OF A MURDEBER. I Mordcr In Westmoreland Connty.
The following is the'confossion of Rob'. ’ Crimes everywhere appear alarmingly
A* Robertson, hung af Alexandria, Kv!, on the increase. Every day brings to
Saturday, September 3d, 1853, fdr tho light some most diabolical act—showing
'murder of Moses Gard : tho insccunly of property and l lcr ’"" s -~
lie savs.tio was born in Ligonier Vul-, The prevalent depravity has r n
ley, Westmoreland coqnly,.Pn.,'dn the 2d generally peacoliiUnd mqral ooun y. .
August 1817. He was not blessed with ; On Thursday night hist, about the hour
itiO advantages ■of education, and could or twelve o’clock, two men, pro cn mg
neither rend or ivrite. At the age of 10, be. Ir?shmen, Called at the house ofM,.|
'he caine with his father to Cincinnati, Seachnst, in South Huntingdon P-
Hhere he remained until 1839. Ho left and knocking at thedoor .s
thls plnce for Quebec, and afterwards re- a.on. 1 h,s was refused, when they staled
"turned to Dayton, Ohio. Ho was arrested that d.ey were hungry and wanted <j
in 1842 upon the charge ofstdaling money thing to oat, and swore that they. .*oM get
from a widow lady' residing in' Campbell m. Mr. b. got °ut of bed and apgonch d
county Ky Tho explanation of the man- tho door, when they knocked it in will n
boco,e-con- picc. of ccd-wood. Tfc
'hected will) .he theft, as he says, was that n.dy entered and f"i n t of hU
for rowin-rn man named Charles Bennett, him, which took effect in the Iront ol' ' ‘
'whomhe could no. afterwards find, across head. Ho fell to the floor. Mrs. beachrls
■the river at Six Milo Ripple, ho received came running at the dospera ,
a nurse wliicti he afterwards presented to was kneeled down and struck \vi 1a -
aySgWdy and being identified, was took until' she was dead They then.struck
trZZ him, and for this he was, on tho Mr . S. several times with ...and lef.h.m
19lh October, 1842, cohfipbc] in tbo Beni- u s they supposed lifeless. 1 rocecding to
tentiary, on a sentence of two years. Ho a bureau lliey forced it open, an oo ou
,hl\ Frankfort in May, 1844, determined about two hundred dollars ol money
! i 0 find Charles Bennott, if in the United and set fire to the house.
e ta(os - i When the Humes began to grow hot,
He'wUh a partner, laid in wait in 'lks Mr! Scitohrfsi was aroused from his ship
woods five days for Ihe purpose ormurder- or, ami be almost superhuman efforts
inc the prosecutor and tho witness against made his wav out of the house an wan *
iim on his trial; but, fortunately for them, ered about three fourths ol a mile to hi*
'no opportunity occurred to execute thpir nearest neighbors, where he nn ived witli
horrid designs. On the 4tf> of July, .1844, out any clothing nnd uftined in bloo .
Le heard of llio whereabouts ofßennetl; The neighborhood was aroused, but not
on the 27th, met him ip the public road, until tho house was burned to ashes to
'one mile in the rear of the town of Law- gether with the body of Mrs. Seachn .
renceburg, lod. Having given him an op- Twoindividunlstmvebeen arrested,against
portunUy to defend himseir with one of liis whom strong suspicion rests. 1 hey re
pistols, offered him, he fired, nnd Bonnet! side in the neighborhood They are ol
fell and after lingering six days died, un- the names of Ward nnd Gibson. Mr. b.
able to reveal who was the author of the is still alive, and may recover. Wo hope
£ ur(Jor " Ihe will—nnd that lie will live to bring to
• Haspenks ofhis connection wilh nurp- : severe justice the rackless perpetrators of
erous‘mobs, of his being sworn in as lieu- 1 such atrocious crimes. Tho community
tenant of n mob, the captain of which re- must bo protected, and it would seem m
sided in this State. T.he names of the this instance, ns in others, that murder
fane, ho states, were written in blood, 1 cannot bo concenled.
rawn from tjjcir' right arm, and they; The proof against tho accused parties
wererßWorn to defend each othor in their arc very strong ; but as the wbolo matter
operations or die in the attempt. The club hns to undergo a judicial investigation, we
was composed of men living in ifin mtyiwill not givo the proofns related to us.
and in tho county of GA.mp.boll, opposite,! Greensburg Republican.
m Kentucky. |-lo describes some of thei AUSTRIAN CLAIM OF REPARATION
fcffi"iSTAJ-SrSTiori ‘“ ™,cw™ < r
,915 ’ “ J of ““ p ° 10 K ~ .
