Sljc iTcffcvsonian.
TEIJRSDAT, JULY 27, 1854.
WHIG STATE TICKET,
ron governor.
Jp.Si Pollock, of NorllmmlK rlaiul
FOR CAN'AL COMMISSIONER.
Keonrc Itarsic, of Allegheny.
rou judge- of Tin: supreme court.
Diriiel Smyser, of Montgomery
Sair The Rt. Rev. Bishop Totter,
who, it was announced would officiate in
this place on the -ilst inst.. has, wc re
gret to say, bci-n compelled to withdraw
the appointment. lie expects to visit
Stroudsburg in the Fall.
Tower's Elements of English Grammar.
We hnvo been favored with a copy of
the above work, by the publishers, Dan
11 1. Burgess A Co., G9 John street, New
ork. This little book is prepared with
thr design of making pupils think, and, if
faithfully employed, can hardly fail of its
purpose. It is most important to teach
hiidrcn to apply their knowledge as rap
j Hy as it is acquired. The necessity of
t!.i- i more and more felt, and these works
are a proof of it. Incad of containing
'i mere compendium of rules, with which
j- foreign 'mi bstanccs the memory of the
uj U js to be filled, well selected scnten
1 - are given; and, by a judicious sys-
.:; of questions, he is led to deduce tht ;
f . -:s find rules of grammar for himself,
ii ! nest to construct sentences in accor-;
dn.ee. Tims the faculties of his mind
. ; ,lucat(f that is diaxc n out. lie is
1 this means, also, impressed with tin.
:ij.prtant fact, that grammar did not
finale language, bnt is the result of it,
i designed to maintain it in its most
.-ant form.
tti?Tbe National Intelligencer surest
? it inasmuch as it is the Constitution ol
i- Uuitcd States which give? practical
10 lo the doctrines of the Declaration
-! Independence, we ought to make the
i: option of that document a national ju-
ie and henceforth celebrate the 17th
September as well as the 4th of July.
A Washington letter states that the Ad-n-.iii.
strati on and its friends in Congress
i . disappointed and grieved by the news
i-oia Europe the discomfiiturb of the
i' avians. Old Nicholas it is said has
' v sympathy of the Executive, and lead-
; members of the party, particularly
;n the South. It will be remembered
- tt -ome time ago the Washington 'Lr-
' took strong ground -in favor of Rus-
, and landed Nicholas most estrava-
ujtly. The ' renmyhanian took the
. and put out an article or two of the
. ..j .e character. But tLcy met vithso
cd a reception from the democratic
I r -s, and sncb a eastigation from the
' '"o press, that the subject was dropped
- though the feeling of friendship for the
Lry autocrat siill remains.
large Tree.
An immense old Sycamore tree was
discovered near Danville, in Warreu
r lunt)', N. J., whicli measures nineteen
la half by twenty feel in diameter.
V ;irc this statement on the authority of
Belvidcre Intcllisenccr.
SiThe cholera is producing a fearful
jouic in Toledo, Ohio; tlio number ol
ciatbs, however, is not so large as first
n ported. Its worst ravages have been
in the ullage of Entaw, across the river.
1 he inhabitants have all cither lied or
On J, and the village is deserted. In To
ll Jo xbout a dozen deaths occur daily,
but the last report says the plague is a
b a ting.
Major Generals.
The following pcrsous have been elect
ed Major Generals in the several milita
ry divisions of the Commonwealth, as far
we have returns :
First Division Philadelphia city and
county Major General Robert Patterson,
re-elected.
Second Division Bucks, Montgomery
aLd Delaware Col. Paul Applcback, of
Backs
Fifth Division Berks, Lebanon, and
DauphinMajor General Win. If. Keitn,
re-elected by 'a uuanimous vote.
Sixlli Division Schuylkill, Carbon &
Monroe Capt. George C. Wyuhoop, of
bchuylkill
Seventh DivmofiL6hh, Northamp
ton, and Pike Capt. David Laury, of
Lehigh. 1
XintJi Division Luzerne, Columbia 1
and Wyoming Brigadier General Fran
cis L. Bowman.
