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JnteUtgentfr & Journal.
lAncaster.July 1,1851.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WXIUAJI BIGLER,
OF CLKARFIELD COUNTY,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
GEN. SETH CLOVER,
OF CLARION COUNTT.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Somerset.
JAMES CAMPBELL, Philadelphia.
ELLIS LEWIS, Lancaster.
JOHN B. GIBSON, Cumberland.
WALTER H. LOWRIE, Allegheny.
A Proposition.
Any person forwarding the names of five good
new subscribers to the Intelligencer, shall have a copy
of the paper for one year, gratis; or, if he be al
ready on oqr list, receive credit for one year’s sub
scription.
By the new postage law, it will be seen that from
and after the Ist of July, papers circulate through
the mails, iree of postage, to subscribers within
the county in which they are published. ‘ <*
D7*The Democratic State Central Committee
is to meet at Harrisburg to-day.
Tbe Ratification Meeting.
The Democratic Ratification Meeting, held in
the Court House, in this City, on Saturday alter'
noon last, was quite a large and imposing assem
blage—much larger than could have been expected
at this busy season of the year when the farmers
and laboring men are so constantly employed.—'
Still, there were quite a large number of our coun
try friends in attendance, and these with thtfDe : ;
mocracy ot the city who could leave their employ*
ments to attend a day meeting, filled the old Court
House to overflowing—all of whom showed by
their zeal and enthusiasm in the good cause that
they are prepared to do their whole duty in the
present campaign. The proceedings at length will
be found in another column. The resolutions are
atrong’and decided—and on the slavery question, in
happy contrast with the “ milk and water ” resolu
lions of the late Whig State Convention which as
sembled in the same building.
The meeting passed off quite harmoniously,
nothing having occurred to mar the harmony and
good feeling which now happily exists in the great
body of the party in this county. Our friends at
a distance may rest assured that the Democra6y of
the “Old Guard” will give a good account of
themselves on the second Tuesday of October next.
Lancaster Museum.
It is in contemplation, we learn, by Mr. Noah
Smith, formerly of this place, but more recently ol
Cincinnati, to re-esfablish a Museum in this City,
in the Mechanics’ Institute buidling, provided it is*
thought sufficient patronage can be had. He de.
signs, we understand; renting the whole building—
the lower floor to be occupied for the exhibition’ of
hiß curiosities, and the upper part to be used as a
Lecture Room.
We hope Mr. S. may mest with sufficient en
couragement to warrant the undertaking. His for
mer Museum was a creditable affair—and we have
every reason to believe the new one in contempla
tion will far exceed that in the arrangement and
variety of the curiosities, <s-c. Lancaster should
sustain an establishment of the kind, and sustain it
well. )
A Splendid Banner.
We were yesterday invited to call at our friend
Keffer’s, and examine a Banner which - is to be
presented by the Ladies of Lancaster,, on the 4th
inst., to ‘EMetamoha Tbibf,, No. 2. Improved Or
der of Red Men,” and were highly gratified in
witnessing the taste and talent displayed on it.—
The whole affair was designed by Mr. Keffer, who
also executed the Scroll work and other embellish
ments surrounding the painting, which is from the
pencil of Mr. James P. Brady, a promising young
artist, who bids fair to rival his late, master, the
lamented Armstrong. *
By the way, we understand it to be the intention
of Messrs. Keffer & Brady to unite together in the
Sign & Ornamental Painting Business. We hope
this may be so—as then our citizens will have no
need of going further than the limits of our own
City, to have work done in a superior manner.
The Ladies intend having the Banner ready for
public inspection, by Wednesday morning next,
where it can be seen at the house of Mr. Henry
Gibbs, in West Orange street —and Thursday eve
ning and Friday morning at Mr. Jno. L. Keffer’s,
in E. King street.
017" We are requested to state ' that Turtle Soup
will be served up at the Dinner to be given on the
4th inst., at the house of Lewis R. Hibschman, in
the village of Lexington. A very large celebra
tion is expected.
Jp* Our Manheim friends are making great
preparations for their contemplated celebration of
the 4th. We have no doubt they will have quite
a handsome affair. .
The orators selected for the occasiou are I. E.
Heister and H. S. Myers,iEsqrs., of this City.
The Committee have our thanks for the kind in
vitation tendered ub to partake with them—but a
prior engagement will prevent us.
jjT'A Juvenile Celebration is to come off
at Parkesburg, on Friday next, under the direction
of E. Jeffries. Esq. It will, doubtless, be an in-
teresting affair.
Mr. Jeffries has our thinks for his invitation
tendered us to be present upon the occasion.
10* Mr. Theodore A. Foster, a gentleman
connected with the “'Democratic Review,”' is now
in this City soliciting subscriptions for that .highly
popular andJbrthodox Democratic periodical. We
hope he will meet with abundant encouragement
in nis undertaking in this City. He has during the
past year, been making the tour of several of the
Western States, and has been eminently successful
in obtaining new subscribers. The' Review is con
ducted with great ability, and should be in the
hands of every Democrat who is able to afford it.
We, therefore earnestly recommend it to, all our
friends in Lancaster.
Mr. F. is staying at the Franklin House, where
he can be seen mornings and evenings during the
Present week.
A Natural Cueiositt.— -We were shown, on
Saturday, by Mr. John Robinson, of Martic twp,
a stalk of clover, having six heads in one", which
grew on his farm. We have frequently seen dou
ble and triple-headed clover—bnt this is the first
time a six-headed bunch has come under our obser
vation. What other township, or what othe
county can beat Martic ?
The Ladies Keepsake, for June, is a capital
number. The chapter on “the Mothers and Daugh
ters of the Bible,” which in this number embraces
the history of Sarah, is a highly entertaining nar
rative of that portion of sacred scripture which
. treats of the times of Abraham. There are several
other articles, in prose and poetry, which axe well
written, and exceedingly interesting. The embel
lishment of this qumber is a portrait of “Sarah.”
The “Keepsake” is published monthly, at Now
?3Tork, and is edited by Asahel Abbott.
fl7"The Greensburg Argus has raised the name
of JAMES BUCHANAN to Us mast-head, as the
Democratic Candidate for President in 1852.
ICT President Fillmore was on a visit last week
to Norfolk, in Virginia.
The Whig Platform.
The Viaanif TVtfime, of-Tnesday Ual, baa .tfie
following paragraph, evidently.put forth at that
particular tube with a viety of influencing the State
Convention then about assembling:
“JpHirsToir’s platfonn ia already established.—
He stands now precisely where fie stood in the last
GubernatoriaWampaign/ He stands on the Txnpa
and FiLLJroHK platform—the platform of 1848-
the Old Whig Platform.. We ask no other, no bet
ter Platform: On that we stood in 1840—in' 1844
—in 1848”!
