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Lancaster. July 8, 1851.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WILLIAM BIGLER,
OP CLEABFIELD COUNTY,;
j FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER :
v REN. SETH CLOVER,
OF CLARION COUNTY.
[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 ihejntelligencer, shall have a copy
of the paper for one year, gratis; ox, if he be al
ready on our 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, free of postage, to subscribers within
the county in which they are published.
County Committee meeting.
The Democratic County Committee of Lancas
ter county, are requested to meet at the public
house of William J. Steele, in the City of Lancas
ter, on Saturday the 2d daf of dugust> at 1 o’clock,
P. M., on business connected with the approaching
general election.
A general attendance of the members is requested.
NEWTON LIGHTNER, Chairman. '
N.- B. The members names will be published
next week. [July 8,1851.
JE7-A powerful Address from the officers of the
late Democratic Judicial Convention, evidently
from ihe pen of the Hon. James M Porter., one ol
Jhe Vice Presidents, has appeared in the Pennsyl
vanian-covering more than three columns of that
journal. It is, a production of great and remarka
ble ability, and should be read by every Democrat
in the State. We shall publish it at length in our
next issue,
DR. DICKINSON’S DISCOURSE.—We have
received from the Committee of the Presbyterian
Church of this City, a pamphlet copy of the Dedi
cation Sermon delivered by Dr. Dickinson, in May
last. His subject was “The Church of Christ,” and
his text Col. 1. IS*.
To say that it is a well arranged and able dis
course, all will admit j but fault has been found
with the Rev. gentleman for some of his allusions
to sister churches. We do not feel disposed,to give
any opinion on the subject—hut rather advise our
readers to call with the Committee, who have a
large supply on hand, and obtain copies for them
selves. They can then form their own opinion .in
reference to the merits of the discourse. The price
per copy is only twenty-five cents. ,
A Relic of tbe Olden Time.
We were shown, a few days'since, by Mr. John
Kilhzffeb, of Manor township, an ancient Spanish
medal, dated 1546, which He dug up in hoeing com r
near the little Conestoga, about four miles south
west of this City. The* medal appears-to have been
worn and is of the best quality of hell'metal—brass
forming the principalT>arr, with an admixture of.
gold and silver. It is two inches in diameter, and
is about the thickness of a Spanish dollar. On one
side is the representation of the Crucifixion, with
the two malefactors on either side, ihe Roman sol
diers surrounding the Cross, and in iront is a wo
man in prayerful attitude. The foreground is cover
ed with skulls. On the other side of the medal is a
representation of the Feast of the Passover •, above
the table is suspended a chandelier from the centre
of the arch resting upon Egyptian Columns, whose
bases rest upon . solid inscription
(which is tolerably distinct,) surrounding the edge
ot this side, is as follows:
“Desiderio desireravi hoc Pascha manducare
vobiscum antequam patiar."
The translation is as follows:
“ With desire I have desired to eat this Passover
with you before I suffer.” Luke chap. 22 ver 15.
For a correct deciphering of the inscription we
are mainly indebted to Mr. Samuel E. W. Bf.cker,
Principal of the Male High School, and to Aider
man J. Franklin Reigart, both of thi§ City.
What this ancient relic was designed for, or how
it got there, is, of course, somewhat ol a mystery.
The presumption is, that it was brought by the
Spanish Clergy, who came over after the discovery
of the American continent for the purpose of con
verting the Indians, and that it was given as a sign
of baptism in, and conversion to, the Chris
fian faith. In his wanderings through the wilder
ness,.the aboriginal convert probably dropped, it on
the bank of the Conestoga, where it was lound,
about three centuries afterward, by Mr. K. It was
evidently fastened to a chain or string, and suspend
ed irom the neck, as there are marks ob the medal
indicating places for fastenings. i
The medal is certainly a great curiosity in its
way; but inasmuch as we are no antiquarian, we
do not profess to be able to dive into its history so
as to give a more minute description of it.
Which Is True?
The Examiner, in speaking of the Democratic
Ratification Meeting, on Saturday week, says it
‘'was about the slimmest affair, for a county meet
ing,' that ever came off in this neighborhood;”—
and .a correspondent of the same paper, in another
column, with somewhat more regard to truthful
* ness, says it was “a pretty numerous assembly.”
Well, it was truly “a numerous assembly,” all
things considered; and the large number of. farmers
• from the country in attendance, (some of them
residing more than twenty miles from town,) must
have been any thing else than gratifying to our Whig
friends, who could hardly raise a larger meeting at
' this busy season Of the year, if they were .to try.—
Indeed we doubt whether, at their State Convention,
a few days previous, they had as many, of their
country friends in attendance as the Democrats had
at their ratification meeting. Taking off the dele
- gates in attendance and the residents of town, Dem
ocrats and Whigs, who were present during the
deliberations of the Convention, and the old Court
Room would have presented a beggarly account of j
_ empty, seats. This would not have been the case, |
we presume, had the Convention been held at some ;
other time; but the Examiner must recollect that
the same rule will apply tojboth parties.
The truth is, the Democratic meeting was a large
and highly*respectable assemblage—and its effect
upon this community cannot be lessened by any
attempt to underrate its numbers. The proceed
ings are before the world—and the substantial plat
form laid down is in happy contrast with the rick
ety concern upon which our Whig opponents
• have taken their stand. * ‘‘ •
IETThe National Whig, a scurrilous'campaign
sheet in this City, seems to be almost a literal tran
script of the Harrisburg American and Lancaste
rian. ,: Birds of a feather always flock .together.”—*
We can hardly suppose, however, that the low
scurrility and vituperation indulged in by this new
organ will be pleasing to a large body, ofWhigs in
this county, whatever chuckling and delightitmay
produce amongst a few professing Democrats. •
Independence Day. r
The seventy-fifth anniversary of American Inde
i pendencewas celebrated,in various i places in this
county, with much spirit and enthusiasm.. At
Manheinf there was'amilitdry and, civic celebration,
which pissed off very'pleasantly, we understand.-?-
There was also a celebration at the Village of
Lexington, in Eliiabeth township, which we learn
was pretty well attended.
In this City the day was ushered in by ringing
of bells and firing; cannon—then came the crackers,
which kept going off incessantly until late at night.
In the morning a very handsome i procession of
Firemen marched through the principal streets.—
The 1 companies on parade were the Friendship,
i Washington, Sun and Union Hose Companies, the
whole under command of Newton -Lightner, Esq.,,
assisted by several aids. Th» occasion was the re
ception,of a splendid heW3Tose Carriage, by the
latter Company, the manufacture of Messrs. Cox <s■
Suydam, of this City! Upon partaking of some.re
freshments, after their march, at the Carriage House
of the Union, the several companies were dismissed
at an early hour..
