edging. Thy tones are cold—thou ha , no suds or brushea in thy fat fiat tha thou dog lather with: Hence barborous shaver—hence." It is almost needless to state, ast a' the word "hence," the Frenchman mad a retrocede leap through the hack door, while Oliver escaped through the front• aIg.IMMIOMIId.I2IIII ! Major Downing's Piafl to Gen. Harrison. The worthy Major Downing continue, to address the Public, or rather his fellow citizens of Downingville, through the N York Express, although we have not for some tune past found room fur one of communications. They are characterized by the same strong minded commonsense views of men and things, expressed in the, same unadorned style, as at first; and we should, be glad to treat our readers more of them, if we could. It seems that he has made a visit to the Farmer of North Bend, and ste think our readers, will be amused and gratified by a perusal of his remarks on the distinguished %SDI whom the people are about to choose. for their next President. It is proper, however, to give the Ma jor's preliminary letter, stating his oh pets in undertaking . his journey to the Log Cabin on the Olno. if cuhinglon, March 20, 18407 To the Moderator or the Downinguille iConvention RUPECTID Sell : I have been waiting here day arter day, but Congress don': seem to make much headway with public business ; and 1 have come to the notion to take a slant out (Pest, and see what is going on among the log•cabins out in his own cabin, and measure him crnssway• and lengthways, so that I can tell you all exactly what 1 think on him, • 1 must say I have all along had my queries , 1 about trying another Old Hero, as the last one was e'enamoat enuf for one gene. ration ; but there is no saying that "hairs of the same dog won't cure the bite," and the Lord knows we want some kind of cure for the bites we have had. 1 hope the Convention won't scatter) till you glt my neat letter. If I find things to my liking, it at n't impossible that I may stay at Washington with the Old Hero on or before the 4th of March nut. There is one thing you may depend on t i if I find Gireral Harrison not the man folks say he is—if I find him a man of a particular party and not of the nation; I'll draw some of Mr Benton's black lines round his name, and let hlm stay where he is; but if, after talking, and eating, and drinking, and ploughing and grubbing, and fencing a spell with him, I find he has not got the rule grit in him, I'll say so T don t mean to take things by hearsay, as acme folks did a spell ago with tother Old Hero. Times have got so now, I am determined to recommend no man for President till I have had a chance to measure him. The People are entitled to a good man—one who will do justice to all parties, and go by the Constitution and the Laws The country has had enuf of party Presidents, and as the par. ty in power have had it all their own wak now for nigh twelve years, and got thin;• pretty considerable stern foremost, (as any party will that goes more for part than the good of the hull country,) I think it is about time to tack ship, and try if we can't make things go ahead Folks in office, I suppose, wont agree tt: this principle; and as there are a good ma ny on'en, and all drawing pretty gout pay in hard currency, too, they s. ill wort like beavers to keep things as they are— but I hope they will remember that the are not all creation. There is one thing, when I think on't makes me crawl all over, and lilts dander considerable; that a set of roe, fitting all kinds of offices, from the high est to the lowest, with wages from 870 ; day down to 83 a day, all turn to ate spend more time and labor in working fo the purpose of keeping in office than per forming the duty of their office ; and so , instead of being the People's servant, claim to be the People's masters. 'l'hi• will never do; and the longer things are left so, the worse it gits, till the President himselt don't dare to turn 'em out, for fear they in turn will hitch teams and turn him out. This will never• do—l for one can't stand it any longer. The time ha , come for the people to look to it, afore it gits fix'd so they can't correct it short of trouble. But I wont say more about this now, my steam rises too much when I think on't. I start to-morrow morning for "the Log Cabin" at the North Bend, and my next letter, I hope will tell you of my sal: ar rival there; and arter that look out. Your friend, J. DOWNING. Major, 4-c. 4-c. and Member of the Convention. The New Yolk Morning Chronicle, hith erto a neutral paper, is out for Harrison and Tyler. The editors say they have made the change •being throughlyconvin• ed that nothing less than a thorough re form in the administration, and total cha. nge of governmental policy, can restore our depressed and demagogue ridden cou. ntry to prosperity; we feel it our duty to adopt the cou •se which seems to us best calculated to promote so desirable a con sumation." 