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" SAMEL f . WLMJAIU).
ATT0&H.E.Y AT LAW, EEENSBURG, PA.
Will practice in the several Courts of Cam
bria, Blair and Huntingdon counties. Germars
can receive advice in their own language. Office,
on main street two doors east of the Exchange
Ilotel.
May 8, 1S51 ly.
CYIUS L. PERSHING,
attoritey at law, ebensbtjrg, pa.
Office for the present, in the room occupied
iy E. Hutchinson. Jr., Eq.
January 30, 1851. ly
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III 111
ATTOSJTET AT LAW, EBEJTSBTTBG, PA.
Office, opposite J. Thompson's Hotel. All
tminess in the several Courts of lilair, Indiana,
d Cambria coaatics entrusted to his care, will
t promptly attended to.
January 1, ISol. ly
Er
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IX, JR.
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1TT0RNEY AT LAW, EBENSBTJRO, PA.
OtTice on High street, opposite Thompson'
January 1, 1851. ly
IfllUiMMMll,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, EBENSBTJRG, PA.
Office in the Court House, up stairs.
Jwiuary 1, 1S51. ly
Wy. A. STOKES, JA3. P. BARR,
dretnsburg. Pa. Ebensburg, Pa $
STOKES & BARR,
VTTORNEYS 1ND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
EEENSRURG, PA.
February 13, 1851. ly
THOMAS C. M Mm,
ATTOiKZY AT LAW, HOLLIDAYSBTJRG, PA.
"ill attend the several Courts of Cambria
eoanty, as heretofore. OSce one door west of
"n. McFarhmd'o cabinet wareroom.
January 1, 1851 ly
1JuTyiI
TT0EKEY AT LAW, JOHNSTOWN, PA.
9 v i'on JIaia strict, t-ro door3 east of tlie
Echo Office
rch lim.-ly
Willi nium.
u5iICE OF THE PEACE, AND SCRIVENXR,
01WT70H OF SUMITVILLE,
bo 1 UUnd Promptly to collections, or other
of t4 to him. Legal instruments
Janu &i W- Witl1 accuxa:y antI dispatch.
H. Sl'AMiAX,
.snCI OF THE PEACE, LORETTO, PA
eaali 'i0118 entru9ted to his carc"
JEWISW. BROWN,
Obi au1 Barbr and IIair Dressrr.
- estof John Thompson's Hotel.
S Jtonrtnr&May.l, 18ol.-ly.
. . . bmpooing done, and razors honed
inferior manner. '
in
UIn1?0,int of offee, sugar, tea, tobacco, and
oi Orocencs, at the store of
Johnston Moore.
fTbtogh3t price paid for wool at the store
OLO. J. ROPGERS.
DLTCDIASO
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOUSE
11
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Chestnut street, between 7th and Sth streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA-
A: F. GLASS
PROPRIETOR.
April 10. 1851. ly
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11 U 1 lili
ChesUiut Street, opposite the State House,
PHILADELPHIA PA
AMBROSE J. WHITE,
PROPRIETOR.
April 10, 1851. ly
HARRIS, HALE k 11,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, No. 201 Mar
ket Street, one door above Fifth, north sido,
PHIL A DK LP hi a.
Importers and Wholrsnlp Dealers
In Drugs, Medicines. Chemicals, Patent Med
icines, Surgical and Obstetrical Instruments,
Druggists' Glassware, Window Glass, Taints,
Oils. Dyes, Ferfumerv, &c. &c,
John Harris, M. D.' John M. Hale.
J. Sharsicood. E. B. Or bison.
April 2lth 1851. ly
J. B. MILES, AT
MAfHETTE & RAIfilEL
Importers and dealers in Foreign and Domestic
HARDWARE and CUTLERY, No. 124 North
Third Street, above Race.
P 111 LA DELPHI A.
E. V. MAfHETTE, A EM. H. RAKSLEL.
April 21th 1851. ly
mm flatt & co.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND
LIQUOR MERCILINTtf,
Xo. 1 Xorth Watrr Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
.April 21th 1851. ly
CHEAP HARDWARE!
