MOUNTAIN SENTINEL
ANDREW J. RHEY, EDITOR.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Thursday September 25, ISM.
JU THE "SEXTIXEL," has much the largest
circulation of any paper published in this county
and as an advertising sheet offers superior induce
ment to merchants and business men generally.
Those desirous of making use ot this medium for
extending their business, can do so by cither tending
their notices direct, or through the following agents.
John Crouse, Esq., Johnstown.
V. B. Palmer, Esg., Xew York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
MILIUM BIGLER,
OF CLEARFIELD COCXTY.
TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
SET!! CLOVER,
OF CLARION COrNTY.
FOR JTDQES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JOHJT B. GIBSON, OF CUMBERLAND.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, OF SOMERSET.
JAMES CAMPBELL, OF PHILADELPHIA.
ELLIS LEWIS, OF LANCASTER.
WALTER H. LOWRIE, OF ALLEGHENY.
Democratic County. Nominations.
PRESIDENT JCDOE,
THOMAS P. CAMPBELL. .
ASSEMBLY, .
JOHN KEAN.
WM. P. SCHELL.
rROTEOSOTAKY,
WILLIAM XITTELL.
) ASSOCIATE JCIGE5,
' HARRISON KINKEAD, .
7 GEORGE W. EA8LY
TREASURER,
REES J. LLOYD.
COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM PALMER.
AUDITOR,
ROBERT HAMILTON.
CT Peaches are selling in this market at
75 cents per bushel, and are more plenty
than in any of the adjoining counties.
Democrats,
REMEMBER that to-morrow (Friday) week
is the last day on which you can be ASSESSED.
Look to it, and see that your name is on the list.
fctaJ" The Whigs of this district have nomina
ted for the Legislature, Adam Barnhart of Bed
ford, and John Linton of Cambria. Mr. Barn
hart is unpopular in his own county and will
run far behind tbe party vote. The Democracy
will unite to a man on Kean and Schell, and
lect them by a triumphant majority.
ty Eight thousand 6ix hundred and forty
dollars, have already been subscribed to the
Ebcnsburg and Jefferson Tlank Road. There
is no doubt but that the road will be made, and
the sooner the better. Tbe length of the road
is but e5ght miles, and five thousand dollars
more will bo sufficient to complete it. The far
mers along tho line should all subscribe.
pgf Wm. I. Schell, Esq., of Fulton county,
candidate on the Legislative ticket with Colonel
Kean, will be in Ebensburg during court week
to become more fully acquainted with the de
mocracy of Cambria. Thos. P. Campbell, Eq.,
our candidate for President Judge, will also be
here at that time. Wb predict that they will
make many warm and steadfast friends daring
their visit.
State Agricultural Fair. The Executive
Committee of the State Agricultural Society
havizg ascertained that Maryland has acciden
tally selected the same days for holding her
Fair as Fennsyl vania, have changed the time
for the State Fair at Harrisburg, so that all that
desire may visit both. The days cow fixed upon
are the 29th, 30th and 31st of October.
ft2T Col. Bigler assured us at Somerset, that
if ho could by any means make arrangements
eo as to come to Cambria on court week, he
would do eo; but that he baa many engage
ments made at other places where he has never
been. He will bo here if possible, and in the
meantime snt his beet regards to all the de
mocracy of Little Cambria.
Last week we had tho pleasure of ta
king by the hand our esteemed contemporaries,
Col. Marchand, of the Greensburg Republican ,
J. M. Laird, Esq., of the Greensburg Argus,
and Robert R. Roddy, Esq., of the Somerset
Visitor: all true and devoted democrats and
gentlemen of decided ability. We had also the
pleasure of eeeicg our worthy contemporaries,
Messrs. Ogle and Scull, of the Somerset Whig,
and Connelly, of the Somerset Herald: clever,
gentlemanly, and talented rasu. Sorry wo are,
they aro in the wrong crowd.
Democrats, are you Assessed ?
This is an important duty, and should be
immediately attended to. It is- thia which
guarantees to you the sight of suffrage.
Remember, that unless ou are assessed TEN
DAYS before the election, and have paid a
6ta and County tax within two years, you
ill bo denied one of the highest privileges
nown in a free republican, grTroinent TlIE
RIGHT TO VOTE
Col. Bigler In tbe Went.
