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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
11t PRF3IN JUDGI3,
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, WILLIAM A. PORTER
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IVESTI:EY FROST
Consistency um Error —Zen and Princi
ples.
It has no.doubt sti lick the render, says all
Exchange, tiint abolit onesfourth of all th 6
political and religious dialectics of this coun
try is devoted to the maintenance of indi
vidual consisthicy• 'l•his is pretty sluing
proof flit there ate hilt few men % ho have
(he courage to confess Haar enlightenment,
how they came (0 have tilt ir ' , jet.: opened,
and their judgments courtu vd of the errors
of their former 01.11,101 r, It riwiires, ut•
deed, by this slam nig, more moral courage to
maintain truth than to confess nu error : for
there iP . not one n nn ro ten VI v:e enough to ,
Hee long in Mil once, especirilly in reference
to the operation of political ncasures—
vati‘th involve opinions as 1111101 113 princt•
plea- and there Is II lelolllValleltlloll . lo7o do
not find it neces,nry In change liiiir 1.1105
concerning all matters of detail in morals,
religion and gut t t innent. Even granting the
possibility of u nd erstanding tlso Inn
dannutal ptinciplts, dna appination nt
measures or p.licy N. to A gnat elltent_ ex.
perimental : and Ibts N n tirlil upon n Inch
orniuns ought to utnlt Igo ti n it proper lima-
ification. But there is, almost everywhere
and under all circumstances n certain pr:de
of the individual. which must lie maintained
as absolutely infalliTile. This is the I:;ran-
nical law of consistrne3 high is hams! op
en the radical idea tlint there to nothing to
be learmd in the future, nod nothing to i.e
forgotten in the past,
l'ohticinus, and nuked all small men, seem
"lb regard a change of rib as ripon any given
subject as presumptive proof of weakness
and "oscillation : ahertas, in truth, it is ev
idence of strength, rourtge. ',dorm and
honesty. A man that fins the intrepidity to
abandon an error, thereby confessing his
fault, is a far safer coriroo for, judge r minis
' ter, or legtofsjor, liter; lie 1, lie stubborn! ) ad
heres to the wrong, in order simply to main
tain his COnblSleney. Tine consistency,
however, does not indicate ndhelence to pre
cedent, but adherence to truth. It i 4 tint
formula, but a fact. No- mare is more tit--
consistent than lie IA hu continues in wrong
lien frilly coliseums of the error of his
ways ; for lie then does A thitig not because
tt is right, but la ernise he acted in a like
manner on' a flllllll.l- occasion to the first
instance he might have be (11 111111(,1 . 111 the i
last. better advised, he I.ccoines dishonest
from no better motive than that of huttlandog
an error, because he huusclt helped to origi
nate it. We take it for granttil for Iliotaticc,
to bring these observations to a practical
turn, that the ads orates of the Missouri Com
promise and the W ilmot Pin iso have be
come thoroughly con% mei il that those Int 11.1-
lIIVS COlll4 n il obilo practical end ur reference
to the (stablialmit sit or ',inhibition of sla
very in the put Tlruieo no. lint the
• compromise nun of I r2o, and t h e d i , oo pl oi ,
of the pros i4O, subsequent') believed in the
efficacy of the Mission act 111111 the prohibi
tory clause of Mr. Wilmot n e iii not doubt.
Subsequent events. hOu et Er. have abun
dantly shop n that in flu r i mild control the
institution of slavery ; that the question of
its creation and maim( nal ci; con be decidi.l
only by the people of the Marc, and that
acts of Congress on the stil,ji et hat e mo oth
er effect than to iiillaine the pasmuna of the
people. I certain, for instance, that, in
cluding theMinanceof 1787:the art of 18:20,
and the famous Iris iso of Wilmot, these
laws have never in point of fuel cuirtrollykl
the destiny of a single foot of American to'.
itory iu reference to slat cry. 'I lie onli
'nonce of 1787, extending over country
ill
adapted to slave labor, may lime been pro
phetic of the future freedom of the Stati
created out of the Northwest; La the pro
bildtoryCTEinse of that comport did i ot op
erate as a resistance to slavery there.
can point to the assault and the resistorice I
Who can tell us when it was seriously Ado
posed by anybody to lake slavery into the
Northwest I So in regal d to Oregon ; it was
the people of Oregon, and not the Wilmot
prohibition, that excluded slavery from that
country. In Kansas there was no prohihi
'lion ; can it be said-that any clause of the
'law operated to create °F. interdict slavery
in Kansas I
With these facts—practical facts, too. un
impeachable and conclusive—before us all,
are, neverthelena ernes of men who
still persist In clothing Congress with the
power to permit or prohibit slavery in the
ferritorics. Slavery, like every other ma
terial interest, must have a constituency as
well as a creator. It must be brought into
being, and then it must be maintained by
its prop ieters and directors. Congress pm
stases no element of constituency . ifs juris
diction is altogether foreign to the inatt,r it
would bring into life. If a faiher, it would,
in truth, be of in illegitimato.otlspring, be
ca use he could never guard, piofea: and di
rect what he had brought into being.
