Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, April 22, 1858, Image 2

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. - SPIRLT AND 3. B. ITKRlcrytAlltT, 11D1T4111.3t
JIELLEFONTE,
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICIqT.
'RETIE JI PI/E, ,
WILLIAM A. PORTER.
C\\Al. (411(MIS4IONER,
11'ESTLEY FROST.
Ab thtiortimi
There is no more dangerous element in
our political organization, than real genu
ine fanatical aladitionisin. It is ipflanuna•
ble, combustible, explosive, and ruinous
ui its teniteni , tes. it is, inded. the only
Icwwnt that threatens thce peace end perpe
tuity of our beloved NatiOnal rnion, and
the duty of evi ry broad hearted, liberal
minded, phitanthrome pa tnot is to Join in
suppressing the ett Tat talk about slavery,
the South the lash, the manacle and the
challis, that is constantly distuttong the pla
cidness of the public mind, and by gross ex
agerations and tt ilful falsehood, holding up
(Meer of our Sister Staley, to the eyes of the
world as a shame and a burning disgrace.
WC can think of no et rongrr argument
pi oof of its false and eell tendencies wan
the fact that the farther you recede from the
elate Status, the more horrible and dreadful
is lire opinion entertained of the institution,
and the nearer you " approach the system
itself the less.Ant)pathy you find against
it 'ibis i, e (Tilled by the recent elections,
vi ben the stump organs of the opposition
were tlie bran ling red mouthed vilihers of
our souffle:l ti Irc din n, and falsifier; of
southern institutions In every State hoe
de r•,ng ell 2 . 1 alaN't Stale Pennsylvania, Olde,
Indiana, Illmois and lowa, the largest op
position majorities acre obtained in those
portions most remote from the evil they were
warned to dread Fanaticism made better
progress, the farther it was removed from
tic object it sought to destroy This l a
miradtet of the ',la a d I%lllllllElr stanza
es ler, li Nii
\'nce ii r of ea 11,,leous mien
I bat to bo blte I ne , •tio bit to bo soon
It appea'e, that slat ery to be hated should
never he seen, for there are hundreds of in
stances of persons, who, while residing in a
free Stale, far from slavery, awl hearing the
horrid taloa of cruelty sod barbarisin. that
trumpet tongued slander circulates thro . -
out the North, weft bitter in their denuncia
tions of the systent, who, nevertheless, af
ter visiting the Suath, and Geltulding the
happy, merry, negroes m their cotton homes,
Caine to the conclusion that they were the
happiest race of lalror•crs ;ni the face of the
earth They alone an lathl to the better the
scrlpturalinjult , 2tlon • Mite no heed for the
nionow what you shell cat or a hat you shall
wear "f lie nece, leo of life are t egular
ly supplied to them en I they feel a coll.
SCIMISIWNS that when the heavy tumid of age
ihealiles them from performing the duties of
Wm they will he cared for, and n about feel
ing the plau•hutgs of puvcity and want be
permitted to die a quiet and peaceful death
Abolitionism goo, among a race or people,
who are happy in their Southern homes,
laiund to their master, with an affection that
grows it ith their year, and strengthens wt lb
their strength and there plants the seeds of
discontentment...Lod with insidious hypocrisy
endeavors to entice ilium away to the free
North, where they can be forever fret. Free'
Ali, how free' Ask the colored man that is
kicked and cuffed about tins Borough,trhelh
er he iv free in not ? Free to ft tem and
starve -free to beg and steal free to be itick
ed and abused, and to lie down anti die in
.old neglect AA him whether he to treat
ed an a peer by tit._ loud sounding,
talk out earnestly of their' col
ored brethren•• in bondige T While he is
iii the far off.Gtuth, tout the tempter as ex
erung his fasmistioito to livgikula Min, the
appellation of brother is freely spoken, but
when they coins aulm,l us dirty bruteii,"
or‘• black ti,ggers - is good enough for Elgin
to receive.
Not only dues alsdandit-iii atuust a die.
content that it cannot satisfy, excite a thirst
that It earlquench, but it endangers the
safety and lives of our fellow Letup, of our
own color. Holding out hopes similar to
the allusions thal4cd the early explorgre„af
our Continent Moo :Mice &lir lives in scar.
of a spring w hose wit:cell:would give perpet
ual youth, exciting the ictaginetions of the
poor negroes with stories of Elysian ileitis
beyond the confines of nontinal servitude,
they arouse them to a fury and madness
that endangers and threatens the imam of
the communities in which they live. The
excel murders and bloody insurrections that
:veto otton — Tativi s grei • '
Wo are uo advocate of slavery in any
shape, but 60 long as we have it, we will
make no war against it, until we can offer
some practicalaplan for its abolition. wberis
Ikto negro may 11, made truly free and
happy, our own (random not demolish
ed.
4:bp . pimpati irtism is the product. of par
tisan soiltffneser produced teninds possess
ed offghis virtue thin 'cuireilfg. and baring
been pnersted it he propagated with an on•
thuitiamn and esrnestnem that impresios on
the plods of the unsuspectini and credo
-I,nis • belief of its truth, and in this manner
wave heaps upon wave, until its tide fears
iu the care of patriots, a solemn warning for
the safety and 'perpetuity of ourtbillwred in.
stallions.
The licika that bind the North and South
rn fraternal union mid be well nigh ready
to bust asunder frcal the long continued
corroding influences of Not kporn fanatic:lam
Would to neaten we could live togotiafr as
ouriathers did in peace and harmon3f:Vould
that we could preserve nur Government as
we received it, one magnificent monument of
se[f•Government. Who that now looks up
on its - proud proportions, As -gorgeous tem•
plea of liberty, its millions of enlightened
joyous (rectum), its wealth, and its glory is
not prepared to deprecate with thrills of
horror every evil omen, and to exclaim from
the bottom of his heart, " Re thou perpetu
ated." _
Tho Vag 210. -
On the 17(11 it 184,, on motion of 4. Sto-
. , 44-44€4Hyriatalikuumsage_mksik,
log for n conferrpec 'on dos bill was caned
Sir Montgomery moved to illsigt,oll which
motion he ilemandetithe previonm gneation.
