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, July 15, 1.2357
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Horn, 1717111. P. PA.CICER, of lAyeoming.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
NIDIR.OD STRICIC.I.A.ND, of Chester.
FOR SUPREME JUDGES,
Hon. WILLIAM STRONG, of Berks.
Hon. JAMES .T.U.OMPSON, of Erie.
Democratic County Coirventiork.
The Democratic voters of the respective townships and
boroughs of Huntingdon county, aro requested to meet in
delegate meeting at their usual places for the holding of
the General Elections, on Saturday, the Sth day of August
next, between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock P. M., opening
the meeting and keeping it open during the whole time,
for; purpose of electing two delegates to represent
them in a Democratic County Convention to be held at
the Court House in the borough of Huntingdon on IRd
nesday evening, the 12th day of August next, at 7 o'clock
- P.M., to place in nomination a Democratic County ticket,
appoint three' Senatorial Conferees, elect a delegate to the
next State Convention, and transact such other business
as may be thought necessary for the proper organization
of the party. WM. COLON, Chairman.
R. B. Pr:l'mM% Secretary.
Comm' ArFAIRS.—The Court Proclamations,
Trial List, List of Jurors, Sheriff's Sales and
Register's Notice, will be found in to-day's
paper.
The Pennsylvanian.
We see it announced that Col. John W.
Forney, of Philadelphia, has issued a Pros
pectus for the publication of a new demo
cratic paper in the city of Philadelphia.—
Judging from several notices of this project,
it appears to us that Col. Forney, and the
new paper, individually and collectively, are
to be set up as especial volunteers against
the ability and success of the PExNsrLvA
NIAN, which is, without doubt, the most pop
ular, ably conducted, and influential demo
cratic paper in the State. The only objection
we ever had to the Pennsylvanian, was its
energetic support of Col. Forney for United
States Senator, and its subsequent advocacy
of him for a seat in President BUCHANAN'S
Cabinet ; but we excuse the Pennsylvanian,
believing that in its generosity, it overlooked
Forney's unfitness as a man for those high
places, and took into consideration his ability
alone. If it is Col. Forney's determination
to "rule or ruin," the Democracy should
know it in time, and abstain from building
up a concern that must surely bring evil to
the Party.
TILE PRESIDENT.—It is now said that it is
altogether uncertain if the President will be
able to leave Washington either for Bedford
Springs or for any other place. The proba
bilitynow is from the urgent pressure of pub
lic business, that he will go quietly to the
- Military Asylum, two miles distant, and pass
the summer there. He has no expectation,
under any circumstances, of quitting Wash
ington. before the end of this month, if then.
His general health is fair, but, it is stated,
the mark of severe application and confine
ment are visible.
Loos Our.—There are new counterfeit five
dollar notes in circulation on the Philadel
phia Bank. It is said the notes are badly
executed. Also, five dollar notes on the Ex
change Bank of Pittsburgh, have made their
appearance; they are well executed and well
calculated to deceive many.
)3Eir GERRIT SMITH said that "the ambition
of the Democratic party was to beat the
DeviV—Exchange.
Of course it is; and last fall it not only
beat his Dark Majesty, but also all of his
imps of Blackness, who "sailed" in politics
then, with true colors, to be sure, but under
a false title—Republican. '
INCENDIARISM.—On Sunday morning at
about 1 o'clock, the old dilapidated building
on Allegheny Street, opposite " Jackson's
Hotel," was discovered to be on fire. In a
remarkably shoit'SPace of time, the vicinity
of the fire was -crowded with men, women
and children, most of whom worked with an
energy and good will, not:for the purpose of
saving the old nuisance, but the many large
and valuable buildings in the vicinity, in
which design they succeeded. The building
was burnt to the ground, but no further dam
age•was done by the fire.
