t l. fc-a.rt.- t iimr f liMiwiin ihkhhim n n mill ' "
i
iScffcrsoiiitm Republican.
Tliantdar, June tt, 1S52.
l'OR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Jacob Hoffman, of Berks county."
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL,
A. K. Ilrmvn, James Pollock.
Samuel A. Purviancc.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1. Wiliam F. Hughes,
13. Ner MMdlcswarth.
2. Jjunes Traquair,
14. James II. Campbell,
15. James D. Paxton,
16. James K. Davidson,
17. Dr. John McCulloek,
IS. Ralph Drake,
19. Sohn Linton,
20. Archibald Robertson,
21. Thomas J. Higham,
22. Lewis L. Lord
23. Christian Meyers,
24. Dorman Phelps,
53. John w. Mokes,
1 4. John P. erree.
s5. Spencer Mcllvaine,
I f.. James V. Fuller,
17. James Penrose,
s. John Shaeiier,
5t. Jacob Marshall,
III. Tharlcs P. Waller,
1. Davis Alton,
M. C. Mercur,
Whiff Slate Convention.
At a meettnff of the Whijr State Central t
nmmittf!n. held nt Ilarrisbunr on Tuesday,
Uie 4th inst, it was resolved that the Dele-
Fjates to the late Vhig &taie onyenuon oe ;
Secitiested to assemble in Philadelphia on the
hTLNTETEENTlI DAY OF JUNE next, at 9 !
f'clock, A. M. for the purpose of nominatirjo; j
i candidate lor Judge ot thp supreme uour ,
b fill the vncaucy occasioned by the deatli .
h'the Hon. Richard Coulter.
J. TAG G ART, Chairman.
C. Thompson .Tonks, Secretary.
George "Washington, one of the
ndividuals wounded in this place, on the
"th ult., by the premature discharge of
he cannon, died on Monday
morninc:
leaves a
;t, about three o'clock. He
,iie anu inreesmau cnnurcn.
The Campaign Times.
The proprietors of the New York Dai
Time, will issue on the 19th inst.,
;je first number of a campaign paper with
be above title, and will coutiuue its pub-
fcatiou jveekly until the first Saturday
fter the election in November next.
The direct object of the Camjiaign
ia imcs will be to promote the permanent
scendeney of Whig principles, by aiding
le election of the Whig Candidate for
lie Presidency. It will be devoted eu-
srely to political discussions, making
paly such condensed notices of the Cur-
jnt News of the day as can be given
lithout encroaching upon the space nee-
P-
d for political matter.
The paper will be furnished at the fol-
jwmz rates
Single copies
50 cents.
( opies to one address,
Copies to one address,
Copies to one address.
$J 00 f
3 50
G 00
0 Conies to one address.
12 50
... -n t . , r n v
Vldro s, Raymond, Jones & Co. jo.
' '
-au-st., New-York.
The National Intelligencer gives a teb
ar statement of the number of Deaf and
umb, Blind, Insane and Idiotic persons
turned by the Seventh Census of the
nited States. The aggregates are as
Mows: Deaf and Dumb, 10,103; Blind
702; Insane, 15,768; Idiotic, 15,706.
he need of sustaining the public insti-
tion3 established for these helpless be
,rs Trill Tin rftpr fhnn ever undestood
Bw,jf 11 IJi J w ' -
fter such a showing.
JES-A Project is broached in the Southe
rn (La.) Sentinel, which proposes that,
the day of the Presidential election m
lie several States, at every poll througb-
the United States, a box should be
laced, having inscribed upon it "Wash-
igton. Monument Box" and underneath,
' .
?srith the fuuds thus collected it proposes
complete the monument.
1
The "Liquor Bill" which was week
ire last vetoed by G overnor Boutwell
r l-.ii.- ..U A.. l.,i-A.,..A
Lassacnu&iu;, nno aiwimxi.ua iuuvuuwu i
Lti-u.v.uu.i,
ito the Legislature in a new and amend-
form, and, having passed both Houses, j
s become a law by receiving the signa- j
ire of the Governor. The alteration in
i mi , . ...x ii.i 1
in tu i consists in striKinr oui uiat uui- i
.i v:n in lm oiilmiif-
go into efiect in thirty days from the j
ime of its passage.
