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Pennsylvania and the Peace Measures
num t h e Albany Argus. . .
Brilliant i and glorious as is the 'triumph of th e
DemecracV in the Key-stone State—its iniportance
and sigidicancy would be underrated, if regarded
only us the complete redemption of another sovereign
state, and the transfer of its entire government into
democratic hands. The results are such as demo
crats dery where—the frieuls of conciliation and
pew, the integrity and perpetuity- of the Union,
have a
sight to re j oice a oan d %till rejoice.
Not only have the democrats carried a decided
majority in the Legislature, their Canal Commission
er, Auditor General and Surveyor General, by com
malidin!ty majorities—but they have elected a large
inojerity of the Congressional delegation—in this
respect, not only reversing, party-wise, the 'position
Ll the state in the nationalcouncils, but taking, es
pecial care also, in r .&.iftin g , the delegation, to dis
criminate against. those of their re,presentaitves
aho took, ground against the great measures of
Adjustment which have .done co much towards
restoring amicable relations between the didirrent
sections o' the ctmfederily. Sec with what precis—
ion the elt'etors'ef the districts have put their mark
of disapprabatimi on {hose who in the late crisis,
stood out Tains!. all compromise and all adjustment.
Tako he fugitive biil—the measure which has
drawn ou such tlenunciations; and which 'has been
i
held up t 3 odium, and those a ho voted for it, in Penn
sylvania and out of it—glance, over vote on that
bill, andsee howthey stand at home,Whu voted against
it, and vice versa.
Mr. Levin, native, who is defeated, did not vote on
that bill.
• Preedly; ‘Olig, who voted against it, is beaten
also. ,
Robbins, dem. who voted for the, bill, is re-eke
led. /
So is Ross, dem., who also voted in' favor of the
bill. ,
Stevens, Whig, who voted against the bill, is now
barely elected in the strong whip county" of ',ances
tor. He Was elected in '4B by a majority of more
than 4,000.
Dimmick, dew., rihovoted in favor of the bill is re
elected. -
'So is McLanahan, democrat, who voted for the
bill.
Ogle, whig, who did not, vote on the bill, ,ht
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against all -the peace measures, is defeated.
Dickey, wing, who voted against the bill, is We
ten. The county of Chester, geheially good GOO or
l
700 Whig majority, elects, Dr, Morrison, data, by io.'
The district represented by Calvin, whig,, who ye
ted against the bill, has now gone democratic. •
These are some of the EignifAut results gf the
Into contest in Pennsylvania. They gratifying evi
dence of the deep-rooted attachment of the people
to the Union, and of their aversion' to sectionalism
in all its phases. The Pennsylvanian noticing the
prediction of "Ion," the Washington correspdndent
of the Baltimore Sun, that "the anti-slavery gall"
would operate to give the Whigs n majority of the
congressicinal deletration in Peunsylvana, thus char-,
ucterizes the actual result,
"lon may now compare the reality with his pre
diction. The democrats of Pennsylvania have °Va
sty gained flee members' of Cong,res 4 i, and lost but
one; and we begin to look fir still miter gains in oth
er districts. The anti-slavery gall has not swayed
the people of this state front the true faith._ On the
contrary', the National Democratic platform was ad
hered to in this state, in the midst of the free soil
ci evilest's, by all the men of the party; and this, tbo,
m defiance of the threats and intriegues of witigs
an] abolitionists. Every democrat now known to
he elected to Congress, has taken the boldest gMund
in ' 'at or of national doctrine. Lo! their reward.
Cu apace our poAtion with the condition of the de
mocracy in those states where the free-sailers have
been courted and the contrast •,ylll.be most insigni,-
fiesta . lon nhd other scerS tngt not calculate upon
the idea that this glorious old state can long be swer
ved from the path of patrintfarn bratty sectional or
ganization."
Woo ARE THE FRIENDS OF TIM SLAVE.—The Now
York Journal of Contmerce, in reply to inquiries as
to what proportion of the money Fontributed fur the
emancipation of Jumes Hamlet was given by aboli
tiotikts, makes the following significant statement:
We do not know the pot/tics° f all the donors, but,
arc not aAvre that any pf them are almlitionists, in the
technical sense of the word, unless Isaac llollenbeck
(colored) is of that ivay'of thing. Nor di W. re-,
member that on any previous occasion, when money
has been raised, through this office, fur the ernainci-
Pation of slaves, any thing has been given by abo
litionists proper, except perhaps E,%10 in all, by color
ed men. The amo int so raised within the last live
months is r, - ,4;600, seeming:the emancipation :of forty
slaves, and the removal of thirty-nine of them to Li
beria, together with eleven free colored persons pe.
longing to the same families. And yet we are called
"pro-slavery" men, and so are the donors of nineteen
twentieths, if not ninety-nine hundreths of the whole
amount. They, on the other hand,'who make it a
mattek• of principle not to give any thing for the em
ancipation of Shires, but by their intemperate zeal
and ( - rims demonstrations have roared the extinc
tion f slavery at least half d century, arc' in !their
owritestimation the peculiar friends of the slaves—
the rcal:Sitnons. They are great at stealing Slaves
but to give any thinLe for the emancipation of 4 slaves
wounds their tender conscience, dear -souls. The
other day a man named Chaplin,. of Albany, got
caught in the act,dowir in Maryland, and was jug
ged. Anon tile abolitionists held a ) convention at
Cazenova, find resolved to raise P 60,000 in order to
defend him from the penalty of the law. This $2O,
DOO, if applied as economically as the asforsaiil SUOO
would secure the frecdont of more than two b s iindred
slaves. Applieti to Chaplin's defenee,dt - Wil only
Ue expened upon lawyers, abolition lectures,
The time will eiime, we hope, when "thing will be
called by their right names."
