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Lancaster, August 19, 1851.
j GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR . GOVERNOR:
COL. WItUAM BIGI.ER,
V. OP CUSLAkFIELD COUNTY,,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
GENT. SETH CLOVER,
OF CUBION COONTT.
| FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Somerset.
JAMES CAMPBELL, Philadelphia.
ELLIS LEWIS, Lancaster.
JOHN B. GIBSON, Cumberland.
WALTER H. LOWRIE, Allegheny.
DEMOCRATS, TURK OCT.
LANCASTEB^IIs"IVIEETIN&!
COL. WILLIAM BIGLER,
The Democratic Candidate for Governor, will ad
dress the people, in MASS 'MEETING, on
WEDNESDAY; THE 27TH OF AUGUST,
in the City of Lancaster, at 1 o’clock, P. M.
FARMERS, MECHANICS,' WORKINGMEN,
come one, come all, and see and hear the “Susq.de
hanna Raftsman” whom the people will make the
next Governor of Pennsylvania.
07*The Meeting will be held at Lonuexeckeb’s
Obchard, East Lemon street.
NEWTON LIGHTNER,
Chairman County Committee. •
Lancaster, August 12, 1851.
07*Newton Lightner, Esq., Chairman of the
Democratic County Committee, received a letter,
.on Wednesday last, from Col. William Bigler,
informing him that he will certainly be here at the
Mass Meeting, on the 27th inst.
Democratic €ounty Committee.
Agreeably to a resolution passed at the meeting
of the 2d inst., an adjourned meeting of the Demo,
cratic County Committee of Lancaster county, will
be held at the public house of William J. Steele
in the City of Lancaster, on Wednesday the 27 th of
August, inst., at 10 o’clock, A. M. A general at
tendance is earnestly desired, as business of great,
importance will be laid before the Committee.
NEWTON LIGHTNER,
Lancaster, August 19, ISSI. Chairman.
Bigler Club, JVo. 1.
A meeting of the Club will beheld at Major
HAMiiniGHTS Hotel, on SATURDAY EVENING
NEXT..the 23d inst., at o'clock. All the Dem
ocrats of the city desirous of joining the association
are invited to be present.
GEO. SANDERSON, Pres’t.
August 19, 1851.
Township Committees.
The following list of Township, Ward and Bor.
ough Committees, for the Democratic party of the
county, have been handed in to the Chairman o*
the County Committee, in accordance with the res-
olution -of the County Convention of the sth ol
March last. Mr. Lightner delegates
from those districts that have not yet. furnished
lists, to send them in without any farther delay, so
that they may be published:
Bart —Samuel M’Clure, George H. Pickle, John
D. Miller, James Stuard, Oliver Watson,'.£l *%■
Brecknock —lsaac Musser, Samuel Frankhauser,
Benjamin Kesler.
Caernarvon —Dr. B. F. Bunn, Joseph Spotts, E.
Squib, Robert Arters, George Rigg.
City, £. W. —Hiram B. Swarr, John Hensler,
Jacob Gumpf, Henry Gorrecht, Thomas Coi, Hen
ry Wilhelm, John Hamilton.
W. W. —William iMathiot, jonas D. Bachman,
A. S. Reese, William Hoover, (Painter) Jacob F.
Kautz, John H. Duchaan. John A. Scheirenbrand.
Conoy~— J. H. Smith, P. S. Gamble, Samuel Ha
genberger, Dr. Lewis Filbert, John Kolb. .
Colerain —Robert Ferguson, Jeremiah Hastings,
Joseph White.
-- Columbia —Gen. A. D. Boggs, C. M. Strcin, John
Murphy, Reuben Mullison, J..J. Gault. J .
Conestoga —Samuel S. Welsh, A. C. Kendig,
Benjamin Conrad, Tobias Stehman, Jr., Fred*erick
Sourbeer.
Cocalico Wast —Win. Holder, Dr. Samuel Weisl
Elias Snavely, S. Weist, Jr.
Donegal E. —S. F. Albright, Henry Shaffner, Ja
cob S. Roath, Jacob Handy, P. <t. Doyle.
Donegal W r .—Jonathan DifFenoerfer, Jacob Funk.
Peter Root, David Keller, Samuel Nunemacli^r.
* Drumore —William Shank, John Moderwell,
Richard C. Edwards, Smith Price, Robert Long.
Earl East —George Duchman, John Dick, A.
Smoker.
Earl West —Samuel Reemsnyder, Henry Koff
rolh, Hiram Holl, Jacob Smith.
Ephrata —Dr. H. Reemany-der, Joseph Urich.
Emanuel Mohler, Jeremiah Hallacher, G. G. Bach'
Elizabethtown —Joseph Buchanan, Jacob Felix,
William Miller, George W. Boyer, P. H. Haag.
Elizabeth. twp.— Lewis R. Hibshman, Joseph
Kline, John Overly.
Fulton —Ashton A. Flaherty, Joseph Walker,
Richard Ward, Washington Whitecan, John Kart
ady.
Hempfield E. —John Mann, John Seachrist, Dr.
Samuel Parker, Henry ImhofT, Jr., Jacob Kline.
Hempfield W. —Dr. Haldeinan, Jacob Gamber, H.
Wisler J H. Hogentogler, Jacob Bradley, Jr.
Lancaster twp. —Adam Trout, Peter Moone, Jo
seph Gonder, Abraham Brenner.
Leacock —Joel L Lightner, Wm. M’Caskey, Eli
Rutter, Andrew M’lntire, John Reed. r
Leacock Upper. —Mark Connell, Jr., Isaac B.
.Weidler, Joshua Simmons, John B. Raff, Robert
Burck, Jacob G. Leber.
Lampeter E. —Thomas Kennard, Henry W. Gara,
Daniel M’Gowan, Daniel Miller, John R. Miller.
Little Britain —James H. Steen, William Hays,
Jr., Joseph Hilton, Jno. Stallcup,Chas. Hammond.
Marietta —James Cushman, William Cummings,
Allen S. Ruby, John Shields, Melchoir Hairline.
Martic —John Robinson, David Snavely, Henry
M’Falls, James Pagen.
Mount Joy Bor. —John Ream, Joseph Porter,
John Stackhouse.
Mount Joy twp. —John Scheaffer, Adam Ream.
Peter Kemmerer, John Heistand, Gen. Henry G’
Clarke. J
Manor— John Kilheffer, George S. Mann, John
E. M’Donald, Frederick Sehner, Christian Miller,
Jr., John Shissler, Esq.
Manheim —John C. Stackhouse, Joseph Wisner,
George Hambnght, John Bear, John K. Grube.
Paradise —John Henry E.-Kinzer, P.
Rauss, Danitl Lefevre, Jr., John M ,J Gorman, Geo.
Smeltzer.
Penn —Henry Fulmer, John Long, Sr., Thomas
Sands, Jacob Navely, David Eberly.
