THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
The Washington States on the Public
Printing Plunder.
On Wednesday last, Mr. Cameron of Penn
sylvania, made some remarks in the Senate
on tho subject of the public printing, which
confirms, in every particular, the statements
made by us last summer. When we first
called attention to the enormity of the public
printing plunder, we were charged with
gross exaggerations ; but the truth is now
out, and our readers will see for themselves
that we drew no fancy picture, We were
the first to call attention to this enormity,
and Congress has now taken the proper steps
in this matter to ensure a speedy reform.—
According-to Mr. Cameron's statement :
The cost of Congressional printing has
suddenly increased so largely as to be now a
subject of serious interest to the whole coun
try. In 1847, only 'eleven years ago, the
whole sum paid for paper, printing and bind
ing, amounted only to $64,691 96. This
was under -the contract system, when the
work was given to the lowest bidder. Some
three or four years later, this system was
changed, ist the instance, mainly, of persons
interested in high prices.
The new system was a mixed one. The
prices were fixed by the law, and the Gov
ernment under it has become the purchaser
of paper and other materials. The office of
Superintendent of Printing has been estab
lished, and that officer become a functionary
of the Government, in many instances, irre
sponsible to any authority, though nominally
responsible to the Committee on Printing of
each house. Ile buys the paper, orders the
engravings, and controls the expenditure of
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
It is not my purpose to inquire into the
manner in which the duties of that office
have been fulfilled ; much less is it my wish
to impute wilful wrong - to any one connected
with the management of the public printing.
I desire only to draw the attention of the
Senate to the enormous cost of the work,
with the hope that the present committee
will be sustained in their labors of retrench
ment.
The cost of printing, paper,
and binding,
from July 1, 1856, to March 4, 1857, amount
ed to the sum of $1,258,210 42. The bind
ing alone for that period, it will be seen, was
more than six times as flinch as the whole
cost of paper, printing and binding, for the
year 1847. The cost for the year just ended
.1 have not been able to obtain - but it is
probably over a million and a itaZf of dol
lars.
great deal of this extravagance of ex
penditure has arisen from the loose manner
in which Congress has ordered the printing
of reports by officers of the army and navy,
and other functionaries sent upon exploring
duties. It has been common, I am told, to
direct the printing of such reports without
examination, permitting the officer to com
plete his report while the work is progress
ing in the hands of the printer. Such has
been the course with the Coast Survey, the
Japan Expedition, the Mississippi and Pa
cific Railroad report, and many others.
The .Coast Survey report cost, for printing,
and materials,. for the year 1856, the enor
mous sum of $78,441 70. Gillis' report has
already cost over $100,000: and the estima
ted cost of the whole work as ordered is
$149,107 97. The Japan Expedition report,
which has been completed and paid for, cost
the sum of $240,486 72. Of Emory's Mexi
can boundary report, one volume has been
printed, and has already cost $107,580 ; the
second volume has been ordered, and is esti
mated to cost slo4,slo—making, in all, the
sum of $212,000 for that work. But the
Pacific Railroad report is beyond all its.asso
ciations in magnificence of price. Five vol
umes have been printed ; four more are in
the Lands of the printer. The work already
done has cost $526,117 ; the balance is esti
mated to cost s33s,3oo—making a total of
$861,417 ; but the reality in the end will
probably reach over a million.
Capt. 'Wilkes' report was the first of the
series of " splendid books" ordered by Con
gress, and by what I have showed, it will be
seen to have been a plentiful mother of cost
ly books. Its costs I have not been able to
learn. The expedition under the command
of that officer, which was conducted by him
with great ability,- was a favorite with the
country ; and in their gratitude the Congress
of the United States seemed willing to let
him print the book to suit himself, and, I
believe, to keep the copies when printed.
The Patent Office report has been a favor
ite of the country ; and, like all favorites, it
has been perthitted to overgrow its proper
dimensions. Originally one small andinter
esting volume of well selected facts and tried
opinions, it has now beCome three volumes ;
one devoted to agriculture, and the others to
inventions in the mechanic arts. It should
be condensed, if its usefulness is to be con
tinued. Its cost for the year 1857 was $375,-
286. It cost the Government 70 cents a
copy, and it can be bought in any number,
I am told, in the bookstores of this city for
15 cents—a pretty fair evidence that the
number printed is much greater than the
Country needs.
Wesley Frost, the Democratic Candidate
for Canal Commissioner—A Saddler
by Trade--A Democrat by Nature.
Our county has been honored by the recent
Democratic State Convention in the nomina
tion of one of her most worthy citizens for
the important office of Canal Commissioner.
