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CARL,T,SLE,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1851
(HE LARGEST AND D . HEAPEST,NEWSPAPEFi
IN CU3IBEitIAND COUNTY
Terms—Two Dollars a year, or Owe Dollar and
Fifty Cents, if paid punctually in Advance.
$1 75 ,f paid withiu the year.
WHIG STATE TOICIEE'r.
FOR GOVERNOR,
1411.11 ES POLLOCK-,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE DAIRSIE,
FOR .TUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
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DANIEL 11. SMICSEIII,
MUG COUNTY TWEET.
A s.vembly,
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MONTGO.MERY DONALDSON, Newton
GEORGE W. CRISWELL, East Pcensbore
Prothonotary,.
WILLIAM D. SHOOP, Lower Allen
. Clerk of ("uncle.
SAMUEL S SNYDER, Hopewell
11 ell Nier,
'W .1.; LTA M -- S K
Commissioner,
WILLIAM BAUGHMAN, Shipperksburg.
Auditors, . -cr
JOSEPH IVEIBt.EY. enrliele, (1 yenr.)
.JVILLISAI W. BK.AZKR,,Hop_eisell, ( 3yenre)
Director ITf the Poor.
QEORGE V. COOVEIt, Silver Spring
CONGRESS
Ti the l'n!ers qf Cnmbrrlund, Perry and
I Counties :—Fel low-Citizens—A t the
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.request of very many friends, I offer myself
to you as an hufrpendent Candidate for elec
tion to Con - gress, and most respectfully so
licit your support and Snfrrages. Should 1 be
elected, I promise to the best of. my ability,
a faithful and fearless discharge of my duty
in advocating and sustaining the intrests, Hui
freedom, the honor and integrity of our
Comm". (!,,,,.,tr y tvgninnt the encroachments
of both foreign and domestic eneinies. ()n
principle, I am utterly opposed to that policy
which sacrifices home interests to foreign in
fluence, and that would darken our National
escutcheon by permitting and aiding in the
extension of slavery over teritory now free,and
that would overthrow those principles of free
dom. whit h the fathers of the couiTtry so ably
promulgated and enforced and which rest at
the Itisis of all true liberty,
Very respectfully. your obt. servant,
1,1•;11ICEL TODD.
Carlisle, Set t.mther 8,18.31.
FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR
The second Annual ExhibitiotOof the
Franklin County Agricultural Society will
be held at Chanibersburg on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, the 17th, 18th
.and 19th of October next. The Society
have made every preparation for n credit
able Exhibition, and it will doubtless be
eminently successful, if the weather is fa
vorable. Some $7OO will be distributed
% cash Preniinms, and the address will
be del iveredon Tnuttsonv,
by HottAcE OREELEY, Esq., Editor of
the New York Tribune. If the weather
is not favorable at that hour, he will speak
at '2
-o'clock, or if stil mfavorable, he will
speak at 3 o'cleek> the Court House.
He has witten to (the ciard of Managers
assuring them in positive terms that he
will be there.
14.1xcUrsiori tieketa will be issued on the
C. V. 4tilroad at half the usual rates
to persons attending the Fair; and articles
for Exhibition will be transported free of
charge. •
POLLOCK ON THE STUMP.
The Whig' and Free Soil papers ( f
Beaver, Butler, Mercer, Lawrence ail('
Crawford, speak in' the most enthusiastic
terms of Judge POLLOCK'S teception.and
spee . ches in their respective counties.:=-
Ibqall commend his ability,
,sentiments
and pppearance; and.. predict fo - r "him,an
overwhelming vote. From all parts of
the State weltave the most cheering in
telligence, indicating the election Of Pot,
tmcic by a triumphant .majority ! nous,:
' up, Wiligsl the hour of triumph is at
! •
of Northumberlaucl
of Allel.beny
of Montgomery
bout popular sovreignty and all that sort
of thimr-, the people neither applaud nor
endorse. They will not kz wallow 'Nebras
ka. At one meeting recently they heard
" the little giant" through very patiently,
and then at the close •quietly manifested
their bithpendence byipa - S - sing resolutions
agiminst the Nebraska iniquity ! At anoth
er meeting held a short time since, at
Joliet, Illinois, a similar demonstration'of
independem:e was manifested. Mr. Dou
glass spoke and alter killing the Whig
party several times over, and wondering
how it came to he resurrected after the
innumerable killings it had so often ex
pel-Aced before, he commenced the de
molition of the mysterious "Know Noth'-
ings." When he assured the audience
that he knew all the signs, pass words,
grips etc., the audience vociferously 'cal
led out to him to "give them," which,
however, he declined. When the told
what he declared to' be the principles of
the same order, the audience had the bad
taste to cheer each- principle loudly as it
was uttered. No wonder that
the indig
nant eloquence of the Senator then gave
way, and that his friends concluded not
to offer the resolutions" cut and dried"
for the occasion. That/audience was too
much abandoned to waste further words
upon.
