Entelligencer Sr, 3ournal.
Lancaster, July 3, 102•
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
EN. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR VICE PRESIDENT ,
OL. WILLIAM R. KING
OF ALABAMA
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM SEARIGHT,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY
RESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
SENATORIAL.
GDOROZ W. WOOOWARD, at Luzerne
Wason 141 , CArtnLess, of Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT PerrEdsoN, of Philadelphia
EICOMESI
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1. Peter Logan, la. H. C. Eyer,
.2. Gen. 11. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
3. John Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson,
4. F. W. Bookies, 16. Henry Fetter,
6. R. McCoy, Jr., 17. James Burnside,
6. A. Apple, 12. Maxwell McCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 19. Joseph McDonald,
8. Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. CoJulian,
9. David Pieter, 21. Andrew Burk,
10. R. E. James, 22. William Dunn,
11. John Mcßeynolds,' 23. J. S. M , Calmont,
12. P. Damon, 24. George R. Barret.
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lication, for the purpose of enablir.g the hands in
the office to celebf ate the Anniversary of Indepen
dence, on Monday. The paper is, therefore, issued
on Saturday evening.
Anniversary of Independence
Sunday the 4th inst., will be the seventy-sixth
Anniversary of American Independence, and we
have, according to custom, inserted in another col
umn the immortal Declaration which severed the
then Colonies I om Great Britain and gave US a
place among the independent Nations of the earth.
This great slate paper is from the pen of THOMAS
haPASSOS, and will be treasured in the heart of
every true patriot for all time to come.
Heath of Henry Clay. v.,
The Hon. HENRI' CLAY expired at his lodgings.
in the City of 'Washington, on Tuesday last, the'
29th of June, at 17 minutes past 11 o'clock, A. M.•
in the 7Clh year of his age. His end was peace
ful and serene, and he died without a struggle.—,
His last words were to his son, "Stay with n.e-1
am going." Thus has one of the great lights of
the age gone out;—an unrivalled orator, accom
plished statesman and true patriot, now lies cold
in the embraces of death. A Nation mourns its
loss. In an atticle announcing the death of this
truly great man, the Harrisburg Keystone has the
following excellent and truthful tribute to his mem-
ory:
"In the heat of partisan strife many bitter things
have been said of Mr. CLAY, but no one in our re
collection ever denied his patriotism or ardent de
votion to his country. Now that he has passed
from earth, old prejudices will be forgotten, and the
large number 01 Isis brilliant acts and the soul-in- ~
spiting pathos of his unequalled eloquence will be .1
revived in the mind of every one. If there is au',
American citizen who ,is ncit proud of the name - .!
and lame of HENRY CLAT he is not an American i ;
at heart.
Mr. CLAY started in life a Democrat, and advan
ced rapidly to a conspicuous place amongst the
meat distinguished of his party. For causes' to::
*hich it is not now proper to refer, Mr. Cm •
abandoned his old political associates and at oncr
hecarne the leader and champion of their opponents. .
which position he continued to hold until 1343.
Unquestionably "the noblest Roman" in the Whig
ranks, a party which his great talents and genius
hadsepublicanised and built up from a weak fee-
tion to a powerful opposition almost equally divi.'
ding the American people. to which he had devoted
a large majority of his manhood, and all his unri .
veiled zeal and energy, his old days were embitter
ed
anti his last days probably hastened, by its indif
ference, in promoting men who ne, er pretended to
statesmanship, to its highest honors, and in reject
ing his own claims upon its gratitude."
Mr CLAY commenced hia public life in 1800, ,
when at thirty years of age he took his seat in the
Senate of the U. States. In 1807 he was in the
Legislature of Kentucky—in 1309 again-in the U-
S. Senate—in 1311 in the U. S. House of Repre
sentatives as Speaker of that body—in 1814 Alin
rater to Ghent—in 1816 again in Congress as Speak
er—in 1825 Secretary of State—twice a candidate
for the Presidency—and for many years, without
interruption, in the U. S. Senate, of which body he
was still a member at .- the time of his death.
Peace to his ashes!
Tribute of Respect.
Immediately upcn the death of dr. CLAY being.', , ; -
announced in Congress, both houses adjourned over,
and on the following day eloquent eulogies on his
character and talents were pronounced in their re-
spective branches by Gen. Cuss, Messrs. Climate
WOOD, HUNTER, COOPER, SEWARD, BRECREN
aIma, CHANDLER, BAILEY, and others, after which
the customary resolutions were passed, and a Corn - j
mittee of each House appointed to attend his re
mains home to Lexington, Ry.,where they are TO -
be entombed. On Thursday a funeral procession
was formed composing the President and high
functionaries of Government, Senate and House of
Represenfatives, Officers of the Army and Navy,:
Foreign Ministers, and an immense number of cit- ;
izens and strangers. The corp - se was first taken to
the Senate Chamber where religious services were'
performed—from thence to the Railruad Depot,
where it was placed upon the cars for Baltimore—'
and from thence to Philadelphia, New York, and
round by the way of the Lakes to Lexington. For
three days, business was almost entirely suspended
in Washington City; and appropriate evidences of
mourning were given in nearly all the large cities
and towns of the Union, where the telegraph con
. veyed the news.
'rlbute to Mr. Clay.
On Friday' afternoon last, in obedience to a re
quest of Mayor Kieffer, business generally was
suspended in this city, minute guns were fired
craped flags displayed, and belle tolled, out of re
spent to the memory HERBY CLAT, whose remain.
were then on the road to Philadelphia. Our whol.
city had the appearance of deep mourning.
[7' The Chambersburg Valley Sentinel has been
united with• the Valley Spirit, published at the same
place, fAmes M. COOPSII, Esq., of the Spirit, is now
the owner and editor of the new paper, end a more
spirited writer, cleverer man, or better Democrat
is - not to be found any where. We have in doubt
he will make the paper.an able orgaa of the De.
mocracy of Franklin county. We wish our young
friend abundant success, pecuniarily and otherwise,
in his undertaking.
The Valley Spirit has been considerably enlarged
and improved in appearance, and is now, in every
respect,, one of the best Democratic papers in the
State.
Just as we. Said!
We stated last week that the eighth resolution of
the Whig National Convention was a cheat, and so
intended by the Northern wing of the party repre- -
sented in that body. They did not intend that the •
Compromise should be considered a "finality," and ,
most of theif papers published the resolution on ~
the saint of Slavery in a mutilated form, having
carefully left out the word " final" in the fifth line
where it occurs before "settlement." We submit
the col rttct resolution as it passed the Convention :
.8. The series of Acts of the 31st Congress corn- •
monly known as the compromise or adjustment
(the act for the recovery• of Fugitives from labor
included.) are received and acquiesced in by the
Whigs of the United States as a final settlement in -
principle and substance of the subjects to which
they relate, and so far as these acts are concerned.
we will maintain them and insist on their strict,
entSicement until time and experience shall dem
onstrate the necessity of further legislation to'guard
against evasion 'of the laws on the one hand and
the abuse of their powers on the other—not im
pairing their present efficiency to carry out the re
quirements of the constitution, and we deprecate
all further agitation of the questions thus settled as
dangerous to our peace and will discountenance all
efforts to continue and renew such agitation when
ever, wherever or however made—and Vl't will
maintain this settlement as essential to the Nation
silty of the Whig party, and the integrity of the
Union.
