JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday August 30, 1849. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, HENRY M. FULLER, OF LUZERNE COUNTY. Qr" We understand that Peter Merwine, jr., has been commissioned Brigade Inspector of this County. The election was held in June last, and ihe commission kept back on, account of some al leged informality in the returns. Ujt A tremenduous meeting was held in Phila delphia last week, to sympathize with the brave Hungarians in their present glorious struggle for liberty. Another is to be held in New York, this week, at which Gov. Fish has been invit.ed to pre side. A great gathering is anticipated. Nomination of Henry 171. Fuller, Esq. The nomination of Mr. Fuller, was anticipar ted, for his abilities, integrity, and high public and private qualities, had gone before him into the discussion ; and the unanimity which combined the voices of all sections of the Stale, is a proud and gratifying evidence that, with an enlightened people true merit never fails to win an adequate appreciation. This triumph has been produced by no influence nor exertion of Mr. Fuller ; for he has never raised a voice nor stirred a hand 10 ob tain his nomination. Nor have his friends and ihe foremost men of the Stale are his friends re cognised any serious necessity for interference in his behalf. There is a buoyancy in his many merits that has upborne, him, and that will secure his election, as it has his unanimous nomination. He is emphatically the candidate of the people. Mr. Fuller is generally known to the people of his native state; yet a brief notice of his career and character may not, at this time be unaccepta ble. Henry M. Fuller is the only son of the late Amzi Fuller, Es.q., a very able and esteemed law yer of Wayne county. The elder Mr. Fuller was universally respected and beloved, not only in his own section, but throughout the state. He left to his son the inestimable heritage of a fair name and a noble example. The candidate of ihe Whig party in Pennsylvania was born in Wayne county; and received every advantage that can be bestowed by the most liberal education having graduated, as we are informed, at Princeton. From the ear liest period of his life, he has been known as a sedulous and severe student, and, returning to his home he was, within the regular period, admitted to ihe practice of the law. His early virtues gave promise of great future excellence; and we have been informed by an aged citizen of Philadelphia, of unsurpassed reputation throughout Pennsylva nia, that he has known Mr. Fuller from childhood, jnd has always noted him as one worthy of, and destined to, eminence for that in all the relations of life, and in reference to every duty he has con stantly challenged admiration and confidence. Immediately after his admission, to the bar in Lu zerne county, he entered upon the practice of his profession at Wilkesbarre : Here in a community of eminent intelligence, and at a highly intelligent bar, he soon rose to an enviable station. As a lawyer, he is well-read, logical and eloquent. In the legislature, Mr. Fuller immediately as sumed a position of high rank and influence. His ample knowledge of all the extended and varied interests of the Slate, and especially of her inter nal improvements ; secured immediate attention and respect ; and his liberality, moderation and urbanity constrained his party opponents to admit that his triumphs were merited as well by his fair ness as by his force. His first speech was made upon the subject of the completion of the North iirancn Uanai an.inierest placed peculiarly under ins ctiarge. Ul this enort we shall have occasion 1 to spealt here-after ; suffice it to say, that it was pronounced to be equal, in range of information, originality of ihought, power of argument, and el oquence of declamation, to the best efforts ever made in the House. The friends and the oppo nents of the bill emulated each other in their praise ; and Locofoco presses, for the most part, characterized it with equal warmth and eulogium. From that moment, he stood among the ablest of the statesmen of the Keystone. His course through out the session, confirmed these impressions and he left Harrisburg with a reputation of which any pub lic man might be proud. Liberal in all hiasenti ments, Mr. Fuller, is in, favor of the largest Demo--' cratic Whig principles; and is numbered