. „ , , . 4'l-inlm Srnvrin harbor. She claims it on the
ine river, and their gang attacked it; one Kostn, was not an nt Hnelnrcd
'pf them residing in Campbell coun.v, was 1 Waiving tho question whether the declared
'killed by a blow on tho head, and was inlont.on _ of an alien to become.ac.t./*n of
buried by him and his companions on the-our republic does or oes o(hnr
iNank of'thfi river A very improbable i the protection of
Sn r*o“in™.^
'burnt*to^"he| d suhject'for h^*cUlier hand
himself shot in tho thigh nnd secreted for j internal,ona juris■ nssC \'\^ C b J ke / was
three mobile in a barn near the Queen , that the Austrian consul U cckbecker was
£ty Race ‘Comse, a negro boy being hi., justified in making capture of th«i polt tea!
* i A,. o mi«n j\jtr 1 1 I vc on the soil of a neutral power. 1 ui
y r resumed his old occu- fendorfnnd Vat,el, whom the cabinet of Vi
pair, of bTk moulding, at a yard near Jenna have called in as .her authormes tn.
fbe fool of Fifth street, in this city, near their protest against thcconduc o P
'which a man having attempted to steal ingrnhamaredecisivcon this point. Weck
•2B out of his Wket, was shot by him beckcr was guilty of a gross infraction of
S S the floor, the wife i tho law of nations. Au.tr,a lu»
having discharged the contents of a shot; act, and bestows upon lum “ lll ° ofhoDor
Jon into Robertson, on his escape fromthclas reward. I hus slc
Lpdow. .To obtain a cure of his wounds ' the most tnfumous violations of internal
Spent fifteen days at his father’s house, al law and com.ty that can pass bly bo
Lnd six weeks in Frnnci.ville, Boone co„ committed; and then, forsooth, sihe turn
Ky He relates that having got well, he uponthe UnitedSta.es. «nd d = ds re £
Svas soon notified to lako part in a bank aration from our 8°v c ™ ccaU “ ‘ d
tnob in Cincinnati, in vrhjch ho participat- commander of one of ou v^ sels - ™
.. i:: ' by a just indignation, interlcrea anu pre
'The next transaction ip which he was vented the consummation ortho wrong,
enjaaed Wn.' ™ the \anguago of tho pam- The sum of the whole matter vtewtng ,t
burning of a Pork House on from the point we have indicated, and le -
Walnut street, in Cincinnati, belonging to , ing the question of cittzensh 1
«thnw Co fQuerv Pu»h & C 0.,) for, gument, is simply this, that Austria wltiie
ShtehlhrS h ndrcd y dollars were paid,” approving and glorifying her own outrage
Of Which his share was sc'venty-five dol- upon tho laws of nations has no right «o
lari ‘ In'June, 1847, with the assistance claim damages Irom the United fatntes for
lifdthefs the family ofa flat-boat in the resisting that outrage. She was the fi
Tic kin or wo re tied band and feet, and tho offender; and the best that can bo said for
Lu removed to the mouth of Mill Creek, her, oven admitting al the ohargos ns xto
JTourTido of the river He spoaksof the the unlawfulness ol Captain Ingraham
having jj-jd j contb.c, as the -fW
upon his companion, for not observing or- 1 and 1 > • , ni.p,] stales arc
aL on that occasion, which w». clicr. nnd the S ‘ U ' C "
Varda overruled ;of his obtaining as his quits.—A- *• Sunday limes.
Veward contents of tho slore-boat, but I
he does not mdntibn tho futepf the inmates.
‘ Dn the 2d af October ho left the Club,
and on the 2d orFebruary, 1848, he was
Earned. In 1850 be removed to Pool
roek Station, in Campbell county, whero
he resided until the fatal occurrence ofhis
of Gard, which he expiated, as
lar a. the i“ w was concerned, with his
ids on the scaffold. Ho declares that
lis bad conduct had always been studious
y concealed from his vvjfo and family, and
ndjriminS tjiat the death of Gard was not
>rtnjedit“ted, but accidental, and that the
Witnesses were perjured— Cin, Gazette.
