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3cffcvsonittii Republican.
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Thmsday, August 31, 151.
v5S"sg"state ticket.
FOR noVEllN'OIt:
WILLIAM T. 'JOHNSTON.
I'Qli CANAL COMMISSIONER:
' -JOHN STROHM:
' (of Lancaster.)
FOll THU SUPREME HjRN'CH.
I2i Oil aril Coullor of Westmoreland.
JfoVrtvmtHV. Coin I y of Montour
ScTK1 -Claiiibqrs of Franklin.
Whi. Rf. .ttaercditli of Philadelphia.
William Jf:sni of Susquehanna.
1 The Postmaster of this place, informs
i .w ti,rt tw fK, f sh.',', ?.r,vWc
us
in this County, has been discontinued, by or
der of the Post Master General.
FaruaciV am! Mechanics' Baatic
of Gaston.
Tic Stockholders of this Institution met at
the Anicrican Hotel, in Easton, on the 11th.
inst.t-and choose by ballot, thirteen Directors,
to manage tho-businessof the Bank, until the
next election, which, comes off some time in
November next. The following vgentlcmen
were chosen r '-'
Frederick. Seitzr,
John Green, Jr.
P. S. Miciiler,
P. S. Millcr,
1L 2$. Clridscjv
Jghn Drake,
" . C.
E.'B.;lMixscll,
David 'Coiin or,
A. W. Radley,
R. Brodhead,
Peter Gross,
S. K. Hoagland,
C. Field." '
At a meeting of the Directors on Saturday
List, Pktkr S..Mici.i:r, Esq., was elected
President of the Board. At another meeting,
held on Monday evening, McEvcrs Forman
was elected Cashier, Melchior II. IJorn, Tel
ler, John Knight", Clerk, and William Ilam
mau, Watchman. . -
-'Successful Appeal.
RpV. Dr. McLean, President of Fiifaycttc
College, Easton, Pa., preached on Sunday,
the 3d inst., in Huntingdon, and on Monday
Fecured from the congregation of that place,
one thousand dollars towards the endowment
of the- College.
Otar Prospects, v
A Philadelphia correspondent of the
Na-
tional Whig" speaks as follows:
" Political matters seem to attract some at
tention in Philadelphia." It is now conceded
on all sides that ns far as the city and county
a re concerned, that the Whig ticket will re
ceive an overwhelming majority, larger even
i.inii that' given for Old Zsck in '48. Thous
ands of honest American Democrats openly
mow their determination to voteagainst their,
:in.l Tor Whig candidates, and tims purify the
democratic, party, by the only means left in
tljeir handsr-a Waterloo defeat.
Gov. Johnston, it appears, is a great favor
ite among the working people of Philadel
phia. This I know to be the case in the Dis
trict of Spring Garden, where his majority
will not fall 'short of 1000, and if he makes a
few more .stump-speeches in that, district, I
orfly believe that he -will carry, it by 1500.
Honest John-Strohm will also run well in
Philadelphia, as. he .is .known to possess the
rwjht character -to make a sound Canal Com
imssloner, and the mass of the people being
governed by honest motives, cannot fail to
bustain such men-as William F. Johnston and
John Strohm."
Equally cheering news reach us from all
arts of the State. In Clearfield county, and
in the north-west generally we are assured
that Mr. JJigler's popularity lias been vastly
overrated, and that Gov. Johnston will run a
inn&h heavier vote than in 1848. His admin
istration of the government has satisfied the
people, although the plunderers are making
strong efforts -to effect his defeat A bad
cause"borne up by officers on the public ivories
who hare hcenstealing the 'people's money
for years, cannoL be otherwise than unsuc
cessful. The JFarinvrs.saaid -the Tariff.
The enormous sum.of two and- a lialf" mil
lions of dollars have left tire port oTNew York
within the ast two weeks, to, pay foreigners
for goodsTniported into this country. Two
and a half millions' in two weeks ! exclaims
the Village JEtecord. Think of that ye advo
cates -of a, revenue Tariff. Our farmers who
were promised high prices for their grain,
uudef Ike-British Tariffof '46 find themselves
deceived and' cheated. The English' niarket
is supplied with Wheat from other countries,
at a price lower than it "can be raised here at
a profit So the Whigs predicted. The po
tato rot .raised the price of corn a few, years
ago and the "Locos said it was their new Tar
iff did. itj 'The farmers now see -what reli
ancfc isXtflw placed ojra party who are so
destitpte of .American principles, as to manu
facture falsehoods-ill order to reconcile their
followers to the support of a most pernicious1
and ruinous law;
inpTJi" -Penhsjivaniun having charged
that " Judge'Jessu'p Jfas devoted so much of
his time? foryears past' to the' breeding of hor
ses that Coke .a'n.d'Blackstone, have beep ne
glcttedOjje. jBuighamptdp Republican dry
ly replle&ithat- if the. Judge. hadLpaid more,!
