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BY DAVID OVER.
MUMS 01 THE ItYlllll.
Jf AMI' 3 OF THE SURVIVORS
ifessrs. Brett's and Glaubetikklee's
Matfittttufs.
We !v<Mv uii-ibl i last week on account of the
t.j- t pre?® "i political matter iu out columns,
a Lublish the toil on ing atfltemectc oud pai
ticnlar.® o* (lie tot note burmog of fbe Aua.ruv
Tt.e barque Lotus, from Liverpool, wttvui
ib Halifax Harbor OS Sun da} af K t'liQ-jti, will,
twelve.ot the sixty ® veu sutviv'ng.passeocers
of the steaarship Austria, burned at 9en Sen
teatLei 13, in lit. 45.01, hm 41 5<3, taken
nn do. barque Maurice on the 14ru
the • g'-nt of the Associated Prass rromeJi
tei'. boarded t )e I .of us, -u i ni taioed tbe fol-
particulirs
gTAItXIEM r MR. CHARLES LRt WS, O*
KNIM-AND.
[ t pasr-aae lit S-JUfhamplOU uU the 4lh,
u the steamship Austria, Capt. lleydinian,
•.rt'.ch left H.tmliorg on the 21. \\e.sailed ai
L I'. M-, the cveiling .being a littje m*-.tj, we
in onsequence anchqied between Isle of igbt
„.,J the iuiin-laod ;"sailed again at 4 o'elo k
on th' following m rning. In weigLing anchor
an utifoitimatc accident occurred, by which
'.fie cf tin* crew lost his life Owing to
mama teiv.usnagearent the auciror rancuf, whiri
iU*- rbe capstan round with terrific force, -and
nurling the men io -.1 l direction® Two were
sever el- injured nnd one thrown ovetboard. —
tie is supposed to have been ius'.autly killed,
.s be never rote to f't.e hurface. i com t&e
t rr.a the sfitp vta 1-id on ber eour.'o we ex
perienced strong westerly glea. Oa the 12fh
the weather was more favorable, aud on the
i3th a speed ot eleven kuts hid bs>u Attain
ed, and all were iu high hopes of re*achiug N.
York by the 18tb. At a little after 2 o'clock,
if., I was on the quarter-deck ; 1 saw a
dense volume ui' suioke huiit from tho after
octrancu of the steerage. SoaW woaicn ran
•.it. t-xclai:oing, "Tbe ship is on fire, what wilt
b • >mo of u® V' The ship was instantly put
: half speed, at which she continued until the
mtgaz'ue exploded, from which 1 infer the en
gineers were instantly suffocated. I only wtlk
vt fi otn where I was c-ti the quarter-deck to the
wawt of when I saw the fi .mcejbreajg; i
tog through the lights amidships.
was bead to the wind, the firo traveled with
tearful rapidity. I tleu went to the man at
ibe wheei and told him t. put the vessel with
tcr side to the wind- He hesitnted - prob't>!y
did not understand tue, as be wui a native ot
Hamburg I then got a German geDtlemau to
speak '0 him. At this time 1 saw some per
sonal letting down the boat on ihe pun side of
the quarter deck What became of the f oat
I don't know, but tbiuk she was crushed under
tho screw. I then went to let a boat ever from
itie stearboard ride of the quarter-deck, iut
the moment we Lid cur haods on the r pes,
there were fo many people hjo crowded into
it that t; could not lift it off the blocks
We therefore left it for a fVw minutes, until ihe
;sople got out, when we returned, arid JaoncL
ad it ever the side of the ship, when, the
people all rushing iutu it again, it defended
with great violence into the water, and was in
stantly M.Tinippd, all tbe people behtg washed
tut excepting turoe, who Urli on the aide®
We then lot down a tope, and pulled up one
person, who proved to be '.fie steward
Another, in the nut of being LauieJ up, was
strangled by the rope. Tbe fire now cemo on
too fiercely to attempt to get up ar.y more from
the awatr.pcd teal. All the first cabin passen
gers were on the poop, with tho exception of a
fsw gen'Semcn, who must have betn smothered
m the srr.ooking-room Mmy of the second
cabin passenger* were also on the poop, but a
number of them got stmt into their cabin by
the fir- Souie of theui were pulled up through
the Ventilator, but tho greater number coul i
not be extricated. The last woman who was
drawn up saad there were six already suffocated
Wc now perceived that tbo :Rip Lad got her
nead to the wind again, so that the flutnes Came
over tfco quarter-deck. Inconsequence of the
orowd I could not gut to the wheel-houso to
jcertain the mason, but I was informed that
tbo helmsman had deserted his pest, aud tLat
the vessel, betng Jefl to herself, beaded to the
wind of iter own accord. At this time the
seeuo cn tbe quarter dock was indescribable
and truly heart-rending Passengers were rush
•ug frantically to r.nj husband* sevkiDg
iLe.r wives, wives iu search of their husbands,
relatives looking after relatives, mothers la
menting tho loss of their children, some wholly
paralyzed by fear, others madly crying to be
s . ed , but a few perfectly calm and collected.
