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STROUDSBURGr, MONROE COUNTY, PA. OCTOBER 6, 1353,
NO. 50,
VOL. is.
Published Iy Theodore Scl.ofclk.
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The Old Grist Mill.
BY 11. H. STODDARD.
The grist-mill stands beside the stream,
With bending roof and leaning wall;
So old, that, when the winds ore wild,
"The miller trembles lest it fall.
ial moss and ivy, never sere,
Bedeck it o'er from year to year.
The dam is steep, and weeded green ;
The gates are raised, the waters pour,
And tread the old wheel's slippery steps
The lowest rounds for evermore.
Mcthinks they have a sound of ire,
Because they cannot climb it higher.
From morn till night, in autumn-time,
When yellow harvests load the plains,
Up drive the farmers to the mill,
And back anon, with loaded wains;
They brinp; a heap of golden grain,
And take it home in meal again.
The mill inside is dim and dark,
But, peeping in the open door,
You see the miller flitting round.
And dusty bags along the floor;
And by the shaft and down the spot,
The yellow meal comes pouring out.
And all day long the winnowed chaff
Floats round it on the sultry breeze,
And shineth like a settling swarm
Of golden-winged and belted bees;
Or sparks around a blacksmith's door,
When bellows blow and forges roar.
I love my pleasant, quaint old mill ;
It 'minds me of my early prime.
'Tis changed since then but not so much
As I am by decay and time.
Its wrecks are mossed from year to year,
But mine all dark and bare appear.
I Eland beside the stream of life;
The mighty current sweeps along;
Lifting the floodgates of my heart,
It turns the magic wheel of song,
And grinds the ripened harvest, brought
From out the golden field of thought.
44 Where have you been this week;?"
44 Fishing."
14 Catch any thing?"
"Yes, a cold."
44 Where were you last night!"
" Ducking."
Get any 3"
u Yes, one.'
" Where 1"
44 In the river.''
44 Howl"
"Tumbled in."
It is stated that of five hundred and forty
young ladies who fainted last year, more than
one half fell into the arms of gentlemen.
Only two had the mislortune to fall on the
floor! and they were very ugly.
03 At a recent celebration of the Young
friends of Ireland, the following toast was
given: 44 Woman She need6 no eulogy 5 she
speaks for herself1
Jj-The following is one of the toasts
given at the celebration of the Fourth of
''thp.ir ambition reach as hi"h as their
standing collars
A Curiosity. Mr Jacob Sandoe, of
Mcnallcn township, has a hen, that, in the
past year, has laid 130 eggs the last one
!L" Vl :l " ; ' . i ft?
"ri- 1. i. ti
owing to its great size. It measured 8
inenes oy , anu uruu, a u,u
. 1 i 1 i l 1 x:.i
inside another perfect egg, 6 inches by
5$ the space between the two filled with
the customary albumen no yolk!
Adams county Sentinel,
A Curious way to sell a Cow.
77? Rnrins field. rMass.." Republican,
sava that D. D. Warren, of this city, has
recen
recently sold a cow to Wells P. Hodgett,
on the lOHOWing curious tcriiis. iuu
AYarren is to feed the cow for thirty
days, and Mr. Hodgett, is to give at thc
rate of 810 a quart for the milk which
she averages over sixteen quarts per day,
for the whole thirty days. Thus, if she
averages only sixteen quarts a day, he is
to give nothing for her. If she averages
twenty quarts, he is to give 840, and if
twenty-five quarts, 890. It is not at all
" i, x AT-
unlikely that he may do the latter.
The Persians have a saying that 'ten
measures of talk were set down upon the wig?' said a brother Judge to Gurran.
earth, and the women took nine.' 'Nothing but the head,' he replied.
JJj3 The Millerites have fixed upon jjpgyThe admission to the Crystal Pal
May 19, 1854, as the date of the destruc- ace is to be reduced hereafter, on Satur
tion of the world. They say there will day's, to 25 cents, to give the laboring
be no mistake about it this time. classes a chance.
"Cut, Cut Behind !
BY JAQUES.
"Walking over Hanover st. one fine day
I saw just before me$ one of Hawthorn's
. n." 11 i . 1 "l
Coaches rattling Up tllC Street, Willie in
the rear of it two ragged urchins, breath
less with haste, were racing for dear life
after the coach to catch up and secure a
ride.