aUC-ttf.iou tathe breeding asses in thisstate
lowTgco editors wmlldhaveTipen better man -
ncrea man uisy ore.
, Monetary Affairs,
The New York Tribune of Saturday says:
" The Money Mirrket is without particular
change, but, if anything, more stringent on
paper. ,Thc best names go at 12al5 percent.,
; and'thejimouiit of capital employed in buying
i paper, even at these rates, is small. . On
call, the rate is 7 per.cent, with a fair sup-
vy;"u . . . ,
( The Courier and Enquirer of the same
jjdatc remarks as follows:
"The past week has brought no relief to
the pressure which exists in the Money Mar
ket The importers have already experirnced
the result of the sudden contraction on the
part of the Banks ; and those that remit, suf
fer from the enhanced value of money in the
street. The amount going forward has been
very much diminished, and so far as the im
porters are concerned, the banks have
gained a victory. The scarcity of. money,
however, is, severely felt by most classes of
tradesmen, the jobbers in particular, who, in
the course of their past operations, made no
calculation lor so sodden a wimarawai oi tne.
f facilities of obtaining mtiney."
The Baltimore Patriotof Saturday aflernbn
says;
" The .demand for money in the street has j
not abated. A better feeling, however, pre- j
vails, and negotiations of first quaility .paper i
are more readily effected, and dt rates rather j
lower than those of last week. Undoubted
names are now taken at 9alU per cent. The i
banks, we learn, are dealing quite liberally
with their customers." v
The Boston Atlas of Saturday says;
" ThcTstringcncy in financial operations,
Co which wo alluded In our paper of Saturday
lastr continues to exist, and there appears to
be no immediate remedy at hand for its relief.
The week just closing over us has presented
the same distressed features which were ob
servable iirits predecessors. Failures have in
creased high rates lor good paper have been
demanded and paid business has been slack
in general confidence has diminished, and : I,,atle lor c occasion, and nave no tounda
4, . , r tion in FACT 1
the various accompaniments of a pressure m j Th(J debt in existence when Gm,. Wolf
the money market, have followed each other eft officC was 24,955,435 56. That is ad
in rapid succession. It is truly lime to look ; mittcd by all, and is beyond doubt true. A
at the causes which have led to the existing
state of affairs, and which will continue to
operate disadvantageous upon the financial
prosperity of the country, unless we can here
after place our foreign commercial relations
upon a footing to secure us a larger propor
tion of our natural-wealth than we have for
some time past enjoyed. Specie is the basis
of a healthy currency; it is the lever with
which we raise and sustain the great fabric
of prosperity. Without it or an adequate
proportion we are liable to panics,' fluctua
tions,and revulsions. With it we can defy
the commercial world. It brings independence,
and drives away numberless evils, which a
want of it necessarily introduces into the mer- t them than the truth, because they have brought
cantile community. We therefore repeat it out,)we find that the
the mark made in our last monetary article, Total' expenditures for public - ;
that a continued export of specie from the U- works in Governor Ritner's . . -'
nited States, instead of our agricultural pro-
- -11 i i n. 1
ducts, wjll reduce the country, finally, .to a
state of national bankruptcy."
The amount "of specie exported from Iew
York for the weekending Saturday last, -Aug.
10, and for the year 1851 from the first . of
January last is as follows :
Steamer Washington, Breman, golcfand-
,silver $7,959.
