Intelligetuer & Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster, September 13,1853.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS:
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT,
JOHN C. KNOX,
OF . TIOGA COUNTY
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. EORSYTHI
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
County Treasurer.
This is an office that, properly speaking, has
nothing whatever to do with party politics. It is
one in which the whole people, every tax-payer in
the county, has a deep interest all at times, but espe
cially eo at the present time, in consequence of the
increased expenditures growing out of the building
of the new Court House. Being so important, and;
we may add, so lucrative to the incumbent, it seems
just now to engage the particular attention of a
certain class ot the leading politicians of the dom
inant party, who see in it nothing but its profits,
and how far those profits can be made subservient
to ulterior party objects, overlooking entirely the
various and weighty responsibilities devolving up
on its incumbent. Another class, and by far the
most numerous, look more at the duties and re
sponsibilities of the office, and the integrity and ca
city of the individual who fills it, than to its
emoluments. These latter constitute the tax-pay
ing portion of the community—the honest and
hard-working farmers, mechanics and business men,
of every party- -whose duty it is, for their own sate-.
ty, to scan closely the qualifications of thee who pre
sent themselves as candidates for public favor, and
especially such of theai as seem to have an eye
only to the salary and perquisites, but who may,
nevertheless, not have the first business qualifica
tion necessary to a proper and faithful discharge of
the duties of an office carrying with it such im :
mense responsibility.' These tax-payers want to
know, since there is at all times a large amount of
the public funds under the control of that officer,
if the candidate for whom they are asked to vote
is a responsible man, of business habits and qual
ifications, honest and trust-worthy, who will give,
and is capable of giving, to its duties, that close
personal attention and enlightened judgment requi
red in an office of such vast magnitude and im.
portance. If they are fully satisfied on all these
points, then it makes but precious little difference
to them who gets the emoluments. They think
more of the right sort of man, than the amount of
pay he receives.
The people of Lancaster county have necessarily
to choose between two candidates at the approaching
election, both of them Whigs, and both, we believe,
honest men—at least, we have never heard the
honesty or integrity of either impeached, and are
bound to believe them both, in this particular, all
that their friends represent them to be. But, as we
intimated above, honesty is not the only requisite
to a faithful and proper discharge of the duties of
County Treasurer. A man may be as pure and
'honest as an angel of light, and yet be totally de
ficient in other essential qualifications for the office
It does not follow that because our neighbor is a
good blacksmith, therefore he is fitted to handle and
adjust the delicate and complicated machinery of
a watch; neither is it a sequence, that because a
man is simply honest, he is for that reason, and
that alone, a proper person to manage the immense
financial affairs of a great County such as our's.—
If that were so, there might be thousands of men
selected in our bounds, who would be competent to
undertake the duties of the Treasuryship.
The question, then, for the people to decide, is
--not whether either of the candidates is more
honest than the other, (tor so far as this requisite is
.concerned they both stand upon the same platform,)
but which of the two is most capable, of the best bus
iness qualifications, and able to give the multifari
ous and weighty duties of the office that personal
oversight and attention, which the public interest
aeqpires, and which is absolutely necessary to en
sure the safety of the tax-payers of the county.—
This is a question that should over-ride all mere
party ties. Democrats and Whigs are alike equally
interested in its proper decision.
We are not personally acquainted with Mr. REIN
HOLD, and therefore have no knowledge of his fit
ness and qualifications,. With the other candidate
Mr. BOIPHITER, we are somewhat acquainted, and
hesitate not to say, what is conceded alike by friend
and foe, that he is well qualified, in each and every
requisite, to discharge the duties of the office with
credit to himself, and to the safety and advantage
of the good people of the county. Nobody disputes
this, nor would .an insinuation to the contrary meet
with the least degree of favor where he is known
His competitor for the office may be equally qual
ified, for aught we know of him personally or po
litically; but, if so, hiS frieuds should give the pub
lic some evidence of it. Rumors of a contrary char
acter are rife in this community, and if they are
not satisfactorily disproved, how can his friends go
before the people and ask them to vote for him in
preference to a man whom all acknowledge to be
competent—especially when no party issue is in-
volved in the election of County Treasurer, and ev .
ery body, Whig and Democrat, is alike deeply in
terested in having the office filled for the next two
years by a competent man.
So far as mere men are concerned, it would mat
ter but little to the Democrats of the County which
of the candidates is elected—both of them belong_
ing to the Whig party. But we apprehend, our
friends, if they see proper to vote at all, are inter
ested in the contest so far as to suggest to their
minds the propriety of throwing their influence in
favor of that one who combines all the qualifica-
tions necessary to make, not only an honest, but a
competent and obliging officer. We have no candi.
date of our own to vote for, and, therefore, of two
evils presented, it day be considered our duty to
choose the least. Who this should be we leave
for our friers to determine, with the lights and evi .
dence that may be elicited during the progress o f
the campaign, and with a full and intelligent ap
preciation of. the responsibility that devolves upon
them as tax-payers of a tax-burdened community.
The " War C ry
The Saturday Express publishes the circular is
sued to the faithful a few days ago, by the chair
man of the Whig County Committee. and styles it
the !Tier Cry." Judging from the tone of the doc
ument our Silver Grey friends are evidently in a
state of alarm, and are beginning to be awfully
afraid that the independent candidate for County
Treasurer, Mr. BOUGHTZR, will be elected. The
following brief extract from 'the circular shows
their fears for the future, and exposes the motive,
the love of the dear 'loves and fishes' that actuates
the self constituted leaders and dictators of Whig
gery in this county—principle being entirely left
out of the question, as a matter of no consequence
compared with the spoils. Here is the extract:
" And this coalition, if successful, [where is there
any coalition? we should like to see it,] is destined
to serve as the foundation for a partition of next
year's ticket among its parties."
Not a word is said here about the principles of
the Whig party. The whole burden of the song is
—the spoils! the spoils! as though the eleven thou
sand Whigs of Lancaster county were all place hum
tem and actuated by mercenary motives. What a
compliment to be paid them by our fiery friend, the
Chairman of their County Committee !
The Coming Canvass.
For the last two weeks, says the Democratic
Union, there has been wonderful activity in the Whig
Press. All the Whig arithmeticians have heeTh.cy
phering.dpon the finances, and the most heteroge
neous mass of figures have been piled up, to friiht
en the timid and deceive the unwary. It will all,
however, avail them nothing, if the Democracy but
organize, and meet Ate opposition as formerly. It
is time, hoWever, that this organization was com
menced, so that it may be complked at an early
day, in order that the enemy may be foiled in all
his undertakings.
Our State ticket is made up of men of undoubt
ed character for integrity and honesty of purpose—
of men who have long been known to the people of
Pennsylvania.