But, tof the proof of our allegation that the North
ern Whigs do not intend to carry out the doctrine
there laid down. The Whig Ratification Meeting•
in this City, through the management of Mr. STE
VE:Ts, entirely evaded the question, having neither
• endorsed the Whig Platform, nor the Compromise
in whole or in part. And the following Tuesday.'
• the Independent Whig, one of the Whig organs of •
this county, gave vent to the following strong and •
decided expression against the finality, the italics',
_being its own:
:•. It will be observed that what is known as the
. 'finality " of the Compromise measures is not en
dorsed, as it is provided they are to be strictly en-.
Lforced until time and experience shall demonstrate the
necessity f future legislation to guard against evasion
`of the laws on the one hand and the abuse of their
ern on the other." The clause effectually deprives
the endorsement of the taint of the *finality " doc
- trines, so justly odious to every man with proper
ideas of the rights and privileges of American cit
izens.
We could multiply proofs On the subject, all go
ing
to show the faithlessness and duplicity of the::i
SCOTT men, par excellence, in reference to the lead
ing and vital question of Slavery. They are de
termined to continue the agitation at all hazards,
let the consequences to the Union be what they
may, and to accomplish their treasonable designs.
more effectually they are "moving heaven and
earth,' as it were, to place Gen. SCOTT in the Pres
idential chair, -through whose sympathy with them,
in connexion with the influence he could then wield .
they expect to be successful. Will the honest and
reflecting men of all parties—North and South—
. look to this in time, and by aiding to elect Gen.
PIERCE avert from the Republic the thre . atened ca-
Gen. Pierce In the U. S. Senate.
Those who desire a taste of the power, force and'
beauty of the style of speaking of the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, will , find it an article
which we copy from the Hartford Times of 1842,
re-published 'now in that paper. It is an eloquent
and thrilling expose of the false promises of the
Harrison campaign a; 1840, and the practice alter
wards, on the plea of "State necessity, - a plea, as
Gem PIERCE truly says, that could be made for any
usurpation or wrongs a party might desire to ac
'. complish. The Whigs, we apprehend, will find out
in due season who FRANKLIN PIERCE is.
4 Standing Army at 100,000 Men
In Gen. Scott's letter of acceptance of his norni-F,
nation for the Presidency, he lays down a new doe,
trine, that might lead to the most alarming conse-i . ,
quences. Whilst in 1845, as will be seen in an - fi
other article, he was in 'favor of repealing all natu-!:
ralization laws, and excluding all foreigners from a
vote, he now says be would merely change the nat-l:
uralization law in one particular, and this is to 1 :
make one yew's service in the army or navy a pall
fication Jo; citizenship. Now, if Gen. Scott means
this is an additional restriction upon foreigners, it is'
as odious as the worst CONSCRIPTION LAW
that ever wan enacted in any despotic government..
What.! Compel every foreigner to come into citi.
: zeuship through the regular army!!! What a
principle! What a doctrine! And it would re
:. quire an army of 100,000 men to naturalize all
the foreigners reaching our, shores
Again, if it means that this is to be the only
qualification, our army would have in it one him
: dyed thousand foreigners! ! !
In any light in which it may be viewed, this is
a most exqaordinary recomendation—and coming
from the head of the army, who intends to hold on
to his commission until he dies or enters the Mite
House as President of the Republic, it looks as
though he was preparing for a military compaign .
such as this country never before witnessed, by in
citing to his standard an army such as the people
of this country never contemplated.—lnvestigatOr
Sixty Millions a teal
Sixty millions of dollars a year! Only think of ~
it. Nearly one hundred and fifty tons of gold. or'
twen:y-five hundred tons of silver. This is the an
nual expenditure of a Whig Administration, and it
is truly monstrous' to contemplate. Why. the an
nual expenditure of the government would load a
train of a hundred wagons with gold, or sixteen hun
.dred wagons with silver. Two-thirds of the annual
product of California cannot more than keep the
treasury supplied. The cotton crop of this country
!is reckoned to be immense, but the annual expendi.
: lure of the federal government would swallow up.
.-the whole of it. Sixty millions gone, consumed
and sunk in a single year! This sum would edu
cate every youth, male and female, in the Union
It would build three thousand miles of railroad,
- .nearly one-third as many miles as have been built
;in the United States up to this time.. This is pay
ing to) dearly for government, as it would require
::all the savings of nearly half a million 01 day la
borers to support the government.
It is time that a reform was made in this kind o
extravagance.—lnvestigator:
Marshall College
We have been favored with a Catalogue of the
Officers and Students of Marshall College, for 1851
—2, at Mercersburg, Pa., from which learn that the
Institution is in a highly flourishing condition. The
number of students are as follows, viz:
Theological Department, 1.7
UNDER GRLDIIATER
Seniors, - - - 23
- 7
Juniors, -
Sophomores, - -
Freshmen, • -
Preparatory Department,
Total, 149
The Faculty of the Institution is. constituted as
follows :
Rev. Joust W. NEVIN, D. D., President, andPro
;'essor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy.
WILLIAM M. NEVIN, Esq., A. M., Professor of
Ancient Languages and Belles Lettres.
Rev. PRILIP SCHAFF, Ph. D., Professor of Esthe
tics and German Literature.
Rev. Thomas C. PORTER, A. M., Professor o
Nat ursd Sciences.
Rev. THEODORE APPLE, A. M., Professor of Math
ematics and Mechanical Philosoph y.
GEORGE B. Russr.u., A. 8., Tutor,
C. Z. WEISER, A. 8., Instructor in German.
The Theological Professorship is at: present va
cant, but will shortly be filled.
Coltirto HostE.—The Eastern whig papers report
that Abbott Lawrence; Minister to England, "de
sires" to return home, and October is fixed as the
time of his departure from England. This will
just allow another whig to pocket $lB,OOO, and
make a hurried visit to London before the "Ides of
March."
I:l3St. Patrick's Cathedral, in. New York, has
an organ built at a cost of $7,000; it has 45 stops,
over 2,000 pipes, and three, sets of keys.
"I Spit upon your Platform !"
The New York Mirror (Whig) says it should,
perhaps, apologize to its readers for repeating the
language applied by the Tribune to the Platform
of the Whig Convention; but it "chooses to let the
Tribune's INSULT go forth in all its filthy force to
the eyes, ears and stomachsof those chivalrous Dele
gates from Tennessee, Missouri and Virginia, who
abandoned Fillmore in the Convention, and gave
their votes for Scott. Horace Greely, the champion
of the Abolitionists, the pet of Seward, who calls
the Constitution of the United States "an atrocious
bargain," says to the Baltimore Delegates, "1 serr
UPON TOUR PLATFORM !" And this man is the
conductor of the leading organ of the Whig party!
