Front the London John Bull.
Furious attack on Dlr. Van
Ami*nrgh. of /Utley's Ain
paliintre. by one of his Ti
gers.
' Since 'Wednesday last the principal to
pic of conversation in the theatrical world
has been the furious attack made upon
Mr. Van Amber -h, whose exhibition at
Astley's Royal Ampatheatre of lions, ti
gers, leopards, and other animals of the
forest, in the grand zooligical spectaecl
dntitled the "Lion conquerer of Pompei,"
'has ! excited within these few days so!
much public attention. Mr. Van Am;
burgh has been styled by the philologos
of the above establishment as the brute ta
mer, and certainly the appellation is well
applied, as the following daring feat will
prove, fur never was the courage or the
presence of mind of loan put to a severer,
test. From the information obtained by'
our reporter yesterday, by an authentic
source it appears that on Wednesday last
a rehearsal was gain ' on in the circus of
the theatre, when Mr. Van :Amburgh,l
wishing one of his tigers to perform a cer
tain feat, which the animal was utterly
unable or unwilling to perform, had re
course
to severe corporeal punishment,
which chastisement he inflicted with a
large horsewhip. ginarting *oder the
rain of the lash, the animal became in—
censed, and suddenly sprang upon Mr.
Van Amburgh, who instantly was hurled
with violence to the ground from the
strength and weight of his incensed assail.
ant. Mr. Van Amburgh who is of Her
culean case, and possessing extraordinary
muscular power, instantly perceived the
intention of the animal, which was that of
tearing him to pieces, and with the cour
age and presence of mind which few men
possess, seized his foe by the lip of the
lower jaw, and thus pinioned him as a
bull dog would an ox at a bait.
A long and fearful struggle now ensu
et, in the course of which both the man
and the tiger rolled over several times.
At length Mr. Van Amburgh got the better
of his foe by throwing him on his back, at
the same time kneeling on his stomach,
and, with his other hand, which was till
now engaged commenced striking the
prostrate animal with his clenched fist,
the blows following in quick succession.
over the head face and particularly the
nose, until the blood flowed from the sub
dued animal who here quivered under
the grasp of his conqueror. At length
Mr. Van Amburgh, perceiving that he,'
had completely overcome him, released
his hold, and the animal finding himself,
at liberty, retired a short distance from'
•itis master, and crouched down as if se•
yerely suturing irom the punishment he
had received. -It may here be proper to'
mention that the performers (so we un•
derstand) did not pay any attention to
the struggle, considering that it was mere
ly' rehearsal of the part to be played in
the evening, until they saw him adinlitis
tering the severe chastisement as betore
described to the enraged animal. and its
e its to compel Mr. Van Amburgh to
his hold. This encounter did
t all impede the entertainments of the
Van Antburgh the Lion
tamer.
,This remarkable man, who is now exo
hibiting his wonderful collection of tame i
animals n London, is a native of the state
of New York, in the United states. He
was born at Fishkill, a beautiful tows on
the North or Indian River, about SO miles
from New York. He is descended from
one of the original Dutch settlers of that
state,' better known under the title of
•Knockatokkers,' a name which was given
them since the early works of Washington
Irving were puldishekl.
When about 15 years of age, with a
tine constilition and good temper, Van
Amburgh left the little village of Fishkill,
and visited New York. He became there
for several years a clerk in the warehouse
of a relative. But this kind of life not
suiting his enterprising spirit, lie packed I
up, and set out on his travels, as every'
adventurous Yankee or Yankee—Dutch
inan does. In the ups and downs of life
he became connected with a caravan of
living animals that belonged to a company:
in the United States. By this time young
Van Amburgh had reached his 20th year.
His fine figure, iron frame, and Hercu
lean strength, fitted him admirably for
his new vocation. At this present wri
ting, Van Amburgh is probably about 26
• years of age, and one of the most athletic
men of his size in the world. His bones
large and firmly set, and his flesh almost
muscle. Yet, from the peculiar conforma
tion of ;As body, he seem{ to have all the
grace and lightness of a Mercury.
