THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
THE GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in the county.
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Wednesday, roecerilber 31, 1856%
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or job work, will please pay up in full, or a
part on account, as it may he most conveni
ent. We have been easy with many of our
delinquent friends for some years, but the
time has come when we must take care of
ourselves.. Our delinquent friends do not
number over two hundred, and unless they
give proper attention to thiS, our earnest call
upon them, justice to ourself and our hundreds
of real friends, will compel us to erase their
names from our subscription list. We do not
include in this call, any of our friends who
are not in arrears for more than a year's sub
scription. Any amount remitted by mail,
(registered) shall be at our risk.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY INSTITUTE' FOR YOUNG
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.—We invite attention
to advertisement of this Institute in another
column. It has been for years, and will con
tinue to be, under - the present proprietors,
Messrs—Rupp & Coyle, one of the best con.,
ducted. Institutes in the State. The next
term will commence April Ist, 1857.
The - PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL
for January has been received. We wore
early convinced of the utility of this publica
tion, and time has confirmed our convictions.
We trust it may enjoy a patronage commen
surate to its usefulness.
IN .1 DILEMMA.—It would seem that " Mr.
Gillam," the gentleman who conveyed the
" astounding" information to the editors of
the Huntingdon Journal that " the mails were
robbed," is really in a dilemma in regard to
what he has said ; but it is expected that he
will see the propriety of making a statement
over his name in regard to the " astounding
development," that the public may know
whether he wilfully misrepresented the facts
in the case or not. Mr. Gillam should see
the predicament in which he has been placed
by the Journal—that his veracity and honor
are impeached—and that justice to himself as
-well as others, demands a public statement.
Let Mr. Gillam state all the facts in the case,
and also what he has privately stated to the
editors of the Journal, Mr. Snare and ourself,
that the public may know to whom to award
credit for " the astounding mail robbery !"--:-
We expect to hear from " Mr. Gillam" before
tiny
Judge Campbell.
On the Report of the Postmaster General,
the Philadelphia Gazette, an opposition print,
remarks
" It is due to Mr. Campbell, who has made
his last annual report to Congress, and is
about to retire from his high office, to say,
what indeed we can say in strong and cordial
terms, that he has performed the onerous but
honorable duties of that office with, a single
eye to the interest of the public, with a faith
fulness, industry, and ability unsurpassed ;
that he has fully met and answered all just
claims of the community upon him, and will
leave the department in as prosperous a con
dition as was possible for the administrative
skill of a single man to render it.
a'-The Harrisburg Telegraph notices the
sudden death of Jacob M. Haldeman, Esq.,
one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of
that Borough. The sad event occurred on
Monday evening week. Mr. IL was seated
at the time in his office, conversing with one
of his sons, and but a moment before remark
ed that he never felt better in his life. The
disease was apoplexy. Mr. Haldeman was
the President of the Harrisburg Bank, was
an extensive landholder, and was well known
in financial circles. lle was 76 years of age.
31r. Buchanan delivered an Address
to the Students of Marshall College, lately.
Mr. Buchanan boldly_ and plainly says the
object of his administration will be to "de
stroy any sectional party—North or South—
and haimonize all sections of the Union un
der a national and conservative government,
as it was fifty years ago." This is fair notice
to political brawlers, North and South, that
they will be repudiated by Mr. Buchanan's
conservative administration.
LOCK HAVEN AND TYRONE RAILROAD.-A
meeting of the friends of this road favorable
to its immediate construction from Bellefonte
to Tyrone, was held at the Court House at
Bellefonte, on the 16th of December.
Hon. Jas. Burnside, from a committee ap
pointed for the purpose, reported. several
amendments to the act of incorporation which
were: adopted, and. Judge Burnside, H. N.
McAlister, and E. C. Humes, were appoint
ed a committee to ask the Legislature to grant
said. amendments. A committee was appoint
ed to solicit subscriptions. A meeting of the
stockholders for the election of a Board of
managers is to be held at Bellefonte on the
12th of next month.
ai' The Legislature of this State will meet
at Harrisburg on the 9th. of January next.—
On the lath both houses will assemble in Con
vention for_ the purpose of electing a 11. S.
