Mg
rie 7 m
dross of the Dotheoretic State Cat* Com
mittee.
.1
re.i.Low evrtimvst----The appreichingl - election' I
fur State officers, and for members of Abe- I.4egisla
tore, and representatives in Congress, according to,
an honored ouitom ' calls upgn the Democratic Con-.
tral Committee of Pennsylvania to say a few words
on tho issues involved in thecontest;and on the gen
eral aspect of things throughout the country. It
has been well said, liat the Democratic party of the
country never" occupied a higher or more- enviable
put , ition'than at'the present time. Out-of jmwe'r
Washington and at Harrisburg, its 'measures have,
nevertheless; vindicated -themselves by the most
triumphant resulte,,while the general policy of Dem
ocratic adininiStration is the polei-starbysWhich even
the Whigs guide theirshattered barque, and by which
alone they are enabled to keep themselves from pull
_
tical shipwreck,
A little more than a year of experience ofa Whig
national adminisiration, has foinished to history an
other interesting and valuable example. Coming.
y into power with a huiri c anlelated at the prospect
of continued.rule, the Whig leaders themselves were
anion the loudest te rejoice—however much all may
have regretted that the immediate . cause should he
the'stidden death of General Taider—at the termin
ation of a Regency, "the Members of which, 'going
into place amid henna of 'ability, experience 'Mid
statesmanship, remaindd in office only leng enough
to make-themseiveenniversally odious., tivery_de
pertinent of the deneral government, under their, in
fluence, gore during that period, melancholy evidence
of the Incapacity or unworthiness of its Secretary.
On the ono hand, our foreign relations - were . pin
ducted in a manner to dem; the whole country With
ridicule, and with such blundering awkwardness as
to extract even from the representative of that foreign
nation, which sympathies most with Federalism, the
remark that it was spear and unpopular. The 'Frees
nry D.:put t -nom, notwithstanding the in intOentnal
giant, as hetWas called, 'at its head, did nothing,
during the same of time, but establish,the feet - that
the Secretary, in his tear upon the ,ystem of his pre
decastior, bad forg,otton the filthiest rules of political.
economy. In another remarkabe instance, we saw
one Member of the sane Regency urging claim
against the Guvernnaent, for an exhorbitant sum of
money, most of which he received hiinself,,,having
first driven a hard bargain with his client, and then
obthining the old of 'hiseolleagues hi carrying it
through • its various ,troce'sses without law, ,in
defiance of law, and in utter disregard of the
whole course oftho trovernment in similar cases..=-.
To complete the striking,plcture, Congress. by a
decided vote, including several independent Whigs,
rebuked the Regency that had supported the claim,
and had agreed to its dnyment, in terms of the se
vcirest reprehension. The Regency left office amid
general execration of their conduct, and at a moment
when other developments were about to be made,
proving still further their unfitness 'to conduct the
affairs of a Republican Government.
It is a fact that speaks loudly of the inconsistency
of ear opponents,-nnd of the triumph of , Democratic
measures, and at ilinsame time, that while the last
Whig State Convention - refused le nominate :Mr.
Srnon3r, fur Canal Commissoner, because of his vote
against a justlivar-*the war with Alexico—Mr.
Fta
stonr., the new Whig President, at first entirely 'over
loolss Pennsylvania: in his choice of Cabinet officers,
and confers the Treasury upon Cortwuv.tvliose oppo
ninon to the same ivar was so bitter and so uncom
promising, that AlexiCo elevated hint into one of her
household gods, and the American soldiers burnt
him hi effigy on the very field where Ise wished they
U'alight receive a welcom with bloody Viands to liospi
tabld graves.'
We refer to this/significant history of very. recent
events, with .no desire to revive unpleasant recollec
tions, but to show thepeople of Pennsylvania—First,
how-utterly unfit the Federal party are to adminis
ter the Laws: Secondly, how inevitably their false
factitious course before every election ' covers
them with disgrace, when they get into office: And,
thirdly, to place in contrast with their doctrines of
expediency and extravigunce, the plain practical,
popular and comprehensive creed and conduct, of
Democratic administrations. It is iu view of these
facts, now a part of the history of the country, that
Iwo think every Democrat has occasion to be
. proud
,of the position the National Democracy-occupies at
'a time when placed in a temporary minority. -
Under these auspices a the Democrats of Pennsyl
vania have gone into `he present canvass, with re
newed courage and confidence. They feel that their
cause is right and just, and they instinctively recall
the %Ville: pledges and promises which preceded
Ithe election of 1846, and do . mpato them with
the proscription and persecution that ha le since bro
ken and trampled them under foot. Convinced at
the moment these professions were made, that they
were never intended to be fulfilled, they have no re
ret now, * save that those who aided to'defeat the
cnnoCracy less than two years ego, should have
only teen convinced of the faithlessness — Of those
' hey then cottaled in, by the utglticholy failure at
Vashingtoa, to whiCh we have 1-Nerred . Dave not
ho members of the great Democratic party, there.
k ore, profound cause for congratulation, amid the
!!eneral feeling which holds up the imitation of our
ules, the enlightened example of a Democratic ad
tninistrationt
It was under tha impulse or such feelints as these
hat the Democratic State convention, which assem-
I
led at Wi jail:mi:at on the 29th of Slay last, placed
n Ira minat on the several candidates for State offices,
osa ria es you find inscribed on all our banners.
T iese candidates deserve the support of the people
f Pennsylvania. Two of the officers to be voted
or, have just been made elective by the Legislature
thus imposing an enlarged responsibility upon the
citizen in the discharge of his elective duties. •
From similar causes, and the rapid growth and
Widely extending interest of our State and nation,
ave our elections, year after year, brought with
hem an increased importance and additional risks,
est our people should fail properly to appreciate and
iligently to defend their liberties. ‘Ve point with
ride, fellow citizens, to the workings of our repo
lican system, and the official condmcWseverally, of
hose Democrats whp have been chosen to fill our
laces of trust, especially since the election of the
umented Francis R. Shenk. The policy of Gayer-
orShunit's administration:was the salvation of Penn
:ylvania; and has been an example to all others,
vhich it would be madness in them not to fellow.—
high-souled independence and stern integrity of
that Executive, and the Strict responsibility to which
every officer of his administration was held, soon led
to those great results, and to the esablishment.of
that admirable system from which 30 much that wits
beneficial to tho State has flown. The course of
the same statesmanlike Governor on the subject of
lhnking, may always be prottabl©•;roforred to and
mitated.
