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uJcmocuat -& Sentinel.
THE 'ilGUNTAIN EES' AND 1X5 EDITOR, of tie course of the Mountaineer? And do
"l. MVKllAV, Ktlltor ud I'nbll.htr.
EBENSBURG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING:
::::JL'LY 21.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
Jl'STICH Oy SUl'KKME COt" KT.
WILLIAM A- PORTER.
Of PMUidelphia.
CANAL COMMISSIONED.
WESTLEY FROST
Of Fayette County.
FOR CONGRESS,
CYRUS L. PERSHING,
Subject to tbe dcBcbuon of the District Conference,
COUNTY TICKET
VOn ASSEMBLY,
THOMAS H. PORTER.
1011 fHKBXVV,
JAMES MYERS
OA COMMISSIONER,
ABEL LLOYD
TOH ACDITOH,
HENRY HAWK
OIl TOOK UOCBB DIRECTOR,
MICHAEL M'GUIRE
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE.
THOMAS McCONNELL, Esq.. of Summcihill,
Chairman.
Allegheny, James Uctlough,
Macklick, Joseph Mardin,
Cambria, Thomas O'Conncll,
Carroll, John Ruck,
Carrolltowii, Henry ScanUn,
Chest, Washington Douglass,
Cheiit Springs, Montgomery Daiigla-s.
Clearfiold, Edward 15. Donigan,
Conemaugh, David Williams,
Cunemaugb. Borough, John Bruwh-y,
Croyle, Win. Murray,
Ebensburg. T P. Fen Ion,
(..allitzin, John Traitivr,
Juhniitow n
First Ward, J. F, Barnes.
frVcond G. Nelstun Smith,
Third T. L. 1 lever,
Fourth 4 Nathan W. Horton.
1oretto, James O'Donuell,
Munnter, John Thomas,
Richland, Genrgo Orris,
Huinmitvillo, Jam'' W. Condon,
Snsquehannah, Charles Wcaklaud.
Washington, Joseph Burgoon,
Taylor, Goige Kurtz,
White, Georga Walters,
Y oiler, D. R. Ciamtr.
Hernial;, July 19. 1858.
, Chairman ltinvcrulic Ciun-
II. A. Ti-.-ocs. F.q
ty Concfnliin :
Ri.spk tkd Sir Among the resolutions adop
ted by the late Deuvjcratic County Convention,
over which you had the honor to preside. I find
iLe two following, imposing a duty upon myself,
the caudidatc fur A mutably, uouiiuatod by that
Convention :
llesnlctJ, That our candidate for the Legi.-la-lura
be required to give n written pledge that he
will orioie the repeal of the Wnuage tax, w hich
bad been wisely imposed upon the Pennsylvania
UaUroad Company that he will use his best eiT
i.rts to have said tax increased to its original
amount, and will also advocate the passage of a
law to prevent the Railroad Company from impo
sing upon the citizens of . Pennsylvania by high
charges on local freight.
Ruolcel. That said pledge be given to the
Chairman of this Convention, within ten days,
and published iu all tbt Democratic papers in the
County.
Being convinced that the resolutions require
nothing but what i just and right, I cheorfully
pledge myself that I will, if elected to the office
for which I am the Democratic nominee, carry
cut the Instructions contained in the above reso
lutions. Respectfully,
Your ob't servant,
THOMAS II. rORTER.
"Sir Juhn, you are so fretful, you cannot
lire long."
Thus spate Eardolph to Sir John Falstaff,
and we involuntarily gave utterance to a sim
ilar expression, on perusing the editorials in
the last "Mountaineer' Philip, you ore so
fretful, vou cannot live lonir. The amount
, j w
of jll nature, and irritability, which he d;s
plajsin au article lets than a column in length,
headed "Cool," is truly astonishing in one so
voaucr. and who has known but little of the
cares and sorrows of life. e beg leave to
assure uim, mat we no not, luttuu wnumug
his example. We will not deal harshly with
him, but
'Take him up teidcily,
And lift him with care."
