THE SOURN AL.
prosinter riuNctri.ts—SUPPOILTICED ny TRUTII.J
PIN , IDIY, TUESDAY, JUNI?. ry 11319.
Hoover's Ink.
IIOOVER'S SUPERIOR WRITING INK
sale at <This office.
TERMS:
The "RiEvrivarion JOURNAL" 'is published at
the following rates, viz: 81;76 a year, if paid
in advance ; $2,00 if paid the year, and
42,30 if not paid until alt;•r the expiration of
the year. The above terms to be adhered to in
all easel.
No subscription taken for less than six months,
and no pap, discontinued until all arrearaites
are paid, unless at the option of the publisher.
'STATE '©INVENTION.
At the last meeting of the Whig State Cen
tral 'Committee, held at Harrisburg, in pursu
ance of the public call, it was, on motion
Resolved, That the friends of the National
and State administrations, in Pennsylvania, be
re - in , sted to meet in the several cif., and coun
ties of the State, and select delegil .s equal in
number to their representation Ih - the State Let
islature, who shall meet in Convention at Cie
Court House, in Harrisburg, lit 11 o'Clock, A.
M., on Thursday 16tle day of August next, for
the purpose of selecting a candidate for CANAL
COMMISSIONER, and to do such other business as
the interest of the country may require.
by order - of the •dawnnttlee
Cholera.
The Cholera at the West continues, though
several towns heretofore afflicted are now ex
empt, among them Louisville, and Maysville,
Kentucky. There were 128 cases at St Louis
during the week ending at noon on the 22d—
a decline of 79 from the preceding week, though
in the latter I,w days the mortality had greatly
Increased. There were sixty-eight cases •of
cholera and ten deaths, on steamer Atlantic, as
rived at St. Louis with 300 emigrants. Two
cases of cholera had occurred at Hannibal, Mo.,
down to Cie 13111. The cholera tad re,tcppeat
ed Nashville ox the 24th—six out of nine
cases proving fatal. Six or seven new cases,
with two deaths, occurred, in the lunatic hos
pital at Lexington, last Thursday. Among
the CaLfornia emigrants, though there were
soma cases wear the towns, SO or 90 miles out
these was no sickness.
In St. Louis reports of 16 interments on the
81st ult. have been made, four of which were
of Cholera. In New York city eight cases of
cholera w.ira reported on the Ist inst., two of
which proved fatal. Seven cases and two deaths
by cholera were reported in Richmond, Va., on
the let inst.
This disease has made its appearance in Al
bany, N. Y. No further cases were reported
in Baltimore on the lat.
The Pittsburg American says:—The cholera
Is now only remembered here as a thing .bout
which some of our alarmists took fright a few
weeks ago. It is now a forgotten matter. No
one case has yet occurred in the city, and we
can assure our friends abroad that the city has
not, for many years, been more . healthy than at
present. We regret that several of our friends
from the country, summoned here as jurors at
the Circut Court of the United States, should
have failed to attend. All those summoned from
Westmoreland, as well as a portion from Arm
strong, were among the missing at roll call.—
Ws hope the i Ike reports about the cholera did
not inflanee them in this.
A Prayer.
Bishop Potter has put forth the following
prayer, to be used in the congregations of his
Diocese, during the continuance of the cholera
.•0 God, with whom are the issues of life and
death, to whom it justly belongeth to punish sin
ners and to be merciful to them that truly re
pent, save us we humbly beseech thee, from the
ravages of that Pestilence with which we are
threatened. We have provoked thy righteous
jul4ments by our manifold transgression and
hardness of heart, and though we should utterly
p !Huh, our punishment would be less than our
sins deserve. But, 0 Got, who desfrest not the
death fora sinner, but rather that he should turn
Ilye ; have p Iy upon
ns tiy unworthy creatures, and grant that we,
repi-ntmg of our blip ties and forsaking our
sins, may expu,rietice thy forgiving and protect
ing grace. As thus thy p 7 m:le
of old when they turned to thee from their
bell on, and didst cause thy destroying ang••l to
cease from punishing, so turn thine anger from
us who meekly acknos•le• h : our vileness and
truly repent of our sins. `"-•:.are those who are
now suffering from this grievous sickness, re
store the voice of joy and health to their dwel
lings, aid grant that all who shall taste thy
forbearing mercy may devote their souls and
Indies a I ving sacrifice to thee, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen."