Railboad Accident.—' Tho little loco
mcttjve "Ariel,” says the Reading Ua
'setfe, of Saturday, in coming down from
Pott.ville, y'esterdny morning, about 11
o’clock, with J. D. Gullon and H. M. Walk
er, Esqs., two-office'll of the Urilroad, as
'passengers, thn off the trnck a shori dis
tance l’ottsville, in consequence ol
the displacement °f a switch, hqd was pre
fcipitalod ovet the embankment, at that
ijoiqt some ten feet high. Tho fireman, a
bov named Hehry Schroder, who belongs
to this city, was seriously injured by
Jumping off the engine, and was brought
torhe on a settee by the afternoon train.—
The enginber, Robert Holmes, and his
two passengers, fortunately escaped with
h few slight bruises nnd scratches. The
damage tb the "Ariel” wns trifliqg.
(ErEvils i n iho journuy of life, nro like
tH« hills which alarm travellers upon tho
Ydad; they both appear'gAsat nt a distacb,
btit when wo npprbich them, We find that
Iheyare'rur less irisurmjunlabrc thlin wo
nod imagined.'
Change in the Canal Appointments.
As a matter of general information wc
publish tho subjoined resolution, recently
adopted by tho Hoard of Canal Contmis
•pinners. Tho reason for making this
change in tho time of making appointments
to office on tho public works is, wo under
stand, founded on tho obvious necessity of
making the term of service of receiving
and disbursing officers correspond with
tho fiscal year:
Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1853,
Resolved, That in pursuance or a res
oliltion passed 6n the 10th dny December,
1852, the Boalrd will, on Tuesday, the
first day 1 of Novembef next, proceed to
consider applications p for, and to muko ap
pointments to, the various officers on can
als and railroads of the Commonwealth
for the fiscal year ending November‘3o,
1854. ‘Extract from the Journal of the
Board of Canal Commissioners.
THOMAS L. WILSOM, Secretary.
Huntingdon County. —"lho Sheriflfo
Huntingdon county, Pa., got into some dif
ficulty with tt mnn named Johnson. Ip
the melee the Sheriff 1 drew a knife and
stabbed Johrison in the thigh, injuHng him
very severely. Th 6 offuir oOcured on
Thursday. OnAVedncsday; Col. Whar
ton, cx-Membor of the Legislature, cow
hided Bucher Swope for publishing an ob
noxious advertisement in the papers of
Huntingdon; the cowhide was well
hbout tho head and ears of Swope. Two
or three more fights took plttcoiiy the course
■ of tho week, but hot of sufficient interest
to publish. Huntingdon becoming n
grout county, and ti ' |
TMEiREPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, SErT. '2O, 18. r )3,
Democratic Nominations
r Supreme Judge.
JOHN C. KNOX, of Venango county
Canal Commissioner,
TIIOS. 11. FORSYTH.of Philndclpjiiaco,
Auditor General.
EPHRAIM HANKS, of Mifiln county,
Surveyor General.
J. PORTER BRA WLEY.of Crawford co,
District Ticket.
President Judge,
JAMES BURNSIDE, of Centre co,
County Nominations.
Assembly,
ALEX. CALDWELL, ofClearfield.
Prothonotanj, Register, <J-c.
WM. PORTER, ofClearfield Borough
Treasurer ,
JOHN M'PHERSON,of Clearfield Bor.
Com m i ss ioner.
ROBERT MAHAFFEY, of Bell tp
County Surveyor.
ROSWELL LUTHER, of Brady tp,
Auditor.
J. 11. SEYLER, of Brady tp
Till! ELECTION.
Next Tuesday week the people of this
Commonwealth will bo called upon to sny
bv their votes, who they will entrust with
the duties and responsibilities of tho im
portant offices then to be filled. Thus far
tho contest has been characterized ns one
lolm Miles ami James Forest, Vico Presi
dents—W. L. Moore, J. W. Wright, and
G. W. Shod', Secretary’s.
Whereupon the object of tho meeting
was stated by the President, when on mo
tion the following persons were appointed
a Committee to report a preamble, Ate.,
expressive of tho feelings of the meeting,
vii l ; \V. A. Wallace, Wm. L. Moore,
o. n;u„ r j, IJ. Chnso, Iloraco Patchin,
Geo. Enrlinrci, im.* 1 i-- Swan.
