IHITAU SEITIIEL
ANDREW J. RIIEY, EDITOR.
EBENSBURG, PA.
'Ihurstfay September 4, 1K51.
r7 "SEXTIXEL," has much the largest
circulation of any paper published in this county
and as an advertising sheet offers superior induce
ments to merchants and business men generally.
Those desirous of making vse ot this medium for
extending their business, can do to by either sending
their notices direct, or Jhrough the following agents.
John Crouse, Esq., Johnstown.
I" B. Palmer, Esq., Xew York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM BlfiLEH,
OF CLUARFIELD COUNTY.
iUR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
SETII CLOVER,
OF CLARION COUNTY.
1 UK JUDGES OK THE SUPREME COIUT.
JOHN B. GIBSON, OF CUMBERLAND.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, OF SOMERSET.
JAMES CAMPBELL, OF PHILADELPHIA.
ELLIS LEWIS, OF LANCASTER.
WALTER H. LOWRIE, 8F ALLEGHENY.
Democratic County Aomiiiatioiis.
ASSEMBLY,
JOHN KEAN,
of Suinmerhill.
1'KOTllONOTARY,
WILLIAM K1TTELL,
'of Ebcusburg.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
HARRISON KINK E AD,
of Ebensburg-,
GEO.W.EASLY,
J ' of Johnstown.
; TREASURER,
UEES J. LLOYD.
of Ebcusburg.
COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM l'ALMELl,
of Suinincrliill.
AUDITOR,
KOHERT HAMILTON,
of Johnstown.
An address to the democracy of Cambria
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urging upon an trie uemocrats ot amina the
hupport of the entire countj' ticket, will be found
in this week's paper. We hope every democrat
will read it, and act in accordance with its
teachings. It is the duty of every member of
the "party to support the nominations of the con
vention ; and as all the democratic candidates
possess the necessary qualifications for a proper
discharge of the duties of the office fur -which
they have been respectively named, we hope to
sec them supported by the whol strength of the
party, and triumphantly elected over their whig
opponent?. We will have more to say on this
subject, and in the meantime h"r e you will act
and work together, for the support of the ticket,
the whole ticket, and nothing but the ticket.
A correspondent recommends John Scott,
Ksp, of Huntingdon Co., as a suitable candi
date of the Democratic party for President
Judge of this district. lie has all the abilities
and legal knowledge for the situation, and if
nominated would run Judge Taylor a close race.
Our Rook Table.
Uie August number of the Bulletin of the
American Art Union is before us, and is a per
fect specimen of the art beautiful. The illustra
tions are excellent. By subscribing $5 every
member receives the Journal for one year six
American engravings which could not be pur
chased from a book store for less than $20 and
a chance to draw a painting worth from $300 to
$1000. Subscriptions received at this office.
Godcy's Lady's Book, for September, both in
its embellishments and literary matter is beyond
praise. We often wonder how Godey can afford
such a book for $3 per year, but he s-cerns de
termined not to be outdone or surpassed, and we
know would rather lose money than depart from
his original resolution of furnuhing a superior
1 HX.k.
Graham's Magazine, for September, is highly
embellished and its reading matter of the choicest
description. Graham presents a book worthy of
the patronage of every ln.lv n,l pouileman fond
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of devoting an hour each day to reading useful
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uud entertaining articles. The August number
has never been received, please forward.
fcaT The Menagerie of G. C. Quick & Co. ex
hibited at the Summit oa Monday at this place
in Tuesday. A large crowd attended cn both
occasions. The collection of animals was mea
gre, and a number of persons were of the opin
ion that the animal oiled the Rhinoceros vai
" blffk'd out" of a log ho'ir. and f-d on !n
kfn'i. TIkv iuhv hde bcn tcrrvct.
TO TIIK DEMOCRACY OF CAM
imil COIXTY.
Fellow Citizens : Wc Trill not address you
uu Uie merits of the various candidates for
Governor, Canal Commissioner and State Judi
cial ticket, as-that matter has been well attended
to by the Journals of the country, and the
State Central Committee. We know you are
sound on those questions, and "will conclude,
that their nomination and endorsement by a
State Convention is a sufficient guarantee for
your support. We will at once proceed to say
to you the existing necessity of a united sup
port of the whole democratic nominations. It
is an incontrovertible fact.; that the whole dem
ocratic ticket was regularly and fairly nomina
ted, by an intelligent county convention, after
due, fair, timely and public notice for their ap
pointment. It is equally incontrovertible, that
every man on that ticket has the leading char
acteristics of the Jeffcrsonian standard for
public office, that is, honesty and capability.
