TEE VOLUNTEER. 1 ■lahn B. Bratton, Editor and Proprietor. CARI.ISI.Ba THURSDAY, JPhTf .31, 18»t. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR,, WILLIAM BIGLER, .OF CLEARFIELD COLNTY. OUDGESOF THE SUPREME COURT, JEBBMIAB S. BLACK, of Somerset. JAMES CAMPBELL, of Philadelphia. ELLIS LEWIS, of Lancaster. JOHN B. HIBSON, of Cumberland. WALTEB.H. LQWBIE, of Allegheny. STANDING COMMITTEE. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cumber hend’county arc requested to meet at the public home of Henry W. Scott, in the borough of Carlisle, #t(l ‘ a* ‘ &mmDAt, Aikjobt 3,1851, ? at 1 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of appointing the lime for holding the Delegate Elections and the as aembling of a County Convention to form a Uoket A general attendance of the Committee is earnestly requested Three or Ttra Committee. July 3,1851. . ' djTho following named gonllomcn compose the Standing Committee of the present year : tipper Allen, Miehaol Conklin; Lower Allen, H, G.Moeenrj Carlisle, E. W., Dr. Baughman ; W. W.,’ Hugh Gaoltagher; Dickinson, John Hockor; Sail Penneboroogh, Jacob Kapnnianf Frankfort, Jacob Nickoy; Hopewell. Robort Ellioli Hampden, DiTid Hume; Mifflin;* Isaao;Chrlstliebj Monroe; Levi W.* Weaker j Mcchanicsburg.Col. Jos.lngram, North Middleton, Abraham Lamborton; Nowvillc, John ‘Highlands; Silver Spring, G. 11. Bucher; South Middleton, M. K. Moul; Southampton, Jo* cob Clippinger; Shippensburg Borough, Benj. Duke, Township, D. D.Duncan; West Pennnsborougb, G. M. Graham. Ftremen’s Parade.—The different Fire Com panies of our borough contemplate having a grand paraje on the 9lh of August, which no doubt will be an attractive and imposing affair. The parade to take place at 10 o’clock. Wei,l dong, old Mother Cumberland.—Old Mother Cumberland again leads offin paying into the Stale Treasury her full quota of Stale lax,— This secures to the tax payers an abatement of 5 percent. Our Commissioners and Treasurer are entitled to. much credit fortheirenergy and prompt ness. Bath Rooms. —During this hoi weather nothing is more invigorating and beneficial to health, than a frequent resort to the bath. Our old friend, Maj. M’Cartnet, who lives on Esat street, has erected bath houses, through which the clear .water of the Letort spring pastes, and where those wishing to avail themselves of the plunge or shower bath can bo . accommodated. Everything ie neat, clean and com fortable. Give the Major a cal), all ye who wish a comfortable bath and good health.. Mass Meeting in Bloomfield.—The Democrats of gallant Utile Perry are to hold a Mass Meeting at Bloomfield) on Tuesday next, the sih of August. Col. BiolbR) the Democratic candidate for Gover nor, CoI. Reah Frizes, of Lancaster, and others, will address the meeting. Wo hope a number of our Democratic friends in this county will make it convenient to be there. Cant we get up a "wagon Une” for Monday next? Th« Investigator.—' This is the title of a very neat and spirited Democratic campaign paper just commenced ‘at Harrisburg, by our friend Mr. R. H. Adams. Such a paper was much needed at the seat of Government, to answer the falsehoods pul forth by the American, a filthy little Federal sheet, edited by Gov. Johnston's brother and clerks in the pay of the Stale. The articles in the Inves tigator aid written with marked ability, and Iho Infamy of Federal men and Federal measures are exposed In a plain and masterly manner. The Investigator should have a widespread circulation. Terms—st> cento- per copy, or 5 copies for s 3.— Address R, IT. Adams, Esq., Harrisburg. The Herald of yesterday has an article over the •aption of the “ Looo-foco State Debt, 1 ’ which we shall answer next week, if time permits. We have said that the Rimer administration increased the State debt over Jive millions. We say so still, and are ready to prove it* Quirt.— -IT John Strohm, the Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner, was so strongly in favor of our soldiers, who wore in the Mexican war, why did the members ofthe Whig Contention, last year, proclaim his vote In Congress, against giving our soldiers sup flits, ss an unfortunate vote. Will our neighbor of the H«rold Inform us t ’lf tht Tariff of 1842 had continued in operation until the present time, there would have been in the United States at this moment over one hundred millions more of specie than there now is.—T Vhig Paper» If that be tniei Why did every Whig member of the Pennsylvania Senate vole against or refuse to vote at all, on the resolution to substitute the bill of M 3 for that of M6l Did they thus act in bad faith towards (he interests of (he country, for the purpose of making capital for electioneering pur poses V Answer (half QUESTIONS ANSWERED. It Col. Bigler prepared lo repudiate hit vole on the Aol of 1847, denying the Jails of this Slato to Fugitive Slaves ?”