fmign Cajrtspondtncc oflhc Jjaily KeV«.
, Paris, August 30. i 853.
There is tu* iphgor any doubt as to the
settlement ofthoeiffaire d'orient. A dP 3 -
.patch received hero from Vienna on yes
terdny, states “on authority," that the con
.put General of Russia, in the Dnnubban
nroviences lin'd received intelligence from
Petcrsbjurg'lhnt the invading army would
hlljiavc rccrosscd the Pruth about the mid
dle'of September. Tho Timii of* jester
dby, blames the Porte for not having ac
cepted the Austrian notei,' yireo weeks ago.
Bcforo this Had been seen in- Paris it was
rumored that os sobq ns tj.io “note” had
Arrived ip Constantinople, and been duly
penned, it wo's despatched by Lord Strad
ford de Rndclifioto Lohdob, for the opinion
' of his government.' N6r hits fiio article
Thunderer" of yesterday, removed,
this impression. It must bo admitted that
there is some reason in tho rumor ; every
body knows how anxious tiio Porte has
been fromtlic beginning to lidve the mat
ter settled; and tlio delay alluded to, abovo
-r-mcfely for o few verbal modifications,
which all parlies say nro insignificant—is
{tot air all consistent with that anxiety—be
sides a letter received from Trieste
this morning, stales positively that Ilia
Aiajosty the Sultan had despatched Col.
Ruf]'on.tho 20th inst., for Vienna, with an
autograph letter to tho Emperor Joseph,
thanking His imperial Majesty of Austria
for tho friendly interest he bad. taken in
)iis aifiiirs.
it is thought kora that had Lord Rad
tlijfo had. his own wa v, Russia would not
tmvo been ullowed to invade tho provinces
wo quietly. Tho Assemblee NalionaJe says
rn« bo was in favor of ordering tho fleets
to-pak? the Dardanelles, immediately, as
'aooH as'the first Russian corps cFarmie
crossed tho Prlith ; that he expressed that
ifecling in n despatch to Lord Clarendon
at the time, but that lie roceivcd a kind of
Veprimund from Lord Aberdeen in reply, j
•«nd Was directed not to take any step in the;
matter, in future, without instructions.— i
•Tho Assemble* says this was right, and
Creditable to Lord Abcrdoen, and alleges |
that Lord Radcliflb was actuated through !
vindictive feelings towards the Czar. The!
Cologne Gazette and Trieste Zeitung are !
of the same opinion, and says lhattho fact, ‘
'Was pa evident, his government ought to j
have recalled him nt onco. i
The birds of this charge is, that the Em
peror bad refused to accept Lord
Court as Minister Plenipo-1
Jtentiafy from Great Britain. You will,
perhaps, remember that this refusal was
ibesuhject of a good deal of gossip at the
time.' It was a matter of doiTbt here, apd
in tact, all over Europe, whether it might
pot lead to a rupture between Russia and
fSnglnad. It passed off quietly, however.
England submitted, and sent Lord Durham
to St. Petersburg in bis stead. The Czar
motived Lord Durham quite cordially, but
iiwxe' 'hafc since been a kind of coolness
Russia abd England which recent
diplomacy has rather aggravated tjgin re
tpoyed..
It is remarkaido bow all tho organs of
|boQrlcans family arc in favor of Russia,
Mdogninst England. This has been so
face the Enstorn difficulty commenced.—
In (ftp; tljo j Unypi and Natio
nylsot this city have beep regarded as semi
official organs of tho Czar. Both have ad
vocated non-interference on the part of
‘furkev, and have been tho first journals |
west of the Vistula to publish the items of
Pfrom 'St. Petersburg which it was
p'rttjc to promulgate
jo \Vestern Europe, {t is believed by
r flfH.oy that tho Czar bus made certain pro
,paise* to the Orleans family. Some go so
as to attempt to explain this, and say
Jflpt Russia is pledged to tuke the earliest
opportunity to put an end to thoNupoleon
dynasty. (Test bien u rai Monsieur," said
pgentleman with whom I have conversed
pet. u Je le croif, maisj'aii
pbnttr" ' That is, tho Orleanists believe
I|j.e stofy^because they would like it lobe
po, but thoy are afraid.
