jutelligenrcr 8z itournal. ff....l.,r,caster, June 29, 1b52 GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT: EN. FRANKLIN PIERCE, bF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR VICE PRESIDENT, OL. WILLIAM R. KING, OF ALABAMA FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM SEARIGHT , OF FAYETTE COUNTY PRESI9ENTIN , ELECTORS SENATORIAL. GEORGE W. WOODWARD, 01 Luzerne ILSON WCANDLESS, of Allegheny. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT. ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia 11, Peter Logan, 1... H. C. Eyer, 2. Geo. 11. Martin, 14. John Clayton, 3. John Miller. 15. Isaac Robinson, '4. F. W. Bockles, 16. Henry Fetter, ' 15. IV McCay, Jr., 17. James 13urnside, 8. A. Apple, 18. Maxwell McCaslin, 7. N. Strickland, 19. Joseph McDonald, 8. Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. Colahan, 9. David Fister, 21. Andrew Burk, 10. R. E. Juntes, 22. William Dunn, 11. John 51cRoynolds, 23. J. S. M'Caltnont, LI. P. Damon, 24. George it. Barret. ----- ID" The "INTELLIGENCEI Will be furnished to tuba, during the Presidential campaign of four oaths, from the Ist of Jul}, at 59 cents per copy the payments in all eases tole made in advance. Send in your names; accompanied by the money, orthwith. RE-ASS EM BUNG OF THE ,dI6O7IIfe,STATE DEMOCRATIC C ON vENTioN OF 1852—1 n pur- Egiance with a lesohnionndopied by the Democratic State Central Committee of Penn,lvania, the Del 4ates to the Stale Convention ofMarch 4th, 1552, nre requested to re-assemble at the Capitol, at Har kiebttrg, on THURSDAY, the 26th day of August, A. D., 1552, at I l o'clock, A. hi., for the purpose of nominating a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvarna. • W. L. HIRST, Chairman. Wet. CSItTIS, wzuy, Sbcretaries. "Tll/: ISTESTIGATOR, " that did such good service ast year has been revived for the present compaign. The first number was issued on Friday, at Harris burg, by R. H. Adams & Co. The subscription price for the campaign is 30 cents per copy. jZT Ex-Presid , qtt ' rtxit has written a letter strongly in favor of PIERCE & KING. He says he regards their electidn "as next to certain.- Clap-Traps Commenced Already have there been issued from the Phila delphia press "General Scot: Almanacs, - for 1553, ( containing inflated biographiCal sketches Of his military career. They have iaund their way to Lancaster, mud can be had at Murray & Stock's Bookstore. Would it not be well for some of these Whig publishers to issue a pamphlet copy cf Gen. Scow's hasty plate of soup" correspondence with Secretary AlAncr, as a finale to his military ca reer. It is a rich and racy affiir, and would be decidedly interesting to the sensible portion of the community. ' REVISING TILE L,ws.—We learn that Governor Bint.r.rt, under the authority of an act passed at the last cession of the Legislature, has appointed Hon. JAMES M. Pearce, Esq., of Easton, E. A. PENNIXAN, Esq. of Phil idelphia, and J. Ecus BoNnam, Esq ,of Carlisle, Commissioners revise and codify the laws of Pennsylvania. This is a good movement, and the gentlemen appointed have all the talent and industry revisite to a faith ital and intellittent discharze of the important duty. 12 'The Supreme Court still continues its session at this place. The vast amount of business crowd ed upon the Judges is despatched rapidly but with the utmost care and accuracy. The efficiency of Judges elected by the people, the large amount of business done by them, the correctness with which it is done, the great talents and legal learning dis played, the industry, the close application, the ur, 'banity of the, Judg,s. are subjects of universal commendation.-11 , trris!ntrg Keys'onc. Reason Why: The new Coutt is composed en-, tirely of DEMOCRATS, and is responsible to the peo ple. Under the old system there were too many FEDERAL Judges crept in—hence the delay in busi ness. Wnenever the people want working men to fill the Executive, Legislative, and J'acial De partments of the Government. they will select Dem ocrats—that's certain. SNOW STOOM IN JUN E.—The Pittsburg Gazette states that a very severe storm was experienced on Seven Mil , Island. in Olalo, below that City, on the night of the .16th inst. Snow le.l quite fast for a considerable time. 13:7' Hon. WILLIAM A.GIIAIIAM,.ot Nor th Car olina, is the Whig candidate for the Vice Presiden cy, and was sele'cied by the National Convention on the 2d ballot. U The Whig State Coniention of June last, re assembled at Philadelphia last iyeek and nominated Hon. JOSEPH BurrinsTon, of Armstrong county , as their candidate to fill the vacancy on the Su preme Bench, occasioned by the death of Judge Coulter. The Convention was but little more than halt lull—:he vote standing 36 for Buffington to 31 for Comly. Ea' The New York papers pronounce eulogiums . .upon the character nod abilities of DAVID Gnu.- flax, Esq , an eminent Lawyer of that city, who died at Nice, in Italy, on the 27th ultimo—hawing sailed to that region some three months previous for the benefit of his health. Ecr Eggs are now brought to the New York markets from the Mississippi valley, via New Or leans. The Empire City, on her last trip, brought one .hundred barrels of fresh laid eggs. THE FOIENIEIt WHIG CONVENTION—The follow ing is the result of the ballotings in the Whig Na tional Convention in IS4S: Ballots. Taylor. Clay. Scott. Webster. Clayton 1 111 97 43 22 7 • 2 1 I S SG 99 22 4 3 • 133 74 54 . 17 1 4 104 32 G 3 14 0 Judg2 MLean recived three votes. Trust Firrr-Ttunn BALLOT =The vote it the Whig National Convention which nominated Gm. SCOTT as their candidate for the Presidency, stood as follows i Scott, Fillmore, Webster, A Great Avention.—lt is a capital suggestion says an exchange, that ladies using the newly•in vented airtight skirt expander may pasi down one side of the street as thin as a whipping post, and failing to make a sensation, can go up the other as full as a hoiSlead or a'bale" of cotton. Great in• vention I 9t COFFEE —The production of coffee in Brazil the past year, has been 1,700,000 bags, or 272 mll. Dina of pounds. In 1820, the production was 15 millions of pounds. Whig Ratification Meeting. A Grand Fizzle—the Organization—the Committee —John Strohmand Gen. Ford—Committee on Ap plause—the Resolutions—their adoption, cmd tri umph of the Woolley Heads—Mr. Stevens—Back Window .Ezploitillesars. Mister, Reigart, Frank lin, Ellmaker, et 'al., the Orators of the Night—the Finale. Well, the great Whig Ratification Meeting, for which such anxious solicitude was telt, and to which the eyes of all Whigdom were 'gloated du ring e week, came off at the Court House, in this City, on Saturday evening.last. The preliminaries were—a Band of Music playing through the streets for two or dire, hours previous to the time of as sembling, then the ringing of the old Bell no less than thr ,, e , different times, much to the annoyance of the good' citizens around Centre Square, by dint of whose sharp and piercitig tones the leaders of the Whig party finally succeeded in inspiriting some twenty-five or thirty to take their seat , inside the Bar, and then the appointment of TUoMss E. FRANKLIN, Esq., Governor Johnson's late Attorney General, as President of the meeting, assisted by some five or.six.., Vice Presidents and one or two Secretaries. The preliminaries having thus been arranged solemnly and quietly, the Hon. THADDEUS STEVEns (of 'buckshot and ball" memory) arose in his seat and proposed the appointment of a Committee of nine, not to draft resolutions, as is the usual cus tom upon such occasions, but "to take into consider ation the propriety of drafting," &c. Alter some considerable difficulty in finding the