We placejthis expose of the Whig platform upon
reconTfor future reference, and as a text which will
be fruitful in comment It was doubtless giyep
out, by authority, as Governor Johwbtow was then
in this City land ip close proximity to the Union §
Tribune office. We shall treat it as an official
nunciamento, and in our future comments shall
look upon ll as the production of the Governor
himself. j °
Although somewhat oracular in its phraseology
and meaning, it nevertheless htfd its intended effect
upon the Convention. -The Silver Greys or old
line Whigs, although quite rampant on the subject
of adheriiigjto the Compromise measures ol| Con
gress, Fugitive Slave Law and all, when they first
arrived here, grew suddenly tame, and without so,
much as making a wry face, at once cried petfcavi
and submitted almost without a murmur to the
yoke imposed upon them by the Woolly Headß.
The County Kesolutions of the “Old Guard” were
cast out amid the rubbish ot former years, and all
the froth and fury that had been expended upon the
devoted head of Thaudeus Stbvess, amounted to
just nothing at all. Thaddeus .had a cunnings and
shrewd ally in Governor Johnbtox, and_they two
together moulded and fashioned'the Convention to
suit their own purposes.
Johnston’s platform was well stated by Mr -
SuitiVAir, a delegate to the Convention from But.
ler county, when he said (in opposing the resolution
offered by Mr. Scott, of Philadelphia, in favor ot
the fugitive slave law,) that Governor Johsston
had obtained several thousand abolition votes, in
1848, by his course on the slavery question, and he
was opposed to doing any thing now which would?
drive this class of voters away from his support.—
The Whig platform is, thereiore, the Abolition
platform, 'to all intents and purposes. It is the
platform “already-establishfed”’ in 1848—and the
Union $ Tribune, speaking by authority, says, that
the Governor“stands now precisely where he stood
in the last Gubernatorial campaign.” Such is the
position*! in which l^e WWg platform has been
placed tjy Governor JoHhston, and the honest and
patriotic portion of the Whigs are asked to endorse
a man who would sport wfth their feelings by asso.
ciating them with an abominable faction in the
North who would, if they could effect their infa
mous designs, sever this glorious Union into frag
ments. |
Such is the Whig Platform that has been erected
by Governor Johnstoh - , and this is one of the great
issues to be decided by the people in the present
contest.
The Abolition Cai
The Whig State Convention, under the pressure
of the “higher law” influence, having nominated
Johnston and Gen. Winfield Scott
—the onei for Governor, and the other for President
—these gentlemen may now be fairly considered,
the candidates* of the Abolitionist*. They will be
looked upon as such by every'Southern State, and
their eleclion to the offices.for which they have been
nominated, would be the signal for an immediate
dissolution of the Union. It behooves the people
of Pennsylvania to look well to this matter, and,
by their votes, avert the dreadful catastrophe. To
show that the Whig Convention'was not sincere.^
its pretended devotion to the Union, and in its
avowal to observe and respect the adjustment meas
ures of the last Congress, we subjoin the resolution
ol John M. Scott, Esq., of Philadelphia, which was
voted down by a majority of more than three to one:
Resolved, That the provisions of the constitution
in reference to the rendition of fugitives heldtoser
vice or labor, demand aid shall ! receive from our
party a faithful, manly, and unequivocal support.
After reading this resolution, and then looking
at its fate, no man in his sensed can believe any
thing else tnan that the Convention was completely
under Aboljtioninfluence, and that its candidates, of
necessity, must*be of the same stripe.
We shall recur to this subject- again.
Tlie Convention.
Although we have never voted a Democratic
ticket, and have always been.opposed to the party,
we cannot withhold an. expression of our gratifica
tion at the independent and patriotic manner in
which the Convention lately assembled at Reading,
has spoken out upon the Bubject of the Compro
mise Resolutions. Not only did the Convention
express its approval of the compromise, and pledge
the Democracy of the State to its support, but it
has, in a spirit of true liberalitjgjdeclared that “a
measure of State legislation” now.upon the statnte
book, ought to be repealed, because’ it is likely to
obstruct the recovery of fugitive slaves, is opposed
to the spirit of the Constitution, land, besides, is in
direct virtual disregard of the! principles of the
compromise.
Indeed, both the resolutions adopted by the
Convention in reference to slavery, are admirable
throughout. They breathe a spiiit of patriotism,
that is tjuite refreshing in these days of political
heresy and prostitution. They speak out plainly
and to the purp'ose. There is ho tampering with
the abolitionists here. To their honor be it said
that the democrats of Pennsylvania have scorned to
comproinise the character of the State, and their
own dignity as a party to curry favor with the most
detestable band of fanatics, that ever exhibited
themselves in the northern states.
It is proper to state that the resolutions of the
convention were unanimously' adopted, and that
they were fully responded to by Col. Bigler the
■. nominee for Governor.
We shall await now the action of the WhigCon
ventioii'to assemble at Lancaster on Tuesday next.
We db not doubt that with reference to the great
question of the day, the Whig jparty, of this State
will show itself worthy of the High character it has
always enjoyed for intelligence and patriotism.—
Let them rally under the banner of?“the defender
of the [Constitution” and contend against abolition
isnfndm as they did against'nullification in the
winter of >32 and >33. At any rate upon this ques
tion of slavery, it is necessary; that the Whig Con
vention speak out bold and openly. At a time like
this when alt sorts of political Heresies are abroad ,
no mail should' vote, without | knowing the senti
ments! of the men he votes fori
|p*! We clip the above fromjthe Spectator , a spir
ited little Whig paper published dt Hanover, York
county, Pa., and recommend it' to the attention of
our Whig readers in Lancaster county. It is not
often that we find so much candor, magnanimity
and patriotism in a Whig paper, and the sentiments
are therefore the .more to be prized coming from
the quarter they do.
But what will the Spectator say, now that the
Whig State Convention has! met and adjourned
without showing its hand in ‘Reference to the great
question of the day.”' On the| question of. slavery,
the Convention has not “spoken out boldly and
j openly”—but on the contraiy [has'played fast and
loose[ so as to accommodate itself to the free-soil
platform erected by Governor Johnston anti Thad
dxub Stxvbns. ’Tis true the resolutions talk about
sustaining-the adjustment measures of Congress,
and also boast of. the fealty of the Whig party to
the Union, which is all well jenough so far as it
go'e4 if the resolutions were not couched in such
general terms. . But when a resolution was offered
by Mr. Scott, of Philadelphia,' in favor of the Fugi
tive Slave Law and in favor 1 of repealing the ob
noxious section of the anti-kidnappiug law of 1847,
it was violently opposed and voted down, by a ma
jority of 9 2 to 27 !
