Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, May 30, 1855, Image 2

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"WevlnsslayIay 33, 1333.
V. B Palm Er's .4 turn raw ifnmptrjxr Asr'ency
Is removed from X. W. Corner of Third and Chest
nut wtreets; to Crown's New Iron Building, N.'E.
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LETTEH. FROM DR. EKECKLNRIDGE.
In another column will be found an able and
eloquent justification of the American Part-,
Loth as to its organization and its object,
from the pen of that eminent Presbyterian
Divine, ReV. Da. Bp.rckcsEiDGE of Kentucky.
We bespeak, for it a careful and attciitivo pe
rusal. . .. i.-i' : '
Qy Geaham's Magazine, lor June has been
received. nd is one of the very best numbers
ever issued. ' We earnestly advise those of
our readers who are not possessed of this ex
cellent periodical,to subscribe at once. Price,
S3.U0 per annum. Published by A. II. See,
100 cWsnrtt S. Philadelphia. We will furn
ish it and the Journal, for one year, at $3,53.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
: Tli election in Virginia occurred on Thurs
day last, but up to the present time we arc un
able to determine, from the returns we have
received, which candidate has been elected.
Both parties claim tho victory. The latest
news we have(up to Sunday, the 27th,)are that
rumors are afloat of some astounding majori
tns given to Flccrxot, the American Candi
date, i a Western Virginia, and that it is prob
able he. is elected..- .-. :
. We thiuk Wiss is elected by a small majority,--though
-we maybe mistaken. It seems
too great a revolution, in so short a time, to
think of overcoming an adverse majority of
fifteen thousmd, by which Vizizz carried the
State in 1852. The reduction of this majority
by the American Party, ia the very Gibralter
of Locofocoism, would be a sufficiently glori
ous achievement, even if they are not entirely
successful.
THE NEWS.
The- English pi ess admits that hopes of peace
have fled, and that no assistance can be expec
ted from Austria, and but little from the rest
of Europe; consequently that France and Eng
land must fight it out. Tiia London Tim?s
publishes an article expressing these view s.
The Times has also an editorial on behalf of
the Government, stating that it is impossible
to peruse" the official documents of the Vienna
Conference without seeing that Kussia was
never ia earnest in her pretended desire for
feace. Soma, however, thiuk differently, and
Earl Grey, in the House of Lords, has given
notice of a motion for an address to be
sest- to the Queen, deploring the failure
of negotiations, auJ stating as tho opinion of
Parliament, that the proposals of Russia were
such as to afford a fair prospect of concluding
a pe ice, by which a'.I the original ol j c's of
the war, .might have been gained, and by which
the Alii es might have obtained all the advan
tages which CiiTi lie reasonably demanded from
Russia, Milr-er Gibson made a similar mo
tion la the House of Commons.
. A correspondence from the camp, April 27,
cipliiustLe difficulties xf the siege, but states
confidently that the Allies advance over the
ground bit by bit, and tnat while the works so
k advance, there can be no doubt of ultimate
success, provided the Russians ia the field are
unable to force the Allies to raise the siege.
Gen. Car.rcb.-rt has announced that when re
inforcements arrive, he will enlarge the circle
of his operations, implying that he will attack
the Russian field positions. On the 2th; of
April, Canrobert writes to the Emperor that
the English army has recovered its health and
efficiency, aa-I is on cordial terms with the
French: ...
..The latest official aiviees from Sefcaslopol
are to May Ufa. . Oa that day, in tie morn
ing, the Russians mid a a sortie with a ; large
body of troops on the Allies' right advance j
trench, but were driven back immediately, and
a second. and similar attempt shared the, same
ix'.t. Nothing could be better than the con
duct of the rrcops who, took part in the aflair.
The los of the enemy was serious. :
The following U from the London Standard:
Avery extraordinary circumstance, reported
from a quarter which precludes any doubt as
to the truth of the statement, reaches us by
letters from St. Petersburg. It appears that
a fine Artier.cas frigate built ship recently ar
rived at a port in the Baltic. ' ' -
It was stated that the vessel had on board
COO bales cotton, but the correspondent of our
informant visited the ship and found, in addi
tion to tho above, she had fifty thousand rifles
and five thousand-revolvers. The Russians
laugh r.t our 'cruisers, and naturally ask if
John Bull Lai been asleep to have allowed so
valuable a cargo to have escaped. The Messrsj
C'" merchants 'of Boston, were passengers,
and, it is supposed, acted as supercargoes.
We have not been able to ascertain if the vesi
eel left America this season, and has cut her
iray through the ice before our Flying Squad
ron could come up with her, or if she reached
oue of tbe'lower ports of the Baltic last . year,
aad Jay quiet till the spring. We say no more
than:--4 What are our Consuls in the United
Stte about, to have permitted such a cargo
to leave. wlttout ,pprWnff our. Government
We r,t tie fact." Other letters from at. re
. k. -fccl hs since left
TnC.tCMBEtt JJUSINESS. "-V.
