IiOMTAII SIITIIU. ANDREW J. RIIET, EDITOR. EBENSBURG, PA. Thursday June 19, 1S31. . THE "SEXTIXEL." has much the larn,,1 circulation of any paper published in this county ma as an advertising sneet effort superior induce ment to merchants and business vien generally. Tho$e desirous of making use ot this medium for extending their business, can do so by either sending their notices direct, or through the following agents. John Crouse, Esq., Johnstotrn. V. B. Palmer, Esq., New York, Philadelphia, nd Baltimore. HI DEMOCRATIC N0MI3IATI0S3. FOR OOVERXOR, william bigler, Or CLEARFIELD COUNTY. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, SETH CLOVER, OF CLARION COVNTY. FOR JVDCE3 OF THE SUPREME COL'RT. J0H2T B. GIBSON, OF CWRKRT.ATTO. JEREMIAH S. SLACK, OF SOMERSET. JAKES CAMPBELL, OF PHILADELPHIA ELLIS LEWIS, OF LANCASTER. WALTER H. LOWRLE, OF ALLEGHENY. The Democratic State Ticket. The Keystone State United and will be Redeemed. Last week we placed at the head of our pa per the nominees of the Reading Convention for the offices of Governor and Canal Commissioner, but on account of the great length of proceed ings of the Convention, had not space to say anything; since that time the Harrisburg Judi cial Convention have nominated candidates for the Supreme Bench, whose names are this week placed at our mast head. William Bigler, of. Clearfield county, is our candidate for Governor. We are proud of the election, and feel that he will be elected. At home where he is universally respected .and be loved by men of both parties, and by the democ racy is doubly cherished, he endeared himself to the people by so many acts of kindness, aff ection, and gratitude, that when in 1840 or '41 he was a candidate for the State Senate, every vote but on in that county was awarded him. At an early age he was an humble Printer, and by his honesty of purpose, his excellence of private worth, and his firm and unwavering de votedness to the doctrines of the Democratic party he has gained the esteem and confidence of the entire democracy of this State, and at the Convention received an unanimous nomina tion, a compliment never before bestowed upon any applicant. He is the man of the People, the "Wheel Horse" of the party of this State, and his name and good works will rally the whole party to his support, and he will be tri umphantly elected. Gen. Seth Clover, of Clarion county, is our candidate for Canal Commissioner, and he is in very respect a gentleman fully qualified to dis charge the duties of the office, a democrat of me right stamp, an honest and a faithful man, end in every way worthy of the support of the party. Formerly he was Sheriff of Clarion Co., and in the West is as popular as a man can be. This year will no doubt be a good one for Clover, and although it generally grows in the ground, it is a fixed fact that clover this season will grow to be a popular name in the breasts of the TV A TV I A I Chief Justice Gibson, of Carlisle, is a candi j.,. f .1 c I date for the Surrem Tini. . i r ' i iq-i v J 8 Marca 13 18ol, he was our first choice for this distinguished station, and we are heartily glad that the familiar name of John Bannister Gib on is on the ticket. the Supreme Bench since the 17th May, 1829, wnen he was appointed by Gov. Shultz. to sue ceed Chief Justice Tilghman, ajid has dischar ged his duties faithfully, impartially and hon estly. Of him an eminent lawyer has said, -mat no lime have the judgments of the Su preme Court been guided by either favor or re- T , ,. 7 agre PCOpIe' nd We LPe the mocracy of Cambria Judge of the Supreme Court has been faithful will consider our proposition, we hope the dele to the Constitute and the Laws; faithful to the gates who will be elected will carefully and State And the Trn!nn- faithful i. .. J James Campbell, of Philadelphia, is endowed - - - i "nth legal talents of a high order, creat enerirv of character, and a diecriminatinz mind. and one of the surest indications of his abilities, is . . I iae aiiuost unanimous recommendation of his tame for the office by the Democrats of Phila- j in cnqutstionably an able jurist, and it i ennr. ded by men of all parties. ho know him that - - - , l his legal qualifications place him in the front rans of his profession. We can distinctlv re member having heard him deliver many elo quent and logical arguments at the bar in our own county, and esteem him as a Judge, and admire him as a man. Ellis Lewis, of Lancaster, is known to be, both here and in Europe, a profound, learned nd accomplished Judge, and in compiling his legal document, has exhibited a knowledge of he intricacies of legal questions, that is alike rauATe Limself .nd ,n hoacr the Walter H. Lowrie, of Tittsburg, has devoted his life to the study of the law and his labor and research in judicial matters, his elaborate opinions