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4 . CLEARFIELD, PA, JOE 23, 1858.
.. . . PEK5SYLVAKIA. 1NIEEE5T3.. .
" We are pleased to observe that much inler-
ost is being manifested in various portions of
.our State in regard to a protective tariff. ;
large meeting was held last week in Pliiladel-
"phia,and public demonstrations have also been
'made in several of the iron and coal counties
',To Pennsylvanians, there is no question at
"this time of such magnitude and importance
-as the protection of the industrial interests
riot only of our own Commonwealth, but of the
countrv at large. A tariff for mere, revenue
will riot, however, afford adequate protection
the duties should be high enough to enable
manufacturers of this country to compete sue
ecssfully with, those of foreign nations. -Ma
ny feign to believe that the system of protec
tion is calculated to benefit the few to build
up the capitalists and that the masses are, if
anvthimr. the losers thereby. This is sheer
iollv and nonsense. "Where there is individ
ual prosperity, general good flows from it
md where an entire community is prosperous;
individuals must necessarily be benefitted
Argue the matter as you will, you can come to
no other conclusion. If a man erects a fur
nace or a lumbering establishment, be must
.vi hands to carrv on his business. This
creates a demand for laboring men, for pro
duce and provisions, and all kinds f mechan
ical products. It is true, the man who builds j
the furnace or the lumbering establishment
calculates to make money out of it. He
would be a downright fool it bo didn't, and
everybody would pronounce him such. Why,
the most outrageous opponent of a protective
tariff would not invest a dollar if he did not
vxpect a handsome profit j aud all will admit
that the capitalist must realize a good profit
in order to pay his hands good wages.
During the past eighteen months all have
fully experienced the evils of a general pros
tration of business, the result of the free-trade
policy of the Democratic party. Thousands of
laboring men out of employment merchants
who have failed or suspended mechanics who
bad nothing to do can bear witness to the
disastrous effects of inadequate protection.
Our own county Clearfield has been greatly
affected by it. As business of all kinds be
came paralyzed, the Loat and ship builders
were forced to contract or suspend operations
the eastern mills bad large stocks of last
year's lumber on hand house and bridge bnild
ing ceased in a great measure, and consequent
ly the demand for square timber, spars, boards..
Ike, fell far short of the supply, and prices
came down to almost rninous figures. If gen
eral prosperity had prevailed, and business of
all kinds had leen brisk if there had been a
demand for boats and ships, and if house and
bridge building had been going on as usual,
there is no doubt that the prices of lumber
would have been remunerative, and Clearfield
county would have been the better of it by
thousands of dollars. This any one, who can
comprehend the ordinary relations of trade
and business, and how the prostration or pros
perity of one branch will depress or stimulate
the other, can understand.
The policy of Protection to Home Industry
a system of which Hexrt Clay was the
founder and advocate has always been one of
the cardinal doctrines of our political creed,
and is one that every Pennsylvanian should
favor. The true basis of our wealth consists
in our iron, coal ond other minerals, and these,
together with the agricultural, mechanical and
other laboring interests generally, should be
adequately protected, if we would have our
citizens prosperous and independent. The
Democratic leaders profess to have at heart
the welfare of "the dear people' "the hard
fisted yeomanry" "the tone and sinew of the
country" and yet they oppose tho only poli
cy which will protect the laboring classes anil
make our State what sbe should be the first
in tho Union.
Tue Next Presidency. It is sa'd that cir
culars have been issued from Washington City
and distributed over the Union, urging ilr.
Crittenden as the candidate for the Presiden
cy, irrespective of party or platform, and on
the ground of his personal popularity with all
the elements of opposition, and his accepta
bility to liDeral-miuded Democrats. There is
no man in the country to whom we could give
a more hearty support, aud with him as the
candidate for the Presidency, and Gen. Simon
Cameron for the Yice Presidency, we think
success would be certain beyond all contin
gencies. V . Doesn't Like It. The last Clearfield Re
, publican, (queer name for a Buchanan paper,
V to be sure,) growls considerably about tho call
V" for a State Convention of those opposed to the
I present National Administration. It is sorely
afraid the Opposition won't be able to unite.