Senator in the •place of Hon. R. BaontrEat>,
whose term•expires on the 4th of March next.
rilia.ScaTee--The invitations distributed in
tOlvp: for the Eroad Top gathering,.. Don't
expect the number spoiled the fun !
Teachers' AssoOlatiori:
On the 22d, a number of school teachers—
about fifty—assembled in this borouglint the
Court House, and held what they term e. -
" Teachers' Institute." . This " Institute" de
mands our attention—and the public, ought
to be informed in relation to it. An orga,ni
eation was effected during the afternoon of
Monday. The evening was occupied in de
bate with some general remarks from the mem
bers. On Tuesday the exercises were reason
ably creditable ; but it was manifest that a
conspiracy was brewing between a club of
disaffected.- teachers, and a few others, who
acted from selfish and sinister motives. This
being evident, a number of the prominent and
highly respectable teachers abandoned the
"Institute" "and left town. Tuesday evening,
all parliamentary rule was waived, and a cer
tain class of snob teachers occupied the time
in emptying themselves of low personalities,
rant and abuse against the County Superin
tendent. From that time on, the spirit of the
" Institute" was broken down, snobism was
triumphant, and spectators listened only to
be disgusted.
The outcry against the County Superintend
ent was on the mere assumption that he had
not granted certificates as favorable as they
claimed for themselves. Not a single eminent
teacher throughout the whole county had any
complaints to make. It was the second or
third-rate teachers, whose abilitieS were so
fairly exhibited through our town, as well as
in the "Institute!" We have heard our cit
izens remark that they never saw as much
snobism, effrontery, and 'Upstart vanity dis
played by any body of men as by the indi
viduals here alluded to ; and who have, on
this occasion, disgraced themselves, their pro
fession, and the educational interests of our
county.
To our better teachers, we say, do not let
us disparage. You are noble m(.n, and noble
women. You are engaged in a great and no
ble work. Go on and build up your profes
sion, Yoursis the work of philanthropy, and
the basis of all government. You do not la
bor in vain. The eye of public opinion is
upon all your faithfulness, and religion will
approve it, and be strengthened,by it.
The $lOOO offer Accepted
" Lewis of the Globe insinuates that somebody in the
Journal office is guilty of illegal voting. That it is untrue,
and to prove it false, we dare him to stake $lOOO that it is
a truth."—Sarnuet G. Whittaker.
We do not " insinuate," but we Make the
charge, direct and emphatic, that Samuel G.
Whittaker did vote illegally in 1854, and "the
evidence we bring forward is incontrovertible,
it is the Family _Record' ", then, and we
suppose now, in the family of which said Sam-:
uel G. Whittaker is a member.
That Samuel G. Whittaker voted before the
19th day_ of June_ 1855 ina _azia_A
the record of elections in the Prothonotary's'
office should be sufficient to convince any man.
That he voted illegally, we shall give his own
testimony, published to the world by himself
through the columns of the Huntingdon Jour
nal, in June 1855.
In answer to our charge that he. opposed
the election of the Whig nominees at the gen
eral election in 1854, Samuel G. Whittaker,
said :
"We answer, as we did before, that we voted for Whigs,
ever since we have . becn of the age required by law for
exercising' the right of suffrage ; and which, from some
unaccountable delay in our making our appearance in the
world has not yet arrived. If the judges will permit us to
vote at the age of twenty, we are not going to offer any ob
jection. As to the charge office Globe, that we last fall,
when editor of the Standing Slone, opposed tho regularly
nominated Whig candidate for the Legislature, and voted
for the llindoo candidate, we pronounce a doWaright lie.
Tho evidence we bring forward to prove it such, is incon
trovertible, it is the 'family record. If it would ho a
source of any gratification to the editor, he is perfectly
welcome to examine the "big bible," in which he will find
that -Gabe, Jr.," [Samuel G. Whittaker] was born on tho
10th day of June, A. D. 1834; consequently, not being 'nat
uralized' last fall, could not vote for any candidate then
and cannot now until a "few days" shall pass over."