Not seconded—ayes 108, noes 107 ; when
the Speaker voted in the negitivii , —trikking
s tie.
Mr Eng' tali moved that the proposed con
ference he granted, stating, at the same limo,
that lie did not think lie fazould,, under any
eircilinstanee•t, rote fur the Senate's Karfatti
' In thin motion he demanded the pre
vow+ 4)iicstion
\it Garnett asked him to withdraw that
call to enable him to uxplaiu the vote he
%tumid give on his (Mr. Ws.) motion. -
.!•tr FOlllll.Oll ObjeCIV(I.
Nlr aiihhtirli, of Mr., riving to a point
of ,nd r, contended that the motion of Mr
English was not in orddpilie House having
lan inn* voted to adhere.
The Clinir overruled this point of order ;
go/ the previoua question being sustained,
the motion to appoint a committee of con
ferenoe were then Arried —yeas IDS, nap.
UN (the Chair voting in the affirmative,
and thus carrying the proposition —making
the affirmative vote I )
The following gentlemen were ap4ointed
the hose committee of conferenen pit the
Kansas bill Niessrs English of Indiana,
Stephens orGeoripa, sod lloward Of Michi
gan.
lin VOl,l NTR,EII3 Fun (:T --Senator
Bigler has pre,entea to Prekulent Buehalm
a Iront the A•ljulant (seneral of Penn•
tvanta ti toh , ring the servic nof a regiment
of Pduotr , •r4 thim Stlte Mrlhe Vial) ex-
petlition
A dc , pab•l (ruin Washington states that
there hoe, l.ee no a-ceptanoe, by the Presi
dent, of the i.olunteers from the several
States for service in Ptah, nor will there ho
until after the passage of the Deficiency Ap
propriation bill by the Senate.
It is further stated that qhe President Nth
determined to take the volunteer regitnents
kr Utah front the Wi stern Ststra.
THE OTI 1111 , . SKS - The followtng
is the vote in the Senate on the final passage
of the clawte in the Ueneral Appropt intion
hill, giving each member of the Legislature
if 200 extra pay fur the present netnion, and
raistng the annual tiortmensatton of members
hereafter to $7Oll.
Yea —Mest.rs 'len, ' Ci esawell,
Finney, Francis ;azzain, iregg,
alaistdis, Myer, Randall, Rutherford,
Schell, Straub and IV as -16.
Nays—Ntesar% Bal , l 11 in, Brewer, Biieka ;
lew Craig, Ely, Evans Fetter, Knox. I,m)-
bach, Shadier, Steele, Tanury. Wright atel
NV OA, Speaker
In St. Louis, unTliuisday , the emains of
Colonel Benton lapin state in the Merean.
Ads Library Hall, which was appropriately
draped in mourning. They were viewed
by seine twenty-het, thousand people up to
yesterday morning NS hen the final funeral
rites took place . 1 lie precession included
the military, benevolent societies, firemen,
members of UM city government and citizens
generally. llosiness H as generally suspen
ded, and the stores and houses were draped
in Mourning. The streets were thronged
with thousands of spectators
As I. Nrin Nitro STIAII The enemies of
the Senate's Hill to admit Kansa.% into (he
Union are cireulatuig a story may mg that
the President court ,ets that the Senate should
accept the House amendment. There is no
truth whatevei in this rumor. tht the con
trary, lee arc (mond iliathe freely advises
that if the combined opposittou in the House
choose to take the responsibility of keeping,
the Kanka.s question, it it the duty' of
the frienthi l of its proposed immediate settle
ment, to let them rest under the entire re
sptuisibility for their cour s e
Canada has jot adopted a jleciinal cur
rency. The new COIIIN have been prepared
at the English mint, and the first consign
nitut is daily expected to arrive. The silver
coinage consists ()Clive, ten, and twenty cent
pieces. Cents have also been struck As
yet no quarters have bten coined, but the
convenience attending their use will soon
add them to the list. This change Will he
an accommodation, nuisautly,n3 Canada, but
also in our frontier States, between whose
inhabitants and the Canadians a large and
increasing bfusinegzi intercourse exists.
The foreign imports at New York for the
first quarter of the current year( three, months
Am;a " 6 612 264 less than
for the samePerfed — of 1 . 857 - ;
receipts of foreign produce, merchandise,
and specie, at New York, slime the begin
ning of the fiscal year, (that is, for nine
months, ending March 31,7 'are 832,188,302
Ices than for the corresponding period of the
previous year. The exports since January
1, exclusive of specie, era 85,794,671 less
than for the corresponding quarter of 1857,
and for thq nine niontfia of She fiscal year,
exclusive of specie. 814,688,731 less than
teethe corresponding period of the previous
year.
lifsxico.—lntelliieire of a very important
Obaracter has limed re6eived at
be revolution is at .au end. President
Monagas, being unable to stem the revolu•
tionary torrent, sent in his resignation to
Congress on the lbtb ult, His resignation
teas scalp*. and a provisional gSverument
with Geruirat Castro at its head imme
diately organized.
PEI, PASTE & SCISSORS
_
to r Pealed —Trertßinor
hill. -
Cl- Do.—The S. & E. R. R. Bill.
ri• Clever Fellow—Henry Harris.
LC The Devil's imp—A l tattler and nits.
obier-suaker. .• _
i j rj" When is a wartlike a flab fTtrietrit
is scaled.
Tho heaviest kind of a brick, is the
brick in the hst.
Pa' A father called his son into a crowd
ed stage'---" Ben-jam-in !"
a 77, Encouragement for the 'Leans —An
other butcher7slicip starting,in lawn.
fr.:,' Court, commences next area:Ml - en
we hope to see our friends geuerikr. Do
IL - 7 They have got a follow in jail' in Chi-
cago, for swindling,. He dried snow and
sold it For salt. •
Q77' Contradicted—The report that a Yan
kee had invented a machine to take noise
out of thunder.
