intellfgencer & 3ournal. Lancaster, August 3, 1852. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT: N. FRANKLIN PIERCE, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR VICE PRESIDENT, L. WILLIAM R. KING, OF ALABAMA FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM SEARIGHT , OF FAYETTE COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS SENATORIAL. GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne WILSON WCANDLESB, of Allegheny. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT. ROBERT PAriEltSoN, of Philadelphia DLEITHICTI. Peter Logan, I.i. H. C. Eyer, Geo. 11. Martin, 14. John Clayton, John Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson, F. W. llockiva, 16. Henry Fetter, R. McCoy, Jr., .17. James Burnside, A. Apple, 18. Maxwell McCaslin, N. Strick.and, 19. Joseph McDonald, Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. Coliihan, David Fioter, 21. Andrew Burk, R. E. James, 22. William Dunn, John Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. M , Calmont, P. Damon, 24. George It. Barret. County Committee Meeting The Democratic County Committee of Lancaster linty will meet at the public house of J. G. -ber, in E. King Street, in this City, on Wed day, the 18th of August, 1852, at 1 o'clock, M. Punctual attendance is req..ested, as buei ea of importance will be laid before the body. WILLIAM MATHIOT, ttlicaster, Aug. 3, 1852. Chairman. 'The names of the gentlemen composing the i l unty Committee will be published next week.] Pierce and King Club. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Assn i •tion was held at Scheirenbrand's•Hotel, in West ing Street, on Saturday evening last—the Pres- Capt. HENRY HAMDRIGOT, i n die Chair.— sldresses were delivered by Messrs. SANDERSON, ILLIAM S. AMWEG and HILLS, and a handsome cession of new names was made to the roll of embers. The Z'lub adjourned to meet at BLICXES . STIF.Ft- It's Hotel, in North Queen Street, on Saturday ening, the 14th inst, at S o'clock. irrAn interesting correspondence between a num •r of citizens of New York and the Hon. JAMES McLArrestor, of Congress, in relerence to the fah patriot, T. F. MEAOIiEIi, will be found on our at page. Daily Pennsylvanian. Arrangements have been made by which the 'ennsylvanian (a penny paper) will be served reg iarly and promptly to subscribers in this city by . l e Carrier of the Intelligences, immediately after e arrival of the Cars roes day. Persons wishing become subscribers to that paper will please :ave r their names at this office during the present eek, as it ie necessary to know what number of o l piee can be disposed of Cnoinia.!—A man named McLean, residing in e upper end of West Orange street, in this City l ed with a disease supposed to be Cholera on Sat day. Another man, named GIMPER, residing e l xt door, and who assisted during the illness of .e other, took the disease on Saturday night and ied on Sunday. Report says that one or two other :ses have occurred in that immediate neigh I.rhood. Our citizens cannot be too careful in their diet, c. Strict attention should also be paid to cleanli- Portrait of Gen. Pierce. W. L. ORMSBY & Co., of New York, have just .üblished a handsome steel engraving of our dis. riguished nominee for the Presidency, representing he General, mounted on his war .steed, with spy glass in hand, and in full uniform. It is admirably executed, and is said by those who have seen him io be a correct likeness. The picture is handsome iy framed and retails as folloWs : with the gilded frame s9—without the frame, $2. Mr. THOMAS M. Warmlr, of Philadelphia, has been appointed agent for the sale of the engraving, and is now in this city 1 , attenaing to that business. Those of our Demo -1 • t Frolic fellow-citizens who may wish to obtain the icicture, which, in addition to being a correct like itiess of the next President of the United States, will be an ornament to their parlors, would do well to call upon the agent without delay, as his stay will ibe limited in this city. We have one of the Por traits hanging up in our office, where our friends can have a sight of Gen. PIERCE "free gratis fur nothing." Canal Commissioners' Statement. The Harrisburg Keystone of Wednesday last pub lishes a statement from the Canal Commissioners in reference to leasing the right of carrying passen gers over the Columbia and Philadelphia railroad. It appears to be a lair and full statement of the whole subject, and we think is an unanswerable ar gument in justification of the course pursued by the Canal Commissioners, and fully establishes the fact that in what they have done, they have been actua ted solely by a desire 'to advance the interests of the Commonwealth. Notwithstanding its great length—neaily five of the broad columns of the Key atone—we shall endeavor to find room for it in our MEM Whig Slanders Many of our readers will recollect the foul sod infamous slanders—theyeg Beatty and John Stone breaker affidavits—concocted and propagated by the Whigs against David R. Porter, the Democratic can didate for Governor in 1835. The same course is now being pursued against WILLIAM SEARIGIIT, the Democratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, for the doable purpose of defeating nim and carrying the State for Gen. Scott.. They failed then in de feating Gov. Porter, and we predict that they will just as sigually fail now in defeating Gen. Pierce and Mr. Searight. . Vie have occupied a considerable portion of our paper this week, with a refutation of these base cal umnies against that good and true man, William &aright. For the first two articles, with the ac companying remarks, we are indebted to the Penn sylvanian. The others have their appropriate cred its. All are from amongst the most respectable citizens of Mr. Searight's own neighborhood, and constitute a most triumphant vindiration of his character from the reckless assaults .n of his un scrupulous opponents, and brand with infamy the author and propagators of the malignant and hell ish slanders. We advise all our readers to give these statements an attentive perusal. Accinesm.—Mr. Amos E. Reigart, son of E Eisigart, of this City, was seriously injured on yes terday morning, at the Steam Saw Mill,on the Con: estop, by being struck with a piece of timber on the head. He was in a'critical condition at the time our paper went to press. Lundy's Lane. This famous battle was fought on the 25th of Ju ly, 1814, and now, after a lapse of eight and thirty years, its anniversary is celebrated for the first time by the Whig party. It was unquestionably one of the bloodiest battles of that war, and the immense lons of life on our side is to be mainly attributed to the rashness of Gen. Scorn who commanded a brig- ade composed of the very flower of the A erican army: That Gen. SCOTT is a gallant soldier d brave tn.in no one will dispute. His coup.ye as been tepeatedly tested on the battle fields of his country. But that he acted the part of a wise Gen eral or a skilful commander at Lundy's Lane, is what no one will allege with any degree of truth fulness. But even if be had given evidence of true Generalship, what was his rank at the time? He was only a subordinate officer, and (according to Whig doctrine as applied to his Mexican campaign,) could not monopolize all the credit of the victory There were other officers present in addition to the commanding General &owls. There were Rtrimr, and PORTED., and MILLED., and GAT rizs, and JESSUP —all of whom acted a gallant and distinguished part in the action, and who certainly behaved with much more prudence than Gen. SCOTT, who held his brigade in front of the British army and permitted it to be cut to pieces before the main body of the American army could be brought on the field. If credit is due to any one officer more than another, for the successful issue of the battle, it is to Col. Mria.r.a who at the head of his gallant regiment captured the British battery that had dealt death and destruction to Gen. ScOrr's brigade, and with out whose capture the battle would have been irre- trievably lost The following article from the Buffalo Courier is so much to the point in reference to the battle that we cheerl ally forego 'Any further remarks of our own in order to give place to it. The editor—and he speaks what he knows, and what every sensible man knows who has any correct knowledge of the history of that battle—says.