Salisbury —David Kurtz, Thomas, M’llvaine, 0.
P. Wilson, John Mason, William F. Baker.
Sads6uri/--Jacob Hoar, Isaac Walker, Leonard
Rockey, William M. Noble, Christopher Williams.
Strasburg Bor.— Andrew Charles, Jacob Weit
sell, Rudolph Shank, W. S. Warren.
Strasburg twp.— Martin Barr, Capt. John Harshe,
John Girvin, Hull, Miller Raub.
JFariOicA;— Samue! E. Keller, William Kreider,
Allen Kline, Samuel B. Myers, Emanuel Grube,
Ephraim Eby.
Washington Bor .---James Ross, John Shertzer,
John A. Brush, David'Miller, Henry Fishell.
017** The first Aduress of the Democratic State
Central Committee, wiU be found on our first page-
It is an excellent production—meeting the questions
at issue between the two parties fully and fairly
and should be read by every voter in the Com
monwealth.
E7* A grand Concert, or Musical Entertainment,
will be given at the Mechanics’lnstitute,on Friday
evening next, by the “Union Vocalists” of Balti
more. For particulars, see advertisement.
Stbasbubb Foundry.— We . are requested to
direct public attention to the advertisement of
Messrs. Diffekbach &-Hiestand, in another col
umn. They have just completed an extensive
establishment in that flourishing Borough, and from
the high character they sustain, we do not doubt
their ability to give entire satisfaction to all who
may patronize them.
THE “ TREMONT HOUSE.”—Those of our
readers who may happen to visit Boston, would do
well to stop at the “ Tremont House,” as it has
the reputation of being one of the best establish
ments of the kind in that city. lUskept by Wil
iiam H. Pabber, Esq. ’ For particulars see adver
tisement in another column.
;E7“ A Convention to settle a Temperance Ticket
for the County, is to be held in this city on the
Cfli of September.
Disorganisation Progressing.
.... Mr.,Amwak«,-who assumestobeChairmanof
l a County Committee that became fimctos officio,
(if it really ever had an existence,) after the de
cision of the • Reading Convention, and had funeral
tervices performed over it by the Judicial Conven
tion whichmet the (following week, at Harrisborg,
has issued a call for delegate elections and a County
Convention—the former to be held on the 6th of
September, and ;tiie latter to meet on the 10th of
the same months at the public house of WilliamJ.
Steele, in this city. I The principal object avowed
in the call, is, “to appoint six delegates to the 4th
of March State Con 'ention”—-we quote the words
of the call. Now all this is. done with a full.
knowledge that the Bix gentlemen who may be
appointed, will have no more chance of getting into
that Convention, than they would have of being
sent on a mission to China—but, under, the hope
that, by pursuing such a course, they can manage
to keep up a sort of fight in the party, at home,
and also produce discord and,, if possible, ii division
in the State Convention, when it meets at Harris
burg. This latter course appears to be the one
marked out by Gen. pameron—and his obsequious
followers here are disposed to follow” his directions
to the very letter. To this end, therefore, all the
energies of all the corrupt politicians and disorgan
izes in the State will be directed, and if they can
manage to get twently or thirty delegates- to Har
risburg, with or without legal authority, they will
attempt to browbeat and dragoon the (Snvtention
failing in which they may essay a separate State
organization, in the vain hope of producing discord
in the ensuing National Convention. That this is
the course of policy these disorganizes, in this
county and the State, intend to pursue, we firmly
believe; and we now warn the true-hearted and
reliable Democracy of Pennsylvania that there is
danger ahead, which can only be averted by proper
watchfulness and activity on their part. When
treason stalks abroad, every Democrat should do
■his duty faithfully and fearlessly.
If a spirit of mischief and disorganization was
not at the bottom of Mr. Amwakes movement
why should he'now persevere in thrusting an element
of discord into the present canvass for State officers?
Why embarrass the (election of Governor, Canal
Commissioner and Supreme Judges, with the Pres
idential question at this time ? for that is what Mr.
Am wake and those behind the screen are driving
a‘t. Why not wait until alter the October flection,
when they will have an opportunity, if they
choose to embrace it,l of testing their strength on
the question of the Presidency ? The County Com
mittee will, at the proper time, issue a call for a
County Convention, and will then invite all the
Democrats of the County to participate in the
delegate elections. These gentlemen, who Appear
so anxious on the si bject now, can then attend
(provided they do not pjace themselves out of the
pale of the party by cppbsing the State ticket this
fall,) and vote for whjom they please to represent
them in the County Convention. If the friends of
Mr. Buchah-as are found in the minority, (which
the disorganizers themselves do not believe, altho’
they are wont to -mate the allegation for efiect
abroad,) they will submit without a murmur—but
if the reverse should prove true, the other side will
also be expected to bow in submission to the will
oT the majority fairly and honestly expressed.
This, of course, the disorganizers will not agree to
—hence their purpose now to get up a packed
convention, for the purpose of sending delegates of
their own stripe to the Harrisburg Convention, to
carry out the purposes above hinted at. The true
and genuine Democracy of the county will "have
neither lot nor part injsuch a disorganizing move
ment, but will treat with the contempt it merits
the call issued, by Mr.| Jacob B. Amwake and his |
defunct County Committee,
Tlie Charge Virtually Admitted.
We charged upon the disorganizes last week
that most of them intended to cut the Democratic
ticket at the ensuing election. We did so from
their own declarations,; and also from their general
course of conduct ever since the Reading Conven
tion. Well, how have jthey met the charge ? They
do not pretend to deny jthe allegation—on the con
trary, by the total silence on the subject of their
organ they virtually admit the truth of all we said.
But, not only are they dumb in reference to the'
charge—but their paper purposely refrains from
saying any thing in favor of either of the candidates
.nominated by the Democratic State Conventions.
The readers of the Lancasterian will look in vain
for a solitary word in praise of Messrs. Bigler
Clover, Black, Lewis, Campbell, Gibson or Lowrie
—and did their names not appear at the head, of
the paper, its readers might search till they wifre
blind lor the least intimation of its’political affini
ties, unless praise of th£ Whig nominees, just after
the Lancaster Convention, would be a certain indi,
cation of its whereabouts in the present campaign.