FiflecnUi .Dtvmbi-Cumbcrland, Frank
lin and Perry Gen. Edward Armor.
EigliUenilt Division Allegheny, Arni
f trou& Iudiaua and Jefferson Brigadier
iu Wra. Larimer.
The loco-Fooo Address.
The "liarrisburg Telegraph says that
the first address of the Loco-foco State
Committee, which strongly endorsed Ne
braska, was presented to Gov. Bigler foi
his inspection, and that the Governor
modified it very materially, and then font
out an acnt to submit it. to the leading
Free Soilers in Wimot's district, and as
certain whether the address, as amended,
would meet their approbation. Gov. Big
ler is the veriest coward in politics that
ever tilled the Executive chair. If he
has any opinions of his own, he is afraid
to express them, without torturing them
into such a variety of shapes that it is im
possible to tell what they are.
The Public Works ol Pennsylvania.
The "Web teh cater Village Rccorjd" in
noticing the fact that not a bid was olfer
ed for the Maine Line of the Public
Works, asks what was the cause, and savs
iu reply That the Act authorizing tin
sale, contained provisions calculated and
designed to defeat it. These provisions,
" it is needless to say, were inserted bj
the enemies of a sale. The administra
tion was known not to be in favor of a
sale ; and having a very large majority
of its friends in the House of Representa
tives, that body, afraid to meet the issue
directly and vote it down, determined to
destroy a sale by indirect means. They
therefore moulded the bill so that it would
be inoperative. The friends of the sale
being entirely at the mercy of its enemies,
were compelled to take such a bill as thej
could get, or adjourn without passing one.
Had they adopted the latter alternative.
they would have been charged with in-
sineerit'. They were compelled there
fore to shape it as its .enemies would per
mit. A powerful effort was made to de
feat a sale, by fising the price at fifteen
millions; this failing, the next plan was
to accomplish the same thing by restrict
ing the charge on freight and passengers,
so that they would not be remunerative.
rhc result of these efforts to defeat a salt'
is now before the people ; and there i.
great rejoicing among the ofiiceholders.-
It remains now to determine what shall
be done. Shall the public works be sold,
or shall the project bo abandoned. It is
for the people to answer the question. It
the arc in favor of a sale they must say
so at the Ballot Box, in October next.
If they are hostile to it, let them speak at
the Ballot Bos."
"Sot a True Bill."
The " Dclaivarc County Btj)uUica?i'-'
says that the Grand Jury of Pennsylva
nia had a Bill (Biglek) before them for
sometime past, and after mature consid
eration have concluded to write " ignor-
G7;s'' upon it. This is one of the old
Latin law term, and signifies "We know
nothing concerning the matter" the ac
cused is therefore discliar acd !
Convention of School Superintendents.
The Convention of County Superinten
dents, about forty of whom were present,
closed its session on Thursday, the 13th
inst. at Harrisburg. It was organized in
the Hall of the House of Representatives
iu the morning, after a peritiuent ad
dress by the State Superintendent, setting
forth the object he had in view by calling
the members together, lie declined par
ticipating in their proceedings : and de
sired them to act independently of the
Department; expressing his intention of
adopting such suggestions and matters, as
he deemed of sufficient import to advance
the cause of education in our Common
Schools.
Dr. Smith, of Delaware, a gentleman
eminently qualified, and who was a State
Senator when the first School Law was en
acted, was selected as Chairman; Messrs.
Barrett, of Lycoming, and Wills, of Ad
ams, were chosen Secretaries.
A committee was appointed to prepare
busiuess for the consideration of the Con
vention, who, after retiring, reported the
following subjects as worth' of being ac
ted upon, viz :
1st. Grades of Teacher's certificate?.
2. Mode of cxamiuing Teachers. '3.
Grades of Schools. 4. Visitation of
schools. 0. Teachers' Institutes. C. the
best mode of interesting Directors. 7.
The best mode of engaging the co-operation
of parents. 8. Uniformity of books.
