Lewistown gazette. (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, September 10, 1852, Image 2

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    hnj his last eflort a murmurred shout of vic
tory. For this, I ask your votes. Lot the
people give Gut one suffrage for each red drop
that then zushed from his gored bosom
j lU red out for them and theirs—and the
iH,t of "-ratitude will, at least in part, be
paid ; posterity will do the rest
I have no time to follow Scott up to the
period of the Mexican war. Forty years of
service in camp and council have passed
over him ; but the vow of the youthful en
thusiast is still the rule of the hoary patriot
—he is still and ever all his country's.—
Glorious deeds had been done on the Rio ■
Grande aud in Northern Mexico; but the ;
nation had advanced not a step towards the
achievements of a peace. Gen. Scott pro- j
posed a renewal of the adventurous march of j
Cortez; but the scene had changed, and
where the Spanish vessels had moved peace
ably, the castie of San Juan now frowned
defi'ance ; and, instead of friendly Tlascalans
r.nd feeble Aztecs, the American General
must encounter an armed and powerful em
pire, a country imnresrnable by nature, skil
fully fortified,* and ably and obstinately de
fended. The difficulties seemed insuperable, j
„nd bis project wa3 denounced as romantic
madness. Napoleon once disclosed a mili
tary plau to one of his staff; *it is impos
sible,' said his friend. * I see no means of
;ts achievement.' Napoleon led him to a
window, and pointing to the glowing midday
ky, asked, 'do you see that star V 'No,'
was the reply. ' I do,' said the Emperor,
and it was his only answer. General Scotr
thus saw the star, hidden from feebler \isions.
which was to light and guide him on his .
path to glory. The Administration long
withheld their sanction ; but they had no
ether hope; Scott alone could save them,
and at length they growlingly a.•!.—
For that plan, so full of genius and wisdom,
now the glory of our history and tin- wonder
cf the world, and for its sole author. Wiu
fielJ Scott, c'o T ask your gratitude :.ud sup- ,
IR . ,
I will not characterize that campaign— 1
cannot : but you have it—the world has it by
heart. Never was tb* prescient and omprt.-
}, i. iv- weight of human genius m re won
derfully displayed, than by Scott in its pre- :
paratiou and execution. Every difficulty \>us
foreseen, every contingency provided for. :
This plan was work 1 out lit' a pr ; 1 -in in .
Euclid. But we cannot follow him in hi-,
eagle flight fr..m the surf of the g t;T, to tie*
bowed towers of Vera Cruz, and tie- start
led cliffs of G -rro Gordo, from m'nude to
miracle, from victory t<> victory, over con
quered impossibilities, and crushed thousands
to the captured capital. But yon will re
member the universal anxiety felt here, at
home, when he descended into the Valley of
Mexico, when, his communications destroyed,
his army disappeared among enemies ten
fold its superior in all save courage and con
duct. Weeks and weeks elapsed, and not a
word was heard of them. The suspense
grew agonizing. We watched—as friends
watch the dark waves in which a daring di- ;
ver has plunged, but from which he doe- not j
emerge. White lips whispered, 'ls he Kt?
Has he perished?' And the response was,
' How can it be otherwise, with a force so in- i
adequate, against a foe so formidable ?' At
length, when overwrought terror became de
spair, the tidings burst upon us—a torrent of
glory. Contreras, Churubuseo, aud Molinodel
Rey. were won, and how fluttered our flags,
how blazed our hon-fires, and how uprose
our shouts, again and again, when we learned
ihat our noble army bivouaked in the plaza
of the capital and beneath the stars and
stripes, as they waved above the triumphs of
Ooitez. stood Winlield S;-ott, the laurelled
conqueror of Mexico. 1 stand beneath that
banner now—a brighter glory has ever since
gleamed from its stars; and pointing to
those fields of fame, I ask, in the name, and ,
by the authority of those achievements, im
cqualled in grandeur and glory, I ask your
votes for General Scott.
It is impossible briefly to sketch that cam
paign. Its battles are so many and glorious,
that tliey mingle their light, as the stars 1
which from the galaxy melt together and east 1
a stream of glory across the heavens. But
this is Churubusco's day ; and the nation, in i 1
all time,
"Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named."
