Lewistown gazette. (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, July 09, 1852, Image 1

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i3ortri>.
From the New-York Tribune.
For Scott, Boys, Hurrah.
BY ONE OF THE BOYS.
The OM men all remember —
As 'twere but yesterday —
YV hen Britain sought, on Freedom'.- s.i!.
Again to plant her sway.
The Old men all remember
Who hurled her back again—
'Twas \\ infield Scott, at Chippewa.
'Twas Scott, at Lundy's Lane !
So fling for Scott the banner.
And sing for Scott, hurrah :
With him the Locos we can rout.
And win for Chippewa.
The young men all remember—
'Twas not five years ago—
Who led our hosts to victory.
And conquered Mexico ;
The young men all remember
llow C hum bunco's field,
And Vera Cruz and Contrera.-,
Were made by Scott to yield!
So fling for Scott the banner out.
And sing for Scott, hurrah ;
With him the Locos vve can rout,
And win for Chippewa.
The Old men and the Young men—
With Scott to lead the fight—
From hill and dale, from shore and wave.
Will rally and unite:
The Old men aud the Young men—
With Scott to lead them on—
W ill make the hero of two Wars,
Their Chief at Washington !
So liing for Scott the banner out,
And sing for Scott, hurrah,
With him we can the LOCOF rout,
And win for Chippewa.
f$ re 11 xkt* it *•
Funeral Ceremonials al Washington in hon
or of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky
—Funeral Sermon bv tlie Kev. tlr, But
ler.
WASHINGTON, July 1, 1852, —The funeral
ceremonials of HEN 115 < LAY took place to
day at noon. A universal gloom overhung
the entire city. Many of the houses, inclu
ding the public buildings, were b stoonod
with the badges of mourning-—bolLs were
rolled, iiags displayed at half mast, and min
ute guns fired.
The procession having entered the Senate i
Chamber and all being in the places assign
ed them, the Reverend C. M. BITI.ER. Chap- |
lain of the Senate, read the loth chapter of
the First Ejdstle to the Corinthians, com
mencing at the 30th verse, lie delivered the
foil owing sermon : -
•
THE SERMON.
"How is the strong stafl" broken and the beautiful
<!."—Jeremiah 46th chapter an J 17ih Verse.
Before all hearts and minds in this august
assemblage, the vivid image of one man
stands—to some aged eye he may come forth
from the dim past as he appeared in the
neighboring city of his native State, a little ,
and ardent youth, full of promise, of anibi- >
tion, aud of hope—to another he may appear
as in a distant State in the Courts of Justice,
erect, high-strung, bold, wearing fresh foren- :
sic laurels on liis young open brow.
Some may see him in the earlier, and some j
in the later stages of his career on this an- j
xpieious theatre of his renown ; and to the !
former he will start out in the back ground
of the pa-.t as he appeared in the neighbor
ing Chamber—tall, elate, impassioned—with
flashing eye and suasive gesture, and clarion
voice—an already acknowledged Agamemnon
King of Men ; and to others he will again I
stand in this Chamber the strong stafl' of the |
bewildered and staggering State, am! the j
beautiful rod, rich with the blossoms of ge- I
nius and of patriotic lo\< and hope—the life |
of youth still remaining to give animation, 1
grace, and exhaustion v igor to the wisdom, !
the experience, and the gravity of age. To !
others he may be present as ho sat in the
chamber of sickness, cheerful, majestic,
gentle ; his m : nd clear, his heart warm, his
hope fixed ou Heaven, peacefully preparing
lor his last great change. To the memory of j
the-Minister of God he appears as the peni- .
tent, humble and peaceful Christian, who re- j
ceived birn with the affection of a father, ;
and joined with hirn in solemn sacrament and
prayer, with the gentleness of a woman, and '
the humility of a child. 'Out of the strong
came forth sweetness.'—' How is the strong
staff broken nnd the beautiful rod.'
But not bofore this assembly only does the
venerable imago of the departed Statesman
tliis day distinctly stand. For more than a
thousand miles, east, west, north and south,
it is known and remembered that at this
!PI£SS?-1?!S!t£
place and hour a nation's representatives as- !