Committees were appointed to make
report upon each of the foregoing subjects,
which was done. A deal of interesting
discussion, before their final adoption,
was had, which was both highly edifying
and gratifying to the gentlemen compos
ing the Convention. These reports, to
gether with all the other proceedings, will
be published in the August No. of the
Slate Scliool Journal edited by that wor
thy and devoted advocate of the Common
School system, Thomas H. Burrows, Esq.
of Lancaster.
After appropriate addresses from Messrs.
Burrowes and Black, the Convention, well
pleased with their labors, and in a spirit
of fraternity, adjourned sine die.
UjThe Louisville Journal hits off the
Washington Union as follows: The U
nion predicts that at the next election in
New York, "tho friends of the Adminis
tion will roll up a majority." The Jour
nal copies the above and adds: "We
don't believe they will roll anything but
the whites of their eyes."
A California Town.
The Placer (Cal.) Democrat tells us
that, at Iowa Hill, Placer county, two
months ago, there were but two houses in
the place. Now there are over one hun
dred, and some -fifteen hundred inhabi
tants. Six men washed out in one day
two hundred ounces, or 83,100. No
gambling is going on, but every body is
earning an honest living and a good one
too.
Jore Priestly Conduct.
A correspondent of The Lehigh Regis
ter, writing from York, Pa., June 22d,
says that a case of outrageous cruelty
toward a little girl by a Popish priest,
named Michael Martin, id now under in
vestigation in that borough. The facts,
as he gives them, are as follows :
"Two Irish families are next door neigh
bors: a little daughter of the one was in
the habit of doing errands in the family
of one of otir most respectable citizens.
The mother was frequently remonstrated
with by her neighbor for allowing her
child to be in a Protestant family. This
failing to have the desired effect, the
nci-'bhor took advantage of the mother
and father's absence, aud took the child
to task. She commenced to beat it, but
finding that the child, having got hold of
a broom-handle, was determined to de
fend herself, she immediately called on
Father Martin, who came in, locked the
doors, and whipped the child until she
was black and blue, and badly bruised
over a great portion of her body. All
this was done in the absence and without
the knowledge or consent of the parents.'"
This case and that of Father Kroner
at Cincinnati, shows that the priests arc
in the habit of exerting a discipline over
their flocks not exactly consonant with
our ideas of religious teacher's duty. We
are very much mistaken if such revela
tions do not weaken the attachment of in
telligent American Catholics to those rev
erend child-whippers.
Hurrah for Babies.
The Stark County Agricultural Socie
ty are offering premiums for the finest
specimen of Young Americans. Here is
the list :
For prettiest baby, 85,00, and diploma
to mother.
For 2d prettiest baby, 3.00, and di
ploma to mother.
For 3d prettiest baby, S2.00, and di
ploma to mother.
For largest and heaviest child; under
12 months old age to be considered
5,00, and diploma to mother.
For 2d largest and heaviest child, un
der 12 months old aire to be considered
3.00. and diploma to mother.
For 3d largest and heaviest child, un
der 12 months old ac;e to be considered
82.00. and diploma to mother.
The above is not a fair list. All the
rewards go to mothers no encourage
ment to fathers !
An Eventful Career.
At the late term of the Supreme Court
of Lowndes county, Georgia, a man, by
the name of Graham was convicted of
manslaughter, and sentenced to the peni
tentiary at the age of nineteen 'cars.
We have been informed of a few incidents
in the life of this young man, which will
excite sympathy in hi3 misfortunes. At
the age of thirteen, he was attacked by a
tiger, which, after tearing him badly and
crushing both his jaws, left him for dead
under a covering of leaves, which he had
piled on him. Subsequently, he was
caught in a sugar mill, and lost one arm;
was bitten twice by rattlesnakes, and
struck senseless by a flash of lightning.
His greatest calamity occurred a few
months ago, when he killed one of his
bcighborg in a drunken frolic, by stabbing.
Since then he has laid inpiison, and now
has a term of years to serve at some trade
suited to his peculiar physical condition
If there be any extenuating circumstances
in this case, we should be glad to see
them brought to the notice of the Execu
tive, for the exercise of official clemency.
We doubt very much whether any man
living encountered similar perils. This
is said to be a true record, without the
least fancy or invention. llralculla Times
Cure for Cholera and Dysentery.