The privilege of beholding Philip while
engaged ia perusing the late numbers of the
Democrat and Sentinel, would have certainly
been worth a quarter at least. How wither
ing must have been that B-n-e-e-r, how
dignified that s-m-i-1- e of contempt. Great
men have always been remarkable for stand
ing on their dignity, and we are glad to find
that the editor of the Mountaineer has not pro
ved an exception to the rule. Rut hark ye,
Philip! do not be astonished if you discover in
a few years, that dignity will not always an
swer as a substitute for a good temper, and a
Email sprinkling of common sense; and reinem
ber also, when you pompously talk about your
sneers and your smiles of contempt, the ma
jority of your readers will shrewdly suspect
that you are blessed with a very large prom
incicc on that part' of the cranium, where
Phrenologists locate the bump of self-esteem.
Philip, observations of this kind are exceed
ingly unpleasant, but they are appropriate to
the occasion, and we humbly hope you will
profit by them.
We have taken occasion more than ence,
to expose the shilly shallying vacillating
course Philip has persued, since the appear
ance of the first number of his paper, up to
the present time, Jle started out by assert
ing that the Lecotnpton Constitution was a
fraud, a swindle, and that the National Ad
ministration was endeavoring to "chisel' the
people of the territory of Kansas out of their
rights. lie signed and published a call in bis
papor, for a meeting to denounce the Kansas
policy of the National Administration, to the
great edification of the Elack Republicans of
the county. He afterwards published a set of
Ant i-Lecompton resolutions as the voice of
the Democratic .mass meeting lust March
court, which ho knew well, were not adopted,
lie seemed for a time to have adopted the
"Press," edited by the renegade Forney, as
a sort of political Bible, which contained ''the
) truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth." Almost his entire paper was dedi
cated to the abuse of the Kansas policy of
Mr Buchanan. He could talk about nothing
but the Kansas swindle; the outside of his
paper was devoted to speeches, the inside, to
editorials cn that subject. When Montgom
ery's anieiylintr.t wis adopted by the House,
he joined the Elack Republican papers in
shout'iDg over the supposed defeat of the
Democratic party He was louder than even
the Johnstown Tribune, in rejoicing over
.what he styled "the victory." When the
Committe of Conference reported the Com
promise bill to Congress, better known as the
English bill, he denounced it as being more
objectionable than tbe original proposition;
an open barefaced at
not they endorse our course, in defending the
Administration of James Buchanan through '
good and evil report, in sunshine and in storm?
A resolution sustaining Senater Rigler was
also adopted by the Convention. Our readers
are aware that Mr. Bigler fearlessly defended
the Administration from the assaults of its
enemies, during tee late Session of Congress,
and for so doing, was subjected to an indefi
nite amount of abuse by the Know Nothing,
Black Republican and Anti-Lecompton Dem
ocratic press of the State. It will, no doubt,
be gratifying to biui to find that the confi
dence which the Mountain Democracy reposed
in him years ago remains undiminished, How
does the editor of the Mountaineer relish the
endorsement of Senator Bigler?
Philip seems to think that it is wrong to
allude to the past, or to praise or censure any
man for his course during the Lecompton con
troversy. The Convention seemed to think
otherwise. Well, we presume the fifty-six
delegates who composed the Convention were
wrong, and Philip, the man of the Moun
tains, right. Lo! hath not Philip said it,
and is it not to be found in the columns .of
the last Mountaineer?
Philip's twaddle about our boasting of hav
ing been sustained, will doubtless prove very
interesting to every antiquated old woman in
breeches, who chances to be his admirer, but
we feel disposed to pass it over in silence, but
without either a snecr-of scorn, or a smile of
Contempt. Philip charges ue with attempting
to sjrft't the party, but produces no proofs to
substaniate the charge. In Philip's own
correct and beautiful language, "actions
tpcafes louder than words." If, like Philip,
we had made common cause with Know
Nothings and Black Republicans, and stood
for almost six months on the platform occu
pied by Grcely, Cameron, Hale A: Co,, during
the most trying crisis, through which the
Democratic party ever passed, then there
would be some foundation for the charge; but
we never once iu our life, faltered in sustain
ing Democratic men and measures, and while
possessed of the reason, with which our Creator
has endowed us, we never will. We sincerely
hope, that the past will prove a useful lesson
to Philip, and convince him of the necessity of
political consistency, in order to s?eure the
approbation of his own conscience, and the
approval of his fellow-citizens.
