The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, April 30, 1857, Image 2

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    skip over the richly i ekrpetedilliker and • grave. 1. .
gentletnesit comfoilabli in the I:sett:ground itutrrist- gitnorrat.
. talking polititis e 'grs4Pid , r and admiringrille , - light hearted hearted, theitielAtel
... , , .
reined them .We will diitilfepbaiiiiri„ - - ." 1 " '
• . - ,
companies; that oimpear-thichatiAslier,.co*-1- h
visting of two gentlOn :ma
and listen•—att .4ikwitrat ince** matters bittt t . .(* #.
t
little harm viltl:das*'e • ~,
. t•.,r
ing.
" It is just es you say. Cot. White, the Leg !
iatialtire,ludt:donelms-thtle as yeti-ail I I-think
theg redeemed themselves somewhat by
• Me judicious act, in appointing our young
4vitosti-iitottilie- - 4ftirjudiciabjudgeship:l
• ~,
"A.-very proper 4 ,appqintment,,sir, very ;'but
gruileK,toliat - tiovr 7 —seci,- ',the . ..seiviine is. jest
mitering - hien' inta thkrootn."
t ashxtiringlyilibyt inteiesting hetooks,-and so
.t,..V.ollPlEPiiciain- lippoi tiled jildgeP... -
Vitt is a.:chttiserlonng - .man; , Em ni a, • and
able too,er be Would not lietviitheen 'honored.
the - resionsiblealcijust - Conferreiltipoi
"Irow . lsliontsLlike to become: acquainted
efildthiits:,,Ta4ray introduce. him." • - " •
.•••:lt'lleatt4tetsuretley_l for • bete - he
lizairtes • -. :
pleasant evening. to i - ott
i,4ol4,White,‘ -prayibowilo yore dot" - -
isstire,you, Judge. '.Permit
• - rtteltlatpreeen't you-to any -daughteK - .hedge
Miss White. - • .
„tt 4nd:witli'low.detleredtial courtesy the lady
greeted - Alie.t:gintleieutie•:and seated• him Lc
dridelter.: With .tiutity .an art and wile
she'aitempt amuse, please, and insinuate
'herself into. the 'good graces of the promising
-yonitgstkinige,....:But - her efforts Were in vain,
et arrows were aimed - against a heart Of steel,
arid the countenance of the jtidg6the while;
-arweac imuiem'pttious and sneering expression
that haffhitt all hearts and penetration,
h.ivitat it face; how-lovely, bow
!angelic! But.methinks :I should know 'that
outitenancxi? * as he -caught . the- beautiful
black eyes of 4 lovely lady Ina distant corner
tha - rine'ret; iivited.toll upon: hi en. - -
W 1143 the young. laclyjn the:black- Vel
vet ;Mantilla ? ha ?- ha !. that's any protege,
tales .is an orphan; her!paren tr was iv „Value de
~ H otel in 'Salmi , Virginia, it, -being left alone
4-:took ,ber. ander. my. Charge,: and right
:3Ateful I.finel her; she answers both -for a com
panion and maid. I mould not have .brought
t.her here; but she scorns so.sad and melancholy;
• that would..make me ,brie27. her, 'thinking
Titi.weuld someivhat revive her" drooping spirt
:its." •
" It is, it is, the pare; the gentle Augusta!'
liow fortunate.! Pruy, Miss)ghite, excuse
mo—but 1-know you *will, When Linform yoU_
1114." erzisr.rt iTinter";,--the poor meclitin
you; scorned, jilted and derided many years
-.sgo, in. the little'Yillage of Salem," and rising
,unceremoniously, the voting judge . hastily
:crortled.the room, and leaving the haughty
,giri:.cottred whit-Confusion and shame, to •
creep over her. folly.
. it, was the lovely Attgrista, and with doat
. . .
heart,` eyes sparkling* wtth joy, and coun-
Aenatiestiuffused with'blushes, the fair being
welcomed:dm happy and excited young man.
as. Miss -White suffered by the g,naw
.itg. of conscienco, !midi as she upbraided her
.self, much- as she:grieved and sorrowed over
,her past conduct, her punishment; yet in a few
weeks aftervaliete the admired Judge K . —
:W-the .hap N and enVied Augusta to the
ialtar, she could but acknowledge that her
putriabruent wasjust, and that it ivas . merited.'
: 'Judge K— and his lady have lived hap.
rite, prosperously and-contentedly' toget -
eyes since, but Emma White, `unliappy girl, I
isstill a spinster=an old mail.
tSO now; Lizzie, my story isended, all hut'
the derwitement." •
. .
• "Denouement:"
• "Yes, for you mutt know, your dear father
is the hero, and I, the heroine; he the • base
mechanie,' the poor printer,' and I,
,ittn the tliestess' daughter.'"
"V:rtitdri t , Firdon, inOther 5 ." and a. the
~found il"Lerself into her mother's
..-arins. she vositOever to be so selfish, so
proud' again..
"And you will go to Mrs. Downer's this
trtling h"-
, "Oh! that I will, mother, with pleasure."
The company began loudly to applau
-::Governor as he concluded his remin
.-iseence, when - he bid them cease as be too
hid finished all but the denouement.
.:What - is it:l shat is it rang around
. -
• " Why, nothing more nor lesq, than that
At 'hero Aif • my. stork-lras just. entered this
tom," replied the Governor, as he pointed. to
,/tia.ilistitignished.and astonished fiend amid
the pisudits of the as •
What Modc
• An Abolition paper up in " Wilmot's dis
-1110! says: • I
:" David Wilmot received the news of his
Hnomlnatiop, sitting quietly at home, in . the
• "midst of lua family.. Neither be nor his friends,
kem 4 crpOi house'_ at ilarrUurg, or else;vrbere.
