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Eljc Sctfcrsonian.
Thursday, July 1I, 1S53.
WHIG. NOMINATIONS.
VOlt CAXAI. COM.MISSIONr.il,
MOSES I'O WW AIX LancasterCounty
roil AVDITOK flKKHKAL,
ALES. li. jJlrCI-URE, Franklin Co.
SURVKYOU GENERAL,
CHRISTIAN laVJBKS, Clarion Co.
Whig Slate Committee.
jTbc Whig State Committee, will
meet on TUESDAY, the 19th of July,
153, at the American Hotel, CUESNUT
Street, opposite the State llousc, in Phil
adelphia, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
CIIAS. THOMPSON JONES, Chairman.
Bank at Scranton. Application will
be made to the nest Legislature for an
Act to incorporate the Lackawanna Bank,
to be located at Scranton, with a capital
cf 200,000, and the privilege of incrcas
nig the same to 400,000.
The notice of the contemplated appli
cation appears in the Lackawanna Her
at!, and is signed by Sherman D. Phelps,
ico. W. Scranton, Wni. Swetland, Wm
E Reynolds, and Andrew Bedford.
Small Countcrfilling' A boy is engaged
' noddling through Newark, N, J., three
cent pieces, at the rate of 33 for a dollar,
t h:ch are counterfeit, the outaides being com-
? rs'tion, and the inside copper.
Great Storuh
A l rrible gale, attended by lightning, rain
J hml, passed over New York on the after-
:: :tr ct Friday week.
Three or four lives
re lost by the falling of building., and sev
il more by lightning. The Crystal Pai
red was much damaged by the hail, which
It "1 in irregular lumps of the size of pigeons'
r jfs, and rattled upon the roofs like an in
ctfont discharge of musketry. Several un-
.:-hcd frame buildings were laterally crush
ed !y the force of the wind. A new brick
lailuiii in 42d sL, and another in 13d st.,
f.;r: thrown down, and a brick wall 1G inch-
s Uiick and forty feet high, was swept from
:t3 foundation. Several other buildings in
the process of construction were demolished.
Yt Northumberland, in this State, the crops
n several farms were more or less destroyed.
veral thousand window lights were bro-
Hail stonee, measuring 7f in circum-
t-renco, were picked up. At Reading the
lt ble-ond of Use Cutdielic church was blown
i i, well as portions of several other build
- n exposed situations.
The village of Burnegat, Ocean county.
' ''a- hail was in some cases as large as
T?& Every exposed pane of glass was
I - n. window curtains were torn to shreds,
cr j-s beaten down, corn leaves slit to ribbons.
i rn -talks cut, and grain beaten down, etc.
t the east end of Burlington county the
tt nu aheumed the features of tornado, de
t-'r -) mg much property.
Or. Thursday week a great hurricane pass
cj over a portion of Chester county, Pa.
prc.tnting buildings, fences, trees, &c.
Hr-jvy timbers were carried from buildings
t- ,ty or seventy yards. Fruit and forest
' Tea suffered extensively ; and several pe.
r s received injuries.
T r? iblc Storm and Los: of Life. New
i ilk, July 10th. A most vioient hurricane
ccurred in this i-icinity last evening, accora-
anicJ by terrific peals of thunder and vivid
I g'jtning. A building at Tarrytown, occu
7-::J by several families, and supposed tocon-
! n about fifty persons at the time of the storm,
v.zg b!nwn down, and only six persons arc
r -'j'.vn to have escaped. Seven bodies were
' incn out last evening, and it was feared
- :ar,y more remained beneath the ruins.
A large brick store and dwelling in prog-
rcrs at the corner of Hicks and Monteaguc
c!rccp, Brooklyn, was entirely demolished by
;c storm. Two passers-by were hurried in
i .3 rum.
Rrp' rtrd Resignation of Mr. Buchanan.
i i okk, July 9. A despatch received
tro from Washihgton says that Mr. Buchan
n has resigned the Mission to England.
Murder.
