THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
THE GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in the county.
11NriralP,MDDE,
Wednesday, November '26, 1856,
Important to Assessoit
The Assessors of this county will find in
another column an impertant'notice by the
County Commissioners.
THANKSGIVING Rir.—During Thanksgiv
ing day, the stores, shops. and business pla
ces generally, were closed, 'in Huntingdon,
and the day appropriately observed, In the
forenoon there were services in the Presby
terian Church, where the Rev. Mr. MeCtrAzT
preached a National Sermon, which is spo
ken of in the highest terms of praise, We
hope the Rev. Gentleman will yield to theso
licitations of many of our citizens, and con
sent to its publication.
Sheriff Miller
Last week, GRAFFUS :MILLER was ".sworn
in" as Sheriff of Huntingdon county. All
who know the man, are ready to predict for
him, an honest, faithful, and efficient dis
charge of the duties of, the office.
Of the retiring Sheriff, JOSHUA GREENLAND,
we may well say, "well done, thou good and
faithful servant"—he has made a most excel
lent officer, and retires again to private life,
high in the esteem of the whole -community.
The people do well, when they chooSe Such men
to preside over their interests. - We hope'tha.t
both of these gentlemen may always have
as many friends as they have at this time.
The Reading Qualification
It is said that 400 persons, in Connecticut,
were deprived of their vote this month, by
the new constitutional provision 'requiring
that they should know how to read and write,
in order to vote. Connecticut is the first
State that has made an attempt to disfran
chise a free citizen. It is desirable thateve
ry man should possess those aids to knowl
edge, reading and writing, but we should not
fall into the error of mistaking the mere in
strumentalities for intelligence itself. A man
may know how to think correctly; who knows
nothing at all of reading and - writing, and
some who can do both the latter, have no origi
nal thinking power. The latter are less capa
ble of exercising the right of suffrage intelli
gently, than the man -who possesses natural
mother wit, without any assistance from read
- ing. An aristocracy founded upon scholastic at
tainments may be better than one based upon
property, but an aristocracy of any kind in
a representative republic, - established on the
principle of equal political rights, is not very
consistent, nor very democratic.
Canal Appointments
The board of Canal Commissioners at
Harrisburg, have made the following ap
pointments on the public works :
Superintendent of the Columbia Railroad—
J. B. Baker:
Supervisors—Delaware Division—Wm.
Overlield, jr. Eastern Division—W. Foster.
Lower Juniata Division— D. Eisenhise
Lower Western Division John Gallaher.
West Branch Division—Thomas W. Lloyd.
North Branch Division— , George W. Search.
Collectors—Easton, D. H. Nieman ; New.
Hope, C. S. Palmer; Bristol, P. Dunagan ;
Philadelphia, J. T. Smith ; Paoli, R. Laverty;
Parksburg, W. McVeigh ; Columbia, J. L.
Lightner; Portsmouth, J. Livermore; Harris
burg, John H. Brodhead; Newport, John
Hartzell; Lewistown, A. G. Harvey; Hunt
ingdon, Thomas Jackson; Hollidaysburg,
Joseph McClelland ; Johnstown, D. Fullwood;
Blairsville, G. S. Gamieson ; Freeport, C. G.
Snowden ; Pittsburgh, Wm. M. Stewart ;
Williamsport, J. Piatt; Northumberland, J.
Swineford ; Beach Haven, Jan S. Follmer;
Athens, W. H. Oueston • Freeport Aqueduct,
Mary Nesbett; Juniata ' Aqueduct, S. Bigler,
Bridge at Duncan's Island, D. 11. Ziegler ;
Outlet at Portsmouth, Win. Cole.
Weighmasters—Easton, Wm. Able, G. B.
Olmstead, Assistant; Philadelphia, R. Simp
ion, 11. Leech, Assistant; Columbia, J• Moy
er, J. Watts, Assistant; PortSmouth, 11.
