INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., MAY 12, 1857,
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DBBXOCBATXC STATU TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
WILLIAM F. PACKER, lyeoming County.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
NIMROD STRICKLAND, Chester County.
Democratic State Convention.
The Democratic State Convention will re
oonvene, at Harrisburg, on the Qth day of
June next, at 10 o’oloek, A. M., for the pur
pose of nominating candidates to fill vacancies
on the Supreme Bench, occasioned by the
retiring of Chief Justice Lewis, and the ap
pointment of Judge Black as Attorney
General of the United States.
The following are the Delegates from Lan
caster county:
Senatorial —William Patton.
Representative —Thomas S. Mcllvain, Geo.
G. Brush, Jacob F. Kautz, Benjamin M.
Stauffer, Joel L. Lightner.
Mr. Wllmot’i Acceptance,
After a delay of several weeks, we have Mr.
Wilmot's letter accepting the Abolition nomi
nation for Governor. We have read the doc- !
umont with some care, and, although written ,
in good style, there is nothing new in it that j
we can discover. With the exception oft a j
very few lines, it is devoted to a tirade against ;
the Southern States; but, so far as we can j
discover, it advances no new ideas, the writer
apparently contenting himself with a compi
lation of the black republican newspaper arti- j
cles and stump speeches of the last Presiden
tial campaign. Near the close of the letter, ■
Mr. Wilmot takes occasion to endorse a reso
lution of the Convention against the full
participation of naturalized citizens at the
ballot box. This paragraph, although cun
ningly constructed, means that foreign born
citizens are suspicious, and should not be per
mited to enjoy equal privileges with those
born upon the soil. It is a bait thrown out
to catch the gudgeons of the Know Nothing
party, and prepare them to be swallowed up
by the great anaconda of Niggerisra. With
regard to State policy, or matters that more
immediately concern the people of Pennsylva
nia, the would-be Abolition Governor is as
mute as a mouse. lie intimates, lx»wevor,
an intention to stump the State. We hope
he will do so. We should desire no better
sport than to witness the utter discomfiture
which awaits him in an encounter with Gen.
-Packer, the able and eloquent candidate of
the Democracy.
All Hall, Philadelphia!
At the municipal election, on Tuesday last,
the Democrats swept the board —electing their
candidates for City Treasurer and City Com
missioner by a plurality exceeding 9,000 over
the Know Nothing candidates, and by a clear
majority of nearly 5,000 over the combined
vote of the Know Nothings and Black Re
publicans ! They also elected all their candi
dates for Select Council, save o)ie, and sixty
eight of the eighty-five members of Common
Council.
It iB apparent from the result of this elec
tion, that Dred Scott has very few friends in
Philadelphia, and that the followers of “Sam,”
although still numerous, are rapidly diminish
ing. The following is the vote for City
Treasurer and City Commissioner:
Citv Treasurer.
M’Grath. (d.) Potts, (k.n.) Rowland, (b. r.)
28,450 19,000 : 4,45 G
City Commissioner.
Logan, (d.) M’ Whorter, (k. n.) Lyndall,(b. r.)
28,143 18,708 4,482
The vote was small. Whole vote .polled
51,906. At the Presidential election last
November the whole vote polled was 70,150.
“Sam” and “Sambo” have been com
pletely used up in the Quaker City. ■
Well Done, York,
At the recent municipal election in the Bor
ough of York, the Democrats succeeded for
the first time in forty years—electing the en
tire ticket, Burgess, Councilman, &c., by
some -65 or 70 m-ijority. Last fall, when
Mr. Buchanan carried the county of York by
an overwhelming majority, the borough was
against him. So we go.
Tho State Sinking Fand.
From a short statement made by the Com
missioners of the Sinking Fund, and published
in the Harrisburg papers, we learn that the
Fund is virtually a nullity—not a dollar hav
ing been paid into it for the last two years.
The means set apart by statute to create a
Sinking Fund; for the gradual liquidation of
the State Debt, consisting mainly of the Ton
nage Tax collected off the Pennsylvania Rail
road, which for the past eleven months
amounted to $221,248. This sum together
with other resources, has been consumed to
meet the increased expenses of government—
extra pay to legislators, salaries of judges,
etc.
The bill for the sale of the Main Line, which
is likely to pass both branches of the Legisla
ture and become a law, does not realize to the
Treasury one cent above its present income,
while it withdraws the Tonnage Tax, which
is annually increasing in magnitude, from the
payment of the State debt.
Our legislators raised their salaries two
years ago some twenty five thousand dollars,
and depleted the Treasury to that amount.—
At the present session they have raised the
salary again of each member two hundred
dollars more—making an additional drain on
the Treasury of $26,000 1 At this rate of
financiering, can any one tell when the public
debt will be paid or the taxes reduced ?
Mrs. Cunningham Acquitted.
Last week was rendered memorable in New
York city, by the trial of Mrs. Cunningham
for the alleged murder of Dr. Burdell, on the
night of the 30th of January last. The Jury t
was empannelled on Monday. The evidence
for prosecution was all in by Tuesday at noon,
and that for the defence closed on Friday
evening. The counsel occupied the greater
part of Saturday, and after the charge of the
Court the Jury retired to their room, deliber
ated for about twenty minutes, and returned
into Court with a verdict of acquittal. Upon
the rendition of the verdict, there Was an out
burst of applause from the crowd present
which was promptly suppressed by the court.
Mrs. Cunningham and her daughter fainted.
Mr. Eckel the supposed accomplice of Mrs.
Cunningham was then released on his personal
bond of $5,000, to appear on the 18th inst. at
the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
A Double Team*
The Legislature having passed a bill foethe
creation of an additional District Attorney, in
Philadelphia, the Court of Quarter Sessions
of that city have appointed Wm. B. Mann,
Esq., who has been contesting the right of Mr.
Casßidy to the office, to hold < until the fall
of 1859. Messrs. Cassidy . and Mann are,
therefore, District Attornies for Philadel
phia, and, we presume, nothing more will be
heard of the “election frauds” at the lost Octo
ber eleotion.
I®. Governor Walker leaves Was!
City for Kansas to-day.
The Sunbary and Erie Railroad Bill.
The bill giving this company three mil
lions of dollars of the proceeds of the sale of
the public works, in the event that the Penn
sylvania Railroad company should buy them,
has finally passed the House of Representatives
by a majority of six votes. This result was
totally unexpected to persons from a distance,
but not so to those who have watched the out
side manoeuvres of the men who have the bill
in charge, and who are deeply interested in
the passage of this infamous scheme. The
bill has been bored through the House by such
men as John A. Gamble, ex-Canal Commis
sioner; Israel Painter, ex-Canal Commissioner;
James Burns, ex-Canal Commissioner; James
Jackman, and a few others of a like stamp. —
These men have over one hundred miles of the
road under contract. This, contract, which
amounts/to four millions of dollars, was ob
tained no very honorable means, at rates
so high that it is confidently asserted, by men
who are acquainted with the making of rail
roads, that they will make one million of
dollars clear money by the operation, and
that it can be made by sub-letting, without
even turning a hand.
