ltttelligencer &Journal.
Lancaster, September 21, JL552.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
COL. WILLIAM R. KING,
OF ALABAMA
SUPREME JUDGE.
CEO. W. WOODWARD, l a,
OF LUZERNE
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
COL. WM• HOPK INS,
OF WASHINGTON
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
MEICIE
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, 01 Luzerne
WILSON M'CANDLESB, of Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT PArrrason, of Philadelphia.
Doralcm
1. Peter Logan, la. H. C. Eyer,
2. Geo. H. Martin, 14.. John Clayton,
3. John Miller, ls . Isaac Robinson,
4. F. W. Bocius, 16. Henry Fetter
5. R. 51cCay, Jr., 17. James Burnside,
6. A. Apple, • 18. Maxwell McCaslin,
7. N. Strick.and, 19. Joseph McDonald,
8. Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. Colahan,
9. David Fister, 21. Andrew Burk,
10. Rik:. James, - 22. William Dunn,
11. John Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. M'Calmont,
12. P. Damon, , 24. George R. Barret.
COUNTY TICKET
CONGRESS.
Dr. N. W. SAMPLE, Leacok..
FOR ASSEMBLY.
JACOB L. GROSS, Ephrata.
SANDERS McCULLOUGH, Drumore
CYRUS S. HALDEMA N, Conoy.
EMANUEL SCHAEFFER, City.
JACOB R. LONG, Mount Joy.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
JOHN WHITESIDE, Colerain
DIRECTORS OF POOR
HENRY STAUFFER, E. Lampeter
HENRY GORRECHT, City.
AUDITOR.
B. F. HILLS, Ephrata.
PRISON INSPECTORS.
ROBERT M'CLURE, City.
JOHN HOLLINGER, E. Donegal
Committee Meeting.
The Democratic Executive Committees of the
City, are requested to meet at the office of JoNA.S
D. &castes, Esq., Market Square, on to-morrow
(Wednesday) evening, at 7 o'clock, on business of
importance. The Committees are as follows:
N. W. Ward.—Col. John H. Duchman, A. S.
Reese, John A. Scheirenbrand, William Hoover,
(Painter) John Baumiller.
S. W. Ward—Jonas D. Bachman, Esq., Henry
Shaun, Philip Fitzpatrick, Henry Ganti, Joseph
Kautz, Jr.,
N. E. Ward—John Hamilton, Samuel Rupley,
Dennis Marion, Henry E. Lehman, Capt. John Som
mer.
S. E. Ward—Henry Wikelm, William A. Mor
ton, James H. Barnes, Philip Snyder, William P.
Brooks.
Spring garden Forever
An immense meeting of the Pierce and King Club'
and the Democracy of the city generally was held
at Eveling's Hotel, (Spring Garden,) on Saturday
evening. 'ln the absence of the President of the
Club, Mr. H. BLICKENSDEREER was called to the
Chair—when on motion the meeting was success!,
ively addressed by JONAS D. BACHMAN, Esq., and,
by Mr. GEORGE SANDERSON, whose remarks elicited
loud and repeated cheers. The utmost enthusiasM
prevailed, and the greatest unanimity and good feel.
ing were manifest. The Club adjourned to meet
again at the public house of SAMPSON RESH, in
Queen stree'e, on Saturday evening next, when a
Pole will be raised. (
The old fire is beginping to burn brightly again
in this ancient Demsk ......._ .tio city, and the thunders
of the BIGLER campaign are again heard approachi.
EX DANIEL DOUGHERTY, Esq., of Philadelphia
will address the Pierce and King Club of this city
on Saturday evening next. The place will be am
ouncedounced in the bills.
The Democratic' County Ticket.
From every section of the county we hear of good
news respecting the Democratic ticket. The can.
didates selected for the various offices have the en.
tire confidence of the party. They are all "good
men and true," well qualified to fill the various of_
fices assigned them, s and will doubtless command
the willing and enthusiastic support of every Dem
ocrat in the county. In addition, from their supet
riority in every respect to their competitors on the
Whig ticket, we confidently calculate upon receiv
ing large accessions from our political opponents
many of whom are indisposed any longer to blind
ly follow the lead of their party's dictators. They
have borne with this city dictation until forbearance
has ceased to be a virtue, and they are now disposed
to vote for men who are in every respect, mentally
and morally, the superiors of the Whig candidates,
and who, if elected, would reflect honor upon tffe
county. In this city the Democratic ticket will re
ceive a sweeping majority. Our friends here are
in fine spirits and eager for the fray, and the second
Tuesday of October will tell a tale that will carry
consternation into the ranks of our opponents.
try* The Examiner must excuse us if we decline
to publish its two or three columns of criticism
upon General Pierce's military conduct. We want
facts, not unfounded allegations; and any thing
in
the shape of documentary proof they furnish us witht
we shall cheerfully re-publish in the Intelligencei•.
We gave extracts from the official reports of Genl's.
Scott, Worth, Pillow and Twiggs, to prove the fact
that Gen. Pierce behaved gallantly and discharged
his duty taithfully in Mexico. When the Exami
iner brings forward counter documents from the
same quarter to prove the contrary, we shall cheer]
fully make MITI for them. This is the extent of
our agreement—nothing more.
Important Decision.
A decision of considerable importance was made
in thc Sapreme Court, Bitting at Pittsburg, lasi
week, inasmuch as, it changes the practice under
the "The Hundred Dollar Law." Hitherto it ha's
been deemed sufficient for a defendant to give the
sheriff notice prior to a sale of personal property
that he claimed the benefit of the law—and the
Sheriff was considered bound to pay over to the de
fendant $3OO out of the sale. According to the de
cision the debtor is bound to give notice when a
levy is made, that he intends to claim the benefit of
the exemption law.. Apiraisers must be appointed,
end he is bound to select the articles of furniturc,
&c., which he wishes to retain. If he suffers the
Sheriff to proceed to a sale, he loses all share oldie
proceeds which enure to the benefit of the creditors
in the order of their liens.
The Whig Gathering.
." Black spirits and White,
Blne spirits and Gray—
Mingle, mingle, mingle,
You that mingle may."