Ilis first intercourse with lions, &C.,
was accidental. At a little town in New
Jersey, neat New York, a caravan of li
ving animals was exhibited, The Lion
was uncommonly good tempered, and
one of the Keepers was in the habit of go
ing into the cage as i part of the exhibi
tion. On a certain occasion this person
wa. absent, the audience Impatient, no
one to enter the lion's cage, and a terri
ble row in prospect. in the extremity of
distress, Van Amburgh had charity. "I'll
go into this cage," said he to tho mana
gers. He took a cane, entered the cage,
walked up to the lion, talked to him, and
in a few seconds they became quite inti
mate. "In approaching wild animals,"
says Van Amburgh, "courage is every
thing."
After this success he went farther.
The lion soon died, and the company
broke up. He then joined a caravan,
called the Zoological Institute, in New
York, which contained some of the choi
cest animals ever exhibited. He there
prosecuted his favorite pursuit—studied
the temper of the animals, and proceeded
step by step till he brought them all into a
singular state of civilization.
his first association, in the same cage,
of a lion and tiger, presented remarkable
scenes. These two animals would fight
whole months, aril sometimes •he would
give over one of them for dead. On such
occasions Van Amburgh, after they had
exhausted each other, would enter the
cage, and begin his course of discipline
to control both. Gradually he added an
imal to animal, till he got as far as ten
animals in one cage. On:many occasions
he had severe conflicts, with the tiger
particularly, but nothing dangerous.
When he talks of these animals, he is
highly interesting. "The tiger," says
Van Amburgh, ..is like a reckless good
for-nothing, di unken rascal, who spends
his time carelessly at taverns, and fights
in a moment. Tigers all have spiteful
tempers. The lion is not so irrascible;
he is slower and cooler, but there is nut
thegenerous feeling about him which he
has been cracked up for. The leopards
are like cats—playful, but easily provo
ked."
There is nothing more interesting than
to hear Van Amburgh give a history of
his intercourse with these animals.
Van Atnburgh has a novel and practi
cal theory to account for his power over
them. From the first moment of his in
tercourse with them, he talked to them
as he would to a human being- "They
believe," says he, "that I have power to
tear every one of them in pieces if they
do not act as I say. I tell them so, and
have frequently enforced it with a heavy
crow-bar. The personal strength, the
peculiar cast of his eye, the rapidity of
his movements, the tone of his voice, all
tend to present to these animals•an idea
of superior power, which in sudden bursts
of his passion makes them crouch in the
corner of the cage. Van Amburgh's eyes
are peculiar; one of them has a remarka
ble cast, which rather heightens the effect
of his axpressive face, as is said of the
"terrible eye of Caliph Vatheck." On
one occasion in New York the tiger he•
became ferocious. Van Amburgh' very
coolly took his crow-bar s and gave him a
tremendous blow over the head. He
then said to him, in good English, as if he
was a human creature. "You big scoun
drel, if you show me any more of your
pranks, I'll knock your brains out," ac
companying it with loud menaces and
strong gesticulation. After this, the ti
ger behaved like a gentleman for a couple
of months.
In coming over to this country, Van
Amburgh was seperated from these ani
mals for several weeks. They arrived in
London, he went to see them. On his ap
pearance outside the cage, one of the
strangest scenes was presented that ever
was beheld. The lions, tigers. and all
recognised him at once. When he enter
ed among the group, they crouched, they
crawled, they lashed their tails, with
every demonstration of delight at behol
ding him again. He scratched the neck
of the big lion, and his majesty growled
forth his pleasure in tones like the sound
of distant thunder.
In ancient and modern history we have
heard of attempts made to tame single
animals; but till the present era we have
never seen such a mighty exhibition of
human, over animal power, as Mr. Van
Amburgh presents. The lion and the
lamb literally lie down together. Yet the
feats of fa►n►liari`y performed nightly at
Astley's are nothing, it is said, to these
he performed at New York—L. Times.
From the Philadelphia Eschaoge Books.
Loss of the Schooner Ports-
.mouth and loss of Life.
The Schr. Portsmouth, James - Hart,
master, sailed from New York on the 29th
of October, bound to Norfolk. On Tues
day the wind came out at N. W. and
blew very heavy, and continued to blow
until Wednesday, and at 4 P. M. made
. Hog Island in 9 fathoms water. Capt.
H. then shaped his course for Cape Hen
ry, as he always had done, (having made
153 successful voyages from New York
to Norfolk) when to his surprise the ves
sel struck the bottom and immediately
bilged, and lays sunk in 15 feet water at
high tide, is a total wreck, having bursted
open, the masts gone, the tide ebbing and
flowing into her. The Schr Captain A.