We shall not attempt to censure the mem
bers who have taken an active part in the
passage of the bill, particularly those whose
J constituents are immediately benefited by the
the road ; but we do think that those who live
remote from the road have taken a bold step,
i and brought upon themselves a responsibility
1 which we would not like to incur.
I A reasonable amendment was offered to
j the bill, providing that all the present con
tracts should be rescinded, and that the work
should be re-let to the lowest and best bid.
der; but this was not acceded to by the friends
of the road, because it would defeat the object
of the present borers now at the capital.
1 We are friends of the Sunbury and Erie
: Railroad, and want it made ; but when such
men as we have above named are engaged in
a project of turning the making of-the road to
their own individual advantage, then let us
pause and reflect.
We annex the vote, so that our readers may
'know who voted to squander the people’s
money: .
Yeas—Messrs. Babcock, Backus, Ball, Benson. Bishop,
Brown, Carty, Cleaver, Dickey, Dock. Eystor, Glbboney,
Hamilton, Hancock. Hiesrtand, Mine, Hoffman (ofLebanon,)
Housekeeper, Imbrie, Jenkins. Johnson, Kerr, Lebo, Ma
near, Maugle, M’Calmont, M’llvufntj, Mamma, Nichols,
Nicholson, PeuroHO. Peters, Pownal, Ramsey, (of Phi 1a.,)
Heed, Shaw, Sloan, Struthers, Thorn. Tolan, Vail, Van*
vnorhlK, Vickers, Wagonseller, Walter, Warner, Wintrode,
Wriitht and Yearsley—l9.
Nats—Messrs. Anderson, Arthur, Backhouse, Beck,
Bower, Calhoun. Campbell, Crawford, Ent, Poster, Gildea,
Hamel, Harper, Heins, Ilill, HUlpchk, Hoffman, (of Berks.)
lanes, Jacobs. Johns, Kauffman, Knight, Leisenring, Long
aker, Lovett, Moorhead, N'untieiiiacher. Pearson, Purcell,
Rautsey, (of York.) Reamer, Roberts, Rupp. Smith, (ot
Cambria.) Smith, (ot Centre,) Stevenson, Voeghtley, West
brook, Whartou, Williston, Witherow, Zimmerman anil
Getz, Speaker —l 3.
We have been living at the seat of govern
ment for twenty years past, and have been
about the legislature yearly, but never before
have we observed such a 6etof corrupt borers.
We would rather see the sale of the Publio
Works postponed another year, until the
amendments to the Constitution are adopted,
which will prohibit the State from subscribing
to any project of this kind, than to 6ee this
bill pass.
It becomes the duty of the tax payers at
once to arouse in their might, and stay the
progress of the bill in the Senate. We have
an abiding faith in that body, and look to
them to rebuke corruption and fraud. But if
it should.pass, we have still another hope, and
that is the Governor, who will never, jicver
affix his signature to any bill, if he can be
convinced that it is wrong in principle, and
particularly if he is satisfied that corrupt
means have been U6ed to effect its passage. —
Harrisburg Telegraph.
New Banks.
The following is a list of the bills passed by
-both Houses of the Legislature chartering new
Banks, with the amount of the capital of each,
and also those for an increase of capital.—
The aggregate increase of the Banking capital
of the State is about eight and a half millions :
Union Bank, Reading, $500,000
State Capital, Harrisburg, • 300,000
Coatesville, 160,000
Fayette County, 150,000
Corn Exchange, 500,000
Lewisburg, (increase,) 100,000
Kittaning, - . 300,000
Allegheny, 500,000
Jersey Shore, 100,000
Octoraro, 200,000
Beaver County, 150,000
Phoenixville, 300,000
Schuylkill Haven, 100,000
Commonwealth, 500,000
Tioga County, 200.000
Doylestown, 150,000
Shamokio, 150,000
Iron City, 500,000
Wiiynesburg, (increase,) 100,000
Cataseque, 400,000
Citizens’ Deposit, Pittsburg, (inc.,) 300,000
Easton,- 150.000
Union Bank, 500,000
York County, (increase,) 200,000
Manufacturers’ & Mechanics, (inc.,)700.000
Central Bank, llollidaysburg, 300,000
Pottstown, 200,000
Centre County Bank, 300.000
Crawford County,
McKean County,
Lebanon Valley,
Potter County,
Sale of the Main Line.
Even the Harrisburg Telegraph , an opposi
tion papor, opposes the corrupt p'roject of sel
ling or rather giving away the Main Line
which is now contemplated in the Legislature,
and especially that part of the project which
proposes to squander the proceeds of the Bale.
The following is from its columns :
SUNBURY AND ERIE R.AILROAD BILL. —Th\S
is a bill which proposes to pledge $3,000,000
of the bonds received from the sale of the Main
Line; as collateral security for the redemption
of that much of a loan authorized to be made
by that company, and to pledge the credit of
the State for the redemption of that much of
the loan.
We are warm friends of the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad, and would be rejoiced to see
that improvement made, but we regard ’this
proposition little less than monstrous, and
calculated, if it becomes a law, to defeat every
advantage which the State might gain from
the sale of the Public Works. It isbuttrans
fering the schemes of robbery and plunder
from one theatre to another. It is well known
that the contracts for making that road are
in the hands of a few bold operators on public
improvements, who will be the only party
benefited by the passage of the bill. And
when the money which is borrowed on the
credit of the State is expended, and forty or
fifty per cent, of it pocketed by the contractors,
I the Commonwealth will either have to make
1 new advances to finish it, or suffer an unfin
ished road to be sold, by which time these
very contractors will have enough of the
State's money to purchase it, and leave the
State to pay the balance. The bill was de
feated in the house by a tie vote, but we have
| no doubt will be brought up again, as these
! vultures are not so easily driven from their
I P re y-
<A Great Story. —We direct attention to
Rfstd & Carlton’s advertisement, in another
column. " The Great Story of City Life,”
will doubtless he eagerly sought after and
read by thousands.
ggy* We call the attention-of the Farmers
of this county to the advertisement of Messrs.
Boas, Spangler & Co., which will be found in
another column. They are the sole Manufac
turers of the celebrated Ketchura’s Combined
Mower & Reaper, and from what we have
heard and seen of them, can safely recommend
them.'- They also have and keep constantly
on hand, at their Warehouse in Philadelphia,
& full and complete assortment of AgricuL
tural implements, seeds, £o.
The Dallas-Clarendon Treaty.
It is already known to most of our readers |
that the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, in its amend- ;
ed form, has failed to receive the approval of j
the British government. The administration I
of Gen. Pierce sent it to the Senate, and that j
body ratified it, after considerable hesitation j
and discussion, with several amendments. In ,
its amended form it was sent to England by
Mr. Buchanan’s administration, and now we
have the news-of its rejection by the British
government.. This strange conduct on the
part of the English Ministry, throws all at
sea again, and leaves the Central American
questions entirely unadjusted. The Clayton-
Bulwer treaty remains unexecuted, and Great ;
Britain persists in continuing her Central- ;
American pretensions, whilst our government, '
according to her construction, is prohibited ■
from acquiring a single possession in that j
region of any kind whatever. In other words,
our hands are to be tied, whilst her’s are to
be entirely free 1 At our own doors she asserts
the right to control our movements, and yet,
at our own doors, she claims to enjoy in quiet
territory and privileges whose just existence
this government has always denied. What
preposterous impudence and insolence 1 That
President Buchanan and Secretary CaS9 will
administer a fitting and well-deseryed rebuke
to such unheard of pretensions, >we have not
a doubt The country expects it of them, and
they are not the men to flinch from the faith
ful performance of their duty.