You 'nay "call spirits from the vasty deep--but
will they come?" The great Whig State Mass
Meeting called to assemble in this City by the
Whig St.de Central Committee, on Thursday last,
proved,
far as Whig enthusiasm in the "Old
Guard " vas concerned, a mere abortion. Placards
Were pe,ted all over the country—hand bills as
14ge al,ost as a barn door were stuck up by the
hundred —the twelve 'thousand Whig voters of the
county s, ere urged to the rescue, and all> manner
of appe.l!s were made to their pride, their pockets
and thei, stomachs, in the confident hope that they
Would respond to the call, and array themselves
under the banner of Scott and Graham. But it all
would'nt do. The fire that animated them in 1840
—44 and 48 was wanting. They would rally for
Harrison, for Clay and for Taylor; but they can
not be induced to march in the Abolition ranks of
Seward, Stevens and Johnston. Hence the fizzle
of Thursday last. Hail it not been for the 500
Whigs who came from Dauphin county and the
300 from Philadelphia, all of whom were furnished
v'itn free, tickets, at whose expense we leave our
readers to judge, the meeting would have been a to
tal failure. As it was, with all these tree ticket
lies, and with the advantage of most beautiful
,
weatner„the Procession, at its greatest extent, num
bered just 1426 men and boys, all told—not a soul
more! And this was the great State Mass Meet
ing that was to rival, or even eclipse the Democratic
Mass Meeting, at Reading, on the 4th instant—
Which numbered nearly as many thousands as the
Lancaster meeting did hundreds.
But there may have been some Whigs in atten
dance who were not in the Procession. Grant that
there were some, and suppose we give them a very
liberal estimate and say there were 1000 such.—
What does it prove? Why that 1000 added to 1400
Makes just 2400 Whigs of all ages, sizes, complex
ions, &c. &c., from all sections of the State, (inclu
ding the "Old Guard" herself,) who were present.
Suppose from these 2400, we deduct 500 for Dau
phin, 300 for Philadelphia, and 200 for York, Leh . -
I anon, Chester, &c. &c., we have left 1400 as the
:turn out from Lancaster County; and if from this
!1400, we again deduct 600 as a reasonable esti
mate for the Whigs of the City who were in at-
Itendance, we have 800 lett as the probable number
from the county! and that, too, after holding out
as an inducement, a- Banner valued at $lOO to the
Borough or Township that would send the largest
I delegation to the meeting. By the way, the Ban
ner was awarded to the Borough of Columbia, the
delegation from that place being by all odds the
largegt and numberingjust 126 Whig men and boys,
some of whom belonged to the neighboring districts!
This award, of itself, shows the miserable abortion
of the meeting in a light that cannot be misunder
stood. The time wasin the history of Whiggery in
this County, when it would have taken four times
that number to have gained the priie.
The President of the meeting was JOHN C KUN
KLE, of Harrisburg, and the speakers were Messrs.
KUNKLE, STANLX, of N. Carolina, MMiciresz, of
Philada., Coirram, of Belllonte, and WiLciaoisoN,
of Huntingdon. The speeches were made up, as
I Usual, of fuss and feathers," Gen. Scott at Lundy's
,Lane, &c. &c., but not a word to prove his civil
qualifications for the Presidency. They discussed
no principle, made no appeal to the reason of the
people, but considered they had done enough when
they glorified the military exploits of Gen. Scott,
and assailed Franklin Pierce with calumny and de
traction. Their " Glee Club," as they called it, from
Philadelphia, was puerile and disgusting in the high
est degree—a babyish affair, that reasonable men
shbuld be ashamed of.
In they evening the held a meeting in the Court
House which was addressed by Judge CONRAD, of
Philadelphia, who is certainly a very graceful ora
tor, to say nothing more. But his attempt to com
pare Gen. Scott with Gen. Washington, and to
make hitriout even the superior of the Father of his
Country in virtue, intelligence and patriotism, was
supremely ridiculous, not to say impious. Shades
of Adams and Jefferson, of Madison and Jackson,
hide your diminished heads—tor Robert T. Conrad,
a broad-cloth Aristocratic play writer of Philadel
phia, says• Winfield Scott far outstrips ye all in
learning and statesmanship!
At the close of -Mr. Conrad's fulsome adulation
of Gen. Scott, in Which he made him out as pure
and spotless in all things as the angels of Heaven,
an effort was made to get another speaker to ad
dress the meeting—but it was no go. Stanley was
not to be found, M'Michael was among the Mis
sing, Williamson was laid up in ordinary, and Kun
kle had taken a bad cold. Seeing the dilemma in
which the meeting was placed, our estimable friend
ALEXANDER HAMILTON Hoon, rose in his place and
said to the faithful- that, inasmuch as Judge Con
rad's speech had made a deep impression upon his
auditory, it was important that no other speeches
should be made to spoil that bowl of soup—be
therefore made a mothe to adjourn. The motion
was put and declared to be carried by the Presi
dent, and thus ended the great Whig fizzle, in Lan
caster, on the sixteenth of September, A. D., 1852.
Letter from Gen. Pierce.
The following letter in relation to the religious
test in New Haiiipshire, was written to John E.
Warren, Esq., of Cooperstown, N. Y.
CONCORD, (N. H.) July 15.
Mr DEAR SIR is impossible that a charge
should embrace a more direct ettack upon truth,
than that with which the Whig papers have teemed,
in relation to my sentiments upon the religious test
contained in our State Constitution, which was adop
ted in 1792, and never amended since. The charge
is contradicted by every word and act of my life
having reference to the question, in any form, di
rectly or collaterally. I advocated the call of the
convention for the amendment of the constitution,
which assembled in November, 1850, and the most
prominent object in my own mind, was to strike
out the unjust and odious provisions, commonly
called . religious and property qualification tests,
from our fundamental law.
In haste, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) FRANK PIERCE
J. E. Warren, Esq., Cooperstown, N. Y.
Ominous
Tan PLATFORM BROR-EN.—At the Whig meeting
on Thursday, after Mr. STANLEY, of North Caroli
na, had concluded his laudation of Scott and Gra
ham, and his tirade of abuse upon Franklin Pierce,
and whilst the Philadelphia Glee Club were amu•
sing the boys and darkies who were present, a
crash was suddenly heard, when down came the
platform to the ground with its load of iniquity
tumbled about in "confusion worse confounded."—
The Wigs looked dismayed, and the Democrats
present gave three cheers for Franklin Pierce that
made the welkin ring again. If Horace Greely had
been there, he doubtless would have again spat up
on the Whig platform, and pronounced it a rickety
rotten affair, as he did the other platform immedi.
ately after the planks were laid down by the Whig
National' Convention.
This breaking down bodes no good to the Whig
party. "Coming events cast their shadows before,"
and the smashing of timber in Longenecker's Or
chard is but an omen of the crushing process which
awaits the Whig party in November next.
Scott's Friends.
Gen. Scott, while in New York, stopped with
James G. King, a son of the famous Rufus King,
who persecuted Irishmen, while Minister to Eng
land in 1799, and whose brother avows in the New
York American that " WE ARE NO ADMIRERS
OF THAT PROVISION OF OUR LAWS WHICH
GIVES FOREIGN Donis rmisoss POLITICAL
RIGHTS." These sort of people are Gen. Scott's
associates. How do our Irish and German friends
like the company he keeps?
111 The Sheriff's Proclamation for the General
Election, will be published next week.
.—••••••-•••••--
Dora the Hartford (Canal Sham
A Word from one Who knows !
