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roR TUB AMfRICAN.
Mr. Ilall and his Challrnpf.
Mr. Editor. : It is wild reluctance that I
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repiy ig me communication of Mr. nan m i
last number of your paper. It is not the man,
but the cause, wich I hnvo already advocated
in your Columns, that must bo my apology fur
again obtruding myself upon public notice. F.ve
ry body know, and Mr. llnll know, tlmt I did
not challenge him to an oral discussion, but,
merely acknowledged my ability to defend o
certain position whenever lie- was ready to dis
cuss it where! ofcourte in the American, in
which the. controversy was being carried on.
So much for his honesty in perverting my evi
dent intention. He ia the challenger.
An inefficient antagonist will always choose
the. platform instead of the pen, because it is
more difficult for the people in a running de
late to weigh words and detect sophisms, and,
crncle-like, he can "escape under cover of bin
ambiguities. I know Mr. IlaH'sdisposition too
well to give him such an advantage fir let
him be beaten and silenced, (which is no hard
task,) lie would run through the country with
his perversions of the debate proclaiming him
self victor.
Put why, some will ask, not engage in an j
al discussion with Mr. Hall ! Rocrtuse, in the j
oral
first place, there is no necessity, as the subject
is already being discussed in the American. If
the aim of Mr. Hall is the establishment of truth,
he has already the medium through which he
can present all his arguments. Hut, secondly,
written controversy will be apt to be more full
nnd fuir. It is better for the controversialists,
because they can mature their ideas, and ex
press them more accurately, in the Study than
on the platform. It is better for the people, as
they can peruse at their leisure w hat is written,
and thus understand it thoroughly. It also pre
vents a dishonest disputint from perverting the
assertions helms made, or secures his detec
tion. But in the next place, the conditions on which
Mr. Hnll suspended the debate would have pre
vented me from engaging in it. In the first
place he required that his epponent should be
"a gentleman, a man of good moral character,
and a clergyman ofstandine." I claim all these
qualifications. But of course I would require
them all in my opponent. In my estimation
however, Mr. Hall is no gentleman ; nor, do I
consider him a clergyman sound in the faith,
and of course not in good standing ; but, as to
his moral character, I leave those to judge who
heard him on last Wednesday night.
In the second place he required that my
church ehould be opened for the discussion.
That would have been impossible, as I can ne
ver snlTer Mr. Hall to open his mouth in my
pulpit or church, w hile I believe him to be ra
dically unsound in the faith.
But the following are the particular reasons
why 1 declined the challenge : First, Mr.
Hull felt that I was getting the advantage of
him, in the way of argument, in the American,
and he wanted to slip away if he could, and co
ver his ignorance in a noisy debate. But I am
not going to yield the advantage which I feel
that I hove got. Secondly, 1 do not choose to give
any unnecessary notoriety cither to him or his
cause in this pedobaptist region. Thirdly, be
cause oral debates usually degenerate intoper
sonnlties and abuse which reflect no credit on
the cause of religion. Lastly, because I feel
that I am quite near enough to Mr. Hall with
tho American between us a closer contact
would not be at all agreeable to my feelings;
and I know no honor would be gained by a per
sonal debate, though the victory should be ever
so complete and brilliant.
Mr. Hull has a long tongue, but he is an il
literate man. I know he carries with him
half a dozen Lexicons, and understands nothing
of the Greek language. He is emphatically
the Scholar armed, while his head is empty.
Tho very heading of his piece, "challenged and
accepted," shows that ho is ignorant of the con
duction of the English. He said thnt ho had
examined twenty-seven Ix-xicons. I wish he
would favor us with their names.
But now for the awful alternative. He says
if I do nut accept the challenge that he will com
mence a review of my communications in the
Baptist Lecture room and continue for Fovernl
evenings. What a fearful threat ! Hut he did
execute it in part, not, however, during several
evenings fur he exhausted his slang in one o
vening. But whence did be draw his text !
was it from the Mormon Bible, or the Now Bap
list Bible ! Whatever was the Bcsik, the toxt
was William H. Smith, and they say that the?
fellow did spout away at rail-road rate and hot
as etcani. The effects he produced were vari
ous. Some laughed, and even grinned appro
bation, others frowned and left the house. Rome
said that he must be a learned man so lumber
ed was he with dictionaries, others said he had
much more tongue than brains, some said that
he used me up very decently, others, that he
was a great blackguard.
