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Huntingdon, Tuesday, February 1, 1848,
Li- See fourth page,
10- On our first page will be found a
statement of the Receipts and Expendi
tures of Huntingdon county. Also, a
very proper and wholesome enactment
by our Town Council, relative to preser
ving the good order of the town.
THANKS.—Jas. M. Power, A. King and
D. Blair, Esqr's, have our thanks for
favors from Harrisburg. Also, Hons.
S. Cameron, A. Stewart, and J. Blan
chard, for valuable documents from
Washington.
re- The reasons influencing the Coun
ty Commissioners, in ordering the sale
and removal of the materials contained
in the old Court House, will be fought
the opinion of their Counsel, A. K. C'br.
nyn, Esq., published in another column.
It is said that Gen. Cameron is
of the opinion that the Pa. Volunteers
will be recalled. We hope so. Those
who survive are very anxious to return
to their homes.
0:7- Hon. J. R. Pomsett, for several
years Secretary of War under President
Van Buren, and at one time Minister to
Mexico, is out in a letter against the
Mexican war, and in favor of the with
drawal of our troops. We expect to
see at least a column of this week's
Globe devoted to proving this prominent
member of the Locofoco party, a vile
Tory. We shall publish the letter next
week.
Dauphin County.
The Whigs held their County Conven
tion to elect delegates to the State and
National Conventions, on Monday of last
week. The contest between the friends
of Gens. Scott and Taylor was very an
imated. Resolutions in favor of Gen.
SCOTT, as the Whig candidate for Presi
dent were adopted by a vote of 35 to 5.
A resolution was also adopted in favor of
Capt. S. D. KAaas, for Canal Commis
sioner.
"Has the Editor of the Huntingdon
Journal forgotten that a Whig meeting
was held in that county last fall, at which
Gen. TAYLOR was nominated for the
Presidency r—Pa. Intelligencer.
No. We recollect the little demon
stration well. It assembled without
any previous notice ; nine persons were
present, six of whom preferred General
Scott for the Presidency. But we do
not recollect that either Taylor or Scott
was nominated for the Presidency. Res
olutions complimentary to both were
adopted, which were reported to the
meeting by a Scott man. Are our friends
of the Intelligencer satisfied 1
re- The Globe of last week tacitly
admits that the Tariff items which it
gave. some time since were false, and
that the Philadelphia resolution about
which so much ado was made in its col
umns, was only one of its silly forgeries.
Our neighbor is thus making a reputa
tion for himself that we can assure him
we do not envy.
SPECIAL ELECTION.--The Governor has
appointed the 23d of Febuary, as the day
for holding a special election in the sixth
Congressional district, composed of the
counties of Bucks and Lehigh, to supply
the vacancy occosinned by the death of
the Hon. J. W. Hornbeck.
DE6TII OF CAPT. BUTLER.— It is With
tif,p regret we announce the death of
Cept. John Butler, of the 3d Dragoons.
Captain Butler died at Brazos, on his
way to the United States.
OEN. TAYLOR
The Washington correspondent of the
"North American" says :--"Much has
been said oldie position of Gen. Taylor
in regard to a National Convention. I
wish I was free to speak of all that is
within my knowledge; but this I can say
and do sny emphatically, that his imme
diate advisers look to a Convention for
his nomination; that he does not dis
countenance their views, and that he
will accede to whatever course is adopt
ed. On this matter I speak PROM THE
soox, and cannot be mistaken by possi
bility, for I have seen the evidence and
satisfied myself. I could make this ex
pression mucir STRONGER, but confidence
restrains me."
Mr. Nut., nominated by Gov. Slunk
as Judge of the district composed of
Chester and Delaware counties, was re
jected by the Senate last week, 19 to 13.
Attempt to Disgrace Gen. Scott.
6 , Independent," the able and fearless
Washington correspondent of the North
American, thus speaks of the attempt
now making to disgrace Gen. Scott in
the enemy's country :
The indignation of the country and the
just retribution of universal execration,
must be the doeth of this new and wan
ton prostitution of power, to the base
purposes of personal and political ven
geance. What is it, but a repetition of
the attempt to destroy Taylor and his
gallant band at Buena Vista? What is
it but a continuation of that system of
oppression which lies been practised
against every Whig officer who has dis
i tinguished himself in this war
This court, 1 repeat, is an anomaly,
such as never before has been witnessed.
Gen. Towson, it is said by military men,
holds no lineal rank in the army. Gen.
