BY DAVID OVER.
t! rr t po ft nj.
CATCH THE SUNSHINE.
G *t h the sunshine though it flickers
Through a dark and dismal cloud,
Though it fall so taint and feeble
'hi r. heart with sorrow bow'd ;
teh it quickly : it is pissing,
Massing rapidly away j
!■ . > only come to tell you
i'h tc i- ye! a brighter day.
Catch tins sunshine ! though 'tis only
One pale flickering beam of light,
''here is joy within its gliuiui'ring
hispering 'tis not always night,
It a't be moping, gi.mg, weep! ng,
Lo< : up! lock up ; like a ruan !
t . ••"3 no time to grope in darkness,
Catch the sunNlhue when you can.
'at the sunshine ! though life's tempest
May nufurl its chilling blast,
I' itch the little hopeful straggler'
Storms will not forever last.
Don't give up, and say *'forsaken!'
Don't begin to say -I g-M j i>>
Look there conies a gleam ol sunshine !
Catch it! ohp it seems so glid!
Catch the sunshine don't be grieving
O'er that darksome billow there !
Lite's a sea ol stormy billow s,
Y"e must taeet them everywhere,
l'ass right through them ! do not tarry,
Overcome the heaving tide,
There's a sparkling gleam <>f sunshine
Waiting on the other side.
Cutcii the sunshine! catch it glidly '
Messewrcr in Hone's emnlov.
Sent through clouds, through storms and hit- j
lowS,
Bringing you a cup of joy,
Oh ! then DON'T be sighing, weeping,
Life, you kuoW, is but a span,
There's no time to sigh and sorrow,
Cr.tch the sunshine when you can.
From the Chambernburg Repoiilory.
EDWiiti) Mcpherson.
K'lwaru M'Phoison, the People's nominee
for Congress, is scarcely thirty years of age,
aud yet few uten have surpassed him in slied
dittg tic lustre of gemus upon the Politics and
Liietjiure of the day. He was boru iu Ad
a.us county, graduated with honors at the
i ..nsylvania College at an early age, and has
then divided his time between literary
st-iiies, and the examination aud defence of
whet he has ever regarded as the true policy of
our governiueut. For ten years past he has
perhaps contributed more to an enlightened
discussion of the political questions befoie the
people than any other man of his age. Being
thorc ighly familiar with all the political is
sues, and possessing, as he does, a degree of
onerjry almost unparalleled, he has made his
mark in every struggle iD Pennsylvania since
he attained his majority. His earnest devo
tion the great American Priucipie of Pro
tec'iug our Industrial Interests against foreign
an pauper labor, has made him thoroughly
master of the Tariff question; and whether on
the stuuip or wielding his peu, he discusses it
with that candor aud force that must carry
CC-. " ion to evry dispassionate uiiud. Equal
ly earnest and untiring has he been in support
of Freedom in Territories consecrated to Free
Labor, alike by the plighted faith of our fath
ers uad by the immutable law of Nature.—
Defending, as he ever has, the protection of a
free and diversified ludustry iu Pennsylvania,
be could not but demand for the free sons of
tK North, who follow the setting sun to rear
• hippy homes in the Eden of the Western
World, protection from the degradation and
competition of the menial labor of tbe
slave.
But in his various political writings he has
2 j-llcd especially iu his uniform defense of
Icocouy iu lue administration of both State
and National Governments. His letters to the
iI 'Udelpbia Bulletin iu 1856 and in 1857, in
support of the Sale of the Public Works, were
tire most conclusive arguments in favor of a
separation Cjf our improvements from State
u. ...agwiuent jrp hayo eve: read. They were
; 1 title 1 in pay.flic* form by the friends of lfo
i'wui, and were instruments! to a great extent
in (.ffectipg the consumnJatiqn of the sale of
the Main Line 111 1857, and of tl;c remainder
of tim Canals by .he „>< .legislature. Tboso
letter , were pcrkct Mt-byofc.s for those M>e.tu
bejs who were disposed "0 respect the lflOg dH
i vgartlod prayers of tlu; taxpayer® f ir tue sale
i'ublio Works ard li ; . '.ijar'on of
..'".ter o. t ,rifltgacy UD: . nptio.', tbu
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Caual Board. His exposition of the glaring
frauds and shameless extravagance practised
by the State officials on our Canals and Rail
! roads, startled, aroused the people, and over
whelmed the vauipjres who have been plunder-
I ing the treasury. Much as the people of
Franklin county and of the State, are indebted
to our Senator, Mr. Brewer, and to one of our
1 Members, Mr. M'Clure, for the conspicuous or
perhaps controlling parts they played in their
respective branches in effecting this great Re
| torn), still we are none the less iudebted to
hdward MePherson for the masterly manner in
which he exposed the annual loss the people
were sustaining by the mismanagement of our
! Improvements, and foe his unanswerable ap
; peals to the people and the legislature for a
j sale.
