M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, June 30, 1859, Image 2

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',t,vt? i ' tr ' t tolbe tleefiied ofnnbi - V.i for Adler
ff,.7ii.i.4A-4., ..4c :.in,t 4 yor, 4,0..1 , iolii, amv ! ie,
~ ..4.,: , ;=.siiiejoiii4. .0 'th4. pn3Aetorate of freedom; ,on
, i ftiaVentinsint arid, ita-;oreinic outposte....llut
if.cflißlit Ole collstd,elfd °ffenfsiveriVwheitbut
deal&riatioimiland desirei arksconfirieil to Mere
' , iiikkalifini'a nil %omit' int icitticle ' lit, behalf of
:thelOppreetteri, afid,oinly then in favor of nati o n s
~ ••• ...wholly_ beyond the reach of, our:' intervention or
- , : tient iid Even the sincerity of these man
•,il'eati,tiOne maYbir'seripusly , questioned, ` when
'We have the oppOrlfinity to practice _ the , then,
rie'fl*kitivtientfWind Yet.fail in so doing. We
admit that NapoleeMieright in pronouncing for
the;independence of Italy We applaud him'and
fIYPIPkihi,IM with the,Sardinians and Italians...L
.'', 41r/filyve not , the Cubans it. our '• own 'floors?
an', liPPrelied People% wishing to share in .the
blessings , of free, institntions, to be •released
frorn,the bondage of a distant power/ Let us
4 ' ' practiceYwhat we preach, or consent to be con
'Waled offensive intermeddlers in the affairs of
This...lsland lies upon our very borders, and
commands" our most important thoroughfares
ettrade. Its very attitude makes it a Gibraltar
in' our ' own waters. , Even abandoning all pre
tention to propagate liberal ideal' on' this Con
tinentithe legitimate exerciseol our sovereign- .
tyifor•the nreduction of what may become, at
any moinan4 &barricade to our'domestic trade,
should - unite the commercial and, property' in
lif Mir mop e in , aver o e ermine e and
immediatkaction in' favor of its purchase.—
Hericeion the ground of self•protection, as well
as :national defence, we, as :;a nation, should
tobrider, the purchase of Cuba, a legitimate and
at; imperative policy upon the .part of this Gov.
:Napoleon intervenes between Austria and
Sardinia ostensibly, in, order to give , indepen
dence Mihaly. We 'sympathize wall. hirn and
applaud him, - whether sincere or not; but.he
has neither the necessity nor the , interest we
hale in reclaiming Cubaas rightfully_ ours by.
reason of its moximity of situation and threat
ening attitude.' In reducing the,posseesions of
Austria he desires to unite 'thet' rain race, not
eio much for the - benefit of the r re itself, but
-because he knows that •Ithly cannot maintain
her•ihdependence without the aid of France.
• Italy will therefornbe• subjected to the Napole
, mile dynasty.:_ If Napoleon is victorious he be
comes supreme. Spain was once •given to a .
brother of "his uncle." Why should not Spain
be again ruled by one of the family of Napoleon
lII,' ' , That would be. consolidating the Latin
e,
rac and‘then Portugal could o ff er but a feeble
.sesistance to a policy so ,forcibly' executed.=
Cola!' Cuba then gravitate to the 'United States
' by the progress of liberal ideas, by a desire
for• freedom among her people? Would France
allow e severance of dominion/ Certainly
net while the principle now in rapid course.' of
, settlement prevails upon the Continent of Eu
rope.'...
. But Spain do•s not hesitate to propose to the
great English Nation an exchange of her for
. tress 'of Centa for Gibraltar. , The latter is
- Spanish territory, peleings to her of right, is
essential to her , proteetion, and the key to the
. Mediterranean, not any 'more a Spanish sea,
however, than the Gulf of Mexico is American
. water. Nor is Gibraltar more essential to
Spain than Cuba to us. Yet she, is not fearful
of, arousing , the , pride or indignation of England '
by.offerig what 'she 'considef t s an equivalent.— .
She does' more than' this: Portugal, in' view of
Coaling - events, especially 'anticipating the• phi
icy ofNapoleon, wished to Make a defensive
Unity ,virith,Spain. 'Spain reiuses on the ground
of 'net wishing to encumber herself with an - old
' ally of England until time and negotiation dig:
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England vines not . yield 'the possession of Gib
taller, Spain may feel , it rieceasary , to enter up
on On policy of self•protection,,, • •
The peogreikand policy of Napoleon there
- ' 63 1 4 threatens "es, prevent the acquisition of
Cuba.. The ertaniple of Spain, on the contrary,
' *itistainiour right to 'negotiate for, and, possi
. • bly;tdemand ite The one shows that immediate
action is , necessary, and the other endorses the
*obey - of 'self:protect on, yre ucing into pos
. session' the Gibraltar'which threatens us. Will
efue- people lorgertheir quarrels about isms and
-diseuss the 'purchase of Cuba as a national
questionl—Pensayl °anion .
pistingialithed .
.
• .&inong'Our! recent noticesof 'deaths we find
that of Walter •• Hun t., 1 of .more thin forty
yearshe has eennown as an experimenter in
• the'arts. ,Whotbei in ineChtinical .movements
theiiiiistrY,eleetriCity, 'metallic. COmposi=
tions, he was always at. home; and probabl y, in
• • ••all, he las tried more:: experiments • then any.
• •.' . .-;sithisiinveator...!'•lfolriginated;the sewing .rins.;
Chin'e';'aiiiniiiiig•fllak.byditichinery, the first mail
,• Machine,;,the. fi rst machine for cutting binds by
• ; oieroileirittiem,-placing. plugs in leather. for colei
, • Of boots and shoes,;a 'method
. rof constructing
,• • d;eks by,enticrete, preparing a paper pulp so as
„
to forintiokeii biorfe , iiperation, , the . vapor befhl,
the . ballimoWn'lte tbe,Minnia: . ball . for the•rifle,
.*,
and' many iMprovementsin fi re-aims, printing
by rollers instead of balls, and so Many. ot bar.
