HOimil SIHIIll.
Andrew J. Rhey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Thnriday, May 27,1852.
For President,
JAMES BVCIIANAX, of Pennsylvania.
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne.
WILSON McCANDLESS, of Allegheny.
Gen BOBT. PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
BEr-RESENTATlVE
1. Peter Logan. 13.
2. George H. Martin. 14.
8. John Miller. 15-
4. F. W. Bockius. 16.
5. R. McKay, Jr. 17.
ELECTORS.
H. C. Ever.
John Clayton.
Isaac Robinson.
Henry Fetter.
James Burnside.
Maxwell McCaslin.
Joseph McDonald.
Wm. S. Callahan.
Andrew Burke.
William Dunn.
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7.
8.
9.
A. Apple. io.
Vimrod Strickland. 19.
Abraham Peters. 20.
David Fister.
"R TL James.
21.
10
22.
23.
24.
11. John McReynolds.
John S. McCalmont.
George E. Barrett.
iz. r. uamon.
For Canal Commissioner,
WILLIAM SE ARIGHT, of Fayette.
New Advertisements.
B Mesa. Davis & Lloyd arc receiving and
will have opened out tomorrow a large stock of
new good3 which they offer for sale at the lowest
kind of prices.
g. Mess. Lloyd & ITill, IIolHdaysburg, ore
extensively in the Powder business, and we
take advantage of their advertisement to "blow
them up " as the men from whom to buy cheap
A large sale tnkes place at the house of
Andrew Maguire, Chess Springs, on Sarurday,
the 5th day of June.
Other advertisements please read.
. .
EgjOur thanks are due Hon. Jons L. Rob
inson, M. C, from Indiana, and our esteemed
friend, Col. F. M. Wtskoop, for pamphlet
copies of a well written Biography of Gen. Jo
Lane, "The Marion of the Mexican War."
Gen. Lane is a man fresh from the people and
it is well that the country should become ac
quainted with his history, exhibiting a rare
combination of military and civil qualifications.
His remarks at the close of the war deserve a
record in the heart of every one. " lift my
plow to take the strord irith a thrill of pleasure,
for my country called me ; I now go home to re
eume the plow with as sincere joy"
A Word to the Wise, &c.
We are in receipt of a letter from Loretto, this
County, containing the proceedings of a turn
pike road meeting held at that place some days
ago. Among the names of the officers, speak
ers and committee on resolutions, we do not no
tice even one as a subscriber to the Sentinel, and
considering it rather a "hard case" that sub
scribers in other sections should sustain this
journal for the benefit of those who appear to
care little about it, we concluded to postpone
the r-roceedincs. indefinitely. If the citizens of
tJ ' "
that locality deem it not to their interest to af
ford "aid and comfort" to one county paper,
certainly it is net our interest to afford "them
gratuitous publication of matters pertaining to
their welfare. The list on our books for Alle
gheny township, is becoming "smaller, and
smaller, and more beautifully less." When the
right spirit is evinced to sustain us there shall
be no backwardness on our part to sustain, grat
ify and oblige others.
Nomination for the Supreme Bench.
The Beaver Star suggests the propriety of the
State Central Committee naming the candidate
for the Democratic party so as to avoid the ne
cessity of having a State Convention. We can
ikot favor this suggestion, as we prefer that the
nomination of our candidate be made according
to a precedent established when Gov. Shunk died
and Morris Longstreth was nominated by a
convention of delegates. Thi3 would be satis
factory to the whole party and in this manner
the nomination would be heartily responded to-
Let a new election of delegates take place, or
let the 4th of March Convention re-assemble,
make the nomination, and endorse the action of
the Baltimore Convention.
BSfThe following article from the Pennsyl
vanian is nothing more than, a just tribute to
one of the best men in Congress, and so well ex
presses our own feelings of the gentleman allu
ded to, that we endorse every word it con
tains :
Hon. George W. Thompson.
We perceive that this gentleman, at present
the eloquent Democratic representative in Con
gress from the Wheeling, Va. District, has been
unanimously nominated for President Judge by
the Democracy of his Judicial district ; and it is
stated that his election is generally conceded.