FRANK PIERCE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
We are permitted to copy the following letter,
though it was not intended for publication. It is
from the pen of the Rev. Wm. McDonald, the Cath
olic Pastor of Manchester, New Hampshire, and
was furnished to a gentleman here, for whose bene
fit Mr. McDonald wrote down these facts.
This letter suggests to us a comparison of the
conduct of Gen. Scott with that of Gen. Pierce.
•••- - . -
A few years since, about the period "when the
Catholic churches were in flames by a mob," Gen.
Scott was a candidate for the office of. President. He
wrote letters to secure that nomination. He went
further, and commenced the organization of the
.Native American Party, drawing up an address to
'rally' them. as he himself hays. He wrote out a
bill for a public act, relative to naturalization, con
taining bad principles. He wrote letters to Native
Americans, declaring that his mind inclined to the
abo.ition of naturalization laws altogether. He
wrote out very deliberately his views on the general
policy which he deemed proper for the govern
ment to pursue, declaring himself to be in favor of
a National Bank, the Bankrupt Act, Distributing
Scheme and other erroneous measures. He was a
candidate for the Presidency, in full blossom. He
sought the office—wanted it—laid his plans for it;
and one of his pet plans was to organize an inde
pendent party of Native Ame.icans, to control and
use it', and to succeed by it.
Such was the conduct of Gen. Scott, who was a
candidate for the Presidency.
About the 'ame time, Frank Pierce, who never
expected to be President, took quite a different
course. As a matter of principle he opposed per
secution and intolerance. He opposed the Church
burning operations, the religious test, and the frauda
of tho - e who atrempted to get money by false is
sues against the Catholics. He treated the Catho
lics as the Constitution of the United States treats
them—as equals in christian standing in our gov
ernment. They were to have no exclusive privi
leges, but to be sustained in their rights.
The men who now support Gen. Scott appeal di
rectly to the Catholics for their votes. The appeal
is as impudent as it extraordinary. But they do
not stop here—they abuse Franklin Pierce, and
shamefully misrepregeffi his conduct. To show
how grossly outrageous these attacks and appeals
are, we feel justified in publishing such facts as the
following letter contains:
Leiter from Win. McDonald, Catholic Pastor in Man
chester, New Hampshire.
MANCHESTER, (N. H.,) August 21, 1852.
I consider it not only fair, but an act of grati
tude to Franklin Pierce, to exculpate him from
any implied or expressed coldness in advocating the
abolition of the New Hampshire "test." I say an act
of gratitude, for I assure you there is not another
' man in America who more cordially detests bigot
ry and exclusiveness than he; nor was these one
in the Convention of this State, who so energetically
endeavored to secure the removal of the "t. st."—
In the Town Meetings, called professedly for its
abrogation or retention, he used all his brilliant elo
quence to induce citizens to vote ft e its repeal.
' I repeat, the Catholics of this State owe him a
deep debt of gratitude, which he has unintention
ally and frequently imposed on them.
When the Catholic churches in Philadelphia
were in flames, he was the leader in calling a Town
Meeting in Concord, and therein pleaded the cause
of the Catholics, and particularly the safety of the
Catholics in Concord.
When, some three or four years ago, emis
series !rom a New York society, sympathizing
I with the Portuguese who were said to be persecu
ted, visited Concord and called a meeting to raise
money, Pierce stood up and fearlessly pronounced
I their history a forgery.
These, and many other kindred facts in the his
tory of Franklin Pierce, you may learn among the
I Concord Catholics, showing the disinterested hon
esty of the man, and that his aid and sympathy
were tendered befstre ha or any one ever dreamed
of his being nominated for the Presidency.
I remain, sir, 3 ours truly,
WM. MCDONALD.
Where the Money Goes
In his speech delivered at Pittsburg, on Friday
evening week, Gen. HOUSTON said that he had in
his possession, as chairman of the committee of the
Senate to inquire into the various frauds perpetra
ted upon the government, evidence to show that of
the many millions of dollars expended annually by
the present whig administration of the general gov
ernment, twenty millions of dollars was stolen by the
creatures who hung around the treasury and fatten
on its offal—the GALPHIN train who came in with
TAYLOR, and who expect to return with SCOTT. and
succeed the GARDNERS who came in with FILL
:4one. He further stated that he was desirous of
making a report to that effect prior to the adjourn
ment of congress, but that a whig senator objected,
l and under the rule, he was unable to do so.
1 How is this done? It is done (says the Key
stone) by giving the contracts for supplies for the
government, to favorites instead of to fiir bidders,
and by them they are sold at prices ranging from
$lO,OOO to $lOO,OOO, to the persons, who under a
fair contract system, would obtain them at a saving
of so much to the government. This system, with
claims of the Gs.Lemis, GARDNER and BARROT
school, would soon make way with twenty millions
of dollars, and a knowledge of its existence at once
explains the apparent mystery of the government
requiring, in a period of profound peace, more mon
ey for its support than was required by the admin
istration of Mr. Pock for conducting the Mexican
war, and shows "where the money goes." The elec
tion of Prance and KING will alone atop those
, leaks, drive off the leeches that are fastened upon
the treasury, and prevent the return of the GALPHIN
I train; which we are assured upon good whig au
thority, will come in with SEWARD & CO., in the
event of the election of Gen. SCOTT.
The Five Million Loan
The bids for the loan of five millions, authorized
by the last Legislature, were opened at Harrisburg
on Tuesday. The most favorable offer was by the
Bank of the Northern Liberties, for $lOO,OOO at 4
per cent, without premium. The rest of the offers
were at 5 per cent., and a premium ranging from
$1 to $5 on every $lOO of stock. Governor Bigler
i , not satisfied with these bids, and has concluded
to accept but little if any more than the amount
necessary to pay the 6 per cent. bonds. On the
sum necessary to do this, 'the premiums will
amount to a little over fift y thousand dollars, and the
annual saving of interest to near twenty !rue thousand
dollars. Whilst we had hoped that much a larger
saving would have been the result of this effort, we
are gratified to know that $50,000 of the public
debt will in this way be actually paid, and near
$25,000 saved annually to the Treasury, without
exacting a single farthing from the people.
"L—D, ROW THIS WORLD IS GIVEN TO LYING! "
—The Scott Bugle, an off-shoot of the Indepen
dent Whig, says there were " SIXTEEN THOUS
AND WHIGS IN COUNCIL," at their meeting, in
this City, on Thursday last! This beats all crea
tion, and is equal to the " ten men in buckram" that
we were wont to read of in our juvenile days, who
were so ruthlessly slaughterd by one valiant knight.
Perhaps, however, it was a mistake on the part of
the compositor, who may, in the marvelousness of
his imagination, have placed a cipher too much on
the wrong side of the figures—as we would not, of
course, accuse the Independent Whig (or, which
is the same thing, the Scott Bugle,) of deliberately
lying. Not we.
