THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday Mining, May IS, 1853.
S. L. GLASGOW, Editor,
WIIIG STATE TICKET :
FOR CANAL COMMIRSIONER,
Moses Pownall. of Laminae!. county.
tOR ISCIIVSTOR OLNEIIAL,
Christian It!yen, of Clarion county.
!OR AUDITOR GENERAL,
Alexander K. McClure, of Franklin co.
V. B. PALMER
Is our authorised agent in Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, to receive advertisements; and
any persons in those cities wishing to advertise
in our columns, will please cell on him.
Agents for the Journal.
The following persons we have appointed Agents
for the HUNTINODON JOURNAL, who ore author
ised to receive and receipt for money paid on sub
scription, and to take the names of now subscri
bers at nor published prices.
We do this for the convenience of onr subscri•
ben living at a distance from Huntingdon.
JOHN W. Tnostreox, Esq., Hollidayenrg,
•
SAMUEL COEN, East Barree
GEORGE W. Con:macs, Shirley township,
JAMES E. GLASGOW. Clay township, •
DANIEL TEAGUE, Esq., Cromwell township,
Dr. J. P. Aancost, Penn township,
Dr. H. L. Blowtv. Cons township,
J. WAREHAM MATTERN, Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEPPES', Jackson township,
ROBERT M'BIDINET,
Col. JNO. C. WATSON, Drady township,
Momus BROWN, Springfield township,
WM. HUTCHINSON, Esq., Warriorsmork tp.,
JAMES MCDONALD, Brady township,
GEORGE WHITTAKER, Petersburg,
limn' Map, West Barren.
Jonx BAt.anActi, WRIETSIted,
JAMES CLARE, Birmingham.
NATHANIEL LYTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek.
JOHN N. SWOOPS:, Esq.,
Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace..
REMOVAL.
The "JOURNAL OFFICE" has been removed
on door East from the room it has heretofore
been, to the Brick Building recently occupied
as the Globe Office, where our subscribers and
others will hereafter find us, always ready to
receive the names of new subscribers and mon
ey due for subscription.
Dar A good boy, about sixteen years of age,
will be taken at this Office to learn the printing.
None need apply except such as have strictly
moral habits, and are of an industrious dispo
sition.
WI,: We call the attention of the public to
the fact that we are prepared, at this Office, to
do all kinds of Job Work on the shortest notice
and on the most reasonable terms. Hand bills
and notices of all kinds and sizes, for any par
pose; also, Professional Cards of most any qual
ity, can bc obtained immediately on application.
The inducements, also, for advertising in the
Journal, are certainly very favorable, for the
reason that its circulation is now very large in
the County, and is becoming more so every day.
All business men now concede that it is vastly
to their interest to advertise in some paper that
has an extensive circulation.
New Advertisements.
siir We call the attention of all who are
fond of good Bread, Cakes, Ice Cream, &c., to
the advertisement, in this week's paper, of
AGENT AFRICA, in Railroad Street, opposite the
Billiard Room. We have no hesitation in re
commending his Ice Cream; it is good on every
occasion. He is a clever and obliging fellow,
and it cannot be otherwise than that'his alrea
dy large patronage must increase.
!gyp` By reference to our advertising columns,
the public will learn that WILLIAM WILLIAMS
has established, in this borough, a Marble Yard
with an extensive supply of every kind. He
bears the reputation of being one of the neat
est and most fanciful letter cutters in this coun
try, and those wanting suitable mementos to
awaken the memory to the deeds of their de
parted friends, or perpetuate the fame of the
"Illustrious Dead," had better secere them
from Mr. Williams. They will not only be
cheap, but also very neat. He is a clever young
man, and deserves the confidence and patron.
age of the public.
air Our friend JAMES HASLETT, as it will
he seen by his advertisement in this week's pa
per, has taken charge of the "Keystone Hotel,"
at Spruce Creek, and is prepared to accommo
date all who feel disposed to call with him.—
He is well qualified to discharge the duties of
landlord—is obliging, and spares no pains to
make his guests comfortable. The house is
one of the most commodious and best calcula
ted for the purposes for which it is now used,
between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. We hope
be will receive a very large portion of public
patronage, because he deserves it.
1616.. Our friends, HARRISON J Coven, in
Portatown, have recently opened any quantity
of new and very fashionable Spring and Sum
mer Goods. Their recruit is of a handsome
style and very cheap. We invite the public to
give them a call and they will be satisfied of
the truth of our assertion. They are very obli
ging, and we hope will receive a due portion of
public patronage.
ger Those fond of cool, delicious Ice Cream
can be accommodated at the Saloon of Messrs.
Long & Decker. We had the pleasure of try
ing some of it, a few evenings since, and found
it not hard at all to take. Call at their Saloon
and you will get the worth of your money, in
addition to receiving very gentlemanly treat
ment.
Ifor Those who want good, substantial
Pumps, had better employ IS.►ec WOLVERTON
to make them. Re is certainly the best pump
maker in this section of the country, and does
his work, too, at exceedingly low prices.
stair We have received a copy of the first
No., Ist Vol., of a paper called the " Inland
Daily," published in Lancaster City, by Edward
McPherson, Esq., the editor of the " Indepen
dent Whig." It is a neat little sheet, and has
every indication of prosperity. The people of
Lancaster City, and vicinity, long since, should
have bad a Daily Paper, and we have no doubt
they will give the present project their hearty
support. It is in the hands of one who is abun
dantly able to make it acceptable to every class
of the business and reading community. Lan
caster City, of itself, is wealthy and populous
enough to support a large Daily paper, and we
will be exceedingly surprised if their personal
pride and literary feeling do not induce them
to bestow a v.ry liberal patropagr on the pre ,
cot one.
Bale of the Public Works.