— " The. Whigs are making a spasmodic effort to create a little enthusiasm in their flaggir , ranks by celebrating the Anniversary of the battle, of Lun dy's Lane, and turn over what of glory or credit that that battle reflected on the American arms to Gen.'zicott, to aid him in reaching the Presidential We are the last to deny the merits, or to attempt to abate from the reputation of any one who has served his country long and well in any capacity; but are equally averseito one assuming honors that belong to others. Cdyrage and patriotism are nat ural attributes of thelAmerican people, and to find one possessing an opposite spirit would be an excep tion to the general Ale. Gen. Scott, in common with all his countrym l en, is a patriotic citizen. He has shown h,ms.elt to be a man of courage—of per sonal bravery, in a high degree—a claim which we as a na , ion, set up before the world, for all who have had an opportudity to distinguish themselves upon the battle field, with scarcely an exception. War has been the business of Gen. Scotee'life.— For t,,is He was educated, and the camp has been his home since early marinood. That he should be dis tinguished in his profqssion is natural—it is a neces sity which he could ep . t well have avoided, and not utterly disgraced his citizenship. But no mariis perfect—there isno man but what at. soMe period of hin career-makes great mistakes even in his chosen prpfessiott A general military career may be glorious, while isolated points in it may not be even criTlitable. We therefore think that the celebration di the Anniversary of the bat tle of Lundy's Lanejhas been illy chosen by the Whips far the accontliShment of the purposes for which it is designed. f There are two or three rea- . . snits why we hold th i s opinion. In the first place, Gen. Scott waA but a •subordi nate, acting under th orders of a superior officer. It it is claimed that Gen. Scott shall bear off the t credit of this battle, t en what becomes of the glory of the Mexican carpaign ? He did not fight the battles them—subordinate officers did the Work, and the same rule should apply in both cases. If Gen eral Brown is to be despoiled of his laurels—if Mil ler, Ripley, Gaines, Porter and their associates are to be ignored, then we shall insist upon applying the same proves to he Mexican campaign, and of dividing its honors, at least, with those who won them hand in hand with the enemy. But there is anothdr reason why the selection of this battle is unfortdnate. That Gen. Scott was brave to rashness ins younger days, is well known to all who are acqt anted with his career ontthe hi Niagara frontier. .re was ordered by Gen. Brown to proceed nom the amp at Chippewa, to observe the enemy, and to h Id him in check until the main army came up., Hel advanced up the road and ~dep loyed his Brigade vhich consisted of two Regi ments, the 11. th and 22d, we believe—in front of the woods within pint blank musket shot of the British army under 'Gen. Riall. This precipitated the action, and his hic , ade.was completely riddled --almost annihilate before assistance could arrive. There was scarcely lenough men lett orthe two to form a skeleton Regiment ‘ in the rear of the reserve which interposed between them and the British fire. 01 his own Regiment but few were left fit for duty. It required a feat full sacrifice of life to retrieve this error of Gen. Scott and to the heroic Miller who led his invincible command up the declivity amid a st.tirm ot n leadom r a in and iron hail" and captured the British cannon, snore than to any other, belongs the glory of that b l ank , . His immortal ' I'll try, ,it,.' was the turning point of that bloody battle field. Nearly nine hundred toes lay bleeding and dead up on that plain—a large portion of them slain because of the premature and unauthorized -bringing on of , the battle by Gen. Scott. In all this, we de not in the least impeach his bravery or his pat4tism. But when bravery degen erates into rashness it ceases to command our he- I spect. It requireduperhuman efforts and a bloody I sacrifice, to prevent an utter defeat. In the battle all behaved as Americlm officers are expected by their' countrymen to behave. But the credit of its suc cessful issue does not belong to Gen.Scott—Miller's charge upon the ba l ttery decided the fate of the day. Had that miscarried, all would have been lost. Of this Gen. Brown was aware when he gave him the desperate work to io. He said that the enemy's cannon, which occupied a commanding point, and which swept the field, must be•captured, or he could tot maintain his position.'' Amongst the passengers lost b!.; the burning of the Steamer Henry Clay, in the Hudson river— an account of whi l fh will be found in another col-1 umn —was the wife and two children of our es teemed fellow-citi f en, JOHN L. THOMPSON, Esq., District Attorney for this County. Himself, to gether with another child and nurse, escaped. The bodies of the two children were obtained and re- cognized on Thursday morning, the - day alter the calamity occurred, but that of Mrs. T. was only found on Saturday, after. having floated some four miles down the river. Mrs. Thompson was an es estimable lady, and her sad fate is deeply mourned, not only by a fond and indulgent husband, but by a large circle of f i iends and acquaintances. Mr. Thompson, we understand, is in a state bordering on distraction, thd awful calamity with which he has been visited 4ving completely unmanned him. A Committee trout the Masonic Lodge of this City , of which he is a worthy member, proceeded to New York, on Thursday, for the purpose of rendering him every assistaiice and consolation in their pow er. From .Mayo l Keifer, who returned on -Sunday± we learn that the bodies of Mrs. T. and her two children would intered at Princeton, N. J., (her native place,) on fresterday. 11:7At the latest accounts 73 dead bodies had been recovered fim the wreck of ;he Henry Clay, It is supposed the number lost is very little, if any, 'short of 100! A. WROLE MANUFACTORY COME OYEi.—The Trenton True Almerican i states "that the hands of a large manufac i turing establishment in Newark, who _formerly voited the Wliig Ticket will this Fall vote for the Democratic nominees. The Southern trade oi Newer has been severely injured by the Woolly-head, aid Seward and Greely's candidate will feel its effect, despite his epaulette. t. - - DA vln Wimuo i i r.