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VRE HERALD.
- ' For the .I.lemicl St Expositor. .
.PAPERS. OF=TU SUNAXTP-21121.1iNIDZI,Ms,T
(By aWhayity from the g,1y4.)
INTrio.ptiOTor4.-
not appearance.-
Hence we make public proclaniation,that.,
any attempts to
. discoVzr•otir'... 4 local
lialiita
tion and our haMe!!:,..*ill be .
haVe 'made 'such arrangements; that, - as a
club, we, are invisible' and intangible: -As
NVO aTe liiiotvii<to-m en and Ne ,,,
with Mein; but, as members of this-associ
ation, we are secret and tavknowm. And
those who pry into the internal construction
ofbur club,. will Meet with serious-inconve
nience. Its ramifications are nuineraus=.
. , •
perhaps they extend to—we Will not' say
But formerlY, men wer.e viewed'in,a<lif how far they extend; but the curious
&rent 1, ht. The distidetionbetween mind]ever}•step, -be throrwn oil their feet by
anti hddy not recognized. - Kings' secret' obstacles. • Perhaps the friends or.
thought tliat. the 'way to., prove a truth, was acquaintance- whouTtliefliddresS, May be a
to kill' tilOqe Nho did not giVe it their ."-Siinaxiperiknidzian' , ! , .---and if theY involve
cuirenee. Alexander'. Great; for themselves in ilie meshei'which may be set
Stance, ascertained •that he had a right.to Ter the inquisitive, wo •to theni! The . ,
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• ride country- upon which the m ll ' ll -50 . g - tiences will_ not no* b'e indicated, 'bqt
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•. shone, and that right he attempted to prdve may be felt. . • • .
by the_use of thesword. Cmsar al---Li -oAciusion-, we' Offer . Otti. hand al- .
__se . ; while .cagi tating. in 'the forests Of Cr p - tiblie,,.,arid,give-it-a.,:cordial_Welciime r
disenverea - thou- it Was ' t h e thtY L ar l §bliair:the tttai - tioll of ditr - th - Ottgl - rtfult-andri
the - .Remaitpeople - to - Make him their su- 'hope we-maybefielit even the licaless:.
:prairie dictator; and this'diseoVery he made Make our lowest bow to 'the ladies, and men,
: . ,:elear,-by:stopping,the breath-0 . f , a1l all critics, high or low,
liev v ers.: Tlie city of Rollie was - anadept! gentle or seVere.' • •
in this art of - Jiliysical ratiocination; ln
later times,: the:Popes, by the employment I -
of the rack,,and wheel, -and fire, erecteda
truth of any...opinionithey,.-wislied . to - . .pro ve.
AIJ - 142-VI , II ineountrxV,Ll'ippoleon . BOnapariefi
usail, with great soceass, the method :Cf
I'2:lS.);lin,by goupowdar...
. mode of intiale4ng Imo whidge,
.
the rity of some
in in to Othees It .::vas once - `
sop-I-Os-M-111at
anysrltiulsut lieldby a great - man, most of I
necessity be correct: :nonce the otera of
the learned, and- 'the deciSions of those in"
-power,. wers received conft 7
deni.O..= Amid in . this age : of light, political
Often tliitik_ that they, can. manufac
ture reason and tinfir 116M:shell raw, Mate=
rial as abibrdity and falsehood.:
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But as we her vemarked, men are. noW
viewed-lira true light: ....It is net :.thought
that mind can be:regulatid.by piniuneling
the body; and-it; is imagined thatlthe great
• may, at times, like - other 'Mortals, fill. into
error. True,iindee4some do suppose that
knowledge may he acquired-by steam;, but .
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this supposition is_natural: -For - when we - .
consider that steam can accomplish almost bout ti
__any thing, or at-least'a little of every thing'
'that it can - travel at the rate of any number
of miles per minute you please; that, ifeir.
• curnstances would allow, it . could'idoWup
even dteworldi that it can cook the most
dainty viandf, make the 'most fashionable
'clothes, build_ the most splendid edifices,
and print the most 'interesting books—can
we wonder that any should think-it-capable
'of imparting truth? Nay, .it is said . that in
• 'Enniand,•aramMar, Arithmetic, and Geo- ,
graph) , ui e - taught - Iprstammi. ,
''But men are• now influenced by- truth.
Then, if we wish to benefit the human race,,
we should enlarge the domains cif science,
and beautify the regions of .litenlinre: we
'tfhoulTexamine what: modes of action are
most judicimis, and seek td . find what will .
most . conduct: to the happiness of our fellow
• The preseliteenturyis, in many respects,
very remarltable.: 'lt las - . oyerthrOwn
tient institutions,, has castoff' tong settled
prejudices; and has put into operation jail;
• ences which promise to effect rcS . ults'of the
greatest magnitude. "'llutimn intercourseie
so free; that tr ohtlips ready assent, and
oCtalent can'sway-the,m bids of a'WhOlo
natioui- The opinion tpiversally- preVails;
that men are rational creatures, and that
theyshould be addressed by meaus' . Of res
son.'
• • In accordance with _these remarks, the,
• . 'world 'is how Presented with' the,' •'Paperq
ofl lc Suriaxiperikiadzian Club. , " These
-rapers contain the principles and view;
-_of iiiici_tissociation, in relation_to_any,
sub
ji:cts which it pleascsto_ investigate. - It will
not-confine its researches to any department
of knowledge, restricted. by
any designated mode of expression,
traverse the: field of „thotight at suekkprice
and in such conveyM . lde, as may seem good.
If government does - wrcing, it will give good
advice' to '6vernment: if the public should
entertain 'wrong, opiniorii,' `it will rectify
üblic o Anion: if any-subject is obscure,
it iv ill - cruai4iite that subject: if any-thing is
be dis.coiete - Al, it will-- maite- that;discov-:
• cry.- .