The Hon. Ernailia Buss is a gentleman, against
whom the breath of slander scarcely dares utter a
word. In all the walks oflife, he has shown 'him
self to be a safe counselor, a true christian, and an
honorable and upright man. For twenty years he
has occasionally occupied public positions, at the
solicitation of his immediate constituents, and the
journals of the Legislature and the Re
form Convention, attest his consistent Democracy
and efficient service to the people of ' the State.—
Three years ago, he was nominated as the Demo
cratic candidate for Auditor General, and elected by
a large majority. After having served one term,
he was re-nominated by acclamation, withhut any
solicitation on his part, and the Democracy of the
State are in duty bound to re-elect him, by as large
majority at least as he received at the first election.
J. Foam Baswxzr, our candidate for Survey
or General, is well known throughout the State, as
a most active, industrious working Democrat, who
has probably rendered the party as much service
as any other man of his age in the Commonwealth,
and hence the bitter opposition teat is made to him,
He, too, has occupied a public position for many
years. He served the people of Crawford county
two years in the House of Representatives, and three
years in the Senate, when he was nominated and
elected Surveyor General of the State. After hav
ing served three years he has been renominated, ac
cording to the custom of the party, for re-election,
and we feel well assured the Democracy of the
State will only adhere the closer to him the more
he is vilified and abused by his Federal opponents.
THOMAS H. Fonsrvm our candidate for Canal
Commissioner, is also as generally known as his"
colleagues. He has served the county of Philadel
phia faithfully, in the House of Representatives and
Senate, for the last six or eight years, and in all
time was never known to give a vote in opposition
to the wishes of the mass of the party, or at the in
stigation of any of the innumerable borers and op
erators that throng the lobbies of our Legislature
at every session. His name, in Harrisburg, is sy
nonyinous with honesty, integrity and purity; and
a man of this character is just the person to fill the
responsible position to which he has been nomina.
ted. The people know him too well to fail to elect
him.
Hon. Joan C. Kirox, our candidate for Judge of
the Supreme Courr, is a gentleman of the highest
standing, and of the most undoubted legal ability.
He served for two years in the Legislature, where
his legal learning attracted the attention of all who
heard him in debate, or made his acquaintance:—
The late lamented Governor Shuuk appointed him
a Judge in the Westmoreland District, in which ca
pacity he served with great distinction to himself,
until the adoption of the new constitution, when the
people of an adjoining District, nominated and elect
ed him President Judge, he having given way in
his own District for another gentleman. Upon the
demise of Judge Gibson, Gov. Bigler appointed him
Judge of the Supreme Court, and the Convention
unanimously nominated him as the candidate of the
party for the place which he has filled so ably and
well, np to this time.
This is the State ticket presented to the Democ
racy of Pennsylvania, and it becomes the duty of
the party to organize and elect it on the second
Tuesday of October next, by an old fashioned Dem
ocratic majority. t
Egr We are authorized by JACOB L. Gross Esq.,
to announce that he declines being a candidate for
the Legislature, at, the ensuing election.—lntelli
gencer.
The truth of the matter is, the , city managers
refused to print Mr. Gross's name on the ticket, a
though there are no democrats in nomination. His
running interfered with the coalition formed by
these parties for their own purposes, and hence his
arbitrary rejection by them.—Examiner 4- Her
ald.
Did . ..the Examiner not know that it was publish
ing a rank falsehood when it gave utterance to the
above paragraph? There is not a word of "truth"
in it from beginning to end, and we marvel that
the respectable editor of that paper, for whom we
entertain a high personal regard, should so far, de
scend from the lofty position he has heretofore oc
cupied in this community, as to indite such a wil.
ful and deliberate untruth. The "city managers," as
he is pleased to call the members of the Democrat
ic County. Committee residing in town, who have al
ways, by common consent, had the control of this
matter, so far frOm having " refused to print Mr.
Gross' name on the ticket," as is so falsely alleged,
actually made an arrangement with us to have it
done; and Mr. Swann, the Chairman of the Corn
inittee, (after Mr. Gross' card, announcing himself
a candidate, appeared,) directed that his name
should be printed on all our tickets, which would
have been done, had he continued in the field, with
out a dissenting voice so far as we know from any
quarter.
Surely, the cause of Whiggery must be in a tot
tering condition, at the present time, in this county,
or our-heretofore fair and honorable cotemporary
would not resort to such means to bolster it up.—
But, our neighbor appears to be politically dement
ed. Mr. BOUGHTEIr seems to trouble him by night
and by day. All kinds of combinations and cow.-
litions, which exist nowhere else than in his excited
imagination, are charged upon the Democrats and
Boughter whigs. Even the ghost of Morgan is
sought to be raised again from its sleep of years,
and visions of blood-thirsty Masons and cut-throat
Odd Fellows have taken possession of his dreamy
hours—and he fancies every sort of mischief and
wickedness to be hatching against that portion of
the Whig party of which he professes to be the ex
ponent and organ. We would give Mr. DARLING
TON a bit of advice to ponder upon in his reflecting
moments. Stick to the truth, friend, at all times
and under all circumstances. It is always the safest
policy, and will come out best in the end. Even
should Mr. BOUGHTER be elected COunty Treasurer,
of which there is now a strong probability, there
will be no great harm done to either the State or
the Nation. The sun will rise and set as usual—
springtime and autumn, summer and winter, will
come and go in their turn—and every thing, ani
mate and inanimate, the Whig party of Lancaster
county included, will remain about the same as be
fore the election. Bnt, above all things, we again
advise our neighbor to refrain from deliberately
stating, as he did in the above paragraph, what he
must have known at the time, if he was in his right
mind, to be a reckless and unmitigated falsehood
against certain members of the Democratic County
Committee.
Important Decision.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, now'sitting
at Pittsburg, decided, on Tuesday last, the great
question which has for several months agitated the
public mind, viz: the constitutionality of munici
pal subscriptions to railroads and other public works
—and by that decision have affirmed the validity
of the subscriptions by the City of Philadelphia to
the Hempfield and Water Gap Railroad Company
by the City of Reading and the Borough of Leba
non to the Lebanon Valley Railroad; and by the
Borough of West Chester to the West Chester and
Philadelphia Railroad.
The Court was divided in opinion. Chief Justice
Brace, and Judges Woonwenn and Knox (consti
tuting a majority of the Court) decided in favor,
and Judges Lawn and Lowers, against the right
claimed. Each of the Judges read a seperate opin
ion, all of which are said to be written with great
force of argument and distinguished ability—reflect
ing much credit upon the eminent jurists who or.
copy the Supreme Bench. Speaking of these legal
efforts, the Pittsburg correspondent of the North
American says—" certainly five such able opinions
have rarely, if ever, proceeded from any legal tri
bunal."
ED' Hon: lons Bonanza is the Democratic
nominee for President Judge of the Centre Judicial
District.
Sale of the Public Works.
This subject is beginning, again, to agitate the
public mind, and we have no doubt but the next
Legislature will be called upon to make disposition
of them. We have always been opposed to the sale
unless the State can realize something near their
value. To dispose of them merely to gratify a few
speculators, who have already specalated largely
upon:the lalxir of the poor, is impolitic and unwise,
and.will resift, as did the sale of other State' stocks
some few years ago; to the advantage of a few and
the injury of the many.