The Spectator spoke well and fearlessly before the
meeting of the Convention. What will it say now
since the Woolly Heads have triumphed? ■ Will it
maintain the same position—-or wiU it knock unde r
to the fell spirit of Abolitionism, and trim its sails
to suit the fancies of William F.Johnston? We
shall wait with some impatience to see what course
Mr! Leader will take ? i
03* Mr; Strohm was nominated, by. the Whig
Convention oh the sixth ballot, for Canal Commi&s
sioner-r-having received, 69 votes. He belongs* we
believe, to the Woolly Head portion of the Whig
party.
jKov, Johnston
JSii&e | the dark days, when Joseph .
stained t£e honorofaur noble Conatitotionritbra
monwealth, by asisMlmg the.-Sbntlhein State;
have had no executive who has dared to raise in
the pestilential- flag .of Abolition.
Even the candidatekof the Whigs have heretofore
been scrtpulously guarded agaiDSt this cardinal of-;
fence; and men have been called upon to vote for
Governor, more because theywere decidedly against.
Sectionalism'titan because they had the slightest
leaning to it. It happened otherwise since Johs*.
ston has been inflicted upon us; for, from the be
ginning, ha bas-bieen in the toils of the bitterest
foes of the Union. . He began his career in 1848,
by the most violent professions of Free Soilism,and
we will do hikn the justice to say, that from that
day to this he has not abandoned an inch of his de
votion to the cause of the opponents of the Consti
tution. It appears that a grand State meeting of
his party have re-nominated him for re-election)
and this,' too, almost by acclamation; an insolent
defiance of the opinions of an overwhelming ma
jority of the people. He retains in his possession
the bill to repeal the most important section of the
celebrated Obstruction Law—operating in mis
chievous conflict with the National Constitution in
regard to fugitives from service. We refer the
reader for particulars to our telegraphic accounts
of the Lancaster Whig State Convention.
It matters nothing to us what the resolutions of
the Whigs were after this nomination for Governor.
‘All professions, on their part, must now be regard
ed as hollow and heartless. They might pile Ossa
upon Pelion in the way of professions for the Con.
stitution, and yet, after such a nomination for Gov
ernor, their professions would be laughed at and
despised.
The line of demarcation is now drawn between
the two great parties in this State, and we enter
into the contest assured of an honorable and com
manding victory. The issue is, Bigler, the Con
stitution, the Compromise, and the Rights of
the Statf.s: versus Johnston, Sectionalism,
Free Sojlism and Hostilitt to the solemn be’
HESTS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
What white man will hesitate between the two
alternatives?
017* Since the above was in type, we learn that
when the Committee waited upon Governor
Johnston, to inform him’of his nomination, he
stated that he would not give his consent to accept
it, until he knew the character of the resolutions
which would be adopted bv the Convention. Any
resolution censuring either directly or. impliedly
his s course in refusing to sign the fugitive slave
bill, would prevent his acceptance,— Pennsylvanian■
Monsieur Jobnston Come Again!
(The speech of Governor Johnston, accepting
the nomination for Governor, was, with the excep
tion of his extraordinary attempt fo justify himself
for retaining the repealing resolution in his breeches
pocket, very little else than a stereotyped edi
tion ol his* speeches made during the campaign
of 1848.- The tariff anil protection were the great
burden of his song, and any one who listened to
him three years ago, and heard his speech at the
Court House on Tuesday evening, will at onc e
recognize the “same old coon” again. To say
nothing of the grammatical blunders with which
it abounded, the speech in question was a weak,
crude, ahd common-place affair, without either
point or force—a dull, monotonous and witless rig
marole of/exploded dogmas, that completely tired
out every body who listened to the “old song.” It
elicited no enthusiasm, no applause amongst his
followers, and every body appeared to be rejoiced
when he had waded through his prosy speech
and given place to Jack Ogle to follow with some
of his witticisms.
ididates.
Governor Johnston may be an orator and a
man of talents, as his Whig friends claim for him
—but, if so, he is nevertheless not calculated to
make an impression on the stump—thats certain.
07“ One of the silliest things for a sensible m|an \
to be guilty of, was made by Gov. Johnston dur
ing his speech on Tuesday evening, in his attempt
to excuse himself for keeping the resolution of the
Legislature, repealing the odious section of the anti
kidnapping law of 1847, in his pocket. His excuse
was that the act in question was sent to him during
the closing hours of the session, and that the Con
stitution gave him the right to retain it until the
third day after the next meeting of the Legislature',
without approving or disapproving of it—and he
was determined to assert his prerogative. Now,
this we look upon as a direct insult to the people
of Pennsylvania. Suppose he had not time before
the adjournment of the last Legislature to examine
the bill, (which is not true in point of fact, for
other bills of much greater length were presented
abont the same time and acted upon by him,) he
has had plenty ot time since to have affixed his sig
nature, if he had intended doing so at all. The
truth is, however, that he intends vetoing the bill,
and if he were an honest, candid politician, would
have said so in his speech, instead of attempting to
gull and deceive any portion of the people into the
belief that he would approve of the measure. His ul
terior purpose, however, with regard to the bill, is
too transparent to deceive any body—and, although
he may please the Abolitionists with this kind of
duplicity, and obtain their votes, as he no doubt
will, there are thousands of honest and patriotic
men in the Whig party who will not be satisfied
with such dishonest conduct in their candidate.—
People novv-a-days admire an open, bold and manly
course in a candidate lor public favor. They ex
pect him to come right up to the chalk and let
them know exactly where he stands. The clap
trap and flummery, of 1848 will not answer. The
contest of 1851 must be fought upon principle, and
he who is afraid to meet openly and fear-
lessly, will find in the end that he has made a fatal
As this gentleman has received the Whig nomi
nation for Canal Commissioner, it may be necessa
ry to examine some of his public acts while in
Congress, in order to ascertain whether he is such
a candidate as is worthy to receive the votes of the
people of Pennsylvania. We have not room at the
present time to look into this matter, but we
promise Jo-give him a portion of our attention in
due season. It is sufficient now to observe that he
is the same B man whoj while our gallant volunteers
and regulars were heroically fighting the-battles of
their country in the vallies and upon the mountains
ot Mexico, rejtised to vote supplies to the Army, and,
in effect, wanted to starve our brave troops out of
that country, and compel them to an inglorious re
treat from the scene of their unparalleled triumphs!
This is the man, fellow citizens of Pennsylvania,
who : is now asking your suffrages for one of the'
most important offices in the Commonwealth!
More of this hereafter. ~
Nomination of Judges.
The Whig State Convention have nominated the
following ticket for the Supreme Bench:
Hon. Richard Coulter, Westmoreland.
“ George Chambers, Franklin.
« Wm. M. Meredith, Philadelphia.
“ William Jessup, Susquehanna.
“ J. W. Coraley, Montour.
[nr They are all very clever men, we believe—
but, they can be easily be beaten.