Now amid tho discordant opinions, as to tho
character of his performance, those who did not
hear him must judge as best they can. But
my opinion is, there was one auditor who was
very much pleated the Devil.
W. R. a
A Pesmo.ii. By a lato act of Congress, the
widow of Duv id Williams, one of the captors
of Major Andrew, who resides in the town nf
Broome, Schoharie county, N. Y. roee'vd a
bout $2000. She ia to receive . (t i yir,
commencing at the time 'f lu r iMubnnil'.s di it b,
and the $2000 waa Ihe amount due at lU tune
lhmoey was dtwn.
Ill""1 " ..I JJ..JB1.
7'. m tin S. Y Observer.
Oil llir Heath of Dr. Webster.
at jtm. t. n. stoocnttr.
A great and good man fulh th.
Suddenly,
Vol well prepared, be quit bin hold on time
And to the house not nvide widi hands, goes forth.
Life Mill was sweet, fur round his pleasant home,
Sprint showered her buds, and lill'd each (hallowing
houuh
With living Music, while be-ide hi hearth
I. nve with a changing smile his coming hail'd.
In calm research,
And tails thnt mubtplv the letier'd pige,
Ye:.r swept so lightly by, that air forgot
f i wanton t x, and he had never paid
That subsidy which weighs the spirit down,
Wiinkle, nor failing steps, nor cold glance
On rasing thing. Still 'twas his joy to seek
For other poods, snd leave behind surh deeds
As live anil brighten for posterity.
He loved his eniin'ry with a patriot's warmth,
For he temenihrcd well those days of dread
Conflict, and peril, an I adversity,'
Which stronger knit the soul ilim prosperous times,
So, mid hi pHriinu hours, were thoughts of her,
llors for her welfare, prayers in her behalf,
From earnest lips.
I saw bis open grave,
"Neath (he deep shadow nf funeral trees,
And the dense thrones that ilnl him honor there.
Statesman, and snfe snd srhilar ; not nlone
Brows mmked with thought, but hand with toil
j(, Twills,, of the public bea,.,
Sorrowing for him.
embrowned
And It was sweet to see.
With serious ort, tbe cbildieu from the schools,
Ranged two and iwn, -in long procession wind,
Following the hcar.e.
'Tis meet that you should fori,
Buds from my country's stem ! that one is gone
Who freely to tho forming mind had given
A belter gift, than hoards of glittering me,
For robbery ana rust.
'Tis well to mourn,
Such benefactors, and your tribute pay
Of reverence to virtue and ace,
Knowledge, and truth, and tireless industry,
And christian faith.
These are true weahh my sons.
True gloiy, and tabids his sepulrhre,
So soon to clone upon i's sacred trust,
Ask for that Holy Spirit which doih move
Unto good works but when ye sleep in clay,
Your memory may tie I rcsl by many hearts,
Like this for whom we mourn.
Courinucr, We were struck, the other day,
in looking at woik oiled the "Lives of the Presi.
den's," with a few curious coincidences of numbers
which lelateto the line of five presidents, beginning
and ending with an Adams. Here is a tabic, lor
instance, of the peiiods in which they were bom
and went out of office:
Born.
Retired.
I SOI
IS09
1S17
1N25
1S29
1735
1713
1751
1759
1767
John Adims
Thomas Jefferson
James MaJison
James Monroe
J. Quincy Adams
Now, it will be seen by this, that Jtffeison was
born just eight years after his predecessor Adams ;
Madison eight years after his predecessor Jefferson ;
Monroe eight years afu r Madison ; and John Quin
ey Adams eight yeara after Monroe. Another cu
rious fact to lie observed is, that Adams was just
aiity-hix ycara old when he retired ; Jefferson was
sixty-six ; Madison was sixty-six ; Monroe wis
sixty-six ; and John (juincy Adams, had he been
elected to a second term, would have been sixty
six. Ad.ims, Jefferson and Monroe all died on the
lih of July. X Y. Pott.