11U !Tall for Old Tip Gem Harrison's Committee amt the Hero of the West. A Western Correspondent of the But takore Patriot thus closes his letter— A great parade is made in the prints de voted to the Administration about the le , ,ter written by the corresponding commit 'tee at Cincinnati, in response to certain interrogatories propounded by an essoci Atm at Oswego, N. Yot k. Gen Harr-- Alm is alleged to be non compos, and his trienels, we are told, have taken him into their exclusive keeping, and will nut suf fer him to write or speak to any one. l'hey have even gone so to say that 'they have built a huge wall s around his house, and that being thus caged, none out confident friends are permitted to see These charges are so flimsy and ri diculous that they carry with them their own refutation. A simple statement will, put the whole slander to the blush. The dorrespontling committee is merely a part of the general committee at Cincintiatti, appointed by the It hilts of that city in town meeting assembled. With General Harrison personally they have nothing to do; and of toy own knowledge, I assert that Gen Harrison did not know who the individuals were that composed the com•I mittee. Receiving, however, more. let, ten, than it was possible for any one matt to read or answer, at Gen Harrison's re quest, expressed to his friends, the cett• tral committee undertook to read and an ewer such letters as were not important; but those that required a special reply, were ordered to be submitted to the per. sonal Inspection of the General; so th.,l if necessary, they might be responded to by him individ,rally. I would also add that this association represented them selves to be friends; they were understood and believed by the committee, and their letters were answered under that impres sion. It appears that they were enemies in disguise. A generous people will not countenance such infamous frauds, but will visit them with the vengeance they deserve. You can have but a faint idea of the en thnsiasrn which prevades the whole W est in favor of Gen Harrison. The people pant fur the election day, and burn to send on as President their distinguished favorite. Meeting after meeting, and, convention after convention, attest the unbounded confidence which they feel in' the justness of their cause and success of their candidate. At every country inn and cross road an old soldier is heard re counting the battles which he fought un der his beloved commander at Fort Meig,s Tippecanoe, or the "[names; the boatmen floating down the Onio on flats and rafts chaunt songs in honor of the hero of the last war; the boys at the landings shoot for Harrison; liberty poles with Whig in scriptions, are erected in the villages; and even the ploughman stops his horse in the !middle of the field, and huzzas for the Farmer president. Kentucky—that sheet anchor of the Whiir party—is fast and firm. Ohio and 11,rriana, those young gi ants of the West, will give their old Gov , ernor a more overwhelming majority than he received in 1836. Michigan redeem and rew_nerated, is certain and true. With Illinois the question is not whether, shc will vote for Van Buren or Harrison, but whether she will not give Harrison a larger majority than Indiana. It Virginia I;ir against us. we shall lose nothing that .ve claimed; if site go for us the battle is over. From the Phila. Evening Star. If ho is Pan Buren? ‘Ve shall not now ask our readers to' Ake the character of President Van Ba• en from us— we shall give it to them resh. pure and ungatbed from she lips of tlexaner H. Everett, Van Buren's partic i lar friend, and now in Havana on a con idental mission. from the aforesaid Van. The potrate was drawn before Mr Ev .rett's appointment to the lucrative office .e now holds under the General Govern dent. It is copied Isom a political nra ion, delivered by Mr Everette in Hollis own, Massachusetts, a few years since., lad this sketch been penned by a Harris sonian, it doubtless would have been pro. ,ounced a base slander, but coming.. from ;Lich high authority none of the latthful ,an gainsay it. But here is the potrait, true to the life. "Throughout the public proceedings we .ee the character of the man—a narrow, ,ordid. selfish spirit, pursuing little ends .ty little means; no loftiness of purpose— no power, depth or reach of mind—no generosity of feeling--no principle, and '.if course no faith in the existence of any such quality in others. He enters on the nigh and sacred concerns of the Govern ment in the same temper. in which as a village lawyer he sat down to play AU Fours at the ale house; and is just as ready io employ any trick that will increase his share of the spoils of viciory." "His talents, as far as he possesses any, lit him to act on the thatre. His little, narrow, sordid soul is at home in the lit tle arts, the little intrigues, the little, tnis erable, mischievous money tricks that may be supposed to decide questions in a council of Chambermaids." GOOD LUCK.