HUNTINGDON JOURNAL
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Wednesday Horning, July 20, 1853.
S. L. GLASGOW, Editor.
CIRCULATION 1000.
WHIG STATE TICKET:
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
MOSCff POWillan, of Lancaster county.
#O - R SURVEYOR GENERAL,
Christian Myers, of Clarion county.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
Alexander H. McClure, of i'ranklin co.
Agents for the Journal.
The following persons we have appointed Agents
for the Hummonos Jonas., who are author
ized to receive and receipt for money paid on sub
scription, and to take the names of new aubscri
hers at our published prices.
We do this for the convenience of our subscri.
hers living at a distance from Huntingdon.
Join? W. Tuomrsost, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
SAMUEL COEN, East Barren,
Geonan W. CORNELIUS, Shirley township,
JAMES E. GLASGOW. Clay township,
DANIEL TEAGUE, Esq., Cromwell township,
Dr. J. P. Aancox, Penn township,
Dr. H. L. BRowN, Cass township,
J. WAREHAM MATTERS, Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEFFEY, Jackson township,
ROBERT M'BURNEY, ‘g 6C
Col. JNO. C. WATSON, Brady township,
Monate BROWN, Springfield township,
WM. HUTCHINSON, Esq., Warriorsmark tp.,
JAMES McDowAtm, Brady township,
GEORGE W. WHITTAKER, Petersbulz,
HENRY NEFF, West Barren.
JOHN BALSRACH, Water/HT/Mt,
Maj. CHARLES Mictutty. Tod township,
A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township,
GEORG& WILSON, Esq., Tell township,
JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
NATHANIEL LYTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek.
Joutt N. Swoorn, Esq., Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace.
SIMEON WRIGHT, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKSON, Esq., Cassville.
fvstuat, WurroN, Esq., Franklin township.
DR. SeAmooLE, Shirlevsburg.
DAVID PARKER, Esq., Warriorsmark.
DAVID ArRAsaT, Esq., Todd township.
WHIG COUNTY CONVENTION
The Whigs of the several townships and bor
oughs in the County of Huntingdon are re
quested to meet at their usual places of holding
delegates elections, (the borough of Huntingdon
and - Henderson township, at the house of Rob
ert Kyle,) Penn and Dublin townships at the
places now fixed for holding general elections,
on Saturday the 6th day of August next, be
tween the hours of 5 and 71 o'clock, P. N., of
said day, to elect two persons iu each township
and borough, to serve as delegates in the Whig
County Convention, to be held in Huntingdon,
on Tuesday the 9th day of August next, for the
purpose of forming a County Ticket and ap
pointing Senatorial Conferees. Huntingdon
borough will meet at 8 o'clock, P. M.
By order of the County Committee.
J. SEWELL STEWART, Chairman.
Huntingdon, July 20,'53.
New Advertisements.
See Trial and Jury List; Court Proclama-
tions; Card of Dr. A. P. Fields, dc., &e.
OM.. We cannot announce the names of any
candidates for office, unless they agree to pay
us for the use of our columns and our labor;
nor will we, under any circumstances, announce
the names of such, when we are satisfied the
object is merely faclionism. Now we wish
these things to he distinctly understood and
remembered.
la• We have to inform our correspondent,
"Brutus," of last week, that we have been una
ble thus far to obtain a copy of the law passed
by the Legislature last session, authorising the
construction of a public road from Mill Creek
to Hopewell or Bloody Run. If we could pro
cure a copy of the Act we would cheerfully
publish a synopsis of it.
tar When at Hollidaysburg, last week, we
stopped at the new Hotel, called the " Logan
House," kept by Ex-Sheriff Reese, and we were
highly pleased with the interior arrangements.
A more clever man than Sheriff Reese does
not breathe, and it would, indeed; seem very
strange to us if he did not receive a very ex
tensive patronage. From what we could see
and learn, we are satisfied that he is doing a
splendid business, and who, we would ask, is
more worthy of it?
We hope those of our friends who have busi
ness at the progressive Borough at any time,
will call with them.
1 Thomas Fisher, Esq., of this place,
handed to us a few days since, a couple of fine
Apricots taken from trees nurtured by his own
hands, in the yard attached to his private
dwelling. They were as large and as delicious
as we have seen any in the East, which clearly
shows that the Apricot tree can be nurtured
and made to bear fruit among our hills and
mountains. in our opinion, there is no fruit
that makes a better pie than the Apricot.
ear The New York Crystal Palace was in
augurated on Thursday last, in the presence of
a vast concourse of people. President Pierce,
and many other distinguished men, among
whom were Hon. Howell Cobb, Governor of
Georgia; U. S. Senators, Broadhead, of Pa.,
Chase, of Ohio, Ex-Senator Miller, of N. Jer
sey, and Ex-Senator Preston, of South Caroli
na, were present. Also Major General Win-
Uhl Scott, with his arm in a sling, and appa
rently yet suffering from his unlucky fall. Also
Major General Quitman, of Mississippi, and
Lord Ellesmere, the Representative of British
Industry.
President Pierce's speech on the occasion,
it is said, was very brief, but in very good
taste, and was well received.
The Exhibition, at last, is open for the re
ception of visitors, and all those who have a
desire to see specimens of the skill and Md.-
try of foreign nations, besides our own, will not
now be disappointed by visiting 'the Crystal
Palace.
sir The city of Mexico contains a popula
tion of about 200,000. Two-thirds of this pop
ulation are said to consist of low Mexican half
breeds and Indians, whose morals and habits of
life much resemble the blacks of the South.—
There seems to be a life and activity about the
city much rccombling Now Yo*.
County Convention.
