_lntelligencer Journal.
Lancaster, October 12, 1552.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
"FOR PRESIDENT:
GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR V/CEIPRESIDENT,
COL. WILLIAM R.• KING,
OF ALABAMA
SUPREME JUDGE.
GEO. W. WOODWARD,
OF LIIZERNE
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
COL. WM• HOPK INS,
OF WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
SENATORIAL.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, 01 Luzerne
WILSON M 2 CANDLESS, of Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
. DISTRICTS.
I. Peter Logan, Id. H. C. Eyer,
2. Geo. H. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
3. John Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson,
4. F. W. Bockius, 16. Henry Fetter,
5. R. McCay, 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. R. E. James, 22. William Dunn,
U. 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
HEN Y GORRECHT, City.
AUDITOR
NATHAN WORLEY, Manheim Bat:
PRIION INSPECTORS.
ROBERT M'CLURE, City.
JOHN HOLLINGER, E. Donegal.
Mr Democrats of the City !
recollect the Polls close this even
ing
at 7 o'clock.
rr Voters will bear in Mind that, by a provision
of the act of Assembly of 1851, the Judge of the
Supreme Court is to be voted for on a separate slip
or piece of paper from the rest of the ticket, so that
it can be deposited in a separate box.
Democrats of the City:
WHAT SAY YOU? Will you as your duty TO
DAY for your State and County ticket? Will you
be content with a meagre majority of one or two
hundred in this ancient-Democratic city ? You can
give four hundred with ease, if each and every man
does his duty. WILL YOU DO IT? That is the
question which will be answered when the votes
are counted off in the evening. What say you—
FELLOW DEMOCRATS? You, and you only
can answer the question. You can do it Be de:
termined that YOU WILL.. and, our word for it,
this glorious old City will speak in thunder tones
for the Democratic ticket, TO-DAY.
Recollect, that the true course of every Demo
crat is to adhere to regular nominations, which
have always been the safeguard and the bulwark
of the party. It is a system of organization which
has ever been furiously assailed by FEDERAL
ISM, for the reason that it has always been Val
to their schemes in this State. It is a system which
has uniformly given to Pennsylvania good Govern
ors and other officers, and to the Union good Pres
idents. The first duty, then, of every Democrat is
to GIVE HIS CORDIAL SUPPORT TO THE
REGULAR NOMINATIONS OF THE PARTY
for State and County officers. Vote the ticket
without erasing or changing a single name upon it
—always remembering that it is not so much the
man for whom you vote,'as the principles.he repre
sents.
DEMOCRATS OF OLD LANCASTER, again
we urge you to the honest and faithful discharge of
your whole duty. You can give FOUR HUNDRED
MAJORITY, if you all turn out and stick to the
ticket. We are sure you will do it.
Ili Some of our Democratic friends, it is rumor
ed, intend to cut the name of WILLIAM HOPKINS,
for the reason that they disapprove of the action
of the present Canal Board in giving out contracts,
&c. We hope not. We trust that no Democrat
will for one moment think of such a thing. Col.
HOPKINS had nothing whatever to do with the ac
tion of the Board, and it would, therefore, he. man
ifestly urjust to hold him responsible for their con
duct or misconduct. If there is any thing wrong
in the Board, and Col. H. is elected, we have no
doubt (from our knowledge of the man) that he
will do every thing that he can to make it right.
Being a man of the strictest integrity, he will sanc
tion nothing that is wrong—this our friends may
rely upon.
Beware of Spurious Tickets
We warn our Democratic friends throughout the
county, to beware of spurious tickets. They are
circulated in every shape and form for the purpose
of deception. See to it, that none are deceived.—
Be sure you have the genuine Democratic ticket
before you vote. Beware! Beware !
Immense-Mass Meeting,
AT GRV.ENSBURG
The "Star of the West"—glorious old West_
moreland—is in a perfect blaze of enthusiasm.—
On Thursday last, the great Democratic Mass Meet
ing for Western Pennsylvania, was held at Greens
burg, over which the veteran JAMES CLARK presi
ded, assisted by forty-nine Vice Presidents and six
Secretaries. It is estimated there were 20,000 per
sons present—of which number Allegheny sent
twenty five hundred, Cambria one thousand, and the,
surrounding counties in the same proportion.
Addresses were delivered by the Hon. "James
Buchanan, Hon. John S. Barbour. of Virginia;—
James Clark, Esq., of Westmoreland; Col. Wilson
McCandless, Hon. William Wilkins and Col. Sam
uel W. Black, of Pittsburg; Horn R. Kneass, Esq.,
of Philadelphia, and others.
The Greensburg and Pittsburg papars contain
the very able address of Mr. Buchanan, which -we
shall transfer to our columns.
V' A Democratic meeting will be held at the
public house of Adam Black, Centre Square, West
Earl township, on Saturday October 30th.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at
the "Bird in Hand," on Saturday afternoon. Ad,
dresses were delivered by James L. Reynolds and
W. F. S. Warren, Esquires.
11:7The election in Florida, lent week, has went
largely in favor of the Democrats.
REMEMBER, DEMOCRATS ! !
This Dry the Party Expects Every Mna to do his
DZ7TY.
RE YOU READY TO GIVE
WOODWARD & HOPKINS
C5OO Votes!!
I_ F..ANCASTERCOUNTYI
Oul COUNTY TICKET is also a
mo.qt -cellent one, and we are confident
will re, rive the support of the whole dem
ocratic party, and the votes of many of the
opposhion. The merits of our nominees
are hot denied by our opponents, and if ev
ery iDemociat does his duty we may per
form wonders in our county to-day.
Pennsylvania must be won for Wood.
ward and Hopkins to ensure it for Pierce
& King. The Democracy of Lancaster
are*ilculated upon to contribute their full
share to the VICTORY.
To the Rescue, then, Democrats !
To the Polls....To.Day.
AS the stand made by the Greeks against their Per
sian invaders at the celebrated pass of Thermopylae,
was but the precursor of their great triumph at the
naval bac.le of Salamis—as the night attaclemade
by Gen. Jackson upon the British army, on the 23d
of December, was the ground work of the glorious
victory achieved by him on the ever memorable
Bth of January—so will the triumphant election of
WOODWARD and HOPKINS onl.his 12th day of Oc
tober, be the fore-runner of a ., yet greater victory on
the 2d of November, in the elevation of FRANKLIN
PrEacs to the Presidency of the Republic.
