Intelligenter. 3ournal.
Lancaster, October 5, 1552.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
EN. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VIOE;PRESIDENT,
OL. WILLIAM . R. KING,
OP ALABAMA
SUPREME JUDGE.
EO. W. WOODWARD,
OF LUZERNE
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
COL. WM• HOPK INS,
OF WASHINGTON
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, 01 LULOICC
WILSON M'CANDLESS, of,Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICTS.
Peter Logan, 1,. H. C. Eyer,
Geo. 11. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
John Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson,
F. W. Bockius, 16. Henry Fetter,
R. McCoy, Jr., 17. James Burnside,
A. Apple, ' 18. Maxwell 11.IcCaslin,
N. Striek.and, 19. Joseph McDonald,
Abraham Peters, 20. W.
S.
Colaba n ,
David Eisler, 21. And Burk
R. E. James, 22. William Dunn,
John Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. WCalmont,•
P. Damon, ' 24. George It. Barret. _
COUNTY TICKET.
CONGRESS.
Dr. N. W. SAMPLE, Leacok
FOR ASSEMBLY.
JACOB L. GROSS, Ephrata.
SANDERS McCULLOUGH, Drumm
CrYRUS S. HALDEMA N, Conoy.
EMANUEL SCHAEFFER, City..
JACOB R. LONG, Mount Joy.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
JOHN WHITESIDE, Colerain. -
DIRECTORS OF POOR
ENRY STAUFFER, E. Lampeter
ENRY GORRECHT, City.•
1IJDIT(111
WORLEN, Manheirn Bor
Pitisolc INSPECTORS.
OBERT M'CLURE, City.
OHN HOLLINGER, E. Donegal.
Pierce and King Club
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Etr Tile PIERCE & KING CLUB of this City,
1011.1ra:et at Miller's Hotel. (formerly Hambright's)
ih E. Chesnut street, this evening, (Tuesday) at I
o'clock. By order of H. .LIAMBILIGIIT,
ID" THE POLLS IN THIS CITY CLOSE
T 7 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. Our Dern
,cratic Iriends should vicollect this.
Voters will Remember,
hat the law requires them to vote the candidate
or the Supreme Bench on a separate piece of
aper from the other portion of the ticket.' The
ickets ale printed with the Supreme Judge at the
L lead, so as to make it convenient for our friends
throughout the county to cut them apart previous
to folding.
lUl• The tickets are all in possession of.WIL
LIAM MATRIOT, Esq., Chairman of the County
Committee, where Township committees and oth
ers are requested to call for a supply.
Caution
Our Democratic friends are cautioned . against
believing any kind of Whig roorbacks that may
be started between this time and the election. The
game of the Whigs has always been to spring
some mine, or invent some scandalous falsehood
just belore the election, so that there is not time
left for contradiction.
This is part of their system, it is a second na
ture with them, and we warn our Democratic
friends to believe no marvelous stories that they
may start at this time.
Er Let the voters of all parties remember
that the gentlemen on the Democratic County
Ticket, Messrs. SAMPLE, Guess, McCommuoii, HAL
DEMAN, SCLUEFFER, LONG, WHITESIDE, STAUFFER,
GORRECHT, WORLEY, MCCLURE and HOLLINGER,
are superior in every respect to their Whig oppo
nents, whether we look at them intellectually and
=irony, or as possessing active business qualifica
tions. A better ticket could not have been formed,
and it therefore commends itself strongly to the
support of every honest and conscientious voter in
the county, no matter what may be his political
predilections.
Vote Early!
Our Democratic friends in the City must be par.'
titular to deposite their votes in the ballotlioxes
BEFORE 7 O'CLOCK in the evening, as under
the new election law, the polls ure required to be
closeri at that hour. Heretofore the election was
kept open until ro o'clock, hut the act of the last
Legislature, dividing the city into four wards,—
'hanged the hour of closing to 7
Be sore, then, to vote early. • ft you are but one
• minute after 7 o'clock, you will lose your vote.
ILA Let no Democrat neglect to vote for WOOD
WARD and HOPKINS. Their election enfire! ,
the vote of the State for Preece and KlNG—their
defeat nay lose us the State at the Presidential
election.
I:UP See the beautiful picture of 110”.3110:, the
Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner, in another
column. Would'nt he be a "pretty posy to put
in the Canal Bciard to manage the public works of
the Commonwealth We ask the honest portion
of our Whig friends in Lancaster county, to look at
the daguerreotype of their candidate, and then say
wether such a man can be trusted with the dis
bursement of the public monies. He belongs to the
tribe of the Galphins, and woe betide the State if
uch men as he once get their hands into the Treas
ury.
EY" Hon. GEORGE R. MACFAIILANE, one of the
proprietors and editors of the Harrisburg Keystone,
was killed at his Foundry, in Hollidaysburg, on
Monday of last week. by the fall of a heavy casting.
He was in the 46th year of his age, and sustained
a high character in the community of which he
was a distinguished and useful member.
*P ELT The late foreign news by the Canada, brings
the intelligence of the death of Amnion WELLES.
LET, Duke of Wellington, &c., &c. He died of an
apoplectic fit on the 14th ult., in the 84th year of
his age. His eldest son, the Marquis of Douro, suc
ceeds to this title. The "Iron Duke" was one of
the most successful soldiers ever produced by G.
Britain, but was principally celebrated as the con
queror of Napoleon.
pa- We are indebted to our friend, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER, for several bunches of most delicimis
grapes, of his own growing,
Er No change in the Markets since our last.
Demorats, ißemember next Tues-
Befor. , another number of the Intelligencer can
reach a :age portion of our readers, the great con
test for ...tate and County officers will have been de
cided, :. id upon that result may depend in some,
measure'. the still greater decision to be made by
the pec,de in November. Are our Democratic
friends i iLancaster county ready for the work on
Tuesday ! If they are, well i—but if not,
then tl...je is not a moment left for any longer de
lay. A. ti are the people generally alive to the im
portant. iof the contest? Have they considered
well the responsibility that rests upon them at this
crisis, a, 1
,1 are they aware how necessary it is that
every D. mocratic vote in the county should be de- I
posited ,n the ballot-box? We are in a minority,
it is true, in this Gibralter of Whiggery—but, then I
the result of the election for Supreme Judge and
Canal Commissioner may depend upon the vote
they receive in this city and county. Will any
Democrat be derelict in the great duty he owes to
himself, his party and his country, in such an emer
gency ? Will any of our friends remain lukewarm
orcinactive, or absent themselves from the polls al
together, when so much is at stake?