The flames passed to closely upon tbem that
many jumped into tho sea, relatives clasped in
each other's arms, leaped over and root a wa
tery grave Two girls, supposed to be tisters,
;umped over, and sank kissing each other A
cjts*iunary and wife leaped ioio tbe bcb togeth
er, and the stewardess aud assistant steward,
arm iu arm, followed. One Hungarian gen
ilciii.ia, with seven fine children, four of theiu
girls, made his wife jump in, then blessed his
3.x eldest children, made them jump iu ooe
after the other, and followed theui with an in
fant in his own arms. I, about this time, was
auuding outside the bulwarks, boldiug ou by
ihe davits, leaning out to avoid the )S%tnes,
*bich were leaping toward me. I saw as waiup
*d boat under tue, spinning by a rope still at
tached to the ship. As tho oars were tied in
<* r i I thought if I oould get to hor, 1 would be
•*oabled to save myself and some olbers. 1 let
myself down by a rope, passing over a man who
'<■ eiinging to it, but who refused to come
®itL me; 1 toek out a penknife to cut the the
'•ckle, the large blade broke, aud 1 then
severed it with the smail blade Tbe ehip
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i passu4 ahead As the screw approached, I
i found Urn boat drawn t .wai i it. I tried to
kc.p tln; uvat ..if, but the screw caught and
• ftaps:zvd her over ui I dived away from the
ship', Hint Am cue t the fcuiT.mo near h obat which
va- keel upward, 1 got on her, and by pres
sing on one ride, wiTi the assistance of aw ife i
she righted, but was still .swamped The. oar*
hid beca knocked >ut by the screw l'bc ouij
tiling I Could dud iu her to paddlu with um j
8 me lathe nailed tpg< ther as a cheating for '
•be nJefc When 1 locked hround', dm ship ,
was a quarter of a mile away from toe. 1 j
, eoitlii see the Ud.es and gentlemen jumping off i
| the poop into the water iii twos and threes,
some of the iadior . (tames. Soverrf hcsita- 1
ted to leap tioui ti>e burning ship until the t
.; Fast moment, as the height was -wenty-two I
. feet and were only t length compelled to j
throw themselves ofi to avoid a more patutul
tenth (u halt an Lour not a sua! Was Jo fee
seen uu ibo poop. 1 puhe i after ship, and '
picker up a German wfiu vvas swimuitag
' strongly i 1 got Litn Beside me on the boat, i
dil l WO piddled after the ship With th • laths ; j
i now saw a vessel under sail approaching , she |
; reached the steamer at about 5 P M w.; 1
i c ititiniied pulling toward Thetr., And about h itf- j
j past seven o'clock, after being live hour.-, in
tilt? water, got wiihiii hail of the sailing vessel, j
which put off aho it and took us on board.— !
She proved to te the French barque Maurfce. j
Captain Ernest Rmud, of Nantes, bouudfronr
Nnwfoun iian j, for the Isle of Bourbon, with j
fesb. She Lad, up t-j that time, rescued forty
passengers of the bcridng stea-.nc'r, -chiefly 1
t takeu o5 the b VPqr.l,though few were piefce i
iup ti a ting around. At about 8 o'clock one of '
the metalio boats o-roe up, with about twenty- ■
three persons, includiug the first and third .
officers , afterwards three ..r fuur m-u were J
picked up, floatiug at, u piece o( th; broken •
boat. The second officer was taken up, bav- !
