El on the many battle fields of the Revolution attests her devotion to the great principles of American freedom—the great centre-truth of American republicanism. To the Constitu tion in all its integrity; to the Union in its strength and harmony; to. the Maintenance in its purity, of the faith and luihor of our "country, Pennsylvania, now is, and always has been pledged—:► pledge never violated, and not to be violated, until patriotism ceases to be a virtue, and liberty to be known only as a name. Entertaining these sentiments, and actu ated by an exclusive desire to promote the peace, harmony and welfare of our beloved .. country, the recent action of the National Congress and Executive, in repealing a solemn compromise, only less sacred - in public estimation . than the Constitution itself —thus attempting to extend the institution of domestic SlaVei - -1 the tc—itorial domain of the Nation, v? plighted faith and honor of the ousing sectional jealousies, tind ,r , le agitqtion, of vexed and distr: tions—has‘ re eeived from the pi . own and other States of the UM, !rn and merited rebuke 'With no desire entire constitntim to interfere directk :etly with their domestic institutio; de of Pennsyl vania, in view of Jf the Missouri Compromise, the r_ pies ivolved and the consequences resultin - g-frouV6, as mar4ed alreadv by fraud, violence, and strife; haie re-affirmed their opposition to the ex tension of slavery to territories now free, and renewed their pledge "to the doctrines of the Act of 1780, which relieved us by constitu tional means froth a grevi6u,s social evil; to the great ordinance of 17f4'7, in its full scope and all its banificent principles -1. to -the , pro teetiou of the...personal rights of every hu .nln being,under the Constitutfon of Pennsyl. vania, and the Constitution of the United States, by maintaining inviolate the trial ; be jury, and the writ-of habeas corpus; to the assertion of the due rights of North, as well as of the South, and to the integrity the Union."- The declaration or these doctrines, is but the recognition of the fundamental princi ples of t'etidoin and human rights.. They are neither new nor startling. They were taught by patriot fathers at the watch fires of our country's defenders; and learned amid, the bloody snows of Valley Forge, and the ntight.y•throes of war and revolution. They are stamped with indelible impress upon the great charter• of our rights, and embodied in the legislation of the best and purest days of the Republic; have filled the hearts, and fell burning from the lips of orators and States men, whose memories are immortal as the principles they 'cherished. They have been th,p , .watchword and the hope of millions who have gone before iis,.are the watchword and the hope of millions now, and will be, of millions yet unborn. In . many other questions of National and truly American policy—the due protection of American Libor and industry, against the de pressiUg influences of foreign labor and capital ; the improvement of our harbors and rivers; the National' defences; the equi table distribution of the proceeds of the pub lic lands among the States, in aid of educa tion, and to relieve from debt and taxation; a judicious "homestead bill;" reform in the naturalization laws; and the protection of our country against immigration and impor tation of foreign paupers and convicts—in all these, we, as a State " and people, are deeply interested; and to their adoption and protection every encouragement should be given. To the people of, my native . State, who have called me to s preside over her destinies, rettutthe itibute Of - my warmest gratitude for the honor conferre; and my pledges to theiT thii'dayris, that "I will try" to realize their expectations, and not betray their eon. fidence. In assuming, the responsibilities of this high office, I would be false to myself; and to the feelings that noW oppress me, should I hesitate to affirm my unaffected dis trust in my ability to discharge its appropri ate duties, in a manner commensurate with their importance. If I cannot secure, I will labor to deserve the confidence and approba tion of my fellow citizens. I do,not expect, I dare not hope, tO escape censure. De served censure I will strive to avoid, all other to dis'regard. Conscious of the rectitude of my intentions; with no ambitious desire to gratify; no resentments to cherish; no wish, but for the public good; it will be my en deavor to perform every duty faithfully and fearlessly, and having done this, will abide the judgment of a generous people; assured that if they condemn the act, they will at least award to me the weed of good intention. With the Constitution for my guide; "equal and exact justice to all" my desire; the greatest good of