INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN. DEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. At SANDERSON, Associate* LANCASTER, PA., OCTOBER 27, 1867. circulation, itiito copies: Subsomwio# Pszcx, $2,00 per annum. To Delinquents. There are quite a number of small bills due us—some of them for several years—for pub lishing Administrators' and Executors' No tices, Orphans' Court Sales, and other matters relative to the settlement of Estates. We trust that Administrators, Executors, Guar dians, eto., knowing themselves thus indebted to us, will make payment without further de lay. Living, as some of them do, in distant parts of the County, it is, in most oases, impos sible for us to see them before they settle their accounts —nor is it at all profitable to have to send a Collector after them two or three times before he can find their whereabouts or get the money. These bills ought to be paid. The above remarks will also apply to many who are indebted (for years) to this establish ment for subscription, jobbing, advertising, &o. We dislike dunning as much as anybody— but the truth must be told. We have thous ands on our books to which we are honestly entitled, and which we should have without longer delay. . Of course, these remarks do not apply to our prompt paying patrons, —they are only intended for delinquents. The Independent Treasury. This system, whioh has now been in suo oessful operation for many years, and which at the time and for years after it was estab lished, was violently opposed by a large and respectable portion of the American people, has - gradually worked its way into public favor, and at this day its utility and beneficial effects are so apparent that any attempt to repeal it would meet with the scorn and con tempt of ninety-nine out of every hundred of the American popple. The wisdom and sagacity of the Democratic statesmen of 1840 who initiated and passed the law in the face of the most violent and determined opposition, are now seen and acknowledged by every body; and the present distinguished and patriotic Chief Magistrate of the Union, who •o ably advocated the measure in the United States Senate, is now being praised on all bands for the efficient part he took in estab lishing the policy of a separation of the Gov ernment from the Banking institutions of the country. Had the Independent Treasury not been established, and were the funds of the Govern ment now looked up in the vaults of the suspended Banks, or frittered away by these unsafe depositories perhaps, in large discounts or loans to broken railroads, cattle, flour and sugar speculators, a large portion of whioh would be a total and entire loss, what would be the oondition of things ? It requires no great depth of thoughts answer the question. Every school-boy, of twelve years of ago, can see at a glanoe that, without the Independent Treasury, we Bhould have a bankrupt Govern ment in addition to bankrupt Banks, bank rupt Railroads, bankrupt Speculators, &0., &o. The wisdom and safety of the measure in the operations of the General Government are bo apparent, that in several of the States of the Union an entire separation of Bank and State and the establishment of State depositories is being earnestly recommended; and we hope to see the day when this much to be desired reform will be accomplished amongst us, and the government of good old Pennsylvania entirely divorced from all Banks and monied corporations. If the Independent Treasury works well in the National Government, it would doubtless be equally beneficial in State affairs. We have the same thing, in practise, in counties, cities, boroughs and townships, and why should we not have it in Common wealth affairs? If it answers the purpose intended and works admirably in all these, why should it not have the same good effect in the State ? Let the people ponder on these things. _ Hon. John K. Findlay. The Hon. John K. Findlay has been elected President Judge of the Third Judicial District of Pennsylvania, composed of the counties ot Northampton and Lehigh. Judge Findlay is the youngest son of the late Governor Findlay, of Franklin county, and is, we believe, in the 54th year of his age. Judge Findlay was named after the Rev. John King, D. D., the pastor of the Conococheaque Presbyterian Congregation, in which church his parents were brought up. In 1820 he entered the Military Academy at Wesc Point, and graduated with the highest honors of his class in 1824, when he received a commission as 2d Lieutenant of the Ist Regiment of Ar tillery on the Ist of July, 1824. In August of the same year he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geol ogy, at that Academy. In November of the same year he was made Assistant Professor of Ethics, &c., and officiated as such for about one year, when, wishing more active service, he joined his Regiment and served in it until the 13th of May, 1828, when he resigned his com mission, and was for some time engaged as a Civil Engineer. During this time he studied Law, was admitted to the Bar in 1831, and practised his profession in this city until 1841, when he waß appointed by Governor Porter, Recorder of Lancaster. During this time he commanded the Lancaster Fencibles, one of the best drilled volunteer companies in the Union. In 1845 he removed to Philadelphia, and was appointed by Governor Shunk, one of the Judges of the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, and oontinued to oc oupy a Beat on that Bench until the Ist of December, 1851, when he resumed the practice of his profession—during which time he com manded a volunteer company in Philadelphia. He is now transferred once more to the Bench, by the voluntary and unsolicited action of the people of the Third Judicial District, and we have every confidence that in his new sphere of honor and usefulness he will command the unlimited respect and confidence of his con stituents. President BucnANAN.*haß deolined the request of the Governor of Maryland, for the use of the troops stationed at Fort McHenry, to preserve order in Baltimore during the approaching State election. The President is of the opinion that the civil power of Mary land Bhould be sufficient to preserve order and enforce the laws. The American Volunteer. —What Has become of this old and valuable paper, whioh we have been accustomed to read with pleasure and profit, weekly, for thirty years ? We have not had a sight of it for the last two or three weeks. Has our friend Bratton cut our acquaintance—or has he suspended in these suspension times ? We hope neither the one nor the other is the true cause. Perhaps the fault lies with the P. M. at Carlisle—if so, we hope Bratton will put him in mind of his neg ligence. 19* 001. Benton is so far convalescent as to be able to ride out. So says the Washing ton Union. An Old issue Revived. The Daily Evening Express , which seems to occupy the relation of a decoy dnek to the Examiner , is attempting to galvanize the defunct protective tariff system, which many years ago was buried so deep in the grave of oblivion as that no sane man ever dreamed that any one would be silly enoagh to attempt its exhumation or revivification. Bat new . light has flashed athwart the mind of the Examiner , and its tender the Express. They j And that Black Republicanism is a dead cock in the pit—in fact it did not even make a ; respectable show in the fight, and its great champion, Wilhot, has been utterly annihi lated in the recent contest. In fact all the isms of which the country has been so prolific . in the last four years, have been literally trodden under foot by the indomitable legions i of Democracy, and scarcely a vestige of oppo- < sition any longer remains. This is gall and wormwood to our neighbors above-mentioned —hence the necessity of putting forth a feeler through the-. Express, in order, if possible, to raise a new issue and re-organize their scat tered and dismayed adherents on another and : yet more rickety