THE JOURNAL.I
loognaintomenkr,ts--cuPPORTRD BY TR CT'S.
IfUNTINGDON,
TRANVICIYING DAY Was diily observed in this
borough. All business was suspended, and re
ligious worship attontled to.
Appointment by the Goternor.
Capt. WILLIAM H IRWIN, (late of the Army
or ItI"xicoo of Malin county, to Le Adjutant
General. .
Thr above appointment is hailed with great
pleasure by the numerous friends of Capt. I. in
this place. A more popular selection could not
have been made.
STAGS ACCIDENT.—The Eastern Stage on
Saturday afternoon last, with nine passengers,
was upset into the canal near Jackstown. The
passengers all received a cold water bath; but
fortunately no other injury. Their baggage
was of course also wet. The mail was brought
here on Saturday :'night in a most horrible con
dition, having been thorouglysoaked with water.
The accident occurred through the carelessness
of the driver.
trr The DAILY News has been behind the
time ever since the election, one day. We can't
etand this. The NeWs is the best daily paper
We receive.
Why is It?
Is it not strange that the Loeofoco press have
suddenly become so quiet on the subject of
frauds in Schuylkill county I Previous to the
Presidential election, we heard of nothing else
from Locofoco papers and orators, but the
, Urauds in Schuylkill county!" That the
People of that county should give Gov. John
ston a majority of 100, was considered the
stiongest kind of evidence that the Whigs had
committed the most flagrant outrage upon the
ballot-boxes. Our neighbor.ot the Globe filled
his paper almost on this subject, displayed in
the largest kind of type. And the Locofoeo
State Committee pledged itself to the Party
that the election of Gov. Johnston would be
contested. Why was all this done I Simply,
we answer, to humbug the unsuspecting democ
racy. These fellows did not believe one word
they uttered in relation to a fraud in Schuylkill.
If they did, why do they not cry out "fraud”
now when Gen. Taylor has received, in the
same county of Schuylkill, a majority of 1239 I
If the first was a frond, the last election is al
most a double " fraud i" and yet not a word
about“ fraud" is now breathed by the Locofo
eo State Committee, orators or editors. The
last Globe is as silent as death on the subject,
and the reader will look in vain for the word
Schuylkill" in the columns of that paper.—
Ilave you come to the conclusion that charging
fraud upon* the honest voters of Schuylkill, and
stigmatizing the Laborers and Miners as Slaver,
don't pay, neighbor I
" Fiend ish.—We understand that pine
knots were prepared a few days ago, by some
Whig office seekers on the Ca.. I, for a joyful
Whir, bon-fire when the news of the death of
Morris Longstreth should be received ! Are
these man, or are they fiends in human shape 1"
—Huntingdon Globe. . •
We have rarely witnessed a more wauton and
deliberate slander than the above. And if the
11 , intinerien Globe" circulated only within
the bounds of this county, we would consider a
refutation of it ent , rely superfluous. For the
editor has earned for himself such an unenviable
character here for falsehood, slander and misrep
resentaCon as to render his publications entire
ly impotent, either for good or evil. But lest
the paragraph should be read and believed else
where, we deem it our duty to say, that a more
wilful falsehood never was penned And.we
can assign no other reason for the publication,
than the fact that the Globe editor knew no oth
er
way of spitting his spite at the Whigs of
Huntingdon county fur rolling up a majority of
668 for Old Zack, when he had assured the "de
mocracy abroad," that Can and Butler would
carry the county. As the people at this county
obstinately refused to vote in accordance withthe
d;rections of the Globe, its editor is determined
to show them that he still possess:s the means
to heap upon them his filthy abuse.
But such charges come with a bad grace from
those who rejoiced at the death of the lamented
lLtaarsoe, and who yet delight in taunting the
Whigs with that afflicting dispensation of Prov
idence. They come with a had grace from the
defenders of the men who hung like Vultures
around the dying bed of Gov. Shunk, to per
suade him to consummate their vile political
designs, and who are now suffering ail the
pangs of political annihilation for their infamous
conduct. " Fiends in human shape," indeed !
Look to your own ranks, neighbor, if you want
to see them.