What stronger evidence does the reader
want to convict said Samuel G. Whittaker of
having voted illegally in 1854?
The $lOOO (if he has them) he will please
hand over for the use of the poor of the town'
and county.
And now we shall try to be as liberal as
the most liberal. If Samuel G. Whittaker,
and William Brewster, the penny-stamp edi
tor, and their friends, if they have any, will
agree to an. investigation of the charges we
havemade against them, and the charges they
have made against us,--denied on - both sides,
we again propose the selection of a committee
of seven gentlemen from amongst our most
respectable citizens—they to select four and
we three—and for every failure on either side
to produce evidence to convince the commit
tee that a charge is sustained, the - party ma
king the charge to forfeit $25. They cannot
object to this proposition—they have a major
ity of the committee. Will they " face the
music."
BENNETT'S PRAISE.—The New York Her
ald has at last become so notorious and infa
mous that every person and all interest prais
ed by its conductors arc looked upon with
suspicion and distrust. Under the head of
"Preparing to Knife Him," we find the fol
lowing in the New York News of yesterday:
" Bennett has commenced praising Senator
Douglas. Either the Senator has committed
some great wrong to draw the favorable no
tice of Bennett, or else the latter is preparing
to stab him under the fifth rib. The orge's
praises are like poisoned flowers—pleasing,
but there is death concealed within."
New Year's Present.
A beautiful article for a New Year's Pres
ent can be secured at the Daguerreotype Gal.- . •
lery of E. P. PRETTYMAN', at the Station
House, up stairs. You could not give a more
acceptable present to a friend, than a likeness
taken by Prettyman in his best style.. We
were shown several beautiful • specimen' the
other day.
Proceedlies of the Huntingdon County
Teachers' Institute.
-'he fifth annual Session of this
tion, was-held in the Court House, ixi Hun
tingdon, on, Monday, 22d 2p'elock,
P. M
The meeting having been called to order,
it was, on motion of R. McDivitt, resolved,
that in the absence of the Executive Commit
tee, a Committee of three be - appointed to
prepare business for the next morning Ses
sion. Chair appointed R. McDivitt, P. 11.
Lane and E. Pletcher, said committee.
The minutes of last Session were then read
and adopted, and the Constitution and by
laws being called for, were read before the
Institute.
The Committee on business, reported the
following order of exercises for next morning
Session, viz: Hearing reports from the seve
ral committees appointed during last Session;
discussion on the subject of Black-board ex
ercises opened by Mr. Owen, and a lecture
on Penmanship ; by Prof. S. H. Morrison.
The Chair Man of the Board of managers,
in the absence of the' other members of the
Board, informed the Institute that he had
corresponded with a number of speakers and
lecturers from a distance, and received an
sivers from the following gentlemen, which
were read before the Institute, viz: Hon. T.
H. Burrows, 11. C. Hickock, Esq., Dr. E. A.
Smith, and Prof. A. D. Hawn.
The Chair then appointed Albert Owen, J.
D. Brown and R. McDivitt, a committee to
prepare exercises for the evening Session,
who reported the following, viz: Ist, Intro
ductory address to the teachers, by R. McDiv
itt; 2d, Discussion on the subject of School
Exhibitions; 3d, a verbal report from the
County Superintendent, on the educational
affairs of the county.
Some remarks were then made by Mr:
Owen, County Superintendent, on the man
ner of conducting the Association in future,
advocating the principle _ of holding, instead
of an Institute, a Teachers' Association, em
bracing all the educational affairs of the coun
ty, and recommending the holding of local
Institutes throughout the county. He was
followed by Messrs. Barr and J. D. Brown,
who advocated the old system of discussion
ou the different branches of education taught
in the seirools: Remarks were also made on
the subject, by Messrs. Lane, Pletcher and
R. B. Brown. When, on motion, adjourned
till half-past 6 , o'clock, P. M.•
NEM. D'AT EVENING SESSION
Prayer by Prof.-Kidder
Address to the teachers by It.. McDiiritt.