M. BEEOLER & BRO.
No. 115 Market Street, I'hiladelphla. two doors
below oth Street, otfer for sale HARDWARE,
tn all its rarities, at low prices.
Call and see before you buy!
t, Look for the Red Let'tred JJi'J-Sair.
February 27th 1851. Cm
ISAAC M. iSEII.
Mioiefealc dealer in HA 7".V and CAPS, So.
1.2 Market Street,
, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
April 10, 1851. ljr
CMROD & WALTON
Ul.olesale dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Xails,
Jr., No. 2U3 Market Street, above 5th,
April 10, 1851.-bPHILAI)ELPHIA'
J)MES NEWELL. AT
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Wholesale do.'ilt-r ; t.., ... Z ...
.... , " oOf'. j ,,n:i rl.i.
and 1 aim Leaf Hats, No. i3,j North-TLir(1 felro0
(opposite tbe Earlc Hotel )
; April 17, 1.,,L,PHIaI)ELPHIA' PA'
MILSO.V & M EST,
Successors to Rodneys'
WTiolesale dealers in Boots and Shors. nnmt
and Straw Goods, No. 17. North 3d Street
AyriI10,185I.-lJHILADELPHIA' pA'
W. J. KEALSIf, AT
LUDWIB OEiDLEIl & C(I
Wholesale dealers in Foreign and Domestic
Dry Goods, No. 110, North 3d Street, S. E
corner of Race, ' ' J
PHILADELPHIA, TA.
April 10, 1S51. Jy
Mrs mmi. "
IIAKRISRURG Pr.NNA.
3UJ. J0n BRADY, Proprietor.
April 10, 1851. ly
Wholesale Tobacco, Snuff, and Ssgar Manufac
tory, No. 173, North Third Street, three doors
above Vine,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
M. WART.MAN, JOSETH D. SORVER.
April 24, 1851. ly
J.
Manufacturer of English, Italian and American
Straw Goods, Palm Leaf Hats, Artificial ITotctrs,
4,c, No. 155, Market Street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA-
April 10, 1851. ly ,
HART & COWAN,
Dealers in Hosiery, Trimmings', Looking Glas
, and Fancy Goods, N. E. corner of Market
and Filth Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, TA.
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JOlWd NAILED;
"TIJE EVIDEAXE OF THE STATE
THKlIKEIl."
from tne Pittsburg lst.
L. Harper, Esq.: Gov. Jobnstou alleges that
when he came into the executive chair, the pub
lic debt was increasing, and that more than half
a million of the debt was paid since he came
into power. .
It was the object of my letter to Mr. M'Kin
ley, among other things, to show, on the con
trary, that the public debt was diminishing when
he entered on his official duties, and that while
it was diminished the large am win t of $511,
C5C 2 during Gov. Shunk's administration,
there had been paid duriug Gov. Johnston's
ouiy me sum oi o.
But the editor of the Pittsburg Gazette calls
in question my statement; and among other ob
jections says that I have included "floating
debts;" and,-strange to say, he calls the relief
notes debts of that character. In one sense
that designation may be true, but, in a financial
point of view, they form a part of the public
debt, being the representatives of the loan au
thorized by the act of the 4th of May, 1841.
My statement of the public debt is taken from
the official reports. And in order to show, be
yond all cavil, what comprised the debt at the
periods named, I will here insert an abstract of
them :
Funded debt, 1st Dec. 1845. $36,739,267 43
Loan peractot tlie 4tti May 1811,
(Kelief Notes,)
Interest certificates
outstanding, $2,689,022 49
Do. unclaimed, 28,391 72
Interest on these at
4i per cent, to 1st
A'ugust 1845, if
funded, 171,389 15
1,258,572 00
2,888,803 36
99,755 43
Domestic creditors,
Total public debt, 1st Dec. 1845, 40,986,393 22
Funded debt, 1st Dec. 1846, $38,858,970 52
Loan May 4. 1841, $1,03 1,661 00
Interest certificates
outstanding, 703,810 69
Do. unclaimed, 4,433 11
Interest on certifi
cates, at 4 per
cent., to August
1st, 1851, when
funded,
44,423 21
1,784.331 01
96,275 47
Domestic creditors scrip.,
Total funded debt, Jan. 1 , 1847, $40,739,577 00
Public debt, composed of the same
items, 1st Jan., 1848, $10,578,949 51
do. 1st Dec, 1848, 40,474,730 93
do. 1st Dec, 1819, 40,397,673 92
do. 1st Dec, 1850, 40,310,362 44
It will thus be seen that ray statement exhi
bits exactly the State debt as presented by the
official reports, without any floating debt for re
pairs or any such thing.
