THE VOLUNTEER.
Johan* Bratton* Bdltor and Proprietor*
bARLIBtEi •THtRSDAY, APRIL 3* 1831*
An Apprentice 10 lie Printing Business,
W1LI» be taken at Ibis office,'• >f application be
immediatelymodo. A boy from the country,
abont 15 or 16 ago. will be preferred. Ho
must be of good moral oharaeter. and possessed of a
ihbVougb English education
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AftrotritNHKNT of TBC Legislature.—A resolution 1
baa (fatied both Bodies,filing upon the 15th of
April at the day Tor final adjournment of the Legis.
lature.
. Dawikl Webstcr.—This gentleman it now on a
viill to Harrisburg. • He arrived;therein Tuesday.
■ Ovened ot Aoau*.—Mr. Jacob Low, whose dwel
ling and .byalter house was destroyed by the late fire,
is again .ready.to receive the visits of his friends, at
his new standi Spqth Hanover street, in the room
lately occupied by Mr. Inhoff as a Grocery Store.—
i Wevhappened to drop into! his how quarters a day or
. Iff oslDce. and found him very snugly filed, and fully
prepared to accommodate his customers to their en
r lire'satisfoolion. His room is large, neat, and cleon,
ipd his oyaters and "other .fixjna" oflhe best quality,
v Low understands his business to perfection, and is
botiiled 10, and we doubt not will receive, a liberal
pbare of patronage. Giro him a call, and our word
for if, you will not leavo him dissatisfied.
. Tbb Wheat Cbd?.—Our accounts from different
parts of Eastern Pennsylvania, afford cheering hope
of an abundant Wheat crop the ensuing season. We
leanf from farmers and others, who have had oppor
iunUies of judging, that the Wheal crop In this
neighborhood, and throughout the Cumberland Val
]ey generally, presents at (his time a very fine and
promising.'appearance. Some ofour agricultural
friends say, that it never looked hotter at ibis season
oflhe year than it does now; and many ofthein on.
tlclpaio a yield as abundant as that of last yea r, and
trfesgoOd a quality.
. Cj“A bill passed the House of Representatives on
Wednesday week, providing for the election ofJudgea
of the. several Courts ol this Commonwealth, with
so. amendment providing for a separate ticket for
Judges of Ihe Suprcmo Court.. All other Judges re
quired to be learned in the law, are to be voted for
on separate tickets, except bo far as relates lo Phila
delphia city and county^
CoLlxox CoMincNomtKt.— The annual commence
inenl of the Baltimore College of Penial Surgery
|oqk place lu lhat city on Thursday morning last.—.
Among the graduates, we notice the name of our'
young townsman, Mr. Gsoaot Z. Bnrrz. Mr. Bretz
’ bos, for the last few years, bpstowed his whole time
and attention* to the study of the useful and iotores.
ting science ofPenlal-Sbrgcry; and as he has grad*
baled with .credit at so distinguished an institution
as (he one above named, we have no doubt he will
prove himself an able Surgeon Dentist.
Can. Camzron.— The Harrisburg. Union, of last
week, says—Some of the letter writers from Harris,
burg have recently, represented General Cameron as
being hostile (u the nomination of Col. Wm. Bigler,
as ihe next Democratic candidate for Governor.—
This We have reason to know is not the fact, and wd
are authorized to state (hat (he General will give
Col. Bigler Ms warm support in .the. Copyqrilion, and
use hls best exertions to seenre his election after he
Is nomibated. We make this correction as-a simple
aot of justice to Gen. Cameron. ' ..
. _!»»*s«****•*—'The “ColombU Democrat** comer
rto oa-lßpcb lajprofwJ aod beautified. It ia riggfdt
oal ia a bran near suit, from head (o foot, and look*
■ E* smart as a youngster ia hie (eenst Its.enlerpris*
ihg editor, Cot. Levi L*. Tats, i« just the man to fur.
• Huh his readers with an excellent paper; A large
comber of good subscribers should be the reward of
this enterprise.
Drawing Room Companion.— We have received the
two .first number* of Oleason'c Pictorial Drawing
Room Companion , published in Boston. It is decid.
ddly the beat arid neatest looking paper we know of.
The engravings are superb, and Abe typography,
beautiful. The Companion Isa literary "paper, mod
Its list of contributors embrace the sbleslAmerfoan
writers. The paper ia printed in quarto form,mak.
log it convenient for binding. Should any of our
friends Wiah to see this valuable paper before sub.
scribing for U, they can bo gratified by calling at our
'office. Price, #3 per annum—F. Gleason, Museum
Buildings, Tremont atreel, Boston.
A Just Claim Allowed.— Tho Board .on Claims (
■gainst Mexico, appointed by special act of Congress,
had laid before them,on the 241 h uit., at Washington,
the claim of Peter Kerr, Esq., for loss of part of
the cargo of .liie schooner “ Hannah Elizabeth,"
chased ashore by a Mexican war schooner, during
hoslUilies between Mexico and Texas, in 1835. The
claim was- declared valid against the Republic of
Mexico, and the same was allowed accordingly—the
. amount to be awarded subject to the future action of
the Board. Mr. Kerr, who* Was formerly a cllilou
of'Cumberland county, hat been residing in Texas
fora number of years. Ills claim amounts to a con*
•iderable sum, ant) as ho it justly entitled to the lost
Us sustained, his m»ny friends here will be glad to
team that he has succeeded’ oblast it having it rc.
cognised* 1 \
• Armstrong County.— At a' Democratic meeting
convened at Kittening, on the 16lh instant, Joseph
Clsrk wts appointed Representative delegate, and
Jacob Mill recommended ss Senatorial delegate to
ihd Reading Convention. John S. Rhoy and J. A.
