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CLEAKFIELR, PA .Alli. 19, JS57.
Pennsylvania PoMT'cs.-B-During thy past
t few years, politics in this State have been iu
" nn unsettled and somen hat confused condition.
Last fall the Democracy felt tlint unless they
succeeded in the Presidential election, their
party would at least bo dismembered, if not
entirely obliterated. Iy the most strenuous
1 efforts and unscrupulous means, they managed
to succeed. Their success was in no small de
gree owing to the deception and treachery of
the ."side-door" loaders, who pretended to be
actuated by an intense patriotism and love of
t principle, but whose real object was to si?Iit
the Opposition, and thereby elect Buchanan.
Since then, the Democratic party Ins been ap-
parcntly ''firm united" and ''harmonious'' ;
but it is only apparently, tor it requires no un-
- usually Keratinizing observer to discern the
elements of discord that are lurking in its or
. ganization, and only awaiting a fitting oppor
tunity to burst forth and destrcy it. As an
evidence of the truth of what we say, we need
only refer the reader to the difficulty'between
Col. Forney, who has started a new pap.r. and
the ''Pennsylvanian," which was heretofore
" regarded as the State organ of that party.
Besides this, the latter favored the sale of the
Main Line, whilst the Democracy as :i party
are opposed to it. The candidate of that party
for Governor also lacks the essentials of pop-
ularity, being more remarkable for his ofiice
seeking and money-making propensities, ehan
tor discharging the duties of the ofiices which
he has held with impartiality and witli ah eye
to the interests of the tax-payers and the prin
ciples of honesty. It is well known that the
Legislature of 1S11, appointed a committee to
inquire into the expenditures of the. public
works, during the time that Mr. Packer was
Canal Commissioner, and in their report, the
: committee state it as their opiuion that, by
the favoritism of the Canal Commissioners, the
State lost in Canal and Kailroad contracts, in
1840, $169,200. They say, also, that the con
tract allotted to Moorhead & Packer, the lat
ter a brother of the Democratic candidate, was
at prices so far beyond the real value of the
work, that the transaction can neither be ex
plained or excused aud there can be little
doubt that the fat contract alluded to was se-
. cured by the "favoritism" of Gen. Packer.
This is ouly one case, but it is sul'iciont to ex
hibit in its true light the character of the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor. Is such a
.man a proper person to preside over the atKtirs
of our good oi l Commonwealth ? For our
part, we think not.
The result of last fall's contest satisfied the
honest and sincere opponents of the Slavery
Extension Democracy and its folium-Catholic
allies, that the common enemy could ouly be
successfully encountered by concerted action,
and accordingly, in March last, the Americans
and Republicans assembled at Harrisbujg in
State Convention, nominated a ticket, and a
dopted a platform. That Convention selected
David Wilmot for Governor, Win. Millward
Jor Canal Commissioner, and James Yeech and
Joseph J. Lewis for Supreme Judges. The
antecedents of these gentlemen were such as
at ouce to draw to their support nearly the en
tire American and liepublican forces in the
State. It is true, however, that the political
scoundrels who managed to mislead a lew
ihousiud voter la.-t fail, arid withdraw them
from the support of the Union Electoral tick
et, are attempting a similar game now. They
iuake, riiarisee-like, loud professions of in
tense love lor American principles, and abuse
Facter, in order to induce Americans to vote
for Isaac Hazlehurst, who is charged with sup-
. pressing a letter from Millard Fillmore author
izing the n itbdniM-al of Ins name if it would
secure the defeat of Buchanan. They have no
hpc of electing Hazlehurst ; he is a mere de-
coy thrown out to deceive and catch the un
Tvttry, the same as sham ducks are used to fool
the real ones and get them entangled in the
" meshes of the wity hunter. Wc feel "coijti-
dent, however, that very fetf can be galled and
wheedled into bis support; W feci satisfied
that every intelligent man can, if be w ill, see
through th disreputable' game ."of the l;sidc-
- door" leaders, and we trust that no ono who
desires the ascendancy of correct, principles
- and tbe defeat of Locofocolsm, will vote for
anybody els than David TVilmot and the rest
of the American-Republican ticket. The con-
t: test is between Wmnot and Packer, and every
Tote taken from Wilmot and given; to a third
.'candidate, jrill be one less for Packer to over
..come itwill be helping the Democracy to
I thai extent. . ; - .; ; -
U ."We bare no desire to resort to misrepresen-
tation and tergiversation for. the' purpose;of
voters into the support of Mr. Wil
mot an the other. men who are on the. ticket
.TitbKim' w1y?atc-facts r and if men,
tfter being tbtewarned of the chicanery
ad -object, of ntcloirtnIlitIcians:Vitt
permit themselves to Ve mlsd aija duped in
to the wpport of Haifebdrstarla hereby aid
they are; greater spoonies and'Rreen
hw. tfcaa we ar wining to telieYe.
tT-m!ftr General ba. iecidT that
5" prtcea-tk' t- fly, leaf a
' uail nlsecf- iUe whoUto .let-
1 ,rursons buj ing books (oWnd
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LEIIEfiFKOX KANSAS. (
Correspondence of the "Raflsman',3 Journal."
