Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 07, 1858, Image 2

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?NI IRPNTIVOCISDAfine
•
lIIELT AND J_ B_ BARNIIAT. gorrons.
BELLUONTE, PENN'A:
, RUUMODAY, JANUARY 7, INCIN
The People shall Govern
The true prinCiple! of Demaracy—iav - tha
tke people 4all goverk—and when we say
that, we mean the people who vote. It has
never been held, to our knowledge, that thit
portion of the citizens who do not vote, al
though if they were carefully hunted mid
numbered they might constitute a majority,
should rule. Tho ballot box, is the source
of power and those only who deposit their
ballots therein are consulted ut the forum.
Lion and regulation of Constitutions and
laws. It is t h e duty of blovernincut topro
tect the legally cunstituted voters of thin
land, in the exercise of the electivivfmnchise .
—to see that they have a full and fair oppor
tunity to express their will, and that that
Wilt is aot misrepresented by fraud or chum
frrciiii 'ions aye ten
carried out, the majority of votes polled,
without regard 'o those that are not polled,
decides all questions stilton tied, and that de
cision, s lattever it may - be, unlit rhle nntil
reversed by thy entity iiroetten. When a
question on it Inch the people hare a 1101 i to
be litard has been fair!) submitted to tie tn.
and all bamer, t Iln Lee action has been
removed; wo affirm that Government has
ale its duty ; !hire is no pin elide
of Democrat) , that would require a re
submission. It ia an old aim trite pro; , erb,
that "you may lead a horse to water. but
you cannot make burn drink " So y0n4,1•
with propriety submit a question or a len.
ciple to the vote of the people, but you h an
not compel them to give expression to their
voice. The doetrine that the people shall
rule, embodies the idea of popular sovereign•
ty, and constitutes the people the only hp
timate souree of power as they are ln all
free Governments. But to affirm, that that
sovereirnty could not be tenqinrardy dele
gated for a special purpose would at once he
a contradiction of the term. For, sovereign,
implien full power—omnipotence, and he
who in omnipotent can do whatsoever he de
sires. Then al" the people see sovereign in
a political point of view, there is nothing po
laical that they may not perform —they only
darllßlLlitti-Staktr_th4 possess, and to
ny them that right wotild.be to dibest flow
of the very power we co t pcede to them, when
we term them sovereids.,, Democratically
speaking, the penile form all Co : tit I , UN
—the people make all laws —they do it in
the way they may pref . , r If our
people de
sire to so change their Constitution that all
laws before genrir'into operation atmuld he
subuntted to a phpular vote, no one would
pretend to assert that they could not make
such an alteration. But it has ever been
found more convenient to give our Govern•
meat the character of a Representative De.
mucracy. Instcad of calling upon the peo
ple to assemble en muse in every election
chatrict,lto express their approval or disci
proval of propoaed laws, they choose from
their number, some one in whose ability and
integrity they (mantic, and , to him they JAI
egate fur the time being the power posses.,ed
by Ms 'Constituents, and as their ltepresen
tatire he ie support] 1,44 daffy out the will
of those who elected him. All men Cllllllot
be law makers, any more than all men eau
be lawyers or doctors, or the other vO
- of life would be neglected--civilize
lion and the arts would retrogade, and
political element would overcome, submerge
and destroy all other branches of enlighten
ed When the people then have
• fair opportunity to elect their Representa
tives, either for . a special or a general pur
pose, and their Representatives fail ti exe
cute with fidelity the will of those they rep
resent, them is but ono remedy, and that
remedy is by • recurrence to the mode in
which there flotpresentatives were originally
constituted, and the substitution of other
members of the e,ommtnity in their place
and stead, who may be relied upon to repeal
all ohnoximus acts, and to put into practical
operation the manifest will of the people.
For neighboring Republics to interfere, and
punish the unfaithful Representatives would
be a means of redress neither in ireordamte
wirth tmr - peuricistio' creed. nor afi re to the
independence of Staten. Each* State la a
aoyereign member of the confederacy, and
boa full power within itself to do any and
all things not inconsistent with the general
I.7 . 2mititution = anti this seyFreigrtx jMono
to all Man, when cemertgated in ntifikiciit
numbers to be localized al a noyerniinent
-44. to be recognized as a diatinet people.
Thermic. of inane-wile vote, when -Wel
expressed, whether' Gus Representatives or
directly for a Constitution or laws, must 5e
fleal and conclusive all far as it relates to
those outside of the municipality to be cf-
tested by it. Those within its scope have a
remedy by a reourrenoe•'to the original
*puree of delegated or-katifying4pwer—tlie
Ballot Box.
- crudn and
called forth by the general discussion that
appears Just now to be occupying the atten
tion of-writers and speekeve upon the sub:
ject of popular sovereignty:' and we believe
that they exprefs the true idea of that sov
ereignty as possessed and enjoyed by the
American people.' True, circumstances might
exist to vary the general rule, -or to ex tendl
the inifereripes and corrollnries that grow
out,:ef shat-great fundsementel doetrine, I , that
the people -when govern themselves " on
which our Republic is based. We will
dissect our generalities when called upqn to
maki4ppliositibb of oar views tto particular
cases. But this *KW. Si now longer then
we intended, toil'ees Must defer thrther re:
illarleridi • Mother °Coulon.
Proposed ,Improvement.
The Watchman, has already entered upon !
its third volume, and wo contemplate some
important improvement in its appearance, if
our sitlaseritiers will sustain tie in the inter
prise. To accomplish this, however, we
unistdooli to them for materiel aid. We
! have not the means within ourselves, to ear
-1 ry tt.is matter into effect, without the hearty
; co-operation of a 111 71/ subscriber, and hope
leo far as possible they will come fors afar
1 , 41/Stinittr,Tiat ariailite — theiFTlZ.traiiiiii
to the vaper. We intend so far as practiba
ble, to do in failure, a cash business, in
fact It is the only safe ground upon wliwla
we can rely for the success of the enterprise.
