MOUNTAIN SENTINEL.
Andrew J. Rhey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, FA-
Thursday, September 30, 1832.
DEJIOCKATIC TICKET.
For President,
FRAKLI PIERCE,
of New Hampshire.
For Vice-President
WILLIA.1I R. KIXG,
of Alabama.
For Supreme Judge,
GEORGE TV. WOODWARD,
of Luzerne County.
Por Canal Commissioner,
william iioritixs,
of Washington.
For Congress,
EMAMEL SHAFFER,
of Cambria County.
County A'omfnafioiis.
For Assembly,
THOMAS COLLINS, of Cambria.
WILLIAM P. SCHELL, of Fulton.
For Sheriff,
AUGTJSTIN DUBBIN, of Washington.
Commissioner,
JACOB E. STTJLL. of Eichland.
Auditor,
JOHN A. M'CONNELL, of Clearfield.
Coroner,
CAMPBELL SHERIDAN, of Johnstown.
MASS MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY AT '
aumianviiaJi, CAMBRIA COUNTY, ON
xj&juax, uiri.UB.fcjR 1, 1852.
The Democracy of Cambria. Blair, and. IVd-
ford and adjoining counties, and of the State,
will assemble together at the Summit of the Al
legheny Mountain, Cambria county, on FRIDAY,
the
First Day or October, 1S52.
Friends of the Union and of the Constitution
Disciples of Jefferson and of Jackson oi.po-
nents of the Whiggery llumbutrs of Gunpowder, i most years, but by a simple majority. Now, toformer wa9 C:IU?U lind the ilistep bone broken.B'" Ic,,'er tro teMcr county, ana was eal
Soup and Coon Skins Advocates of an Ecnno- nmend the constitution, tiro-third, vote is re-fhlr. lloncy also lmd one of his feet badlv bruised. 1;!,e4J, to compel his pa rty (who were in uiajor
mical GoYcminont. .fta n u tv i tw. ' ,,mrpd thev could not. therefore, without helpi ' " Edy in the Convention) to come up to the mark
tures.
t rienus of the Compromises of the Con-
Etitution.
All who go for the common brother- 1
hood of the North and
Ooutll come one come
nil 10 r.llIIV the llfiniinntmn nf tha nnfr ..1
lots. I
PIERCE and KING, for President n id V!pp
President of the United States, and the National 1
i'emocratic Platform.
AlWl Lmoc.racy f romt thTe hurnmit of the leading whig journal, said the bulk of the peo
Alleghenies, send greeting to the Young Hickory .... - ,
of the Granite Hills, an enthusiastic welcome. : Ple '-were satisfied with the constitution as it is, '
The committee expect the presence of Pol :
Samuel W. Black. Hon. James Canmbell. Col
Beah Frazer, P. C. Shannon, Esq., Robert Ty
ler, Esq., and other distinguished speakers.
Roll on the ball until you hear the shouts of
VICTORY.
September 23, 1852.
MASS MKETIAX; OFTIidE3IOC
IMCV, AT IIOLLIDAYSRIRG,
SATURDAY DVT. 2, 1S.V2.
Friends of the UNION, the CONSTITUTION,
and the COMPROMISE, a GRAND MASS
MEETING will be held at Holiidaysburg,
On Saturday, October 2, 1S52.
Let all who are in favor of the Patriots and
Statesmen, PIERCE and KING, and the demo
cratic STATE TICKET, meet in council and
btrike terror into the hearts of the enemy.
Opponents of Abolition Whiggery and Gal
phin Frauds, assemble, and declare your disgust
of Whig corruptions.
The committee of arrangements have forward
ed invitations to a number of distinguished
Democrats, and among others confidently expec
ted, is the brave Gen. Shields, of Illinois, Gov.
Bigler and Hon. Jarae3 Buchanan of Pennsyl
vania. Come Democrats with music and banners and
push on the column.
Holiidaysburg September 23, 1852.
State Election, Tuesday, October, 12.
Presidential Election, Tuesday Nov. 2.
5GL.ARE YOU AsiESSED7Took to it.
To morrow, FRIDAY, is the last day.
Gen. Scott's Native Americanism admitted by
the organ of the Whig party in this county.
In 1844, Gen. Scott wrote a Native American
letter to Geo. W. Reed, of Philadelphia, which
the Johnstown Cambrian, of September 10, ad
mits is correct in the following paragraph :
"WinScld Scott has been charged with nativ
isni that species of nativism which would re
quire the man of foreign birth to serve a longer
apprenticeship in studying the theory, spirit
and practice of our customs and laws than is
now commanded by the Constitution. No al
lowance is made for the motives which promp
ted Winfield Scott to entertain such an opinion,
nor is the greater consideration of excitement
granted by the ministers to national prejudices.