It is to be regretted exceedingly that the bill
introduced into our last Legislature,' to aell the
Main Line of Public works, was not acted upon ,
and passed. If the Salons of the State, who
were assembled at Harrisburg last session, hia
given that subject only the one-tenth part of
the attention that they gave to others of a sin
ister and corrupt nature, it would have been
vastly more to their credit, and they would not
now have the public press down on them for
dereliction of duty. The manner the Public
works of Pennsylvania are now managed is a
disgrace to the State and an everlasting stigma
on the character of Republican Institutions.—
We are confident the people, the tax-payers of
the Commonwealth, have no correct idea of the
manner in which their, money is squandered
away on our public improvements. They have
been told time and again, of the wholesale rob
bery committed on the coffers of the Treasury,
by those who have the disposal of the State
funds, yet they do not seem to care—they still
continue indifferent, and aid annually in the
election of men who are constantly perpetra
ting these outrages.
It would certainly be much wiser on the part
of our citizens to favor the sale of the Public
Works, for fifteen millions of dollars, as it was'
shown by Mr. Strong, from Philadelphia city,
in a speech delivered by him in the Legislature
last winter, than to continue their ownership
under their present mode of management. In
twelve years, according to his statement, the
present enormous, disgraceful public debt,
would be liquidated and our farmers and citi
zens generally would again breathe free and
easy. Why don't the tax-payers of the State
see to this thing? By their indifference onthe
subject—by supporting the present corrupt
mode of managing the public improvements of
our State, they are steadying the hand that
robs their pockets and increases the quantity
of their taxes. We call upon all good citizens
of the commonwealth, both Whigs and Demo
crats, who feel for their own interests and the
prosperity and honor of the State generally, to
give this subject their immediate and careful
consideration. Now is the time for action, and
we hope the people will give it their attention,
before the Keystone State becomes entirely a
bankrupt.
OW A Telegraph despatch was received
here. on Monday morning last, by the Bor
ough's efficient and punctual officer, Robert
Woods, that a man would be on the Eastward
train of cars, who was charged with murder,
committed on last Friday evening, and that he
should apprehend him by the description giv
en. He did so, and returned him by the even
ing cars, to Hollidaysburg„ but it was ascer
tained that he was not the man and of course
was discharged from the custody of the officers. •
le` It is now reported that the World's
Crystal Palace will not be opened for exhibi.
tion until about the first of August next. It
will but justly reward those who made the pro
clamation that it would be open on the first of
May, if the feeling of the world generally be
comes indignant and the nations resolve not to
attend. It is not right to subject the public to
disappointment; however, tho difference is not
material, as it will be a slim affair at any rate.
Tennessee Whig State Convention.
The Whig State Convention of Tennessee
met at Nashville on the 25th ult., to nominate
a candidate for Governor.' Major Gustavus A.
Henry received the nomination by acclamation.
Gen. J. L. McKoin, of Sumner, presided over
the deliberations of the convention. The Hon.
John Bell, it is stated, made an eloquentspeech.
The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
Resolved, That the Whig party of Tennessee
glory in their time-honored republican princi
plos for which they have ever contended—par
ticularly as embodied in the address adopted by
the Whig convention of Tennessee, held at
Nashville, May 21, 1851—and to which they
again in convention assembled give the sanc
tion of their approval.
Resolved, That the Whig party of Tennes
see most approve of the domestic and foreign
policy of the late national administration of
Millard Fillmore, and point to them with pride,
as the practical exponent of the principles and
policy of the conservative Whig party of the
Union; and that the people of the South owe to
Millard Fillmore a debt of gratitude for his
patriotic support of the Constitution, and the
tuaintainance of the laws of the Union, which
they fear they may never he able to repay.
Resolved, That we present, by acclamation,
to the people of Tennessee as our candidate
for the Chief Executive office of the State,
Mafor Gustavus A. Henry, of the county of
Montgomery, whose superior intellect, com
manding eloquedce, and distinguished services
are too well known to require commendation at
our hands, and whose varied acts as a legisla
tor sod jurist entitle him to the earnest dud
zealous support of the people of Tennessee.
The Locofoco Convention was to meet on
the 27th, and the Hon. Andrew Johnson stood
prominent as a candidate.
Hon. A. G. Watkins, (whig,) is a candidate
for re•election to Congress from lot District.
William H. Stephens, Esq., of Jackson, has
been nominated as the Whig candidate for
Congress in the 10th District.
Hon. Linn Boyd in Trouble.
This gentleman who presided over the last
U. S. House of Representatives, and has been
a representative in that body between twenty
and thirty years from the first Congressional
District in 'Kentucky, seems to encounter very
serious opposition to his re-election to the next
Congress. The District is largely Locofoco;
but we learn from the Paducah Journal that
there are no less than five Locofoco candidates
in the field, and all of a different stripe of De.
mocracy. Old Fogyism has its candidate in
the person of Linn Boyd; Young America and
Progressive Democracy in the person of Major
Burnett; while the inn-and-between Fogyism
and Young America have for their candidate
a certain Jefferson Brown. In addition to
these, James R. Rogers, has presented his
claims upon the grounds of his "honesty,"
which he alleges in an address issued by him
he "inherited through his father from the ever
to he remembered and never to be forgotten
Martyr of spelling book fame, John Rogers, of
Smithfield, who, it will be remembered, was
burnt at the stake, in the presence of his wife
and nine small children, and one at the breast,
for heresy;" "while another has followed him
by the name of Leonard Jones, who lays down
a platform of ‘'high morals" to which he pur
poses to adhere if sleeted."
Boyd and Burnett, on the 11th inst., met at
Cadiz, when an animated discussion ensued.—
A correspondent writing from that place to the
Paducah Journal says, Burnett's friends are
sanguine of his carrying Trigg, Caldwell, Liv
ingston, Hopkins and Union counties, with a
fair chance for McCracken, and adds :
"They say that Boyd has gone home badly
seared, and determined to get up a district
Convention, by which to relieve himself of op.
position."—Daily News.
dat.Cheater County, Pa., wee visited on
Tuesday last by a ,cvere bail storm, which did
much daniro,
Titles of Acts.