America Taii A a o an. A correspondent
of the Evening Post sta'cs that Admiial Brown
who for many years pist has been the hl'o and soul
of the Buenos Ayiean Navy, was born in one of
the Eastern sea-ports of the I. States, whence he
sailed in a whale ship, and in due time rose to the
rai.k of commander. His parents were natives of
Inland. Comnvdore Coe, who commanded the
Monte Videan Navy, is also an American, a native
of New Jersey. Admiral Wooster. who foi a
long time commanded the Chilian Navy, and does
now, for aught we know to the contrary, is an A
merican, and hailed from New Haven. Commo
dore Moore, who rnmmanda the Tc I inn Navy, or
recently did, ia an American, from the District of
Columbia.
A Wati'.iini'Oi t. During the squall of Sun
day afternoon, a beautiltil waterspout was for
med in the bay, which wai distinctly seen by
a great many persons in the city. A gentle
tleman who had stationed himself in one of the
turrets of the University, to watch the coming
of the storm, informs us tlmt he saw the forma
tion of the sxnit, Mid it was one of the most
peculiar and striking scenes he ever saw. A
dark mass of cloud , collected in a particular
spot noor the water, and gradually look the
shape of a funnel. Immediately below it, the
water of the bay appeared to raise up in the
form of a cone, or inverted funnel, until it met
the point of the other cone, the two thus form
ing a figure resembling that of an hour glass.
The phenomena continued for several minutes,
and was observed, we are told, from other parts
of the city. .V. Y. FoK
Ii.i.F.mTiMATE Bihtiis. Mr. Wilde, in his
recent work on Austria, states, on the authority
of Prof. Bernoulli, of Basel, that the proportion
of illegitimate to legitimate births in the city of
Vienna, in IIO, was ono in 221; and ho fur
asserts it to be recorded, that in l'-sW the num
ber id' illegitimate births in Munich exctnlvJ
the legitimate births by 270 ! So says the
Medical News of this city, a very useful work,
by the by. I'hil. 7.sger.
Cmiva rrr the Pension. Mr. Hume, of
the British House of Commons, has given no
tee of j rn-oliitiiiii to stop the pension allowed
1 " r" ,H n"'t-'
o' H mover. It spp'iiri thai this .' i -h'i nl
' s Viri'in fir i s In in t!iH liutis'i g-v- ronu'iil
.i.iii i t i i..- I.. i
I the p tup' r il.n y of !.' 1sU pi i a.i.iuiu, h.i h
l.t I iij' )Cd when a I'ukc.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, July 15, '.813.
fj Foa Salt. A fresh supply nf printing pa
per, vilt 100 reims similar in size and quality to
the sheet on whieh this is printed. Also fin reams
of super royal, 21 by 2S inrbes, all of which will
be sold at the mill price.
fX7 V. B. Palm. Esq.. at his Ileal Estate and
Coal office. No. 159 Pine Street below Third, two
squares south nf the Exchange, Philadelphia, ia au
thorised to act as Agent, and to receive and receipt
for all monies due this nlTice, for subscription or ad
vertising. (Jj We have received a communication from the
Rev. Win. P. Hall, but too lale for insertion in this
weeks paper.
dj Missijio. The Saturday Museum of Inst
we k.
fjj" The Supreme Court is now in session at
this place. Tbe Judges are all present. They
have, however, less business before them than at
any previous term for some years past.
(Jj HiRvrsTt v. Our harvest this season is
probably a week later than usual. Our farmers have
just commenced taking off their rrops, many
fields will not, however, be sufficiently ripe for eight
or ten days.
(Tj As the election approaches, the question of
our next Congressman begins to attrict some at
tention. In this weks paper are two communica
tions upon ibis subject. One recommend the
Hon. John Snyder, our present member, for re
election, and the other recommends Gen. Cieeno.
A meetinR was recently held in 1'ni.ui eonn'y. by
the friends of (Jen. Greene. M. Snydi-r's friends
have also commenced making active prepa ations
fot the ensuing campaign.
Sm jrrtASTraa. Tho me'rhants and a
number cf tbe citizens of this place have put a stop
to the circu'ation of this trash. They resolved not
to t ike any after Tuesday last the 1 Ith inst. There
is silver enough in the country for every purpose.