Then there is no true democrat can have any
reasonable excuse for not supporting each, and
every man of them, except the excuse of the
old song,
" I do not like you, doctor Fell,
The reason why, I cannot tell,
Uut this I know, and know full well,
I do not like you, doctor Fell."
Then if there be no reason for not supporting
every man placed on that ticket, are there not
abundant reasons why they should be supported ?
They belong to tl democratic party in whose
hands the destinies of your country have been
placed ever since the foundation of your repub
lic, with a few brief and inglorious exceptions.
To that party in whose hands your institutions
have flourished and prospered, adding state af
ter state to the confederacy of your republic,
until they have at length reached the Pacific
Ocean. To that party that has no jealousy of
the stranger, who sundering the dearest ties of
kindred, to enjoy the liberty of this free land,
forsakes the graves and the hearths of his fath
ers, the scenes and associations of his child
hood, the attractions of home and the friends
and playmates of his youth. To that party that j
wisuea justice uiin cvu man aim man, ueiwcen
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nation and nation, and between state and state.
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To that party that wishes to give every man his
due, that wishes to do to others as we would
that others should do to us : that wishes and
advocates the banishment of fraud and false
hood from the affairs of men. Although these
are the principles of our party, wc cannot and
dare not claim, that every member who is en
rolled in our ranks, is imbued with this doctrine ;
it would be claiming too much, while human
imperfections abound, while love of money, love
of office, love of power and distinction prevail.
But the democratic party is not chargeable with
the imperfections and backslidings of any of its
particular members. No society, no sect, no
denomination or party, is held responsible for
the disapproved misconduct of its particular i
members. Iscariot's love of the precious metals, j
:.s iu no wise ucrogaioryio mc uocirme oi tnc,,n
apostles or their divine master.
Now let us take a glance at the county ticket,
and see whether they will lose anything by a . assiduity and earnestness he has pursued his
comparison with their opponent?, lor Assembly, 'vocation, the general confidence of the commu
Johx Kea.v. John Kean is emphatically a ' nity and a very n.-.tteriug practice whic'a he has
Cambria countj- man. He was raised and nur- enjoyed arc the best evidence. He stands high
tured iu your woods and mountains. His in- ! among his legal brethren at Huntingdon and in
domitable perseverance, and energy of purpose,
are characteristic of your county and iudige
uious to vour soil. Although he is neither a
lawyer nor a doctor, he is always able and wil-.
iillg to give a reason for the hope thllt.g in
him, and can neither be sold unwittingly nor
frightened into measures without his knowledge) transaction of business, and in recommending
or consent. He has already made, and can 'him to the favorable notice of the Convention
uiake again, such a representative as would be
no disgrace to any countj' in the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. He has been regularly and
fairly nominated. Buckle on your armor, do
credit to yourseives, by giving him and his col
league a large majority.
For 1'rothonotary, Wsi. Kittf.ll. Mr. Kittell
is now in the Prothouotary Office, is well quali
fied to discharge its duties, and has done so to
the entire satisfaction of every person who has
anything to do with those offices. Indeed it is
the boast of our county, that all strange lawyers
and business men that come here admit that we
have the best kept office, and one of the best
prothonotarys in the interior of Pennsylvania
The prothouotary is every man's business clerk
in the county, to a certain extent. There is
scarcely any one who has not some business
with him during the term of his office, either in
the common pleas, the sessions, orphan's court,
register's office, jurors or witnesses. Then when
there is a perfect satisfaction existing, between
the present incumbent and his employers, would
it not be folly to seek a change, suppose there
was no party matter in question at all. When
you have a man employed in any of the common
affairs of life with whom there is a perfect mu
tual satisfaction and confidence in every respect,
will you change him for the sake of novelty?