The sixty-five hundred Democrats of Lancaster
county have an important duty to perform on Tues
day, and an immense responsibility rests upon their
shoulders. If they do their duty to a man, we hay
no fears of the general result in the State, nor will,
we have any in reference to the Presidential elec
tion. The triumphant election of Woonwasn and
Horses in October opens the road to Faestsus
PIERC in November, and all obstructions will be
removed in his progress to the White House.—
Should our party friends through supineness, or
from any other cause, permit the State ticket to be
stricken down, the probability is that it would
bring in its train of evils the defeat of our candi
dates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency—at
least so far as Pennsylvania is concerned. Does
any Democrat desire this? We are sure
not. Well, then, permit us to urge upon each one
of you, throughout the length and breadth of the
county,-.to bestir yourselves like men, from this to
the hour when the polls dose on next Tuesday eve
ning. And we urge upon the more active, leading
men of every district to see to it that a thorough
organization is had immediately, where it has not
already been done, so that every Democratic vote
in the county may be polled.
Democrats of Lancaster, you have borne the
brunt of many a fierce political conflict, and have
come out of the battle with your colors flying and
your honor untarnished. Will you do so once more,
and commend yourselves to the gratitude and re
; spect, of your democratic brethren throughout the
state .ind the Union Strike then for your dearest
right's. Let neither rain nor storm, nor any other
untoward circumstance, prevent you from a faith
ful discharge of your whole duty at the election
next ,N+ eek
()rice more, then, we urge you to the breach.—
'l'h, common enemy are thundering at the gates of
your citadel. The Goths and Vandals of Whiggery
have been battening on the public treasury until
they. are gorged and insolent, and if we would wrest
the reigns of government from their hands we must
work Cur it, and never cease our efforts until all
danger•is over
The Traveling Candidate.
The office should seek the man and not the man
the bake," was the maxim that regulated the con
duct of all our Presidents. While the first office in
the Republic was considered worthy the highest
ambition of any man, our statesmen heretofore-bave
not! attempted to degrade it or themselves by trav
eling about through the country making personal
appeals to the voters. They have quietly remain
ed at home, from the moment of their nomination,
being content that the people should decide for or
against them as they might deem proper, without
any personal effort on their part to influence the
decision one way or the other. And that is now
the course pursued by FRAN:CUR PIERCE, the Dem
ocratic candidate. He remains at home among the
granite hills of his native State, and is patiently
awaiting the verdict of the Nation upon his char
acter and claims to the Presidency.
But no so with Gen. Scorr, the Whig candidate
for the same high office. He has been riding about WM. HOPKINS,
almost constantly ever since his nomination, and 1 , Late Commissioner.
has recently been travelling over the two great ; A word with regard to the justness of this claim.
States of Pennsylvania and Ohio ostensibly for the lt is well known to the contractors on the road that
I did not complete my settlements for several months
purpose of locating a Military Hospital at the Blue
Licks in Kentucky! but, in reality, for the purpose g aft o e to r T 3
y ro t s e , r ffi P s l y gi ll o e ffiC t e in h i a o t n i to eix n ire a d n . d
P I
e s t N e 'a r s th o u bl r i g ged ah t d o
of exhibiting himself and making demagogical ap- , all the intermediate points, time after time, during
peals to his fellow citizens, as his conduct at Hol- ; the entire summer and autumn, and a large number
lidaysburg, Pittsburg, Cleveland,Cincinnati, Lexir g-
I of the h voucher d s will show that they were taken, one,
ton, &c., Lc. abundantly proves. Such was not the t i w , o , , e t ilt r e o e u ,
t a. n o f
o s fh o T e e . of
W t h h e e m n et. v h e e n Auditors
n t h h a s d a ft
fin
course pursued by Washington, or Jefferson, or ished this examination of the "receipts and expendi-
Madison, or Monroe, or Jackson, or Polk—such cures," I submitted to:the mwhether they did notthink
t
never has been the course of any candidate of either that justice demanded that I should be allowed some
thing for this extra expenditure of time and money,
of the two great parties of the country. They at once saw the justice of the claim, and the
But the Whig candidate, in his desperation, has bill was made out and passed by them, as here tur
n= resorted to this despicable mode olectioneering nished. The amount of compensation allowed by
the Auditors for th is extrii service was, I believe,
for the highest office in the world. That he will
benefit his party or advance his own prospects for ,
said,about
thaton hundred hd red
would dollars;
h otmaonfde
than
ha
Isa say ' v reimburse '
a
'n'sl
the then
the Presidency, we have no fears. The thing itself amount which I had actually expended of my own
is so bare-faced and his recorded speeches are such 1 money in traveling, week alter week, over 80 miles
miserable fustian and emptiness, that every body
o f f ro h ad, in order to make a final settlement. Now,
I
must be convinced ~o, f Gen. Scott's. total unfitness to 1 ou. t ht. r t e hu b s e t a o M a e e a o x
p ' e 'i i B i r d
g e a d rd m fy y a t s hn t oe
and think m t o h n a.
e t I
be the Chief Magistrate of the Nation. There is' without remuneration. I cannot say, that I covet )
scarcely a school boy of twelve years of age, in this I either his good opinion or his vote. The allegation
city, who could not make a more sensible speech that I ever charged for a single Sunday, is without
I foundation in truth, as all my reports will dun
than some of those that are are attributed to the dandy hcA %'
y s .
General in his electioneering tour.
A Great Meeting!
The Democratic Mass Meeting at Columbia, on
Saturday evening, was decidedly the meeting of the
campaign in this county. From this City alone
there were not less than eight hundred voters pres
ent, and very large delegations were also in atten
dance from Marietta, Conoy, Maytown, Elizabeth
town, Washington, West Hempfield, Manor, &c.,
Sze., and also from Wrightsville and other portions
of York county. Upon the arrival of the Lancas•
ter delegation, a procession was formed, and after
marching through the principal streets of the Bor
ough, accompanied with music and scores of ban
ners, and transparencies, it halted in front of
the Odd Fellows' Hall. The meeting by this time
numbering several thousand was here organized by
the appointment of R. W. HOUSTON, Esq., President,
and a large number of V. Presidents and Secretaries.
A serves of excellent resolutions were then read and
adopted, after which the meeting at that stand was
addressed by WrIAIAM H. WELSH, Esq., of York,
Col. Owp.s, of Philadelphia, and Capt. GEo. SAW
f 0 FISON, of Lincaster. At the commencement of
Mr. Welsh's remarks, the crowd was so immense
that not mr.re than one-half could possibly get
within hearsng distance—it was therefore found
absolutely necessary to divide the meeting, and a
large portion retired to another point where they
were addresed by Messrs. SPAS'', of Berks, and
' MCAULEY and Worss, of Columbia.
As we were compell:d to go to press at an early
hour on yesterday afternoon, we could not possibly
get the proceedings at length in type for this week's
paper—having only received them at 2} o'clock.—
They shall appear next week. The meeting in
question, although but little effort was made, was
an immense assemblage—a perfect avalanche of
freemen—and the enthusiasm was such as to en
courage our Democratic friends, and to strike dis
may into the hearts of our opponents.
Paradise Awake
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democ
racy was held at the public house of M. M. Felies,
in Williamstown, on Saturday evening. The fol
lowing officers were selected, viz:
President—Peter Felies, Esq.