1-4.WRE5CE, K. T. August 3, 1857.
Tatr;p How :--To-day the Free State men
are hoMing an election under the Topeka Con
Mitution. Tliey vote for ail of the officers
provided for by that instrument, and for" or
"against" the Constitution, under which they
desire to be admitted into the Union as an in
dependent State. The election passed oft" very
quietly, much more so than i:i Pennsylvania.
In Lawrence for tho Constitution there were
0(53 votes; against it General Lane, Gov.
Kohison, Judge Smith, and other "notaWes"
were there in their glory. About Lawrdncc
they all talk and ad like men who have been
wrongfully and 'outrageously oppressed, but
are determined .henceforth to be free. They
say that it the new Constitution is fairly sub
mitted te a vote of the people, to the bona fide
residents of the Territory, so they can all par
ticipate in the election without any improper
restraint upon the right of sulfiugc, that they
w ill poll a vote that ill effectually silence
their slanderers, oppressors and murderers.-
Secretary Stanton c.iuie down to Lawrence this
cveaing, to "quell the riots, and suppress the
insurrection but the people wye quiet no
riots occurred no insurrections broke out,
and, unfortunately for the Secretary, he had
no opportunity to distinguish himself in that
way. And, like a beautiful Cower "despoiled
of its grace and bloom," he returned to Le
compton as free from honor as when he came.
Walker has been cutting a "'nig swell" about
Lawrence. lie marched his troops through
the principal strcetsof that famous city, anden-
camped ou the plaiivbeyond its limit?, for the
purpose of intTmidlmig the brave Lawrence
ites. Eut his attempt was an entire failure.
It is suflieient to s.iy that Lawier.ce is si an H;.
yet, and lier people not humiliated. His course
has undoubtedly been such as to insure him
the contempt of a majority of the Free State
men. They say though, that be would not be
a "bad fellow, if he would let bud ickhlicy a
owr ." Somebody said an Indian in the vicin
ity of Fort Riley a dispatch was sent to Gov.
Walker for troops, and the Governor, anxious,
no doubt for a pretext to leave Lawrence with
out further action, started in pursuit of the
villainous Indian, and is now pursuing him
with several hundred troops. We may say,
emphatically, that the Governor "first march
ed up tho LiH, and then marc'ied down again,"
(without effecting any tiling,) and then retrea
ted with disgrace.
Lawrence is improving rapidly. A large
number of new buildings, among which are
two fine large stone churches, have been built
this slimmer, and a number of others will soon
be completed. The outskirts of t he town pre
sent a warlike appearance. Several small
forts and fortifications have been erected a
but the place by the Free State men. The
Free State Hotel that was destroyed by the
Border Kuflians, is rising, from its ashes, and
will when finished be the largest building in
the place.
The general appearance of the country a
rouud Lawrence is exceedingly Iwautiful.
The land is rich, fertile and productive. There
is plenty of building stone, aud timber to sup
ply tho wants or the surrounding country.
There has tbecn but very little rain in this
region of country this summer. The larming
interests will suffer materially in consequence
of the dry weather. Yours, fee. D....
Tuk "Mi'm" Candidate. The Clearfield Re
publican, of July 8th, contained the following :
"IicxcoMB. It has been announced that
Wilmot has challenged Gen. Packer to public
discussion before the people. Do these gen
tlemen lorgct that immediately upon his nom
ination Gen. Packer caused it to be announced
through bis friends that he was ready to meet
bis competitor, whoever it might be, before
the people, in defence of the principles of the
Democratic party."
If, immediately upon his nomination. Gen.
Packer announced that he was ready to meet
his competitor, why is it that ho has so sud
denly lost his valor, and rctuses to come out
like a man "in defence of the principles of the
Democratic party V, Is he afraid of Wilmot,
or is he afraid the principles of his party will
not bear discussion 7 -Oris it both ? . Wonder
w hether' it is "Buncoiub" yet- that he has
leen challenged by Wilmot ! .The "back
out" of Tacker reminds us of the Irish sol
dier, who, when asked why he "ran away in
battle, after having boasted of his great cour
age, excused himself thus : -'Faith, rae heart
is as bowld as a lion, so it is ; but I happen to
have a pair ol cowardly legs, which always run
away with nie body whin I'd be afthct lighting
the inimy ; bad luck to them." So, perhaps,
with the valiant Packer. . lie is "bowld as a
Hon" himself, but he has a "cowardly" State
Committee that "runs away wid his body whin
he'd be afther fighting his Iniinv !' . ' i
--'An "ObfuL -SPtiKGE." Isaac Hazlehurst,
the Bogus American candidate for Governor,
who was announced to speak in Clearfield on
Monday evening, didn't make his appearance,
but the hfghlyelovated Chairman f the Bun
combe and Oily-Gammon State "-Committee,
II. Boui bastes Soap, alias tbe skunk,' ''reared
and pitched, but couldn't make ajnnip. The
declarations made about the editor of the
RaflMinaa Journal, bj this miserable, con
temptible, pitiaWe lackey and sap-head, who
performs menial service for filthy political
masters, are 'false, and he knew when he
made them that be was uttering a wilful lfa.