So: self-iutere6t, the actuating motive of men,
don t lead that way. Nor will the people of
this county do so, for the sake of pleasing
Governor Johnston
Habkison Kixkead and Gr.ouuE W. Easly for
Associate Judges. These men were nominated
by the convention. The office was unasked,
and unsought for by cither of them. They are
fully qualified to discharge its duties. The
great desideratum in an associate judge, is pure
morality and scrupulous honesty. The breath
of calumny itself, has never yet hinted that
either of these men, have ever deviated in the
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slightest degree from the straight and dir
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path of rectitude. I hat they arc sterling de
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ect
em-
ocrats and will make good and safe judges is
unquestionable.
lor Treasurer, KtEs J. Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd has
every requisite for the treasurer's office, an ele
gant clerk, perfectly responsible and trust
worthy. Whilst in the post office he was con
sidered a model postniastar by the department.
It is highly necessary for you, that a man of
integrity, responsibility and qualifications should
be placed in that office. AH th taxc? of vour
county must pass through his hands, and you
should be careful to select that man for the of
fice, who will not-injure the people by careless
ness or dishonesty, nor himself by blundering
incapacity. Mr. Lloyd has held an office of
trust and responsibility, under the general
government, and was ousted from it with a pure
character and clean hands, evidence at least, if
not fit to serve the whigs he is fit to serve the
democrats.
William Palmer was a good selection for
Commissioner. He is well qualified, energetic,
affable and kind, a man that would take pride
in doing his duty in the commissioners' office,
and would be such a man as the tax-payers re
quire to give them satisfactory explanations of
those things iu the office with which they are
deeply interested.
Robert Hamilton" of Johnstown for Auditor.
This man has endeared himself to those who are
acquainted with him, by his upright life and
conduct free from guile. His manners are un
obtrusive, but his qualifications, are good. He
will receive the whole vote of his party.
Now fellow democrats, we have endeavored in
our own plain manner, to show you the linea
ments of the character of those democrats,
whom your county convention have nominated
for your support. You will perceive that it is
unvarnished, but strictly true every word of it.
We may in our next make some remarks on the
doctrines of the whig party and their candidates
in this county; but if we do, wc will endeavwr
to do It In a truthful and courteous manner. It
is the policy of the whigs in this county, know
ing that they are in the minority, to keep quiet
and assume a candid disregard of politics for
democratic consumption, whilst at the same time
they have a perfect organization in every town
ship within your borders. Arouse therefore
and organize, and let it not be said hereafter,
that the whigs, without jirinciple, with a large
majority against them, can steal in their candi
dates to office, who would take the earliest op
portunity to apprize you of your stuniJity and
want of principle.
M. HASSON.
Chairni'in County Committee.
WZl Jiumuabuurg "Jicglsiei JinoWS
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fud well that Maj. Maguire resigned his situa-
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tion on the Portage Road and was not removed
as it says. Will it have the kindness to make
the amende honorable.
For the Mountain Sentinel
I'resident Judge.
Mk. Editor: In passing in review before us
the several Democrats, prominent in this Judi
cial District as candidates for the office of Presi
dent Judge, we are strongly impressed with
predilections in favor of John Scott, Esq., of
Huntingdou.
To sum up at once, all possible objections
which the people could find to Mr. Scott, we
might say they consist in this one he is a
young man. This objection, however, so far
from being a fatal one is by the circumstances
the case evanescent and easily surmountable
Mr. Scott has been a practicing member of the
liar for some eight or ten vears. With what
the district. He is and has always been an un
flinching Democrat. He is a man of the uiobt
amiable manners and disposition, of the highest
order of mind combining strength nml bemi
tv. 1Iis liaMts cf punctUitlity and d;spatch
are such as to insure the most felicitous
we say that we believe the people have to hope,
in his nomination, the ultimatum of their wishes
in this department.
We have no hesitation in saying, from all ob
servable indications, that with John Scott, Esq.,
for our candidate, ve can easily give a majority
of eight hundred for President Judge.
CAMBRIA.
From the Carlisle Volunteer'.
Hon. IJmi Iloyri, or Kentucky.
This distinguished democrat has been trium
phantly re-elected to Congress from the First
District of Kentucky. This is the eighth time
he has been elected to Congress from the same
district, which is evidence of his" popularity and
worth. Wc have long been an admirer of Linn
Boyd, and his course in the last Congress in fa
vor of the adjustment measures, raised him
still higher in our estimation. The democracy
of the whole country feel proud of a mail like
Mr. Boyd a man of brilliant intellect, sterling
integrity, and who has the nerve to stand forth
as a champion of the people's rights and inter
ests. The following article we clip from the
Paducah (Ky.) Democrat. The compliment is
well deserved, and will find a response in the
breast of every American democrat:
Hon. Linn Boyi. The democracy throughout
the land will rejoice to learn that in (kfine of
all the manoeurering- of secret enemies and the
machinations of open foes this valiant and well
tried veteran democrat has, for the eight time,
been returned to Congress from this district, by
an overwhelming majority.
