THE JOURNAL.
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HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1848,
Democratic Whig Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
MILLARD FILLMORE.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
SER MIDDLESWAHTII.
Q7' V. B. PALMER, Emq. is onr author
ized agent for receiving advertisements and
subscriptions in the cities of Philadelphia, Bal.
tiniore and New York, and for collecting and
receipting for the same.
ROUGH AND BEADY CLUB.
“A Little more Grape!”
A meeting of the g , Rough and Ready Club,"
will be held at the Exchange Hotel on Wednes
day evening next. The books for recording the
names of members will then he opened. Sever
al addresses may be expected. Let there be a
general Rally. By order,
WM• H. EEIGHTAL, President.
H. K. NErr, C secretem . e,
E. Smuntitts,
Send on your Names.
We return thanks to those of our friends who
have sent us clubs of new subscribers during the
past week, accompanied with the rash. What
township will send us the largest list of new
subscribers previous to the August Court ? You
may all speak at once, if convenient. We will
send the Journal to a club of six, one year, for
$9 in advance--$1.50 per copy ; and until the Ist
of Dec. next to chtbs of five or ten, at 50 cents
per copy. Come, friends, let us hear from you,
one and all ! We will continue, with your aid,
to give the enemy a Little more Gray,"
Cheap Postage.
The bill fora further reduction of postage on
Newspapers, and printed matter generally, pas
sed the House of Representatives on the 19th
inst. This bill provides fur the free circulation
of newspapers, within the county or within thir
ty miles of the place of publication.
HARVEST.—The grain harvest is earlier this
year than we ever recollect to have seen it.—
Our farmers are now busily engaged cutting
grain. The weather is exceedingly fine and the
crops as good as could be expected or desired.
Haan TO BEAT.—An agricultural friend of
ours, in this neighborhood, Mr. JOHN HI/YETT,
has upon his own farm two hundred and fifty
acres of Wheat, all very good, which he will
commence harvesting this week. Who can seat
this 1
Dentistry.
We take the liberty of commending to the fa
vorable notice of our fellow-citizens, Dr. IL
NORTON, Dentist, whose rooms (until Friday
next) are at Mrs. linmpson's. Dr. N. is a gen
tleman of unobtrusive manners, and we believe
well skilled in his profession. Letters of intro
duction which he brought with him from Mifflin
county, speak of him in terms of high commen
dation; and we know that the work he has done
here has thus far given great satisfaction.
Fourth of July
By reference to another column, it will be seen
that preparations are now making for a proper
celebration, by the citizens of this town and vi
cinity, of the Anniversary of our National In
dependence. We are informed by one of the
committee, that the procession will be formed
early in the day.' It is therefore desirable that
those from the country who purpose joining in
the celebration, would come in as early in the
morning as convenient. We observe that else
where, business is to be entirely suspended on
the coming Anniversary. And we would res
pectfully suggest to our merchants, mechanics
and business men generally, to do likewise, so
that. all can have nn opportunity to join in the
exercises of the day.
JUBILEE PICTORIAL. BRoTIIER JONATIIAN.-A
grand Jubilee number. The great semi-annual
Pictorial Brother Jonathan for the fourth of
July, has been sent us by Wilson & Co., New
York. It is a most gorgeous Pictorial sheet.—
Among fifty or sixty other finely executed en
gravings will be found a Mexican Battle Piece
covering a surface of nearly sevenlynare fret ;
and so life-like and full of spirit is the picture,
that the figures seem to move on the paper.—
This Double Mammoth Sheet also contains
among its principal attractions, an engraved fac
simile of the Original Rough Draft of the
Declaration of bukpendence,—a great curiosity
in its way. Also eleven Original Designs by
Gummi, the great French artist, illustrating
recent scenes in Paris. The Jubilee Brother
Jonathan also contains a large number of beau
tiful Fancy Pictures, well calculated to suit the
public taste. A letter directed to Wilson 4- Co.,
Publiabera, New York, enclosing a one dollar
bill will bring, by return mail, ten copies of
this most beautiful of Pictorial sheets.
BRITISH OUTRAGE.