Where was there,:inlthis.liroad Union,'a system of
public works morp economically and more indefati
gably conducted! The revenues of the State im
provements, and the expenditures necessary to keep
hem in repair, Constituted an'exhibit into which the
emocratic party might fearlessly challenge ihves
igation. Under Democratic administrations, no
reedy Galphin is found nmbng the honest men who
neutral your public works, audit your public accounts
Pr pay out your pulic monies, forgetting all Jaw and
all propriety; in the anxiety to lilt his.pockets with
dishonest gains. Democratic policy, and Demoera
ic integrity, lifted off the load of debt 'which had
een piled upon Pennsylvania by the Gi mum that
uled and ruined in the adiniuistrition of /own
assn. No longer is our fair fame outraged by,the
pprehension of, repudiation. No longer are the
s tate improvements used for personal and party put
oses. No longer are the Canal Commissioners en
. aged3n7gambling for votes with the people's money;
n establishing "missionary funds," to reward poli. !
teal emitlavies, or in openly corrupting the ballot
uzes. The Jeffersonian doctrines or economical
xpenditure, honest dgents,andl ow salaries, has nev
r been more successfully tried than by the Demo
ratic party of Pennsylvania. .
‘Ve appeal to every citizen to give his support to
he Democratic nominations for State 011icersT-corn
. sed as they are; of able, hnneet, and energetic ct
izens—men of tried'integrity and capacity; 'every
no - of of.whem has been endorsed by the votes. of
ha majority of his own immediatefellow niti7ena.—.
''f those who know them best s and have known them
onoest.
We appeal also toseur fellow - citizens, and espe
cially to the Democratio party, , . to keep constantly
in view the great inmortance of electing.honest and
Well tried men to representtislit the State Legisla
ure; men who will advortate the usages:which hive
ilrode our glorions principles triumphant: Who 01
ternly abide by tho.nominationoi made by the major
ty. _A United States. Senator is to be elected in
=
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Iglu - Wirt for eii years) nextendulug !Width of PITON
11450 i, and it is due wear State that sueht Dettlb- •
ern shill be chosen'as will prove to,Wequil to the
lofty :reeponibilitleiof the pestilen t and faithful
represeative of tha'-well hnowtt'iopinjons of the
Democratic party,;;;-::
It must not be- forgotten, fellow citizens, that
however Ample are the causes pleiding:iti Savor
the success i t the Democratic party, and however
odious the political principles to which we are- all
Opposed, victory cannot be attained without - 'a - vit. ,
orous and harmonious effort on our part. Do not
let us suppose that the Whig party is disorganized
by recent events and recent exposures. We have
seen a majority of Whigs on the floor of Cobgress
voting to 'sustain the GALPUIN infamy; and we
must not be astonished teem the Whig leadem.in
our State trying , in the face - of recent
,occurrences,
to obtain themustery itEthe coming &intent: • It- is
now as it always ht.e been, contest'. between . the
two antagonist parties;-:between the friendsof
tocratic doctrines and expensive-goveronient,:mnd
the adiecates.of ,Thnocratio 4Octrines, And a fru
gal governinent; and, however; disastroosly the
fortune of the,day may eventuateAc! ; tho first, it will
retain enough of its ancient vigor to contend rigkinit
hp last at every fitting opportunity.' 4
'rhereforM -fellow Democrats; we - Invoke you 'to
lilmot4 end to concert'. lii 7 several 'of: - the-town=
ties differences-exist which' prudence and 'patriot
ism may soon compose... Will ••not, our - political
friends in.those mimics pause and ponder- upon the
importance of sinking all_persanal difibreacos, for
the good of the commOn cause, R4fornher if these
feuds are left opehirtg abil,featering,youlmay have
Whigs in your State offices; a %rim United - Staten
Senator:' and 'a' Whig Congressional delegation,
tvhich,•iit the event of the next Presidental contest
going into, the linuse, , would throw .thel,sote • of
Democratic rensivit - ania against the Democratic_
candidate.•; How, utterly humiliated those.. will ,he.
who, failing to exercise a disioierested.apirit, stlay.
aid to giVe ViatorytO Ottr•adversaries, and who , in
the hour Of DeMocratic 'defeat may be
_hold_ jiistly
accountable for the fatal consequence? WO' again
invoke'Otkr political biethern to exercise all prudence
and cafe—Ave invoke all , candidates.- to remember
that the causeds higher thaumero men—and, if our
conneeli - ehall be heeded, we may took forward to a
triumph worthy of
,the best days .of 'the glorious,
Democratic State of Pennsylvania. .
JOIIN HICKMAN, Chairman.
EDWARD' Alxveane, Sec'y Pro tem.
, ..
' Gene Hinton who, was yesterday arrested on, a
charge of mail robbe ,is again
,at. large. In _the
l
evening he.was taken before Mr. U. S., Commjs
slimier STETSON, who flied hii bail at 810,000.
ie,
The. Gen. being a gentleman, instead of being ikent
' tojail for safe keeping, in default °fairing bail, was
I indulged in hie requst.to be put under keepers at his
oWn room, at the Weddel House. About midnight
he dodged out of the room, shut and locked the door
' after him; thus caging his three or four keepers and
setting himself free.. Alarm was immediately given
and pursuit made, but to no purpose. To-day a te
ward of *5OO is offered for his apprehension, and
every effort is'being made to accomplish it. !ha he
been a common rogue, arrested for stealing a sheep,.
instead of fingering the mail bags, he would' have
been safely lodged inside the prison walls._ It is
sing:i!ar how justice gets cheated.out of the great
roues lately, in these digging.
i , .
Ve learn that the evidences of Gan.:liintoregi guilt
were mot conclusive; indeed they -are made source: :
ly mere Eo from the fact of his running away'. ' -
Gen. Hinton is a man extensively known thro'-
out'Ohto and many other portions of the Union, es
pecially to persons of the highest respectability.—
Ile is of mature age, some 50 or 65 years, and has
an intelligent andiutoresting family ,residing at Del
aware. .