The next thing in order 'was a very imposing
procession of the Improved Order of Red Men,
which assembled at 11 o’clock and proceeded to the
Court House, • where a very tasteful and elegant
, banner was - presented by the Ladies to Metamora
Tribe, of this City. The presentation address was
delivered by John A. Heistand, Esq., on behalf of
the Ladies, and the reception speech was made by.
Mr. Geo. S. Ball, on behalf of the tribe—both of
whom acquitted. themselves handsomely. This
done, the procession, including a large number of
the Order from Philadelphia and Baltimore, was
marched through several of. our streets, under the
direction of the Great Chief, Lewis Haldy, who was
assisted by a number*of subordinate Chiefs, when
they were dismissed for the day. ; -
Many of the Firemen and Red Men had - beauti
ful wreaths to decorate their persons—presented,
no doubt, by their lady lov’es upori the interesting
occasion. ;
In the evening, a magnificent display of fire works"
from the west end of Chesnut street, closed the cel
ebration of the National Jubilee.r This, gorgeous
entertainment was under the superintendence ol
Mr. Geo. S. Ball, and was seen by thousands of our
citizens, all of whom appeared delighted beyond
measure at, what they witnessed.
Take if all in all, and Independence Day was
more generally and appropriately observed in Lan
caster than, perhaps, any other town of the same
size in the Union. So may it always be.
A Leaf from History.
It will be seeij that the "'Whig State Convention,
assembled at Lancaster, has placed in nomination
for the office of Canal Commissioner, the Hon.
John Strohm, of Lancaster. This gentleman was
a representative in Congress during the Mexican
war, ahd when a proposition was pending to vote
supplies for the* brave and noble band who compo
sed the American army, U7"HE (with thirteen
others) VOTED’AGAINST nj,«ol.in order to
.thwart the efforts ol the’ administration, and inflict
misery, if not death on our gallant troops, in pref
erence to extending that “aid and comfort” which
every man who valued American honor or felt
desirous of sustaining American : rights, was eager
and anxious should be liberally bestowed.
A Whig Convention assembled in this-city o.n
the 19th of June, of last year, grid Mr. Strohra was
very warmly urged for the office to which he has
now been nominated, by the Lancaster delegation;
but such was the apprehension j of the Whigs of
defeat under bis banner, that the vote he received
was a very meagre one. He wa,s openly denoun
ced in Convention by Mr. Gibbons, of this city, and
Mr. Cornyn we believe of Huntingdon, who both
expressed their belief that what'they termed Mr.
itrohm's “unfortunate vote,” would be disastrous
to the Whig cause, We copy, from our file of June
20th, 1850, the following record of the Convention:
■ Mr. Cornyn moved to procee4 to the nomination
oJ a candidate for Surveyor General, when Mr.
Dickey moved to amend by proceeding to the nom
ination of Canal Commissioner, j This was resisted
by Mr. Penrose of Cumberland, jwbo did not know
who to vote for. Mr. Gibbons Appeared to, be in
the same predicament. He stated that if Strohm
were nominated, he would, in consequence of vot
ing in Congress against supplies for the American
troops, during the Mexican be a most unpop- •
ular candidate. This brought Mr. Dickey to his
I feet, and he indignantly repelled the charge, but j
[ made a most lame and impotent defence.
A kind of a small fight was now got up to avoid
going into an election, but Mr. Dickey succeeded
in getting his resolution adopted. Mr. Cornyn then
took - the floor and eulogized Mr. Sadler, and then
took the same grounds as Mr. Gibbons, in reference
to Mr. Strohm’s “unfortunate vote,” about supplies
for the Mexico. Cornyn and Gibbons
have become patriotic in these'latter days of Tay
lorism and Galphinism.
Several motions to adjourn were now made,
which were all voted down, and the Convention
proceeded to a ballot for Canal. Commissioner,,
which resulted as follows:
Wm.R. Sadler, ‘ 38
John Strohm, 15.
Joshua Durtgan, 20
Shuman T. Phelps, 9
Morgan L. Reese, 2 ,
The President, announded’the Committtee on
Resolutions, with Mr. A. K. Cornyn, as Chairman.
Mr. Dickey, on behalf of the delegates from Lan
caster, withdrew the name of! John Strohm. He
did not think th.e claims of Lancaster met with
much favor in the Convention.
It was evident that the “unfortunate vote,” to use
Mr. Gibbons’ phrase, did the business for Mr.
Strohm. |
So much for the specimen!of the Whig consis
tency exhibited by the Whig Conventions. The
vote” will do Mr. Strohm’s business
as effectually in 1851, as it was done in 1850.
Pennsylvanian.
A Disinterested Opinion.
We clip the following sensible article from the
Baltimore - Clipper> a neutral jprint—but, as neutrals
generally are, with strong affinities for the'Whig
party. From the general course of the paper, we
are very sure praise of the Whig platform, (if it
had deserved it in the remotest degree,); would haye
been much more agreeable than censure;but,'inas
much as “ the Whig Convention has not come up
to the hopes and expectations of the friends of the
Union,” the Clipper cannot iwish success to any
man or to any party, that will not discountenance
the factionists who seek to dissolve the Union: —
Politics in Pennsylvania. Both the demo
cratic hnd whig parties of Pennsylvania, have held
their Conventions for nominating State‘officers.—
The resolutions ot the Democratic Convention ap
proved the compromise acts of Congress, and fa
vored the repeal of the law of Pennsylvania which
prohibits the use of State prisons for the confine
ment of fugitive slaves. The Whig resolutions are
restricted to an approval of the compromise meas
ures, and a proposition for the repeal of the State
, law just mentioned, was refused consideration. So
that the Whig Convention lias not come up to the
hopes and expectations of the friends of the Union. '
To carry into full effect the'compromise acts, the
use of the jails foi the temporary confinement of
fugitive slaves may be absolutely necessary; and,
yet the Convention would not sanction the motion
for the repeal of the prohibitory law. The Con
vention also failed in its duty in another important
particular... An amendment to the resolulions was
offered by Mr. John M. Scott, of Philadelphia, “rec
ognizing the right of owners of slaves to reclaim
their property,” which was icut off by the call of
the previous question; and thus the Convention re
fused to recognize said right. The Democratic
Convention met the subject fairly and boldly, and
resolved to support the compromise acts in good
faith, and we regret that the Whig Convention
adopted a different policy, j We cannot wish suc
cess* to any nian or to any party, that ■will not dis
countenance the factioiiists who seek to dissolve the
Union. • . i :
A Bloomer is Showy a. —The Boston Gazette
speaks of witnessing the effect of several sharp
showers upon the'new costuriie. The Turkish
trowsers lost their contour,land-flapped around the
pedestals of the wearers like a wet banner round a
nag staff, while the tunic- was deprived of its stiff
ness, The fair Bloomer was in a most awkward
position, and reminded thej Gazette of a seriously
indisposed hen, who had been caught some way
from her nest in a thunder | storm.