,things;'our apnea will not. UdMit(if details. Wal
ter Mast. inventare ' '• devoted his life
to his' friends rather.. than to hivinselfi ,
iiieril to a faidt, and mine . -knevii but .to love.
struggled with that Monster the dollar,.
Al, his iife„iii.'h•opes,of 'mastering; yet his lturti
-...• Uilete eict.eriments-.kei.t him always
.pdor..;--
bli _life of exertion. has: ben'e
.'•••• SHedifie Wholi world, dies, as most it:lvan
.
' !,- tOriiido, — at 'the very moment he ,anticipated
speense..!,. He; h o wever, lived; t o the ripe age of
,
•years,
mvigor!until the 'aft four *days
Tiartni,,Trine 1"3;
• / ,
• " BBEARkILS AIIEAD !- . --The New . York Herold
' • 1:"•-ofthili pubjishee the gust= House
that' city, by which its
ittiOorts of 'the. last , week ex
:CeedAhole of .otirrespontiing .week in 1858
j , by11i79.2;(116,-anit those, of the sarne week.in
? 185, ust . before : the panic , by
six 'months ctininiencing.:with the Let
Abe 'total amount - of importsfor the
is $5,852,460,i
~whiist' for the
in , 1857 it Was ,0ti1y'.545,1:154,454.
be seen that, notwithsyiuqitig,ilie
the giester,
re _'r'eshing into
•evuision,Of that
tent specnlation
thaA ttieWar is
id 'that' we are;
ind.high prices':
The-despateheS &obi' turene. by
,roo'atid•P,ersta, thoogh..conlosed:/kml desultory,.
are . preintiak:Wft hib teklige.nee
E,nepeior ii first..grand
secceitti; When.hejthetiltNtake. the field :ill per,
son, istiss,everything... Peleat would upon.
at horrie;' and he resurnedn Vast ha'zard and.
exhibited a'.bountlieSs'fionficence , himself,.
old,die . 4ent forth to
• .-the lie. is corrstantly su bjected to - a ter::
riblu of:coniparison with his mighty Mi
ele . , and must achieve SoMe•brilliant triumph.im
circler to' entitire it: But here, 'as in- every' in . ..
•
stance, of his.remarhe hie career, he seetts'egnal
to 't.lieeinergeney, Cool '. and •! . rileu,laliiig;' lie.
manifested no Amprodent• . :haste in
,his
ments. iron') ;Alletisandrla . teas
, delayed, organization
,was :Complete
and alf.the:.details. arranged to-.make ,victory
'secure.' been dispatched
. on
betoic '',and: apparently 'desPerate to
Nerthern , Leti,bartly;. distracting 'the attention
of the enimr.add rousing the....populatien to re
volt, ao that when the main. body Of 'army
,c . roaied,the Ticino, it marebed : hada . ..friendly
territory. occupied 14 hostile troops:; Ans.
trians • Were deceived by the coneerit ration 'of
the allied forces on the Po,-dnil • i,vhen, •on :the
• .'night:of the .90 nei- the • „Franco - -.Siirdinieria
'crossed. the Ticino at Buffalory 'rind Terbig . o,
'the, movement Was'a surprise: The brunt of
the ac thin on.Saturdity;lune.ltli, seems to have
beer' borne by the,, Impf , rial (: guards . , who found'
thernselves'opposite.a'Yast:feree of .Anstrians,
Here;' for a tinneil :the conflidt was doubtful,
when Gen. McMahon, who had crossed .at
bigo, advanced of his.own discretion and with
out orders . in the direction . of the'. firing, and
; Pined . the' combat t...Magen corning
was 'decisive.:, 'lle,led on such n cbaege . that.
when helit.prmed the , .M41akoll;
stay r•there, .dea d '' Of . a1ive . .. , .-Dnring, the
occupied' by .his:mareh of ...three or Tette rriiies
from Turbigo, crinrobert: and . * Fatit,% - uncler the
Persenal.suPerVialion . Oohe'Ernperer,'hnd sue
.ceeded..in* deploying and bringing into action . no
. less..than6o,l,loo troops, ~ ‘ , h orn.were'opposed.
some 80 ,000
. Atistrians with powerful artiller3l.!
The Anktrian:Were borne 'down by the impet
ciosity.nf the a 'ties; -Und ' fell , back. anon their'.
Centre in..the direction . .of-..Abhinte-Grasse, to•
the southward of. Be (Wore, and, in the opposite
direction from McMahon., At this trieMen the
'French' artillery played fiercely. upon thesollil
:columns df the .Austrians,. crushing; ..therri'hy.
'hundreds.' Still
,resolute, though. shalvin, the.
event was: deubtful, when 'McMahon
.arrived,
.and; supported` by d)nrand'idiVision;•c.harged
mid brought the battlefield down to a contest'
With . the bayonet; Where the AuStrians have in
eyery..instance, thus: far, failed. .The . .shock
yvapterrible and' the 'dead and woututed fell by
thousands.' Soon •the' - Austrians Bed disor,
der t ned . the first great daY.of...thif second Na-
Poison. was won. • He . establ isned hisheadii ear.