Steamer Niagara, Livcrgool, American
' gold, 203,500
British gold, 100,000
British gold and silver, 110,561
British silver, -946
Steamer Emp. City, Havana doubloons, 38,895
Brig Caroni, St Tho's. American gold ,10,000
Doubloons, 17,725
Steamer Pacific, Liverpool American ,
gold, 375,000
Sovereigns, ' 25,000
Gold dust, ,15,120
Total August 9 to August 10 - 907,707
Previously reported, 25,259,242
Total for 1851, -820,166,919 ;
This fully, explains the cause of the present j
pressure. It can all be traced to over-impor- j
. , . . , - .1 a' v ii
latton ; and yet wd learn from the ewm 3 ork
express 01 oaiuraay evening iasi, mai so iar
the importations during this month have ex
t- i 1 . .1 . p ;
ceeded those of the corresponding period of
last year. The pressure in the money mar
ket has thus far had no effect in lessening the
imports, but has only caused a large quanti
ty of the goods imported to be stored in the
public warehouses.
Executions.
There were three executions in Maryland
on the 8th inst, Abraham Taylor, Nicholas
Murphy, and William Shelton were hung at
Chestertown, for murdering the Cosden .fam
ily. JExcept Shelton, they all . died protesting
their innooenceof the crime for which they
suffered. The execution was attended with
an uncommon and most painful incident: '
When the trap of the gallows fell, from
some disarrangement of the rope the noose
around Murphy's neck slipped, and he fell to
tlie ground. Though considerably stunned,
and his neck larcerated by the rope, tlie un
fortunate man soon recovered his conscious
ness, and whilst in this awful situation, with
the partners of his guilt hanging before his
eyes, he persisted in declaring his innocence,
and affirmed reppatedly that they were taking
the life of an Innocent mati. After the bodies
of Shelton and Taylor had hung a sufficient
lime they were taken down, and Murphy a-
gain mounted tne scanoid and endured the
penalty of the law.
Uie pamiui spectacle was witnessed by an
immense concourse ot persons who had as
sembled from all parts of the surrpundintr
countrv,
To the credit of the women of
jfaryknd, however, it qughtto.be.sta.ted, that
' no'vwhiteTludy.,,iwTas.pisent So. says the
1 .cpr'respondent of the Baltimore Sun
Tar-payers, read this, Exposaare
of Ailciiaplcd .Eraaad.
The locofocos seek to: escape from the fact,
.that their party made -our enormous Statp
debt To shield themselves, they now charge
that under .Gov. Ritners administration, a
large amount was added to the public debt
We are not the defenders of Gov. Ritner.
Gov. Johnston was entirely unconnected with
his administration, and cannot be held answer-
able for any of its acts. The leading mem
ber. of Gov. Ritner's cabinet was Thomas, H.
Burrowes, who is a well-kftown member of
the Opposition, and who was warmly "wel"
corned into their ranks by the Pennsylvanidri,
Pittsburg Post and many other Locofoco paV
pers. Every blow aimed at Gov. Ritner's
official career, is therefore, a blow at one of
the most prominent men of their party. (But
we intend, for the sake of truth, to show'tliat
this charge of increase of debt under Gov.
Kit7ief is false, and that the Records " prove
itso.- 1 '
The ''Pottstown Register, a few weeks ago;
declared that Gov' Ritner had ine'reased'the
State debt ten millions of dollars. The Gair
lisle Volunteer asserted it was Jive millions.
The same paper subsequently asserted it was"
over seven millions, and said it could prove
it. .The Pennsyhanian said the increase
was over Jive millions ; and again, in an arti
cle in itspapcr of August 8, headed "a crown
ing argument," it virtually asserts that the
Temporary loans left by Gov Ritner for Gov:
Porter to pay, were $960,000, that the heavy
expenditures of Governor Ritner's tlfreeyears
were paid out of the extraordinary revenues
then received, and-that there was no perma
nent loan made. And to sum up all, the.fl
lias of the " Union" of the 8th said, that the
increase of debt under Gov. Ritner was $9i-
786,360 40 ! ! These are all statements made.
by Jocofoco (papqrs, and each maintains his
assertion to be true by an array of figures! !
What need' is there of convicting such falsifi
ers of dishonest', when their own diverse
statements show that all- their charges are
few days since we proved that Gov. Ritner
could not have increased the State debt five
millions for this reason : Gov. Porter admit
, led he had increased it fifieecn millions. If
' i.t had been thirty millions when he went in
to office, it" must have been forty-five millions
when he left office. But this was not the
fact ! The debt AS ALL THE OFFICIAL
DOCUMFNTS SHOW, was $40,835,013
60 being less than what it must have been
if Opposition Editors had told the truth, by
very nearly the exact amount they say Gov.