The editor of this paper was at Greensburg
on Friday last and attended the Bigler Mass
Meeting. It "was a demonstration such as
Westmoreland delights in giving, a glorious and
cheering one. The noble hearted Democracy of
the " Star of the West" -were there in all their
strength and all their glory. The crowd num
bered at least 1500 men. Col. Bigler was re
ceived two miles from the town by a procession
reaching one mile. It was a grand and impo
sing sight, and as the gallant Bigler passed
along the line to reach its front, cheer upon
cheer was given to the Raftsman of the Susque
hanna, the hills reverberating the sounds. Col
Bigler addressed the multitude in the Court
House, which was not sufficiently large to con
tain the crowd. For the first time in our life
we seen the Raftsman and heard him speak
We feel ourself inadequate to the task of de
scribing that speech. It was a great and mas
terly one. We have heard Gov. Johnston and
can justly say that Col. Biglor is his superior in
oratory as well as everything else. The able
and convincing manner in which lie upset all
the pretensions of Gov. Johnston in regard to
the origination of a Sinking Fund, told with
powerful effect upon the people. His thorough
knowledge and perfect faiUUy -witn the cur-1
rcney and banking questions, conclusively cs-
tablish that the position he ba3 taken on these
matters has been attained only by a life of
study and research. His remarks on the Union
and Compromise measures,, as also his reasons
why Gov.. Johnston should sign the bill allowing
the use of our prisons for the safe keeping of
fugitives from labor, were clear, concise, pointed
Rnd truly national. In all his remarks he said
not a word that could offend the members of the
opposition party and spoke of Gov. Johnston in
an honorable and gentlemanly manner. His
whole speech was characterized by a soundness
of judgment, a power of delineation, a knowledge
of facts and figures, a candid and earnest man
ner, and a plain, but at the same time, convin
cing reasoning, that established the truth of all
he said and proved beyond the contingency of a
doubt that he is correct in all his positions.
Col. S. W. Black of Pittsburg was present, and
as usual, made a favorable impression upon the
audience by hia fortunate hits and powerful
eloquence.
Col. Bigler, Col. Black and others spoke at
Youngstown on Friday evening to a large crowd
numbering about 1000 persons. The Raftsman
was received when within four miles of that
place by a large deputation, not the least con
spicuous among whom were a number of the
1 hard-fisted ridgers, who had come from the hills
to hear their favorite candidate speak. There
Col. Bigler made a speech equally as deserving
of praise as the Greensburg speech. Col. Black
also acquitted himself most excellently. Col.
Jas. Keenati, Wm. A. Cook, Esq., Dr. T. J.
Cantwell and A. J. Rhey also addressed the
meeting. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
Col. Bigler left Youngstown at 6 o'clock on
Saturday morning, and breakfasted at Ligonier
where we were told the town had been illumina
ted the previous evening. Accompanied by
Daniel Weyand, Esq., of Somerset, Col. John
McFarland and Esq. Hargnett, of Ligonier, and
And. J. Rhey, of Cambria, he proceeded towards
Somerset, where he arrived at four o'clock in
the afternoon, and was received three milts
from the town by a large delegation, outnum
bering the one that received Gov. Johnston on
his recent visit two to one. On enterins the
town he was cheered again and again by the
crowd. In the evening he addressed the peo
ple in the Court House in an eloquent manner
and astonished them all. It was a grand meet
ing for the Whig County of Somerset, and he
made friends by it. Wo left Col. Bigler in
Somerset on Sunday afternoon, in excellent
health, high in hope and confident of an elec
tion. He will be "put through" safely, to the
tune of 15.00D.
The .Slander Refuted.
A report having been circulated in various
parts of this county, that ono of the Democratic
candidates for Associate Judge had made'use of
certain expressions against a certain religious
denomination, the party so maliciously slandered
has handed us tho following certificate, sworn
and subscribed to according to law, which is suffi
cient to prove beyond doubt that he is innocent of
the charge-made by his Whig opponents, and we
ask for it a careful perusal.. We are for oppo
sing to the datbth introduction of any reli
gious subject into th political arena, believlrg
it to be too aacred an affair to be mixed up in
the sea of politics, and we hope our friends will
not suffer its introduction here to the iDjurv of
any candidate. .
CEXTRE COUXTY, SS:
Before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the
Peace in and for 6aid county, personally ap
peared Christopher Rhuc, who being duly sworn
according to law doth depose and say, that the
charge made against Harrison Kinkcad, Esq.,
of the Borough of Ebensburg, Cambria county,
of having used a certain expression about a
certain religious body of persons, offensive to
the members of a body of christians-to which
tne said religious body of persons were attached
in the Bar-room of Mr. Kittell of th afor;,!
Borough, in my presence, is utterly false so far
as 1 nave any Knowledge that the expression
alluded to was made . by. a boy, . that lived at
me time witti Mr. Kinkead, and that Mr. Kin
kcad was not present when tho expression was
used.