-A little boy eight years : old, in Bridgeport, Coon., fell on the 10th 'ult. into a well shout 23 feet deep, with seven feet of water, sod sustained little or no injury. He kept his head above the ',water by extending his feet out against the stones, till a pale was preset]. ted him, to which he clung till drawn out. He was a lucky little fellow. t"riioY ELECTION The Charter Election of this Village tick place yesterday. All the means and oanucevering that ,mild possibly be bro'i o bear upon this election, were put in re inisition, with an amour t of bribery and .orruption sear-ely ever witnessed, with 'the whole strength of the U. S. Arsenal ,and its workmen, and the Canal Conti ac ma and their men. The battle was focglit ind tee result is, the PI higs have gained sue nwre r iu the board of frustves than they had last year. Last year they had i tine and this year Iwo Trnstees.—Troy Ihe ruing from West Troy last nigh t was doubtless on account of the glorious if hig victory in Albany.— lb. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. A MARTYR TO 'l'llE CAUSE. As the grand procession was moving through Baltimore on Monday, some black guards appeared in the crowd with an a lio, on a pole, intended to represent Gen Harrison in peticoats. While they kept outside the Harrison ranks, no attention was paid to them; but on their attempting to fall ia rr ith the procession, 'Nous ll. LAl:Grum a Marshall one ut the wards of Baltimore, remonstrated, when he was leruck with a heavy clan and instantly KILLEU. He Felt a martyr in the good cause--murdered because he was in the Harrison procession. 11 hen the occur rence became generally known next scor ning. a resolution was offered in the Con vention, by Mr. Paauosa, that a collec lion be raised for the winow and children, winch was pi omptly responded to. The Aiassachusettat delegation alone,. voted and paid over one thousand dollars. ill the delegates remaining in the city freely gave a dollar a-peace, determined to give all the comfort that a competence . in money could confer on the bereaved widow. The murdered stn,n was a car penter, and has left a wile and four small children. In the afternoon the Convention atten ded the funeral, with shrouded banners. Many thousand persons were in the pro cession. It was one of the most solemn scenes we have ever witnessed, and drew tears from many eyes not accustomed to ,weep. Indeed no one could reflect with• out emotion upon the occurrence. The martyred man had risen but the morningi before in all the vigor of health, glorying in the approaching redemption of his' country—but was rudely snatched away by a ruffian hand, while in the hey-day of delight. Of the feelings of his widow we shall not attempt to write. Husbands and fa thers, mothers and wives will appreciate ' them. And long will the murdered Two 111AS H. LAUGHLIN be remembered as imrtyr in the cause of public liberty. death will be avenged at the ballot boxes by his fellow•mecllanics throughout the country. THE MAINE BOUNDARY. ' A late "Halifax Times" states that in structions have been sent from England to the Governor General of Canada, re quiring him to "make a final proposition to the Government of the United States,' on the subject of the New Brunswick Boundary,"and that "all the negociations on that subject are to be henceforth con ducted by his Excellency." The New York Commercial disbelieves this state- Lent, principally because Mr. Thumpaon could not be expected to leave his gov ernment, while the United States would not consent to have the negociations car ried on any where except at Washington or London. Without seeing the entire force of the Commercial's remark, we still place no credence in the "Halifax Times." This print is always in a hurry, and seldom gets hold of a story by its right end. The 'tritish Provincial Journals are a sad set, take them altogether—at least all that we have ever had the happiness of seeing. In respect to this particular Boundary Question, the most of them seem to be rabid. Here is St. John's "Morning News," full to the brim of every kind of preposterous perversion, regarding a late speech of Mr. Clay, in the United States Senate, when Mr. Buchanan handed in . . the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, upon the official correspond ence between Messrr. Fox and Forsyth, Amon; other absurdities, Mr. V 1 ise is made to propose the printing of 10,000 extra copies of the report on the ground that it would have the effect of "pacify• , in. 6" the nation. Mr. Clay is made to. assert that England is "the weaker pow power," and "unable to go to war"--his remarks, it will be remembered, were to the effect that Great Britain was the weaker party upon this Continent. We would give little lor Mr. Clay's eruili• Itioo," says the News, "and still less for his judgment." But the London papers .