.• . . - , bly; that the road was " authorize4l by
Like kvigilant sentinel, itwill stand up- ' law." was defective, and ,defendant "eoUld .
• on'the lofty tower of calm investigation,: not he 'convicted upon "it. ' ,--- .... .
- and will give faithful warning of any enemy :
!i'lle Court stated; they had•ever been
~ whonnay approabb , to batter doivn the ram—
of opinion a defendant could not,go to the
parts •of the general welfare. _.As a troop •
iury. With the facts - , and when they failed
of flying cavalry, arniedwildr-the weapons--:toT eemeep to the wiehed_for point, turn
•.. of ranson and fancy, itWill attack every out to. the Court and ail( an, s aCquittal upon' a
past of error, anr.dforage foytha forces •of a dere - ction in indie:tment. Thatadvantages
truth. - Ilithe nour of danger, it will stand, ought - 101.e first taken of the: defect, - by a
in the breach; .and . expose its front to any . dot,.;:i;r: To this it.wnsAlied; that as
evil, boWitetterrible. ' '
.' • • ' . t.iiijedgment, if against the demurrei, must
.. .
- But laudable. as may be the intentions of bd riVondeat oitsler, 'in', critninfil- cases,
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US club, it desires to remain : incognito, .(contraryto the, ules in , civil, ones)"andVie .
Ai the. indiViduality - or its ,escoponent parts - defendant could then go to.. the jury :4on
,
is merged in , theaisociation, it is; entirely" the- facts; it was laid down in the -books
- unnecessary
-that: those parts should-become „
that defondantiniglit have . theshenefit.4the
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''known. •- It acts as a club, and iillithe good inets,ind'any defeet: in the indictment. also,,
' 'it may do ,will be attributed to the club-= undei the plea of "mot gnilty,'' or by mo 7.
wishes 2i — nd -- inoreover,ii it wes T ip ohitariO men don in arrest of judgment
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as .they are, it would.remain unknown , that 'rite Court then statej.l,, thSt as this was a
~ c , , ~ ~ .
offence, ~ ,, .. ~ ~
mei' maybe free from embarrassment: Ix or. . most.timfaerous on thefeould not sul
0
who ',if they knew themsalvei to'be closely fer the defendant to. oscape 14 . a verdict of
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' 4 obeervotl - , . walla aettis if alone? - : yVe *aril. a6(pda, Upon a techniCal - 'paint (which'
. .to see Dien,: not in.their Bentley , clothes,l wouldbe a bar to another prosecution - for
... .
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butwith their coats:off, or in their.niornibg .
pry nst *iieto,spelhe ladies, •not in
thefr silks and•ehal `
ees; Fiut in their Oaliee"es
atid•sun-bonnets—we_want to. see reality;
NOVEMBER . SESSIONS:
The Cammopweal4b, Indictment for plac
ing obstructions - on
Jo lam— • the-- - GOr.N:7-763 - Flir
This Was a prosceutiomunder thb.-folloW
hig act Of.assembly, passed the 16th of-4-
pril, '18.58: .."Srd. 8.. That - if
. pnY pe'rion
t.h all wilfully -and-: maliciously set fire
destroy,- or• inj tire any .payt of a TocomotiVe,
stationary engine, engi 3 Oe-house, bridged
or - jither building - or I
_ • . •••
listfueture belonging, or appnrtefitint - to any
railroad, comjiructed :or located by thiicom
-mouiN;ealth;. pr by anycompany al/0°47 -,
e:A.by law 1.0 con4ruel_
wilfully and ~m:iliciot sly Obstruct any such
rail w-ay,Ac. person or persons shall;:.
o
t
i
npon-con.vcmlii f such offence, before any
court of coMpkentlurisdiction, be setitenc
ed to pay' the cfainages caused- by such of
fenCe ; and be i m
proper county, 'Or in,one . of-the penitentia F ,
ries in the state, for any term nOtexecedi6g
fire years:" - .
- °The defendant NWS ariainged - and plead.
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Witnesscv were eallNl•Oti the-pa;t 7 ofthe .
common Wealth, who proved that, a, he
first of August. last, -defendant was seen
passing along the track of the road at noon,
apparently much exasperated, and was heard
to swear.at and curse the company for some
alledg,ed injury, in refusing hint permission
to-ride in the cars, which' had passed on at
eleven o'clock. When he reached a curve
in the road, about 14 miles from the bridge;
he was seen, by some men who - liad .been
engaged in repairing the toad, pinking up a
ole of 4 or 5 inches in - diameter, and after
looking armind to ascertain if no one was
at hand; placing it across the railway and
then hurrying off. Two of the mer who
-were-returning to-their-work -on -the-road,-
and had observed ; him, called
,to him, after
helad gone, some distance,and inquir'ed if
he knew he ,had violated the law?. He
-=seemed ;alarmed, and, replied; no;
_but, if it
was againk..the law he
,would remove the
pole, and did so. The Witnesses" had - ne
ver seen'defendant before that-day.
No evidence. was offered. On helvalf, of
the defendant; but his counsel preskd his
-acquittal to lhej tapt-on the ground,. that the
act as proved, did not
. exhiliit that
ousness; which is necessary to constitute'
the offence—that having been: committed
after the cars had passed-4in 'broad day
light,'and in view °lawn ; employed on the,
road at that spot ; it seemed. more like the
act of a simpleton, than of . n _malicious
man, who might,as. he no (19ubt would
,i - have,-.sought the midnight hour to ensure
suecessto-,_his_revenge.t-wss-arguefl-to
the gotta, that the Indictment. omitting to
!set Out in - the wards of the Act of Assam
(7 -. lir . 1V,#,...r..4:ff,,.4...1t 0—r:r7:7(4.1t.i.)(,11:34.:4f,34'.i.'41:1.0..P:Jii—gi5..-r+
the' same, offence) but .they Would instruct
the, jury they could find guilty .uppu
the, ibdictuted, 'if. the 'facts
,warranted
ancl2defeadant might .have • the- benefit "of a
disaarge, alien motion in arrest cifji(dg ,
tnent,,Wpet be ti,;,blif.„,i6' another
indictment• Tor the.azane•Uffenec. The dc
fandant wits found and : On .motion in .
