M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, July 07, 1859, Image 2

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    mope rishahl e than the reel;
hirefellWrs "have ..lef6 ti; Ott invaluable
let illi!See what ,itly,‘,theY pl tit id
?in,Otti boil I,ltil-'.eeirOf intritotlons—,
has flOrtAllid, 'like' the
linesti„„o treolof the h 4 tist., It was i3forted on
thfloltriee,Q‘ili, or Plythoth, grew branch
b s ylbronch tilt - at thb time' of the Revolution )t
b a dlitkinithotfrOin I.idistinct branches (then
'Coloni4nion , ta'te's,) find now number :13 with
rininyisiter; flotti4hing shoots in 'the form, of
,Ilerittorlits,,,and many of our people believe it
1 6 11;frktietie !0 gro,w,or expand.till it Will cov
er the wbcole..of the, Aril can .0011 t I nent. A
'repoblican ,gov . ertiment, n government which
,the,ypiee of th,,peoPle anti „ net the voice of the
Bind s is an, e:cperimept, it bus been
tried.in Europe before end. since the American
Revolution and failed.' Englandlefore the.ROV'
colatiinv 1110 its Commonwealth, butine:ead of
beingla,gopernment of the people. it
. proved a
, :dictatorship of the,Parliament and the so . culled
protgetorOliver Cromwell It, was no t , feint,
ed filo trat•Repoblican principle, and cense
,citiantiy
,failed., ,After arta on the heels`of the
' Amer,ican Revolution the. French people t r i e d
the Republican , experiment, the 'Republic rose
irk ineteorie'splander,and for a moment illu
.minate#',,the,political horizon ,of ,Europe, but
soon; felt drenc#ed le: the 'ldortei of her 'citizens
and spreatten eternelpall,over the destini of
the nation, .bur, experiment has been more
suc.cessfol becaose it,was foinded on the vir
tue,•.the intelligence, the patriotism, of the
Wilerk• our forefatheti separafed their gov
ernmCnt feeM the mother, count ry they adopted
the;, best: principles of the English poi ici cal sys.
ten). and. rejected' the worst. My opinion of the
English . Ooverument is, that it is the best form
. . . - i
. Of goVerement n all -Continental and
that lopping off the Kingly'execti five,- its here !
aristocracy, .and its entailed estates it is
a• z wisis;and• excellent' eysteM,tinquesitionably
'next in petit to that of .the United,- States.-i-
TherdiS.however a . ,very marked,:'dietinetion
between' gevernmentand that . of',England,
though.; an.free- eny (in the language Of an 7
:Other,) ...England with a)htliy, faults I hive thee
This :difference
,is that the English
Constitution`_consists of grant., of 'privileges
-and. concession's or power made from the sover- .
eign to the piople.. The American 'Constitu-..
graits of POwer•frorri the maple' to
In Britain it is the voice al* the,
King giving
,authority—whilc in this country
it. is:the voice , of: the *people that gives political
poWer - r, hence the •American Government :at
. -this day exhibits• ; the only insteneolif. a 'great
eivilited nation governed by themselves, .for
ther.haVe'formed . a: Constitution and by; their
: representatives 'enacted the laws by which
they suhmii to 'he rifled; the rights of, soyer
'eielity,rests not in their.' rulers in them
..selves. . .
• ;Our fillrs have ' no rittrihntee of »over
,eignty, for Sovereignty rests with. the people:
twwhorn.enierulers are' responaible.
•
There is another distinction' which separate
trs middy from all the.governniettts of civilized
..Europe.' °id country loyalty eonsists in
thesuhinission•of the:.peOple to . the: Kings"and
rulersi; in this 'Country it. consists in •sabmission
to. the Constitution end Lan's...enacted to,sult
:port our iellgious,andcivit inetitutions..
Americans acknowledge no sovereign butthe
',...Coriiititution and the Laws of the land; to those
..-thekiiibniit: without such, subMisSion our gov,
• • .
errrnent must soonlotter . and Tell in ruins. -
' . Loyaitylh aubmisSion o the Laws—the...Cott
ititution,'and respect for judicial . and gov'ern
's mental: functionaries. iSI he ma .spring which
,'keeps in Motion and existence the" whole of our
:isolitical'machinery'orgevertiment; without the
incessant setiort of the:spring, which. is moved
hi.the'whele;morci force of the whole mass or .
the Ariferican . peianie;onifowl of . govetnment
botild•netec
succeed - Hence,..eubiniesion to the
Constiiution .the first duty of every A mer•
lean 'citizen. , lt' is'. the kind of patriotism
which want and which shonlil be most
•
•• ieliiiouniteherished; Ha in •eaused his
. son Hitnnibal to sWear on'thenitar of his. coun
"•. trietitnal enmity to - Roine, so let every. Amer-.
icon citizen reipsire his son:to sWent eterlial
• reverence and submissio n to the Constitution
and T.;aws.of•hiscountry', for _so , Fong as the
oath' be'Obseived,'sn long Will the liberty of our
country' be stk.." Lyeurgus . the - Spurtiin King
law caused his. people to'•Swear•to
Wupport his'lawl and to support them ,ti./1
;worn.. lie then eipatrinted himself, and • re
• "iiirned'no• More:, •I3.ut..the.A meriCan people are
strongerthan . by.2ari oath; for they etc.
• iticinnd their 'own patriotic love °filbert y and,
Viipee.t ter those laWs•itia4e -hy• rherilselves, fur
ouilt4L , Toe'. theit posterity;.' and : for the .
.:teeming 'Millions Which in the' course of time
a ill Come'aftei.thein. :There is • another note
— birrdiStirictiori between a moriareF•al ;govern
menf.and : the • republican ins; i tit lions .of . this:
'emintry,irtthe forrner, government is sinithin
eil and' the' people.,ate.overaWed hy.•physical
force; by the power. of the.sword, the bayonet
and .t he munitions war:. •In the lettergioy.;
einnient 'is sustained bithe force Of Moral
sloe and the foreetif intellect, by the conscious.