►re Out themselves very remarkable for the protoundity or accuracy of their ob. servatiuns upon this absorbing topic. A weekly informs it readers that "the two governments of Washington and Maine are exceedingly embarrassed in keeping, the people of their respective provinces' from actual hostilities upon the litigated question of the American and British iron tier." Another says that troops arest; Boned "to protect vessels passing be. tween New Brunswick and Lower Cana. da." A country journal "regrets thatre. l cent disturbances in Albany. *eaten a repetition of the lab. bordee warfare," but receives consolation from a daily in the metropolis, who talks learnedly and se riously about the "disaffected militia of New York." The editor has read some thing about Colonel Pluck .--Illeasengcr. THE JOURNAL. I' One rountry,one conatitution, one destiny Huntingdon, May 13. 1 S4O. Democratic .Ilitimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PR ESIDENT, GEN. WM. H. HARRISON OF OHIO FOIL VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, OF VIRGINIA. FLAG OF THE PEOPLE: ' Or A single term for the Presidenev and the office mhninistered for the whole . 14:0. PL E. and not for a PARTY. V- A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole CouNTRY, instead of the SHIN PL AS 1 ERS brought about by our presen RULERS. V'ECONOAtit, R.NTRENCHMENT, and R E • FORM in the administration of public affairs, V'Tired of Experiments and Experi menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by eli..vating the sub— laltern of WAsitmoToN and the desciple of JEFFERSON. and thus resumii. g the safe anp beaten track of our Fathers,--L. Gazette Etc etorial Ticket • JOHN A. SHULZE,?Se..n't(eI JOSEPH RITINER elec.tors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CADWALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WATERS, 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAK ER, do JOHN K ZELLIN, do DAVID PO I'TS, sth do ROBERT STINSON, 6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU, 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Bth do PETER FILBERT, 9th do JOSEPH 11. SPA YD, 10th do JOHN HARPER, 11th do WILLIAM M'ELV AINE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON, 13th do JOHN M'KEEHA N, 11th do JOHN REED. 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER M I DDL ESWARTH, 17th do GEORGE WALKER, 19th do BERNARD CON NE , LY, 19th do GI.N. JOSEPH MARKLE, 120th do JUS I ICE G. FOR DYCE, 21st. do JOSEPH HENDER',ON, 22d do HARNL‘I2 DENNY, 23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 1241 h do J AMES MONTGOMERY, 125th? do JOIIN DICK. Fire : Fire : On Friday morning about daylight, our citmetis were aroused by the ever start ling cry of Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! and as they rushed into the streets, they were directed by a pillar of fire, which arose from the dwelling house of Levi West brook, to the distressing scene. The buil ding wus litei ally in flames ere it was iscovered; and fears were entertained by many that some of its inmates had per ished in the all destroying element. it happily was not true. They all escaped, and that is all. Mr. John Westbrook was obliged to jump from the second story window, with nu other article but his 'shirt upon hint; and when the fire had ceased, his shirt was his all; in earthly goods. A few of the household goods in the lower story, were saved, but we might say that every thing was burned—there was so little saved. The tire coMmunica ted, almost immediately, to the dwelling house of Mr. Gco. Black; and in an in stant it seemed to be one sheet of flame on the roof. But by this time, there were many sturdy hands and willing hearts on the ground; and all were active, almost beyond their power. The greater portion of Mr Black's household property was saved. Though his grain was all destroy. ed. While some were busy removing the property, a great portion of our citizens were handling the breaks of the engine with a tilt-hammer force; and the ladies, God bless them I were handling the buck ets, as if they were handling a tea-cup. ['hey were