Thee no'es are generally issued for the benefit of a
few individuals or boroughs, to deeply in debt that
they cannot taise money in any other way. Un
less people lake a decided stand against this niru
sance, they never will be able to abate it. The
borough of Bctlrfonte, we are informed, haa issued
about 520,000, Lycoming and Clinton counties
more than they can redeem; and as they are all
getting into bad repute, each borough and town
endeavors to destroy the character of the others.
Our readers are pr..b ibly not awsre that any person
who Usues or circulate', either directly oi indirect
ly one of these shinplnnters, ia liable to a penalty
of five do'lars for every offence, or every note pass
ed, "to lie recovered by any person sueing for the
same, as debts of like amount are bv law reeovera.
ble," one half ;or bis own use, and the other half
for the use nf the overseers of ihe poor of the hoioiigh
or township where the effence shall have ltn com
mitted.
(J Camp Pi Kai. We learn from the com
mittee of i ivitalion and arrangements, thalGen.
It. II. Hammond, nf Milton, has been tendered.
and has accepted the cnmmsnd of the troops, to be
assembled at ('amp De Kalb, at Pottsville, on the
Ifith of August next. Twenty-five companies
have already reported ihemselvos. General Ham
mnnd ia an accomplished officer, and we are pleated
to notice his apno ntin -nt. Lamp Du Kalb, we
presume, will be a splendid affair.
(JJ" At the sale nf storks at Northumberland, on
the 21th lilt., S abarca Northumberland Bridge
stock sold at f I par value $ 25 ; 5 shares Panvi'le
Bridge at $1 psr value 25 ; 10 shar s Milton
Bridge 5) and 6 par value f25; 400 sharea of
I.ewisburg Bridge at prices vartiug from f 13 to
f 17 par v,ilue f50 ; 35 shares Centre Turnpike
Company Irom 4 to 4 25 par value f50 ; C5
sbnres Pennay Ivaiii.i Bank stock al f 156 par
value 100, A.C.
"The Si rariHE Coi rt, of this state, will
nifet at Sunbury, on Tuesday, the 1 1th of July.
We presume not many years will elapse be
fore this court v ill he hold regularly at Wil
liamsKrt, in the place of Sunbury. The soon
er the better." Lycoming (iax.
Wa are not surprised that soma folks pre.
sums much in this pieiumpluous sge. The Md
lerite Temple, ire presume, will alai l transferred
to Withamsport la-fore the "second Advent," as
thai place, or rather aome of its great men, ima
gine themselves nearer the clouds than any other
people in this republican woild.
Qj- Tar Ciiihit, The new Cabinet of Presi
dent Tyler has lieen at lust organized, as follows i
Hon. A 11 P. I'p.her, Secretary ofStato.
Ho'i. John C. Spencer, Secretary of the Trea
sury. Hon. J. M. Porter, Secretary of War.
Hon. David Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy.
Hon, Chailea A. Wickliffe, Posmatter General,
Hon. John Nelson, Attomsy General.
OTJ Washisotow Alistom, the painter and
I p oi died at hi. .es .1. nea in Cambridge, Massa-
j rt u., i n s., u..iv last. Mr. Allslon waa the
. , mue.it ji- oot.'r ;,, r, ul, try , He was en-
j su' d to. ibe l.i-i nnveu y.a--, on a scriptuial
j ut.e, m.j p. hJ to le "Uk-UhsMal'a I tast."
'-.Jl'-l-. n
The PliiluJi'lnliirj Lrt!?rr Establishment.
Any one who has passed in the neighborhood of
third and chesnut streets, in Phil d.lphia, nfn r 10
o'clock at night, cnnld not fuil to have heard the
constant clicking of machinery, in the basement
of a l irge six story house, known as tho "I.cdc.er
Buildings," on the corner. It is there that tbe
Public Ledger is printed. The sheets ate issued
from two double ry lender Napier Presses, from
whieh they fall almost as rai-blly as leaves from
Ihe forest trees in autumn. Each of these Presses
throw offbetweon three and four thousand sheets
per hour. On the same floor, in a range with these
presses, ia one of still larger dimensions, upon which
the "United Slntra Saturday Post" is printed. This
Pnss is a most splendid specimen of the mechan:c
ar's and c at, as the proprietor informed us, upwards
of four thousand dollars. These Presses are work
ed by a steam Engine. Every thing connected
with them moves with as much regularity and
order as clock work. Tbs number of sheets print
ed every night, and circulated early next morning, j
amount to eighteen or twenty thousand, or up
wards of forty reams. The Lcdget was first es- j if he does hot come, then we must wait till hs
tablished eight or leu yeara since, by three enter. , does."