Rightmeyer ; Hollidaysburg Lock, Christian
Snyder; Hollidaysburg Scales, George Potts;
Johnstown Scales, J. B arkholder ; Pittsburgh,
Joseph Gaward; Beach Haven,- T. Mcßride;
R. S. Bacon, Assistant.
Cargo Inspectors--LPhiladelphia, P. W.
Conroy;
,Coliimbia, Charles Carson.
State Agents—Columbia Railroad—J. L.
Packer, William S. Wyler, J. Clark, M. D.
Holbrook, O. Stuck, J. S. Royal, C. Geissart.
Wm. Allison; Lot Watson, Addison Haines,
Keeper of the Outlet Lock, Columbia—J.
L. Roth. .
- FURTHER APPOINTMENTS BY THE CANAI.
BOARD.--James Bryden, Esq., of Franklin,
Venango counts, was, on Saturday last, ap
pointed by the Canal Commissioners, Super
intendent of the Allegheny Portage Railroad
for the coming year. Mr. Bryden has been
Wood Inspector on the Portage during the
past year. Henry A. - Boggs, Esq., ofJohns
town, was, on Friday night, appointed Super
visor on the Upper Western Division of the
Pennsylvania Canal. At same time Mr.
Gadd, the late Supervisor on the above divi
sion, was appointed Supervisor on the - Upper
Juniata Division.
A TRUE DEMOCR.XT.—John Pevis, an
old Revolutionary soldier, 104 years old,
walked. on Tuesday seven miles, without a
cane, to the polls in Pleasant township, in
this county, and voted for BUCIIANAN and
BRECRINRIEGE
That is Democracy for you, and a true
,lover of the Union ' Long live the old soldier
and lover of the country.—Ohio Statesman.
SMALL NOTES TENNESSEE.—In accor
dance with the law of the last Legislature,
on and after :eptember 1; 1 8 5 ti, the - issue or
circulation of small notes of a less denomi
nation than S 5, by any bank, except the bank
of Tennessee, is made an indictable offence,
punishable by a fine of not less than $5OO,
nor more than $10,000.„
The New Administration.
It is finally determined beyond the shadow
of a doubt, that the 4th of March nest will
witness the advent of a new administration.
This occurrence, says the Cincinnati EnguirO i
will be hailed by the whole naticwith:COlti
fidence and content. The partisans of the
defeated factions will, before that day, be re
lieved of the disgust and mortification. pro
duced by their defeat, and will settle down
in the belief-=--not the less-real because unex
pressed—that the great responsibilities of the
Executive of this Republic have been placed
in the hands of a safe, wise, honest statesman
and patriot. Few men ever passed through
siz bitter and earnest-a - canvass, as that which
has just terminated, with so little Of persOnnl
obloquy or impeachment as James Buchanan.
His ,whole : life had been a public one; he had
filled for forty: years the most difficult and
- prominent offices in the nation ; he had 'been
conspicuous in all public discUssionS and
party conflicts, and yet his personal charac
ter and honor passed through them all• "with
out a blot or stain,: a shadow or suspicion.
A man with such,a reputation, such tested
honesty, virtue and , wisdom, -cannot but ad
minister the important powers committed to
hiin with Satisfation, With honor, justice and
efficiency. There is a calm wisdom, a sedate
prudence,. blended with steady determination
and fidelity to principle, harmoniously united
in the character of James Buchanan, which
are admirably adapted to the present condi
tion of our public affairs. The angry section
al contests that have been stirred up 14 the
ultras of the two sections .of the Union, : will
soon decline into a more healthy and frater
nal state of feeling -under the wise . direction
of such a man. Every section of the Union
will be protected--in its rights. The extrem
ists will find but little favor and encourage
ment. •
Another happy feature which will charac
terize the administration of James Buchanan
will be the absence of all concussing and in
triguing, for• the succession. There will be no
favorites, no kitchen cabinets, or underhand
ed scheeming to employ the patronage of - the
government for selfish objects. James Buch
anan Will be the President himself. He can
call around him no men who could claim su
periority to him in any of the qualities which
his position will demand. They must look
up to him as the Chief and real Executive of
the Republic. Thoroughly imbued with the
spirit, and familiar with those principles
which gave such energy and success to the
administration of 'Jackson, there is little
danger that he will not keep pace with the
progress, the demands and the - development
of the democracy 'of the country.
