• ' £«. i ffSWS IW WliP-"' , • tmr.iiSPOsi)@ci;’of tub mi','mu,ic,i«.
iWor 'SSSSSSfmTt * I,ilßucli BT, ’SH.
the Bi|| fur lho erection , r ’ ,
of a Bank at Eric, P;|. _ JVJcss/s. luutwt: —(..entlcmen, hero I
Vo the Senate atut House q Jiepresenta. • find m J' sc,l ‘ nf(< - r u r,; ' v days of fast trav
■ ' lines of Pennsylvania. " - °l**ng, soon,l and safe in the “Uotuwr
■> GENTLKMEy i— Alter much anxious re- Slaft '-" Think iug P< ,rl,a P s thnt »t might
flection and a very 101 l examination of the' J:,n s " mQ I wb \ t to you, Iwill give
lacts connected with the .subject l have' y °" a bnol sketcb pl ,nv tnp ,rom t,l( >
coiicluded to approve Bill No.V, on the L)e;iu " f ‘ |l val,cyol . ‘he Susquehanna to this
(lies oftlvo Houao ol Representaiive.-, cri- , • ' :
titled an net to establish the Erie ’ c „ v ’. 1 lcft y "" r > )lnce ,n lllG str, S° lor ryrone
Bank. In doing if,is however, I deem iaBta "<-:
due to you, the people and myself that I 1 l, 1 ,! . ,0:,d " ; ‘ b b ' ld and tlle woalbcr st , orm >’’ i
shoultl mi! /• l-nrun iu V ■ niui 1 1 was not until 3 o' clock, 1\ M., that I
snouit.i muko Known Ino considerations i IltA ~ 4 , ni .... ’
Which have brought mo to this Conclusion. I rcq ,° b Phillipstmrg. Haro
\ I have repeatedly since n,y indoction I ‘ GG ;; bn 7 r - nnd 1 niet Gn us[ ‘ ,n!l -!
into office ns 'well as when hcliyc the pco.| bl ° c,l/ - ei > I ° f y° ur « OUHt y. 0,1 his
pie ns a candidate, declared sentiments 1 f°7» t 0 w,,om 1 rotu r r " my ‘‘“‘l ~ h ? “k 8 i
adverse to the increase bf Banking enniial, ■.. lls m! l ny actB 0 blnd,ic f which hoi
nr rqther to the extension ufpnper cur run- At 8 o’clock [
cy,i and'l am not willing to Lve m v con- 1 ’ \ ar ' ived ,n . V™*, C, , IJV a , nd
seriho the creation of the Eric City Bank. 3 ° ppcd at 'ormerly kept by
regarded ns evidence of a clmme in my ' Mr ‘ S ‘ ew , ai ' t - A = llu: ' ° Ciot * ‘min had
views on this subject. Nothin- that ha's I P : l ? od ’ 1 was , obll B cd lo wait (at lho 2
occurred' ‘in (his or other commies, «uu.i"' o,ock ‘™ l "l } , rc, l nai "f d U P >« tllc bar
nected with monetary a flairs, since I with-i I’ 001 ? U 1 , !," } 2 . °,, coci ’ w,cn tbo vcr y I 1
hdld my aise'ttt from the creation of new ih,c b \ ndb>rd - loformed m ' s tbat hc wished
Banks, during the lust session of the Lee- 1 ' 0 lock Ul> , |lis hous i e > aljd lhat lf 1 w)sbcd
ikliturc, has been calculated to produce 1 10 10 , 1 , 10 cars ’ * bnd belter go to the
such change ; but on the contrary, much l 3tatlol !’ n,lho . u ß h “ jld be l ' vo hours b »
fhat has lakcn place, iu surrounding| | ( ? rc tbu . lrQln wou d arrivc - bowovcr - I
Slates, may be regarded as strengthening I tl, : ° US ' t !. 1 , Wa9 a l w , ’° * ay of b«ng‘um
ply confidence and yours in that GUt .° l d ~ re ' B ? { look U P bed a " d
which looks to a reduction rather than an vvalked ' rhe nl S bt was cold, and the
extension of the /paper medium. Tho wind was tromendous lngh When I
gnbrrnous influx of gold from Cnlirornia, I rcncbed lho statlo,1 1 1 could not tho
ahd othev sources, pot only continues, bm' a « c , nt U P’ n ° r no °, tbcr m lllem , 1005 -
*eems greatly on tho increase over former' “ ' vra PP t e(l up mmy cloak, and
years, and many millions have thus been' ? R °" n *y lb,! sl( *° ,bf - ,r i’ck where
added to the melnlic currency of the conn- i !. !,C tr,Un | WOO,Js ,ind p w “ ter3 ; and "'as soon
. fV r ’ ' • ' ■ last in the arms of Morphes. When I