A Losr CHILD Fousu.—Some five years since
poor woman of the name of Moore, sent her child,
then about eight year's of age, to the grocery; since
which the all attempts to, find her whereabout has
proved abortive. A few iin.ys since the now'grown
up girl was recognized by one of her old play
mates, in a grocery store upon an errand from
the family in which she. as a domestic. Her
play mate asked her why she did nut go home to her
parents, she — burst into tears and replied that she did
not know where to find 'them—that they were dead,
ir.c. The young friend watched her to her place
of residence, in Eighth street, and urged her to go
home. The mother being apprized of the circum
stance, immediately sought out her child, who gives
tits following history of her case. When she first
approached the grocery, she wes accosted by a man,
~who enticed her to go with him in a waggon. She
lived with his family (they had no children) near
-Tarrytown, upwards of two years, when they packed
up their goods, Sze.. onktated that they were going
live out west. She di e d not wish to go, and lied
to si neighboring farmer's house, where she found
protection and a home. She remained upwards of ,
two years with thisitiroiV,' when she came to the
city, and was livirig as a thimestie when discovered
as described. Tho mother end father could not re
-1 cognize the child, but the child at once-recognized'
them. Their happiness was complete.—New York
Tribune.
A SNAKE 5T0RT.....T110 Charleston (Va.) “Free
frees," of the 13th, relates the following circum
stance:
A negro in Unwiddie co., came to his death, 'a
short Limo since, in the following singular manner:
lle was sent into a field on au errand, and not return
ing as 60011 as expected, search was made, and
found lying on theground nearly dead.his eyes strain
from their sockets; and exh:biiing, the apperance of
strangulation. On approachino. nearer, it was di.-
covered that u large snake had crawled down his
thfoat. They attempted td draw out the snake by
the tail, which extended a few inOhes out of the' no
greiV:mouth, bat it drew.it in, and the ne , rro died
at the instant. It is supposed that ho lay down on
the ground and fell asleep, and the snake finding
an cntrancs in the open mouth of the negro, crawled
down his throat, causing itS own and the negro's
death
A RARE CASH. --Mr. Jeritnialt Moore declines the
nomination itr County Judv, tendered him by the
whip' of Wayne county, Michigan, on the ground
that he Considers himself "wholly incompetent - to
perform-the duties of the taco elected. ' It is
seldom indeed that we find , one of Mr. Moore's pull
tical creed willing to make'such a confession, though
it k frequently the case thnt the peoplo find out' their
Incompetency, after they have been so unwise as to
elect them• :Moore is a molest Man, Worth)' of bet
ter political as:Aciatiums
=a
Mysterious Murder.
ALBANY' OCt. 4.
Two sons of George Lester, of New Scotland, in
this country, have been missing from home since
Saturday last. The younger of the, two, aged six
years, was found yesterday, dead, covered with leaVes,
and a large stone on the.body; the other,aged about
eight years, was found to-day, and hanging to 'a
tree. Suspicion is directed towards an individual,
between whom and 'these children some property
stood.
Tim MURDER IN Wusrmuo.—Farther develope
tents in regard to the murder of the Lester children,
it Westerlo, has led to the arrest of a young man
tamed Dunbar, on suspicion of his having commit
ed the bloody deed. He is the step-son of the 'um ,
le of these children, his - mother being the.
vile of Mr. Lester. The children have lived with
Ir. L., since the i dedth of their father, and era eh
tried to some property, which goes to the uncle on
heir death.
On the day of the murder, Dunbar tint off his
wife to her father's and the uncle went to mill it
Cumber of miles from home. No one but Dunbar
nd his mother were at the house with the children
who were to bo br'utally murdered.
There is conclusive evidence, Jim Journal states,
hat the youngest boy was murdered. A sWingto
4' a flail was found neva the body, to which hair
nd blood was attached. (It was with this instrument
hat the blows were inflicted. Ono on the girehead
rule in the skull, cracking it entirely round the head.
rhi, other was on the nose, breaking it. Tito lira
blow must have reduced death, but the wretch sub
sequently threw a li avy stone on the breast of the
boy, breaking sere 1 of his ribs and crushing the
lungs.
The rope with n hich the eldest tens bong was
'dentified as belonging to the barn near which the
-first boy was
,discovered, was tied to the body of
the tree, and around the neck of the lad. His .cap
was carefully hung up on a limb near him—his face
was very pale, but his legs were black. Tha l fore
mad and nose were scratched, as if they had been
'n contact with the bark-of,the tree; and there were
narks on the body and limbs of the trees, which,
with other circumstances, (particularly finger prints
h the throat,) gave rise to the suspicion that the
p, d y had been fi rst strangled and then drawn up
, . ispended.
' le t erdict of the Coroner's Jury is that David
.....