The Whig Platform— Agata*--, <
The Examiner is veryanxious to make it appear
that the pUtform of the^fe'g;St*te Convention i*
identical withthe piatiprm ofjthe Wh*6 -Cattity
Convention ofJlte “O&Goarf” and charge* n*
with miHrepresenting tKe'fdrmer.- Wehad expect-,
ed better thing* of ; «ur neighbor—knowing, as -we
do, hi* hostility to the course pursued hjr Mr. Ste
vens on the slavery question. Bnt, whiggery is
whiggery in Lancaster, as -well as eyery where else,
'and we are not at all surprised at the euddeSchange
in the Examiner's views. -Whether the equivocal
and wishy-washy resolutions,of-the State Conven
tion will satisfy all the, Whigs of this region, re
mains to be seen. Some ot them, who are sincere
ly devoted to the Union and in favor of carrying
out all the compromise measures of the last Con
gress, to the very letters, may wonder how it was,
notwithstanding the'seeming resemblance between
the resolutions of the County Convention and that
of the State Convention, (which are paraded, it may
be said, in juxtaposition in the Examiner,) that the
following resolution, offered John M. Scott Esq.,
■of Philadelphia, should have been rejected in the
latter Convention by a vote of 92 to 27—or more
than 3 to 1:
Resolved, That the’provisions of the Constitution
in reference to the rendition of fugitives held to ser
vice or-labor, demand and shall receive from our
party a faithful, manly and support
Now, It must be apparent to every intelligent
reader, that this resolution is nothing more nor less
than an endorsement of the Constitutional rights of
the Southern people in reference to a reclamation
of their fugitive slaves—and Convention re
fused its sanction, on the ground, as Mr. Sullivan,
one of the delegates, alleged, that it would lose the
Whig party the benefit of some three or four thou,
sand Abolition votes —and he might have went a
step farther and said, that such a resolution was in
opposition to the wishes and feelings of Gov. John
ston, which was really the case.
If the delegates composing the Whig State Con
vention had been in favor of adhering to all the.
nomproraise 'measures ol the last Congress, as the
Examiner would peem to intimate, why should
they have rejected such a resolution as the above?
But, the truth of the matter is, they were not in fa-
Vor of all those measures, and that is the true se
cret of its rejection. They prefer dealing, as is
their usual practice, in broad and unmeaning gen
eralities which may be construed to mean any or
every thing. They seem to have acted upon the
principle that every thing is fair in politics, and
did not hesitate to appear all things to all men, so
that they might retain power. But the Whig wire
workers will perhaps learn, at the close of the pres
ent campaign, that the masses of the people are in.
telligent, and that they are not just so easily hood
winked as they have supposed them to be.
The New York Journal of Commerce thus re-
the doings ot the late Whig Convention, and
exposes the duplicicity of Governor Johnston and
his party leadeas. We recommend this extract to
pur neighbor of the Examiner. The Journal of
Commerce is a neutral print, and its opinion is en-
titled to great weight:
“Among the resolutions adopted by the Conven
tion on Tuesday, (92 to 27) one declared ‘ that the
adjustment measures of the last Congress shall be
faithfully observed and rejected by the whigs;’ but
from the remarks of Gov. Johnston and others, it
is evident that the acquiesfience thus promised is
is only to last till such a time as a modification
can be effected. An amendment offered by Mr.
Scott, of Philadelphia, ‘ that the provisions of the
constitution in reference to the renditron of fugitives
held to service or labor, demand and shall receive
from our party a faithful, manly, and unequivocal
support,’ was shut out by the previous question;
yeas 71, nays 48. Are we to understand that a
majority of the convention will not agree to give a
faithful, manly and' unequivocal support to the
provisions of the constitution in reference to the
rendition ol fugitives 1 If so Pennsylvania whig
gery is in a bad'way. Looking at these votes, and
at the fact that dlmost all the whig members of the
legislature at its last session voted against the repeal
ot the state enactment which refuses the use ol its
prisons for the temporaay lodgment of fugitive
slaves when claimed by their masters and arrested
under due process of law, we are compelled to be
lieve either that the feeling among the whigs of
Pennsylvania on the subject of the compromise is
not what it ahould be, or else that, under the lead
of Gov. Johnston, they are playing a game with a
view to secure the votes of the abolitionists. Gov.
Johnston in his speech before the convention, stated
that ‘if the fugitive slave law could be.amended,or
made perfect,’ i e. abolitionized so as to defeat, its
own objects, ‘he would, if called upon to vote, sup
port the amendment.’ He said, ‘ the peoplo were
told not to ask the amendment .for fear of disunion;
but he did hot think that any act of congress would
dissolve this Union.’ And again, ‘he esteemed it
the duty of eyery man to teach his neighbor the
impossibility ol disunion.’ This is so exactly the
lingo of the Sewardites of this state, that we cannot
doubt there is a concert ol action between the par-
The nomination of Gen. Scott by the convention,
in exact choru9 with the Seward organs at Albany,
and elsewhere, is another evidence of a foregone
conclusion, All the other whig candidates for the
presidency are avowedly in favor of the compro
mise as tt is. But Gen. Scott is supposed to be
, uncommitted, and the Seward and Johnston whigs
l have therefore pitched upon him as a man who,
I with adroit management on the part of the wire
pullers, may receive the votes of the abolitionists.
They are evidently shaping their course lor a coa
lition,-with that miserable faction, in the choice of
presidential electors. If the whig party sustain this
course, we hazard nothing in saying they will be
whipped out of house and home. The democrats
will take advantage of the blunder, and elect their
bwn candidate with a rush, Brought forward un-
Ule? such auspices, Scott will not get the vote of a
single slaveholding state.”
M. Cartwright, * 5
(J. J. Ball, 3
Ajdara Gittinger, . 2
Wm. Wilkins, 1
Increase of Exports.
We extract the following article from the Public
Ledger, of Tuesday last. The statistical informa
tion, as well as the recent favorable news received
from Europe in relation to the advance of flour
and grain, cannot but bi highly ratifying to the
friends of the present tariff, and especially to the
agriculturalists of the country. The Ledger says:—
The United States have sent to England, for the
present year, down to the 17th of June, the follow
ing quantities of breadstuffs, as compared with the
same:period last year:—
Bbls. Wheat, bu.
1850 - ■ 307,015 - - 430,329
- 1851, - - 1,018,869 - - 944,830
The excess of export is equal to 730,000 bbls.,
worth nearly three millions of dollars. So much for
free trade. What would our farmers do with this
large surplus, and what would be the price of flour
and wheat, should we return again to a high tariff,
and so cut them off from the market of the world.
The last foreign news, we are glad to notice, brings
us information of improvement in the price of bread
stuffs—an advance, by the way, that has taken our
dealers by surprise. It was wholly unanticipated.
