lintelligencer
_GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
Lancaster, September 29.1853.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS:
JUDGE OF SUPREME • COURT,
JOHN C. KNOX,
OF TIOGA COUNTY.
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
Jacob L. Gross.
By reference to the correspondence in another
column, it will be seen that this gentleman has
yielded to the wishes of his numerous friends in
the northern section of the County, by. consenting
to 're-enter the campaign' and stand a poll as an
:independent candidate for the Legislature. Mr. G.
is a sound and thorough going Democrat, intelli
gent and honest, and, if elected, would do credit to
himself and his constituents. His great personal
popularity, where he is known, may be judged of
from the fact that a large majority, perhaps mull
three-fourths, of the signers to the correspondence
alluded to, are known'and recognized in their dis
tricts as active and influential Whigs, who have
heretofore always supported their party through
thick and thin, and who will now yield Mr. G. a
hearty and energetic support. We bespeak for him
the support of our Democratic friends throughout
the county, assuring them that he is meritorious
and deserving in every respect.
I! Col. BAKER; the Superintendent of Motive
Power on the Columbia Railroad, has by direction
of the Canal Commissioners, offered a reward of
$lOOO for' the apprehension and conviction of the
person or persons who maliciously placed obstruc
tions on the railroad, near Morgan's Corner, on the
night of the 12th inst., by which the locomotive
and cars due at 2 o'clock A. M., did not reach this
city until 11 o'clock, having been thrown off the
-
track.
THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTE,-ThiS body was in
session last week, and its proceedings were more
than usually interesting to the large number of our
ns who attended the meetings. There has been
a decided improvement over the session of last year,
and the influence exerted will doubtless give a new
impetus to the progress of popular education in this
county. A number of gentlemen from a distance
were in attendance and delivered lectures, and every
thing passed off in the most satisfactory manner.—
The Institute adjourned sine die on Friday evening.
We shall, if possible, allude to the proceedings more
at length in our next.
117 The celebrated NEAL Dow; the 'father of
the Maine Liquor Law,' is to deliver a lecture in
the Market House, in this city, on Thursday eve
ning next. He is also announced to speak at Qum
ryville, on Friday afternoon, and at night at Fulton
Hall, in this city—on Saturday afternoon at Mari
etta, and at night in Columbia.
Operations with Nicholson's BIG TENT are also
to commence in ;his empty, on the 27th inst., and
continue at various points till the evening preceding
the election.
We shall have lively times for two or three
weeks to come
The appointment ot Col. STAMBAUGH to a
Consulship to Talcuahano, in Chili, meets with uni
versal approbation from the press throughout the
State and elsewhere. '1 he Col. is deservedly pop
ular throughout the Union, wherever he is known,
and the President could not have made a more ju
dicious selection. Our only regret is, that he did
not get some lucrative station neater home, by
which his valuable services to the party and to his
friends could be retained.
135" A communication signed R. R. alias R. G.,"
containing some severe strictures on the conduct of
the Principal of the Strasburg Academy, is received ;
but its publication is respectfully declined for the
reason that we do not wish to become involved in
a controversy of the kind, especially as it appears
to be b .sed entirely on a private difficulty between
the Principal and one of his pupils. We have hand
ed it over to the Examiner, as requested.
Junox OrmoN.—We have received a
copy of this very learned and able opinion in the
Railroad case, and shall publish it at length, or, at
least, make copioui extracts from it, in our next is
sue.
11l Hon. A. L. HATES, of this city, is to deliver
the Address before the York County Agricultural
Society, on the 7th of October. A rich treat may
be expected by our neighbors, as the Judge is one
of our most learned and able men, and is well book
ed up on every subject upon which he undertakes
to lecture.
Ea' The Yellow Fever is raging at Vidalia, Don
aldsonville, Baton Rouge, and other towns along the
Mississippi. On the 7th there were 70 deaths from
the disease at Ntw Orleans, which is still a large
figure in the thinned population of that city.
PUBLIC SENTlMENT.—Resolutions approving of
the administrations of President Pisnca and Gov
ernor Brous., were passed last week at the County
Conventions of Adams, Dauphin, Bradford, Schuyl
kill and Clearfield.
Vsnaroxr.—The returns from Vermont are still
incomplete. There is no election of State officers
by the people. The Whigs have a plurality on pop
ular vote, and a majority in the Senate. In the
House the majority will be against them if the
Democrats and Free-Boilers should unite. At pres
ent speculation points to such a union. It is sup
posed that the majority will be opposed to the
Maine Law.
FOREIGN News.--The steamship Arctic arrived
at New York, on Sunday, bringing Liverpool dates
to the 7th inst. Breadstuffs are declining in price,
both in the English and French markets. The
Turkish question is still uns,ettled; and it is report
ed that the French Emperor, indignant at the Sul
tan for demanding alterations in the basis of corn
promise prepared by the mediating Powers, has
thrown up the business in disgust, and notified the
Sultan, that, hereafter, he must. act on his own re
sponsibility.
V' A large and enthusiastic&neeting of the
friends of Mr. BOUGHTZII, the independent , candidate
for County Treasurer, was held at the public house
of John Davis, in Rohrerstown, do Saturday eve
ning last. • •
ET Gen. McKay, of North Carolina, a promi
nent member of Congress for the last fifteen years,
died suddenly on Wednesday last.
El 3" The Cholera has again made its appearance
at Cumberland, Md. Twenty-two deaths had oc
cured during the last week.
irr Gen. BUIZLDS Li said to b elying dangerously
ill, of fever, at aria, Illinois.
Arrorarzn.—John Seachrist has been appointed
Post-master at i ßohrertown—(Hempfield P. O.)
The Wale of the Public Works.
One of the most reckless and unfair articles that
has been issued from the press, on this subject, ap
peared in the Ledger of this city, some time since'
and we regret to perceive that its false statements
have founetheir way into some of the country pa
pers. Its statements have been taken for troth and
Candor, when in fact they area , series of most reek
less misrepresentations—a most violent falsification
of the records on this subject, calculated to preju
dice the public mind against' our State improve
ments and to make the people believe a lie. After
a brief preface, the Ledger sums up the account with
the Works for the year 1852, as follows :
" To omit the expenditures of previous years,
(which, perhaps, would sum up more heavily than
is necessary to establish some proposition,) let us
consider those of the year 1852. The Appropria
tion Bill of that year amounted in round numbers,
to ' $5,500,000
The expenses of the govern
ment were 8258,591
Interest of public debt, • 2,000,000
Common schools, charitable
institutes, and incidental
expenses, 350,000--$2,608,691
Showing the balance of expenditures
principally on . public moils to be $2,891,409
Or in round numbers, about three millions of dol
lars.
These figures, it appears to us, speak sufficiently
for themselves. The whole ordinary expenditures
for the government of the State were about $600,-
000; the interest on the public debt arising from the
construction and ownership by the State of the
public works amounted to two millions, and the
cost of keeping the Public Works in repair, &c.,
to three millions more. Of the whole appropria
tion of five and a half million dollars, little more
than one-tenth was expended for the general ob
jects of the State government.