A young woman known by the name of!
riahala Wiggins was murdered on board
-a!. i! boat at Nanticoke on Thursday or Fri-
'ay of la6t week, by one of the hands named
T::mcs Quinn, she was employed on board the
vj3Land passed as the wife of Quinn. On the
v.rijtng of the murder the two were heard in
" :j Cabin in dispute, but not in an excited
: nc of voice, nor so loud as to attract partic
ular attention. The cister of deceased stood on
: :e cabin stop looking out at the time and
:eard the blow, and fall, and on turning saw
!.Iahala lying on the floor covered with blood.
Quinn had struck her on the back part of the
.cad with the edge of an axe. The sister ran out
r'ghtcned, and the man left the boat and es
C"ped. It is said that he was sober at the
rr.c and told some one he met he had killed
:c woman, and intended to do eo. Two or
rce blows were given, cutting through the
! ull, and exposing the brain. The unfortu
nate woman lived till Saturday. The body
'-as brought to Wilkes-barre on Sunday and
jrried Quinn is well known along the Canal
A dispateho having been sent to all the
Tcraph stations north and south, it ia
; he may bespoeiiUy arnool.--VFiij
r -r,r4 f thf J
A Prodigy in Fort Smith.
There is a young man in this place, about
21 or 22 years of age, who is an idiot, except
in the computation of numbers, and in this
respect he is a prodigy. His mind appears
to be occupied altogether in counting, day and
night. lie can give correct answers to the
most difficult questions propounded instan
taneous by his head for he has no education
whatever. He will not leave his mother at
no time, and is a perfect child in this respect.
How he can render so readily as he does, ac
curate answers to all questions put to him, is
a mystery to us. There appears to be no lim
it to his powers of calculation. Fort Smith
Herald.
John J. Settle of Culpcpcr county, Va., is
said to have made last year 1500 pounds of
butter from the milk of eight cows. The but
ter brought him $375,00.
New York. A trotting match came offon
Union course, Long Island, between Taco
ny and Mac. The puree was $1,500, mile
heats, best three in five in harness The re
sult was as follows:
Tacony 2 2111
Mac 11222
Time 2:23 ; 2:20 ; 2:25 ; 2:31 ; 2:33A.
Tacony was again victorious.
On the same day, there was a trot on Ccn-
treviile course, L. I., for a purse of 2,000,
mile heat, best three in five to wagons, be
tween Flora Temple and Highland Maid
with the following result :
Flora Temple 120 211
Highland Maid 21 0 122
Time 2:2S ; 2:32 ; 2:32 ; 2:33 ; 2;3H ;2:35.,
JCST'Thcre is a proposition before the
Connecticut Legislature to grant n divorce
for a year's absence of husband or wife.
An Anti-Deei-eatius Association lias
been formed in Philadelphia. The inetn
tiers pledge themselves against eating
any meat which costs more than eight
cents a pound. The present price i:
eighteen cents a pound.
OCrTIie New York Crystal Palace will o
pen for certain on the 15th of the present
month.
There arc manufactured annually in Mass-
sachusetts, about 4,000,000 pair of boots, 18,-
000,000 pair of shoes: the whole valued at
$15,000,000.
Increase of Crime.
Under this head the Courier and Enquirer
gave us, a few days since, a very interesting
leader. We quote a paragraph:
" Fitzgerald will be hung at the Tombs to
day for shooting his wife. Neary sentenced
to the same fate for a similar offence, is re
spited one week, in order that the sheriffs
Jury may determine whether he has lost his
reason. If the latter execution takes place,
it will make seven in this city within the last
year ! In all England and Wales the whole
number of executions during the year 1S52,
as appears by Parliamentary Report, was on
y nine J ihe population of this city is six
hundred thousand! the population of Eng
land and Wales is eighteen millions. In other
words, New York with a population of only
one-thirtieth as large as England and Wales,
hangs seven-ninths as many in the same space
of time!"
These figures are very startling, and call for
prompt examination. Our crime is, doubtless,
on the increase, and yet, is confined almost
entirely to our foreign population. Out of
every twenty murders committed in this city,
thirteen arc committed by Irishmen, five by
Germans and the other two by our native
population, aided and abetted by English and
Frenchmen. Ihe following gentlemen of
Celtic origin have committed murder within
the past year, viz : Arthur Spring, Fitzgerald,
Neary, Clark, Doyle, Sullivan, Saul and llow
letL N. Y. Dutchman.