He will maintain the principle embodied
in the Kansas Bill, which gives to the peo
ple of a Territory the right of determining the
conditions of it's government.
He will resist the pretentions of Congress
to control this right, so far as slavery or any
other matter of State policy is concerned.
Ile will see that peace is preserved, and
that the people in the Territories are pro
tected in their right of self-government from
all interferences from without.
He will maintain the rights and honor of
the Republic abroad, on the old Jacksonian
dOctrine of asking nothing that is not right,
and submitting to nothing that is wrong.
He will introduce greater economy and effi
ciency into the administration of the govern
ment, so as to reduce the corrupting influence
of its patronage, .by calling into the public
offices men of honest character and eminent
.abilities.
He will adhere to those cardinal doctrines
of the democratic, faith, which enforces a
strict construction of the Constitution and
denounce the exercise of all doubtful powers,
leaving to the people and. the States their re
served powers uninvaded and unyiolu,ted, ,
He will sce that the laws ark: faithfully ex
ecuted. •
He will recognize and give a wise direc
tion to that natural impulse of the democracy
which sees in the extension of our territory
the true elements of our pOwer, and the safe
ty and perpetuity of our Union. ;
With these leading objects and principles
to guide him, we predict for James Buch
anan an administration which shall revive
the glories of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian
eras, and that, when his term of office shall
close, he will return to the shades of Wheat
land with as Much of the veneration, .love,
honor and respect of the people as have ever
followed the any of patriots of our Re
public into the dignified retreat of private
life.
JUDGE APPOINTED.—Gov. Pollock has ap
pointed Hon. Rom.. T. ComtAD a Judge Of
the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Judge Kelly. In speaking of this ap
pointment the Pennsylvanian says, it is doubt
less whether in the whole Commonwealth,
a man could have been found with enough
assurance to ask for such an appointment so
utterly unfitted to discharge its duties as
Judge Conrad. As a popular orator,. or a
poetical writer, the Judge has few superiors,
but all know perfectly well that every politi
cal office he has ever held he has disgraced,
and his former experience on the Bench
should have Warned . Pollock, if he had the
slightest regard for the interests of the peo
ple of this city, against his appointment.
However, he owed Conrad, politically, a debt,
and he has paid it at the price of the security
of the lives and property of the citizens of
Philadelphia. They must submit until an
opportunity is presented to resent the insult.
Dm:doe - fats; Beware of Wo peep's
"ronf'dianct Ptess. ,
We find the following in: the Pellefonte
Tratchni'an, whrcli vie, heartily; enclOrse and
commend to the attention of our readers :
" We. see advertised in the columns of a.
number of our Democratic exchanges the
prospectus of the New York Weekly Times,
professing to he "wholly independent of all
political parties." This is a trick of the
Abolitionists to introduce into the families of
Democrats in Pennsylvania a sheet that has
been devoted to the cause of-sectionalism and
Fremontisrn during the past Presidential Cam
paig,n. The idea is; to commence 'the cam
paign immediately; 'by introducing papers
into the families of Democrats under the
masks of 'neutrality, and whenever. occasion
: offers to assail the Democracy. whom they
would deceive by their hypocrisy into the 'be
lief that they were subscribing for a neutral
.•
paper.
a We caution our Democratic friends in re
gard to these neutral papers, for nearly every
one of them have been in the pay of the ene
my. The old" "Saturday Courier," we un
derstand, has been discontinued, and its sub-
Scription list merged into that•• of the Phila
delphia Bulletin, Which is
. another trick of
the enemy. The Bulletin has also been one
of the rankest kind of Abolition -sheets, and
is under the 'control of the notorious Alexan
der CumMings, a political trimmer,
-who has
been hanging on the skirts' of all parties=
following - in the footsteps of Janies Gordon
Bernett = and is willing to give the support
of his-paper to any person or party who will
pay best. We say • again :beware of these
neutral humbugs.
