3ntelligencer & 3ournal. Litncaster. August 11. 1852. OE°. SANDERSON, EDIT FOR PRESIDENT: . FRANKLIN PIERCE , OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, L. WILLIAM R. KING, OF ALABAMA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS SENATORIAL. G coat W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne tyloar AIICANDLESEI, of Allegheny. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT. RI:URT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia. EXEMSI ter Logan, 1 .,. H. C: Eyer, eo. H. Martin, 14. John Clayton, I hn Miller, 16. Isaac Robinson, i W. Bockius, 16. Henry Fetter, i. McCity, Jr., 17. James Burnside, Apple, 18. Maxwell McCaslin, . Strick.and, 19. Joseph McDonald . , bi sham Peters, 20. W. S. Cokhan, avid lister, 21. Andrew Burk, E. James, 22. William Dunn, Ohn Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. MlCalmont, 'I. Damon, 24. George R. Barret. Zt °unity Committee Meeting. Theltemocratic County Committee of Lancaster Count!) , will meet at the public house of G. Leber, in E. King Street, in this City, on Wed nesdaii, the 1814 of August, 1352, at I o'clock, P. M.! Punctual attendance is req-estcd, as busi ness of importance will be laid before the body. WILLIAM MATHLOT, Chairman. lgrThe Committee consists of the following gen- Vemen : .Adirmstoton—John Echternacht. .111 t—IA m. Pickel. Br ckno.k—David Crirnarvon—Dr. B. F. Bonn. Colerain—Abraham D. Whiteside. CoCalico East—Col. Andrew Ream. C4alica West—William Bechtel. Conestoga—S. S. Welsh. Columbia—William Brown, Peter A. Kimburg. Coisay—John Filbert. City Lancaster—N. W. Ward—Jno H. Duch m in) Jacob Weaver. S. IV. Word—Col. W S Amweg, Jacob F Kautz. N. E. Ward—H. B. Swam James L. Reynolds. S. W. Ward—Henry Wilhelm, Edward Morton. Dr i umore—Robert W. Moore. Donegal East—Jacob S. Roath. onekat West—John Gross. Azabethtown Bor—Benjamin F. Bear. Elizabeth—Lewis R. Hibschmain Edrf—Anthony Carpenter. Erin East—George Duchman, F.arlWest—John Forney. P.:Orate—Jacob L. Gross. Fdlton—Samuel Wicks. Rempfield East—Henry Imhoff, jr. Remplield West—Dr. A. K. Rohrer. Lampeter East—Henry W. Gara. Lalmpeter West—George Raub, sr. Lancaster Twp.—Benjamin Huber. Lebrork—John L. Lightner. Limn,* Upper--Dr. A. S. Bare. Little Br halo—William Hays, jr. Mb, tic—Dr. George W. S. Smithson. Mdrretta—Dr. James Cushman. Moult Joy Bor.—Joseph Porter. Morel Joy Bor.—John Sheaffer. Nanheim Bor.--Bcnjamin Donavan. 111 1 1unheim nep.—Berijamin C. Workman. Manor—Abraham Peters. Penn—David. M. Eberly. Paradise—Daniel Girvin. ROpho—:Joseph Masterson. Srldshury—Robert Steele. Scitisbury--William F. Baker. St!rasburg Bar —W . F. S. Warren. Stkashu , g Twp.--Johu'Raub. ti4ar wick--William Kreider. Washington Bor.—John A. Brush. . . William Searight Dead! lie regret to announce to our readers, that Wu: LIA 7 SEARIGFIT, the Democratic-candidate Inc Ca nal Commissioner, is no more. He died at his late esitlence,:in Uniontown, on Thursday last, af ter painful illness of about four weeks. The bloollhounds of the opposition who have been upon his track and hunted him to the grave, will now, we suppose, cease their slanders and vituperation. The State Convention, which re assembles at Harrisburg, rn Thursday week, will have to make a now nomination for the office of Canal Commis• sion i er, in addition to nominating a candidate - for flprerrie Court. The Convention will, there forej have highly important duties to perform, aid we irust they will discharge them in such a way as to meet the approbation of the people. New Counterfeits. • BANK OF hIIDDLETOWN, Miactnwn. Fa. Vs. riga hsoe. letter A. where Tr Engravren very coarse and dark. 2's, rk.issue. reli f leer A. The in pression ,ace 1d dark. by which they can readily be detected, or by the title of the Rook whir h Is crooked. RA:. N. 111 COrIiMERCE, 60's. illered firm 61. vlnnetre sea st, airier. on right end a female hold. Log aireleseope, awl on .en end three females, umber, Re. The medallions contain.. g denerninar int, very hole. FARMER , RANK. La,,ens 20's,shuriona Vlgnette, a large sheaf et main, on left coda female feeding an tacle. Trr I !STUN ISAVILING Ct.., Trenton. New Jersey, 's ind altered from some bn.ken concern. Can be detected by holding them le the light. All Right in the City! An overwhelming turn-out of the Democracy tonic place at Blickensderter's Hotel, in N. Queen street, on Saturday evening last. In the absence of the r j , officer's of the Pierce and King Club , at the co mencement of the meeting, the Chair was filled terrlporarily by ROBERT KING, Esq., and Tuomes J. KE6IAN, Jr., acted as Secretary. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Geo. San derlion, James L. Reynolds and G. Hills—atter wh ch the Club adjourned to meet at Fitzpatrick's 110 el, in South Queen street, on Saturday evening tht 28th of August, at 8 o'clock. Leacock Ahead! Our Democratic friends in Upper Learock town, ship are going into the contest with zeal and en ergy. They are getting a beautiful Banner painted and lettered by Mr. Jona L. Kirrza, of this city, atl i a cost of some $25, which will be exhibited a th Pole Raising to take place at the public house of Adam Black, in West Earl, on Saturday next. Err Gen. SMELLS, one of the heroes of the Mex n War, and now a distinguished Senator in Con grless from the State of Illinois, has written an ad. , intrabie letter to a number of his constituents at Gidena. In this letter he not only endorses and r+ves Gen. Prances gallantry as a soldier, but also his ability as a statesman and his sterling worth as a private citizen. The testimony of such a man— so high-minded and honorable in all respects—will hive more weight with the people than the slan dCrs of an army of bad men. urWe learn from the Columbia Spy, that PAUL i HAMILTON, Esq., has resigned the office of Despatch er on the State Road, at Columbia, and that Mr. - ,McCalla has been appointed by the Canal Commissioners to suceed him. Mr. HAMILTON is the General Agent or Super intendent for Messrs Btnotten & DOCK, under the new arrangement which went into effect on yes llerday. • 113' The following gentlemen are the delegates urn Lancaster county to the Democratic State convention, which meets at Harrisburg on Thurs. day, the 26th inst., in pursuance of the call issued by the State Central:Ommittee:— JAMES - L. RETNOIMEYE , q., PAUL HAMILTON, SAAC F. LIGHTNER, JAMES PATTERSON, COL SAM VEL and Dr. B. F. BONN. NISIFTER TO E44I3LAND.—Ti;e President has aro pointed Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, iViiniszer Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James, in the room of Bop. Abbot Lawrence, of Boston, recalled at his own reque't. General Pierce. We extract the follovring complimentary notice of the patriotism and bravery of our distinguished candidate, from the hlcw Orleans Delia, of the 2.9fh of December, 1841. This was at a time when Gen. Pizacz was not thought of in connexion with the Presidency, and, of cour)se, - the editor cannot be ar cased of magnifying his services or screening his defects: _ , ARRIVAL of DISTVEGUISEED Oren New Orleans brought ever yesterday, another de tachment of the heroes ,four late glorious victories in the valley of Mexieol Most of those who came Aver have been disable by wounds, or exhausted try the hard service ty have passed through.— They came borne to reruit their shattered. frames, to revive their spirits laid invigorate their bodies, amid the endearments and comforts of their loving relations, and admiring friends and countrymen.