Three years ago Gov) Bigler in his
speechesd wring the canvass demonstrated
to the satisfaction of all good. locofocos
that goy. Johnson's Sinking Fund was
of no benefit at all—a sheer humbt , ig.- 7 -
Now, says the Lewistown Gazette, the pa
pers supporting Bigler "are publishing a
statement that this same worthless Sink
ing Fiu4d has paid nine hundred and three
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars
and fifty cents of the State Debt ! yet
wiili all this the SL:te Debt has been iii
cre:lsed by'lligier, the Canal tolls lessened,
the North Branch Calal is, still unfinish
ed, and a. field is still open for.spending`
milieus more ulion the Portge Rail Road,
unless the People raise in tlieirmight. and
defeat Bigler &,'Co.
Aar. I r OU ASS ESSED.- order to vote, it
is necessary io
,Ilurt , strzers and new conii.:l%s
should he'assessedin the distriet, which theY
have taken np their residi.nee at least ten
d ais brfi,ol . ,the cledimt. Friend's of Pollock,
st e to it that you. , are 'till ritzlit,' and rysdv,
'vi rent let or hinderance to deposite_your
hallot on the sound Tuesday of October.—
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES AND
INDEPENDENT VOTERS.
The spirit of independence which: is
manifested in this Congressional district
has set the Vidunteer to "scolding like a
'very drab." It slashes away, right and
left', hitting alike friend and foe. It de
nounces the independent spirit in its own
party which repudiates J. Ellis Bonham
—it denounces the independent candi
date, LEMUEL TODD, who enters the
field as the representative of the indepen-,
dent feeling—and it raves and roars on
account of the independent determination
of dr , people to have this COngressional
district represented by an independent
mall, who will act manfully independent
tye arrogant Slaveocracy at Washing
ton. The fact, is, this independent spirit
is the- order- of -the. day—it--is--the-true
"populace• sovreigrtty," 'so much vaunted
of late. It has shown ivy triumphant
in New York, in New lianpshire, in
Maine, in lowarand Missouri, and on the
second Tuesday of October' will make
itself emphatically felt in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Bonham is not the only man whose
selfish plans and schemes are bothered and
frustrated by this indpendent acting and
talking_on the part of the people. The
grand author of all the mischief which
now disturbs the country,—Stephen Ar
nold Douglass—ho also : finds the spirit of
ineltpendence among the people. The in
o!ent braggart and bully of the Senate
sh and trenibles when brought
face to face with his indignant constitu
ents ! Driven from their sight at Chicago,
he Meets with little less favor, as W estern.
papers tell us," in his appeals to the peo
ple of smaller districts. And all :on ac
count of the independence of the people
Although the officers of the meetings are
all carefully selected before hand, and the
resolutions are full of, " soft sawder" a-
BIGLER A FAIISE PROPHET.
tEarlwic fjcral
ARE YOU ALL 'READY, WHIGS!
The election is but two, weeks off, and
whatever is necessary to be done Must be
done quickly. There is no time to spare
now.' Activity and energy must be used,
to secure the vote of every friend of Poi,-
LOCK and the WHIG COUNTY TICK
ET 1 The`eyOs of the whole Union are
upon Pennsylvania. Other States have .
led the way to triumph, and PENNSYL
VANIA MUST BE RE DEEM ED ! The
-reckless administration of Franliliii Pierce
must be condemned, and Pennsylvania
relieved of the Niste and profligacy of
Biglerism and the Public Works ! Then
up, Whigs; and at the enemy !' Buckle
on your armor at once, and give your
selves-no,rese until after the battle is
fought and the victory is secure. Be
faithful, be eti - ergeii:c and vigilant, and
glorious success will crown your.efforts :
BH . NHAM 9 S OPINION OF WHIGS.