P. S. Speaking of " burning." Who was it
that the Locofocos burned in effigy on the street
before Cont.' a few evenings previous to the
late election ? Was it Gen. Taylor, as some
allege 1 or was it Mr. A. McAllister, of Blair
county, as is alleged by others ? Can the Globe
inform, us 7 " Fiends in human shape," eh /
It.i.rmss or MR. CGAY.-We have intelligence
from Ashland to the 16th, to the effect that Mr.
Clay was still dangefouPly ill, but that there
were symtpoms of an improvement. On the
nth he was much worse, but that night rested
well, and on the 16th it was hoped, was out of
danger.—Daily News.
Aaetvo TOO MUCH.—Our neighbor of the
Globe eeema to think that the election of Gen.
Taylor will make goo I times for Printers!--
Come, come, neighbor; treat the old man with
some I:ttle fairness. This i 4 siVng more than
the most sanguine friend of Gen. Taylor ever
promised I " Good times for Printer 4 !" Who
ever heard of such anabrirdity
Good Timeo.n
Previous to the last election the Globe weekly
told its readers that the direst calamities Wont
result to the country from the elestioh of Gen.
Taylor. Everything terrible wis,to be appre
hended.. But no sooner in the elettion over,
Than the editor admits that all his appeals were
sheer humbug. In the last number of That pa
per the editor says :
" Now that the Whigs have succeeded in elect
ing their President, we may confidently look for
most glorious times. Who will doubt this P'
We answer, no one. Unless the Locofoco
majority in the Senate follows the advice of the
Pennsylvanian, and factiously resists the will
of the People, as expressed in the election of
Gen. Taylor. Perhaps by the time the politi
cal complexion of the Senate is altered, and the
Whig Administration fairly under way, the in
creased necessity for better times may induce
our neighbor and his party to pray that no ob
stacles may be interposed by the Senate to the
adoption of Whig measures and the restora
, tion of the good times we enjoyed under the
Tariff of 18.12
IrrThe Globe singles out some of our charges
against leading Locofocos on the last election
day and disproves them by calling us a liarf—
This is not strange. It is only the usual course
pursued by that paper. But as it represents,
we suppose, the gentlemen alluded to, we can
inform the editor, that if it is desired, we will
furnish the evidence on which we founded some
of the charges which he pronounces false. We
omitted to do so at the time for the reason that
we did not desire, after the election was over,
to drag the names of private citizens, (for
whom, disconnected with politics, we always
entertained the highest respect) before the pub
lic in a connection likely to prejudice them with
at least one portion of the community. But if
our delicacy is to be taken advantage of to brand
us with falsehood, we can very soon extricate
ourself from the difficulty.
But how comes it that the Globe forgot to say
one word in roply to our charges against the
canal officers ? Will the editor ilare say that
we charged them falsely? Perhaps he thinks
that « discretion is the better part of valor,"
that the least said about their conduct .the
better. A legal investigation of their conduct
might 12. di,liiaricied. • •
ay" Geo. IV. Bowman, editor of the a Bed
ford Gazette,'.' has written a letter to Governor
Johnston, resigning his post as Adjutant Gen
eral. The letter throughout is a studied attempt
to insult his Excellency; but in this the author
has doubtless failed. Ills well known charac
ter of a common blackguard, effectually prevents
anything he may nay from giving offence to a
gentleman. This letter is of course copied into
the Pennsylvanian with commendation. The
office-holders will never forgive Gov. Johnston
for using them up in Pennsylvania.
BY' We have not yet heard of those appli
cants for the post office here of which the Globe
speaks. By the way, neighbor, do you know
any Locofocos who would like to take the Col
lector's Office 1 We have heard that a little ro
tation will be asked for on the Canal. Hine
is it ?
t1:7" The Pennsylvanian and other Locofoeo
papers East are teeming with editorial articles
abusive of the Friends, Mennonists, and Dunk
ards, for their support of Zachary Taylor. We
have come to a pretty pass when honest men
dare hot exercise f teedotn of thought and action!
7 Mr. MnsOnza.--We have copied into our
columns the speech of this young Irish Patriot
at the close of his recent trial for treason against
the British Government. Mr. Meagher is said
t 3 possess supthoi- abilities, and to rank among
the best of living Orators.