The following receipt, for the cure of
cholera and dysentery, we copy from an
exchange.
Calamu?, an oz. ; Elecampane, 5 an
oz. ; Gentian, an oz. ; Angelica root,
an oz. ; bruise these and put them into
one quart of the best Holland gin; stand
48 to 50 hours, then strain it and put it
into a jug or bottlcn, corked tightlv. A
wine-glass for an adult when taken, half
a one twenty minutes after, if not relieved,
aud so continue until relieved. For young
persons, begin with half a wine-glass, or
two-thirds; and infants a teaspoonful, and
so on.
A man being asked if he would like to
live forever, replied, " that considering
the state of the times, and the weakness
of the government he would not care
about living more than half it."
JJjPTbc Wheat crop iu Delcwarc was
never more abundant.
Tea on the Ohio. An attempt is a
bout to be made to cultivate tea on the
Ohio river in the vicinity of Cincinnati.
A gentleman has imported twelve China
men to superintend that work.
CWhen ill luck frowns upon vou. in
stead of brooding over it and getting
vicious, lighten the burden by sharing it.
When Fortune kicks vou kick somebodv
else pass it on.
19. :
The man who was "behind the times,"
proposes to get round in front.
Address of the "Wing State Committee.
The State Committee appointed by the
Whig Convention at Harrisburg, deem it
their duty to state to their fellow citizens
of Pennsylvania, the principles which are
involved in the approaching contest, and
by which it will, in their opinion, be
mainly decided. They mean to speak
earnestly and explicitly, and very few
words arc needed to define their views
Never, in the history of Pennsylvania,
was there a cleaver and stronger line
drawn never a mpre distinct definition
of principle. Question of moral and so
cial responsibility, of infinite moment to
us and to our posterity, have arisen, and
the opponents of the National and State
Administrations in Pennsylvania aro u
nited on the common ground of resolute
opposition to tho sectional strife, encour
aged and stimulated as it has been-by
the policy and conduct of the Adminis
tration at Washington, to the interference
of the Government in controlling the leg
islation of Congress to this end, and to
tho further extension of the instituion of
domestic slavery in the territorial domain
of the nation.
On these national questions, the Whig
candidates appeal to the people of Penn
sylvania with confidence Their opinions
are those which Pennsylvania asserted in
ancient times, and which still arc in the
hearts of her people. Those opinions
have never been offensively expressed.
Had the public mind been allowed to en
joy the repose which less than two years
ago, existed throughout the land, or had
a spirit of forbearance been manifested by
those who have the most reason to invoke
it, tho contest which now agitates the
country would have been averted. The
passage of the Nebraska bill by Congress
at the instance of the Administration, and
through its undisguised influence, and the
repeal in express terms of an ancient
statute, plighting the nation's word of
honor that the Wcstcrp territory was to
be forever exempt from slavery and the
domestic slave trade, compel the Whig
party of the North, and especially the
Whig party of Pennsylvania, to break
the silence they might otherwise have
kept, and to speak out again, in langu
age not to be misunderstood, their an
cient and fixed opinions.
To the doctrines of the act of 17S0,
whicli relieved us by constitutional means
from a grievous social evil to the great
ordinance of 1787, in its full scope and
all its beneficent principles to a resolute
determination to effect the absolute and
entire repeal of the aggressive portions
of the Nebraska bill to the protection ol
the personal rights of every human being
under the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
and the Constitution of the United States
by maintaining inviolate the trial by jury
aud the writ of habeas corpus to the as
sertion of the due rights of the States, of
the North as well as of the South, and to
the integrity of the Union, never so much
endangered as when a wanton wrong is
inflicted to these principles the Whig
party of Pennsylvania and its candidates
are solemnly pledged. On this strong
ground they are content to stand, and to
the support of these principles we invite
the co-opperation of every freeman in
Pennsylvania.
The Congress of the Uuited States,
soon about to disperse, and the adminis
tration of the general government have,
in the passage of tho Nebraska bill, (the
only measure of the present session,) and
in their criminal neglect of the great in
terests of the nation, and especially of
Pennsylvania, made this single issue, and
on it, till the will of the people shall de
cide it, we' are content to meet them. It
is not an issue that we have made. It is
forced upon us, and we meet it calmly
and resolutely.