That Mr. Boyd is destined to occupy one of
the highest positions in the councils of the Na
tion is too clearly marked by hia unwavering
adherence to democratic principles, his sterling
patriotism, and able statesmanship, to admit of
a doubt. That he would do honor to the first
office in tho gift of the American people, none
who know him will doubt. There ia no man in
the councils of the Nation occupying a more
enviable position, and it requires no prophetic
inspiration to tell where he is destined to be
placed by the American people.
Death of Hon. Ltke Woodbury. The death
of Hon. Luke Woodbury, by suicide, is confirmed.
He hung himself to a tree at Antrim, on the
2Sth ult. Mr. W. was the democratic camlidate
for Governor of New Hampshire, and couoin .o
Hon. Levi Woodburv.
llcatli or Gov. McDowell.
The death of James McDowell, which trans
pired at his residence in Virginia, on Saturday
last, is an event that marks the fall of an emi
nent man, and we announce it with profound
sorrow. Few men have passed through the
turmoil of public life, and have been more en
ergetic in advocating their principles, and at
the same time more universally esteemed ; few
men posessed more, of the grades that adorn
alike the fireside and forum, lie was a ripe
scholar; he was an elegant gentleman; he was a
profound statesman; a virtuous and upright cit
izen, a fond father, a devoted husband, and a
staunch and sterling friend. Mr McDowell is
best known to the nation as an unrivalled orator,
excelling most of his cotemporarics in that great
gift, so rare in its true sense, even iu this day
of progress. A voice, peculiar in itself, and ca
pable of the most extraordinary effects; a form
tall, dignified, and graceful ; a flowing and vig
orous diction; a luxuriant and healthy imagina
tion; vast powers of thought; and a knowledge
of the popular feeling beyond almost any man
of his age in this country, were the enviable
qualities of this great debater, and have often
created regret that they have so seldom been
exhibited. It was the fortune of the writer of
this notice, to know Governor McDowell inti
mately, and it is a mournful pleasure to feel
that we enjoyed a large share of his confidence
and regard. As a representative in Congress,
he was peculiarly unobtrusive; moving calmly
among his fellow members ; winning the good
will of all ; respected by his political opponents;
always in his seat, and always right with the
good old party to which his high and generous
impulses were passionately dedicated. He had
no ambition to mingle in the party discussions
of the House; but reserved himself rather for
those exigencies in national affairs that serve to
show, not only the real danger and the real
strength of the country, but to prove who are
the brave and who the backward anions the
public men of the times. Nothing marked
Mr. McDowell's character more than that large
spirit of toleration and of liberty that distin
guished it. There was nothing narrow, suspi
picious, or prescriptive in his nature. lie was
the soul of candor, and. like all nun of his
temper, ashamed of concealing his thoughts.
His love of the Union was an old-time, old
fashioned Virginia sentiment a sentiment based
upon the legal and Constitutional spirit of that
noble State, and strengthened by a copious and
constantly refreshened knowledge of the politi
cal history of that teacher of fundamental po
litical truths. The loss of such a man is a peo
ple's loss, and cannot be replaced. No longer
will Virginia be enabled to signalize him among
her favorite champions; no longer will the De
mocracy of the thirty-one States applaud his
chaste and thrilling eloquence; r.o longer will
his voice be raised to defend an hnperrilled
Constitution. He is gone; and his example
alone remains to a country he loved so well.
Pen nsy Ivan in n .
ICon. Geor&re 31. Wallas' Opinion oi
.Judge Campbell.