Instead of one battle, its achievements (
comprise five distinct battles, and five illu— i
trious victories. Time itself looks back upon .
no such one day. Our army was but 8,:10b j
strong, and was engaged hotly, on foot and I |
horseback, in the open field and before the ;
-tr.mgest fortifications, witli 32,000 men. well •
disciplined, armed and commanded. It j
made 3 1 •)*) prisoners, and killed and woun led
4000 of the enemy. Any one of those live t
victories, brilliants gloriously strung together (
aud radiantly bound upon the fair brow of I <
our country —any one would have struck
the world with wonder; together they stag- ,
ger credulity, and raise a monument to j
American heroism that will stand till our .
mountains melt into the plain. We meet to ]
celebrate that victory of victories, and we ]
cannot forget the patriot hero to whom we t
owe it, who never doubted and never erred, t.
who never stumbled and never fainted, 'the ;
noble nature,' (I quote the poet literally :)
" AY Loin passion could nut shake : whose
solid virtue :
The shot of accident, nor dart of chance i
Could neither grace nor Pierce." ''
Had the life of Scott known but that on
day of glory, for that alone I would ask, and 1
you could not, in justice and gratitude, deny 1
your suffrages.
And how were these serv ices, countless and
Inestimable, rewarded ? Who does not blush '
over the pages of that history ? The veteran
soldier tvn - stripped of the command of that
army he had led in triumph—was accused '
and treated as a malefactor, and was dragged '
in a shameful trial for the high offence—it '
-.TOO only one—of having covered his country j
with glory. And what did the hero—at the '
head cf a victorious and devoted army—un- • '
dor this unprecedented outrage and wrong? j 1
Lion like to the foe, hi? was meek and lowly '
to the laws and authorities of his country, j
The magnanimity of Agesilaus, of Hannibal '
and ot Belituarius, in bowing to a harsh 1
authority and resigning a career of glory, ' *
lias been applauded to the echo ; but even '
more Illustrious was the noble submission of '
our own great-hearted patriot, for his was a '
deeper and darker wrong. His example of 1
deference to the law is more glorious and of 1
more substantial value than even his victories '
—and it is for you to reward it. The cruelty (
'of thai deliberate wrong to proud and lofty 1
innocence, it is yours to redress; the re
proach of that base ingratitude to a national
benefactor, it is yours to wipe away. And
therefore do I ask your votes for Winfield
Scott. . _ ! '
Pending that persecution, Scott was visited
by a temptation which who but Scott would <
have refused? The people of Mexico, appre
ciating the virtues even of a foe, offered him <
a million and a quarter of dollars in cash and
the dr f mf.gi-tmcy cf the country. They
• xua no wrung to his own government. 1
GOTO. Porter had established a precedent of
acceptance. Gen. Scott was persecuted his
life-long devotion rewarded with disgrace—
this would redress him. Like Aristides, his
probity in office had kept him poor —this
would enrich him. Ilis foes had stripped
him of his station —this would confer a lofti
ier onc — a place among princes. Of course
he accepted tiu offer so brilliant. Why should
he not? Far from it. He at least hesitated. ;
Not a moment. "My life," such was his
sublime answer. " belongs to my country. I
would rather be her humblest servant than
the monarch of earth's richest empire.—
Discarded, I will stick to her; persecuted,
wronged, requited with contumely and dis
grace, it will be my glory to love and cherish
her; to serve and suffer, to live and die. for
her." Is not this man worthy of your votes?
Would you be worthy of bim if you denied
them ? For this I ask your suffrage.
Glorious as ha 3 been his military career,
the civil life and services of Scott equally
• claim your admiration and gratitude. He is,
and ever has been, the friend and advocate of
peace. His letter to the Peace Convention
j avows his opposition to unnecessary war, and
his life approves that profession. You re
member theCanadarebellion. Our neighbors
i struck for independence—a cause to which
American hearts must give a throb and thrill
of sympathy. That sympathy was met by
British arrogance, and an American boat was
fired, by an invading soldiery, in an Ameri
can port, and sent, while the flames rose
above the bodies of the slaughtered Ameri- j
cans, down the Niagara, and over the cata
ract. The war spirit on the frontier shot up
like a bale fire. Cidlision seemed inevitable.
What politician, what diplomatist was then ,
found adequate to the crisis? Scott alone i
was considered, bv a Democratic administra
tion, capable of averting ihe storm. He did
nv-r t 'i. W ifhont army, without aid. singly,
l.y dint of his own wi dom and eloquence, he
-cv'-d tie* country froju a war which, had it
i oir. -, would have si rained lit r cv. ry nerve to
cracking, and made her every poro sweat
blood. Which of your boasted civilians can
point !•. . ucli a tr, oi.pli ? 1 usit lor that tri
i umph \onr votes.
