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Thai-tiny, Jlay 20, BS52.
FOU CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Jacub Sintttisuiific)! Herks county.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL.
A. E. Brown, James Pollock.
Samuel A. Purviancc.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1. Willinm F. Hughes,
2. J.m:s Tniqiiair,
3. John W. Stokes,
4. John P- Vencu,
5. Spencer Mcllvainc,
0. James W. Fuller..
7. Jjimes Penrose,
8John Sliarflcr,
9. Jacob .Marshall,
10. Charles P. Waller,
11 D.ivis Alton,
1. MJ. Mercur.
13..XH- Mkldlrswartli.
14. James II. Campbell,
15. Jnmc. D. Paxton.
10. James K. Davidson,
17. Dr. John McCullock,
IS. Ralph Drake,
ID. Solin Linton,
20. Archibald Robertson,
21Mhonias J. Higliam,
22T.ew is L. Lord
23. Christian Meyers,
24. Dorman Phelps,
Wilis' State .Convention.
At a inuetir.tr of the Whig State Central
committee, held at Harrisburg on Tuesday,
tlie 4th inst, it was resolved that the Dele
gates to'tlie late Whig State Convention be
requested to assemble in Philadelphia on the
NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE next, at 9
o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court,
to fill the vacaucy occasioned by the death
of the Hon. Richard Coulier.
J. TAG G ART, Chairman.
C. Thompson Jones, Secretary.
Awful Catastrophe !
It has never been our painful duty to
chronicle a more shocking and -lamentable
catastrophe, than occurred at this
phce on Monday last, the, 17th inst. The
Independent Volunteer Battalion, com
posed of the following companies, viz :
the Monroe Artillerists, JaclSon Greys,
and the Mountaineer Troop of Cavalry,
met at this place for parade. At about
3 o'clock in the afternoon, as the scyeral
companies were engaged in firing, some
inadvertancy upon the part of those who
had charge of the canon, produced a pre
mature discharge, which awfully mangled
and burned two of the individuals, who
manned the piece. William Findley
Hinton, had both hands blown off just
above the wrists, was severely burned,
besides having received a fatal internal
injury from the concussion. George
"Washington had his left arm carried
awa', and was likewise severely burned.
Our Physicians repaired immediately to
thn scene of disaster, and their exertions
iu behalf of the unfortunate men were
prompt arid untiring. fllr. Hinton died
tibDut C o'clock the same day, leaving a
vkc.and fpur children, an aged mother
aid veral brothers to mourn his untime
ly death.
George Washington, yet survives, but '
there is little hope of his recovery.
The undersigned, on behalf of the rela-
tives and friends of lfi3 brother, Mr. Wil- j
i.iam Hintox, jvho was killed by the fa- '
tal accident on Monday last, tenders his ;
heartfelt thanks to the citizens of Strouds- i
burr nnrl nf TTnniiltm fn,cM '
i- j , - . . . 1
Kinancss ana assistance on that sad oe-
casion. W hile deeply thankful for the
generous and benevolent aid of the citi- !
zens generally, he would particularly ex- I
vress the gratitude due to the Dhvicians
Drs. A. B. Jackson, Sydenham, Davis,
and Wm. Walton, and Dr. Jacobson j to
Mr- S. J. Hollinshead and his family, Mr.
Jos. J. Postens, Mr. John N. Stokes,
Wm. Davis, Esq., Mr. Wm. Carey, Mr.
Itobt. Skelton, 3Ir. John W. Buxton, and
my brother's neighbors, for their promp
titude in doing all within their power to 1
alleviate the sufferings of the deceased. '
and for their kindness on behalf of his af
flicted famil-, which will ever be grate
fully remembered.
PETER S. HINTON.
Stroudsburg, May, 18, 1852.
Minnesota. Gov. Ramsey has issued
his proclamation, giving official notice that
the Maine Liquor Law has .been ratified
by the people of Minnesota, and went in
to effect on the 5d instant. The majority
for it was-only nineteen!
Death of JHn. J. Q. AdamsITf r.
Clay.
Washington, May 16. The venera
ble relict of the late Hon. "John Quincy
Adams died in this city yesterday. She
has been in failing health for a considera
ble time.
The Hon. Henry Clay is worse to-day.
NATIVE STATE CONTENTION.
A Native American State Convention will
assemble at Harrisburg, on the 30th day,
of June, to nominate a candidate for Ca
nal Commissioner, and for other purposes.