The Hon. George M. Dallas is well kuowu to
be one of the most distinguished lawyers in the
! United States. He is a near neighbor of Judi
Campbell, has practiced in his Court, and is
Muirefore well qualified to speak of the legal
abilities of that gentleman. Wc take the sub
joined extract from the published report of -Mr,
D.'s remarks at the great Democratic meeting,
in Philadelphia, on Thursday evening, the 21st
ultimo:
" I have said wc should be harmonious, and
why should we not be? Is there any man on
another ticket that should start us from our
party loyalty ? The Harrisburg Convention has
nominated five citizens forjudges of the Supreme
Court. I will not stop to canvass their merits
but this I will say, and say it after deliberation,
that as a whole, the Democratic State Judicial
Ticket contains AS MUCH LEARNING,
AS MUCH ABILITY, AS MUCH LEGAL ERU
DITION, AND AS MUCH CHARACTER AS
COULD BE POUND IN ANY FIVE CITIZENS
OF THE COMMONWEALTH."
Ceo. Chamber against Hie Liberty
of tlie lress.
When the State Reform Convention was sit
ting to amend the Constitution, a motion was
made to insert an amendment providing that
'in all prosecutions lor libels, the tkltu may
be given in evidence to the jury; and if that
the matter charged as libellous is tkuk, and
was published with good motives and for justi
fiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and
the jury shall have the power to determine the
law and the fact." Here is a plain principle of
justice a principle absolutely necessary to the
support of truth and human liberty a princi
ple necessary to sustain the liberty of the Press,
that great palladium of the government. And
yet George Chambers, now one of the Whig
nominees for Supreme Judge, voted agains1
it ! ! ! See Jour. Con. 2d vol. p. 476. The peo
ple will vote against him. Fcnnsylvanian.
Pennsylvania vs. IVew York.
The New York "Tribune," (the whig organ
of that city,) attributes the fact that New York
has not grow n as rapidly as Pennsylvania within
the past ten years evinced by the former's los
ing one representative in Congress, while the
latter guned two to the operation of the ex
isting tariff. Gov." Johnston, on the other hand,
is stumping it through Pennsylvania, declaring
that our State lias been ruined by the operation
of this tariff.
How can our whig friends reconcile these tw o
statements. Investigator.
Shipments ol Wheat.
We learn from the Collector, who has been
footing up, that one million one hundred thousand
bushels of wheat have been shipped from this
place since the opening of navigation. This we
understand to be exclusive of what has been taken
by Propellers which cleared from ports west,
and have come in here to finish out their cargoes.
It is estimated that the above is at least 100,000
bushels lcs3 than the true amount. Sandusky
Rogifter.
The Abolition Judicial Ticket.
That Jessup and Comly are Abolitionists every
ody knows. That Coulter is an Abolitionist is
manifest from his decision that the owner of a
fugitive slave could not maintain an action in
any Court of Pennsylvania against the abolition
ists who forcibly rescued him from his master.
Denying to our southern fellow-citizens all reme
dy in our Courts for injuries done by our citizens,
is as bad as denying them the benefit of our jails.
But how is it with Meredith and Chambers,
the two remaining members of the Whig Judi
cial ticket? It is enough that Meredith is the
especial friend of the abolition agitator, Gov.
Johnston. But our object is to state a few facts
of record to prove the Abolition propensities of
Meredith and Chambers. It will be remembered
that they were, both of them, members of the
Convention to amend our Constitution in 1 837-8.
On the 20th January, 1838, a motion was
made to amend the Constitution, by providing
that -'the Legislature may at any time after the
year 1 SCO, by a law passed at two successive1after a hard f'ght succeeded in repulsing them
annual sessions, extend the right of sunrage to
such other persons, of whatever color, and upon
such conditions, as to them may seem expedi
ent." The yeas and nays being called, William
M. Meredith voted in favor of this extraordinary
meamre to make the Xegro a voter equal with the
white man, and without the consent of the people.
See Journal of Convention, vol. 2, p. 327.
On the same day a motion was made that all
persons of color "shall be entitled to the rights
of suffrage, provided that every such person s-hall j
have been lor three years a resident of the elee- "at fort7 more of the patriots who bad taken
tion district in which he shall offer to vote, and : "belter in a farm house, were surprised by the
shall have been seized and possessed for one year Spanish troops and shot.
next preceding said election, of a freehold of the Th'S leaves twtnty-four more of Col. Crittea
value of two hundred dollars, clear of incum- j Jew's command to be accounted for.