Philip, wouldn't you like to force us into
the position you now occupy?
printing of Sheriff Roberts, who is a Repub
lican. A few words will probably sufiice to
explain the cause of Philip's vrruth on this
subject. A firm and devoted friend of Philip
and the Mountaineer, and a man of undoubt
ed veracity, informed ua on the day of the
meeting of the County Convention, that
he was well convinced, Sheriff Roberta Lad
given some kind of an assurance that Philip
would receive his patronage, and that it
was expected; that he thought the Sheriff had
acted wrong in thus blighting the hopes he
had called into existence, and that he had
taken occasion to tell him so a few days pre
vious. Was it the hope of obtaining this
patronage, which induced Philip to make
common cause with the 131 tck Republicans,
and play second fiddle to the Johnstown
Tribune, for some four or five months, and
was it the disappointment of not obtaining it,
which caused him to bout s7u'p so suddenly,
and come out in favor of the "English com
promise bill." By the way, we believe it
was about the time the Sheriff's sales first
appeared in the Democrat e Sentinel, after
we took charge of it, that Philip made that
tremendous effort to somerset himself into the
ranks of the Buchanan Democracy, ignoring
all he said the week previous; the golden
dream of patronage had fled, and Philip in
his wrath, determined to do something calcu
lated to astonish the natives. There was no
use iu acting with the Black Republicans any
longer; it wouldn't pay. We never asked for
or solicited the Sheriff 's patronage. Sheriff
Roberts, on handing us the first instalment
of Sheriff's sales, remarked: "You are rather
hard on our party, but 3ou are consistent. I
sometimes think the Mountaineer is on our
side, but it persues such an inconsistent
course. It is here to-day, and there to-rnor
row. I have no faith in them." Inasmuch
as the Sheriff used the word them, we presume
that he referred to the stakeholders, who had
been boiing him for patronage. Of course,
Philip is too dignified to do any menial ser
vice of that kind. He issued the orders and
the aids executed them.
CONGRESS.
Turkey Rapidly Decaying-.
Notwithstanding the terrible sacrifices of
the Crimean War, Turkey Las not been saved.
She is now rapidly approaching dismember
ment, and her utter annihilation is already
reasonably prophesied. The signs of disolu-
tion are everywhere to bo seen in uer terri
tory. The Sultau's power is but nominal,
and he holds it by the sufferance of the people
as much as by the aid ot tbe Western cow
ers. He is a tool in the hands of. the Paris
Conference, and that England and Austria
attempt to rule, r ranee works with liussia,
and they are supported by Sardinia. Franco
wants Egypt and Syria, and Russia, Constan
tinople; and Prussia would thwart Austria,
though-a close ally of England. This una
nimity of interest and mteution has induced
the representatives of Russia, 1- ranee, and
Sardinia to countenance a rebellion now exis
tent in Candia and the opposing policy has
driven the British to refuse to have anything
to do with them. The revolutionary party
are chiefly Christians; they are much more
numerous than the Sultan s army, and it the
contest continues, the latter must certainly
succeed, unless the Sultan is supplied with
material foreign aid. The action of the re
spective representatives of the diffe rent West
ern Powers toward the insurrectionists must
come before the Paris Conference. There
Russia aud Frauce, the antagonists of the
Sultan, can accomplish whatever they will.
The rebellions province is indispcnsble to the
preservation of vitality :n the Turkish Gov
ernment. Candia has but full, we i suit to
Montenegro, and Brozina and Hersc-govina
will cany on the work speedily. In the. East,
too, on the borders of Persia, the subjects of
the Suitan are uncontrollable. French & Rus
sian forces are ready to overawe the Sultan,
and England dare not ir to his relief. The
dismemberment will progress rapidly. While
this is in process of accomplishment, we may
safely predict, the prestige and power of
Turkey's great ally. England, in continen
tal aflaiis, will be irretrievably broken down.
This strange aud significant conscqu.-nce
should teach Great Britain not to interfere
w ith the disposition of international affairs or
the progress of the Unit.-d States on the
Western Continent, The extension of Rus
sia is inevitable so also is that of the United
States. Trvc J'rcss.