Mammoth Stock Train. There ar- .
lived at the Port-Jervis station, on Tues- ,
Jay of last week, says the Tri-States Union,
EL t 1 T IT 1 1
from uuiiKirK, lor iew-xorK, a single
Jrain of Forty-four cars containing Two j
thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven ;
iead of live stock, as below: i
187 head of Beeves,
$9G " Sheep,
1514 Hogs.
2797
Most of the above came from Dunkirk,
larfc from Little Valley, and part from ,
Janandaiua. The freight on the above
fimounts to S3118 50. The receipts of;1' , . 1T c, , , , ,
the road are rapidly increasing. They '
bail -not be less than 300,000 tor this
ontli and receipts for the G months
ifroi. v- -Afnv will coual the
B . UHUiVU V- --'1
e-timui.
Court Proceedings!
Court, commenced Monday 'May 24th,
nresent Hon. Nathaniel B. Eldred, Pres
ident ; Abraham Levering and Andrew
Storm, Esq'rs. Associates. The Grand
, Jury being called Jacob If. Eileuberger
was appointed foreman, whereupon J udge
Eldred charged them in a very able and
appropriate address.
I The following cases were then disposed
of.
j. CommonwcalGi vs. John. Washburn.
j Surety of the Peace. The Court dismissed
! the case and. directed the prosecutor, Da
vid Smith, to pay the costs,
i Commonwealth vs. Daniel Keener.
Suretyof the Peace. Case dismissed, and
! the Court direct the Countv to pay the
costs of Justice, Clerk, Sheriff, and Con
stable. No costs to be allowed Common
wealth witnesses. Defendant to pay the
witnesses subpoenaed by himself.
Commonwctdth vs. Jacob II. Butts.
t Indictment for Larceny. 'Ihe brand J u-
r3 1
gnored the Bill.
CommxmwcaWi vs. Henry JJrendcnslcin.
This was a complaint of P. Gravel, char-
. . . ...
gig deienuant with threatening to injure
njm and x& family. The difficulty arose .
Q j wishi to drive bis cattlc ovcr !
J o . , . , j
a road where injury would probably be ;
done to deft's arain. The Court dismiss-! The track of the stoviu was about a mile
ed the case, prosecutor to pay the costs, and a half broad. After its passage, the
Commonwealth vs. Peter Mostcllcr. As- hail lay, in places, from eight to twelve
sault and Battery. .Bill ignored, and pros-; inches deep, Many of the hailstones
ecutor, Joseph Houston, directed to pay! were, it is believed, over an inch in diam
thc costs. cter. Persons were knocked down, trees
Commonwealth vs. Abraham But:. 1 uprooted, windows smashed in some in
Surety of the Peace. Case dismissed, , stances the sash, as well as the glass. A
prosetor to pay the costs. ; maj'ority of the houses had from fifty to a
William A. Long vs. Henry Kintz auk , hundred lights of glass broken, out. The
Henry Dietrich. An action of ejectment ! destruction of young poultry was also
to recover a tract of land in Pocouo towun- ; great. But, worse than all, the wheat
ship, sold by the Sheriff a few years ago
as tne property of Henry Long, or Hen-
ry Long and Catharine his wife, to
Henry Kintz. Plaintiff contended that
the property belonged solely to Catharine
Long, and was not liable for the debts of
her husband, the plaintiff being her
trustee. Verdict for Plaintiff. ;
Adam Gctz's heirs vs. George Gctz.
Ejectment for thirty acres, part of a 400
acre tract of land situate in Boss township,
The plaintiff claimed under an improve-!
ment warrant and patent given to their
J .- i 1 n I 4- . nnnnrl Mini vi I 4- -fJ ' n aw
cestor and defendant, while living with
j their father, Geo. Get;:, had made an im-
provement on the tract in 1792. Iu 1811 The nev; religious paper called the "Cal
George Levers who owned a warrant, -f ni,ri:Hnn Advnftnte has been a-
granted to Andrew lioss, liad a survey
made on the 400 acre tract and returned
to the Land office. Plaintiff's ancestor
entered a caveat against the grating of a
1 patent to .Levers ana the ooara or pron-
(r, . T 1 e, 1
erty decided, in his favor. Levers after-
Pleas of Northampton county, against
Adam Getz, George Getz and Conrad
Getz, in which he suffered a non suit,
A patent was then granted to Adam Getz.