We are net astonished that Col. Thompson
should agree to leave the National Councils to
accept a post of so mnch distinction as that for
which be has been named : but we regret, for
the sake of Virginia and the Democratic party,
that he could not remain a few years longer in
Congress. His high character, classical educa
tion, elegant attainments, and orthodox poli
tics, have made, we know, a deep impression in
the House, and render him one of the most in
fluential members in that body. He will make
a dignified, impartial, and upright Judge.
Virginia Erect.
Every Congressional district in the Old Do
minion sends up Bachauan delegates to the Na
tional Convention.
North Carolina has taken the same position.
So has Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and
so will South Carolina, if she is represented in
the Convention at alL These with Pennsylva
nia, and Tennessee, and the scattering votes
that be will get from Florida, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, and other States, will give Mr. Bucha
nan at least 100 votes to start with in the Na
tional Convention.
Leasing tue Colvmbia Railroad. The Phi
ladelphia Argus states that the Canal Commis
sioners have leased to Messrs. Dock & Bingham
the exclusive right of transporting passengers
over the Columbia Railroad for the period of
foar years from the first of July next.
ITEMS.
rg?"The Cambria Guards are ordered to par
ade at Ebensburg, on Thursday, 10th day t
June at 4 o'clock P. M.
First of the Season. The first game of
quoits," or more properly speaking "rings,"
'came off" on Friday last in our borough.
An Improvement. An entire sett of new boil
ers are being placed in the engine house at the
head of Plane No. C. A new brick stack is al
so building. ;
JGgyThc city councils of Pittsburg have sub
scribed $400,000 to the Allegheny Valley Rail
road. Three parties of engineers are busily en
gaged in surveying the different routes.
Served them bight. Two "cintral boys" on
last Thursday, insulted Mr. Henry Downey,
fireman on a locomotive at the foot of Plane No.
4, and he gave them a good thrashing for it. J
Can't io it. Col. Secly, of the Jersey Shore,
Rrjwblican, says he can catch twice the quantity!
of trout that we can without fiy, worm or net.
Can't be done Colonel. If, yes iyou can do so,
you can beat all creation, and we offer you our
head coverer, one of the Granville style, when
the deed is done.
A Large Turkey. Mr. Evan Lloyd killed a
wild turkey on his farm yesterday, that weigh
ed 22 pounds after the entrails were taken out.
It attracted much attention, both on account of
its size and the beauty of its plumage. We
had just funds enough to become the purchaser,
and regret that brother Traugh is not about to
dine with us to-day. Hope, however, he won't
doubt our statement this time.
Congress. A number of gentlemen anxious
to serve their country at the rate of eight dol
lars a day, arc advancing their standards for
the Congressional fight in this district. We
hear the name of Michael Dan Magehan, Esq.,
of this County, suggested, and strong hopes are
entertained that he will be nominated, for the
reason that Huntingdon, Blair and Somerset are
pretty well provided for, the first having the
President Judge, the second, the State Senator,
and the third a Minister to the land of Hamlet,
the Dane. Go ahead gentleman the democracy
intend to bring out a man who can speak "high"
and "low dutch" to the benighted voters of
Somerset county, and will proceed cautiously,
keeping in mind the old adage that the victory
is not always to the strong.
A Xice Affair. That "Bill of Fare" for din
ner on Sunday last at the St. Clair Hotel, Titts.
burg, which we received yesterday by mail from
our friend Geo. W. Todd, Book-keeper of that
establishment. So many French words on it we
can scarcely tell 'tother from which. However,
we almost went into stick-ster-ics when we read
tomatoes, oyster plant, beet3, parsnips and as
paragus. Watei melons would have fetched us
out on the first train. There is livin' as is livin
at that house, certain. If you bear us any love
don't send any more, for such an inducement as
wegetables in May, might take the editor on a
tramp out your way, and it wouldn't suit him
until he gets his potatoes planted.
Tue Jefferson and Euensbcrq Plank Road.