throwing t|heir influence in support of
the regularly nominated candidates of the party to
which they profess to belong, these men are, day
in and day out, in close intimacy with the Whigs,
and are doing all in their power to distract and di
vide the Democratic party, so as to, if possible )
swell the Whig majority in the county to an unu
sual extent. Some of the ring-leaders in this work
of disorganization have been repeatedly heard to pre
dict a Whig majority of six or seven thousand, whilst
others have been known to tell the Whigs that if
they form a good ticket they (the disorganizes,)
will support it. We could mention s names, dates
and places, if it were necessary. And yet these are
the men who have the brazen effrontery to call
themselves par excellence Democrats, and assume to
lead the six thousand honest Democrats of Lancas
ter county! These are the individuals who have the*
unblushing hardihood to urge the “ stop thief” cry
and charge the true Democracy of the county with
aderilection of duty in support of-the ticket I
Was there ever more consummate hypocrisy and
impudence combined? ! -
TCT The Lancasteriari asserts, what it knows to
be false, that the regular Democratic County Com
mittee, of which Newton Lightner, Esq., is Chair
man, was “not even chosen in accordance” with
the resolution of the County Convention of the sth
of March last, and consequently’ that it is not the
County Committee. It [is a wilful and deliberate
falsehood, because the \yriter for that paper knows
that a resolution was adopted at the County Con
vention directing the officers of the body to prepare
a'list of the new County Committee for publication,
from the names furnished by the delegates in obe.
dience to the request of the County Committee of
last year. This was accordingly done, the names
were furnished by the delegates, and the new County
Committee for the year jwas regularly and authori
tatively announced in the “ Intelligencer ” on the
—-d of April the officers of the Convention having
met, by appointment, a few days previously for the
purpose of preparing tho list as directed in the res
olution of the body oveij which they had presided.
So much for the veracity of the Lancasterian.
CT-Johnston and Stevens make it a point to abuse
Mr. BocfUifAtr wherever they go and in every
speech they make. There are certain profusing
Democrats in this county who closely “ follow in
their footsteps.” Whatl strange combinations are
sometimes formed by unprincipled politicians I
more abolitioni
meeting at the “ Green Ti
Saturday last, at which J
made a flaming Abolitio
warm friend of Governoi
speaks the sentiments o;
ISM.—The Whigs had a
jree,” in Bart township, on
ir. Stsvsns attended and
in speech. Stevens is the
>r Johhston, and no doubt
that functionary.
3e, in the neighborhood of
jextreme southern part of
>)ored people, was destroyed
it last. We have not learned
UT" A small log housi
Ford’s Furnace, in the ji
the City, occupied by col
by fire on Saturday night
how the fire originated, j
Judge Lewis and his Traducers.
Some of the more reckless and "unscrupulous of
.the Whig papers are re-publishing an adyertise
ment that appeared iff the Lancaster Journal, tAirfy
fiog yean ago, offerings reward for the apprehension
Oj the present Judge Lewis, who was then an ap
prentice to John Wyeth, Printer in Harrisburg, but
who had left his master, at theadviceof his friends
and relatives, in consequence. of bad treatment—
This, to say the feast of it, is a far-fetched and.
most contemptible objection to urge against the
Judge, and shows to what a miserable shift the
Whig press is put to find something upon which
they can found an objection to his election. The
indiscretions ;of his boyhood, even if they can be
called such, are to be raked upfrom the oblivion of
the past—the musty records of the last generation
are to be ransacked, and nothing that he has ever
done, even in his juvenile days, is to be kept con
cealed from the light of day! Well, be it so.—
Judge Lewis seeks no concealments of his past
life. He is perfectljr willing that these political
scavengers shall scrape up every thing they can
find, and publish it broadcast among the people.
They may go back, it their morbid appetite for
scandal invites them on, even beyond the period of
his apprenticeship to the time when, a little boy,
with satchel in hand, he attended the village school
in his native county of York—and they may then
frace his history, through all the mutations of for.
tune that have attended him, to bis present exalted
position as a candidate for the Supreme Bench, and
whatever of. wrong they can find during that time
they are at perfect liberty to publish to the gaze of
the world.
As it regards the charge above alluded to, all we
have to say is, that a certain Benjamin Frahkiis
was also a runaway apprentice from the printing
business, on account of bad treatment—and, if his
tory tells the truth, he afterwards rose to such em
inence in the world that he was pronounced one of
the greatest philosophers oi his age. So also, we
predict, will it be with the runaway apprentice
that is now so obnoxious to,the Whig press. He
already stands at the head of his profession as a
Jurist, and the people of Pennsylvania intend to
confer upon him the highest judicial distinction in
the Commonwealth—the sneers and the calumnies
of the Whig newspapers to the contrary, notwith
standing. 1 •
Whig Consistency!
It has been truly remarked by a contemporary
that the Whig party is consistent in nothing save
its inconsistency. This is somewhat paradoxical,
but it is nevertheless true. Fearful of the effect
that the “aid and comfort” furnished the Mexicans
by their candidate for Canal Commissioner, when
a member of Congress, might have.upon the pa
triotic citizens of Pennsylvania, they roundly assert
that the present “is not a contest between John
Strohm and Seth Clover!” Well, this to a very
great extent is true; but mark the consistency oi the
fellows. In the next breath, they-lug the name
of General Scott'into the canvass—point to the
laurels he gained in this same Mexican war and
tell their party friends that if they vote against
Strohm they virtually vote against Scott! Nov?,
if this be “a contest between John Strohm and
Seth Clover," as the Whig papers assert, we should
like to know what Gen. Scott and the laurels he
gained in a war which John Strohm and the Whigs
generally denounced as “unconstitutional and un
just,” have to do with it. We believe the Presiden
tial election does not take place until 1852, and it
is not yet certain that Gen. Scott will be the Whig
candidate. Verily, the Whig party is a consistently
inconsistent party, and nothing else!
Galpbinism Admitted!
As the Mexican War was conceived in fraud,
nothing but fraud can be expected to grow out of
li. The millions which it is known to have cost
will be found to be the initiative of a series of
claims, real and trumped up, which will be pressed
upon the government for the next twenty years
Examiner .[■ Herald
There could not be a doubt of the truth of the
above prediction, that the millions which the Gal
phinshave already drawn from the public treasury,
“will be found to be but the initiative of a series of
claims, real and trumped up, which will be pressed
upon the government for the next twenty years,"—
that is, provided the Whigs so long have control of
the administi&tion. But as that is entirely out of
the question, it is fair to presume that-the next.
Democratic administration, which will come into
power on the 4th of March, 1853, will bring back
the government to its original purity, and throw a
shield around the public treasury from the further
peculations ot the Galphins.
But what will the patriotic of all parties say to
the charge so deliberately made by the Exami
ner, that “ the Mexican War was conceived in
fraud ?" What will the brave Volunteers of Penn
sylvania, who., so enthusiastically rallied to the
standard of their country," say to this infamous li
bel upon their government? Will they respond to
it, by giving their suffrages to. the favorite candi
date of the Whigs in this county, Johs Strohm,
who refused, when in Congress, to vote supplies to
our suffering soldiery then gallantly fighting their
country’s battles in Mexico? We think not—on
the contrary, we believe, that there are hundreds
of patriotic Whigs, even in Lancaster county, who
will affix their seal of dfsapprobation to such base
and treacherous conduct by voting for his Demo
cratic competitor, Gen. Seth Ceover, of Clarion
county.
