, covering four columns of the paper, and
making known his sentiments fearlessly and with
out reserve on alMhe prominent topics of the day-
His address bears the impress of a strong and vig.
orous mind, well disciplined in the politics of the
day, and is just such a paper as might have been
expected Irom a disciple and protege of the illus*
trious Jackson. We commend the Union to the
generous support of the Democracy of the whole
Union and wish the new editor and proprietors
abundant success in their undertaking. •
Wc liavb received the first number of a neatly
gotten up periodical, entitled t( Tho Temple,” to
be published monthly at Harrisburg, and to be de
voted-to Free Masonry, Literature and Science.
“ The Temple ” is edited by B. Parke, Esq., of
Harrisburg, and C. E. Blumenthal, Professor o 1
Hebrew and tho Modern Languagos in Dickinson
College, Yshrlislc. Each number will contain 32
pages, with an illustration and colored coVcr, and
will be furnished to single subscribers at the rate
of $1,50 per annnm. To clubs it will bo sent at a
much cheaper rate.
Tbo number before us is' beautifully illustrated
with a portrait of P. G. M. Joseph R. Chandler, of
Philadelphia. ‘ T,
The mammoth, establishment of Messrs. J. M.
June & Co., is to be. here on the Ist of May—see
advertisement in another, column.
This is the same Company that was here last
fall, and whose -performance, especially that of
Mad’lle Tourniaire, gave such unbounded satisfac
tion to all who witnessed it. -It 'is one of the best
Companies of male .and female, equestrians, that
has ever visited Lancaster, and will doubtless com
mand an
U7* The this City, is
already so iar finished thatfreight and passenger cars
have commenced passing over it. Itwas'burned
down on the 4th inst, and in the short' space'oi
fifteen days has been re-built, a promptitude on
the part of the State officials highly deserving of
commendation.
The master builder, D. Stone, Esq-, and his as
sistants, also deserve much praise for the Bkill and
energy they have displayed in the work.
DIT" We direct jpublic attention to the advertise
ment of our friend V. P. Andeebow, who has re
cently opened a Confectionary establishment, in N.
Queen street, .next door to Sprecher’s'Hardware
Store. Mr. A. is a young man of active business
habits, whols well Qualified to administer to the
tasjes and gratification of the public—and a 9 hiß
fitted up in the best style, equal, if not
superior to any thing of the kind in the City, he
deserves, and we hope will receive, ample encour
agement.
Bigler Clnb) Ifo. t
County Committee.
Tlie Washington Union.
Sew "WorU.
Tlie Circus is Coming!
k;. Hie legislatures
• are sincerely gratified; in reviewing the pro
ceedingB t>f the Legidatoe, just adjouined, so fer as
we able to do so, with the facts that are
before us, tofind so Me thatis deserving .of cen-
and samuch that is praise. :R
hak LecomeA- kind ofhabitjuiPe nhsylvama, to de-*
nounce the State I2gislatunl; : and heretofore, it has
been a pretty safe rule to take certain follies and
wrongs for granted, and to denounce the represent
tatives in the total. We agree with the Ledger
howeveiytfcatUie practice of withholdingf'dar con
fidence from oor servants in the is a ;
dangerous one, and we believe thatltmav be far
•better honored in the breach than in the observance*
At all events, the body .that has just adjourned, pre;
seats, we will hot assert, a happy contrast With the
past, blit a fair average of meritorious legislation.
And we are sincerely pleased to be enabled to Bay
so. Prominent among the'obnoxious measures de
feated, we are glad to notice the whig attempt to
increase the State debt, by issuing a million of
small notes, and also the effort to reduce the num-
Jber of Canal Commissioners to a single person.—
Among the acts that have been done, the appropri
ations to the Portage and Columbia aud Philadel
phia Railroads, and the North Branch Canal, will
be,hailed with much satisfaction; each operating
distinctly and favorably upon the of the
State, and hence affecting the prosperity of the
whole people. The bill to repeal the obnoxious
section of the statute of 1547, in regard to fugitives,
which has, we hope, received the signature of the
Governor, will be hailed with much satisfaction by
the people. Several important Railroad charters
were granted, but no one, that will operate diaster
ously upon the interests of the commonwealth.—
The private bills are said to unusually numerous,
but necessary. The discussion of the Free Bank
ing bill, if it produced no other result, prevented the
granting of several new bank charters, and thus
protected the producers from the multiplication of
paper money—still the manifold curse of our day
and time. The bill regulating Judicial districts is
such a one as the people will applaud, apd will
well carry out the new amendment of our State
Constitution for the election of Judges.
We noticed among the visiters to this city on
•Wednesday, General W. F. Packer, Senator from
the Lycoming district; and we perceive that Sohn
:S. Rhey, Esq., the Armstrong member of the House,
;is still among us. Senator Bdckalew passed
through the city to his northern home on Wed
nesday, and Senator Sanderson has, we believe
also left for Towanda. Noticing these names on
the books of our hotels, recalled to us the services
which these gentlemen had respectively rendered to
the Democratic party or to 'the State in the last
Legislature. General Packer’s able speech in
favor of the Sunbury and Erie- road—Mr. San
DinsoN’s masterly argument on the.Tariff —Mr.