with the friends of energetic but wise and guarded progress. He advocates a strict economy; and wil be found an unsparing foe to the ruthless and corrupt ex travagance with which the majority of, the present Board have disgraced the State. He considers refoim to be demanded in all branches of the ad ministration, of the public works. The patronage df the Canal Board is enormous and overshadow ing ; ii has been in the hands of Locofocoism fot many years ; and they have, built op a giant struc ture of oppression and wrong. The State de mands a reform of these abuses : and Mr. Fuller has the ability, the courage, and the patriotism to meet any expectations in this regard, which the virtuous portion of the people may form of him. With such a candidate, it needs only union and aciion to secure a .triumph that will outshine that of latt fall. North American. ' - ' 'Alabama Election. All the Congressional districts of Alabama have been heard from, and the -results show the return to Congress of two Whigs and five Democrats, as follows : William J. Alston, Henry W, Hie IiIard, Sampson W. Harris, Samuel W. Inge, David Hubbard, W. R. W. Cobb, and F. W: Bow- ODON. Of the Legislature the Tuscaloosa Monitor of the 15th instant says : " For the first time in the history of Alabama, the Whigs have the ascendency in one of its leg islative bodies. The Senate is Wsig. In the House we have gained 14 members, and lost 8. Had pur friends in the counties in which these losses occurred stood manfully by their candidates we should tin's day have been proudly .enabled to announce that Alabama, freed from the bondage of Lpcofocoism, was redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled.' Regrets are useless, and we have no desire to indulge in reproaches or recrimina tion. i) Texas Election. We have a report from Texa3, by way of New Orleans, that Volney E. Howard is elected to Congress from the western district of Texas, to supersede Mr. Pilsbury, who was a candidate for re-election. Hugh McLeod was also a candidate. All of them are Democrats. Hon. David S. Kaufman had no opposition in his district. Pat. Collins, the Brazen demagogue whose shameless libels of Henry Clay and the Whigs, earned for him from the late administration the'of fice of Surveyor of the port of Cincinnati; and who when recently superceded failed to pay over the funds in his hands, is much incensed because he is branded as a defaulter. His impudent pre tensions to honesty are even endorsed by the Lo cofoco press, and they would fain have their read ers believe that this man. who seems to have plunged to the arm-pits into the national treasury, is a maityr to Whig malevolence ! The facts of the case appear to be as follows : The U. S. Treas ury claimed of Collins upwards of $180,000, of which he has only paid $63,000, leaving a balance of 117,000 dollars against him. It is understood that Collins has $23,000 standing to his individual credit in one of the Cincinnati banks ; this the Government is trying to secure, and, if successful, Collins' defalcation' will be reduced to about Ninety-Four Thousand Dollars ! This is the pitiable exhibit which the " pure and persecuted" Pat. Col lins makes when his much-vaunted M official in tegrity" is in part probed. No wonder Locofoco ism is indignant at the prying spirit of Whiggery, and that the virtuous Mr. Collins has been com pelled to employ a lawyer ! The defalcation of Nathaniel Denby, late Navy Agent, amounts to $159,443 67 for which sum judgment has been given in favor of the U. States, by the District Court of Philadelphia. A late Pension Agent in New-England, " who has filled many offices, from Editor of a newspa per down to Senator in Congress and Governor of a State," is also reported as a defaulter in the sum of $13,000. The above, with some $20,000 lost by the late fj. S. Marshall at New-York, show an aggregate of nearly 300;000 wasted by dishonest agents. Who, in the face of such facts, will say that the recent change in the administration has not already accomplished much good 1 Who, with such de velopments before him, would seek to arrest the wholesome process of Reform 1 Sussex Register. Dandy Democracy. The Locofoco newspapers are lampooning the President, at every part of his journey, misrepre senting his actions, pulling ungrammatical lan guage in his mouth, accusing him of inability to make eloquent and' graceful