The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, April 22, 1858, Image 2

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    'Border Sulltaallun la Plunefala.
The press throughout the. Country are.eir
cniating an scconnt 45 an outhtge which, we
tliinit. sill surpass in atrocity the most ter
rible narratives of The Tribune Mesas corre
spondent,- It hippo - Is, too, that this sbatne
fel transaction oceured in a State where the
Black "Republicans" have been wing all the
arts of proselytism to_ senate a triumph for,
their peculiar doctrine. 4 about freedom. Mrs:,
• Swiashella „lady ; well known in
_literary
- - circles for - her genies--having emigrated: to
Minnesota, saw fit to establith there a paper,
entitled -!!The Visitor,"_ in which she advo
- rated the largest civil liberties fisr her sex.
The prinCiples raid down by this distinguished
pioneer of equal rights,_ were precisely those
whiebsuch -minas Janes T. Brady, George
:W.': Curt* and IL 11, Chapin ire now eld
:petal.), upholding in 'lbis city.
Though sustained' by Abe sympathy and
patronage of the whole -tsommunity in which
die had. located-herself, "some men, leis their
humanity, undoubtedly professing'that free
, tdom to do , with the property of others exactly I
what they pleased, so able argued by The .
Tribune.ln nit reststanecto the Fugitive Slave
act, one.night form - ed themselves into a vigil
ance committee. and entering the printing
nstablishniegt of Mrs. Swisshelm by stealth,
amused themselves in demolishing the various
epparatus there depissitedl scattering ' tbe
type, plates and other furniture in all dime
tionotad completely, .destroying everything
within their reach.
When the work of ruin ant s finished, these
midnight marauders p'it their heads toge ther,
and
and in a note which; was found the next
morning, Informed Mrs. Swissbeltn that tkei.
considered The Visitor a nuisance,' and had
concluded to abate the same; also admonish
ing, her against advocating the obnoxious
doctrines in the future while a resident of
their township. •
So much for The Trifsune's teaching in
Minnesota. We think the Black Republican
gentleriteri who have been engaged- in noar-1
i-biag in that Territory notions of law higher
than the Constitution, had setter ,look to it
that their di c iples do not in their mad zeal
to carry out these ideas go a step beyond the
barriers of reason and common sense; making
fools of their instructions and ruffians of
themselves,
It is always bitter to adhere to law, ha
ever much we dislike it,' than to assume an
independence which we cannnt maintain with
- dignity, justice or success.—aVete York Daily
:Newt.
_ _
The Union enlarged.
- The bill' For the 'admission of the new
State - of Minnesota into- the 'Union—
says the •rbiladelphia Balkan—bag been
-passed finally by the Senate, andwill piss the
Ilou-e, so that the Union may be regarded as
consisting.of thirty-two States. Before the
year 185tris over, it will probably consist of
thirty-four States, as Kansas and Oiegon are
to be admitted. in another year wo may
have Ontonagon —compbsed . of parts of
Michigan and Altnnesota—applying for ad-.
mission: Then will come Nebraska, and
perhaps, Wv.hinpon, and the Texans will
--prObableask for a seperate State to be made
out of part of their extensive territory. The
-chances are fair that, within four or five
years, tie Union will -consist of f thirty-six or
thirty-eight States.
SincetheTriginal confederacy was formed,
nineteen &Ate; have been added to the Union.
Their naives and the order of their admission
have been - sis foilovq :
Vermont. . ; 1791 I Mi4ouri, • . 1621
Kentucky . 1792 1 Michigan . 18351
Tennessee.:l796 1 Arkansas . . 1836 k
Ohio . • . 1802 I lowa . . 18451
'Louisiana . 1811 1 Flofida . . 18451
'lndiana 1816 1 Texas . . 1846
)Ji&sinippi . 1817 I . Wisconsin- -. 1848
Illinois . 1318 Califolnia . 1850
Alabama-, . 1819 Minnesota. . 1858'
• Maine' . . 18201
- Minnesota, the last of the States added to
the Union - , is a most striking illustration of
the rapid growth of population in our Wass
ern region. So late a.- the rear le 4Z t avert! ,
were no white int....tautnti,ezcept the warison
rort, 'Snelling, a few trappers and r 'lnfliati
traders, and a party of settlers at Pembina.
svh:ch was then supposed to be in the British
possession. In 1848 emigrants from the East
and from Europe, began, to . ,pons into-it ; _in
1840 a territorialtovernment was organized.
and now.in 1858. it has four!), five hundred
thousand white inhabitants, with many 'rising
and Prosperous. young cities, And is to be a
member of the Americnn Union, with-two
tepreentatives in the lower house of Congress,
and -an eqqal - voice in the - Senate with the
. older and moat populousLof the'States.
Tan P OPULAR
_ HEART RIGITT. - -IR
'Mas•Rachusetis - Legislature, 'resolutions were
lately, introduced to•arnend the Constitution
of that State, - so, as to -prohibit naturalized
citizens from voting until two yariafier they
bad become citizens. A negro is allowed to
vote upon, ir.six monthti'*residence, and there
is no intention of changing that law. In the
debateon the resolution, Hon. Caleb Cushing.
Detrinerat, among other things, said ' , •
!. Mr. Speaker—l—Y - on—we--gentlemen
of the Rouse of Representatives, belong to
• tiatexcellent white race, the consummate int
.personation.: of intellect in man, and of loveli
ness in Woman, whose power and whose prix- I
ilege it is, wherever they may go, and wher
ever they may remain - , to chnstianize and
civilize, to. command and to be obeyed, to
conquer, and to reign. I admit . to an equali
ty with me, Fir, the—relate man—my blood
-and rsee r. --whet her he be the Saxon of- Epp
land or the Celt of Ireland. -But - I
do not'
admit as mi., equals,. either the red man of
America, or the yellow than of Asia,or the
black man of Africa." .