Buckalbw’b eloquent an dlogical address in favor of
the repeal of the State law in reference to fugitive
slaves—and Mr. Rhey's active and energetic ef
forts as Chairman of the Committe on Ways and
Means—constitute, for each, a just claim upon
. popular favor and confidence in all quarters of this
State.
Can we forget Mr. Bonham, the young and
gifted representative from Cumberland whose
speech in favor of the Tariff of 1846, has given
him a national reputation; General Brtndle, of
Lycoming, whose honest and straight-forward
cot/rse merits honorable mention; Glenni W. Sco
fibld, of Warren, for his- speech against the pro
posal to razee the Canal Board; Mr. Lebt, of
Washington, for his constant exertions to put Penn
sylvania right on the fugitive slave question; our
Hughs, for his'patriotic course on the same ques
; tion; and Senator Henry A. Muhlenaerg— last,
not least—for his powerful argument against the
system of Free Banking? There are dobtless oth
ers, but these were the active spirits of the interior
Democracy, and at the risk of being called to ac
count for praising such of their conduct as deserves
praise, we have deemed this public notice due to
each and to all. If they had deserved censure, they
should have received it Indeed, representatives so
often earn condemnation, that we are rejoiced when
enabled to speak well of them. The great major
ity of the Democratic party, in both branches of
the last Legislature, behaved so well, and. have
presented so comparatively gratifying an account
ot their stewardship, that it would be
withhold from them these deserts.—Pennsylvanian.
Judge Lewis.
This4 ent ' emali continues to be very tavorably
spoken of in different sections of the State, for a
seat on the Supreme Bench. The following notice
of him we .clip from the Lawrence County Journal
of Saturday-week:
It is gratifying to us to see with what unanimity
the Democracy of Pennsylvania have fixed upon
our old friend Hon. Ellis Lewis, of. Lancaster
county, as one of the Ljpmocratic candidates for the
Supreme Bench in this State. From present ap
pearances he will he nominated without a dissent
ing voice. His moral character is above reproach,
and he is well -known to possess talents of a high
order, and in whose honesty and integrity as a jurist
none can doubt. His well known talents, energy
and industry, have very properly placed him in the
front rank of jurists in Pennsylvania, and if nomi
nated,will add much strength to the ticket through
out the State. A better selection cannot he made.
Incendiarism.
The following letter from a respectable source
in Utica, N. Y., discloses facts of a very remarable
character, exhibiting a degree of depravity in the
gratuitous and wanton perpetration of crime which
it is painful to contemplate:
Utica, N. Y, April 10, 1851.
Our city police have recently brought to light
one of the most extraordinary gang of incendiaries
that ever cursed a community. Over §150,000
worth of property have been destroyed by some
forty-three or four different fires during the past
eighteen months, embracing stores, hotels, dwelling
houses, shops, lumber yards and churches—all of
which now . turn out to have been set on fire by
some five or six young men attached to two engine
companies. I should perhaps except two Bmall
fires. The proof against them is sufficient and
their conviction is certain, and it is more than
probable that they will plead guilty. Some instan
ces have been arson in the first degree, which is
punishable by death. The most remarkable fea
ture in the whole transaction, is the utter want of
motive to prompt to such enormity. The very
men who put the torch to the buildings worked the
hardest at the fire. The young man who helped
me to get into the study and save the library of our
pastor at the fire of our Church, was the identical
person who went up the steeple and set the edifice
on fire. He is now in prison awaiting his trial for
arson in the first degree. The only reason Sssigned
by the guilty parties is that they wanted a little fun
aniT frolic, and that they went on undetected until
they acquired a sort .of mania for such excitement
as the French do for suicide.
The CUoctaw Intelligencer.
We are undea obligations to Samuel IX Humes,
Esq., residing at Fort Washita, Arknnsas, for a
number of the “ Choctaw Intelligencer,” published
at Doaksville, in the Choctaw Natioh. It is pub
lished bit natives, and edited by - whites, and is
printed half in Choctaw and half jn the English
language. The paper makes a very creditable ap
pearance, and the English department is interesting.
As-we are unacquainted with, the Choctaw dialect,
we are not prepared to say auy thing in reference
to that department. ~
Phrenology. —Thoso of our readers who wish
to have their characters read, according to the phre
nological structure of the cranium, would do well
to call upon Mr. Wilkinson, recently from Europe,
who comes highly recommended, and whose ex
aminations so far, since he has been with us, have
been characterized by truthfulness and fairness.—
Mr. W. is a Practical Phrenologist, and will remain
in tHls City for a few days, at’the Swan Hotel,
where all who desire an examination can have, the
opportunity.
ID* The new steam flouring mill of Mess. Stoll
& Co,, is now in’successful operation, in this City,
aiufiß said to be an admirable invention.
Tlie World’s Fair a Failure.