— Utrald, When (ho Herald charges Col. Biolkh with having 1 voted fur the Abt of 1847, denying the jails of this I State for the life keeping of fugitives from labor, | it utters either a wilful falsehood, or Is ignorant of the facts. CoU B* did not vote for that ftet, and we defy the Herald to make good Its charge. And again the Herald aeke r ”1* dolt Bigler in favor of the Fugitive Sieve Lew t« U now elands, without modification or amendment!” Col. Biautn. tniwere thla queaUon ; In ai letter to e friend in Philadelphia, dated Clearfield, July 39, he lays; M I am for all the Compromise moaeurea, and In favor of a thorough and efllchnt execution of them at they are, and agalml all future Congroieional agl* talion of the queallona aetlled by them." And now that, we have answered onr neighbor triumphantly, and without equivocation, we shall expect him to answer us a question. It Is this * . Gov. Johnston in bis speech at Lancaster, staled that the Compromise measure, or, as onr neighbor walla it, the Slave Law, required modification and amendment. Now we aek-ln what manner does the Governor propoee lo amand U 7 what modifica tion doeehe favor! We await patiently the answer. We ehall now eee whether Johnalon and liia friends are »■ ready, to; answer as they erg lo propound question!. We ahallseet . •‘EITHER DIE OH RESIGN 1” Tom Coawin, BacreWry of Iho Treasury, .pond, a good portion of Ilia time in Ohio, making pbUUp" l apeechaa: On. n recent occasion ho alte!7 , l lte i lD Convince a frieriii’of. hia tfml-hd pnbllo officer, ind » . j e : -jarirt-lo their work. The, .of ours who saw him the. other day . ho gave a moal amusing, v and wc doubt / ijoTtruthful account of the Condition of things in, (he Treasury Department, when ho entered upon the duties of Secretary. The clerks, he estimates, wore sick, on an average, about half the timo—but. it struck him as somewhat remarkable that, much as they were sick, none of them died. The fact was apparent at a glance that they did very little work for. the public, and the interference was irresistible, that something must be done for thorn. According' ly, the^Secretary, turned physician, and began to proscribe for tbo invalids. - . He issued an order that all clerks who wore ab- sent from iheir desks a certain nambor of days, say two, on account of sickness, should submit to a<pro portionate deduction from their respective salaries;, and all that wero absent longer, say, one week, would bo required either to die or rrstgn. ■The prescription worked, like a charm, and in a short timo (hero was not a sick clerk in the whole Department. A Healthier set of men than they are now, Mr. Corwin declares, cannot bo found any where. The Federal papers are publishing the above, un- der.varidus captions. One paper befbre us intro duces the article under the head of “A Good Plan to Cure Lazy Clerks." Another paper calls it 11 A Good Joke of Mr, Corwin " and a. third gives'ti the heading of “Ah Admirable Physician," The Fed eral papers consider it a “ good joke ,r for a pam pered Government officer to threaten poor clerks with a deduction from their salaries if*.they should bo so unfortunate as to be absent from their desks two days on account of sickness... And If they should bo still more unfortunate, and remain sick the length of onw week, they. are 11 required cither to die or reeign /” This is an excellent *?Jokc,” say the Federal papers, 'll is about such a "joke” as wo might expect front an overbearing Federal office holder, and should bo evidence to all of the heart* lossncss of Federal professions of regard for the working man. - And why should not lho clerks at Washington bo allowed an occasional day. for recre ation during the hot months of July and August? Why should a deduction bo made from their pittance on account' of two days sickness ? And why should this overbearing Secretary issue , an. order to his I clerks, requiring them, in case they -should bo sick I for a week, to “die or resign 7” The Federal papers tell us that Mr. Corwin adopted this role I 'as a matter of economyand bocanso "ho is of the opinion that persons holding ofiko under the Gov ernment should faithfully discharge the duties for which they wore'employcd.” Very well—wc readi ly grant that every officer should discharge his duties faithfully and honestly; but yet we believe the clerks in the different departments at Washing ton absolutely require a little recreation, os well as I the pampered official, who receives a very largo salary. Mr. Corwin has adopted (his "die or resign " rule because of his anxiety to.“economise!" Oh what guardians of the public treasury these Galphios are! They can trump op an old fraudulent claim, and I rob the treasury of $90,000, divide the spoils, and chuckle over the dishonesty and the infamy of the 1 act, but yet when a poor clerk Is taken eick for. a few days be ii asked to •' die or resign,” because of Mr. Corwin's great desire to economise 1 Wbal hypocrisy! • . But what makes this 11 die or resign ” order, of Mr. Corwin's appear alill more tyrannical and im ’ pudent, is the fact that he himself is absent fioin | his post nearly if not gulls iialfiih tlma. Ba Waa absent from,Ms duties when he rolaled th/s “good joke," es the Federal papers call it. But then Tom Corwin receives a salary of $6OOO a year, and his clerks receive about a $lOOO or $l9OO each. Cor* win can be absent from his duties for weeks and even months together, at a loss to the Government, according to hie principle as laid down, of about $l7 per day, and rt is all right! But not so with lliciiard-wbrkingclork, If ho is compelled, oven by. slclcnuss, to absent himself from duty for two days, he must submit to a proportionate deduction from his salary, And if he continues sick a whole week, he must H die or resign P* . . If Mr. Corwin's rule could bo roado to npply to those who receive high salaries, as well os to the poor clerks, we. think President Fillmore and bia whole cabinet would have been required to resign their respective offices long since. . Since tho forma* lion of our Government wo have never had a Cab}, not thaf travelled all the