NOT tircassAny.—lt is not necessary, Mr.
Globe, to furnish us the names of Locofoco
leaders throughout the county, so that w•e can
amuse ourself giving them " grape." The
Taylor men in the different districts gave them
the most effective kind of "grape" on election
day.
r_l7 ,, Frauds cannot be carried out so easily
in old Henderson," is the most truthful saying
wt. have seen in the Globe this season. And its
truth was painfully demonstrated to the editor
and his friends by the rejection of not less than
one dozen of illegal Locofoco votes offered by
them. The learned opinions of the disinterest
ed legal gentleman at the window to the con
trary notwithstanding.
6 g It was a good Whig who attempted to compel
a poor mall, who was indebted to him four dol
lar., to vote for Taylor ; but he didn't succeed.
—Globe.
We dare the editor of the Glote to make good
the above assertion. We know the gentleman
alluded to, because we heard the charge made
verbally. And we can only say, that a more
high minded citizen does not reside in the valley
of the Juniata. Ile would scorn so mean an
act. Ile is not a political office-seeker, but one
who is a Whig from principle. The poor man
alluded to is also a Whig, but was compelled,
by circumstances, to vote for Cass.
DEATH or CAPT. Monroe.—Capt. Robert H.
Morton, who has twice been the Native Ameri•
ran candidate for Canal Commisioner, died at
his residence in Harrisburg on Monday morning
of last week. He was much esteemed by all
who knew him.
Louisiana.
PARISH OF PLAQFIMINEII.—We have received
the full returns from Plaquemine,—The whple
number of votes given was 512 —Of these Cass
received 352, and Taylor 160—Can' majority
192. In 1944 this Parish gave Mr. Polk 970
majority. The whole number of votes then
polled was 1041 I now the whole vote is only
312.—N. O. Picayune.
The vote of this parish in 1814 was, Clay 37
--Polk 1007. A remarkable decrease!
Locovoco PazoictioNs.—The Locofocos are
predicting that Gen. Tsvi.oa's administration
will disappoint the Whigs. They also predict
ed that he would be defeated;—so their predic
tions cannot be relied upon. The Whim have
this consolation, that Taylor's election has
czyrinta the tnotoeue,
Hear What a British Press gays.
The Kingston. British whig of the 11th lust
thus speculates:
" It would appear by our Telegraphic Report
that General Taylor has been elected President
of the United States of America.. Prior to the
election, the hopes of the Whig piny were very
strong, and it is seen by the result' that their
hopes were well founded. We hardly know
whether we should congratulate the country on
this elevation of Gefteral Taylor or not. lie
himself is an estimable man, and his party is
composed of nearly all the wealth and intelli
gence of the Union ; but on the other hand that
party is, and ever has been opposed to a low
Tariff and the introduction of BRITISH Goons.
The cry is PROTECTION FOR NATIVE
PRODUCTIONS. Whereas General Cass and
the Democrats, although opponents in speech
to Great Britain and her interest, have always
advocated a low Tars/ and FREE TRADE.
Thus while the Whigs epeak the fairest to
Great Britain and treat her with the utmost
courtesy, they close the ports to her merchan
dize and manufactures; while the Democrats,
furious in denunciation, and threatening war ev
ery instant, nevertheless freely admit and con
sume the commodities of the nation they pro
voke."
The British sympathy for Cam and the Loco
focos is "clear and unquestionable." The
friends of British Royalty are equally the friends
of American Locofocoism. Who can doubt as
to which, the Whigs or Locos, is the British
party—the real friends of Queen Victoria and
her interest
THE ELECTION FR•VD6.-We are informed
that during an examination before • Aldarman
McClean; of Moyamensing, in a suit for , debt,
on Saturday before last, sundry facts were elic
ited, going fo show that a regular bargain and
sale contract had been made for about 150 vo
ters from the district of Moyamensini, for the
benefit of Penn district, in Philadelphia county,
at the recent election for Governor. There will
be a further investigation of this important dis
closure, which is a key to one of the boldest
and most unblushing frauds' ever committed
upon the elective franchise.
