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LETT/I_3 l ON JIIDpE WILIEOT: -
-.. i; HOLLIDAYWEd7* Nay 25th 1857. , '
Ilfort. DAVlDWiLliceri , • :'
i 1 • .'' -
I Sir: At a regular meet* of - the Amer
_ 'iea State Council held in, Al na, on the
;15th of April fast, it, wie
L'asolval, That a comMittee of.fi mein
' - hers be apixinto sokicit from the ndi
. dates put in n omination' by the Conventio,n
- held at riarris . nrg, on the 25th ot 31arett
their 'views in regard Ito the principles of
the American Party: . 1
"In ;pursuance to the foregoing resole.
' , lion, the undersigned were appointed. said
__:‘,Conunittee.
JOHN. BROTHSRLINE, . I
JOHN CoVODN, -
1 P. -MeNnarstrt, ,I 1
1 J. N. PowEn, • L
GEO. W. PATTON. ', 1 ,
, ,
You will , please • to give us-the categor.
icalaruhrers f to 'the following interrogato-
•
lies, 'which embrace the principles of the
1
American Party, to which your attention
is desired:;l
1. Do you hold that in the election or
ippointment of all officers, native-born A
-_- •Inericans should be preferred?' - .5 , -
~
Aro you in favor of the protection;
41 .Anielicap labor, American rights, ,and
Auer'eat intertsti? - •,' { I
3. Aro ylon in faVor of the purification
of ih allot-box, a reform in the naturalJ i
' ization ws, • the cu e d nt of a registry ,
law, and.- hp prolib)tt of: foreign paupers
and convicts landing ti on our shore ? -
,:
4. Are !you-op r - to any interference
of Church hierarchie in politics ? , r
pc/
_ 5. Are, you in favor of. Free Schoors,for
the education of all classes, with the :1"lible
as a text-book used therein ? v
•
With/great 'respeet, we remain, your
.:-... humble servants. Jpnie BuornEntae/.
- ' t• Chairmai
[REPLY.]
1
' TOWANA, July 10th / , 1857 f ' i
Gottlenten: Your- letter / of the 6th' of
Nay came to hand'during the sitting of my
- courts, immediately on the close of which I
left home, and returned only a few,dais
since. This mt be my apology for nit
- earlier having responded to your communi
cation. • - - '
lam requested to answer terrain interro -
atories propounded to me :in pursuance of
a resolution of the late convention held it
; 1
Altoona. : -
' - The history of our State established la
:- wise and safe policy in respect to the 'point
embraced in your ,interrogatery. It I
will be found-. rare indeed, that any except
.native born citizens have hold high official
stations 'either' in the Executive or Judicial
. , ,
departments of our State Government; and'
the same class, with comparatively few ex
, ccptions, have filled the 'seats of our Legiti--
lative- Halls. , Tile naturalized citizen can
,
not reasonably complain that this tradition.
at, policy should be preserved, There lis
- - nothink in it intolerant or proscriptive; nor
,willthe enlightened and patriotie-lcitizen
of (reign - With so regard it. It impoies
no legal disqualification —lt takes from him
' no right.. Official station of right belongs
to no man. While I would adhere to this
' policy as one of wisdom and pattiotisin, no
,`\ Americans whoproperly appreciates his re
sponsibilities would neglect an, inquiry into
- the character and fitness of candidates pre
_ suited for suffrage; nor could he wlthout
betrayal of the best , _lntereats 6f his cotin
\ ~ :1-•c..;,..a--.1.0,,u;0.
large of duty would deniand our atif
;4 for the naturalized citizen, in prefer
el.to one born on our soil. Understand
; the spirit Of your
.. first pTepositiOn as
not inconsistent With the - vieirs here exprei- 1
sed, -I yield it my cordial assent. I
Are you in favir off the protection; of
American interests? ! - .1
, •To this, your second Interrogatorj, I
shall' eontent myself with a simple affirm
ative answer. - ' i
i
The matters einbra6ed in your therdi ii.
terrogntory-are of first importance, .and` de-
Inand.the most seriouiconsideraliou of the
patriot and I statestuan. The boAe rA ss and
success. with which frauds are rated
upon the ballot-box have become` arming;
and unless promptliand effect lly elieli.• .
cd; must end in subtersion our- sytein
'of ,free government. Tb Arms of liberty
may remain, but only is a cheat and mock- I
ery, glossing over ascruel • adespoti*resj
ever cursed a peo le . . • _ r
I would sus n with my whole strength
I t
any and e ry measure wisely devised to
2 preserve the purity of our popilar elections.
ri Wilful/fraudiupon the ballot-box is morel
treason `against republican - goveinment,i and
all duly concerned: therein, id addition to
other penalties, should be forever disqual
ified from holdingy office or exercising: the
: elective franchise.
Doubtless our naturalization laws could
be so amended as to-aid in securing prfrity.
and fairness in our elections, but we should
-
~ - not weaken. our State sovereignty by look
---
log-to We xce neral' Government as the great
•-- A puree areform in this matter. It belongs
exclusively to the — State — s — t - o — regulite this
'whole, question of Suffrage—to *scribe
the qualifications .of electorri—to provide
' - Safeguards against frauds, and.inflict; pun.
isbment for assaults upon the integrity of
the ballot-box. Our own' State cannot too.
•j eagerly or vigorously exert - its constitution=
al power in respect to these matters—vital
As they. are to liberty and the existence of
a free Government. ; t.