all there, from the gayest bel- le, to those in the commonest walks of life; old and young; and by their presence and example, showed the 'lords of crea tion" that they were equal to any thing, when their neighbor's lives and property was in danger, God bless them No wonder the Americans are a brave people when they have such mothers, such wives and such sisters. But we are digressing: will we not be excused The fire was quelled by the almost su per human exertions of the citizens, be.. fore it got below the garret floor of Mr. Bluack's house. But it left Mr. West• brook's a heap of smouldering ruins. His 1089 has been distressing and severe. With a large and young family, he finds himself and them, houseless and naked.l Ile. had just gathered enough togethet to purchase the house, and it is cow gone. But col let U 3 forget to return thanks to the liheratity of our citizens—for their kindness to the - sufferers. Ere the sun of that day had set, the house of Black was enclosed in an entire new root, land every shingle nailed ; and the vol un • Mary subscription had, to a considerable !degree, replaced their losses. One word to the Borough Council. The people need another engine, and one of a little more capacity than the present. Lay a tax sufficient to buy it at once, and when it is bought, may it never Se needed I Our Legislature. To•day the wise law makers of Penn sylvania meet again at the capitol, to make laws for the por plebians of the State. Already have they spent three months do ing nothing, except running the people more and more in debt, without furnishing either way or means to pay them ; and again they purpose assembling—for what? Can any one tell? It is said that the cre dit of the State demands at their hands, some act which shall enable her to pay the hundreds of poor laborers, who have been distressed because of the inability of the State to pay them fur their labor. If this be true, as it certainly is, did not the same cause require the same means, when they met last January? Most assuredly it did. Yet there they stayed, and squan• tiered the very money which would have made many of the hearth-stones of the daily toiler on the works glad. Nothing was done. Day after day was spent in [sullying and blustering about thebanks— ,seekittg some new bauble to tinkle the fancy of the swarms of political vermin, whic:s infest every boroughs and town in our Sta;e. Days, weeks, and we might say monnl s, were spent beating the bush, to find some new and hidden miscl.ief in the rascally banks, At least such was the allegation; and when tired of their nonsense, and cons inced that the people would bear with thern no longer, they , wheel about and do all that the banks de sired. They became the ft ;ends and allies of the very institutions they hal as often pronounced the foes of the people, Yet the very men who have done so, cleim to be consistent anti bank democrats. The party who have the power in both bratlch vs of the Legislature—and the Executive to advise and consent to all their acts, have done no one thing they have so long pro mised, During the Administration of Hither, I every thing that took place was charged upon his administration. The banks sus• pended—he was to blame. They refused to resume—:le was t; blame. Shin 'Alia • ters were issued—he was to blame. Ma ny said the laborers were not paid—he was to blame. A special session was cal led by the Legislature--he was to blame. "Turn out the old sour kraut beast," they said, and we will regulate the banks—we will make them resume--we will make their stockholders liable—we will call no special sessions—we will re lece the num ber of officers—we will pay the poor men —we will work wonders, Well, the pea pie did as they desired, and what have they got in return/ More officers—no specie—broken banks—an impoverished treasury--and the family of the poor la borer starving for want of the very money owed him by the Keystone State. ‘Ve ask every honest man if it be not so?— And this is Loco Foco Reform! ! .ti hen the present Administration came Into power, we then said they would im-, prove upon every iniquity practised by the former. Did we not speak truly? What have they performed that they promis , nl Every pledge has been violated; and as we said, they never were intended tc be car ried into effect. We ask the people--the honest of all parties—those who toil for then bread, it they cannot see same cause why the things are so? Look at it then as if you sought the interest of your country, instead of your party; then ask yourself if you are not tired of the hypocricy of politicians— if you are not convinced that the Van Buren party, who have so long been in power, are not false to their professions, to