We ; regret -that the principal organ-grinder
was absent, for it would have-afforded consid
erable ' amusenoBt to every body to have wit
nessed the unique performances of his monkey.
C Thmr timing about ani wheeling" aboaf, V '
.-. , ' Would havo bona m shorn ; r . . , ...
For every time they'd turn about. ".' '
They'd jump Jim Crow. -i s. "--.' j
" 1 1 1 ''" ' -' " r ,- :-
ElsJl'he Democrats beld a-meeting in tiio Cpprt
IIouo last nisrhtat which an effort was mads tn
Smooth over Packer's log-noaUng propensity, .It
s flaw .wort, . however. Ur it js wotl known that
whilsfhd w-u in the Lcgtlature in 185!, he was in
favor of lo-ioatiug- and that a bill to prohibit
the Boating of loose logs met -with Ma BnnalLSed
- '-. .
ST7MMAEY OF NEWS.
New Orleans papers of the Gt!i contain the
charter of the Louisiana and Tebauntepec Co.
for the construction u! a railroad and other
communication across the Isthmus under the
Garay and Sloo grants. The capital stock is.
ten millions of dollars, two of which will be is
sued as fully paid stock and delivered to the
trustees who now hold the title to those grants,
as it will be necessary to enter into some ar
rangements with tho governments of Mexico
and the United States.
Kansas advices to the 8th inst. state that
Gov. Walkcrhad returned -to Lawrenco with
the United States troops, the apprehensions of
an attack by the Indians proving groundless.
The city government met on the 7th inst., and
was engaged in perfecting ordinances. The
election returns indicate nearly a' unanimous
vote in favor of the Topcka Constitution.
The Indians in New .Mexico sh'o"v a disposi
tion to be troublesome. The Cheyeunes had
refused to receive from the agents, or agree to
any treaty, saying they could make more by
stealing. t The Pawnees also threatened Hos
tilities. Dates from Fort Laramie have been .received
to the 22d ult. Col. Sumner had arrived at
Lent's Fort, and would leave on the 12th for
the head waters of the Republican, in pursuit
of the Cheyenne Indians. The California
trains had all passed Fort. Laramie in good
health. Magraw's wagon road train was at
Fort Kearney.
Col. Alexander's regiment and Spencer's
battery, destined for Utah, w ere met miles
west of Leuvenworth. Another regiment was
at Rock Creek. Capt. Van Kleit was ou the
bottom wood, and Renos' battery at the Big
Blue. The Cheycnne.s were scattered along
the entire route between Forts Laramie and
Kearney, but little damage was done to the
trains, the Indians fearing to make an attack
on account of the parties being s" large.
The war between the Crow and Sioux Indians
is reported to have broken out again. Several
surveying parties have arrived, but they saw
nor heard nothing of thejuurders reported last
week.
On the lS'th, a letter received at Washington
from the Superintendent ol Indian a'lairs for
the Northwestern. Superintendency of Min
nesota, states that the Vankton Indians had
driven all the settlers from the neighborhood
cast of the Big Sioux River, and that a portion
of them have expressed themselves favorable
to making a treaty. The Superintendent is
inclined to believe that before all the troubles
with the annuity of the Sioux can be perma
nently settled, it will be necessary to make
new treaties with them, by stipulations of a
strong and binding character, to the observance
of peaceful relations with tho United States,
and responsible for all depredations.
Late accounts from the Island of St. Domin
go, state that a revolution had broken out at
Santiago, against President Bilz. A battle had
taken place in the interior, during which 150
men were killed. ' '
A dispatch from Washington city, of the
14th says, if it be true, as stated, that Costa
Rica has disposed of tho Xicaraguan Transit
Route, and has acquired part of the Territory
of tho latter, our Government will unquestion
ably object to that arrangement, it being known
that Mr. William Carey Jones was especially
instructed to represent the views of the Ad
ministration on that subject, adverse to such a
course of policy.
