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BY W. LEWIS.
Petition for License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
"ktCommon Pleas Of Huntingdon county at April
',Term 1855. Your petitioner George Randolph
having rented that well known tavern stand in
he village of Saulsburg, Barree township, situ
:ate on the great leading road froin Lewistown
:to Petersburg , now occupied by John G. Stew.
':art. • The petition of George Randolph respect
',fully represents that he is well provided with
::house room and, conveniences for the lodging
:and accommodation of strangers and travellers,
..he therefore prays your Honors to grant him
license for keeping a public ina or tavern and
will ever pray.
6 'ss]* GEORGE RANDOLPH.
We the undersigned subscribers; citizens of
Barree township, in which the above mentioned
in or tavern is prayed for to be licensed, do cer
tify that George Randolph, the above applicant,
is of good repute for honesty and temperance
and is well provided with house room and con
veniences for the lodging and accommodation
of strangers and travellers, and that said inn or
tavern is necessary to accommodate the public
' and entertain strangers and travellers.
Samuel Coen, Thomas Stewart, Jas. Car
mont, John Houck, John Harper, Reuben
Duff, John Corven, Joseph Forrest; John G.
Stewart, Richard Brindle, James Fleming,
R. J. Massey, John Peightal, Peter Living
ston.
Petition fox - License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of
Huntingdon : the petition. of John Montgomery
respectfully sheweth that he has purchased the
well known stand known as the Jackstown Ho-
tel, and is desirous of continuing to keep a pub
lic house therein, he therefore prays your Ho
nors to grant him a license to keep a public
house at the place aforesaid for the ensuing year
and he will ever pray, &c.
JOHN MONTGOMERY.
We the subscibers, citizens of Brady town
snip in the county of Huntingdon, recommend
the above petitioner and do certify that the inn
or tavern above mentioned is necessary to ac
commodate the public and entertain strangers
and travellers, and the petitioner above named
, is of good repute for honesty and temperance,
and is well provided with house room and con
; veniences for the lodging and accommodation
of strangers and travellers.
Andrew Wise, John Vandevander, Adam
Warfel, Philip Holler, Samuel Sharer, Fran
cis Holler, Daniel Gray, James Simpson, J.
K. Hampson, James M'Donald, John M'-
' Donald, James A. Simpson, Samuel G. Sirup
, SOD, Richard Meredith, Jesse Yocum.
Feb. 6, 1855.
. Petition for License
TO the Hon. the Judges of the Court of Quar-
•
ter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Hun
tingdon: The petition of Ezekiel Sz.. - Nathan
White, respectfully showeth : That your pai
-1 tioners occupy a commodious house, situate in
the town of Coalmont, in the township of Tod,
which is well calculated for a public house of
entertainment, and from its neighborhood and
situation is suitable as well as necessary for
the accommodation of the public, and the en-
' tertainment of strangers and travellers. That
they are well provided with stabling for horses,
and all crnvenicnces necessary for the cuter,
tainment of strangers and travellers; they them
fore, respectfully pray the Court to grant them
a license to keep an inn or public house of en.
tertainment there : and your petitioners will
ever pray &c.
Coalmont, February 28, A. D. 1855.
We, the undersigned, citizens of the town.
ship or Tod aforesaid, being personally acquain
ted with Ezekiel & Nathan White, the above
named petitiouers, and also having a knowledge
of the house for which the license is prayed do
hereby certify that such house is necessary to
accommodate the public, and entertain stran
gers and travellers ; that they are persons of
good repute for honesty and temperance, dild
that they are well provided with house room and
conveniences for the lodging and accornmoda_
tion of strangers and travellers. We therefore
beg leave to recommend them for a license,
agreeably with their petition.
Andrew Donelson, Samuel G. Miller, James
S. Reed, David Fluck, James P. Reed, Joseph
Barnet, Jesse Cook, Thomas Cook, George Hor
ton, William Carr, John W. White, Enoch Shore,
Levi Evans, Samuel B. Donelson.
Petition for License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of
Huntingdon : The petition of McDonald Stew
art respectfully showeth : That your petitioner
occupies that well known tavern house at Mc-
Alevy's Fort, in Jackson township, on the pub
lic road leading from Petersburg to Lewistown,
which has heretofore been used and occupied as
a public house of entertainment for several years'
last past, and is desirous of continuing to keep
a public house therein. He therefore prays
you Honors to grant him a license to keep a
-public house at the place aforesaid for the en
suing year, and he will pray &e.