Again, on th • Northeastern frontier, in
183'.), J.. !: ■ j ■ f England and of this eoun
• trv w-)c ;;• -1: i tli\ in the field against each
j . tie r. Irop of ■! io.l then shed would |
have sluiced seas of 1 lood. Again a Demo- :
cratic administration had resource to the iv j 1
abilities of Scott—for who then dared to
doubt them? And again lie averted the con
flict. extorting by his talents and his triumph,
th" applause of all parties, and confirming in
both countries his title as THE CHEAT PACIFI
CATOR. In this character, as the Apostle of
Peace, and fur these services, do 1 ask your
votes for General Scott.
The time honored patriot claims vonr rev
erence as the champion of the Union, its ear
liest, steadiest and stauuehest. No spot of
the nation, no North, no South, no East, no
West, can claim him as its own. His patriotic ,
life has been spread, like sunlight, all over the i
iand lie has loved, and served it long and
well. In his youth, when the North plotted I
treason at Hartford, he shamed the malecon- ;
tent spirit back to its den, by the glory of" his
victories on the line. In after years, when
the South renewed the dark example, at
Charleston, with nullification, lie was again
interposed to save the Union. The patriot
Jackson was then at the head of the Govern
ment ; and in that dark hour, for it was as
dark as another night piled upon midnight,
where did she look for one whose loft}', civil
and military qualities and devoted patriotism
he could trust to avert fraternal wars? (>ur j
land has many great men ; but his sagacity
directed him to Scott. lie sent him to the
scene of excitement and danger: and with
his giant hand upon the helm all was safe.
The first intellects of the nation united in ap
plauding liis invaluable services; and the:
magnanimous Ja -kson. through the Secretary 1
of War, Gen. Cass, expressed his high adnii- j
ration and acknowledged hi- profound graii- (
tude and that of the country. Will any dem
ocrat deny the merit which Jackson applaud
ed ? or withhold the gratitude lie bestowed? j
1 nder the sanction then, of the great name
of Andrew Jackson, I ask your votes for '
General Scott.
And in the last peril of the Union, where
was Scott ? Earliest bv the side of its noblest
defender, the illustrious Henry Clav—('lav,!
whose pure and mighty spirit, when it had
achieved it< last and lofth -,t triumph, bore on <
high to Washington the proud triumph that ,
his country was saved. By the side of Clay
S'-ott labored earn stly and effectively, day '
and night, for the compromise, and when it 1
had passed, lie received, for his early, ardent <
and constant championship, the grateful
thanks of the departing patriot. For that
devotion to the I nion which merited and won
(.'lay's admiration and gratitude, I ask yours.
Such has been the entire career of Scott—
ever the friend of peace, of union, of human
ity. Our greatest warrior is our calmest
sag;e. Our bravest hero i- the greatest, most
humane of men, one who would not win the
laurels that hid the bald first Oiesar's brow at
the price of one unnecessary tear. That
spirit made hint the father of his soldiers,
and even the pitying friend of a conquered j 1
foe. Witness the cholera scenes in the camp •
at Chicago, when pestilence smote the army
and those who braved death at the cannon's
mouth, fled appalled from this new horror, i 1
Scott was their General, not their surgeon; of -
i ourse he retired to safer quarters, aud left i
the sick and the dying to the care of those
provided for the duty, lie was incapable of j
the thought. lat us look in upon one of the '
scenes then so frightfully common. On the |
naked floor of one of the army huts is
stretched a dying soldier, deserted by all,
save one, for it is the saturnalia of death— j t
death in the betid air—death in the shrieks
of the convulsed sufferers— death in the fixed t
distortions of those who have ceased to suf
fer ; yet there, in that scene of accumulated
horrors, a tall form bends over the dying sol- \
dier, holds the cup to his ashy lips, and ut- 'j
tern words of kindness in tones of cheerful J
consolation. It is too late : the sufferer gives
to his ministering friend a last, sad message j
for his distant family, grasps his hand, looks j
up with earnest gratitude, breathes a feeble j '
blessing upon his benefactor, and sinks back,
never again to Vie aroused till called up by the j
last reveille. Now, what holy enthusiast, so- :
licitous for Martrydom, is he who thus labors j
under th" dark shadow of the wings of pesti- j
lence ? Name him, that we may bless him. :
It is the youth that vowed himself to his
countre ; it is the In TO whose red bosom J
pressed the sod of Lundy's Lane ; it is the
veteran who swept over the battle fields of (
- lexico Tit is the next I'resident of the United j
"tales—Winfield Boott.
His entire life is filled with evidences of t
this no.i.e uumanity. Witness his interposi
tion to save his Irish fellow captives in Can.a- T
da, and bis heroic declaration, ba<*ko<l after- I
wards by an act of Congress, " llarm a hair i
of the head of these poor (rislurcn, and our
gibbet shall groan witn English prisoners."