There can be no doubt that this was the
.work of an incendiary, as the building was
unoccupied, and it is not known that there
was during the day or evening any fire in or
near the building. The action of the incen
diary, whoever he may be, was highly crim
inal, and should receive, if he be discovered,
a punishment fully equal to his unprovoked
'crime., Had not the fire been discovered as
soon as it was, it is very easy to imagine the
consequence—the destruction of property to
the amount of $5O or $lOO,OOO. The follow
ing card has been handed us for publication:
A CARD—The undersigned, property . hold
ers and residents, of 'the immediate vicinity
of the conflagration of- Sunday morning last,
on Alleghany street, take this method of ex
pressing-their gratitude to the persons—both
citizens and strangers, male and female—by
- whose noble exertions the frames - were Con
fined to the building in•which the fire origi
nated—thereby saving our property from
the devouring eleMent. , . .
W. B; ZEIGLER, DANIEL AFRICA,
MCMDETRIE, GEO. JACKSON,
JAMES STEEL, - W. E. MCNIURTRIE,
T. K. SIMONTON. GEO. A. STEEL.
Pic Nic PARry.—Some of the young ladies
and gentldmen of this place, had a. picnic
at Cottage Grove,. on last Saturday afternoon,
which, we learn, was got up in good style,
and passed off very pleasantly.
Principles—Not Spoils.
The Bedford Inquirer exults that the sale
of the Main Line will be the death blow - of
the Democratic party, and says: "It is viz : -
Wally a loss to them of from ten to fifteen
thousand votes annually. It will be felt to
that amount in the next election, and any
one who had any doubts of the success of
WILIIOT, can now remove them, for his elec
tion is certain." The poor shriekers have so
few occasions on which they can whistle up
their courage, that it seems like cruelty to
disabuse them in this case. But the llolli
daysburg Standard speaks the sentiments of
the united Democracy of Pennsylvania, when
it puts to rest the calculations of the opposi
tion that the sale will have a disastrous effect
on the fortunes and, strength of our party,
and says : " The interests of the tax payers
of the State seem to have been a secondary
consideration with the Republicans in their
advocacy of a sale of the public works—they
favored the measure, not that they thought
it just or sound policy, but solely because
they believed it would inure to the injury of
the Democrats by depriving them of the dis
pensation of a little official patronage. They
fancied that the life and strength of the Dem
ocratic iciarty consisted in the few paltry offi
ces on the canal and railroad between Phila
delphia and Pittsburgh, and that, shorn of
these, its power would be gone. Never was
a sillier or more baseless calculation made.
The Democratic party derives its strength
from a mightier tribunal than the Canal Board
—from the people: - themselves. This fall,
however, will test how much benefit the op
position will derive from the sale of the Main
Line. We shall then see if a hundred or two
office-holders have for years carried the polit
ical destiny of Pennsylvania in their breeches
pockets, or whether the people have been in
the habit of deciding elections themselves."
FIRST NOMINATION OF FREMONT.—The Con
cord Stotesman, comes out with the name of
John C. Fremont for President in 1860, sus
tained by the following resolve, unanimously
passed by the sham Republicans of the late
New Hampshire Legislature, in dark-lantern
caucus assembled:
"Resolved, That we nominate John C. Fre
mont as a candidate for the Presidency of the
United States in 1860, upon the platform of
principles adopted by the Republican Conven
tion at Philadelphia, in 1856, and upon the
resolutions of the present Legislature in rela
tion to the decision of the United States Su
preme Court in the ease of Dred Scott: sub
ject to the decision of a Republican National
convention."
TWO WOMEN YOKED IN A PLOW.—During
last -week a very unusual sight attracted the
attention of the railway passengers while the
trains were passing through Bishopton of
lins.%. It wt-tz that of two females yoked in
a plow, which was guided by an ungallant
male, who held the stilts. The only way of
accounting for this eccentric proceeding is
the suggestion that the land which is newly
reclaimed, is too light to admit of horses be
ing'eMployed.—Greenock (Scotland) Adverti
ser,
If the color of these yoked females had
been black instead of white, and the scene
of their degrading labor had been located in
Virginia instead of Scotland, our Republican
cotemporary would have had another way of
accounting for the eccentric proceeding.
The Stark county, Ohio Democrat says:
"John Harris, Esq., an old and highly re
spected citizen of this city, and a bitter oppo
nent of the Democracy, returned from Kan
sas a few days ago, and says the Republicans
there are making every effort to have Kansas
a slave state while the southern men are gen
erally in favor of it being free."