It will be seen by reference to our columns,
that the Chairman of the Whig County Commit ,
tee has issued a call for the regular County
Convention. And we hope the Whigs will feel
the importance of attending the primary meet
ings to elect delegates, that it may not be as it
has sometimes to a considerable extent hereto
fore been. In past time, we know that many
Whigs never went near those meetings, and
when delegates were sent and nominations
made that did not suit them, they were dissat
isfied and refused to support the ticket. Now,
we say to such, if you have any objections to
make to any of the candidates, go to the dele
gate meetings and make them there, whirls is
the only proper place to make them. This
thing of not attending the primary meetings,
not caring who are sent to the Convention as
delegates, and then afterwards, when nomina
tions are not made exactly to suit them, refu
sing to support the ticket, is not fair, and no
Whig should - be guilty of such conduct. We
say then to all, go to the delegate meetings
and elect such men as delegates, who you
know will carry out your wishes in the Congest
lion, or forever afterwards hold your'peaco.
The principle on which our delegate meet
ings are constructed, is precisely similar to that
on which the Convention acts, and we hope
that the minority, as Whigs, will feel it their
duty, in all cases and under all circumstances,
when every thing has been fairly and honora
bly transacted, to cheerfully submit to the
majority, and give the ticket formed by the
Convention, a cordial support. This is only
what every man should do, who considers him
self worthy the name of Whig.
And we would say to every individual who is
a candidate; if you are a Whig from principle
—make up your mind to abide manfully by the
decision of the Convention; but if it is your in•
teution not to do So, you should make it known
to the delegates before assembling, so that they
may know now to properly treat your ease.
And we sincerely hope that such men will
be sent to the Convention who will act inde
pendently, and with a special reference to the
success of the party—such as will not be influ
enced by petty prejudice, and the plausible say
ings of designing and corrupt
Cambria Whig Convention.
The Whigs, of Cambria County met in Con.
vention on the 12th inst., and we are sorry to
learn, did not form a full ticket for their sup.
port at the October election. The Convention,
in voting for State Senator, gaVe the following
result on the first ballot:
8 votes.
8 44
18 "
George L. King ;
Alexander White,
E. Hutchinson,
The preference seems to have fallen in favor
of Mr. Hutchinson, who is a good and reliable
Whig, and a very honest and intelligent man.
The Conferees appointed to meet those of Blair
and Huntingdon Counties, are R. L. Johnston,
Bab, W. H. Gardner, and Daniel Litzinger,
all good and sterling Whigs. Blair has alrea
dy appointed her Conferees, and Huntingdon
will appoint at the August Convention. The
Conference, to place in nomination a candidate
for State Senator, to be supported by the Dist
rict, composed of Cambria, Blair, and Hunt
ingdon, we presume, will meet soon after our
Conferees are appointed.
Murder will Out.
If any Whig journal at any time impeaches
the management of the State Improvements,
which are under the exclusive control of Loco
focos, no matter upon what authority, or how
clear its proof, its statement or charge is pro
nounced a Whig lie, and a Locofoco denial
thus made is regarded as quite sufficient to es
tablish the falsity of the impeachment. We
may avail ourselves, therefore, of the opportu
nity to spread - before our readers what a Simon
Pure Locofoco journal, of no less character and
influence than the Pittsburgh Post, says of the
Locofoco management of our Public Works.—
Read it, carefully, all ye who are in search of
truth. It is not a Whig lie, but copied from
the editorial columns of the Post of Thursday.
—Daily News. . .
"The management of our internal improve.
ments require reform. We are free to say,
that under no administration has it been pro
perly 'managed. The public works have been
used to fill the pockets of the high officials,
while the poor working man has been left to
starve, without any renumeration for his labor.
It is painful for us to refer to this matter,
for the Canal Board is now in the hands of our
party. But we cannot refrain from calling
upon them to reform the evil complained of
above, and we hope that they will at once re
move the hard-working operatives. They are
unworthy of public trust or station. They
would rob the State with as little remorse as
they do the laborers, and they should be ship
ped at once.
If this evil is not redressed by the Commis.
goners before the October election, it will then
rest with the people to express their indigna
tion at the ballot-box. The hard-toiling work
man is not to be plundered to fill the pockets
of lazy officials. Their nominal wages are low
enough, God knows; but to make them suffer
a shave on that is cruel in the extreme. The
laborers earn every cent of the money promis
ed to them, but front the above statement it is
evident that they do not get their pay when it
is earned, and that the lazy officials, of whom
we have before spoken, draw it, and speculate
upon them at a heavy discount.
Our public works are badly managed, and
the fact cannot be disguised that the evil rests
in the parsimonious remuneration offered to
those who superintend then,. No man fully
capable of discharging the duties of a Canal
Commissioner, would accept the office at the
present salary. A man with sufficient capaci
ty to discharge the duties of the office in a
proper manner, can make more by his industry
in any other branch of ordinary business.
It is the same with all the subordinate Offices
on the public works. They have to labor at
starvation prices, and, of course, they will adopt
some means to make both ends meet. We
have heard of a Superintendent who went upon
the road not worth a dime, and left it with for
ty thousand dollars in his pocket. Hew did
he make it? Not from his salary—that would
not allow of such an immense profit; but it was
realized from the check-rolls of the poor work
, ing man. This man has gone West, and' we
suppose he is enjoying the full fruition of his
spettlation on the Portage road.
Gov, Bigler.
There is a powerful under current in the
Locofoco party aiming at the defeat of Governor
Bigler in the next Locofoco State Convention.
His proscriptive course towards a certain wing
of his party, and his miserable servility to the
dictates of Buchanan, have alienated from him
many of 'the most influential Locofocos in the
State; and they seem determined that their
power shall be felt when the time conies for
another Gubernatorial nomination. We aro
for Bigler flat-footed, and anything we can do
to secure his re-nomination shall be done most
cordially. We want the man who claimed the
power to reform even Gov. Johnston's wise and
economical administration, and then saddled
several millions of debt upon us, to come be.
fore the people again and stand by the fruits
of his official career. All we ask is Governor
Bigler and a fair fight. Stand by him and
trot him out!
or The weuthcr yesterday wus deli6htful:
Democracy Illustrated.