ing been swisu.n ng, wi'Ji uothing to float bwu, •
for six hours. Tue second and third officer- - 1
were soveruiy huroed , one mail passenger
was burned frightfully, ami some other male
passengers slightly. There wore but sis wo
men saved, three of who u weie Lurae i, • rie in
a shocking manner. Captain Renaud acted i
with the utmost kindness. He gave olotbes as
fur as he could furnish them to the suffering ;
passengers, and acted as nurse, doctor aud J
surgeon to the Darned people, dressing the ;
wounds of the females with a delicacy and ;
'CtHernesa -a ins! evinced a benevolent and f
i amiable disposition. 1 Lid not see an officer 1
iof the ehip during the fir", and am certain
. there was not one of them or the crew on the
poop, except a man at the wheel for a short
time. T understood that when the Captain
heard of the (ire, he rushed on deck without
a cap, and when he saw the dames, exclaimed, j
•'We are all osi.'' Ho tried to get out a ■
boat, which, when let down, was swamped, and
i he, whether accidentally or not, fell into
the sea, and was join left far behind The
fourth officer was in thir. boa' He cut her
loose froui the davits she was carried under
the s ucw and smashed, and several in her |
dr- vvued ; three or four men escaped on a
fragment, nJ were picked up by the Manrice I
as before stated About th? same time, oue .
metallic life boat was let down from the port I
bow and swamped, but got cleared away, with
about thirty-three persons in her, including the I
first and third officer? and several women. The J
men in tins boat capsized her two or three ,
times, iu trying to clear her cf water Teo !
persons were thus dr. wned, including 9ome ;
women. Tbey afterward baited ber out with j
life-preservers cut iu two, and pulled to the !
Maurice, having picked up two or three pass-m- i
gers before reaching the barque. Altogether, i
there were 67 souls takeu into tho Maurice '
during the night. A Norwegian barque came ;
up with the steamer the next morning, and j
a boat was observed going around the burning
ship They may have picked up n few persons, ■
but only a verv few. The Maurice bad no :
communication with the Norwegian. At about ,
7 o'clock tho Maurice sailed to Fayal to
deposit t'ne rescued passengers At übout 3 j
o'clock the saute afternoon, she fell in with the !
I barque Lotus, Cap!. Trefy, of Yarmouth, j
j Novu .Scotia, (rout Liverpool for Halifax As
1 was anxious to got on British territory, C ipt.
Trefy kindly gave me passage. He was also j
soxious to take all the American citizens,'but '
there was such a rush of foreigners into the i
boats that only one load ot eleven could be j
j got off. ..mi even several of these were foreign- I
I era. The fire is kuown te have arisen from :
I very cupabie negligence of some of the crew, 1
The Captain and Surgeon considered it expedi
ent to fumigate the steerage with burning tar j
The operation was to be performed by tbe boats
wain under the superintendence of the fourth j
i officer. The boatswain heated thoond of a chain !
to dip into tar to produce smoke. The end be- j
came too hot to Laid, una he lot it Jr"p upon j
j the deck, to which it set fire Tbe tar upset, j
I and immediately ail about was in flames. A
i fceblo attempt was (bade to "extinguish it, but j
without effect. There WAS nothiug at hand to j
j meet such an emergency. The rescued passeu- |
t gers saved nothing but the clothe 9on their
| backs, and even the greater prt of these were
j torn off and otherwise lost. Six huulred souls
I were supposed to bo on board, including wo
men and children. Mr. Brew is the oulv Brit
ish subject saved Ho is in the British civil
service, and on his way to British Columbia.— t
He will proceed to Boston in the steamer Eas- I
tern State, on Tuesday, en route for New '
York.
The following is the statement of Prof.
Theodore G. Glaubensklee, of New York
! City,
At about a quarter past two, P. M., Sep
tember 13, being in uty stato room, I heard the
cry of fire. Hastening on deck, I saw tho
flames breaking through the middle deck The :
captain waa frying to get tbo people out of the ;
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1858.