Fulton, were appointed delegates to the Judicial Con.
rention to moot at Harrisburg.
.Butlui Cotmrr.—The Democracy of Hotter coun.
ty, assembled in County Convention on the 94th utl.,
fqf the purpose of appointing delegatee to represent
•aid county in the Harrisburg and Reading Demo*
Cratlc Stale Contentions/ Resolutions wore adopted
fatorhig - Mr. Buchanan for tho Presidency. The
delegates (o the Reading Convention were instructed
to 1 Vole for Col. Bigler for Governor, and Hon. Wm.
fisatfy, of Butler, for Cana) Commissioner. The
Delegates to the Judicial Convention were Instructed
(o support Hon. John Bredin, of Butler, and Hon.
Jams' Campbell, of the chy of Philadelphia, for two
of the Supreme Judges.
Bounty Land Grant.—lt la officially staled, .
tbit up to this time about one hundred thousand ap. ,
plications have been received for tho benefit of tins
Uffl end every day's mail add. from five hundred Ip '
ribousend to their number. Tho office l« now is. '
Ming between one thousand and twelve hundred a
weekend it will require more than eighteen months
before lbs claims now on hand ean ba dUposed of, or
matured into warrants. All persons Interested ini
ibs lsw, or desiring information in regard to it, art
requested to address their communications directly
to Ibo Commlsslonor of Pensioner
, Hsrrliborg Colton Millie to be put In op.
orqßon wflhoot further delay.
flJ’Adsro Dame, convicted of murder at Si. Louis,
bss besn sentenced lo (be penitentiary for seventy*
jht pecrev ’■
TUB ELECTION NEXT FALL<
The approaching political campaign, we doubt
not, will be conducted by both parties with con
siderable zeal. That Gov. Johnston will be be
fore: the people for re-election,, appears to be a
“fixed fact;’* and, that Opl. .William Bigler
will be the. Democratic; candidate is equally, cer
tain. Then we will also have on the State'ticket
a candidate for Canal Commissioner, and five
candidates for. the Supreme Bench.' The next
election, therefore, will be one of more than or
dinary interest, and no doubt much excitement
will prevail. .
It is the part of wisdom to prepare in time to
meet our political enemies, so that we can encoun
ter them with a bold and untied front. Our Dem
ocratic ,friends-must remember that both the na
tional and State administrations are in the hands
of our opponents, and that the patronage of both
will be freely used for political purposes. Thou
sands, of office-holders are scattered oyer our Slate,
whose duly.it will be to use every effort, both fair
and foul, (0 prostrate the-Democratic party next
fall, ‘ ‘
I.et us then go to work, and organize at once.
In several of the counties, we are pleased to see
that clubs have been organized, and active pre
parations are being made to harmonize the party
where ill-feeling has prevailed. This is right.
Let dubs be organized all over the Stale—the
sooner the belter. Let all bickerings cease, and
lel'ua all unite, as a band of brothers, in one cpm
mon cause. If the Democrats of Pennsylvania
would gain a glorious victory next fall, they must
be .up and doing*—they must stiffen up the sinews
of war. With Gov* Johnston as the leader of the
Whig forces, however roach we may condemn
his demagogueism, the Democrats cannot afford
to.fold their arms In. idleness. We know that
Gov. Johnston has not the confidence of .the peo
pie—we know (hat a largo portion of his own
partlzahs despise him—but still he is a cunning,
wire-working politician, and is willing to make
any promise or concession, for the purpose of ob*
taining votes. Ho will no doubt again stump the
State, and attempt once moire to deceive the peo.
pie by making false statements and false profess
ions. Gov. Johnston, however, will not get over
I the course a second time quite so easy as .he did
the first. When he again comes before the peo
ple to harangue them, they will he very apt to
ask him whether he is sliti a believer in the “ one
term principle; 11 and they wilt ask him 100, if he
is stiff opposed to the veto, or “ one man power
and he will.be requested to explain when it was
that he became a convert to the opinion, that the
Governor ha» a right to grant pardons to convicts
after'sentence. Goy. Johnston must give a satis
factory. explanation to the people in regard to
these questions, and ho' must explain why it is
that-he has-not liyedup to the doctrines he
preached. This will be no easy matter for him to
do. He may attempt to evaded but he will be
kept up Jo the mark, and will be forced to confess
that be has been guilty of falsifying to the peo
ple, or that he has changed his views in regard to
the veto power, the pardoning.power, &c. But, in
addition to these difficulties he will have another,
which he had not to encounter when he addressed
his 11 felloWroUizQQ9 ” in.the fall of 1848. Col.
Bigler, who is one of our ablest public speakers,
will make it his business to stump ihe'Slale also,
and will not be backward In exposing the rotten*
ness and dishonesty of Johnston's professions*
In 1648, Gov. Johnston could make any profess
ions he pleased, for his competitor, relying 100,
much upon me strength dr ihe Democratic party,
'dld nol altempt to answer or expose him: But
with Col. Bigler against him, be .will have a fire
kept up in his rear from the commencement to the
ejtyd'Pf the campaign.