I,riesti that submissiOn.te . the laws is not only the .
.doty bur the interest of every eitizen,•beceuse
•the,,life, the .prosperity, the. 'stake t tha.every
;:one.hasin his own • posterity :is a guarantee
thit will.. be respected; for on. the
- ,faithful , administration of the gOVernment and '
74tixecution tif tt ose siva. depend the 'existence
'the Ainerican pectple.as a nationand as indi
,Viiduale..!.• : , • '
' ..'W,hy is it, that in France, .with '.a
Aiiipaltition not much exceeding our
, „own,,the government requires a stand
' :',ing.arny:of nearly half a • million,:and
, A' civil:police of near the same number 'I
Why tadt, , that in France, Austria and
, Rasstic,Oery , loth adult male citizen is
'feireocrlin!ttke'ariny and "police' depart
.,
meat?,:, Wl4 ,that three.fifths or the
~ - taxeSPatit by tbs::.E . eglish, nation goes
.0 supply ti,ie army and navy ? Because
, they are not i,:gnvernment of the pea
:. pie, but are s government of liings,
''Eraperors,and . an'aristocracy that can
only sustain themselves in power , k
..: ever- aw ei n g the'peeple.., Theirsis a gov
:),4,P.rf.kol, or. PhYsical'i*Gice, whilo _ ()era
~ c is A:gOi•ernment of Moral Rave, , hence
,i 4, le. , Pit necessary that the - Amorietin
::Ileope should: , bit impoverished by ,the
11-..,:itOppOrt.of aratanding army, nor. over .
, IT'iik,ye4".,ti;y the:frown 'of bristling bay();
;i'''464''..'4,n,'d he,a eait,is that aa i ntelli oen t,
. ' 'VO)CO!ylng;T.iieople earl govei:n diem
tiktYAC, Iv, 1 001460:130qoaeo .of: a ty-
API ..IVETriCAPP9P:i . . , ..i -Atartding iirtuy, 'a
ii*..o. o l*.r.49.o.olt.c4eusOrship: of the • pr QM
fgeiirathOitinfikOW - rOf,%h 0 ; + 1 I liprty , 'Of
11i.C. i6ly *tit.o. t fa afirng an- intelligent
, 6004340i4:)114,5 - li6il3,:power
4 ?
r e
r.l A st , 01(4iiitSOliC 'artillery of War,
.?? :"44 ~4 . V43 'ol ;s n gteitYi„ the fore
,j
.49iV-1,.,r111##.:.40.;,r0L•,'::_;2;t1i 0:4',.:/...et.,v,. AA -
tion
,W , ho'
701i:49.4 1 i1ir? 7 0' )11 r , g o v ern ment,
C tg , o 4 ,Z ;,.1
ttas bcco epiinently itythe,
ro'vinatiot) or ttiat in it.10,1c...in - ,itxii kno , ll
dofislitittion:*. Odier e'ximeil'u'ents
'ol' 6iziiife,ilOracy. 'of littv v
;LI i'wl:,tijit;novei. - ..l'ollitiFs9 t'iti . cces,fik
:fife O
conforad,y - iiiitfer our
•-• '"
Tho's old ariieles:of.the cOnfOiler
. 10 . .
Of
. ..the
.1,; ! 3 . colonies, thongh , ...tlk:y...pn,
Swerod al.rityperit:ry pit rpuse. , ,..w ere,. wit
Arita', 'illey:. w ere . o,%sivecl . to `1) - e . ‘.by . tlici
foundblii: tireitr popular-institutions...4.i
ly.a ri tett i s 'orlic . rin 11 : eitt.:roj : a nci- lie w cr.s u f.
fiaient to maintain ,ali eilittient govern,
Mont:and would neve,' . .r.int - V.u . Sufluted the
Anirposes..of out grow ingiteptibl ie,.. ; • The.
etinderS:oi:Oar present .federal. consti:
In thin: saw . this nin.l-...preVided : agiiinst
its GVils[ • . 4„ . siolittir:iixpiwi in c WU): tliiit
of-our: old' Confederady • .*:is • made, day
the' 'people of
. -Gernittny.,.iti .providing
ngilins the encroachments:and :hostile
'.invasionsOf.;..lttapeleoh. . They ..formed
.Wial . Was.Called the: i: eentederittion Of
,
' '
.'
'the.lZ .1iin0... , '... It..ans'wereifN'Vell. for - de..
feneej..While'each - Mid ..o.Y.Ory State .Wat3i
willing to. aid. nrict centribute,'-but-lt
contained-. no pc war.s •of itoeraion.,.: If a
Stitte . .ivriS: . refraetery, tliC confederation
had ,ne ])Divot . tn....enforce its .unity of
action...:.!,flie,will of a .thaiority'of States.
Would not And the minority; the,States
- .6.eneratlind Ate poWer to 'raise Men for
ar, • or. meney ,. to : stipport it •Witheut
the .• concurrence . "of, . the:: wit Ole,: and•
hence it : .boukrilor'Sueneed . ;tils it".. , unity:
:of Power,lt was net , a'Sneeess;.it wits
it. partial failure. ',:l3it our federaL,Con.'
.Stitution contains 'in'. its: prOVisionS. one.
of thehitnpiest-selinies fOrthe.concon
tratipti:of : . P6weri Without infringing
npon the .liberties: of the • States: .t hat
604d..have been:conceived. and pair: in
practice.,. for .when the . interest of the
whole tin niter '.of 'States 'is .. cOnce riled;
as ' 'ti . whole,.
.the - federal .' constilt=
tiOn . is.n unit; iitt t:whint . thei r-
: interests
ara'sepeirite and'. not, - colleetive; ottcli.