Wc arraign the National Administra
tion aided and abetted by the present
State Executive for in opinion and ac
tion they are identified before the peo
ple of Pennsylvania. We hold them re
sponsible for the revival of sectional agi
tation. They have, by the abrogation of
tho Missouri line, by which, north of a
certain parallel of latitude, slavery was
forever prohibited, aroused a spirit or rc
sistance to aggression which it may be
difficult to appease. They have done
this wontonly, and on them rests the re
sponsibility. Wo urge upon our friend?
throughout the State, in every count
and township, to organize, and, waving
all minor differences, to elect such a leg
islature and representation in Congress
as will cive a decisive rebuke to those
who have anew involved us in agitation.
Should such a representation be se
cured and James Pollock be elected, (as
we doubt not he will be,) to the Chief
Magistracy of the State, we may look for
ward to the time when Pennsylvania, her
interests aud cherished economical policy,
will be no longer sacrificed, or postponed,
or made dependent on tho aspirations of
men alien to her in heart and feeling,
when the improvement of her navigable
streams and defence of her harbors and
protection of her industrial resources will
bo no longer denied, and when, at no ve
ry remote period, the Administration of
tho general government will be intrusted
to those who, frowning down all useless
agitation, will maintain the supremacy of
the law, the integrity of tho Union, and
tho true interests and honor of the nation.
That period is close at hand.
The Committee do not pause to refer
in detail to questions of local interest now
before the people of Pennsylvania to
executive and legislative reform, the sale
of the public works, frustrated, we fear,
by imperfect legislation aud executive
iudisposition, the retrenchment of ex
penses, and tho ultimate extinigUBhment
of the publio debt, a grievous burthen
with its incidental taxation on the ener
gies of the people. They aro well under
stood and appreciated. Tho national
government, with its overflowing treasu
ry, is now busy robbing the people of
Pennsylvania by wasting the publio do
main, and is content to leavo us unaided
to bear the burthen of debt and taxation.
This, too, the tax payers of Pennsylvania
will do well to think of. The means of
redress aro in their hands.
At the next State election, coincidently
with the choice of public officers, the peo
ple of Pennsylvania will be called on to
decide a question of vast moral influence
and interest. On that question, afflicting
every home and fireside, tho Committee
are not now called on to say more than
it, too, has been forced on the peoplc by
tho abuse and prostitution of existing
laws and systems by which for years rev
enue has been derived from crime and
m;crr. frnm the tears of the wives and
children of the land, and the desolation of
the homes of industry and by a progress
of demoralization which has at last start
led the public mind, and aroused it to the
necessity ot extreme remedies, ijaws,
palliative at least of this evil, and de
signed to stay this progress of crime, are
at this moment in the hands of the Exec-
tive, and will not receive his approval.
The question is now finally before the
people, and the Whig candidate for gov
ernor has frankly said that to their de
cision, through their representatives, he
will gladly give effect.
To oiie other iratter only do the Com
mittee think it right to allude, especially
in its relation to the approaching election
for members of the Legislature. It is
one of vast interest as connected with the
moral and intellectual training, of the
children of tho land those who, when
this generation of men shall have passed
away, will succeed to public and social
duties. The integrity of the Common
School Fund is supposed to be in danger.
That fund which is the aggregate of the
contributions of all the citizens, and which
hv its aresration effects its chief good, is
J CO O 11-11
threatened by attempts, under plausible
pretexts, to divide and apportion it. It is
the Common School Fund. So let it
always be, and representing, as wc do,
that part' in tho Commonwealth which
never has a sympathy with such designs,
and has never countenanced them, we
warn the voters of the State of the dang
er which is impending, and call them to
an united and resolute effort to avert it.