"Sixteen Thousand Whigs in Council." Gra
cious me, what a whopper. Why even the North
American, whose propensity for lying is proverbial,
only makes, in its largest count, about five thousand,
The Last Effort.
As our paper is worked off on Thursday, we can_
not give an account of the Lancaster Whig meet
ing of yesterday. All we know is that the most
Herculian exertions were made here for the last ten
days, by the faithful among the Whigs. A large
purse was raised, free tickets were distributed, and
free soup dinners promised to those who would go.
,Ad all this was likely to fail, it was proclaimed on
Wednesday that Gen. SCOTT was to be at Lancaster,
fuss, feathers and all, with the accompaniment of
the ten pounds of British lead that he carried in his
shoulder for the last thirty-five years. These -in
ducements, together with a few baskets of the hard,
brought out a respectable delegation from this place,
but the country voters could not be induced to go.
Harrisburg investigator.
Judge Woodwird
Some of the whig papers have opened their bat
teries of slander and detraction upon Judge Woon:
WARD with as much bitterness and malignity as
though the result of the election depended upon the
number and amount of libels and venom that could
be heaped upon him. We are glad to see, however,
that the more honorable portion -of the whig press
repudiate this disgraceful species of electioneering,
and award to Judge WCODWARD correct principles
as a man, talents of the highest order and abundant
capacity. Hie personal integrity and ability as a
Judge, even the most unscrupulous do not venture
to impeach.
The charge of Nativiim is re-vamped and pressed
upon the people by the presses first referred to, not
withstanding his repeated denials that he ever en
tertained or expressed the sentiments imputed to
him, and in the face of the fact that in 1845, at the
time of his defeat for United States Senator, he could
have been elected if he had not deliberately and in
strong terms repudiated all affinity with or sympa
thy for the principles and objects of the Nativist
members of the Legislature. With their votes he
would have been elected, yet he scorned to coalesce
with them! What stronger evidence•could morta l
man give of determined opposition to the sentiments
imputed to him? Yet reckless and unprincipled
partizans persist hi imputing them to him!
The speech upon which the charge, of Nativism
against Judge WOODWAPI) is bated, and whiCh is
reported in the 'printed debates of the convention,
was repudiated by him, in the convention, the mo
ment his attention was call•.d to it. Having been
charged during a discussion in the convention with
having uttered the language imputen to him,
Judge Woonwzan said did not wish to be
slandered by any reporter or ul.srepresented'by any
member on this floor, and he would not allow gen
tlemen to impute measures and sentiments to him
which did not belong to hhn. He said he never
did propose to exclude the foreigners now in the
country, from political rilvileges, nor those who
should at any time hereafter come to the country.
He presumed the gentleman alluded to an amend
ment offered by him in convention at Harrisburg.
That was an amendment to a proposition made by
the gentleman from Chester, (Mr. Thomas) sugges
ting an inquiry into the expediency of excluding
foreigners altogether from our soil, and the amount
of it was to give the proposed inquiry a different
direction from that proposed by the gentleman
from Chester. The proposition of the gentleman
from Chester being withdrawn, Mr. Woodward ex
plained that be withdrew• his amendment. The
gentleman from the county, (Mr. Earle) should
have represented him correctly on this subject if he
understood it, so I if be did not understand it, he
should have informed himself before he spoke of it."
The speech imputed to - him by the reporter was
a vile caricature. The reporter to that convention
was an English alien, a bigotted, malicious feder
alist, whose hatred of democrats, and especially of
the young and talented men of that party in the
convention, was so intense that a fair report of their
speeches by him was never expected bytthem. On
the occasion referred to, all the members well know
that Judge WoonwAnn did not speali ten minutes,
whereas the speech imputed to him would have oc
cupied the best part of an hour!—Keystone.
Who Is In Fault.
The Harrisburg Keystone has the following in
reference to the difficulty between the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and the Canal Board:
" B:rgham & Dock proposed to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to equip their proportion of
their baggage ears to run through toHollidaysburg
or Latrobe, at their expense, and to take all the
risk of damage on the Columbia railroad, so as to .
entirely avoid the transhipmnet of baggage at Dil-
Dillerville, and thus avoid all delay and detention ;
and also tendered to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company the privilege of putting a clerk in their
office to sell through tickets; or, if this did not suit
them, to sell through tickets for them, free of ex
ense to them But none of these liberal propositions
have been accepted by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company."
There never was a misunderstanding that had
not two sides to it, though the chief fault general
ly rests with one or the other. In this instance we
are inclined to vicit the sin upon the Central Rail
road Company. For years past, the whigs have
made issue against the State works—the manage
ment, profits and expenditure ; the sale of them has
been liberally and freely mooted, and all with - the
view of manufacturing political capital for party
purposes. Give to the whigs the political control
of the State works, and so far from sale or retrench-,
meat we would have proscription and intolerance.—
We have no doubt but that the Rail Road Compa
ny has been emboldined by the course of the whigs
to take every advantage, witn the view of monop
lining all the profits, and, , after bringing them into
the worst possible reput, to purchase the State
works at their own price. Hence to harmonize
with the Canal Board now, ot• to compromise on
terms honorable and fair, would-be to abandon the
advantage of the political sympathy of the present
campaign. If this is not so, why do not the Com
pany adopt the liberal propositions of the Board?
If the action of the Board is radically wrong, it
can be rectified with Out resorting to the miserable
attempt to create enmity to the Canal Board and
sympathy for themselves by driving the travelling
community to the unpleasant necessity of finding
other routes.—Jeffersonian.
11:7 One of the Whig speakers, a Mr. Jolts
WILLWISON from Huntingdon, made a speech in
front of Bear's Hotel, to East King street. on Wed
nesday evening, which was the most profane,,ri
bald and indecent fanfarohade of balderdash that
we have ever listened to. It would perhaps have
suited the region of the "Five ” , - , ints" in New York,
but was altogether out of place among decent and
intelligent people in the good City of Lancaster.— .
It was so disgusting that many of his own party
friends were ashamed of it, and it partook so much
of the character of the lowest kind of blackguard
ismthat our worthy Mayor (a Whig) had it in
contemplation, it is said, to put a stop to his vul
garity by arresting him on the.spot. And yet this.
creature Williamson is one of the shining lights of:
Federal Whiggery, and one of their crack orators!
Heaven preserve the country from falling into the
hands of such fellows—ten times worse than the
Goths and Vandals of antiquity.
ID" Some of the Whig prints are making merry
at the prefix to the name of WILLIAM HOPICINB
and intimate that, although sporting a military ti
tle, he never "set a squadron in the field" or par
ticipated in any wag This is a mistake. Col.