lets' at Magenta, StrecesSfully sustained a..lesser
.conflict on Sunday, the. rith,.and on Monday. haul,
the. Satisfaction .of knotting' that, the enemy: ,
were in full.. retreat' towards and beyond -the
Adda: • rive,daYilliter their headquarters were
at cieroona, ae fdr. from, Milan as Milan is froth
Alessandria.,;. poring the.five IlaySince.eerling
the - departure of the„ allies from Alciandrirt;
they.haye fought thrice, gained oue . general . nc
tiori, driven the ,Austrians .frorn Piedmont 'anil
eastern'Lornbardy, IcilleVand wounded 05,000
-Austrians, taken-19,000. prisrgersi. and • captiir
The.lrouledlAe rcenits following this
victory seem commensurate :will' the ellort
Made: . The Allies have entpred.l\lilan, not es
conquerors; but deliVerers. The authorities of
the capital-have proclaimed their allegianci
hardk has ratified their. action.. .Even those
Prisoners:who `are of . .ltalian .birth and - bhve
been compelled to . fight .against Italian inter
eats; riow beg to lie incorporated vvith.the
:.mean time, Garibaldi continues his
tornado marchtaeross northern Lpmbu,lly', The
latest nesvvii- ac&rds' him n, victory at :Brescia,
town: fifty .miles eastward.of Milan ,and: nearly
npomthe :borders of; Vnnice... • •
It is eatisfactory to *chow , that Cenrobert-ls,
not - His divition'*as terribly cut up in
the final charge' upon the Aiistriampertre,.but
he is still elire.and.not even "veounded.—B4.
The residt Of the late election. in ICanSas
far as ascerteined;has .fifled the Black Reptidi
cans wiih the deepest mortification.. 'Even that .
wonderful Machine,.the telegraph, its
negro proclivitiesovill have . nothtng todo with
it, but Maintains a chilling silence. • I , n tiines
past the case, 'would have been. different. :So
iMportant an event as the electiOn et Delegates
to a Constitutional. Coriventionsin Kansas; , and
.thr(t • Convention to • assemble early, in July,
'Would have enlisted th,e :sympathies . of Black
Republlcanitim fretri one end of the country .to
the other, and every change vrOuld
,have heen
wrung' epode very. feature,of the news•fromday
to day. , ; The.Chiinge . is simply owing to the
fact that . Black RePuldicanistn, despise the mil
aion orHof ! lce Greeley-, Fins been virtually beat
en; repudiated rind Jejacted, by the free and in
depentlentelecters of Kansas. The returnsare
not fully in,••• lint :nobody (hires io cteim, with
any confidence a Reptildican Victory: Even.
the St. Louis Democrat, a Repubfican.. Organ
nearest' to•the scene, and enjoying the'. hist
.fa
cilitiekibr obtaining tho news; -silent, and
makes no.clairn to a• triumph for :its. ptirty.l 7 --
Whatever. May be,the precise result,., whether
the. Democrats or the Republicans. shun finally
Control the. Convention by two or three Votes,
the.lateilection is' a 'crushing. blow Jo' those
WhO have so noisily and's° falsely ,•prOclaimed
that the ,peoplo of .Kansas were . the . friends of
the'party in the East, which' has so hypocriti
cally. claimed to, speak, in their behalf. .11 is
• nota more than probable that the Democratshave
carried .the election hi charming a Majot 14 of
:Delegates, arid it is certain that Parrot, Ewing,'
and other Republican leaderS, who,, by the , aid.
of Horace Greeley, have attempted -to deliver'.
Kansas over to%the Republican - party, are badly'
defeated in their awn , districts. 'Leavenworth
County,. oncethe very 'stronghold of the.negro,
worshippers, gives, a Democratic"majority - of
nearly fivehandret;• Wyandotte, one° a fleet of.
Iree!State ;sfree , hopters, is :Democratic by 434
msjoritY;, ,sco, a LBO...with • D,oniphan, . Je.lferson,
,Atchisockand ,lohniOn• counties. `Lawrence
iihatie is tfls . fir reliort.Cti,"Co 'ha,. bone for the,
itelitibliCane; The 'returns are nut sufficiently ,
full to' /tittle the. complexion - of. the COnven
tion,,,but;;while,—;the,-result: le unquestionably,
yeryeloee, We'think. It not at ,all improbable
that the :Republicans 'are the minority
•' • '
. , . • •• •.
piif4,4 - 1:Of
iiiteViNgtitiea' to
thtm it
t'golsl, ftiter.F4e
1011111,e
• ' , Bunr.rithiOir, to wa,• e . 25.,
*mat ic state Con lien ion••assembl e d
nti : toon?4l:4on :the 23d . inat., %remade the
nominitions• For Governor, 4
''Lleutenantf Governor,. L. AV: • Duhliiti;
Judge. .4)( :the Sukarno 'Court, • L." 8. Wilson .
Charles Sfason and C. C. Cole, •
.1 41 0 POler-
Ch'it 0 4 .0 1 "
'4,liniand salt;
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%,. ,
Tho Freficp Sttect.ii
The K9insus.Eleclion
.
• 11 . 0 Warding the•.rveselytcs.
Wil'never nec'eseary..4i ; lea s t . °
thiPemocratie.partyfor the gooti;hc
is.certain of being warmly welcoMed into :the.
embraces of 'whateVer pelitical. organizittion
May be asitiyeilagainst the Democracy., :It, is
unlrneeeseary.to point to the iiv ii instances
'of Cameron, Wilmot and
. Johnson, establish
the.correctoris - of this :assertion; although at
'would'he aneasy matter to extend tlie list of
iiiiistrio6s . renegades to' an indefloite
It wbuld ,piph ably ;taic; the ingenulty' of Abe
.wiSeat :Mpilerri philosopher' to Clearly , explain
boW this transmigration takes..pla . ce; hOw. is it'
.that an indiViduitl,Who has. spent years.in ad- .
vgcuting Well-defined s'etof principles,
can, ika ;moment, chaugo Into' , rCleading;oppo- .
nen(of these princ4lesi-and ,- thet, : too.,;Without
Sacrificinghi's political honor,.which we •hOld
'in be .very'similar-to any-other • kind of honor:
But Withotit - pausing to. enter..luto•any:lengthy'
dissertation.imon:tliiS' , metamorphosis, which is
abolit' . as.queer as any. inimortalized, hy.. Ovid;
we' leave the puldiclo'think upon it, and diew
the: diOinction between the' individuarwho
stile his'frierid Tor; money and the. politician
%%14sellsilla pap) , :rot an office,
With the hiStory . .of t e pastas an Index it
he- pre'surn ! ;,l that his Excelleney,
Paclcer ; :eild his A ttorney',' General, John. C.
