A Glorious. Letter from Col. Bigler.
The following extract of a business letter-from
Col. Bigler,.received by Mr. Martin, says the Penn
sylvanian, vre publish with much pleasure. -It is
tmdlum inparvo; brief, but comprehensive. This
is the ground upon which the Democratic candidate
for Governor stood from the beginning. It is pre
cisely the ground hefook in his Lock Haven speech
There is rio-double-dealing in Col. Biolee. He is
with his party on the great issues of the day, and
and speaks no two languages. Every patriotic
citizen will read this letter with sincere gratifica
- dGS. SETH CLOTEK, | tion'
: intelligencer p Journal.
Lancaster, August 5, 1851.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
for governor
COL. WII.UAM BIGLER,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
OF CLARION COUNTY.
fFOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Somerset.
CAMPBELL, Philadelphia.
'ititiLlS LEWIS, Lancaster.
JJOHN B. GIBSON, Cumberland.
-WALTER H. LOWRIE, Allegheny.
A Proposition.
' Any person forwarding the names 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 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.
Money Wanted. ,
Those'of our subscribers and advertising friends
who know themselves in arrears, would confer a
great favor by settling their respective accounts at
as early a day as practicable. We need money
very much at the present writing, or we would
not ask it. The city subscribers will be waited
upon personally, and our friends at a distance will
be kind enough to remit by mail at our risk.
J 0" The proceedings of the County Committee
will be found in another column. They speak in
decided but respectful language, and must commend
themselves to every Democrat in the County who
is in favor of Tegular usages and the success of the
State ticket at the approaching election. It was,
i perhaps, the fullest attendance ol a County Commit
tee ever held in Lancaster, and that fact alone is
an evidence of the zeal and determination of the
party and its representatives in the Committee. —
':V.We bespeak f6r the proceedings a careful and un
perusal.
The attention of our .readers is directed to
an advertisement of the “Mechasicsbuh*’ Insti ’
tote,” in another colurpn.’ T*>« lacilities for-ac.
quiring a thorough ed‘~* tlon > at a cheap rate, are
unsurpassed--and the beauty and healthlulness of
the-foCation cannot be excelled any where. The
yUlage'of Mechanicsburg is situated in one
and delightful regions of the Cumber
land Valley, and the population of the town and
surrounding country is of a moral and religious
kind, which makes the location a peculiarly desir
able One for the training of youth of both sexes.
JJj" The Farm Journal, for August, is a capi
tal number, and fully sustains the high character for
talents and energy of its editor and publisher. The
contributions and selections are also excellent, and
" the Journal is now every thing the most fastidious
could desire. We are pleased to learn that its sub
scription list is rapidly increasing—an evidence of
its nierits/and of the interest which is beginning to
be taken in scientific agriculture.
»
... EULOGIUM ON THE LATE GOV.'SHUNK.
W® have read with much satisfaction the address
delivered by the Hon. George W. Woodward, at
the Trappe, in Montgomery county, on the 4th of
the occasion ot the ceremonies connected
• with erecting the monument to the memory ol,the
, iaww s “‘“ aoie i,r?duc
—alike creditable to the highly
gifted author, and a worthy tribute to the meraofy
I of one of the best Governors ever Pennsylvania had,
: VWe Bhall endeavor to find room for some extracts
from it hereafter.
* 4
UNION SERMON.—We have read with great
satisfaction a patriotic discourse in favor of our
glorious Union, delivered by the Rev. E. W. Hot-
TJtB, in St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia, on the
6th ultimo. His text was taken Jrom Psalms, 33
12, and the eloquence, ability, piety and patriotism
displayed, is alike creditable to the head and heart
of the reverend author.
KT As a matter of curiosity we should like to
know when, where, and by whom Messrs. Walter
G. Evans, Joseph Potts, William Ralston and Mat
thias Sihirk, were appointed members of
wake’fe County Committee? They were hot ap
pointed by either the September or November
Conventions, nor by any of'the officers of .those
Conventions—'nor are we aware of any.assemblage
since then that assumed to make such additional ap
pointments. The presumption is, that they .were
manufactured for the occasion by Mr. Amwake
himself, in order to fill up the ranks. Will the
Eancasterian inform the public how this is?
Of the fifty-two gentlemen who were appointed
last September members of Mr. Amwake’s County
Committee, but ,eighteen attended the late call, ac
. cording to the published account of their proceed
ings, andCthis statement should be taken with some
grains of allowance —but ol this-number the four
gentlemen above named were not members, con
sequently that leaves but fourteen members (a
fraction over one-fourth) present, even admitting
the number in attendance claimed by our neighbor?
and this, too, after the most Strenuous exertions
made by Mr. Amwake others to have a full
attendance! «.
Mass Meeting is advertised to be
at Millerstown, in this county, on the Bth
fllinstant—at which it is stated, Governor Johnston
be present. The Governor will have to travel
i as he is now in Ar.mstrdng county>
,or was tv»o or three days ago—and the western
■ announce that he will address a meeting to
be held at Erie on the instant—the day afte r
the Millerstown meeting!
THE ANIMALS ARE‘‘COMING!—The mam
moth Menagerie of G. C. Quick &°Co., embracing
a very large collection of the rarest Animals, will
be in town TO-MORROW. . We advise eVery .body
to go and see them.
There is to be a Temperance Meeting, on
the 10th instant, at Colemanville, iii this county.—
Rev. Mr. Harbaugh is to address the meeting. A
meeting is also to be held on the 9th instant, at
Friends’ Meeting House" in Bart township.
A German-named William Milled, was
arrested in Columbia, on Wednesday last, for hav
ing been detected in the act of rifling a bureau in
the house of Mr. Peter Gardner, of that Borough.
He was taken before Esquire Brooks, and commit
ted for trial.
XET The Reamstown Yearly Market, or Fair, is
to be held in that village on Friday and Saturday,
the 15th and 16th inst..
JD" A Post Office has been established at Grofl’s
Store, in this county, and Samuel S. Groff, Esq.,
appointed Postmaster. Also, atßeinholdsville, and
William Keith, Esq, appointed Postmaster.
ID" There are, at present, 25 Marylanders at the
Bedford Springs, all of whom are for Mr. Buchan
an for the Presidency. A distinguished gentleman
from that State assures us that Mr. B. is the choice
of their people, beyond the contingency of a doubt.
So says the Bedford Gazette of Friday last.
Union Meeting at Charleston. —The Charles
ton papers publish the call for a meeting of those
opposed to separate secession signed by over 1000
leading citizens.
Clearfield, July 22.
Geo. H. Martin, Esq. * j * * * ,
And now for a word or twojon political matters.