Death of Dr• Coolidge
Tits Boston papers give the following partic
ulars of the (loath of Dr. Coolidge, who was
confirmd it, the Maine State Prison for the mur•
Mathews s
Dr. Conlldge, the murderer of Mathews, com
mitted suicide in consequence of having been
detected in e plot with a prisoner, who was
about to b^ liberated, to kill Flint, his former
student. The plot was as hallows i—Flint was
to be lured to a certain place, where he was to
be killed In such a manner as would lead to the
impression that tir had committed suicide. A.
bottle was to 'oe placed near him containing poi
son, and a letter confessing hime,lf the murder
er of Mathews. The warden found oil the pris
oner the letter with the details of the plot, and
et once ■hut Coolidge up. Shortly after, on
going to the cell, Coolidge was found on the
floor expiring, end &eel shortly after. The lat
ter explcted, if the plot proved successful, that
he would be liberated• He had promised to pay
his accomplice $l,OOO for murdering Flint.
A Now: Bino.—Mr. Alsstander Russell of
East Vincent, Chester county, shot a lurge
Ea.:le, on the Bth inst., which measured
feet l inch fro n tip to tip. This is one of the
Noblest gpeciinens of the kingly bird, which,
ike the veritable kings oc earth, ere fest pin
t rg
The Summer.
The Spring is gone. May, with her wild
flowers and blossoms is succeeded by the early
Summer. June, the gay "month of 'roses,"
with her balmy air and fragrance has Spread
her verdant mantle over the earth, and all hathre
rejoices at her presence. Her sunshine and her
showers paint the " bow of promise" on the
clouds, and inspire the husbandman, amid his
with the linpe'oi a golden reward. And
what a time for the admirer of rural and Sylvan
brainy 1 The clad meadow, slumbering
'try the gentle lullaby of the meandering rivulet
—4lle broad acres of whelt and rye, waving in
the ittetee, varying lighttend *bade ; the tall oak
promising rest and refreabitidrit to the reapers.—
the gurgling spring and liinpid itrestm—thero
cal forest and mountain, arraying themselves in
living green—all then ate sights and sounds
which guide the soul from "Nature up to Na
ture's God"—sights and sounds upon whichltre
eye can rest and the ear lean with pure delight.
But these are pleasures which are denied to
thousands who are pent up in the dusky city.—
Alas for the soul-shrivelling imprisonment of
such!
All the changes of the seasons, brought about
by the wonderful plan of an all-wise Creator,
are agreeable to the reflecting mind; yet many
look upon the sear and yellow leaf of Autumn
in melancholy mood, and upon the approaching
Winter 'with lees-el. But the beautiful month
of June is hailed with a hearty welcome by all.
Its genial sunedne calls into being the grate
ful first fruits of the Summer; and where is
there a specimen of the "genus bonto" whose
heart and lips have not a eulogy for
A dish of ripe strawberries, smothered in
cream 1"
But the Summer, with all her pleasures—the
flowers and the fruits--the sweet scent of The
mown grass, and the song of the reaper, like
all other things earthly, will speedily pass
away.
'1 he Autumn will bringsvith Pt an . abandance
fruits; /gi veli will it'be for the inhabitants of
ttri-s highly fa ,, ored grid fruitfal land, if the sea
son which the ancients thought fitly represented
by the Scorpion, that venomous animal which
stings with its tail as it recedes, will not be pro
lific of disease and death. Let all remember
the virtue of temperance in all . : n in gs , ant en j o y
the bounties of nature with moderation and
thankfulness to the giver of all good.
Fourth of July.
We observe that preparations are making in
various places for celebrating the approaching
anniversary of American tndependetwe. What
is to be done in Huntingdon Are we to have
a celebration, or will the " glorious fourth" be
permitted to pass by without the usual demon
strations of patriotic feelitt? That day, above
all others, should ever be held in sacred remem
brance by every genuine American. We move
for a demonstration of some kind in Hunting
don. Who will second the motion
Ca"' The R,publican Standard, published in
Columbia county, has hoisted the name of
HENRY M. ELIA..., Esq., as the next Whig
candidate for Canal Commissioner, subject to
the decision of the Whig State Convention.