It seems to be a glowing opinion that Joha,BuU
> will make a handsome of
f Palace. The New Gomier refers to
r many recent accounts, as showing the Worid’a
Fair is likely to prove a rafher for all
.who have any thing to do-.with it except the,Cock*
mes, who are making thfemost. eaSsnnva and cute
arrangements to fleece all the Yankees and other
■foreigners who are gudgeons enough to get caught
there. The grievances complained of by the Courier
are,' that ooYhbuntrymen*who liave sort -goods to
the Glass themselves to almost
numberless hindrances and charges that will make
their contributions to the- great show enormously
expensive* articles, sent were land«t’,at South
ampton free of cfiarge by ouraWngdveriimenty&nd
at that point they should have been taken in charge
by the British government iand placed safely in the
show house‘free Vf cost But, instead of this being
done, at every point onr exhibitors have been met
by mercenary opposition, as though they were try
ing to sniuggte contraband goods into the market,
instead of being-friendly-contributors to a show to
which they had been invitedby brother Bull. Ev
ery case has to be submitted to Custom House Su.
pervision, for which a charge is made; they have
to be transported Irom Southampton to London at
a heavy cost, and! from the Railroad terminus to the
glass palace at another heavy charge; arrived there
the exhibitors discover that they must pay for ad- j
mission to superintend their own contributions; in :
addition to these annoyances the owners of patent
machines, find that the moment they expose their
inventions to the inspection of. the great British
public, their discoveries will be stolen with as little
compunction as our publishers have in robbing an
English author. But these are not all, it has been
found that the roof of the palace leaks, and in spite
of putty will let in the rain and the wind,'so that
after the goods get into the show room they
stand in imminent danger of being destroyed by the
drippings from the roof. Then again no provision
has been made Jbr storing the cases and boxes in
which the articles are packed, so<he exhibitors witf
have to run all over London to find some place to
put them, and when a place is found they j will be
sure to be charged enough for storage. The better
way, it strikes the Courier, will be for the exhibi
tors to keep their packing-boxes, to lodge in; for
there seems to be a doubt of half the visitors to the
world’s fair finding a bed to sleep in, or any thing
to eat.
After all the difficulties, dangers, and expenses of
getting the articles into the glass palace hpve been
overcome, then come the real perils of the exhibi
tors in their attempt to live in London. (Judging
from the reports which the English papers have
been publishing during the last three or four months,
we must believe that such a thing as pure water,
pure tea and coffee, pure milk, pure liquor; or pure
anything else but pure extortion and roguery is
a clear impossibility in London. We have no
superstitions nor prejudices in this mattei|d)ut on
the contragy, have always been, taught to regard
everything having the stamp of London upon it as
the best of the kind. But the London papers, the
speeches of members of Parliament, and London
literature generally, have dissipated all our early
illusions about cockney superiorities' they tell a
sombre story of metropolitan villanies, of the de
ceptions and frauds of merchants, the thieving
practices of lodging-house keepers, the avarice of
the rich, the meanness of the poor, and the corrup
tions, vices, immortalities, and frauds that are.found
in every phase of London life. A few years ago
the Literary Gazette, an authority which no En
glishman would question, published a series of ar.
tides called “ London one Lie,” in which.the ras
calities ot cockney tradesmen were so thoroughly
exposed that it made one shudder to think what a
terrible tragedy life in-London must be, instead of
being the jolly farce we had seen exhibited on the
stage urider that name. Lately the London Lancet
has been engaged in a similar task, as belonging
more particularly to its duties as a sanitary journal.
■The last London News in an article on this subject
“ It appears that there is scarcely an article that
we eat or drink that is not mixed up in some way
with inferior substances,'to the injury of our pock
ets, or with positive poison, to the ruin of our health.
Butcher’s meat, which one would think offers some
security against adulteration, is continually sold in
a state unfit for food; and the darling wight who
ventures upon the purchase and consumption of
such articles as, sansages, or dried tongues, not only
receives diseased flesh, highly spiced, to conceal the
original iniquity of the bargain, but, in the matter
of salted tongues, receives lingual abominations of
the knacker’s yard. The number of horses’ tongues
annually cured, salted, and eaten in England, is
frightful. It may possibly be alleged, that horses’
tongues are not unwholesome; but, even in that
case, the dishonesty, and the injury remain. Bread,
again, weich ought to be thestafl of life and healthy
is 100 often mixed up with ingredients both disgust
ing and unwholesome. A large percentage of bone
dust and lime takes the place of wheaten flour in
the loaves that are sold to rich and poor; and dam
aged wheat is compounded with a variety of sub
stances that improve its colour, and increase its
weight, without depriving it of its unwholeso'me
ness. Coffee is largely mixed with chichory—not
at the low price of the inferior, but at the high
price of the superior article—the venders having
the impudence to justify the fraud on the plea that
chicory is wholesome, and that the public like it.
Of fifty-six samples of coffee recently purchased at
random in various shops in different parts of
London, for the purposes of the exposure vriiich is
now going on in the pages of the Lancet,-the mic
roscope detected that only five were, genuine. ‘ ( The
brown sugars .of'commerce,’ as we learp from the '
same publication, ‘are in general in a state wholly
unfit for human consumption, 5 and are likely adul
terated with ‘ blood, albumen, fragments' of the su
gar-cane, starch ’ granules, lime, lead, iron and grit
or sand,’ besides 6warms of sugar acari, or sugar
lice, were found in thirty-five. The adulteration of
milk is, if possible, even more disgusting. Were it
confined to chdlk and water, as in days L of old, the
robbery, though gross, would not be -so ( very mis
chievous; but when the squeezings of horses’brains
from the knackers yard are known to be largely
added to the article by the wretches who trade in
this fiendish mixture, indignation is largely mingled
with a feeling of nausea pnd abhorrence. The ad
ulteration of malt liquor is perhaps still more noto
rious; and the poisons which are put into beer before
as well as after it leaves the premises of the brew
ers, give th£ medical'men of the metropolis consid
erable extra practice, and adds largely to the gains
of the graye-digger and undertaker.” ] ;
So, here's the kind of fare our countrymen are
invfted to at the great World's Fair. Horses*
tongues, sanded sugar, poisoned milk,poisoned ale,
poisoned coffee, and poisoned bread;!and hard to
be got even such as they are.”—Philadelphia Sun.