In the minds of a few individuals connected with
P. 0. services, he has been suspected of depredatioris
upon the mails, for the year past; but Co the moment
of his 'arrest, probably not ten,mon in the 'world, had
the remotest suspicion that lie Was anything but an
honest. man. 7'lke probability now is, that he
has filr a series of years been engaged ,in robbing
the mailbags! for the successful prosecution of
which business be had great' facilities, being the
General Agent of that extensive concern the Ohio
Stage Company. .
At the time of his escape the prisoner was in
charge of °Ricer lilcKtNsTar.• We trust he will yet
be overtaken and brought to justice.—arti. Iler.
'Fun Fisnatz.i. Murronrixoss.--Mr. Secord, the
woman who murdered the innocent girl near Fieh
kill village•ou Suhday. the 18th - Olt, was still alive
at last accounts and likely to recover. From 'all
we can learn, she was o woman of exceedingly bad
teMper. Those who ba►•e known her long all con
cur in saying that she was ono who had an ungov
ernable will; and who made on with whom she as
soCiated unhappy. Secord, her present husband,
is is man of property. The girl' murdered was re
garded by him as an adopted daughter and' emir
dinglyletreated,her with no littlentrection and kind•
ness.. Mrs. Secord, a second wife, who.had relo-
lives to whom she wished to secure her husband's
property, could not hive the girl; and it seems ,that
she long premeditated her murder. Since thatdreati•
ful event she has said that if she could have killed
Secant, her husband,' she would be willing to:, die.
The plea of insanity•has already been set up, for this
unfortunate woman; and if she lives :for trial; as she
probably will, that plea will be vigorously and elo
quently presented as aground for her defence. She
may be acquitted on that plea. Nevertheless, the
circumstances, the temper, as well as the past his
tory of the
,woman, will fasten on the minds of
large numbers the conviction that she was. guilty
of delibeiate nulrdo.r.—Poughfreepsic American. •
TIM COPPRR or LAKfi Supinron..-=-The Cliff and
Minnesota mines have recently been turningout Im
mense masses of copper ore: the great difficulty ap
pears to belan gettipir it from the mines in pieces
small enough . for lertipment. , Seven. pieces taken
front the ClifF mina weighed 29,852 pounds; four
from the Minnesota, 14,941. - The masses aro so
heavy, that it takes teams of ten, tWelve, and some
times fourteen horses to haul them tee distance of
three•quarte7s of a mile from the mines to the lake.
The copper is too tenacious and compact to-be bro
ken in pieces in blasting, and in blasting, and it has
to be cut up in pieces, with a long chisel, three.fourtbs
of an inch in width, by ,chipping
,off ~piece after
piece with a - heavy hammer. By thisilovi sod ex
pense proces, these large meses of copper are cut
up into pieces for'shipment. A seminar recently
sailed for a port down the hake, with - upward of sixty
tons on board, and the docks are filled with masses
cf the most enormous size, waiting shipment.
not possible that this copper could, be sawed much,
easier thin cut with the chissell
DRUMM, TRRNIPA4I.-.-A young wataan. ' about
,
twenty-four }Tars of age, who lived near the corner
'of Duchenquette and Columbia streets, was found
dead in her room, yesterday, merging, having died
1 during the night previous, while afflicted. with the
,delirium tretnege. ' Dorin,g be present Month, she .
haeleen Intim habit of Sr i king, and on Friday
night procured a bottle ofti jokey, all of which she
swallowed in -the course of tr: hour. This is the
'eat known of her until nextlmorn, when her lifeless
body was kliscovered-rher two Innocent and helpless
children over it, trying to woke their,muther. Alas!
that wretched mother mother slept the sleep of death;
a victim to, her inordinete 'indulgence, and it sad
warning to the intemperate!—,St. Louis 'Rapist:i
con, 11th:
thaotrriming FAmit.r.—Within • the lest
twelvemonths the family of Ex-Senator Norrell of
Michigsn; has been nearly blotted The first
Catimity was the sudden- disappearance of Mrs.
Miller, (en only daughter' we believe,) Undtir
umstances the myst painful. q - Nest the sudden
death of Mr. Norvell.ort his return from cprotract.;
ed search for bis,daughter.; A, few, :dap, since it
son diedlat,Baratifge,,__ A short but sad.history 0f,4
family which a 'few months ego,sew tistight in the
futiire bat thq,brightestithitaissi, of hope: It' lies
- been • pretty satisfactorily • aseertiilited' that Mrs:
Miller Went to gitrope instead Oforer the" Falls.—
Cievelatul,Plaht; Maw r . :• : •
• istlrn on Atrr-Tpoti. •-tUnder this ben sc -
r!unentn, Place!' Times refities the, fdllowint:
A Pirs.. - Binirtiy, of Yuba City, Who hita been imh
ject to temporary fittof int:inky fur'sonte time peat,
went to theriVer s'rew days'AitO'' for Water: - Her
pail was found on the banhoteborrtinw r
ober was picked up in:the strfateksonte. three 'miles
down, whetheishe had tigatedi ,with?,ut...possesing
any knoWledge tif awirolning. „
The Ezei,pe.
Atecitkinot Di:1401 WhAWIVOstr —
Bottrolgt 'Aug.-110:
This morning,,Pkessor I .7vbit Webster ,
suffered thit,extrinie penality;tif - the low, for the,
myrder of Di. - George Parkinan in the Boston Med-,
ical College, on the 98d of November 1849.
The execution tools plate fil the yard of the 'Lev.:
crest street Jell, in presence Of about three hundred'
persons, who were invited to attend by Sheriff Eve
„
Long before the time fixed for the execution, the
streets in the vicinity exhibited an extraordinary et: -
citanient, and thousands congregated on the roofs
and in the windows of ail ; the buildings in
,the vi-,
cinity, in the hopo i ofgettioga•view of the primmer
either as he stood upon the scaffold, or as be passed
- through the yard toil, Premiums werefreely offer
ed,ar,d given for Choice places where. thilt pcaffold
might be vietvpd. .`
§trangers poured Into the city,by thonattnds
vied with the citizens, in exertion's gercvieu ,
of the fast sad Scene..- A large awning was erected
Over the.scalihti, which to a' cansitleinbiy extent•ob 7
ittrucied the view.-• It was announced that the exe.
Pinion ,would take place at nine o'clock, though the
persons adintited were notified to be Present at eight
o'clock.•
• - Athong those admitted to the jail - yard' were s t ir.
I oral reporters for, the press. of this and Other cities.
