L.
'issettilonenealnlithedi i Ills skilful, energetic, and inde d
Pen -
, eil .IfILLIMI AL PORTIOL. , • cot coulee, in that offs --was walk
...._
known. his letter to unseili, coy"-
tbs . Elo e
.pri.s. e a ni
t : ttY sg, i ,r 7 e o u r ell ni r o r e eit ` w th lio k ne ece ir posed of a majority of own ; parity,
proposed for public offive. Judge Pole i in which he r efu 3 ed to into • • * eft their
ii ,„
(l (Wart, vies
4er spent a coneiderable portion of his , rize:lnt,i,crlsttiiyn a- em e pendin
read and Any F' ... J " y men
hills % di% town. ()n his appointment
'to the Supreme Bench we published a of all parties.
When Judge Knox resigned from the
0604 iltetch of him, which was co o"!
Bench of the Supreme Court, Governor
by sofa() of our exchanges. We add u
few mom. facts, well known to his
P:.eker, in accordance with the wishes
frit:ode here, w of the party throughout. the State, tip
- In° others, which may prove interest- ' pointed Mr. Porter to his present posi
tl
Lion ; and the Convention which assetn-
Pennsylvania, in Ire H 1.1, o was born in ITuntingiton counts-,
:Ind is
row $ bled atilarrishll rg• .... onthe 4th of3.l:.irci
last, confirme7l ties- selection Tir s in - af-'
k lib Out. thirty-seven years of nee. lie is
, most unabimous vote.
'' the son' of the lion. David R. Portcr,
wham name has loi ' Such has been his political and pro-
. nor people , His mother was the ilaugle '
been familiar to
fessional course. Ilis life has not, how-
tap t,f Mr Sfelie, nem, who emigrated r vor, bean wholly ,levoted to prole...ion
-
fres Scotland ilniing the Loa centhry ,
~, al oc
ill" culiiin as. At cull, ge he exhibited
, feribe purpo*P- of etigniring in inrinufse- I ' iar '' ' ,. ".,
Y " 1 "' 1114 "dre 4,4l "/Se• I
rot e our literary societies, in 18.43, was
i seiag ering i i ro ri n li in o l n V fm cs ic tet sci l.;e: r i i i i i i , s s -I , y , a ite rii i a l .07 highlyinstruct ive. We remember sit
address butore the Law Academy of,
the other, ,J uil ve Porter has a good right',
Philadelphia, of which he was one of,
to the title of Scotch Irish, so nincli
astoristsi in his mi.:
of . Judge Gibson., the provosts, but the subject has escap-!
ied 0 " .
His most successful publication
• His early life was passed in II n litine
is his work on the character of Judge
' ADO, but we have no information i e .
Gibson, who, it seems from the preface,l
•
than
it. lie came to Euvton more ,
showed hint much kindness in early life.l
twenty years ago, and spent sev-
I Ills ,vane was extensively noticed by
oral years a 6 the colleaa in this town. '
the reviewers throughout the country
Ms teachers speak of nun as a boy of
t l 1
quick and active mind : a persevering nod had a rapid sale.
Ile has been engaged in other labors'
sitstlleat end exceedingly truthful and
peculiar for a lawyer. He '
honorable in his thoughts and feclinscs.i sfnuewhat '
was for several years one of the mana-
Eltirinehis tootiage coneso ho maintained !
:gere of the A merieen Sunday School
a pisitton at the head of his elate. He
and Union and it member of the eommittee
- showed a talent for debate,
saciei ic, of publication. In this capacity he so-!
41 . .....
tad ono of the lift sore .
Whi - e — calege <t, severs! occasions. Ile tested, supervised or assisted in the
l i publication ct some of the important
peculate
art,
also in moral and in
treatisesublished by that institution,
••'4600W1 phifosophy. In the ancient
distill. I which have exerted so much influence
Ilatignages he was particularly
on the minds of the young, throughout
gashed, so much so that on graduating
I the country.
vered an original speech in Greek •
eind Latin. I In private life the diameter ofJudgo
Porter is without blot. In his 10-14384, Air. Porter commenced the 1
deport
seedy
of iii.vv in the office
or boo. J. M.. meat and disposition ho is frank nod
'new, yarn tins turned out more law-
!cordial. In private charity ho is liber
pm man seine of our bars contain.—
fal to a (twit. As an advocate ho was
• Ofterist years were hero devoted to the exceedingly clear and forcible. The
book% are full of his arguments. Of his
f 'telly .of law. During thin time he be-
I
came a general favorite of onr citizens, fidelity to clients, the citizens of this
eounty:,of whose' business in Pliiittileb
and they will vote for him with a anon
had the almost exclusive charge,
,taitty which few public inn could coin- P hil% he
' Plied. _ require nothing to be said; and besides
Id 1842 he was appointed by Atter_ a safe adviser, they haie always found
ney Gen. Johnson, District Attorney
him a courteous and hospitable gentle
for P Man. Asa Judge, we are told he leanshiladelphia, which brought him in '
• contact with some of the ablest mem-
much towards the common law, and
Sims of that bar. We have always nn
that his views are very conservative.