This disinterested solicitude for our welfare is
teally kind in the editors of that immaculate
Jheet, and we propose that the Convention,
hen it meets, award them a leather medal.'
i-' i ii, i
;CocstT MEETiso.-We trust that all who
an do so will bo in attendance at the meeting
this evening, the object of which is to appoint
T conferee, to elect delegates to the People's
Convention which is to assorablo at Hairis
nrgh on the 14th July. "--j.
THE TARIFF MOVEHEHT.
In an article under this captioB,'thc Phila
delphia Ettning Journal, of the loth inst, re
marks : . l v "
"We are afraid there is a disposition ia cer
tain quarters to make the question of a pro-
tecitve tarul the basis of an organized move
ment against the Democratic party. 3 more
unwise project could not be started by the
real friends of American .industry. Their J
effort shonld be to conciliate that formidable
power in the state, and enlist its sympathies
in behalf of the interests of home labor, in
stead of provoking or perpetuating its opposition.-
It would be well to let the present
Administration, in view of the existing exi
gencies of the country, propose a suitable
chat ge in our revenue system ai a measure of
its own."
We beg leave to differ with our city cotera-
porary. t or our part, we wouhl rather be ex
cused from venturing upon any such hazard
ous experiments as it suggests. The TariS of
1842 was a popular measure, and under its
workings the industrial interests of our coun
try had attained an unprecedented prosperous
condition. This tariff had been bitterly op
posed by the Democratic party. In 1811, how-
ever; "that formidable power," finding that
its chances of success were poor if they con
tinued to oppose that measure, assumed to be
its patron and champion, and shouted lustily
for "Polk, Dallas and the Tariff of M2," and
a majority of tho peopje, believing their pro
fessions, did so far "conciliate" it as to vote
for and elect tho Democratic candidates. But
no sooner did the leaders of that party find
themselves firmly established in power and in
possession of the machinery of government,
than they violated their professions, turned
traitors to tho cause they had espoused, re.
pealed the tariff of '42, and established a poll
cy that finally brought on a monetary crisis,
and prostrated every department of business
in the country, the evil effects of which we
arc yet seriously feeling. . They have also had
ample opportunties for amending the tariff to
a fair protective standard, but instead of do
ing this they reduce the duties whenever oc
casion presents itself. With these facts sta
ring us in the face, would we be acting wise to
again trust "that formidable power" with car
rying out a measure upon which depends en
tirely the prosperity of American Industry
"If mine enemy cheat me once, shame on him ;
if he cheat me twice, shame on me."
Xew Part. A great mass meeting, com
posed of Republicans, Americans and Anti-
Lecompton Democrats, was held at Dover, in
the State of Delaware, on Thursdays last
week, to organize a new party opposed to the
present National Administration. A commit
tee of fifty was appointed from each of the
three counties composing the State, to adopt
a platform of principles,' each county choosing
its own part of tho Committee, so that every
interest in the State shonld bo represented.
The Committee, after due consultation, re
ported a series of resolutions, which were re
ceived and adopted by acclamation, the sub
stance of which is as follows :
That the name of the party bo "The Peo
rae's-Parti-." That its principles be :
That the citizens of the Territories be al
lowed to settle their own institutions and their
own forms of government.
That the constitution of every new State be
submitted to the people for ratification or re
jection, before being accepted by Congress.
That a tariff for revenue be laid with inci
dental protection to home industry.
That when the revenue of the Government
exceeds the expenditure, such excess as may
be derived from the sale of the public lands
.shall be divided among the States, both old as
well as new.
That the importation of foreign criminals
and paupers be prohibited.
A number of former ultra leaders of the De
mocracy, who had left the party because of
Mr. Buchanan's defection on Lecompton, were
present aLd took part in the proceedings.
Col. Thomas L. Kane arrived at Philadel
phia on the 18th, after an absence of little
more than five months. During this period he
has t raveled from New York, by way of San
Francisco and San Bernardina, to Salt Lake
City, in the depth of Winter, in the surpri
singly short time, if we are not mistaken, of
forty-seven days. In San Bernardino he was
arrested as a Mormon agent and escaped with
great danger, losing all the furs he had provi
ded for the tedious journey between that place
and the Mormon settlements in Utah. This
journey, as we have heard, was attended with
much peril; he was repeatedly compelled to
conceal himself under the merchandise con
veyed by bis companions, in order to avoid
falling into the hands of outlying parties of
Mormons, who would have killed him as a se
cret agent or spy of the Federal Government.