It has ever been a source of just pride to'
the true Ameiican, that hiS'conntry offered
- ,an asylum to, the oppressed , :pf everY jand
God forbid that we should be', io Ungrateful
. 1 for his bleissings, as to refuee to share t4om
1,.
with the honest and industrious of whatev
er clime or country; but it is an entrap
upon our hospitality and a vielation . of , in
ternational law, for the government of 'the
Old World to ship cargoes of criminais and
paupers on our shores. OurlGovernmen
cannot be too! ; Vigilant in guarding 'our
' lhts in4bi
rigL u.. _49 respect. • '• '
-- To yOur /oiirtlrinterrqatory zI answer
That I ate opposed to the interference of
hierarchies in- polities. The office of a
Christian ; ` ininister tsliecond to no other in
dignity and' responsibility. I would 'not
detraccr tom his funciiona, or impair the
respect - dge to his character. I acknevil
edge his rigbt; and as a teacher of the pen .
pie, I believe it to tie his duty, to speak
,openly liali,fearlaudy against social and To
M . ,
'eal evils, destructive of public morals
and at war with the interest and happiness
of mankind. Tullius publicly speaking,if
- he transcends the proprieties, of, his place
and of a safe corrective is found in the
censure: of ,pn enlightened, public. But
.
that a*estly order, invested: by the laity
with a
_mysterious sacreciotal character—.
with pretensions , to extratirdinery\spiritual
power-bound toiether by strong ties, ! and
acknowledging as their hesicl* foreign po
tentate----that such an orddr should enter
the , field., of polities, control our elections
and influence the policy or our governmen t ,
is surely Cause fok alarmi•-and should awa
ken,
the jealous vigileuce lof
__the American`
people. • It ' Will, probably ate denied that
ivy such hieritrelaol influence , is brought to
beir, in our l'elections. We should judge
with candor and not condemn without
probf.-t. .
We see be Amerjus iseople divided on
.. .
the MODIC* s issue . /the prineiples of. '
human freedim r bondage are brought in
direct conflic A on's inalienable right tolj
liberty is deoied4-fte 'do:trine is o
penly asserted- by ttose`irho held the gaV
ernuient in their hands,ithat God created'
the masa of ,Mankind to be slaves. in the;
heat id' this great stiuggie see the strongest,
ties severed, =the' ancient political parties
'broken, ,and men of nation and faith divi= t ,
ded,itsare_one. ~ The votaries of one Mittel
alone'are united in 'political action. Thid
in the; midst - of otherwitb universal division
is truly most remarkable. Fram Maine to
lexas•-•-frout the, Athititie to the' Pacific
Oeean--in every city, town aad lawlet,---!..!
tinder whatever circumstances placed, or by,
whatever influence - surrbunded, we find tbti
votaries of this church arrayed in political
ac tion on the side of slovery. This cannot
-ash° frOm an intelligent assent so the prini• I
c i r a es of slavery, because those principlet
would reduce ninety-phi(' out:Of every hurl-
d t !cd of these men to the condition of slavet.
Whence are tie to lobk Or the cause of
this unity among soq many horinds ` . f
thonsands nattered over so 'wide a surfa 7
We find the votaries Of, thetatholic Chur h
as a class-the leastenligb ter.ed °tour popu:
lation,•tind thus in a condition to yield ram;
dy obedience in all things to an authority
which they hars-been taught to respcat a s
of God's appointment. The church of
their father advances liigh and extraordina- '
ry claims. - It is the only Apctstolie and
Catholic Church. !It is inf . al:Nor in dec.
trine, miracles continue to be wrc i ught with
its holy communication; its head !is theyi
cegereut of God on efirtl4 and sticeessorrof
the Apostle to whornits entrust e d the lifr
of Heaven. It is a pure hierarchy: 'Atte
laity have' ittle or no POwer, ail the authbc
ity being .coneentratdd in the priesthood]',;
Again I ask,wheuce' ll this unitp'n polite al
action among the votaries of this church
when every other denomination, Of, Chris:
dons is divided? Inl'seeking as answer to
the inquiry, all. men 4ili onk to the source'
where the power resides. ‘When the fate-
ries of the Choreit'tf ems shall exhibit-in
our political conteet in the like diversity 1
views and act* tbat is seen among all oth
er classes of o4r pcoAte, then, will the rub -1
lie mind, be4relieved from the suspi
don that bieradcbal I;nfluenees are wise tie
routly at worl4in out. polities. , -
,
It is idle to evade the point, by lab *
red,
efforts in defenef . religlaus freedomand i
the rights of conscience: . Ni,' assault• is
mad upon either. The.largest o liberty, the
broadest toleration, it conceded !in-ma t ters
of religiond faith and ',Worship.—The grind
of complaint lies -here, that a biersrchy, iu-'
vested with pieuliar tanetity anY powers in
the elea• of the laity,fisbould exert n spiiitu
.al influence to control over' elections, and
olia ~li ♦; aiwßlttmeo. <a:
z_, l
finettee.‘ No intelligent man tail Wetaiito
the factqtbat the late!, 'Presidential . eleNion
was controlled by tits, vnitvl atholic vote
If the Adherents of the C urch shad been
divided lin their 'votes .s were, all thelPra
testant sects of the - go ntry, the, present ad
ministration won] never have had - an (ols
tetece. I The Sve Power to-day would not
be maseciPeottr gnvernnient,--prom'ill a'
ting itidhborrent doctrines through et's, 'u
s
1 elicial/ribundis, u deimining the so es
eigoi}ylef the State and boldly trantpling
AS , rn'the clearest constitutional rights of
citizens; l• ' it a ,
/ •
It is !also /,;;---
is ;also 'apparent to - every into igent
observerohat the same unity in , the dltho
lie vote is relied until' as the main support
of "our opponents blithe coming hate eleg
tik. - With thPse nndeniable facts' before
tis,ecan it lie said that ,_there' is no I owed
for the;strong conviction in the mi as of 1
theAtherican people, that hi erhrei al l infin,
ences not only interfere in our PolitiOs' i ,but
adtuallY control our, elections? If the Pry
tegtantt sects of ourcountry presentd the
,1
same unanimity in ~nppositiooA to th e . Pro-,
Slavery Democracy that is Church
i oes in' its support, our
t op,. would not
he slow or measured in their dctimiMation:
Indeed' r the chief;
such rotes
nd press of that I party ,
1 3
assail with- gross vituperation -
taut Christian Mini tors tic Openly in the
face of i lay, denounce*oin the Mewl desk
the crimes of alaverY, and insist upna-the
sanctity of the nuiKitalliazil parental :rela
tions. In. them, if is algrovions offence to
proclaim in connection withi , slave, the
great essential rrntbs .of Christianit y that
God it `the Creatot and . Father of all men,
that He made of one.flesh alllthel,ations of
the earth,
.that llel is no - respecter ) 1 of per
sons, but bolds in equal love all His Ail
drenl,and that tie will require of eve ry one
the observance of His vighteons la W:
"Ail things whatsoever ye would that
men Should do to cyan, do_ye even to them.