Pretty soon the smaller of the two was
fortunate to gain the coveted scat on the
Step, and rode of, gleefully chuckling at
,
U1S less fortunate playmate, who retreat
ing to the side walkj at once vociferated
"Cut, Cut behind!"
The driver's cruel lash curled around
and cut the cheek of the little fellow on
the step, and screaming with pain he
dropped off, while the envious little wretch
who had been the means of this, set up a
derisive shout of laughter, and vanished
around a corner. Whereat, I moralized.
Behold, thought I, a perfect illustration
of some men's petty names of life ? See
vr f- f 1 1 1
xempJilication ot his jealousy
here, an ex
and revenge
xuu uuj hwu umuutguu
a ride, might have been willing to share
his ride with his mate, but he did not get
the chance, and so, because he did not,
and his comrade did, he straightway re
venged himself on fortune by depriving
his more fortunate fellow of his enjoy
ment. And when I see a young man whose
idleness and inactivity, or lack of perse
verance and application have made him
unsuccessful in life, decrying the merits
of others, doubting their efficiency, and
endeavoring to prejudice the minds of
others against them, and because they are
so successful, I straight bethink me of
the boy who called out " Cut cut, be
hind !
When I see an unsuccessful candidate
for public office maligning, or at best,
speaking coldly of the character and
qualification of his rivalimpugning his
motives and artfully endeavoring to poi
son the minds of the people who uphold
him: when I see such a man covertly
workinc to secure the ultimate downfall
v
of his late antagonist, on merely political
grounds, I am irresistably reminded of
the well known cry "Cut, cut behind!"'
When I see vulgar illiterate persons la
boring to drag back to their own level
such of their past associaies as may have
been fortunate enough to rise to a more
elevated sphere of life; when see I such
.endeavoring to blast the character of their
more ambitious and high minded breth
ren or discourage their efforts by, sneers,
sarcasm, and ridicule, and therewith af
fect their present standing, I feel that
they too have been giving a lesson to the
urchins that cry "Cut, cut behind !"
When I see an editor who has got the
worst of it in a long race for public favor
attempting to cry down the deserving
features of his more fortunate rival, when
gangrened by jealousy, and smarting
with defeat, he tries to "compensate for
victory by traducing and slandering his
competitor, I think at once that he is cry-
ing in another form of speck "Cut, cut
behind!'' j dizement, I could wish that I had a voice the Democratic party, and the means ot
In short, whenever and wherever I see like thunaer to protest against it. Let' fostering the most extensive and high
honest endeavors retarted, and discour-! , , ,,. , n handed villiany. So notorious have the
i i. t . -i. i i 'us glance at our public works. (Jur c J , , nnnmn fnr.
aged; when I see patient merit made to 1 fa 1 officers of our public works become lor
falter and to faint bv reason of the bare present debt of 842,000,000, as appears j dishonesty, that an honest man scarcely
opposition of envy, and detraction I seem
to hear again ringing in my ears, the
i Dreamless cry oi vut, cut penmui
I 1 S if I . .If 1 Itt
. . t 1 1IM
We regret to learn that the Dysentery
is prevailing to a fearful extent in Buffa-
j jQ township in
! ;fnrmP(j :nhe
this county. We are
Gordon family, m that
: ;vi
township, there have- been 5 deaths, since
2 iVtn OtYt lncfuif. fin HrtHnTT tm flfll fit
" - " J 1 -
Q M GordoD died and on (bc
niny uu - ""J "v
same day, between two and three o'clock,
I don, aged about five years, died, and was
buried on Wednesday, on the following
Thursday, his uncle, James Gordon, aged
between sixty and seventy years, also
j c it.. j: .i i
oicu oi tuu sauic uisuaau, uuu was iuiui-
red on Friday; and on Saturday last Jno.
Gordon, father to Robert, mentioned a-
bove, died, aged about 65 years,
At present two of the family are con-
fined to their beds, one of whom is hardly
expected to live. Some of those above
alluded, died very suddenly, having had
the dysentery but a few days when it
terminated fatally. Washington Com-
monwcalth.