State is..an itidepenthint 'sOvereigitty:by
itself.:. The',, fed e . ra I ~.conSti tit lion -I i tir
its by clear and- Indispiltable ',Ain't]
:marks the powers, which arc to lie'ebn
trolliiii by the federal got and
'leaving what belongs to the ,Stales ,Son.'
erately Lobe...controlled by. th eniselyes„
In their own' Way , independe4 of any,
otherpower °This . happy cornbinittion
allow/slice:Machinery of:government to
Work in 'porfeet harmony, en ch limiting
;itself to thoSe . .poive,rs ,'a nd . , prerogatives
.. AV hidli . belongs to, itself.Sepprately;• but '
:having no..poWer to interfere with tiny
Other. 'JAI P Status' , are, sovi3 reign tio4
as BtateS,:and the peophrof the :United:
States ard,.scivereigi4 aSit cOnfederacy .
'of "Sovereign, : . - States, • eaolr'-restrieted
Within, its.own ~'limits .by the . . ftideral•
constitution Wlloso creatures .they are,.
and..tio long as the. administration, *Of'
the :general and ..State.govorn men ts. are
tionducted"with in tegri ty.. and the. con;
Stittitiennt limits adhered to; - they . Wlll
ecill ti,iiti e - ',.to act ; with 'the . sant e • perfect
tincitindisterhed lrarniony.,With,: which
tho:plancis.Of tlio . .nniverse..cetitinee..th.
' move in the great lirnapient, in the Or-.
dor .Which. the A [thigh i,) . 7 'preatoti thorn:
Beniff thus :blessed - . With:l'olla w
believe . to. be as ..gOod a govern men t 'as..
• hitmat . , Wisticini ''ern plan;
.. wha Cis :'ottr•
.
first and 'duty to ourseivestind.
-our cotintry.?..:"Does ittiot consist' in a
firm; deveted'inid undying attachment
to the 'American • 'Union ? ' Trio, t,11 . 6
piittire :OfonreysteM OP.govern moil t is.
not` Wit,hout'.its shades it5...w011....1is its .
bilght. side";, like 'every':
: other ' .Werk
iyhich ' .ccitnes. front. human. hands, . it is
:not" without" its . i mporfbetionti...f The
favoritism of partizanship, party,:and or
party fitetions . ,. are:the; : inevitable eon , .
sequences ertheeleetive..sYSteM; „and
'corruption.," with that •eorreding'- can
korWhich . often._ "destroys , the 'virtue;
• the integrity,.OfgoV.ernmentAS • 1‘ . ".01:1 US'
iPdivitillal,,, ..1301npatileS exhibits.. :its
WiightiliginfluenCeaniongus....liattheSe,
Are &.ceptions.telhogeneral.rnlo, they
tire the nnaVoklableemiSequence's which
'flow, frOin. the. : i,iii,p6 . rectioris of ~linmaa.
nitittire,. and
,N .
.'llilo
.0 - y . f.2y •, trlies, patriot;
and philantlikOpist deeply regrets their
eyerlxilluting the. part" - stream .. which.
Ought:l6 . llow froM the fon n tain: of, the
.hrimitutfons._ of Our Pountry,'—let ni3 - ns
'inilitidtialS and: as' neeple,:set.enr full
eSt energies .. at . Work to counter 'let their
: baneini,. inflite nee.;,... Those -. unhappy
conseqUeneas:flow not, from .th 'Mper
fectiotis of the system; but th e aro the
tinaVoithible resultS : of the' ii aknosseS
and hi 6rinitioi of. humanity., . ..- ''' • ..,... '
..
As.'hutinati experience and 111.1 . 1118,11 sa,
gaeity - has , never produced a . hotter'
.form of government; as tinder the. work,
ings of its systone.th o Ainftican people
have grown from infancylp :the 'man
.hood of it:. great :natioa; .to .to nation's'
wealthand 'a. nations "greatness; ini :un
der its political intnenes.we have:been'
prosperous and happy; as "'we., cure not
for the 'balance of. power : and . : cause-,
gitently - keep.. entirely alotf from the
e
ciltan iiment , r alliances, nces, a•s ,we are
the only people -win). enjoy thogreateat
amount of. : 'liberty .
.consistent :With . :
the.rightS and . . interests 'dim - ciVilized
eonimtinity,aS.We .are : the only...exam , .
:ph). on,Oartir of a .g;1 , 6111, people -existitiz
liti meiyilized 'state • hy::the power of..,Seil
goVepninent,, as, th is ; conntry . ;..h:.• . figurit..
itiVlY speaking)-the ..last. resting-place
of thO,gocidess:ofliberty,,,and in reality
the.„ asylatii Air the oppressed Of all .int• "
tions, thic., - 'enly"..Spot..in :.cliristendoni
whereAlfo.citizen is, ii:oi , bry'siinSti:tlic.
iko.vCreiga r let t4:thoroibro adhere to.
...I , ll6 . ..:UniotLits ; the Plank of oarjaitioCai
hsalvittien . ...... -.. '•' .... '.• . r . '..
s otu foiefathcir fougla 'Mind.:
1 1 401)S7:13aQh•ctilier'd silo in the calisQ of
their.cpto tit;
Protestant, chinclininn Witt) ion :con.
foriniM,- and 'the ()Raliul•
with the pittiet(!st. Puritan in the tervilJle
,itrtiggiu • fot• 'National .ititleTtintlenc,e,
people, of '.ttio iftesent dity,
Without ..pegaril religigns sianttinetit ,
pi;liticitl firtn; in the
riiti to of out• eon ittry, in sirpport 'uf
. . . .
Then ',the family' ,.. of.the.A . merican
.cilizeti hien its mitered relations;
areund.,the . .:,thimestki
fiettrli:,:arfienJlier lather skid! Itiolt , witl
the liappy:sinde of cokentnient Oa , :the
wife'of his choice. and on the inuocoat L
liappy.oltspring (led lies i
en let...the. first tauglit
.by:.th.:4 . Contented . titother - te:that child
that . anSlicis . on 10 . r kne'i.be-lo::1j . sp the
.natne.6f :Trashingtoathe .hither of bis
.Voti n try; atid'the lirs(sentiment taught
by that happyfallier4ho presides'over
the - fatnily (Arch). to
.those
';treSoon. to' take his.place.,ia 'the
„ranks
of society and the
. huSiness.all'ati6 of
life,, he undying•devotionte
:cati.Union . and.unahatilig leve. fer the'
fittherland,.". the land .o.t an:d the lionie.of:Lhe .