M'DONALD STEWART.
We - , the subscribers,
citizens ofJackson town
, ship, in the county of Huntingdon, recommend
the above petitioner and certify that the inn or
tavern above mentioned is necesary_ to accom
: modate the public and entertain strangors and
travellers, and the petitioner above named is of
good repute for honesty and temperance, and is
well provided,with house room and eprivenien
: ces for the lodging and accommodation of stran.
gers and travellers.
W. G. Bigelow, William Mitchell, Thomas
Ozburn, John Irvin, Samuel McCord, Samuel
Powell, Samuel Mitchell, Solomon Hamer,
Wil
:liam Tulley, Henry Selfridge, J. J. Ozburn,
'::Thomas Huston.
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THE SWORD OF JACKSON
On the occasion of the presentation of the
sword of General JACKSON to Congress, Mr.
BENTON said :
Mr. Chairman,-the manner in which this
sword has been used for the honor and bene
fit of the country, is known to the world ;
the manner in which the privilege was ob
tained of so using it, is but little known,
even to the living age, and must be lost to
posterity unless preserved by contemporane
ous history. At
,the same time it' is well
worth knowing, in order to show what diffi
culties talent may have to contend with, what
mistakes Governments may commit, and up
on what chances and accidents it may de
pend that the greatest talent, and the purest
patriotism, may be able to get into the ser
vice of its country. There is a moral in
such history which it may be instructive to
Governments and to people to learn. When
a warrior, or a statesman, is seen in the
midst of his career and in the fullness of his
glory, showing himself to be in his natural
place, people overlook his previous steps and
suppose he had been called by a general
voice—by wise councils—to the fulfilment of
a natural destiny. In a few instances it is
so; in the - greater part not. In the greater
part there is a toilsome, uncertain, discoura
ging, and mortifying progress to be gone
through before the future resplendent man is
able to get on the theatre, which is to give
him the use of his talent. So it was with
Jackson. He had his difficulties to sur
' mount, and
,surmounted them. He conquer
ed savage tribes and the conquerors of the
conquerors of Europe ; but he had to con
quer his own Government first—and dit it—
and that was, for him, the most difficult of
the two ; for, while his military victories
were the regular result of a genius for war
and brave troops to execute his plans—ena
bling him to command success—his civil vic
tory over his own Government was the re
sult of chances and accidents, and the can
trivances of others, which he could have
but little hand, and no control. I proceed to
give, some view of this inside and
prelimina
ry history, and have some qualification for
the task, having taken some part, though
not great, in all that I relate.
Retired from the United States Senate, of
which he had been a member, and from the
supreme judicial bench of his State, on which
he had sat as a judge, this future warrior and
President—and alike illustrious in both char
acters—was living .upon his farm, on the
banks of the Cumberland, when the war of
1812 broke out. He was a major general in
the Tennessee militia—the only place
he would continue to hold—and to which
he had been elected by the contingency
of one vote—so close was the chance for
a miss in this first step. His friends believ
ed that he had military genius, and proposed
him for the brigadier's appointment which
was allotted to the West. That appointment
was given to another and Jackson remained
unnoticed, on his farm. Soon - another ap
pointment of general was allotted to the
West. Jackson was proposed again ; and
was again left to attend to his farm. Then a
batch of generals, as they were called, was•
authorized by law—six at a time—and from
all parts of the Union ; and then his friends
believed that surely his time had come. Not
so the fact. The six appointments went else
where, and the hero patriot, who was born to
lead armies to victory, was still left to the
care of his fields, while incompetent men
were leading our troops to defeat, to captivi
ty, to slaughter ; for that is the way the war
opened. The door to military service seem
ed to be closed and barred against him ; and
was so, so far as the government was con
cerned.
it may be wondered why this repugnance
to the appointment of Jackson, who, though
not yet greatly distinguished, was still a man
of mark—had been a Senator, and a supreme
judge, and was still a major general, and a
man of tried and heroic courage. I can tell
the reason. He had a great many home en
emies, for he was man of decided temper,
had a great many contests, no compromises,
always went for a clean victory, or a clean
defeat ; though placable after the contest was
over. That was one reason but not the main
lIENTINGDON, MARCH 14. 1855.
one. The Administration had a .prejudice
against him on account. of. Colonel Burr,
with whom he had •been associated in the
American Senate, and to whom he gave a
hospitable reception in .his house, at the time
of his western expedition, relying upon his
assurance that his designs were .against..the
Spanish dominion in Mexico, and not against
the integrity of. this Union. ' These • were
some of the causes,' not al], of Jackson's re
jection from Federal military. employment.