— Welcome, brave spirits I A joyous welcome will ev erywhere greet you as', y i ou pass through the country whose honor you have so nobly sustained—whose name you have linked with immortality, by your glorious deeds in a dietimt and hostile land!. Your names, the names of eachl one of you, will_ be in scribed upon the scrcill'of fame and upon the page of history, and what le far greater honor, they will be inscribed upon the earls of your countrymen. To enumerate all the gallant officers who came over in the New Orleans, and to notice in proper terms their several claims to the praise and honor of their countrymen, Would fill up an entire paper. We cannot omit, hoWever, to notice some of this gallant delegation from our invincible army, whose names and history are nost familiar to us. Among these we regret to perceive the name of Gen. Pierce. We say 'regret,' becaUse we are informed that his return here is in fulfilment of a determination to resign his command ' n the army. He has been forced to this determination by considerations of a private nature. The c'ommander-in-Chief and the whole army, and espec ally his own brigade, deeply regret his resignationi and parted from him with great sorrow. i' 1 Gen. Pierce made great sacrifices in accepting of a command in the array, and he thinks that now, that the.hard fighting is over, he ran no longer re-, sist the claims of his family, and the dernands of his private affairs. j The following handsome notice of his services end character we take from the American Star, (thg American paper published \at the city of Mexicool \ Bona. GEN. PIEUCEI—Among the distinguished' officers of the American army who return to the United States, with the train which leaves the city' to-day, is Brig. Gen. Franklin Pier ce, of New Hamp shire. The Americans in the city will deeply re gret the departure of this accomplished gentleman and officer, and certain we are that their best wishes for his future happiness will go with him. ft is General Pierces gentlemanly bearing, his urbane and republican manners, which have made him so great a favorite with both officers and men. It is his purpose, we believe, to resign the place he now occupies in the army, limmediately upon his return to his residence. Like others of different grades attached to the arm Y, he left the endearments of home at the call of ti e government, to participate in the battles of his ountry. He left, also, a lu crative profession, wh ch none other than a patriotic motive could have inouced him to relinquish. The sacrifice, however, was most cheerfully met. Gen. P. has won a high reputation in the United States for his courage and I;bravery, as every paper that . 1 reaches us bears evidence. He left Vera Cruz in the middle of July with one of the largest reinforce ments for Gen. Scott, land the most extensive trains. that have lett the city since its bombardment. h, the several battles Belore this city, Gen. Pierce's Brigade behaved most nobly, as all our readers are well aware, and thel General conducted himself most gallantly at Cdritreras, Cherubusco, and Mo lino del Rey, though in the first rained action he sustained a very severe injury by a plunge and fall oflris horse among tile rocks of Padierna. linring the storming of Chap iltepec he was confined to his room by indisposititm, or he would have been charging with his n+ over the precipitous heights where his gallant friend, the lamented Ransom, fell. But, though Gcn. Pierce has thus honorably dis tinguished himself, h' is not ambitious of retaining i his high position in t e service, and toils acquiring distinction in the ar y. He preters the quieter aid gentler pursuits of rofessional life, and we know that he will be wel omed to his pleasant home in New England. with hearts as warm as ever beat in the human bosom. He will 'return to his native bills with new laiire s, and with the prayers of all that he may long liie to enjoy the company and society of those whoolare dear to him. Many fears, since his departure from New England. have been expressed in the pt+lie papers and private letters that Gen. Pierce had either taller] a victim to the I climate of the terra cC , licolte, or under the guns of the enemy. His triendsl and relatives, however, are now assured of his srlfety and health. and they will greet him with as w rm a welcome as an honored son of New England has ever received. Happiness go with him. A Stern Shot. "Fire in the rear l"-0 don't shoot there! Just in the place where honor 's lodged, As wise philosophers have judged. A correspondent Of the Camden Democrat en-'I quires as to the origin of the joke respecting Gen. Scott's 'fire in the rear," of which he sees so much in the papers. The 'editor replies that the "lire in the rear" is no joke, but a historic entity. The facts are these: Whe t n the Mexican war broke out, it was the wish of P i resident Potx that Gen. Score should proceed immdiately to Mexico and assume the command of thelarmy then in that country.— !, Th's the General did not do, and when gently re• minded of his delinquency by Secretary _Mauer,! and told that it teas h.s duty, as Commander-in- Chief of the army, ho be there, he replied that it would afford him pleasure to comply with the President's wishes, but that he did not like, at the same time, to encounter the enemy in his front and be exposed to a "1114 in the rear," which he would receive from Washil l gton, if he left for the seat of war; by which "fire' he doubtless meant the efforts , of those of his own 'party who were anxious to prevent his nomination for the Presidency in 1848,1 a position which he was exceedingly anxious to occupy at that time es he bad been for years pre vious. So far, so ' good ; but after Gen. TAYPOR had forced his victorious way almost into the heart of the Mexican Rellublic, and had virtually whip ped the Mexican p'rople, Gen. Scerrr forgot the fire in the rear," and fussed along as soon as pos sible to take command of the southern column Of the army—to take rom TAYLon his best troops— and to take cities almost willing to capitulate.. The above is a nit-shell statement of the facts as to the much talked-of "fire in the rear." But , the General who wbuld like so much to be Presi dent, seerr s to be prticularly unfortunate in his ladles. He could dot abide the Mexican fire in trout at the same this that lie was exposed to the Whig "fire in the .ear;'' and now he is peppered all round! He haslcertabily removed himsell from • the implement called the frying-pan into very hot embers, and we squid' not wonder if he gets a tre mendous roasting before lie is through with the job. 1 ew Ticket. 