A letter is now on the way to Mr. Frederick
P. Stanton, Secretary of Stato for Kansas,
tendering him an appointment as Superinten
dent of Indian Affairs, in place of Governor
Gumming ; but not to take effect till the raoet
ing of Congress. ' ' " f
The Kansas correspondent of the Democrat
says that Judge Cato has published an opinion
regarding the payment of taxes as an essential
preliminary to the rights of voting, and that
the Sheriffof Douglass county has given notice
of his intention to collect the taxes. Rumors
say that Lane, Robinson, Phillips, Confray,
Blood, and others, have been indicted by the
Grand J ury of Lecompton. In a speech at Os
awakec, on the 5th inst., Gen. Lane announced
the organization of eleven thousand men to
protect thepolls at the , October, election," and
stated that the number1 would be increased to
twenty-five thousand. . ' - - ' '
A family of six persons, residing in Bell
county, Texas,' were burned to death a lew
days since' Their .house was surrounded by
a cedar break, which took fire' from some causo,
and before they could escape were burned fa
tally.' ' ' '' " : - ;
The Merchants' powder magazine, in Hali
fax', containing the whole stock in the city, ex
ploded at midnight on the 14th August, caus
ing a terrific concussion, demolishing the mag
azine, badly shattering tho new barracks, and
brcaKing all the windows in Ihe northern part
of the cify. One man was killed and fifteen
injured. Thc loss is estimated at $100,000.
The excitement created was intense. People
were tli rbv.n from theirbeds and rushed be
wildered into the -streets, supposing the con
cussion to have been caused by an earthquake.
Advices 'from Fort Kearney stale that a
party of nineteen . drovers, in charge of up
wards 1800 cattle, destined for the Utah expe
dition, were attacked when twenty seven miles
above fhe Fort, on the 1st inst., by 150 Chey
enne Indians.' All the cattle and twenty mules
ran off. Ono of the drovers was killed, and
another severely 'wounded. None of the In
dians were slain.' Col. Sumner has started in
pursuit of the Indians. i ' " - - '
i ftNossK.vsE."-ThePiWyeaa denies au
thoritatively and emphatically tliat "the course
of tho Federal Administration isdirected to
wards the admission of Kansas as a Free Stale "
and adds that it is "glad to see that its neigh
bor, the, don't believe in any such non
sense." - , , : .....
' ' ""'-v i' -r ' - 5 ;
A flash 'of Ughtutng lately ran dowa stovo
pipo in a; bar-room at Oranoco, Miss., and up
set a man who .was. leaning back withe bis feet
oa the stovo Bfti5 pretty well pickled with
rumhe .waS.ptoof against all merely, electri-
C3inuias,aa;waa yaiuy-t..., v i- . e:r;
. JUDGE WILKOI'S APPOIKTIESTS.
By appointment of the State Ccmmittee,
Hon. David Wilmot will r.ddress his fellow
citizens, at the following places :
Somerset, Tuesday afternoon, August 2".
Grecusburg, Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 20.
Vv'.isiii: jrtou, Thursday afternoon. Aug. 27.
Pi'tsbnrg, Friday evening, August 2b.
L'niontown,' Saturday afternoon, August "29.
Bedford, Tuesday afternoon. September 1.
M'Coiinelsbu'rg, V ednesd.iy afternoon, Sept .'2.
Chainbcrsbutg, Thursday afternoon. Sept. -J.
Huntingdon, Friday afternoon, September -1.
llollkbiysburg, Saturday uliei iiim.h, Sept.'t.
Aitoona, Saturday evening, September o-
Allegheny--Ciry, Monday evening, Sept. 7.
' Kittanuing, Tuesday afternooii, September 8.
Clarion, Wedncsday'affernoon, September 'J.
, Franklin, Thursday afternoon, September 10.
Meadville, Friday afternoon, September 11.
Watcrlord, Saturday afternoon, Septemb. 12.
Erie, Saturday evening, September 12.
Beaver, Monday afternoon, September 11.
Xew Castle, Tuesday afternoon, Septemb. 15.
Mercer, Wednesday afternoon, September 10.
Burter, Thursday afternoon. September 17.
Allegheny: co. Friday &' Sat 'day, Sep. loisclO.
-Indiana, Monday afternoon, Scqaeuiber 21.
Johnstown, Tuesday afternoon, Septemb. '",i
CLEARFIELD, Wednesday, September 27'
Bellefonte, Thursday afternoon, Septemb. 21.
Lewistown, Friday afternoon, September 25.
Bloomlield, Saturday afternoon, Septem. tlG.
Dancannon, Saturday evening, September 20.
ll.irrisburg, Monday afternoon, Septemb. 28.
Mcchanicshurg, Mond.iv eveuini. Sept. 28.
Carlisle, Tuesday afternoon, September 2'J.
Gettysburg, Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 30.
York, Thursday afternoon, October 1.
Chestnut Level, Friday afternoon, October 2.
Lancaster, Saturday afternoon, October 3.
West Chester, Monday afternoon, October 5.
Media, Tuesday afternoon, October G.
Phil'a and vicinity, from the 7th to the 13th.
LEMUEL TODD,
Chairman of the CummiUcc,
Edward M'Pherson, Secretary.