! secor.J boat ou the port side, to hive it lower
j ml. I hastened to the foro deck to keep the
people fioir. the boat After a few miuu'es 1
it ui tied around to go to ilie quarter deck, but
could not get through tbe fire 1 remained ou
! ilie forecastle, the ship all lias iimo going on
i ward against the wind, uah the assistance of
| u sailor T cut Jown tho jib satis to throw into
the waier to U-.6 in checking the progress of
j the fire, but the people on the deck did not un
derstand our intention, and merely threw them
, it.to :he. water I tried to discover something
I with which t-o s.ve il.e passengers, but nothing
j was to oo found The spars had bmD thrown
j overboard, and 'bo bucket®, being near tbe
I wpic all .tu fire In about h-ilf aii hour
! the foremast fell, aud shortly after tbo Panin-
I mart, und at about tbe s .me imc-, the engine
j appeared fo stop. Tbe ship, which tun® far
l had been heading gradually turned to
tbe north, ar.J finally to the northeast Soon
! after the bhUeV seemed to collapse, aod ten
minutes after the magazine exploded By the
■ iurntug of theeliip, lire Sauies rnd smoke dsove
jto the forecastle. The suffering tb*o became
I intense, uui only hope now being in two ves
I st-ls iu tbe distance, one of which afterwards
j proved to he tho Manritre, eppYoxdbod up alow
ly, jhe othor, further uff, steering west, appar-
I ently took no notice of us, although she
1 signaled to do so ly 'he Oiptaio cf the M.u
--j vice lifeviug taken my stand on the chains
on the starboard side, 1 gradually advanced
j forward to uiake room for others-. Al,ftfeoiit
five o'clock the Maurice sent off a boai, svnl
as soon ae t ciitun near, T y.uqped int.; the wa
' tcr a-.td reacfecd it. Seven other® were taken
' iu, and the'bout rcicroed te the barque. Tw./
beloftgieg to the bnqae, ooCtioueJ to ply
. to auci from the steamer, {licking *ar all tbey
t could, uutil the daikneSß iCiloit taiposstbla to
• find more of the sufferers. Soou after sun.e',
! (he first officer and about a dozeu others ctme
;to tbe barque, Laving saved tbcuiselves by a
: life-boat, Liter, some Swedish sailors came
in part of a boat, and Mr, Brews aud a Ger
man in part of another boat
Mr. Glaubcnsklee's aciount of the origin of
1 the fire, coifieidee with that of Mr Brow* in
, every rertfsulr.
The following are the Dimes of the survivors
1 on bonrd the Maurice
TUX omcisßa AND CRAW.
L Kuhu, first officer, B. Heriman, 2d offi
t eer, 3. Bcrnot, 3d officer; U. Place, quarler
m itUr O Mcibuelis, botwoiS*3 taaifi; N
< Surgeuzon, sailor, H. iiichter, boy; S. Frci
' bold, fireman; Edward Aviiidolpb, steward,
C Poff, engineer's assistant.
PASSENGERS.
Maria Fiwdricb, Prague; RuSalia St. Zig,
Ooblcutz Batty Ergau, Limherg; Oatharioe
j Tinkel, New York B. B. ivendiuijn, Scharrn
: beck, Trina Hoskel, Biemerforde. Stinta
Mesmer, New Vork Charles Fras Nicaragua.
Thcadore Eisefeld, New York; Lfurrleid,
. Dresden D. Oohu, Cologne; F. Kcinlmnier,
do.. Jacob Rell, Baierk; Fratisz Fritz, Maiut;
Emil Tasz, Engau; Doctor Schoock, Cologne;
William Booker, Solingen; T. Wipfer, Elleu
; villa, N. Y.; C Liok, Chicago; Leopold Thil
■ ier, I'oshlowitz; G. Lukuiann, CiuciiiQiti; T.
■ Hohentoe, Looiica; Rufeous iViiduesa, L:uz
1 en, F, P. Recke, do.; G. Vollersen, Oappejo,
P'redrich Stabner, Zirinford; Ferdinard Steb
; oer, Zirinford: H. Osbar, Bremer.baok C.
: Becker, Blomberg; A. L irs, Cappoin N. Sicks,
; Holzen; H Wendell, do., C Buchc's, do.; F. 1
• Rendsbu r g, do., 3 Hoss, do., H. Hasz Bcr
| lin; Feter Tragucr, Worms; Wilff MUluw, do.
I Levy Bock, I'udorf. S. Pollack, Rutz len; Put!-
ip Mullor, Airau, Ernst Witte, Wedeu, A.
! Bionetiil, .Mauuheini; E WunscLmano, Liggan,
| Lyon Wolff, New York; Freiedhel Wigucr,
: C-assel, Jas. Smith Murray, Alc-xin liia,
Tk" following are the passengers transferred
1 to the Lotus, and arrived at Halifax
Charles Brews, Euglaud, Jean Polikeruska,
! New York; Philip Berry, Hackeasack; H.
j Renders, Sweden 0. Hogguist, do.; C V. T,
i Rosin, Richmond, Ya.; Henry Augustus Smith,
i Chelsea, Mass.; John F. Cox, Boston; Alfred
< Vezin, Philadeiphia; Theodora G Glmbeas
! kiee, New York
When Capt Waters, of the Prince Albert,
! ascertained that twelve ot tho Austria's survi
j vers hid arrived, ho kindly offered ail a free
j passage, and detained the steamer for the pur
pose of allowing thorn to embark. Ten of them
: availed themselves of his generosity, acJ nail
! Ed for New York, at five o'clock on Sunday af
' ternoan. •
The Tribune of yeiterduv Bays
' ■ • *
Ou the reoeipt of tho brief but terrible
i despatch from Halifax, yesterday morning, we
immediately issued *n extra. The news spread
. like wildfire, and in a short time the distressed
friends and relatives of tbe passengers besieged
j the Tribune establishment and crowded the of
fice of the Hamburg Consul, to learn their
! fate. Singularly enough, however, though the
barque Lotus arrived in Halifax Harbor ou
Sunday afternoon, uot a name was forwarded
for more than 24 hours after; and what was
sent in season for our evening edition wa tnea
■ eru and unsatisfactory iu the extreme But
that little was sudicianl o show the awful ex
tent of tbe calamity.