On Thursday last, at Jefferson, six and a
quarter miles of the above road were allotted to
Mr. Munger, a gentleman from the state of New
York, who is said to be fully conversant with
the constructing of plank roads. This compris
es the entire road with the exception of three
fourths of a mile adjoining Jefferson, and one
and a fourth miles at Ebensburg. Mr. Munger
expects to have his contract fulfilled next fall,
and in the meantime the remaining two miles
will be allotted at private contract so that the
whole road will be finished about that period.
The road will be made, and when the contrac
tors commence, which will be in a short time,
every effort will be made to hasten the work.
Stock in this road will no doubt prove a profita
ble investment, and a large increase of trade
and travel must necessarily result when the road
is completed.
Burglary with attempt to Kill.
By the Mail gents and Car Conductors, says
tiie nomoaysourg standard, we learn that Johns
town was thrown into great excitement last
week, in consequence of a most outrageous bur
glary committed near that place. The reports
are contradictory, but the following may be re
lied upon as being as near the full particulars
as they can be ascertained under present cir
cumstances : On Saturday night, the 15th inst.
five men with faces blackened, and otherwise
disguised, entered the house of an old gentle
man named Johns, residing some three or four
miles south of Johnstown, and demanded his
money. The old man and his two sons made
resistance, when a desperate fight ensued, but
the family was finally overcome. One of the
young men was tied outside of the house, and
the remainder of the family secured in the en
try, while two of the burglars ransacked the
house. They had succeeded in finding about
$oG0, when it was discovered that the young
man outside had got loose, and was raising au
alarm, which caused the burglars to make a
precipitate retreat. Next morning one of them
was traoked, by a peculiar shaped foot, to his
house in Johnstown, and immediately on dis
covering that he was detected, he went to the
Justices office and voluntarily offered to turn
State's evidence. His name is Zook, and he is
very well known in this place. On his arrival
at the magistrate's office he met another of the
party, named Ewing, who also offered to turn
State's evidence. They were seperately exam
ined, and each made a full confession, though
it appears their statements differed materially.
Zook implicated three other men, named Shaff
er, Paxon and Miller, while Ewing entirely ex
onerated Miller. Paxon was arrested early in
the week, concealed in a coal mine, and Miller
was arrested in Pittsburg on Friday, and was
taken to Johnstown on Saturday. Shaffer, who
it is said has all the money that was stolen, is
still at large.
Mr. Johns is a descendant of the original set
tler of Johnstown, and belongs to the Ornish
persuasion.. He is a very wealthy man, and
the burglars oonSdently calculated on getting
five thousand dollars, a sura that he was known
to possess. We aro told that he is still danger
ously ill from the cuts and bruises received in
the encounter.
As the offence was committed in Somerset
county, the prisoners will bo taken there for
trial.
3f The reported escape of Mr. Thos. Fran
cis Moagher "requires confirmation." Letters
from Mr. Smith O'Brien, received by some mem
bers of his family, bearing a date subsequent to
the rumored leave-taking of Mr. Meagher, make
no allusion, whatever to the subject. '
The Harrisburg Keystone, has the following
sensible remarks on a very important subject :
Members of the Legislature.
Much of the evil doing of our legislatures is
chargeable to the carelessness of the people in
the selection of members. With but compara
tively few exceptions, the members are not com
petent for the proper discharge of the duties
imposed upon them. Cunning, corrupt men,
take advantage rf this, and with the aid of a
few shrewd men in the legislature, as dishonest
as themselves, succeed in forcing measures
through, by trick and stratagem, and other dis
creditable means, which could never pass a bo
dy composed of men competent to discharge
properly the duties of legislators. A dozen able,
prominent, efficient members, thoroughly devo
ted to the interests of the commonwealth men
who could not be bamboozled, cheated, or im
properly influenced could at any time prevent
the passage of a positively bad measure, and
could give shape and substance to almost every
act that would pass. They would reduce the
length of the sessions of the legislature to one
half the time now consumed by them, would ef
fect more good to the commonwealth than an
indefinite number of such legislatures as we
have had of late years could accomplish.- in a
century to come.