We hone. therefore. thai a0,1.-la ......ee weetc
our DeinocratiC friends elll feel sufficiently'
interested to extend aoholpitig hand, slid erld
shall endeavor to reciprocate their favors,hy
carrying into• (fleet the proposed improve
; anent. Should we meet that liberal support
s Bich, we have reason to expect front our
tititlSerlherti,llllle of the publishers will pro
f reed after tlieJsikalary court to Philadelphia.,
to procure the necessary material for this
purpose. There are names of persons 'upon
our liUbscliption list, who have paid nothing
sluice the paper has been established, and
we do not consider On justice to ourkeives,)
a continuation of their hared very desirable.
W e therefore have coilelaid6d, to strike such
names from our list. and publish them as
God eggs, unless they come forward and pay
their al 1 talle b ed, before the ,arproaelamg
' --- r-rifiC traitSi
Li=gMGM%
We ieel gi aiel ill' to many of yir subscri
ber, of both put ties„ fur the Lind considera
tion they have mit 111 iltited toward out tur
n:,,, and to all .tieh, a, return 0111' sn,eeeu
thanks. All those who will aid us in ear
r~uig nut 111,...Wit designs within the
time :,pee the il in the Ain gluing, shadl have
their names Ittjblimlied, alter the order of
some of our cutempoiaries, in the white
list of the Uenimiratic Watchman.
Arrest of Gan. Walks:.
The stcanier Northern Light arrived at
No% y u i, on Sunday e%ening fruni Aspin.
Mall With the aeuu•monlhly moils from the
Pacific, up% ants of two millions in treasure
Iron] Sal, Franntseo, and highly llllpOrtallt
uces from Central America.
On the Bth inst., Commodore Patildlog
despatched a large force of seamen and ma.
reties to Punta Atenas, and summoned Lieu.
Walker Lo surrender. The order was guru-
The entire (Minister force, a
mounting :o one handled and lift) meu, laid
down their ruing. The ottkerm and privates
are now on their way to the Limed Staten in
14te tianitoga. Gen. 11"alker
aas released on parole, and arrived in the
Northern Light. Subsequent to these
events, Col. Frank Anderson gnieured Fort
CNNIlik arid thp river steamers, which he
held at last accounts. The conduct of Cum
modu're Paulding in thus grumpily demand
ing the tun-ender 91" lien. Walker will create
• • ike-eenntryl--------
The position of lien. IValkLr ie lIIJW that
of a pli,oner of Slate. the at rest tovolvea
quesin;ns of momentous conaequenee, and
Ito may T silt fur stirring ticenesin 4 C'Cmgresq
upon its re-assembling DJ) the 4th proximo.
The Utah Delegate
A Washington letter:give! this sketch of
Mr Iternhisel • --The di.legate is ono of the
most quiet and pleasant gentlemen in the
House In deportment, tone of voice, per
son and countenance, he hear. a striking re
semblance to Robert .1. Walker He is a
native of Penns; lvannt. Ile looked haggard
and norn after his long journey over the
plains, on his first arrival, but has since re
cruited Although he lids been in the House
six yOirrs, I recollect hearing him speak but
one-e, and that zivaa. to protest against any
discussion of the aortal and domestic institu
tions of Utah. His forte is taciturnity. In
private conversation he is fluent and agree
able Ile is an industrious man of business.
and attends faithfully to the interests of his
constituents. lie is rather short of stature
ihs head ty nearly bald, but iron gray locks
project diagonally from the skull near the
ears, upward and forward, resembling the
horns with it hu ii the old masters used to
embellish duff portraits of Satan, who was
and is noted as a long-headed'politiman.
ANOTIILS REIOLUTION Nixxwo. —By au
arrival at New Whims from Vera Crux we
important news from Mexico. The new
rqiu Uhca n Cons UW11(101144 been overthrown,
thy Congresh and Supreme Court broken up
and Ms:iersed, and Uounmfort. declared ab
solute- nietator. with power to call an extra•
ordinary Congress. The whole capital was
in anus. Other cities had promptly given
In their adhesion to the new regime. The
revolution oas a sudden and daring stroke,
planned by Comonfort "iind entrusted to Oen.
Base. People accepted the change All Joy,
an d all was going on well.
/I bI.NA.IIa LiaPlaitAl. WA I.lLita. —Martlha I
I Renders arrived at Washington on Tuesday,
tit t ier. Walker in custody. The latter
gi/U4Na4 Joy-dakaege-ci(ineourse-of people,
a, lie tnteted his qbartoi at Brown's hotel,
Shortly afterward, be was presenttd. to See
-1 rotary Cass, sit the State department, wbo
informed them that be 00 not recognize hita
as a prisoner, and that it alto osly through
the action of the Judiciary, ho could be law
fully held ir._ castarly----Maciba ,itylidera
I,thon diseharied him.
EMI!
UT .tn.—The 'committees on Territories in
I
Llouses, have' the ease of .Utah before
• Lt is aupposed4hie they will-await
the result of communications, which may
I be soon expected to take plane between (Joy.
Cumming and the Mormon Chief, and then,
if necelinry, they will report a bill for the
repeal of the Act which constitutes Utah a
Territory, and at the same time recommend
the abaorptioa of-Limb lip the adjacent Statea
and Territories.
Nsw.Batru.—Tbs Hollidaysburg Register
announces that flirt .• Central Bank of Penn
sylvania," chartered at the last session of
'the Legislature, is about to go lido opera.
Lieu, • its location is Hollideyaburg,t /
Instruction to Gov. Walke'. - • --
eat OP STATE !
WASUINGTON, Septonber 2,1857.
S'ret I have received your letter of the
Pith ultimo, dud have submitted it to the
President fur Ills consideration. He has in
struettli toe to commuoira to ids Moro upon
the subject therein referred to. '
YOU, express the decided opinion tliat the
Territory of Kansas is now throaty - lied with
civil war. and that the danger results from
the conflicting constroctions which are given
So
,u t t he laws regulating the qualifications pe
irth-and Which may—tio_liteeitily--uxain—
tained at the polls'. And you consider it
very important that the opinion of the Pres
ident should-be-coon 111 l i l mated to yoti, that.
you may 'make it known to the people of the.