177' Why is • cowardly soldier like "'but
ter I A113.--Beenutie he is sure to run ashen
exposed to the
" Do you drink halo in Americaf"
asked a Cockney. " No, we drink thunder
iind.l4gAtrung r said the Yankee.
!r,:7" Last Thursday the dwelling of W.
Hoke, dirk e miles from York, Pa , Was des
troyed by tire. No insurance.
g7 - The borough of West Chester is assiiss
eil for a Million and a Half of Dollars. A
telly 4olid 'burg that! •
f - Thu Books and the Seib-Treasury of -
New York have now, together, nearly forty,
millions of dollars in specie. ,
t . A certain " customer " to this place
neLs ns thong)) he owned the Umted States,
and lief] a form in the West. '
iJ Several line cattle belonging to Mr.
John S. Burns, of Dauphin County, Pa..
were seized with hydrophobia on Sunday.
fry - Cool. - Bernheiael, the Congressional
delegate from Utah. introducing a bill ad
mitting that Territory into the Union as a
State !
n 2 , 11 it rlina fis h mid
and ailver—woold'ot Caro if sornd of e
good people to Unit region would " tickle "
IN with a little.
1 -- - 7 Our good looking young (need, Mr
Pawl tirahaut, at the Conrail House, has
our thao64 fora treat of fresh oysteri. Sum
porn pit ins, that )au.
[ll7'Rollo. Pomp, what are you doing
dar f" -Fishing." And what have you
got in }our unouf ?" Oh, nothing but
some n onus for bait.''
is A New Jersey editor :,ays . We re
ceived unnumbered compliments yesterday
for having declined to run for office—princi
pally from candedatea."
tr - 7- A " fistycitff " mule olc het.veen Mr.
floss, of Mercer county. tytidt r. Owen of
Philadelphia, both membititaNf the Stain
Lugudature. The partrea *ern separated in
Lime to prevent any dangernitts cal-astrophe.
Many a true heart that would hare
coon, back, like the dose ti the ark, after
the tirkt tranagreaston, heal:wen fnghtened
beyond recall by the tufgry wenace, the
taunt, the enrage charity. hilf an 'unforgiving,
world.
II Refused last fall-e-istinigy fanner at
Briagton,lll., $1,75 per bushel for 5000 bush•
els of choice wheat, holding on to it in Ilopes
of getting $2, 11e was obliged to hell i oat
his hands tilt 78 cents per bushel s few
weeks Mlle!,
J 7" Front' the reports in the vat-Icm pa
pers in the Methodist Episcopal Church dur•
ing the wihtirt, there must have preen acces
sions to tker Church amounting to at least
fifty thousand, and the revival seems scarce
ly to have Peached its highest point.
Sonie of the Black itepublittallti
these digglngs are awfully puckered about
the mouth, ow ing to.Alm i trilimph of the pm
position of Mr. English" to accede to the
Senate s request fur a conference oommittee
on the 1{11.1)b3/4 State bill. They are Very
fiarfill of an adjustment of the diflicuCtu
in poor likening Kansas
17" had their pockets picked —tau ladies
while attending a nem( prayer meting in
Chicago. One lady lust between fifty and
sixty dollars, and the other between twelve
and fifteen dollars. The wonder in how so
much moues. found its way into church.
Had it been a Sunday, the thief would not
have found more than a quarter dollar in
tended for the contribution plate. 4s
The Pittsburg tnion says that • gentle
man oho arrived in that. city on Monday,
from Johnstown, reports that hitherto lively
and thriving borough as in a state of utter
proktnition, on account of the stoppage of
the Cambria works. There is no money
whatever put afloat by the working classes,
and business is in a great measure crippled.
What the result may be we do not presume
to anticipate ; but we hope the men wi!l
agree upon sonic compromise with their em
ployers. The coal miners at Bennington
Furnaces are also on a sink° for an Merman
of ivages and (Audi payments. They have
rejected all reasonable overtures. They
would neither go to oork themselves nor
leave anybody else do So, except 1.1011 the
unjusrand unreasonable terms demanded.
Thus matters remained until Friday morn
ing last, when, fearing from the threats aid
increments of the stnkera that au attack
would be made upon the lives and property
of the persons at the Furnace, Sherill Pout
was applied to fur asidstance, who called out
the Idollidaysburg, Few :Mies. The cell **s
promptly responded W. Messrs. Lemou
Bailey have determined to cease operations
entirely at tits Furnace.
4At.•,..
Anew.—The'litr Atlas soil Ar
gus, commenting on ail ltole in the Jour
nal, in witic'i Democrats ar4inaccused of "vil
lainy
" " " fraud
" scoffing at slavery," robbery"
and 4 , plunder ;" and in which the Repub.
are boslavered with all the virtues
that Saint,s could possibly possess, asks,
''
What is the meaning-OF this outcry of
pious ejaculations, and coarse vituperations?
Why, simply, that the Republicans own
that they hare adopted the nrinciplo of
"•. •" abandoned the is-
Inni - of-No-blave ' • , ' e. 04.
compton Slave Constitution for lie
of presenting it as a Congressional measure.
to the votes of the people of Kansas ; or if
they do not like it, to accept another, and
add polygamy to slavery, and then come in
to the Union, without question, and by pro
clamation." c
Tag IttAIN LINK Swr:vocs.—A Harrisburg
correapondent, of the York Gazotte says :
Governor Packer has appointed Col.
Joel R. Morehead, of Philadelphia, Amos E.
Kapp, Esq., of Northumberland, and Col.
George C. Rabb, of Pittsburg, appraiser's to
assess the damages 'sustained by the trans
porters on the Main Line of Canals, by rea
son of said improvements passing into the
hands •of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, who have 'slotted the Portage Railroad.