derstood that he discharged the duties In religion he is a Presbyterian. In
of the office with ability. The Sheriff politics he wa s when ho was here , and
always has been, a Democrat. As a'
Al Mandell:ibis having died, a violent
Judge he may, and probably does sap-
contest fbr the remainder of the term
pose it improper to take any part in
ensued. Unable to please either fac
t
Lion, Judge Porter's father, then Gov- the political - questions now under dis
cushion, but those who know him best
. *Mar, appointed hint to the office.—
-This was an uncomfortable position, are sure that he will be found at all
times
-for the uproar on all sides was great.—
on the side of right.
Residue the political discontents, pro- --
eeedings were commenced to test his
eligibility, on the ground of age. But
the character of the office was soon
changed. Order was brought out of
- confusion and illegal fees abolished.—
Money was promptly paid over and
the business was conducted with an
exactness and precision which are said
to be memorable to this day. The no
tableeriots of that period commenced
about this time. One of the most ex
citing occurred in Kensington. Depart
ing front the custom ()fills predecessors,
Rheriff Porter placed himself at the
head of a posse of several hundred eiti
s genic and against all remonstrance pro
ceeded to the scene of disturbance.-
110 newspaper accounts are still in our
„minds, At the first, discharge of fire
ems the posse left the Sheriff with but
a handful of supporters. The testimo-
P a ft erwards given in court, brought
Ike subsequent facts prominently to
view. One of the witnesses testified
that after a long search he found the
Sheriff in the midst of the fight, stir
_ rounded by several hundred of tbe riot
ers,. and - severely- injured. On being
Ord torctire• he replied, not until the
, riot is quelled. In the presence of the
- witnesses he was again knocked down
MEM
and very much trampled. The result
was a long illness. We have,frequent
ly beard Mr. Porter say, that on re
covering from his illness a new world
locoed to open upon him, tor all oppo-i
titles to his administration as Sheriff)
was gone.
.The frowns with which he
us formerly met were changed for
PorliflotAl l Stions. Those whom his ami
able
temper and integrity had failed to I
!phew.* we won by his disposition to
do his duty. -
,t the close of his term as Sheriff,
thw members of the bar, without dis
deletion of party, presented to him an
address which was re-published in this
parr, at that time. Among other
things, they say, "we cheerfully bear II
- Sur testimony to the faithfulness and
purity with wlijeh yoct have discharged
your responsible trusts, to the decorous ,
!stunner in v. Lich the affairs of your of -1
, fieehavebeen managed, and the prompt-1
nue and correctness with which all its ,
business has been conducted." On
turning to the list of signatures, we see 1
the names of.ileredith, Randall, Ingra-
'iMut ifyllorj:, Dallas, Gilpin, Brown,
Price, Rood, 'f3-son, Campbell, Tilgham,
Wharton, Cad walail fir, Ingersoll, Scott,
Nabbed, Perkins, Bayard, and several
hundred equally distinguished and of
all political opinions.
Tie retiring from the Sheriff's offie:.‘
)Ir: fprter resumed the practical of the
law in Philadelphia, and continued it
With sniaocesibr-fiftoen or sixteen years,
and until his appointment to the Bunch.
His success, which was almost unprece.
'dented, might have been expected from
- his ability, industry, and legal kuow
ledge.
In 1849 the Trustees of the late Bank
'et the United States selected him as
their esitinsel. Some of his opponents,
.ire Iwo, abuse hint as the Solicitor of
the Hank. This was not so. Re was
counsel of the Trustees, who were. hos
lila totheformer managers of the Bank,
:laid were enL,faged in suits against many
or - them. This apimintment, which
%Vaught him hi conduct with lawyers in
*silkily every county in the t7nlted
"tate" and many of the cities of Europe,
liksi to his practice. Several hundred
• • • .0 dollars were thus collected,
% • 1$ the end the notes and deposits
• 'Bank were paid in full, principal
and interest, (a result at first wholly
• .
ee
_. v e thd,) and the remainder of the
eep dtstribntad among the other
nix
* as
-MK when the Anateei of Phil*.
tad been greatly - induced, and a
effort to overthiow the domt•
4- -
i l .
; r w belected as the Demo-
YFI - T - . ' , date for etty Aotiei t tor, „Ind
1: Wais elected 'by Itiargo 414-
j•:;:y .
Letter from President Buchanan.
'The following letter from the Presi
dent:was read at the Democratic cele
bration in Independence Square, Phila
delphia, on Monday :
.• Wassisicrroir, July 3, 1858.