'A commercial revulsion, however slight owo . kp tb ° , fi , or y hor u so "; as sorting and
pr temporary, cannot pass over, without P a ' vil l» ri d Y}esi ,e ot mo. I hnd
dembnsfrating that Pennsylvania is great-1 barclytllllG t 0 S ot ln | b ’' ™rs before he
ly the gainer by confining the amount of: Was G<L , NoW . 1 would advise nil of our
her'circulating'medium'to the positive do-1 P GO P lc ' >vbo w,sh take the railroad not to
mands of a wholesome business. 11501I 1501 ' 10 to I>'™n 1 >'™ ne * lba ' 18 11 thc y w,sb K ood
r'fhtrc is safety in this policy for the accorT, " loL,l,l °n. I’nave always heretofore
inerchant, and actual guard to the farmer, | stop P ed ‘ 7°’ and ovc,y Umo , that 1 bavc
iho mechanic and laborer. Tho wa-es oft st ° i, {’ !!d 11 hn , B bt ' Gn wor 1 so » und now 18
labor seldom if ever advance in an equal I oOt bu cndl,rod . an - v . lon fS er - ba ‘ urdn y,
ratio with the advancement of the nominal | t'" 1 m ° 0n l lh ° top
value of property, resulting from a super- ,1“ Alle g f *enys, and the weather very
abundance of money. The condition of| Gold ’ sno \ v about |' vt) feet dec P- , bu ' 08
tho laboring classes in many scciions of! *° P as f pd d uw a the mountain and along
H<* country at this time, afford sudicienti 1 ," 0 ! u,lo y of , tlle C u n ;' mall g b . through
paidenco of the soundness of this position. " “hnondar.d county, the face of nature
go firmly am [ convinced of the wisdom of P rC!i “" lcd a . dliicrc '>t, appearance. Ihc
this policy, that had the measure under BU .^; shonQ bn S bt ’ and ,t b ° helds were green
consideration involved a practical depart- ?7 tb 'egitution ; peach trees were out in
tire to any considerable extent, from the blo “ o, V* . al)d otbc , r trecs wcrc sh ? o ' ,n g
ground heretofore occupied on this subject, rt 1 tbc,r grccu leaves. At 12 o clock
I should have returned the Bill without my "° a T ved ~ n lno salok y Clt y of I I ‘Usb?rE
sanction, notwithstanding the local consid- “ ero 1 took and at 2 o clock
erations in its favor. But it can scarcely ! b " samo da .y down the Ohio.
ho regarded as a violation of the rcs.ric- n U fty '‘"? meS ,v“?, “r!
live policy I have indicated. The institu- ohl ° . s,do ’ wu pa3scd . Wellsn, l , ‘ °* wh, f h
lion thus created is presented as a substi- a P 0 P ula ?' on ° ver 1200 80ul8 ;
tntlon for the old Erio Bank. The people He , fe 18 ‘ h ° ,e " n,nuB of , the contemplated
c,r»Kn r.;»w rt fiM n » . f .u railroad irom u caveland to the Ohio riv
ot rne city ot seem to prefer the ere- ~,,
ntion of a new bank, rather than the re- er ~ a d,stan f co , ° f v^ 7 , ™' cs | j 11,e I ‘°^
charter of the old one. aid out b 3f. W "'- W *; lls > | a , 1824 '
' -i,i i>„„i, • , Nearly opposite this place, the we I known
'•Tne old Bank is not asking a revival or . J “■ ... , ' . , n .
_ r r , n , • l . l desperate batt o between Adam Poo and
pxtensidn of its franchises, but has very , , r , •,
. i •j- ■. his brother and a party ol Indians is said
proiierlv commenced winding up its at- . , . , . j r ,
p n^g - to have taken place, and four miles be
• r r> • low at the mouth of big Yellow Creek is
And thus tho city of Erie, now more ~ ■ .■ r ,, i c r r
. i i i i • the location ol tlie murder o Logans fam
nounshing and extended In its business! ~ .. r °
' r . , illy, the Mingo Chief. Steubenville, 11)
operations than at any former period, , , D ,, . .