" We both copy and endorse the,suggestion
of the Albany Argus, that the best way for
the Democrats to stop the spread of disunion
and Abolitionism, is to increase the circula
tion of Democratic newspapers. ' The Argus
says : " There can be no doubt that the New
York Weekly Tribune, with its • immense cir
culation throughout the Northern and West
ern States, (obtained in many cases on the
idea that it was not a partisan paper,) has
done the Democratic cause great 'damage in
the recent contest. The - antidote to this evil
iS,the circulation of sound and efficient Dem
ocratic papers, and our political friends should
attend to this matter now, and thus sow the
seed for the next campaign.' We have a word
to say to Democratic postmasters in this con
nection. Thousands, of them • all over the
country have, in past years, aided the circu
lation of the N. Y. Weekly Tribune- by get
ting up clubs for it. There was some apology
for this - when that paper was not so violently
partisan •as at present. But postmasters who
any longer do this, furnish aid andcomfort to
the enemy. Their influence as .members of
the Democratic party, and particularly as
officeholders at its hands, should be exercised
in favor of the circulation of Democratic
newspapers. The Democratic party has cer
tainly a right to expect that those holding
office under it will not engage in the circula
tion of Abolition papers and documents.—
Postmasters can readily ; and with but little
labor, largely increase the aggregate circula
tion of. Democratic newspapers in the coun
try, and we think that, under the teachings
of the late campaign, they will feel disposed
to attend to this political duty. We repeat,
it is our duty to begin the- next campaign
now, by the circulation of newspapers, by
maintaining and perfecting our organization,
and by such other efforts' as to secure
,Demo
cratic ascendancy."
If the Democratic press of the country was
supported half as well as the journals of the
opposition are, there is no telling the vast
amount of good that could be accomplished.
We cannot see why this is not done. Where
can men be found who have labored harder
for the good of their party and the country
than Democratic editors have done? Where
are the journals that have been conducted
with more zeal and ability than the Demo
cratic ' press of America ? Their superiors
can no where be found : and yet the great
mass of them eke out a beggarly existence,
while the majority of those who conduct the
papers of the opposition "grow fat and kick:"
This should not be. Et-cry Democrat should
-feel it his duty to aid in'circulating his party
paper, and in contributing to its advertising
patronage. -
How many Democrats are there through;
out the State, who not-Glib., do not subscribe
for their party paper, published in their own
immediate neighborhood, but who seldom see
• a Democratic journal? " Their name is
countless legions." And these people are
-zwell able to subscribe for a dozen papers each,
yet they do not take one !
It is a fact conceded on all hands that the
press is a powerful lever; there is none more
potent in moulding the will and controlling
the minds of the people. No cause, small or
great, can live and prosper out of the pale of
its influence. Every man who is not ac
quainted with this fact should know it, and
have it at :once indelibly impressed upon his
memory.
The Democratic party asks no odds. Un
trammelled and free, it is fully able, success
fully to contend with all the isms in the
-world. The truth has nothing to fear from
error, so lone as it is left free to combat it.—
Then, let the Democrats of the country, come
to the rescue. Let Ahern circulate their own
party papers, that they may be found when
ever the false documents of the opposition
are seen, and all -Will be well. The antidote
will follow the poison, and the health of the
body politic will be preserved. -
The Home of BreckliOldo;
Like Mr. Buchanan,.., Mr. , Breek.Wige is
:best. appreciated where he. is best known.
The Lexington (Ky.) • Statesmtin says:-
"j` The result of the ,elee'tion in'this,C4 and
county is highly complin?.entary toy-our--dis
tinguished candidates for President and Vice
President. The number of votes eastfor
our ticket in each district of the county, is
larger than ever received by a Democratic
candidate for Governor or President, and the
majority in the city and county is greatly
reduced.—The district in - which Major Brea
inridge'resides, (7th,) and which gave Gov.
Morehead, (K. N.) in 1855, a majority of 78,
gave our ticket on Tuesday last a majority
of 8 7 -4 gain of 87. The city of Lexington
gave Morehead 187 majority, while it gives
Fillmore only 29—a Democratic gain of 158.