Discussion on the subject of School:Vmhi.-
bitions, opened by Mr. Owen, and continued.
by Messrs. Benedict, Barr, J. D. ' , Brown,.
McDivitt Prof. Kidder. Juo..
_ ~Piliiaiiison.
ESq., and 11. Lane. Adjourned till Tues
day 9 o'clock, A. M.
TUESDAY MORNING SESSION.
Prayer by Mr. Benedict:
Minutes of last Session read and adopted.
Committee on the bait -Method of impart
ing instruction in arithmetic, not ready,to re
port. Committee continued.
The Chairman of the Committee to report
on the best time and method of hearing reci
tations, being absent, the Committee was con
tinued. Committee to report on the study of
the English language, not ready to report. =
Committee continued.
Discussion on the subject of Black-board
exercises, opened by Mr. Owen, and continu
ed by Messrs. Lane, Streamer, Purdy, Be*
dict, McDivitt, Kidder and Thomas. Contin
ued till afternoon session. Adjourned till
o'clock, P. M.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
Prayer by Prof. Kidder.
Subject of Black-board exercises continued
by Mr. Thomas.
A lecture on Penmanship, was then given
by Prof. Morrison, at the invitation of the
Institute..
The following resolution was then offered
by R. 'McDivitt, and adopted: Resolved, that
the thanks of the Institute be tendered to
Prof. Morrison, for his able and interesting
lecture, and that we respectfully recommend
the system of Penmanship, ae taught by him
at present, in the lluntingdon Commercial
School, to the favorable consideration of the
Institute, and the public generally.
A lecture on the - subject" of "Analysis,"
was then given by Prof. T. H. Pollock.
On motion, resolved, that the thanks of the
Institute, are due to Mr.. Pollock, for his in
teresting and instructive lecture, and that a
copy of the same be requested for publica
tion. -
Resolved, That we consider the science of
Book-Keeping, as indispensable, in for Ming
a correct education, and that we recommend
the Huntingdon Commercial School, conduc:
ted by Mr. Pollock, to the consideration of
all who may be anxious to acquire a thorough
knowledge_ of the praetictal_ business of . life.
A resolUtion was then . - offered, appointing
a committee to examine, and report on the
merits of the different school books, present
ed to the notice of the Association, during
the present Session, which, after some dis
cussion, was adopted. Chair appointed R..
McDivitt, J. A. Hall, and F. H. Lane, said
committee. Adjourned till 6i o'clock, P. M.
TUESDAY EVENING SESSION.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Still.
Lecture by Prof. A. D. Hawn, of Waynes
burg. Subject--" The Teacher for the times."
On motion, resolved, that the thanks of the
Institute be tendered to Prof. Hawn, for his
able and interesting lecture, and that a copy
of the same be requested for publication, with
the minutes of the Association.
. A lecture was then given by R. McDivitt.
Subject—" The Scriptures, as , a Witt-book in
Schools," who, in conclusion, offered - the fol
lowing resolution, which woos adoptedF
Resolved, That we consider.a: knowledge
-of the Scriptures, as indiepensable; in:form
ing a perfect education—that we consider the`
Schools a proper medium for impaiting such
knowledge—and that we recommend to Pa
rents, School Directors and Teachers, the im
portance of their use as a, text-book in Schools.
On motion, resolved, that the thanks of the
Institute, be tendered the lecturer for his ad
dress, and a copy be' reqUested for publica
tion. Adjourned till Wednesday, 9 o'clock,
A. M.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION
Prayer by Mr. Lane.
. Committee to report on the best method of
imparting instructions in Arithmetic was, on
motion, continued to report next session.
A report was then read by B. F. Brown,
Chairman of the Committee on the best time
for, and method of hearing recitations, which
was received, and the committee discharged.
Committee on the study of the English
language was, on motion, continued to report
next session.
Subject of teaching Arithmetic, introduced
and opened by Mr. Miller, and continued by
Messrs. Thomas, Sangree, Kidder, Benedict
and Owen.