'ree Soil Convention, so-called, 1., Wednesday last, and notnina- L , of New Hampshire, for Presi- W. JuLism, of Indiana, for Vice The National met at Pittsburg, ted JOHN P. HAI, dent, and GEORGE President. The Convention was largely attended—nin teen ented; including the four Slave LMaryland, Kentucky and Dela e speakers is attendance upon Convention, was the somewhat rator, Fred. Douglass! Strong ing the Fugitive Slave Law, &c. The Convention lasted two States being reprel States of Virginiai ware. Amongst t the session of the! , celebrated colored resolutions clenouni &c., were adopter: whole Jays. irk Advertiser notices an experi. recently made in that vicinity in fence of Mr. W. C. Dusenberry, U. S. Portable Gas Company, by nail apparatus which does not square feet of space, and is said The Newm meet which was re lighting the resid President of the the Means of a srd occupy but a few IF to require no mor i e ordinary coal fire ' gives a clear brill unpleasant smell.: utactured is estimi lent i the price of! .e skill in its management than an e.' The gas is made from rosin, Itant light, and burns without any !',The cost of the gas thus man iatsd at $1.50 per thousand cubic 'lthe apparatus is $l5O. I • pg. Wednesday l last was a working-day in Con gress—the first oi l the session. The 'House of Rep. resentatis es passed the Ciyil a: d Diplomatic Appro priation Bill and the Senate passed the Indian Ap propriation Bill. Frightful Extritragance. Never has there been, since the organization or formation of our National Government, such whole. sale plundering of the Treasury of the country, as has existed under the rule of the present Federal Galphin flynasty. It is something for the people of this. model republic to reflect upon, and should weigh' heavily - with therh in the approaching con flict. The expenses of carrying on the Govern ment, be it remembered, in time of profound peace, amount to the enormous and stupen dous sum of sixty millions of dol lars, exceeding that of James K. Polk's adminis tration, which was engaged in a foreign and pro tracted war, nearly thirty millions of dol lars. Romthent is unnecessary. This statement, from the record!, speaks for itself, in terms not to be misunderstoOd. It shows plainly that the Gal phins, have not been idle, that the departments are now infested with, and they have robbed the Treas• ury of the country of many millions of dollars. Well might they call loudly upon Coegress to pass the deficien6y bill—pass the defi ciency bill, or the machinery of the Government must cease to move! What will be the response of the true and staid Democracy of the old Keystone State, with such facts staring them constantly in the face? Will it be that of quiet submission, or will it be that of an uprising and indignant i eople, determined to re - buke and overthrow the detestable Federal misrule° Reform is needed in every department of the National Government, and to ensure it we must put forth our united energies to elevate the brave YOUNG HICKORY of the Granite Hills to the Presidency, who is pledged to carry out a rigid sys tem of accountability in all the various branches of the Government. Suppose the Federal SOUP PARTY should suc ceed in retaining the power now entrusted in. their hands, would it be more economically admin istered than at the present time? Certainly not.— The same system of extravagance would be pur sued and carried on. The expenses would be in creased and enlarged. A large standing rimy WOULD BE CREATED, and the people would be made to bear the mnerous taxation of keeping this army up. The Federal Galphin cabinet would be to some extent continued in office—would very nat. orally consider their former work as being endor sed by the people, and would resume, with increas ed diligence, the LUCRATIVE BUSINESS or trumpit g up and galvanizing old claims, passing them through in such numbers as would soon bank rupt the treasury.—lnvestigator. What are we to Expect? The Whits expect to elevate Gen. SCOTT to the Presidency by Democratic votes. So we learn from a conversation we overheard between several prominent Whigs, in this city. on Wednesday last. This is what they expect "before the election." It is well enough to let the Democrats, who are to give this "aid and comfort" to the enemy, know what (hey are to expect "after the election," in case their new allies are successful i and we give it to them from a Whig paper: WitAT ARE WE TO EXPECT.—TO sum up, we ex pect, if Gen. Scorn is elected, to get the gene,nl affairs of the country conducted upon true Whig principles, while in minor matters we shall not be disappointed to witness a FULL DISPLAY OF THE PARTICULAR PRACTICES OF lIILT CLASS WOO RATE TTACIIED THEMSELVES TO HIM—THEY WILL ENRICH THEMSELVES OUT OF HIS AD. NIINISTRATION, HE FAIR MEA'AS ANTI OF FOUL; but the increased prosperity of the country under Whig policy will enable it to stand the demands of their rapacity. As to the NA eigh tier matters of the law, they will not rare to meddle, provided their cu pidity is satisfied .01 this we have a guaranty in the readiness with which they sold out their prin ciples at this convention for the nominatiod.—Utica Dully Gazette. • There you have it. Let any Democrat in Lan caster county oho is ambitious of helping the Gal" phins and Gardners of whiggery to enrich them selves, by fair means or foul," out of the public Treasury, go to the polls and vote for Gen. SCOTT. If no Democrat in Pennsylvania votes for Gen. Scorr the Galphin game will be blocked, and the public 'Treasury will be safe under the guardian ship of PIERCE and Kr vs. Is it not True.,l It is a most striking fact, that all the leading ad.: vacates and apologists of the GALPIIIN plunder du ring General Tarr.ort's administration, were the first and foremost advocates of General Scn"' CLAYTON' Ewirio, and WILLI/or M. MEttenrra were original and earnest co-laborers for General Scarfs nomination ; and now give all the tone and force to his cause that they can give to it in their respective States. As these cabinet ministers con trolled General TAYLOR to his ruin, so would they direct the administration of General SCOTT should he be elected President of the United States. Do not let us be misled by the fact that General SCOTT, is a different or a stronger-minded man than 'Par- Lon. The reverse is the fact; for if Txrton had no one qualification for his high office. he bore him sell modestly, and rarely pressed his own views upon his friends. SCOTT'S weakness consists in the fact that he will try to be foremost, and, in the effort, will cover himself with the ridicule that has always followed his essays upon politics. The consequence will be, that he must repose entirely upon others should-he ever be chosen Chief Magistrate. In that event, what would be the spectacle exhibited to the country? An administration crowded with men who had either shielded gross wrongs, under a for mer Executive, or had filled their pockets by means of enormous fees, collected from an administration of which they were members, or had coined vast bounties by means of Mexican and other commis sions. Such men have been tried, and are now the recognised leaders in the movement making to de feat the Democratic party; and such men General SCOTT would select to sustain him, should he be successful, on the principle of being true to his tru est friends. Is this thing impossible? It is not in the nature of events to avoid or to evade the consequences of electing an incompetent man to the Presidency.— General SCOTT is doubtless an honest man; but so was General TAALon. General SCOTT is a brace man, but so was General TAYLOR ; and there are few Whigs who do not believe, and many who openly admit, that the rule of the latter, brief as it was, was made calamitous to the Nation by the bold and bad Men who surrounded him. The rea son why so many men, heretofore and at present members of the Whig party, reluse to support Gen, SCOTT, is not alone because he ie surrounded by the foes of the constitutional rights of fifteen States of this Unioc. There is another reason, equally po tential, and that is the danger to our institutions of repeating the experiment of placing a mere soldier at the head of the Government which demands the highest ability and the ripest experience to conduct it successfully and safely. U - The Democracy of Bedford county held a county meeting on the 31st ult. The meeting was the largest ever held in that county. Col. Thomas J. 111 . Kaig late whip candidate for Congress at Cum berland, 111 d, made a speech and declared himself for Pierce and King. Mr. J. M. Brewer, also a Whig from Maryland made a speech and said that he was going to vote for and support Pierce and King. Hundreds of whigs throughout the country ale doing the same thing. PARSON Baowsixow rn FAVOR.