A College Stampede!
There was quite a flare-upat Dickinson College
in the beginning of last week, as we learn from the
Carlisle papers, growing outol a difficulty between
certain members of the Faculty and ia number of
the students. It appl&rs that the Jnnior Class ex
pressed a desire to attend the funeral of a highly
respectable citizen of the Borough, and requested
a postponement of their recitations for* that pur-,
pose. This w6s denied them by two o‘f the Pro
fessors. The young men, however, attended the
funeral, cbntrary to the wishes of the Professors—
for doing which they were brought up before the
Faculty, and quite a large number of them expelled,
A great excitement was the consequence, and
serious inj ary to the College was anticipated.—
The whole matter, it was finally referred
to the Hon. James Buchanan, who happened at
the time to be in Carlisle, and throughhis influence
a reconciliation was effected. The students have
nearly all returned to their duties, and the business
of the Institution is going on as if nothing unpleas
ant had transpired.
Lawrence County.
The Democracy of this county appointed their
delegates oh Tuesday last, and instructed them for
Hon. James Buchanan, for President; Col. Samuel
W. Black, for Governor; Gen. Seth T. Clover,
for Canal Commissioner; and Hon. John Bbedin,
for the Supreme Bench. •
CoL Bigler.
"" ‘We never knew a candidate - for a public office
so popular with the mass of the Democratic party
as this gentleman. There Is hardly £ dissenting,
voice ogaiiirt him—he appears to have absorbed
tiM r a&wtiaiw of thh entire party, and left but a sec
ondary poatum intke popular favor to hifl compet
itors, for die station in which hia friends appear de
termined to plaee him. We do not open a demo
cratic exchange without seeing evident signs of a
decided preference for Bigler. His. name stands at
the head of their editorial columns,* and in those
columns, are sentiments expressive of warm attach
ment to him, who is decidedly the people’s candi
date. We also hear of clubs being established
throughout the length and breadth of the State, for
the purpose.#!.securing his election—-of meetings
assembled enthusiastic in his favor, and among the
rank and file of the we can perceive a settled
determination to place at the head of our good old
Commonwealth this ‘sound? Democrat who is
equally for his talents as for his
integrity. We have conversed with many ster
ling Democrats of our neighborhood, and without a
single exception, we find .that Col. Bigler is.’the man
of their choice, and with him as their leader and
candidate, they feel confident of a glorious triumph
in October next No other man inspire such uni
versal confidence in the Democratic ranks. True
it is, there are many oiher men in our« party who
could be successful at next election for theguberna*
torial chair—Democratic principles must
under .the leadership of any good man—but Bigler
pre-eminently can satisfy the. entire Democratic
party, and secure the overwhelming majority bf
former days. —Sunbury Gazette.
A Kilkenny Cat Fight—Rascality
Exposed,
We have received a pamphlet of nearly one hun.
dred pages—entitled “ The Charges against the
Collector and Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia.”
It embraces the reply of Charles Gibbons, Esq., to
the argument of DaVid Paul Brown, Esq., with an
Appendix, containing the statement of the Hon.
James Cooper, in answer to the Narrative of Col
lector Lewis. The whole expose is one of the
richest things we have ever read, and as it is an
affair entirely among Whigs and Whig officials,
we are not all surprised at the mutual charges of
falsehood, baseness, perjury, &c, &c., so freely
applied to each other.
If one-half that is proven against Mr. Lewis by
unwilling witnesses, and endorsed by the Hon. Jas.
Cooper, be true, he should be hurled from the re
sponsible office he holds without a moment’s hesi.
tation. The charges of an official character brought
against'Messrs. Lewis and Norris, and abundantly
sustained by the. evidence, are
1. The Collector of the Port of Philadelphia is
guilty of a want of fidelity to the Government, and
to the character of the present National Adminis
tration, by retaining in the offico of Weigh-mastor
a person whom he has always known to.be incom
petent for the proper performances of the duties of
the said and who stands charged with per
jury on the Legislative records of Pennsylvania, a
fact well known ( to the Collector at the time that he
appointed him to the said office.
2. The Collector and Surveyor of the Port of
Philadelphia were instrumental in procuring ficti
, tious signatures to certain printed letters addressed
to members of the Senate of the United States, ur
ging the confirmation of the said Collector whoso
name was then before the Senate, and that said
signatures were obtained through the W eigh-master,
acting in the matter with their knowledge and
consent, and that ’said letters were forwarded as
genuine letters to certain Senators by the said Col-'
lector and Suryeyor of the Port of Philadelphia.
To these two charges the evidence is exclusively
confined; but there are others brought by Senator
Cooper against the* Collector, of a private nature,
which, if correct, and we have no reason to doubt
their truth, show conclusively that he is totally un
worthy. thestation he.occupies.
