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ISY O. X. W011DEX & J. R. COI.NELIUS.
Ax IvnKPExii:xT Family News Joukxal.
ESTABLISHED IN' 18J3....WIIOLE NO., 704.
LEWISBDRG, UNION CO, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1857.
At $1,50 Per Tear, always is Al-vaxce.
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ifii Tulsa m maw
BV IV 1 1.1.1 AM trl.l.KS 11KYANT.
Thfir rMif". fnm yonder height,
A soft, renn.i.i'' sound.
YVh'Tr forest leaves :ire bright.
And tall like flakes ot light T.) tl:'
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It i the autumn breeze.
That. Iigiilly floating on.
Just skims ihe weedy leas.
Just stirs the glowing trees,
An 1 i
Ho moans ly sp-Iv broW,
And visik wuli a iiiIi
The last pile ll.uei thai lotlr
Frtnn oul iheirMiuny uotk,
Ut shouting rhiMrcn flies
Thut lilt O tititicr wind.
Ami. ki-sMiu; cheeks and eves.
He leaves their merry cries
At the skv.
Far !
And wanders on to make
That sort, uneasy s "ind,
Uv distant wood and lake,
Wneredistant louniains bieak Frornlhe ground
bower where maidens dxcll
Can win a moment's stay,
X.ir tmr uutrodden dell.
lie sweeps the upland swell, And away.
.
Jl.oirn t thou thy noir.eirss Mate !
Oh sofi, renuiitis Winn!
Not to find.
Tint early seck'.st and lale
The rest it is iliy fate
'ot on the monntain's tirea.st,
X t on the ocean shore.
In all the East and West
The wind that slops lu rest
Is no itnre.
lie valleys, woods, and springs.
So wonder thou sii.oild'st grieve
F r all the glorious limits
Thoutouchesl with thy wings And must leave.
Value oka Testament. 1 Know at
least one iustance of a Lii!ing Testament
purchased at New Oileai.s previous to the
Mexican war.whieh u it only saved the life
of the possessor, but was the means of sa
ving his s ul. It was iu tl.is way : a
vnuno Illinois gill purchased a Mliail Ti-t;ut-ut
for four d zeu uf t-gS at three
O'.ats d r duz -n ; aud when berbrotlu r
was about to start for Mexico, as a lolun
teir, she put ii iuto his vest pocket. There
it remained, wrapped iu the fame p '; r
uvl Eame pocket, uutil the battle of liiena
Vista, wht'U tha owner recievud a . ui.d
through the Testatnett. which broke the
firceof the bullet, which lodged in his
breast, and seut him to the hnspit.il. TLi re
he read his book ; aud the last timu I :-aw
l.im, he was in an Illiuois college, pn par
ing f. r tho pulpit, orratlcr for a Missioii
aiy field iu the Molhodi.-t Cl.ureh.
Famii.V Music. Music, l.ke paii, tings
and statuary, refines aud elevates aud sanc
t.li'S. Song is the langng of gladiM ,
and it is the utterauee if devoti n. J!at
coming lower down, it is physically bene
ficial ; it rouses the circulation, wakes up
the hud.ly energies, and diffu.-cs l.fe and
animation allarounl. Does a l.izy man
everting? We never heard it. Does a
milk-aud water character ever strike a not,
Neve r. Song is the outlet of mental at. i
physical activity, and increases both by its
exercise. No child has completed a reli
gious education who has uot becu taught
to sin" the Songs of Zion. N ) part of our
religious worship is sweeter than this. Iu
David's davs it was a practice and a study.
Hall's Journal nj llrolth.
Philip Clark, formerly of Iowa city, re- ufacturcd from the Chinese Sugar Cane, j
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turned to that place a week or two since, As I have uot leisure to give you a full '
from California, after an absence of eight description of the process, I will only give I
years. He left a wife, children, and a vou a few facts relative to it, at present, j
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valuable farm, when ho went to Califor- The number of btalks used in the cxperi- t
ilia. He finds, ou his return, that hi, meut, was 1300. Wo crushed the stalks i
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wife has long since married, having first l.y passing them between the rollers of a
secured a divorce and a decree giving her sugar mill (such as grocers use for crush- !
the farm for support. Tho farm was then ing sugar.) The cylinders were set about
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sold and is now in other bands, aud his ouc cightb of an inch apart. The crush-
former wife is in some oilier part of the ing was pretty hard work for two men. .
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country. i ly this operation, we cot about four-fifths
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The longest submarine cable ever laid of tho Ju,cc. sod pressed the remainder of j
iK.t f,... v.. i l'.l..ll. in ihn1 o,lt by an old fashioned cider mill. The I
was that from V arua to lalaklava in the i J , , . I
Black Sea which was 340 miles Ion" ! sta'kJ were not selected with respect to ,
The next longest is that between England j tiz". m3 o tucul were of iiam '
and Holland, 115 miles. That between ; some quite small. The quantity of j
Dover and Calais, which has now becu in
successful operation for several years, and
which in its day was considered a great
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achievement, is only -t miles in length.
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The name of the Aylum post office iu j
Durell township,Bradf,ird couuty, Las been '
changed to FrenJitmen ; and the namo of
the South Asylum office, in Asylum town-
ship, changed to A-yluin. Those sending
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communications through cither office will
please take notice, and avoid delay.