Joan MITCHELL, Editor of the ~ United Mela
mine," published in Dublin, has been tried for
attempting to create a Revolution in Ireland,
and sentenced by the Court, or English Govern
ment, to be transported beyond the seas for
the term of fourteen years." This outrage upon
the Liberty of the Press, and the cause of hu
man rights, is calling forth from the Press and
People of this country one unanimous burst of
condemnation. Large meetings have been held
in Philadelphia and New York, at which speeches
were made. and resolutions passed expressing
sympathy with the ,Irish Patriot, and condemn
ing his banishment in the strongest terms.—
.. Lider..y to Jolts Mitchell," is now the watch
word of the fi lends of Irish Freedom.
Rough and Ready Club--The Work
Before Us.
There was another glorious rally of the friends
of TAYLOR and FILLMORt in this borough
on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of
organising a " Rough and Ready ClUb," Al
though the only notice given Was throtigk the
columns of the Journal, the rooms at Cannons'
were densely crowded. The best spirit pre•
veiled. The countenances of all present indica
ted confidence of an easy victory under the all
conquering banner of old Rough and Ready. In
another column will he found a report of the
proceedings. A better selection of officers
could not have been made. There is not a drone
among them. The indispensable qualifications—
intelligence, energy and industry—are possessed
by the officers of this Club in an eminent de
gree. These remarks are made more with a
view of commending the discrimination of the
meeting, than for the purpose of flattering the
officers elect.
And now that an efficient organization has
been effected, let the good work before us com
mence at once Let there be no faltering—no
holding back. We are embarked in a-glorious
cause, and every man is expected to do his duty.
If the enemy meets us, we mew fight him. And
we have the assurance from our glorious old
leader himself, that "when we all pull together
we CAN'T BE WHIPPED!" Recollect that
our officers are not to do all the work. We,
who compose the rank and file, must stand ready
at all times to do our portion. The election of
TAYLOR and FILLMORE is an event by no
means problematical. Yet we must not allow
our brethern of other States to enjoy all the
hdhor of this triumph. Pennsylvania can be
given to Gen. Taylor. All that is wanting to
accomplish this glorious result, is concert and
efficient action among his friends. That this
will be had, both in old Huntingdon and else
where, we cannot doubt. The people feel too
keenly the effects of the election of Jas. K.
Polk in preference to Henry Clay, to remain in
active, when so favorable an opportunity is affor
' ded for rebuking those who so basely betrayed
them in 1814. All know that Gen. Cass is an
old Federalist—that he was opposed to Jefferson
until he discovered that there was more to be
made by joining his supporters—that he has
been rotated from one office to another ever
since—and that no sooner did he reach the U. S.
Senate than he set about playing the political
demagogue to secure a Presidential nomination;
and all are equally aware, that he supported
every measure, no matter how obnoxious, put
forth by the Mr. Polk and his advisers. His
election would therefore be but a perpetuation
•of the .present corrupt dynasty ; but a continua
tion for four years more, of a bitter, proscrip
tive, ultra-partisan administration of the govern
ment. On the other hand, all feel an an abiding
confidence in the integrity and capability of Old
ZACK, and that his election would bring back
this government to its 'former purity and sym
plicity. That although Gen. Taylor is a Whig
in principle, his administration would be con
ducted. with a view to the interests of the whole
people. For in his own language, Gen. Taylor ,
has no " private purposes to accomplish—no
party to build up—no enemies to punish—noth
leg to serve Lot leis COUNTRY!" What a
glorious position for a candidate. And who, not.
absolutely tied hand and foot to party, can re
fuse his support to him who occupies it? Up,
then, one alt! and let us prepare to give the
old hero who ,6 never surrenders," such a ma
jority in November as will convince the world
that the People of old Huntingdon know how to
appreciate merit, and how to reward the gallant
defenders of the stars and stripes of our Country.
Cass Meeting.
Our Cass friends held a meeting at Couts' on
Thursday evening last. And although not pres
ent, we are informed that quite a number—say
sixty or seventy—very respectable people were
there, some of whom, however, intend to vote
for 44 Old Zack" in November as certainly as
Ase' do. They can't help it. Our friend Maj.