I was young then and one of his aids, and
believed in his military talent-and patriotism,
greatly attached to him, and was grieved
and vexed to see him pass by when' so much
incompetence was preferred. Besides, I was
to go with him, and his appointment would
be partly my own. I was vexed as were all
his friends, but I did not despair as most of
them did. I turn J. from the Government to
ourselves—to our own resources—and look
ed to the chapter of accidents to turn up a
chance for incidental employment, confident
that he would do the rest for himself if he
could only get' a start. I was in this mood in
my office, a young-lawyer with more books
than briefs, when the tardy mail of that time,
one "raw and gusty day" in February, 1812,
brought an act of Congress authorizing the
President to accept organized bodies of vol
unteers, to the extent of fifty thousand—to
serve one year—and to be called into service
when some emergency should require it.
Here was a chance. I knew that Jackson
could raise general's command, and trusted,
to events for him to be called out, and felt
that one year was more than enough for him
to prove himself. ' I drew up a plan—rode
thirty miles to his house, that same raw day
in February—rain, hail, sleet, wind—and
such roads as we then had there in. winter—
deep in rich mud and mixed with ice. I ar
rived at the Hermitage—a name then but lit- .
Ile known—at night fall, and found him soli
tary and almost alone, but not quite ; for it
was the evening mentioned in the "Thirty
Years' View," when I found him with the
lamb and the child between his knees. 1
laid the plan before him. He was struck
with it—adopted it—acted upon it. We be
gan to raise volunteer companies. While
this was going on an order arrived from the
War Department to the Governor (Willie
Blount,) to detach fifteen hundred militia to
the lower Mississippi, the object to meet the
British, then expected to make an attempt on
New Orleans, The Governor was a friend to
Jackson, and to his country. He agreed to
accept his three thousand volunteers instead
of the three hundred drafted militia. He
issued an address to his division. I gallop
ped to the muster grounds and haranged the
young men. The success was ample. Three
regiments were completed—Coffee, William
Hall, Benton, the colonels ; and in Decem
ber, 1812, we descended the Cumberland and
the Mississippi in a fleet of flat-bottomed
boats and landed at Natchez. There we got
the news that the British would not come
that winter—a great disappointment, and a
fine chance lost.
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We remained in camp, six miles from
Natchez, waiting ulterior orders. In March
they came—not orders for further service, or
even to return home, but to disband the vol
unteers where they were. The command
was positive, in the name of the President,
and by the then Secretary at War, General
Armstrong. I well remember the day—Sun
day morning, the 25th day of March 1813.
The first I knew of it was a message from
the General to come to him at his tent ; for
though as colonel of a regiment I had ceased
to be aid, yet my place had not been filled,
and I was sent for as much as ever. He
showed me the order, and also his character,
in his instant determination not to obey it,
but to lead his volunteers home. He had
sketched a severe answer to the Secretary at
War, and gave it to me to copy, and arrange
the matter of it. It was very severe. I
tried hard to get some parts softened, bu t
impossible. I have seen that letter
since, but would know it if I should meet it
in any form, anywhere without names. I
concurred with the General in the determina
tion to take home our young troops. He
then called a "council" of the field officers,
as he called it, though there was but little of
the council in it—the only object being to
hear his determination, and take measures
for executing it. The officers verb unani
mous in their determination to support him;
but it was one of those cases in which he
would have acted, not only without, but
aginst a "council."