FELLOW DEMOCRATS OF LANCASTER!
A parting word before the polls open today. Re
collect, that on your efforts may depend the result
in the State. If you are true to your ° integrity, and
do your whole duty, we have no Pars for the State.
If you poll your entire vote for the State ticket, the
election of your noble and true.hearted standard
bearers, WOODWARD and HOPKINS, in secure beyond
a doubt; and this will make the contest in Novem
ber comparatively easy. Will you not, then, do
piny whole duty tearlessly and unflinchingly?—
Will you not see to it that your sixty-five hundred
votes are all safely deposited in the ballot-box be
fore the polls close in the evening? We do not
doubt your fealty to hte party, nor can we doubt
your willingness to make yip ur whole vote tell, not
only for the State officers, but for Congress, Assem
bly, and your entire County ticket.'
THEN HIE TO THE POLLS, TO-DAY, and
see to it liat every Democratic vote in your several
ilitricts is made available. If any are poor and
infirm, unable to walk, bring them up in carriages
or wagons, and be sure that not a voter is left be.
hind. Every vote counts, and one vote may decide
the battle, as it did the gubernatorial election a few
yeM-s ago in Massachusetts.
What Does It Mean?
Laiicasterian, for the last two or three weeks,
appears very anxious to create an impression that
the Democratic party of this City and County—
especially the former—is not properly organized.—
Do the editors not know, if they know any thing
at all of the movements, that the party, both in the
City and County, was never better organized than
it is at the present time ?—for which we are main
ly indebted to the untiring efforts of WILLIAM
ATRIOT, Esq., and his colleagues on the County
Committee. But the Committee cannot guard
against treachery, if that be intended by certain gen
tlemen professing to be Democrats, as was the case
last year to some extent in the City and County.—
It may be that the same men who cut CAMPBELL
and LEWIS, BIGLER. and CLOVER, intend now
tO cut WOODWARD and HOPKINS and a portion of
the County ticket; and perhaps the object of cer
tain editorials is to frame an excuse and divert pub
lie attention from the bolters, by charging the fal
lib," off in votes to a want of proper organization
in the party. Be that as it may, we hope our Dem
ocratic friends will keep a sharp look out to-day,
sb that, if treachery is intended, the traitors may
be detected. Last year, it will be recollected, Col.
litocia and Gen CLovEn we:e cut some twenty
live votes A in the east ward alone, and, it may be,
the same game is to be played over again this year.
We advise our friends to be watchful and vigilant.
il7 We are authorized to say that the charge re
iterated in the last Examiner of a coalition be
tween the Democrats and the Temperance men, is
a base Jhbriration; and the assertion that a Commit:
tee was appointed by the latter to wait on Judge
Scheaffer, liar the purpose. of interrogating him in
referer to his sentiments on the subject of a Pro
hibitory law, is also destitute of truth. Mr. Coombe
never made such a statement in 'the Temperance
Convention, or elsewhere, as is attributed to him
by the Examiner and its correspondent "A Looker
On"—neither had Judge Scheaffer or Mr. M'Cul
lough, or any of their Democratic friends, aught to
do with placing their names upon the Temperance
icket. Mr. Darlington, in his anxiety, to save his
Corrupt party and weak ticket from defeat, is wil
ling to lend his columns to the propagation of the
Most atrocious falsehoods and misrepresentations.
;We expected better things of him.
744 4 4 4
A Base Forgery 'Detected !
Just as our paper was ready for press, we re
ceived the following despatch, from Mr. Hirst:
PEIIL'A Oct. 11th, 1852.
I'I:VIEW fiF.NCETL" LANCASTER:
A base forgery has been originated and published,
in the shape of a letter purporting to have been
lwritten and signed by Gen. FRANKLIN PERCE, and
Idated at Concord, N. H., June 7th, 1852, avowing
:hostility to the CatholiA and his approval of the
religious test. The letter is declared by General
PIERCE to be an. ENTIRE FORGERY—a lorgery
in the ideas, in the language, in the detail, and in
the aggregate; and upon his authority I pronounce
it to be so. The State Central Committee will pay
five hundred dollars to any one who will produce
such a genuine original letter.
WM. L. HIRST,
Chairman State Central Committee.
A Sign!
We are credibly informed that, on Saturday
morning last, an animated political discussion took
place amongst the passengers on board the cars
between Harrisburg and this city. Bets were of
fered, and finalty it was proposed by a Whig that
a vote be taken in the cars. This was agreed to
on all hands—tellers were appointed, and the result
was 33 for PisncE to 26 for SCOTT. No farther
bets were offered by the Whigs after that test.
LE:r The Democracy of Spring Garden raised a
beautitul pole, over 90 feet high, at Eaveling's, on
Saturday afternoon—and in the evening an immense
meeting assembled and was addressed by Messrs.
Sanderson, Mathiot and Leonard.
ID — Hon. James Whitcomb, U. S. Senator from
Indiana, diedin New York, after a tedious and pro.
tracted illness. Mr. Whitcomb was elected by the
Democratic party, in 1843, to the office of Gover-.
nor, and was re-elected in 1845, and near the close
of his term was chosen to fill the seat previously
occupied by Mr. Hannegan, in the Senate of the
United States. He was qualified at the extra ses
sion called for Executive business immediately af
ter the inauguration of Gen. Taylor. He was a
man.of fair talents and much respected.
AcIWITTAL Or Ex.Scarexon Hiarricusx.—Louis•
vine ' Oct. 4.—The case of Hon. E. A. Hannegan,
of Indiana, charged with the murder of his brother.
in-law, Capt. Duncan, while under the influence of
liquor, has been dismissed—the Court falling to find
an indictment against him.
THE STATE DEBT.
HOW TO PAY IT.
JAHET HOFFMAN'S SCHEME.
LISTEN TO IT YE WHIG MANUFACTURERS, MER
CHANTS, TRADERS, AND ALL WHO BORROW blow-
EY TO CARRY ON ROLE BUSINESS
Little Jakey Hoffman has been travelling the
western counties, for the last week or two, making
speeches to his Whig friends, and by those speeches
we learn that he has discovered how to pay off our
State debt of forty millions. Kist listen to it. The
discovery is a great one.
Mr. Hoffman, in his speech at Washington, Pa.,
said :
" My plan for payinc , the State debt, would be
this: I would increase the per cerdage on all dis
counted paper from six to seven per cent., and I
would provide that the surplus above the present
rate, or one-seventh of.the whole, be applied
to a fund for the extinguishment of the public debt.