_ In arguing this question, it is oily necessary to
refer to the stock owned by the State in the Har
risburg Bridge and the Pennsylvania Bank. Au
Act was passed, we believe in 1843, authorizing
the appointmdnt of Commissioners to dispose of all
stock owned by the State in incorporated compa
nies. By the report of the Commissioners, made to
the Legislature in 1844, it will be observed that all
of the stocks were sold at a mere nominal price.—
The stock in the Harrisburg Bridge averaged about
five dollars per share, and that of the Bank of Penn
sylvania a little more. At present these same stocks
are selling at a premium, and the State, taking all
the stocks at that time disposed ot, finds herself
minus about two millions of dollars.
The question, then, naturally presents itself to
the reflecting mind, 'why were they sold Simply
to enable speculators to speculate upon the inter
ests of the people. It is true, at that day, there
was a great depression in the money market,—
Every article hair gone below its real intrinsic val
ue, and those who were sharp enough took advan
tage of this general depression, to induce the Leg
islature of Pennsylvania to authorize the sale of her
stocks. Those whose memory runs back to that
period, will recollect what a hue and cry there was
about the State owing stock in incorporated com
panies--that it was a continual expense—that the
people were taxed for objects which never produced
a dollar of benefit, &c., &c. This 'noise. and con
fusion' at that time was not without its object.—
The prosperity of the people never entered into the
calculation of those who made the noise. This was
the last thing they thought of. The stocks were
sold, and all these patriots, who were so exceeding
ly anxious to promote the public weal, were found
buying these stocks, on the day of sale, at a mere
nominal price. Thus was the State robbed to grati
fy a sew speculators.
The same system is about to be practised in re
gard to the sale of the public improvements. If
they can be sold also, at a nominal price, and can
be placed in the hands of speculator; or even leas
ed to them, the people will find, to their sorrow,
that they are lett without a single means to dis
charge a public debt, but direct taxation- It will
not do to say that the public improvements do not
yield all they were expected to do. They have
gone far beyond the expectations of their best
friends, and this the records at Harrisburg show be
yond even the semblance of doubt. The fault ex
ists in the Legislature. Instead of confining them
selves to that good and wholesome economy,which
every true Pennsylvanian should adopt, they make
all manner of appropriations, thus diverting the pub
lic money from the purposes intended by the peo
ple. And this system is not confined to one party,
but to all. They are alike in this respect, and will
continue to be unless the people take the matter in
their own hands.
Every session of the Legislature witnesses scenes
digraceful to the State. It seems as if human in
genuity was taxed to a much greater extent, then,
than at any other time, and schemes devised which
only result in a direct and flagrant robbing of the
Commonwealth. Patriotism is in every person's
mouth,—documents and papers are seen sticking
out of every man's pocket i —members are beseech
ed to do this and that—facts are perverted and truth
covered up with lies, and all for the public good!—
The public improvements must be sold—they are
an injury to the State—they prevent its growth—
they do not yield anything, &c., &c. Such language
in the winter season may be heard at every.corner
in Harrisburg,—in the Legislative Hall and out of
it. Look at the men who carry on this regular sys
tem of complaint, annually at the seat of govern
ment. Their very look betrays their sinister pur
poses. That long, sharp nose, which smells the
carrion afar off—that little grey eye, which in its
very twinkle betrays deception, too plainly shows
the selfish heart which gives origin to all these
schemes to pluniter the people. They are borers,
who annually infest the Halls of Legislature, to
make money by cheating in legislation. Let the
people set their faces against all this, and Pennsyl
vania legislation will become what it once was—
an honor to the State.
There are many things which we could suggest
as remedies of these evils, but at present we have
not time. We shall refer to this subject again. In
the meantime, let not the Derriocracy of Butler
county give countenance to a scheme which will
be the subject of regret ever afterwards—the sale
of the public works.—Democratic Herald.
The State Debt.
Thy, Whigs are forever trying to get up some
hobby upon which they hope to ride into power.—
W e well recollect that in 1838 it was "Ritner and
Reform"—"Ritner and No Tales," &c. Now they
are crying out lustily for the sale of the Public
Works,and charging Governor BIGLER with increas
ing the public debt, in the hope that they can throw
in the eyes of the people and thereby induce them
to again entrust the reins of government in their
hands. Of a piece with this is the following reso
lution, passed at the late Whig State Convention :
Resolved, That we condemn the policy pursued
by Governor Bigler and his Administration, in ad
ding thousands and thousands to our already enor
mous debt.
The Pennsylvanian, in noticing this resolution,
exposes the hollow-heartednese and duplicity of
the Whig party, and triumphantly vindicates Gov
ernor BIGLER from the charge brought against him
of having increased the debt of the State. Thatpa
per says :
This resolution is a sort of key-note to the Whig
editors and orators in this campaign. They will
aim to envelope the real facts as deeply in obscu
rity as possible, but at the same time to create a
general impression that the State Debt has been
greatly increased. It is difficult to conceive of a
more nonsensical species of political quackery than
the course pursued by the Whigs upon this ques
tion. Governor JOHNsTON boasted enough of the
operations of the Sinking Fund," to induce peo
ple to believe that half of our debt was swept away
yet what did its transactions really amount to ? Du
ring his official term, $659,122 99, of five per cent
State bonds were paid; but during that time, a new
six per cent loan of $400,100 was created, and on
the very day that Governor Johnston retired from
office, it became absolutely necessary to borrow
$300,000 more at six per cent., to pay the interest
then due, and there was over $660,000 of unpaid
appropriations ? This was the style in which Gov
ernor Jomerrox conducted his splendid scheme for
the annihilation of the mighty burden of debt under
which. the people of Pennsylvania groaned.
Now as to Governor annx.n. Instead lof bor
rowing money at six per cent. to repay loansiat five,
in 1852 he borrowed money at five per cent., ob
taining $134,000 in premiums, to pay off all the six
per cent. loans then due, and in this way hehas se
cured an annual saving to the State of $20,000, and
during the eighteen months of his Adminiktration
$495,750 of State Stocks have been redeemed, and
$94,489 of relief notes destroyed; thus making a to
tal of $609,329, which is within $70,000 of the sum
paid by Johnston during the whole of his Adminis
tration, embracing a period twice as long as the of
ficial term of Governor BIGLER up to this time.
It is true that the Governor has been obliged to
make a. temporary loan of $850,000, and it is upon
this fact, we presume, that the charge of an in
crease of the public debt is founded;but for whatpur
pose was that loan effected ? To complete new works
commenced under Johnston's Administration ! and
no alternative was left but to continue them. Is it
not manifestly unfair for the Whigs to attack Gov
Broxxa for incurring an expense rendered fleece
sary by the unfinished condition of works commen
ced by themselves r works, too, which are useful
and calculated to contribute materially to the pros
perity of our Commonwealth, and add to the re
sources of our Treasury ? As for the future, Gov.