brances, and shall have been rated and paid a 1' nc Picayune has been shown letters from
tax thereon." several of the victims, charging General Lopez
The yeas and nays being called on agreeing to j w'ln deserting them with having disappointed
this amendment, William M. Meredith and j them with the stories of receiving aid from the
Gkokue Chambers, the Whig candidates for Su-j Creoles that all these reported stories origina
preme Judges, voted in favor of the amendment, teJ or were trumped up in the United States,
and, of course, in favor of allowing negroes to vote -j The True Delta publishes a letter from Mr.
at elections equally with white men. The wortt , Gilnioi e, calling Gen. Lopez a scoundrel.
part of this vote is that which requires a freehold
qualification of 200 dollars. This shows the aris
tocratic feelings of these two men. Journal
Convention, p. 332. J
On the next day, another motion was made to
allow negroes to vote, provided they possessed a
freehold qualfieatiou worth 2-'0. On this mo
tion both Meredith and Chambers again voted
iu favor of negro amalgamation in the elective
franchise, and in favor of the freehold qualifica
tion of $2o0. See Jour. Con., p. 333.
On the same day, a motion was made to allow
negroes to vote without the freehold qualification,
provided they could read and write and understand
the content of common booki.
On this motion, George Chambers voted in the
negative that is, he was willing that an ignorant
negro, who could neither read nor write, should
amalgamate with the w hite people in the elective
franchise, provided he had a freehold worth
$200 or $200. But a poor negro who coidd
read and write, and was enlightened enough to
understand something of the nature of our
Government, was, in Chambers' opinion, unfit to
vote. In his opinion, monry, not intelligence,
makes the man; and money is to important in
his estimation, that $200 makes a greasy negro
equal at an election to the free and intelligent
white man. We go agaiust the Abolition ticket,
from beginning to end, and every Democrat will
do the same. Pmnsylvauian.
Col. Wm. JSigler.s Appointment.
Clearfield county, 1st Sept.
Brookville, Jefferson county, 2nd '
Clarion " 3rd "
Franklin, Venango 4th "
Meadville, Crawford th
Mercer Cth
Butler 0th
Kittanning, Armstrong 10th "
Pittsburg, Allegheny ' 12th . "
Beaver ISth
Washington 10th
Wayuesburg, Greene 10th
Uniontown, Fayette 17th "
Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland co., Ibth
Grcensburg, 1'Jth
Bedford 22nd
M'Connellsburg, Fulton " 23rd
Franklin " 24th
Cumberland 20th
York 20th
Death or a Venerable Lady.
Mrs. Mary Hanna, widow of Gen. John A.
Ilanna, died at Harrisburg. on Wednesday last,
at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs.
II. w as one of the oldest residents of Harrisburg.
She was a grand-daughter of John Harris, the
famous Indian trader, and the first settler on
the site of Harrisburg, when known as Harris'
Ferry. Her own father, also named John Har
ris, was said to have been "the first white child
born west of the Cohewago Hills." He was the
founder of Harrisburg, and gave his name to
the place. Mrs. Ilanna was a lady of much
energy of character, and during her long resi
dence in Harrisburg, acquired the esteem and
affection of all who knew her. Uutil within a
year or two her vigor of mind and body was but
little impaired. An older brother, Robert Har
ris, Esq., survives her, aud her descendants to
the third generation were gathered around her
when she died.
jfcST- The Yarmouth (N. 11.) Herald of the
23d ult., says that a large bear was killed at
Little River, the Sunday previous, which weighed
400 lbs. He had committed great depredations
iu the neighborhood, and was destroyed by
several of the inhabitants after a hard fight.
Mr. Andrew M'Gray, one of the party who pur
sued him, was struck by the enraged animal in
the back, with such violence as to throw him a
distance of about 15 feet. The bear had killed
a great many sheep, and occasionally, by way
of a change of diet, he would carry off a pig.
The fat ou his ribs was three or four inches
thick.
k-jV" From our Exchanges.
More about the Cuban Revolution.
Richmond, Aug. SO, P. M. The New OrU?ns
Picayune of the 23d has been received here lj
the Southern mall. It contains a letter fr0ja
Adjutant Stanford, one of the victims of Span
barbarity, who was executed, with fifty-cne of
his companions at Havana.