Brave. •
• • In. the . ...incdieval nge. of Rollie. ; the,
prondest . thOUght 'which .Rory an lips..
gave utteraime.was; "Tanta Roman
.eiti
zen." So iet it lie : the:*prideland. lippe.Of
eVry.Ainerictin whnteer part
of UM world het - nay:be, i,vhotiter in the
.land of the ALontezumas . or .in the iri:
liespitahle region el... Lapland, if he .but.
pronounce the talistitanie...werds ath .
an . AMerican citizen;" he litts'o. se;
cured the respeetand admiration of the .
strangers a Mang. Nl* 11 om his let. may he
cast, and 'will feet . cause to say ! . , ttiy. coup
try be thod ever' blest." .• •
Nitpuliiiiepi . Ortlers'ati! . o:oquarterH
Every evening nightfulfthe,,Kitig and corn--
Mandants Of the iliffereut rorits de 'armee are : to
send to : the : Erriperpr a succinct 'aneount,, con ,
raining the otiotbet' men under armi.ip each
army,•the importrinClieta Whielt..hrive • taken
plane •during thP. day,and ..every ibtelligence
that has been received .of 'the rnovernents *of
the enemy. Every day., hall,an hOtir before
sMirise, the. tropps will,: get unde'r;.arms, as
though tbey were about to be attacked, and of-.
Jer rilaylighi, 'when if . .shalltie'nertain that the
: elietny.is.itot . making any offensive movements,
'thp eroops Will return to their blvottans.• At
'that tour tier, King and the comMainiatitS of the
corpi'dn'girin;c.ire.to state to the Emper or
. what
they 'May know : of the position of the enemy.
The commandants of the xnrpt do arnse'e are to
.ons , the p,trietest attention that the officers have
not.'withthem ahy Useless • baggitgd. his for ,
biddPn honey one the a large tent. .The
officers ate2alwayS to seek accomodatio e n In the
'houses near. the. troops. the troops hive to
ennatnpfor.several days at a : distatipit frorn;any.
habitatiod,..tents be.supplied.to.tbern froin
•their headquarters... Finery:officer. must
- self carry his cloak across his shoulders, and. a
ease n.ivhicli lie can hive one duy's provisions.
Ther.mperiir. has decided that -during tb'e con,
dtrufanne of ,operations,
.the infantry-shalt Only.
carry with: them the . kepi great coat,. : jacket .
'and tronlers,.two." pair Of '.:siMes—one. on, anil .
the other in the; knapsank- 7 :and the - small tent'.
The.O.ther. Clothing of 'the ,rrien• is to lie picked
up.and
,sent immediately:to the tlepot of:the
,corp, which is 10 be established at Genolf.; It
be the' Same with the'half • blahket,•
~cept.fer': the..Zona:yes Anil •the Algerian
lieurs,.Vvito will retain it, as well as the. small
Turn Zims.vcs.—Many people, suppose' that
the Zottaves so often mentioned connection
'With . the Italian :Wars, as well' as. the late:
.canipaign in tliabrimea ) . area corps Of Arabs.
They:are only Frenchmen' in , A.rab':uullorm,
and are•nuttle up of mOn'aelscleil
,frern'-the old
soldiers'ot the regular.' army for their fine form,
grat 'strength,' and fried cotirage. letter
from Italy says of them: '
, .
. . .
The dresser the Zeuave'.is 'of the ATab pat.
. ,
tern„the' cap is a loose fig, or seull.eap of -scar e
let, felt,.with a.,tassel; a turbah•lS worn Over
this in fttll dress;* a, cloth dress and loose jaCkr.
et;Which.leaVses the neck unincininhered by col
161:; stockoy c6vnt,•coyei the uppisr.fmrtion'Of
his body„.nnd allow frederidOefilont:of the gar:
Monts; • the scarle.i.pants - are of, the' locise
enfaipat term andare tucked under gartt:ra
thoge'of the foot rides Of the guard; the •over
cout-is a loose cloak with a hood'. • The chas
seurs wear.asirnilar one. The men say, that
this' ress is themost r cciavenient onc.possible;'
and, prefer it to any othei. - The Zottavealnive
certainlyproved that they-'ore what their ap
pearance would , indicafe, the' most "'reckless,
self:reliant,.and complete infantry, that Europe
can.produce.,..:with.his.graceful•dress and 'sot- .
.dierly.betiying, and: Vigilant .attitude, the Zoe
availt-an outpost is: a beau-ideal-of a.soldier:.
They,.neglect;'no. opportunity "to . add to , their,
personal comforts; if there is a streain
Vicinity the party .m4rehing . on picketis
to be7arnply'stinplied with fishing reds, Bce.;. if
anything is to be had; the. Zou'avesate quite
certain to obtain; it.. Their movements are the
most light and : graceful I have ever—Seen; the,
stride is long but the foot seems scarcely ,to
touch the ground and the - march is
_apparently
made iVithent:eflbrt cm:fatigue... • :.