The Republicans, including all the bogus
anti-slavery philanthropists, are now en
gaged in the work of maintaining the con-
siatency by punning their Abolition then
--tiegoiet becal i tae they have, or can have,
any practice force, 41..becausc they r,upport
'cd the compromibe, of 1 O awl the Wilmot
prov.so at a later ,ley
Latest Foreign News
By the arrival at lie*. York of the steam
ship Arabia, from Liverpool, we have -news
from Europe one week later. Additional
news from India had been received 'at Iron•
don by telegraph from Malta. Cie_VlSir
Celia-Campbell remained at Lucknow: Ma
jor Hodson n•as killed at theicapture Of that
place, and Sir nilliam''Peel received a seri
ous wound. The Bill Fart of Charndarce
had been stormed and captured : The rebels
were in Ilundelcund, where they had con
gregated in great force. Commissioner Yell
reached Calcutta on the 22nd of March, and
was kept under close surveilance. Sir Ilugh
Moore has driven the rebels from the Chilli: *
dun districts and the territory / of The Rajah
of Banpoor. The possessions of the latter
had been confiscated. Advioes from Bong
Kong say that the four groat Powers have
given the Emperor until the end of March to
send Plenipotentiaries to Slsanghae. The
Chinese were arming Remind Canton, hot
the Elders of Fatshom formally declare that
it is only for their defence against the reb
els, who threaten the city. Gen. Pellissler,
Duke of Malakoff, the new minister from
France to the Court of St. James, had arri
ved in London. On landiug at Dover he
had a military and civic reception of 9,itite
an imposing character. At London; also,
he was received with every honor. In the
British Pm hament Disraeli announced
that compensation has been demanded from
Naples for the imprisonment of the British
vow'u e - captured on board the steamer
t. The trial of Simon Bernard, the
accomplice of Orsini, was expected to con
clude on the l7th ult., the day the steamer
sailed. A strong anti Frem•', appeal, made
y Ids_Tunsel, had created great excite
ment and enthusiasm to Court. It is re.
ported in Pane that the Court de Morn) , or
M.U....,:e0yM. Elmira.
ease, as Minister of the Interior. The Wes,
tern powers said to have refused to support
Sardinia in its aggressive measures against
Naphs. Threedburths of the city of Chris-
Mena, Nornny, had been destroyed by fire,
Causing a loss of ten millions of (rakes.
Late News from California, &c
By the arnval at New York, on Tuesday,
from Aspinwall, of the steamship Moses
Taylor, n ith 51.500,000 in gold, no hays
two weeks later news from California, • Ore
gon, Central awl South America, etc.
The ,equinosial Tama) with great fury for
fourteen days, along the coast as far as Pu
get's Sound, the wend blowing agale during
the whole period. The fresh. had Leen
lieayv especially in the mining regions.—
Capt. Bennett, of the4ate brig Cornell3,loo
been arrested et San Francisco, and held to
bail on the charge of hAvinig„tmoo,i4 his
ressel at eca, having first robbed her' of
F. 50,11400 in silver, which he shipped at Maz
atlan for San Francisco. The ,treasure is
said to Le buried near Cape St. Lucas, to
which point the vessel had been sent for its
reco,ery. The dates from Oregon are to
the 27th ult. The "`Salem" wing of tho
Democratic party had nominated Lafayette
Airoser. far Congrisia—luail....l.- - Whitaker
for (wvernor. They had also unanimously
adopted resolutions sustaining Mr Buchan
an's administration. The advices from the
Sandwich Islands, to the 11.1 th of March,
eontoi nottiwg of importance,
Valparaiso dates to the Bith of March
had been received at Panamar A sanguin
ary battle took place at Arequipa on the 7th,
between the government forces under Cas
tilla,
and the imoluttonietts, ht , iled by VI :
vane°. The' tatter were defeated and had
escaped to Bolivia Arequipa. had been
,turned by mowilla. The battle is said to
have been terrific. Of one battalion of OW
men w tech defended the barncades, all were
killed but forty. The steamers Apurimac,
Araneo and Lambayeque had been captured
nod sent to t'adao. The loss on both aides
at the storming of Arequipa was over two
thousand killed, and the city was filled with
the remolded. The Luis ThWmpsou and
Georgia were still held as poet's at Callao,
and would be sold. It is said that Castilla
intends to push ihe war into Bolivia and
attempt the overthrow of the Linares Gov
ernment.
Kansas Admitted
We are pleased to learn that Congress has
adopted by a decided majority the conference
bill admitting Kansas into the Union under
1h Lerompton const baton . This result
IS one 0 Inch 0 ill give peace to the country
nd relieve tlsb national legislature of a sub
ject 0 hick has not only engrossed nearly all
its tune, but has been a means of discord
and estrangement between the members of
the democratic party which every patriot
must hare deeply 'lamented. We doubt not,
and the result which we announce to-day
with uniningled satisfaction abundantly
proves, that, with few exceptions, it has been
the determination of democratic members
senators faithfully to adhere to the great
doArines of self-government which formed
the basis of the Cincinnati platform, upon
which Mr. ltuchanan was elected to the
chief magistracy of the Union.
The New Loan
The Washington Union Nnitrtulicts the
rumor "that the Executive liwi L determired
to ask Conzress lit authorize allow loan to
the amount of thirty niirlionsiTif dollars and
to fund . the twenty millions of Treasury
notes recently authorized to be issued."—
The Union states that this rumor is unfoun
ded, and adds :
~ There i.. 71 no intention of asking for a
ersion of the temporary loan represen
ted by the Treasury notes issued and to ho
issued into a permanent loan, represented
by the tjovelminent bonds. Although the
falling off in the last six Months, as com
pared with the figures for the same period
to proceeding years, has been prodtgion
partly from the reduction of the tari ff , 1 t
chiefly from the late paralysis Of busine
and pressure in the mondy -market of the
world,yet it is generally coneneded that this
paralysis cannot last, and is already in a
great degree overcome, There can be 'no
doi.lit that the business of the &nary will
soon resume its s-onteit linoyeney, and that
the revenues of the Government will at some
early day swell again to their usual vol
ume. '
THE TYRONE AND LOCK HAVEN
RAIL—ROAD. s , .