" The gross income from the Pnblic Works but
$1,938,674, or about two million of dollars, show
ing the proprietorship of the Public Works, after
all the experience we have had on the subject,
all the improvements introduced, and notwithstand
ing the increase of trade, to be an expense to the
State of about a million of dollars, or nearly sev
enty-five per cent. of the real and personal taxes
throughout the State. If the State could get rid of
the Public Works, instead of raising $1,369,636 by
taxation, $300,000, or thereabouts, would be suffi
cient; and the State would thus be saved a million
of money, besides the interest of that portion of
the public debt, which would be extinguished by
by the sale of the Works."
Now, if these statements be correct, it is an end
to the whole question. The Public Works cannot
be given away, much less sold for a valuable con
sideration. No set of sane men will pay their
money merely to enjoy such a brilliant opportuni
ty of becoming bankrupt.
In a'subsequent paragraph, this same writer says:
—"Our reasons in favor of a sale are the dimuni
tion of the State Debt—the diminution of taxes!!"
Now where is Bermum? This is more humbug
gery than we can stand at this time. The man
who proposes to sell a property that is sinking a
million of dollars annually, to diminish the State
Debt, should have a straight-jacket. If these state
merits of the Ledger contained the truth—if they ex
hibited the Public Works in their true light, we
should utterly despair of finding any relief for the
people from that source. But they do not. They
are a fabric of fiction resting on a false foundation.
The truth is, the gross receipts from the Public
Works, for the year 1852, amounted to the sum of
$1,896,811 42, and the expenditures to $1,029,.
341 23; leaving a net revenue to the State of $867,-
470 19, instead of a million of clear loss, as stated
by the Ledger. They deduct from the whole ap
propriation the ordinary expenses of the Govern
ment, $258,591; for the interest, $2,000 000; for the
schools, charitable- institutions, &c., $350,000; and
then charge the entire balance to the I üblic Works.
Will the author tell us where we are to find the
$850,000 that was applied toward the completion
of the North Branch Canal; the $250,000 used in
the avoidance of the Planes on the mountains; the
$377,000 that went into the Sinking Fund; the large
sum paid on old claims, &c., if the whole appropri
ation was used to pay the current expenses of the
Public Works. But it is useless to labor this point.
The truest account that can be had is that which
has already been given; but say, in order to cover
debts outstanding, that the net balance was only
$BOO,OOO. This is a very important item in our
present financial condition. if the Public Works
are paying the interest on sixteen millions, they
will command the attention of capitalists at least;
but it losing a million a year, the State will have
to keep them forever.
Nor is . it true, as stated, by the writer, that "if
the State could get rid of the Public Works, instead
of raising $1,359,636 by taxation, $300,000, or
thereabouts, would be sufficient." The truth is far
otherwise. Il we were to take up the Treasurer's
'books, and wipe out the account of 1852 tor and
against the finished improvements, leaving all else
as it is, we would find a deficit of just $867,000,
and that there would have been a necessity to bor
row that sum to meet the interest and other expen
ditures. Such gross misstatements, emanating from
quarters heretofore respectable for truth, must have
a most mischievous effect upon the public mind—
must injure the value of the State Works, and crip
ple the credit of the State. The truth on this sub
ject—indeed, the brightest feature in which it can
be made to appear, will be gloomy enough; but let
us have. a candid discussion, a fair sale and full
compensation. No true Pennsylvanian—no patri
ot—will deliberately disparage the value of the
State's property—her means of sustaining her cred
it and honor.--Perinsykarrian.
The Portage Strike.,
Every man in the community, who has had
anything to do with politics knows the tricks and
stories that are started to injure a candidate. One
of these disreputable performances is now attempt
ed to be played against Mr. Banks„the Democratic
nominee for Auditor General. Of all men he is a
bout the last whose integrity would be questioned
by those who .ciicitv him. And yet a characterless
abolition print in Philadelphia, has had the effront
ery to charge him with unfairness in the discharge
of his public duties, and to allege that he ign ,red
the claims of the workmen on the Portage road,
and afterward passsed them when they bad been
sold to speculators. Any person who has the
slightestknowledge of hotness in the Auditor Gen
eral's office must know that this would be impossi
ble, even if the officer was disposed to do so. Mr.
Charles Conner, now a Clerk in the Auditor Gener
al's office, gives the reckless editor a reply that will
silence.him, and explains the position of Mr Banks
to the satisfaction of every reasonable man. The
following is Mr. Conner's letter :
HARRISBURG, PA., Sept, 3, 1853.
Mr. Binarsy your paper of the Ist inst.,
there appears an article, headed Ephraim Banks,
Auditor General,' in which a distinct charge, of a
very serious character, is made against Mr. Banks.
It is stated in that article, that the demands of
the workmen'on the Portage railroad were ignored
by Mr. Banks and the Treasurer, and being forced
by necessity, to sell their claims, at a very heavy
discount, to speculators from Harrisburg; that now
Mr. Banks audits these sole claims, and has them
paid in full.
These charges arise from an ignorance of the
manner of doing business in this Department. The
appropriations are drawn by the Superintendent of
the road from the State Treasury, to suit his own
convenience, without a warrant from the Auditor
General, consequently he has no control over'the
money appropriated for the payment of such claims.
It is the duty of the superintendent to pay the bills
and then preset them to the Auditor General, for
auditing, and if properly receipted, sworn to, and
certified to be correct, it is the duty of this depart.
ment to receive them as vouchers,in the settlement
of the superintendent's account, unless,there is suffi
cient reason for holding them over.
The bills to which special reference is made in
'your article, were brought to this office in the first
instance by one of the clerks in the Treasury De
partment; not being presented, however, in the usual
and legal manner, to wit : by the Superintendent,
of the road; nor receipted to Gen. Ross, to whose
credit it was proposed they should be placed, but to
F. R. West, late Superintedent, nor prepared in such
a manner as to be settled conformably to the ap
propriations, they were not then audited.
Subsequently they were sent to the office by Gen.
Ross, the present Superintendent, in proper form,
and were there passed to his credit.
1 have thought the foregoing explanation due
from me, the clerk having charge of the accounts
presented by the disbursing officer 8f the Portage
railroad, in Mr. Banks' absence, attending the couch
of a sick son, that justice may be done one who
has not, and will' not, when able to prevent it, see
injustice done the laboring man, nor has.he held
"collusion with swindling speculators," in the trans
action of the business in this department.
I also transmit a copy of a letter from Thomas
Collins, the chairman of the committee, appointed
by the workmen on the road, during the strike,
which came to hand this morning.
I am, respectfully yours, &c. ' •
CHAS. CONNER.
Peneurres.—Those who-admire beautiful paint
ings should , step into the side room of the Swan Ho
tel, where a number of pictures can be seen, paint
ed by the talented artist, Mr. Mason.