The pri'saPti Was attended in'hii cell, before the
executiee;by Rev'. Dr: Putitant and a 'few Patera.
and appropriate end deeply affecting religious'aervi-
CeS were held. - •
considerable time was comsumed, by these and
other causes of detention.. The prisoner „was at
length Conducted from the jail 'through the yard,te
the scaffold, Valkidg thinly and conducting birnielf
with the composure that he has tilli,lottU exhibited;
Ho atidendedtbe Sdatruitl, pipe :was adjusted
by.Sheraf Hveleth:‘and at precisely twenty minutes
beforolew o:clock, the drop fell,'and he was swung
into eternity. •• ...• - • „
lie died ; without struggle, and after being suspen
ded for some time, the body was taken,down autkcar
tied inte'tite'prbion again. ,
Professor Webster'ehearieg op to the timed' the
execution wal - flrie is'ever, He expiebsed the ikep
eit penitence for his grime, and his senso of the MI
justice of his sentence and execution. :
Nn new confeasion was made, as wad reported
would be the case, and no now statesments, have
come to light as yet, since the execution.. The re
port that. he left any othsir statements, to be opened
uPer his death, is not believed.
in compliance with one of the lastrequists of the
unhappy man, his body will bo laid out in the prison
end remain there until to=night, when it Will be re
moved to his late • residence in Csinbridge, from
whence it will probably be interred privately ',to
Mount Althorn.
Mri.NVeb-ter and her daughters areas yet tirtaevi
intedwith the fact of his execution. Their Itist visit
to the prison was,yesterday, the usual day for,illeir
visits, and as they always parted its if they were
nevesslp'meet non, nothing unusual
,loccurred to
indicate to Omni that the day of execution was so
near. The sad :Intelligence will be communicated
to them as quietly as' possible, to 7 ,day; to prepare
them; inn measure, for the reception of the corpse for
rpa Bulletin.
Ateanna.—Wo are pained to have to-chronicle a
fearful tragedy, enacted in our borough on,Sabbatb
evening last, resulting in the death ern man nam
ed George RiChwine, by a blow fiom a' brick threw')
by another; named William Elliott., A'ilispute hed
arisen between them; as'Wo nnderstoed; abent'sorne
pigs, Which.: led to high words; and terminating in
Elliott throwing first a stone; which ,missed Rich
wine, only knocking oft' his hat, and thin throwing
a second time with a brick bat, which being better
aimed, struck him on the aide of his headjust above
the ear, and immediately felled him. Dr. Vanvalialt,
was called, and upon , examination, was of opinion
that the wound would prove fatal, as . it unfortunate
ly did, in about font and a half hews afterwards..—'
Elliott escaped, but has since been arrested at his
brother's, in Union county,' and is now:lodged in
cur jail.—Lervistotoo &mem% of Aug. 29. ,
Terriblo and Probable Fatal Tragedy between
Relatives. , ,
Last evening the neighborhood of Hodson 'street
between Horatio and Gansevoort streeth,was the seen
of a terrible excitement, caused by the report of a
pistol in the house of James Queen, who fired two
successive_ shots at Edward Coates, his brother-111'-
Iw. The .pistol., was loaded, with bullets, ,one tof
which took effect in the ankle at Mr. Coats, and the
other in his stomach near the leftside. The facts
in the case as near as could .be ascertained, are as
follows. It appears that who is brother to
Mrs. Coates, visited her some days since during the
absence of her husband, and on that occasion he in
a familiar manner invited her to take a seat on his
knee, which, she declined doing, after which he left
the house. Soon afterwards Mr. Coates ! , returned
home ? and his wife related to him the condlnt of her
brother, to whom Plit::C.111. nose liiiiieSeCCi a note, in
which he chargetiQueen Witli_atteinpting to seduce
Ida own sister.
Mr. Queen,answered the letter denying in strong
terms any such intention and demanded ati apology
for having received such an insulting letter, but his
demand was not complied with; upon which he pro
ceeded to the house of gr. Coates to see his' Sister
relative to the matter, not expecting to see her hus
band. In this he was disappointed as ho met gr..
Coates on the Steps leading to the door, when the
latter demanded satisfaction and at the same time
thrust'Queen's letter into his band saying there is
your answer. gri,Coutes . ,then seized Queen, pushed
him into the middle of the street, in duing.whieh he
struck him several blows, whereupon Queen turned
and fired the piStel at: his adversely. the charges
taking effect'as before stated.. Officer BurliSen of
the 9th, Ward' immediately arrested - Queen, who is
!lOW confined in the .lelferson Market prison, await
ing the 'result of the injuries billeted by him.
Judge Bletkett and 'Alderman Ball were sent for,
and took the deposition .of the wounded man. A
physician ,was presently , called and dressed the
wounds of lifr.C, whoa; a late hour last night was
sent to the hospital, there not being then, the sligh
test hopes of his recto ery. The. accused resides
in Washington street,lllrooklny.—.N. 1, Express.
Guars Bosns.--A week or two since Mr. John
Horned, living on Rolling Fork about 151 'miles
from this place, discovered a human bone protru
ding out of the sand on the river bank. It proved
to be a thigh bone, perhaps the largest ever seen.
lemessures about sixtimes the number of cubic in
'cites as that of , a common sized' man Judging
from the size of the bone found, it once belonged to
a human being some 12 or 13 feet high. - Mr. liar
tied has also found a collar bone which is in about
the same proportion.---That it is a human bone
there cap be no .doupt.,--Elizabelhtoten
Register.
LAnag ESTATEL—A enso was lately decided in a
California court, which concerned the disposal of an
estate, valued at $700,000, left tiv„..deceased ,Call
fornia merchant named Leidersclo - fil ~This decision
covers the title to a /Argo amount of land. He Watt.
a foreigner, andliS only relatives were residents of
the Danish West Indies. He died . intestate abOut
the time of the annettatinn.of California. The de.
cision if, that Leidersdofrand his heirs, being aliens,
hid no title to property in .th e United . States, Ind
that hikestnte ta public territory.,
•
GA LP/lIN A cOna cv.—Mrs. will be i . e.
inembereil. eitimated,' in' ~tteiernber lest;' 't ;That the
sOrpluXim - hand In July, andlhe avails of loins dile,
the government ' s would be absordedi sin addition to
the reuMmo, leaving a deficit .of. $5,800,000, June
30,1850; The year has now closed, and the result
is an excess of $3,89,3,639 ordinary revenue, over
ordinary expenditure. A slight error of nearly ten
millions! -
•O' The, following pithy little paragraph - Is char
enteric of Bulwer: • -,..