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John Mitchell is on his way to the;
North, for the purpose of purchasing ncc- j
cssary materials for the establishment of a j
new paper, in connection with Mr. W. G-
Swaun, at Knoxville, Tennessee, to be
called the Southern Citizen. It will ad
vocate the rc-opcuiug of the slave tradc,as
contemplated by the National Democrats.
Charles Kcssler.who has for thirty years
been connected with the Heading Fayh;
has purchased the entire establishment. '
nrA tit. n. w.r vill nAreaft.-r li f,inlii.t.-.il i
ir t. i. i r'
Solely hv l.lll.splf. The honored nan.n nf I
"Kilter" is no longer associated with the
"Adlcr.
Major U. b. Kupp, one or the most m-1
tclligent and enterprising farmers of Berks i
county, drives bis threshing machine by
a little portable engine.
Care should be taken to keep the Chi
nese Sugar Cane clear of Broom and Ptbcr
corn, lest the former degenerate an I lose
Us saccharine quality.
THE CHRONICLE.
M1I1V. HT. ft. I.vy.
Do not fiy to the City !
Tbc Xcic York Tribune, with tbat rrac
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"?" t!jaraC,tr WMcU ew
cliaraeknz-s it, Aii.u.N exhorts the poor
and destitute those who have not work or
a ..uuiau tariau character wl.i.-h
inry to crou d nut into the eities or the
liiri; towns. There is more uf means and
"re of charity, always, iu country than
in rity, proportionally. Nowhere are men
so r,.":iril,.s4 ,,f 1, .ol.,... .,c ;.. ii.
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.... ici n uja ui int. .31 11 uc It II,
tlt:it f-i (nil i-i rit if ui.fT.ftfr... ,v.-i -.f,...
.:triiritt t li. luiitftn ln-irt . i.m na ri,m
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A friend who lias recently spent some
days in Philadelphia, states that it is diffi-
cult to realize the reverses of fortune
uaiispinng. jien who a lew wecKs ago
rded as millionaires, are now
ut:tr bankrupts, or have sacriCced fortunes
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to uUaiu means to figure a few thoaaDda!
., lit
, lievcraes tike theje, test the nobleness
a"d the virtue of uicl. Some manifest
childlike weakucss, while others engage iu
any reckless uudcrtakm" to save them-
selves or to reap advantage lrom the suf-
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lermgs oi others. Adversity tries iriends, ' ej no visible occupation, except filling a
and tries characters. Some perhaps fuw Oflices.thc emoluments of which would
many who exhibited the loveliest char- .' not support him and his family in the stylo
. acicis, and seemed to adorn a Christian ,iey uave in,Ju!gcd. Yet he with his bro
profession, while the sun of prospciity ,ier . j) IWker, lace become in.lprn.
Miuue, now manifest the most repulsive (ht!y vealihy ! Is it unjust or unchari
dispo,iiious, act out the worst principles t.J0le to affirm with the State history bc
uf a corrupt heart, aud show that their fJrc us that they have made their fatness
t rufessious of nietv were indeed worthless. v c.. .l. .J a .1 : .
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S!,- at home on,o our frieu.U and
uf'iu-iint'jitfn and du not cast vourelf
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II I in a str:illrf iitid tiTif.iliiitr urnrl.1 in
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'it'll il 1 T 1 1 1 1 a ui tlii: I l:ir rut ins n rut tiion.
uf..cturing towns are overwhelmed with
applications of hungry men and women,
Willing and anxious to labor to preserve
tli ui-clvcs aud those dearest to them from
privations, want, and suffering. licmaiu
at home, and try to secure, preserve, or
produce something, at the least cost, for
j our support.
l'einaies, especially, should not throw
them
elves into the vortex of city life,
theujitlotsly hoping that "something may
tutu up." It is stated that youug females
uho are thrnwu out of work by factories,
are wont to hurry to the next town
in il.. luti tioiu iIiul souje noooranie
nieai,, of livelihood will be provi jetitially
aff.irded. Strangers aud alone, if thoy
1 erehauee obtain a respectable temporary
home, their money is soou wasted, they
are j cted from the roofs that sheltered
them, and nine out of teu walk the streets Firs exclusively are ali better, separa'e
to obtain by shame a short lease to a lS auJ as National or State efforts, than
... ,-t miserah'e life Thus do warm hear
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l. d wo.ne.t ho might have been the heads
of happy families, become the curse of
their stx and the bane of humau-kiud.
Youn
woman: last ot all uo you By to
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llic city iu times of distress.
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Ilore of the Chinese Cane Syrup.
Fur llic Lc-Ki.-t.urj; Chronicle.
Mcs-rs.Wordeu A Curuclius.Geutlemcn:
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I scud vou a sample of the malasses man-
'"" waa ,uoul gons irom tne
1300 stalks. From this we obtained about
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"rnn U"""'" "J V'"? r"u,"ir 4U luu "i"
cimen seut you. It requires much care
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in the process of boiling, seummiog, and
straining, to produce a good article. And
although our experience is too limited to
forra a correct opinion on the question, I
am inclined to doubt if it "will pay" to
manufacture molasses from the Chinese
Sugar Cane, but perhaps better machinery
aaj more experience may enable us to be
more successful.