It is therefore demonstrated that the follow
ing amount of the public debt wa3 paid iu the
years herein stated:
In the year 1846,
do. 1847,
do. 1848,
do. 1819,
do. 1850,
$210,816 22
169,627 49
104,212 58
77,063 10
81,311 48
And it is further demonstrated, that, practi
cally, there was a more efiicient sinkiug fund,
before the act of the 10th of April, 1849, passed,
than since that period. Although I admit that
there was no sinkiug fund, eo ttomijee, previous
to that act.
The question is not how much was paid du
ring Gov. Shuuk's or Gov. Johnston's adminis
trations for old canal and railroad debts, or old
debts for repairs or similar debts ; large sums
were undoubtedly paid for those objects during
their administrations, and several preceding
ones ; but the question is, how much of the debt
acknowledged, ascertained and reported by the
several State Treasurers has been paid how much
is it diminished
, It is said that there is about a kalf a million
of dollars in the sinking fund. The fact Insta
ted iu my former letter, and gave credit for the
amount. But does it follow, of course, that be
cause there is a certain sum in a sinking fund,
that the debt is paid pro tanlof If it is so, it is
a happy discovery. Ail that ia necessary to bo
don hereafter, will be to appropriate largely to
the sinking fund !
Mr. Pitt, I believe, was the author of this
system ; at all events he established a sinking
fund, and kept up the credit of Great Britain,
when he was, in point of fact, increasing the
public debt every j ear !
I have nothing to say against the establish
ment of a sinking fund, so far from it I earnest
ly recommended it in my first report to the
Legislature on tho Finances of the Common
wealth. -What I object to, is, that Mr. Johnston
should claim credit for creating the revenue
which made it certain that we should gradually
pay the debt, wheu he was practising law in
Armstrong county. And further, that he should
claim. to have created all the money now in the
Treasury and Sinking Fund ; and alleges that
be has paid a half a million of dollars of the
public debt !
That portion of the public debt which was
paid in 1840, 1847 and 1818, was the part pay
ment of the loan of the 4th May, 1841, by the
cancellation of tlie relief notes, the redemption
of a portion of tho 5 per cent, funded debt, and
payments to domestic creditors.
In answer to an inquiry on that subject, I can
only state that 1 have no means at present of
ascertaining the exact amount of State bonds
cancelled in each year embraced in my state-
meui, cicqii tue year 1816. 1 received that
year and cancelled State bonds to the amount
of $23,883 01.
It is something new apd shows that we live
in an age of progress, for the Whigs to complain
.that payments were not made in gold and silver.
& ft P
GOV.
I yas xed to believe that they were accustomed
toregard tho notes of specie paying banks as
equivalent to the precious metals; and yet I am
asked whether I aid the interest mijold and
silver, lo this I answer ss, in my former let
tet, tnat I paid it in tie notes of specie pavin"
b-nkg, and a 8mail proportion in that curre
G- J'J-h -ca ldJcd on the CuuiUit u
wtmlih. -'- -
In answer to another inquiry, I state with
great pleasure, that in 1849 the Commonwealth
had eo far got rid of the relief notes, and the
revenue under the act of the 26th April, 1844
was so effective (for no new revenues ha'd been
created) that the interest was paid in the notes
of specie paying banks, without being obliged
to resort to the ragged relief notes. This hap
py event occurred during the time that Mr.
Dail was State Treasurer, and I was glad to have
an opportunity of congratulating him upon it,
w hen he came to Philadelphia to pay the interest.'
And here let me repeat what I snid in my
former communication, that it is ns clear as a
sunbeam that we owe all these triumphs, this
glorious reduction of the State debt, and our
happy deliverance from bankruptcy, and repu
diation to the Legislature of 1844. And on the
question of the 3 mill tai, we are indebted for its
passage to the members of both political parties.