E7*Hohace Greeley, who is now' at the great
Fair, in London, says m his editorial correspond
ence to the Tribune, that those going to England
should take a good look at the sun before they
depart, so that they will know it on their return.
He says the sun across the Atlautic looks more
like a boiled turnip than any thing he has seen; or,
at least has no resemblance to its namesake on this
side of the great,water!
jjj-The new Constitution, for the State of Ohio
has been adopted by a large majority.
Mr.. John Stroll m
DEMOCRATIC
Ratification CdtentyMceilng.
Agreeably to notice, a very large arid highly, re
spectable number of the Democrats -of Lancaster
County, assembled in thefCourt House, in Lancas
ter, on Saturday afternoon last, the 28th of June
On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed
officers of the meeting, viz: j
. President. J ■ .■■ ■
Or. LEVI HULL, Warwick.
Vice PraideiiLsi
Samuel Brooks, Esq., Columbia.
John Hays, Little Britain, j-
George G. Brush, Manor. \ .
Peter Felies, Warwick.
Henry Haines, Maytown. |
Moore Connell, Upper Leacock.
John Forney, West Earl, h
Dr. Samuel Parker, East Hempfield.
John Lightner, Leacock.
Adam Keridig, Conestoga. ;
Henry Mouk, W. Hempfield.
John H. Smith, Conoy.
Abraham Peters, Millerstown.
Thomas Mllvaine, Salisbury.
Henry Rohrer, Manheim. }
Reuben Si Rohrer, City.’
W. S. F. Warren, Strasburg.
Secretaries.
Dr. S. Weichans, City.
William M. Wiley, do.
C. J. Stride, Columbia.
T. W. Henderson, Salisbury.
J. M. Johnston, City. ;
Molton R. Sample, Paradire.
It was then on motion resolved, that a commit
tee of nine be to draft a preamble and
resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting—
whereupon the Chair appointed the following per
sons, viz:—George Sanderson, James L. Reynolds*
Joshua J. Gault, SamuelE Keller, Robt. Patterson,
David Laird, Isaac Lightner, Henry Imhoff and
Hiram B. Swarr, Esq. ; >
%It being understood that Dr. Thomas Dunk En
glish, of. Philadelphia, was in town—on motion,
Newton Lightner, Dr. N. B Wolfe and Major
S. Gilman, were appointed a committee to wait upon
him and request him to address the 'meeting. Mr..
English returned with the Committee,and addressed
the meeting in a very able and satisfactory manner
•for more than; half an hour, during which he was
frequently interrupted by loud bursts of applause.
His allnsions to the Whig party were happily con
ceived—and his denunciation the Abolitionists
'was withering in the extreme.
At the close of his very interesting remarks, the
Committee on Resolutions, through their Chairman 1
reported the 1 following, which were unanimously
adopted: . s
Whereas , It is a privilege as well as a duty for
the people to meet together, at ail suitable times,
for the purpose of expressing their opinions with
regard to the men and measures brought prom
inently before the public—and. Whereas , the
Democrats of Lancaster county, in common with
their brethren throughout the State, have a deep in
terest in the result of the ensuing election—there
fore, be it
Resolved , That the nomination of Col. William
Bigler, of Clearfield county, meets with our-most
cordial approbation —knowing him, as we do, to
be emphatically a man of the people, of sound and
unflinching political integrity, of pure and unblem
ished public and private character —a stern, un
yielding and uncompromising Democrat, whose fi
delity to the parly is unquestioned and. unques
tionable—and whose great aniLcommanding abili
ties as a statesman, taken ,in connexion with his
bland and courteous manners,, peculiarly qualify
him to be one of the very best and most pop.ular
Chief Magistrates the Commonwealth has ever had.
Resolved s That in ..the fortune and fame of Col.
William Bigler, we have a striking exemplifica
tion of the beauty of our republican system of
.Government. Of humble, though respectable pa
rentage, Col. Bigler commenced the world a poor
boy, and after serving a regular and faithful ap
prenticeship to the printing trade, became the bold
and fearless editor of a soundly bemocratic journal.
From that sphere of honor and usefulness he em
barked in the mercantile and lumbering business,
from which he was called at intervals, by the al
most unanimous voice of his fellow citizens in; the
district, to serve them in the Senate of the State.
His legislative career was a glorious one for his
own tame, and he retired from that.arena, after
eight years service, one of the most popular men
in the which retirement the people have
resolved to elevate him to the first office in the
Commonwealth.
Resolved , That in Gen. Seth Clover, of Clarion
county, the Democratic candidate for Canal Com
missioner, we recognize 'a thoroughly competent,
worthy and estimable man, and’a sound, reliable
and unflinching Democrat. His well known busi
ness habits and qualifications—his great energy and
untiring industry —his honesty and integrity of char
acter, peculiarly fit him for a faithful and satisfac
tory discharge of the highly responsible duties
appertaining to the office for which he has been
selected. He, too, like Col. Bigler, commenced
the world poor, and by his own unaided efforts has
risen step by step to. his present proud position. —
Gen. Clover is yet a young man, of agreeable
manners and well cultivated intellect, and is just
such a candidate as will rally to his support, with
enthusiastic devotion, the young and the old De
mocracy—the rich and the poor—all ranks and all
classes of his fellow citizens.
Resolved , That as in the Executive and Legisla
tive departments of the government, the interests |
of the people are always safest in the hands of the
Democracy,the same rule will-apply to the Judi
ciary, the other and remaining branch of the gov
ernment —we therefore earnestly recommend to our
fellow citizens the Judicial ticket formed by the.
Democratic Convention at Harrisburg. The dis
tinguished candidates placed ip nomination, Messrs.
Black, Campbell, Lewis, Gibson and’ Lowrie,
are all Jurists of great and varied learning and abil
ities —of much experience on the Bench, and of
undoubted honesty and integrity. Their names,
and the high reputation they have so long sustained,
are a sure guarantee that, in their hands, the rights,
liberty and property of the people will be Becurc,
and in whose care and safe-keeping the judicial
ermine will be preserved pure and unsullied.
' Resolved , That the nomination of our esteemed
fellow citizen, Hon. Ellis Lewis, for the Supreme
Bench, is an honor conferred upon Lancaster
county; and her Democracy, by their vote, will
show the estimation in which he is held as a citizen,
and the unlimited confidence reposed,in him as a
humane, upright, impartial and talented Judge.
Resolved , That the entire Ticket is just such an
one as is deserving the support of every Democrat
in the State, and upon its success depends the con
tinued -prosperity of the Commonwealth, and, it
may be, the harmony and permanency,of this great
Confederacy.