upon critical cases, indicate that he is pre-eminently entitled to all the praise that has been so deservedly bestowed tipen him, and that no wnould 09 an ornament to the Bench, The above-.named gentlemen are onr eandi dates, they are all democrats, and we unhesita tingly say that a better and more satisfactory ticket could not have been placed in nomination. The nominations are responded to throughout the State with an enthusiasm that augurs well for the success of the candidates next falL There are now no division in the great and glorious democratic party of the Kevstone State. and as the Conventions displayed so signal an unanimity in the selection of the nominees, so will the people at the election ia October be unanimous in the support of the candidates of the party, and redeem the State from the ca lamities that befel her in 1848. Cambria will do her duty to Bigler, Clover, Gibson, Campbell,- Black, Lewis and Lowrie, and when she piles up a majority of COO in their favor, put it on record that the voice of our gallant county is for democracy, a learned Judiciary, the Union, the Compromise and our Country for ever. Democrats of Cambria, On the 28th day of June you are to elect del egates in the different townships and Boroughs or the county, to meet in County Convention, on the first day of July next, to place in nomi nation a county ticket. In reference to this matter we have a word to 6ay, and we do think it our duty as the editor of a democratic paper to submit to your consideration, some remarks concerning the nominations to be made, and to place on record our views regarding the course to be pursued by the Convention, as also to lay before you a fair, and to us an honorable proposition, by which all existing animosities may be settled. Knowing that we do so purely to promote the success of the party we feel as sured that no person can with truth charge us with dictation or personal aggrandizement. It cannot be denied but that for some time past there has been two contending sections of the democratic party ia this county, who. al though they supported 'en masse the State ticket and gave it a large majority, nevertheless, in many instances, zealously opposed each other for county and district offices, which resulted in certain defeat, so far as we were concerned locally, and gave to the Whigs a victory which they could not expect to have achieved had our party been united. We aek you democrats of Cambria county, if both factions have not lost much more than they have gained! Is it to be expected that any good can result to the party at large if this war of races is to be continued? e think not, a ad hope that every deeaocrat who has the true welfare of the party at heart. and who is not bound heart and soul to men. will do a little for the good of the party, and by his actions declare that he is for compromise, union and victory, not for wrangling, disunion and defeat. Next fall we have a number of important county officers to elect, viz: -Two Associate Judges, Prothonotary, member of the Legisla ture, County Treasurer, County Commissioner and Auditor. The Whigs will have their best men in the field, and it behooves us to act in unison, and together as one man, for it can with truth be said, "united we stand, divided we fall." For the next five tpam th th- nt not be so large a county ticket to elect, and to mj w viv v n &it us it appears that now is the day, the hour and the year, wherein to make an honorable com promise, and with so many offices to allot, each and every section of the County," and each and every faction of the party can be fully satisfied and we would undertake to do it in the follow- nig manner. When the County Convention as sembles let them select as candidates men from each wing of the Democratic party, giviag to one side an Associate Judge, Prothonotary, County Commissioner and Auditor, to the other side an Associate Judge, member of the Legis lature and Treasurer. Or in any other manner so as the offices are equally divided. This plan would give a fair and just division of the offi- ces, and we presume would be entirely satisfac " J ouwi a. 11V. A.t'1 we u tory to evervliruiTr VVWl. ... r - ul"u "r me canvass conhdent of success, and as such a ticket would concentrate , strength of the party to its support, we are for it heart and soul. . . iNeiLlier Bprtinn ff Ln I r u atonesnouja receive as mnrh . i.A ,.41 ji ...I receive as much as the other and be r.U - by side on a perfect equality? PersonnlW i- politically we have "no friends to reward no enemies to punish," all that we desire is the Success and rrtd sures, not men. Our position is before th .mwui jrejuaice consider the same, and if it meets with favor we will at least l. t Douaiatuuu ucreaiter of knowinz. that o far . j i vouttrueu, individually, we did that which we thought