and unstable platform. They tried that, to some extent, in the late Guber natorial canvass —but they coujd make no head way with a free-soil and free-trade candi date for a leader. The deception they attempted was too bald, and the effort fell still-born an intelligent and enlightened people. The Express and its prompter the Examiner , may attempt to “ call spirits from the vasty deep, but they won't come ?" It is now eleven years since the dootrine of a “ protective tariff for the sake of protection " was consigned by the voice of the American people to the tomb of the Capulets, and since then the country has made giant strides in an unbroken career of prosperity—ourfarmers have realized ready markets and fine prices for the productions of the soil, mechanics and laboring men have had constant employment and good wages, and every thing indicated & continued advance ment for the country in greatness and pros perity, until within a few weeks when the Banks, by gross mismanagement and a series of inordinate expansions and corresponding contractions, have brought ruin and distress upon the mercantile and industrial classes of the community. But this would have happened with or without a tariff. Like causes produce like effects. A ruinous suspension occurred in 1817 under a high tariff law—s<|), also, in 1837 under the high protective policy. After ; twenty years more, the last eleven under a revenue tariff, we have a similar state of things; and so it will continue to be, every fifteen or twenty years, (whether we have a high tariff or a low tariff,) as long as the Banking system of the country is conducted the way it has been since its first establish ment in the oountry, and especially.since the batch of Banks created in Pennsylvania, by the Legislature of 1814, against, the wise counsel and in opposition to the veto of Gover nor Snyder. This effort to resusoitate the high protective tariff polioy comes with a bad graoe from papers which have just been engaged advo cating the election of a man for Governor of Pennsylvania, who was the very, "head and front of the tariff of 1846, and whoso vote probably deoided the question at the time.— This clearly and unmistakeably shows that they are not sincere in their tariff notions.— But, “ any port in a storm," as the sailors say. Their Black Republican principles have been so completely exploded, and the seal of public condemnation bo indelibly impressed upon them, that these papers must get up some thing new, if thereby they may, possibly, deceive their readers a while longer and keep their scattered forces together. But it all will not do. It is calculating too much upon the gullibility of their readers, and their efforts in that direction will turn out in the end to be hut “ vanity and vexation of spirit.." The Result in the State. From the table we give to-day containing the official returns from forty-four counties in our State, we are enabled to form some esti mate of the true majority which Geni Packer has received. The result so far foots up Showing a majority of. Deducting HazeLhurst's vote. Leaves Packer a majority over all. Oar majority in the remaining counties, twenty one in number, will be increased some 3000 votes, giving Gen Packer the hand- Borne majority over his principal competitor of some 43,000 votes! The Pennsylvania Railroad. The earnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for the month of September, amounted to s49B,s46—being an increase of $82,596 over the corresponding month of 1856. We also learn from Forney's Press, that the Directors of the Company have passed resolu tions reducing the salaries of all their officers and employees to a considerable extent, and suspending all work not imperatively demand ed by the interests of the Copmany. Suspended Railroads. Within the last thirty days the following railroad companies are reported as having either gone to protest on their floating debt, suspended, or made an assignment of their property: Names. Total liabilities. New York and Erie, $38,000,000 Illinois Central 24,000,000 Philadelphia and Beading, ’20,000,000 Michigan Central,..; 14,000,000 Michigan Southern 18,000,000 Cleveland and Toledo, 7,500,000 Milwauke and Mississippi T,ooo^ooo La Croßse and Milwauke 14,000,000 Cleveland and Pittsburg, 6,000,000 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 10.000 000 Chicago, St. Paul, and Fond du Lao, 5,000*000 North Pennsylvania, 6,000,000 Cumberland Coal Company, 6,000,000 Huntingdon and Broad Top I*2oo*ooo Steubenville and Indiana, (estimated,) 6,000,000 Editors Elected.— A number of the edito rial fraternity of Pennsylvania have been chosen for various positions of trust and re sponsibility. G. Nelson Smith, of the Johns town . Echo, is re elected to the Legislature from Cambria, as is also John Hodgson, of the Jeffersonian , from Chester county ; J. Heron Foster, of the Pittsburg Dispatch, and Col. A. K. McClure of the Chambersburg Dranscript, the latter beating our friend Sansom, of the Fulton Democrat, about 100 votes. E. J. Keenan, of the Greensburg Democrat is elected Register and Recorder of Westmoreland county, and Col T. B. Searight, of the Genius of Liberty, Prothonotary of Fayette county. i@“ It is said that the seat of Mr. Ruther ford, of the Dauphin district, in the State Senate, will be contested by Mr. Haldeman, on the ground of fraudulent voting on the part of the Black Republicans. Thanksgiving Day. Governor Pollock has appointed Thursday the 26th of November, as a day of Thanks giving and Praise throughout the Common wealth. Senator Hunter, of Virginia, is out in a letter denying a rumor that be was opposed to Mr. Buchanan’s Administration. He dis approves, ho.wever, of the oourse of Gov. Walker in Kansas. Railroad Stock at a Decline. Pennsylvania Railroad stock was down to $32 per share, on Friday— and-Reading Rail road Stock could only command sl3} per share. Things look squally for the Railroads. Pennsylvania Election* * The following is the official vote as far as received: Philadelphia, 27749 10001 14335 Montour, 1080 568 71 Delaware 1598 1614 609 Union, 971 1275 162 Northampton, 4067 1111 1010 Franklin, 3186 , 3068 91 Chester, 5388 5269 424 Mifflin, 1532 1217 104 Dauphin, 3109 2656 600 Berkß, 8722 2750 874 Allegheny, 6600 7689 ' 858 Schuylkill, 5980 3079 581 York, 5314 1778 1332 Snyder, 999 989 81 Cumberland, 3078 2466 58 Bucks, 5747 4801 101 Lehigh, 3805 2957 9 Blair, 1819 1450 569 Lancaster, 6486 7690 1236 Adams, 2363 1900 58 Lebanon, ( 1980 2664 182 Bedford, \ 2338 1568 398 i Columbia, v 2410 1144 30 , Huntingdon, 1749 16i8 248 : Montgomery, 5448 2608. 1308 Cambria, 2379 1042 165 Mercer, 2539 2928 49 Erie, 1985 3305 00 Lawrence, 993 1992 00 Westmoreland, 4361 3448 24 Fulton, 817 570 9 Lycoming, 2824 1684 347 Greene, 2034 1000 8 Somerset, 1741 2277 00 Beaver, 1557 1999 26 Washington, 3725 3614 142 Indiana, 1438 2650 26 Crawford, 2576 3514 00 Butler, 2361 2831 00 Armstrong, 2409 2106 111 Wayne, 1992 1691 49 Pike, 758 190 12 Lehigh, 3805 2957 9 Juniata, ' 1108 1035 00 Total, 155937 114853 26389 Wheo the iniquity of the sale of the Main Line was consummated, the opposi tion were in a perfect furor gof delight, and declared that the patronage of the line was the groat lever- with which the Democratic party carried the State, and that the sale of the line would transfer 20,000 votes from the Democratic party to the oppo sition 1 How now, ye miserable false proph ets ? Can you explain ? Instead of weaken ing the Democratic party, the sale of the main line has actually strengthened it. The infa mous bargain made by corruption has added voters to swell the Democratic ranks and re buke the plunderers of the Commonwealth.