The Newspaper Press
No institution of society can b-r
meui s campai isou wun iuig
this great organ of human
a. . -
Uiint T.
universal and tLe only ucivera-J 1 s
t . : ... , . . vCr,,
cing within the range of its iLfiueDce"
nients which enter intc every relation ,f Ve
i,nn nAnninv find lid Tl - iQ.
recess of society which it docs cot rr,
U is a statesman a lawyer, a physicUn
clergyman, a teacher, a mechanic, a fan. '
a manufacturer, a raaa of leisure of I
i lur .Tlfn , .
controls the Church-it directs the YT
the legislator, the magistrate, and the S'
IIM . iiuuc use auuvo lISlDH'Jon.p .
below its authority. It is .J!fc
rang, powerful, and bemfieeut insiS t
oncient or modern society T. r.
harmony with the Divine irv
minute, incomprehensible, inscru'ab?'
yet more simple, intp!::.;b!e, and 'inrW?1
in effecting the ends of hn pf
elevating tr.e character an I ncuru,,. ' ,
ture of man, than any aul ul ,..;' '
extravagant assumption. Lndividnals
The late Democratic Convention of this county
unanimously adopted a resolution prcscntinjr Ct-
itrs L. Persuing E-q. to the Congressional dis
trict composed of the counties of Somerset, Cam
bria, Blair and Huntingdon, as the cauc.idate ef
tbe Democracy of this county foi Congress, and
pledging him 1-jOO tf a majority at the election.
Wouldn't you 1 Mr. Pershing is charly entiticd to the nomina-
deride the newspaper press, may aisa; j,,
te.;trity. question its morality "a?J j .n
coutrolling influence over the wiU
meet, and actions of men; but sucli'je
would measure the volume of the sea b
ripple3 upon its surface, bound the eartlT
the horizon of their owu visions, v. i.o
mate the economy of nature L t!e gf
which have been strewn arouud tLeirow'n
hearthstones,
If the newspaper press is capalle of a!m,.;t
infinite good, by di seminating truth,
reeling falsehood, by giving character ti c.
tions, and of writing their history, we coLce-de
it is also capable 01" doing vast mischief. It
is no part of our belief that it is srjvwhvr-In
the tcighborhood of j eif-jcikn. Nor h it
possible to wield an engine so complicated
and powerful to drive a machine of sach gi
gantic proportions without violating ; .it.ef
til-- Tnr:.ti.f llidiriillin' r ,ritliAnt CV
moral principles and sensibilities. V.'c .AC
few perfect governments, lawyers, staiesxs
mce-iiauics or teachers. Perfection is
stamped on mind or matter.
n. : , -i .
J ii v: pii.n;j apti picas IS a uciaocrUIie insti
tution iu its every feature, labor, and eSe::;
in its free speech, opinions and ecomn'v; ia
' the mind that directs- it, and ri the judgu,vnt
i an I taste that patronize it. It is an eku. -u
served and graceful tribute to the iliustri vis 1,1 UiC scc ai government representative,
statesman who is now at the head of the State liberate, and pervading: addressing the ci.i-TV-nartmont.
Snoakin r.f iho r.rnhihl. wit- z''n atid tLe magistrate, upholding ssi
isfactory solution of the right of search nnes- '' thf ' rebuking and condenicir.e
. J C I .1 ..tr....J,. T . .1., 1 .- , .
l all ;wd to I u'n" w:'th pCT01'-11 i'(ans of aeJi-m; teach
General Cass.
The Washington correspondent of the
North American pavs the foil wini well-de-
occasion
like to conx us to elo something that would
justify you in charging us with bciug a dis
organizcr? But with all 3'rur shrewdness,
you cau"t come any of your sharp dodges over
us. You charge u-, with having pursued a
vacillating course, We challenge you to
prove that this charge is true; that it has
even the shadow of truth to sustain it, You
should not make charges of this kind, with
out beinr able to substantiate them.
GEORGE C. K. ZAHM, ESQ.
The last number of the Mountaineer insin
uites very plainly, that its editor does not
regard the above named gentleman, as a
Democrat, and pitches into us for having vo
ted for him as a Delegate to the County Con
vention, at the late prime ry election in this
place. Now we have only to say, that we
regard Mr. Zahm, as being just as good a
Democrat as the best man the Mountaineer
clique can turn out. It is true ho violated
v.;t,' .v. t.. the rules of the party last fall. . We then op-
Llilllrf IU Ul l"JV Kkl. i.V T .