, We had occasion, some time ago, to speak
of rumors on the river,-: and among ;bur citi
zens generally, of tt conspiracy among dealers
to keep down the price of lumber this spring,
and we promised , at the time to investigate
the matter, determined, if any Clearfield men
were engaged in it, to expose them, that their
friends and neighbors might visit upon them
the penalty of so gross an outrage. We have
accordingly taken pains to discover what
grounds existed for the report, and have come
to the conclusion that there was no foundation
for it whatever.
Some months prior to the freshet.it began
to be rumored that an attempt would be ruade"
to put down the price of lumber, and the rea
son given was that some of our dealers at
home were doing nothing, that in the fore
part of the winter they were very uneasy, but
that subsequently they seemed to have come
to an agreement, and were perfectly disinter
ested. 'It Is true, that our men were uneasy
nitil they went to the East and discovered that
they could not m ike a contract for a single
foot of timber, except to be delivered at the
market prices that eastern dealers were sup
plied, and had not ret worked up their last
year's stock, and that the general depression
in all Kinds of business would necessarily re
strict the demand for lumber. With this in
formation thev returned home, determined to
do as little in the business as possible, and
warned our people of the very result that has
taken place. Because their experience in the
business enabled them to come to a correct
conclusion, and keep their fingers out of the
Sre, they are now charged with a "conspira
cy," by those who would not heed their warn
ings.
With their heads full of these . rumors, and
prepared to believe . any report of a similar
character, and to construe any circumstance
into its corroboration, our people went down
the river. . On their arrival at the 'Island' they
found no buyers, and, overlooking the true
reasons why Eastern men were not there, they
immediately raised the old cry of "conspira
cy !'- Here too, a circumstance occurred,
that, by a little twisting, was easily distorted
into a confirmation of their suspicions.1 One
of our townsmen sold a raft for six cents, an 1
it was immediately reported, that it was done
to fix the market price, and that he was "to
have a contingent interest in the profits when
the timber should be again sold in New York."
We have taken some trouble to learn the truth
of this circumstance, and we are convinced
that if the owners of that raft had kept it one
day longer, they could not have got five cents
for it, and had they taken it to Marietta, they
would have been compelled to sell it lor less.
The man who made the raft, and who was in
partnership with the one that sold, was per
fectly satisfied with the price, and felt confi
deut that they could not have made any more
out of it. Vet this is one of the strongest
reasons given upon which to bass the charge
of ''conspiracy !"
At Marietta the same charge was re-echoed
along the beach, and because of it, a number
of men were induced to hold on to their tim
ber when they could have sold it for ten cents,
until they were compelled to sell it for five
and six. Any man who could walk up the
bank of the river at Marietta and behold the
immense quantity of timber lying there at the
mercy of the' wind and waves, and suppose for
a moment, the market could be controlled by
a few individuals, would be wo'se than a fool.
There was a string of raits extending half way
across the river, four mile long, in addition
to all the lumber at Middletown, Columbia,
and other points. How we may well ask,
could any clique of speculators control the
price of such a quantity of lumber, lying at
the mercv of the elements ? Is it not too ab
surd to think of
. The true reason why timber brought a low
price, was because the supply was greater than
the demand. This must be apparent from the
fact that there were about eight hundred, more
rafts passed Karthaus Bridge this ."pring, than
there were last. When we add to this the in
creased quantity on the Sinnamahoning, Pine
Creek, Kettle Creek, and the North Branch
we may very easily understand the cause,- of
the low prices. ' But you say, boards and shin
gies brought a good price, then why not tim
ber 1 Because, in addition to the fact that the
quantity of timber was greater than boards
and shingles, it must always be at the mercy
of the waters, and, owners are compelled to
sell, rather than eat it up in expenses by stay
to take care of it. Boards aud Shingles, on the
other land, can be landed at any point, aud be
distributed throughout the entire country by
means of canals and railroads. This of itself
would be sufficient to account for the ditler
ence in price. But the purposes for which
the largest portion of timber is generally used
are very different from the mere manufacture
of boards and shingles. How m.iy railroad
bridges, aud similar improvements have been
making during the past six months f How
: WantnJ badly rain.
i' Doubtful the result of tho Virginia election."
. Unlilt Setxtstopol that ice cream we eat last
evening. It's wot 'hard to take.'
F?o licenses in Jefferson County. Tho Court,
refused to grant any
Too early to fish for trout in our streams. Our
sportsmen should wait a '-leetle'Mongcr.
Green the trees, and the man that wears the
checkered coat and broad brimmed hat. -
Too scarce flour, for ladies to rub it on their
faccs. They should use something else until the
price comes down: t- : V j. I .-'
ComiHir down grwlnaflysomti of "the upstart
aristocrats in .this .neighborhood.. They'll soon
find their propcf level.