We repost, then, let the Democrats of pur good
old State prepare for an early organization—let
Clubs be organized, political newspapers freely
distributed* and bickerings cease, and our victory
in October will be complete. -
Death or Judge Burnside.-— lt is with deep re
gret, §ay§ the Philadelphia iVsies, oC Wednesday the
26th ultimo, that -we perfornitho'meUncholy duly of
annoonoing the death ofibe Hod. Thomas Burnside,
| one or tho Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
of Pennaylvaoia. He died last evening, at the roil
■ dence of hlsjoo-in-law, William E. Morris, E*q., of
Germantown; and, in hie death, the State of Penn
sylvania loses an ablojurist, a public spirited citizen,
and an honest and upright man. Judge Burnside was
appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Porter
some sis nr eight years ago, having previously for
many years, with credit to himself end satisfaction
to tho public, discharged the duties of President
Judge of the Centre, and subsequently of the Ducks
Judicial District. In early life he represented Cep.
Ire county in (he Stale Legislature, and for at least
one session, if not more, he was Speaker of tho Sen.
ate. lie also represented (he Centro District in Con.
gress, and was a mombOr of that body, we believe, at
ho time of his first appointment to a Judgeship.—
lie wee an early* and one of Ihe ablest and most
aealous advocates of the system of interna) improve,
menu. Warm* generous, frank, and open hearted in
his intercourse with his follow men, he secured (ho
confidence of a)),'and attached to himself a large cir
cle of friends who will deeply feel and lament his loss.
The day will come when there will be no di
vision of sentiment In reference .to the Free Bank
ing system In Pennsylvania. Mark that I
Juniata Bentinel i {Whig paper,")
Should the Free Banking bill, now before the
House, become a law, we doubt not the above
prediction will literally come to paes--*» there
will be no division of sentiment, 1 H but ail will
agree that it was a dark day for Pennsylvania
when her representatives adopted this rotten sys
tem of hanking. Mark (hat, tool
Tub Fruit Crop.— The Leonardlown (Md.)
Beacon of last week, say's—" Considerable fear
is entertained for the fruit crop in this section at
this lime. The apricots are already in full bloom,
and the peaches and early cherries .give promise
of being In the same Condition in a few days, and
should n cold spell now odour, they must inevita*
bly be greatly injured, if not entirely destroyed.
Tho apriootd can hardly escape/*
AcoiDinT.—A Cool Bath.—Wo learn from the
Harrisburg Union, that two young gentlemen—Mr.
William FsShunk and Mr. James M. Johnston, sons
of tho late sod present Governor—look a cool bath
to themselves, one day last week, in the Susquehan*
na, opposite that town* to tho amusement and con.
atermtion of a number qf witnesses on the bank.
In the spirit of adventure, for which they are quite
1 noted, they ventured out In a sail boat, and were
ospalted near tho middle of the elream, between the
| bank andltie island. They clung to tho boat; and
floated down the river about a quarter of a mile,
when they were fortunately rescued.by another boat
. —none the worse of a thorough drenching, acd their
ardor for sell boat adventure Considerably cooled.
, Lord John Russel has resumed. tha ’Premier
ship of the British Cabinet— the Queen not being
able to form a new Ministry.
DEMOCRACY AND ?BDERALIIU<
A cqnletoporiry in alluding to the remark which
is bow'noTuhfrequcnttymade, Uiaithero.ls not a
perceptible shade of difference; between the •Demo*
cratio and the Federal party, correctly, xisbris that
the difference between Democracy and Federalism
Is at the present time, as broad and palpable as It
ever was. The lino of demarcation U drawn wide
and deep; and he must be wilfully blind who does
not discover it/ Neither Is U necessary, for a man
to go bach an indefinite period of time, bunt over
long catalogues of musty tomes, to get the evidence
ol his position. He has that over present in his eels
and feelings. If he gives it is earnest adhesion to,
and support.of the principles of democracy note, St
matters not under what name or form ho hailed
twenty or thirty years ego, before the time parties
now exisllng had assumed their separate'and distinct
form. The principles of Democracy are evw; fbund
battling, for the rights of the many against the usur
pation for the rights of labor against the
unrighteous monopolies of capital—for the natural
and inalienable rights of (be masses against (he ten*
dency of, special privileges,-special legislation, and
reserved rights claimed for the “rich and well born.*
Federalism takes the converse of those propositions.