The following persons were then proposed
as officers for the ensuing year, and elected,
DES
President—J. A, . - HALL.
Vice Presidents-W 3r. STEWART, G. W.
OUTMAN.
Recording Secretary—R. McDivitt. -
Corresponding Secretary—j. - S. Barr.
Librariam--Miss Eunice M. Africa.
Treasurer—H. W. Miller.
Executive Committee—M. IL Sangree, E.
Pletcher, J. D. Brown; Miss C. T. Benedict
and Miss L. Hildebrand.
Financial Committee—Wm. Colon, 11. IV.
Miller and Win. Stewart.
Board of Hanagers—J. S. Barr, A. W.
Benedict, F. IL Lane, A: Owen and -R. B.
Brown. Adjourned till 2 o'clock, P. AL
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
•
The-subject of Arithmetic was again in
troduced, and continued by Mr. Thomas.
The subject of proper enunciation was then
introduced and discussed at some length, to
gether with a variety of other subjects, after
- which th& Association adjourned. •
J. S. BARR, President.
meDivirT, Secretary.
SINGULAR PGENOMENON.—The Irish jour
nals (says an exchange) give an account of a
singular phen'onYenon iir connexion with the
extracting of a tooth in the town. of Bally
mena. ine LOOM was a grimier of large size,
appaiently sound, and so firmly seated that
it broke in the effort for its removal. On ex
amining that portion of the toothwhich came
off with the instrument, a very extraordina
ry worm-shaped living animal was found ad
hering to the centre of it. On being careful
ly removed, without injury, it proved to be
five-eighths of an inch long, lively as an eel,
of a blood-red color, and about the thickness
of a woollen thread. On viewing it through
a microscope of limited power, it appeared
to be ringed or jointed in its formation; no
legs were visible, and it moved by erecting
its body, arch-like, in the centre, and project
ing either end at pleasure—appearing to have
a head at each extremity. One of the heads
was large, fiat, and broad in proportion to the
creature's size, with a capacious mouth, and
two black eyes, set very widely apart, and
projecting from the upper part of the bead.
The other head was smaller, with a lengthen
ed snout, and a mouth opening from under
neath.
Lager Bier and Tobacco.
The December number of the New York
Scalpel, a monthly medical Aurnal, contains
an article on lager bier and tobacco. The
Scalpel quotes from a German paper, called
the Pioneer,• the following remark about bier:
"We still retain our old opinion, that as a
man eats and drinks, so is he, and that wine
is the drink for enlightened men, brandy the
drink for rowdies, and bier for an abject peo
ple in a state of submisSion." it is a pro
verb in Germany, " von Bier saufen werden
die Leute dunam"—People grow stupid- by
drinking bier. We 'make the following ex
tract from the Scalpel's observations on the
abuses of tobacco
Tobacco is a great del:minder of dritik,-.be
cause it constantly robs the body of its fluids
by expectoration. Lager Bier supplies fluid
at least, although it
.is -deposited about the
system in form very much like a beer barrel,
and gives its votaries a great deal of trouble
to puff it away, and rid themselves of it by
other unseemly and inopportune processes.
- What then is tobacco I Why,
.simply a
narcotic—i. e.(see the dictionary) "a;stupe
fier—a dea,deneruf nervous and muscular
energy!" If any man disputes this, and - as
serts that he finds himself more capable of
intellectual or muscular effort, when he has a,
quid in his mouth, we congratulate him on
his astuteness; we may betray our own want
of the precious intellectual quickner, but we
will• venture the question, How much did it
sharpen your logic-chopper when you took
the first quid ? And how majestically did
you stand on your legs when you first felt its
full effect ?
. ,
Every one must remember the first effect
of tobacco. Nausea, vertigo, vomiting and
relaxation of the entire muscular system, arc
its invariable effects; and if continued, reiaia
tion of all the . sphincter, or closing muscles of
the hollow viscera, bowels, bladder and stomach.
