BY JAS. CLARK. POETICAL BOUGH AND READY SONG. TUNE-" Dandy Jim." Oar country calls, once more to arms, To save your work-shops and your farms; < 6 Old Rough and Ready" makes the call, The invitation's to you all. Let Palo Alto be our cry, And on the breeze Resaca fly, 'Till Buena Vista's deeds repay The conqueror of Monterey. The Empire State with noble pride Han placed her Fillmore side by side To run the people's race with Zack, So Cass and Butler clear the track. Let Palo Alto, &c. A sound more welcome than the rest, Lights up the prairies of the West; "Ns Ashlands thunder bursts away The well known voice of HENRY CLAY ! Let Palo Alto, &e Now « in the dark and troubled night," A star is seen on Bunker's height; To guide the old Whig army home, The tribes of Thin united come. Let Palo Alto, &c. Our gallant Scott brings up the rear, His DURNING SOUP the Locos tear; Their old reserve can ne'er escape The deadly aim of Taylor's grape. Let Palo Alto, &c. Our harbor boys will wheel about, And help to clear the CASS•CADE out out; " Chicago's letter" they will read, And SNAG him in the hour of need. Let Palo Alto, &c The people say Cass has been dull Since he surrendered under Hull, And with that sword he broke in two, A Mexican, BRAVE PILLOW slew. Let Palo Alto, &c. When starving Ireland cried for food, Cass like his native granite stood ; He dreamed the day was far remote, E'er he would want the Irish vote. Let Palo Alto, &c. Cass rides a FOOTE by donkeys led, Polk has a PILLOW for his head; And should his Buckeye Bashaw fail lie has a CIISIIING for his tail. Let Palo Alto, &c. The sov'reign people will it so, (lid Zach, mast to the White House go; For that high station he was made, lie never wore the Hack cockade. Let Palo Alto, Sce MORE GRAPE ! Locofoco Testimony in favor of lien. Taylor. WE PUBLISH BELOW the Circular of the Dem ocratic Friends of Gen. Taylor in Pennsylvania. It was issued last Summer, and received the cordial sanction of the Democratic party of this State. It is signed by many of the firmest and truest members of that party. Several, indeed, Of the signatures will be recognised us mention ed, at this time, in connection with the Guber natorial office. We are glad to have it in our power to add this endorsement to the many al rJady published, in favor of Gen. Taylor. We have no doubt that Gen. Taylor will receive as many votes of the old Democratic party in this State as Gen. Cass. He will, with proper ex ertion on the part of our Whig friends, go over the State with an old-fashioned Jackson major- ; ity. As there has no change occurred in Clen. Taylor since the publication of this circular, we hope to have the co-operation of Judge Eldred, Judge Bucher, Gen. Cameron, &c., in the pros ecution of the campaign ! A little more grape, gentlemen, and the day is our own !—Daily News. ils)i jib ji CIRCUL4It of the Democratic Ta“or Central Corresponding Committee. At a large and enthusiastic meeting of Demo cratic citizens, held at Harrisburg, on the 26th June, 1617, the following, among other resolu tions, were unanimously adopted Resolved, That this meeting of Dem ocr 'tic citizens, recognizing the omnip ote ice of the will of the people upon such a subject, and deeply impressed with the peculiar qualifications of Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR for the Presidency, do hereby present him to the Democracy mid the people of this State and Union, as the Democratic candidate, and the rent candidate of the People for the offiee of President of the United States ut {fie ensuing Presidential election. Restdred, That in the attachment bt General TAYLOR to THOMAS JEFFER SON—iII his warm friendship for ANDREW JACESON; apd in his determined opposi tion to a hank of the United States, his kiitiVrn patriotism, and the whole course of his life, we have the best warrant for our firm belief that he will administer the government upon those principles which have formed the policy of every Democratic administration, and whose object is the greatest good of the great est number. • "Resolved, That a committee of cor *respondence be and are hereby appoin ted, for the purpose of interchanging sentiment with their fellow-citizens throughout the State, with a view and for the high purpose of promoting the nomination and election of (An. ZACH ARY TAYLOR, for the presidency; and that the cornmittee arc clothed with full power, cad are instructed to use all pro- '1 nntinobon per exertions to effect such political or ganization in Pennsylvania as may be calculated to vindicate and carry out the public will In regard to the next presi dency ; and that the officers of the mee ting appoint said committee." The following named persons were appointed the committee : COl. SETH Sm.:linty, Hon. Gno. Kurnmu, lion. N. B. Et.nnEn, lion. WILLIAM Docx, Hon. JOHN M. READ, D. W. C. BROOKS, Esq., Hon. Riennun VAIJX, SAMUEL Poor., Esq. Gen. S. CAmttsoN, Col. ISRAEL P., INTER, F. W. HUGots, Esq., R. F. BLACK, Esq., JAMS