The defendant alledged and gave evidence
,1 . B , , ,
to prove that there was a bargain between .
him and Adam Getz, and Abraham Sua-1
fer, that they should all defend against :
Levers, and if they gained the land, Sha-
fer was to have one half, and the two ,
1 Getz's one fourth each. Shafer's half was :
c, t & . 1 -i ! 1. e
afterwards run oh to him. erdiet lor ,
defendant. j
Auditors Appointed. j
Franklin Starbird, Esq. was appointed t
Auditor, to examine and if necessary re-
settle the account of David Keller, ad-
ShfferTeceaced Abraham I
CharittenBurnett, Esq. Auditor to re-!
port the lein and facts, and make distri-!
bution of the proceeds of sale of the pro-
Perty 01 Jacob leel- J
r i rL 1 1 1 ij ii 1 j1 ,
mittee of the Estate of Isaac Ilanna, late
i Al Wuiiih li .lift I
n ' T-! Tl 1 f 1 11 T P .1
-Denjamin r. racKcntuau, jwj. oi tne
,. ,, j -i n
, nrfJf,fa ns Aff,nrnfVK nnH I ;nnncfllnrs
t tll BnT of irmiroft Roimfv.
Tavern Licenses,
'J'ie following is a list of the Tavern
Licenses granted at this Term :
StrniiflKliiirfr .1 .T. Pnsfmm Sfrnnd .T.
o j - - .
Hollinshead.
Pocouo ; Jacob Long, Peter Kemmer-
Eldred ; Joseph Hawk.
Hamilton ; Thomas Shoener, Melchoir
Bossard, George K. Slutter, Isaac Frace,
v m. Sinclair, Joseph Keller, Chas, L.
lerwilJiger, Shanes aayior, jacoo ona.
fer.
j. rice ; Anthony reters,
Wilkinson
price
M. Smithfield ; Melchoir Depue.
Coolbaugh ; Jesse Weiss, Henry Hae-
gef' M? Pla llc ' eoe Ke,P,e' JoUl1
Stillwell, Henry Weitzell
L. Smithfield ; Robert S. Demund, Pe
ter Trieble.
Chesnuthill; Henry Laufer, Charles
j D. Brodhead, Johu Merwine.
Polk ; Daniel Kerchner.
Ross; James Ely, Simon Stocker, Jo-
seph Starncr.
Paradise ; George Eley, James llen-
crick p Millcr
Constables Sworn iu.
The following is a list of the:Constables
sworn into. office: . - ; -
Christian Decker, 'Chesnuthill.
be-! iucks county i?ar, and Henry M. Mutch-
0f, ler, Jlisq. ot the Northampton xar, were,
' I a: r t Ar t i T7 j
Charles Correll, Eldred.
. J. Henry Houser, Hamilton.
'George YYerkhiserj Jackson.
Philip Shively, Pocdno.
George S. liuple, Polk.
Simon II. Smith, M. Smithfield.
Joseph Price, Price.
Melchoir Barry, Stroud.
Samuel Cascbeer, Smithfield,
John Stone, Borough of Stroudsburg.
James II. Stroud, Esq., Abraham
S lo Z .ri k to iir;
lines of Tobyhauna township.
lare number of certiorari, rules,
rn-nl vipws. .fcu.. were disposed of. and
Court adjourned on Friday afternoon.
,.w.. j--. . . . . i
Destructive Storm.
A correspondent of the Ledger, writing
from Andalusia. Bucks County, on the ,
25th ult, says "Yesterday afternoon we
i.Joi'fi,! ), flm ninef sovwp lmil-stnrni
tnat nas occurreu, prouauiy, iu our ncigu
,rhood, within the recollection of that
doubtable individual, "the oldest inhabi-
bor
re
tant."
"About 2 o'clock, P. M. a gust came
up from the N. N. Vf , during which rain,
mixed with hail, poured down in torrents.
' r .
This, however, passed without doing any ;
material injury. "Within an hour after, a i
d fc accompanied by violent wind
, , . , ,
and hail, arose from the same point.
and rye over which the storm passed, is,
it is feared, almost utterly destroyed,some
fields presenting the appearance of hav-
ing been cut with a scythe. The friut-
trees suffered in a corresponding manner.
It is said that trees along the centre of the
storm-path, are barked and splintered, as
though struck by bullets.