Sworn and subscribed this ICth day of Septem-
toe, tv 1 t. -
ui'i jo-ji, iJ. o. lruner, J. I .
CHRISTOPHER KHUE.
tx$- We have received the first number of a
new monthly journal, styled the Union Artist,
to be published m Pittsburg. R. D. Hartshorn,
Esq., is editor and has every requisite qualifi
cation for the undertaking. This journal will
bo entirely devoted to the agricultural, horticul
tural and mechanical interests of the "Great
est." Every farmer and mechanic should re
ceive it. Terms, $1 per year. To those de
sirous of subscribing, a sample of tho book can
be seen at this office.
The first number of the New York Daily Tunes
has been received. It is Whig in politics, but
present a neat appearance and is conducted by
Henry R.ymond, Esq., with much a-biUtrC, '
Gov. Johnston Condemned 1
William F. Johnston, in his Lancaster Speech,
said that if he had been a member of Congress
he never would have voted for the Texas Boun
dary Bill and the Fugitive Slave Law, two im
portant Sections of the Compromise Measures.
And he further said that the Union is in no
danger, and could never be dissolved.
Now to prove the incorrectness of his position
to show to you beyond doubt that he is not
the friend of the whole country to demonstrate
to you that he is in direct opposition to leading
men of his own party to satisfy you in your
own minds that hi3 opposition to these measures
places him in the list with such abolitionists as
Seward, Giddings, Hale, Howe, Garrison, Thad.
Stevens, &c. we quote from only two sources.
Daniel Webster, the great leader of the
Northern Whig Farty, said at Albany, whilst
speaking of these measures the following words :
" Xcvcrtheless gentlemen, I desire to declare in the
JHOst emphatic manner, that I hold these laws, and
especially that which prodded for the adjustment of
the controversy with Texas, to have been essential
to the preservation of the public peace." There
fore, Wm. F. Johnston is condemned by the God
like Daniel, (as the Whigs call him,) AND
WOLLD HAVE VOTED AGAINST THEPUE-
SERVATION OF TnE PUBLIC PEACE.
You cannot support such a man.
Again Daniel Webster has said in reference
to the Compromise measures: " It teas ny con
scientious bcli'f, still unshaken, ever since confirmed,
that if the difficulty with Teras could not be ami
cably adjusted tkere must, in all probability, have
been civil war and civil bloodshed." Therefore,
as Wm. F. Johnston has 6aid boldly, that he
would not have voted for an amicable adjust
ment of these difficulties, HE WAS IX FAVOR
OF CIVIL WAR AND CIVIL BLOODSHED.
Freemen of Cambria can you support such a
man whose heart and soul are in open rebellion
to the interests of the Union ? You cannot, you
will not.
The Washington Republic, the organ of the
Whig party of the United States, says on this
subject: " Tke Compromise it is well knorcn is
regarded by President Fillmore, as the best, if not
the only vuans of restoring peace and qniet to the
country, and maintaining inviolate the integrity of
the Lnton." Yet Gov. Johnston says he would
not have voted for a part of this Compromise,
and therefore ho was opposed to the RESTORA
TION OF PEACE AND QUIET TO THE
C-UL1V11. Such a man deserves univenal
condemnation and ho will receive it on the 2nd
Tuesday of October. Xo man can receive the
support of Pennsylvania who is not the true and
firm friend of tke Compromise measures, and as
Wm. F. Johnston has shown his hostility to the
measures he will be consigned to a political
grave, while WILLIAM BIGLER, who is the
firm and enthusiastic supporter of all of these
measures, is entitled to the support of evry
Union loving man in this Commonwealth and
will be rewarded" by a triumphant and glo
rious election, and when the fight is over and
the battle won, the glad tidings will be heralded
to the North and the South, the East and the
West, that Pennsylvania is true to thx
USIOS, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE COMPROMISE.