We have had now awes months' experience
under the rule of National Democracy. It
came into power backed by an overwhelming
majority of the people, and pledged in every
section of the country, to make every other
measure anbordinate to the firm maintainanee
of the Constitution. During the campaign
which resulted in the overthrow of the Whigs
with a chosen and favorite leader, we were met
on every side with the gravest charges or infi
delity to true National principles; and even
WINFIELD SCOTT, who had grown gray in the
service of his country,and whose blood hod flow.
ed freely alike on Southeßn and Northern moil,
was borne down by the untiring ferocity of the
opposite party—and all in the name of the
Union and the Constitution. The flame of
SEWARD was the text for every Locofoco
speech: and the caption for nearly every Loco
foco editorial; and perhaps on the very same
platforms from which were sent forth the affec
ted indignation of Locofoco orators, because
Gov. &went) chose to support Gen. SCOTT,
might have been heard the voices of such ran
ting Abolition fanatics as PRESTON KING, JODY
VAN &URN, DAVID WILMOT and others—all
-pleading for the success of National Democra
cyl
In that contest British gold and the 'cohesive
power of public plunder' triumphed. Gen.
SCOTT was discarded on the ground of Section
alism, and Gen. PIERCE was chosen on the
ground of his pure Nationalism. But mark
the sequel. Three brief months have gone by,
and the Union, gravely announces that as the
Administration has disposed of most of the im
portant offices, it is now prepared to turn its
attention to questions of National policy. Or
in other words, the loaves and fishes having
been dispensed after a three months' seige, the
minor questions, such as the Fishery dispute
with Britain, are now in - order for considera.
tion. Our citizens engaged in the fisheries
were left unprotected, and all diplomacy aban
doned, until the hungry swarm of office-hunters
could be partially satisfied; and although a dis
tant Territorial Governor well nigh involved us
in a war with Mexico in insolent violation of
all authority and law, and the lives and pro
perty of our citizens in that quarter threaten
ed with destruction from a naturally hostile and
needlessly provoked people—still the queiftion
was one of minor importance with our Nation-'
al Administration, compared with the absor
bing Locofoco principle of decapitating Whigs
and dividing the spoils of office I True,a Minister
was appointed for England in due time, and
also a Territorial Governor for New Mexico;
but both have as yet been unable to leave for
the theatre of their duties because their in
structions could not he prepared. The Admin
istration had not time—there were still Whigs
in office!
—But what of the appointments made by
the model National Administration? The
man and the party that aimed the deadliest
shafts at the alleged sectionalism of the Whig
party, would of course confer its official favors
on the ardent and tried friends of the Union
and the Constitution. Far front it! Unionism
ras a happy hobby for an :election campaign,
It served a useful purpose to frighten the timid,
gull the unsuspecting, and to enslave the inter
ests and influence of Commerce, but there its
usefulness ended. It has performed its office,
and those who were duped into its embrace,
can now behold the fruits of their patriotic ef
forts. Where are the Union appointments?—
There may be a stray one, here and there; but
of all the most honorable andlucrative stations
within the gift of the model Union President,
not one in ten was a - Union man t Did a
Southern Fire-eater claim a Mission or a fat
Consulship, his petition could not be disregar
ded, though there were dozens of Union men
competitors. Did a Northern Abolitionist want
the pick of a bath of appointments, he had but
to command it, and he hail it; and so through
out all the leading appointments of our emi
nently National Administration. The Secess
ionists of the South named their conditions dur
ing the contest, and they were acceded to; and
the Abolitionists of the North demanded their
Prise, and it was promptly conceded. This be
ing done,—both the extremes of the North and
South having been secured to support Gen.
PIERCE by a liberal promise of patronge—the
Union Democracy fought the battle in their own
way, and claimed the victory es a triumph of
their principles. They have still one consola
tion, however,—if the Fire-eaters and Aboli--
. tionists did get the offices, the Union was
sa
ved
We don't mean to object to Gen. PIERCE'S
appointments. He may select all Abolitionists
and Secessionists if it is in the bond; but we do
object to the studied hypocrisy and the shame
less falsehood which have stamped nearly every
official act of the new Administration. The
Union, dear to every American heart, and cher
ished by all parties, Is too sacred to be made
the instrument of the meanest political fraud;
and those who thus drag it into the political ar
6na to hide the true questions at issue, furnish,
the best evidence we have on record of utter
indifference to its perpetuity. If there are
Americans whose hearts are capable of aiming
at the subvertion of our liberties,
those who
prostitute the sacred principle to promote
doubtful political ends, show ten-fold more en
mity to the Constitution and the Union, than
the craned fanatic who openly aims his hnpo.
tent stroke at our institutions. Open treason
is harmless; but the enemy disguised in the
garb of potriotism may yet exult over the ru
ins of our Republic l—Franklin Whig.
DisgriOif;l — Affair.
We have no disposition to indulge in fault
finding with PRESIDENT Ptsacs, but when he
steps so widely aside of what is right, as to ap
point AUGUSTE BUI,MONT, bait Austrian Consul
at New York, as Charge d'Affairs of our Gov
ernment to Holland, and especially for the con
sideration charged, we cannot retain from cry
ing Shame I Shame upon the Administration !
And in doing so we have no apprehension of
being at all offensive to the groat mass of the
"Democratic" party, for we are certain they will
no more approve such an act than we do onr
self; nay, they will join with us; and cry shame
too; for so gross an outrage upon true patriot
ism cannot but stir up honest American blood
in what ever honest bosom it runs.
Mr. BELMONT besides having been Austrian
Consul, was also, we believe, Agent of the Roth
childs,and is himself a man of Princely Wealth.