It always has and always will. Itjias assumed at
various periods various names to accomplish its ob
jects, but .its tendencies are over the samel) Atone
period it was priestcraft, at another'kingcraft,'dnd at
a latter day, in Our own country, it assumed under
the leadership of Alexander Hamilton, the style it
now holds, ho declaring the groat principle,upon
which it rested was the duly of government to lake
core of the rich and well; born, leaving Ihejtnass to
lake qaro of themselves. This doctrine of Vested
right, special protection to the few, Is the gijand.dog
rha-of the whig or federal—wo use this (eriijtiin (he
same sense—-party; and to carry out that do all their
measures lend... j
That pally advocates a high protective tariff with
specific duties, thus laying the taxes for, lb® support
of Government upon the consuming massed and re
moving them, from the'monopolized few'who are
thereby enriched. It advocates splendid schemes of
internal improvement by government, to .create a
necessity for onerous taxation, and thus make an ex
cuse for filching from the many for the benefit of the
few. It advocates banking monopolies,.by' which
the constitutional currency is removed from circula
tion, and tho worthless rsgS. of soulless and irrespon
sible corporations forced upoh (ho people in Us stead,
the banker being permitted. to issue almost limitless
amounts without being liable In his person or prop
criy for (heir redemption. Tn'Ohio, tho Whig, or
Federal parly arc tho fathers of the present banking
law, by which tho people ore annually swindled out
of hundreds, of thousands of their hard earnings to
swell the profits, increase tho gains and consequence
of bank nabobs. It Is the authorond defender of the
present lax law, by which fifty millions, of properly
belonging to capitalists is especially exempted from
taxation, and the burden thrown upon (heluboring\
producing/dasses. These are a few of the more im
portant leading measures of whiggery or.federalism.
To these Democracy stands diametrically opposed
in both Slate and Nation. The Democratic parly is
opposed to a high protective tariff, to specific duties,
of banking monopolies and special privUegcfofcvcry
sort; and especially l« it opposed to any system by
which millions are drawn from-tho pockets of the
mass of (lie people, and transferred to thosfc of a few
bank monopolists. It is the party ofprojfress—the
advocate of the rights of labor—it takes. Ihoground
that ell. power is inherent in tho people,.arid there
should remain unrestricted in its exercise by (he con
trolling influence which federalism would throw a
round U. * .
Those are a few of Uie prominent diiUnsUono be*
federalism—between. the Da
mocralio and Whig piTlles. Jfhfty are to |ffaltf(haT~
ho person can but porceivo (hem. Neither oso they
occupy a middle position. If they are' ioVavor of
(hoae principle* and measures advocated by federa
lism, they will act with (lie Whig party. If ibeyare
opposed to then), (hey will act with the Democratic
party* And that action will decide Tor one
their Jcderaliam or democracy.
The Kidnapping Law of 184-
The bill to repeal certain sections of the law of
1847, for the prevention of kidnapping, &o,» says
the Stale Journal passed the Senate on Wednesday
last, after having been so amended and modified
as to leave the repealing clause in force only as it
applied to the tixfh uclion of the. original del,
which prohibited the. use of our jails for* the de
tention of fugitive slaves. On the final passage
of the bill the vole stood yeas 18, nays 7—all
Whigs. -
The repealed section was the most objectionable
feature In the law of 1847, and (he only sectlpn
which impaired the faith of Pennsylvania to the
law of the Union. We regard its repeal, there
fore as another evidence of the fealty of our peo
ple to the Constitution, and their determination to
sustain and carry out, in all its provisions, the
Fugitive Slave Law of the last Congress. Penn*
sylvania, always loyal to the Union and the Con
stitution, looks with suspicion and distrust upon
those who pursue a different course, or counsel
disobedience to the laws of the land. The act of
1847, so far at least as the alxth section was con
cerned, was illiberal and unjust towards the South,
and In direct conflict with the laws of Congress
upon that subject. This law has been productive
of much mischief, both abolitionists and seces
sionists having used it.lo disturb the peace of the
Union. By Us repeal both factions are disarmed,
and their power to do mischief destroyed*
WAR BKTWEXN, TIIK l W OQLUXT IIXADI’ ASP ‘SILVER
Gnxv* Wiiios of New York.— The Albany journal
publishes a long list pf removals in New York, by
President Filmoro, including a number bf.Poatmas.
ters, end the Marshal of the Western District of that
State.. Those persons wore appointed by Gen. Toy.
)or, and are supposed to be in the Seward interest.
The Albany Journal, the New York Conner and the
Now York 7Vibnn«,aroall openly denouncing Web.
ster and the President. The fight Is getting inter
esting, but the President’s chances look decidedly
bed, for Soword Is infinitely superior to him In (slent
and ability* and . besides seems to possess almost as
much influence In Vork as Calhoun did in
South Carolina, • ' ,
Death at Corrosive Sublimate.— ln Pittsburgh,
on the 97th ult., a child of Mr. Feely was left In
charge of Its sister, by Us mother, for a short time.