Biwa*, Esq., Col. H. B. WRioitt, , , . , Maj. WM. DRWAktt, J. A. Bisnor, Esq., Gen. C. SEM., Maj. Geo. V. ZIEGLER, Hon. JOIIN C. BECHER, Hon. JOHN Sxynen, BENJ. PARKE, EN., JosnenBLACK, 1:a(1. th:OILGE PR INtE, 163(1, Gen. WILLI A s t . Hon. ELms Lnwis, Jon,: r BIWA, Esq. . . O. BAnnETT, Esq., H. C. OvvwroN, Esq., P. C. CARSON, Esq., .1. MI'RRAY RUSH, Esq., P. HomminTY, Esq., H. A. MrIII.F.NUERG, JAMES PEACOCK, Esq., ANDREW NICILLEIt, Esq. .TosEPit S. lA:Wis, Esq. Instructed by the foregoing resolu tions, the committee beg leave to address you, and ask your co operation in carry ing out the object therein set forth. Satisfactory Information (rein all parts of the Union leave us no room to doubt that General ZACHARY TAYLOR, the hero of Okee-Cliobee, Palo Alto, Reuses de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista, is the SPONTANEOUS FAVORITE of the "toiling millions" of America, for the office of President of these Uni ted States ; and it is a just cause of con gratulation that the PEOPLE, they who pay our taxes, fight our battles, and make our Presidents by their votes, have taken the matter of the selection of a can didate INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, and are calmly but resolutely, moving forward in the exercise of one of their dearest rights, guaranteed to them by the blood of their revolutionary fathers. This right should NEVER BE DELEGATEB AWAY or entrusted to the management of others, except when necessary to pro cure a concentrated aetion in sustaining great and essential principles, by the selection of one from among a number of talented and equally patriotic and worthy men, presented and urged from different sections of our common coun try, as an appropriate standard bearer— thus avoiding division and consequent defeat. NO SUCH NECESSITY EXISTS AT THE PRESENT TIME. AcniEvEmErrrs the most BRILLIANT—TALENTS the most undeniable and exalted, and PATRIOTISM the most devote!, snperadded to a life and character ENTIRELY SPOTLESS, have marked out one of our citi zens, raising him FAR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF EVEN THE GREAT MEN OF OUR COUNTRY, producing a CONCENTRATION OF THE PUB LIC GAZE, and an UNANIMITY OF THE PUBLIC VOICE, which places the mat ter BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT, and thus DISPENSES with the ORDINARY MACHINERY of PAR TY POLITICIANS. No man holding the principles Which pervade our Declaration of Indepenence which animated and sustained our fath ers in the conflict which terminated in the adoption of our inimitable constitu tion, but must recognise in the events of our history since that epoch, the same guiding Hand and overruling rower upon which they relied, leading us on ward and upward, as we are rapidly ad vancing towards destinies far beyond the reach of mortal eye. Twice, at least, in our political history, when dan gers, at the time, both seen and unseen, threatened our domestic pence and wel fare, have the affections of the people at large been so drawn towards AN INDI. VIDUAL, as to give unerring indications of lIIS BEING THE MAN FOR TIIF EXIGENCY OF TILE TIMES. A WASHINGTON, in whom all confided to settle and arrange our federal government, and a JACKSON, with instinctive foresight to apprehend danger, and more than Roman firmness to meet and dispel it. Who but Gen. ASHINGTON, who had led our feeble ar mies to victory over the proudest of earth's nations, could have reconciled the conflicting interests of the States, built up from general bankruptcy a na tional credit, and cemented such seem ingly discordant elements into a perfect union I And who but General JACKSON, who had closed the second war of Inde pence in a blaze of glory, could have, without a war, compelled France to do us long delayed justice; or with a pur pose unbending as fate have delivered our country from that most powerful, dangerous and corrupt institution, the United States bank ? The price of liberty is UNCEASING VlOl4 LANCE, and we, fear the day is yet far distant when the friends of freedom can lay aside their armour and fold their arms in security. Are' there not some clouds now hanging about our political horizon,,which although yet small, beto ken to the obieriing patriot a storrn which will require not only wisdom and strength, but COURAGE and UNSHRINKING FIIISINESS ill lILM who IS SAFELY TO HOLD lIIINTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, AratST 1, 1848. TIIE HELM OF STATE 1 Statesmen in ev ery section of our country are looking with intense interest upoin the settle ttitht of the questions which must grow out of the war in which we are now en gaged. Wno is the man for the occasion is no sooner asked, than THE PUBLIC VOICE, from the St. Croix to the Rio Grande answers GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR . The PEOPLE BELIEVE that the man who can lead armies, ADVISE CABINETS, and win the affections of our citizen soldiers by his ENERGY, MORAL COURAGE, WISDOM and HUMANITY, is BEST FITTED TO FILL THE OFFICE which the Father of his country and the hero of New Orleans have shown, by