The cause of the sudden rise is thus stated by Liv
erpool merchants, as published in the Liverpo’ol
Times:
“Last harvest was firmly believed, by parties
moat conversant with calculation, to have been
much below an average. Notwithstanding low pri
ces have ranged, under large importations of foreign
produce, but by far the greater proportion has gone
into consumer’s hands; and, since the commence
ment of the present year, putting into store has
been more from necessity than choice. We lately,'
and especially this week, witness a demand upon
ns from a distance in the interior unknown since
the memorable year of 1847. Does this intimate
; that the growers are not holding stocks usual at
this period of the year? lam strongly of opinion
tha the farmers and millers have not held shorter
stocks of wheat than they do now, at a similar
period, for a number of years, and that low prices
have dot only caused immense consumption, but
that, under dispiritedness, this prime article of food
fias been to some extent wasted, as was the case
after the good harvest and low prices of 1834 and
1835. There are tolerably large stocks of wheat
and flour in the ports, but if these are to be drawn
upon from a distance in the interior, they would
soon prove small enough.*’
mrThe Shippensburg News, a Whig paper, has
passed into the hands of John McCurdy, Esq., by
whom it will hereafter be conducted. Mr. McC. is
the same gentleman who formerly published the
Whig paper in Fulton county—but a sudden de
privation of sight compelled him to return to his
former home in Shippensburg, Cumberland county.
He is now totally blind, and bis friends have assis
ted him in procuring the News establishment He
is a clever young-man, and, pecuniarily, we wish
him abundant success in bis undertaking.. Politi
cally speaking, we could wish Mac were a Demo
crat.
t ’'i *;
]%e Keystone, tlie LancaJ
i! terlaou.
" ■• ■ - -^t-
prefees Were brought into mart
encefomoother purposethan to*hbitte.ha4^ e, “ >o °ff
•Sfri Bochanan. Tbat ; they nay do' this'the
effectually, they assume thetiile of Democratic
presses, whilst slandering the man who Jor many
long years had enjoyed the-unbounded confidence
and the higheat official rewardsof the Democracy
.of. Pennsylvania—having received the unexampled
honor State of three successive elections to
the Senate of -the United States, by a purely Dem
ocratic vote. Can they expect that the intelligent
Democracy of Pennsylvania will, at their bidding,
become like themselves inconsistent, and denounce
and proscribe the man whom they have bo long
saßtaih&rby their generous support? As well
might journals who, under the mask of Democracy,
should personally abuse General Cass in Michigan,
Judge Woodbury in New. Hampshire, Judge Doug
lass in Illinois, Gen. Houston in Texas, or General
Butler in Kentucky, attempt thus to succeed jin
destroying the fair fame of Demo
crats and accomplished statesmen. |
The Keystone is under the control of a shrewd,
sagacious and cunning man, who has no passions;
and'prejudices beyond self interest, and who well
knows that he can never use Mr.’Bucbanan for any
but honorable purposes, should he be elected Pres
ident. Not so, the Lancasterian. It is under the
control of a gentleman, who, to say the least jwe
can, is a very excitable personage, and whose pas
sions are very-apt to get the better of his judgment.
These have necessarily led him into the messes
prepared by the very man who in his better days
he denounced more bitterly, if possible, than he has
since denounced Mr. Buchanan. ; These passions
will eventually, we fear, much to our regret, for
we have always highly esteemed the man, land
him in the. Whig party; and, Irorri present appear
ances, we shall not be astonished if this should be
his destination much soon?t than we had, or he
himself has, anticipated. Quite as strange things
have occurred in the political history of Pennsyl-
vama. [ i;
These two presses, well knowing that theii: at
tempts to injure Mr. Buchanan have only recpiled
upon themselves, and by arousing his friends to
action, have made him stronger than he ever jwas
before with the Democracy of Pennsylvania* are
now, as a last resort, endeavoring' to convince) the
South that it would be in vain' for them to support
him, because, Jorsootk, he cannot obtain the vote of
Pennsylvania! ‘ There is not an unprejudiced rtian
in the Commonwealth who does not know this
assertion to be unfounded, and that if he cannot
obtain the vote of this State, no other Democrat in
existence could have any chance of 5 receiving it.
The South are not to be deceived by such pretexts
They are already wide awake to the wiles of the
Keystone and Lancasterian, and their confederates.
We have been induced to make these remarks
by an article in a late number i of the Keystone,
copied of course into its affiliated press, the Lan-
casterian, entitled “Mb. Buchanan and' the
South, :> This article presents the strength of their
case against Mr. Buchanan, and ; happy must; that
public man be against whom nothing more plausi
ble can be scraped together, throughout a long and
distinguished public life. It does not contain a
single charge of any want of fidelity to Democratic
principles during the whole period of his long pub-
lic career, from the first* Monday of December,
1821, when he first entered Congress, until the
present hour—a period of nearly thirty year£—
During the whole time his bold onward con
sistency, his steady devotion to principle in the
storm as well as in the sunshine, has never been
been questioned by friend or foe. Not one of his
public acts, during this long and eventful period 1 ;
has ever been assailed by the Democratic party,
and throughout he always enjoyed the confi
dence of, and haslfe& offered high office by, every
Democratic President.
Of what, then, is this article entitled “ Mr. Bu
chanan'and the South 11 made up 1 ? The 4th of
July oration, of 1815, delivered thirty-six years,
ago, (which has, we believe, been published and
re-published, over and over again, by the most
rabid of the Whig presses, in years gone by,) con
stitutes the principal staple oi the .article. The
Whigs have long.since ceased to publish this ora
tion, and it is now taken up by presses calling
themselves Democratic. It has already been twice
published in the Lancasterian, and by evincing th e
personal malevolence and spirit of persecution of
its controlling spirit, has served to strengthen, in
stead of weakening Mr. Buchanan in Pennsylvania.
As well might the Apostle Paul, to use the lan
guage ot a well known gentleman, be denounced
for acts done before his conversion, as Mr. B. for
what he had said in his youthful days, so long ago
as 1815. Besides, it is well known that he was
ever in favor of prosecuting the. war against Great
Britain with the utmost' vigor, and he himself vol
unteered his services and performed a tour of mili
tary duty in 1814 as a private soldier, and whilst
in the Legislature oi 1814-15 had supported all
the measures which he deemed most efficient to
bring the war to a speedy and honorable conclusion.
But, Mr. Buchanan in 1819 or 1820 was one of the
members of a committee, of which his legal pre
ceptor, the late Mr. Hopkins, was chairman, which,
under the influence of the excitement then universal
in Pennsylvania, reported resolutions to a public
meeting, in the Court House in this City, against
the Missouri Compromise; and this, it is expected
by the controllers of the Keystone and Lancasterian,
will cancel his uniform, consistent and able support
ot the just and constitutional fights of the South in
regard to slavery, ever since he first entered
Congress, nearly thirty years ago! Now, we
venture the assertion that he has made jmore
speeches in defence of those rights, both in the
Senate of the United States and in Pennsylvania,
than any man living at the present day.