—To show that the Administration at Washington approves his course, Parson Brawlslow writes the annexed little We have been kindly and respectfully notified this week, by Mr. Webster, Secretary of State, that our paper is selected for publishing the Orders, Res olutions, and laws, passed during the first Session of 32d Congress; awl also all public Treaties enter ed into and ratified by the United States." Ten thousand majority is what the Parson says Tennessee will give for P/811,CE and Rum Letter from Lieut. Drum, V. S, Army. The shameless charge of cowardice which has been preferred against General Pianos by vile par tisans of the whig party, is receiving day by day that exposure and rebuke which its meanness and mendacity deserve. Gallant officers and soldiers , both of regulars and volunteers, who served with General PIEHCE in Mexico, unite in repelling im putations so injurious to the well-earned reputaion of a brother-in-arms. The following letter from Lieut. Daux, of the 4th artillery, addressed to Ron. CHARLES Sasxia, of Pittsburg; will be read with great interest: Font. Baitir, Sault St. Marie, (Mich.,) July 20, 1852. S DS.LIL : In reply to your interrogatory re specting the absurd allegation that "Gen. Pierce I managed to faint at the commencement of every battle" during the campaign iu the valley of Mexi co, I will give you the following detailed state ment as an eye-mitoses of most, if not all, Gen. Pierre's movements durin g those engagements. On the 18th f August, 1847, Gen. Pierce was directed to act with his brigade as a supporting force to that portion of Gen l'wiggs's division or dered to attack in front the enemy's position at Con treras. In complying with these instructions, he was ex posed to a continued discharge of round shut and shells. The General was at this time mounted. and riding along a ledge of pedrigal, (volcanic rock.) After having advanced with his force about halt a mile, towards the enemy's work, the fire from their battery became very severe; the air being filled with missiles, his horse took fright, fell with him on the ledge, throwing the General some distance and injuring him very severely. The gen eral impression at the time with those who wit nes,ed the accident was, that he was either killed or severely wounded. He was I think, when this accident happened, in advance of his brigade, and certainly displayed during that engagement as much gallantry as any whose actions came under my observation. Though seriously disabled, as was indeed evident from his physical appearance, he remained in the field that night, and insisted up in joining the con-, test on the morning of the 20th; and although it was with difficulty he could retain his seat on horse back, yet he led his command into the engagement of Churubusco; while there, he was relieved in command by Gen. Shields, in consequence of the injury received the preceding . day. From this injury Gen. Pierce did not recover du ring his stay in Mexico; arid it was I believe the canoe ollihis return home soon after the occupancy of the capital. Gen. Pierce's conduct during his march from Vera Cruz to Puebla was certainly sufficient to shield him from so foul an accusation as the one above quoted. Within my own knowledge he was frequently exposed to the enemy's fire, and upon every occa sion conducted himself with that propriety that should characterize the conduct of every brave and true soldier. He has never presumed to be a military man ; but those who witnessed his conduct know that every order given him was not only fully executed, but with a promptness and correct judgment that secured him the esteem and contiidence of the most prominent military men of the army. There was however, one great military virtue that Gen. Pierce never failed to exercise. I allude, sir, to his un ceasing efforts to alleviate the sufferings and neces sary privations of the men under his command. It was with him a duty to contribute with kind words and attentions to the comfort of the sick and wounded soldiers, and from his, personal means se cured them many necessaries of which they were destitute. In conclusion, I must say that amongst those who were more closely connected with General Pierce, and who were witnesses of his acts, I have never heard the slightest intimation of a want of courage on his part; on the contrary, he was es teemed a brave, good ma. , , and officers and soldiers were most warmly attached to him. 1 am, sir, respectfully, yours, RICHARD C. DRUM, Lieutenant 4th Artillery, U. S. A. lion. 'CHARLES Susi.iia. Chapter 111.—An Encounter 1. And it came to pass in those days, to, wit—on the 7th day of the Eighth Nlonth, about the ninth hour of the day, that the opposing legions of Thad deus and Isaac having met to measure strength in the Township of Upper Leacock, in the County of Lancaster. under command of their respective Cap tains, it was then and there proposed that, in order to spare the eflusion of blood. the controversy should he decided by single combat between the respective chieftains of the two opposing clans. 2. Now George, surnamed B —r, the Captain of the Woolly Heads, was a mighty man of valor, of fierce aspect and carriage, and withal a devoted adherent to the fortunes of the great Thaddeus.— And he stuoil and cried with a loud voice, so that all might hear him, that whosoever would not tall doss n and worship before his sab'e majesty, the King 01 the Woolly Heads, should be driven horn the ground, and his name be stricken Iron the rolls of Whiggery In tire Old Guard." 3. Then there arose another cry from the oppo site side of the way—and a stentorian sore was 1 heard saying, I am Josrph, and my surname is W—. I was educated at the fret of my politi i cal Gamaliel, and I command the forces of our ; great Silver Grey Chieftain, Isaac the invincible.— Be it known. therefore. to all dwellers in Leacock and thrmighout all Whiadom, that this heathen who has thus insolently hurled defiance in our teeth shall not go unpunished. Whereupon he buckle " nn his armor and strode forth in buckram to en counter the enemy. 4. But George, nothing daunted at the warliked dis i play of his antagonist, brought himself instbnter to a perpendicular. an 1 being somewhat familiar with the science . of pugilism. and also knowing lull well that delays in such emergencies are dangerous, planted a well-directed blow upon the probocis of his foe, which brought him to a horizontal position, and thenceforth (from the nasal organ) issued a stream of claret colored fluid, at the sight of which several faint-hearted damsels swooned and were carried off the field. 5. At this stage of the battle royal all Whigdoin was in an uproar, and many ran to and Ira, won dering in themselves to what all this would lead. In the meantime, two interlopers, generally known in Whigdom by the em honious title of Locotocos, approached the scene of blood, and, being men of peace, separated the combatants and effected a truce for the time being. 