30inble to do honor to him whose fame is now
a nation's heritage. A nation's mighty
heart throbs against this Capital and beats I
through you. In many cities banners droop,
j bells toll, cannons boom, funeral draperies
! wave. In crowded streets, and on surround
ing wharfs, upon steamboats, and upon cars,
; in fields, in workshops, in homes, in schools,
I millions of men. women and children, have
i their thoughts fixed upon this scene, and say
mournfully to each other, this is the hour in
. which, at the Capital, the nation's representa- j
' tives are burying Henry Clay. Burying
; Henry Clay? Bury the records of your
| country's history —bury the hearts of living
j millions—bury tiie mountains, the livers, the
lakes, and tlie spreading lands from sea to
sea, with which his name is inseparably as
sociated, and even then you would not bury
| Henry Clav, for he is in other lands, and
j speaks in other tongues, and to other times
than ours. A great mind, a great heart, a
1 great orator, a great career have been con
; signed to history. She wiii record his rare ,
i gifts of deep insight, keep discrimination,
I clear statement, rapid combination, plain, di
j reet and convincing logic. She will love to
dwell in that large, generous, magnanimous.
| open, forgiving heart. She will linger with
i fond delight on the records or traditional
dories of an eloquence that was so masterly
; and stirring, because it was but hims
i struggling to come forth on the living word.-
—because though the words were brave ami
I strong, and beautiful, and melodious, it v.as
felt that behind theni there was a soul braver,
stronger, more beautiful and more m .
than language could oxpr She will p nt
to a career of statesman-Inp. v. 1 h-h a■• -
lnarkabh- degree stamped :is<-!' •• 11 the pul-ih
policy <f the country,- and r co hci! !.i !>, ]. -
i ticent, practical results, the '•••!• ! s, the looms,
tin- commercial marts, and the quiet homes
of ail the land, where his name was \ i;h the
departed father and L with the living child
ren. and will be vviih successive generations
an honored household word.
1 feel as a man the grandeur of this career.
But as an immortal, with this broken wreck
of mortality before me. with this scene as the
end of human glory, i feel that no career is
truly great, but that of him, who, whether .
he be illustrious or obscure, lives to the fu
ture in the present, and linking himself to
the spiritual world, draws from God the lib ,
tin* rule, the motive, and the reward of all
i his laber. So would that great spirit which !
has departed say to us his solemn adnio
• nitions, when 1 say that statesmanship is f
then only glorious when it is christian : and
that man is then only safe and true to his du
; ty and his sou! when the lif which he low
in the flesh is the lif of faith in the son of
God.
Great indeed is the privilege, and nio.-t
honorable and useful is the career of the
' Christian American States mars. 11 'perceiv "■ -
that civil liberty came from the freedom
j wherewith t'hii-t made its earliest martyrs
and defenders free, lie recognizes it asooe
of the twelve manner of fruits on the tree f
, life, which, while its lower branches furni h
the best nutriment of the earth, hangs on its
topmost boughs wliieh wave in Heaven—
i fruits that exhilerate the immortals. Recog
nizing the State a- God's institution, 1c will
; perceive that his own ministry is divine.—
j Living con i-iuuslv under the eve and it! the
j love and fear of God, r deemed by the blood
| of Jesus, sanctified by his spirit, loving his
law, he will give himself, in private an 1 in
j public, to the service of hi • Saviour. 11 1
will not admit that lie may act on less lofty
principle in public then in private life : and
that he must he careful of his moral in
\ fluencc in the small .-phere of home and
neighborhood, but need no ):• •■! <f it
when it sketches our continent, undone- -
seas; he will know that his moral respon
sibilities cannot be divided and distributed
j among others. When lie is told that ad
, berouce to the strictest moral and religious
principle is incompatible with a successful
and eminent career, lie will douitui'v the a--
■ sartkm as a libel on the venerable Fathers of
the republic—a libel uii the honored living
j and the illustrious dead—a libel against the
great and christian nation—a libel against
God himself, who lias de. hired and made god
liness, profitable for the life that is.
lie will strive to make hi- laws transcripts
! of the. character and institutions, and'il
lustrations of the providence of God. He
will scan, with admiration and awe the pur
poses of God in the future history of the
• orld. in the throwing open their wide cn
u.ieut from sea to sea as the abode of freo
j dom, intelligence, plenty, prosperity and
peace, and feel that in giving hi" energies
i with a patriotic love t<> the welfare of Ins
' country, he is consecrating hinis< if with
| a christian's zeal t<> the extension and estab
lishment of the Redeemer's Kingdom. Com
j pared with a career like this which is equally i
open to those whose public sphere is large or
small, how paltry are the trade of patriotism,
j the tricks of statesman-hip, the reward of
successful baseness. This hour, this scene,
the venerated dead, the country, the world,
the present, the future, God, duty, Heaven,
Hell, speak trumpet tongued to'nil in the
service of their country to beware how they
la y Pplliited or unhallowed hands upon, the
• ark of her magnificent and awful cause.