Hopkins was the true hero of the celebrated "Buck
shot War." He led the army of the people at that
important crisis in the affairs of Pennsylvania; and,
if the war was bloodless, it was not because he
showed a want of nerve for the occasion, but be
cause the triumvirs at the head of the Federal An
timasonic forces, then congregated- at the Capitol
for the purpose of "treating the election as it it had
never been held," proved craven and made their
exit through the back window of the SenatiCham
ber.
The tell-le-graphic reporters are making deli
perate efforts to manufacture some Whig news from,
Maine. But it is no go. Notwithstanding the lo
cal divisions, growing out of the liquor law, it ap.:
pears evident that the Democracy have achieved a
glorious triumph in the State of Maine. Huuumsii,
the Democratic candidate, leads the Federal candi'
date for Governor by thousands—we have a ma;
jority on joint ballot in the Legislature—and the
general result only makes the chances of the Whig ,
more dark, cheerless and hopeless for the Presiden
tial election.
113 - Hon. JOHN P. HALM has accepted the nomi
nation for the Presidency, tendered by the Free Soir
ers. He says in his letter, that he has. not felt at
liberty under the peculiar circumstances of the oc
casion, to set upliis own opinion in direct opposi
tion to his friends. He therefore yields his own
wishes and opinions to those of his friends, and thus
assents to what has been done, notwithstanding his
previous refusal to consent that it might be dons.
Very much like a Defaulter
Just before the close of the session of Congress,
the acting Secretary of the Treasury, ill reply to
the resolution of Mr. Merriwether, adopted by the
Senate, made a report from the records, showing the
amounts of public money received by Generals Scott
and Pierce. It exhibits a very ugly account against
General Scott, and exhibits him as a defaulter• to
the Goverment. Pierce's account includes his pay
as a Senator and Member of Congress, and as U. S.
District Attorney.
The following figures will show the whole mat
ter ai a glance :
Regular pay and allowance to General sow:
Thro' 2d auditor's office, $2Ol 509 71
" 3d auditor's office, 49,776 99
.--$251,286 7U
Extra allowance to Cetera! Scott.
Thro' register's office, $.2.75q9 79
" 2d auditor's office, 14,737 93
3d auditor's office, 1,254 24
$18,532 26
Amount withheld without warrant of law, 7,885 19
unaccounted for, 1_573 03
$290,577 18
Regular pay and allowance to General Pierce. '
I'6N' register's office, $17,190 78
21 auditor's office, ' 3,182 62
--$20,373 90
Edra allowance w General Pierce.
Thro' register's office, nothing.
2d auditor's office, "
3d auditor's office, "
Amount illegally withheld,"
" unaccounted for,
We here have General Scott holding on to the
sum of $7,885 19, without authority of law, besides
having as yet failed to account for another sum of
$12,873 03. In relation to the first, the whig Sec
retary uses this language :
"In applying this act [the act of March 3, 1849]
to particular cases, doubts arose whether the clause
allotting compensation applied to contributions
levied elsewhere than at ports and in the form 131
duties on imports. The opinion of the Attorney
General was solicited on this question, and on the
12th day of March last that officer gave an opin
ion in the negative. According to this interpreta
tion of the act of March 3d, 1849, General Scott
was not authorized by that act to retain the above
sum of $7,885 19, as the collections or contribu
tions on which the :charge was based were not
made at a seaport, but in the interior."
Now, if this does not present General Scott very
much like a Defaulter,—unlawfully retaining in
own pocket, money which legally belongs to the
Government Treasury—we would like to know
what constitutes a Defaulter., •
Can Letters Patent be Attached
for Debt ?
Gsoaos W. GITIOLID, Esq, of New York, in an
opinion published in the Scientific American of the
711 i of August, says they ca -f, whilst many others
in the community entertain a different opinion.—
Amongst those who differ in opinion with Mr. G.
is our townsman, Col. J. rItANICLIN RSIGLIIT, who
has made himself familiar with ail the Patent Laws
of this country, and whose common sense view of
the subject inclines us very strongly to his opinion.
From an able and lengthy communication written
by the Colonel, and published in the last number
of the Manheim Sentinel, we make the following
extracts:
" You will observe, we are speaking of the case
of a Patentee who has made no assignment and o f
his right to hts Letters Patent merely. We deny
most emphatically, that this is subject to attach
ment. According to the Constitution of the U. S.
Art. 1, sect. 8, Congress shall have the power, "To
promote the progress of science and useful arts, by
SECURIIiG FOR LIMITED TIMES to Authors and In
t entors the EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to their respective
writings and discoveries."
Therefore the Letters Patent read, "The United
-States of America. To all to whom these letters
'shall come. These are therefore to grant to A. B.
&c., for the TERM OF 14 TEARS, from the date of,
&c., the FULL AND EXCLUSIVE, and liberty of ma
king, constructing, using and vending to others to
be used, the said improvement, &c ," and further,
"That no person without the colesercrof the Paten
tee, his or her executors, &c., first obtained in wri
ting, shall make,
devise, use, or sell the the thing
whereof the exclusive right is secured to the said
Patentee; such person so offending shall forfeit, &c."
and by Ccnst. Art. 6, sect. 1, "The laws of the
United States shall be the supreme law of the land,
any laws of any State to the contrary notwithstand-
ing."
Letters Patent are of themselves intangible, in
every sense of the word, and valueless until duly
sold and assigned for a valuable consideration by
the Patentee himself, by his own act, deed, signa
ture and seal; and the main object in ..securing" to
Inventors for a limited period, the exclusive right to
heir inventions, was, "to promote the progress of
science and the useful arts,"
and not to give a pre
mium to the ignorant and undeserving, ,or grant
Letters Patent for life to establish a monopoly. A,
Creditor may levy upon and sell the materials, but
afterwards [see Curtis' Laws of Patents page 254,
Swain vs. Guild, Justice Story says,] the purchaser
acts at his own peril, it he dare to use the patented
improvements and devices. He has no legal Right
vested in him, and he dare not violate the Patentee's
right. Be may buy the Seed Planter as an orna
ment, but if he uses it, and sows one bushel of
Grain with it, he infringes upon the Patentee's right;
or else tile Constitution and Law of the General
Government "securi , ig - to the Patentee the "exclu ,
sive right" for fourteen years, are destitute of mean
ing, void, of none effect, and the generous Govern
ment, who took the bonus from the confiding Pat,
entee,' a designing and intentional Defaulter." T •
And again:
" We are decidedly opposed to throwing any obi :
studies or difficulties, in any shape, manner or lorm
whatever, in the way of a deserving Inventor's Let
ters Patent, and the Courts will invariably have a
magnanimous care over rights and privileges in va
lid Patents; and although Mr. Gifford'as an able At
torney at Law, has publicly given his written opin
ion, that the "privileges and interest in Letters Patent
can be reached by an attachment, and subjected to sale
for the benefit of creditors: in the same manner and on
the same principle as other attached property," he has
failed to quote a single, law of this or any other
country, or' to cite a single decision of any able
Jude es of this or any other country, as authority for
suci. opinion."