From the Harrisburg Union.
The Sinking Fund and the State
STLTE TRIC4II3I7HER'S OYZICE,
- Hcrrrisburi. 1853. '1
To ISJLAZ licKumEr; Esq.,
Editor of the Demoritdic Union:
Data Sin—ln Compliance with your request, I
have the, honor to inform you that the aggregate
operations of the Sinking Fund, since the first - of
January, 1852, to present date, amounts to the sum
of $617,659 59. This amount will be considerably
increased prior to the close of the fiscal year.
Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
J. PATRICK,
Sec. to the Com. of the Sinking Fund.
We have procured the foreging statement from
the Secretary of the 'Sinking Fund' for the purpose
of being prepared to meet and successfully to coml.
teract the senseless clamor which the Whig press,
iu all parts of the State, have simultaneously set up
about the 'monstrous increase of the - public debt,'
since the induction of Gov. Bigler into office.
Some of these sheets have had the hardihood to
assert that 'milllions have been added to the pub
lic debt,' and that the 'Sinking Fund had been en.
tirely abandoned.' It has long been agreed that this
world, particularly the part of it composed of the
' Whig press, has been given over to much lying;
but we have never before witnessed such an ungov
ernable inclination to present the unadulterate Mun
chausen stuff, as just afthis time seems to control
Whig editors. Whether this inclination is to be
attributable to their present prostrate, shattered and
hopeless condition as a party, or whether it results
froui the influence of the dog-days, or Ise long-tail
ed comet, we do not care to enquire. 'Pa e facts are
sufficient for us.
We shall not, on this occasion, occupy space by
parading the whole State debt, which can be found
in the annual report from the Auditor General's of
fice, and in nearly every gubernatorial message for
the last fifteen years; but we shall come down at
once to the point of ascertaining the increase in the
debt. Every intelligent man knows that money
cannot be borrowed by any administration without
authority of law. In the winter of 1852, the Gov
ernor was authorized to borrow $850,000, to se
cure the speedy completion of the North Branch
Canal. No other law authorizing to make a per
manent loan, except to cancel old bonds has been
passed, and we challenge the productionofany other.
And now how stands the account with this loan.
The $850,000 were borrowed in June, 1852, at
4i per cent. interest, and that would have been just
that amoutit-of an increased debt, if nothing had
been since [paid. But the $617,659 59, paid by the
sinking Mild, as above stated, must be &ducted,
which leaves the meagre balance of $232,340 41.
But other deductions must be made. The Gover
nor, last summer , by paying off the six per cent.,
bonds, and some $3,000,000 of the five per cents.,
that had' then fallen due, brought into the Treasury
$134 000, in the shape of premiums, besides, leaving
annually $20,800 in the reduction of interest. This
saving alone it will be perceived, is sufficient to
pay the interest on $425,000 of the North Branch
loan. It is thus made to appear that all but a mea
gre sum of the principal of this new loan has been
repaid, and that provision has been made for the in
terest on this balance, and nearly $200,000 in ad
dition without exacting one farthing from the pock
ets of the people. Now we know, and some of the
editors who are abusing Gov. Bigler know, that this
financial movement of his, is the only one that has
ever been made in the State, that has honorably
drawn money into the Treasury, without in some
way exacting it from the pockets of the people.—
How unjust and ungeneruuus then all their false
accusations against his policy and measures.
It is but candid to state, however, in justice to
Whig editors, remote from the seat of goveinment
and who do not understand this subject, that the
last report of the Auditor General, though entirely
right in itse.f, was calculated to leave the impres
sion that the debt had been largely increased. This
circumstance is accounted for in this way: The
new bonds to the amount of five millions, to, pay
off the old bonds of a like amount, had all or nearly
all been issued prior to the close of the financial
year, and these of course had been entered on the
books of that officer, and the old bonds not having
been received for cancellation, and _deduction,
the apparent increase was manifest. They have
misled certain of the Whig editors ; as for those in
this neighborhood who have indulged in such mag
nificent misrepresentations, we have for them less
charity. They knew better.
It is true, that by the appropriation bill of last
winter, the Governor was-authorized to anticipate
the surplus revenue to the Treasury, for the years
1853 and 1854, for the purpose of promoting a
speedy completion of the new works, commenced
by his predecessor, but this we are assured can nev
er become a permanent debt. Besides our Whig
friends are constantly telling us that this is the way
in which Governor Johnson intended to complete
these improvements. But, if the administration is
to be judged of by the standard of temporary loans,
we could prove that Governor Johnson's adminis
tration actually increased, instead of ciecreased the
State debt. To do this, we would have but to add
to the permanent debt, the temporary loans out
standing when he retired, say, some 6392,000, and
that will bring him away behind, and square the
books with the present anticipations of the extra
revenues. But we have no wish to trifle with this
subject; our only desire has 'been to give the people
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth.
Gov. Bigler, in his last message, says, 'No per
manent loans, it seems to me, should hereafter be
made for any purpose whatever.' And then again,
when speaking of the schemes of expenditure com
menced by his predecessor, he says: 'I shall under
all circumstances, resist the commencement of any
new projects of this kind.' Here we have the fu
ture policy of the administration in a nut-shell.—
No increase of the public debt—no new projects of
improvement, and a rigid economy in the use of
the public money.
We have not prepared this article with special
reference to Governor Bigler, for he needs no de•
fence, nor would it be fair to bring him to judg
ment before his time. He has only served eighteen
months, and any administration should have at
least three years to develop its policy. But we
know, and every intelligent man in the community
believes, that the new song which the Whig press
has just struck up with so much sanctimonious
zeal, is intended, as far as may be, to affect the
Democratic ticket at the coming election; and un
der this impression, we have concluded to knock
the props from under their hobby by a few blows
of plain recorded truth. -
Bounty Land Act.
It gives us pleasure to lay belore our readers the
early - efforts of J. Poarsa BHAWLEY, Esq. in favor
of granting to the'officers, riendiers, seamen and ma
rines in the war of 1312, the same amount of lands
as was given by the United States to Canadian vol
unteers. Mr. Bra wley was then in the State Sen
ate, and was the first member that made a move
merit in favor bf giving Bounty Lands to every spe
cies of corps that defended our country in our war
of Independence. He offered his resolution on that
subject on the 15th of February 1850. The yeas
and nays on the passage of the resolutions were as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Brawley, Brooke, Crabbe, Cun
ningham, Darsie, Drum, Fernon, Forsyth, Frailey,
Frick, Frilton, Guernsey, Daslett,Hugus, Ives, King
Konigmacher, Lawrence, McCaslin, Malone, Mat
thias, Mublenberg,Packer, Sadler, Sankey, Savory,
Shimer, Sterret, Stine, Streeter, Walker, Best,
Speaker-32.
NAYS—None.
All the other Stiles passed similar resolutions,
and transmitted them to Congress. It was in con•
sequence of this general movement in all the States
of the 'nation, that the Bounty Land Bill was re
ported to the two Houses of Congress. It was uni
versally expected that the bill would grant 160
acres to all who served in the war.