Tho Bonaparlists entertain tho reverse
opifnan. They assert llmt the Czar is
jnoro anxious for tho friendship of Louis
Napoleon, than that of anv other Sover
eign in lEurope, and tlmfihia anxiety is
to be attributed as much to family influ
ences and reminiscences of the past, as
the vast power and influence of Napol
eon 111. Their logic is this, nnd you will
jpee it is pretty cogent. The Emperor
Alexander, very much' estimated Joseph
foe," He visited her several times during
norillness a I Mafmaison, after the down-
Jq |of the GrCaf Napoleon,'and ho was
aj|gqfod'to tears by her'suflerinigs There
|s no aoubt that the Russia q nrjbnarch had
been attached to Napoleon I,; and it is
fiijcj he never forgave himself for
potnjjimng with England and Prussia for
jpff qVerthrow, These indeed are facts
jt.mor?, ' But we have still stronger
t fOfpjfyce 'of iijmpa'lfiy, between tho two
jßjpbj'ipl families; Many of your readers
that Ihe present Emperor, Nich
‘cjlaßgnve qhe ofhis dadghtera jh rparpiago
jJQ.thu’ Son of Prihco Eugene; that is to
VJjij'nephew of Hortense, and the cousin
f fiermiin of N“pbleon III; nnd this mar
iflljlb/odk'place .while Loiiis Nnjiqleoij was
exile with littld prospect or
setting on K the throno of France or
on any ottier throne.
f ,i Ihoso facts in vW*, the Bonapnrt-
iftherp ig notan entente
Nicholas and Napolpon
I? tho fault of tho lattor; and they
« reason,for feeling of friendship',
, swivel} ob personal interest daccorfl with
iJte.Czpr, he. i* not 'disposed tq fofm such
anjiljiqnce, jest it might prove injurious
. 10 y statements that have probably
cnuMutno impression, now becoming more
tbatu kind of secret understand-
H»g. haditcen eiitercd jiito.bclweeD the iwp
'cjjjnperors, relative to the Turkish a/Tail*,
-t)ft {MHI nsqnlh al'tcr Louis Napoleon’s, havp
t jog established tboEfopire. Tba“provi3-
• dons” lot this “understanding,"wore, that
jp'ranOO .would mike a show of resistance
against Russia; but when the? war crisis
arrivod, il suuli nn event should happen,
she would turn upon England and thore
by leave the Czar a full opportunity for
appropriating Constantinople. For this
ruse Franco was to get Egypt-;' und full
permission (o extend her .boundaries to the
Rhine. ' " '
This may bo all sham, -fliera is a good
deal in it that is 1 incredible, and at vari
ance 'with tlhe course, recently pursued by
Louis Napoleon; yet, let it be borne in
mind that the Constitulionel in comment
ing not may ninys ago on the marriage of
the Ouke de Brabant to the Arch-dulchess
Marin of Austria, stated that both Franco
and Holland had a right Vo feel ofiended
with the alliance; and that the Rhine was
the national boundary of Franco. Well,
what would this amount to?- In the first
place llw whole of Belgium would belong
to France if the Rhino woro made her
north eastern boundary. This, England
would bo bound by every lie of kindred
and of policy to resist; but Holland would
Ibe glad of it. It would send the Dutch to
|see Antwerp, in the hunds of the French,
and you are awaro that Russia has always
been deeply interested on the part of the
present King of Holland, William Hi, j
Prince of Bunge. R was Russian iuilu-1
once that prevented tills marriage with the I
Princess Charlotte of Wales, und enduccd I
him to aid the Dutches of Brandenburg,
arid the Brandenburg family, is closely
allied to that of the Czar himself.