6. The said George and Joseph then left the bat tle ground; but they mutually agreed to select a different field, and meet for combat again on the ninth day of the same month, which was accord ingly done. and both champions appeared on the ground at the time - appointed, armed cap-a-pie, each det rmined to vanquish his adversary, or per ish from the lace of the earth. 7, The hour having arrived for the combat to commence—lo, and behold! two aged men ap • proached the warriors, and by wise counsel and consolatory words soothed their feelings, and brought about a reconciliation—whether sincere or not the Whig chronicles do not inform us. 8. Thus endeth the chapter relative to thegreat battle of Leacock, which resulted, upon the whole, in a triumph of the Woolly Head champion over the chosen Captain of the Silver Greys. And further our informant saith not. Gen. Butler. The Democrats of Carroll and the neighboring counties of Kentucky held a meeting at Carrollton to respond to the Democratic nominations, which was numerously attended and characterized by much enthusiasm. Speeches were made by Gen. Wm. 0. Butler, Maj. Helm and Dr. Green. The Louisville Timer, in its account of the meeting, says: "The speech of General Butler is represented , by our friend to have been one of the most eloquent, beautiful and patriotic he ever listened to, although entirely impromptu. The noble hero passed a lofty and beautiful eulogy upon General Pierce, whom he knew well, having served with him in Con gress, and bore a fellow-soldier's testimony to his gallant services in the Mexican war, where he was also intimately acquainted with him. Such testi .mony, and front such a source, should shame to silence the vile tongbe of unscrupulous calumny that, for party ends, is base enough to assail 'the well-earned laurels of a brave soldier ? who left his home, from a sense of patriotic duty, at his coun try's call, as a volunteer, to fight its battles in a foreign and pestilential clime. A Modest Demand! In 1836, when Gen. Scorr was a Major General by brevet, and in the receipt of $4,500 per an num, as a regular salary, he applied , to Congress, by petition, over his own signature, to be put on the INVALID PENSION LIST; but the committee unanimously decided that he could not receive an invalid pension and hold his high pOsition in 'the army, at the same time, which he wanted to do. 117 Court commenced in this City, on yesterday —Judge Losa presiding. A Beautiful Tribute. The editor of the New York Journal of Commerce, one-cif the oldest and ablest Whig journals in the cocintry, pays the following just and handsome tri bute 10 the character of Gen. Priacs, the Demo cratic nominee for President:— All who have, with an impartial eye, observed the conduct of the nominee of the Democratic party for the office of President, must have been struck with bis unobtrusive and manly spirit, evinced when ever called upon to act or to speak. These traits' of character are rare in public,men, and especially among those who, bred to other pursuits, quit them in time 'of war for service in the field. They are ever associated with the higheit qualities of mind and of heart, and win for their possessor the respect and esteem which General Pierce's neighbors and friends so generally and so warmly feel towards him: - We were lately near his residence in the Granite Hills, and should personally have paid our respects to him, but that it might have been mis represented. We beard, however, not only from his political friends, but also from his political op ponents, his neighbors and accquaintances, the most friendly and respectful, and otter) the most enthu siastic testimony to his high and noble qualities. Even in the time of Judge Woodbury, it is conce ded that General Pierce had command of the State, but that he never used his power and influence for himself, as he preferred ever to live among his .tieighbors as a private citizen, enjoying the honors awarded to him on all hands d's the head of the' bar of New Hampshire. His resignation as Senator in Congress, as an officer of the army when service could no longer be rendered, and his refusal to ac cept the office of Attorney General and the guber -1 natorial chair of State, are acts in harmony with the universal opinion geld towards him by his tieighbors and friends. Gen. Pierce, however, by no act or procurement of his, and from the sponta neous action ,of the Democratic Convention—such it was unquestionably was, for we were present and witnessed it—has become the nominee of the great party which it represented for the Presdential office, and instantly his whole career is examined for some spot or blemish, on which calumny may expatiate until the elections have decided the ques tion now before the country. A career which was opened under the teaching of an ancestry which had, fought and bled in the country's service in the great battle of the Revolution, an ancestry famous for itshigh at:d patriotic tone and bearing, was a beginning which could by no 'possibility terminate in the dishonor which party malignity woeld at tach to the name of Gen. Pierce. Thsoughout the war with MexicO, he acted with courage; and if he erred at all, it was on the side of imprudence and ; unnecessary exposure. The spontaneous tri bute of Gen. Scott, paid to General Pierce, when the nomination of the former was first announced at Washington by an assembled crowd, proves in contestably that the sentiment of the army towards Gen. Pierce was such as ever attends a soldier who has courageously performed his duty in battle. The name and fame,ot those who have rendered patri otic service, are dear to the American people and should be protected from unjust attack. The Issue Fairly Made Gen. Pierce was in the Senate in 1844, during the celebrated extra session, and on recurring to the journals we find the following facts: On the 25th July, 1841, the bankrupt bill passed the, Senate—yeas 28, nays 23. Gen, Pie Ice's name is in the negative. Three days after, when the United States bank bill was passed by the same vote, General Pierce voted against it. On the 29th of August, the distribution bill was passed—ayes 28, nays 23. Gen. Pierce voting in the negative. Thus it will be seen that Gen Pierce voted against the bankrupt bill—against the incorpora tion of a United States Bank—and against the dis tribution of the proceeds of the public lands. What is General Scott's position on these ques tions? In his greatplatform letter he says: "If I had the honor to vote on the occasion, yr WOULD nAvr. BEEN GIVEN IN FAVOR of the land distribution bill, the bankrupt bill, and the second bill for creating a fiscal corporation." . There is the record, clear-and undisputed; and here is the issue fairly made and presented. Gen. Pierce stands committed and voted against the bankrupt hill end the bank bill. General Scott says he would have voted for all of them, and stands committed in their favor. Again. we say to the people, "Choose ye between them." Double Murder at Truxton. }{r oman and Girl Killed—Arrest of the Murderer— Unnatural Cruelty cf a Father. We have been furnished by a gentleman from l the scene of the horrible tragedy, with the particu. lams of the - murder which took place at Truxton, Cortland county. on Tuesday. Some of the circum stances look to us improbable, but our informant assures us they are true to the letter. The murderer is an Irishman, Patrick Donoghue by name. The victims were the wife and child of Daniel Kinney, who resides near the sash factory just south of the village of Titixton. A daughter of Donoghue's had been missing for several