Enthusiastic Meeting
Pursuant to notice large number of the
citizens of Centre County assembled in the
Court House in Bellefonte on Wednesday
evening, April 28th, for the purpose of taking
measures for the completion of ate railroad
runny g frehr•Tyrone, through Bald Eagie
valley in this county, to Lock Idaverz. The
meeting was called to order by Dr Wm. Un•
dertvand, it Wen the following officers were
=EMI
- - _ _President,
JOHN IRWIN, Jr., of Howard.
Pia Pt tridents,
Jacob V. Thomas, Bellefonte ; lion Wm
Marshall, Benner; 'Airdrew Heater, Patton
Jesse Richards, Halfinoon ; Samuel Patton,
Taylor; Rob't Campbell, Worth; John I.
Thompson, Huston : Cleo. Alexander, Union;
Henry Barnhart, Boggs; C. C. Price, Miles
burg I. Jacob Hahn, Howard ; Henry Keller,
flume; Daniel Kuhns, Liberty.; Wm. If
Swanzey, Marion; Wm. A. Thomas, Spring ;
Jas Gilliland, Snowshoe ; John Boas, Burn•
side; T. W. Adams, Curtin; Jas. nordon,
Walker ; Wrrh Ilagsbew, Ilneb ; Gee. V.
Stover, Haines; Sumo! Stroheqet, Penn
Crosthwarte, Creek ;. II I'. Cadwale
der, Poster: F. Iterke ‘ rt, Mdes ; I 'W m Burch•
Ferguson
Styr-Hanes —J T Joh wlan , 1V W Brown,
S Seely.
After the meeting was properly orkanired
Junbr Ilea K, 111 a brief but able speech. sta•
tad for 'what purpose the people were there
and then eshembled, and urged upon them
the importance of Completing Ihe railroad at
Cl=
Tim nest speaker was Junor. litlahrunc,
who responded to the call in a very able and
nourteu moolicts. r i rs.4“,
vantages our cifinerts would derive from
railroad pa•auig through the county and
said that we were now far behind the age.--
entirely out of the world—arid that strangers,
when asked to visit our county, etpressed a
horror on account of having no railroads by
which they could reach here. lie also allu-.
Jed to the magnificent water powers in our
county, which have heretofore been alin?st
useless, and will remain so, until, by meanie
of a railroad, capitalists will be brought into
our midst, when manufacturing establish•
merits of different kinds will spring up.
Hon A G CeRTIPIIrI then called for and
responded in a speech of some length. He
referred to the vest mineral wealth of our
country—of the inexausiable supplies of coal
and oar that yet remains hidden in our hills
and valleys, for both of nhich here a ill be
great demand when the proper channel is
opened by N, hill) they can be conveyed to
market He ipoke of the superiority of Cen
tre county coal over any other in the State,
for manufacturing purposes—orol fur gas it
is equaled by none save the l'ittaburg coal,
We would likfr to have had a full report of
Mr CURTIN'A speech, as he went 11110 the de
tails in regard to the many good results and
advantages to our citiunts that would follow
the c ompletion of the Tyrone and Lock Ha
ven Railroad. At the conclusion of Mr.
Curtin's remarks lie offered the following
resolutions, which were unanimously adop.
led ;
Resolved, That we have undiminished con•
fidence in the speedy completion of the Ty
rorie &I,ner Haven ft:Moved, and believe it
will not only advance the value of the real
estate if the County more than its entire
cost, and afford us lacilinee by which o u r
agricultural, mininseand manufacturing inter.
or inn w ill be enabled to compete with those
interests in any other part of the 11 S but
that it will be an inducement for our capital
ists to invest their money In improvements
at home, instead of seeking a demand in the
%Vest,. where ratlinads are both—excite a
spirit of enterprise and busineAs that will in
vite capital, talents and energy from ahroail,
and make our county one of the moat pro.
duct and wealthy districts in the State
Roof et, That we believe that the s took o f
he road will Ward a percentage on the cap
al inveated..
Resolved, That the completion of the grad•
nation arid rn iron ry of the Western Divis
ion, 14 an iruhwernent for the immediate Corti
meneement ref the graduation and masonry
oti the Easteut Division, and arrangements
for malotig ifig entire line ready for the rails
on the opening of next spring-, and for this
purpose the chair appoint a committee in
emelt townstim near the line of the road—to
call meetings, appoint committees, and ii•e
every means to obtain suberriptious for the
early completion of the meal,
Resolved, That the Committee appointed
under the last resolution report to the Presi
dent of the Tyrone and Lock Haven Railroad
Company at as early a day as possible.
The next person called to the floor was Dr
Wm. Iltromiwoon, alio stated that certain
parties had urine(' to him, proposing that if
two hundred thousand dollars be subscribed
along the line of th 9 road by the people (Of
which Centre county, would have to raise fif
ty thousaml) the said mica& would raise
the whet two hundred thousand dollars, and
enough to finish die road.' Ile stated . that
,the proposition, as Ire believed, came from a
reliable source, and was worthy the consid
eration cf the meeting.