By the act, selling the Main Line, the Com
pany was to pay all damages, provided it
closed the Western Division. This is still
kept opork but the same thing has been
brought about by closing the Portage Rail
road, so the Commonwealth has fit Te o the
Pre , ' T his Ntll bo another figure of 01),-
nir or 570,11n0 to TAy." '
Kansas Constitutional Conyention!—No
-. gro
7huXansaa Ledger,- Free State, is : down
on the negro equality clause of the estedule
of the Constithtional.lsborers assembled in
Le avenwortit It says :.
—lt-will--be ve y egtomling to ait-the
maids and chambermaids, in arid about tIPIP
mince and Topeka, to learn that the big buck
niggers, namnt nigger wenches and dirty
nigger bebiPa who are at present in Kansan,
and those who may emigrate hero, are on a u
exact equality with them. how those "an
cient and honorable ladies" will feet in jux
taposition with the niggers in church, at ta
, leg-oa-atachnol, is not tot GA*, limed.—
Every sensible man knows t Virril i 011
" Come to my arms you darEing nigger
The members of the Convention from the
Ocinities named, have obeyed theirmstrue
dons, and a rot of thanks should be given
them on their return home, and to make the
compliment thorough, they should (each one
of them) receive a nigger babe.
n 6
Seriously', the Convention faro given the
right of suffrage (for three years at least)
TO All, THE NIOOIERS IN KAIIISAS,
TIIEREBY PIACI NO THEM , ON iIN E
QUALITY IsTril THE WHITE 14N: 7 -
Vurtheimilie, they have provided, 'MAT
BLACK . .INDAYBITE r.tut, 4LIA
BE EDI TED IN 'I IIE•SAME SCHOOLS.
We submit to the people of Kansas if
these enactments are ntit a disgrace to us
We call upon the honest farmer, the thrifty
mechanic, the aneleliant, the professional
man fuel the hardll ol laborer to porplor
ell these enaefizi - enr thw nigger. 11)1 las,
tad to order that tit re nigger lovers may
be known through the length and breadth of
our Tertitury, We Call upon our people to
examine the affirmative vote as set forth 111
the 'mice( ditigs of the Convention in anoth•
er column. The votes tiler° recorded are the
test votes, and those voting in the affirma
tive are the nigger lovers.
When this Convention *dimwits, three
nigger lovers will be politically dea I, and
we pre) to (hid they may never be resurrec
ted.
A Itamet Do4lttil
The Lancaster Examiner details the fol
lowing market scene:: An affecting inci
dent eaciirred in Market last Wednesday
morning. In the corner of the square dele
ted to exhibition and sale of household fur
niture stood a molly group of turn and wo
men Ina wing loth curiosity utsin a quantity
of old and dilspidated fount:ire Waring
loud ol,•Vi 11l 11ts isle wee utartd the spot
and soon found that the t JI,CI proceeded
from man sad a Ile it lit) is net coutonding a
bout the sale of the furniun L. The man—
or at least the wretch who bory the sent.
Mance of one—insisted on selling the Amu
tore, while the woman with tears in her eyes
expostulated with luau. She appealed to
111111 as husband and father not to do it
Heedless of her entreaties be swore he
would do it whatcvei the consequences.
Eluding she could not, prevail on the hus
band to forego his determination, the wife
appeal.] t i the bystanders She said the
little furniture was her all in the %s o l id
that she worked hard to support het self and
children, mill that the limband and faller
done nothing, but even squainlered part of
her small carnMgm for drink her speech
had a biting tiro:A upon the mad, and
many were the anatheines hurled against
her tome of a husband. (hie henevole it
gentlonian
_proposed the furniture
arid pro:coring it 4ss.asarloatas : lint thus
was dissented from as only encouraging hnii
in Ins heartlessness. The propo,ition that
met it ith most facto was one to drive the
fellow hon.. tbe ground and if he returned
give him it taste if ly twit Litt inaft.r
was terulliintirl. /Ma ever, ht the husband
niakirix tracts, an I leaving; lus a ile io un
disputed po,,e,sion of the furniture. The
allele Atelktt aas a sad one, and ',f i rms, to
what t xtent a tutu rosy hecomi bralah,ed
through 'he iniltion-e of -arcing drink
Benjamin Franklin and his Gig
It is itoVt . about tlt t ^ntury 14111 , C Benjamin
FranUm, l'ostina,ter I:eneral of the Amer-
Wan Colonies, !my appointment of the clown,
sot out in his oil gig to mike an inapeetion
of the principal rout& s. It is about eighty
years since he hold the same office under
/he authority of l'otigreas when a sins)] folio.
now preservid in the department nt
eontaining but three quires of paper,
lasted as his acphnit book for two years
Those simple facts bring up before tit, more
forcibly than an claim; ate description, the
vast increase in post 0111 , ,e fitc,Aties within a
hundred yeart. For if a postmaster plum'
were to uhdertaks to pass over all the routes
at present existing, it would require +os
years of ova:taut travel at the rate of one
hundred and twenty miles daily; hit, if lie
were to multi take the )613 In an ••old gig '
he would loghlre a performance of years, If
not of a lifetime. instead or a ',Matt (olio,
with Its tittircs of paper, the pod o IThe
accounts constime every tae year., tliter.
thousand of the largest *died ledgers, lset p
ing no less than one hundred cittrks constant
ly employed in lecoiding ttattsactions a tat
thirty thousand contractors and °Glatt. r
-0011t! - Mit rub. t r TelegrapA.
Latest Loreign News.
4 llle steamship grata, which left Llier
pool en the 3'l Mat., brings three days later
news from Europe. There ls not a word
national about India, so that hhu particu
lars ifid - firgftrxrf - tfir Com a CAMPBELL'S at
tack onLucknoware,yet missing. Consols,
cotton, breadstuff*, and produce had all suf
fered *alight decline, in Londonand LiYer
pool. Bilniness generally was dull, °an%
to holiday malting at blister, over which
time the British Parliament had pil,inurned.
l'ruurations for laying the Atlantic cable
were to rapidly.being nimle, that the exper
iment of laying it down might he commenced,
if neceSsary, m about a month from to-day.