The political party which first takes this mat
ter in hand, and sends a large number of able
men to the legislature, will be certain to gain
largely by it. Competent men as candidates al
ways run better before the people than those
who are incompetent, and they always strenth
en the party which nominates them. A legisla
ture, peculiarly able and devoted to the true in
terests of the state, passing none but beneficial
laws, and all such as the interests of the people
demanded, doing nothing injurious, foolish or
culpable, and having but a short session, would
vastly strengthen the party that had fleeted a
majority of its members. j
These facts are self-evident Then why does
not either political party take the advantage of
them ? It is simply because the able men of
the state will not enter into a discreditable
scramble with incompetent atd dishonest men
who are constantly seeking distinctions for the
honor and profit they hope to obtain from them.
The bare fact that honest men cannot and dis
honest men can make a seat in the legislature
profitable, ought effectually to cut off the latter
from any such position. It is an honor for a
competent man to occupy a seat in tha legisla
ture, but the incompetent become mere laugh
ing stalks and butts of ridicule. Men vho could
fill other stations in life with credit anl distinc
tion, enjoying the confidence, and respect of all
who know them, positively disgrace themselves
in the legislature, and through their want of
the necessary talent to perform their dities in a
manner creditable to themselves and their con
stituents, lose the respect and regard of all who
come in connexion with them they dwindle
down to mere objects of pity, and ridicule and
coarse jest. Will men never learn tnat posts
which they are well qualified to fill are the only
ones from which they can gather public regard
honor ? No mere office can do honor to any
man unless he is able to honor the office by a
commendable discharge of its duties.
We appeal to the democratic party in every
county in the state to look to this matter. Why
is it that they are content to be represented by
mere cyphers ? Why is it that some of them
permit men to represent them who daily do vi
olence to their prin jiples ? Why not prefer able
and competent men to all others men who
Would honor the position and reflect honor upon
those who elected them ? Such men would un
doubtedly strengthen their party as candidates
strengthen their party representatives, amply
qualified to meet any emergency do great good
to the state, save the taxes and preserve the
rights of the people, and effect vast reforms we
do not now dream of. We hope that this matter
will not be neglected, but that we may have the
pleasure from time to time during the present
campaign of chronicling the nomination of the
ablest, the best, and the purest democrats in the
state for seats in the legislature. Such nomina
tions would soon render the democratic party
of the state impregnable and irresistible, and
give the old Keystone state a position which any
of her sisters might well envy.
Ceiuniodorn Stockton.
We are indebted to Commodore Robert F.
Stockton, U. S. Senator from New Jersey, for
a copy of his excellent speech on the defenceless
condition of our coasts, from which we take the
following extract :
"In the present improved condition of naval
tactics and steam superiority of Great Britain
thert cam be no doubt that tee must Uke new obser
vations a new latitude and depitrtttre if nee ex
pect to protect our own shores. We must "build a
sufficient number of war-steamers, which sht
may have built first, in celerity ; second in
their invulnerability : and third, in their supe
rior destructive qualities.
We must build vessels which, in speed and
power, will enable one of ours to cope with half
a dozen of hers vessels any one of which would
be sufficient to enter any one of her harbors,
and sail through or around any of her fleets."
The subject is an important one, and deserves
due consideration.
Senatorial Terms Expired.
The terms of tho following Pennsylvania Sen
ators, being eight Democrats and three Whigs,
have expired and their places must be filled by
the election of new ones, at tho next General
Election :
Democrats Charles Fraily, Schuylkill county,
Thomas S. Fernon, Philadelphia co.; Henry
Fulton, York ; John W. Guernsey, Tioga, Pot
ter, McKean, Elk, Clearfield and Jefferson ; J.
Y. Jones, Montgomery ; Henry A. Muhlenberg,
Berks ; Wm. F. Packer, Centre, Lycoming, Sul
livan and Clinton ; Conrad Shimer, Northamp
ton and Lehigh.
Whig William Haslett, Butler, Beaver and
Lawrenoe ; Benjamiu Malone, Bucks. ; Joixu II.