Redid not : find it necessary to attend an nut
,.-hide delegation, even." .•
What a retiring, modest, unambitious Man
Mr. Wilmot is! When the convention that
- 'nomixiated him was in session, h was "
lingqtrietly at home, in the midst .of his
family;" not thinking of such' a thing as his
oaelectionl Of course not,. 'Some men ean'i
'help having honors thrust upon them, uo
=matter how 'much thev run from them or try
tonvoid them. lie was " sittin' quietly at
• :home, in the midst of his fatuity." It is. a
diiwnri . glit shame' to disturb such a quietly
• • inclined man, and force him to be a can
didate for covernor---e6pecially when there
nOt the - least chance on earth for him to
be elected. lint Atte chronicler of David's
=. rirtues - oiiglat hive added, that he has spent
't the last six, wraiths in pettifogging., pipe-lay
• in,., wire-pulling and stich little modest
trickery to blindfold and hutnling the Know
;7.-..Nothings_and get this same untooked4S,
_Domination ; and .that by resorting to every
=Aim:inf . legerdemain ; which he understands
- .tit a :modest extent, lielad everything cut,
up, and dried . long ago, so that. there
• was no: more • need' of him at Harrisburg
during ilia. ecevention, than. there was for
' , atone dressers in the city of Jerusalem at-the
$.-latildirig of Solomon's temple. • The most in
.:award, looking ' . creators to be found is a fox,
• morning_ after A s'isit to`the farmyard);
and of course Mr. Wilmot would be stttirig
luistly at bottle, in the midst of his family."
injure; . - that man ifi- sortie Juiy
• Re even had • too much of it to resign
4.../tiejit4whip last fall before stumping the
• ~Istater•Fremont, for fear be should trouble
; 140...pi0p1e to elect soother.. Modest David
I—rr.Lycotais.9 GazeVe.
THE P(1)SONINO AT, WA,I3IIViGTON ! ,-11 IS
! , , EI9,W I. , Oie.ced that not less than seven ,hund
'*jiert.oxis lutii been seriously and - danger
'f'..outsly affected - by the National'Hotel' poison,
• ntA ; and iorne twenty' or thirtY
4eithri'.ltareaceurred inoOns.e . quence. - Among
": - itthertioltiJ Mon: itotteni.3 - 4 - -Watxna not
• et entirely from his severe ,'attack.
- New' gani s ostire;' has 'be
zolpe a;thin, letingian, under va It
ra
, is mow the opinion - of . many - persous that,
ridipt . ooltift - tio* 10.
dzil' '4.lte
`:°-`
.B. 2tIcCOLLU
A. J. GERRITSON,
MOYSTP.OI33:I,
-ThandaTc
DEMOCRATIC STATE -TICirET.
p3ll,- GOVEROR.
,PACKER, _
Of Lycorniny _County:, .
FOR CAVAL . CO'iiIII g"SIONETt.:.
srmipri sieliitKiArti);
• • •
Cheit C •
Reasseinfaing •of the. State Demos
crania Conventfoo.of ;W.
.•,• - , • •
In p O orsuan a resolution adopted.. by
thel3tnocrittiu State Committee of PenttSyl.
vania, the lle:cgates to the State convention of
March 2d, .1857;, ate requested to ..assetnble
at the Capitol, at Ilarrishnig, on Tuesday', the
oth day of June, 1857, at 10, ceeloli, A. M.
fur the PurpOse of nominating. Candidates to
complete the,State Tieket,andtrniisActing all
other,i.)irs.inesS' . .pertnining to. the
_i - original
authority of the Convention. - - ."..
LES It. I.II.7CEALEW.
J. N. Tirrrnirrox, ) .-. R. J.lrAt.br.m.ix, _f 'cref"s•
• rEr - The . Concert "at Bloomer Hall last
fonilay c vening . was Weeded and gave
general sa tit•fa ell on. The nokers,, sus tai ned
their high reputation as Vocalists,:---sUce - ess to
them.
=====l
Holister left for Philadelphia
yesterday morning with ; F: B. Singleton, who
was convicted last term* of assault. and bat•
tery with intent to kill r and sentenced to "two
years imprisonment in the penitentiary. lie
was permitted to attend the funeral of his
father on Tuesday.
====l
tv—, We Trim in another elluinn a short
article from the Milford Her Old on the bill
before the Legislature,, proposing the terms of
sale fur the Main Line of. the public Works.
We have: not had. time to examine the bill
elosely end do not therefore pronoune
opinion of its merits.
Will Wilmot leave the Bench'
This is a common inquiry hereabouts, and 1 ,
One not Vet satisfactorily answered. True, •
his parasites, immediately after his . nomina
tion for Governor, boldly. pioclaimed that he ;
'would resign.' the judgeship. and take the I
stunt! ; and. they 'have admitted that it I
would be grossly improper for him to cling
,to a judicial offive, while making violent ex
ertions to place himself in the executive chair
of the commonwealth. - But he has not to
our knowledge, publicly intimated what
course be will pursue; and we are therefore
left to conclude what bisection will be, froth
what we know of the man and Lis towering
ambition. - That the matter has been ptivate
ly, but thoroughly* canvassed by him and
those in his confidence is highly probable;
acid it is re.asonaMe to infer that they ,have '
already determined Whether this demagogue
clothed with judicial _ power, shall outrage 1
public sentiment Ili remaining on the Ben -13 ..
41.nr-ifig the excitine political contest that is
now approaching, or respect that sentiment
and resign. One of ,the projects they have
had in view, is something like this : To have :
Wihnot re=ign the judgeship, but not early
enough to admit of au election to fill the va;
Tangy thus Occaroned, the present year; in
which case the _Governor would appoint.—
Then, if defeated, they might 're-elect him .