days, and he pretended to believe that Mrs. Kinney had °, stolen the child. On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. K. 4 ' and her daughter passed Donoghue in the street, near her residence, and remarked to him that she did not believe that he would ever see his girl again. Upon this, D. went into tiis.house, and immediate ly came out with a shot gun in his hand, and ac companied by his wife, who hail a r.fle. He fol lowed atter Mrs. K., and coming up with her. struck her a blow with the butt of his gun on the back of the head, which felled her to the ground, and as she fell he struck her another blow, which broke her neck. Mrs. K.'s daughter ran with all her Speed from the murderer, when he snatched the rifle from ,his wiie and shot the girl dead. D. then loaded his rifle and went to the sash factory, saying there wore two men there whom he would shoot. He finally went to a tavern in the village, and there repeated that there were two persons in the sash factory whom he would kill. He was laugh ed at, and 'told that he dared not do it. He told the persons present to go down the road, and they would see what, he dared dn. A man then arrived from the scene of mush r. anti after a brief struggle, D. was secured, and conveyed to the Courtland county jail. Upon the discovery ol.the murder .of Mrs. Kin ney and daughter, suspicion was aroused that Don oghue was also the murderer of his own daughter. Some of the citizens tepairecl to his residence, where they found his boy, arid questioned him regarding the whereabouts of his sister. He said he dated not tell what he knew, for fear his lather would kill him. They told him that his father was in prison, and could not injure him, Upon which the boy led them to a hill f and pointed out a large stone, and found the girl. She was not dead,• bat hail been confined Under the stone, with scarcely room to move a muscle, nearly two whole days and nights. She could scarcely stand upon her teet when deliv ered from her place of confinement, and stated that .she hail thus been punished on account of a remark she had made that displeased her father. D., even after he was lodged in jail, affected sorrow at the loss of his daughter, and 'charged her abduction upon Mrs. Kinney. When his daughter was brought into his presence, the unnatural lather gave way to a savage pasSion, and demanded that his hands be. untied that he might kill her. Our infor mant states that D. was amen of considerable edu cation, but of terrible passions, and a tyrant to his family., .He also says that all who are acquainted with him ct nsider him as perfectly sane, though it is scarcely to be credited that a man in his right mind could be capable of perpetiating such diaboli cal deeds.---Syracuse (N.Y,) Journal of the flth inst. VISIT or Guv. Bitn.mt.—Gov. BIGLER and his amiable Lady, arrived in this place on last Tuesday. They were on their return to their home, via New York, from a visit to the aged mother of the Gov ernor, who resides near Greenville, in Mercer co. A large number of our citizens, without respect to party, call upon the Governor during his short stay among vs, some of whom never had the pleasure of seeing him before. All were pleased with his frank and manly bearing, and left him with a most favorable impression. On Wednesday morning the Governor and his Lady, accompanied by some of their friends from this place, proceeded to the pleasant village of gertown, on the northern plank road. Here they became guests, by previous invitation, of Mr. ha. D MG11.1., where they remained for several hours. During his stay in tSmgertown, the citizens gener ally called upon the Governor. Atter partaking of a capital dinner, got up in irreproachable style, the party proceeded northward to Siverling's tavern, near the county line, where they exchanged adieus with the Governor and his Lady, who expressed themselves highly gratified with their visit to Craw ford county.—Meadville Democrat. Chokin.—There were twenty,seven deaths among the emigrants on Ward's Island, in charge of the Commissioners of Emigration, during the week end ing on Tuesday last, of a disease not named, but generally regarded by the physicians as Asiatic cholera. Twelve 01 the" deceased, however, were children, and their,death may be properly ascribed to cholera infantum. N. Y. Jour. of Corn. 1:17-The Ohio and PeOnsylvania Railroad was opened from Pittsburg to Wooster, on Tuesday last. City and County Items. ID Mad the advertisement of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. There are statements of no Ordinary in, terest to all so unfortunate as to be afflicted with the difficulties it cures. 1U An Odd Fellows' Ball, on a grand scale, is o come off on the evening of the 2d of September. this City. A superb Band of Music will be in attendance 113 The '• BUCHANAN Razz," of this City, were regularly and, formally organized, at their Armory, on Tuesday evening last, by the Brigade Inspector, Col. Daniel Herr, of Columbia. Major General George Ford was present, in uniform, and he and Col. Herr delivered appropriate addresses to the Company. The Rifles in their new and tasteful uniforms looked well and performed admirably, and made a decidedly favorable impression on the in specting officers and the large number of citizens in attendance. After the Corps was inspected and passed muster, an election was held by the Brigade Inspector, when the following named gentlemen were unanimously elected office's, viz: Captain, John Somer; First Lieutenant, E. K. Young; Second Lieutenant; Charles R.Frailey. The Rifle, we venture to predict, will, before a twelve month under their accomplished and competent officers, be one of the crack companies of the State. Tnz Wino CONVENT/ON. — The Whig County Convention met in this City, on Wednesday last. and placed in nomination the following ticket, viz' Congress—lsaac E. Hiester, City. Assembly—Moses Pnivnall, Sadsbury ; John C. Walton, Fulton; John A. Heistand, City; Daniel Herr, Columbia; Henry Gray, Ephrata. Commissioner—John M. Heistand, E. Donegal. Prison Inspectors—C. 0. Herr, Manor; Abraham Leaman, W. Lampeter. Directors of Poor—John H. Brenner, Mount Joy ; Daniel Bowman, Brecknock. .9uditor—Peter Good, East Earl. The entire ticket from top to bottom is compo sed of Silver Greys—although of the forty-nine dis tric is in the country, the Woolley Heads carried eleven at the delegate elections, and should have had, as rim liter• of policy, to say nothing about cour tesy, some small share in the distribution of the loaves and fishes. But the majority mere intolerant and proscriptive, and carried out their feelings by deliberately excluding every candidate who was even suspected of belonging to the other faction.