No ono ccn deny but that an alliance
between Franco and Russia would he a
formidable) one, in fact ihe most formidable
j one that could be formed in Europe. All
) acquainted with the history of Napoleon’s
( wars, know that that great man could have
, divided with Alexander the Empire of the
I world. EveaCastlcreagh and Pitt admil-
I ted the I'uct; that is, they admitted, that
- Napoleon could have placed Turkey inthe
' hands of Alexander, and then appropriat
ed Egypt himself. And what would have
been left of Europe had this been done,
(seeing that Prussia was entirely subdued, 1
I and a large portion oT Austrian territory,'
I with nearly |ho whole of Italy, and Belg-j
! ium was already in the hands of France? |
| It does not then follow that, if there is {
i no Wnr for tlie present about Turkey, that!
the statuquo will be lung maintained. No
! doubt England will always protest, to keep I
I Russia within bounds, —in fact, no other j
I nation has so direct an interest in prevent
ling Turkey from falling into the hands of
the Czar; (Tor the moment that event takes
I place, if it ever does, it will bp impossible
for England to maintain India.
Il appears, although the Porte has re
ceived ample assurances that the Russians
will immediately withdraw, the Sultan has
issued ah edict for the levying of a reserve
army of 30,000 men. The Assemblec'
Nationak says that the Czar ought to pre
vent this—that ho ought to regard it as a
personal ofTencc! Wlmt moro could tho
imperial Gazette of St. Petersburg say.—
The Siccle , in commenting on tho same
subject, says that Russia may threaten ns
she will in future, Iter conduct towards j
Turkey will have taught Europe that there j
is little in'her threats. Elk a passe lo
Pnuh / tnais ritn que cela. Ses demand- j
es sont tqjours sans projit. It was thought j,
that the invasion would have ailennted all |
tho Christians of the Principalities from !
the Sultan, but it appears that the reverse',
has taken place. The latest accounts from
Belgrndo inform us that 2,000 Christinns(i
had presented themselves to Omer Pacha'
as volunteers, and requested to be put into(
the front guard, on tho right bank of thej
Danube, so that they could show the Czar, j
if ho penetrated any farther into tho Otto
man Empire, how much they appreciated (|
his pretended zeal on behalf of their reli-l
gion.
A late article in tho Times, on the death
of Admirafsir George Blackburn, has been
much commented upon here. The most
praiseworthy act in his life, according to
the Tory journal, was the part he took in
destroying between two and three million’s
worth of property in Washington j this it
styles a "splendid achievement /” The
Patria justly says that if ho had extingu-
ished your nationality forever, nnd left
your firesides desolute, the Times would
rtjqice still more; and yet you boast of
your Anglo-Sagon origin !
The Smyrna afTair seems to have died
uway. The Austrians have given vent to
their rage in that memorandum, nnd that
is, probably, the end of it. They know it
is better, to let Jonathan alone.
It is thought Louis Napoleon will cross
the Channel from Dieppe before he returns
He is anxious to seo Queen
to Paris.
Victoria, hut her Majesty is expected at
Ostend, to congratqlatp the Duko do Bra
bant. Sho has just visited Ireland, and
Been enthusiastically received.
Tho harvest is not so bad as \yas report
ed a fortnight sinco. It is thought thero
yvill bo an average crop. The cause of
the rise in grain was, probably, the pros
pect of a war, although ihp tendency in
prices is still upwards, notwithstanding
the general belief thnt exists of the 'fur k
ish pflair being terminated.
Very faithfully yours,.
Amebicus.
A Good Movkmkht. —A general meet
ing of presidents and directors of the vari
ous railroads in t|io United States, we see
it stated, will convene at Washington dur
ipg the rponth of October, to consider the
adoption of a code of laws and the estab
lishment of such general measures as shall
guard against accidents on railroads nqd
give more confidence to travellers, and as
surapee that precautionary measures pf
the most reliable kipd are hourly exercised
upon every railroad throughout the Uqiop.
4 Novbl Cadsboj Mail FAitunE.-—4
Toxns mail contractor o.ifcuses himself folr'
failing to perform his services ns per sched
ule,hy alleged that the mosquitoes aronc
tVjaHy so bad upon his route, as to. make it
dangerous to the lilb pf man a,nd beast to
tpfvel it at the season .iof hi* recent fail
tfresr " 1 ' ' '■* . - '
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, SEPT. 22, 1853
Democratic Nominations.
Supreme Judge.
JOHN C. KNOX, of Venango county.