From the titles of Acts published since the
adjournment of the Legislature, and signed by
the Oovernor, we have selected the following,
which refers to Huntingdon and Blair Counties:
An Act regulating the courts of Blair oonn
ty.
An Act authorizing the burgess and town
council of the borough of Hollidaysburg to sub
scribe to the Hollidaysburg and Altoona plank
road company.
An Act authorizing the commissioners of
Huntingdon county to appropriate a certain
sum to erect a bridge over the Juniata river at
Huntingdon on certain conditions.
Supplement to act entitled "An Act to in
corporate the Huntingdon and Brosi Top
Mountain railroad and coal comnany," appro.
sod the 6th day of May, A. -D., 1852.
An Act to authorize the Canal Commission
ers to examine the claim of John Weaver for
damages sustained on the Allegheny Portage
railroad at plane No. 2.
An Act for the relief of Robert M. Lemon.
An Act to incorporate the Lock Haven and
Tyrone railroad company.
An Act to erect the village of Cassville, in
the county of Huntingdon, into a borough, and
to form a separate school district.
An Act relating to an election district in
Huntingdon county, &c.
An Act relative to the boundary line between
Centre. Mifflin and Huntingdon counties.
An Act in relation to the sale of a certain
toll hottse in Huntingdon county. and to a toll
gate near the free bridge at Huntingdon, on
the Huntingdon, Cambria, and Indiana turn
pike road.
An Act authorizing the Canal Commission
ers to examine the claim of James M'Colcan,
for damages sustained on the Alleghny Portage
railroad.
An Act increasing the pay of the engineers
on the Columbia and Philadelphia railroad and
Allegheny Portage railroad.
An Act to authorize the Governor to incor
porato the Shade Gap and Mount Union plank
road company. .
An Act authorizing the Canal Commission
ere to examine the claim of Archibald Gal
braith, for damages sustained on the Alleghe
ny Portage railroad.
An Act to incorporate the Lewisburg, Cen
tre and Spruce Creek railroad company.
An Act to incorporate the M'Connelsburg
and Burnt Cabins turnpike or plank road
company.
An Act authorizing the sale of the Baptist
church at Mill Creek, Huntingdon county.
An Act authorizing Daniel H. Royer to sell
certain real estate.
An Act relative to pavements in Holidays
burg.
An Act to incorporate the Freedom and Sa
rah Furnace plank road company; extending
the act relative to the coroners of Berks and
Lancaster counties, to the county of Blair; re•
lative to the Mountain female seminary: and
to the nineteenth election district, in the coun
ty of Huntingdon.
An Act relative to the Lock Haven and Ty
rune railroad company.
An Act authorizing and directing the Canal
Commissioners to examine the condition and
necessity of the dam at the mouth of the Rays
town branch, and to have the same removed or
repaired, et cetera; to ascertain the damages
done to the real estate of David Blair from
said dam, and to estimate or sell or lease the
right to use the surplus water from said dam;
incorporating an academy in the borough of
Shirleysburg, in the county of Huntingdon; and
relative to hunting of deer with dogs in Logan
township Blair county.
An Act to incorporate the Altoona and Ty
rone City plank road company.
An Act relative to a State road in Hunting.
don and Mifiliu counties.
An Act to appoint commissioners to run and
mark the county, lines between Bedford, Ful
ton and Huntingdon.
An Act to in - corporate the Shade Gap and
Burnt Cabins turnpike or plank road compa
ny; relative to the Huntinzion and Broad Top
Mountain railroad and coal company.
The State Government.
Have the people of Pennsylvania considered
the enormous expenditures of their State Gov
ernrnent every year, and arc they pleased and
gratified to know that they are on a scale large
enough for a moderate nation? The Annual
Appropriation Bill, passed at the last session
of the Legislature, contains no less than one
hundred and three sections—was passed almost
in the last hours of the session when few. if any,
of the members knew what they were voting
for and it provides for the enpenditurc of
,fire
millions one hundred thousand dollars! We
give below an abstract of the items of appro
priation that our readers may see tc what par
purposes their money is applied:—
. _
The several departments, $37.905 00
For Legislative expense, 100.000 00
Public printing, 25,000 00
Distributing the laws, &c., 700 14
Miscellaneous, 3 .000 00
Water and Gas, 2.400 00
Common Sellools, 200 000 00
Pensions and gratutties, 20 000 00
Judiciary, 91.300 00
Interest on public debt, 2,000.000 00
Public works, 1,504 757 00
Penitentiaries, 14,000 00
Publishing abstract of accounts
of Supt. and Supervisors, 600 00
Charitable institutions, 53,600 00
Printing registry books, 6.255 00
Legislative Record, 1.200 00
Geological report, 8,000 00
Damages, 20.135 00
Extra compensation to offleere, 1,500 00
Digests, 938 00
Library. 500 00
Certain suits, 2,400 00
Portage railroad, 413,000 00
North Branch canal, 350,01)0 00
Relaying North track of the
Columbia railroad, 187,000 00
$5,100,450 00
Will the reader just notice the item of Pub.
lie Works—more than a million and a half of
dollars to pay repairs and old debts alone, be
sides $20,000 for damages and $950.000 for
new work on the North sranch, Portage Rail
Road and North Track of the Columbia Road.
It was no wonder that on reporting tho bill to
the Senate (it having previously passed the
House) as Chairman to the Committee on Fi
nance; Mr. DARSIE called attention to the very
large amount of appropriation for the public
works, which he remarked would strike Sena
tors with surprise. The amount appropriated
for repairs and ordinary expenses alone,
amounted to almost as much as the revenue de
rived from the whole works in any one year.—
He thought the Commonwealth would he well
rid of these works. For his part he was sick
qf them, and would be willing to give them
away, if the State cannot get rid of them in any I
other way.