But as it progressed through the House and Sen
ate, the Bounty Land Bill was so mutilated as to
give only 40 acres to most of those who served in
the war of 1812—for very few served more than
eight months.
It having been discovered, however, sin.ci the pas
sage of that act, that recruits that enlisted to go' to
Mexico, and woo only served for a few weeks, received
160 acres, a new effort has beed made, and is likely
to be successful, to so modify the present Bounty
Act, as to give to all who served in any of our wars
160 acres. It is to back and sustain this proposi
tion, that so manymeetings have recently been held
in Philadelphia and other portions of the United
States.
Our main object now is, to thank Mr. Brawley
for his early motion in this matter in our State
Senate, in favor of the original Bounty Land act,
and thus do justice to the veterans of 1812. If his
proposition had originally prevailed with Congress,
our soldiers would not now have to be making re
newed exertions to obtain justice.—Pennsy/vanian.
RAILROAD Accuicsx.—On Wednesday evening
last, 140 A instant, as the passenger train was cros
sing the railway bridge, about two. miles. East of
Sunbury, on the Sunbury and Philadelphia railroad
it was thrown off the track, and the whole train
was dashed over a precipice from 15 to 20 feet,
rolling the cars, and their thirty passengers, over
and over. Nearly all the passengers were seriously
bruised, but fortunately escaped instant death, as
the train was crossing the bridge at a rapid rate.—
We regret to learn that two of our citizens were
severely bruised. It seems as if our railway bridges
had been to slaughter as many, persons' as
possible.' Isitkere no remedy to prevent this.—/n.
land Daily.
Chronicles of Whlggery.
CHAPTER HI
L And there was sore distress in the land -4,4
Whig-dom, such as had not been.felt since theti!iys
that - Bas.rA.arir surnamed CrulieSkss was appoint=
ed to make laws for the people...
-
_ .2. And the hero of tbefiery crest, the Chief Cap
tain of the Silver Grey host, summoned a council
of the great Sanhedrim, for thcPurpose of devising .
ways and means to bring to nought the-devices of
tfie enemy. •
3. And the Sanhedrim assembled on the sixth
day of the ninth month, and when the door were
shut, the Chief Captain, who was a mighty man of
valor, addressed them as follows:
4. "I have summoned you together, my worthy
lords and captains, by_ direction of our young sov
ereign Isaac, for the purpose of hearing your re
ports from the different divisions of the army, as
wed to counsel with you as to the best means for
crushing the rebellion oft - Values the Isvractar.s."
5. And he continued to speak to the council of
the Sanhedrim, and said: "I have gone in and out
before you for many years, and have not ceased day
and night from serving my master and promoting
the interests of you my faithful subalterns, then why
should you not listen to the words of patriotism and
wisdom which flow from my lips.
6. "My voice, then, like the patriot of old, is still
for war, and it behdoves us to waste the territory
of the enemies of our lord the king with fire and
sword—to tread over them and hew them to pieces
like unto that which betel our ancient foe, the Am
elitish king.
7. "Go to, therefore, let us utterly destroy our
Woolly Head enemies from off the lace of the earth
—but their great chieftan THADDEUS and his first
Lieutenant Caainas, we will take alive and bring
them before our master, who will have them hung
and quartered as a terror to deserters from Whig
dom for all time to come.
8. "And our other enemies—the Locofocos, Odd
Fellows, Masons, and Recaabites, who are aiding
and abetting the renegade Cirdtara.s, and who are
assisting to defeat our well-beloved and trusty-friend
Besardura, and thus deprive us of our control of the
money chest, I hereby proclaim as a set of intract
able out-laws and cut-throats who are unworthy el
any mercy at our hands, but are deserving of the
gibbet for presuming to give countenance to the se
dition of the Woolly Heads."
9. And the sayings of the Chief Captain pleased
the Sanhedrim well, and almost with one accord
they rose up and gave a shout for the war-worn
hero of the fiery crest, and bound themselves with
an oath that they would follow him wheresoever
he shonld go, and make war upon the savage tribes
from Dan even to Beersheba. •
10. But there were id the Sanhedrim two of the
Ishmaelitish tribe,
Jotter surnamed DITLOW and
GEOlllit surnamed BRIFBAILEII, who dissented from
their brethren of the Council, and would not obey
the mandate of the Chief Captain. They were men
of peace, who could notlook upon the blood and
carnage threatened bym with composure.
11. Whereupon thsprathof he the fiery crestwax
ed hotter and hotter, hd his face glowed with indig
nation against these tWo Ishmaelites, who thus dared
to stand up against him; and he commanded his
faithful subalterns to bind them with cords
and scourge them, and it that did not suffice, then
to erase their names from the chronicles of Silver
Grey Whiggery, and thus make them a by-word
and a reproach amongst all their brethren.
12. And he said further—"let us erect a gallows,
high as Hannan's, and let all deserters who may
hereafter be taken with arms in their hands, be
hanged thereon,
ar,d thus the reproach be wiped
away from the Old Guard." And the Sanhedrim
assented to the wisdom and eloquence of the Chief
Captain, and straightway adjourned.
13. And it came to pass, about this time, that a
battle was fought, at a. place called Hempeld, be
tween a division of the Silver Greye, commanded
by Joner, surnamed HIESTAAD—and the Woolly
Heads, under the direction of EDWARD the CONTE'S
soa. The contest was long and fierce; and finally,
about the going down of the sun, the Woolly Heads
made a desperate charge at the point of the bayo
net and completely routed the Silver Greys, who
were forced to retreat from the field leaving their
dead and wounded behind them, to be cared for by
the tribe of Locofocos who were witnesses to the
combat.
14. Li. nd the troubles of Whig-dom increased, and
sore distress prevailed throughout the entire valley
ot the Conestoga, and extended even to the going
down of the sun.
15. And Issac despatched messengers to the
South and to the:North, calling upon them to stand
up valiantly for their king—and gold and silver in
abundance were sent to the captains and heads of
families so that the people who rallied under the
Silver Grey banner might be fed and clothed, and
strengthened for the great work which is beforethem.
16. And EDWARD the Chief Counselor, and De
vro the Keeper of the King's Treasure, and Baas.!-
MIN the Recusant, and ISAAC the chief captain, and
the chief scribes and elders all departed at the bid
ding of,the King, for the purpose of sounding the war
cry among the tribes residing, along the banks of
the Conestoga, as also the Pequea, Cocalico and
Conawago.
17. And a great army was raised, composed of
many tribes and kindreds and peoples, all of whom
took the oath of allegiance to ISAAC heir youthful
sovereign, and bound themselves by a solemn oath
that they would visit his enemies with fire and
sword, and utterly exterminate all his foes from the
face of the earth. They also determined to take
Casaxas surnamed Bouoirran. alive, bind him with
strong chains, and bring him before hese, so that
he might do with the rebel that which seemed good
in his own eyes.