Canal Cotnmissioner,
THOS. H. FORSYTH.of Philadelphiaco
Auditor General.
EPHRAIM BANKS, of MifHn county,
Surveyor General.
J. PORTER BRA VVLEY, of. Crawford co.
District Ticket.
President Judge,
JAMES BURNSIDE, of Centre co,
County Nominations.
Assembly,
ALEX. CALDWELL, ofClearfield.
Prothonotanj, Register, Ac.
WM. PORTER, ofClearfield Borough.
Treasurer,
JOHN M’PHERSON,ofClearfield Bor
Commissioner,
ROBERT MAHAFFEY, of Bell Ip,
County Surveyor.
ROSWELL LUTILER, of Brady Ip
Auditor.
J. H. SEYLER, of Brady Ip,
hopo our readers will excuse
the Inpk of editorial in this paper. Wo
have had various duties to attend to so
much so that no time was loft us to think,
much less to write.
' A largo number of tho citizens of our
county, together with nmnv slrungcrs from
abroad, are in town, attending to business
connected witliourcountycourt; nndwhen
suclt is tho case, there seems to bo but little
necessity for issuing a paper, and fur less
for telling editorially what most of our
roadoro are tiuro tn see and to hear fur
themselvos.
Tho business before the court is not of
much importance as yet, but such as it is, 1
it is dispatched gcn'oV&lly to tho sat
isfaction of all, except one or the other of
tho contesting parties. i
Qur farmers seem well pleased with tho j
yield of their crops already gathered, and j
those yet lobe gathered promise quite as
well. I
Our lumbermen aro mostly in good ;
spirits, with the prospect of the contiou- j
ation of good prices, whilst a number of our j
up-river friends complain of the want of
water to tuke to market a largo portion of
last winters labor, which still remains on
hand. They deserve and wu hope they
may have butter luck hereafter.
Politicians are all in a good humor—
that is, the Democratic portion of them—
and more particularly those who have, or
expect (o get, good fat offices. As to the
whigs, they are just as tljey “used to was,”
and if any person thinks tho “universal
whig party” is among “the things that
wero,” they are sadly mistaken, and this
tho Democrats of Clearfield county will
discover to their sorrow unless they aro
wide awako
Candidate fob the Legislature.—
There seems to havo been a misunder
standing as to tho time for the meeting
of the Conferees to nominato n cnndidalo
to represent this district in the Legislature.
.VjTKean and Elk counties having agreed
upon Inst Saturday as tho day of meeting
at Ridgeway—which fact, wo believe was
not made known to our delegates in time ;
and whether a nomination was mado by
Elk and M’Kenn on that day, is not yet
known. Our dclegntes, we understand,
have appointed this day week, tho 30th,
for the meeting of the Conferees at Ridge
way, nnd have given duo no|jco thereof to
the other counties.
Democratic Meeting.— The Demo
cratic meeting last Tuesday evening was
well attended, considering tho very quiet
state of the present political contest. Tho
meeting was first briefly addressed by Mr.
Larimer, of Bellefonte who was followed
by J. McEnally, Esq. After the adop
tion pfthe resolutions, which briefly allud
ed in terms of commendation to tho na
tional and state administrations, and the
present enndidatesofthe Democratic party,
the meeting adjourned at ap early hour.
The proceedings will appear week.
Tickets! Tickets!! —The tickets for
the Democratic candidates to bo voted for
at the iopproachipg eloctiop are now nil
printed and ready for distribution, except
ing those for Assemblymen, and we hope
our friends from the country will take
charge of them.
.o tf* The Elk Advocate of week before
last, devoted a full column anti u hulf in
replying to one of our correspondents,
whose errors,,about whiph a large part of
that article is iaken up, wore errors of tho
printer, and pot of the author who had
written: tho word smaller io both places,
and net southern, as printed.
ANTI-I.OG MEETING.