speeches, &c, &c. This stiikes us as not very democratic. Gen. Washington often spoke and, what was worse, wrote ungrammatically, and nine-tenths of the peo ple, the editors, the lawyers, the statesmen and the orators,of the country can do no better. The art of oratory too is acquired by few men ; and is by no means a test of the sense of him who. pos sesses it. We know many a half-cracked fellow, who has a natural gift that way, and many a man of sense who has none at aH. Glibness of the tongue, and exqufsiteness of manners, are not qualifications of a Republican President. To have served well his country, to have sacrificed much in her behalf, to be patriotic and honest in his aims, and sensible,, prudent and efficient in his actions, are the necessary qualifi cations of a President; and these Gen. Taylor possesses in. a high degree, however fools may ridicule his manners or dandies make sport of his plain and untutored ways.: State Gazette. Isaac Harris, Esq., an old merchant of Pitts burg, publishes a note in the Gazette, in which he estimates the population! of Pittsburg at 130,000. He says : There are in our city about 25,000 per sons from Ireland, England, Scotland and-Wales, and about the same number from Germany andj France. The numbex of Americans by birth, he estimates at 70,000. He adds : within this cir cle, we have about 100 churches." The Florida Indiana. i he isattonai jmeuigencer states irom' the in formation which has been received in Washington city it is believed that the' outrages recently com mitted on the peninsula of Florida are not at all countenanced by the great majority of the Indians residing m the State, but that they were commit ted by a few abandoned outlaws. A single lighted candle .consumes nearly as much air as a human being. The President among the People The correspondent of the Philadelphia News) states that the journey of the Preside; nt!ffbra,.Bed-4 foTd Springs id Somerset was marked by contin ued demonstrations of public admiration. He says : " At every town, village, cross-roadham-let, and tavern, they have turned out en masse men, women, and children and greeted him as no roan was ever before greeted, at least in this j part of the country." The party stopped to dine at a small roadside tavern in the mountains, and, after dinner, it ap pears Gen. Taylor entered' Into'' conversation, with a red-hot Locofoco, which is thus reported; ioco.Walking up o the Piesident Giner al, how d'ye do ? I'm glad to see' you ye,. 'but I did'nt yoe for ye, 'cause JL'mia Dimocrat. Gen. Taylor I'm just as glad to see you for all that; I came here to see Whigs, Democrats, and Natives, and all, and am glad ,to,see all. Loco. You: said you should be the President of the people, and not of a party, and that you would'nt be prescriptive ; but you've turned out the Dimocrals and nobody else ! ' Gen. Taylor. Who else could I turn out ? Nearly all the office-holds were of your party, and I, of course, de3ire an equalization. If 1 should let your friends have all the places, and the Whigs none, it would be proscribing the Whigs ! Loco. You're right, Gineral ; I never ihought of that. I b'lieve the Dimocrats did have all, the places that's a fact ! They first got them from Gineral Jackson. Gen. Taylor. Yes, my good friend, they've had possession of them for nearly twenty years and they ought to be satisfied with their' half hereaf ler. This argument satisfied the Loco, and he owned up. The, whole affair ended in a general laugh, and, shaking the General by the hand,, he. ex claimed, " You're right, Gineral, and repealed it until the carriage rolled away.. The Governor in a Fix.! Gov. Johnston accompanies Gen. Taylor on his tour through Pennsylvania. At Bedford the Gov ernor had quarters for. the .night provided at Grouse's Hotel, in the town. Gen. Taylor was to stay over night at the Springs. In the course of the evening, however, a committee from the Springs waited on the Governor and sonciieojiis company at the Ball in honor of the President, and the Gov- ernor complied with their wishes. Mr. Grouse supposing the Governor would remain over night at ihe Springs, gave up his room to others, who would otherwise have had to put up with harder lare. cut towaras me close oi me leie, me uov- ernor took up his. line of march for Bedford, in an ticipation of comfortable quarters at Grouse's but on arriving there, lo ! it was as we have