The loud and continued applatuus TroMthe
spectators. in the galleries that greeted Mr.
Curdling on the delivery Of-the above, *strong
evidence that the practical pod sense of the
people will continue to. - be, as it ban been.
proof - against the negro-equality Niews. held
by Chase, Giddisgd, and • that class of politi
•
111312,. • . • • '
WASHIiGTOS, April 7.--Tiris morning a
malt named Peter BeJeeort: who has form-
erly been employed in the service of the Gov
:ernmerit, had come words with Mr. Thomson,
Secretary of the. Interior. during which Be
- Batumi struck, at hint.' The Secretary tun
ed and discovered him in tbeact of draw
ing a pistol upon himCishereownrhe threw
him on the floor and held him till the pistt I
•
was taken Dom him. Bestincon's altoulder
• was dislocated in the fall. ' The affair is sap
_ posed' to ...have grown ont of the fact that he
• Waß lefused air uffme„ and that pecuniary dif
ficulties had unsettled his mind. The affray
occurred in the hall of the Department.
-13os TOVOOI. WAILR.—if it is desired to
cool later for drinking in warm weather„and
ice cannot be obtained for this spurpose,! let it
be liept its an nughered earthenware pitcher
'wrapped around ' , with two or three folds •4
sown cotton cloth kept constantly wet. The
tbeorrof cooltng water in tbis manner is the
abiorrion eif.heat from by-the evaporation
of.the tnO;sture in' the ootton.cletb;.expansion
• uces add, comprrsion heat.
Mn.'s PArtisiren inquires what kind
of razors are used'in ebaring notes I
- The spirit-nidefiertedl'aul replies, `raisers
nioner,s, . ;
Putrost TPemetnt.
GERRITSON, Editor.,
Izorrloon, PA..
Thisrmiar. April 22. WS.
DE.VOCRATIC'NOMINATIONS.
• SUPREME JUDGE:
!=LAM, PORTER,
PHILADELPHIA.
CANAL. COMMISSIONER:
WESTLEY FROST,
FAYETTE.
Special Notice.
AL L . persons indebted to the late firm of
14cColluin dr, Gerritson for sphscnption
to the jrontrose Democrat are hereby forbid
dim settling with J. B. McCollum, or any
person in whose bands he.may place the ao
conntit. Said accounts tare not yet been as
signed to him, in consequence of his _having
refused in render value for theni as agreed
upon before the firm was dissolved; any epl
lee,tions_which he may mike will' be riautin
lent, wad his receipts void, until further notice
be given. • A. J. GERRITSON.
Mnnt.o , te, April ist, 16513
OrTLe Pennsylvania Legislature will
adjourn to-day. "
tar The Senate has confirmed the ntmi
nation ,of llon.dohn Cadwalader for Judge of
.he Eastern District Court of rentisylvinia,
via Kane, deceased. • \
par The passage of the bill for the sale of
the State Canals removes the necessity for the
Canal board, and a bill will be passed declar
ing it.aboli:.hed:
A Slow' Legislator.
- Mr. Chase read petitions, on Thursday of
last week from citizens of` this county for a
repeal of his little peddling law - of cast win
ter. These -Petitiops were sent from here
over five weeks ago. Four weeks'-to read a
petition; and six weeks to offer a bill, seems.
ti:o be Mr: Chase's qu'ickest rate of motion,
when working for the public. If a dozen in•
dividuals get up a private petition for their
own benefit he could of course continue to
act more promptly—on the ptinc,iple we sup
pose. that small b"dies are easily moved.—
How long it woi:Td - take him to procure the
passage of a bill of public impel tance,would be
a hard question to determine. In fact we
think that event would not occur, until the
people had decided to keep him at home.=
His party gave him a puff: at their meet
ing last week, in the shape.of a resolu
tion., of endorsement We hope they will
make good that endorsement 6:f placing him
in nomination next fall, for another year
stt Ilarrisbnig. - If they will do so, his defeat
is certain; Will. they trot him out Dare
he seek itre nomination-I
Admission of Kansas. -
The question of admitting Kansas into the
Union, is still unsettled. We announced last
week that a committee of conference had
been appointed in the Senate, and that the
House bad Agreed to one. The House corn
mittee consists of English of Indiana,.(Anti
Lecompton Dem_) Stephens of Cleo., (Dew-)
an Howe of MiChigWia (Rep.) AL this
wri'ing the committee have done notting.—
The Black Republicans did:all they could to
oppc.i the commits.-.. VD
Wednesday last, when the Senate bill was
returned to the House with the Montgomery
Crittenden amendment stricken off , Mr itt nt
. o
gomery moved to adhere, which was lost by
a tie vote—the „Speaker voting. 'Mr. English
then moved that wcommittee of coderence
_be appointed whii;h was carried by one ma
jerity,aided by the . Speaker's casting vote.—,
The opposition papers are mourning over the
melt, fearing as they do, that this wilt result
istthe settlement of the question by the adop
tiun of the tecomption Constitution, which
now seems quite probable.
jar" We publ6h.-d a statement, .o.me time
since, signtd by I). F. Brundage-and' a num
ber of others, purporting to be an account of
the disinterment and examination of the hotly
of Wm. Aicher late of Ararat. &me time
after, we - received a communication without
.date, from a person of whom we knew noth
ing,' charging that said statement as published
was not a tine one. As the communication
was mostly personal, and did not give a defi
nite account of the affair,' we threw it aside,
and thought no more of the snljects About
this . time another statement of the dis-inter
inent was published in the Republican,..bui
was not sent to us. Our attention was called
to the matter recently, by .one of those
interested, who informed us that some of
people in the neighborhood, felt that justice
'was hardly done, them. We learn that the
gentleman who wrote us the communication
is peifeetly responsible, but we do not \ guite
understand why a statement similar to that
which appeared in the - .Republican, with the
names of those present-attached, was not sent
'to us. This would have given both parties a
fAir'hearing, which was just and proper. The
contruierted point - seems to, be, od which
sidi:of the Epinal l column did the.fatal ball
enter, and-was any bone or bones struck by
it in its passage f This is a matter of trifling
importance in itself, except so far as a ques--
tion of ve , say arises between parties, which
we are inforined has excited much interest in
neighborhood. Having ourself no p
the er
rsonar or other acquaintance with any of the
persons engaged in the controversy, we of
course are entirely free from any just charge
of favoritism in the matter. If any oversight
was committed it was in riving publicity
to any part of a matter calculated to affect .