But not in Politics alone has his gifted pen
made him rank with the leading men of our
j State, lu Literature ho has won for hitnsulf
the richest encomiums. We have before us
| now a pamphlet copy of an address delivered
before the Young Mens' Christian Association
j of liettysburg, ou the 13th of F'ebruary last,
on " I he Christian Principle—lts Influence up
ion Government." It is a tribute of rare pow
, er and eloquence io the influence of the gTcat
Christian Principle in civil government, and
we regiet that our limited space confines us to
hut a few brief extracts. We quote:
l Olau is an organ, many-toned and deep,
whose responsive chords are ever thrilling
through the great temple of tlu universe—in
the gentleness of the quiet pea), the plaintive
ness of the melting wail, or the joyousuess of
the full, grand, overwhelming chorus. The
causes of this diversity are numerous. By
coue alO tuey thoroughly understood. Con
cerning them there are conflicting theories.—
But their study can never be without interest:
for who can be indifferent to those great prob
loins, whoso solution will make clear the path
of human lifo, as It reaches back into the un
traceable past, or stretches forth to the illimit
able future.'' * * * * *
wtffc IFWMIrt Jt bit iff flff fjvil!/?i\tSW f SS
as antagonistic to moral or religious. But is
it possible to dissociate entirely moral and in
tellectual truth? Is it possible to give our in
tellectual powers free range over the ;•]; is
p ins* or the Jfpovvaulc, without thereby afford
ing scope for the exercise of the moral senti
ments. Can one side of a man move without
the other? Can one half of a man grow and
the other remain dwarfed? Can food be made
to nourish one organ and weaken another?—
Man's moral and intellectual natures are as in
tertwined as his nervous and arterial systems.
Oue is more or less dependent upon the other,
and both ure regulated bv the same conditions
of health. * • - * *
"White admitting the high position of in
tellectual knowledge, aud concediug it to be an
essentia! power, without which little substan
tial progress can be expected, we deny its ex
clusive claim, upon the ground of its inadequa
cy. Man is not all intellect, nor does lie, even
generally, act upon the conclusions of pure
reason, uuuiodified by his sympathies,his sense
,of right, of prudence and other causes. But
an explanation of human conduct which fails
embrace man's whole nature must be false.—
Tiie great irresistible powers controlling man
must peuetrato every part of mau—must reach
all his powers—must be co-extcnsive with bis
Duture. This intellectual acquisition is not. —
It is a most valuable agent. It is iudispensi
ble to all progress. It is elevating aud allevi
atiug in its tendencies. It enlarges the circle
of human enjoyments. It is 'the godlike prin
ciple which distinguishes man from the brute.'
It gives man power over the Universe. It re
veals hidden thinga aud makes dark things
plain. It solves the mysteries of the physical
world, and the still greater mysteries which
abound within one's self, whilst it expands
man's faculties, gives him new thoughts, and
lifts him above degradiug and brutalizing in
fluences. But it is not the only power by
which man is to rise. There is another, wider,
deeper, brorder, stronger. It is the power
which the Almighty offers for man's salvation.
Upon this alone can mankind surely rest for
the true eujoymcnt of the present, and that
bursting of agonizing bonds which we hopeful
ly expect in the future. * *
"Religion cannot be reasoned out of exis
tence. It has found many eoemies by whom
its progress has been retarded. It Las strug
gled long and painfully, and yet struggles with
tho master passions of men. It has bad its
fields of triumph. It has also had its tempo
rary reverses." * * * * *
• The physical world is ablaze with activities.