General Packer, says the Gettysburg Slar,
has been in public cflice almost a lifetime
Twenty years ago, he was editor of a paper
in Lycoming5 county. Since that time he has
had no regular business, lie has done noth
ing but hold 'office and live off the fortune he
acquired by his ofiices. He has b"en collector
of tolls at Williamsport a Canal Commission
er a contractor a quiet partner in sundry
jobs of work on the canals Auditor General
under Porter a member of the House of Rep
resentatives, and member of the Senate.
When a candidate for the latter office, such was
his standing at home that ho ran almost 1500
votes behind his ticket in that Senatorial Dis
trict. Mr. Packer is a man in the vigor of life rather
good-looking, and plausible in his manners.
IIo makes a fair speech and is a, good wire
puller. For many years he has aimed to be
made Governor. There is one mystery about
him. No onecan tell when; and how he made
his money. His ofiiees have never been lucra
tive, and his salaries cnld not have yielded
such profits. There is little doubt that part of
tho. Seventeen Millions of Direct Taxes the
people have been paying within the last twelve
years has gone into his pocket by some under
ground avenue burrowed by the "Canal Rats"
with whom he has associated. A" man with
his antecedents, with his associates, and his
bearing, is an unsafe person to entrust with
the important duties of thj. Executive chair.
Missouri Electiox. It is now' reduced to
almost a certainty that Rollins, the American
and Emancipation candidate, is elected Gov
ernor of the State of .Missouri. There is a
moral connected with this election in Missou
ri, even il Rollins had been defeated, which it
would be well for the opponent of Locofoco
istn in Pennsylvania to ponder over. .Missou
ri .is a Slave State; yet for some years the E
mancipation - feeling has been growing, until
now it is rather formidablel'iEmanicpation,
we believe, as used in that State, means to get
rid of slavery by some practicable means.
This is further than the Republicans of the
free States go, for they do not wish to inter
fere with slavery in the States where it exists
Now, if the Americans at the Slave State of
Missouri could consistently unite witli the E
mancipationists, why should not the Ameri
cans aud Republicans in Pennsylvania, when
they entertain : similar principles ? Let those
in our own State who are any ways squalmy
about uniting, learn a wholesome lesson from
the conduct of the Americans and Emancipa
tionists of Missouri. i - ; t- . : : . ;
' Goixa to General Smash. The exfrava-g-ance
of what aro known as fashionable peo
ple in New York i? extraordinary. -To support
It they must all be in possession of incomes
averaging from thirty to forty thousand dollars
each. Of course, this is ont of the question,
and hened, uppcr-tendem in Gotha.ii is rapid
17 rushing to desperate bankruptcy. Hear
what a correspondent of one of our papers, w ho
dates from New York says:' ' ."'"''.
"This is a fast age: We not only live fast,
travel fast and die fast, but we are fast buyers.
In the way of extravagance no former age ever
excelled us. This not ' only proves that the
conrttry.is running, largely to' wealth, but also
gingerbread and' tinsel.' There are dwelling
houses in this city which cost $200,000. To
keep such a house in servants, butchers; bills,
parlies, and bassoons; runs away with $30,000
more.-' Every body seems bent upon making
the utmost "splurge" and'rushing to "highfa-lutin"-
and gold-edged,' spittoons'. A lady the
othc day paid $400 for a handkerchief. .A
shawl worth $1500, Ts quite a "common occur
rcnco, in this metropolis. Port-monnaics,
set wkh pearls and diamonds and costiug from
$75 to $300, have just been introduced by a
Paris importer. Fans worth $60 may be found
at Stewart's bj the dozen. " If this fact don't
prove that we live in a fast age that we are
doing business on a high pressure principle, I
don't know what would." ' .
(; ;- ., '-.y :.-y ,
Gov. Walker's LiQcoa Bill. When "ye
little Governor' arrived at Leavenworth the
City Council tendered him the hospitality of
the city";- The way he accepted it was to order
an immense amount of liquor-for-a bijr drink
the bill lor which, $210, the. council uow re-1
tuses to pay, on U10, ground . that that was
not the kiudot hospitality, that was -offered
him., -A model Governor; he, who can, mate
voe day' liquor bill foot.. up f 210. . . ;
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. PENNSYLVANIA .ITEKS.
Warrss CorsTt. The Mail learns from the
Jamestown Democrat thatjpepnty Sheriff Bush
neli. ol Cattaraugus Co., passed througFrews
burg, on tho 2d, with a hoise that had been
stolen Irom ihe vicinity of Napoli. The sto
len property was recovered by -means of the
confession id 0:10 of an extensive galtg of
thieves and counterfeiters, who had been r.rres
ted ou suspicion of stealing the horse, rml let
off on hail. W'e understand i.o h is concluded
to turn state evidence, lie pa s he cm cc n
viet a large number of hr rse thieves and cor.n
teifeitTs, an organized Lar.d residing in Cat
tiraucus. Chautaii'iuc and Warren Counties,
ami scattered overt!:? country in various direc
tions. This fellow siys t!i.-.t a l ir-rc ;j k.- :t if v
of Tens 0:1 the '-Lake Shore Bank,"5 altered
from Ones' arc in circulation and have never
yet been detected. He also declares that he
can and will disclose the names of the burglars
and thieves who broke open the jewelry store
in Sinclofirvillc, not long since, and stole a
large paanlity of jewelry. We do not give
the names of the pari ies at present, but shall
endeavor at a:i early day to get a lull history
of the operations . and depredations of this
band of villains.