'Do you see anything ridiculous m this
oaneuoruou mhi w u.uu uwh - - ---- - " 0f the opposition party, who is lamili
r .i -..l i fvi i.. 11. in iiinn;imiiif'rir. , nv :irn :l I'.nr.si! in i.
wi nuum nac uuuiw iuu u.j.i. u-j '" u"1-" with the management ot our lrnpr
one grave. These ladies were quite agod. have examined the official records our'raent3 and he will tell you that it h
Un Wednesday, the ith, lvouert uor- nnM t. wr tnt. nn nt. n mst nnrmntorl the wlmle hndv nolitic as
TAXPAYERS, OF ALL PARTIES!
READ AND REFLECT!!
Col. A. K. Mediae's Speech.
The Juniata Sentinel publishes the
Speech of Col. A. K. McClure, the!eral, wo see that during the last five canker preying upon our vitals. Acomp- that he lias been to an extent iitrument-
Whig candidate for Auditor General, de-j years, our public improvements have any, composed of a number of the most al in sustaining this reckless villainy,
livorod hoW tbP SMtP Convention at?yieldcd to the Commonwealth an aggre i wealthy and enterprising gentlemen in where fidelity and integrity are aoiui-
? def0 th eS atCp nVe f;Df atgate of only 8825,000, or about 8165,000 , the State, offered to lease dur public peratively demanded ?
Hutingdon on the 25th of August last. ! .. nofc pay tfac in , WQrkg for a term of year3. and paTj l be. But shall the Public Works be soldi I
We are quite sure that nothing we could tercsfc on $3000,000 of onr State debt lieve, a million annually for the use of need not ask whether the people will fa
publish would give greater satisfaction to1 at 5 per cent. It 'is true that during the them. This proposition, by which the vor the measure, for they have already
our readers, but its length compels us to 'years '51 and '52 a little over a million State would have been the gainer of the spoken in terms of decided approbation,
content ourselves with lavin before them ' was appropriated to the N.R Canal, which , whole amount tendered, it was hoped by Hut will the Democracy still openly dis
content ourselves with laying bciore them ,ifdedtcJfromthc seswouldloavc all disinterested persons would be ac- regard their wishes? They have done sd
that portion of it relating to the manage- j 3590,000 of revenue instead 8500,000 of ceptcd. But again Democracy interposed thus far, and with impunity; and as long
ment of our Public Works, to which we 1 cscess expenditures; but a singular feat- it wa3 not yet glutted with official as they have the patronage and the plun
invite their careful attention. Col. Mc-1 uro in the statement of expenditures pre- plunder. The offer was rejected, and der iu their hands they will continue to
Clure, makes a truthful but startling ox-
r ,t 7i
posure or the manner in which those
T mi 1 1 i
worivs are managea. mo suojecs is ae-
serving tho most serious consideration of 1
the people. .
tue puupiu.
"But it is not only our national policy '
that retards our progress. Powerfully as 1
to J .
:l x- j i '
11, uas uiuuuiBu iu wab uuu, uao
een cuei4sIling a StatG policy that has
no fruitfu of injury Our '
s .Jn.iJ.i ,,:, nnmn :nfft
1 tit. i r 000 in tho statement of expenses for that
power pledged to economy and reform, 1 , . , 1 A i unr.;nr.
1 r J ' year, as having been paid tor debts "prior
seems to have no higher ambition than to to )eccrabcr, 1850 !" So a true state
swell our indebtedness. It must grate ' ment for '50 would have shown that the
! harshly upon the ears of those who re- expenses for that year were 8700,000
pudiated the eminently successful admin- jnore than lhc nM ! T"n "af J
tL 4. I.- n t 1 1 .1 ! the report for '52, and we find 890,000
j istration of Wm. F. Johnston, when thoy id sundry g in(Jurrcd prior
' are told that their great champion of re- jto 1850 an(i 1851 !" This swells the ex
trenchment is likely to increase our State penses for 1850 to 82,400,000 of revenue.