The sister, Id order (oqulet the Infant, lt a bot
tle of corrosive sublimate to play with. The child
drank seine of the poison, which killed it shortly
alter. , _• ■ ;
A Man.o# Sfabno PAWodiUei.'—A Corrti|tondbnl
of lhbJF|orenoe (Ala.) QanetU I* rather slrong In hie
expressions of disapprobation of thoie who are in fa*
tor of the dissolution of the Union, He says t
“A man of that character could not get a meal's
victuals or. a bed to aloep on at my home. My dogs
should bark at him. If I was tu catch a .bustard
eating the Caroaaa of a diaunlunlst, I would shoot it*
They are tholasl ofall creation; fit forfiblhlng but
to be winked at by negroes, kicked at by mules, gpred
by bulls,.und butted by rams," 1
Gpy* Quitman.— The. majority. of ihoDemoqrafio
paperaof the Sift* urge the re-noinl*
nation of Gov. Qultman for GorCrnor. -
TROCBLB IN TUB WIQWAMt
; The card recently tent forth by a portion of the
Whig members of the Legislature of this Stale, says
the. Holliday sburg Standard, “modestly suggesting
to tlie Whigs of (his Stole to hold meetings, and
present the name of Gen. Scott for thePresldency,”
appears to have created quite an excitement in tho
ranks of “all the decency.” Instead Of being swal
lowed without a murmur, as it was: probably suppo
sed it would be by its authors, a by no means insig
nificant portion of the party reject it altogether.—
Not only so, but some of tho more independent of
the Whig presses make no bones of denouncing tho
Presidential manifesto-end its getters-up, as a sol of
impudent inlermeddiere, and recemmend them to
“mind their own business. 0
In order to give our readers some idea bf this set
to among the.political gladiators in tho Whig arena,
we subjoin a couple of extracts from influential Whig
papers:
The State Journal , Harrisburg, says: . f
These dictatorial end ill-timed movements are not
only injurious to Gen;. Scott, but evince a great want
of courtesy tqwards the present, Whig National Ad
ministration, and should bo indignantly frowned
dowji, &o. • ,
The same paper is of the opinion.— -
. Thai selfish considerations prompted the late leg
islative recoromendatidntj'and that visions of Cabinet
and Foreign Ministers, Governors, Judges, seats in
Congress, &c. t in the future, had a powerful tendency
to raise and inspire the patriotism and
of those politician's who participated “prominently in
tho movement..
Complimentary, that, very I ' •
The York-Advocate condemns the movement, and
adds by way of advice,, that— ’ >
“The members had better attend to (heir own
business.” • ■' /
The Chambersburg Whig intimates, in very plain
terms— -
“That (his is not (he business for which the mem
bers ofthe Legislature wore.sent to Harrisburg, and
that (Itey have transcended (ho powers delegated to
them os representatives of the party, and thus estab
lished a mosl dingerous precedent.”
Tub Southern . Press, established at -Washington
to “ support Southern rights,” or, as
course has proven, to advocate disunion and treason,
has been abandoned by some ofthe Worst originators
of ,its selfish and sectional schemes. . Tho. Hon. Jer
cmiah Mprlon, of Virginia, who aided in its estab.
lishment, has published a letter in the Richmond
Enquirer, denouncing the whole tone of the paper,
and disclaiming all sympathy with its Incendiary
and factious projects. There.con be little doubt.that
Mr. Morton's views are common to the largo major.
Ity of tho Southern people; and that his denunciation
of a journal, with purely sectional , instincts, and
aiming at the most sinister projects, will meet their,
sincere approbation. establishment ofthe South
ern Press was one of the bubbles of a temporary sec
tional excitement, and will find its gravo in tho sub
sidence of that excitement, and the removal of (he
causes which superinduced it.
Cause or Crime.— Judge Parsons, in a late charge
to the Grand Jury of. Philadelphia city and county,
said: .. ..
. “ I say to you, gentlemen, Philadelphia is one vast
groggety, and no one who will sit with me in this
Criminal Court for two months and hear the sad.re
citals of crime arising from (ho excessive use of ar
dent spirits, will doubt it,' No man. who will walk
about and examine the. captivating blandishments
which are presented in hundreds of places, in fash
ionable saloons, even down to (ho lowest shop, and
see the hundreds of thousands that- throng them,
will question (ho correctness of. my statement, or fail
to find abundant cause for this increase of crime.”
'.Newspapers.—The .Columbia (S. C.) Teler
graph'says the truth is beginning to bo under*
slood« that editors and publishers .are producers,
and that they are entitled to some compensation
-*■ ■ ■' nt.fat-ftitlnlfl»-fuail»lunt
them. A newspaper la a commodity in which
are involved all the usual elements of cost,.and
the purchaser should expect to pay for it accord
ingly. No class of to be furnished
gratis with shoes, hate, coals, &0., and no gentle*
man calls on his neighbor after breakfast habitual:
ly to borrow a pair of boots. When people: once
learn the simple truth that the moker of a news*
paper looks to ft for his living, the onca fashiona
ble practice of, borrowing newspapers, or of bor
rowing space in them, will be discontinued. Our
brethren of the press can do much id bringing
about a proper recognition of their rights, and wo
trust they will do so speedily.
A Clook for Sixty Cents.— Mr. Chauncey
Jerome, of New Haven, Conn., has actually made
n time-piece, which he will warrant to keep good
reckoning, and ho sells for .sixty cents at
wholesale, and one dollar at retail. The works
are all made of'brass. He makes upwards of
eight hundred a day of thesfe articled.
Kicked to Death.—A man named. Charles
Blaney, agod 25 years, was kicked to death In
Philadelphia, Race street above Eleventh, on Fri
day afternoon, while engaged in a fight with two
others. The perpetratora of the murder were ar
rested and committed to await their trial.
crTToo much of a good thing, dec. The Cana
dians arc. getting quite tired of receiving fugitive
■laves. They do not regard them as the boil kind
of emigrants, and arc .meditating measures to dote
the doors; . •
Augustus A. AOdams, a diilinguiahoJ. tragedian,
died on the 20th ultimo, in the city of Cincinnati
after a painful illness.
Journal of the Suffering* and Hardehipe of Captain
Parker 11. French'* Overland Expedition (o Cali
fornia, which left New York Oily. May 13, 1850.
and arrived ol San Franeleeo, December 14. Ov
William Miles.