In speaking of the action of the British
government, the Washington Union , of Wed
nesday last, says that this result was substan
tially predicted by the London Morning Post
of the 15th of April, and concludes its power
ful review of the action of the English
■ cabinet in the following style :
The article in the Post, to which we refer,
assuming as substantially accurate the version
i of the amended treaty which had appeared id
| some., of the New York journals, gives us
j distinctly to understand that all the amend-
I meats of the Senate received the more or less
| ready assent of the British cabinet, with one
I exception, and this exception is to be found in
! the alteration made in that portion of one of
the separate articles which had reference to a
recognition of the Bay Islands as belonging
to Honduras. We venture to say that no
citizen of the United States who has been
called to anticipate the actioQ of Great Britain
with respect to this treaty, would have ever
dreamed that the occasion for its rejection !
would have been found in this section and on 1
this point. The claim of Great Britain to the
Bay Islands is incontestably the weakest part
!of her whole case. Her colonization of them
was directly in violation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, not only upon the American construc
tion of that instrument, but upon her own
construction of it. It occurred subsequently
to the date of that treaty, and after she had
solemnly agreed to acquire no rights and
exercise no dominion in Central America.—
Hence it has been always regarded in this
country as one of those passages in her history
which it is difficult to account for, without
impugning offensively her good faith, and her
disposition to observe implicitly her treaty
obligations. To show that we do not exag
gerate on this subject, we subjoin a few para
graphs from the documents which were sent
to Congress by the Department of State in
1855. In the “ Statement for" 1 the Earl of
Clarendon,” which the American minister at
London presented in January, 1854, when our
government was represented there by the
present Chief Magistrate of the United States,
Mr. Buchanan says:
“Great Britain has not even retired from
the island of Ruatan, in obedience to the con
vention. Here no question can possibly arise
from any alleged Mosquito protectorate. This
is clearly a Central American inland, belong
ing to the State of Honduras, and but thirty
miles distant from her port of Truxillo. If
the convention plainly embraces any object
whatever, this must be Ruatan. And yet
Great Britain has not only continued to occupy
this island, but, since the date of the conven
tion, she has actually established a colonial
government over it; and not over it alone,
but, adding thereto five other neighboring
islands on the Central American coast, has
converted them all into the British colony of
the ‘ Bay Islands.’ Public sentiment is quite
unanimous in the United States that the es
tablishment of this colony is a palpable viola
tion both of the letter and spirit of the Clayton
and Bulwer convention.
“ Ruatan is well known to be an island of
great value and importance, on account of its
excellent harborp, which are rare along that
coast. Indeed, it has been described by a
Spanish author ‘as the key tff the Bay of
Honduras, and the focus of the trade of the
neighboring countries.’ Such is its command
ing geographical position that Great Britain,
in possession of it, could completely .arrest
the trade of the United States in its passage
to and from the isthmus. In vain may the
convention have prohibited Great Britain from
erecting or maintaining any fortifications
commanding the Nicaragua canal, or in other
portions of Central America, if she shall con
tinue to exercise dominion over ‘ the Bay
Islands.’ ”
And, again, in his masterly reply to Lord
Clarendon, of July 22, 1854, he thus refers to
the same subject:
“What are the facts of the case? When
tho treaty was concluded Great Britain was
simply in the occupation of Ruatan, under
the capture made by Colonel McDonald. She
had established no regular form of govern
ment over its few inhabitants, who, to say the
least, were of a very heterogeneous character,
She had then taken but the first step, and this
in the face of the remonstrances of Honduras,
towards the appropriation of the island. No
trouble could have been anticipated by the
United States in regard to this island. No
doubt could have been entertained but that
Great Britain would promptly withdraw from
it after the conclusion of the treaty. Her
relation towards Ruatan at this time was
merely that of a simple occupant. From this
occupancy it was easy to retire, and the island
would then have naturally reverted to Hondu
ras. Instead, however, of taking one step
backward, the government of Great Britain
has since taken a stride forward, and has pro
ceeded to establish a regular colonial govern
ment over it. But this is not all. They
have not confined themselves to Ruatan alone,
but have embraced within their colony five
other Central American islands off the coast
of the State of Honduras. One of these,
Bonaeca, says Bonnycastle, is an island about
sixty miles in circumference, and is supposed
to be the first island which Columbus dis-
150,000
250,000
200,000
100,000
$8,559,000
covered on his fourth voyage. It- was not
known, however, in the United States, that
the British government had ever made claim
to any of these five Central American islands
previous to the proclamation announcing their
colonization. Indeed, the British statement
nowhere asserts that any of them had ever
been occupied at any period by Great Britain
before their incorporation with Ruatan, and
the establishment in 1851 of the colony of the
‘ Bay Islands.'
-“In this manner has the feeble State of
Honduras been deprived of every valuable
island along her coast, and is now com
pletely commanded by the impending power
of Great Britain.
“ The government of the United States view
the establishment of the colony of the * Bay
Islands' in a still more unfavorable light than
they do the omission on the part of the British
government to carry the provisions of the
treaty into effect. They feel this to he the
commission of a positive act in 1 palpable vio
lation both of the letter and spirit of the Clay
ton and Bulwer convention.’ ”
Retired. —E. H. Rauch, Esq., formerly of
this city, but for some years past editor of the
Lehigh Valley Times , haß retired from that
establishment, and intends locating at Mauch
QJiunk, Carbon county, where he will again
assume editorial functions by publishing a
paper devoted to the interests of the Black
Republican cause. Ned is a ready writer, and
barring his politics, we wish him abundant
success. He is really a clever fellow, of infi
nite jest and merriment.
The bill for the sale of the Main Line
passed second reading in the Senate, on Sat
urday, without material amendment.
Js?*Jahes G. Campbell, Esq., has been
appointed, by the President, U. S. Marshal
for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Repeal of the Test*
In Senate, May 2. —Mr Finney called up
Senate bill No. 930, to remove the disability
of witnesses on account of religious belief.
Mr. Harris opposed the bill as a dangerous
innovation upon a good and wholesome law.
Mr. Harris said :
Mr. Speaker :—Notwithstanding the al
most unanimous vote with which this bill
passed the Senate on second reading, I am
still disposed to raise my voice against it.
This bill is couched in language that does
not convey its spirit and meaning. It is en
titled “An Act to Remove the Disability of
Witnesses on account of Religious Belief.”