Each district in the city and county 'gives a
Democratic gain.
" These results have been secured, too, in
defiance of most unfavorable circumstances,
among - which may be mentioned the alarm
of our Democratic naturalized citizens for
weeks previous to the election, and the use
of money against us in commanding amounts.
But for these facts, the city of Lexington
would, have given a handsome Democratic
majority."
Free State in Texas
Some may look upon such a thing as a Free
State of Western Texas as improbable, par
'ticularly, a time when such strenuous ef
forts are being • made to, parry slavery into
Kansas,- where slavery does, not now exist by
positive law,' Yet there is a strong.probabil
ity that such an event will occur.within the
next ten years. • , Our opinion: is based upon
the . fact that foreign immigration is greater
.than domestic, by at least ten to one, and up
on the well known fact that foreign immigra
tion is opposed to slavery from principle, pre
judice, and education. And there are many
of the immigrants from the older States op
posed to slavery, who quietly tolerate it so
long as it is an institution of the State, but
who will vote no slavery when the question
comes up whether Western Texas shall be a
free or a slave State. This fact is not gene
rally known ; if so, it is not duly considered.
The vote of the adopted citizens of Texas
now numbers at least 12,000. In less than
ten years it will be increased to three times
that number, unless the naturalization laws
are changed. This increase will be in a much
greater ratio than that of the native born
State.—San Antonio Texan.
This is a pregnant and important fact ta
ken in connection with the principle of pop
ular sovereignty, as applied to new territo
ries. If freedom is not barred by legislative
restrictions, there is vitality enough in it to
supersede slavery eventually, even where it
is strongest. If Western Texas is likely to
become a free State, simply by immigration,
what possible chance is there for slavery be
coMing a fiXed institution in any portion of
the new territories now opened to immigra
tion, with the settlers at liberty to choose for
themselves the kind of institutions they shall
have? Force may attempt to defeat this si
lent working of a natural law, but force, as
applied to the institutions of this country,
cannot be.permanently operative. The mass
of mankind know what is for their political
interests, and such is the moral constitution
of affairs, that the best political condition is
that which is based upon the , purest morals
and the strictest justice. It is a curious fact
however, to observe that the section of coun
try which is the most opposed to the exten
sion of slavery, and most needs the aid of
foreign immigration to fill the territories with
free settlers, is also the most determined in
its opposition to the naturalization laws,and
would have the individual who is born on a
foreign soil remain for his life time in a con
dition of political serfdom.—Phila. Ledger.
Failure of the Lancaster Bank.
(From the Lancaster Express of Wednesday last.)
The siispenstbn of the Lancaster Bank con
tinues to be the main topic of discussion. To
day a large number of people from the coun
try are in town, many of them "seeking com
fort," and many of them " finding none."—
.The note holders will be comparatively safe,
as they are protected by the liability clause
in the charter : but unless there is a determi
ned effort made to right up the institution,
the stockholders and depositors will suffer
heavily. We understand that such a, deter
mination is expressed among. the, heavy men
interested, and we therefore await the result
of the meeting of the stockholders on Satur
day, which we will publish in our paper of
that evening. - .
The liabilities of the bank are about .700,-
000 of notes in circulation, and $250,000 of
deposits, while the capital of the bank is
about $404,000. What the other assets of
the bark may amount to we of course have
no means yet of ascertaining. If the bad
debts i or "outside speculations," of the In
stitution, which have led to its embarrass
ment, -do not exceed the capital, the probabil
ities. are that the depositors as well as the
note holders will be paid off in full in the
final settlement of its affairs.
The Examiner of Saturday morning says
that A. Herr Smith, Esq., accepted the posi
tion of President very reluctantly, and only
at the earnest solicitation of the directors and
a large portion of the stockholders, who ho
ped that his well established character for in
tegrity of purpose, energy and prudence,
would revive 'the confidence of the public in
the institution, and enable it to weather the
storm which seemed to be gathering around
it. The crisis, however, came before the
change had time to have any influence upon
the public mind—and the run upon the bank
having commenced, nothing was left but to
suspend payment, so that all its creditors
(being note holders) should be placed upon
the same footing. The difficulties now sur
rounding the Bank result from indiscretions
of former officers in loaning large sums of
money to a few individuals, and upon secu
rities which have since•depreciated in value.