EDMUND BLANCHARD, E.CI, next addressed
the meeting in a very enthusiastic and forci
ble mariner, referring to the Western Divis
ion of the road which wan now graded, and
which was carried through during the preva
lence of a money panic unprecedented in
the Manny of our country. Ha said that,
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while nearly every other road beinfe Ili fl iib
tho country, had to suspend operations on ac
count of the panic, the work on this road did
stop. but was pushed through and the
contractor was paid, and the Co mpany is now
nearly out of debt. ,lie,said the other Divis
ion could be made in the same way. If the
money could not be raised, the subscriptions
'could be paid in grain, meat, lumber, or any
thing Buil would suit the contractor. lie
berefore urged the people to gi into the
qrk at once, that the Eas4ern Division might
be dbmpbsted as soon as possible. Mr.
814,01C41,111,11 also stated that he had recently
vi.ited Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and was
lhete infornited that moperautlicient to com
plete the Sunbury and Erie Reamed to Look
Haven would be immediately raised, and
that the road would be put under contract in
June nest and cotitpted by next fall. Mr. B
concluded hie remarks by nfering the follow
ing resolution
Resolved, Thrt a committee be appointed
to aecerjain how much stgok can be subscri
bed to the Eastern end of the Tyrnno and
Look Haven Railroad, provided said road is
lodated through pinany valley—which com
mittee shall report to the Managers of the
road on or . bafige the 20th day of May.
Mr. Busectmen staled that he offered the
above resolution at the instance of persons
in Nittany valley. 'After , some diacteminn,
the resolution ogre _ unanimously adopted, and
the President appointed the following persona
as ,the Committee:—A. H. Beet, Shuman
Furst, Di. Wm. H. Irvin, H. H. McCoy, lien.
'A.-Lizegg Jautgliip rd.) Li L Dr. St re h eel er, A.
Carrier, Jaeollikileable and Henry Meßwen.
On motion 0( Judge the meeting
requested Dr. UMDCRWOOCI, President of the
T. Sr L. 11. Railroad, to inform the parties
who marleshe propositions to him that Cen
tre county would mitre her portion• of the re
quired sum to complete the road.
On motion it was resolved that a commin
tee ho appointed to prOcure stock In Bald
Eagle valley in opposition to the (\litany
valley committee, which committee consists
of the following perso . ns.—Boland Curtin,
John Irwin, Jr , Daniel Kuhns, John P. Pack •
er and Samuel A. Cook.
On motion the President was then directed
to appoi c the lownship'hommittena, tinder
the iesoliuton of Mr. Curtin. The following
are the committees:
Ilellefiite-11 N. MeAtlinter, Rd Man
abaci, Jun T tiobrer, Jacob V 'llamas, M
T Milliken.
ll"nact —James Gordon, Jacob Strohlo, A
Gregg, henry Itl'Ewen, H fleck.
lintrott/—Jno. P. Packet, Wm Riddle, J
I'. Montgomery. Abe°lorn Tipton, Clued
Bowers.
Alesburg—C. C Price, C G Hymen, T
M Ilall. Jos. Green Robert Lipton.
Imo Adams, ,Inn Iliellarcl•, David
Parsons, Jim I. Thompson, Thos. C. Deck•
with.
Tay/in.—Sam] ('anon, Sarni Sievens.
Adam., ilannpr.
Spring—Jas Armor, A S. Valentine, Fran
cis Jotion, Harvey %loon, m, Baird.
Lileily—Dan'l Kuhns, Arthur Poresman,
Rent Ligget, Sumo, tangle, Sam Bechtel.
Ifoggs--Roland Carlin, Dr. McCoy, Henry
Barnhart, Jno !layer, „Ins Antes.
Union—Geo. Alexander, W. P. Fisher,
Sam'l McKean, JAC Peters, Nathan Grist.
Wora—mas. M Purdue, Sam] Osman,
Robert Campbell, Clement Beckwith, J. A.
J frupt
IlayinOon—Thos Wibrm, Sam? Downing,
A. R. Bath)", Jan Thompson, A M. Eider.
Patton—P' B Chtty, "G ['Armtek, P. 11.
Waddle, Jet Maya, C. Kephart
Aims—Mdse, Thompson, Wm McFar.
land, Fell?. Dale, George Bosl, Uhriatian
Dale.
Benner —Wm Mer.hall, W. II Longwell
J M. Kephart, inn. Way, Jiro. Hoy.
Fe)guann—Conrall 11. Strohle, Jon Glenn,
Alexander :sample, Robert Barren, Judge
Burchfield.
We hope the Committees rimed above
will gu to week at °ace and raise the necert.
nary subscriptions. Now is the hrne for ac.
butt , Let the Committees but do their duly,
and it will not be long till the iron horse will
be miffing and snorting through ['UT county
The meeting way large and enthusiastic
and there was such an enterprising spirit
tnaniresled as me have not lmrly men. Tito
truth is the people are beginning to see that
the Ty roue and Lock Haven Railroad is no lon
ger a thing talked of, but a lined fact. A
Mlle longer and . Centre county will be out
of the woods.
WA-The following circular from the
Secretary of tho Pennsylvania Agricultu
ral Society, may prove intereating to the
farmers of Centre county:—
RKICLY BAntillAUT —Your attention in
called to the follow log a) nopnin of the pro
ceedings of the "Pentinylvatita Slate Ago.
c ultur a l society," at its lute meeting, held
on the lath of March of the cuirent year
It was then
Resolved, Tbat David Taggart and Amos
E Kapp, of Northumberland, and A. O.