The Chops in Maryland. The Ca
loctin (Md.) Whig states that the crops in
that region present a fine growing ap
pearance. The Frederick Citizen says
the wheat crop in that county promises to
be at least an average one, and.that there
wiiroe an aoundance oi appie peaches,
PW, &c. , ,
Supreme Court Judge.
The Eric Oarette, Bedford Inquirer, and
Miltonian aro urging the nomination of the
Hon. James Polock as the Whig candidate
to supply the vacancy of Judge Coulter, de
ceased. The Gcitysburg Star says:
'Our own preferences incline very decided
edly to the nomination of Mr. Chambers.
An upright, honest man, of unquestioned
character in every respet a sound Jurist
and a true gentleman no worthier candidate,
we feel assured, could be found in the entire
State. He served on the Supreme Bench
some six or eight months, with Judge Coulter
Gibson, Bell, and Rodgers, having been ap
pointed by Gov. Johnston to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Judge Burnside,
and during that time secured the confidence
of the legal profession to an unusual degree.
Aside from the eminent worth and fitness of
the man, it would Eeem altogether fitting
that the honored friend and associate of tiie
lamented Coulter should be made his succes
sor: We hope to see Judge Chambers. nominated.1
Yes'iu Expired.
The term of the folfcwing Senators ex
pired at the close of the late session of our
Legislature.
Democrats Thomas L. Pennon, Phil
adelphia county ; Charles Praily, Schuyl
kill county ; Henry Pulton, York county;
John W. Guernsey, of Tioca. Potter.
M'Kean, Elk, Clearfield and Jefferson ;
J. Y. J ones, Montgomery ; Henry A.
ii- m j xn
Muhlenburg, Berks : Wm. P. Packer, of
Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan arid Clinton:
qi; - rxr xi x j x
Conrad bhimcr of Northampton and Le-
, r , 1
high
IMiigs
Wm. Haslett, of Butler, Beay-
er and Lawrence ; Benjamin Malone, of
Bucks j John Walker, of Erie and Craw -
por j
, ,,- ZT. 7777 i i ,
al JScw Dzscovery-At Conshohoekcn,
von the Schuylkill, a company of very en- j Whig or Democrat, has so much the con
terpriseing individuals has been organized fidence and affection of her people as Win-
for the purpose of makiii"- a kind of glass
ware from the refuse or cinders of" the
ir ti . , mi .
I'Menon Blast Furnace.' 1 heir intention
isto manufacture coffins, table-tops, man -
tels, door knobs, flagging, as well as kitch-
en and r.thnr utensil Th oniomrw
you will perceive, is a novel one, and if
successful of which there appears to be
little doubt must be of universal benefit.
Thus, while the manufactured articles
must displace much that is now in use,
the worthless cinders suddently become a
substance of value. So much for the dis
coveries of science and where the' are
to end, time only can determine.
On the 2?th of April, the grand Jury,
at Harrisburg, Dauphin count', found true
bills against sixteen journeymen printers,
for conspiracy to prevent Andrew Dunn
f worki in the office of the Tcle.
graph.
A Secret worth Knowing Boil three
or four onions with a pint of water. Then
with a gilding brush, go over your glass
and frames, and rest assured that thc flies
will not light on the article washed.
This may be used without apprehension' '
k '
.
lrames. I
Jr " asuDurn u- - PPai agent, ;
recenu "rested tour men tor robbing !
S10. ' S mai1 at Duii"nkirk, N. Y.f and
Fairville, Pa.
The Lehigh Railroad.
We are pleased to' inform our readers, !
so says the Lehigh Begister, that the pros-'
pects of seeing the Iron Horse pass our
Borough before lomr, is now reduced to a !
rTn )- A t i tj i ?;.,r -I
Porter, and Judges Packer and Dilhngcf
accompanied by thc Engineers
of the
Company, will pass over the whole line,
seme ior damages, ana permanenttylocate
the road. A number of changes will be
made in the location in order to lessen
the damages, and we trust that those in
dividuals through whose land the road
may pass, will jiot be too extravagant in
the assessment of their damages, so that
arrangements ior the same, can be mut
ually agreed upon without litigation.
.ine Jtrresiuent luiorms us tnat tne whole
line will be put under contract by the
first of July nret. So there's a good time
coming.