the feelings of any connected with the sad
.occurrence. The rnatter . has been finally
di6Posed,of, sad all should etuleavor to forget,
as far as possible, what has occurred. All
personal feelitig,s which may necessarily have
been aroused should be laid aside.: It was
too sad an event for any of those in the neigh
borhood to permit a serious difference of opin
ion to grow. out of. The grave has closed
over the remains of the unfortunate young
man, aid' those who- have been most deeply.
interested; should endeavor to remember the
Past with feelings of regret alone.: •
We learned last ni lit thal:the bill for the ,
abolition of the 13th Judicial district had
passed the Senate on second rending. This
•
removes all doubt I
Itn -the question of our
being freed from the reign of a political
Judge.. Woodward will be. our Judge after
December next, until the ttext regular election.
Particulate next week. .
WilmoVil 4' Defence."
• We bare received a copy- of a pamphlet
I
gotten op by David 'Wilmot (or the purpose
of explaining away ' some of the reasons fo r .
abolishing this district. It is entitled his
"defence," and as wet noticeseveral etatetnerns
which ate calculated to deceive those not ec•
quaihted sy r ith affair's here, we will notice n
few of them. - I ' - -
Mr. Wilmot says plat his speeches made in
court " were not violent, - bet temperate. and
free fzem-personalitik i " Now we submit the
question to all candid men who have heard
his speeches 'shears this statement is_net
false—utterly false.ilf Mr. Wilmot's speeches
have not been of a yiolent character, no such
thing a's violence ests. That they were " free
from personalities :1 no one who heard them
eiMemisistently and truthfully assert. He at
temps to evade the charge of being ill the
"constant habit" of making speeches in court,
by saying that be has'not done so every- week
of all his different courts! He further says
that he does not l retnember having made a
speech in court during the- last two years.
Of averse, while Judger Bullock was on the
'bench.he was of, and did not have a chance
to abuse his positien, and at our last term, he
did not dare make, a speech.
- lie attempts A& deny that he has charged
the supreme courtiwith being corrupt. Eve
fl body here knolls that Ire has taught his
followers to belielje that their decisions-were
dictated by the ";slave power ;" if this is not
charging them s9tb corruption we know of
tio way of doing it, directly or indirect!y.
Of the Neirton ca e, he gives what we believe
to .be a garbled statement. - lie - says that the
true "facts of the rise" were nut made known
to the supreme cot rt when his outrage was
reversed. This ili• a senseless evasion. Mr.
Newton had the customary "paper book"
made out, to which Mr. Wiltnio responded
in the same way. Illis explanation of striking
Mr. Newton's narriefrom the roll of.attorneys,
is asl range one. I He says that he was afraid
0 ,
that Mr. Newtoni would be unable to pity a
fine, and that to imprison him would be to
disgrace him; he itruck him 'off arthe lightest
punishment! Queer logic, that. Just as well'
might a poor man be stripped of fifty dollars,
bad n o I
n
because be nee o more, and the loss would
be small. ' Wrirlt an inhuman principle is
here sadyoeated I .i—dooming a poor man to
starvation, by forbidding him to labor, be
cause he is poor! The act was directly contrary
to law, and Wifin l ot knows it, and does not
attempt to justify it,' but tries to explain away
the-outrage in al way . that only makes a bad
matter worse. •Wilmot asked members of the
Bradford bar far charges in writing. They
have made written chargeso portion of which
we have publisqd, yet, when these are pre--
-sented to him. iie ,-1.-1,,,-- •1...... 0,,, saying that.
the writers are not responsible! If they are
not responsible , he Should not have noticed
them lie ouly, di-encera that they are not
responsible when they have specified charges
which he cannioft meet • .
• Mr. Wilmot* main effort is in .weeping
over the awful outrage that would be perpe
trated upon this constitutional rights of the
dear people. 11:Iis heart bleeds with svmpa
thy for them, lest their sacred constitutional
rights shall be,ttaken from them by the ruth
-Jess band of the despoiler. ln their name he
protests against this attempt to deprive them
of the right ofi suffrage. When he took the
stump fur Guiernor last year, it WM - . their
flea then io tilect a judge. Why did they
- not du it i Who took from them by design
this great privilege about which Mr. Wilmot •
howls so piteojisly.? David Wilinot himself.
- Then they wee mere tools, and a judge could .
be forced upon them and they moot not utter
a word of cuniplaint. Last winter a judge
was forced 4pon them by ' appolutment,
against . the pet ition of the Bradford bar, and
again they _must submit without a murmur.
But now he 9ddenly discovers drat the dear
people have is right 'to elect, and - protests
' against the plating oil of that right ; but he
forgets \to -Mier a word of eoosulatioti and
1 sympathy to Cheer and sustain them until the
l -end of two,)ears servitude to which they
I have been stilljected. He should teach them
that, " sufficient unto the day is the - evil
thereof," and! parade before them the present
grievance. Let bin) incite them to " deadly
strifd"'to regain the liberties already lust; and
then it- will] be time to guard against future
evils. If tcr change the district is to perpe
trate a-"greys outrage," he should advise
1 ,
them to rise in arms-and throw eff the galling
1 yoke of tyr anny they now wear, and then
take - steps to avoid it being again Unposed
upon them. ' Poor Wilmot, how he weeps fur
an injured people—yet they .16,4 etrelly.on,
hoping that the "outrage" will be perpetrated.
even at' the sacrifice of their dearest rights!
