MOUNTAIN SENTINEL.
Andrew J. Rhey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, PA.
ThnrmtA-, June 17,1853.
For President,
GENERAL FRANKLIX PIERCE,
of New Hampshire.
For Vice-President
U1LLIAM It. KIXG,
of Alabama.
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne.
WILSON McCANELESS, of Allegheny.
Gen. EOET. PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
r. ETK ESEXTATITE ELECTORS.
Peter Loran. 13.
George H. Martin. 14.
John" Wilier. 15.
P. W. Eockius. 16.
R. KcXay, Jr. 17.
A. Apnlc. 18.
Kii:e-1 Strickland. 19.
H. C. Eyer.
John Clayton.
Isaac Robinson.
Henry Fetter.
James Bn.mside.
Maxwell McCaslin.
Joseph McDonald.
Wm. S. Callahan.
Andrew Burke.
William Dunn.
John S. McCalmont.
George B. Barrett
8. Abraa-i Peters.
20
9. David Ti'ter.
10. S. E. Janes.
11. John HcReyr-olds.
12. P. Damon.
21.
22.
23.
21.
For Canal Commissioner, .
WILLIAM SE ARIGHT, of Fayette.
Delegate Elections.
Tlie Democratic citizens of the County of
ambria, -will meet at the usual places of hold
ig elections, for the different townships andi
.oroujrhs of the County, on Saturday the 2Gthj
ist., for the purpose of electing two delegates ;
Vom each election district to meet in County
Convention at Ebensburg on Tuesday the 29th
Inst to put in nomination, the different candidates
to be voted for at the ensuing general election,
md to do nil other business that has usually
een done at County Conventions. The election
I be ker t open from 1 to ft o'clock P. ST.
MICHAEL HASSON,
Chairman of the County Committee.
Ebensburg, June 10, 1S."2.
1, Attention is directed to the advertise
ment of the secretary of the Jefferson and Eb
ensburg Plank Road company, requiring a pay
ment on each share of stock in said road before
1st of July. We hope the amount may be
promptly paid so that the road can be early
completed.
gefThe Battallion parade which was to have
taken place at the foot of Tlane No. 4, on Fri
day June 11th, was unavoidably postponed until
next Tuesday, the 22nd day of June. Candi
dates for office will please be in attendance as
the day will afford them a fine opportunity for
electioneering purposes.
2J"We have no hesitation in stating, and we
know that it is the opinion of many, that the
late Baltimore Convention, consisting of seven
hundred delegates, contained the most talented
Ha well as the most eloquent body of men that
ever met together since the creation of the world.
8y"An allegation, which we notice in the pa.
pers, that the platform of the Baltimore Con
vention was adopted not in full session but after
more than one half the delegates had departed,
and with dissenting voices, has no foundation in
truth, and is a icicked false and base assertion.
When the resolutions were read the convention
contained as many delegates as upon any previ
ous occasion, and being present, wc can posi
tively assert, that we did not hear one single
no uttered against their adoption.
j37The "Whig National Convention met in
Baltimore yesterday. Its action is cf course
uncertain, yet the friends of Gen. Scott are in
high expectation that he will be nominated.
Vie hazard the opinion, however, he will not be.
In a few days we shall see whether we are mis
taken or not. There may be a secession on the
part of the Southern delegates, in case Scott
should be nominated, and believing they will
control the action of the convention we consider
him "a- dead cock in the jit." Vie shall see.
The Democratic S'omincti.
Vie have it set down in the Book of Books
"He that humbleth himself shall be exalted."
The late Democratic Convention at Baltimore,
took into consideration the above quotation, and
nominated a man for the Presidency whose
whole life has been that of an unpretending, un
assuming gentlemen, a disinterested patriot, a
devoted, radical, and all- to-be-praised demo
crat. Such a man is Frank Tierce, and as such
he will be elected President of the United States.
From all quarters of the country comes the
gratifying information of the union of the De
mocracy for the nomination, and their determi
nation to sustain it and succeed. Personal pre
ferences are '-in the deep bosom of the ocean
buried," and tic democratic party stands before
the country eager for the fight. For the Vice
Presidency we have that estimable man Wm. R.