Thus, he said, when a merchant, drover, stock-buyer,
mechanic, or other person, goes to bank to borrow
funds, the officer Of the institution would discount
at seven instead of six per cent. in advance, and re
serve the one-seventh for the use of the State.
Now here is a plan for paying the State debt,
worthy or Jakey Hoffman. He wouldsjust increase
the interest on all discounted paper !rum six to
seven per cent., and " make the merchant, the man
ufacturer, the drover, the stock-buyer, mechanic, and
other persons who borrow money, pay it. -
Is hot this a monstrous proposition? All expe
rience shows that the manufacturers, the merchants,
the drovers, and those who borrow money, are ti.e
least able to pay it, and it would be an act of the
rankest injustice to impose upon them this addi
tional burthen. We had always thought it was
good Whig doctrine to protect the manufacturers,
but what kind of protection is this? Does not Mr.
Hoffman know that our cotton, woollen, and iron
manufacturing establishments are almost entirely
kept in operallbn by bank and other 'discounts, and
how would it be possible for them to sustain them
selves against English establishments, where mon
ey is borrowed-at two'and a half and three per cent .
if our manufacturers have to pay seven.
What have our high tariff Whigs to say to this
proposition of little Jakey Hoffman? What have
our cotton manufaCturers to say to it? What have
our iron manufacturers to say to it? What have
our Pennsylvania coal men to say to it? What have
all our active business men, who carry on their bu
neon by means of discounts, to say to this most
wicked and pernicious proposition, that would do
more to prostrate business than anything that has
been started for the last twenty years in Pennsyl-
In all the efforts in our Legislature for the last
ten years to provide means for paying the interest
on the State debt, and a sinking fund to pay the
debt itself, no member ever proposed or thought of
such n plan as- this; and it remained for Jakey
Hoffman, the Whig candidate for Canal Commis
sioner, to make the discovery that the manufactu
rers, the merchants, the mechanics, and all that
class of industrious working men, who borrow
money to carry on their business, should be taxed
eye per cent., on every dollar that they borrow, to pay
the State debt. Yes, just think of it, all ye who
borrow money ruin banks or elsewhere, and ima
gine how you would like to pay one per cent. on
all the loans you make, and all the bills and drafts
that you have discounted. It Jakey.had only thou'
of providing that the bankers and capitalists should
not receive more thanfive per cent. for their money,
there might have been some sense'in his proposi
tion, but to raise the rate of interest one per cent.
on the manufacturers, mechanics, and borrowers
generally, iasuch an outrage that it appears to us
no man in his sound sense ought to think of.
Ever since Jakey la, been a candidate, he has
been studying out some grand scheme for paying
the State debt, and here it is in all its beauty and
proportions, and we should not be surprised if the
iron men, the coalmen, the cotton and woollen men,
the mechanics generally, and all that class of bor
rowers welt to erect a monument of brass to the
memory of this little distinguc, for the happy and
wonderful discovery that he has made, in reference
to the finances of Pennsylvania. Gov. Johnston
was renowned for his financial tinkering, but Jakey
Hoffman is as. far ahead of him as Beau Hickman
is ahead of the itinerant street beggar.
Oh! Jakey, Jakey, thou art a Solomon.—Demo
cratic Union.
A Monstrous Proposition
Jacob Hoffman, the Whig candidate for Canal
Commissioner ; made a speech at Washington, Pa,
week before last, in the course of which he pro
mulgated the following plan for paying the State
Debt:
My plan of paying the State debt would be this:
I would increase the per centage on all discounted
paper, trom six to SEVEN per cent. and 1 would
provide that the surplus above the present rate, or
one-seventh of the whole, be applied to a fund or
the extinguishment of the public debt. Thus, when
a Merchant, Manufacturer, Drover, Stock-buyer.
Mechanic, or other person goes to bank to burrow
funds, the officer of the institution would discount
at seven instead of six per cent. in advance, and
reserve the one-seventh for the use of the State.
This is the most cold-blooded proposition to rob
the poor that we have ever heard of. According
to it, a man's necessities would be taxed, instead of
his means! A man who had not enough money
of his own-to carry on business or pay for a farm,
would be taxed one per cent. on the sum he was
obliged to borrow. We repeat, this is the most
outrageous proposition we have ever heard 01. We
do not know what could have put this abominable
idea into Hoffman's head, unless he has the fifty
thousand dollars of which he plundered tile Brobst
Estate out at interest, and hopes to ge: seven per
cent on it, and then cheat the State out of her share.
Make a man pay tax on his property and not on
his wealth! If this plan of Hoffman's did not yield
revenue enough, what would be his next step? We
suppose he would tax a man who did not own a
fareone per cent. on the price of a good planta
tion! A man who did not own even a wheelbar
row, would be taxed one per cent. on the value of
a first-rate family carriage, with silver mounted
harness to boot! A man who did not own even
the bristle of a hog, would be • taxed for a whole
drove of fat porkers! The poor men, the money
borrowers of Pennsylvania, ought to remember
Jacob Hoffman and his plari for paying the State
Debt:—Valley Spirit.
An Able Judiciary.
Your property, life, reputation and liberty depend
in a great - measure upon an ABLE AND HONEST Jo-
Dicisnr. The last refuge of injured innocence
is the Supreme Court. Look to it, voters of Penn
sylvania, that you keep the ermine pure. Let no
unlearned and presumptuous man take his seat in
the highest tribunal in the State, when such a can
didate as GEORGE W. WOODWARD is present
ed for your suffrages. He is a profound jurist, an
experienced Judge, an honest citizen, and a liberal
republican. He will adorn the Bench and dispense
his judgments with rectitude and wisdom. Let no
idle slander prevent you from voting for this .dis.
tinguished citizen. Examine for yourselfes, and
you will find that his life has been one of integrity,
not only in private matters, but in public affiiirs.
The State Fair
The most ample preparations are made for the
accommodation of exhibitors and visitors at the
approaching Agricultural State Fair. Should the
weather prove favorable, it will donbtless be one
of the largest and most interesting exhibitions of
the kind ever held in the United States. Every
thing will be done by our hotel and boarding-house
keepers, as well as our citizens generally, to pro
mote the comfort and convenience of strangers.
Tickets to'and from the Fair will be furnished
at half price by the several Railroad Companies in
connexion with this City, and the Canal Commis
sioners have also granted the same privilege on all
the public works of the Commonwealth.