A conspicuous locofoco of Penn District is
deeply implicated by the evidence before Alder
man McClean, as far as the investigation has
gone.—Nort4 American
Hard to Beat !
The Mercer Whig says :—A veteran Whig of
Salem township, well and favorably known in
this county, writes to us as follows:
"MR. HATS—I have heard some boasting of
large family voting. At the late Presidential
election, myself, nine sons, and eight grand
sons, voted for Gen. Taylor. If any can beat
this, let us hear from them. I have ten sons,
but one of them is a political transgressor.
JOHNIEECH.
Salem, Mercer county, Pa."
The Leech family is hard to beat. May it
go on and multiply.
AN UNEXPECTED FORTUNE. -Some two years
ago an exiled Pole, arrived at Watertown, Ct.,
ftiendless and destitute. He obtained employ
ment at his trade as a dyer, and married a poor
orphan girl, who, like himself possessed none
of this world's riches. The couple were agree
ably surprised a few day's ago, by intelligence
from New York, that a fortune of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars awaited the' orders of
the poor Pole and his brother, the latter resi
ding in England. An tincle had died in the East
Indies, bequeathing to the two brothers this
handsome fortuue, every dollar of which has
been remitted to New York. The brother in
England has been sent for, and on his arrival
and identification the money will be paid to
them. Meanwhile our hero at Watertown is
quite crazy with joy at this unexpected turn in
his fortune.
DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER.WIH.
Baylies, died at Boston on Wednesday, leaving
a fortune valued at over $200,000. The Tran
script says:
For six months past the deceased has confined
himself entirely to his room, refusing to see
any one—even his own brother—but the lady
at whose house he boarded, He has not during
the whole time washed himself or shaved ; has
changed his linen only when lie could no longer
keep it on him; and has patched his clothes un
til little or nothing of the original cloth could
be seen. He has so far as is known, taken no
thing of late but strong coffee without milk.—
He refused to the last to take any medicine or
to see a physician.
PENNSyLPANIA•-At the sitting of the Loco
loco Convention in Baltimore, in May last, WIL
SON McCANDLEss, Esq., after Mr. Cass was
nominated, presented to it a white and red rose,
indicating the Union of the houses of York and
Lancaster, and pledged the ,4 Keystone" to the
nominees by a majority of 30,000 votes. The
result shows that the gentleman was wrong by
only some forty-five thousand vote:.
Sensual' FORD.-The Cleveland Plaindealer
says that Gen. Seabury Ford, the Governor
elect of Ohio, made a speech at the Taylor head
quarters of that city on the Bth, in which he
explains the policy which had kept him silent
during the campaign with regard to the Presi
dential preference. He voted for Taylor and
rejoiced at his election.
GE N. COOMBS'S Lasr.—This veteran Whig
tells the following good one in a letter to a gen
tleman in this city i
" A plain old countryman, an inhabitant of
one of the interior Counties in Kentucky, pre
sented himself at his district poll on the day of
election, for the purpose of voting. When ask
ed for whom he desired to vote, he replied:—
" For old Zack Taylor and Philip Moore
He was told there was no such candidate as
Philip Moore, that it was Fillmore. , 6
said lie, " ain't Philip and Phil the same name,
and can't I vote like a gentleman, instead of
like a locdoco I"
Now York Legislature.
This body will stand as follows :
Whig. Loco. F. 8-
Senate, 24 2 6
House, 108 6 14
132 8 10
Whig majority on joint ballot, 104.
a:r We agree with the editor of the Globe
that at least one of the election officers alluded
to by us, and eulogised by him, stands a fair
chance of rising Uglier." Many have : done
so, who made no fairer start than himself. "
Foreign News.
The Acadia arrived at Boston on Sunday, . •
bringing but little to note of change in the as- Pennsylvania
Returns.
Presidential Elec.