1 debt at tho rate of a million a year. and when the Auditor General was made
Nearly his first official act was to sign a report a nett revenue of 8200,000; and
.... , , L ... A. .x1 for the year 1851 it makes an actual
bill for a loan; and at this time, with! fl 0f 81.070.000. exclusive of the
nearly half his term before him. the loans
ho has sanctioned amount to hearly 83,
000,000 ! I grant that this amount has
not been added to the funded debt of the
State, for 81,000,000 was borrowed to j several millions of floating debt yet un
pay 81,000,000 of debt; but when it is known to our official records, which has
remembered that nearly all of the bal-Jbeen contracted for our public works ?
ance is to swell our enormous indebted-! The managers of our improvements were
I n4Vn?l n 1 nncl fny flm fOfir 'mO
ness, tell me how the bold professions of 1
the Administration are to be reconciled 1
1
to
wim its omciai acts. c win not ao to i
say that Gov. Bigler and his party have '
merely "anticipated the revenue" until
u lime iuiiii-iu uijli1j1u.o ui ucut
, , , , . , . .
nnon our shoulders ! And nine times I
out of ten, when our administration mod
estly demands that our revenue be an
ticipated, the plain English of the request
is, MORE debt ! Nor is the end of the
chapter yet visible. The North Branch
Canal is yet unfinished, and the Allegheny
road is ju.Bt commenced. Both are in
the hands of the Democracy; both have
been used to reward political merit with
out regard to cost, and when both are
completed, our debt must be swelled from
three to five millions under present man
agement.
If our public improvements would just-
! ify this outlay, and give reasonable as
I surance of remuneration, even that I
would not be prepared to approve an in-
j crease of our debt; but when I consider
1 that our improvements have ceased to be
I a source of revenue and that they are
claimed and used by the Democracy
, solely for personal and political aggran-
by the records, dates its foundation about
1821. when nublic imnrovements became
I 7
j the order of the da
That it has been
incurred principally m the construction
and maintenance of our public works, is
not to be denied; and what has been our
'
revenue ? The interest on our debt, at' enue, because the private interests ot ot-
five ner cent is over - S2 000 000 andificcr and thcir frieuds have to be advan"
r 111 nnt n f. wlintfiTTir fh?t. t.n the Common-
, our improvements have for the first time
? yet to nett us half that sum. That they
... . . . ....
iniolit vin rl n mi inn nv mnro I n m till v
; ,
from 8600 000 to 700 000 per
i iunfi,D
1 rt
annaum. Since then they have never re-
; quired less than 81j000,000 annually,and
some times they have cost us over 2,-
r i 11 i ii. Liiuii vuiua.
.
000,000. I will give thc revenue andlWOrks
expenses for the last five years.
1848.
lotal Itevenues,
Expenses
.91,550,000
1,025,000
n(i
Balance over expenses
Total llevenuc,
Expenses,
l,00o!o00
"
UU.UWU
1849,
1 nnn linn
1 1
Balance o'er expenses,
Total llevenue,
Expenses,
Balance o'er expenses
Expenses,
Total Bevcnuc,
000,000
1850.
l.uu.uuu
nn nn
1,500,000
200,000
l.OOOjOOO
1,700,000
1851.
Balance o'er P-cvcnuc 200,000
Expenses
Total Revenue
2300,000
2,000,000
Balance o'er Revenue. S300.000
tw tliJq nffim.,1 RtntpniPnt. t.nknn fmni i
ilQ Annual lteports of tho Auditor Gen-
senta everything in confusion, and ren-
'dcrs it impossible to do exact justice to ,
: the subject. Since the cost of maintain-
I V
. , k ,3 bccn increagQd
so alarmingly, certain expenditures arc :
1cithl1cld from tJic public each year, and
tfcwet jiuzo LitAi iuuitu Clio ycot , itin.