Knox,-would he receivfi'll with Open Arms 'by
the Republican party of Pennsylva nia.:,
tation iri this'inStancelitt's been fully'realied,
and; the hand. of Welcome is extended to them
by every hater of perrincracy. in •the ,IceystOne
State. 'There 'is •no •baren. stint...of, gratitude;
hut.they are hailed with a..liberality as: 'great
as that.extended•by 'Austria logeorgy w.henhe
sold the Ituniorian cause.. • '
. .
.As . a sample, of we Copy the
annoxed.Paragraph,frorri - the NhrristoWa .geditb
lican;: The editor of that paper . comrnenees'his
artiele by praising Afr. John Hickman, and Coin
elddesit'as- follows: . . : •
. .
. .
"But we . did.nOt .inten'd to eitlegis,e.'Mr: H.,
:but . express'ourdelihdratejudgment Olaf as the
tDainocratic.:COmmittee; . which . lately . ..met at
-Altoona,' refused to nominate. a.' tate..tiCket 'to'
make the.coming . election donbtful,,t,heiteptib-
Jicans'arebound.in honor and Inagnanlinity..not
.to - make a..gnbnateriat nomination atall;if
Packer will, be a Candidate 'forre.election.. We
.think Packet'S.'views.On thetariff, : slavery-pro.,
pagandiSm'
h. ,as well 'as. on the aubject'of. public
works, etlu Oen, should be satisfactory
all true Pennsylvanians;.. With our present titi- .
derstanding of his views;..we 'coin cheerfully
Support him for 'a. second
.This language initat be gra! !i) his Fpc
cellency.. ' It ,shows that at least .one por,t.y. , in.
Pennsylvania . anpreciates serVices,"andcon—
'Sider§ .hiurworthy :of. a re-election. It should'
convince hint that.iiii 'Oficial: career :lips 'been
such as. to. gain him an everlasting notoriety,,
because it is conclusivi(evidenco that, in .eigh
teen months he 'has thoroughly and *entirely be.
trayed and deserted the party thatelected him
to his present poSiiion..TheGovernor,is entire.
ly . welcome to all the consolation' this distinc
tion. wilt give him.•
Dirt:he hai rivals in Republican• 'gratitude,
and prominent . among these is' Mi. John Hick
man.. The... Same paper that.we have already'
ciuoted—the • Republicaa—reinarks .that ."it
would afford us (the editor) great pleasure to
vote for such 'an honest Man!' as John Hickman,.
and the. Potter County Journal, another organ
of rtrpublicanism, adds: "We 'Would be'Wil
ling
. to support' john'. Hickman for' Governor,
.were -ha to come before.the people upon his self. ;
imposed platform. We believe that John Hick
man is a nearer.representativ . e of the principles
of our partythtin a great many of those.
h, it. ant) :who . .
.
pov. Pecker must therefore loole . to his lau
rels,.or the Chester countyHotspur•rob
him (Ohs official
. mantle . . It is a' '
pity 'that
• here are. so . fevr prominentoffices .in our State
to -be use d• as bribes for desertion . from Demon
rscy,.. it is.novv the Repnblicans find it
difficult fo reward.all -thir new piosqlyrss, and
the old renegades from the Democratic 'ranks
a ill bVeut Off Withnut deco an official shilling.
Pltefad. Ark us:
• ; •
The: Liconilug Gaztte
. thit - (tazfitie, published at . Gov: 'packer's
hotrai,hoists, this week, the bernocratic ticket
to the head of its columns . . Some may say that
the. interadon of starting another paper in 'Wit.'
lien - mina may have compelled thisderdy adinia;
sion of error; •and' Others may: think that- this
eleventh imer pretence is not deserving or re,
cogriitleu,but such eel these cei.tainly forget
that it. is'our chief duty tacall not the righteous .
but sinners de repentence. with.joy
thie:evidence of returning reason'and
.anil desire to' stioth,, , so much as passible,, the
feelings :of humiliation. with which must be fill
ed those, who ia'a moment Of
,passion andover
weaning: ,vanity, ventured to lift their. puny
arms, againat the organization. which has made
thein - and all: they are. True..the Gazette has
been irascible arid' exce.e.dinpdy virulent iti - per.:•
sonal.assaulfs iiome.•cennected with the'
:Patriot but
. it is all,
x.
forgotten and
•forgivcinwithont'doubt • Whas been eceeding;.
ly out -spoken in its dentinciationhf the... Demo,
cratic Convention .and its platform,,i:nor, has it
spared' the .National Administration.an'd its sup::
porters of. high or• IoW degree! 'Moreover, ;it
has given all, possible aid and.' comfort tb the .