prising Journymcn Printers, Messrs. Swain, Able j , o,7 A Missouri editor tells of a bottle of
and Simmons, the pnsent pn prietots, who byKre,se rnt ta nim fr , vxsfo He says he
dint of industry, skill and persevcrenee have sue j t.,We a ltlle 0r it on lump of butter and tho
cecded in building up one . f the g.eate.t enterp.ises j morhil,g fl)UnJ ,iie aforesaid lump, when he
of the kind in tho Cnion. The Ledger profi sses : ,v, tll , eal it.y,, of 1,11k hairs.
to lie ent rely neutral in p mtica, but is i.ftcn sus. j
pectcd for leaning towards democracy, for I
'E'en its failings lean to virtue's side."
If a fiilingit can hs ealh d, for surely we shall find
no fault on account of its advocacy nf democratic
principles. It would well repay any of our bre
thern nf the Press, or others who feel an interest
in such matters, to visit the above e.tabli.liment
the obliging proprietors of which, will, we arc con
fident, show them every attention.
Ttia LtcoMiso Ssstixki. las tmindis.
continued. The Gazette, of last week, announces
its dissolution in an obituury notice, ealeulatid to
excite the ire at least, if not tbe sympathies, of i's ,
fri- nda. The Sentinel was established but lh:e - or
four motill s since. It is no ea-y matter Bow a dais
to ei-sb'i-h and sustain a nowmpcr as it should be.
fXj A Rich Pnt, We often bear of rirh
and splendid entertainments on the 4th nf July,
but we seldom heir ofso rich a dinner as the fol
lowing, recorded by the Philadelphia North A mer
ican :
"A gentleman residing in the vicinity of
this city, invited his children three daughters
and a son to dine with him on the fourth of
July. In the course of the meal, a package
was placed before each of the four, containing
securities to the amount ol two hundred thou
sand dnllart making, of course, in the aggre
gate eight hundred thousand dollars."
Aaaaar oi Joa Smith. II appears from
Ibe following, that this notorious imposter anJ
swindler baa at last been arreted, and if justice ia
nutcd out lo him aa he deserves, he will no doubt
have asrigncd lo him comfortable quarters in the
IVniieiitiary , instead of the grsat Temple now build
ing al Nauvou :
'Ahm-st or Jn: Smith. The St. Iuis
Standard of the lit Ith nit, confirm the story of
Smith's arrest. It says, thesti-amer Osprey, a r- ;
rived lai.t evening, reirts that Joe Smith, the !
Mormon Prophet, had been arrested at Ottawa, 1
on the Illinois river, on a requisition made by j
tho Governor of this State. A large number nl I
armed men left Nauvoo for Ottawa, by laud,
and 115 men started in the steamer Maid of I
owa, for the same place. By the steamer Ra
pids, arrived to-day, we learn that great excite
ment prevailed among the Mormons in regard
to the capture of their leader."
Rrpral IQrrtin?.
A special meeting of the "Baltimore Repeal As
sociation" was recently hi Id in that city, for the
purpose of eipresting their sentiments in relation
to the "late eitraordinary aech ofDsxiKi I)'.
Consul, delivered before the Loyal Repeal Aso.
ciation of Dublin." Mr. M. R. McNallt, the
Chairman of the Eieculive Committee, reported the
following preamble and resolutions, which were a
doptrd with but one dissenting voice :
lirsolcrd. That in the opinion of the Balti
more Repeal Association, it becomes us, for our
own protection, fiir the benefit of Ireland, and
for the respect and honor we owe tu our own a
doptcd country, to proclaim our sentiments
promptly and fearlessly m relation to the insult
that has been heaped upon America and her do
mestic institutions.
A'tWiW, Thut much as c might be inclined
to screen its author from intended malice, and
throw over the indelicacy of the act the veil of
baste and iingiiardedness of expression ; yet
from his declared conviction of the consequence
that would ensue from it in this country, we
cannot avoid regarding it as a bold and daring
insult offered to a country to which be owed
the debt of gratitude and not the inso'ence of!
lanoiiaoe.