This -'alliance between an ancihnt and pow
erful.Clutreh' ane slate interest ,of A
'nierkta,.. is the most remarkable - when we
consider the fact, 'Oaf the early and author
itative teachings,!of that Church are in
condemnation of alumni, How bng this
strangaalliancelq to continue I know not.
Howlotig it latjloe snecesful is I for the
Anterican people,to decide. ' . 1
1 i To your fifth interrogstory I, ahswer,---
bat lam in favor of free schools I for the
edneatieW of all classes, and oPyosod to any
exclusion of the Bible therefrom , .. - t
Respectfully yoars, rt.' WIILMOT.
To JOHN B4OnIFRITNE, Esq., Chair-
Oar), &o, .t
Strength eniri Health Restor e
,
Jbhn Davidsbn,i living ten ,roil
Pittsburgh, 00 the pennsylvani
says "When I commenced t i ski
havo'a Holland Bittew i mill
walk. Now, I enjoy. exEli/Dent hei
Headache anti Debility l7 -211r.
Ltscomb,' ot,Biriniggham, say;a:
haye-Tbuna m'Bcerhave's
Bitters a reined for Headache al
iv. My wife a also timid it
greatest benefit.' L
Mr. A. B. Nil -
remarks that hi
lief 'from its nal
'when, of Pitts
has experierice4
for biladacho:
BEAVER ARQUS.
X. 1113TAXD.....i..••• ,WIT/IXD
& J.,Weyand, Editois & Proprie
z . GOVI4.3RNOIt,'
DAVID WM - Art . oT
Aratiford
'FOR SUPREME JUDGES.
James Veeeh,
\O f Fayetti , C'otstsq,
Joseph, J. Lewis,
Of Chester Cosnly e '
FOR CANAL. COMMISSIONER,
W M. IVIILLWARDi
.01Philadetptiitt; I
Dia db Y
ITN MET.,
AssembiY. I
ICE LORMA IMBRIE, Beaver.
GEORGE*. SIIAW, Lawrence
Sherif.
WILLrAM W. IRWIN t .Pulaahi tp
Regifiter 4- • &corder.
SAMUEL B. WILSON, Borough.'
Treasurer.,
WILLIAM HENRY, ef Borough.
Clerk of Courts..
ALFRED G. AIeCREARt'N. Thigliton
Commissioner.
ABNER MORTON, Pra*lin.
Auditor.
(A VAcANci.) - '
Coroner.
NATII ANI P. COIJCII, Nel Brighton.
Poor Htlitse Director.
(A VACA.NCY.)
Trustees of Academy.
M.
, _
M. T KENNEDY,.g-.Brighio'n, (4 yeafs.)
SAMUEL -MOREHEAD, Sharon,(4 yrs.)
SMITH QUNNINGITA3I,I3eaver, (3 yrs.)
AnNEßT.LACOClcßooliestettp . (2 yrs.)'
441 - Notes of Tiave 'handed in too late for
/7
this velti. will appe i in our next issue.
steads Judge Wilmot's late ! ,
sr aim "Wilmot an Unadultem
Aug." We purpose ve, rief
ly to put this gratuitous assumptcti to -dui
test.
Judge Wilniottdoes not-. deny 111;4 his
preferenees,geor 'ld lamtkinito the
selection of nit itizens to fill the
offices; but he time lays down
the distinet.tHcleratieo, "dist occasiong may
arise whet:'a enlightcnediand faithful dis.
citarge"of duty would demand our suffrages
foi / the naturalized eitizen,l ih pi-eferecee to
one born on our soil" Will the \ Star . as
same the otanostte of tleselnronosidso?
in American la or, A mertearn rights, ns -
merican interests. Will the Star take 0p . ./
•
posite grtna, and say it is not favoiable,
M
to theseenils? - • , - • I
rto. '
Mr Wdmot - is opposed to the interfeJ
renal of Church. Nerarchies in politics.
_Will the Star tab tithe opposite ground;
and assume that it is in favor of such in
terference? • I f
Mr. Wilmot favers a reform in the na r .tu=
ralization laws only se far i as to effect the
purification of the ballot-hoz. Does= the
Star oppose such reform, • for such purpose?
7.7
Mr.-Wilmot opposes th. landing of forl:,
eign paupers end criminals upon our shores.
Will the Star avow itself] fav'orable. to the
admis.ci,m;rif. the
. two classes. -W-ihnot
is in'favor.of Free School 4,:. for all classes,
and opposed to• any exelion of the Bible
therefrom. Is the -Star !opposed to 'Preo
&hole? or in favor of the exclusion _of the
Bible? 1. I -
Now, here are all theipoints ern \ brac'rd
i .
in the letter.? And unlesi our neighbor, is
prepay. -to-take ground'J opposite ' to that
assumed'by Mr. Wilmot,! on oily, or all of
r ....
these propositions, we =st claim the liber
ty of !charging the` editor with being as
much of a Know Nothing as Mr. Wilmot.
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STOCK - ALT TAKEN.---Ve are gratified
to learn that . the Capital Stock-(575,900) 1
requirg ... l ,. by thdterms of -the Charter, has
I
all been subscribed. But 15 sluices/ate
held outside the County.l -- -The institution
will i.roliably_go into or l rstion in . the . ear-i
..-
ly part otOctober. ' ~
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Sad ' , Case of D rowning-,
_i i
This community - was painfully startle d' as
week he ,receipt of intelligence of the des
by drowning of Mi. JOHN LEM'S, of this plaCe
lie was the Second Enghteer of the steamel
,Tropic r and it Gas' while ascending the Missoir
river that the accident °conned - which terminal,
ted his life. The boat-caine in contact with a
snag in Applegate's Bend,l by which the stesm l
pipo was broken, and asmr. L. was on watch
alone, it is supposed that,'to avoid the escaping
water and steam , he eithei.lesped or fell 'of*
board, was drawa4.anderl the rated, and flirts
perished.. I.lo'body was recovered en the loth
ult., after a diligent Bearish of two dityi,,eind
temporarily interred at ..rt:oacitvillo, Boon coun
ty, Missouri. rilelia line, sent is a .St. Louis
paper, eolitsininethe l, ptoeeedinaa of a meeting
held by the pase t engers on the Tropic, shotly
aftei the occurrence,-from which we take the
following— . . 1 i
Resolved,
e. above
ja Canal,
ing• Licer
d • hardly
.Ith."