The truth of what Mr. Harris says cannot
be doubted. The Abolitionists went there to
create a political agitation, instead of settling
the territory, and to permit it to become a free
State would take from them their occupation,
and knock the last spark of life out of Black
Republicanism.
A HEART AND raND WORTH HAVING.-
No person who has any reverence for good,
the true and the beautiful in human nature,
can help admiring the noble woman of whom
the following record is made by a letter wri
ter at the 'West:—
While in Gratiot county, Michigan, during
the recent fearful famine, he saw a woman
who, with affectionate devotion sustained her
sick husband and two children on
,maple su
gar and leeks, several days before she could
get other relief: and when, at last, relief came
she had to carry the provisions several miles
on ber back. This woman had
,taken care of
her sick husband since last August, and her
family of two children: besides which, she
made. 100 pounds of maple sugar, cleared the
ground and hoed in two acres of spring wheat
and planted some corn and. potatoes. She
was halted in tattered garments.
TEE E KANSAS DEMOCRACY.—The .1011rnal of
Commerce with much force says; "it is an en
couraging proof of the wisdom and populari
ty of Governor - WALKER'S policy in Kansas,
that it was approved by the. Democratic Ter
-ritorial Convention at their recent session, by
a vote of forty to one. They also resolved. that
the State Constitution about to be framed by
the Constitutional Convention shall not be
considered valid until it is submitted for the
approval of the people• of the Territory, and
approved by . a majority of them at the ballot
box. This is a significant rebuke to, those
who, professing to know better than the Kan
sas men themselves what is good. for them,
undertake to assail Governor IVALKER and the
Administration because they do,not lend
themselves to promote the triump of purely
sectional views and sectional prejudices.
It is to .be supposed that the Democrat
ic' party in - Kansas are the best judges of
their own affairs, and that if they approve the
course of the Territorrial Executive, it is a
tolerably conclusive proof that they do not be
lieve that the Governor has "sold them to the
Free State men." Posner' and prejudice'may
prevail for a time; but truth and justice will
triumph in the end." . _ ,
Anientinients to the State Constitution.
At the October election, the citizens of the
State 'will be called upon to vote upon sundry
amendments, or rather additi4ts to our Con=
stitution. Two successive Legislatures hav
ing•,
proposed these changes to that instrumnt,
in pursuance of the requirements of the Con
stitution, they are now to be passed upon by
the people.
The following is a synopsis of these amend
ments :
" The first amendment is a new Article, to
be numbered XI, providing a sinking fund
for the extinction of the State Debt ; prohibi
ting any increase of the present debt, or the
borrowing of money for State purposes ex
cept upon temporary loans, and then only to
the extent of $750,000; restraining the Leg
islature from creating any permanent debt
by or on behalf of the State; and providing
that the State shall not loan its credit to any
individual or corporation, or become a stock
holder in any corporation, or assume muni
cipal debts, or authorize any municipality to
become a. stockholder in any corporation or
loan its credit thereto.
"The second amendment is a new Article
relating to new counties. It prohibits the
cutting off of more than one-tenth •of the
population of any county in the formation of
a new county, without the express assent of
the people, and also provides that the coun
ties hereafter to be erected shall contain at
least four hundred square miles.
The third amendment relates more partic
ularly to Philadelphia, but contains a gen
eral provision regulating the method of fu
ture apportionments of representatives in the
legislature. Under the operation of this pro
vision, if adopted, the city of Pittsburg (and
probably the city of Allegheny) will, after
the year 1864, be erected into separate-rep
resentative districts, and will elect represen
tatives distinct from the country. Tire ',Ay
of Philadelphia will, also, be divided into
single senatorial and representative districts,
but this division will take place there imme
diately, it being made the duty of thef,oxt
legislature, in case the amendment is ii-Jop
ted, to divide the city into such districts, the
division thus made to stand until the appor
tionment of 1864. -
The fourth and last amendment gives to
the legislature the power of revoking, annul
ling or altering any charter hereafter con
ferred by or under any general or special law,
but in such manner as to work no injustice
to the corporators.
&canes 5. The credit of the connnonweahh
shall not in any manner, or event, be pledged,
or loaned to any individual, company, corpo
ration or association ; nor shall the common
wealth hereafter become a joint owner,'•or
stock holder in any company, association or
corporation.