B. Edmonds, after taking off the passen
gers and crew (coe of the passengers a
servant to Mr. Hall, perished on the
wreck during the night) went to the wreck
but there was not the least prospect of sa
ving any thing, and they ahandoded her
—she lies a great distance from the shore.
The passengers were Miss Dickson of
Portsmouth, Va.; Mr. Bray of North
Carolina; Mr. Jo! es of New York; Mr.
Hall, was very infirm, but survived
through the inclemency of the night, on
the wreck with the other passengers.
The passengers, captain and crew saved
nothing but what they had on—and Capt.
Hart informs us he lost every thing but
his life; he had about 600 dollars worth
of goods on his own account, and was
part owner of the vessel —no insurance on
the goods, amid only part of the schooner
insured.
DUELLING reached a great pitch in the
reign of George 111, of En§lond, during
which 60 men were killed, and 96 woun.
ded in those cold blooded encounters
DISTRESSING & FATAL CATASTROPHE.
Oa Saturday morning last, about 10 o'-
clock, a very large black bear, kept chain
ed in the Columbia Garden, Camden N.
J., broke from the staff to which he was
fitstened, situated about 10 feet directly
above a ninepin alley, at the northern ex
&emit): of the garden, tied proceeding
through the alley, at the south end of it,
near the house, seized a little girl, about
22 months old, daughter of Mrs. Dewey,
and grandchild of Mr. Edmunds, propri
etor of the garden, shook it violently sev
eral times, and then carried it through the
alley back to the chain staff; at the time
of the occurance, none of the in In employ
ed about the establishment were present
and the proprietor hisrnelf was absent on
a visit to this city; a little
. colored boy,
however, witnessed the seizure of the
chilrk, and gave the alarm to some neigh
hors, who immediately repaired to the
spot, armed with muskets, with the inten
tion of killing the animal. for the purpose
of effecting her release, who however, by
this time. was mangled in a most horrible
manner, and was already a corpse, After
being wounded by several shots, the bear
left the child, climbed over some adja
cent fences, and crossed several of the
neighboring, gardens, before his pursuers
succeeded in killing him, which they did
at a distance of some 500 yards from the
chain staff. Whilst retreating from his
pursuers, the animal likewise attempted
to seize one of the female servants of the
garden, who was standing near the
dwelling, with an infant in her arras, but
she effected her escape by running into
the house. One of our reporters yester•
day morning, on visiting the scene of the
melancholy occurrence, saw the strains
of blood still exhibited upon [the floor of
I the ninepin alley, and various other pla
ces. The bear weighed about 225 pounds
and was of a most ferocious nature, hav
ing once before made an attack of the
same kind upon a man, which, however,
proved unsuccessful.
Much distressing excitement has pre
vailed in the neighborhood since this
fatal occurrence, so dreadful to the fee
lings, and 'lasting to the hopes of the
relations and immediate friends of the de
ceased, Deaths daily meet the view a
round us, producing but little sensation,
but when one, in manner :Ind form like
this occurs, the liveliest horror at the e
vent, and the deepets sympathy fur the
bereaved, fill every human breast. By
the present catastrophe, the possessors of
dangerous and ferocious animals should
take warning, and see they are properly
and effectually secured, so that even the
possibility of a siinilor one shall be remo,
ved.—Ledger.
—..—..ez e ___,
Tin YELLOW FEVER AT CUARLES
TOwN.—Sorne idea of the exact identity
of this desease (mildly termed Stranger 's
Fever in Southern prints) with the true
'black vomit of the West Indies, may be
obtained by the following extract in the
New Haven Hearld, from a person now at,
Charlestown in the midst of the savaging
epidemic. Speaking of the hospitals, he'
says:
"To realize what death and disease are,
you must visit such a place, where the
blood is oozing in streams from the mouths
of some, and the sheets and bedding sat
urated with it as flows from their bodies,
and the dreadful metallic smell of calomel
that penetrates your very brain: and the
strong and weak man helpless as infants:
some calling on their distant friends
whom they never will see more, cryiug,
in their agony, this this is death! flits
is a sight enough to melt the stoutest
heart."
That poisonous metalic medicine, Cal
omel, it is seen, is still obstinately and
murderously persisted in as a curative
means, through experience has so clear
ly demonstrated, tnat it has slaughtered
its thousands in this as in other maladies.