The Fair 'will commence on to•morrow week,
and continue untii Friday eveuiog.
A Brace of Pictures:
SCOTT AND PIERCE CONTRASTED!
Judge Tarpley, of Mississippi, writes a letter to
the Mississippian, under date of Washington City,
August 2Sth, from which we make the folloWing
Of all the amusing characters I have met with
since I have been in Washington, none have con.
tributed so-much to my gratification as Gen-Scoar
had almost said, the whig candidate for the
Presidency: I will take this back hOwever. As he
h;. 3 been repudiated by very many of the leading
%%ilia's, with longing eyes to the spoils of the office,
it would be more proper to call him the candidate
of the office seeking party, or party made up of all
the isms from the ravenous whig inn down to spirit
ual rappingism. But I like the old man, and would
not speak of him disparagingly. He is certainly
the vainest and weakest man I have met with, but
that is his misfortune. His military fame is part
and parcel of the nation's treasure, which should b;
sacredly cherished, and handed down as an inheri
tance to posterity. Yet with this high appreciation
of his military fame, it is obvious to all, that his
intellect, habits and modes of thinking, are wholly
unsuited to the office to which he aspires. He will
point out to you his splendid swords, and descant
by the hour upon the services for which they were
awarded; his medals, and tell you how costly and
splendid they are, and by whom bestowed; the por
traits and statutes that have been taken of him, and
tell you how spirited the likenesses, how becoming
the position, and how easy the grace. He will
talk to you about war, battles, Mexico, -Canada,
Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, and you have the de
light of listening to the spirited and interesting egot
ism of a vain old man, whose whole conversation
is made up of me, and myself."—But when you
approach those great constitutional questions upon
which depend the destiny of the nation, those deli
cate, ha clearly defined relationships existing be
tween the Federal and State governments, instead
of those colossal thoughts and luminous expositions
which fall so gracefully and impressively from the
lips of Webster, you have the most common-place
twaddle made up of thoughts often undigested, and
sometimes contradictory, anti consisting principally
of opinions and prophecies of twenty years stand-.
ing. Mr. Webster never said a truer thing than
when he remarked that General Scott had "no po
litical antecedents, anti that a Philadelphia lawyer
could not convict him before a jury of the country ,
of being a whig;" and I will take the liberty of ad
ding, of being anything else than an exceedingly
clever, vain, pompous, old soldier, who knows noth
ing but to command, and who, if elected, (which
God forbid,) will make a military president, and
administer the government.upon the principles ap
plicable to the command of an army; and yet the
-old man' . is so graceful in• his egotism, so Brad
fordonian(if I may coin a word) in his manner, that
you cannot help smiling, and liking him in spite of
your contempt for his intellect. His election, how
ever, would be the greatest calamity which betel
the country. He, as Mr. Webster says, has no
antecedents, ito fixed principles, no administrative
capacity. Seward, Greely, and Sumner would be
come his principle advisers, and conscience keep
ers, to think for him as Webster does for Fillmore,
and instead of administering the government ac
cording to the principles of the constitu
tiou, the higher law would become the rule
of action. It is certain as that "the Lord reigneth,"
that if Scott were elected, and should attempt to
administer the government according to the views
of the clique who now have him in charge, the
Union would not exist for a month. Th'e South—
always prompt in asserting her righls,fhtit rather
supine in enforcing them—would see at once the
folly of her efforts to maintain tier iostitutions in
the Union; and from Maryland to Florida, but one
voice would he heard, and that voice would sound
the deatn-lciiell of the conferdracy. In saying this,
I do not speak my own opinions more than I do
the opinions of the best informed men of both par
ties at the North; anti I take great pleasure in say
ing that after many weeks spent, in the New Eng
land States, I found the enligh tned and educated
and patriotic men of all parties, as warmly devoted
to the principles of the constitution which secure
to us our domestic institutions, and as firmly oppo
sed to the doctrine of Seward, Hale & Co., as in any
other portion of the Union. I do not of course
speak of the fanatics of the Frederick Douglass
school, or the politicians who are attempting to
manufacture capital out of which to huild,'up a
party for their own aggrandizement:l)a of the great
body of the Northern tropic, who are opposed to
slavery in the abstract, but who recognize our rights
under the constitution, and who are willing to carry
out the provisions of the compromise ni all their
amplitude.
I had the pleasure o spending some days in com
pany with Gen. PIERCE, at Rye Beach, New-Hamp
shire, and found him one of the most interesting
and fascinating men whose acquaintance it has
been rr y good fortune at any time , to to make . He •
is remarkably plain and simple in - his habits, dig
nified and courteous in his demeanor, and at the
same time one of the most kind-hearted, unpretend
nig, and agreeable companions I ever met with.—
You would perceive at the first glance that he was
a man of commanding intellect, and of marked
character, and as a strang r ir. any crowd, he would
be pointed out as man of distinction. But while
he excites your admiration by his lofty bearing
and graceful elocution, the blandness of his manners,
the gentleness of his nature, and that republican
simplicity which characterizes alhe does or says,
wins your heart ; and however indifferent you may
have been toward him uelore, he is sure to take you
captive, and make you feel that he is eminently one
of Hod's noblest works—"an honest man." He pos
sesses an enviable private character, and in all the'
relations of son, husband. father and friend, he is
"sans pear et sans reproache2 The miserable slander
of his being a drunkard, like that of being a cow
ard, is the subject of merriment where he is known,
and is so outrageously also as not to merit the
dignity of a refutation. Old men in New Hamp
shire who have known him from his early,boyhood,
and have been intimate with him in his riper man
hood, informed me that he always has been remar-.
kable for the sobriety of his habits, and certainly
lie presents no appearance of intemperance either
in his looks or manners. One thing speaks volumes
in his praise. I have seldom seen any man so ad
mired and beloved by his neighbors as is Gen.
Pierce; and no higher tribute could be paid to his
moral worth, than the respect and love of those
who have known him longest and best. I could at
this point make a torcible contrast betwen the two
candidates—as Gen. Scott has quarrelled with every
subordinate officer of rank under his command, and
cannot find a solit,:ry member . of his military fami
ly who is willing to support him for the Presiden
cy ; whilst those who have known Franklin Pierce
most intimately, are his warmest friends, arid will
support him in defiance of party dicipline. ,
Gen. Scott's Principles
ON A UNITED STATES BANK.