best calculated to r- Luiuu, iutruionv and success of tliH county. With every person to whom we have nT, on the subicct. able, and should it. i ,.; ted in stfltinir tw ia u j o .vuminui CUU lO ail disorganization. When the County Commits met some weeks ago they passed a resolution re questing the next County Convention to adopt a set of rules and regulations for the future gui dance of the party, relative to the appointing of delegates to the State Conventions, time and place of holding meetings &c, &c, to which we hope the Convention will acquiesce. Something of the kind is sadly needed to prevent difficulties. t&" There will be a Cotillion Pabtt at the house of James D. Hamilton, at Jefferson, on the 26th inst. A general invitation is extended. Principles, Wot Men. The Philadelphia "Statesman," prior to the nomination of lion. James Campbell as one of the Democratic candidates for the Supreme Bench, opposed him with unusual vehemence. bnt tine the nominations have been made, and with so mnch unanimity too, the Statesman has signified its intention of supporting than all without exception- This la the spirit -fhat should actuate the editor of very TJemoflratio paper throughout the State, and so far as that paper is concerned, we record this honest posi tion that it has taken, with much satisfaction. Of Judge Campbell it 6ays: "We have always believed him to be generous, kind and amiable in his deportment, to all with whom he came in contact, and as a Democrat faithful, : firm, and decided in his attachment to his principles and his party. And now that the Judicial Ticket is placed before ns, we shall, forgetting the differences which once-divided ns, cire it a hearty, cordial and entire support." Our Book. Table. ' S&rThe Pittsburg Daily Post came to kand last week, dressed in a new and splendid cos tume. As a precious diamond placed in ' the midst of darkness illuminates by Its brilf.ant ravs the obiectn that assured, ever will the Post, in its brichlVf aress, shed abundance of democratic light roand all the dark corners of the Whig party in the smoky city. To Messrs. Harper and Layton the talented, gentlemanly and energetic editors and proprietors, we desire all manner of suc cess, and we must say that so long as sch veteran editors as Harper of the Post, Forney of the Pennsylvanian, Bowman of the Bedford Gazette, Brattoa of the Carlisle Volunteer, and others, are true to the Democratic party and its men, "there's no such word as fail." Frederick Gleason, Esq., the proprietor of the "Lady's Drawing Room Companion." pub lished at Boston, has kindly sent us all the back numbers of his paper, (seven in all,) Thich had failed to reach us. Since the first number of the "Companion" was issued, it has atUined a circulation of over 50,000 copies and is rapid ly increasing. He has largely increased-the size of it and it now 6tands in the front ranks of the newspapers of the world- The enrra- vings are beautiful and conceived in good taste, . oum a3 juu man uuu no wnere MSe for the same money, and in fact it is the rvt conducted, most admirable, best illustrated, neatest, sweetest and bewitching paper we have ever beheld. Only $3.00 a vear. a. norfM U. brary within itself, and the query is, who won't take it , - : ? Godey Lady's Book for July is magni ficent. The engravings of "Young Love's Dream," "The Little Family," "The Cfcurch Porch," and "The Fair Equestrian," are in comparable, while the "Fashion Plate," designs of Embroidery, Garden decorations, and Cottage Furniture are pleasing and useful to the Ladies. The real worth of the book is its literary contri butions, which in the present number are all contributed by American Ladies, thus uckinfc it still more dear to the heart of every Ameri can who desires the talents of the ladies of his native land to occupy an enviable position be fore the eyes of the world. Continued success to Godey and the Lady's Book, as the organ of the lady writers of our happy country. It is gratifying for us to state that the first J number of the Jersey Shore Republican, since its republication, feas been received. The office of this paper was burned down some eight months since, and all the materials destroyed. which was a severe loss to its worthy ad ex- cellent eHitnr 5?om,in1 R T?. r 1 I cellent editor, Samuel S. Seely, Esq., formerly of Cambria county. The Republican is now printed with new type, and in appearance will vie with any paper in the interior of the State. Its editor under whose tuition we became a proficient in type setting and devilibeat, b democrat of the old school, capable, ready, aad willing at all times, to do the party and hiffa troos good service, and from the very flattering aooount that.be gives of the prospects of .h;3 new paper, there is no doubt but b w-m receive that support from the democracy of Lycoming