The author of the letter on this subject to
George W. Reed, has Iing since disavowed sen
timents which originated it; a moment of excite
ment. Eleven years have passed since that let
ter was written, and the nativist doctrine which
originated and is recorded in it, has not been
reasserted by the writer."
Meeting In Lorctlo.
4 meeting of the Democrats of Allegheny
township will be held in Loretto, on Tuesday
afternoon next, at 2 o'clock. Democrats of Al
legheny, turn out, and determine to elect your
whole ticket the whigs are frightened and you
have but to meet in council to strike terror
through their ranks. Speakers will be in atten
dance to address you. -
TUe ire us.
The Menageries of Ilerr Drisbach & Co., and
Raymond & Co., and" the circus of Welsh & Co.,
til united, will.be in Ebensburg on Friday, the
8th of October,. at which time and place all those
desirous of seeing 'the Elephant," Rhinoceros,
Lions, &c., will please attend. The world-renowned
bare tacked rider, Davis Richards,
whose, daring has astonished the world, ia a
Jong, and will go through bis unequalled feats
of horsemanship. Trice of admission to tbe
thro perform&nces, ail ia one, only" 25 centg. -,
STo performaacfl at tho Summit. - - -
The"Cambrlan.
Our neitrhbor of th Cambrian is sorely dis-1
pleased at an article which appeared in a former J
number of the Sentinel, concerning tne test quai-
ification in the North Carolina Constitution.
We are free to admit that there is no religiousicomniumi,,. uc u io mcsi oi our
test in the constitution of that state, so far as citizens, all of whom loved and revered him for
Catholics are concerned.it having been erasedltbe many virtues that adorned and beautified
in 1836, but our friend fails to produce any ev-Ihis character. Those qualities -which are the
idence to show that Air. Graham, the Whig
didate for Vice President, ever made an effort!
for the removal of said test. As the Constitu-.m:u
tion of that state stands now, those of the Jew-fof a man. " We copy from the S tandard the
ish persuasion are denied the right of holding! following account of the manner in which he
office and is this not proscription of a certain! was so suddmly killed. Also, the annexed
sect ? If the whigs of .North Carolina proscribe! obituary, which reflects the sentiments of every
one denomination, they may be disposed tolone whe knew the lamented deceased. .
proscribe others.
Like the Cambrian, we "are opposed to anyj
and every attempt to introduce religion into al
political contest," because we believe it to bej
uncalled for and wicked, and we are sorry that!
such introduction first eminated from a whigl
press, the Washington city Republic, ontheMou-
day after Frank. Pierce was nominated, being!
the 7th day of June, 1852. In that paper of.
said date the charge was made that Gen. Pierce
was intolerant, but the Republic of June 9, con
tained the following amende honorable, but has
since been engaged in attempting to prove itsi
own language false :
The allegation that the course of Mr. Pierce,1
in the late New Hampshire Convention, is open
to any just exception on the ground ot his man
ifestating any religious intolerance, is utterly
unfounded. We have referred to the proceed
ings of the Convention, and find nothing thati
indicates any other sentiment than one entirely
in harmony with religious freedom. Mr. Pierce
was opposed to the recognition of any political
difference among the various sects of Christians:
and we shall be much surprised to learn that he
has, at any time, in the Convention or out of it,
es.llibited aiy. bigotry or intolerance on points oi
faith or conscience
The Cambrian desires to know why' is it, that
if Frank. Pierce is so great a man in his own
State, that the test has not been repealed. We
will answer the question by quoting from the
Boston niot :
"The truth is, the democrats never, within our
recollection, held New Hampshire by a majority
of two-thirds. They have carried the State, hFsutained severe iniurie.-. The rirht foot of thlS'I,",laI10n'. OI a mouon 111juie omas a
could not, they are not be blamed.
As to why the town of Concord gave amajor-
nnnt the abolition of th tost, we would
C - -
reP'' that ll was mainly trom tue lact tnHt the
whigs made a strong effort to defeat the consti-
tuti0n, and the New Hampshire Statesman, the
and the same paper in referring to some resolu.
tions which Mr. Pierce liad offered, abolishing
the properly qualification and religious tests, said,
"ire hope the whigs will have nothing to do in re
lieving the lococcos of the ouicm that to justly at
taches to them in this matter." In Concord, here
Gen. Tierce was in his office, he heard that ef
forts were making to defeat the amendment to
the constitution abolishing the test, and on re
ceipt of this unexpected news, he went to the
town-hall, where the people were voting, obtain
ed leave to speak, and delivered an earnest ap
peal in favor of the amendment. So says the
Boston Pilot, good authority, and after his,
speech, the ballots were cast for the amendment
The town of Hillsborough, the late residence ol
Pierce, gave a majority for the amendment.
The Cambrian cannot but admit that Gen.