'Forney Convention and the Alidona.'Committeei
which have resulted' in-,itich a lathentable fail;
tire,
..But .this should..be all forgiven—Lfor it
there not, inore.joy..in,Heriv.en •over one sinner
that "rapenieth .than"ninetynntl-nine just men
'who need no repenterice?. Let tis• then be glad
'and rejoice ) , for one stray
.la,mbhas returned. to
its protectors, to, be: followed, we hope,hy. the
.two or•threeotheru
.nfortunate lambkins , that,
have strayed.' away from, the. fold. ..Ve have
seen evidences that our neighbor,. the .S:'initinet,
experiences pangs' of Contrition,: and 'sincerely'
pray:that we may soon be able to proclaim to
,a
gladdened world - that its,convietiorts ofliin have
brought , it to converting, sense: of many,
many misdeeds. And 'when the bell-wcather
of the wanderers, the indkfatigable editor of the
Pres 4, shall be heard slowly wending hiS way,
sadly, yet defiantlki.hick to: 'those . whom he
- foolishly deserted;wo.:shail try, to preient a
sincere Christian example-by' intisting.that he
.shall, receive 'As greatwages "as. the other
borers in thefiiineyard who have bore the; eat
and burden of the day.—Patriot :
Arrival of tLr'dtramor Bremen
. . .
Sat.anr gotta, June 26.—The steamship B,re
men passed here this, evening froth- Bremen,•
with Liverpool 'dates to .Wednesday -the
.51:11
.. The British Ntinittry 'Etas resigned , in conse
quence of the Want of :confidence resolution., in
.the House of- Commons.. Lord Paltneraton is
the new.Prirnier,,and Lord John Russel the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs. • ,
, The latest intelligence from the seat - of *sr is
that .the Austrians have evacuated. Piacenzi,
Pavia, Lodi, 11°1411.1'11nd Ancoa. The citadel
and fortification at, Alacenza were first idoivn
Onnotrat.
ThiOriday, janc 30, : .1859
. .
• • •S. •.11.. 'PETTENOILL 'o6c . CO'S
• •• •.• alWEItTisiS6l AttENCli. ' •n , •
ivaisaa'Streq, ?Veto York aiidlo.State•St; • Boiliott.
P LITT k. CO., are the • Agents for the
11 , l'inan:Dantuntd'r and thednest 'influential inn! Ittigest:
eiredleting NOrmjinpfiis iii the United States and the Pau:
•admi...They • are authorized to contract for us at our
'•• ' •
Democratic State Nominations
FOR ILUDITOR CIENEICAL
RiogABliSON ' ,L . WRIGHT,-
SURVEYOR GENRRAL
JOHN; ROWE, •
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION .!
.f•NDEPI:NWEPiCE'D:II , t - IS .
.:'.:Fheyourth.of Joly wilt be ielelhoted by (he
.citizens of M Keen "County,•at Smethpirt;: es
• •
lit. A NatiOnal thlute - of thirtt en.. guns .will ho fired itt
day 7 light - , milder the direction of Captains 1 0 . PlOrc
014.11..F..Japksea', who will have !charge of the mill.'
• gory throughout the day,. • • , • .
U.:Hinging' of Hello tind ilriuref a *Natibral -Salute ..of
'thirty-three . gons. at BA. M. •• • • , '•
ad: The Marshal, Y. Ford, •Esq.,..milf•-asithoble the citi-•
•zon , at the Court House at 11 A. M. , •
Music' by the Smothport BrasS Band.. Anthent.and
patriotic song.
• f.th. Declaratibo. of • f lideporid once 'read ,y I . E. Ilandtb,
• •
EOii. Wile will preface it,with appropriate ;rentarkp.
,fith. Mania.. Patriotic song. •••••. • . • •
. . .
illi.'Oratioti by }s'w; A. Nieholit,'Esq,... , . . • -' ._ '
lith;Blitaid: Star'Sitirngled limier . i .'
.. .. . .
.nth. I:tinner at 134', P.- m.•to IN oollied tpidor a ,apticioug
• bower oti the Publle.tittato . : .• . - ..• .
1.0011. Music....• .
. . .
11th. Toasts—rogulat' and
,Volunteei.. • - • . :
A grand display of Fite Works in the evening; nn •
'der - the direction: of Messrs. A • B.- ArmstrOng .and S.
'lt. -Hartwell.-
I3tlw. A Social ! , lioni? at the I - Sennett' Mousei,under the
' supervision of Masora.. S . . o'. Hyde and E. Mason
Mon,' 8. packils, (,',resident of the day, Will ben:misted
-at the dinner'-by Stemma. C. Cornforth,.. It 11, Uamlha
•• and W. Cowles; coMmittee en toatitit, • •
Tbekloremittee.Of Supervision improve this Op'portuut
:ty to state for the inf6intation of thosbitho feel a-desire.
to once more assist ittaelebrating Vic dad of our, nat ion's
thit air. necessary ;. arrauienie !Its have. een made.
to insure the ooMplete siteeesir of the undertaking, and as
Mr. D. It, IlOnnOt; the well known host of. the !Sennett
Meuse, Is' to tarnish the ~, good things" reenirdleolo - rine.
.need fear a lack of anything. Theu,Coltu OS . E;COMF: AL;.,
'and let'oe otice more join in cemmenterating the day of
the tinies thit tried men's motile',; • .
Tit:Witter, the Dinnee $i,25 ief couple:- • .
• Ai enter% of
,thudotpulittee
F.l,methport, :• • •
• A. N. Tirt.u . n wants ' Us to say:that he.is
,taking pounty , Ordsrs at par goodi, at, the'
Regulator:': . • „
Thoe who desire an examination of Miniral
LandsWiil do-well to procure the' services of
Mr. Prunes, whose card Will be • found in our'
adKertising columns..
Our vicinity has beet: v!sited foF•the past
two Week's With::fiequetit and 4eavY shpwers :
The Streams'are up and grass is looking.better.
• A .writr'fo'r the NeW 'york Neto, presents.
for consideration of the public, the name of Hon.
J. C.. Areckenridsta.n.q.r,...—x...
Cohrt is in •peasion this week, Hon.. R. G.