said. His room was occupied. Now what did " Governor Bill" do Did he raise a fuss, and demand that his bed should be vacated, and he allowed to repose upon its downy pillows 1 Not a bit of it. He quietly piled him self up on a few chairs, and so in rough and ready" style, slept the remaining hours of night away. Aint he a b'hoy of the right sort ! Any aristocracy in that ehl Such a man is Govern or J ohnston. Hollidaysburgh Register. A Wedding, Spoiled. Tuesday's Argus and Atlas continue to dispute stiffly about who should bear the blame of the Rome affair. Young Miss Betty Barnburner, of St T.awrpnn f!n rpntprl nmnnl nf mar. riage from that well-known widower old Judge Hunker, the gruff Utica Lawyer, who had been previously courting Polly Texas, the heiress of a large flock of bipeds, known and treated as cattle down South. The parson lost his fees, the guests lost their bridal favors, the old Judge was heatd to grumble at Miss Barnburner's near relationship to an ex-Governor, now no more, but who hailed from Canton in his life time ; and it is shrewdly suspected lhat his love for Polly's " cattle" has sent him once more down South, wistling, and singing Marcy's March, to the words Yes ! the spoils Are ior the victors ! The Argus says that the Hunker Committee " proposed the doctrine of opposition to the Ex- tension of Slavery to Free Territory, admitted the power of Congress over the District of Columbia," and 44 were willing to assert the principle of oppo sition to the Extension of Slavery to Free Terri tory." " bay you so?" quoth. the Free Soilers ; Are you in earnest I If so, we are 128. you are I2 ; let us meet at once under one roof and agree ""v ' I al"-Um"- 1 How does this agree- with the' assertion, bv Thursday's Buffalo Republic, that the majority of the nuniier Convention are believed to have been sincerely disposed to adopt Urover's Free Soil Npcnllltl.inq 1 TV V Tnhtm An Annoying Customer. The Washington RepublTcsays the Albany Even ing Journal gives Father Ritchie neither peuce nor qunrier. u urous mm ior oreaKtast, bastes him :'u u" :rnr r - T "I , genl , man can t stand such doings long, And- yet the Whigs cannot atiord to lose such an opponent. Founder.- 1 The seeds of sunflowers are one of ihe best rem .edies known for tho cure of founder m horses. Immediately on discovering that your horse foundered, mix about a pint of the whole seed with his feed,- and it will effect a perfect cure. u nave ilicu mc auuve SllUfMO rHny Ul Cur ing the founder in horses, on a hocse of our own in Schuylkill Co. Pa., and can bear testimony to lhe good effects, of the seeds of the ordinary sun flower. TV, A. Veelly Farmer. Another Fire at Wilkes-BarreV a. A Oh Saturday night last, "hear ; 12?oclockYtthe Barn of MrV Joseph SlocUm, situated in the rear of his dwelling, was discovered, to be on fire, and when discovered, the fire had made such progress, that it could not be subdued. Before the flames were arrested, every thing was destroyed of the building kind, in ihe rear of the buildings extend ing along the south side of the square from Mr Slo cum's to the corner, and down Main Street to Mr. Dyer's. Mr. Sclocum had just secured his oat crop, which was thVlast of the gathering of a bountiful i harvest, which'had-beeri put -'away-in barns,stacks, and a barrack. The whole, together with sheds, vvagonVsled, every -necessary article' of Farming utensils 3 horses, a cow, calf, and five hogs, were destroyed. The barn of Mr. Dyer that of Mrs. Drake, Mr.' Long, and" other, rear buildings were1 consumed. Fortunately Providentially, there came up a light wind' from a favorable direc tion, aiding greatly in preserving slores and other buildings fronting. on the square, from the devour ing element. Mr. Slocum's dwelling was in great danger, the fire having been arrested on- an out house, but a few feet from it. The block of brick buildings recentlv erected on the South side of T T- O ' r . -j the square, was also in great danger, the heat be ing so great between it and ihe fire that mortals could not operate there. The windows were kept cool1 by frequent applications of cold water with in. The loss of Mr. Slocum, the principal sufferer, cannot be much short of $3000 arid we presume the combined loss of others lo be little short of $,1,000. . . . Mr. Slocum's house was probably the first brick dwelling erected in this Borough, and since it was built other