T. P. Campbell made a speech on the occasion,
which is represented by Taylor and Cass men,
as quite a brilliant effort, fully sustaining his
high reputation as an orator. To make an in
teresting speech in opposition to "Old Rough
and Ready," requires more than an ordinary
imagination—no common mind is competent to
the task. But we are told that whenever the
Major mentioned the name of 4, Old Zack," it
was plain to be seen that his heart warmed up
for the "old man;" and if it had only been his
business to speak in his behalf he could have
brought the b'hoys out of their boots. As it
was, the meeting passed off' without any enthu
siast, save the admiration excited by the elo
quence of the speaker. The masses can't cheer
an old Fed,a , ist when there is an old soldier
and a democrat in the field. The thing is im
possible.
Taylor Meeting at Yellow Springs.
A great meeting of the friends of TAYLOR
and FILLMORF: was held in the eight square
School House, near Yellow Springs, Blair coun
ty, on Saturday evening last. More than TWO
HUNDRED People were in attendance. DAVID
STEWART, Esq., Presided. JOHN WILLIAM
SON and A. K. ConavN, Esqr's of this place ad
dressed the meeting. A number who have here-.
tofore acted with the Locofoco party took part
in the meeting. The greatest enthusiasm pre
vailed, and cheer after cheer was given for the
old Hero " who never surrenders." The Tay
lor fever is spreading like wild fire !
Michigan.
A most enthusiastic meeting was held at De
troit for ratifying the Philadelphia nominations,
and the names of TAYLOR and FILLMORE
had a reception as cordial as the most ardent
Whig could desire.
The Advertiser says, as the nomination was
received with extravagant joy, and fwo hundred
guns were fired in honor of the event. Cass
stock went down—down--DOWN—until nobody
wanted it at any price. We never saw so sorry
a looking set of fellows, not even in 1840. The
news was like a clap of thunder in a clear sky
to them."
Gen. Tailor's Reception of his nom-
inatitiii.
The N. 0. Crescent City says :—" The news
of Gen. Taylor's nomination was brought down
the river from Memphis by the steamboat Gen.
Taylor, Capt. Morehead. As the boat approach
ed the General's plantation, near Rodney, she
*handed to, and the passengers commenced hal
looing very loudly for the old hero.
After a while the General emerged from a log
cabin, and came down to the landing, Where he
was met by Captain Morehead, who handed him
the letter announcing his nomination. Re read
it without the' slightest appearance of emotion,
after which he folded it up, put it into the capa
cious pocket of that famous old brown coat, and
turning to the Captain, remarked, "It's a very
fine day, Captain—a very fine day, indeed."—
"Yes, very fine," responded the Captain. "Aid
you have a pleasant trip down ?" Qukte so."
Good morning, Captain, good morning,, gen
tlemen," and the impertnrable old gentleman
waddled off, bowing as he went, to the passen
gers and crew, who made the welkin ring with
their loud hurras for Old Zack.
TILE NORTHERN MAN WITH SOUTHERN PRI,
crr.s.—Lewis Cass,in his letter ofacceptance,
says he has 4, carefully read the resolutions of
the Democratic National Convention, laying
down the platform of our political faith," and
that he " adheres to them, as
.firtal y as lie ap
proves of them cordially." Now, what is this
platform? The resolution relative to the Pro
tective Policy is as follows
Resolved, That the fruits of the great
political triumph of 184.4, hich elected
James K. Polk and George w M. Dallas,
President and Vice President of the
United States," (says one of the reso
lutions,) "have fulfilled the hope of the
Democracy of the Union—in the noble
impulse given to the cause of Free Trade
by the repeal of the Tariff of 1842, and
the creation of the more equal, honest and
productive Thrift' of 1846," &c.
Here, then, we have a part of the Locofoco
creed, which Lewis Cass ,4 approves" so "cor
dially." What is it / The doctrine of BniT
rmi Feet TaAnr,..—of war, increasing and un
compromising war, upon the industrial interests
of the country—of to the Free Labor
of the North.