Territory fir-fixtraxmOdentsipersuasion tbitt,
al
an a osisueivisisvrimistexert a S alutaryln
fluence, which would probably " prevent a
sanguinary and disaat,pous civtj Ivitt.."
This appeal, coming os iE dot from thil
'ClifEi r tnagistratea the Territory, so well
qualified by his poaition and by his personal
and official character to form a correct esti
mate of the impending ()sager and of the
proper means to avert it, has engaged the
earnest attention of the President, - and ho
has examined with care the facts and con- 1
siderationa pretlented by you.
There are two pinata upon which you de
sire the instructions o f the President. The
first is, whether a territorial tax must be
paid to entitle a person to vote at the else
-1 lion in ()mintier : mid the second ca, ;tdiuther
a person r.in vote under the orgamc not or
Congreiis establishing the Teri itory, , although
excluded by the express provisibbs of the
territorial act of February 20.1857 t Your
own opinion isdeeidedly expressed that the
payment of a tax us not required as a quail
..V.attlfil. told Chat Ilen ixrxitaual. aut. iegelly
rentarerthe Tip:M . l7f snitrarr — Yrrtrurfir i
cation presents' very grave consideration;
The free camerae of the .lectivefranchiseis
at all tunes an oboe paculisily dear to the
Attie: icon people. It should be' approach. d
with great caution. The resismsible
rela
tloas it loch exist between rho President and.
Kansas, rind between yourself and that Ter
i r tory, can be most usefully maintained by
carefully acting within the dear ',delimit
sphere prescribed to both these executive
officers.
It is the duty of the President to rake care
that theinws are faithfully executed. !In - '
is an executive, not ri judicial officer, Itneh&,..,
L4B no power to ember alitheittativeryr arm
shall or shall not vote under the laws of
!Urinal. By the territorial act of August
29,1855, to regulate ',lit:bons, tilts power is
conferred upon the judge& of election
each county or voting prmoct. and these
judges arc appointed by the county commis
sioners, nod not by the Governor. In no
case of a contested tjoction untie; the sit is
the Goiernor autlimixi .1 to act as a judge
in any stage of the proetieding.s. The wise
and wholesome jealousy against executive
ititerfecence so consonant VI lib the spirit of
our institutions, is (dearly shown iu thy pro
v 'MOOS Of the act. huleul, there is but one
ease in which the erewninr has been author
mit. even to issue a, proclamation, and that
• Shelia(' any two or more persons receive ,
an equal number of -voted" for the same
°nice. Cases ofcontested electio us for mem
bers of the I.egislatiitt Assembly are to lie
decided by the respective Houses : for pro
bate judtra by the proper district courts ;
payl Col4lll,y_emUUßlistUuners, and
cleiks of probate courts, by the respective
probate courts Thus the Governor seems
to have been excluded from any participa
tion m 11w conduct of electronic
It is lasduty, regional, as lie is, to an.
• nr--
executed, to take care that the elertiOtlti 0111 I
he free and fair, and to moo whatever vio
lence may tw employed to prevent any indi
•tilual from going to the polk 7 and having
his claim to votiS , raecittrirhy the judges ; Lut
this decision, whatever it 11111,y Le, is
so far as the executue 14 vow:yr:nil.
There is, notwithstanding. one point of
view in which it may bw pruiser fur the E‘e
cutive of the Li it 1 Suitt, to expleriti an
opinion upon the questions you have sub
mitted
The Territory of Kansas is no a pc, übar
Condition By your statement—and pos-
SeSallig. as you do. the best Means of infor
mation, your viewn, in the opinion of the
President, are entitled to great weight—it
in in a state of incipient' rein Ilion, with an
organized military force prepared to resist
the authority of the Unill,ed States.
It may, therefore, become' necessary to
use the troops placed at your disposal, not
only as a posse onnalatus in executing the
laws. but also to aid to suppress an insur
rection. Surely, under these circumstances,
if the expression of an opinion in advance of
his action, and It may be instead of it, which
the President honestly entertairoi, will have
a direct elfect in preventing a civil war in
Kansas, be cannot be Justly censured fur
attempting, by sm•h an expression of opin
ion, to avert that calamitous result.
The danger you anticipate arises, as you
oltserVe, from the apprehension of a portion
of the citizens of Kansas that they will be
excluded limn the privilege el' voting be
cadso•ite.); helve not paid a territorial tax.
Now , the President, as well as every mem
ber of his Cabinet, concurs in opinion With
you, that the payment of such tax is not re
' (lowed as a qualification to vote. Ile and
they eat, rlitin not a doubt thatlhe'fi fth SVC
' tion of the act of February 20, 1857, is com
plete in itself, and prescribes all the qua lifb
catkins required of a voter. and atuen4; these
the paymentof a ttrriorml tax IS not in
cluded. They iliro also thinly convinced that
no person whatever. not possessing these
ilitalifications prescribed for voters by the
organic act of Congress of May 311,1854, hits
any just claim to the elective franchise.
In communicating this bplltion, the Pres
ident has no idea, as I have already stated,
that it can have Why legal effect in de,tartedit
tug the qualitklations of Individual !titers in
the Territory, and he only exprossilit it iu
deference to your Inqiury, and fur the single
reason which I have
_PIA indicated,
XF. — ,
LEWIS CASS:
To Roamer J. %Yam's*, EN,
Governor of the Ternterrnf Kansas, Le-
The Constitution of Pennsylvania, says
the Harrisburg Telegraph, phividos that the
General Assembly shall meet on the first
Tioemday L pf Jhnnary, and that the Governor
shall hold his of for three yearn, commen
cing on the third Tuesday., of January, on
which day his Inauguration takes place. In
the case of Gov. Packer, this will fall on
Tuesday, the 19th of January. The foltove:
in companies 114VO officially reported them
- • th-a. asintendixtg - to
present at .the inaugueation of (Off: Packer :
Pennsylvania Dragoons, Capt. Charles T.