I have ';noticed 'that- the
,Zouaves . always
'manage tr.* . 'have a fowler two boiling in the
pot, '• They, have obtain ed' his•aceession to the
meal, either by what is termed "hooking" it,
or else the Zonave, , whe is always gallant his
;induced the farm maiden; who adored him, tn,
make a present to, hiniself dad eothrads.. One
thing is certain', where other troops would
starve, the Zossavci find abundance .of prOvis
ions. The dinner oter, the sphkesmaa of the
party, tells- aomeinteresting'tale' of what some'
formes Zotsave did in-. Arrica." He is listened
to in :solemn. silence, 'only being interrupted
from time to ,:time . With some s'ireh'remarks.as
ti 6"ist Lien ca."' “Iruila:Cominent ls
itrrakg lea' offtirrs;" and do on untilthe quick
rtittle 01' the drum .announces thartlietime' has
'come for duty be . -„attended
.. to. G4.' and
eareless these troops- are, above:all, -. aCtive and
hravei.they are ready.-to.undertake at any trm
ment tiny desperate* move, and their', reptija
tionAroughnut all ..urope h.aa become-so gen
erally- known Wet it is an •additival force
gained' for them, - - 1-Ikvine often heard the rpies
.tios risked, ttlVtint:is Zotsave?”--wegive the,
above as all: the' in'fy'rntation'we can glean- from
'the exchanges.,. . • : .
• . A ..IVriz. ox* AN•rimoxv,-The St.. ClairsviJle
(110 .. Gaznetis says . thii(ii vein of antimonvOwo
feet almost solid; ha's been ilise6V - er 7
ed . within two..iniles of St.:Clairsyille;'. : Anti
mony is ona,of thd ingreilientS .o.f type .
worth :abMit forty 'eenis.a
.pound,' Juni . . it has
been .iipptiseit that it. was only to ba 'found in
•*- •
~ .9-rtio*,..o.ltiitv. : ,POw4t,'
Thursday, July 185?
.
... • • .
. ..., . • . s..AUTETTEN . GILL:!: .
.1.
& CO'S
. 4 .-
:..-,., . " , ..• ,A DV EILTISLIC: A a artcY, ..,,.., . ' !,, !
11.9 .4Vaisa la St r'erf, :Mit! l'erk, a /id 40 'Stu res Si . rilapit ,
•
•
S. 31.',P FITT ENG 1 lA, , 4 ., CO., are the 'A ttel'lte b")" . r the
•St'lt'eAti . 1)10100it AT :led: tile tenet i ntl II etili el Mid larAwit
di rcura titik'Nkiwnpapto in the United Statei : and . the'Cati.
att,aa.', They tie nu Um !Thad to contract. •ftie us at • uue.
I.ll4st:rates. !:, ..••' 1 •••'' '' - -;. • ,-" . tl. • -1...'t
.Deihocratio*,Sta,to - NcintitratiOni
, • FOR
.RICHARDSON'IT;..-4W.14G10,
FOR suitynydn ORIIRRAT:
JOHN ROWE,
• We:iive%the address. of 11:11a . miiii,1.7siir: - ,a(
the Court House on Monday,. the •ith,.andiVoint.
tejras sitt effort . Worthi:the• by atiit.'l,vorthy
the author . .. It •Iti'hetter on such : day to
dwell iipon:what .We are; the•glerioiis privi
[egos we enjoy„.ihe ireatness as' a:,nation to
d hick ' tve.have arrived,' than to croak over the
imaginary ;or, Teal ills'that arethoitghtte exist;
or'arejtiSt about - to overWhelrri•us. • • .
The painting and glazing On 'the house of S.
A. Backus was 'performed . by J. Chandler,
: and dZies.credit to his taste and John
spern;deteiniined to excel in his: profession. `
The Gornmiesioners of. Cl4rion county • have
contracted With:Edmund English, of Brook
ville, for hupling a•neW Court House. , He is to
receive $13,750 ) end .4 4
.300'1'er:the old mate
rial on.the g . rodnd: • • • • ••
„ .•
• Lewis Leviii;: well known to the politico]
as the:lien& and front of Americanism in
Philadelphia,; has become hOpelessl, , deraiiged;
and. is now inlke Insane ASs.ylom of thot
dreadful
'nd.Citlent . occurred::tc; a train On the Michigar!
Sinthern•RailrOad,'on the night 'of the 2 7 th
neat South Bend, caused by the washini, away '
of it Culvei , t. ; : • •
'.There was' alnitit one 49n . thed: and 'fiftyper
sons-on the , train, • thirty-three- Ot.whorn haye
been 'taken from the ruins dead, and fifty :or
sixty Others „IVonndiid: the rest have not been
Strreosan,Hoitsri.Ttitae:—On Thursday last
a *syvidiotis lookin . k porson came into town,
'and seeing that he was 'suspected,
,left. by .the
Warren road, - ,without , Ha . ptir-
Sued; and *hen' Ciertakeil, near Mr: Hoosier's;
he fled to the woods,:leaving* . the,horse he rode,:
tohiS pursuers. • The 'horse was left With D.
R, Bennett.to - be.kent . until' its:ownei calls for
it. .Thel'sunected person. is said .to he.in- the:
neighborhood or-Kenzaa, but we have 'heaid of
nci:Atternpt being matte to 'arrest him. •
• .The Democratic National ComMittee. have,
agyeed upon the second day of, June, 1800, as
the'day for the meetiag of The National Conlien
tion; at Charieston, to nominate tandidaCeefor
President and yice President. Thua shall
soon he 'surrounded by the 'excitements . of..a .
Presidential contest. • •
- .
A riropotion has been. nrade • by-an indi4id-
nal tormi;rly identified the N. Erie
Railroad Co:, to lease the roach' The Offer la to
take . the road • for ten 3ears—pay'sl,so . o,ooo,
for' the first j;ear, $I00;000*ta 'be added each
Succeeding yeai"for four: : years; and 2 ; 000;00 . 0
perY . ear for the fi've remaining yen's; }vitk,the
.priviledge ofjenewal for . another ten yeara at
s2,so . o,ooo%perannum . .: •
BatrrAr."llfunrinn.—We 'are : indebted 'to R.