But the rights of the "dear people" are truth
mg compared to—" my salary. , He tries to
•
deny that the district was. ade for his spa•
cial benefitt tweeting that it was formed
about •the time of his birth. This story is
little less than false, and is based upon the
flimsy grotto(' that Bradford and Susouehan
na were formerly in the same district. He
attempts to clear tip the matter by a states
ment, but 1 fails in the attempt. That such
was the case, was always understood by, those
acquainted! with the circumstances.
-Ile pre ads that there has been a great
in
crease,of l4isiness of late. ' The only increase
we have h ard of t is of laziness and inatten
t
tion to b nee&
He eve es a direct denial of the fact that
he made pledges to keep aloof from- politics,
while on the bench, but says what may be
construed into an indirect dehiaL 31e dared
n9t deny it io terms, for plenty of affidavits
could be procured from- the beet men-d'n the
district,lnknew of the transaction. -•
There• re other - Points we might notice,
but have - riot time now: The wholeditenient;
is an inge i Piously yrepared-firbrieati9m. --
• • •_....._ „. .
sar The bill' for the sale of the State Ca
ulk, has .assed'both branches of the Lakisla
r t ure , Th •new Jieen bill has-also •passed.
s 1 44111004 ED TIIE Reircit."—On ie,sterdarweek,
says the ,Lancaster Intelligencer, Mr. L M.
Hobbs, steward at the Lancaster County Normal
School left the' quiet and- beautiful village of
Millersville, under rather peculiarcircumstanees.
The session of the Normal School having re
cent!), closed. Hobbs hid collected some three,
or foUr thousand, dollars from the atndents in
payment for board &e. . He cane to this city on
that day. stabled his horse and wagon
. at one-of
our principal hotels, end suddenly " left for partti.
unknown!" Sundry bills , in this city-, which In
elude bakers', hatcher.' and. storekeepers', N.
main unsettled.
This'llebbe made strong professions of Olig
ion ; always wore a stmetimoiliCus expression of
countenance, and looked for ail the world like a
dear, innocent, good, easy aoul-:-in short, a " love
- of a man." Indeed, on several occasions we
have heitrd him make long prayers, in which the
• rascality and degeneracy of this world seemed
to cause him a vast. deal of regret. The villain
and hypocrite have beekneted, by hint toicetfee
lion. He has most reeclually
`Stolen the livery of Heaven to Serve the devil in.'
He won, by his Christian deportment and oily
manners, the confidence of a number of our ea
ions. who would be very glad to see Hobbs at
d; present. time: They would, no doubt cheer
fully furnish hire) with s, boarding'house," situ.
ate in the east•-en . part of the eity,bitt he wouldn't
hak-e the privilege of acting as IE4-epee. Oar
Enid friends at- Millersville should be caretul,
that no more such characters bo . appoint, c 1 pur-
tcyrirs for die students connected with the Nor , -
mai School, And it would not be a bad idea
if some of our churches were iri s inquire - into the
matter end see whether any such -" wolves in
sheep's clothing" are•connecteu with•their flocks.
The eau-e of true.Chriatianity has already Buf
fered long enough from hypoentical pretenders.
'his is the very reverend gentleman that kept
boarding house for Prof. Stoddard while Prinej.
pal of the Lancaster County Normal School and
fleeced him out of upwards *Pone Kindred dol
lars; also, to Make return for favers, circulated
false and somewhat malicious 'rumors in regard
to him. ' - •
Fable says tl6t. "a viper once gnawed a
and this fabled illustration of human character
is brought very forcibly to mind, when low, de
aigning,individuals attempt to mar the reputation
of such men as Prof.-Stoddard, who take an ac
t live and loading part in the great reformatory
enterprises - of the-day.
Kicking outof the Traces..
We have received an "extra" of the Kansas
Crusader of Freedom, published at Doniphan
city, Kansas, hetetoforo the f pei:iaf organ o'
Jim Lane and his factions "free-State party.'
e append an article from it, addressed "to
sub.esibers and exchanges," over the initirils
of "J. R," (James Recipath,) who has been,
and will continua to be, the editor. It fur
nishes further -evidence to prove that the free-
State party, as organized and controlled, is a
fraud upon the name ;.,f Freedom, and the
miscreant Lane and others wbo diZtate the
non-coffins ..el ambitions demagogues
who Lave deceived and misled the honest free
State _men in Kansas and in the States. If
the heti State men in Kamm bad been left
free to act as their better judgment dictated,
The troubles would have been Purled long
since. and the present embarrltssments at
Washingt,on, would. not exist. But the de
ceptions prae'tieed by Lane and other dema
gogues leave nearly had their day, and hist°.
ry will ',host their rccord to te one.of halt.
Tim friend (a gentleman well:tnown in this
county) who sent us a copy of the paper, also
futuishes us with the following account of Mr.
'leapt :
`•dame.° Rellpath, the editor. 4 the Kan•ns
Cruder of Freedom,' went to*Kan..nA in 1854
_ .
as the pedal corrwpondent-of the 'Tritium,'
In 1855 he was associated with Mark W.
DeJenny in the publication of the •Territorial-
Regi-ter: the loess of w hich es t a blishm e nt was
put in the Mistrii river 11% the prq-alliviyy
party in consequence of intemperate lan
guage u-ed agnitiA that party.in i:s.uhra ad
vocacy of flee State doctiines." In 1856 he
commenced the publication• of the 'Kansas
C.:rm.:ller of Freedom,' a-slated and supported
by Gen. J. 11. Lane and other ultra factionists
100.00ated with him, and below is his petition
for a divorce from•the whole crowd."