The revenue yielded by the act last named,
being tlie tax on real and personal estate, for
the several years, is as follows:
In 1 845, tax on real and personal property per
act tn -Jin Dra. M4. !S1 amT.M (u
In 184J
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do. do. 1.44."i'll- 7ft
In 1817
In 1848
In 1849
In 1850
do- 1,380,781 19 ,
do. do. 1,350,129 49
do. do. 1,293,921 23 J
do. do. 1,317,821 55 j
n-1 ,i !
i lie revenues mus annually collected, in coa
junctiou with the ordinary revenues then exist- I
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nig, uae mrnisnea me aggregate receipts which
have enabled the Commonwealth to meet all her
accruing Uabilities, and, by gradually paying t
me puouc uettt, piaeel tier teet on solid ground.
I have deemed these remarks proper, in view
of the objectives to my former statement. 1
have, I think, answered these objections in a
respectful manner. Mr object is to present
facts to the public, and I shall not travel out of
my way to notice anv unkind personalities.
JA'MES ROSS SNOWDEN.
PrrTSTJCKO, Sept. 1, 1851.
A l'icturc Faithfully Drawn and
True to tlie I.Ilc.
IIn. C. K. Buck alow, the talented Senator
from Columbia county, in a speech made at
Bloonuburg, on the 11th of August last, when
referring to the arrogant pretensions of Gov.
Johnston and his friends in the claim set up by
them that iris Excellency had projected and
matured a Sinking Fund peculiarly his own,
and that he is paying off the State debt, most
clearly exposes the fallacy. He strips the Gov
ernor of bis borrowed plumage, and with a half
prophetic vision exposes the pomp and parade
which would accompany the Governor's first
proclamation on this subject. That part rela
ting to the "large type" and "great seal"' have
actually come to pass. The proclamation which
was required by law as an official duty, is para
ded in all the Whig organs under the extended
wings of the American eagle, in glowiug capi
tals, with hands pointing to its head, as if the
whole public debt has become extinguished
through the great financial skill of Wm. F.
Johnston alone, and that nothing now remained
but to read the Governor's proclamation of his
great and marvellous achievements. Fancy
yourself out of debt, with no taxes to pay.
Eat, drink and be happy as long as the delusion
lasts. But we set out to give an extract from
the Senator's able speech, to which we will now
introduce the reader:
Why then does the 4th section of the act of
1849, which I have just read, provide that a re
port shall be made by the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund at au unusual time instead of the
usual time in January? Why on the first of
September, during the fiscal j'ear of the State,
and not at its close? Why is this report to be
made every third year and tlie first report ex
actly on the 1st September, 1851? The pur
pose iras to re-elect Wm. F. Juhnston Recollect,
the act was passed 10th April, 1849, and that
these reports spoken of in the 4th section, were
to be made at the end of every third year. But
three years from the passage of the act would
extend to the 10th of April, 1852, 6ix months
after the Governor's election this full; in con
sideration of which circumstance, doubtless, the
time of making the report was pulled backward
and fixed on the first of September.
How beautifully the matter was arranged to
effect the purpose intended; and how clearly
may this fourth section eulighten us as to the
intention and purpose entertained iu 1819. The
main object was net to befriend the people of
Pennsylvania in il;e payment of their debt, but
to re-elect it. Ait:. strong county lawyer the
father cf re! of i.otes and the friend of the
abolitionists to the office of Governor. You
will observe u ..it this triennial report is to be
made not to the Legislature, where such reports
appropriate
ijg, but to the Governor ; that
up to the tin.o ct' such report the debt paid off
is considered unpaid and draws interest; that
upon receiving ihe report the Governor is to
order the caucclhttion or destruction of the cer
tificates of debt, so that the actual extinguish
ment of debt shall appear as his act; and that
thereupon, just six weeks before the election, he
shall issue a flaming proclamation to the people
announcing the payment of so much of the
public debt! And then we are to be told that
Gov. Johnston and his wonderful Sinking Fund
have dono the whole business ! And that the
financial abilities of the Executive are at least
equal to those of Alexander Hamilton and Wm.