Vice Presidents—James Greer, Wm. Hamilton,
Jno. L....,ighttier, G. L. Eckert, John Barclay, Eli
Rutter, Samuel Knox, Henry Eckert, Richard Bar
rick, Peter Phenegar, John Bitzer, John Armstrong.
Secretaries—Molton R. Sample, Martin Phene
gar, John Hamilton.
The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed
by Messrs. Mathiet, Reynolds and Myers, of Lan
caster.
A Base Slander Met!
Not satisfied - with hunting poor Searight to his
grave with all the base calumnies that could be con
cocted in the depraved brain of the most abandoned
scoundrils belonging to the opposition, the Whig
presses are now engaged in a similar work of de
famation against Col. Hopkins. Mr. Searight was
on his death-bed and could not meet and refute the
abominable slanders against his character; but, for
tunately for the cause of truth andjustice,Col.
Hop
kins is in full health, and both able and willing to
meet all the charges, personal and political, that
can be squeezed out of the Whig laboratory of bil
lingsgate and slander. A vile Whig sheet in his
own county has dared to insinuate, that, whilst
Commissioner of the Cumberland Road, he charged
chore than he was entitled to receive, and (hit he
failed to settle his accounts as required by law.—
And this new-coined slander is re-published in the
Independent Whig, of this city, prefaced with a
great flourish of trumpets about the-dishonesty, &c-
of the Democratic candidate for Canal Commission-
er.
But see how quickly this "bowl of soup" is over
set. No sooner did the base slander see the face
of day, than it was followed by the subjoined letter
from Col. Hopkins to the Editor of the Washington
Examiner. Another charge is, that Hopkins so
licited the appointment of Commissioner of the
Cumberland Road. This is just as talse as the other
charges. The late Governor Shunk voluntarily con
ferred the appointment unsolicited and unexpected
by Col. Hopkins. But to the letter:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23rd, 1852
T. W. Grayson, Esq :
DEAR Sia:—On my return home from Greene ,
county last evening, my attention was called to an
article in the "Washington Commonwealth," re
fleeting
upon my official integrity, as Commissioner
of the Cumberland Road. I had hardly supposed
that even party malevolence would have prompted
arty one, having the slightest pretensions to decency,
to make such a gross and groundless charge against
me, in the midst of a community where I drew my
first breath, and where I had spent my entire life.
and from whose good people I have received so
many flattering evidences of their confidence and es
teem. If the circulation of the Commonwealth was
confined to the limits of Washington county, where
its character arid mine are both known, I should I
not deem It necessary for me to notice the article
referred to. But, knowing that it is intended for a
foreign market, and apprehending that some inno- I
cent persons might be misled, should it be permit
ted to pass unnoticed, I, therefore, ask a small space i
in your paper for a reply.
The article referred to alleges that, in the sent.
ment of my account of the receipts and expendi
tures of the Cumberland Road, I charged for 172
days, from the first of January to the 7th of June, 1848.
Now, this is untrue, and the men who control the ;
Commonwealth ought to have known it. It is in
sinuated,
by the Commonwealth men, that there
has been an attempt to stifle investigation into this
account of mine. They say that they "happened
to stumble on a No. of the Examiner, from which
they gather enough facts to startle the honest voter,
&c: It would seem to me that the fact of this, to
gether
with all others of my accounts, having been
published in this and Fayette counties, for three
week', and having been within the reach of every I
newspaper reader, ought, at least, to have relieved
the subject from the charge of secresy. But in or
der that there might be no room left *doubt my
vain/ willingness, yea my anxiety to have my ac
counts jitlly investigated, as soon as I learned that
inquiry had been made of the Prothonotary for some
of the papers, connected with my accounts, and that
he thought that he was forbidden, by a of Court,
to allow them to go out of the office, I called on
Wm. S. Moore, the individual who had made ;he en
quiry of the Prothonotary, and requested Vim to ac
company me to the office, which he did, and alter
hunting up two or my reports, and the vouchers
upon which they were predicated, I told the Pro
thonotary, in the presence of Mr. Moore, that I
wanted every facility aflbrded these gentlemen, to
enable them to make a full expose of my entire of
ficial conduct. One of the reports which I gave to
Mr. M. is the one which contains the charge re
ferred to. Had they ay.- iled themselves of the op.
portunity thus afforded, they would have found that
the charge of 172 days was not exclusively for ser
vices from the Ist of January to the 7th of June, but
that it included "the settlement with the curious con
tractors after the appointment of my successor. - That
there may be no mis-representation about this mat
ter, I herewith append a copy of the bill as furnished
by me, and audited by Messrs. Murdoch and Wil
son, the two attending Auditors.
STOCK OF THE CUMBERLAND ROAD.
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To Wm. Hopkins, hue Commissioner, Dr.
To services from the Ist of January, IS4B, inclu
dtng the settlement with the various contractors af
te: the appointment of his successor, one hundred
and seventy-two days, at three dollars per day—
ssl6,oo
Very truly, &c.,
WILLIAM HOPKINS
P. S. Will the editors of the Commonwealth do
me the justice to copy the•above communication
W. H.
Letter from Judge Campbell.
The following excellent letter from the Hon.
JAMES CAMPBELL, to a gentleman in BeMonte, we
lind in the Centre Democrat. It is just such a pro.
duction as we might have expected from so good a
man and so pure a Democrat:
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14, 1852
Dear Sir•:—l have just been informed that some
persons in your county have been circulating a re
port that Judge Woodward opposed me at the lost
election. I can hardly believe that such is the case.
Those 'guilty of fabricating such reports mast he
actuated by the worst motives, for nothing can be
further from the truth. Judge Woodward was my
warm and ardent friend, and during the whole cam
paign did me great and most efficient service, for
which I shall always feel myself under the deepest
obligations to him. The manner, too, in which he
did it was most grateful to my feelings. Without
any solicitation on my part or that of my friends,
he took the stump for me and defended me against
the religious and other assaults which bad men
were - making. The doctrine of religious freedom
and toleration found in Judge Woodward an elo
quent and able defender.
In addition to this, Judge Woodward is one of
best men who could have been selected for the Su
preme Bench. I need not say to you that he is a
learned and able man and that be is above all a
thoroughly honest one, possessing all the requisites
necessary to the faithful and able performance of
all the duties of his station. He comes, besides,
from a portion of the State whose great idterests de
mand a representation on the Supreme Bench.
These considerations, with the strong personal
attachment I have to the man, caused me to unite
with our friends, in desiring Governor Bigler to ten
der to him the appointment, and they caused me,
too, to urge upon Judge Woodward the acceptance
of the apjudititment.
Yours most respectfully and truly,
JAMES CAMPBELL.
Ip"Tug COQUETTE. " —This is the title of a
new English novel, written by the author of "Mis
errimus," and just published by T. B. Peterson,
Philadelphin. It is for sale at SPANGLER'S, in N.