King of Alabama. One who has not only the
respect and confidence of the opposition party,
but the undying admiration of the entire de
mocracy. Whose life presents a firm and hope
ful adherance to the principles that have made
us as a people what we are, and as a power on
earth what we should be. With such men, and
with such a platform, as is found in an adjoin
ing column, the democratic vocabulary "knows
no such word as fail." We witnessed the wild
enthusiasm, of the people at the Baltimore Con
vention when the nominations were made, and
can safely state that it exceeded all power of
language to describe. It augured well for suc
cess it was the bud of that hope which must
mature in November next. W had our first
choice in the person of the great and distinguish
ed Buchanan, but the Convention in its wisdom
thought otherwise than to nominate him and we
are content. We are heart and soul enlisted for
the election of the nominees, and are confident
that when the day for action arrives, "Little
Cambria" will echo forth glad tidings of joy, in
the shape of at least six Landred majority for
the friends of the Constitution and the Union
PiEKttt mid Kino.
ftSyFnASKLiN Piefck was born in 1805.
The 4th of July comes on Sunday.
Accidents.
On Saturday last more accidents occurred up
on the Portage Railroad than during any one
day since its construction. It was a day long
to be remembered in sadness and grief by many
of our citizens and to those immediately inter
ested it was a day fraught with sorrow and tri
bulation. One of our oldest and most respected citi
zens, Capt. Roland Humphreys, while passing
through the tunnel, four miles east of Johns
town, on Saturday afternoon, was caught be
tween the section of a boat and the tunnel wall
and was instantly crushed to death. His unfor
tunate situation was noticed by the driver of
the team, and every effort was made to extri
cate him ere the vital spark of life had fled, but
without avail. A part of the boat truck had to
be cut away ere he could be taken out, so firm
ly was his body wedged in between the wall and
boat. The deceased was well and favorably
known to all the citizens of our county, as also
to many in the State, and by his loss society is
deprived of one of its brightest ornaments, his
family of a kind, humane, and well-beloved fa
ther. He was born in Wales, March 10, 1795,
and came to this country while a young man,
where by honest industry and untiring perseve
rance he established for himself an unblemished
reputation, made a comfortable home, and
maintained a largo family of children. For a
number of years he commanded a volunteer
company in this county, ' The In vincible?," and
at the breaking out of the Slexican War, the
patriotism of the father still slumbering in the
bosoms of his son, three of them volunteered
for the Slexican campaign and served with hon
or and distinction in that war. One son was
killed during the assault on the castle of Chap-
ultepec while doing battle for his country's
rights. The other two returned home at the
close of the war and reside in our midst.
On Saturday evening, Sir. Thomas Carroll,
who resided on the Portage Read between Tlane
No. 4 and 5, while attempting to get on or off
a car, was dragged under, the wheels passing
over one leg below the knee and otherwise inju
ring him. Although a strong and stout man he
could not survive and died on Sunday morning
leaving a wife and children to mourn his un
timely fate. Sir. Carroll was an honest, sober
and industrious man, a good citizen and unwa
vering friend. His decease is a source of deep
regret to all who knew him to his family a
melancholy and afflicting bereavement.
Sir. Slichael Storm was thrown off the 'buck,'
or more properly speaking, safety car, on Plane
No. 8 on Saturday, and was seriously injured-
We learn that he is doing well and the hope is
entertained that in a short time he may recov
er.
The large stable attached to the hotel of Sir.
James SIcGinley, at the Summit, was discover
ed to be on fire on Saturday night, about half
past ten o'clock, and was entirely consumed with
its contents. The fire communicated to the res
idence of Sirs.' Sleloy, adjoining, which every
effort was made to save, but without success.
The blacksmith shop of Sir. Howard, (colored
man) was also destroyed. Mr. SIcGinley had a
large quantity of hay and grain, a carriage, bug
gy, several sets of harness, sleighs &c, destroy
ed but we learn was mostly insured. Drs. J.
ST. Toner, and R. ST. S. Jackson, had a sleigh,
several setts of harness and saddles burned.
Sir. Bell, merchant, a buggy. The building
was owned by Wm. S. Campbell Esq., now of
the Tittsburg "St. Charles," but we understand
it was insured. Sirs. Sleloy loses considerable
furniture both by the fire and by damage in re
moval. The house we are told was the proper
ty of Sir, Farren, and we are not informed of
any insurance. Sir. Howard's loss is trifling'
having had sufficient time to remove his stock.