Fight with a Shark.
The Charleston (S. C.) Courier, the
other day contained an account of a spot
ted Shark, killed in that harbor, which
after being landed, wa3 delivered of 22
young ones, and after she was cut open,
was found to contain 21 more. The fol
lowing arc the particulars of the capture:
Some of the men were bathing, when a
large Shark appeared and sprung for
ward at them. A person from the shin
called out to warn them of their danger,
on which they all immediately swam to
the vessel and arrived in safety, except
one poor tellow who was cut in two by
the bhark almost in reach of the vessel.
A comrade and most intimate friend of
the unfortunate victim, when he observed
the severed trunk of his companion, was
seized with a degree of horror that words
cannot describe. Ihe insatiable Shark
was seen traversing the bloody surface in
search of the remainder of its prey, when
the brave youth plunged into the water,
determined cither to make the Shark dis
gorge, or to be hurried in the same grave
with bis companion. lie held in his hand
a long sharp-pointed knife, and the rapa
cious animal pushed furiously towards
him. She turned upon her side and o-
pened her enormous jaws, in order to seize
him, when the youth, diving dexterously
under her, seized her with Ins left hand
somewhere near the upper fins, and stab
bed her several times in the belly. The
bharlc, enraged with pain, plunged in all
directions in order to disengage her ene-
my. J uc crews or the surrounding
vessles saw that the combat was decided.
but they were ignorant which was slain,
till the Shark weakened by the loss of
blood, made toward the shore, and along
with her conqueror, who, flushed with
victory, pushed his foe with re-doubled
ardor, and with the uid of the tide drag
ged her on shore. Ilere ho ripped up
he bowels of the animal, obtained the
severed remainder of his friend's body,
and buried it with the trunk m the same
grave.
The Uarrisburc Telegraph rospectly advi
ses the gentleman who kissed a lady in the
PBhytorian Ghnrch on
tttcU4o iar $ii(idy
q wnk k q g&e
!hcc next time,
What is the Russian Quarrel with
Turkey?
Wc have seen a variety of articles no
ticing the rupture between the Sultan and
the Czar, but they all failed to indicate
exactly the point of dispute. The ba
sis of quarrel was, in fact, very like the
origin of the Crusades. It concerned the
Sepulchre of our Lord and the protecto
rate of the holy places connected with his
history in Jerusalem. The Latin and
Greek churches, under the wings.of France
and llussia, entered the arena; and, at
one time, the question was rather bctweeii
the two ecclesiastical branches, than be
twixt the Russians and Turks. But at
length, the firman of the Sultan regulated
the occupation or use of the sacred local
ities by the Christians of both churches,
and the sovereign's decision was assented
to by the Emperor and the Czar, with
but few reservations. Russia, however,
was resolved not to bo contented with a
drawn battle. Prince Mcntschicoff re
quired that the privileges granted to the
Greeks of whom his master claims to be
Primate and which are said to be revo
cable at will should be guaranteed by a
synallagmatic treaty, in the same manner
that the immunities ar.d franchises are en
joyed by the Latins, under the protecto
rate of France, This demand was rejec
ted repeatedly by the Divan. The Latins
under the church of Rome amount to but
a few thousand, while tho Greeks com
prise fully twelve millions of the Sultan's
subjects. The relative ratios of popula
tion will bo more clearly seen in the fol
lowing table :
The number of Turks at Con
stantinople is
Turks in European Turkey and
the Islands,
Greeks at Constantinople,
Greeks in European Turkey,
the Island and coast of Asia
Minor,
Greeks of free Greece.
Slavonians, Servians, &c,
Bulgarians,
Wallachains, (Dacians)
Walks, (of Pindus)
Albanians, (Christians)
Armenians, (Christians,) at
Constantinople.