Anti-Cass.
"Circumstances" are beginning• to operate
against Cass at the West. Hon. John Went
worth, of Illinois, has been re-nominated for
Congress, as an anti-Cass candidate: The De
mocracy of Illinois say that Cass cannot carry
that State, although it usually goes from 10,000
to 10,000 Democratic. The young State of Wis
consin also repudiates the betraye; of her inte
reste, as will every other State borderlng on the
great Lakes.
NEW YORK.
Notwithstanding the little dissatisfaction in
the city of New. York at the...nomination of Gen.
Taylor, all accounts go to
,show that he will
carry that great State in November . , by an un
precedented majority, The Albany Journal
thinks Old :Zack's majority will not fall short of
FIFTY THOUSAND Bets are, being made
in Albany that Gen. Cass will .not carry one
county in the State. The General Whig Com
mittee of the city have given in the unanimous
adhesion to the nomination of TAYLOR : and FILL-
What Folly.
. ,
In reading the Globe's fibbing account of the
Taylor ratification meeting, and the Tesolutions
" handed in by a true friend of Gen: Scott," the
scriptural interrogation—" What shall it profit
a man if he gain the whole world and lose his
own soul," forced itself upon our mind.
.And how
much less, thought we, will it profit our neigh
bor to put in jeopardy his immortal part for the
sake of Gen. Cass, when " OLn ZACK " is sure
to beat him, easy ! 0, what folly !
JUST So.—The Cass men here think it "very
foolish in Mr. Van Buren to allow his name to
to be used for the Presidency !" "Because"
say they, " he stands no chance for an election."
It is strange that men will act so unwisely,
when their friends desire them to take a differ
ent course.
Cocrrv.—Our friends in Dauphin
County have nominated their county ticket. J.
B. Rutherford and Dr. Thomas Duncan are the
candidates for Assembly. The latter gentle
man is well and favorably known in thiscommu
nity. He is exceedingly popular at home, and
will be elected by a sweeping majority.
RETURN OF THE VOTAINTF.ERS.—TtieIatest ad
vices from Mexico are that Gen. Patterson's di
vision arrived, or were expected to arrive at
Vera Cruz on the 12th inst. The probability
is that there were no vessels ready for them to
embark immediately, and for this reason, it is
uncertain when they may arrive.
The Daily News.
This excellent and popular Whig penny paper
appeared recently in a new dress and somewhat
e Barged. The News is only half the price of
the large daitles, but contains as much if not
more of the current news of the day. It richly
deserves the liberal support it is receiving.
The Jersey Blues !
The West Jerseyman says
The people of this nation, from Maine
to Texas, from the hour that Zachary
Taylor proved himself adequate to carry
the Army of the country triumphantly
through the difficulties and embarrass
ments with which an embecile adminis
tration had surrounded it—singled him
out—with one heart and one voice, as the
man fit for the crisis, and best capable
of rescuing the government, as he did
the army, from its threatened dissolution.
The Whig Party have merely ratified
that nomination, and the people in their
might, at the ballot-boxes in November
next, will " sign, seal and deliver" his
title to the White House, by such a ma
jority as will silence all party croakings,
and bless our country, once more, with
an Administration—republican as Madi
son's—able as Adams'—and pure as
Washington's."
LOCOFOCOISM EXPLODING!
Martin Van Buren nominated for
the Presidency by the Harnburner
Locofocos !
By the following telegraphic despatch for the
Phila. Ledger, it will be seen that the Locofecos
have another strong ticket in the field for Pres
ident and Vice President. The day'of retribu
tion has at length come, and ultra Locofocoism
is about to be shattered into fragments. Its cor
ruptions and excesses have at length broken down
its once powerful organization. Huaza for "OLt
ZACK" , and a pure administration of the gov
ernment.
[Correspondence of the Public Ledger.]
Nominations by' the Utica Conven-
- tIonT
UTICA, N. Y., June 23
The Convention was convened at 8
o'clock this morning,pursuant to adjourn
ment.