I observe that the North American is still in doubt
about myV°sition in referenced the great questiorL
now agitatiing the country. It assumes what ij
incorrect in reference to the law ot 1847. I dij
not vote for it; I took no part in the proceedings o?
the Senate on the subject, nor could it, in ray opint
ion, have become a law, if its full bearing had been
perceived at the time. But if I had eyen advocated
its adoption, that fact would not influence my pres
ent position in reference to it. As I intend,'however,
to say to the people in difierenUparts of the State,
in a short time, publicly, what I know and think
on this subject, I shall not trouble you with details, TWO BRICK HOUSES,
but suffice it to say, that this law never should a Frederick" city, each two stories high. The one
have been passed, and that should Ibe elected Gov- fonts thirty-nine feet eight inches, on the West
ernor next fall, regarding many of its provisions as ide of M arket Street, and runs back 62 feet to the
unconstitutional and unjust ,in their operation,.! hurch yard of the German Reformed Chnrch; and
shall not hesitate to urge their!repeal: nor have I ie other House fronts 35 feet and 2 inches on the
ever hesitated to say that, in biy opinion, the bill I amestreet, and runs back the same d.stancelo
.. i j f /■» * ;t t_ • * ♦ the Church yard. These Houses lie between the - :
now in the hands ot Governor Johnston, ought to. J George ; K „onU and JohnP. Thomson,;
become a law. In short, sir, my views are in en- f n(J are now both 0 6 c i upied a „ StoreB . The propert/i
tire accordance with the sentiments adopted at the r ifl , con( j ilion> and &re eligible stands for!
Reading Convention, and I had; not supposed that a- g lorcs>
disposition could be found anywhere to regard them ■ The.terms oj sale as prescribed by the decree , are
otherwise. lam for all the Compromise measures. L-One-third of the purchase money to be paid on
and in favor of a thorough and efficient execution of jjhe day of sale, or ratification thereof by the Court,
them as they are, and against all (future Congressional the remaining two-thirds in two equal payments
agitation ot the questions settled by them. 4°neandtwo years from thei day of sale, with
With sentiments of high regard, I remain, dear ‘ferest from the day of sale; these P a y menfB be
sir, yours. ' WM. BIGLER. .#ured by the notes of the purchaser or purchasers, :
* y Iwith good security to be approved by the Trustee.
(after the whole purchase money is paid, the Trustee ,
Sjll convey the property by a good and sufficient, |
•Oped to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, accord j
®g to the terms of ihe decree,
f The property will be shown to any person wishing
fc purchase, by the tenants now occupying the
lame, or by Mr. George Metzgar, residing in Fred
rick city. HENRY H. STEINER,
august 5-28-ts Trustee. ,
Corwin and the Gardner Claim.
In our last we made a brief reference to the
fraudulent Gardner-claim, of over half a million, |
that had been obtained from the United States Gov- ■
ernment; and to the fact that Thomas Corwin,
Secretary of the Treasury, had -received some eighty
or one hundred thousand dollars as his part of the'
plunder. The history of this [most extraordinary
case has never been published, consequently we,
shall be groping somewhat id the dark until thej
next meeting of Congress. Then we have no doubn
the whole matter will be probed to the bottom. —)
Enough, however, has been elicited to enable us to'-
give the following history .of the case:
l?r. Gardner had either leased or purchased a
quicksilver mine in Mexico, ahd after working it
for a short time he was stopped by the Mexican
authorities. For this stoppage he laid a claim tor
damages to the.amount of one million of dollars,
and this was the clairti that was taken before the
commissioners on Mexican claims at Washington.
It was never contended that Dr. Gardner had ex.
panded a-million of dollars tfn this‘mine, for he
never had it to spend, and we doubt whether it was
ever proven that he absolutely lost any money that
be put into the concern, but it was alleged that if
he had the privilege of working the mine he could have
made a million out of it. This was the character of
the claim in the beginning, and to prove that this
was the case we have only to state the fact that
Dr* Gardner entered into an arrangement with
THOMAS CORWIN, then a Senator, now the Sec
retary of the Treasury, to pay him ONE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 6f this claim, in
case ogts success. It is also said that a son-in-law
of one of the commissioners that passed the claim,
received FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
There are also a number of other parties in Wash
ington who received large amounts for their aid in
this matter.
Is there any better evidence needed of the fraud
ulent character of this claim than thefaj*yjg>g
of the Government and their friends to get it
through.
But whether fraudulent or not is it not sickening
to the heart of the true patriot to see the Govern-'
the hands of men who use . their official
positions to make immense fortunes, in a: single
.year, out of claims upon a Government, whose best
interests they have sworn to protect and defend.—
Ho\y can an honest administration retain in office
for a single day, a man at the head of the financial
affairs of the country, who has pocketed one hun.
dred thousand dollars out of a claim against the
Government, and that too a fraudulent one.—lnves
tigator.
More of the Sinking Fund,
Gov. Johnston is certainly an adept at sinking )
the funds of the)Commonwealth. On examining 1 !
the appropriations *made for the of ex- ■
penses in the Executive and State departments, and i
comparing the three last years of Gov. Shunk’s f
administration with the three past years of John- i
ston, we find that Johnston has abstracted from the 31
treasury during that time the snug little sum- of 8
$8,212.83, more than was required to meet alia
expenses under chunk's administration. At that g
rate how long will it take Johnston and his Gal-ffl
phins to sink the entire funds ol the Common- u
wealth ? M
We have a bill of particulars of the modus ope-%
randi of this "/.stem of sinking the public funds, *
which we will spread before! our readers in due j
time? At present we will mgntion but two: 1. Ihe l
single item of postage for the las*, year is nearly |
double what it was,«dme - years under Gov.g
Shurik. 2. The item of clerk hire is now put
down to $4,000, while formerly it was but $3,000. |
The funds are certainly sinking.—lnvestigator. jg
A Great Meeting. |
We learn that the Democratic Meeting, at the
Spread Eagle, on Saturday laft, was an immense]
and enthusiastic assemblage ol the, people.
Keeteri Esq., editor ol the Upland Union, presided.!
The Vice Presidents were from Delaware, Chester!
Montgomery, Philadelphia and Lancaster counties. \
The last mentioned county was represented by|
Samuel Brooks, Esq., Capt. Jcjhn H. Duchman and j
Joseph B. Baker.' i i
The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed ‘
by Col. William Bigler, the Democratic candidate !
for Governor—and also by- Col. John W. Forney,!
E. A. Penniman, Esq., Hon. John McNair, and R.j
R. Young, Esq., in masterly and convincingspeeches.fi
The resolutions, which are strong and decided ini
favoi of Democratic principles and the entire State!
ticket, were unanimously passed, and the whole]
proceedings were characterized with the greatest]
unanimity and enthusiasm. ? !
Seth Clover.
It is always a good sign to see a man popular atf
home, This is peculiarly the case with the Dem-l
cratic candidate for Canal Commissioner. Hearl
what the Clarion Democrat, published in his. own*
county, says of him: P
Clover, besides being popular as a consistent
democrat, has many friends in the ranks of the op
position who will vote for him. His father having
•been one of the earliest settlers in this country, and
raised a large family of sons lon the old farm, who
grew up with the boys of the county—associates
at school and at their homes. Among this class of
the community, though many of them of different
politics, he has warm and j ardent friends. Such
persons know him to be honest and capable—they
know nothing to his disadvantage unless it be that
be is a “common man.” Ma:ny of his schoolmates
are proud of his success, and [admire" the zeal and
energy he manifests in all his undertakings. His
consistency as a politician has given him a deep
hold on the affections of the masses. When deleated
as a candidate for Canal Commissioner last year,
he returned home in high spirits—cheerfully took
the field, and never relaxed his efforts forjthe nom
inee until Morrison was triumphantly elected. He
received the-instruction of Clarion county for Con
gress, and although defeated in the district conven
tion, Mr. Curtis, the nominee; received his zealous
support until the ballot box closed on second
Tuesday of October. Like Bigler and. Black,
wherfdefeated in the nomination, he never turned
his back upon his party or its principles. ‘ Men so
constant as he is, always have friends, however
much party may tend to lead them from their first
love.