Wduld be'destitute of a banking institution! tnilesb ° l ° W ’, l3 th ° CGUn y seat ° r J eflerBon r
Pf >»ny' character. Remote from monied G ° n > n ° luo ’ “ “ nB,BtB a populallon , o
i , c „ r 8000 souls. Port Steuben was erected
institutions, at feast from those of our own!, - ~ . ...
State, her'business men would be forced i l" 0 ' 0 1789 on the spot now occupied by
fo resort to the Banks of other States for Seminary. Monday morning
k A • i • r the 21st instant, we arrived in Cincinimti,
tne transaction of their business 30 far as r x . , , , n . 4, , , , *
r I , five hundred miles below Pittsburgh, by
banking-facilities may be necessary, and . IT ~ rr t ,° Vp.* 7
»k.,« ;wu • i.• J t water. Here all was hfo and bustle. The
thus throw mto circulation a currency ess , r -i CII , r .* c ,
c*r« k- .• n i - Mevee for a mile was filled fu of mere ),
sate «nd lar more objectionable than our l ...
;* t J , t , ~A . , jandise, and occordm" to an estimate I
own.*- 1 can see no other locahty in the , .. ° t . ,
i . • ;made, there was over two thousand hands
Mato possessing business enoughto require t . * , . , r ,
ami ctcinin « i *?• M icmployed in loading, unloading steam
and sustain a bank, similarly circumstanc- . * ; i .. b , b . r
ed; and what I desire to'impress upon b ° atS Cara Jay S 0 ° ds J la fa f
vow most distinctly is, thnt my assent to!' C ,! nG,n " atl 18 dG f t,ned t 0 bu ,IIC cRy
tho charter of the Erie City Bank, shall I?' thu '', CSt j- llcro lo ° k 3 ran ’ boal
not be taken as evidence that I would Lo,mvlllc ’. Ky ” | and !' m . Vcd * h °f? , U,C
sanction the creation of new Banks in o:h- "° Xt ,T rn,n 2> ," hldl Cll y ‘ s 279 m*lcsbe
er Idealities and presenting no such induce- L , lncmD , atl -. I*rom that I went four
meats, and it is but candid and right that ™ les d °'J n lho nvpr andcrosscd *
I tjljould sny to you, that of all thepropos- - NeW Albany >, on tbo Indlana Sldp - T rhcro
,eJßanks ftoM Iv|)ibl, f 'wirhheld my ~s- ls I " ot . n, r uc bps '“. ess S OI,I S ,° n ~ nL °u ,s- sent
sent lasY winter, this is the oply one which " dle > ‘" fact ‘ he p,ty 15 °, n lhc , declllie -~
Cbfald receive ffiy sanction at (his time- e , W Albany lsa c ' ty ‘ and con a,ns a PfP'
an* besides' this the propositions arc dis- ulat,on of over 13000 souls. Here is he
similar, for the capital stock being little tC ' mlnl ! 3 °. r . I,e A' ba uy and Sandusky
over one-half i|ie amount asked for at the I ™ ,l f oad * wblcb , rans ucr f 3 ?be . Stute --
session ’ ' i Business is brisk here, and the city is tn
-r. rri „„ u. ■ ... | creasing very fast. I led New Albany the
It priny not bo improper in this conncc-! 7 J .
,;J„ ;• „„ii ■ . same day on the cars, and arrived at
tion to call your attention once more to:,-, , -L .. . rp ,
ho subject of tho cancellation of (he Re. i? rle ™ 3 \ 67 m,le r 3 ,n , 4 bo , urs - he nex !
lief issues. I regard the withdrawal of.his :day 1100 i sta S e for thls .P ,a «' and a ™ ved
.1 r . • i here on the evening ot tho 23d ins ~ h.av
purreney Irom circulation as the first in- 1 - . , ,„„„ s •, c ’ 0 .