Reiolved, That however familiar Mr. O'Con
nell n.ay flatter himself to be, in relation to the
subject of slavery throughout our land, in the
opinion of this Assnciat'on, neither he, nor the
Irish people, know what is the real state of sla
very in America, but that the deception of the
condition of the slaves in this country, and the
disregard of their comfort as given to Mr O'.
Cnnnell is fa'se and libellous ; that the absence
of restraint, the appliances of comfort, and the
social enjoyments of the slave here are freedom,
luxury and enjoyment, compared with the con
dition oftho workers of the mines and of other
operatives oflireat Britain.
Ui-Kolved, That the idea which O'Connell
would promulgate as a fact in relation to the
slavea of the South that "fAei ore trratt d not
as humanlx itifit, hut us th"lnutc ht axt that
erpirt and thi n ccusi s lo hare any olhrr fx
isfenre," is insulting to the character of Amer
ican people, a base calumny against the human
ity and the pure sense of human obligation that
are the characteristics of the Southern people.
Resohrd, That this Association has yet to
learn that the propictor of alaves, w ho feeds
and clothes, and protects them, and when dis
ease haa struck them down calls in the physi
cian and clergvman to attend ihem, deserves no
higher rrrade in society than the pick porhet
or the petty larceny scoundrel.
MIsrELLW. I
Killlorlut, Condensed unci Selected. j
In thirteen counties in the Stats of Michigan
there are no less than tjiree hundred and eighty-six
flotiridiing grUt and s.iw mills.
The Odd Fellows of firest Brilian and other
places aie said to number between 300,000, and
400,000.
.Vru MaJf of Mnhinn Soap. The Westmin.
ler Carrolltouitin mentions the manuf ictuie of a
barrel of so.ip by Mrs. Moul, of that town, wl hout
the oid of fne. The whole process of change from
I y to soap is effected by the heat of the sun, with,
nut any trouble. It must be regarded as an econo
mical improvement on the old process,
lfaid Cose. An editor and printer down South
offers In sell his whole establishment for a clean
shirt and a meal of victuals. He says he has lived
on prnmites till his very whiskers have stopped
growing.
In a lite article Miller says ''Get ready, and
if Chrit comes, you will hi- glad and rejoice ; and
F.xlrnfirt Itcadint. The Editor of n Daily,
who receives fifty to sixty exchanges per diy, reads
or examines alMiiit twenty five yards of reading
matter er day. This makes neai un ar re of print
per year. Thoe. Richio mu4 have read over a
small farm.
Fitnnf. A man by the name of .ltidrhas been
appointed Street Inspector at Washington City.
Nothing could be more appropriate.
lnjlurnsa Upwards of one hundred ol the sai
lors on board the Pennsylvania have been attacked
with the influenza.
Cruelty to Chiltre i. "Does your mother ever
whip yeu, Jim 1" 4,No, she never whips me, but
' "be washes my face every morning
rou TIIK AMr.HICA.
Ms. EniTon : In I loking over a file of new.
pnprri--, published in this place, inure than twenty
! years since, I cams across the fallowing Parody,
j Ihe original manuscript of which is also in my po-
se.Hion. i our "UUI uachelor correspondent ol
last wtek, will, no doubt, be very much surprised,
to find that hit ideas have been so fully anticipated.
I know by the gown that so gracefully twiil'd
Around that small waist, that a corsi t was lime;
And I said, if theri's pain to be felt in this woild,
The body thus braced up must have its fuUshaie.
Twas noon ! aud en benches and parches around,
Squads of young dandies reposed in the ahade;
She strutted along, and I beard not a sound,
Save the hems and the coughs that the bystanders
maJe.
And here, with this corsetted dsmset I said,
bo was hateful lo soul and offensive to eye,
ho would kick when I coaxed ber aud awear
when I blam'd;
How hanpeck'd I'd live and how wretchedly die
By the side of that harp-edge, di-torling the hips,
And pinching her up. distres-ed to recline ;
And to know lhal I sighed on a coquette's st!e lips
Whieh thousands haj sigh'd on, peibaps, hi fore
mine.
run tmk AuraicA.