Queen street, at 50 cents per copy. From the warm
testimonials in its favor by the British press, we do
not doubt that it will have /I rapid sale in this coun
try. • °
E' OLE BULL, the great Norwegian violinist ,
declared his intentions, on Saturday week, to be
come a citizen of the United States. The ceremo
ny took place, at his particular request, in the Hall
of Independence, and was witnessed by a number
of persons. He has purchased some 20,000 acres
of land in Potter county, in this State. '
Another Daguerreotype of Jake), my last question because the subject of it was a
Whig Candidate f or• Canal Commissioner. privileged communication?
Hoffman, the
A.—My reasons for declining are *
.iven already.
Q.—Have you no other reasonthan those given ?
It will be remembered that we stated a few ,
weeks ago, that : Jakey Hoffman was a petty law-1 ;
Qv
A.—Jlann placed
theaveeoanswern,ttoormtgankgee
in
n o
y th o i n s r q bn ues nds
question.
yer of the pettifoging order, who resorted to every I
species of trickery to accomplish his ends ; that he! nett ' : a r ta h s i w s er g 7 tiw' comes under my objection
roamed through the country hunting up cases, and you not get the mortgage from Mr.
'in almost every, case in which he is engaged he Burkhardt.
takes some unfair and dishonorable advantage.—' A.—l decline answering, for the reasons given
The following affidavit, filed in the Court of Corn- • ere is the character of Jake) , Hoffman shown
in another of his great cases that his Whig friends
mon 'Pleas of Philadelphia, about eighteen months op
ago, shows how little regard Mr. Hoffman has for I prate about. He gets into his hands bonds, mort
honor, honesty, and fair dealing. If i t i s not a gages, and stocks, by deception and trickery, de
cony, it borders so closely upon it that many per- dines to account for them, refuses to answer ques
sons might be disposed to give it that name: lions in regard to them, under oath, and thus are
DEPOSITION OF HENRY BURKHARDT.
honest and unsuspecting men swindled out of their .
•
Henry,Burkhardt, baker, residing at the northeast! rights.
corner of Logan and Green streets, in the district of A beautiful character this, to put in the Canal
Spring Garden r and county gf Philadelphia, being
duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:— : Board, instead Of that honest, upright, honorable,
and independent Democrat, Wm. Hopkins, whose
That I was one of the assignees of Thomas C. :
Luders, under an assignment for benefit of creditors, honor and integrity, never have been and never can
dated, I think, August 18th, 1838. Robert Han- he impeached.—Democratic
cock and Alexander Laimer were co-assignees. I
was the active assignee.
Among the papers that came into my hands from
Mr. Luders, was a mortgage, given by John Small
to Jacob K. Boyer, dated March 13th, IS2O, for
$lB,BBB. And also three bonds of John Small to'
Boyer of the same date, with the mortgage. One
payable on the Ist of April, 1830, for $500; one
payable Ist of April 1631, for $500; and one
other, payable on the Ist of April, 1832, for $4,-
347. There were besides these a number of certfi
rates of turnpike and other stocks, a list of which
appears in the papers hereto appended, marked A.
which is a copy of the original in my possession.
That paper describes, so for as my knowledge goes,
accurately the circumstances and terms under
which these papers came into my possession. I
am certain that the papers described in this list, in
clud:ne Small's mortgage and b ,nds, was in my
possession in the county of Philadelphia in the
month of April, 1848. In that month, the begitt
ring of it, Jacob Hoffman of Readings an entire
stranger to me, called at my house in the afternoon
about 4 o'clock ; he asked if Mr. Burkhardt was in;
I told him that was my name; he asked me if I
was one of the assignees of Thomas C. Luders; I
answered I was; he said he was sent by Mrs. Kath
arine Kampmann, (who is the widow and admin.
istratrix of Francis C. Kampmann, a former part
ner of Thomas C. Lnders.) He said he called on
Sirs. Kampmann for some papers which he under
stood she had in her hands from Jacob K. Boyer,
and she so id that her papers were in Mr. Lintel's
hands, who had takes: , hehn all away on her hus
band's death, and told him that faders had placed
all his books and rperl in any hands, as assignee.
He asked me if I had ah .hale papers of Mr. Lu
ders in my hands: I e told me Ile was a lawyer, and
was concerned far some of the creditors of Jacob
K. Boyer, and that these s a good-'deal of fatal
concealed from the creotts Boyer, that he
wattled to find out. He asked m whether I had
any objection to let hin see those pa rs. I told,
him no, only they shall .e pt togeth r, and not'
go out of my horse. He -a..; he wofild be very
careful not to take away, ~nd he would put
them all up as he found them. On the faith of
what he said 1 took the bundle out and showed it'
to him. I believed him to be a lawyer, and he
seemed to be a nice kind of a man morn his talk.
In that bundle. at the time, were ` - ;rntill's mortgage
and three bonds. I have no dt, ibt of this, for l
saw them'on the table when I opened the bundle
for Mr. Hoffman. I should known them again the
moment I put my eyes on them. I raised the leaf
of the table and opened the bundle, and he spread
the papers on the table. He was there examining :
them an hour and a half at least, during which my
attention was occasionally called off to my busi
ness. 1 did'nt watch Mr. Hoffman particularly; for
I had no idea of any thing being wrong. He took
out his pencil and a slip of paper, and made mem
oranda on it. I then said to him, Mr.Hoffinan,lif
you are engaged for any of the creditors of Mr.
Boyer, I am a creditor myself; and I told him I
had three notes on my own account of Mr. Boyer,
amounting to $850.31, which I should like yen
well to collect. Well, said he, I can collect them
Inc you, and asked where the notes were, and I an
swered that I had given them to James Goodman,
Esq., for collection.. Well, said he. you can get
them I referred him to my books for the account
against Boyer, and he said he could collect
Then, said he, pointing to the papers on the table,
here are some stacks which are good. The certifi- j comet
cities of stock were all by themselves in a'papbr. trots
Now, said he, if you will let me have them to '
stocks, I can get the money for them. I said I c
would make a memoranda of those stocks which!
he said was good, and he must give me a receipt
for them—he said he would call again ; and I should
have the memoranda and receipt ready. He then
rolled up the papers in the same newspapers and
tied the string around it, except the certificates,
which were left out. He then went away, and 'on
the 24th April, which was about two weeks after.
wards, he called again in the afternoon ; said he,
Mr. Burkhardt, I was in a great hurry before, will
I you let me see that bundle again; I said yes. I
didn't hesitate a minute to show them to him'a I
took the papers down and opened them. He ex
amined them for about five minutes; 1 was in the
room, but I was not paying any particular atten
tioa to him. During this and the first interview,
Mr Hoffman had it in his power, if he had been so
disposed, to have abstracted any papers from the
bundle, for my attention was occasionally diverted,
and I had no suspicion of any evil design. He tied
I the bundle up again, and then said, I'm done now
—if you have the certificates, I am ready to give
the receipts. I then Showed him ti.e memoranda
I I had made, which he compared with the certifi
cates, and then wrote a receipt at tile foot of the
memoranda and signed it. The list of stocks is in
my hand-writing, and the receipt and si.naturel are
his—a copy of the paper is hereto appended, mark
ed B. In all the conversations, not a word was said
lof the Small mortgage and bond. I saw them
when I opened the bundle for Mr. Hoffman; the
first time, and I have never seen them since. From
the 24th April, 1848, I have never seen Mr. Hoff
man—never heard from him—he has never,ac.
counted to me for the stocks, norieturned the cer
tificates—when he took the certificates of stock, he
said he would write to me in about a fortnight, or
as soon as he could do anything with them. The,
bombe of papers remained in my possession locked
up its a chest, from April 24th, 1.848, until some
time in January, 1851, when I wog called upon by
I Ni', Edhu l'edrick. He asked me, it I hail any
papers of Jacob K. Boyer's in my possession. and
would permit him to see them? I said yes—l took
um the bundle of papers from the chest just as Mr.