What difficulties he encountered after his ar
rival at Salt Lake City, or how he finally in
duced tho Mormon leaders to make peace and
submit to the Federal authorities, will very
probably in due time be communicated to the
public. Then came the extraordinary ride
from Salt Lake City to the camp of the United
States army, where, as our readers will re
member, after twenty-six hours continuous ex
posure to the inclemency of Winter, most if
not all the time in the saddle, he arrived in a
stato of speechless exhaustion. Finally he
accompanied Gov. Cumming to Salt Lake
City, and saw him inducted into his office ;
and then, his mission of peace accomplished,
he came home. Trib.
From Mexico we learn that Sonora is in a
state of tho most complete anarchy. Guaya
ma was unsuccessfully besieged for one week
by two thousand Indians. Whole villages had
been burned, aud the population murdered
Santa Cruz de Mayo had been entered by In
dians, and every man killed. The women and
children were confined in a church, and burned
with the rest of the town. A battle had been
fought on tho plain of El Saucoto, between
Pesqniera and Gandara, in which the latter
were defeated and killed. The former had
pronounced in favor of Juarez.
"OMXirM Gatherum, which being interpre
ted means what a mix.' "Clearfield Repab.
Wonder whether our gentlemanly neighbor's
upper story -wasn't in that interesting state
when he penned bii article. .
- S TJ2I2ff AST OF HEWS. . . .
One of the most terrible steamboat acci
dents of which we have lately read, occurred
on tho 13th 73 miles below Memphis, Tenn. on
the Mississippi river. The boilers of the
steamboat Pennsylvania, on her way from New
Orleans to St. Louis, exploded, and the boat
was burned to the water's edge. There were
850 passengers on board, and it is believed
that two hundred of them were killed or arc
missing. Such a wholesale loss of life is ap
palling.
The great rain storm of the 11th and 12th,
caused serious freshets ia different parts of the
country.5 ' In Maryland art' immense amount of
damage wasdone., the whole countryin the
neighborhood cf the rivers emptying into
Chesapeake-bay, being flooded to the depth of
four or five feet. The flood swept off grain
crops, bridges, fences, and in sevcr.il instan
ces, small dwellings and store-houses. At
Baltimore, the lower portion of the city, was
completely inundated, and much loss occa
sioned. In the neighborhood of the city dam
ages to the amount of many thousand dollars
was sustained by the owners ofproperty. Many
parts of our own State sustained more or less
damage. In Lancaster county, all the streams
rose to a great height, overflowing tho banks,
and causing great destruction of property. A
number of bridges in different parts of the
county were carried awaj', and two men lost
their lives. In Chester countv much damage
was sustained. The Brandywine at Coates-!
ville, was higher than it has been for the last
twenty years, the mills along its banks being
in many instances flooded. At rhoenixville,
a man named Moncrief, and his son, were
drowned while catching logs, on Friday even
ing. Tho large bridge on the Perkiomen and
Reading turnpike, at Crooked Hill, was under
mined by the water, and fell down on Sunday
morning. In different parts of the county,
the grain and grass crops were materially in
jured. The Pittsburg papers report a serious
overflow of Chartier's creek, deluging all tho
adjacent country, sweeping off bridges, and in
one case a shanty occupied by au Irishman,
who, with Lis family of five or six, were
drowned. .
. The floods in the west have been unusually
destructive this spring. On the 12th inst., the
town of Cairo, Illinois, lying between the Mis
sissippi and Ohio rivers at their junction, was
completely flooded and in good part destroy
ed. The Illinois Central Railroad is washed
away on the south wing. A part of a new hotel
fell in on Sunday, and the balance was expect
ed to fall during the night. Nearly all the
houses were tumbling down, drifting away or
sinking, and scarcely a building . in the city
was expected to withstand the flood. On the
14th, the water was 2 feet deep in the second
story of the Taylor House. On the 15th the
water was still rising. Mound City was also
under water. Many other sections arc expe
riencing great loss from the high waters, espe
cially along the Mississippi, j
Later advices have been received from Utah.