—We observe by the last Potter Luion that Hon. David Wilmot addressed the young men's Democratic Club of Coudersport, on which occasion Fie exyiressed himself well satisfied with the nominationslof Pierce and King, and declared his determiriatin to give them his hearty and cor dial nllpport egren4l,—.The President hes ap liemenant Colonel SAMUEL COOPIII eneral of the Army, to fill the va • by the death Of Gen. Jones. A DJUTAAT ( pointed Brevet I to be Adjutant cane) , occasion. Major General Patterson It gives us pleasure to publish the following tri bute of respect to Maj. Gen. ROBERT ParrsasoN When the war broke out with Mexico he was sur rounded by all the enjoyments which affluence, family and friends could secure. He was also em barked in the most extensive business engagements. But he voluntarily left all behind to encounter the dangers of war in the enemy's country and the per- Basil exposure in an unhealthy climate. His conduct at Vera Cruz and Cerro Gorda elicited the highest praise, and his kind and gentlemanly deportment towards the brave men unite! his command received Their gratitude and regard. The.people of this city well remember the temrs of commendation in which these war-sworn citizen-soldiers spoke of their commanding General during their temporary so journ in this place, on their return from their vic. torious achievements in Mexico: The following correspondence between anumber of our fellow-citizens and Gen. Robert Patterson, of ' Philadelphia, has been left with us for publication. It is a matter of regret that Gen. P. should decline partaking of the public dinner tendered him by his numerous personal and political friends in Ibis city . There is no man within the bounds of this Com monwealth who is more deserving of the respect and honor of its citizens than General Patterson, for he has at all times been a devoted friend of Penn sylvania, and has struggled untiringly to advance the interests and prosperity of her people. PITTSBURG, June 15, 1852 . Major Generel Robert Patterson. SIR :—The undersigned, your fellow citizens, who have long regarded you with high favor as a citi zen, but whose esteem and regard have been great ly enhanced by your noble and gallant conduct in the war with Mexico. are anxious to offer you a tes timonial of their respect and admiration. We there fore respectfully ask your acceptance of ,a public dinner, on such day as may suit your convenience, during your visit to our city. We are, sir very truly and sincerely, C. Shaler, J. B Guthrie, Wm. Wilkins, Wilson McCandLess, Samuel W. Black, R. B. Carnahan, Patrick M Kenna, Jas. F. Campbell, L. Harper, An 7 drew Burke, Thos. J. Keenan, Geo. A. Keyser, Al fred B McCalmot, H. Sproul, - ;en. P. Hamilton, J. M. Davis, W. W. Irwin, Thos Blackmore, George McCook, Z. Scott, Alex. Black, John Layton, P. C. Shannon, Lynde Elliot, Thos. Phillips, Robert An kerson, M. Knee, jr., John S. Hamilton, R. Morrow, Charles Naylor, H. S. .Magraw, James B. Sawyer, M. I. Stewart, Rudy Patterson, Charles Barnett, Thos. Umbstactter, Charles Kent, Joseph Birming ham, Wm. Trovillo, David Beeler, James P. Barr, John C. Dunn, John D. Muter, W. S. Campbell. PITTSBVRO,June 15, 1852 GENTLEMEN '.—Your esteemedfavor of this date tendering me the honor of a public dinner, is re ceived. I am under renewed obligations to my fellow citizens of Pittsburg for this additional "testimonial of their esteem and regard," and receive it, es I am sure it was• intended—not for me personally, or a compliment to my poor services, but as the repre sentative of the gallant officers and soldiers of the . division it was my good fortune to command. For myself, and on behalf of my brother soldiers, I return you my most cordial and grateful thanks, and regret that long absence from my family, and the necessity for my departure in the morning, will deprive me of the pleasure of accepting your kind invitation. I remain gentlemen, with the highest regard very sincerely, your friend and obliged fellow-citizen. R. PATTERSON. To Hon. C. Shaler, J. B. Guthrie, and others. We are pleased to see the above tribute paid to one of our Pennsylvania generals who served in the recent Mexican war, coming from the Western portion of the Commonwealth, and especially so , as Philadelphia, under the influence of a little Whig leaven, and a little Home prejudice, has endeavor ed to ignore rather than to do justice to his admi rable conchfct in Mexico. The Generalissimo of a victory, is not the only officer entitled to credit He represents only officers and men—and is often like the Pound Sterling, no real coin, but made up of an aggregate of other values. Maj. Gen. Patter son stands high in the estimation of the volunteers whom he commanded, whose comfort and life might easily have been sacrificed, upon some bold stroke, which even if unsuccessful would have turned over to his name the courage of the slain. At Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo, his conduct de serves the highest praise, and as an officer of high rank and capacity, Pennsylvania may well single him out, as brave in judgment as well as brave in the field. Without a personal acquaintance with the General, we have often heard him eulogized, by the volunteers, the men of all others best able to appreciate the leader most true to them and his country.—Carbon Democrat. Judges Black and Lewis These two distinguished Judges of our Supreme Court were invited, by the Democrats of Philadel phia, to participate in the Anniversary Celebration of the 4th of July. Of course they declined the invitation; but at the same time wrote eloquent and patriotic letters in favor of the Democratic cause, extracts from which we gave in the Intelli .gencer two weeks ago. This was a mortal sin in the eyes of Federalism, and, for daring to advocate the rights of the people, they have been taken sound ly to task by some of the Whig prints. Amongst others, our neighbor of the Independent Whig essays to be very severe upon them--calls the writing of those letters "Judicial Indecency - -and devotes nearly a column to the abuse of these gentlemen. He calls them ..demagogues," and stigmatizes their conduct as an attempt to " corrupt the fountains of justice," and further says that in this they have shown in all their turpitude the baseness of their hearts." He alleges that their minds are bloated with prejudice and themselves drunk with bigotry,' and winds up his tirade of abuse by saying that " they are a disgrace to the Judiciary of the Com monwealth which gave them birth," &c., &c. Now all this is very severe on the part of our neighbor, and shows a wonderful proclivity in the youth for, dealing in ugly words culled from the vo cabulary of billingsgate ; but still we are strongly inclined to the belief that our two friends will sur. vine this terrible onslaught, and that they will move on in the even tenor of their way, regardless of de. nunciation from that or any other quarter. The Democracy of the Commonwealth know Judges BLACK awl Lawns to be high-minded, honorable and trust-worthy men, whose character as able and up. right Jurists is beyond the reach of calumny or re proach, and the people will abundarrly sustain them despite all the infuriated ravings of disappointed F ederalism. The Portage Road The following are the allotmenta of the work on Portage Road, made July 29th, 1852, by the Canal Commissioners SECTIONS , 10 Charles Carson, 12 .Andrews, Barr & Barr, 14 20 Burkholder & Co., 22 and Tunnel, Morehead and Patterson, 23 McQuaid & Co., 24 G. W. English, 25 Bailey & Co., 26 Alexander McCammon & Co., 27 " 28 Barber & Laughlin, 29 D. H. & D. Daugherty, 30 Hunter, Kirkpatrick, Anderson & Co., 31 Hoover, Keach & Tamany, 32 Rockefellow & Hamilton, 33 Arnold & Barber, 34 Cummings & Painter, 35 Alexander & Hastings, 36 E. D. Gillis 37 Beck & 38 Arnold & Rhey, 39 Leisenring & Shriner, 40 George, Scott & Co., 41 Daugherty & Murray. TIMOTHY IVES, Sup , t. Lock at Northumberland to Riddell, Sallada & G o. Lock at New Hope to James Burns. . Lock at Ehulersville to Thomas Meelun. Acqueduct and Bridges, Newhope, to Bitting & G regor. _ Widening Canal at Nowhope to E. Picket Erg' The Coal House, belonging to the Colebrook Jr on Works, in Lebanon county, was burnt on Miednesday lut. Lou estimated at 18,000. William