Pitt. Do you not perceive that in pursuance
of the intention in view the Governor struck
the key note of the music in his speech at Lan
caster, and has been followed by his file leaders
all over the State in a ptvan of praise to the
Sinking Fund? It was desirable to direct the
public mind beforehand In such manner as to
give a full and salutary effect to the September
proclamation! That wonderful document, gen
tlemen, is soon coming, in all the beauty of
large type and under the great seal of the Com
monwealth. It will become us to peruse it with
thankfulness and gratitude, and to recollect that
it is the production of a sublime personage who
has borrowed a project from his competitor and
iprcparcd it for electioneering purposes.
JA.XET 3ICKEA.
We seat.f l ourselves in the shade of a large
pine-tree, end drank of a spring that gurgled
beneath it. Tbe ladisns gave a groan and
turned their fr.ce3 from the water. They would
not drink of the spring nor eat in the shade of
tne iicc, i,t ,tui A ledge of rocks at no
great distance, I ventured to ?-pi-"oucIi vuem
and inquire the cause of their strange conduct.
One of the Indians said in a deep and solemn
tone, "That place is bad for the red-man; the
uiuua oi an innocent woman, not of our ene
mies, rests upon that spot she wa3 there mur
dered. The red-man's word had been pledged
for her safety; but the evil rpirit made him
forget it. She lies buried there. No one avenged
her murder, and the Great Spirit was anirrv.
Auin. waier win maie us more thirsty,
and that
suaue wnl scorch U3. The stain of blood is on
our nanus, ana we know not how to wipe it out. particular State, or someone f .Uks iuds-eKu-It
still resrs mnn tie rln vednt -m-rn t ;.-t;nr.o .i,,
, m ....,. - n.ti. i i.uiuu juwvvo uicicui, bucu person or persona on con
get no more from them ; they were silent, even ! viction, shall be adjudged guilty of wieprison of
tor Indiana. It was the death of Miss Mcllea treason, and shall b i
1. 1...1,1 i fl . ... .. ..
ne was Detrotuci to a vounsr
American by the name of Jones, who had taken
sides with the liritisli, and become a captain in
their service. The lovers, however, had man
aged to keep up a correspondence, and he was
lmorme-t, alter a battle in which he distinguished
lmself for his bravery, that his inamorata was
concealed m a bouse a few miles from Sandj
Ilill. As it was dangerous for him to go to
her, he engaged a party of confidential Indians
to take his horse to her residence, and bring
her to his tent in safety. He urged her, in his
letter, not to hesitate a moment in putting her
self under their protection ; and the voice of a
lover is law to a confiding woman. They pro
ceeded on their journey, and stopped to rest
under a large pine-tree near a spring the one
at which we drank. Here they were met by
another party of Indians, also sent by the im
paticnt lover, when a quarrel arose about her
which terminated in her assassination. One of
the Indians pulled thepoor girl from her horse,
and another struck hi 3 tomahawk into her fore
head tore off her scalp, and gashed her breast.
They then covered her body with leaves, and
left her under the huge pine-tree. One cf the
Indians made her lover acquainted with the
facts, and another brostrht him her scalp. He
knew the long, brown tresses of Miss McRc3,
and, in defiance of all danger, flew to the spot Judges Iredell and Teters. The facts alleged
to realize tlie horrid scene. He tore away the ! in tlie indictment being fully proved, Lewis and
thinly-spread leaves, clasped the still bleeding i Dallas, tlie able counsel of the prisoner, rested
body in his arms, and, wrapping it in Ids cloak, j his defence on the points of law."
was about bearing it away, when he was pre- After a full discussion, the principle estab
veuted by his superior officers, who ordered the lishel in Mitchell's case was reaffirmed, "that.
pour girl to be bur.eu ou tlie spot where she had
been immolated. After this event a curse seemed
to rest upon the red-men. In every battle their
forces were sadly cut up, the Americans attack
ing them most furiously whenever they could get
an opportunity. The prophets of the Indians
had strange auguries; they saw constantly in
the clouds the fcia of the murdered wkite wiv.
man, invoking the blasts to overwhelm them, !