The fight is an interesting one—inasmuch as it
shows up .the leaders of Ihe “ decency ” party in a
way that must be anything but to the
honest and conscientious portion,of their followers.
The pamphlet can be seen at this office.
10* Since the above was in type, we learn from
the North American that the President, looking
upon Messrs. Lewis and Norris as marvellously
proper men, has dismissed the charges preferred)
and will continue them in office, despite the oppo.
sition of Messrs. Cooper, Gibbons & Co.
What Next!
The Abolitionists ol Boston, not content with
their efforts to disgrace that City, by getting up a
riot for the purpose of forcibly taking a fugitive
slave from his lawful owner, and thus trample un
der foot the constitution and laws of the Union,
have actually carried their spite against their dis
tinguished Statesman, Daniel Webster, so far, on
account of his opposition to their views, as to refuse
him the use of Faneuil Hall, where it was propo
sed'to give-him a public reception. The Boston
Courier of Wednesday last has the following notice
of this most extraordinary, not to say outrageous
proceeding:
The citizens of Boston have been for some days
in expectation of witnessing a public reception of
Mr. Webster by the people of this city in Faneuil
liall. On Monday evening, the Mayor and Aider
men went into secret session for the purpose of act
ing on the following petition :
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Boston.
The undersigned respectfully ask the use of
iFanouiV Hall, on the 17th of April, 1851, for the
purpose of a public reception of the Hon. Daniel
Webster, and to consult on tho public good*
Signed by George G. Smith, and over 100 other
substantial citizens, of both political parties.
After some proceedings had taken place in pri
vate, the doors were- opened, and the following
action on the foregoing petition was reported :
Upon tho petition of George G. Smith and others,
for the use of Faneuil liall for a public meeting on
tho 17,th instant.
Resolved, That in view of the recent action of
this Board upon other similar applications, and of
the present excited state of the public mind, it is
inexpedient to grant the use of the Hall for the
purposes asked for. ?
The vote on the adoption of die resolution stood
as follows: Yeas —Aldermon Briggs, Clark, Grant,.
Kimball and M unroe. Nays—Aldermen Holbrook,
Rogers and Smith. It was not necessary for the
Mayor to vote, but it is understood that he declared
himself strongly against the resolution.
Yesterday afternoon, in consequence of the gen
eral excitement occasioned by this, the Mayor and
Aldermen met again in secret session, and a pro
posal was made to rescind the order. Tho dis
cussion which arose upon it was very animated j
but it resulted in a refusal of the Board to*recon
sider their vote. After two hours, debate Uio ques
tion was taken, and it appeared-that there were for
rescinding the ResoWo—The Mayor, Aldermen
Holbrook, Rogers and Smith—4. .
Against reconsidering—Alderman Briggs* Clark,
Grant and Monroe—4. Mr. Moses Kimball was
present, but would not vote. We do not learn
that he assigned any reasons.
The public are entirely at a loss to understand
this most extraordinary behaviour of the four Al
; dermcn who have thus disappointed the general
expectation, and placed themselves in opposition
to the wishes of a vast majority, of the inhabitants
of this city. We leave the matter without m any
further pomment.
Inportant Decision.
Supreme Coubt ik Basc.—PeifFer vs. the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.—The plaintiff in error
was lately convicted of themurder -of his wife, in
Schuylkill county, and sentenced to be hung. The
ground relied upon for reversal was, that after the:
Jury were sworn, but before the case was opened,
the Jury were suffered to separate and go to their
homes. This the Supreme Court have now de
cided was a fatal error, atlhough the prisoner’s Coun
sel consented. The Court say that a prisoner on
trial for his life should not.be asked to consent.—
That the dllowing a jury so to separate is danger
ous. If the accused has powerful iriends, it opens
a door for improper influences against the Common
wealth. If he is without friends, it enables a pow
erful enemy, or public prejudice, to work fearfully
against him. A prisoner so situated, if asked his
consent that the jury who are to pass upon his
life may not be kept confined to; their apartment,
dare not deny them, the refusal ot which they
might bej tempted-by their, verdict to resent —
Judgmentreversed/and the prisoner sent back for
another trial. i
AbbUUojtisniin Canada. -
A New York iTribun^/writ
ing from Toronto, gHreran account ofa meeting of
the Anti-Slavery Association of Can
place, and of the additsiof Mr. George Thompson
the English emissary, on the occasion.
? Aa there is no negiro slavery in Canada it may
seem a little sarprising, says the Baltimore
can, that anti-slavery associations should exist there.
For what he asked, are they insti
tuted? To what end is their influence to be direct
ed? There'is but one 1 answer to these questions,
and that isia very obvious one. They are designed
to foment and stimulate domestic agitation in the
United States, to embroil the different sections of
the Union,land if possible to promote its dissolution.
That a foreign people dwelling upon our borders
should thus interfere with our domestic affaire is a
matter of gratuitous affront, and it is a proceeding
altogether inconsistent with that good understand
ing which'ought to prevail between neighbors who
are presumed to be upon friendly terms and mutu
ally desirous of preserving such relations. What
havo the people of Canada to do with slavery in the
United Stales? It is no concern of theirs; they are
in no way? responsible for it. If they consider it an
evil it is one which does not affect them, nor are
they in any manner authorized either by the pos.
session ol superior wisdom, or more elevated mor.
ality, or by any other gift, to sit in judgement upon
the institutions of another people—still less to or
ganize and direct hostile influences against them.