Searight Testimony of an Honest Man and a L'Veichbor in his foyer. Mr. Searight, the Democratic candidate for Ca nal Commissioner, having been for several days confined to his bed by severe illness, the jackals of the opposition have thought proper to embrace it as a favorable time to attack his character for honesty. and capacity in the most villainous manner: The persons who make these attacks are utterly irre sponsible : they have neither character nor property to lose; hence their boldness in making and re publishing such base, contemptible charges against an honest man, while laying on a sick bed. It is with pleasure we publish the following un s olicited testimony in favor of Mr. Searight, from a neighbor of his—a gentleman who is well known for his love of justice and detestation of every thing that is base and dishonorable. We ask our readers to ponder over it and see how effectually it nails to the coun ter the puny efforts of personal and political enemies: UNIONTOWN, July 20, 1152. To W. H. HOPE, Esa..,.Editor of the Pennsylva nian : Sin—Attention to my business called me to Fay ette county, where I had formerly mainly resided for about twelve years, and where I have many val ued friends. On my arrival in Uniontown, I was shown a statement published in the Pennsylvania, Democrat, a Whig paper, written—or purporting to have been written—by Hugh Graham, charging Mr. SEARIGEIT, the Democratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, with gross crimes, dishonestand dis honorable conduct. I have been long and intirriate ly acquainted with both these gentlemen, and al though Mr. Searight and myself were in conflict some years since as applicants for the same office, and have personally not been intimate since that period, yet I feel bound, in justice to Mr. Searight as well as to the Democratic party and in truth, to bear my public testimony to his high character for integrity—for honor and truthfulness as a gentle man. No man could stand higher in the estimation of the community in which lie resides than does Mr. Searight, in all points which constitute the val uable character of a high-minded, honorable man. As to Mr. Graham, with whom I am also well acquainted, I have but two things to say—the one the assertion of a fact, the other an inference which I may fairly draw without rendering myself liable, to the charge of unfriendly feelings towards him, which I utterly disclaim. Although Mr. Graham states that he is a Democrat, or a "Democratic vo ter,- yet he certainly was not so regarded during my residence in Fayette county—lie never had the confidence of the Demaclatic party. As to the inference which the reading of his statement constrained ma to draw it was by no means favorable to Fis motives. He has withheld this statement until the eve of an important election, when Mr. Searight is the candidate of his party for an office of high trust and dignity. To have pre served his motives free from just imputation, he should have published it earlier or withheld it until after the second Tuesday otOctober. He also ad mits that the only aggravation he hal was his de feat in a law-suit, in which Mr. Searight was not personally the party, but acting merely as a public agent. The public therefore, be quite likely, instead of attaching censure to Mr. Searight, award him praise and credit for faithfully guarding the public intera.ts at the hazard of making a personal enemy. Besides, the gentlemen who passed upon the merits 6f this claim are gentlemen of the high est character for intelligence and integrity, as I well know I make this statement not as a politician or par tizan but in justice to Mr. Searight, a high-minded, honorable man, With whom I was, some years since, in honorable contest for the office of Commis-. sioner of the Cumberland Road, and in justice to the Democratic party, whose candidate he is, and with no ill will towards Mr. Graham, who has, in this instance, suffered his feelings to get the better of his judgment, leading him to an act of injustice towards a neighbor—an act which subsequent re flection will cause him to regret. Very respectfully your friend and obedient ser , W. M. F. MAGRAW An Honest Plan Vindicated A number of small irresponsible sheets of the op position, controlled by reckless bad men, have corn menced a violent attack on W3l SEIRIGHT, the Democratic candidate for Canal. CoMmissioner.— When this base work commenced, we denounced it as a fabrication of the enemy unworthy the be lief of any respectable man. We had, and still have in our possessiOn, the best evidences that the letter said to have been written to H Glill Kars, is a for gery , and in the trial for slander, which-will soon come off, against the wretches who are endeavoring to defeat Mr. SEAutonr's election by circulating villainous libels, it wilt be shown to be such ; and we trust that the creatures who have endeavored to rob an honest man of his character,' will receive their reward. We invite the attentjon of our readers to the fol lowing card from the Pittsburg Post, of Friday last, which shows the value of the despicable slanders of SEARIGHT by his enemies: SLANDER REFUTED UNIONTOWN, July 17, 1852 , Messrs. Editors statement has been made in the Federal organ of this county, for the purpose of injuring the election of the Democratic nominee for Canal Commissioner. A formal contradiction of all thi ridiculous allegations made in this statement, has been deemed unnecessary by the friends of Mr. Searight in this cotnity, But lest some unfavorable impression should be produced abroad by Graham's malighant charges, we have drawn up the following facts, which we desire yoM to publish in your pa per, it having a more general circulation than our local organ. Mr. Searight was the Superintendent of-the Cumberland Road for several gears, and dor ing that time Graham produced a claim against the road for some $2.000, which was rejec ed by Mr. Searight, beoause he believed it to be entirely unjust. Suit was brought by Graham, and at his own so-1 licitation the whole matter was referred to the Trus tees of the Road, who,'upon a careful examination of the accounts, awarded him Fifty-two dollars and 75 cents. Graham was much enraged at being thus baffled in his attempt to get his hands into the public Treasury, and his professed friendship for Mr. Searight, was turned into the bitterest enmity. Immediately after his nomination for Canal COm -1 missioner, he threatened him with publications, but at the same time preferred to be quiet, upon the payment of $lOO. Upon the indignant refusal of I Mr. Searight to give him this' hush money," he threw himsell into the embraces of a few of the Whig lea ders of this county. We say few, because many of the most prominent Whigs here support Mr. Sea right out of regard for his private worth. The time has been When Mr. Graham would have scorned the authorship of his recent reckless pro duction, but intemperance has well fitted him to be come the pliant tool of Whig politicians. He charges Mr. Searight with having forged an order, which he (Searight) presented at the trial before the Trustees. His proof of this is, that but one or der was ever given, and that he (Graham) has it now in his possession. Since the publication of this charge, Mr. Graham has been shown another order, Willett an ACKNOWLEDGES TO BE GENUINE; THERE- HY CONFESSING TILE ENTIRL FALSITY OF RIS CHARGE. This would be sufficient to show the reliance to be be placed in Graham's statement, and convince ev ery one of its folly. There are none so credulous as to believe that a public officer would commit a forgery that did not inure to his own benefit, but to that of the public. There are few public servants