,Tlaff - we -deeply regret the' death
of Mr. Lamar., the engineer, and' syMpathiie
-with his family and friends in their hereavel
ment; fora brave and efficient man has died at
his post. .
70. - L. was about 25., years of age; was is
young nien of high proMise, arid universaui
esteemed by all hid actpiaintanees. • .He •w 4.1 a
main s. ay to a tridWedimother; Mid this last
bereavement adds another drop to a - cup Ofi
diction previously filled overflowing. l I
Elffil
Holland
d
with the
aldo
much' to-
BEATER, PA,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 12, 1857:
dge Wilmot's Letter
`A. purrtrasr TAX i t iraits
, - v p ON .”,,
- , 1 i , , ..
In the last.Bol,;?ll,lobertinether wi th
Generarearitiof • , plactCen,ivor to con
vine* the. tax:pa. that a "petit fraud" hap
beenperpetxated, 11614 the Republicans
h i t
during the ''
paieneAthe* Ihtt;filale dthe Main LitM
of,the Pnblitt*e ''..- InlWltat does this sittp..;.
dons " trand n ie ' I t 110 examine. Oen.
Carter "hes pis* th books,' and makes
I;e
a statement, to the`. effect, that from the year
1880, up to 1, the " total receipts of the
Stste Improvemea were $25,842, OW, 47 1 and
87 8
the expenditures 09,499,86,68-1 saving .e
ballonee in favor of Ur IStite of $5, 842,185,
44." - This estimate may be correct. and for the
presentle shall not stop to inquire whether it
is or not; but wbatin the nave of common Set Me.
Itai this to do with the sale of; the Main Lit e,
at this pertodf— We have not, nor do we now as
sumo to'deny, but that for' a Series of yeas,-
of the State,
some of the Publi c Imp rovements ,l
have been and 01 are L sources of tronsidentble
g oT e nue t o her, but that the ifainel I:_e
been one of thole' cv ,that the others i , beco
tt a m
l ing more profitable and less expensive Ito the
1 state, we emphatically deny. 'For the vz.ry re
verse is the casei Let us - demonstrate this to
the t3eneral. During the period 'of which ho
ens spoken, atuDyben the revenue from some of
the iublic Wo amounted to a coariderabk
win, lie min Sim forgotten that then
they ;ere not itt the hands and under
_
tho:manrsgernent ofthe political party of Which
US
he r wrnemherl Cau l he have forgotten tint
when the Put / lib:ill/arks, yielded this revenue o
ver, an" above the expenses, that Democratic 'of
fice holders were dot halfs'o numerous upon them
nor, h.tlf so profligate as nowt Das he fer;otten
that the eorruption,-rive developentent of which
every new and , then startles the public, as it ex
iele on-our Public Works now, had no silist4ice
r•' 1 ! s
thea And has hi , become oblivious to h e fact,
that at that time, they were not, RS at , present,
used wholly and solely fortbe purpose of foster
.
mg- and strengthening the Democratic' party. l by
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employing upon them every person fivhet would
, i I
vote the "Denicratio ticket." Did the General
ink° into his ncecounti these little incidentals boy
fele he came to the conclusion' that the "pr fits
on the Public Works were increasing and' le ex
/
pertses less:" or did he forget ti"; .' Hardly.
Yet it must strike every one as yetng pecutiarly,
strange that Gen Carter, ato of more l l l than or
dinary political ssgaeity, ould, at' this time,.;
when newspapers and, üblio , documents in
\ the bands nmi , bill -read' by almost ev,ry in
telligent vote r the State, fall inte . ,the egre
gious error flattemptiag toconvince 'the , 'tax
payers at. if the Public Works yielded a ree
enn bile watched 'over' by honest men, tha
a thing inevitable, they would do the i somer
while in tho IMMis and under the control of "un
principled
demagogues" tads General, l You o
verdone it there; but since you have' asserted
`and proved by figures that the "Public Works"
were a benefit to the Stito from 1830 I ncrto 18.
53—that is , wheit i they mere correctly managedt
and guarded over by henest men; we shall like-1
wise assert and prMre by figures, that from
18.53, up to 1856,—tbat is, while controlled ez- i
Alia irdy by your party friends—the ,Alain Liuo '
--the ono against which complaint, is made, has
not only failed to bear its gown expenses• but
has annually cost the State a heavy semi above
this, to keep it in werking order.' Look at the
ignres—!`_those grtit witnesses for thetr - frinn
nlSTwhieit cianotSte,m' Editor Senerel- for the ,
*ear. tote' Receipts Total Eipenditures .
1803 pf 1,465,813 2;3 $ 4 124,265 30
1854 1.219.919 01 i s 1,855,216 76
1855 1,144,224 83 . 144 58f • 404 30
'
1856 - :, 14,071 %86 1,662;429 201
$5,074.028 43 • Fq 0.),3 Pis Fir
, 5,U74,02843
\
Excess of Expendieesln 4 years :82,154!287 13
These figures,: we have ' said, are taken from
ti le
the RePOrts of 'Auditor genetal; and we pre
sume, \,. .
ono so met ery , tip a , olso who l desires
to Investigate imbjee.t, that they are fume
1, they \ . ' , i
rate—that must he Correct;•for if is only
through thin Herds that the truth can b e reached&
...I
. 4en what do qey L proVe? Why Onequivocaliy
"rail tuttnistekeablyi that the Main Line has cost
iennsylvanin, within the last four ye,trs, $2,
154,287,13 j, OVER NiTTIAT IT BROUGIIT DI
TO - 11 ER TRE4SITRY. \ . ". 1, 1
1 'But the Btiirpays thaiVeneral Carter "post
e(l the boolts,"tal 6.inds the ballance•sheeit to
,
Stand as follow iin regard t o, the Mail„Line:
Year Ttital Receipts,, Total' Expenditures.