their successful and glorious civil adminis trations, can be MOST SAFELY EN TRUSTED to those who, in their own time and age, are "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of their coun trymen. " We shall not in this circular write the EULOGY of GEN. TAYLOR, nor at tempt to enumerate HIS BRILLIANT SERVICES. Thoy are written IN LET TERS OF LIVING LIGHT, not only in the pages of our country's history, but in the hearts of our fellow cithebs. They are seen and read by ALL MEN, EX CEPT THOSE WHOSE JAUNDI CED EYES CANNOT BEAR THE SIGHT. Gen. Taylor Is not a professed politi cian. He is descended from a DEMO CRATIC STOCK, and his associations, sympathies and sentiments, as well as his acts, shows that he is a democrat at heart. His father was a warm un flinching supporter of JEFFERSON, the father of democracy , and he has un waveringly supported Gen. Jackson ; who, more than any other man of his age, walked in the paths which JKETKI. SON bad marked out. The affection and confidence between them was so strong, that a short time before his death, Gen. Jackson pointed out Gen.„Taylor, then, like Cincinnatus' on his farm, as a man for the times, whom he would endorse to the country. Gen. TAYLOR IS NOT MERELY A WARRIOR, a "military chieftain", (an objection which Mr. Clay urged against General JACKSON, and holds against Gen. TAYLOR,) but the acts of his life, the RECORDS of the WAR DEPART MENT at Washington, as well as HIS LATE MODEL DESPATCHES, show him to be a RIPE SCHOLAR and AN ACCOMPLISHED WRITER. His well known views in opposition to bank of a the United States, and in favor of a strict construction of the constitution, with the whole course of his life, are sufficient to satisfy any honest and rea sonable mind as to the principles which will guide him in the administration of the govcrntnent. THE PEOPLE, the HONEST YEOMANRY of the country, who ask no office but desire "the great est good of the greatest number;" ARE SATISFIED, and with SINGULAR UNANIMITY as presenting hint AS THEIR candidate for the highest and most responsible office in the world.; and at the election to 1848 1 THEY WILL AS ONE MAN RALLY TO HIS SUP PORT. After a consultation among ourselves { we hate eoncluded to invite our fellow citizens to assemble in State meeting, at Harrisburg, on the glorious 24th of September next; the anniversary of the battle and victory of the bathe of .Monte rey, for the purpose of odopting such measures as may be deemed expedient and proper to promote the election of Gen. TAYLOR to the Presidency of these 'United States, Come then, fellow-citizens, and let us consult together as to the proper means to carry out THE UNDOUBTED WILL of a LARGE MAJORITY of the PEO PLE of this Union. In the meantime let us hear from you, and have your views upon the common object we have in view, and the best means to be adopt ed. We would also suggest the hold ing of public meetings in your towns and districts for the purpose of carrying out the PUBLIC WILL in regard to the Presidency. Respectfully yours, &c. The above addres was signed, on be half of the committee by the Chairman and Secretaries. THE INDIAN CHIEF• The following beautiful story is literally true and was first published in a lecture delivered by William Tracy, Esq., of Utica, on the early history of (Media county: One of the first setters in Western New York was Judge \V—, who established himself nt W filtestown, about four miles from Utica. He brought his family with him, among whom was a widowed daughter with only one child —a fine boy about four years old. You will recollect the country around was' an unbroken forest, and this was the do twain of the savage tribes. Judge W— saw the necessity of keeping on good terms with the Indians, for, as he was nearly alone, lie was com pletely at their Mercy. Accordingly he took every opportunity to assure them of his kindly feeling, and to secure their good will in returh. Several chiefs came to see him, and all appeared pa cific. But there was one thing that trouble him ; an aged chief of the Onei da tribe, and of great influence, who re sided at the distance of a dozen miles, had not yet been to see him, nor could he ascertain the views and feelings of the sachem in respect to this settlement in that region. At last he sent a mes sage, and the answer was that the chief would visit him on the morrow ! True to his appointment, the sachem came; Judge W received him with marks of respect, and introduced his wife, his daughter and little boy. The interview that followed was inter esting. Upon its result the Judge was convinced his security might depend, and he was therefore exceedingly anx= ious to make a favorable impression upon the distinguished chief. He expressed his desire to settle in this county, to live on terms of amity and good fellow ship with the Indians, and to be useful to them by introducing among them the arts of civilization. The chief heard him out, and then said Brother, you ask much and you promise much, what pledge can you give of your faith 1 