As a public man Wesley. Frost is somewhat
known to the people of the Commonwealth ;
and - we propose to give a very brief sketch
of his private life and character. Like most
of the leading men of the age, he arose from
the humblest walks of life: In his youthful
days there was no boy on the play-grounds
who could say with truth that he was poorer
in this world's goods than Wesley Frost.—
At an early age he was bound by indentures
to the saddling business. In his intercourse
with his companions and his deportment to
to his employer lie gave promise to those
sterling. qualities of head and heart, which
after years commended the man - to the confi
dence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. So
correct was_he in his deportment and so trne
to the instincts of his nature that even in his
boyhood days ".his word was considered as
_good as his bond with approved security. ,, _
He served his time • faithfully and honestly,
agreably... to' his indentures until coming of
age, when according to the customs, he re
ceived his "freedom suit" accompanied by
the kindest and best wishes of his employer
and all his household. Of industrious hab
its, he immediately upon being freed from
his indentures commenced work as a jour
neyman, and bYfrugality and economy saved
from his earnings a comfortable mainte
nance. Ambitious and energetic, he soon
set up business for himself. He applied
himself industriously and attentively..to car
rying on his trade; and as he grew in
. age,
be grew, also in, the confidence and affections
of his neighbors. Trained in the school of
adversity, his political sentiments were very
naturally those of the Democratic party, and.
he adhered to them with all the tenacity of
his nature. Having made himself known to
the people of his county by his discreet and
efficient support of Democratic principles
and usages, he was nominated by his party
in the stirring times of 1844 for the office of
Sheriff. He was triumphantly elected over
the candidate of the Whig party, who was a
brother-in-law, and one of the most popular
men in the opposite ranks. As Sheriff of
his county, no man ever left a better record
' than Wesley Frost. Upon retiring from the
office of Sheriff he returned to his home in
Brownsville, and resumed work at his trade.
He continued to work at his trade, devoting
when occasion required it, a portion of his
time and attention to the success of his par
ty, until the spring of 1853, when he was
appointed by President Pierce Marshal of
the Western District of Pennsylvania. Here
his abilities were called into a more extended
field, and he proved himself fully equal to
the high duties devolved upon him. It was
in this office that he came in contact with
his fellow-citizens of different sections of the
State, and by his courtesy, affability and
- dignified .deportment made 'himself a State
popularity.
As Marshal of the Western District he
was all that could be expected of a public of
ficer—honest, faithful and efficient in the dis
charge of his duties, courteous and dignified
in his intercourse with his fellow-citizens.—
He held. this office four years, awl at the
expiration of his commission returned to
Brownsville, and again resumed work at his
trade. Indeed when Marshal of the District,
it was not an uncommon thing to see him at
- work in his shop ; for at intervals of relief
from his public duties he invariably put on
his apron and went to work at his trade.—
He is at this time engaged at his trade in
Brownsville, under the old sign of " Wesley
Frost, saddle and harness maker," and when
his friends call to see him, they are kindly
received in his shop, where they find him
with his coat off and apron on, as intently
and industriously engaged in working at his
trade as he was in the earlier and less fortu
nate days of his life. In addition to being
an industrious mechanic, Wesley Frost is a
high-minded honorable gentleman, and no
man stands higher than he in the estimation
of his fellow-citizens of all parties. His
nomination for Canal Commissioner was a
compliment - worthily bestowed, and will be
responded to at the polls by the people of
the South-Western counties, in the most em
phatic terms of approbation.—Genius of Lib
erty.
[From the Harrisbnrg Kuttone.]
The Three Mill Tag.
Mr. EDITOR :—The repeal of the Tonnage
Tax on the Pennsylvania and Harrisburg &
Lancaster Railroads being a question now
before our State Legislature, it is desirable
that the subject—the operation and result of
this tax—should be correctly understood in
all its bearings.
Many object to its repeal under the belief
that the repealing it would be a gratuity and
benefit conferred on those railroad. Companies
—and so much of a loss, as its amount, to
the people of the State.
This however is an entire mistake;—ex
cept so far as its repeal might enable them
to get more through trade and travel, com
ing from beyond the limits of the State, than
they now can, or do. Those companies un
der their respective characters have the pow
er and right to charge higher rates than
they now do. Their charges on such through
business must and will, at all times, be regu
lated and determined by those of competing,
lines on the north and south of them. Con
sequently and ineveitably, while those con
panics arc controlled by persons, capable
and disposed to take care of and protect
their interests, the whole of this Tonnage
Tax, while it exists, is, must, and will have
to be paid by the people of the State ; or in
other words, by the local trade and travel
within it; with added charges for the trouble
and expense of ascertaining its amount, and
to make sure of having enough. Not only
this, but also—what may not have occured
to many affected by it—that since the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company have purchased
and own the Columbia Railroad as part of the
Main Line, it is but natural that this Compa
ny should—and it does, charge a proportion
ate part of this Tonnage Tax on and to the
local trade and travel passing over the Co
lumbia Railroad. So that the people of all
the &unties through which the Columbia
Rail ad passes, and of all the counties of
the State through which Railroads pass, con
necting with it, directly or indirectly, from
which trade and travel comes or is sent, and
which, in part, passes over the Columbia
- Railroad, as well as the Pennsylvania Rail
road proper, in point of fact, pay a portion
of the aggregate amount of this- Tonnage
Tax.