To SUBSCR IBERS A EXCIIA ?MEN.
" 1 have entered into Partnership with Robt.
St. 'Clair Graham, wbo will attend to the
busineis affairs of the (ewe. I will continue
to edit the 'Crosader‘of Fteedoin,' which will
res.utne its originalsite, and appear regnlarlv
every week, as soon as we tall get a new staff
of printers. , •
•• The • Crusader of Freedom,' henceforth,
will our be the organ of am• party, or of any
man, the Elitor alone excepted, and will re
fine to support any ticket of any political as
pirant who cities not announce himself openly
H. a REPUBLICAN. Regarding the free-
State party' as an organized by
pueracy,---kept up solely for the
purpose, of promoting the politi
cal designs of a number of ambi
tious demagogues,—.l shall refuse, to
fipt wider that banner atiy,longer, but will
hoist the REPUBLICAN flag. Kansas is free.
The mission of the free State party is ended.
There is'no organizedpre-slivery
party in Kansas now, no pessible use
of an) organized opposition to--nothing. But
there ARE two distinct polibesl parties in
Kansas-the Republicans an i the Democrats;
and the tendency of the present free State
organization is to invest the Democrats with
power. If they, arein a mt , tjonty we are.
will ng to submit to their rule; bet, believing
as we do that they are in a hopeless minori
ty we shall hereafter respectfully decline to
vole for them.
!living. been nearly - ruined by the conduct
of Gen. Jas. H. Lane, I shall npt continue to
write his Autobiography, Articles, Reports or,
any other of his effusions', nor publish them,
except as Advertisements, whet thee are writ
ten by other voting men who have NO'I YET
BEEN DECEIVED, BY HIS SP ECIQUS
PROMISES. Gen. Lane will have no con
trol, direct or indirect, over the columni of
this journal; and if any latempt is made by
bum or .hy any 'of his agents to renew the
rciisturbaneet in the Territory, I shall oppose
him as resolutAy - as I would resist any other
aspiring politician. J. It?'
• Parsaseten Datrecroa.—=-Tbe new 'semi-
•
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RI; copy the following-list of counterfeits'
and Ateied notes from Peterson's last Deist:-
tot., issued April 15th : •
hrict.ltural Bank, Pittsfield, .11friss.„ 2s
vig. figures of justice and epic:tilt - tire, with
shi e ld between them having a 16righ and
sheaf-in it„ girl with sickle on riglit end, fe
male'sicattering flowers on left, signed G. W.
Campbell, Pies. ; J.R. Ilarriner, Cash.
Bordentown Banking Co., Bordentown, N.
J,§Os altered from ss. vig., female with pail
on knee, locomotive, &c., in shield, sheaf of
grain, &c, Washington on lower right, and
slate arms on left: Tba word FIFTY I)OL
LARS. in the centre of note, is poorly dune,
otherwise them/raving is good.
Belvidere N 'J.,' ss, spurious—vig.,
fernale,-deer4, cars. &c.
,B.,storr Bank, Boston, 2s. vig., railroad
bridge and cars, female and, sheaf of wheat,
Indian with pipe on right.
Bank of DanStille, N. Y . ., 24, imitation,—
vig., farmers scene, laborers seared upon
,ground—engraving dim and much blurred,
and the bill has a dirty appearance.
Bank of Lynden, Vt, 10s, elicited from Is,
vig, large spread eagle, female athing be
twee. .i g na,
Bank of Rutland, Vermont, 10s, ' , rig...female,
globe, eagle with medallion of Washington
around its neck. Portrait of Washington
and-- : group of cattle on- right end. Franklin
arid agricultural scene on -left end. 16 in
each corner, genuine has female-with sickle.
Bank of Salina, Salina, Onondaga Co.. N.
Y., 2a, vig, harvest field, female on right,
In.rian on left, reads Blank of Saline, instead
of
Bank of ihemung. Elmira, N Y. ls., imi
rhray, the linpresirion is rather faint, and sig
natures badly done, better refuse all is on
this bank, as there are very few genuine in
circulation.
Bank of Delaware County. Chester, Pa,
10s, vig„ (on upper left side) ships at see,
'medallion head on right end,, which - is very
poorly engraved', the paper is greasy, 'but the
general ap v emance of t he note is good.
Bank of New Jersey, Now. Brunswick, N.
J., Is, vig., (in lower centre), a large head of
a man in medallion, cars crossing an rirque
duct on
.right lower corner, state arms on left ,
lower caner, figure 1 in each upper corner.
fig. 1 in red ink. between the vignettes..
Citiiens Bank, Worcester. Mars., 5s altered
(non Citizens Bank, Washington, D. C., vig.,
ft•male seated, with a view of the Capitol, two
females on right end, the word Massachusetts
at the top of note is poorly engraved.
City Bank of Cleveland. 0., 20s altered
.from 'is, by pasting, vig, female sitting upon
a sheaf of wheat, with, hunch of a beat in her
hand. , • _
. Edgar County Bank, Paris, Ili.. 20. aithred
from tie. vig. loaditig cars with bogs, Bank
i,•snes no 20s. -
Elm City Bank, New Haven, Ceinti„ { 3s,
vig„ three men, printed in colors.
Fans uil Ball Batik. Bostiin. Mass.. is, sig..
Bathing scene and eailor; full length figure of
Washington on right end, head of ilitAon,
in lower left corner.
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Balti
more, Md., 5s altered,-rig. figure; cupids, ikc.,
female head on tight end.
Farmers Batik of the City.of Troy, 5s alt
ered, vig., head of Franklin, harvest scene on
left, man with cattle on right.