Therein no money in the Treasury to pay
the $950,000 above mentioned--and how is 4
to be procured? Why, of course, in the old
way—lay borrowing. By the 71st section un
der the specious pretexts of "anticipating the
excess receipts to the treasury above the ordi
nary expenses"—what search warrant will find
that "excess ?"—and of a !•temporary loan,"
the Governor is to borrow 8-175,000 a year at
not more than 6 per cent, interest, and thus add
nearly another million to the debt of the State.
What any our extremely patient tax-payers of
this? Nor is this all. Gov. JOHNSTON'S
Safety Fund—the object of so much loco foes
derision and hatred—which was created by his
counsels and sacredly devoted to the redemp.
tion and reduction of the Public Debt—efficient
too in its working, notwithstanding it has been
controlled by its enemies—this fund is diverted
by this appropriation bill from its legitimate
objects, and applied to the cancellation of the
relidnotes, instead of the purchase of the Eye
and uitl pex cent. by this neat loco faro finan
cial operation If the pod locople of. Tenn.
sylvinina don't..pay dear for the roomy of do.
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but they are rich awl can afford it. The
Whigs of the Legislature tried to sell the Pub.
lie Works but the Canal Cimmiisioners and
their clan were about, and the party prevented
it. Thus the. people pay the interest of the
debt in taxes ' and the Commissioners spend
the tolls on the works on repairs, giving it to
their favorites and thus keeping loco focoism
together. It would take a volume to expose
thoroughly the iniquities of the management of
our Public Works, and then the half would not
be told.—Pennsy7 yank Republican.
The Mae of McCreary.
A despatch dated Baltimore, May 4, says
that Gov. Lowe refuses to surrender McCreary
on the requisition made by Gov. Bigler. If
the despatch be true, it only confirms a predie
tion made a short time since by the Elkton
Democrat, published in the town where Mc-
Creary resided, and we may say, also, confirms
the expectation of the people of this State.—
What clod Gov. Lowe care whether McCreary
was guilty of kidnapping or not—the fact that
the Governor of Pennsylvania asked for his de
livery is a sufficient excuse for a refusal to sur
render him. Well, so be it. The man that
kidnaped two free girls—declared free by a
Court in the city of Baltimore—and who was
perhaps instrumental in the death of Miller,
with whom one of the girls resided in Chester
county—this man Gov. Lowe refuses to surren
der, for reasons best known to himself. The
act, however, is in keeping with Gov. Lowe's
character, and accords with his bombastic mes
sage delivered to the Maryland Legislature
about a year ago—a message which made him
the laughing stock of sensible people in his own
State, and was ridiculed every where out of it.
Gov. Lowe's course is calculated to lead to
a system of retaliatory measures that may
eventually destroy the union and harmony
which should exist between our own State and
Maryland—and this we fear will yet be the
result.—Columbia Spy.
SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE GIOSON.—The Harris
burg Telegraph states that Gov. Bigler is pres
sed and importuned on all sides by the friends
of different candidates for a successor to Judge
Gibson. Amongst those promiment are Judge
Knox, of the North-West, James B. Porter, of
Easton, George Cadwallader, of Philadelphia,
and Thomas S. Bell, of Chester. If the exe
cutive were permitted to appoint a Whig to the
vacant post, he would have a host of good
names from which to make a selection—but
that is impossible. He will therefore have to
make the best of the material in his own ranks.
The appointment will probably be announced
in a few days.
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Horrible reagedyin Tradleinglon.
Washington, May 15.—This community has
been shocked by an awful affair that occurred
about 10 o'clock last night. Robert A. Hawke,
Messenger of the General Post-Office, cut his
wile's throat, about an hour after they had re
tired, completely severing the Windpipe and
arteries. lie then made two cuts at his own
throat, but was, as he says, prevented from kil
ling himself by his wife knocking the razor out
of - his hand. Their daughter, thirteen years
old occupying an adjoining room, was awaken
ed by the screams of her mother, who jumped
out of bed and ran down stairs. In the mean
while Hawke raised the front window, loudly
exclaiming, "I have cut my wife's throat, and
my own, .d intend to cut my child's. The wife
succeeded in reaching the front door, but was
unable to speak. The neighbors, on entering,
found her on the floor in a dying condition,and
her husband standing ovor with extended arms,
exclaiming "Oh! my wife—my wife! I have cut
her throat!!" Their child was screaming from
the steps. Tho wife expired in about twenty
minutes.
An inquest was held this morning and a ver
diet returned of "death by the hands of her hus
band, he being in a deranged state of mind."—
Hawke has been arrested and committed. He
was honest and generally inoffensive, but for
some time past was extremely depressed in his
mind. Intending to commit suicide, he had
written a letter that all the world was against
him, and as ho could not live happy here he want
ed all his faintly to go to heaven with hin.
Survey of Railroad Router to the
Inspector General of the Army.
Washington, May 11.—Of the four parties to
be detrile under the direction of the War De
partment, to make surveys and explorations of
the various routes to the Pacific, the organiza
tion of the party under Mr Stevens ' Governor
of the new territory of Washington, has already
been published. The instructions were to-day
given for the second party, underthe command
of Lieut. Robert S. Williamson. It is to be
composed as follows :—Lieut. R. S. Williamson
and Lieut. J. G. Parke, of the corps of Topo.
graphical Engineers, and Lieut. G. B. Ander
son of the Infantry; also, one mineralogist and
geologist, one philolgist and naturalist, two civ
il engineers, and one draughtsman. The selec
tion of the individuals to fill these positions has
not yet been made-
This party will survey and explore the conic
try between the Pacific and the mouth of the
Gila, through Walker's Pass, examining the
country lying West of the Lower Colorado.—
This
will be the most Southern survey, as Mr.
Stevens will be the most Northern.
It is said that B revet Colonel Mansfield, to the
Engineer corps, has been appointed Inspector
General of the Army.