The above is the title of apamphlet left os, which
we have not yol examined minutely, to givo .it that
notice U deserves. The following extract from the
VaiJey Spirit will suffice for the present:
** This Is the tillo of a pamphlet juil printed at iho
Valley Spirit Office foi 1 a gentleman In Carlisle.—
The “Expedition" of which it treats hos made more
“noise in Iho world," perhaps, thin any other that
ever loft the eastern seaboard, for the western land
of gold. ■ Its organization was a peculiar ones its
route was new* and the obstacles It encountered, and
at long last overcome, wore of tho most.formidable
character. 'French turns out to bo a villain of the
deepest dye; first by adroitly swindling his passen
gars and then boldly robbingaome of them by force
of arms. They cast him off after.discovering his
rascality, look possession of all (hat was loft of the
train, end pushed forward In three separate divisions.
French formed a Guerilla band and' attempted to
plunder, one of (hose parties. An. eotfod ensued, in
which several were killed and wounded, himself
severely 1, The rest found their way to the Pacific,
nflcr enduring groat hardships, encountering numur
oui bands of Indians, and narrowly escaping starva
tion. One of thy parties had to kill a mule and eat
his flesh and drink his blood! The low price at
which (he Journal Is put will enable every body to
procure a copy of it. There Can be no doubt of (he
entire accuracy of the Journal, as (ho startling events
It narrates were noted down as they oeoiired."
Bee advertisement In another column.
BS«on(toa of Oapt. Frauds*
A letter from Now Orleans, dated March 87,185:
. By a late arrival from Texas we have the Intelli
gence, that the notorious Capt. Parksr H. French,
whose frauds have, been, oxlemlvejy known, was
Ujely exsouted near Durango, for the, double crime
orroobery and murder.
THE NEW OHIO (SENATOR.
The TVi&une speaks thus of B. F. Wads, the newly
elected Senator from Ohio:
11 So Benjamin F. Wodo was elected—the first U.
Slates Senator from tho Western Reserve, within our
recollection. ‘ . v ,
, “Judge Wade is a.Free Soil Whig, and .a deter
mined opponent of the Fugitive Sluvo Law; but has
never-perceived that his Free,Soil principles could
be promoted by abandoning and opposing the Whig
party of which ho was recently a candidate,'in oppo*
allion to tho Free Soil party, which carries all before
It in his section. He was an early and decided sup*
porter of Gen. Taylor for President, yet ho is now
elected ,by the aid of tho Free Soil votes.”
On which tho PsMnsyfaaman comments as follows:
Here is-a Wing for you I “ A FrcoJSoil Whig, and
an opponeni ofthe Fugitive Slave Law J” who “was
an early and decided supporter of Gen. Taylor for
President.” These are tho men, bo ll remembered,,
who profess consistency of conduct end devotion .to
the Union. .They show their consistency by'making
their advocacy of a slaveholder. Tor President, and
their opposition to the Fugitive Law, merits equally
entitled to reward J They show their devotion to the
Union by encouraging a sentiment-wiiloli cah never
succeed unless the Union is crushed into ruins.
Tell us, national Whigs ! tell as, men of all par
ties!'. Would you not rather, belong to the heroic
Democracy that defied fanaticism and courted.defeat
in New Hampshire, and that has overthrown aboli
tion in tho Massachusetts Legislature,llian to march
under the flag which can-only bo made permanently
triumphant when the whole fabric of our government
is overthrown. • ,
Chu<oh Gambling-
- A taste for’gambling is easily excited, and when
fairly aroused, is ; (oo strong la be easily overcome.
Nor is ft" alone lii.dram shops and raffling houses
that this passion is first stimulated to action; The
following facts, given by a correspondent ofthe TVss.
tern Recorder , show that customs and practices have
been introduced within tho vestibule ofthe Christian
Church, which are directly calculated to inspire the
novice with a taste for games of hazard:
“A-father, in the time of a revival, balled-on a
minister to converse With his son, wh.b-liud formed
a habit of gambling, and* for whose spiritual interest
they were under much concern. The pastor did sn,
and was treated by (ho young man with much cour
tesy, and ho had hopes fie had secured his object,
of convincing hinr ofthe injurious course ho was
pursuing, and llial'a reformation would be (he result.
When about to leave, the young man requested to.be
heard a moment, and oddreeacd tho pastor as follows:
‘Three jears ago, the If - . churoh held a fair
and festival. Those splendidly bound books you seq
on the table wore eel op.'at a lottery . After much
persuasion bn the part of a young female friend, I
consented, against' my inclination, to purchase two
tickets. 1 The prize fell (a me, pnd I was so eluted
with my good success, (hat I embraced the first op
portunity of gambling on X lorger scale, and since
then have lost hundreds of dollars. , But for that
lottery under (he patronage of a Chriitlan Church, I
never should havebecome s gambler.
William Biolbr.— This gentleman, who will
no doubt be the next Democratic candidate for
Governor, came “down on a raft,*’ on Tuesday
last. He remained here over night—during which
lime he received tbe congratulations of his tiitmer
ous friends—and next morning passed on. with
his lumber to its place of destination.
. Columbia Spy .
On the second Tuesday of next October, we
shall see Col. Biolcr coming down on the great*
eel raft ever seen in America. It will be loaded
with his 20,000 'majority for Governor, and
our political opponents will have the pleasure of
seeing the greatest Treshet that has occurred since
the days of the heroic and illustrious Jackson.