A number of telegraphic despatches
and letters to the President and oth
ers were received and read. Among
the letters tvere .some from Illinois, nu
merously signed, one of them closed as
follows "We want Martin Van Buren
for our candidate, The slave power
broke him down in 1844—we will break
that power down in 1848." Delegate's
are pouring in from other States, and
speeches were delivered by several from
Connecticut.
A motion was made to nominate Pres
ident and Vice President by a vita voce
vote, but the motion was amended, by
recommending the nomination of Mr.
Van Buren by acclamation, which was
carricd'amid universal bursts of applause
and without a dissenting voice.
Henry Dodge, the United States Sen•
ator from Wisconsin, was then nomina
ted for the Vice Presidency.
No sooner were the nominations an
nounced than a Mass meeting assembled
in the street, which was addressed by
Messrs. Washburn, Harrison, Gen. Nye,
Rathbun, and Bailey, of this State, Mr.
Taylor, of Ohio, Ex-Governor Morton,
of Massachusetts, and delegates from
Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
The assemblage exhibited the wildest en
thusiasm.
The resolutions and address were read
in the Convention and unanimously
adopted.
B. F. Butler made a speech in the Con
vention, in which he declared that Mr.
Van Buren cannot and will not refuse to
accept the nomination.
An exciting debate then took place
upon the freedom of the public lands to
actual settlers. A resolution was final
ly adopted, declaring that the price
should be put down so low as to be barely
sufficient to cover the expenses of the
survey, &c.
The plans for the organization of the
party and for carrying on the campaign
were then read, considered and approv.
ed of, after which the Convention ad.
journed sine die.
GEN. TAYLOR —The Natchez Free
Trader of the 6th inst. says :
This veteran of the Mexican oar, in ex
cellent health and spirits, passed Nat
ches yesterday morning in our fine name
sake packet steamer, "Cyprus Grove,"
forty miles above. His Mexican som
brero, recently whitened, never looked
more becoming than yesterday. He ap
peared actually young and gay hearted.
POT THE ADVANTAGE.—The Pittsburg
American tells the following good one—
A Locofoco despondingly remarked to
us the other day, you Taylor men have
a great advantage over us. You can
talk and sing of your battles of Palo Al
to, de Reseca, Monterey, and Buena Vis
ta, of which your candidate is the hero,
and we have nothing wherewith to ans
wer but the SURRENDER OF HULL !
Mr. Fillmore to the Friends of Ire-
land.
The New York Tribune publishes the follow
ALBANY, May 30, 1848.
Gentlemen : I have the h9nor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter, in
viting me to attend a meeting to be held
at the Broadway Tabernacle on the 3d
of June, for the purpose of extending
aid and sympathy to Ireland, in the pre
sent eventful crisis of her fate; and I
regret to say, that my official engage
ments are such as to deprive me of that
pleasure.
No man who has a heart can fail to
feel for marering Ireland. Her brave
sons have fought the battles of the civi
lized world, but her own they have yet
to fight ; and why England continues to
hold her in subjection, against her will
and by mere force, is to me unaccounta
ble. Is it from the mere love of domin
ion, or the fear, that if Ireland resumes
her stand among the nations of the earth,
that her distant colonies may seek to
sunder the frail tie that binds them to
the mother country 1 Whatever may
be the motive, it seems clear, that the
Union is profitless to England and ru
inous to Ireland; and I trust the time is
not far distant when Irishmen shall again
breathe the free air of an independent
and happy People.
Respectfully yours, 4-c.,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Messrs. James H. Titus, Peter McLaugh
lin,
Robert Hogan, William P. White,
J. C. Devewaux, John T. Doyle, Jno.
A. McGlyn, and Nelson J. Wat
erbury, committee.
Illness of Gov. Shook.
Gov. Shunk is again seriously ill. His dis
ease has assumeda new shape, and he now appears
to be almost in the last stage of consumption;
His friends have little hope of his recovery.