JD" A communication in the last Union & Tri
biine strongly recommends our portly friend,.Alex
ander Hamilton Hood, Esq., as a candidate for
President Judge of this district, in place of Judge
Lewis whom the Democrats intend to elevate to a
seat on the Supreme Bench. Mr. H. is undoubtedly
one of the great men of the age, and it must be a
source of lively gratification to his ‘numerous friends’
in Strasburg to find that the brilliant effulgence that
emanates from this “living magazine of history,”
is no longer to be hid under a bushel, and a knowl
edge of which confined to that particular locality.
The corruscations of his genius are to shoot forth
in every direction, and will shed new light upon
the dark and perplexing intricacies of the iaw.—
Hot.content with taking that old dolt, Blackstone
for his guide, the writer assures tne public that he
will pry into the fundamentals of the law and “ex
plore the sources from whence it originated.”—
Shades of Mansfield, andTlale, and Marshall, and
Story, and Tilghman, preserve us! Hide your di
minished heads, ye Taneys and Gibsons and Coul
ters and Bells! Here is an intellectual and legal
giant—a “ profound thinker,” a “good logician,” a
“skilfuldebater,” a “clear and forcible writer,” a
“ living magazine of history”—in short a perfect
prodigy of learning, a rara avis , containing in his
own capacious cranium all the learning and knowl
edge of all the lawyers, doctors, preachers, histori
ans, and literati of ancient and modern times! We
are proud of the fact that such a towering genius
exists imour midst, and are sincerely glad that the
seat at present occupied by such a pigmy in the
law as his honor, Judge Lewis, is to be so admira
bly filled with asuperabundance of weight, such
as has rarely, if ever, been seen upon the Bench!
What a pity that so much legal acumen and pro
found erudition should have so long been permitted
to remain in obscurity, and “waste its sweetness on
the desert air.” But such, alas! is too often the
fate of true genius—and the good citfzens of Lan
caster county are placed under lasting obligations
to the correspondent of the Union <5- Tribune for
thewonderful discovery he has made. What a pity
hbhad not made this thing known before the
meeting of the Whig State Convention—as we then
should have had the counterpart of Blackstone, to
be a Candidate for a seat on the Supreme Bench, in
stead of such a buehwkacker as Meredith or Coulterl
Verily, Shakspeare, was more than half right
when he said, “ some men are born great, some
achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrus*
upon them.” 1
Infiunonfi,Slanders! - . -
A foul, malignant and infamous article appeared
in the Miltonian a .week or two-ago, charging all
manner of crime against Judge Lewis. This base
tissue of abominable slanders has since been copied
jinto. the Harrisburg Telegraph, and also into the
National Whig, a scurrilous Whig'"’prgan ; of this:
City, and will no doubt be,greedily seized upoh by
the baser sort of Whig papers all over the State,
In the vain hope of defeating his election. The,
character of Judge Lewis. is proof against such
villainous assaults. - Here,- in 1 Lancaster county**
where he has resided for a number of years, no'
man occupies a more exalted position,’ whether as
a Jurist or an honest, upright citizen—and to show
the high estimation in which he is held in the very
section of country where these outrageous false
hoods had their origin, and where he long resided,
prior to'his coming io Lancaster, we copy the fol
lowing articles from two of the leading Democratic
papers in, that region—the first one'from the very
,town where the Judge resided, the editor ot which
|paper has been intimately acquainted with him for
.more than twenty, years. :
j Judbe Lewis. —A scurrilous article appeared in
the inafMuncy Luminary, the production of some
janpnymous scribbler, charging Judge Lewis, one of
jhe Democratic candidates-for the Supreme Bench,
fvith all manner of offences. The author, who!
ever he may be, will effect nothing - by his vile at-*
tack, as the most stupid reader will see at a glance
that the whole thing is a mere .Peg Beatty Slander,
originating in malevolence, and personal spleen.—
|Any'man’s character may bb assayed by h cow
ardly guerrilla from a chapparel ambush, and if
the public will give heed to such attacks, every vile
assassin may sheath his dagger in the breast of
virtue, without detection or punishment. Judg'd
Lewis is too well known both as a citizen and a
jurist to be injured in this way, and ,we confidently
predict that if the author of the base article above
alluded to, will only unmask himself, the public
will behold either some Sunday saint and every day
sinner—some immmoral God-defying rascal, or one
whom the J udge in his official capacity has beeh
inquired to sentence for stealing sheep.— Lycoming
Gazette.
Judbe Lewis. —Somebody has written a very
abusive article against Judge Lewis for the Banbu
ry American, which has appeared in the Miitonian.
We shall make no reply to it, for, to insinuate that
Judge Lewis was connected with counterfeiters, and
is unqualified by nature and education for the Su
preme bench, requires no relutationi The writer
says, the Judges should be beyond cavil. or doubt
honest and capable. It is to create a doubt that
this outrageous article of the Miltonian was writ
ten. But the writer has defeated .his purpose by
the grossness of his charges and insinuations. The
communication removes every doubt that the op
position are willing to resorf to any means, how
ever despicable, to defeat the democratic candidates
for the Supreme Bench.— Sunbury Gazette. .
Democratic National Convention.
i A late letter from Tfew York to the Cleveland
Plaindealer, contains some information in reference
to the next Democratic National Convention, which
will be found interesting. The writer says:
j A committee of Democrats have been in this
city, for some weeks, making-arrangements for is
suing the call of the Democratic National Conven
tion. Baltimore has been fixed upon for the great
National Gathering; although the members of the
committee ; from ; the North-west wished a more
central point—Louisville or Cincinnati.
[Nathaniel H. Greer, of lowa, appointed by' the
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
(B. F. Hallett, of Boston,) to fill the vacancy on'
the Committee from lowa, occasioned bythe death
of[Ex-Governor Clark, has now heard from nearly
every member of the National Committee, chosen
by the delegation of the several States, in the last
Baltimore Convention; and it can be certainly re
lied upon that the Convention is to be held at Bal
timore.
[The time has not been fixed on by the Commit
tee as yet; some are for an early day in May, some
for June, and some for a later-period.
A Modern Solomon for Judge.
It will be remembered, says the Columbia Star
of the North , that as one of the Commissioners to
sell the stock oi the rotten Susquehanna county
Bank, Judge Jessup offered a'resolution to allow
stopk subscriptions to be paid in “ current bank
notes,” while the act of incorporation required that
thestock should be paid for in specie. Dayton, the
Nejv Jersey financier, was convicted of peijury for
swearing that the Morris county Bank had a cer
tain amount of specie funds when it actually 1 had
onty that sum in bank notes. But Judge Jessup
wopld have been able to secure an acquittal for
Dayton by showing that notes are specie, for he even
ventures to prove that potatoes may be specie, as
appears by the following extract from the Montrose
Leijiocrat: : ,
“[We recollect talking some two months since,
with one of the Commissioners'to sell the stock of
thejßank, in reference to this same Resolution, of
fered by Judge Jessup. He informed us that when
thelJudge introduced, the Resolution, it was objected
to by some, because it conflicted with the law of
incorporation. The J udge supported it in a speech,
illustrating it in this wise. - If a man owed him
specie, and he was in want of potatoes for which
he must pay specie, if he took the potatoes of his
debtor, it was all the same and he could say with
truth that the debt was cancelled. A species of
legal reasoning we presume never heard of in our.