BIGLER is pledged, in his last message, against any
and all new schemes of expenditure, and we think
the destinies of the State are quite as safe in the
keeping of a Democratic Administration as with the
apologists of the infamous Rtxtrzit dynasty, the pro
mulgators of the deceptive charlatanism of JOHN
axOrt,S Sinking Fund, and the eager supporters of
the Grarisur operations of the late National Admin
istration.
l The U. S. Grand Lodge of the Lo.of 0.
F. (numbering nearly 100 members,) was in ses
sion last week at Philadelpha, visited Independence
Hall on Tuesday by invitation, where they were
handsomely received by Mayor Gus's( and other
functionaries. Several 'short, but appropriate and
eloquent speeches were made upon the occasion,
and every thing waa conducted in excellent taste
and to the enter satisfaction of all present.
igr There must have been some rich scenes at
the WORLD'S TEMPERANCE Com , Emory, held in
Gotham last week, if we are permitted to judge
from the report published in the New Yctrk Tri
bune. It must have resembled more the ;scenes
enacted at a bacchanalian revel,thanthe proceedings
of a body professing to be sober men and women.
[CT Ex-Governor Gammas Poranzaran, of Miss
issippi, formerly a Senator in Congress, and a man
of decided ability, but erratic in hie political course,
died at the town of Jackson in that State, on the
sth Wet., having reached an advanced age:
Chronicles of Whiggery.
CHAPTER IL
1: And it. came to pass that the troubles of
Whigdom waxed greater and greater.
2. And the young man Isaac gathered his chief
captains and wise men together; for the putpase of
counseling with them in the sore trials that beset
him on every hand.
3. Now when he had gathered them together in
his sanctum sanctorum, he spake unto them iu the
Silver Grey tongue after this wise:-
4.'"Behold, my chief captains and all who are
wont to lead and direct the people, I am sore dis
tressed by reason of our enemies, the Woolly Heads,
who have encamped round a but me, and who have
even seduced some of My liege subjects from their
allegiance.
5. " But this doth not move me, for I havestill
a great army of good and loyal subjects at my
command, and who are attached to my cause from
the promises I have so freely made to many of their
leaders of Sharing with them the public plunder.—
I have, therefore, directed my trusty and tried sub
alterns to shoot all deserters, and thus prevent any
evil from growing out of their example.
6. "I have even set a price upon the head of the
great Ttunnsus himself, and have caused procla
mation to be made throughout tie length and
breadth of the "Old Guard," that whosoever taketh
him, whether dead of olive, shall nave a chain of
go la put about his neck and be promoted to the
second office in my kingdom.
7. "But what availeth all this, so long as there
are still traitors lingering in my camp, seeking
still farther to corrupt my valiant soldiers; and espe
cially doth it trouble me, when I am credibly in
formed by my spies that the whole tribe of Loco
focos, aided and abetted by a band' of piratical cut
throat Free Masons and Odd Fellows, are about
joining the forces of the enemy, thus seeking to
effect the total destruction of myself and my I aith
tut and true-hearted followers. '
8. "Now, therefore, ye wise men of Gotham; and
ye my chief captains and mighty men of valor,
what do ye counsel and advise to be done in
our present straitened condition; for, unless the de
signs of the enemy are frustrated, there is great
danger that at the grand battle on the eleventh day
of the next month, I shall be defeated, the keys
of the money chest shalt pass into the, hands of
CRADLES the Invincible, and the supreme command
of the armies of Whiggery again devolve upon the
great THADDLDS of Warsaw."
9. And his chief captain of the fiery crest and his
principal counsellor, EDWARD ,
said :—" 01 a ruth
we are in a great strait, and it behooves us to be up
and doing so that we may yet defeat the plans of
the adversary.
10. "Go to—let us seek to entice the Locofocos
to join our ranks, by promising them official sta
tion and patronage, as well as certain-posts of prof
it hereafter; and let us send forth circulars through
out all our dominions calling upon the faithful to
rally for the battle, and induce them to act by all
manner of appeals and false statements, no matter
how glaring and absurd.
11. "we will also apportion our dominions, and
send out, at any expense, our emissaries to excite
the tribe of Silver Greys and induce every man ca
pable of bearing arms to enlist under our banner;
for it may be we shall yet be able to circumvent
the enemy and defeat all their rebellious schemes."
12. And the saying pleased ISAAC well, and he
commanded his chief captains and subalterns to go
out among the hedges and highways, and by per
suasion and by force, and by the power of .money
and by threats, to compel every man to come in
and enlist under his tasselated banner.
13. And his wise men and captains gave a great
shout and cried out:—"Great is 'sue our youthful
sovereign, we will have no other than this man to
rule over us." And he of the fiery crest swore
in.his wrath, that he would neither give sleep to
his eyes nor slumber to his eye-lids until the whole
tribe that had revolted should be brought low at his
feet. He also swore a great oath, that he would.
send fire and sword among the Locofocos and Heath
en, the Masons and Odd Fellows, until their sub
stance was all wasted, and they themselves scatter
ed to the four corners of the earth.
14. And all they that heard him said amen, and
each one departed to carry out the instructions of
his master.
15. But, in the meantime, CHARLES the Invinci
ble, nothing daunted by the smoke and fury that
issued from the Whig-wam of 'exec, pursued the
even tenor of his way, and with great caution and
weariness, continued to enfilade the enemy's en
trenchments, and kept up a galling fire upon his
out-posts, so that the Silver Greys were more and
more straitened every hour, and even BENJAMIN the
Recusant, the would-be keeper of the treasure,
came near falling into the hands of the Woolly
Head legions.
16. And the war waxed hotter and hotter. Each
succeeding day the lines ot,circumvallation were
drawn closer and closer around the Silver Grey
camp, and everything betokened that a great bat
tle was approaching which would decide the fate
of the present rulers of the "Old Guard."
17. And there was great terror and alarm among
the followers of ISAAC, and their knees smote one
against the other. Thus endeth the second chapter
of the chronicles of Lancaster County Whiggery.
A Slander Nailed
The Washington Daily Evening Star, by the way
a spicy and ably conducted metropolitan journal,
thus summarily disposes of the charge made in the
New York Tribune against President PIERCE that
he rides in a magnificent carriage attended' by ser
vants in livery. Even if it were so, we do not
know that the President thereby commits any very
heinous offence; but as the charge is not true, in
point of fact, it is well enough to eace the contra
diction before the public :
The Tribune, of the day before yesterday,publish
es another Washington letter full of shameless sten-,
dens, and asks if it is a fact that the President's car
riage is attended by servants in livery? We ad
swer that it is not trite. His driver and footmen, or
attendant, (for in tnese days the latter is seated by
the driver, rather than standing behind the coach,
as of yore,) are Always as plainly and neatly attir
ed as persons performing like services, who are to
be procured by 'any one, at any moment, in any
very well kept letting-stable in New York city.—
So far as display is concerned, there are, at this mo
ment, one hundred public stables there, from whence
the editor of the Tribune may, on the instant, hire a
far more dashing coach, driver and footman, than
the President keeps, though his turn-out is, as it
should be, neat, comfortable and respectable.