Now, sir, the Constitution provides, in Article
9th, and Section 4th, who shall be qualified to
hold office, and, I think, sir, the same princi
ple will hold good in relation to witnesses,
which reads as follows: “ That no person who
acknowledges the being of a God, and a future
state of reward and punishment, shall, on ac
count of his religious sentiments, be disquali
fied to hold any office or place of trust or profit
under this Commonwealth.” Now, sir, I
think this clause is as applicable to the qual
ification of witnesses as it is to holding office
or places of trust.
When this bill was before the Senate on a
former occasion, I opposed it, on the ground
that I believed that no person that did not
believe in the existence of a Supreme Being,
or of future rewards aod punishments, is com
petent, nor should be permitted to give testi
mony in any Court of justice.
Sir, I look upon it as perfectly ridiculous to
administer an oath to any person that is so far
destitute of moral principle as to deny the ex
istence of a Supreme Being, and absurd, to say
the least of it, to suppose that such a person
would have any principle to govern him in
giving testimony in a case where he might be
interested.
And there is another view I take of it. It
is encouraging and countenancing a doctrine
that ought to be frowned down in every civil
ized country.
Sir, when an individual knows that a pub
lic declaration of infidelity disqualifies him
from coming into a Court of Justice and giving
testimony in a case, he will be careful how he
publicly avows such principles, and know his
baneful influence will not be felt in society
and amongst the youth. But, sir, we are told
that this law should be repealed to remove the
disability of witnesses on account of their re
ligious opinions.
Now, sir, the law, as it now stands, does not
disqualify any person from being a witness on
accuunt of their religious belief. But just the
reverse. It is because they believe there is no
such thing as religion, and because they don’t
consider themselves responsible to any other
tribunal than the law of the land. The Sena
tor from Warren argues that the law which
this act repeals prevents a large and respecta
ble class of our fellow citizens, who have a
religious faith, from being witnesses in Courts
of justice. He had reference, no doubt, to
those that believe in the doctrine of universal
salvation.
But, sir, it does not include that clasß of
citizens who believe in future rewards, and
also that they are responsible to a Supreme
Being. It only includes that class
who are open and avowed infidels ; andmy
mind is unchanged in relation to the propriety
of repealing the law that disqualifies them
from ooming into Court and giving testimony
when a citizen’s life, character and aaroperty
are in jeopardy. And I think, sir, thijpposition
some Senators took on former occasions to this
bill, was calculated, to say tho least of it, to
lower the standard of the Christian religion,
and encourage infidelity ; and, sir, I will raise
my voice and record my vots against it, if it
stands solitary and alone.
Mr. Laubacu looked upon the matter in the
same light. The old law was a wholesome
and venerated one, and he was opposed to any
innovation upon it.
The bill passed—24 to 6, as follows :
Yeas —Messrs. Brewer, Browne, Coffee, Ely,
Evans, Fetter, Finney, Flenniken, Frazer,
Gazzam, Ingram, Jordan, Knox, Lewis, Myer,
Scofield, Shuman, Souther, Steele, Walton,
Welsh, Wilkins, Wright and Taggart, Speaker
—24.
Nays —Messrs. Cresswell, Harris, Killinger,
Laubach, Sellers and Straub—6.
Sensible Talk,
The London Times is very kind to tell the
United States what their duty is and what
their honor requires ; but this country has a
habit of deciding these points for itself. The
Times thinks the decision of the Supreme
Court, that negroes are not citizens of the
United States, denies the right of any state to
make them citizens of a state. The Times
does not understand what it is talking about,
evidently, and before it undertakes to school
us about our constitutional duties, had better
learn the difference between our state and
national constitutions. The Times thinks Mr.
Buchanan greatly to blame for not volunteer
ing to aid English conquests in China; but
the London Chronicle takes a different view
of the matter. It sayß :
“We have always argued, that whatever
steps might be taken to obtain commercial ac
cess to that almost unknown world, the im
mense Chinese empire, should be adopted in
the name of the whole civilized nations of the
globe. But we have no right to call upon
other states to take part in, or to sanction,
deliberate fraud and ruthless massacre. In
arguing on behalf of joint action, it has always
been with a reservation that we have strictly
no right to ask other nations to render their
respectability a cloak for our iniquities. Had
the government of the United States fallen
into the trap laid for them by Lord Palmer
ston,, they would have given a retrospective
sanction to his proceedings, of which his par
asites would not have been slow to take ad
vantage. As it is, should President Buchan
an persist in withholding his assent to the
proposed co-operation, he will have recorded
another condemnation of the Chinese massa
cres, more signal and far reaching than even
the vote of ceasure passed by the House of
Commons against Lord Palmerston’s policy,
upon the motion of Mr. Cobden.”
The President and Cabinet.
The Washington correspondent of the Daily
Bay State, says in his last communication to
that journal:
“ The new administration is fully meeting
the expectations of its most anxious support
ers. The President and Cabinet are slowly,
but surely, working themselves and govern
ment out of the difficulties which were sup
posed to surround them ; and thus far their
action has met the decided approval of the en
tire Democratic party. Even the opposition
have been compelled to admit that an unusual
degree of fairness and liberality has been ex
hibited in the management of affairs thus far.
“ The result of the election in Connecticut
has fully confirmed the wisdom of Mr. Bu
chanan in selecting Mr. Toucey for a member
of his cabinet. And the enemies and oppo
nents of that able and judicious statesman
have the mortification of beholding his native
State rallying around him and the principles
he advocates, and his friends here have the
satisfaction of knowing that his policy has
elevated the Democratic party to its legitimate
position. Henceforth fanaticism must find a
home on other soil.”
A Negro in Limbo.— We find the following
news item in the columns of one of our ex
change papers, to which we invite the atten
tion of the mock philanthropists who can
sympathise with no distress unless it is con
nected with a black akin and curled hair:
Forgery by a Colored Clergyman.— The
Rev. Samuel R. Ward, pretty well known as
a negro preacher, has been banished for for
gery to the British penal colony on Van Die
mand's Land. Ward was concerned in the
slave rescue at Syracuse, New York, and
afterwards went to England and became a lion
among the British Abolitionists. Scraping
together a little money, he went to the British
West Indies and bought a plantation, and it
was there he committed the crime for which
he has been banished. His family are in this
country in a destitute condition.”
Where is Horace Greely ? Where are the
freedom shriekers, that there are no howls
over this terrible outrage upon an eminent
Black Republican—a political preacher into
the bargain ? Is it not an abominable shame
that a sable individual should be treated pre
cisely like “ sassy white folks,” who are guilty
of violating the laws ? In England, too, where
philanthropy has run mad in relation to ne
groes for half a century I What is the world
coming to—a negro to fare no better than a
white man, is an outrage net to be overlooked*
The “ Pittsburg Union.”— We have ne
glected heretofore t-o mention the fact that
Thomas J. Keenan has disposed of his interest
in the Pittsburg Daily Union to Messrs.