In conclusion, the Committee urge upon
their fellow citizens, who unite with them
on these great questions of public policy,
to organize and act with system and en
ergy in every township of the State. A
gaiust us are arrayed the power and pat
ronage of the two Administrations, direc
ted in one of its departments, that of the
Post office, by individuals familiar with
the subtleties of politics, and little scrup
ulous in their use. But power and pat
ronage never yet have prevailed over the
honest sentiments of the people of Penu
sylvauia, and warning our friends of dang
ers, and of the necessity of exertion, we
look forward to the result with sure con
fidence.
A. G. CURTIN, Chairman,
John II. Dieiil, Secretary.
A Child Fascinated by a Snake.
The editor of the St. Louis Herald re
lates an instance of a child being fascin
ated by a black snake, seven feet G inch
cs long, and vouches for the truth of the
story. The child, it is said, was a little
daughter of a man named O'Mara, about
thirteen years of age, rcsidiug in Frank
lin countv, Mo. About nine months as:o
tho parents observed the child to be pi
ning away, and becoming very weak and
pale, without apparent cause. By the
time winter had set in, she was a mere
skeleton, but began to revive with the
cold weather. As soon as spring arrived,
she could not be prevailed upou to cat
any victuals in her father's house, but
would take a piece of bread and butter,
or a piece of meat, and go out to the edge
of the creek to eat it. The family no
ticed her regularly, always going precise
ly to the same place, and invariably com
plaining of being hungry after her return,
when, if more victuals would be given her
ahc would again return to the creek, as
they thought, to eat. Finally, her father
determined to watch her, and followed
her as sho proceeded to the bank of the
creek. Wc now let the Herald tell the
rest of the story :
As soon as the child was seated, the
father saw a huge black snake slowly
raise its head into her lap and receive
the bread and butter from her hand; and
when she would attempt to take a bite of
the bread, the snake would commence
hissing, and become apparently very an
gry, when the child, trembling like a leaf,
would promptly return the bread to the
monster. The father was completely para
lyzed, not being able to move hand or foot
entertaining a great dread for snakes,
he felt alarmed for the safety of the child.
not knowing the nature of the snake or
the extent of the influence on his child.
His blood became almost clogged in his
veins, and he groaned in perfect agony,
which caused the snake to become alarm
ed, and glide away into the creek. The
child then immediately sprang to her feet
and ran home, apparently much frighten
ed. Her father followed her, but sho re
fused to answer any questions, and he
resolved to detain the child at home, but
lie was advised to permit her to go again
next day to the creek, and to follow her
and kill tho snake. Next morning she
took a piece of bread again and went out
to tho creek; her father followed her with
his gun in his hand, and as soon as the
snake made his appearance, shot him
through the head. The child swooned ;
the snake squirmed and worked himself
around awhile, and then died; the child in
the meantime recovered from her swoon,
but was immediately seized with spasms,
acting in a manner resembling the writh
ing of the snake, and finally died at the
same moment the snake did, apparently
in the greatest agony.
j5S?-Tho salaries required for the offi
cers of the new consolidated city of Phil
adelphia amount, in the aggrigate, to
030,000.
.?.
BSyPotatoes are selling at Galena, Il
linois, for fifteen cents a bushel.
figy-The Clothing business of Boston
amounts to 12 or 15,000,000 annually.
bTankIdeeds
For sale at this Office,
From the Chamlxrslntrg Whig.
"Will Bigler Decline 1 Fishing for the
.ft.now-. u uuugs iv w ater-naui r g
ler's Health A Foreign Climate Neces
sary to' its Preservation.
IlARRiSBima, July 15, 1854.
"Will Bigler decline 7" is the common
inquiry on the streets. It is conceded on
all hands by friends and foes that his
re-election is not within the range of pos
sibility, and no man is more sensible of
the fact than Gov. Bigler himself. Ho
resisted the conviction as long as ho
could ; but he is at last utterly overwhel
med with the demonstrations that have
been made against him. Six months ago
he considered himself safe for a re-election
by from twenty to thirty thousand,
and did not hesitate to attempt to crush
iusurbordination in this party, supposing
that he could give additional zest to hi3
victory by achieving it over the mangled
bodies of his Democratic foes ; but his
horizon gradually daikcucd until lie 1
left in utter despair.