1854 " '1,32 ,1 1 1,12 $832,447,11 1
1855 1,11 ,2 7,70 , 8I0;377,00 , ',„ _
1856 ,41 9,21 : 918,832,85 1
I - , . :3,864,201,08 2,58.5,8°6, pd 1 •
Difference iu favor of Recepts,' 51,271,591,0'7. 1 -1 1 , 1 .
Very well dme l f,Cleneial, but you have ;post
a
ed the books' in strikingly Peenlinrlmitnee i r.
- Tau have rendered aperfea'actonnti of the 4te
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'copts, but, an imperfect one of tne.axpenditn4
kwoninstance, you have'ez i. e/A . d from your col.
'tune of exPen 'Ores all money spent for...nopr
work' you vel also eljeluded from your ee
-1 i 1 , t 1
count all Tno eyli spent for the "impr ovement
of the roae f wa on which the larger . part °Mlle
business i;cl l neither batte you allotted. a
per centage f the , wear and tear,' whi<ili would
Itecessitati e approp 'atioesi:n the future-
non lutly i yo h ve bee blind to the fact en
iiitelyithatithefi to co tracted a very heavy
debt to build this
• Line, nd that l ‘he annual in- I
terest on hitidet,. amounts to E}oo,ooo. We
leave you eve, Ceneral,tte decide whether you
have , •pon the books meetly. or not!" '1
Awe :dinner to! Tax- ye re : Should the Main
Line hay been sold? is the question ' that now
addreeses itself >; b every voter. in'',l6 State.—
1
,Tbe fi s quo d nbov as taken from the Re
-1
porta of t e And orGen ral, are the of/irk/aunt
ming up of the e ase . They reveal to the taxi
payee what the ain Lille her.t done,', and what
it has not dcitre. They furnish the incontestible
evidence thatit jug banging like a dead weight
upon the people, palsy ng their , energies and
threatening them with. taxation Aoo,heavy to
be:bonte. have we d istorted the kids in the
case? ; Rear wine ? e ' S. Al?tt, the Pre+
t.
dent of tbe Board of Canal Conimissioaers, says
upon his oath, ..when atplyingktori an injunction
to,reitrain, u ' stockh older, the . Pennsyivania
Railroad 0:4, fkm buying the Alibi Line: lie
sajtc ', 1 l' '1 i l
L
!'The Canalsil longtg to the State are 283
miles in lengt4 riqu tiri g heavy expenditures
I
for repairs andlhave no for many Years yielded
income sufficient to psi / the cost of keeping thin
itilnavigable cider." ' ' 1, ;
the l'
But again, the Board of Revenue, Commis?
sioners, a majority ef 'whom I were also. Demo..
Crate, at their ' lion ik Harrisburg last winter ' ,
and after the bject lu critically 'examimi4.
incorporated following in , , their LOU Report.
"PI Pennsyl aula's • üblic irdprovetats, the,
ca
Main Line is the only non-enstainitig portion:"
"Hence, a proper regarafor its pecuniary pros
perityjdemiurli the of the Main Line," he
trrid+ the airmunsitf4 . 'ind with a full Ittiewl
edgnctethe above fa etailifiiririghint In the face,
howaliouldtli Inibrie, our Representative, have
noted in the preudsei? ShoUld be have arrayed
hinnielf against the lilt! for the sale of the? W i t,
Line *hen he knew that it was not bearing its
owri expenses? Should he have labored to pre,'
vent ?"..eale, when the voice came !through the
Boil' , " of, kt , ...ine Commissioners; from nearly
.every' Judicial Diste, t in the &ate, Is*Sell it."?
Could he with any prok...itz: hale dimgard
ed tiur will of his immediate es.,,, t i tueats, wh i t
1 "* 44 /Feimiell 'in that. county, some ' 3 / 4 ne aof
2377 tai-payers; having voted to sell, the ....
Line, ; while while nnly 1652 voted against It. Co id
1
he have blirid6d himself, even if hr had been so
dispostd, to these facts and set at naught these
inetinctions? „Never, and have been a faithful
1 1
1 teilslator—never and havo retained the coati =
, ,-- . - 7 ,- I
dettee of the people. , i --7- .1,; -;
Let us now present another "picture.';—F
The 1 Main Lino basbeen ; sold-sold ; for $7,
'1:0*900. The State debt, which amounted to
over forty million of dollars, tins by this self ,
beewroduced the former ''sum;' hundreds of
thriftless mst-hedging office holders have been
-discharged from the 'public service,' and all
ready has !the State tax, which I before, weir
i ..,,•,
three Ills on the dollar, been r educe dto twcp
and a' alf,: and not,' ng all this ovei-
Whlming evidence, bor of the Star,
andE Gen Carter, hare Itilist° i° about
the :pious . : work of endeavoringte °engine° the
tax;pitiers, - that,ti r‘greiti fraud" has bee n
pr4ticed upon them; by the liepnilicans. !,'
• THE POSITION , 0 1 : OEN. i PACKER. ,
1 • 1
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It is not to be dented that the' position in
which this gentleman has placed himself is any.
thing but enviable; and, ttr . faanY of his politi
cal friends must beg• Bing and I:nortifying in
the. extreme.
i extreme. Th • ea of a man with the Oil=
ity ascribed to mby his party friends,placing
) (
hithself lik puppet in the hands of a Cori.
0m
mittee y to be Moved and used o nly : as they moy
chip tit to.direct, displays a fear of his opponent,
.tefear of the judgMent of th& People, distrost ,
Of himself, distrutt• of his cause, anti an rtbject
ne'ss of spirit wholly unworthy an :aspirant '
I to :':
theGubernatorial'honors of tht second State 1
in 9io Union. A man of
. nerve, l of ability, anal
of4personal independence, would have taken up
iiiie gauntlet the roomer& it was thrown down,
without rinsing to inquire 'whether such a course - ;
Would accord with the views '
- al individuals, or
I
of committees; especially when his party papers
'
"went to, the pains of faxisting upon it challenge,
and threatened how unceremoniously Mr. Pack-'
er would demolish "Mr. Wilmot,lif the latter but
' indicated a desire to meet hint on the stum`p. r,
I : 1 .-
But, what' are the easons g iv en en by'this Cam.