Hoffman had left them. They did not appear to
have been opened in the mean time, and nobody
could have opened them without My knowledge.—
Mr. Pedrick asked; if among them were a Morb
gage and some bonds given by Small to Boyer ;
giving as his reason for inquiring, that a suit had
been brought on that mortgage, which he th,,,,glit
was in my possession. I told him I had authorized
or suit, and opened the bundle; thy first paper I
saw was the paper A, Wore melted to, which 1
showed to Mr. Iredrick. and of which th , first tour
items are the mortgage: and the bonds ol timull—
when I opened the handle I had every reason to be
lieve, and did believe, that they were there—on en•
aming the papers, wt. could not find the mortgage
and bonds, nor any trace of them, and this was the
first idea I hail that these or any other papers, ex
cept the stock certificates ba,s ~ e en taken away: It
Mr. Hoffman took the Ix nds and mortgage rum
the bundle, on either of occasions referred to,
he slid it secretly and witnour rc , v knowledge, and
I cannot but say, in doing .o. he committed a !rand
upon me; for I never gave toy consent ; and would
not have permitted it. 'She mortgages and bonds
are now out of my possession. Ndbody had access
td them but Mr. Hoffman, and I cannot but judgo
and believe that Hoffman took them.
HENRY BURKHARDT.
Sw,rn and subscribed to before me April 4th,
1851.
Jose. COOK, Alderman.
On the 26th of December, 1851, the following
proceedings were had in reference to' this matter
at Reading, and Mr. Burkhardt attempted to show,
by putting Mr. Hoffman on his oath, how he came
in possession of these bonds and mortgages; but
Mr. Hoffman, like Sohns in the bank swindle, most
resolutely declined to answer any questions, for fear of
convicting himself:
Extract from the deposition of Jacob Hoffman, ta
ken on part of defendant, in pursuance of a Rule
of Court and Notice, before Thomas D. Smith,
Commissioner, on the 26th day of December,
1851, at 7 o'clock. P. M. Plaintiff and his coun
sel, J. H. Markland, Esq., attending, and C. Gull
lon, Esq., for defendant.
Question.—Who is your client in this particular
proceeding.
Aaswer.—Mrs. Kampmann. The mortgage it
self is in my bands, as counsel for Mrs. Kampmann
and other bond holders recited in the mortgage.
Q.—ls this paper now shown to you (marked J.
H., December 26, 1851) a copy of tbat mortgage?
A.—l decline going into any explanation of the
mortgage in my hands. I did not copy it myself,
and have not the' original here. .
The mortgage I 'have possession -of is, I think,
dated the 13th March, 1829.
Q.—When was that mortgage put in your hands?
A.—l decline answering, for the reasons before
stated.
your only reason for declining to answer
Another Noble Letter
JCDGE CAMPBELL'S DEFENCE ()Ph:TRH WOODWARD
PHILADELPHIA: Sept. 2;5 : 1 185'2.
GENTLEMEN-I have received your invitation to
be present at the Mass Meeting, in Greensbutgh;
and shall be with you, willingly and ready, to do
everything in my power to further the good cause
we have in band.
In the election of PIERCZ and KING, in common
with.every good citizen, I feel the utmost concern.
for I believe that on it, the safety of the Union may
depend. When such is the case; I know that the
citizens of "Old Westmoreland" need no prompting.
but Will do,their whole duty, as they ever hale
done. • They will rebuke Abolitionism and fanati
cism of every description, and teach their authois
and abettbrs, though they come before them in
Military attire, that such pernicious doctrines can
never obtain a foothold among them.
But t..ere is another reason Why I desire to be
among you. Fryn letters which ',have received
from different parte of the State, it is evident that
some persons are industriously at work, circula
ting a repot t that Judge WOOLWARD opposed pie
at the last election. This is a falsehood of the
worst description.
For the part that Judge Woonvveno took in that
Election, I shall always feel myself under the qeep
st obligations to him. Without any solicitation
be canvassed the nothern and middle part of the
State for me, and in no part of it, had I a more
zealous or able defender. Feelings of gratitude alone
would cause me to be his friend, but in additioni)
these, I most ardently desire his election, because 1
I know him to be an able and a pure roan, with tal
-1 ents and learhing that would enable him to adorn
1 any judicial station in the Union. I know that the
State will be well and faithfully served and that
every citizen of it will have strict and - impartial
justice rendered to him.
If my voice could reacts every Democratic citi
zen of our State I would say to them. be not de
ceived by the false cries our opponents are now
raising. Judge WOODWARD ' S wholg life and ac
tions prove him to'be a liberal, rightsminded and
sigh' thinking roan.
Ire charge of Nativism which has been indus
triously circulated throughout the - State, comes
from quarters which ougnt to remain forever silent
on that subject.
, A perverted and distorted speech is made the
groiindwork of that charge, but within my own
knowledge, Judge WOODWARD rejected a seat in the
United States' Senate when it was to be had by
subsi ribing to any of the Native doctrines of IS.A.
Certainly no citizen need require any further or
stronger proof of what Judge WOODWARD ' S opim
ions then were and now are on that subject.
For his election I feel the deepest solicitude, and
that feeling, I believe, I hold in common with every
Democrat and with every good citizen who desires
to see the law faithfully and ably . administered ;
but on it and kindred subjects, we shall have a full
communinon of thought, when I shall have the
pleasure to be in your midst.
Your Hem, and fellow citizen.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
Dr. JOhn Morrison, James C. Clarke, and others.
Wrigglings of the Examiner
CAPT. SANDERSON :—The Hiester organ of this
Morning makes quite an effort to be witty. This is
something unusual for any of the clique which con
trols that paper, except Master Isaac. He is known
to be a very witty gentleman, especially when he
can bring in his old story of theyedlar, who endea
vor to sleep over the time in which the world was
to come to an end, but waked up and found himself
in a very disagreeable place. His organ is certainly
a well broken animal. It pulls at the crack of the
whip, and backs at the word. Last week, the com
mand was "cry coalition and an understanding be
tween the Denwc-ratit and Temperance Conventions.'