The City Guard as usual with these on
night watch, have 26 out of 80.
Four or five English captains have died
and a great many American seamen; cap
tains and mates. These ,principally dies
in the marine hospital. There are seven
four story stores at one point on King,
street, where a few weeks since a hun-,
tired men were employed. For ten days
past there has been but tour or five. The
rest have gone away, have died, or sick.
It is the gloomiest time I ever saw in
Charlestown. Only 13 passengers h aye
come down the rail-road from as far up as
Branchville, Aiken and Augusta, for four,
weeks past. 'The few passengers who'
come here from the North are immediate
Iy sent off in extra cars. The fever is
waning for want of subjects.
The ladies exhibit an exhalted charity.
They are seen in the wretched apartments
of the sick, soothing their pillow, while
the black vomit is streaming upon them'
from the miserable dying victims.
A Bonsai MURDER was lately com
mitted in Freetown, (Mass.) by a man
named Benjamin Cummings, upon the
body of Asa Clark, Jr. It appears that
the father of the diseased was a constable,
and held a precept for the arrest of Cum
mints; that, in consequence of threats
made by the latter, tit was deemed pru
dent by Mr. Clark's friends. among whom
was his son, to watch his house on the
night ofTuesday of last week. At about
midnight, Cummings, with a number of
others. all intoxicated, made an attack
upon the house, and in an attempt to ar
rest Cumming s, the deceased received a
stab of whic h died on the day following
'1 he murderer was secured.
THE JOURNAL.
One country, one constitution, one destiny'
Huntingdon Nov. 14. 1 838
Democratic dintimasonic
CANDIDATE.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WM. H. HARRISON
FLAG OF TUE PEOPLE!
();:r A single term for the Presidency, and
the office E.dministered for the whole PEO
PLE, and not for a PARTY.
a 7.. A sound, uniform and conveniem Na
tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of
the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN
MASI ERS brought about by cur present
RULERS.
j-j- ECONOMY. RETRENCHMENT, and RE•
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
117 - Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub
altern of WASHINGTON and the Nosciple of
JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of onr Fathers,—L. Gazette.
HARRISON, LIBERTY.!!!
•
Pennsylvania Policy and
o Sub-treasury.
ALL those opposed to Martin Van Bu
ren and his Sub-treasury schome; are re
quested to meet at the Court House in the
Borough of Huntingdon, on Tuesday even
ing the 13th of November—that being the
Tuesday evening of the first week of the
November Court. Matters of importance
will be presented for the consideration of the
meeting.
BY ORDER OF SHE CONIMITTRE OF Con'Ts
DAVID BLAIR
Chairman.
To Our Patrons.
After an absence of nearly three weeks,, l
we are again at our post. Our first duty
must be to satisfy our readers that, the
irregularity of our publication, arose, not
l
from any decline, eitherin our spirits, or
means, occasioned by our late defeat; but
purely from the inability of our 'helps,' ,
to push along without our aid.
Not having visited our friends for a
number of years; and havinggone through
a campaign, which required more than or
dinary care and labor, we really felt that
no better opportunity could arise for vis
iting the scenes of our boyhood, than the
present, when the system seemed to need
a little relaxation form unceasing toil and
excitement, which had continued for'
months. We have now resumed our la
bors, invigorated and renewed in spirit,
and our friends, shall find us, faithful to
our task, and trust.
We have learned with no little surprise
that our political enemies, have exulting.
ly proclaimed that we hail deserted our,
post, to escape the vengeance of their "in
jured innocent.'' We are however now
back again and we shall see if the vials of
his wrath are to be uncorked; and wheth
er we shall suffer beneath its all-consu
ming blaze.
We learn too, that during our atsence,
there has been; a glorious gathering of the
faithful, held in our town—a regular jolli
fication. One of our town papers says
that there were 1500 present. Our friends
inform us, that they counted the "rank (S.
file," and that there were but 500. The
weather was, we understand very unpro
pitious—it rained sufficiently hard, all
the time to keep the dishes full of "sop."
(the table was set in the open air) The
particular fond ness of that party for "sop,"
however we believe made them mills!), the
thing mightily—and furthermore, we pre
sume the great body of the attendants
'came for a small touch of the official .sop:' l
and of course were willing to 'lake thc
,water;' that their fealty
_should not be
doubted.