The steamer Leviathan is said to he for sale
in all incomplete condition : of so, it is
mats, as we anticipated long ago. The
ntinental news is deficient in interest.
.A.N0111.0. GIFT COTCCNICI 1111.010 EN Ur.
The hlayorli of New York; yehter
de arrested Messrs. Ikea] & Staughtir, the
in e
in ‘ , C•ltat's Buildings: Broadway.. _The_eu
terprtse was managed by the publicationio
a weekly paper celled the " Golden Prize,"
tilled with sensation stories, and other simi
lar matter. The prizes wore offered to sub
scribers, and varied at from SO cents to
$5OO. Some of the acres of inducement were
•• two, pimkages of geld containing $2OO
;
each ten patent leveriiiintimr, watches, at
$lOO each.' Tlio _proprietors, on promis
ing the Mayor tei abandon the business,
were 'discharged . from custody. A large
number wf--papera l inAllis State have pub
lished the advartisment of this concern, and
highly recommended it'to their readers.—
Like most of them, however, it is doubtless
a "swindle. Among others we . gave inser
tion to peativertiammit,"but not until we
had recMvoid pay in advance. and then, with
out a word of continent: Wo hope all our
cotemporaries are equally , safe.— TI/egroph.,
AluOtintYtN.TALComiitteet.--Ikttit houses
have fixed upon tite i tli day dilute for the
adjourntrient, t',r, • . 01 tho fir,r
the Thttty•4lfth Cvng,tcsg.
E DEMOCRATIC WATCUMAN,
BELL ICFONTE, APRIL
LOCAL ANIT PERSONAL na
WHO WANTS TO LOCATI4 LANI) WAILItAN T 4
most favorable opportunity is now of
fered to persons ; having Ma warrants
to locate in the State oe low, -The grow
meet a few weeks ake restored to market all
such lands as had been withdrawn in cow
queues of the sec of Congress, granting lands
to different Rail Road 'Companies. There is
now a vast amount of l'and in Rot State sub-
prilate.„tutrj ; at the trinna- gnirmter
Ment pricy and beyond all question a more
advantageous chance for locating land war
rants and making investments of this char
acter, will, never again be offered in low ii.
And we would any to our (Hands of this lo
cality, that a gentleman of lowa city, Mr.
Geo. W. Clirr;T:if:Alaill be here in a few
days, and if they have Any Land warrants to
locate, he will attend to that business for
thent.th person. Mr. Clark is well known
to the Junior editor of this paper, and tinny
prominent .citizeiis of our ( , )unty, as a
man 'of promptness and integrity.. We have
entrilsted lollvllleSS of this nature to hiut OJt
occar/0114, all of which hare been
performed to our entire satisfaction. Any
furthei information on this subject 'will be
cheerfully given to those n ho may desire it
by railing n t the °Mee or the Pnririreatni
Watchman
A111111117114(4 MIUR/II ['VINOUS who
may chance to be io.lown dot in? the ap
proa -lng court ahoold not forget that .1 S
Barnhart stilt contininas the hosine4 , 4 of tatk
cog likenewwa, at 11114 room , ' in the Arcade.
Pictures can he had at daft:roe...prices and
of carious %I/ma and qualities bagttcrreti
t3 oex Atabrogype.t. Crystatlographi, Photo.
papha, ati'd likeney , tes transfered to patent
leather will be taken to am( tlu• wanta of
ll=l
1110111 , 111/..lift. no 11 /I f.d nooo 14 tits 1 / 1 1//' •
ii'i util 1031,1, 1 no , I /// pv.'y (wt.
And fmitl 4 //Or owl/ o'llllnro belold 001011 n gi RIC
Wu can make frnm tile (onto.. llint 1nt.0.11 ill ) 1 / 1 11.
1.0 4.-41
Nett - 'Mess' .‘ Daniel Leyden it
bare opened a new and elegant stock of
goods, in awe ',tote ennui on Allegheny
street We ha %e no doubt but goodi will
be sold at this establishment titueb cheaper
than can Lc iiiir,linqed lute. Then
sioek comprises ate) sanely or merehan
dux iti a countr3 , tore This
thin in uninoseil of gentlemen, ei Ito thor
oughly linderstand the l,ustac•s in which'
they hale engaged and we inktake the in
diertions of the times if hileCI.S4 does not
follow an ail ntct itable result
Titllrrtt t Net: MFACTIVa. --We are audio:V
-ol to announce that a temp et anee meeting
will lie held in the Court llottst, on Monday
evening, of werk (.!4th %%heti
hobo or the speakers of the triv.tailigtotsisil
sorictt of Leo Hum n. nett he present. and
till; •, the illectittg. k g.t ni al attendance
to retpiettita. as it la lotunlcd to start n
11 . asliington I.t 11 NI, lety NV
thin :not comfit ne d,ei.ly tt ittpatlitte and
snivel - I:1} hope that the its fywn.l•
huh) attme than fully r. us!
MI% - The C4 , litla -tort+ on the
of AuL g t..,,y and Bahl
Eagle ItAil Road base comment:4-d tlie vrorit
in real earnekt. and f4rvoilv more thrill tirt . y .
laborer; are engaged upon It. 'This IS Cel -
tatul) a good beginning. and Ill'oes very fa
for a atiocesatui termination of their
eonttact. NV e base no doubt, but the aloe
°ugh-going 10 e hom the com
pany ha. toarded thih dtustan of the to.td.
will prove a most important auatti.nry to the
entrrprike.