Curiosity. A few days since, James
C. Finney, of Northampton township,
Bucks CounUr, exhibited in Doylestown,
a rare curiosity in the shape of an egg.
It was laid by a goose. The egg weigh
ed fifteen ounces, and measured 1-3 inch
es in circumference the long way, and 10
inches the short way. It was broken o
pen, and the interior was found to con
tain another egg of full ordinary size.
The space between the two shells contained
a white and yolk, as are usually found in
ordinary sized eggs.
Twenty-six thousand, of the inhabitants
of Austria are employed in secretly watch
ing the rest.
The world is a workshop, and none but
the wise know how to use the tools.
'Here, you rascal, walk up and give an
account of yourself. Where have von
been?' 'After the gals, father.' 'Did you
ever know me to do so when I was a boy!'
'No, sir, but mother did.' . ,
Address of tlie State Committee.
The Whigs of Pennsylvania, pro
foundly sensible of the importance of the
great political struggle they arc about to
enter, beg leave respectfully to submit,
through their Satc Central Committee, to
their fellow Whigs of the Union, a state
ment of their position, and their reasons
for maintaining it.
As Pennsylvania has never yet cast her
electoral vole in vain, and as she is like
ly to become, as heretofore, the arbiter of
the contest, and. of copsequence, the battle-ground,
it is proper for those jvho have
the best means to know the ground and
its circumstances to impart their knowl
edge candidly and honestly to their breth
eren of the same faith and party.
The history of the past fully establishes
the falsity of the proposition that Bcpub-
lics are ungrateful. The memories of
W
,-ashington, Jackson, Harrison and Tay-
r, teach us that the American llepublic
lor
has never vet been ungrateful to those who
have led her armies, defended her rights,
and adorned her name with an imperish-
I able renown." This is in accordance with
the nature of man in accordance with a
noble and generous impulse. And as long
as human hearts are constituted as now,
the man who has denied himself the com
forts of a home forgone the pleasures of
wealth invested the strength o"f his body
and the the powers of his mind risked
health and life in the defence of his coun-
I "
will always receive at the Bands of
I . v
lis fenow citizens the highest earthly hon
ors and rewards when opportunity offer;
to confer them.
I Ir! ficJelit3r the Constitution, and in
i gratitude to its defenders. Pennsylvania
i , i ' w.,f. x,
acknowledges no superior. Within the
broad limits of this great Democratic Em-
pire there is to be found no Commonwealth
more Io3'al auc patriotic. And while it is
' VCIT i;10"1.111 n ma". who is not true
to tlie Constitution in all its parts and the
Union in its integrity, can stand even the
shadow of a chance to obtain her elector
' votc -t .., ccrt- fc. . no m-
rriLD Scott. Our adversaries know this,
a"d st d Wrly depre-
i eatc "is nomination. But we are aware
. if they h:ld thc g0od fortune to pos-
: sess such a candidate, there would be no
divided counsels among them in regard to
his nomination. If General Scott belonged
to the ranks of the enemy, instead of be
ing an honest, brave, and reliable Whig,
t he first Baltimore Convention ivould nom
inate him by acclamation.
Shall we be less wise than our adversa
ries ' Shall we sacrifice the victory that
stretches out before us ? Shall we suffer
the Whig banner to trail again in defeat,
and "the Capitol of thc Nation to be once
more entirely given up to those whose
principles are in our opinion, opposed to
its prosperity and its greatness ? The de
cision rests with the Whig National Con
vention. ! And while wc pledge ourselves to an
honest, zealous, aud enthusiastic support
0f the nominee of that Convention, who
ever he may be ; for we are accustomed
to look above the s'tandard bearer to the
standard ; we most kindly and earnestly
entreat our fellow Whigs to remember
that in Pennsylvania, the battle ground,
the name of Scott is as inviolable as on
the battle fields of Mexico. But though
lie is the choice of her 200,000 Whigs and
of thousands of her Democrats, we will
leave unmade no effort, however barren
of victory in behalf of-either of his great
competitors
Our only inquiries shall be:
Is he a Whi
g : is lie true to tne Consti
tution ?
Of Millard Fillmore, the patriotic and
distinguished gentleman who now so cred-
itably occupies the loftiest official position
on the earth, as Whigs we are proud.
Of Daniel Webster, whose fame is not
even limited by the bounds of civilization
who, as orator and statesman, stand;
almost without a rival in the world peer-
less and unapproachable in the might and
splendor of his genius as Amcrica?is we
l 1 1 T T n
down as a boast and a heritage to our chil-
children.