Our homes, our walks, our resting-places,
these streets, this spot, this towu, yea, the
whole earth, and the very firmament overflow
with influences, beguu, many of them, before
we breathed, and daily growu more numerous
aud extensive aud comprehending in their
reach all nature. No uian can descend below
them. No man can escape them. If be flee
to the desert, they are in the arid sand, the
parched earth, the burning atmosphere. If to
the mountain, they are iu tbe trickling stream,
the deep glen, the opeuiug gorge. If to tbe
uttermost parts of the earth, they are in the
frigid .skv, the crisp air, the very barrenness of
bleakness." * * * *. * .
"It is unnecessary, aud would be impossible,
to trace in detail, tin? iufluence of the (JHRIS
TLAN I'BINCIPLK upon every institution of his
government. This is the work of the historian,
not ihe brief essayist. A brief mention of tlie
most prominent of its resu'ts. is till that is iu
our scope. It has driven frim existence that
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 4858.
heroworship which led the ancients to deify uien,
while it keeps fresh, and makes more active,
the sentiment of admiration for the truly heroic.
It. has rescued man from those excessi v e pas
sions which swallowed up every principle,
making of highest merit what we call a crime.
It has diverted the sentiment of veneration
troui mythologio gods, but little belter and
sometimes much worse than men, and has in
creased the enthusiasm, energy and power of
i the feciiug, by giving as it object, the author
and embodiment of all good, whose holiness,
and justice, and goodness, and truth are with
out limit, or blemish, or defect. It has modi
fied the avarice of men, and proved its indul
gence iucompatiblc with prime duties. It has
dissipated the dimuess and darkness which per
plexed, and Gually overthrew the ancients
and it bids the modern walk along those deep
declivities, over those rocky paths and those
treacherous pitfalls—calm, confident anJ safe.
It bus taken up truth wore baffled philosophers
were forced to abandon its pursuit, has analyz
ed, described, and displayed its longsought
beauties, and showed its connexion with its
author, the great ETRNAL. It Is the parent of
true charity, which, before the world knew not
—that charity which "suffereth long and is
kiud," which "envicth not,'' which "vaunteth
not itself, and is not pulled up," which "is not
easily provoked," which "thinketh no evil."
It has peopled with exalted erections the moral
world, which Pjgani>in left, "a wildnerness
with fiery serpents in it," and has given its
largehcartcdness to modern civilisation, whose
noble benefactions and mmiificent charities are
"the outward and wordly expression of the
spiritual truths of Christianity." It has given
art the sniendid inspiration, the ravishiug ten
derness which is its crowning beauty, and
which, before, was sceu "as through a glass
darkly." It has giveu triumphs to the peDeil
of an Angelo, and the chisel of a Crawford.
It has adJt'd charms to the graceful form of
Justice, it has enriched Liw, by gifts from
its vast possessions. It has given Science a
grander aim, a surer direction, a holier mission.
It has uodificd the rigors of war, stimulated
the arts of peace, and introduced new and vi
tal elements into society, making their right
fulness the absolute and decisive test of all
auactments. It has overturned groveling
superstitions, exploded odious distinctions, and
fYWyyei'triaV uesifuewve" spirit' wuicn noma
fast the good, and pulls down the evil in the
world ; which 13 most intolerant of wrong, and
most protective of right; which has ever
Warreu against the evil practices of tt?cn, and
which, while building that splendid and spacious
mansion in which all the nations will ultimately
live in harmony and peace, is, in our day, most
occupied in destroying the ingenious inecbauistn
—those dark passages, those covert retreats,
those gloomy dungeons, by which the few have
wickedly oppressed the mauy. Through man
whom brusod and broken, it wrested from
the destroyer, and has re-created—whose vir
tuous impulses it has sustained, whose tastes is
has refiued, whose conseptions beautified, whose
ideal exalted,sympathies expauded,whose meek
ness, patience and courage it has strengthened
and over all whose facalties it has shed its
purifying spirit through this exalted re-creation
of its power, the CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE reaches
his daily life, his associates, his home, society,
and the whole name-work of government, en
nobling all by breathing upon all the balmy
sweetness of its nature.