Tierce has been the firm friend of religioug free
dom and, at a time too, when he was not a can
didate for the Tresidcucy. As such he is enti
tled to to the vote of every democrat, no matter
what his religious convictions, and as such is!
entitled to the gratitude of men of all parties.
Meeting In Jefferson.'
In pursuance of notice, a large assemblage ol
the Democracy of Sumnierhill, Richland and ad
joining townships, met at Jefferson on Saturday
last. A beautiful hickory pole, 180 feet in
length, had been procured and arrangements
made to raise it. The raising proceeded with
until the pole was elevated about forty degrees,
when, on account of it turning, it gave way at
the second splice and all concluded to lower it
f.,r tl.o niii-nnso nf ronIi. n.l r.,!-. !t nnil,
tur the purpose ot repair and raise it on anoth-u.,,.
'
er uay.
In Wor-l tl,P rf. it K.-nt nt th rtB;,uu ""VP" noiguuors.
splice and formed a perfect "Arch," which is tog
j remain and a new pole is to be raised in front ol
the centre of the arch to-day
The meeting was organized by the appoint
meut of the following officers:
President, JAMES BURK.
V ice Presidents, Col. John Kean, Wm. Pal
mer, Elisha Plummer, Enos Ellis, Hugh Dugan,
Esqrs., 'apt. M. Stewart, Capt. V. Phelps,
James Bell, Esq.
Secretaries, Capt. R. Alexander, Capt. R.
NYhite, H. C. Deviiie, James Skelly, Esqrs.
The assemblage was then addressed by A. J.
Rhey, Col. M. llasson. Dr. Wm. A. Smith, Col.
John Kean and Charles Murray, Esq., after
which an adjournmnt took place with three
times three cheers for the nominees and princi
ples of the party.
The meeting was one of the larprest we have
ever attended in Cambria county, there being
present at least lour hundred of the untiinchin
Democracy ofthe mountains, and the utmost
enthusiasm prevailed for Pierce. Kins:, Wood
ward, Hopkins and the County Ticket. Summer-
hill and liichland will do nobly in October and
November.
Letter from Elacklick Township.
Blacklick Tp., Sept. 29, 1852".
Mr.' Rhet : The great Coon Meeting at Mr.
Rees's- Hotel has just closed- Some twenty or
two dozen were in attendance, many of them
Pierce and King men. The Coon that is stuck
on the Pole was captured by two Democrats,
and we feel able to capture, and vill capture Jstruck him down in the midst of his usefulness! f lous I have no shield but the truth and my life;
all the old coons-, for there area number oi thtl ,inl left a community in tears. His nn.miFchn.i'rJrinir on these. I can afford to await, in
fence and the Democrats are the boys to catchjwill be cherished by those who knew him, whilst tpatience, the verdict of the people,
them; so look out for a large number of coons virtue and honor is esteemed amongst men ; and j Thanking you, gentlemen, for the kind feel
caught napping on election day. A few more the record of his life will form a beacon to guide qn-s minifested in your letter, 1 am, with great
meetings like the one to-day will add to thef those in the path of duty, who seek te emulate! repect your obedient servant,
Democratic Party. Blacklick gives a- majorityf the virtues of the good anl the great. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
for the Democratic ticket in October,, and forS jj'j) B . , M ,
Pikece and Kixo in November. Hurrah L! B orbe Rochester American has the follow-
Ws, AN OLD DEMOCRAT. 1 SSUTLe Texan judges of elections have .dop-J e- for Grabam Soup ; being a whig pa-
- . , . . ted a plan to save voters much inconvenience, in . , A . a .i
K,Dr L. M. Schmucker, of HoUidaySburg,la country where the election district covers con lt U ' ' f
advertises that he will boat Ebensbi rK hereafter , j- v i J Gkauam Socp. " rite "Beer on a piece of
frcm the 20th to. the 80th of every month, pre-Slderable 6und. The ballot boxes, accompan-papelv anj bou it ia four buckets of well water
pared to perform all operations upon the teeth. 5ed DJ the judges and clerks, were recently tak-'' till the letters disappear. Dish up and serve
He is a superior dentist and mott skilful nnppnJm nn nd ilnn thi river: nnd tli vnt r w-withan onion. This recipe we obtain from
tor. Persons whose teeth are decaying shouldlsovereigns received whererer they , could find 5
call ere it be too late. .
DEATH OF UOS. G. R. McFAR-
Li-tAL.