The government has determined not to at
tempt to use force in the subjection ofthe Florida
Indiand, but to proceed with the surveys of the
lands there, believing that all that is necessary
is to convince the Indians that the process of
settlement is to go on quietly, in order to in
duce them to give up their hostile demonstra
tions and accept of terms to peaceably join
their friends West of Arkansas.
The Texas Gold Discoveries Folly Confirmed.
New Orleans, May 12.—Galveston dates to
the 10th of May have been received here by
the steamship Mexico. The accounts of the
discovery of gold mines are fully confirmed.—
The Galveston News has been informed by a
gentleman from Hockhurt, that a party of citi
zens,just returned from an exploring expedi
tion, found gold in a mountain 70 miles north
west of that town, both on the surface and by
digging. They brought buck some lumps val
ued at $5950. The Austin Gazette, hitherto
incredulous, fully endorses the most favorable
reports, and says that it can no longer enter
tain the least doubts of their correctness, and
expects soon to hear of discoveries equalling the
California mines. It is said that the deeper the
diggins, the more abundant and richer the gold.
The principal region is bounded on the east by
the San Saba river, and on the south by the
Llano river.
Another Railroad Accident.
Boston, May 11.—The Fall River freight
train ran off the track ut Boaintree this morn
ing, piling fifteen care in heap. The engineer,
named Stone, jumped off the locomotive and
saved his life. He was much bruised, however.
The fireman was also injured. No lives were lost.
Legislation to Percent Railroad Accidents.
Boston, May 13.—A bill was reported in the
Senate to-day, prohibiting passenger trains from
passing draw-bridges at a greater speed than
nix miles per hour; thetrains to stop from one
to two hundred feet from the draw, under a
penalty of $5OO fine, or three years' imprison
ment to the officer in charge of the train.—
Persons are also required to he stationed, with
signals, at the end of the bridges before the
opening of the draw. The corporation failing
to give clear instructions are to be liable to a
fine of $5OOO.
Murderer Sentenced.
Pittsburgh, May 11.—The Criminal Conrt
to-day refused a now trial to Mary Delany, con-
victed or tha_morder ofShaw, and was tteaten-
Lod toile -Penitentiary for three years. The
rumor that amen named Reed. had aoripased
to the perpetration of the (Tinto twit:, out to he
Mismanagement of the Delaware
• Division.
How our public works are managed by the
present Board of Canal Commissioners, is fully
illustrated in the manner in which matters have
been conducted on the Delaware Division this
spring, "Business is dull here, " says the Mauch
Chunk Gazette. "Not only ere, but at Bea
ver Meadow, Jeansville, Weatherly, dm, minds
ems aro dealt out against the reckless and
business-destroying management of the Dela
ware Division, by the officers and agents of the
State. Were these gentry accessible, they
would be very likely to be served as the British
stamp distributers were by the Old Continente
lero." All this interruption of business, and
consequent loss of revenue which would have
accrued to the Commonwealth, it seems is ow
ing to the mismanagement of those having
charge of this branch of the public service.
When the water was let into one of the new
locks, about the middle of April, the bottom fell
out, thus interrupting the navigation for several
weeks, cramping the operations of the colliers,
forcing the boatmen to "lie upon their oars,"
and throwing out of employment many labor
ers, dependent upon the shipment of coal--all
of which could not have occurred had the re
pairs been properly made in the first instance.
It is said, by good judges, that under any other
management than that of State Agency, there
pairs and improvements might have been perma
nently made by the first of April, thus augmen
ting the revenues of the State, and facilitating
rather than retarding the operations of others.
So accustomed, however, has the Locofoco
press become to denounce all such complaints
against the present apology of n canal Boardas Whig misrepresentations, that is it but sel
dom any of them even deign to make any ex
planation, and show that the complaints are
unjust. In the instance now refered to, such a
course will not answer. Complaints about the
mismanagement of the Delaware Division are
not confined to Whig journals, as the following ,
article, taken from the Easton Sentinel, a Lo
cofoco paper, will clearly demonstrate to those
who take the trouble to read it
The prevailing question among our business
men, generally is, when will the Delaware Di
vision of the Pennsylvania Canal be in naviga
ble order ? This is'a question of the utmost
importance, not only to the citizens of this
place but to the business men along ita line as
well as along the whole line of the Manch
Chunk Canal—merchants are out of goods, coal
dealers and lumbermen cannot reacts the mar
ket; boatmen are out of employ, and in fact
every elms of men in this region feel the effect
of this detention—a detention brought about
through the mismanagement and carelessness
of the contractors who put up the new work at
Uhler's and New Hope, during the past winter.
Individuals are not the only losers through this
mismanagement, but the Commonwealth is
also made to feel its effects , as it is loosing at
least two thousand five hundred 1 dollars every
day this detention lasts. If we are not mista
ken, the contractors were hound up to have
their work completed by the tenth of April,
which has already past tome seventeen days,
causing already an actual loss to the State
alone of over $37,000. We think it is high
time for the Canal Commissioners to look after
this important line of our public improve
ments, and if the old contractors cannot put
up work that will stand the necessary pressure,
let somebody else try it that we may have
some evidence that the Canal will be ready for
boating some time during the season. .Two
attempts have been made to fill the Canal,
each of which have failed in consequence of
some portions of the new work giving away.—
At this time there are no less than three brakes,
the most serious of which is at the Aqueduct
at New Hope, where about 200 feet of wall, it
is said, will have to be taken out and the foun
dation extended deeper. It is impossible to
say how long it will be before boats can pass,
as there is not knowing whether the work will
stand the test of a full "ditch" eves after these
defects are repaired.—Daily News.
The New Mexican Difficulties.
There is am editorial article in the Washing.
ton Union of Friday last, the organ of the pre
sent National Administration, which contains
very significant indications that Gen. Pierce
and his Cabinet do not disapprove of Gov. Lane
taking constructive possession of the disputed
territory between New Mexico and Chihuahua.
nukes the ground that "there is no doubt but
that the district of country which Gov. Lane
has seised on belongs to the United States, and
is a part of the territory of New Mexico."