Blair County. Tho Tyrone ILrall of the
BJtli says, as Amos Keetor, a resident of Cen
tre county, was passing along the line of the
Tyrone aud Clearfield Rail Road, he met a man
named Jonas Smith, an employee on the Road,
and stopped when he rcach.d him, probably
for the purpose of speaking to him, they hav
ing met fieji!cit.y before. Smith was intoxi
cated at the lime, and when the deceased stop
ped, he, without sptakii.g a word, set upon,
and beat Keetor so bad that he died in a short
time. We do not know that Smith bus been
:u rested On the 12th, a German iiamed
Weaver, a laborer at 'the Portage "iron Works
in Duncansville, was struck by the arms of a
wheel with such force on tho head as to frac
ture his tkull and cause death, in a few
minutes A child about nine months old,
daughter of M. M. Fitzgerald, of Altoona,
came near choking to death by getting a three
cornered piece of tin in its throat ; but was
happily ielieved by a physician who was called
in.
Washington Couxtt. On tho 7th, a boy
named Robert Scott, living with Mr.'.Ino. Hod
gens, near Caiionsburg, was bitten on the neck,
by a large Mack spider, and tears are euter
tainod that it will prove fatal. . ... A few
days since, James Mclis ido was thrown by an
unruly colt, and his leg becoming entangled in
the rope of the halter, he was dragged about a
quarter of a mile and severely injured
OnthuGd inst. at West Middleton, a son of
Dr. Hamilton, dee'd, caught a horse in the held
and in a'.ttempting to catch another, urged the
one he was riding over a bank, in doing which
the boy was thrown off, and the horse lit with
his foot on his head, breaking his jaw bone
and otherwise severely injuring' him. .... A
jnan named Fonncr was arrested at West Mid
dleton on the 15th lor passing a counterfeit
$20 bill on Joel Twcesdell Mr. James
White, carpenter, broke two of his ribs by lull
ing across a sleeper of a new house.
Schuylkill Cou xty. Last Satnrdav Tnorn
ing, as the train on the Little Schuylkill R. R;
was nearing. Port Clinton, the engineer saw a
small child on the track a short distance ahead,
but the train was under such rapid headway
that it was utterly- impossible to check the
fpeed fuifiiciontly to bring the train to a sttp,
before it bad passed over the child, and cut its
body in two killing the poor little creatnre in
stantly, of course. It had been left on the
track to play, by a woman who was near at
hand picking berries.
Centre Couxtt. On the Cth,Mrs. Sourbcck,
occupying a room in theFranklin House, Belle
fonte, was badly burned in attempting to ex
tinguish some clothes that were set on lire by
one of her little girls, who had undertaken to
fill a fluid lamp. The top tailing oft, the fluid
ignited and set Are to the clothes, and caused
the accident On the 8th, a child of James
Lipton of Hoggs, was drowned, by falling into
the race at Mc.MulIins axe factory; it was
between 2 and 3 3ears old.
Jefferson Couxtt. The Mount Plens.mt
Baptist church, near Corsica, was destroyed-
by tire last night, (12th inst.) This is most as
suredly the work of an inceudiary. Within
one year two school houses, a board kiln be
longing to tho Presbyterian, church in course
of erection, and this church, havoall been des
troyed by fire, uudor mysterious circumstan
ces. .....
Dalphix Couxrr. A colored man, named
Taylor, from Middletown, who had recently
been placed in prison for stealing a -coat, hung
bimsell in his cell, last evening, with a cord of
yarn suspended from the heating pipe of his
cell. The unfortunate man had been ailing for
several days, and not (infrequently manifested
symptoms of insanity. . "
': Clarios Cot-sty. Frederick Fluke, of Mad
ison township had his hand horribly mansled
by a saw in a lath mill on the 7th, and on Mon
day following it became necessary to amputate
between the wrist and elbow. The operation
was performed and the patient is doing well.:
Ebib CouxTT.-rOn the llth, Thomas Pot
ter was killed by a mowing machine, the blade
of which struck him on the thigh, causing his
death in a short time. 1 - - ;
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'- WuEXCE. STBTCHNIXK ; IS PROOLCED.-The
source from whence this poison, which has gain
ed so world-wide , a celeberty recent lv,' is ob
tained, is thus noticed in Dickens' Household
Words: .: - - . ; : .
In .Ceyl6n and several . districts of India,
grow.a moderate-sized trce,with thick, shining
leaves, and a short, crooked stem. In the
frnit scason,it is readily recognized by its rich,
orange-colored berries.abont as large as golden
pippins.; The rind is hard and smooth,, and
covers a white, solt pulp,. the favorite food
of many kind of birds, within which are the
flat, round seeds, riot an inch in diameter, ash
gray color, and covered with very silky hairs.