Cushing, the subservient tool of any
party that will pay best—the political
Scapin who turned his back upon him
self—the apostate who abandoned the
party upon whose shoulders lie first
clambered into notice, for a convenient
price, and the pliant instrument of the
present Executive, is also one of this
trio. Col. Butler, of La., a junior Col
onel, is the third. Such is the tribunal,
before which the scar-covered hero of
Lundy's Lane and the laurel crowned
warrior of Mexico is summoned, in the
face of the enemy, manacled with char
ges, advanced by one who owes him more
than he does living man, or an hundred
fold such merits as he claims, for all of
honor and advancement in his profession
that lie now enjoys !
Is there an American whose blood
does not boil at this violent indignity"!
Is there one that does not feel that he
ought to strike down the petty tyrant,
who has stretched forth the herculean
hand of power, to crush one who has
given a long life of honor and usefulness
to the service of his country 1
Gen. Scott, presuming the operations
of the campaign to be closed, applied in
November,dfor leave to return to the
United Stiides. The result of the Court
of Inquiry will not affect this applica
tion, and he may be expected home as
soon as its proceedings have closed, if
he determines to attend it, which is
questioned, or sooner, unless the Presi
dent considers it politic to change his
views.
TOWN COUNCIL---THE RAILROAD,
By the following extract from the pro
ceedings of our Town Council, it will be
seen that authority has been given to
the Engineers of the Pa. Railroad com
pany, to locate said road in Allegheny
street. This is right, and will he re
sponded to by the almost unanimous
voice of our citizens :
{EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES.]
" Wit snsEs, The engineers of the Penn'.
Railroad Gompany are about locating the said
road in or through the borough of Huntingdon,
and it is believed that the interests of the borough
would be mole advanced by locating the seine in
Allegheny street rather than in Washington street:
Be it therefore,
Resolved, 'That tho said Pennsylvania Railroad
Company shall have full power and authority to
Ru the location of said road in and through Alle
gheny street, in the borough of Huntingdon.
On the adoption of the shove resolution, the
vote stood es follows, viz: Yeas—Mesom. Dorris,
Orbison, Simpson, Sexton and Dumbaugh, Chair
man-5. Nuys—Measrs. Africa and Ray mond, 2.
Attest, Jo A zimnionT, Clerk.
CRUEt. AND INFAMOUS ! — According to
the correspondent of the Ledger the
President will order the recall of the
Pennsylvania and South Carolina Vol
unteers from Mexico, provided Congress
passes the ten regiment bill ! The rem
nants of these regiments it is said do
not number mote than twohundred men
each, while the new ten regiments would
comprise 8000 men. What a fearful
tyranny is the one man power! Polk
can order the recall of the volunteers at
mice, but he dares to say to Congress
you must provide these eight thousand
new men, or the six hundred brave but
home-sick volunteers shall suffer and
die in Mexico. Oh, the " tender-mer
cies" of James K. Polk !
Irr Gen. Pierce, one of the President's
partizan appointments to the army has
reached Washington. His report will
probably not pledse the administration
very well, as the Louisville Journal
says that while the General was in that
city, on his way from Mexico, he talk
ed freely of the war, and expressed him
self strongly against the military occu
pation of Mexico, declaring at the same
time that annexation would be a great
deal worse. Drawing from Mexico the
future expenses of the war he thought
absurdly impracticable, and how the
war is to be ended he could not for the
life of him tell.
07 Our neighbor of the Globe thinks
Gen. Scott stands no chance for the
Presidential nomination. Perhaps he
does not. If so, Gen. Taylor will be the
man. Which of the two will be most
likely to allay our neighbor's apprehen
sions of defeat 1
11 . 7- From reading the Pa Intelligen
cer, we would infer that its editors nre
decidedly friendly to Gen. Taylor for the
Presidency.
PROM WASHINGTON
The Ten Regiment bill is still under
discussion in the Senate. The Nation•
al Intelligencer, is of opinion that this
bill will not pass Congress.
The debate on the President's Mes
sage is still going on in the House of
Representatives.
GFN. SCOTT SUSPENDED!
In reply to Mr. Crittenden, Gen. Cass
stated in the Senate on Thursday last,
that Gen. Scott had been suspended, and
the command would devolve upon Gen.
Butler.
The Daily News, in commenting up
on the above says :
GENERAL SCOTT, the victorious and
magnanimous soldier, is suspended. In
the moment of his triumph and at the
summit of his glory he is cast down,
from the proud eminence so gallantly
attained, by the mousing politicians at
home, whom his spirit defies, and to
whose sordidness his uncalculating pat
riotism is an ever present rebuke.