In a letter written in 1842, he says, "I have long been
under a conviction, that in peace, as in war, something
efficient, in the nature of a bank of the United States,
is not only necessary and proper but indispensable to
the successful operations of the treasjy, as well as to
many of the wants of our commerce and currency."
ON THE BANKRUPT LAW
In the same letter he says, "If lhad had the honor
of a vote on the occasion, it would have been in favor
of the bankrupt bill.';
ON NATIVE AMERICANISM.
In a letter dated November 10, 1844, he says
`•I now hesitate between extending the period of residence
before maturaliration, and a total repeal of all acts of
Congress on the subject—my mind inclines to the latter."
ON ABOLITIONISM.
In a letter written February it, 1843, he says,
suppose I scarcely need say, that in my opinion
Congress has no color of authority under the Con
stitution for touching the relation of master and
slave within a State. I hold the opposite opinion in
respell to the District of Columbia."
"I have from the first been of opinionthat Con
gress was bound by the Constitution to receive, to
refer, and to report upon petitions relating to domestic
slavery."
His Opinions.
William A. Graham, the whig candidate for Vice
President voted at the extra session of Congress
in 1841 for the Bankrupt Law, the distribution of
the public land fund, and an immense U. S. Bank.
He voted against the rights of pre-emptioners by ad
vocating and voting for, in the distribution and pre
emption law, a provision which prohibits them Irom
settling on any other than surveyed land, and for,
other restrictions which render the bill perfectly
useless. Graham voted to retain all of these odious
features, against the efforts of the Democrats to
strike them out. He also oppos•iil bitterly the An
nexation of Texas, and the striking out from the
Constitution of North Carolina the religious test.—
And yet the whip represent him as a sirnen pure
embodiment of the whig faith.
DJ" (len. Thos. Jefferson Sutherland, noted for
his connection with the Canalisn rebellion, and well
known in this neighborhaod asa lecturer on Phre
nology, &c., died in Nebraska territory on the 7th
of September.
Gen. - Scott Licensing Gambling
Douses.
The commander-in-chief of an army, in a foreign
country, bears nearly the same relation to the offi
cers and men under his command, that a Chief
Magistrate and legislative assembly bear to the
people at home. It is his bounden duty to make'
rules and ,regulations for the preservation of the
morals, as well as the health and comfort of the
men under his command; and any man who proves,
derelict in this, cannot fail to receive the censure
and condemnation of the moral and religious por
tion of the community.
What would be thought of any man who would
introduce a proposition into the Legislature' of
Pennsylvania to license gambling houses in this
State, no matter how much revenue it might bring
into the State Treasury. But with how much more
infamy and scorn would the Mayor of any city be
regarded, who would license these Hells, contrary
to the laws and regulations of the State? Yet it
seems that Gen. Scott occupied exactly a position
of this kind in the city of Mexico.
The rules and regulations of the army strictly
prohibit gambling at all. But it appears that nu
sooner had Gen. Sc At established his head quarters
ire the city of Mexico, than he issued licenses to
the tnost extensive gambling houses, which were
kept publicly open night and day.
The following order was published in the public
newspapers of the city of Mexico:
[" sir AUTHOIIITT.I
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,
NATIONAL PALACE, .MexiCo,Jan'y 24, 1848.
Notice is given to thosewho have obtained li
cense for gaming houses, during the present mouth,
and who may desire to renew them for the next.
and to all those who may wish such license for the
next month, that all applications for renewal or for
new permissions, must be handed in at this office
before 2 o'clock, P. 111., on Saturday, the 29th inst.
Each application will state the name of the per
son, the number of the house, and name of the
street for which-the license is asked.
No unlicensed public gaming will be permitted
in any place of the Federal District occupied by
the American troops.
By the Governor.
(Signed,) R. P. HAMMOND, Sec'y.
Under this order several large gambling houses
were, licensed and opened. One of these was cal
led the Lafayette House, and La Belle Union, an
other La Grand Sociedad, and another the Eagle
Hotel; and in the language of an officer there pres
ent, these Bells did snore to demoralize the army than
all other causes combined." • Not only was gambling
extensively carried on in them, but hquor was sold and
every- other kind of dirripation was notoriously carried
on, and that within sight of the quarters of the Com
mander-in-chief."
How small must have been the regard of Gen.
Scott fin the morals of his army, or the public sen
timent of his countrymen at home. The army,
almost exclusively, was composed of young men
under twenty-five years of age, many of them even
minors, yet here they were subject to open, public
and licensed temptations that was the ruin of huu
dreds ; and what excuse can Gen. Scott, and his
friends offer for his conduct.? Why simply that it
brought in revenue to the army coffers, on which
the Commander-in-chief charged three and a hall
per cent., for passing it through his hands, and in
this way realized for himself, according to the re
port of the Treasury Department, S7,S 5 1 9.
We would ask the warm admirers of General
Scott, whether they can point us to any other Gen
eralof the American Army,whether in the revolution
or late war, who ever licensed gambling houses?
although in those days gambling was not looked
upon with the same horror that it is now regarded.
Certainly General Washington never licensed gain
bling houses at his head-quarters. Nay, v, ill, such
suspicion did he regard every officer, known at any
time to have been addicted to this infamous prac
tice, that he never admitted one of them into his
confidence, no matter how well they might have
conducted themselves otherwise. And Gen. Jack
son, during the last war with Great Britain, had a
number of gamblers arrested in New Orleans and
sent to prison for enticing some of his soldiers into
their establishments.
We believe Gen. Scott stands alone in devising
the licensing of gambling houses as a means of
raising reven.—U
Gen. Scott and Mr. Madison
In reference to the story that Mr. Madison ten.
dered General Scott the Secretaryship of the War
Department, the Richmond Enquirer says .--
"It is the assertion that Mr. Madison once oflered
the War Department to Scott. We has u of
knowing this story to be untrue, which we are not
authorized to lay before the public. But this much
we may say, that Scott was no favorite with Mr.
Madison. He was the tail of that party in Vir_
ginia of which Messrs. Randolph and Leigh were
the heads—the most abusive and violent of Mr.