• • And why are all these rampant, radical,
Anti-Compromise journals in lavor of Gen. Scott,
who is well known to be conservative, even to th
verge of aristocracy, by nature, habit, education and
vocation? Is it not that they may kill off Fillmore,
Webster and all others, who hive had a hand in
framing, adopting and executing the Fugitive Slave
Law? Is it not, that, after "bargaining . ' with the
South for a Platform, in order to secure their man,
they may insult the very man they have inveigled,
by "spitting" upon their principles, and crowing
over the "Yankee tricks" played in the great Na
tional Farce at Baltimore , "
The Courier and Enquirer comments upon Gree
ley's repudiation of the Whig Platform in still more
pointed language; "Mr" says Webb, the Tribune
"overhauls the whole, plank -by plank, and every
part which it does not smear with its ridicule, it
brands with its denunciation. It strives to break
it down with, sophisms, fallacies, quibbles, cavils,
sneers, jibes, threats, imprecations, everything
which malignity can prompt and ingenuity devise.
It denies to the platform all validity whatever, and
refuses to abide by it in any sense whatever. It
knows, and, it we are to judge by its present spirit.
it. will hereafter know, Do other relation to it than
that of implacable enmity."
Now, says the Courier, this is not a matter to be
passed over in silence; for confining its views to
New York city alone, the votes of at least five
thousand members of the Whig party depend upon
a faithful adherence to the Platlorm, and if it is to
be thus reduced practically to a nullity, the sooner
it is known the better, for " these are days," says
Webb, in which men wish to understand who they
are voting with, and what they are voting tor."
In yesterday's Tribune. Greeley still harps upon
the " Whig Hunker Platform," as he calls it. He
says the anti-intervention resolution was drawn up
by " an ass' - -pardon us reader, this is Mr. Gree
iley's language not ours—and that it will lose Gen.
(Scott in Ness' York alone five thousand votes, and
at least as many in proportion, in Ohio and Wis.
consin. In the course of his article he makes use
of seve,ral very choice expressions toward the Whigs
who insisted upon a platform, such as '.chronic
illustrious blockheads," "more wealth
than brains, - " inveterate owls," &c., &c. How
many Scott converts will the following paragraph
make South?
They were only hall beaten this time at Balti
more, and a good deal was swallowed for our can
didate's sake that ought to have been resisted; but
it will not always be so. Mark the expression ;
Union Whig's? "It will not always be so.''
The Independent Whig, of this City, the organ Oil
THADDEUS STEVENS, is but the echo of the New
York Tribune. It, too, treats the Baltimore Whig
,Platform with marked contempt, and likewise inti-
Mates that "It will not always be so.
Beautiful Letter from Gen. Pierce.
It is well known that Mr. Polk, offered General';
Pierce a seat in his cabinet, and that the latter de-5,
dined the offer. The correspondence on the sub - " I
ject between the President and Mr. Pierce, was not:
at the time made public, and has only recently ap:-
peered. When the intelligence of Gen. Pierce's.
'..nemination at Baltimore, reached Concord, N. H.,'
an enthusiastic meeting was held congratulatory of:
the result. It \vas on that occasion that the cor
respondence alluded to was first publicly made,
known, and then through an old confidential friend
:::of Gen. Pierce. The following is an extract from
the letter of President Polk :
"It gives me sincere pleasure to invite you to ac
cept a place in my Cabinet, by tendering to you the
office of Attorney General of the 'United States. 1
have selected you for this important office from my,
personal knowledge of you, and without the solici
tation or suggestion of any or. e. I have done so be
:cause I have no doubt your pet-tonal association
with me would be pleasant, and from the consider
ation that in the discharge of the duties of the office,
'you could render me important aid in conducting
my aqministration. In this instance, at least, tLe
office bas sought the man, and not the man the of
fice, and I hope you may accept it.-
'The reply of Gen. Pierce will delight the yeader
for the simplicity and beauty of its style, and the
sentiments of attachment to domestic life, free from
the cares of public station, which it expresses—•
Here l' Is
CONCORD, N. H. Sept. 6, 1846.
My Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 27th, was re-'
ceived a week sidce. Nothing could have been:-
more unexpected, and considering the importance
of the proposition in a great variety of aspects. I.:
trust you will not think there has been unreasonable:.
delay in arriving at a decision. With my pursuits
for the last few years, and my present tastes, no po
sition, if I were in a situation on the whole to de-:,
sire public employment. could be so acceptable as
the one which your partiality has offered.
I ought not, perhaps, in justice to the high mo
tires by which I know you are governed, to attri- .
bute your selection to personal friendship; but I can- .
not doubt that your judgment in the matter has
• been somewhat warped by your feelings. When I
saw the manner in which you had cast your Cabi
net, I was struck by the fact that. from the entire:
range of my acquaintance tormed at Washington,'
you could not have ca led around you men with'
whom it was my fortune to be better acquainted,
or of whom I entertained a more delightful recol-.
lection, than Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Walker, Mr. Ma
.. son, and Mr. Johnson. A place in your Cabinet,
therefore, s'o far as personal association is concerned,
could not be more agreeable had the whole been
the subject of my own choice.
When I add that your important measures in the
foreign and borne administration of the government
have commanded not merely the approbation of'
my judgment, but my grateful acknowledgments
as an American citizen, yru will see how desirable,
on every ground connected with the administration,:
ihe office tendered would be to me; and, yet after
mature consideration, I am constrained to decline
it. Although the early years of my manhood
were devoted to public life, it was never really suit ';
ed to my taste. I longed (as lam sure you must.;
olten' have done.) for the quiet and independence
that belongs only to the private citizen, and now,.
at forty, I feel that desire stronger than ever.
• Coming unexpectedly as this offer does, it would
be difficult, if not impossible, to arrange the busi:
• ness of an extensive practice, between this and the
first of November, in a manner at all satisfactory';
to myself or to those who have committed their in-
terests to my care, and who rely on my services
Besides you know that Mrs. Pierce's health while . '
at Washington was very delicate—it is, I fear even.
more so now, and the responsibility which the pr 0...)
posed chinge would necessarily impose upon her.
ought probably in themselves to constitute an in
surmountable objection to leaving our quiet home'
for a public station at Washington.
When I resigned my seat in the Senate in '42 1.
did it with the fixed purpose never again to be vol
untartly separated from my family any considerable
length of time, except at the call of my country in
'time of war, and yet this consequence, for the rea
son before stated, and on account of climate, would
-be very likely to result from my acceptance.
These are some of the considerations which have'
Influenced my decision. You will not believe that .
I have weighed my personal convenience and ease
.against the public interest, especially as the office
is one which, if not sought, would be readily ac
cepted by gentlemen who would bring to your aid
attainments and qualifications vastly superior to
mine.
Accept my grateful acknowledgments, and be
. lieve me, truly and faithfully, your friend,
FRANK PIERCE.