Aud so he saved them. Witness his kindness 1
to the unhappy, exiled Cherokees, and to the *
wretched fugitives in the cruel Black Hawk
war. Witness his efforts to spare blood at
Vera Cruz, and before Mexico, and his noble
declaration. " I vvujßkl be unhappy if I won
victory and fame by the unnecessary sacrifice j
of a single human life." Witness his pa- j
ternal care of the wounded and sick, amid j
the iron shower of the battle field, or the pes- ;
tilent horrors of the hospital. Such deeds,
j loftier than glory, win the applause of an- |
gels. For such deeds do I ask your votes j
for earth's noblest of heroes, the hero of hu
manity —Winfieid Scott.
THE G A Z ETTE.
LEWISTOWN, I'A.
Friday Evening, Sept. 10, 1852.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WIXFIELD SCOTT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM 1 GRAHAM,
of North Carolina.
JUDGE OK TIII; SUPREME COURT,
JOSEPH PUFFINGTON,
of Armstrong County.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
JACOB HOFFMAN,
of Berks County.
{'residential Ueitors.
Cor the State at JMrye.
ALEXANDER IF BROWN, of Northampton.
JAMES POLLOCK, of Northumberland.
SAMI K.I. A. PI Avi A .WE, of Butler.
District EkeUno.
1 Wiliiam F. Il.iglii'f, 12 N T er Mi.Mlcswarth,
iI Jama* Traquair, 11 James 11. I atr.pbtll,
3. J->bn W. Stokes, li James I). Paxton,
1. JOINT I*. VERREC, IS. Jantes K Davidson,
5. Spencer Mcllvaine, IT. Jul. A Williamson,
C. JAMES \V Fuller, 1* Ralph Drake,
7. James Penrose, 19 John ! irrfoii,
3' J..!in Shieffer, 90 An hili'd Rnbcuson,
9. Jacob M ir>hail, 91 Thomas J. Uin-liam,
10 I'liarl. sP. Waller, 92 L. vn-L. 1.nr.1,
11. I) iVM A Itini, 23. Chrtnliuii Myers,
U Mahlon C Mercsr. l> orm an Phelps*
No'iccs of lev AdverUmKits.
Charles S. Swain invites the attention of
country merchants to his stock of Looking
; Classes, &c.
Persons desirous of engaging in the Book '
business, ar • referred to the advertisement of ;
Daniels A G"tz.
An interest in a desirable Valley Farm will
be sold at public sale on the 29th of October.
Two stray Steers are in want of owners.
Whig County Convention.
The delegates elected on Saturday last as
sembled at the Town llall on Monday after
noon, September 6th, when WILLIAM Mr-j
KINNEY. P isj., was called to the chair and
Dr. J. A. SH ARTZ appointed Secretary. The
following gentlemen presented their creden
tials :
East Ward. —Dr. T. A. Worrall, J.Jacob. ]
U est Ward. —Win. I took, 0. C. Stanbar
ger.
Granville. —Daniel Brought, Isaac Sides.
(Hirer. —it. 1). Jacobs, George Sellers.
McVeytmcn. —Amos Cauffnian, Dr. J. A. ,
Swart/..
A eictun Hamilton. —C'has. Caughlin, David 1
Hie-tor. 1
Wayne. —Samuel Millikon, Elijah Mor- ,
rison.
South Granville. —Samuel Comfort, John '
Carney. 1
Jiratton. —George Settle, Richeson Bratton.
Derry. —Robert Forsythe, Joseph Wills. i
Decatur. —T. G. Sterrett, Z. Phillips.
Man no. —Jas. M. La.-lndl, David Hartzler. ,
Union. —Andrew Watt, Robert Campbell.
Brown. —V m. Brothers, Win. McKinney. 1
Armayh. —Jas. It. Foster, Philip Barger. t
Lancaster Dis. —E. E. Locke, B. Walters.
A consultation having been held in refer- ,
once to the course proper to !>• pursued, it
was resolved to nominate a ticket to be sup- j
ported at the ensuing election. Whereupon,
the convention proceeded to ballot for candi- t
dates, with the following result:
ASSEMBLY, F
Augustine Wakefield, of Oliver. .
COMMISSIONER, T
Samuel Comfort, of Granville. t
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR. I
David Zook, of Union.
AUDITOR, : E
William Cummins, of Brown. 1
Geo. V . Calbraith and John Kerr, Sen., s
Esrjrs., were appointed Congressional Con- J
ferees. a
'lhe following Committees of Vigilance c
were also appointed, when the Convention
adjourned: a
Jiratton —Daniel Yoder, Charles Bratton. 11
Granville —John Ruble, John Strunk. s
Union —Andrew Watt, Joel Zook.