TIM NATION SL TEMPLE OF HONOR, which is
the head of that branch of the Order of the
Sons of Temperance, held its fourth annual
session in Cincinnatti last week, lasting three
days. Representatives were present from Ohio,
Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, Alabama, Ten
nessee, Louisiana and Michigan, but none from
Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and
Connecticut, although there are Grand Temples
in those States. The National Temple at this
sesslon, by an unanimous vote, dissolved its
connection with the Sons of Temperance, decla
ring that the cause of temperance requited this
step. To conform to this, the Constitution etc.,
were revised. Total abstinence was introduced
into the pledge, which was also made binding to
the end of life. Th:s Order numbers about 15,000
members, 300 temples and 14 grand temples.
Fatal Accident
Two females, named Radler,' Highfield and
Nary Few, were descending a hill in an open
buggy, near George F. Gllpen's, in Birmingham
township, Delaware county, on the 17th inst.,
the horse, as is supposed, by some of the harness
not being properly adjusted, was frightened and
became unmanageable, started and ran rapidly
down a steep hill. At the loot of the hill the
horse fell, and the ladies were both thrown out
of the vehicle. The horse jumped up and ran
en, leaving the ladies lying in the road, where
they were discovered by some person passing
by. Racbael was seriously injured by her skull
being fractured *arose the forehead, and several
other severe ruts on the head and face. The
aid of a skillful and experienced physician was
obtained in a few minutes, but she survived only
a few days. The other lady escaped unhurt.—
The deceased was a very respectable young la
dy, a sister of Amos Highfield formerly of this
Borough, and her sudden and deplorable death
is deeply lamented by a large circle of relations
and friends.—Vill”rn Record.
The Shunk Monument.
'Three hundred and ninety-five dollars and
fifty-four cent., have been !subscribed for the
purpose of erecting a monument to the memory
of the late Governor Shunk—a sum not sufficient
to warrant the undertaking of such a work.
A great parade of arrangements for collecting
in Bucks county was made seine time ago in the
4, lDemo:rat;" but nothing is reported as receiv
from that county.
Berks county contributed $25.7.5; and Phila
delphia ss3.oo—the remainder chiefly coming
from Montgomery.
The Gamantnwn Telegraph, speaking on the
subject, says—" Were some honor proposed to
be conferred upon a Lists Governor, the funds
would have been promptly forthcoming."
Governor Shunk was a very worthy man ;
and we have had fe s! if any better Governors.—
In his lifetime he had "friends" who lauded him
as withoutt equal. Where are they now I What
a commentary upon the sincerity of polit , cians
—•spsseisll./ of the hen, "Loc.,"
From the Baltimore American.
The Polities of the Day,
The staples of political diecnssiOn are now
mostly local and incidental. The journals op
posed to the administration, making the most of
their resources, are copiostly full of complaints
and expostulations at the changes made in pqblie
Offices. Upon this theme they are eloquent and
pathetic, A New Hampshire paper asks with
much pertinence :
In all the papers, from Texas to Maine, what
is the theme oi disconree/ Are there any re
grets expressed that the new adminietratioa may
overturn some of the plans which the so called
democracy originated/ Not a word of it. Do
you hear tirades against a discriminating tariff
Not a word of that, either. Is any solicitude
felt ior•that peculiar pet of irecent administra
tions, the Sub-Treasury? The rocks in'theanost
seclude,: dell of New Hampshire are not mbre
silent than are the locofoco papers upon that
matter; and tariffs, and sub-treasuries, and war,
* 4 irrianifeft destiny," high or low postage, river
and harbor improvements, Congress mileage,
banks and railroads s —have no place in the
thoughts of the outgoing party, which 'are all
bent upon what is now apparent has formed its
only bond of union—the proceeds of fat offices,
and money making jobs.. Yea, the "tffiterrified
'I/ember - 11,-y," as they called
Pbr about , twenty years strode, like a very col
ossus, over every thing; who treated the Whigs
with the utmost arrogance; who said, in 1844,
that the character of the general administration
was determined for a quarter of a century, and
that the whigs had better disband at once : this
party, repeat—so arrogant, so vindictive, so
confident that it was intrenehed behind ramparts
which could not be demolished for everso many
years—is—crying orer'tho loss of igo'btead and
butter !"