— Whether the Woolley Heads will ultimately swal low the nauseous dose prepared for them by their task-masters remains to be seen. At present they are uttering curses loud and deep against the Silver Greys, and threaten vengeance against the ticket. The Convention passed resolutions sustaining the platform of the Whig National Convention, &c., &c., and, after being addressed by Isaac E. HIES - Esq., the candidate !or Congressional honors, adjourned at an early hour in the afternoon. Col. Win. Hopkins. MR. SArtnEnsos :—Permit me to recommend, through the columns of the Intelligencer, the gen tleman whose name heads this communication, as a suitable candidate for Canal Commissioner, in place of Mr. Searight, deed. In doing so it is un necessary for me to say a word in his behalf, as his services to the Democratic party during the in famous:Buckshot 14 , ar, as well as since that never to-be-forgotten event, have endeared him to the people of Pennsylvania. It is sufficient to say, that Col. HOPKINS is a sound and reliable Demo crat, of popular manners and commanding talents —a first-rate business man, and, what is hiitter than all,. an honest man. Col. H. resides in Wash- ington county.. The State Convention, I am sure, could not select a more suitable candidate for the of fice, if they were to search over the entire State— and such I know is the opinion or many Democrats in WARWICK TOWNSHIP. August 14, 1852. • For the Ittelligenerr. Canal Commissioner. Me. EDITOR :—The Democratic State Conven tion which re-assembles at Harrisburg, on the .2fith inst., will have, amongst other things, the impor tant duty to perform or nominating a candidate for Canal Commissioners, to fill the vacancy on the ticket occasioned by the death of William Sea right, Esq. It is all impoitant, therefore, that this duty should be performed with judgment and care, and a candidate selected whose talents, integrity and known business qualifications are such as to secure the unlimited confidence of the people. In looking. over the'central portion of the State, where the candidate into come from, I know of no man who combines all these qualifications in a more 'eminent degree than the Hon. JOEL. B. DANNER, of Gettysburg.. Mr. D. is in the prime of life, and one of the most intelligent, active and ener getic business men I have ever known. He is, besides, a thorough-going Democrat—as hones , as steel in all his personal and political actions—and is just such a man as the interests of the Common wealth require at the head of her public works. In Adams county, where he resides, his popularity with the masses is such that, although it is a strong Whig county, he can get almost any thing he wants from the people, as has been tested in his electron to the Prothonotaryship, to Congress. &c., &c.; and should he be selected as the Democratic for Canal Commissioner, he will carry candidate the State by a triumphant Majority." ONE WHO KNOWS Mh.Enrron :—ln view of the approaching Octo ber election, permit me to suggest, through the medium of your well-circulated journal, the name or Lieut. TnnmAo WELSH, of Columbia borough, as a candidate to represent this District in the 33rd Congress. Lieut. WELSH was born and reared in Lancaster county, and is well known as an honorable, high minded and intelligent gentleman, who, in the event of his election, would be a faithful guardian over all the interests of his constituency. Hie ser vices in the Mexican war, where, by his gallant conduct, as a private soldier, in the battle of Buena Vista, he earned and received a commission of Lieutenant, has endeared him to his telltw citi zens, and will ensure, in case or his nomination, as respectable a vote as any other person in the county. VOTERS. CoLubleta, Aug't 12,1853. Book Not!col. Murray & Stoek have placed upon our table No. Bof the “ILLAISTRATED NEW TY.ST•MENT, " an ad mirable work published bf R. Sewell, No. 138 Fulton street, N. Y. ' Irr Gnstt►v ' s and GOIIEI'I3 Magazines, for Sep temb r, are both already issued from the press, and both highly deserving of public patronage. GRAHAM, however, is a little ahead in amount of reading matter and beauty of embellishment this time. Gonar will have to brush up for October. mr The Musical World and the Musical Times, both published in New York city, have been uni ted, and will be edited and published hereafter by Messrs. Dyer and R. S. Willis, the latter being par ticularly known for his fine musical attainments. Their terms are $3 for a single copy; $5, fur two copies ; $lO, for five copies. 'Ova Ttstra."—This is this the title of a new monthly Democratic Periodical, to be edited by C. Montgomery and published by WI LLT ANS & Co., No. 100 Nassau St., New York—the Prospectus of which will be found in another column. From the high character 01 the Editor and the well known energy of the Publishers, we have no doubt that this new candidate for public favor will rapidly win its way to a widely extendfd patronage.. We Shall bid it a hearty welcome upon its advent as . an exponent of great Democratic principles and THE LONDON QUARTERLY, for July, is received at Spangler's. This is a very able work, and the number before us is fully equal to any of its pre decessors. The contents are : Art and Nature un der an Italian Sky;Kaye's History of the War in Afghanistan ; New: Reformation in Ireland ; Count Mollien's Memoirs; Lord (.k.ckburn,s Life of Jef frey; Contemporary History—Mr. Roebuck and Miss Martineau ; Lady Theresa Lewis's Caledron Gallery ; Lord Holland's Memoirs of the Whig par ty ; Postscript. The Horse Trade of the Wrst.—Horses are carried by Railroad from Cincinnati to New York or Boston in five days, and for the sum of $l3 each. The om nibus proprietors of New York are supplied from ,Cincinnati. The demand for goixl horses. says the Cincinnati Gazette. continues considerably ahead of the supply. The Mexican war emptied the pasture fields and stables of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois, and caused a rise in stock of fifty per cent. Americans Insulted. American Fishermen histlied and Ordered off by British Offia One lend Fired info--henister Crampton Denounced and his Recall Demanded by the Co.?onists—The Portuguese and the Fisheries, kc. The Gloucester (Mass.) Telegrarla, of Wednes day morning, contains the following information from the fishing grounds: There have been two or three arrivals irons the Bay of St.. Law retire, and we gather the following intormation respecting affiiirs in that quarter:— Captains Rogers, of the schooner C. & N. Rogers, informs us that he was in the Bay of Chaleur, where be was boarded by an officer from the steam ship Devastation and orrcred nut of the bay. It was Sunday, and there were about twenty vessels in company—some of them had made a harbor tor the purpose of passing the Sabbath at anchor, as many of the fishermen are in the habit of doing, but they were all ordered to get under way and proceed out of the bay immediately. The officer who boarded the C. & N. Rogers, was rather in sultine, to the crew. The first he said upon board ing th eir' vessel, was that they had no business in that place. They were, at the time, about four or five miles distant tram the shore. The papers were called tor, and the reason asked why there was no clearance among them. Alter the officer bad looked at them a minute; he crumbled them in his hand end threw them upon the deck, saying to Captain Rogers, “There's your papers." We also learn !roar Captain Rogers that the crew of an Eastern , schooner was taking in ,water at one of the harbors in the bay, when a cutter came along and ordered them off in fiiteen minutes, not allowing them sufficient time to obtain water. One of the Gloucester vessels went into Fort Hood tor a harbor for the night. A cotter was there, and the officers gave the crew permission to remain; but the people o n the shore made so much disturbance about it that the captain of the cutter was obliged to order the vessel to get tinder neigh in the night; and other Gloucester sessels were served in :he same Nay. This is an Cope Breton store, and shows, the feeling of the people of that place. The la ooe at the Gut and at Prince Edwaid Island are more friendly to the Americans. It was reported at Eastrort that an American vessel, while running oft from a ratter, was fly(' in o, and the man at the helm had several fingers shot off. The name of the vessel was unknown.."' The St. John papers received here . unite in de nouncing the course pursued by the British Minis try, Crampton, in ordering Admirn) Seymour to suspend further captures •f American fishing ves sels. For so doing they urge his speedy ries). The New Bilinsv,irker has recei+ed private ad- vices imm E!