President Judge.-
Thomas P. Campbell, Esq., our candidate for
this important office was in Ebensburg from
Saturday until MouJay, and at Plane No. 4,
Summit, I'laue No. 2. Jefferson and Johnstown
on Monday, Tuesday a: 1 Wednesday. He has
made a favorable it.iprv.-fc.-non upon the people of
all parties, and tLo i'tmocracy are determined
to do all they can 1 3 eiect him. His superior
qualifications, his 3.m:wledped ability for the
station, and the pion.pt und efficient manner in
which, if elected, he nould discharge the duties
imposed upon them, r.re a sufficient guarantee
that he will run like a streak. We have strong
hopes of his election over Judge Taylor, and if
tbe tax-payers of Cumbria know their own in
terest they will to a man support Maj. Campbell
The following article we take from the Hunting
don " Globe," and you can judge from the high
estimation in which he is held at home, if he is
not the very man we want for President Judge,
That Major Campbell has the necessary legal
qualifications, and a reputation for integrity,
upon -which no imputation, can be made, no one
acquainted with him wilt pretend to deny. Al
though not yet more than a middle aued man.
ue iras ror years oeen in the front rank of th
proiession at this bar, and experience would
teach us that a man who has raised himself to
thMt rank, from comparatively humble life, hv
industry and the force of his own natural abili
ties, will not only maintain it, but will, by the
same means, rise higher. A well balanced and
eminently legal mind, acnte perceptive faculties,
a ready comprehension, and his fine nrofessioii-
al knowledge, qualify him to discharge the du
ties of the bench, with that promptness and in
telligence, which will benefit the suitor, while
nia anaoie demeanor would secure ail due cour
tesy to the members of the bar.
Escaped..
Capt. Thomas Ridley and Robert Eckert, alias
John McFeely, escaped from Jail last Sunday
morning at d o clock. They were the principal
persons engaged, in the late robberies in and
about Johnstown. Eckert at one ti,n& pr!
from the Bloomfield, Terry Co-, Jail, and is no
doubt an experienced hand at the business.
A t.l 1 1
viuiuugu ue was ironed, ne succeeded in getting
his hands through tbe bars ef the door and
picked the lock with some instrument he must
have had concealed on his person.. He then
picked the lock of the cell in which Ridley was
confined,- released him, and picked the lock of
the back door and left for parts unknown. The
Sheriff has offered a reward of $100 for their
apprehension.
Ridley was lately engaged in running the
Canal Boat, Ruth Ann is about SO to 35 years
of age, rather tall, light haired, had on a dark
sack or frock coat and black hat. Eckert is
about 25 years old, middle size, light haired,
had on a greyish coat and black wool hat.
ftST Whilst a party of ladies and gentlemen
were proceeding from the Tunnel to Johnstown,
on Sunday, for the purpose of attending Church,
the car run into a locomotive and injured several
severely, breaking the arm of one and the leg of
another. Their names we are unable to atu
Folltlcs In California.
' A. a Democratic meeting held at San Fran
cisco, California, on Monday evening, August
11th, Col. Wm. G. Wood was elected President,.
and Thomas A. Lynch and D. A. Magehan,
Esqs., Vice Presidents. Mr. Magehan was born
and raised in Cambria county, and we ore glad
to notice is doing good service for the cause of 1
LCU1UU U..J All LUC "VjrUlUtZU VUUUll . 11C liao
manjrwarm friends here who would be rejoiced
to hear of his nomination and election to some
important office in that far off country. As
chairman of the committee on resolutions he of
fered the following resolution which was read
and adopted :
Resolved, That we will not reeeive or place in
nomination the name of any parties for the of
fic of Senator or Representative in the State
Legislature of California, from this county, un
less they pledge themselves to vote (in case of
their election) m the State Legislature lor no
man for United States Senator, unless they are
satisfied that he will be a sound and unwavering
Democrat, and unless he pledges himself (in
case of his election,) to carry out tbe Demo
cratic creed adopted by the National Democratic
Convention held at Baltimore in 1841 and181&
gy Col. S. S. Seely, of the Jersey Shore
Republican, has associated with him Robert
Baker. Esq., and states "that by this arrange
ment the circulation will be greatly increased
and our readers, we trust, benefitted." We
wish them every success. Col. Seely 683-3 he is
comincr to Ebensburer after the election. His
O O
numerous friends here will be glad to see him
once more, and he will receive a cordial wel
come. The great improvements of which he
speaks shall'be shown to him; but there is an
other improvement which will be made before
his visit, which we will show him with increased
pleasure, namely, an improvement in the ma
jority for Bigler in this county over auy previ
ous candidate. So look out for it.
From the Baltimore Sun of Saturday.
TIIC CHRISTIANA OUTRAGE.
LETTER FROM THE REV. MR. GORSTJCH TO
GOVERNOR JOHNSTON.
The following letter from the Rev. Mr. Gor-
such to Gov. Johnston, in which he replies to
the letter of the Governor, has been handed to
us for publication:.
Washington, Sept. 18, 1851!
II6n. Wm. P. Johnston, Governor of Pennsylvania.