thus faithful. Graham has also published a letter, purporting to have been written by Mr. Searight to Hugh Keys,' deed., and dated in 1840, which is a most ridiculous caricature, gotten up for the purpose of creating an impression, that Mr.. Searight is incompetent - as well as dishonest. It is only necessary to say, thlit no such letter was ever written by Mr. Searight, as, will be shown upon the trial of the suit for slander , which has been instituted. Vie are convinced that Graham's statement has been gotten up for the oc casion from the tone of the letter, purporting to be from Keys to Graham. We have examined the cor respondence between:Mr. Searight and Mr. Keys, subsequent to the date of this letter, and find that up to the time of the decease of the latter, he ex pressed the warmest feelings of friendship for Mr. Searight, and are informed by the neighbors of Mr. Keys, that Mr. Searight was his constant attendant during his last sickness. If this letter be genuine, Mr. Keys acknowledges and rublishes his own dis honesty, which no one acquainted with him would for a moment believe. We submit this statement, after a careful inves tigation of the facts connected with the whole mat ter, • Respectfully, A. S. Puller, Jabez Thorndell, W. C. Mann, Wm. Thorndell, Sr. Philip Gans, G. W. K. Minor, Chas. P. Austin, Jacob Stahl, W. W. Williams, Andrew Patrick, Wm. A. West; Eli Sturgeon, Simon Houser, B. S. Hunt, William Beatty., EY" A National Union Convention met as Phila delphia on Saturday last, for the purpose of nomi Noting DANIEL WEBSTER for the Presidency.; teen States were represented. 1113 - Mr. Hugh Graham, a proMinent democrat of Fayette county, has a long article in a late number of the Uniontown Democrat, in whiCh he assails Mr. Searight, the locofoto candidate for Canal Com missioner, with great fierceness. He charges that gentleman with cheating him out of $lOO, by char ging him that amount twice, as a contractort under him on the Cumberland road while he only, paid it once. He also charges him with forgery, and with defranding orphan tildren. As this is a. family quarrel we are content to stand by a..d see tie "Har monious Democracy" tight it out among them selves.—Reporter. We are sort) , td;4otice the above paragraph in the Reporter, or any other paper making the least claim to respectability; for it is, beyond doubt, one of the meanest and vilest slanders ever propagated. An I who is this. “Hugh Graham,'' the "prominent Democrat?'' And what, too, is the sum and sub stance of the offence which Mi. Searight has been gliilty 01 against common honesty, common justice . or even the immaculate Hugh Graham ? cR hat, we say, has that most worthy and 'es•imable man done that the tongue of slander should be wagged to de fame.the name and reputation of as pure, magnani mous and noble-hearted a man as li4= s s ;all the land We, will give you, reader, the answer in few words, and about this matter we chanced to have heard something years ago—therefore, we are in a measure posted on tfe subject. Whilst Mr: Searight was Com Missioner of the eastern end of the Cumberland road in Pennsylva nia, 'Hugh Graham, presented a claim amounting to near' two thousand dollars for work alleged to have been done on said road. As Commissioner, acting under oath, Mr. Searight asked that the justice o he claim should be made out in such a manner as would warrant- the payment theaeot. This Hugh Graham failed to do in the estimation of Mr. Sea right. Subsequently suit was.ibrought by Graham, and after adjudicating the matter for some time, the Court of Fayette county referred it to the three Trustees of the Cumberland road—Messrs. Fuller, Hendrickson, and we.th ink, Marshall—all honest and competent men. Atter giving the subject their care ful attention and investigating the subject on both sides, these gentlemen decided that Hugh Graham was justly entitled to something less than two hun dred dollars/ Now, in what light did that award place the two parties—Hugh Graham, on the one side, whose object was to plaster his pockets with the peoples money, and Mr. Searight, on the other side, whose only purpose was to discharge his duty as the representative of the State? Certainly, the latter was most triumphantly sustained, and it is worse than; vain fur Hugh Graham, who is not known beyond the limits of his own immediate neighborhood, to assail the repptation or character of a man who has discharged his whole duty in ev ery station to which the people have called him.— So much for the way in which Mr. Searight "cheat- ed" Hugh Graham. Had he acted otherwise, in this view of the case, he would have cheated the public and perjured his own soul. But, Mr. Searight is, also, chat ged with "forgery and defrauding orphan children." We know not what constitutes the foundation of these hase char geS, yet it is fair to presume that there is not a scin tilla of truth to sustain them; and the fact that Mr. Searight has instituted a suit of sender against Hugh Graham is proof that he courts investigation. It a good character is worth any thing at all, no man can believe aught else than that Mr. Searight has been most outrageously calumniated and that too, to gratify the malice of a vindictive individual. As well might such charges be preferred against any othet man in the State as William Searight., He has lived too long and is too strongly fortified in the affections of his friends and acquaintances to be in jured by the shafls of malice or detraction. He has done too many noble acts of charity and has estab lished for himself too high a character for integrity, to suffer from the malignant assaults of either per sonal or unprincipled politiCal er..,nies.— Washing ; ton Examiner. 113'We copy the following communication from the last number of the Uniontown Democrat Mn. EDITOR :—Justice to myself and to Mr. Sea right requires that I should' briefly notice the com munication of Mr. Graharriii your last paper, in reference to the affairs of the late Mr. Keys and -William Searight, Esq. Mr. Graham caused suit to be brought against Mr. Searight, by the admin istrators of the estate of Mr. Keys. I am one of the administrators alluded to, but had no agency whatever in instituting such a suit. Some time al ter the death of Mr. Keys, but before the settlement of our adridnistration account, Mr. Graham alleged that a partnership existed between Keys and Sea right in a contract field by-the latter for building an Aqueduct over Elk Creek, on the Conneaut division or the Erie extension, Pennsylvania Canal. No ev idence, whatever, was furnished me, showing a con tract or arrangement or "understanding" between them, but although pained at a suggestion which if true, would bring dishonor on Mr. Keys, I was nev ertheless no more unmindful of the interests of his ' family than Mr. Graharg;and consulted John Daw son, Esq., of Uniontown, the Attorney for the estate. who assured me that there was nothing to justify a suit, and that one could not be sustained. Mr. Graham was not satisfied with this and I proposed to consult James Veech, Esq, who fully concurred with Mr. Dawson in opinion! • Mr. Keys and Mr. Searight had been painters in some contracts on the National Road in this State and , in Ohio, the books 'and accounts pertain ing to which. were generally kept by Mr. Keyes, he drawing the estimates for their work, and ma king -the. distursements of the same. A settle ment of all these accounts was made by the admin ittrators, Mr: William Keyi, and myself, with Mr. Searight, together with the private accounts of Keys and Searight and a large balance was found to be due Searight, atter crediting. Keys with a check on the Erie; Bank for $l5OO and $5OO of cash to Sea right by Keys. These are she sums which I pre sume Mr. Graham alludes to and alleges were paid to Searight-an the Elk Creek Aqueduct, but which he erroneously makes $4OOO. According to the books, these sums were due to Mr. Searight, with out reference to that work? No evidence existed showing that they were advanced, as alleged by Mr. Graham, and I never heard such a suggestion until it was made to me by Mr. G. more than a year at ter the settlement. Mr. Graham filed exceptions to our. administration account, and Robert Roger* Samuel Evans and 'l'homas• R. Davidson, were appointed auditors.