Globe Bank, Boston, ss, vig., four human
figures ; _ marine•view on upper left corner,
female on lowerright corner.
3s, rig., female with sickle in right, hand.
,[ rake in left ; hartest scene on right end, bee
' hive on left end.
Georgia R. R. and Banking Co., Ga., 50s,
al-ered from is, poorly done.
Gtifton Bank, Grafton, Mass., this bank
was robbed on the 7th inst., of some $12,000.
in bills of the dominations of 100 s. 50.. 10..
and ss. Be on the look out from whom you
receive any of the notes op this bank,
Housatonic Bank, Stockbridge. Mass.. sq.
vig., man sharpening se) the, - Indian on up
per left corner.
Hoboken City sank, N. J., 25,:, rig., a fe
male filing over the water, a bull dog in
circle on left." lodan on lower right corner.
with tomahawk on , his frau; on left. planta
tion scene, negro with basket on his shoulder.
Liartfoid . Bank, llartford, Ct.. 2., idler-ed,
vig„ female horn if plenty, shipping, &e.,
ladian on right,scotkin field on left.
' Is, vig., female, sickle and- sheaf.- Bull in
oral circle on rightof rig. Washington on
ltwer'right corner.
r Iron Bank, Ironton', Ohio, 10*, counterfeit. '
Us is he old counterfeit with the red X
laced on it: It would be advisable to refuse
H 10s on this Bank, unless the persons who
andle tFem are well posted up. :
Monroe County. flank, Is, 2s, 38,40, 10s, '
Os, altered, vig., Hercules -bolding
. globe,
ra between signatures, some have vtg...on
' ght end of two females, one with rake, other_
Leaf, shield between thessothers, vig female
olding eagle, steamer between- signatures.
Mechanics' dank, Syracuse, W. Y.; 20s, vig.
hip, boiler, female, dm. altered from 2s. •
Marine Bank, Providence, A. 1., 303; altered;
'rig., three femalbs; ship in-distanee. ; • ,
McKean. County Bank,. Pa., Os, vig, two.
limalite seated* with backs to each otheronyer,
I) . ridge, bdi Wings,
.oko., ml right; ears,. dm., Oti
left, portrait of Prinlilin: on lift otrig.,
~ . .
Oshkosh City Batik, Witt., 104,vig.; altered
by. the pasting operation ; TEN- DOLLARS,
in centre -of bill also pasted, pretty -welt
dene. u. •
OshkOali COmmercial 10it mired.
from' Is, egitre 10 on: each upper corner.
TEN DOLLARS; ir. centre of bill; badly
done.
Perri! Bank, Rochester, - N, Y., IS, via,
Indian spearing a buffalo. Comptroller's die
on left side lower, corner. - looks greittsy. '
Rhode Wand Union Batik, Nei* Port, R.
ss, imitation, engraving very well done, let.
ters ih engravees name are.trooked, the eyes
' rf the - fiutian - flgtires are mere -dots, IT: in'
Union, in the title of the Bank leans to the
kit, the other letters lean to the right; temale
fige re with , wings, anchor. cupid,
Rotiltiotk amßank, - Portsmouth. • N. `ll..
34, italtution genuine, -very poorly dime.
Apparent!y wood engraving and ripe print.
ing. Paper thin and general' appearance
bud.
S: afft3rd- Bank, - Ct., 104, vig7 Dltivetl.
Initsetetek, lou motive on right, buy and rab •
bit on left. altered from Is.
State Bank of Indiana, 20s. counreireit,
the genuine has the figure 20 on the centre of
left end on the counterfeit the 20 is on - fht
lOwer R.ft corner.
State-Bank of Illinnis. `Altawnnetoan, 111.,
5,1. vig. figure 5 with boy and cornucopia'on.
each side, female; hammer, anvil, host, ie.,
en left upper corner, portrait uf 'female ,orr
right end. '
Bank of Vernon, N. Y.. 2a, Naine of hank
and State printed on, poorly done.
_ .
• AN ACT
To make better procision Ai , the puaistment
of frauds committed - by bankers, trustees,
and other persons intrusted with. properly,
SEC. 1 Be it enacted, cfc: That if nny•per.
son being a trustee of any properiy--for the
benefit either wholly or partially of some other
person, or for any public or charitable pur
pose, shall with intent tc defraud, convert, or
appropriate the same, or any part thereof, to
or for his own use or purpose:, or the use or
Tieuufit of any other person, or shall, with in=
tent aforesaid, otherwise dispose of or des•roy
such property, or any part thitred, he shall:lA
guilty of a mi-deamenor,
Scc. 2. That if any person being a hanker,
broker, attotney, merchant. oragent, and be
ing entrusted for safe custody with the property
cf nny other person, shall, with intent to de
fraud, sell, negotiate, transfer. pledge. s or in
any manner Convert, or. apprOpriate lo or for
his own use, or 'the use d any other per:on,
such property, or any part thereof, he shall
he guilty of a ttikiemganor.
Sac. 3. That if„ any person entrusted with
nny power . of attorney fur the sale or .transter
of any property -shall fraudulently sell or
transfer, or otherwise Convert such property,
or any part thereof, to hi t s . own use or benefit,
be lball be guilty of a nmdemennor.