400,000
2,600,000
150,000
4,650,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
600,000
1,600,000
250.000
There are also nt Constantinople about
10,000 other Chri-rtians of all nations,
and 20,000 Israelites, who, from dislike
to Christians always side with the Turks
against them. Among the 2.000,000
4
Turks in the provinces, 800,000 in Bosina
are renegade Slavonians, and almost all
the Turks of Epirus arc renegade Alban
ians. Accordingly, the Turks contented, with
apparent justice, that there was no equal
ity in the demands of Russia and France,
especially as the latter power did not pre
tend, like the Czar, to become an arbitra
tor between the subjects of the Sultan and
the Sultan himself. The Emperor of
Russia, as head of the Greek church,
wielding the acknowledged spiritual power
and temporal protectorate of twelve mil
lions of Greeks, would soon be able to coun
terbalance tho authority of the Porte.
At this juncture France, England,
Austria, and Prussia made a concerted
movement, through their ambassadors at
Constantinople, to conciliate the Emperor
and the Sultan. Prince MentschikoiT re
newed his ultimatum several times. The
Divan took time to re-consider the whole
controversy. But, in the end, the Sultan's
original resolve to maintain the indepen
dence of Turkey was fully acquiesced in,
ana on May 22d, the Russian envoy em
barked for Odessa, thoroughly check
mated. It is understood that France and
England accorded entirely in the decis
sion of the Divan, whilo it is not unlikely
that the two other powers, or at least
Prussia, coincide in the result.
The next question is What will Rus
sia do? Wc prefer to let his majesty an
swer that question himself. In the mean
while, however, we will present our read
ers with a statement of the relative forces
of Russia and Turkey, so that they may
see that the Sultan is not likely to fall
without a struggle that may compare with
the one that preceded the treaty of Ad
rianoplc. Recent authorities state the
military establishment of the Czar pretty
nearh' thus:
Calvalry, including the Cos
sacks,
101,692
F oot, embracing every descrip
tion of troops.
Artillerymen, Pioneers, &c,
040,388
58,950
Total,
801.000
These estimates, howevor, arc extreme
ly crude, tho method being to sum up the
several divisions corps, and regiments of
the army, assigning to each its full com
plement of men. Ihe fact, we are con
fidently assured, differs from this result
to tho extent of about 300,000 menj very
fe-w of tho established corps being fillod
up, and many of them existing only in
name.
Tho naval armament of Russia, in the
Black Sea is stated as follows :
Line-of-Battle ships, 18
Frigates and smaller vessels, 31
Steam frigates, 6
Smaller steam vessels, 15
70
Add to these over 200 gun-boats, an,
unreported lorcc ot sailors and marines.
and we have a tolerably fair notion of
the power destined, for a half century, to
capture Constantinople. The navy float
ing, m the Baltic and northern Seas, con
sisting of 54 sailing craft and 13 steam
ers, with a due allowance of tenders and
gun-boats, will only form an element of
tho calculation in case of a general Con
tinental Melee.
To resist this potent preparation, the
Porto has an army, finely drilled, well
officered, and gallant, of 1.50,880 regular
troops; to say nothing of emergent levies
doubling that number. The present ar
mament embraoes :
Cavalry, 17,260
Foot, ' 1,00,800
Artillerymen, sappers mi
ners, &c, ; I'jjCOO
The Turkish navy, njiinbor :
Sextecn c-of- JwUlg .'hjlf,' ;
nniii.'jimjwmm JA''JltilllJ-J--l.u'-lJlJJ'-'-J-'-'-.JJrXJ-:J'3'-',
carrying 1,448 guns
Fourteen frigates, carrying .888 "
Thirty smaller sailing vessels.
Eighteen steamers, with a total of 3,700
horse power.
An array of floating batteries, gun
boats, &c, number unknown.
This naval armament is by no means
contemptiblo or disproportionate to that
of Russia. So with existing rescources
the prospects of the Sultan are far from
discouraging, nor is the result of a single
handed contest a fair subject for vaticina
tion: If4, in addition to these Ottoman forces,
England and France move their navies
from Malta and Salamis, and advance
them into the black Sea through the
Dardannelles, we think it likely that the
Czar will ho forced to retreat with un
common haste. The result, however
would doubtless bo general war. Russia
and Austria would probably be allied a
gainst the rest of Europe; jind, for a
while, oven France and England would
make common cause against Nicholas and
the 'Young Nero.'