The hotel, "Summit Slansion House," was in
great danger but through the exertions of the
citizens was saved. The intense heat, however,
caused the rosin to ooze out of the pine weather
boarding. The fire made a great light, and
from this place, a distance of nine miles, al
most every house on the Summit was plainly
discernible. The fire likely originated from ac
cident, the regular hostler having gone away
deputized a man to act in his place he about ten
o'clock took a horse to the stable having alight,
ed candle in hi3 hand, from which it is suppo
sed to have caught fire. The horses were ta
ken out uninjured.
A car load of cotton was destroyed by fire at
the foot of Plane No. 9, last week. Wc have
no particulars.
Hon. P. Noon and his lady left town on Tnes.
day morning for the Summit in a buggy, and
when about a half mile from this place, part o
the harness broke and the horse starting at full
speed, Sirs. Noon was thrown out, her dress be.
ing caught ly the wheels she was dragged for a
considerable distance. A conveyance was dis
patched, she was brought home and physicians
being called in discovered that no bones were
broken although she was much bruised and in
jured, and had an ankle sprained. We are re.
joiced to state that to-day she is much improv
ed and convalescent. Her escape was a won
derfully miraculous one, her dress being literal
ly torn to shreds by the wheels of the buggy.
A Pointed Rebuke. Some true nhij, who,
had he lived in the days of the American Revo
Intion, would have aided the British arms, as
the founders of his party did, has written a
communication to the Sun of Thila., in which
he attempts to reward Gen. Pierce for his ser
vices in Slexico. Hear how the Sun treats the
miscreant :
Gen. Franklin Pierce was in the battles of
Contreras, Churubusco, Slolino del Rey, near
Chapultepec, near Belen, and at Garita de Be
len. The correspondent who sends us a vile li
bel, hinting that he fainted to avoid the fight,
must tako it to other places for publication.
Geu. Pierce volunteered his services like a true
American, in vindication of his country's honor,
and shall always have the due meed of praise
from us for that action.
EX-A cow bought for ten dollars whose milk
but just pays her keeping, affords less profit
than one at thirty dollars giving double the value
of milk afforded by the former.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The following National platform was adopted
by the Baltimore Democratic Convention, and
we can bear testimony, (having been present,)
to the unanimous acquiescence of the convention
to the resolutions. No better platform could
hnve been Constructed we ask for no sounder
principles than it contains every Democrat in
our broad land can endorse it and the united
Democracy tcill triumph through it in November
next.
Resolved, That the American Democracy
place their trust in the intelligence, the patriot
ism, and the disci-iminating justice of the Amer
ican people.
Resolved, That we regard this as a distinc
tive feature of our political creed, which we are
proud to maintain before the world, as the great
moral element in a form of government, spring
ing from and upheld by the popular will and we
contrast it with the creed and practice of feder
alism, under whatever name or form, which
seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, and
which conceives no imposture too monstrous for
the popular credulity.
Resolved, therefore, That, entertaining these
views, the Democratic party of this Union,
through their delegates assembled in a general
convention of the States, coming together ii a
spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrines
and faith of a free representative government,
and appealing to their fellow citizens for the
rectitude of their intentions, renew and re-as
sert before the American people, the declara
tions of principles avowed by them, when, on
former occasions, in general convention, they
presented their candidates for the popular suff
rages :
1. That the federal government is one of lim
ited powers, derived solely from the constitu
tion, and the grants of power made therein ought
to be strictly construed by all the departments
and agents of the government ; and that it is in
expedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful
constitutional powers.
2. That the constitution does not confer upon
the general government the power to commence
and carry on a general system of internal im
provements. 3. That the constitution does not confer au
thority upon the federal government, directly
or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several
States, contracted for local internal improve
ments, or other State purposes; nor would such
assumption, be just and expedient.
4. That justice and sound policy forbid the
federal government to foster one branch of in
dustry to the detrimcut of any other, or to cher
ish the interests of one portion to the injury of
another portion of our common country ; that
every citizen, and every section of the country,
has a right to demand and insist upon an equal
ity of rights and privileges, and to complet an
ample protection of persons and property from
domestic violence or foreign aggression. ;
5. That it ia the duty of every branch of, the
government to enforce and practise the most ri
gid economy in conducting our public afftirs,
and that no more revenue ought to be raised
than is required to defray the necessary expen
ses of the government, and for the gradual but
certain extinction of the public debt.