Judge a Tear from the -coming Fall. They
fancy, and boast that they are sufficiently
numerous in this district to execute any dis
honorable and infamous scheme they may
choose to plan ; that they can and will pro-1
ride for this man WilmoE"tgence their read
iness
to adopt the base'poley above indica- 1
ted, cannot be doubted, providcd . their pro
fessions of strength are the index of their-real
sentiments'. But they must . have salacity
enough to see that this path is tortuous and
beset with difficulties ; fo: if, the.' appointee
should-happen to be a man' of influence and
possessed of some ambition, he might be au
daCious enough to contest Wilmot's claim to
:le-election,mui thus breed a quarrel in the
family. Upon : the whole then, we are of the
opinion that the velem' of this judicial dis
ttict, will have presented to them the loath- .
some . spectacle, of a hungry demagogue,
clinging tenaciously to the ermine he soils,
while struggling vigorously to clothe himself.
with executive power. -Those who are thor
oughly acquainted with Wilmot's- past ca
reer ;'lliti readiness to break solemn pledges,
for his own aggrandizement," end, who have
noted 'die selfishness which has ever charac
terized his political movements, will look up
on this picture with disgust, but with no feel
• ing ofsuiprise. - A professional office seeker,
:he seems to think himself peculiarly fitted to
serve' the public; and when hisdeniands for
-place.. bere.been treated - contemptuously, he
has not hesitated to sink his -manhood in the 1
begge . r, and piteously plead 'for the suste-
_,:,
nance l 'and energy
te:ohtain by his profession. To ;appose that!
such :a man will voluntarily abandon one.l
means of suppoit, with but - w-laint rospect
of procuring 11,1)e-tter; Is imreasonablWitt"
hilti the impropriety '. of_
"remaining . on the
.Isetich.duting an eic f itingcsinvjg the re=
ault ; of w bleb-himself. is' InOstilenply into:Test-.
.0.1, is of no oonsequence;:- Se: -long - .as - the ;
good natured and uncomplaining pablin..non
i seats bifeed 'lli* In: Attiostif: little, how
80013 iti.i:ennfidase . 4•44:
confidence in
troyed. .'Thlainfareuania.ustural, beitansi it
1 herresPented that: intlitio be . Would -nlit io fro.,
4tXetitly.ontingnhoini2in4'p*iriof'*nd jits-1
~ ,* 4 9pposeihen; 'Or altogOiete, he
remains upon The Bench ilurii3g - th-w.,4oll**'
EDITORS
=ZZA
that is approschf#gralirriibtamractive part,
(as Le certaioly;trillritrtkaecontest.; will
those r ho disagree witilj , him politically, enter
- iiiVai r wliickteie ilia,heskl l with full
eon - Aiken* thattOeirrightOrilf.be trutintain
rid there .+
A rid ta itj noti l trnelliat the very fact
44 ihe,y,otAitteathoolierto*- ; will so bias .
Lis judgmeniAhat he\witrEirtiiiitit errors to
their pi tjudice, (unintentionally _pet haps,) but
stflt fratinit sitid - ineiensable - err - ors frau9bt
with u tj net - ouzel:pita cos 1,1 - - This chatter. it
worthy the
_serious consideration d Avery vo•
ter in,..thediapict,preach, in a court of jus- 1
reeardlest : of property or
learning; is entitled to have his - claims fairly
- cCiisiderod; Wif.b the judi
ciary We have been accustomed to associate
.the idea of impartiality ; we. hare" loved to
. centemplato the:occupant of the • Bench, as
destitute of loci version and - prejudice. Rut
wittin a judge mixes in the partisan conflicts
of the day, he necessarily destroys public
'Coilfiderit4 in 'WS integrity and- impartiality,
and all'ould'therefore 'have' the _manliness to
- resign. That it will be grossly improper and
out of place' foi Wilt - net-toretain the' judge
ship whilea candidate for Governor, tio fair
minded man - will question. That it •is his
present piirpciisito do so, there is ibirt little if
ariy reason to doubt. The people id this dis
trict, ••
should therefore request him to leave
the . Bench, for reason, obl•erratian, and com
mon sense, proclaim his inability to decide
and imparthil:y between •' pilitical
iends and foes.
The Fusion Organ and Ifs Calif-
cisms.
The RePU blican • complains that we Lace
recently published articles from the New
York Express - and Philadelphia Daily News
—national Know Nothing journals. To this 1
grave (?) charge we unhesitatingly plead
guilty ; that is ; we admit that we have - ex- i
Araeted trona those papers;
,and mean to 'do !
•
so again, if we find in them able arguments
in vindication...ef our Views on any question
of great natiouat concern. .The 117cu.3 and
Exiiress battled energetically for Fillmore • in
...the last canvass, and 'refused to coaleee :with
the spell's hunters in suppottraffitsion eleeto
rat tickets. Hence the jealousy and ... hatrttd
with:Which thoz-e journals - are reg,aried
our conscientious .Republican
They Mist:lim - 1, as we thought at the time
and now think, erroneous principles, but
their earnest and steadfast devotion to these
principles won tie - respect of their °portents.
Professing to regard the naturalization laws
as defective, and the foreign born citizen in=
competent and unfit to hold office,they.- act
ed in obedience to their professions.' They
inanifes.teda higher reg,nrd for their princi
ples, than fur the -spoils. Now look on the
other side of the pic:urc ! The Fremont
captains, anxious to get control of the gov
ernment, without regard to the means em
ph;ved, wheedled alie rank and ,file • of their
sectional army into the support of an electo
ral ticket—representing the Fremont 'and
Fillmore interests united Our .neighbor of
the Republicanlabored with that ingenniti
and perseverance for which he is distinguiSh
ed, to'irrove to his party in this section that
the bargain was " entirely fair," that is - , that
it was honest and honorable, for the profess
ed haters of proscriptieff, to help the intoler
ant and proscriptive party into power. Every
enemy of democracy in this locality. -voted
for Fillmore electors as well as fur. Fretnont
electors. A complete fusion of our political
foes was effected. Opposition to democratic
rule•was their bumbof union. We resisted
this combination and declared our hostility
to both its proscriptive and sectional features.
Now, because . we quote fiom a straight-out .
Fillmore organ, able and convincing articles
:against sectionalism, a paper which suppor
ted Fillmore eleetor, has the impudence - •to
accuse us of fraternizing with the Fillthere
party. The brazen impudence of the char- , e, -
is only parallelled by the wicked falsehood
it insinuates. Why,. if the Independent Re
.
publican should accidentally g7ve -utterance
to a political truth, we w , uld unhesitatingly
- copy it into our columns, without expecting
to be branded as the eiders and abettors of sec- .
tionelism.. So when the Daily News ;.)r- Ex
press,.publidies sound, constitutional argu
ments on any national question, we shall, - if
we see fit, give our readers the benefit of
them, without stopping to inquire whether by
so doing, we siriject ourselves t'a the slang
of a black republican editor, who has vainly
essayed to secure the influence of those jour
nals for his mongrel party. Now let us . see
what position this Editor, whet is alarmed
lest.we should become prescriptionists, occu
pies towards the foreign-born and catholic
citizens of the country. Under. the flaming
declaration " Freedom National;; Slavery
Sectional," he hoists the name .of David`
Wilmot for Governor. The convention which '
nominated this 'unrivalled deniagogue for
that station deliberately resolved against`the
catholic arid man of foreign birth.