Doyltilown Democrat ,
■ Modern Legislation.—ln Oongreas/the custom is
now established to do nothing (ill tbs hat, day } and
then, on*lhe plea of “basic,*' you may do anything
with impunity * TA* MiM-«uilom prevails to 100
great an extent at Harrisburg. All the obnoxious and
pornicVoiis bills are lo be “rushed through** on lhe
last day. In tbe meantime, legislator* do iiltlo else
than waste time—trifle with the public interest and
squander (ho public money. One hundred days al
lotted to legislation, are more than double (tie num
ber required for wise, sober, ond deliberate action.
The people are no longer indifferent lo thisgrowing
abuse of (he representative system;' which Is too val
uable to bo trifled with In this manner.
Trial for Seduction.— A suit , for damages,
was tried in Norristown, Montgomery county, last
week, brought by Mr. Abraham Gehman against
Charles Scbwenk, for the seduction of his daugh
ter. The jury gave a verdict in.fever of plaintiff
for $3,500. . '' ’ - ~ ~ '
The Virginia block for the Washington Monu
ment is of granite, four feet by two in size, and
hoars the following inscription, surrounded by an
ornamented wreath—‘/Virginia, who gave Wash
ington to Amertfea, gives this granite for bis mon
ument.”
The Official Census of Berks County makes the
population 77,176, houses 12,931, families 13,925
farms 4,997, productive establishments 1,983, deaths
last year 790. , ■
Elopement and Quarrel.’—An incident is given
in the Cincinnati Enquirer of iho 23d ultimo, of the
elopement of a young couple, a hoarding schoolmiss
and a journeyman printer, onboard the steamer Belli
Rey, and the end of (ho sequel is, (h'ai after a four
daysVhoney moon, they hod a quarrel,' ohd the lady
left the boat, leaving her lord behind.
Thais Cert Pisces' are now being made at the
United States Mint, Philadelphia. They are three
parts silver and one part copper, and .about the flic
pfa Spanish sixteenth, though somewhat thicker.
Shad.— The Alexandria Gazette states.that the
fishing season has ‘commenced. with much activity
on the Potomao river. A few days since, at one of
the landings, a fow miles below that town, sixteen
hundred shod were taken at a single.haul. '
(Cj*A committee of the Virginia Convention have
reported againet ministers being allowed (o hofd
ceaU in the Legislature. Is it because they ori too
bad or too good t
Arrest or Counterfeiters.—A very, largo gfapg
of counterfeiters wore arrested in Pittsburgh, on *r»-|
day week, with a largo quantity of implements and
counterfoil money.
Another Flask RoAP.—This description of rhad
seems of late to hove become very popular. Thb
last one constructed is in a neighboring'county, and
which la thus described In a West Chester pnpep
"We are happy to inform our .readora that a now
plank road has befcn laid down In West,Chester—
loading from Church sired upttair s Into the Village
Hedora printing office, All citizens will acquire Iho
right to travel Kill new plank road, toll free, by pay
ing two dolUr* pkt annum—and will be entitled to
Hie Village Redofd one veer in the bargain, without
extra-charge. This li the age of improvement F' .-
We preaumd the two dollars wllf have to b eptdnked
doion in advance.
** PpooDT Hanoi and Hosp(TAßn GaAvEK. u — The
firalduy alter the return of Secretary Corwin In hfe
duties, wok signalled by the decapitation of four
employee of his department.: While there are hungry
•• flesh puts," we presume this ptadesi will be con*
llnucil. Mr, Corwin must pursue his sanguinary
reforms tlll ho h|msell leys Ills own head on the
block;, The persons ; laid put, are Mp»srs. Abort,
MbHeMy,-Dallas and Gouge. Who stands next on
>he hlllof VnionoJ Thui’iday,
CLIPPINGS of THB wiiu,
The Boston Post says it is estimated n,.,'
than a 81000,000,006. in sales have been 1
Boston this season, bn account of the | n u *".*
among Southern merchants, that Boston would" ''
sustain the compromise measures. n<>l
William M'Fadden, the apothecary at Phil
phia,; convicted of involuntary manslaughter" *
causing iho death of Miss . Neil, by mixi,,. ' ll
Rhine instead of quinine; in a prescripiion t"
sentenced to three months imprisonment. n' (
pardoned by the Governor oslhe/recommendis'l
of tire court. 1
The Wiltesbarre Advocate says that at
days since there was an explosion of fire dnT
in the Washington company’s coal mine at p'''
Grifpth, which in he consequences .were vet, d? 1
astrous. Two young men I were instantly killed"
and seven others were injured— two of them
badly. The young men kilted were George mj
Robert Nesbitt, brothers, recently from p o |ii.
ville.
DttEAnrut, TnaOEDr— Awful Effects rf „
Temper .—The Pittsburg papers stale that a lady
wife of one of the most reSpSolahlo inhabitnntiof
Alleghany county, was killed by her own daugh*
ter on Monday last. The latter Is about eighin,
years of age, and, was chastising one of her lint,
brothers, when the mother interfered for its protth
lion, upon which her daughter slabbed at her trill
a poker, penetrating her abdomen, and causing
moat Instantaneous death..* The parlies'live of
in a few milee.of Pittsburg..'.