mittee for prohibiting Mr .. Packer from accept;
' ;ng the challenge; of Mr. Wiltnot?i We agree
most cordially with our neighbor or the Star in
the opinion "that 'they have nothlng in them l"
The letting reason gir i en is,i that' the ,Com
mittee "can perceive no ; u t ilit y , in therediscus
sion Of the Sla very question at thla time." To
show the utt absurdity and shallow hypocrisy
J - •
• of tins pretext,ti is only necessary to . Point to
the fact, that reasonwhen was peritted,the
dry upon(
. 1 ...I)
ink was scarcely dy an Addretl 4; 1 , 4
by . them to the voters ° ,l,, P n e , t i ns Pilte I di„sr-
UNE-11ALP 0f . 1y,pg. 3 • 7_we3; Z ! ,
, s I . .. • Yi - If they are really
opposed to the re,discussion of this subject by
•Messrs. Wilmot and Packer, why do, they fro
discuss it themselves? is it\ because they ex--
. pea by tam moue tocr •,,L,..cr wen' leoSe 4eciars..
tions broadcast over the State " With leis likeli
hood of being Successfully ;disproved? But,l
suppose they ignore the Slavery' quetion in I
this canvass, whit do they propose to iseuss?
What is there ':.left? The Bank question lis at
rest; the Tariff has been adjuSted; Sktnight 7 out
Aniericaniint' was too important an adjunct to
them itit fall, to tbe roughly dealt with now:
the pro Posed ditnendments:toithe Con • Stitution'
'are so, geneziallyll acquiesced" in by all parties
that there is 'room for , diseussion here; and
the .PUblic Works ; have been wrenched from
their close embrace, and'. are ; 'probably: forever
beyond their ?et" T+ isiworse than 'folly for
thice men-to prate against the ru -, ..--::---;n9 of
this, question. Their party papers will,discuss
r nothing else. Open them; and it is the burden
of theirsong from Alpha to gouge. They will
write, and speak, and vituperate, anthunder
upon.searcely any other, subject. ,T LY know
and fet that t it I ts, and will 'remain the' over
shadowing issue, for years: Let hint who doubts'
look at the complexion , or etrairs'in , ansas, to
_Nebraska, to Minnesota, to Oregon,' where 'an
attempt is even now . making to frame a Slave
Constitution preparatory to admisilias a State
into the Unlon,lto Central Arnett, the nequi
siticin of Cuba, the formation einew Slave States
oot of Texas,' the formation of a Slave State out
of the Jodian Country, west of Arkonsae, and
the absorption, I l itt. no distant day, OF another
portion, if not the whole , of Mexico. I ,
, It\ , Pro, no , , Any one with half an eye can see at
once \ that this is buta miserable subterfuge on
the part of the Committee. l They knew very
well 'lhat Mr. Wilmot. *all a fortnidable.and
danger us man on the annuls a n d they also
1 , ,
well knew that lie wold strip their measures
, \ ,
1 and their actions of their flimsy ontsida cOvor
ing, and bold \ them Up naked tu .r the gaze of the
peeple: .The y '"distracted . distrasted then!peo ple."` They
wished to aToid\tho .exposure; They 'dreaded
its effects..' The'y know that their daplioity
would.be dragged to the light, and a just retri
bution visited upon their heads. ; , ' •''
Can the
a 1 1- •
Can the Pe port condi& e who * t hus
screens himselPirtiod ,. a Committee -th rows
his manhoodiandrhis inciePtodenee the winds,
refuses to Step up to the.. music, ai d meet his
opponent face to face; and discuss the princi
ples at issoelbetireen them? 'Can theyimpport
a cause *bier min not ,te maintained; by its
chosen champion, lAcily,4airly and:in the light
of open day?
BEAVER fiCADEItY AND SENINANY.—
1 •1 '
ra j
On the last btfindity of Ang e t , tho -in
1 3 \
stitutiotta named above will ae, n bo open"
, i , 1 i 1 \
ed for the reception of Pupils. The tutons
via are informed, in both the lk aie and Pa;
male Departments; have been aflected,with
care, and are said to be 'exCellently qnalificd
and at t he-same time efficient tdacheisi We '
hope to se'p them encouraged. if the'ro hi:
any one natural advantage tha ;i 3 ea'Ver has
to boast of; it ceriainto ;a its a notation forl
achooliog Purposeg.' No commtnity; in..the,
State "eau - truest ora more heal i i ly ' tone af
.00rety, i and no place in Waste , Penney]:
vania is nanally so' free from either loca l
or epidemie diseases. ! ' ' •
Who is Responsible t
,
the last Star,in ;the °bum . of ia long ar
ticle 'Abern i to prove, that. the mistuanage
ment--Oletever it cadern'y is attributable
altclgetber lo.tbe fact that a Majority of tfir)
Bow c a:-Trustais are'Reptiblic ans. With
regeid to theallegation that""the Trust es
haie . ( - Ann no steps' towards providing a
single reacher," we have only to say t, at
all, the Male Teaders i were, selected before
the close • of the list seasien, as:the editor
could have very readily aeen, by reference
to the published Catalogud. I rßut, ' we de
sire to know at what time the Beard became
.: — .mt a bliean ? Was it Lot; last tali ? I Wtiiit .
was l 'i t ''''•.*. the Board of Trusteed, for dye.
or" years P re '-us to that time, when it
was mkd° u p' nim 't 0 ..-lusiveiy of Dento-,..
[ crate?; Did they ivara' 0,,,, 4istitution as
carefully and . watchfully ati was .3,,, 0 ,, t i t , 7 ,i
What] was done b y our neighbor of the : '
, ''rr
during t1i0.12 months he figured as Truttee
in a Detnocratic Board 7 Hate not the build
-1 , L
ing, and its surroundings, - beecii — inere - tidi for.
1 '
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;,the last, six years to pass i nto a State r -,,
wretch/ dilapidatioryt i Did be aIA - 31a
DemOcra l ic colieeeteq,- When they had; at.
most 'exeksivAontrol of the Board, ever
ii - I , ri •
maketla' - ng e effort to repair the rav
-1
ages ; time ?or take measureeto, restrain
tb , tends of miscutevous em . ,,,9 xna 4.:...„
uake!use of any efforts"tesrevent the t i cer- I
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ing away of the fence, the destruct:to p
i.