lime. -Well may the Wash, ington Union call It tho “Travelling Cabinet." It is slated to bo a fact that tho members of tho Cabi* not have never yet met together since their appoint ment. Some two or three are constantly M sick," and absent from duty. For tho last three months tho onliro Cabinet has been 11 bn the go." By late Washington papers wo learn that the President is now in Virginia—tho Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, has gone to Europe—the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Graham, is in North Carolina—Mr. Crit tenden, Attorney Generals in Kentucky—Mr. Corwin, Secretary of tho Treasury, is in Ohio—and Mr. Hall, Poat-Maslor General, is—God knows whore! Then we say, let the “ die or resign " rule be applied to tho Travelling Cabinet. Lot those pampered officials practice what they preach, or | failing to do this let them " die or resign /” A DIO IN TUB RIDS* The Now York Courier and Engufrer, the organ of the Whigs of tho Slate of New York, and deci dedly tho ablest opposition paper in the Union, is not well pleased at tho ro-noroination of Gov. John- Blon, and administers him tho following dig in the abort ribi. Tho Courifr says "Moat assuredly, toe slioll'not rejoice in the re election of Gov. Johnston, much as wo reopool Inra as a roan,'because his friends have thought proper to place him before the country in on altitude an togonlslical-tp the constitution lUelf, and to those I coroprorolses upon which it was baaed, and by which I alone tho Union can bo preserved.” There I Tho foot is all the loading Whig papera of the country ate denouncing. Johnston's truckling course. Wo are glad to sco lbls. It is evidence I that the Whig parly contains many patriotic' men, 1 who are sincerely attached to their country and the compromises of tho Constitution, and who cannot I be forced into the support of a men who is an Abo litionist at heart, and who declares himself opposed to the Compromise moasutos of Congress. Tho lines are now so clearly drawn in this Stale, that ..be who runs may read.” Bigler and the Union, on one side! Johnston and higher.law on tho other, e. voters of Pennsylvania I llabkl »* Bouhtoi.—Tho Republic, 11.0 nations! croon of Iho Federal parly at Wellington oily, I gives utterance to Ilia following significant Proho rs Wo cannot forbear eapreealng an opinion at thin lime upon which wo arc willing to real our oharao. I lor for prophecy. It i« limply that Millard Fillmore, I'union (onto roaotion now unthought of shall lake 1 place before the time of nomination, will be the I Whig candidate—Union and the people*! candidate I I for the neat Freeldenoy. The paeaion of love makei almost every mat) e rhymer, thougl. not a pool. You are very penetrating; aa the whale laid to the eword fieh. TaOVTJOHNSTON ON TUB STOMP I Federal, papers we learn that his Excellem oy ‘ ibo Governor, has mounted the slump, arid is now engaged in harangucing his « fellow-citizens” in the western bounties of the Stale—an«T this 100 at the expense of the people /. Who administers Iho Government inliia: absence 7 The people pay him a high salary, and ho is sworn to administer the i affairs of State with fidelity. Can, -ho do this and be absent from the seat of Government hbir.hls lime? j Daring his. absence, the business properly belonging to him, end for performing which he is paid a large sum, is committed to the hands of his clerks! Is this right—is it honest—will iho peoply-whoso, vanl Iho Governor is, quietly submit lb so great a wrong?. No, never. Wo know they will not sub mit to pay taxes to b.e appropriated lb. the travelling expenses of a public officer who occupies months together in electioneering and.revelry, . Were a Democratic Governor guilty, of conduct like this, what a bow-Wowing wo. would hear from the Federal clans. Every scribbler wonld denounce the act as dishonest and corrupt, and every Federal would give, longue!, Bpl, Jblmiton Is a Whig Governor, which, in. the opinion of Federal, editors, covers a multitude of sins. He edn squan-. dcr the means of the treasury—ho cao»usa,lhe.pub* lie money for electioneering purposes—ho can neg lect the duties hb Is suorn to perform—ho can, in fine, mako a rowdy of himself, and disgrace the high office he holds—he can’ do all these things, w.e say, and receive no censure from the Whig -press, but,on the contrary applause and the cry of “amen” is heard! He is a Whig' Governor— that’s enough* Ho can do no wrong, in the opinion ofhisparli- Sul, (he people, the sovereign people, cannot bo blinded. On the second Tuesday of October a shout will go up for BIGLER ond (he Constitution, (hat will startle Johnslon and hi* minions, and cause them'to quail beneath the stern rebuke. The voice will bo mighty, and loud as the thunderclap in the storm, that will summons Johnston to vacate the office ho now disgraces. Let hinT prepare for the worst, for ho is certain, aye certain; to meet an in* glorious, complete, Waleiloo defeat. AU tho falso slalomonts pul forlh by Federal editors, his satellites ond minions, will avail him nothing. Go he must, and go ho shall. Burnt brandy cannot save him. Ho. has abused his office—ho has disgraced his office—ho has used llio public money to electioneer This is enough - - of itself to damn him with tho people, If even no, other charges coulti bo pre- against, him. Ho must go f KEEP IT BEFORE Tlfe PEOPLE, That William F. Johnston, tho -Federal Galphin candidate for Governor, is a recreant Democrat, and was ejected from