Jones, and Black Iluzzars, Capt. BaCkert i
of Philadelphia ; Quitman Gnakis, (Jhnreh•
town ; Newport (Perry county) Artillery
Logan Rides Allem& ; Wooward Guards,
Williamsport. Add to the sevyn compa
nies from Dauphin county, ordered her( on
that day, and we have thirteen companies
that - will certainly be here ; and information
has been received that give* an assurance of
et least six ..orseven ocitropanies mow. The
Lebanon Rigils, this Reading Rifles, and tbs
Ringgold Artillery, of the same place-all One
companies, the former being able to muster
120 men and the latter over 200—are confi
dently expected, and will inidOubt be there;
Marl asserts lblik it ,rtqllireal au early
atirt rep vr-a-daya tkor a tku.to het roved bis
wife.
EN, Y4STE & 8018SOREL
n tru--4"appy Pottagroye.
!Jowl Meer—SheAfT McCoy.
Lire so that you !Ivry dio
. Will Cul Curls send us his,adverthe-
Among tho papers found upon the person
lir the Mormon Major Joseph Taylor, whep
mipturegiby the
,United States.troops, is the
following letter at MatructiOna, showing the
purpoies of the Mormon leaders i
112ADQUAIMRS EASTXRN ExFitorrionr, .
Camp near Cacho Cave Oct. 4, 1857.
Muni Jriasru Tart,on :tau will peoceed
with till possible despatch, 'pycint injuring
yin animals, ,tp tin)Olfijent — road, dear the
bend of Bear river, north by cent of thin
kt diarge of the County Moinej— I place. Take close and c irrect. oliserv ro ati y ons
',of tlic tuantry on lititiC -- 051nfz -- Wlib du
viiipsigglngfon. , , i
i approach the road send scouts ahead to as.
ar ' ./' Poverty Must be a woman, it 3 a " certninf if the invading troops haio 'passed
fond. &placid/x.4_ nertifte. -
--
i ,- . .,1 that_way. IQ theilraitc:_pansed take a eon.
' •
ir,77•Aze for Love .— Visit the damsel to ;tided route stiff get ahead of thein. Ex
wigs* Ala- washing day- - i presato Gat, Babson. - nmaAtif ILO
yt
un ta ited ata
f a u n t, d the C re all e o r ti o c i s
"ode. I. •
4 Wed
i
tha t. I " fee a t tl a a j unction in
tbe
N i l e t i h n iilillno, of
a kale
s tnx' to " op , e 4 rat i 4 f.
concert. On ascertaining the l o cality
. .
ment
Pigs can't bo driven, but they ♦re nf
7.lprffinjeJ Deputy `Sheriff--T. Muf.
- Cr,- •" Be tallettelli” iv Hi,- tradesman ' route ottlie troop.. pacineed at once to anriti
them in every possiblo way. Use every ex•
said to a huge pile of bills scattered over ,the :
desk. . ertion to Itainpecler their/animals awl set fire
tr - y A wifo shotdd ,be like roasted lamb— Ito their trains. Burn the whore - Country lie
tender and nicely' dressed, yet et without fore them and on their flanks. Keep them
sauce." from sleeping by night surprises. flloekade
BM road by failing trees. pr ileakroying river
4 fa. An indirect Way of getting a glass ofd fo - rdi,*,vtlierever f en can. Watch for oppor-
Wll er a t a b oarding -ho\ise, is to call for a' Comas to set Ore to the grass on their wind
third cup of tea. ward, do as, if possible. to envelope their
fu- Why is an over-loaded guiilikeao of. !' trains,' Leave no grass before them that
fice-holder I Because it kicks mightily when' can be hurried. Keep your men concealed
it is d ischarged. '--- i as much as possible, and guard against our,
•
l'ir Vie find a delight in the beauty and prime.—Keep scouts out at all times, and
communication open wc li Col. Milton, Me•
happmens of children, that makes the heart.
too Ink forthi) body. . rjor-MoAlliatetr, and 0. P, Rockwell, who aro
operating in the same way. Keep too daily
P -- " - Fidflctinfll bli" , " in the intent doff -' i
•dvised of your movements, mid every ra m p
' iiitioit-.and tad a bad ono either—for thel
tended passion, " love." the troops take and hit what direction. God
-• . - I blase youi amt. give yorraticrepr. Yotir !Iraqi;
' 9 - 4 A medial' Wafer speaks - rit
. tivii_9ll4ar_jaVh'r.t,, ......-- -1 1 A i. , ... hi Wosa444—
lirl i r i 7;7R - 771ey ratiled . 1 " Thu ! P. -8 —lf tlut troops have not plumed, or
felhaV ought to he indicted. have tomtit in this direction follow in their
G_ - ?' Mere testier and more blessed is often rear, and continuo to annoy them, burning
the ktooding influence of the sacred dead any train they may Leave. Take no life, but
than die words of the living. I destroy their trains, and„stampetle or drive
ay Thu best way to silence a blackguard
lawny their animals at 'every oprortunitv . .
if. never to interrupt him. Ihi not soon the 1). U. IV
candle, and it will go out itself. True copy in the hands of Major Joseph
, Taylor when captured.
K - 11r. J. S knell Jr., and Mr I). Graham
will actept a •' bob" from the Seine' for' Melancholy Termination of a Love Affair:
New Year's presents. We will give them a ,
uipre extended notice when that other " lit- Porrsvmuc, December 24.
tit matter " comes off.
il impolt f rottge AGA& met Con-
ye
art, on-the Itith inst., and 4S of this plaee, about 17 ars of age,
agreed to adopt the cash system after the drowned herself i n the Tumbling Run dam,
of July nest. Every ties spa per proprietor
I st ,on Monday evening. Iler body was not re
, covered until this afternooLi. The Coroner's
in the United States should do the same
Inquest ',114 jubq been ht•ld, and a verdict of
thing. , ' ' voluntary death by drowning rendered.