1
the ,boards, the breaking up of the 1
dovis and i the .tcitttillation 'of 'the doi
The People are interested in ,having sr:s
1
is answers' to these interrogatories. -
itbeylreceive them?
For the Deaver Argue.
Fa the Star of thd 7th a communial
appars purporting to give a statemet _
the receipts and expenditures on the Pub
lie Works` of .Pennsylvania flr a period of
. years, and npan this statement the Ed-.
gor goes on to prove - that the Republican
Legislature have pepetrated a great Wrong'
: upon the commonwealth by selling the
F'Main Line for the sum of $7,500,000.1
Now this sum ut 5 p 6. cent interet.t . iiehls
annually an income to the Stato of $ 375,
000,00.
' While the annual' income to the 'State
front the Public,. Works according' to the
showing of .the Star-Man has been but
1 8 283,902,22 which sum, multiplied'hy-20
1 the number, of years taken in by Oreii Car ,
ter wiltA.make the whole . balletic° Corros
pond:9 l tli his statement $ 7,381457,WiL
so thatqby the sale the people save aianui,l
- the sum of 8 91,097,74,er in a p6iod loaf
twetty six years - (the same; ported as taken
;in by the Star calculaion) ti"
' vlng:to the State of 82,36,5.5.' 2 ) 44 .
,:.suer coma unica-
The Star must i,:
get
4early , prov that
tion before 'it
'the State _ lost money by the sale.
A Scimousotit.
' " For the Beaver Argils:
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MEMOS. EDIT_RSI see a•cona Uttlea
.
tioo in the last Star signed /An AutiKnow
Nothing,'—the,writer representing' imself
as living on the South side of the !River.
Now, lidesire:the people of the Norith side
of the.river tori , know that this 7 iTilchat abd
al fraud. -`,Therefore, I would state t at the
author &this arti'ele lives on the North
side of tIM river, and is the same in, ividual
a
11 1
Who wascandidate before the; Rep ibliea*
Convention Idst year for District A torney,
and was defe4edy and neat day. turned Lo
egoco. I Might Turther say_thai h i e is the.
same miserable ereatere who,in 185 q, voted
the Know Nothing ticket. lie thdn acted
With the party which I he-,i•now4llifi,s. ,
I wish to inform this traitor to,the cause
Of Freedom and the Right, that: ird of the
South Side are capablii of iloingi.oUr own
writing, and' when" wd want this" Mule to I
write for us We 'will 'call on him
1 , This 1
Ir — cofoce mode of warfare will not in with
us of the South side of the river. Add,
r --- " 1 -0.odino the weak eifortS,,, f ,this i
renegade to stire r .....,
ill .send
over, in Oetober, such a inaloilfy ...- i
Republican Aieket - as ;will: be imp ralleled '
4 , . I.
in the politics of Beaver,'County. -
I, would :suggest that thene;t si time he
rites ,'we of the' Sore ' S'idc,' instead of
'mith 'Side. -. Sorra tri . "l•reiol4viti. . I
A Marriage Notice Corratted•
MEssus. Enfronst—gy mistake I gaie
you last week the ,paroes of the witnesses
instead of the persons married. !Ellie : per=
Sons married, were Tnci3rAs Woops 'and
MARX JANE MOORS, of Taliston, smi net
Miltor. - J. Davis auddiarriet bloorO, as I
erroneously gave it p you. • Yrs, 4e.
1 • , J. Dluattar.
A 'WESTERN WOUI Ido the
eyes of Down East Farmers good- to-look
Over Western fields about these da s. The ,
farmers of Northern .11finois'ana Southern
Irise6nsin Are now in the midst of their
beatbarvest, and the Chieicgo , Tribune
H of the 4th retinas the followinggolden
prcispeet:
A friend of ours says that one day last
lweek ho went up to the top . of a hill call
ed Mount Zidri, six miles from J
Rock county, Wis., and ce - untedl , on the
surrounding plain one hundred and sixty
four horse power reaping maebitieE, busily
j eu,tting down wheat-, There were ?no
land men, women and boys following thou=
binding and shocking up the golden,s [maims.
lit ,was a•sight worth seeing,--to behold the
giain falling: and being gathered up at.the
rate of two hundred acres per hos .
Ali. BAD 'PIiCSPEOT.—The
• Yez..,O 'Run; a
leading Democratic organ of MiSassippi; is
coMpelled to justify itself for: a fpporting
the •Administration . , by; saying that Mr.:
Buchanan' will not snpport• Gov, Walker.
But' it should be mistaken in, tllis, then
mark thei copsequonce. Sayithe Sui ;I.
, To beiieie that Mr. %chow= to an )10-
eorriplico in W.sllcer'• policy, alo4l be to
believe that 1.. is the most ungrateful man
th a i \ ev ... lived. We arc net, prepared to
I....tieve -this of a man, who has for nearly
ha( a\ century, defended the rights of the
Sputh.--- \ never the once evincing, any hoed?.
icy to the, least of those rights:.. If, how
ever, it should not turn out. that Ir. Buch
anan is as deep in the Mud as'B b Walker
„,s
is in theinaire,\he Will 'la V— -,''" t° g °
"soot 'free' 1...6 \ yd, tne contrary, r lie will be
I,nade 7 to_feel.the resentment of ~,,n outraged
ieople
TelOgraphic,
.
virashinFt?nCityltems.
WaAii)gtork City, Aug. B.—The Nap,
DePartment this morning rec creed a letter
frolf.flag officer !James Armstrong, ( L te ,i
from.l,lnited States ship ..-- Siza , ,Jach t i o , a t
Hong Kong, May 23d, in Which he bay s
from till enormous - -force the English aryl
collecting at' this,station and the afraa ge .
meats they are Malting for its permann ey.
It is clear that 'China is to he compelled to'.
throw exclusiveieFi. lie add that
there waltne. a total of GO vessels, m ount .
ing 783 guns.
.
Accompanying this force are several sp..
-
going liospitals and transports with a itiry
la* mail supernumerary.