dispensable step in the reformation ,ravelled 409 ; ! m ' lo . B m , fivo day3 ' 84
paper currency. Pennsylvania should be| by 3ta e°’ 220 b y Moad and ' 79 by
ambitious to lead her sister States in the i Htepipn OJf - *
gfefi.t reform of substituting a metaliefor l I ba '’c already worried your pattence. I
,1 pnpek medium ; but she cannot hope to i W ‘ l closo ’ ond r in , m y ne f 1 wdl S ive y ou
influence-this action so long as she BUS - i a descr 'P" on op lbc people and the coun-,
jaiiis in her sovereign capacity the most I ,ry m tbese l >arts - Yours, truly, j
objectionable species of puper monoy.— I “ AMBLEn
i This salutary relbrin accomplished, the'
difficulties in tho way of tlie substitution pf
a metaji.c for our paper system, at least as
to notes hf' the ■ smaller denominations,
would not bo insurmountable'. By a pro-
gressive action on tlic subject, beginning
with the fives and those of'lower-denomi-
pations, and proceeding 09 time and expe
rience would dictate, a few years might
jbring round a thorough reformation ofoUr
system. I believe this to be the
( irue' policy of the country —one which
Wdulistrengthen and protect our ngricul
manufacturing, and commercial in*
terests'ji) their rivalry With' those or other
f believe it will bo wise for
Pennsylvania to adopt this policy-, even
,i]iough her sister States refuse to join in
fho work, for it will ultimately make her
their'exgense. ’
v./In conpittsibn, 'gentlemen, allow mo to
express'tiie’lidpe that beforti' the final ad
joujrtVne-ni of the General ASsehribly eifi
'«ieyt'njeiisiifes niay be adopted to cancel
jthb'ifielifef dotes now in'circulation.
WILEJAM BIGLER.
- .Executive Cuamuhb, (1 1
jßtVttiflburg, y\prif ft,' y • ■■n >!;' ,
’ ■ ’ ' . ..! :i. t .
Washington, Ind., April 4, 1852
Gentlemen :—ln my Inst I promised to
give you a description of this place, and
this part of the country.
Daviess county, was settled by n few
emigrants in the year of 1798. Since
then, its population has increased slowly.
Tho soil is alluvial, and very productive,
never wearing out. The face of the coun
try is level, and well adapted to grazing
as well ns agricultural purposes. Hut ow
ing to the rniasmi’i that arise out of the low
swampy places, it is rendered very un
healthy, which has been n great draw
back to the'settlement of this country.—
The population at present does not exceed
eight thousand.. Last ypar tho Cholera
raged very Carrying to their
long home over two thousand! souls.—
Washington i 3 tho county seat and con
tains- übpotv 9000 inhabitants. There-is
hut one .paper published here, tljo “Liber
ty Journal,” and, it is but noorlv supported,
I having ofSTy iIOO subscribers.,' White Riv
|er, u tributary to the Wabash, runs near
, ly tlirough the centre of the county., The
Mississippi an4Ghio‘ rail i-bad that is in
construction runs thioitgli this pjaye,,' it
is llic mention of the company lo have it
completed in one year from July next. —
When that is done it will be the longest
mil r»td in the world. It connects with
' the Centra! Road at Pittsburgh. Its pres
; ent/western terminus is at lndepepdence,
' Missouri. It is the intention of the pres
' cot company to extend it in the course of
' ttfo or threo years from Independence'to
the Morman city, 6f Utah. There is a
California company that has commenced
n road running from San Francisco tocon
iioct with this one at the nbovo named
jplace. Thus you see, that within a few
years, and before tho government finds
| out a location for a road, we will be in rail
l road communication with tho Pacific cities,
Jand all done by private enterprise.
Waiiash River.- —This river empties
| into the Ohio, five miles below Uniontown,
]on the Indiana side. It takes its rise in
the north-western part of the State ofOhio,
and passing in a south western direction
through this state, leads to the south and
forms a boundary between this state and
Illinois. It is navigable for common river
crafts about 400 miles, and has been as
[cended by steamboats to Terre Haute and
Lafayette. It receives in its course the
waters of many tributaries, among the
most important is the White River which
passes through the Stato from east to west
and waters a great extent of fertile and
well settled country, Perhaps no river in
tho world of its magnitude, drains a more
extensivoand fertile country than the Wn
bash, and its tributaries, forming in fact
the heart of the Stato of Indianu.