The undersigned, a sou of the late Edward
Gorsuch, the victim of abolitionist enthusiasm
and high-handed rebellion is sorry that so pain
ful a duty is imposed upon him as that to which
he now addresses himself. He writes to you,
sir, with no vindictive feelings, but only to as
sure vou, what he desires every one- to know,
that he thinks the lack of official promptness
on your part has resulted in the escape, hith
erto, of the slaves, and some of the principal
murderers of his father. It would have tended
in some degree to relieve the anxiety of the
family, and iriends of the deceased to have
known that the Govenor of the fetxte in which
this foul murder was committed had acted as
promptly and efficiently aB - the- circumstances
demanded.
I know that you passed within a few yards of
wlire the body of my father lay, the atternoou
of the same day on which he was murdered
The cars stopped at the door of the house. Some
of the passengers went in to nook at the ghastly
spectacle. But, sir, you did not. You,- who
ought, because o( your responsible station, to
have been most interested, showed the least
concern. And -this is not to be wondered at. It
would seem natural that then you should have
been rejoicing at -this, the first fruits of your
official and personal hostility to the rendition of
fugitive slaves. Did we-not well kww what y.ou
have done to render inoperative the law under
w hose protection my lather entered your State
to secure his property, in a mauner strictly le
gal, some excuse might be found in our minds
for your strange inactivity. But we knew your
course. We had watched it with pain, and we
did not expect you would be induced to change
it even at this extraordinary crisis.
Allow me to call your attention to a fact which,
perhaps, you will remember. Those slaves, for
which my father was searching, were to be free
at the age of twenty-eight. They were detected
in sellintr stolen wheat to a free nejm. Before
the writ which was gotten outagain&t him could
be served, he escaped to Pennsylvania. This
brother of mine, now so near to death, was sent
to vou with a requisition from the Governor of
Maryland for that free negro, "Abe Johnson."
But you would not deliver him up, and sent my
brother home convinced that further effort in
that respect was unnecessary. That "Abe John
sou," it is said w as present among the rebels on
last Thursday morning.
I have read some letters which you wrote to
some gentlemen of Philadelphia,, who were ur
ging you to action. I marked the strong con
trast between your words awl actions. Now,
sir, if you were so anxious to vindicate, the
honor of your State, so proud to have thoe of
fenders arrested, why did you not imitate the
noble example of the Executive of the United
States? Why did yon not issue your procla
mation as soon as you reached Philadelphia? If
it ought, to have- been done at all, were there
not stronger reasons to have it done on the first
day, when the murderers were at hand, than on
the ' fifth; when most of them had escaped? You
catfnot plead ignorance of the riot, for it was
well known to you. You will not pretend to say
that it was more necessary wheu several promi-
nent actors in that tragedy were arrested, and
the whole neighborhood scoured by vigorous '
young gentlemen from Maryland, by a host of.
your own citizens- and United States military, !
than when every one that desired the puuish-
mentrof these murderers and traitors was afraid
to move; when the riotors still wet with the
blood of innocent and peaceable men were
triumphing in their victory, ami their confede
rates congratulating themselves upon successful
treason!. Why, sir, did you not show , your
promptness then? You applaud the decision,
energy and promptness of the Lancaster county
officers, and in this I most heartily concur; but
iu proportion as you praise them, you condemn
yoursc.f. .You knew of the insurrectionary move
ment before they did. If they had waited, as you
did, until the fifth day, to do what ought. to have
been done on the first, you could not have ap
plauded them. You must,, therefore, sir, be
self-condemned.
Do you know that thirty-six hours passed be
fore one writ was taken against these men? Do
you know that Mr. Thompson, Hie State's Attor
ney, and Mr. Rcigart, to protect their own lives
and to quoll the spirit of resistance which for
tified the traitors and terrified the loyal, had to
colleot a posse of men from iron works and dig
gings on the railroad? Do you know that not a
magistrate or constable would act until com
pelled; that the sheriff refused to act; that
your attorney general, true to his. superior,
would not aid those men whose activity you so
zealously commeud!
With these facts, sir, before us, we cannot be
charged with calumny in aayinpc, that we do
honestly believe that your proclamation would
never have seen the light, had you not feared
that the activity of others would censure
own indifference.
" We believe that the majority of Pennsylvania
is right. We have been pleased at tbe zeal, and
gratified with the sympathies of many we have
mot. Tint air ,f tli lawa Khali nOWT ana
tained; if 'tbe' country shall be satisfied that
Pennsylvania is right; if the fcoutn is i
that this law will not be inefficient; be assured
that not one particle of the honor will be given
to the Governor. We will not say xnai ue
acted traitorously; that by his previous course
he has been the indirect occasion 01 mis out
rage; that the blood of Edward Gorsuch is on
his skirts; but we must say that he has not
been "clear in his great office," but recreant to
the trust imposed on him.