But even for these great and glorious
s we are unwilling to hazard the tri
umph of our greater and more glorious
principles; for that we concejve to be of
infiuitety more consequence than the po
litical fortunes of any man, however good,
able, or distinguished he may be. Small,
indeed, becomes the destiny of thc mdi-
vidual in comparison with the welfare of i
the Republic.
With mfield Scott,the Whigs of the
United States can achieve a certain and
easy victory. With any other candidate
it might be considered doubtful, if nnt. i
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desperate. Not because the Whig party, '
as a National partis the weaker, because, '
in the present nicely balanced condition '
of the parties, it is difficulty for either to
bo victqnous m two successive contents. '
We repeat, certain and casu victory . For '
the people believe, with an unanimity
aKwJW'T bifl' ' COn3tablG' and he mad0 """ediato ar- ' beans, which the calf greedily consumes, A girl out west, who had become tired
ifJfoAT rTfenblt T-1' butshocould aa which he finds is as effectual in form- ' of si,le blessedness, thus wrote to her in
nVZ I 1,1 b2" WOra?rmC bone and muscle as the whole' of the I tended : .-Cum rite of if yeure
Anil wlin Ki,oii cn ti, w:flu c ii from '-Belvidcro to Newton, and from nm .. . cumin at all, as Silas Holmes is msistin
And who shall say that Winfield Scott 1 XT , . . . rT ' milk, amounting to four or fivo gallons i ii ,.Tei,oii Lv ',-m nn' on
r.i. xi. ... , i.i Newton to the Brink- PTniiso ivrnntnmm ' o that 1 shall ltio im, an no nugs me so
.mVMH U.V V1'" J.1UO IM II JT OlUlVj 1111"
portant act of his life evinced a want of '
ability ? Who shall Say that the Com- i
manding genius, who has raised his name :
to the loftiest rank among thc immortal ,
names of earth, will not prove equal to
any position or any crisis that may arise ,
in the civil aflkirs of men? Do the hnm- !
bled battlmcnt3 of Yera Cruz thestormed
.iw-iiwui iu wcaiwu luuuiiwius oriue.j
American flag waving in triumph ovor'a i
, o. o . " i
conquered empire, attest this want of a-; clue f. toho whereabouts of the unna
bility? We jeaye history and fame, toural : mother., We hope thoymay.be sue-
Sliswnr I x..1 1T'tr T Tr i , '
about to enter , and for the sake of cher
ished principles for which we liMre so long
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, ... ' i v. ' -nn p.
and with one battle cry, the Whigs of
Pennsylvania call upon the Whigs of the
Unity. States, (for they know neither
North nor South) to unite with them in
another mighty and successful effort to
overthrow again vluvl forever the pernicious
renins nf their common adversarv.
By resolution of the State Central Com
mittee.
DAVID TAGGART, Chairman.
Charles TuoMrsox Jones, Sec'y. -Whig
papers please copy.
Official Corruptions.
The Berks and Schuylkill Journal
nnMi'Qlinci fmm ft ronnrf. nf thft Rtiit.p.
Treasurer, a long list of defaulters to the
, . ,
State, the aggregate of which, as reported
by tue Treasurer, the Journal says, a -
mounts to about three millions of dollars,
The editor, commenting upon this state
i , l ttn
of things, very properly observes that "a
reform never will be effected until the
public mind is aronscd to the absolute
necessity of an organic change in party
machinery and governmental machinery;
until the people are fully aware ot the
cuonc- oi tueir uurt-uuiu . uu tu caluuu
ot official corruption. Every man who
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pays taxes is simply paying the interest lor llofc 1:5SllluS his Proclamation within
of a debt which has been imposed upon three days after the occurrence at
him, in a great measure, by the fraud, Christianna. Now they say not a word
corruption, and extravagance of his rulers; in coudemnation of Gov. Bigler's gross
and it is a debt, too, which he cannot a-, .. . m. ... m,
. , j ' 7 r , rpi ii n negligence! The reason is plain. Ihe
void, evade, or escape from, lake the - 1
case of a farmer whose taxes, say, a- one onslaught was then made that party
mount to sixty dollars a year. Sixty dol- interests might be promoted the other
lars a year is the anual interest, at six is not now made lest party interests
per cent., of a principal of one thousand . ht nQfc be promted. We need not
dollars; and every farmer whose taxes a- . . , ,
mount to sixty dollars a year is in debt comment upon the heartlessncss of such
one thousand dollars thc interest of . conduct, further than to say that it goes
which he must meetpromptly, notin trade to prove how deeply hypocritical and to
or traffic, as in the case of ordinary debts tany unprincipled are the men who con
but in good bankable funds. Ilis form trol the y of the Locofoco rt of
is literally mortgaged for this sum or one .