— These gentlemen after a laborious and patient in vestigation of the account arid of the settlement, with all the booki and papers and evidence before them which the Administrators had, and with the assis tance and explanations of Mr. Graham and his coun sel, unanimously , sustained the settlement made by the administrators. .Mr. Graham has impliedly, but no doubt unin tentionally, assailed 'the correctness of the settle ment. If he is right in his allegations that a part nership existed between Mr. Searight and Mr. Keys, and that $4OOO, or any other sum was advanced on that work by Mr. Key's, then the settlement made by the administrators was wrong—the auditorswere wrong in sustaining the settlement, and the Court wag wrong imconfirming the report of the auditors. WM. F. COPLAN. rEr The regular annual meeting of the Lancas ter County . Educational Association will be held at the Mechanics' Institute, in this City, on Satur day next, the 7th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M. The members of the Association and the friends of ed_ ucation generally are invited to be present, as a number of reports and essays will be read, and subjects of interest be discussed at the meeting. Book Notices. THE PENNSLTLTANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL in its en larged form has made its appearance, and is in ev ery respect. creditable to the Editor and Publisher . The July No. commences the new series, and con tains 32 pages of highly:interesting and instructive matter on thg subject of Education. The editor, Mr. BURROWES, is admirably, qualified, both by ed ucation and experience, to conduct such a Journal, and we have no doubt that, in his hands, the word will go forward prosperously. . The subscription price of the School Journal is only $1 per annum, payable in advance. I[l3 - Tas TEMPLE, for August, is already publish ' ed, and is withal a capital number. The work is devoted to Free Masonry , Literature and Science, printed in Carlisle, and 'edited by Messrs. PAiors. & BLUMENTHAL. Each number contains 32 pages, With an illustration and'colored cover, and the sub scription prit is $1,50 per annum, payable in ad Place. Important Debate In our last week's paper we stated that Mr. MA sos, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Rela ions in the U. S. Senate, had. offered an important resolution on the subject of the existing difficulties respecting the Fisheries. Subjoined it the resolu ion with the animatertand interesting debate which ollowed its introduction Resolved, That the President of the United States be required to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, all corres pondence on file in the Executive, department, with the Government of 'England or its Diplomatic Representatives, since the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, of Octeber 20th, 1818, touching the fisheries in the Coasts of the British Possessions in North America, and the rights of citizens of the United States, engaged in such fisheries, as secured by the said Conventton— and that the President be also requested to inform the Senate whether any of the naval forces of the United States have been ordered to'the Seas adjacent to the British Possessions in North Amer ica, to protect the rights of American fishermen under said Convention of ISIS, since the receipt of the intelligence that a large and unusual naval force has been ordered there to enforce certain alleged rights of Great Britain under said Convention. MAsoti said: 1 have thought it my doh, considering the present aspect of affairs, so far PS they ate communicated to us by the public join - nals. to submit this resolution, and ask that it be considered immediately. We are informed unoffi cially, but in a manner clearly indicating that it is correct, that the British Government has recently asserted rights under the Convention of 1518 in relation to the fisheries in the north, which whether they exist or not, they suffered from 1518 to 1541, when the question was moved as to the respective righti of British subjects and American citizens under the Ti l eaty of 1515,—they still suffered to remain in stabs quo. Sir, the British Governmeni know well, that very large interests are embarked by citizens of the United States, in these fisheries; they know that the harbors and coasts and seas off their p,issessio.,s in North America swarm at sta ted seasons of the year—and this, as I am informed, is one of the seasons—with these fishing vessels; yet suddenly, without notice of any kind, we are informed from the, public journals, and semi-offici ally by a sort of proclamation from the Secretary of State, that a very large British naval force has been ordered into those seas for the purpose of en forcing. at the mouth of the cannon, the construc tion which Great Britain has now recently deter mined to place on that Convention. Now, Sir, 1 had supposed, in this civilized age, and between two such countries as those of Great l'ritain and the United States, that were it the pur pose of England to revive her construction of this Convention, and require that it should be enforced, ordinary national courtesy would have required that notice should have been given of that determination on the part of Great Britain. But, Sir, when no such notice is given, when, on the contrary, the first information which reaches us is that Great Britain has ordered into those seas a large naval force tor the purpose of enforcing this alleged right, I know not in what light it may strike other Senators, but ,t strikes me as a tar higher offence than a breach of national courtesy—as one of insult and indignity to the whole American people. This morning, in the first paper I took up from the north, I see ex• tracted from one of the British colonial newspapers, printed at St. John's, NeW Brunswick, a formal statement of the actual naval force, ,ordered by Great Britain into those seas. .ltl consists of the Cumberland, a 70 gun ship, i commanded by Sir G. H. Seymour, who I believe, is a British Admiral commanding on the West India Station; and then follows an enumeration of steam vessels, sloops of war, and schooners to the number of nineteen, ordered to rendezvous there immedi ately, and with the utmost despatch, for what pur-. pose To enforce at once, arid without notice to this government—so far as .I am informed, and yet we have come information through the quasi proc lamation of the Secretary of-State—at the mouth of the cannon, the construction which the British government places on that Conventibnl Ido not know what view has been taken by the President of that extraordinary movement, but I think I do know what the American people would demand of the Executive under such circumstances. It there be official or satisfactory information with the Exec iitiVe that this extraordinary naval armament has been ordered by Great Britain into the North Amer ' man seas, for the purpose of executing instanter the construction which Great Britain places on the Convention, I say the American people will demand of their Executive that all the naval force