Combattants get very hungry, and as
men cannot till their fields and fight at
the same time, wc think it likely that A
merican provisions would be in demand.
Baltimore American.
Desperate Conflict with a Lion.
Mr. E. J. Greentree, of San Francisco,
California, communicates to a late nam
boroftboAlta California "an account of
a most fearful conflict in which his broth-
er, a youth killed a large California Lion,
one of the most formidable beasts of the
mountains. He savs :
Last Monday while the comrade of
, f3rnn Wl,n nnl. 1H
old, was absent, hearing a barking and
yelling about his cabin after" he had re-
tired, he rose, and discovered that the
noise proceeded from a butcher's shop
next door, and was produced by a wild
beast. Mr. Greentree got up, and probu
ring a light, took his pistol and sallied
forth : at the same moment he heard his
name called by the butcher who begged
that the light should be brought as the
Cayotes were killing his dog. As he en
tered the shop he discovered the doe.
n-lm.v i ,,! pi ;'
mal, grappled by aS immense California
lion On the liUfc amrina. thn. mnn-
stP.r lnnsnnud lfintsplf frnrn tl.o rrrln'nf fl,
a l i r-i i
A n wn, M,n frtr fi,n w
a shot could be risked. The butcher
v i ' "w i. & v aw VUV ill JU nils Ulil&UI
aimed at his head, but before he could
firrv ft doo- mifsuln Wl cTvl tlio l.'nn lw
the leg. The infuriated beast turned and
despatched him in an instant, tearing o-
pen his bowels, and laying him dead at
the door. The butcher now fired
, o "J
his ball struck him in the neck. The li-
on instantly turned about and sprang tow-
ard the butcher, but he was met by a
heavy blow from an axe in the hands of
young Greentree, which felled him, and road have met to-day to devise the best
he was then soon despatched. The lion an(1 effectual means of procuring our wa
was their measured, and found to be six gcs 011 the said railroad. We will make
feet six inches long from tip to end, his
weight was three hundred pounds.
A big Story about a hia- Tree.
iiiK tuiwi ui iuu utyuuiyuuri UUIOD
the bur or a cedar tree that he savs his
brother sent to the Crystal Palace Exhi -
brother's account of this wonderful tree
-
" I here has been much excitement of
late about a big cedar tree that is in the
mountains about twenty mile3 back of
here. Many persons from this place have
been up to sec it. It measures at the
Biuuuiw -
and cinlav-lirp. tpot. frnm fh Mirth wmnlt
: " uuJa1, r" Tnn 7, '
"r1" 4"4 L Ul" "uuuou tuu
rrtr line? hrtnn hwtUntt iV rlKA.
uu uiuu uu. xuuiu mC mu-
VI rw I t r s n m XI.. ..... . . X K - I XI XI. .X
uy 0 u u,iS vi mty mguer man luai,
iromuu to 'O lectin circumference. It
is estimated that this tree would square
2d feet at the butt, and consequently a
cut of 12 feet m length would make nine-
ty thousand feet of lumber. A party of
at work in takinc; off the
barir, lor ou teet in heifrht. in sections, so
' , t A ,7 "v-1o" 1U bwua, l.u
it can be put together again. It is about
one ioot m tnicKness, auu will bo sent to
n, r i ' 0 tu
flio U'nr ( 'u Toil rolinrn i tiiiII V n m.l
r . . . i l i ... . I
t r, "7t'i "r F .,p'
and have tho (Jahrnrinn. Rnnniiiinn3 ovlult.
ited in it.
xuiriyieecin aiametcr is quite
a room,
mass meetings in just before a prcsiden
tial election
"It is estimated by those who have count
ed some of its rings, that the above nam
cd tree is not less than G500 years old, or
ouu years older than this world, accord
ing to the vulgar notion. It must have
been something of a tree when Adam and
XiUiC. iu (IIMJUUU XU1. lOVBSL,J J 1 : 1
forest, and it is a wonder why some of the hmg wrong. AYccomplain that hands have
settlers did not get into the top of it to ben discharged without being paid, and
escape the waterS of the flood; probably fodtoseckemploymcntelscwhere-com-f.l,flv
wnrnnll rW,l Wn iL i pelhng them to como tunc and again for
they were all drowned before the waves
reached the first limbs, for no person could
climb to them. But joking apart, the de
scription of tree is literally true, and you
will have a chance to prove it so, if you
attend tue ureat Exhibition."