.True, its
declarations op this subject are verrdeli
cately worded, but the ungenerous and in
tolerant spirit which dictated and pervades
them is spfliciently-manifest. -In Harrisburg
At few day's ago, an assemblage of Wilmet's
friends immunced that they would support
no man for office who was not pledged to an
amendment of the naturalization laws-; and
that they considered Wilutot a reliable rep
resentative of American doetriner Now,
here ere have the singular.spectaele of an Ed
ter censuring us for having published an ex
tract from a Know Nothing paper : and at
the same time supporting . for the office of
Governor,
.1 man Who, in the Southern and
middle counties of the State, -is -recommen
ded by his friends-as a true and tried tuiro,
cafe of Knoi Nothing prineipleL Can any
thing be-more' allot& and audacious? The
following, which we take from a'reeent-ntim
)2ei-oftlse Bides ConntyPi em, a paper
devoted to Wilmot's interest, indicates pretty
"clearly abb, and whit party tare in ekes and
niliatiee with Know NOthirigistn:-
46. ire drefassared that he (Wilmot) it -an
-AntErican,4tutitil as Republitas.. that. Jits-ii
the .. AXERICANIORDER,
and rendered . : valMiblt , t~ltteeta i: Mel eves
:Aisiti‘xot taitsii.6c
• ":;_i
A Novel stud wlsm Letter. 1 , ;,.... —The town and municipal elections,it
- •
The following letter ; addressed to, Mr l CIO, lime learn from our numerous exchange
OLVER LAVROf of Springville,. we publiSh I esall,ever the State, have resulted morn (a
asAC'4 0144 i 1.14:-.'s specitueo-of :0114..biitsif`mid' -,.zi 3 O;stly•lot‘• the 'Penac,y,: (tisk ... they Lava.,
tint easOnableS4slieg cheriihed by theritilins Go many
.vearsi" Oe'rntisal - e,xeitem - int his_
of tte,KansldelitiopNiwards a man, .wko, about burnt'itself„,iut, and therOs every: id
agreeable to 0.4-dictates oi 14is judgment dicitiOn. that if ti Don6Craoy,:`2nominit.te 44,
dares w net with•the"Usmocnitio pally. •,- • - geed-State Tickei; they will elect it Iriunie.
Mr. LATHROP
,is agent for "The American phatitly, despite the opposition of the fac.
Statesman,"-a work-noticed in our columns tions.
nOt long since; find mem:lnvaded - by wile
•aluable for the accuracy, and brevity_ w:th
'which it states the important facts and inci ,
dents of our politiCral.history. The intelligent
public witl fail to - disce,rn the propriety
, of
cudgeling Mr. L. beaus lie ha - ppetis to think
rinfact with the Democ:racy.
ye print the letter verbatirit eyiteralint,
(omitting names,) and ask Air it an attentive
perusal. It is strikingly indientire of the spirit
with - which. our political opponents' are ani
mated.
•
Montrose, Apri116,.57.
Mr. f;A:TIIROP; . • -
• Dear Sir.
since yOu was at the on the 14-Inst.
and I • gave you my name fur " The American
Statesniatil.bine bend informed, on good
authcirity, that you are one of thel : Free-Kan•
sas—.lluchatian,,-7Toties of the present day.
Now, Sir, if that be the fact, you need not
bring;ine said Iniok,ilic.look, -in which, is
recorded the pulisy of our government -in its
purity. , ldo want that book, but shall do
without it sonic- time, before I will be guilty
of encouraging toiivs by giving them a profit
on the very evidence which condenis them.
You may say that I-atri preen: Lure anEl harsh
in.My mu-irks—Yon, a man who is capable
of teyching school, You who is now selling
e very same witness
. that convicts you—
" blowing the bellows and striking" to make
fetters to manacle us:---to be stibserviadt to
the-behests of tare slave power.. I am-infoim
ed also,'-that you profess-to be a -follower of
the tneey r and forgiving..;:triour—lf that. be
true, stv-rriltch the. worse, for you—for it
makes-Inn:4 knavish hypocrite. I can find
no excu-sc iorizott, fcr pill are capable of ex•
ercising your faculties, and' have the intelli
gcuce -tb4 govern their action. Know you
one ittio more, that I shall keep: my
skirts ear of the blood of the martyrs of
ftecutlitni:in tlri tecritorr of Kansas, by not
patronizing tin oligarchy at Washington, or
its satelites elsewhere. Mr wishes n'e
to that you need not blito_ the. book, for .
which he gave you his name; fur the same
reason that I.gave ••-•- •
Tell about bring the reii:beate of freedom, and
at the wine time-sustain the present adtninis
traCon ! Bah t Bah !.! !
Letter 'coin Kansas.
Under this imposing caption the Republi
can of last week contained a letter - dated,
"Lawrence, Kansas, April, 1857.," and pur
porting to have been written by a son of Cu!.
Asa Spicer ofilarford, &settee Co., Pa. It
is a bit interestinipiper,antfrom it
we make the following extract.
We. have intelligznt a peoPle in Kan
-ac rv: the States can possibly Produce. AN'e
have good society made up of the first class
of citizens of the oitlerent Northern Stat.3.s.—
No better can be found in the Uuion-- . -all
peaceable and friendly, ausl all united in the
common cause."
The announcement' that. the citizens"
are " all. peaceable and friendly" is verr
gratifying to thole a Lose ardent wish
it • Las always been :‘ that; order might
reign in Kansas, and that her peaceful and
well disposed settlers ..might enjoy unmoh!st
ed 1116 blessings of self.gove:nment. But we
regret that-" :1 1 1 united in the common cause,"
wean! , urgaaized resistance to the legal au
thorities and a deterinination to refuse all
participation i-nthe election for delentes to
form a State Constitution. We can hardly
believe with the letter writer, that enforcement
of the Territorial laws will result in"civil war
and a dissolution of the Union."