right kind of material, the President announced the Committee with Mr. STEVENS as its Chairman. The Commit tee having retired, Mr. Jonti STROHM, (who voted , while in Congress, against supplying the American soldiers, then in Mexico, with food and clothing!) was called to the 14 , itness Stand to give an account of the conduct of the Whig National Convention, of which he was a member. This he did appa. rently to the satisfaction of our friends Dr. STAN LEY, 0. J. DICKEY, Esq., COTS. SHEAFFER and PAT TERSON, and some three or four other gentlemen of the Committee of alpplause, who had provided them selves with canes for the purpose of making a noise but ,with evident dissatisfaction to a large number preSent who appeared to be opposed to him speaking at all. His speeCh was a dull, prosy, awkward and spi,ritless affair throughout. The on ly original idea in the whole labored effort was his base intiendo that Gen. PIERCE. was a drunkard, and his qualification of the vile slander by saying that the Democrats would not object to voting for him on that account. inasmuch as a large propor tion of them were drunkards too! Who but Janis STnolin, the defeated Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner and the ally of Mexico in our re cent struggle with that perfidious Nation, could have conceived such an abominable falsehood! Next on the stand came our good friend ; I\ lajor General Gr.onuE Foal), who seemed to have been imbued for the occasion with more than his usual quantum of military ardor and enthusiasm—and at times appeared to forget whether he was talking of the warlike exploits of Major Genera/ FORD, Major General SCOTT, or Brigadier Gene! al PIERCE!! We have for some time been apprehensive that the mil itary brood of Whig Generals was exhausted with the present Whig candidate for the Presidency, but our fears on that score are now allayed. We still have another Bombastis Furioso in reserve, and one, too, (he was kind enough to inform his audience,) who has •' seen blood" and who " never fainted on the battle field Now, this was extremely modest in the General, and we doubt not his military servi ces will be duly appreciated by the Whig party of the Union. The General is evidently one of that class who can " look upon blood and carnage with composure;' and by reason of his Fallstaffian pro• pensites will be peculiarly well calculated to head the Whig force's in the campaign of 1856. The General was interrupted in the midst of his eloquent harangue by the arrival of the Committee. The resolutions were reported by Mr. STEVENS, and are as follows, viz: one laudatory of Gen.Scorr, enelfor Wm. A. GRAHAM, one for Judge Bcrriaorox, one for JACOB HOFFMAN, one for /MILLARD FILL MORE, one for ,HgrinT CLAY, and one for JOHN STROHM! But not a solitary word about the Com• promise, the Fugitive Slave Law, the Tariff, or a Platform of any kind! In fact, by its mysterious silence in reference to all of these great principles and measures of policy, the meeting virtually repu diated the Whin Platform laid down at Baltimore, and actually surrendered, without so much as a struggle. to the Abolition wing of the party. led on THADDEYS STEVEN° who managed the whole matter to suit his own peculiar views. The resolutions were adopted without a di,sent ing voice—about a dozen of ayes without any noes —and then STEVEN'S was called upon for a speech. But he peremptorily declined doing so—thinking, no doubt, that as he had already controlled the meet- . ing and succeeded in abohlionising the Whig party of Lancaster county, it was unnecessary to waste bin ammunition by talking to the Democrat's who, at this stage of the proceedings, were there in large force a; spectators. He ; however, could not refrain from uttering a sneering remarkabout Gen. PIERCE having fainted upon one occasion in Mexico, and in a sarcastic way ascribed it to some physical de fect tOr which he should not be held accountable, and not to a want of courage. By the way, Gen. P. never retreated from an enemy, and never jumped out of a back window to escape the searching glance of honest men. Mr. S. might have told his audi ence who did both ;—but, perhaps, it was all owing to a physical defect" in the constitution of one of the heroes of the celebrated Buckshot War! The next gentleman who mounted the stand was our amiable friend, Isaec E. HIESTEII, Esq. He talked earnestly and eloquently of "Gen. Scott," "Jimmy Polk," Frank Pierce, - Chippewa, Chu rtibusco. Indians, Britishers and Mexicanstold two or three"pretfy good anecdotes. and then left the stand to EMANUEL C. REIGART, al., who entertained the audience with a dry, prosy dissertation on the Tariff: in the course ot which he tried to prove that the Federal Whigs of the present day are the lineal de scendants ot the Democrats who lived in Thomas Jefferson's day! But it was "no go!" That was too much of a close for even the Federalists of his audience to swallow, and the .dpplause Committee had hard work to raise the least token of approba tion at the conclusion of his address. Next in order, Mr. FRANKLIN addressed the meet- ing for a few minutes, having prefaced his remarks by advising his Whig friends that it would not an swer a good purpose " to let off too much steam at once," as their orators might run out of material before the campaign was hall over. An excellent suggestion, we thought. Isaac N. ELLNAKEtt, Esq., was next called for, and made afiery speech ; but what he was talking about we could not exactly comprehend, as he was so ex tremely grandiloquent in some of his flights. He was followed by a Mr. CADWELL j and to close the ceremonies, N. ELLMAKEII, Esq., pronounced the benediction. The two last named gentlemen we did not hear, having occasion to leave immediately atter the first Mr. ELLSIAJLEII had concluded his boisterous and riproarious harangue. Not one of the speakers alluded, either directly or indirectly, to the Compromise, or to the 'platform adopted by the Convention at Baltimore. On this question the resolutions and the speakers were as silent as the grave; and this is but another evidence that the pretensions of Northern Whiggery to sanc tion and abide by the Compromise measures its a "finality," are hollow, insincere and hypocritical.— THADDEUS STEVENS is the ruling spirit in this coun ty, and he has bound Whiggery fast to the Abolition car of Juggernaut. The Silver Greys may twist and writhe as they please in the traces, but they must submit to their cruel task-master, or else be crushed undei its ponderous wheels. We have thus given as correct an account as possible of this great Whig Ratification Meeting, that came off in this;City on the everting bf the 26th of June, in the year uf grace 1252. We have care fully sought "nothing to extenuate nor to set down aught in malice," and are only sorry that our time and limits alike prevent a more full and elaborate account of this seriocomic political tragedy. We may pay our respects to some of the speakers, especially Mr. JOHN STUOBM, more at length here after. Profession vs. Practice The tiith resolution of the Whig National Plat form avers that Governa.ent should be conducted on principles of strictest economy." Very true; but how doeslue Whig party in power correspond with their priPssions when out of power, or when seeking, as in the present case, to retain it for anoth er Presidential term? Aye, here's the rub. Many of our leaders will recollect the loud professions made by this same party prior to the election of Jo seph Ritner to the Gubernatorial chair of this Com monwealth. The cry then was " Rimer and Re form"—and such a reform ! Let the Gettysburg Tape Worm, the Corruption Fund, the assemblage