Lester and Stephen V. Lester lame to their
deaths by injuries and violence inflided upon their
persons by Reuben Dunbar and some person or per
-0 ns unknown to the jury. i
le funeral of the two boys took place at New
Scotland yesterday.—./Iltany ./Irgusi ,
"Am. Isere Lovu!"—Yesterday morning n suspi
cious looking package was received at the Po.4t. Of
fice in this city, post-marked "St. Louis-20e. paid
—Charles Baker, care, of M. Wickersham." This
Baker, to wham the package was addressed, was ar
rested some month or two since near Virden's on
Ur) mail route betweqn this place and St. Louis, af
ter being detected in the act of taking ono of dye
mail bags, and g iving his captors a race fur ebonite
mile. lie was brought to this city, examined, and
committed to jail. A few days after this, some dis
cugifies were made in a trunk, in possession of a
woman passing for Baker's wife, in St. Louis, Which
implicated hint.as having been extensively engaged
depredations. During Baker's confinement several
in demonstrations have been made at night about the
jail, as supposed, to efilict his release; and on one or
two occasions, by N own cunning and adroitness
he came very near making - his escape. The jailor
has, therefore, put him in irons, and secured hint to
the floor. The package allude d to, was opened and
found to contain three pamphlets, bound 'together
and lettered with gold, "All for Love." 4
Our past master and Mr. Wickersham/concluded
that these pamphlets—one of which was the trial of
professor Webster—were not so neatly bound for
nothing. Accordingly the book was taken to a book
binder, who pronueed that nothing was concealed
about it. This did nut satisfy Mr. Wickersham.—
lie thought from the thickness of the covers, and
other circumstances, that the book contained some•
thing which was to assist Baker,in mak*. his es
cape. After reaching home he commenced cutting
up the clover on one side of the book, and while per
forming a similar operation ow the other, "lo and be
hold!" two small saws about eight incites in length
such as' machinest use in sawing iron, v...vstrbrought •
to view 4! Thus has been 'boiled another deep laid
saltemti to effect the escape of Baker, who is believed
to be at the head of a large gong of %illiat,s scatter
ed all through the west. This bunk matter should,
be investigated. None but a workman c..,47d base
concealed these saws in the cover of a Jgook—nono
but a sagacious rogue could have suggested the plan,
and none but a vigilant: jailor could have detected it.
Springfield (111.) Journal.
'DwAuF Fnurr Tunas.—The introduction of dwarf
fruit treess into this country is ignite recent; but
they have already became Very nwinerous. Persons
having but a small lot of ground tb cultivate, as in
city or village gardens, find those' Liliputian troes
preferable on many accounts to i thoso of a larger
species. A standard tree will rarely produce fiuit
in lees than five or six years, while a dwarf will bear
in three years at most. Pour or five hundred of
these mi nature trees, moreover, can be put into an
acre of ground. In the interior Of Now York agri
culturalists are planting dwarfs extensively, particu
larly those bearing plums, Intending to raise fruit
for market. In some places where an orchard of
standard trees is set out, the dwarf trees are planted
between the rows, the purooso of the farmer being
to cast off tho smaller trees as soon as the large ones
begin to bear. This system is practised in France,
where it is found to be highly productive; and, where
land is valuable, it is to bo recommended, A fivo
acre orchard, with trees‘twenty feet apart, contains
but two hundred
,and forty two standard trees; but
if dwarf trees are stet out between the rows, seven
hundred and twearsix trees car added. Tho
Genessee Farmer, from which we erive most of the
information in this article says th, t,' by the third or
fourth year, the dwarf will be productive, while the
standard trees will be most worthless until their
eighth or tenth year. Might not these dwarf or pyra
mulch trees, be introduced with advantage into city
gardens, where land is scruicel
BOUNTY LAND BiLL.—The passage of the bill
granting bounty laud to officers and soldiers of the
but war with greTeliritain and the several Indian
ware, is giving rise to an, unprecedented number of
applications to the Thire.Auditor's Office fur infor
mation. ft is &pined advisable to state that copiei
of thety rollaarinot,ho furnished from this o ffi ce
for va • us reasons, of which one is stifficiont--narne
ly, the utter impractibility of doing so.
If one agent ha§ a right to copies of the rolls, so
would twen t y thousand, and all the clerks in the em
ploy of the government could not furnish such
copies. ' Besides, there is no authority for doing so.
All applications must come through the Pension
Otlice (under the direction of the Secrytnry of the
Interior.)'and regular certificates of service will be
furnished to the commissioner of Pensions by the
Third Auditor, as is now the practice in regard to
all claims for pension or bount.Vdatid:
This course is neccessary to prevent fraiffis and
interminable difficulties.
JOHN S. GALLAHER, Third Auditor.
Third .77udilor's Office, Oct. 1, 1850.
Editors generally will confess a favor on applicants
by giving the above an insertion.
QUICK. WORK..--LOVe, to use a rather ambiguous
comparison, sometimes surpasses the ordinary feats
of the steam engine. As for instance, an English
lady left Liverpool on the 14th of September, sailed
across:the Atlantic on the swift steamer "Pacilic;"
arrived in New York on the 31th, reached Steuben•,
ville on Saturday night last, the 28th, and b 4 10
o'clock P. M. n aslunited in marriage with a young
Englishman in tpel employ of Mr Bailey, corner of,
4th and Market streets. This we call decidedly
quick. work!—.llc3senger.
Tim TRN GUILD"EiII. PIECES OF 110LAND.By some
mint arrangement, Goland had depreciated the value
of her Five and Teri Guilder piece and thus sent
them
.to seek a furvighn market; and as they do not
nett over $1 in minting', we are necessitated to quote
the Ten Guilders at i 43.96, and the Five Guilders at
GS.— Thompson's Register.'
A 'faun littr.r SlATlL—Ainong the teams driving
into tlio,dity trom the country yesterday morning,
we obseived ono,load with floor, the horse drawing
it before it being driven by ;a very pretty young wo
man. Her husband preceeded her with anoth
er load of the same artiele. - ,, With Such wives Wis
consin is bound to gil'almad:—.llthettukie
(grit Wttittil ON)otttitr.