Tho Germans fancy they can discover resem
blance in them to grey eyes, and call them
crows' eyes, but the likeness .is purely imagi
nary. The tree is the strichnine nux roiniM,
and the nut is the deadly poison nut. The lat
ter was early vscd as a" medicine by the Hin
doos, and its nature and properties uuderstooi
by Oriental doctors long before it was known
to foreign nations. - DogkiIler-' md ''fish
scale" are two of its Arabic names. It is stated
that at presentthe natives of Hindoostan often
take it for many months continuously .in much
the same manner as opium-eater eat opium.
They commence., with taking the. eighth of a
nut a day, and gradually increase their allow
ance to an entire nut, which would be about
twenty grains. If they eat directly before or
uncr.ioou, nounpieasanteltectsare produced;
but if they neglect this precaution spasms re-
-n?"A clergyman observing a poor .man by
the road breaking stones with a pickaxe, and
kneeling to get at "Ms work'betfer, made the
remark, "Ah,. John, I wish I eould break the
stony heath of my hearers as easily as von are
breaking those,' The mm replied,-rcrhaps,
master, yon do not work er yonr knees.';
K-Charlotte Jones, the murderess, who is
now in'pnson- at Pittsburgh,' awaiting ptfblic
execution," was solicited by her sister for mon
ey o purchase a now drees, that she might go
to see her hung." ' ''"' ' , ' ' '' ' :
Jami:s Thc-.--, .There is not probably
m this State another wbose h litical re
cord is so lull of oapticity and tergiversation
as is that f James Thompson, candidate of
the Loco.'.k-os for Supreme Judge. Xow we
aic not going to write an essay. We like two
or three lacts packed together and whacked
plump into the Lull's eye, like a caution ball.
In answer to the questions of Goodrich, Sco
fie'd, James, Meril'l, Clemons and Arnet, a
comTOtitee appointed in 1848 to inquire into
his views ou the V.'ibnot proviso, Thompsoa
said, after quoting his vote for the Oregon
Li!l with the proviso :
"You will therefore sec that have .Aoir by
my voir 3 my lelief in the FoWFR or CoscztLf-s
to i-RoniniT Si.avert ijc the Terhitories.
Lcicr, Seyt. I, lbifr.J
- What did this s.iroe man do in lSoO ? What
no other northern man perhf-ps, (though there
arc a good many northern locofocos left) could
be found base enough to do ; he celled rrt
vious question en Ae i:ifamous rueitir Marr
Jlct, thereby closing the mouths cf ullits on o
ucnls, an act, which of itself ought to doom
any man to political ignominy. That was
James Thompson's Democracy in ISoO.
What next 1 Why, this same Wihnot Prurisi
man of 1819, this Fusi.'irc-Sl.irr- 7.:i,s prricstr
cf 1800, is now great high priest of the Squat
ter Sovereignty Democracy! be has been tried
and found willing in the dark day ot Slavery's
rule, and with its placard blazoned on his back
and 011 his brow, asks the people of Pennsyl
vania to place him iu one of their highest seat j
of power and of honor ! What sh-.it the answer
be in October? Pitt.sbrrgH Ga:e!tt.
AxoTiii:n Rarin Westf'tj PrtBi.. The
precocity of the Western damsels is something
marvellous. One gets married at fifteen ; an
other tiies to do so at twelve; and now we
bear of a juvenile prodigy, Min Ijoulna Lew,
of a highly respectable family, who, at tho
age of lourteeu years, lieiug seized with a
desire to see the ivrld,.lcft her home in Lon
don, Canada West, and posted off to Detroit,
where,' after a most energetic and pcrsvrirg,
but unsuccessful, pursuit ot employment lor
several days, she resolved to establish a school
and issued a circular, announce herself compe
tent to give instruction in English, French,
drawing, botany, science, astronomy, music
and singing, fancy work, &c. Just a every
thing was iu readiness for m extensive busi
ness, her brother, learning where hhc w.is,
pounced upon her, paid her bills, and carrU-t
her home. Miss Louisa was not at all discouraged-by
her brief, but rather tie veto experience.
A Hex House Ratisher. Iu Albany, a
few days since, a hen house belonging a Mr.
Phelps was broken Into and robbed. Mr.
Phelps-being angry, allowed that tie would
"lay for the thicl" and hoot rdm. This drew
out the following reply : To Mr. Orsin Felps -.