It may not be in .the power of the present
officers and directors to convert bad securities
into' good, but the creditors of the Bank can
depend upon everything.being done that can
be done to promote and protect their interest.
To the Editor of tho N. Y. Express.
A VoliifitarY Return to Slavery
A. case has recently come to my notice,
Which may not be devoid of intereSt; as fur
nishing additional evidence of slavery as not
always being obnoxious to the slave. A fine
intelligent colored man, who was owned by
Messrs. Harris & Morgan, the large steam
ship owners of New Orleans, and who was
employed by them in the capacity of bank
ing clerk, and in the fulfilment, of duties ap
pertaining to their office, was manumitted by
them upon the recent dissolution of their bu
siness in that city. This house having ar
ranged to prosecute their business in this city
the slave Harry, now free, was furnished by
them with a free passage thither, and upon
his arrival here, was employed by them, with
the wages of $3O per month: Having had
an opportunity to test alike the merits of Sla
very and Freedoni, Harry has signified to his
former employers_and owners, his desire to
return to Slavery. He longs for the old po
sition, where are furnished to the negro op
portunities. which Pree Territory does not fur
nish. There, he is cared for ; his social posi
tion is higher ; he is admitted to places of
amusement, and when intelligence is an ac
companiment, the capacity of enjoying in
creased privileges is increased. Harry has
tried our Slavery and to his regret, has tried
our .Freedom. He is possessed of unusual in
telligence and is perfectly trustworthy. His
value is $2,500. And his employers having
been foiled in their• attempt to reward him
for his fidelity to them, now reluctantly con
. sent to return him to Slavery. The citizens
of New Orleans will soon have the pleasure
of seeing again "Mr. Harris and Morgan,"
as Harry is familiarly called at home, well
known as he is to the residents of that city.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1856. N. S. S.
From the Richmond Dispatch
Another Voluntary Return to Slavery---
Something for Abolitionists to Reflect
upon.
Some time ago two negro women named
Caroline Banks and Mary Frances, emanci
pated by the will of Mrs. Sarah Branch, of
Chesterfield, were taken to New York by the
executor of the estate, and there left, with a
supply of money sufficient, it was .supposed,
to last them until they could procure employ
ment.. •In October last, while Mr. William
Hardgrove, of this city, was in Boston on
business, he was called upon by Caroline
Banks, with the request that he would take
her children back to Virginia, and she would
soon follow them ; that she preferred slavery
in Virginia to freedom in the North, where
the most she could .obtain by constant toil
was a miserable subsistence. Mr. Hardgrove
declined having anything to do with the mat
ter, but candidly represented to her the con
sequences which would inevitably result from
her return.
A few days ago, Caroline Banks, with her
sister, Mary Frances, and their children,
came to Virginia voluntarily, and of their
own accord. Soon after their arrival, they
earnestly besought the -protection of gentle
men here, representing their willingness to
become slaves again—a condition far prefer
able to the "pleasures" of freedom they had
experienced among the flinty-hearted aboli
tionists at the North,. Under these circum
stances, legal steps Were taken to provide for
their voluntary enslavement under the act of
Assembly passed February 18, 1856. We
are not definitely advised as to the measures
adopted in the case of Mary Frances ; but
Caroline, who applied to Mr. Samuel Hard
grove, was sent to W. W. Crump, Esq., for
advice. After sufficient time for reflection
had been given her, a petition was drawn up,
as required by the act, and carefully read and
explained in her presence. She was satisfied
with its terms,. still averring that she was de
sirous of relinquishing and renouncing her
right to freedom and of becoming the slave
of Mr. Hardgrove. The parties appeared
before the Mayor on Saturday, for the pur
pose of commencing legal proceedings, but
the, matter was postponed until the 22d inst.