The officers were unanimous and vehe
ment in their determination, as much so as
the r general was himself; for the volunteers
were composed of the best young men of
the couatry—farmer's sons, themselves clev
er young men, since filling high offices in
the State and the Federal Government—in
trusted to these officers by their fathers, in
full confidence that they would act a father's
part by them and the recreant thought of
turning them loose, on the lower Mississippi,
five hundred miles from home, without the
means of getting home, and a wilderness and
Indian tribes to traverse, did not find a mo
ment's thought in any one's bosom. To
carry them back was the instant and indig
nant determination, but great difficulties were
in the way. The cost of getting back three
thousand men, under such circumstances,
must be great, and here Jackson's character
showed itself again: We have all heard of
his responsibilities—his readiness to assume
political responsibility when the public ser
vice required it; he was no w equally ready
to take responsibility of another kind—mon
eyed responsibility ! and that beyond the
whole extent of his fortune! He had no
military chest—not a.' dollar of public money
—and three thousand men were not to be
conducted five hundred miles through a wil
derness country, and Indian tribes, without a
great outlay of money. Wagons were want
ed, and many of them, for transport of pro
visions, baggage, and the sick, so numerous
among newtroops. He had no money to
hire teams ; he impressed, and at the end of
the service gave drafts upon the quartermas
ter general of the southern Department (Gen
eral Wilkinson's) for 'the amount. The wag
ons were ten dollars a day, corning and go
ing. They were numerous. It was a ser-
vice of two months; the amount.to be incur
red was great. He incurred it, and, as will
be seen, at imminent risk of his own ruin—
This assumption on the General's part met
the first great difficulty, but there were lesser
difficulties, still serious, to be surmounted.—
The troops had received no pay; clothes and
shoes were worn out; men were in no condi
tion for a march so long, and so exposed.—
The officers had received no pay—did not ex
pect to need money--had made no provisions
for the unexpected contingency of large de
mands - upon their own pockets to enable
them to do justice to their men. But there
were patriotism 'outside of the camp, as well
as within:" The merchants of Natchez put
their stores at our disposition—take what
wegieeded—pay when convenient at Nash
ville. I will name one among these patriot
ic merchants—name him because he belongs
to a class now struck at, and because Ido
not ignore a friend when he is struck.—
Washington Jackson was the one I mean—
Irish by birth, American by choice, by law,
and feeling, ani conduct. I took some hun
dred pairs shoes from him for my regiment,
and other articles; and I proclaim it here,
that patriotic men of foreign birth may see
that there are plenty of '.emericanato recog
nize their merit—to name them with honor
in• high places—and to give them the right
hand of friendship when they are struck at.
We all returned—were discharged—dis
persed among our homes—and the fine chance
on which we bad so much counted, was all
gone. And now came a blow on Jackson
himself—the fruit of the moneyed responsi
bility whicit he had assumed. His transpor
tation drafts were all protested—returned
upon him for payment, which was impossi
ble—and directions to bring suit. This was
in the month of May. I was coming on to
Washington on my own' account, and cordi
ally ,took charge of Jackson's case. Suits
were delayed until the result of his applica
tion for relief could be heard. I arrived at
this city; Congress was in session—the extra
cession of the spring and summer of 1813.-
1 . applied to the members of Congress from
Tennessee; they could do nothing. I applied
to the Secretary at War; he did nothing.—
Weeks had passed away and the time for
delay was expiring at Nashville. Ruin
seemed to be hovering over the head of
Jackson, and I felt the necessity of some de
cisive movement. I was yoUng then, and
had some material in me—perhaps some
boldness; and the 'occasion brought it out.—
I resolved to take a step; characterized in the
letter which I wrote to the general, as "an
appeal from the justice to the fears of 'the
Administration." I remember the words,
though I have never seen the letter since. I
drew up a memoir addressed to the Secretary
at War, representing to him that these volun
teers were drawn from the bosoms of almost
every substantial family in Tennessee—that
the whole State stood by Jackson in bringing
them home—and that the State would be
lost to the Administration, if he was left to
suffer. It was upon this last argument that i
I relied—all those founded in justice having
failed. It was of a Saturday morning, 12th
of June, that I carried this memoir to the
War Office, and delivered it. Monday mor
ning I came back early to learn the result of
mfargument. The Secretary was not:yet
in. I spoke to the chief clerk, (then the af
terwards Adjutant General Parker,) and in
, quired if the Secretary had left an answer
for me before he left the office on Saturday.