of the borne station shall be ordered there instantly to protect the American fishermen.. Sir, we have been told by the poet who most deeply read the human heart, that, "From the net t]. danger, we pluck the flower safety." And, if I may be told that there is danger of collision, I would answer at once, there is no danger; but if there were, it becomes the Executive immediately to resent that which can only be looked on as an indignity and insult to the nation. I have no fears, Mr. President, that war is to follow the apparent collision which has taken place between the two Governin'ents; but I confess I feel deeply the indig nity that has been put upon the American people, in the ordering of the British squadron into those seas, without notice; and, if I read the feelings of our people right, in order that the rights of our people may be-protected. Sir, I do not profess the power to construe the purpose, on the part of the British Government, but I was very much impres sed by S. despatch which I saw in one of the late papers, (but which, unfortunately, I have not at hand.) Within the last few days, a despatch was seal from the Foreign Office of Great Britain to the Colonial Office, advising it of this movement, and advising that it was one requiring celerity and dis patch, and requiring that measures should be taken by the Colonial Office to procure concert between the British naval force and the Colonial authorities. The reason assigned was, that this measure was taken on the part of Great Britain as preliminary to certain negotiations. Now what does this mean? I know not s‘ hat these negotiations are, but if it means anything, it means that we are to negotiate under duresse. Ay e, Sir, at this day,—that this great people, covering a Continent, numbering twenty-five millions, are to negotiate with a' foreign fleet on our coast. I know not what the President has done,—l claim to know what the American ,people expect of him. I know that it he has done his duty, the reply.to this reso lution of inquiry 'be, "I have ordered the whole naval force.of the country into those seas to protect the rights of American fishermen against British cannon." I hope it will be the pleasure of the Senate to consider the resolution immediately. • Mr. HAMLIN agreed with every word uttered by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign rela tion's. He was grateful to the Senator for having introduced the resolution. What the object of the British armament, sent to the fishing shores was, he could not say, but that it had some ulterior object was certain; it had been whispered that it was con nected with certain negotiations with respect to a reciprocity trade . with the Colonies; if this be so, it was nothing more nor less than to compel the. United States to legislate under duresse, and to this he for one was unwilling to submit. Mr. Cass gave his full concurrence to all that had fallen from Mr. Mason, and heartily approved of the resolution. lie was gratified at hearing that Senator's remarks, which were equally Statesman like and patriotic. He had never before heard ot such a proceeding as that nosy adopted by England No matter what the object of the force was, there was one thing certain, the American people will riot subinit to surrender their rights. This treaty was now over thirty years old, and it recognized clearly the right of Americans to fish within three miles of any shore—this had been conceded for thirty years; if there were any doubts of it, it could be settled by negotiation; this Great Britain did not do; she drew the sword and cut the Gordian knot at cite; she settled the matter without notice by force of arms. He regretled the recent publication by the Secretary of State, giving warning to the fishermen; it seems to imply a doubt that the rights exercised by them under the treaty, and since its ratification, were not well founded. Mr. Davis said that from the newspapers it would appear that the Secretary of State and the British Minister who bad gone to Boston, were now consulting on this matter, and he thought from this fact that there was little apprehension but the-mat ter would be settled amicably. He had no difficul ty in arriving at the object of this movement.— The Senator from Michigan,, he thought, hail touched the key in the whole matter. He would not hesitate to act on a bill proposing a proper and suitable system of reciprocity. He however desi red as much as any one to protect the fishermen whom he eulogized highly. Mr. BORLAND complained that the Executive had neglected to send any information, or to communi cate With Congress on this subject, while the Sec retary of State, absent from the City, was carrying on a newspaper discussion on the whole matter.— He disapproved particularly of the tenor of the warning to the fishermen to beware of the British vessels. He read from a New York paper that there was no truth in . the statement that Mr. Crampton bad gone to Boston. Mr. Szwenn would vote with pleasure for the resolution. It was limited to two objects—to ob lain information as to the diplomatic correspon dence on the subject, and whether any naval force has been sent to the seas.where the difficulty has arisen—he saw nothing objectionable in this. The importance of these fisheries was conceded by all, and no one St ate was more interested in them than another. It was well known that any attempt to drive our fishermen from those fisheries would in. volve the whole country in a blaze of war, in whict case his State would be deeply interested. Ile dep recated, as well as the Senator from Massachusetts, all excitement on this subject. Whether the diffi culty shall be settled by negotiation or the sterner arbitrator of war, there was a necessity for avoiding excitement, for keeping cool. He deprecated, also, the complaints made against any branch of the Government. All were aware that that ; the Secretary of State, at this season, seeks his native climate, to escape the severity of the weather here, and he could assure Senators that should the negotiations be conducted in the moun tains of New Hampshire, there was nothing unpro pitious in that locality to the liberties of the coun try. In tharlocality was written that famous let ter which startled the Governments of the Continent of Europe. Mr Boaz. said that if one object of this Naval force by Great Britain was to bring about a reci procity in trade, no matter how favorably he might look upon such a proposition otherwise, be would never give it his assent under the duresse of British cannon. He thought this domineering spirit of England ought to be met promptly. Mr. ToncuT thonght the sending of thi- , force to the fishing seas the most extraordinary initiative towards negotiation Le ever heard of. He hoped the resolution would pass. He thought it likely that the Executive required prompting. He dis cussed the terms of the treaty of ISIS, and denied the validity of the British chnstruction. Mr. Dawson deprecated all complaints of the administration till farther information was received. He asked, when the President had ever shown that he required any prompting to discharge his duty Who so competent or more likely to defend the men of the North than the Secretary of State?