GEN. CASS IN THE WAR---INDIAN
SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, June 1.1, 1818,
It is one of the painful duties of those called
upon to act as public sentinels to canvass .the
integrity and fitness of men nominated for high
official positions. Many things which would
otherwise lie buried beneath the rubbish of the
past, or dormant amidst the more active present,
are thus revealed before the light of day.-expo
sed to the searching power of truth. General
Cass' life, which as a story half told by his
friends, and not half scanned by the public, will:
not BEAR THE INSPECTION which is claim
ed for it. When an INDIAN AGENT, as he I
was for so many years, the branch of service
with which he was so long connected was noto
riously badly administered ; and, while at the
head of the War Department, the complaints
were land and constant of the BAD FAITH of
Apartment over which he presided. The
position in which General Cass has been placed
by his friends, makes it necessary to revive the
past, and to put the question, whether Gen. Cass
is the fittest man for the position to which he
is called by his friends. We fear that the re
membrances of the past, in his own public his
tory, will prove him to be as lax in Isis admin
istration of ditties as he has proved himself
loose and uncertain in his opinions.
General CASS was Governor of Michigan Ter
ritory from 1813 to 1821, and by virtue of this
office, he was Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
His organ of acquisitiveness, however made
him quite dissatisfied with his amount of com
pensation, and, accordingly, we find him de
manding TEN RATIONS A DAY ADDITION
AL, or $l3O A YEAR; and beyond all this,
fifteen hundred dollars a year for extra compen
sation as Superintendent of Indian Affairs.—
The E ' gTRA PAY, per annum, was two thou
sand two hundred and thirty dollars, for the per
, formance of duties for which he was otherwise
well ,paid. The pertinacity with which these
' claims were pressed, do not speak well for his
modesty, or nice sense of honor. The princi
ple of payment seems fa be only upon the
ground that " to the victors belong the spoils of
, office." •
On the 30th day of April, 1831,General Cass,
after begging steadily for ten years, received
$10,500 as extra compensation; and, on the 13th
of November, 1837, $3,875 was allowed him of
additional pay. The particulars of this case may
be found in Documents 112, 251—Congress, 34
Session, House of Representatives.
In Document 214, the same Congress, I find
the following items, under the head of 4, Allow
ance made to Governors and Secretaries of Ter
ritories to cover expenses incurred on account
of the Superintending of Indian Affairs, for
Office and Clerk hire, &c.—LEwis CASs, Mich
igan, from October 9, 1813, to May 29, 1822,
10 rations per day, at 10 cents each, $O,OlO
Lewis CASs, from 9th October, 1813,
to July 31st, 1831, (extra salary, at $l,
500 per anuum.)
All received as extra compensation
In a more important document, No. 6, 27th
Congress, I find the following items, under the
head, g , Extra aillotrances," and what General
Cass appears to have 'received, not as Governor
of Michigan, but as additional pay while hold
ing the office of Governor.
Lewis Cass—for a per diem of $B, for 55 days
extra services, as Commissioner at the Treaties
of Greenville, 1814 ; and at St. Mary's, in 1818,
and concluding arrangements with the Wyan
dotts, in 1817 and 1818, $llO
Lewis Cass—Travelling expenses, 260
Lewis Cass—Attendance and travelling,
at Fort Me 1 0 6., 1817, 200
Lewis Cass—Attendance and travelling
at St. Mary's in September and Octo
ber, 1818,
Lewis Cass—Travelling and other expen
ses incident to the Saginaw Treaty, in
1819,
Lewis Case-Travelling and other expen
ses incident to the Treaty of Sault de
St. Mary, 1820,
Lewis Cass—Fifty days extra service, be
fore and after the Treaty,
Lewis Cass—Commission at Chicago, 52
days at $8 per day, 1821,
Lewis Cass—Mileage for do., eight dol
lars for every 20 miles,
Lewis Cass—Attendance at the Seat of
Government, 1826, for settlement of
his own accounts,
Lewis Cass—For Treaty with Indians at
Wapaghkonella, in 1825, and allowances 256
Lewis Cass—Same kind of service, same
year, at Prairie de Chien, and carrying
the Treaty to Washington, 2,092
Lewis Cass—
STmilar service,lB26, in Indiana in Sep
tember and October, 552
do 1826, at Sound du Lac,
3 months,
do 1827, at Butte des
Morte, June, July,
and August,
do 1826, at Green Bay,
July and August,
1827, at St. Joseph, for
September,
Lewis Cass—Services and expenses at
Seat of Government, I 1 1 days, 1819, 1,520
Extra pay for services at Piqua, Ohio,
Fort Wayne, Chicago, 1822 to 1828, 10,500
Lewis Cass—Extra pay for 1829, 1830,
and part of 1831, 3,873
$27,087
This is triple pay for actual service, and du
plicate extra pay to the amount of sixty thousand
four hundred and twenty dollars !