• This result is sometimes sought for by the
surgeon, and produced by injecting an infu
sion of tobacco into the bowels, in cases of
obstinate constipation; or for - relaxing the
grip of the - openings in the abdomen, when
the bowels slip through them in those who
have rupture: We have seen the consequen
ces in our own practice so awful from a very
'weak injection, which we adrriinistered to
AVOW the necessity of operating by - the knife,
that we resolved never to. Use it again.
.Now, the reader will please to remember
that all the symptoms he first experiences
from tobacco, are the invariable results upon
a natural or healthy condition of the body;
and if he succeed, by perseverance in its use,
in overcoming the 'immediate consequences,
it is only because the alarmed. and abased
nerves have summoned the forces of youth
ful vigor to bear the invasion as long as .pos
sible before they capitulate. Breath, food
and drink are the means of resistance, and
the besotted youth soon discovers that the
quantity of the latter must be increased, and
its quality strengthened, if he would resist
the invader and continue to perform his ordi
nary duties without showing plainly his in
capacity to stand upon his legs. Thus it is
that tobacco, either used by smoking or chew
ing, is the direct introduction to drunkenness.
A Patriotic P.ebake.
The Mineral Point (Wisconsin) Democrat,
alluding at considerable length and with
much feeling to the approaching loss to the
country of the counsels and services of such
heroes, patriots, and statesmen as Senators
Cass and Dodge, remarks:
"The result of the election in Michigan
gives occasion to the Republicans to rejoice
that Gen. Cass, the old hero and statesman,
cannot honor the Senate of the United States,
after March, 1857, by occupying in it his ac
customed seat; and when they speak of this,
they , add, in . summing up their triumphs in
the West, that a true man will succeed-Hen
ry Dodge. When in 1812 the ill fortune of
the -day made young Cass a captive in the
hands of a - foreign foe, he broke his sword
and cast it from him rather than yield it up.
In 1856, the old man will be as proud as he
was forty-four years ago, and he will not
yield more than he did then to those - who
have conquered him now. They who speak
of a true man's succeeding Gen. Dodge, know
little of what they speak. We venture the
assertion that he alone has done more for the
freedom of slaves in one day of his life, than
has been clone by all the Republican party
during its whole existence as a party. Ile
has proved himself to be a practical anti-slav
ery man, giving the best possible proof of the
fact by the liberation -of - the slaves he once
owned, and by making liberal provision for
their future support.
"When we turn back the pages of history
to the early times of the Northwest, on almost
every page we shall find recorded the acts of
Lewis Cass, whose best years were spent in
laying the foundation for the prosperity that
now extends over the States of Michigan,
Wisconsin and lowa. And if we of this State
turn to the record of early time, we will read
how Henry Dodge led on the Badger Boys
in the Sank war, and how, mainly through
his prompt, brave action and wise advice,
the Indian foe was driven off, and the settle
ment secured against them. We will read,
too, that he has worthily filled high civil offi
ces in or for our State from that time to this,
gaining even the respect of his opponents
and keeping the confidence of his friends.—
It looks noelvell to see the children of the
great, now aholitionized Northwest, rejoicing
over the political defeat of such 'brave and
true old pioneers as Cass and Dodge, with
out- even a word of thanks for past services.
It Is mgratitude - and bad taste, of which we
would rather Republicans should be guilty
than Democrats:"
In connexion with' ifit , above, we make
room for the following comments of the New
Orleans Bulletin, one of the oldest and most
respectable journals of the opposition :
However much we may differ from Gen
eral Cass upon points of political doctrine,
we nevertheless regret with our Nashville
Democratic cotemporary the occurrence of
the event which will remove him from his
place in the United States Senate. General
Cass is, the oldest member of that body which,
but a few years since, contained such a gal
axy of shining intellects and splendid patri
otism, and is one of the few remaining occu
pants of the Senatorial chairs whom the coun
try regards as statesmen, and to Whom it
always listens with respect. The present is
a time when we can illy afford to dispense
with the services of such a man as General
Cass, for none ever doubted - his patriotism or
his devotion to what he considered the best
interests of his country. lle has always
been a true friend to-the Union, and never
failed to give the note of warning when dan
ger approached the beautiful citadel of our
strength and glory. Mournful, indeed, will
it be to - see the seats of Webster and Cass oc
cupied by the unscrupulous small partisans
that preternatural excitements never fail to
generate and send up to the surface of society,
and too frequently invest with power—
"The scum
Tbat-rises upmost wben a nation boils."