South Granville —John Carney, Joseph
Brought.
j.ancaster —.James M. Brown, John Phi I son. t
Oliver —George 11. Calbraith, Elisha Brat
ton. j 11
Wayne —George W. Wharton, David With- 1
crow. | I
M Veytown —James Stackpole,lsaac Ilaines. ! a
East Ward —Jr. T. A. Worrall, David >
Wasson. j
West Ward —C. C. Sfcanbarger, Martin !l
McElcar. . J
Menno —Yost King, Henry McFadden. ■ ,
Decatur — G. D. Harper, A. M. Ingram.
Newton Hamilton— -J. L. Utlev, John Van !
Vleit. | r
Armayh —Thomas Brown, Christian Marks, t
Brown —George A. Green, Wni. Greer. i J
Want of Nerve. e
Mr. Hopkins, who has been nominated in t
place of Searight, by the Looms for Canal
Commissioner, was in the Legislature during
Governor Porter's administration and is the
man who declared, when his party were about ti
forcing the Banks into an immediate re- e
sumption of specie payments, that they wore i
wrong, but that he would vote with them, as I
he " HAD MOT NERVE ENOUGH" to vote t
otherwise, if that led him against his party. <1
YN hat say the taxpayers to tins: Will a o
man who has not nerve to withstand party, 1
suit them ? : j.
The Whig Ticket.
The whig county convention, which assem
bled in the Town liall on Monday last, having
. duly weighed what they believed to be the in
; terest of the party in the ensuing campaign,
deemed it their duty to nominate a full ticket
■ for State and county officers. In the per
j formance of the task, they accordingly
brought into the field men fresh from the
' ranks of the people," who had no aspirations
i to office, and who had taken neither lot nor
part in bringing about such a result—the
nominees being ail sterling farmers, of unex
| ceptionable character, and we must say,
j without meaning any disparagement to oth
i ers, that few tickets have ever been presented
; for popular suftVage by any party in this
• countv, more deserving to be placed in the
- 1
posts for which they have been named. No
combination of faction was brought into play
here—no rival interests clashed to mar that
cool deliberation essentially necessary in a
matter of so much importance—no "heading
off" of candidates was required so as to make
a choice accidental—but the delegates con
j sidered well, and Wi.en the work was done,
it was at once pronounced "to tie well done."
AUGUSTINE V.'AKEFIEL J, the candidate for
Assembly, is well known throughout the
county, and in his immediate neighborhood
possesses an unusual degree of personal pop
ularity which cannot fail to t<dl in his favor on
the day of election. But three years ago,
when the locofocos had nominated a some
what unpopular candidate for Director of the
Poor in the district composed of Wayne,
Newton Hamilton, Oliver, McVeytown, Gran
ville, Decatur and Derry—all then considered
democratic strongholds—Mr. Wakefield was
run and actually beat the nominee, lie is
that same old coon who caused the Aurora so
much uneasiness as President of the late
Scott meeting in front of the Lewistown Ho
tel, and having previously smoked out a rat.
we have no doubt he can now smoke out a
possum.
For Commissioner, SAMUEL COMFORT, of
S ;u;h Granville township, has been named.
It will hardly be denied by any one that he
possesses peculiar qualifications for this im
portant office, one to which none but the best
men should at any time be elected, because
the duties are so various and of so much in
terest to the taxpayers, that too much care
cannot be exercised in making a proper se
lection.
We do not know whether it is necessary to
say a word in commendation of D.VTID ZOOK,
the nominee fur Director of the Poor. It is
probably not generally known that a law has
been smuggled through the Legislature abol
ishing the district system and substituting
a general ticket in its stead, so as to give the
dominant party full swing in managing the
Poor House hereafter; but it is yet to be
tested whether the People will sanction such
underhanded proceedings. Of one thing we j
feel confidant, namely, that no man in Mil- <
fiiu county is more suitable for the post of
Director, or will stand the test of scrutiny in
uprightness and all the attributes that consti
tute the man, than David Zook. If the poor
had choice to make, we should have no doubt
of their decision, and we liiink it extremely
probable that the taxpayers will also desig
nate him as their choice.
For Auditor, a post with little pay and lit
tle honor, hut nevertheless a most important
one, Col. WILLIAM CUMMINS has been named.