Sac. 4. That Unity person being an officer,
dirf. ctor or member of any body corporate, - or
puhliacompany.-shall frundulently take, con
vert, or apply to his own use, or the use of
any other person, any of the money or other
property of such body corporate or company,
he shag- he guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sac. 5 That if any 'person being a director,
officer or manager of any body corporate, or
public company. 91101 as snch receive or Tkr
+Tag himself of any looney; or other ptoperty,
of such body' corporate or public company,'
otherwise than in payment to him of a just
debt or demand, and. shall, with intent to
defraud, omit to make, or to goose or direct,
to make, a full and true entry thereof in the
.nooks. and accounts of such body corporate
or public company, be bball be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Sec. 6. That if any director..manag&, offi
cer. or member of any body corporate or
eb.ll intent to defraud_
destroy, alter, mutilate,' or falsify nny : of the
books, papers.- writings, or see.rifitieS belong
ing to the body corporate or Irublic company
of whidh be is a director, manager, officer, or
-nrember, or shall make or concur in the mak
ing of any false entry, or any mate.ial omis
sion many book of accounts or other docti- . ;
ments, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
- Sac: 7. That if any director, manager, trfli
cer.or member of any btAy corporate or pub.
lie company, shall make, circulate or publish,
.or concur in making. circulating or publish
' ing any written or printed statement, or ac
countwhich ha shall knovv, to be false in any
particular, with Went to deceive or defraud
any member, shareholder or creditor of sueli
body .corporate or public ocmpany, or with
intent to induce any person to become a
shart holder or partner therein; or to entrust
or advance- any money or property to such
body corporate or public company, or to en
ter into any security for the benefit therereof,
shall he gui Ity of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 8. That if any person shall receive
any money, chattel or valuable security which
shall have been so fraudulently disposed of as
to reuder the party disposing thereof guilty if
a misdemeanor under this act, knowing the
same to have been so fraudulently disposed
of, he shall be guilty of a tnistietneanor, and
may be indicted and convicted thereofylieth
er the party guilty of. the principal misde
meanor bhall or ah - alLout have beeu previous-
Is convicted.
Sea. 9. That every person found guilty of
a misdemeanor under this act shall be sen
te.nued to an irnprisonnt`ent of not more than
two years or he filled in any amount not ex
ceeding one thousand dollars, at the dis
cretitin of the court.
SEC. 141 That nothing contained in this
act shall affect any remedy at law or inequity
which any party aggrieved might hme had
if this act had not been pas -eel, and nothing
in this act contained shall affect or prejudice
any agreement entered into or security given
by any trustee having for its object the res
toration or repayment of any trust property
misappropriated.
SEC 11. That the word " trustee" shall in
this act mean a trustee on some express trust
created, by deed; will, or instrument in WA
ting, and shall alsO include the heir and
personal representative of any such iro4e,
Intl all executors, administrator's and - Is.
Agnew:. The word " property" shall - include
every description of real and personal proper.
ty, moneyolehts and legacies, and all deeds
and instuments.retating to or evidencing the!
title or right to any property, or giving a
right to recover or receive any money or
goals, and shall also inclurle.not only such
property as may have been originally sub
jected-to a trust, but atiy . property into. which
the same may have been converted„ aid the
proceeds thereof respectively, or anything : arts
quire(' by such
. proceeds.. - And the convert
ing or app'roprratiog to his own use r or the
use of another, by, an weer, director, or mem
ber of a body corporate or public. society of
any property belonging to or entrui ed to the
-care of the same, shall he deemed fradulent
within .the meaninr, of this act,- unless authors
IV to mike Bitch appropriation or conversion
be shown and a cotrect .statement thereof .
appear to have been made at the time inhe
regular boob. or b ookti - 'ofaccount kept by.
or.under.the direction or - Minh 1411(Wr,dIrec-.
0 . , qr. mitmbi.r. G NELSON. • Sarrif,-
. - Speaker (protetn44 the House of Rept.
. • WILLIAM U. W.E.LBII; .
, _ Speaker , of..tlie Senate,
AP . Psovzo the fifteenth.dey of April,.ltotto
Domini, elm thousand eight hoodred owl
flftpelOt,
Tv! ,SiXTE • 13Enimit-Ttin. = term* ,of the,
expire;': with the Vlose of
the:preiint xeixion . •';
• Philadelphia—ilirlanibiritiv, Devi. .
Moistgionery—Tnoi.P: Knox, Uem: •
- Berks —John ;Ei!tirs.:l3::
Noiibamptein end Lehigh4os.Lauttiell,D,
C. 111:"Stratib..D.
'Centre, Ali.,L-- , Andien - Giegg. Op.
'toga. iko.—i - lenry Soul her, Op:
ErKt An d Crawford--D. A. Finney, Op. • ,
-.1„- v h .. - en y--William Wilkins, D. =
Yiok, Wm; 11. Wel4i. -D. • I
Tothl— 8 Democrats;
. 3 OppositiOti: .
The expiration of the fermi, of thette gentle.;
men will leave the Sen3te. morl. poiititallv,
follows: tremixtrats, 13; 011191thiml 9.
It is altogether plubable that Settators~ from
the same paters will he Chosen lb*
riiitrieta where electilms are to be !held to
riupply those vaennehot.•• •
passports . to Men of Cofer.
Senator Wilson recently applied tit the
State Depaitrnent for a pas , pon. foe! D. J: S.
Rock. a cokted citizen of liostonj and re
•eived the following reply from
DEPARTMENT Orr - SITR,
WASHINGT..N. Atoll 2..1, 58.
To th Hon. Henry Wilson., Seliate
C'humber:
Sir I hare, had the honor hi l t receive
your note of yesterday with ite. aucompani•
tnents:
• In reply, I have to . inform von !that it_is
not the pactice of the Derirtment En issue
any caller : paper thati ptp - ports t+ ttertunis
'going abroad from this country. N . passpori
being !he - certificate of ciiiima.hip, htts never
since the-foundation of - the - Gillet inifria been.
.ranted ter persons of color. - No Change hi'
a- this respect has taken place in constigitence of
the decision of the _Drell Scott t ace. Re
tat niiig the enclosure in your lett r, I have
1,
he licnor to Le, sir,
Your obedient serttint,
• LEVVI CASS.
. - Judge Wilitiiit, - - .