It 7 The Foreign News, by the Niagara at Hal•
ilex, possesses but little interest. Her dates are to
the 4th inst. The Fishery and Lobos question have
ceased to agitate London. British politics are quiet;
'the premier was at the Dorcaster races, and the
Queen in Scotland. The French President had trans
ferred his affections from the Princess Vasa to 'a
daughter of Prince Czartoriski—'at his Perjuries
Jove, laughs"—whatever their character. The Ro
man Catholic. Bishops, O'Conner and‘Vanderbilt, had
arived at Rome, the latter a bearer of the decrees
of the first Roman Catholic National Convention in
America, held at Baltimore a few months since.—
A conspiracy has been disco;ered in Sicily. The
conspirators were in commuuication with Hugiero
Silting, Chief of the ex-Government, now a refugee
at Malta. The centre of the operations was at Cas
tro Giovani, and the conspirators had succeeded in
tampering with some of,the troops. The cholera
is atiting on the continent. Three Circassian vil
lages have been burned by the Russians. The po
tato rot in .Ireland has subsided, and the political
rot in Italy continues. The gold excitement is like
ly to continue, as 60,000 ounces more of that metal
have arrived from Port Philip. The continent is
quiet, The markets continue to exhibit firmness
in cotton, with a further decline in breadstuffs
The money and commercial interests of Faigland
appear prosperous, and for American stocks there
is rather an improved deiltand in London.
H4uDAYSEIIRG, Sept. 17
MOVEMENTS or Gete. Shorn—Gen. Scott reached
here this forenoon. and addressed a large gather
ing of Whigs from the American House steps,ln
answer to their repeated •calls. He was most en
thusiastically' received. In the afternoon a mass
meeting was held in the Court House yard, at
which Ex-Governor Johnston ' Hon. E. Stanly,,,,of
N. C., and Judge Conrad, of Philadelphia, spoke.
The Philadelphia ChippeWa Glee Clup was present,
and sang a number of songs. Gen. Scott made but
a very brief stay, and then moved onward toward
Pittsburg. .
il4r General Scott is not on an electioneering
tour-0 Ito, not he! That would be against Whig
•
policy.
The Election in Maine—Hubbard, the Demo
cratic candidate for GoVernor, is defeated. The
Congressional; delegation will stand time Whigs
to three Democrats. There will be a small Demo
cratic majority on joint tiallot in the Legislature.
City and County Items
Cl7l . His Taactaz.—On last Sunday ight Mr.
Thomai - Griffin,of Washington borough, t h is county
cut his throat from ear to ear with a raz , r, causing
instant death. His mind had been deranged for
some time previous to committing the fatal deed.
He leaves a wile and three children—Examiner.
EID" A very large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Democracy was held at the public house of Thos.
Layman, (Peach Bottom,) on Saturday last. The
meeting was addressed by Wm. Mathiot, Esq , of
this city, and also by Mr. Layman. A. Band of
Music was in attendance.
BT ThiTemperance County Convention met in
this city on Wednesday last and settled the fol
lowing ticket:
FOR THE ASSEMBLY.
Emanuel Scheaffer, City.
Sanders m:Cullough, Drumore
Christian Hershey, Columbia.
Dr. Adam Sheller, Mount Joy.
• Daniel Engle, E. Donegal.
They made no nomination fur ~C ..Ler of the other
offices, but lelt their part Ire,: to select from the
other tickets,in the tie:d.
The joint committee of arrangement on behalf
of the several Lodges and Eacapinents which they
represent, by resolution, tender their thanks to the
officers and members of the Grand Lodge and
Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania—to P. G. S.
Wildy, of Baltimore—the various Lodges and En
campmenfs, and members of the Order to general,
whose presence and services added so much in the
beauty of the procession on the 2d inst., rendering
it so interesting and imposing.
Resolved, That the special thanks of the Order
be tendered to P. G. M. Witte, of Philadelphia,
who honored us.with his presence and services, and
that in hid able and eloquent address delivered on
that occasion, we recognize a true and faithful pro
mulgation of the great cardinal principles of the
Order that has been much benefited in this commu
nity.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Committee be
extended to Emanuel C. Rei.art, Esq., for the use
of his lot on Church St.; and also to the Hon. James
Buchanan'and others for the use of their horses
and carriages Free of (barge.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Committee be
tendered tp the_proprietors of the various Hotels of
the city, and the citizens in general for their hospi
tality and untiring efforts to make comfortable the
multitude. ot strangers who visited our city on that
occasion; and in the distribution of our thanks we
would gratefully remember the-Ladies of the city,
who rendered our march pleasant by the presenta
tion of wreaths and boquets and who kindly at va
rious i oints in the route provided water, which
proved so refreshing to those in the procession ex
posed to the burning rays of the sun.
Resolved, That the several papers of the city be
requested to publish these resolutions.
P. J. Gorner, G. T. Zahm, H. M. White, of No.
07 ;—H. Stigerwalt, S. Killian, P. T. Shea of No.
242 ;—S. Welchans, C. W. Cooper, J. Mclla, of
No. 454 ;—J. R. Bitner, J. M. Wes theaffer, of Wash
ington Encampment, Noll.
P. J. GORNER, Chairman.
JOHN McCezza, Secretary.
*20,373 40
117 - The following proceedings have been in
type some two weeks, but by some.strange
mis
hap were overlooked until the present time. We
.hope our friends in Upper Leacock will take this
as an apology, as the omission was purely acciden
tal
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the Dem
ocratic citizens of Upper Leacock township, held
at the public house of Michael Roland, in Mechan
icsburg, in said township, on Saturday the 4th of
September, 1852.
On motion, JACOB HOLL, was appointed Pres
ident, REUBEN WEIDLER and ANDREW KOLP, Vice
Presidents, and Samuel G. Behmer and John Berk
enbine, Secretaries.
The object of the meeting having been stated by
the Chairman, on motion, Messrs. Wm. Weidman,
Dr. Isaac C. Weidler, John B. Raff, John Graham,
Andrew Kolp, Frederick Zigler, Mark Connell, jr.'
Wm. Simmons, Henry Weidler, Samuel Best and
George Bender, were appointed a Committee, to re
port Resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting; who having retired a short time, reported
the following, whichpere unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the'Democrats of Upper Leacock
Township, proclaim to their Democratic brethren
not only in. other townships of the county, but
throughout the Union, that they are united as a
band of brothers, engaged in one common cause,
that the flag of Democracy again may wave tri
umphant in this " our Land of the free and the
home of the brave ;11, and to accomplish this great
object and purpose, we will go hand in hand, and
use all fair and honorable means, to elect FRANK
LIN Franca and Wm. R. Krim, to the offices of
President and Vice President of the United States,
at the approaching presidential election
Resolved, That Gen. FRANKLIN Psalms and Woe.