Salt Lake city and the northern settlements
were nearly d?serted by the Mormons. Forty
thousand persons wxro said to be in motion,
and to evade giving answers regarding their
destination, they said they were going South,
but it is supposed they were going to Cedar
Creek or Sonora. Brigham Young delivered
tho great seal, records, &c, which were sup
posed to be destroyed, to Gov. Cumming. A
later rumor says the Mormons were going to a
place named Provo, forty miles from the city,
where they intended fortifying themselves a
gainst further molestation.
The steamship Vandcrbilt arrived from Eu
rope on last Friday. An extraordinary and
fearful eruption of Mount Vesuvius had oc
curred, causing the loss of many lives and a
large amount of property. There is a com
plication of affairs between Franco and Spain,
and the French Ambassador has returned to
Paris. Later news from India has been re
ceived. Sir Hugh Rose had defeated the rebels
with great slaughter, no less ftan 400 ba-vipg
been left dead on the field. Nena -Sahib,
alarmed for his own salety, had attempted to
escape to Central India, but his escape had
been cut off. A detachment of Europeans and
Ghoorkas had beeu repulsed by the rebels in
tho mountains. Advices from China say the
Emperor had directed the foreign plenipoten
tiaries to return to Canton.
We learn, says the National Intelligencer,
that Lieut. Gon. Scott, on consultation with
the Secretary of War, has sent orders by ex
press to turn back a large portion of the troops
now en route for Utah. The immense maga
ziues of supplies, however, will be forwarded
to Utah, as a considerable body of troops will
be kept there for some time to come.
A despatch in a Cincinnati paper, dated
Leavenworth, 8th inst., says that the funeral
of Col. Jenkins, shot by James II. Lane, took
place on the Sunday previous, and was very
largely attended. Lane's condition is both
helpless and critical. He has frequent attacks
of spasms, with symptoms of lock-jaw. It is
now thought that amputation will be necessary
to save his life. The excitement in Linn coun
ty continues. Gov. Denver, Gov. "Robinson,
and others, are about to start to the scene of
difficulties to exert themselves to quiet the
troubles.
The Charleston Courier's Key West corres
pondent says that Lieut. Pym asserts the re
port of the outrages on American vessels have
been much exaggerated, and in many instan
ces false. The account of the seizure of the
ship Cortez was an instance of the grossest ex
aggeration, the captain of that vessel, when
overhauled, threw bis papers and flag into the
sea, declaring himself a Spaniard. Contra
band articles were found aboard, which showed
her to be a slaver, and she was accordingly sold
as such.
Tho Illinois Republican State Convention
assembled at Springfield on the 19th June.
One thousand delegates and alternates, repre
senting 95 counties were present. James Mil
ler was renominated as Candidate for State
Treasurer, and W. Bateman, Superintendent of
ruDiic instruction.
. HALE Jt LLUH IN AT ! NG BIGLEE.,
Senator Bigler, who aspires to be the mouth
piece ol the Administration, Is constantly
placing himself in a ridiculous position. Re
cently in debate on the subject of the appro
priation for fhe distribution of seeds by the
agricultural department of the Patent Office,
he exhibited bis ears, which were seen by all
the Senators, when the scene which follows
took place : - . "...
Mr.4 Hale," It is vcry.rarcly, sir, that a de
bate in the Senate is intended to influence the
action ol members here, but it is made to en
lighten the country. J confess, however, that
this debate has enlightened my mind. I whs
at first inclined to go against this appropria
tion, but the considerations which have been
urged with so much force by the Senator Irom
Pennsylvania, I confess, have weakened my
convictions iu. that direction, aud have almost
induced me to go for it. If the appeal which
he so powerfully and pathetically made to the
honorable Senator from Georgia, has not mov
ed him, he must be impervious to eloquence
and to pathos. I think that the case, which
the Senator from Pennsylvania has presented,
is eminently just. I agree entirely with what
he says, when he declares that in Lis course
here be has not been looking to popularity.
I think that the whole North, Pennsylvania
no less than any other part of the Union, will
will endorse his veracity, if nothing else, when
he declares that he has not been seeking pop
ularitv; and when he appeals to the Senator
from Georgii, and tells him what a hard road
the Northern Democrats Lave had to travel,
how much they Lad to sacrifice and to face ;
and then asks if, in return for all this, he can
not let him have a few onion and garlic seeds,
Man "liter,"! I confess if tho Senator from
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Georgia was uoi moveu, i was. laujjuvei.j
I think it is reasonable, and more than reason
able, even if he hud asked for a little oi tue
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vegetable lull yrown. jjui. uku m-- on;.