WKITE presiding. The attendance is not large.
The' proceeding np.to Thursday noon are re
ported in another place. • •
ANGO COTYNTIt.--Thi
. throlocracy , of Ve
di
ango. he' their Convention On . the . .2liit
and nominated the follovHng..finket:;--Asem
biY, Ilnover; Sherif', J.. Phipps; COmmis
siOnir, Wm. ClrietY; Tressurdr, G. Douglass;
District Attorney, C. D.Tnylor. The tiest:of
feeling prevailed. •
Tnereceipti.at the Treasury last week were
ohe million two hundred thouiland dollars. The.
drafts issued amounting to four hundred
.and
twenty-one theusand . doller.s. • The tialance on
hand:sub:feet tO:draltis three millions and forty,
eli thousand ' :..* • • • • •
• •
.FE.r't E DfIE.DICAL COLLEcIi , OF
—The Tenth Annual announcement of ,this in
stitutiOn has beeit•iSsued, and represents it as
being: in a' tlorishing , 'condition. This will': be
gratifying tci;•the pnblie;as many feel, a deep
interest in the continued'prosperity of an
tutiOn.which cannot but
,do rntich good for .the
community at large. ..- • •
• 139Thirt3,4hree Stars must bion the qatiOn•
al flag.from".and after This.
is in , cornpfiance*witirthe act of C.engrese,pase
ed April, 1848.,.which declares tliat'On thh ad
mieSion of every: new State one 'that.' shalt be
added, and that such addition •shall falce•place
'on-the
. 4th. - of ,Toly itext'succeeding, ita. admii-
A .movernent in favcir of Gov. Wise fosythe
next Presidency. has heen s.tarted'in• Philadsl
phis. A meeting was held. for the 'purpose of
consollchiting this movement, which is' repro
sentektO have; been "respectable,, expectant,
barmortions; enthusiastic., and sanguine." All
ofWhich,thay . be set dawn as "bosh."
time manlike Gov. Wisesan, will or ; should
be elected President.in 1860. That's our opiir
, . . . .
. .
WEIGIFFS OF : Pnotmon.-- , -The Legislature.of
Pennsylvania has fixed the- follnyring, as
'Standard' weights of various :kinds of produce:
'This is important to farindre , to know,
..and
they, should cut out
. and • prdserve''t pars.:
• ,•
•
6'o:3y the act MarCh 10, 1658, the '‘eight:
• - • . .
of a bushel 9f wheat' was 'fixed. at 60 pounds, 'a
bushel of barley, 49, IliS; a bushel of buckwheat,
.• .
48 pounds; a bpshel potatoes,Trish; 39 pounds,
• -1. . - ' • •
Act of, April 'l5, .1855, rye . 55 . 'ponlidsi act or
Mare h . 10,1.818,„.oate was flied at pounds;.
:this 'Mar, 'lB5B . it . basbeen altered to 30. pounds.
The.other,standards ire4—corn onlhe, cob, -
pritidds;;'cOrn shelled, 56 'pounds; . Onions, 57;
•timathy seed, 45 poiihqs; clover seed, 69 frotiudi j
bran 20.POunds. Thesd • are princMal tifticiep .
of farm produce sold by weight,in this Sfate.
.•
. • Lilift o n the Death of .111ittf&• , (feorffie)r
Thou nFt gone Crinieti?prgieri • :
,• ,
The d".:
-.• prom thy iqpite and' thy T irrt, - •
bas bopii huokeik
8ut.14 . echo
an , :f wee t on tho. ear,
Thoukh ids:110,1:y haslcimu;
114 rutilumbntipkiff hero.
Thou art wino deoegio;
Thy ratting
the zephy - r = .•
'The fall of the lea 4::. •
'.Though ple s t.l.llngatheybriiught.ui
Were inourneul to tell , '
,'
We iv ero forhld(lettl.qmOurn,,,•,...
, .
Thou, 1 1 ,4 gone from.ys. ogoriiio . •
To .regions
• 'Anti light Lo tho .•;.:
. • • tho:plaat of iffy
' • Btlll li6o we iu liOpt3 . 4— • t :
,Our tp , uis•forgiven;••
coop motto' .• • •
•itt the brigltiliglit of Iletstven.
Litityotte „Julio 25, 1859. " • ..
COURT . PROCEEDING
Repo rt c . (l the ,Pcii,derat
Commonwealth vs. L. R."WiSner.Deferid
ant waschirged. With Secietini,liis property
•with intent to defraudla crejitor, to which the
defendant.pleaded not gnilt . y... After ahearing
of the case the Jury breught iWa'vertlict,. rot
guilty and, the, ,prosecutor' (W:. A: 'Williams)
pay,the costs.
Com. vs. :Sered.Curtis--Perjury . ..-=Defendant.
:pleads not guilty;'Commortwealth proceed with
their evidence and rest,. and .iliedefence•F'orn
rnenc'e, Wnite, 1 7 . J..,‘wai.'takeb
sick and was obliged to leave the bench, and
Cotift adjourned until nine o'clock neit morn
ing."Court Was opened at 9 A.•M., C.ll. Cur
tis acting as .Tudge•nro,tanr. - ..Defendant's coun
sel moved taliave.th cause" continued; orr.ac.)
count'of the sickness of one of deft ) s witnesses
and the absenCe of-the President -Judge ; 'The
cense wa:s , continued the rrest term and
ordered that' the jury'be, withdrawn and the
defendant, give bail in the 'Sum of pocc for his'
appearance 'at the next term of Court...
cause
was tried at the.Decernher terrn t 'and the jury
broughtln a . verdic . t..ofguilti; deft's counsel
moved to show cause Why a new .trial . shoultl
not be'granted,.retuinable 'at_ this tcrrn:• The
mditic'n Was disc harged.aad deft: sentenced.to
pay a : fine o' one dollar and cost of prosecution
and stand 'committed until sentence be corn
plied ,with. .