Walker, Eric aul Crawford-
Reform in Congress.
The proposition to change the mode of remu
nerating our Representatives in Congress, says
the Thila. Inquirer, by substituting a salary of
two thousand dollars per annum, instead of
eight dollars per day, is evidently gaining
ground. We trust, therefore, that the measure
will be pressed. Congress has now been in ses
sion about six months, and little or nothing has
been done. The prospect, too, is quite unfa
vorable for tho balance of the session. The
great business of President-making engrosses
the attention of four-fifths of the members, and
thus the real interests of the nation are shame
lessly neglected. Not half a dozen laws of the
least general importance have been passed thus
far while several measures that possess the
deepest interest to the nation at large, have been
acted upon in the Senate, but command little or
no attention in the House. This condition of
affairs is truly disgraceful, but nothing better
can be hoped while members continue to receive
eight dollars per day whether they work or
play. A reform is needed, and the sooner that
it is consummated the better. In the language
of the New York Courier, "the present per diem
mode of compensation is the main cause of the
inordinate length and inefficiency of our Con
gressional sessions. It presents a direct premi
um for procrastination. It postpones public in
terests for private interests. It makes a ses
sion of eight months twice as profitable to the
Congressman as a session of four months, and
therefore is sure to produce it. It takes away
every stimulus, destroys all motive for applica
tion. Public business is not dispatched, but ra
ther kept in rcs?rve, so that there may be de
cent pretext for not adjourning. Public busi
ness, in fact, is deemed the goose that lays the
golden egg ; but our Congressmen improve upon
the old fable, and instead of making way with
it, nurse it very tenderly, and do every thing to
protract its existence. The effect would be pre
cisely the reverse, if the remuneration consisted
in a fixed salary."
The Axtec Children.
These two diminutive specimens of the hu
man race, says the Philadelphia Argus, that arc
now on exhibition at the Musical Fund Hall are,
without doubt, the most wonderful beings, when
their size and history are taken into view, that
were ever presented to the attention of the pub
lic. They arc chiefly remrrkable for their ex
tremely small size, their general intelligence,
and the fact of their being pure specimens of
that race, once powerful, but now degenerate,
which centuries ago ruled in the country of the
Montezumas. It is stated that these children
belong to an order dedicated to sacerdotal ser
vice, and that they were procured from a seclu
ded and hitherto unknown Aztec city in Central
America at great expense and even peril of life,
to their adventurous protector, and many cir
cumstances related by antiquarians and travel,
lers in Central America, tend to corroborate the
story. Almost all the inhabitants of that coun
try agree in declaring the existence of a large
city situated among almost inaccessible moun
tains, isolated from communication with the
outer world, and which not more than one or
two white men have ever succeeded in reaching.
Stephens, in his valuable work on Yucatan, we
believe, alludes to this subject, and scenes to
place reliance in the statement. The present
specimens are male and female, the former
weighing 2S pounds and measuring 33J inches
in height, and the latter weighing 17 pounds,
and being 29 inches in height. They are per
fect in symmetry, lively and amiable in dispo
sition, and partaking of none of those offensive
peculiarities that are the usual attendants on
the dwarf race. As a relic of a past and gone
age they are certainly worth the attention of
all, and we arc glad to sec that they are attrac
ting in our city the same degree of observation
that has followed their exhibition in every city
where they have appeared.
More Whig Testimony.
The following article, from the New York
Mirror, shows how the whig party manages its
preliminary organization :
''Cheating Politicians. The election of del
cgates to the National Convention in this State
has been a ridiculous farce from beginning to
end. Men, or rather bullies, hired by the wire
pullers, have thrown in votes by the handful,
and voted a dozen times over at that. The del
egates elect will not represent the people ; and
the nomination at Baltimore will only be anoth
er act in the farce. The movements in this ci
ty, so far as we have observed them, nre'simply
disgusting. The national whigs would be justi
fied, under the circumstances, in calling a State
convention, appointing thirty-six delegates to
Baltimore, demanding their admission ; and in
case of refusal, adjourning to meet in national
convention, without distinction of party, to nom
inate a Union ticket.'"