_land. that the Portuguese government had made application to The British government for leave to cuie fish in Newfoundland and in re turn tiler to abolish the duty at present imputed on British fish in their markets. Confession of Skuphiski. MATTHIAS SICUPINSKI, the Pole, who was execu ted in Philadelphia, on the atla inst, for the murder of the boy LEII2OrTi, made the following conlession to the two Clergymen who ministered to him du ring his imprisonment while under sentence of death. It was made tone days before his execution : I, Matthias Skupinski, was born in the circuit of Olkus, in the Kingdom of Russian Poland, and am 28 }faint of age, and a smith by prolession. lived in Upper Schlesin, in the cirenit Peuntm, five years. At thetime of the breaking out of the rev olution. iii 1848; at CiDCOW, I was these, and iook part in it; two months after which 1 went to Swit zerland, where 1 remained eight months. There money was given me to travel to England. Alter arriving there I worked six months as a smith.— In June, 1840, I came in the ship Robert Bell to the United States, and at the end of Airport 1 land - ed iii New York. 1 then worked one )ear in Cher ry street. During this time 1 got into a qwarrel with a young titan nom Canada, and challenged him to light a duel with pistols. The man, in his fear had me arrested and contir.ed me in prison six days. inter this I became sick and remained so three weeks. On my term ery, 1 workeb two months, and then finding nothing mane TO (10, w hich caused me to travel to Baltimore, where 1 remained two months without any employment. I then travelled back to Philadelphia, where on the first day I became acquainted Johann Kaiser, who offered me his house, which .I accepted. He raw some furniture, but lie was so poor that I was ne cessitated to purchase the necessari sot file for our selves. So we lived together for three weeks. One (lay John Kaiser related to me that he was acquainted with a young man who erskl jewelry oral he had ade ire to rub him. He engaged the young man named Lehman to call at his house.— On his arrival with Jewelry, Kaiser examined the various articles, but purchased only a thimble, with an excuse that his sister was not at home, other wise he would have purchaser) more.'He engaged him to call another time. I inquired 'id Kam r why he again engaged him to call, as he did lint in tend to purchase anything. Whereupon he an swered that he intended to kill him. I remonstra ted with him upon the great crime he lest geed to commit; and he answered that I w as too stupid to deter him from his intentions. •The fuller-ivies day the pedlar boy came again. I mentioned to Kaiser in the presence of Lehman, that it was rot worth while to 1.. he his life for the Fake of the trifling ar ticles he had. We quarrelled with each other for half hour, when Lehman asked the cause of this long quarrel, whereupon Kaiser answered that my friend desires to purchase a gold watch, bed I will not give him any money for that purpose. Kaiser then engaged him to come again and bring a watch ra hick he would then purchase. Lehman came again. but he was accompanied by a colored man, and I stated that the watch he brought was too heavy, and I (lid riot with it.— This I said with the idea of deterring Kaiser from his evil intentions. Upon this he became very an gry, and scolded me, but he finally engaged the ped lar to come on some other day. On tins day Kai ser told me and my brother Blaine, you shall go out to day, and forever leave my house, so that 1 can do as 1 please. .My brother went oil to work very early, but I did not go to work until 30 o'clock. I returned about 4 o'clock in the alternoon, and found the house closed, and it was only opened af ter Kaiser saw me from a window. He conducted me into the room, and locking the door, put the key in his pocket. 1 noticed that one of Kaiser's boots and his pantaloons were spotted with blood. 1 inquired where it came from, ar.(l he answered lie had killed him. He showed me a long knife, and threatened me to remain quiet about the matter, or he would take his and my life. I then swore with an oath that I would say nothing to nobody, and be then promised me thirty pieces of jewelry, with the condition that I•would assist him to carry the body to the water. I put some ismer on the fire to heat, and Kaiser in the meanwhile proceeded to the cellar, and cut the body into a number of pie ces. He made three separate handles, occupying a i space of an hour and a half. The water by this time was sufficiently warm, and I then proceeded to the cellar and found some few limbs of the body, but cannot tell whether they were hands or feet.— ' There was also a large quantity, of blood nn the floor of the cellar, after this, Kaiser came out ot the cellar and gave me the promised thirty pieces of jewelry, partly rings, the other trifling matters, and required me to say nothing of the whole affair to my brother. 'On the evening of the same (lay, about twilight, Kaiser gave me a bag, containing parts 01 the corpse; he took two bundles and together we car ried them to the river. Arriving at the shore - , I delivered the bag to Kaiser and lett him, going di rectly home to the house. Not tar from the door I 'met Blaine, who had just returned front his work.— He inquired of me where Kaiser was, I answered I did not know. We then entered the house and went to bed. Alter 11 o'clock Kaiser came home. Three days after, Blaise and 1 lett the house and rented another. The above is the true declaration of Matthias Skupinski. faithfully transla•ed into 'the German language by the undersigned. Everything else pre viously stated in the public mina's and especially the statements published on the 2d of August, we can only call untrue It is to be regretted that even high officials were not spared therein. RUDOLF Errnorraa, Catholic Priest, witness and translator. CFLESTIAN WILLIAM, Catholic Priest. Worth 100/ring ar.—Some of our triends, in corn ing down town yesterday morning, woe delighted with the appearance of 540 hogs, sleek, fat and handsome, which they encountered on the slay On inquiry, they learned that these interesting an• imals had just arrived by the Erie Railroad, in four days from Cmrinnati. Think of thatl Fre s h pork, alive and kicking, four days from the Great West. Such are the wonders achieved by steam.—.N. Y. Com. Fuse r. nrr 3 HUE —A correspondent of the Boa ton Atlas ( V hip) git es a glowing account ot Scott' -prospects, 81 d cot eludes with the following ludi cr , us blunder. `We Lelieve the Whigs net er en tered upon a campaign under more napicicus cir cumstances." The wilier intended, doubtless, to say "auspicious," but the types will Fornetimes blunder into truth, in spite of the gross exaggerations ot Whig politicians MEXPIIIF, Aug. 2.--Am extra from the office of the Little Ruck (Ark.) Whig Elates that an express had arrived at Fart Smith on the 25th from Fort Arbuckle, brings the cheering news that Captain Matey and his commaLd were all alive. Thianews is correct.
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