R. Krim possess all the qualifications, which the
immortal Thomas Jefferson said that candidates for
office should have, viz: honesty, capability, and
fitness; and being true Democrats, we hold it to be
the duty of every democrat to assist, !slily vial hon
orably in elevating them to the high and exalted
stations for which they are in n111111,:MUIL
Resolved, That the nornir,..,o .)1 that upright
citizen and able jurist, 0.., If.s, t_ixonox W. WOOD
WIRD, for the Sup,- 13...i:ch, in place of the late
Judge Coulter, dcco and of the Hon. Wiittam
HOPK.INS, of Washington county, in place of the
lamented William Searight, deceased, for Canal
Commissioner, by the Democratic State Conven
tion, at Harrisburg, on the 26th Ultimo, meets our
cordial approbation, and the nominees shall receive
our united and energetic support.
Resolved, That we approve of the administration
of Governor BIGLER, and have lull confidence in
his honesty and political integiity, to manage the
affairs of the State.
Resolved, That in the event of the Democratic
County Convention, which meets in the city of Lan
caster on next Wednesday, settling a full or a por
tion of a ticket, for the support of the Democracy
of the county, at , the ensuing election, we pledge
onrselves to give it our hearty and united support.
Resolved, That the following named persons, be
a committee of vigilance for Upper Leacock town
ship, viz:
Dr. Carpenter Weidler, John Graham, Peter Hel
ler, Washington Simmons, Jonas Eby, Samuel
Best, Henry Weidman. John W. Leber, Henry Bar
ton, Isaac B. Weidler, George Marks, Wm. Ray,
Peter Kellenberger, Cyrus Miller, Michael Bender,
Lewis E. Harbill, George Miller, jr., Daniel Weid
ler, John Sellers, Daniel Swope, Elijah Irvin, Geo,
Heller, William ' Kellenberger, Bernard L. Beck,
John Bender, Adam Weidler, John Kremer, Robert
Bursk.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers and published is all the
Democrat papers in the county.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD LOAN of three
Millions of dollars was alloted, on the 16th instant,
- to Charlei H. Fisher, Esq., of Philada., as the agent
of Baring, Brothers & Co. and the Rothchild's at
2 20-100 percent. premium ; this being the most
acceptable offer for the entire loan, We learn that
the whole amount bid was about $10,000,000, and
that some offers for small portions of the loan were
made at five per cent. premium.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY •ND CANAL
COMMISSIONERS.—On Thursday week, in the Sit ..
preme Court at Pittsburgh, Mr. Tyson, Attor4
for the Central Railroad Company, applied for a
rule to show cause why a mandamus should not be
issued on the Canal Commissioners, requiring them
t> draw the cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad.—
The' rule was granted and the Commissioners or
dered to show cause, within thirty days from the
day the motion was made, why mandamus should
not issue.
A HALE Dozsir CarrninaTss.—The Southern
Rights Convention have nominated Gov. Troupe of
Georgia, for the Presidency. We thus have six can
didates in the field, and we give them alphabetically
—Goodall, Abolition; Hale, Free Soil; Pierce, Dem
ocrat; Scott, Whig; Troupe, Southern Rights; and
Webster, American and National. As the hump
backed Richard said, "methinks there be six Rich
monds in the field" and five have been slain already!
07" Hon. Jost. B. DAirsza, of Gettysburg, has
received the Democratic nomination for Congress
in his District. He has to contend against fearful
odds—hut if any man in all that region can bear
aloft our glorions banner to victory, he's the one to
do it. Danner's a whole.souled noble hearted Dem
ocrat, and deserves to be elected.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Hon. Daniel Webster
and G. B. Duncan, Esq, have entered suit against
the corporation of New Orleans to recoversso,ooo
for service rendered that city in the Gaines case.
They defended the city in the suit brought by Mrs.
Gaines before the United States Supremo Court.
PORTLAND, Sept. 15
H. 0. 0. F.
Deinocralle Meeting.
SIPTIIIIBIR 6, 1852.
Ma. Ean-roa :--I attended a Wbig '•Mass Meet
ing" at Spring Grove Drumore twp., un Saturday
last, expecting to see a large gathering of the friends
of Scott and Graham. Great preparations had been
made by his excellency, the inkeeper, and anticipa
ting a tremendous outpouring of - the gallant Wool
ly's and Silver Greys.
Large bills had been posted up throughout this
whole section of country—not one public house,
smith shop, or mechanic's establishment escaped
the notice. Every body knew of the Mass Meeting
at Spring Grove, and all in the immediate section
expected to see five or six hundred Whigs at least
turn out with their accustomed noise and enlhuai-
asm, as they did during the memorable campaign
of Harrison, Log Cabins and Hard Cider, Two
Dollars a day and Roast Beef.
Quarryville was expected to turn out a large del
egation to be led to th field by the Strasburg Brass
Band; but lo I when the band arrived in the town,
the delegation was not to be seen, and it was com
pelled to go down alone.
It was also anticipated that the coons of Mantic
and Colerain would pour out in immense numbers
and show their devotion to the " Old Hero of Chip
pewa "—but it was no go. They either must be
tired of the old hero, or made themselves sick by
taking their soup to hastily at dinner before starting,
or they dont like the old General's associates and
have determined to duck him or dodge him, and
after the election elevate their crests" and apolo
gized for their misbehaviour. From some cause the
meeting proved a failure. Three hundiled I think
would comprise the whole number that were pres
ent, including Democrats, W higa and boys. I am
certain, Mr. Editor, that there were at least 30
Democrats, - fifteen or twenty ladies and,a whole
host of boys, leaving about one hundred and fifty
votable citizens present; this constituted the great
Mass Meeting of the Whigs of Drumore and the
adjoining townships I
About I o'clock the band was called out and
placed in order for the march to the ground where
the speeches were to be made. Well, about half
the number present formed in procession and fol
lowed the band to the ground, after which the
meeting was organized by appointing Mr. S. J.
Hamilton, of Drumore President; and while some
few of the uppe- I , _as and tariff men of the meet
ing were consulting about and fixing upon suita
ble persons for Vice Presidents and Secretaries, a
famous Woolly head chief from Colerain got
his wool up and began to grow wrothy about the
matter. He e-rang to his feet and demanded in a
loud voice why this meeting was not organized, and
it the people did not come here to show their de
votion to Scott & Graham. But the Silver Greys
paid no attention to the Famous Chief, further than
a look of defiance, as much as to say—sit down,
you are a Woolly, we are Greys; we beat you in the
county, we licked you out of house and home, and
we now have you at our mercy; sit down and com
pose yourself, and although you are a Woolly chill
we are determined that you shall keep all your
wool to yohrself. We,l, after some little delay,
the meeting was organized by appointing several
Vice Presidents and Secretaries, 'after which the
celebrated John Strohm was introduced as the first
speaker. Well, I expected to hear loud cries for
Strohm, but no, there was no call for Strohm.—
However, Sir John went to work to address the
meeting, and a dreadful fist he made of it. He
tried to discuss the merits of the two candidates in
his usual eloquent and dignified style, charging
General Pierce with obscurity and inefficiency, and
reflecting upon the Democratic leaders for sacrifi
cing such men as Cass and Buchanan and taking up
the obscure and unknown General Pierce. But Sir
John could get no response from the crowil,he stood
alone in his noble sentiments, and left the stand
uncheered and apparently disappointed.