The impertinent intrusion of the English emissa
ry, Thompson, who is now entertaining the Cana,
dians with ? systematized calumnies against the
American' people—for he denounces both the North
and the South—and \yho owes to the public for
bearance an immunity from punishment richly de.
served, iB likely to be, we fear, the beginning of a
series of similar impertinences—unless the nation
al sentiment and the self respect of our people rise
up in prompt rebuke against such insulting provo
cations. It is mortifying to know, however, that
this’hireling slanderer found aiders and abettors
among American citizens, while a respectable and
intelligent Englishman, the editor of the New York
Albion, ajwell known English periodical in this
country, thus spoke of him:
“ The deliberate violation of a solemn and self-
imposed trust, justly drawsdown upon the offending
party the: anger and contempt of his fellows; and
Mr. George Thompson, an unworthy member of the
British Parliament, stands unquestionably in this
predicament. That Parliament is now in session,
and this recreant to bis duties is three thousand
miles away, stirring up strife in a foreign country,
periling the great cause of liberty of speech, bring
ing the name of his countrymen into disrepute, and
playing such fantastic tricks before the American
public asstamp him a political mountebank. The
town of Springfield, Mass., has been the theatre in
which he exhibited himself early in the past week,
forcing himself upou an' unwilling populace, and
recklessly endangering the peace of the town. The
man who faces danger, unpopularity and prejudice,
at the call ol duty, deserves our highest esteem; but
the charlatan who betrays his constituents, turns a
deaf ear to the cries of suffering humanity at his
own door, and intrudes his spurious philanthropy
where it is offensive and useless—resolute though
he may be, and gifted with ability—we pronotince
such a man to be a public nuisance, and we hon
estly believe that ninety-nine out of a hundred En
glishmen on this continent will join in the verdict.”
But while we find just cause of cgmplaint in the
interference of Canadian associations and English
emissaries in the domestic concerns of the South,
the same reasons which call for a condemnation of
them apply also to those of the non-slaveholding*
States who pursue a concerted system of hostility
against Southern institutions. What is it to these
latter if slavery exists in Maryland or Virginia, or
any other Southern State? Why should their con
sciences be troubled by a thing in which they have
no participation, which does not concern them, over
which they have no right of control, and in which
their meddlesome interference produces no good to
any one* but much evil to many? England, we may
well understand, would rejoice to see the growing
power of this Republic checked—we speak of the
more selfish of her statesmen; she would be glad to
witness the dismemberment of the Union, and the
failure of our great republican experiment. Is it
possible that there are Americans who would tak e
'pleasure in beholding the same disastrous result ?
Unfortunately there are many who, whether they
desire such a result or not, are laboring Bteadily and
perseveringly to bring it to pass.
Foreign Affairs.
The late foreign news gives no new aspect to the
face of things in Europe. There is yet no perma
nent government in England. The Russell minis,
try which still holds place until ri new cabinet can
be organized, stands in an awkward position, and
does not venture upon any decided measures. The
anti-papal bill, so called, has passed to a second
reading! in the House of Commons, and will no
doubt become a law. It seems to be
however, as a bill of no very great efficacy one
way or|the other. It is supported by some on the
very ground that its operation will be nominal, and
nothing moro.
The political affairs of France exhibit nothing of
special Interest. The crisis in that country will
come when the question of the Presidency in 1852
shall call for a settlement. There is no room for a
doubt that Louis Napoleok intends to prolong his
term of: office, if he can, in despite of the constitu
tion. ' His partizans and the journals in his interest
are now expatiating upon the hereditary principle
as essential to the stability of Government. Ot
course they do not apply this reasoning to the
claims of the Duke of Bourdeaux—nor to those of
the House of Orleans. Their object is to reconcile
as well;as they can, the principle of popularelection
with that of hereditary succession—a difficult task,
yet not without precedent. The Government of the
Roman Empire from the time of'Julius Ceasab,
illustrates that species of combination—in an ir
regular "way indeed, yet still substantially. The
nephew succeeded the hero, and the blood of the
Ceasabs constituted a popular title to the throne
until it was exhausted. It may be that France
will repeat the illustration. So says the Baltimore
American.
Tub Baltimore Murder. —George Long, a
negro boy, 13 years old, has been arrested at Balti_
more, charged with the murder of the boy Rumpf
and has made a full confession. He says that
young IRumpf and him had been spinning top to.
gelher ; inthe slaughter house; that little Rumpf
lost his top cord r and that he struck him on the
head because he could not find it. , He then.hunted
for it again, and not finding it, he. beat him on the
head with a stone until he was insensible. The
bruises on his fingers were caused by hia holding up
his hands to keep off the blows. He waß not dead
when he left him, and he heard him* still groaning
at a lkte hour that night. Several others heard
groaning that'night, and thought it was the dogs.