county that his qualifications entitle him to. A Compliment from a Whl?. The following just and merited compliment to Our Donulnr candidate, fnr 1 - A 4 VV'UUUI, VUIUUCl t .... - .. both as regards the respect due from each par r r ty to the nominee of their opponents, aad the manner in which the campaign 6hould be eon- ducted. The Sun says: William Bigler is a most unexceptionable man in all his private relations, and is the most talented nominee made by his party ft,r the Clief Magistracy of this State for a score and odd of years. The approaching election campaign must now be fought on principles ; all disgraceful personalities will be hooted from the political arena. The Question at i flflUA Will Via wKa i a best qualified to administer the affairs of Penn sylvania, so as to conduce most to the "virtue, liberty and independence" of our Common wealthWilliam F. Johnston or William Bieler! The answer will be found by a review of their past political lives their votes in the Legisla ture, and the principles of policy thev nrofess. We should like to Bee these two strong men and exceueut statesmen meet on the stumo. and dis cuss before the sovereign people the questions ai issue before the State and Nation. Nearly four months could be thus occupied, giving them time to visit every county in the Commonwealth. Let them meet in true chivalric spirit, and in dignantly frown down the first effort made by party hacks to raise false issues, or miarepre- sem inem. tfiS-For a week past we have received Phila delphia morning papers, on the same evening at 11 o'clock. This is bringing the cities of Phila delphia and Ebensburg (?) in close proximity to each other, time only 16 hours. t&'On Sunday afternoon, Adams & Cos., Express Car, conveyed over the Portage Road no less than six tons of silver, amounting to . about $200,000. It came from the Union Bank or Tennessee, and goes to Philadelphia, Large quantities of sUver hayo been exported from the eastern cities to Europe, and; this will be mnch needed in Philadelphia, bnt almost every week nnnga a million or so of gold, from California, Speaking of gold reminds us that Wm. & -Hudson, our fashionable Jeweller, returned from Philadelphia some weeks since, and has for sale a large assortment of gold and silver articles. rings, breastpins, pencils, &c, &c, at low pri ces. Call on him for bargains. . ; The Letting. For ten days past the Summit in this county has been the very theatre of business and ex citement, occasioned by the large crowd of per sons who had came from all quarters of the btate and Union to bid for the sections of the Pennsylvania and new Portage Railroads. The large hotel of Messrs. M'Ginley was entirely in adequate for the safe keeping of the crowd, and many of them put up at the hotefs of Mess. laenhower, Dillon, Smith and M'Clelland. We became intimately acquainted with a majority or the geatlemen in attendance, and never has it been our good fortune to meet at one time so clever, generous, and gentlemanly a set of men, and we hope to always bear them in gracious remembrance. There has been no allotment up to this time of the sections on the new Portaae Road, but we understand they will be made public at Uarnsburg the last of this week. The whole line of the Central Road from Al- teona to Pringle's Point, below Jefferson, has been allotted with the exception of six sections that are necessarily deferred on account of the surveys of the State and Central Roads conflict ing with each other, which however will be remedied in a few weeks. By the following it will be seen who have been the fortunate bidders. The reader will please bear in mind that No. 106 is immediately east, and JNo 104 west of the tunnel; No. 102 is at the Turnpike Gate, and No. 90 opposite No. 2, Portage Railroad. The tunnel is 36G0 feet long, and a number of the sections have thorough cuts and embankments of fiom 75 to 112 feet. Section No. 90, (tunnel 500 ft.) Ri'ner & Shaffer. H't J- R. Bogle. 93, W. Graham & Son. 94, Hitchcock, Shuman & Co. 95, Black, Kerr & Alexander. 9(5, Bingham & Myers. CI fin x " " 101,' Packer, Mitchell & Co. n " 102, Maher, Adams & Hubbs. " " 103, Lentz, Carter & Co. " " 104, McGrann & Reilly. " " 105, (tunnel,) Rutter & Son. " " 106, McCe & Gillespie. ' " 107, Farren & Fritz. " 112, "j " 113 " "114 McEvoy, Clark & Co. " 115, J " 117 Thurlow, Stone & Co. gy Charles J. Ames, Esq., the Ulented Editor of the "Nashville Union," passed over the Portage Road yesterday, on his return from an Eastern tour. He is a learned and gallant exponent of Democratic principles, and was formerly associated with Thomas Ritchie, Esq. in the Washington " Uniou." Hon. Axos Kekpall, formerly Post Master General under the Vajt Bcb.es administration, 1 r ' y rv . . . . wIsWul mi"Mt weelc on tia "V to "ningte City. -. A Xoble Letter. TbefiSbBring