The late official paper, nut content with filling
editorial columns with outcries about proscrip
tion, fills other columns with auxilliary contri
butions on the same subject. What is wanting
in variety is supplied by repetition, so that all
-who come to the feast, if they complain of the
caterer, must at least admit that there is enough
provided. And no doubt it is all very good of
its kind, but like the patent soda water of the
ventriloquist, the kind is not very good.
In reducing its range of reasoning and patr . „,
tism to the items of proscriptitn, pledges and
pity, tht kcema to be proceeding upon
the princ:pie of that lover of landscapes and of
the picturesque, who contended that all the va
riety presented by Nature seas to be found in
cluded in three words, "water, plants and
ground."
" For what is Nature—ring the changes round,
But three flat notes—as water,plants and ground!
Prolong the peal, yet spite of all your clatter,
The three flat notes are still—ground, plants and
water.
So when some Jolot his dull invention racks,
To rival Boodle's dinners or Almucks,
Three uncouth legs of mitten shock our eyes,
Three roasted geese, three buttered apple-pies."
Whether, with this limited variety, the thing
is mended by serving up the same dishes hashed,
the readers of the Union may judge. By way of
deserts to its political banquets some discussions
about "democracy" are furnished—democracy
which it designates, by a strange abuse of the
definite article, the democracy." But the arti
cle is so indefinite that it comes up in a shape
resembling a floating island, or a whipped syl
labub.
THE KEYSTONE AND REFRACTORY
DEMOCRATS.
The Keystone's work of purging the Demo
cratic party of those refractory democrats of
the late legislature who refused to be whipped
into the party harness, does not seem to prosper.
The democracy of York county were called up
on to repudiate her members ! Well, a demo-
erotic county meeting was held, and they re
sponded to the Keystone by unanimously
adopting the following resolution
Resolved, That the democracy of York coun
ty have full confidence in the honesty, ability 1
and integrity of George F. Carl, David F. Wil-
hums, and Thomas Grove, mem hers of the late
House of Representatives that we rardiany
approve their course at the late session, and say
unto them, well dors geed and faithful sei'vants.
What does the Keystone think of that? But
this is not all. Mr. Little of Wyoming was also
one of the proscribed. He was also to be read
out of the patty at the dictum of the Keystone !
At a democratic meeting in that county, how
! ever, his party fully sustained him. The follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That Robert R. Little, Esq., our
late Representative, is entitled to the thanks of
the people of Wyoming county, for his untiring
. exertions in favor of the completion of the North
Branch Canal, and we hereby approve of his
legislative course, and have reason to believe
that so long as we send such Representatives,
the rights and interests of the North will be
;guarded and protected.
Really this is paying very little respect to
the great Sanhedrin of Democracy. They pay
1 no more regard to his mandates than to the 'idle
I wind r —Why, it's a rebellion !—nay worse—
it's 'rank treason!' They ought, to be shot as
'deserters!'—Pa. Intelligence,
Whig Meeting.
At a county meeting of the Whigs of Wyo
ming, the following among other resolutions,
were adopted :
Resolved, That Governor WILLIAM F.
JOHNSTON, by his peculiar attention to the
interests of the North, in relation to the North
Branch Canal, has merited the gratitude of ev
ery citizen of this portion of the State ; and to
him and the members of the Legislature who
represented our interests, we acknowledge our
indebtedness for the appropriation that has been
made.
Resolved, That in view of the approaching
choice of a nominee for Canal Commissioner
by the Whig State Convention, we deem it pro
per to press upon the consideration of our
brethren in other portions of the State, the
claims of the North upon the party and to rec
ommend to their favorable notice the name of
ficsay M. Fui.i.zit, Esq., of Luzerne, as a
suitable person Inr the State nomination ; being
one in whose talents and integrity we have the
fullest confidence, and whom we know to be ev
ery way qualified for the station.
The meeting was then addressed by 11. M.
Futi.,zii, Esq., and on motion, Willard Jackson
was elected Delegate from that county to the
Whig State Convention.
WORTII.—The shipping at New York
displayed their flags at half-mast, on Wednesday,
ill memory of the iateG,n. Worth.