The friends of Bonham are beasting
that he will receive the votes of a large
number of whigs. We are confident this
.is not true, though possibly a baker's
dozen or so in this borough may vote for
him on grounds of personal friendship.
But before these few vote for him let us
tvdt their attention to Mr. Bonham's opin
ion of Whigs, as he expresses it in his
address No. 4.
"But they have never changed their
principles. wia gg ery pre:vnt-doy
is the fellerulism q f 1769, !pawn nifore
running. It has stooped from its high
Perch, and is now a Mere trm•Ver for
lice, in which, once firmly reinstated,
it would show all its obnoxious traits of
character over
again."
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In our •opinion it , Will be `ti ' l decided
"stooping from their high perch" if any
number of whigs vete for Mr, Bonham
after his utterance of such infamous ca
lumnies upon our glorious party as abound
in this slanderous address No. 4. What,
Whig, With a true feeling of party pride,
can lend his aid to 'give Mr. Bonham a
triumph after reading his opinion of whigs
as contained in the above extract. Let
every Whig mark !the slanderer and give
his vote to LEMITI , 3I.- TODD, the Inde
pendent Anti : Nebraska candidate.
PETTI ABUSE
The "rib/weer has lost sight of every
thing else in its furious zeal to elect Mr.
Bonham, and devoteS whole columns to
petty personal detraction of Mr Todd,
the Independent candidate for Congress.
Among other thinirs it Qays—
. .
.Mr. Todd expeicis Whig support ,heeause
lie is a Nyllig—he expects to gull DiqtMcrats
,Perry coutley to vote for him by renretien
dug himself as a Democrat—he expects( and
no doubt. will receive) the support of the
Know Nothings because he is an advocate of
their hellish - principleq = be expects the votes
of temperance men because he preache's tem-
Peraneu in their presence—he expects to be
supported by anti-temperance men because
he 'sympathizes with them—he expd6s the
aid of Proi.esiants because he (at present)
preiends to espouse the Proistiint 13tith--H
amd he expects ,he support of the scoffer at
religion because he is a scoffer himself; aid
seldom, if ever darkens a church door."
Sucht accusations, particula ly the last of
the above, notoriously untrue, as is well
knowrthere, will not injure Mr. Todd. We
have not wade the personal character or
habits of either of the Congressional candi
dates the s titject of discussion, but Mr.
'Add can lose nothing by ( e' omparison of his
personal character with that of Mr. Bon
ham. In every respect, intellectually and
morally, he. is-the equal if not the supe
rior of Mr. Bonham, and both as an ora
tor and as a citizen whigs can .support
him with pride and confidence.
IiOLLOC fr. OUT WEST.
A letter from Pittsburg. dated the 14th,
rout:ill's the following, NV,III ell coati - ars our
previous adviecs froni . all parts of the
state :
"Loco Focoigin is most decidedly de
funct in this part of Pennsylvania. In
-t.he Convention which -met, he..e ° a sliiih
time since for the purpose of nominating,
a *County ticket, ye of the dole-,
Hates, in all Plaint one hunthed, allO open
ly opposed to the ie-diction of 1:i: 4 10._
In one of the of this city two
avowedly 1/eleates e
lected by avote off r fi b :y -one to e
for the 13i3Oer'1)efe! , 1.1 , •
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.
' lc. You moy Fei ' (101111 this coulqy. .os
good for it, p r yjoyi;y foe Pull.ock of 6,000
awl upwards. ' - ~,.
A FIZZLE OR A TRIM..
The locofoco Standing Coninaittee at
their recent meeting passed a resolution
requiring each . of the candidates on their
county ticket to answer whether they arc
ineilibeis''of a, socia i y commonly called
"Know Nqthings," and requiring a re-
Ply ,on or efore the . 19th inst. After
thus acting , upon the sulrieion that some
of their candidates are Know Nothings,
they further resolved that we approve of
the nominees on the democratic•"C;unty
ticket, and bes Peak for the ticket, as it
will doubtless receive, the support of the
democratic Taityr.'"