Pursuant to previous notice, tho citizens
of the upper townships of Clearfield coun
ty, held a large and animated meeting on
tho 10th inst., at. thp Steam Saw MiU ofj
John M. Chase, in Woodward township,
for the purposo of investigating, tho busi- j
ness of floating saw logs out of this coun
ty, and publicly, protesting against such
unholy and unwise measures. The meet
ing was organised by appointing James
Forrest, President, Philip Polard, William
M’Keo, Hugh Henderson, Christian ShofTj
nnd David M’Cully, Vice Presidents, and
G. L. Barrett, Secretary.
On motion, the President appointed Jos.
Best, John Swan, David J. Cathcart, John
M’Foriand and William Sloss, committee
on resolutions.
The meeting being thus organised, nd
dressos wore delivered by John M. Chase,
John M’Farland, David-J. Cathcart, James
Forrest and Georgo W. ShofF, after which
the committee reported the following reso
lutions, which wcro unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That we view the drifting of
saw logs as a business parried on by a
monied monopoly of foreign citizens, who, I
regardless of tho interests of (he citizens
of this county, only intend to fleece us and
then retire.
I Resolved, That the West Branch oftho
Susquehanna and its tributaries are decla
, red natignble for rafts nnd nrks by on act
oftho Legislature of Pennsylvania,
i Resolved, Thnt any one using said
streams, are bound by the act that makes
|it a navigation, to havo a navigator on
each and every raft, boat, ark, or any oth
er craft be may convey along said stream.
Resolved, Thnt any ono using said
stream in any other way to convey prop
erty along it, are open violators of the law
that makes it n navigation, and aro viola
tors of every mm’s rights that is granted
under said law. !
Resolved, That the practice of drifting
loose saw logs out of Our county, has been
introduced among us by a set of scheming
and designing men not of our county but
of other counties.
Rvsolped, Thnt said business bos prov
ed itself destructive to t(ic citizens of oUr
county.
Resolved, That we hold all men engag
ed in the cutting nnd in drifting said logs,
as enemies to their neighbors nnd the wel
fare of our country.
RcsotvuJ, That we have bornowilh tho
drifting of saw logs, Very impaliontly fijf
two years, not only to the violation of our
rights, but to the violation of the interests
of our business.
Resolved, T'hat we have borpe with this
unholy practice as as long as we can, and
will bear it no longer.
Resolved, That we have petitioned our
Legislature for redress and will again this
winter.
Resolved, That if the Legislature refuse
hear us, that we will defend our rights.
Resolved, That there shull bo no logs
drifted out of tire West Branch of the Su
squehanna or its navigable tributaries in the
spring of 1854.
Resolved, That vro notify all who are
engaged, or likely to bo engaged in said
business, to refruin from it —ns they will
not be permilted to drift said logs in the
following spring.
Resolved, That the custom of manufac
turing lumber in our county, has proved
| itself profitable, apd is only true meth
od to advance the interests of pur county,
j Resolved, That we will vote for no man
I for tho Legislature this fall, who is not an
anti-log-fiouter.
j Resolved, That wc solemnly pledge our-
J selves to each otl er, to carry out the pre
! ceeding resolutions. j
Resolved, Thai if any fogs aro put in
fortho purposeof drifting them downClear
ficld creek, proper persons will be appoint
ed to opcu the navigation in tho way most
expedient, if it be to the destruction of all
the logs; and all tho community, oach,
and every one, to bo bound to assist in de
fraying all expenses that may bo accrued
thereby.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting bo signed by tho officers, nnd co
pies forwarded with n request for publica
tion, to tho Clearfield Republican ; Centre
Democrat, Bellcfontc ; Clinton Democrat,
Lock Haven; nnd Pennsylvania Telegraph,
Harrisburg, Pu.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
JAMES FORREST, President
E. L. Barrett, Secretary,
Painful Case.—Wbilo at tho Mayor’s
office yesterday morning, tho officers
brought in a middle-aged female, whose
hair was hanging loosly down her back,
and her dross was in a state of great dis
order. She was violent in her behavior,
and her conduct had attracted a large
I crowd of persons, who followed her into
j the office, nnxions to learn tho cause of
: arrest. A honring of tho case disclosed
| the fact thnt she is the wife of a clergyman,
J nnd that she has for a long period been
laboring undor temporary insanity, during
which her husband is unable to live with
her. On Monday night sho kept the neigh
borhood of her residonce, in Addision
street, in a constant state of alarm by her
cries of murder and other noises. Sho be
ing alone with her children, it was feared
she would commit personal violence upon
them. Mayor Gilpin was obliged to send
her to prison until her friends provide a
mare suitable place for her.— Daily Ns.