During tho absence of the .
the meeting was addressed, severally, by I
J. M. Chase, Wm. A. Wallace and others, j PARTY FOR YOUNG MEN
who clearly showed the impracticability j Jamaica Dcmocrat) in tho fol | ow .
of the whole thing, as we Ins demons r . considered paragraphs, gives ox
the fact that the two methods of 'umbering, mg well ccm lhe ‘ oper t uiona 0 f
were incompatible on the same stream,am P . becoming every day more evident
mat no alternative was left us but to resist,; o g r cou y „ tr /. . T he fact/
and demand L^ ,sl ? U^^° S ]J,"' Hil-'says that Journal, ‘that a majority of tho
On motion, W. A. Wallace, JO ‘. in : ( mPn ng soon as ihey begin to oxer
burn and J. M. Chase, wero appoin lbc rrectran’s prerogative of voting,
Committee to prepare petitions to be s ' 0 n ’l jn fovor 0 f ticket, i»
This-is somewhat the case in our own ed and presented to the Lcgislaturo. corro borative of the statement abovo
couwy. nnd il is for the purpose ofoppris- Ot n,°»n U< Arthur I» , hould 00t bo so
,„E o„r Democratic friend, of il.c fowl of ci,cuter lo’bc prided and d..-1 Ln„“rTe,‘e“ti2
feet of this lukewarmness that we now ab | r ibutcd among the members of the legis- J' n \ el . y nd under all circumstances? They
lude to the subject. Tho people of no oth 1 laturc at the approaching session. I find that the Democratic party has always
er part of the Stale have so deep an inter- \V Moore, Esq., senior editor,, Tho Committee on “l I ®," 8 ’ , e "’ s g ! been the truo friend of the people—have
cst atstako at ibis full’s election, as tho3cof ; . all the 17 th inst., , in. oTercd 1 ' c ,° °"' n | j d adopted bv (ever maintained the doctrine of‘equal rtghls
Clearfield counly. , f .«.
any where, it is here. Should there b , Mondoy , nsl] t 0 res umo his duties at WIIEnEAB> In every instance where the ! JJ’ and hence they fee!
fulling off of the Democratic vole in le, Wushin ton system of floating loose logs on streams spnse of | lonor loudly demanding their
Stole, it will be charged to the Admimstra-1 „ n „mndPenrce where squnro timber and sawed lumber is : Ayo more than all this They
.ration, when it is not contended that the j Accident ; --A . rafted and run, throughout the entire State, sce how marked the ingra.itudeof
measucs of the present State Administra- ot Mr . ’ hB '' B 1 has not only proved disastrous to both,hut in the treatment winch two
I had several of his fng • ’ 1 lm9 been productive of endless strife, con- ~ • mos t distinguished leaders (Web
‘ion. aro nn y " here under discussion. j com ing in contact with a circular saw, 01 litigntion between those inter- C|a , rece ? v cd. Not so with ths
besides that, our late President Judge, tne^ the 2 ttth instant. ested - |n the two mo des, thus showing the Democratic party . Hero merit receive*
lion. J. C. Knox, is before the people as a DEMOCRATIC MEETING. folly of persisting in its further continu- . jg duQ rownrd anc j those who are fp reed to
candidate for the Supreme bepch, nnd the f • not jco a lame anco on the head waters or the V\es do servicc in the cause are regarded with
vote of Clearfield will he looked for through- of t ‘ ho nomocracy of Clearfield cm,! Brnnch—the thing having'tnbutunes I P cculinr care by the party. The
out the State as an evidence of his stand-. assembled in the court house on Tuesdiay 'f ( ' in j though a stream ;
ing where he is best known. j CVP "' ng ° PIX ls Icted i much better adapted to this practice than fitatc . These are but begin-
Wo hope, therefore that active efforts will lOn motion I P ‘ - p L . nrco and 1 OU rs, vet it was soon demonstrated that the . ( examp l e s. If the occaston requi
bo used byevecy m ,h. county mode-- I-*.- exiSndcd 11.. of II
,0 „ out l run ,0,0. nnd ,bo„ ,o .bonond • T. SocmumyV i nnd •£ s£:,7;“>S'3
that the Democracy of Clearfield nlwaj s , 0n motion, the chair appoin cd I ~ rn || v admitted by the best practi-, f , or b thc masses, and aro always ccr^
understand their duty,and are ever rend >' men, that even the erection of booms ; of Jenpiag a just reward for their set
to perform it- I te’er.,,!, Kiites flhester Munspn and G. F.! so high up, would prove ns vices. , ~
Thursday evening, although held la | D m(jc ? n was b u ddrcssed by Mr. Lauri- i And Whereas, common sense and nil J c „ lhc consequences of that act If ho t!