She was engaged to be married to a wor-
U 7" The most essential point of our inter. , chr
young mum, but her parents positively
comae with children, is to Ito truthful our
selves.' Every other inttrest might to be forbade the inatcfi, and insisted on her mar
saceiflewilfterthet of tenth' When we in any rying a man of their choice. much older tfian
hereelf. She refused. anfter come Sr. We
vr t f e t • i re 4ulte a child, we not only Net a
per. ! reined of her disobediencd
e a front her fathe re
r,
nampl., but al.° lose our influence
, on Moiniay evening, mfie deposited her jew.
over him for eyer.
I elm' in a drawer, arranged all her clothin g
f 7 Every young man should remember' i n order, and wrote a note to ner parents di
that tint world sill aleays honor trulustry. recting them how to distribute these arti-
Thut algar 14° useless "Her, Whose ever- ! Iles, and informing them that they Would
gies of hotly and mind are misting for ^ O,ll - find her body in Tumbling Run dir. about
ration; may look a nth scorn upon the labor. ' one m il e f r om this borough. She iron left
er, engaged at his toil ; but his scorn is , th e h ouse in apparent good humor. and was
praise, his eoittelopt honor. I won afterwards Seoll by amain sitting on the
Tbey tell of big rata on the line of, batik of the dam [ter absence from home
the-Olvie °anal, and one of them is raid to that night created alarm, and on searchifig
have towed a boat, icing his tail as a tow her room , the note was folflld,
cnmmunica-
Ime. ' Thon a whopper — of a rat. we mean. et -her +mention-to-destroy
shouldTT we attempt to beat this rat story, , hersell, shicft was mffin - Heil by the eo
we should tell o f that in wtdmt o in the 3loti. (vents recovery of her dead hotly. The &f
-lextime Swamp on the M:nc l'ai,al sho stole Jair has occasioned no little excitement ,
a pole fur a tooth-pick.
its Gambling m South Carolina.—A hill
tseftree tin, ts,“rh evirntms -- tmgtaulifi r
which provides that proce•monai gatitAtlers,
who are found guilty of grLlllliling, she. re.
wive thirt •1 i c lashes in addition to the
now prov n lyil by the lnn•. If
thne bill, when pa.141:11, 110 CY not aiippresa
gambling vi that Slate no law call.
as given by till, (Ara
at (Gap, on CIII V4111.4A eve, in
honor of Judge Douglas Logy of Donglum
lx,rtiftwos a re in nitetiflnnce. and among
them the Senior editor of the Watchman.
Wk. had au imitation, but did not led In-
The other day, 13 Chang and nig, the Si
amese twins, were gm rv , to Charleston , the
conductor made a fuss because they did not
each have a ticket. The gentleman who
had charge of them sand that they had al
ways been carried on a ticket of a •aingle
passenger. The conductor replied thatthey
were two persons, and occupied two ht . lttS ;
they must therefore pay two passagem., r ,
I " cry well," said the gentleman,
' give the ticket to Chang, and you cad put
Kansas Afrairt. I Eng oil the cars. Thin brought the confine
“
Sr. Intuit, Dec. 39 —Kansas dates to the WNW his senses and he knocked under."
241 k, reed , : the Democrt, says that
civil war ik ng in Tiourlion county.—
Several con have ocrltirieir between the
to go into had company. —lrAq,r.
" ( h f• you^ eggu," Mr. Whig --dhu supper
%yak; grit up without di.'un•hnu of party,
and Nit) that unch.r.tanding an invitation
w•as extended 'Oyur good humored !mend of
the Whig. 'Falk off' a demorratirc supper and
Inviting •' coolly heads '—No-nar-roo—we've
• heard loa mudtiltundtr " to bo guilty or
Finch a n impmpriety.
free State sad pro-alavery men, and a nuts•
10, of priaonern have been taken on both
H ides The U. S. Alirfthni, frith • force of
eighty men, demanded the surrender of the
free State party, but the demand was an-
swered by a volley of musket balls. The
tire was returned, and the fight lasted for an
hour ; whelageslariury men retreated,
with the is killed and two mortally
wounded. The Marshal was dangerously
. _
injured.
The Queen's childien Cr,' rapidly growing
lien. Lone was entrenched at Sugar Mount, 1 up. TM? Princes Royal, who is about to be
and way determined io light the dragoons if 1 married,
is now aged 17 : the Prince of
attacked. A battle was regarded as inevi• Wales is 10 ; tini I'rincess Alice, whose hand
tabls. ' is to be demanded in marriage by the Prince
Exciting (Mates had occorrea in the TAW- of rtra
nge, Is 14 ; and the Prince Alfred,
rence Free State Conviotion. The commit-1 whose "residence at Alverbank" his Imam
tee on resolutions had presented three re- I MS, graciously visited, is 13. klesidosihese
ports, The majority report disapproves. of . for eldest the fauti 1, includes Helena, 11 :
voting for Slate °Ricers, , be first minority Louisa, 9 : Arthur, I . and Leopold, 4.
report recommends :he nomination of a fu l l
State ticket,.and a second recommends a l l
A pistol match hasi boon arranged at Lou.
participation 10 the election for the purpose
isville, Kentucky, between John Trails and
of destroying the Lecow ?ton conotitution.-- I James W. Wales, bout
celebrated
pistol
That no man be nominated who refuses
t '' . abets. The terms of the mstcleare &greed
pledge ltlniSelf to crush it. That the To p e- , upon, and the money . bet-141,000 is put
k a constitution be subinftted to the people,
up.