... it ch is the character of that statesmanship
; which alone would have met the full appro
\dl ol the \ one rated dead. For the religion
which always had a place in the convictions
ot bis mind had also with him, within a re
cent period, entered into his experience, and ;
seated itsed in his heart. '1 wenty years
since, he wrote —
' I am a member of no religious sect, and
I am not a professor of religion, i regret
that I am not. iv. !*%'t th.it i was, and trust
i I shall be. I have, and always have had a I
I profound regard for Christianity, the religion
of rav fathers, and for its rues, its usages
; and observances.'
j _ That feeling proved that the seed sown by
pious parents was not dead though stifled.—
A few years since, its dormant life was re
awakened. lie was baptized in the com
munion of tlie Protestant Episcopal Ghurch,
and during his sojourn in this city was in
full communion with Trinity parish.
It is since his withdrawal from the sittings '
of tlie Senate that 1 have been made particu
larly acquainted with hia religious options, *
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1852.
| character, and feeling. From his first illness,
he so expressed to me the persuasion that it
would be fatal. From that period until his
death. It has been my privilege to have held
with him frequent religious services and con
versations in his room, lie avowed to me
his full faith in the moral leading doctrines
of the gospel—the full sinfulness of man—
the divinity of Christ—the reality and ne
! eossitv ot the atonement—the need of being
horn again by the spirit of salvation through
faith in the crucified Redeemer.
llis own personal hopes of salvation he
i ever and distinctly based on the promise and
the grace of Christ, —and strikingly pereep
! tible on his naturally impetuousam! impatient
character was the influence of grace, pro
ducing submission and patient waiting for
Christ and for death. On one occasion he
spoke to me of the pious example of one very
near and dear tohim, that led him deeply to feel
and earnestly to s*-ek for himself the reality of
rehgion. On one occasion he told me that he
I ' ul( l been striving to form a conception of
j Heaven, ami he enlarged upon the mercy of
that provision by which our .Saviour became
a partaker o{ our humanity, that our hearts
and hopes might fix themselves on him. On
i another occasion, when he vras supposed to
he very near Ins end, I expressed to him the
hope that his mind and heart were at pern e.
and that he was able to rest with cheerful
confidence on the promises and merits of
the Redeemer, lie >rd with much feting
that he endeavored to and trusted thai-he dia
repes- his salvation upon Christ. That it
wit.-: too late fur biro tb look at Christianity
in the light of speculation. That lie had
to v.-r doui tod oi us tri; :h, ai"i lent he now
o he ! to to row himself u:> nit a.a praeti
( i and hie.-sed remedy. \ erv sooii after
tins. 1 administered to him th Sacrament of
the Rors' hupp.-v. li -ing extremely feeble
and d-.'sitvi:- oi i:a\ sag his mind undiverted,
no person- v. re pr ut but his son and s<v
\a t. it. was a scene fngto be remembered.
There in that -till eh.unb -r. at a weekday
. noon, tiic tides of life ail flowing strong
around us, throe disci pies of tile Saviour, and
the minister ol Cod, the dying statesman and
hi-, servant, a partaker oi the like precious
faith, commemorated th ir Saviour's d-.iitg
• love, tie juim-d in the Messed sacra limn I
with great feeling and solemnity, now pr-s
--sing his Lands i.ig--iher ami now spreading
the 111 forth as words oi the service expte-sed
the feelings, d> -ires, applications an i thanks
i givings of his heart. Alter this J; • rail! d.