John 11. Baiiy & Co., Mr. Baily assuming the
editorial duties. He is said to be a gentleman
of fine abilities, and the Union , under bis
management, promises largely to help on the
Democratic cause. The last number, however,
gets into a passion on the matter of the ap
proaching comet, and rails at things generally
in this wise:
“ It may be, however, a very well behaved
comet, and may not be guilty of any of the
charges that are made against it, but i£ has
certainly chosen a very unfortunate time for
its engagement. The Burdell murder, the Al
toona homicide, the Washington tragedy and
the McKeesport butchery, without even allu
ding to the sale of the Main Line, are about
enough to justify the conclusion of the old wo
man, that after all the comet is only the d—l
in disguise. If so we anticipate a short visit,
for a single glance will satisfy him that his
business is going on about as well as if he
were peisonally present.
Bills Signed by ihe Governor.
Harrisburg, May 6.—The following bills
have been signed by the Governor, viz: —To
incorporate the Commonwealth Bank of Phil
adelphia ; to incorporate the Corn Exchange
Bank of Pbilada.; to incorporate the Union
Bank of Philada.: to make the Lewisburg
Savings Institute, a bank of issue ; to charter
the Allegheny Bank ; to incorporate the Bank
of Chester Valley at Coatesville ; to extend
the charter of the Doylestown Bank ; to in
corporate the Union Bank of Reading; to in
corporate the Cataeaqua Bank; to incorporate
the Kittaning Bank of Beaver county.
Also, the Bill relative to the election of
Brigadier General, and for the relief of Gen
eral Small; to consolidate the Lebanon Valley
and Philadelphia and Reading Railroads ; to
refund certain moneys to Messrs. Bingham &
Dock; relative to the Lehigh Crane Iron
Company; supplement to the Dauphin and
Susquehanna Railroad charter; to incorporate
the Lehigh and Delaware Water Gap Railroad
Co.; supplement to the act to incorporate the
Northern Home for Friendless Children, and
to incorporate the.Xoung Men’s Christian As
sociation.
Black Republicanism always the same.
—The adjournment of the Black Republican
Legislature of New York is the occasion of the
following remarks in the Albany Atlas and
Argus. They cannot be too carefully read or
too extensively circulated :
* “ The Black Republicans commenced with
an overwhelming majority. They passed 800
laws. They emptied the treasury. They an
ticipated its resources for years to come.—
They sanctioned hundreds of illegitimate
claims. They overrode the vetoes of their
own chief magistrate. They rejected his
nominations. They assailed the constitution
of the United States and of the State; de
clared defiance of the Courts, and overturned
the chapters of the chief cities. They reversed
the rules of the common and commercial law,
and unsettled every vested right in the State.
While doing this, they cried ‘liberty, liberty,
liberty—the negro, the negro, the negro!’—
But they passed no liberty bill. They tossed
the measure from house to house, and aban
doned it*. They voted for vaporizing resolu
tions ; but the lover of liberty will look in
vain through the immense statute book of the
year fora single word in protection of human
rights. He will find nothing but acts of
spoliation and disorganization. Black Re
publicanism is the same every where—corrupt,
hypocritic, impudent and false.”
The Burdell Murder Trial.— The testi
mony for the prosecution in the case of Mrs.
Cunningham, charged with the murder of Dr.
Burdell, was concluded on Thursday, and con
siderable evidence was taken for the defence.
Probably the most important of what was
received from the witnesses for the prosecu
tion, was that elicited on the cross examina
tion of Dr. Uhl. The Ductor’s impres
sion appears to be that the wounds were 1
inflicted by a tall person, having a consid
erable amount of anatomical knowledge.—
The situation in which blood was found—in
the doctor’s room ; on the stairway wall; on
the hall door; on thehall basement floor; on the
hinge side of the basement front door, and
again on the door of the main entrance, ap
peared to indicate that the person who com
mitted the deed had passed out of the .room,
down the stairs to the main floor; then turned
and passed down into the basement hall, tried
to find the knob of the front basement door,
and (ailing, had returned and passed out of
the main door into the street. Dr. Carnochan,
called for the defence, agreed with Dr. Uhl in
all that pertained to the manner in which the
deed was done.— N. Y. Times.
Terrible Affair in Wake County, N. C.
—On Thursday night last, sajß the Raleigh
Register , Messrs. Albert Ilinton, James Pen
ny, and Keith, three citizens of this
county, who were acting as a patrol under
the appointment of our court, in the discharge
of their duties visited the plantation of Mr.
B. K. S. Jones, about 10 miles from this city,
where a negro wedding was in progress. On
going into the kitchen, where the negroes
were assembled, William Robertson, a free
negro, who was sold out of the jail in this city
some time last year for debt, assaulted Mr.
Hinton with an axe, splitting his head open,
and inflicting a wound upon him which proved
fatal. The same negro struck Mr. Penny with
a shovel and knocked* him senseless to the
ground. Mr. Keith was also knocked down,
but by whom it is not known. Messrs. Penny
and Keith soon recovered. Mr. Hinton re
sided about four miles from town, and was
one of the most estimable men in the country.
Our citizens are greatly incensed against the
perpetrator of this outrage, and a large num
ber of* them joined Sheriff High yesterday
morning, and went in search of the diabolical
fiend. The negro, William Robertson, is des
cribed as very black, and about six feet in
height.
Riot in Clearfield County.— A serious
pitched battle occurred between the regular
raftsmen and the log-drivers, from Williams
port and Lookhaven, on Saturday week, on
Clearfield creek, one of the tributaries of the
West Branch of the Susquehanna. It seems
that the raftsmen demanded that the logs
should be kept baok by a temporary “ boom, ”
until the rafts should get out of the creek.—
This the log men refused, and made a violent
attack, in which a man named Rephart was
shot through the head, and instantly killed.
Four men were seriously injured with buck
shot, and a large number injured by clubs,
stones and other missies. A fearful excitement
exists, and there is no telling where the mat
will end. The Harrisburg Telegraph says a
bill is now before the Legislature designed to
give the regular lumbermen redress by com
pelling the log men to raft their logs, instead
of floating them promiscuously, but, owiDg to
the illness of Mr. Petriken, of Lycoming, who
represents the log interest, the members feel
a delicacy in acting upon it. But this fearful
state of things will, doubtless, cause them to
take it up and pass it without delay.
Heavy Lime Business. —There is a vast
amount of business done in the way of lime
burning within a circuit of a few miles of
Norristown. Among the heaviest operators,
we suppose, are Messrs. William & Robert
Magee, of the “Norristown Lime Works.”—
From some statistics published in the Repub
lican it appears they have 23 draw kilns in
operation. These all face the Schuylkill, and
are perpetually on fire, the work, however,
being so arranged that the hands rest on the
Sabbath. Their property was purchased of
Wm. A. Crawford, Esq., comprising 20 acres,
for $20,000. The breast of stone which they
quarry to water level is about 70 feet high,
running back hundreds of feet. It will last
for years yet to come. Besides their heavy
retail business, they ship a large quantity for
agricultural purposes, into New Jersey, Del
aware, Maryland, and even further South.—
They ship most of their lime in their own
boats and cars.