Wales bets 'Trams that he can split-five
and that loyally 4) th - it instrument be made i
i nails oat of ten on a knife, tits distance (11
the test °Malty to the Fees State party,- 4 tido i .
yardarto
„wrawdand aye
aa the
„matt,
at - thrlVrittilirriOnt - fliti presenT codi3, one, two , throe. Trans is to split one morel
of laws. &c. The timid radical revolution
s ball than Wiles. The whole number et i
ary speeches weie made. I
twenty. Thu _match. came ,
ST. LOUIS, Deo. 30.---Johnsonenunty,Kan-;
c s w ho j t c l i c r a c r l 2 24 l; "
_,..
ass, gave 2.000 major,t,Lyfur slaxery- - . - --i -"- ..... - - / - -------- -- - - - -
1 ,--
.300 votes who cast at Oxford.
....I±h po o I ,, la t, rr c i l a i l a t r u l r e g s T F ele i rl im ph a s n af i • s s
so tha r t ar th r e m in ui
Wyandotte gives 14 majority against slit- I
very. i """
being dangerosuly ill, as reported, list he is
tioy. Iranvor had refused to give up the
territorial arms to the militia.
,in excellent physical condition, and is in a
Various rumors were in circulation eels-
~ fai r
del, . way of recovery from . , his mental disor•
tire to affairs at Bcott, but none of them
are of an tuthorthtive character.
. —LI
Thq Janesvilte
n .ounceatheacehrm.... .
Tracy 'and his patsy of young women, and
their disposal. A. charge of ten donors Wu
made for mob porton, the Money to be -_paid
by - thci cuipToyeasiod to be deducted from the 4,
future earnings cc, he young women. The I A certain cockney hluebcard, overcome
Freo Church will, grown ope 9 ; the ymmg by his sensibilities, fainted at the grave of
women occupying seats in rows, some of f
his fourth spouse. " Whit_can we do with
then tiing. , , Caitomerit then' walked along . • ~, •
...
(Wisi'xmili) Thdependent
the ymige with twit et coolnoss, examining
their oondition one by One. and, as the/ 1. ,
found ono suitable, they planked the min
and carried eirthe wino.
Joeeph EL xte u ha n t, a Isoi.of seventeen
years: Ilarttbra.'Odnu, is RI" have ins
vented s soiri dolobine, the need lo of which'
threads itaelf;gnitipakes tba , tc a s i n /WWI."
The editor of thdlinnot hho 00,9 it Wort
thrnn if!' thiltitneauses of beam. coist
mere, o ossilyOld petrobtly al one of tat.,
On. They are to be totoothatorad at °oar.
!Mormon Letter of Instruotions.
TUN DOl DES? aiid most inFrri .t. threat of
un iii a depo4 ition of Mr. Elhs Eames. pub
lished in the Los Angelos Star. This gen
tleman ,rtyn that one Dr llnhion, who was
romvon loivrtkl to 14 . 441i1uu Idung.'s
had informed him that."arrangements were
already entered into that, provided the army
shoold enter tit • se' tleimmt e% cry city ,tun
and villiage in the state of California, \ltr•
soon and lowa should lye immediately burn
ed that they had men to do this aho were
not known to ho Mornsms '
1 , A correspondent of :he Charleston Cour
, lir says : "A Argo spot has recently made
its appearance on the surface of the sun. It
' to 40,000 miles in diameter, of rather trian
gular figure, along the borders of the
nunibra, within which are four or live large.
nuche, PTVI stveral smaller ones in the form
of dots I lines. The diameter of the spot
being live times that of the earth, its sur
face must be more than six times the whole
surface of earth or fifteen times greater than
the habitable portion of the glubsi."
Tho Treasury Notoi are to bona an inter.
est of three par cent. Versobunt .or six
millions of dollars minim issued as soon AS
• • Ohtglibllfiretting Can oe compito ,
in tho denotinnatious of $lOO, $6OO and
$lOOO. It *III be the middle of January be
fora elm-notes militia *Ldp. -
im?" asked . a perplexed friend of his,—
Let him alone," held& waggish bystander,
" he'll boon re-wive !"
Ez•Elovergor Mattosow, of Illinois, Rapt
the Chicago Democrat, intends to be a can
didate for the United States Senatorship in
opposition - ta-Mr, Douglas.-
"1 am not afraid of itbarral of cider," said
a top or to a tee:immense man. " I pres ume
not, tho reply ; " from - your almost' ,
aces, i guess a barrel of older would rim at
your attproaeb, " 1,
pgArtikup .mcv-: x' - MUM;
in our last paper we announced -the
dOzith of the Rev.. Geo. I wiles, who did
at Muscatine; lown,.tan tha 10th.of De
clamber I. et, The follefing article, in TO
Karl to his life and death, we clip:Trom a
lac number- f the Philadelphia t✓'hrialian
( i hrorade, and as the deceased wee well
known in thit vicinity, it will be read with
inferoef.•—
The abject of this n&ire, Bev Geo. I
Miles, Wail born In Milesbura, Pa., April
26th, 1802, and his.,age at the time of hie
Aft'litli wee rtfstypars..-.7 Menthe anti id der!
.1'.....';EN1n, ethelegllllol4,l reneweing.ereoe JO.
early We t and,wip
.b e pt ir a .when about 18
yenr. of B ier by fte . r. Hnleombe, and
grilled with the ;rat 13hetirit Chinch in Phil
adelphia. -H theth Manifested, by smite
labor. that devotion to his Watered entree,
which characterizetPhis after Po, 16'llillt
engaged in busteitabe exhibited each talents
for the ministry as induced the church in
Milesbing, of which he hail become il mem
ber, to oress him into that wok, Re wee
exceedingly timid in the enmmeneement Dr
his roinitury. ten a Pen.;.e of dirty urged him
on. alhi he acquired ("I behlyeses in the
faith. While he avoideit giving offence. and
sought friendly intercourse with all, he never
failed to declare the whole truth as he held
it. He was ordained trithe Gospel Ministry
in Oi tuber, 1826. in Milesbitter, where he la.
bored PP Pastor at gifferent . itmes„niid. in the
P ' ll roe pface, OPPlhiell in the ordination of bit
three brothers, whn tire still clime!! in the
walk of the ministry, With the t!..cc,plieri
of ifirre - rrernrir Oft nicii-fiTA be point nil p,,,,
LufAha %tacked SuissiL.Clauctat,ist-Luesseta444.