"With Mr. Clayton and Gen. Cass—the
one removed by death, and the other by the
decree of a people inflamed by passicn and
blinded by sectional prejudice—pass away
two of the most eminent, most patriotic, and
most statesmanlike of our Senators—men
whose enlarged experience, broad nationality,
conservative sentiments, and sound judgment
won for them the admiration and respect of
all right-thinking men ;_ while their pacific
and conciliatory tempers served to mollify
and soothe the more fiery natures by which
they were surrounded. Their absence from
the Senate will be a serionsloss to the per
sonnel of that body. In debate they have .
been uniformly urbane, courteous, and re
spectful to their compeers—never allowing
themselves to be swayed by passion as to
lose that dignity which does (or rather ought
to) 'hedge in' a Senator—never indulging in
that vehemence of party feeling or - violence
of language which too often characterized
the speeches of many of our representatives
in Congress, and have brought reproaCh and
disgrace upon our national councils."
Bank Applications
We gather from the .I.la,rrisburg papers, the
following list of Bank applications advertised
as intended to be made to the next Legislature:
One at Reading, capital $300,000, with pow
er to increase the same to $600.000.
One at Towanda, capital $lOO,OOO, with
power to increase the same to $200,000.
One at Clearfield, capital $lOO,OOO.
One in Crawford county, for. 150,000, and
power to increase to $300,000. .
One at McKeesport, with $250,000.
Ono at Hanover, for $lOO,OOO, with -power
to increase to $200,000.
An Allegheny Bank, with $500,000 capi
tal.
One at Shamokin, with $lOO,OOO, and pow
er to double its capital.
One at Scranton, for $150,000, and power
to double.
One at Athens, for $lOO,OOO, and power to
double.
One at Phcenixville, for $lOO,OOO, and pow
er to increase to $300,000.
One at Uniontown, capital $150,000.
One at Pittsburg, with $400,000, another
With $500,000.
One tt,t Venango ; with $lOO,OOO capital,
and one at Coudersport, with a like capital.
One at Danville, with $200,000, and power
to increase to $300,000.
One at Smethport ; for $lOO,OOO, and power
to increase to $250,000.
A Discounting; Exchange and Note Brok
ing Savings and Deposit Bank at Washing
ton, with $lOO,OOO capital.
A Bank for Savings, Deposit and Discount,
with $50,000.
One at Waynesburg, for power to increase;
$lOO,OOO, -
The York County Bank wants an increase"
of $200,400.
The Wyoming Bank of $150,000.
The Carlisle Deposit Bank wants to be a
bank of issue, with- power to increase by
$328,000, and
The Dauphin Deposit Bank wants the same
privilege, with power to increase by $lOO,OOO,
and
- -
The Mechanics' Savinge, atllarrisburg, the
same, with power to increase by $150,000.
The Easton Bank wants" to add $200,000 to
its present capital.
The above list, saps the Reading Gazette,
is exclusive of Philadelphia, from which alone
there are eleven applications; looking to an
increase of banking privileges amounting to
an aggregate capital of $14,300,000. The
applications from the country are twenty-sev
en in number, for an aggregate increase of
capital of $7,228,000: The total number of
applications from the State therefore, is thir
ty-eight, asking for an aggregate increase of
our present banking capital to the amount of
$21,528,000. Will the persons interested in
these applications be able to present the ne
cessity for them in a strong enough light to
induce the Legislature to grant all or any
considerable number of them? We doubt it.
The last Legislature chartered but one new
Bank—at Stroudsburg—and that has not yet
received the Governor's signature. So that
even he, although belonging to a party pro
fessing some degree of liberality toward bank
ing institutions, would seem to be of the opin
ion that the need of an increase of the bank
ing capital of the State, at this time, is not
very pressing.