» Resolved, That it is the glory of the Republic,
tnat here there is perfect religious freedom—every
man having the Constitutional right to . worship his
Maker according to the dictates of his own con
science. ' It would be with pain, therefore, that we.
should look upon an attempt, in any quarter, to ar
ray opposition to either one of the Democratic candi
dates on account of his religious opinions. In such
a crusade, Democrats could have neither lot nor
part—but would leave it to the Enemies of our re
publican institutions and to,.the foesof.human free
dom, wherever they may be fpund.
Resolved , That a faithful adherence to the Com
promise measures of the last Congress, on the
subject of the territorial and slavery questions,. is
the duty of every sincere friend and well-wisher
of our great and glorious Union. _ The people of
the North owe it to their brethren of the South—
who are “ bone of their bone and flesh of their
flesh,” and whose blood and treasure have been so
freely spent in establishing and perpetuating our
unequalled institutions—to carry out, in good faith,
all the compromises of the Constitution, as well as
all the acts of Congress which have been passed for
the purpose of settling -.the vexed question of
Slavery. _ ,
Resolved', That the Fugitive Slave Law, so cal
led, is in strict accordance with the Consitution—
and the enforcement of its provisions, in all its
parts, is a duty incumbent upon the people of the
North. In this, as in all. the other compromise
measures, the Democracy of Lancaster county are
a unit, and we hereby pledge ourselves to main
tain and sustain them to the utmost of our power.
Resolved , Tnat the Democracy of Lancaster
county stand ready, to the extent of their abilities,
to sustain the UNION, at all hazards and against
all enemies, whether foreigner domestic; —and, in
so doing, they are .sure they but echo-the senti
ments of the entire Democracy of Pennsylvania,
whose strong and undying attachment to the glo
rious ,c Stars and Stripes*’ has been tested in many
a battle field at home and abroad.
Resolved , That Uie neglect or refusal of Governor I
William F. Johnston to sign the bill repealing!
the obnoxious' section of the Act of 1847, (which
closed the Jails of the Commonwealth against
making them a place of safe-keeping for fugitive
slaves,) is in violation of the willofalarge majority
of the people .of Pennsylvania—in opposition to
the spirit of the Constitution—and is. undoubted
evidence that his feelings and sympathies are all
enlisted bn the side of the Abolitionists, and
that, for the purpose of securing their votes in the
coming election, and gratifying his own predilec
tions, he does not hesitate to set the wishes of the
people at defiance, to turn his back upon the
Constitutionand even endanger the stability of
the Union. . 1
Resolved, That Governor Johnston’s open
truckling to the Abolitionists,is unworthy the Chief
Magistrate and degrading to the character of our
beloved Commonwealth, and if there were no other
political sins attached to his skirts, this one should
be sufficient to sink;him. in the estimation of every
>&trioltc citizen, sojm&tter to which political party
le may be attached,' "
Resolved, That the County Committee be request
ed, to appoint k' invite the Oemomaey of
Lancaster county to meet-in a genemiCounty'Masa
Meeting, die more : effectually lo organize for the
ensuing election, '-j r ,£
Resolved, That these proceedings: be signed by
the officers and published in the Democratic* papem
of the County, apdin the Penhsylvanian. \
After the resolutions of the Committee were
read, the following was offered by Zu
bibl Swopb, Esq. i '
Resolved, That, in themaUer of levying duties
on foreign imports,'by die general government, we
are ini favor of a Revenue Tariff, based upon the
ad-valorem which equalizes the common
interests ol all, and affords u the. greatest good to
ihe greatest number;” and we, in consonance with
the enlightened spirit of the age, are still adherents
to the rDemocratic! principles avowed by the Na
tional ponvention held at Baltimore, in 1848, and
which havesince been re-affirmed by our succeed
ing State and County Conventions.
And, on motion, it was also unanimous ly adopted.
The meeting was then addressed by the Hon.
James Buchasam with his usual ability and elo
quence. He spoke first of Col. Bigeeb and Gen.
Ceovbb, and their strong claims to popular support
He then adverted to the Democratic candidates for
the Supreme Bench, and spoke of their eminent
abilities. In speaking of Judge Campbeee, he dep
recated any attempt to blend religion wiih politics,
and, in that connexion, read the section of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania which guarantees perfect
religious freedom, and commented upon it.
Mr. B. then spoke of the Compromise measures,
and argued with great power and effect the consti
tutionality and necessity of the Fugitive Slave Law,
and a rigid adherence to its provisions in justice to
the South. Next he spoke of the Union, ’ and the
innumerable blessings it conferred upon the people
of the whole country, and showed the* imminent
danger to which it was exposed by the continued
agitation of the slavery question.
But we have not room to follow Mr. B. out in
his address. It is sufficient to add, that it was an
effort worthy the man and the occasion, and was.
received with the loudest demonstrations ot up
plause by the multitude present.
At the conclusion ol Mr. B’s speech, which
lasted nearly an hour, the meeting adjourned with
three hearty cheers for the Democratic ticket, and
three for the Union.
What’s in the Wind?
We observe by the Xancarferian, thatMr: Jacob
B. Amwake has summoned his defunct-. County
Committee together again, for the 26th of July.—
What this process of galvanizing is intended to
accomplish, we are not able to say, as the “ impor
tant business 51 which is to be laid before them is
studiously kept from public view. It may be that
it is intended that the Committee shall meet for the
purpose of disbanding in a formal manner, and sub
mitting with as good a grace as possible, as Demo
crats should, to the unalterable and overwhelming
decisions of the two State Conventions. If this be
the object of Mr. Awwake, it is all right and
proper, and we shall extend a cordial and hearty
welcome to the members of that once Committee,
as brethren of the same political faith. But if, as
is apprehended by some, it is the intention to keep
up that organization, and, as a necessary conse
quence, continue to distract and divide the party*
and thus indirectly play into the hands of the whigs*
their conduct will be pronounced disorganizing
revolutionary by every honest Democrat in the
State. For, whatever difference of opinion with re"
gard to their organization may have been hied prior
to the Reading Convention, there can be but one
opinion now, since the solemn decision of two State
Conventions (the tribunals of the last resort) has
pronounced it illegal—and any attempt to array a
small portion of the Democratic party of Lancaster
county against the Democracy of the wholeßtate,
will only end in the discomfiture and disgrace of
all who may be concerned in it. We are w T ell
aware that the Whigs are trying their best to keep
up the division in the party here, and express a
great amount of sympathy just now for our friends
on the other side; but surely no Democrat can be
deceived by such a device of the common enemy.