The doctors think little Rumpf had life in him
twelve hours 'after he was fatally injured. The
child was but five years old. J
Odd Fellows 9 Celebration*
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the
City and County of Philadelphia, will celebrate
the thirty-second anniversary of the establishment
of the! Order in this country, by agrand parade,
in full regalia, on Saturday next, the 26th inst—
The proceedings of the occasion are to conclude
with an oration by Yincent,l*. Bradford, Esq.—
The fonnder of Odd Fellowshipsin the United States,
the venerable Past Grand ' SireWildey, of Bal
timore, is to be present.
Franklin County*
The Democrats of this county have appointed
the following delegates, viz:
To'Reading, James J. Kennedy, John Armstrong
and* Joseph Johnston, with instructions to support
Col William Biotin for Govfernor, and Johk B.
Brattok, Esq., of Cumberlahd,for Canal Commis
sioner.
To Harrisburg, James Jfill, George W. Brewer
and .Wilson Reilly, without instructions. Tso
action Was taken by the Meeting on the Presidential
question.
;BIGUEtt CWPB, SO. 2.
tecpndregular meeting of Bigler Club, No.
2*'was;:Veld at the public house of Samuel W.
White hill, on Saturday evening'last, and, altht ugh
the night was very dark and rainy, the large iront
room and the one adjacent were crowded full.—
The minutes of the preceding meeting weVe read
and unanimously adopted. Dr. N. B. Wolfe then
addressed the Association, and spoke at longih of
the character atncT public services of Hon. Jakes
Buchanan, and tho brilliant administration of the
lamented Pol*. *At the conclusion ol his remirks,
he read the following patriotic aud truly Pennsyl
vania letter, which was responded to with enthu
siastic applause: ' j
No, IS6, Roiuddtonßow, j> *
Philadelphia, April 11,1851; j - '
My Dear Sir: —I wish-it was in my power to
visit Columbia with the view of complying ) with
your invitation, tendered in behalf of Bigler jClub
No. 2, to address that patriotic body of citizens. >-
I am already under an engagement to addrcss.Club
No. 1, in Lancaster city, on the 2Gth inst., which 1
shall havo to comply with at serious inconvenience.
My professional duties aro such as to require my
constant'attcndanco here. I must, howover, ;avail
myself of this opportunity to say, that I cordially
concur in tho object of your association. My ac
qnaintanco with Col. Bigler has induced me to forni
a high estimate of his talents and business qualifi
cations, and to appreciate folly tho prudenco,
modesty and manliness that constitute tho leading
features of his political character; and I feel jwell
convinced, that ho will not only bo nominated by*
tho Democratic State Convention in June, but-elcc
led by the people next fall to tho Gubernatorial
office. What I like about him best, is that 1 believe
he has in his hoart the trtrb feeling that should
characterize every Pennsylvanian. He has, 1 1 am
suro, a disinterested and enthusiastic devotion for
tho interests, honor, advancement and historical
reputation~ef his native State, not measured 'or in
fluenced in any respect by considerations of dollars
and cents —by narrow personal prejudices against
; particular men, or by expectations of office.! For
let mo say that, while we all have reason tol look
with great satisfaction upon tho wealth, the thrift,
tho industry and the physical resources pf tho State,
we must not forget that tho future prosperity ,j pow
er and fame, as well as tho estimation in which it
will bo held by the other American States, a|id by
all other nations too, will depend in no small de ;
groo, upon the moral and intellectual lighj shed
over our beloved and honored Commonwealth, by
tho genius and illustrious services of our
distinguished public men. A Nation or Stale to he
truly great, must produce great men. • In History
they appear in their characters and services, tho
proudest monuments of a nation’s glory. NojW you
will allow mo to say that, other than Pennsylvania, u
I know of no Slate in the Union that has failed to
support and cherish with unanimity its own accom
plished Statesmen, and at all propor times to indi
cate a determination to advanco them byi their
encouragement, approval and support to thonighest
honors of tho Republic. Pennsylvania scorns to
have had no ambition for tho Presidency, or jdso to
have made the fatal mistake that its possession
would be worthless. Many -citizens think that
Pennsylvania has certain important interests! pecu
liar to herself. Is it possible that they do not
clehrly perceive that these interests, whatever they
may be, might bo secured with some real effect, if
Pennsylvania, instoad of consenting as -tlio has
heretofore done, to bo tho mero tail of Federal
politics, would seek to hold in tho person of !ono of
hdr own great and patriotic citizens, tho substantial
and lofty power, by which sho might shape events,
and give direction to public affairs. » |
But I will not detain you longor. I wish to bo
understood as sincerely and heartily recognizing
the idea of State nationality,‘and that now, and
hereafter, no matter what others may do, I am
first—always for Pennsylvania.
Truly your friend and obedient servant,
RO. TYLER.
Dr. N. B. Wolfe, Columbia, Pa.
Letters were thqn road in reply to invitations ex
tended by the Committee of Arrangements, to ad
dress our Club, from Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford,
Col. John W. Fobney, of Philadelphia, and W. H.
Welsh, Esq., of York, all of whom have consentedi
to address our Association at whatever time wo
may fix upon. The “ Club Roll” was
by a number of gentlemen; and Mr. Cline gavo
us ono of his inimitable “talks” amidst much
cheering. Three cheorß wero then given for Col.
Bigler, when on motion of Adam Maxten, the
meeting adjourned to moot on Saturday evening,
May 3d, in tho Town Hall. Adjourned.
J. J. GAULT, President.
C. M. Strein, Secretary.
Columbia Correspondence.