C. That Congress has no power to charter a
national bank; that we believe such an institu
tion one of deadly hostility to the best interests
of the country, dangerous to our republican in
stitutions and the liberties of the people, and
calculated to place the business of the country
within the control of a concentrated money pow
er, and above the laws and the will of the peo
ple ; and that the results of Democratic legisla
tion, in this and all other financial measures up
on which issues have been made between the
two political parties of the country, have dem
onstrated to candid and practical men of all
parties, their soundness, safety and utility in all
business pursuits.
7. That the separation of the moneys of the
government from banking institutions is indis
pensable for the safety of the funds of the gov
ernment and the rights of the people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence,
and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes
ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the
oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardi
nal principles in the democratic faith ; and eve
ry attempt to abridge the present privilege of
becoming citizens and the owners of soil among
us, ought to be resisted with the same spirit
which swept the alien and sedition laws from
our statute books.
9. That Congress has no power under the con
stitution to interfere with or control the domes
tic institutions of the several States, and that
such States are the sole and proper judges of
everything appertaining to their own affairs,
not prohibited by the constitution; that all eff
orts of the abolitionists or others made ro in
duce Congress to interfere with questions of sla
very, r to take incipient steps in relation,
thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alar
ming and dangerous consequences; and that all
such efforts have an inevitable tendency to dim
inish the happiness of the people, and endanger
the stability and permanency of the Union, and
ought not to be countenanced by a'uy friend of
our political institutons.
Resolved, That the foregoing proposition cov
ers and was intended to embrace the whole sub
ject of slavery agitation in Congress, and there
fore the Democratic party of the Union, stand
ing upon this national platform, will abide by
and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts
known as the compromise measures, settled by
the last Congress the act for the reclaiming of
fugitives from service or labor included, which
act, being designed to carry out an express pro
vision of the Constitution, cannot, with fidelity
thereto, be repealed or so changed as to destroy
or impair its efficiency.
Resolved, That the Democratic party will re
sist all attempts at renewing in Congress or out
of it, the agitation of the Slavery question, un
der whatever shape or color the attempt may
be made.
Resolved, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the nation
al objects specified in the constitution; and that
we are opposed to any law for the distribution
of such proceeds among the States, as a like in
expedient in policy, and repugnant to the cons
titution. Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed to
taking from the President the qualified veto
power, by which he is enabled, under restric
tions and responsibilities, amply sufficient to
guard the public interest, to suspend the passage
of a bill whose merits cannot secure the appro
val of two-thirds of the Senate and House of
Representatives until the judgment of the peo
ple can be obtained thereon, and which has sa
ved the American people from the corrupt and
tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United
States, and from a corrupting system of general
internal improvements.
Resolved, That the Democratic party will
faithfully abide by and uphold the principles
laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolu
tions of 1798, and in the report of Sir. Sladison
to the Virginia Legislature in 1799; that it ad
opts those principles as constituting one of the
main foundations of its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their obvious mea
ning and import.
Resolved, That the war with Slexico, upon
all the principles of patriotism and the laws of
nations, was a just and necessary war on our
part, in which every American citizen should
have shown himself on the side of his country,
and neither morally or physically, by word or
deed, have given aid and comfort to the enemy.
Resolved, That we rejoice at the restoration
of friendly relations with our sister Republic of
Slexico, and earnestly desire for her all the bles
sings and prosperity which we enjoy under Re
publican institutions, and we congratulate the
American people upon the results of the war,
which have so manifestly justified the policy
and conduct of the Democratic party, and insu
red to the United States "indemnity for the
past and security for the fnture."
Resolved, That in view of the condition of
popular institutions in the old world, a high and
sacred duty is devolved with increased responsi
bility upon the Democratic party of this country
as the party of the people, to uphold and main
tain the rights of every state, and thereby the
Union of the States, and to sustain and advance
among us constitutional liberty, by continuing
to resist all monopolies and exclusive legisla
tion for the benefit of the few at the expense of
the many, and by a vigilant and constant adhe
rence to those principles and compromises of
the constitution, which are broad enough and
strong enough to embrace and uphold the Union
as it is, and the Union as it shall be, in the full
expansion of the energies and capacities of this
great and progressive people.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
James Iluchanan,
The following telegraphic despatch from the
distinguished son of the "Old Keystone State,"
in reply to one addressed to him by the Presi
dent of the Jackson Democratic Association,
was received too late to be read before the Slass
Ratification Sleeting in Washington city. It af
fords us much pleasure to have the opportunity
of placing among the records of the proceedings
this characteristic letter from the great Pennsyl
vania statesman :
Lancaster, Jane 10, 1852.