, Trustee’s Sale. : ■ ■■* . -
>Y virtue of a decree ofFrederickCoontyCourt,
) sitting as a Court of Equity, I will sell at
iblicsale, at theCityHotel,in Frederick', Md., on
r edaesday, the 21 st day of October, 1851, between
5 hours of 10 and 2 that well known and
: ' VALUABLE FARM, ;
led “ Dublin,” formerly I owned by Nicholas
idall,and now by the devisees of Henry Steiner,
eased. This farm contains - >
220 ACRES,-
. adjoins the farms of John Ogle, Isaac Cronise
1 the farm lately owned by David Boyd. It lies
>ut six “miles North-east of Frederick, in the
Ist of a good neighborhood, with Churches,
ioo! Houses and Mills quite convenient. The
d is equal io any in the county for the production
\Wheat, Rye, Corn, &c. It is in a high state of
Jnivation, and divided into! good sized fields, all
fmmunicating with running water. About 18 or
v Acres are in Wood. There is an ORCHARD
* choice fruit trees thereon, all in thriving condi
tion. -There is a'fine Dairy within one
’hundred yards of the dwelling house, and a well
of good water with a pnmp in it in the yard. The
• DWELLING HOUSE IS OF STONE, AgA
and well built, and in good repair, ||JB Bn
id on an elevated site. And there is alsoJ—«=■■»
lother good STONE HOUSE in the yard, finished
r a dwelling. The other-improvements consist
' a Barn, Wagon Shed and Corn House, and a
iiackamith Shop.
f I will also, at the same time and place, offer
for sale
Ten Teachers Wanted,
|"N Eaßt Lampeter township. The Directors of|
|_ the schools will meet at the public house of
Daniel Miller, in said township, at 9 o’clock, A. j
tf., on Saturday, August 16th, 1851, for the puiwj
lose of examining aad making appointments.—f
ferm, 6£ months, beginning on the Ist of October,
floral, temperate, and competent men only will be
Employed. By order of the Board.
1 JOHN HELLER. Pres’t.
Attest: A. M-. Frantz, Sec’y. • [aug 5-2 t
!/ Valuable Farm at Public Sale.
SATURDAY, 30th of August inst., the un- :
?\_/dersigned will offer at public sale, at Greena
‘jiwa!t*s Hotel, in Elizabethtown, Lancaster county,
tell that valuable plantation or tract of land formerly'
loccupied by Dr. Brolvn, dec’d, containing
F 1 12 ACRES,
|more or less, 30 of which is Woodland, situated
-in the Borough of Elizabethtown, half a mile from ;
/the Harrisburg Railroad and Turnpike, joining landr
-,of Joseph Boyer* Jacob Brubaker, and Henry
S Shaffer; situated in a healthy neighborhood, and
convenient to mills, churches and schools. There;
is on the premises a large stone Swisser Barn, a
flarge two-story MANSION HOUSE, a
! story .Tenant House, a Wash House, and allies.'
Spring House o'f never-failing water. This Farm
has running water through every field, enclosed
with good fences. A young and thrifty ORCHARD
•bearing all kinds of choice fruit. This property:
tas been well limed every year, for a number of,
,'iears past.
j Any person wishing to view the property, will
jplease call on Henry Shearer, now residing on the
{arm ; or Mr. John Lynch, Elizabethtown. If the
purchaser desires, one third of the purchase money
iinay remain on the farm for three or five years, by;
giving good securiiy, with interest. Further con
ditions will be made known on the day of sale.
Sale to commence at 1 o’clock.
GEORGE M. CLAWGES,
ELIZABETH CLAWGES.
2S-4t* ;
t Public Sale of Real Estate.
§|N FRIDAY the sth of September, 1851, will
!§§ be sold at public sale, on the premises, the
Bowing described real estate of Abraham Haver
ick, dec’d, in Conestoga township, Lancaster
lunty, on the Conestoga creek, about 3 miles
[uth of the city, between Snavely’s and Bausman’s
11ls —containing
HO ACRES OF LIMESTONE LAND,
IB cleared, under good fence and in a high state of
BBtivalion. The improvements are a u_a 1
Sb-story weather boarded DVVELLING
K>USE, a Frame Summer Kitchen, alarge l§§jlß
Srisser Barn, with Wagon Shed and Corn Crib
jjftached, a Blacksmith Shop—also, an excellent
»chard of choice fruit, and a well of water (with
•pump in it) in front of the door. .' ;
a A clear and indisputable title will be made and
tfossession given on the Ist of April next,
f Sale will commence at 1 o’clock, P. M. of said
Jay, when due attendance will be given and terms
be made known by
j ABRAHAM HAVERSTICK,
CHRISTIAN B. HESS,
JACOB K. GOOD, Executors.
N- B. At the same time and place will be sold
an EIGHT DAY CLOCK and one WIND MILL,-:-
august 5 28-51 • .
Mill Creek Farm at Putolie Sale,
ON sth day (Thursday) the 4th day of the 9th
month (September,) A. I). 1851, the undersign
ned will sell by public outcry, on the premises, in
Upper Leacock township, Lancaster county, about
| one mile north of the c< Bird-in-Hand” and Penn-
I sylvania Railroad, and £ mile from Stauffer’s Mill, a
VALUABLE FARM
containing 85 acres and 140 perches of first-rate ■
.limestone land, adjoining lands of Jonas Buct
rwalter, David Landis and others. This property is,
jin a high state of cultivation, under good fence,,
of 200 panels of post and rail fence set
k within the last year,) and has been well limed with
jin.the last four years—and is also well watered by
[Mill Creek passing through the premises. The im
jftrovements consist of alargeTWO STORY
BTONE DWELLING HOUSE, a larjje [a ggffl
frame Swisser Barn, Straw Shed, WagonJlilalb
Shed and Com Crib attached, Carriage House'
Wood House, Hog House, Smoke House, Applf
fciln,&c.; also a two story TENANT HOUBI
fi’rame Stable, and Spring House oyer a spring *
Excellent water—a Young Orchard of well select*
fruit, consisting of Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum ani
Cherry trees —also a Lime Kiln and Quarry of ex
cellent limestone. There is about ten acres of the
Sand covered with thriving timber.
• Persona desirous of viewing the property will
please call on the subscriber residing on the prem
ises.
Sale to commence at 1 o’clock, P. M., when
terms will be made known by
august 5 ’5l
“ New Boot and Shoe Store.
JAMES W. QUINN respectfully informs his.
friends and the public in general, that he h.a !
taken the old stand of Adam S. Keller, in NortL
Queen street, where he is prepared to manufacture;
fine French FancJoßoots," do. plain fil
ing Shoes, Monroes, Congress .Boots.