Besides all this, General Cass received his pay
as Governor of Michigan, and, as is known, he
became rich by virtue of his office, and the fa
' cilities afforded through it, for speculating in
Indian Lands.
[Pittsburg Gazette.
.‘ OLD ZACK" CANT BE UPSET.-At a
late Convention in Maine, a Taylor flag
was suspended, displaying most promi
nently the initial Z to the gaze of an ad
miring multitude. A six-foot lumber
man from the interior, looking up to it,
exclaimed—. There now, that's Old Zack
edxactly !It can't be upsot. Turn it
which Arny you will, its a Z—and 'taint
nothing else. Hurrah for old Rough and
I Ready 'I
Awful Fires.
OtrA very destructive fire broke out
in Norfolk, Va., on the 14th inst. Sixty
two houses were laid in ashes, and prop
erty was ddstroyed estimated at $2OO,
000 ! It was the work of an incendiary.
in- Akron, Ohio, was also the scene
of a destructive fire last weak. Property
to the amount of $30,000 was destroyed.
Address of the State Central Cotner
mince Ratifying the Notninations,
TO THE WHIG PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Whigs of Pennsylvania! Your State Central
Committee appointed by the Whig State Con
vention of March 15, 1818, find their first official
duty to be, that of announcing to you the nomi=
nation, by the Philadelphia National Convention,
of Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR, of Louisiana, for next
President, and of the Hon. MILLARD FILLMORE,
of New York, for next Vice President of this'
great Union. Having consented to the Conven
tion which made these nominations, as a mea
sure necessary to secure that concentration and'
unanimity of action so requisite to succese—hav
ing participated in its deliberations by our dele-•
gates regularly and fairly chosen—having by
such participations bound ourselves as a Party,
as Whigs, as Individuals, to abide by and sup
port its decissions, your Committee feel author
ized,. under these circumstances, and . in conse
quence of the noble and unanimous response
which greets this ticket in every county of our,
great Commonwealth, to declare to our political
brethren in other States, that the Whigs of Penn
sylvania, with ono universal acclaim, ratify the
nominations and will record that ratification on
the 7th of November next in the moat emphatic,
manner, by giving the electoral vote of the Old,
Keystone for TAYLOR and FILLMORE, without
peradventure and without fail.
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Whigs of Pennsylvania I In announcing these'
nominations, . and your cordial assent to them,
your committee are well aware, that a majority
of you probably cherished ot your first choice
for Chief Magistrate, that other gallant soldier .
who from Canada to the gates of Mexico, for fot . -
tz e ze o aT m s io b o y f a g ;i o e r r y ie o s v o e f r v t Le e to A ri ro ou e s ri d o t o e n ds o , roi hr:
Your committee also know that thousands of you
hoped to battle under that true hearted civillian
whose "white plume" so often has been the
guiding signal 'for the Whigs in ninny a well
stricken political field. Your enthusiastic assent
to the nominations, therefore, is the more hon
orable to you, and is the strongest evidence of
of your sense of the high claims, the moral fit
ness, sterling character and'sound principles of
the nominees. Of Gen. Taylot it is not neces
sary for us to speak. His deeds have engraved
his name on the heart of every American :citi
zen—for it is the name of the Hero around whose'
brow played the golden sun of Palo Alto and
Resaca, and whose farm was enveloped in.-the
lightning blaze of Monterey apd Buena Vista.
Whigs of Pennsylvania ! If you but do your --
duty in the ensuing contest, the election of Gen.