'
pect of European affairs. Austria, the' chief :
El n
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point of interest on the arrival of the last Counties. Taylor. Cass. Van Buren
steamer, is still shaken to her centre by revo- idams, • •
2576 . 1762 25,,
lotion. Vienna holds out against the armies of I Allegheny, 10112 6591 77W
the Emperor, and the popular party demand, as Armstrong, 2030 2126 141
a condition for the surrender of the capitol, a Beaver, '2055 .2303 . 530
Bradford. 3272 1889 1779
general amnesty, the nomination of a popular i Berks, 5082 9185 51
ministry, and the removal of the troops from the Bedford, 2836 2816 1
vicinity of Vienna. The terms, although the Bucks, 510 . 5364 ' 163
Hungarians are pressing on the imperial troops, Butler,lairtler, 2505 2217 173
will probably be refused. The German press Cam bria, 1233
1435 4
ria, 1233 1386 12
Sympathises with the Viennese. I Carbon, 989 1181 1
The Austric-Italian question, and the &Metal- Centre, 1856 2611 4
ties betweeen the King of Sicily and his sub- I Cheater, 5949 5370 507
2306
jects give promise of a peaceable settlement. Clearfield, 761 1372
1168 37
23
The coming Presidential election is the great
excitement
911 967 1
.
topic of exeiteent in France, , --The 10th of '' Columbia, 2263 3396 29
Crawford,
December is the day decided upon for the else- 2204 2748 621
tions, and the Bonopartiats are confident of sue- ! (umb
, erlanG,
paohin, 37 37025 225 25
1 '3lB
34
cess. The French Government has come to ' Delaware, 2194 1517 84
terms with Louis Philippe for the settlement of : Elk, 131 242 26
. • - I Erie, 3.3192592 -
his property.
, 1 11
3045 34
In England and Scotland the cholera is wide- , Fayette,
4006 31
Franklin, 99
ning its march, causing the most fearful appre- Greene, 1176 2379
hensions for the coming Spring. The Bank of Huntingdon, 2590 1922
England has reduced its rate of interest to three Indiana, 2110 1511 .
Jefferson, 887 972
per cent, the English money market is easy, Juniata, 850 856
bread stuffs, have declined, and cotton has ad- . Lancaster,' 11399 6080
vanced one-eighth per cent. The Irish State Lebandn; 2996 1862
prisoners, O'Brien, Meagher, McManus and . Lehigh, 2978 3/99
O'llonohue, have been granted a new trial; : Luzerne, 3516 3991 L y , nn ung, 1999 221 3
their case will probably reach the House of . McKean, 367 418
Lords. Great distress pervades the masses of Mercer, 2977 30'91
Ireland. Mifflin, 1513 1586
Monroe, 3 1833
Latest from Vienna---the Montgomery,solo City Ca- Northampton, 3191 4203 592'7
pitulated. Northumberland, 1765 2258
VIENNA, Oct. 29th—The suburbs had been Perry, 1562 2295
taken by the Ban's troops; the Chasseurs were Philadelphia city, 10655 5266
reported to have taken thirty barricades in three I ,4 co., 20575 16211
hours; the city was on fire in several places; Pike, 216 799
a deputation proceeded in search of Windisch- I Potter, 220 168
gratz. I Schuylkill, 4939 3700
BRESLAU, Oct. 29th, 4, P. M.—The train Somerset, :1018 1197
hits arrived from Vienna without letters. The Susquehanna, 1853 2563
editor of the Breslau Gazette has come from Sullivan, 119 303
that place, and states that Windischgratz will Tioga, 1261 1314
endeavor to take the city 63, assault. His troops Union, 3129 1656
have been ordered to abstain from pillage. 1 Venango, 1061 1538
Passengers by the seven o'clock train state Warren, 918 1088
that Vienna in inflames, not the result of ban- 1 Washington, 3898 3820
bardment, but from thereadful confusion which 1 Wayne, 997 1612
had prevailed from the cannonade in the thor- . Westmoreland, 3124 5197
oughfare. Windisbcgratz has proclaimed that Wyoming, 861 892
all shall be shot who are taken with arms in , York, • 4836 5151
their :lands. I . .
The postscript to a letter dated the 30th,
from a respectable firm at Breslau, was receiv
ed in London yesterday afternoon, stating that
the train had just arrived, and brought intelli
gence of the capitulation of Vienna.
Emigration to Texas.