crowded into subsequent statements in ths :
0f vtf. a7f satisfactory
To -n -tV-iv incfiTinn thn vnnr IRnll wlilfih
T r m . .7 J J ( J I ,
. Tnl-o fnr insfnnpc trtf vnnr 1850. which ,
j "I J - ' 1
appears according to the Auditor Uener-
al's Report, as yielding 200,000 from
the public works above expenses; but in
the llcport lor 'Ol, we hnd over Jyuu,-
900,000 saddled on it for the previous
year. And what of 18o2f Who can
tell whether a million will cover the ex
penses reserved for some future state-
Tnnnf? nT tv1i-i onn cntr flint tllOTA QTP. not
afraid to let the cost for the year 7o0
come before the public in one year, or even
two years, for we find in the
for both '51 and '52 sundr
statements
for both Jol anu 7o2 sundry expenses
paid for that year. And may there not
unsettled accounts still back '01 ( at
(least what assurance have we that all
., ,r, r:o ,
the expenses for '51 and 52 have been
-n t..l x- r. enn
paid? But to take the very best face
this matter can present, we can arrive at
no other conclusion than that, indepen
dent of all extraordinary oppropriations
for prosecuting new works, our public
improvements arc sinking the Common
zvcaeth every year dcejjcr and jqycr in
debt! Notwithstanding the mystery in
which the reports are purposely involved,
this fact is apparent, and admits of no
denial; but they can and they doubtless
do, withhold from the public the exact
amount of debt they annually throw upon
the State. In the brief space of five
years we sec the cost of maintaining our
publio works swelled from 8700,000 to
over 82,000,000; and if this species of
Democratic progression is to be continued
for five years more, it will require the
sale of the works, and exhaust all the
proceeds, to pay the debt incurred in
merely keeping them up.
This condition of affairs has been bro't
about by the most unbounded profligacy
and corruption. For years our public
improvements have been made a mere
.rendevous for the pampered pensioners of
A
, aspires to a position connected with them;
or if he does accept one, it costs him
! wuatever reputation lor miugnty uu muj
I Knirn n nmiivnA 'PliniT orn TVrnC tl f.ll tfl fl 1 II -
ii. r i i I .
fco a mlcaI J0wer and private
fortUnes of those controlling them. They
have been destroyed as a source of rev-
.
j calth Au(j Yet year after ycar with
' thia festerinrr corruntion as clear as noon-
, , . , ., n. . I .I J
, , - x r sanctioned t w5th
rlnir f in nnnnlo nt tho mrn llflVO. tllTO
Approach a liberal member
ove-
far
' as its influence extends, and those who
ftnrovinfl v. must fall beneath
cannot oreatue tuc comaiuiuuiiuu uiluu-x
thc merciie8S proscription of official power,
power,
i olution
vstp.m
stautial good. We have tried reform,
but as often as one abuse has been cor-
'rccted, a wider and bolder channel of
i.a ii nnnn,i w l.dun
J
CUI1L1IILIU11 11 UlltUl.u. II v null
tried legislation to close the countless av-
P. .
nn,.a nf tVnurl to i r i enr trnin nnr ini-
provements to the treasury, but every of-
fort has been crippled by thc controlling-
i . c ui.. l a(- i...
lnuuuuuu ui oluiu uaiiunaiiu. n u uuvu
appealed to the people to crush the whole
system of robbery by which they have to
- suffer, but party discipline has been too
potent for the cause of truth. We have
tried to sell them, and the people manful -
lv seconded the eitort by an immense pop-
ular majority; but Dcmocraoy could not
1852.
Such has been the history of our public and crippling sun more tno prosperity
, and nothing but a thorough rev- and progress ot our btatef It not, when,
1 O o 1 . i ! a. l.,2- 7 ul. ...1,1 ! i. 1. 1
nf t ie Rvstein nan result in suh- w rovoiuuou iu uugiu i ouuum il uugui
secure the patronage and the power they ; this infidelity in our public agents is ap
afforded, and the plainly-expressed will proved and perpetuated. It is by your
of the people was insolently disregarded, indifference that reform has been crushed
At. Inst hones were entertained that we aain and ap-ain under the stroke of ofii-
were to be relieved of this blistering stain
.... .
upon our character, and this destroying
Democracy continued its career oi pro-
fligacy. '
But by whom was the offer made ?
Among the gentlemen composing the
company were several ex-Canal Commis-
sic-ncrSj under whose management of the
aioncrSj uiiucr ivuusu luuuujiuiiicj
improvements the State realized
As public officers th
nn vnunnnn in i ho .St.ri r,? r
m . . 1 n. 1 I t Hi I I
nttie or
ey could
bring no revenue to the State; but as in-
dividual?, with the same resources, they r
could calculate a liberal profit to them- 1 governed by the will of the people, and
selves, and then offered a million of yet it plants itself above tjieir verdict, and
dollars annually for the lease. Why was 13 deaf to their supplications for re hef
it that such a strange discrepancy existed very name is a falsehood-a bold, in-
between the proceeds of the public works
under their direction, and the offer of the
r, rm wlin onntrnlled them? Can it
v !.! : Uof
UU UAU1U1UUU 111 iWJV UtUUl U a y luuu tuai
xi,: ; nw cr aa u,r r.
agents 1
I have considered this matter
A J
-r..n.. r .r.f ,.h,. o y.