this a 'fizzle or a trick ? It is well
kUown that two of these condidates will
not answer. But the Committee has an
nounced no penally for their contumacy:
On the coittrary they express their appro
,tatibn of the whole ticket! I s thi s a cun
ningly devised trick, we ask again, to se
cure both the Know Nothing vote and the
regular democratic vote too for these K now
Nothing candidates? It looks very much
like it., and is another proof that the dem
ocratic clamor against Know Nothings is
hum hug. . • •
Mc. EDITOIt.:.=I❑ your issue of the 20th
inst.,'under the title of " The true Remedy,"
a correspondent discusses the Prohibitory
Law question, which is now soon to be SO1)-
1111; led to the popular vote. As this is a sub
jectoof cast interest to thb commonvicalth,
am glad to see it attracting public attention;
but us the views of your correspondent are
•at variance with' those yr many of yonr read
el3, and the'friends of temperance generally,
I beg the p 'l•lle of saying a iCw words in
Town oith Totnitt) 311allers. reply.
A MODEL PATRON.—MR: . JNO. LAUCiII-
N, of Newburg, called at our office yester
day and paid his:fiftyjimrth annuli] subscrip
tion to the Crarli.Je IfiTd7il, or whfieri - heinni
been a—eonstant reader and prompt-paying
patron since its first number was issued. Mr.
Laughlin is a venerable citizen of the upper
section of the county, and a whip of the old
school,' having. as he _informed us, never fail:
ed in the whold course of his life to attend to
the duty of voting. We commend his exam
ple, both as a punctual patron and a sound
Whig, as worthy to be followed by the present
generation. Mr. Laughlin is now eighty - -two
years of age but enjo r Ys good health and .
spirits, and is remarkably energetic for Iris
age.
FINAL DECISION -- Or THE. WILSON
CASE.—The case of Wilson's heirs against
Miller and others, - which has been pending in
Courts for anumbei of years, has at last been
decided by the Supreme Court. As most of
our readers are no doubt aware, this was an
ejectment suit brought by the heirs of Janws
to obtain the possession of a large tract
of land in Dickinson township, in this coun
ty, known as the Cumberland Furnace estate,
which had teen sold, many years since as the
property of Wilson and wife, and is now oc
cupied by some forty or fifty' families. The
trials of the case caused considerable interekt
in the public mind. Alter having been
twice tried in the Courts of this county and
as often curried to the Supreme Court, it has
finally been decided by the latter, against
the Wilsons.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS.
The advertisements of several of our Cum
berland b;unty Academies will be found in
our columns. The. Plainfield Academy, the
advantages 'of Which lire widely known and
appreciated', will open a new session on Mon
day, the 6th of November. This academy,
under Prof. Burns's charge, maintains its
high character.
In Newviile acid Shippensburg there are
two excellent Schools of the higher elitss, in
the posLiession of which the citizens of those
places have every reason to congratulate
themselves. We are'glad to I curl. that 'they
are well sukaitied.
MAP, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.--,By
rAerence' to%,yra 'Not tising columns it will be
seen that Mr. H. F. BRIDGE:Ns,. of Philadel
phia, propoces to publish a map of Cumber
land county, on extended scale, showing all
Its general and sub-divisions, with other min
ute info , mat:on. Mr. Ilridgens, we me
assured is ri'gentleman of high. professional
skill, and :he proposed map may thnrefore
be expected to be both elegant and necurnte.
It bill be well wo:thy the pi:troange of every
intelligent resident of the county.
THE CONTINENTALS COMING 1 , --The
li:wets or s'oo . , 2 ;_wl 11 be gialified, we ate sum .
to bear that the "Continentals," certainly one
of the best, icoopes of Vocalists who have ev.
er appeared here, will soon visit us a gain - u
A kiter nom their 'ix:4oW apprises U.S that
they twill probably 1011011 Carllsie eaily in
October and givb 0110 oe two concet.s. They
will receive a cordial welcome.
CUMBFIRT,AND COtTN"PY
11 7 .0 11;..1 Cr au 'i,e I:tit that several of our
'thrifty Cumberland county. FLraters 'were sue
ec'Sful competitors for premiums at the re,
cent Agricultural Fair in Dauphin county.—
The following are noticed:
Hustmf, two premiums for hOrses, WA( )
Robert Bryson, pair of mules, 3.00
Robert Bryson, best yoke of oxen,' 8,00
C. Eberly, premium for wheat flour, 1,00
Mr. Bryson a good article of do.