Gentlemen : I have received your
very kink invitation to be present at
the meeting of my fellow-citizens in In
dependence square, to celebrate the air
preaching anniversary of oar natioiffil
independence. Would that it were in
my power to accept the invitation.—
This, however, is impossible. May we
ever continue to celebrate, with ardent
enthusiasm, throughout the length and
breadth of the land, each successive re:
tui'n of the day which gave us birth as
a nation. Whilst we do this, and thus
keep alive, from generation to genera
tion, the memory of the common suffer
ings and the oommon . dangers which
our fathers encountered in achieving
our independenee, the Constitution and
the Union wi!l be preserved.
I congratulate you, With all my heart,
upon the present hopeful prospects of
our country. I humbly trnst that a
kind Providence has dispelled the
angry clouds which but recently seem
ed to impend over it, and that wo have
nearly reached the end of those violent
and exasperated sectional controversies
which have threatened the Union.
When we contrast the present eon
d;tion of our country with what it
would have been at this moment had
Congress adjourned without enacting
any law to mitigate., tho sectional strife
which had been raging for years-be
tween the States of the Confederacy,
we have every mason to be thankful to
the Supremo Ruler of nations, who has
ever interfered at the hour of our great
est need to shield us from danger.
From your triend, very, resp' fully,
JAMES BCCILOiA:i.
Terrible .4(-ebleht—Four llen and Tco
Boys Dashe4 to Pieces.—On Tuesday
last, four men and two boys ascended
the shaft at the Thowastown colliery
in a car resting on a cage. When with.
in a few inches of the top a pin on
which the cage rests when it reaches
the top was pulled out too Aoon, and
the car was not on a level with the
platform sufficiently to permit it to be
rolled off the cage. In this position
two of the wheels of the car were roll
ed off the cage. but it, was found Im
possible to get the other wheels off. A
signal was then given to the engineer,
who could not see the position of the
case, to hoist it a little. Unfortunately
it was hoisted too high; the car tilted,
was freed entirely from the cage, and
the next instant, with its freight of pre
emus lives, consisting of four men and
two boys, was dashed down the , shaft,
a perpendicular depth of two hundred
fit i 4 forty feet. The remains of the
unfortunate men and boys were, after
the occurrence, removed to the surface
in a shockingly mutilated condition.—.
Two of the men killed, named Sullivan
and Kenwich, leave families. The
other two, one of whom was named
Brennan, were . unmarried.—Pottsville
Jouraai.
Terrible Arrident from a Aforring Ma
eldine.—A_young man named Healy. re
siding in Faleington, Becks county, Pa ,
was almost imm i ediatoly killed a.day or
two since by a mowing machine, which
be was operating. It appears that
something had got wrong with the
IfLiVell, in attempting to fix which Mr.
'leaky 6w3t, down in front of them. The
machine in gear at the time, and
WNW: occurred which started the
horseep and the unfortunate man was
literully cut to pieces in an instant.—
B4ltlf Of has legs were cut. off strove the
kiwas.
!6b - When a daughter remarks, "'No
tier, I would aothire }pip, for I can
most you. t0..d0 all the, work in the
ititt4tear get it &mutt stake will make
tTnixi wife. • " ti "
aht gompiLer.
41. lituhlf, lltilifor a 4 Preprietes.
- _
GYTTYSB G, PA.
Mond/4y Morning, July 12, 1858
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
JCDrit Or SLPREIIE COURT,
WILLIAM A. P011.T1:11. of Philadelphia
CAY LL
WESTLEY FIIOST, of Fayette county
DEMIOCRATIE COUNTW COMMITTEE.
The monabers of the Dimocratie Standing
Committee of Adam] county are requested to
meet at the Louse of H. D. Wattles, in Gettys
burg, on StTeioaY, THI 24'11 OF JCL , / INST., at
one o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of
fixing the time for holding the Delegate Elec
tions, and also fur holding the County Conven
tion. A full attendance is desired.
H. J. SIMILE, Chairman.
SerThe following named peractillikompose
the Committee:
Gettysburg—lf. J. Stable, Solomon Powers.
Berwick twp.—George Flickinger.
Otfurd—lienry J. Kuhn.
Liberty—Joseph P. klcDtvit.
Stroben—Philip Donohoe.
Gertuany•LJoseph A. Shorb.
Mountpleasant--Perer O'Neil.
Freedom—John It. Harrigan.
Union—Daniel Whettler,
Menallen--Sanattel A. Swope.
Berwick bor.—Frederick Wolf.
llountjoy—Henry Header.
Conow ego—John Bushey, Sr.
Tyrone—Ceti. F. Eckenrode.
Cumberland—lsaac 4leardortf.
Hamiltonban—Thomas A. Marshall.
I.atienore—Jacob H oecht.
Franklin--Jacob Mark.
Butler—John Boyer, Sr.
Huntington—Thomas N. Dicks.