ERI E. PA
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, UM
The State Ticket.. - i
From the returns received, we are of the opinion
that the Democratic candidates for Canal Commis
sioner, Auditor General and Surveyor General have
been elected by about .15,0p.0 ,majority. ' The De
mocracy of Pennsylvania have covered themselves
with glory. will give the ofileicil When it is
received.
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The District.
The following are the majorities in the several
counties of this distrirct fur CongresF. It will b e
been that Curtis is elected by OS majority—rather
closer than wo anticipated, hut still enough to keep
our dearly beloved friend of Bank memory at home!
Walker.
1570
Mid
'
Clarion,
McKean,
Pu►tar,
3( irerson,
Warien,
Curtin' majority,
And Ran!, "good bye, John,'' and if yo'u efcr get
to congress, give our respects to the President, and
be sure you get n big appropriation for Salt River.
The Amendinent to the Constitution has
been carried by an overwhelming majority.
Superior Teas.
We aro indebted to Mr. J. McCann, No.
‘Vrights Block, for a specimen of very superior
Tea. We profess to know something of Ten,-
as we have served a-pretty good apprenticeship at
drinking it, end we can truly say that the article
for sale.as above is of most superior flavor. •
(r" We are pleased to . learn that the Gibson
Vocalists, Pronounced lo? the Boston Post, "the
best Quartette now singing," Will give a concert
here in a few days. As , concerts are always well
patronized in Erie, of course the "Gilisons" will
have a full house.
Natters in the District
The majority in NVarren county for Mr. Curtis,
almost double that for Judge Thompson two years
ago, is a gratifying tribute from his neighbors, and
shows in what estimation lie is held at home.—
Much is said since the election of Mr. Wallier:s un
paralleled gain in , this county; and we confess it nos
unexpected, but When wo compare it with that of
Mr. Curtis in his own county, it sinks -into insig
niticance—is not worth mentioning. Two years
ago Erie county gave Campbell, Whig, 1384 majority
—this year Walker, whig,, 1570, an increase of 186,
in a vote of 4882. Varten county gave Judge
Thompson, two years ago, 220 majority—this year
she gives Curtis 400, an increase of 160, or only
eight less than the gain of Mr. Walker in Erie
county; and that, too, on a vote of only 1834. Thus
it will be seen that, taking the number of votes pul
led, Mr. Curtis' gain is 2itlis greater than Mr. NVal
ktrs. But it is nut alone in Warren that Mr. Cut;
tia' popularity is- shown by the votes. McKean,
gallant little McKean, has trebled her majority,
while E'k has doubled, and Jefferson considerably
Incr`eased. Of.Erl`e,Clarion,'andPotter, we hient
a word to say.. They all probably dune as well as
they could under the circumstances, and wo are not
disposed to complain. In Potter Mr. Walker tam
pored with the Free Sonars, and in Clarion with the
"bolters" and the one-idea protective men. Here,,
he roused up his parly----gin them out in their
strength, as the votes show, wild° the Democracy
slumbered. His vote in the county falls only 144
short of that of Mr. Campbell in 18-18, with the dx
citement of the Presidential election to call them
out; Whereas ours Calle 389 behind what it was then.
The fact is, tvhero a county is so largely whiz as
this, it is hard to get out a full democratic vote ex
cept at, Gubernatorial and Presidential elections.—
Hence, taking all things into consideration, we think
we, did'nt. do so badly ? though it was bad enough in
all- conscience, and is only pardonable because, as
it happened, it did'nt do any hurt. Though it was
a narrow escape, it should prove a warning in future.
CCP Some friend has sent us a number of the
Dunkirk Journal, containing along article, which
tho author undoubtedly intended as a reply to one
in our paper of Sept. 28th, but which, in reality, is
no reply at all, and consoqubotly needs no notice
from us., Did wo imagine any thing the Editor
of that paper conjd,say, even
_with the pains of labor
upon him, for three weeks, as in this instance, would
have any effect upon they superiority of our harbor,
or in driving the people of this county from the posi
tion they have taken in regard to rail roads, we
might life induced, to occupy our columns in such
a manner. . But we have no such idea. All such
efforts as the Journal's is like whistling against the
wind. The New York 4n d Erie rail road is bound
to comp ti) Erie, no matter how much the„litrnut
may gruMble% and as to a continuous gauge thro'
this corner of Pennsylvania, it never can nor tinier
will bo accomplished!
C[7=' Notwithstanding we have such ample facil
ities for obtaing news by telegraph and mail, we no
tiee that our dearly beloved friend of Chronicle,
just one week after the 4lection, is entirely oblivious
to the fact that his party had suffered a Waterloo
defeat, both in his own State and•Ohlo. Like Ban
gor', turn which way he will, he sees nothing but
the ghost of the murdered hopes of the Bank Atter.-
nek The Democracy roll up ten thousand majority
for their State ticket, yet ho sees it not! They car
ry sixteen out of the twenty-six Congressmen, hue
these murdered hopes, so fondly cherished, yet so
ruthlessly nipped in the bud, still obtrude themselves
before his vision, and he remains obli f still.—
Ohio 'sends word greeting that Wend has beat the
Ohio Bill Johnson to the tune of ten thobsand, but
the rattle of Them bones'away out among of
Eik, and McKean, and Jefferson, and larren, is
heard above all other rattle:, and he notices it not.
Well, wo hope when ho gets over his fitl of hyster
ics, ho will inform the'readers of the Chronicle, and
the "rest of mankind," that the Democratic State
Ticket is ejected—that instead of the seven mem
bers which we had in the last Congreis,- we eh!'
now have sixteen; and finally, that, "protection for
protectiont' did'nt prove such a capital bait to catch
votes with tisrwai imagined.