[Gaiters. Also' all kinds of heavy work, SR
suitable for country as well as city cus
tom. All who want a neat fit and ah easy Botft
would do well to give him a call. £;'/
Ladles’ Branch.
To the Ladies he would say that all wlTd want an
« extra fine Satin Gaiter, Italian Cloth do. Fran- 1
cais do. fancy colored, White Kid.Slipperirj'
night week, a frame house at Browntown, Bradford
1 Co., in this State, used by the contractors on the
North Branch Canal Extension, was consumed, and
Abraham Fisher, and Henry Fisher, his son, con
tractors; Mr. Flanagan, superintedent; and a man
whose name was Goldsmith, the cook, perished in
the flames. Abraham Fisher leaves a wife and
three children at Wilkesbarre, where the remains
of himself and son were brought today for inter(
ment. Abraham Fisher had just returned with
funds to pay his hands, and the money was proba
bly consumed also.
The Gardner Fraud on the Government.—
We learn from Washington that on Tuesday morn
ing, the grand jury brought into court true bills
against George A. Gardiner and John Carlos Gard
iner, each indicted for false-swearing, under the
provisions of an act of Congress in that behalf; also,
a true bill on the indictment against John Hamil
ton Mears, for fraud on the government.
Harrisburg, July 31.—Mr. Anderson, the Su
pervisor on the Canal, in the region laid waste by
the late storm on the Juniata, has so far accom
plished the work of repair, that boats were enabled,
to pass through Mill CreekAqueduck last night.— j
If no accident happens, he is confident that the!
whole line of canal will be in operation this ebenl
ing. i [I
1 1 * Attkcjt. on Judge:lL©w!s. b: ;r
The papers are poblishing extracts from
Ssome lawyer’s “paper relative to the transfer
Mtb of certaii judgments ield byjthe.
■West Branch Bank against its'late President, John.
■JT.Cowden, and also an agreement between' the
ffßank of Pennsylvania and Judge Lewis respecting
fa'mortgage held by the latter bank against -Mr.
jCowden. The same transaction was perverted into
fU charge against Judge Lewis by an article in the
“Daily News.” The whole matter
/is fully answered and explained in the. following
? "article, which we republish from the Pennsylvanian
It appears that Judge Lewis was a large stock
holder in the West Branch Lank, and when-that
institution suspended payment in 1842, the Judge,
in order to save himself from the loss of his stock
j; in the Bank, by reason of the mismanagement of
f Mr. Cowden the President* took the transfer of the
t judgment against the President at.the request ol
I all pariia. The .Director? of the Banlc and Mr.
\ Coicden, the debtor, botk agreeing ■to the transfer
because Judge Laois had already the largest interest in
its recovery.
It appears also that Mr. Cowden’s real estate was
incumbered to more than its value, by prior liens,
among which was a mortgage to the-'Bank of
Pennsylvania, so that the collection of the West
Branch Bank claims, from the real: estate, was
utterly hopeless; and Mr. Cotfden himself assigned
to Judge Lewis a large amount of stock and notes
of the Towanda Bank, then in the hands of the
Bank of Pennsylvania, subject to the claim of that
Bank, which held them us collateral security for
the mortgage. Being thus interested with the
Bank of Pennsylvania iu the Towanda securities,
the only way to make them available to the pay-
the West Branch Bank judgment,'was to
enforce the mortgage of the Bank of Pennsylvania
against the real estate of the debtor. Judge Lewis
was interested in doing this.- It was his only means
of collecting his debt and saving himself. And
hence the necessity and propriety of the agreement
with the Bank of Pennsylvania, having this object
Now what is there wrong in all this ? It was
not for purposes of speculation that Judge Lewis
entered into these arrangements, but to save himself
from the loss of nearly all the earnings of his whole
life, which had been put in jeopardy by the un
faithfulness of the President of the Bank. Was he
bound to look on and see all his -interests swept
away without an effort to save hiniself,; merely
because he happened to be a Judge of a Court ?
Has a Judge no rights? Does he*lose the rights
of a citizen because he holds the office of. Judge ?
He is neither more nor less than a fellow citizen?
and has the common right to protect his interests.
This is the democratic doctrine of equality.
As to the judgment being in his own Court, no
man pretends that he sat on the bench in any mat
ter concerning it. The-law provides for calling
another Judge where the President is interested.
With the exception of some unimportant motions
before the associates, the whole matter was tried
before President Judge Wilson in another county,
where neither of the parties resided. -
If the Whigs can find nothing else against Judge
Lewis, they had better cease meddling with mere
private business affairs, fcuch a course has never
met with the approbation of an intelligent com
munity.
A correspondent of the Daily News , who signs
himself “Northumberland,” alleges that “Judge
Lewis, while President Judge in the Eighth Judicial
District, purchased a large judgment in this own*
Court against an unfortunate debtor and bargained
for another larger judgment and undertook to collect
them.” This is denounced as a “wicked specula-,
tion.” The charge is false; and the more it is in
vestigated the worse it will be for all conspirators
to defraud defaulting bank officers, and
fraudulent bankrupts, who may be concerned in
bringing it before the people.
It is true that a certain wealthy President of a
Bank, (in which Judge Lewis in an evil hour had
invested the earnings of his whole life,) formed a
mysterious connection with a man named John G.
Boyd, and this Bank President, in addition to over
drawing his own account to a very large amount,.
allowed about $15,000 to be taken out of the bank,
upon the joint judgment'note of himself and the
said Boyd. That instead ol taking care of the
interests of the bank, of which he was President,
and entering up the judgment as an honest officer
should, he caused his property to be encumbered
by other large claims in favor of other bonds. The
stockholders and directors becoming justly alarmed
at this unfaithfulness to their interests, this default
ing President, in order to save himself from being
dismissed from his office, consented that the direc
tors should place the claim (against himself
and his co-debtor vßoyd) in the hands of Judge
Lewis, because the Judge was the largest stock
holder of the bank, and “would /eel it his interest
to devote his individual attention to the collection.”
This same defaulting Bank; President also volun
tarily transferred to Judge ! Lewis, as security for
the debt, all his interest in a large amouift of stock
and notes of the Towanda Bank, subject to the
claims of a respectable bank’in Philadelphia, which
held them as collateral security for a debt of $25,-
000, contracted by the said defaulting President and
his co-debtor Boyd. This bank in Philadelphia
held also a mortgage for the same debt on all the
property of the debtor of Lycoming county. This
mortgage was recorded before the entry of the
judgment transferred to Judge Lewis. The Judge
being thus interested in the notes and stock held as col
laterals by the Bank in Philadelphia, it was his
obvious duty as well is interest, to endeavor to
have the mortgaged real estate of the defaulting
bank officer applied to the payment or the mortgage,
in order that the collaterals might be applied to the
judgment transferred to him. For this reason, and
for this purpose, an arrangement was made between
the Judge and the bank in Philadelphia by which
it was agreed that the Judge was to take charge
of the last mentioned debt, and after the latter bank
had obtained one half its debt, the‘claims of Judge
Lewis were to be admitted to a participation in
the balance. A litigation of many years ensued,
in the course of which the defaulting President used
every means in his power to defeat the collection
of the claim which he had j previously consented
should be transferred to Judge Lewi's. And when
an attempt was made to realize something from
I the notes and stock of the Towanda Bank , deposited
I as collateral security, it was found that the latter
i bank was ruined, and had large claims against the
I same defaulting President his friend Boyd; arid
| these claims were presented as the ground for re
i fusing payment of the notes , or a transfer of the
stock.