the greatest number my object- and invoking the aid and blessing of the Ood of our fathers, and desiring to rule in His fear—my duty, and highest ambition, will bo to promote the true interests of the State, maintain our civil and religious privi leges, defend the honor, and advance the prosperity and,happiness of our Country. JAMES POLLOCK. The 'wise policy Marked out and sound American . sentiments of the inaugural address met with the heartieSt response from his crowd of auditors, and shout af ter shout testified' the wild enthusiasm excited by the advent of JAMES POL LOCK to o " the Gubernatorial chair of Pennsylvania! :May his administration realise the highest expectations 'of its friends•! . lterWe are indcbted to Mew's. Dim . fr_i - und Kurtz, of the U. S. - House -of ltepreseutatives, for public documents. if)tralV WEDNESDAY, AJNUARY 17, 1855 fHE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER Terms—Two Dollars a year, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents, if paid punctually in Advance. $1 75 of paid within the yea,. The Lancaster Express, the organ of the Temperance inen'of Lancaster county speaking of the new Liquor law intro duced into the House by Mr. Cumming's says, "next to the prohibitory liquor law of Connecticut it is, on the whole, about the best we have seen, and would certainly work well where the people would'elect true wen to enforce it. The act will be considered by the State Tem perance Convention which meets at Har risburg on Wednesday next.'! 1 the full nil the States, nor A convention of the soldiers of the war of 1812,, met in Washington city, on Monday, and organized by the choice of Joel B. Sutherland, of Philadelphia, as President._ The convention was emu . - posed of about 1500 delegates, ainong whom were some Tndians who participal ted allies in the contest, of idiom Peter Wilson, Sachem of the Cayugas, made a brilliant speech. They visited the Presidential mansion in a - body and were greeted by the President in rn ap propriate address. On Tuesday, they finished 'the business for which they had convened, and adjourned to Mount Ver non, where in the sacred atmosphere around the tomb of Washington, they disbanded. The old men it is said appeared to be quite rejuvenated and happy in the company of their comrades many of- whom had not met since the time when they fought or marched side by side. PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY CITY ELEQTION.—In Pittsburg, the Know- Nothings elected three Select and six Common Councilmen, while the Fusion ists elected five Select and twenty-one Common Councilmen who were voted for by both parties. At the gnternato rial election, the Know Nothing vote in Pittsburg was 1251, while in the prefient contest it is 1936, au increase of 685 in three months. - The Fusion vote is 637 less than the vote for the pure Whig and Democratic candidates for Supreme Judge three months ago. In Allegheny City, nt the present election, the Fusion vote was 1072, while the Ktiw-Nothing vote was 791. The Allegheny City Councils are equally divided between the Know-Noth ings and Fusionists. - OUR 31Emmuts.—Mr. Donaldson we see has been appointed on two of the House Committees, tliose, of local appro priations and domestic manufactures, and Mr. Criswell on the Pensions Committee. Our representatives are both intelligent and active men, and after they have be coine • more familiarized with their new position will we predict, be regarded ,as useful legislators. ~tThe Washington corresopndent of the Philadelphia Ledger thinks it ex tremely doubtful wliether Congress would at this momeniCappropriate 'a cent for the purchase of Cuba, mush less F hundred millions 'of dollars. Not Seven a secret service fund will be devoted in either House to promote negotiation for such a purpose. Missount.—According to the Jeffek son City correspondent of the St. Louis ILcpublienn, there can . be no choice of U. S. Senator made by'the presort The friends of Mr. Benton adhere to their first choice, those • of At chison wil yersist in voting ,for '" Davie," ancriliii'Whigi will present a than Of 'their own. ( 44. 7 ja k l . 44,:‘ " ''V i lM7 0 4 x • . 4 a•a xt: Lxsxi B' , PA. wM N jUgBERLAND COUNTY IIIR. CUMMING'S BILL. - THE MEN OF 1812 eta bite ijerntb. DEATH OF YOUNG RITNER IrocK, Cumb. Co, Pa. January 13th, 1856. To the Editor of the Herald.--I re ceived by yesterday's mail, a letter from my son who resides'in lowa. The mel ancholy affair to which it alludes has been noticed by many of the newspapers, and as many persons have been led to believe that the Joseph Ritner thus noticed was the son of my brother Peter, formerly Sheriff of Cumberland county, I deem it right to give publicity through- your widely circulating journal, (hoping that other friendly editors of public journals in Pennsylvania will copy' the same), in Order that our numerous relatives may be as accurately informed in regard to this melancholy and distressing beleavement as we are. Yours, &c. DES MOINES COUNTY, lOWA, } December 31. 