We could not have supposed that the' personal
malignity even of the Keystone and Lancasterian,
hyena-like, would have attempted to revive the
subject of the Carter Beverly affair, which had long
since been to the tomb. Mr. Buchanan’s
letter explanatory of that affair,.dated Bth'August,
1827, and published in the Lancaster Journal, which
we have -recently perused, was considered so abun
dantly satisfactory, that the papers of both .political
parties were content with it. In October, 1828,
he was elected to Congress as the Democratic
candidate, in the district of which Lancaster county
formed a part, by a large majority; and the illus
trious hero and statesman, General - Jackson, in
1831', volutitarily tendered Mr. B, the Russian Mis"
sion, and ever since, until the day of his lamented
death, was his constant friend. Among the last
acts of his patriotic life, he strongly concurred with
Mr. Polk in opinion that Mr. B. ought to be ap
pointed Secretary of State. And yet the controllers
of these two journals, from personal hostility, seek
at this late day to bring the great name of Andrew
Jackson before the Democracy of this State for the
purpose of prejudicing them against Mr. Buchanan 1
Again, it is sought to connect the name of Mr.
Buchanan with the amendment proposed last session
of Congress, to the tariff act of 1846. by Mr.
Strong, the able and distinguished Representative
from Berks county. There is not the least foun
dation for this attempt, at Mr. Strong himself has
repeatedly declared. We are assured that Mr..
Buchanan never knew and never heardof this amend
ment until after it was offered: and being.in Wash
ington at the time, publicly and repeatedly declared
that he-had the misfortune to differ from hit friend,
Mr. S., in regard to its meritt. i
Then the Keystone and Lancasterian, in their
malice, even bring forward, though without directly
endorsing iti truth, the Stale and ridiculous slander
circulated by the lowest of the Whig party, during
the Log Cabin and Hard Cider campaign of
1840, that Mr. Buchanan had used as; an argu
ment’in favor of the great Democratic- measure
of the Independent Treatury, that if would reduce
the wages of labor to ten cent! per day. This
alaoder was indignantly denied at the time by
every- Democratic journal, throughout the Union,
and by none was.it denounced with moreemphatic
reprobation Ihm byj Mt. Blair*, the Veteran Demo*
chitic editor" of the j Giotei who'Says
.be heard every word i'af the speech, and bestowed,
npon it his warmest commendation, as his paper
willsbow.
This charge is as absurd as it is false, because a
principal head of Mr. Bochanan’s argument was
to establish the proposition that the Independent
Treasury Would not iredace the wages of labor, but
would benefit the laboring man—in opposition to
Mr. Clay, who had Contended that it would reduce
the wages iof labor and injure the laboring man.—
This,, in fact, was the issue between the two parties.
The slander is thus; not .only without foundation,
but in direct opposition to the whole tenor of the
speech. In 1840, this speech of Mr. B/s, which
is unquestionably ode of ablest he ever made,
was circulated by hundreds of thousands over the
Union, by Democratic members of Congress,
for the purpose of proving the wisdom and justice
of the Independent Treasury which experience has
now established. In 1851, two professed Demo.
cratic journals present to their readers the forgotten
Whig slanders against it, for the purpose of dis
paraging’its author in the eyes of his countrymen.
Strange inconsistency for true Democrats; but
altogether in character for’pretended ones, who
would sacrifice their party to gratify personal ma*
ignity.
But last, though; not least, comes the famous
11 Bundel ” letter, which has '.been published over
and over again in ;the Lancasterian. And what
does it amount to? ; After Mr. Buchanan had actu*'
ally resided nearly a year, in Washington, Mr-
Bundel, the Assessor of taxes, singularly enough*
enquired of him by letter, whether he considered
himself a resident of Lancaster. To this Mr. Bu
chanan made the Only reply possible, that he had
removed from Lancaster nearly a year before, and
had ever since been an actual resident of Washing-
ton, where his official duties required him jo reside.
This fact mpst have, been known to every man,
woman and child in Lancaster; and the County
Commissioners, acting in obedience to | the laws of
the Commonwealth, decided that his personal estate
was not subject to: taxation, whilst he was a resr
dent of the District of Columbia. But it was al
once proclaimed by the Lancasterian, whose con
troller refused to the obvious distinction be
ween residence and citizenship, that Mr. Buchanan
had denied he was a citizen of Pennsylvania, and
had expatriated himself and become a foreigner to
the State of his birth? And this ridiculous non-
sense has been harped upon ever since—together
with the assertion,, that Mr. 8., known ■to the world
for his liberality, had denied his citizenship for the
sake ot getting clear of a personal tax which, we
venture to say, was never before thought ot being
assessed upon the citizen of any other State, during
his actual residence as a Cabinet' officer in Wash
ington. But the fact is carefully concealed that
•Mr. Buchanan never profited by this exemption to
the value of a single cent;, but added the amount of.
the tax to the lib'eralbonation which he had previ
ously made, to the s poor widows of Lancaster to
supply them with fuel during the winter season.
We have nqw answered the attacks of the Key
stone and Lancasterian in detail, and must apologize
to our readers for occupying so much room. We
thought ifoecessary, but promise not to inflict the
same thing upon them again. The efforts of the
two papers in question to blast Mr. Buchanan in
the affections of the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
will prove unavailing. They have long known
him well, and the country knows him' well. Indi
cations from every section of the Union point to
him arf rite next Democratic candidate for the Pres
idency. All that is wanting to accomplish this
object, is the support of the Democracy ol his na
tive State; and we venture to predict that he will
receive this at the next Fourth of March Conven.
tion, by an overwhelming majority. Pennsylvania
will at last be honored by the election of one of her
own sons as President of the United States.
To show the estimate which is put upon this
essay of the Keystone abroad, we clip
ing notice of it from the Easton (Md ) Star :
We have received a No. of the Keystone published
at Harrisburg containing an elaborate article on
“Mr. Buchanan and the South:” If the editor of
“The Keystone” supposes that he can injure Mr.
Buchanan in the estimation of true democrats by
his assaults, he is much mistaken. The efforts of
those who are the especial friends and endorsers of
Simon Cameron can have but little weight with all
honest and reflecting men. He may rest assured,
that when he places himself before the public as
the especial friend and champion of one who is un
sound upon a cardinal doctrine of the Democratic
party in this country, His profession of orthodoxy
on other points will be passed by as totally un
worthy of credit. Unlike Mr. Buchanan, his
change has been from good, £hd not the reverse.—
We would especially invite his attention to Gen.
Jackson’s opinion of the great leader of the Anti-
Bnchanan forces in the Keystone State. In it he
will find quite-as ample food for reflection as in the
letter which he quotes against Mr. Buchanan, from
the old Hero’s letter to Carter Beverly. If Mr.