Politics in the Pulpit.— Ex-Senator Dick- :
inson.of New York, in one of his orations, thus
speaks of the effect of introducing politics into
the pulpit: “It has done more to demoral
ize the public mind than any other social evil,
for it has planted death in the seat of life ;
it has done more to desecrate the cause of re
ligion than the worst opinions of Paine—more
to raise up an army of scoffers than the wri
tings of Yoltaire—more to manufacture infi
dels than the seed sown in the revolution of
France: and when all these influences shall
have been exterminated or forgotten forever,
the plague spot of political pulpit* will rest
upon society like a deadly incubus. ;;
CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS.
City Finances. —Counoils held their stated
meetiug for May on Tuesday night last. The eession was
length..'—the respective bodies not adjourning until 11
o'clock. The reports of the Finance, Water, Engine and
Hose C-.mimittees, and that of the late City Treasurer were
read. From the Finance Report we learn that the total
amount of the City Debt Is $371,832 06. The City Treasurer,
Dr. Welchens, presented his report of the present condition
of tha Treasury, from which it appears that the amount of
money received since
March 25th, 1857, was ■' $10.959 00
Amount disbursed, during the aamer s> perlod, 10.708 77
Balance In Treasury, May sth,
School Directors. —The following gentle
men were chosen School Directors, for three years, at the
election on Tuesdsy last: —lion. A. L. Hayes, Edward C.
Darlington, Jonathan Dorwart, Benjamin F. Shenk, Joshua
W. Jack, F. J. Kramph, Theo. Fenn, John Hamilton, W.
G. Kendrick, Wm. B. Wiley, David Hartman and Amos
Slaymaker.
Franklin and Marshall College —The
Sommer Session of this Institution commenced oa Wed
nesday morning last. It was opened by an address from
President Gerhart, delivered before the Professors, Stu
dents, and a number of citizens, who assembled in the
Chapel of the College, at 10 o'clock. The address was
lengthy, and was marked with the well known ability of
the President. It was listened to with great interest and
attention throughout.
For Europe.— Re?. Mr. Kampman, Pastor
of the Moravian Church of this city, Rev. Levin T. Reichel,
formerly of Lltiz, but now of Salem, N. C-, Rev. Mr. de
Schweinitz, of Philadelphia, together with a number of
prominent members of the Moravian Church of this coun
try, sailed last week from New York, in the steamship
Africa, for Europe, whither they are delegated to attend
the meeting of their Synod, which la to be held at Herrn
hut, in Germany.
Lancaster County School Superinten
dent.—The Convention of School Directors of Lancaster
County, met at the Court House, in this city, on the 6th
Inst., and elected Rev. John S. Crumbaugh County Super
intendent, Axing his salary at $l5OO per annum. Resolu
tions were adopted, praising the new school law, as having
been of great benefit to the State, and as inaugurating a
new era in our public school system.
Pens! Pens!! —Murray, Young & Co. have
always on hand a capital assortment of Pens, which they
import direct trom the Manufacturer in Europe. We have
tested the different kinds, and find them to be every thing
promised by these gentlemen. To those of our friends
desirous of patronizing Messrs. Murray, Young A Co. we
would especially recommend the ’‘Commercial,'’ “Extra
Fine,” and new Btyl* “Elastic," as all excellent of their
kind. The latter especially is one of the very best pens
we have ever used. Call and examine thoir assortment, as
there is no charge made for looking at them.
Board of Licensers.—Petitions are in
circulation in this city asking the Legislature to exteud
that portion of the Liquor Law which vests the power of
granting licenses, iu Philadelphia and Allegheny, in a
Board of Licensers to this county. Much dissatisfaction
exists in this city at the manner in which the licences for
taverns and eating houses have been granted. The peti
tioners think, and vre agree with them, that the matt-r
could be better arranged, so that justice might be meted
out to all, by the appointment of such a board.
Portrait of Capt. Duchman. —A beautiful
crayon ambrotype likeness of Capt. Duchman has been
executed by Addis, of East King street, and bung up in
the Fencibles' Armory at Fulton Hall. This portrait, which
la of large size, is haudsoinely framed in a hoary, gilt oval
frame, and was ordered by some of the Captain's military
friends. As a work of art it reflects much credit upon Mr.
Addis.
The Fencibles —The Fencibles paraded on
yesterday afternoon with full ranks, and excellent music
from their band. They were inspected in Centre Square
by Brigade Inspector Amweg. The company looked ex
tremely well.
Charge of Larceny.— Catharine Clency,
and John, her husband, were arrested on Saturday, brought
before Aldermao Mu.iser, and committed to prisou, in
default of bail, to answer a charge of stealing $1,170, be
longing to Owen Cook, a workman at the Safe Harbor Iron
Works.
Centre Square Grocery. — The establish
ment of*Mr. John W. llublet, in Centre Square, presenu
very superior attractions. He has recently greatly enlarged
bis store room, and added to his stock an immense quantity
of Groceries, Queensware, Ac., Ac., all of a superior quality,
and at prices to suit every body. Mr. H.’s enterprize de
serves success, and we are gratified to know that it meetsi
with corresponding encouragement from a discriminating
public. For further particulars, see advertisement la
another col umn.
Educational—Visits of Tnc County Su
perintendent.—Educational Meetings will bo held In the
following School Districts, at the times hereinafter speefied:
Little Britain. Tuesday, the 19th, at 3 o’clock,at the new
school house. Poplar Grove.
Fulton, Wednesday, the 20th, at 3 p. m., at the Rock
Spriug School.
Drumore, Thursday, the 21st, at 2 p. m., at
Chestiut Level,
Pequea,
Conestoga and Conestoga Centre, Friday evening, the
22d, in the Methodist Church, at candle light.
Manor, Monday, the 25th. at 3 p. m., at the Prospect Hill
School, and in the evening in Washington borongh, at
candle light.
West Hempfield, Tuesday, the 26th, in the evening.
Mountville, at candle ILlit.
Maoheim twp., Wednesday, 27th, in the evening.
Neffsvjlle,
West Earl, [The blanks will be filled this week.
Earl,
East Lampeter, Saturday, the 30th, at 2 p. m., at Enter
prize.
At La'st.— For the past two years, says the
Inland Daily, a portion of the roof of the Court Uousa baa
been leaking, to the sad detrimeat of the beautiful cciliog
of the main Court Room, and of late this leakage has
become considerably worse, until the ceiling and wails of
Court Room are completely blotched in places with stains.
For some time it was presumed that the whole of the tin
roof was defective, but upon closer examination it has been
found that nearly ail the leakage arises from defects in
that part of the roof immediately under the dome, and that
the rain entering there, ran down the rafters and then
dripped on tho celling. To avoid this, tho Commissioners
have determined to try West’s celebrated Galvanic Cement,
and are now having the defective part completely covered
with this water and fire proof roofimg, and It is to be hoped
it may have the effect of staying the destruction that has
been so long going on in this beautiful and costly structure.
Frank Stocch’s Annual Examination.—
The Annual Examination of Frank Stouch’i Juvenile
Class will take place at Fulton Hall, on Thursday evening
next. It will be a grand affair, as Frank and his pupils
are making great preparations for it. All those fond of
“tripping it on the light fantastic toe” will avail them
selves of the opportunity of being present. it is always an
agreeably speDt evening at Frank’s parties.