This week, the word was given, "back out, you have
got into a corner. Amuse your readers, but back out
as quickly as possible." Well Sir, the Darling has
backed out and "cheerfully withdraws the charge
of an understanding," &c. The gentleman who
was present at the Temperance Convention and re
ported the statement" on which the charge was
made, is treated rather- rudely. His character for
truth cannot be very good. or the EN.,imi
notl,have so cheerfully withdrawn that charge. A
Man must' be in a sad condition, when, to gaM the
votes of his political enemies, he will thus sacrifice
his friend—the Reporter. He says "itis a mere
waste of ammunition to devote further space to the
exposure ol this corrupt coalition," at the same
timeHust for " the amusement of his readers"—
he occupies a whole column to prove the truth of
the charge which he so "cheerfully withdraws.”—
Some of his readers will no doubt be very.-much
amused, as•they can more Clearly perceive the ob ,
jest of the Editor. and Master Isaac. They accuse
the Democratic party with uniting with the Tem
perance men, and are now trying to form a union
with sane of the same Democrats for the purpose of
electing Mr. Hiester. A wise man once said "surely
the trap is set in vain, in the eight of any bird."—
The Editor psys a poOr compliment to the Demo
crats, when he supposes that they have lash wis
dom. He should at least have covered ib trap
with straw, so that it could not be seen To leave
it naked as he has done, argues great simplicity in
himself, and still :greater in any Demoorat who
would enter it. The Examiner is evidently alarmed
and its "wrigglings" are amusing. Now, Mr. Editor,
have you any Democrats who are silly enough
to be persuaded by their bitterest foes, to vote for a
man who spends his time in travelling the county
fur the purpose of abusing them and their princi
ples I hope not—but trusting in that good sense
and strong attachment to their democratic princi
ples, I shall expect them to teseut this insult by
voting for one, who will
,represent their own opin.
ions in the next Congress.
Sept. 2!x,'s^.
Juvenile Eloquence
The following speech was delivered by Master
Charles A. Suydam, a lad of twelve years of age,
at a juvenile,Democratic Pole Raising, in this city'
onThursday evening last:
My Fellow Democrats—We have assembled for
a glorious cause to-night. We consider those mot
toes upon the flag and the pole good mottoes and
apprdpriate. The young Democracy and Irishtown
never surrenders. But, mind my fellow Democrats,
hold last - to your principles, and do not change
about "with every wind of Aoctrine" like some in
Irishtown do. If, when we ate men, a Whig should
dare 'to otter us money for our votes, let us spurn
him from us with loathing and contt mpt. When
day arrives Gen. Scott will find that he is
eng 4-1 in another war—bUt the weapons used will
be 4 - -:ode of paper. And instead of encountering a
tire in the rear,
1•e will catch it in front when old
Berks rolls up her five thousand majority for Pierce
and King. My friends, you all know lam not a
roan, and, of course, cannot he expected to males ,
much of a speech. lam done.
It always gives us great pleasure to notice
any article that confers a real benefit on the corn
muni' y, and it is with confidence we heartily com
mend Ayers Cherry Pectoral to our readers as pos
sessing extraordinary 'virtues for the cure of diseas
es incident to the Throat and Lungs. This may
account for our frequent reference to this article
which we feel fully justified in making known to
the public.—.N. Tribune. '
BART TOWNSHIP
A large and respectable meeting of the Demoe
racy was held at the public house of Samuel Over
ly, on Saturday last. The officers were
President—WlLLlAM RALSTON
Vice Presidents—Wm. Miller, John S. Morton,
R. Montgomery, James F. Gillon, David Pollock,
Samuel B. Ferry, Capt, J. Hershe, Soo. Hildebrand,
Patrick M'Guchin, Thomas Murphy, Michael Win
ters, Robert Evans, Clark Jeffries, Jacob Neff; Dr:
John Martin, Thomas Moderwell, Richard C. Ed
waids,.Christian Erb, R. W. Moore.
Secretaries—James Duncan, Jas. Montgomery,
Hiram Beaver, James H. Reynolds.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted in favor
of PIERCE and Kum, WOODWARAD and HOPKINS,
and the Democratic County ticket, and flue meeting
was ably and eloquently_addreued by Mews 1114-
*own, MAVIXOT, and kdarnaanass.
City and County Items
La - Rev. N. A. KErvs Will deliver .. discours e
on the subject of Prohibits
l f in the :-..cond Ger
man Reformed Church, on ursday ev. [ling next.
EX THE FIREREN'S PARADE, in nhis city, is to
come off on Thursday next. Several companies
from a distance are expected to be ptessnt. It will
doubtless be a grand affair.
11:7" Mr. JOHN ZIMMERMAN, Ot this city, has made
arrngernents by which he can supply, at short no
tice, Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, &c., in any quantity, and
at city prices. See advertisment in another column.
117' The contract for building a new bridge over
the Conestoga, at the Old Factory, has been taken
by Messrs. DELLET & Co., at $3,100.
EU' Messrs. John N. Lane and B. Mjshler are
about erecting a large temporary building, at the
Railroad depot, in this city, to accommodate visitors
at the approaching State Fair.
ZINC OpE.—We have seen a lump of zinc ore ta
ken from Shenk's "Lead Mine" farm, in East Hemp
field township. A specimen of this formation has
been analyzed by a practical Assayer in Boston,
and found to contain 90 per cent. of zinc. The,,,re
lies in great quantities on this property. It is in
contemplation forth with to fully ascertain its extent
and quality, and, if deemed advisable, erect an es
tablishment to smelt the ore.
The Tote of Laniaster County.