The New York Tribune in speaking of his ap
pointment, charges that ho did not receive it on
account of his talents or his character, but sole
ly and exclusively on the ground that he contri
buted large sums of money to aid in the elec
tion of General Pierce. The office was sold to
him (says the Tribune,) and the only difference
between this and an ordinary sale, is, that in
this case the money was paid before the article
to be delivered came into the possession of those
for whose interest the payment was made.—
The same paper adds—
" Now we say the transaction is disgraceful
to the country, dishonorable to the administra
tion, and unkind to Mr. Belmont. We know
he paid largely, we know often when the Loco.
foco Central Committee were short of money,
he alone was ready to bleed freely; we know
that his contributions much exceeded thirty
flemdand dollars. But in the name of all that
is decent in politics, all that is sacred in Demo
cracy, is Money a good reason for putting a
person in a prominent station under a Repub
lican Government? Does $50,000 paid down
oblige an American Executive to entrust the
payer with eminent honors and duties of seri
ous responsibility? Would Washington have
recognized that as a claim upon his confidence?
Would Franklin have welcomed as his col
league a man whose only title to that distinc
tion was that he had paid for it? 0, what bit
ter degradation is it to America when a Presi
dent. thus converts his most solemn prerogative,
into the means of compensating a moneylen
der who has invested it in his election ! What
shame to Democracy when it makes contempti
ble merchandise of important places in the pub
lie service f What a farce and a failure must
a Republic be in which such practice should
become general 1"—Hol. Reg:
Ite.. Washington city is dull, in consequence
of the Ptc:ident'a abz,cnce.
Judge Myers—The Whig Candidate-for
Surveyor General.
Do the Whip know, or feel that they have a
candidate in the field, for the office of Shrvevor
General—a man of great moral purity, integri
ty and uprightness—a man every way compe
tent and worthy to fill the office—me that would
be an honor to the State and to the station ?
Is the Whig party "dead," as its enemies de
clare, or is it only sleeping to awake with ener
gy to resume its labors for the country, with
increased vigor? Or is it to remain under the
ban of proscription, trodden down with the iron
heel of its corrupt and tyrannical opponents?
What participation halm the Whigs in the
Government? They are but the mere "heavers
of wood and drawers of water"—the pavers of
trues for the use of their opponents. Of the
FIVE MILLIONS paid out of the State Trea
sury annually, into whose hands does it go ?
What Whig office-holder or agent receives a
dollar? Excepting the State interest, the en
tire disbursement goes into the hands of Loco
foco office-holders, contractors, &e. Not a
Whig in any walk of life is allowed to approach
a dollar of it; although the Whigs pay much
the larger portion of the taxes, and boar much
the greatest portioa-af the burthen of govern
ment. _
--- But the Whigs are a proscribed clam, al
though composed of a large majority of the
free born population of our country. They
are trampled upon by foreign aid, and despoil
ed of all participation in our Government.—
They are pronounced "dead" by those who are
feasting and rioting upon their substance,-to
alloy their fears of retribution. But will they
rise again? will they tamely submit to the reign
and vengeance of foreign enemies against whom
their forefitthers fought and bled and triumph
ed?
Revel,
- Will the Whigs so disgrace their Revolution , .
ary sires as to succumb to the descendants of
those who fought against our liberties, slaugh
tend defenceless women and children, and
armed the murderous savage in a relentless
war against us ?
Who and what are the Whigs that they
should be thus humbled down and persecuted
by those in power? What would our country
have been but for their valor, patriotism, self
denial and energy? Who fought bled and won
the liberties of this country? Who were they
that stood with Washington and his compatri
ots in "the time thattried menu' souls?" They
were Whigs and none else 1 The foreign in
fluence that sways the political destinies of this
nation were then armed against so.
_ .
Whig patriotism, Whig valor, Whig treasure,
Whig heads, Whig hearts and Whig blood
achieved the independence of this country and
all the blessings that have followed from it I
Does any one deny this ' This then is the key
to the secret why the foreign legions and their
friends are so anxious to have the Whig party
'and their principles die!
Is there a Whig in the land that does not
burn with indignation at the thought of the for
eign influence that is used to trample upon the
descendants of the heroes of the Revolution—
to proscribe and villify the patriots of the war
of 1812—and to calumniate the men who won
imperiShable honor and renown for their coun
try on the plains of Mexico?
What would have been the result of the Mex
ican war had it not been for the wisdom, valor
• and foresight of Taylor and Scott? noble sons
-of Revolutionary fathers! Who will dare to
say that the humbusgenerals created by Polk,
had they been given the command, would not
have disgraced their country. and tarnished its
honor? From what trials, difficulties and den
gem was the country ever extricated but by the
aid of Whigs? What measure of policy was
ever adopted that resulted to the benefit of the
country, but by the Whigs? And what honest
statesman was there ever of expansive mind
who slid not award to the Whigs the highest
intelligence and the purest patriotism?
As it regards the Locofoco candidate for the
office of Auditor General, we shall say nought
against him. his sufficient that he is the can
didate of the party that proscribes ALL Whigs,
and would deprive them of every right or pri
vilege they hold dear, Let it be remembered
that in our State Government, not a Whig is
allowed to participate in the least degree !
That on our lines of improvements, created and
sustained by Whig taxes? Not a Whig is al
lowed either office or employment! Can Whigs
then lie down and kiss the rod that smites
them, sinless they really are "dead?" Will
they allow proscription and corruption to roll
over them like a flood, without resistance?—
When they are obliged to bear the chief bur
den of government and have candidates for of
fice, of unequalled personal Merit and capacity,
will they remain indifferent as to their success?
If not, it is time to prepare for the contest, and
make ready to meet their foes with that unity
and resolution that always forebodes success.
[Pennsylvania Telegraph.
Sale of the Public Works.