Mr. Gough’s Lecture. — Fulton Ilall was
well filled on Friday evening to hear the lecture of this
distinguished advocate of temperance, but not crowded as
on former occasions. The lecture was a brilliant and cap
tivating entertainment to those present.
Burglary. —The house ef Mr. Henry
Myers, corner of Orange and Mulberry streets, was entered
on Friday morning, about 1 o’clock, ADd robbed of the
following articles:—Six Table Spoons, six Tea Spoons,
-marked C. H. M., two Butter Knives, ten Table Knives,
twelve Forks, one Veil, on Tidy, two Pocket Books, and
$5,00 in money. The family heard the noise and immedi
ately gave the alarm, when the thief fled, leaving behind
him his hat and boots ; tho hat is a white slouch, with a
velvet ribbon, which will, we hope, help tn find ont tho
perpetrator of the theft.
Columbia Affairs. —We extract the fol
lowing from Saturday’s Spy:
■Of*-As we anticipated the Commissioners of the Colum
bia Manufacturing Company- have not let the grass grow
under under their feet. By reference to their advertisement,
of to-day, it will be seen that they propose opening boooks,
on Saturday tho 23d inet., at Col. Green’s offieo for the
subscription of stock.
We understand tbat a favorable opportunity offers for
starting this enterprise, under very fair auspices, and that
it is the determina'ion of those concerned to push it ener
getically. What we before said in reference to the interest
of Columbians in forwarding this undertaking, we repeat,
and call upon our citizens generally to come forward and
give the encouragement tbat any effort to improve the
interests of the place, through its business, deserves at
their hands.
*3* The river, since the heavy rains of the early part of
the week, has been running very high, and has completely
suspended raft navigation for the time. We notice that
the rafts attached to the pier, are as safe as those made
fast to the wharves. The water, during the present freshet,
has been at as high a stage as it attains, except in'extra
ordinary cases, during the rafting seassn, and this, together
with the severe trial sustained during the ice flood in the
winter, we thiok satisfactorily proves the solid construc
tion ofonr pier, and no fears Deed be entertained for the
safety of any lumber, once carefully secured to it, after the
test of the last week’s high water.
The force of the current broke the tow-Uue of another 1
canal boat while crossing the river, a few days since, but :
the hands, fortunately, succeeded in “snubbing” her to
one of the large bitching posts of the pier.
The river is rapidly falling as we go to press, and before
our paper is out we expect to see a fresh irruption of
raftsmen.
43“ A reword of fifty dollars has been offered, by the
officers of the Susquehanna and Vigilant Fire Companies,
for the arrest and conviction of some one or more pitiful
scoundrels who broke the windows of both engine
houses, on Friday and Saturday nights last. We trnstthey
will be successful in bringing them to justice. A more
cowardly deed, and one more deserving of punishment, has
neYer been perpetrated in our town.
a stated meeting of tho Vigilant Engine and 1
Hose Company, held In theiY hall, on Friday evening, May
Ist, 1867, the President announced the death of Colour
J. Bull, one of their members when the following preamble
and resolution were unanimously adopted:
Whxkzab, It has pleased the Almighty Ruler of all
things, to remove from our midst, in the prime of life, our
late worthy fellow-member, who was ever reedy to do his
duty, we bow with humble resignation to this dispensa
tion, and sincerely condole with the family of the deceased
is his sudden removal from os; therefore,
Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings he sent to
the family of the diseased, and, also, be published in the
Columbia
New Lecture and School House.— The
Vestry of Trinity Lutheran Church, Duke street, have
resolved to erect a building, to be used for Lectures and
Sabbath Schools, In James street, east of North Queen, and
appointed Messrs William Friok, J. W. Hubloy a D d Wm.
Buck) us a committee to receive proposals for tho same.—
The building is to be of brick, with slate roof, 30 or 35 feet
front, and 40 feet in depth. This is a commendable enter
prize, and in an Inviting locality.
Another Citizen for Europe.— Mr. Chas.
W. Cooper, of this city, will leave this week for Europe,
where be contemplates a tour for health and pleasure. He
expects to return in the Fall.
Licenses. —The Court was engaged last
week on the City applications for tavern and eating house
licenses, and, also, for eating houses in the county. The
following tavern licenses were granted:
N. W. Ward.—Samuel Showers, Isaac Weller, P. O.
Grelder, George Kircher. Frederick Cooper, Jacob Leman,
J. A D. Reese, Michael McGrann, John Michael, Emanuel
Shober, Henry S. Sbenk, Wendell Martxall, Abraham
Hostetler, H. BUckensderfer, King A Colvin, Mary Weldler,
H. U. Eshbach.
N. E. Ward.—Solomon Sprecher, Anthony Lechler, Owen
Hopple, Barnett A Cox, Harriet T. Keller, John Hamilton,
Connd Milter.
S. W. Ward.—Philip Fitzpatrick, Caleb Baldwin, John
Urban, Christian Shenk.
S. E. Ward —J. R. Jameson, Wm. T. Youart, George L.
Messenkop, Conrad Piltt, Margaret McGonlgle.
The following eating house Ucenßes were granted :
S. W. Ward.—Amos Fuok.
N. E. Ward.—Sarah Matthews.
S. W. Young, Frederick Hess.
S. E. Ward.—Abner Miller, Philip Snyder.
The following eating house licenses in the county were
granteed:
Columbia Bor.—John Kramer, Joseph Mack.
Drumore —Barbara Johnsoo.
Hempfield East—D. S. Royer, Petor Dommey.
Little Britain—Wm. A J. F. Paxoon.
Maohelm Bor.—J. R. Evans.
Manor—Peter Campbell.
Marietta Bor.—Benjamin Taylor.
Paradise—Joseph Donlghy.
Especial Notice. —Those of our readers
who are troubled with Coughs and Colds, Bronchial or
Throat Diseases, we advise to try one bottle of a very
agreeable medicine called “Pectoral Syrup,” prepared by
Dr. Geo. H. Keyser, Wholesale Druggist, of 140 Wood street,
Pittsburgh, Pa., which'ls as much superior to the various
nostrums with which the country is filled, as one medicine
can be to another. You can get It at Heloitah'a, 13 East
King street.
For the Intelligencer.
The Course of the Democrats of Lane as-
ter County Next
Mr. Editor: —When the old Whig party went asunder
and a portion thereof delusively embraced the new and
fanatical doctrines then, for the first time, seriously ad
vanced, the reiuaiuder of that organization, like all other
Constitution and Uuion-loving men, flocked to the standard
of Democracy as the only availablo contra around which
could be gathered strength sufficient to defeat the so-called
Republican party, the tendoucy of whose doctrines they
considered daugorous to the country.
To the constancy aud uniformity with which the Demo
cratic party has invariably adhered to the plain aud beaten
track. And the uncompromising vigilance with which It
has guarded against all innovations, was It Indebted in the
recent Presidential election for the support of the uinny
sober-minded men who enlisted themselves in Its ranks,
and contributed to its success by their efforts and votes.