'HINDS,, of Ceres for the following:partieolars of
a most.'shocking mUrder Ihat: .Was committed
near that . place: •,;:•
MT, James Stocker, living*Onlell's Run in
'Ceres 'township,' wee' found dead, • in 'the road
about one half :mile. frhm his residence,
day evening last, having the appearance of hay• .
ing been beaten with a club until life. Was ex
tinct. • He .. Was lying S on his face when found,
with ,several' bruises an tbe back part, of the
head, which' must have been given after he had,
fallen.'" :Tilere,:xvere also: marks of blow.s 'on
his face and forehead. :Near.: him- Was found
a club 8 'feet long, froin two to, :three - inches
'in Aiaineter, tin) butt end of . which wair'cpV
ered with blood and brain. The deceased was
about 60 years of age', and had , unifoimlY borne
a' goo'd character., .. • . '
••Jann'es•Dunn, who lives , near the deceased,
was arrested and committed 'to our County
'Jail, the following day ; on charge of couniti
ling the, muider.. •
• , A Paornacy . .—The follo:ing curi
one• • ••.• • ..
paragraph is prom the Cologne col respond
eat of the Contiiienial Review: • .
'We-may now afford to . the •sinittlat.
Prorihecyof the
,Wastpluilianehepherd, who liv
ed some hundred and fifty 'years rtgo, and who
predicted a terrible Earottean war, in the course
of which the Tnrks shOuldcool the feet of their
..horses jn the.Rliine. TheSe.things—thUs .runs
the tradition—Were.to come to peas when car
riages :run - without horses, . and the . Prussian
soldiers were dressed like the soldiers'Who cru.;
cified Christ. Carriagei do run without horses
and.the'siuwier . itt; of:a .Prussian soldier, in. his
tunic and helmet, is in: all .respects: that of a
t'flornap legionary.. But the superstitious, who
speculated 'en . ; this singular , prophecy,. Could
never reconcile with it the decline of the Ttirk
power, ' , and 'the manifest improbability ,of
the' Sultan's troops carrying the standard of the
Prophet to 'thabanks of,the Rhine. They for
,„
get thetFrance has Mgerine regiments' of Spa,-
,
his and Zouaves; and that many of - therri*.are as
good Mussletnon as ever, wallted in the 'street's”
of Siatnboul.. .
TUE FoURTIU AT Slll gTIIPORT
. . . . . . .
The .'eighty third. ann'iverierof our• 1f44
1 - tiorm,l ' lndep,Mdance: Was, celebrated 'in' Smeth
port4ti:pooday with. More : .than usual
nignight o • 'n, the'3d^the...lisilS:Were
in a alifirt tirriz a INTatiOnat.',talnte• of thiiteed:
gun4:.3vas.lired;, . Miy7l4ht.t he 7Tatio,o4l En
•sidtic , with its . thirtY 4 .three'sCars; I,ydS
•frinn.the cimalo - ef,the Court . House, and
.a sa
,hite Of, : thirCylthred Ah nine 'W..
cle'ek'the - presented a_
the streets an'd.puhlic places .were peratribUla,
o(1 -. 1..)y an men s e throng; rpaPlg, ery em
n s tra Oen 'M joy: It would be Inniessible: to'
give. an: approximate:nainber'."of the nerions in
"town; bat suffice it to: sai:there.iyere.ell•that;
coul'd•be a'ecomodated at o u r publie houses - .. 4
Xi haffliast eleven all that coald 'get in assem
at'the Court House; and were.' entertained by
the 'readiriii of .the Declaration; .addresses .
from' Messri.: - 11analin..and the sing-
Meof patriotic 'songs; and.music t, n r. the Stneth--
nort 'Brass Band. '''.Fives SoldiMa of the lasA
War with • Great being.prOS ent, were
itjvited.te take, the seat of honor • in tient'. of
_the . Speakers' sfaiid. . ,A.t.hal f-past .One . dinner:
was served ender a•sp'acieue bower.
Bennett; the Well known host of-the “'Bennett
Hottee."•. After partaking-
,of sumptuous re-:
past the: craWditiainassembled at the Court.
House, and the ..Tollow.iog • toasts; were. drank, ,
amid the . cheeri dr the-aesembli:'.
I===!
it: The—pay we CelibrcitC—Utiy it : oyez. be remem;
bored Out , ..- • •
2: .'llleshinkion; The.. Mother' of liliskiligton; The
Tomb eotiVewhington.—OkjeCts ever dear to the Ameri-
.3." 'Tit's United Suytes . ,Frottt . the iron- chains her
arother forged to *bind have laben wrought golden
cords of l'oPP.to encircle aaal'ilrotoct thS'tipprissed of the
cartli—tbax they. boyar tarnish. * .
.. .1. Our noble mtd:Commonteealth;'.hcr tittitto"Vir-:
ttte I.iberty find Independence."-May they. ever bp
•
. , • .
5* . W arms,
,Franklin and J . 4 . lTcrrait—Henty; Jay mu
Theniitioa...-dur era.dle,ras rocked by pleb' In their ib.
fabcy—may'thnir names km therished in oar manhood.'
. .
~ 6: ; Lafayette, tile. friend gad .contpatt of Wn,s
ieitee, the'/ ape aut . ! prole/toe of - o ler fa th ere . 7 1 .Atay. II is
name heh inored. , • , ' . . . •
l-7. The :trotters of 'the Rei.ofutiUn, 'the 411111 . 0e5 . of
the Author;. girt intleittntlettei:HMayntoie daugh * , rs,
ginuliao their virtues,- • .. ' ..
8. The: Etnti/y eithe 'Unita Siatei;—:!tay the senti.
;Monti .whisk actitateethe.thfrteen abler eistoes descend
to Wein phrity to the Vltest bumf; and abide in the Liaise.
, 'The I..rer4arntiqii. of hith , p dyit e.,—Cul;l and del
libarato idasiartfoii;modust.and roaoltiler in iientiznenti a
model • insirumen't for inrinkind,—Wiar we' ever: emulate.