SECTION 7. The legislature shall not au
thorize any county, city, borough, township,
or incorporated district, by virtue of a vote
of its citizens or otherwise, to become a stock
holder in any company, association or corpo
ration ; or to obtain money for, or loan its
credit to any corporation, association, insti
tution or party.
A Crnntca STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND /L.
CONGREGATION PROSTRATED.-0D Sunday the
9_,Stb. of June, according to a letter in the Cleve- -
land Herald, from the rector of St. Phillips
church, - Strongville, Ohio, the church building
in that place was struck by lightning. The
southwest pinnacle of. the tower was broken
into pieces, and one part about eight feet long
driven through the roof. The fluid then pass
ed down to the body of the church by a stove
pipe, which, with the stove, were broken in
pieces and thrown among the congregation.—
The boards of the floor were also torn up,
and the church filled - with smoke. Not one
of the persons present was hurt, but they
must have been for a „moment in a state of
unconsciousness, for none heard the noise of
the falling pipe or the shattering of the win
dows. One woman had a hole burnt in her
dress, and another found. that her head was
bleeding. After recovering from the alarm,
the congregation retired to an adjoining house
and returned thanks for their wonderful pre
servation.
THE FOIIRTIX OF JULY IN TUE INDIANA
STATE PRISON.—The celebration of Indepen
dence Day by convicts in a penitentiary may
be considered as an anomaly. Such an event
actually occured in the State prison of Indiana
at Jeffersonville, last Saturday. The prison
ers were granted holiday, and in the morning
an address was delivered by Dr. Meuse, con
victed for life, having committed murder.—
His speech is.said to have been an exceed
ingly creditable production, abounding in
good advice to his f'ellow-convicts. A sump
tons dinner was served up under the Super
vision of Mrs. Miller, the lady of the warden.
After dinner a dance came off in one of the
large halls, and foot races were run in the
yard. The celebration was closed by an ora
tion by I. T. Crawford,radient with star span
gle banner notions, and flights of rhetoric
about the land of the free. A' choir of prison
ers sung "My own, my native land," and the
religious services were conducted by Rev.
Mr. Runcle, the moral instructor.
€The Frenchman who proposed to kill
fleas by tickling them until they opened their
mouths, and then choaking them with brick
dust, has found a rival who proposes to ea
terminate crows. Take a horse hair two
inches long, tie a knot at one end, run it
through a grain of corn, and throW the grains
broadcast over your farms. The crow will
swallow the grain, the hair stick out at the
mouth and produce irritation and inflamma
tion, which causes the crow- to commit sui
-cide by clearing his throat for relief.
A BACIIELOR correspondeht sends the Boston
Post the following : • " Tell me, ye winged
winds thatoround my pathway roar, do ye not
know some spot where women fret no more ?
Some lone and plesant doll, some "holler"
in the ground, where babies never
,yell, and
cradles are not found? The loud wind blow
the snow into my fade, and snickered as it an
swered" nary place."
The New York Tablet says the religious
press "acts like a blister on society, except in
its unwholesome effects. It embroils and em
bitters it, but improves:it nothing. Where
ever it goes you will find the most rabid in
tolerant bigots. A -traveler can tell by the
state of the moral temperament of a particu
lar locality' whether it be cursed or' not with
a swarm of these religious
he
flies, and
in eight cases out of ten he might guess from
the particular symptoms of individuals the
sects to - which they were indebted for their in
oceulation."
A magazine - report of the fashions,
says: "There is not much change in gentle
mens pantaloons this month."
The Kansas Question.
The Lecompton correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican, confirms - the previous ad
'vices respecting the course to
,be pursued by
the Kansas Constitutional 'Convention. It is
it most gratifying fact, that whileGoy. Wal
ker is being condemned by those at a dis
tance, the parties more intimately "connected
with and interested in the policy proposed by
him, give it their most hearty approval. We
have now every reason to believe that Aboli
tion fanaticism has done its last work for
Kansas; and that the people of that Territo
ry will, for the future, take the matter in
their own hands, and settle it as their inter
• •
ests and judgment dictate. It must be a most
humiliating reflection to the Republican lead
ers, who have advised, countenanced and sus
tained the troubles in that region, that they
have sacrificed their self-respect, outraged
decency and humanity, and brought perpetual
infamy and. disgrace upon themselves, and
all for nought. After all the wrong they
have instigated, the murders, rapine and an
archy that is justly chargeable to their ac
count, they have utterly failed in accomplish
ing the political ends they contemplated.—
The result has been to break down the cause
that was to be aided by such infamous means.