Yours respectfully,
j. M. Nesbit.
Chillisquaque, Oct. 5, 1857.
2iMrs. Wm. T. Li.njt, of Buffaloe X
; It "ads, also scuds us a bottle of Syrup, of
a strong boncy flavor. The three specim
! ees we have been favored with, vary from
! each other in color and taste indicating
a w;je rar,ge i0 modes of preparation, and
suowiug that much has yet to bo learned
b,forc ascertaining the very best.
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SffuWo see that some of the Packcrites
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' where Yankees are not very plenty, call
Judge Wilmot a -'New Y'orker." He is
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Bl.a.lci.i .. .iuc cuuuii i.iiDj...j
and Lag becQ , citizen of tL;8 State M hh
, e belieTe of these .siUotg
know. (But V m. Strong, one of tbeir
candidates for Judge,was a New England
er, and is none the worse for it; but he
has deserted from New England principles,
and should be peppered to death at the
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1 ballot box for tint )
Let the People Remember !
i-wirf tret., We inserted, coufpicu
; ously, from S'Me data by Democratic
'. '"""l. the fact that Forty M;iti,,t of the
- recent State Debt was imposed uuder Dem -
ocratic adminstrat ons. aud not Ilolfa Mil.
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uuler Opposition administrations,
j '9l proved that every Democratic ad-
ministration had increnteil, and every Antl
Uemocratie administration bad trre.iW, j
,ne State Debt Mitncr by $100,000,
Johnston by 00,000, and I'ollock by
SI 0.1 000.
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! tlintiniil aitnif t- rttmtJf rtf K i- w Jite 1i.l.f
Wafl rotmtnrit? V KWilti.l tin ill if TVitnftrrtri
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i run. a uo iucis Btiegcu, nave ueca puo-
' lished for some mouths, and we do not
' recollect of bavin-' seen anv attemnt. on
the part of Packer's friends.to refute them:
i we therefore hold them to be in tho main
corruct an,i that hU aJviscr3 dccra ElIcnt
' n(..,l,.et the better wav to ret aln.ff with
nefellU lae MlItr way 10 Bl0"g 9
the fuLhorn facts" inrornoratod with th
0ffi0ial history of our Legislation !
Let it be borne in miud, it is now twen -
' iy (jve or tLirty years since Gen. Packer,
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iioiu iiiu oirtiv nulla i vw luu it n
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r-it (Ma tit titti jftitif ouuu ut; gutu atit.i
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IN tiie FLi ritE.that the people will decide
iu the ease of Gen. Packer, on the 13th
Oct. 1S57.
wVA . wi rtv a w n Ww ntn A -i n inur
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c .i,.,...iu w-uAnn.!
TURAL 1AIUS arc becoming more and more
unpopular, .or tue reason mat tney are too
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uiueii a ujeie jam, iiuu a resort ur m.ei a,
sight seers, horse jockeys, pickpockctSjic
erv little benebt to agriculture or the
. mechanic arts is really obtained Irom these
huge miscellaneous throngs, lue contri-
butions are after all mostly from a limited
ncishborhood. and a County Fair is about
as extensive and ben. ficial in most respects.
yuteiuess. mill time tor calm observation
.....l ..a . . r .a a
suhstautial benefit derived bv v sitors. In-'
stitutes where Mechanical Improvements
are 00 cxhibi.ion for weeks-Shows of
Agricultural Tools-and Horse or Cattle
' "owd all together with agricultural
nroduets f,,r the sake of nromiscuous ath-
products for the sake of pron t.uous ga.h
, g. Q net and unostentatmus Local
. Kxliil.tlions do far more good and far less
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V I I... I 1 I i.ii.l mill IIVI.I. '
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Fairs, have been hardly equal to a Bucks,
j Chester, or Lancaster Couuty Fair.
An Address to the New Cent.
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Wlmt thull we num. tlt.-, wrrlrbnl itttl. m.tt
' wi.o irmrrt tkusuut of tin.. dj,.ui or iir.
wf "i"'-'IJ ' - n"r
Nor vn ..1.1 t-oi.r' booMt, reU Putch taoef
Ttumrmim f.c-d hair-br.s.i: the tn-stnameoran
. cn giv. th.. umulatto i-enny i
AnJ .' "si. thuupon , u.y r.t
Aiiraplet Then our Mple llltbel
Af .i w.iiiciapiu,:ii,-a wiagr, uj iadiran,
''''' ut ourcripka lii.rtj :
ur .s!mIt4i.pil a mighty wing;
ci ai be h.-, thi. ctip,ii, flutkrins thiDs?
with Wo-iikc pinion b.ra h. m to try
t i" Pf"' u" ' :
Nowon.l.-rtli.ak.rail.toTO.rimbiso
who trail. bi cium.y long ir ilk. a cran..
A" ri-ht! Tbo"h to' "bo" tb. tornu to b,
Iliii l.g. ar. lonseuoul. tocatcb a slave!