At night, we learn too, that they collec
ted their forces, and at three different in- 1
tervals, during the time that night's. sable
: mantle could hide their faces, and their)
deeds; they met in the street opposite our,
dwelling, and by their, groans, cheers
and demoniac yells succeeded in distur
bing the rest of our wife, and three small
children, (one of them far from being well)
all night. It must have been truly a glo
rious and thrilling scene, 1500 (as they
say) beseiging the house that contained
such a wicked and preverse set, as two
women and three children. What manly
vengeance! What a thrill :ofl►atriotism,
and virtuous humanity, must have ran
through their
_veins, when they though(
they insulted the wife with what they pre- 1
sume to call the crimes of her husband!
With what a show of manly pride they
can tell their sister's, mother's, or wire's,
that they hooted ' 4 60 BOOTS"--4.KE1VEING
. TON THIEF," &c., &c.,—into the ears of
lan unoffentling woman! Sons, who honor
your mothers! Brothers who love your
sisters ! Husbands, whose vows of pro
-1
tection to your wives
.have been hallow
ed before the alter of the Most Iligk!
'think with what a glow of honor, joy,
and pride you could see,:a multitude of
being's, wearing thegarh of men, hooting,
screaming and yelling, at a woman !
Would you not exult in the magnanivaty
of your country men! 0, tempore! 0,
morsel Yet such things have been; need
we say that we could expect nothing bet
ter of a party, who disregard alike moral,
and political integrity—who have shown,
that they would "VOTE FOR THE DEVIL,
WERE HE THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR
PARTY:"
We thank Providence, that Hunting
don county knows how to apreciate such
conduct, and such a party.
To our Friends
To such persons, as are willing to rank
themselves among our friends, yet who
have never extended to us, their kindly
patronage, we have a word to say.
Since the election has concluded, and
the result has been fairly understood, a
few of the faithful, who are bound hand
and foot to the will of their little "inno—
cent,"—so completely enslaved that they,
dare not say, even their prayers (if they
ever did so) without his excellency's per;
mission, have eopped our paper, although
they are such stricklers about persecution
fur opinions sake. 'they have, on all oc
casions, admitted that in all matters, we
attended to our duty, as punctually, and'
as faithfully, as any of our cotemporaries I
--nevertheless they say "slop my paper.
Of course we have done so--as we are
thankful for small favors, we thank them
and if there be any more of the same bi:
gutted politicians, who have neglected, to
do so, we will thank them to go and do
likewise. We like much to have good ho
nest "sober second thought', Van Buren
men for our subscribers, because we al
ways hope, they will read it carefully and
profit thereby. But a regular political
bigot, who, sings his "Te Deumeo
only at a pulttical Auto de fe, we desire
not his patronage. We take it for gran
ted that only such slop their paper—be
cause they think it will go a little way to
wards stopping our bread. 'therefore we
call publicly and privately upon our friends
to step forward and supply the place of
these wicked persecutors. We shall go
on our way rejoicing, in spite of their
"slop my paper," and we no doubt, shall
find at least ten to one, who will bid us
"God speed." Will some of our active
friends bear our remarks in mind—our
paper is larger and better than either of
opponents. We do not ask you to "slop
their paper,"—for as the sailor says, that
would be as bad as "stopping their grog,"
hut we want you to takes ours.
"The wars are o'er."
It would seem that our opponents, at
home, where they KNOW a thing or two,
have concluded that the tocsin of war
might as well be silenced. It was sour-'
ded with terrible clamor, when the first
note of success was heard, but when its
echo came back like the celebrated Irish,
echo with an answer of.confe on M'Drif:'
they wisely concluded that the least said
was soonest mended, Well we are sat
isfied. It is not our friends, nor our par
ty, to whom the character cf their candi
date belongs; he is all entirely 'their own'
and we have nothing to regret, about the
matter except his success, and Pennsylva
vania's abasement.
We may not be a proper judge in the
matter, but this we will say, a fair and
just examination into the evidence may
prove the "innocent" injured—and itmay
not. We think the honest and reflecting
portion of our citizens desire, that the
mar" , charges made against_a successful
candidate—and charges of such criminal
character —should at least be met by an
attempt at overthrow. If such a thing,
shall ever be done,— if careful, and un
prejudiced investigation shall decide, that
they were unfounded, we pledge ourselvs
to render the most ample atonement—\% e
promise, to lend all our feeble aid to make
amends for our errors, and to leave no '
means in our power untried to eradicate!
any stains that our previous 'course shall
have made upon the character of the inju
red. "To err, is human to forgive divine."