Supreme Court to this day, and the gentleman
added, “according to that, I could-not see why it
woiild not do just as well to fill the vaults of the
Banjt with potatoes, and issue bills on them, and so
I vqted against the resolution!”
Wouldn t a man like that be an ornament to the
Supreme Bench. What a pity it is that the legal
juggler could not have Signor Blitz for a colleague
on the ticket, for then we should be at least amused
if not instructed by the legerdemain which should
say “there, now you see specie is potatoes—there
you see potatoes are specie.”— Pennsylvanian.
Tbe Golden Banner.
Ir the event of Pennsylvania winning the Flag
prof osed to be given by California, in case Col.
Will iara Bigler has a larger majority, in proportion
to the number of votes cast, than Col. John,-the.
Democratic State Central Committee propose pre
senting the same to the county which shall give
the largest vote for our Gubernatorial candidate, in
Proportion to the whole number of votes polled.
If we might be permitted to guess gs to which will
win the prize, we should take little'Monroe county'
in preference to any other. \
SiHeuian Przko.mxsojt. —A short time since,
Mr. Samuel Evans, of Atlantic county, New Jersey,
with] a team of mules, was in the woods, and while
hauling out a log preparatory, to loading, from un
der a large tree, he was struck down with his four
mules by an electric shock. He did not lose his
conciousness, but he was wholly unable to move
handlor foot, and his mules were in the same help
less condition- After remainining in this state for
about fifteen minutes, vitality returned, first in the
fore finger and thumb on one hand, enabling him to
rub them together. Fearing the mules might re
cover before he could get from-among them, he
worked fingers, and by slow degrees regained
the use of his hand, then-his arm, &c., wheji, by
great;exertion, he dragged himself out of theireach
of the .mules’ heels. The mules gradually recov
ered also, and he got them upon their feet. A
bright red line marked his arms and down his chest
and legs. He felt sore for some days after the oc
currence. There was a cloudless sky at the time,
and no indication of lightning or rain. The tree
was completely shivered to splinters.
U-JT The slanderers of Judge Lewis must forget
that he was "nominated to the Lancaster District,
and his appointment almost unanimously confirmed
by the Senate, {there being but three votes against
him in'that body, not one of which was from the
northern section of the State,) long after the time
when it is alleged he committed the offences charged
agauwt him. This of itself,.if?there was nothing
else, is sufficient to nail the base falsehoods to the
er, and stamp with infamy the vile slanderers
bus seek to injure the fair fame and character
estimable citizen and upright Judge, j
[The Court of Quarter Sessions, for this
r, is being held this week—Judge Lewis pre-
■ - ■ J\ Wife. P. Johnston.
- distinguished Whlgds now in our section
of the ffofn alUiat.we.can learn he is
making [rapid hehdvray work of mis state
prent; Alj iis efforts are directed to'tKe’esablish
meiit of i theippsitions, that he £as ever beina most
vigilant and watchful guardiari finances of
the State; and that, when the' Commonwealth
became almost overwhelmed with debt, Ae dame
forward and proposed the creation of a sinking
fund, which should eventually pay off both princi
pal and interest
It may be that. Governor Johnston forgets .his
connection with the celebrated » Tape Worm,’’
called the Gettysburg Railroad, which, as some
one about that time remarked, “ commenced in the
woods and ended nowhere.” If so, it may be in
teresting to him to be advised of the facts that he
sustained this utterly project, in every
stage of its progress through the Legislature; that
seven hundred thousand dollars have been expended
upon it by the State; that it has been universally'
pronounced so totally useless as to lead to its entire
abandonment; and that, consequently, every dollar
of this has been lost to the Treasury; for which
Wm. F. Johhstox is as justly liable as any other
individual.
He may forget, too, a certain other scheme of
plunder, (and of which, by the way, he was the
father,) which, had it been continued, would' have
led to another loss of about seven hundred thousand
dollars'. This was the Kittaning Feeder, that was
commenced at the town where the gentleman re
sides; and on -Which forty thouynd dollars were ex
pended that have-been sunk to the State. What
an insulting degree of arrogance and impudence do
we therefore find exhibited in the speeches of this
especial pattern of the Whig party; and how easy
is.it to show that he has aidedj as far as was in his
power, as much as any man in Pennsylvania, to
entail debt and consequent embarassment upon the
State. In these two plunder schemes alone he has
lost to the State more than seven hundred thousand
dollars, and this is pretty strong evidence of a will
to act upon a larger scale.
As it respects the Sinking Fund we are not dis.
posed to deny to him the merit of having sustained
the project; but we utterly deny that he was the
originator of it. He well kuows who is the author
or projector of that wise measure, and if he shall
continue to characterize it as "my measure,”—which
we are told, he almost universally does, —he may
have his memory refreshed on that point before he
leaves the western part of the State.
It is said that, income of his speeches, the Gov
ernor has stated, unqualifiedly, that 11 there teas no
public debt created during the administration of Gw
Ritnerf If he has made such a remark at any
other place, we think he will scarcely have enough
assurance to make the declaration in Pittsburgh.
He is, however, to be here at the assembling of the
great Convention of his friends on the 20th of Au
gust, when we shall give him our especial attention*
—Pittsburg Post.
The Choleha at the Caharies.— We sometime
since mentioned the ravages of the cholera, in the
Canary Islands. The British Consul gives a most
distressing account of the ravages there. The pop
ulation was about 10,000, but seized with panic on
the Bth of May, when the disease first broke oub
flight soon reduced that to 4,000. “ Fathers left
their children, and children their parents; all ties
of relationship were forgotten and nought but the
safety of the moment was thought of. Many were
the victims of such conduct. The roads were soon
covered with dead bodies, and the disease seized its
prey in many of the adjacent small towns and vib
lages. Every calamity now rapidly approached.
On the 10th, 11th and 12th, the deaths were up
wards of one hundred daily. The hospital was
overwhelmed with the dying andthe dead. Assis
tance was nowhere to be found. No pen can give
an idea qf the suffering—the living could not bury
their dead before corruption commenced, and the
only remedy left was the soldiers to seize on any
one theyi could find,—some to dig trenches, and oth
ers to hunt in the narrow defiles and filthy huts for
the bodies that had been abandoned by all connected
with them. This state of things continued with
unabated, rigor till the 16th; the echoing noise in
the void :and empty streets, of the sledges and carts
conveying the naked bodies, covered by a few mats,
made but comparatively little impression, as the
only anxjety was that they should be hurried away.”