Pnrirmyr.v.inie.—The whigs have host two mem
bers of Congress and gained one. Mr. WALKER,
in the adjoining district,
,it is conceded, has been
elected. A great Whig victory!!—Oonneaut Rep.
We really dislike to gpoii our.friend of the Re
porter's rejoicing, but truth cotarrells'us' to say that
the whigs have not only lost two members, but
seven on top of that- 7 ln all mine—and gained one;
and that instead of its .being "conceded" that John
H. Walker is elected, it is now generally "conced
ed" in this quarter that he ia'nt.
THE VOICE OP PENN SYLV ililik!
The Compromise Measures Sustained{
The result of the recent election in this State is
doubly gratifying to our Democrachind will send a
thrill of pleasure throughout thesgreat Democratic
heart of the Union! Every Democrat in the House
of Representatives at the last session boldly sus
tained the compromise—the peace measures—while
every whig was arrayed in opposition. Now loop
at the result. , Eight of the districts representedby
those who opposed the compromise, in some of
which the very men whose votes are recorded in the
negative were candidates fur re-election, have repu
diated their course, and elected Democrats! This
is t h e verdict of Pennsylvania upon these great
measures, and here ardthe figures:
Dist. Members elected. o p
1. Thomas B. Plumee, dein. gain.
- 2. Joseph R.,Chandler, whig.'
3. Henry D. Moore, whig.
- 4. John Robbins, jr., dem.
5. John M'Nair, dem. gain.
6. Thomas Ross, dem.
7. John A. Morrison, dem. gain.
' 8. Thaddeus Stevens, whig.
9. J. Glancey Jones, dem.
• 10. Milo M. Dimmick, dem. •
11. Hendrick 11. Wright, dem. gain.
12. GLluslut Grow, dem.
13. James Gamble, dem. gain.
1 1. 'l': M. Bibighaus, whig.
15. NVilliani 11. Kurtz, dem. gain.
Joel B. Danner, dem.*
16. James X. ArLanallan, dem.
I'7. Andrew Parker, dem. gain.
18. Julni 1.1. Dawson, dem. gain.
19. Joseph, Kuhns, whig gain.
20. John Allison, whig..
21. Tlumins M. Howe, whig.
2 . 2. Min \V. 'lime, whig.
237 Carlton B. Curtis, dem.
24. Alfred Gilmore, dem. •
Curtis.
168
504
162
173
262
4QO
16(38
1370
•To supply the vacancy occasioned by the death
of Dr. Nes, whirl.
It will bo seen by the abnvo th it while WO have
gained 9 members, we have lust but one, and that in
the strung Democratic district of NVestmoreland.—
In that district there %sere three Democratic candi
dates, and of course a n big succeeded.
So far as the State Ticket k concerned the ma-
jority will be unusually large, say from ten to fifteen
thousand. Enough, we think. -in conjunction with
our glorious congressional result to demonstrate that
the Keystone is sound from the Del&ware to the
Lakes—that she repudiates sectional agitation, and
clings with fraternal love to the Union, and the Con
stitution as ir is.•
The exact majority we will have in the Legisla
ture we have not yet been able to determine. The
House we think will stand a'rnut 61 democrats to
36 Whigs; While the Senate is yet in doubt. We
shall have. howevor,a large majority on joint baltel.
thus securing us a United States Senator in place
of Dr. Sturgeon, whose term expires on the 4th of
March. •
SuCh is the victory the Democracy of Peunsyl
vania have achieved: la it not a most glot ions one!
Planting themselves upon the Constitution and its
compromises—scorning all sectional excitement,
and boldly meeting the issues involved in the slave
questions—they threw their banner to the breeze,
and called upon die people' to approve or condemn;
and lo! the result! In State, Congressional and
Legislative, they have swept the board! Let fa
natics of .other states grew! and agitate, Pennsyl
vania will - have none of it!
Much is sag ill some of the papers about "Wo
man's Rights;' gravely do some of the wise sod
omons in the Editorial world hold forth in defense
of the imaginary wrongs of our wives, mothers and
sisters, in not hating the privilege of becoming
politicians, office-seekers, voters,Congressmen, Leg
islators, warriors, Prdachers, and the thousand and
one oth!iunfeminine pasts tilled by males. Con
ventions havo been held to Win into consideration
this grievance, and without the aid of Hyson;or
Maccaboy , much talking has Leen the result. NVe
don't think as yet any thing has been effected, lint
as this is a world of progress, and,•we a "fast 4)-
ple," we are not sure but the "better time cornirk*
boys," will be materially hastened by these dein-
monstrations of restless spinsterhood. In fact, up
on second - thought,-we are almost sure it would.—
Suppose the ladies had votes, how pleasant and com
fortable it would be to go-a-lectioneering among
them; and on election day what a glorious time we'd
have in taking them up the polls. And after the
battle was over, and victory won,l what tall frolics
we could get up! And them - on training days and
Forth-of-Julys, the athletic sport of wrestling, NN hich
used to be so much in vogue, would again be re
vived; and instead of broken limbs, black eves, and
bruised noses as the result, we _should have hug
ging, and kissing, weddings and wine! Taking all
these things into ponsideration, we are inclined to
coincide with the _resolves of-- these "Woman's
Rights" conventions, and oak for a change. To be
sure, we agree with an exchange that the dear crea
tures have some privileges now; as fur instance, she
says what she pleases to you without the risk of be
ing knocked down, horsewhipped or challenged.—
She can go to all the places of amusement without
paying a cent., She is waited upon with the utmost
obsequiousness by the "lords Of creation," who doff
their beavers to her in token of homage, kneel at her
feet (sometimes) to sue for her love. She can run
up bills at the dry, good stores, the milliners' and the
jewellers', which her husband, (unless-he has pre
viously advertised her a la Lawrence,) must pay.—
She can take a pleasant snooze after dinner, while
her husband is hard at work. She can go out and
spin street yarn when the weather is fine, without
the fear of being asked either to drink or treat. She
can paint her fade if too pale, or lily•while it if too
red. She can stay at home in war time, and mar
ry again if her husband get his quietus in battle.—
She can screw herself up if too thick, and pad if too
thin. But -what are these compared with the priv
ileges we have enumerated? Nothing! and.since
election is over, and the world is quiet, wo go in
for , AVornan's Rights."