Tho town of Vincennes is situated on
the east bank of tho Wabash, ono hundred
nnd fifty miles above its mouth. This
place, a Her Kaskuskia, is the oldest settled
place in the western world. It was set
tled by the French in 1735. Tho site of
tho town, is level, nnd laid ofr with much
taste. The houses have extensive gardens i
bad; of them, filled alter tho French fash
ion with crowded fruit trees. It has of
late rapidly improved and contains between
three and lour hundred houses. 1
New Hah.mo.nv, is a pleasant little vil
lage fifty-four miles below Vincennes, oil
the cast bank of tho Wabash, nnd is Hi
miles from the nearest point of the Ohio,
though about 100 miles from the.mouth of
tho Wabash, following the meanderings of
the river. It is surrounded by a line,
rich, and heavily timbered country, inter
spersed with small rich pruirics. Its situ
ation is high, healthy, nnd well chosen. It
was first settled in 1814, by a religious
sect of Germans called Hurmonites, un
der the guidance and control of George
Rapp, who first settled in Butler county,
Pa., but afterwards removed to this place,
and in whoso name all the lands and prop
erty were held. They soon erected about
100 large and substantia! buildings. They
laid their lands off with the must perfect
regularity, and were wonderful successful
in converting a wilderness into a finely
cultivated plantation in a very short lime.
They even had the luxury of a Botanic
Garden, and a green house. Their great
house of Assemblage, with its wings and
appendages was nearly 100 feet square.
There they continued to live and labor in
common, until the year 1821, when the
celebrated Robert Owen of Scotland,
came and purchased out tbo entire posses
sion of the Ilarmonitcs at the sum of one
hundred and ninety thousand dollars, for
the purpose of establishing a community
upon the plan of his “social system,” nnd
corresponding with his new views of soci
ety. Ho was joined by two of his sons,
and by Mr, M’Clure, a wealthy man who
was also' from Scotland ; and in a short
time his new' community swelled to above
700 persons ; but discord soup rose among
its members, and one after another loft
the community, until the “social system”
was at length abandoned.
There are several places of importance
on this river, umong which arc Terra
Haute, 205 miles from its mouth, and
Lafayette, 312 miles. The Wabash and
Erie canal extends from the latter place to
tho Miami canal at Junction, giving there
by a continuous'navigation to Cincinnati,
on the Ohio, pnd to Toledo on tho Lakes.
From Lafayette to Cincinnati by canal, is
330 miles, to Toledo 225. Taking the
“Hoosier” State altogether, it will eventu
ally be the 2d State in the Union.
I Remain yours truly,
Rasiblek.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
New Orleans, April 23. —The steam
ship United States arrived here thjs morn
ing, with dates from Aspinwall to the loth,
and from California to tho Ist, being two
weeks later than the previous advices.
The United States has ovor one hundred
passengers, though but very little gold on
freight.
The United States brings the sad intel
ligence of the wreck of the steamship In
dependence on the wav to San Francisco.
By this sad disaster about one hundred
and thirty lives were lost, comprising a
large portion of tho passengers and crew.
Among them was Mr. A. Scofield, of
Pennsylvania, together with a large num
ber of New Yorkers.
The remainder of the passengers and
Crew were rescued and carried into San
Frapcisco.
The news from California, though very
interesting, possesses no striking feature
of importance.
Business at the mines was improving,
and tho minors were in excellent health
and spirits. ' ,
At San. Francisco there was not much
doing in the markets, business was dull.—l
Flour was selling at 9' 50 per bbl. ,
There had been sump heavy freshets in
the interior, and the town ofMaysvillc was
ip undated. An inimenso amount of prop
erty was destroyed. ,
Lieut. Russell has tjeen kijled by the Iri
diaps. Several outrages have taken place
of late by marauding bands of Indians.
, The town of Woavorsyillp, recently de
stroyed ;by. fire, 'has been , pearly rebujlt,
find-the towfi now,presents übusipes3|i|te
aspect, ' ’\"
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD Pa., April 28, 1553,
DEMOCRATIC DOMINATIONS,
Canal Commissioner, .
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
Of Philadelphia County,
Auditor General,
E P II R A I M BANKS,
Of Mifflin County.
Surveyor General,
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
Of Graivford County.
Democratic State Central Com
mittee will meet at the Merchants’ Hotel,
in Philadelphia, on Saturday the 21st day
of May next. It is proposed to constitute
a General State Committee of Correspon
dence, composed of one member from each
county, and in view of such arrangement
the Standing Committees of the several
counties are requested to nominate and
forward tho name of a member for said
Committee, nddressed to Wji. L. Hiiist,
Esq., to be laid before the meeting on the
21st May. Our Committee will please take
notice.
Appointment by the Governor.