This incident, we think, affords a fair il
lustration of the actual benefits of bondage
to the negro race.
A WELL OF GAS rxlNlictriGAN.—We learn
frOm The Mt. Clemens Advocate, that a gas
spring has been discovered on the premises
of Mr. Rose, about 4 miles above New Balti
more, on the border of Lake St. Clair. Some
workmen had been for a considerable time
engaged in digging a well, on Mr. Rose's
premises, a rod or so northwest of the house,
which is of brick and newly built and had,
by digging and boring in all, attained the
depth of 75 feet. They had drawn up the
auger, to the place where they left off digging
and commenced boring ; and there left it,
with some other tools, and Were at dinner,
when they were startled by a violent noise,
at first like an explosion, and then followed
a roar like "blowing off" a large steam boiler,
accompanied by a very perceptible trembling
of the foundation of the house. As may be
supposed, the inmates rushed out and beheld,
to their utter astonishment and consternation,
the well vomiting forth a, huge column of
Sand with. such a, force as to throw it to the
height of over, 200 feet.
Limbs on a tree close by, some of them
two and three inches through, were knocked
off and broken in pieces by the coarse gravel
and pebbles as they would have been by a
shower of musket balls; the body of the
tree and the apple. trees of orchards for 30
yards away, were plastered thick with sand
and mud, the auger was blown 150 feet from
the well. A stone weighing 16 pounds was
thrown up nearly the same height, and fell
100 . yards off. The ground for full an acre
in extent was covered with gravel and sand
to the depth of from one to six inches.—The
gas has been several times ignited ; and burns
with a beautiful white flame ; and though
the well has been filled up for fear that the
entire underpinning of the Swan Creek coun
try might be scattered to the four winds, the
current of gas is so strong that it finds its
way through several crevices and around the
edges of the wall, and may be at any time
imnited as it often is, for the satisfaction of
visitors.—Detroit Tribune.
A ONE-SIDED AFFAIR.—OId Codorus, in
York county, is one of the townships we read
about occasionally. She votes a very straight
ticket, although not exactly straight-Fillmore.
The York Gazette asks the democratic papers
throughout the Union to pass around the re
turns of "Old Codorus." IVe do so cheer
fully. Here they are :
Buchanan 350
Fusion ------ - 5
Fillmore 1
NEW BANRS.—There will be thirty-two ap
plications for new banks, re-charters and ex
tensions, beforo the next Legislature. Whe
ther the failure of the Lancaster 'Bank will.
have any influence over the Legislature, re
mains to be seen.
Hessians in the Revolution
For the following we are indebted to
"Life Illustrated :"—At a recent meeting of
the New York Historical Society, Frederick
Kapp, Esq., gave an interesting sketch of
the history of the custom of employing ,
mer
cenary troops, which he traced from an,early
day, and gave an account of the engaging of
foreign troops by England during the Revo
lution. At the commencement of the Revo
lution England stood in great need of troops,
and contemplated the hiring of twenty thou
sand men from Russia. But it was decided
before long to abandon this plan, and apply
again to their old man-purveyors—the small
princes of Germany, and soon the necessary
treaties were made with the Duke of Bruns
wick, the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, and
the Court of Hanau. The Duke of Bruns
wick, whose dominions comprised at that
time 1500 square miles, with 150„000 inhab
itants, undertook to furnish:43,ooo men of
whoni 366 were cavalry and the rest infantry.
For these the Duke received, under the name
of "levy money," 30 crowns, ($35 - .50) for
each man, the same sum for every one killed,
or for three wounded, who were to. be ac
counted equal to one killed ; 'and besides this,
for the expense of equipment, two month's
extra pay. The subsidies received by the
Duke, as long the troops received the pay
of English soldiers, amounted to 64,500
crowns a year, and double that sum from
the time their pay ceased until two years
after their return into Brunswick. The
Landgrave of Hesse, the infamous Frederick
11, although he possessed but 3300 square
miles, with about 280,000 inhabitants, had
an army of nearly 20,000 experienced troops.