Much more in sorrow than in anger, I subscribe
myself vour much injured friend,
J. S. GORSUCH.
The above able and exemplary Divine was!
- I
in preachiuK in his pulpit at Hiiaua, ... , ,r ' . 1 "-aiur
" - o r i i and had a long interview. Property to til
Church, in Washington city, when the news of i,,,,,,. - vaui C
.1 i l XV 1 . . trio nryf
and abol
of the late
responde
Gorsuch was a class leader in the M. E. Church
about sixty-three years of age and enjoyed
universal e&teem as a neighbor, citizen and
christian. He was generally esteemed for his
amiable and equitable character; in fact, so
just was he that cases were submitted to Ulm
for his judgment, which, under ether circum
stances, would have been brought before a court
of justice. He had also for a number of years
been in the habit of releasing his slaves from
servitude- when they attained their 2Fth year."
The above letter from his son is gall and
icormwood'to Wm. F. Johnston, who, through
his opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law, has
aided aud abetted 'in this tragedy. He pasted
the scene of the Jiiurder only a ff.e hours after it
had occurred and a numbtr of persons aaked him
whether he did not intend to bring the murderers to
justice, and he replied, that it was none rf.his busi
ness but the business of the United States officers.
He then went to Philadelphia to make political
speechas, and from thence to Berks and Schuyl
kill. He returned to Philadelphia on Saturday
evening and was addressed by Hon. John Swift,
Jobu Cadwallader, Esq., John W. Forney, Esq.,
and a number of other prominent gentlemen,
"to take active measures to vindicate tbe laws
aitd sustain the dignity of the Stat." On Son
day morning Gov. Johnston replied that more
than twenty-four hours before the receipt of
your, letter the parties implicated had been ar
rested, &c." But he contradicted lis own words,
for on Monday morning, 15th Sept., he issued
his proclamation offering a reward of 1000 for
their'arrest. The murd.r t. o": place on Thursday,
11th Sept. that day Gov. Johnston passed along
and although some of the passengers went in to see
the body of the murdered man, HE REFUSED
four iays aftcr he -issued his proclamation.
O Shame! Shume ! Wm. F. Johnston!
Governor Joliusluu and tlie I'ublic
Treasury.
Gbvernor Johnston prates much about h's re
plenishing the Common wealth s treasury, out he
is careful not to say one word about his attempt
to filch from it. He not only charged the Com
raon wealth, aud actually received mileage for
going to Harrisburg to assume the dutits of tbe
office of Governor a thing unheard of but in.-
also demanded from the State Treasurer pay as
uovemor, at the rate of twelve hundred and jutu
pounds, whilst he was acting as Governor by
virtue of his office as Speaker- of the tona;i
uuder the act of 1791, which provides th.it the
Speaker-of the Senate when he shaH exercise
the office of Governor in cases provided for in
the Constitution shall receive at the rate ot
twelve hundred and 4ifty-pounds per annum,'"
thus attempting to take out of't treasury,
illegally, a sum much greater than he was enti
tled to under the laws in existence at the time, and
of which he was fully aware. Here then we
have a bare-faced attempt of his Excellency to
take from the Treasury of the Commonwealth,
illegally, a large sum of money for the purpose
of appropriating it to his own use, and yet this
economical Governor tells the people that hk has
provided ways and means for supplying funds
aud extinguishing the State debt!
But perhaps the Governor has forgotten this
attempt upon the public funds, inasmuch as he
failed in accomplishing his object, but we dare
him to a denial. We are prepared with the
proof, if necessary, to establish the fact, that
he did make such demand of tbe then State
Treasurer, and insisted upon its payment. The
Treasurer, however, refused to pay and here
the matter ended, Gov. J. not daring to expose
himself by attempting to compel the Treasurer
to pay hie illegal claim.
Such, then, is the man who asks you to sup
port him. because of his "guarding tbe public
Treasury" a man who, during his official ca
reer, has been endeavoring to prey upon it.
Will the people of Pennsylvania longer permit
him to occupy a positiou which affords him an
opportunity to put his hands into the public
purse when he pleases? We are convinced they
will not. Carlisle Volunteer.
Meredith and Chambers against
tlie l"eop!e.
A motion whs made in the convention of 1838
to amend the Constitution was to give the elec
tion, of Justices of Peace to the people. Mere-
dith and Chambers, two of the whig candidates
for the Supreme Court, voted against trusting
the people with the election of their own officers,
The people will vote against trusting them with
the highest judicial power over th rights of the
free citizens of this Commonwealth. See 2nd
vol. Jour. Con. 127.