FOB A CLERGYMAN. The
Rev: Mr,.Clawson, of the Methodist Pro
testant, Church, says tho Uniontown (Pa.)
Democrat > who in many places is called
the "’wild map,” jn consequence ofhis nc
centricities, is loft heir to an estate in Eng
land valued at onp mi||ioh of dollars \ isr.
|C, Vyoa very poor, and has had to airiiggle
jthus far. with q largo ajqd. dependent fami
ly. fho estqto pomes to him by his wife,
nnd tl|6 business Is so completely settled
pp, that he can draw the amount through
bankers either at New York or Philodel-
P- • 1 ?. M' ave N' D B through a circuit
p®q r : Clarksbu in western virginq.
LET US CROW!
I Kendall, writing to the New Orloans
i Picayune from Paris, says .
,| I feel a disposition to crow this morn
i ing. Do not our'clippers outßai! them all,
our Colt’s revolvers out shoot them all,and i
our thrashing machines out thrash them
all, or thrush them nil out, if yoy will ? If
n man on.this side washes to kpcp'his.throat
moist doe.? ho not swallow an American
julep, cobbler, cocktail ? Ifho wishes to
keep his feet dry, does he not wear an
| American over shoo ? if he wishes to keep
his tyjoocl purified, does ho pot use Amer
ican sarsaparilla and piHs?-‘ If h 6 wishes
takeop ahead on the road, does he not buy
an American trotter? If he wishes to keep
warm, does ho not procuro nn American
stove? If he wishes to keep cool does he
pot send for American ice? Ifho wishes
to keep his money and effects safe, does ho
! not purchase one of Hobb’s American locks
I If he wants to keep himself and family
from want and starvation,does he not go to
America, or turn his eyes and thoughts in ■
that, direction ? I (ell yon I feel Chapman-1
isn this morning. I repeat, that I have a'
dosire to crow, and lustily, over tho handi- [
work and advantages of my own country, j
men. !
Arc not American authors now more
read than any others on this side ? Cer
tainly, where does tho Englishman obtain
j knowledge of bis own vernacular? from
iNoah Webster and Lindly Murrey, to be
sure, for the dictionary of the one and the
grammerofihepthcr have crowded almost
everything else from the schools whore the
language is taught in its purity. In His
tory in lawnnd theology are not ourauthors '
considered tho first ? Do not Prcscyt and I
Story, aod Chaning occupy tho front rank ;
And in poetry, fiction and sculpture, do we I
not take precedence ? Are not the works 1
of Bryant, Hawthorn, Longfellow, Poe,
Cooper and Powers, and a host of others!
held in tho highest reverence in tho old I
world ? Let us all crow !
Explouations in Afhica.—A new ex
'pediiion up the river Tchadda, the Eastern
j branch, of the Niger, has been decided up
on by ihe British, government. Dr. Barth
! attached to the expedition from Tripoli to
I Bornou, crossed a stream flowing from, the
'southeast, and reported it ten feet deepaud
I three-quarters of a mile broad, 250 miles
east of the point upon the Tchadda reach
ed by b«ainl and Qldfiold’e expedition of
,1832. It is hoped that by this channel a
: water conununtaaiion may be opened with
the countries south of Lake Tchad. The
scientific persons will not exceed throe in
number. A suitable steam vessel is pro
vided for their conveyance, and the expe
dition is intended to enter tho river in
! June noxt, so as to insure three months of
rising water for the ascent and return to
| the sea. The entire arrangement differs I
, from the former ascents of the Niger—the 1
! steamer being a private trading vessel, at I
tho sole risk and expense of the contractor, j
j a fixed sum being paid him for the con- j
veyance of the government officers as pas-1
jsengers, who will ihus be uhlo to persue'
their investigations without exciting tho
jealousy and distrust of tho native chiefs.