"What iufluence so penetrative ? What so
porvasivc ? What so expanded in its reach, so
complete in its character, so intense in its ac
tion, so marked in its results? Permeating
every part of man, and every object within
human touch, omittiug nothing, baffled by
nothing, but briueiog all in admirable subjec
tion to itself, it is, as a groat balance wheel,
regulating the world ; checking its evil ten
dencies, cuceoragtng its good, and so mould
ing all as to give greatest glory to the Dirine
Author of us all. It is a heaven sent influence,
which no human invention can stay, no ob
stacles obstruct, and no combination of power
crush ; which reaches beyond this earth, and
will be co-extensive with eternity. Upon
earth, it is the controlling influence. And
when the globe has been melted with frevent
heat, and the heavens rolled up as a scroll, it
will wing its way to the home, whence for
man's good it came, and ever growing in pow
er, will through unending ages, rejoicingly in
tensify the praises whicb the redeemed will
sing to their Great Deliverer."
Such is the man presented to the People of
the Congressional district for their sufferages.
Iu the noon-tide of a most active and useful
life—thoroughly familiar with all the public
questions of the day both State and Natioual
possessing a rare degree of energy, and a
moral character unspotted and unsuspected, no
one can doubt that he would represent us in
our National legislature with equal credit to
himself and to his constituents. Friends of
our languishing ludustrv! Friends of the
sacred principle of Self-government! Friends
of Economy in the administration of the gov
ernment ! It is in your power by a united and
earnest effort to redeem the district ! It CAN
be done ! IT MUST BE DONE !
Hon. Win. Lawrence, of the Belmont, (Ohio)
district, who first voted agaiust Lecompton
aud aftciward for it, has been thrown over
bord, and a fellow named Sprigg, of Logan
county, nominated in bis place.
The Lecompton wing of the Democrats ol
Schuylkill, have uominated Win. L. Dewart
for Congress, and J. M. Wethenll for the
Senate. Tbo Anti-Lccoinpton men have a
separate ticket.
From Forney's Press.
Wilson Reilly on (he Stump.
BEDFORD August 31, 1353
Understanding that the Hon. Wilson Reilly
would address a mass meeting of the Demooracy
of this county, I stolled into the court house to
#ee and hear how things are s-td aud done bv
men of Mr. Reilly's political course. The rneei
iug was not a large one for court week, because
of the absence of the president judge; but it
! was respectable in both numbers and enthusi
asm An orgauizitiou was effected with the
usual preliminaries, and a Committee on Reso
lutions appointed. \V hen the committee re-
tired, Mr. Reilly was formally introduced to
I the meeting by a short but enthusiastic speech
from Maj. Samuel H. Tate. He was well re
ceived, and spoke for about an hour ou the sub
jects of Kansas, the tariff, un J the expenditures
ot the National Administration. About one
halt his time was occupied in au effort to justi
fy uis recent vote in Congress on the Lecouip
tou Constitution and the English bill.
He commenced wi.lt tbe first Territorial
Legislature; and, assuming it to have been le
gally elected, contended it had a legal right to
call a constitu'ioual convention; that the Le
eempton Convention was a leg I convention,
and had full powers to frame a Constitution;
that, having framed one, it was legal to submit
it to Congress for approval, without having
submitted the same to a popular vote; and that
the Constitution, having been so submitted,
Congress was bound to accept i, there being
nothing in it to conflict with the Constitution
of the United States. Suoh was hts logic and
mode of argument. He altogether denied the
fact of the fraudulent election of the first Ter
ritorial Legislature, and totally ignored tire
'till greater fact that this same Lecompton
Constitution had beeu repudiated by a mnjori
ty of over teD thousand of the qualified voters
of Kansas, and these same squatter sovereigns
had dieowued and protested against it in every
possible shape. He commenced in the middle
of K .usas history, and ended in the middle,
oaiitting the most important facts. "It was
the play of Hamlet, with Ilamlet left out,'' and
his great hobby was tbe legality of that pre
cious Lecomptou document.
• Shy lock never coutended for the "pound of
flesh" in the bond with more perseverance and
ornfui tiiuods, Mr'ruift'i .t,\v.u„t, a.