and again I was permitted frequently to join
with liim in rehgi ■ services, conversation
and prayer, lie gr hi grace and in the
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus
' heist. Ainoii-; the books til it he read most
were Jay's Morning and Evening 11 xercisos,
the Life of Dr. Chahners and the " Christian
Philo-"plier triumphant in Death." His
hope ■ ontiuu! d to the end, though true and
real, to be tremulous with humility rather
than rapturous with assurance. When lie
felt ino>i tiie wear;.i '-s of his protracted suf
fering-, it -ufiieed to sitgge t to him that
his Ileavmlv Rather knew chat after a life so
i • • I
ana -a, tan/ii a 'li •••ijaiin- of
chastening and suffering was needfhl to make
him meet for the inheritunce of the Smuts,
and at once tic- words of meek and patient
a-.-quiescence c-eap'-d his lip.-. Kxh.-ui.-tod
nature at h ngth g:r- • vvav.
<hi the la-r oc< asi-iu when I was permitted
to offer a brief prayer at Ids bed-side, hi- last
words to me were tl at h • h. •' hope only in
Christ, and that the prayer which 1 had of
f d li I lis i.u 5-i '<-tt vii •: |eve and llis sancti
fying grace -included everything which the
dying need, tbi the evening previous to his
departure, sitting an hour by Ids side, 1
could in ; but r ali/ie win n I heard him, ill
th% flight wanderings of his mind to other
days and other scene-, murmuring the words
"my mother, mother, mother," mid saying
" my d -:tr wife," as if she were present —I
could in.; hut realize teen ami : ■ h i thin'.
h -v, near v is the bit■-d re-utii n ol I:;
weary In-art with the loved dead, and with
her. May our dear (. >;-d ; ;ently smooth her
passage to the tomb, who mu-t soon follow
idm to his rest, and vvli. se sjiirit c: en then
seemed t-i vi-it and to cheer his memory and
his hope, Gently he breathed bis sou! away
into the spirit world.
" How blest th ■ righteous when they die,
\\ hen holy souls retire to rest.
How mildly, beams the closing eye,
Hov.- gently heave- the expiring breast.
So lades a summer cloud away,
S i sinks the gale, when storms arc o'er,
So gently shuts the eye of day.
So dies the wav e upon the shore."
If- it our- to follow him in the same hum
ble and submissive faith to Heaven. Could
he speak to us, the counsels of his latest hu
man and his present heavenly experience,
sure 1 am that he would not only admonish j
us to'cling to the Saviour in sickness and in ;
death, but adjure us not to delav to act upon
our fir-t conviction that we might give our ]
best power and full influence for Hod. and go
to the grave with a hope unshadowed by the ,
long worldline.-s of the past, and darkened i
by no til iris of fear and doubt resting on the .
future. The strong staff is broken and the i
beautiful rod dispoilcduf its grace and bloom,
but in the light of the Ktcrnal promises, and
by the power of Christ's resurrection, we joy- .
fully anticipate the prospect of seeing that
broken staff erect, and that beautiful rod
clorhed with celestial grace and blossoming
with undying life and blessedness in the
Paradise of God.
After the sermon, the services were conclu
ded with the pravcrs prescribed by the ser
vice.
The silver plate covering the glass over the
face of the corpse was then removed, and ail
nresent, Senators and Representatives, the -
Diplomatic Corps, Officers of the Army and
Navy, the President and Cabinet, Clergymen,
Physicians and friends, drew near, and amid
the mo-t impressive silence, took a last view
of the features of the great and -illustrious
deceased. This over, the corpse win: removed
to the rotunda, and the Senate adjourned.—-
The. capacious rotunda was altogether insuf
ficient to contain the vast multitude assem
bled, and the porticos and public grounds
vvero occupied by those anxious to get in to
have the last opportunity to see all that re
in-. ncd of FFRVRY (MAY, The U. H. Marshal
and bis aids were present, and after con
< siJerable confusion and much trouble, in
duced the crowd to approach the coffin and
; then to file oft' in order.
The corpse was removed from tlie rotunda
to the Railroad station, escorted by four
military companies and a large procession of
citizens. Here there were thousands of spec
tators of both sexes in waiting, aud the in
terest manifested was intense.
Ihe coffin was placed in a special car,
■ which was trimmed with mourning, and
amid general gloom the train departed with
the remains of the illustrious deceased.
Curious Fpitaplis.
1 have recently observed, (says a corres
pondent ol the Boston Post.) in several news
papers, a collection of epitaphs copied from
an Lnglish publication. As they excited
some attention ami amusement, I have been
induced to send you the following, most of
which are taken from an English Magazine
published some twenty years since.