Mn. Editob : I find in looking over the pa
pers, that several new candidates are apokeu of for
Congress at the ensuing election. Without pre.
lending to imeach Ihe democracy of ihe several
gentlemen alluJ'd lo, in permitting thoe nimes to
be thus uaed, I think this cnu'se contrary to lt
the O'ages of the pariy. Ma. S.N V DEB, our present
member, haa served but one term of two years. He
is, therefore, entitled to another b nil if we are to be
governed by the customs heretofore sanctioned by
the democratic party. For Gen. Green, his com
petitor, who I understand ia uing ritaorJinary
exertiona to secure bis nomination, I have Ihe
highest respect, anJ would glsdly yiild him tny
support under other circumstances. In rrgird lo
Mr. Jordan, I woul I cheerfully accord to him my
support, if I thought Noithumboiland county en
titled to the member, Mr, Snyder's devotion lo the
principles of the dcmociatic parly cannot le de
nied. It would therefore, I think, be doing him
great injusti-e lo desert him without just caue.
OLD MUM HUMUEKI.AND.
run Tits AVi:aictx.
(lur Congressman.
The Constitution has wisely provided, that those
who are elected to repreant us in ihe Congress of
ihe Union, should periodically surrender this trust,
and submit their acts lo the judgment of iheir con
stituents. That riol has again arrived, and we
will be called in October next, either to re-elect our
lale Congressmen, John Snyder, or to supply his
place by the cboice of another. Our government
is strictly re rrsentative. The people are the source
of all powir, snd he to whom any portion of it is
delegated is bound fairly lo represent and carry out
the wishes of his constituents. When he ceases lo
do so, a fundamental principle of republican go
vernment is violated, and public opinion is si i fled
and controlled by the aelf-will, and p rhnps selfish
and narrow views, of a single individual. Has
our lale representstive been guided by the vo:ce of
hia conaiituenls, or has he been governed in ligis
biting upon subjects in which the ieople are deep,
ly interested, merely by bis own opinions and pre
judicea ! This ia an important inquiry, and one
which cveiy citizen has not only the light, but it
ia in aome mea-nie hia duty to make, btfore he
casta hia vote, I do not intend lo review Mr. Sny
der'a whole course of action, in Congress, during
the period be bis represented us ; that would be a
tak for which I have not time, and which I con
sider entirely unnecessary. If be hs acted in di
rect opposition to the will of his constituents, upon
a measuta of niois vital important to the pi opt ti-
grf. , ia .as .'"! .
tyoflhe country Iban perhaps any oilier w hile h
hi Id a seat in Cong-em, he ought not to be re elrc
cd. That the Tariff was such a mea-ure no on
will deny, and it is equully undeniable that nint
tenths of the people he was elected to represent at
in favor of a tariff, whieh, while it affords a revi
nue adequate to the wnnlsnf the government, wi
protect and foster domestic manufactures, and a
fonl a home m irket fur our agricultural products.
I have not a record nf Mr. Snyder's votes, an
therefore cannot refer to them particularly, but it i
well known that he was opposed to a diserimina
ling tariff, an 1 octod with the Southern nullificr
In bis speech upon Ihe subject he avows hims; If i
favor of an ail vnnrem duty, sufficient to meet th
expenses of government, which is the free trai
doctrine, and which would entiiely destroy our mai
nfactures, and make ua dependent on Great Bri
am.
It isiid that Mr. Snyder oughl to be re-electei
because i is the eu-lom of the Democratic party t
send person to Congress for two terms. That
true only when he properly represents his con.tit'
enls, but when be acts in direct opposition to the
opinions and wishes, no usage ought to induce h
re-election. Nav, it would be absolute folly, an
destructive of the idea nf representation, to re
I ct him. Again, it is said that Union county .
entitled to the candid de. Very well. Still, win!
they hive quite as able and good Demicrats n
Mr. Snyder, they nupht not to expect us to vote f.
a roan who entettains opinions directly hosti'c t
j our own interests. G. n ABUOr GREEX, i
j that county, is sp ken of aa a candidate. He is
tariff man and a consi-tent Democrat, and woul
make an able and faithful r. preventative. II
nomination woulJ give entire sitisf.ietion to th
people of this county. A DEMOCRAT.