The above is proof conclusive that the Mirror
and those whigs for whom it speaks are sick of
the whig party. It comes in aid of the "Gal
phm" predictions of the New York Express, to
complete the picture of whiggery as painted by
itself.
t-Unfortunate Affair between Two Re
latives. Hon. Edward A. Hannegan, late U.
S. Senator for Indiana, and Capt. Duncan, his
brother-in-law, living in the same house at Cov
ington, Indiana, on the - most friendly terms,
had a personal misunderstanding on the 7th
inst. It appears that on the day and evening
previous, they had both been drinking, and that
on the morning of the 6ad occurrence, Capt.
Duncan went up stairs to Mr. Uannegan's room
and an altercation ensued between the parties,
when Capt. Duncan gave Mr. Hannegan a slap
in the face. Mr. Hannegan, upon the indignity
he felt, and the impulse of the moment, struck
Capt, Duncan with a knife in the lower part of
the stomach, inflicting a severe, and what is
thought a dangerous wound. Mr. Hannegan,
recovering from his passions, arrouscd by the
supposed indignity, Butlers the most excrucia
ting tortures in the reflection that ho has, per
haps, struck down as kind a friend as ho has on
earth. A rumor reached Cincinnati in the ear
ly part of the week, that Duncan had died of
lus wound, wuicu y laser accounts is too true
Fllcm Oini KXCI1AXGDS-
Jgy"I should think these omnibus wheels
would be fatigued after running all day," obser
ved Sam. "Well, yes," replied Scth, taking a
squint at them, "they do appear to be tired."
JEMatrimont. Hot buckwheat cakes
warm beds comfortable slippers smoking cof
fee round arms red lips ect., ect. shirts
exulting in buttons redeemed stockings boot
jacks happiness, &c, &c.
BSaSingle Blessedness. Sheet iron quilts
blue noses frosty rooms ice in the pitcher
unregenerated linen heelless stockings cof
fee sweetened with icicles gutta percha bis
cuits flabby steak dull razors corns coughs
and cholics, rhubarb, aloes, misery, &c- Ugh!
The humorons Dean Swift whose antipathy to
fishing was well known, having been asked by a
child what a fishing rod meant
'It means my dear sir,4 said he 4 only a Ion
pole with a worm on one end and a fool at the
other.'
An Irish editor in speaking of the miseries of
Ireland, says. "Her cup of misery has been
for ages overflowing and is not yet full."
A CrBE for Sore Eyes. The dust on anhon
est miller's hat
Indians Starved to Death. The Minnessota
Pioneer says, that a report has come from the Lac-
qui Parlee, that over 40 Indians men, wemen
aBd children were found starved to death, hav.
ing eaten their dogs, moccasins, skin tents, and
every thing that could afford the least sustenance.
It was feared, last summer, that the loss of
crops by the floods would result disastrously to
them. We forbear to mention all the horrible
details we have heard of their suffering.
JtiSJ'An exchange paper says "Those far
mers who hesitate about their inability to take
a newspaper, are requested to keep one hen
more than usual. The profits will pay all
costs."
EgfOLE Bl-ll. It is said that this talented
musician intends to settle in the State of Virgin
ia, where he has purchased some lands, and is
about shortly to make arrangements for an ear
ly occupation of theml He has been somewhat
interrupted in his plans by the many requests
made to him to give a few concerts in Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and lastly New
York.
a'The Democrats of the fifth district of
North Carolina have nomimated Mr- Buchanan
for the Presidency.
j"Democratic Delegates. The Demo
crats of Richmond District, Va., have appointed
the Hon. John M. Mason as one of the Delegates
to the Baltimore Convention. Both him and his
colleagues are said to be friends of Mr. Buchan
an for the Presidency.
BIt is singular how pious fresh clothes
makes people. For a month after Mrs. Smith
ers gets a new mantilla, she is at church three
times a day. Should a woman paint heaven, it
would be all festooned with French bonnets and
brocade satin.