Washington News.
_ - -
Hon. ROBERT J. WALKER has resigned the Chi
nese mission. The cause of his resignation is said
to be owing to the remonstrances of his relatives
against him going; as his health does not improve
as rapidly as it promised to do when he accepted
the appointment.
Hon. JOHN W. DAVIS, of Indiana, has been, ap
pointed Governor of Oregon. An excellent selec
tion.
COI. SAMUEL C. STAM BAUGH, of Pennsylvania n is
appointed Consul at Talcahuana,
We congratulate our friend STAXBAIIGH on his
good fortune, and our only regret is that we shall
lose him for so long a period from our midst. The
station to which he is appointed is said to be a lu
crative one, and we hope the Col. will at the
end of font. years in good health and with an abun
dance of the "needful." Speaking of this appoint
nisnt, the Washington City Evening Star says:—
S. C. STAMBAUGH, of Pennsylvania, ; has been
appointed United States Consul at Talcuahana, in
Chili, one of the best South American ports. This
will be agreeable news, indeed, to the Colonel's
many warm friends from the Arostook to San
Francisco. An appointment more likely to be ex
tremely popular could hardly have been made.
WE SECOND ams. Morrow!—The Cincinnati En
quirer, one of the ablest Democratic papers in the
West, is advocating amendments to the Constitu
tion of the U. States :
1. To elect the President and the Vice President
by a direct vote of the people.
2. To elect our Senators in Congress in the same
manner.
3. To limit the term of the appointment of the
Judges of the United States Courts to eight or
twelve years, and to change their manner of ap
pointment.
PUBLIC OPlNlON.—Resolutions sustaining the
National and State administrations were adopted
last week in the Conventions of Alleghany, Lycom.
ing, Carbon, Montour, Columbia, Philadelphia, Bed
ford, Delaware and Lebanon counties. The work
goes bravely on.
11.7 We are requested to call attention to the
meeting of the stock holders of the Mount Joy
Savings' Institution, which is called in today's pa
per, to take place on Thursday the 13th of October.
The day previously determined 'upon, was incor
rectly published in two of the county papers, and
thepresent period has been fixed, so that there need
be no misunderstanding about the time of meeting.
irr RENJAMIN EATON, • Postmaster at Henrys•
burg, Ohio, has been detected in robbing a letter
passing through hie office. •
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS
Tifswrnicks.—The great Moral Domestic t lay,
entitled "The Drunkard, or the Fallen Saved," was
performed at Fulton Hall, on Saturday evening, to
an oveiflowing house—it being the benefit night of
the gentlemanly Proprietor and Manager. Mr.
Melmann, of course, took the leading part him
self. and to say that his personation of Edward Mid
dleton was admirable and striking, is _what every
body who heard him will readily subscribe to.—
The other parts, in general, were well played, and:
Mr. Wr.Avan, in particular, has no superior in the
personation of Eill Dowtoil.
The same Play was announced for last evening.
irr A live Alligator and Crocodile were on ex
hibition in Columbia last week.
UT' A man named Busa died on Friday, in this
city, from the effects of a sun stroke on the Wed
nesday previous.
117" A new P. 0. has been established on the
Harrisburg Turnpike, four miles west of this City,
called Swarr's Mill,and Jacob Hereby, Esq.; appoint
ed P. M.
V" The Lancaster County Conference of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania, will
meet in this city on the 7th of October.
137 We learn that considerable sickness (bil
lions fever) is now prevailing at Sale Harbor, Co
lumbia, Marietts, and other places along the Sus
quehanna river.
Dl' A MAD Doc was seen running up North
Queen street on Thursday last. In his course he
bit a number of ddgs, several of which have since
been shot. Our citizens should be on their guard,
as there is no telling the amount of mischief he has
done.
CHANGE ON Tin B.A.H.aoAn.—The night line for
Pittsburg now passes through this City at 2 o'clock,
A. 81, and the afternoon line for Philadelphia at
3,50, P. M., instead of 4,55 as heretofore. The
change took place on yesterday.
irr The Lutheran congregationinMaytown, under
the pastoral care of Rev. J. B. Crist, will, God wil
ling, re-dedicate their church edifice on Sunday the
25th inst. The building has been re-modeled and
improved in very neat style. f e
AnsoN.—A man named irtMee " Murphy was ar
rested in Bainbridge, on Tuesday last, on a war
rant charging him with having set fire to the Gro
cery of Sir. John M'Neil, of that place, which was
burned down on the night of the .2d inst. Murphy
entered bail to the amount of $5OO, before Esquire
Foreman, for his appearance at Court.
E 7 A Whig meeting was held on Saturday af
ternoon, at the public house of John Kindig, in W.
Hempfield township, at which, we learn, resolutions
disapproving of the action of the late Whig County
Convention and against the settled ticket were adop
ted. The meeting is said to have been very deci
dedly BouoriTka-ish, notwithstanding the efforts of
the Chairman of the Whig County Committee and
our good friend Mr. Hiestand, who were both pres
ent, to give public sentiment a different direction.
117' Dr. MLWSON 3 Surgeon Dentist at the corner
of N. Queen and Orange streets, above Kramph's
Clothing Store, offers great inducements in the line
of his profession. He visited Lancaster some four
teen years ago, and then gave universal satisfaction.
The additional experience he has had since that
time, makes him an adept in the business, and is a
sufficient guarantee that his Dental operations are
all conducted with the strictest regard to science,
'lad according to the latest improvements in that
branch of Surgery. He has some splendid speci.
mens of teeth, at his rooms, where they can at all
times be seen.
LEGISLATIVE TICKETS.—The two following Le
gitlative tickets, composed of all Whigs, are now
placed before the people of Lancaster county, for
their suffrages in October next, viz:
WHIG TICKET.
John A. Hiestand, City.
Col. Daniel Herr, Columbia.
Henry Gray, Ephrata.
C. L. Hunsecker, Manhenn.
John Rawlins, Martic.
TEMPERANCE TICKET
David Cockley, City.
J. Houston Mifflin, Columbia.
S. Smith Patterson, Rapho.
Cornelius Collins, Colerain.
John Miller, Manheim.
HORSE THIEF Cm:Farm—On Saturday week, a
horse-thief, named Jacob Greiner alias Henry Zook,
(who stole a horse from Abraham Herr, of East
Lampeter township, some five weeeks ago) was
captured by Mr. Reuben Weidler, of Upper Lea
cock township, under the following circumstances:
The thief first took the horse to Fritztown, Berks
county, and sold him to Christian Stauffer, who paid
a portion of the purchase money, and the balance
was to be left on a certain day at Weidler's tavern.
On the day named, the thief called for his money,
when Mr. W., who had been informed of the trans
action, captured him, and had him safely lodged in
our County Prison, where he remains awaiting his
trial. Mr. Weidler deserves great credit for the
promptness and energy displayed by him in arrest
ing the scoundrel.