the Democratic ranks because of his want of political integrity. Gj* Keep it before the people, that Gov..John* slon is against the Union and tho Compromise roeas tires of Congress—measures which such-Whigs as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster advocated and voted for. (£j*Kekp it before the people, that Gov. John ston was a member of the Legislature during Rit ber’s administration, and voted for an appropriation of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS to finish Stevens* Gettysburg RaiUroad—l work ‘‘commencing in the woods and ondiqf no where,” and which was so totally useless, for any Slate pur* pose that it was entirety abandoned, and .the seven hundred thousand dollars lost to the Treasury I This is the “ sinking fund “ which Gov. Johnston can in truth call “ bit own.” Cfy Keep it before the people, that Gov. John ston also voted for. sis hundred and y thoiuand dollars as an appropriation to the feeder —another scheme of Federal plunder. Th‘« commenced; ai /ohnston’sown resldeoMi'knd nVss of no benefit to the Whatever, because an a<£ dltiona!feeder to the canal, Was not wanted. This Whig undertaking was also abandoned, after s4o,* 000 had been spent and lost to (ho Treasury! This too is another part of the Governor’s "sinking fund.” (£j’KeSP,IT BEFORE TUB PEOPLE, that JotlDSton will be.defoated by 20,000 on tho 2d Tuesday of October. And (Cj* Keep it before the people, that John Stroiim, tiio Federal Gilphln candidate for Canal Commls* sionor, Is one of those traitors In Congress who gave “aid and comfort” to (he Mexicans, by voting against sending supplies to our troops after war had boon declared. , (£j* Keep it before the people, that John Strohra, like Gov.. Johnston, is on abolitionist, and opposed to the Compromise, measures, and therefore hostile to Fillmore, Clay, Webster, and other national Whigs. (Ej* Keep it before the people, that John Slrohm will meet with as disastrous a defeat as that experi enced by his friends, the Mexicans. The One Term Candidate* Gov. Johnston made solemn and oil repealed pledg es to bo a candidate but for one term. Ho has ased his official patronage and Influence to procure a nomination for a re-election, and is now soliciting votes fair a second election. Gov. Johnston and his party abused Gov. Shunk wUhoul stint or measure for exorcising the veto power. Yet this same Gov. Johnston ho* resorted to the use of the veto to defeat the expressed wishes of (ho people; and in case of the kidnapping bill, bo has resorted to a still more detestable wax to defeat the action of (ho people’s He had not (ho moral courage to either sign it or nio; so ho stows it away in his breeches pocket until after the election. Gov. Johnston end his party made loud and fro* quent complaints ogalnat his predecessors for the occasional uso of tho pardoning power, while he has used .it Indiscriminately for the basest and roost mercenary purposes. Ho undoubtedly, expects a strong support from birds just let loose from the Pen* ItenUury. '' In ono place, Richter eaye—No man can either live piouely or die rightoou.ly without a wire." A very wicked old bachelor, of our acquaintance, aaya to thla—“Oh, yea, auditing end aovero trial* purify and chaeten the heart” ■ • , A Monti. SoeeonirnoN LiaT.—The editor ortho Albany Patriot, published at Albany, Oa.,_»iho wae recently on a collecting tour in Decalqr county, Beery man tcllo tea* called on paid hie to count.* That la commendation enough for any people. • Thi PiTTaeuno Limn. —Tho editor of the Pills- J burg Chr onlels, who no doubt is a ctualy old bach olor. ullora the following libol agoinat tlio iadici of Fittaburg. Truly ho stands and clmnco of getting into tho bilaafol banda of Hymen! Hoar him! ••Wo feel tho responsibility of out position very sensibly, and know tho danger to whiob thoao re marks will aubjrot ua, but candor com poll ua to alalo emphatically, that largo foot and thick ankles ore very abundant in Fittaburg. Any gentleman of dia. crimination nndoaporlonoo who will lake a position on Third alroot, any market day, and observe closely, cannot fail to ho of tbls opinion. Thorn bno mis take about it, ice know ft bjl experience— us mien on* seroelien. True, there aro numbera of charming feet and ankloa, that daily grace our sidewalks, hut the majority are like the Iriahman'a Mulllngjr Heifar, •• beef to tho heela," Wo do not pretend to apeak for . other cities, but wo ate quite confident that tho Turk, loh ooaluroo will never become popular iicra. And if what wo have beard of oilier cities of tide country be true, it will never bo adopted to any cenaiderabie oitont, in any of them." JUDQB STUART* The.following letter ..from Judge Stuart ex plains itself. .He Will not, under any circum stances, permit.hls name to be presented ip the Democratic .County Convention for .the office: of Associate-Judge, j Forsixteen consecutive years Judge Stuart, has been, upon the Bench of this county* He was appoinled, we believe, by Gov. Wolf 1 , after the death of Judge GrahaM. During all this time Judge Stuart has sustained the char acter of an upright, honest and impartial officer, and will retire from office respected by all who know him. He has had all the honors the office can confer, and again'entors the walks of private life, willing & ready to do battle In the cause of the Democratic parly, the principle's of-which he has so long revered and sustained. But to his letter: South MiddletonTp.,7, July 25, 1851, , S . Mr . John