Right upon the heels of the fire oatne the
explosion; aud the flames beginning to rage
fiercely, the-wiid, unreasoning instinct of self
preservation swept down all discipline and au
i thoritv- A rush waa rnado for tho boata,
1 aud a tuob of affrighted people dashed into
i them, regardless of everything, iu their other
ness to escape froui the blazing ship. The
boata were swamped, and huudrods drowned;
thus the disaster became tenfold more serious
in its effects than it would otherwise have been.
But at such time it is useless to expaot that
discipline will prevail. And yot, ;n some scenes
of equal peril thero have been brave men who
j did not quail feefork tbe danger.* Wheu the
Birkenhead troop steamer etfucx a rook, near
the Cape of Good H .pe, and broke in two, there
s wereojsiy boats enough to save the wouien and
I children. There was no rushing or crowding
t th.u Cul Moore c tiled his brave luoi-"killeus
i nuJ foitiuu theui into line on the deck of the
j sin king Steamer, wbflo tberr wives and children
j embarked in tbe boats Tbe noble fellows, ss
i they si pod in line, gave tbr ?o hoarse cheers for
f j their departing dear ouee, and maintained then
| rank® unbroken 'ill the deck wis swept from
I under their feet, sul tho sharks come to their
: horrid feast.
!1 he repot t that the Austrian magaziub ex
ploded, bar igetit, Mr Kuohardt soaroely
cred '.a He states that sua never carried more
| thau fir'too or twenty charges of h-oif a pound
j eocLaor her s-yjual guns, aud that half of these 1
aiusi have been *ro{f at Hamburg aud South- I
! ainpi mi and the exptosiou could not have come
' fioui' ue spirit room, there being 0080 such ou
' board, as tho Geruiaui ure uot addicted to the
j use of ardent spiiits.
; Tl •■re are nan. speculiitio.iis os to the cause
.of the five I ij said that souia Gorman mer- ,
chxuo have boon kuowt; to pack dangerous
goods iakcuuc .i preparations) in the uilddlo of
dry goods cases to oheui the Bgen'a out of the ;
■ high rates of fi eight for extra haz irdou? freight, i
Iu this iuboneftt way the ships are placed iu
great 'd:tng"r, and there seem no means f de- i
teotmg a It is .veli known that sipiilar frauds j
• are-practised upuO ship bfad%g ship;?
from New York. But in this tuifafitse it ap-'
: pears (hat the mischief resulted wholly from
the efficers and sailors on hoard
Wt.cu the ship left Hamburg she bat 4b men
, and .rointij, ud lb chaldres *>a tbe fitat cabin,
103 flu and 'Ow.Leia aa t 8 children in (fee sec
out! Yabui, and 211 men uud women and 36
. childteu a, steerage passeogere— making in U
1 42 C? The crew consisted of about lv 2 per
-If© if .besides which she may have taken at
SouUeioploii sumo 50 or 60 extra steerage pas
eeagers, o.aking in all about 550 souls.
W° Ftero tßst lbs consignees ato in SvUie
doubt about ihe number of steerage passengers,
: as ons of their letters frem Hamburg -tatci the
number m only 220.
i D£SCIIPTIO.N Gi' THX AUSTRIA
i Aoooi Jiog to the N. Y IL-.ald, tbo Auattu
| Was odo of lito four cteamers ooustituiing tho
i only est iblishod line between N. York aud Hatn
; bufgi called respectively tbe Austria, tbe SsX
; cute, the B-irasiU, nd the Hamuonia. Tbe
j. tanr fir mentifwicJ vesads were nearly fac
similts of each sod were built at the
j Clyde, near Glasgow, expressly for tho busi
ness io wbieb tfipy are now engaged. The
Austria was ratbei larger than the Baxunia, and
was able to accommodate the greater nuuib n r
>of pas-eDgora Her burden waa 2,500 tons,
her leagtb over all 345 feet, ber width across'
the beaut was 40 feet, and the distance from
! the promenade deck to tbe bottom of ber hold,
156 feet. She was almost entirely composed ot
, iron, nut even tbo staucheons being of timber.