ART Usrow.—Public attention is directed to the
advertisement, in another column of the Art Union
of Philadelphia. We have received from Mr. How
ma. the magnificent plate representing the celebra
ted PATRICK HENRY, delivering his great speech
in the House of Burgesses, Va., and can truly say
that it is one of the most splendid engravings of
the size we have ever seen. The figures are all
so' life-like and imposing, that one almost fancies
he can see the various conflicting emotions and
passions of his auditors, depicted upon their coun
tenances, while the unrivaled orator was delivering
his philipic against George the Third and his ob
sequious Ministry.
Those of our friends who desire to see this
matchless work of art, can be gratified by calling
at this office.
Conssa STONE Lun.—The corner stone of the
Second Presbyterian Church, (Rev. Mr. Nevin's)
was laid on Thursday afternoon. The articles were
deposited in a tin box, nearly square and closely
sealed. The box was then placed within the stone,
and walled in with brick. The following articles
were deposited in the box, viz:
The Holy Bible; Presbyterian Hymn Book; Pres
byterian Newspapers; all the newspapers of this
City; date of organization of Second Church, Feb.
26, 1852; name of Pastor; Church Session: Hugh
Andrews, George S. Bryan, Hugh S. Gara ; Board
of Trustees: Dr. John Miller, Presd't, Col. D. W.
Patterson, Garret Evarts, Hiram B. Swarr, Elisha
Geiger, Walter G. Evans, Secretary; names of
Church members; Building Committee: Dr. John
Miller, Robert McClure, A. W. Russel, Garret Ev
erts, Sr., Walter G. Evens; Treasurer, A. W. Rus
sel; Architect and Builder, 0. C. M. Caines; Presi
dent U. S. Franklin Pierce; Governor of Pa. Wm.
Bigler; Mayor, C. Kieffer; Judges of the Court; and
U. S. Coin of 1853.
LIFE AND SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY.-By an ad
vertisement in another column, it will be seen that
JAMES L. GIHON, of Philadelphia, has just publish
ed a book with the above title. It is a work that
cannot fail to be extensively sought after and read
by the American people; for whatever may have
been the opinion of many with regard to his politi
cal course and conduct, all are willing to admit that
as a great statesman and highly gifted orator he
had no superior, if indeed he had an equal any where
in Christendom. Now that he is no longer among
the living, his fame has become the property of the
Nation, and his countrymen, without distinction of
pally, will revere his memory through all succeed
ing ages. The name and lame of HENRY CLAY
will be handed down side by side with PATRICK
HENRY, the world-renowned orator of Virginia.
We advise our friends to' procure a copy of this
great work, as it will make a most valuable addi
tion to their libraries, and serve to perpetuate a
name which will never become obliterated from
the pages of our country's history.
SINKING FUND-STATE Dpar.—On Thursday,
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund cancelled,
at Harrisburg, relief notes to the amount of $92,-
598. On June Ist, $1,891 of the same currency
was destroyed, making $94,489. The Philadelphia
argils of that evening says : "During the eighteen
months' administration of Governor BIGLER, the
Sinking Fund account may be footed up as follows
Stocks redeemed $495,750; Relief Notes destroyed
$94,489, making a total of $590,239, which is with
in $70,000 of the whole amount paid during the
three years' administration of Gov. JOHNSTON with
all his boasted claim to financial wisdom and econ•
VERMONT ELECTlON.—Montpelier, Vi., Sep. B.
The returns have been received from 84 towns,
which give the following result: For Governor,
Fairbanks, (Whig,) 9669; Robinson, (Democrat,)
8286; Brainard, (Free Soil,) 8301.
Them has been no choice by the people. The
House is very close, so that the result cannot be
known until the full returns have been received.
PHILIP BARTOW KS:, Eeq -, son of Francis S. Key
author of the 'Star Spangled Banner,' has been ap
pointed by the President, U. S. District Attorney
for the District of Columbia, in place of P. R. Fen
dell, removed.
Judge Lewis' Opinion.
The opinion of Judge lawn in the injunction,
case, against the right of municipal corporations to
subscribe to the Stock of railroads, &c. is very lengthy
and said to be .very able. The reasons which in
fluenced the Judge in sustaining the injunction, are
set forth in thelollowing summing up of the points,
which, we think; make out au exceedingly strong
case, arid which cannot..fail to have a happy effect
upon the public mind in arresting the growing evil
of municipal subscriptions, notwithstanding the op
posite ground taken by a majority of the Court:
1. The proposed subscription puts the property
of the citizen under the control of a private corpor
ation without his consent, thus depriving him of
the right of "possessing and protecting" it, and there
fore violates the first section of the Bill of Rights.
2. It converts the members of a municipal gov
ernment into a corporation which has nothing gov
ernmental in its objects, and which being bound by
contract, cannot be altered, reformed or abolished
at the pleasure of - the peopl and it is therefore, a
violation of the second section.
3. It puts the property of the citizen, without his
consent, under a government where it can no lon
ger be protected by tree and equal votes, but where
ealth controls poverty and where money has more
tes than men; and therefore violates the fifth sec-
On.
4. It deprives the citizen of his property without
judgment to his peers, and without a trial in the
course of law, and therefore violates the ninth see:
tion.
5. It takes the property of the citizen without
compensation, and is, therefore, a usurpation of pow
er not granted, as well as a violation of the rights
plainly expressed and implied in the 10th section.
6. It deprives the citizen of the lands and goods
secured to him by patents, deeds, and other con
tracts, and, therefore, violates the 17th section.
7. It invests' a corporate body with a privilege of
taking property without requiring such corporation
to make just compensation in advance, of to give
adequate security therefor; and, therefore, violates
the 4th section of the amended Constitution.
S. The appointment by the Legislature of the
municipal officers as the agents of the present plain
tiff to charge their lands and goods with these bur
thens, without their actual consent, gives such offi
cers no more authority than a similar enactment
would confer upon Queen Victoria or Emperor the
Nicholas. It is assuming the garb without the reali
ty of assent, and is, therefore, an injury about to be
perpetrated under circumstances of peculiar aggra
vation. To deny a remedy by "due course of law,"
and to refuse to administer "right and justice with
out delay," in such a case would be a violation of
the 11th section of the declaration of rights.
My views on this subject may be unfashionable;
but when credit shall be expended and the day of
payment shall come, when the bonds (which are
to be issued like other obligations of securities with
out any provisions for payment,) shall come to ma
turity, when the railroad excitement shall subside
and reason shall resume her dominion, when the ex
hiliratton of profuse expenditure shall give place to
the gloom to be produced by the grinding exactions
of the tax gatherer—
When the rick shall be impoverished, and the
poor shall be cast into prison—when all classes
shall be involved in millions of debt beyond the
means of payment, when 'individual industry and
enterprise shall cease with the destruction of
individual rights, when the freemen of this Com
monwealth shall thus become the bondsmen of col.-
porationsj shall, if surviving, have the melancholy
consolation of knowing that I have endeayored to
the extent of my feeble abilities, to avert these ca
lamities from my fellow citizens, and to maintain
their rights of property according to my under
standing of the principles of the constitution.