B, Bratton i ■ Dear Sir— Having been solicited by many kind friends in this county, to permit my name to go before the people as 'S'-'candidaVe for Associate Judge, and as the lime is now approaching when ■the Democratic County Convention will assemble to nominate candidates ’ for this and the other offi ces, permit me to stale, publicly, through the me dium of your paper, as I have on repeated ccoa? sions in interviews wilh.my friends, Inal I will not be a candidate for Associate Judge. After occupying a place on the bench for a num ber of years, 1 shall, with much pleasure, enrol myself as a private in the ranks of the Democracy of “Old. Mother To, those who have kindly solicited mo to permit my name to be used as a candidate, and to the Democratic parly of Cumberland county, to whose kind partiality I am indebted for the position I have so long occu pied, 1 return my most sincere thanks. ! ~ Very respectfully, yours, - JOHN STUART. TUB JDDGESHIP—‘AGAIN. We had reason to believe from the first, that the names of those two old Democrats, Messrs. Arnsld and Ritter, of Perry county, were procured to the letter addressed to Mr, Watts; by trickery; and we aro glad they have exposed (he plot concocted by a few men in Bloomfield, the object of which was to elect a Whig to (ho Judgeship of this dis- trict, Messrs. Arnold and Ritter, in their letter which follows, show that they hod no hand in get ting up the letter to Mr. Watts, but that it was prepared by Mr. MUntire, in his office in Bloom field, fifteen miles from Loysville, where it purports to hare been written! We hope and believe Mr. Walts had no knowledge of this trickery and fraud. It has been our desire to avoid all discussion In regard to tbe Judgeship, but yet this desire shall not prevent ua exposing the duplicity of the two or three meii in this county add in Perry, who have, on more than one occasion,.attempted to disorgan* izerthe Democratic party and defeat its candidates. We hope, and believe, therefore, that wo shall have no occasion to refer to the subject of tbe Judgeship.again. From the Perry County Democrat. THE JUDGESHIP. We made a brief visit (o old Mother Cumberland tho other day, and the tidings which everywhere met us, leave no room (o'doubt, but that (be democ racy there are united and determined to do their I duly and tboir whole duty in October. We. were surprised to learn, from sources the roost reliable in that county, (hat the parly, even on the question of Judgeship, will give the Democratic nominee, who* ever he may bo, as AiU a parly vote, as any other man on the ticket. We were surprised, for from much that we bed before beard, there was room to 1 fear, that on that question (here would be eoroe dlf -1 ficalty. Bat not so. Tho only difficulty they have '—.tho only fears they entoxialn, are of the Democra cy of Ferry. They were beginning to think, from •lorlefput in circulation, that we were all turning Amolde, and that M no party men ”in Perry were as thick-as huckleberries upon our hills. Wo ven* turo to say on behalf of Little .Perry, that our poo plo wilt regard such reports as slanderous, and their being received as true, an imputation upon the purity of (heir Democracy. Thcro may bo a few who ora disposed to support Judgo Watts. They look upon him as a good lawyer, and a man of irre proachable character. Giant that this bo so. Are Iwe not still bound to support a Democrat—a mem ber of ourown political family—possessing those game qualities of mind and heart—rather (ban Judgo Walls, who* is u stronger to our Democratic household? Would not any man, in a social point I ; of. view, other things being equal, rather favor him■ who was of his own blood, and had* been roared 1 around the same hearth and family board? Such. ! is human nature, and it is right. In Juniata county such a thing os making our Judicial District an exception to tho balance of the State, has not been thought of. They havo expressed a preference as to tho candidates already, and only await the action of Cumberland and Perry, in order to placo that question on (ho same political fooling with others. Wo entertain not a doubt, but that when our nom inations are made, and tho .bull gets rightly in mo lion, that tho Democrats of Perry county will boos faithful and united in their support of a .Democratic Judge, as they are in their determination to do load voting for our candidate' for Governor, Col. Bigler. Messrs. Herald, Democrat and Freeman , prepare to hang your harps upon tho willows. P. 8. Since the above was. in typo, we received tho following letter from John Ritter and John Arnold. We publish it without comment, altera tion or correction. It goes before tho public and speaks for itself: Mr. Editor j—After looking 1 over the last Demo* crat, wo saw a correspondence published between us and (ho Hon. Judge Watts, of Cumberland coun ty, John Ritter, Esq-, arid myself woro in Bloom field on (ho 30th day of May last. I called at Mr. M'lntire's office, where I saw Mr. M'lntiro, with whom I spoke; and after some conversation with him, said M’lntiro asked me, whom are the people going to elect President Judge for the district? The reply was, I do not know, and did not concern my self about lllhon. Mr. M'lntiro commenced talk* Ing about Judge Watts, and recommended, him and said that ho had wrote to Mr. Watts, and had con sulted him to offer for the office of President Judge, Irrespective of parties, and asked mo to write in the same way-to Judge, Walls. I now dlsrcmembor