HENRY CLAYS MANYSCHIPTS.-It is stated that :
Mr. CLAY, upon his retirement from the State De
partment, at the clos of John Q. Adams' adminis 2 .
tration, confided to General Jessup all the original
manuscripts and rough drafts which he had written:
whilst the Secretary of State. These were to be.
used after his death, in justice to his memory, in'
case the calumny should be revived, that although.
:he spoke well, he could not write. The manu
.scripts are very volumous—filling a large trunk
and a box. Their publication will be looked for
with great interest. Gen. Jessup was Mr. CLAY'S
second in his duel with John Randolph, and, al
ithough politically opposed, the warmest personal
friendship always existed between. them.
Moan Gor.n.—The steamer Crescent City from
Chagres arrived at New York on Tuesday last,.
bringing California dates of June Ist. She also:
brought 400 passengers, and $2,500,000, in all, in
gold dust. No news of importance in the Pacific
region. " -
Gen. Scott's Letter Accepting the
Nomination.
WASHINGTON, June 24, 1852
Son; I have bad the honor to receive from your
hands the official notice of my " unanimous nomi- •
nation as the Whig candidate for the office of Pres ,
ident of the United States," together with "`a copy -
of the resolutions passed by the convention expres
sing their opinions upon some of the most prom,:
nent questions of national policy."
This great distinction, conferred by a numerous,:
intelligent and patriotic body, representing millions:.
of my countrymen, sinks deep into my heart; and
remembering the very eminent names which were,
before the convention in amicable competition with!
my own, I am made to feel, oppressively, the'
weight of responsibility belonging to my new po
sition.
Not having written a word to procure this din
- tinction, I lost not a moment-Latter it had been con
f.ferred, to addressing a letter to one of your mem
bers to signify what would be, at the proper time,
.t the substance of my reply to the convention ; and
. 1 now have the honor to repeat, in a ore formal
manner, as the occasion justly demand's,
AC
CEPT THE 'NOMINATION, WITH THE RESOLUTIONS
AIIINEXED.
The political principles and measures laid down
in those resolutions are so broad that but little is:
left for me to add. I therefore barely suggest. ,
this place, that should I, by the partiality of my
countrymen, be elevated to the Chief Magistracy
of the Union, I shall be ready, in my connexion: .
,with Congress, to recommend or to approve of
;
measures in regard to the management of the pub-'
lie domain so as to secure an early settlement o
the same favorable to actual settlers, but consistent
nevertheless with a due regard to the equal rights
of the whole American people in that vast national':
- inheritance; and also to recommend or approve of
a single alter Ition in our naturalization laws, sug
gested by my military experience, viz: giving to"
all foreigners the right of citizenship who. sall - 1
faithfully serve in time of war one year onboard
of our public ships, or in our land forces, regular
or volunteer, on their receiving an honorable dis
charge from the service.
In regard to the general policy of the adminis
tration, it elected, I should of course lobk among
those who may approve that policy for the agents:
to carry it into execution; and I should Seek to .
cultivate harmony arid fraternal sentimentsthrough
out the Whig party, without attempting to reduce,
its members by proscription to exact coniormity to:
~rny own views. But I should,at the same time, be '4
rigorous in regard to qualifications for office—re
veining and appointing no one either defiCient in
capacity or integrity, or in devotion to Liberty, to.
the Constitution, and the. Union.
Convinced that harmony or good will between'
the different quarters of our broad country is essen
tial to the present and future intersts,of the Repub- :
lie, and with a devotion to those interests that can
know no South and no North, I should neither
countenance nor tolerate any sedition, disorder, fac
tion, or resistance to the law, or the Union. on any
pretext in any part of the land; and I should carry
ir.to the civil administration this one principle of
military conduct—obedience to the legislative and
judicial departments of Government, each in its
constitutional sphere—saving only, in respect to,
the Legislature, thepossible resort to the veto pow-1
er—always to be most cautiously exercised, and
under the strictest restraint and necessities.
Finally, for my strict adherence to the principles of
,the JVhig party AS EXPRESSED IN TR RESOLUTIONS
!OF THE CONTENTION, and hereing sled with a
sincere and earnest purpose to ad e the greatness
.and happiness of the Republic, and thus to cherish and
encourage the cause of constitutional liberty tliroughout
• the world, avoiding every act and thought that might
involve our country in an unjust or'unnecessary war
or impair the faith of treaties, and discountenancing'
all political agitation INJURIOUS TO THE INTERESTS
OF SOCIETY AND DANGEROUS TO THE UNION, I can
'offer no other pledge or guarantee than the known in
cidents of a long public life, now undergoing the seve
. rest examinatian.
Feeling myself highly fortunate in my associate
on the ticket, and with a lively sense of my obli
gations to the convention, and to your ::personal
courtesies,
I have the honor to remain, sir, with great es
teem, your most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To the Hon. J. G. CHAP MAN, President of the Whig
National Convention.
RESPECTFUL TRIBUTES FROM POLITICAL OPPO-:
NENT 4 —n• - • ":C .- "'lr`tol the death of HENRY CLAY,:,
the j.t . .s.,Th I.Y.,..ocratic Association of Washing
ton suspended their meeting, on Wednesday night,
'until the funearl of the great departed, and draped
'their hall in mourning. With the idea the
Democratic Mayoralty Convention of Baltimore ad
journed to next week, and the Pioneer Democratic
ratification meeting, which was to take place in
;the eastern part of that city,. on Wednesday night,
was also postponed.
REV. MR. BUTLER ' S SERMON-MR. CLAX ' S RE
LIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS.- Washington
July I.—The funeral sermon of the Rev. Mr. Buy
ler, over the remains of the venerated Henry Clay:,
though brief, was highly eloquent, and deeply im
pressive, embodying a very interesting sketch of
Mr. Clay's religious opinions and.,l=xperience.
Clay, from the commencement, thought his disease.
would terminate fatally.
During his sickness Mr. Butler enjoyed frequent
free and lull conversations with him upcin the sub-! .
ject of religion, in the course of which Mr. Clay
avowed an unwavering faith in the doctrines of the •
fall of man, the reality and necessity of atonement,',
of being born again spiritually. and of salvation,
- through a crucified Redemer. His own hopes of
• salvation were based upon the promises of grace
through Christ.
The effect of religion (remarked the Reverend
' .. gentleman) in subduing his naturally :passionate..
*..'arid impatient spirit, were conspicuous, rendering:
him submissive on the approach of death. On one
occasion, Mr. Clay remarked to him, that he had'
been contriving to form a conception of Heaven,:
''"and he enlarged upon the merciful provision.
..;.by which the Saviour became a partaker of our'
;humanity, that we might fix our affections and
"hopes on Him. On another occasion, he adminis
:-:tered to him the Sacrament. The scene was a:.
memorable one, none others partaking besides the
1 - ,:lminister and the servant. Mr. Clay. expressed great: .
satisfaction upon the occasion.