Col. James Burnside, of Bellefontc, to
bo President Judge of the 25th Judicial
district, composed of the counties of Cen
tre, Clipton and Clearfield.
JUDGE BURNSIDE THE Ud.
It will be highly gratifying to the citi
zens of this county, and particularly so to
the mtmurous warm and devoted friends
of the lute Judge Thomas Burnside, to
learn that the Governor has appointed Col.
James Burnside President Judge of our
new Judicial district. Wo say new dis
trict, but ip fact it is a very old one—being
the same so long and so ably presided over
bv the honored father of the new incum
bent.
In making this selection Gov. Bigler
lias performed a two-fold obligation. Be
sides rewarding a most faithful and devo
ted democratic champion, and giving tothe
district a jurist of the most eminent attain
ments, he bus also discharged a duty be
owed to Col. Burnsides as one of his ear
liest and most steudfust personal and po
litical friends —for we believe that the Col.
has tho honor of being tho first man to
name Col. Bigler for the office of Gover-
That the business of our courts will not
be allowed to suffer under the care of Judge
Burnside, no assurance is required. Ilis
industrious business habits, his great ener
gy und strong mind, and the bright exam
ple of his honored father, are sufficient
guarantees on that point. Wc predict
that it will require but a short experience
on the bench to make Judge Burnside, the
younger, as universally esteemed and ad
mired as was Judgo Burnsido tho older,
some ten or twelve years ago.
DEATH TO LOG FLOATING!!
Yes, we repeat it, the log floating busi
ness has received a death blow in this re
gion. It is not only crippled, or maimed,
or restricted—but it -is dead, absolutely
dead, nil round and over, inside and out
side —and wo predict that our ‘‘ rafters''
will never again have,occasion to petition
the legislature tor protection.
The recent freshets have clearly dem
onstrated that the running of rafts, and
the floating of loose logs, cannot both bo
carried on at one and the same time, par
ticularly on the smaller streams —and by
such wo mean ’ streams as large as Clear
field creek. We shall not pretend to sav
that there was more staving of rafts in
that stream this season than usual, taking
into consideration the quantity of lumber,
&c., nor that any more rafts were injured
and lost than would have boon had there J
been no logs ; nevertheless, it is quite cer- j
tain thattheso saw-logs were the solo cause |
of the staving, and consequent ioss, of|
several valuablo i rafts. But this.wus notj
all tho mischief they occasioned. They |
would collect in gorges of many hundreds,
entirely shutting up the course, and in
some places, we are told, turning the creek
entirely out of tho natural channel-—thus
stopping tho navigation for two or three
days, and at the very timo when the water
was in the best stage for running out. —
Besides this, every raft that run for several
days required an additional hand to push
the logs out of the way. This, at a time
when hands werb scarce, and wages high,
was seriously injurious to rafting. When
the logs got out of the creek into tho river,
there was a better chance to contend with
them. There wus more soa-room, and if
one would happen to roll under your raft,
tyith a few sharp pulls at the oar, a catas
trqpho could generally be avoided. Still
thcro arc some of our pilots who blame
these moveable obstructions- for carrying
them onto the rocks. But then it should
be remembered that our pilots are just ex
actly like most other, peqplo in this res?
poet. 8 * They have a reputation to main
tain; and they are just ns tenqcioils about
that reputation as nn offipq-seeker 1 is about ■
,his polilicul;reputation; and if they shquldl
happen to lose themselves, and get “out
of the course,” and mako a regular stave
upon some “rock of ages,” they are very
anxious to have a good excuse for being
there. If a {rood excuse is convenient,'
they will have a good one-—and if not, n
poor one will sometimes do. However,
there is no longer a question about n the
practicabily of running rafts and floating
loose saw-logs together. It cannot be done
urith safety to the rafts. And therefore,
lif logs must be floated, they must ho con
fined to the floods when thefo' are but few
rafts to run —say in the fall of tho year.
But there are other reasons for saying
that log-floating has received a death-blow
in this region, and among them is one
more powerful and effective than any le
gislative enactment could be. It is simp
ly tho fact, now clearly established, that
Square Timber yields a larger profit to tho
owner of the timber than any other dispo
sition that can be made of it—and at this ,
spring’s prices, almost double as much as
it will pay in logs. No' man will sell his
timber to the floateis far less than it is
worth for square timber. If he cannot
make and run it to market himself, he can
readily sell it in the standing tree ; and us
the log men cannot afford to nay what it
is worth to the timber-maker, of course ho
cannot enter the market. They must eith
er almost double the present price paid
for logs, or they will have to abandon the
business.