Ritner increased it! The Locofocos toassist
themselves as they had hoped, procured, and
very unfortunately for them, have published
a statement of the receipts and expenditures
at the State Treasury from 1st Dec. 1835, to
31st 1838. Taking'this statement to be true
fund it certainlv is not more 'nnfsivnrnhln tn
The ordinarv rcve.
.
nine, was .i-:jUU,UoO Oo
nue is stated to . . 1
have been $5,733,749 40
The extraordinary
revenues (from
premiums on bk
charters, premi
ums on loans U.
S. surplug rcve- u
nue, interest on
deposites) were 6,272,599 54
Total revenue in 3 years, 12,011,348 99
Total excess of expenditures
over receipts, $950,656.54
And they charge that this amount was left
for' Gov. Porter to pay.- Wow admit .this to
be all true, where is the proof in this state
ment that the btate debt was increased Jive,
ottct, vi utc luuuuua ui uuuaia uiiuur
Gov. Ititner ! It is not here nor elsewhere.
Tt . rnn't hn nnvhmPr . Tf tint nmnnnt wno !
nAAoA tn thn ,lol.t l, fio !?;,,. ,11 r.w
cmors and Audior Generals we have had
since Gov Porter retired, have wilfullu and
deliberatly falsified, for all their messages
and reports virtually state expressly the oppo-
Slt- , ' . , , ,
These charges of largely increased debt
, Q RJ j . , , .
. o
norance or maliciousness. The revenuesun-
der Gov. Ritner were unusually heavy. The
u. . .uinK ana
2' ?"7nZ,
'1 - j v... .... ....w I
received irom me iationai government as
Pennsylvania's share of the surplus revenue
in the -National Treasury. With this money
the heavy expenses of the Government were
paid, and by it the necessity of all permanent
loans was avoided !
The statement whih the Locofocos make,
the substance of which we give above shows .
that there could not have been in tlie Treasv.
ury when Gov. Ritner retired, a deficiency'
ot more than $UUU,UUU. His last message,
.the statements of which are sustained even
by the authority the Locofocos bring to bear
upon the question, states this to have been J
the condition ot things' when he retired :.
"The permanent State debt which was twenty-four
million three hundred and thirty thou
sand and three dollars and thirty-two cents,.!
(24,330,01)3 32,) is now twenty-four millions
two hundred and thirty thousand and three
dollars and thirty cents, ($24,230,003 32,)
and though there are temporary loans to the
amount of one million of dollars d.ue, yet they
were forced on the State in opposition to the
Executive and will sink to a small amount
when the sums due at the- commencement of
the year 1836 are deducted from them."
' He. admits that temporary loans to the a
mount of nearly a million of dollars did exist,
but says he decreased the funded de6t100,
000 and that the temporary loans will .sink tp
a " small amount when the slims due at- the
commencement of the year 1836 are deducted
from them." (See Gov. Ritner's last mes
sage, dated Dec. 29, 1838.) . - J
We nave thus taken the very figures in-"
tended to convict Gov. Ritner of increasing.;
A I 0 . , t 1 .1- . .1 '
me oiaie tKjm anu nave proveu mai me usu-,
ally large revenues he received kept up thet
Treasury that when jm left-office .thej-ucoul1..
not have been adeficiency of more than.S900,?.
Xnn rirf P.n.tni in niv lint !io irindo no I
permanent loan and did not increase the fun-
dediaeb"t of the?State, because he had plenty
ofoney without resorting to sue 'yeans
that-lie, decreased the funded debt $100,000,
and-that het slightly increased the floating
debt These'are the facts of the case as all ;
honest men aretdady to'fcdmitrand all efforts
to misrepresent the tacts nave enaeu an me
total overthrow and discomfiture of the men
, t r ,
.who had boldness enough, tp undertake the
voxi.-Daily American. i
t i 11 K .n !.-.