Ohio, he lived in Pennsylvania. till June,
1 8 16. In hiring as Pastor iritdMileshortf. Her
'Ashore West Chester and rh ihuteiphia, and
as agent for the 1 k F Bible Society. and
Pentisllviiina It.iiiii•t COWI (gown In all
these duties It's labors %sere ardent s tied
slicer...fel, and his name will be held in
grateful rem Padre.' ti en by many throughout
the entire State
On the to of June. POO, he commenced
his labors as raptor Of the First Raptcd
Church in Ituluseatine., On the 22d October
last he teas attacks, with Tyohnid Faye , '
genralttie itheurnalwilt and wher enmplatios,
and was confined to hi. bed till dent'.!
His Au &rung+ were intoner, but wer • borne
11th great patience and re u.acalion, Ilia
anguage was." ‘ly solleritt 's are areal. 1)111
nothing. con pared ui hmy Se VIOII,'N " The
day helm? his death he rkalinined, Moe
11) many placee, Come Lord Jesus.
comegrtir ki p " ire die ulaurned all mutt of
lusna'n, bin hi. 11•11-1 in Christ, and hi. ruin
nirg, righteonsness, though simple rcid rhild
like, was strong and unahuuken. Ills hope
War , firm In the millet of' Ins mast interise
sufferings he surd, ' %% j eep not fur me I ton
almost home." His luu , t words wee 'All
right, trust in God" With the ekreetion of
few hours, while umber the nfluenoe of
anodyne*, his mind was perfectly Hear to
the last. His death was easy, his end was
peace
tits funeral took place on Saturday, the 12111
inst. The serviree acre prtietruited in be
the ministers of the vs rvin.dero,minalinris nI
the place Rev J Butterfield, Nom of Sec
nod Rapt St Church in Davetwort,. preached
an nppropriste serintin from Bev rite-18,
text peculiarly applicable, for not only do
men own hum u;* God', instrument in leading
- Diem to Christ, but his labors hale exerted
1111 41finelice which will be long felt by the
rt: hoe,. e-,4,tavt...ily „1.4.1.. nail re StAtu., ‘
Boring his sirliness was kindly attend.
ell by a I lode of an tions Instills Il l s play.
PICIaa wan unremormg an has attention, and
could attention, ;metro and medical
have twinned nealt 4 X - hur itTother wtaiYl ffe
Its or: lint a hidden e‘il exi•oeil nn
human power or skull could remit e or reach'.
A widow and I alp! circle of relative• and
(nand. tire left to ultimo their loss, but they
feel that their loss is his a•iin, 4.1 bcW an
stitimc.strin to the will of Golf.
The following reniibitiboß were offered try
the Firm Baptist (arch NI meatune
WIMPY/IS, hrr, ['looted Almighty Cod to
remove. by death, our a only and beloved
l'a-tor, Rey. George I. Wes, who lido labor
ed with ns for eialiteen months p,o4,—ltighly
t-.leeineil as a mitipoer of the Gospel, and a
rinser. by all who kne, him •
Resolved. That whale zee an a church,
deeply mourn the loss of an able, (n tdni
'and zealous l'astnn,ove raj lee in the II a•
dent evidence he gave bialr all health and
dimly , his illness, that our loss 'is hut gum,
and aw tit humble to the will of
Cod
Rearked, That his taleidn, piety and Luth
lilness the minnary, and his devotion to
the inteients of thin church, iii
which he contracted hip /mat atckne••, d e .
mmeed our warmest regard, esteem and
affection, and have eligraven his name In
delibly noon our 'marls
neloined That Ne deeply sy mpailiize with
hi, bereave.? companion in her irreoarnble
loot, and will extend lb her every exotession
of Christian sympathy in our power a haili
her situation mny demand
Peso! ved , That a copy of these resolutions
be sent for imiertionin the patters of this city,
the Chriantin Chronicle, and the Chrinban
'limes, told that a copy lie given to nit be
reaved nutter. E J. GI 1401 A t),
Church Clerk.
By Telegraph.
To Jos. Schnell. Jr., Operator
=WE=
A fire occurred last night. RAW, Shane
brnok & Bunt's store burnt, Joann S. Bow-
Pe& JIOUSO and furniture damaged, and three
buildings of W. White btirnt. Hall's goods
all burnt.. OPERATOR.
WASHINGTON, December 28.
The Secretary, of War this afternoon re
einre4 a illegralthis...slicpaLoh from Luart.
en. Scott, dated New York, In which Gen.
Scott says he has received gonil,news from
the Utah Expedition. (Jots. Johniton• and
Smith's commands and the trains were up
with eel. Alexander, 'mid the whole - Tidily
were marching t yen Fort Midges, which
was only sixteen miles MI, my Nov. 7. The
' troops were in high spirits. There was Just
snow enough on the ground to protect the
grass ore Ore:
cr.:7 We aro not , in the habit of puffing
Patent Medicines. but when such an Atkicla
DUVALL'B•GALVANIO OIL., which wig
todni-ftilly what it claims, to preseated to
the truth free charge. The above men
tioned medleinb has obtained for itself
wookl-wittettame-to go down -with
the common article; of the day. It is one of
the very beet remedies, for 411 kinds of pain,
that can bqd2riiiiticed. It often gives relief
in 5 trilnutdir- Troy Blade.
tar sale at Green d MeMoeTO J. Ilarrher
aid every store la the county.
A Cortrention of the Methodist (larch of
Western New - York was hetd to Roches - tee',
on last Monday, in which it was proposed
to Pernik tho laity to have a representative
in the genetal eottferenoes of the Ohutehi
and to abolish the Presiding Eldershipd,
Kansas sdvices received to the 4d,
give us the intelligence that the Constitution
with shererthas been carried by a large ma-
Jority. The retains are very meagre.