The announcement of the death of this high-1
i y esi' -""""j u"" tuizcn, on
Monday, created a paintul -sensation in this
can-Ireal attributes of the true greatness of man
Virtue, Love and Truth were so strongly ccn.
in mm as to gitc to tise wuna "a-surance
jlclanenoly and fatal Accident. -
It is our painful duty this week to record one
of the most melancholy accidents that has ever
occurred in this commmunity an accident thatfnexr lne 7th day of October. It will be a gath
has robbed our town of one of its most distin-lering
guished, cherished, and useful citizens ; society
of one of its brightest ornaments ; and a happv-
faniily of a kind and indulgent parent. On
Monday morning last, between 8 and 9 o'clock,
whilst tbe workmen employed at the llollidays-
burg iroundry were engaged in hoisting a cast
iing weighing some 2500 pounds, the chain at
tached to the crane with which they were rais
line it gave way, and terrible to relate, the pro
prietor of the establishment, Hon. Geo. R. Mc
Farlaxe, who was superintending the job was
sstruck by and caught beneath the descending
mass, lie wa3 released from his frightful situ
lation as soon as possible and conveyed to his
residence and a physician called in. Every-
thing that skill and kindness could suggest was? unjust, malicious and wicked charge made
done" to prolong his valuable life. But alas ! itlairainst him bv the Whi" rartv.
was of no avail. Death had marked him fori
ibis victim, and at quarter before ten o'clock beg
expired. He retained his senses up to the lastg
moment, and a few minutes before dying calledfme to Pittsburg, keep me constantly engaged
ihis family around him, told them the hour off
ilns dissolution Had come, that he was not at raid
to die, blessed them and bade them good bye.Ej
ma calmly yielded up his spirit to the God whor
trave it.
Ills remains will be interred in the Presbyte-gous
irian burying ground on to-u orrow, (Ihursdayjgdecorously and properly go, ot whatever oppo
at 6 o clock.
"Green be the turf above thee,
w
Friend of our early davs;
None knew thee but to love thee.
None named thee but to rraise."
M.T-.,, ci 1 T 1 T , ft
r U i mm Sfnnp nnl -Irilin Knnpv micln nr.
very narrow escape
a tr , Trii;,?..i e.,.,-,
. .... , ,., . , the alternative, and my motion having auswer-
At Holiidaysburg, Llair county, on the 2,thV.j hs purposc wits withdrawn. The siu of in-
inst., the lion, oeorge u. mc aela.ne, gedsM..(1ll fh- snV ...t nii. thnt, h.,dv lies at. tbo
.1 . 1i:
About the year 183G he came to Huntingdon!
county to reside, and subsequently took up hisSnot responsible for. It was introduced into the
residence in Holiidaysburg, where he lived tillf Jebates by a Whiz Teporter, in violation of the
the hour of his death, honored, beloved and
Rspected by all who knew him, for his vii tues.it
gins goomu-ss, ana his greatness. OEoncE i:.fiever did. 1 made some observations explana-'
McFarlase was no ordinary man ; for if thcrtSiory of my amendment of Thomas' motion, but ,
is such a thin-in this world as to be creat. he?;l,t sneech is not a fair rcnort of them. Mv
was truly trreat. because he was truly rood.
The writer of this tribute to his memory
Sjoytd the honor and pleasure of his acquaint-B
S:ince since the year 1838, and he knows that hegly, on the IOth lay of January. 1833,' a member i
R:, ,.: Ti : i : . r -n . . .A , I
fiknew Judge McFaelane when he says, that asas indicative of hostility Lu foreigners. Iprompt-(
ra citizen, a man, a husband, and a lather, thi-lly
gdeccased has lelt behind no superior, andbutgoifthuConvcnth.il as I have 'done many a time j
tiew n any equals.
Indusirious by inture, he loved to labor with
his own hands, up to the hour of his untimely
Bdeath ; for it was by habits of industry and the
Epossession of rare business qualifications that
he rose from comparative poverty to be the pos-
sessor ot sumcient ot this world s goods to niakt
fchimself and family comfortable through along!
Rule.
Juge McFarlaxe was blessed by his Crea
tor with mental endowments of the first order,!
p which by application and perseverence he had
Bbrought to great perfection, thus making him
Bthe light and lite of tbe community in which hi j
lived. As a public speaker lie was among the!
first class in the State of Pennsylvania always!
exhibited an intimate and accurate knowledgejthrew every vote they could command against j.
t his subject, with a lively yet argumentative
style of delivery, which charmed whilst it in
structed all who heard him.
As a writer he was ready, argumentative and
forcible ; and when the occasion required it he
could wicid a pen whose sarcastic expressions
never fell short of tbe object they were aimed at.
Judge McFarlaxe was well known not only
throughout Pennsylvania, his native State, but
in many States of the Union, for his talents, his
benevolence and his many virtues.
To the immediate community in which heliv-
ed, his loss will be felt most severely-; for hegGazette, I send you herewith in the "Iveyslone"
was loremost in every enterprise that had for itsa
rruiyi:t,i, me piuojiiM njr oi iijc ion U, or llie COIllloriJ
. . o .. , .-..t ,.fi.