Hiester, of Harrisberg, be appointed a Com
mittee to receive proposals and make the
necessary arrangements for the nest Annual
"Ex Inhume," and Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday sod Friday, the 28tit 29th, and
30th of September, and the let of October,
were fixedtas the days of Exhibition.
There wits also a resolution painted, offer
ing. es a- Ppemirtw, xs. -iitat : ougkist _Duni=
Buff, not Tess than eighteen months old, to
the County Agricultural Society that shall
furnish the largest membership to the State
Society, in proportion to the taxable inhabi
tants in such county, previous toihe I.Stit of
September next—a life memberOist lo cost
810, and an annual DJ eniberahip
The Secretary most sincerely hopes that
he will have the hearty co-operation of the
Vice riesidents and friends of Agriculture in
carrying out the design of this resolution,
and will hold himself prepared to visit any
County in the State in person, where he
may he aiivised his presence — Mil conduce
to the furtherance of the object.
He will also be pleased to see the friends
of the Society at the Office, in Seethed street,
above Walnut, Harrisburg, to receive and
exchange Roots Seeds, te. A register wilt
be kept of the Donations to or from the So
ciety. with a short statement of the results ati
far as furnished him. With respect,
A. O. HI ESTER.
Harrisburg, 13, 1 0 15 IT. Sec'y.
Nor Anousuen.—The bill providing for
the_ abolltlep of the Canal Board _ , which was
introduced to the. Muse of Reprei,entait r eii
of this State, and passed that body a day or
two before the adjournment, failed in the
Senate. Consequently, the Board stilt ex
ists, and it will be necessary for us, as usu
al, to elect a member of that body next fall.
WATInt.• —Prof. Hallman says : " If
you wish fig a clear mind, strong muscles,
and quiet nerves and long life and power
prolonged into oldsge, permit me to say,
although I am not gliTb,g a temperance lec
ture, avoid all drink but water, , and mild in
fusions of that fluid : shun tobacco and opi
um, and every thing eleib tlatiallisturbs the
normal state of the system • rely upon nu •
trimis food and mild' allitAant drinks, of
which water is OM basis, add you Will need
nothing beyond these things eicept rest and
duo moral regulations of all your power,' to
give you long, happy, and useful lives, and
a serene evening at the close."
from Wt er otollutits.
CLINTON COUNTY.—The Clinton Demoemt
'says : We notice several buildings going up
in various parts of our town, notwithstand
ing the hnrd titnes. 'The prospects ter the
building of the Sunbury and Nrio Ilail Road
will give a new impetus to improvements
'during tho coining slimmer Court
commences In Clinton county next Alen,
day Gen. Jacktnaq refused a public
receptacle() on his return front the Legiela•
turn.
LTCOMING COUNTY.—Short work. In our
last Issue, says the leycoming Gazette, we
gave tLie particulars of the arrest, on t h e
previous Friday night and Saturday morn
ing, of Thomas Riohards, David Morgan and
Wmt - PeMeettowelar-r Ping '4.'l:oth . ..it-maw.
oy. , On the succeeding Tuesday they were
called up for trial and a postponement
granted till Thursday. On Thursday morn
ing they all pleaded guilty, on Friday morn
''ing received sentence 01 three years each to
the eastern penitentiary, and on Friday
I night started for thdir future quartets, where
they wore safely lodged about noon on Sat
urday— Thus, within the short space or one
week, they committed the offence, were !W-
I rented, convicted, convoyed two hundred
miles to the State prison, and commenced
I the expiration of the sentenee for their crime,
Williamsport is a bad locality for practicing
pranks with bogus money: No less than
seven menu all strangers, or comparatively
so, have been condemned in our courV;since
the connutmeement of the present year, for
that °from Mr. V. S. Ambler has
'purchased the site of the late destructive lire,
at the corner of Thixd, street and Sugar si
lty, and it is his intention to erect .at ,onco
a that-class threrentory brick building upon
it. The first floor will be tided up for stores,
the second for offices, *and the third for a
town hall. IVorkmen are already engaged
in clearing away the rubbish.. preparatory
to the commencement of the new building.
. • . . Dry Thursday, Mr. John liathmell,
one of the oldest citizens of this ninety, was
obliged to undergo die operafion of having
his left foot amputated, in consequence of a
severe frost bite received last winter: The
operation It as perfortned, by Dr,Lytim, as
sisted by Drs. Smith and Rothrock.
MIFFLIN COI' wry.—DRATIIA.--Our obitu
ary head this week, says the Lewistown Ga
zette, chronicles the death of two citizens
who have been suffering for Aortic time
Mrs. Ann Milliken, relict of James Milliken,
deceased, who has been In feeble health for
a year or tnore, and Jas. A. Cunningham,
who has been afflicted lor some time with
clisenqu of the throat. Francis McCoy, one
of our oldest and most esteemed citicens,
has also been quite low for Rome weeks rrOill
plurblice. Dr. Ard, on a visit from the city,
was prostrated a few weeks ago AL the Isla
lions' Hotel, but is now improving. With
the exception of a ra w scattered cases of
scarlet fever, the health cf our town contin
ues excellent.
CLZAILFIELT) COUNTY.--SX/1101:3 Acrinxxv.