"Look at the North, and see on every side,
and hear by every mail, proot mat wo naic
not pandered to popularity ; see what wo havf
suffered in your behalf; when you see all
that, and see that we are not exorbitant, we do
not ask any offices ; take yourforeign missions,
and distribute them where they appropriately
belong; take the Federal Ireasury, and use
it : but when we co home to an outraged con
stituency, will you be so illiberal as not to let
us carry a few onion seeds, a little garlic, and
now and then a caboage, tauguierj so mat
our constituency . may bo inclined to wink a
little at the course we Lave taken on this great
question, upon wuicii we nave saennceu so
much lor you " I comess mac even u x naa
such strict rules as the Senator from Georgia
entertains upon the Constitution, when such
an anneal as that came from such a source, the
ri"bt bower" of the Administration, not ask-
ins to take the "ace," or anything idse, but
simply a little onion seed a vegetable that,
under peculiar states of application is calcula
ted to produce tears laughter cannot you
let us go home and cry with our constituents
over what we have done ! I do not want to be
personal, but I appeal to the honorable Sena
tor from Georgia, and I aak him lean ask,
for we have alwavsbecn on friendly relations-
Mr. Bigler. Allow mo. I have no idea at
all that the Senator intends to be personal.
Mr. Hale. Oh, no.
Mr. Bioler. But he uses terms r.hich I do
not understand ; talking about the "riht bow
er" and ace," aud all that sort of things.
Laughter.
Mr. Hale. Well, sir, I do not understand
them ; but I thought the Senator did, because
the Senator from Georgia spoko of it, and he
seemed to understand it then, laughter.
I do not understand them ; but I suppose it is
parlimeutary, highly so, laughter. or else
it would not have been introduced. I do not
know what the "right bower" is. I suppose
it is a narat knave-ol term, laughter, or
something of that sort. .
But I was proceeding. The Senator from
Georgia and myself do not agreo on political
questions; we have differed; but, I believe,
in our social intercourse wo have never had
any difficulty, and whenever it has been in my
power I do not know that I ever had an op
portunity where it was in my power to do him
a blight favor, but if it was the case, I would
do it ; but if he has the slig'.itcst personal re
gard for me, I beg to throw it into the same
scale where tho eloquence and pathos of the
Senator from Pennsylvania have gone before
mo, and both together we ask for a little
onion seed. Laughter. Can he, under these
circumstances, resist ? No, sir.
I am as strict a constructionist of the Con
stitution as any, not excepting the honorable
Senator be fore me Mr. Toombs ; but I have
read all the platforms, and 1 suggest to the
Senator from Georgia that he is a little to fast.
I think, considering what has been done, we
may continue to vote these seeds, at least un
til the Charleston Convention sits, nnd then,
I have no doubt, alter these developments,
there will be a new resolution that w ill cut off
these seeds, and that onions will be unconsti
tutional ever after. Laughter. But until
that is done, until that proviso is put in, I
think the faithful may construe the provisions
of the Constitution and the Cincinnati plat
form as the honorable Senator from Pennsyl
vania has suggested. I think we may con
strue them without straining the Constitution
any more to buy onion seeds than it does to
catch runaway slaves. 1 guess when you find
a provision in the Constitution that there is a
mode to take money out of the Federal trea
sury to pay for returning fugitive slaves, you
will find also the provision that a little sum
may be paid for onion seed. Until a clause
forbidding it comes either in the Constitution
or the Charleston Convention, let us have the
seed ; but I have no doubt it will unconstitu
tional after tho Convention sits.
Washington, June 19. Dispatches from Kngl.iml
were received and laid before the Cabinet yester
day. They do not in any substantial form corres
pond to the expectations of the Administration,
or the opinions authorized by Lord Napier's assur
ances. While they disclaim authority for any of
fensive acts on the part of the cruisers in the Gulf,
and are prepared to make reparation to that ex
tent, they insist upon the purpose of suppressing
the slave-trade by determine! and effective means.
A disposition to exercise the right of visit in tho
most acceptable manner is avowed, and to that
end Malmcsberry expresses his willingness and
desire to reccivo any suggestions from the Ameri
can Government. The unexpected tone of these
dispatches has made much impression in the Cab
inet, and it is believed our relations with England
must assume a different character from what has
heretofore existed. Some members of the Cabinet
are quite willing to have a collision with England
as a means of relieving the internal troubles of
the party, and giving the Administration snpport
thioaghout the country, which, under no other
circumstances could be obtained.