JOB WINDLE. ;V
8-4t2 f
The judgment held by Judge Lewis was neces
sarily entered in the court of which Jie was Presi
dent ; for it could be entered r.o where else, as there
was but one court in the county; but he was deeply
interested in it, as a large stockholder of the bank,
before the transfer, and. never could have acted \as a
Judge, in any matter connected with it, had no
transfer been made. It was his right and his duty
to protect his interest. It is scarcely necessary to
say that Judge Lewis, never did act as a Judge, In
any matter connected with these -claims, and that
they were tried in Union county, out of Judge
Lewis’ district, before Judge Wilson, under a special
act of Assembly, which Judge Lewis himself ap
plied for in order that ail parties might have a fair
trial. ,
_ This is an outline of the facts. 1 may Jill it up
hereafter to the amusement of all swindling bank
Officers, who delight in plundering a confiding com
munity ancl abusing every honest t man who at
tempts to oppose their fraudulent schemes. It is
sufficient at the present to state that one of these
“ unfortunate ” debtors in the judgment, had a wife
jin Tioga county, where he passed by the name of
Uofin G. Boyd, and had at the same time another in
Philadelphia, where he passed by the name of
Henry Seymore, but, upon his detection and arrest,
at his house in Philadelphia, in the midst of his
immense swindling operations, he gracefully retired
from the scene of his financial difficulties by com
batting tuicide! The name of the other “unfor
iWte” debtor is not now given out ol regard to
befriends, who will be quite gratified to learn that,
he passed gracefully through the bankrupt court;'
anH instead of being “unfortunate,”, now enjoys the
usuil good fortune of magnificent debtors. He
lives in easy circumstances without paying his
debts! A TRUE DEMOCRAT. *
A Good Cow, —The Delaware Republican noti
ces a cow belonging to- Mr. Cummings, of Phila
delphia, whose farm is near Smyrna, that gives
eight gallons of milk per day.
Terrible Ravages of the Cholera.—A Lon
don paper gives late advices from the Island of
Grand Canary, which state, that out of a popula
tion of 8000, which the Island contains, at least
3000 have perished of cholera.
ID" The new Eogine Depot, at Columbia, is so
far finished as to be ready for use.
The Caban Revolution-
The. late news froth' Cuba, which was looked
upod at fort as a hoax, tarns oat; to be important
A revolution hasactn ally-taken place in the. Island,
and several skirmishes have taken place between
the insurgents and the 'Spanish' .which de
salted generally in* the defeat of the latter—all
going to show that the Cubans are not content with
Spanish rule; btit are determined to throw off the
yoke of their-oppressors. The leaders in the rev
olutionary movement issued a u Declaration of Inde
pendence " on the 4th of July,—stating among other
things, 11 that the' Island of Cuba*is; and, by the
laws of Nature, ought to be independent of-Spain;
and that' henceforth | the inhabitants of. Cuba are
"free from all obedience or subjection to the -Span
isb Government, and the individuals composing it;
owing submission only to the authoriyr and discre
tion of those who, while awaiting the general suf
frage of the people, are charged, or may previously
charge themselves, with the command and govern.
*ment of each locality, and of the military forces.’’
The revolution broke out at Puerto Principe, in
the central part of the Island: The following ac.
count of its commencement and progress we copy
from the city papers of last week:. * •
The pronunciatoenijp for independence was made
on the 4th of July, on which day the first real bat
tle may be said to hhve taken place. jThe govern
ment troops previously sent out to make prisoners
of any revolutionists! came up with the gnerrilla
party of Joaquin Aguero y Aguero, at the foot of
the Cascorro mountains, and aboutfour or five miles
from the village of that name. The Cubans num
bered 200 men, and the Spaniards 300 men, con
sisting of 100 lancers and 200 infantry. After a
sharp engagement, the Spaniards fled, their captain
being killed, and twenty others,together with eigh
teen wounded. The Cubans had only two of three
wounded, and none killed. Twelve of the Spanish
soldiers came over to the Cuban side. This battle
inspired very great confidence among the people,
and immediately the numbers of the insurgents in
creased rapidly. At the last account their numbers
were in all as high as 1,000 men. These were di
vided up into five guerrilla parties of 200 each, un
tier the command of Joaquin Aguere Aguero, 1
Francisco Aguero y Estrada, and Übaldo Arteaga
Pina. These parties are stationed around in the
strongholds, in the vicinity of Cascorro and Principe,
drilling and augmenting their numbers.
After the battle of the 4th, the Spanish troops
hurried back to Principe, seventeen -leagues from
Cascorro. When the news of the defeat reached
was a: great excitement among the
people, and nothing but the large number of soldiers
prevented a general rising and massare among the
troops. The garrison is over 4,000, but notwith
standing this large dumber, General Lemery did
not deem it prudent to withdraw a single man to
go in the Cubans, tor fear of a rising,
but awaited the arrival "iff reinforcements from Ha
vana, having sent for 2,000 men. Thus, while‘Gen
Lemery was at Principe,-the Cubans were gather
ing numbers and strength. It will be recollected
that our advices by the Cherokee stated that troops
had sailed from Havana for Principe, which is four
hundred and fifty miles distant.
At the last accounts fijom Principe, many of the
Cubans had left the place to join the guerrillas.—
From the town of Bayamo a party of two hundred
men had gone up, from Villa Rica one hundred, and
numbers from Neuvitas and all the- towns in the
vicinity of Principe. a!s fast as the news spread,
the people sent off parties to the mount* ins so, that
the numbers of the insurgents will have become
very formidable' before the Spanish troops can be
brought against them, but the Cubans are poorly
armed, and labor under many disadvantages, r
Havana, July 22, 3 P. M:—The patrols attacked
Col. Conte, who was rafting his troops across a
river near Puerto Principe, and killed three hun
dred, and took the Colonel and other officers prison
ers. The Gaceta announces another outbreak in
tbe Yuelta Arribu; Several companies have gone
over.
Charleston, .July 25, 1851.—There has been
sent by the Isabel a paper printed a few minutes
before her leaving, stating that the patriots had
been defeated in one of their positions. This is
false. It was printed by the older of the Govern
ment, to deceive the people of the United States,
i The patriots defeated-the Spanish troops in an
engagement on the 15th July. They fought bravely
for twelve hours, with bnt few firearms, making
many prisoners, among them the Colonel of the
Filth Regiment; -The patriots had many wounded
and five killed. .
Their cry was—Lopez, Quitman and Liberty.
Chester County All Right l
The Whigs have been crowing too fast. The
dissatisfaction in the Democratic party of Chester
has alj been healed. On Tuesday last, at
their regular County Meeting, the Democrats man
fully resolved to support all the nominations of the
party at the polls j and on the same day the Jeffer
sonian, one of the two able organs of the Democra
cy, suggested the same course. The following is
• part ol its article: 1 «.