• .- For the Democrat.
To the School Director•
•
Gen tit nun" :
You are deubtless.Aware, that by an Act
of Assembly, it is made your duty to meet in
Montrose. next Mond: to - elect some suitable
person to fill the office of County Superinten
dent, for the next three years. This is a .
most important duty doolvin . o upon you,
and nothing, but .;‘l:ttess' or death, should
prevent yon from being. out to see that it-is
I,roperly done, that !bete may be a full ex•
prei.sion of every town, on this subject.
I am :swam that many are opposed to this
office, hut you should 'not excuse your-selv
from attendance on that.account. - If you, or
your constituents, areopposed to it, is it not
Letter that you elect such a Man as you may
may prrfer, rather s than have One OU do not,
farted upon you I •
A majority of the Directors, present at
that Convention, have a legal right to say
'who Oita fill that post, and should there be
only a minority of the whole present, their
acts - ate binding . upon- the whole.
Let every town then be fully represented,
'on that day, by Its six Direetors,.who will do
their best to secure the best interests •of our
schools, and thus express the wishes of the
Of the people so far as it can be done.
• .. Respectfully. yours, 41 ' 9.
News Items.
.....Tbe iecent heavy rains in Cuba have
injured die sugar crops greatly, and prices
have advanced.
.... Eli Griffin, a half breed, accused of
killing John Ingalls in Jackson County lowa,
was hung by aonob on Saturday the
last. One the same day a mob . at Bellevue;
lowa, forcibly entered a jail at that place„
and taking a prisoner confined therein on the
charge of counterfeiting and murder, hung
him.
hlenry. J. Addams, the Free-State
candidate fur Mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas,
wag elected by a majority of 180,oier all the
other candidates.
Robert .f. Walker will -leave for
Repute the l.lth,of Xay, at. which - .time.he
willaocept.hilteouunisaion and take the oath
of office. ,
The Decnoorata have a majority in
every city Ooniliticut, except Norwich .
and New London. f%
Datidg the storm of the 20th, - inst.,
the =stable Willittn Lewis; in Thittpsixth,
street, Nfir - York; 'woo' disto>yisd-= by -
Thirty iferies-perislied. fa -
TholAgisiatoil, or Ohio adjt,urned on
the 18th, inst. They previously passed n law .
making it a penitentiary offence , to claim or
hold ilatiei in Phio, , or . to undertake to con
vey away from the State as slaves any color--
ed person. - This is intend - e 4 to prevent, the
operation of the Ned Scott decision.
The . DeMocratic. State Convention of .
Tennessee met at Nashville on the Oth,_inst.
and unanithotisly nominated General I. G.
Harris of the County of Shelby,as'the . Demo
cratic candidate fur Governor.
....The President has appointed Col.
Sam. Black of Pittsburg as one of the Judges,
of Nebraska Territory. The Col. is' a brilli
ant and cdrective'ohampion c f the Demoerac . .y
an able lawyer and gifted with the • highest
mental endowments.
„ .
".... It is rumored that a band of-600 Si
oux Indians - hre committing 'depredations at.
South Bend on the Minnessota river ; that
Mankato has been attacked and dtroyed.by
fire and that many of its ittitabitantS
murdered. Several.companies at Fort "fidge
ty started in pursuit ; and cavalry were .sent
for to. Fort. Snelling , : A great panic . existed
in the various Settlements,
,and flamers ate
everywhere arming themselves, and making
preparations to join in the pursuit.
the first' . twenty-two days, after
beginning to purchase the old Spanish coin,
the Philadelphia Mint, took in $68,000 west,'
chiefly in small sums. •
The - University of Northern Pennsyl
vAnia, located at Bethany. Wayne Co., Pa.,
was destroyed by tire- on the night of the 18th.
The.building was_owted by 'Pref. John F.
Stoddard. .
The packet z•hip George Wa4hington
ntriv'e4;tt 1-30Ft06 the 20:11,in , .t.bringing eight
hundred. and -tiny Mormons from Liv-erpool.
From:Girard College there have been
bout.d out one hundred and fifty-One.orphans,
Of which no. less than twenty : one hare be
come printer.,
.... The Hon. Cadet Cushing; Ex Attor
ney General, was received .at his home, Wel
nesday 23d , with great honors. The Mayor
welcomed hiin in a neat - speech, to whisk Mr.
Cushing made a lengthy response. A nn•
tional -salute wns fired, and there was a grand
military and civic pro . cession.
.... The heavy snow storm of Monday the
20th did considerable. damage. The
roof of - the Reading Railroad shop at Reading-
Pa., gave way while the workmen -were en
gaged in the shop. Many were injured.
Company's loss will amount to $30,000.
llon. John G. Montgomery of the
twelfth Congressional district died at Danz
vilie on . the 24th just. Mr. M. as a victim
of the National Hotel epidemic. •
The Post Master General has conch!. •
ded a contract with the Panama Railroad
Company to carry the mails until the espira
tion of the present contracts with the Steam
ship companies, two years berme, at the rate
f 1 . 3100,000 per annum. .
.... The latest intelligence from the scene
of the Indian troubles in Minne - sio!a, is to 0,11 1
effect that on the 12th, inst., a battle vTas. ' l
fitti - ght at Walan wan - river, thirty miles above
Mankato, between the Indians and the Sr. Pe
ter volunteers, %miler 'command rt General ,
Dodd. Twelve Indians were killed and ;'eve
rat woutided. The volunteers did not lose -a
From. onr Virgink EKnbanges ice
learn that the fruit trees, are generally killed
and vegetation is very backward throughout
the sontli-wit section of the State:
I=l=
Fortsirszt Intelli,geuce.