ATTEST TO ARREST A FUGITIVE.
| Last Saturday morning, Marshall Wyn
koop of Philadelphia, accompanied by four
assistants made a descent on tho dining
room of ihc Phcenix Hotel, YVilksbarrc,
and arrested one of tho colorod men em
ployed there, by the namo of Bitt. Tho
| marshall succeeded in getting thehnndcuffis
[on one of Bill’s wrists, but before he could
j secure the other, Bitt freed himself by a
sudden effort, seized up a carying knife
| from the tuble, nqadc a plungo with it at
.the nearest assistant, used the looso hand
cuff oyer tho bead of one or two others,
; and leaving them sprawling on the floor,
; i|ushed out in tho street. Marshall Wyn
keep an.d his men followed him giving
I three or four shots without effect. Bitt j
plunged into the Susquehanna, determined
, to drown rather than be taken alivo. The (
chaso and result excited great interest in :
j town, but there was no interference by tho
people.
While in the water he was fired at four
or fivo limes, and so badly wounded as to
bo compelled to return to shoro. His pur
suers remarking that dead niggers were
poor property, drove off nnd left him. The
officers were detained for an investigation j
but subsequently permitted to depart, and
the negro is said to be en route for Cana- i
da, via the underground track.” The com-1
munity wero very much excited agninst
the marshall and his aids.
Letoisburg Democrat.
The Maine Election.
Roston, Sept. 16. —In two hundred
apd ninety-four towns and plantations in
Maine the vote for Governor stands as fol
lows :
Crosby, whig 31,721 Morrill, irr. dem.
9,480 pillsbury, reg. dem.29,425. Holmes
free soil, 7,319.
To the Senate, consisting of thirty ono
members, the Augusta Age claims that ten
Democrats and six whigs are elected, and
fifteen no choice. The Age says of the
House :-Sixty democrats, fifty-four whigs,
and nine free soilers are elected, with
twenty-two districts to be heard from,
which were carried by democrats, last fall.
If these nro unchanged, the house will
stnnd 84 dem’s., 58 whigs, and 9 f.6oilers.
(KrDr. Cox; speaking of persons who
professes to do a great deal for religeon,
without really possesing nny, says they re
semble Noah’s carpenters, who built u ship
in which other people were saved, although
they were drowned themselves.
Washington Republic says that
two terribleplagues aro ravaging our coun
try, and spreading death .tlnd, terror—the
Yellow Fever and the Railitoadi 1: "
the whole AmericanChurcb num
bering now. mote than clergymen,
there have in twelve tnopths, been eeven
ftgNtyitran; and
one or suspension. V •
From the JPennsylvanian
THE SAIE OP TOE POBIIC lOBESj
Tho sale of the Public Works isbecM?'
Onifn*^' 0 °[ very general
Quito a number of meetings, of both kr
ties, have declared in favorofthispolfo?
1 hese demonstrations are all welleholiS
and are doubtless a true expression 1 of]s
he feeling, and indicate a grosving in fSS
of a sale. Already, however, a «££
class of Wmg editors are attempting toTtS
ture this subject into a hobby to ans»
possible, their own partisan * nd ge J5
ends. Thp Syren song of
Protection.” having lost* oil its cinmtir*»
effort must bo made to get up onotfer?
These gentleman care but little about tS
sales of the State improve mehta or akS
tho burthens of the people; their real pS[
pose is to get op a storm hoping that that
mny profit by the whirlwind. *
Wo feel warranted in speaking' thn
harshly by the character of tho sentimMu
which they utter touching this vitally.Jm,
portant question. No set of mon.BeokjM
to promote a stile of the Public WofkihM
to relieve tho people from taxation wpii|A
proceed as a portion of the Whig pr«|
have dono. Indeed, some oftjie !tfl)ig rare:
ifestoes, which we have read on this aqs*'
ject, are utterly destituteof reasonor point;
| amounting in the sublimity of their cop;
• fusion and blunders, to a pretty good
port to an losano Asylunj. , 3
In one paragraph wo are gtnyoiy toll
I bv these political, doctors, that the Public
| YVorks must be sold to relieve the pwpli
\from taxation —that it is their only them
jof relief, and tho only way of payipg of
the State debt j and in the Very next they
attempt to demonstrate that these wpjrH
are icorthless —are a drain upon the
ucy instead of an income, and ipusVcpn-'
tinue to be such. '
S'rongo logic this, indeed. Do
man suppose that capitalists are.gojngb
buy that which is worthless ? And hoi
shall wo pay our debts and get clear ofhutj
ation by selling the Public Works, if.**
onn get no compensation in return? if, s9
State Improvements be non productive pap.
i talists would not take them na a donation!