The result therefore of this tax, so far as
regards the interests of the people of the
State, being precisely similar to that of the
policy of a man who gives one hundred dol
lars out of one pocket to be enabled to put
ninety dollars into another pocket.
In the nature of things, while it exists,
those who control those Roads, where they
can, 'will—and it must be conceded they
ought—make such charges as will indemify
them for this tax, and b a fair compensa
tion for their capitol, expense and riks.—
They cannot charge a proportion of this tax on
the trade and travel coming from without the
limits of the State, for the reason that no
such. tax is charged on the competing routes
on the north and south, and their charges
must be regulated by those of their rivals
through other States ; and it necessarily fol
lows that they must, they will, and they do
charge the whole of its ag g regate amount on
the local trade and travel within the State,
with something added for the expense and
trouble 8-.;c., consequent on its existence.
But it is said by some, that even if this tax
was repealed, those companies would still
continue to charge no less than they now do,
or otherwise would, on the local trade and
travel within the State. Such opinion, hoiv
ever, is directly contrary to the ordinary
course of Ilettnam action, and to some extent
must be founded on latent _prejudice. Those
who control those roads will, in the first place,
charge what they consider a fair compensa
tion for their capital, expenses and risks, and
- at least the whole amount of this tax. if not
something more. And especially will they
be .likely to charge somewhat more, if they
think the tax ought, not to he imposed on them.
The question in regard to this tax ought
not to be decided- by - any feeling of either
of friendship or hostility towards the com
panies paying it, but solely with reference to
what is the true interest of the people of the
State, and - the trade and travel within it.
COMMON SENSE.
Western Emigration
Earlier than usual, the annual efflux of
population, from the East to the West, has
begun. The trains from the New EngUp.d.
and Middle States carry out, daily, scores of
people, who go to establish new homes in .dis
tant regions. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi
gan, Kentucky, and. other States, once called
the Far West, aro now Western no longer,
and hundreds of their inhabitants are mov
ing Westward. The great Mississippi is now
the dividing line between the East and the
West, and Kansas, Minnesota, lowa, and
Nebraska are tho regions whither Emigra
tion is tending. "The West," as a goal for
settlers, is a moveable land, that recedes as
civilization advances. It will continue to re
cede, until New Mexico, Utah, Dacotah,
Washington and Oregon are peopled, and
then there will be no more vacant land, to be
bought at government prices ; there will be
no more " West," unless the pushing spirit
of the race shall impel some of them across
the Pacific Ocean, to take possession of Chi
na and Japan and Yankeefy the Asiatic na
tions.
A century or two, at the rate at which we
have lately advanced, will suffice to fill up
comfortably the present territory belonging
to the United States. Then the current of
our locomotive population will no longer be a
fierce tide setting in one direction; but will
become a healthy circulation among all parts,
directed and controlled by the requirements
of commerce and trade. The centre of busi
ness and capital may, by that time, shift to
wards the geographical centre of the nation,
and the Atlantic region, whose strength and
wealth are so largely dependent upon fiireign
commerce, may become less strong and less
wealthy than the interior region, whose com
merce will be wholly domestic, unrestrained
by tariffs, and not easily subjected to the
convulsions and risks of foreign markets.—
When the Mississippi Valley shall contain a
population of one hundred millions of people,
active and industrious, there will be a domestic
trade far surpassing the present foreign trade
of the United States. And when the Pacific
States shall be thickly settled, and railroads
shall lead from Oregon, Washington and
California, to a score of places on the Gulf of
Mexico, the Mississippi, and the Lakes, there
will be a foreign commerce on the Pacific,
with the ports of Asia and South. America,
which will surpass the present foreign
com
merce of the Atlantic.