'arrest ofjudgment . , it was :uggested, by di s c)
itto - rney . General'-_ that if defendant • Was
would be again` and
ounfliied VI 'prison until - nex : t conr(at - least,
wiiich Wolfld not be much slant of the time
he .would be sentenced. The motion was
withdrawn, and defendant being called,-up
foy sentence, qatcd solemnly, that- he was
nut conscious of haying done the act. The
( - Court remarked, •th& case - was not a flag
rant oae-L - there - did" •not seem - that mali
ciousness. which mado it so,.btit if it - had
keen. one of-that' kind, they woidd.have
felt hotrod, tot only by the law, but by the
enormity of the offeac.e r to send him. to the
penitentia r ufer_the extent of dine provided
by `the lair: The juty--irad7foarld--him
guilty, and they. must sentence him; which
'Would - be aMere dominalane. -- The - Court
sentenced—lvim—to—imprisonmellt
to pay the.costs -of prosecution.
DeputY•Attorney GC
-nepl,:nmf F; T W.vr'rsHEici.-- for • the - 410m , -
ni on wealth. - • • •
• L. (4. TRANDEBURY arid F• :Lawn
Eaqrs. for . defendant.. ' • . .
A it• r J4Ardlit4:sl2.
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The- Ogdillshurg Rebut:Bean give - quite
another version - of-thd•aViest of Bill John- -
son... We 'copy . its xhieldeudl - S,
At'abotit half past•ten- o'clock on Satur
day, The 17th hist, '_Johnson was seen to
er.lss the , bridge.at this pla - ce in company
with several persons and to be !linking his
wa up and - along the Bank of..ihe St,
rende river. - • Soon after small heatovas
seen to leave-.our harbor rand to steer in the
same'direction. :The S; Civil. officers
at this 'place were forthwith - apprised, of
these movements, when au Inspector and a
Deputy; 'Marshal started in pursuit on horse-, 1
Inek,.while:the Collector and•sev,eral U. S. '
officers_ pursued tu the revenue - brint - by wat
• Johson•was • soon : discOvered-v -the
oflieerS on the land; 'his, boat lying. on orj
near the shOre.. The.steainboat Telegrapl ;
t,
from some causeliad - fijitst put. from . ;
the-other-side •of the river -- and arrived near
the pliidd where - Johnson was • taken- abort'
the ramp time the'reventre.•• The'lnspecter
and Deputy - . Marshal -were the first to.dis
cover Johnson and reconnoitrehis position.
They then despatched a young gentleman, ;
.Who was in company with them; to inform
the Ma - rshill where he - 'vas', aiid ask - as - Sis- - 1
tance, while they, remained 4 to prevent his
•escape. The woods at this time fireAmted
their seeing 'the position of the boats, and
they had passed on the road. several per
sons who they were told, where Johnson's
men. The. young, man on his way to the
Village met A. B. dames and--L.Reding,ton;
and informed them where , Johnson was,
and afterward communicated the same in- - ,
formation to Burwell, who ; joined in the
pursuit. together with a Lieutenant and a
bady of soldiers, and with :those who canie ;
up in thti revenue having landed
aboutthe same time. Johnson finding him-,
self stivounded•with no chance to • escape
'ea me -o u t-t o-the -- roa spumoni - RI -
Deputv..l4Tarshal we're, and after - a good
' deal of 'gave hill:self up. - Tlre. In-
Spector, Deputy Marshal and seteral others,-
among them A. B-. James, escorting him
until he was tak — en• on board the steaMboat
Teleghph by ah.oflicer and a body of U.;
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From tho,Neiir . York Era.
TO THE PEOPLE.
Lot me as an 011 and, I Think,- somewhat '
a.word—not to a tri
-nor•,-.to diseenifitted par
ties—but to you, ever firm unsubdued`:
people! in this country, as - elsewhere, fac
dons rim,roften triumph,- and- parties stic-
cumb; but lIERE 'people are never - van-I
quished. They are not so at this holm nor
are whose trust is in the people, and
in• the people only, past down or dismayed.
Let the -people of --this city - see to
,turn the
present .catastroplie to account, _and they
may receive from, it a salutary lesslM. That •
lesson I premise' to interpret, according. to
my views of it, on-Ja-morrow, (Simday
- vening,) and hereby invite all liones'tfriendS
of American independenee,itational.imion,
human liberty,•--and 7 popular-Sovereinty,
Concert HZ at the 7 usTial hour;
,(see advertiS,ement„) 'whent shalLtake_for_
My- subject-4 - -- ..
Cheated O;ven . day, - and routedon
false ground, nokbeaten. Peoplet_i Alma
fast, and do not, go .