The next speaker introduced was Judge Hays, of
Lancaster; but still there was no call from the
rowd, no enthusiasm nor excitement; all appeared
to be cold and indifferent. Judge Hays commenced
his speech by saying that he did not expect to be
there before that morning; that his friend Col. Pat
terson had picked him up that morning and brought
him along, and consequently he was not prepared;
but inasmuch as he hat! come there he would en
deavor to say something. ❑e observed that the
coming contest was one of the deepest interest, one
upon which rested the fate of,the Whig party for
years to come, and perhaps for ever. After discus
sing the merits of Scott and demerits of the untie-
ced and insignificant Pierce, he went into a
lengthy discussion upon the tariff, urging the neces
sity of protection to home industry, high duties,
&c , the usual old song of the Whig party before
an election, but not a word of the compromise, not
a word of General Scott's naturalization principles,
or his letter of acceptance, not a word of the Bal
timore platform, nor the Generals sentiments upon
the subject of slavery; that would never do. There
were too sets ofsentiments in the crowd of Woolly &
Greys; on the one hand it would not do to offend
the Woollies by saying that General Scott was a
friend to the compromise, so they concluded to let
the subject alone and remain mute in deference to
the mighty Woollies. On the other hand the Silver
Greys would not listen to any observations respect
ing their association with Seward & Greely and the
rest of the abolition faction. The Judge labored
away for nearly an hour and talked loudly about
protection,but failed to get a response from the gal
lant Whigs in the crowd. There was no noise for
the orator, and he complained veil , much of it; he
said he believed that the Whigs would all vote for
Scott and Graham, but there was not half enough
of excitement,not near enough of enthusiasm. He
was fond or excitement, and would like to leo
more spirit and more enthusiasm manufactured in
this important contest. He then took his neat
amidst the silent and indifferent crowds, apparently
disappointed with the meeting and the silence and
indifference that prevailed.
I neglected to mention above ' that while the
Judge was speaking a large number of the crowd
left the ground and went to the house and amused
itemselvee with the ladies that were there. 1 think
that nearly one half were at the house when Col.
Patterson, the next speaker, appeared upon the
stand. lam confident' that I never saw so much
coldness manifested before at a political meeting.—
Col. P. made a loud noise, but did not do much
execution. I believe the Col. did get up a little
excitement by relating a few little anecdotes which
pleased some of the company, and I am certain he
would not have succeeded had it not been that the
famous Colerain Woolly chief smothered the feel
ings which agitated his bosom during the organiza
tion, and commenced drumming on the seat with
the butt end of his whip. This roused the feelings
of a few more present, and they did succeed in get
ting up a little noise for the Colonel; but I tell you
what, it was lean and meagre, it did not begin to
compare with Taylor enthusiasm,—or hard cider
and coon skin excitement. An ex-member of the
Assembly present, a devoted whig by the by, ob
served upon being asked how many he thought
were present, that there was not quite a thousand
he believed, and he expressed his disapprobation
by saying that he did not like those fippany bit
meetings. You will remember that he is a great
Woolly, and consequently was not very much
pleased with the organization. Well, Col. Patter
son labored away for a great length of time upon
the merits of the two candidates ; eulogizing
General Scott and lauding him to the s kies, not on
ly for his great military skill and glsry, but in con
sequence of his mighty civil qualifications in set
tieing several difficult questions of a civil charac
ter, such as the South Carolina rebellion, &c. He
stated that General Pierce was comparatively un
known—that he was acquainted with a gentleman
who was in Congress during the time that Pierce
was in the Senate, and that this person told him
that he never knew such a man as Pierce, never no
ticed him, did not know that such a man was in
the Senate, and that the General was not capable
of creating any notice or observation of his pres
ence as a member of that body. Now, mark the
inconsittency of the Col's. argument. After dwel
ling upon the General's obscurity and insignificancy,
he proceeded to give a history of his course in
Congress, and recount his votes and the prejudice
and indignation which they had created in that bo
dy, whereas, but a few minutes before, he declared
that General Pierce was altogether unnoticed and
unknown in Congress! I,Yfell, after relating a tis
sue of falsehoods and a whole catalogue of misrep
resentations, loud puffing and blowing away in or
der to ,get up an excitement, for at least an hour,
he took his eeat.
The resolutions were now read by P. H. Goche
nour, and passed, which yon no doubt will nee in
the next Examiner.
The next speaker that appeared was an individ
ual by the name of Hauk, who had better have
kept his seat, and not troubled the ears of those
present with his trifling billingsgate and slang.—
His speech was a mere non-entity ; it would have
suited the Sandwich Islanders better than any oth
er class pf people. P. H. Gochanour next addres
sed the tail end of the :crowd, and amused them
with some trifling and Unimportant observations,
after which the crowd dispersed to witness a fight
which took place shortly afterwards at the house
between a couple of Irishmen.
A collection whs taken up after the first speech
was done to pay the Band, by a committee appoint
ed for the purpose. Thirty dollars was the amount
to be made up amidst this crowd of wealth, and
substantial Whigs, but Jo! they come out at the
small end of the horn, lacking 9 dollars of the
' amount required, which the Inkeeper Mr. Hess
had to make up out of hie own pocket, after having
r giventhem owled th
sorely ei a r
b d a i u n t n i e n r supper t a h ;d evening a
g fi r e a r ti sth,
the
and t e t t e g.
meet
ing was over. Thus ended the great Mass Meet
ing of Drumore and the adjoining townships.
MANHEIM AROUSED
A Democratic meeting was held at Myers' Tav
ernon Saturday afternoon last. The oath
cers, (Eden,)wer
eol. Samuel C. Stambaugh, President—
Messrs. John Gerber, George Hambright, S. Hoff
man and H. Hilton, Vice Presidents—and Samuel
E. Keller, of Warwick, and D. Eberly, of Penn, Sec
retaries.
After a few appropriate remarks from the Pres
ident, the meeting was addressed by Messrs. Frazer,
Jacob B. Amwake ,and Sanderson, accompanied
with loud demonstrations of applause from the as
sembled Democracy. The Lancaster Brass Band
was in attendance, and discoursed sweet music' dn.
ring the progress of the meeting.