"Accounts from other districts, over
which the storm passed, represent it as
being equally destructive there."
The Methodist General CWereilCC.
Tlie Methodist General Conferende has
now been in session at Boston three weeks
, , ,, c , ...
doPted 113 the orSan of thc denomination
m our new Pacihe State. The subject
of appointing a Missionary Bishop for the
Republic of Liberia has been under con-
ciilnrnfjmi find nic olir-itofl miirli rliCPnQ.
S10n' Ihc PPoneuts of &c measure
proposed, instead, that the American Bish-
ops should visit Liberia occasionally. It
was finally voted that this last measure
, ,11 i
should be adopted,
r . 1 , . .
0u Monday the Conference selected
Indianapolis, Indiana, as the place for
the next General Conference in 1356.
TJ nonferenCG 1- not met in the valley
,,. . . . ' , onn
01 me luississppi since iooz.
11
R Tuesday the Conference proceeded
to tue election of four new Bishops, and
made choice of the following gentlemen
by decided majorities. Matiiew Simpson
j) D 0fthe Indiana Conference; Eeward
H. Ames, of do, ; Levi Scott, D. D., of
the Philadelphia Conference; and Prof,
Osmon C. Baker, of the New Hampshire
Conference. Dr. Thomas E. Bond, of
Baltimore, was elected Editor of the
. ' .
i-i'V V fJ J-"jiUiii i. V wiuvivU i'liivuui y
lssionary
Secretarr.
In the afternoon there was an animated
discussion on a resolution recommending i
tli ft nndlination bv the New York Book
Airents of a monthly mairazine of relicron
C3 a t ' i
and literature. The project was warmly
opposed by the delegates from the West,
who seemed to regard it only in the light J
of a movement which might curtail the j In addition to the new planet discovered '
circulation "of the periodical published at by Mr. Gasparis at Naples, the last ad- ,
Cincinnati. The resolution was neverthe- ' vices from Europe bring information off
i t , i , i . , , f. .. ,. i i nr t 1.1
less adopted, m terms which left the time another discovered by Mr. Luther, at the
of commencing the publication to the dis- Observatory of Bilk, near Dusseldorf,
cretion of the Book Agents at New York ' making the seventeenth planet now known
At the close of this discussion a resolu- j to exist between Mars and Jupiter, all of
tion was adopted instructing the Book ! which were unknown fifty-two years ago.
. . , , ,. , ... , Jm, , i. i . i . n
Agents to publish, with the journnls of Ihc new planet has. a right ascension of
i.i. nr c i onn i iooft
uiu vyuuiuiuucu iiom lu io-ju, uny
they can procure prior to 1800.
The Rev. Charles Elliot, D. D. was
elected editor of the Western Christian
Advocate, the late editor, the Rev. Dr.
Simpson, having been elected Bishop. j in the post office at that place weighing six erSj S01ig? and down to til0 42d cousin, ap
On Wednesday the ReV. Tiios. Carl- ; pounds. The rascal must have been fat- J pointed to some office under the Board , and,
ton was chosen Book; Agent for New 'toning on the spoils of office a good many j in this way our law makers become aparty,
York, and Rev. Leroy Swormstedt
Book Agent for Cincinnati.
Some of the German Governments, in
order to check the emigration which is
continually increasing, have, says a letter
from Berlin, resolved to require a tax
of from six to eight thalars from eaghgnj
igraiit for the right to leave. : ; i
Local Legislation.
- --Thcufollowing acts of.local interest to
theicitizens offMonroe County, was pass
edVarthe last Session of our State Lcgisla-
ture
An act fixing the place of holding the
Election in Ross Township at the house
of Simon Stocker.
An act changing the place of holding
the election in Middle Smithfield Town -
Alft U house of James Place
.Au,act erecting the Township of Stroud,
1 not -included in the Borough, into a sepa-
. rtp. filiation and school district, fixinir the
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place or noiuing tue elections in saiu town- j icnow oi jruiiauuipma anu otuc-ia act e entitlccl to enter, free of co3t
ship, at the house of Abraham and Simon ' contractors ; that the wheel toll has been one qarter-section of vacant and unap
Barry and appointing Abraham Barry, ' taken off and the State to that extent de- ' propriated public lands together, or a
11. W. Swink and Franklin Starbird, to ' frauded and that these men are to have " quantity equal thereto, to be located in a
told the elections until others can
lcctcd.
be e-
An act authorizing the supervisors of
Middle Smithfield Township in Monroe
! County, to let out. work for the opening
of roads by contract.