Sir : In answer to your telegraphic despatch,
it affords me pleasure to declare that Pierce and
King shall receive my cordial support. They
are both devoted to the good old cause of State
righta Democracy, and are worthy to lead the
Democratic forces to victory. Men are but the
creatures of a day, whilst principles are eternal.
A Democrat is unworthy of the name who would
not waive his personal preference among good
men for the sake of time-honored principles of
his party. Yours, very respectfully,
James Buchanan.
Democratic Ratification Meeting In Al
bany. Albany, June 12.
The Democracy of this city held a meeting
last evening in the Park, in front of the Capitol
to respond to the nomination of Pierce and King.
Ex-Governor Slarcy was called to preside, as
sisted by several Vice Presidents.
On taking the chair, Sir. Slarcy made a brief
speech, in which he declared himself extremely
well "ratified with the result of the deliberations
of the Baltimore Convention. He said, that
from what he had observed, the party through
out the country was united upon those nominees,
and he trusted their election would be secured,
thereby restoring the government to Democrat
ic hands. The ex-Governor was loudly cheered
at the conclusion of his address.
The speakers were John Van Buren, of New
York ; B. F. Hallet, of Boston ; II. B. Stanton,
Horace Seymour, and others, of this State.
Resolutions were read by R. W. reckham,
strongly endorsing the candidates and the plat
form laid down by the Baltimore Cenvention.
They were unanimously adopted, and with much
enthusiasm.
The meeting was one of the largest and most
enthusiastic of any held here since the days of
Jackson.
The booming of cannon, the illuminations in
various parts of the city, the bands of music,
all gave evidence that the Democracy here are
firmly united, and will enter into the contest
with much interest.
Democratic ItatlftcatlouMectingat Pitts
burg. Pittsburg, June 11.
The ratification meeting of the young Democ
racy, to-night, was large and enthusiastic.
R. Biddle Roberts was the President, and speech
es were made by S. Fleming, Esq., Col. Black,
and others.
P. C. Shannon offered a series of resolutions
fully endorsing the Baltimore nominations and
platform. They were adopted unanimously.
A committee was appointed to arrange for a
grand Democratic festival on the 5th of July.
Six cheers were given for Pierce and King
when the meeting adjourned.
Thomas Francl Meagher.
The arvival of this distinguished patriot of
the "Green Isle of the ocean," at New York,
hag been received by the people with shouts of
joy. Un behalf of the Corporation oi iew
York, Alderman Oakley presented to Sir. Sleagh
er a certified copy of the resolutions adopted by
both Boards of the Common Council, requesting
his acceptance of a public reception, which Sir.
M., declined as will be seen by the following
eloquent and impressive speech. He has done
right and the motives which induced him so to
act, when rightfully considered, cannot but
commend him to the admiration of all. While
his land is in sorrow he cannot well participate
in festivities. Read the speech :
Sir. Sleagher then advanced, and delivered
the following reply to the invitation :
Gentlemen : Had the effort in which I lost
my freedom been successful, the honors now
tendered would not surprise me. But it was
otherwise. Far from realizing, it obscured, the
hopes which accompanied and inspired it, ending
suddenly in discouragement and defeat. This
the wide world knows. This you yourselves must
inwardly admit, though the goodness of your na
ture will seal your lips to the admission, 'being
fearful of the disparagement it would imply.
The gratitude of a people is most bounteous.
It is quick to appreciate, to encourage, to re
ward. Never slow or stinted in the measure it
pours out, its fault to be too precipitate and
profuse. Estimating merit not by the severe
standard of success, it takes motives into con
sideration, regardless of the fortune which at
tends them, and for whatever sacrifices they
have entailed, awards a great equivalent. In
this, the gratitude of a people differs from the
gratitude of kings. With the latter, success is
an essential condition of excellence. Pensions,
knightly decorations, orders of nobility, these
are given by kings in exchange only for the tro-,
phies which decorate their halls, or the acquisi
tions which widen the surface of their domin
ion. Not so w ith the people, as I have said.
They do not barter and economise their gifts.