Rein one ef tliat ar class tliut gits ioItry anny
v.ay it cm be. got, and understanding from
your advertizemeut in a newspaper that you
hav sum chickens left, and that you'd got a
pistol and sum blu pil to give to the luan what
stole 'cm' this is to certify that I shall coma
to night, and I have got a ho-ritzer with 1110
crammed full of nalcs, tax and other iron im
pluments. 1 liar marked your size on tho
side of a church and been practisin on it for a
week, and don't think I can miss you. So
cum 'on with "yonr pistil and bin pil. After I
get through firin at you, I'll carry home tho
"duds" on the howitzer. - ' Voiirs,
.: : : . - AIlEM-nopfiE Ravishes.
' Faggots for Heretics'. The AMgate chnrch
in Londoii has a fund bequeathed to it iu tho
dark day s of persecution. Its specific purpose
was to purchase faggots, sot to warm the cold,
or prepare food for the. bungry poor, but to
bcbs hebetics! .: Somo centuries bare""ntr
passed,, and the supply haa so lar exceeded
the demand, that there is no more room for
storing away the abundant faggots.' The trus
tees of the fund, it is said, now give away
the proceeds, to keep alive the poor,-and com
fort and save the very class that a diflerent
age had consigred to the stake. A". Y. Obs.
A correspodent of the Chicago Tribune say
that being in Rock county, Illinois, one day
last weak, he went up on the top of a bill cal
led Mt. Zion, six miles from Janesville, and
counted on the sutrounditig plain on hundred
and fifty-four horse power reaping machines,
busily cutting down w heat." There were one
thousand men, - wonenand boys following
after, binding and shocking up .the golden
sheaves. " It was a sight worth seeing, to lie
hold the grain falling and being gathered tip
at the rate of two hundred acres per hour.
TnE Philadelphia Frett announces that Gen.
Packer will soon make his appearance as a
speaker at .-5cnocfiljc meetings in the inte
rior. . The Feuylrunian says that Gen. Pack
er ought jjot to do any such silly and impro
per thing;" but if he will so farfo'rget the pro
prieties he mast abide by the consequences.
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The wife of Gen.' Leslie Coombs died tn Lex
ington, Ky., n th 12th inst. - -
r Nct Advertisements.
CAUTION'. All persons are hereby caui"nt
against baying or iu any way niedulin with
a y oke of oxen, now in possession of Wra. W. Wil
son, of -Chest township, muit oxen belong to im,
and have vt been loaned bf me to aaU Wilson.
A u 1 9, 1 -ftr-St. . . . F. O. At Ibl.KR.
CAUTIOX. The public ar cautioned ar.-iist
meddling witli or purchasing a sorrel hone
in the possss-Hon of Robert liritton, of Dralv tp.,
as tho saaue belongs touo and fa nr-r rcft'wiiU
said tlrrttonon loan. , . UUjJitV IS. itAtUiV.
. Union toffnsbip, August 1SV IS57-3t-pd.
CAUTION. The undersigned cautions tho
public from .meddling with a yoke of oxen,
and a brindle eor, in-the poswssion vf Thomas B.
TciupIotoB,; in Knox tow!tship,'s'ttio'8ame belong
to inc. acd are only in his hand c locn.
IIL'SKx" HEtlARTX.
Woodward township. August 19. 13 j7-.tt-pd. -
C ACTION. All persons arc hereby cautioned
: araint bikini? a note, given by me,, for fifiv
dollars, ia favor of Win. Lard, paylio six months
after date and "dated about the 14th dav of An-pw-'t-
A. I. 4S37, as I have not received ralne for
the same. lam determined not to pT it unlM
compelled by law so tt do. -Aug
lit 18j7-?,t-pd. - ABHAIIAM CnOWEl.L-.
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ADMIMSTUATOtlS- .KOTICE. Letters
of Administration on the cstr.ie of Jaiuca.
M,Kelly lato of tilco Hope, Clearfied eoanty,
Pa.; deceased, having been granted to tho suhscri-.
bcrs, ull persons iutluhtcd to the said estate, Jire r
qnostcd to msko immediate payment, aud the-
having elaiins or den.aiiJs against Uie kuae. will
prefect, them properly authentf!iij.J tor settle
nicut. MAKY KKU.V. ltell 1p.
JES.E llL'TTOX. 15uriiidoaa 1
Aagustl9. lS'7-6t
AJiaicistratorn.
nnilE S?tO AM a?15, SINGLE AND
j-'Vi 4ii4uauuir ak.urijv tAlLl
PEWIXO MACI1 INT. Aa Agencv f ,e the sale of
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inwc uiiicBuiva, 1 uta uu inn aujoiniB OOUn-
lics, vsti ire ,oiiuiv-4 vj ptrrafutH-- application to
the Bubseribers, Gth & Areh ttreets, Philadelphia.
No one need apply without capital snffioier u
eonduot the bu&lneM prbperlyvand' withoat reffer
enecs as to reliability and capacity.
Wo positively assert that these machines, for all
purines of family aewinfr. ire io every respect
superior to any Sewing Machine iamarket, (do
matter, at what prices, they may be "held,) and
wherever they-are offered or sale thev sMsteem
maud ready and nnfiniited demand, t
PluladelijUi August 19.135r
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