Mr. Clay's reading was confined principally to.
.: , the Scriptures, and devotional books. His whole
'_':care, until death, was tremulous with humility,;
::rather than rapturous with assurance.' When he,
felt most the effects of his sufferings, it sufficed to:
' . .'„ 2- .suggest that such a discipline was needful to make ;
tif . him more meet for the inheritance of the saints,
er r and at once Words of meekness and acquiescence
- :'`fell from his lips.
His exhausted nature at length gave way. His.
.last words to Mr. Butler were—" I lute only in
Christ." Gently he breathed his soul away into the
spirit-world.
THE Sioux TREATY. — We are informed that the:
Senate, in Executive session, on Tuesday, ratified.;
the treaty entered into with the Upper Sioux In-:
diens for the cession of their lands, in the Minnesota
Territory. The treaty, as originally made,, provi- ,
ded for a reservatiou ten miles in width on either
side of the Minnesota river; but it is understood
that this provision was struck out by the Senate
and that, in lieu of it, the annuities were increased.
and dsicretionary authority conferred upon the Pres
ident in regard to the selection of land in other to
,' cantles for occupation by the Indians.
Il7"Secretary Webster, it is said, has expressed
his intention of resigning as soon as he'can arrange
the business of the Department., As Mr. Lawrence
is coming home, it is supposed the mission to En
gland may be tendered to him.
EU" Hon. WlLLiva A. Gasnex, Whig Secretary.
of the Navy, has resigned his office in the Cabinet,
in consequence of having received the nomiiii:tior,
for the Vice Presidency.
Will Gen. Scorn go and do likewise? We rath
er guess not. He no doubt thinks that " a bird in
the hand is worth two in the buih."
WHIG RARMONT.—The New York Tribune
which is one of the most uncompromising Scot;
'papers, and ultra Abolition at that, says:
; " Let the Whigs of the South understand that the
"Seward men," so called, ask of the Whig National
'Convention only liberty to think their own thoughts ;
and •Au eyes; and even they do not
;ask, win I,er Any resolve which represents
them as satisfied with the Fugitive Slave Law, and
commit them to its maintenance unmodified, will
be simply a lie, binding no one, and discrediting
:'none but its creditors."
ANOTHER CsanmaTE.—The Free Soilers are to
hold a National Convention, at Pittsburg, on the
, 11th of August, for the purpose of nominating can.
didates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. .
Boston, July I.—Eben Smith,?Jr., counsellor at
law, and John L. Coe, clerk in the Shoe and Lea
ther Dealers' Bank have been arrested,charged with
being implicated in forgeries on a number of banks
City and. County Items
"PiLoint.'s Paooasss."Who has not read this
immortal production of JOHN BIINTAIII Those:
wha haye not, as well as those who have, should
go to the Mechanics' Institutti, and see a splendid
panorariaic view of "Christian's Journey from the
"Town of Destruction to the Celestial City." The
hibition commences :on Monday, July 5. For:
particulars see advertisement.
Mr The Shoe Store of J. W. Quinn has been re
moved to Dr. Miller's building, in N. Queen street,
opposite Bears book store.
117 Wm. E. Fleinitsh has abandoned the mer
cantile:business and taken to sign and ornamental
painting. He is prepared to execute anything in
in the finest style.'
'll7 - The Court of Common Pleas, for this County,
on motion of J. B. Amwake, Esq., adjourned on
Tuesday last, immediately on the announcement
being made of the death of Haunt CLAY.
[I:7A fire occurred in the dwelling of Mr. Jacob
EshelMan, South Queen Street, this morning, Sat
urday, between 1 and 2 o'clock. One of the boys
who was up getting ready for market, had placed,
a lighted candle near some clothing—hence the ori
gin of the fire. Fortuntelr it was discovered in
time to prevent a serious destruction of property.
12D An accident occurred at the new building of
Mr. Black, corner of E. Orange and Lime streets, by
the falling of scaffolding, on Wednesday last, in
consequence of which a workman, named Michael,
Kilgore, was seriously injured.
Aonicovronel..—The Managers of the Lances"'
ter County Agricultural Society, to whom the mat
ter has been referred, will meet on the 12th inst.,
to decide upon the field for holding the next State
Fair.
RCN AWAYS.—On Monday evening a horse attach-Y.
'ed to a carriage, belonging to Dr. Waylan, of this
city,,took fright and rtin off, breaking the carriage
to pieces. The driver, a colored man named Henry
Walker, was thrown out and h6.d one of his shoul
ders broken. On the same evening as a young
gentleman and lady of this city - mere driving in al
rockaway, on the Millerstown turnpike, their horse!
I run away, throwing them out and breaking. the'.
vehicle. Both received but slight injuries, and the: .
I only inconvenience they were subject to was, being
obliged to walk back to town. Occurrences of tniS,
kind have become quite freqUent of lare.—Eranii
EXPERIMENTAL TRIO ON THE STRASBURG RAIL
110An.—Thursday last was a great day l'or Strasbur4,
—one likely to be remembered. The shrill sound',
of a whistle proclaimed to the inhabitants that
locomotive was in town. In an instant all was'..
commotion—all excitement! , The tide of the ex-!.:,
cited populace was directed towards the eastern end
of town—in the direction of the railroad terminus,
-ourself among the rest hurried along, when lo ! we:,
beheld a volume of smoke rising in the air—issu-' 7 :
.ing from:the escape-valve of a regular out and out;.
Locomotive. Yes, good reader, it was a genuine , .;
steamer of the last order. The depot gained, a
scene of joyous enthusiasm met our view better,:
':imagined than described, consequent upon such an;
unusual thing as the appearahce of a steam engine;
TA pleasure car in our town. The gentlemanly
'‘donductor and engineer, Mr. Jeffries, kindly invited
us among a number of others to get aboard, when
the train was put ih motion and in the short space'
of 9 minutes we safely landed at Leaman Place, (a .
distance of 4 miles, and over a smooth road,) par-
taking of a little schnapps with mine host of the
Railroad House. in commemoration of the event.—
A few momenis elapsed during which time each
'congratulated the other upon the final completion
of this much desired project, when the whistle
again summoned us on board, and ten minutes la
,ter found us again in the good old borough, highly
pleased and of the unanimous opinion that this was
the age of improvement. This was only a trial
trip for the especial edification of those concerned
in the road. During the coming month, however,
sse expect a glorious time !—Bee .
Book Notices.
HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
oe 431Estic.i..—This is the title of a new and inter
esting work, by the Author of "The Republic of the
U. S. of America," which is to be issued in thirty
numbers, pamphlet form of 64 pages each, at 25
cents per number, by CASE, TIFFANY & Co., Hart
ford, Conn. It will doubtless be an interesting work
and have an extended patronage. The first num
ber, which is now before us, has a beautiful engra
ing of Gen. WASHINGTON, and the contents are as
follows, viz:
Principles of Party—Formation of Parties—Re
ligion promoted by Parties—Science advanced by
P.‘rties—Party Action, and its Importance—The
Whig Party—The Democratic Party—Objects of
History—Ancient History, Interpretation of Lan
guage, Uncertainties of History—Republics of Greece
and Rome—Republic of Rome—Human Progress
—France—Origin and Grbwth of Nations—Eng-'
land—Protectorate of Cromwell—Democracy in
England—Design of the Work—Vox Populi Vox
Dei.