Now that it has been ascertained that the democ
racy will have a majority in the Legislature of Penn
sylvania, the Carlisle Volunteer, one of the most
radical and ably conducted papers in the State, is
out in favor p - the Hon. J. S. 13tAcx, for U. S.
Senator. The editor pays an eloquent tribute to the
talents and sterling integrity of that distinguished
democrat.
The Circuit Court in Van Buren, Arkansas,
larly tried the suit of Wm. Ward against James
C nger, for seducing_plaintitra daughter, a girl 15
years old, Verdict for Mr. Ward, five thousand dol
lalrs damages. This the first case of seduction
ever tried in that country. The jury expressed their
regret that' they could not legally lay damages at
$10,000.•
( I ,G - The Lowell Advertiser says that the Bay
State Manufacturing Company at Lawrence, Mass.,
have commenced building a new miii, 300 feet long,
and seven stories high. • now these mannfncturera
do like to be "ruined.", ' -
`Woman's Bights."
United States Senator
MEN AND THINGS IN BOSTON.—No. 8.
Correvondenee of the trieoh,erver.
Bowrox, October 8, 1850.
I wish to mention the names of a few men, some
what distinguished, who walk the streets a [beton
end make themselves • visible to its citizens. Ido
not set myself up as their biographer; I do not in
tend to write the history of their lives, nor arr. I
equal to the task. I shall merely set forth their per
sons as they appear to my eyes, and describe their
peculiar characteristics ns I understand them. I
shall endeavor to steer my quill so as to avoid the
rocks of libel, or false praise.
Theodore Parker, the good man, the learned schol
ar, the deep thinker, and the christian preacher, is
the only parson to whose sleeve I ever had the re
motist idea of pinning my failh. Though he is
classed moot Unitarians, I Will nut say that he has
any peculiar creed. I believe he subscribes to the
articles of no particular sect. However, none hear
him who do nut understand him, and few of the many
who listen to him fail to write him down in their
hearts as one to be loved. lie i 9 a man beyond his
time. Some of his opinions would shuck thousands
of good people; some zealous christians might even
•wish to crucify him fur holding them; nevertheless
he preaches what to him seems truth, urging no man
to believe him and impugning no mans' motives.—
Though I hear him preach almost every Sabbath at
the Melodeon, to_ nearly 3000 people, I will not at
tempt to enumerate all . 141 s beliefs, but I*will men
tion two that render him most obnoxious to thu2e
who ilifThr from him..
The Bible he holds to be a book containing great
wisdom, but not the absolute infallible word of God.
Christ he believes to be no son of Jehovah—but a hu
man form with a great soul, and gifted with a pow
erful religious genius. These opinions arc by no
means peculiar to him, yet he is perhaps one of the
greatest men holding them, and that makes him en
emies among various religious sects wherever he is
known. But Parker, happily I think, does not con
fine himself in his sermons to theological beliefs or
disbelief's. They comprehend within their scope
the World, what is known of the Universe, Man,
Nature, and all things in detail. He strives to be a
teacher, not a' commentator on teats, nor a theolo
gical wrangler. ll‘s aim is to give men his light
that they may see and not stumble: to make those
that hear him better. Ho preaches on politics. He
rebukes wickedness in high places. He is not afraid
to tell Boston of her sins; he gives her credit where
she deserves credit, but touches her sore places and
bids "the galled jade wince." He is not afraid to
till "mini s ters of the gospel" of their shortcoming.,
of their hypocrisy, their illiberality, their indolence,
their Went of courage and lack of true religion. lie
is not always finding fault. He loves God, Nature,
Man. Ile appreciates the beauty and loveliness in
them. To him the sublime soul, the calm majestic
mountain, the deep aid silent river, the leafy forest,
the sweet-scented smiling flowers, are ail sources of
exquisite delight—evidences of a good and ,glorious
God, Ile sometimes portrays the beauties of earth,
the loveliness of God, the endowments and capabili
ties of man, with such wonderful and vigorous elo
quence that it seems as if no one could hear and
believe in an "Eternal Hell," a "natural and total
depravity," a God of wrath "clothed in the red robes
of war." As a writer Parker is possessed of great
power; his style has a robustness and vigor about
it that - imparts confidence to the render; ttis written
words seem to sink into the understanding as the
woodtrinn's axe sinks into the yielding, pine, lie i s
a just. and - excellent critic. The Massachusetts
Quarterly Res iew, which has just keen abandoned,
teas conducted in a measure by him, and its pages
were often enriched by articles from his pea.
As an orator he possesses little grace; there is
little of the goer or the finished artist in his look or
gesture; but his voice is so deep and powerful, and
from the bottom of his lungs he brings up tones of
such mysterious power; and Im gives utterance to
rich and noble thoughts in such an original and im
pressive manlier, that few wise critics will fail to
accord to him the name of orator.