The aunesed summery. of late foreign in- .
telligenee, Which we take from the N. -Y.
will be le uutl iuteresting to our read-
"We hare four days later news from Eu
rope, by the arrival of the steamships Felton
and City of Washington at this port - yester-..
day morning, respectively from South-itnip
ton and Liverpool on the 8:h last: They
brought seven hundred and thirty eight-pas
sengers, and the Fulton 'landed $140,000 in
specie. A good deal of anxiety was express
ed in England to know the exact nature .of
.the amendments made' - by the Senate . to the
Dallas Clarendon treaty.. The .docunaent
reached Liverpool on the 6th, and, specula
tion was already rife as to its merits and ten
dency. Up to thelitest_accounts 305 sup
p;siters and 249 opponents of the govern
ment had been returned to the new t'Parlia
ment, giving thus far. a majority of 116 in
favor of Lord Palmerston's administration.
- - " There is nothing new from China.. The
English government had ordered the - fitting
out, with extraordinary despacht,of an exten
sile flotilla of steam gunboats; destined for
.the Chinese watersi Gen, Ashburnham is to
comp:mil the military forces -in ''China. An
opinion prevailed that the five ports or the
empire would he closed against foreign tra
ders.
" Advises from :Madrid state that Mexico
has given perfect satisfaction to Spain. - The
warfarorwas abating, as the government
tested that the fate of Cuba would be held in
the balance if hostilities Isere once com
menced.
" The Netifebatel Conference in Paris bad
sett!ed some of the points in dispute between
Prussia and Switzerland, but many others-re
rnainel to be negotiated, irA nn
,extended
adjournment was voted.
"-The diplomatic rupture between Austria
and Sardinia was complete, and it wits
thought that neither of the Powers ,would
make; au advance towards a renewal of offi
cial intercourse for a long period. - - .
" The Danish Sound dues treaty bad been
fully ratified, and a Prussian' vessel--the first
—bad passed the Sound without paying
'
The. Danish Custom
loose had issued a oh-
enter . -for *be gnidanceof shipmasters.
".la`Torkey the Sultan la pushing- On 're'
forms in „every- department. The. English
fleet had sailed from Constantinople. BUM-,
tench/to wailed the eve - Of a Civil war..
" France end England hid perfeet4
conventionrrelative' to tbeerighttof recifirocil
tradingcon•the - svit.-coast-of Afrittai . tmds ip
ItheAlvet . Gambia ; and thaKings afSiam
ttde X4Vialy with`the great powera' of Eu
rOpe!whitt elnbtaced a liberal commercial
ittittfLt -
t%e trial% of Wales : hnd rstrirl:-.4he
%tot submarine eablewheing man
•tificturad*4 was receive: by Mr. Ojai rind
ginliertien connected with, the'3,Trient.'Etiglish - incincy market was very-tigl
although the
' arriials of specie were • large.—
-The - Batik-of England had advanced. the -rate :
of discount to riven per cent. Cotton and
flour were dull and declining in Liverpool._ -
gale of the Maiu Line.
- A bill is now before the LegistatureirintheN
izing a sale of the Main Line of our
itnprmvetnento,. including. shops,. Locomotives,
put every
s portion of property, real find
.pfilit,
af, u . (inflected therewith,' to . the
,And..
nia Railroad `company. The price " - flied
the bill Is!i4ine, Milliturs . of . 11ollara,to "he'paiti
in ten annual .inStaluren•o v - commeneing:tn
the year 1860. The bill also -releases :the
company
.fbr , ,all titne_ eonao, fywn ;the
.pay
tnent f any taxes uponite capital - steek; and
property of every -deriptniti, including the
tonagi3 tax. :We below giVe a statement
ken flout the: Patriot and .
their value, and the. revenue. derived jthere
from, and a few reasons why the revenue
increase 'a:nun:illy: \lite Weald the
whole art'cle were it not too long for . oUr:tia- . .
Th a • following isthis - extraotrearm Ito,
" Thete . staterunnts are, based Upon" thele-•
ceipts and expenditares'2frie for'
1856. - The progpective valtre-of the lirtela
nat taken into; eonsideratien. - 'All the'ina
proyements of any Conseritioneei'' Which are
contemplated have been • finished.- The re
ceipts-of the past year up .to time ex
hibit an increase over the last. The-opening
of-the Broad Top region, the best bitumin
ous coal region in 'the Statethe •largely .
inc . e ,sed coal business - along the line' of the
Portage Railroad—the erection of .new' fur
naces and the Opening of some.• of ;the -beg?
ere beda.iii the. Stale, .on the st.olvi'of the Al
leghaney*Mountain, giVefair Frorni4 of a
large increase of tonnage - :
The' receipts 'of the Main, Line - " ,
.fur- 1856, - wcire -
Ad.l.tonuage tax,
Total reediptA, $1,415 , _01 13
Expendit ores for the same pert- •
-od including 10 per cent, on
the cu; -(of locontotiieq and. • • •
itnprovonent of ..tvaehinery• •
and structures; r.ot propel ly
chargeable to any - one year, -$557,401, -14
.
• •
I'r,fi4over expenAiitures, 558,7,709 64 .
Ti, ingtthe ictorest - on 'a enpital 'of $11,754-
L 703 00 tt . the per cent.,) which it is proposed
to sell for 59.,t300,000. ' • -
_There is`how•ever, another iinportant, finan
cial view lo be taken of thi4 bill. If allows
the con:party to abandon the line froeti Hot.
lidayiburg. to Pittsburg... The folloWing
statement will - exhibit a still greater.sacrifice
of the public interests to private cupidity :
Receipts in 1856 on the -Main
Line fioni Philadelphia to
Hollidaysburg,
Add tonnagti tax,
. .
Toff.l t•c r eiptF, • $1,370,50•30
Expend - it - Me: for the same pe- .'• . ~ -'>:
. riod, including 10 Fell cent. . .
on cast of locomotitt,es and
improyetneitt of machinery . • '
and stiuctur...s,not proper- • •
ly i.hargeable to any one' - 2 •
year, ; - • • $005,34432
• ; • : , *703,254 54
Mu dne Eastern Divis-
iota from the Loanche.:esti..