— The Democrats have gained SIX members of the House and TWO Senators in districts through which the main line passes. A lew years ago, the smallest Democratic majority in Cambria county was attributed to the Portage Railroad forces. The sixty or seventy majority in Gaysport and the forty in Juniata Township, according to the Register, were always owing to the “bread and butter patriots" on the Portage Road, who were com pelled to vote the Democratic ticket, or lose their situations. The State no longer owns Road, and yet Cambria county gives 1200 majority, and Gaysport aotually increases her Democratic majority TWENTY over that given for Buohanan a year ago 1 — The stale cry of public plunderers, State rob bers, bread and butter patriots, and other elec tioneering humbugs has had its day. The rotten demagogues and greedy office seekers will probably see in the eleotion just held, a triumphant refutation of some of the vile slan ders tney used to stiok to so pertinaciously, and they must acknowledge that there is a little more involved in fighting to maintain Democratic principles than mere governmental patronage. —Hollidaysburg Standard. BSk- The above remarks will apply with equal force to the result in Chester and Lan caster oounties, through which the Philadel phia and Columbia Railroad passes, and whioh, while the State owned it, was always an eye-sore to the opposition. In Chester, where the opposition majority used to be 10 to 1200, the Democrats have elected their whole ticket, Senator, Assembly and all—and in Lancaster county, their once proud and overwhelming majority of 5 or 6,000 against the Democrats, is now reduced down to 10 or 1200, and we even succeeded in electing our candidate to one of the best offioes in the county. The sale of the Railroad, therefore, instead of weakening the Democracy in this and Ches ter counties, as was confidently predicted by our opponents at the time the deed was con summated, has had the contrary effect. It has made Chester county democratic, and Lancaster county bids fair to follow the praise worthy example in a very short time. The Philadelphia Press says that Mr. Wil mot, thecandidate for Governor of the Republi cans, departs the scene of his late troubles with little dignity. Wo admonished him of his fate in advance, in the very kindest spirit. We foretold his fate. We implored him to desist from hlfiahors. But he refused our council, and lo ! he is almost as badly worsted as if he had started out to run for the fewest votes.— There is a moral in the catastrophe. Mr. Wilmot was the author (putative or real) of the Proviso that bears his name. He has been a sort of trumpet of sedition since 1846, pas sing through various phases of politics from that time, and changing his coat and his name almost as often as the rider in the circus who starts out, like Mr. W., a very fat man, and eods a very lean man indeed. The only ele ment to which he has been true in all this experience has been Abolitionism. ■ But this was proved to be the saddest of all his specu lations—it has weighed him down from the first, until it has sunk him, politically, deeper than plummet ever sounded. The place where he descended will be avoided by all aspiring politicians hereafter, as tbe fatal current is shunned by the cautious mariner. His over throw ends the race of mere demagogues on the Blayery question in this quarter. It stops the career of fanaticism in Pennsylvania. It completes and closes (?), by suoh a popular decree as the nation has never yet seen, the career of a man, who, to gratify his own pur poses, has for ten years disturbed and divided as happy a people as the sun, in all its oourse, has ever Bhown upon. There are larger les sons taught than this, but rarely one so forcible. 131,700,000 Gov. Packer’s Inauguration. The Harrisburg Herald states that arrange ments are now in progress for a grand military and firemen's parade there, on the occasion of Gen. Packer's inauguration. Several first class fire companies from Philadelphia have signified their intention of being present, and we have no doubt companies from all the neighboring towns will be in attendance. A military company and a band from Williams port will escort the Governor elect to the eapitol, and an effort will be made to secure the attendance of a large number of volunteer companies from other places. New York Banks*—JYe read that— The King of France, with forty thousand men, Marched up the hill, and then—marched down again. On Monday two weeks, at a meeting of the officers of the New York City banks, it was resolved tha| the banks of the city of New York are determined, at all hazards and under all circumstances, to maintain specie pay ments I! And on the very next day, all of these same New York banks either suspended or voted to suspend specie payments 1!! Banks in Tennessee. —Gov. Johnson, in his message to the Legislature to the above named State, recommends the winding up all the Banks in the State, because he says they have their origin in error, and will end in ruin and fraud. He wishes to return to a hard-money Bystem. yinrDL WILMOT. Bale of the Main Line. Exit Mr. wilmot, - The Sugar Speculation. A few weeks ago, says the Reading Press , sugar was sold by retail in this city at the rate of ten cents per pound for the lowest qual ity, and from 12 to 18 cents for the whito and better class sugars. Molasses was sold for 18 cents per quart, for inferior quality, and good syrup at 20 and 25 cents. This latter bad previously sold for 15 to 18 cental Since the appearance of existing affairs—bank suspen-. sions and collapse of speculators, the articles are coming down in price, rapidly, to the old standard prices. The facilities lavishly af forded by the banks, to heartless and anprin ! cipled speculators in the necessaries of life, such as grain, groceries, meats and provisions generally, inflated prices to such an extent, that in this land of plenty, famine was 6talking abroad, and the poor working man was actu ally brought to want and suffering. And this, too, in a Christian land, and many professing Christians were ready with all sorts of specious arguments to defend the authors of the mis* chief. Now, however, the tables are turning. The speculators ventured too far into the muddy waters, and they are floundering ,in the misery which they have invoked. May the Lord in his mercy deal gently with them, for they have impoverished themselves in the attempt to starve their fellow creatures. In the Daily News , of Friday last, we find the following, which may give one ol the keys tb the Bank explosion, (for the Banks furnished the money) by which the speculations were carried on. Read the following : Speculators in sugar, who have recently met with sudden reverses in their profession, must have been driven to their wit's end in order to procure places were the sweet article might be Btowed snugly away lor future use. At the present time there are hundreds of hogs heads of the article stored in and about, a stable, situate at' Reed street and Jefferson Avenae, in the First Ward. There is, per haps, enough to supply the ordinary wants of Philadelphia for a score or more of years. If this sugar should be placed in the market, where the God of Nature intended it to go, the price would come down a few more pen nies per pound, and to this extent enable the people to get along better. The same thing , may be said of flour, though we do not know that any of this great staple has yet been stowed away in a mere stable. The Ohio Election. The Cincinnati Enquirer of Tuesday says, it is now pretty certain that Salmon P. Chase, by a narrow squeeze, has been re elected Gov ernor of Ohio. He has, however, to meet a Democratic Legislature, and will find his posi tion for the next two years decidedly uncom fortable, as his whole policy will be completely condemned by the people's representatives. The majority, as far as reported, foot up 24,- 704 for Chase, and * 24,049 for Payne. The House of Representatives stands fifty-eight Democrats to forty five Black Republicans and one Independent. In the last House the Democrats had but thirty-five members to the Blaok Republicans seventy-six. The majority for Chase, it would seem, is wholly made up of negro votes. Iu numerous localities the ne