what 1 said. M’lnllre then said, whore Is John 1 Ritter 7 I told him at llackolt'a Tavern. Mr, M'lntiro aald ho wished to see Mr. Ritter. I then called on Mr. Ritter at Haoketl's and told him that Mr. M'lntiro wished to sec him. So Mr. Ritter, Esq., end myself called at Mr. M'lntirb's office. Mr; M'lntiro then, as before, commenced talking about who the next candidate would bo for President Judge, and asked us to write to Judge Watts, and I solicit him to offer as a candidate for the office of Prcsidspl Judge. I refused to write. Mr. M'lntiro then aald, that If Judge Walta would offer as a , candidate -for Judge, Irrespective of parties, that Solomon Bower, himself, Alexander B. Anderson, Alexander F. Topley, Thos. Cochran, and Frederick Rinehart, all thete gentlemen would support the Hon. Frederick Watts; and said MTntlre actually proposed to write the letter himielf, and did write it,ln his own otfioe,ln Bloomfield. Theletter never was written in Loyevllle, ai published. Wo did I algn the loiter, after hearing that so many leading I men would support Mr. Watte for President Judge, not taking a second thought before signing. Wo I do consider It a ooso of the deepest fraud and docop. I lion of Mr. M'lntiro, that ho would dare to have a. I notice published, with our nemos toil and not his I Jown and (hose gentlemen's names above mentioned, 1 I which bo (old us, in his office, would support Mr. Watts. We wish to bo understood, (flat wo reaped the Hon. Frederick Watts, but cannot bo used as tools and atool pigeons by politicians. We cannot and will notaupport Mr. Watts under existing olr* cumstanoes. 'We never supported the Whig party and can't do U now. JOHN ARNOLD, JOHN RITTER. ■Killed.—On Monday jaal, Mr, Nathaniel Henry, of Unientown, formerly Sergeant at Anna of the Pennayivania Legislature, mol hia death by falling from a hay mow, into the alraet. A WRIS pEIT; “ Governor Johnston' hae boon in office about three soars. In that lime he'baa paid more than HALF A MILLION OF DOLLARS ortho Slate Debt, con. trsqled by. hhi Lbcofooo predecessors.” ; •' Tito above paragraph (»uys the. Iloltidaysbnrg j Standard,) has for some lime boon going the ronnda of the Whig press as n powerful argument in behalf of the 11 b'hoy,” and ia a fair sample of the reckless ahd unscrupulous assertions they are willing to resort to to bolster up their sinking cause. Ncjrly.lho' same thing was said ,a couple years ago; but then the honor, was heaped on tho head of the meek and pliant Gideon J. Bull. It is an insult to tho intelligent people of Pennsyl vnnia to tell them that Gov. Johnaton over paid a dollar of the State Debt. It is equally ridiculous to any that the Slate Debt was created by the Demo orals. It claims its paternity and la the offspring of Rllnor, Slovens & Cb„ and Us reduction is owing entirely to the wise and judlcioua polioy of Dem ocraticLegislatures* Every person know* that the Slate Debt, prevloua to UiQ advent of Rilrier and hla horde of plunderers, was conipariiively emails But that administration alone, by on open system of plunder, made more than half the debt that haa for so long hung like anincu bus over the prosperity of tho State. This le a fact that they CAN NOT and DARE NOT attempt to deny. Look at the lens of,thousands spent by that cor rupt and venal administration in rewarding favorites while repairing the public works between this place, and Huntingdon. Look at the tens of thousands the lai payor* were compelled to pay for an Anlicnason to Inquisition. Look again at the thousands of del lars squandered on tho Gettysburg Railroad and Wls. conisco oanal, neither of which ever yielded a dollar to tho Stale—to say nothing of the “Buckshot war/* got up at an « Immense expense,” to‘Mreatlho elec ion a* if it had not been held "—and then talk about 'debts contracted by locofoco predecessors.” Johnston has dot paid a cent of the State .debt, neither have hie frionde made any particular effort to do eo. The liiiuidulion of a portion of thie enor mous Rimer and Slovens debt is owing to Ills wise measures advanced by honest old Frank Shunk, and carried out by Democratic legislatures, together with the prosperous condition of our public improvements in the hands ofa Democratic board of Canal Commis sioners. -' - The Whigs must indeed bo hard run for argument when they arc compelled to resort to assertions that every one who is tho,least conversant with the polit ical history of the Stale must know to be wilful LIES. .. BIGLER AND CLOVER. IN THE WEST.g Extract of a letter from a distinguished Demo crat, to tho editor, dated Dear Brallon • • • • I never knew the parly to ho so firmly united.in the support of a candidate as it appears to be'in reference to DioLcr. It is the case in every county in western Pennsylvania from which 1 have received any intelligence. The only danger to be apprehended arises from tho fact of a consciousness of our strength, and the popu larity of our candidate. -Johnston will make a desperate effort and will leave nothing undone, but the •‘handwriting is on the wall," and the second Tuesday of October, will cause his knees to smote together. Ctovetr will run hia full parly vole, and in conntierwhere the volunteers to Mexico reside, (Cambria for instance,) be will run far ahead of the ticket. This arises from. Stroud's Anti-American votes in Congress. Judge Bleelc’a Letter o t Acceptance. We give, below, the letter of Judge Blxoe to the Hon. Wu. Wilkins, President of the Judicial Convention, and bespeak for It an attentive peru. sal. Somerset, July 1,1851. My Dear Sir.