In the pulpit his appearance is not remarkable.—
Ile stands up before his audience like a sturdy plow
man, tall and straight. lip is a stalwart man: tough
end sinewy, and looks able to compete in a trial of
physical strength with a formidable adversary. , 'the
crown of his head is bald—the hair that remains is
dark—his' features are firm end regular—his fore
head high and broad, seeming, as indeed it is, the
abode of kingly Thought.
Thequre Parker is a great man, if lofty intellect,
a large heart, a liberal education, and good deeds
make a man great. Though not given to prophecy,
I will predict that his name will live and be honored
by posterity. Ile is at least honored and loved by
thousands while living. ➢Zany have cause to re
member liim with gratitude for the impetus he has
given to their minds in the path of religious truth,
and fur the many lessons of life ho has taught them.
'Yours, SCRIBO.
Can't Tell the Trufh.
Some peopl can't tell the truth, no matter how
had they try. l Our forlorn cotemporary of the Ga
ze le is of this class; as for instance, he says in his
las paper:
"TIIANKFUL FOR SMA FAVORS."-ThC ed
it() of the Observes-, on le rning positively that C.
B. 'elms, Esq., had b t elected to Ccingre,ss frtim
thi District by a small majoriiy, forthwith placed
"t arrooster" out of his sanctum window.
• ow, in the first place, "that rooster" was'nt
"placed out of his sanctum window," but on the top
of`` the building. In the second place, it wasn't our
reioster. Our rooster left us very unceremoniously
in 1818, and our information is that it will not re
turn until 185:3. In the third place, we didn't put
it "out of the window," nor upon the house. Some
of our boys thought it a'very "boyish" piece of busi
ness to issue an extratlaiming the election of Mr.
Volker upon the strength of returns from 6 town
ships in one county in a District composed of saran
counties, six of which, according to the Gazette, "are
unmitigatedly and uncompromisingly Locofoco,"
hence they got the rooster up to remind our cotent
poiary that it , is bad policy to "crow before day
light." i
A Illontrdl,l paper gives an account of ci,larde
sale of New England Dry Goods at that point—tlie
first experiment of the kind in Canada. The sale
realized about $44,000. This is more "ruin."
CU' At the Westborough, Mn.,ss Cattle
was exhibited a lloktein cow called "Jenny Lind,"
with a bull-calf hy her side norned"flarnuini7
U" The Dansville, N. V. Ikrald, wishes us to
"merit that November will give Washington Hunt
and his associates on the ticket, a plump ten thou
sand majority."' Well, we have marked it; now see
if November don't prove our cotemporary has told a
"plump" right-up-and-down no such thing. 'Mark
that."
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0 7 r The Indiana Constitutional Convention met
at Indianapolis on Monday last. George W. Carr,
was chosen Pre4ident on the first ballot, and W. li.
English, of Scott county, was elected principle
Secretary. •
Cruise of the Mid:liken.
The U. S. Steamer Michigan, Commander
lug,- has just returned to our port, after an active
cruise to the upper Likes. We aro indeLted to •
Purser Ramsey for our account of her cruise. Tl:e
Michigan left very hurriedly upon learning that
the steamer Patchin was ashore on Skil:rigalee !!,, ; i s
thirty`miled to the westward of Mackinaw. u,.
on arriving at 31schinavri tho Michigan took ca
board 2.0 soldiers from the fort at that place. w it h
some hazard, the sea running high, thes.e men were
pot on beard the Patchin. The-Michiga n lay ca,
night anchored under the shoals of S%illag,ll, sad
thu following, ilay, the stormy weather shich Las 4b
prevailed throughout the Lakes c%mmeneel, Ra i
finding that nothing could be done fur the Lcat, the
ran over to the Mormon settlement at Par)l,
where they were detained during five Liv-.
gale_. As soon as these . abated the stt - ilt."7 ran
again over to the Patchin, and anchored in a p l , ! i.
tion to draw her oil' sholijd there be a pro.pcct c f
success. The crew were sent aboard, and in r- a .
junction with the crew of the Patchin and the s o:-
diem from Mackinaw, with fourteen pumps, lahrrci
unsuccessfully for some hours to free her of water.
It was found impossible to do so, and the l'atcL a
being aground nearly her whole length, with arse.,
through her bottom, it was determined by the In
surance agents and others interested, that 11;:thi l , g
could be done without further assistance, and tle
} Michigan, with one of the Insurance agents, felt for
Detroit.
On her way from Detroit to this place, abr,ut
past four on Thursday afternoon, a brig was seen
with a signal of distresi, flag with union do%a. It
was found to be the Brig Adgonalt, Capt. Barrow, of
Oswego loaded with 12000 bush. of wheat, cn her
way from Chicago to Oswego. She was aground,
off the Middle Sister ,and had been so since early on
the morning of the preceding day: She had already
thrown over 1000 bushels of wheat. At the time'
the Michigan discovered her the v eati.er WV.3
threatening, blowing in heavy squal;s fr:;rn the
South East. By the constant and unrem.tting ef
forts of the Michigan's ship company, she was
haul(' off from her dangerous position by 1 A. M. of
the following morning. During the efforts to pull
her off,the Michigan panel 'her large stearn cable
three times; and the Brig having lost an anchor and
her hawser, ahe was towed into Put in Bay, and at
3 o'clock in the morning the ship continued her way
to this place, at which we were glad to hear she
arrived on Thursday night.