I lie first which 1 shall quote was taken
from a small village grave yard in Dorset
shire ,
"Beneath litis glah lie tlie remains
< } f on iii life called Salty (ain > ;
Her 1 f.i whs short, her body .*♦!!,
She h id three sons, and tlii.-? it all."
Ihe fi flowing was written on the death of
a tailor named Button :
" II re lies T inae, heavt p. his soul,
Whose jtrravf is but a bntfon hi/le."
The per<. i mentioned in the ft.Ho wing, ap
pears to !.•>-, b c,i a si hool teacher, and the
..i.-.oor was i'Vi ! :.uy k.iied i;. Latin pronun
ciation :
" :> this (mali in ihr Imrtv .-f Rollers k Hia,
Wliii I , if i.i,| r.s ciiiled, lies Sitfr-- Mill ;
A *:hor,l iioisi, - i„- us, iw.n'y leurs in |!ace,
And now he has gone, rryim.-rt/l <ll pact !"
i he loliovving was taken from the same
church yard as the first;
" Here lle the u.aii Peler, and Mary his wife;
I'nited ill de ilh, lhnijj.li dii idv-d in I fe."
I he following derives its chief oddity from
the peculiarity ol the rhyme, and the substi
tution of the word " perpendicular" for up
right:
"Here lies iln- bod) of Deacon David Auricular,
VV ho in the ways of f*,u! worked pcrpeiidtcuhr."
I lie lady mentioned in the next epitaph
niusi have been a warm advocate of "woman's
rights —quite a Mrs. Caudle, in short—and
the lines were probably indip.d by her hus
band, painfully sensible of these qualities:
" s itreil to ilie memory of Mrs. Bstsy Kln-it,
It Ao if (i a a it hot? If am and a hor*c ta l? 1
Xamc !
Tiie Free Press, Gen. Cass'special organ,
U Detroit, runs up the name of " Franklin
L. Pierce as its candidate for the Presiden
cy I" But :t will probably find out, ere long,
that that G not the cognomen of tlie gentle
man who so sadly put its candidate's
no/ • out of jiuut, the other day, at Baltimore.
Apropos, it is related to us, by one who
was present a r the time, that, on the evening
'el' the nomination, a pretty warm and enthu
siastic ••i;iic ti( the b'hoys." in the Bth ward,
was v uporing, {gassing, blowing, some call it.)
in a biir-room, about the super excellence of
the convention": si-lection, and (ifterod an\
am- unt of bets that "Page would be elected !"
• Yes, he will," exclaimed the excited parti
zan. 'U • will, and no mistake I Page is the
matt ! He's bound to be elected, and I'll bet
fifty dollars on it.'
' \\ lio's Page?' said ,i by-stander.
•Y\ ho'b Piige'! roared the blower. ' That *
iust what you said when we nominated Polk!
' W bo's Polk V said you : and we showed you
who Polk vvas, didn't vve ? iSav? And we'll
"bow '-a who Prg is. too. bv next Novem
ber I Son if we don't!'
• But who I ;'ii • Dag V persisfi 1 the form
er enquirer.
•Who is; he? Wit > i" Pago"? You ain't
such a phi ;ii\ fool a - to a-k that in earnest,
arc ye? 5\ In cve.rybo iv knows that Page is
the greatest ma I in llatnpshire v tate. has
hold every office in the State, and licked the
Mexicans all to pieces. Page ! Just as if
ovorybody didn't know Pago?'
' Perhaps its I'icn- ■ you're talking on, Bill,'
said one of the speaker's co-mates, gently;
' Pierce, Frank Pierce, was the chap that got
the nomination to-day!'
• P-j-e-r-c-o ?' drawled out the astonished
orator. ' Pierce ? Wi 11, i believe it was.
Of roitrxc it was. Evtrborbj knuKd I'i -rce !'
P. 31 Express.
<
The <i.ueeii of Philadelphia.
The richest woman in Philadelphia, is Mrs.