u groes voted without hindrance from the Blaok Republican Judgos. At Oberlin over one hundred such votes were cast for Chase & Co. In Ashtabula many suoh were also oast, as also in Trumbull. Mr. Chase's advo oaoy of the social and political equality of the negro with the white race has been of vital service to him. They have saved his baoon for him this time, sure. J The Bank of Pittsburgh. We take the following just remarks from the Pittsburgh Chronicle of Friday week: An Oasis in the Desert. —Under this capti vating and refreshing title, the Herald, of Thursday, lauds to the skies the Chemical Bank, which alone, of all the New York City Banks, promptly meets all demands, and re deems in gold every dollar of its obligations- But th 6 Herald commits a most egregious blunder when it says : “ Out of the thousand of Banks existing throughout the Union, there is at this mo ment only one specie paying Bank—the Chemi cal Bank of New York." Such an assertion is simply absurd. There are several specie-paying banks in our State alone, and will continue to be, and a most notable instance of staunchness, and inflexi ble uprightness is to be found in the old Bank of Pittsburgh, which has not only paid all de mands in the solid specie, but never, for one moment, thought of doing otherwise. Every thing that can be said in favor of the Chemical Bank can, with more truth and reason, be said of this impregnable and venerable institution. It is a rule of the Herald office, as it is of tbe London Times, never to have the candor or honesty to correct a published error, but we trust some other of the New York journals will give publicity to the fact that we have a bank amoDg us, of which Pittsburghers are deservedly proud ; which can neither be affec ted by panic, by rum, by pressure, or by kna very ; which limits itself to the legitimate objects for which its charter was granted, and which has ever and will ever, we hope, remain as firm and as wealth-producing as the solid hills which surround her. Tbe Bank of Pittsburg is verily an “ Oasis in the Desert." It may be a gratifying fact to the New Yorkers that one of the least considerable of their banks has had the ability to maintain its credit, and possibly it is but ju&t that the press of that city should boast largely of it, but they must not forget that with the high position our chief Bank has maintained throughout this trying time, the contrast must prove any thing but.exhilirating to them. The result has proven that the principal banking institution of our city has been so oarefully and success fully conducted that no emergency can ex haust its resources, or in any degree impair its safety. —Pittsburgh Union. Kansas. It is not entirely certain that the Blacks will have a majority in the Legislature of Kansas, but there will be a large majority in favor of making it a free State. Parrott, the free State candidate for Congress, has a large majority. These results, says the Chicago Times, “ have produced a perfect horror among the rampant abolitionists. All prospect of Kansas becoming, a slave State, has petrified them with alarm. The contest iB over; the question has been virtually decided, and Kansas shrieks no more. TheKansas-Nebr&sks act, which secured to the people of Kansas the right to determine the question of slavery for themselves, has been vindicated. The people have resorted to the polls, and have accomplish ed that which could never have been done by rebellion. Kansas is at rest—the means that have produced that rest, the simple process of voting," The Rsvnlslou and the Government. The U. S. Government is taking measures to ascertain the effect of the revulsion upon the foreign commerce of the country, and upon the consumption of imported goods. Collectors of Customs have been instructed to get the opin ions of morchants upon the probable amount of importations for the next twelve or eighteen months ; the probable change in the price of more important articles of import; and also the probable amount of goods now in ware house that will be withdrawn for consumption during the residue of the current fiscal year, with any other information that may bear upon the subject. The Secretary of the Treas ury wishes this information in order to aid him in the preparation of the usual estimation to Congress. Heavy Failure. Our exchanges are unanimous in the opinion that the heaviest failure of this great season of failures occurred on Tuesday tbe 13th, when the firm of Wilmot & Co., made a dead break. Wilmot & Co. were extensive dealers in wool, and the sudden decline in that commodity has rained them. The Cause Explained. The New York Herald of Tuesday, has an article on the cause of the financial crisis, from which we make the following extract: As to the banks, there can be little dtfubt that too great.readiness heretofore to give facilities in the way of discounts, devel oped the rotten and over' inflated system of credit, and that their hasty and ill timed contractions! when they saw th* bubble ready to burst, precipitated the catastrophe. Bat they did not take the back track in time to save themselves. The storm reached them, and. placed them where the merchants bad preceded them, in the condition of suspension —merely another word for insolvency. Had they not withdrawn too suddenly and too gener ally, the facilities which they were in the habit of extending to the merchants, the crash might have been staved off for a time, and then its effects might not have been so disastrous aud universal. Merchants saw the storm cloud just as soon as the 6anl» did; and ifthelatter had not deserted thdfihip, the sails might have been taken in and but little damage have resulted from the gale. As it is, the banks have gained nothing by their COWARDICE, for they are at this moment liable to the pen alties provided against a suspension of Bpecie payment. The Bank of Prance invariably acts on the opposite principle when commercial and finan cial affairs are iu a strait in that country.— Instead of contracting suddenly, as our banks have just done, it expands. It buys specie wherever it can get it, and on the basis of this extends its loans. The increased discount which it derives from these loans enables it to pay a premium on the gold, and the aid thus opportunely given to commerce, enables it to ride out the storm. Now, is not that a much more sensible plan than forthebanks to contract suddenly, as they do here and in England, and leave the merchants to their fate ? Certainly it is. If our banks had imitated the example of the Bank of France, our merchants would have been able to get safely through the dangers that were immediately impending, and then, by curtailing their expenses, lopping off their extravagance and gradually getting in their debts, things would have finally come round into their regular channel. Important Law. The following bill was passed at the recent extra session of the Legislature, and became a law on the 13th instant: An Act for the better security of Laborers, Me chanics, and others, in certain Companies. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of providing additional security for the payment of labor ers, operatives, mechanics, and other bona fide creditors for services rendered or to be rendered, supplies and materials to be fur nished, for any coal, iron, canal navigation, railroad, or turnpike company, incorporated in whole or in part by the laws of the Common wealth, that it shall be competent for any such company to execute a lien or liens, or instrument of writing sufficient there to, with inventory attached and attested by the common seal of said company, if said com pany have such common seal, and if said com pany have no common seal, then the said instrument of writing to be signed by the Pres ident, Boaid of Direotors or Managers, and attested by the Secretary, to a trustee or trustees, upon any or all Buoh wagons, teams, horses, mules, oars, oarts, boats, equipments, engines, tools and machinery used in conduct ing the business of any such company, to be held by said trustee or trustees for the sole purpose or purpose* aforesaid, until said debts herein contemplated are fully discharged, by the sale thereof, or otherwise. Provided, That the said instrument or instruments of writing be recorded in the office for recording deeds, in the respeotive counties wherein said companies transact business, within thirty days from the execution thereof. Provided further, That this aet shall continue in force until the first day of February, 1859, and no longer, unless extended by subsequent legislation. The Editor’s Booh Table. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics. Published by Phillips, Sampson A Co., 13 Winter street, Boston, at $3 per annum, or 25 cents a We have received from the Publishers the first number of this new candidate for public favor—issued for the Ist of November. The work wil be issued monthly, each num ber containing 128 pages, and will be for sale in all the principal towns and cities, by the Booksellers, Newsmen, and Periodical Dealers. Where it is not convenient for persons to obtain it through such sources, they can have it sent by mail, prepaid, for one year, by sending three dollars to the address of the Pnblishers. The number before us Is well filled with choice reading matter, as may be gathered from the subjoined table of contents, riz: Douglas Jerrold—Personal Reminiscences; Florentine Mosaics; Santa Filomena; Sally Parsons’Duty; Tho Manchester Exhibition; The Rommany Girl; The Chartist's Complaint; Days; Brahma; The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; Illusions; The Gift of Tritemius; The Mourning Veil; Pendlam, a Modern Reformer; British India; Akin by Marriage; The Origin of Didactic Poetry; The Financial Flurry; Bonnet; The Round Table; Literary Notices; Music. Amongst the regular contributors to this Magazine are Wm. H. Prescott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wm. C. Bryant, Henry W. Longfellow, N. Hawthorne, John G. Whittier, Mrs. Gaakell, Mrs. Child, Mrs. Kirkland, Miss Rose Terry, and a host of others equally famous In the literary world. We hare no doubt the Atlantic Monthly will soon have an immense circulation. GODEY’S LADY’S BO OK. The November number of this first-class literary period ical has been on our table for several days. It fully recommends itself, and will well repay a careful perusal— being quite equal to any of its predecessors in the variety of Its articles and the purity of their diction. The cele brated Mrs. Daffodil again makes ber appearance at “An Evening Party,” and her rich saying* and doings will afford much food for mirth to the fun-loving readers of the mag azine. In addition to this there are stories and well written sketches from the fruitful pens of Virginia Townsend, Mrs. Cox, Alice B. Neal, and other luminaries of our intellectual horizon. The engravings are finely gotten up. The colored Fashion Plate, and the “Governess” cannot be surpassed inliril' Haney; and we may also mention the Patterns for Embroi dery, Ac., Ac., all of which will be peculiarly attractive to the Lady readers ofGodey. A New Territory. Lieut. Mowry, who has spent two or three years in the territories acquired from Mexico at the conclusion of the late war, is urging upon the Government the great necessity of organizing the new Territory of Arizona, com prising the Mesilla Valley and the Rio Grande. It has at present a population of about 8,000, —several very flourishing Bettelments, an abundance of silver mines, and every requisite for a thriving and growing oommunity. At present there is an utter laek of security for either life or property. There are no courts, no laws, and no magistrates. Constant out rages are practised upon the Mexican portion’ of the population for whioh there ifl no redress. The territory is situated between Sonora and New Mexico, and if attached to either it will be impossible to make it an American State, as Mexican influence will always predominate. There is a strong tendency in the Southern States to emigrate to this region, the climate being mild and the soil good. The inhabi tants are preparing a petition to Congress for a separation from New Mexico and organiza tion as a separate territory. The Vicissitudes of Commerce. —A few months since the partner of a commercial house in New York was taken to a lunatic asylum, utterly deranged, as was said, by his unparaelled prosperity in business. Du ring the year previous his firm had cleared $1,300,000. He died in the asylum, and his own estate wai valued at $2,500,000, all in vested in the concern of whieh ho was a part ner. The firm itself failed the other day, and is now said to be insolvent. One item of the assets of the deceased's estate was one thou sand shares of the Illinois Central Railroad Stock, which was Belling at the time of his decease at $l4O a share, and which was worth, after paying up the instalments, $BOO,OOO. — The same property sold lately at $50,000. All this occurred within eighteen months—the prosperity, the insanity, the decease and the insolvency. .Washington, Oct. 22.—The President, hav ing learned that Ex-President Pierce contem plates visiting the Island of Madeira for the benefit of his wifes health, has tendered a passage, through the Secretary of the Navy, iu the United States steamer Powhattan, which is on the eve of leaving for the East Indies, touching at Madeira. CITY AUD COUNTY AFFAIRS. A Contested Election. —lt appears that that pink of honesty la politics, Thaddzus Sravurs, is not satisfied with the decision of the people in favor of the election of William Caipetcxb, Esq., to the office of Pro thonotary, but is disposed to again resort to same expedient he did in December, 1838, of “treating the election as though it had not taken place." Ha has, accordingly, got some twenty or thirty of his willing and obsequious tools to aign,'with himself, a protest against the election of Mr; Oonmn oD account ol alleged fraudulent voting in one or two of the wards in this city, and because the Dnunore box accidentally fell out of the window! This allegation of fraud Is entirely an after-thought on the part of Messrs. SixtxsS, Dicxxt, Hood, Peer A Co. Nobody heard of such a charge, until these extremely pure politicians found that they coold make nothing oat of the Dratnore*box affair. Whilst these Black Republican leaders are on the hunt of frauds, we would respect folly advfce them to examine into those that were perpetrated in the Salisbury box by their own party friends—why seven Carpenter votes were rejected in the East Cocalico District—and also investigate the right of Mr. Belling stilt, from Adamstown, to act as a Return Judge and preside at the meeting of the Judges on the Friday succeeding the election. Let us have a full Investigation, by all means. It will be an excellent an ti dote for ennui in these doll suspension times. The following is the copy of the Petition filed in the Pro thonotary'i Office, on the 22nd insL, contesting the election of Mr. Carpxktkr for Prothonotary, which* we publish for the purpose of informing the people of Lancaster City and County who the persons are that desire their decision to be set aside; and, also, that the persons who are charged in the Petition as being illegal voters may vindicate them selves against charges made by parties, some of whom stand in the same category: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pitas of Lancaster County. The petition and complaint of the undersigned, qualified electors of the County of Lancaster, respectfully represents : That at the election for County Officers for the Couuty of Lancaster, held October 13th, 1857, William Carpenter is returned, by the return judges, as having obtained 7190 votes for the office of Prothonotary, and Peter Martin as having obtained 7186 votes for the same office. William Carpenter is therefore returned as elected Prothonotary by a majority of ten votes, as