Whatever the result, be the motive upright, be
the deed honorable, and their favors are forth
coming. Sloreover, it sometimes happens that
where disaster has most grievously befallen,
thein sympathies are most evoked, and their
treasures most pleateously bestowed. This it
is w hich explains the proceedings, in my regard
of the noble city you represent. I have sought
to serve niy country, and been anxious to con
tribute to her freedom. This I shall not assume
to deny. Long before I mingled in the strife
of politics, it was my ambition to be identified
with the destinyjof my country to share her glory
if glory were decreed her to share her suffering
and humiliation, if such should be her portion.
For the little I have done and suffered, I have had
my reward in the penalty assigned me. To be
the last and humblest name in the litany which
contains the names of Emmet.aud Fitzgerald
names which waken notes of heroism in the cold
est heart, and stir to lofty purposes the most
sluggish mind is an honor which compensates
mc fully for the privations I have endured.
Any recompense, of a more joyous nature, it
would ill become me to receive. Whilst my
country remains in sorrow and subjection, it
would be indelicate of me to participate La the
festivities you propose. When she lifts her
head, and nerves her arm for a bolder struggle
when she goes forth, like Sliriam, with song
and timbrel to celebrate her victory I, too,
shall lift up my head and join in the hymn of
freedom. Till then, the retirement I seek will
best accord with the love I bear her, and the
sadness which her present fate inspires. Nor
do I forget the companions of my exile. Sly
heart is with them at this hour, and shares the
solitude in which they dwell. The freedom that
has been restored to me is embittered by the re
collection of their captivity. While they are in
prison a shadow rests upon my spirit, and the
thoughts, that might otherwise be free, throb
heavily within me. It is painful for me to speak
I should feel happy in being permitted to be si
lent. For these reasons you will not feel dis
pleased with me for declining the honors you
solicit me to accept. Did I esteem them less, I
should not consider myself so unworthy, nor de
cline so conclusively to enjoy them. The privile
ges of so eminent a city shouldbe sacred to those
who personify a great and living cause a past
full of fame and a future full of hope and
whose names are prominent and imperishable.
It pains me deeply to make this reply being
sensible of the enthusiasm which glows around
me, and the eagerness with which a public op
portunity of meeting me has been awaited. I
know it will disappoint a generous anxiety, but
the propriety of the determination I have come
to is proved by the in-cfllciency even of this
consideration to overcome me. I know too, that
as it grieves me, is will grieve others, and that,
perhaps, the motives that have led to it may be
misunderstood, misconstrued, and censured.
But I am confident that, after a little while, the
public judgment will sanction the act which a
due regard to what I owe my country my com
panions, and myself, seriously dictates. Yet,
so far as your invitation recognizes the fidelity
with which I adhered, and still adhere, to a
good and glorious cause, be assured that it has
not been exaggerated or misplaced. The feelings
and convictions which influenced my career in
Ireland have undergone no change. Still, as
ever, I perceive within my country the faculties
that fit her for an honorable and useful position,
and believing that they require only to be set in
motion to prove successfull, I still would prompt
her to put them forth. Besides, there is within
me a pride that cannot be subdued there is an
ambition within me, thatcan not be appeased. I
desire to have a country which shall work out a
fortune of her own, and depend no longer for
subsistence on the charity of other nations. I
desire to have a- country which I can point to
with exultation whose prosperity shall be my
guerdon. I desire to have a country which
shall occupy a beneficent position in Uh world,
and by her industry, intellect, integrity, and
courage shall contribute, in commnnity with all
free nations, to the common happiness and gran
deur of humanity. Ilonca mnir j .
1 j avc uartened
but the destiny, to which I would see my COu '
try lifted, is before me still a height, like
of Thabor, crowned with ait eternal sun. j"
a bold ambition, but in this country IctraldhaU
none other. The moment we set our foot
her shore, we behold the offspring 0f Freed0
the energy, the thrift, the opufence to which
she has given birth and, at a glance, we co
prehend her fiuitfulness, utility, and splendor'
We behold the wonders she has wrou"ht--th
deformed transformed the cri pled Colony Spr:
ging into the robust proportion of an Em
which Alexander might well have sighed to
quer the adventurous spirit of her sons com
pensating by its rapidity, in little more than
half century, for the thousands of vears
which the land lay still in the shadow of the "
cieni ioresi we Deuoia ail this, and the worsh;
of our youth becomes more impassioned
and
profound. To this land I came, as au
outcast.
uu uuuuiauic uyme as an outlaw t
claim the protection of a flag that is inviolable
By one of the wisest and mildest of the ancient
legislators it was decreeJ, that all those who
were driven forever from their own country
should be admittedjnto the citizenshipof Athens'
On the same ground, in virtue of the sentence of
perpetual banishment which excludes me from
my native land, I sought a quiet sanctuary jn
the home of Washington. To no other Ui
could the heart which has felt the rude hand of
tyranny, so confidently turn for a str m repose.