' Destroyed all the peach blossoms, in this re
gion, by the frost. Clearfield's a poor: country for
peaches. . , , , .,. ;
S'.ightly ahccul of time some of the she-males
about town. They should'ut run after the boys
till leap year. ,u 1 " "'
Occidar demonstration. For the .proof, that
' Hard Times" are about, go and take a look at the
Sheriffs new coat. '
PrfA The Rev. Mr. Cooper is expected
back on Saturday, and will preach on - Sabbath at
the usual hour. , ,
Tiie question aro we to have a Fourth of July
among us or not ? It is time to be thinking of it,
if we arc. - ., .; t.. . ;
Goinq off the Auction of Ten Eyck, Moutelius
A Co. at C'urwcnsvilic. Those who want to pur
chase cheap goods should 'attend.' -
Coichtsion ot the k Reveries of "a D ic'ielor. Ik
Marvel (louald O. Mitchell) hns returned from
Europe, the husband of a wifc; and the father of a
bn-bee. . . .
Le.fttou.-n a goodly number of our merchants,'
and others for Philadelphia, and neatly all the
money brought back from 'rafting" which, by the
waywas lio very great amount.
Arrested a man named Lamm, for stealing a
hundred dollars fiom Levi r?peecc, Esq., of Cur
wensville. He was put in jail on Sunday night.
Uut four cents were touml on tiis person.
Started out the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Merchants, and others, will have there .scales,
weights. Ac, in readiness, as it will be illegal to
use ili cm hcreiif.er, unless with his seal upon tbeiu.
Tfeio Advertisements. It will bo observed that
we have a large number of new advertisements.
We will notice them more particularly next week,
as just now. wo are 'considerably pressed for time.'
Gain? to leave the man in Curwensvil'e. that
wears the. "ring around" unmentionables. It will
be a s-'vere lo;to the community, and the ladies
especially, will be sorry when ths gallant Col.
takes bis departure wita a 1. Jt"
Correction . In speaking of the Woodland Mills
last week, we inny have been understood as s tying
that they were the exclusive property ot the .Messrs.
Albert. Mr. F. P. JJurxthal still owns one half of
the property. ,
Quarterly wetins. The usual protracted meet
ing of the M. E. Church will commence on Friday
evenicg, in this place. Tbcro will be services eve
ry evening lor several Uays. Itev. .ur.-i oisal, 1 .
b., will be present, and preach.
Refused the petition of a number of citizens i
to have the Hog Law recinueu. or rather its opcra-
estcned until alter hirvest. i he High Constable
has been instructed by the Council to impound ev
ery porker found running nt large in our streets.
A ditrl in the dark. A late California paper
mentions a duel which wns fought between a Yan
kee and an - Englishman in a darkroom. Ths
Yankee, not wishing to have blood on his hands,
fired his pis'oi up the chimney, and to his horror,
down came the Englishman
Excited the relative ot the proprietress of Sovtr
Krout Eddy, that 'mounted' us in the streets last
week. We b"gan to think of a pair of 'black cys"
and a damaged proboscis, but fortunately escaped
without injury. Vie hpe he uidn t -bust his suspenders.
Lnmerintr in Jiltsteknsetts. The Boston Jour'
jiil. learrl from a correspondent, that Messrs. Fish
Jorcris3 arc coming down tiio Jlerrimae with a
driver of fifteen million feet of lumber. For a mo
tive power, they have ftO oxen an I I'jinen. besides
the current of the river. now in good navigable order
Dissolution. It will be observed bv a notice in
another column, that tho firm of Fleming and Fos
ter no longer exists, acd that the stage line from
this to Clarion will now bo under the sole charge
of the enterprising proprietor of :he '-inood Intent.
The immortal Foster has left for parts unknown. .
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT. -
Court called on Monday at 10 ' o'clock,
and adjourned finally on Thursday - even
ing. The Grand Jury found, six true bills,
and returned two "Ignoramus." The true
bills were two for : False Pretences, one for
Larceny, one Tor Assault and Battery; one for
keeping tippling house, and one for selling
liquor to minors.
Commonwealth vs Gecrge and Andrew Rolls.
The Defts. in this case were indicted for the
murder of their brother AbrahanRolls, whom
they shot, as is alledged, accidentally while
hunting. The Commonwealth utterly failed
to make out a casVi and abanddued the' prosc
cutionr""The defendents" werT acquitted, and
discharged. ' " ' 1 T ' '-
Comth. vs 'haacHloom. Deft, was indicted
under the Bucka!ew; Law, for selling liquor to
intemperate persons. No case was made out
against him, and he was discharged. ' '
Comth. rs Joseph Fiseus The Deft, was
convicted of an assault and battery on Marga
ret Carson, and sentenced to pay - a fine of S3
and the costs of prosecution." . '
Comth. vs Eliza Watson. Indictment for
keeping Tippling House. Deft, plead guilty.'
Sentenced to pay a fine of $20 and the costs.-
In the Common Pleas the following case's
weru disposed of : ' ' ' :
Cnmmihgs 4" Mahaffey vs Jacob Bilger.