Bending—Henry A. Picking.
• Hamilton-410one King.
July 12, ltlfid.
riir•The Democracy of Philadelphia
celebrated our National Anniversary,
all usual, in Independence Sqaare. • It
was a Frnnd demonstration, where the
fires of patriotism burned brightly.—
The al tendance was very large, and the
utmost harmony and good feeling pre
vailed. ion. Thomns B. Florence pre
sided, and Charles Ingersoll, Esq., de
livered an eloquent oration. Tho reso
lutions adopted are of the true stamp,
.warmly ondOrsing the Administration
of James Buchanan.'
Cosgressmax.—Tho Bedford Gazette
says that although the Conferees ap
pointed at the late County Convention
in Bedford are uninstructed, the under
standing
. %17118 that they would support
iron. Wttsox REILLY, shonid the Con
ferees from Franklin bo favorablo to his
ro-nomination.
ikii-Th3 Democratic Coni-ention of
Fulton county, to nominate a Tiekot
nod appoint Conferees, will be held on
tho last day of this month.
tiffirSenator Bigler was recently ton
dere4 public dinner by tho leading
I: o ;meeralsofllhiladelphin,which ho was
compelled to decline. lion. J. Glancy
Jones has been honored with the Loader
of a similareompliment.
riiirOpposition Conventions, in a num
ber of the counties of this State, have
expressed a preference for that prince
of political jugglers, Simon Cameron,
for the nest Presidency. He would be
" just the man " to loud the "speckled
party."
• leig-The now name which the Penn
sylvanian suggests for the mongrel Op
position—" the Mulatto Party"—is so
pointed that it promises to be Viler:Lily
received as their title. Many of their
presses (the Star among them) do not
seem to ihney it, but they cannot deny
its entire applicability—composed as
their party is of
"Blaek spirits and white—
Blue spirits and grey."
• air- The President has again taken
up his residence at. the "Old Soldiers'
Home," some four miles out of the City
of Washington. Ile attends at the
White House each morning for the
transaction of business, and returns to
his country residence in the afternoon
or evening. His health is good.
ler Th a Permsylvar.ia State Agricul
tural Society will hold its annual exhi
bition at Pittsburg, on the 28th of Sep
tember, continuing until October lsti
inclusive.
Good Arrangement.—We understand
the Philadelphia Banks, and others ad
jacent, have entered into an arrange
ment, for receiving all the notes of the
Banks of Pennwlvania, cast of the Alle
gheny mountains—on deposit and in
payment of debts—on and after She
18th of Septembtr next.
Ravages of the flog CAolera.—A totter
`from Gibson county, Ind.,says that not
only are the hogs dying from cholera.
but it, has made its appoarance amosg
horses and cattle, among which it is
very fatal.
ifirDon'tfbrget to remember nor re
member to for.-get to buy your goods
from those who can afford to advertise,
if you want cheap goods.
JA lady vibo • obstinately persists
Wearing hoops ought,..not, to complain
of being ridiculed. . If she will make a
barrel of herself ehe •ma»t oxpoot to be
treabietas s "butt. •
The Truth Will Come Otrt.
Speaking of the tariffact of 1857, the
passage of which according Black Re
publican Know Nothing journals is the
cause of all the pecuniary embarrass
ment now, existing in the country, the .
Lani•aster Examiner (opposition) says :
"1 t is proper to observe, however,that
this nalification of the tariff could
have h bate limited influence upon the
industriar interests of the country. ' In
seine respects it was favorable—putting
as it did a number of articles used in
msnuftteturing-andflot produred in this
country, such as drugs and dyes, on the
free lilt. In others it was unfavorable.
Taken as a whole, the effect can scarce
ly be appreciable either way."
'Upon this the Ate/bye/leer, of that
city, very pointedly remarks :—Now,
if the Examiner be correct in the above
extract from its article, and we havo no
doubt of it, how ridiculous and absurd
is the attempt of any portion of the
Black Republican Know Nothing press
to charge the financial crisis and de
pression of business to "the tariff." All
admit that under the Democratic tariff
of 1846, during the period of eleven
years in which it remained undisturbed,
the - whole country, in every department
of business, prospored s bcyoud all for
mer example : of course, then, that ta
riff could not be the cause of our pre
sent difficulties. Neither is tho tariff
of 1857 chargeable with it, according
to the Examiner, a paper which ought
to he good authority in such tnatters.
The truth of the matter is : The tariff
hobby has already been ridden to death
several times in Pennsylvania, and it is
only because the opposition to the De
mocracy have not a solitary plank left
In their platform, that they take hold,
like drowning men catching at str aws, .
of this effete and rickety relic by
gone years, in the faint hope that
"something may turn up" to their ad
vantage from the agitation of this oft
exploded humbug.
Found Out!