DRATU or Gen. Wositt,tThe intelligence of
'the death of the gallsht WOrth'has every WsePb
been received with the thbst profound regret.—
He was beloved Div hie fine qualities as a high•
hearted man, andltiltnired universally as a brave
and accomplished officer. The army and the
country were alike proud of him as one of the
brightest orsionetfts 0f hls profession. The
New °gem it entree* in an eloquent obituary
notice, thus elocitientry alludes to an occasicht
when the pOblic 'regard 'far this gallant soldier
was strikingly remarked :
This warmth
of regard wan most signally marnfested, when
the battles of Resaca de la Palma and Palo Alto
I were fought, and Worth, onconscidos iof The
impending crisis of glory, and stung by 'What he
thought professional wrong, had left the army,
and thus lost the opportunity for glory for which
'his soul had panted. In the national jubilee of
errultatiftwhich followed these glorionsechie'v
meats aMousand laments were offered by men,'
who knew Worth only in his fame, and felt for
' , the wounds-of his spirit, that he had been 'On-
happilyabsent when that harvest of renownwers
reaped. And when the jealous soldier rushed
back to the field, impatient with himself that
he hall ittoraritly quitted it, and eager to reclaim
his !hate Of the'firtnre toils of his brothers-in- I
arms, the sympathizing good wishes of the na
tion went with him. We, who saw him then,
as he passed through, wither stern brow, as one
who had suffered some heavy calamity, which
he was resolute to retalr'br`to die in the attempt,
remember well hcriv'dniversal was the wish ex
pressed by all mouths that Worth might have
an early opportunity to win 'for himself what
all felt 'o be his'true share of the laurels to be
gdthered on . the well-fought fields of Mexico.
All remember, too, when Monterey was won,
after a deadly and desperate struggle, and the
national heart was again aroused to enthusias
tic exultation by the triumphs of that great day,
how generons a chorus of manly congratulation
was raised throughout the army and in the
country,that the leading duties and the foremost
honors of the day had been conceded by the
illustrious commander. without murm'n or sat. ,
prise, to the gallant Worth 1;i, whi . t e pl ume , ,
like that of Henry
. • at I tryth e 01-I
-• teas
flamme" of the battle ; and when the strife was
over, the vict:,ry won, and the heated blood re
turned calmly to its accustomed channels, it
:was noted that the gloom had departed from the
brow of Worth—the fever of impatience had
left his soul—his look was again lofty. arid
face bright and elate, as of one who ilea con- I
quered fortune, and won his way to fame, in
spite of fate."
IWOrth Brantlt Canal;
The people of the region through which this
improvement runs, seem to be fully alive
to th! itl aorta, , of the work. The Brad
ford Argus states that " the people of Luzerne
county have come 'to the determination to form
a Union ticket, and send two of their best men
—one of each party—to the Legislature the en
suing winter. Their object is to take the North
Branch as much as possible out of the hands of
politicians, and place it in a position which will
ensure its immediate completion. Hon. John
N. Conyngham, and Henry M. Fuller, Esq.,
are spoken of as their men.
ha Wyoming county, it is probable that Mr.
Little will be returned by acclamation, unless
the clique at Montrose (Susquehanna votes
with Wyoming,) succeed in defeating his nomi
nation.
Bradford is interested as much as either of
the above counties, and surely, will do as much
as those wt.o do most, in anything calculated to
promptly finish the work.",
The krgus urges the formation of a union
ticket in Bradford, as proposed in Lucerne
county.—lntelligencer
CO — The next Legislature will apportion the
Senators and Representatives to the several
counties for the next seven years, which will
render the session more than usually important.
Let the Whigs throughout the State see to it
that they select good material to represent them
at Harrisburg next winter.
ProaOtiptioit
The following art !e iin frok ription, is from
the New Orleans Bulletin.
Supposing General TAYLOR to be it
no-party man, to be not only not an ultra
Whig, but no Whig at all, and that he
was elected by both parties indiscrimi
nately; he is the President of the peo
ple, and although he may “nave no
friends to serve and 110 enemies to pun=
ish," yet, as a true and just inns, he
will not tolerate that iniquitous system
of proscription whidh he found existing,
and which, as a just magistrate, and an
honest man, it is his duty to Froscribe.