! She was barque-rigged, and could carry a vast
amount of canvas?. Her machinery was on
tbe newest, most approved and most übstan
tial plan, and her propeller was driven by what
is leruied by engineers a steam hammer eugiue.
i'iio Austria had. four decks, noue of which was '
I a spat duck. They were a promenade deck, ■
! main deck, 'tween deck, and lower deck, and
each of tbetn d.vidd from the next to it by a
j more thau ordinary distance. Her model uud
. general appearance were more that of a ui jui
taoth yacht ti.au r.u ordinary steamship Ilcr
extending prow was oraa men ted by an elegant
ly sculptured represfutation of the double-head- ,
icd eagle of tbe Austrian empire, and every ;
part of her exterior was plainly and tastefully
[completed. Hci tuternui arrangements wore!
; aiiutrabiy suited to maintain health and com j
i fort a atony her passeugers. In the first cabtu ,
j fifty-four p tsscngers could-be well aocomai)da- ,
ted, aud in tbu second oabin there wero sccptn- '
tuodaltotis for 117 passengers, while the steer- j
ago affurdw.l ample accommodations for upwards (
of 400 third clus passengers
of K. Fraukitu.
Bxnjamin FRANKLIN has been constantly i
and confidently claimed by the Frea Traders as ,
of their school-in political economy. We were ,
1 sure this cnuid not bo true, for the Doctor was :
preenainen{ for common sense. That ho was
not a Hard Money man, his published essays
(abundantly prove; but tbo evidence that he was
a Protectionist was not so obvious We thank,
therefore, 7Ac South (of all the world) tor the
letter from Franklin to his friend Humpbiey
Marshall, which a correspondent of The South
has unburiad from the records of the Virginia
Medical Society Perhaps it has been printed
before, but we do not remember it it is as
follows
LONDON, April 22, 1771. j
Sm: 1 duly received vour Favors of the 4th
of Uotober and the 17th of November U gave
pleasure to hear, that tho' the Merchants bad
departed from their Agredtneut of Non-Jnipor
tatiou, the spirit of ludustry and Frugality was
likely to continue uuiong the Fcople. 1 am
obliged to you for your Concern ou my Account
The Letters you mentioned gave great Offeuoe
here, but that was not attended with tbe iroine |
diate ill Consequence to my Tuterest that seem j
to have bceu hoped fur by those that acnt Gop- |
ies of them hither I
If our Country Feople would well consider
that ail they save in refusiug to purchase for
eign Gewgaws, and in makiog their own apparel,
applyeu to the Improvement of their Plantations,
would render those more profitable, as yielding
a greater Produoe, 1 should hope they would
persist resolutely in their present oc.-mendalle
Industry aud Frugality And there is still a
farthai Consideration, The Colonies that pro-
June Provisions grow very fast Bill of the
Countries !bt take off those Rrovisions aorae
; Jo not increase at ail, the European Nations;
' and others, as the West India Colonies, not in
the same proportion. So that though the Le
uiand at present may be sufficient, it cannot
long continue so. Every Manufacturer encour
aged iu our Country mikes part of u Market
for Provisions witLia ourselves, and saves so
much Money to tbe Country as must other wily
be exported to pay For the Manufactures he sup
plies Here iu England it is wH known and
understood, thai wherever u Manufacture is es
tablished which employs a Number tji' Hands,
it raises ihe V r aiue of Lands in tbe neighbor
ing Country ali around it; partly by 'be great
er Deniaud near at hand for the Produce of the
Land, aud partly from tiro Plenty of Money
drawn by the Manufacturers to that Part of tbo
Ouuutry. It seem*, therefore, the Interest of
all our Farmers aud Owners of Lands, to en
courage our y°uug Manufactures in preference
to foreign ones imported uuioiig us from distant
Countries.
I aui much obliged by your kind Present of
cartons Seeds. They were welcome Gifts to
some of my friends. I send you herewith some
pf the new Rirley lately introduced into this
Country, and now highly spoken of I wish it
may be fouad of use with us.
I was the more pleated to seo iu your Letter
the Improvement of our Paper, having had a
principal Share in establishing ihat Manufacture
among us many years ugo, by the Encourage- i
inent I nave it.
If in anything I serve ycu here, it will '
be a Pleasure to
Your obliged Friend and humble Servant, '
B FRANKLIN
M ii§Oii Reiliv's Record.