. .1 1-1.
t:-in, Having consented to run as the canaicate
of the party in 15'"., when the condition of par
ties precluded Hie possibility ef an election, he
shou'J not now be compelled to stand aside,
when a Democratic triumph in the district is al
most certain. The Democracy of Cambria ask
aiul insist on the nomination of Ir. Pershing
with one voice. If nominated and elected, he
will make a representative in our National Ig-ish-Uiiie,
of whom Pennsylvania will have reason
to feel Troud.
tion, he says:
"Xrir Khnuhl lliA
pass, whatever difference of political opini -n ' ;he ig-rant to road ti spj
may exist, without a just and becoming t. ib- j ura5 it tut of chann-
nt, tn tho al.lo rrvfdnto fi nd r.nt riot T0 cniivc,. 1 tc the USJ light .f thj wt-ll
of General Cass, If there be on.; q-ieMiou bus liberalizes, enJuros,
more tn.an another, to which ho has o.-i" ci-liv :t i t
nation, and the unswervin-i purpose. f the
t- - i
to w rite- 1 1
iea -ts it
s 'lee
i: :
more valitaliii;
and expatds it
United States : i
mat? w:i?t
last twenty-five vears of his public career.
t v 1 vcin'Ti; Ji . than the combined r.-t'f :h
i i i l : i i :.j . - : r. .. - r .i
worn puoii
seconded by all ti c influence of hi
ifiir c'aaracter at home and abroid
ciea
coii'imn't-
j ! re-sent century. Linked tu the elc'ri
le
tol-
it ha , ! n I e-rraph, and facilitated in its transmission Ly
tljC vast system ot railroads wj in ctra'an.
The Ticket and its Prospects.
Wo are pleased to observe that the excite
ment and fueling incident to the formation of
a ticket by the.lato County Convention, have
died out, and that a disposition is everywhere
manifested to extend to the nominees of the
Convention, a united and cheerful support.
This is as it should be Candidates for office
thould remember, that when they submit their
claims to the Nominating Convention of the
Democratic party, they tacitly consent to be
bound by the action of that Convention, and
if unsuccessful neither they nor their friends,
Lave a right to "kick in the traces" or en
deavor to bring about the defeat of their suc
cessful rivals.
The ticket which now stands at the head of
our paper, was fairly and honestly nominated.
As we said last week, it is composed of good
men and reliable democrats. It bhould, and
we have no doubt will, receive the vote of
every democrat in the county. What has
any democrat to hope for or expect from ele
vating Know "Nothings or Republicans to
office ? They will, of course, use all their in
fluence against us. The defeat of Democratic
nominees always has au inevitable tendency
to weaken and distract the party and to
strengthen the opposition. Let us all then,
adopt as our watch-words, " Uuion and II ar
Lioay and labor faithfully and tealoujly for
tbe Mi a-ess of ths hLcI-j ticket.
of Kansas to accept the Lecompton Constitu
tion In the next issue of bis paper, he
backed down from his original position, and
retracted all he had said the week previous;
thus proving to a demonstration, that he was
not an admirer of the Jewel, called consis
tency. After this, he manifested extraordi-
1 nary reluctance to allude' to the subjects of
bleeding JZansas, tie will f the majority and
popular sovereignty, or.rc his favorite themes.
He evidently desired that l he past should be
at once, "in the deep bosom of the Ocean
buried " He hoped that the Democracy
would at once forget the past, and their duty
to sutain the President of their choice. In
this, he and his aiders and abettors were doom
ed to a woful disappointment. The Democratic
County Convention, which assembled in this
place on Tuesday of last week, unanimously
adopted, among others, the following reso
lutions: Reiolced, That we have undiminished con
fidence in the patriotism, ability and thorough
democracy of James BueJianan, President of
the United States That his pubuc acts meet
our cordial approbation, and demonstrate
clearly that in urging his claims for the Pres
idency, Pennsylvania placed a proper esti
mate upon the merits of the man.
Jiesohed, That no preceding National Ex
ecutive within our reeoliection, assumed the
functions of office at a time when sectional
strife maddened by fanaticism raged more
fiercely, or when external foes by intrigue and
menace, by the complications of Diplomacy,
and the undisguised insult to our national
flag, alike threatened the iustutions of our
Government. And that whilst we feel proud
of the past political history of our Chief Ma
gistrate, we rejoice to see in his official con
duct iu reference to our internal feuds and
external dangers, ample proof, that iu him
the democracy of the nation selected a pilot,
who will safoly guide the ship of State through
Another Cutting1 Affair.