It is to such a state of things, which per
sons already born may live to witness, that
the settlement of the Western domain of the
United States is leading, and it is the pros
pect of such a condition of things that makes
the phenomenon of the annual emigration to
the Westward so interesting. When we are
told that every steamboat on the Missouri and
Upper Mississippi, is crowded with emigrants,
and that every train of cars from St. Lonis
westward carries out a hundred or more, we
hear the prophetic signs of the great western
empire ; we see the tokens of a change which
is to be wrought in the world's affairs, that
may be scarcely less momentous than that
wrought by the discovery of America. It will
really be the opening of a new world, and
will surpass in its results even the grand ex
-pectations of the early Genoese, Spanish, and
Portuguese navigators. Those early expec
tations of the days of Columbus were, after
all, little better than wild and greedy visions
of gold, coupled with a sort of middle-age su
perstition. The cross and the crucible were
alike carried by the navigators ; nay, the
crucible derives its name from the figure of a
cross stamped upon it; thus strangely did
the people of the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
tury seek to hallow and ennoble even their
passion for gold. Avarice and superstition
thus went hand in hand in those old days.,
and the Spanish American settlements foun
ded by such agents, have never'yet got rid of
the first impressions made upon them. The
more enlightened and liberal ideas of the
English, the Dutch and the Swedish settlers
were required to give the first genuine im
pulse to civilization and freedom, which is
civilization—in the New World.
The emigration to the Western States, in
these later times, is like the emigration of
the Northern European races to America.—
It is a movement of freedom, of civilization,
of industry, of energy, and of enlightment.—
It will create States, in regions yet occupied
by Indians and buffaloei , , that may rival the
great states of Europe, not only in area, but
in wealth and importance. It may at times,
as it progresses and while its work is yet un
fulfilled, cause inconvenience and disaster,
from the - violent transfer of capital from one
region to another. But nothing can serious
ly retard it, nothing can interrupt its steady
course for any length of time. The land
must be filled, and new commonwealths must
be established, which will carry civil and re
ligious freedom across the continent, and pre
pare it to be transported across the Pacific
to the "fresh woods and pastures new" of
Asia.—Bulleti n.
The Senate Bill for the Admission. of
Kansas.
The following is an entirely correct copy
of the Leconipton bill, in the shape in which
it passed the Senate on Tuesday a week last
by the following vote—yeas 33, nays 25.
A bill for the admission of the State of Kan
.
sas into the Union.
'Whereas, The people of the Territory of
Kansas did, by a Convention of delegates
called and assembled at Lecompton, Septem
4, 1857, for that purpose, form for themselves
a Constitution and State Government, which
said Constitution is republican, and the said
Convention having asked the admission of
the Territory into the Union as a State on
an equal footing with the original States :
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby, de
dared to be one of the United States of
America, and admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States, in all
respects whatever; and the said State shall
consist of all the territory included within
the following boundaries, to wit: :Beginning
at a point on the western boundary of the
State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh
parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence
west on said parallel to the eastern boundary
o New. Mexico ; thence north on said bound
ary to•latitude thirty-eight; thence following
said boundary westward to the eastern
boundary of the Territory of Utah, on the
summit_ of the Rocky Mountains ; thence
northward on said summit to the fortieth
parallel of latitude ; thence east on said par
allel to the western boundary of the State of
Missouri ; thence south with the western
boundary of said State to the place of begin
ning.
Provided, That nothing herein contained
respecting the boundary of the State shall
be construed to impair the rights of person
or property now pertaining to the Indians in
said Territory so long as such , rights shall
remain unextinguished by treaty between
the United States and such Indians, or to in
clude any territory which, by treaty with
Shell Indian tribes, is not, without the con
sent of said tribe, to be included within the
territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State
or Territory ; bnt all such territory shall be
excepted out of the boundaries, and consti
tute no part in the State of Kansas, until
said tribe shall signify their assent to the
President of the United States to be included
within said State, or to affect the authority
of the Government of the United States to
make any regulation respecting such Indi
. ans, their lands, property, or otherwise,
which it would have been competent to make
if this act bad never been passed.
SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the
State of Kansas is admitted into the Union
upon the express condition that said State
shall never interfere with the primary dis
posal of the public-lands, or with any regu
lations which Congress may find necessary
for securing the title in said lands to the
bona fide purchasers and grantees thereof,
or impose or levy any tax, assessment, or im
position of any description whatever upon
them, or other property of the United States
within the limits of said State ; and that no
thing in this act shall be construed to abridge
or infringe any right of the people asserted
in the Constitution of Kansas, at all times to
alter, reform, or abolish their form of Gov
ernment in such manner as they may think
proper, Congress hereby disclaiming any au
thority to intervene or declare the construc
tion of the Constitution of any State, except
to see that it be republican in form, and not
in conflict with the Constitution of the United
States ; and nothing in this act shall be con
strued as an assent by Congress to all or any
of the propositions or claims contained in
the ordinance annexed to said Constitution
of the people of Kansas, nor to deprive the
said. State of Kansas of the same grants
which were contained in said act of Con
gress, entitled " Au act to authorize the peo
ple of the Territory of Minnesota to form a
Constitution and State Government, prepara
tory to admission into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States," approved
February 26, 1853.