of large bodies of armed troops at Harrisburg to shoot down the people, and other equally glaring extravagances of that most corrupt administration, reveal its character. And then look at the present National Administration and the one that immedi ately preceded it under Gen. Taylor. Examine the history of the Galphin and other swindles, and re flect upon the extravagance which requite , an ex penditure of nearly 1.151.XTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep the wheels of government in motion for a single year, and that, too, in a state of profound peace! During Gen. JACKSONS administration the expen ses of Government averaged about iwenly-five niii lions per annum; and this, at the time, was charged as great extravagance by the Whigs, although it is well known that during his Presidency he paid off ia cast amount of the public debt (some fifty mil lions, or more.) remaining from the War with Great Britain. This, then, is the practice of Federal Whiggery, when in power; and can the people any longer place reliance upon their professions? They may preach economy tills doomsday. but their practice has always been directly the reverse. It' is fair to presume that what I,a been will he again, should the American people continue power in Whig hands. Of that, however, we have no tears. One term at a time of Whig domination, is as much as the coun try can bear—and the political sins and monstrosi ties of the last three years will require at least two terms of Democratic rule to eradicate from the body politic. Gen. PIEUCE will commence the work- of reform on the 4th of March next. Whig Disingenuousness 'The eighth resolution of the Whig platform, be ing the one in reference to the Slavery question, is very artfully drawn up, and has left a hole through which they may hereafter escape. At first glance the doctrine avowed seems all fair enough; but a careful perusal must satisfy every intelligent rea der that the Convention (at least the Northern wing of it) did not consider the Compromise measures a "finality,"' and that. if they shall hereafter deem it necessary to mount a new hobby, a re-agitation of the whole subject can he started without any com punctions of conscience. They recognize, it is true, the series of acts, known as the Compromise, the fugitive slave law included, as "a settlement in prin ciple and substance of the dangerous and exciting questions which they embrace;" but, at the same time, they will only - insist upon adhering to them "until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of farther legislation to guard against the evasion of the law on the one hand, and the abuse of their powers on the other In other words, they intend first to elect General Scorr on that platform—it they can,—and then they expect to legislate anew on the slavery question, under the pretext of improving the Compromise. This is the plain Ee;iish of this Whig resolution, and we mar vel that the Johnston! and 'Stevens' and Sewards' and other leaders of Northern Abolition Whiggery , succeeded in throwing dust in the eyes of their Southern friends to such an extent The fact is, this whole Whig plattorm is a cheat —erected solely for a temporary purpose—to be cast aside and disregarded the moment its builders get into power. They had to do something of the kind at the present time to keep the heterogeneous Irag• merits of their party together, well knowing that without a platform they could not hope to make even a .how• of fight in the Presidential campaign. But their pretence of adhesion to the Compromise is all hollow and insincere, and they will cast it to one side the moment the election is over. This is our opinion of Whig honesty, and we cheerfully leave it to the future to determine whether we are right or wrong. Will Gen. Scott Resign! Gen, WINFIELD Scd•rr, the W hig nominee for the Presidency, has now held office tinder the G.,v ernment for the long period of forty-lour years—for thirty•eight of which, we believe, he has been draw ing the pay and perquisites of a Major General.— This, at $13,000 per annum, would amount to the snug little sum of $22,5,000 add to which his previous pay as Captain of Artillery, Major, Lieu tenant Colonel, Colonel, and Brigadier General, and we shall have the round sum of at least a QUAR TER OF A MILLION OF DOLLARS, which the Whig candidate has already drawn from the public treasury. This, we should think, was pretty good picking for one man, and if he has exercised the least degree of economy „during so long a period, we have no doubt he can well afford to resign his present position, and make room for somebody else. The Whigs made a great ado in 1848, because, forsooth, Mr. LONGSTRETHi the Democratic candi date for Governor, held on to the office of Canal Commissioner, worth about $l5OO per annum ; but , at the same time, they entirely neglected to inform their readers that Major General TerLon, who was elected President in that year, held on, during the entire campaign, to his military office and salary, and only resigned a few weeks before his inaugura tion as President of the United States t We thought it wrong then, and we still think it wrong in prin. ciple, and such a thing has never been done by a Democratic candidate for the Presidency. General Jemcsox resigned his seat in the U. S. Senate as soon as his name was presented for the Chief Mag istracy of the Republic by the LegVature of Ten . nessee, and more than two years before his elec_ tion. Gen. Cass did the same thing in 1848, im mediately after his nomination for the Presidency —and it is altogether right and proper that a can• didate for the highest station upon earth should fol low such illustrious examples. Moreover, the Whigs just now talk very confidently of Gen. Scores election, and we suppose the old Chief himself has some idea of the same thing. The best way, there fore, would be for them to "show their faith by their works;' and induce their candidate to lay aside the sword and epaulettes which he has worn at the people's expense for nearly half a century, and ask the Nation to judge of his meritH as plain WIN- rxzr.D SCOTT Again we ask, will Gen. SCOTT resign his com mission in the Armyor, will he hold on to the principle that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?" If he does retain his commission it will prove one of two things, or both combined ; either he has an . inordinate love of money, or else be is fearful of defeat in his aspirations for the Pres- UNEXPECTED FORTUNE.—The Providence Mir. ror says that some three years since, a poor factory girl, working in one of the villages on the Black stone River, in Rhode Island, was given a sealed letter by a maiden aunt, with a solemn injunction not to open it until she was 18 years old—the girl was then 15. On the 23d of last month, being her 18th birth day, she opened the letter and found di rections for her to obtain a fortune of $BOOO, willed to her by the aunt, who has since died. - On Thurs day last, the fortunate girl obtained the whole amount in cash. Letters of Acceptance The following letters from Messrs. PJEUCK and KING, the Democratic nominees for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, have been received by the Committee appointed to give them official notice of their nomination. We copy them from the Washington Union of Thursday : FROM GEN. PIERCE. Cosmown, (N. H.,) June 17, iSS2. GENTLEMEN : I hate the honor to acknowledge your personal kindness in presenting to me this day. your letter officially informing me of my nornitta lion, by the Democratic National Convention. as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. The surprise with which I received