1 _ •
La - atm:ice Evaatiated 7 -Vate on the''To
peka-Constitation•
St. Louig, Aug. 8.--Kansas advie e t3te
that Gov. allter, evacuated Lawr's•n e
W
the 3d. - with all the troops except- e- C 7 'l2
Tho ostensible cause, that tho Intliarts7atr,'.`-
lttacked Fort Rile a Yt___!.l_--Peav,ttel h' ere
rase he - troops nw ay.
65 - 7i 4
0 7 ; te
000no,eaglinoicpsetk.a
'!'he
elate
ticket
ti, lti is:
IS elected.
Returns from ` - 'u_ '
the_Consiltution, 666VP /e9 . f "' flr
The cituiztics tb lyar fr;e 8141 1 •:} 3 g3.
incrcaio: the majority,: for the
tion. • nst".
A - Disastrous Gale.
.f 1
cursed on the 224 of July which occasion:',
great loss of life fishermen on tbe.
north shore' of 'the'Province of. St. Jolla.'
Sixty boats are supposed to he'losi.;
dead holies hate - been picked - up. It is
calmilated - ti at. 200 boats were out> fi.-bing
and, many more disasters ore fearel. ..the
nundred andr thirty American - fishermen
put'in port at, Prince - Ethrard'i Island for
shelter. A Uuniber of fishing boats floaNd
ashore. A.
.rs?
( „cif-
VIII
flop
t of
Tennessee Elections. I
Nashville, 8.--The, returns are in;
complete, ciutl they indicate, i the etc, ticc 4
s ‘ C.Vga or eight Deinocrats , tirenn,mzg,
rwo 'or three Arriericans.l Hera , r. ant
Ready ,are elected, Etherßeic tinubtfnl.•
The legislature •is Deuncratit' in 1,-,
braLehes, Irani's urijority ,for,Gov.null
• • .
coed 10,000. '
• Missouri Election.
St. Louig' Aug. 8 -- ; Fifty counti , s
Rollins 472 majcrity, , a gain on Fillni f orq
vote of 4325. 'lliellardson, Scott, awl Na i r .
in ate-largely alietl for Supreiiit;
Exe4ement in EansaS• 4 I
• St. r LOUIS, •'Aug. 5 --Acennnt3 rrlal
Lea+en worth,, I:gasas, anntatnt'erlti,b"l';'enr;°.i.clii
~,i,tr,,evn...‘eletlitof6la°l7nti:Titng'n.Qatitntoodf of-1;16
n
day last, and the subsaintlit disetiv-iy7of
band of nitnalerera: men yank-I
'Baines .and Qubles ' reit: I ' B:1*
), t
mule a e.:)nlcs:,ion s , n.eral 1 , 2';
.
speetabia citizens ooilfuletatais of'- L.ban&.
-
11111
More Indian Depredation3,',
St. Louis,- Aug. 7.—The K - ans[4 ,-
aid "of,Freedont of 'the 56 siys 1111 . .! ,
WU lk er .bas received' ads-ices froth
thunder at Fort Riley, that a hug:,
Cheyence Italians had
,reached that
and atrattaelt was h)urly
fort La.'s . no fmrtifications and only halt s
company of infantry. — The Julians
driven the ectidis in, and tia,ye comtni — ,l
'several murders in sight (44111 po• z t.
alltler iMniodiatety Fun C-1 'C
v •
their as+tanee' with' all the ft•ce un!l.r Ll 3
Ccaurnand,
. .
Continued Exeiterv,ent in. Kan
The steamer liesperian,.reaebent.ai.
worth on Sunday evening, at whichti
two alleged inurderers ' 41te`companiontl
the'two np. hung on Friday) were
tried. by ! judges appointed.by the *vig:la ,l
committee.'. A number of the
leeted in' the streets Ware' Much . pant'
and elamotous . for the immediate exclut
of Ihe.Prisonet, but. the. were itarang.
by the judges, who desired;to 'e
ther Proceedings niptii_next'llay,GB . l-j)'.l:.
The judges inadjuty at y
re .well kneih
will dou
- basa i vor ,_,,t whose hatids ,
• LATER -÷TiLe 'steamer 11,t..
which arrived here some hours later t :7
- the Resperian; ;passed Lei veiy.arth Cita
Miiiiild3r e'venizig. ' The tkial ef W yid..... LI
KnOrriton, owing to the clamor an El.
l'i, ,
i bad n t yet ended, Tad pe(:eF tn.'
ed very,,.inueli afiaidtflie prison sNi u 1
be acleiitted, and expressed theilisdr,, ~.:.
termlnedot all hazardS't aVreetatcln:l.:•;
up)11 the offenders. C*Ov: Walk , i r 1;a I
reached the city and - was.`,endenvo. d.; . =
pacify -the populace,• but without eft' , tt.l ~
Tho of of :Le Al*k Child, tLIT.I
the mob has by this- timWls.rcvldlelj:ttil
the prisoners have been Millat=St. .219si
Dent. i .77iitrscbry.. ' If. t • '.'
tat
~.
of medicine creating such, a stir amoc 11..
rilids ..4..Pr. BSnford's c hivigorator oftiv::
Rerne4,.. If gives. Such quick relirf•as'o
convince the patient of receiving bent its:
most is :sapid as ..the medicine Is taken.
We do-not know a sleep. instance *
has been taken without bendfu, and - i
ly all.eises.a eomplets cerp,:is- effect'?
its use. / It has acquired its wide ; poll
ity simply because-it Idpeiwhat it 1-it
Mended to do. It
.is"conStintly call
its circle of 'friends,,l'carrying,, heilin'
its wings, and' joy to the heartier
suffering from Liver'Complaint, J,:uti
DysPepsiii, or general debility.
*Sold by DLO. ,Cunningh3A
vet and Drumgigigenerally.
1
l'he• Dead .Restored To
years ago it
_was generally/ , .uPrfr°P . "`
gray hair tonic' not by restored to Its
tuattolor, or m'atio to gionion , bahhk
,but isinze,the advent of ' Professoril
UaiF Restorativi;Many ,pqrsou,s wlity
years age are now seen daily in the
balks orlife, appearing in all the i vig
siearing thers) j vin dark flri§
simply from haying used this gre*, .1;
fatice.--Louisiiile: Times
'Sold by Dr 0. 0 Ingham
.....1 1 &"Sold by rr: Junningt ,
vcr and druggists generally.
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