This gentleman is conversant with public af
fairs, and so v.< 11 known to the people of the
county that naught we could say would add
anything to his reputation. If elected, he •
v*!l unquestionably perform his duties aright,
and faithfully examine all the county accounts ,
himself. <
V> ith such a ticket the wliigs deserve suc
cess, and we believe if they ( { u not succeed it
will be their own fault. On the surface our
opponents appear united, but until we see oil
and water freely commingle, we shall enter
tain strong doubts of that harmony said to
exist among them. Be that however as it ,
may, we hope all good whigs will at once lav
aside all private bickerings and go to work in
earnest. As we before said, there is not a (
man on the ticket who directly or indirectly
sought a nomination, and even if private ob- i
jections exist, though we know of none, they 1
are entitled, under the circumstances, to an
energetic support of every v. hig and indepen
dent voter in the county. It is only by such 1
a course we can ever hope to succeed, for any '
other would not only be suicidal, hut both
simple and foolish.
<••• (
TEMPER ANCE. — The citizens of Centre coun
ty, favorable to the Maine law, lately held a '
meeting, at which it was resolved to address j
the locofoco nominee for tin legislature as to (
his views on the subject. A committee was 1
accordingly appointed, who sent a note to Mr. '
Foster, the nominee, notifying him of their
appointment and making the inquiry whether
he would vote for such a law. To this he re
plied that he would not, unless it contained
" a clause submitting it to a direct vote of the
people prior to taking effect." This answer 1
the committee deemed unsatisfactory, as the
Supreme Court has decided such a clause to |
be unconstitutional and void, and having been |
empowered to do so, they placed in nomina- i
tion N. J. MITCHELL, of Bellefonte, as a can- 1
dida'to for the Legislature.
; i
Ihe son of Henry Clay, a few weeks ago, 1
denied over his signature that his father bad j
expressed any dissatisfaction at Gen. Scott's
nomination, or of Gen. Seott himself, and al- '
leged besides that he was at the bedside of
the dying statesman for weeks previous to his ,
death and never heard him express any such '
opinions to any one—yet the Aurora repub
lishes the exploded story that Mr. Clay had ,
made such statements to his sou and others, j
♦ EDITORIAL OLE A PODRIDA.
The friends of Old Chippewa raised a
Scott pole, 82 feet high, at Keedsville on Sat
urday last. •
The locofocos and abolitionists of Massa
chusetts met in convection on Monday, but
finally separated, having been unable to agree
upon a further coalition.
A whig mass meeting will be held in the
city of Lancaster OJJ the lGth of September,
;md another at Hollidaysburg on the 17th.
Distinguished speakers will be in attendance.
Governor Bigler has appointed 11. J. WAL
TERS, Esq., Xotary Public for Mifflin coun
ty, from and after the 9th October next, when
our commission expires. Turn about is fair
play—and hence, as we succeeded him, we
shall not grumble that he now succeeds us.
Jacob Peters. Jr.. has beers nominated by
the locofocos of Philadelphia city and county
for Sheriff. Kline, a poor man, and always
j a hardworking locofoco, was also a candidate,
hut Peters had the most money while Kline
had the most merit.
The great" locofoco meeting in Reading
by all accounts turned out as our neighbor
some weeks since hoped all such meetings
would, a mere fizzle. The fare on the rail
roads was reduced to eptarler price, bur except ,
Philadelphia, but few took advantage of it.
The whole thing was nothing more than an
, ordinary county m< 'ting f r a place like
t i
berks.
The remains of Mr. Mahan, whose death !
we noticed last week, were brought to dis
place on Friday by J. Ard Mathews, and in- •
torrod in the Catholic burying ground. Some
difficulty or misunderstanding however Inn
ing occurred with the sexton, we learn that a
number of his friends purpose to remove his
remains, as well as some members of the j
family, to tire Episcopal 1 uryiog ground—for
which purpose they arc now collecting funds.
The junior editor of tire Democrat, in
speaking of the whig county convention,
says, "when we [the junior] were in our
boy ho ], w remember the old henscanie out
of the coop and cackled when they laid an •
egg." We 1 elieve the old hens still cackle,
as they did in days of yore, after laying an
egg, but we can assure our neighbor that
there is a great deal more cackling along the
line of the canal after those old hens, the Ca
nal < ommissioners. have laid their eggs, than
was ever heatd from ebickenliood.
The Bellefonte Whig, in speaking of the
whig meeting recently held there, says: "The
first address was delivered by GEORGE W.
ELDER, Esq., of IX I wis town, which was list
ened to with the attention which lie never
fails to command, lie reviewed the various
questions before the people of the State and
Nation, in au able and eloquent manner, and
stated some facts in relation to the corruption
of tbe present Canal Board, which would be
well for the tax-payers of the county to no
tice."