Madison's personal and political foes. They favor
ed Mr. Monroe's election in 1808. It is true that
1111816 Mr. Randolph uttered his paladonia as to
Mr.;Madison just as he was retiring from public
life; Leigh and. Scott, never. It is not probable that
Madison would have named for this political trust
one of the tertium quid party of that day, and his
political enemy I Again, would Mr. Madison have
wounded the pride of the soldier and the claims of
the statesman then presented to him in the person
of Andfaw Jackson? In 1815 Jackson was the
hero of the war. The victory of New Orleans was
fresh in 'all hearts, and its general was the argu
ment of all tongues. Would Madison have permit
ted Lim for Scott? If a soldier was to get the place
would Brown and Gaines have been passed by for
that gaudy chieftain? And again, would Mr. Madi
son, at that period of jealousy .towards Virginia,
have taken two of his Secietaries from that State•
Why was this foolish, baseless, and wicked falsehood
never named while Madison lived ?"
Scott's Love for Foreigners.—lt is peculiarly re
freshing at this time, when General Scott and his
whipfiers-in are making such protestations of love
for foreigners, to find the following expression of
his real seg timents:
"YOU ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO ENLIST
FOREIGNERS, FOR THE BATTALION OF ST.
PATRICIA HAS TAUGHT US THAT FOR
EIGNERS CANNOT BE TRUSTED."—GeneraI
Scott' s Instructions to his Recruiting Officers during
the 'Mexican War.
This was before he had cooled from that "indig,
nation" with which he was "fired" up when he sat
in "my parlor" in the Astor House.—Trenton True
American.
f r .' A very large and enthusiastic meeting of
the Democracy was held at the " Midway House,"
Chester county, on the evening of the 2nd inst.—
Amongst the invited speakers present were Col. J.
FRANKLIN REIGART and K. PRITCHETT, Esq., of
Lancaster. The addresses of these gentlemen were
received with great enthusiasm, and are highly
spoken of by the West Chester Jellersonian.
PORTRAIT or WAsamarosi.—We invite the at
ten'tioh of our readers to the advertisement in another
column relative to Welch's great Portrait of WAsu-
INGTON, just issued—and also to a similar one of
Jscasox. It any of our friends desire the pictures,
or either of them, we shall cheerfully act as their
agent, in writing to the publisher.
Book Notices
13:fr THE Tut?man, is the title of a small vol
ume just received by Murray & Stoek. It is com
piled by J. B. Burleigh, 14 L. D., and is intended as
a class-book, and has already been introduced into
the public sckools of Philadelphia and Baltimore.—
The book contains selections from the gems Of the
language, and is arranged in such a way as to set
the minds of youth to thinking—a desideratum of
greatimoment in the developement of the intellect.
From a cursory 'view of its contents and ar
rangement, we think it well adapted for the purpose
for which it is intended.
Tae Home Jouales.r..—A new series of this
highly popular journal, published by Morris & Wil
lis, New York, is to be commenced on the lot of
January next. That will be a suitable time for
subscribers to commence. Terms, $2 per annum,
in advance, .
City 'and County Items
117" A mad dog, belonging to \V. A. I...:ader, was
killed in Colunabia on Friday last
pa- OLE. Boat has promised to givv a Concert
n this city, on the evening of the 21st n:st.
0" The, AZTEC CHILDEEN are to be exhibited
here this evening.
Er Mr. H. H. Killian has been appointed Post
Master at Ephrata, in place of Mr. Isaac Strohl,
resigned.
UJ A. H. Slaymaker. Esq., has been appointed
Post Master at Maytown, in place of John .R.
Barr, EN., resigned.
Ile Rev. ALFRED NEYIN, formerly , of Coanibers
burg, has been unanimously elected to the Pastorate
of the Second Presbyterian Church of this city. •
GEO. SANDERSON, of this city, has been Ap
pointed D. D. G. M. of the I. O. O. F, for Laura,-
ter county, in place of James L. Reynolds, Fso ,
signed.
The Main Saloon of Fourns HALL will be
pen for exhibition on Thursday evening next, at
i o'clock,
An address will be delivered by the lion. A. L.
Hayes, and the Philharmonic Society of this city
will execute several pieces of Music.
1500 Free Tickets of admission will be issued.
No person will be admitted without a ticket. Cit_
izer_s disposed to be present are respectfully invited
to call for:Tickets at the Book Stores of Mr. Jobu
Bear, Murray & Stock, Mr. Spangler and
MAN KtLusii.—One of the laborers on the Co
lumbia Railroad, engaged at the deep cut near No
ble's, was found dead near Christiana on Sunday
morning
.the 2d inst. The body had been cut in
two by the cars—supposed to have been done
by the eleven o'clock up train the night previous.
A New CIOCK.—The Town Council of Marietta
have contracted with Mr. Penfield of New York. to
place a clock, with four dials, on the Town Hall
in that borough. We learn that it will cost five
hundred dollars, and will be warranted not to vary
one minute in a month.
ANOTHER New PATENT.—Messrs. Francis Kil
burn and Martin Harnish, of this city, through their
Atty. T. F. Reigart, Esq., have succeeded in obtain
ing Letters Patent, dated Sept. 21st 1652, fur a new
style of WIRE FENCE, intended to enclose Cemetery
lots, and neat Gardens. The wires form a paling ,
between two neat horizontal wrought iron bars,
with ornamental figuies at top. It is very easily
constructed, and a smith can manufacture and put
them up in less time than any other kind of fence,
and at a trifling expense. Such a,,fence has been
much needed, and will induce our" property holders
to cultivate ornamental shrubbery and dowers
around their dwellings.
1/"The FIREMEN'S PARADE, on Thursday last,
was a very creditable affair, notwithstanding Thiele
were no companies from a distance as had been
expected. The several companies of this City sr uo
participated looked remarkably well, and the ban
ners, hose carriages, &c., with their decorations ,
added much to the appearance. The music Was
also excellent, and everything was conducted with
proper decorum. There were tram 130 to '200: in
all, in the procession—the whole tinder the dit ection
of NEWTON LIGHTNER, Esq., Chief Marshall assis
ted by several Aids.
Correspondence of the Intell,enc ,,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 1N5:!
MR. EDITOR :—The time is now at hand, wheo
another choice of Chief Magistrate is to be made
to preside over the free institutions of NH' rrpuh
lican form of Government. Two parties ate at
rayed for the contest—the Democratic party and
the Whig party. The former has for over tarty
years administered the affairs of the General Gov
years
with judicious cote and fidelity,—tie lat
ter only in power 16 years—has done nothing more
than to propagate extravagance, such as only the
delusive dreams of aristocracy seemed to need awl
desire; and such will he the case until the 4th of
March next, when they will be indignantly hurled
from their fancied power, and the incoming of the
Democracy, whose task will be of no small mag
nitude and labor to place the Government once
more in a healthy condition. Th.= Psalmist's pre
diction has certainly been fully verified in regard
to this matter, " When the wicked are in power,
the people mourn."