Henry Clay.
The mortal career of Henry Clay appears
to be drawing to a close, nis health is
in that condition that his death would not
be unexpected by his inends, should it
occur any moment.
The editor of the Express, who is now
in Washington, writes:
"The contrast of a year to me was most
painful, and Mr. Clay looks physically, on
ly like the wreck of the man he was.
There is hardly enough in his hands to
convey food to his mouth, and he is
helped to and from his bed like a feeble
child. He rises very late, snd, as he told
me, has not known, for a long time, what
it was to enjoy an hour of sweet, refresh
ing, natural sleep. But like an old forest
oak, beautiful even in its decay, Mr.Clay
still survives, and exhibits the marks of
past strength and present power. The
lustre of his eyes is undimmed; he both
sees and knows his friends. The grasp of
his hand is as fervent, earnest, and kind
ly impressive as it ever was. His voice
continues to be all sweetness and melody,
except when its tones are moved by that
bodily weakness which makes it painful
for him to speak long. But the greatest
blessing vhich God vouchsafes to a dying
man is his. He has that peace of mind
which the world can neither give nor take
away, and an intellect as unclouded as in
the day of its greatest brilliancy. Most
of his thoughts are devoted at that change
of existence from which none of us are ex
empt; and that change may come in an
hour or a day, or it may be postponed
till the flowers fade and die. He is a
member and communicant of the Episco-
pal Church, and among the few books in
his room, the Word of God occupies the
most conspicuous place.
Violnct Hail Storm.
n ,r , -p t,
On Monday noon, the Reading Press
says, a dark cloud extending from North
to South, about half a mile, appeared ve -
der, passed directly over our city, pour-
ing down torrents of hail, varying from
flip R17P. nf marblfs nn fn wnlnnf.s. for thn
ry suddcnly in the West, accompanied by rapidly spreading disease. All teelings proposed to ooviate, was to prevent tne
a storm of great violence and heavy thun- f hl"an ture bef in be more P"" ; Plic la?ds' the m.st YaluabJe P0?10"
J t iravfnri onnTmlcnd Tli n m ncf. lnofli. ciY Hi mil tmni hecominp- in a short time.
space of about five minutes. The Court ly devoured by a famishing population.- by far the largest portion of our popula-
Houso rrlass was smashed and thebeauti- In one ca3C' in Wurtemburg, a dog bur- tion. The good proposed to be accom
Honse glass was nia.hed, and the bcauti- fl o d wascoinfortable homcs for the
tul stained glass m the German Reform-. and) wLafc wiU SCJU.cely appear credible, poor and friendleess of the country. Mr.
ed Church, was very much broken. The ' the flesh iu its advanced state of decom- Moore continued :
Lutheran Trinity Church had but few position has been actually made use of "Sir, when I shall see this Government
panes broken, owing to the very thick as food." j engaged in a system of logulatira w&FA
. .... ' , Tln'c fl,o Ti-iMfni. coc nr,1oiiio flio rons. shall care for. and protect those ot its cit-
glass with which that building is supplied
The storm did not extend much
-
beyond
the limits of the city; so that the
crops were not within its range.
stones were very courisly shaped, looking
like stars, with long points and perfectly
' , . .
solid. Such another storm is not within ;
flm rnnnllrrffinn nf f.lm nldftst. inliabitant. i
The same hail storm was exnerieneed at
1
Amboy earlier in the day.
Discover-v of Another Planet.
i i i . i ii. i-.i?.
aoout twelve iiours, anu a npriii ueciina
tion of about eight degrees.
A v Ot.ti T?.a t Tli R nnfltmnt'fr'r nt. AVnsh
t icnur i.i. ii. J
Brook-field? Massachusetts, caught a rat ,
years, and. like a good many other rats
in fat places, grew too fat and lazy to
keep himself in. What quantities of paste
the villain must have devoured.