Winfield Scott ! the successful com
mander-in-chief in a campaign—we do
not say unsurpassed—but unequalled in
the annuals of war for its decisiveness
and brilliancy—is to be subjected to the
humiliation of a Court of Inquiry upon
the promptings of a junior—while that
junior, put under arrest by him for acts
of insubordination, is released by the
President from that arrest, and restored
to duty. The President has taken upon
himself to decide, without the interven
tion of any Court of Inquiry, that as be
tween General Scott and Gene' al Worth,
the formor is in the wrong, and the lat
ter in the right, both by releasing Gen.
Worth from the effect of the charges
preferred against him by his Comman
der-in-Chief, and by subjecting that Com
mander-in-Chief, to the humiliation of
suspension, in a foreign country, before
the eyes of the enemy, who will rejoice
to sec humbled, the great man who has
humbled and aubbued them—and before
the eyes of of his army, which,—tremb
ling never in the presence of the foe—
will tremble with indignation at such
treatment of their well deserving and
well-beloved chief.
The Natiannl Intelligencer, alluding
to the same subject, says :
"A glorous reward (is not this I) for the
successful enterprises, the skilful strat
egy, and bloody victories of the brave
and veteran General-in-chief of the army,
whose achievements, unsurpassed in
the annals of any nation, have given un
dying renown to the arms of his.corn-,
try, and who, if report be true, has even
conquered a peace.
"To make this grateful act complete,
the Court should be held at Cerro Gordo,
or Chapultepec, and not at Perote."
THE LOAN BILL.--The editor of the N.
York Tribune, who has just returned
from Washington, says that the Loan
Bill will probably pass, so modified as
to authorize Mr. Walker to sell the stock
for what it will bring: •
Important, if True.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27;
There is no longer any doubt that the
Government have recieved impoetant
despatches from Mexico, but their char
acter remains concealed. The cabinet
have to-day held a consultation, and
great anxiety is felt to hear the result.
There is a letter in town from a gentle
man of high character in New Orleans,
which states that Mr. Trist has actually
signed a Treaty, and that the messenger
with it will arrive soon. The despatches
recieved here seem to confirm this state
ment, and 1 have no doubt that in sixty
days we will have a semblance, at least,
of a treaty of peace signed. Mr. Trist
has gone further than his orders warran
ted, and perhaps, strictly speaking, his
Treaty could not be recognized by this
Government. But Mr. Polk, and alt the
rest, are so anxious to get out of the
snarl that they are in, that technical ob
jections will be overlooked. The Treaty
gets for us the River Gila as a boundary,
and exacts from us $15,000,000.
The Whig Senators have determined
to postpone voting upon the Ten Regi
ment Bill, until they are better infosmect
as to the army troubles, bcc.--Daily!
News. 2
Another Court Martial,
Great excitemeent exists amv‘the
Naval men in Washington, in conse
quence of a prevailing report that4he
officers of the Gulf Squadron, in reply
to a circular from the Commodore, re
questing information upon the subject,
have returned for answer that the con
duct of a Post Captain at the batteries
before Vera Cruz, was unbecoming an
officer in the presence of an enemy.
LOCOFOCO NATIONAL. CONVENTION.—The
caucus of the Locofoco members of Con
gress on Monday evening, at Washing
ton, passed a resolution to hold the Na
tional Convention at Baltimore, on the
4th Monday in May.
V-The introductory to art advertise
ment in Portsmouth (Ohio) Tribune is
in the following sensible language :
ATTENTION !--The extreme modesty of
the subscriber has hitherto kept him
from advertising, but as forbearance
would appear no longer to be u virtue,
here goes 4.
Speech of Gen. Taylor.
A dinner was recently given to Gen.