Taylor is not for one instant doubtful. But it
is right to warn you that you have a subtle, unti
ring enemy opposed to you, who, already in pons
ession of the public offices of the nation will struggle
the more desperately to retain them. To Con
quer this well trained veteran band, you must he
THOROUGHLY ORGANISED in every.elec
tion district in the Commonwealth, in sneh a
manner as will leave no hope to our opponents
of overcoming our superior numbers by. their
superior discipline. The Committee have had
this matter under careful consideration, and
have concluded to make the following recoil-len
dations
lot.—That on the coming 4th of July "the
Friends of GENERAL TAYLOR" unite in the dif
ferent counties, townships, or boroughs, to cel
ebrate the birth day of our Nation, in the usual
or any appropriate manner, at which songs may
he sung, toasts expressive of the of
sentiments
the people read, and speeches delivered in expo
sition of the.life, character and principles of our
candidates...
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2nd—That as soon as possil*, Ittt organiza
tion in each county should be cornitimeed ; not
only in boroughs and townships, Wt . in 'School
Districts, by means of Committees of inteligent
men; and that whenever practical;le, Rath and
Ready Clubs should be formed ; and every effort
made through them to circulate Newspapers abd
documents to inspirit, to confirm, or to inform:
For the present, instead of Mass Meetings. your
Committee would advise popular Taylor Meet
ings in townships and small districts, at which
those who are able to address the people; should
make it a point to be present.
3rd.—The subject of holding great Mass Meet
ings, the Committee have now under consider
ation, and are constantly engaged in correspon
dence in relation thereto. As it 'id desirable
there should he no clashing in the times fixed
for holding Mass Meetings, it is requested that
whenever such a meeting is contemplated the
proposers of it advise with this Committee,
through its Chairman at Harrisburg, in regard
to the proper time and place of holding it.
With these brief recommendations, the Com
a mitten submit the matter to the People. They
are impressed with the conviction, that an effi-
Clent organization upon the part of the FRIENI
OF TAYLOR AND FILLMORE, IS all that is requi
site to carry Pennsylvania, by a majority of
from 10 to 20,000. A'ready the evider,s of
cordial unanimity of fceling--of enthusiastic
devotion to the Whig cause, as embodied in the
nominees of the Convention,—of zealous and vig
orous determination rescue the country from its
present vicious administration, or those who
would pursue a similar policy—are numerous
and overwhelming as they are most inspiriting.
The Whig Party of Pennsylvania will present a
united, a determined, and a victorious front in the
ensuing contest. Already the fire of victory
lights every Whig eye—the glory of approach
ing triumph gladdens every Whig countenance;
and our opponents read in the one and in the
other the handwriting of their defeat. General
TAYLOR nor his friends NEVER SURRTNDER.
ALEXANDER RAMSEY.
• Chairman.
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GREAT RATIFICATION MEETING PRO,
POSED
The St. Louis Era says :—The nomi
nation of Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR
and MILLARD FILLMORE was receiv
ed with every demonstration of joy and
enthusiasm by our neighbors in the State
of Indiana. A despatch from Vincennes
puts the enquiry : " When shall the great
Ratification Meeting take place ?" To
this our cotemporary of the . Republican
responds : " Let the meeting take place
at Old Fort Harrison, near Terre Haute,
the first battle ground of Gen. Taylor."
To this proposition we respond affir
matively, and trust a similar expression
will at once be made by the Whig pa.
pers of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentuc
ky,
and Missouri. Let the time be des
ignated by our Whig friends in Indiana:l
and thousands of Whigs will resort to
the " first battle ground" of the "Man of
the People," there to congratulate each
other on the prospect of our country'', re
demption, and to mature a systemn of co
operation that will secure to Gen. Tap
for as large a popular vote as that Win' .
was given to Gen. Harrison in 1840.
Signs of the Times.
Hon. JNO. C. Bocuna of Harrisburg, for many
years Chairman of the Locofoco State Commit
tee, is out for Taylor and Fillmore. John Coop
er, Esq., of Danville, an influential leader of the
Polk and Dallas forces in 1844, has taken the
stump for Rough and Ready. •