The two divisions 1 of the pars submitted their
claims-to the Reading Convention, and stood sol
emnly pledged to abide by that decision. The ver
dict was in favor of the delegates elected under the
Fordney organization, by the very decisive vote of
*75 to 47. This decision was re-affirmed in the
Harrisburg Convention, the following week, by the
overwhelming vote of 86 to 294 Thus has the
question of dispute been settled by two«£tate Con
ventions, and it is ■ now too late for either party
to dispute that judgement. The friends of ColoneL
Bigleii, although they would it a
great mistake on the part of the Conventions, had
they been relused their seats, would nevertheless
have submitted without a murmur to their fate •,
and it is to be hoped that our friends on the other
side of the question will, upon second thought, pur
sue the same course: A different one must, in the
very nature of things, land them in the Whig party.
We, therefore ,ask of them in a spirit of kindness,
to .consider well what they are doing before they
take a final leap into the meshes prepared for them
by the common enemies of the Democratic party.
Death of Gen. Arbuckle.
Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, of the
United States Army, died at Fort Smith, Arkansas,
on the 11th ultimo. The Evening Bulletin says of
him:—“Gen. 'A. was one of the oldest and most
meritorious of pur army. He was born in Bote
tourt county, Virginia, about the year 1772, and
was nearly eighty years of age at the time of bis
death. He waa the son of the gallant officer of
the same name, who, before the Revolution, defeat
ed Logan near the mouth of the Kanawha. He
entered the army before the beginning of the pres
ent ceutury, and served in the war of Great Britain
and in the Seminole campaign under Jackson and
Gaines, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. L In
March, 1820, he was made Colonel of the 7th reg
iment of infantry, which was his rank in the line
at the time of his death. In 1830 he received, the
brevet of Brigadier General. Although General
Arbuckle has not had the fortune to acquire much
fame in the field, his services to his country are
not to be underrated. For more than thirty y t ears
he has had the command of the department of
which Fort Gibson is the head-quarters, in which
capacity he has had to perform duties of the most
difficult and delicate character. The numerous
powerful tribes of Indians established in that coun
try by the Government, have been kept in the most
admirable,order his management, and they
, have learned to respect the Government whose au
thority has been represented by one combining sq
many of the qualities of the good soldier and' the
honorable, high minded gentleman. It will be dif
ficult to find a successor so well qualified, in all re
spects, for the position he has filled.”
William M. Meredith.
The Pennsylvanian of Friday ,has the. following
just remarks about this gentleman, now on:- the
Whig ticket as a candidate for Supreme Judge:
“ Mr. Meredith is highly vaunted by the Worth
American. We grant that he is a good lawyer
but it is a circumstance bearing heavily against his
pretensions for the Judiciary, that he was the com
pletest failure in the - Treasury Department—to
call his experience there by no harsher name—of
which we have any tradition or remembrance.—
He was a great blunder from the beginning; and
left office with most of the proud name he boasted
when he went into it, utterly dissipated. His ex.
hibitions*eince have gone to shew his extreme dis
appointment, and.bis vehement party rancor: His
speech against Mr. Kneass, in this county, was lit
tle else than a compound of high-strung Federal
notions, fulminated in the shape of an argument
based upon some of the most extraordinary and
aristocratic assumptions that ever fell from the
lips of a Whig politician.”
[ 0" The following new Postmasters have been
appointed in this county: A. D. Whiteside, Cole
rain, in place of Hugh Andrews, resigned; Mich
ael Bender, Leacock, in place of Reuben B. Johns;
resigned.
Ellis Xewls*
Jodge now President of the Second Judi
cial Districted; Pennsylvania, was bora in 1799 in
-Leyrisburg, Yt>rk county* * pleasant little town
which derives its name from his.father,
it was foondetL^Hisvfath.er,El i Lewis, was a Dem
ocrat.of the schooTof Jefferson, and upon the elec
tion President Jefferson, was chosen by a portion
of. the citizens 3>fYot|t county to prepare an address
td the President* Ibis address, together with Jef
ferson's reply. Judge Lewis still carefully preserves
in his possession.
At nine years of age, Ellis Lewis was left an or
phan, and while yet quite young in years was sent
to Harrisburg and learned the"prihting trade. He
next went to New York, and worked as a journey
man printer by the side of Geo. P. Morris. He re
turned to Lewisburg and commenced the study of
mediqne, but soon went to Baltimore. Failing to
profit himself there, he purchased a printing estab
lishment at Williamsport, Pa, where he commen
ceth- studying law and editing his paper. He soon
disposed of his printing establishment, and in the
year 1822 was admitted to the bar. Next year he
was appointed deputy attorney general for Tioga
and Lycoming counties, and in 1824 removed to
Tioga county, where he bad a large and lucrative
practice. A few years after this he resigned his
appointment under the Attorney General, and
removed to Bradford county. In 1832 he engaged
actively in the political contest for Gen. Jackson,
and was chosen to the State Convention of that
year. ; He wag also that fall elected a member of
the State Legislature, and while in that body voted
against .resolutions expressing the opinion of that
body against any reduction of the tariff. -
In 1833 Mr. Lewis was appointed Attorney Gen
eral of Pennsylvania by Governor Wolf, but in the
fall of the same year he resigned that appointment,
and became President Judge oi this Judicial District.
This station he filled until about 1845, when he
was appointed Judge of the 2d District composed
of the city and county ot Lancaster —a district
whose population and property exceed that of
some states in the Union. .
But eveu there Judge Lewis found time (in ad
dition to his judicial work) to discharge the duties
of Professor of Law and Medical Jurisprudence in
Franklin College, Lancaster, and, in connection with
Messrs. McCandless and Troubat, to edit a series of
valuable law works. Iri 1847 he also published a
work on “American Criminal Law,” which is in
the handsof almost every practising member of the
profession. Judge Lewis has also rendered valuable
assistance in the publication of the American Law
Journal, or “ Pennsylvania Law Journal” as it was
first modestly 1 the best publication of its
kind in the country.
His legal reputation extends wider than the Un
ion, for even on the other side of the Atlantic, his
learning and philosophical mind have been appre
ciated, and received the highest testimonials ol es
teem. We shall forget his decision in which
he pronounced all such excrescenses of legislation
as the stay law of 1842 unconstitutional, and ex
ploded all such subtle distinctions as were sought
for between the remedy on a contract and the con
tract itself. Judge Lewis properly felt that the
remedy constitutes part of the contract, and enters
into the contemplation of the contracting parties
as muqh as any part of the bargain. That decision
of Judge Lewis was in consonance with the spirit
of a republican country and a republican age, while
the subtle cobweb-work he exploded was only
worthy ot the old English bench which decided
that such words were not actionable—“you have
poisoned your husband.” “Sir Thomas Holt 6truck
his cook on the head with a cleaver, and cleaved
his head; the one part lay on one shoulder, and
the other on the other,” because ifi the first case,
although the husband was poisoned, possibly he did
not die; and in the second case, though the cook’s
bead was cleaved into two parts, possibly the wound
was not mortal.