Democratic party, that the men they hew
in vowerare sxcimllinzthc Commomccallh
out of a million of dollars annually !
If I am wrong I shall be glad to make
the correction, but a general denial will
not suffice. For years this corruntion has
been conceded by the candid of all partiesj
and if explanation is possible, it is high
time it was furnished. I have shown
how the expenses of our public work have
.i . c t.-i c i.
t.hnt. n. fmr exhihit of anv enrrent vear
has not been presented
of the State in that time
ri ii rf- to fl nlnnci hln I hflfr
party to let us have the defence,
. , , , . ,.
And what a spectacle does this present!
To see our noble old Commonwealth
dragged to the very verge of bankruptcy
by the habitual villainy of her agents,
and tho people still lollowing the behests
of party blindly to sustain it. I he gen-
era! system of transacting business on
our public works would make a man in
private enterprise despised in any com
munity, and our courts would seize him as
a felon. He would be dreaded as if his
very touch was contamination, and until
his operations could be confined to the walls
of some hospitable prison, public justice
would not be satisfied. But he is an
agent of the State forsooth! he deals
bountifully, and shares his plunder liber-
ally with his accomplices, and public o-
pinion seems to have grown strangely in
different to this species of robbery. And
how long will the people of the State, by
whose hard-earned taxes this proflgacy is
supported, stand idly by and permit it to
run its high handod career? Is there no
remedy for this official villainy ? I an
swer that there is but one hope of sub
stantial reform, AND THAT IS THE
UNCONDITIONAL SALE OF THE
WORKS ! And until this is affected,
the indications arc that the same fatal
abuses which are now practiced, for years,
will be practiced still. I grant that we
cannot realize the cost of their construc
tion that we must lose heavily in the
sale; but wo can reduce our State debt
nearly one-half, and destroy tho great
cause of its increase, without reducing our :
revenue. H by, then, will we madly
persist in retaining them in the posses
: sion of the State, merely to fill the coffers
j of our agents and their accomplices, and
J. 1, .,,-.sw1 nc n Trnof ltinnliiTin f rx TI1CI1 flirt
to be used as a vast machine to crush the
honest sentiments of the people? Why
will we go on recklessly and spend mill
ious to improve and perfect them, when
the experiment thus far has been worse
f-l o T - -1- - ill. - 11 1 1
than a laiiure: -uook at iuo uuguum ,
they ar Studded Wlth, th ,favontes of
tho dominant party; and with our treas-
ury just replenished with borrowed capi
1 tal, contracts have been awarded with
il . r l....r..l l!n.vn..,l -.f" r.i!fina
EUli 1UUSL snilllicini uiaiuaiu ui iuuuimi
i and thouSands of dollars have been heed
lessly expended in the enterprise. Thus
ar we arc not only piunuereu or tne rcsour-
CCS 01 our present iminuvuuiums, uut u
as are plundered again to extend them, and
make the field still wider lor olhcial la-
voritism and fraud. And where is the
uuajiici iu uimi i.o
a
after veur. still increasing our annual
appropriations, still adding to our debt,
1 i .n .i .
a
il 1 C
now, or are mere sua ircsn swarms oi
cormorants, whose thirst for plunder is
yet to be satisfied ? We have, again and
ivCw. been driven to thc very vere of
a I y.
bankruptcy in our financial operations;
.1 :c : i ..i.n K,.l,i 1. 1
aim 11 uur nn urovuuiBuia uru siumcm j
the State, and if millions are yct to be ;
expenueu on tnem, m wnat a mmi..a
iinanc.iii iinisnnir iiimmi, ii i. uisiuu
must a revulsion
i.
us
' I appeal to every candid citizen, wheth-
er this question should not rise above
party considerations. Gentlemen of the
, Opposition! remember that it is under
your sanction tuat uiomj uauuuai imuua
arc practiced.