letter, (says the Pennsylvanian) !Cvtd last night, from W. S. Campbell, Esq., one of the candidates for Canal Commissioner before the k Reading Democratic Convention, speaks for itself. It is like the man; and we glory in such a Democrat. A letter like this will never be forgotten by the Democracy of Penn sylvania: Scmmit, Cambria CouxTy, Pa. " June 7, 1851. Col. J. W- Forjtey Dear Sir : I arrived home last evening from the Reading Convention ; and although, in common with the other unsuccessful candidates for the office of Canal Commissioner, I naturally feel a little disappointed. I sincerely rejoice, however, that the Convention have se lected for this important office my friend General Seth Clover, a radical Democrat, consistent and unswerving in his devotion to the men and meas ures of the Democratic party, and in every res pect a worthy and competent gentleman. The nominees of that Convention shall receive my cordial support, and my feeble exertions shall be used to do all that a man can do honorably, to consummate the glorious victory that awaits the Democracy at the coming October election. To my friends who so generously supported me in that Convention, I return my heartfelt thanks, and assure them that the kindness and friend ship manifested by them towards me, shall not be forgotten as long as gratitude retains a breathine place within myhcaat, and it will be the most pleasing duty in my life for me to perform, if at some future day I can in any manner do them good service Very truly and sincerely, your friend, WM. S. CAMPBELL. An Interesting Conversation. A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, gives the following as the sub stance of a conversation between Secretary Corwin and a Whig applicant for office: "A Whig applicant for office, who pleaded services to his party as entitling him to a place, was told by Secretary Corwin that "there are no parties now." The applicant replied, "well, where were the parties a year ago, when yon got your office? Did not party make you a Senator, and then Secretary of State, and thereby ena ble you, at one dash, to realize a fortune of near one hundred thousand dollars and now, for sooth, you csn know no party." tram unr ijx.cnungt.-s. In the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi, there has been no rain for three months and the crops are suffering in consequence. The Railroad bridge four miles south, of Hartford, Conn,, was dortrored by fire on the 18th inst, 'The steamer J, N. Milea nrriyed at Louisville from New Orleans on the 12th Last., having had four teen deaths on board from Cholera and Ship Fever.Tha accrcCAte receipts at the Crrata Palace, London, from nil fionrcos, up to Jane 1st, wore nearly 200,000, and en additional 100,000 will cover all exnensoe. when the building is to be presented to the Government. it is a good speculation, and will vie in magni tude with the receipts at the Lind concerts, speaking of Jenny Lind, she and Barnum have dissolved partnership, and Jenny is now civine concerts In Boston. for one hundred concerts have been givon and it is said tnat Carnnm has made 5500,000, nad Miss Lind SSC0.C00. which Is certainly astonishing. The City cf Milwau lae, Wisconsin, which a few years since was a wilderness, is now lighted with iras. -Daniel Webster has been nominated for President by the Whigs of Boston, and a great rush was made to sign a paper to that effect. The Lowell factory girls.it is stated, will all adopt the new style of dress, and organize a Turkish battallion. Three schooners arrived at New York on Tuesday with 06,000 pine apples, some of which we would like sent here. Col. Bigler the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, will beat Bill Johnston the Whig candidate, about 19,999 votes, n which we will bet one of Ash- ton's Philadelphia Hats. The Small Pox has been making fearful ravages among the Sioux Indians and other tribes in the northwestern territory. A military court martial assemble9 at Washington City, on the 23d inst., to try Col. Talcott, on charges preferred by the Secretary of W ar. The court consists of ten Generals, viz: Twiggs, Wool, Smith, Bilev, Gibson, Wallach, Totten, Churchill, Clarke and Cbilds ; Colonels Abert, Crane aad Plympton; and Major Lee as Judge Advocate. Strawberries are selline in New York for 3 cents per basket. A meeting of the citizens of Washington was held on the 12th inst,, to consider the propriety of holding a National Fair, and a committee was appointed to report at some future day; have a World's Fair gentlemen by all means. A large fire occurred at Uniontown, Pa., on the 10th inst.. which des troyed 26 horses, the property of Messrs. M'Gee & Iracy, of Baltimore, and the Good Intent Stage Company, also a number of Stages, Car riages, &c. Some Yankee (of course) has in vented a machine