The following resolution was adopted by the{
Whigs of Crawford county, at a meeting held
by them in May, which was very effectively ad
dressed by Hon. John W. Farrelly, late Sixth
Auditor of the Treasury, at Washington :
Resolved, That wo would respectfully urge
open the people the importance of choosing le
gislators whe are in favor of the sale of the
public works; believing that such a course
would the best method of getting rid of the
oppressive taxes which are now levied, and re
dound to the credit and good name of the State.
In the hands of designing and unscrupulous
men, the State improvements have been a vast
political machine, full of bribery and corrup
tion, and it is high time that the people should
be heard denouncing such an engine of public
villainy and demanding an immediate remedy."
We have long-since been convinced that the
interest of the tax-payers demanded the sale of
the public works, as the only means of reliev
ing themselves of onerous burthens, imposed
to sustain them and feed the horde who are
eating out their vitals. We concur in the ar
ticle which we clip from tfie York Republican,
and shall take occasion to refer to the subject
again
"The recommendations of this resolution - are
of great practical importance. It is high time
that the public works of Pennsylvania should
be sold, and thereby the people be relieved of
the heaviest part of their load of taxation, and
the politics of the State be redeemed from the
corruption which has long been so gross and
supreme in their management. No matter
how much revenue they may produce, it will
all be absorbed by "expenses . ' The The tolls have
annually been increased, but the costs and
charges—the repairs, &c,—have advanced lost
as rapidly. The enormous sum of a ..million
and a half of dollars was appropriated by the
last Legislature just to keep the works in ope
ration, and yet we see the laborers employed
on the Allegheny Portage Railrood striking,
not for an increase of wages, but for the pay to
which they are entitled, and which has been
long mouths in arrear. What becomes of the
immense sums which are swallowed up by this
mielstroin no ane can discover from the official
reports; hut there is no doubt what ever that
they are expended in securing the election of
delegates to, and the nomination of candidates
by, Locofoco Conventions, and then carrying
those candidates over their Whig opponents.
In the meantime the workmen, who aro com
pelled to support the party in return for recei
ving employment, and being under duress are
no longer "freemen" in the sense of the Con.
stitution, are kept out of their pay, and a long
back-account of old debts as accumulated
against the State, for the next Legislature to
provide for. This has been the history of the
public works ever since they first went into op
eration, and it will combine to be their history
just as long as they remain in the hands of the
State, and are left under the control of intrigu
ing and selfish politicians. Now is a favorable
time to sell them. Let them he disposed of,.
and their price be applied to the reduction of
the State debt. Then, with the aid of Gov.
Johnston's muds abused Sinking Fund, a few
more years of taxation will bring Pennsylva.
nia out of the drag. Let him political watch
word this fall be, SUL, TRil PUBLIC
WORKS."
Bigler and Lowe.
The Lebanon ' Cottriecsays, there seems to
be suspicion that the correspondence between
(love. Lowe and Bigler was a pre-arranged
matter, and that Bigler's letter was not got up
merely, to satisfy Pennsylvania feeling on the
subject of the outrages that have lately been
committed against the State, with the under•
standing that the letter was to be the last of it.
If Bigler is playing this deceptive . game towards
his State, lie deserves and will receive the exe
cration of every honest 'man ; and his subse
quent course in the matter will show whether
or not lie acted in sincerity. If he is sincere,
having right entirely on his side, he will not
allow Lowe to triumph over Justice and over
our State.
On this subject, the York Republican re
marks :
The coolness with which Coy. Lowe refuses
to surrender the fugitives from justice because
a Chester County Jury are not to be trusted,
and because Judges Bell and Campbell, coun
sel for this State, agreed that the kidnappers
should riot be punished if the Baltimore Coun
ty Court would let, the stolen girls go' free, is
exceedingly refreshing. Nor is - the energy
with which Gov. Bigler pitches into Isis loco
foes brother less delightful, Re goes it with a
perfect rush, and unsuspicious, simple-minded
people—"lsraelites, in whom there is no guide"
—will no doubt really believe his Excellency
to be in earnest. He seizes upon the chance
to display as a friend of freedom and the op
pressed with a ravening appetite; and having
law, reason, justice, common sense, the consti
tution, judicial authority, executive precedent,
and the principles of humanity, all on his side,
he shows off, with the aid of his Attorney Gen
eral to stuff him from the Books of Reports, to
the most decided advantage. Yost would re
ally believe that he Was ready to swallow Gov.
Lowe whole, and to send Judge Bell and the
Ex-Attorney General, now Post Master Gener
al Campbell, forthwith to the Penitentiary to
punish them for "compounding a felony!"—
But the whole thing is a solemn farce, and the
entire matter a "fore-gone conclusion" between
the parties before ever this correspondence saw
the light. It is "a mere tub, thrown to the
whale" of public sentiment in Pennsylvania to
conciliate favor for Gov. Bigler, and to "gull
the simples," who can he led to believe that
bur Executive's seriousness is real, and his
letter a true thing. It is not only intended to
enable his friends tovapor and boast of his no
ble vindication of the' honor of the State and
devotion to the cause of impartial justice and
human freedom, when he comes before the peo
ple again as a candidate. Yet it is well un
derstood that Gov. Lowe would not surrender
the kidnappers—he had not surrendered them,
and don't intend to do On. Gov. Bigler may
flourish on paper, and that is all. The two
Governors exhibit the immense hypocrisy of
the whole affair when they express their anx
ious hope that this transaction may not disturb
the good feelings which exists between two
conterminous States I Why, of course not,
when both have locofoco Governors who can
get up such a pretty-show of feigned difference
between them—Maryland protects her hidnap
pers—the inviolability of the territory of Penn
sylvania remains unvindicated, except in words,
and her Governor is so desirous to keep-on
good terms with the insulter of her sovereignty!
Nobody did it !