Another motion to the same effect was made
on p. 128, and on page 129 we find both these
worthies -voting again in opposition to trusting
the people with their own affairs. The men who
distrust the intelligence of the people are not
worthy to be trusted by th people. Penn"an.
Woman. It was Judge Ellis Lewis, one of the
democratic candidates for the Supreme Bench,
who, speaking of woman, eloquently said:
'God bless the sex! Ever foremost in the
work of charity always ministering to the
bright and lovely deeds, the accusing spirit h
earned the offence to Heavens Chancery
vain
Joy Quite a novel exhibition may be seen at
the Frauklin Hall, Philadelphia. It represents
the magnificent military and civil spectacle
which took place in Charleston, S. C, on the
25th of April, 1850, on the arrival of Mr. Cal
houn s body in his native state.
It is a purely
tne muruer oi nis veneraoie lame. u "fcjcw xotk on saiuruay
ition mob reached bira. la speaking. uesirojea. 1 ue ner nns oniy sixteen inches
... v v w rr i -
Mr: Gorsuch the Philadelphia cor- ' """ S; 'uc resiacLt of
..,r.i.v v iv;i. -v9: "Mr aamnpon, iromthe
s.ck lingering. iMgesi ai me cross speeding GUYSOTT'S YELLOW DOCK AND SARSAPA
earliest to the sepulchre! they never erred but j RILL
once, ana ii inai error nau oeen commutea at a As a purif;j.er of the blood renoTlltor of
oivi lyvi -VM ...... ,-v.v i ,.,(, o..-l . .
mechanical exhibition, and is said to be the
largest in the world. The various scenes are
given to the life, and the whole is calculated to
win attention and to .elicit applause. .
From Our Exchanges.
The steamer Jamea Jackson exploded on Sua
day last, cn the Ohio river, when opposite Shaw
neetown, 111., killing and wounding 35 persr.tg
: The American prisoners at Havana, are tj
; De sent to Sp in, one hundred and thirtT-eicLt
in number. They have published a card, thank
ing the officers of the U. S. sloop of war Albanv"
the officers of the prison at Havana, the Uririah
Consul, and American residents, for'tLeir kind,
ncss and sympathy in their behalf and the nc.
sures they had taken for their relief. The inl
habitants of Havana subscribed $70,000 for t,J
relief of the widows and orphans of thoe killej
in the Lopes expedition. The prisoners publish
a card condemning the conduct of Mr. Owen
Ibe American Cjt6u'. The Island of Cuba waj
quiet and business improving. A gcmlennn
in New York who has heard Catharine Hajfj
sing at rehearsal, was electrified with htr voice
and says she will create a tremendous senss,,;,,.!
when she appears in public. She and her
. . . . I . n M Anil..) linn T... . . T . 1 . . .
w - t r l mt.
Thirteen Louses were
mey had a creat ti.r,0
Speeches were made by the President, Daniel
W ebster, Lord Elgin, Governor General of C'ar.t
da, and many ther3. Edwin Forres
great Tragedian, has re-appeared upon the sfce
in the city of New York, aftcr an thieucc of
two years, and was warmly applauded la
Mississippi the Union candidates have gained
fifty-tWO COUttio, tVa ilicuniou xly gLt.
A new expedition against Cuba is rumored,
to start from some place outside the United
States, but we doubt the story. The Rt. Rtv.
Bishop Kenrick, of Philadelphia, has been made
Archbishop of Baltimore. Rev. P. Cullum, Pr:
mate of Ireland is deputed to superintend tie
ordination and bestow the Kallium. Gen"
Quitman has resigned, as a candidate forOover
nor of Mississippi; and Col. Jefferson Davis,
son-in-law of Gen. Taylor, has been ncmitnted
in hia stead. Hon. Stephen A. Doug!ag, t.f
Illinois, delivered an able address to tie New
York State Agricultural Society last week.
Oysters have been imported into England from
ew xork, done up in jars with vim gar. and
pepper. Business of every kind is revivii.g
in California, the mining interest was never bet
ter, and the yield of gold never larger. Cn
Saturday night last, there could not have been
les? than twenty or thirty bloomers in Chestnut
street, -Pbilailelbia, all accompanied by gentle
men. A' lot of peaches were sold in New
York, on Ihursday, at $10 per basket. Ri.th r
dear fruit eating, that. Father Ritchie, iaie
of the Washington Union, declines being a can
didate for-Governor of Virginia, and says: "I
could not be Governor if I would, and would not;
if I could." James Fennimore Cooper, the
great and world renowned American .Novelist,
died at his residence at Cooperstown, J". Y., tn
the 1st inst., aged C2 years. Jn his death
great man has fallen, lie tded in full commu
uion with the Episcopal Church, and a nation
mourns his loss. Letters to the American
Consul at the Court of Austria, have been opened
ty tl-e efficisib t-f that despotic Government.