The letter to whichwe refer gives the fol
lowing: _ .
The constitution to be framed in Septem
ber next, it is now certain, will be submitted
to the whole people, and will be ratified by a
large majority. I cannot, of course, now
speak with certainty, but the prevailing opin
ion is that they will adopt a constitution se
curing the right to the slaves now in the Tor
ritory, numbering about two hundred ; the
execution of the fugitive-slave Law, and the
appeal in constitutional questions to the Su
preme Court of the United States, and that,
at the same time the constitution is submit
ted, they will also submit a clause for the
vote of the whole people, prohibitinc , or au
thorizing the introduction of slaves in future.
It is conceded on all hands that a large ma
jority of the people will vote to prohibit the
future introduction of slaves into this Terri
tory. They have also endorsed Governor
Walker's Indian and land policy, and will
insert in it an ordinance accompanying the
Constitution.
Henceforth you may consider the Kansas
difficulty as settled on the Platform of Gov
ernor Walker, sustained by the whole De
mocracy of Kansas, with scarcely a dissent
ing voice, and by the whole Democracy of
Missouri; which state fully understands the
question, and has fully indorsed Governor
Walker's plans; know that they are the only
plans that are practicable, and that, except
for the course pursued by him, civil war would
now be raging in Kansas; that the Free State
Democracy would be separated from the Pro
slavery Democracy, and that Kansas would
be brought into the Union as an out-and-out
abolition State.
Governor Rawson fully agrees in the whole
policy of Governor Walker's address.
Pennsylvania for Emigrants.
A correspondent of the Railroad and Xin
ing Register, calls attention to the advanta
ges our State presents for emigrant settle
ments. Ile says "so long as wild lands were
cheap in the far Western States, there was
no hope of getting a hearing for lands in
Northwestern Pennsylvania ; because the
Western fever carried everybody away.—
Now, lands - are no longer cheap in the Wes
tern States; for speculators have the whole
country in their hands. Timber is so scarce
over the 'Western country, that the cost of
fencing and building, in most places, con
sumes all the farm is worth, if the cost of the
naked land be much more than government
price. In the counties of Tioga, Potter, Mc-
Kean, Elk and Forrest, in our State, well
watered and well timbered lands, with ex
cellent soil, can be bought at from $3 to $5
per acre. Whatever may he the theory, in
practice these lands will put more in the barn
and in the pocket than the average of wild
Western lands. The climate of Pennsylva
nia gives better health and ability to sustain
labor
Working help is more plenty, and better
markets are nearer. Besides, in these coun
ties, lumbering furnishes steady winter work
to man and horse; so that, what in the far
west is a long season of idleness, is here one
of the most profitable activity. It is in win
ter that farmers in Western Pennsylvania
clear off additional fields to add to next sum
mer's farming; and in winter, also,. the lum
bermen take all their products, Including
hay, at full prices. Several emigrant asso
ciations have this year turned their attention
to our Pennsylvania lands ; and they are now
making settlements on a scale that promises
to be of great importance to .our State. The
"Ole Bull Colony" lands may be mentioned
as an example. These lands were selected
some years ago by the Norwegian Musician,
whose name they bear; and anticipating
wealth from his violin, he conceived the idea
of making a settlement' of his poor country
men on 120,000 acres of land in Potter county.
The scheme failed in its very first movements,
from two causes, - viz: want of means and
want of common , sense, . so that nothing of
any consequence was done towards making
actual settlements, and the ownerswere glad
to take back their lands. The parties who
have now undertaken it are practical men,
and their movements are attracting others to
follow their example. The soil of our north
western counties'is deep and very strong; it
is not stony. The face of the country is un
dulant, with variations of vale and ta
ble-land, the latter being• the richest. The
timber is very fine —pine; hemlock, maple,
beach, cherry, : walnut and " oak ; rafting
stre.ams,,navigable in high water, give cheap
conveyance of logs and lumber to market.—
The price of land varies: from $3 to $5 per
acre. At present the access is most conveni
ent to the New YOrk and Erie Railroad,
whence about 20 . to 30 miles of common road
have to be travelled to the three named coun
ties which border on two States. Young far
mers who are -thinking of going to the far
West, 'may have occasion-to thank us, if they
will first see whether cheaper and better lands
may not be hadneareihome and Civilization."