ROMANCE OP THE REVOLUTION. — This is a band
somely bound book of 450 pages, appropriately em•
bellished, and neatly printed. The reading matter
is exceedingly interesting, made up as it is of a
truthful account of .heroic deeds, personal suffering.
'adventurous escapes from prison, &c„ &c., all going
-to sho7,v in a vivid and graphic light the severe and
extraordinary trials through which our forefathers
• had to pass in the perilous "times that tried men's
souls.'
We have read a considerable portion of the work
with thrilling interest, and can cheerfully recom
mend it to the patrots,age of the public. Published
by &NCB & BROTHER, No. 134 Nassau street, V.
Y. Price $1,50.
WOODWORTH% YOUTHS ' C.II3INETs-A beautiful
little work—issued monthly, each number contain
ing 48 pages, handsomely bouud and splendidly
embellished, and all for $1 per annum the single
copy, or $5 for 7 copies. Edited by Fa.ocis C.
WOODWARTH, and published by D. A. Woonworixa,
No. 118 Nassau Street, N. Y.
We know of no work that will be more interes
ting to the youth of both sexes, as it contains a vase
amount of useful and instructive matter, particu
larly entertaining to the juvenile mind.
131,scswoon's MAGAZINE, the American reprin
for June, by Leonard Scott & Co. Publishers, N. Y
is already on our table. The contents are as fol
• -•
Policy of the Protectionists,—Five Years in the
West Indies—Fortune Hunting Extraordinary—
Fgliguson the Potter—Carmina Lusoria—Scraps
of Rhyme—Thoughts upon Dinners—Fragments of
Poetry—The Great Question—lndex to Vol. 71.
13:7TIELB PENNSYLVANIA FARX JOIIIIII.LL, for
July, is promptly issued, and contains the usual
amount of excellent reading matter interesting in
the highest degree to Agriculturalists. S. S. HAL
DEMAN and A. M. Srxaotart, Editors.
TY - The letter from Mr. Buchanan which we give
to-day, is one of the most able tributes to worth
and capacity that we have ever seen ;—being the
endorsement of our gallant standard bearer by one
of the most sterling Deniocrats of the :Union, and
one of the most profound statesmen of the world.
When such a frank and free tribute as this comes
from a great man, the poor, weak, puling arist.
crats,—who would sneer at Franklin Pierce may
well "hide their diminished heads."—Pittsburg Uni-
The Lebanon and Cornwall Plank Road Com-
pany have organized by the election of the follow
ing officers:—Preeident, Clement B. Grubb; Treasu
rer and Secretary, S. M. grouser; Managers, Cyrus
Shirk, Levi Kline, Dr. G. Lineweaver, Abraham
Shirk and lona. S. Beckley.
120 — Gen. A. L. Rauarroirr has been appointed
by the Pennsylvania. Railroad Company, Assistant
Superintendent of Trimsportation on the Columbia"
and Harrisburg Railroad'.
Driving the Nail Home!
The Washington Union, in an article accompa
nying the Whig Platform, but previous to the nom
ination of Gm. Scorn, has the following pointed
remarks:
What, has became of the party which for long
years, and with the utmost strain of all the engi
.nery of political corruption, fought the battle of a
national bank and a tariff for protection?
What has become of the party which made the
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands and
the virtual abolition of the veto power of the Pres
ident two of its main issues?
What has become of the party which, as a gen
eral rule, in framing and supporting internal im
provement bills, has been careful only to see that
they made lavish appropriations of public money
• at points available for political jobbing and elec-
nneering
What has become of the party which, since
1840 and up to 1844, resolutely set its face against
all acquisitions and annexation of new territory,
and all through the Mexican war lived on the stim
ulating
poison of "moral treason:'
What has become of the party which, through
the lips of Mr. Webster, boasted in 1848 that the
Proviso was " whig thunder," and that the whigs.
were as good treesoilers" as anybody, and that '`the
whig party had raised a great anti-slavery excite
ment on the Texas question before the Democrats
stirred a finger in that business?" •
What has become of the party which, on the
showing of Mr. Corwin, rallied in 1848 to vote
Mr7Fillmore as being at that time " a known
abolitionist?"
When we read the names of the men who figure
now in this Whig Convention—when we think over
the measures which they havnsustained, the speech
es they have spoken, and the votes they have voted
and when we turn to this "platform," this com
pound of equivocation and democracy, this amalgam
of barren generalities, constituting nothing more
substantial than a cheating and ambiguous repudi
ation of the whole essence of whig doctrine, as the
country has known it and condemned it ever since
the whigs were a party—we are constrained to say
with Mr. Webster, " Gentlemen, this is not the en
tertainment to which we were invite yr by the
Whig Convention. Non hoc pollitiiil you prom
ised us whiggery of high proof—you have given us
what hardly deserves to be called whiggery and
water. Save in your reference to the compromise
measures, where you in National Convention flatly
contradict all that the majority of you have said
during the past year in State conventions and con
gressional votes, you have 'given us " platform '
with the issues left out. It you are in earnest in
this your creed ; you have given up all ground, so
far as your opinions go, to oppose the democratic
party, and have definitely capitulated to the domi
nant spirit of the country. If you are not in earnest,
men your whole platform is '-a cheat and a gull-trap,'
even as your own leading organs have already an
nounced the Compromise portion of it to be. In'
either case—which ever horn of the dilemma you
stake yourselves upon—you have shown yourselves,
as a party, utterly unworthy of public confidence.
The adoption or even the suggestion for adoption,
of this platform by the Whig Convention, shows
that the whig party, as a political organization
looking to principles or measures, has nothing more
to do in the government of this country. What re
lation is there between this platform and the sec
tional policy of President Taylor—between this
platform and the practices of Galphinism and Gar
dinerism—between this platform and the whig pol
icy of expending some sixty millions of dollars a
year in a time of profound peace; which sum has
to be eked out by an enormous deficiency bill, ren
dered necessary by the tact that even Whig finan
cial laxity could not compute beforehand, in its an
nual estimates, the various ingenuities of specula
tion and extravagance which would depredate upon
the public money in whig hands? This platform
is nothing but a cloak for whig practices. As such,
it is a confession that whig practices cannot bear
the daylight; and yet the cloak is all too short.—
Who is silly enough to dream that the cloven foot
of Sewardism can be kept out of view by a com
promise resolution? Who, if the whigs can only
keep the executive power of the,country, will fail
to see "Galphin' lurking under the resolution for.
"economy."