the intelli gence of the nomination was not unmiogled with painful solicitude, and yet :7. Is proper for me to say that the manner in which it was conferred was peculiarly gratifying. The delegation from New Hampshire, with all the glow of State pride and all the warmth of perional regard, would not have sub mitted my name to the convention, nor Would they have cast a vote for me, under circumstances other than those which occurred. I shall always cherish with pride and gratitude the recollection of the fact that the voice which first pronounced fcr me—and pronounced alune—came from the mother of States—a pride and gratitude rising far above any consequence that can betide me personally. May I not regard it as a tact pointing to the over throw of sectional jealousies, and looking to the perennial life and vigor of a Union cemented by the blood of those who have passed to their reward—a Union wonderful in its formation, boundless in its hopes, amazing in its destiny! I accept the nom ination, relying upon an abiding devotion to the in terests, the honor, and the'glory of our whole coun try; but, beyond and above all upon a 'Power su perior to all human might—a Power which, from the first gun of the revolution, in every crcis through which we have passed, in every hour of our ac: knowledged peril, when the dark clouds have shut down around us, has interposed, as if to baffle hu man wisdom, outmarch human forecast; and bring out of darkness the rainbow of promise. Weak my self, faith and hope repose there in security. I ac cept the nomination upon the platform adopted by the convention, not because this is expected of me as a candidate, but because the principles it em braces command the approbation of ms-judgment; and with them I believe I can safely say there has been no word nor act of my life in conflict. I have only to tender my grateful acknowledge ments to you, gentlemen, to the convention of which you were members, and to the people of our com mon country. 1 am, with the highest respect, your most obedi ent servant, FRANK PIERCE. To Hon. J. S. BARBOUR. J. THO3IPSON, ALPHEUS FELCU, PIERRE SOULE. • FROM COL. KING SENATE CLIA3IIIER, June 22, 1852 . . - GENTLE:IIS:N : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, notifying toe that,' have been nominated by the Democratic Conventi to as Vice President of the United States. This distinguished manifestation of the respect and confidence of my democratic brethren COW rnands my most grateful acknowledgments, and I cheerfully accept the nomination with which I have been honored. Throughout a long public lite I am not conscious that I have ever swetved from those principles . which have been cherished and sustained by the 1 democratic party; and in whatever situation I may ' be placed, my countrymen may rest assured that I shall adhere to them faithfully and zealously—per fectly satisfied that the prosperity of our common country and the permanency of our free institutions can be promoted and preserved only by administer ing the government in strict accordance with them. The platform as laid down by the convention meets with my cordial approbation.lt is national in all its parts; and I am content not Only to stand upon it, but on all occasions to defend it. For the very flattering terms in which you have' been pleased, gentlemen, to characterize my public services, 1 feel that I am indebted to the personal regard which I am proud to know you individually entertain for me, and that you greatly overrate them; The only merit 1 can lay claim to is an honest dis charge ct the duties of the various positions with which I have been bon fed. This I claim—no'h ing more. With the highest respNn and esteem, I am, gs•u ttemen, your iellon.c.citizen, WILLIAM R: KING. To Hon J. S. Baußoun. J. THOMPIiON, ALPIIEUI3 Fra.cu, and P. SOULE The Whig Autocrats The nomination of Gen. SCOTT, by the Whig Na tional Convention, was received by our opponents in this city with mingled emotions of delight and . regret;—with delight by the Wooly Head or Ste vens faction—with rcgret by the Silver Greys.— Nor do we wonder at this. The nomination or Scott has at once placed the Whig party of the State in the hands of 'FaATMETII STEVENS and WIL LIAM. F. JOIINSTOIi who will rule it (especially the Silver Grey portion) as wits is rod of iron The old line Whigs will be mere "hewers of wood and drawers of water . ' for their masters, and should Gen Scorr be elected, they will be in the same condition that th!'Russian .err is to the tyrant who, lords it over him. The Silver Greys of this county will find Mr. STEVENS to be a hard task.master—uncompromis ing and exacting in all his demands.. The leading principle of his political life has been to rule or ruin the Whig party. The ignominious defeat of his puppet. JusErn RiTsmt, for a time deprived him of his power in the party, and he broke down with the Whiggery of Adams county. But in an evil hour he pitched his tent in Lancaster; and by strat agem succeeded in placing himself , : in the fore ground. His popularity. however, has been rapidly on the wane for some time, and had FILLMORE re ceived the nomination for the PCCSideliC3', STEVFINS would, necessarily, have been forced into retiracy. The nomination of SCOTT, however, has at once turned the tide in his favor, and he now etands con- I fessedly at the head of the Whig party, not only in Lancaster county, but throughout the State—there being no one to share the honor and influence with him but the Abolition ex-Governor of Pennsylvania. Attempt to disguise it as the Silver Grey Whigs may, this is really and beyond doubt the true state of the case. They have been sold to the political Ishmaelites of their own party, and must hereafter be content to draw at the Abolition car of Messrs. STEVENS and Jonswros. Their task-masters will make grievous exactions off theml but their only remedy, short of leaving the party, is to bow sub. miasively to the yoke that has so ingeniously been contrived for them. This is the only way to propiti ate the Autocratic leaders, and secure a crumb from the Whig table to keep them from downright star- HOW It Takes In New York The New York Day Book takes ddwn the flag of Daniel Webster, and say's : "Scorr is NomINATED.—The story is told—Win field Scott is the Whig nominee for President, and the election of Franklin Pierce is secured! '•I will not vote for Scott," is the declaration of at least half the Whigs we meet.'' "Well, Southern Delegates have done this, and if they are satisfied, we are. We can only say to them—GENTLEMEN, CATCH TOUR OWN NIGGERS FIEREAFTEII, AND NEVER SAT ANOTHER . WORD ABOUT THE COMPROMISE MEASURES... Such is the declaration here also, and we doubt not s the same wherever the telegraphic wires have carried the news. The same paper has an editorial against the nomination, and in some measure ah ticipating it, in which the writer declares : "As for ourselves—the Day Book and its readers —we never will go for Scott and Seward. We tell you plainly, and we speak for ten thousand sUbscri hers in the northern States—subscribers who take the Day Book because they like it and the princi ples it advocates—we will not support Gen. Scott if he is nominated. We could not do so without stultilying ourselves and' unsaying all that we have ever said against the abolition wing of the whip party. As tar as one, or two, or three, or a hun dred individuals are concerned, it would make but little difference whether they voted for or against' Gen. Scott (although Gov. Hunt, was elected by 214 votes,) but when we know that what we now write, and what vu e have heretofore written, is read by six or seven thousand people in this city, and as many more in the country, who think justaa we do, we see plainly that Gen. Scott stands no more 01 a chance in this State against Frank Pierce than we do. Horace Greely, or Lewis Tappan, would poll just as many votes as Winfield Scott, and it our southern brethren don't believe it let them go over to the abolitionists and nominate him." HARD TO Barr.