!!VY4eq,poveny bogy, thp dogs ( bark at it; and,
itthan ppyarty .s is ill, tbeldnotors mangle end whop
'Foyet,ty sallytogthe ;meets - scold et 'it; and when
povettyle dead, itiobods: '
-- .
117 A novel snit against the-Fitchburg Itailroail'Cons='
Pop,' inuiheer4f 013 2, 1 00900 d I W,Brilon. to xecover theetat
nte panalty. t ,iir $2 O„ Joy failing to provide.* pmuienger
with issesit.' after 'aelliiitt him a'tliket:: ' The court has
taken time to - decider'whetheir or - not the• : remedy I. by
criminal complaint •In the ?olio° taint. .; —,- ,: .:.:•.? ,-
• 'Tits. Pormotoia or six 'F i nintsco
TioPutatloii 0.000: including' *pig
on*hipt , &Aid. it 1* flilryl-1,000: fitinterlrevilltgolf
pp to 50,001?!
~, brie 01.04.0*40;'
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SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTSMBER 7. Ifi!..1(0.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
- Oft CONGRESS;
CARLTON B. CURTIS,
*m14110,, «WO*.
cANAL,,C O . SI3 ;I B S I43 NPI• .„-
WAr; T. moßisoN, of MoOtgonlory.
"'AUDITOR GENERAL:
BANKS,' of
St yrki9it ciENZAAL.
J. i'..BRAWLEY, of CrowiOrd.
county Convention.
The Democratic Electors of the soveral
Election Districts in this: County ; are ,re
quested
_to . meet at the places
,of holding
elctions in their seveial i Wards and' , Teyva- :
ships, on Saturday the 15th day of Sept.. inst..
at 4' o'clock P. M., for the purpoie of choos- -
ing dOega,tes to attend a County, CcTen
vention, to be held it . Eric, on .Saturday
the 22d inst.,- at 1-o'clock; P. M., to nomin
ate a County Ticket, and appoint central
, • .. , • ,
.Committec; &c. •
DAVID OLIN,
W. A. GALBRAITII,
E. W. GERRISH, •
WM: W. WYA.TT,
HENRY GINGRICH. • ,
WM.' G. A RBUCK LE, --*
MURRAY WHALLON
ERIE, Sept. 7, 1850.
Ill" Oar correspatident. -“City of Erie." is infortned
that it is n universal -rub" with the nevrapaper press not
to publish communications, no matter whet tho.subject.
unless - the real name of the author is known. We aro
not disposed.to deviete front this rule. oven upon the all
importaut subject of Railroads.
(a' Read the address of the Stato Central Committie
in another"celpinn! ' Democrats, the idea of October are
approaching, nod it is oecessiry -you" should begin to
awake'tto the impOrtinceof the principles and inoastires,
the meets or condemnation of which, it devolves upon
you then to detormino upon! The whit, ore not bleep.
though to all 'eppenranco one would think so! No, they
intendjo motto a hold push; order to strengthen the
Adnituistrationof the State and Nation. , licaaes the
political complexiiM of tho next Congress somewhot do
plitde upon our etrorts 'in Penniyivanie: the full. The
election of a United States Senator and tho appo r tionment
or the State for conreisloniil purposes, will dovolvo up
on' the Legtaltiture td bo chosen in October. 'end it will
not do l lo entrust power M our enemies under zilch Cir 7
ourostencei!: Read tlio Address, then, Doinocrats; and
prepare for action!
Good'Newa from Clarion.
Our accounts from Clarion, the Gibraltar of the De
mocracrof this district, aro of the most encouraging
character. From private sources we learn that the nom.;
inatiou of Coatiti is well received—that while they on
doubted!). • would have preferred their own man, Gap.
Ci-ovna, they are not unmindful of their dillies as Dein
ocrats, and will give our neig)libory the Bank Attorney, a
Buena Vista reception: The Democrat says Curtis
run Judge Thompson': majoriiy. say 1,000:" That is
sufficient, end will leave WALSER where ho ought to be
--at home!.
Erie Seminary.
, !Phi! is. the name of a new institution of learning to bo
opened ehortly in this city, thendvertisement of which
Will be found in'to-day's paper. Some of the Teach
ers engaged in this enterprise nre well and favorably
known to our citizens, while the others coma with the,
highest recommendations as to character .and qualifica
tions. We think the project a good one, and cheerfully
recommend the institution to the patronage of parents
and others.
IC? We are 'gratified to 560 that U. W. Scortui.n, Esq.
of Warren, has been re-nominated fore scat in tho Leg
islature by the Democrats of that Assembly district. fie
was one of the most efficient and ablo members of the
last leglilature, and 'deserves a re:election.
The policy of the Timid.
"Speaking of Railroads." the ¶ lazctte says it "hopes
no proposition will be- seriously entertained looking to
the repeal of the charter west." ' Should we say to the
proud iron-horto on' reaching Ei e, 'thus far thou shalt
i
go, and no farther,' the trade refer ad to would. by sheer
necessity. be forced through on the Canada side. There
.
fore. our true policy, as we Cone ive , is to yield to the
'pressure of circumstances,' Salle ion the construction
of a Western Road in the nouns of at least a year or
two. in the 'noontime requiring fu , and securing to, our
selves the advanteges'of those poielts of exchange which
... •
almost , noturedly centre hire."' We vote nay to this. It
is thO 'lobe) , Of the timid and the time-serving! Buffa
lo has declared war upon our faterests, and strong in the
faith of the "power of the alinighty dollar," has boasted
that she will do as Cho pleases on the soil of the old Key
stone. Blow for blow. under such circumstances, fs our
only true policy! Baying drawn the sword upon us, ve
are the timid dolts and cowards in christeadom. if we do
not do the seine upon her. and throw away the scabbard!