SEC. J. And be it fitrther enacted, That un
til the next general census shall be taken,
and an apportionment of the representation
made, the State of Kansas shall be entitled
to one Representative in the house of Repre
sentatives of the United States. That the
Federal laws, if not inapplicable, to be ex
tended into the State of Kansas, a judicial
district be formed, and a judge, attorney,
and marshal be appointed and paid, as in
lowa. -
SEC. 4. _ebul be it further enacted, That
from and after the admission of the State of
Kansas, as hereinbefore provided, all the
laws of the United States which are not lo
cally inapplicable shall have the same force
and effect within the State as in other States
of .the Union ; and the said State is hereby
Constituted a judicial district of the United
States, within which a district court, with
the like poWers and jurisdiction as the dis
trict court of the United States.for the dis
trict of lowa, shall he established; the judge,
attorney, and marshal of the United States
for the said district of Kansas shall reside
within the same, and shall be entitled to the
same compensation as the judge, attorney,
and marshal of the district of lowa.
The Religious Awakening—What will
be its Effect ?
There is no one topic outside of the polti
cal world which is so frequently the subject
of discussion as the religious awakening now
agitating the land. On the one side, it is
denounced as a temporary excitement, un
healthy in its character, and certain to be
productive of more evil than good. On the
other, it is regarded as a natural reaction
from the materialism of the last twenty years,
a direct interposition of the Divine power, an
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Without en
tering into the theological aspect of the ques
tion, we may say that the movement prom
ises some excellent results. We arc led to
this conclusion, both by the experience of
past awakenings of a similar character, and
by what we all know respecting the consti
tution of the human mind.
At periodical intervals, longer or shorter
in duration, according to the character of the
times, have these religious Imovements oc
cured. Among the most powerful was that
which was witnessed about a century ago.—
It began in England in a prayer meeting,
instituted by the Wesleys, at Oxford. Un
der the preaching of John Wesley and Geo.
Whitefield, it soon embraced both continents,
and effected a revulsion in the religious con
dition of society second only to that brought
about, in the political world, a generation la
ter by the American war of independent.--
'All the churches, in every denomination, felt
its influence more or less. It received the
sanction on this side of the Atlantic, of Jon
athon Edwards, the greatest metaphysician
of his century. It numbered among its ad
vocates abroad the men and women most em
inent for consistent piety. The soundness of
this endorsement was subsequently estab
lished by the fruits of that great revival.—
Within a single generation it totally changed
the face of society in England. The Parson
Trullibers of Fielding ceased to be a repre
sentative of a class. The Squire Westerns of
the same author, under the altered tone of
morality and religion which it inaugurated,
grew ashamed of their coarseness, their pro
fanity, their cock-fighting, their intemper
ance. If we would form a correct estimate
of the influence of that great emotional move
ment, we need but compare the . England
and America of a century ago with the Eng
land and America fifty years later, or even
with the England and America of to-day,—
Manners, laws, the code of morality, every
-Laing affecting life and civilization, has been
ameliorated. The churches were fast re
formed, and the society followed in the wake.
It has been the complaint, for many years,
not only of the lay, that men were to entire
ly engrossed with money-making, with the
love of show, with things generally " of the
earth, earthy." To eat, drink'and be merry,
seemed practically the whole code of life.—
Something which should put a stop to this,
which should render men more spiritual,
would be, it was every where admitted, a
lasting benefit. It would seem now, as if
that something was coming. If so, we, in
common with all well-wishers of society, glad
ly welcome it. We must expect, in such an
agitation, many excesses, many absurdities,
many backslidings. All great movements of
the public mind, whether political or religi
ous, have been accompanied by some things
that are to be regretted. But though the im
petuous torrent may disturb, for a time, the
quiet and clearness of the stream, it brings
down with it the pure grains of gold ; and
these will-remain when the rush and n ois e
and turbid waters have passed away.--Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Principles versus Expediency
What are those opposed to forcing the peo
ple of Kansas into the Union under the Le
compton Constitution contending for ? "That
Governments are instituted among men, de
riving their just powers from the consent of
the governed ;" that no form of Government
should be forced upon the people of any Ter
ritory or State without their consent, fairly
expressed. What does Mr. Buchanan say
on this subject?—
" It is the imperative and indispensable
duty of the Government of the United States
to secure to every resident inhabitant the free
and independent expression of his opinion
by his vote. This sacred right of each indi
vidual must be preserved ; and that being ac
complished, nothing can be fairer than to
leave the people of a Territory, free from all
foreign interference, to decide their oum desti
ny for themselves, subject only to the Consti
tution of the United States."—litaitgural.
"When a Constitution shall be submitted
to the people of this Territory, they must be
protected in the exercise of their right of
voting for or against that instrument, and
the fair expression of the popular will must
not be interrupted by fraud or violence."—
Instructions to Governor Walker.