A protest was addressed to the Imperial Govern
ment by Mr. Flagg, the American Representa
tive. The Austrian Government replied, that
they had the right to open auy documents scut
to that country by any other nation, and ttiiit
the packet in questiou had no external luir'w f
a diplomatic character. Lou. a Kossutn wa-
to have been released on the 13th September.
He intei ds to proceed first to Eng:and, to lea.e
there his children and provide for their euuea
iiof, ai d then sail for tue Luited Statrs. I;o
wiil be wel-omed by all. II jn. Bet.j. R. Cur
tis, of Boston, has been appointed a justice ef
the U. S. Supreme Court, to succeed Jude
Woodbury, and has accepted tlie office. TLo
f ittsburg Dispatch says: Mayor Gsthrie is wic
ning goiueu opinions by tbe--rn.f t s.i.d i-nWer.t
m.tmier in whioh he is -executing the dutlvs of
his office also, th'it : Janrt-s D. Alexander, fir
sumo years projri.torrof the Bank ExcL&rg
Coffee' House, died on" Saturday evening :'ic-
fianimatioit of the bowels. Co u. W;ir in '.it
is seriously ill at Washington. No hopes a... en
tertained of bis recovery. A lady upo i ta
king up She ly's uvcl, Tbe Last Man, ' ta.ew
it down very suddenly, exclaiming, "The i...-t
man ! Bje-s me ! if such a thing ever wcr to
happen, what would become of the women?"
Djgby thinks a young girl marrying an o'.J
miser is a striking example of cr id-ity.
lisztf Hon. James Campbell, siys the I'cnn
sylvuuian, haa recently been on a visit to the
counties of Schuylkill and Northumberiandi tad
has been csilled upon by gentlemen of both par
ties. The Register, at l'ottsville, ud the. Ga
zette, at Ininbury, both Epeakof hun witu'iuuti
warmth of feeling, and represent him as havg
made a most favorable impression upon a!) wr-
had met him. Our corresron-uncr. fr. 1 ; j ...
parts of the State, indie.ites a high m.d L' t 's v
feeling among the Democracy in his brh-1-". . -:
we look forward to his election with lull v. iiil
deuce. fisa?" A man was cured of-the cholera, tt
Bloouiington, la., last week, aftcr he had beta
given up by Ins physicians, by. dssl.ir.g cold
water iu copious quantities on his body, and
then wrapping him in blankets.
Cholera Morbus.
KKA1 THE FOLLOWING EXTRAOKD1XAEY CCr.K.
I hereby certify th .t about two weeVg arc- l"
was seized with a violent attack of V-?r.:tIng
and" Purging, (Cholera Morbts.) with very dis-.
A ' . 1 . 1 . . .
iressmg pains in me siomacn ana bowe.s, w aicn
was completely removed by two tcaspoor.fa
doses of the Petroleum, taken in a little wstcr.
After having taken the first dose, I slept soundly
and comfortably for three hours.
Signed HENRY WISE, JR..
On board Steamboat Ariadne.
Attest NIMROD GRABILL. ;
Pittsburg, December 12, 1849. .
Symptoms of Kinase
Should never be disregarded. They are uner
ring indication that the vital functions of nature
have been interrupted in their healthful action,
and that serious evils must inevitably follow,
unless the system be again set right by the
timely use of proper remedies.
Bear in mind, that nature is ever ea-
deavoring to expel disease when it insade? the
animal economy, and only needs the assistance
ff some genial restorative thorough, yet mild '
in its action that will give tone to the system,
and act cpon the blood which is the principal
nr , f.
the
id lifU V' T.k. it.
,n.t inJlcatio: tW a; ,nd
.,nnA-l 1 r.T thfl
you will avert perhaps weeks and months of
sickness and suffering.
A TEACHER WANTED-
A person qualified to teach the rudiments of
! an Emrlish education, and com in r well reCODl-
' mended", will find a pood situation bv ar-plviag
i liosion jumiee. wnere
to the board of school directors of Summitville, .
Cambria county. By order of the board, .
A. DONOUGHE, Secretary,
I Rrpt. 23, IS-'X 50-Ct.
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