At the outset of his remarks he confessed he
had at one time viewed the whole matter differ
ently, but that lie bad changed. He promised,
before he closed, to the rWvBS of this
change, which promise he strangely and most
unfortunately omitted to make good. It was
no doubt expected he would give some pretty
good reason why be had voted and spoken for
Lecomptou after lie had written out that cele
brated strong speech against, aud shown it to
his friends, and sworn again and again hostili
ty to the whole iniquity. But in this there
was an entire failure. He labored hard in his
own defence, and was listened to with attentive
respect, but with a most marked aud significant
silence. Oo the whole, we considered his ef
fort a complete failure, aud the appreciation of
his audieuce confirmed our individual impres
sions. After he got off the subject of Kansas,
he succeeded in again exciting some enthusiasm
among bis hearers on other topics; but he is a
sauguine uigo indeed if he has not discovered
that his pathway is beset with difficulties, aud
that he lias a hard road to travel.
In concluding the Kansas portion of his speech
Mr. lleillv declared, if re-elected, and Kansas
presented herself to Congress with another
Constitution, (she having rejected the English
bribe by a vote of seven to one,) he would vote
for her admission. But shall we believe biml
As a Democrat, I, for one. will not. "If mine
enemy," says tbe Spanish proverb, "deceive me
once, sbaino on him; if he deceive me twice,
shame on me." Wilson Reilly was a popular
sovoreigDty Democrat before he went on to
Washington, and both in public aud in private
"swore terribly" he never could be induced to
vote for the Lecompton swindle, or auy other
instrument that bore upou its face such palpa
ble evidence of its bciug repugnant to a large
majority. He wrote an anti-Lecoiupton speech
aud read it to a Democrat, who is a personal
friend of the writer of this; he declared in
Chamhersburg, in Uarrisburg, and in Washing
ton, his abhorrence of the course ot the Ad
ministration, in breaking tbe faith of the Dem
ocratic party, solemnly pledged in 1850, aud
President Buchanan's declaration to the people
of Kansas, given through Lov. Walker, k'et,
afterwards, through Exocutive influence, or
through some other cause, he turned round aud
voted for this very swindle, aud is now engaged
in the miserable paltry undertaking of sliowmg
its legality.
A BUCHANAN DEMOCRAT IN 1856.
From Forney's Press.
Hon. Wilson Reilly in Juniata lounfy.
PATTERSON, Juniata County, Pa., bept. 11.
This has been our regular court week here,
aud besides tbe judges, lawyers, politicians,
&c., our county seat, Mifflmtown, has been
thronged witb farmers and business men gen
erally, from all parts of the county. Among
others, Messrs. Reilly and McPherson, our
candidates for Congress, are both here. Mr.
Reilly has found, since his return home, that
he is in quite a different atmosphere from that
which surrounded htm at Washington; and
although it may not have been a very difficult
matter for him while there, considering all the
influences which were brought to bear upou
bim, to desert tbe principles, and violate tbe
pledges of the party that elected him, since he
has returned, and is compelled to look his
constituents in the face, he has discovered, to
his dismay, that be has lost the confidence of
the masses that rallied to his support in '56.
j Then he was enthusiastically received overy
| where over the district; now he is welcomed
| by none bat those who enjoy the favors or fear
I the frowns of a pmscriptive and intolerant Ad
ministration. Then we had faith in the tnan.
lie had declared again and again to us his de
votiou to the Democratic doctrines, and dwelt
particularly upon his fidelity to that part of
our creed—the recognition of the will of the
majority—which the Democratic party has
maintained since the formation of the Govern
ment to the present time. We believed he
would maufully stand by his pledges, and use
all bis power and influence as a member of
Congress to crush the minority rule in Kansas,
and resist the attempt to force a Constitution
upon a people which they loathed and abhorred.
Hut he has dei-erted his principles and violated
his pledges. He stood firm for a while, but
the seductions of power were too strong for
biui. He has gaiued the favor of the Admin
istration, but has betrayed his trust. He is
now bete, trying to justify his course, aud
conciliate what ho well knows to be a wronged
constituency. He asks us for support, and
promises to represent faithfully our sentiments,
if be be re-elected. But his day is over. Ho
deceived us once—that is enough. He no
louger has any claims to our support. We
profess to be Democrats. We cherish the true
principles of the party, and will adhere to them
while we have a tongue to speak or a hand to
cast a vote. \Y e have therefore, to choose be
tween our principles and our candidate. Shall
we hesitate ? The 11th of October will give
you our decision. The Opposition held a meeting
in the court bouse, on Thursday evening last.
Speeches were made by Mi. McPherson and
the HOB. Jos. Casey, of Harrisbnrg. They
are united throughout the district, and expect
to elect their candidate without any trouble.—
Would it not create some surprise in HKIH
QUARTERS ! JUNIATA.
A BEAUTIFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS.—The
expenses of the Government continue far be
yond the rates of current receipts, which ave
rages ouly three-quarters of & million a week.
The new loan is paid in and the balance of
cash on baud is but a fraction over $9,000,000.
Even Democrats are beginning to appreciate
that the tariff of 1856 was, as to revenue, a
grand mistake. It became a law a few days
before the present Administration came into
appreciating its enormous capacities ibi speuu
ing money. There was a general reduction of
duty of twenty-five per cent., but there was an
e.ntiro aboliiion of duty upon a very extensive
oiass of articles. It is obvious that there
would have bcc-li an euviipous falling off pf
revenue, even had the imports contincd at the
average of 1856-57. The diminution of im
ports, combined with the reduction of duties,
has not simply brought the income within the
bill of expenditures; it has bankrupted the
Government. The couutry ought not to forget
that while the debt is rolling up at the rate of
thirty three millions a year, to be made good
by taxation, the foolish annihilation of revenue
was forced upon the Republicans by the insane
attempt of tbe Democrats to compass their dar
ling project of absolute free trade.
Even now, with all the evidence of financial
distress before it, a powerful faction of the
Democratic Party is contending for the abolition
of all duties, and a resort to direct taxation.
The Report of Mr. Boyc's Special Committee,
to which that subject was referred, has made a
considerable sensation at the South, aud the
exclusively plauting States are clamorous for
its adoption. Virginia, however, halts, and
appears indisposed to abandon her iron aud
coal interests, the development of which de
pends in a great measure upon the proteotive
system. The- Richmond Enquirer does Dot see
how they are to get along without heavy duties
on these articles.
From the -V. Y. Herald, ~iug. 27.
THE CAPTURED SLAVER—3IB AFRI
CANS ON BOARD.
The United States brig Dolphin, Lieut. Jno.
N. Muffit commanding, arrived at Key West on
Sunday, the 22d ult., from the coast of Cuba.
The Dolphin sailed from Sagua la Grande on
the morning of the 21st.
At daylight she discovered a sail ahead
standing on the same course as the Doiphin
which gained on her very rapidly during the
day. At 4p. nr. the sail hauled on the wind
as if tryiug to get out of the Dolphin's course,
which caused her to be considered a suspicious
craft. Tbe Dolphin tacked and stood off in
pursuit, hoisting the English colors, and fired
a blank cartridge, which not beiDg answered
by the other vessel another was fired at half
past 4 p. ui., and this also beiDg unnoticed, at
5 p. in. she fired a shot across the bow of tbe
suspected vessel, which bad tbe effect of pro
ducing the Amerioan flag at her peak ; but she
still continued ou ber course, aud seemed to
be making her best endeavors to escape, whan
a well directed shot from the Dolpbin took
effect in ber fore rigging, oausing her to heave
to and lower ber colors.
On sending a boat on board, she proved to
be a brig from tbe African coast, with 318
negroes.
Her crew were iustantly confined, and the
prize placed in charge of Lieut. J. M. Brad
ford and Second Liaut. Ohas. G. Carpenter,
and sixteen men from the Dolphin, with or
ders to proceed to Charleston, S. O.
Hon. ThadJeus Stevens has instituted suit
against Capt. Geo. Ssndersou, of the Lancaster
Intelligencer, for libel, the complaint being
based upon au editorial published iu the last
number of that paper, iu which certain direct
allegations of a personal nature were made
against Mr. Stevens. The action being a civil
one, tbe defendant will have more latitude in
giving the truth in evidence than h* would have
bad under a criminal action
VOL. 31, NO. 39.
I AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP A WHITE GIRL
IN SLAVERY. —A case that excited much ir
teiest, has receutly been before the Courts oi
Kentucky. The plaintiff, who sued for hci
freedom, is described by the Kentucky prpera
as "a handsome yoang woman, about twenty
one years of age, perfectly white, with long,
luxuriant, and straight hair, pracefui and easy
JD her manners, and having all the appearance
of an accomplished ond well-raised lady. H el
features bore the highest marks of European
perfection, and there was not the slightest in
dication of African blood in her veins." The
girl was claimed as a slave by a Mrs. Goddari
who attempted to prove her the daughter of a'
mulatto named Matilda, by whom the plam. iff
had been reared from infancy, but in this they
did not succeed, as no witness was introduced
who was was present at the birth of the child.