Let the trade and travel of the west go "thrones on the
Canada side" or Groeiland.'for ought we care! ProCions
little good will it do Buffalo.' we apprehend! &tildes,
so far as our local or State interests are concerned, it
might as well seek that channel as to pass us as Buffalo
soya it shall. But much the largest amount will not do
that: 'Shut down the. Gate at this place—lock the back
door of Ponnsylvanie--and the trade Ind travel of a large
portion of the Lake Basin, and nil of that of the south- -
west. comprising the rich and fertile Tallies of the Ohio.
the Wabash. the Cumberland.. the Tennessee. and the
Father of Waters and its tributaries. • will seek en outlet
through Pittsburgh to Philadelphia by means of the Cen
tral Railroad. This - woold , double the • inhabitants and
wealth of those cities in ten years, besides,what inciden
billion's& go great a stream of trade and travel might be
to the country through ,which it will poss. It is true
this would be of sso benefit to up locally, but if eitiesare
to ha built up by this means, we, as Pennsylvanians.
ought rather to see, our own clam' benefited then
those of Now York. Our
.Ipcel , interests first. and our
Stabs interests next; ought to be the policy of every true
son of the Keystone!, If we amino! possess the jewol
ourselves, lot us keep it witliiiii Otir own
have
et least!
These are our own sentiments and we have no dOubt they
are {hose also of the 'people. . • ..
An Excellent Nomination.
In' the Washhigh:in and :Deaver congressional disirti,
the Democratic Conferees hi tie fixed opcb (701, Thomas
I. Power. of Beaver Conntyi iti thele'eandidato for Cep.
gram Col. Power he one ofthe held Democrats in We..
tern Pennsylvania. and we hoer) eiery reason to believe;
,
if propei 'keit' sare made , Ily aup friends, that he tool
be eierdtid Irk militantly inajority. - Jahn' Allison; of
• B e aver; is the Ig candidate iti the same district: '' "'
The Editor.of httAllaimy Etroning 4ipirgas s thc r i g ht.
h in d , man of . " her!lawi", Snlllitni. he* been ; PreneFati.
by in Onond sa salt-mappfacttuar., ft yillspore math
FAO '*tillrrilAll.. l o9• ll 4 o 9 . MW4Sli with, ; the. following
atiggespeßWAPPlY #.1 1 ! ILPProfwill44twes! to such Whigs,
if illY Olftt+ ire. . 1 0,1kin.1104 tot) tlWhilut Af dtsaffec ?
fien"'!' or ig!,;coier '. 0114 . - AO;Ril 3 igct it !4.50°1 0 50;
lliatFillmore won't "call oft." -.
1.11.0 k Piotureg, fiefitkoiten!
CROpptele . under OW Insuaretof . its 24w
:tither. hes undertaken to read ihe:••••eireptY•lhrece
erhlgeovhodli`viyi* for Walker last fidlcant of the ptur!
ty. This I. rfdinji - st pretty high horse; we lake it. for
young gentlemark::evho, two year ago. Was a radical
',Democrat defender of the Admitristrefion offdr. Polk.
But. every one to his taste. and if these "seventy-three"
Whigs are willing to let such a "squatter" read thorn out.
ire Objectiiricrif - ciiiinef We cruet. teirev•'
er. refrain from calling their !mention to the supercilious
Manner their new driver crack' his whip. Listen' Mr.
Walker is a lawyer. says Sir Oracle, and because ho has
attended faithfully to cases against you, he has made you
his enemy and you, You "soventrthree" blackguard'',
..dive into the past and drag op every inedvertency,
err Suhdake"- our irnmad'ulata candidate fias g.gionietly
and innocently (Innocent :11.bigtil, iSsc..) committed)" and
for this you "are ever on ilus alert to injure his chhrocter
and political prospects." You "are generally men of no
principle and possess no influential character, but vet you,
are annoying." says' this late defender of 'Mr. Polk and
the MeiieettNai.:-,Undoubtedly. Vert . "ennoyingt"-7
But listen further. Red you shall hear hots you "annoy"
this honest Lawyer: "Like the venomous insect that
works Its way silently and unseen into the skin-and thou
breeds and diffuses its rank poison through tho system.
these persons, by, low. underhanded moans, succeed in
poisoning the minds of: credulous. unsuspecting men.,"
They make the gratification of their own private malice
paramount to the success of the great principles of their
party. Such moss- there undoubtedly are. and undoubt
edly have made themselves busy heretofore In proeuriug
as fer as lay in, their power the defeat of .Walker."
There Messrs. "Seventy-three" whip who dici`nt vote
for Mr. Welker last fall, you can just pick up your traps
and start.. There is no use lingering longer around the
groat .Whig maxim's seat, for you have committed the un
pardonable sin. and your political salvation ie not worth
es much oven as the promises-to-pay of the Defunct
Monster:
The Railroad.—The,Erie' folks are beginning to Stir
thetnselyes in the matter of the propteed railroad through
their tillego. They 'believe themselves regularly "sold;"'
and are. l treginning a useless course of recrimination ono
against ;the other. It would bo a laughable affair to see
the bilas, bit; end to find that parties so fond of double
dealing and so utterlreareless of honorable engagements.
were themselves the victims in the end. For our own
part we have never entertained a doubt but that the vast
tide of travel would flow westward in au unbroken chan
nel and sweep by Erie, as she passes the other specks
upon her course. That village will reap uo more than
the ordinary benefit from these great schemes. She has
a gotid harbor and ntust preforco be a place of some con
sequence—but her frlends ask too great a dowry for her.
They should be less covetous unless they desire to surfer
disappointment.— Wesyield Messenger.
That is your opinion. Mr. Messenger. Now listen to
'ours. We possess the key to unlock the door for New
York to the trade and travel of the west. Are we asking
too,niuch, when worray to New York if you want to use
this key. you must do it as we say. That trade is im
mense. end m its transit to the East and a Minket, it
must and will contribute to build up a city somewhere.--
Now wo ask ifiat Erie shall be that place, and unless this
request is granted. why we shall lock the dour! That,
the Now Yorkers can rest assured of. There is nothing
more certain in the future ;than that tlio Ponits:tlvattia
legislature will repeal Loth the charters under which it is
claimed a Railroad can be built from Itere . to the Ohio
line, if it is ascertained that New. York presists in lagtng
down a continuous gauge through the State. That, we
appreliend„ would give your mind some "doubts" wheth
er the "vast trade and travel would flow
,wetward in an
totbrokeit channel and sweep by Erie as oho passes other
specks upon her course," would it not?