18. But Casaxas the Invincible, tothing discour
aged at all by this preparation in the camp of the
Silver Greys, continued to perfect the work of dis
cipline in his own army, and also daily received ac
cessions from the camp ,of the enemy. Wary in
all his movements and watchful of his foes, he was
able to circumvent their designs against him, and
was more than a match for the Chief Captain of
ISAAC.
19. And the "noise and confusion" was great in
the land, and men ran to and fro wondering in
their minds to where all this would lead. Thus
endeth the third chapter of the Chronicles of Whig.
gery.
ANOTHER Wain LIE.—We do not know why
it is that Whig editors cannot retrain from lying.
They are always ready with falsehoods of every
description; and as soon as a Democrat is nomina
ted for office, we are sure to have any nuthber of
false and infamous stories circulating through the
federal press. As a sample of this kind of politi
cal rascality, we clip the following from a whig
journal:
• "J. PORTER BRAWLEY.—At a Locofoco
meeting in M'Conneleville, Fulton county, one or
the speakers unbosomed himaelf of the following:?'
You have heard of J. Porter Brawley—our can
didate for Surveyor General. Re is a man that I
don't like, but I intend to vote for him. They say
he drinks—that he is bloated, and fat with whis
key, and Ido not doubt it, but that is no reason
why he should not receive the firm and cordial sup
port of every 'Democrat in the State!" •
Now, every sensible man will immediately per
ceive that the above extract is a lie. There is not
a speaker belonging to our party in the State fool
enough to utter such disgusting trash; and we can
only pity those poor knaves who are weak enough;
to fancy that they can gull democratic voters by
such impotent balderdash.
We do not know anything about Mr. Brewley's
habits; but we do know that he has performed the
duties of his office in the most able manner. He
may drink—or he may be a strictly temperance
man; but we think the whigs had better remain
quiet, particularly after swallowing as much whis
key as they did when voting for Gov. Johnston.—
People, living in glass houses, should be very care
ful how they throw stones.—Carlisle Democrat.
Naw YORE..--Our Democratic friends in the
Empire State are at loggerheads as much as ever.
Last week the State Convention, at Syracuse, had
a regular built split, and formed separate state tick
ets, with the exception of Judges. The following
are the candidates :
HARD SHELL TICKET. SOFT SHELL TICKET.
Secretary of State.
George W. Clinton. Isaac A. Verplank
Attorney General.
James T. Brady.
State Treasurer.
Winslow C. Watson. Francis Segur.
Comptroller.
James E. Cooley. Robert Kelly.
Canal Commissioner.
John C. Mather. Andrew J. Yates.
.Engineer and Surveyor.
John D. Fay. • W. H. Bristol.
State Prison Inspector:
Miles W. Bennett. Wm. C. Dyer.
Judges of the Court of Appeals.
C. H. Ruggles. long term.. C. H. Ruggles.
Hiram Denio. shcirt term. Hiram Denier
Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
Samuel S. Bowne. Albert Edgerton.
117 The Colombia Spy states that the geneial
health of that Borough has been very good the pre's
.ent season. We are Pleased to hear that Such is
the fact,'and promptly adiPit that our information
of an opposite character, which we published last
week, was entirely incorroot.
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS
Itatratoan AccrnsatT.—Aa a man named Chas.
Hunter, a brakesman on a car run by Mr. Bletz, 01
Columbia, was attempting , to put on a_brake at
Bird:in.Hand, on Thursday last, he fell fronithe
and had his arm badly crushed up_ to thiishoulder.
He was taken to the Hospital at Philadelphia, .but
Was not expected to solvive. . -
113 — The attention of capitalists is difected to th
advertisement for the sale of valuable real and per
sonal estate in the borough and township of Stras
burg—theproperty 01 Mr. George Diffenbacb. A
rare chance is here offered for good and profitable
investments. See also other adveytieements. _
113 %muse on the result for County Treasurer
seems to be the order of tbe day amongst our Whig
friends in this city. We heard of several bets made
last week, one of which is to the amount of $2500
a side, on an even election. Immediately upon the
acceptance of this.by the friends ofMr. REINHOLD,
the friends of Mr. Bonewraa put up 65,000 and
challenged their opponents to cover it; but this, we
understand, has not yet been done. Judging from
the readiness with which the friends of Bounama
offer to bet large sums, we suppose they feel confi
dent of his election, as they would hardly be so
lavish of their money if they thought there was any
danger.
We give the above as an item of news, and not
that we favor betting of any description. We have
always regarded it as a system of gambling, which
should not he encouraged in any community. We,
therefore, merely announce the-facts here stated, to
show what the feeling is, especially among our
Whig friends—as almost every thing else, with
them, seems to be lost sight of in the zeal mani.
tested on the subject of the approaching election
for County Treasurer.
HARUISTOWN SABBATH SCHOOL CSLIBRATIOBI.
—This Sabbath School, under tae superintendence
of Mr. J. V. Eckert, held their celebration in a
beautiful grove, on the premeises of Mr. Henry
Eckert, on the 10th lost. The day was rather cool
and damp for the full enjoymtnt of such-out door
festivals. But, notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, the attendance was respectable. And
the writer thinks, from the remarks of many pies
cut, and the observable manifestations of satisfac
tion, that a holy influence was thrown around, anu
deeply engrafted in the hearts of the audience,
through the very able addresses on the occasion.
The school met at the school-house at 10 o'cl'k.,
from whence they marched in solemn procession.
led by the Committee of Directors, and Clergymen
to the grove. On entering the grove an aliptri
ate hymn was sung. The procession arc ed
around the table, which was beautifully and richly
adorned, with all the dainties that the skill and kind
ness of the ladies, and the season could produce.—
After being seated on the place prepared for the
audience to hear the addressess, and a hymn being
sung, and prayer offered to the Great Giver of the
blessings, the congregation was dismissed to par
take of the bounteous provisionh.
After dinner the congregation became seated
again; a hymn was sung by the Teachers and =l
iken alternately, and prayer offered, when the Rev.
E. Y. Buchanan proceeded to address the children
"on the importance of maintaining a christian
character." He said that all our success in lite
in any respect was ; even in an earthly sense, com
paratively nothing, without the true honor anu
dignity of the chnstian. That upon this alone can
all our hopes for future prosperity and greatness
depend; that they only are truly great, who are
the humble servants of the Redeemer. An appro
priate anthem was then sung by the choir.