Buchatian has ■ been inconsistent in his political
course, he has never attempted to run with both
“hare and hounds” or bribe himself into office. —
And a defender of his country in 1812 is entitled
to at least more respect than that which has been
bestowed upon Mr. Buchanan by the Keystone.
Col. William Bigler.
' While at the Reading Convention, we had the
pleasure of forming the acquaintance of this gentle
man. He is a fine specimen of nature’s noblemen,
and the true type of an upright and straightforward
Democrat It is not improbable that he will visit
this county during'the coming campaign; and if it
is possible for’the Democrats of Monroe to form a
more ardent attachment for him than they already
possess, we are sure that his frank, manly bearing,
—bis plain, unassuming, but commanding deport
ment,—rhis impressive, clear, and truly eloquent
style of speaking*—will fill their souls with the
warmest admiration, and nerve their arms for the
most ardent and strenuous exertions in his behalf
at the coming!- election.
He has been most emphatically the architect of
his own fortunes, and has won his way up from
the humble' position of a poor printer’s boy, to
wealth and honor, by his own unaided genius, in
dustry, aud unswerving integrity. He has always
been a decided Democrat, and he now stands boldly
upon: the true Democratic platform. Upon the ex
citing question of the day, while his opponent Johu
ston, is courting the votes of abolition incendiaries,
—he .has manfully come out for the Constitution
and the Union. Like all true Democrats, he wor
ships these bulwarks of our liberty with.no mere
dip service,—with! none of that timid servility which
prates for the Umon in one breath, and fans the fire
of fanaticism with the next;—but he boldly plants
himself upon the broad platform of the Constitution,
and “sink or swim” resolves to adhere strictly to
all its compromises and requirements.
Around the standard of so gallant and manly a
leader, one so eminently worthy of their warmest
confidence, w(e hope to see the Democracy of Mon
roe rally with the most determined enthusiasm, and
we trust they will not consider their duty fully dis
charged without giving Bagler, “the Susquehanna
raftsman,” and tbe.entire democratic State Ticket,
at least sixteen hundred majority.—. Monroe Dem.
"Hon. Jobs Bibleb. —Almost simultaneous with
the nomination of Col. Wm. Bibles, as the demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, was
the selectioniof his brother, the Hon. John Biolsb,
as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Cali
fornia, as will be seen from pur telegraphic newi
this morning. It will not be forgotten that we
prophecied Uiis resull in our article headed “the two
brothers,” sope ’weeks ago. This is a rare and
gratifying coincidence, and is evidence of
the value of good character, of energetic habits, and
of intelligence and consistency, in a young man.—
One thing is certain,'that if the Pennsylvania of the
Pacific wants to excel the California of the United
States, in tie majority for her Bietxn, over that
we have bespoken for ours, she will have to get up
very early in the morning—that’s all.—Penn
CotiscToa’s oFries, )
Lancaster, July Ist, 1851,5
The amount of Tolls received at this office from
December Ist, 1850, to June 30th, f 851, inclu
sive ! $51,876 36
For same time last year
Increase over last year
J, J. KELLER, Collector.
Tbe Judicial Ticket.
Having spokensomewEat at length last week of
Chief Justice Gibson.Sye propose now to say a
word asto EUi? Lewis and the remaining portioo
’of the ticket. Judge Lewis is among the learned
legal'menof the age:'vThere few men, indeed,
whose minds are better disciplined than that ol this
gentleman. For a period of twenty years he has
been.on the bench, and in our Intercourse with the
bar, we have never heard the legal capacity or in
tegrity of Judge Lewis questioned. He has been
at the head of the bench, and has in his time ruled
some of the most important legal questions of the
age, and in most .of them he has been sustained by
the high Court of Errors of the State.
While at the bar, in Northern Pennsylvania, he
had a commanding position, and as an advocate or
counsellor he had no superior. From his first ca
reer in life, at the printing press, down to the pres
ent time, his whole course of conduct has been
marked by' zeal and energy of character. If elect
ed, (and who doubts?) the bench will have an in
dostrious man—a worker: no man's cause will be
overlooked. All that perseverance and industry
cad accomplish in ferreting out and deciding the
merits of the case may'be expected at the hands of
this eminent judge. He belongs too to the progres
sive branch ol the age—is fully up with the times,
if not in advance of them. While the old regimfi
would, in a conservative manner, condemn this,
with us it is the argument of the greatest power.
We advocate advancement, and those who oppose
it are behind that spirit which is everywhere ma
king, in broad and living characters, the wonderful
times in which it is our good fortune to be cast. —
Every department of the government should be in
the hands of men who have the inspiration of the
moment, ii not, the whole harmony of the machine
is destroyed. In this view ol the case, particularly
does the Hon. Ellis Lewis come before us, strongly
and powerfully recommended. He is the very
Napoleon of reformation. Wherever he goes he
makes his mark. We like the man, and will give
him our hearty support.
With Hon. Jeremiah S. Black we are not so
well acquainted. Fame, however, of the man, has*
reached us, and that too in a most favorable light.
Judge Black was a prominent man for Senator of
the United States, and came very near getting the
caucus nomination at the last election of Senator.
He has had much experience as a judge, and been
for many years acting in that capacity. The single
fact of his receiving nearly all the votes in the
nominating Convention, is evidence of his fitness
for the station. Like Judge Lewis, he is a pro
gressive, radical democrat, and a man who will act
as fearlessly, and as honestly. Such are the men the
people of this State want on the Supreme Bench at
this time—men who have the judgment to keep
pace with, the times, and who will think there will
be no error in overruling those principles of juris
prudence which an hundred years ago might have
been sound law; but which in an age of steam,
railroads' and electricity, are far too slow in their
operations. Bonaparte himself settled the leading
features of the “ Code Napoleon,” to the great ter
roor of the ,; Juri9 Consultus,” but which, in its
operation, became the most popular code of law's
ever presented to the world. Theywere governed
by precedent, he by the spirit of the age ; so should
our laws in this State be administered at this time.
I Black, ,if we are not mistaken, and* Judge
I Lewis, are two of them, who are fully competent
for this business. We know it!
Of Judge Campbell we have heard but one opin
ion of his fitness for the bench with those whose
information can he relied on (tee mean democrats )
—and that is, that he is au able man and sound
jurist. But there is one reason why we are more
anxious for the election of Judge Campbell than
any other man on the ticket, and that is, because
he is persecuted on the score of religious belief.—
We had supposed that in this land all religions
were tolerated, and that this* creed, or that, had
nothing to do with the office qualification! It
seems we are mistaken. If there be one thing
more despicable than another, it is religious bigot
ry, and particularly in its bearing on the affairs of
this government. Those who could excite the
Native American feeling in this country, are the
subjects of deep, of abiding censure. There will
be an attempt to bring this to bear on the election
of Judge Campbell. It will be futile. There is
not a naturalized citizen of the Stale, let his poli
tics be what they may, but will sympathise with
Judge Campbell,.and sustain him in the ballot for
this very reason. Mark our prediction; Judge
Campbell will be the highest man on the returns,
and for qd reason but on the score of this scheme
of religious, Native American, one idea proscrip
tion. “ Proscription will be proscribed.”