SKRIIII y All - A lad named Wm
Rosa, aged about loin-teen 'ears, was seri
oncly innirerr a short time ago while attend
ing a .41,1 mill, near tic la Furnace. lle was
eh ailing aw ay the dust from tinder the mill
when it accidentally started Tho crank
atue nt contact with the calf of ill 4 leg and
floridity mangled it 'rile leg wart broken
below the knee c 'vain that the )mith
I, 011 a rate wan of recovery notwithstanding
the sent.; nature of hi:. ntytnea.
Olt t 1 All - Several 3'oong wee of
0».4 phwe lift a fen days ago, nth the in•
tention of jonntvg the Any for Utah A
mong those a ho have-gone are ,finnes Stir
tier. Jr., Vir
From tho indications 21)1'4.144, 421' the
illirigness of the people to augment the
United Plates army for chastising the Mor
mons, Brigham Young and Iris coadjutors
wfil have rather a busy time during the sum
mer.
FALSE ALARM —Early on Monday morn.
ing last our town fora few momenta was
the scene of an unusual excitement. The
eland of lire einmated front a hundred voices.
A genet - at stampede was eviden ced
.... our
citizens in-e directionof the supposed con
flagration, when 19 ! it was discovered much
to the gratircntion of everybody, to be only
a chimney on tire tinder very favorible cir
cumstance.
weather been for several days, it pre
sented no obstacle to maily — oraii — eiliiellll,
who have been manifesting great anxiety to
make the. first purebsace from the very large
and elegant variety of atom goods,with which
Mr. Tho's R. Ireynolds hae returned from
Don't forget to call at No, 2
of the Arctic.
Ammo;NT. —We learn ticat a horse attach
ed to a buggy of the Rev. Clinks Ryinan,
of Milesburg, became frightened recently,
aiu ran away. Mr. Hyman and a friend who
wts accompanying - him at the time together
14 di the honk: and buggy were beautifully
lung - reed in the turbid water of the “regtog
reSiatof.''
A 1).; by E. J. W.,
Ca* to /1411C1 in plotter time, and ap•
nest a.: tarty ae U"' !..! of our
('‘,1,11411,
• A . Young Ladyjn a Tranoi._,
On Thursday evening last, a
,young
loathed Iratbel SlThron, residing in Washing
ton street, Poughkeepsie, was conviticts,i of
her sins while pt a Methodist church in that
city, and went and knelt at timelier. About
ten s:cluck site soddenly lifted her hands
above her head •antl fell backward, appar
ently a corpse. She was conveyed to her
residence, and laid upon her bed, when it
was found that she yet breathed. She con
tinued in this state for two cis?s her eyes
glazed and set, and her extreunties cold !.
On Saturday evening she suddenly threw
up her arms and cried "glory, hallelujah,"
and then turning to one of her friend% ex
claimed, " repent, repent. " Oh, if you
had see t what I have, you would not con-
is ,
times-in - or 411114. _. _ a : tervrir •
the gre ulf. Heaven is lit up Willi Tiii
t r
glory o oficand ,theii-o are thousands of
Ingels around the eat white throne, sing
litgAfietly the p mew of the King, and by
and by Asurettine past and spoke to me."
Site was very weak when she awoke out of
the trance, hut was so far recovered on Sun
day as to attend the meetings., This singu
lar case has created considerable excitement
at Poughkeepsie.
The Late Col. Benton
The St. Louis Democrat piiblihlics an ex
tract Vont a private later receired from Mr.
BasvoN a very few days before Insoles th
In the letter lie alludes to the great progecti3
he had made in the rept; Mien of the vol•
nines of " Debates." Ile speaks to the fol
lowing tenets of lla>tll CLAY and
whn•h CX Pit ed beta een himself and
CLAY tlt regard to Alio Coutpromiatt ittrasurea:
•''l lie antagonism i.ietween tie nll4 to
form, and 110 t. Re to ',leaflet ts, mid ended m
the est attlishineut of the NAIIIC measures,
and in the accomplishment of the amine
\ 11 EL Y the pat tfi. Swum i f the country.
alitidgeil debates a It , 110 A% all tilts and,
that there tv as a teal rusts at the tom -"a
emits big with the fate of Rome,' Os Noun
cat ion worthy of the last etrorts of Clay, and
ut accoinfilishing ardent paUuit
wm,
his devotion to the 1 nion, hes,tlisregard
of Self, hot courageous self reliance all np
peered in their midday 11 CC Roil li11.11(101 .
It WS 4 not the blaze of the setting non, butt
(he uoond.n• of that great luininary.-- ,
lu these flashes of courage and patriotism,
shaysstmt.-IL OlLi tAtllll the I 111.t11 wan
htellek rue, het '414 Med h tic h. h. the tin
personation of t %nos, nod reads t,, IK laid
to. a `rici rn on its alter '
Tlal% language Is ct,ti% pro"! t 7. at
‘ir s'aum va ai atixtoul to .1.. hill Justice
I.) ht,, greet ertemilwirar), with 1% 6 stn he hid
tern Mo itniny year); In pnittivai entagnlo%M.
t to n tillwite well desey red and. coining
from Mt FIKVT , N, Otero 1%.111 IN . 114)1}410,1 1111
to its perA ct since
Itte. ‘lottuos WAR --Brigham Young iv
CVliteliii) getting more and more ex , :eted
againeit the family. and 14 mat mg a great
show of resistance toe lbl. Johnston Ai) far
is woteN are concerned, lent nutty etheantni,
log tin,. the Niortiptit trop, him] iiirrellitileit
to salt Lake I 74ty to a enter Tere t s maiel
to he destitution ht the City noel emisc.lera
ble
ilineontent or fear Tertand, prevails, for
Brigham Young hIJ ritriiiNheit giver eight
hundred Nlurnemes with lias4liori4 to Eo to
Calitornia. A mtl44 sineettitg
Itriglialllipit been held en Solt Lalse. City. at
%kWh all /04( . 34 to the l'rtadcnt wn4 rtite.lll.•
tit, Al smertelous 11,i the toosal m
that quarter: if the Mormons nee no :mom -
MOW. foe write, whir et it iie.:‘,oliy tier holt.,
mas, meet inf t , , g to qttittiliii the firiitihet 1
Asoit - llrk 11 r the 11.114,1,1011,11 corn
ttlttrri dent or the TrtlitotO man Is. the
Collott allu,tutl to A 'tale .st,tf tang
official to thia ity
th,liff S. 3.er In le It iwie-Nothi g
Marshal of tlitS city hat; got I Itto
It) rt a llTlwuller NI,. under lilt
dirttm fit for st fling lottert Whet:. The
'et . v
taf,,ttat gate as re.ttem hie ettfahwt,
that the prptet.t r a% an NM If lead "1 hit,
f cid that he considered bun a gt totem:tn.