It is by your Totes that
to the people "j"'4" "4 v,
a 1 1
cial power,
Ana wnat Honest man noes
not blush with shame, when he reflects
qoso nspi coia itnecuonitu .
pic. 1 hey have shown an utter contempt
fdr the petitions, of our taxpayers they
seem to care nothing for the crushing bur;
dens they impose upon them, if they can
only be permitted to squander our reve
nue, and increase our debt. But, fellow
citizens, can you follow the Democratic
party in its defiance of the popular will!
B'cnc, ueaaut u xor u ciouk ui
" auu" . f
xunh uu auuaun:iu pcu
ole should thus kneel at the
shrine ot
i j
party, where their deare.s
interests are
perfidiously betrayed, is the most hutnili-
. P . . i 17 L
atiner ieature our system oi Kovcrumuuu
is capable of presenting And if it is
persevered in, the reign of a Ilussian au
tocrat could not be more subversive of
the general good. Citizens of Pennsylva
nia ! you who have been bowed down
by an imbecile and profligate government;
, you who have been robbed to give scope
to official corruption; you who have been
involed in an almost hopeless debt mainly
by the treachery of your rulers is not
the time for action now at Itandl Will
1 vou still croan under misrule and a ae-
'"4 falU4i" "
i ZTlL " uu "i a"
' bow to the slavish mandates ot a prosti-
tued Dernocracy and let it riot in the
fmits of honest toi, Qr wiU burgfe
tfae shackle3 of party to secure yo-ur own
. , country's eood! If you arc
red for this strike boldly for the mi
:K,;M.nl c7 nf iho ,hlir mrht T.o
conditional sale of the public tcorhsf Let
this issue be successful I care not by
whom or by what part' and our good
old Commonwealth, which for more than
a quarter of a century has been crippled
in every element of her gigantic strength
will rise regenerated and disenthralled, to
take the high and commanding position
among the States of the Union to which
her natural resources and her honest m-
in ' . hfc for this reform and
tiesJmust b submi.ssivelv to vour will.
Fellow citizens, I am not here to beg
your votes. I care nothing for whatever
personal interest I may have involved in
this contest. I have a house and a voca
tion which are dearer and more cogenial
to me than an' official position 3011 could
assign me. But being the youngest can
didate ever presented to the people for a
State office and having been placed in
that position by the voluntary action of
the Whig party, I shall not stop to inquire
whether victory or defeat is to reward
my efforts. While the old Whig flag
waves over me I shall follow its fortunes
thhroug the din and smoke of every battle
anp call upon the young Whigs to join
their fathers in sustaining our noble cause.
; lean grant no respite to PenusylvaniaDe-
mocracy while it is oozing corruption trora.
every pore, and while our Commonwealth
is the victim of its frauds. Though dis
aster may again and again confront me,
I must ever answer as did the brave len
der of the Old Guard at Waterloo " The
Guard dies it never surrenders !
j2T"IIay continues high iu the Boston
market 81 10 to 1 15 per haudred for
oldj and $1 to SI 10 for new.
A Man of Nerve. Mr. Carey IL
Boatright was married last Sunday to
Mrs. Lucinda Ward, both of this city. 5
This is only the tenth time that Mr. B.
has taken a 'rib.' He is decidedly a
man of connubial tastes, wedded to the
joys of domestic life rather than tho
cheerless aspect of widowerhood. lie is
actually afraid to slap a child iu the
street for fear it is his owu. No wonder
the population of Indianapolis is increas-
ing
so rapidly. Indianapolis journal.
Messrs. Miller and Griswold, at
Rock riverj Illinois, on the 17th inst., shot
285 pigeons in four hourd.
BigyWm. Ilolborn, Sr., has been ar
rested at Dlannibalj Mo.j charged with
killing his own son.
JJjMacaulay, it is said, will not have
the third volume of his History of Eng
land ready for publication before tho fall
of the year 135-1.
Old Squire B-
-was elected Judge
of the inferior Court of some county in
Georgia. When he went home his de
lighted wife exchfimed Now my dear,
you are Judge, what am I V
'The same darned fool you allers yvas
was the tart reply. "j
, and if this con- tlli;u tu C'"UUI j, -
.1-1-. , vnnr honor, and to restore nuntv and ln-
f ha i mm nni'ir n j j , ,