Prop*. WKnsTEhVLißßAßy.— Thelibrary offo
late Dr. John Webster was sold at auction in Dei
ton last week. The Chemical and Philosophic*!
Apparatus at-the Medical College is also to h.
sold. '
The Governor of Connecticut has appointed
Friday t ,ilie IBth of April, to be observed as a dij
of fastings humiliation and prayer.
Kidnapping Law.— The Senate of Ppnnsjlra.
nia, on Wednesday i passed the bill repealing il lB
6lh section of the act 0f1817,* which act prohibits
the use of Jails of this Commonwealth for the
temporary detention of fugitive slaves. ■
. A pamphlet has been published in Phi/adelphu
containing a life of George F, Alberti, lately co*
vlcted of kidnapping.. As A , dog with a tin-pail
to his tail is pursued by every other dog, so h
roan in his misfortune pursued by his fellow*
man. . ; .
.The Sacramento Transcript in speaking oft
soiree given by the Mayor, says ;
‘‘The Mayor of the. city, the ladies. &c.,v(n
appropriately and Elegantly; dniiik, and.lhe pa///
separated in fine cheer. 11 i
It is said that the Swedish nightingale slutnpid
her toe against a loose brick. of ; one of the pave*
ments in New Orleans, not long, since, sad (hat
an editor who was in her train, Iminediaiel/picked
up the consecrated article, and has been carrying
it in hik hat ever since! ’ ‘
Old John Adams.— Mr, Webster visited Mr.
Adams a short'time before-his death, and found
him reclining on. a sofa, evidently In feeble health.
He remarked to Mr. Adams—“ 1 am glad to ere
you, sir, and I hope yoo are getting along pretty
well. 11 Mr. A. replied in the following figurative
language—“ Ah, sir, qolto the contrary. I find!
am a poor occupying a house much shat*
lered by time. U sways and. trembles with every
wiridjond what is worse,, sir, the: landfori/,. jj
neat as I can find out, doh!t Intend to mwW iv>»
repairs.”
Domestic Bliss.-— U I cannot conceit?, my hit,
what Is the matter with my watch, I think that it
must want cleaning.” , J '
Pel child'—” Ob, no, papa dear, I don’t think it
wants cleaning, because baby and l had it in th«
basin washing it, for ever so long this morning.'/
A Tall Bov.—Thcre is a youth exhibiting »t
Gingham,,Mass., nineteen years old, who standi
nearly eight feel high, and it still growing.. Tbi
Journal says, his shoes are sixteen Inches long,
and his cap as big around as a Hingham bucket,’
everything else nboul him in lha same prnpotiion.
Seven years ago, when he was twelve yean old,
he was known and noted as a dwarf; As hti
then three feet high and weighed cn\(f S(pounds.
Since that time he has grown eight Inches %
on an average, and has not done yet. He now
weighs 400 potfnds, and has strength in propor
tion. lie offersio lift a couple of barrels of floor
at once, providing he may have them for the lift*
iijg, or to forfeit their price.
ViROiNtA A!tb tub Union.—-On Tuesday last,
a series of resolutions were passed, almost unani
mously, In the Virginia House of Delegates, dep
recating the precipitate action of South Carolina
in reference to the contemplated secession from
the Union, and expressing the confidence of dr
the Legislature In the power of the terms and pi*
visions of the Federal Constitution, to protect ill
their rights as members of the confederacy.
Rinn roit G4n, ring weighing ih
ounces Hgs teen at San Franclieo
as a present for Gen. Cass, from Geo. H. Bfsto
one of the workmen, in Jacks & Brothers’ jewel*
ry establishment; The idp Is constructed with*
box and glass'containing four compartment*
specimens of gold ./rom four districts.
• Reduction t ov .Fa re. —The fare from H»*ds*
burg to Philadelphia' has been reduced to Owes
dollars—making a reduction of one dollar or two
ly-five per cent, since the Central. Railroad Con*
pany became the carriers in August last. It wii
reduced t0^53,50 last Fall, end now to tbiei
through the action of the Board of Directors
the Harrisburg and Lancaster railroad, who hiw
reduced the charge on'their, road to* 3 cents p*>
mile, , .
The ** Silver Oray's*" in NeW York,
most completely absorbed byihe ,l Wooly Henf
faction. , Mr. Fillmore hd»
Seward's flatteries and intrigues, and the coalition
wilt soon be complete. The whole cause of lb*
affiliation lies )n thß the prflwhl w*
miniafration io ( tolpin Us place, and to taketn
wind out of the sails of the Scott wing off 9
parly. • • 1 ..
Thq Americans in Roma Celebrated WadM*
ton’s birth day by a grand siVjtyer, fri which w«
three. hundred ladioff and’ gentlemen p* rl *° I 1
ted. a _ - ‘ ,
iWtutnv.—'The oolfcdtofs offlioe at Lane oB
was robbeid. of slloo' ladt weelf. A' reward
fIMOO is offered for the detection of the thlt* 8
the recovery of the money.
Another groat ride Was occurred Irfthe
alnnl. Orevastfea.have’been Q?«de In the ,
the river at Uaioh Kbtigof Aberville, 06 ,
and aINoW OHbans t ahd fears are beginn nff
be entertained for the safotyof the oily* (
The total populaaoo ! .of-I*ei>n®il»« , “ i “ l *
SBO. V‘,'
: Floor to selllni al «O0;fn PhilWblrW*;
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