The old Keystone State seems its these quarters
to be the main topic of discourse. For the last
two months past there seemed to be some little
doubt in. regard to the success of the Democratic
Party; but of recent date, all doubt and fears have
been disthissed and up to this time, bets, two tri one
in favor of Democracy carrying the State in the
Presidential contest, are daily sought and off,red,
but none taken. What is still more strange, even
bets cannot be taken on old Maryland, that never
voted fioia Democratic President, when opposition
was manifested; some few have, in the last three o
four days, been taken on two to one. In old
Virginia, in the southern part, where our corres
pondence has extended, discussions are at an end.
An occurrence of recent da. , : e happened at Prince
Wm. co.. too good to be lost. At a magistrate's
court, where there were between 50 and GO persons
tnet, the question arose in regard to the Presiden
tial contest—counts were made, and only one Whig
was found in company; feeling mortified at so sad
a result, he put the question himself whether he
should vote for Scoot or Pierce--the result
was a tie; one portion was of opinion that he should
be suffered to remain a Whig for the sake of oppo
sition, he however thought best not to be solitary
and alone, and on the second ballot it was unani
mously declared that he should vote the Demo
cratic ticket; and for such a wonderful escape, it
was turther resolved that he treat the party, when
it was agreed to, and the way the old bald lace was
drank, was a caution. We hope however that we
may not hear of general occurrences like the above,
as we are ot-opinion that opposition is the life of
trade ; just the amount of opposition that the Scott
party will show after the 2d of November aext,
which Will perhaps be seven States, with which
number, 7 to 24, the country will remain safe.—
After writing this last paragraph and reading to a
friend the same, he offers to bet me two plates of
oysters to one that Scott will not carry 7 states.—
" I have : taken the bet," as we shall participate in
the sport of eating; but it it had been proposed in
money we should have dodged.
A most enthusiastic meeting was held in front
of the Union office on Tuesday evening last; be
tween 8 and 10 thousand persons were present, and
the minutes of the proceedings you may have Zern
published in the Union of the next morning. The
speaking was fine, especially the firstgentleman who
led of, (Mr. R. Old.) In the election of '4B Mr.
0. was a Whig orator; but he has become disgus
ted with the Scott party, and is now doing active
service for the Democratic p:rty, and is one of the
most fervent speakers,of the present day. By his
exalted talents and daring courage, he handled the
Scott and Seward party greatly to their discomfor.
tune.
In conclusion, we wish to mention the circum
stances of a secret circular that is to be Sent ink,
the states by the National Era and Trueman
party, about one week before the Presidential elec
tion. It consists of a promise to free-soilers and
abolitionists, that in the event of Generel
Scott's election, they shall be fully respected and
equally, represented in his administration. The
tact of •this scheme may be relied on, as we got
whoit from the most respected source, is also a
Whig, and was present and heard the whole matter
suggested and agreed upon, and became so disgus
ted that he never met with the party since. The
Whig committee room closed on Saturday last.—
Since then thousands of their picture Books of the
life and doings of Scutt have been sold at 3 cents
per lb. , The Grocery store counters are lying full
of them, used for wrapping paper. The counte
nances .of the Whigs here and around about us,
seem to be in the same atittude that the poor pic
ture Books are, scattered to and fro.
SHOCKING MOHDEII. eT Wir.a.s.s.Beniic.---We
learn from Wilkes-Barre, that a horrible Murder
was committed there on Saturday last, the partic
ulars of which are related as follows : A Welch_
man, uanteii Reese Evans, purchased from Loins
Reese, a clothier, residing in that place, a quantity
of clothing. Reese requested payment that morn
ing, when Evans told him if he would go with him
across . t .--
he river, he would pay him the amount
Reese accordingly accompanied Evans across the
river. After they had got over the bridge they
turned into Butler's woods, when Evans drew a
pistol and shot Reese in the back of the neck, and
the wound not immediately killing him, he then
beat his victim to, death, as appeared from wounds
on the body when discovered. Reese had in his
possession about $lOO, of which Evans robbed the
body, and then made his escape to Carbondale,
where he was arrested for the murder shortly after,
and was committed to await the arrival of the au
korities of Wilkes-Bane.
Great Democratic Outpouring.
MEETING IN COLUMBIA.
A tremendous demonstration in favor of our prin
ciples, our party, and our candidates was made in
the borough or Columbia on Saturday evening the
2d inst.aColumbia was literally jammed with
sturdy Democrats. From Lancaster city alone from
eight hundred to one thousand were present. The
townships and boroughs in the immediate neigh
borhood of Columbia, Wi - ightsville, and other places
in York county, poured out their Democratic forces
in great numbers. A procession was formed and
marched through' the principal streets. Coming to
a halt in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall, the im-
mense concourse was organized into a meeting by
the appointment of the following officers
President—Roasar W. HOUSTON, Columbia.
Vice Presidents—James McMahan, sr., Colum
bia; James Patton, do; R. Williams, do; A. P. Mod
erwell, do; James J. Given, do; Samuel Brook; do;
Samuel Hippie, Marietta; Charles Kelley, do; H.
Wilton, Wrightsville; Jacob Griller, Mountville; Jno.
Shertzer, Washington Borough; Henry Houseal,
Maytown; Henry Haines, do; Eli Overdeer, Lancas
ter: David Reese, do; Walter G. Evans, do; ('ol. S.
C. Stambaugh, do; Capt. Geo. Sanderson, do ; Hr.
S. Filbert, Bainbridge; John Martin, Penn twp.; B.
Eby, Manheim twp.
Secretaries—H. M. North, Columbia; Thos. H.
Pearce, do; Jos. S. , List, do; H. E. Atkins, I hiladel
phia: Dr. Samuel Welchans, Lancaster; D. Coyle,
do; Capt. Wm. K. Le'onard, do; Cyrus S. Haldeman,
Bainbridge.