FRANCES WRIGIFDDIAR.USIViONT.
d . Dreatifi Calamily.—ThCA Tb urn Jour
naLof Wednesday informs us that-!'a gen
tleman-of Montezuma, who hasjust return
ed frbin a tour up the Mississippi, states
that the Bilious -Fever has prevailed in the
State or Illinois, on the Oplan to
such an extent, that .fie saW in one grave
yard three hundred and fifty graves that
had no:: been .wet With rain, it nect having
rained, in aboutAo days, 01 1500 work
men who commenced on . the Illinois and
Chica'go•caridl thiS. spring, between. .000
and .1000' had died at the time; our infor
mant was there.". .-
l?aising the Wind. --The notes of the
Planters Bank' of Miesissippi; guaranteed
by the U.;S Bank of Pennsylvanie--paya
lile in 1840,• '4l, and 42; and drawing in
terest at the rate of seven percent, Were-yei
terday offered In Well street at par to the
'amount of n million and a ;half .of dollars,
and •we understand titneoffthent-were-sold-,
buyers solerithig thos . e.Lhaving Alia -longest-
Reriod • to:ruM • .
Pi;onz the Keystone.
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• Messgs'Eurrores:—l 'thirilc it my, duty
as Supointendent of, the CUmberland,
.ler rail road,' to avail myself 'of the proffer:
ed use of your 'columns . to. Correct the false
:and 'Malteibo "siuteffients-Ontaiiied in a
- Communication publishcdin your paPer of
the. 14th instant, over' the asstailett signs,
:turn WesternMerehaoo This I
had hoped
,would' hare been - inmedessary
imae, or -in 1-I,Aunismrao—for You" need
only have . ingtiired o( Mr.. Colder, car
Orailier;'cifrihp'tatteepince, to harp learned ;
that! the chuff e,6 ...made were utterly
and Unilinnded " ; init as ,people at a.dislance,
taat and' Westuinay be misled; it is?propee
t 6 correct the injurious. impression which
might be Made, by a publication in the
same palter in. which" the 'charges appear-,
ed.
I was only desirous of learning the name
of the author.(which'you'declined giving at
present) lest i e, onil the public;Thfightlin
pute the produ‘CtiOn to- some innocent • per-.
son, and I shall at any time be pleased to .
learn that no one conneeted•with either of
,the other companies named in the commu
nication, were concerned in•it, professing,
as they all ilb,_no btherinotive,.or : aim i _than ,
Pe:accommodation of the public, IC - the•
management and-eolidittung of their opera=-
firms. The substance of the charges made;
is ''that the emuteieti-"between' 'Pittsburg
an P ad el p laT - Ini , l4eit'hrolce tr by 'dc
lays - and mismanagement on the Cumber:-.
Mil - Nutley :raj 1-roint.--that-pas Pylp;ers liave
been stoped and•detained by the' irregulari
ty of starting . from thambersburg, amt.:tr.".
that there_has not.
been "one month at' a time, ,that :the cars
have left -Charnl=s.thurg at the samc.lieur;
and all this,
.through the mismanagement of
the-superintendenti and 'ionic of the mana- .
oers: of the Cumberland - . valley road." -
These-are serious-charges, and :I y halie . tto
TiT?Aiftillii -in as'sertoifityprenouncing t rem,;
'Without airy_ foundation in -truth,. and ma-,
lieious- in the intention;:-insemneh-as_theyL
impute . improper conduct in the
mem and running.of op r trains; semeshang4--,
in running one
of them, but always: either at the; reAq'st,
of Ivitjhci co - neurrence of he sbige'ownerS,
and the o
caster rail road company. •
• I will 'state the facts: .1 tie run •nvci trains
daily, from ,Cliambershnrg - to_ Ilarrisburg
:and-I,nek—,the_fir6t.traiiiis run- i!Asst:NuEna,
mAii,S•aiNi.x, and:by, an arrangeMerit
made last thinlcr with -the . postoilice de
partment, the mail - - contractors; and - the
Ilarrifibilig : and, Lancaster,-and the Colum-:
bia.and Philadelphia Tait way Managers, it
starts at 3 o'clock in the morning daily:—
This- is o the . regtilar thro' .passenger line,
conneetcd - with"tho Triail - -Stages from and
to Pittsburg, - . :and there-" has been ;No
CHANGE llithc-libur.o ..tartmg it, from• the
commence - Mei - it, niore than NINE moxrns .
AGO, and it- arrives at. the Susquehanna
with:great regularity, by 7 o'clock in. the
'morning; connecting.-with' the early train
to Philadelphia. The
stage from life West, sometimes, (arid iii
bad weattier VERY OFTEN) do''lla" arriiro
i th • the passengers at Ch a in be rsbu
time for this train,_according tip the•arrange
ment; and are obliged to wait for the sec
ond train, at 9 o'clock. Our passenger
(full") train-returns from the river• as soon as
the morning train from• Philadelphia arrives
wirth its passengers, and, this is often quite
late in the evening, even after dark, so that
.were are obliged to run our lovoinotire. both
East and West'at this -season of the yem {
°iii the .
Tiight; . . which no other compapy in
the state, is willing, or- does do; w 6 have
done- it solely from anxiety to accommodate
travellT ' - " has
The ..ing public. - I — M no / instance ..
this train left Harrisburg, without the 'pas
sengers, (no matter how bale) except where
a longer delay- wouldprerent the arrival . of
the locomotive in : Charnbersburg, •in time
to set out with the'next morning train from.
the West, at 3,Velack—atdi believoJeWer
failures or / accidents -have happened,• than
on, most,, , other roads. Indeed, we have
been ;Mting upwards of 'fifteen months,
•antlzmt a single - person has been even
slightly Injured . on the road. Our' second.
train - iiiptended, 'and ,i . sed for the transpor
tation of freight, but a passengercar accorn- .
patties it, .principally to accommodate •the
WAY TRAVELLING. IL. runs daily,
.(except
on the Sabbath,) starting from Chambers
burg- at - 9 o'elock,--and from: , -the , riverarlO:
o'clock in the morning, and passing• each
other at Carlisle.. There has been champs,
in the time of startin this train at • either
end of the road but uniformly for the pur
pose of suiting the-arrival at Harrisburg, to
the tleinarture Of the afternoon-train frOin
that place for Philadelphiai,which had been.
fixed at 3, and afterwards it past 2 o'clock
P. M. at the - request-Of the other compan
ies: change,-was lately desired-to- an
earlier hour, Say 2,o'cloch . P. M. which it
wasimpossible for. us to meeti--owaccount
of .the rweessity of - our own train reSingt
Ur:Carlisle,- where- there is- a-double :traelir,
and_ the cars on the I-1 arrishig and Laneas;:l
ter road leaving fora shortiime at-tbe-bourf
the hrough passengers_ who. did not arrive
at Chambersbufg, in'tbe stagee in time for
our first regular. passenger traiaii. may-have
been occasionally detained- at larrisburg
until the next morning—hut the disappoint-.