Put forward any marked whig man upon this
platform, and the contrast between the candidate
and the creed he assumes to stand on will be both
ludicrous and scandalous. Is Scott the candidate?,
How will his four letters, bristling all over with all
the condemned issues of whiggery, and a number
• oi his own strange crochets besides, read by the side
of this platform? is Webster the candidate? How
will this platform compare with his long congres
sional and administration record—old federalism in
cluded? Is Fillmore the candidate? How will
this platform tally with his Erie letter, his votes
in Congress, and the recommendations of his mes
sages and of the reports made under his direction?
When these things come to be discussed before
the country, the Whig Convention will find that its
attempt to rescue the whig party from odium and
condemnation by unwhigging it, requires something
more than the equivocations a--.d ambiguities of a
plagiarized platform—stolen from other organiza
tions, and mutilated and disfigured in the stealing.
Such a thing of "shreds and patches" will not fur
nish old whig leaders either a mask against detec
tion, or a passport to public confidence.
Travel over the Columbia Rail
road. _ . _
The contract made recently by the Canal Corn -
missioners with Birromor & Dockdor carrying the
passengers over the Columbia Railroad, has given
rise to much discussion and excitement in the east
ern part of the State; and, we believe, a vast deal .
of misrepresentation has been resorted to by parties',
sympathising with the interests of the Pennsylvania
Railroad in reference to those of the Commonwealth.
So far as the Canal Commissioners are individually
concerned, or as regards the Pennsylvania Railroad,
we care not a farthing about the issue—each party
being abundantly able and willing to take care of
themselves, and to explain and defend their own con
duct. But the Canal Commissioners are, censured
in interested quarters for what we are compelled to.
regard as a highly meritorious public act, and be
cause the public was and is deeply concerned in the
act, we have defended it. To destroy the effect of
a justification of the Canal Commissioners, anony
mous scribblers crowd the Philadelphia papers with
repfics, (God save the mark!) which abound in Rip-'
_pant assertions unsupported with -either proof, rea-l
-.son or common sense, and which are necessarily
mere concoctions in the aggregate as well as in the
minutest detail. To these we have no reply to '
make. But we now_ propose to place the issue in
a tangible form. We assert, therefore, first, that
the Legislature made no appropriation by which
the Canal Commissioners were enabled to carry
the passengers over the Columbia Railroad in the
cars and with the locomotives of the Common
wealth, and that because of this neglect they were
: compelled to employ somebody to carry the pas
sengers.
2d. Messrs. BINGHAM & Dock and the Pennsyl
vania Railroad company were the principal (per-',7
haps only) competitors for the contract, and the
tiormer proposed to enter into the contract upon'
more 'favorable terms than the latter. (Here we
desire to remark that this is the. most important
point In issue, and if our statement is not correct,
we demand that the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany deny it authentically.)
3d.. Before Messrs. BINGHAM & Dock entered into'
the contract it was offered to (but not accepted by)
the Pennsylvania Railroad company upon the:
same terms.
4th. Under
.the contract with Messrs. BINGHAM
& Dock, the passengers are carried eleven miles.
farther on the State works than they would have
been by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, which
will make a difference in revenue in favor of the.
State-of from $20,000 to $30,000 annually.
If these statements are true, then the Canal
Commissioners are entirely justified. II they are
not true, the Pennsylvania Railroad company can
correct us, and the public expect it to do so.
Here, then, the issue is fairly and broadly mare
—we desire only that the truth be made manifest,
and this we demand of the parties who are in pos
session of the facts.
Upon subjects of this kind our columns are open
to all, for fair and candid discussion, and we invite
all to it.—Ltarrisburg Keystone.
il7 - By the arrival at St. Louis of Mr. Josiah
Collins, from Fort Kearney, the St. Louis Repub
lican has reliable accounts of the condition of the;
vast throng of emigrants who were on their way
over the .Plains to California. From an accrunt
kept at Fort Kearney, it appears there had passed
that place, previous to the 11th of June, 16,362 ;
men, 3,242 women, 4,266 children, 5,325 wagons,
6,538 horse.; ' 4,606 mules, 59,392 cattle, anlo, '
524 sheep. This was exclusive of great numbers,
who, from taking more Northern routes, would not
pass near Fort Kearney. The cholera was pre
vailing fatally among the emigrants, and Mr. Col
lins gives the names of forty-seven persons, mostly
from the Northern States, whose graves he passed
to Independence. There were besides, twenty graves
with no inscriptions, and of whose occupants noth
ing was known. It was feared that the sickne - -
would increase as the emigrants prograssed.
Ctsciarstaxr, June 28, 1852.—Lewis Slate, Sarah
Slate, Milton Parker and John Frisbee, were found
guilty, by the Criminal Court, of dealing in coun
terleit money. The evidence showed the parties
to have belonged to a most extensive gang of coun
erfeiters, one of whom, named John S. Collins;
tturned States evidence; but after the trial he was
arrested by the U. S. Commissioner on a gbarge of
dealing in counterfeit coin.
Our New York 'Correspondence..
NEW Yoax, July 1, 1852.
Ma. Entreat—The theme of every letter, as it
is the .hems of every tonne, should naturally be
the death of Henry Clay; but your paper will have
already had sufficient demands upon its apace for
that subject, and I leave it to other pens, trusting
that the Democratic Press, everywhere, will never
'forget the maxim, Nit martins nisi bonum. It is
well know that the illustrious deceased took a
lively interest in the approaching Presidential
Election, and that all his partisan asperities were
:so weakened by his retirement, that he even dente
" red his wish that Lewis Cass might he chosen, al-
Though he was induced by Southern friends to
write a letter highly commending Mr. Fillmore.
He seemed as though, in his last moments, all
mere party considerations lost their influence over
him ; and his earnest patriotism predominated. He
beard of the nomination of General Scott, without ,
approval, and doubtless with deep regret; for,
much as he respected the military character of the
nominee, he well understood his vanity, his pliancy,
and his childish grasping for the gew-gabs of pub
lic station—defects which make him the ready and
suppliant tool of Senator Seward, or any other
: leader of a powerful faction. I am assured by a
person who had the privilege of being present in
the sick chamber of Mr. Clay, about two weeks
ago, that the dying statesman pronounced a high
eulogy upon Gen. Pierce, whom he personally
.• knew, when in Congress, saying "He is a truly
national man, and will make a good President."
The same gentleman writing from Washington,
in reference to Scott's nomination says:
" Mr. Fillmore continues neutral, there is no
movement in the bureaux, and the clerks in the
departments, down to the very messengers, droop
their heads. These are rather singular symptoms
of rejoicings; but the animation may increase, as
the contest grows warm."
It may; and then again, it may not. I rather
-think it won't; for never was a nomination so
coldly received ; it sinks like lead upon the spirits
of the staunchest Whigs in this city, and is only
acceptable to Greeley, Raymond, and the other
'ackalls of the lion Seward.