Thy eoppp' plsslwwor proo.lly wore
a hiot Frdom. .t.h h.r ri. m
Whuo hw !' ! i
O0" riri kindling aebord Iauarr !
nattb.tbrigWworai.aropt-DoteTeu.f bMjB-inalna.
v-. -b7 ui. tb. b. -be. h.,. io.i tb. brataat
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Juft k. ,, pan, ,bt tiT-nt ti ,
Tnou Itngun, monjrrrl, oovuteifeit and ahani I
Like the old fctgireuf the bawflt class,
Together fused lo Loeofoeo braas.
Tb? dm are apparent at flrrt sight
1'oor foreigners, Um purblind and the old.
May bate tbe palmed on tbem by candle light,
Instead or silver dimes or yellow gold ;
5oUiat,Iike Locii&wuUm, tboo ma; si di-6-nd
Tby title to be called the -poor man's fricndl"
But go, tboo. sh-kly look ing little pest I
1 bate tbe very eokir tbon art painted t
A poltroon hue tbon bearestaltbe best.
Like Franklin Fierce when be In battle fainted.
Go to thy grave, and quickly be forgotten.
Like Douglas, tierce, Buchanan dead and rottent
JS.8.K HWsaaarpsrt 7'nsf.
THE TRUTH!
The Democratic party licet anil thrives
upon "Statxry agitation." To that, alone, who, after a patient and laborious investi
it owes its present possession of the Gov- j gation, proved him awarding, (as Canal
eminent. I have heard the confession of Commissioner) a heavy contract to his own
prominent Democrats, that, but for tbe brother, orer other bidders who were as res
violation of the Missouri compact, tbe I pcniible as he, and at prices far above what
Know-Nothings would have inevitably
swept the country in 185G. It was pro
posed as a measure of Kansas agitation to
alarm and divide the North, and to unite
the South ; a united South and a divided
North being always equivalent to a Dem
ocratic victory. Were the Slavery ques
tion buried to-morrow, the Democracy
would be left in a contemptible minority
in every State North and South. It would
be swamped upon the single issue of the
infamous tyranny it is now practicing in
Kansas. H'usAtnotoii Correspondent of
New York Familif Courier.
Let pleasure be ever ao innocent, tbe ex
cess is ever so criminal.
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- ; General Packer ana the Public Works:
! "TO TIIU LAW AND
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A lew diva a?0. wo Pave 10 me trawio,
a d.,eutent presented ta the Legislature
j V. ? Pre4t,,.w'1 10 luo
' 0 , certain contractors, agiiust
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liie caual Uiarl ot liiat uay, ot wuom
CaEXEltAL I'.k'JKEll wis oae. The
charges presented were deemed of so grave
thoiirhf. it d.m to iu nirtv and the nubliu
tuougnt it due to its party ana me piiic
. to raise a Committee of Investigation,
j which mxt for a loa time, aoJ elicited a
! ID-lSlJ O tedtllODQy.
deemed tUo dause
his characteristic cool
sion, he employed
; C'
counsel. We nee'
testimony sustained
! ?ain9t tue B "ar " their employees.
T lhe leDStDy. 0aiuiul records, we refer,
Tho charges were that Packer and bacon-
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ifucHics recuivuu gouu wjuvy n.u m'j,
! Sute, aud exchanged it for depreciated ;
' currency, which tho poor laborers had to ;
! tae ,l B 'nss "i'80 tua' tuey improperly
usca ne 10 Pr ceut. reserved irom con
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S he lat ni1 r-Iot ork wltho't '!,et,
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sin;;, xuat be did so was proven inciden
tally before the Investigating Committee
0 1939, by W m. B. Scllivam, who,
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arnoug other facts, testified as follows :
I "I have known work upon the Canal to
i be thrown up a day or two before letting,
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i UI1 llr .! r I ai'lf IT f iti9Tlinr nn NI .
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t-v iiiu a v1 ii t .iu it i.ri icuriviiiz uuiiuut"
. on Branu c
aavcrfisill't.
lie also let me a public
j bridge on So. 9, but Mr. Harris, the u-
! gioeer, came along, and annulled the
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1 Xot only diJ Gcn- Picker vioIale his
' official oatb whilst Superintendent upon
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. tiiat inn tliM 'ifTin V Pifil PTT nw;in.
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V"" ouperiu.cuueui, upon tue .,ortu
' eon
traet nJ that ,00 duriuS uis Superin-j
eD although the laws of the C m
mouwealth expressly forbid it. Indeed,
uv iinnnse.1 lhe nennltv nf rlisaltilitv tn
l ll fl? . .1. 11?.
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. uom 0UKe 00 ,us I'uu" wor" uPon luosc
' wbo an '"'erest in all such contracts,
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; " P 'uemse.ves iree irom a..
iuu enin . ii lue u.il'ivcs ireK iruiu a . i
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'jobbing; aud, therefore, from all favorit
I. But
ism iu the awarding of contracts.
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.uu w. s.u..n vus.i-
fi,I hf,.,.l..r,im.i,. that ti I?.'... A'
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Piolett, then Superintendent, was interested
in a contract with himself." Gen. Packer;
was present as the defendant in the case,
then pending before the committee, heard
this testimony of Mr. Clark, and yet he;
did not have Piolett removed. If we mis-
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take not, tbe public records show that Pi-1
j olett retained his office long after this fact
became known to Gen. Packer, although
he, as Canal Commissioner, knew of tbe
law prohibiting such official misconduct,
and knew tbat it was his bounden duty to
remove Piolett.