Tavern ticenses were granted as follows
.D. R. Bennett, zaietbpcil, • ' • .•
• Wm. Haskell, ' • ". '
11. La'rtkbeo,,.R.lilred,
Enoch Jjelle‘y; port . A)legrioy,
Stlippen:.
Elmer J. Dayl)er; ettyg,
,•
diieekcan -
The, publishers, of this circulated and .
popular illustrated weekly journal of mechanics
and science, announce that it, will .I,le-art'y tm
21:t.tittt,fic.%di sixteen pages' instead
eight,. the pre‘ent.size, vrhieh ;will, make it the
largest' and cheapest 'scientific journal-in the
World; it is the only journarof its Clasathath . as
ever succeeded
. in'this country, and Maintains .
a charectei for authority in all ',matters of me
chanics, seiente'and arts, which . is not excelled
by any other journal. published in this country
or in -Europe. Although the publishers will
incur an increaSed - ,giperise of $B,OOO. a year by
'this,enlargement, they have determined not to
raisethe price of subscription, relying Upon
their friends'to indemnify them in this increas
ed expenditure, by a corresponding lncrease . of
Subscribers. - Ternis $2 a Year, or 10 Copies . for
WS. . Specimen cepris of the -.paper with a
'Parinphlet of informatiOn to inventors,, furnish
ed gratis,' by mail,'onApplication to the publish . ,
eis, Musk .& Co,, No. '37- Park Row, New.
Haskins; Esq., gives the farmers some
Words of g.Ood advice through the columni of
the Buiralo . .E.ipreif. , Speaking or the reported
failure of
. the grass crop, in Some localities, in
consequence of the frost,. and the complaints of
some ,that'they Must part with portions of their
stock'forlack. of hay upon' which.: to winter
them he says:. (lit to be hoped no farmer
Willadopt that ruinonspolicY;'after recalling to'
Mind thatlhe Season is before him, and tlMt he
has,#mple-timo,and Opportanity to produce any
quantity may require of the very best
of feed. for hie neat stock, for .the coming win,
tor. lie has only t&preparesilitable land, and
sow this, broad :cad, with Indian cord..." Those;
who have once tried this, will need no urging
:to repeat it. Witii . Oow . - hands 'at it, the. Only
danger, is that they will not get it thick enough
on thaground. The corn shoaltistand so thick
that tbesiancs..will :be kept_ small--scarcely
latier than those of rank' clover. When 'this
•growth has became as great,as can convenient,
ly be, cured upon the:groand, it only remains to
mow and cure . it, in, the usual way... By this
simpleproceis every farmer may tilt his barns
with. a most nutricious fodder; and thus'' save
• his. Stock from sale, and .bring every Animal out
in' gocid condition.in the.spririg. •
Clarion County. Dentocratlc Vonvetition.
• The Democr a cy 'or ClariOn county held their :
Convention and nominated their . ' ticket: on Mon,
day. the 3,6 th inst. The ticket norninated,is an
it anent - one. • , •
mi. John MI Flerriin , ;* who faithhilly. repre
sented his constil uents in the lest legislature,
was re,noniinated.tor the , Assembly.
James 'T. Burns, Esq.,.who as County Corn-
Missioner . has proved himself a ,worthy, pub: !
lie - servant,. Was, rionlinateefor
,Cbuity Treas.!
ifr. Samuel Fifer, a. skillful. mechanic' and
•architect, and an•npright.and.honorable Delco
crat'was noininatecl for County Comthisidorier:
Isaac"Neeley, Elul:* "substantial : b u'aineas
man; was nominated for County Auditor,
Chriitian • Reichert, a. gentleman; practically
fardiliar with the'busineaeialld wlidhas already
filled the office for thhic years, was nominated
for County Surveyor. " • • •••
With such a ticket,-Clarion ti 'good
Democratic 'account of herself at the next elec.
tion. • • ' •
, 11!atnra:Ilieti Citizepi4
The letter` of 'Gen. Cilia 'to Mr,. X.,e„ O'er c: has
.
Met:with. So. much - contlemmitient thal..l/‘ . .has
founif4 nec,e'ssary to me'ke 'some'. explanation
and• retraction, which hOilocaill Abe' toll Owing
letter to Mr 7 A. V.-11ofer,i'of Cineiimati:'::. •
. .
DEr A n•rMENT , 01! SrATii nWAsii trio:ion! June •
1. 1 / 4 1859.—5ni: In 'answer to your letter, of the ,
Gtlfrhist'ant; I have to inform you' tbat the brief
letter hem. this departmcnt,. to which you .ie
ler; dated the 17th of May ;lest„ end , 'addressed
. to,Mr. Felt,. Le Clerd,' was in
,reply* to an
plicrition for' Information; and was principally
intended to recnaimend caution, to' our..natural
izedlellOtt,,citizena, natives of. Franc e, - hi - re-,
.tniiiint, to that cour.try, as ibe - ..oPerationg•of
the French conscription law were , not. precisely
knoivn tere,:and , rnight:Jear injurious upon that.
elass . of.American.citizei.•: Mast of . ,the'tob-•
tinental F.,uripperfn , nations .
have .a
.:systein
military.organization by which , . tlieir citizens
are compelled , to serve in, the army by *conscrip-;
!ion, asin France,
,where ,the duty is.desigea
ted
by, lotYor .by,. draft, 'as in Prussia, where ,
every. p,erson is required . to take his turn .as , a,
. .