tho week, when many persons brought o nieilel'onte, and Jos. B. M’Ennllv, 1 experience loaches, that in order to boom w j|ii ng t 0 uu it e his fortunes with a parly
hero on business connected with ourcoun- 0 f Clearfield. In stream successfully, you require on c' without leaders or principles a party
tv court had aone home, was well attend- j ' wIMC b l he Committee, through' with high banks nnd deep channel ; and wllogo doctrines have been universally «•
H The resolutions adopted, are plain ! th eir chairman, reported the following res-, hence the absurdity of attempting U m buked by the American people-a party
td The rcsolu P ismder . olutionB which were unanimously adopted the vicinity of Lock Haven, in tho gorge whose support has consigned more pubhi
and pointed, and cannot bo mi licso i vc d That the present unexampled of tho mountains, where ice drives nnd fro- ; metisurcs to oblivion and which hasirobbcA
stood—even . tho log floaters and lhose s(a[o of prosperity in every branch of bu- quent high waters occur three or four times, the peop i e 0 f moro noble spirits than all
who advocate tie system need not crr , s i ne ss throughout* our common country — annually, with sufficient force to clear and i other parties combined—Jhen let him be
therein They speak the sentiments not: i(g g[ca d y increasing commercial interests, drive beforo it every thing in its channel. I come a VVhig. But, on the other hon M
n i v of those who took part in the , both foreign and domestic—tho unexam- And Whereas, wo most emphatically jho would avoid associations so destruett
only or those « sent - ments ofa l. ! p led reward of labor, and the universal dctest t ’ ho special pleading—tlie misrepre- to the energy, spirit, and enthusiasm thM
meeting, but in fact ho sentim P contentment of all thc classes— sentations nnd other appliances that aro j must ever he found in tho bosom of every
most the entire population ot the co y. , clcor , y prove t | lat Democratic meas-| nnd huvc been at work for some time at I young man, let him join the Democratte
It is true that there aro some—and wo be- j jr) the b an ds of Democrats, are suf- Harrisburg, to seduce the Legislature to 1 party, nnd he will find that ho ha* mad<H
lieve n considerable number, who still con-1 f )C i en { t 0 preserve the honor and charac- , he gran ii n g of boom charters for the pur- wise nnd judicious selection,
tend that Mushanon is hotter calculated for, ter of our country abroad, as well as to posc of logging ; wrecklessly asserting that
the business of driving loose logs, than!secure tho happiness and prosperity of its thcy would be no hindrance to tho dcscen
, r C- ,u n„iinnr» wov R ut citizens at home. ding rafts, nor the looso logs damage the
that of rafting in tho ordt y y. i Ji cso l ve d, Tlmt wo have entire confi- md | d ams, schutcs nnd navigation in tho
past experience has fuiled to convince those l dence j n ( | )0 ability, integrity nnd sound uppor streams ; nnd, furthermore, that the!
who have been engaged in lumbering on | Republican principles of President Fierce— plotters nnd busy ones in theso schemes,
the stream for a number of years under that we believe the policy shadowed forth arc generally eastern speculators, men of.
.1 ti a-roinm nf tho truth of the asser- iin his inaugurnl address to be in strict ac- dubious capital, &c., alied to a few of sim-;
ijie old system, pf the truth ol 8858 | corda nco with the ptotform of principles as |lar chara^cr about Williamsport and ,
lion —hence, they con cn , a | laid down in the Baltimore resolutions of b Haven —and these together with a;
ness of floating should cease, and they bo —which are sound and strictly na- f dw hackneyed politicians, are- the men for j
be permitted, uninterrupted, to pursue their tional—and that ho has both the will and w hoso benefit tho honest nnd hard toiling
business firmness to carry them out in the Execu- ra ft mC n and lumbermen are mode to suffer.