From a secret Circular, which by
somo accident has come to light, it is
discovered that the " People's Party"
movement originated ivith a few loading
Know Nothings at,. Washington, just
before the adjournment of gongress—
the party having in view the nomination
of -John C. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
for the Presidency in 1869. In some
quarters—in Lancaster and Chester
counties, for instance—lending Black
Republicans "smell a rat," and are
sitting their faces against the turn
things are taking. How the movement
will be received among the opposition
is this county is not for us to predict;
but it is oasy to seo that the wires aro
already in the hands of the more inti
mate followers of tho grout dark lan
ternite "Sam."
Crossing Their Legs.
There is said to be a man nut west
who has moved so often that whenever
his chickens see a covered wagon stop
before the door, they all march out in
the road, lie down on their backs be
hind the Wagon and cross their legs
ready to be tied. Our political oppo
nents remind us very strongly Macao
chickens. Their loaders never let them
stay long in ono place. En a few brief years
they have been "moved" through Whig
gory, Know Nothingism, Black Repub
licanism, and the Lord knows what else,
and just now they are " waiting for the
wagon " of the " People's Party."—
When it comes along, they will march
out, turn over on thoir backs, cross
their legs, and lot their loaders tie
them and throw them in, to be driven
off and dumped out God knows where.
—Valley Spirit.
.....
The Vote of the States.
The admission of Minnesota into the
Union has increased the nuna l ber of
electoral votes which are cast by all the
States from no to 3UO. Before the
election of 1860 comes on it is probable
that this number wsll be increased by 3
from Oregon and 3 from Kansas.—
Detroit F•ee Press. .
ter The electoral, vote in 1856 con
sisted of 296 votes—Minnesota will in
crease the number to 300, and Kansas
and Oregon would make it 306—requi
ring 154 for a choice for President. Of
these 306 there would be 120 from the
sl.sveholding States, and 186 from the
non - slaveholdino. States. In the
Charleston Convention, under the two
third rule, it will require 204 votes to
make a nomination.
Something Worth Remembering
The Boston Post, in alluding to the
false reports which the telegraph has
circulated relative to the hostile designs
of the Mormons, even in the face of offi
cial advices that the Utah rebellion has
been completely crushed, says with
much force and truth, that "it will do
no harm for patriotic citizens, especially
Democrats, on reading telegrams ad
verse to the Administration, to bear in
mind that the helm of our national af
fairs is not directed by one who never
held a 661 offwe in his life, but by a
President who has had the thorough
training of a statesman; and that ho is
surrounded by an able, sagacious, and
honest cabinet, experienced in all de
partments of the public service. For
tunate is it for the country that each
characters have to deal with questions
like those connected with Utah, Great
Britain 'and Central America."
Shoecrott, of W hite Pigeon,
the great potato man of itiehigan, bas
ted 1,200 acres of potatoes fur this
ear's crop.
tilirMr. Young, civil engineer, who
drove tho first rivet in the sweeter Le
viathan, is now in Port:end, Ho.
,The masterly Speech of Hon.
Jon x Lerch a. of Va., published in our
last, is producingthe happiest effect all
over the country—opening the eyes of
the:people to the true state of the ex
ipenditures of the
,Government—and, at
the same time, exposing the Lase and
unfair means Which the Opposition are
using to affect injuriously the cha:•acter
,of (lie:l:ugh-toned and economical Ad
ministration of James Buchanan.
So convincing is the Speech that few
of the Opposition journal's have dared
; to say a word in reply to it; and wher3
they have undertaken the task, it has
r'proven a very " hard road to travel."—
Read the following article:
Prom the Waahlegtoe rob°.
4, The Opposition Charges of Ertrava-
fiance:
The opposition members of Congress
departed from the metropolis at the
end. of the past session in the perfect
- conviction that the appropriations
. W high had been voted were extraordi
' nearly large. M r.Critten den ,we believe,
in one of his harangues before the audi
ences that saluted him on his way home
wafd, stated the amount of them at i the
high figure of ono hundred millions of
dollars. Other speakers at different
' points of the country made the same
supposition ; and the whole tone and
lan' oof their harangues shelved
th extravagance of the adminia
, tra ns to ho the great grievance
against AV the eloquence of the op
position was to.le levelled in the con
te4 at hand.
Seeing this foregone determination to
assail the administration and Democrat
ic party for expenditures ordered to be
made by Congress, voted for, too, by a
majority of opposition men in Congress,
we made haste to procure a statement
of the exact amount of the appropria
flop; of the session, as nearly as it,
could bo ascertained on allowing a lib
eral estimate of that class of appropria
tions which, front their nt tare, aro in
definite. This statement disclosed that
the- amount of regular appropriations
of the last session, made in pursuance
of the demands. of the departments,
was about 653 4 000,000; and that this
class of appropriations ' augmented by
'those which Congress had seen fit of its
own !notion to make fur ordinary per
i
poses, made up a grand total for the
' year of but about ! $63,000,000.