• ..The conditions of.Amerlcan naturalized iitk
zens returning to' their native country •where!
the systern . ofeorripulsory'Serv . iee prevails, and
left
. befOre performing ."such Berrie°,
has frequently been the subject of discussion
with some of the uropean. .powers.. Quite _ re 7 '
cently it has arisen between the TJnited States
and Prussia - , and the • repreSentative of thi's
country at the Court of Berlin has - brought the
matter. to the'attention elf. the Prussian govern -
ment. In the instructions which were sent to
him, dated :gay ..13,A.850 it wits implicitly ate-.
ted thatthis government is opposed to the'doc
trine of perpetual allegianee and . maintains th,
right of eipatriatiqn and the'right to form new
politicaltiea.ersewhere. this• subject, it
is•observed .tbat in, this' age of. the world,. the'
idea of : controlling the citizen in the 'choice
pf a home, and binditiihim by .a mere )3014160.
theory to inhabit for his lifetime a .country '
which, he; constantly dasiree
,to .
leave,' can
hardly . be, entertained by any government what-
• The position of the United States; as con
munieated to the' minister et Berlin for the in-'
forrnation,of the Brussiart.governthent, is that.
.native.borq Prus'sians naturalized in the United.
Stites and returning .to fhb country of - their
birth; are.not liable to any duties 'or penalties,
except such as were - existing at 06 period of
.their .emigration. Ifat . that.time they , veere: in
.the•army; or actually called into it, such emi
gration and.naturalization do , trot•exempt thenn
from the legal . penalty which they incurred by ,
their desertion, but' this penalty may. beenforc
ed against them wheneverlhey shall volunta
rily placa•therna,elVee wi th in. the Jocal furisdie-'
tion their native. country,,, and : shall . be pro
ceeded against according to. law.: But. when no
Present liabilities . exist against them at the pe
riod of their'emigration, the law.of nations, in
the.opinion of the' government . , gives -no right
to any cOuntry , to interfere ,
• With ;naturalized
American citizens,- and the attempt to, do -so'
would.be 'considered an act unjust.in itself, and
unfriendly towards the United. Seates.. It, is ,
only when he voluntartly.retnrni to his nativ . e .
'country thaf . -its . local laws can beenforced
against.him.• , I am; sir, yoni obedient servant;
Speaking ofthe,progress.Citelrs rays , (he last
complete' the , track to` .Lock
haven hasbeee laid :The first palsengef•Car.
between WillismspOrt and the -Bald Eagle
'Bridge, which ie„a short distance Below took'
haren, was run ever the road to that point-on
Wednesday last, , carrying among‘other, - gentle..
men, the Governor of 'the Strite,.and t he Presi
sient and Chief Engineer:of the Conipanf.',....The
line is now complete Trona:Sunbury to I..ockha
. rep, and
.arrangements 'are nearly • completed
for the. reviler ; running - of" the trains between
.theseoints. AbOve;tockhav,en, , and the
head waters of the Sinnernahoning, the sirading
of the road is nearly allconapieted; and a very
short time will., be suffiCient to haVe the. rail
dewh to this point. The, present extension; in
connection with some raterat roads already
constructed, reaches'the_' rich eorik, fields. of, the .
'West Branch, and a'very large trade froin this
. .
source is now ready to, go on .theroad. ,The
entire Work of construction - On the middle and
western divisions; Will• be vigorously . . preased
during the, present season, and it confidently
expected that the'rails..will b e laid to the bar
bor. of Erie by..,fuly; 480. • . . .
The arrivahofthe Bremerton Sunday puts us
in possession of news frorn gurope to . the 14th,
inst„No more fighting has, taken place in Italy,
but the• Austrians have 'quitted ,Piacenza he Well
as Pavia, :and seem to he Steadily withdrawing
. ,
toward. the Mincio, whileo French corps is said
,
to have crossed the Addi.' The Austrians have
alsoehtirely evacuated. the States.id - 64Chlkirch.
IN'apoleb,n;llP. had tsiued a proclainationAo the
,Lombards,hy the moderation' of. its
toho, has produced a deep -impression in:Eu
,
In England, the new' Ministry 'is not, yet
completed. Tha Queen first ant : for Lord
atanville, who, failed to construct a Cabineti
because Lord John Russell. was not willing - to.
play third fiddle, Lord PalMereten holding ; the
second . Palmerstdn was then sent for, and is
said to be advancing in the execution
taslt, - Lord John is to be•the'Foreidn Minister,
and It - is:said a place : will be offered to Mr. Cob
den. :This, however, iSjiot stated :with posi
tiVe certainty. The foreign policy of the new
Goverament promises to;be sehatantially Naro
leonic. will 'aim to. induce. the 'Austrians
now to leave Italy and Se end the war.- . Unde r
the infitienc'e of these events, the. funds have
'risen both - in London and Paris f ••., • ,
. -
Tr.inee bfuttornicli is. ilaad. 'The . Duchess of.
Brabant has borne an heir fo the royal. house Of
Milgium.„Freneis Joseph ; is going to take com-•
.mend of the.AuStrian arrny'O_liiilY; he is • sahl
to be more, obstinately,. warlike. than ever:
ru s 13EzwErm , Oisin . ,brmIlmiti,
TWo , ,Larrr.E BOYS AND A Do6.—A
iubscriber writir4to UnfromNortl'i
June 4,as. tells of hea.r tool( place
on gni fkrni A'oWl4r, ori the '3oth '
elf. One Orthe hays was: sent'itilriv4 the cows
borne; 'Which Were'ttlient:Ori'illidndl'ed iods•frork
the;house,'at the edge; :thO ',Wp.eilik where ,hu
saw an 'old , bear and her tWo.cuhsf h'e helloed, to
his elder' brut her, some-14 years of nee, 16 come
'to, him vslai a pistOl; he bronie,ht-one'vf