The Rev. H. Harbaugh then addressed the adult
part of the audience. His theme was "The reli
gious nurture of children." He proceeded to show,
that children are interesting; that their religious
nurture should engage the attention of every parent
and christian ; that they can be pious from infancy,
which he proved by scripture examples, as exhib
ited in the history of Bing Samuel, the Prophet
Jeremiah, John the Baptist, &c., thus proving the
fallacy of the infidel proverb "that the young must
sow their wild oats;" that God had made provision
under the Old and New dispensations for their be
ing brought into covenant with him; that God will
fulfil his covenant engagements with all those chil
dren who have been brought into then, in sincerity,
as he did with Zaccheus and others; that the youth
ful mind is more impressible than the adult, con
sequently their religious nurture the proper way
to secure them for the Church of Christ. In a
word, his whole discourse was fraught with such
appropriate illustrations and forcible aguments, that
the writer thinks, the impression made upon the
minds of the audience will be lasting, and redound
to the benefit, and eternal welfare of the rising
'generation in this neighborhood.
The Managers, 'leachers, Children and friends,
return their sincere and heartfelt thanks those Rev.
gentlemen for their kindness in attending, and so
ably addressing their school, on the important sub
ject of the religious instruction of children, at their
celebration.
GEN. CABs AND THE ADMINISTRATION.---The
following from the Washington Union of Sunday
week, goes to confirm the report that Gen. Cass
has written a letter in approval of the policy of
the President:
General Cass has not been silent; he has watch
ed the course of President Pierce with deep soli
citude; he has witnessed the assaults made upon
him for recognizing as national democrats all who
took their position honestly on the creed of 1852,
and he has expressed his own concurrence in the
policy adopted by President Pierce in the most un
equivocal terms. We make this declaration with
a full knowledge of the facts—we speak by the
book when we say that General Cass cordially and
thoroughly approves the policy of the administra
tion. We say, further, that he will come into the
senate the warm, ardent, and devoted personal and
political friend of the President. This is not con
jecture—not mere inference—but with that frank
ness and fearlessness which have ever characterised
the greiit statesman of the northwest, he has given.
his unqualified testimony; and if his friends in N.
York have any respect for his opinions, they may
be fully assured that whilst he regards the position
of President Pierce as having been environed with
unprecedented embarrassments, he is satisfied that
his policy has not only been wise and patriotic,
but in fact the only policy which could have.pro
ved successful. The course of the Detroit Free
Press, from which we have published many able
articles, Night have been referred to as conclusive
in regard to General Cass's approval of the policy
of the President; but having the fact in a shape
even more imposing, we choose to avail ourselves
of it."
LANCASTER, LEBANON AND PINE GROVE RAlL
soAD.—During the past week, the engineers have
been engaged in locating this road above our Bor
ough on this side of the river. Our object in no
ticing it at the present time, is for the purpose of
calling the attention of out citizens to the import
once of giving this enterprise their early attention.
From intorination in out possession, we are satis
fied that the road will be made—and in all proba
bility, a portion of it will be placed under contract
this fall. The road in fact, although under another
name, is a mere continuation of the Pennsylvania
Railroad—that company having resolved to have a
direct line of their own, and no longer subMit to
the inconvenience of having to pass over the State
works. The road will either cross the river in the
neighborhood of Phcenixville, and pass down on this
side, or continue onthe other, into the city. We
think it requires but little reflection as to the poli
cy our citizens should pursue. Now is the time to
move. A town meeting would be proper for the
purpose,
adopting resolutions inviting them to pass
through our Borough with their road. This would
at least open negotiations, and be the means of
bringing matters more to a focus."—Norristown
Watchman.
DEL/it/RED.—The New York Tribune
,says it
learns that the new Democratic organ which was
to have commenced its career in that city on the
Ist proximo, under the editorial control of Colonel
Forney, will not make its appearance at the time
appointed for its debut. The event is believed to
be indefinitely postponed, and though no reason is
assigned, or publicly known, why this resolution to
adjourn the publication of the paper nominally until
the next year is adopted, yet it is conjebtured that
the perturbed and threatened condition of the party,
as disclosed by the p.oceedings of the Syracuse . Co
nvention, has had a good deal to do with the matter.
Martin Grover.
Pram PROOPECT.—.MISSOURL—The Lexington
(Mb.) Express says :
We hear of no speculation in hogs this season;
the stock or 'crop,' as is now the term in Kentucky
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, is much larger than it
has been for a *number of years past. In this. State
the number of hogs has also greatly increased since
last season.
INDIANA.—The Brownstown (Ind.) Democrat
Hogs appear to be plenty all over the country
and prices low. Stock hogs are bald at $3 gross,
but there are now no dealers at that price. Some
lots have sold at $2,30 gross. Some of our farmers
have heen trying , to engage their pork, but, so far,
have received no bide; and not one pound of pork
has been engaged in the country this season, so far
as we can learn. Efforts have been made at all
the packing points near. here to engage, but no
bids were offered. .
Corn in the field le not sellingat any price and
the farmers seem very much.ditooureged.
Decision ofBuprome Court.
Henry Omi!, thalq_nromon wealth of Pennsyl
vania. CertiorariM.Tuatiie Kline of Harrisburg.
The opinion of the Court, was read last week, at
Pttlsb
urg - , by Wood'Parkl
The . defendant stry convicted and fined by Jus
tiet Kline; HarriArirg, for selling liquor on Sun_
dai.to travellet . iiiimed Wright, in accordance
with the first see . tiort of 'the:provision of an Act of
Assembly "for the prevention'of vice and immoral
ity, and of unlawful gamifig, and to restrain disor
derly sports and dissipation," which is in the hal
lowing words: "If any person shall do or perform
any worldly employment or busihess whatsoever
oo the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday,
works of necessity excepted; or shall use or prac
tice any unlawful game, hunting, shooting'
sport or diversion whatsoever, on the same day,
and be convicted thereof, every person so offending
shall for every such offence forfeit and pay tour dol
lars, to be levied by distress, &e., &c.," with a pro.
viso annexed excepting the dressing of victuals in
taverns, inns, bake houses, private families, the tray
aping of milk carts, the ferrying of water passen j
gers, &c., &c.
The defendant assigned two errors :
Ist. That the sale of liquor to the traveller
(Wright) was not an offence against the het ; be
cause it was within the proviso.
2nd. That the act is not applicable to persons
licensed to keep an inn or tavern under the act of
11th of March, 1834, and its supplements.
The Court assumed that the ',Hence was not a
work of charity or necessity, because the defendant
does not allege it was, and because the conviction
characterizes it as contrary to the act of Assembly.
The Court decided that the offence did fall with
in the act, as the proviso excepted only the dress
ing of victuals in taverns, &c.
In regard to the second error advanced, the Court
decided That six days enjoyment of the licensed mo
nopoly would suffice to provide strangers with that
measure of accommodation which the community
were bound to furnish. But if not sufficient, some
other plan must be devised. Sunday could not be
given up, strangers and travellers had not right to
demand hospitality at such a price. Rest one
day in seven was enforced by the precept and
example of the Author of our existence, and gov
ernment, acting on the Divine appointment, nad
made it a civil institution. It wa contended that
the-license gave the right to sell for each of the 365
days of the year; and hence it was interred that the
act of '94 was repealed to them. As well might it
be argued that a contract of hewing for a laborer
to work on Sundays, or that an auctioneer who is
licensed for. a year, might pursue his business on
the fifty-two Sundays in the year.