by the return of the several judges filed in Prothonotory'B Office, a copy of which is hereunto appended will more fully and at large appear. Your petitioners complain of this return, and represent to your Honors that, on the said election, Peter Martin re ceived a majority of all the legal’votes thrown in this County for the office of Prothonotary,—that in the several wards of Lancaster City illegal votes, to the number of one hundred and more, were thrown for William Carpeuter, thereby'alteriog the result and causing him to be returned as elected, when in fact Peter Martin was elected. Your petitioners and complainants proceed to specify some of tbsse illegal votes, and they represent to your Honors that In the South East Ward of said City. Jacob P. Kline, Heury Simon, George Free, John Byerly, Henry Kohrer, Emanuel Hompt, David Peterman, Johu Braunon, Cyrus Kitcb, Jacob H. Beechlor, Washington Bowman, Charles Dern, Michael Lint, Jacob Berter. George Byerly, and forty oth ers, being Illegal voters, did then and there vote for Wil liam Carpenter for the said office of Prothonotary. And in the South West Ward of the same City, George Bowman, Jackson Klinger, Patrick Coyle, Frederick Hambrigbt, John Krapp, G*orge Pontz, George Waltz, Thomas D. Law rence, Henry Humphreyville, John Garber, and forty oth ers, being Illegal voters, did then and there vote for Wil liam Carpenter for the said office of Prothonotary. And in the North East Ward, of the said City, forty illegal votes were cast for William Carpenter for the same office. Aud in the North West Ward, of said City, forty other illegal votes were cast for William Carpenter for the same office. And in the Borough of Columbia one hundred illegal votes were cast for William Carpenter for the same office. Your petitioners and complainants further represent, that at the election for the same officers, in the second election district, consisting of Drumore township, at the polls for said dh trict, held at the public heuseof Mrs. John son, at Cbesnut Level, the ballot-box containing the votes for County Officers was abstracted at or about the hour of nine o’clock, P. M., through tho window, by some person or persons unknown—that the votes in the box had not yet been counted—that the box was taken with a view, as your petitioners believe, of tampering with and altering the votes that the box was in no way secured, being covered only ! with a sliding lid which could easily be removed—that the . box remained in the possession ot the person or persons , who abstracted it, for the space of an hour, more nr less, j and was deposited by him or them, when their object had i been accomplished, on the ground outside f tho window, I where it was found on a search being made by the election | officers. Your petitioners and complaluants represent that 1 under these circumstances the number ofvotes cast legally and fairly In that district, for each of the candidates for , Prothonotary, is incapable of being Justly ascertained— i that the return from that district Is Illegal and fraudulent, and should bo set aside from the general returns, which would alter the result of tho election, and give Peter Mar- ’ tin 7044 votes, and William CarpoDtor 7009 votes as by the j returns annexed appeared. And so that tho undersigned 1 say that the election is undue and Illegal zb regards the I office of Prothonotary. < We the undorsignod, theroforo complain of the return of 1 the election for Prothonotary, and respectfully ask your : Honors to investigate the same according to law. BAMUEL NISBLEY, HENRY ROGERS, JAYOADWELL, PETER BEIBER, ROLAND KINZKR, GEORGE KELLER, TUADDEDS STEVENS, JR., EML. P. ESHLEMAN, GEORGE BRUBAKER, E. KIRKPATRICK, J. B. LIVINGSTON, JOHN BIIERTZ, JAMES WILEY, WM. KIRKPATRICK, J. K. ALEXANDER, SAMUEL WHITE, JOHN A. HIEBTAND, A. H. HOOD, WALTER G. EVANS, THADDEUS STEVENS, DANIEL G. BAKER, EDWARD REILLY, WILLIAM WRIGHT, E. M. KAUFFMAN, S. J. J. RILEY, B. F. BAER, JOSEPH C. SNYDER, 0. J. DICKEY, SAMUEL H. PRICE, JOHN H. PEARBOL, WILLIAM L. GUNION, GKO. F. BRENEMAN, J. D. KENDIG, WILLIAM GORRECHT, WM. F. MULLEN, DAVID HANTCH, JOHN HERR, THEO. FENN, ABRAHAM LEFEVER. Lancaster city, ss. We, the undersigned petitioners, qualified electors of the county of Lancaster, being duly affirmed according to law, do depose that the facts set iorth In the above petition or complaint are true to the best of our knowledge and belief. Affirmed and aubscribsd EDWARD REILLY, J. 0 I ROLAND KINZER. The Presbyterian Synod.— The Philadel phia Synod of the Presbyterian Church (O. S.) commenced its annual session in this city, in the First Presbyterian Church, Orange street, on Thursday last. Rev. Dr. Jnnkin, of Hollidaysburg, was elected Moderator, and Rev. J. H. M. Knox and Rev. John Thoma 6, Clerks. Several distin guished Clergymen of that Church are present, and the the Synod are attended by many of onr citizens, who seem to manifest much interest in the proceedings.— On Sunday the pulpits of several of our churches were filled by the stranger clergymen, and they created a very favor, able impression on the minds of their auditors. The Synod Is composed, from what wo have seen of it, of a fine and intellectual-looking body of men, and we are sure that their visit to Lancaster will be as agreeable to them as it Is to many of our citizens. We have not learned how long the Synod will remain in session, but presume for a day or two yet. The Red Men's Parade —The long-looked for parade of the Red Men took place on Wednesday last. The day was cold and rather stormy, but the Red Men in attendance mode,a very fine appearance. The turn-out of the “Indians” was not fo large as expected, the cause of which, no doubt, is owing to the extreme tightness of the money market. Eight Tribes, fonr State Councils, and the United States Council were represented. The procession formed in South Queen street, right resting on Vine street, at 1 o’clock, p. m., under the direction of Col. J. Franklin Reigart, as Grand Marshal. Tho Colonel wore a splendid uniform of black cloth, trimmed with gold fringe, and rode a spirited black charger. He was ably assisted by several Aids and Assistant Marshals, all mounted on richly caparisoned steeds. Beforo the parade the Ee-shah-ko-nee Tribe, of this city, attended by the martial music of the Fencibes’ Band, pro ceeded to the Gift Book Store of Evans A Clark, in East King street, where a magnificent wreath of white satin was presented to them. The presentation speech was made by Geo. W. McElroy, Esq., and received, on behalf of the Tribe, by Col. 8. H. Price. The gentleman selected to bear the wreath in the line of procession was our handsome friend Goodall, of the Daily Times, who performed bis part nobly, and was one of the “observed of all observers.” The procession moved over the route previously desig nated, and, about 4 o'clock, marched into Centre Square, where the concluding exercises of the day took place. A Prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Past Sachem Schuler; the “Song of the Tribe” 6Ung by the members; ao Ode, written for the occasion by Mr. Matthias Zahm, read by Col. Reigart* after which, a very able and appropriate address was delivered by Hugh Latham, Esq., of Virginia. The proceedings in the Square were witnessed by an im mense concourse of people—-the City Hall and other build ings, public and private, in that space, were filled with ladies. After the parade the Shawnee Tribe, of Philadelphia, accompanied by the splendid Liberty Cornet Band, marched to the residence of Mr. Andrew Btewart, in West Chesnut street, where a superb wreath, the handiwork of Miss Kate Stewart, was presented to the members. Cot. Reigart made a neat presentation speech, which was handsomely re sponded to by Mr. Bottles, a member of Shaw'nee Tribe.