In Boston, "a grand rejection meeting" has been
called. The Whigs of suffolk county, "opposed
to the nominations of Scott and Graham, and in
favor of carrying out the wishes of a majority of
the Whigs of the Union,'• are invited to assemble
in Faneuil Hall, on the 7th inst.; and the Webster
papers say that "a glorious meeting is expected—
one that cannot fail to do honor to the Whigs of
the whole country, and that may redress the wrongs
that have been done them, by the late doings and
decision at Baltimore." The Boston Bee, I ob
serve, still keeps the name of Daniel Webster at
the head of its leading column, as its candidate lot
the Presidency; and other New England papers
persist in the same course.
There were never such deeprooted and irrecon
cilable dissensions to the Whig party before; and
whatever the result may be—whether an indepen
dent NV big candidate is nominated, or not—it to as
certain as anything in the future can be; that Gen.
Scott will be beaten worse than Mr. Clay was in
1832, when he only had 49 electoral votes to 219
for Jackson.
It is now understood that Abbot Lawrence has
resigned the post of Minister to England, for the
purpose of coming home to engage in the Presi
dential contest, in behalf of Scott. The million
aire boasts of the immense sums of money that he
spent to elect Taylor, and that he can do as much
for Scott, provided that he is promised the office of
Secretary of the Treasury, in the event•ot success.
If he could get control of the Treasury Department,
for a few years, it would be no fault of his, if all
his friends, and particularly NUMBER. ONE, did not
get rich pickings.
Although has been denied that Mr. Webster
thinks of retiring from the Department of the State,
to go to England as the successor of Mr. Lawrence,
it is still probable that he will do so. In the first
place, a few month's absence from this country will
be congenial to his feelings, during his present em
barrassing political position; and, secondly, the
outfit of $24,000 would not be a disagreable replen
ishment of the Marshfield exchequer.
Democratic meetings are held in various wards
of the city, nearly every evening; and there is an
enthusiastic, resolute, and confident spirit among
our friends, which affords the surest augury of suc
cess. Governor Cobb, of Georgia, made an elo
quent speech at one of the meetings on Tuesday
evening. He is a great favorite among the Demo
crats of New York.
But we do not lack good thinkers, shrewd tac
ticians. and accomplished orators, among our res.
•ident Democrats. We have among us, men who
are more than equal to the emergencies of the times.
Perhaps, the most hard-working Democrat in the
city, since the nomination of Mr Pierce, has been
John Cochrane; and it would seem that he intends
to keep it up till November. Mr. Cochrane has
spoken at nearly every Ward Meeting that has been
held since the nomination; and his thorough knowl
edge of National, State, and local politics, hie flow
ing oratory, his eminence as a counsellor and a law
yer, and his h gh social position, give' him a vast
and growing influence over the admiring crowds
that listen to his lucid expositions of the principles
of the Democratic - Party.
The Metropolitan Hotel of this city, which is to
be opened next month, by the brothers Leland, is
the largest and handsomest in the world. Its cost,
including the lot on which it stands, the buildings,
decorations, and furniture, is a little over One Mil
lion Dollars! The Erie Railroad, the longest in
the United States, and the longest but one in the
world, cost only Twenty Millions. The M etropo
titian Hotel Is a much more costly piece of prop
erty than many of our lines of railroads, and it will
oe certainly more profitable to its proprietors, and
less dangerous to its patrons. There are five miles
of hall! in this monster hotel; and among the em
ployees nfthe establishment will be "guides," whose
sole business will be that of conducting travellers
and new boarders to and from different apartments.
Some of the negrophilisis of this city have caused
a superbly jewelled dagger to be made for presen
tation to his Imperial Highness of the thick lips
and tender shins,Faustin I, by the grace of God,
Emperor of all t he Niggers in Hayti. By an ar
rival, yesterday, we have news that he is prepar
ing to wage another brutal and cruel war against
the peaceful Dominicans. It will be a disgrace to
the Christian nations of the earth, if they permit
this sable monarch to pursue his career of butchery
much longer.
Yours truly,
An Important Bill
On Saturday week, the House of Representatives
disposed of the Land Bill, after having considered
it almost from the very commencement of the ses
sion. It passed by a vote of 96 to 86, the absen
tees being numerous. The provisions of this bill
are very important, as it parcels out the Public
Lands proportionally among all the States and Ter
ritories, not forgetting the District of Columbia.—
It appropriates to Missouri 3,000,000 acres; to
Alabama 2,500,000 ; to lowa 3,000,000; to Michi
gan 2,500,000; to Wisconsin 2,500 000 ; to Loui
siana 2,500,000; to Alis=issippi 2,000,000 ; to Flor
ida 2,000,000 ; to Arkansas 3,000,000; to Califor
nia 3,000,000; to Illinois 1,000,000; to Indiana all
.the public land not sold, located or reserved, lying
within her limits, and 1,000,000 acres in addition
:thereto; to Ohio all the public land not sold, loca
':ted of reserved, lying within her limits, and 2,000,,
. 000 acres in addition thereto; and to each of the
.- States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New -York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee, at the rate of 150,000
:acres, for each Senator and Representative in the
• 32d Congress, from said States respectively. And
to each of the organized territories and the District
'a Columbia, 150,000. The eleven States first na
, med are to apply their share in the construction of
railroads, and the remainder of the States and the
. territories and the District of Columbia are to ex
:. pend theirs for the support of schools, or for other
useful purposes.
The bill is now in the Senate, and, it is thought,
will also pass that body.
EU' The Charleston Standard states that upon
the appointment of the late Judge Woodbury, of
New; Hampshire, to the bench of the • Supreme
Court of the United States, Governor Steel pressed
'General Pierce to accept the seat in the Senate
:which Judge Woodbury had vacated. General
Pierce declined the proposal firmly, as he afterwards
declined the attorney-generalship, prelerring the
independence of a private citizen.
The same pa per makes the following gratifying
declaration:
"Our neighbor, the Courier, after a handsome
notice of Mr. Pierce, seems to be doubtful whether
South Carolina will cast her vote for him. It takes
no prophet to foretell this. If the Courier will
promise faithfully never to divulge it to any
one, we will tell it beforehand what this State
will do. You promise? Well, just lean over here,
and we'll whisper it in your ear: South Carolina
will go for Pierce and Sing ten to one. Now,. mind,
you're not to tell anybody that we said CO."
THE STE/HEMP PHESIDEOT.—Some fragments of
the lost steamship President, appear to have been
found lately on the coast of Scotland. At least it ap.
'pears to be the general opinion that the pieces of a
wreck alluded to belonged to that ill-fiftedvessel. It is
a mystery what become of the President. Not a re.
liable word was heard of her from the time she
left. Possibly these remains may furnish us with
a clue to some definite information in regard to her
fate, and that of her burthen of humanity. The
vessel was lost in 1841.
The Susquehanna Railroad.—The engineers com
menced the location of the Susquehanna railroad,
beyond Harrisburg, Tuesday week. One division
is in charge of Rimber Cleaver, Esq., well known
as a scientific and efficient engineer; the other is
directed by Geo. P. Worcester, .Esq., who made a
preliminary survey of the route last summer.—Bat.
Sun.
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