If this be the position assumed by the admin
istration, Gov. Lane will, of coarse, ho sustained
by it in his doings; but a letter writer from the
Capital scorns to entertain some doubts, and ho
heves the Union, in the defence of Gov. Lane's
onset on Mexico, is, as the official organ, but
playing double. The plan, liethinks,isto affect
great indignation against foreign nations—but
in reality, Lane will be recalled,—another Gov
ernor he put in his place, then this act be dis
owned,—and the matter be keptopenforexcite.
meet and negotiation. He says,that if the Gov
ernment meant to sustain him five or six new regi
ments would he ordered to El Paso—but the
Secretary of War has no such intention. The
Union is doing the stow thunder, that.is all.
Such aro the views of a Whig correspondent;
but another of the Youn. American and Mani
fest Destiny School of Locofocos, in writing to
the National Democrat, the organ of the wing
of Loccifacoism,cotnes out unquallifiedly in favor
of Gov. Lane's course, and affects to speak au
thoritinely in the following oracular manner:—
"Col. Sumner's general conduct is not very well
taken by the Cabinet. He had not given satis
faction before this. By this time Col. Stunner
is on his way here to explain not only this (his
refusal to turn out at Gov. Lane's command)
but his whole course of contempt and defiance
to the civil powers in New Mexico. It is not
likely this government will yield this valuable
tract of vineyard country and its inhabitants to
the threats of violence of New Mexico. Gov.
Lane has erred on the safe side, if he has erred
at all, which is scarcely possible, in protecting
our people, our )lag, and our territory from the
clutch of Angel Tilt's.
Our very highly esteemed and excellent
member of Assembly, JAMES L. GiviN, Esq.,
was in town on Monday last, looking all the
better for his sojourn at Harrisburg, and is in
fine health and spirits. Blair county has a
worthy man at Harrisburg, while Mr. G. is her
representative • We should have
before noticed the return of our popular Sena.
tor, COL. McMuttrain. He has been with us
since the adjournment, quietly pursuing his
profession, and receiving the hearty approba
tory salutations of his constituents. Ho die.
charged the duties of his post most faithfully,
and well merits the high regard of all out pee.
ple.—Hollidaysburg Register.
BLOWING HOT AND COLD.—The Unios
newspaper, which is understood tohe the organ
of the present National Administration, is ei
ther playing the part which the cat did to thn
monkey, or must have an editor wholly incom.
potent to do up the right kind of music for th,
powers that be. A few days ago it came otr.
flat-footed in support of our right to Mecilb
Valley, and as a consequence, in approval of
Gov. Lane's conduct. Now, it turns right
round, as flatly denies that it defended or justi.'
fled Gov. Lane, and says "nothing but a very
stringent necessity can justify Gov. Lane's in.
terference in a difficulty which properly belong
ed to the State Department, as a subject of ne
gotiation, having for Its object a new joint corn.
mission for the performance of a task, sim
ple enotqh originally, but which the Into Ad.
ministration, after four years of futile effort
and vast expenditure, left unfinished, and in
an embarraaaed condition."
MEL Gov. Ramsey of Minnesota, says, in his
message to tho Territorirl Legislature, 'ln saw 1
ago communities as well as civilized, a majori- I
ty of the wrong committed may he distinctly
(Need to the influence of iutoxicating drinks.'
may. , The street, of 1 ) 1 , i1.1010,k, av , now
The Stowo Progrea3.
This lady-Kossuth goes abroad with also Phi
lanthropic purpose of obtaining the moral in
tervention of Wier countries to correct what
she considers a social grievance in her own.—
We are not suprised that she should be receiv
ed by her British colaborers with every de.
monstration of delight, Her testimony will be
held as a national ndMission that the cruel im
putations upon the virtue and humanity of
nearly six millions of American citizens id cor
rect. It will he besides productive of a round
sum in money and adulation.
In her triumphal tour there will be but one
opinion expressed, and that will be confirmed
by the Rev, Mr. &mire, who goes along to tes
tify and take up collections.
We have nothing to say against the probe,
bility of the pathetic story which has created
such extraordinary feeling,. If society contain. ;
ed no such monsters as are therein depicted, it I
would have reached a state of purity beyond
the hopes of any practical moralist. Nor is
there any thing new in the attempt to correct I
a social evil by fictitious presentations. The
moral of one of DELIVER'S most popular works
was to show the cruel impolicy of the penal
system of England. Sue taught id a novel the
iniquities of religious ambition; and DICKENS •
is now showing the ruin wrought by English
equity.
But the injustice of abolition consists in as
suming that the extreme eases of wrong group.
ed by Mrs. Seowe is a fair representation of
Southern society in the the United States.
Suppose another Mrs. Kossuth should come
from England, having written a book wherein
was compounded every case of social wrong
contained in English fiction; the low villainy of
a Black Gorge—the criminal machinations of
Sir George Thornville—the servile fidelity of
Callum Beg--the menial miseries of Oliver
Twist--the total obliteration of' all moral per
ceptions in Nancy or Sykes—the illitemte stu
pidity of James Plush. Suppose she should
add, in the appendix of her work, that sixty
thousand persons in London have no home, no
intelligible language; that they live in sin; be- ,
cause they cannot afford the legal expense of
the matrimonial ceremony and that their ideas
of the Christain religion are such that a cos
termonger, upon hearing, some exnlanation of ,
the humility enjoined by the Bible, replied,
that "If Jesus, or any other chart, were to slap
'him on the cheek, he should pitch into him—
'of course;" whilst others were as ignorant of
the primary truths of astronomy as any negro
on the roast of Coromandel.
Suppose she should demonstrate that every
twentieth person in England was a pauper,
every twentieth person a houseless vagabond,
and every twentieth woman a prostitute,. thus
proving that nearly one-sixth of her people be.
longed to those interesting classes.