— At the conclusion of tho presentation six hearty cheers were given for the fair bestower of the gift and the ladies of Lancaster, and the Band struck up the “Days of Anid Lang Syne,” which was played in most effective style. Several excellent bands of music were in the line of procession, and theirjsweet strains gave full tone and effect to the occasion. Centre Square was elegantly fastoonod with arches of evergreen. Arches were also thrown across the street in several quarters, of the city through which the procession passed. On the whole, the parade, though not near so large as it wonld have been had it taken place a month or two earlier, reflected great credit on the Red Men of our city generally, and especially on their Committee of Ar rangements. The Great Council of Pennsylvania was entertained with a fine collation by the Ee shah ko-nee Tribe, at their ball in South Queen street, on Wednesday, evening, and on Thursday evening by the Metamora Tribe, at their hall in North Queen street. We learn that a “feast of reason and a flow of soul” prevailed at both. Farmers’ Bank Notes.—Wo are gratified in being able to announce that the Farmers’ Bank notes, of this city, are again at par in Philadelphia, and also received on deposit at the Lancaster County Bank. The effect of this arrangement will be, that Farmers’ Bank notes will now be taken in payment of debts owing the mer chants of Philadelphia, without subjecting the payor to any loss by discount, as had been the case for the last two or three weeks. This action on the part of this old and favorite Banking institution, has already restored confi dence in tbe comm unity, acd business men in onr midst begin to breathe “freer and deeper.” We hope the Farmers’ Bank will be one of tbe first in the State to resu me specie payments. Fatal Accident from Burning Fluid.— On Wednesday evening, the 21st Inst., a German woman, whose name we understand is Clemens, living near Smoke* {own, in East Lampeter township, attempted to fill a fluid Lamp while it was lighted, when an explosion took place, by which she and two of her children were dreadfatly burned. . One of the children died almost immediately, and both the mother and the other child are so badly Injured, that the physician in attendance has little or no hope of their recovery.—(Saturday’* Express. The New Sheriff. —The new Sheriff, Ben jimin F. Howe, Esq., entered upon the discharge tif his duties on Thursday last. He has made the following ap pointments: Solicitor, A. Herr Bmitb, Esq.; Deputies, Sam uel W. Rowe and Samuel Martin. The Maytown District.— We received a communication a day or two since, from an esteemed Democratic friend, calling our attention to the fact that in the Maytown election district the Democracy did wonders, giving Gen. Pacxrr a majority of 25 votes over Wmtot— showing a Democratic gain on the vote of last year of 411 — This tu a glorious remit in East Donegal, and onr friends there (including that always active aud efficient yonnf Democrat, Thomas J. Albright, Esq., of Washington City, at the time on a visit to his home,} deserve all prai6o fot the glorious day’s work they accomplished. We . received the retnrns of that district with great pleasure, and would willingly have noticed it in the paper at tho time, but all the districts in the County (with one or two exceptions) did so well, we hardly knew how to make the distinction, for fear of being accused of partiality. This is oar only apology for what may have seemed an oversight in not noticing specially that district. Our Agricultural Society. —The article below we copy from the Daily Times of Saturday morning. We cordially endorse every word of it, and trust that its suggestions may meet with a hearty approval from all our farmers and mechanics,'and the Society become a perma nent institution : Lancaster Countx Agricultural Fair.—Tho First An nual Exhibition of the Lancaster County Agricultural and Mechanical Society is now over aud the officers are busy in i paying tho premiums awarded,aud closing up the financial ■ affairs of the Society. Although the weather was unfaror -1 able, the Fair was in every respect» complete success. The exhibition was foil iu every department, and in those of : Horses, Cattle, Agricultural Implements aud Machinery, ' and more particularly in tho display of, Fine Arts, it ex ceeded any exhibition of the kiud ever before hold in this State. The value ui articles displayed in the Hall of Fine Arts alone was not less thau $.0,000. It was visited by many thousands of persons, and ti• o general expression of opiuion was ouo of entire satLtuction, while those from other Counties aiid Slates pruuouiK-od tho arrangement of the giounds the most complete to:-" have ever seen. The reputation of our Couuty "has been tully sustained, and the officers deserve, from the citizens, much credit for their energy and euterprisc io gettiug'ft up, aud carrying it forward to so successful au issue, aud more particularly fo when all the facts connected with it are taken iutocon sidt-ratiou. it may not be generally known that, early in the season, : the old Agricultural Society, of this county, made some arrangements fi.r holding a Fair, but. late u. tho m uih of August, the project was voted down by a small majority of its members. After this, A. R. Spangler issued a call for a meeting to form a now Society. At that and -.ubsi-quent meetings a Society was temporarily organizod by electing- Joseph Konigmacher, Preaideul; i). G. Eshlemau, tfecro tary; Beujamlu Misbler, Treasurer; aud A. K. Rowers, Mark Conuell, jr.. Samuel W. Beecher, S. P. Spencer, Marls Hoopes and Jacob Nisaley as aIS ard of Malingers. The season was at this lime so far advanced that only about sir weeks remained for advertising, publishing a premium list, aud making all tho numerous necessary to holdiug a Fair. The Board of Managers, u -u whom this duty devolved saw the necessity of immediate action and c«nntaut exertion to insure au exhibition creditable to the County. A. K. Bower*, Mark t’onuell, jr.. "'arauel W. Beecher and 3. 1\ Spencer woro liio uuiy ac..>e mem bers of the Board, and they *et themselves to the work : with a det'-rmluatiou to curry "Ut successfully the object : of the Society. They soon learued that to do th!i tney must contract for everything iu their own names, as the ' Societf was not workiug uuder a charter, and was. there fore. not responsible. Beiug anxious that our county should tako its proper place with our slater counties, in holding an auuual fair, and, beiieviug that it couid be done successfully, they determined to and did contract in their own Dames for all lumber, labor, Ac., mveestry to carry It forward, amounting, we learu, to over $3,000, bo sides the large list of premiums offered. A. R. Spangler, who was appointed by the Board of Man agers as their General Superintendent, has ably secouded their efforts, and is deserving ot much credit tor the deep interest which he has taken in the Fair, and forthoonergy and enterprise with which he burr assisted iu carrying It forward. The President. Jos. Konigmacher, E*q., has taken an active interest iu everything couuected with it, and, from his well kuown euergy and ability, his uame was a sufficient guarantee to the public of its success. D. G. Kshloman, Enq., Secretary, aud Beujauiin Mlhlih-r. Treasu rer, hare boon active iu tbe performance of their duties; and the Society could not have chosen better men for the important positions which they occupy. The managers and officers have worked together most harmoniously, and have accomplished a work, In the short space of six weeks, of which the citizens of tho county may well be proud. We hope that tho Society will perfect their organization by gettiug a chartor. St-eurlug grounds, aud eroding per manent buildlugs, aud with one whole your for our Farm ers aud Morb.