In Wednesday's I'rcss we noted the fact
that a man named Edward Mouroe had pre
ferred a charge of assault and battery before
the Mayor, agaiust Reuben Armstrong, and
that a warrant bad been issued lor Arm
strong's arrest. The latter was subsequently
held to bail, and yesterday made information
before Alderman Rogers, charging Monroe
with assault aud battery It appears that
the parties were in attendance at a pic u'C
held on Troy II ill, in Reserve township, on
Tuesday last, and having been on bad terms
for a year back, when thrown into each oth
er's company, and while elated by frequent
rl,- ;.,! r.f Bf.nrfli Ind.-nd it ha lUC TaSl
.some derrr as Ins j :i 45 a 6'L 7"-". -
nd when lu0r-1 mun:ic m its scope, u iesourc s. vr.e-
to be tv- e'a,:,c"!ty an1 rapidity ot utterance, ltw
ii .1 1 l . . , f HOI J lllUCU lilt; pr.iiii:L a iuv v.fiiuu:r
cri nri.-i. 1 I.-.- tli.i luinnrlifi in.f-fiiif"Tt Ol nifTl i J , -
1 Allllt .- 1, 1 1 1 ' llll'l.l 111'. J . . -
disembarrassed by all party ties, it will le '.
seen how much the country is indebted to ;
him for the settlement which at once relieves I
come to be considered in
pee-uliar province or speciality.
his instructions to Mr D;Ji:xs coiae
our diplomatic relations of their most vexa
tious and threatening aspect It is gratify
ing to me as a political orponent, to have (he
opportunity of expressing these sentiments.
This is a gre:it tri
umph in every sense, and nothing but nvst
narrow and bigoted partiz-mhip can deny
those who have achieved it the high cr.'iit
which they are entitled to claim from a gen
erous public."
posed him, aud used all honorable means in
our power to promote the election of Col.
Ilasson. But we never considered that he
had committed an unpardonable sin . Why
.should we deal with him more harshly than
with those w.ho offended in a similar manner
in days gone by In 1848, Col. John Kean,
the nominee of the party for Assembly was
defeated thiough the efforts of disorganizcrs.
In 1851, William Kittell, the regular nomi
nee of the party for Prothonotary, was de
feated. Iu 1854, George C. K. Zahm, the
regular nominee of the party for Prothono
tary, was defeated. Yet we never heard of
aa effort being made to read the offenders on
these occasions out of the party. If they re
ceived prompt and unconditional pardon, why
should not Mr. Zahm also. Indeed we- think
Mr. Zahm has been abetter Democrat recent
ly, than the men who now denounce him. He
was one of the Secretaries of the Mass Meet
ing last March Court, over which Gen. M'
Donald presided, and which passed resolutions
sustaiaing the National Administration. Gen,
M'Donald then recognized Mr. Zahm as a
Democrat, and we presume he still recognizes
him as such. Mr. Zahm stood by the principles
of the Democratic party, in the hour that
"tried the souls of men," and when the
Mountaineer clique, were keeping step to the
music of John W. Forney and Horace Grcely.
They now ask us to deal gently with them
for their past offences; but "how. shall they
hope for mercy rendering none." Gentlemen,
don't be too fast in commencing the work of
reading men out of the party, Philip, we
advise you to pause and consider whether
you are free frcm political sins, before you
cast any more stones at your neighbors. Gen.
M'Donald is, and always has been a Lecomp-
The Great Rains cf 1553.
The amount of rain that has fallen over a
large portion ef the United States in six
drauhts of beer, came to high words, which weeks running trom the 1st of May to tb
r, iiltr-d wot .-ire informed, ia Armstrong s l'tu of -I uue, has scarcely a parallel
AVhjuii.wi.va - I ; - f
hrowin a beer glass at the head ot his com- average ot observations will
batant; the latter then drew a razor and inches in May, aud 5 inches O
slashed away, inflicting two severe wounds June, or le inches iu A'i days
The
about 10
the 12ih of
These rains
on Armstrong's head aud left arm ; the one do not appear to have be: n hical but extoi-d
..vtr-ndinT from over the rirht eve across 'die Ne-rth and houtli half that emtanee. o
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iorCUCad aUU UOWU iO the rigUl CUIXK uone. wouuir iuo uc.-lUi.-rs mi'iun n idiu, ii'j ir
The wound ou the arm was two or three in- and disasters, bull one tuir.l ot the average
i i.,wfTtt. and rrTir.lif.l in lbo bono of the year, crowded into six weeks. TLe
cues iu iv-uj,". " . .i.. . . -- - j .
l ( n year since, the same parties had a Mississippi and its tributaries migut wed ap
difficulty in which Armstrong was cut by a pear to threaten a young oacuin Ue.uge.