A public officer is the pe*..pie's Servant, and
should always be able to ebow a clear page ■
How is it with Mr. Reilly' In 1854 the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise produced an ]
internal exc.iemem throughout our oountry,
breaking up and remodelling parties. Mr. 1
Reilly publicly expressed hie disapprobation of
the act, aud condemned the motives of those
who were its authors. Yet we now find him
tackiug about, stumping his district iu favor ot
the K IUSSS and Nebraska bill, and advocating
tbe justice ol thu repeal of the Compromise.—
His conscience no doubt forced bitn to change.
I* hen :bat odious and unpopular Lecompfon
Constitution was before Congress, Mr. Reilly
presented a bold front against its iniquity, de
clared that he could never bo induced to eup- j
so flagrant and open a fraud, aud asserted not !
only at W ashiogiou, Lot m the streets of his !
native town, thai his conscitueo never would '
permit him to imposo upon the people of Kan- j
sas so fraudulent a constitution. Yet for some '
motive best known to himself, that course of
his suddenly relaxed, and iu the face of his
repeated assertions we fiud him advocating the
vary Constitution he so often coudcmDed, and
voting that with if, Kansas be received as a
State, bailing to impose this Constitution up
on Kansas, Mr. Reilly votes for the English
bill, which sail in effeot to the people of Kan
sas "You may vote on the Lecorupton Consti
tution, but ti you Jo uol adopt it you shall not
bo admitted uo a Slate of this Union uutil
your population is more than double tbe pres
ent number. Mr. Reilly conscienciously voted
for this bill iu Congress, but new says be will,
if elected again, vote for any Constitution the
people of Kansas may present with the present
population. Freemen of the seventeenth d.s-
District, can be lo tiusted 1 He has cautious
ly, and with duo reflection, reooraed Ins vote
that Kansas shall not be admitted unless her
census numbers one hundred and twenty thous
and persons, and ho also proclaims in his
speeches, thai he will disregard his former vote
aud receive her at any time ehe may ask ad
mission.
Mr. Reiliy has always hueu a Free Trade '
man and opposed to Protection In every
contest betweoa parties when the tariff qucs- !
tion WSB before the people, ha invariably oppo- j
sed the fiariy that advooated protection and i
Amorioau industry; and yet wo find him on his ■
return from Washington, boldly announcing in
his speeches that he now is in favor of protec
tion for tbe coal and iron interests of Penu- |
svlvauia. What becomes, Mr. Reilly, of the;
tirades you formerly heaped upon ttie "aristo
cratic uon nia-tera" when they asked protec- j
tion from our Government' Aro their votes •
and those engaged by them necessary to se
cure your election, and do you now insuit them |
by your pledge only to change again should .
you get in tho atmosphere of Washington!— ;
Tbe people of this District now feel that iboy j
require some man to represent them upon whom
they can place implicit confidence—who bus
bacs-fcona enough to do right, eveo when pat- j
rouage and power aud parly require to do ;
wrong, end autecodeuts are of a character (hat
the interests of the district will be advanced
when entrusted to his care. Suoh a miu is
Edward McPherson, Esq., whose election we
now regard as certain.— Fulton Republican
COLD COMFORT.
From the Juniata papers we learn that Mr
Reilly's efforts in that county have not result
ed much to his advau'age. Ha addressed tho
Democracy of Juniata a week or two ago, in
tbe Court House in Mifßintown, aud of course
endeavored to explain how he bad managod to
swallow LecOmpton, after Laving turned up
bis nose at it in tbe uio3t contemptuous dis
gust. Among other speakers called out, was
James Alexauder, Esq. Mr Alexander begged
to bo excused, but tbe Demooiaey were inex
orable, and be bad to gratify theui. Hs pro
ceeded to address tbe meeting, and concluded
nis remarks by stating that "be was Mill a
Democrat, but could not endorse the Q&IcUS
VOL. 31 NO. 41
' Ltconepton doctrine oj JAIIE s BUCHANAN and
WILSON REILLY" Mr. Alexander's speech
WSH short but to the point, an J be sat dowu
amid the fhunderiug applause of the Juniata
Democracy. How Mr. ReiiJy felt, the reader
can imagine.
From this it appears that a URGE portion of
tho honest Democracy of Juniata too, as well
as in the other counties of the District, wiL
BOt eud<".rss "the oaioua Lecomptou doctrine of
Mr. Reilly," It is no wonder — the only won
der Li that, with hi? record upon this important
question, the file leaders of tho Nigger De
mocracy could have the hardihood to place HIAI
before a free aDd independent Northern con
stituency for re-election, to Congress. They
must regard the people as fooD—and tee re
sult of the Election can SIOBO determine which
is correct.— Repository.