Illinois The Democracy of Illinois have
two full State tickets in t lie field. The Bu
chanan State Convention, composed mostly of
office-holders and their friends, met at Spring
field, some ten days ago, and after nominating
candidats, proceeded to denounce the course
of Senator Douglas on Lecompton, in no mea
sured terms. At this Convention the noto
rious Francis J. Grund, who had been sent as
a political missionary, by the Administration,
had a personal altercation with the editor of
the National Democrat, during which canes
were used quite freely the German Swiss
coming off second best. Meantime tho true
Democracy of the State, headed by Judge
Douglas, and composed of three-fourth of the
party, are working for tho success cf their
ticket, formed some time since.
GOV. CUJIMrjJG IX UTAH.
The oflicial account of his entrance into'
Salt Lake City, given by Gov. Cumming, is
very interesting. He was received by the
Mcnnon troops, the Mayor and other dignita
ries of the City, at the "dividing lino between
Great Salt Lake and Davis Counties, and es
corted into the ity. Bonfires were kindled,
and he was saluted bjevery one as the Gover
nor of Utah. He found thi records of the
United States Court, tho Territorial library,
and other public property, unimpaired con
trary to tho reports that obtained extensive
circulation in tho States a year or more ago,
that they had been destroyed by the Saints.
Having heard that persons, desiring to leave
the Valley, were restrained from going by
fear of violence, he gave public notice for
such to communicate their names to him.
He kept his otiice open day and night to ac
commodate them, and registered, up to the
time Of writing his tetter (May 2d,) no less
than fifty-six men, thirty-eight women, ntrd
seventy-one ehildren.as desirous of protection
and assistance in proceeding to the States.
The targe majority of these people are of
English birth, and state that they leave the
congregation from a desire to improve their
circumstances, and realize elsewhere more
money by their labor. Certain leading men
among the Mormons have promised them flour,
and to assist them in leaving the country. ,
Gov. Cumming attended a meeting at the
Tabernacle, and his account of the proceed
ings is so interesting that we give it entire :
My presence at the meeting in tho Taberna
cle will be remembered by mo an occasion of
intense interest. B. 'tween threes and four
thousand persons were assembled for the pur
pose of public worship ; the hall was crowded
to overflowing, but the most profound quiet
was observed when I appeared. President
Brigham Young introduced me by name as
the Governor of Utah, and I addressed the
audience from "the staud." I informed them
that I had come among them to vindicate the
national sovereignty; that it was my duty to
secure the supremacy of the Constitution and
the laws ; that I had taken my oath of office
to exact an unconditional submission on their
part to the dictates of the law. I was not in
terrupted. In a discourse of about thirty
minutes' duration, I touched (as 1 thought
best) boldly upon all the leading questions at
issue between them and the General Govern
ment.' I remembered that I had to deal with
men embittered by the remembrance and re
cital of many real and imaginary w rongs, but
did not think it wise to withhold from them
the entire truth. They listened respectfully to
all that I had to say approvingly even, I fancied-
when I explained to them what I inten
ded should bo the character of my administra
tion. In fact the whole manner of the people
n as calm, betokening no consciousness of hav
ing done wrong, but rather, as it were, indi
cating a conviction that hey had done their
duty to their religion and to their country.
I have observed that the Mormons profess to
view the Constitution as tte work of inspired
men, and respond with readiness to appeals
for its support.
Thus the meeting might have ended. But,
after closing my remarks, I rose and stated
that I would be glad to hear from any who
might be inclined to address me on topics of
interest to the community. This invitation
brought forth, in succession, several speakers,
who evidently exercised great influence over
the masses of the people. They harangued
on the subject of the assassination of Joseph
Smith, Jr., and his friends ; the services ren
dered by a Mormon battalion to an ungrateful
country; their suffering on "the plains" dur
ing their dreary pilgrimage to their mountain
home, &c. The congregation became greatly
excited, and joined the speakers in their in
temperate remarks, exhibiting more frenzy
than I Lad expected to witness among a peo
ple who habitually exercise great self-control.