Rush, the wife of Dr. James Rush, of that ,
city. Dr. Rush is a man of eminent talents
and acquirements, but the enoYmous wealth !
of his wife overshadows him. Wo hear little
of the husband's, but of the movements of !
his lady, who has an income of one hundred j
thousand dollars per annum in her own right, j
the world is not permitted to remain in igno- :
ranee. I ler arrivals and departures are epochs j
in the history of the watering places she con--
dcscends to v isit. She dwells in a palace, the
reception rooms of which will accommodate
one thousand gm-sts without being crowded.
Mrs. Rush took possession of this magnificent i
mansion last month, and on the 15th ultimo,
gave a fete to eight hundred of her particular
friends, ller drawing rooms are said to be
unsurpassed, even in Europe, in the richness
of their furniture and decorations; aud on the j
occasion referred to, six thousand wax tapers
illuminated the scene. Extensive conservato
ries, with rare exotics, arc attached to the j
main building, and no luxury which money
can procure has been omitted in Mrs. Rush's
almost regal establishment. She is said to be
liberal, charitable, and amiable, although
somewhat fond of making herself conspicu
ous in the world of fashion. It is not exact
ly the thing to hazard an opinion of H lady's
ago ; but if it were, we should say that Mrs. |
Rush cannot be much on the sunny side of
fifty, although she dresses down to thirty or
iive and thirty. Mrs. R. inherits nearly one
third of the property of her father, the late
Jacob llidgwav, vve believe. Her share, it vve
mistake not, amounted to between one and
two millions of dollars.
New wheat was brought to Baltimore woes
before In"? from North Carolina.
The Calf Case Decided.
The papers east have made the city of Bur
lington the originating point of this famous
j lawsuit. Mistake entirely. The ease arose -
j in West Point, Lee county, a thriving village
! on the route of the Dubuque and Keokuk .
[ railroad—and vvas commenced about a year
i a S° ty an action of replev in before a justice ;
!of the peace. The difficulty vvas to identify i
| the calf claimed. The witnesses of one par- j
; ty, some twenty or thirty in number, swore j
- that th" tail vvas entirely black, aud those of 1
j tiie other party, about equal in number, swore j
- that it was partly white. The jury returned
a verdict from which an appeal was taken to j
the District Court of Lee county. The ap- j
peal was tried at the last term of that court, I
but the jury disagreed. The legal costs had
| then amounted to S-500. Tlie case was con
' timiod to the present term, and tried again '
last week at tort Madison. The jury this
time decided in the case, finding for the plain- :
• lift, or that the tail was " partly white." The I
I cost has now reached SoOO. I pon tlie final ;
j trial, four members of the bar were arraved j
ion the side of the defendant. Counsel fees
: and other expenses are of course to be added j
to the costs, in estimating the amount ex
-1 pond'-'l upon this litigation about a calf worth i
I s: J. —loira S/o.fe Gazette.
Law Decisions.
Among other decisions of the Supreme •
Court of general interest will be found the 1
; following:
| By .Judge Lewis.—The iiens of miners, la- *
1 overs, and mechanics, under the act of 2d of
April, IB4VJ, for their wages, is not restricted
(v the property at tiie mines, but extends to i
any personal cstutcof llieilß-mpiwvers. which
may be soid on execution.
By Judge Lewis.— W here there was no
election by the debtor to retain real estate I
under the exemption law of hth April, Is-iD.
and consequently no proceedings for tiie pur
, pose of ascertaining whether it could be di- j
vided without injury to the whole, it vvas er- [
ror to award to the debtor any part of the I
proceeds of sale. There if no security that i
a debtor who permits articles to be sold by |
the Sheriff, which are necessary to the com- j
! fort of his family, and which the law allows j
him to retain, will apply the money to the j
purchase of other articles exempt front exe- '
: eutiou. • j
By -Judge Lowrie.— Debts in prescuti, but I
payable in fit hi to, are attachable.
By Judge Lowrie.—Bets on horse-racing j
are void, and the money may be recovered j
from the winner.
By Judge Lowrie.—No one has a right to |
build on the banks of the railroad of the 1
. State without permission of the Canal Com- I
missioners.
By Chief Justice Black.—Previous to the j
act of 1848 a married woman could not (lis- |
pose e-f her property by will, even if her I
husband gave her general authority to make !
a will. The husband's assent must be to the I
particular will in question. A will made j
, previous to the act of 1848, will be governed i
: by the previous law, even though the wife
j die subsequent to 1848. i
j
The Hasty General.