for setting up ten pins without the aid of the alley boys ; it is done at the head of the alley by touching a spring or turning a crank. There seems to be a mania for the gold mines, recently discovered in the part of Maine, and several hundred persons leave the sea coast for them, weekly. The man. who doesn't take a country newspaper was in town the other day, and brought his family along in a two horse wagon. He believed that General Tay lor was still President, and wanted to know if the Indians had taken Cuba, and if so, where they had taken it. He sold his corn for 30 cents, (the price being 45,) and was paid in three cent pieces which were "run on him for half dimes. Sub scribe for the Sestikel, and you will be posted in all these matters and then you "can't be taken in." Biddle, of the Pittsburjr American, says a young lady promenaded the streets there with the new dress on, but he failed to see her, and therefore lost the opportunity of kissing his hand to her. Never mind James, better luck next time. The Bedford Springs, Cape May, and the Ebensburg Springs are at the present time the three great places of attraction, and crowds are on the way to spend the summer months at these delightful watering places. jgQ?We publish the following communication with much pleasure, firstly, because it is a tri bute of respect from a young lady to the mem ory of a brave and gallant soldier, one, who. when his country's flag was in danger, nobly marched to the battle field, aided in placing that flag on the citadel of Mexico, and assisted in establishing an imperishable name for the American Volunteer Soldiery; secondly, be cause the communication U a meritorious pro duction, exceedingly well written, and indicative of talent on the part of its fair author (to us unknown,) that should be fostered and not suf fered to remain forever unrewarded, communication. 1 On tlie Death of Captain TVnu 31. One is absent. A dear loved one has gone to the spirit land. He who was wont to minrle - CP with us in the festivities of soeial life now slumbers in death. A star that had shone with such benignant radiance and delight has set amid the happy moments of retrospection. That noble heart that beat so oft in unison with ours shall beat no more. Death, the mysterious agent of Omnipotence, has been amongst us, and has laid his withering hands on one of our companions. He has passed away in the sum mer of life, he has fallen under the icy touch of death. Though he mingles with the clods of the valley, and the grass grows o'er the mound where he sleeps, and the trees wave in mourn ful sadness o'er his abode of eternal rest, yet the remembrance of his virtues tells us that the true glory of life is not that which blazes forth for a moment and flutters in the many glowing colors of the sunbeams of the present, but that which lives when life is no more. The friend ship that he cultivated while on earth was last ing, "few knew hint but to love him, none named him but to praise." He lived to see the night frosts dismantle the forest and strew its withered garments on the earth; he fell not with the autumn leaf but - passed away in the spring time of life, when the glowing tints of summer were about to burst with bewitching beauty upon our view, like a beautiful rose that had shone forth in all its loveliness and was un timely snapped from its brittle stem. He was as much at home amid the common realities of life, as amid scenes of gaiety and mirth. With great strength of mind he associated a corres ponding feeling of kindness, and his manners " tuuracxeizea . Dy a aignined 8implic;t unalloyed with the pomp. of. ostentatious git j ness. no formed a habit et taking dallght In I other objects than thpto whifih. Effected onl vj. r" nuu jus memory iw embalmed and sanctified in dptb, iaat ennoble nud cleTatothonoart of thoBto ttW his name and memory will always be efedewtd by tender sympathy and fonad receetion, rI left a home snrroaaded with, all tha comforts i lifawha but aycath, he bidaJioto h of his childhood and all that waa fax fa hia on earth, to follow the glorious ptars and strit. of his loved country to victory 0r death. the Mexican campaign ho contracted that fata disease, consumption, and the seeds of &n were planted in his system. He earned f himself while In eervice lanrolrf ca unfadlaff a those which grot? near hla crat. hot l. .... vived the trials-and troubles of this IZg ctHj ehort time after his return. When at an early Co- he rafi deprived cf o father's trcccfoi Biiu. ucc ucaia ice loui aestroyer bereft hia cf a mother's soothlrg voice, end a eisttr'R t.. all that ras left to witness his pttcctg throng the dirk valley cf death wt.8 a kind lroti and one friend, whose love and affection for hla was so warm and devoted that to doubt iu truthfuluess would be to doubt we live. But the