" I trust, however, the example set by the
last Congress, requiring that the Constitu
tion of Minnesota should be subject to the
approval and ratification of the people of
the proposed State,' may he followed on fu
ture occasions. I took it for granted that
the Convention of Kansas would aet in ac
cordance with this example, founded, as it is,
on correct principles, and hence my instruc
tions to Governor Walker, in favor of sub
mitting the Constitution to the people, were
expressed in general, unqualified terms."—
Annual Message.
Mr. Buchanan here endorses, to the fullest
extent, the principles advocated by those op
posed to the Lecompton Constitution, and yet
for expediency he recommends its adoption,
with the understanding that no other one is
hereafter to be accepted without the consent
of the people, expressed through the ballot
box.
When was it before that a great principle
was sacrificed to expediency ? Is this Jack
sonism, is it Democracy? The bad effects of
this abandonment of principle for expediency
are already felt in the dismemberment of
the Democratic party, and the sooner it is
abandoned the better.—The Press.
The Utah Expedition—lnteresting Let-
ter from. Col. Johnston
[From the St. Louis Republican of March 23d.]
We have perused a letter from Col.•John
sten to a friend in this city, dated at Camp
Scott, February 5, 1858, and have been per
mitted to make extracts therefrom.
The Colonel had me - IT:wed no communica
tion from the Governinent of a later date
than the 22e1 of October, 1857, and justly
complains that the mail contractors take
more than three months to carry the mail to
Utah, when their contract requires them to
deliver it there monthly ; and he adds : "I
send nothing by mail, nor should anything
of a public nature be sent otherwise than by
express."
Notwithstanding the destruction of a part
of the train which was loaded with provi
sions and other supplies necessary for his
troops, and in spite of the obstacles which
still presented themselves, Col. Johnston did
not abandon the hope of marching to Salt
Lake City without a halt, until after the ter
rific storm of the Gth of November. We
quote from his letter : "On the Gth Novem
ber the march was resumed, and then com
menced the storm of snow, and wintry cold,
racking the bones of our men, and starving
our oxen, and mules and horses, already half
starved. They died on the road, and at our
camps, by hundreds, and so diminished were
their numbers that from camp to camp, only
four or five miles, as many days. were re
quired to bring them all up, as it was neces
sary to give time to rest the animals, now in
capable of protracted efforts, and to hunt for
food. In this way, - fifteen days were con
sumed in making thirty-five miles to this
place, the nearest and best place for shelter
and fuel for the troops, and for shelter and
grass for the animals. The struggle then,
amidst snow and arctic cold, (the thermome
ter at sixteen below zero,) was for a place cf
safety. If any doubt existed before this
storm of the propriety of risking the troops
on the mountains before Spring, or of the
ability to accomplish the march, the destruc
tion amongst our draught animals, the neces
ity of saving all the oxen left for food,
even if capable of further exertion, now dis
pelled that doubt and solved the question.
The storm which Col. Cook encountered on
the Sweet Water, and on through the South
Pass, destroyed more than half of his horses,
and a large number of his mules, although
they had corn for them. In that high region,
much higher than where we were, the cold
must have been much more , intense than ex
perienced by us, and his animals I presume,
perished mainly from cold.
"I have the satisfaction to say that the pri
vations of the march were endured by officers
and men without complaint, or perhaps, I
might more justly say, with cheerfulness.—
Th troops are in fine health and condition.
The winter thus far has not been so vigorous
as to prevent often the daily instruction of
the troops. They have proved themselves to
be hardy enough for any service, a few only
—as many as thirty or less—have been frost
bitten ; but now our scouts bivouac, when ne
cessary, in the passes without suffering.
"The Mormons have declared, as fully as
words and actions can' manifest intentions,
that they will no longer submit to the Gov
ernment, or to any Government but their
own. The people of the Union must now
submit to a usurpation of their Territory—
to have
,a government erected in their midst;
not loyal to, or rather not acknowledging
any dependence upon, or allegiance to, the
Federal Government—and what is not less
impolite, and entirely incompatible with our
institutions, to allow them to engraft their
social organization upon ours, and make it a
part of our system, or act with the vigor and
force to compel them to submit. This is due
to the dignity and honor of the Government.
"I hope every effort will be made to for
ward the spring supplies early, under a suf
ficient guard of mounted men, for the guard
will be needed, also, to forward the supplies
for the rest of the year."
[From the Leavenworth Times of Maroh 20th]
Yesterday morning the following compa-
nies left the Fort en route for Utah: Com
pany " H," Capt. T. Hendiickson. 'Compa
ny " E," Lieut. J. A. Smith. -Both compa
nies of the sixth infantry. Also two compa- -
nies of cavalry, commanded by Lieutenants
Otis and Taylor ; this body of troops, about
330 in all, intend overtaking Col. Hoffman,
'and escort the supply train . for Col. John
ston's command, from Fort Laramie, -this
supply train consists of 100 heavily laden
wagons, and it is thought that if the Mor
mons intend making a fight at all, they will
endeavor to cut off the train. Other bodies of
troops will soon be under way for Utah,•
from which place we may soon expect to
hear interesting, if not exciting news.