[Front the St. Paul (Minnesota) Herald, December 4.]
Horrible Indian Outrage---A Chippewa
Indian Burned by the Sioux.
By the arrival of a gentleman in this city
yesterday, we are put in possession of the
details of a terrible outrage, committed by
the Sioux Indians, near Glencoe, on Saturday,
the 23d ult.
A party of Sious Indians captured, a few
days previous to the 23d, near Glencoe,• a
Chippevva, Indian. The Indians, in council;
determined, after retaining the Chippewa in
their possession several days, to burn him.—
Accordingly, on Sunday, November 23d, the
Siouxs, numbering some seven hundred war
riors, took the Chippewa to a point on Buffa
lo Creek, near Glencoe, and there burned him
to death.
Our informant derived his information from
a teamster, who was passing near the spot
selected forthe terrible outrage, with a wagon
loaded with dry goods. All eforts made by
him to save the Chippewalle
represents
were futile. e
represents that the Chippewa met all the hor
rid tortures inflicted on him by the Sioux,
with the greatest indifference. Ile was burnt
at a slow fire, and lingered several hours be
fore he expired. When the teamster passed,
the Indian was tied to the stake, and the slow
fire by which he was destroyed had but par
tially consumed his feet and ankles. While
tied to the stake the Indian was scalped and
otherwise mutilated.
It is supposed this outrage was committed
by the Sioux in revenge for the horrid mur
der of Dakota women, in the fall, near Lae
qui PaHe.
Proceedings of Town Council.
HUNTINGDON, Dec. 29, 1856.
The house met at the usual place. -
Present—Asst. Burgesses—Messrs. Fisher
and Simpson.
Council—Messrs...Black, Cornpropst, Grafi
us, Lower, Snyder a'nd Westbrook.
Mr. Fisher in the Chair.
On motion of Mr. Black, it was resolved,
that the Burgesses be authorized to draw an
order in favor of Messrs. Abbott &,Co., of
Philadelphia, for the sum of one hundred and
forty dollars, b Juno- the price of the hay scale
erected by them in Smith street(the sum of
thirty dollars *more than the original contract
price, being in consideration of an enlarge
ment of the dimensions of the platform made•
by agreement of parties.)
Bills of John Simpson, for $13,49, for 'labor
done and materials furnished in 1856; of A.-
B. Crewit, for $5, for services as Assessor for'
1856; of Bergans & Grim, for $5,951, for
blacksmithin 0- during the present year, were
presented, read, and on motion, orders were
granted for the amount of the same.
The committee on the Muddy Run Culvert,
was directed to examine the work of Alexan
der Carmon, the contractor, and report to the
Burgesses an estimate of the same, and of
the amount of money that he is at present
entitled to, and said Burgesses were author
ized to draw an order on the Treasurer, for
the amount so reported to them.
On motion of Mr. Black, it was
Resolved, That the Secretary is hereby di
rected to prepare a statement of the Orders
registered during the year, ending with the
31st inst., and with the Treasurer, to prepare
a statement of the receipts and expenditures
of the borough, during the same time, also,
the amounts due by the several Collectors, on
their respective duplicates, with a general
statement of condition of the monetary affairs
of the borough, and certify to,:and file the
same with the other papers belonging to the
corporation.
And on motion of Mr. Black, it was fur
ther
Resolved, That said statements be publish
ed in the two papers having the largest cir
culation in. this borough. Adjourned.
. J. SIMPSON' AFRICA, SeC'y.
The President, it is said, has issued
orders for the arrest, of General Walker and
others in Nicaragua, to answer for the seizure
of the property of the Accessory Transit Com
pany, valued at $1,000,000. Will the Filli
busters take any notice of the President's or
der ? It may be ,but a sort of a tub thrown
out to the great conservative whale of public
opinion to keep it quiet.
spooney of a fellow deposited a
love letter in the ballot-box at Hagerstown,
at a recent election, instead of bis ticket.