Nor con wo comprehend this new system
of relieving tho State by depreciating |M
only property she has with which to pay
her debts. The buisness man would poj
act thus.
Wo ore aware that it is alleged the works
would yield a nruch larger net profit jo
the hnods of individuals. This may,t2
some extent, be correct. But there U.qd}
enough under this idea to cover a tithe of
; tho ren] value of our improvements, Pri
vate enterprises of this kind have not ls«g
without their difficulties in the way ofhutty
agement. Indeed, their histories are re.
jdete with failures, losses antf bankruptpyl
I The Reading Rairoad, tho Schuylkill Nfay!
ligation,the Union Canal thn Cumberland
| Valley Railroad and the Lancaster; and
j Harrisburg Railroad have at all times beep
j under individual management, and yet
| each of these has had its time of depres
sioa, if not actual discredit, Tho IW»
York and Erie and the Baltimore ant} Ohio
Railroads arc by companies, and ip oair
opinion, they are just now iu mere dapger
ol bankruptcy than the State Works,
What we dasire is, to seo the question
handled'in a buisness way—to see thi
State Works placed before tho public itj
their true light, in order that both buyer
and seller may understand what they are
doing. Should a sale bo ordered by the
Legislature, let it bo a fair bona fide said
fora full and fair compensation and prompt
payment. But we want no joint-stock whig
scheme, by which the State would remaid
a large owper in the works, apd he lietf
hand and foot and delivered dvpr to thfl
Shylockg, to be charged "with the expensed
of the improvements, and cheated out'oif
tho receipts, .
llaud to Answer, —Tho New York
Journal of Commerce rather gets abqlttioh
Legislatures in a tight plnco. If notices'
the decision of Judge Rcdfield of Vermont
wherein he rules thnt a man found intoxi
cated shall remain in prison, at the pleas
ure of the Justico who comnr\iUcd hin^uij- 1
til ho discloses the name of the person of j
whom he bought his liquor,and audsthertf
! * ’!
“How is this! The Vermont Legisla
ture, a year or two ago, passed an actvir«
tunlly annulling the fugitive slave law ia
that State, because it deprived or was lia
ble to deprive a negro of his liberty \vitS
out a trial by jury. But hero is a white
man deprived ofhis liberty without a trial
by j ur y. °nd it is all right, and according
to precedent. Can any toll why a whits
man is not as good as a negro and'jus
sights as sacred?” * ‘
A Regular Tumble. —While at the
North American mine, a few days ago,
the. following incident occurred ; A littlei
boy, only eight years old, playing Witßlt
younger brother, fell down No- 2 shaft q
perpendicular distance or sixty-three ftetj
and struck upon the head and back ofq
Cornish man who was at work at the bot
tom of the shaft, and bounded off into #
kittle of water, without injury. The biij
gathered himself up. wet as he Was, ahq
ran up the ladders the miner in full chafe
behind, threatening to whip hltxi, 1 for Said
ho, “any body might zee that the little diflij
dune it a purpose];”
frtrSoma idea of the liberal support fl*.
tended to the schools of Wisconsin'tDay
bo gathered from tho fact that tho amount
ofthe school fund of the State, and tbpw.t
timated value of the public lands appropti*
ated for schools and Colleges, is little-' wji
than ten millions of dollars, theintercttof
whiqh is to be forever appropriated foj *4-
ucational purposes. . :
, ;CODBTI BD9TBWB. *J:
; We.i are authorised. to announce tb)l
THOMAS. ROSS, ofCurwensvilte,jrillb*
a candidate for the office of
. SURVEYOR, at tb« ensuing ft Beraitttee*
lioe in October next. . •