I Xpeeteti tllitt he it 1.1)111 t . Ollll, It.V•k aml
after ha. mg an 1-
1 VIeW Nrth hits haN yet kLacriCllll3
t rule "
in r r The :tlifillotnino,
paper, eliroincle it thAll I,lllt cane of small
pox o l.• 11 develefped it,tiflast Neek,nw the
person of a ,uung n soling at fletterson
She had born employed in the family of Adam
ifollnlAy as a Nen ant. The f.‘er usually
accompanying this loathsome disenee bro
on delirium. tinder which she nnudered off,
ant could wit'lie found for xi veral days.
I Me night 4/1...! rematned out firth nothing . for
Itcr but a friendly 11..3 —.tack, and the
pale moan aml stars a. her -.dent n ateliers
Retin twig to los she ism, her,elf in
the stable attached io the titr.l Hotel.
where, by her groans and sufferings, she
aS discAnkineil by Dr dimes I, Kell). The
1),,-tor at one.; set about to have her pi operly
eared for ; and in the afteititotti .moved her
(;.Joittry.
ArtE.:ti lu l'ut a tillikiv. Tititr.:l Non is
the bunk to attend to your shade trees Let
those s ho pride theinselveN 111 having tilto,l'
handsuwo ornaments in fro it of their dwel/-
logs look rifler them at 'once and have the
pods which generate/norm; removed Many
a beautiful tree tnay be 'saved by timely
precaution. The on tiers of trees, by attend•
mg to thin matter new, will not only do
themselves a service, but %%ill give employ
ment to a 'number of persons who stand very
much in need of it. This 14 the proper sea
son Co piaol. shade trees. 143,,th05e ,vlio de
sire them take notice.
Gone nVISSTIOs: - The Black Republi
can" members of Congress must have a capi
tal digestion. They have been swearing big
round oaths fur this many, a year, that they
would never solo for the admission of a
Territory as State where the Constantin!,
allowed of the institution of alavory. but in
voting for the Lecompton Constitution with
die Crittenden amendment they have swat:
lowed negroes, slavery and all, at a single
gulp. and their friends let °finny quantity of
fireworks in honor of their consistency. A
• real institution is Black -Republicanism !"
. " • Alaits.
i~
The - frinthirefrese-has --huleed- premed
better oollege to many a boy, has graduated,
more useful and conspicuous members of
society, has brought more intellect out and
turned it into practical, useful channels,
awakened more ininds,generated more active
and elevated thought, than many of the lite
rary colleges of the country. 1 t boy rho,
commences in such a school as the prinling
office will have has Litiop LH and ideas brought
out ; anti contribute more toward an edn
cation than can be obtained in almost any
other manner.
Witten rs via lirnka ?--The Senate trill,
relative to KIUISAS, makes Kansas • State at
once ; the Legislature (Free State) already
elected, can commence work at once, and
change the constitution, if it chooses, ilOlllO.
diately the Crittenden amendment keeps
Kansas a territory—kerms up the Melte
ment and agitation -for a year to ,come, et
least. Is it 'not far netteruipi have' Kinsas
etut,,of the Fay, R/1 a)011 rthposr,ible ? - R•unr
.tir 'din( /
_tom oi#tr Conntits.
UnioN COCNTY.—Thera , hate hessa
several caeca of small pox or varioloid in
Nliftlinburg. It was introduced there by an
itinerating daguerreotypist.
co- ii . xeratonst.atin Constr.--The Re•
formed Presbyterian Chinch at North Wash
ington, Westmoreland Cathay, Pennsylva
nia, was burned to ashes last Sabbath morn.
ing week.
1Y Idsanalino Consir.--Tnor, Spri' 18.
—Last night,stvro entire blocks of stores.
and the Irving house, were destroyed by
ilre—(a very heavy loss toe most enterprii
ing little town.)
BLAIR CoorrrY.—Four youngllidays•
gan, John M l LatniWtiiirSattntat — hiarrett—,
lefOryths cars for Utah. Their purpose,we
heliere, is to accompany the 11 S. aspadi r
Lion against the Mormons in the capacity of
teamsters. quite certain they will "see the
Elephant" in giant proportions before they
get through with their adventure. They
started otr,e 9th inst.
( r7CRAWrORD COUNTS". A live eat aas TO
randy sent in the mail bag to the postmas
ter at Hayfield. .Tht bag Sad his eyes were
opened it the nine time ' The pub.