buildings have been burnt on 3 sides of it, on one side last year, his own oh fire at the cornish and edge of the roof--and- yet providentially his has been saved. The origin of the fire is not known. The value of brick walls, and slate roofs, were abundantly attested on this .occasion. But for the roofs of the 5 new brick, stores being of slate, in all human probability those stores would 'have burned, and had they ;takeh fire, no one can im- agine where the flames might have been checked. A muliitude of citizens were promptly on the ground, and never did men work better than did those who had a chance-to exert themselves: It Was pleasant to see so many there from the coun- fty around, persons, who having heard the alarm, or seen the fire, rallied' to assist. We saw one man whn mm -s milp. Thpoo men Aawa rrt praise. Wilkes-Barre Adv. 22d And Then ? A story is told of a very good and pious man whom the Church of Home has enrolled among her saints on account of his great holiness. He was living at one of the Italian Universities, when a young man whom he had known as a boy, ran up. to him with a face full of delight, and told him that what he had lone been wishing above all things in the world was at length fulfiled. His parents having just given him leave to study Law, thereupon he had come to the law school at this University on account of its great fame, and meant to sparo no pains or labour in getting through his studies as quickly as possible. In "us way ne rau on a lonS "me ? ana wnen al iasl he came to a stop, the holy man. who had been I il:. t. i , i .i listening to him with great -patience and kindness, sa'( vveli' and vvhen yu Set through your course of studies, what do you mean to do then ?" "Then I shall take my Doctor's degree," an- j swered the young man. And tlien squired aLJhilippo Neri. Anu irien continued the youth, 1 shall have a nutrmer of difficult and knotty cases to manage, sha11 calch People's applause by my eloquence, m? zeal my acuteness, and gam reputation." And lnen aSam asked tne holy man. And tnen w"v then there cannot be a ques- on out wnat i shall be promoted to some high of- fice or other ; besides, I shall make money and gfovv rich." " And then 1" repeated Phihppo. " And then," said the student, 44 and then I shall die." ,4 And then !" asked Philippo, mildly. it ixri . . wnereupon me young man made no answer, but cast down his head and went away. This t .... last 4 And Then V had niercfld lik-R a flash nMmht. nin i"o his soul, and he, could not get quit of it uuu duer im luuolt siuoy oi tne law, gave himself up to the ministry of Christ, and spent the romaindor of his days in good words and Wnr't ine question which rhinppo JNen put to the young lawyer is one which we should put fre quontly to ourselves. When we have done all that we are doing, all that we dream of doing, even supposing that all our dreams were aceom Plished every wish of bur heart is fulfilled .... . J w. ... , , !.Uimie ? w" mtt-' 0 uatv "weuo5 nat wiu we ue men i w nonever we cast our thoughts lorwara, never tei mem stop short on this side of - lhe Save let them be carried to tho crave itself: Uut wnen we nave followed ourselves thither, and is nave seen ourselve8 laid therein, still ask ourselves rne seacctung question and then. Barnum is exhibiting at his Museum, in Phila delphia, three babies, said to be survivors of four at a birth ! The Bu leti the names ofZachary, Winfield and Daniel O'Gon nel, and are a little more interesting than any tri ancle we over saw." j T J aM7wi IV A Wife. Sold by her Husband. Not long since a lattmerchant of Stewart coun ty took a fancy to the wife of a citizen in his neigh borhood, and desired tiat she would accompany him to a distant clime. But how to get legal p03. session of the prize wa a problem of no easy so. lution : yet solved it was, and by the virtue of the "almighty dollar." A bargain was effected, whereby the merchant was to pay the bereaved husband $150, on the 'elinguishment by the latter of all right, title, and inmunity which he held ia the person of his spouse. No sooner said that done. The money vas paid, and the wife re moved from the custoly and control of her hus band, and delivered irto the safekeeping of the purchaser, who has laken this newly-acquired piece of property withhim to New York! Wg. did not learn whether he seller put a halter around, the neck of his wife ad led her out