The following table shows the vote of
Lancaster county for President in 1848, and
for Governcir in 1851. We also subjoin
the vote whiedi the Temperance ticket re
me of Mr. Spangler on
IS the average. It will
ceived; taking the na
the Assert - I ' oly ticket
be useful as. a table
1 Lan City 1077
2 Drumore 207
3 Elizabethtown 196
4 New Holland 144
5 Elizabeth 65
Strasburg bor 108
7 Manheim bor 114
8 Salisbury 191'
9 East Cocalico 1701
10 Maytown ,108,
11 Churchtown 1461
12 Mqrtic 146
13 Bart 174
14 Colerai n 162
15 Little Britain 81
16 Litiz 157
16 Marietta 151
18 Columbia bor 318
19 Salsbury 91
20 Lencock 115
01 Brecknock 103
22 Mount Joy 125
23 Petersburg 62
24 W. Lampoter Si
25 Conestoga 93
26 Wash'gton bor 141
27 Ephrata 109
28 Bainbridge 108
29 Neffsville 87
30 Millerstown GO
:11 West Earl 73
:12 W. Hempfield 171
33 Strasburg twp. 04
34 Indiantown 45
:15 W. Cocalico 196
36 Blue Ball
37 Paradise 180
38 Buhrerstown 561
39 Lancaster twp. 271
40 E. Lampeter 76
41 Fulton 75
42 U. Leacoek 135
43 Penn 1513
44 Adamstown
CAPT. SANDEIISON—Dear Sir:—As
ees of the Central Rail Road Comi
deavoring to'make political capital out o
difficulties between the Comp any an
Board, I would suggest a few i deas upo
which I believe are correct
In the first place our State built her Public Works
to form a connecting link: between the Atlantic
coast and the Western waters, and thus open the
great thorough fare between Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. Next,a company applied to Lair Legistature
for a charter to run a road from Lancaster or Dil
lerville to Ftarrisburg, via Mount Joy and Middle
town, which was granted upon the principle of any
lateral road. bringing additional trade upon tne main
line, especially from our capitol. Finally the Cen
tral R. R. Co. received a charter to continue this
branch from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, side and side
with our anals. Ido not pronounce this as alto
gsthen wrong as canals are now behind the age of
improvement; but they should have been obliged to
connect with our State Road at Columbia, instead
of Dillerville, and thus compel all through trade to
continue. on our rail road as far as it went. Since
then a road has been made from Middletown to Co
lumbia, by the same compamy as the Dillerville arid
Harrisburg road, and both are nosy in lease to the
Central Company. This being the case, by should
not the Central R. R. Co. be obliged as soon as pos
sible to nil? all THROUGH PREIGHT by way of Co
lumbia, instead of tapping our State road ten miles
from its terminus? Our public works are rather
a sinking fund at any rate, and to be further robbed
by a private company will not be submitted to
much longer. When the State works tall short, the
amount is made up by levying STATE Tax upon
land holders principally; and thus enrich a few mer
chants of Philadelphia who are the principal stack
holders of these opposition roads—so that the war
tare is clearly the city of Philadelphia against the
tax payers of the State at large. Consequently the
endeavors of our Canal Commissioners to now rum-,
pel these companies to use our State railroad (they
may still Continue to drain the canals) as hie us it
goes, instead of tapping it, is perfectly right and i
shows that they one doing their_ duty to the h terests
of the State and their constituents, wh - ..e % ~e. pia-
ced thorn in their present pus , 'a'
I will go further and ~,, i i this Central
Company are determii , i ' . running their
cars by way of Co' . .“ ,ILIIS escape Iti miles
of just tolls due i 'me, is by let them make up
the amount lost by an ihiditioyal charge of toll upon
all Thorough Freight, as well as passengers received
at Dillerville.
In relerence to Bingham & Dock bring appointed
cal hers, I have little to say. The principle is the
only true one to bring the apposition to terms, al.
though objections may be made to the manner.
For instance such lettings are generally done in a
public manner, and I have no doubt if any other
party had been succebstul they could have given
equally responsible securities as Bingham & Dock.
still, in extenurvion. these gentlemen have done all
that'could be asked of them their cars; and arrange
ments are trot to be surpassed, and the rates they
charge are as low, as any responsible party could
carry for—so that the cry of monoply, &c. &c. is
all humbug. In retaliation the Central R. R. Co
are doing all in their power to defeat our Demo.
erotic candidate for Canal Commissioner, arguing
that there should be a Whig in the board to watch
and check the alleged corruptions, &c.
Is this the true object? Or is it because they
know their man, and expect to be the gainers by
the 'election of Jacob Hoffman. He-is a tricky
Lawyer whose life has been, in accordance with
'make money, honestly if you can; but make mo
ney.'
Consequently 'with such a man; this powerful,
company, well armed with the required great lever
may hope eventually to rob the State with impun
ity and build up their own monoply. This is their
sole object, for they well know that Wm. Hopkins
is a man whom they would not even dare approach
with overtures towards corruption.
This, I believe, to be the -true issue, and it is the
duty of every voter who prefers the interests of our
State to a private corporation, to give his opinion
at the ballot-box as to who shall have the control
of our publieworks. The people or an opposition
Rail Road Company. A TAX PAYER.
ANTI•COAUTION
On, Thursday last, a large.and respectable Dem
ocratic meeting was held in West Lampeter, at the
public house of David Fulmer. On motion Cunis
TIAN B. Hiss. Esq., was called to the chair. Geo.
Raub, Jacob Neff, John A ' Isachar Reese
and John Urban Vice Presidents. And W. F. War
rein and S. S. Hess Secretaries.
On motion of Col. Wm. S. Amweg, Dr. N. W.
SAMPLE, the Democratic nominee for Congress, was
requested to be sated with the officers of the meet
ing. On motion, the meeting was addressed by
W. F. S. Warren, Capt. Sanderson, Col; C. Stam
baugh, Col. Wm. S. Amweg, Capt. W. K. Leonard,
and Samuel S. Hess. The meeting adjorimed with
nine hearty cheers for Pierce, King and the State
gu/d County Ticket..
f reference
925
260
313,
01
371
1155
182
187
141
,0
15:",
385, 1
102
103
156
110
130
111
068 1
196
239
277
the emplm,'-
)a ny are ea
A the present
Id the Canal
a the matter
WEST LAIVIPETER IN MOTION !
Ma. Enrron*One peculiarity in the character
of the Whig party, is the easy grace of changing
their hobbies to suit particular emergencies. The
means to accomplish ends create no scruples in the
Whig conscience. Yesterday they slandered their
opponents as proscriptionists ; to-day they select a
champion who proclaims proscription in advance.
A lew years since they sprang upon the people the
magic term of the "American System.," but its au
thor was in the "sere and yellow lent" of life, and
with his life expired the magic spell of such delu- •
sive terms. " Protection for protection's sake" is
a hobby that has plunged its whiggish riders, de
spite their tenacious grip of horn and crupper. To
read the tariff resolution in the Whig Platform, one
would suppose they were fishing for Democratic
votes: the truth is they were only throwing the
noose for their own party in the South who are iu
favor or the existing law. Notwithstanding it is
announced by a National ConYention as a national
principle, its tenets are not adhered to by the
whigs of the North. Joseph R. Chandler, Thad.
dells Stevens and Countless Rabbii of the Whig
Church, proclaim the old Protective doctrine, with
the engenderment of a new and hideous gorgon in
the shape of "Centralization" to affright the honest
yeomanry of the North. Each and all these polit
ical doctors have borrowed this simple and ridicu
lous i-'ea from a series of silly rhodomontades by
Henry C. Carey, entitled Harmony of Interests. I
do not se, that they have succeeded any better than
Carey. Carey's Chapters I II a dead letter upon
the public mind, and although the whole whig
throat in Pennsylsania has grown' hoarse in a rep
etition of their substance, they heve failed to pro
duce a different result. Carey has not been lucky
enough to harmonize his own logic. The Whig
Plattorin has not been lucky enough to harmonize
the Whig ' arty. Carey has set up lalse hypothe
sis and reasoned falsely upon it. In ninny parts
he has not hail the manly honesty to state the true
causes that produced certain results, which he at
tributes to the Democratic policy. One example
or his infidelity to truth will suffice lot the present.