Would any one admit that the characters
constituted a fair illustration of the virtue, ed
ucation, language, animal comforts, or social
condition of England? Or would not every
sensible adviser say, "My good lady, you give
'a very deplorable description of your own
'country{ and we think that as patriotism, like
'charity, begins at home, you should confine
'year efforts at present to alleviating the sin
'and suffering which von have described ?"
Such a mission would he hut a fair counter
part of the motive with which our evangelical
incendiary puts on her bonnet and goes abroad
for the purpose of spreading an international
scandal.
The ''''' of Mrs. STOWE will he peculiarly
opport4ne. The Westminster Review hails
the ad nt of her book with ioy, and counsels
a cent' UOll3 agitation which shall result in
Ardis no American slavery. It takes a very
preen d view of our Constitution, and having
found at the word "slave" does not occur in
that
c it colored
strnment, argues that these
"pen s" are the "fellow-citizens" of the alto
litioni;, and that he can therefore constitu
tional agitate for their emancipation.
Tlerßeview likewise says that the politieal
coined upon the Wilmot proviso that the Un
ion was too strong for seeeesion, and that
herefbre the crowing majorities of the free
ates must soon enfranchise their fellow citi
z q now engaged in making cotton without
co nensation. True, the reviewer knows lit
tle American polities. Still less of Ameri-
can , patriotism. But he will be just as glad
when lie shall have "the pride and pleasitre"of
being introduced to the fair authoress; and the
Rev. Mr. STOwE have conferred with him up
on the best was of carrying fire and sword in
to I'AT. STOWE'S own country, will perhaps
Pledge himself to burn blue lights when the
liberating expedition shall arrive. He has ex
pressed the opinion that slavery has made its
last Struggle on the Fugitive Slave law, and
must terminate either by legislation or revolu
tion. ',.
&Iwo were struck a few days since with a
sane us opinion advanced by a contempo
-1
rary, hich the Review would do well to con
eider.
Th ympathy shown for the oppressed char.
neterssn Uncle Tom's Cabin by the people of
Fun irrespective of race. They see there
demi d a picture of their own deTradation.
They ItabliAed an analfie:y between the sin-
.antes and that of color. They long to
throw fr their servitude to the monarch, the
noble n, the priest, or the landlord, and
weep er Uncle Tom through sympathy for
caeitter rather than for their 'transatlantic
breth in black livery.
So tie European politicians, who encourage
Mrs. *OWE that they may dissiolve this Un
ion, or break down the culture of cotton by
slave labor, that "the vast manufactures of
Lancashire shall no longer be dependent upon
a singlesource of supply," had better take cam
lest, in place of liberating the slaves of the
Mississi f tipi, they may inadvertently set free
those o the Thames or the Rhine.
Perhaps the triumphal march of Mrs. STOWE
and staff may be merged in one of those "bread
or blood" processions, when starving miners
and mechanics wander upon a war of fire rob
bery, end murder against the orders that op
prol7latth:r. readers may see how the work of
Mm, STOWE coincides with the movement of
emancipl lion now going on in England, we
must req est them to read the, last chapter of
Bleak ll use. They will there see a ruinous
den called "Tom all alone," Where indigence
,
t )
and ini uits , take refuge from the laws that
have can ed them.
Nor w* I the parallel with the hook of Mrs.
W E impaired by the fact that a misera•
STO
Me whit fugitive from persecution is protec
tedi from is pursuers.
Bcsid , as this white fugitive speaks an
English ore broken than any corn-field ne
gro, an
,is accompanied by a women whose
head has been broken by ailrunken husband,
it will rvell repay perusal, and may almost he
imagined an excerpt froM Uncle Tom himself.
We do nit, however, wish to be understood as
fearing the effect of the STOWE mission. If an
institution cannot stand being talked about, It
cannot have much stability; but we can see no
other result than that the authoress may derive
personal profit from misreprentotion of her
own countrymen, and foster the growth of na
tional and sectional prejudice against her own
country.
Another Gubernatorial Pardon.
Governor Bigler has pardoned Margaret M'-
Cormick, who, it will he recollected, was sen
tenced on the Bth of May, 1851, by the Phila
delphia Court of Quarter Sessions, to six years
imprisonment in tho Eastern Penitentiary, for
throwing oil of vitriol into the fare of John
M'Cann, which burned out both of his eyes.—
M'Cann, after the trial, became insane, and has
since died. The Germantown Telegraph, a
neutral paper, says .—"The motive of the Gov.
for interposing his Constitutional privilege, we
h.ve not seen stated; and unless it can he shown
to have peen of the most overpowering nature,
every good citizen will regard it as a most 11a•
grant interference with the due course of jus•
Lice. Here is a person guilty of a most di.
bolical crime, resulting in insanity and death,
and the moderato punishment inflicted by the
law, is remitted, and she Is turned loose spin
ti ennunitnity r,C,•;. ;I;
FOREIGN NEWS BY THE OAMBICIA:
. . .
Great Br itain.
A subjeet of England, named Ferdinand Sic
kel, has been arrested at Milan, in Italy, with
out cause, by the Austrian authorities, impris
oned under the closets surveillance. The
British Consul, howeve4epiig wincl of it, sent
word to the man's relatives in England, by
whom it was immediately brought to the notice
of the British Ministry. The latter' instantly
sent des;iatches to Vienna. Sickel is the sou
of a Winchester merchant, and there are many
leading citimens of Milan who knewhim,buttlie
Austrian officers at Milan refused to hear any
thing on the subject when he referred to them.
It seems that nickel had gone to Milan to col
lect s debt,and the debtor finding it inconvenient
to pay, got Sickel arrested on seine political
suspicion to escape paying. •
The departures of shipping from London for
Australia have diminished considerably, and
the vessels going are of small class.
A storm in the Downs has caused the loss of
several vessels and a number of lives.
Spain.
The Government, it is said, will do all in its
power to develop° the national credit and the
resources of the nation. Obstacles to industry
nre removed, and fresh openings to be created
for private enterprise. The programme, how
ever, gives no indication of the course which
will be followed on several importantquestions.