Gov. LETCHER OF ILERTIICKY.—We have just re
ceived from "an old subscriber," says the Washing
ton Union, residing in Jessamine county, Kentucky,
the admirable specimen of oratory that we publish
below. Our friend says that he had the pleasure of
hearing this rare burst of eloquence. It is so char
acteristic of Robert P. Letcher's electioneering ha
rangues, that no man who has ever heard him in
a political canvass, will doubt that he is its le
gitimate father. He seems to have had a very ex.
alted,opinion of the shrewdness of his competitor,
Major Breckenridge; and, whilst he so expressed
himself, he assured his Whig brethren, that the
'old boss' was 'going to win.' Having full confi
dence in the heels and bottom of their nag, they
staked two or three hundred thousand dollars on
him; and when the race was over, it was manifest
that he had scarcely come within ihedistance-pole!
The scene that ensued is easier to imagine than de
scribe. It is enough to say that the Democrats had
nothing to do but rejoice and call for the 'stakes,'
whilst the poor Whig Letcherites were by no
means happy. We take it for granted that the
'old boss' is 'stabled' for life.
But we will detain our readers no longer from
the promised treat. Here it is :
"Fellow-citizens, I have often in my life met
with cunning locofoco adversaries ; but, fellow-cit
izens, this young locofoco Doctor beats them all
for real cunningness that I ever met with. I will
venture to say that if old Mr. Talleyrand were over
here in my place, traversing this district with the
young man, he would often become vexed and con
founded at the sly tricks of the young Doctor. I
believe he is a greater man than Talleyrand ever
was. You; fellow-citizens, have no idea of the
deep game he played on me in sweet Owen, as he
calls that den of locofocoism—to see him in that
den of misguided people, would make you all laugh
heartily at his tricks. Among such people he can
wade more creeks; get over rougher ground, and
travel through heavier rains than any locofoco of
his age in Kentucky. I shall always believe the
young man tried to kill me the last time we were
there together; but never mind all that; the old
hoes is going to win, and I am proud to say that
on Monday next you will find my words verified.
I shall beat him very badly, and he knows it."
REPORT OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE
At an adjourned meeting of the Fruit Commit
the of the Lancaster County Agricultural Society,
held at the public house of Mr. Wm. Wright, Lan
caster, August 22, 1853, a fine assortment of fruit
was exhibited, as follows :
By Casper Hall, of Conestoga, Peaches: Craw
ford's early, early York, early yellow, and Troth's
early red ; Bartlett Pear, Jefferson pluth and Bleak
er's gage.
By J. B. Garber, Pears : The Hosenshenk, Har
icort, Maria Louisa, Apothecary and seedlings of
various kinds--and names of some not known ;
Peaches of different varieties • and a seedling grape
from North Carolina, the earliest here known, fine
and sweet, fully ripe.
By John L. Benedict, Hosenshank and Pine ap
ple pears, early Waxen peach, and a plum raised
by himself, very good for a seedling ; and as he had
no name for it, the Committee named it the 'Bene
dict seedling.'
By M. H. Mercer, (city,) 'Orange Cling,' a peach
as fine to the eye as any exhibited, but the same
cannot be said of its taste .
By W. Whiteside, Esq., Balmer Washington,
Plum, a large, good, well known fruit.
By Wm. iVlatitiot, Esq., Copper Plum, a fine cop
per colored fruit, better to the taste than to the
sight. '
By Levi W. Groff, West Earl, a red plum, a great
ly improved fruit of the nature, or mild red Mum.
...Ay John Zimmerman, a fine, large, excellent plum
—'Lancaster seedling,' raised by himself.
The Hoseshenk pear was, by unanimous consen t
of the committee, pronounced a No.l, the best pre
sented ; a fine, juicy, delicious fruit, too well known
in this country, where it was first raised, a seed
ling, to require a particgfar description. The tree
is a vigorous and strong.growe,r, a great and early
bearer, ripens from middle to the last of August.
The Bartlett Pear, an Eastern variety, fine, large
fruit, very good, has a peculiar, pleasant aromatic
flavor.
The Apothecary Pear, a large, somewhat coarse
grained, sweet fruit, has a peculiar not unpleasant
flavor.
Of Peaches, the Early York was considered the
best before the committee.
01 Plums, the Jefferson is hard to excel
Mr. Garber exibited a variety of seedling Pears,
and several kinds which showed as distinctly the
different stages of improvement by cultivation, from
the mild choke and crab pear, to a fine juicy delic
ious fruit, as mechanism could ehowit from the raw
material to the well finished article.
The committee feel highly pleased with the in.
creased interest shown at each successive' meeting,
both by the number of exibitors, and visitors, as
well as variety exibited, and Batter themselves that
their endeavors in arousing a proper spirit for cul
tivating and disseminating good fruit, have not been
altogether fruitless.
The committee will meet again at the same time
and place with the society, on Wednesday, Septem
ber 7th, of which notice is given, when and where
all are invited to exibit specimens of the fruit they
have, and see and taste what is exibited. By order
of the committee.
JOHN MILLER, Chairman
(,The Democratic Convention of Lebanon
county, at their meeting last week, resolved that it
was inexpedient to settle a County Ticket. A wise
resolve; we think.
What a Bishop !
Bishop Doors, of New Jersey, has been on trial
for a week or two past, (at Camden, - N. J.) before
an Eccleasiastical Tribunal composed of Bishops be
longing to the Protestant Episcopal Church. The
following, constitutes a summary of the charges
preferred against him, which if only the. one-filth,
Were true, ought to consign him to oblivion in the
Penitentiary, without benefit ottlergy
1. In contracting numerous and large debts, be
yond his means of payment, amounting in :March,
1849, to s2Bo,ooo—his property being not worth
above $130,000.
2.. In untruly stating that he gave up his prop
erty to meet a debt not personally to himself, but
growing out of his venture for Christian education
in St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College.
3: In defrauding Michael Hays, of Burlington, by
misapplying notes endorsed by him.
4. A similar charge of delrauding Jos. Deacon.
_ _
5,6, 7,8, 9, 10 and 11, charge himwith having
obtained the names of Joseph Deacon and others,to
endorse his notes, by false representation; and of.
tering notes without having property to meet them.
12. In jeopardizing the property of his ward,
George D. Winslow, by appropriating the same to
his use.
°l3. In defrauding the Camden Bank in the sum
of $lOO, by inducing the cashier not to prole-t a
note, promising to send the money.
14. In drawing checks upon Burlington and other
banks, not having money therein to meet said
checks.