''mated at 160,000'00
Total I profi:s on the Main Line
frotu PhiladOphia to •
daysharc.r, $525.234 54
Being the interest on a capital of $16,-
505,000 at five per cent., (the rate proposed
in the bill.) . • •
If to , this, be' added the lowest estimate
. which has been 'made of the propity and
Mitteri:d on the Portage Railroad:arid
tern Diiision they value of the
1:11 . 11i from Philadelphia to Hollidays
burg olio $17,005,004, eNnltsitive
of the amount of the taxes fitt,t s he stoci, div
idends, l a nd propertv of the company, .which
isteleased by this bill, and which woull in
creaks this estimate •of the present. valtre of
the property and revenues to . disposed
of some two or three millions — of dollars„ .•
From the above it will be perceived that
the value .of:the Main Line and - fixtures are
worth about :20,000,00 . 0 of Dollars. • That
last year it paid tho interest •on t
000 at 1 5 per rent, •
It is nudoubtedly true, that "le large num
ber of the
W citizens of the State wish the Pub
lic 'orks sold,
,but it does . not. follow '-frOm,
that, that they wish: theta given away." It
sohi, it Ishould be consideration.---
The peOlile do not want them tO be. given
away to enrich an already overgrown corpo , _
ration. It seems to uc,•there must be some
thing uniciund among our Legislators .at
Ilarrishurg, or such a - bill wenid stand no
possible chance of-hecoming‘a - - . ,
NEW PupvriNO Pr.E4. 7 —.11r...
13ench of the
New York Sun, has invented a new printing
pre that prints on both sides of a riewepn-'
per at • Once.. 'As • ris does- away,with fifty
per cent.-d.the in., it wilLbe seen that, Mr.
) I
-Peach'i,press iaa matter of first, impoypinee.
to pliblishers. The improvements On, the
printing press during the past. twenty years
are, perhart, treater than the improvements
on any otter labor-saving machine. known to
be pos:sessed. by the.country. In 483 G-it was ,
a fast •ptess that printed one Thousand sheets
nn hour. Some five yearA ag...lesira. Hoe
A: Co. invented)t press that printed - tWenty .
thousand an hour. 'He is now buildirk one .
for a New York journal that will print fort - y‘
thousand . sheets- in tur.hour. .This r4t . euts - ne
linpossihility, and vet he is houndte pToducs,
this result, or not charge ror 'his 'picas., ::That .
the country
.should require such - .ti press,.
speaks well (nett', intelligence of'"tlie•only
free • pecrVe," and ' shows That . the Mending
powers. of, the model Itepublie are .constantiv.•
on the increase... With such.a press, and. the
school-House open to every - bOdyLthereislio,
earthly reason' fishy . the Inhabitants Of the'
United'states ithbuld. not heeotne thy. Mast'.
- virtuous] had bestinforined- tnenntid. women
in the World.' -
__. .. • .
Tat !kw GENT. --The Philadelphia North
American is informed , by Colonel Snowden;
Directoix4 the U. S. Mint, that in about
three wals time this much de,ired coin, will
be distributed to the public. About a
on are al ready,completed. two
will be' finished before' the' Mint - - eeml
menees iraying them out. :it' is ,then=
"to `":be'
hoped that the present cumbrous copper 'eoln.
will disappear, Sint* tint establishment-.of "
the U.. 8.14 i at; 1,800. - tons ;of copm, teats
hare !mei coined oinking 'or,4lstioot
ouirhgtidied fifty Ot-tlieta
a large numberlave been"tort 4 ciaarirted'iw
ta,.!asokar;! maa4ilyiry v ar - ogaptieta
ken out 'ot OrculatiQa, 011.:tIO‘f4an-eati„.
'mates the timitititi of. 8'04 . 04 - coifi isti iii
Of
doliars.l
A Iteget,Atiiileolliiiay
7 "W4%*
-
Owes strase r was brought'A
li e tu4 of
`ontfi4nrna!netiliclirte,iiiipenta.,
tiOe _
afid;
hb st . kei . . th O at;he
stisptotons'ntrack- t iatoofid
idd Ovidpii I**4lllo*M tg o to
ed name") who reliresenfed Irmo
kited, in a scheme to efreathe"
dAluntingd.semetimui,
ted of forgery.
itr this city, and at rneseni,
fined in tho-State Prison , at-Sing .-= Sing .
di v &god. in*. plarr_of operationi, %thickly&
,forge the Governor's,sivtatufe te,re rani
litttitio#4o4.4iiittbpuniattifot tbel iftttike i i
ket iibern(lOn, - and then finny
thereountryito-ettbst-ortheilite4Pl**
fOre the frrital could - he discorerett or.,
wiranisissitett liii:liis retario obit.
an 4 t.'
is x Otlierladictments. Todiar,rtgata
upons t either of which, he CAR 113, ,r,...-,
be, brought.wtriat, ~,,;\ .....: \'_,,, ',--,- , '
Scotchard added that ilttUagdos,,
aware of ihe Plciicliicli hi tiiteW*l
ring, and that - it Met`the r ciViiiiMrt
vanotei-pa • rties lirkosn nansiti_+444o-.
mention }Who bad given . Id tWiaitt'e . iiiii
ward its c imitintinatton.:,MrvZ*lll9_ .
did,lnot assist or .eacotuititStititchardillif
Atly, but on the contrary, soorkater pre&
a complaint against hitia of (daily - Au, st'.
and . assisting-to effeet`;such-iscapil and s',
inistleineatior in compiriag witlil-flti,F
sons to commit an act for' tho - pre, ventgi
obbtruetioti .of justice as the...duo-1141140
ion of law. Upon, this compluil44-tivrii_.
was issued and. patted
• in the limidi - of oi
John li4rd, of the Sixth kVard'4 , ll76 3 ,iik:
succee - de c l in arresting, - ilte - aeCtria;:lf
"who, on, being 'brought, before t 4 itOgetit
was detained, by his own regnest,,6ti9,
amination. ,_
~ , ~ ,, \ .7 lv. i
1.4 arrest was mAtle at 1.110:07, 4 1 41.,
fitinfit:gdon's late coiliiet, who arieo.,
lisintingdon was not at all degrat:Mt O f ;
the keg manner connected" wilit',' "-'-
ard'S 'alleged dign.. ' ' ' Z - ' - '•'- 1
The accused party ai,pesrif lo : a=bet"
36 and 40 years'eX ago, of'`oo6:4- - ;--id
and decidedly " smart" - looking.. It: is st
that he lately caint., from New Orl&1114,.
any- further partieu?ars concerning bie'
pears not to be known„ - • z.,%...
ic5;222,973. 45
°T ) ,2')7 SOS
It is iqtid that one half of This - 406430
motion is not set. known -mot that - tomb
gular itereloianents will Ihs.mitde flu , 1.116 1
which, will take.plitaaot.lk,„:
- - .