A speaker now represented the federal gov
ernment as desirous of needlessly introducing
the national troops into the Territory, "w both
er a necessity existed for their employment to
support the authority of the civil officers or
not;" and the wildest uproar ensned. I was
fully confirmed in the opinion that this peop!e,
with their extraordinary religion and customs,
would gladly encounter certain death rather
than be taxed with a submission to the milita
ry power which they considered to involve a
loss of honor.
In my first address 1 had informed them that
they were entitled to atrial by their peers;
that I bad no intention of stationing the army
in immediate contact with their settlements,
and that the military possee wouhl not be re
sorted to until further means of arrest had
been tried and failed. I found the greatest
difficulty in explaining these points, so great
was the excitement. Eventually, how ever, the
efforts of Brigham Young were successful in
calming the tumult and restoring order, be
fore the adjournment of the meeting. It is
proper that 1 should add that more than one
speaker has since expressed his regret at hav
ing been betrayed into intemperance of lan
guage in my presence.
While Gov. Cumming congratulates the A
mcrican people on the auspicious turn of e
vents, be announces a fact which will occasion
grave concern, and says :
The people, including the inhabitants of this
city, are moving from every settlement in the
northern part of the Territory. The roads arc
every where filled with wagons, b aded with
provisions and house-hold f urniture,the women
and children often without shoes or hats, driv
ing their flocks they know not where. They
seem not only resigned but cheerful. "It is
the will of the Lord," and they rejoice to ex
change the comforts of home for the trials of
tho wilderness. Their ultimate destination is
not, I apprehend, ultimately fixed upon. "Go
ing south" seems sufficiently definite for most,
of them, but many believe that their ultimate
destination is in Sonora.
Young, Kimball, and most of the influential
men, have left their commodious mansions,
without apparent regret, to lengthen the long
train of wanderers. The masses everywhere
announce to mo that the torch will be applied
to every Louse, indiscriminately, throughout
the country, as soon as the troops attempt to
cross the mountains. I shall follow these peo
ple and endeavor to rally them. Numbers
whom I met appear to be in dread of the Indi
ans, whom the distress.-d condition of the
whites has encouraged to commit extensive
depredations. I may at least quiet the appre
hensions of these persons, and induce some of
them to return.
Our military force could ovcrwelm most of
these poor people, involving men, women and
children in a common fate ; but there are a
mong the Mormons many brave men, accus
tomed to arms and horses ; men who would
fight desperately as guerillas, and if the settle
ments are destroyed, will subject the country
to an expensive and protracted war, without
any compensating results. They will, I am
sure, submit to trial by their peers, but they
will not brook the idea of trials by "juries com
posed of teamsters, and followers of the camp,"
nor of an army' encamped in their cities and
dense settlements.
TnE Sprixo Election in nancock County,
Virginia, was closely contested between the
Lecompton aud anti-Lecompton forces. The
County Clerk elected is a Republican, and Lis
majority was 180. Mr. Buchanan carried tho
county in 1850 by 100 majority.
THE GEE AT FLOOD.
Tho St. Louis Democrat i the 14th says
. We visited the Illinois shore yesterday and
found but little change in the appearance of
things from what tBcy were on Saturday. Th
water was Considerable higher in the neighbor
hood of the dyke. Leaving the dyke ia
boat, we passed over and through the submer
ged streets of Illinoistown, the houses of which
presented a strange appearance, the water in
many instances rushing into the second story
windows, and in other places sweeping ovr'
the tops of the smaller buildings. Wo iheu
passed up the east side of the Ohio and Missis-'
slppi Railroad, to the machine shop, and fonnd
the track of the road under water to the deptu
of five or six feet.. 'Cars on the track were on
ly two feet f rom being covered. ' On the cart
side oi the track at this point, we' attempted'
to measure the depth ot the water,' bat faili.3
to touch bottom with a pole 15 feet long. Tbo'
machine shop beiny erected' on' high ground,
stands abort five feet out of water, and will do
doubt remain uninjured. After examining
the condition of things at fbls point, we passed'
cast through the trees and cornfields to !?apir,
tow n, everything being completely submerged'
except the upper part of the trees.