It is his peculiar of to proscribe prif
scriptinn, and not to perpetuate it. 'fhb
higs are a majority of the peoplei
and there is neither reason nor justice
in their being any longer disfranchised
from holding at least an equal share of
the public offices ; but these greedy
Democrats not only refuse to halve with
us the loaf, but even to give us the
crumbs, or "the run of the kitchen," al
though our own man sits in the par
lor as master of the house.
For twenty years the Whig party,
constituting a large and respectable mi•
nority, have been deprived of any par
ticipation in the enjoyments of office.
They have been an outlawed and pro
scribed race; the system of proscrip
tion has not only been followed, but un
blushingly avowed as a rule and princi
ple of action. At the period of the in
auguration of Gen. Taylor as the Whig
President, there was not a single Whig
holding the appointment of minister at
a foreign court, not a Whig charge d'af
fairs, nut a Whig consul, not a Whig
collector, surveyor, naval officer, or na
vy agent; not a Whig marshall, land
office register, or receiver; not a whig
sub-treasurer or postmaster ; all were
Locofocos, and filled their offices by vir
tue of their Locofocoism. And this was
not proscription in Mr. Palk ! His ad
ministration, the Union says, was not a
proscriptive one !
FATAL ACCIDE:,T.-Mr. Robert Ram
sey, a highly respectahle citizen of
Washington, Pll., was killed last
Wednesday, by filing from the Female
Seminary buildings now in progress of
erection
Democratic Doctrine
Wo invite the attention of the Globe to the
following portion of the democratic creed adop
ted March 4, aIIG, by a Democratic State Con
vention, in the hope that he may find consolation
in the fact that Gen. Taylor har.: endursei the
doctrine herein contained:
Resolved, That in4iitropinion a Democratic
administration should teround itself with its
!own political friends, illitsts%ll6ollcial stations
of The country are to be legarded'nen as "spoils"
bat as grave trusts of italovoce and 7powet,, for
which the holders are responsibleto the people,
they should invariably be placed in the hands of
the party who areresponsible for their exercise,
and for that and other obvious reasons, Me pa
rroq,,,,re pimperatic cfp
be DISIRIBUTED TO DEMOCRATS A—
' LONE.
j Resolved, That we would respectfully call
the attention of Preeident.POLK and the beads
,stf depetrnentslo this ifilijeit,'tnd assure them
;•oinour opinion that high considerations of policy
tequ're that his Executive patronage should
NOT de &wooed upon our political opponents,
believing as we do that to bestow it %pen them
.or SUFFER THEM TO RETAIN vr, will
'prejudice the interests of the party, and paralyze
'the efro.ts of its members.
Resolved, That the REMOVAL from the
various offices at Washington-1)f EVERY OP
' PONENT OF THE NATIONAL ADMINIS
TRATION, or of the Democratic principle.
and measures, has long been called for, and is
alike demanded by the voice of the Democratic
party and hire best interests .of the country, and
ought not to be Integer postponed or delayed."
At the time .of the adoption of the above res
olutions, the "Democratic party" was in power,
and with but few exceptions, feasting on the
loaves and fishes of office. And notwithstand
ing they have filled the offices of the State and
National administrations, the last twenty years,
their.cry is still the cry of the everlasting horse
leech—.Give, st i r, GIVE!" Put the re:
moval frQin the various offices at Washington,
of every opponent of the National Administra
tion" is now, alike, demanded by the voice of
the people, and the best ihkeiesis - of the coun
try l and we do hope that the "democratic doc
trine" contained in the foregoing resolutions
ilia, be effectually carried out, regardless of
the 'Mournful requiems of Locofocoism.
The Gos•ernof iri Philadelphia ,
Gov. Johnston returned from a visit to Phil
adelphia on Thursday last, where the hospital
ities of the city were showered upon him in
profusion, as we leartt by the public press, al
though the Locofocos, in their unnal Violation
of all decency, praclaimed his visit as a politi
cal mission, designed to control the appoint
ments in the Custom House. The Governor
was highly gratified with his visit.