_Pennsylvanian.
var-A Canadian Jury, in a murder trial
last month, resorted to " toss up".to decide
whether the verdict should be murder, man
slaughter or simple assault. The result was
for nianshighter, but eight of the twelve still
refused to assent, and they agreed to fight six
against six, across the table for a verdict,
They omitted this, however, and passed the
night singing and dancing. They, reported
disagreement and were discharged.
A told Game of Lyihg.
Wd have recently copied several articles
from Republican journals in the interior of
the State, to show our American readers in
this City, the bold system of unblushing
falsehoods resorted to by the Republican
press to prop the tottering cause of Wilmot.
The most impudent specimen of this species
of lying we have yet seen, however, is the
following extract of a letter written by the
editor of the Pittsburg Commercial Journal,
and published in that paper:—
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday Night,
June 27th, 1857.
Judge Wilmot is here and doing effective
service in the Republican cause. - He is
manfully addressing himself to the healing
of those differences which have hitherto pre
vented a cordial union between the great
body of the American party proper and the
Republicans of Philadelphia, and, I learn
from both sides; as well as through himself,
with. the most encouraging results. I am
pointedly assured, by well-informed Ameri
cans who supported Mr. Fillmore ; that the
present aspect of affairs abundantly *arrants
the declaration which is freely made that
Mr. Ilazlehurst cannot receive beyond four
thousand votes in all Philadelphia. Such a
result here ought 'to give the State to 'Wilmot
by a decisive majority. Undoubtedly the
improved aspect of affairs here ought to in
spire us with fresh zeal and renewed courage
for the contest. My own hopes have been
greatly braced by the obvious advance of
the cause in this heretofore "infected dis
trict."
This specimen of Black Republican falsi
fication, as to the condition of political affairs
in our City, will afford some evidence to the
Americans of this City, who know its falsity,
what reliance is to be placed on Black Re
publican statements as to Wilmot's prospects
in the interior of the State. If they thus lie
about his chances in our City, it! is but fair
to presume that their statements of his pros
pects in the interior are equally false and
untrue.
Mr. Riddle, the Editor of the Commercial
iournal, who is the author of the letter from
which the foregoing extract is taken, says he
is " pointedly assured, by well-informed
Americans who supported Mr. Fillmore, and
that the present aspect of affairs abundantly
warrants the declaration which is freely
made, that Mr. Hazlehurst cannot receive be
yond four thousand votes in Philadelphia!"
A statement like this needs no refutation in
this City, and can create no other feelinr ,
than that of pity for the simpleton who pub
lishes it, and scorn and contempt for the
vagabonds who thus deceive him. To at
tempt to refute it, would be very much like
the Quixotic effort to fight windmills. We
will not insult the intelligence of our readers
so much as to treat the statement seriously ;
and we will add, therefore, only this, that the
editor or writer of the letter referred to, has
been hugely humbugged, and that we ven
ture to assert that he cannot produce, as his
informant, a single man in this whole City,
outside of the immortal six who elected
themselves Delegates to represent the City
in the Convention which nominated Wilmot.
No man, no matter what his politics, or who
his choice for Governor, who has any regard
for his own character for truth, would have
made such a-statement, and it is easy, there
fore, to know that Mr. Riddle's associations
while in this City must have been 'with very
sorry specimens of humanity, or he would
not have given publication to statements
which aro not only known here as notoriously
false, but so wholly and entirely without the
shadow of truth as to make him the subject
of ridicule and derision for being simpleton
enough to make statements upon the au
thority of men who could hardly tell the
truth, if they would. I-Tad Mr. Riddle stated
that Mr. Wilmot cannot get more than four
thousand votes, while Mr. Ilazlehurst is cer
tain to receive at least twenty-five thousand
in this City, he would have been nearer the
mark, as, we now venture to predict, the re
sult in October will prove.—. Philadelphia
News.