—l have received your letter, in which, as President of the Harrisburg Convention, you notify mo of my nomination, by that body, as a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. This is,an event for which I was wholly unpre pared, except by one letter from the East, and an other from the Northern part of the State; received only a few days before the Convention. No vote was cast for me in consequence of any wish ex pressed by myself. But 1 did answer the pressing eoircitalions'of several friends, by saylng’that I would serve if elected; lit more than one county, 1 prevented the delegates from being instructed in { my favor, by the declaration, that 1 was nol ft can didate. if, therefore, you should be convinced hereafter, that it was a mistake to place mo on your ticket, 1 hope it will be remembered .that 1 am nol to blame for it. "Thou canst not aay, I did it.” , , ’ .... I need not remind you, who hare adorned a high judicial office, as wellas other distinguished places of public trust, that the functions of a judge ate not only tho most important of all others, but by far the most difficult to perform well. No mere man can hope to hold in his hands a scale, whoso wav ering balance will never be shaken, or a sword, which will always fall with a force precisely ud justed to the occasion. And, even if both were possible, misappioheneion and misconstruction are among the commonest things wo meet with in the world. While this is true of the subordinate ju diciary, it is pre-eminently true of those who shin that high tribunal, where all tho causes that are mosl intrioato, most important, and most doubtful, are brought for final decision. 1 cannot be mista ken, when 1 say, that a judge of the Supreme Court I is obliged to encounter more labor, anxiety, and peril tn his reputation, than any other servant"of the public. Impressed as I have been with these opmioni July 31,1851. and influenced by other reason* relating to my pr - vale affairs, the place for which I bare been nomi nated is the last one to which th* Vanity of my ambition would hate prompted ms to lift my thoughts. But the post of danger is ever, the post uf honor. In proportion to the responsibilities of the office, is my pride in being thought worthy to fill it, by a portion of my fellow citizens, so well known for talent* and patriotism, as those compo sed the Harrisburg Convention. 1 appreciate this I compliment still more highly, when I reflect upon the distinguished ohataolors of the able and up. right men, with whom ypu have seen proper to as sociate me on the ticket. I If your nomination bo ratified by the people of the Slate, I shall devote myself “with all good fi delity” to the discharge of my duties; and if pa tient assiduity and an earnest love of Justice can make up for my large deficiency in learning and ability, no man shall have Just cause to regret my election. I am, with great respect, yours, &c„ J. S. BLACK. Hon. William Wilkins. A Chadded Fellow.—Soma old bachelor oor reapondent of the Louleville Courier, ia down upon the ladiea and the Turklah costume like a thou, aand of brick. Hear Ids indignant denunoialiona of tho project t For more than two centuries our grandmothers have worn petticoats with dignity to themselves, and honor to tho country. And who is Mra. Bloomer, that they should give them up now I The brightest of our country's virtues Is the chas tity of every woman, and a petticoat ia Its natural safeguard. I would make a petticoat one of our national emblems. I would have it reverenced with the stars and stripes; for surely the respect It has always inspired In every olase and by all of our countrymen, has contributed more than any and every thing else to our greatness. Punch says the motto of our national eoat of armi should be altered to E. Pluribua Barnum. The weather for a day or two has been rather cool, too much so for this lima of the year. Singular DlaXAsr, — A diieato ii catemively pm, tilling In ■ part of Anne Arundel county, Md., which baa proved to be aa fatal as the cholera. The early stage of it la marked by an eruption of the akin, a ewellibg of tho muaolea of the throat, partaking of the character of acarlet fever in children; and attend, ed, apparently, with very alight fever. -This stage continuca for throe or four days, when suddenly i| fixes itself upon the vilala with a violence and fatal), ty which are arreated by nothing that has aa yet been tried.'' A ComoaiTV.— Tjie Beaver (Pa.) Star aaye—L a ,i week the workman at Powera' Summit bn the Ohio and Fennayivania Railroad, found a petrified anakc, the aiae of which would Beam ti) indicate that In thia region at ibaal, that apeblea of reptile haa greatly do. generated. Hia anakeahip waa found imbedded in solid limealone rook, aome aixty feat below the earth's aurface. Its lire la enormous—sixteen feet in length and in the middle at leaat four inohea in diameter, Although ita substance is completely assimilated to the rook in which it waa embedded, it looka aurpriie. ingly ,natural—indeed, almoat aa’ perfect "in form and feature ” ne when olive. .Kirrairamo, July 36,1851 CLIPPINGS OB' TUB WEEK, A larox Umoaie Stohx. —The Monlfcae (Pa.) Democrat, of the 17lh inat, aaya a meteoric alone, .weighing nearly Or quite two hundred pounda, waa found a few daya since on the farm of Mr. Newton in Sptiogville. It waa deeply embedded in tho earth, and the turf of tho ground wna still fresh under it, It had fallen through the tree, breaking the branohei. STRAWBiaaixa.