At Papstown we found the people Lad throwi
up a temporary dyke across the main road, to
prevent the water from reaching the Louses ori
the slight acclivity at that point. Just below
Tapstowii, we could see a clear expanse of wa
ter reaching completely to the bluffs. Return
ing, we kept ourcourso directly over tho high
turnpike road, to Williams' Hotel, the water
being 3 or 4 feet over the road the whole dis
tance. At the hotel, which is built upon a
raised plateau, the water reaches nearly to tbo
door-knobs of tho first-story doors. . . Every
thing looks desolate, and destruction reigns'
triumphant The people were busily engaged
in securing their property; while the water
was dotted with skiff's and yawls, to the ends
of which were attached horses, cows and oxen,
which the owners were ferrying to the high
grounds. Fences, lumber,' wagons,' farming
utensils, &c, were floating about in inextrica
ble confusion, and the loss to tho farmers and
villagers must be very great. No lives Lad'
been lost thus far that we could ascertain.
L'taii. Further accounts have been receiv
ed from the Utah army. Seventy-flva Mor
mon families have sought refuge with the sol
diers at Camp Scott, for protection against the
fanatics of their own sect. The camp waa'
short of provisions, but a train of two hundred
and fifty head of beeves was marching thithr-r,
and was only a few days' journey diitant.
The Crops ix the West. Serious apprehen
sions were for a w hile entertained that the con
tinued wet weather and high floods in tho wes
tern States would materially injuro the crops.
We see, however, by late papers that the dam
age to the crops is not likely to be to very
great after all, and that an abundant harvest is
anticipated. .
"New Advertisements.
LIQl'OKS. A lot of choice and common II--quors
on hand and for sale chep furcuh bf
Clearfield, Pa. TltOS. KOBIXS..
ADMINISTRATORS' JNOTICK. Letter
of Administration on the Estate of Christian
Pottarff. late of Clearfield borough, dee'd, having,
been granted to the undersigned; all prriuni in
debted to said cstato arc requested to make iriima-
Jiate payment, and those having claims agaiual
the same will present them duly authenticated fur
settlement. WILLIAM POUTER, .
Clearfield. June 23, lSiS-St. , Administrator. -
DISSOLUTION. Tho partnership hereto
fore existing between A. Montgomery ant
K. A. Hippie, iu the Mercantile! business iu Cur
wcnsvilte, Pa., is this day dissolved by inn'ual
consent. A. Montgomery has purchased said Hip
pie's interest in tho firm of Montgomery JtMIip
ple and will pay all legal debts contracted by t'Jotu
and receive all debts due.
MONTtiOMEHY i IHPPLE.
Curwensvillc. June 12, 18"8-jc23-St.
BOOT AND STIOE .lIAKIJiG
J01IX S. 4 A. . ltoYT,
Having entered iuto-partnership in the above bu
siness, at the end of the new bridge, 11 milea -hove
Clearfield borough, are prepared to do all
kinds of work in their line on the shortest notiea
and most reasonable terms. JOHN S. IIOYT,
A. . HOYT.
X. K. AU kinds of coi-ntry prod one and bid
taken in exchango for work. June 23. IfeaS.
A DJOURXED TREASURER'S SALE,
.fx. Notice is hereby given, by the Treasurer
of Clearfield county, that an adjourned sale wilt
take plaee AT THE COL'UT HOl'SK IN THE
BORoUliH OF CLEARFIELD, OX SVTI'RIHY
THE SEVENTEENTH day of J I'LY, isi)i -at
which time und place, all the unseated laads.
that remained unsold ou tho day appointed by
law, will be sold without reserve.
JOHN M'PHERSOX. Treasurer.
Treasurer's office, Clearfield, June 23, 1838. '
IJROPERTY FOR SALE. The undersign
ed olfcrs to sell at private- saJe a tract-of
land, situate on the tMJthDort nike. hetirenn Sin.
iicmnhoning and Karthaus. known ns "Greenwood
Hall,'' containing two. hundred and seventy-seven
acres, more or loss, nbont fift-tr mma kI....i ). . ..
ing thereon erected a two-story log house, log ta
ble. small barn and other out-houses, and a youn-
bearing orchard of from 75 to 100 trees thereon".
The properly is well calculated for a tavern stand.
For further information apply to H. B. Swoope,
r.q.. nearneid. or w lUlliam ivoons, near Win
i:miih's iu Covington township.
WILLIAM KOOXS,
June 23, lSoS-St-p. JOUX KOOXS.
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