He said no ; but that he had put the memoir
in his side pocket—the breast pocket—and
carried it home with him, saying he would
take it for his Sunday's consideration. That
encouraged me—gave me a gleam of hope—
and a feeling of satisfaction. I thought it a
good subject for his Sunday's meditation.—
Presently he arrived. I stepped in before
anv body to his office. He told me quickly,
and kindly, that there was much reason in
what I had said, but that there was no way
for him to do it—that Congress would have
to give the relief. I answered him that
I thought there was a way for him to do it :
it was to give him an order to Gen. Wilkin
son's quarter master general in the Southern
Department; to pay for so much transporta
tion as Gen. Jackson's command would have
been entitled to if he had returned under reg
ular orders. Upon the instant he took up a
pen, wrote down the very words I had spo
ken, directed a clerk to put them into form;
and the work was done. The order went off
immediately, and Jackson was relieved from
imminent impending ruin, and Tennessee
remained firm to the Administration
Thus, this case of responsibility was over,
but the original cause of our concern was
still in full force. Jackson was again on his
farm, unemployed, and the fine chance gone
which had flattered us so ranch. But the
chapter of accidents soon presented another
—not so brilliant as New Orleans had prom
ised, and afterwards realized—but sufficient
for the purpose. The massacre at Fort
Mimms took place. The banks of the Mobile
river smoked with fire and blood. Jackson
called up his volunteers, reinforced by some
militia, marched to the Greek nation—and
there commenced that career of victories
which soon extorted the commission which
had so long been denied to his merit, and
which ended in filling the "measure" of his
own "and his cou Ary's glory." And that,
Mr. Chairman, was the way in which this
great man gained the privilege of using that
sword for his country which, after triumph
ing in many fields which it immortalized, has
come here, to repose in the hands of the rep
resentatives of a grateful and 'admiring coun
try.
THE TOOTH BUSINESS.—Some men thrive
on the infirmities of others. The fact as in
dicated by the statistics of the tooth-manu
facturing business in New York city, where
there are a number of individuals or associa
tions extensively engaged in it. At one
place in Broadway there may occasionally be
seen large rocks of quartz, which, after being
ground, forms a principal ingredient, in the
composition of which artificial teeth are
made. One concern engaged in this business
employs thirty men, and turns out three thou
sand teeth per day, to be sold to dentists, and
afterwards attached to gold plates, Sze.—
Journal of Commerce.
From the Pittsburg Daily Union
Adjutant General.
We saw the newly appointed Adjutant
General in our city, on Saturday. He ap
peared to be in tribulation, we ivondeted why
he should appear so. But we were after wards
informed that the present Adjutant had de
clined to hand over the "documents," until a
successor could be legally appointed; there
fore, Mr. Power will have to wait a little
longer before he becomes a General. Bide
your time, Colonel, until the Governor has
appointed all his aids, and then you may se
cure the higher honors.
The following correspondence has passed
between Mr. Power and Gen. Bowman,
which will explain the whole matter :
HARRISBURG Feb. 7, 1855.
Gem George W. Bowman, Sir :—The Gov
ernor has appointed ma Adjutant General.—
Will you please to inform me as to what will
be the most convenient mode of conveyance
by which I can receive the Books and papers
which are in your posssession belonging to
the office.
Very respectfully, your obt. servant.
Thos. J. PowER.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
) r ßedford, February 12,1855-
Thos. „T. Power, Esq., Sir :—I have the
honor to,acknos,veledge the receipt of your
note of the 7th instant, informing me that
Gov. Pollock had appointed you Adjutant
General of the Commonwealth, and request
ed me to inform you as to the most conveni
ent mode of receiving the Books and papers
belonging to the office. in reply to which I
would most respectfully state that, at the ex
piration of my commission, on the 28th day
of October, 1856, i will take great pleasure
in handing over the Books, and Papers,&c.,
to any person legally authorized to receive
them, and not sooner. Should the Governor
then designate you as that person, it will cer
tainly be gratifying to my feelings of perso
nal regard.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
GEO. W. BOWMAN.
Adjutant General; P. M.