-meat was not attributable to our road, or,
the managethent of It in an vay, as we
have faithfully lived up to every•agreemept
we have made as to the tirrie of:running,
Our SECOND TRAIN does not run to, nor is it
connected with, any stages going to or
from the, West. - It carries and :immense
quanity:of-produce. and merchandiz: from
and to, the various points . along the road'
and is not permitted to run! so fast-as,the
passenger'traiii-atid-• .'yet, notivithstand 7 -
ing this, and the necoAary delays attendant'
on the -.frequent 'attaching and leaving oil'
freight cars-at numerous points aloitg the
road, we have been dOing a very considera-,
ble business in tranSporation, with 'great
regularity in the 4imes of Vur starting,-pass
sing-and the - place - oNesti tiatiop:l
In answer_ to the remarks of yourperres
pondent, about a "drunken engineer;'--and"
"locomotive having, bean . , FROZE Op 'last
winter," it, Is proper. to.,state,- tha(it:is 'a
bye-lawbf - the'Cumberland"valley'reil road
company, that "'no perSoh; 'either ,~iabitti-
ally,: or occasionally" intemperate,' 'shalt be
employed orcontinued, in:the service of the
'corn pany,". and.whenever this ink has been
known to:MY - e:been-vibiated,,the offender
was ilisthlAßOED—and the public may rest
assured that the officers of - the 'company
are detertinined that this rule
and inflexibly be Carried into effect, eS•
pecially as connected-mil:tulle management
of, the
~ engines—,-and in regard Jo freezing,
it is only, necessary- to-remark, .that if dur
ing the long winter nights of Intense: l c:Old
in which we .are obliged to male our tripe.
for - the accommodation-=of-the travelling
coininunity, the Water in some of the small
pipes or.hose connected with the . engine,
should have, became partially frozen, or if
the track' of the road -- diir'ing the. winter
should have. been ocensionally• obstructed
with - falling or -- driftiiio snowsi it: to' be
liondcred at? Or is the superintendent
and 'managers of the road,.tici, be Charged
with. misconduct, becauseit b(i happened?
Can we prevent the freezin . g otiicc, or the
falling of snow? Certainly not. . All 'We
can do is to thmv the one, and remove the
other, as . speedily . as - possible—and - this, 'I
will venuire to affiyM syithout , thp , fear: of
contradiction,
.has . been done ~ `on'thiS road
with' as little delay, as on:any'Lotiter_Anil-..
lariy situated.
o titiS atticle was commeneed,_a
copy of the "Bedford7Gazettev of the 10th
inSt lias been handed tO.me,.confaining en
editerial - article;ltuaded:rstage comp:l'M - re
in which it is, reinarlied•ohat !'were it not
for the frequent delays and. misconduct; on'
'the-part of the managers oft le :um er an
! V alley - rail road, complaints nbOut the stages
would never be heard." &e.' 4te.., and re
; ferring to tin. wonynions article, published
in one 'Of our Carlisle pap_ers,_whielt "1 'have
never satin, and ; with Whicht-thav'e nothing
A
to do._ But I cannot close this without re-_
[peating in substanee what I have liefoie
stated; that IC the stages from the -West,
I were to coin ein - regutirlyeliiii:W,'
las their owners have repeatedly
,promised.
1 the 4 6 tld, amt. wo4ld _A i C -a - 1
as
rtnilters. •have a .riglkt 'hi expect them to
1 .
1 cOme, (with Out any .extra pay—to- drfvers)
; there would be no cause fur complaint by
travellers,jand_of course there would be btu
;little cir:nOne=-atulit_wont_tla-Ooy-for-those
, interested to-inake use of subterfuge of one,'
who to prevent deteethm --mixed iii the
[
crowd, - and cried out 'as loud as."any'l other
''stop thief,'' stop thief,'_ when he himself
1 tytis - the,guilly individual.. . .
„ ~,.
The rmitive.of Western,rarchant,7.
editoripl, cannot. -he .gobtl, nor
nre.theVemarlo.nitide,.ealculated to:promote
the interest of either- - Pittsimrg,
phia, - or the intermediate points". •
iect seems to be tos6w , iliAntion 'among'
the different compaiiies—and- at a time toe ;
• when - almost . no - other_ raute_...willlie_foi:'
some months....p.r.geticahle..,An4js.l
the will be disappointed; and tam perfectly,
' certain, that np effort will he wanting.on the
Cumberland vhlley - company,.or its officers,
to ensure - .haitnony among all theparVe7,'
and to piomote the best interest ,/not only
of the di ff erent companies, but.zof the state
and, the otent :travellinff commoreial
.
•-caninumity,. whose business may lead them - i
to travel, Or send their, produce or merchan
dize this-way. As ;soon .as the bridge is
finished over the,Slisquehanna, (which will
be by the first / of January next) an immense
amount of transportation must pasS this way,
and it beco'mes us all to attend to it with en
ergy,promptnesS. and .punctuality.