We appeal to onr readers whether we
have not established fairly, by the testi
mony of disinterested parties, that Gen.
Packer, both as Superintendent of the
West Branch, and as Canal Commission
er, did knowingly violate the written law
of the land in two several instances? Is
the official violator of law a fit person to
elevate to tbe chief magistracy of a great
Stale like this f Otajhl a man to be to el
ecatcd whose official career it stained with
iiffkial misconduct ?
FURTHER EXPOSITIONS !
Wo have shown that Legislative Com
mittees of Investigation, both in 1833 and
in 1839, hare bad occasion to condemn
Gen. Packer, either by their report, or in
the testimony elicited, of gross official
misconduct. There was another committee
raised, in 1841, by his political friends,
those other bidders offered to do the work for.
If gross favoritism is not thus shown a
favoritism which renders any public man
unfit for office by this report, then we
ean not judge of the constructive force and
power of language !
The committee reported, 16th April,'! 1.
In relation to the Western Division of the
Main Line, referring to the Reservoir near
Johnstown, they say
"These facts, in connection with the
proof that M'Comb ti Bingham's, and
O'Fbiel & Co's bid, at rates nearly cor
responding for tbe Eastern reservoir, es
tablish most conclusively ia our minds the
opinion that tb Western reservoir was
allotted to Mooehiad k PACKER at
r so great that, with all ; brother of a Canal Commissioner, he was b : . f Fillmore ftho both now ! ucc,fJ wi,u Po!i,i''3- TIie ,et,cr Jlr- " 'l
Ovid F Jous-sov as They will, however, assert tho belief tbat "" . "... ! w, jast now an ahsorhint; one, ana it is
. ' "V 7j I the contract is one, tho granting of which 0f A remaunog 8EVBS, the Harr.sburg ,ruIv , p(.rliBenl -nXud. North
1 not say how fully tbc , , I 11, rail sunonrted Fillmore and is now for . A.nrrUan.
Il.tt txa At ili-inaa AMAi1 a m t nnv I Oltllinnt 1 1 '.at fi IT t 1C 1 lh. I I lie ZUll VOl. t .. I J J f. J
r j ii j iiif 7575 -v v great liar and a dirty dog c.mmercial dishonor and loss of credit.
iF .' I? . 7 " . .1 . . . -Tn,,c,.Omrt, ! Its m03, disastrous and painful iff,cts,
ence, in 18U2, when he was Superintend The committee state it as their opinion Alv . :a, Sept. 2. 157. S . .;iinu,. ,i. .i,,.,!. nf
.entoftheWeBraucU Canal, reT.irin, that the State las, by this favoritism of ! -T; "'T '"we'oucea ! In ? '.' riC r-.
I it 1 P' Villi Arwf of yesterdav. we notice a honest and loc'ue'nous woriinsinen, unci-
that no work thould be Lt or re let by ia- the Caual Commissioners, 8109,200 in the commomcation cv ihe signature of II. Bu-; Dcct(ii- thrown out of employment and
perintendents, ctiueeH, &e., upon the canal aud railroad contract in lS40-that ; ' 8wope. chargm, us. ... yonr author.iy - Su-Dort for their
, ,. , . j . ... . wuh rreeivin-from onhrough yoo.'Stio.from aepriveu Ol tne ui.aus oi sj, pon ur ineir
public works, without bciaj aJvertiwl. ,s, that they awarded the contracts at pri- j lhe Republca rany. during the last cam-; fauiiie3.
Yet, in defiance of this law, which his of- ces so far above what reliable contractors j paistn. The said charge is suppotted hy an j jt j3 tru)y a Calanjify calculated to ex-
ficial oath required him to observe strict- offered to do them for, that that sum over j 'lavj',''!! ""eh ?hr:,VV.Vrtm T i cite the sympathy of the most selfish and
TO THE TESTIMONY."
', T . . . . , . ,
1. nrn-.j en f.je havnnil (h. run! wnl.iA ft? I ha
' r"" r'" v. . .
I work, tbat the transaction cau neither bo
I explained or excused.
t c;rciwlstai,r9 0r g pACKEil,
prices so lar ueyonu iuc rem -uuj o. iuc
o fh. cua,,l.lur, fr ,A,-, jj,f
.,,,, ritKn ,,, a.f A, (',n,il VmmiA'um.
e, should not deprive him of an ''"'
, ii j - i-
I ,u nwea th, lor put to worli, tor WliieU ue
i t
... ... ....
hicu ue
mi 'Ui u J luo lowest auii oesi irouu uiuucr,
, ,5 silie, ,h .nuance 0f mot extravagant
prices for the job, the circumstance atten
din its allotment we think deserviuir ol
I i- : ..t
. a. a ..-.l...
censure, aii'4 gJ tr ouuw iud it ws
previously determined upon not to give out
the public work to the lowest cood bid-
dor, but, by arrnn-jemfnt, to throw certain
- ,Uu the hamlt ot certain wrions, ana,
and above what was a proper expenditure
was paid. (Vide same, page 523.)
v
Does this favoritism to his brother, this
siinauderinx in a sin gle year of 4lCy,200
' ... . - .
ol tho public money, evince fitness for
"positions of responsibility and trust ?''