Governor JOIINSTON will return to Ilarrisburg,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer, highly gratified
with his visit to Philadelphia, and deeply im
pressed, not only with the courtesy of our citi
zens, but with the rapid groaxth of our city,
the spirit and enterprise of our people, and the
noble character of our public Institutions. As
the Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth,
he may well be proud of Philadelphia as its
Commercial Metropolis. On Wednesday last
the Governor accompanied by the City Councils
and a number of our most distinguished citizens
visited Kensington, and examined the steamer
Philadelphia, of the Philadelphia and Atlantic
Steam Navigation Line. She is a splendid spe
cimen of Naval Architecture. At once beau
tiful and substantial, she is calculated alike to
excite admiration and to struggle nobly and tri
umphantly with the winds and waves. The
President of the company, Mr. Thompson, was
one of the party, and furnished all the necessary
information. This company is evidently man
aged with great energy and enterprise, and can
not but he eminently successful. The go-ahead
spirit is characteristic of all its lending officers.
The patty sUbsequently embarked on board the
ReVenUe Cutter, Captain Nones, and enjoyed a
delightful sail in the Delaware as far as the
Navy Yard. The excursion throughout was
one of great interest and pleasure. All parties
were pleased, and the impression made by the
Governor was most favorable. He takes the
liveliest interest in everything that concerns
the prosperity of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania;
and, as already remarked, will tettirti
Id Hai
tisbtieg Ilelighled with his t•iii; utid With the
many agreeable incidents and liosiitai:llds catt;-
' hected therewith. By the way, in liccasional
trip by out thief Magistate 16 Various sections
' of the Commonwealth, could not but be pro
ductive of good. The people Would thus become
more intimate With their leading Odic func
tionary, wit . ,le *Ott li. Bart, valuable information
Would be obtained as to the wants, interests and
relative prosperity of the different portions of
the State, not to be acquired but by personal
observation.
Debts of the Different Stater.
The following table may prove interesting to
most of our readers :
Debt. Population. Per head
Maryland, $12,000,000 405,000 $3O
Pennsylvania, 41,000,000 2,125,000 20
Louisiana, 9,500,000 470,000 20
Alabama, 9,000,000 690,000 13
Ohio, 19,000,000 1,850,000 101
New York, 21,000,000 2,750,000 9
Massachusetts, 6,200,000 850,000 71
Virginia, 7,390,000 1,260,000 6
Kentucky, 4,200,001) 850,000 5
Tennessee, 3,200,000 950,000 54
Illinois, 21,000,000 750,000 29
NON-pAYING STATES.
Michigan, 7,500,000 370,000 '2O
Mississippi, 10,500,000 610,000 17
Indiana, 0,700,000 600,900 5i
rennwylvania Railroad.
The Daily News gives the following
flattering account in regard to the sub
scriptions making by the citizens of the
city and co fitly i.l Philadelphia, to secure
the final completion of the Central rail
road to liullidaysdurg.
"We understand that a meeting, of
the several block committees appointed
to solicit sit bscriptions to the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company, quite a number
reported, and it was ascertained that
upwards of 6000 shares hod been sub
scribed for amounting to over $BOO,OOO.
Quite a number of the committees have
not yet reported, but we understand
they have all met the most flattering en
couragement."
From the Penneylvania Telegraph.
Gross Mismanagement of the
Public works.
ADMISSION OF LOCOFOCO fi iTRAVAGAINCE
AND CORRUPTION.
We find in the Keystone, of the 16th instant,
a remarkable exhibit of the state of things on
'fire Public Works, showing the utter Incompe
tency, or worse than 'that, the absolute reck•
lessness dishonesty tit' 'the Locofocos who
have for years controlled the orperations of the
Canal Board. Can it he thit , the Locofocos,
themselves are becoming so much alarmed at
The gross abuses practiced on the Public Works,
that they conceive it necessary to turn upon an 4
denounce their own chosen instruments? It is
very Well for the Keystone to assume for its par•
ty, on the et a of alt ele'Ctlon of another member
of the C.inul Board, a virtue which years of pad
experiense has prove d them to be utterly desti•
tote of. We think, LOWe'ver, &at like the fraud.
ulerit ant awine.ling .itsumption of 1814, that
Polk Was in favor 'of the Tariff of '42, it will
fail in its intended effect upon the credulity of
the people. But why has the editor of the Key.
stone permitted these gross abuses to slumber
so long, since he was for several year. in a po
sition to be fully acquainted with them. Wli;"
did he not feel it his duty to brig them to the
attention of the late Governor Shunk, while
acting as Secretary of the CommanWealth, and
through him procure a Legislative investigation
of the subject? These nfillitactiCes have not •
existed for only a single year,—they arc co•
existent with the Board of Commissioners itself.