D . . 1 RAM IVA:it11114:
NZ LZEII ONTIR, .1 AN ii AIR 1( - 7 - , £q3
00.\L AND PERSONAE
A [Aids PAN;HER,- We are indebted' to
James Gilliland, Esq., of Mosliannen
or the following matters of interest from
that portion eif the County.
Jt appears that on Tuesday of last wick,
.., • - I:l_Thomr., dames lnd'.lollll Aekey,
brothers, started in pursuit of a mammoth
panther, whichlherfaueeeeded in killing af
ter it seyerei it-Metututrd !lino feet
inpingllblind weighed two blindest! pounds.
These gentlemen have had considerable
perienco in panther huntinf - ttid the animal
killed on this occasion is the largest they
ever saw, It was caught on the little Mo.
idiannon Creek, near dm mouth of Bernier's
Run. 'When overtaken it was feasting on
theeaniasig of a deer, which it had killed,
tend dragged through the woods into n dimly
thicket, a distance of about half a mile. The
panther finding himself pursued, ascended a
tree, efter which lie was shot in the
body. Being only *entitle I ,it,jutnP2d to the
ground and ran into a stream near by,wher•
a deadly conflict between dogs, panther and
men ensued t lint was finally dispatched after
sundry peltings with stones, clubs, itc.
On Taesday, the 29th ult , Mr. John
I!ikely,_residing, near .ILsuithatte,went on a
hunting excursion and not returning in the
-677-tirr-rtk - lie - 60V it the neighborhood
• went in search of him lie was found in
Thursday about one mile frominitne in the
wooth; standing beside a sapling a ith his arm
through its fork, attic), attitude lie had its•
sunned to rest himself, and was nearly (rotes
to -death. !likely got bewildeml and wan
tiered about until lie became exhausted Re
died on the 3d inst., inn consequence of Ifie
exposure. lie was a single man about 26
years of age.
On Saturderlast, a man nameh ' Griffith.
who was engaged as sawyer ou the Mill of
Irvin Ji. Ilyleman, in Burnsido township:this
county. wee caught in the gearing and killed
Ms body nas mangled in a horrible coudi
tam.
•Yoi its Tnt-i r incident, recently es.
curred before 'Slquire We'aver of this place,
that is too good to be lost, and we give our
readers the full benefit of what it is worth
A gentleman was summoned to appear he.
fore the said Justice on a plea of deli, an I
when the day appointed arrived, lie I,IA
prompt in making his appearance, to tleteld
against what ho supposed to bq an unlaw
ful action; and demanded profert of the
claim, upon which he had been sued. User
worthy 'Squire exhibited to him at this
Juncttire of the proceedings, a note, drawn
In favored' IL r A and whiet
given by him hi consffleration of a Nt.volirio,
purrhnsed sotae-tune previous. ' awys
The gentleman, chuckling with delight; over
the prospect of non-suiting the plaintiff and
. Min him for costa, " thnt is not the man
I bought thallaeliime from al
. all. I giit •
letter fig= Mtn ere llllllll,l llama to F our,
Trufti"'i the 'Squire of courst,:rovtif , and
we itift - loifor^ seeing lb. termination of the
nlTnir, silently contiimplatinz the pr0b.1.1.11,
result of tine civil action
Nevr Tmessiiitaa.--.On Monday last, Mr
Isaac Bufnnem entered upon the duties of
hisoffice, in place of Mr. Oro. Livingston
whose term el Treasurer of the County has
expired. The ex-Treasurer retires from this
position with the hest wishes of a people ha
has faithfully endeavored to serve, irrespec
tive of party consideration. Mr. Iltiftlngton.
the incdmbent is one of awe° noble champ
ions of Democracy who for yearthaa battled
for the moo, and princip/es of the Democratic
arty, and we are glad to bear record of the
fact, that his faithful, services are about to be
rewarded.
Alaimo Clorrasims.-- Capfaen Meige says
that the ventilation of the new hall at Wash
ington will be improved by a steam fan,
which he in now preparing, and which is ca
pable of throwing ninety thousand cubic ,
feet of solid air into the hall per minute,
which will pruvido £ complete renewal of
air in the chamber every five minutes, an
the (.ode...capacity of the roam is not over
450,000 fest. A rant quantity of gas will
thus be forced upon the nation. which can be
of no poegible Agility except to point the
public to the clothlng store of Main. Shoe's
kb!.
Tux FR VOL LIN Houser— Our (nand, Capt.
John It. Nlorriion, has becoinz proprietor of
the Franklin house, and will hereafter oleo -
duct that well known hotel in a manner
creditable to his well known reputation at •
landlord. Ihr - tntentle to make large ire
praveinents, with the addition of new Chilli
lure, so as to render the house second to none
in Central Pennsylvania. We bespeak for
the Captain a full share of patronage, with
the renewed. eel's-of his former, trends avid
patrons.
12EZ
Ryn..t. ix Psoonses—The protraeted Meet
ing in tho.Diethodisapisaoped-Ohneoh-.
Sabbath, on eloquent and efleotise sermon
was preached by the Rev. John Guyer. A
largo number have Keen 'melting the salva
tion of their souls, and wore takoli into
church membership on probation. The
good work goes bravely on, and truly quite
a religious sonttenant.ii; slittroll ailing the
*Pk), _
r Titfifirituf"-titirifit.• uoen, by
anadvertisement in to•day's paper, that Mas
ers TonotrAStsol,- oiler their entire stools of
goods for sale. they design selling Or, with
a view of renwing to the "test, *and any
person wanting to engage in the'merehantile
business, will finduaoh induermsimto in this
establishment, as ere seldom offered" to .thit
übl ic.
I. Loan, pAl'allci*44lo DOM Joanna sitOs!
Not one-tenth of the litteslneweer'ideh trans
pire in a count,Lown, rinds its Way into a
city paper, and he who takes the latter to
the exclusion of his lowli'or county' paper'.
does not fling his:dittiors ike a citizen. Such
a man hs unworthy to Oil town or oounty
(ace. OW hi met certainly illeics leeef
pride.