-nics to make their arraugemoutK, our Second Annual Fair will far exceed the first, aud ho such as no other county cau hope to equal. Lot our Farmers and Mochauics remember It, und cotuineuce their preparatlous. Accident at Marietta. -We learn/J'rom tho Express ol Saturday evening, that on Friday afternoon an accldont occurred at tho Stoaui Sawing aud lMunlng Mill of Messrs. Duffeo, lloutz A Co., at Marietta, in which a workman, nauW George Bucher made a miraculous escapo with his life. lie and a number of others wore engaged rolling out timber for tbe mill, dawn a steep embank ment. In Btartlng tho timber a pieco caught Mr. Bucher by tbe anklo, before be could got out ot tho way, which throw him down aud bounded over his body, hut slightly injuring him. Another smaller log came after, which caught him by tho leg aud seriously injured the limb. Tho timber which passed over him was about forty foot long *j and two feet square, and his escape from beiug crushed to death was most remarkable, aud can only ho accounted for by the fact that tho log was bowed and passed over him with tho convexity upwards. Ho wa« taken to bis home, whero ho is attended by Dr. Orove, and though the extent ofhiß injuries cannot be ascertained, ho was apparently doing well on Saturday morning. Lung Diseases.— We invite tho careful at tention of all persons afflicted with coughs or colds to the following certificate by Mr. Johu C. Little, of Peebles twp,, in this county. Mr. L. is one of our most respectable citi zens and voluntarily called on Dr. Keyser, and offered his certificate to the fact 6 stated below : —Pittsburg Post, Jan uary 2,1853. Great Cure bt Dr. Keyser’s Pectoral Syrup.— l Hvo in Peebles tp., Allegheny county. I had a coughing and spitting, which commenced about tho 4th of February last, and continued for eight mouths. I employed tbe best phy sicians in the County, and my cough continued unabated, until early In October. At that time 1 was advised to try your Pectoral Cough Syrup, which I did. and aftor I had taken one bottle I was entirely free from coughing and spitting. L had despaired of ever getting wull. and’l think it should be known that this valuable remedy will do for others what it has done in my case. JOHN C. LITTLE, Peebles Tp. Witness; B. M. Kerr* Pittsburgh, December 31, 1852. For sale at Ueinitsh'H Drug Store, 13 East King st. COMMUNICATIONS For tho Intelligencer, f The Late Election. The result of the contest in Lancaster county is a source of congratulation to. all Democrats. If anything were wanting to show tho vitality of Douiccraiic principles, to vindicate its unity, unit persevering devotion to doctrines which were originated by the gran men of the American UniOD.and matured by fifty years of American history, the late contest has abundantly supplied the ti. feet. Thu secret of Democratic success is, that the part; has become veteran, inured to success, by many contests anil many victories like the legious ofCmaar—while its unemy com poses the mere militia of abolitionism, the odds and ends of niggerism, philanthropy, woman's rights, und all the ridiculous and absurd isms which are hatched in the pro lific hot-bed of New England. Wheu a mao loses his Btandlog in the Democratic party, or is unwilling to hold tbe humble position, to which bis limited talents entitle him, he immediately throws blnioo.f into the arms of the opposition as a victimized patriot, and rLht away he is dressed in the guise of honesty by brtng ptv-»d oa the ticket as a candidate. In his devoted pain cie;•., ho em braces every office in Penusylvanii—uone too high—udne too low. He will take tbe office of Governor, if bo can get it; but, failing iu that, bis self-«acrificiug devotion will allow itself to be appeased by tbe humble office of r untry 'Squire. At one election be iB out for Canal Commissioner, at the next for Prothonotary. To-day a democrat—to-mor row a know-nothing—tbe next day an abolitionist— and the day after that you can scarcely tell whether he is know nothing or abolition—so nicely does he combine the pe culiar qualities of each, uuder tho euphouious title of Americau Republican. He baa been a standing candidate for office in every party, on any principles aud at every election from the time to which the memory of tho o'dost Inhabitant ‘ruQneth not to tbe contrary.’ Ilia lust defeat li not a matter of joy—it is rather a source of regret ibat ma ture age has found him just where youth first met him, viz \ hunting for oflico. Let him in future withdraw his natnfl from election tickets, since it has become odious by re peated defeats. He should be satisfied by this time that this community will never honor him by any mark of its favor. If he will still be so infatuated an to pei slst In hi* insane hunt after office, let him at least learn from hlB past experience that tbe surest way to get it, is first to deserve it. A DEMOCRAT. Lancaster, Oct. 19th, 1857. For tho intelligencer. Panics and Preachers. Of all the curious things that a financial crisis dovelopes, Dothlng perhaps ie mere curious than tho various expla nations that are volunteered by every body. But most curious of all are the explanations of tbe preachers. Every pulpit in the land Is prepared to say exactly how much is to be attributed to men, and how much to God. One charges tbe whole thlDg to tho fact that there are throo millions of slaves among us—another makes tbe Dred Scott decision responsible—while a third attributes It to the deafness of the nation to the abolition warnings that are forever pouring down upon us from New England. Of the fancy preachers, Dr. Cheever, of New York, stands promi nent. He is a sensation preacher—a gentleman that seizes every occasion to tell tbe nation ot its wickedness, and his own virtue. Dred Bcott—bleeding Kmsas—nig ger freedom and philanthropy are his stock in trade—-tbe weekly subject of his sernioos. He has already delivered three sermons on the financial crisis— each one betraying more fauaticism and more ignorance than tbe preceding one. He declared in the begiuniug that he did not under stand It—therefore ho attributes the whole difficulty to God, and says it is rank atheism to think otherwise, it don't occur to him that it is a practical question, well understood by practical business men, but far beyond the reach of his comprehension. He has been feted by pious ladies, and praised byaddle-br&lued abolition philosophers, until he thinks he is a great man in the eyes of the nation, as well as in his own—accordingly Christianity is thrown aside, tho duties of a Christian minister are neglected, ajid his pulpit is converted into a political stump rostrum for the propagation of abolition doctrines and disunion. He searches the Scriptures, as a lawyer does a book of reports, for arguments to support his side of tho question, and shots his eyes obetinatoly to everything against him. It is by men of this stamp—by tho Cheeverg, the Beechers and Stowea of the day—that religion is brought into disre pute. No practical, clear headed man can read tbeir solu tions of the financial difficulty, without contempt for tbe jndgment that attributes to supernatural caußes what is dearly explicab)e*on natural grounds. Their good sense, If they over had any, is warped by their nigger theories, and maudlin philanthropy. Heaven itself only appears desirable to them because they hope to got into company there that they can’t decently associate with on earth.— Between panics and abolitiou preachers tbe nation will soon come to think the latter is the worst of the two. The Berks County Murder. —Up to this hour no clue has been obtained of the mur derer or murderers of Miss Adline Bavor, whose body was found under the Irish Creek Bridge, near Mohrville, with her throat cut, and otherwise mutilated. In this connection we may add, that on Sunday last the body of the murdered girl was taken up for a post mortem examination. It was ascertained that she was not enciente , and the motive of the. crime is still as great a mystery as the murder itself. A vast crowd had gather to witness, the disin terment in the churoh yard, and the examina tion was committed into the hands of Dr Luther, of Reading, and Dr. Spatz, of Lessport. —Reading Fress, Oct. 20.
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