STATE CAPITAL BINDERY, No. 66
MARKET STREET, (Crinkle's Building,) Harrisburg,
Penna. The subscriber having at a heavy, expense, fitted
up and entire new Bindery, with materials . . 07 .
of the latest and most improved patterns, 4ffigil
now possesses facilities for the Manufacture
of Blank Books for County Offices, Banks, TttMti".
Coal and Insurance Companies, Merchants, &c., not
:ex
celled by any establishment in the State.
Old Books, Law Books, Periodicals, &c., bound to any
style and pattern.
All kinds of Ruling neatly done.
The Central location of Harrisburg, renders it easily an
cessible from all parts of the coniatry„so that goods can lac'
safely forwarded to me by Express, with an order stating
the manner in which work is to be done, when It will
speedily be attended to and returned in same manner.
The patronage of the citizens of Huntingdon and vicin
ity, is respectfully solicited.
Remember one thing in particular, that everything in
the establishment is ENTIRELY NEW, so that I cannot fail
to do good work.
Mr. F. L. Rutter. (formerly of the firm of W. O. Hic.kok
& Co., has the immediate control of all Binding.
GEO. A. BROOKS.
Harrisburg, March 10,1558-Im.
SUMMER SESSION of the
MOUNTAIN FEMALE SEMINARY, Birmingham,
Pa., will open for the admission of Pupils, April 29, 1858.
March 17, 1858-3 m. L. G. DRIER, Principal.
.110TIO - 147, is hereby given to ali persons
whom it may concern, that the trast account of
Henry Roberts, committee of HENRY WAltycL, a lunatic,
late of West township, dec'd., has been flied .and will be
Presented to the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon
county, on MONDAY, the 12th day of APRIL, next, for
confirmation, when and where all persons interested can
attend if they see proper. D. CALDWELL,
Huntingdon, March 10, 1858-4 t. Prothonotary.
11EGISTER'S NOTlCE.—Notice is
hereby given, to all persons interested, that the fol
lowing named persons have settled their accounts in the
Register's (Mice at Huntingdon, and.that the said accounts
will be presented for confirmation and allowance, at al
Orphans' Court to be held at Huntingdon, in and for the
county of Huntingdon, on Wednesday the, 11th day of
April next, to wit:
1. George W. Owens, Administrator of the estate of
Thomas M. Owens, late of the borough of Birmingham,
deceased.
Account of Wm. W. Jackson and Robert A. 151'3fur
trie, Esq.. Administrators of Thomas Jackson; late of Blair
county, dec'd., who was the surviving Assignee of Jona
than Leslie, of Huntingdon county, having survived Jas.
Eutrekin, Esq., dec'd., and Jas. M. Sell; Co-assignee, who
was discharged by the Court.
3. Final account of Wm. S. Lyons, Esq., Administrator
of Thos. Love, late of Tell township, deed.
4. James Cree, Guardian of J. Elliot Walker, son of Jas.
Walker, late of Dublin twp., dec'd.
5. Final account of James Kelly and Jamison Kelly,
Executors of Nathaniel Kelly, who was Executor of the
last will and testament of David Bowman, late of Dublin
twp., dec'd. ' and Testamentary Guardian of the minor
children of the said David Bowman, deed.
6. Account of John Itung,,Guardian of Reuben Light
ner, son of Henry Lightner, late of West twp., dec'd.
7. John Scott, Guardian of David. Catharine, and Eliza
beth Courter,
minor children of Philip Conner.
S. Jolla S. Miller, Administrator of the estate of Isabel
la Medonigal, late of Ilarree twp., deed.
9. Account of David H. Campbell, Executor of the last
will and testament of Isaac Climer, late of Penu twp.,
deed.
10. Samuel Bell, Administrator of the'estate of 'Mittel
mina. - Hays, late of Shirley twp., deed.
11. Ilarnetz Early, Administrator of the estate of Susan
na Smoker, late of Brady twp., dee'd.
12. Wm. S. Lyons ' Executor of the last will and testa
ment of Rev. Thos. Askins, late of Sbirleysburg, deed.
13. Wm. S. Lyons and John Morrison, Esqs., Executors
of the last will and testament of George Askins, late of
Shirleysburg borough, dec'd.
14. Daniel Teague, Esq., Administrator of the estate of
John Appelby, late of Dublin twp., dec'd.
HENRY GLAZIER, Register.
RFcisTra's Orrice,
Huntingdon, March 12, 1858.