and direcii
ail
the power and fury of the
Americans to exterminate every red-man of tho
forest, who had committed the hateful deed of
breaking his faith and staining the tomahawk
mornin
s hirlit not a red-man was to be found
near the British troops. Captain Jones, too,
was no more. In the battle he led on his men
with that fearlessness and fury that distressed
minds often do; but his men grew tired of fol
lowing him in such perilous attacks, and began
to fly. As he returned to rally them he received
a ball in his buck. Burning with shame, love aoid
frenzy, he turned and threr himself ou. the bay
onets of the enemy, and at once clo.od his ago
nies and expiated his political offesce. He was
laid by the side of her he had so ardently loved
and lamented. Eicnts of the Revolution.
THE AE0TE IN VERSE.
JJY GEOiiGE T. MoKflS.
She heard the fight was over.
And won the wreath of fame!
Wheu tidings from her lover,
With his good war-eteed came:
To guard her safely to hi3 tent,
The red-men of the woods were sent.
They led her where sweet waters gush
Under the pine-tree bough !
The tomahawk is raised to crush
'lis buried in her brow!
She sleeps beneath that pine-tree now!
Uer broken hearted lover
In hopeless conflict died!
The forest-leaves now cover
That soldier and his bride!
The frown of the Great Spirit fell
Upon the red-man like a spell!
No more those waters slake their thirst,
Shadeless to them that tree!
O'er land and lake they roam accurst,
Aud in the clouds they see
Thy spirit unavenged, Mcllea !
Old Kent tick!
Major J. C. Breckeubridge, a j-oung democrat
of fine talents and promise, who was an officer
r.f n nf the Kontu. lcv Bpn-iments in Mi
wiui me dioou ci a woman, wnose spirit stm j minutes bv the continued application of this
called for revenge. It was agreed among the ! article; and from mv own kuowledge of the
Indians in a body to move silently away, and by effects in other cases I have not the least doubt
t ,1 1 1 .1 -. .!
has been elected over the notorious Gen. Combs j examined three hours after it fell showed a por
of Lexington. Ky., and the Ashland district flies tlon of a sinnn bk''1 vessf'l- some of the sheath
to the democratic banner. Henry Clay's State cf.a mu?c aa1 muscular fiber. It was slightly
and district have at last returned to the faith in : suoU'd- The grouud on which the.shower fell
which he found them, aud iu which he com- I w?f abou,t lrce hundred yards h ng and eighty
menccd his brilliant political career. Apostacy j w;,de' ftn'1 tbe utre amount of meat between
from the republican faith has at last met its tTro and a half auJ five bushels in bulk. No
retribution and brought upon him the bitter ' P;e-os of bne were found. A strong wind from
mortification of witnessing the desertion of his I tn0 wcst wos blowing at the time and the skies
own State, and his own vicinage, from his side. ! wcre clar. This is the third occurrence of the
The way of the transgressor is hard. Richmond i kin(i on recorJ last six years.
j
LorEZ in Battle. P. S. Van Vechten, of New
York, a lieutenant in one of the companies of
the Cuba expedition, and who has been pardoned
and released by the Captain General, publishes
in the N. Y. Herald an account of the expedition,
in which be says that d-iring the engagement
with the Spaniards,' Lopez carried no sword,
but "roda entirely unarmed over the field,
through the hottest fire, occasionally applying a
red raw-hide, with a. good deal of vigor, to the
bhoulders if such men as he thought could be
ihuriiei into lirlng'a little fatter !'"
THE OUTRAGE IN CHRISTIANA. -
THE WIIISKeT REBELUOX.
The Washington Republic contains an able
article on the recen f "outrage in Christiana. It
describes it as an act of treason against the U.