~
A n Excitement in lite- Uttlieisit
. .' , b. ,' :Virginia: ,!. : .-:„..-."-:
On the night of Abe , : ,18ikinst., - , At
lottesville, two it : the students . ..of.the.Cnri
city •of
.. V i rgi ni a, one. named:l4%ler,,
:Georgi:4, the other&artinOf - Virginia - I
I - e) . I ,
knocked at the door of 'a grocery Stork:
bfan Italinti - nai'ned iiiinoni, were 4re.l I
by one of the iarnateS : froin the Second al
and - both
. 'woupded-L' Vaxter slightly`l
Martin' . seeerely; : :lough.' riot.,4ht4ir:
What-stilsellaenrly ensued, is ithastmt 1
in a letter .to the Ale4andrin :Gniette;:
the ittzli: . . .„ .
. .. ‘
•• This - morning a WO itUmber - or itl , ;
Collected at Manoni's . store; and search •
throughout, b'ut fou nd -no one 'ism,
: clerk,' frotn : u horn- nothing concert:4in_
t , hooting could be gotten. - About an
afierwards anotheffearch was'made i nit
noni and his brother—the„latter or
fired the gun - - we re,fourid ander- a:bed i
back part of the, lions.e.', They. were i
_!
diatelr bound, and thOugh 'many Wen
hanging, and some for tar and:fithei . -
was decided, to flog them_ both severely
drive them from the county,: ', As ioon
waatertnined' lodlog them,: they: were.
ged to an adjoining. field,. atd.'due pie
m• :_, . .. .
tions were made for carrying )t into e
bat just at this moment' the cha i qman ria i
fCnltt• appeared and bVii:l"44 r ble - iirirf
. ~, t t. , ,
tlent4nly 'appal; he pre.vailed...: p Pon - -th,
dents togivethe culprits - over. 1,0...1he p
authorities, and - they , are now !..44ged i L
. ail at chartottiro.ville.".. -- 1 • ::'' " .' -:
$448,361 68
222,227 68
• We have a letter froni
•corresponify #t.at
Charlottesville, giving the particulars - of the
above Is n fort tinate The :Lao. ace unto
agOl.s in. [he main - fact..• Our correspe•detta
says that littioai' (a. name famifinr= to #1 any:
of the oh.L.students of the University;)•k.pt .a
iestaurapt, at the door of which The tw# .stn-
dents were knocking, when ..fired, upon. .The'
rnlit was charged with small shot, - One #f the .
studettS received Onlya feW shot n..bis cent
and 'en the ,ids bat' the.' othe was
less • -fort Una tot,. Dearbr:' the .WrhofeAotilk*. took .
effect on. the tack -pait of:his head add
Ineerating,Clfie flesh terribly, fracturinl .tha
bone,andsevering several of thesnialler. food
vessels..- As yettltis wounds Are not.sup; osed
to be 'mortal. Muhl- shot....hOwever,pa..... I on,
enteted his face, 7 arid otheniseTitiatire' it
horribly.. •
Ike teachers of Sufsq'n co.. will hold
next QUarterly Association in. lii,tsk i:
ship, In the sehßol rfonse near'CoOler .;
ern (formerly known as i Ili Lungs 8 1 - 4il
Fridiy and Saturday, the '2.2nd'aiid . :la
kay, 1857: All .ietchers, frocii li' . 4li
will be' neciaranbtlateti frewof eh arke.
1
A. 13. KE*T,- .
,
W. FiLTT of " ' l * : 1 '
... . . . .
. Hotloway7. s• .Pilts.--Delionte. loonies,: who
smiles _from those peeuliarilistiiihaneeti.o , the
system incident to the gentler sex,, mill i find
r ! ,
in, thete-Pilfsit safe remedy- ((walk tho,- 4110-
tional disorders under which, they Intic hor.
Acting sPeeificaPY uPon the , localitokilu City
and generally' upon the . system, thi.s ) ; co pre-
Itensi ve remedy will - simultaneboali or:
the ithmediate 01111t0 of sufferii3mAndei 'go
rate all the. hodilv, amens • which_ hatti been
afleeted hy".qmpathy themwith,.:l4l - iir bree
° t ug
most perilous, phases of female existenn viz,.
the.dawn rn
of woanhOod,ilia periott.i4 ti
rity,- And What is termed "the elitrigt, alice,"
the alterative and re4toritire ..prop e r ,of
of, these - rills render ;them . indispeusi e ' to
the feebler sex. : : • . .. - ~.- -:, _}- i
_
- By:the, Rev:: Henry AAtiiity; April , '
Rev,-Bune.Brkt,owls, of Aldontrpite, -An.
CJlARorric A. 13EAcu of Dimoek.' -
In Yew Milfold;:on Sunday tbe , -21t
i.s
by El li at,,Aldrieb EzIoC, Wu ?Xing, Jar
46 4 1 4 1 .M0 4 .,-M4fix DRow . ;,.- holk - - , 01,;
- Bind Pa. - - ' • '
ran -Brooklyn, March rililr; bv Btu
little, Mr. enma.E.-IL. Da!4Y;i44,,A!:
~
ham, 71a S. ATKRnstari. - '' ,_. , ,
•lAliso,,liy the same,- liprll 2134,41r..4
v. - 1116'0: 4 'ot bi9okiiii,.,ilut:gt!,:ll;*
tii§etf R
tsi'oho - 4'181410. ' -/:::;:;:'
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~- 4 41' Oa. lift.A. PA O!) un Mounqio
, 26 t1 4 1 041, bi)tv, 4.., it .siiiiem#el
iiiiits4:ii. — Liwiti;sir-itii, - AVnittlitie,
Conferertec4: and Miler Iliinv'_l!-,r:lin,
.'''.‘Vgitit,,Antilirt...Suit(inqhanirifti•
Notices.
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