DAMS AND SCIIUTES
Wo are often asked why we don’t “let
loose” Opon the owners of dams on our
navigable streams for the insufficiency of
their sciiutes. If wc thought'' that evils,
when they cxistbd, could ilius he remedied,
it would be a pleasure to “let loose” very
often. The fact is, some of the sciiutes
arc in a very had condition —dangerous to
life, limb and property, nnd particularly
to good inorali—iand hut few of them are
in very good condition. I?ut our lumber
men have got over all the dams this sea
son in comparative safety, and have not
much reason to complain. The mere
trifle of being thrown overboard with the
oar, or washed off the ruft when she“dives,”
must ho looked over. It belongs to the
business, nnd to complain only betrays
weakness, in the estimation of watermen.
It makes a fellow feel wondrous glad—
that is, glad that he thus escaped a watery
grave.
i The scliutc at Lick Run dnm, about
which so much difficulty was apprehend
ed, and which was made the great buga
boo, proved to be the smoothest and safest
of the threo from this down. That at Bald
Hills was a regular smasher to look at ;
still it did not prove to he seriously injuri
ous. They were all, liowover, fatal to arks;
none of which, wo believe, passed over
either of tho three lower schutes uninjur
ed.
But these schutes might and should he
improved. There should ho a regular
plan ol constructing them, by which they
would be entirely safe. Such a plan
should bo adopted, and then have every
schute that did not come up to it in every
particular, declafod to be unlawful. There
would then be no difficulty. Their control
should be placed in the Court, through the
proper guardians of the public highways.
OUR MAIL STAGES.
To use honied phrases, in comparison
with the enormity of tho offence, the con
duct of the mail contractor on the route
from Spruce Creek to this place, is per
fectly outrageous. No mail arrived here,
from the cast, from Thursday until Wed
nesday, and consequently no liAail went
west from this office, except on ’fuesdav,
when our P. M. Sent it up to Curwensville
[at his own expanse. The plea is the bad
i condition of tho roads ; —but it is presum
jed that good roads are hard to find,' and
: we are told that tho difference between the
j old and new road is but trifling. At any
j rato, they go the new road going east and
] make as good time ns they do on the old
road going west, and wo therefore think it
a contemptnble subterfugo that the road is
impassable going west. Our Post Master
is bound to report every failure, which we
believe ho does—and wo sincerely hope
that the Department will no longer suffer
itself to be imposed upon by such flagrant
disregard of its solemn contracts.
Horse Thieves About. —A valuable
horse, saddle and bridle, was stolen from
George Cowen, at Altona, Blair .county,
on last Tuesday night. The horse l is a
brown, 16 or 17 high, and has 2
lumps on his fore! if horns were
about to grow out. ;n were in com
pany, and were tra far as Nevling’s
mill, in this county/. They should be
caught. $5O reward is offered.
Sekious Loss by/Fike.— We. regret to
learn : that the residence of David Wins
low, in Bennezettef Elk county, in which
fhere was a store Boom containing a large
quantity of goods,fiwas destroyed by: fire a
few days sinco. Soothing was sav.ed from
the store except big. books, and',but; few
artjcjes ifromt/ie Jlouso. . / ; l I!
Accident.— We fofgot to mention iJ
our Inst, the very serious accident than
happoned to Richard Glennnn, an indut-1
trious mechanic of our town,, op the river,l
one day week before last; Tho accident]
happened at tho eddy at the fool of Butter. I
milk Falls,'in this, and notin Cljntop'co.,|
ns stated in the Clinton papers. Mr. G. !
was assisting to land a raft, and being
thrown into the waterwna crushed between
two rafts. Though both legs were badly
bruised, we beliove,.no bones were broken.
He was taken to Lock Haven, where wo'
understand ho is doing well. - <
This is a very ready way to get hurt.
In fact it is a most dangerous business—,
and when we consider the vast number of
rafts that are sent down tho river, and tho
number of times that each raff must bo
landed, the greatest wonder is, that so few
such accidents happen. ' *
Broke Jail. —A prisoner named Ran.
dall, confined on a charge of watch steal!
ing, escaped from the jail of this county oft
last Tuesday night, by making a hole thro*
the wall into the yard, from whepce hoes,
coped by means of a rope-ladder made out
of his bed-clothes. About two weeks pre,
vious he made a similar attempt, and after
reaching the top of the wall, his rope broke
and ho fell to tho ground. He Avaa then
placed in irons. Randall is a hardened
villain—is about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches
high—dark complexion, and had on dark
clothes. $25 reward is offered.