The publicatioin of these figures has
acted very much like a shower bath up
on ill() buoyant expectations of the op
; position in regard to Executive expen
ditures. Tho lachzymoie and ex
,,posplatory appeals they had begun to
adtfress to the people in deprecation of
the sad extravagance of their rulers,
anti in behalf of the necessity of reform,
have been sudden'y silenced. We hear,
t indeed, faint ant:
: oce.asional allusions to
lextravagance • hut wd find none at
tempting, after `the example of Mr.
Crittenden or Mr. Sherman, to exagger
-1 ate the amount of it to anything like a
hundred millions of dollars.
We "ought to ,make exception from
this remark, howiover, of the Washing.
ton correspondent of the Philadelphia
North American—a very intelligent
writer ordinarilyi, but not a very happy
ono on the particular sulject we have
now in hand.
Fie has diseoveied an ingenious mode.
nothvithstanding the low aggregate of
appropriations that we have mentioned,
of smelling the prospective expenditures
of the fiscal year just entered upon to a
high figure:
"An EX PARTE statement is going the rounds
of the press, Uken from the Cajon here, which
computes the appropriations for the ensuing
fiscal year at $68,000,000, in round numberq.
An the impression! is sought to be conveyed
that these figures reiiresent the whole intended
expenditure, as they have been used to coun
teract other sad more damaging estimated
made by opposition members in Congress."
Aftor impeaching the authenticity
of our statement, which we procured
froln the Treitaary Department, and
which' is certainly moro reliahte than
ant unofficial contradictions of it can bc,
the writer goes en to say :
". The ‘llniop' and Mr. Letcher confined their
vision exclusively to , the appropriations author
ized by law in computing the expenditures for
the next year. By turning to the report atilt!
Secretary of the Treasury, it will be found that
a balance of there appropriations for the cur
rant fiscal year, which may be applied to the
next, beginning on the let of Jury, dilate in the
imposing form of $14,582,554 35, which must
be added as a part of the available means to
the regular appropriation% thus *taking an
aggregate of 584,586,588 35 for the coming
year, on the basis of the statement made by Mr.
Letcher, and adopted by the
This is a very ingenious way of mag
nifying sixty-eight, into eighty-five mil
lions of dollars; but it is sufficient to
reply to it, that the administration are
quite as apt to have an unexpended
balance of sixteen millions of appropria
tions standing over at the end of the
new fiscal year as they had at the end
of the old ; and the mere suggestion of
the fact of the present outstanding
barance, suggests also the probability
of as large a balance for the coming
year. Nay, who knows that there may
not! bo oven a greater unexpended
balance than sixteen millions at the
end of 1858-9?
We allude to the subject, however,
chiefly for the purpose of making this
remark : The Black Republican House
of ,Representatives of tho ses-iion of
1856-7 made appropriations for the
iSseal year 1857—st, amounting., as this
1 correspondent of the Philadelphia paper
nforms us, to more than sixteen mil
lions of dollars over and above' what
the present administration have been
( willing to expend. Certainly that can
! not be a very extravagant administra
tion, in the estimate of tho Black Re
publican party, which expends sixteen
millions of dollars less in a year than
the same party authorized it to do.
Thus the opposition are completely
I stopped in their outcry against the
extravagance of the administration.—
When they charge that it has been
guilty of extravagance in the past year,
we reply that its expenditures have
I been sixteen millions less than they
Ithemselves authorized. When they
charge that its expenditures in the com
ing year will be eighty, ninety, or a
holudred millions of dollars, wo reply
that its expenditures may not reach
the amount of the appropriation* by
some sixteen millions, and that the ap
propriations themselves are but NS,-
' 000,000. .
Effect of Cutting Corns.—Mr. Edwin
T. Mott, a prominent citiznn of Phila
delphia, died on Wednesday week, of
byossification of tho-beart--soperindnood
liel t atifig a corn on his - toe, in the
month orDeoember last.
iobm &: eotmili itfAiNi
Irb• !Wm,le of July.
Appropriate sermons werg preached
in several of our Churches on Sunday,
the 4th, the anniversary of the Nation's
birth. On Monday morning, at an
early hour, the church bells were
rung, the Blues cannon was fired,
and martial music paraded the streets,
At 6 o'clock the Blues turned out in
full force, and made an unusually fine
smarms. - The , Band•weerxletront,
and discoursed oaoelfrefit , music—in
cluding our national airs, of course.—
Preparations to spend the day in the
country were then to. be seen on all
sides, and by 9 o'clock the town wore
a decidedly dull aspect: Business in
every department was suspended. In
the evening, the Blues and Band parad
ed together, which with the returning
parties, gave the streets again a lively
appearance. Rockets were discharged
after dark.