Chevalier Wikof.ThcTo have been
rumors in the papers Intel v that fjhpvnl.
ier Wikoff is actually inn. fn bn m!1,n'j
to Miss Gamble, the youu? lady nt whose
suit he was sent to prison for the term of
two years. We are ha. y to know that
the rumor is not unfounded. Mr Wikoff
has writton tn n frinml i.. !.; w f!,nJPlam ot having to stand a shave on money
his marriage with Miss G amble will sodn
be oonsumated. and that thev are now nn
the best terms possible. Sunday Courier.
JBH3y the aocounts in the papers, the
tabaeco crops of Kentucky and Tennessee
? i - . "
mas rair to he n poor one.
JBIhere are four hundred and fifty
persons annually found drowned in New
York city.
The real estate of Clarion county is assess- L
ed at 1,008,551 ; the PcrepnaJ, at $142,810;
trades, occupations and professions 3148,180.
The entire State Tax levied, on, Lhocputity is
$7,566 53, . ; j
From the IIoH'tdaysbwg Register.
Strike on the Portage Railroad.
SHAMEFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Things have come to a pretty pass in
tho great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
the glorious "Keystone" of the Federal
Arch, under tlu management of our Lo
cofoco Canal Commissioners, Locofoco
Auditor General, Locofoco Railroad and
Canal Officers.
On Monday last we had the magnifi
cent spectacle in this place of some one
hundred and fifty or two hundred of the
laborers employed by the State in various
capacities on the Portage Railroad on a
strike, not for higher prices, or ten hours,
or any tiling of that sort, but for their,
wages ! !
They had toiled day after day, week
after week, month after month, and wai
ted, and waited still, for their pay, and
yet they couldnH get it1 either because the
State is too poor to pay her laborers their
hire, or because the Office-hclders are
dishonest scoundrels, and by withholding
the pay seek to turn a penny for them
selves or their tavontes by the checkroll
traffic, or otherwise speculate upon the
laborer's money.
At least it seems to us that, stripped
of all mystification and narrowed down
to tho marrow of the matter, one of these
two alternatives must be true And what
an alternative ! Our proud old Common
wealth so poverty-stricken that she can't
pay the day laborer his wages ; or her
ffic,ers, 80 c?rraPfc th,afc honesty stand
abashed at tho very thought of their in-
10 ui ties I
Will the people continue to regard this
state of affairs with indifference: Has
the time indeed come, whon under the
namc f "democracy," 1dfi1on1es1fc men
AJ OUiragC TlgUl,, WlUUlOlU IQU UlUUrUl a
bIre and ?jtk impunity upon
his necessity Has it, we ask, come to
lf l8 " .a let lue ciear CU.C1;
skirts if they can. If gui (less we wiih
them safe and triumphant vindication ;
but if otherwise a shameful and ignonnn
ious conviction. Corruption in public
places must be rooted out.
But without farther remark, wo lay
before the reader the oppressed and out
raged "Operatives," own statement of
their grievances,- the truth or which can
only be denied by a brazen hardihood
?a mocks at intcgrl ? and tnQ' MBut
first wo must say that among the strikers
I i- i f i " - - lXt xi.
wc nouceu nu UJJUX-WUIVI IIOI1BOI U1B
2 and 2.50 and S3 or S4 a day
aPP5ar hje "last and De ;nusn
mi -t , n i n 1 t
m th ?xd8t ?p, 1 tb P00"0 rdDates
-TP1 ua3luu' J-uulu BBUU13 lu uv uiuya
T. x i 4 7. v . .1 ' i
" s , Tp
bunono supply the necessaries of life
to tbe hard-fisted operative !
Statement of the Ojwativcs on the Allcghc-
mJ Portage Railroad, of Grievances un-
dcr which they have labored.