The Court regarded the sale of liquor on Sunday
by licensed innkeepers as worldly employment,
within the prohibition of the act of '94, and did not
tall Fwithin the proviso of the act, and therefore was
not ;lavviul to be done on Sunday.
The conviction of the defendant was proper, and
judgment was affirmed.
Judge Lewis read a dissenting opinion, but his
arguments were founded on several technical er
rors committed by the Magistrate, and did not en
terupon the merits of the case.
• From the Pennsylvanian.
MEETING. OP THE SOLDIERS OP THE WAR OF
1512.—A large meeting of the Soldiers of the War
of 1 1812, was held on Saturday evening, at the Court
HOuse.
It was the 10th of September, and they convened
to commemorate Perry's splendid victory on Lake
Erie, achieved forty years ago. General Adam Dil
ler, was called to preside, assisted by a large num
ber of Vice Presidents. Among the number were
Messrs. Cooper, J. C. Montgomery, Major Bozarth,
COlonel John Thompson, Captain Fisher, L. C. Jud
scin, and Mr. Curry. Peter Hay and John H. Frick
acted as Se c cretaries.
The meeting was opened by an appropriate speech
frOm the Chair. After which Messrs. Judson, Mont
gomery, Sutherland and others addressed the meet
ing. Their speeches were received with rounds 01
reiterated applause. Their speeches were full of
interest and deeply exciting. •
The following resolutions were then read and
unanimously adopted:
• 1. Resolved, That the return of the 10th of Sep
tember brings back to our memory a proud and
vivid recollection of the splendid victory achieved
this day forty years ago, by the gallant perry , and
his brave associates on Lake Erie, where for the
Britt time since the formation of our national Gov
ernment, our gallant tars had an opportunity of
demonstrationg their superiority to their enemy,
fleet to fleet, as has already teen done by Hull and
Decatur, ship to ship, and after a most sanguinary
battle, caused the star spangled banner to float tri
umphantly over the broad bosom of the Lake, un
til the close of the war.
2. Resolved, That we learn with great pleasure,
from all quarters of the Union, that the proposition
to hold a National Convention of the Soldiers of the
War of 1312, and their sons, in this city on the Bth
of January next, is received with much favor, and
that delegates will be sent from them all, to revive
the recollections of that war, and to adopt such
measures as may be deemed necessary to press on
Congress the claims of those who stepped forward
to defend their country in its hour of peril.
3. Resolved, That we regard ^the selection of the
Bth day of January, for the meeting of the Nation
al Convention, as a just compliment to the gallant
band of volunteer citizen soldiers, and their distin
guished General, who closed the war in a blaze of
•glory.
4. Resolved, That we deem it altogether unneces
sary to reiterate the arguments urged on former oc
casions, in favor of the grant of 160 acres of the
public land to all who served or suffered, on laud or
sea, in any of the wars of our country, and will OIL:
ly add our firm conviction, strengthened, as it is, by
the action of public meeting and conventions ha va
rious sections of the Union, that the passage of a
law for that purpose, by Congress, will receive the
cordial sanction of the whole nation.
5. Resolved, That the volunteers who marched
from Pennsylvania to Baltimore, and those from
Western Pennsylvania, who served under Generals
Tannehill and Mead, are especially requested to
elect delegates to represent them in the National
Convention to be held in this city, on the anniver
sary of the battle of New Orleans.
6. Resolved, That it istath just and proper that
the defenders of our country, in the war of 1812,
who reside in Philadelphia, should take the incipient
Steps to bring together their friends from the inte
rior of our State, when it is remembered that du
ring our great contest with England; not less than
live thousand country troops rushed to our city and
joined six thousand soldiers here, and marched to
:the shores of the Delaware, to defend our city from
the constantly expected assaults of a most power
tul enemy.
7. Resolved, That delegates who were in our na
val service, be requested to meet in our National
(Convention—as we believe they are also justly en
titled to 160 acres of land.
8. Resolved, That we adjourn to attend at our
'National Convention to be held here on the Bth of
January next.
9. Resolved, That editors of newspapers favora
ble to the cause, throughout the United States, be
'requested to publish these pioceedings.
Ilg - A most singular case of somnolency has en
gaged the attention of several of our physicians in
] Harrisonburg for the last 10 or 12 days. Miss Ara
minta, daughter of Mr. Fielding S. Ragan, of this
place, aged about 14 years, without complaining at
all of being sick, went to sleep on Tuesdey ,the
ult., and has continued in that situation with scarce
ly any intermission, ever knee I She has eaten
nothing of consequence since the appalling stupor
!came over her senses-and has spoken but once or
twice since she went to sleep. Once, on the first
days e was taken, animation seemed entirely sus
pended. It is with extreme difficulty she can be a
] roused from her slumbers, but when awakened she
seems to know her friends and acquaintances, al
though the power of speech seems to be destroyed.
She occasionally labors under high fever, and some
times moans as though she were in great pain, bat
'all attempts to ascertain thecause of her illness and
of her stupor have as yet proved fruitless. Her
physicians never saw or knew such a- case, and are,
of course, utterly at a loss to prescribe a remedy.
The case is a most singular and distressing one,
and has excited the sympathy of all who are ac
quainted with the worthy family in which it has
occurred.—Rxkugham Reg.
MAIN/ ELECT/cwt.—Port/and, September 13.
Our additio..al returns of the election do not affect
the results indicated last night. No Governor is
chosen by the people, and neither of the prominent
political parties have a clear majority in the Leg
islature. It will probably be some days before the
result is known..,
0 o'clock, P. AL—Further returns of the election
yesterday render it certain that there has been no
choice or Govetnor by the people.. Gov. Crosby's
vote is much larger than it was last year. The
vote for Mr. Pillsbury is considerably smaller than
that cast for Mr. Hubbard, the regular Democratic
candidate of last year, whilst Mr. Morrill's vote is
less than that'of Mr. Chandler last year. As be
tween Whigs.and Democrats, the House of Repre
sentatives will stand about the same as last year;
but the friends of Mr. Morrill (Dernocrat),will hold
the balance of power. • A plurality of Seiatitors elect
ed are probably Whig, but the final complexion of
the Senate will depend upon the !selections hereafte
to be made by the House of Representatives.
Correspondence.
To Jecon L. Gnoss t Emit :--The undersigned cit
izens of Epltrata township, have learned with re
gret that you have withdrawn from the field as an
Independent candidate for the Legislature; and,
believing that the people of Lancaster county de
tire an oppOrtunity to decide at the ballot box up
bnthe manta of men, and believing, by your For,
mer manner, teat you possessed the integrity, abil
ity, independence and honesty necessary to make
a good and faithful legislator, we respectfully ask
your,, consent to re-enter the campaign and give
your numerous friends an opportunity to elect you
as their representative in the next Legislature.