" ' iTc? Reason iohtj. the- lo'cbfo.coj joumdl at J
Montrose is assailing Mr. Jessup in reference
, c ; ' f
to the anairs oi me lianu oi "siiuuuam.a
County was fully ' explained' to us the other
da'y a gentleman wlio'has had ample op
portunities' to make himself acquainted with
tKrt secret motives of the 'editor and his also-
ciates; it appears tnat iur. i nomas x . ou
John, the cashier under "whose fraudulent
mnnnirompnt 'tlin. "Rnnt wn.? riiined. is to be
"... -z vi mi is
tried at Montrose' for Ins misdeeds in a few '
- 1 - v '"-"i i. u ua ii T,i,rn !
weeks, at a special .court to be held by Judge
Willistom IIis:iocofbcorfriendsa Mon rose J
Who 'were' accbmplices more or less direct
U....WW...w..V " ' - il
with him in the srreat swindle, are anxious
tdrelievc his casein1 the:public estimation,
and, through public opinion, in tlie estimation
of the jury ;by 'wnoni ' K'e shalf be tried, by
wrongfully shifting a' portion of the odium o-
vcr upon Mr. Jessup. ' This- is an old game,
whiclurpguesoften play at, tftad rre'qtiently
with success, in this case it has ueen car-
ricd too far, and is riactirig' powerfully. We
.ire assured that Mr. Jessun will run far ahead
of his ticket in Su'squdh'anna county. In this
county ne wiir pou more man a party voiu,
and so he will '"in Wyom'irfg, Luzerne, Pike,
and 'Monroe counties,
dicslJFonesdale' Demo-
: ,
.
crat . ' '
,vM uiv. llae Moaacy joes.
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In.l8o0 the House of Jtepresentatives was
strongly 'Locofoco.'" The--Expert,ses. were
(See Auditor General's Report, p!
44.) ' !S71,3SG 23
In 1817,Uhe House jwas strongly - ' -
Whig. Its expenses-were (p
30,) " " ' '
57,129 23
-'' -v-' . '
Difference,; , , &14,2?7 (Kn
Who were . economical.! The Locofocos
wlw spent SEVENTY. THOUSAND. DOL
LARS orihe Whigs who spent over FOUR
TEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS.
;
Sir JToIaia Fraaaklin.- ;
The Newburypprt Hqrald, relinquishing
all hope that Sir John Franki.in will ever-
be found alive, thinks that solicitude for the '
fate of the bold searchers after him is more
appropriate at the present time. It says: -t
"Six- or eight vessels have wintered in some '
of the bays or inlets which empty into Baf
fin's bay, beyond the point where the whale
.ships ever venture, and it will be well if oth-
er expeditions are- not required to recover
some 01 uiuiii. iiie -vinerican vessels, wc
..,,.
fear, were not sufficiently welrappomted for
the undertaking, and we fear much for the
safety of their crews. We know nothing
on earth which wc should not rather encoun -
ter than a winter in the ice on board a small
vessel above latitude seventy: It requires a
greater amount of courageous effort than to
ldhd a snuadron on the bloodied field of bit
7 " ,
tie the earth ever saw ; for that rial would
be quickly over, and there might be excite-
ment enough in the contest to carry one
through it fearlessly. '
"li is probable that Franklin's vessels
Franklin's vessels
which have now been absent- more than six
years, succeeded in the first or second season
in reaching some point of the Arctic sea, which
is seldom open, perhaps not oftcner than once
in a generation, and there frozen in, where
they remained, until they all .perished by cold
or starvation! Not unlikely tlie vessels and
111c uuuius ui ui muii may uc juuiiu Jiureaiicr,
i . mt:'
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IOUI,u recorueu in uieir journals uymeirsme, ,
whioli the last of them no doubt kept as long
as life remained. - ion as is strongly suspectea.
. : . . The real name of the prisoner is believ-
Tlie-new Constitution, of Virginia, which ed to be Elijah Bowen. He is a native :
Wilt unnoubtedly be adopted, requires nothing ' 0i? Somerset count', in this State, and is '
of the voter except that he be a white male, 1 familiar with the atmosphere of apenitcn
over twenty-one, resident in the.State for two tiaiT; He says he is nearly 70 years of
vears.nnd-in the countv or citv wl.nrn Imnf.
thought this
W f douMo "-numberofvotorain ,
Virirllltn - I
" . . , .