.v.:.. ...ii.. i-
Possessed
e kindest heart that ever beat in a human
11 K . , , uest,1 . "Jecis uP01Ieasy enouguto unuersiauu now u,
, 1,1 i A . .
-""" a ouu"l". nimBmisreprcaciuvu wiv ,
a willingness that proved that to do an act
kindness tor a neighbor, or relievo the distress-las those which actuated my political opponents
es of a fellow creature, afforded his big heartfuow.
the liveliest gratification. 1 Another allegation that I opposed Judge
But in no relation of life did the cxccllenciesCanipbell last fall, is as false as any other of
feof the deceased exhibit themselves in such bean-gthe numerous misstatements recently made a
I tiful harmony with all that is good and great infgainst me. I never opposed any nominee on ac
Blife, than in the relations of Husband and Fa-count of his birth or religion, and I supported
ther. gn0 nominee last fall more heartily than I did
Here his virtues, his benevolence, his good-jfjudge Campbell,
ncss, shone pre-eminently ; and it is to them. whoS It is with infinite reluctance I appear before
are called upon by tbis sudden and urexpected?the nublie at this time, even in self-defence A
event, to mourn the loss of the fondest husbandf candidate for a judicial office is, perhaps, more
ind a doting father, that the decease of Judgeftban any o.her candidate, required toawait'qui-
.MctARLAXE is a loss which is irreparable.
It may be truly said of Judge McFarlaxe,
"That man lives greatly,
Whate'er his fate or fame who greatly dies ;
High flushed w ith hope, when heroes shall des
pair."
" I am not afraid to die." He knew and felt thatS?a"7. F?sslon or : ?u,Ji
she had led a hie which was blameless, with his
; 1, ... i,ii . 1 r . i.:.. i-. il
Euxruii luii ui mic lur uxa jviiow men, ai peace
I with the world, he felt no fear, but, like a chris
tian hero, died trusting in his Maker.
'-Great God J how could thy vengeance light
So bitterly on one o bright !
How could the hand that gave such charms
Blast them again ! "
ButheLstrone! The insatiate nrrhnr iloih
Ithem. I
Ilon. James Campbell. v
This gentleman visited Ebensburg on Monday
and was called upon by a number, of our citi
zens. He remained but one day and left for
Pittsburg, but will positively be at the Summit
on Friday where it is expected he will address
the Democratic meeting. While; here hetaade
many friends and a general anxiety was mani
fested to see. him and take him by the hand.
A more upright, honest man, more devoted de
mocrat is not to be found, and although defeat
ed last fall by a set of desperate political game
sters, he is, nevertheless, a true believer in the
right of Democratic Principles, and has entered
the campaign in behalf of the success of Pierce,
King, Woodward and Hopkins.
Mass Meeting In Greeiiiburg.
The Democracy of the State hold a "Grand
Mass Convention," at Grcensburg on Thursday
of thousands and thousands in the "Star
of the West." A number of distinguished dem
ocrats will be present, among others Hon. James
Buchanan, of Penna., and Capt. Alfred Day, of
Florida, positively. Gen. Cass, Gov. Bigler, John
Van Buren, Col. Scott, of Virginia, and others,
fare expected. Let all go who can.
XII AUCi: OF XATIVISM REFU
TED.
The following is the reply of Judge Wood-
wabd, to the Democrats of Pittsburg, which
we re-publish. lie triumphantly refutes the
Pittsburg, bept. 14, lbo'J.
Gentlemen : The official duties which broueht
Mv answer to your letter must, therefore, be
B brief.
From my earlest youth to this present mo-
meut 1 have been an earnest ana hearty suppor
Ctor ofthe Democratic nartv. and an eouallv zeal.
opponent, so far as my political action could
fsed it. I am not and never have been a "JNa
tlx- tyhiii--, 11 " iti fi ii v i il i t uiil KPnn nnv mnro
g.i.v. ... v 1'"' 1 "j -
Fihun I am or have been a whig, anti-mason or
.Ul 1U-1111U111 1.
H 1,lC charge oi "jNativeism is attempted to vc
S l.-lHUUU L, V A UiJL Ull ,,1111.11 L Ill.tAtJ 111 lUi; 11C'
J
slcr coiuit and was cal
Cor back out. They chose the latter branch of
o v
door of a whin, and not at mine.
The speech so often quoted against me, I am
re-grulesof the body which required him to submit
fur revision before publication, and which he
Pi.il.i i- srtpecbes wert; submitted for revihuji.
en-feThis one I never ceased to condemn it. .
During the session of the Convention- jyvme. t
.denounced the imputation, there in the face !
rsmce, as a gross misrepresent;; uou.
See debates of the Convention, vol
j, . !.