John G Bowman Samuel Smith
Elias A Schraniz Samuel Rapp
Solomon H Weaber Samuel Klabr
Samuel Hull H K Killian
H Reemenyder . George Frantz
Albert N Varns David Bowman
Jacob Harter Isaac Stroh
Jeremiah Hahn A Konigmacher
Jacob Wenger John Funk
Edward Cooper E Konigmacher
Martin Holsinger D Shirk
Michael D Schnader Lewis Gettle
T G Bach Lewis Fraser
J Eichelberger Jacob Hacker
Henry Sheeler Samuel Schlott
Valentine Koch J S Hacker
John Nisaley
Isaac Beck
Inane Widden
M M Urich
Jacob llarbrort
H B German
Obed Bauman
H ft Nagle
Henry Binkley
John Streffon
L R Nagle
The undersigned citizens of Manheim township
concur with the above
John K Zook
Benjamin Eby
John Barr
Abraham Shenk
Chrieban Leib
John Leib
Allied Leib Joseph Wisner
David Reab John Fenstemacker
John Dunkle, Jr Daniel Lint
David Fitzgerald John Long
William W banyan David Rattew
Aston - Rattew James Evans
Live Schlott John Schlott .
C Frankhauser Henry B Link
John W Sowers
Henry Howetter
Martin Hamoright
Samuel Stromp
George K Bower
Jacob Kuhn
Henry Hambright
John Glees
Peter E Snyder
George Schlott
EPHRATA' TOWNSHIP, Sept. 16
GINTLEMEN—Your letter inviting me to re-enter
the fie l d as an independent candidate for the Legis
lature was handed me yesterday. I find much to
encourage me in their intelligence, respectability
and influence. After considering the matter Maly,
I have concluded to yield to yOur
Terefore, I announce myself as a candidate, and
will remain so, until the people of Lancaster coun
ty shall have deposited their ballots on the 2d
Tuesday in October next. . .
If elected, livid, to the best of my abilitA, rep
resent the interests of the people, without regard
to party or faction.
Your Fellow Citizen,
J. L. GROSS
To J. G. Bowman, Abraham Shenk and other
Trial of Bishop Doane.
CAMDEN, N. J. September 151h.—The Court of
Bishops re-assembled at 11 o'clock this morning.
Great anxiety was manifested to learn the result of
their deliberations on Wednesday. It is stated, on
good authority, that Doane, to his speech on Mon
day, made various admissions touching the charges,
the substance of.which were that he had acted in
discreet, but disclaimed solemnly any dishonest in
tention. After the debate on Tuesday, the Court
appointed a Conierence;Committee of seven, com
posed of Bishops not members of the last Court.—
Dais committee met representatives from both sides,
Delancey representing the defendant. Bishop Doane
was requested to put in writing the admissions he
had made, which, it is said, he did. Rumor has it
that some, or all the Presenters contemplate enter
ing a visite prosequi; but the result is not yet known.
Bishop Putter is making a speech to-tfiy, under
stood to be in favor of a trial. Bishop Donne, in
his speech on Monday, fully exculpated the Pre
senters from unworthy motives in making the pre ,
sentment.
SECOND DESPATCH
CAsnizar, N. T., September 1514.—The Court of
Bishops have adjourned sine die. Bishop Doane hay
made a concession to charges, they have been
dismissed, a trial not being insisted on.
CAraor.x, N. J., bept. 15th.—The following is the
statement submitted in writing by Bishop Doane to
the Court of Bishops :
The undersigned, in prosecuting his plans of
Christian Education in connection with St. Mary's
Hall and Burlington College, tound that the expen
ses of the enterprise greatly exceeded his calcula
tions—while assistance, on which he had confident
ly relied, perhaps too sangutuely, fell altogether
short of what he deemed his reasonable expecta
tions. In this condition of things, being entirely
left alone and without advisers, every step which
he advanced involved him more deeply in pecuni
ary embaraesments. He admits that he made rep
resentations which, at the time, he believed to be
correct, but many of which turned out in the end
to be erroneous. But he was also led, by his too
confident reliance on anticipated aid, to make prom
ises which he fully expected to perform, but which
experience has taught him were far too strongly
expressed. He was also induced, for the sake of
obtaining money to meet his necessities, to resort
to methods by the payment of exorbitant interest
which he did not suppose were in contravention of
law, and which common usage seemed to him to
justily. He also, in entire confidence in his ability
to replace them, made use of certain trust lands in
a way which he deeply regrets; and although they
have long since been perlectly secured, he does not
now justify. The embarassments here referred to,
were lollowed by a long and well nigh latal sick
ness, which, withdrawing him from business which
he had carried on alone, was nearly instrumen
tal in the entire failure of his pecuniary affairs.
- Tne perplexity arising from this failure, with the
protracted infirmity which followed his sickness,
made him liable to many errors and mistakes,
which might easily bear appearances ol intentional
misrepresentations. In connection with the assign
ment of his property, he set his name and oath to
an inventory of his goods; and also to a list of his
debts, which he believed so be correct; an act which
be grieves to find has given rise to an impression in
the minds of some that he exhibited an insensibil.
ity to the awful sanctions of the oath of a Christian
man. But while he laments tne impression, he de
clares that this act was only done under legal ad
vice and in the firm conviction of its correctness.
Some time atter his recovery from the illness
above alluded to, but while he was still in the midst
of perplexities, smarting under. his heavy disap
pointments, surrounded by imputations to which in
some quarters he was subjected, the letter of the
three bishops came to him. He has no disposition
to ascribe to them any other than just and proper
motives in their addressing him, but at the time
when he received the communication he received
it otherwise, and under the strong excitement of the
moment be penned a pamphlet, part ol which he
does not now justify, and expressions in which in
regard to these brethren he deeply deplores.
In reference to his indebtedness, he now renews
the declaration of his intentitth, which he has con.
stantly made and has acted on to his utmost ability
thus tar, to devote his means, efforts and influence
in dependence on God'e blessing, to the payment of
principal and interest of every just against
nim, an expectation of which there is reasonable
hope of having fulfilled, since a committee of the
trustees and friends of Burl.ngton College, have un
dertaken an enterprise which is nearly completed
to discharge the whole of the mortgage debt, and,
thus secure the property at Riverside. and St. Mary's
Hall, with that of Burlington College, to the Church
forever, for purposes of Christian education. This
done, the Trustees have further agreed to appropri•
ate during his lite, the surplus income of both Insti
tutions to the liquidation of all his debts in carry
ing on said institutions.
That in the course of all these transactions hu
man infirmity may have led him into many errors,
he deeply feels. lie does not wish to justify . or ex
cuse,:them. Ii scandal to the Church and injury to
the cause of Christ have arisen from them, they are
the occasion to him of mortification and regret.—
For these things, in all humility and sorrow, before
God and man, he has always felt himself liable to,
and willing to receive, the friendly reproofs of his
brethren in Christ Jesus, and especially the Bishops
of the Church. (Signed) G. W. Domes,
Bishop of New ✓eriey.
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