1854. DEAR FATHER,—Yours of the 14th nit. was received some gays ago. The informa tion it contained was the first we had of Jo seph's death. I thought it likely that some one had written to me and directed to Bur liagton,,,and on enquiring there,l--facUd a letter for me, from a lady of Joseph's ac quaintance in Crescent City, enclosing a slip if one of the newspapers, cothnining a no tice of the melancholy ~ That you may have the most accurate information thal can give, 'I will here transcribe and 'Copy the letter and paper slip entire. . "Crushed to Death.—Mr. Frame who came to town last night, brought the melancholy news of the death of Mr. Joseph Ritner, a young man who some time ago worked in I this place as a carpenter, but lately occupied a bin') near Smith river. "It appears that on Saturday, the 4th in stant, the deceased was hauling a.load of boards froin his place to Mr. Myers. When the cart passing over some stumps Upset, and threW the entire load of boards upon the un forturrare—yount, man, fracturing his skull and covering him completely. The cart , righted again and the team proceeded home. Nothing was suspected till on Sunday even ing-, Mr. Frame enquired for llitner, and was told of the team having returned home and a pile of boards being left on the road.— Upon the urgent request of Mr. Frame the party proceeded to the examination of the board,pilt, and found the body of the unfor tunate Ritner underneath. "Ritner, we learn, was from Burlington, lowa, where his parents still live; he was a• bout twenty-five years old, and was a grand son of the former Governor, of that name, of Pennsylvania. Ile came over the plains to Oregon in 1852:, and from Alehouse to Cres cent City in 1853. "Ile was a very estimable, industrious and honcitt citizen, and his sad fate is deeply de plored by every one that knew him. • "Ilis body was interred on a beautiful knoll on his own farm, within hearing of the surges of the Pacific Ocean, singing his re quiem." The lady in her letter says :—"Ouf of sym pathy to you as the parents of one who was a devoted Christian among: us, whose every day life proved him to be a meek and quiet follower of Jesus, I take the liberty of en closing the notice of his sad decease. "Truly in the midst of life; we are in death.' Deep. , ly Will you mourn his sad fate—yet not as those who mourn without hope: He cannot come to you but you can,go to him. • ..Blessed thought, that we can be privileged to meet our beloved friends on that happy shore where the pain of parting is no longer feared. "We will miss him here, where faithful fol lowers of the Lord are indeed few. That God may bless this strange dispensation to the salvation of many souls, is the prayer of one who fieeply sympathizes with you in this great affliction. ISABELLA J. HOOWER, Dep. P. M. P. S. We removed from Keokuck to Cali fornia in 1852. My husband was a practis ing physician there for many years. He is away from home at this time." This is the whole of our information at present, and leaves us without a doubt that our beloved son Joseph is dead. It is truly a mysterious providence, but it is none the less our duty to bow in humble submission. He had professed to hope in the pardoning mere} , of God before ho left home; and it is very gratifying to learn that ho held thst his faith and exhibited it in his life-,—eneourag: iug us / to hope that the 'nimble" servant here below; is only removed to a more exalted slipere of the Divine service. .1 think there was no foul play, as it is not very unusual for a wakon to right when the load all Comes off, and when the team goes on. ,Your affectionate Son, &c. HENRY A. RITNER. The bounty land extension bill, which has passed the United'States Senate, and is !malting the action of the House, pro . - posesto g4 , e to each 'and every person who was mustered into any department of the United Siates service, and _Nerved 28 days, during any war since 1790, 160 acres of land irovided he has not already received it : or as many'aereS in addition to what he has already reeieved its will make the whole number 190. It w as stated' iu debate,, that the bill would..dis-_ pose of 1100,000,00 of acres of the public. land. Io TRIUMPHE !