—Mr. David Byers, of Letterken ny township, killed a call last week, 3 weeks and 5 days old, that weighed lOSlbe after it was dressed, and the hide weighed 17 ibs. It was of the ordi nary breed of cattle. We would call that hard to beat.--Franklinsitory.. City and County Items 1.1:r The LANCASTER LIGHT ` INFANTRY, Capt. Leonard, will asssemble in uniform, on Sunday morning next, the 4th of July, for the purpose cd attending Divine Service in the Lutheran Church. The County Comrn.sioners.have alloted the brick work of the new Court House to Capt. William Kendrick, and the stone work to the Mears. Brady. Messrs. K.ktzr& CAnsux have taken the contract for furnishing the brick.(l4oo,ooo.) A man named Danl.] Harry, employed as Ostkr at tie hotel ot A. T.. Roberts,,Esq , in New Holland, fell out of a window in the third story. on Sunday week, and was taken up dead. Columbia it appears is again infested with incendiaries Week before I4st a stable belongicg to Charles F. Epler was set on fire. A number of matches were found near where the fire originated. PROW NED.—On Saturday afternoon lasi. a son of Mr;Shertz, aged about six years, felt into the river Whilst playing cn a raft at Pusey's mill, and was drowned. His body was found about an hour after the ocean once, when an inquest was held over it by J. W. Fisher, F.-q: and a verdict rei,de:- ed by the Jury of "Death irom accidental drowning." —Colombia Spy. ACCIDENT.-011 Friday las t , a buy that,! Frederick Shaub, about seventeen yeaTi of age, lea through the hatchway IC the spinning room at Conestoga .`. , team No. 1 It appears that he was amusing himself by s•teiu;;ing on the elevator rope used for hoisting spools,. &c . from The lower floor; and, whilst doing so. the hno'k•to which the rope is attached, whet riVk , in use, gave wa: and he was precipitated to the lower floor, a dis lance of norm• twenty-five feet. He was badly i - jury', but is recovering. 17, -- The colk.ving officers were elected tor the ensuing six months, at the last meeting of lnlaLd City Co:mcil. No. 123, 0. LT A. M J. Weitz ei,Jr. V.Q. R. Wat(4 , . R. S.. S. J. J. Riley.— S....T..McGlinn. F. S., H. Waters. 1. s. C Willong. F. Gall. I. P.. E. Huber. O. P.. War Lechler. The following Preamble and Resolutions were a.lopted by Inland City Council No. 123. 0. C. A, M. on Thursday evening last: Whereas a seat in our Council has , become ca caot by the Death 01 our late ‘vorthy and esteemed rrother and associate David Spotte, whose depar t it we reel To be a great rot only to this Council, but also to his afflicted widow awl orphan children. Therefore I?rsolved, Thar we deeply spnpathise with the family and coto6exions of our late tellow mechanic iii their present bereavrtinent. .Reselred, That we as a token of respect for the memory of our deceased Brother. this Hall he !:mil in mourning lor the space of thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings he handed to the widow 01 the deceased and published. E. H. Rauch Sam'. J. J. Riley Sarni. Beam A. Kline William Lechler. The Whig Noniiiiiations There is evidently considerable kicking in the the traces at the nomination of SCOTT. Read the tolkov4ing telegraphic despatches which we copy from. the Philadelphia papers; NEW YORK, June 23.—There is a growing dis satisfaction among a large portion of the Whigs of this city, at the nomination of Gen. Scott, and el forts'are being made to get up a Convention to nom inate Mr. Webster as an independertt candidate. MtrsviLie. (Ky.) June 2d.—The noinination of Niessrs. Scott and Graham caused some 'beep pointment hero, but the partie , , generally, stick to the ticket Bivii , forts June 23.—The Wtlfnington (N. C.) CQuimercial, (Whig.) reftises to the "in' nation of Gen. Scott. MEN HllB, (Tenn.) June. 2t: —Sco.A. and Graham s nominations were received here with mingled cheers and hisses ExclimoN D,CV r a.) June 22 —cott's norninatio,i is much regretted, thr - t.gr, greater portion of the Whig party say they , Ykli zbide by it. SAVS:INAIt, (Georgia.? June 22.—The nomina tions a: Baltimore have been received, but with considerable coldness. The Whig - Platform The Whigs of the United States, in Convention assembled, adhering to the great conservative re publican principles by which they are controlled ands governed. and now, as ever relying upon the in telligence of the American people, with an abiding confidence in their capacity for self-government, and their continued devotion to the constitution and the Union, proclaim the iollowing as political senti ments and determinaiesn, the establishment and maintenance of whicn their national organization as a party is effected . I. The government at the United States is of a limited character, and it is confined to the exercise of :am ers expressly grandted by the constitu two, and such as may be necessary ar.ti proper fur carrying toe granted powers into full execution, and that all poweis not thus granted or necessarily implied ale expressly reserved to the States respec tively and to the people. Tue. ..late i be held secure in their reserved rights, oral the general Govern ' !Sect its currsCrtuirnr“l, and lire t r itiorr siimild be revered and watched .1, •.the of our liberties.— C. 'runt treH i l f i nf . eidt-ta the warrne-1 sympathy Mille Whig, party, still wither, to the docrines of toe of ois as i.innounced iv his ['Air-xi - ill Address, of eeping um selves irce hom all entangling alliances Si il., ailing:l cduntries. n: never quitdda_t fiur own to stand upon forftism ',pound. That our mis sion I, „ t to 'clH , ,l4it:e air “pinions or impose cotinfrie, nor form of govern m';,', by arifinee or force, but to teach by eKample, and show liy nor success, moderatirni and justice, the blessings or i.etf-z,ofrernment, and the advantages of free institutions. 4. That where the people make and control the Government. they should obey its cOnstitution, laws and treaties, as they would retain their relf-respect, and the respect which they claim and will enforce (rum foreign powers. 5. Government should be conducted on princi ples of strictest economy, and revenue, sufficient for the expenses thereof, in. time of peace, ought to be derived mainly Iron a duty 'OIL imposts, and not I o m direct taxes: and in laying such duties sound policy requires ajurt discrimination, and protection nom fraud by specific duties when practicable. whereby suitable encouragement may be afforded to American industry, equally to all cla,ses and to all portions of the country. u. The Constitution vests in Congress the power to open and repair harbors, and it is expedient that Congress should exercise its power to remove ob structions Irom navigable, rivers, whenever such im provements are ner.ssary for the CORI/710/1 defence and for the protection and tacilhy of commerce with foreign nations or among the States; said improve ments being in every instance, hational and general in their character. 7. The Federal and State Governments are parts of one system, alike necessary for the common pros perity, peace and security, and ought to be regarded alike, with a cordial, habitual and immovable at tachment. Respect for the authority of each, and and acquiescence in the constitutional measures of each, are required by the plainest consideration of national, of State, and of individual welfare. 