1 1 was a sublime moral spectacle, not soun to be forgotten,
to see men, bitter political oppuneuts but a year before,
under a sense of duty, rise superior to former political
differences, make common cause, and, side by side, calmly
but determinedly march to tho polls and record their votes
In support of the faith of their fathers, their country and
the Constitution.
To tho Democracy of Pennsylvania, who occupied the
post most violently assailed by the opposition, bolongi
particular praise. They are now eutrenebed in the hearts
of the people firmer than oror, and next fall’s Guberna
torial election will add another to the many glorious vic
tories they have achieved.
Even In our own County of Lancaster they have been
making rapid progress since the dissolution of the Whig
party, and are daily gaining to their ranks the practical
and sound-minded of the community.
In 1*155 the Democrats of Lancaster County pollod a little
over 4500 votes. In 1356, the following tall, they polled
over 8700, being an increase of some 4200 votes in one year.
Tho former year they elected their County Treasurer and
two Representatives. In the latter, the opposition minority
for Congress, tho highest offico to be filled, on a fair
trial, with two tickets In tho fWld. amounted only to 1671
votes over the Democratic candidate; whereas at Taylor’s
election (1848) the Democrats were beaten by 5310 majority.
Thus showing au immense falliug off from tho opposition,
which, with the same causes at work, will in a few more
years, if not soonor, make the county Democratic.
The Old Line Whigs cannot and will not support tho
abolition free-trader Wilmot next fall. For County officers
the election may be animated, not because any political
priuciples will be Involved, but because the offices to bo
fillod are lucrative and eagerly sought after. Already have
a great number of candidates submitted their claims to the
stalled Uuion convention, which is to meet some time next
fall. That body will be composed of persons entertaining
sentiments directly opposite and hostile to each other—ultra
KnnwSo/Jiings and At/olMoni*ts. The only cohesive ele
-1 ment entering into it will bo a hope of spoils. It will not
be composed of the sound and minded of tho com
munity, but of demagogues who sought to distinguish
themselves lost foil, with a view to subsequent elevation.
’ A uian is no longer to be placed In office because he is
; honest and capable. Tho Captaiu of Tuns, the Leader of
j Clubs, Chairman of Committees, Blowor of Trumpets, Car
j rier of Banners, and Poster of Bills, are the persons to be
I rewarded.
The consequence oaslly to be foresoen is, that the ticket
nnmioated by such a convention, governed by underground
intluence , corruption, and transactions of bargain and sale,
will in no wise be satisfactory to those who look beyoud
tho interest of political hucksters, to the true prosperity of
the county. Giving agitators office would encourage agi
tation in the future and force all modest, deserving men
to becoma such, or be entirely excluded from participation
in the rewards of a useful and faithful citizenship, and, at
the same time, deprive the community of their services in
public.
That there aro many such who, next fall, will cheerfully
oppose the rotten system of the Union County
Convention, by voting for a good, reliable Independent
County Ticket, if such an one can be brought out, Is what
I sincerely believe. Many of these mou too, In a choice
between the Unioo and an exclusively settled Democratic
County Ticket, would not vote at all.
The question, in my mind, then resolves itself into this:
Shall the Democratic party, In this county, whose policy
ever has been “the greatest good to the greatest number,
and trranoy over none,” givd these raeo an opportunity of
doing bo, and, by enlisting into thoir raoks the good and
true of every past party, crush the contemptible and cor*
rupt combination of brawllug politicians and unprincipled
office hunters now aspiring to place and power? If the
Democratic party desires to do so, let them avoid settling
candidates for the County offices. Beyond the Senate and
Assembly no political principles are involved In the nomi
nations. The only real objects should be the dofeat of two
corrupt organizations entering into tha Union Convention,
and the election of good and reliable officers.
Let an independent County Ticket be formed, therefore,
of the best material, and let the Democrats of Lancaster
County unanimously support it. These are the views of a
DEMOCRAT.
Federal Offices. —Tho Doited States Cus
tom House baa two thousand nine hundred
and seventy-three agents and offices; the Land
Office eighty registers; there are fifty Indian
agents and superintendents, with two hundred
and fifty employees; seven Governors of Ter
ritories; four hundred and fifty clerks in the
Treasury Department; four hundred and
thirty-one clerks in the Interior Department;
ninety-four in the Post Office; fifty-seven in
the Navy, and ninety in the War. There are
nine full foreign Missions, and two hundred
and forty-one Consulates.
Horse and Mule Shoes for the Army.—
The house of Messrs. Burden & Sons, iron
manufacturers at Troy, New York, have con
cluded a large contract with the Government
to supply the horse and mule shoes used in
the service. These shoes are to be made by- a
machine lately invented by Mr. Henry Bur
den, which turns them out at the rate of fifty a
minute, or about ten tons a day. There are
about 1,500,000 pounds worn out annually in
the Government service, and the Quartermas
ter General has made a contract with the
Messrs. Burden for a much superior article
than can be made by hand, and at less than
half the cost. These shoes are fastened with
nails as before. They are swedged between
dies, and, when finished, are os uniform in
weight and form as coin.
Wheat in Kentucky. —Central Kentucky,
it is said, will raise ao immense grain crop
this year. Last year, says the Cincinnati
Gazette, Cincinnati received about four hun
dred thousand bushels of wheat over the
Covington and Lexington Railroad aloDe. In
addition to this, a large quantity was shipped
down the Kentucky river, for * Louisville,
Madison and Cincinnati. The breadth of
land planted with wheat this year, is said to
be double that of last year. The growing
crop is in excellent condition. It was, appar
ently, injured by cold weather, but the indi
cations of damage are rapidly disappearing as
vegetation progresses. The cry of short crops
cannot be successfully raised in Kentucky.—
Nothing more certain than this. Our market
will probably receive from Kentucky next
season, by railroad alone, seven hundred
thousand bushels of wheat.
From Washington!
Washington, May 9. —Alexander E. Evans,
this morning delivered to government, official
despatches with which he had been entrusted
from Messrs Dallas and Mason. The latter
represented his general health to be fine,
though he is slightly lame from the effects of
paralysis ; and further stated that he is ready
to return home whenever the Administration
shall intimate to him that this is desirable.
Lord Napier received despatches enclosing
a copy of the correspondence between the Earl
of Clarendon and Mr. Dallas, respecting the
rejected treaty, and will communicate to our
government.
Mr. Dallas in a letter to Mr. Cass, expresses
the opinion that if the treaty had reached
England prior to the elections it would have
undoubtedly been ratified.
The President is receiving no visitors torday,
being closely engaged on instructions to Gov.
Walker, relative to Kansas.
Diseased Hog Meat.— On Saturday week
two men were arrested in charge oi two wag
ons containing about thirty dead hogs, intend
ed for the. market, all of which had been dis
eased. The carcases were all dressed and
ready for sale, but were utterly unfit for food. <
The men stated that they were employed to
drive the meat to market from a distillery on
the Ferry Road. That plecei. being searched,
there were found forty-nine carcases of dis
eased hogs dressed and prepared for market.
So we learn from the Baltimore Clipper.