With Judge Lowrie w f e are less acquainted than
with either of the other gentlemen. He has been
many years a Judge of the District Court of Pitts
buig, and we have alwavS|heard of him as a sound
lawyer and an honest judg€. He is strong in the
■ West, and this fact will make him strong here.—
Luzerne Democrat.
Gen* Seth Clover.
This gentleman, the nominee of the Democratic
State Convention for Canal Commissioner, is in
every way worthy of the full confidence of the
Democratic party. An intelligent and upright
man, his business qualifications are of the highest
order, and he has long been one of the most active
working Democrats in the State. The county in
which he resides, Clarion, has, we believe, nearly
forty furnaces in it, tha proprietors of ail of which,
except two, are active Whigs, and use every means
in their power, at elections, to advance the Whig
cause. Against this stern array of capital and in
fluence, Clover has been battling with undismayed
energy for years, and he has done much to preserve
unbroken the ranks of that county. His character
is unblemished by a single stain, and his election
will prove alike beneficial to the best interests of
the State, and the Democratic party. It will take
a longer scythe than Whiggery can boast of to cut_
down such Clover , and the returns of next October
will proclaim his triumph in a loud Clarion tone.
Horrible Murder nr Williambburqh, New
York.. —The N. Y. correspondent of the “Penn
sylvanian,” gives the following account of a horri
ble murder“which took place in Williamsburgh on
the 28th ult:
A man named Lawrence Riley, suspecting a
criminal intercourse going on between an acquain
tance and his wile, Mary Ann Reilly, took certain
means to satisfy himßelf, either of her innocence or
guilt Last night, contrary to his usual custom,
he slept in the garret ol his house, (No. 10, North
Fourth street,! his wife, and her mother, sleeping
both together, ih the room below.
Shortly after daybreak, this morning, Reily
coming down stairs, discovered his wife’s paramour
leaving his wife’s room. In a paroxysm of rage,
and panting for revenge, he drew a dagger from
his bosom and stabbed his wite to the heart, until
life was extinct. The weapon still reeking with
the blood of the daughter, was plunged in the bo
som of the mother, who expired in terrible agony.
Just at this moment a girl, living in the same
house, alarmed by the groans, was coming up stairs
to see what was the matter. Riley at once aimed
a blow at her, but the girl was fortunate enough ,
jo get out of the way, without gettiug more than
one thrust. The alarm beiDg given the police
came and took the murderer into custody.
The wretch, when placed in his cell, seemed de
jected and sullen. He said “he expected to die, but
that he was ready. “He would rather die than
live.” He also stated that he and his wile had
lived unhappily for years past,that her family
were possessed ol some property, and they were all
opposed to him. He worked hard and had done
all he could to earn an honest living, but nothing
could satisfy them. He further stated that on re
turning home from his work, he repeatedly found
the room closed and a young man in the room with
his wife. ;
On being asked whether he would have some
breakfast, he replied, “No, he could not eat,” and
inquired whether the other woman was dead"?-
When asked why he'committed the awful deed, he
replied that his wife was not true to him; that he
had lived a miserable life.
The greatest excitement has grown out of this
most atrocious transaction. In the neighborhood
of the house where the tragedy was enacteu hun
dreds of people are standing talking over the affair.
The Coroner is summoning a jury as I write this,
and it is probable the inquest wilt terminate to
night. The luneral will take place to-morrow af
ternoon. A warrant is out for the arrest of the
person supposed to have been the paramour of the,
ill fated wife. - *
'» I ' _± :
THE SHUNK'MONUMENT.— The'ceremony
of erecting the monument over the remains ol
Governor Shosk, took place, at the Trappe, m
Montgomery county, on the 4th 'inst. It was wit
nessed by an immense number of peopie-probably
ten thousand, amongst whom were about five hum
dred volunteer soldiery. An eloquent address was
delivered by Hon. Gaoaos W. WooDwaan.—
Among the distinguished strangers present was Col.
Wriuasi Bioisa, the- Democratic candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania.
To be Hung*
The Governor of Maryland ha* signed the death
warrants of Taylor, Shelton and Murphy, who were
convicted of the murder of the Cotden family, in
Kent county. They are to be executed on- Friday
the Ist of August
38,980 83
' Tat th« tatalllcwMr.
Mechanics’ Institute and market
Houses.
The Managers of the' u Maryland Institute ,*»have
forwarded.to your humble correspondent, an ele
gant engraving representing the “Hall of the Afary
tand Institute” prith the regulations and arrange
ments of the same.' It would afford me much
pleasure to give your readers some idea of what -,
Baltimore/oqr sister city, has been doing in the
way of Melanies’ Institutes and Market Houses, —
at the very time our own'citizens are awaking to
the necessity of having public exhibitions, for tho
purpose of encouraging mechanical genius, and
improvements in agriculture.
The plan of operations by the citizens of Balti
more are well worthy of our immediate attention ■
and imitation. How is it possible for the citizens
of this, the banner county of the United States, to
invite onr fellow citizens of neighboring counties
or States to support any contemplated ezhibition
we may desire to hold ? How to receive their ap
probation, and to encourage men of intelligence
and public spirit ? How shall we form classes for
mutual improvement, agricultural society meetings,
debates and discussions,f How can the one hun
dred thousand citizens of this far-famed county
hold public exhibitions for the promotion of excel
lence in the mechanical arts, when we have hot
even a decent public building or market house to
accommodate 500 persons? The citizens of Lan
caster city and county would surely not make use
7 of an old bam, or erect a temporary shantee fbr
such purposes. For several years past we have
strenuously advocated a substantial improvement
for the interests of this whole community, but all
that is useful must be effectually put down, because
the court house, 1 market houses and public improve
ments, cannot all be located at one favorite corner.
Who amongst ub does not know that there is no
country op this wide continent to equal Old Lan
caster, in climate, health, soil, productions,' valua
ble minerals, and the industry of her citizens?
And yet almost every little village outrivals us in
enterprise, and in fostering and encouraging me
chanical genius, and agricultural improvements.
And why is this? Shall a fowcontrol our markets,
and conspire together to prevent our farmers, raef
chanics, inventors and artists at all times from
bringing into public notice the products of their
honest ingenuity and skill ?
How is it in' Baltimore 1 The mechanics know
their interests and with creditable pride maintain
them. They have erected an elegant market house
355 feet in length and 60 in width, with an average
height of 65 feet—and this edifice presents one of
the most important and beautiful improvements in
Baltimore, chaste in its architecture, solid in its
construction, and capacious in all it 9 parts, and in
' tended for the advancement of tho mechanic arts.