8gk-LE?iocBATic National Convention.
The Baltimore Argus eays the Committee of Ar
rangements are unwearied in their exertions to
perfect all measures which may tend to render
this Convention and its accessories, the greatest
ever held in this country. At a meeting of the
Committee held yesterday, it was unanimously
resolved to invite all the Democratic members of
Congress, and of the State Legislature, to occu
py eeats on the floor of the Hall of the Maryland
Inslitute, during the sitting of the National Con
vention.
gSTTrjE State Loan. Fifty Thousand Dol
lars will be saved to the Commonwealth every
year, by uov. liigler s fortunate suggestion to
negeciate a loan of $5,000,000 at 5 per cent.,
for the purpose of paying the G per cent, loans
falling due in 18G3 and 1834.
EjgThe latest theory in relation to the origin
of the Mammoth Cave is that it was "dug by
Dauiel ISoonefor the purpose of hidina in from
the Ingins ! " This opinion was advanced by a
young hoosier in the neighborhood of Terre
Haute, who, we suppose, had just graduated in
some college.
BQiDr. Beeswax, in his "Essay on Woman,
says, "I have made woman my study for a series
of years, but I never found one who stuttered.
I met with any number of men, every day, who
st-st-ammer, but never have I seen a woman
couldn't blow an unbroken blast."
JBSyA project is broached is the southern
(La.) Sentinel, which proposes that on the day
of the Presidential election in the several States,
at every poll throughout the United States, a
box should be placed, having inscribed upon it
"Washington Monument Box," and underneath
4tOne Dime to the Memory of Washington."
With the funds thus collected it proposes to com
plete the Monument.
J6The Massachusetts Liquor-Law has been
signed by the Governor. This is the law which
was passed after the Governor's veto. The Le
gislature, we think, caught the Governor in a
kind of trap. It is evident, from his veto mes
sage, that he disapproves of tho liquor-law, and
probably, to avoid the responsibility of going
against the wishes of the people, he chose to ve
to it on the flimsy ground that the voting was
not to be by sccrot ballot, and therefore would
have no moral force. The Legislature struck
out the clause, submitting it to the people's vote
and tho Governor had to step up to the mark
squarely.
Death or John Howard Fayne.A Washing
ton letter in the Baltimore Patriot announces
the death o f John Howard Payne, Esq., our
Consul at Tunis, and the author of several dra
matic works, and a number of other literary
productions including the popular song of
"Home, Sweet Home." Mr. Payne was among
the first of our successful dramatists He was,
the author, we believe, of tho tragedy of Bru
tus, or the Fall of Tarquin, aud a number of oth
er pieces, which arc ataong the standard acting
dramas Of tho day
Rfe2?A fellow named JrV ir,.
Covington, Kentucky, has adopted a
writing his name, which throws phono f
clear into the shade. He makes a big ..j?
then jabs his pea through the par, , '
"Hole." P ' fcr
EgL,DiscovaT or yet ; Another ptANE
was recently announced that M. Cast.
Naples, had discovered a new Asteroid 11
first seen by him. By the last steamer faf
ation was received that Mr. Luther, atta0""
servatory of Bilk, near Dusseldorf.'had re!
ly found yet another, with a Right AsceoH
about 12 hours, and a north declination of Z ,
8 degrees, which is the seventeenth planet a
known to exist between Mars and Jupiw,
of which were unknown fifty two years g'
Reduction of Fare. The Canal CwmbL
ners have passed a resolution to reduce tie f
on the Columbia Railroad to 2 cents per na
Much credit is due to these gentlemen for tk"
judicious and liberal views which have prompt J
the arrangement The measure mUft be e
tremely popular and cannot operate injurlo J"
to the interests of the State. The effect of
moderate reduction of charges within reasona
ble limits always is to increase the business
The Pennsylvania R. R. Company will in conZ
quence of this reduction immediately lower th
fare to Pittsburg to 9 by boat and 10 by eta
The charge from Philadelphia to Maaallon win
be 10 50, and to Cleveland 11.
tmEx-Senator Hannegan, of Ind., has de
livered himself up to the proper authorities for
an examination into the circumstances resulting
in the death of Capt- Duncan, his brother-b.lair.