Now is it then that the editor of the Keystone
has Only jest now had his attention arrested by
this er.orm.ty
To show the extent of these frauds, so tardily
brought to light by this vigilant guardian of the
public interests, we make the following extract
from the article in the Keystone on the subject ;
and we do not hesitate to say, that whatever
might have been the impression on the public
mind as to the amount of money annually squat.-
dered upon the Locofoco pets and favorites at
the Board, it will be found to have been but a
faint, a vet y faint outline, indeed, of the whole
truth. The editor says
..We must again call the attention of the peo
ple, to the great interest they have involved, in
securing the proper management of the public
works. The actual receipts from the canals and
railroads of the St,te, tray be vet mated, in the
absence of extraordinary interrupt,ons, at $l.-
700,000 per annum, with the prospect of an an
nual increase, in a rat:o corresroading w ith the
increase of the population and wealth of the
country. This sum under proper management.
ought to net to the State, not less than $1,000,-
000, after deducting all necessary expense. Our
opinion is, and we may express it without ego
tism, as we have had some means of knowing,
that six hundred thousand dollars per annum is
sufficient to pay all the necessary expenses of
repairs, motive power, collectors, lock keepers
and al. other proper expenses, (excepting ex
traordinary casualties,) and to conduct a lim,i.
ness, as large as has yet been done in any one
year. And we believe, that seven• hundred
thousand dollars, would be a large average, for
any series of years, including damages by extra
ordinary freshets, and other casualties.
"A competent individual, who would contract
to keep them in good order, for a series of tent
years, and to furnish the motive power equal to
the largest business that has yet been done, and
pay all the officers and agents, and take the risk
Mall floods and easualtkes, could fulfil his con
tract in good faith, and make a very large for •
tune by the operation. Of this there is no sea
sonable ground of doubt, finless some greater
destruction should happen, than has yet occur•
rod since their construction. The difference
between this, and the actual coat of the I,t
year, is enormous.
During the past fiscal year, there was paid out
of the treasury the sum of $996,592.70
Besides the debts reported as on ,
paid amounting to
Alaking the, enormous sum of $1,277,568.17
"But this hi not nll It hes since been ascer
tained that the debts (hie r'il ninny of the Li,
are much greater ll:ah the amontit t.•porine,
which Win When aseeilained and paid mak,
ethitiderably ovet $1,300,000.00
Dedhet front this what the indi
Miry expenn9 alght to b,
And we have a balance of $700,000.00
td be atcohnted us extraordinary expense,"
Here We have, then, the eriorthoul new of
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars,
which according to Locofoco authority, and a
man who says he can utter his opinion without
egotism, because he has the means of knowing,
absolutely robbed and plundered from the State,
one year after another, and doubtless very kli. ,
ciously expended for party pm poses on the eve
of every annual electicn. We would ask the
editor of the Keystone if, in his opinion, these
seven hundred thousand were so expended last
year, when the Locofoco party were straining
every nerve to elect A MEMBER OF THE
CANAL BOARD to the Gubernatorial office!
It is said that Mr. Longstrcth paid a visit along
the line of the public works but a abort time be•
fore the last Gubernatorial election, and what is
equally remarkable, that he has not been upon
the line since. Perhaps, if the Keystone were
permitted to disclose all the secrets of this ex
traordinary visit, we might get at a few of the
items of this enormous bill of extras. We should
like to see a bill of particulars. Will the edi
tor of the Keystone furnish it for the information
of the people . ? We shall see:
From the above expose of the condition of
things, we think the people have, indeed, a very
deep interest “ite scouring the proper Manage:
moot of the public worts." And since they
have tried Locofoco management for so many
years, with so disastrous a result, they must be
pretty well convinced that they have every
thing to gain by the substitution of good and true
Whigs for the present Locofoco incirmbente.
YELLOW FEVER has broken ont in
Havana, in a very malignant form. Pa
pet: and letters to the 12th ult. were re
ceived at New Orleans on the 17th iilt.,
by the steamer Isthmus.—Mr. Alexand
er Murray, a much respected young man
from England acting consul for Austria,
had dyed of the fever. Strangers were
caving the place as rapidly as possible.
290,995. t 7
600,000.00