Ihe girl rested the case upon her own appear
ance, which her counsel declared was prima
facie evidence of her being free, and which
threw the burden of proof on those who claim
ed her as a slave. The jury brought in a ver
dict Jo the effect that she was a "free white
woman." The community gave hearty demon
strations of approval to the verdict.
OLD BULK'S TABLE.
The monstrous expenditure of the Democrat
ic party under the reigu of Mr. Buchanan, can
be properly seen and fully appreciated, bv
an examination of the following table It
spends, e
$*0,000,000 a year 1
$7,500,000 a month !!
$ 1,8 / 3,000 a week!!!
$-67,859 a day !J' J
$11,160 an hour!! ! !
$lB6 a minute ! !
3,10 a second '•••in
The following table exhibits the'annual ex
penditures during the past ten years, including
IUD'^R™ WNS ° F ' J '' JLOR '
1850 pfn '° r> $16,789,667 82
42,506,892 11
! "J ™ re ' 40,504,422 12
p ' 36,552,080 37
IH-U £ erCe ' 43,554,203 82
££~5 erce ' 51,018,248 70
*?rp erCe> 56,365,373 00
1856-JWe, 60,172,401 64
[£P"ihe Missouri Democrat gives a new item '
regarding the sale of Fort Snelling. It will be
remembered that the gale was a clandestine
transaction; and stands revealed to the country
as a monster plunder job. The Democrat says:
♦Without advertisement or notice of any kind,
$300,000 worth of property was alienated from
the government, and the equivalent exacted for
it was $90,000. The sale was DOC only clan
destine, but the price was nominal. Tpe par
ties to the contract wero National Democrats
exclusively, and after the reservation including
the I? ort was sold some troops were detained
there, and SIO,OOO a month, barrack rent, way
charged to the governmeut by the new propri
etors. The $90,000 purchase money, or the
greater part of it, has thus bees discharged/
"DEATH SITS EVERY DAY."— -Many years
ago, when a bill for the relief of an aged of
ficer was under consideration in the Senate, a
member who wished it set aside, suggested that
it could well be postponed; "Congress sets
every year." Mr. Fromentin, a Frenchman, a
Senator from Louisiana who advocated the
bill, pointed energetically to the venerablo
petitioner conspicuous in the lobby, and ex
claimed : ♦Yes, Mr. Speaker, Congress bits
every year, but DEATH SITS EVERY DAY—
look."
A TREMENDOUS CON. —A modest youn.
gentleman at a dinner party put the following
con. "Why are most people who eat turkey
like babies ?" No reply. The modest man
blushed, and would have backed out, but fi
nally gave his reason : "Because they are fond
of the breast." Two middle aged ladies faint
ed, and the remains of the young man wero
carried out by the coroner.
The Democrats of Berks eounty who are op
posed to the re-election of J. Glancy Jones,
have started a new German paper at Beading.
They are also negotiating for the purchase of
the Reading Gazette, and if unsuccessful will
start a new English paper. Jones will evi
dently have "a hard road to travel."
INTERESTING TO NEWSPAPAR PROPRIETORS.
—One of the Courts of the State of Indiana
recently made a decision which is of interest to
all newspaper proprietors throughout the Union
A controversy existed relative to a charge for
advertising between the Commissioners of Ham
ilton county and the Patriot newspaper. It was
held by the Judge that "the published terms of
newspapers constitute a contraoi. If work is
given to newspaper publishers, without a spe
oial contract contravening the published terms,
the publisher can charge and receive according
to the terms so published. It is not necessary
to prove what the work cost or was worth; the
publnhars have a right to fix the estimate value
of their column*, aod if so fixed, uo other ques
tion need be asked, but the price thus charged
can be recovered."
Kaife, a London aitist, has suoceeded ia
photographing an exploding shell. The view is
taken as the shell emerges from the smoke, and
shows three-eights of an inch of its truck. It is
carious that iu every iustunco there is in the
smoke about the shell a phautom human hsad,
j not visible to the eye, but quite distinct in the
1 photograph. It is uo doubt the rt-fleorioii of
• the hmlow of the gunner.