thereby, as i, practiced in old Engbnd, but we think it qUjl8 likely that he, by thai sale, slipped his own neck out of a very disagresable noose that had been thrown around it. Muscogee Democrat. Gen. Shields will le re-elected to the United Stales Senate, at leas: so one of the best informed politicians in the West informs the St. LouiaEra. Gen. Shields Is now jligible. en The Peat Bogs of Ireland. A chemical procesi.has been discovered to in. crease iheir value ; wd Mr. Owen, assisted by Lord Ashley, is working the adventure to a con siderable extent. By a detailed statement it ap pears that 100 tons of peat which cost $, and the labor of converting it, a further 8, produces an amount of ammonia, soda, candles, oil, ga3 vinegar, &c. valued at 91 (is Sd Mr. Owen has experimented on thousands of tons of peat during the last twelve months, with similar results. The Government is rapidly moving upon Flori da as many troops will be necessary to suppress the Indian hostilities there, which, by the way, ap pear to be of much les3 consequence than was rep resented. A Profitable Ferry. The receipts of ihe Fulton Ferry, New-York, are estimated at nine hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Take a stick of phosphorus, and put it into a large dry phial, not corked, and it will afford a light sufficient to discern any object in a room when held near. The vial should be kept in a cool place where there is no great current of air, and it will continue its luminous appearance for more than twelve months. St. Louis, August 17. Capt Dan Drake Henrie died in the Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, in ibis city. Capt. Hen rie was a man of more than ordinary courage and valor. He has braved dealh a thousand times m the service of his country. His hair-bredrh es capes from the Indians, prairie Wolves, and last ly from the Mexicans, when taken prisoners ia company with Capt. Cassius M. Clay and other brave Americans, have elicited ihe warmest admi ration of his countrymen. IE There is a lady in Cincinnati named Sail Porter, who amuses herself, when so inclined by throwing tumblers, teacups, shovel and tongs, and the bootjack at her husband's head. The husband has become such a proficient dodger lhat ha doesn t mind it much. The Rochester Daily Magnet publishes jus: about the most awful pun that ever was printed, ex. gr. " Where can a man buy the cheapest fiddle 1- Why of course at a druggist's. There you can get for a dime a dose of castor oil and a ttoL in. u Ojibbewa Iutiiaiis on Lake Superior. The Lake Superior News of the 6th savs a del egation of the Ojibbewa Indians, a tribe on tbs shore of Lake Superior, within the junsdiciioa claimed by the British, have just returned iron Montreal. The Indians say they never ceded either to tha Imperial or Provisional Government any portion of their territory, but that the Canadian authorities have granted mining locations on the Lake shora to various companies, receiving therefor .12,500, and will not give them a solitary farthing ; &i this, too, notwithstanding the possession ot tne' very lands was formally guarantied to them bf the British Government. They complain that the operation of these 3K panics, who are setting hre to me woods m eveij direction, is driving orf their game, which is al most their only subsistance. The matter is of vast importance to the Unitei States, as the Indians threaten to go to war if the:' claims are not granted, and in that case wouil doubtless be beaten and take refuge in our terri tory, wnere a portion of the nation has long d Buffalo Com. The Principal of an Academy, in an adtertiN4' ment, mentioned his Female Assistant anq Ki " reputation which she bears but the pn.te uuremss lenow leu out me which, so u.e vertisement went forth commending the lad v 'a re utation for 44 teaching she-bears ! A Western editor thus notices a little &e!i which transpired in his family on the 4th of Ju ly last ; 44 Private and confidential Joy to the Wr!f Sound the hewgag ! the event happened on J glorious birth-day of American Indepence! Itffjj add new lustre to the 4th of July in after age;, It is an uncommon noun ! ! ! singular number ! . masculine gender ! ! ! ! ! And it shall be caJJ George Washington Jefferson Jackson Hancof Tom Benton Martin Van Buren Quincy Au1' Benjamin Franklin Fourth-of-July Jc-, shall! '
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