Young America Bent on Matrimony---
Over 14.
The following appears as a veritable local
item in the Detroit Free Press :
A couple of young sprouts of American
blood, made their appearance yesterday be
fore Justice Purdy and requested to be
united in the holy bonds of matrimony.—
The appearance of the applicants excited
some suspicion, as their ages, judging from
their looks, were about twelve for the lady,
and fourteen for the' gentleman. They set
their years up to the full mark, however,
and claimed a right to demand the perform
ance of the ceremonies, the young man twirl
ing a ten-spot around his finger with much
nonchalance, as a sort of tacit inducement to
the court to proceed without further useless
questions. Upon being asked whether they
were willing to take their oaths that they
were of the necessary ages, they signified as
sent with much alacrity, and the young lady,
holding up her hand, swore roundly that she
was "uver fourteen." The same perform
ance was about being demanded of the young
gentleman; when in walked the paternal an
cestors of the two young hopefuls, and a
general . discOncertion of their plans followed.
They were about being led of by the ear, to
their mammas, when Justice Purdy request
ed the young lady to explain how she dared
to take the oath she had just taken, and
which he knew must be false. Nothing dis
concerted, she stooped down,. and, unlacing
a little gaiter, drew out of it a piece -of pa, 7
per on which was written the word " four
teen." On the strength of this she had
sworn that she was " over fourteen." That
- young lady ought to be made a wife as-soon
as possible.
TDB PILL TRADE.—Who could dream of
the magnitude such an . undertaking as the
manufacture =of a Purgative Pill assumes
when it comes into general use. And how
painfully do the following numbers speak of
the amount,• of human sickness and suffer
ing, that'little morsel of a remedy goes forth
to combat and subdue. Dr. J. C. Alc'Eß. of
Lowell, manufactures in his laboratory forty
gross per diom,of his Cathartic Pills, through
all the year. This is' eight boxes a minute
or one dose a second., -We thus find over
43,000 persons swallow this, pill every day,
or 1,296,000 a month Physicians, think of
that! 43,000 patients a day who seek relief
from the medical, skill of one man. Surely
that man should .be, as he is in this case, one I
of the first Intelligence and of the highest
character. Ms occupation entails upon him
a fearful responsibility for the weal or woe I
of his fellow man.--Paincv ills Courier.
13er.A1 Oharacter in Mrs. Heatz's story of
"Love after marriage," lays down in the law
thus—"lf a man is not ugly enough to
frighten, his horse, he is handsome enough to
marry.
From the Harrisburg 'Keystone
“Measures, not Men."
There is, perhaps, no motto or sentiment
more perverted than this. It is. true, that it
is the measures and policy pursued by gov
ernment, in which the people are interested,
and not the men who fill the public places.—
It matters not to them, so far as . the profits
or emoluments of the offices are etionerned,
who fill the offices, provided measure's promo
tive of their interests are faithfully erfirened.
But it does concern them, most seriously, as
to whether the public places are occupied b
men of character, of integrityr, competency,
and sincerity in their profession of princi
ples and measures, •or by men destitute of
all these requisites. With the former there
is an ample guarantee against abuse, whilst
with the latter public affairs are always
managed with reference to the advancement
of private interest.
Integrity, intelligence, competency and
sincerity dignify the position and inspire
confidence in the people that the duties of
the place will.be faithfully performed, Disz
honesty, ignorance, incompetency and by.;
poerisy, degrade the office, destroy publid
confidence, and beget contempt for public au
thority.
The motto should. be, "measures and men
to execute them," who are honest, intelli
gent and sincere ; none of your hypocritical
demagogues who are profuse in their profes
sions of correct principles to the people,
while they chuckle at the credulity which
receives their base hypocrisy as the genuine
sentiments of their hearts. Such men are
unworthy of any confidence, and when de
tected, ought to be held up to the derision
and scorn of all honest men. The mercen
ary black republican traitors, who got into
the last Congress under false pretences and
disgraced the nation by their- misdeeds, fall
into this category. It is time for the people
to revise the popular motto and look as care
fully to their men as to their measures.