The white man's word may be good to the white that', yet it is wind when spoken to the lndi anm" " I have put my life in your hands," said the Judge, " is not that an evidence of my good intention ? I have placed confidence in the Indian and will not he here that he will abuse or betray the trust that is thus reposed." "So much is well," replied the chief, " the Indian will repay confidence with confidence, if you will trust, he will trust you. Let this boy go with me to my wigwam—l will bring him back in three days with an answer !" Hatt arrow had pierced the bosom of the mother she could not have felt a deeper pang than went to her heart, as the Indian made this proposal. She sprang forward,and running to the boy, who stood at the side of the sachem looking into his face with pleased won der and admiration, she encircled him in her arms, and pressing him to her bosom, was about to fly from the room. A gloomy and ominous frown came over the sachem's brow, but he did not speak. But not so with Judge W--, he knew that the success of the enterprise, the lives of his family, depended on the decision of a moment. "Stay, stay, my daughter," he said, " bring back the boy, 1 beseech you. He is not more to you than to me. I would not risk a hair of his head. But, my child, he must go with the chief. God will watch over him! He will be as safe in the sachem's wigmani, as be nentii bur bivit roof." 'rhe agoni zing mother hesitated for a moment, she then slowly returned, placed the boy on the knee of the chief, and kneeling at his feet 3 burst into a flood of . tears: The glean pissed from the sachem's brow, but he said het *ord. He arose and departed: I shall not attempt to describe the dg ony of the mother for the ensuing Otte days. She was agitated by contending hopes and fears. In the night she awoke from her sleep, seeming to hear the screams of the child calling on its moth er for help. But the time wore slowly away—and the third day came. How slowly did the hours pass. The morn ing waned away, noon arrived, yet they came not. There was a gloom over the whole household. The mother was pale and silent, Judge W-- walked the floor to and fro, going every few min utes to the door and looking through 'the opening in the forest towards the sachem's abode. As the last rays of the setting sun were thrown upon the tops of the trees around, the eagle feathers of the chief were seen dancing above the bushes in the distance. He rapidly advanced— and the little boy at his side. He was gaily attired as a young chief—his feet being dressed in moccasins, a fine bea ver skin was on his shoulders, and ea gle feathers were stuck in his hair. He was in excellent spirits, and so proud was he of his new honors that he seem ed two inches taller than he was before. He was soon in his mother's arms, rind in that brief minute she seemed to pass from death to life. It was a happy meeting—too happy for me to describe. 4. The white man conquered !" said the sachem ; "hereafter let us be friends. You have trusted an Indian, he will re pay you with confidence and friendship." He was as good as his word ; Judge W-- lived for many years in peace with the Indian tribes, and succeeded in laying the foundation of a flourishing and prosperous community. 4 4 0 nr ng BRAVE OLD ROUGH AND READY AIR-" Lary Neal." 'Twos down in Philadelphia, The Whigs they did agree', Iti,odminate for President The gallant Zachary. Brave old Rough and Ready, 0 ! gallant Zachary ; • • The man both wise and steady, Our President shall be. th# brave, the noble Taylor, The theme Of every tongue— The peoples' thrliee for President, The second Wasbingtiin. Brave Old Bong!' and Ready, &c. Uptni the Rib Orantle, Ins deeds of glory shone, So brave, and yet so mercillli; The Nations heart was won. Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c. By bold and noble daring He captured Monterey, But spared a prostrate enemy The glory of the (lay. Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c 'Twos at Buena Vista, The banner streamed in light, And modided on " Ohl Whitey," He let hint swell the fight. Brave Old Retigh and Ready, &c. The genius of Napoleon, The noble heart of " Clay," In harmony united In our gallant Zachary. Brave Old Rough and Ready, &e. The Bastards of the " White House," The Polk and Marcy crew, Tried all their arts to crush him, But they found it wouldn't do. Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c, They sent their Santa Anna To try to make him run, But he would'ut—gallant Zachary, Sithender of grk home. BtaVe Uld RdUgh slid Ready, &c. The people want a President Who will maintain the right, They wilt not have black cockade Cuss, Who swears, but will not fight. Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c. But they go for Roitgln and. Ready, With his Old Host Whitey" too, Whd'tl carry hiM til Washington, And kick out the Loco crew. Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c. He never lost a battle, He never did a wrong. He never will “Surrender," So for him we'll go it .