Nobody dares to venture a denial of the facts
set forth by the operatives on the Portage Rail
road who struck for their wages; and yet ac
cording to the Locofoco party lenders and their
presses, the Canal Commissioners, the State
Treasurer, the Superintendent, and all the oth
er official dignitaries who could possibly have
a "linger in the pie," are verb models of honest,
honorable, faithful and fair servants of the peo
ple!! Some of them, it is true, rather incline
to impeach the Superintendent, others the State,
Treasurer, and others again the Canal Com
missioners, but, taken altogether, their assayer
ition is, that however the men were kept out
of the money, &e, no BODY ow IT!! That's a
case ain't it? Yet "Democrats" will swallow
it and vote accordingly, just as if it were no
"true as preaching."—Thl. Register.
To the Public,
I have on several occasions, been asked
what system of medicine I practiced, I studied
the Alopathy, or rather•the MM oral Practice
and the Eclectic. I use all the different kinds
of medicines with the excention of Calomel.—
I have never found use for that article. I
think that the day is not far distant when our
best Physicians will abandon the use of it al.
together. There are some Doctors that the use
of Calomel is the extent of their knowledge.—
They say, "great is thylmwer oh I Mercury I
then art our Samson, without thee we can do
nothing. Notwithstanding, we must confess,
that of thy modus operandi we know nothing;
yet thoulxt our Goliah. We know that thou
art a grd*lleprossor of the energies of life, but
still thou art our strong bower." Professor
Chapman, says: "The giving of Calomel, and
salivating, is horrible, unwarrantable quack-
A. P. FIELDS.
erS 6assville, July 20, 1853.
Broad Top Coal Field,
Since the adoption ofmeasures to construct
a railroad from the Broad Top mines to Hun
tingdon, and thus afford an eastward outlet for
their coal product, an agitation has been com
menced in tisvor of constructing a railroad from
Broad Top to Chambersburg, with a view to
securing the trade to the Cumberland Valley
Railroad, and thus giving Baltimore a chance
at it. As an argument, it is urged that from
Broad Top to Harrisburg by the Chambersburg
route would ho but 95 miles, whereas by the
Huntingdon route it will ho 129 miles. For
the Huntingdon route but 33 miles of new road
is required to bo constructed, while for the
Chambersburg route 45 miles would be requir
ed. When the Chambersburg and Allegheny
road is built, no doubt a branch will bo run
from it to Broad Top, and if a special road
should now be built from Broad Top to Chant
bushing, most of it will he used for the former
line when it is underttelcon. It is also argued
that, with such a road in operation, the Broad
Top mines would be nearer to Baltimore, Har
per's Ferry, Washington, etc., than those of
Cumborland, from which it is evident that efforts
will be made to obtain aid in Baltimore for the
project. If it should ho built, hut a small per.
tiou of road will then be necessary for the
Chambersburg and Allegheny Railroad Com
pany to construct, in order to complete their
entire chain.
SLAVE LABOR Ix VIRGINIA.-A correspon
dent of the Journal of Commerce, who has ta
ken a recent excursion on the Rappahannock
and about Fredericksburg, noticed that labor
appeared to be scarce and high, and a general
complaint in Virginia of the scarcity of labor—
owing to the emigration of so many proprietors
with their slaves. Good eradlers, whether
black or white, commanded readily two dollars
a day,—a high price in proportion to the low
rate of the produce market. Looking to the
character of the labor in the harvest, he was
struck to notice a great change within the last
thirty years. There is, among the slaves, more
of free black, and much more of white labor
than formerly. A few foreign laborers, Ger
man mid Irish, are now ensuing into the count
ry. It is very clear to him that the time is to
come, and is not very far off, when, in that part
of the country, slaves will be retained chsefly
for home servants, while labor in the field, as
well'as in all mechanical employments, will be
free, and, for the most part, white.
•-•
Mu. BUCHANAN GOING TO ENGLAND.-We
learn from private sources, but upon undoubt
ed authority, that the differences extensively re.
ferred to by the press as existing between the
Administration and Mr. Buchanan, have been
arranged, and that there will therefore be no de.
clination on his part. The misunderstanding .
which really did exist, was upon questions of
expedietiey, and these having been settled, we
believe, according to the views of Mr. 8., he
will leave for Europe in the couve of a few
wcelt4 at most.
The Empire Acoident.
The New York E;cning Express of Saturday
givc3 the following account of the collioion,
furnitthed by the Clerk of the Empire:
The accident occurred between one and two
o'clock, this morning, when off Clinton Point,
about 7 miles this side of Poughkeepsie. There
was no explosion of the boilers.
The steamer was rnn into by a sloop, name
not recollected. She struck the steamer on the
larboard side, just tbrward of the boiler, cut
ting a hole in the guard, and the boiler having
nothing to support it fell overboard.
The steamer immediately careened over on
her aide, about three rods from shore. in which
position she remained at last ao:ounfs, heading
up the river.
Exaggerated stories have been pot in circu
lation by different persons, as to the number
killed and injured, but are assured by the Clerk
of the steamer, Mr. Mallory, who came down in
the noon train, on the Hudson River R. R.,
that only two persons are known to he killed.
Mr. dashing, also Mr. Austin, an assistant
engineer was badly, but not dangerously scald
ed. Two Indian squaws, and two men, names
not known, were badly scalded, and taken to
Poughkeepsie. Several others are reported to
be very slightly scalded.
One was a Mr. Safford; he was formerly an
officer on the boat, and his father keeps the
Troy House ' near the Crystal Palace, and the
other was a fireman whose name is not known.
Peter V. Vasburgli, second Engineer, was
Blighty scalded. 'He was taken home to Hud
son.
The propellor Wyoming, sloop Austafford,
and another sloop came to the rescue of the
steamer as soot theaccident became known,
and rescued all the passengers and baggage.
(Most of the passengers came down in the
Hudson River cars, and a few returned to Al
bany by the Express train on the railroad.)