This decision of Judge Lewis showed that he
understood the true spirit of our constitution. His
opinion made a powerful impression on the think
ing minds of the country, and we notice that in the
new states of the Welt that opinion is received as
the law. The last decision of the kind is in the
4th vol. Missouri Reports p. 50, where a stay law
is decided to impair the obligation of a previous
contract, and to be against the constitution both of
the state and Union. The provision of the Missouri
constitution in this respect is similar to ours in
Pennsylvania.
We will close this hasty sketch by the following
incident of Judge Lewis’ early practice in*this re
gion. A number of years ago a fugitive slave was
rescued from the possession of his owner in Dan
ville, then this county, through a writ of homine re
plegiando. The Hon. David Petriken was the Pro
thonotary who issued the writ, and of course ac
tions were brought agaiu'st all concerned with tbe
writ or rescue. Under the act of 1793 the penalty
of $5OO was recovered from several defendants, and
suit was then brought for the same amount against
Mr. George Sweeny an editor of a public journal.
Judgment was obtained against him and he was
imprisoned. With every confidence he sent nearly
one hundred miles for Mr. Lewis, who came and
in his argument showed that there was a distinction
between penalties imposed as a punishment , to be
recovered by any one who may' sue for them, and
those given by statute to the party aggrieved. In
the former case, each individual engaged in the il
legal act is liable to the full penalty. In the latter
case, but one. penalty can be recovered for one il
legal act, although many might be engaged in it
Mr. Lewis also showed that with respect to costs,
under the act of Congress, where the plaintiff had
his election to bring joint or several suits, and
elected to bring several suits, he could only recover
costs in one of them. The result was that the
imprisoned editor was liberated to the greaLjoy of
his family and friends.—[Star of the North.
James Buchanan,
We have this day raised at the head of our pa
per, the name ol above distinguished statesman, as
our favorite for the highest office in the gift of the
nation ; and, in so doing, were are performing an
act, not only immeasurably grateful to our own
feelings, but in unison with the feelings of a large
mass of the citizens of this State. Unaccompanied
by any demonstration of popular feeling on this
subject, we should not allow our own zealous ad
miration of him to lead us into the step, premature
as it might otherwise be called, but we are sus
tained by the expressed sentiments of many sterling
Democrats and Union loving citizens of Maryland,
in thus early indicating our choice.
His name is too.well known to the world, and too
proudly venerated by the people of this .happy U
nion, to need praise from any pen. He has been
identified as one of the master-spirits in all the
great events of our political history for the; last
thirty years. Every act of his public life—from
the time of his advent from among the masses into
public notice, up to the glorious moment when he
retired from the high office of Secretary of State
to private life, has contributed to shed; lustre on bis
enviable fame. He now occupies a position as the
guiding star in the old Keystone State—the prize
State, to which in times of trial, the Democracy of
the country always look for a mighty support—
and is the wan, in our humble opinion, around
whom can rally in the next contest, united, the
whole Democracy of the Union, whether in Mass r
achusetts or New York, Virginia or Georgia, or
elsewhere.
Towards none others of the statesmen Darned
for the high office of President, do we entertain ob
jections, nor do we urge opposition. When the
Convention shall have spoken, their choice will be
our choice, but until then, we shall continue to be
lieve that the claims of Pennsylvania should not
be overlooked, and that the name of her gifted son
will more effectually unite the party of the Union
than any other, and thus believing, we shall sin
cerely indulge the hope that he may be the candi
date ol the next National Democratic Convention.
—Baltimore Jacksonian. T
From the Star of the West!
Greersburg, June 24.— We had our Democrat
ic.County Convention to day, and the result of our
election for Judges and county officers. We nomi
nate by the popular vote. Burbbl beat Knox for
President Judge 1,480 'votes; Jso. McFarland is
nominated for Senator, our able members, Guffet
and Bigelow, re-nominated for the Legislature; and
in the County Convention, resolutions for JAMES
BUCHANAN, for President , * were passed by an
unanimous vote! His warm friends were elected
Delegates to the Fourth of March Convention, at
Harrisburg in 1852, and are as follows; Colonel
Mabchand, Senatorial; J. W. Coulter and A
M’Kinnet, Representatives. Westmoreland mar-,
shals the way for Pennsylvania in 1852.
ftr We invite, the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, m the col
umns of our paper, as a remedy of the first impor
tance to the community. The certificates publish
ed in its favor are not from unknown names but
from eminent and widely celebrated men. States
men, Professors, Clergymen and Physic ans give
thek strong assurance that this new medicine for
Ihe cure ol pulmonary disease, can be relied on
with cofidence by the afflicted for relief, and we
truly hope its results in our section, will sustain
their conclusions elsewhere.
The Cosden Murderers. —Taylor, Shelton and
Murphy, convicted of being participants in the Cos
den Massacre, were sentenced to death at Chester
town, on'Tuesday last
«The prisoners are still obdurate, and assert
their innocence roost solemnly.. Roberts the clock
tinker, was released on Mphday last, for want of
proof.”
Westmoreland County.
The iollowiDg are a few of the,excellent reaoln
tion passed unanimously by the Westmoreland Co.
Convention, at their meeting on the 24th ultimo:
Resolved, That we glory in the nomination of
Col. Wm. Bioler and Gen. Srra Ciovsn, made at .
the Reading Convention; and pledge the Democracy
ot the State, that Westmorcland will stand to her
colors at the coming campaign—confident of suc
cess, and having succeeded, confident that the Com
monwealth will receive no detriment, but • proudly
stand forth among her sister States redeemed, re
generated, and disenthralled from the misrule of
Whiggery. -
Resolved, That we heartily eoncur in the nomi
nation o! the Judges for the Supreme Bench made
by the Harrisburg Convention—nominations that
the Democracy of the Old Keystone may well be
proud of—combining with purity of purpose the
rarest legal attainments, and comprising a ticket to
t which the Democracy ol Westmoreland can givs
1 its undividetftsupporL
Resolved , That the time has come when Pennsyl
vania should speak out ou the Presidential question.
The Union needs repose under the wise rule of a
great and master spirit who has signalized his de
votion to the principles of the Republican Party by
long service and tried fidelity. Tnat man is the *
Hox. JAMES BUCHANAN. We take more than
ordinary pride in presenting the name of this illus
trious statesman for the Presidency in 1852.-* He
is a Pennsylvanian by birth—a Democrat in heart,
and, through. a long public career, has always
shown himself faithful to the interests of the whole
Union. Just such a man as the Democracy of “Old
Westmoreland” love to honor.
On motion of Martin Shotts, it was also unani
mously '
Resolved, That we endorse the pledge for 2500
majority for Bigler & Clover, given for the De
mocracy of this county at the Reading Convention,
by Col. James Keenan. The second Tuesday of
October will tell jthat he was not mistaken in his
appreciation of the Democracy of Old Westmore
land. ! I
in* We publish ihe following extract of a
dated Williamsport, Pa., to the editor of the Union
& Tribune of this City: !