In publishing the proceedings of the recent meet
ing in our borough in opposition to the Judicial
nominees, we declared our dissent. We repeat it
now. ;We are opposed to making the party respon
sible for personal objections to candidates regularly
nominated by delegates chosen in conformity with
established rules.
Individuals may do as they please; but the or
ganiziaton of the party will be virtually destroyed
if Democrats depart from their established land
marks. We therefore call upon them to day, to
resolve honestly and fearlessly to maintain their
standing by a candid support of theproceeedingsof
the Harrisburg Convention.
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Democracy of Chester County County ,
in General County Meeting assembled, July 29,1851.
Resolved, That in ratifying the nominations of
the Reading Convention, we recognize in* the dis
tinguished nominee for Governor of the State, Col.
William Bigler, a; sound, unwavering Democrat, a
favorite with the people, possessing the requisite
qualifications for the highest office in the gift 61 the
Democracy of the State. His nomination by ac
clamation in the State Convention is a guaranty of
the affections of the people. He is justly entitled
to and shall receive the full and undivided support
of.the Democracy: of Chester county at the ap
proaching election.
Resolved, That Seth Clover, our candidate for
Canal Commissioner, tresh from the- ranks of the
sterling Democracy of Clarion, is a man in whose,
integrity iwe have entire confidence, believing that
he will use his best efforts to economize in the ex
penditures of the public money in its application
to the improvements of the State. We therefore
pledge him a hearty and cordial support.
Resolved, That the importance of the coming
election, demands'a vigilant and united action in
sustaining the nominations for State officers, and
that although we much regret that the partialities
of the Delegates in the late Judicial Convention, did
not lead to a nomination of our talented and highly'
accomplished fellow citizen, the Hon. Thomas S.
Bell, as a candidate for a seat on the Supreme
Bench—yet we pledge ourselves in yielding up our
individual preferences, to sustain, at the coming
election, the highly distinguished nominees who
have, with so much unanimity, been presented to
us for our support.
From the Washington (Pa.) Examiner.
A number of gentlemen in Lancaster county,
who consider themselves aggrieved by the action of
the late Reading hnd Harrisburg conventions, have
published an address in which their # complaints are
severally set forth and enforced. Among other
things they kver j that William Searight Esq., of
Fayette county, was defrauded out of the nomina
tion for Canal Commissioner. Now, so far as the
Lancaster gentlemen are concerned we care nothing
for their address. : They may, if they think proper,
set at' naught the action of the majority; they may
labor with their whole might to distract the party,
and in thus doing; are welcome to all the influence
they can Command • but we most earnestly protest
against any and every use of the name of Mr. Sea
right as a means, of effecting their- unworthy pur
pose. We know that Mr. S.'tlbhors such^conduct. —
it is but a ftw days since that we .conversed with
him on the subject, and after canvassing the entire
proceedings of the Slate conventions, we found him
to be the same true, devoted, energetic and unwav
ering Democrat that he has ever been. “The ticket,
the whole ticket and nothing but the ticket” is his
motto, and we now assure the folks in Lancaster
county that Mr. S’s numerous, warm and steadfast
friends in the west, utterly repudiate every move
ment.that has a tendency to weaken the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania. It may be considered a
streak of good luqk by men who have no political
character, to identify themselves with such a Dem
ocrat as William Searight; yet, in doing so, we as
sure them that ’they, can neither bolster up their
own rotten cause, 1 nor drag him down in the esti
mation of his fellow; citizens. No man in the State
will yield to the State ticket a warmer or*raore
cortlial support than Mr. Searight,‘and ho man in
the! State cherishes less sympathy j with disorgani
zation in whatever form it may be manifested.
JET The Lynchburg (Ya.) Republican is strongly
in faVor of Mr. Buchayay, for the Presidency.
Tram the Pumj'lvutia.
SKETCH '
or. THE
UFE OF WlVfUll BIGLER.
-_lt isnot until a manemarges from the compara
tive obscurity of private- life/ and assumes a prom
inent part, in public affairs, that the community
inquire into his personal history, and seek to as
certain by what successful steps he has attained
position. Some-are relatively great —others are
more indebted to adventitious circumstances rather
than to individual character; and as they are thrown
upon the surface by accident, pass lrom the scene
without note or mark. Others again, particularly
in this country, achieve greatness, trained in. the
school of adversity, with none of tbe advantages
of wealth, position, or influence. By indomitable
perseverance, unwavering industry, and high moral
integrity, they assume their proper place among
their fellow men. Of such is the subject of the
present brief'sketch.
'Wiluah Bigler, the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, was born in Cumberland
county, December 1813. His father was a respec
table and intelligent farmer, much beloved by his
neighbors. His means being small, and his family
large, he was induced to exchange bis small farm
in Cumberland for a large tract of wild land in
Mercer. To this place he removed in 1820, and
commenced the arduous task of clearing the forest.
William Bigler was at this time seven years of age ;
at ten he had the misfortune to lose his father. He
was thus left with his widowed mother,and helpless
brothers and sisters, amid the rude scenes of forest
life, with incessant toil and severe privations, en
tirely dependent upon his own exertions; and yet
it is under such circumstances that the innate
energies of character are developed. Aided by his
brothers, he maintained in comfort his mother, sac
rificing all selfish considerations to the sacred duty
of providing for her support. He reserved only
the pittance requisite in such locations to pay for
the elementary education to be acquired during
the winter months. Many now residing in Mercer,
remember the bearing of the boy —his persevering
industry, sturdy independence, and filial-devotion.
His rigid economy and sterling integrity gave prom
ise 61 that success which has attended him in every
sphere in which he has been called to move. Hon
esty of purpose, and stern principle, were his
guides. No lofty aspirations made him discontented
with his life of toil; and while he embraced every
opportunity of improving his intellect, he engaged
actively in the business of life. Fortunately, vlr.
Bigler was not one of those young men (considered
by a late traveller as the only unfortunate ones she
met with in our country,) who are born to an in
heritance of wealth. His relations and position in
hfe*ca!led into immediate exercise all the ability
with which he was endowed. He had neither the
time nor means to indulge in ruinous dissipation or
theoretical speculations, had the lone and temper
of his'mind led him to such courses.
In 1829, he selected as his future occupation the
trade of a carpenter. In 1831, he entered a print
ing office—that prolific school of sound thought,
and intelligent, well-toned minds. His brother,
late Speaker of the California House of Represen
tatives, and now Democratic candidate for Governor
of that State, was then the publisher of the Centre
■Democrat. ■ In 1833, when but yet a minor—being
but twenty years of age—in harmony with that
determination of purpose and sturdy independence
which are chief characteristics of his mind, with
an old printing press and twenty dollars loaned by
a friend, he undertook the hardy, and, as itappear
ed to many of his friends, the fool-hardy enterprise
of establishing a Democratic paper in Clearfield
county. The population was exceedingly sparse,
his resources meagre almost to penury; without
influence, without friends, without position, the
present was-dark, the future unpromising. Con
trary to the advice of experienced age, against
eveiy consideration of personal comlort, he boldly
dared, self-dependant, the issue of a doubtful ex
periment. Being without the means to employ the
necessary assistance, he was editor, compositor,
pressman, and devil.