Jhiiik of it Working Men
The Government under James Buchanan has
cost the people, during tho lost fbcal year, a
little over ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS —about equal to three dollars and
a half for every man, woman aud child, rich or
poor, black or white, or mixed iu the country
Ralkcf than expensive democracy '
Liboiiug men new receive upoh an average
throughout the country, under the present Dem
oc ratio system—about fifty cents a day, or about
$l5O a year. The Government spends a fcan
i dred millions a year, principally to feed and fat
ten a large army of office holders. This sum
! amounts to as much as the earnings of OYEP,
HALF A MILLION OF LABORERS; Is it
a wonder iLai the times are hard- White the
: Government officers receive about 33 per oent
more than ever before, the working men of tho
! country get 33 per cent less! What a glorious
thing this Bu-hanan democracy is 7
1 James Buchanan, in 1840, declared in tha
| United States Senate that we should ''reduce
j our nominal to the real standard of prices
j throughout the world," and thus, would "cover
the country with benefits and blessings." Buch
auau is now President and tho work of "reduc
iog" has already commenced. If the working
IDJO like it, all they have to do is to vote the
Democratic ticket next October.— Carlisle
i .tmencan.
i NEBJNGER VS. FLORENCE
Politics are running high in tho oiy of Phila
delphia. Ilf*l. B. Florence's Congressional
District, Dr. Nebinger, en anti-Lccompton
' Deinocrai, has challenged his Democratic oppo--
j ncnt to a publio discussion. Here is a speci
! men of 'be charges made against the sitting
j member
" 11. T hat yua have deliberately, persist
j ently,cqd repeated!y,violated the promises made
by the Democratic party to the people in 1856
and especially that which committed that party
to secure to the people of Kansas a right to
vote upon their own institutions in their own
way.
111. Thet you are ucw at the bead of the
most infamous proscriptions of citizens f>r opin
ion's sake that over has beeD witnessed in this
district.
IV. That you ore attempting to overawe the
freedom of choice and tie freedom of elections,
by packing the Navy Yard with your creatures,
and by expelling all who will not worship your
betrayal of principle.
V. That you were the only Northern man
who, iu the House of Representatives, dared to
vote to encourage-the horrible traffic in slaves
that traffic which is condemned by Interna
' tional Law ar piracy, and stigmatised by alt
i Christendom us a foul stain upon civilization
j and Christianity."
Who Makes (tar Tariff Laws I
In 1844, when it was told that English mu
j ufaclurers wero raising money to procure tha
i repeal of tho Tariff Law of '42, the Loco Fo
j cos raised u great outcry, declaring that tha
niODey was to be used to help to elect Henry
\ Clay. The following paragraph will give an
idea of the manner iu which the money was
used. Tho Free Trade doctrines disseminated.
however, were Bank notes transferred to the
pockets of those who hod the management a f
the Tariff Law of '46 :
HOW THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF OF 1842 WAS
BROKEN DOWN.—In a volume of Essays onti
' tied '-'Men and Things," by James L. Baker, of
! London, recently published by O.rcssLt.Nichoils
& Co., we find the names of a number of snb
suctibersin 1844, to a fund to be used for the
j purpose of disseminating free trade doctiine,
j especially iu ibe UuiteU States. About four
' hundred aud fifty rhousaud dollars are tnid to
have Leeu subscribed and tbe London f;m<a
admitted that under tins foreign pressurs trie
tariff of 1842 was repealed.
DREE SCOTT DEAD.—The somewhat eii;
uent negro, known as Died Scott, whose pame
ia intimately connected with perhaps the acst.
famous and impcttniit decision of the Uuiteu
States Supreme Court ever rendered, died, in
this city, ou last Friday. He ws bom in Vir
ginia, and brought ta this city by Cap;. Petef
Blow, father of Henry T. and Taylor Blow, to
whom he originally belonged. Hts hit owner
was Rev. Mr. Chaffee, ot Massachusetts, who
got poasessiau of him by marriage, uud by
whom he was eniancipted, toon after the late
Supreme Court daoiaion. Dred Scott was *
good uaturod, harmless, faithful negro, and was
about fifty-seven years old at the time Of oik
death.— St Louis A\vs Srot "20
A man recently walked two d y rub'Jftg
and was weak a fortnight a.'.erwjfda
m