“ Your enterprising fellow citixenj Joseph GoW
deb, Jr., has recently been here with Engineers,
&c., making preparations for completing the Wil
liamsport and Elmira Railroad. He has contracted
to finish the road in two years, and has purchased for
his head quarters, while the work progresses, the
elegant residence of Judge Lewis, J adjoining this
place. This property—a monument of both the
taste and liberality of Judge L.—when thc.road.is
completed, will probably be 5 worth double the sum
paid for it. Mr. B. B. Gondeb, of Strasburg, in our
county, has also 1 find purchased a farm, tavern
stand, saw mill and valuable water jpower on Ly
coming creek, at the mouth of Trout Run, on the
lino of the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad.—
This purchase is no doubt made in anticipation of
the vise.of property to be produced by the comple-'
tion of that road.
The Williamsport and Elmira Railroad possesses
advantages superior to almost every other road in
the country. Its stock I find is quite in demand.—
I have heard of numerous sales at par, and have
heard of none being made under par.”
’ The New Costume.
A New York letter says—
A meeting of ladies in favor of the new costume
was held on Saturday week, at Hope Chapel, and
was well attended. Mrs. M. S. Gove Nichols was
chosen President; Miss Sarah Townsend, Secretary,
Mrs. Torbet and Mrs. Halleck, Committee on Res -
olutions ; Mrs. Post and Miss Purday, Committee
on Finance. A series,of resolutions denouncing
the present fashion and recommending the hew one,
which they call neither “Turkish nor Persian, but
American,'* was reported and passed t>y an almost
unanimous majority, only seven ladies voting in >
the negative. Some of the officers of the meeting
were dressed in the new costume. It is said .ihat
a number of ladies intend to appear in Broadway
in the new costume during the coming week.
A meeting of those in favor of the new female
costume was held at Lowell, Mass., on the 10th ult
About two hundred persons were present, two
thirds of whom were ladies. Mrs. Sumner presided,
and Miss Sears was chosen Secretary. It was vo- •
ted to join the Fouith ot July procession in‘Bloom
er costume.
The Cincinnati Chronicle of Saturday week has
the following paragraph:
A * l ßloomcr li Pir. Nic. —On the Fourth of July
next a Pic Nic is to conrie off about three miles,
above Milford, on the the Little Miami Rail Road,
at which the ladies are all to bftoltessed in the new
American Costume., .1
Choleha is tue West. —The Louisville Jour
nal ot the 21st ult., says^
A despatch from Eddyville says that fhe Cholera
has again broken out at Princeton, Ky. Seven
new cases, of which two terminated fatally, occur
red on, Wednesday. The town was nearly desert
ed. ■
The Cholera has made its appearance among
the men at work on the canal in the vicinity of
Petersburg, Ind. Four or five deaths occurred
there last week.
The Memphis Express says there some sickness
in that city but no epidemic cholera —a few spo
radic cases occur, with some deaths.
fCT" The Louisville Courier of the 20th till.,
says:—
The Cholera is prevailing to a considerable ex
tent on the plantations along the lower Mississippi.
We learn that five negroes, outbf a family of six,
died in one night at Mr. S. Davis's plantation, just
below Vicksburg. At points between Vicksburg
and Memphis much sickness also prevails, which
is sudden in its attacks, and of a fatal character.
To be Hung.
At the present time there are no fewer than six
candidates for the gibbet, in the New York city
prisons, all of whom are waiting their turn for the
haHginan’s office. Three of them, named Carrel,
Wall and Stookey, are to be executed on the 27th
instant—and the others, named Douglass, Clements
and Benson, on the 25th of July. The office of
hangman must be a lucrative post in the' Empire
citv!
07* A man named Washington Gould has-*
been arrested in Carlisle, on a charge of being the
cause of the great fire in that place a few months
ago. I; is-said that he made a voluntary confes
sion of the fact, which led to his arrest. At, the
same time he confessed having set fire to the stable
attached to the hotel owned by William T. Brown,
Esq., on a different occasion. His reason fordoing
so, on both occasions, was, as he said, his. having
been insulted by the landlords.
ID" The printing office and materials of the
Camden (N. J.) Democrat , was destroyed by fire
on Thursday night last No insurance.
For (bo IntiUlg*De«r
Centre Square, June 2lst, 1851.
Deab.Sir : —I take up my pen to drop you a few
lines, on the subject of the next Governor.
You may imagine with what joy the Democrats
hailed the nomination of Col. Wu. Biqler and ;
Gen. Seth Clover, for the office of Governor aud
Canal Commissioner. It has inspired them with
the utmost enthusiasm, and struck terror and dismay
into the ranks of Whiggery. They see their (ate,
and can see. the position the party stands in. They
are doomed] to be defeated as sure as the election
day arrives.' Such another majority ar the Demo
crats of the Old Key Stone State, will roll up for
Col. Wm. Biqler on the 2d Tuesday of October
next, will -be a caution to snakes. I presume,
judging from the Whig papers, that they will again
take up their present Executive for re-election.—
But alas, for poor William F. Johnston, his days
for holding the reins of government are numbered.
Hie friends may use all their foul means and false
hoods to succeed, but all will be of no avail. The
people want a Democrat to take hold of the reins
ofeovernment, to right the interests of the glorious .
old 6 Key Stone, and to patch up the defects made
by the present administration; and we want such
a man as Col. Bigler to remedy the detect, and v
put the Old Key Stone, on her usual good, footing.
All the benefit the Government ever derives is from
Democratic administrations. There is not an in
stance of a Whig administration, ever benefiting
the country in the least.
I suppose Wm. F. Johnston won’t be quite the
lucky dog he was in 1848, as the Whigs then said
he was a “lurky dog and would doubtless be
elected. “But I can tell you that, that dogs lucky
days are numbered, and his prospects for the
chance of more spoils are very few.
He is the very man that the Demcrats would wish
to have to run against Bioler, as he is the strong
est man they have got* and we want to show the
Whigs how we can beat them. They may take,
whom they please, they are doomed to be beaten
all hollow, and they know it themselves. If they
would wish not to be beaten, theirbestplan would
be to drop the nominating one at all,
for they might as well, as we can say Bioler is
Governor already. Alas, for poor Whiggery I ’ It
is a used up clan. We want an honest Governor,
jand Wm. Bioler is the man.
I will say a few words in regard to the 'Presi
dency. Judging from the signs of the times I think
the Hon. James Buchanan .will be the most suc
cessful candidate for the nomination at the State
Convention, and he will be the very man ardntad
whose banner the Democracy will rally and trium
phantly elect him. He is, the standard bearer of
Democracy, and a better or greater Statesman there
does not live. a DEMOCRAT.