8SfThe(winter wheat crops" of Wiscon
sin "are stated to be . in' fine condition tins'
pprmg.i ortwjpr Uirpf.this
crop has been rather poor. -t -
Lease of the Columbia Railroad
Several of the Philadelphia papers last
weeek announced that the Canal Com-
inisioners had leased the Columbia rail-
road for four years from the first of July
1 j
next and had given to certain parties the
exclusive privilege of transporting passen-
j gers over the road for that time. The
1 particulars of the arrangement have not
1 yet been made public but we have learn-
. .
ed from various private well-mlormed
sources that Mrs. Israel jrainierj law vu -
nal Commissioner, Judge Dock of Hams-
i burer Gov. Biirler's uncle Mr. lvocka-
I ctii.:i-.i-ii.! .1.1.1
: a cd
the monopoly of the travel ! These de-
, ... . Ll ..
velopments will surprise those of our citi -
zens not yet accustomed to look upon vil-
lains and villainy with complacency,
I We would like to know by what author
ltv the Canal Commissioners have under- . c ... . 11 1, - . v
( iij luo viimi 10 lons ' tuis actj Sna m D0 event become
j taken to prevent competition on the State iable for the satisfacti0n of any debt or
road, in the face of the act of 1834 which debts contracted prior to the issuing the
, expressly provides that "individuals shall 1 patent -therefor. Another section pro
. h.-wn th riirht to nlace cars on the road. ! vides that if " any individual now a rcsi-
and under SU(jh reul.ltions as may be a-!
dopted, attach their cars to the locomotive ( jUt afc tne time of ing applica
cars belonging to the Commonwealth, for tion for the benefit of this act shall have
the purpose of transportion," with what I filed a declaration of intention as required
excuse they can defend the removal of the j the naturalization laws of the "United
, , c- States, and shall become a citizen of the
wheel toll and the consequent decrease of . game qyq of paten a3
the revenue of the State, and how they made and provided for in this act, shall
will justify this building up of a vast mo- be placed upon an equal footing with the
nopoly to tyrannize over trade and trav
el, and control the legislation of the State.
We await such a defence, expecting loco
foco politicians conveniently to forget all
their former rant about the danger of mo
nopolies, and to become the defenders of
this new outrage. Truly may it be said
there are no such knaves in power as the
locofoco Canal Commissioners of Pennsyl
vania and none such out of power as the
unscrupulous party hacks who defend
them. Independent Whig.
Fearful Famine in Germany.
We have heretofore had some accounts
of a famine prevailing in some parts of
Germany. By the Atlantic further ad
vices have been received. A letter in the
Loudon Times says: "Poor Southern
and Central Germany, still suffering
from the recent political convulsions, has
now in addition, been visited by disease
and famine." The places alluded to in
the letter are Wurtemburg in Bavaria,
Grand Ducky of Baden, Nassau, and the
north-east part of the Ducky of Hesse, of . ing to the homeless of our family for wc
which the writer says: are but one great family a home on the
"In these localities whole villages are , unappropriated toilr where they could
being deserted for want of food; their un- learn to live and to reverence the institu
fortunate inhabitants, who in times of tions which thus protected them; and where
comparative prosperity eke out but a , they could teach to their children the
scanty and miserable existence, have been same lessons of duty and patriotism.
wantinjr their staple food potatoes. In , This would make us more happy and
other parts trade is standing still; of 18,-
000 looms, in a single province in Bava-
I ria, almost exclusively inhabited by weav-
j ers, not half are at full work: The peo-
! pie are deprived alike of the productions
! of nature and the fruits of industry ; and.
fco consummato wretchedness and despair
andau extrcmc dearth of provisions, whole
' herds of cattle and sheep arc killed by a
, , . . - , , , mnrr:n is
eagerly sought after; in some instances
ilnrrc: lmvo hopn slninrlif.nrnrl nnrl ravonons-
-;-,u-.u
Ull H Al J jl V All H I Id j 111 Ji UUUUU1U VI 11 Ulll"
hers, nre literallv liasinirino- everv nort
1 Oi UVU V(VU I UlOUvi. JL UU X1X.JJJ xviavsa W j " O 7
grain ( available for emigration. Ilumrer knows , shall I believe, and feel, that we are ful
The no patriotism, and sauvc quipuct is the J filling our true mission among the nations
anxious cry icpeated from village to vil-
dreds and thousands
driving them to search for a honn
U11U J
I II 1 1
ing
lome in for-
eign and distant countries.