Italtueildra jn thomodiratiori of our wOrda; and tlle reso
lufeuesU of our acts. , ' ' '
Thq President. of ,the . 7,7,1•it?a • Statiw—lle wields
no' sceptre, Yet holds 0 higher plliee thuttitty potentate:or
. the earth—may Itenvep guide Lls netti.,'
. flr" [mai Monac.L-The "American Indtpcpulenr.—
. May Itovar'be calabrated•aneenjnyod., '
• Br Scum...To'oßi memory of, Arajor General'
Jacob Drown, onn'Of: shoat .diating•nlabed•
Luine: : • . •
Bi DR. W. T, 31106oY.—Tlie At;ieriea'ti Atir.—‘l".vor
newly, to prompt ant "sustain the Boni,. brother's 'And'
thers, in the perpetuntioti,olour ,glorious 'institutions.
. IfY:Mß,Cowt.Es,—The'PrE;itlent of tl . l:7.7liied . Siiiits i
In 'default of n: rife, the old eiitlolna.it he weddeitte:
• theAteartn of the Deopfe, • ' • • ' •:.
The Lailies.,—.l.ll'6.lo.4(ialoi oui'of , Paratlise, that they
!night make of lho•wliolu eaeth'a'n Mau: .
. .
,
• J. 13:Q. The collo/lonises/1k •of Pishsyfrania.lty
her yell 'organized system of laws ; her support 'of learn.
nog, and Übe rarity to intliinal improvements,slie evinces
.her care for the interest of her citizens and ber.just ap 7 .
piSciation ,of the 'elements which constitute a"great,
J 'B. 0, —Ol . O. Unionlqf Stn,te . s.—Mny it, contimie
rest Uli,in the pen neiplce . of equity , and justice, nut 'to se.;
blessiqga olpeacq:and'proaperity and happiness
to all who livetinder Ua protection; as 'lien ne'remain an
abiding hope: and exastiple to the oppressed of. Ogler, na,
tions. . • .. •- . • •
" •:' ,
.TI or meet actiro . .agerit in
in'g.the'tbougiitaan9'actionliorm'etiL-tbR school teacher
and pastor combhied—may it be ever .go bled by wisdom,
pat r i otisto and truth. " '
llr ;%I and . Social—, Union
Ahont five o'clock a . procession was forined;
the Odd 1. - .'ellovOe'Regalfalas brought nut and
donned, and headed brthe :BraSs Band, :and
led by. Capt.A...,11. Cory, marched through the
.principal .streets. la*the, evening was. wit
nessed grand flispfay, Fire-works, tinder
the 'supervision of. Messrs. Armstio ..and .
Sartwell. The 'whole cc:included. by ii,lgrand.
hop it. the Bennett House, - under. the Manage:
Merit of Messrs Hyde and:Mason: •.:
.•
Ori the whole, the 4th Was .a great
Smethp . ort. :The' weather w as:fine'; and thanle;s .
to the care of Messrs... Pierce :and Jackson,
.who had the . charge of :the "great guns," do
accidents hapen ed; 'anil,'so far as. **e .know, ,
not arc incident happened to Mar the , enjoyment'
of a single:persen.- :Every .Person seemed to
thardi:Ood• that..they mere citizen's of the the‘
United States,. and to hope that the 4tb . might
be . eelebrated each, year . in..the„satna manner,
at least during their
.•
. .
The Hon. F. Robinson ex-member of
Congress far the district of Chambersborg,Ta.,
died on the 24th ult., from the disease contrac
ted at the National Hotel, at Washington, in
'the spring of 1857..
GREEI,7:I7'IIfEET A SLAVE DIALER.—We find
the going . tlip ;winds of ..thewestein
journals:
Greeleyat Leavenworth 'Met a gen
tleman who - expressed greal. Pleasure at 'seeing :
so distinguished, a 'philantironist,arid - in wish
jug repljedMr.Greelhy,
happy to hear such- Sentiments, and to
see such men . as yourself, Where , l not ex
pect.the leaSt sympathy, in thii land s where The
iniquitY of thd . nation - fs eofirmly.rooted.. God
be.praised, the work goes bravely rm.' •:'With
your aid,' returned Mr..11 7- .,"!Shi'very•l,vill soon
cease,; to exist in.;MissOnri. ". The number
. of
slaves. is .now fast .decreasing.- am myself
doing something toward rentoving thorn. Only
last week I took aWay*.thirteen.' 'My good
.friend,..how?Whereisip. Grleans.?--
•Great. God I . a 'dealer lin. human soulsi'• 'Yes,
sir, if that•is,whaf You call it. I huy . dnd sell
negroe . s.,•t tans indebted:to you; for the profits
or mi.business. Slavetndilers 'here .sell their,
slaves fnr half their in theSonth , to keep
youryourdiscipl^slow stealing thetn. ,,
Cok t y,pondelsei.
.. • •
Hrvhv
N F.sq r 1 7 1)6 :
ilersi gnedy;.Cornmitteeot'.Arriingettlei~t~'BFc.; of
t h e ;place',..Of.„o : lo.4oo
,
rious b i rt h clay . oftiir
Tor oursel es 0u13,i,;', fgif , comffiutlity at large,'
h coplr of your
casion~_foi.publicati'on.'. Believing, as ‘l4 (10,
that .the'.diffusiOn.of ase fia-
Aenod •tO wit h ,pleastire'ut tliht•tiiiie, will iend
to cement clOaely"flie f tita
tedorn..a fcir : Whi:cli our fatiiers
louglit;•ble(114
the hands of 'OV.OY, .119Ilibit, , ,.1)1ey will be
rea;cli•an(.l :troasured up io:lllo...?tote4lcuael:of
'iemernbrance, , u4il hey not • only be as
familiar; as bt4
of our overy.iiational Ret. au . (yeelin4.