Il:iintifrs confessed iudsment in favor of the
Defendents, for $17,50. .
C. F. Rewind vs John D. Nauditr el at. Ac
tion of Ejectment lor two tracts of land,
claimed to be conveyed to the Defendant by
the Plaintiff. The l'laintitr alledged that the
conveyance was fraudulent. The case occu
pied the greater part of two diys. The' jury
retired in the alternooii, and after remaining
out ad night, returned a Verdict for t:.e Plain
tiff. ' The Court immediately set it aside.
Richard Dunrers vs Samuel 117 lemirt. Ac
tion for damages for injuries inflicted upon the
person of the Plaintiff. 'Verdict for the De
f end int. : " '
O. T. Moore vs O. P. Wilder. Defendants
confessed judgment.1' ' '
Benjamin Comly vs Win. M. Bvg'in.Ap
peal from Justice of the Peace. ' Verdict for
Plif. " ;" - " """ ; " '
Isaac Chambers is John Hothenberry. Cer
tiorari. Proceedings affirmed. '
Geb. W. SchofT vs J.vtli $- Iluutz. Motion
in arrest of Judgment. Judgment reduced
to $;:3,w. '
TJjson, .Qssz. of Miller rt. Samuel Clark.
Rule to show causi why Dcft's. appeal should
not he stricken off. Rule refused.
On the petition for the appointment of Com
missioners to report as to the division Brad
ford township, G. L. Reed, Jno. L. Cuttle,
aad James B. Gr iha.'u, were appointed
The Court was dull and uninteresting.
There was very little business ready, a great
many parties and witnesses not having return
ed j-et from 'down the river.
We observe that his Hon. Judge Bcnxs:sE,
is liked better and better every Court, and
that he has disappointed the expectation, of a
number of his political friends in this neigh
borhood who predicted on bis election, that
he would make a most unpopular Judge.
despatches business with promptness and de
cision, aud bids lair to Icctme one of ti t
most popular judicial officers that has ever
presided in this district.
mar vessels have been building 1 What de
mand has there been for timber ?
The result of this spring's low prices, sad
as it is, will in the end bo productive of a vast
deal of benefit to our cottntv. It will learn
our citizens that there is no branch of busi
ness that cannot be overdone, and induce our
frrmers to pay more attention to agriculture.
It will also satisfy those interlopers from the
surrounding, counties, , who, . excited by last
spring's high prices, come among us and lum
bered during the past year, i hey will not be
likely to put their fingers in the fire a second
time.. -Tbs out of evil, wo. will derive good,
and wc 6liould ever remember that there is
no cloud,' however dark, that has not .a bright
side to it. -. . - , . t ;-
v Ism Tbce, UsroTCHATELT Tho Boston
Transcriv! states that a rumor is qnite current
In Europe, and the statement has appeared in
several foreign musical journals, that the Unit
ed States have passed'a law imposing a tax of
four hundred dollars on. each foreign musician
The. Bounty Liu l Anp'iciiits. A divorce can
not restore a woman to tho rights or condition of
widowhood. In other words, the Commissioner of
Pensions has decided that the widow of a deceas
ed soldier having married azain. and having been
divorced from her second husband, is not entitled
to bounty land in right of the first husband.
Spec-tled heauttes. We are indebted to the
kindness of Mr. Jno. S. . Iladebaugh. for . about a
dozen of delicious trout, on which we breakfasted
this morning. He and another person caught
about twelve dozen yesterday. They were excel
lent and wa will cbeertully give John at any time,
a chance to repeat the favor.
Luxurious. The chief bill of fare in Ccarfield
county is repoited to be hemlock bark for break
fast, saw-uust pudding ana siao panes Kes loramner,
and a pine slab for supper. Lricistoum Gaz'tte.
And you might have added, that, by way of de
sert wo hare any quantity of worthless bills on
your brokon bank, or rather defunct shave-shop.
Delicious that ice crecm we 'took down' at
Cbarly UrenfTs last night. All lovers-of excellent
cakes, ice-cream, and refreshments generally,
should give Charley a call. He has fitted up a
room exclusively for ladies, where they can regale
on warm ' weather luxuries without interruption
and without having their beautiful dresses, ruined
with tobacco njiee., ...... w ;, . - ; -
. To County Trectsnrerr. Cel. 51 ifer. State Trea
surer, has issued a circular, in which he says he is
disposed to eive the law relative to the "payment
of s?tatc taxes fifteen days prior to the 1st August
liberal construction, ?.r.u suejres's the propriety
of allowing the abatement of 5 per cent, by the
tax collector immediately to me taxpayer, inis
recommendation would no doubt Induce many, to
pay who will not now
Fin in the woods'. The woods in the vicinity of
this place and Curwensvile are on fire, and a large
quantity of timber is Oeing.destroycd. 'Jn oaiur
dav evening a number of our citizens wore "figbt-
iaie firo-' between this and Clesrfield Bridz. We
are glad to say they succeeded in checking it
The atraosnbere is as smoky as it there . was a
volcanic eruption in the neighborhood. '
- A Wit'e wznted. A young friend of ours, not
bad looking, rather intelltjrent, and tolerably well
todo in the world, wishes us to advertise for a wifo
for bim. She must be intelligent, rather cool
looking undersand housekeeping, and especially
be able to bake good bread. Any of our lady
friends who possess' these qualification, and who
can stive rood recommendations as to character
and resneotabilitv 'will find a zood chance by wri
ting to X. Y. L caro of Iliftsnun's Journal.