— The New York Tribnnoaaya (hat during fifteen daya in the month of June,nearly ono million baskets ofstrawberriea were brought to Now York over tho Ramapu and Patterson Railroad, and Jersey City Ferry. Most of these wore gathered within a. district of about eight miles iquare, coo* tiguous to the Ramapo Road. At the average rate of four cents a basket, the return must have been about $40,000. Plating Possum.—A news-boy was heard to say that he had quit selling papers, and had gone into the mesmerizing business. “I got five dollars a week, 11 said he, “for playing.”, "'Flaying what?" asked one of bis comrades. “ Possum,” replied the boy. Tub Boot and Shoe Trade.— Boston is not with, out a rival .in (he boot and shoe trade. New York is rapidly increasing its manufacture in these arti* clos. We see by statistics of the trade published in the Post of the latter city, that 100,000 pairs of boots ond shoes are manufactured weekly, estimated in val. uo at $152,000, There are 24,100 men and women employed in the business; the wages of the former averaging from $G to $10; of the latter, from $2 50 to $3 50; The Man who Intends to Lead the Van.— Tho man who intends tp lead the yen of disunion in the great struggle between secession and union has been found. At tho celebration of the Fourth in Prince William's Parish, South Caroline, he announced him* self as follows: . By Wi H. Shaman, (a Guest :) South Carolina—l hope she will secede, and if the gets a struggle, 1 will be found in (be van. Several farmsre of Maine and New Hampshire have publicly endorsed the efficacy of Mr. Flanders* remedy for the potato rot, sprinkling slacked lima on the vines, ll is an experiment worth trying by our farmers. ; . " In Cincinnati tha remit of the first ten days* ex* perieoee under (he new pottage law shows an in crease in the bosineee of the post office of fifty per oent. A new SUU Home U being erected al.Colambui, Ohio, which M«aid to Jav »arpa«a in gracdcor «ed - *«robiUctorsl beauty any •imiUr balldto*'** the -* country, nol excepting the oapUot el Washington. Edwin Forreit ia a boat to reappear npon the stage. He will make hia firat appearance in one of lha New Yolk Theatre! on the lilh of Septam bar, after which he ia to enter npon an engagement el the Walnut Street Theatre, in Philadelphia. He ia nnqdoationably the grealeal tragedian now lirtog, and-will no doubt draw crowded .bonaee. A young lady appeared at the Oahkoah belt, on the 4th inat., in a white dreaa with abort akirt and pnnta. The gentlemen admired her much, but aev erai of the iadiee laid that it waa immodeat. She turned to aome of them whoae dreeaaa "Were iniffi. rlrfclj low in the neck," and quietly remarked that if they would poll up their dreiaea about their neeka, their akirta would bo aa abort ae her own. They turned away.- ■ The edporla of rfour from (hia country up to the 17lh June, eroounted to 1,018,669 barrel. againat 317,01$ doting the aaroo lime laat year. The ex porta of wheal during the eame period were 944,832, eguinat 430,399 laat year. The eiteeaa ia reined at $2,000,000. Mr. John Wibi mode a balloon aacentloo at fliila delphia, on Monday laat, taking op with him hia wife and aon, Miae E. Denton and W. R. Stockton.- Tbo pally landed eafely about five milca norflieaat of Corodon. P. T. Barnum haa aold hia Mnaenm In Philadul phia, to C. Spooner. It will henceforth bo known ea SrooNEn'e Mueattir. - Tbo loliowing loaet wan drunk nl a 4th of July celebration of the rfotdenla Uf PonuaylVania College, ' located at GollyaSurg, Pa. “Tn* Lapina or Gimucaa-May theyenr Hoom, but nairer become Bloc mere." The firal Fridley In ASlgoat hi designated By Cor. Lowe aa the day for the ezeeulion of the Coiden murderere.- They will bo hung at Cheater town. The hog drotota of Ohio ere now Bending entire traina of eara loaded with fat boga to the Now York market. They aid oonreyed from Cincinnati to Cleraland by railroad, Ibenea by ateamara to Dun kirk, and thence by the Erie railroad to New York. The annuel coal to the government of each eadet in the military academy at Weal Point ia $690 66. The entice annual ezpanae of the inatitullon it $163,-' 012 66. Never give a boy a shilling to bold your •liodovr r while you climb a tree and look into the middle of next week—it ie money thrown away. The Newark Advoeite, one of the oldeel and moil influential Demooratio paper* in Ohio, being 3d yeare In existence, carries the name of the Hen. Janxa Duonanan at the head of it* column* a* * candidate for the Praeideney, eubjeot to the dooleion of the Demueralie National Convention. "Governor Johnalon he* not don# *H that be dealtad."— Whlf paptro. . , Very true, very true, adda the Wealoheeler K*J>e»- {icon—the teat Legislature did not permit him to odd one million to tfta Slalt debt, a* he and hi* *P«- oial frienda were deelrona to do, by an l**uo of abin piaatere to that amount, from the Banks. The Hartford (Connecticut) Couranl, la in faro' of Gen. Houotok aa the Demooratio candidate for . the next Presidency. Why are there throe objection* to taking * gj*'* ■ of brandy T Because there ere three eoropla* to * , dram. Why were Adam end Eve the originator* of a gar planting T Beeann they ral**d the flrat Cal • When do your laalhaanrp the (hnolloneor tongue T When they ere chattering. Why I* a dog biting hi* .tall like a good econo mist > Beceuss b* make* both ends meet.
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