This letter explains, what Las hitherto Lea
enveloped in mystery, the cause which lei to
the arrest of Colonel Crittenden and his com
panions. Adjutant Stinfrd states that after landing
the Pampero, Gen. Li per, with the main bod?
of his men, marched into the interior, leaving
Col. Crittenden and a force of one hundred jad
j fourteen men to take charge of the bagga
iThey heard nothing of Gen. Lopez for twodavo
whena note was received from him, ordering
Col. Crittenden and his command to join hia st
a town eight miles off.
They startetl.off in obedience to the order
and were attacked by 7000 Spanish troops, and
Col. Crittenden, before he could form a juac.
tion with Gen. Lopex, was attacked a sec&nl
time by the Spanish troope, and compete'-,-routed.
The Patriots spent two terrible night"
iu the chappanl. Fifty of thm succeeded ia
getting in boats, and were pushirg off for Xc
Orleans, when they were captured bv the
steamer Haberno.
The letter concludes by saying that we niu nil
to be shot in an hour.
Other accounts received at New Orleans state
I
Correspondence of the N. Orleans Crescent.
Conduct or Crittenden and Ker
-More Executions.
xhey died bravely, those
gallant and unfortunate young men. When tie
'moment of execution came, Colonel Crittenden
and Capt. Yictor Ker among them refused to
kneel with their backs to their executioners
" No," said the chivalrous Crittenden, " An
American kneels only to his God, and always
faces his enemy." They stood up, faced their
executioners, were shot down, and their braka
then knocked out by clubbed muskets.
Other prisoners have been made and executed
near the field, or in the vicinity of Bahia HonJa
fifteen on board the steamer Pizarro a good
deal of cold blood shed, which will probably
give a not acceptable return to those who have
proved their chivalry in vain ; but who can un
flinchingly look the dead man in the face but
not, I believe, without the sense of shame. Tit
number we shall know, if the government choose
to publish.
The Creoles here &re cowards they have fled
far from their promises. At the East, it is said,
they maintain themselves as heroes, and Lopel
is not yet defeated. The only hope is, that ia
divided counsels, want of food, &c, he may
fail. Spanish chivalry has been beaten back in
every action attempted, with great loss, by a
handfull of men.
Romance and Matrimony.
The Chief of the Choctaw Indians of Arkan
sas, Dr. Okah Tubbee, was married at Niagaia
Falls lately, to a charming young white lady,
who suddenly fell in love with him while travel
ing on a steamer, and Victoria-like, proposed
that they should be married. He first capti
vated her by his elegant flute playing, and thm
by the music of his words, as he is an accom
plished man and scholar. When about to pari
on the steamer, at a town, she " declared her
self," aud the chief quickly responded upon Lis
knees, saying he had a vision of this happy
event. They then parted to make arrangements
for the bridal, and met next day again at Niaga
ra Falls, w here the ceremony was consummate!
on the banks of the river, under the blue arcli
of heaven, in the presence of friends. The first
minister who was called to officiate, after lookitg
on a while, shrnnk from the task; but one of
more nerve being procured, he put the matter
through. The bride paid him with $20 in gold
from her purse. Mrs. Tubbee and her husband
returned to Medin a, N. Y., the paper at wkkfc
place relates this affair. The chief goes ti
Europe shortly.
More Land.
By the late treaty with the Sioux, the I'uiteJ
States obtain the title to twenty-one tirillion acrv
of land lying east of a line drawn from the heal
waters of the Red river to the north, to intersect
the north-western corner of the State of Iowa.
The purchase includes part of the magnificent
Blue Earth rivex country, and that around the
head waters of tbe Des Moines and St. Peteis
rivers. The Indians are allowed to remain cn
the land two years. They receive for this im
mense tract $275,000, and the km, f?r 50 year,
of about a million and a quarter. It is proposed
to call the new territory Dacotah, which we de
cidedly approve. Let as many mementos
possible remain of a race fast perishing from tie
earth. Pittsburg Post.
Mexico.
A telegraphic despatch from New Crlcat
says that accounts from Mexico to the 20th ut
give the information that the Government bJ
called a Convention of the Governors of
States, which was to have met at the cayital a
the 1st inst., for the purpose of consulting upoa
financial affairs. A discovery had been BJe
of the existence of a conspiracy to recall
Anna in Guanajauta, which was frustrate!
The Senate had passed a resolution relative v
the 'planting of military colors on the Istamu
of Tehauutepec.
The Plooaicr excitement hass'-ibsi"-