The Gazette also publishes an extract, as
follows, from the opinion of a lawyer of
Harrisburg :
"Power bases his claim to the office an the
fact that the Record reads that the appoint
ment was made to fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the resignation of Gen. Keenan. But
the law does not contemplate a less term than
three years, and the, error of the clerk, in *ma
king the entry, cannot, of course, alter the
operation of the Act of Assembly, or, in the
slightest degree, vitiate the appointment of
Gen. B. for three years.- The _Law gives him
the appointment for three years, and the
blunder of a clerk cannot alter it."
From this it appears that the appointment
of Col. Power was decidedly " previous."—
Gen. Bowman has the law on his side, and
he is determined to resist this usurpation of a
right which does not, at present, belong to
the Governor. If such rashand hasty action
is to be a criteriap of Gov. Pollock's admin
istrative abilities, the less he shows of them
the better
The New Sunday Liquor Law
The following is the bill lately passed by
the Legislature, the same has received the
signature of the Governor, and is now a law.
If enforced it will entirely surpress the traf
fic in alcoholic liquors on the Sabbath.
SEC 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from
and after the first day of April next it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons to
sell trade or barter in any spirituous or malt
liquors, wine or cider, on the first day of the
week, commonly called Sunday, or for the
keeper or keepers of any hotel, inn, tavern,
ale-house, beer-house, or othet public house
or place, knowingly to allow or permit any
spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, to
be drank on or within the premises or house
occupied or kept by such keeper or keepers,
his, her or their, agents or servants, on the
said first day of the week.
SEC. 2. That any person or persons viola
ting the provisions or the foregoing section :
shall for each and every offence, forfeit and
pay the sum of fifty dollars, one half of
which shall be paid to the prosecutor, and
the other half to the guardians of the poor of
the city or county in which suit is brought,
or iu counties having no guardians of the
poor, then to the overseers of the poor of the
township, ward, or borough, in which the
offence was committed to be recovered as
debts of like amount are now by law recov
erable in any action of debt brought in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well
for the use of guardians of the poor, (or for
the overseers of the poor of the township,
ward or borough, as the ease may be,j as for
the person suing : Provided, That when
any prosecutor is himself a witness on any
trial under the provisions of this section,
then the whole penalty or forfeiture shall be
paid to the guardians or overseers as afore
said
Sc.E 3. That in addition to the, civil pen
alties imposed by the last preceding section,
for a violation of the provisions of the first
section of this act, every person who shall
violate the provisions of that section, shall
be taken and deemed to have committed a
misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction there
of, in any criminal court in this Common
wealth, be fined in any sum not less than
ten dollars or more than ore hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned in the county jail for a
period not less than ten days nor more than
sixty days, at the discretion of the court ;
and upon being twice convicted, as aforesaid.
he shall forfeit any license he may have for
selling the aforesaid liquors.
Broke lip
The Know-Nothing lodge in Raymond
lately had a meeting, and dissolved with
three cheers for Gov. Baker ! It looks as
though "the order" is rapidly going to pieces
in New Hampshire. This will be a beauti
ful dissolving view.—Boston Post.
So it will . be everywhere. No man of
sense can calmly shut his eyes to the fact
VOL. 10, NO. 89.
that the whole organization has been effec
ted for the purpose of carrying out . a"Whig
trick." Every day's experience proves this
fact. The result of the Senatorial election in
this State is so conclusive on this pont, that
we doubt very much if a single member
who was formerly a democrat, will deny it,.
Know-Nothingism has had its day. ft hai
done its work, and from now on, henceforth'
and forever., it will wane until nothing, shall
be left of it but the simple fact that once in the'
political history of this country such an or
ganization did exist. A few may still re:
main, frightened about Catholicism', but their
fears will only he amusement for those who'
know better.--Dem. Union
An Office-Seeker in Distress
We find the following letter of poor Mr.
Blighted, who was a well recommended can
didate for office, in one of our exchanges.—
We are not informed as to what position
Mr. B. sought, but take it for granted that
he fired at the flock.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 16, 1855.
Dear Cummins : .1 am getting tired of this
business. I came here with a fat wallet,.
and it is now getting as thin as the frame of
Calvin EdSon. They drink like fish here;
every introeuotiou costs me a silver top. I
rtan't even turn round without forking over.
a quarter. Have to pay a "kit's eye" for,
being shown the direction of a street. Am
frequently invited to change breath with
members, but they invariably leave me to
settle. When I send my clothes to the
washerwoman, my room-mate sends his at
the same time, and leaves me to pony over
for both when they come back. Am asked
to change a ten dollar bill by one, and to
loan five to auother, the first turns out to
be worth but fifty cents on the dollar, and
the last I never hear of again !