The following letter from a prominent',
member of thri-Bradford county bit', effect u•
ally dentolishes nne• portion of thelstr,reurnent •
of Judge Wilma, in his late parnyiltlet...
• Towians, - April IP, 1858.
DEAR SIR : —Mr. Wilmot's defence before -__ ,
the CoMatinee reached here yetittirday. At
the first sight of it his 4epublit4m friends'
were much elated, and commenced running •
about town and, rending extritett from it to
Democrats. , But thew sdin ()minim -sick .of
that fun. Msny, of the falsehcods-ceirained
in said defence were so glaring mid palpairle•
11151 it was
,an up hill tiddritss 1 , 10 them to
undertake to sustain them here, where the es--
idence is at hand. '
- Among many other beautiful
i hings con
tained in said defenee,is_an a ffi da ft made by
i•
one C. A. Lyman, stating - a coin: nation b e :
teen him at.d myself, on the, Ifit I Feb. last,!
in presence, as he says, of. Jodie Bullock,!
with which I find no particular fault, except, •
I did not " inske Any promises to tionnythingi
fur Mr. Lyman in ease he w mid-sign the me- _
inorial." .„
It would appear firm Mr. Lyttlan's affi•la- _
wit that the whole of it is .not tinhlished,"
Now whether the other part, no published,''
cunt:Jai the rest..of the ,exinvelatifiunA of
course. am unable. to say ; one thing is tier.
tain, this affidavit as published d. es not con' •
tin the whole of the conversation.: . In that
conversation Me Lyman said "h. t c thought as
little of Mr. Wilmot as f or one other mat's
eitild'.—that he had no oliecticins whaleVer
to the change of- the dixtrirt being made"-
- that he Thought Wilniot had treated Judge
Bullock vezy meanly, and if h was in 'mil
place, or that V any other Democ i at. he would
cherfully ;ign the memorial, bui being alie
i...thehoo he d00:,,,..e4i.....0-6eve Apr Min to do
sa''=—and furthersaid Lyman iellunteeteil to
say "he would nottake any park or sign etyiy .
remonstrance againit the proposed measurer
I have been asked by some friends to make
my affidavit of theislaiteconveisation, but I '
have front my Boylinorbharl an' nttrr abhor
rence to voluntary nr.poliiioal siffidavits. If
there is any one- thing I thliphip' more than
another, it is this willingt;e&s, to sign and
swear to, every stweinent a - Atitod dema
gogue may draw up and Offer. Af-I had nev
er before had an aversion to slich things I
think a relation of the scenes enact in our'
town about the middle of-FehruUry last wo'd
have .satisfied ine - as to its propriety: To see
the Pres:tient Judge of our C4nrt runaing
about the public square-and Iropping in t o
the different County and Justices',o6Ni.
with an affidavit in his hand,Rtawn up Nis
himself:. and demanding the signatures and
oath of his willing' toels t. I •
, 1 •,_ ,
At my age. I have nci•amnition to no p lacer
in the eategnry whit the 4 Ptigrry Beatles".
and "John Stonebreakers" of anelent memo
.
ry. .
i( there I. any,question,of verL, city . between Mr. L. and meselt. he say. Jludge Bullock _
was. pre•ren., and tf Judgeßulliock• will state
(he need not swear.)_ that I ma-ticany r•fferst to
buy• Mr. Lyman; then, I will yield the paint.
Re,pectfully, yours:
.. •
. 7 E. , .t-' BAIRD. ,
-------w.---,.—_ i ,.....
Salmon litouta.—The Uni4n Argus thus
alludes to the attempt now 1113kitigrio injure
Senator 'Bigler in the estimation of his con•
st intents. "The Democratic pipers t hrough
out the country, have resented with indigos-
L .,
tion and scum the foul atteekis o the rene
s
. gal Forney oir our honored and nfbnelting\
Senator, Vms Bigler of Penni...o nis...Mr. '
Bigler i. a fittit and itntnoval4e as thesrest
S•atestnan by whose side he stand., and whilse
policy and patrietistn he enilOrses and
Isup
ports. He will not, fall at th instigation of
the Press. Forney may raise a storm and
blow from Big-let's feet s ilie Mo tgotnerys and
'the cot ruptible tins), whose Idiot) , for Black.
Republicanism low been so strongly manifes- .
ted in the, late Kansas sttugglebtit• Bigler -
standing on the immutable principles of De
mocracy, striving to. banish
..ery from the
Hells of Congress, to preserve slt he equality of
States, and to : hold out to angry (tuitions the
great compromises of the Coitstit..tion, will
stand tome prom'nent before tie people and
continue to grow in-the street °tic:4nd coufi
- deuce of his party."
~
•• ' liltAstitsoyoN, April 10.—The noose Com;
1
ITI I I tee of Foreign AtrairS 4 ttti 4.inoraing, elect
ed Mr. Clingman, its chairma , to report a
resotution for the abrogation r the Clayton-
Belwey treaty, condemning II eAmerican as
well as the Rriti-h interpoetati n; and author
izing' the President to take it mediate atopt
for its abrogation.
- The report that the Senate
Corismerce unanimously 'egre t
gainat the - appropriatiengfor 11
'improvements it i ncorrect.
not, agree to the proposition.
Tax ADJOI7RNMiNI" or
Senate has passed the joint
House winch was adopted
fixing the final arljourocnent
Petwitt_of , Congor.s for the
June next. A resoltition was
Senate, which , was laid. over,
re-assemble on 4onday,,Sov.
Amos Contra? who WAS 10
fvord office by the Governor o
is said to have received' We
Sub-Trea.rer of Ironton.
Commit!eo of
i d to r e port a
ver_Hrsd- harbor
r. liitrulio did
I I N OCES EL—The
ilivion of the
Cline time since,
',of the present
first Monday-of,
offered in the
that 'Congress
ISt..
.
end, removed
gessiebosette,
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