If they do. then Gen. Packer ouht to be
1 ..... . .
elected; otherwise, he ought not. ro
" ..I
such shameless family partiality, or such
' ' '
; m.kless profligacy and waste of the public
mouev. stains or mars the record of Da-
j ViD Wilmot. His private and public
!,.,,..,, .r,l-A ..;,nr,n.l.,.,l n,l nn.
impeachable,
But this is not all. An intelligent co
temporary, the Butler American, has ta
ken the pains to make a resume of the
' lIMa W Ulilft v
! comparative expenditures made upon the
1 public works whilst P. was a member of
i - .kui. ;l.it, i -
hut, c.-rtaiuly, this circumstance should refutation of tho whole-cloth lie is, tbat 0f tariffs for protection, as wcli as fr fx
give biiu no preference. The committee neither the Luminary, Jmrnul or TriLunc ' etiu , is of course a great study, aud it is
uuu- 1 iLk,-r : will not say tbat, u-cnate 3ir. Picker is a UDDorted Fremont at all ! the first two . taw way only that .:r. jrown u eon-
ness and self posses-1 therefore favored in the allotment of a job. - T.... . . , , ; nm,tr.. f ' lnot ha6 ddre4sel to him is upon the top-
tne cnarges maui. , . . .1, w(,'e nf ,fie Commonwenlth. Hazletiurst. the Milton DenvKrat is warm ; n ,,,,Q.-,.r- 5.., j ie.r
mis a-uw uiVy w M.jr i pi.m. ; 0 liie Ca umnv.ind shows ud Swone as l(a .I,. tV mnv U f.-lt orrmltv.
ceded aud succeeded that to which he was ventor. he is likely in lose much of his repu-1 dustrial interests. The very consiuerabto
attached. Here is its statement: ,alinn bv improvements made npon him by j reduction made in the tariff, at the last
I such a communication as H. Boeher Swoope I 1 . . , ,
"The three years that Moses Si LLIVAS , has furnished, and such an atfidav.t as one session of Coogres?, must have had a dis
and others were in the Canal Board to j W.W. Woodward has sworn to and published j astrous influence in bringing upon us tho
.1.0 .iwi isait is:t7 ,.,! IS:ts: .1,0 i in the Philadelphia Afiw. I ..,,...,... r ,1.:
' .
unou the rortace nauroaa was
. .
4o4,701 ol, aud the expenditures during
the same lime were 8 i:JU,221 90, being an
o
Tho lhrce yca f
wasCanal Commissioner via. 1839, 1810
HUH 11 A V Wvutawwaaa-B.vawvv,
. 1 .oil .... . IKI llll Kl
auuioti mereicnut w.ui,u.ui,
dJ the cipendltures were 854-J.989 67,
i ., j is- i.i r-.n . .
j bL.lng ,n elccss oi expenaiture oi c. a
ll:t A. 1.1 l he ereess of revenue of I8bu.
i :.7im,. n.. n( ,h.
1839. JSlOand 1811, and you have the
, f S91 10" 07 as the lo"S of the
"""' .' ' -i.h
., fh vears Sullivan's administration.
"Then take the three years succeeding
Packer's administration 1812, 1843 and
IS 14 under W.M. B. Fosteii aud other,
"' r iiree years amountca .
l to S104.428 92. and the expenditures to,
, ' nf , r; .liir.r.l
ince ,,;nst Paper's administration of
5 153 78
What clinches homo the whole thine
most powcrfjlly was, that, being conscious The prospect of success grows every day
of his official mismanagement, being fully ; better. It would certainly be a triumph
convinced that a faithful, honest and ca-1 worth recording to chronicle theelcction of
pable officer at tho head of the examiniug ; David Wilmot as Governor of Pennsylva
and auditing bureau, would most certain- j "' With Bisscll in Illinois, Chase in
ly detect and expose the rascality and cor- Ohio, King in New York, Banks in Massa
runtion which he then knew prevailed chusetts, and Wilmot ia Pennsylvania, the
so extensively upon the public works, and I great States of the North would present j &n imrortaliDs., atl J I Lave ever fa
to which be was a party, ho sought and j "ay of talent and high principle never . d tQ0 ,; of sucll jjiraination
lie ,1 , - . 1. . I : . r.i. I '
obtained the appointment, under Porter,
of Auditor General, lie had thus the
settlement of his own accounts in his
own hamls. If thcre was anything to be
settled in violation of law, any overdrawn
accounts, any swollen contracts, any fat
jobs to be covered up, he had the legal
position wherein it could be done. Be
sides the advantages and facilities afforded
by that position, he had all tbe skill aud
-vrHtec in such matters which were
r. eim.-ito lo enaoie mm td conceal tnese
ih.uoG most successfully.
We now appeal to tbe intelligence of
every man in the State. We ask him,
with the fact staring him in tbe face that
there were large, improper and unnecessa
ry expenditures of the public money,
whilst Gen. Packer was t'anaf t'ommis
sinner, and with tho other fact superadded,
that he was appointed Auditor General to
settle and aljut his own accounts, whether
there is not strong presumptive evidence;
of complicity on bis part with, if not ac-
tual participation in, the frauds and Steal-
r ,, .1 ,. !
age then so common upon all the public '
works of the State ?