I'Jsiow-uiTi.iiNS : ine unaersignea
operatives on the Allegheny Portage Rail-
a brief statement of the grievances which
sfi compiam or, iuany oi us nave oeen
in tue employ oi uio vjommonweaitu on
ii i r ii i i.i
tbis road for ?ears ' du.rins the Pasfc Jear
i. ,1 a n
m c , J j r
Lr ' nwnnaiian Q,Kf
till Illlll UIH 1KJW I Mil I Iltr 1 1 I J ll i(U
their money. Wo have not inurmered or
complained, and would not now, only for
bearance has ceased to be a virtue. Ma
ny of us have been compelled to sell our
time, paving from 10 to 15 per cent, to
speculators, to pay debts which we had
tQ t ourscIyes and fam
... . L r . . . . .
lllcs aQCi on tll0SC debts Had to pay an
advance of from 10 to 20 percent, more
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tban WG could havc purcuaseu for Cash
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tbus losine at least 25 per cent, of our
inconsequence of not beingprompt
h m 'vunen nwi- v.nu nA nni
'nst tho State whicb bavc bccn sold arc
fhft firR, wll:nll finfl wv :ntn th.
Tre arc oonsequcnUy first paid,
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tajco tclJ. rouiar time we would not
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nt -i c c i
spring should be paid for in preference to
It O . . .T
LUUMjiuiUi uuu wuu uiuu nuiavu tuu
that worked the previous fall, merely be
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do C0DJ jain most bitterly of. The injus
ticc is too great to be borne nny longer
We have been told that some SIaTI
THOUSAND DOLLARS of olaims has
passed into the Treasury without the Su
perintendent of tho road paying a dollar
on them, or passing through his hands,
thus causing a loss to tho operatives of at
loast SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS in
tho shane of discount. There- is some-
their money, and finally having to sell
their time at a heavy discount, as the on-
ly means of getting their money.
Money in every branoh of the govern
ment is plenty; the hands on the new Pot
tage Road arc all paid up to the first of
Ju.ne' -he money with which they arc
Paiu wa3 PPpnateu at tue same time
the money appropriated to pay us was.
If thc aPProP1,iation wft3 not large enough
10 tue 0XPenS0S ot.tlie roaa lct lt 1)0
P!U" YT "a. u,4 T 11 w"lfi a"a LUU uwu
e fairly dlvldod nud we will not com
wh.i.ou was. carQod and 0USht to have boon
Pai(1 montlli5 aS a! lon? .a9 tbere 13 any
money appropriated, which is or ought to
bo, in tho Treasury.
This is the first time since the construc
tion of tho road, that hands have been
compelled to adopt this course to get theii
wastes. The time was when they were
paid monthly ; we are sorry thnt it is not
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so now. v ages navo advanced on all
roads in the country. We have not asked
for an advance, we only ask to bo paid
mrmMllv. Wft nnll nn ahv full
aid ug :n SGCurinfr nnr rihfc ! And fnr'
fci,crf wo cali on tho 0fficers against whom
the implicit charge is, to clear themselves,
and let the blame rest in the right place.
Bciore lea vinjr.tha subject, we may say,
the strikers marched in procession along"
the railroad and through several streets,
conducting themselves civilly and order
ly. At the "Exchange," they gave "three
cheers for David Watson who paid month
ly," and three groans for thd operatives
on this side of the mountain who refused
to join in the strike.
DEMOCRACY.
We live in a progressive age, and trust
therefore, that Democracy has improved
since 1847, whon Andrew Johnson, a
Democrat, in his speech in Congress on
tea and coffee, digressed into pepper and
mustard in regard to Mr Polk's admin
istration :
But, in conclusion, he must be permit
ted to say, he wished to Almighty God
that the whole American people could be?