Frosn California.
m t vi - i . i
xiiu bieamsaip.rromemeus arrived at iew
York'from San Juan dc Nicaragua, .on Wedl
...:1k i vc' i '
iiusuiipr, wHu iiuiiunua. news iwo wecics la-
ter than previously received. -She had 3G0
passengers arid half a million of dollars of
gold. Crime and .lynching are the excitin'1
topics of the day. A notorious robber named
Jim Stuart, was hung in San Francisco, on
the 11th of July, by the -Vigilance com nit-
. ; TT. rT i -i t
tee.' He confessed a horrid series of crimes
anaV appeared to be saUsfTed of the justice of
his punishment. The Court charged the j
Grand Jury that such executions were mur- ,
dert but still the Vigilance committee proceed ,
and 'appear to be sustained by public sen-
limenV. "A Mexican woman was huno- bv '
the Lynchers at Sacramento' for stabbing a
....... ... , w. v,. 1 1 U umii ucimvt.'u
outrageously in hor. house; and the deed she
committed was in no wise proportioned to the
punishment. Such is the injustice and un-1
certainty of Lynch Law. Jobberies and mur-1
ders are perpetrated in every quarter some-
times severely punished, and'oltener not.pnn--
ished.atalj. .Sqciety-in the. State appears to
pe in a lamentaoie condition.
- PoTXrd Orop'Ik Onro,Te Cihrin
ndti CQmmcnial sdys Tlia Potato crop
this. year, has never been" equalled bv
nualled bv
any previous one. In-addition to the a- '
bundant supply, their, flavor .is- far supcri-;
or to any that have been? introduced in
our market for
EJectioaa.
The, returns of the Aug.ustElectionsare
;.not yet. a m. -..The result,as near asjjve
can aQrtain from the Telegraphic reports,
ia rnmV(I , j
, Tf -,. p0well the Locofoco candi-
for GoVernor ;s SUppored to be elected
' BQQ ma;ority. Cassius M. Clay, emanci-
- candidate, as far as Jieard from, has
f finvlrnor The Congressional
J.vft . i .
ioo voces ior uhvhuui. -"
irdegation stnnds.5 Whigs to
year G-Whigs to 4 Locos. Le
& Jocos iasi
.eslic Combs, in
L Honrv Clav?s district is defeated. The Legis-
lature is Whig in both branches.
Indiana. The Congressional delegation
is S Lnnns tn 2 Whiws last Conffress 9 J,o-
I atn 1 Whirr. Thn T.PtricjI.ntnre IS LiOCOIO-
--------- .
co in both branches--as before. The Hew
Constitution is adopted by 2,000 majefrity.
Tennessee. Gen.. Campbell, Whig, is e-
'lected Governor, over Gen. Trousdale, the ;
present Locoloco incumbent, by a majority ;of
j thousan(g The Congressional dele-
j ffatorl js 5. Whigs to G. Locos a gain of one.
i Thn Wliio-s have a maioritv in both branches
O' - J ,
of the legislature, which secures a U. S. ben -
ator, in the place of a locofoco Secessionist.
CAnALiNA.-The Congressional del-
cgatbn is 5 Whigs t0 3 Locos. Among the
Whigs is Stanley, against whose election the
. Locofoco Seeessionis
Locofoco Secessionists used the most desper-
: ate efforts, but withiout succca
A.n.. r.TT rviHnr t MAfnon nni
Secessionist is re.Glccted. The Congression -
aj (ieWation will consist of 2 Secessionists to
5 Unionists, among the latter ot winch there
are 2 Whigs. '
SpvprnT7"rrvn rccentlv
nf,rrrC(i ;n Baltimore
- j "
. sss.
Extraordinary Experiment.
A mah
walking head downward, on the ceiling !
:Mr. John McCormick gave a private exhibition
TIlUrsikv eveninr. at Lafuvotto Hall, of
1 ou;to a number of nhilosoDhicai experiments
some the invention of others, but many as
j original as they were extraordinary. But tire
i most extraordinary experiment was that of
J walkaaiff (by means of shoes of a pecnHar con-
struction,) in an inverted position, upon the
under of a ,lighly polishcd sJab of j
! talian marble, nine feet by three in dimentions,
! which Mr.M. successfully performed a "feat
, never before achieved by any man ! He after-
I wards explained that a slight defect in the
' aparatus, easily remedied, rendered his task j
more arduous than usual. Pittsburgh Dis
patch, Aug. 9..
In November last, a man calling him-
; self Jacob M. Blair, and professing to
be a resident of Missouri, and tlie holder
of a large amount of real estate there,
appeared in the township ot Stillwater,
jn, tnis C0Unty, and after a short sojourn
sold a horse and wagon he had with him,
to Wm. Snider and Henry Huff,- and took
his" departure.