The new Minister of the Interior has began
to sieze the opposition newspapers. The Clam
or Pa?lico and Diana Espanol were seized on
the 19th, two days after the Government pro
fessed its tolerance for the press. Itisbelieved
that M. Donoso Coltcs will resign the French
embassy from considerations of health.
Portugal.
We have accounts from Lisbon to the 19th.
It may be recoiled that during the struggle be.
tween the brothers Don Pedro and Don Miguel
for the sovereignty of the country, loans were
sought by the partisans of each, and Pedro har
ing been successful, repudiated all loans eon.
tracted by Don Mingel• Ithappened, however,
that an Ismelitish house lent 1,000,000,000 re.
is to the Government of Don Miguel as thewar
was drawing to a close; 90,000,000 riesorthere.
abouts reached Lisbon, and was duly appropri.
ated,but the remainder of the loan fell into the
hands of the Government of Donna Maria.
No part of the loan was recognized, butsome
knowing persons, considering that a loan to a
Government de facto, received and appropriated
is binding on its successor, and having legally
possessed themselves of the bonds, or whatever
other name the securities bore, and have so far
interested the French Government in their fa
vor, that Napoleon 111. has directed his embas
sador here to make a perremtory demand upon
the Portuguese Government for the principal
and all interest—nearly about 20—requiring;
immediate payment; and last week the minis
ters of Donna Maria 11. went to the britislt
Minister to ask the aid of the British Govern
ment in their unexpected distress. Thelndem
nity debate drags on. Ministers are daily los
sing the little popularity which they enjoyed.
Saldanha's illness becomes more serious, and
who is to succeed him is a question which it be
comes every day more difficult to answer.
Holland.
The new attempt of the Church of Rome to
extend its influence in the Low Countries has
already given rise to great excitement, to a
change of Ministry) to the prorogation of the
Chambers, and possibly, as appears from most
recent indications, to the unsettlement and dis
turbance consequent upon a general election.—
King William did not participate in the senti
ments of his Ministers that the Constitution of
the country permitted the erection of a Catho
lic hierachy, and although those gentlemen are
said to have forwarded, for royal eensideration,
a letter, in which they state that "the introduc
tion of an Episcopal administration of the Ro
man Catholic Church being but a consequence
of the religious liberty guaranteed by the Con
stitution, need neither be approved nor recog
nised by his Majesty, nor should exercise any
influence upon the interests of other churches
or the State;" and that "the King takes care,
and will continue to take care that the interests
of none are aggrieved by this introduction-con
sequently there is no motive for inquietude if
each respect the religiousconvietionsofothers;"
the King has not been induced to adopt this
underhand method of avoiding a difficulty.
The numerous petitions addressed to his Ma
jesty appear to have actuated him to pursue
this course, which cannot he said to he taken
in contradiction of the sense of the Chambers,
since the very majority of which the Catholics
boast was only obtained on condition that remon
strances against these attempts of the Romish
Church should be made to the Holy See. In
the meantime, the country is greatly disturbed,
and it will require a firm and prudent hand to
guide it unharmed through a crises called forth
by the overweeing pretensions of a Gaurch
which, considering nothing but its own grasp
ing and inordinate ambition, does not hesitate
to plunge a peaceful community into all the
embittered excitement of a religious controver
sy. The proceedings of both Churches lately
have been, indeed, what a German paper tru
ly enough characterizes them—"a pasquinade
' upon Christian morality."
The elections are fixed for May 17, and the
opening of the season for June 18. The pro
gramme of the government announces that
there will be no change in the constitution.—
Public worship will continue to be free,butsub
ject to severe surveillance. Centralization will
be diminished, and the provinces and communes
rendered more free in their action. The pro
gramme announces changes in the organic laws.
The exebutive power is to be vested in the
King in reality, and not in semblance only. It
terminates by an appeal to the nation. It isnot
easy to see how the constitution can remain the
same, when the organic laws have been chang
ed, and the influence of the Crown augmented.
The Second Prussians Chamber has rejected
by 147 to 139 votes the bill for giving the ex
ecutive an arbitrary power to exclude foreign
newspapers and printing from the kingdom.
Germany.
The Wurtemburg Government informs the
bishops of the Upper Rhine, who in conference
at Fribourg,; sent a manifesto of ecclesiastical
independence to the King, that any further
communications they may address to it will re
main unanswerd, the Government recognising
'no other ecclesiastical corporation than the
bishop of Rotemburg.
Italy.
It said that the Tuscan Government is about
to notify to the British Government that Mr.
Crawford is at liberty to enter Tuscany, provi.
dod the British Government pledge its word
that Mr. Crawford is a functionary in her Majes
ty's service, and not an agent of Mazzini.
In the sitting of the Sardinian Chamber of
Representatives, on the 25th, M. Broffitrio put
a question respecting the late seizure of journ.
als at Genoa. In reply to this question the
Minister of Justice and the Minister fbr the In
terior protested that the seizure was legal and
and opportune. After a short discussion, the
House passed to the order of the day.
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Switzerland.
A letter from Fribourg of the 23d says the
state of nitre continues. The gates are closed.l
None but soldiers and militiamen are to be seen
in the streets. The court martial has senten
ced Col. Perrier, the chief of the insurgents, to
thirty years' imprisonment in irons,
Denmark.
On the 18th inst. the question of the secret.
Ilion was brought to a division and lost, the ma.
jority of 97 to 45 not reaching the requisitcpro.
portion of three-fourths of the votes present.—
Eight members abstained from votinglonly w
member of the whole Reichstag was absent.
On the following day the Rohde: , was disiol.
ved. The election for the Volksthing is fixed
for the 27th of May; the primary election to the
Landsthiny for the 13th of May; the secondary
for the third of June. The new Reichstal will
thus hardly come tog,ether before the middle of
June whilst the provisional powers with referenc 3
to the supplies extend only to the 31st of May.