It is a circumstance significant of the time in
connection with the failure of the potato crop in
Ireland again this season, that a large number
of landed proprietors—upwards of sixty alto
gether—left Dublin for Liverpool a few days
ago, on their way to Texas, where they are
about to locate, having purchased a tract of land
with the view of forming a settlement. They
take out with them a number of their retainers,
and upwards of $60,000 in gold.' •
A NEW VIRTUE DISCOVERED 'IN Cors•Ex.—The
London Medical Gazette gives the result of nu
maroon experiments with roasted coffee,proving
that it is the most powerful means not only of
rendering animal and vegetable effluvia innocu
ous,
but of actually destroying them. A room
in which meat to an advanced dcgree'of decom
position had been kept for some time, was in
stantly deprived of all smell on an open coffee
roaster being carried through it, containing a
pound of coffee nearly roasted.. 'ln another
room exposed to the effluvium occasioned by
the clearing out of a dung pit, so that sulphur
etted hydrogen and ammonia in great quantities
could be chemically detected, the stench was
completely removed within half a minute on the
employment of three ounces of fresh roasted
coffee, whilst the other parts of the house were
permanently cleared of the same smell by be
ing simply traversed with the coffee roaster, al
though the cleansing of the dung pit continued
for several hours after.
The best mode of using the coffee as a dkin
fectant, is to dry the raw bean, pound it in a
mortar, and then roast the powder on a moder
ate heated iron plate, until it assumes a dark
brown tint, when it is ready for use. Then
sprinkle it in sinks or cess-pools, or lay it on a
plate in a room which you wish to have purified.
Coffee acid or coffee oil acts inner readily in
minute quantities.
VERDICT AGAINST A CITY.---The Hartford
(Conn.) Bridge Company has just obtained a
verdict of $11,583 damages against the town of
East Hartford, for diverting travel from their
bridge, by reviving a ferry which the Legisla
ture, as an inducement for them to build the
bridge, had agreed should be forever suppressed.
The supreme Court had previously declared the
law reviving the ferry unconstitutional.
&rms° OF A GRINDSTONE.-An instantane
ous death was caused on the 7th instant, at Dun
dna, Canada West, by one of these accidents.—
The deceased, John Carrel, was grinding an
axe on the atone, in the axe factory of Mr. Lea
vett ; the stone suddenly burst asunder and the
head of the unfortunate man was almost liter
ally struck from his body, adhering only by
some strips of the skin. The Stone was believ
ed not to be truiy poised on its axle, and it was
revolving at an immense velocity—more than
2M turns in a minute.
Woman's Milts.
The fair sex of Europe are beginning to as
come a formidable attitude in relation to their
rights, as will be seen by the following para.
graph which we clip from the late foreign news.
" Relief" or "blood" is now their motto:
The members of the Female Democratic Club
of Berlin, consisting of upwards of SOO ladies,
have determined upon presenting to the Prus
sian Assemblya petition, in which they dfmand
that instant relief shall be granted to all shop
and needlewomen out of employ.; and.declare
that if this be not done, they will arm them
selves at their. own expense. and curry the
.measure by fore,.
THE ELcrcirioNs.
Total,
186;113 172,661 11,200
Taylor's majority over Cane, 13,454
both, 2,272
The popular vote in October was 330,751
In November it amounted to 369,04
The incaease since 1814, is 38,098
New Jersey—Official.
The following table is made up from the re
turns of the late Presidential election, received
at the office of the Secretary of State
Taylor,
Cass,
Van Buren,
Smith,
Taylor's majority over Case, 3,129
New York—Official.
We have at length the full official vote on
electors in this State. The aggregates arc as
follows :
Taylor, 218,551
Cass, 113,502
Van Buren, 120,519
Taylor's majority over Van Buren, 98,039
Taylor's majority over Caas, 103,959
Van Buren over Cass, 5,927
FISH, Whig candidate for Governor, is elect ,
ed by a majority of 98,000 over his highest op
ponent.
Kentucky.
Returns not officially received. Taylor',*
Imajority will not*fall short of 17,000.
~
1 The following despatch, to the Daily News,
1 The
the latest returns from the South : •
:Vim ORLEANS, Nov. 9.2.