Taylor at Lafayette, La. The follwing
is a report of thp old Hero's remarks in
reply to a toast to his honor :
..The gallant General, in acknowledging the
Mast, said that he found at difficult to express the;
feelinga of gratitude that were excited in his ho
corn by this manifestation of regard on the pelt of
his countrymen. He was sure he had dam no
more than his duty, and no more than would have
been done by any patriot who might be placed in
similar cit cumstaticee. The valor of our troops,
said the gallant General, had, under the favor of
Providence, crowned his efforts with success, but
not to the extent he hcd hoped for and most ar
dently desired. The object nearest to his heart
had been to bring the war to a speedy termination
—to restore peace and amity between two neigh
boring republics; who had every motive to enltivate
mutual good-will, and whom he would much pre
-1 fer to see vieing with each other in the arts of peace,
than contending on the field of battle. He had al
ways hoped and believed that by that spirit of for
bearance and magnanimity which a great and pow
erful nation should a;vvrtys practise towards a fee
ble and prostrate enemy, peace might be restored
on terms consistent with the honor, the rights, and
the interests of both nations. In this, however, he
had been disappointed. He regretted that circum
stance., to which he would not then advert, had
1 deprived him of an opportunity of contributing
more towards the accomplishment of this desirable
result. This was not an occasion to utter com
p &lints; he had aubmitted, and wouldsubmit, with
out much comp'aining; perhaps he had already
said more than was prudent."
THE WHOLE OF MEXICO.-" We con
sider it a good omen for the country,"
says the National Intelligencer, "that
the advocates of the the President's plain
of occupying the whole of Mexico are
beginning, here and there, to throw off
all disguise and avow their purposes.—
There is, we trust, but an insignificant
number of the freemen of the United
States who are not ready to pronounce an
indignant negative to the propdsition to
mix up them and their wives and children
and their interests and rights, with the
crude institutions, and dissolute and de
graded caste of negroes, inustees, cop
perskins, and other ignorant and deba
sed tribes of Mexico. There is no re
spectable educated man who does not
know—however, ambitious purposes of
his own, or for purposes of party still
less reputable, he may disguise the fact
—that such an odious grafting of Mex
icanism on the American stock will poi
son the blood, debase the political insti
tutions, and unhinge the morals of our
own country, beyond the hope of redemp
tion.
The Tariff of 1846 is beginning to
work finely. The amount of specie ex
ported' from New York during the week
ending on Friday lust, was $144,437, or
nearly three quarters.of a million of dol
lars--to pay for British goods imported
under the new Tariff! No wonder that
there is unusual tightness in the money
market.
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.—The
New Orleans Picayune of the 9.oth ult.,
says:
By the arrival of the Childe Harold,
yesterday, we learned from her officers
and passengers of another terrible dis
aster, by which probably forty lives
were lost. The steamboat Yallabushu,
from Red River for this port, with a full
cargo of cotton, was entirely destroyed
by fire on the night of Tuesday last, the
18th inst.
D-Some of our contemporaries sug
gest that, as the Government ordered on
Generals Quitman and Shields to ex
change views in regard to the Mexican
war, it ought to send for General Tay
lor, as his longer experience would en
able him to afford them even more valu
able information. The Government ought
not to deny itself the pleasure of a visit
from the old hero.'
03.-It appears from qp exchange pa
per that Ramcelain, the Senator in the
Ohio Legislature, who got up the scur
i rilous petition, asking that the Hon.
Thomas Corwin resign his seat in Con
gress, and that he be confined in the
enitentiary until the conclusion of the
exican war, had once received a severe
cowhiding.from the Hon. Senator in
Congress and took this mean way of
ventin. ite. That he deserved the
cowhidin ! . ere can be but little doubt ;
and that he justly deserves another, is
certain.
IV. Mr. Buchanan will receive the
Locofoco nomination in Pennsylvania
for the Presidency. So we think.
The Comparative Intelligence of .Na
tions.—There is not in Spain more than
one journal to every 900,000 individuals,
whilst in Switzerland there is one to
66,000; in France ono to 52,000; in
England one to 46,000; And in the Uni
ted States one to every 10,000 persons.
So it is stated by the well-informed Lon.
don correspondent of the National Intel
ligencer. There is no surer test of the
relative progress of the nations of the
earth than the comparitive freedom and
circulation of the newspaper press en
joyed by each respectively. We are
proud of our own country.
Gc n. Shields' Opinion of Gen. Scott,
A public dinner wns recently given at
Washington city, to the gallant Generals
Quitman and Shields, who had just re
turned from Gen. Scott's army in Mexi
co. A large concourse of gentlemen
were present on the occasion ; and among
the speeches made, was one by Gen.