In March last, John L. McClintoeli,
keeper of a livery stable in Baltimore,
came on ana laentinea the horse ana
vragon as the same which he had hired,
some six months previous, to a man who j
.!. ni tlTMl? ir. !
jravc 111s name as jnaries vvimains. ne
proved-them to bcvhis property, and took
nossesion.
A , . .
j IS othing further transpired m relation
to this affair until last week, when Hamp-
ton Andress, Esq. of Stillwater, happen-
' ed to e at Pleasant Grove, Morris coun -
, unexpectedly met the identical Jacob
M: 3 (f calling himself simply Ja-
)1Z in Lis possession anoth-
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, Morris county authorities. He also wrote
to Mr. McClintoclc, of Baltimore, and took
immediate measurrcs for having the cul-
. pnt removd to Sussex. The prisoner
was brought here on the 7th inst.; Mr.
iMcUmtock promptly came. on, and Mcs-
srs Snider and Huff also were in atten-
dance. All three 01 these gentlemen
swore to the identity of the prisoner
.the first named recognizing him as "Chas.
Williams" and the two Matter as "Ja-"
cob M. Blair " He was consequently
fully. commited to answer the charge:.
anu XUe UOrSC, Wagon, anU Oilier property
; le i rJ
i r , A.. . ?,
iuS xui iamaMuu uy iub oWU or
owners, if the same shall have been sto-
o piuuauiy uouiimuu uvei uu.-
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,0' oa)0 , and . ,o "h. to bo thesamc
innn whft o tawr ninnt ic nr,n. ..mrin
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j I appearance at Milford, Pa., in the capa-
J
city oi a minister, anu alter lavoring the
ne0Dle w th one or t.wo cdifvinw h-
mcnts, was there arrested as a horse theif: '
i. i i i . ii . ' t . - t
uuu not oeipg iuiiy luentuiod was m a
few hours after. released: whereupon the
people of Milford, deeming him a perse-
cuted man, and regretting that lie' had
been SUDJectcd to a most humiliating an-
noyaicei ado up for him a purse of
$ l' T ?. Ws W
joicmg he putting the climax to the
publishing a "card" of thanks
to the good people, through the Pike
County Democrat. Our kind hearted
friand, Mac, of the Democrat, we.bclieve
had his sympathies, too, strongly touch-
ea upon the occasion, and poured oil
wpon the "good man's" woifhds in thn
shape of an editorial deprecation of the
tuijjtuiuuy wiin wiucn the arrest nau
bee;i made. How is it, Mac guilty, or
not guiltv?
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,T HU evenra lur - mh or vv llliamsr
?r -0WenJ Pr whatever else his name may
18 now in saIQ nanus, ana -will be,
dealt with as his offences shall be found
to deserve.-
Sussex Mcgister.
Brln the Canary Islands there arc to
be found trees which yield abundance of
pure fresh water in tho driest seasons?.
In Chirm, tallow is nro'dncod bv a nor.
tain species of plants. In Chili there are
trees which daily supply the people with
Tlie
Tlie Cai&an IVews suanaaaed lap.
A. patient and careful collation of the
many, conflicting statemanta concerning
the - .recent "manifestations" in Cuba,
yfo think must lead every well-judging
mind to the inevitable conclusion that
the Spanish Government there still stands
firm antl unshaken. There is no better
indication of this fact, indeed, than'is fo
be found in the perfect tranquility of the
public mind in Havana, the most populous
and-the most commercial city on the
Island, at a time when, crediting the
''patriot" despatches, the whole interior
of the island is in a blaze, of revolution.
There is nothing in this world that makes
men more sensitive than their pockets; ,
or what is about the same thing, the
trade which fills their pockets. If there
1 HAinr AVI 1T1 fluT" SfrtV r -v
a t&rimeh as the New
York Sun- and the Now Orleans Delta
assure us there is it would be out of the
it iiv jm. w v ri
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; power of the Uaptain-Uenerai to prevent
, gins of uneasiness, uncertanty, anxiety,
j "anic -n e business affairs in the cap!
K" standsSn "the
rtr.it; ri in n TrobabiHtv
; " v ' ,, A.
civil Avar. ve can weu couuiuvu tuu
: crreatest excrnons on tne part ui vrcix-
j Cencha to quiet alarm, by distributing
j proclammtions, and by diminishing even
, -tiie magnitude of such demonstrations as,
j jt ;s ot denied, have been made atPrin-
! ciPe and elsewhere; but were there My
1 , nrr mi v sonmis. we mean anv muiir
immediate! v menacing the existence of
tbc present Government, or threatening
to drench the isiana in uiooa, we can oi
j easily conceive an excitement and astir
anions: the business interests 01. iiavana
too palpable and foo inevitable for the
ingenuity of the Government to conceal
or repress.