Clearfield, Pa.
- Wont 'ffi've ii . Mr. Hiss of Massachusetts, the
Joseph of the nineteenth century, seems determin
ed not to yield his seat in tho Legislature, notwith
standing the decided vote by which he was expell
ed.' ' After having been twice ejected by the Scr
peant-at-Arms. he has caused himself to be arrest
ed on civil process, while on his way to the House,
and has taken out a habeas corpus, to test thele-
fcalitv of: hia' expulsion, claiming immunity from
- .. . t. , - -if- : - r :.r T-1. -
arm on the grounds
brings the whole que
cision. -.: . -
llutnhn. We seo a notice stuck np around the
streets that siun villanom- quack, who professes
to cure "all the ills that flesh is heir to. will be m
town at a specified time. - We do hope none of our
citizens will permit themselves to be bamboozled
. . , . -. r i
ot anv such lmooster. nenever job una i man
travelling about the country professing to cure any
and all maladies with which Human nature is at-
dieted, vou mY relr upon it that he is a presutup-
. . . -., , . . , , i
tudus quack., wno, lor tne sane oi a lew aonars,
will sport with unman life, and oftentimes stain
hi annl Wltn me DIOOU oi nis wo oi euuiuua inuouw.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
- The following is a synopsis of the General
Appropriation Bill, passed at the late session
. -:- From tVe Presbyietrfal Critkt.
v TIIE AMERICAN PARTY '
Its Cause, Proeas, Objects', and Ee:ttlt.'"
;. ' rT KEV. : inneCKESRlBGE. .
Politics have assumed a neW.and to the old
manageraof ' parties aud elections, a most unr
expectedKphase. Matir .things: have conspired
to produce tb1siiEsrr!t;and merrwilLno-doubt,
give this or that, explanation 61 the movement
we are witnessing, according to the point 'of.
view from which they consider it. Many effects
mav be produced by the movement itself; and
men will appreciate those effects, and endeav
or to promote or prevent them, according to
their views of general politics, of the intcr
ests of society, and of the proper destiny of
our great country. !
The intense and prevading power of the
movement itself tan no longer be a matter of
doubt. And to the cahu observer various ele
ments are manifest which render its future
progress altogether Inevitable. Amongst these
decisive elements may be stated, the augmen
ted force of the movement itself, acquired by
its own previous triumphs; and the .greater ho-mo-geneousness
of the spirit of it, to the por
tions of the coun'ry yet remaining to be s.ub
dued, than to the portions already conquered.
It will enconr-ter no difficulty equal to the iu
tense Democracy of New Hampshire, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, and Michigan; the wide-spread
political immortality of New York; the settled
anti-slavery sentimeut of Massachusetts ; the
hereditary Whigism of Kentucky. Yet all of
these are inastered, by the grinder spirit of
the new movement. What barrier remains to"
arrest its irrcsistable care-erf
. it is infbiately absurd for the -opponents of
this vast movement-of the human mind,-to at
tribute it to unworthy or insignificant causes.
It is utterly ridiculous for its friends to ima
gine that it ean exhaust itself upon objects that
aro feeble and indistinct. It may aim at what
is wrong, or what is unattainable; but it cannot
aoid aiming at what is great and permanent
any more than it could have been produced by
anything that was feeble, indirect, or base.
A "great people does not receive such shocks,
from such ciuses; nor when received, do they
terminate without immense results.
What wc behold is a vast, and, apparently,
spontaneous and nearly universal uprising of
the spirit of American Sat onali vin Beneath
that, we behold the. restoration ot that prime
val nirit of Protestant civilization, in which
the coimtrv itself was originally creuted. At.d
stiM beneath that, we "behold the renewal ot
th.;t profound sense of the overwhelming ne
cessity of our National Union which wau the
grandest outbirth of our National Revolution.