10, pp.
I have retained the undiminished confidence
.of the Democratic members of the Reform Con
vention, several of whom were adopted citizens
and all of them opposed to Nativeism. Would
this have been pr ssible if the whig reports of
imy sayings and doings had been true ?
The .Native American Party itself is my wit
ness, beven years ago 1 was the caucus nonn
uee for U. S. Senator. The county of Philadel-
nhia was represented bv Natives. Thev asked
nie, whether, if elected by their votes, "i would
favor their measures lor changing the naturali- .
ationlaws. 1 answered uicm no, ana uiey ,
UllCYY tcl V IUIC till Y luum Lvmiuauu u-.tiuobj, .T ...li.il .1
me, and raised a shout of triumph over their int0 m Possessioa- I am certain that the pa-,
victory. j
You refer to statements in the Whig papers
of Pittsburg. One of them was shown me a j
few days ago, in which was a garbled extract;'
from a letter written by me about a year ago, in j
which I repelled the imputation of Nativeism as ;
distinctly as I deny it now. Yet the editor told j
his readers that the letter contains an admission
that my sentiments were at that time adverse to
the nhts of foreiirn born citizens. A copy ot
the letter thus misrepresented by the Pittsburg
of Sept 23d, 18ol
fi .... " -ii ii.: l
hCIl men W III allow uiui iiuiiumi ..ioivii3
..... v..; e ,.;t,r n f. n- n
oiliA rrot the better of their veracity so far as
bo-fimpel them to acts and assertions like this, it is
B i . i a j i 1 T
ofgwhose motives for doing so were just as strong
tetlv the decision of people, lam as sensible
jfas any mau can be, that politics ought to be kept
away as far as possible from judicial elections,
but tbe tcrms or your letter leave me nocnoice
but to answer. 1 have answered by giving you
briefly the truth. I give it because it is the
truth, and I accompany it with no appeal to
If industrious defamation can succeed in rep
resenting me as baviug ever sustained any illib
eral or roscriptive tsni, then the Truth and a
Life are powerless against slander.
There are some presses and many men oppo
sed to me in political sentiments, who are dis
posed to treat me fairly, 'and who will not des
cend to base appliances, to accomplish a party
numose. cucu men auu presses commauu my
Lnf A minst others who are less scrunu-
Greeley, who has fed on t
that kind of broth till
he is as fat as a lath.
DEMOCRATS READ J
The following letter will be read with interest
by the Democrats of Cambria, and evinces bow
firm and unalterable is Judge Campbell's ad
herance to the nominees of the Democratic
Party.
From the Centre Democrat.
Letter from Judge Campbell.
The following excellent letter from the Hon.
James Campbell, to a gentleman in this town,
has been handed to us for publication :
Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1852.
Dear Sir: I have just been informed that
some persons in your county have been circula
ting a report that Judge Woodward opposed
me at the last election. I can hardly believe
that such is the case. Those guilty of fabrica
ting such reports, must be actuated by the
worst motives, for nothing can be farther from
the truth. Judge Woodward was my warm
and ardeut friend, and during the whole cam
paign did me great and most efficient service,
for which I shall always feel myself under the
deepest obligations to him. The manner, too,
in which he did it was most grateful to my feel
ings. Without any solicitation on my part or
that of my friends he took the stump for me
and defended me against the religious and oth
er assaults which bad men were making. The
doctrine of religious freedom and toleration
found in Judge Woodward an eloquent and able
defender.
In addition to this, Judge Woodward is one
of the best men who could have been selected
for the Supreme Bench. I need not say to you
that he is a learned and an able man and that
he is above all a thoroughly honest one, posses
sing all the requisites necessary to the faithful
and able performance of all the duties of his
station. He comes, besides, from a portion of
the State whose great interests demand a rep
resentation on the Supreme Bench.
These considerations, with the strong perso
nal attachment I have to the man, caused me to
unite with his other friends, in desiring Gover
nor Bigler to tender to hira the appointment,
and they caused me, too, to urge upon Judge
Woodward the acceptance of the appointment.
Yours most respectfully and truly.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
BEAD THE EVIDENCE I
Agaiast Jacob Hoffman, the Whig Candidate
for Canal Commissioner.
It appears that Jakey Hoffman has been guil
ty of abstracting papers from a bundle in the
possession of another person, and then bring
ing suit upon them. Can honest Whigs support
such a man for cilice if they regard honest; as
a necessary qualification, the3' cannot vote for a
man who has been proven by the following tes
timony dishonest. E,ead, reflect and judge.
IntheCouit of Common Pleas fur the Cityi, , .
. . led upon by Mr. Ehhu Pedrick. He asked nn-
and County of l'hiladelphi-i, June Term, 1S51,
in the report of case No. 15, Peurickvs. Brcic-
vfit. fnllnw-'uiT ilfnnitinn m.iv Tif I'iriil 1
IJeposltlon of Henrv Burkbardi.