„I,mnl to son our lumbermen ‘i vo Department oftho Government. Therefore, Resolved, That tho several r „
. P. ; . r n „ p n r, heir interests I Resolved, That the cxnmplary manner booms already erected, are a nuisance, in- 1 , Interesting To Pbnnbyivajjiam
thus active in eee in which our Slate Administration has been asmuch ns they contract the stream use- I The exhibition committee of Mnrylan *
and their rights. They intend to uso con ducted for the last eighteen months has lessly-—thus requiring more care and moro stitute have given notice that they wi ,
fair means to apprize the Legislature °f triumphantly redeemedevory promise made work on every raft, nnd frequently, in the approaching Fair, appoint a compe
what is necessary to secure those rights by the friends of Gov. Bigler—nnd that n times of wind, or a crowd, soriou? nnd dis- committee to examine accurately &
. bnnds and then ff thev fail, they 'continuance of his characteristic firmness astrous delays. the various coals on exhibition* nnd 1
1 nnd energy for a very few years longer, is That in view of tho great in- mine their relative value. All person 1
hayo |jut one alternative, and that is to act necessary to redeem our noblo old jury done by loose logging to rafts and terested in the coal mincs dre thereloWi
in self defence, in doing which they are Commonwealth from every blight, and arks, and the 'ithpossibtlUy of keeping up'requested to furbish .'ppecimetuHoi 1
justifiable in using those means yvhich na- tn eike horlhe first among the States. ‘ mill dams apd schutcs,wb most solemnly 'purpose, in addition to those for elf ntbitioo.
of the most quiet for ranny years —and in
deed, this calmness, and apparent uncon
cern of the people, is the only unfavorable
omen to tho success of the whole Demo
cratic ticket. Apart from this, there is ev
ery reason w. v.„i; Pve that the whole Dem-,
ocrntic State ticket will receive .... ..-pm, |
ccdcntcd majority, and that throughout the I
State there will be nn increased proportion
of Democrats elected to the Legislature.
In somo few sections, there iswurmthand
excitement enough, and in such places nil
will be well, for the masses of the people
will then turn out to the polls, and the full
Democratic vote will be polled. But in too
many counties the vote will be small, and
there is greul danger that by this means the
Democratic majority in the Stale will bo
much reduced.
lure and circumstances havo placed them j
in possession of. It may bo considered j'
as a settled fact, from the sentiments al-j 1
ready sent forth, that the rafting .of loose!
logs on Clearfield Creek, nnd the upper
tributaries <jf tbo river will not be permitt
ed another season, during {afting time.—
Wo would therefore warn those'engaged
in the business, not to look upon the reso
lutions adopted by tho citizens of Clear
field county, as idle words, without moan
ing. Wo ore much mistaken in the char
acter of our citizens if every sentiment ex
pressed is not fully carried out, either by
Legislative enactment or otherwise. They
have been “long suffering and slow to
wrath but now avow their willingness,
provided no other remedy is afforded, to
rise in their mig.bt r and mnke known to
tho world that the entire population of our
prosperous county, shull not be retarded
in pursuing their honest, und heretofore
j profitable callings, by a handful of men
who have no other object than selT-intcrest
in view, tbo promotion of which, under
’their present system of doing business,
■ cannot but be prod uclivc of the most ruin
ous effects to the welfare of our county.
It is unnecessary for us to speak furth
er on tho subject at this time, as much of
our paper is already taken up with the pro
ductions of üblc and practicable men re
lating lliorcto. VVo tnny hereafter give
our views more fully on the subject.
perusing the speech ot Mr. Pul
ton, to be found on the first pago of to
day’s paper, one might be led to believe
that wo had heretofore taken ground
in opposition to any Legislative action to
prohibit or regulate the system of log
floating on our public streams. We deny
the charge. That we remained silent on
the subject for a considerable length of
lime, we arc willing to acknowledge—but
tbnt we evor uttered one sentiment in op
position to Legislative enactment on the
subject, wc deny.
ABE YOU ASSESSED!
Let every nvemine tho As
sessor’s list. If bis name is not upon
let him be assessed immediately. The
election takes place on tho 11th of Octo
ber, consequently, after Saturday next, the
Ist., it will he too late to attend to it.
, (£rThe Representative Convention meet j
Itil Ridgeway to-day. We shall in all prob-l
ability be advised of their doings by to- ,
morrow evening, when wc shall proceed
! immediately to print, nnd distribute ns far
I as we can, tickets for tho nominee of the
convention. Democrats from the differ
|cnt townships who may have business in
I town previous to the election will call and
' proettro tho tickets for Assembly for their
■ 1 respective townships.
Resolved, Tlmt wo rejoice to sec such ;
unmistakenble evidence of the just appre
ciation of the merits of our worthy bxecu
live by his fellow citizens throughout tho
State, ns manifested by the cordial. and
unanimous sentiment in favor ol Ins re
npmination, and that wo, his neighbors,
again pledge for hips a devotion 6f those
energies to tho welfare and honor of our
State, that ennnot fail to make our people |
independent and prosperous beyond nil
comparison.