The injured persons were taken to the Ex ,
change Hotel, Poughkeepsie, at the residence
of Mr. Vensselaer, where every care was be
stowed upon then. When the accident first
became known, there was naturally a good deal
of excitement among the passengers.
And it is reported, but the clerk thinks with
out any foundation, that several persons in their
fright jumped overboard and were drowned.
From an extra Poughkeepsie Eagle, we have
the following, in addition :
Amone: the wounded are J. D. Scott, a book
pedlar, Edmund G. Sartan, second engineer,
and Mr. Cushing, third engineely
Charles Cushman, fireman; Mary Beedes, nod
Mary Wooster, Robert T. Cuttinghain, of New
Haven, badly scalded and leg bruises.
N. S. Bulitt, of Washington, D. C.. two deck
bands, Ames] James Johnston and Peter Van
Fealen; also G. Pitrritt, of New Jersey. All
of the above aro badly scalded, and probably
some seven or eight will die.
The boat is badly shattered, and her ma
chines,/ much injured.
It is stated that soon after the colision. one
of the steamer's boilers exploded, which was the
cause of the great loss of life.
The name of the boat is the Empire, not the
"Empire City."
Col. Fremont—Explorations of tho Con-
tral Rento n to the Pacific.
We have received intelligence of the arrival
of Co(. Fremont at Washington, from England,
where he has been incarcerated on account of
the debts contracted by him in order to equip
the men with whom ho made the conquest of
California. Our informant assures us that
Colonel Fremont has prepared himself with the
finest instruments for the purpose of prosecu
ting the survey of the central route for a rail
road to the Pacific. He proposes to start in
November, and thus to test the practicability
of the route during the season of snows. This
intelligence will be hailed with pleasure by the
people of Missouri, and the undertaking by
Col. Fremont of this survey during the fall and
winter snows shows the confidence he feels in
the practicability of the central route, and this
confidence shown by one so well acquainted
with the whole country as Col. Fremont, can
not fail to inspire a similar confidence in the
friends of the central route. We understand
that Col. Fremontundertakes this survey with- ,
out aid from the government; awn if so, it gives
him an additional claim to the gratitude of the
whole country.—St. Louis Dem.
ttM.We find in the Lynchburg Virginian
the particulars of an awful tragedy which was
pepetrated in Buckingham minty, last week.
We hope, for the sakeof the community, the
whole story is a fabrication. It appears that a
man named Shelton Ferrer displeased in some
way at one of his sons, who immediately seized
a double-barrel loaded gun and attempted to
shoot him. A brother interfered and under
took to wrest the gun from him when he was
shot down. Another brother made a renewed
effort to stop the madman which resulted i i the
same way—he was instantly killed. Tho Vir
ginian says:—"Our information direct and re
hable, but for that we would not be disposed to
believe that such a horrid and revolting - crime
could be committed in a civilized community."
gra- A Novel Dental Operation was lerform•
ed by Drs. Dauowsky and Barnes, of Allen.
town, one day last week. It was en less a feat
says the Democrat than the extraction of three
teeth or (wigs from the mouth of a largo rattle.
snake 13 years old. fir order to secure them.
selves from the possibility of injury from so
dangerous a subject, they administered chloro
form to his sualceship until he lay over quite
dead. They then held his mouth open with a
pair of pincers until an instrument could be
fastened upon his teeth, when they were cx.
tracted, apparently without arousing him from
Iris slumbers. This is the first time we ever
' heard ofehloreform being administered to a
snake for the purpose of an operation,
ger Robert Morris, Esq., one of the Clerks
in the Post Office Department., has been turn
ed out by Postmaster General Campbell. Mr.
Morris was a skillful officer and honorable
man—a grandson of the signer Declaration of
Independence. This iS a pucka and ungrateful
act on the part of Judge Campbell, who is so
blinded with party prejudice as to render his
course in removals from office actuallydisgrace
ful. Should not the near relative of the great
financier of the Revolution be entitled to some
consideration? But in the eyes of Judge Camp
bell the sin of being a Whig is unpardonable.
air A good, and, we believe, a new remark
occurs in the New-York correspondence of the
Savannah Courier. "Many of us," says the
writer," are apt to pity the poor most in the win
ter. To be without fire a cold day, and a warm
bed at night, is, indeed, an unhappy lot; but I can
not help thinking, poverty exposed to the heats
ofsummer, much more deserving commiseration.
Small, narrow rooms in stinking hotels, repul
sive sights and offensive smells, originating in
the decomposition of vegetable matter and filth
o fall kinds, and giving rise to every form of ;in
trill disease—such are the evils to which the
poorare subjected, when s the mercury is at nine
ty."
DS. ft is almost incredible, yet it in statiell
as a fact by the N. Y. Journal of Commerce,
that 41,000 Canary birds are annually impor
ted into this country, at a cost of sl7,36o—and
also 50,000 bushels of Canary seed, costing
sl3,soo—making a total of nearly $31,000.
b&b Common Schools, in Connecticut, are
in a flourishing condition. There are 1642 School
districts in the State, and 74,100 children, be
tween the ages of four and sixteen years atten
ding school in the winter season. The revenue
of the school fund is $143,693, and the rate for
each child $1,35.
AO" Senator GWIN Told menrber.McConwLE,
of California, fought a duel last month. They
tired three shots without scratching skin or
drawing blood, and then called their difficulties
settled. • That's a sonsibleway to fight a duel.
itsy Railroad laborers in 11littok 4.,tre now
MUCH IN LITTLE.
gEr. All that is good, is useful.
gre. Lovely moonlight rights are with us.
• nigh—tomatoes and potatoes, at the curs.
Er Be careful how you eat green fruit.
r Cats are musical; because they are all
fiddle strings inside.
ger The brick•work of the new Baptist
Church is completed. It looks well.
par The Washington Monument is now 132
feet high. •
g Deaths by heat are chronicled in all
parts of the matry.