TILE CIECUS.—LEVI J..NORTICS cele
brate 1 Circus Company will exhibit in this
place on Monday the 2d 'of OctobC;r. A free
exhibition of ascending on a tight wire to the
Weight of the pavilion, will also be given.—
The equestrians and acrobats attached to this
circus are justly celebrated throughout the
country. The very notable clown, Ms EN -
Nixes is with this Company. See advertise
ment.
PROXIIIRkTION-FOR., OR AGAINST:
In the opinion of thousands 01 our best
And most intelligent citizens, the stupeudot s
and cryiog evils of intemperance are with:n
the cure of law. They exist and spread
thrungh ihst land,:because.weA/code thz
si,itess widen 18 the productive pa , .
Under the, false 'loth)!
be allowed to pursue a.•
we have sufrvred
louse ii
t
torch of Ihe it
midlli,alit, to lii
eitll iIiXPS
ground. ,Hitt surf
That tin pi
meat , requires it.
cricitism unites ivith
in denuunc•inl 101 such'
suicidal—as destructive to
IVe
ess of the State
opinions are true, and that the t,
ly approaching, when our legislat,
no more think of protecting, by law OIL
ness of making.- and selliniz alcoholic drinfim,
than they now do the business of gambling,
sienling, - swindling or-an ) other c•tiuu.: `lo
make drunkards is a great nifwal- crime, and
bush the maker and seller of these drinks is
an accessory, hereafter, we (twit, to be held
responsible not nu•t•cly in the courts of con
:Wit'lire, Ina also of tor.
'lite proposed remedy is a prohibitinv law.
Such a law, wisely fea s ted, it is believed will
cure the evils complained of as Mr as is pOs
sible for human le: 4 i:dation to du it. If such
drinks nett not be had, drunkenness Will he
inspo.lxibk
Such a law, it is said, is impolitic
and un
just. liceause it invades the rights of 'labor,
a'nel tidies- away our nattattl liberty . 'to pursue
what 'avocation we please. If enacted, it
will, uudoubiedly, work a great change in
some of our social eustanws, and also in
branches of business in which large amounts
or capital arc eat balked. It is reasonable,
therefore, that, our law-makers should take
measures to ascertain the will of the people
on a , question of such moment. What is
law. with us, but-the tv.7l qf hie people itrop
erly expressed'? If those in whom is vested
sapieme authority demand the suhression
of the whole business which creates intem
perance and destroys the land, then the lap- .
pointed law-makers will stand On safe groun d ;
and have no difficulty in clothing the voice
of the people with the forms of law.
Your correspondent seems afraid to trnst
lie people with the decision of so grave.a
questi••n. lie pronounces it "a palpable vi
olation of the spirit of our Constitionnt r
Now, I am democratic enough to cherish the
oitlytsite opinion. I have finiuh in the people.
Thev never, like the poliiicians, engaze in
tricks and schemes to advance personal and
ends. They are always lomesl and
pot , iot:e, and , ifieti gaite as intelli'gent as the
men who, under the inachittery of party tac
tics, are sent to Hai% - isbang to Inalke.ihe laws.
They arc fully ablr to decide this question.
To say, therefore, that the submission,of this
queslion bribe popular vote is a "violaiion
of the spirit 4.f Our Constiintion," and "un
just to the .people themselves," is simply ri
diculous. Nothing could lie more accordant'
with the whole spirit of, our institutions, or
more safe. 11' the pe o ple decide . in litvor of
prohibition . , let such a law lie made. If' not,
we shall .paohably lt,e compelled to submit
Still longer to the reign or "whizikey and " lib
erty."
Ilut let the questirea go befrice tlie
faith% Your. coi •Pspoudent says, "to . yra
hibi the numq/actare and sale.qf ardent' spi,•-
ll s i . r llte p,wpokilion." TI 5 , perinit'ine to
say, is a p, , ont. mis,ake. No such law is
,templated. To orer-slate a case tint the pin ,
pose of ONeitiv popular prejudice against it
dishonest at to tri,'///adda part of - the
trail). .11 this whirr will take the tionble to'
mat! the laWoinder authori,y the
.vo;t) of,..the people is now to he tabu+ he will
see'that ail his argulnent.Thased on the ne.
ces , ity orAleohol for Ineeha•iiyal purposes,
is s much- it oNprely ttat(
the , •Itject Slid scope of the le low to
be,' "to suppress the linonitio , ,uo , and s •
of ni dent ,Lspiyits os a I.rf•i•ey••: 7 nth h IL.
manttracturo aud stye fur Site.
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