thousand dollars ; as much so, as if he otate.
had borrwed the money from a neighbor j "Wc had time merely to state last week
and had the whole tranaction placed on that, the Legislature of Maryland had
record in the Begister's office. But, says 1 authorized the appointment of Commis
tho farmer, I can sell my farm to-nior- : gioners lQ confer,vith Gov.Bigler relative
row for ten thousaud dollars, and that, ' . , . . ,.
too, without let or hindrance from the . to tbis subJect Sucn a Preceding was
commouw,ealth. Most true, fellow sufferer, ' entirely irregular and we believe unpre
but please bear in mind, that if you could ccdented. Gov. Bigler's duty was to is
get rid of your sixty dollars a year taxes ' sue a requisition for Bidgely upon thc
your farm would sell for not ten, but ele- w ted to him Gov Lcnyes
ven thousand dollars ; and that when you , ,. , ,
sell your farm, disguise it in any way you dut' was to deliver up the accused.
please, you sell it subject to a .mortgage These are plain Constitutional obligations
of one thousand dollars, which is held by
the btate.
But the evil is much greater
than what appears on the surface. En- .R fln . res ccfc B"d' " t n'n tne moit SUCCCSi;I"l career of crime
cumbered property always sells at a dis- . n a"? rG P c ea e- 1 &eU 1S to tjiat probaby any 0f her sexlas done
advantage, and can never command a he tried at all, let us have no mock trial before. We learn that she is a graduate
price corresponding with its intrinsic before a self-constituted Court. Let there ; of the House of Befuge, from which insti
value, after deducting an amount equiva- be a faiy Jury trial, whose verdict will tution she was taken by a gentleman who
lent to the encumbrance No man likes 1 satisfy every citizen of thc country that somc inteiest r fler. She had not
to buy a town property or a country pro- ' -r , , , . , , . , been with him long before he was compel'.
. J i . x 1 .i x " r i Justice has been fairry administered. ji. i r a, L i
perty subject to a perpetual mortgage. J uuiu. Q tQ fcurn utrfrom the house, owing to her
No man likes to build upon a lot, plaster- Wc nave made these brief remarks to call bad habits. She then went to Norritown,
ed over with an irredeemable ground public attention to the course Gov. Bigler where she commenced her impositions,and
rent. The State of Pennsylvania holds has already pursued in the premises. shamefully deceived a respectable family.
a mortgage on every iarm witnin ncr
broad boundaries ; and to make matters
worse the mortiraere is on the slidinnr senlp.
increasing in amount as the farm increas-
es in value. Thus, if a man owns a farm
which is worth ten thousand dollars, the
State holds a mortgage on the same for
one thousand dollars. If by years of
industry and enterprise he succeeds in
i i . rin A
making his farm so valuable as to com -
mand twenty thousand dollars a yearj ; cy, nas oecn recently oroiignt to pur ould dress him in a handsome suit, oh
which means that his property has been . notice. The subject is a person in good tained through her deceptions, and then
mortgaged to thc tune of two thousand health, and of active and temperate hab
dollars. In the State of New Jersey the . nnd vt. undirinrl from his own
taxes are so light as to be merely nominal
in amount. Now. we would .-4. wll!lf
sane man would hesitate everything else
beipg equal between buying a farm in
one State free from encumbrance and buy-
ing a farm in another State subicct to a
ImiHrtr Tfinrf muml
xNTo honest man would seek to avoid the
pavment of a inst debt : but to be comnel-
I lcd t0 PttJ tbe debt3 fastened upon us by
L,:,1,. rs .np. Mn Mmmii
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sioners, swindling contractors, and shame-
n, . , ' , .
fully faithless senators and members, is
indeed applying, tlie screws with a ven-
J 1' ww "
applyiug tne scrgw
geance to the overscrewed tax payers
his plundered commonwealth.
Child Abandoned.