With so many proofs of mismanage
ment, of gross malfeasance and corruption
in office, we do not believe the people of
this State, with tbeir simple notions of
Republicanism and old-fashioned babiu
of honesty, are about to entrust power to
one like Gen. Packer. Phitai. Wa.kty
Times.
That Bribery!
wjrTbe Swope Sanderson-Packer prints
have published the affidavit of an alleged
Dr. W indward, in effect that G . Ford
li i . , :. i , lir-., ii
had nameJ fourteen papers lu lennst ivar.la
, , ; . ,
. . , , , . . , t
c " B!)LOUT 10 "W 1 ,
J Of these fourteen,wc see that SEVEN the
. Muucy Laminary, the Altooua Trilune,
j tne Lewistown 6'olf, the Mereersburg
r... .i. u j ....., ,t,i.
i 1 " ' "
&W,and the Ei.ofMiffliubura.SVu-
uruv nil: ciiiir.'t- in turn, u ii'i vimc tuvuiu'
i j r:: -"-c- 1 r
'... ' ' ,
stantia v t ie r onocence. The str ings'
j for pat.k:r) ,nj our impression U that the
Lykens Journal also was neutral. Ut tne
four other papers, we know nothing, not
having any exchange with them.
The following correspondence between
the publishers of the Tribune and Gov.
; Thomas H. Ford, puts the finishinir touch
in person, the list of papers said lo be suom-
".zed by or ihrough you among which me
I name of the Allium tribune appears, w ill
; yon please to let as know, as soon as practi-
j eahle. whether ynu are Ihe author of Ihe
list in question ! whether you ever paid
, , ns an. mon(.y dunog the Vremont earn-
' paijn ? or whether you paid money to any
' ,hcr P'r5"D or persons, for as ! and if so,
pi,ance wiih ihe above reqoest, will conler a
wnai amount, ana 10 wuuin : --
upon Vcurs. respecifully,
M'CKL'M & AI.LItftlN,
Editors -Altoona Tribune.'
MmsntLn, Sept. , 1857.
Edito Altoox Tiiioi (Jtntltmen .
Your leiter ol the 2Sd surprises me. I do not
know either of you. I am not the author of days have given to that sut jett an inter
any list of papers in Pennsylvania for the ; . m fc Tfca
! purpose of subsidizing them. I never paid , 1
; money to either of you daring the Fremont or . the tariff policy of the government na
I anv niHrr ram nin. I nvr naid monfT to 1 u J - ..... Ln .ni
, ., r rrt r . I Kn.
j , - - r j
' r in.-rroJaionr -what ,mounu and
, to whom ?"
. ' ;,". r ..r .iU.-1,..'.
In hastf. THOS. II. ORD.
What Other Think of I s.
Tho Newark Daily Mercury says that
in Pennsylvania last fall Mr. Buchanan
received 230,500 votes, Fremont 147,447,
yotes
"
BUU I.I1UJU.U bUUUlIU!, 11.3 I 11 1 1) 1
s
! and the Straight ticket) 82 "27. Thus
i Ami ii.a K.r.inh. ...tn.i v, .,.,-7
i eunsyivania provea iiscu mucu sounuer
nn it. a nntLn nf tnArm hm V., 1
, . r r" " r
gny, auuouu mere .nr. i renioui rcceivca
. t . r.:,,.. ... ......
.ore voies man i 'jr. i u nil ore. - oui i
Mr- Wilmot has now been nominated, and j
! it is estimated by his friends that he can
' poll all the Uuion votes of last fall, which I
j were over 200,000, and gain a considera-1
' i,e p0rf;on f ,he straight Fillmore vote. I
T, u .. tht. . . of ie
r , ,
Toto r ',r- Buchanan was fraudulent,
brought out by the immense expenditure
of money raised for that State, and that
I no ea vote can be approximated again.
before equalled in tbe history of the coun
try."
Selected Cr tbe Cnaosirtt by a Pemocral.
The Irish Blessing from the Altar.
Dty Father O'Bl.rney be stood at tbe altar.
And delivered thi sermon to Dennis O'Rmin.e :
wArrah. Pennls, ye thief : yonr desart. is the halter,
Ye deserve lobe hanged, 1 say, Dennis, ye rogue.
m learn ye to vote for a heretic thraitor,
Insobeving the holy comman.1. of rowr praste;
Til spake tbe bad word for your sowl to SL P.ter,
lie shall slam lliran's doir in y-jur f jut Sise, j. baste.
aYela-e if the derfl r:ai..-:; -n;.-.;.- he fetch y..
Was to n" 'tp just :m oulofLliis h tvspot.
And tr ask for my vote, rather be ttian the wretch ye
Sow Id your mane dirty sowl to. should have it, y sot.
Whoever gives Dennis a eup of eowtd waiber
Let alone the pnothea mate ordrink. btteoreap.
1 II- will be of bis own endleee ruin the author;
The earth will gape open and swallow him up.
-Cursed be Dennis CBrogue, in ti going and coming,
In undressing bios-elf, end In putting on clothes.
In spaebe and In silence. In whistling and humming.