These are the life, avid heart, and soul of this
gigantic movement.' American Nationality;
Protestant Civilizition; National Union. The
country believes all three of these are in dan
ger. Men may sjy the country is deluded.
iiiit that does not alter the cas-j sj lot.g asthe
country thinks ortherwise. : The country is re
solved that all danger to all of them snail be
thoroughly removed. Men may s.iy, the coun
try is iiiibled; but what of that, so long a:i the
country is resolved to be National, Protestant,
and United The country is thoroughly con
vinced, that it cannot trust the perpetuation ol
its National. ty, Protestaut civilization, and its
Uuion as one people, any longer to the keep
ing of its existing parties, in their ordinary uc-ti-.n
; and so the country has, for the tune, at
least, set aside all parties. Men m ly siy this
is mere fanaticism ; bat does the country care
for the sayings ol men whom it rejects as un
worthy of being entrusted w;ti its destiny, in
so greut a crisis Tue country resolves to per
petuate the Union ol these States. They who
are faithful to that Union, had better take up
the .same great parable; they who are not,
ought, in the judgement of the country, to be
in t.scri:ui:utely crushed. The country deter
mines that its Protectant civiliz itioii is its ori
ginal, its most precious, and its must vital in
heritance ; and", believing it to have been be
trayed, it purposes to surround it with adequate
sile-guards. They who participate in these
opinions and purposes, will appiauu m.s pio
foimd purpose: they who couspire to deslroy
thut Protestant civilization, or who abet, or
sell themselves to those who do, must abide
the political overthrow which so justly and
permanently awaits them. The country cher
ishes its glorious Nationality and believing
it to be eud mgered, It has risen up in its ma-
9,130 00
200 00
7,000 00
300 00
. 800 00
2,970 CO
of the Legislature:
Governor's salary . . $3,000 00
Secretary of State, clerks, contingent
. expenses and messengers of State
Department 12,095 00
Auditor General, clerks, and contin- '
rent expenses 10,4 i0 00
Surveyor General, clerks, and contin
cent expenses
Clerk of sinking fund
State Treasurer, clerks, &c.
Attorney General
Adjutant General .... r
Librarian s salary, dooks, kc.
Members of the legislature, clerks, or-
- ficers and contingent expenses - 12j,000 00
Preservation and repairs of the capi-
tol. state treasury, aud improving
the public grounds , 7,900 00
' Snnerintendent Public Buildings ' 7G0 00
Public printing and binding :
Packing and distributing laws
Water and gas ,.. - :
Common sciioo.s
Pensions and gratuities
Judiciary, ....-
Guaranty; interest to Danville
Pottsville; Bald tagle and Tioga
navigation company , 21.000 00
Interest on funded debt ' 2,000.000 00
Canalsand nilroad ' - ' 1,218,770 88
Salary of W. R. Maffitt, Superteud
cnt of North Branch Canal . . 3,immj w
Eastern and Western Penitentiaries 18,712 00
House of Refuge, Phiadelphu 11.000 00
Institution for the blind, 17,000 00
Institution for the deaf and dumb 17,000 00
House of Refuge, Y estern Penna.
Superintendent public printing
State lunatic hospital
Junction coal company ' '
Miscellaneous ,::.',
30.000 00
700 00
2,141 00
230,000 00
15.000 00
91,900 00
and ..e. ,x
popery, at least three centuries and a half long.
At first, it was the Emperor and the Pope who
trod us iu the dust. Then it was the Kings and
Bishops, who burned some at the stake, and
drove the rest out of Europe from all lands in
to this wilderness. ' Now it is mobs and dema
gogues, who have followed us into our place of
reluge-nay, our last place of refuge acd tl.ey
renew here the combat of centuries, in a form
at once more degrading and detestable, and
more likely to be fatal to us. than in either of
its preceeding forms. Shall we succumb' Or
shall we turn upon our relentless pursuers I
They have followed the lion to bis last den,
tin I tl ev have brought him to bay. Lit tLey
expect him to die Lke a stag in his I.iirf
The revolt of the country was wholly unex
pected by those who supposed they had alrea
dy secured its final subjugation; and like eve-
ry other great retribution, it takes those it fall
on by surprise. It is. not, therefore, to be won
dered at, that they execrate with peculiar hor
ror the special means of success against them,
which their own perfidity and ferocity had ren
dered absolutely indispensable. The country
organizes itseli for the great conflict, which to
those .-who first embarked in it,' seemed well
nigh desjer.ite in silence and without obser
vation. That is the way -in which all 'grand
movements' "btCur; even the Kingdom or Hea
ven does not come with observation. But the
demagogues, the priets, the mobs, the foreign
papists and infidels, are shocked beyond endu
rance because the handful of devoted men
who first combined to save the country, if that
were any longer possible did not admit tho
v hole i t them into council ! For what t To bo
murdered, or if not murdered, traduced -and
tho very end lor which they were willing
to be traduced, and if necessary niur b-rei ut
terly defeated? Were they called into coun
cil, when their enemies bought and sold them ?