GEN. CASS AND GEN. SCOTT. —Gen. Cas- de
livered a speech at New-York last week,
during which he said :
My friends, we have honorable contests
enough with the whig party, without re
storing to abuse. If three score vears and
ten. which 1 have almost attained, brings
with it many evil-, it brings with it also a
right to give my opinion, and (with much
emphasis) I will give it. (Cheers, and cries
of bravo.) And that is, that I trust m>
democrat, during the whole of this campaign,
will resort to this unworthy mode of war
fare. My friends, we are still brethren of
the same great family, and the whigs are
just as much interested in the prosperity of
the country as you are. We are both on
board the same ship, and must sink or swim j
together, tCheers.) The whigs have their
own articles of political faith, and so ha\.
we. They believe they are right, and we be
lieve they are wrong. But allow me to sav,
my iriends, ihat there is a terrible propensitv
to politiral abuse in the warm campaigns of
this country, and a spectator of the old world,
on looking around at the contending parties,
and reading the party journals, would actu
ally think that no man is fit to be a candi
date for the presidency—unless he is the
greatest rascal to be found in the countrv.
(Cheers and laughter.) Well, I have no
part or lot in any such compact. 1 know
Gen. Scott, and L know that he is an honor
able man, and that he has fought the battles
of his country, and I have not a word to sav
againt him.
Iho General is evidently becoming too
liberal for bis party, for in this State the lo
cofocos think whigs are not good for anvthing
but to fight in wars and pay taxes.
Vermont Election.
BURLINGTON, Sent. B.—Returns from twen
ty-five towns, on the Gubernatorial vote, give
Fairbanks (Whig) 4226; Robinson (Demi
olio ; and Brainard (1 ree Soil) 726, showing :
a Whig gain of 137 votes over last voar. So
far the Legislative vote indicates the election
of 31 IV hig, 14 Democratic, and 3 Free Soil
representatives. The vote for members of
Congress corresponds with the Gubernatorial.
MR. CLAY'S CONFIDENCE IN SCOTT. —Mr.
Edward Stanley related the following incident
in his recent speech to the Whigs of New
York: In 1839, when we were threatened
with a war with England, I was with Mr.
Clay on the 22(1 of February, when he met
Mr. 4 an Buren, who was his private friend,
though his public enemy, while it was report
ed that the news ot hostilities would be heard
by the very next mail. Mr. Van Buren him
self was somewhat shaken—but Henry Clay
said, "Sir, I have great confidence in Winfield
Scott. His prudence, his valor, his militarv
judgment cause me to entertain great hopes
oi his mission, and 1 have no doubt whatever
of his success."
POLITICAL DIALOGUE.— Whiff- I see,
thut there is a now campaign paper for Pierce!
]a>cuJ<><■<> —Is there 1 What is it called, and
where is it published ? Perhaps I'll get up a
club fur it ' r :glit away. Our present papers
don't seem to answer the purpose.
II An/ It is called the Tunes, and published
in London. I see it goes strong for Pierce,
and no doubt your friends will subscribe !
[Exit Locoloco, in a hurry.]
Vote of Thanks to the Ladles.
At a stated meeting of the Lewis town and
Kishacoquillas Lodges, I. 0. of 0. F. ( the fol
; lowing resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of the members
be returned to the Ladies of Lewistown, who
I assisted in the sewing and putting down of
the carpet, and the arrangement of the dra
! peiy in their new Hall.
Resolved, That this resolution be published
in the papers of the Borough,
HAVE TOV TIIZ FEVER AND AUCE? —If so, thei
be persuaded to try Dr. J. >f. Cooper's Vegtlabit
Compound Terer anil .Igue Pills, as they will pos
itively perform a perfect cure iri three days tiim-
We ourselves know of a number of cases in
which they have been used, and we never knew
them to fail; therefore we conscientiously r. -
commend them to our friends as being the very
best medicine ever discovered for the cure of
this distressing disease. These pills are for sale
by F. J. HOFFMAN, of this place. Price $1 pet
box. He has also constantly on hand a supply
of Dr. J. W. Cooper's Vegetable Worm Pow
ders for the de*truction of Worms, and from the
many applications of our friends to give notice
through the press of the wonderful benefits their
children have derived from the use of them, we
have no doubt they are really a superior article;
they are also pleasant for children to take.—
Also fur aale by the same, Dr. J. W. Cooper's
Vegetable Cough or Consumptive Syrup. We
ourselves can testify to the great superiority of
this medicine in the cure of a stubborn and ob
stinate cough of several years standing If yea
have a cough, try this syrup, and our word for
it if it dots r.ot cure you, nothing will. [al3
_
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d.i j( Iiroil l.irhig, the ureatest Physiological Chemist,
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wonderfut remedy for ln.lifeslion, I> spepsia, Jaundice,
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i tre Jmce. Pamphlets, containing .Scientific evidences of
it> value, furnished In agents gratis. See notice among
• tbe medical advertisements.