Truly and emphatically may Gen. Scott be •
denominated the hasty General, for in all his
movements, whether civil or military, politi
cal or otherwise, hastiness, in the most en
larged sense of the term, predominates.—
f!arnshnrg I ntoti.
Just so! He was ' hasty' iu leading the i
charge at the battle of Quecnstown Heights.
• Hasty' in entering, capturing and tearing !
down the British flag waving over Fort !
George.—' 11 ity' in attacking and utterly
routing a greatly superior force at Lundy's
Lane.—' Hasty' in taking VeraCruz.—' Hasty' I
in routing the .Mexicans at Cerro Gordo.—
■ Hasty' in following up the panic stricken
enemy by hi. succession of brilliant engage
ments at Contreras, Churubuseo, Molino del
Rev, and Chapultep -c, and equally hasty in
taking possession of and planting the *tar
spangled banner upon the battlements of the j
City of Mexico. Altogether Gen. Scott is a
pert/ • hasty' sort of a fellow, and rather an j
ugly customer to deal with, whether at the ;
head of the American army, or the great !
Whig party of the country. We advise the j
Locofocos to prepare their knapsacks in ad- :
vance, for a voyage up salt river, as from i
present appearances their march to thai in- j
hospitable region next fall will be a little too |
' hasty' to suit their slow-motioned ideas.—
"Old llasty' never yet was beaten, and never
will be by the miserable troop of Locofoco j
jackal Is, eager for plunder, now barking at j
his heels.— Heading Journal.
The Nominees.
The democratic papers are diligent, in glo- |
rifying General Fierce for his unknown vir- j
tues, and striving to get up au enthusiasm, j
They shout at a furious rate, and affect a :
frantic delight at the overthrow of all their '
prominent men and the nomination of one ;
hitherto unknown. This is very remarkable, j
l'or months and years, Cass, Buchanan, Doug- ;
las, Butler, Houston and Marcv, have been
held up to the country, by the various ! (
members of the party, as the first and fore- j
most statesmen of the age ; and now that all j
of them have been unceremoniously set aside. \
the joy of the whole party knows no bounds, j
It certainly is a curious spectacle for the con- i
templation of reflecting men. " lhe king is ;
dead—long iive the king !' is the common ex- j
clamation on the demise of one and the ac- i
cession of another monarch in monarchical
governments. But that does not preclude be- ;
coming funeral honors for the defunct. In
this case, however, all the common decencies
arc disregarded. The illustrious defeated are
not only overslaughed and spit upon, but j
they are forced to walk in procession and
throw up their caps in honor of their obscure i
and insignificant conqueror. The paths of |
democratic glory lead but to defeat.
The strength of the ticket is of an entirely !
negative character, and that doubtless recom- j
mended its adoption. It was supposed that j
Gen. Pierce's career, having been very ob
scure, was thereby shielded from attack, and >
the adversary party would be compelled to ;
occupy a defensive attitude through the cam- i
paign. It is true that Gen. Pierce has shed i
no dazzling blaze of glory upon his course : I
New Series—Vol. 6-\o. 38.
; but ho lias been a member of Congress, and
in Congress the ayes and noes are recorded.
These tell a tale, and, to the horror of the
Baltimore intriguers, disc lose a positive weak
ness in the ticket in the ruling section of the
, Union. All General Pierce's votes are re
corded against every measure which had for
| its object the developement of the resources
;of the great "West. That we predict will
j prove fatal to him and to his pretensions.—
I Richmond Whig.
: Philadelphia Advertisements.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF PENN
_ >S\ LA AX IA COLLEGE, Ninth street,
below Locust street. Philadelphia.
The Lectures of this Institution for the
session of 18-32—"J, will commence on Mon
day, Oct.. 11th. and be continued until the
| ensuing Ist of .March.
The faculty is constituted as follows:
WILLIAM DARKACH, M. D. Professor of The
ory and Practice of .Medicine.
•JOHN ATn. THANK, .Al. 1). Professor of Obstet
rics and Diseases of AVoinen and Children.
IIENRV S. P ATTERSON, M. 1). Professor of Ma
teria Medie.i and Therapeutics.
DAVID GILBERT, M. J>. Professor of Prin
ciples and Practice of .Surgery.
JOHN -J. REESE, M. 1). Professor of Medical
Chemistry and Pharmacy.