Were they notified, when corrupt bargains were
struck, in which the liberties of the people
were put up at an infamous price? Were they
consulted when the atrocious schemes to break
up the Union of these States were concocted ? '
Were they advertised, when the overthrow of
our Nationality, of our Institutions, and of our
Religion together, were deliberitely underta
ken by the Popish Despots and Prelates of Eu
rope r" Was council asked of them, by foreign
Papists and Infidels, when throughout the
whole land, they conspired, with the l ull as
sent of demagogues, to overthrow the Protes
tant civilization of the country ? Wen the se
crets of the Confessional mane known to IhemT
Were the secret oaths binding every Papal Ec
clesiastic with unlimited allegiance to a foreign
temporal prince submitted to iheir scrutiny
The sofe.'y of the State is the sujreme la o I And,
sureU it is the first necessity of a State that is
endangered, that they who would save it must
consult, tnust combine. If the perdy and fe
rocity of their enemies compel them to ob
serve unusual caution it only proves -great-'
ness of their danger. In point of morality, it
i-tands precisely on the same footing, as veto
by ballot. The object of.:it, determines its
lawfulness: and it is its success, nt its na
ture, which makes it so hateful.
li the Nationality of America is to be sus
tained ; if the Protestant civilization is to be
perpetuated ; il the I federal L nin is to be pre
served: there is but one possible method cf
dealing with the subject. Ti.e organized pow
er of society must be taken out of the hand ot
those who "have betrayed these vast interests,
and must be put into the hands of those who
will cberish them. Public opinion is the only
instrument bv which this great change cm be
effected. Tiie Cist step of this revolution id
liolitical; the second leg iil. The first btep in
volves the oigmiz ition, aud the triumph, of a
or.tv commensurate with thj count.-, T.'it
Jhnerican Par.y ; and that involves tiie over
throw of every party that resists :t3 ultimate'
objects, or n'aists the necessary u.ear.s cf ob
taining those objects. Indeed, il this step were
fuliy achieved, it would be of less consequence
to take a second one; since the laws, tho' bad,
ar! endurable; and society is site, as 'srtn as it
has fiuallv put out of power, all men and par
ties hostile to our Nationality, to r.ur Protes
tant Civilization, and to our Federal Union :
out of power with overthrow incapal.te of
beins repaired. And this is the reason why
7,000 00
800 00
23,000 00
20,000 00
9,059 00
Total
$1,130,411 73
rr7 In the California market they have two
hundred thousand barre lis of flour and holders
of Chili flour have oBered.it, for exportation,
at four dollars a barrcil. Some speculators
there have been btdly bitten lately and the
bankruptcy of a man who attempted to monop
olise all the candles on the Pacific cotst has
thrown much light on the means resorted to
to control the markets of San Franci'sco.'( ' " ' '
: jXElevch : sen itors. retire this 'year, of
whom six are , Democrats, three. lues, and
two Americans. .Mr, Goodwin of. Philidel-
sion. claiming immunity from hia Frick of Montgomery; Skinner of Erie,"
of his offietal .position This D of Allegheny, FrV of Lehigh, Sager of
iSt,on before the courts for de- Jj,M.kSt aDfl Qu!sg,j'of Center, will doubtless
' ' . i .,.j i... .:., -tw1 rl .. .!().
one or two of them may be re-elected, or SU3
C3eded by Democrats or Fusionists.. .'
rry The New York; liquor-dealers have
raised a fund of nearly a hundred thousand
dollars, with which to fight the new law, which
soes into effect on the fourth of July. We
rather Rness, like the assiilantsat Sebastopol,
they will run ont of nmmanition ere they will
batter down the fortifications ol tne temper
ance castle.
jestv to assert, to vindicate, and to d-evelope
still more powerfully that Nationality, without
which, the country itself has no destiny no
mission on the face of the earth. They who
are so lost to every, exalted instinct, as to be
insensible to the grandeur of such hopes as Uwi
has set before us, may also despise all me ci
forts by which those' hopes are to be realized.
Nevertheless, the country will guard and as
sure its Nationality ; in spite of its recreant
children, as well as its open foes. This is one
version of this grand movement ; one point of
view from which its rise, its progress, and its
aims are distinctly manifest. Let the country
execute such a work in such a spirit ; and she
will be launched anew upon her high career.
It may be of less import mce to determine
by what means this great spirit h.-.sbeen arous
ed aud conceutrated. , Yet that is not difficult.
Manifestly whatever those means were, they
must have worked long, ami worked deeply.