--Dr. T. J. Boyer of Lutheraburg, met with
an accident on last Saturday that came very
near costing him his aye-sight. In attempt
ing to extract the stopple from a bottle con
taining Quirk Silver and Nitric Acid. The
contents exploded and flew over his fare and
in his eyes, horning them very severely and
nearly diistroying his left eye. We am hap
py to learn however that he is recovering,
with the prospect of his eyesight being- or
drily restored The (inciting , - It •
of lr James Irwin of Lawrence tp., three
miles below this place, caught tire yeaterilay
afternoon, but fortunately it Was wain.
guititteil before any serious damage was
done. Mr. Irwin was not at home, being
down the river.
CotolfritS CorRTV.--An important arrest
has been Made at Bloomsburg, N., by V.
S Marshal tVynboop. A party, believed to
be concerned in the murder of Miss Adeline
Dever, near Niobium'lle, Berl(/' county, has
been traced there, and seized by the officers
of the law. Two other pennons implicated
in the same outrage are already in prison,
ae ailing tnal.
Bute Cwxrr.—Daily prayer meetings
are bring held in the Town hall at Holli
daysburg... A High School in to be
opeiwd in Hollidaysburg immediately, a suf
ficient sum having been subscribed by the
citizens to warrant it .Lcii Maguire,
Fag , has been appointed Collector at flolli•
daysburg by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. A good selection There
were Ilve eases of Small Pox at the County
Poor house on last week. A child died
there of the disease on the Satifrilay'lpre
'mils Dr 11, T. Coffey, has been ap
pointed Poot House Physician for the pres.
eta year (In Monday morning week
heron: last, Isaac Dougherty, of (lays port,
died suddenly, in a small room occupied by
him as a place of retreat. Ile had long been
addicted to that worst of vices—intemper
ance'
DAUTIN COUNTY. —On Saturday last, the
father of Wrn. Williams. the convicted mur
derer of Daniel Hendricks, visited hint in his
cell in the Harrisburg prison, it being the
tirstAime, we believe, since his sentence.--
Thelflld man, who is blind, was accompan
ied by one of the prisoner's late counsel. —.
The scale m the cell was du intensely af
fecting one.
NORT)IUM IiSSLA COL:NTT,- -0 0 Ilitt Mon
day evening a negro woman t:elivered a In
tern 011 Slavery, lu 'the Methodist Sunday
School House, in Sunbury. She is repre
sented to be an intelligent woman, and had
rather a numerous audience. We believe
that she had been a slave in lklaPyllititt. . . .
. Last Saturday afternoon Mr. John End,
ney Lowry' was found dead, on the hay-mow
of Mr. Laylor's barn, about ono mile this
side or Milton. Esquire found held au in
quest. The Jury attributed Mr. Lorry*
death to intemperance.
MONTOUR COUNTY . —About three months
ago frliss Whitelock, of Danville, accidently
swallowed an American' cent, •of the new
style-,ono of that description whereupon,
as Ike Vartington says, the American Eagle
looks as though he had dropped his thunder.
The lodgment of this foreign substance in
the lady's stomach caused her much sick
mooed misery. She ejected it one day last
week. In appearance, it is as green as the
individual who supposes our State will real
ize 83,500,800 out of the recent sale of her
public improvements Last Tuesday
morning Km Dr. Yeomans, of Danville,
started to Now Orleans to attend the annual
meeting of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church. It commences on the
first Thursday in May.
IRON-CITY CORINKIKPIAL COLI.NOR, PITTS
ROTIOII, PA.—When all the points of superi
ority are taken into the account, the logo
and elegant rooms- the most complete fur
nishing of the same, to the great conveni
ence of the student4—the superior ability
and wide experience of the teachers—Messrs.
Cowley, Mustn't and llouthett, in penman
ship, having received first premiums in every
instance where they have exhibited their
superb specimens of writing—the low price
of board and of tuition—the exceeding health
fulness of the city t all these points of supe
riority taken together, with others not men
tioned, make the ISON CITY C 041.6011 the
most desirable school for business teen in
any part of the country. Even in the far
west and , south, commercial students will
find it greatly to their advantage to attend
hero—the advantages much more than coun
ter-balancing the expense of travel. Par
further rartsrulars address F. W. JRNAI,
Pitabarith, Pa.
:y~: :y~~ :,;.~.:,:
1.17 • Dull—Court this week.
3J Ilumbn—The present liquor law.
It 7 At per in Philsdelphis--Ibilek thwren
11)01/eV.
QJ Wilson Lt. Ibis. have received their
spring goods.
7" Stands No. 1. with Che Ladles —Pap
py Ehrhard.
3:7 - A selfivh man is like a pump with the
handle 1)0-lucked..
g - j.- The last excuse for crinoline iv, that
the " weaker vessels" need much hopping.
ry- To some tun it is indispensable to bo
worth money, forwithout t they would he
worth nothing. for,
so.
• 27.- {t/0 u7•re in error Wit week ih saying
3ridittat Distrks.watirabolish
ed by the •Legislature. •
s•
irtrtlentillty.is to be defined in the next
edition of the Ainericen dictionary—'. Eat
ing meat with a silver fork, neither being
paid for."
Naomi, slaughter of Enoch,
hundred and eighty years of age whep she
married. Take courage, Wiwi of Bellefonte.
Ba - Troubles are like babies—they grow
bigger by nursing. ,Don't meet troubles
half way, for they are not worth the corn
rliment.
T 7 A new batch of counterfeit fives on
the Yotk County Bank, is said to have pat
made their appearance. Don't take em.
Even the genuine mites are not kept at par
in Philadelphia..