lic are warned against the i9llllO of the Craw
ford Coady Hank- It is conducted by ir
responsible partiek residing' withbut, the
scam. It is notworthy of conthldneb,
~17" Eltla CorNTT. —The rdligiotii siva
keninr: in Erie continues with great interest
Fifty converts have been added to one
church. . . . Two large Bay home were
stolen from J. B. Moorhead, of Fairview
Tp ,on the 20th ult. .., . . Tile Edo pa
pers deny that any minister has beep bullied
lye in that county, - ill the papers have ea
ported It must hive occurred, if at all, in
some other Erie county,
NOTIT/WIIIIICILLISI, COUNTY. --Henry ll. Shriller, of Lowe, NialiOny, informs the
editor of the Sunbury Arrierk•an, that from
ten 'grains o I the Sugar cane seed lie realised
a orop that yielded twoltallons of good mo
lasses and acid enough for two acres of
ground ..1 Jan. Daugherty of Northuta
t. riairi, list ullk had Inv slit, shop broken
int" mai . 1,04. of 1,..,4 i and (IP, en pair
of Indies' nliori, re1111)Veli. . SICEWenS•
Mlle having become a Borough, Turtnilville
••w.litti to n Borough too." . Thou
St me, of Milton, is appointed Deputy Grain
Mraioirer. nt Philadelphia. . . . Union
tifrarr tin ri isign are nit lc, d at Milton and at
( I .1.14,N() fl . A horse which
Nat stolen friApt Ashtabula county. Ohio. a
to_tt. 1/V+tiths ago, it iti recovered on Pine
Creek. Lycorning comity; List week. Ties
owner travekti ten thousand miles, and spent
four hundred dollars iu attempting to teeov
yr hull The parties in whoie potrwsaion
the notittel was (01111 d, have been Lound over
Li, answe r the dtarge of trading fir do, trorse
knowing Inn 1,, have been stolen. , A
11 t of Samuel I luntrunt, of Nitttiey Tp ,
eget{ about .4cc1.11 Cara• :weldelttAly fell
frOrli a rp,nl hridge into the viol,
.13 ) 1,111) Wild* drowned. Ili. body was
rut ovt.r , d (4.13 n few nonutev after he fell,
but all t. florts rewaseitate him were iti
rii.tk A CIA \Tr —NI K n.i an ..Ott
relly morning lain, the lifelt,it b.aly of a
wan owned It ilii•rt I holly,, ngre•l ahoot fifty
<••tr., an, f,uad Oli !adieu* Braneia
Rid %'u!. to.ir Black lick Stiiiiin,with both
Mllflv4l rnut. ly t vertil from tha hoil)
'lle Accottiowikstiiiat,- 1 t COIIIIII4 IA) 11,14
place un 411/11rMliay el/E/11 , 11g, 1111.1 .10.4iltit4101
paved olrer LlGhtortiTT o n ,h. wail
known of the avveleht at tbc lifer Thu
train laikwil over the ihiglik of the aofortu
Irate man to t It• leely flow long he
continued to linger after receiving the {hill
rize to inikou - but life we. est§oct whet.
found an .1 [task of whit*
key wan room! hyhie etde ahn 6 account.
for the accident
'l•bc dor. ft...A in the filth. r 14.a11e etc
I ern or .41 dol.! not. wee fornftrly •
4,r \\ • l.uro.r, county, hut tiAll
ri.td.•d for soul• time in flu. I ounit•.
t . l I RION COI NTI Arrangement , ' are on
font fur erecting a colloge instdute at Clan
on, l'a A hulloing three stones high. and
forty .liy slaty feet in length and breadth, 14
to be ir. cted, 'nil 51 500 has already been
suhscriticd towards its cortstnrction Thu'
'nautili ion is 11l he kinder the epeetti rare awl
patronage of the finnan Classes of the Ger
man Iteforinid Church, and all the various
branches of science and literature will he
taught. . . . rietierick Eaminacher, who
Was ',boa 011 the let inst., at cunt Is
IRA acad. as we reported. Eleven buckshot
n ere extracted from his breast., itnesediateb
neer the heart, and he has so far recovered
es to be able to lie removed (ruin Conemaugli
to il4l residence near lm aim , Pa. Raker
h is as.allent, la still at c, and has, moat
likely fled the State,
• FAN KM. CIA NTT Mr. belly, One of
the Sup,rnivi,dents of the (libson Mills,uear
Belle% ersion, fell through the hatchway of
th e , main kidding, how the third 'dory, on
Tuesday lest, end WAY Co mangled that ho
died ill a fen minutes lie was recently
Isom Philadelphia, and leaves a family to
moms his sudden death Solomon
Curry, a native of Ireland, who emigrated
to this country isi IM died in Dun barfrp,
on the 19th ult., at the advanced age of 000
hundred asitProsid — rcarr - . --- . - hs--11--ssainata
tionsed Rush hag been arrested iu Comas
vale kr the lamest) of a n etch at Somerset.
. . . The churches in Brownsville aro all
holding protracted revival meetings. The
iiitercvtincreases daily
Apmeni.
MAILIIIRL) . On the fith inst., by the Rev.
P. I'. Lane, Mr. Michael Walker, of Bogga
township, slid 51iss Martha A. Rhirem, 01
Spring township.
On the 15th Inst., by the Rev. P. P. Lane,
Mr. (1. W. I)unkle, and Miss Eliza Craw
ford, both of Gregg township.
- -
On the FRI inst., at the residence of the,
bride's father, by the Rev. E. W. Dude.%
Mr. B. V. Briabin, and Mies Tabitha Peters,
both of Unionville.
On tho 11th inst:, by Wm. K. With llms
5N.. Mr. Wm. Wilson ap4 Miss Lucinda
Dillon, all of lluston tornahtp;-
uattl. — -
Drab : On' the 113th init., at the residence
of B. Galbraith, pf this Borough, Tans KNOI,
of Benner township, at an advanced age.
At the residence of Uri...E. Livingsan. in
this borough, on the atoning of Wednesday
the 14th inst., De Lucian A. Barris, aged
about 30 years.
On the 19th Inst., in Spring township, of
Typhoid fever, Mr. Claw 'Swears, egad
about 40 years.
On Friday the alSib of March, atibe resi
dence of W,13. Foley in Penn tawtoblp.
Clearfield - min*, Mre. M,etie TikONTSOS.
nitsfuaiAg. Piifotiors•
In - Potter toirssOwneittletib i tTe init u .. of
peritieWiry,coneetMOtion, Airlpta
Ler; aged-29 yawl, a months, and le days.
In Worth twp., at the residenim. of John
w Fugate., ?..terch 26th. Kier Ewer
*re or Jameg M. Purdue.