JOHN HARPER.
• • •• Superintendent.
. N0v.20, 1838, •
INTERESTING LAW CASE
...
.1
' The Commonwealth, ..
vs. ' • Quo Warrentr
•Ashhcl Green-end others,
-This case was icalle 4 cl yesterday rooraing„
and both sides Call triO. :Judge Sergeant
requested-to -kno v---how-irhail. obtained . - - a
-preference. ,11.• - . Randall r plied, that the
Connsel of tile Commonlvealth had 'direct
-C(1 the prothonotary to place it at ilia, head
.of the list—that•it was a - ease of•much in
terest, involving .a large amount.or proper-.
ty in . dispute, and peculiar in its character;
they;had supposed•the Court-would -recog
nize this preference. Judge .Sergeantyc
plied,,Such a course could not be
,adopted
that it must take its Place on the list accord
ing-to its priority, and it was so ordered— ,
Mr. Randall• then observed that if it were,
not reached at shis time, the Counselof the
Commonwealth . ivould move the Court, in
bank, to give it a preference. 'We' under
.stand it is not probable the -case- will be
rcached'this term: - , • 7 0.7 , •
Counsel forthe Commonwealth,
M. Meredith, Josiah Randall, and George
Wood (of 'New, York( • . •
Couns'el for the Defiindants,- F. W.
Hubbell, Joseph R. 4ng - epoll and JOhn
"Sergeant, Esq'rs.-U. S. Gazette. •
ARB I S N ' 4- AND - WE B.STEI2
We are inforthed • that General,
msow-will accept the recent nominatinn_oili
the ennvention in Philadel thin.. We are_'.
also informed, that Mr. WEBSTER has sig
nified his acceptance of the nomination fair
Vice. President. Nearly: all
,the Anti-Van
Buren papers-in the'State have hoisted the
t flag of. "HAnntsox AND WEBSTER," and
from the sonorous "yo heave . 0!" we hear
from all quarters; we infer they.are well
pleased with their colors. Even in Phila..
delphia. The Morning Starand•Poulson's
Advertiser, • two daily papers, have the
Harrison flag - at their head' while we
,infer that . several others' arc ready for the
!same, course. There is not_ a. Whig or
.Arifi-Masonic paper, east Of the Susque
hanna,• •
'out of Philadelphia And . Chester
comities, but ivho are out for Harrison; and
we-know Of but one or two west of that
i.river,HC'hester . Cy. Village Record.
, .
Coro in the Ifisi..The Nashville:Whig
of the 14th iiist. states that the superabun
:dance of tho - la - ta - coriscrciii - ityllissOuri - and
Illinois has just' been illustrated by a qov
ernmeti6tintraCtor, who purchased in the
counties of t saline, Lafayette anttQlay (Mo.) .
30,000 bushels to, bc delivered on the bank
'of the Missourl , at.ls cents -perpttilidl
:Further down the . riVer , the,satn6c vitrar.tOr
Aas - offored 7,000 bushels at 1 . ts.' •
Frorn the IV. E:ipresti.
MAJOR. DO NVNING:
'e%hasten ,to lay hefore our readers a
letter, from. our their friend Major Difwn
ing, treating of general matters and matters
in general, and rats and humbugs in par
ticular. If the "olier second . thoughts of
the peoplC" dnn!t . give hinr a, hearty. Wel
come, we are very much mistaken: -
, .
To.The . editOrs of the New York Dailyßx
press=lhe.satne_paper..myold.friendlfr.
• . Dwight printed a spell ago. - .. • • •
NEW 'YORK, last of Nov. 1839.
.-.--
. ..
GEN#EmiN,--.The . "Two Ponies". hav
ing been considerably put beck in :ffttin. out,
ewiti to the notions of mixin up steam'
works abroad on her, so as .to:make.here
qual to the.Britishfolks—the "Clreat Weit;
ern;" and so forth. I haint bad no time to .
I look about me of later,' of to take much of a
- hand litany other public matter;-but 1 find.
there_ is considerable-work to he done else
-Where,.and,l have jistgot a long - and sad
letter from . "Uncle .Sane,'.', who is - awfully
Av . amble crori'd and wants • me to, come 'on
to Washing:Lin and help him over some of
his troubles. Ile tells me his - Iliern is full
of rats---plenty of straw,. but little grainL,
mid
.alsh that,. the_ Abiditionists, nic-Asiti-Ma
, Sons, the Canadian Patriots, the.SUb-Trea..l
--urers: the hard currency folks,f& a lot ()loth,-
- er -- himbugs - , - .m.e• - all - besetting - him-Landite
.says, it l will only come on and stand - by.
him we'll.l.to through:all-these troubleslike
rt«A - CoMlts,- and .so . forth. Now, there
Inever - was. the time yet That I ever let C - dche
Sam want a friend, , if I•could get to him;
and So 111 lotthe.fOlksliere tinker at the'
safety valves and Atearn kitties and:g - et,them
all slng, ,and 'l'll go.to-`2 . Washington: Ma
lend Uncle Sam and Congiess a hand for a
There'are fie. is 'othings in, all,ereation 1
lik - o.so welt fislikilfling ii)i huntbugs aiio
- f hlmting. and
.there . are no two things
.in
any. cotihtry th ) - m
t . stend - soor a chance; as
rat,s,and h?Tilm:ge—in thi s 'country when,
the:. - people get!..a notion .of acting' , en ,Psec
on& sober" ilionglits, l ' Se as.:-Uncle Sam
seemp• to lie on. die ta el, jt. won tbe Much‘of
a job. . 'I have teli'd .him the firstibing to
-be done is to •look to the old born,:rand . he
musulose.no time, to secure thesarvices.of
•all the best terrier - 3 in the . ceuntly ; and' get
ern• in..good training, esPbeially, , . alt the..eld
rand Well tried ones; wile know how to ..t.5..,
tion themselves andttot likelyto be led oil'
_. , _ „..____, , .._,___
tin the wrong . track—that' t coinitrety on
-sit - ell as rd S. .S . ) th i n. it nd Clincher, and ,S'pring
and Grab, arid. Pineh. r ; • and ,Y7)) . *ault.:.:thil
Trelillee; and ; SticliAike - for I have tried. cm
all and if a-fele ., rat comes within jumping.