In Chapter on National credit, he says :•FromlB
- to, 1535, the national credit grew. tor we paid lot
what we imported. From
. 1 535 t o 1840, credit de
clined, for we ran largely in debt for cloth and
iron for which our exports could not pay. From
1543 to 1548 national credit grew, for we paid in
terest and commenced the reduction of the debt"—
Nr W it is riot argued that the national credit did
not rise and tall as is here stated , but the curium
which produced it 1 attribute to be those growing
out of the war waged by the U. S. Bank, ar.ainst
the general government, and the unparalled distur
bance of the monetary affairs of the country grow
ing out of her Herculean exertions to`control pub
lic sentiment and puhl,e interest by establishing and
suppor ting Prc:ses and bribing legislators in the
Norrh, and by monstrous speculations in cotton in
the South She issued mil ions of paper to acconi
plish these seductive purposes, and because she
vomited her. millious or false prornise4 over the
length and breadth of the country the smaller
Banks of the country did likewise. This gave the
appearance of a happy hey-day of prosperity to
the country. 'Phis period will answer to Mr. Ca
rey's 15311 to '35. This was a false, fictitious
prosperity, the result of an unnatural stimulant,
and hound to w ith-r and blight the united interests
of the whole country, and encumber and clog the
very machinery of Clovernment in its re-action.—
Thi s soon took place Her ern rency, scattered tar
and wide through the South and West, was brought
hack upon her as a convenient medium of exchange
in amounts so far ye onto endanger her ability to
meet them, and a confession of insolvency at once.
In keep up appearances, in the vain hope of re -
est abl ish i rig her national charter, was still her
grand idea. Atter a ternprirmy suspension of ape
! cie payment, she conceived the grand financial
scheme of issuing Post Notes bearing interest, and
payable one year after da'e. The Government, as
well as Merchants, were yet under the necessity of
,lepositing in the Banks. 'hire business of the Court
' try was in a everish suspense, and credit as a stern
consequence declined. Tire Bank's huge Cornico- -
! pia HOW closed her golden clasps, and every State
Bank and Capitalist from one end of the Union to
the other, who bought tip these Paper Notes, found
themselves embarressed, if not totally ruined. Ev
ery Bank suspended specie payment, and panic
struck the whole public mind ; every branch of in
dustry flagged under the stunning force of this fi
nancial catastrophe! Government felt the shock.
Her means were involved in the Sweeping calami
ty she could not avert and did not create .
Yet this sapient political philosopher would have
the country heßeve that causes stricty 'governmen
tal created this decline of credit, This indebtedness
for cloth and iron. The growth of national credit'
from 18.13 to 18.18 is covertly ciairned for the tar
iff of with how much justice the reader ma}
judge by comparing, the splendid operation of the
tariff of 1845—swelling the revenue of the govern•
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merit and yet enriching the Agriculture of the-
Country beyond precedent, and bestowing upon
labor its just rewards.
Whig profession and practice are diametrical.—
They profess to encourage industry and elevate the
standard of labor! Who does not know they make
every trival -matter—political or monetary—the
pretext for reducing wages? Who does not know
that every ins - inct of the whig mind tends to aris
tocracy ? every impulse of the whig heart tends to
sordid interests! \V hig egotism and sell laudation is
no new: conceit with them. Democracy haswithstood
the scoffs and jeers of many a shallow-brained ninny,
whose only claim to fleceary was his connexion with
the whig party! They shift their sails to
catch any popular breeze—they coalesce with all
factions, cherish all " isnis," wink at the Galphin
frauds, gloat over the spoils of office, and thank
their stars they have another general—another man
of war—the last of the Cesars to help them into
power. PIKE.
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PENN TOWNSHIP AROUSED!
A large agd respectable meeting of the Democ
racy of Perin and the adjoining townships, was
held at Long's Tavern, on Saturday afternoon last.
The officers were . —
o M. En EIILT.
Vice Presidents--Henry Kinzer, Geo. Stormteltz,
John Long. Sr.. H. Blickensderler. Aaron Longen.
ecker, Lewis Demy, John Lon ,, , Daniel Lsed, Geo.
Rutter, Jas. McCaslin, Geo. Miller and. Benjamin
E by.
Secretaries—Henry Fulmer, John Afirtin,
Bear and Henry D. Aliller.
A letter was read from the Hon /AXES BUCHIN
AN, in reply to an invitation, after which the meet
ing.was addressed by Messrs Sworr and Sander
son, of Lancaster, and by Mr. John Martin, of
Warwick.
An excellent Bancrof Music was in attendance
Democratic Meeting.
The Democracy or the South Ward, Columbia,
held a meeting on Wednesday evening, Sept 29th,
at the Town Hall, over which Dr. N. B. WOLFE
presided, assisted by JOHN Yrdogma as Vice Prat
dent, and JOHN S. GIVEN, Secretary.
'l•he president slated the object for which the
meeting was called, when on motion of Dr. J. J.
Givror, the Democracy of the South Wardin meet.
ing assembled, organized themselves into a Club,
to be called the .Columbia South Ward Democrat•
is Club. - A Platt,rm, Constitution and ByLuwe
was then submitted by the chair, which were
adopted.
, The meeting then went into an election for offi
cers of the Club, which resulted in the choice of
the following gentlemen
President—Dr.N. B. WOLFE
President—W.llElLT W HOUSTON.
Recording Secretary—C. STIIEIN
Cor. Sec.—Dr. F. A. THOMAS.
7'reasurer—JoßEPll Hon r.NTooeen.
Finance Com.—N. B. Wow:, J. W. HIMILTOI
and J. 1-looEwront.p:a.
Alter the appointing of Block committees, &c,.
the meeting ajoimied amid enthusiastic cheering
tar Piracy, KING and the whole ticket.
Signed by the officers.
THE NORTH AWAKE!
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held et
the public house of J. Albert, (Gravel Hill) on
Saturday, October 2rd. The meeting organized
by appointing JOHN FORNEY, President; Vice
Presidents—Samuel Hull, J. Buser, John Bear
Secretaries—Martin Lauber and Henry Shawn.
The meeting was addressed by J. D. Bachman
and W. R. Wilson, Esqrs.. of L.ncaster.
Philadelphia, Sept. 22.—The death warrant was
read to Blaise Skupinski this morning, Henry Aro
metze, of New• York, acting as interpreter. He
was deeply affected and protested his innocence,
throwing the blame upon his brother for being in
duced to take part in the murder by Rutkowski,
who is still at large.
1131:310CIZATIC Int Ek:TIN4h:4
ID- A Democratic Aleeting will be held at the
public hou.,e-of Geo. Bollman, in Mountville, ou
Thursday evening next (the 7th inst.,) at t 3 6- o'clock.
several Speakers will address the meeting.
uzr The Democrats of E. Lampeter and the ad
joininie, townships, will meet at the.public house of
John Row,at the "Bird in Hand," on Saturday the
oth of October, at 1 o'clock P. M.
ll:7 A Democratic • meeting will be held in
Barb° township, in the School House at Drytown,
on Saturday evening, the gib inst. •
IlEr A Democratic meeting will be held at the
public house of Adam Black, Centre Square, West
Earl township, on Saturday October 30th.