8. That the series of acts of the 3' st Congress the act known as the fugitive slave law included, are received and acquiesced in by the Whig party of the United States, as a settlement, in principle and substance, of the dangerous and exciting questions which they embrace, and so far as they are con cerned, we will maintain them, and insist upon their strict enforcement, until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against the evasion of the laws on the one hand, and the abuse 'of their powers on the other —not impairing their present efficiency; and we dep recate all further agitation of the questions•thus set tled. as dangerous to our peace, and will dis-. countenance all efforts to continue or renew such agitation, whenever, wherever, or however, the attempt nay be made; and we will maintain this system as essential to the nationality of the Whig party, and the integrity of the Union. Mr. Cabell moved their adoption, which, after considerable discussion, was carried in the Conven tion by the fallowing vote : Yeas—Maine 4; New Hampshire 5; Massachu setts 13; Rhode Island 4; Connecticut 4; New York 12; New Jersey 7; Pennsvivania 21; Delaware 3; Maryland 8; Virginia 15; North Carolina 10; South Carolina 8; Georgi.: Io; Alabama 9, Mississippi 7; Louisiana 6; Onio 8; Kentucky 12; Tennessee 12; Indiana 7; Illinois 7; Missouri 9; Arkansas 4; Flor ida 3; Texas 4;.10wa 4; Wisconsin 4; California 4 —227. Nays—Maine 4; Connecticut 1; New York 22 Pennsylvania 6; Ohio 15; Indiana 6; Illinois 5 Michigan 6; Wisconsin 1-66. Declined to vote—Conuecticut 1 Br. Buchanan's . Letter. The following masterly and pntriotic letter from he Hon. JAMISIOCHANA3 Democrats in Bradford con: , . lel copied by the Democratic, ana will be read wnh great interest by the ...ocracy of the Nation. Like ev- ery thing else that emanates from his pen, it is clo thed in elm:lent language, and strongly marked with great liower and ability. Speaking of this noble production, the Washington Union says: "It is an eloquent, forcible, and dignified argumei.t in favor of PlEacs and K, co, and will be read by thousands with heartfelt gratification and pride. As on into cation to the performance of duty, a tribute to the high merits of our candidates, or as an argument in favor of restoring the ascendancy of democratic principles in the federal government, it cannot he oo highly commended WiIiATLAND, NEAR L. , INCAOTER,} June 14, 1852. GENTLEXEN:-I have delayed on purpose to an swer your kind communication of the 20th ultimo, until the result of the Baltimore Convention should be known. With every feeling of a grateful heart, I thank the intelligent and faithful democracy of Springfield townsnip, for their favorable opinion and thr the earnest and friendly hope expressed by them "that the democracy of the Union would re- spond to the wishes of Pennsylvania in the Natidn al Convention." In this hope they have been di; appointed; but yet all of us have much reason to be satisfied with the nomination of Franklin Pierce and William R. King. They are sound,-radical, State rights Democrats, who will employ their best efforts to expel from the halls or Congress and the purlieus of the Treasury, the hosts of stock-jobbr rs. contractors and speculators by which they are now infested, and to restore the purity, simplicity and economy of former times in the administration of the government. I know them well, having serve is the Senate with both, for several years, at a most critical and important period our political histo ry; and I speak with knowledge when I say they are the very men fir the times. Public economy, re ,*orm and a strict construction of the constitution. according to the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions or 1795 and 1799, ought to be lvatchwords of the Democratic party throughout the pending contest ; and Pierce and King will prove to be the able and faithful representai ices of these . great principleE. General Pierce first entered the Senate of the G. States, on the 4th of March, 1837, and continued to be a member until the 28th day or February, 1812. when he resigned. This period embraces the whole of Mr. Van Buren's administration, and the ("rot year of that of Gen. Harrison and Mr. Tyler. He had previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from December, 1833, until the -Ith March, 1837, throughout General Jackson's second term or office. When General Pierce first made his appearance in the Senate, he was one of the youngest, if not the very youngest, 01 its members. ;1f odest mid unassuming in his deportment, but firm and deter mined in his principles and purposes, it was toil long belitre he a..quired the respect and esteem nil his brother Senators. From deep conviction he IV., I State rights Democrat, sound, unwavering, aioi mtlextble; and, 1. venture to predict that when his votes shall be scrutinized and tested by the touch stone of democratic principles, they will present as fitir a record as those even of the lamented Wright himself. His innate modesty and comparative youth prevented him 'from addressing the Senate very frequently; and yet I well recollect sonic .1 his efforts which would have done no discredit to to the oldest and ablest members of the body, then in its most palmy days. When he spoke, he was always prepared, his voice was excellent, his lan guage well chosen and felicittius; and he had an earnestness of manner proceeding evidently from deep conviction which always commanded the at tention of his audience. No candid and honorable man of any party, well acquainted With Gen. Pierce, will, I am convinced, deny to him the intellec tual qualifications necessary to render his adminis tration of the government wise, able and successful. Besides, unless I am greatly mistaken, he possesses determination of character and energy of will, without which no individual is fitted to perform high and responsible Executive and administrative du ties, such as pertain to the office of President oi the United States. My own observation, as well a? the history of the world has taught me, that these are qualities which do not always belong to great Senators and distinguished orators. The democracy will not ask that their candidate shall be elected because of his great military ex ploits. And, yet, his military services constitute a beautiful episode in the history of his life. It is no small distinction for General Pierce to,fiavemeritsd the official and emphatic endorsement of the coal mander-in-chief of our army in Mexmo—an army composed of heroes, forgallantry —.O good conduct on the field of battle. Of Colonel King, our can;,, .or Vice Press dent, I can say emn , ...:t I:c is one of th' purest, the beet _ • 7 sound judging State:- men I have eve:. .P.lle is a firm, enlightened cod unwavering licraocrat, and an amiable, honor able and benevolent gentleman. From the daj when yet a youth, in 1812, as a member of the House of Representatives, he voted for the decla ration of war against Great Britain until the present hour, his life presents one consistent and beautiful portrait. As President of the Senate, he is without a superior;' and should it ever be his fate, in any contingency, to discharge the duties of President of the United States, he will conduct the government with wisdom, sound discretion and enlightened pa triotism. But why' should I insist upon the merits and qual ifications of our candidates 7 Their nomination by the highest tribunal of the democratic party is the strongest presumptive evidence of their worth, and ought to be sufficient of itself to rally to their sup port every true-hearted and faithful Democrat. As Democrats, we should always yield our per