1st scratching his bead ani LO blowing bis noea.
'In waking or sleeping, ia alias and drinking.
In suumng. in ebewing, or smoking a pira,
In buying and selling, in nodding and winking.
May bis praties all rot if they get to be npel
. dancing or kneeling, in standing or sitting,
0 Br' bi
In hi. bcalbimtandeongblngandsneeslnsandspitting,
May the vagabond's portion be hunger and thirst!
-In aaniling and sighing. In laughing and cry log.
May the curse of tbe Saints upon Dennis be hurled !
In swearing and ling. in living eoddying,
Och, bad look to ye, Dennis, thief of tho world
The Democrats of Lancaster county cor
dially invited the seventy five ''straight"
Know Nothings of tbat county to join
tbem end go for Packer, offering them a j
JTnns. Vuihtn renrescntative on the Dem-
I senile Countv Ticket.
o I
The Existing llcvnlsions.
LETTER 02" JUDGS WILWOT.
1 e nave teen ioruc-ne l wi h annexe. i
, i
i c '.y of a ver lutere.siitt !ettr from tie:
m. I e ,,' i
i II on. DAV.MVlLMor to our fchow c,ti,-u
j)AVIU y JJuowx, F.-q. Mr. Brawu is u ,
p.ili.ician.aud never ha3 b. en. His positiuti
as the bead of cue of the largest uuioe,tie
i i LLin hou:C iu the couutrv. has uivei
i r ... r ... . r.. . t. . t" a ......
i.iin au tutcrestin the profperity of Amer
ican manufactures, equal to that whiuh hi
uece?caruy lias in tins traue an J commerce
... i.;i..j 1. 1 t i. ... ,..
-i i .1 , 1
...11 un.... .j'iji... w... ...w y .
j & IiruK,,-D,ar hr: I
deer,y p,,i0d by the news that reaches
, me from Jour c;,y. jhe sudden financial
revulsion threatens to carry eown bun J. cds
0f jaut worthy and enterprising merchants
: an(i business men, briuoing distress t.
, ,h,.;r nf Mmf.n ffloonc. ? and
: iu-ensilde. I do not profess to be able t
; f L aU L proximate and rc-
i .
j mote, of a disaster such as is now upon
. u3 Doubtless excessive importations,
... . . , ... , .. .
j overtrading, extravagant habits of liviug,
i aud fluctuations in the currency, have had
i much ,0 j0 with it.
You will recollect that, on our visit to
the Gloucester mills, we had some con
versation upon the subject of the tariff
policy of the country in connection with
its influence upon American enterprise)
and labor. The events of the last few
, uiUUU i UJ W itu IUQ 1C U.iUo iuj! yf.ii-
orally convulse the country, is doubtless
j true, immediatLly connected as that policy
must ever be with ail our nuancial ana in
1 0 1 J
ulated importations, causing heavier drafts
upon the country for its precious metals.
It is a great misfortune that cur tariff
; ... ... ol, rtm0VKd frum th
j party conflict, of tba COUD(rJi ani placci
a
jUL'UUift IHWIIllll IlLlvl ir,iigoU4yiB U40d
, AsiJe frum tizia pri.:Bjiel. thcre M
nof j imagine B TerT ide difference ef
'
ctm,0a upon this subject among iDtelii-
, .,) -.n ..,:
i Sent anJ reflecting men.
The policy of imposing prohibitory du
ties, of actually destroying the revenue
upon a large share of the articles of com
merce, for the purpose of protection,
would hardly tied an advocate at this day.
Fair incidental proteotion, without a gross
violation of the revenue piiuciple, is all
that is asked or required for our manufac
tnring interests, aud this should be cheer
fully and promptly extended. No one
contemplates the policy of free trade and
a resort to direct taxation as a means of
raising revenue to meet the ordinary ex
penses of the government certain it i
tbat I never contemplated such a policy.
I have always looked to our policy as set
tled in this respect that the ordinary
revenue is to be provided by duties upon
as would afford adequate and an.ple pro
tection to American interests and Ameri
can labor.
We have an immense revenue to raise.
Already the expenditures of our gov
ernment reach the enormoxs sum of about
sixty millions of dollars, and it is rapidly
increasing under the pron" g tte and demor
alizing expenditures of Democratic ad
ministrations. In raising this vast sum
there is ample room, by judicious an i
proper discriminations, to afford to our
great industrial interests ample pto eetioii
and to American labor a just and 1 q ia'.o
reward. I have never ictentiecally vio
lated this sound American policy, aud
would cheerfully unite, to-dav, with the
reasonable and judicious men of the coun
try, in placing our tariff poliey on a basis
that would secure to American etiteipiiso
and labor a fair aud just measure of pro
tection. Tho great struggle in which we are now
engaged, and iu which my feeling are so
deeply embarked, is a itiuggle to uiaiu
tain the dignity and rights of free labor
against the degrading Competition of the
labor of the slave ; aud I am equally in
favor of protecting our American labor
a-raiust a ruinous competition with tho
cheap labor of the old world.
I confidently trust thet you will weath
er this storm, and that years of prosperity
m-. attend you in the noble enterprise
yna have thus far successfully sustaiued.
lours resnextiv.
DAVID WIU10T.
r
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