Dreabful Murder.— A correspondent of the
Utica Observer gives the following particulars of a
murder perpetrated at Waterville, Oneida county,
N. Y., on the sth inst., of which the telegraph'had
previiously apprised us:—Tvvo men, (laborers,) one
named John Perkins, the other a negro, both in the
employ of the Loomis family, had been mowing
together since morning. . Toward 5 o’clock in the
afternoon they halted for a moment, when the ne
gro was heard suddenly to exclaim, “He has cut
me, and lam killed.” He immediately staggered
from the spot some ten feet in the unmown grass
and fell to the ground. A surgeon was sent for,
but it was nearly an hour and a half before he ar
rived ; the negro was then taken up and carried
into the house. On taking off his clothing a wound
of the most fearful description was presented—a
frightful gash, reaching nearly around his body; the
lower bowels protruded from the wound, and the
spinal column was 'nearly severed. The scythe
which Perkins had used during the day was found
pear the place where the negro fell, and it was cov
ered with blood.. The unfortunate young man lived
nearly .ten hours after the wound was inflicted, and
retained possession of his senses. On being told
by Dr. Preston that he had but a short time to live,
and that if he'had anything to say relative to the
affair he had no. time to lose, he stated that he re
ceived his injuries from Perkins, who inflicted them
intentionally. Coroner Harris held an inquest this
forenoon, which resulted in-a verdict in accordance
with the above facts. Perkins made no attempt
, t 0 escape, and is now in custody. He will have an
examination to-morrow before Justice Church.
[Perkins has been examined and committed for
trial.]
Distressing Accident.— At Chainville, Mont
gomery county, on Saturday evening week, Thos.
Clark was killed from the effects of carbonic acid
gas in a well. Subsequent to the unfortunate man
being overcome by the foul air, efforts were made
to hoist the body by grappling irons, says the'Nor
ristown Herald, and several times they succeeded
so far-as to get it within ten or twelve feet of the
surface, but tbe clothes giving way it would fall
downward, thumping and striking, and chilling the
blood in the veins of the hundreds who had assem
bled at the scene of disaster. Experiments were
then resorted to to to .drive the foul air lrom the
well, and shavings and straw were burned in a large
bucket, which was lowered into it A large cedar
bush,was then procured, which was worked up and
down in it by means of a rope, and by this means
the foul air was so far expelled that a lighted can
die would hum at the bottom of the weld A man
then descended, and haying fastened a rope around
the feet of Thomas, he: was hoisted to the surface.
His clothes were found to be entirely stripped from
his body] his neck broken, his head very badly
fractured; and his body lacerated. i
Lawrence County.
The Democratic Convention of this county, met
at New Castle on the sth inst, and,. after forming a
ticket, unanimously adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That we have übdimimshed confidence
in the integrity and democracy of the Hon. Jxhes
Buchanan, and hail with unbounded satisfaction
bis increasing prospects for the nomination as the
next Democratic candidate for the Presidency.
EJ* tie Presbyterian Church of Donegal, in this
county, have given a unanimous call to Rev. James
Rogers, (late'of the Princeton Theological Semi
nary,) to! becoma thair Paitor.
Trutliwell Spoken.
The following communication is from the pen
of one o/"the inosi prominent and influential Dem
ocrats in soath-western Pennsylvania. It embodies
the true sentiments of the Democratic party, and
should be read and pondered upon by every well
wisher of the Republican cause, who is sincerely
desirous for its success in ensuing Presidential
election: '
Mr. Editor: Sir—The Democrats in the west
ern part of the State are at a loss to comprehend
the.course the editor of the Harrisburg Keystone is
Gen. Cass should be his favorite
candidate for the Presidency, is not surprising, as
Te . r y emm ent statesman, annevery Democrat
SUs °° f cont °« has an undoubt
ed right to express h,s preference for the man of
?E°i 0, t ce w,t , h «d energy as he mav
choose to employ; but that he shonld place himself
tnsneh an atmnde of hostility to Mr. Bnchanan,
and by his severe denunciation of that distinguished
and prominent candidate, assume a position which
will utterly preclude him, as an honorable man
from supporting him in the event of bi ß nomination’
is, to our plain mode of judging, very extraordinary!
ir the denunciation of Mr. Buchanan, by the
leading organ of the Cass.party in this State, is to
be understood as giving the friends of Gen. Cass
such a position in advance, as to preclude them
from a hearty and honorable support of Mr. Buch
anan, should he prove to be the choice ,of the Bal
timore Convention, and thus to operate as a threat,
I can assure the Editor that the standard of Gen.
Cass in this part of the State will have but lew
followers, and such doctrine but few admirers.
Any thing in the slightest degree tending to an
alienation of the party, or that may prevent a cor
dial, hearty and united support of the man who may
be chosen as our standard bearer by the Conven
tion, will meet no favor in this quarter.
If the friends of Gen. Cass imagine that his in
terests are sustained,'or his prospects for a nomi
nation advanced by heaping abuse upon an honor
able and prominent competitor, they greatly mistake
the intelligent attachment of the party to their
principles. The Democratic party, in great ques
tions like the present, are not governed by feeling
—not influenced by sentiments of personal esteem
or of ill will toward particular individuals. Their
aim rises infinitely above this, laying hold of the
great political principles involved in the contro
versy, to the preservation and success of which,
they should be willing to yield all personal par
tialities or dislikes.
In the west we will advance the interests of our
respective favonties with as much energy and
hearty zeal as does the editor of the Keystone; but
E E Ca -, e DOt t 0 place ogives in such an
attitude of hostility towards a competitor as would,
in the event of his nomination, prevent our sup
porting him, or to render that support, if riven
ridiculous and absurd. b *
A WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
Tli© Judicial Ticket.
It is tbe absolute and imperative duty of every
man who professes to be a Democrat, to vote the
whole of the Democratic judicial ticket. There is
no apology, for backsliding or scratching a single
r.ame on it. According to the usages of the party,
the ticket has been formed. There is no charge of
fraud connected with its formation, and the party
creed demands a hearty and unflinching response
from every republican. The Whig appeal, that
the North has been abandoned, is insincere-—it is
heartless at bottom. There is no sympathy on their
part towards Democrats which has a particle of
of reality in fact. Democrats, don’t listen to this;
it is from your old enemy, and beware. 'There is
an attempt being made to injure the election of
Judge Campbell. This is all wrong. As we have
said before, we repeat now—that if there is any
reason in the world, why one man on the ticket
should have a warmer support than another, it is
in favor of Judge Campbell, on the score of relig
ious intolerance; because with the qualifications
and correct political principles of the judge, no
man can cavil or complain—no Democrat* \oe
mean.
We hope to see the whole of the Democratic ju
dicial ticket elected by such a majority as will
settle Whig claims and pretensions in all time to
come. Of Bigler and Clover, it will require all
the cyphering and mathematical propensities of
Sam Slick to cypher up their majorities. —Luzerne
Democrat.