A strange woman came to this village
on Thursday of last week, carrying in her
arms an infant about three moths old.
She stopped at the house of an colored !
woman, and told
her that she wished to
, '
v-.i
e her child with her until she could
8 UP into the village when she would
return and take it away soon. After she
had left the house, she was seen running
towarda tIie f for the ge flS
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suPlosed, of crossing at the river. The
colored woman in question sent word'toa
7 V C W i
place came on foot to Milford. We have
lifnrrl n nmmr fliof lio cfirfml IVmn 1.
P i. t i .,
V1C,mty f En8ton Pa' If Such 1S tho
case wc hoPe the Easton Papers will as-
certain the facts and publish them for the
benefit of all concerned.
Ti, pnivrva 1 xi.i.-n .
i ... .
""Ui.a"u uro unueavonng to get some
j.1 t. , :
cesaM. Milford Herald.
"Clarion County, Pa., (north east
from Pittsburg) is distinguished for Iron
Ore and Locofoco majorities. Its usual
mark is 1,000 majority . lor .folic, Uass,
1"U1 - J J ' '
&c. out of some 4,000 votes j but last Fall
it piled up 1,300 for Bigler. The Sheriff
0f said County offers to sell sixty-nine
SQral cls 0f Ilcal Estatc 0n the 1st
,,-.,,. p mi,
, of May, including MC furnaces, lhc
oneriu s description oi tuu propuity una
nearly six columns of The Clarion Regis-
for it TAmnnvofirt" rwrrn n Of Prtlir5P
wc sec how the Editor can stand .this, but
arc not so clear about the iron-works and
farmers. Shall we sav 1,30$ or
1,500
majority for next Pall, gentlemen? Don't
'
1 let, the Editor who noclfn tho nrnfit of
! advertising your property at SheriffVsalc
: , ,t m -i
dictate your answer. xV! Y. Tribune.
1 Goy Bicl. and the cillmbia
j Murder.
: It is now nearly three weeks since Vra.
n .,i t T , x n i t
Smith was murdered at Columbia, and
r yet Gov.'Bigler has not discharged one
0T the plainest and most important of those
. duties which, when inaugurated, he most!
1 solemnly swore to perform with fidelity.
Last fall the Locofocos with a ferocity
rfh 0f fiends, attacked Gov. Johnston;
, . ...
which the appointment of Commissioners
or arbitrators of -inv deerintion nnnnf
, when we hear what final action he 1.
taken-wc will be ready to condemn or
I commend as it demands. We hope to be
, able to commend, though wc do so fear-
' in"-. Independent TWiig.
extraordinary Wakefulness
a c ,v i ri -
i A case of extraordinary wakefulness in
1 . . . , , , , ,
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. statement, has not slept tor a period ot
some four or five weeks. And what is
not the least remarkable, he has pursued
his daily avocations without anv person-
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inconvenience or discomfort, more
than usuuL Tho case is the at"
tention of the doctors. Persons desiring
. .
more information on the subject, will ob-
. , J Tr..,
, vmu iu u lmiuiimy ui iUl. JJtiUClOU T1UU-
t,u ., ,A.,i, i ,
oell a very worthy citizen, whose tcati-
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onJ . rcSr? to the matter may ue
f implicitly relied upon. Undgeport tar
mer.
t Congressio?ial. Thc following telegram
is from the Lantern:
Telegram from Congress. Ten o'clock,
a. in. Doin' nothin.' Two o'clock p. m.
Restin' for nothin.' Six o'clock p. m.
Gettin' their pay for nothin.'
Fatting Calves.
'F. T.' of Dauphin Co., Pa., having
tried various modes of fatting calves, has
nAnninA flm fnllnt.Mn.. c u i.i. . a '
bout one gallon and a half of the milk of
the dam is dailv mixed w?f,b tU mnl nf
weeks : at the end of which timn he sub-1
sutiutes linseed for bean-meal, on which i
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is fit for the butcher, aud in tho finest
condition. Pom. 'Farm Jour.
The Sandwich Islands. Tho Y.
Commercial Advertiser says ''There are
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uui.vi.iS a
been nminArjifnlv fnrmRd and id hnm
is
eing
unscrupulously carried on for revolution
izing the Sandwich Islands, and setting
' up a Bepublio there."
John Sergeant.
Hon. John Sergeant died on Friday
st in Philadelphia, at an advanced aiy
last
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e-.