States, under the clause of '-levying war against
tne states; 'wsrtTj-CcDsmuilou deuc-3 to
betTeason. The fin Cccaress passed an act
to carry out this provision of the Constitution
declanug that tlie crime of treason should be
punished by death. The same law also provides
that "
" If any person or pereons, having knowleds
of the commission, of the treasons aforesaid,
shall conceal, and not, as coon as. cutv be, dis
close a.d known Ve stent, tn the
of the United States, o ouie eae-of the iud-pj
thereof, or to the IVeeidont or C.r- , e
' , v-vu MUl CitCCUlU
seven rears, and fined not fTPw.lunr
sand dollars. .' . '
. The Republic shows how tlie WLIskev rt-brf-L:on.
was. treated in Pennsylvania, when "in 1894
an insurrection took place in the four western
' Counties of Pfr,r.r1v7.I,i f.-v r . I r
' the execution of two acts of Confess :
" irol was . indicted in Ar,ri1 ITO", r, r TJ.
j treason in levying war against the United States,
J on the charge, of resisting and preventing bv
; f jrec the execution of the said acts ; aiviVas
' tried at a circuit court held in Phiiaixilj hia,
: Judges Patterson and Teters on the bc-Lch.-i-I
The overt acts being proved ly two witnesses,
; the case was submitted to the jury without nr
; gumeut, under the charge of the court, which
was delivered by Mr. Justice Patterson."
j Vigol was sentenced to death, and afterwards
: pardoned. We quote again :
; "A few years afterwards Congress passed an
, act (179S) providing for a valuation of lands,
! &c; and in the same year an act laying a direct
l tax. In the year following an insurrection took
place in the counties of Bucks and Northampton,
in Pennsylvania, to resist the execution of these
acts. Fries was arrested and committed as ecu
of the ringleaders in tlie insurrection.
'Fries was brought to trial at a circuit court
i held in Philadelphia in April 1799. before
to resist or prevent by force the. execution of a
particular law of the Lnited Stares, did amount
to levying war against them, and was therefore
treason."
There are other examples of like import and
leading to like results. -
A Cure for 1'oison. .
T C .1 1 , .
ii a person suoui j ce stung by a bee or other
j insect, rub some spirits of turpentine on the
place, and the pam will cease in a moment. It
is said thu.t the pain arising from the bite of a
copper-head snake may be arretted in a few
I cf It Tb ffWt nf nil
, bloodvessels and prevent a free circulation; the
natural consequence is pain and inflamaticn im
mediately. Spirits of turpentine, by their pene
trating and expanding qualities, socn overcome
the diffieultv. Farmer's Cabinet.
Another.
Remedy roit S.nmke Bites. The Boston Post,
iu recording the death of Mr. Lovat, at Phila
delphia, a few days since, from the bite of a pet
rattlesnake, and remarking upon the fact that
all efforts of physicians in his behalf were una
vailing, says: "Yet authentic statements have
been published that the poison of tlie rattlesnake
Las been overcome by drinking ardent spirits
a quart or more, in a saort time; and that even
by bathing the wound in olive oil, and swallow
ing every few minutes as much as could be got
down, a bitten man has been kuown to recover.
It is said that no quantity of brandy will intox
icate a person bitten by a poisonous reptile: that
the poison does not act in the blood, bat affects
the same nerves or vessels near the surface of
tlie skin, through which ardent spirits pass off.
and that there the combat between, the spirits
and the venom is carried n, and the !atier over
come. After a few hours sleep, the patient thus
treated has been known to rise as well as befure
the reptile inflicted its bite."
A Shower ol" Flesh in California.
The San Francisco Herald of August let
says :
"On Saturday, the 20th ulL, a shower cf
meat fell at the army station near Benioia. It.
was first observed by Major Allen, who was
struck by one of the falling pieces. The show
er lasted two or three minutes. The pieces
were from the tize of a pigeon's egg np to that
of an orange tho heaviest perhaps weighing
three ounces. No birds were visible in the air
at the time. Specimens of this meat, which is
apparently beef, were preserved by Major Allen
I and the Surgeon of the Post, A piece that was
r,, . ...... i-.r in,in.W.rf;n.,.:
have faised a second adventtent in Erie, and are
drawing crowds to witness their performances.
The time fixed forheir ascension is uncertin.
They are all higher-law men, and will go for
John Strohni for Canal Commissioner if they
shouldn't leave before the election.
Tub Salttk Peksoxai In Russia, after tb
first introduction of a gentleman to a lady, he
kisses her hand whenever thev meet hil.K
gracefully returns the compliment on his cheek.
What a delicate custom particularly for the
lords of creation !