A political crisis was now approaching. Gen.
Jackson, doubting the constitutionality of a United
States Bank, opposed a rc-charter, and boldly dared
the powers of the monster. Even the most indif
ferent were,as’their interests or conviction swayed,
forced into, the arena —neutrality in politics was
not known. A fair field of argument was now
opened, and Mr. Bigler did not stand aloof. The;
associations of boyhood, confirmed by the judgment
of more mature years, had arrayed him with the
Democratic masses. The money power controlling
every energy of the people —influencing the com
mercial'and manufacturing.business —acting upon
hopes or fears, wielded a powerful sceptre. The
Clearfield Democrat, under the superintendence ol
Mr. Bigler, was conspicuously active in this con
test as an exponent of the Democratic principle.
The resources of a well stored mind were called
into requisition. Firm and decided in his political
principles, he' expressed his sentiments in strong
and energetic language; yet ever courteous and
urbane —never forgetting the man in the partisan—
he disarmed opposition ©Hits virulence and malig
nity. The campaign of 1834 is an era in the polit
ical history of our country. On the one side wealth
and its consequent power, with the efficient aid of
a numerous press ; on the other the Man of Iron
Will, leading on the Democratic masses. In any
other country, under any other political organiza
tion, the contest would have been less than doubt
ful —the result was. but another proof of the beauty
,of our system. This crisis brought Mr. Bigler more
immediately into notice; the circulation of his
paper was increased —his sentiments were adopted
—his editorials extensively quoted as purely Dem
ocratic —his course gained him the respect and es
teem of his political opponents while it endeared
him to the friends whom he had gained. He ad
vocated Democratic measures because he consider
ed them founded upon pure, constitutional princi
ples ; never sacrificing them to the plea of expe
diency, panics did not affright him from his position,
theory of change did not alarm him. He was,
during his editorial career, the firm and unwaver--
ing supporter of a radical reform in the Banking
System.
The question of amending the Constitution of the
State now became the leading topic, and Mr. Bigler
was earnestly in favor of change from tbe almost
royal character of the old Constitution to the more
republican features ol the present. The appointing
power ofthe Executive, as also the tenure of office,
were considered by the Democratic party as anti
republican, and although violently opposed by those
in power, the event justified the confidence of the
people in the influence of principle. Mr. Bigler
was solicited to become a member of the Reform
Convention, but he'modestly declined.
In 1838 he married the accomplished daughter
of A. B. Reed, Esq., of Clearfield. The same
year he sold out his printing establishment and
engaged in the more active and stirring business of
a lumber rrferchant— not the mere director of the
physical energies of others, but practically in the
labors and toils incident to the business. Taking
to market his own rafts, he might be seen working
as diligently as his own men at the various parts ;
he was really and emphatically a raftsman. In
1839 he was nominated as a candidate to the State
Senate, on the part of Clearfield county, but again
declined the proffered honor, as he had repeated
nominations to the House of Representatives. In
1841 during an absence from home, he was again
nominated to the State Senate. The urgent solici
tations of his friends induced him to become a can
didate. The result was his election by a large
raajqrity. *
During the memorable session of ’42 the State was
unable to pay the interest on the Statecdebt. The
commercial woild was convulsed—crash followed
crash, and banking institutions were prostrated—
the confidence reposed in them had been forfeited,
—personal honesty and individual integrity were
objects of suspicion. Domestic creditors, fevered
by hopes or chilled with fears,.thronged the halls
of legislation, petitioning for rights, clamoring for
redress : to crown all, the mammoth creation of a
previous administration utterly failed. Ways and
means were to be provided : the emergency was
instant and pressing: the cry of repudiation sounded
across the waters—State pride was invoked—every
consideration called foraclion. Mr. Bigler entered
energetically upon his duties; declamation ceased
to be of avail or heeded; the Committee room
became the proper sphere of usefulness ; correct
information and sound principles of action the only
means of retrieving the past. To the various points
connected with the finances and resources of the
State, Mr. Bigler devoted his attention. Being a
young member both in years and experience, he
seldom obtruded his sentiments in debate; when
he did, it was in the strong yet simple language of
common sense,-unadorned with those flowers of
rhetoric which, while they beautfry, seldom add to
the force of reasoning! His opinions on all ques
tions of finance were listened to with attention, and
regarded as valuable. As the Banks had suspended
specie payments, the effort of the session was to
adopt some means to compel them to perform their
duty by resumption. In the accomplishment of
this object, Mr. Bigler labored assiduously, and
sustained the bill which finally passed.
The Siatate Book of the State was time
disgraced by the law authorizing the imprisonment
of the poor debtor, howsoever honest —in erasing
this relic of barbarism from our code the subject of
this sketch was conspicuously active.
At the close of the session of 1843, he was
elected Speaker of the Senate, and was.unanimously
re-elected at the opening of the session of 1844.
As the presiding' officer, he was courteous, concil
iating, and firm—he discharged his duties with
dignity—and won the esteem and respect of all, as
evinced in the 'resolutions passed at the close of
t)he session.
At the subsequent Election he was returned to
the Senate by an increased majority. Dunog his
last term in the Senate, he devoted much of h.s
time to the subject of Internal Improvements, es
pecially to o pemng> e great thoroughfares through
oor State Familiar with,its mighty resources, his
far-reaching mind saw that means must be provided
for the transportation. of its wealth or it would
seek a passage through other channels. The Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company had aheady
petitioned for the right of way through the State
the New York and Erie road sought to reach the.
lakes, through our northern line of counties. The
former project, aB destructive of onr best interests
_a“ sacrificing- onr great commercial empormm
as subvervise of much of the uses °£* e
ments already, completed—drawingfromtheir pro
der course the trade and travel was
strongly opposed by Mr. Bigler. Philadelphia was
to be sacrificed, on act prejudicial to the interests
of the about to pass—strong sec
tional feeling was aroused, yet looking to the future,
Mr. Bigler was neither intimidated by powerful
interests seduced by-the alluring pictures of
local prosperity. * The incorporation and successfhl
prosecution, of the greafCentral Rail Road attest
the wisdom of his coarse.
. The other- project met' with his support, as afford
ing to the citizens of the North a market for their
productions, and interfering with no vital interest of
the other portions of the State.
Among other projects calculated to develope the
resources of Pennsylvania, the North Branch Canal
has been regarded by the inhabitants of the north
ern portion of our State, as of primary importance.
The immense mineral wealth of the Wyoming and
Lackawana Valleys must seek a market through
this channel. The extensive country North and
West which depends upon this legion for its sup
plies, induced the idea of this improvement, and
led the Legislature to appropriate, liberally 'for its
completion. Our financial difficulties caused the
abandonment of this very important work. Mr.
Bigler, looking upon it as part of a comprehensive
financial scheme calculated to benefit the whole
State, as also involving great local interests, has
been its unswerving supporter.