PHornr.cT FeirtLLsn. When the Tremor
Theatre, Boston, waa built, aliout seventeen year
ago, the Rev. Dr. Beeeher predicted that he ehouli
live to preach in it. The prediction haa been liter
ally accomplished. The Rev. doctor did pn-acl
lln re, to an overflowing audience, on Weduosd.o
evening. The text was from the second epistle o
St. Paul to Timothy, thi.il chapter, and first foil
ver.es, ami ihe cviU of the lhe;tr formed the su'i
jeet of the discourse.
Tbe Boston Post siyj, "a few seemed lo be m ri
taken up with the novel appearance of the plan
in which we presume, they found theiiiieves fo
the first time, than with th words of the preacher
snd we noticed some gentlemen in whom thef.rei
of habit was o plron, that they sat in the hnx'
ihrvuth the whale if the sermon with th ir hal
un."
In the course of the Doctor's remarks, he g.vi
he following t ilerably accurate description of tin
atsge dress of ihe "divine Fanny :" ' Her pant.
weie in suih e'oe imitation of nature as batTlei
discrimination between costume and flesh wit)
her short over-dress rising aa she whirled aroutn
sruid shouts of applau.e which might have mmh
the Devil blush, and femule virtue, had it lt
there, burn wi'h induna ion, and bang ber seai
in shame. I'hil. Id'er.
Rrrrtn rnov Dnowam iit a Don. Fianci
A. Ilall, nf New London, Conn, fell int.) the Thame,
the other day, and bring unable to swim, woul.
have been drownnd but for bis dog, a Urge. New
founJIaud, who jumped in after his ma-ter, srizii
bim by the collar. h.l I his head and face slu.ve tbr
waier, and brought him to tbe shore in safety
The grati ful ina-ter immediately bargained fir a
splendid collar for the noble animal, upon rthich it
to be engraved the particulars of the heroic act.
I'hil. LeJtier.
Bam, mnn Amm-vr at Hoi.i.in vvsm m;, IV
We learn from the Hol'idaysburg Registet
that on Friday night, the 22d ultimo, a great
explosion took place in the tunnel nf the Alle
ghany Portage Railroad. S me cars laden with
whiskey and bacon had been run into the tun
nel in the evening, where they were left fot
the night ; but in coming along a spark
from the locomotive had got into one nfthrni
and remained unobserved. Towards morning
it had increased to a flame, and, reaching the
contents of the barrels, an explosion of tremen
dous violence occurred, rending the cars into
a thousand atoms and disengaging huge mas
ses of rock above, which filled thetumu l to
such an extent as to render it impassable foi
a day or two.
American Uah. road lit on.-This important
and costly item in the consumption of the coun
try, will in due time, we doubt not, be furnish
ed from our own mines and by our own labor
and enterprise. We learn from the Pittsburg
American thnt the proprietors of the Great
Western Iron Works, at Brady'a Run, have
just contracted to furnish 800 tons of rail road
iron for the Michigan Central rail road.
Srr.Ai.iNo a Child. In 111, a half-breed In
dian child 'vas stolen from Washington county,
Arkansas, and sold as a slave M Platte, in Mis
souri, for $.100. By the assistance of the coun
ty Court, its distracted mother has recovered
her child. Lou. Rcpuh.
1IALTIMOIIK M.tHKET.
Office if the BtiTinoaa Aukhicas, July 10.
Git A IN. We note the sale of 1P00 bushels
Pennsylvania red W heat to-day al 113 eta. This
ia the only parcel in market since our last. A sale
of 2000 buhol Pi nn. Rye al 5!1 cts. SU aUtt
of M '. Rve st 50 cts. We note sales of Md. white
Corn at f2 aft t cts. and of yellow at 51a..fi. Oats
are worth 2 la?8 cts. aa in quality.
FLOUR. Susquehanna Flour is held at f 3 5".
but we bear of no transactions,
WHISKEY Is in betlei demand, and prices
have improved. We note sales of hhds. at 2 cts.
and of bids, at 21U3 J cts.
D
RIF.lt fIKHHIt'S for sale by
July IS, IS 13.
II. U. MASKER.