He undertook to furnish within four weeks
three grenadier battallions, six infantry regi
ments, and one company of riflemen, and in
a month after that a battallion of grenadiers,
nine infantry regiments, and a company of
riflemen—amounting in all to 12,104 men.
The Landgrave received not only the levy
money of 30 crowns a head, but there was
paid him also a subsidy of 450,000 crowns
per year in addition to the regular pay of
the troops. The Landgrave's son, also, then
reigning Count of Hanau' sold a regiment of
668 men to the English for 25,000 crowns
per year, besides the regular levy money.—
Even the Prince of Little Waldeck, whose
vast dominions consisted of some sterile hills
of some 400 square miles, with about 3,000
inhabitants, felt attracted by the prospect of
larger profits, the regular trade with the
Dutch, and instead of sending his soldiers,
as usual, to the Cape of Good Hope or Bata
via, sold an infantry regiment of 670 men to
England on the same good terms as the Count
of Hanau.
In the beginning of 1777, the Margrave of
Anspach andenburgh and the Prince of
Anhalt Zerbst joined these princely dealers
in human flesh, and contributed the former
1,285, and the latter 1,160 men. The Mar
grave received, besides the levy money, an
annual subsidy of 45,000 crowns ; the Prince
a similar sum. Most of the soldiers were
forcibly enlisted, and of course desertions
were frequent. Of the Anhalt regiment 140
men deserted at once, and the next day even
an officer with fifty men were among the
missing. In conclusion Mr. Kapp alluded
to the large number of Germans who, desert
ing their ranks, had remained in this country,
and by their industry had done much for its
advancement.
Curious Case.
The late session of our Court brought be
fore the public a case that many of our citi
zens never heard of before. From what we
could learn of the particulars, it appears that
a man named George Hamor, has been in
confinement as a maniac in Duncansville, for
the last fifteen years. During that time he
has had several lucid intervals, but the attacks
always returned with increased violence.
Some of the humane neighbors allege that
the family has .treated Hamor inhumanly,
and that under proper treatment he would
long since have recovered; accordingly they
sued out a writ of habeas corpus, had him
brought to Court, and from thence sent to
jail to await the decision of a jury at the
next term.—The jury, we presume, will not
be required to pass judgment upon the lunacy
of Hamor, but decide whether under the pro
visions of the Law, he shall be sent to the
Asylum at Harrisburg, or bacleto the tomb
where he spent fifteen years, and again be
loaded down with fetters. To contemplate a,
wife and children driven to the necessity of
loading a husband and father with chains,
and keping him in an out-house, is enough
to make one shudder, more especially when
it is known that there is and for sixteen
years has been an Asylum near Philadelphia,
where patients who are too poor to pay are
treated gratis.
Ilamor is between fifty and sixty years of
age, with a vigorous constitution, and who
might, by proper treatment, live many years
yet, although there is little hope of ever
curing him.
Verily one half of the world knows nothing
about the other half. ---Hollidaysburg Stan
dard:
Blair County. ---Offi.ci al.
UNION:
Allegheny, 80 37 155 3G
Antis, 232 37 81 9
Altoona, 15 31 260 295
Blair, 50 4 86 13
Catharine, 05 10 67 3
Frankstown, 192 34 58 00
Gaysport, 11 13 108 00
Greenfield, 105 4 90 11
Huston, 104 9 143 00
Hollidaysburg, w. W., 81 34 150 00
Do. East w., . 99 29 131 2
Juniata, 81 15 151 20
Logan, 26 8 106 277
Snyder, 188 20 92 22
Tyrone, 92 33 45 9
Taylor, 149 6 63 0
Woodberry, 137 33 148 0
North Woodberry, 46 88 136 0
Aggregate Union vote, 2198
Fillmore straight-out, 697
Aggr. Anti-Buchanan T0te,2395
Buchanan vote,. 2070
Anti-Buchanan maj
Ofe - An English paper says: Our gracious
Queen is far advanced. in a condition which
promises, God aiding, to augment the royal
family of England, somewhere about the
month of February.
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