there is another view of this matter which it is
welt these NeW York Railroad gentlemen should under
stand at once. NewYorkis not "all tho world," neith
er are her capitalists "the rest of mankind." Of this
they will probably bn convinced ere many months rolls
over their heads. 4 . rrangerneuts will bo made at the
r meeting to.day for sending one commissioner on the part
of the people, and One on the part of the Erie and North
East Railroad, to Philadelphia immediately after it is as
cenained that tho New York and Erie road throwcup
her contract to extend to this place, for the purpose of
negotiating with the capitalists of that city for the revival
and immediate construction of the • Sunbury and Erie
road. The route of this road was surveyed some yeillA
ago. and is much more favorable than any other road of
similar length in the Union. There is on:y about 400
unites of it to build, and of this distance about 17 or. 18
miles of the Ned now nearly completed to the New York
line would answer. The balance of die wort towards
tho lino could easily be made profitable by finishing the
bridge across the gulf. and using it fur a toll bridge..—
. That the Philadelphians, as ;well as the Agents of the
foreign capitalists who are deeply interested in the Read
ing Railroad. with which the road would connect, as also
the people along the line, will enter heartily into this pro
ject we have not a doubt. Let it be carried out, and it
will he, and it completely shuts New York and Boston
from the trade and travel of the west. Philadelphia
would be the groat centre of all the trade and travel of i
the weetern States. With her central road running to
Pittsburgh. and from thence through Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, to St. Louis. and branches running to the prin
cipal cities along the Ohio, site must and will draw the
travel of the south-west to her. And then, with this road i
tapping the lake forty mites *ahoy° the terminus of the
New York and Erie, at a good harbor, which Dunkirk is
not. and completely shutting off the Now York roads,
she must also *Scare the trade rind travel of the great
Lake basin. The Legislature would then immediately
give'a direct grant for a road to the Ohio lino to connect
with the roads from Galen*, Chicago and petroit. " Like
the great Celestial empire. New York would thou be
completely fenced in. and' it would indeed "bo a laugha.
ble tarok to see the biters, bit; and to find that parties so
fond of double deallifg, and so utterly careless of honor'e-
Me" as well as legal ""engagements were themselves the
victims in the end."
Very Singular.
' The CAronicteAn speaking et the route of the Now.
York and Erie toed says. ••It is not a little singular that
the southern track should ever have been extended from
Jamestown to Dunkirk, instead of Erie." Yes, it is very
singular. indeed! especially as the "southern track"
no place approaches nearer Jamestown than Dunkirk.
A few lessons froM Peter Parley's Getigtaphy would'ot
'come amiss to our`coternporary, we think:
11? The Gazette devotes a full half column to a de
fense of Mr. Walker's connection_ with the birth, life
and death adios Bank of the United States of Pennsyl
vania. and concludes with pronouncing all we have said
upon that subject a "ceaseless tirade." Very possibly
such is the fact. bet if the lost is thus "senseless" what
in the name of wonder is the sermon.
V' A New Hampshire paper ; tells of ei man in its
neighborhood who purchased a coffin, took it home. dug
a grave, put his coffin into it, got into it himself, took
laudanum. , wake up next morning and found himself
alivo.'got up and fitting himself. He_ loft a letter, with
fin dollars inclosed, to pay for filling up his grave.—
There was honesty as well as method in that man's mad
,
nen.
, A child *fell,into the' Brokenstraw river in Penneyha
nk. end was saved just op the edge of the fails by 9 wet
ioart who was washing on the bank, end who took
,off
her, clothes and Outlet% in while %he child's mother was
screaming ancl'tnett Stood by irresolute. Boston Pose.
vary pretty story, and .we hate to spot) it;
. hut where
tiro dickens i6' the,"Broltenstraw river in Penntylvaniat"
We know very well where the Dig arid Little Broken
etiaw ireeks'are. bat as to thiiriVer of ilutt name we plead
ignonnice., Probably alter theititto'Editor of thk'cAres
icfe has taken A few lessons in Peter Parley he con tuforni.
us.'
MEE
L Hetrd, 84.4 . fo'r,A*114tok.
The whip of Clinton county-aro hard Ten for•reete
-140 IR D o ,o oll o 4 llcletdidetes.; As #l9 pttaters 'ley when
Norte* roo short, they have to Nara for them.“,-.
MAI* se their, no oxen tine. • otuqt. time sine% 0 0 .1 t TA'n•
foaled D. 14, Anil e (Orr Congress. And, b, ,4f.. !mak for
Proseentiewitttorper. A very; popolar, mak with, the /
whits of Clinton. is D. M. I.mehl
The Boot Ilrints of Mr. Ball.
We,think G. 3. xx,; Esq. of this city, at pr at a
clerk ;in the Treasury Elipartment at Washingt on , a
downright Clever feikiw personally, and when a whip it
to b e fed: we had Lather wee the pap spoon offered Whiny
than almost any other of his political/gripe. But -toe
removals and appointments have been made here lately,
that show his "foot prints" too plainly to be mistaken
and. let a man's political predilections be what they m ay.
tall for decided Condemnation.' We allude to the remo
val of Mr. L. Vaughn. keeper of the Bisect Light, and
Mr. Eli Webster, keeper of the Light House, at this p or t.
A man by the name of films haw bees appointed to the
former, nud another by she name of Miles to the letter.
While we can say with truth that them was se tall kr
the removal of Mr. Webster. save a petaled! one, ern no
say with, equal truth that the other removal is - made in
the Nee of the remonstrance of every matt line:retain
the commerce of the Lake*. Immediately after Gen,
Taylor was elected, without solicitation from any q ua ,.
ter. the Lake-men, from Chicago to Buffalo, eapt n n e,
n t en e n , owners, forwarding men, insurance officers, and
all, without distinction of party, enanimonely sent is re.
tnonstrances against the removal of Mr. Vaughn. Th e
reason of this is well known. Since the fins Navigation
of the Lakes. no man has been in the employ of 'the gov
ernment who has rendered - such efficient service to nev.3
igators as this gentleman who is now seme'red;—and
moved. too. by au administration that obtained poser
through Its no-party professions
,iond pledgee to "pro.
scribe proicription." or remove no man for opinion's
sake. "I shall make honesty, capacity sod fidelity in.
disPensible prerequisites to the beaten's! el lace; and
the absence of either of thcm sufficient cause for reete.
val." t xcluitned Gem Taylor in his inaugural addresal.