Resolved, That wo will now, ns wo hnvp
always been in the hubit of doing, yield
a coldial support to all Democratic nomi
nations fairly made.
Resolved, Thnt wo deom the Democrat-,
ic party peculiarly fortunato in the selec
tion of our present County ticket, and it
shall receive, as it deserves, our hearty
That we feel peculiarly grat
ified in tho nomination of our late Presi
dent Judge, the lion. J. C. }vnox, ns the
Democratic candidate for the Suprome
Bench,' and thnt he together with tho en
tire Stale ticket, will receive our cordiul
support.
riIILIP ANTES. Prc»’t.
John O. Loiiain, i gec’ys.
T. J. M’Collougii, $
anti-log meeting.
Pursuant to public notice, a Inrgo nnd
respectable portion of the people ol Clear
field county —men of nil classes,creodsand
politics —embracing the most enterprising
nnd practicable nmongst us, convened at
Iho court house, on Thursday evening the
22d instant —during the Court —to devise
some means of redress, prevention and
caution against any future attempts to ob
struct and destroy iho free navigation of
the West Dranch of the Susquehanna and
its tributaries, within the county, by the
modern system of throwing in large
amouuts of loose togs, for tho purpose of
driving, wdien
Ellis liiyvjs, Esq., was chosen 1 resi
dent, nnd John M. Chase, T. A. M Ghee,
| John Putehm, Philip Ilcvener, S. Clyde,
decinro oUr determination to reiUt it
evory proper means
Resolved, That wo repudiate the idei
that even a corporal’s guard of our citizens
are favorable to log floating. ■
Resolved, That it is a prncticoextremtsiß
ly detrimental to tho interests of Clcat-I
field county, inasmuch os wo possess alii
tho elements necessary to manufacture any I
amount of lumber within tho county—-I
that such a system would diffuse I
and secure employment for all, in lieu of I
the half civilized mode of logging, geaer. I
ailv in the hands of irresponsible strangers/1
who find their way here in tho fall—whoso I
qutfit consists ofa few cod-fish and beans'-. 1
cross cut saws and chopping axes—bla|t. : |
ets and other notions, to trado to tho utK |
wary settlers until they get their logs out
of reach—after which they aro frequently
among the missing. . !
Resolved, That log floating is incompat.
iblo with tho rafting of stjuaro timber and
boards upon our navigable Sfroa ms.
Resolved, That past experience tcachej
us, that the floating of loose logs in out
streams is productive ofipereasod expenso
to our lumbermen —occasions often Ihelqa
of an entire raft, and endangers in many
instances the fives of persons engaged iq
railing. . . , . . .
Resolved, That it is a business calculq.
ted to injure Clearfield county in her most
valuable interests, and to build up monop
olies in one or two counties below us on
the Susquehanna river.
Resolved, Thntourmcmbersin the next
Legislature are requested and instructed to
use theirutmost exertions topnssa law eith
er totally prohibiting, or placing it under
proper restrictions, during the coining ses
sion. '
Resolved, That we, as lumbermen, Gjel
it our privilege to nnvigato our streams,
with our lumber —and that wo will nqt b#
deprived of that right nor hindered in its
full enjoyment by any man or set or moo,
responsible or irresponsible.
Resolved, That if petitioning bo yain
if money bo stronger than rigltl—that tho
sturdy arm of X Clearfield lumberman is
always ready to protect himself ond do*
fend bis interests.
Resolved, That the conduct of the log
floaters in cutting up and floating off our
square timber, without authority, whoa
found upon tho banks, is worthy of tho se
verest censure, and that punishment shoukj
follow its commission in all cases.
Resolved, That tho proceedings bo pub
lished in tho Clearfield, Clinton, Centre,
Lycoming and Harrisburg papers.
ELLIS IRWIN, President.
W. iuuv*.
Miller ism Reviver. —This miaerabls
humbug, which n few years ago deluded
and turned the brains of so many w»
and silly persons, is again it seems revived,
and in some portions of tho country no®
converts. There are now two societies in
Nashau, N- H., according to the Gazelle
of that place, who keep up Himes’ mid
night cry or yell. Some of them profeM
to believe that the world will come to SO
lend in 1854, and none of them can stroleb
its existence more than two years fid®
this time.