sonal preferences for men, when great principles I require the sacrifice. Man is but the creature of a 1 day; whilst principles are eternal. The generations I of men in:succession rise and fluctuate, and sink, and are forgotten ; but the principles'ol Democracy, of progressive Democracy, which we have inherited from our revolutionary fathers, will endure to bless mankind throughout all generations. As Democrats,. we believe, that not only the prosperity and glory of the country, but even the preservation of our blessed Union, depend upon a faithful observance of these principles in the administration of the Fe,l - Gevernment. And I ask, in wilt manner can their ascendancy be secured, but by a sacred adhe rence to regular 'nominations t This is the only bond which can unite, consolidate and render in vincible the great party of which we are all proud to be members. If as soldiers in the ranks of the Democratic army, we should desert the grand old cause or Democracy, merely because we might pre fer a different leader, we shall then noun become broken and disorganized, and an ignominious defeat must be the inevitable consequence. In union and in union alone, there is strength. Good and great .1,1 Democratic Pennsylvania will never forsake her principles, merely because she might possibly have preferred other agents than Franklin Pierce and William K. King to carry her will into effect. he will never thus prove recreant to her own true glv rv.itnd to her highest interests. In what light would we regard a professing chris- Dan,. who should desert his holy religion and his church, merely because he preferred a different bishop or pastor to preside over it from the individ ual which the majority had selected 7 No, no, my Democratic, fellow-citizens, we must neither be for Paul nor for Apollos, except as the mere, but wor thy agents to carry nut the great and fundamental doctrines of the Democratic faith on which we are all united. Principles rather than men ought ever to be our motto. It has been our glory and our strength in the past time, that we have never concealed our principles Irani the public eye, but have always proclaimed them before the world. The late Baltimore Con vention, in obedience to our will, has erected a p'atform or principles, in the midst of the nation, on which every true Democrat can proudly stand. Does the man live, be lie Democrat or Whig, who, knowing Franklin Pierce and William R. King, be lieves they will prove faithless to any one of these principles 7 The great Democratic party of the Union have delivered td these their chosen candi dates a chart by which they stand pledged, In the most solemn manner, to guide the ship oThtate, and my litb upon the issue, they will never deviate from the prescribed course. In voting for these candi dates, then, every Democrat will be voting for his own cherished principles and sustaining the plat form of his party. I fear I shall not be able to accept your kind in vitation to pay you a visitfduring the Presidential canvass. With the strongest disposition to cultivate the persona( acquaintance and friendship of my brother Democrats of Bradford county, I must yet leave the public discussion of the principles invol ved in the present contest to younger and abler Democrats. 1 have, during no long a period, served in the character of a speaker before the people. that I trust.my Democratic fellow-citizens throughout the State, cohstdering that I am now more than sixty years of age, will give me an honorable discharge from the active duties of the campaign. With sentiments of the highest respect, I remain your friend and fellow-citizen ' JAMES BUCHANAN. Teodore Leonard, Isaac Cooley, Elam Bennett, John Salisbury, Frederick Leonard, Charles Salis bury, J. D. Phillips. Esq'rs., and mans others. TRW. OP CAVANAL'OII run MLTIADF.II-- 111 lie Court of Oyer and Terminer, before Judge Begins, President, Foster, and Hubley, held in this Borough last week, James Cavanaugh, an I: t . was tried lor the Murder of his child, a. • -',out.'s yearF of age, by thrustin. , first it fee - ; its head into a blazing anthracite s tire. - r keeping it until burned to a cr;-r , The horrid M,., • . - arty proved, as well as the fact that thc man was a lunatic superinduced probably by jealousy of his wife. Sev eral days-were occupied in the investization of the case, and on Thursday, the Jury alter being out about two and a half hours, returned a Verdict of "Not Guilty on the ground of Insanity.". The Court directed that Cavanaugh be conveyed to the State Lunatic Asylum; at Harrisburg.— Patina Emporiiim. Carr. Ssooknenri:—Dear Sir—ln the Express of the 19th inst. the editors publish an article purporting to have been copied Irons the Brunswick Telegraph and signed by '• X. X." By way of introduction he wonders if it is din ••X. X." .4e .. number o: of the Intelligencer, and" don't knn,v i 1 1 have fled from this land of liberty, and taken refuge in tier Majesty's dominions or not." For his especial information I would say that this "X. X," has '•es perienced no change;" that he is still a citazin of old Lancaster County, fully determined not to de sert her so long . as she remains a lend of liberty, although, should she 'ever become itieject to the iron rule of silly fanatics he might pit..bly be tempted to "take up his bed and walk." The article by the new " X. X." principally complains of the great cost to their Province, and says that .C 120,000 in money or moneys worth aro annually spent for their liquors nr spirits. In this respect they are precisely like Maine and a few more of the Eastern states; not having the where with to manufacture from, their large consumptions must be supplied from more favored districts, so that New York and our State come in fur the pi in cipal dividend of that " one hundred and twenty thousand pounds annually." This being the fact I would consider their arguments in favor of a pro hibitory late rather "far-filched" to quote for our benefit. The worthy editors appear to forgot Mat while they consume, we supple; instead of spending our revenue for spirits, we exchange a uortion of our surplus "lightened grain for their revenue, which makes quite a material differen.ce. The people of our heavy grain grossing districts are very willing to put their produce into such forms 33 will command the most ready -and profitable sale, and make no serious objection to take that `British Gold in payment. All things considered the " Maine Liquor Law " was concocted moro through a spirit of shrewd policy, than that of mos; strenuous morality. Now, Massachusetts manages their affairs upon another principle. Although they carefully prohibit the use of the " poison " in their own community, they are privileged to manufac ture and supply " Ruin " in any quantities to the " outsiders." The pure descendants of the " Pil- grim Fathers " always keep as eye upon the " nim ble penny;" but this making fur others that you will not use Yourselves is not quite according to the commandment, 64 Do as vou wish to be done by," even should it prove profitable. Mr. Editor, are we not a very singular people t In these days of fanaticism and credulity, when innocent folks are expe-ted to be punished and re stricted to prevent crimes in others—when the abuse of an article is considered good reason for its total prohibition—when we must relllOVe all causes before we can have an effect—when Judges upon the bench, instead of using their own good sense, deliver charges and opinions through the "spiritual medium" of sonic defunct great-great grand-daddy ; when ministers of the Gospel preach sermons not their own, but as corning front a r•Sjiir• it ; when chairs