We willingly then leave the matter in
the hands of the sovreign people. They
are the "judges betwixt me and thee."
«"e offer any thing, and every thing, that
is right when cur course shall appear, to
'have betn wrong, Until such evidence is
produced we are 'bound, and soars the
people of Pennsylvania, to believe that
inve:tigalion is /eared, instead of desi
red.
Some say, that the reason why such in
, vestigation is not commenced, is because
ther are no responsible authors, whe dare
repeat the charges. That such is not the
case, every man
. who knows, anything
about the circumstances of many who have
Imade the charges often, and as often re
iterated them, must freely admit. Many
are very wealthy, and could be made to
sweat freely—if they could be convicted.
As it respects our self we freely admit,
that the chances of making "a raise" out
of us would be small—But what we have
/ we will render unto thee —a free and pub
lic admission of our fault—and public
agreement never, under any circu nstan
ces, no natter what may be the proof, to
cast aspersions upon the private cited-
I ter of any candidate for office. This 'much
iwe can do; and we w il l do that when oar
error is proven--but not till then. We
shall steadfastly adhere to the truth—un
til the truth is proven, false.
The Repairs.
We were anxiously hoping that we
might be enabled to inform the public, that
the repairs of the canal would be com ple
ted, and that the whole distance, to Ilol
lidaysburg would be navigable on this day.
We regret however to be obliged to re_
cord our disappointment. The original
damage, was nearly repaired, and every
Abegave evidence that our hope would
realized. Unfortunately, we
,have to
record another disaster which will stop
the navigation to Hollidaysburg, at least
two weeks longer.
I On Saturday of last week, it was dis
covered chat the water had made a pas
sage under the end of the abutment be
tween the Lock and the weir of the darn,
at the dam above town, and that no pos
sible power could hinder the falling of the
abutment, partially if not entirely.
The supervisor took means at once to
draw the water from the dam, and will
immediately organize an sufficient force 4
to repair the difficulty.
We learn that it is impossible to•
a cause for the defect. When thq-.7
elation was laid every meaqp*e
to make it permanent, and thinking they
had done so, the stone work was put up
in a superior manner. In the dam. net*
the ',abutment, there is a very large
spring arises: and of course almost the
entire bottom of the dam, is a kind of
quick-sand. Whether the spring had
found some vent under the abutment, or
whether it has been caused by the natural
stream operating upon the sand it is im
possible to say. We can hardly think
the latter, for we are told that the exami
nations previous to commencing, were
carefully made, and that all present coin
cided in the opinion that it was perfectly
safe. There can be no charge of neglect
made against the conduicto:s, if it be true,
that the ground was carefully examined.
We shall endeavor to learn the truth of the
matter, mo-e particularly; and shall give
it in our next.
Limo Foco Decency.
Our contemporary of the U. S. Gazette
publishes the annexed extract from the
Franklin Democrat. He seems to be as
tonished at its character. If he were ac
(panted with its author, he would not ex
press any astonishment. It is in fact as
good a specimen of decency as could be
expected from the source. We have in.
sorted the extract in order that the cit
izens of this county can see what kind of
weapons that party use, which has groaned
so much in sp;r:t, Lecause, we pro
ved, as far as proof can go, what was true.
This, they will see is bare assertion, with
out ever any attempt at evidence. The
truth is, the article is characteristic of the
party, and we do not look for any thing
better from such a fountain. "Like mas—
ter —like man."
"Joseph Ritner himself is a fraudulent
knave, and so is the notorious blackleg,
Stevens. so is Fenn, so is Benedict, the
Kensington th ef, so is John H. Stonebra
ker, so is Sturgeon. Peggy Beatty, the
paramour of negroes, is as hone,: as any
among the principal affidavit makers.
:printers and councellors ofJoseph Ritner's
administration. They are all scoundrels,
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l and it would require an expert mathema
tician to calculate which is the greatest."
NATIONAL CosivEN•nox.--The Anti
masonic National Convention met at Phil
adelphia, yesterday. We hope they have
"done as . they ought to do"—nominate
Old Tippecanoe.