Long may she prosper continuing faithful to
the inheritance left her by the fathers of the re
public. Long may she prosper gathering into
the bosom of her great family the children of
all nations adding to her territory, not by the
sword of the soldier or the subtlety of the state -man,
but by the diffusion of her principles, and
the consonance of her simple laws and institu
tions, with the good sense and purer aspirations
of mankind. Long may she prosper each year
adding to her stock of strength and dignity, and
wisdom, and high above her countless fleet3 and
cities, even to the last generation, may tLe
monument of her liberty be descried 1 la the
darkest storm which shakes the thrones and dy
nasties of the old world, may it stand unscath
ed ! In the darkest night which falls upon the
arms of a struggling people, may it shine furth
like the cross in the wilderness, and be to them
an emblem of hope and a signal of salvation.
The Common Council seemed entirely taken
by surpi ise during the delivery of this address,
though they could not but admire the honora
ble, and friendly motive which prompted him to
decline the flattering testimonials while hia
brothers in persecution were still wearing out
their time in the Penal Colonies. While allu
ding to the sufferings experienced by these gen
tlemen, Sir. Sleagher was deeply affected, and
many of the audience were unable to control
their feelings.
The Baltimore and Pennsylvania Delegations
were present during a portion of the reply.
A'. II Herald.
The Plague.
It is stated that much apprehension is felt in
New Orleans of the approach of a new disease,
which is called the plague, and is now said to
be prevailing in some of the West India Islands.
A disease called by the same name has made its
appearance in some parts of tho West. It is
said to be like the cholera, but more fatal.
Whether it is the same disease which goes by
the name of plague, in the East, is not stated.
The Boston Sledical Journal alludes to the sub
ject as follows :
It is certain from the accounts received both
here and in England, the true plague has been
introduced into Sladeira, and the work of death
has been really appalling. The question was
frequently agitated will that dreadful disease
ever reach this continent ? There is reason to
believe it will ; the wonder is why it has not
already. Our commercial intercourse is exten
sive with various parts of Africa and the Asiat
ic shore of the Slediterranean, where this great
scourge is never dead or dying, but simply re
posing from one period to another, like a fa
tigued giant, to gather new strength for a re
newal of slaughter. Should it come, it may be
hoped there will be found more science, and a
stronger barrier of medical skill, to meet and
disarm it of its terrors, than has been exhibited
in tropical climates, or in the filthy, scourge-inviting
regions of Sloslem Turkey. Tlague ap
pertains to the Arab, in this age, and where the
same condition of things exist as characterises
their mode of life, their social condition, and
the absence of all common sense efforts to avert
or arrest it, it will have an abiding foothold."
Woman and Home.
We clip the following from an exchange with
out knowing its origin. "Heaven did not in
tend women to be the inmates of boarding hou
ses. They are out of their element in all such
abiding places. There arc erratic exceptions to
the general rule, but the true sphere of a really
womanly woman is her own home her truo
"mission" to make her husband and her child
ren happy. Her heart, more than her head,
"marshals her the way that she should go."
Her affections, her wifely and motherly love, in
struct her intellect, sharpen her perceptions,
and give force, energy, and percision to her
plans and purposes. Such a woman prateth
not for her sex's rights mourneth not over its
wrongs. She attends no conventions, covets not
the double-barrelled garment, demands not
seat on the bench, a post in the state, or a vote
through the ballot-box. Content with the posi
tion assigned to women by the Almighty at th
creation, and which the prophets, patriarch?,
apostles, and the Saviour himself, have declared
to be most meet and seemly for the "weaker
vessel," the good wife never attempts to overstep
the limits of her appropriate spere, but makes
that sphere a charmed circle, within which tn
husband and father is disburdened of his busi
ness cares, and enjoys a fulness of placid happi
ness which the outside world can neither gna
nor take away. Fortunate is he who hath such
a woman to wife ; for she shall not only smooth
the roughness of his earthly journey, but lead
him gently by the hand toward Heaven."