In an especial manner is this applicable to
the selection of members of the Legislature.
" Measures, not men" in this procedure is
the worst motto conceivable. The people
have no right to expect good legislation from
bad legislators. When they are about to
make a selection of candidates for this most
important trust, they ought to inquire wheth
er the persons named possess that degree of
intelligence and known integrity which would
induce them to confide to their charge their
own personal interests. Let this test be ap
plied, and if the candidate be found deficient,
he is certainly unworthy of the trust, and
ought not to be selected. The people of
every county are responsible to the people of
the whole State for the character, and com
petency, and fidelity of their representatives.
One county has no right to expect that
another will send a better representative
than it does itself. Hence, the people of
every county ought to reflect as to what kind
of materials the Legislature would be com
posed, if it were made up entirely of such
representatives as they send themselves.
When a man is named as a candidate for
the Legislature, the inquiry should be—ls
he an honest man who cannot be swayed
from his duty by corrupt means? Is he a
man of fair general intelligence and suffi
cient moral firmness and sagacity to detect
and repel all insidious approaches made by
the designing and interested who crowd the
halls of legislation ? Is he a man of Mature
mind and sound judgment, such as would in
duce his neighbors to apply to him for ad
vice and information in matters of private
business, and to whom they would entrust
the adjustment of their own concerns? If
he does not possess these qualifications it
would he the height of folly to select him to
take care of the public interests. 'Measures,'
however good and wise, would be neglectd
and forgotten by such 'men.
As the democratic party, above all others,
reveres its 'measures' and policy, it behooves
its members to scrutinize the qualifications
of 'men' they name for the Legislature. It
is, therefore, most seriously to be hoped that
they will in the several counties make an
earnest effort to place their best men in
nomination : sound, intelligent democrats,
who can be relied on to carry out the princi
ples and 'measures' which they profess, un
der any and all circumstances. 'Men' who
make professions of principles that they do
not honestly entertain, merely to keep posi
tion in the party, are wholly unworthy of
confidence, and any compromises with them
for temporary purposes and conciliation, never
fail ultimately, to betray the 'measures' and
injure and disgrace the party that elects
them.
President Buchanan's Wife 'at Black-
well's Island
I saw yesterday a lady in New York, who
claims to be the wife of our bachelor Presi
dent, Mr. Buchanan. She is quite open and
persistent in 'her claims. She has in a bed
what she says are two children, whom she
claims are the President's children, and
nothing but the constant care of her riends
prevents her from going to Washington and
demanding to be placed in the White House
as the lawful occupant of the domestic de
partment of that celebrated establishment.
The lady is in the Insane Asylum at Black
well's Island, and her children are two white
cats, whom she has trained to such docility
that she keeps thein in bed nearly all day
sleeping between sheets, on nice clean pillow
cases, all tucked in like children, with caps
on their heads. All the visitors call on Mrs.
Buchanan, see her cats, and they allow the
clothe's to he turned down, and a vievtl• taken
without an effort to rise rom their couch.—
The name of one of the cats is John C: Fre
mont, and the other is Alexander Hamilton.
TAKING 01IT AN EYE TO MEND IT.—The
Leipsic .Tournal of Literature, Science and
Are, publishes an account of the wondevfult
discoveries of Dr. GRAEFF in diseases of the
eye, and the wonderful cures he performs.—
lie has found the ball of the eye to be- trans
parent, and by a curious instrument, exam
ines minutely the interior, takes it out and,
performs any necessary , surgical
,operation,
and replaces'it without injury to its 'appear
ance or vision. A young girl had long.beert
afflicted with the -most excruciating pain in
the left eye, the cause of which most learn
ed could not-understand.' Dr. QICAEFF founcl
in the centre of the ball a little worm which
he removed, and restored the poor crea
ture immediately to health' and perfect
sight.
THE VOCATION OF.. THE Tzacrtuat.--Daniel.
Webster, in the following brief paragraph,
thus truthfully niagnifies.the :vocation, of the
If we work upon marble it will.perish; if
we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we
imbue them with high principles, with the
just fear of God, and of their fellow men, we
engrave on those tablets something which ncr
time can efface, but which will brighten to.
all eternity."