How tbe Tariff Works I
American manufactories that are not overworked
seem to be doing good business. The Newark'Ad
vertiser says the Bay State Mills have recently sold
100 cases, numbering nearly or quite 5000 shawls,
for the Canada market , to a regular dealer there,
who can afford to pay a duty of 12 per cent, and
sell his goods alongside of British productions at
a profit The production of shawls from some of
principal mills the current year will be as follows:
James Roy & Co., nearly all long shawls of beau
tiful designs, 30,000'; Bay State Mills, the great
pioneer in this work, 385,000; Waterloo Co., 22,-
000 , Empire State Mills, 30,000; Peacedale Mill,
Duncan & Cunningham, and one or two smaller
makers, say 25,000 ; making a total of 492,000, or
nearly half a million, of the the medium and better
class of goods produced in this country in a single
year. *
Be Raines have also been so successfully manu
factured, says the N. Y. Herald, that a host of new
mills are racing into it in jealous eagerness to make
big fortunes. Presently, says the Herald, they will
completely break down the business by overpro
duction and charge their self-made ruin to some
nonsense about the tariff— Mining Register, .
Attacks on Judge Lewis.
The infamous falsehoods published against Judge
Lewis in the Harrisburg Telegraph and its filthy
coadjutor in this City, y’clept the National Whig
are thus alluded to by an intelligent correspondent
of the Pennsylvanian writing from Northumber
land : -
As to the slanders against Judge Lewis, they
amount to nothing when it is known through whom
they originated.
And as to Judge Campbell, he will get the full
vote of his party, notwithstanding the assertions of
the Sunbury American to the contrary, as the oppo
sition of that press can have no weight with the
true Democracy.”
D7~The New York papers contain the particu
lars of a most brutal murder committed in that
city on Saturday week. The Courier-says—
A man named John Sullivan, keeper of a junk
shop, in John street,, occupied apartments at the
above number—his wife, two children and cousin
lived with him. It is said that Sullivan and his
wife were in the habit of quarreling daily and an
noying persons living under the same roof with
them. Yesterday, about noon, it is alleged, Sulli
van, while intoxicated, (fttme home and commenced
breaking furniture, and abusing his wife in such a
manner, that she left the room where he was, and
fastened herself in another room near by, Sullivan
continuing to destroy his own property. Edward
Smith, a young man, boarding with Mrs. Ferris,
in the same house, went to his apartment a little
after one o’clock, and advised him not to do so,
when Sullivan laid violent hands upon him, and
endeavored to throw him on the floor. Smith tried
to get clear of his antagonist, but did not succeed.
Sullivan called for his wife Julia, and his cousin
Mary Moran, who came to his assistance, and also
attacked Smith. The latter becoming enraged at
their united efforts to injure him, threw Sullivan
on the floor and had mastered him, when the wo
men clenched Smith, and held'him down until Sul
livan brought a knife from tbe cupboard, and stab
bed him. He died in a few minutes, and Sullivan
and his wife and cousin were immediately arrested.
Heavt Failure.-—A large dry goods firm, in
Baltimore, stopped payment on Saturday week
with liabilities amounting to about $300,000, at
least one-third of which are caused by losses in
California shipments.
Several heavy failures have also occurred in
Philadelphia, within the last week or two.
Revenue op the Post Office Department
under THE Late Law.— The National Intelligencer
gives the following as the increase under the late
postage law, for the quarter ending March 31st,
1851, the accounts of which have just been settled:
“ Tbe nett receipts of postages during that quarter
amount to $1 723,828 43. For the corresponding
quarter of 1850 the amount was $1,462,1G5 64.
showing an increase of $261,762 79, or about 17f
percent. Should tbe receipts of the last quarter
of the fiscal year (the accounts for which will not
be fully settled until October) show a similar in
crease, the revenue account for the year will exhibit
the gratifying increase of eighteen per cent nearly.”
On the Ist of July last, tbe new postage law,
which reduces the rates of postage, went into ope.
ration, and it will be interesting to see the effect
the reduction of rates will have upon the revenue
of the department.
George. Praroah. —This unfortunate young
man, who, our readers will recollect, was convicted
of the murder of MisaSharpless, a school mistress
in Chester county, is to be executed on Friday the
29th instant, at Westchester.
E7* Huntingdon county has instructed her dele
gates to the next State Convention for Gen Cass.
flommumcationg.
y M w For the lotellifeocer.
.Mb. Editor : lam happy to congratulate you
upon the gratifying result of the Reading Conven
tion of the fourth of June—the pleasing selection
of the truly great and gond Bigler, by that noble
assembly of Democrats, for Gubernatorial nominee
For he is a worthy man. -The blood that courses
in his veins, is no sluggish current of a mercenary
Whig, but the warm blood of a reliable, true-hearted
Democrat and philanthropist. His, the enduring
and ardent love for his country; his the deepest
scorn for a mean action; bis the inexpressible in
dignation when the spirit of fanaticism rears its
snaky head in its vile attempts at poisoning the
pure fountains of our glorious Union. ••
For (ha fnteniffcnci
I love to contemplate Bigler the Man. Nay,
even Bigler the Printer’s boy, tugging at the press
and laying the foundation of his future greatness.
I like to contemplate Bigler the stripling Demo
cratic editor, sitting in his printing room, clad in
the garb of the poor peasant boy—neglected and
unknown—ardently .devoted to the cause of his
country and the happiness of hia fellow beings
with pen in hand advocating the rights of sun-hurnt
tod. I like to contemplate Wm. Bigler dressed in
the garb ol a son of hardship and toil, laboring
with tho sun-burnt lumberman amid the tall pines
ol the ““jthern wilds of the majestic Susquehanna,
rhl'-fl’idJt” d J vith his fellow oarsmen yonder, on
the-floating lumber, teased to and fro by the'proud
waves of that lofty stream. Or yet again, I love to
contemplate Bigler the poor, friendless printer boy,
elevated to the giant statesman, presiding over the
Senate of hia native State, supporting with firm
countenance and determined resolve, the measures
of the lamented Shunk, and with him, opposing
the nlgAnd schemes of dishonest ambition against
of the Commonwealth.
contemplate this son of toil, to whom,
the public, there never came an hour
of idle repose ; because his anxiety to faithfully
discharge the duties of his station, stimulated him
to steady exertion. Too pure for party intrigue,
soaring far above the foul atmosphere of faction,’
the only aim of his pure soul was the good of his
country. *
And lastly, still more do I like to behold this
noble son of Nature’s creation, standing before tho
proud Democratic Freemen of the great • Keystone
State as their chosen candidate for the highest office
known to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. For
with this true nobleman of soaring genius—known
to every cottager in the State, as their standard
bearer, they have nothing to fear from the fangs of
Whiggery or wolves of faction, that sally forth from
their dens; for the name of this Man, clad in tho
coarse garments of toil, will reach the heart of his
brother peasant in the cottage, his brother mechanic
in the work-shop and Ki« fellow husbandman in his
field, bid them look from their toil, and know them
selves Men—call them forth to battle, that with tho
Tush of the mighty torrent, will carry tho stronghold
ot the enemy and drive factionists howling from the
camp with a victory that will resound from tho
Aroostic to the Rio Grande. A LABORER.
tor the Intelligencer.