Capt. Duncan is said to haTe admitted frequent!
ly that he slapped Mr. Hannegan in the face
previous to being stabbed. He died forgiTkg
him, without a murmur of complaint, only re
gretting, as he said, that he had not died in
Mexico. Cincinnati Gazette, 17th.
JggJ-A. O. P. Nicholson, John W. Fornpr
Clerk of the House, and Edmund Borke are re
ported by the papers as severally likely to suc
ceed Maj. Donelson in the editorship of tv
Washington Union. It i3 understood that Gen.
Armstrong will not select an editor until after
the National Convention.
Hon Henry Clay. The accounts are that
this distinguished statesman, who fVr kalf
century, has acted a conspicuous part in &n tie
leading events of this country, is gradually sink,
ing under the touch of disease and that his end
may be daily looked for.
"He has touched the highest point of all Li$
greatness,
And from that full meridian of his glory
Hastes now to his setting."
J&g?The Philadelphia National Argus tells
the following story: A few days since, a sin
gular and pleasing incident occurred at the
Mint. A number of young females are employ
ed there, one of whom had been deaf and dumb
for ten years, an affliction resulting from scar
let fever. While engaged at her occupation.
judge of the surprise of her companions tdhear
her exclaim. "Ob. I believe lean iVt"
-t .
So great was the astonishment, that one of the
females swooned, and the most of them were
strangely affected. Since then the female has
entirely recovered her speech-
MoStMXNT TO Coi RJCHAR M. JI5305.
Lannetz is occupied with the execution ef a mon
ument in marble, to tb memory of Richard M.
Johnson, ordered by the State of Kentucky.
We have seen the design, which does credit to
the skill and taste of the artist. A short pillar,
around the summit of which hangs in folds the
flag of the United States, is surmounted by an
eagle, and rests on a massive pedestal. On one
of the four sides of the pedestal is a bass relief,
representing the death of the Indian warriorTe
cuniseh. On the side opposite to it is a medal
lion likeness of the dead. The two other sides
are occupied with th inscription. The cornice
of the pedestal is supported by four pieces of
ordinances in place of columns.
Land for the Landless.
A treaty is now before the U. S. Senate fur
its ratification, by which the Sioux tribe of In
dians on the St. Peters river and other westers
streams propose to sell to our Government 4v
000 square miles of fine lands, which will en
large our territory to the exte&t of 30,000,000
acres. We are to pay fwr it what is equivalent
to ten cents per acre for this purchase.. Half
million of dollars will be paid down in money
and goods, and !?3Ov0d& a year for fifty years
thereafter.
Here, of itself is room for half a million of
those frightened croakers, who. affect so rnnca
alarm at the extensive incoming f th surplus
population of Ireland and Germany. Cineinna
ti Emq.
Funeral of Mrs. J. Q,. Adams.
N WASHiiGiosJIay IS.
The funeral of the renerable Mrs. Louisa C
Adams, relict of the late John Quincy Adams
-President of the United States, took plw
this iftorning, and was attended by all the Bead
of the Departments, the President, and most of
the members of Congress, both Houses hB5
yesterday ndjeurned over for the purpose
Generals Scott and Wool, with many um
gentlemen of distinction, were in attendance.
The Rey. Dr. Pyneread the Episoopal service.
The remains were deposited W m congnv
al Burying Ground, from whence they -RiU M
removed to Quincy, Mass.
Revolutionary Movements In Sew Me"
lco.
Washington, May
The Telegraph states that private dspatche
have been received in this city fr New Me
co, via St. Louis, to the effect that a ""T
was apprehended there ; and that Gov. C0
who is convalescing, after a protracted m
had axaiW himself of such military assisu
a? could be procured, to resist and queu
cr of opposition to the laws should arise.
Official despatches from Governor ;CW"J
so aver that the threaded rcvoJWVOpor
serious troubles. Volunteers were Jjj
to suoduc the rebcllionistsandrrcscrve era