Cummins ! it's all " going." 012 i hea
vens ! the last is the worst of all. I have
just rung for my bill, and find upon it eleven :
bottles o wine and eighty one whiskey Pun
ches which I never called for. Am no gen
tleman if I dispute the bill—it takes my
last dollar—my affairs are in a state of un
certainty, and I return home a dead head.—
Good bye, Cummins ; —you have always been
pretty good to me, good fellow,—noble soul
—boo—hoo—hoo—hoo grave stone; I shall
call and make my selection when I return.
A plain inscription would be preferred. As
for the device—say' the American eagle hold
ing in his claws my memorial ; a pair of
scales representing interest weighing down
principle, and "material aid" in the back
ground. In order to avoid a public reception,
I shall return at midnight. It is my.present
intention to announce myself a candidate for
the poor-house. The train has just left with'
me in it. Igo in the emigrant car.
Yours truly, B. BLIGIITED.
A REVEREND HORSE TIIIEF.-Our readers:
no doubt remember an item we published last .
week to the effect tnat a man named Henry_
Johnston had stolen a horse from a gentle-_
man, living near Brookville, and that it was
thought he was in the city, or had come here.'
Col. Brady, editor of the Brookville Jefferso
nian, made us acquainted with the full par
ticulars of the case, but at his request we re-,,
frained from giving anything but the mere
announcement of the theft, he hoping to be
able to capture the thief. The horse was
sold by Johnston in Blairsville. The Apala
chian, in giving an account of the transac
tion, says that he first asked upwards of $1:00
for him, but finally sold him for about $4O
to Mr. Samuel Dixon. This great difference
in price excited suspicion, after he had left,
that the horse was stolen, and some gentle
! men from Brookville, who chanced to be. in
town on their way back from Pittsburgh,
were asked about the matter, and on . exami
nation recognized the horse as one which
had been stolen from Mr. John Shauffner,
about thirteen miles from Brookville, the
night previous to Johnston's arrival here.—
They, however, knew no person of the name
of Henry Johnston in Jefferson county.—
Col. Brady got a description of the man, and
started in pursuit of him to Pittsburgh, where
he had stated he was going to buy flour, for
which purpose he said he was compelled to
sell the horse. No trace of him, however,
was found in that direction. Oh inquiry,
however, it turned out, that the pretended
Henry Johnston was a local Methodist preach
er, named Aiken Brown, from near:Perrys
ville, Jefferson county—a man who had here
tofore borne an excellent character. Instead
of going to Pittsburgh, he had returned home
and we learn was arrested at Perrysville by
the Sheriff of Jefferson county after the facts
became known there, but succeeded in mak
ing his escape from his custody to parts un
known. He was formerly a regular minis
ter of the Wesleyan Methodist church, but
latterly had been acting occasionally as a
local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
connection. While he vas here with the
stolen horse, he stated that he intended to
apply for admission into Pittsburgh Confer
ence, and for an appointment. Mr. Shauff
ner came to town on last Friday, and obtain
ed the horse.—Pittsburgh, Union.
TRUTH IN CONVERSATION,—The love of
truth is the stimulous to all noble conversa
tion. This is the root of all the charities.—
The tree which springs from it may have a
thousand branches,. but they will all bear a
golden and generous fruitage. It is the lof
tiest impulse to inquire—willing to cornmu
nicate and more willing to receive—con
temptuous of petty curiosity, but passionate
for glorious knowledge.—Speech without it
is but babble. Rhetoric is more noisy but
less useful than the tinman's trade. When
the love of truth fires up the passions, puts
its lightning in the brain, then men may
know that a prophet is among them. This
is the spring of all heroism, and clothes the
martyr with a flame that outshines the flame
that kills him. Compared with this, the em- .
ulations of argument—the pongencies of sar
casm -j--the pride of logic—the pomp of deo-
JamatiOn are as the sounds of automaton to
the voice of man.—Dewey.
0:7 Tho Methodist conference of Alabama
is agitating the subject of building a male col
lege. It is proposed to raise $lOO,OOO for
that purpose.