Corruption outlic Public Works
The Bedford Gazette, wherever known,
i is well known as as a bitter Locofoco pa-
' per. Hear what testimony it bears as to
, the management of the Public works and
the influences which prevent a change in
the system :
" The Legislature has adjourned with
out making provision for leasing the Pub-
Hc WorkS)5thlussettiugatdcfiancthe wish-
cs of the masses throughout the State.
If a law had been passed giving the peo-
pie the right to decide this question at the
Polls u? disband the present
rotten and swindling system of managing
g. to Imi)rove t. hv a maioritv
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that there will be no Legislation on this
subject unless the people take the matter
into their own hands. Members go to
Harrisburg, and the first thing they set
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indirectly, to the gross frauds perpetrated
upon the tax-payers in this department ot
Government. When a reform measure is
introduced by some man of clean hands,
it is either voted down, or allowed to sleep
the sleep of death, for the reason that its
passage would effect the intents oftheir
.immediate relatives ! 1 This is a deplo
rable state, of affairs; it.is perfectly man
ifest, that the. present system rnuit be abol
ished." - - -i
The Homestead Bill.
Lands for the Landless. Homes for the
Homeless.
The Homestead Bill, which recently
Passe ho House of Representatives, by
a very large vote 107 to 56 is a meas-
ure of theutmosfc importance. Should it
pa9S the Senate and become a law, it will
exercise a vast influence upon the tide of
emigration and materially contribute to
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any person at the head of a family, and
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person who is uie immu oi a lamuy, and
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. upon the subject." 1 his, it will be seen,
, J ide ficld It presents an extra-
ordinary inducement to the sons of indus
try, throughout the length and breadth
of the Republic. Another section provides
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. ries. and not a citizen of the United States.
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The reader will perceive that this meas
ure is at once liberal, encouraging and
beneficent in its character. It was dis
cussed with great ability in the Houser
and was earnestly and eloquently advoca
ted by several of the representives from
Pennsylvania, among them the Hon. Hen
ry D. Moore. That gentleman's speech,
as reported at length, occupies upwards
of three columns of the Washington Globe.
He said that the advocates of the measure
proposed to give citizens under certain re
strictions a specific title-deed to a portion
of the land, of which they were now joint
owners.
" Much has been said," eloquently ar
gued Mr. Moore, " about the strength
and durability of institutions, and patri
otism of the American people, and we
would not detract in the least from eith
er ; but would rather strengthen and per
petuate the institutions of our country
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: by infusing into the minds of the people
! a love and reverence for them, which
would enable us to bid defiance to a world
! of despots ! And we ean do this, by giv-
prosperous as a people than we ever have
. been ; and, as a nation, it would make us
! invulnerable against a world of despots,
for every hearth-stone in the land would
become a Thermopylae, and at every
threshold would be found a Leonidas, to
to protect and defend it."
j Mr. Moore contended further, that the
evil which the advocates of this measure
.the property of comparatively few and
those the rich and wealthy, to the injury
of the poor and laboring class, who form
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and who have a right to demand it, then
oi the earth l ien shall 1 believe that
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firmly in the soil in wich our fathers
planted it, and which is in the affections
of the people, that it shall bid defiance to
' the storms which are now shaking the
empires and kingdoms of the Old World
to their centre: The honorable gentleman
from Wisconsin, who so eloquently ad
dressed this committee a few days since,
said that we were living at an important
period in the history of our country.
"Wc are, indeed, living at an important
period, not only in the history of our
country, hut the world; wc are living at a
time whon nations around us arc upheaved
and convulsed by the storms of internal
disscntions and bloody revolutions j at a
time, sir, when the crashing of an empire
is but a tick of the great Clock of Eter
nity; at a time when the great heart of hu
manity throughout the world is beating a
lively response to the song of liberty and
freedom first echoed and resounded on
the plains of Lexington and the heights of
Bunker Hill; and let us be careful, sir,
that the notes of complaint and dissatis
faction arising from penury and want
among us, are not hoard mingling their
discordant elements in that happy song
which is becoming tho morning hymn
and the evening anthem of universal hu
manity. And I would appeal then, sir,
to tho Representatives of this great pooplc
now assembled here, if they would strength
en and perpetuate the institutions of our
country, and increase the happiness and
prooperity of the people, that they so leg
islate upon this cubject, that the sbU which
is now held by Government, and is free
from the blasting curse of the speculator
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