and tables hop a linen-pipe about the room, and occasionally jump to the ceiling like Mahomerrs coffin; when all these ilintastics are practiced successlully, arid believed by many to lie the 64 progress of tire Age," We must make terrine allowances for the few "Maine-rurs” among 11d. If they, poor souls, find pleasure in their lung faces, lean stomachs and abstemious appetites, they are welcome to that enjoy men;; but then they might keep to themselves those pm:Ml...rules with out trying to force them upon others. who are two ble of enjoying themselves by f• livuig off the tat of the land" without becoming beasts. T., Ire sure many persons have thought their appetites under perfect control; but, after indulging in all manner of excess, ere surprised to find their desires f,ir liquor, tobacco, or women, have became their Su periors—then, in despair, call upon temperate neighbors to "abolish the tempt•ition,” say mg "re strict yourselves to cure us" upon the principle " Remove the cause to have the effect." lint the • majority of the public say " let every tub stand up on its own bottom ;" let every man be accountable for his own sins, and be punished for them accord ingly, without including his innocent acquaintan ces, who happen to have minds sufficiently well bakp.nced as to be able to enjoy the pleasures of life without abusing them. It is certainly a very desperate effort in the poor imbeciles to effect a remedy, but then why adopt one so selfish I Why do they not show more justice in asking the passage of a law to prohibit wine, women, tobacco, &c., B:c., to those only who abuse the privilege; or, what would be far easier' and more politic, re move the weak minded persons to sstejsr 11 cy can be taken care of, and ted by overseers such ar. titles and in such quantities as their constitutions can bear according to said cverseers judgment. The "Spirit of the Age," in many ways is moat assuredly retrograde. The more intelligence we should have, the more fanatic and singular we ap pear. It we look to those sections where intelli gence and learning, have always mood pre.. tnitimit —where aris and sciences took the advance aid almost every scholar able to be a teacher—there we find the origination of all " Blue Laws," near. ly all the fanatical 66 isms," new creeds and doe. trines, cute and sharp designs, .o make money up. on the credulity of their unsuspecting neighbors— new modes of building up a host ol leeches ro Iye upon the means of others, &c. I do not wish to say that this is the effect . of too much ISI(.111. genes, but rather from a want of crimition honesty and pure principles as n trysts. instead of tire liy pi, critical cant and wooden nutmeg dispositii n to whittle their way through the world, and five by their wits. To do PO properly, those wits are pol ished up to the highest possibie p.r:e.11,111, so that we have annually turned upon us legions of high bred, graduated rogues, by chins it is 3,nms. a pleasure to be deceived and rll , -Jled, they do it so very gentlemanly and with such a gr-i.r. Perhaps, were the actual we rare ni time commu• nity at iarge considered less of the"cery silent/4c," would be amply sufficient. Let our " plattot " be the general honesty, good sense. pure principles, and inediocrical education of our Pennsylvania yeo manry, and we ought fare rather better. To be sure i.e have faults enough, in ad conscience.-AVe have n few old fashioned notions and superstitions, bat then we have none of the new fashioned scien tific and popular superstitions of the day origina ting here. Neither are we very particularly noted 'or our credulity, insanity, frnalicsm , hyp2crisy, useless patent rights, intemperance, interference in other peoples business; • nor too much love for the Maine Liquor Law, or any other Higher Law Hum• bug.. That we have such persons among us is very true ; but then we have enough of the purr; honest, straight forward sober men of the best common sense to keep them in check, it necessary. In fact these few zealots, while under proper control, are rather a benefit to our society, upon the pram pie of "it taking all kinds of people to make a world."— They form an excellent example to the rising gen eration, who by observing the light house may steer clear of the rocks of destruction. Sti I with all their advantages, however, they sometimes thin , neglect and Carelessness prove rather mischievous. For instance, last winter a few of the leading smonth-tongued and slippery "Aminadah Sleeks," very quietly had an act " snaked" through the Le gislature intended to keep the good citizens of Lancaster County sober on Sunday, and not make brutes of themselves upon that day at least, Not seeing the necessity of such a generous act, they arose in their might, Midi:ling that they were not such a host of drunkaros and Sabbath Breakers as to require asr eeial act f . or their control. The conseqmoice was the immediate repeal of tho odious law, and what is very singular no one to this day claims the authorship of . the nice transaction, n r knows any thing shout it. This mode of inculcating moral and religious feelings or principles, by force, always reminds me of the puritanical old minister who invariably clo sed his bee-hives up on Saturday night, keeping the industrious little laborers close prisoners until/ Monday morning, determined they should " member the Sabbath day and keep it holy," wheth er they would nr not. How our new " Latter day Saints " do, in liko cases, 1 ani not prepared to say Yours, Jane 22, 1852 Mr. Polit's Prediction Mr. Howard, of Tenn., at the great ratification meeting held in Buffalo, related an Incident which he said would be inter( sting to Democrats, the truth of which was vouched by General Arms!srong , of he Washington Union. and J. Knox Walker Esq.. private secretary to President Polls.—When Mr. Polk signed the commission of General Pierce, appointing him to command in the army in Mexico, he turned to those gentleman and said "/ ant 71010 commissioning a roan who will one day to President." Mr: Cathoun's Opini.n of Gen. Pierre.—John C. Calhoun was a man whose judgment of character was of the highest order, and whose onminn was justly regarded by the American people of the greatest importance. Judge Douglas says that, in a conversation which he had with Mr. Calhoun, some three years since, Mr. C. remarked that -he looked upon Frank Pierce, ae one of the most reli• able men, as a statesman and a patriot, that the country had produced." Henry Clay's opinion of Gen. Pierce.—Hear the words of the dying statesman which we commend to the consideration of every true Whig in the country. Mr. Clay's long and intimate know ledge of Gen. P. renders his opinion the more valuable: Mr. Clay was greatly chagrined when he heard of the defeat of Gen. Case, but pronounced Franklin Pierce a very good man, who, be felt ensured, would administer the government in a proper manner, should he be elected by the people. The opinions of Mr. Clay are no longer those of a partizrn, bat those of a tar•sigbted and patriotic statesman. DEATII WannucT—His Excellency Governor Bigler has signed the death warrant of Matthias Skupinski. The wretched murderer is to be exert'. ted on Friday. the BM of August. The solemn !hien ment was read by the Sheriff to the doomed man, in hie cell, on Wednesday in the English language, but as he did not comprehend it, its contents were communicated to him in Polish, by an interpreter, yesterday. The effect was to cause the prisoner to shed tens. The Governor declines, for the pres ent, signing the death warrant of the younger brother, Blaeso,-21brrh 4Thericon.
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