Shields, himself a democrat., speaking in
the following complimentary manner of
Gen. Scott :
GEN. SHIELDS rose and said —Mr. Pre
sident, with your permission and the
permission of the company, I wish as a
subordinate officer of the American army,
to give the health of that distinguished
commander, under whom my honorable
and gallant friend and myself have had
the honor to serve. I feel it due from
me to Gen. Scott (applause)—first as
one of his officers, having returned from
the head quarters of the army, which lie
I has so nobly and succesfully comman
ded. I think it is still further due, re
turning as I do with a conviction that
that. army was commanded in such man
ner by Gen. Scott as to call forth the ap
plause, anti admiration, and high regard,
not only of his countrymen, but of the
whole world. It would be a foolish and
useless undertaking on my past to at
tempt adequately to describe before
this intelligent assembly, the skill and
high military knowledge displayed by
Gen. Scott in the conduct of that army,
from its landing at Vera Cruz until it
entered at the garita in Mexico. If I
should attempt the task I would fail. I
could not portray with justness the con
duct of that distinguished commander in
the hazardous enterprize in which he has
been engaged. But I will say this, that
in the history of the world—in the an
nals of all military afliiirs and enterpri
ses that 1 have ever read, I find no enter
prise comparable with the capture of
Vera Cruz. One of the strongest positions
in the world—so strong indeed, that it
was deemed almost impregnable by the
military minds of the world, and yet on
a coast the most difficult of access, it
fell before an army of 12,000 men with
the loss of only two score. (Applause.)
And the same skill which enabled him
to accomplish this undertaking marked
every movement of his progress until
he entered the city of Mexico.
In the remarks or - Major Gen. Jeisup
respecting the bravery, and gallantry,
and intelligence of the officers of our ar
my, I heartily concur. Neither England,
France nor any other country in the
world, has such a body of intelligent
young officers in the field as those who'
acompanied Gen. Scott into the city of
Mexico, and if ever 1 entertained a
thought against Vest Point, I now make
the amende honorable, and recall any
thing to the prejudice of that institution
that I may have thought or uttered
(great appluase.) So it is with regard I
to Gen. Scott—if I ever harbored ought
against him, politically or otherwise—
for a "hasty plate of soup, "[laughter]
or slow plate of soup-1 recall it all and
make the amende to him also, and say
that I should be very unwilling to see
any other man take an army of ten thou
sand men into the valley of Mexico and
attempt to land them in safety. Such an
undertakin grequires not only unques
tionable bravery of the soldier, and gal
lantry of the offiicer, but a great super
intending military mind, that had con
quered and made himself master of his'
profession, and thus fitted himself to ac
complish an almost miraculous enter
prise,
With your permission, Mr. President,
and that of the company, I give you the
health of Major General WINFIELD Scow.
[Great applause.]
The Anti-Wilmot Proviso Locofo
cos of New York, met in State Conven
tion at Albany, on ‘1 ednesday last.
They adopted an address against the
Proviso, and in favor of the Administra
tion. They expressed no preference for
the Presidency.
Appointnents by the Canal Coin missioners.
COLLECTORS.
A. B. Cummings, Philadelphia.
Wm . Gamble, Paoli.
R obert Laverty, Parkeaburg.
John F. Houston, Columbia.
John R. Manderlield, Portsmouth. -
A. Stewart, Swatara Acqueduct.
Samuel NI arquart, out-let lock, Porternouth
Samuel S. Bigler, Harrisburg.
George Zeigler, Duncan's Island bridge.
in°. Shoemaker, Juniata Aqueduct.
Wm. R. McCoy, Lewistown.
J. M. Cunningham, Huntingdon.
Obed Edson, Johnstown.
Jas. A. M'Culloch, Freeport.
Benj. Dike, Freeport Aqueduct.
Levi G. Clover, Pittsburg,
J. H. Morrison, Northumberland.
Jas. S. Campbell, itlervick.
Jas. A. Dunlap, Easton.
Jacob Hibbs, Bristol.
WEIGHMASTERS.
Jared Ketcham, Philadelphia.
J. 11. Hochman, Lancaster.
A. P. Moderwell, Columbia.
G. L. Mytiuger, Portsmouth.
George Potts, Weigh lock, Hollidaysburg.
F. R. West, Weigh Scales,
James Shannon, Weigh Scales, Johnstown.
Geo. A. Kurtz, Pittsburg.
Jacob 0. Chesney, Northumberland.
Chas. E. Weygant, Easton.
SUPERVISOR,
John Maglaughlin, Eastern Division.
James Turner, Lower Juniata.
John Roes, Upper Juniata.
William AUPherson, Upper Western.
George Blattenherger, Susquehanna.
Thomas Bennett, West Branch.
Win. K. Hufliregle, Deleware
DEXIR and rum.