L-nifr in the hauds of bis opponent. He now No such rains have been scon since the wet
institutes suit on both charges. Monroe was season in Alay lboo and then tney were ne t
arrested and committed to jail for trial, in condensed into so small a space of time. It
default of six hundred dollars bail. Both is said that some rain guages showed h m-
partics are colored and reside in this city.
1'itts 1 rcss.
The Caae of James EL Kelly New Tiial
Granted.
WTe learned on Thursday, that the Su
preme Conrt, now in session at Harrisburg,
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ches of rain on the 11th and l'dth of June
alone. What the cause of these tremendous
rains have been, we are not allj to say. There
author of genius and enterpii"e.
The aggregate matter thrown oT d--T.lv n-J
weekly in the United States, nearly c! ' t
n-Lich is read by the jteoplc, is absolute' J b
yr.d computation. That it is demasJci,
paid f r; and perused by the Americati pub
lic: that it is rapidly lLcrii-stng iu amoai:,
ii.rluence and power, are facts which point
with significant pro,. bevy te tbe office it lulls
and the authority it is destined to wiell over
the mind of the nation. It is the grea:e
power in the State, and from its very nature,
daces evcr3 other, to a greater or le; extent,
in sul joction to its laws. It is, tc-o. a conser
vative, disinterested democratic power, diffu
sing Us blessings, elevating and purifying
tboe it would govern.
The ne wspaper pi ess is ihe grettt leveller o.
age, on an ascending, not a descending scaio;
because, it opens to all the fountains of knowl
edge and provokes and insures universal
quiry aud judgment. That it has tlissctnits
ted error, immorality aud vice-; that it Ixf
t een a vehicle of slander and malevolence;
that it has fomented pride and vanity; that
has blown up human bubbles and prirtti
tl.cm iuto ridiculous collapse; that it has fe
te red speculation, and been more or less sub
tCivieut to schemes of frauj and anibition.
none can doubt. No party could exist a year
without it. To strike it down would be to
instu e a Babel of infinite tongues to para
lyze and confound all exist'ng order and ac
tion in the social and political systems We
like to berate and undenato it, but we could
do nothing without it.
We dislike to praise it or acknowledge us
is hardly a doubt but that we will cither have i nowcr. Many habitually denv its influence
and as constantly court its nvor auu i .
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an equivalent amount of dr' weather or else
some other district of the gioba is parched up
for w-mit nf vafc:r This remarkable fact that
recently delivered an opinion upon the writ ot lhe anuuai (.d cf ra-in j3 &0 ncarK- cmally
error iu the case ot James M. lsciiy, unacr i,.,i,,infl,i c i nt nll rmr ncimns nf
sentence of death in our jail, for the murder wet auj drv e.iSons though portions of a
ot tjonraa u eissman. uiu juugmeut uv uu. ycar is frequently extremely wet or dry
VJOUri uuiow nas uecu reciseu, au a. u -
trial awarded but upon what particular B1 j Birmingham Bet weea Three
point tne supreme ouun kveiu, uu an1 j.'01ir nuriarea uouars atoiea.
yet transpired, as the opinion has not been
1- II!. Tl, i l nnnri li!rb Mr
1 f ; . 1 . , I ni-nr bir.,i failed nnnii tn rt'f.oril. was nerno-
Iloward, the prisoners counsel principally p"" "V ; - -. it
eLd for a reversal, was that the charae of h rated in the borough of Lirmingham, on
Friday night last, or at an early hour on
morninsr. Ihe ofhec attached to the
the perils of the times into the . havenof j ton Democrat. We voted against him at the
Delegate election, because ue was opposed to
the nomination of William Kittell, Esq., for
Assembly. Mr. Zahm was in favor of Mr.