It would be invidious to follow’ Mr. Bigler through
his entire Senatorial course—suffice it to say that
the records of Legislation attest his devotion, to
pure Democratic principles, and to the advocacy
of those measures tending to the welfare and pros
perity of the whole State. -Merging the individual
in the Statesman, he permitted no local interest to
bias his judgment—liberal in his sentiments'ho
allowed no narrow or individual views to influence
his course —“too lond of the right to follow the
expedient,” he was unwilling to sacrifice the future
to the present. While his career is marked with
decision and firmness, the amenities and courtesies
•due to his fellow members were rigidly adhered to.
He retired from the Senate at the close of the
term, and devoted himself exclusively to the pur
suits of business—with the usual results of industry
and intelligence—an independent competency.
His abilities, experience and sound information on
all subjects <connected with the resources and in
terests of the State, together with his purely dem
ocratic principles—pointed him out as a suitable
candidate for Governor. In 1848 ho was brought
forward by his friends—Judge Longstreth was,
however, the choice of the Convention —and as if
every circumstance tended to add greater lustre to
the character ofthe man, Mr. Bigler though hia
strongest opponent in the Convention, was his most
strenuous and ardent supporter in the campaign
that fol owed. Ifis time, abilities and means were
devoted to the success of the Democratic nominee.
Mr. Bigler’s name was again brought forward,
and the unanimity with which county after county
instructed their delegates—the acclamation with
which he was nominated by the Convention, are
significant of his popularity, and auspicious of
success.
Such is a brief sketch or the career of William
Bigler—another illustration of the beauties and
harmony of our political institutions. Few would
have ventured to predict a future 'so brilliant for
the carpenter’s apprentice, or the printer’s boy.
More daring would lie have been deemed who
would have presumed to fashion the enlightened
statesman from the rude child of the forest.
The history of our country abounds with such
examples. Honesty of purpose, integrity ol char
acter, and moral worth, are alway? assured ol suc
cess ; yet the frequency ol illustration does not
destroy our admiration of the qualities of the indi
vidual. The hackneyed politician petitions for the
suffrages of his lellow-citizens, but this intelligent
statesman is presented to them, willing to abide by
his principles. No unworthy motive actuates him
—no overleaping ambition impols him ;ho has
frequently declined proffered honors, and yot feels
his duty as a citizen too strong to refuse compliance
with the wishes ol his fellow-citizens, so signifi
cantly, expressed. On all the issues touching the
present state of affairs, his mind is fully developed j
with thc-finances, resources, and improyeinenis of
the State, he is familiar; on the great questions of
national' policy, lie is sound ; his personal integrity
is above suspicion; in his social relations, the
promise of his boyhood, his devotion tohismother,
has been realized by his. conduct as a man—slander
has not dared to breathe a tarnish upon his name.
In personal appearance, Mr. Bigler is prepossess
ing ; his form is manly and robust; his, countenance,
intelligent and kind; his manners are winning and
unobtrusive.
Such is the candidate presented by his Democratic
fellow citizens, combining all the requisites for the
office—honesty and capability. The result cannot
be doubtful, and as the next Governor of our time
honored Commonwealth, we hail the poor boy, the
toiling apprentice, the laboring raftsman. P,
Public Sentiment in the South.
From (lie Florence (Ala,) Gazette.
We hold ourself in readiness to support the nom
inee of the Democratic Convention; but we must
admit that our present predilections incline toward
Mr. Buchanan of Pennsylvania—and from present
indications, we are satisfied that he will be the
democratic Standard-bearer in the next contest.—
We can consistently support him, as he is like every
other national democrat true to the compromise,
faithful to the Union, and opposed to accesaion in
all its forms. Under such a leader we arc confi
dent- the democratic party could again unite. Such
a leader would rally with renewed strength the
democratic hosts in favor of those cherished demo
cratic principles which now govern the nation.
So soon as the present canvass is -over, wo will
refer to this subject again.
Fnra the Kencsha (Mill.) Democrat,
James Buchanan was lately interrogated by.an
association of Virginians as to the best means to bo
adopted for the maintenance of the Constitution and
the union of the States in their original purity. He
answers like a Democrat—by a return to the old
republican doctrine ofst tte rights and a strict con
’struction of the Constitution.
The Pennsylvanian has hit the nail on the head.
Much may be learned from the counsel. The words
mean more than the commonplace twaddle of the
day on that subject, as it cotnes from the lips of
party agitators —north or south.
Mr. Buchanan is right. A return to the good old
republican states rights’ doctrine of the Democratic
party iB the only remedy lor the evil; a return to
that doctrine, as preached by the early expounders
of our political faith, when the heatrs of all beat as
one for the Union —a return to it in spirit and in
truth , with an earnest and honest desire on the part
of each and all to at home in the observance
of its sacred admonitions, and with a spirit and a
will to smother the fires of fanaticism and to crush
all movements intended to infringe upon the spirit
of the national constitution or the national laws, at
the inception.
» r From the Mobile, (All.] Hffiiter.
Messrs. Editors: —In the Register of the 21st
ult., I observe this paragraph relative to the distin
guished Statesman whose name is at the head of
this communication: ,
“ The recent letter of Mr. Buchanan to the Cen
tral Southern Rights American Association of Vir
ginia, urging a return to the doctrines of Jefferson
and Madison, has made him the most popular of
all Northern politicians in the Southern Statefl. ,,
That Mr. Buchanan [is “ the most popular of all
Northern politicians in the States,is
most.true.. But that he owes his popularity to the
letter alluded to, I am by no means prepared to
admit. I have observed the political’course of Mr.
Buchanan for the last sixteon years—that is, since’
1835, and during all jhat time, he has been uni-,
formly consistent and firm in maintaining and de
fending the constitutional rights of the South.—
When the cloven loot of fanaticism first insinuated
itself into the Senate —when it was as‘a cloud in
the horizon no bigger than your hand—Mr. Buchan
an voted with Southern Senators for the exclusion
of abolition petitions. From his entrance to the
period of his exit from the Senate in 1845, his
course was uniform and consistent.
From the Fredenckiburg, (Va.) New*, a Whig paper.
We presume the candidates of both parties for
the Presidency will be nominees of National Con
ventions. Until these bodies act, it cannot bo con
jectured with an approach to certainly who these
candidates will be. The most prominent at this
thne arc Gen. Scott and Mr. Buchanan—the former
the favorite of the Northern Whig, arid the latter
the preference of the Southern Democratic party.
Gen. Scott has already been nominated by Con
ventions in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He needs only
New York and. Massachusetts to command the en
tire Free Soil vote throughout the Union. Flanked
by and Ford in the West, Johnßton and
Stevens in the centre, Seward and Sumner at the
North, and he is invincible. He will have all these
as his supporters, and hence we think his chances
of nomination greater than any other named candi
date of the Whig party.
Should such a happen, what will be
the course of the- Southern Whigs 1 is a question
often proposed. We know not what others may
do, but we speak confidently for ourselves. We
will not vote for Gen. Scott.- Under no circum
stances can ;he. command our support. There are
numberless objections to him, which would forbid
as to sustain him for this high office. One, how
ever, is suffleient of itself, to which we have be
fore referred.' The nominee who is backed by
Johnston and Seward belongs to a class of politi
cians with whom wc desire to have no affinity.; —
The remarks of a leading Whig journal in Georgia,
expresses our sentiments better than we could give
them. -
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