LOUISIANA.-The returns from Louisiana arc
I nearly all in, and place Taylor's majority at
about 3000.
Trass-A few returns have come to hand,,
and their complexion induces the concession of
the. State to Cuss. •
Mussissieel2-.kll heard from but twelve
counties. Taylor is about 1000 ahead. Thu
result still appears to be doubtful.
FLonio.t.—Taylor's majority is about 1000.
ALABASIA.-Ti.•Stiite is conceded to' Cass
by about 600 majority.
ARNANSAS.-The returns not •completc, but
Cass has carried it by a decided majority..
bIWA and Wiscoasty, have gone for
Cass, by small majorities.
We shall publish the result in each State,
officially, as soon us received.
LANcAsTart.l:l 7 rom the following comparison
of the Votes polled at the recent presidential
election, it will be seen, that the eoanty of Lan
caster has given 5,201 more votes than were giv
en in theStateof Delaware, and 0,62,1 more than
were given in the State of Rhode Island:
Lancaster. Delaware. Rlode Island
11,390 6,110 6,089
6,080 5,910 3,610
16.1 SO 711
Taylor,
Cabs,
Van Buren,
Total, 17,634 12,430
GENEUAL SCOTT.-The Washington corres
pondent of the Baltimore Patriot says, mutual
explanations have been made between the con
queror of Mexico and the Administration, and
General Scott will assume his old quarters and
position.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND Outo.—Onc of the
beautiful results of patent Free Soilism is the
canting of the vote of Ohio for Cass and Butler,
along with South Carolina, the most decided
pro-Slavery St,,te in the Union. Those who
did the work will probably rejoice when they
find the company they are in.
ALL HAIL !—The locofocos have elec
ted a member of Congress in the
State of New York ! Mr. %s alden in the
Otsego District. Success to Walden !
but as the sick Irishman said to the doc
tor who was spreading a small mustard
plaster for hitn—.t it is mighty little
mustard for so much bafc !" He's the
sixpence in a lot of coppers.—.A'cw Ha
rem Register.
Speech of Mr. Meagher.
The following is the address of Thomas F.
Meagher, (one of the Irish patriots, recently
convicted of treason in Ireland, by attempting
to create a revolution,) on being asked why sen. ,
tence of death should not be pronounced against
him. It will strike every One who reads it, as
touching, eloquent and pathetic, and we are not
surprised that it was heard with murmera of
alijalause
Nltis my intention to say a few words. I de
sire that the last act of a proceeding which has
occupied so much of the public time should be
of short duration, nor have I the indelicate wish
to close the dreary ceremony of a state prosecu
tion with the vain display of word.. Did I fear
that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the
country I have tried to serre would think ill of
me, I-might indeed avail myself of this solemn
moment to vindicate my sentiments and my con
duct. But I have no such fear. The country
will judge of these sentiments, and that conduct
in a light, I think, far different from that in
which the jury by which I have been convicted
have viewed them; and perhaps the sentence,
you my lords, are about to pronounce, will be
remembered only as the severe and. solemn at
testation of my rectitude and truth. Whatever
may be the language in which that sentence may
be spoken,
I know my fate will Inset with sym
pathy, and that my memory will be honored. In
speaking thus, accuse me not my lords, of an. in- decorous presumption. To the efforts I hove
made for what I conceived to be a just and noble
cause, I ascribe no vain importance;, nor do I
claim for them any high reward. But it so hap
pens, and it will ever so happen that they who
have tried to serve their country, no matter how
weak their efforts may have been, are sure to
receive the thanks and blessings of it, people•
'With the country, then, I leave my memory,
my sentiments, my acts, proudly feeling that
they require no vindication from me this day.
A jury of my countrymen, it is true have found
me guilty of the crime of which I was indicted.
For this I entertain not the slightest felling of
resentment against there; influenced as they
must have been by the charge of the Lord Chief
Justice, they, perhaps, could have returned no
other verdict. What of that charge / Any
strong observations upon it I sincerely feel
would ill 'befit the solemnity of this scene;
but I 'could carves tly beseech of you, my !Ord
who presides upon that bench—when the
prejudices and the passion.. of this hour have
passed away, to appeal to your own cunacience,
and ask of it—was your charge as it ought to
have been, impartial raid indifferent. between
the subject and the crown I My lords, yournay
deem this language unbecoming in me, and per
chance it may. seal my fate; but I ant hero to
speak the, triith, whatever it may cost.