The attention of the People of this"
county is invited to the provisions of the
following bill, introduced into our State
Liaislature, relative to the hunting of
Deer and destruction of Pike within the
bounds of Huntingdon county. This
bill, we understand, will not be called up
for some time, so that all who feel an in.:
terest in the matter may have an oppor
tunity to petition for or remonstrate
against its passage :
AN ACT
To prevent the hunting of doer with dogs,
end to prevent the destruction of pike
in the Juniata river and its tributaries,
within the county of Huntingdon.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted (ST. That
from and after the passage of this act, if
any person or persons in the county of
I I untingdon shall hunt, chase or pursue,
' with any dog or dogs, with the design
to kill or destroy any buck, doe or faWn
within said county, at any season of the
year, or shall entice any dog ro dogs to
chase as aforesaid with the like design, he
or they, on being convicted thereof, shall
forfeit and pay for every such offence
the sum of twenty dollars, to be sued
for and recoverable with costs of suit
before any justice of the peace in the
name of the commonwealth, at ti.e ii -
stance colony person who will sue there
for, as debts of like amount are now r• -
coverable by ; one-half of said fine
or penalty shall be paid to the person
or persons suing for the some and the
other half to the treasurer of the school
district in which the offence has been
committed, for the Ilse of the common
schools of such district.
SECTION 2. From and after the passage
of this act, if any person or persons in
the county of Huntingdon, shall catch,
take, kill or destroy, or shall fish for
with the design to catch, take, kill or
destroy, any lime or pike in the Juniata
river or its tributaries, within the said
county of Huntingdon, between the first
day of March and the first day of Sep
tember, in each and every year, he or
they on being convicted thereof shall
forfeit and pay for every such offence the
sum of five dollars, to be sued for and re
coverable with costs of suit before any
justice of the pence in the name of the ,
commonwealth, nt the instance of asiy
person who will sue therefor, as debts of
like amount are now recoverable by law;
one-half of said fine or penalty shall be
paid to the person or persons suing for
the same, and the other half to the tree-.
surer of the school district in which the
offence has been committed, for the use
of the common schools of such district.
INCENDIABISII AND RIOTS IN PPILADEF.•
PIIIA.—The Daily News of Monday con
tains accounts of no less than five fires--
supposed to be the work of incendiaries
—and us many firemen's fights, which
took place in Philadelphia and its en
virons between Friday night and Mon ,
day morning. The rioters seem to have
been too strong for the Police. and when
they interfered to prevent their mauling
each other, the belligerents turned in
and made common cause against the
guardians of the public pence, treating
them very severely, and not merely pre
venting arrests and rescuing the arrest
ed, but beating the officers. The whole
day on Sunday was disturbed by the
rioters. This is a bad business for the
City of Brotherly Lore ; we hope that n
stop may soon be put to reign of rowdy
ism.
FIGHTING FOR AMUSEMENT.—The Baron
Von Grove, a Prussian nobleman, has
been fighting in Mexico under the Amer.
icon flag. He does not appear to have
any particular object in view, except to
enjoy himself a little, for he is merely
in this country on a short visit, and is
about to go to Cuba, and front thence
he will sail home without waiting to re
ceive the thanks of the country for which
he has fought. He displayed a great
de'il of courage—took a fort at the Na
tional Bridge, and was wounded in the
hip. We would really like to know
what feeling could urges man, with a
dollar in his pocket, to risk his life in a
cause in which he cannot feel the slight
est interest. That a poor devil should
hire himself as a target for sixpence a
day is nut wonderful, when he has no
choice between fighting and starvation—
it is better to die by the sword than by
famine ;—but for a man possessing
wealth and honor to run the risk of hav
ing a bullet sent through his head, is ac
cording to our ideas, a little singular.--
We would be using a mild term in cal
ling such a gentleman "eccentric,"
Mr. Corwin not Rebuked.--Some days
since we noticed a petition received by
the Ohio Legislature from certain citi
zens, that he be requested by the Legisla
ture to resign his seat in the Senate in
consequence of his furions anti-war
speech at the last sesion of Congress.—
The committee to which the resolution
.was referred, have reported adversely to
the prayer of the petitioners, and virtu
ally endorsing all that 111 r. C. said in
that speech. Another petition similar to
the foregoing was presented, but the
House refused to receive it, 43 to 24.
John W. Thompson,
ATTORNEY AT LAZY,
‘VILLIAMSBURG, PA.,
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