The Philadelphia election was a pirfeet
broadside into the Executive, and shat
tered his hopes terribly. He went there
in person to strengthen the feeble, ad -monish
the faithful and compromise with
the seceding brethern; but all to no pur
pose. The result utterly astounded and
sickened him. Then for the first lime,
he felt that the people were about to vind
icate themselves, andhe returned to the
Capitol cherishing a fearful looking for of
judgment. Never before iu the history
of his high handed intrigues for power,,
did an emergency present itself that de
fied the skill of the trickster; and the dis
aster so clearly indicated has preyed up
on him until health is failing with his po
litical hopes.
Caucus after caucus have been held in
the Executive chamber to devise some
means to turn back the fearful tide that
is rushing upon the Administration, but
political ingenuity is thus far at fault
aud inadequate to the task. The Cath
olics have been flattered, but they spurn
the demagogue who would inflame relig
ious prejudices for political gain. llr
has stooped and crawled to the Foreign
vote until he has brought upon him the
supreme contempt of all claescs; and it i3
now confidently asserted and generally
credited that as a last resort to save his.
his sinkinging fortunes, he made a form
al application for admission into the or
ganization of Know-Nothings, but was
rejected. This last desperate stroke of
policy is commented upon with freedom
upon the streets by the politicians of both
parties, and is regarded as the death
struggle of the doomed Executive.
You can assert with confidence that
the witddrawal of Gov. Bigler. is seri
ously contemplated by many leading
Democratic politicians, aud the sugges
tion has been made to him and has been
urged with considerable earnestness from
certain quarters. What will be ihe final
conclusion of Gov. Bigler is yet uncer
tain, but it is well understood that he is
holding the proposition, under considera
tion. It is urged by his friends that his
defeat is inevitable, for certain obnoxious
features of his administration, aud hu
proscriptive course towards the refactory,
members of his party when in the zenith
of his strength, have served to unite in
common cause against him a combination
against which no man can stand. They
purpose, therefore, that the National Ad
ministration shall pension him off tho
hands of the party, and send him to some
foreign clime for the " benefit of his
health 1"
It is thought by some of the promincn b
members of the Democratic garty thafc
there is a possibility of getting a man iu
Bigler's place on the ticket, who could
be elected. Some arc in favor of nomin
ating a Know-Nothiug in order to make
a bid for the vote of that organization,
others urge exactly the opposite policy,
and still others think a man might be se
lected who would be acceptable to tho
Democratic Foreign and Catholic voto
without being obnoxious to the Know
Nothings. So if Bigler should be forced
aside, the Democracy would be over
whelmed with trouble again. Between
the "allies" they are trying to secure, they
could not possibly .steer with safety, and
would be likely in the end to lose them
all, and thu3 leave their case no better
than it is now with Bigler as their can
didate. They have no difficulty in a
grceing that Bigler is not available, but
it is a nieo question to determine who is
available. If they cannot first agree:
with some measure of unanimity upou tho
man and the policy to adopt after his de
clination, they will of course make him
stand hi3 ground, and retire from the
Gubernatorial office with the seal of con
demnation upon him. When matters as
sume a more difiuite aspect you may hear
again from Oliver.
JG-SKecp out of bad company for tho
chanco is that when ihe devil fires into a
flock he will hit somebody.
J5gy Tho most curious specimens of al I
Arabic adages is perhaps, the following :
"Thero aro no fans in hell."
On Tuesday, the 11th inst., at Catala
pa Grove, Campbell county, Virginia, by
the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, William II. Ilut
ter, Editor of the East on Argus, and Miss
Marietta L, daughter of Charles II.
Moorman.
At his residence in LTamiHon TWn.
ship, on the 19th inst., Samuel Ruth,
aged about 50 years.
To the Voters of Monroe County.
Felloio Citizens: Beinfr encoumrrpi! 1V
numerous friends in various parts of the coun
ty, I offer myself as a candidate for the of-
fice of
Sheriff,
at the ensuing General election. Should I
be so fortunate as to bo elected. I nledsre mv-
self to discharge the duties of the office with
fidelity.
GEO. SWARTWOOD,
Stroudaburg, July 27, 1854.