J. ML ALLEN, M. D. Professor of Anatomy.
1 ■ RA.NI is <■. KMIIII. M. D. Professor of Insti
tutes of Medicine.
A\ M. 11. GOBKEI IIT, M. D. Demonstruror
of Anatomv.
Tin-re is a Medical and .Surgical Clinic in
i the I'.-ilegj twice a week. .Second Coure
.Students are furnish,d with tickets to the
Phnicnl Lectures of Pennsylvania Hospital,
t without charge.
'i'he Anatomical Rooms will be opened
i early in September.
j TEES.—-Matriculation S3. Ticket of each
i Chair §l-5. Graduation §3O.
For further information, address,
D. GILBERT, M. P.. Registrar,
No. 181 X. 9th Street.
Philadelphia, July, 2, 18-52-—3t.
/ TACTION ! CAUTION!—AII persons aro
j hereby cautioned against a swindler, who
represents himself as my agent; he is going
about soliciting persons to buy Lightning Rods,
which he represents as rny Electric Point Rods.
In some instances fee has produced a certificate,
purpoiting to be from me, authorizing him to
- act as tny agent. He has not confined himself
to this city, but lias been operating on the un
suspecting farmers in the adjacent country. hi
one instance, a building (ori which one of these
rods had been placed, with assurance that it was
| one of my make,) was struck by lightning, and
burnt to the ground. The point was brought to
my factory, and on examination proved to be a
j a piece of cast iron, polished. Complaints of
j this kind are coming in daily.
I now give notice, that I have no agant witli
j in 70 miles of Philadelphia, and all orders must
i be addressed to my Factory, Vine street, above
: J2th, Philadelphia, where they will receive
prompt attention.
This is the only place where the genuine
Electric Magnet Lightning Rod can be procured,
in this city, wholesale or retail, and the electric
influence wholly belongs to myself.
Beware of imposters and pedlers.
July 2—lm. THOMAS ARM IT AGE
ROWA\'B
Tonic JfMixture !
THAT GREAT, UNFAILING REM ED V
FUR
Fever and Ague! !!
AND
Tim sm n D a,
Guarded by the Written Signature of the
Inventor.
JOHN R. ROWAND, M. I).
CO" Is for sale by all the Druggists in Lew
istovvn, Pennsylvania. ap9—3m.
Cheap Watches, Jewelry
Silver-Ware.
A GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES'
Twenty per cent, at least less than ever
have been sold in the United States !
OLD LEVER WATCHES, full jewelled, IS
karat cast; only <3O
Usually sold for s'Ab.
GOLD LEPINE WATCHES, Is karat case.
jewelled, " 24
SILVER LEVER WATCHES, full jewelled, " 14
Universally sold for * ift-
SILVER I.EPINE WATCHES, jewelled, " 10
SILVER TEA SPOONS, per half dozen, " 5
GOLD PENS, Silver Holders, " 1
Persons wishing a Watch or Watches, or Jewelry,
can have them sent by mail, with perfeci safety, to any
part of the United States or West Indies, by first sending
the amount of money. All articles warranted n* rep
resented above. Orders from the country
solicited
Please address [post paid.]
LEWIS LA DOM IIS,
lOb Chestnut street, opposite the franklin House, Pbila
c> California Gold bought, or manufactured into
Jewelry. Philadelphia, April SO, ISss—3m
tiocks, a wSI
A\D JEWELIIY.
HW. J UNKlN.atSchlosser'sold stand in
• Market street, respectfully informs the
Ladies and Gentlemen that he has just received
an unusually fine stock of Gold and Silver
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Fancy Articles, superior Gold Pens, with Gold
anil Silver Holders, together with on excellent
supply of Clocks and Time Pieces, all of which
will be disposed of at less prices FOR CASH than
this community has been accustomed to buy.
Clocks, Time Pieces, Watches and Jewelry
of every description repaired with great care
and warranted.
Persons visiting Lewistown are requested to
call at the subscriber's establishment, and ex
amine the various articles of Jewelry und
Fancy Ware on exhibition in his cases, as he is
satisfied that in these respects llie most fastidi
ous can be accommodated. Remember, the
stand is next door to Dr. Vanvalzah's dwelling,
north side of Market street.
Lewistown, April 23, 1852,