distance Orally of tiles'', he wontknoiv his
head ; from. his tail arter one sqneak. All
thpsct.,old, alul l'aitbful crittOrs• ainthad.a fair:
:"chance at a fikhuntili'r a• biog. while, 'for
whenever they have taken their stations
•there has been such a dust nfised that there
was -- ffo - WelTirliitele - f:tifi IV . of: t h or - rat S -1 liaT
he wanted to clear out; but things.will be .
'differently managed I hope this -- time, and
we don't moan to Makeinuch.noiSe 'about it.
i A leehe asatitity to-let-ens know trouble •is l
coming and then one shake and a squeak •
and that Will he the last , - if,"A nAT.".
After.tiniShing car that business and liu
thrashing out 'what grain reMains,
and gittiag that matter allbalaticed . up,•(if
there is any balance lifft). we will next set
about sifting some of these humbugs_Uncle
Sam is pestered with of late. For it rare
lY dOes', : seem to me- if "Second sober
thoughts" don't open folks eyes and let em
see the difference twixt sound common
sense and 'humbug, we best stop talking' of
"intelligence" and taking up old Dilworth
_and_go,to_school-bgain.
. It, was 'all the fashion a spell• ago, with
some folks, to talk up the' doctrine that !
rich lollsoppress?d poor folks;
~ s upposing'
',that therd was more poor folks than 'rich
ones; that doctrine would gain Most votes -r= I
and so it did for a spell tilt the ' `s . econd
'sober thoughts"• of the. .people ,convinced
thOin that - the rich'folks aralipoor folks were
equally nseftil . to and dependaud upon one,
another, and that a seperatiod did each e
qual harm . , and so that cock'.would'fit fight
—theti- pg,in-it-was said. one rinur - was -- as 1
1 goOd'as. any other man, no matter how rag-1
i ged and dirty his „shirt.was, - that this .was a
free' country,. city• man who' wore a :clean
shirt and has money in his pocket was an
4ristoerat., and warm' -be trtistea no -how'l
and no tray in the world—and that he was
a Carnal Conservative Federal--,but a ragged ]
dirty shirt aird, no money was a'sign of a:!
good andr,reliable democrat= - and he. was
the man to be trusted.. I3ut•the - "sober secH
coed thoughts'.' of the people - found out that I
'this was not sound doetrines, tim' it sound-I
ed well. There was something in tt, that
. ~ ~ .‘ ,
seemed to war against- comition,Jense, and
hold up a bonus •to a 'profligate—ii:,seem
ell to say,+"if you work and make your- !
- selves_i an 7 t
lidependis- 7 v4 — tlferriS7US.
-wonttrustyon:----keep poor-and dependent:
—and snbmissive,:and.hurraw:for_us;_and
we'll take care on you. -Well, So it was—
!and Uncle Sams barn - tells the rest or. the
- story; r- Now - this - isvotte — tfutenuct that is
blown tip by what tnay -be called t'sponta
'•
'mous combuition.".
The next is—but-to make a long story
short I best put all 'the test of the humbugs
in one pot,—for they all belting to the same
mess—there is Masonry and anti 7 Masonry,
AbOlition and "anti-Abalitipm. and -all the
.
re:A, not excepting-Hard Currency and Sub 7
Treasury,and Animal Magnetism—the ".sb
ber second thoughts:" of
_the people -will
kindle a fire under - this pot and bile it (104
to a dish ,and then' hauilit;over
.to the lead:
ers and let -them - The folks who get
up these humbugs must have verylittle.iise7.
ful employment ' to ibd troubled with, —and
it is an old and true saying. Of old - - uncle
Hugh, Willfamson to eon of his'n--"I want
you •my says ho to he usefully em= .
ploy"t1-7-and if I dont find something for
you to do I'm afraid the Devil wi11.".. And
just so it is now adays. ••
7:',:k-haye- ben -.th in kin g:a-good spell whit to of these:matters. •• . •
, • ,
There( are two kindietifTalks . emply'A in
carrying on a, huinbug,the cute,cumfing
folks,. and the honest ignorant 'folks:' .4'
:‘,word:t6 wisn'.?t:tf). snffiCient;
but a .IMshe •9f .worila' tha fgfa.orant aint
enu —so t \TEE. t.was : time' c van
. •
ary one on em,-but I sap to the honest
'who
aint ignorant add that class is big . enuf to
keep things strait and to straiten the crook
ed too=lool,c to it, keep your "second sober
thouilds" -aboßt.you--and if-that aint end '
go to the third and lie assured that what
tell you is • true—that .the great difference_
between the leaders and . their.fellowers, in
sill humbugs
,is this—ondvlass knows
ist all etarnal nonsence and Wilier dont!—
.and that is dividing what . ' call a 'rale kom
vlinient tWix't.both on ern. ••
Your friend, • • •
. •
. • • J. DO
.Major.