The Bachelor's Club of Hanover
spent the day at New Chester, in this
county, and were entertained in fine
style at Major Sanders's hotel. From
tho amount of tho excursiorf which we
find in tho Hanover Spectator, the party
must have had a " high old time."
Adams Api■ I.etaill OM
The Treasurer of our county, lion.
J. B. DANNER, on Tuesday last, paid
into the Treasury, at Harrisburg, the
maim quota of State Tax diie by the
ea t nty for the
.year 1858. For a num
ber of years this county has boon the
first to pay—and so again in this in
stance, Mr. Danner having been ahead
of all other Treasurers.
Other counties may throw this in the
shade in many respects, but in paying
the State's detnands, Adams stands " A
No. 1," and will not bo forced out of her
position at the head of the column.
Fire is lisaspiem.
We regret to learn that the dwelling,
neat- new, of Mr. LEWIS CIIONISTER,
in Hampton, was destroyed by fire on
the morning of the 27th nit., with all
his household furniture, the family bare
ly escaping in their night clothing.—
The firo is supposed to have originated
through tho plaiting of hot ashes in a
barrel, in a shed adjoining the house,
the day previous. No insurance. The
loss falls heavily upon Mr. C., who has
a largo family dependant upon him for
support.
11lore Bespers.
Mr. SAMUELLIERBST informs ns that
ho has thus far during the Acuson dis
posed of thirty-two of MANNY'S REAPERS
AND MOWER'S, and . that he will, to-mor
row, receive another lot, to supply fur
ther orders. Those in want of Ma
chines had better not delay.
To Prevent Nor-Stroke.
" A few green leaves worn inside of
the crown of the hat, it it said, or a wet
handkerchief, will secure one against
ull danger from sun-siroko."
We have heard of instances from sun
stroke occurring in harvest fields, and
now that that season has again ari iced,
the above information may ppeve in
valuable to our farmer friends, and, if
adopted, may save a great deal of suf
fering from the excessive heat, and
may be, life itself..
Merulag Walk's.
Nothing can be more pleasant or
healthy than a walk these.fine, bracing
mornings. To the ladies, such a walk
is worth more than all the cosraeties in
tho world. Belladonna cannot add a
more brilliant flash to the eye, carmine
a' ruddier glow to the chocks, or even
dancing—an amusement some of the
sex will indulge in—more gracefulness
to the step. Try it, ladies, the first
bright, clear morning.
iiirAttention is dirocted to the card
of Mr. W. R. LINN, in another column.
The instruments which he sells are
highly recommended, whilst his prices
are among the most accommodating.
Wo hope to notice numerous sales by
him in this place and county. Send for
a circular.
ler Rev. Mr. Mcawsz will preac
in the United Presbyterian Church,
(Associate Reformod,) on Sabbath next,
the 18th inst., at half past ton o'clock.
DarWe learn that Capt. C. IL Burn-
LEE has tendered to the Brigadier Gen
eral his resignation u Captain of tho
Independent Blues.
ItkirOur friend GEORGE F. ECKEYSODE,
at llcidlersburg, sends us a very tall
stalk of Clover, grown upon the farm
of his brother, JOHN ECKENRODE, in
Tyrone township,—said stalk measur
ing four feet and eleven inches: Boat it
who can !
Capt. PIIIiIP J. GaArr, of Straban,
has sent in a stalk of Timothy measur
ing six feet! We take this to be very
tall also.
. IlerSheads 1k Itnehler's Fiat Iron
Heaters aro "all the rage," and of
course are selling rapidly. Nothing
could be more economical orconvenient.
Mir Th e iron track of our Railroad
was laid across the Con° wago last week.
ISTMarried, in Gibson county, Tenn.
on the 10th ult., Mr. Dennis Thompson,
aged 93, to Miss Sarah F. Koonce, aged
13 years. .
1161F•They are eating ripe peaches at
Memphis at $3 per bushel.
J& Dyspepsia is one of the prevail
ing diseases of this country. This is
owing both to climate influence, and
the habit of eating ou? meals too rapid
ly. In spite of these adverse circum
stances, this.disease•raphilY tiiiPaPP""
by the SIM of the Ozygepated.Birces*
Asseibil
The Anneal Plithlbition pf th•Splipol
at Conowago Chapel took pines in Lb*
afternoon of the 4th inst., and attract
ed a very numerous audience. The
exercises were conducted under a spa
cious canvass, upon the beautiful
grounds in front of the Chapel, and con
sisted of-Ist, Musical Introduction
2d, Drama—The Two Brothers to the
Trial ; Bd, Comedy—Triumvirate of
"Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and Mr.
.A.rgio, intermixed .1)711.4 XliSic l 4--tial,
Distribution of Premiums' ) sth, Vale
dictory : Musical Conclusion. Tlia.por
pits acquitted themselves very hand
somely, and much to the satisfaction of
the spectators.