Henry Burkhardt, baker, residing at the
north-east corner of Logan and Green streets,
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the District of Spring Garden, and county t,f
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u"P", ing uuiy oru uceorumg 10 -
law, .deposes-and says : lhat l was. cue c
iassisnees of Thomas C. Luders. under an as
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August 18th. 1&3J. Robert Ilaucock and Alex-
ander Laimcr were co-assignees. I was the ae-
tive assignee.
Among thu papers that cama into my hands
from Mr. Ludtrs, was a mortgage, given by
John Smull to Jacob K. Boyer, dated March
13th, 1820, for $18,883. ADd also three bonds
of John Smull to Boyer of the same date, with
the mortgage. One payable on the 1st of April,
1830, for $500 ; one payable on the 1st of April
1832, for $4,317. There were besides these a
number of certificates of turnpike and other
stocks, a list of which appears hereto appended,
marked A, which is a copy of the original in
imy possession. That paper describes, so far as;
my knowledge goes, accurately the circumstan-
ces anJ tcrms uu Jer which these papers came
PLrs ucscnocu i" iuis usi, jut.uuiujj ciuun a
mortgage and bonds, was in my possession in
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.... ,,. (,e lq.nadelnhia in the month of A-
M 1,,c T . .1 i 1 r
Pril In tuat montu- tUe ginning of it,
Jacob Hoffman of Heading, an entire stranger
to me, called at my house in the afternoon about
L nM,, . i, n.w.l :f Mr lt.,rL-l.p.lt -na n .
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! was one of the assignees of Ihomas C. Luders ;
I answered I was ; he said he was sent by Mrs.
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' administratrix of Francis C. Kampmann, a for-
j uier partner of Thomas C. Luders.) lie said
; he caued on -Mrs. Kampmann lor some papers
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vhlch he understood she had in her hands from
Jacob K. Boyer, and she said that her papers
were in Mr. Luders' hands, who had taken them
all away on her husband's death, and told him
that Ludcr had placed all his books and papers
in my hands, as assiguee. He asked mc if I
had all these papers of Mr. Luders in my hands;
he told me he was a lawyer, and was concerned
for some of the creditors of Jacob K. Boyer,
and that there was a good deal of land conceal
ed from the creditors of Boyer that he wanted
to find out. He asked me whether I had any
objection to let him see those papers. I told
him no, only they shall be kept together, and
not go out of my house. He said he would be
very careful not to take any away, and he would
put them all up as he found them. On the faith of
what he said I took the handle out and showed
it to him. I believed him to be a lawyer, nnd
he seemed to be a nice kind of a man from his
talk. In that bundle, at the time, were Smull's
mortgage and three bonds. I have no doubt of
this, for I saw them on the table when I opened
the bundle for Mr. Hoffman. I should know
them again the moment I put my eyes on them.
I raised the leaf of the tabic and opened the
bundle, and he spread the papers on the table.
He was there examining them an hour and a
half at least, during which ray attention was oc
casionally called off to my business. I didn't
watch Mr. Hoffman particularly, for I had no
idea of anything being wrong. lie took out his
pencil and blip of paper, and made memoranda
on it. I then said to Mr. Hoffman, if you are
engaged for any of the creditors of Mr. Boyer,
I am a creditor myself ; and I told him I had
three notes on my own account of Mr. Boyer,
amounting to $856,31, which I should like very
well to collect. Well, said he, I can collect
them for you, and asked where the notes were,
and I answered that I had given them to Janet
Goodman, Esq., for collection. Well, sa.d he
can you get them 1 I referred him to my books
for the account against Boyer, and he said he
could collect it. Then, said he, pointing to the
papers on the table, here are some stocks which
are good. The certificates of stock were all by
themselves in a paper.
Now, said he, if you willl let me have them
stocks, I cau get the money for them. I said I
would make a memoranda of those stocks which
he said was good, and he must give meareceipt
for them he said he would call again, and I
should have the memoranda and receipt reaJy
He then rolled up the papers in the same nuws
paper and tied tbe string around it, except the
certificates, which were left out. He then went
away, and on the 24th April, which was abon
two weeks afterward, he called again in the af
ternoon ; said he, Mr. Burkhardt, I was iu a
great hurry before, will you let me see that bun.
die again ; I said yes. I didn't hesitate a Uiiu
ute to show them to him ; 1 took the papers
down and opened them. He examined them fur
about five minutes ; I was in the room,
but I was not paying any particlar attend
tion to him. During this anl the frit in
terview, Mr. Hoffman had it in his power, if Le
had been so disposed, to have abstracted any
papers from the bundle, for my attention was
occasionally diverted, and I had no suspicion cf
any evil design. He tied the buudle up a-viin,
flllll ttlTl Cfliil I'm fllTlA rtntw IF 1.