THE MARKETS.
Lr. wisTowx, September 10, 1832.
The prices paid by dealers this morning
fur Grain and Country Produce, are as fol
lows:
Flour, f 4 barrel. S3 37]
Wheat, white, "j 4 bushel. 90
red do. 85
Rye, f 4 bushel, 35
Oats, do. 28
Corn, do. 53
Cloverseed, bushel, 3 7-5
Butter, good, j 4 lb. 12]
Bacon, do. 9
Eggs, j 4 dozen, B)
Potatoes, bushel 50
The Lewistown .Mills are paying 90 rts. per
bushel for White Wheat, and 85 ct.. for Red.
Rye 55 cents. Corn, 50 cents per bushel. Prices
of Flour—>2,so per lot) lbs. for extra, and §2,25
for superfine.
iCf* E- E. LOCKF. &, Co. at Locke's Mills, are
paying GO cents for Rye, and 50 cents for Corn.
PHILADELPHIA, September 9, 18-52.
FLOUR AND MEAL. —The Flour market is
inactive, with small sales, fresh ground, at
84.•)<. Kxtra Flour i- h'-kl at >4.621 a SS.(N.
Rye Flour is dull, at >3.62. Com Meal is
held at S3.so.— GßUN. —Wheat—Sales of
2(Mh.i bushels Southern red at 95 it 1Klc, and
prime old Penna. white at 105 c. Sales of
some old Penna. white at 106 c. Further
sal.-s of Southern Rye made at 72c. Corn
is in fair request at 72A a 73c. afloat. Gats
are steady at 16*. for Southern. Inferior at
34c. and heavy black at 37c.— Ledger.
Yew and Cheap lOOkIYG-GLASS Depot.
I'IIAS. *. S\Y4I \,
Ao. 22 A*. Second elretl, above Fine, E. side,
PHILADELPHIA,
IT\:t f.ir sale, and al.vats on band, a splendid issno
1 mput of PUIIAT and GR.YjiMF.Jfr I. Gil T
FR.SMK LOOKI.YG GLASSES, suitable foi Mantel.,
Puns. tc. M-iiogai.) I iamed Gi-isses* t- r -iniugroom.-,
and chaiulx is Also, Ornamental ;.nd ma Frumps l<>.
Portraits. Old Frames re-gilt, equal to new Freucbamt
G riuan Looking Glass Plates put in Frame. [.ejilO - .in,.
.300 AGENTS WANTED,
SIOOO A YEAR.
"IV ANTED IN EVERT COUNTY OF TIIE I NITTD
STA LES, active and enterprising men, to engage in
the sale n: some of the best Books published in tb.-
country. To men of good address, posse-sing a small
capital ef from to #IOO, such inducements will be of
fered as to enable thcni to make from #3 to $lO a dav
profit.
e>The Books published by us are all useful in their
character, extremely popular and command large ale
\v liercver they are otfered
DANIELS &. GETZ,
Suoressots to \V. A. Lcary & Co..
•cpt 10 6m] No 138 Not lb Second at., Philadelphia
.
Orphans' Court Sale.
IN pursuance of an order issued by the
. Orphans' Court of Mifflin county, will be
exposed to public sale on the premises, on
Friday October 29, 1852,
at one o'clock in the afternoon, the following
real estate, to wit:
All the undivided interest of JAMES
51cDOM ELL, late ot Armagh township, in
said county, deceased, being about one-sixth
part, in and to a tract of land situate in Ar
magh township, containing
300 ACRES,
more or less, adjoining lands of Joseph Kyle,
John Taylor and others. This property is
well improved, in a high state of cultivation,
and one of the most desirable in the countv.
Persons desirous of purchasing, arc re
quested to call and examine the same, or if de
sired any information respecting it can be ob
tained trom the administrator, residing in
Lewistown.
Conditions of Stale. —One half the purchase
money to bo paid on confirmation of the sale,
and the residue iixyone year thereafter with
interest, to be secured by bond and mortgage
of the purchaser.
JOSEPH MILLIKEN.
Administrator of James McDowell, dee d.
September 10, 1852-td. D
Stray Steers.
CIAME to my farm, in Oliver township,
J about the Ist of June last, two stray
steers, one a brown and the other a brindle,
with a piece off the right ear, supposed to be
about two years old. The owner or owners
arc requested to come forward, prove property,
pay charges and take them away, or they will
be disposed of according to law.
G. 11. OALBRAITH.
September 10, 1552-31.