UMBRELLAS and PARASOIS.—A
very fine assortment of well made UMBRELLAS
and Fancy and Plain PARASOLS of every descrip
tion, can be found at the Manufactory of the subscri
ber,
~
at the Old Established Stand, North "West cor
ner of Fourth and Market Streets,
The attention of dealers in the above description of Goods
is respectfully invited. JOS. FUSSELL,
No. 2 North Fourth St., Cor. of Market street,
March 10, ISSS-2m. Philadelphia.
HENRY W. OVERMAN, No. 14
(014 No. 6) South THIRD Street, below Market,
Pniiaclelphia,LEATllEß DEALER. Calf Skins, Moroccos,
Linings, Bindings, RED AND OAK SOLE LEATTIER, &C.
N. B.—Rough Leather, bought or taken in exchange.
March 3, ISsS—ly.
FXECUTORS' NOTlCE.—Estate of
_A JAM PiS JONES, deed.----All persons interested aro
hereny notified that tter; Testamentary have been grant
ed to the undersigned Execntbrs' of the last will and testa
ment of JA3IES JONES, late of Tell township, Huntingdon
county, dec'd., and all persons having claims or demands
against said estate will present them without delay, and
those indebted to said estate will make immediate paymen t.
JOHN JONES, } Executors.
JACOB G. JON EL,
Alare 3,1855.*
ATTENTION! ATTENTION !!
The undersigned having rented the Store Boom and
Large Ware4louse formerly occupied by Wm. Geisinger,
near the old Toll Bridge, and feeling very thankful to tho
citizens of Bunting,don, and to his customers in the coun
try, and the public generally, for past favors, ho wishes
to make known to them that he will keep constantly on
hand, all kinds of Goods that are generally kept in Stores
elsewhere; consisting of Groceries, Dry Goods, Queens
ware, hardware, Tinware, Crocks ' 47. c. Also, Boots and
Shoes, and every variety of Goods to accommodate all per
sons who may favor him with their patronage. And he is
determined to sell at the very lowest Cash prices, as ho
will not allow himself to be undersold by any other Store
in town.
Iris Ware-House is large and good. He kill accommo
date all persons by Storing, Shipping, or buying their
Grain, of all kinds. He 'will take in exchange, all kinds
of Country Produce.
Friends, please give sue acall and examine for yourselves
before purchasing elsewhere.
He will also continuo the Grocery business at his
old stand, on Hill Street, Huntingdon. The public gene
rally are requested to give him a call. lie is determined
to sell Cheap for Cash. or Country Produce. •
March 3, 1858—am. . DAVID GROVE.
L 1 XECUTOR'S • etters
Testamentory having been granted to tho under
signed by the Register of Huntingdon county, on the last
will and testament of Frederick list, late of the Borough
and county of Huntingdon, deceased. All'persons having
claims and demands against the said estate are requested
to make known the same without delay, and those indebted
are requested to make ithmediate payment.
ADAM ODENIVAELDER, Executor.
.Altoona, Blair co., Pa.. Feb. 24, 1858.
TO MERCHANTS AND FARMERS.
GROUND PLASTER can be had at the Huntingdon.
Flour and Plaster Mills, in any desirable quantities, on
and after the Ist day of March, 1858. We deliver it free of
charge on the cars at the depots of the Pennsylvania and
Broad Top Railroads,
Feb. 24,1858 ,
NOTICE, to the Creditors of the'7l---un
tingdon, Cambria and Indiana Turnpike Road Co.,
That the Court of Huntingdon county at its January Term
ISSS, directed to be paid to Creditors one and half per cent
on the amount of their claims on which former dividends
have been declared, which 1 will pay on the presentation
of their certificates of deposit by themselves or. their
agents.
JOHN S. ISETT, Sequestrator
Spruce Creek, Feb. 3, 1.355.
NOTICE is hereby given to - all perains.
whom it may concern, that the Court of Common,
Pleas of Huntingdon county, have appointed the 12th day
of April, next, for hearing the application of Samuel
Couts, of Henderson township, who has applied for the
benefit of an Act of Assembly, entitled "Azi Acr RELATING
TO INSOLVENT DEBTORS," approved on the 16th day of June„
1836. D. CA_LDWELL, Prot'y.
PROTIICEsiOTARY'S °MOE,
Huntingdon, Peb, 17,1658.* •
fATIT
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O•
RANGE OF TIATE.:,--On and after
THURSDAY, 10th inst., the Passenger Train en the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Road will leave Huntingdon
at 8.00 A. M. and 4.00 P. M., and arrive 1.10 P. M, and 7.88
P. 31. J. J. _LA.WRBNCE,
Acting Superintendent.
Huntingdon, December P, 1857.
YISITER, 4 McMURTRJE
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