From ilio Wuslmigiim Union, April 22-
DEATH OF THE VICE PRESIDENT-
It is our melancholy duty to announce
' the death of William Rufus Kino, Vico 1
President of the United States. Ho died
on Monday evening, the 18th of April, nt
his residence in Dallas county, Alabama.
The public career of Vico President
King is familiar to the nation, and n brief
recital of the leading events of hia life will
suffice to recall the many and important
services of tho statesman whose loss we
now deplore.
Colonel King was born on. the 9th of
April, 1780, in Sampson county, North
Carolina. After completing his educa
tion at the university of his native State,
ho became a student of law in the office
of William Duffy, of Fayetteville. At the
age of twenty he was elected a represet
ativo of his native county in the legisla
ture of the State. At twenty-four ho was
chosen a representative in Congress from
the Wilmington district, apd' of the party
which advocated and supported the war of
1812 ho was azealous and consistent mem
ber. In the spring of 1816 ho resigned
his seat in the House of Representatives,
nnd accompanied William Pinckney, of
Maryland, as secretary of legntion, first
to Nuples and then to St. Potersburgh, to
which court Mr. Pinckney was sent as
minister plenipotentiary. On his return
to the United States, in the winter of 1818’-
19, Mr. King fixed his residence in Dal
las county, in the then Territory of Ala
| bama. He was elected a member of the
convention to establish a State govern-
I ment, and was appointed on the commit
tee to frame a constitution. With tho
Hon. John W. Walker, he who was elect
ed one of the first two senators who reprei
sented Alabama in the Congress of the
United States. In 1823, in 1828, in 1834,
nnd in 1840, he was re-elected to the
Senate. In 1844 he accepted the mission
to France,with the especial object of facili
tating the annexation of Texas. He was
remarkably successful in his mission,
having by his skill and prudence entirely
prevented tho opposition of tho French
government to that measure. In 1848 he
was made seijator from Alabama, by ap
pointment of the governor, to fill a vacancy
| occasioned by tho resignation of the Hon.
j Arthur P. Bagby, sent minister to Russia.
I In 1849 ho was elected by the legislature
| for a full term of six years. In 1850, on
i the nccessionof Mr. Fillmore to the presi
| dency, ho was unanimously chosen Presi
idont of the Senate. By the Baltimore
[Convention of the 2d June, 1852, hiJWas
I made the democratic candidate for the
| Vice Presidency, and was elected to that
[office by the people in tho ensuing- Nov
ember. In the winter-of 1851-’52 Col.
King began to suffer from a pulmonary
, affection, which gradually grew so alarm
ing in its symptoms that he was advised
to seek alleviation-in a tropical climate. —
Accordingly, in the month of February
lie sought repose nnd relief in the island
of Cuba ; but discovering that his disease
was fatal, he determined to die in his own
land. In our issue of yesterday we gave
an account of his return to Mobile. His
wasting strength barely survived the jour
eny to his homo in the country. Scarce
ly had he crossed the 1 threshold of his
house when ho sank in the reposo of death;
Colonel King was never- married ; but
throughout lifo, as in the last struggle with
death, he enjoyed the affectionate regard
and kind ministrations of the most attach
ed friends and relatives. He ! was of a
nature to win the warmest regard of-his
personal friends, and to command the re
spect of all. Of sound judgment, magnan
imous heart, intrepid couragej And the
nicest sense of honor, he was the 1 very mo
del of a gentleman. Just in all' his rela
tions ,wl|n the world,courteous and concll
atory in'his manners, generous in-his im
pulses, he lived a life of unusual lengthy
and responsibility, without inourritfg Mb
blemish of a solitary reproach to his hotidr..
This country has produced no man whose
character can - better -bear the • severest
scrutiny. As a .statesman, his qualities
were rather safe and solid thin sploHdid,
and dazzling. Soundness of judgflieftf,
fertility of resourco, a ponetrtiting'saga&f
ty, an inflexible fidelity to nrittcjplei pru
donee and caution, gqve ; hurt' that weight
in counsel and that central of others whioh