15. In using undue, solicitation to induce Sarah
C. Robardet to loan him $3OOO.
16. Obtaining boo :s from Aerman Hooper for a
Parish library, and misapplying the money collect
ed for that purpose,
17, Is. In incurring heavy liabilities while insol.
vent—several cases particularized,
19. In signing the name ca Horace Binuey, us
a subscriber to a church, tai $l.OOO, without con
sent of said party.
20. In procuring tromMrs. Lippencott a security
held by her, under promise of returning the same,
which he tailed to do.
21: Charging Bishop Doane with "procuring
one Michael Hays to endorse notes to the amount
of more than a thousand dollars, for the accommo
dation of himself, in order that the said notes might
be discounted, for which endorsements he paid, or
engaged to pay, said Michael Hays at an exhorbi•
tant rate, to wit: often at 20 per cent, per annum,
in the several sums for which said notes were
drawn, thereby vioaliting the laws of New Jersey,
when said endorsements were made, becomingguilty
of usury himself, and inducing said Hays to incur
equal guilt—all which was immoral and unbecom
ing a Bishop.
26. In endeavoring to intimidate Joseph Deacon
from taking proceedings againgt him, by doubling
his fist, and using the words," I'll kill you, kill
you."
. .
28. Charges him with making an affidavit, pur
porting to give a full and true list of creditors,
whereas the said affidavit did not contain a full and
perfect list—thus being guilty of a shard disregard
of the solemnities of an oath, and either deliberately
swearing to what he knew to be untrue, or of rashly
hastily, and unadvisedly swearing to what be did
not know to be true.
31. In being repeatedly guilty of using spirituous
and intoxicating liquors, to a degree unbecoming a
Bishop; being intoxicated on board the steamboat
Trenton, in November, 1531. A charge of having
been drunk in Bordentown borough in r iB47, con
tained in the foregoing presentment, is not repeated.
32. For paying usurious interest for the use of
money.
BANK CLIAIITERS.-It is important for the public
to know, says the Democratic Herald, that a power
ful, systematic and determined effort will be made ,
by the advocates of special privileges, to wield the
legislative influence of the Commonwealth the com
ing session. Notices have been given in the Harris
burg papers already,by some fifty different compan
ies, of their determination to solicit banking privi
leges. Fourteen are for re-charter, and the others
for the establishment of new institutions; and al
together embracing a capital of some fourteen mil
lions of dollars, which, multiplied by three would
open the way for a paper circulation equal to forty
Millions. That the people are prepared to allow
of such an increase is not to be presumed: but 'un
less they speak out upon the subject, the evil may
come. The reputation gained by our legislators,
for the past few years, Etas not deen very enviable,
as to morals. And with that reputation, and the
acknowledged characteristics of speculators, it is not
unreasonable to expect that the coming session will
witness scenes of bribery and corruption, not pleas
ant to contemplate. Fifty different applications, with
a common object in view, and backed by the power
and influence of wealth, will be capable, for mutual
interest, of exercising a powerfully corrupting influ-,
ence. If the people would prevent this they must
be vigilant; careful in the selection of men of known
worth and character, to represent them, and steady
and determined in giving encouragement. It will
not do to rely too implicitly upon the rebuttiug in
fluence of the Governor's veto. However pure and
patiotic he may be we have no right to expect the
he will till the preach while we desert him.
BALLOON ASCENSION.-CIIARLES WI SE, son of the
celebrated Aeronaut, made the ascension, instead of
his lather, from Shannondale Springs, Va., on the
Ist inst. He is 17 years of age, and this was his
first attempt at navigating the air alone. ' He had
been up three times before with his lather.
The ascension is represented as a very beautiful
one; and Charles, after being in the air one hour
and fifty minutes, and rising to an altitude of about
two miles, reached terra firma in safety five miles
below Williamsport, Md. 'foe distanle traveled
was 21 miles. Next morning he re-joined his fattier
at Shannondale Springs.
RICH INDEED !—The best joke 01 the season is the
attack of the Whiga on Mr. Ikawley, the Democrat
ic candidate for Surveyor General, accusing him of
intemperance, and recommending the people to vote
for Judge Myers, as-a temperance man. Why, every
body in Harrisburg knows that Judge Myers was
always as great an admirer of the ardent as any
member of the Legislature, during the three sessions
of his attendance here. It will not do, therefore, to
to attempt to play this game. The trick is too
transparent, the people see through it, and are not
to be humbugged in this way.—Harrisburg Union.
Col. JOHN W. RAID/EL—The Washington cor
respondent of the North American, under date o f
Friday, says that this gentleman will commence
the publication of a new Democratic journal in
New York, to be called 'The Press,' about the tat
of October, with abundant capital and backing. It
will not prevent him however, from being again a
candidate for Clerk of the House of Representatives,
to which post he will doubtless be re-elected.
Book Notices,
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLJOURNAL.—The Septem
ber number of this valuable periodical is more than
usually interesting. Amongst the interesting arti
cles contained in it, are—The State Teachers As
sociation ; Education and the Educator, by Profes
sor Stoddard; and an Address to Tcaehers, by L.
T. Covell.
T. H. BURROWEB, Esq., Editor, Lancaster city
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE, for October,is embellish
ad with two beautiful colored engravings—the one
representing "The Sleeper," and the other a Par
isian Fashion Plate. The reading matter is as
usual, of the beet kind of periodical literature.
TEE " SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN."—This excellent
publication enters upon a new volume this week.
We are pleased to know that the proprietors are
enjoying a large share of public patronage. As an
illustrated journal of art, science and mechanics,
the " Scientific American " is invaluable to the
practical man. Published weekly by ,I , ltizirr & Co.,
New York. Terms $2 per annum.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART, for
September, is, a beautiful number. It contains a
large quantity of illustrated information, rendering
it one of the moat valuable works issued from the
prom
ALL FOR Lovz!—Miss MARX Roics, a bloom
ing lass of sixteen, who escaped from the George;
town Convent about a week ago, was married next
day to a Mr. JORDAN, of Virginia. She is a Mis
sissippian, and reported to be worth s3oo,ooo—ou/y!
Wonder which he loved most—the young lady or
her money
113' The Yellow-lever is rapidly abating in New
Orleans; but in Mobile it is raging terribly--from
30 to 40 deaths per day, at the latest accounts.
The Examiner denies that ever Mr REINHOLD,
its candidate for County Treasureri was a Democrat.
I am authorized to say, that such is the fact—that
many of his former Democratic neighbors and ac
quaintances are willing/0 certify that he actedwith
them as long as he resided in West Cocalico town
ship, and that he was always, whilst a resident of
that neighborhood, recognized as a Democrat. His
professions were democratic, and if he voted diffe•
rently he must have acted with duplicity„and has
therefore no claim on either of the great parties of
the county for their support at the present time.—
Mr. Reinhold is a respectable citizen ; but, I ap
prehend, on the score of politics he has been any
thing else than consistent. At least this is the tes
timony of his former neighbors, in opposition to the
denial of the Examiner. Whose opinion, then,
should have most weight with the people of the
county 1 VINDEX.
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