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.
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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.
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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.
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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! '