[l'7' (In a Sitike, We untlei•Mand that the
workmen engaged me the Allegheny and
Bald Eagle. Rail Road
,arti on a strike lid;
higher wages. Ilow this affair will terminate
we are unable to tett. '
Ili — A young and pretty little Indy re
marked the other.day that a young man
who didn't take a newspaper, was not de.
serving of the alieetions Of an amiable lady "
A sensible girl that, and if she nas for sale
we would set our c ip for her.
Iffl=llllll
Sketehee in Cengtess
That gentleman with a profusion of dark
curls Mitt Math:SS Southern eye, is Lawrence
M. Keith, of South Carolina. Ile /cans care
lesaly on his desk, sometimes listening to
the orator, mid sometimes gazing around th e
galleries, as if to recognize some familiar
lace ill the crowd?, tht re. Ile is not an agree
able speaker, jerking out Ms 'draws mid
sentences in a manner that reminds 3 011 of a
pump-handle, and using a variety of un
graceful gestures. Itisides nll tho l he arch
es his brines, ..iOrrIll;VVI Ills forytfettd, and
contorts his Whole , tehoi ab
sorbed in some eager dellat iii a manner
more ludicrous than impo • ig. It calk to
our mind the anecdote clouded of him a
year or two ago. the 'when engaged in an
enthusiastic tipbe , he became so " fist
and furious" in 8 grimacer, that a member
of the opposit 1 side quietly rose and mov
ed to a mi• of order. Thin balm; admitted,
lie inquired '• whether it was in order fur
the gentleman from South Carolina to Fri tAe
faces at his opponents ?" This query, and
the peals of laughter with which it was hail•
ed, proved a decided damper to his
enthusi
natll.
A sudden hush prevails throughout the
House. as Alexander 11. Stephens, of (eor
gia, rises to speak. llas appearance has of.
ten been ininuteliTe . scribed, yet every time
you see him, you are involuntarily struck by
the same singular situation. His ligiire is
small. slender and delicate as that of a say ;
it is said he weighs scarcely a hundred
pounds, and his head aeons unnaturally
large in proportion to that 'Might frame.—
The face is pallid and ghastly, mid hears
the distinct impress of physical paitt and
dieease l but his eye is keen, restless, and
piercing as that ofa falcon. See bow ear
nestly he gesticulates with those long white
lingers, while every word he sratikS storms
to thrill through and through Ida Gil pAya
spa ! Ills voice is • 'thrill treble, beard
plainlyabove the hum And 1111 l rmer of the
Route,whlch,lndeedos somewhat anilidiaell,
as his well knead, eloquence and ability
command a deep interest from all quarters
lie sinks back pale and exhausted into his
heat ; but debility does not long endure, for
the giant powers of energetic niteileet lIAVV
80 complete a potter over the disefl46ll Issly.
that in live Minutes lie is ftgftin bided in de
bate.
That portly gentleman. Whose bilge en
hon-poinf corresponds well with his good
humored face, is Humphrey Marshall, of
Kentucky, one of the ablest rtwolters And
soundest debates of the HausMr Doesn't
believe in the prevalent fashion of luxuriant
beards, but closely shaven, and with a pleas
ant smile on his countenance and chestnut
hair, slightly sprinkled with grey, presents
the embodiment of goes) health, good temper
And good fellowship.
The gentleman who loans back in his scat,
talking to Marshall, is Henry Winter Davis,
of Maryland. He has a remarkable black
eye, a profusion of jetty hair, parted on his
brow, and a closely trimmed moustache on
his upper lip. Our readers sill probably re
member him as having held a prominent
place in the Corruption Committee last win
ter. He is a brilliant and witty speaker,
and a great favorite with the fairy portion
of his auditors, who pronounce him a '• love
of' a pretty man." Lens impulsive and par
tial judges, however, think him too showy
an yrator to possess corresponding depth of
idtilt and argument.
• 1,
I Meeting of the Centre Co., Agl. Society.
According to previous notice the Society
met iu the Court House on Tuesday even
ing, the 27th tilt., time President fie°. Bu
chanan, Esq., in the Chair. Thu minutes of
the last meeting wits read and adopted.—
After some remarks by several gentlinnen
present, the ifonyindge Burnside Uttered
the follOwineregautions rhich were read
and adopted :
Resolved, That the Centre County Agri,
cultural Society hare /earned with sincere
satisfaction that iho House of Representa
tives of the - United Stated have passed a
bill appropriating a portion of the public
lands for the purpose of founding Agricultu
ral Schools ; a measure which is dem that
portion of our people, who bear the bur
(hens of Government, troth in Peace. and
War.
Resolved, That we return our cordial
thanks to our immediate Representative the
hg_hia_able and
cient support of the bill.
'Resefreil, That we moat respectfiilly and
earnestly request our Pennsylvania Senators
the Ilon. William Bigler and Simon Comer.
on to. use every fair and honorable means to
secure the passage of the bill in the Senate
of the United States.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions
be published in the papers of the County,
and that copies of them be sent to Sonatvs
Bigler and Cameron.
• Col. Thothaa Kane, the special peace
commissioner to treat'irith the Mormons,has
reached Utah after a long and tedious Jour
ney: Wo trust sincerely that his 'Mission
may terminate the - present unhappy difficul
ties. Judged by his antecedents, no
_one
could - have been selected better adapted to
promote peace and amity with the Utah re
unites. •
TUE DEMOCRATIC ,WATGRIAN.
lICRI.LEVONTIK, 1 1 11411 i 6, 1631
LOOAL ANt)• PERSONAL.