:You •
Sariinroicr, rp:dply 7; IB'so
Respected
Yam's of 'the.6th' inst. is athaml; fearing
the'high compliment paid - my:feeble remarks
made ,on the Occasion of the 4th inst: is un
meri ted, *it' is with deliCacy that comply with
yout kind request and 'place :the address you
refer 'to . in.th'e , hinde.of•• Mu-public jornalists,
for publication, '. •
Very Respectf Yottrjf, . •
To Weisrs.,Backui Jones'and.TaylorCom'tce,
Ileportoa for the Doniocrat
Court Proceedings. •
J: Darling vs. DickitiEOnThis action
••• • , .
is -fordeceit in selling a glandeted hbrse for a
sound •one. This cause was 'tried' at the
last term but the Jury .could not agree, and
therefore came up for trial at this 'tem. Ver
dict iri fa'vor of Plaintiff foi
,SLO. • •• , •
Coin. V:3.'qidgdll Ellis—Assault with intent
to kill. `Thiscasegrevout of an neighhorhoOd
"'quarrel. Verdict . guilty. Sentenced ; to pay a
- 7 - 1 of $5 and costa., • • •
' .oen. vs. John DaWson-Selling liquor with-‘
• out license. .Deft: pleads gailly 7 givesTail:that
.ha. will .quit thd Liisiiiess and' is dischargad'un
the aboye'conditions..
.;feljovvieg, are Lille p . retsee . te(l to. the
Com. vs. Joseph rion, true
This is tor burning.. the house of Dexter, 'in
Liberty' : township . : This being -an Oyer and
Terminer case . it could not - be tried at' this
'Com:vs. Isaac Sornmers—Assault with inL
'.tent to true Continued by Deft.
George Furguson—Chtting tim
ber, true bill. •Continugd:..: • •
• Cum. vs: T. MOvin:- . -Aslault and Battery,
true bill. . .
the loljowing bills•wet e ignOredi' . •
...D. A. F..'asterbrooks,LarCeny. Wm.. Young,
Assault. John Nolan, Assault. , , William
Stanton; Larceny. •
. • . •
841.t.0x 'Asckyston:4—The longest . 'voyage
ever made in a balhfOn was cch. the 'l.st ,
lrom St. Louis to a. point near Sack'ett's
bor. • The balloon Was launched Ot..St. LouiS;
under the supervision• of MessrS. Jiahn: Wise,-
Seientific.direCtoF,LaMetintain . ;scronaur,'o.4..
Gager, navigator, and Was. 'Hyde reporter to
the St.. Loui s. Republican, at: 45 j minutes past
inthe afternoon anti landed:in thelown of
HenderSon, Jeffet son county ,N. Y. at
. 20 min.?
utes past two, P; •neirt. day, accom
.pliabing a distance .Of . 1,100 MileS in nineteen
: hour's and thirty;five mintites. • •
,- • •
• When over `Lake-.Ontario, .and:,'abotit, 30
miles 'frord :shore, they - encOttntered:a violent
gale of, wind; blowing 'almost directly •down-
Ward, and. thby were. In peril , of their
.lives.- Mr. Gager, says; ' ; •
effort was made to keep the .
ap•by throwing out ballast,. stores and •instru-•
-ments, but.in spitelof all their 'exertions, she
made' rt . tremendous striking the utter,
'stavingthe bnatiatid.,,neartSt,.briiging 'almat a
fatal termination of. the voyage ,to Mr. La
Mountain. The lialltiOnF thin rushed headlong
toWards,the Shore; reached-in'a few
,minutes, ft - atr! whenae.it pltiniett denSe
forest: at a speed which Mr.. Hide estimates; at
about two miles a: miunte., I:be-grapnels Were
cast •Inose,: bar the attiong' nox hooks were
ranched 'off pipe.Yis• ;
.•The' boat, whlch below-thetn, went
crashing through the trees, leavifig a path as
if the locality had:.been visited by 'e ternado.—
Mr . .. Hyde saYkthet., trees of a foot or, more in
diameter,were !Mapped .asunder as . if made of
clay, while the branches were flying in every
direction. After. proceeding , about'a mile at
this rate, in momentary expectation of destruc
tion,. the ballookWes dashed against a bilge
tree by which it was colapsed, and scareely
.anything left of it but cotintleSs' ribbons. It
seems marvelous that no livra.- - cVere - lost, but.
this was doubtless owing
,to the' boat, which
sustained the shock.of the forest, leaving the
daring adventurere to descend to . 'the earth
from their.perch . ;entirelyAnharmed, with the .
exception of a slight bruise which Mr. La
Mountain reeeived'on one of .'his
RUSSIA SAYS ccenr.:Ca.??--Southern; Permany
is in.a•fiver -of excitement.- The ..warmest
sympathy is-displayed forthe.Austriari•canse..
'Austrian treeps
„are tendered 'a 'free• passage'
thfough Batavia, .and are feasted' and cheefeil
at' every town:::' The Alfghsburg Gazette, Mr.-
gee an irninedtate ..invasion of .'Vraitee by 'the
German Army to capture, Paris in - the •Empe
rer,s ahsence,' •The mostperSistent effertcare
mede:at Franlifort, by 'the, Austrian delegates .
and the Sovereigns in the Austrian interest to .
induce a declaration' that. the cohfedeiation
aides with F.raneis Joseph... It is., even , yet
quest,iimable whether; Prussia and these other
States in whieh'Englisli .influence c-vail;will.
be able toreattaiu sucha deelaratiorvare they
are trying . to..do,. .• . , .
. . . .
. :
At this moment RussiA . speaks.. . Through
her Prime 11.1inister.she eend's . mit.a. eirenlar in
timating that. if . the . aerrruin•rirmida—march
aga.irrst Fiance; the•Rnsiian'arniie.s yr!ll march'
against Germany'.' • .IGvViII be : ` one of the best
evidences of Louis Napoleon't.skill in I playing
on the' political . chess4)6llrd, . if ... he -can -thus
mane Russia hold Germany in check; whilN. he
drakes his awn t11;)Y115 hi - Italy. , ..
• .Q Tincas,
A. N. TAYLciv,;
(Join 'eUxt.