.UK waa eiuvtcu vuugrcaa m XOOI and
served eignt year3 m succession ; was
a-
gam elected in Lozi aud served
two
years ; and again in 1837, and served
tin xa4 when be bade a nnal adieu to
public life. He was a member of the fa.
mous Panama Mission,, appointed by
President Adams in 1826, (on the invita.
tion of several South American republics)
to consider tha expediency and practica
bility of drawing closer the bonds of am
ity and concord between the Republics
of this continent. That Mission, which
no Presidnt fit to hold the office could
have retused, on invitation, to institute
Iwas made a pretext for bitter warfare on
rtT 4J J-!l.i .
i Messrs. Adams and Clay by a most reck-
'ess andf "lt 0PP4Si tl1D IJIr'
Sergcant,-if we mistake not, took a firm
th h moderate parfc in resitin(T tbe ,
mission of Missouri as. a Slave-holding
State. He wasjhe National Republican
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' the ticket headed with the name of Hen-
; v C1v f pra;(ipnf JIo m, a m,
j 0f fair though not showy abilities, and
' of most unsullied integrity in all the re-
l&tions oi & Y. 'Tribune
addition it may be stated that Mr.
I Sergeant was a member of the Convention
to revise the Constitution of tbis State.
which assembled in 1837, and was the
President thereof. In that body he was
distinguished for his learning, the sound
ness of his judmcnt, and the calmness and
propriety of his manner as a presiding
officer. He made a few speeches during
the session of the Convention but such
as he did make were sound and conserv
ative, and imbued with thc spirit which
prevails in that great country from which
we derive most of our laws. His speech
es showed at the time that he was an at
tentive reader of the lectures then before
delivered by Sir Jas. Macintosh, in the
Middle Temple. There was no more
faithful or better member of that Conven
tion than John Serjeant.
The Female Bigamist.
We take the following from the Phil
adelphia Daily News, of the 7th inst :
It was etated in the News of yesterday,
that a female had been arrested by our
city police, called Ann 3Iaria Spindler,
otherwise Shaw, do. Burns, Shinn, &c,
&c., on a series of charges, the most for
midable of which is bigamy, it being as
serted that she has four husbands alive.
Since our last publication we have aacer-
tertained a few particulars respecting tki3
- ' female, and find that she has been run-
DeiDS .ou"Aeu. lo ieave in13 P.iace 5ue re
riod her life has been a most singular one.
A large number of families ha3 been im
posed upon by her thro' her most sv.ee s-
; sively misrepresentation, which was that
! she was the heiress to a large estatc and
' wuc se would receive on the death cf
an uncle, far advanced in years.
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Upon meeting with a man she fancied,
marry him. Her husbands Shaw and
Shinn were both married under circum
stances similar to those just ineutioned.
Both belonged to New Jersey, and with
neither did she live any considerable pe-
riod. After her marriage with Shaw she
came to this city, and boarded with a fam
ilv in the suburbs. Here she told the old
story of the uncle and the fortune in pros
pective. Aiid she added that she had a
dissolute brother who wanted to rob her of
her fortune "
0ne dav she left the himfw for a
J
moment aud returned, saying that she
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ua" Sueu her brother, who wanted her to
meet him that night at a certain place to
pk
settle their difficulties. She said she would
not go at night but would go that aftcr
noou. Her husband, finding he was
duped returned to New Jersey. The
next that was learned of her was she had
crossed to Camden and married a man
named Shinn. Since that time she ha3
been going from boarding-house to board-
ing-house, cheating everybody and steal-
mS whatever she could put her hands on.
wc uunK ner career is stoppea ior iuu
present. She was sent below yesterday.
Old Mrs. Pilkins was reading tho for-
eigu news by a late
declining !' exclaim
arrival.
'Cotton is
declining !' exclaimed tho old lady.
'Well, I thought as mucii tne last
thread I used was' remarkably feeble.'
lomrer. I must have a feller afore next
wntcr' antl 1 jiant stand it any longer.
lour name, sally ANN.
Tho Hightaiown (N. J.) Beoord says
that its 'devil' has oome into a fortune of
85000, and is about to give an oyster sup
per to all the devils' in tho. State. What
a party there will be!
jgggrHay is selling in Philadelphia at
820 and S25 per ton. Tho Philadelphia
ans had better lei their Eorsea "go to
gras.," than pay such prieeat '