assembled in this city that there was
some kind of an amphitheater construc
ted, capacious enough to contain the en
tire votingpopulation of the United States,
and that they were convened for a short
period of time, and the veil that now con
ceals from their vines the many abuses
could be drawn aside, and they be permit
ted to take one calm survey, one full and
dispassionato vieiw of all the secret sj)rings
of the entire 'proceedings of things under
this Government , of all the i?ilrignwgs of
officers iii, authority, from the highest to the
loiccstj I would not say they would lay
violent hands upon an edifice designed by
its founders to be sacred and perfect id
all its parts, and tear it into ten thous
and pieces; Twill not say they would
rush upon it in a state of precipitancy
with the resistless and devastating fury
of some mighty tempest ; no, I have too
much confidence in their forbearance to
believe so for a moment. But I feel well
assured of one thing, and that is, they
icould ri) up and tear off sonic of these fun
guses that have been feeing and have fixed
themselves upon the vitals of this Govern
ment for years gone by ; they would turn
some mighty stream through the Augean
Stable uutil it was thoroughly cleansed
from the abominable filth that has beeri
preying upon the life blood of the repub
lic too long. The people will, the peo
ple must, take things into their own hands.
Mr. Johnson did not quit the party, as
one might suppose, but continues his feal
ty. At present he i3 democratic candi
date for Governor of Tennessee.
tfhc Polyicciniic College of
ioisiisyl vania.
This institution recently chartered by"
thc Pennsylvania Legislature, has secur
ed an edifice in Philadelphia, and will
soon be in active operation. The Poly
technic College is designed to include in
its organization, a College of Mines, of
Agriculture, of Arts, and of Manufactures
and to afford those destined for these im
portant branches of industry, a thorough?
scientific education. The application of
Science to the Arts, is daily rendering
them more powerful sources of National
progress, and demanding increased intel
ligence in those engaged in their prosecu
tion. The Civil and the Mining EngF
neer, the Architect, the Manufacturer 'of
Chemicals, of Sugar and of Glass ; those'
engaged, or interested in the productions
of the Plough, the Anvil, the Furnace
and thc Loom ; all these have, under tho
stimulus of Modern science, and of mod
ern competition, nssumadanew and nobler
position, and hence their proper education,
has become an object of deep public mo
ment, and one closely affecting national
prosperity.
The plan cf organization- wrll comprise
the following departments :
1. Mathematics and Civil Eugiuincer-
. Mechanical Philosophy,-and the prin
ciples of Machines.
3. Metallurgy, and industrial, Agrr-
oulturar", and Analytical Qhemistry.
4. Mining, Engineering,- Mineralo
and Geology.
OJ7
A well supplied analytical laboratory,
sections and models of mines and ma
chinery, a geological and mineralogical
cabinet, field operations, and arckifc'ecu-
raland mechanical drawing, will afford
ample facilities for thorough and practi
cal instruction. Students will be enabled
to pursue one or mor6 studies for a year..
term or loss period, and after examina
tion, will gc granted Certificates of capa
city accordingly.
lue Jtfluuuleljmta ledger says :
" The college edicifico was oricinally1
contructed for banking purposes ; its sit
uation is, in nil respects, most favorable,-
and its lofty and spacious rooms are well
adapted to the uses of the Institution.
The ground floor .will contain the Chemi
cal Laboratory, in which the students will
be practised in tho smelting of orcsr anal
yses of minerals and soHs,. nssaVs, ancT
manufacturing processes. The second'
floor on the rear of the hall of entrance
will bo the principal Lecture Room and
in the front thc Mineralogical Collection
and tho Cabinet of arts will be arranged
In tho former, Peter A. Browne, Esq., de
posits his valuable collection of five thou
sand speoimens. In tno Cabinet of Arts
will be exhibited plans of mines aud of
urnaces, and also prodiyota of art, in tlm
various stages of manufacture, from tho
raw material to tho finished fabric. Tho
lurd story will be divided uito-threc spav-
cious class rooms. The fourth storr will
be lighted from the roof, and will be de
voted exclusively to tho Department of
Civil Engineering, Architecture and Draw
ing. By the terms of thc Charter the- Gov
ernor of thc State is ex-offioio President
of the Board of Trustees. At a recent
Meeting Matthew Newkirk, Esq., was e
leoted Acting President, in tho absenco
of the Governor, and John Mclntyro, Esq.
Walnut st., above Sixth, Secretary."
Wc uudestand that tho Professorships,
in the first, second and fourth Departments
are not yet filled, and that the Trustees,
are ready to receive applications from'
candidates.
OThc Price of-adtnission to tha'Crysta,l
Palace is fixed at r0 cn.tsv Tr