—The Carlisle Gas and Water Company have their works 'solar com pleted that the water was let into the main pipes on Thursday last. On Saturday after „noon a beautiful jet ireau was exhibited in the square and the shouts of the admiring boys rent the air. The works are not yet en tirely completed, hoNi•ever .j the reservoirs are still unfinished, and water is Only broaght into the borbugh by forcing it t hrough a continous pipe from the Canedo guinet to town. By this means a supply'' available for fires, , if any should break out, will lie secured if' nothing more. It Will take but a short time on the return pfgood weath. er to finish the reservoirs: We thingratu. late the community upon the prospect of a copious supply of pure water. Aig,en'eral ex pression of thanks is also due to the officers and managers of the company, who, without any compensation, have given their time.and attention to pushing forward this enterprise. We shall propose a grand celebration of the event on the 4th of July. JOS. RITI.ZER REGISTER' OF SALF.s.=—Bills. for the following sales of personal property have seen printed at thiS office. Sale by John Mitchel, of West Pensboro township, on Tuesday, the 30th of January. Sale by Elizabeth Huntsberger, of New ton township, on Monday the 13th of Febru ary. Sale Simeon Fisk, of Dickinson township, on Thursday the 15th of Feburary. _ SEGARS.-Mr. B. K. Spangler, cor ner of Main and West streets, has sent us a specimen of the quality of Segars kept in his establishment, tothe excellence of which we can fully testify. Give him a call. SAVANAII DEBATING SOCIETY.-MOll - evening Jan. Ist 1855. Society met and JOHN. W Ilusvox was unanimously called to fill the chair, the President being absent.— Messrs. John M. Scobey, George Line, jr. Henry Lee, were appointed by the President to act as Judges upon the merits of the ar guments produced in Debate this evening.— fi=de discussion of the question adopted by the Society Monday evening, Dec, 18th, viz: That a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors, as a beverage, would.be detrimental to the agricultural in• terests of the 'Commonwealth," and, which was discussed at the last meeting of the So ciety, without a final decision, was continued this evening with much animation. Dr. W. G. Myers, Emanuel Line, James, Lee, An thony Fishburn & James Ralston. appeared in the affirmative, and Johm Lee, Geo. W. Leidich, John Moul and Joseph Ritner, jr., 'in the negative. The final decision of the judges was given in favor of the negative. The following was offered by Dr. Wm. G. Myers, as the question for debate at the next meeting of the society. . Resolved, "that no Foreigner or Catholic be allowed the. privi lege of holding office in the United States." MOB LAW IN NORTHAMPTON COUN TY.—Tho Eastern (Pa.) Argus, Demo cratic, publishes an exciting account of a mob which collected at Mooresbuig, in that county, and broke np a meeting of a Know-Nothing Lodge. The members of the secret drganizatlori assembled quiet ly in an upper story of a pub.io house, and while transacting Aheir business; the mob of opposing politicians gathered arounil the exterior of the house, armed with a fifty-six pound cannon, which they fired off until it, broke all the window glass in the house.' Every man in the mob that Was not engaged in loading and firing theceannon, was armed with•some noisy musical instrument, such as a horn, bugle, trumpet, bass-drum, with which they all:kept up such - a deafening noise that.the lodge was obliged to disperse. (r.: mutt anb Tounto 31tatte rs. MUSICAL CONVENTION !-A musical convention commeneed in Marion, Mall this morning, and will continue until tomorrow evening, urder the directions of Professors Johnson and Frost, of Boston assisted by MIS ses. M. Smith and E. S. Whitehouse. The exercises of the Convention will! consist of singing and lectures on the reading of mu- Sic, expression and cultivation of the voice, & - e. Concerts will be given this Evening and to-morrow evening—the cho - Vt - lsconsist of all the singers in the convention. The gentlemen and ladies who will direct the exercises of the convention are, accomplish 7, ed musicians, and a similar convention un der their charge has just passed off in Mar risburg with great eclat. ' • PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. SUMMARY OP NEWS.' Con/77.6'8.-7n , the Senate, yesterday, •the • army reorganization bill was reported hack with amendments from , the military com• mittee. The Judiciary reform bill occupied the rest of the session. In the House, a re solution was adopted to terminate on the l&th instant the debate on the Pacific railroad bill. A motion was adopted, instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of extending the armed occupation act •; •to the territories of New Mexico and- Utah, with a view to the sup pression of Indian hostilities in those terri tories. Pennvlrania Legi.slature.