Now, almost eveiy man interested in the merchant ma.
rine of the Laker., many of them the neighbors and
po
litical friends of Mr. Fillmore. have solemnly, over their
signatures, and without solicitation. declared that there
was 130 "absence" of either of the "pre-requisites" nate
ed by Gem Taylor, in the case of Mr. Vaughn. On the
contrary, they - earnestly asked that fie should be retained,
But the political axe of the man who wished the Mexi
cans would "welcome!' our bravo soldier ..tvith bloody
hands to hospitable graves." has "friends to reward and
enemies 'to punish," and so has one of his clerks—henc e
these gentlemen r a ils removed. in a political point of
view we rejoice that it is so. "Whom the gods wish t o
destroy they first make mad," should now read, "Whom
the political gods wish to destroy they first set to making
Taylor pledges and then breaking them."
Horrible! Yes, Very!
An exchange toys there ere 15 iron furnaces in Ken
tucky and 21 in Ohio, all within 40 miles of Portsmouth,
capittdat each furnace $40,000. 4000 men get out 46,-
800 tons yearly; the 'proceeds of which amount to $l,.
700.0043. and the mines are inexhaustible. Th e pro fi ts
to the capitalrats are 50 per cont. Ilorribl. tariff, that of
'46, iti'nf it!
Another says the Salisbury (Mug) :Manufacturing
Co. has divided .25 per cent besides its usual annual dir
idends, and it has a large undivided surplus for repairs
and .contingencies: Horrid, tariff, that of '46, egme
we repeat!
Again. another say that in 1233 Pittsburgh , was al
most unknown as a manufacturing city, and now seven
thousand two hundred and thirty-five hands are employ
ed in her factories, and over four thousand in her coal
business. Her population has doubled in 10 years. and
her manufacturing and other business amounts to $50,-
000,000 annually. And yet in all this seventeen years.
with , the exception of the four - years of Harrison and
Tyler, the government has been administered by the
Democratic party. and its policy fully carried out and
maintained. horrid party, and a horrible policy is'nt
it! Ruins the manufacturers and the country, says
whigery: and yet what is wonderful, the country seems
to like it. and prosper under it. Manufacturing cities go
on and increase. come doubling their population in ten
years. some trebling! Verily. is'at whigery awfully
given to lying!
What they Say.
We charged home last week upon the Galphin can
didate for Congress in this district, ions 11. W. 6 Le ER,
Esq., that he was one of the finn of Ritaar, Stevens &
Co., who'succeeded during the session of the Legislature
of '35 and '56, in fastening upon the people that. rotten
and corrupt institution, the Bank of the United States;
I which, after getting its claws upon, the pockets of the
people, exploded and ruined thoustinds of the' honest and
industrious, as well as the widow and theliiphan, in our
8; ite, The fact cannot leo denied—the damning act.
could not he defended, for it has long since become th
policy of whigery to attempt to cover up the past history
of the party in respect to that institution—but like other
rogues, whets exposed in after years, his defenders at
tempt to play the penitent, and ascribe his course then to
youthful indiscretion. The Chronicle says the part Mr.
Walker took in that transaction was an 'inadvertency,"
a "Mistake, honestly and innocently committed."—
"Jew, we thank thee for thatword." It was a "mistake"
then—a grave and grievous "mistake." which this can
didaro comm itted! IVOR, whist evidence have the citi
zens of this Congressional district that he will not make
more such "mistakes;" "honestly and innocently," no
doubt. but none the less "mistakes" against the interest
and wishes of the people! None! not a particle! It ryas
a profitable "inadvertancy." a rich "mistake," no doubt;
but not as piofitablo or rich, probably, as more motors
years and a larger field of operation Might , suggest.—
Hence we think tho people will not be inclined to give
hith an opportunity to commit any more
,such "inadver
tencios" or "mistakes" however_ "honestly" or "inno
cently" he might do it!
DJ' The Gazette says the "crime connected with the",
Bank of the United States - "is 'not in its birth, but in its
death." Well, John H. Walker was - at its acouchment,
was its wet-nurse in infancy: its friend in manhood, and
closed its eyes in death, consequently if there was any
"crime" "in its death" he had a /Land in it.
11:3'Drodcy'e Lady's Book for October, is , received in
advance of its Usual time. It contains its usual comple
ment of beautiful ombellialitnents, and a variety of read
ing matter well suited to the class of readers for whom
it is published. Published by L. A. Godey. Philadel
phia, at $3 per year, or $1,50 from July to December.
The Obserrer and the Wok, one year $3,50.
Prompt Paiment.
We see by the Pittsburg Gazette, that the ir °panne
Life Insurance Company of Harrisburg, promptly paid
the sum of $5,000. to the widow of Solomon &borer. of
Pittsburg. who was insured on Saturday, and died the
following Monday. The Company are not bound to pay
under-GO days after proof of death—but in this, as they
intend in all other cases, the payment was made imme
diately. S. M. Smith, Esq. is the Agent of ibis Cora.
pany, in this city.
"Hawn, floantact Buinew!"-As it not a hid,' sin
gular with what strange images men of disordered imag
inations ere sometimes disturbed. For example, this one
imagine himself haunted by the devil, that one by o
ghost or snake, and this one again by a tom-eat.--
Chronicle.
Year hie "singular" indeed. But you t 7,4 rest
easy so far Con Gitost.Nal or &Wks is es,noetae4-
.
the "'Tom-Cat" b the only IWug you, have to fear; sct
ook out tin your eyes! "Hence, horrible shadow;"
mitt get coati
• 117 "Holden's Dollar Magazine" is decidedly one of
the cheapest and best periodicals of the times. We
commend it to die patronage of the public with pleasure.
Its contents are neither light nor trashy, but just the kind
to interest and instruct the masses. It Is only $1 per
year. Fowler &Diets publishers. New York.
' Our old friend, a Duommsv. Esq., hai resumed
the chair Editorial of the Oswego Palladium. Good
boy. Book; give us your Mr; hope yen hairs entirely
recovered from Van Buren Preesoilism, and will new
endeavor to behave younielt.
QT Necessity makes stranget,bad 7 fellows. A servant
in the Vatted litatest llotet at Memphis,. woke up a few
mornlngaslaca. and found to hie surprise and horror, a
large soaks coiled pp upon his pillow within a few lack
ey
orb head The darkey rau and the reptile escaped.