their principles, if they ever had any ; to their friends, and to their countryl— What has become of all their darling schemes of regulating the cu rrency? They have resulted in the reduction of the price of labor—the price of produce ; and s hat is more, the money you do get is .'ber. un cerlain." It is written upon every tran• saction in life; you see it at home and abroad ; and yet you ip-e called upon to still cling to that party, which has so often and so long decteved you. Pennsylvanians: how long will you re main in blindness? How long will you let the iron wheels of power cru , ll your prosp ; and let the end destiny cf politics lead you to your ruin? Shake off your apathy, Begin - the. w or4llvith, zeal. Go back to tl e beaten track of honor and credit—advocate such vincipleis_as place your country where it was ten years logo, and the blessings of your children I shall be heard, when the last sleep shat have closed your eyes in the tomb. Still adhere to the agrarian notions of Locu Foeo demagogues, and ere lona., the stars of your country will set in darkness and gloom forever. Special Election—Bedford Co 4 0111irksit, r ) • "Old Tip's the hry to fling the flail Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah !- And make the Locos all turn pale, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah. The first gun from Pcnnsyl vania . has been echoed from the hills of old Bedford county, at the special elec. tion held on Wednesday the 6th. The LocoFccos organized regularly, and pla ced in nomination a true blue, Van Buren Loco Foco, as their candidate. While the Harrison men put Daniel Washa baugh on the track, as an open and avow. ed Harrison candidate ; and the county Committee addressed their fellow citizens on the importance of speaking now their sentiments in favor of the old soldier. statesman, and farmer— Harrison ; that the echo might reach the uttermost 'parts of our State , and tell the politicians who surround Van Buren, that their days were withered. They have done so. And gloriously and well have they performed their duty. Bedford county that has so long been chained to the car of Van Bu renisin, has broken the chains of the ty rant, and in her first dance of freedom, has sent forth a shout "like the voice of many waters.'. ft is the ^h and writing on the wail," for the dwellers in the white palace to interpet. Unexpected as the result may seem to many, yet we say that it is no less strange in.ui true, that Bedford county has recor ded her vote on the side of Harrison and the pi ' , plc by 7'lo MAJORITY We; .1 don a fur Bedford ; you have shots-• en t h e b "Cos that "old Tip's the boy to suing the );111;" And then their visions of success with thei. ,. Kinderhook Fox/ are all blown to air. Volt have led the van; but mark us, von %will Grid thousands who will mingle in the ca.nfli, - .t anti tear away. even yuur blushing licno,v's. unless you, keep wide awake. The str;fe will. now be, which county shall s;:ow the. meat gratitude to her brave old General. "I therefore give you a warning, Not that any good it will do, Fur Fin sure that we all are a going To vote for old Tippecanoe." You have fought the good fight, and let nothing keep you from finishing your course, There are brighter days in store. for us, if we do not neglect oar duty . Harrison will be the next President ut 1 these United States. MURDER Coroner Torrey held an inquest in Springville on Thursday last, over the binned remains of a farmer named Recta, ford Otis, of Concord, Erie county. The . jury rendered a verdict of wilful murder against a man named Major McEllory, for the offence, who was arrested and urought to this city yesterday, for com • 'lament. A visit to the jail this morning, enables us to gather the following: McEllory was the hired man of the deceased. On ednesday afternoon, a controversy arose bet ween the two, who were together at the barn, which resulted in the murder of Mr. Otis. Of the meaner of his death, nothing is known, as the parties were alone. 'Towards evening, McEllory returned to the dwelling, and upon Mrs. 0. asking of her husband's whereabouts, the accused made answer that he seas in the barn. The accused seemed agitated, went out and shortly afte the barn was in flames; caused no doubt by the hand of McEllory. The building was consumed, as was also partially the body of Mr. Otis. This we believe to be the substance of the circum stances. i'l►e accused is a sort of inoffensive. imbecile man in appearance, about 40 years of age, and is an American by birth, The blood of his victim was plainly to ba seen upon his pantaloons this morning. He is ►n n ons. —Bu,ralo Cconlier cwt.
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