C'lt is said that the costof fitting up the apart
ments occupied by-Jenny Lind at the Revere House,
in Boston, was 613,000! The flowers for Jenny's
boquets, we are told, also, were grown at the request
of Mr. Stevens, expressly fur the occasion. What
obliging flowers to grow expressly for Jenny's - pret- .
ty little nose!
. PUMPING A L.%Kr. DRY.—Dr. J.V. C. Smith, the
editor of the Ilost.in Medical Surgical looms!, mho
is DOW 00 a visit to Ellrupe, gives en interesti ng: de
scription, in his editorial correspondece front Holland
of the =titter in v hich the lake of Haarlem is being
drained by steam engines and its wate_ra sent to the
"Six miles front Amsterdam k the inland lake of
llearlem, 21 miles long by 11 in width which, three
h indred years ego was found to be perceptibility in
creasing by shooting its waters farther and farther,
and covering op the land, threatening the first corn
inertial port of the realm with destruction by flowing
inupem its bark. - Various schenres at that remote
epoch were devised by ab'e eau:lei:lots to stay the
threatening danger. Three Dutch engineers, of ac
know led4ed ability, prop. - .,sed draining, (a the nate9
tirst raising it by wind-nulls. They are entitled to
retnemberance,from having suggested - the plan adopt !
.in 8-19 fur averting an impendening ediaratty.
Seven years since, delay being no longer safe, a
canal aas dug around the whole circumference of tie.
lake, averaging 200 feet in width by ten f,-et deep.—
Three monster engines arc housed on the sides of
the lake, some six or eight miles apart, each muting
eight monstrous puinrk. Ail the pistons are raised
at once, at e%ery reolutien of the machinery
15,000 gallons nil -water, which iS emptiedin I,
nal, whence it is hastened on by a fourth engine fas
ter than it would otherwise move to the Zoyder Zee
and thus it reaches the sea, fifteen, miles distant.—
In April 1849, the pumps, worked by three of the
mightiest steam engines perhaps ever constructed,
wore set in motion, and up to this date, July 25th,
lt,so,hat c lowered the contents of the lake . seven feet.
By next April it k anticipated that thi3 bottom will
will be fairly exposed, and all the water conveyed
away from this ancient basin. All this is executed
at the expense of Government.
Can.mr M.ur. RounEay.—The Mail ,Car was en
tered near Gray's Ferry, at about 11 o'clock on Sat
uaday night, and the punches s. ere rubbed. They
were made up in New York for Richmond, Raleigh,
Wheeling, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Ken
tucky, Arkansas, Missourii and the south-west ier
general. These enerally contained large remit
tancesli of bank no ,as welt as checks, drafts, Lc.:
the cash being m e up chiefly of southern ea
western funds, bought up by the brokers in the At
lantic cities and sent home for redemption. One
letter alone ' from Carpenter tn Yermileye, • New
York, to J. W. Maury, Richmond, co‘ered a remit
tance of e. 76 I. The number of letters, packages,
Sc., opened in searcliof money and other valqes,
was immense enough to fill a barrel. These had
all been very carefully inspected. Checks, drafts,
kc., were thrown aside as valueless. A number of
boxes containing cotton %Adding, indicating a con
siderable quantity of jewelry, wipe carried off and
opened. About 1000 letters were opened, together
with drafts, checks, &c. These were returned to
New York last night.
No clue to the rubbery has yet been obtained.
Sun-um—We learn from the Stewaid of the
steamer Saratoga, which is from the west this mor
ning between six and seven o'clock, that about 4
o'clock, a man, whose name appear to be !quo, from
Cincinnati, was seen by some of the deck passen-,
gers to descend the fender rope to the water's edge,
and soon after disappeared. The Captain was not
notified till about twenty minutes afterwards, con
sequently the boat was not turned about in search
for him. ' It is supposed he is a Frenchman or Ital
ian; is thought to be about thirty-five; and appeared
to he partially insane. Ile left two coats and a bat
in his state room.—Buirdo Com. ...Idv.
MARRIED
On Thursday morning by the Rev. Wm. Flint,
Rector of St. Paula Church, D. A. FINNEY', Erg.,
of Meadville, and Miss Il4itiox, daughter of the late
Dr. \Vm. Johns of this city.
On the 15th inst., by the Rev. W. Flint, Mr. C.
M. Seley, of Milwaukie, Wis. and Mrs. Phebe M.
Wells, of this city.
In Millcreek,,on the - Bth inst., by the Rev. 11.
Sillitnan, Mr. NVIn, W. Wilson of Geneva, Wis.
to Mia. Mary J. Phorrin, of the former place.
DIED
On SuttKday.the 12th inst., Lavina, only daughter
of John abet!' Teel, aged 4 years 10 months
and 29days.
In Millcreek on ur4lay last, Ellen Cordelia Barr
aged 17 years 7 montlia . 'and S days.
On Ist inst in Conneaut,ip,John Randall, in the
81st year of his age.
In McKean, on Thursday the 12th inst., Archi.
bald C. Marsh, aged 25 years.
On the 9th inst., of dysentery, Mrs: Sarah
Saltsman, consort of Mr. Wm. Saltsman, of's'
leyville, aged about 3G years.
Near this place, at the residence of her son-in
law, Mr. A. Miller, on the 11th inst., Mrs. Nancy,
aged '77 years, onsort of Mr. Joseph Stevens, late
of Harborcreek, and formerly o(Dutchess Co., N. Y•
In North East, on the 18th of Sept. ult., Lucius
Henry, son of 1111 n, S. and Sophia M. Miner.