— He saw no cause for war in all this. He would vote for the resolution. Mr. BELL hoped most sincerely that the matter would not lead to war. He did not believe a war was possible at present between tho United States and Great Britain—believing this, he rejoiced in what England had done. She had done that which would call public attention to the miserably de fenseless state of the cannily, as well oil the Atlan tic as the Pacific, and good results !night At present we could not put twenty vessels afloat, to compete with the force on the fishing coasts. Mr. Meson said if the object of the British squadron, in such unusual force, was to coerce ne got iation, there ought to be no negotiation till it was withdrawn. He would in such case Men - net the American Commander to maintain the American fishermen in those seas in statu quo, to secure them the rights they have been enjoying for thirty years. Mr. Pltal-r said this appeared to him more likely to result in war than did the last difficulty. The English Government has decided upon a treaty con struction. England don't want to negotiate, tor she has sent a large force to execute her construction of the treaty. Americans are to be expell ,l rights which they have enjoyed for th; , .. r what their Government has at all C.r d ow declares th be the proper constructioi, ~„to., treaty. Ought not a force to he sent there to plated( them in those rights which this Government has declared to be theirs? Certainly there ought. If this be done, and the British officer executes his orders, a colli sion must ensue, for no American Commander will witness the seizure of an American vessel without firing into the offended. He hoped the res olution would pass. The resolution was agreed to unanimously. 11 - 7 - The Independent IVhig, with brazen-faced effrontery, denies in tote the allegation that Jews STROII!d, when in Congress, refused to vote supplies for our Army then in Mexico, and that Tom Con- WIN, a Senator in Congress, advised the Mexicans to welcome our brave soldiers with bloody hands to hospitable graves! These charges have been iterated and reiterated a thousand times by the Democratic press from Maine to Texas, and never before denied by the opposition papers, for the sim• ple reason that they were true and could be fully and abundantly sustained by the record. And did, ~,. we for a moment suppose that any sane man in the County of Lancaster doubted their truth, we would produce the documents to substantiate all that has been alleged against Messrs. Corwin and Strohm.— But we apprehends that it would be an insult to the intelligence Of our readers, for IN, at this late day, to burthen our columns with the prools of the in famy of these men—especially as neither of them are in nomination at the present time for any office t t We have other and larger game to fire at Just now and the Independent Whig wil Ilabor in vain to di - •vert public attention from WINFIELD SCOTT, to such men as Corwin and Strohm. We never shoot at flies when there are pigeons in the woods. Be sides, that paper, we opine, tins local difficulties on hand at the present time sufficient to engage all its attention—therefore courtesy, not to say commis eration, would admonish us from pressing the sub ject home upon the .. Woolley Head " organ at this important crisis in the affairs of the Whig party of Lancaster County. CAPT. SANDERSON :—Dear Sir—l had fully de termined to take no further notice of " Reformer in the Express, but allow him to expose his empty vanity and harmless attempt at wit to Ina " last word." This resolution I am"compelled to break, on ac count of him taking a contemptible advantage of my intended silence by assailing me personally. The coward becomes bold when Ife expects to escape castigation or attention. When "Reformer" com menced his attack upon me, his promises of" snuff and sal" appeared so genuine that I was induced to reply to him awhile, in order to "bring out" any thing good he might accidentally "perpetrate," eith er by way of argument or amusement. My hatch ing (as the Express terms it) proved a complete failure. Instead of giving a pungent rejoinder, he 'shut up" like a terrapin, and gave no saisfaction whatever. Next I tried some of his own "snuff and salt," but like his model his eyes and tail were so closely housed as to defy an application. Lastly, I placed a coal of fire upon his back, which has produced a sickly crawl from the bushes into the mire. For want of sensible argument, pleasantry oni wit, to the point, or not to the I oint, like buz zards reveling on carrion, he has stooped to vitu peration and scandal. Instead of treating upon the "question," he ens deavors to injure my private characters in the mind of fanatics, who like him, are governed entirely by superstition, prejudice, and excitement; persona so blinded by the spirit of intolerance, as to know nothing about coo/ calculation, judgment, or that "justice" Reformer intends to believe in. Not being aware that Matthew says, Chap. vll. v. I "Judge not, that ye be not judged," he accuses me of being an intidel,Tom Painist, Fanny Wright ist, and opposed to Temperance. This is what the Maine law man would call "discussing the ques tion upon its merits, without appealing to personal prejudice." In reply to these barefaced charges I will say that I have never read either of Tom Paine's works ' either of Fanny Wright's works nor heard either of her speeches or lectures. That I am a true Christian, firmer believer and perhaps bet ter read in the scriptures than himself, although I' cannot find those Ten thousand flaws in the Bi ble' that his Infidelity knows of Also, I will ap peal to any honest man wh., tl,roughly know each or us, that I am a ne•re ;:,roes! •:..•1 consistent temperance man, lets acqu• .quors, have drank less, do drink much h. , •., drink less than "Retrmer." And, accordingly, I invite him to stand from "behind the door," and let us test above board, if his numerous " pains in the stom ach" are genuine or not. Still, like Thomas Jefferson, "I have sworn up on the altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over the mind of man." I deny the right or correct principle of prohibiting the use of .zri article on account of its abuse—to restrict or punish the innocent to save tne guilty—to physic the healthy to cure the diseased. I insist, that every , man shall be accountable for his own actions, and be punished for his own sins or crimes, without including his neighbor. If " Reform " stands in need of a prohibitory law to continue in his "good works" without a relapse, or to suit those in the same quandary, they are welcome to it; but then let it be applied to those only who require it, without including the rest of us, who happen to ba constituted with well balanced minds, able to enjoy the blessings of life without abusing them. For these principles my private character must be blackened by a Reformer, just as if it made a par ticle of difference to the Maine Liquor Law what "X X " thought of Religious matters. Well, I might have known better., The vulgarherd always do descend to garbage when crowded beyond the latitudes of their shallow brain. The yelping curs always descend to the heels. I San now realize that passage which. says, " It is difficult to . touch pitch and not'be defiled." Yours, respectfully, nionmoNn, Va., July 27.—The Wiustun tragedy which caused such a painful sensation in this city, has at length been explained. Jane Williams, the slave, fully confesses herself guilty of the murder. She says at the time she committed the fiendish deed, her husband was asleep, and knew nothing of it. She said she was actuated to the deed on ac. count of bad treatment. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 30.—The extreme penalty of the law was executed today upon Mrs. Ann Hoag, convicted of the murder of her husband, and the colored man, Jonas Williams, for the mur der of his step-daughter. They were executed in the Court House yard, at one o'clock. The female confessed her guilt,.and stated that a man named Summers was her confederate in the crime. I=ll
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