I am here to regret nothing I ever done—to
retract nothing that I ever said. lam not here
to crave, with lying lip, the life I consecrate to
the liberty of my country.—FSr from it. Eves
here— , here where the thief, the libertine, the
murderer have left their foot-prints in the dust—
here in this spot, where the shadows of death
surround me, and front which I see an early
grave in as unannointed soil open to receive mu
—even here encircled b y these terrors, that hope
which beckoned me to t he perilous seam which •
I brive . been wrecked, still consoles, animates;
and enraptures me. No! Ido not deapairof my
poor old country—her peace,. her liberty, her
glory.. For that country I can now do no more
thrill bid her hope. • To lift this island up—to
make her a benefactor to humanity instead of
what she is—the meanest beggar in the world—
to restore to her her native powers and her an
cient constitution—this has been my ambition.'
and this ambition has been my crime. Judged
by the laws of England I know this crime. ett,
tails the penalty or death. But 'tie history,. a
Irelandexplains mycrime and justiflos it. Judged •
by that history, I am no crimnal and—(turning
to his fellow prisoner M'Alannus,)—you
are no crimnal (and to O'Donoghue) you are no'
crime', and we deserve no punishment. 'Judg
ed by that history, the.treason of Which I have
been convicted, loses all its guilt—is . .sanctified
as a duty—will be enobled 3s a sacrifice. With,
these sentiments,' my lord, I await the sentence
of the court. Having done what I feel to bs
, my duty.—having spoken now-, as I did on every
occasion during my short life, what I felt to be
' the truth, I now bid farewell.tollie country of
my birth, my passion and death—that, country
! whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies
--whose factions I sought to still—whose intel
beet I prompted to a lofty aim --whose freedom
has been my fatal dream. I offer that country,
as a pledge of the love I bear her, and the sin
cerity with Which I thought . atul spoke, and
struggled for her freedom, the life of a young
hear'. ; and with that life all the hOpei, the hon
ors, the endearment% ..cff a happy man and an
honorable home. Pronounce then, my lords,the
sentence which . the law- directs; and I trust I
will be prepared to hear it, and meet its execu
tion. I trust,. too, that I shall be prepared with
a pure heart to appear before a higher tribunal
—a tribunal where a judge of infinite goodness,
as well as of infinite justice will preside; and
where, my lord's, many, many of tho judgments
of this world will be reversed.
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The conclusion of this address was received
with murmeta' of applanee. •
LANARTINE AND THE FRENCH PRESIDEACY,--
The position of Lainartine in regard to the
Presidency is thus_ defined by him in a late let
ter to the Journal des Debuts :
"I do not offer myself as a candidate
for the Presidency. I pray God and
my friends to spare me a burden so dis
proportioned to my strength. But if the
country thinks it expedient to designate
me for this magistracy, Ido not hold
myself at liberty to refuse, any more
than I did on the 24th of February to
repel the overture of the people and
leave Paris without a government. Ido
not now believe myself exposed to any
such danger, and if I correct the mis
take of the Courier de In Gironde it is
merely to prevent any subsequent miss
understandings. To seek the Presiden ,
cy would be absard, to desire it would
be rash, to refuse it would be wanting in
duty to the republic and the nation. I
am incapable either of that ambition or
of this cowardice."
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EXTENSION OF SLAVERY.-Among the Presi•
dents who have signed bills to prohibit slavery
in the territory of the United States are: George
Washington, a slaveholder. Thomas Jefferson,
a slaveholder. James Madison, a alaveholder.
—James Monroe, a slaveholder. Andrew Jack.
son, a slave holder.
WOODEN GUNPOWDER. -From sundry recent
experiments, the fact is established that fine
saw dust or rasp wood, steeped in a mixture of
concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids, and af
terwards washed and dried will explode similar
to common gunpowder, and if rightly managed
with much greater force. The greatest wonder
about it is that the fact had not been discovered
earlier.— !our.