Columbia, April 20,1851.
Friend Sanderson:— lf tho writer in the last
Lancasterian had not exhibited so many symptoms
of distress, I would have supposed that he had not
received a “shot at the Capitol .” His personal
attacks upon myself and the gentlemen who fill the
offices of “ Bigler Club, No. 2,” very
unhappy disposition of mind ; and are only entitled
to commiseration or the scenic smiles ot contempt.
He is profuse in his catechetical analysis of my
political character, and exhibits a ferocious malig
nancy and florid impotency, which will comparo
with the “viper and file” of tho fabulists JEsop
and Phsdues. He has touched me, howover, on
one vulnerable point, to whicti l plead guilty, and
that is egotism, so far as self respect is concerned,
which wilt prevent me from descending to an alterca
tionwith a concealed assassin, who has exhibited so
much laxity of morals, depravity of heart, and
proficiency in the traduction of character.
Yours, very respectfully,
N. B. WOLFE.
Columbia, April IS, 1851
EJilor of Uie Lancaster Intelligencer A Journal:
Dear Sir: —“Squib,” a correspondent of the
Lancatlerian , pays that portion of tho Democracy
of Columbia, who arc associated in the Bigler Club
of tliis place, rather a dubious compliment, when
he asserts that no intelligent Democrat would
accuse either of the gentlemen named in the pro*
cecdings of a recent meeting, for having written
certain resolutions which they handed in, unless he
would agree with Dogberry that “ Education comes
by nature.”
I? Mr. “ Squib” has been infatuated with the idea
that no intelligence exists amongtheworkingclasses,
ho liad better give in, for tho impression is erro
neous, and ho'will find the young working democ
racy as wide awake
Ab any skinny Squib
W L -ho feasts and rations at the public crib.
Dogberry was correct in llie main, when he as
serted that "education comes by naturo,” and
particularly so if ho implied tlio education of De
mocracy.
I wroto the proceedings of the last meeting ot the
Bigler Club, held on the 6th instant at the public
house of VI r. John Slack, Squib’s assertion to the
contrary notwithstanding. 1 also wrote, as Secre
tary of that meeting, that " Dr. N. B. Wolfe ad
dressed the association in his usual happy and elo
quent'style for three quarters of an hour, amidst
frequent interruptions of applause.*’ What have
you to say about it?
CHARLES M. STREIN,
Secretary Bigler Club, No. 2.
Ms. Editor In an article over the signature
of " Squib,” in tbe last No. of the Lancasterian,
there appears to bo a great deal of beautiful thun
der most wantonly wasted. In reviewing the po
litical lifo of Dr. Wolfe’, many charges are made—
but none sustained. The *" ad captandam ” mode
of procedure seems to be all sufficient for some
folks. Now, waiving inquisition as to the truth or
error of " Squib,” let a little bit of the history of
some of our Columbia politicians bo recited to show
how very variable such folks sometimes prove —
aye, and so plaguey forgetful! Some few years
since the now " Apostle of Democracy,” the cyn
osure of tho eyes of the unterrified, (if we except
in some few cases of strabismus,) was as full of
Anti-Masonry as five feet nothing might well be
crammed. dont affect his present position at
all, at jail! ’ No indeed ! it only goes to prove that
"great oaks from littleacorns growl” Then again,
a certain " pseudo Modico,” who has since held
as many offices in tho Democratic gift as ho could
get, and sighed after a great many morq, that ho
could not get,—was a “ show-beef” in a Harrison
procession, that dragged its weary length through
our streets “onco upon a time.}* Mark you sir,
a " show-Beef 1*? for wo saw him seated in one of
the carriages ourselves, uncapped, bowing as po
litely as any Chinese Mandarin in a Tea-shop I
All this proves nothing against those very worthy
gentlemen ! Medico, longed for tho flesh pots ol
Egypt, and acting under the rule that tho < longest
pole knocks the most persimmons ”
favorable position to surrey the fiold. Pshaw 1 this
is ridiculous. If all that ha. been raid offho Doc
tor were true—what does it signify t A great many
ol our present ins, were natives, as well a. out. i I
• i n f them, and many who would fain
“Xasuch if Sey had acted 7 as the prompt
in« of their MdUct lid! Bqt dear mo ! This »
nli S a tempest in a tea pot! Nativeumi is dead, and
tho stencil of its carrion ought not now to affect
the “ bloody forty-second.” We can afford to atop
our nosea when even ita friends and allies despise
£ memory. Swbisus.
‘ EtorBMEKT inn Thevt.— The Boston Pathfinder
states that in December, 1850, Mrs. Hannah H.
Miller, the wife of Rev. T. H. Miller, of that city,
eloped with one George H. Crook, of New York.
They went to New York, where they passed aa
man and wife Irom Jan. 1-to Jan, 8, 1851, since
which time nothing has been heard of them. They
carried away property and money belonging to.
Mr. Miller and hia wife to the afnovmt of $4,000
or $5,000. Mr. Miller offers a reward of $2OO for
the recovery of any sum amounting to $2,000, ora
handsome reward for any smaller portion of the
property, but nothing-ior the fugitive alone. Crook
is a married man, and bas abandoned a deserving
wife and family.
For tbs Lancuter iDtcllijtncCr.