The following resolutions were then reported by
Thos. H. Pearce, Esq., chairman of the committee
on resolutions, and adopted: •
WusuEss, It is customary and. right on all oc
casions like the present, when the Democracy meet
together in public, to have a tree interchange of
sentiment and also to express by resol u tion their
firm adherence to the Constitution and the Union,
and to announce their free and unfettered opinions
of the current political subjects of the times, And
Whereas, the occasion that b.ings us together this
evening,•beirg of more than ordinary importance
to the interests of the great democratic party of this
Commonwealth and the Union, devolving upon Ili
as an 'integral portion of the democracy to uphold
with firmness and determination our tiine.honored
measures and principles. 'Therefore be it
Resolved, That the democratic party adheres to
the same principles and stands upon the same plat
form now as it did in the days of Jefferson and of
lacksou.
Resowed, That it is in direct violation of the Con
stitution to interfere, by congressional enactment,
or otherwise, with the domestic institution of sla
very in the South; believing such interference to
he fraught with great danger to the Union, and in
direct variance with that spirit of compromise
which laid the tdundation of our present prosperity,
security and happiness as a nation.
Resolved, That in the approaching Presidential
and State elections, we are duly impressed with the
great importance of united and vigorous action, for
getting all our local and private predilections and
coming, up heartily to the work, we hereby pledge
ourselves to our Democratid brethren throughout the
Keystone State to labor energetically and fearlessly
in the great work of redeeming the Union from the
stigma of Galphinism and misrule.
Resolved That we cordially approve arid unaui•
mously endorse the principles and sentiments of the
great Union platform as adopted by the late Dem.
ocratic National Convention at Baltimore.
Resolved, That we recognize with pride and plea
sure in our able nominee for the Presidency, Gen.
Franklin Pierce, the true and genuine embodiment
of Democracy, as exhibited in his uniform adher
ence to sound republican principles from the cum.
mencement et his political caterr until the present
day.
'Resolved, That although a base and infamous at
tempt has been made by the Federalists to impair
the fame of Gen. Pierce as an officer during the late
war with Mexico, still we hail him as the gallant
volunteer, who, amid the comforts and 111 . 1101i5 of
a happy home, and an increasing profitable pro.-
te,ional practice, abandoned all at the call or his
country, and by his efforts aided to prosecute and
terminate a war which has covered our troops with
glory.
Resolved, That the Hon. Wm. R. King, our can
didate for Vice President, is in evert• respect worthy
of our ardent support. His great abilities as a
statesman and the faithfulness he has always shown
to the principles of the Derriacratic party, in every
position he has been placed by his fellow citizens,
are sure-guaranties that he will fill the office to
which he is destined to be called with honor to him
sell and the nation.
Resolved, That ti's repose lull trust and dontidence
in that true republican, William Bigler, Governor
of the Commonwealth. His administration has
been distinguished for its firmness and honesty, and
his Bank Vetoes are an evidence ol his vigilance in
protecting the rights of the people.
Resolved, That it is all important to select good
and tried men to be placed at the head of our Jud
iciary, and we feeLgreat satisfaction in being able
to present to our fellow Democrats the name of that
able jurist and accomplished gentleman, George W.
Woodward, as the candidate for that high position.
Resolved, That Wm. Hopkins, the nominee for
Canal Commissioner, is a Democrat of the right
stamp. His great experience and thorough knowl
edge of all matters pertaining to the great interests
of the State, makes him eminently qualified for the
office for which he has been selected.
Resolved, That the ticket as presented to us by
the Democratic Convention of this county is com
posed of good men and true, and we here pledge to
it our undivided and hearti , support.
The meeting was too large to hear the remarks
of the speakers from one potition, and it Was there
fore divided and addressed at one point by Wm. H.
Welsh, Esq., of York, Col. Owen, of Philadelphia,
and Capt.. Geo. Sanderson, of Lancaster—at another,
by Messrs. Spayd, of Barks, and M'Cauley and
Wolfe, of Columbia.
Agricultural State Falr.
CANAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
lienntentrito Sept. 24, 18.52.
The following resolutions have been adopted by
the Board, viz :
Resolved, That all stock and freight intended to
be exhibited at the State Agricultural Exhibition
to be held at Lancaster in October next, be and the
are hereby permitted to pass over the public' works
tree of toll—the owners thereof to make their own
arrangements with the transporters for the con
veyance of the same.
Resolved, That excursion tickets for said exhibi
tion be issued for passing over the Philadelphia and
Columbia railroad, at halt the nsual rate of fare, and
over other portions of the public works, persons
going to and returning from said exhibition, shall
be permitted to pass at half the usual rates of toll
Provided, That the persons furnishing cars and
boats make corresponding reduction.
(Extract from the Journal N
THOMAS S. WILSON, Secretary
COLUMBIA SOUTH WARD IN MOTION
YOUNG MEN FORWARD.
The gallant Democracy of the South ward Club,
held a large and enthusiastic sneering on Friday
evening the Bth inst., at the public house of George
Fisher, corner of sixth and Cherry streets. After
the private businebs of the Club had been gone
through with, the meeting adjourned to the plat
form outside of the house, where they were addres.
sed by Dr. N. B. Worse in an animated and argu
mentative speech. The utmost good heeling pre.
wailed throughout, and the meeting adjourned with
enthusiastic cheers lor all the Democratic nominees
—boils County, State and National—to meet again
on Saturday evening, Oct. 9th, at the public house
of Cornelius Tyson, on Front street, below Union.
'RS. A. THOAIAS,
Recording Sec'y. pro tern
Columbia, Oct. S
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC RALLY
The Old Men in the Forward Column!
Agreeably to public notice, the Democracy of
the South Ward,met at the public house of Come.
lius Tyson, on Saturday evening, October 9th, when
the President of the Club, called ;the meeting to
order and at ()Leo proceeded to the transaction of
private business. Upwards of fifty Democrats were
enrolled upon the Club. After which they adjourn
ed to the outside of %be house where Dr. N. B.
Woi.FE, the President of the (lob, addre,sed them
in a clear and comprehensive speech, g:, lug, great
satisfaction on all the topics he diEcusbed. The
meeting was quite large and enthusiastic, and the
old veterans and the young heroes of democracy
were there with their armour on ready to do bat-,
tie with high hopes of victory. The meeting ad.
journed amid deafening applause ; to meet on Mon.
day evening, Oct. 11, al the Town Hall.
FRS. S. THOMAS, Sec'y.
Columbia, Oct. 9.
113 A very large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Democracy was held at Blountville, West Hemp
field township, on Thursday evening, which was
addressed by Messrs. Wm. S. Amweg, Myers and
Leonard, at Lancaster, and McCauley, of Columbia