KcicYorTc Express.
flSTThe locomotive force on the New
York and Erie railroad amounts to one
hundred and'seventeen engines. The road,
it is said will require, when in full opera
tion, two hundred locomotives.
Abaasu of Jaatlge Jcssaap
The Susquehanna Register has -two
columns of a defence of Judge Jessup a
gainst the assaults of the locofoco press
proving the .malignity and utter falsity
of their charges. In a' short article on
the same subject, it relates the following
anecdote as aptly illnstrnting the position
of the locofoco editors, in the matter:.
A youth was "on a certain time viewing
very carefully a fine horse belonging to
his neighbor. After looking at him in
tently for some time, he exclaimed:
"I wish that horse was dead."
"Why," says the father, "the horse
dosen't hurt you; why do you wish him
dead?".
"Because he ain't ourn!"
It is admitted by all who know Judge
! Je 0 mattoof what party th M
! it -' : Oi i - 1
i mere is iiu until iu mu uiuiu ui-iiur uuai-
' gC(j fQV tue Supreme Bench, either for
; 10UeSfcy capacity or leal learnino-.
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; jggThe Steamboat, Maj. Wm. Barnet,
; is stiir lyin afc Trenton waiting for the
; Delaware to rise and enable her to reach
, Easton. She is said to be a Deautiftil
little boat, and attracts considerable nt-
tention, having her wheels in the stern
; iycs h'ef an odd look bufc she is said to
, fnakc her thro 'h tbe ater a
' spced thafc is equalled by few boats. It
js thought she has strength of machinery
; enoUrirto stem the current of the Dela-
.are wuenever tnc water float her
fj,n rnni.s nd riTfs f fJint sfr(lnm
G reat Trotting Matcit.-
The great
trnHincr mnteli Vmt.Tvnon TiJirlv Rnffnllr nnd
St Lawrence for a purse of 8300 took
lacc at TJnion co Rochester, N. T.,
n T?,.;jf ,,ftrtrt - loci-
l,n, Tnof ; r: T J,. Q.rr 'M.'.
heatS' bCSt- 1i1 ' -,aaJ ou&olk was MC-
tOHOUS, Winning tlie ISt -inU ana
4th
heats. The
time
a
was as follows:
1st
heat, 2m. 25sec.; 2nd. 2m 37scc.; 3rd 2m.
36sec.
Belvihere Del. Rail Road. The
following pprsons have been elected Di
rectors: Robert F. Stockton, R.L. Stevens,
J. R. Thompson, Edwin A. Stevens,
Samuel D. Striker, Charles Sitgreavcs,
Charles Bartles. William P. Eobeson
1 Penine. The Directors met au,l
uiuuiuu liiu ioiiowiinT omcers: ijjiariua
1 1 .1 it.- -H Y rll 1 .
Sitgrcavas, President; John P. Stockton,
utl",;i,uJ' ai,u j-icusuiw.
A Strnusc Insect.
The Cincinnati Gazette, of Thursday.
has the following paragraph:
j "Immediately after the rain of Tuesday
j afternoon, a singular insect was found on
the pavement, in front of Billy Ward's
store, on Mam street above Fifth. It is
out four ncliea in length-has five
eyes two stiff horns projected from the.
front head-sundry feelers extending
from the vicinity of the mouth, and long
silver colored wings. Among the many
' persons who saw this wondor yesterday,
one recognized it as belonging to this
rogion. One gentleman stated that he
. had seen insects, of the same kind in the
' Island of Malta
A Chicago paper states that the ladies
there have got up a bonnet, as,,. an olFset
to the 'kiss-me-quicks' and the 'hold-mc-
j fasts' of the north. They call ifthey 'no
you-dont.'
A Good Bargain
A gentleman .of Washington city, but
a few years ago, married a. pretty little
girl of ninety pounds, and now has a very
extensive-wife of more than two' hundred.
He oonfe's'ses HhaVheMias' 'raoreHhan ho
b argai ne tl forarfd'bettcr th a'fjsh'e'm erits.
Manyjiusbdndsfmighfe' Tithfltruthlopnfe5S
the formeri
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