Downing Ville MiliCia, 2d Brigade:
Frt - • the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The political history of ' , this Country
does not
.afroid a mOre . etrikinginstance of"
the revuli3ion of popular sentiment produc
ed by the : initinitious course of a national
Sdniinistration, than hag occurred in the
case
_Of Martin Van Buren.. Thousands
.and-,tens of thousands of the best-and ablest.
titan - of the .country,. who -assisted in pro,
moting !lip election, under the false hope ,
- that once elevated to the Presidential chair,.
ho.would play the part of a statesman, and
exhibitsomc of the taut and forethought for,.
which he then.possessed Teputation—have,
tiffefrly"dikusted at his political weaknes,l
and. profligacy; abandoned him to Ids:down
ward career: His own State, too, which
claimed.him_and held him up as a favorite
-Boft,i a n m - hcf - Toter - for - the - office - -
now disgraces, has been compelled to.tear
m -from her affections, and hold.him up to
Ale people of the United States as reereantto
the soil of his nativity and the high trust re
posed in him, .A,more unequivocal rebuke
os-the-'measures- - of. a -.Natioual- :Executive
than that ivhich has just been given by the ,
'patriotic 'commonwealth bf N6V York, is
not on- record. And yet,,,ive:hmie reason
to belieye,Ahat - even -this overwhelming
expression of the popular niinclohie indi 7 ._
cation — of:lf* sober - second-' Td•' 7- fliiii - fglif of the
,people, wilLbeAtterlY.disregarded. When„
On a former 'occasion, New York .
- spoke,
Ihrough7flie — balfet .boxes, by an overwhel
ming niajority of the popular,voicc; record-
.ed her verdict against the Sub-Treasury, Mr.
Van fferen Meanly and basely turned ,upon
Iris friendS, neighbors andeonsti.ttlents,. and
) 4
charged them witlrlitivng been. bought by
the Bank. Bitterly ai I -indignantly teas.
- rti - 6 - 1 , 1;.. - Trgb§iiiiiied - I,upon 'the insolent •
Executive; and still more signally did they
cypress their-detestation of.his measures, at
the impertatit.strug,gle which has just gone
The question is noWnfi tine h 7,8 of-e Very•
trite friend of the CotiiiirY—witklie relent?'
'.-NlTilb.heraliandan . the infammis - meant - re,'
so -repeatedly pronounced against by -ther
American people? A few days longer, and ,
these questions
,must jto answered. Conn:
aSsenable thjs day,_and .the Pre
sidenttarltaiage•will no doubt be
greatly Plgafed to-morrow:. Unless we greatly
misbdte, Loco Foeoism 'will form
. itsleading
-feature: - The :- Sub-Trensury re- -
Commended, and some new falsehood coin
ed, with the object of accounting for and
explaining_ away the -recent demonstration .,
in New York. 'Nay, we'hre told, and on
competent authority, that Mr. Van 13oren is
determined to resort to a still baSer expe
.dient, with the object of propping his sink
ing fortunes—that.he is determined to ahan- ,
don the North, and throw himself into the .
arms of the South—that diode:lgoe with
the . Arch Nullifier, is to .be revived, and ,
strengthened--that, in' short, instead of
toning,. to the voice of his own state and the
wishes of his immediate constituents, he
has . determined to avenge himself by play
•itig the recreant still further, and continuing
to prosecute the iniVitous game of strength
eningAlte.Jlxe.c_utive tronagei,__at_theex
pense of the interests of the People. His
'appeal to the South, 'however . , will not a
vail him•. Ile is a doomed man, for the
South; we feel 'satisfied-,', will lifter repose
confiance, .or consign. the „dearest destinies
,of the country; to one who already be-,
traved his best friends... •
The following, from the ,New York
meriCan i halm hearing bpon this subject:
TIIE .NE W. GAME.
It 'Was the 'proclaimed axiom of Mr. Van
Buren, before - he feached the goal - Of his
ambition, the Presidential Chair,, that a
public man who could . not. carry his Own
State with him, ought to retire. Last year;
when New 'York went against Mr. Van
Buren mid ids •theNtires, it was pretended
that the test was not conclusive, inasariffeh
as , theie -was po. general election. A su&
den panic, it was said, had frighted the
State from its propriet, the effects of which
"the sober aelcond thojights of the people"
would remedy. This' ." sober • second
thOughts" 'have been expressed, • ant,l_di
reedy. too, in reference to the cardinal mea
sures and policy of the President, and these
are unreservedly condemned. What'tben?
Does-Mr, Van Burenras PreSident r ailhera
the- declarations of Mr..-Vati Buren as
candidatel In no wise. =lnstead — of sub - -
mitting - to the - yoke - of his own State, which
tells .Inni emphatically'heis no longer trust
cd-lie is now magi festly to strength
en himself elseivhere foThis loss o power,
favor and influence at home. His appeal
is now directly to- the South, and against
New York and the North.
Evidence enough is at hand of this new.
game—desperate and unprincipled..asit is
—but we, need now only to allude to the
,order of battle simultaneously thrown out
on Friday last, by the Washington Globe
and Albany. Argus. • On that day, each - of
these papers devoted Some columns of lead
iriiv editorial, to preVe that , the ,Whigs .and .
AqnlitioniSts are identified, that through
their union Mr. Van Ifuren was defeated in.-
the New
South to sustain the, Northern President.
with Southern principles, 'against the con
demnation of.his own. State. Is New York
ready for' the issue thui„rnade 'tor her
by her unWerthy son? Assuredly ,she is
.- , -and will condemn him •anew, none. the
less Certainli, for tbat - he, is now . openly
Sleeking to leaglie hiniself with those, who,
like Mr.. calhoun,'scena -to have - no pririci
pies of notion within them .so strang, as
hatreil. : .ofi rind .opposition . ` to, the marvel
lous'piesperitY which freemen's labor; in
dirStry-and,Oiteriiiise- have,;eoriferreduporf.:
the , noo-slaveliolding . Statee., .shall
gare'.*t.telt•tel Seven this head. •:
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