Was it nothinsr tint in all parts of tho country,
and for years together, ami upon the most op-
posite pretexts. the dissolution of the. Union j
was constantly threatened? Was if nothing,
that political corruption, grown gigantic iu the
land, had shoc&ed all honest men as it no
U4ng. that a btruam of foreign paupers and fel
ons flowed ceaselessly into the bosom of the
Republic Was it nothing, that millions of
foreign papists ami foreign Infidels, inundating
th- pntititrv like a hood of locusts, were open
ly, organized into political-powers, directed
against the Liberty, the Religion, and the Na
tionality or the people t W is it nothing, that
political parties openly bought and sold the
support of these fearful powers contracting
always for such payments, in return, as were
the most humiliating ana tiie most iaiai i as
it nothing, that the voice of patriots, the pow
er of the press, the importunities of the pulpit,
were directed, each in its own sphere, and for
years together, agaiust this frightful and enor
mous wickedness ' as it nottunff, iiiat men
could neither vote, nor speak, nor ureach, nor
piay, ' without being liable to insuu ana vi
lence, unless they would do all in such a man
ner as suited the'tastes of foreign mobs, com
posed of foreign infidels and papists? Yes, ve
rily , they were deep causes, and they worked
long, which wrought the American people to
that earnest, and fervid, and yet oaliu and set
tled enthusiasm, which pervades the "Ij'-n-
'No doubt Religion is an clement of this
Wide-spread excitement.: But it is not the on
ly elemaht.' nor with all men the chief one.--Either
of tiia other clement, by its elt. or this
by itself, ought to have been, suincieui i
. .U....1 tun. n,,ntrv 'from the peril whlc'-i
now demtnds'the power or alt tnree to . ...
Because it is an element at all, they over whom
long delayed retribution is imin4ing, Knra
at the bare mention of it, as the demoniacs did
when thev they saw Christ approach them. It
is :i persecution for conscience sake, in their
Tiuir, that we ; hesitate to surrender our Coun
try, our Liberty, and our Religion to the gui
dance or corrupt men, banded with foreigners;
vut ni'ieM it a persecution is, that these
foreigners happen to be papists and infidels.
the great movement excites such excruciating
bitterness of hate, in its political aspect, on
he part of all against wnom u is airccieu.
ii!cee!s'is seen to be a finality to them.
t
s
nations
Its
For
do not immediately incur th? j;me
peril, twice : nor do profound national me
nients speedily exhaust their force. The Dem
ocratic party has survived the storms of a hun
dred years". The .iwrencun Parly, strong
enough to Mvallow up not only Dtniociacy it
selfbut every ether, feebler excitement, will
l.ve forever. The legal revolution, therefore,
which will consummate the political, will bo
only, but necessarily, the outbirth of its spirit.
Assaults upon the Union of these St ites, whe
ther from the North or the South, must cease..
Conspiracies against the Protestant civilization
of the countrv, between demagogues on oue
side, and papal and infidel foreigners on the
other, must terminate. Attacks upon our N a
tionality, bv treaties made between foreign
Despots and Prelates, utidsr the s -met ion of
the Court of Rome; and executed by minions
of foreign papist and infidels cist into our bo
,.mni.ir ha brought to an end. Foreigners.
must be content to enjoy here the blessings of
f reedom denied to them everywhere else; the.
benefits of a civilizitiion more exalted than
ativ they can enjoy elsewhere ; the sune civil
and religious rights which we ourselves enjoy.
XuEI. MLST - Ci.XSK TO. KC1I rS. - AilEEICOJiS
MUSI RULE AJIEBICO.. .. .
oue
have
this, we only ask, who constitutes the Church
that Mr. Brownson clothes with such power!
If they had happened to be Chinese, or Ma
homidan, the nation would have revolted
much sooner. And yet without reason. For we
snd our fathers have an unsettled account with
0. A. Brownson on the EssUny of tiia IT. 3ta'.5i.
Orestes A. Brownson lectured at New Or
leans a few davs since. The Creole of the 1 Ith
gives the following abstract of the concluding
portion cf this lecture. Speaking of th3 Ro
mish Church, he says:
It must become the arbiter between ths
State and the subiect. It must guard the man
by interposing its flaming sword as a defence.
must instruct cci.stmct.ons.andexroundlaxs,
deciding where isthe limit of centralized pow
er and what is its absolute duty to perform.
For the individual it mast decide what is
the -higher law," giving
civil requirement or declaring it sinful not to
...i..r. To learn the bearing of all
tl
liidb a'. '-' , .
Ti e clergy. And aoove mem io w nom uiey
are subject stands the Pope, claiming allegi
ance and directing their conduct.
The lecture of Dr. Brownson is. therefora. a
clear, bold, and pacific annunciation of the
right of the Pope to exercise jxditic tl power
particularly in this country, which is emphati
cally chosen- in thesa latter days to fulfill a
mission .which the -effete nations of Europe
have been unworthy to perform.
We admire the boldness with which the an
nnnciation is made, coupled ss it is with
assurance that the time was not far d,SI"
when the cross would line our streets, and tee
vesper bsll be heard from all our vsl.e.. s ana.
hut tops. i -
Wo ask our Creole Catholics UM1?
idea of the power and Pl"f.ef ? SfSI
Is there an American w bliod as not to see
that -this mission" is to bind a continent now
free, in the bonds of a spiritual and civil des
potism ? . . . 4
The denial of Mr. Chandler In Washington
of the claim of the Church to ti
is repudiated ty Dr. Brownson in N ew Orlea-.s,
icrnuurg Bet v. luuii ... .
for Kafebcrg ia ballast.
visiting this country.
Shun them aa you would the pitgno.