Hundreds arc dying daily in Spain, from
starvation.
11%.There have been six executions in New
York, since the Ist of January last.
Igl.. The Crusaders took Jerusalem on the
15th of July, 1099.
Cr Brandy brands the noses of all those
who cannot govern their appetites.
dir The value of India gabber goods mainly
fuctured in this country amounts to $10,000,000
annually.
Cr Among the native productions which at•
tract universal ad i i piration in the Dublin,Exhi•
bition, is a very fine pig made of lard!
far A lad, or girl of fifteen years of age, may
be bought in the interior of Africa for four
yards of Manchester cotton: value sixpence.
ilk Have you much fish in your bag? ask
ed a person of a fisherman—"yes; there's a good
eel in it," was the rather slippery reply.
IlFr An autograph of Washington was sold,
n few weeks ago, is London, for the small sum
of twenty.six. shillings. London was the wrong
market.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT—a son of David Potts,
of Strasburg aged about 12 years, fell from a
mulberry tree, a few days ago, and broke both
his trms.—Lancaster IVhig.
1W The receipts of the Hudson River Rail
road, for the month of June, were, $94,978 79.
Same month 1852, $64,827 73. Increase, equal
to forty.six per cent., $30,151 06.
In— Governor Wood, of Ohio, bas resigned
the Gubernatorial chair, and accepted the con.
sulship to Valparaiso. Lt. Gov. MeDill be
comes the chief magistrate.
Aiu REPUBLICS GRATEFOI,?- , -Mount Ver•
non, the resting place of Washington, has been
sold to a joint stock company, and the grave of
Madison cannot be recognized.
GT A Western editor puts above the door
of his sanctum, "Lady visiters are requested to
go to the devil when they wish to Obtain an in•
terview with the editor."
IF i r There aro manufactured annually in
Massachusetts about 4,0( 0 030 pair of boots,
18,000,000 pair shoes; the whole valued at
$15,000,000.
A South American corre9pondent of the
Times lays it down "as an undeniable principle
that no Catholic ought to represent a Froths.
tart nation in a Catholic one.
Cr Maj. E. P. Hammond, formerly of Ha.
gersfown, occupies the place of collector of the
port of San Francisco. Ills salary and per
centage amount to upwards of $25,000.
gir One of Queen Victoria's state balls, it is
said, causes an expenditure of half a million of
dollars fol dresses and jewels. The London
tradesmen, therefore, approve of state balls,
flir The largest plate of glass in' America,
10 by 9 feet, was broken on Tuesday, as the
workmen were setting it in the window of a
Broadway Restaurant, N. V. It cost $lO3O.
Cr The city f Bremen is about to send ablock
of German marble for the Washington Mona.
most. It will bear the inscription :—"To
Washington, the great, the good, the last, from.
friendly Bremen.".
RESIONATION.—Gen. Joseph Lane has re•
signed the office of Governor of the Territory of
Oregon, having been re•nominated by - the'Demw
crats as Congressional Delegate. lie has al•
ready taken the stump.
BIRTH PLACE OF HENRY CLAY FOR SALE—
the farm known as "Clay-Spring," in Hanover
county, Va., and upon which the orator and
statesman, Henry City was born, is offered for
sale by its present owner; Mr. William B. Dab.
nay.
ski Very large wedding-cakes, and exceed.
ingly long trains of bridesmaids, are now tho
fashion in Europe. Two hundred pounds is by
no means and extraordinary weight for the
cake, and twelve is not an uncominou number
of bridesmaids.
'A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper
says he saw, the other day, in a pile, in thu
basement of a grocery store in that pace, a
collection of six or eight hundred toads. It iv
stalest that they, or the oil from them, is one of
the ingredients of a new rheumatic ointment.
Mr. At the late Woman's Rights Convention
a resolution was reported and laid over fu the
next meeting, that if justice was not fully done
the ladies, and soon, then they would atop the
population of Elsie country! "Angels and min
isters of grace defend us!" They'll have us
there!
WA country fellow Caine to the city to see
his intended wife and for a long time could
think of nothing to say. At last a great snow
falling, ho took occasion to tell that his father ' g
sheep would be undone. "Well," said she
kindly, tithing him by the hand, keep ono
of them."
GETTYSBURG ItAILROAD.—At a recent meet.
ing of the directors of the Gettysburg Railroad,
James G. Reed, Esq.,. was elected Secretary,
and John H. McClellan Treasurer. Prof.
Haupt, Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad,has undertaken to survey the
several routes.
DEATH OF A STRANGER—II gentleman from
kitew Orleans, by the name of E. W. Diggs,
was found dead in bed at Capon Springs, Va.,
of consumption, on Friday morning last. Ito
had with him a very large sum—s3o,ooo or
$40,000, principally in drafts, certificates of de
posit°, &c., all of which was duly taken care of.
He was buried at Winchester.
TUE IMMORTALITY OF GENIUS—in the ad
dress of BENJ. 11. BREWSTER, Esti., delivered.
last week, at Princeton, before the American
Whig and Cliosopltie Societies, he said--"If
you wish to know what public fame is, remem
ber that the long line of Roman Consuls and
Grecian Magistrates, is now forgotten, while
Hoop, a slave, Socrates a mechanic, and Hor
ace, the son of a freedman, are immortal."
sir Another Stray Japanese Sailor has been
picked up inset% by nn American ship; the Em
ma Packer, and carried into Sait Francisco.—
He was taken from the Japanese junk Yatha.
nwoo, in latitude 38 dog. 50 min. N., longi
tude 158 deg. 40 min. W., being the last survi
vor of the crew. Ilia name is Doe-yee noskee,
and he is about twenty-two years old. When
found lie had soak down inn state of torpor
11.0 in exlia.timi, in consequence of th,