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certificates, I am ready to give the receipts.
then showed him the memoranJa I had niaJe,
which he compared with the certificates, and
then wrote a receipt at the foot of the memumn
da and sijrned it. The list of stoeia ; i,.
my hand-writ'ng, andj the receipt end
signatures are his a copy of the paper is
hereto appended, marked B. In all the conver
sations, not a word was said of the small mort
gage and bond. I saw them when I opened the
bundle for Mr. Hoffman, the first time, and I
have never seen them since. From the 24th
April, 1848, I have never seen Mr. Hoffman
never heard from him he has never accounted
. to me for the stocks nor returned the certificate
! w hen he took the certificates of stock, he said
I be would write to me in about a fortnight, or at
soon as he could do any thing with them. The
j bundle of papers remained in my possession
j locked up in a chest, from April 24th, ISIS, un
til nTil! fimik Ilk .Ifitmirr 1 U "i I ul.uo I o 1
if I hud any papers of Jacob !C Boyer's, ia my
possession and would permit him to see them !
i 1 6niJ J55-1 took out the bundle of papers from
j ,he cLest JUt as Mr- Hoffman had left them.
j lliey "id nut appear to have been opened iu th
l,iean time' auJ uohod7 coulJ have opened them
; wiih-,iit mv knnw.o,lr Mr ii-;,.!, n.h.t
with jut my knowledge. Mr. Pedrick asked iu
if among them were a mortgage and some bon li
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given by Smull to Boyer ; giving as his reason
for enquiring, that a suit had been brought on
that mortgage, which he thought was iu my
possesion. I told him I had authorized no suit,
and opened the bundle ; the first paper I saw,
was the paper A, before referred to, which I
showed to Mr. Pedrick, and of which the first
four items are the mortgage and the bonis of
Smull when I opened the bundle I had every
reason to believe, and did believe, that they
were there on examining the papers, we coull
not find the mortgage and bonds, nor any trace
of them, and this was the first idea I had that
these or any other papers, except the stock cer
tificates had been taken away. If Mr. Hoffman
took the bonds and mortgage from the bundle.
on either of the occasions referred to, he did it
secretly and without my knowledge, and I can-
! not but say, in doing so, he committed a frau I
upon me, for I never gave r:y consent, anl
would not liave permitted it. The mortgages
and bonds are now out of my j ossestion. No
body had access to them but Mr. Hoffman, an!
I cannot but judge and believe that Hoffma:.
took them. HENRY BURKHARDT.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, Apr:!
4th, 1852. Joel Cuus, Alderman.
We shall not make any remark on theabovr
I statement, more than to add the following ex
j tract, from Hotfman's own deposition, taken at
' T?nlinnr ili t7.tli .l.t. C TlA.Anl.f.. Ik'J ?.
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reference to the bonds and mortsaire epoken of
by Burkhardt, in his deposition, and leave our
readers to draw their own conclusions.
Extract from the deposition of Jacob Hoffman,
taken on part of defendant, in pursuance of a
Rule of Court and Notice, before Thomas D.
Smith, Commissioner, on the 20th day of De
cember, lSuI, at 7 o'clock, P. M. Plaintiff
and his counsel, J. A. M&rklaud, Esq., atten
ding, and C. Guillou, Esq., for defendant.
Question. Who is your client in this particu
lar proceeding ?
Answer. Mrs. Kampmann. The mortgage
itself is in my hands, as counsel for Mrs. Kamp
mann and other bond holders recited iu tht
mortgage.
Q. Is this paper now shown to you (marked
J. II. December 26, 1851) a copy of that mort
gage ?
A. I decline going into any explanation of
the mortgage in my hands. 1 did not copy it my
self, and have not the original here.
The mortgage I have possession of is, I think,
dated tbe 13th March, 1829.
Q. When was that mortgage put in your
hands ?
A. I decliue answering, for the reasons be
fore stated.
Q. Is your only reason for declining to an
swer my last question because the subject of it
was a privileged communication ?
A. My reasons for declining are given al
ready. Q. Have you no other reasoa than those
given ?
A. I have no answer to make to this ques
tion. Q. Who placed the mortgage in your hands?
A. This question comes under my objection.
to answer.
Q. Did you get the mortgage from Mr Burk
hardt T
A. I deeline answering, for the reasons
given.
It appears that after obtaining the bona ant
mortgage, Hoffman entered suit for his client,
Mrs. Kampman for the amount called for in the
bond.
Here we Bee Hoffman declining to tell where
he got the papers, if he had not got them
Burkhardt has sworn he did, or had come bjr
them properly, he would have- answered ftke m
man. ;