Kittcll's nomination, aul we accordingly vo
ted for him .
. Now a word about patronage. Philip in
forms the world, that "patronage is of great
importance to a courjtry Newspaper," and
J eppears quit muigmot, because ws do the
safety.
How do these resolutions tally with the ed
itorials contained in the Mountaineer in which
the effort was made to prove that our illustri
ous Chief Magistrate was violating the high
trusts reposed iu him by endeavoring to force
a bogus aud fraudulent Constitution on the
people of Kansas. Do not the above resold
tions amount to au unqualified cculcr.miti;
Judge McClure, as delivered to the jury, "da' 1
x .. : ft. ,r-,.i .-,;r,d a.,, baturdav
fendant-all the leading circumstances against lamber yard of Duncan & Lro,, situated on
i - i. .:ii ,i r-.r,r, the bank of the Monongahela, was entered.
mill IIUVIO" UL-CU L'UIUICU UUl XIIA upv.., I , , I 1 1 I 11
nKnf fr.r-t in and betwecu three and four hundred dollars
favor. The opinion, however, will be made money carried off
public-and the ruling of the Court given at , The proprietors and employees, it appears,
it.'i.. left the office locked up as usual on I-nday
to J , ... r evening, and on returning baturdfly morning,
A Terrible Fall. found the door ajar. The lock was uniuiurcd,
William son of and the sunnositiou is, that the entrance was
lTor;i.ir. T r.nr.nr.lf nonnritor of the Dia- effected bv means of skeleton keys.. The
O.JUtAJI4VVU v j t. I - . Ill
mond Exchequer, was shockingly mutilated hinges of the safe were broken, and the doors
bv fallinc down a flight of stairs in his father's torwff with a crow bar. Of the money
by falling dow
house. The boy is about eight years of age,
and while leaninrr over the bannister or a
winding staircase, he lost his -balance and
fell. The first thing he came in contact
with, was the bannister below, : upon which
his under jaw was broken. He next fell
upou the lowest step, head foremost, and cut
sloten. there were one fifty dollar bill on the
State Rank of Indiana ; a "twenty" dollar
note on the State Rank of Ohio, and ;
twenty" cu the Southern Rank of Kentucky
The remainder, amounting to about two bun
dred and sixty dollars, consisted of "fives,'
" threes" and " tcus," on Ohio, Virginia aud
t,rr-.v,lft rr .cb n hU forfd..nd. t on ri n rr-tin Kentucky banks, and cold pieces of various
the scalp to the length of three inches,and denominations. Information concerr.iug the
FVr.t,ir;n-T Via sl.-nlb Dr. John Dickson at- robberv wes conveyed to the various police
tends' the little sufferer, and notwithstanding offices on Saturday, aud it is hoped that every
his severo id uries, hopes are entertained ct 1 etiort wm oe put loria to t.nug eur , r.
hi ultiuite recovery. J . " - j.tratore oi tne poiu acea t jueu j
couratrement. It has made more rcpuvaiw-
for public men, more fortunes iu business ar.i
more professional character for individual?,
than have ever been made otherwise by abil
ity, energy and skill. It is a great bencca-
ry for politicians, their mam renauec, -their
ouly means of acquiring public nct0jf'
It is the orduance department w t
tics the arsenal and magaziue frea
small minds draw their weapons aDd-11
lion for political warfare. It furnish lu;
with all their data, analyzes their
draws their conclusions, aud coniu r
them the distinction of ostensible autbornr
It is, with its thoufands of editors, w
impersonality. The press epcats; -
to it, not as the voice of one but as toe
personal organ of many. It is ass3i t
dwarfs and struts, who often affect to tre
with disdain, to the infinite amusement
laborious conductors.
j3TA spiritual funeral was heli I at
lately over the remains of J 1-
Miss Emma Houston prayed, and me
Smith spoke through her. The i
family ef the deceased, instead of fnlu Kt
black, dressed iu white, with white sha
wiih bonnets trimmed with white-
.T5TMr. Edwin T. Mott, a prominent cij
,cn of tbe twelth ward Philadelphia, oiea
Wednesday last, of ossification of the a
superinduced by cutting a corn ou li
the month of December last.
1 Onc tuonJ WW
' traded for in Oucmnati, Oho. ty
Iudiana, at $S per barrel.
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