The School is under the control of tho
Rev. Messrs. Esnims and Ds .Nactute.,
and is justly regarde d i as ono of the
best condreted and most successful in
stitutions of learning in the State. It
will not retrograde under their of
supervision.
Star The Annual Exhibitioihof St. Jo
seph's Academy, at MoSherrystown,
in charge of tho Sisters of the, Sacred
Heart, occurred on Wednesday last.—
The number of spectators present on the
occasion was largo, and all appeamd
highly pleased with the performances
of the aocomplished young !Lidice who
participated in the exercises. The pro
gramme included a Distribution of Pre
miums, after which the exhibition c.loa
dd. Wo condense the programme :
Pianos.--Misses A. Gormley, Annie
McCann, Maggie Dillon, Kato Reily,
Mary Hookos, Mary Durnoy, Josephine
Hombuch, Mary Rooney, Mary L.
Snoeringer, Mary Harley, Mary Hook.
cy, Ellen Ritchie and Clarinda Myers.
Vocal.—Misses Mary Durney, Aimio
Gormley, Mary Harley, E. Ritchie, A.
McCann, M. Power, J. Ryan and J.
Hombach.
The Valedictory was delivered by
Miss M. Dillon. The Farewell. Song
was sung by the young !adios of the
Academy.
The Academy kolds a high rank
among female educational institutions,
—a position it doubtless fully deserves,
and which it gives pleasure to notice.
What One great Mind can Accomplish!
The "great ones" of, the earth have
been justly designated as such for hav
ing achieved ends and objects unattain=-
ed by their fellow men. If we trace
the rise and progress of them, we shall
sec, that not only has their success been
owing to a now idea or original sugges
tion, but in a far greater measure to tho
systematic mode of carrying out the
projects, and bringing them to a suc
cessful issue. In no instance has this
been more truly exemplified than iu
the career and lightning-speed progrois
to fame of TUOMAS Hottowav, and the
proportionate universal dissemination
of his Pills and Ointment as specifics
for nearly every disease of the human
frame. Wo have been fortunate enough
to learn from his own lips the modes
operandi of this wonder-working sys
tem, which evinces it s . superiority not
only in having reached the anne of per
fection. butin keepingafioat this iniglity
organization, a "harp of a thousand
strings" to keep in tune! -
Let the reader conceive to himself the
possibility of creating and continuing
in working ordera business from whose
focus two articles, with the simple cog
nomen of Holloway's Pills and _Rollo
! way's Ointment, are kept perpetually
' in the hand and within the reach of one
in every hundred of a community, and
;that community contained in no less
limits g than the circle of the earth'sbroad
surf Now this is not only uccom
plishod, but done with ease .and
har
i coon s withal : these almost übiquitous
remedies, culled originally (as we aro
assured) from the vegetable productions
of that soil which gave us birth, are
moreover so compounded, from careful
study and research, as to act with divers
tendencies, but wonderful unity of ef
fect; the individual properties of Iloilo
, way's medicines become passive or ae
tire, to suit the exigencies of the case,
the Pills containing omit tonic, as well
as detergent qualities, develop° the one
or the other, as the symptoms of the
patient's case may demand, the Oint
ment being an "expellant" as well as
a healing application, takes a similar
mode of attaining the desired end, thus
mutually assisting nature to Cast off
the common enemy, and snb s luing the
temporal reign of tell disease.
Much more could be said on this point
than can well conic within the scope of
th is short article, which we have thought
it our duty to devote to a caseinl glance
at a great undertaking, that may have
escaped the observation, and conse
quently the duo appreciation of a great
portion of our readers; a system con
ceived as it was, and carried out as it
by a master mind : We will atisome
future time render some farther inter
westing particulars with regard to
this peerless and unprecedented enter
, prise l—Milicankie News.
/® - The Philadelphia Press, and oth
er papers of the same stamp, are claim
ing the re-nomination of the Hon. Wm.
MoNroomEav, in the Washington dis-S
trict, as an anti-Administration and
anti-Lecompton triumph. Mr. Mont
gomery himself, however, sets the mat
ter in another light, and he ought to
know. Ho considers the Kansas ques
tion settled, and as will be perceived by
an extract from a letter to one of his 1
constituents, previous to the primary
election, asked his re-nomination as "an
old-fashioned Democrat." . Hero is what
ho says - on the subject :
" I have invariably in all parts of the
district, said to the people distil was
not a , Lecompton' candidate, nor an
‘anti-Lecompton' candidate; big, simply
an old-fashioned Democrathraihdidate,
subject to the customs and usages, of
the party. Wo had some differences of
opinion amongst us on the ism=
question, but now that; the controversy
is terminated by a bill whiob,if it is not
all we could ask, yet. a. compprroomise
which we, as good &hien*, &lat
hing carry oat,-the coarse ofiras
dom demand ofenrery DouU -
ert his wtapfs*bleae.
the party.'" ' • . •
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