INAUGURATION Or MAYOR lIOV.--Last
Tuesday evening a demonstration was got
ten up in honor of the Mayor elect, Adam
I.loy, Esq., and celebrated uith considerable
enthusiasm, A procession was formed, with
music and banners bearing appropriate in
scriptions, headed by a number ofour most
proutinon t citizens, who after parading the
principal streets came to a halt in front of
the Pennsylvania Hotel. A committee they
waited nEon the newly elected Ma or, and
informed him that the were anxious
ly in waiting to hear something of the prin
ciples by Which he should tx. governed in
discharging the important duties confided to
his care. Mr. Iloy appeared upon the bal
cony of the hotel, in company with several
other gentlemen, and after bein '. introduced
to the atiiiiiince'.by Messrs Murray & Beaver,
made a beautiful speech upon the responsi
bilities resting upon him. Rums especial.
ly -gi atifying to him this out burst of popular
ent litisiaam,aa it was anunuimal and unexpec
teil call from the' shades of private life, to
fill so highly important a position within the
g ift of on intelligent people. Ills manner
of address was easy and unessiftaing, his .
argon nts logical, and the system laid down
k for a general reformation in our 161
peo.rignients: gave the spina indubitable
donee that the confidence ot-the people in their
choice" had not been misplayed. After the
add ress Mr. 11., wee duly installed n ith the
nfual ceremony into office, and the crowd
dispersed without in tnli of incident.
AN I . NI Ml • AT.ExcrritidENT precede(' in On(
place it few (la) 4 ago. It tree currently re
ported by some one —and we believe the re•
port wee cirmilated entirely through diet n•
(erected motives, that a large gathering of
people had as,ettilileil on Cheap
was Indeed a mystery to everybody. No
public meeting had liven called, but men,
icemen, null children were hastening toward
that hitherto peeceshle and orderly locality
1,1 our Borough. Whdt could it mean 7
fled any person been drdwned, or inate with
sortie dritresming castuday, or cotildit be
posolble that some malignant bleck•hearted
t 'dein bad robbed end taken the life of Me
fellow creature? Our cariosity had inlet
been tem Iced to a firtrfut degree of intensity,
and we soon found ourselves mingling a•
Moog the moving thning which led its un•
eotteeionv of the fact, to the Boot, Shoe and
Leather Sore of Mr. l'homtel Bunelitic,wharo
Inv new good.; HAY the cause of such an un
usual occurrence.
tirrrunr I . ll{ a those Parens - -An ex
change lalkq thus sensibly upon the duty
of supporting home papers, every word of
hich we heartily endorse :—Recollect, if I
home wet kly paper is to be supportod,h omi.
influence rimst do it. Every dollar sent to
eastern papers, is at the expense of the lo
cal Journal. A county acquires prominence
through its paper n ore than...in •ny other
s ay. and to every tine who has the interest
of hi, county at lwart, his home paper is •
necessity, Niter will such a man take a
paper printed ftwoy film home until he is
aide to take a steroid paper. Ms first pa
per will lie his home aheet, and he will ao
identify his own interests with that of his
county paper, as to consider his subscription
as much a matter of yearly duty as t h e pail
merit of his taxes,
147Y.111 , ...T1N:11 ARCILEI.IIk/ICAL Moto % INY.
selVntine gtnlleman has been for some
time engaged iii researches among the
eirounds constructed centuries ago by abo
rigines, and scattered throughout the great
West. seeking relics, with which to form an
Anioricin - Sluseum of antiquities. Some
time 40, he, with three others, discovered
an ancient structure, circumxalliated and
surmounted with a tower,bearing an inwcnp•
tion in cdratige characters. The hieroglyph
ics were carefully photographed and a copy
sent to the Academy of Sciences at Paris--
All attempts to decipher them had been near
ly abandoned, when an aged Arab named
❑cn-Allen-O'Lyn, (or the " Well Spring of
the Desert,") eaphimed them to the wonder
ing havens as forming the following Bcm
tome t yoga clothing of J. Mont
gomery S Son.
11f1.ITA EfiI'AMPLANT.-A large milliary
encampment will be hold at this place Borne
time during the coming fall. Wo are m•
formed thtt companies will be in attendance
from !laming, Clinton, Clearfield, Blair.
Huntingdon, and Mifflin counties. Our citi
zens are already becoming much interested
in this matter, and will how no opportunity
to render it one of the most magnificent al
fairs that has ever oocurred within atir State.
We believe them is still enough of military
spirit among our people .to accomplish this•
Let us have such a demonstratien then as IS
worthy of the occasion, and show by our ac
tions that a proper estimate of the .services
of the soldier in time of peace has not been
underrated.
rioaconon Ei.scrtors.—ThaEeetion in this
plate on Monday last resulted in the chows
of the following persons without distinction
of party :
Chtlf Purge's—Atkin itoy,,JCsq•
Ass'ellurgess—C9l. D. K. Tate.
Town douncsl-L-thp). W. Tate.
Wm. McClellan, .
P. B. Wilson.
School ihrectou—lion. A. Curtin.
John T. Hoover,
John B. Cottle,
J. K. Shoemaker.
High Con.stablt—U. T. RelArock. 1
qtys ll,r. tns SACIE.—A gentleman was
once making fun of a sack which a young la
dy woro. " Yoti hag better keep quiet,"
was the reply, " qr I will give you the
sack." " I should be most happy," ay°
the gallant response, " if you Will give it to
me as it is, with yourself halide of it." -
lareracks,, differing only in "style," are
daily almost given away at lileStore of Wot•
p Plc .
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