present is ftot the time to rccdunt the a. moriiilfl of his wurth. He Las gone, the nobW gift to heaven could not recall him, and we u- left to mourn his loss and adm:rft hU disposition. May the trophies of his wont ever remain as a monument, and stand na and conspicuous to the end of time. And when in future we see the flower of life fade and withw in youthful freshness to the tomb, when we see the bright eye grow dim and the rose on tt cheek lose its beauty, when we hear the voic faltering in its last accents and Bee the lamp of life flickering in its weakness, and when we deposit all that is mortal of a loved friend in the dark chambers of the tomb, and drop a burning tear of sympathy on fae mound beneath which sleep the remaias of those we knjw. oh I then let us call to mind the cherished recollec tions of him who now commands our svmoathv and lives though dead in the bright associations or yesterday. When amid the Werinir mo ments of the coming present sweet recollections will shed around us genial flowers and recall the vanished pleasures and endearments of departed days, when the bright effulgent sun of memory shall gleam upon the dreamy visions cf the past, and awaken in all its loveliness tU charms of former associations. whn ium in the visions of fancy mingle with the friend of early days and dwell in raptures on their worth, and when the features of declining ag shall Sit enthroned upon our brows and bloom in silvery whiteness upon our heads, still th lingering voice of memory greet with iu warn tears the name of him whose loss we now de- plore.Jand when in pensive silence we bend over the urn of the past to trace the hours that never can return, may we then, throuch tL comforts of unearthly pleasures, soothe the sorrows of departed time and raise the weary pilgrim's spirit in raptures to a brighter world. Oh ! ye comrades in war or in npojA tK.nirl r the hands which you so oft have pressed r clasped in death, and the eyes which you hue so oft gazed upon are closed forever, yet the affections which were so warm and pure ahali not perish, but will take away the bitterness of the past, and change into bright and glowing hopes the future. Oh ! ye fellow soldiers whose bosoms swell with deep emotion at his name, whose thoughts often turn to yonder blood stained battle fields, does he not still lire La your memories ; true his spirit has taken it flight to its long home, 'tis true ycu hear hia voice no more, you meet his cordial smile to more, yet you will meet once more again. 'Tii this inspiring hope of coming re-union that en dears the memdTy of the past and casts its mild mellow influence upon all the gloomy scenes of life, even to the grave, therefore let us cheriit the fond and pleasing hope that when we are called from the transient joys of earth, we maj live in that land of gladness where parting b unkuown. VIOLA. IloiUdsysburg, June 101S51. Great Flood lu tlie West. Our Western exchanges, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, abound in details of a treniendoa flood in the Missouri and Mississippi, by which an immense amount of damage has been doue. Towns, villages, and farms have suffered. At Burlington, Iowa, many houses situated on the bottom were six and eight feet under watt r. At iveithsburg, III., the water was up to tht second stories. At Oquawka, on tlie Sd instant, in all the business portion of tlio t .-n tfc water was deep enough to float a steamboat. The St. Louis Republican of Thursday week says: On account of the increase of the flood, the Ferry at Carondelet has been discontinued. About noon yesterday, the niinois landing cf our lower Ferry was carried several hundred yards higher up than it had been formerly The high water renders it almost impossible to land at the old place. The river at several points has overflowed its banks, and the water is finding its way directly across the country W Cohokia Creek. The dikes are in the san condition that they were reported yesterday." CoL Curtis, who visited Duncan's Island yester day, informs us that two of the frame building which stood on the eastern bank, have faUca into the river, and been carried down. He be lieves that at the rate with which the bank i sliding, some ten or twelve feet are being wo0 away every day. Alone the Levee the water i doing considerable damage and subjecting mer chants to much inconvenience. From Cherry to Green street, at the upper end, the Levee averages from fifteea to twenty feet in width, its present narrowness greatly re tarding business operations. An addition rise of a very little over two feet would bring it on a level with the curbing. From that point to Chesnut street, and even below, the water has commenced to find its way into the cellar. At the wood landing, between Cedar an! Pep'
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