--In the Senate, yesterday-, Mr. Buckalew, Dein., of ColuMbia, who had been absent took his seat. ,The new officers of the Senate ,were sworn in. The returns of the late election for Governor were laid on the table, and a resolution was adopted, in which the House 'coneurred,'to appoint a joint special committee to fix a time for opening them. Mr. Price introduced bills to regulate the vending of spiritdous and malt li9nors in Philadelphia, and ohe to suppress drinking houses and promote tem perance. The death of Senator Foulkrod was then announced by Senator. Goodwin, who, with Senator Price, spoke in eloquent terms of his eminent worth. The usual re solutions were adopted and the Senate ad journed. In the House, the chief business was the reception of a veto message against a bill passed at the lastsession, authorizing, the borough of Huntingdon to subscribe to the Broad Trip Railroad. The standing coin: mittees were announced, and the assistant sergeants, door-keepers, &e. appointed. The new Governor of Massachusetts was inaugurated yesterday. The Pittsburg city election yesterday resulted in the defeat of the Know Notbiig candidate and the election of Voltz, Whig, 'as Mayor. More railrola troubles at Erie have broken out, and in con; sequenee, was yesterday brought before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in this city. Messrs. Campbell, Hirst and Meredith ap plied for a writ of assistance - directed to the Sheriff of Philadelphia, commanding Lim to proceed to the scene of disorder with such force as may be necessary to enforce the several decrees of the Supreme Court in ref erence to the affair. Congress.—ln the Senate, yesterday, the first Monday in February was assigned for the consideration of Mr. Under'wood's reso lution .relative to freedom of religions wor ship in foreign countries. Mr. Brodhead re ported a resolution from the Naval Corn• mittee to send . one or more vessels in search , of Di. Kane. The debate on the Judicial Reform bill was continued. In the House, Mr. Richardson introduced a hill to improve the Mississippi river and irs tiibu trines. The bill to amend the Land Gradua• tion act was taken up, the Homestead amend• ment rejected, and then the bill itself nega tived. Pennsylvania Legislature.—ln the Senate; yesterday, the Speaker announced the Stand ing Committees. Among the bills introduced was one to repeal the registration act; an• other to repeal the act reducing the rate of interest to six .per cent.; two to ineorpt.rate banks at Stroudsburg, and Catrisacina, and lone to supply a defect in the law relatix e to vacancies. The vetoed bill relative to the small notes of the banks of other - States was taken up and lost. The Joint Committee has fixed, Tuesday next, the 16th inst., at 11 o'clock, A. M., to open and publish the gub ernatorial election returns. The Governor will be inaugurated at 12 o'clock the same day. In the House, resolutions were adopted directing the Judiciary Committde to inquire into the expediency of erecting Ave or more additional judicial dirtricts, and also to refer to the same Committee the. bill to abolish tavern licenses. Subsequently a prohibitory liquor bill was referred to a special corn : tnittee. Among the new bills introduced, was one to provide for the inspection of buildings in Philadelphia, and another to in corporate a city passenger railway company in Philadelphia. The death of Mr. Foulhred was announced, and appropriate action token. A deficiency of. $25,000 of specie has been detected in the vaults of the Merchants' Bank, New York city. It is thought to have been stolen. Senator Norris, of New Hamp shire, has been very dangerously ill, at Washington, but is recovering. The Legis lature of New Jersey has been organized, and the Governor's message sent in. In the Senate a Democratic President was chosen, and in the House a Whig Speaker. Cun gress.—ln the Senate, yesterday, au Illinois land bill was passed, and a debate look place on the bill to increase the 'emu• pensation of members of Congress, after which discussion followed on the judiciary reform bill, and the bill to extend the pro visions of the. Bounty Land act. In the House, after an explanatory speech on the diplomatic and consular reform bill, Mr. Chandler, of Philadelphia, took the floor, and made a speech on the subject of the relations of Atnerwan Catholics, to the Pope. Pennsylvania Leghlalure.—Both Houses met in joint conventit n yesterday, and pub. lished the returns of the Onbernaloriiil elec tion. The Speaker of the Senate acted as President, and announced the following as the official result: • James Pollock, . William Bigler, Brad ford, • ...Scattering, James Pollock was declared' to be duly elected Governor of the State, and the cer WED;MSDAY, Jan. 10 TUNS AY, Jan. 11 FILIDAY, Jan. 12 - 203,822 L;(,),091 - 33
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