Mr. Editor A low, miserable and libellous
Whig paper, published in this city, reprinted a few
days ago, ao advertisement ofa runaway apprentice,
published many years since by Mr. John Wyeth.
Does Uncle Sam advertise the names of deserters
from the Navy? If we desired to'do the Whig
party any service, we would call the attention of
Naval Officers to an individual residing in the city
of Lancaster, who agreed to render certain service
to the United States which has not been.performed.
Look out for the Blue Jackets and the Marines.
Export of Floor.— By reference -to our usual
tables of exports this morning it will be observed
that the shipments of Flour from Baltimore td
foreign ports during the week ending.on Thursday
last, amounted in the aggregate to within a fraction
ot 20,000 barrels. Of this large amount 7831 bbls.
were shipped to Liverpool, 7727 to Brazil, 2000 to
the River Platte, 1100 to Bremen, and 1309 to the
West Indies. The total value ot foreign imports
for the week amounted to $123,964,91. The whole
quantity of flour exported from Baltimore to for
eign ports since January 1, 18.51, is 255,455 bar
rels.—-Baltimore American.
Immense Flight of Grasshoppers.— On Sunday
last at about 12 o’clock. M., a flight of grasshop
pers passed over our city, continuing some three
lours, and extending some miles to the east and
west, which, in point of numbers; exceeded all
computation. The sky was perfectly full, and in
the rays of the sun, myriads could be seen, looking
like snow flakes, moving about in circles, and ap
parently going southward. Some eight years ago,
a similar phenomenon was observed in this city,
but this is said to have been on a much larger scale.
—Reading Press.
Dyspeptics, Read!!
We do not advocate the use of Quack Medicines,
nor will we countenance the various means so com
monly adopted by Empirics to impose upon the con
fidence of those who are suffering • fronj disease ;
but when we have the testimony of scientific men
respecting any valuable medicine which has pro
ved successful in curing the diseases c!aimed,to bo
within its power, we consider it a duty'to advise
all those suffering from such complaints to avail
themselves of the remedy.
To all who are suffering from the effects of weak
ness or any derangemnt of the digestive system,
we say make a fair trial of the OXYGENATED
BITTERS.
These celebrated Bitters have received the high
est testimonials ever offered in favor of any midieine
in the world, as may be sben by thenpamphlets ac
companying the same, and numerous letters in pos
session of the proprietors.
REED, BATES & AUSTIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, No. 26 Merchants Row, Boston, General
Agents. Price $l,OO per Bottle. Six Bottles for
$5,00.
For sale by JOHN F. LONG,
Druggist, North Queen Street, Lancaster.
On the 7th inst., by the Rev. J. J. Strine, Mr.
William Keech to Miss Ellen G. Weldy,-- both of
York county.
On the 12th inst., by the same, Mr. Samuel Hertz
ler, to Miss Mary Erb, both of South Middleton
township, Cumberland county. .
On the 10th inst.. in this city, of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Francis R., wife of John M. Araweg. Esq.!
aged 22 years, and 11 months.
It is with feelings of deep regret that we notice
the death of the young and amiable. The interest
.which nature prompts us‘to feel in the welfare of
those we admire for their good qualities, awaken
the most agonizing yearnings when compelled to
contemplate their death. The subject of ibis no
tice, cut off in the prime of her young days and
whilst surrounded and associated with all that could
add to the enjoyments of life, is a sad illustration
ot the insecurity of earthly existence and tbe un
fathomable ways of Providence. Truly, (t in the
midst of life we are in death.” In health it hanga
above us like the sword over the head of Damocles;
m sickness, like the slowly advancing yet destruct
ive Pendulum. There is, however, an Inspiring
nope that clings around thesickened soul und brings
with it the highest consolation. The trials and vi
cissitudes of a turbulent world are about to yield to
the enjoyments of a ** land paved with gold,” on.
whose smooth and glittering surface the troubles and'
turmoils of < arth arc unknown. To the deceased
such has been the change. Schooled from her in-.
lancy in the paths of virtue and recti'iide, she never
departed from them, and,thus was happily enabled
to exclaim, “ O death! where is thy sting 1 O
grave ! where is thy victory 1 ” Kind and forgiving,
generous to a fault, and the possessor of the highest
and moot amiable domestic qualities, her home was
at once made the theatre of tranquility and- enjoy
mentj gentle and modest in her deportmenttowards
others, she gathered around her many warm and
admiring friends; affectionate and dutiful in her re
lations as a wife and mother,-her los9 will spread
a solemn gloom over her husband and kindled that
time can never efface. We sympathize with the
sorrowing and afflicted, but bid them take cheer.—
“ The happiest hour for the good, is that wherein
they die.” Of her it may be truly said,
“ None knew her but to love her,
None named her but to praise.”
On the 12th inst., in this city, Mrs. Ellen O’Neill,
niece of the Rev. B. Keenan.
In this city, on the 7th inst., John, son of Henry
and Margaret Metzgar, aged 1 year, 8 months and
20 days.
In this city, on the 9th inst., George Brady, son
of Thomas and Elizabeth. Cox, aged about 5 years.
On Saturday, the 9th inst., John Buchanan", Esq,,
of Druraore township, aged about 85 years.
On the 6th inst., in this city, Rebecca Elizabeth
Lichty, aged 2 years, 8 months and 27 days.
On the 7th inst., in this city, Leonard Eichholtz
Morrison, aged I year, 11 months and 26 days.
On the Bth inst., in this city, Samuel PoweJ, aged
9 months and 21 days.
On the same day, in this city, Julia. Elizabeth
Metzgar* aged 10 months and 11 days.
. On the same day, in this city, Richard 8., son of
Bernard McGrann, aged lO^ears.
On Wednesday last, in this city> Mrs. Margaret
McKaskey, aged 76 years.
In New Holland, on the llth inst., Williamj’son
of Levi and Sarah Brimmer, aged 3 years and 4
months.
i At Ephrata, on the 31st ult., Mrs. SopTiia Wein
hold, wife of Isaac Weinhold, and daughter of
Henry Nagle, in the 26th year of her ago.
On the 27th ult., in York county, Ml. Samuel
Spyker, aged 30 years, 11 months and 20 days.
In Paradise township, bn the 18th ult., Edwin
Sample, aged 4 years and 6 months; and on the
6th inst., JuJiet Frances, aged 5 years, 6 months and
19 days, youngest children of Jacob and Jane J.
Eshltman.
War Department.
MARRIAGES,
DEATHS.