The apartment or hall above the market house com
fortably holds six thousand persons, and tho fourth
annual exhibition of the Maryland Institute for the
promotion of the mechanic arts, will bo opened
there on- Monday, October 20, 1851, and many of
our Lancaster county farmers and inventors will be
there to enter the lists for competition , and there
receive premium*denied to them at home. Articles
designed for exhibition will be received there free
of charge _ Not only are manufacturers, mechanics,
artists and inventors from all parts of the United
States cordially invited, but ladies, apprentices and
minors are there allowed to extend the usefulness
of the various productions of their labor, skill,
ingenuity and taste. The machinery department
will be under the care of special superintendants,
and the Committee offer every facility of steum
power, fixtures, labor, &c., free qf expense.*
If our Lancaster Mechanics’ Institute Society,
without further delay, would erect a substantial
market house 300 feet in length, and build a hall
above with a neat cupola at one end, and a colossal
statue of Robert Fulton on the other, they could at
all times secure the ablest Lecturers on scientific
subjects could found a permanent Library
and Museum; could have public exhibitions for the
promotion of the mechanical arts; and, being able
to accommodate about four thousand persons, would'
realize and establish a profitable fund to render
their Institute worthy of the encouragement and
support of the men of public spirit of the county
as well as the city, and thus rival the enterprize
of the mechanics of Baltimore or Philadelphia.,
Lancaster mechanical now is the opportunity, or’
the advantages and benefits of this moat important
public improvement will be lost to you. One
annual ezhibition would pay the cost of the building.
Let the name of him who, by the unparallelled
power of steam, has joined the Old World to the
New, urge you now, and let us prove to the world
that here still lingers the spirit of
•Robeht Fulton.
fFor tb« Intelligencer.
ielphiAj July 3, 1861
Mr. Sanderson :—Some of the Democrats of your
county were very anxious to have Dr. Thohas
Dunn English to address your meeting at Lancas
ter, ani applied to him, through me, for the pur
pose. As it was through me, principally, he drop
ped his professional avocations for a day, to gratify
the wishes of our friends, (and very well gratified
I understand they were,) I was very much hurt to
learn that Bome who profess to belong to tho De
mocracy were silly enough to report that he was, or
had been a political “ Native.” Down in this
quarter, as the Pennsylvanian'yery aptly remarks,
lin regard to this rumor, the charge would only
excite ridicule; but it might be otherwise where
the subject of the attack was unknown. Dr. Eng
lish has been abused as much as any man living by
the Natives. He was a prominent man, at its first
inception, in the Repeal Agitation, became Vico
President of the Repeal Association, and among
other things wrote a very severe phillipic called
*« The Church Burners,” which brought down upon
him the wrath of the whole Native faction in this
city. No man lives more liberal than Dr. English:
in regard to naturalized citizens. His views on.
Nativism, as on other subjects, have always been
expressed with the frankness for which he is noted;
and while he has never stooped to flatter any class.
for political favor, he has always opposed political
Nativism as anti-republican, bigoted and inconsis
tent with the policy of our constitution. It is not
likely that he will stoop to notice the originators of
this slander; which is fortunate for the parties con
cerned. Did they possess a position to justify a
man of his ability and reputation in meeting them,
I should really pity the lashing they would receive.
I think it due to myself to take up this'matter, and
to say, that, no matter what animal may bellow the
* charge of Nativism, or any other narrow, illiberal,
or bigoted sentiment against ThomAs Dunn Eng
lish, it only utters a falsehood without the least
foundation. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, H. H.
Far th* lotellijeoctr
Tbe 4th at Mahhelm.
Mn. Editor: —Having just returned from Man-,
heim borough, permit me, through the medium of
your paper, to say that I was highly gratified im
seeing the manner in which the citizens of that
place celebrated the late anniversary of our liberty.
Arriving at Manheim about 10 o’clock, A. M.,of
yesterday, I beheld the town fitted up in a very
handsome and appropriate manner. The commit
tee ol arrangement was busy in attending to their
various duties, and escorting the volunteer com
panies to their respective quarters. Martial music
Bounded in the streets and every countenance
beamed with joy—every motion spoke that order
and regulation were to attend the proceedings of
the day. In a short time the streets began to be
filled by strangerrifrom different parts of the county
and elsewhere. .
Between the hours of 12 and 1 the procession
'formed in Market street, consisting of the marshals,
two volunteer companies with their bands of mar
tial mußic —next came the speakers and the Com
mittee of Arrangement, and then the citizens from
various parts joined, until a large and extended
column was in motion.
** And thus, with colors floating and drums rattling,
the procession passed through the streets of tha
borough. As it passed along«we beheld the ladies
of Manheim in front of their houses, ready to
cheer us by their smiles of approbation, and many
were the beautiful wreathes of flowers and ever
greens which they swung in their hands; and many
were tossed to their friends as they passed along.
Having thus proceeded with much pleasure along
the principal streets, wo proceeded .to the green
where preparations had been made for the speakiog,
and also for a splendid celebration dinner* / .
On arriving at the grove "the procession was sa
luted-by the roar of the opening cannon, and in a
very short time the procession were comfortably
sealed. The large number of ladies present, gave .
a pleasing appearance to the whole scene. The
exercises of the day were pleasing, interesting and
edifying—that- pleasing flow of kindly feeling was
felt under each succeeding speaker.
But we most leave this to be described by some
abler band,'and we would now refer to the dinner
which we found prepared on the ground—and one
it was which does honor to the lovers of liberty in
Manheim. A table 210 feat; long spread in the
most pleasing manner, and laden with the rich pro
ductions of their industry and skill. There was
something tome in this pleasing repast whioh I
cannotexpress. Some two hundred free,intelligent
citizens, without regard to party, names or creed,
sitting thus harmoniously together, all exulting in
thisonegreat blessing, namely, our country’^liberty.
But there is one more feature in the case which
I wish to touch; that is the good order and moral
■bearing which was shown so fully in all the arrange
ments and proceedings. This we ascribe to the
credit ot the place, and especially to those con
cerned in the arrangement and management of the
affair. May that liberty which thev have shown
they love,go to their children and to their children’®
children, untarnished unsullied. M. G. M.
SpringvilUy July S, 1851.
ComfTXßisirxß Arhsrtid,—On Monday morn
ing last; Constable Conner arretted that notorious
and successful counterfeiter, Clement Steele, of
York county. Several attempts had previously
been made to*entrap this wily fellow, and as. often
failed, until Constable Conner got on his trail,—
Steele, it seems, was fully aware that the officers
of justice were on his trail, consequently he secre
ted himself in the upper-story of the chimney con-'
nected with his dwelling at York Shore, to avoid
them but it was “no go,” as he soon found out.—
Conner spied the villain in his hiding place, and
politely invited him to come down, which he did
in double-quick time. He was conveyed to Wait
Chester, where he had a bearing, and was hound
over for trial in the sum of s2ooo.— Exprm.