( A)untiii 3 Oon fiurnal.
WILLIAM BREWSTER,
EDITORS,
SAM. G. WHITTAKER.
Wednesday Morning, August 12,1857,
“Once more our glorious banner out
Unto the tweeze we throw ;
lieneuM its Aids with song and shout
We'll charge upon the foe.”
FOR UOVERNOR,
DAVID WILMOT,
FOR CAUL COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
OF TUILADELMILL
FOR SUPREME JUDGES,
JAMES VEECH,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
OF CHESTER COUNTY.
litir The Camp Meeting of thor Hill
Circuit will be held on the old grolrear Ma
nor Hill, commencing on the 2lst of August.
g Peterson's Magazine for September is
before us. The engraving of the "Milkmaid"
is grand, and the reading, as usual, interesting.
Published by C. B. Peterson, Philadelphia, at
the extraordinary low price of $2 per year.
ADMITTED.—On Monday last, on motion of
A. W. Benedict, Esq., E. H. Miles, of this
borough, was admitted to practice in the soy
eral Courts of this district. Mr. Miles passed
a most creditable examination. We predict
for him a brilliant future.
Wo have only room to give the Ticket
nominated by the Union Convention, in this is•
sue:—Assembly, Col. Wharton; Prothonotary,
Jas. E. Glasgow ; Register, dm., H. Glazier ;
Treasurer, P. Lane ; Commissioner, G. W.
Matteru ; Director of the Poor, Perry Moore ;
Auditor, Philip Stevens. J. S. Stewart recei•
veil the Senatorial Conferees. Proceedings in
our next.
.11Cr The ceremony of laying the corner
stone of the German Reformed Church, was
witnessed by a great concourse of people, in
this place, on Saturday afternoon last. Rev.
S. H. Reid delivered an address on the occa
sion, which, we are free to say, we have seldom
heard equalled—it is unnecessary for us to add
thilaoysyscm,...ajl have over had the
that he stands unrivaled. The proceedings
passed off very pleasantly.
bar The elections in the Southern Stales
have resulted in sweeeing victories of the De.
mocratie party. In Kentucky they have elec.
ted a State Treasurer, eight of the ten men,
hers of Congress, and a majority of the Legisla•
lure. The latter secures the election of a Do.
moerat to the U. S. Senate, to succeed John
It. Thompson, Whig. In Alabama the Demo
erotic candidate for Governor has been elected
without opposition, and all their candidates fur
Congress. The same party has carried five out
of the eight members in North Carolina.
War The Locofocos have suddenly discover
ed that it very improper for a candidate (or
Governor to take to the stump in an election
eering canvass. With all their boasting of
Gen. Packer's talent and eloquence, they
are afraid to permit him to enter the lists a.
gainst Judge Wilmot, in discussing the impor.
taut principles at issue in the approaching
struggle. The Pennsylvanian, a few days ago
was especially severe in denouncing the prac
tice, but unfortunately for its consistency, the
very same number contained a notice that
Gen. P. would soon address a Mass Meeting of
Locofocos in Clarion county t The people, af•
ter this dodge, will have no difficulty in seeing
where the shoe pinches.
Is A - NEGRO A C trues ?—The case of Mit
chell (colored) vs. Lamer, (white) iu the U. S.
Circuit Aiourt, at Chicago, was decided on the
14th inst. Mitchell, residing at Galena, 111,
sues Lamar, of Wisconsin, for damages com
mitted upon his person iu a brutal assault.
The plea of the defence wee, that Mitchell, be
ing a negro, is not a citizen of the U. Stalest
and could not therefore bring a suit before a
United States Court. Much interest was man
ifested in the result. Judge McLean held,
itidge Drummond concurring, that the plain
tiff had never been a slave, nor a descendant
front slave ancestry, and the presumption was
that he was a citizen of Illinois. and come
quently entitled to sue in the Federal Courts.
So negroes are citizens, the Dred Scott deci
sion to the contrary notwithstanding, and can
sue and be sued in the Federal Courts.
go- The Ohio defalcation is now definitely
ascertained by the official examination of the
books of the Auditor and Treasurer, at Colum•
bus, to have amounted to $728,691 01 on the
13th of June, 1857, of which it is proven that
John G. Breslin, the former Democratic State
Treasurer, was the defaulter; as, of more than
one million of dollars which he took from the
treasury, he only returned $353,000. It is,
however. said that, for a portion of the deficit
mentioned, Breslin subsequently furnished de
preciated bank paper amounting to $154,636 31
leaving the State loser outright to the tune of
$574.854 65. Gibson, the lute Republican
Treasurer, claims tLat instead of b.ing in ar
rears on his own account, he has a balance of
$16,000 due him by the State, and there can
be little doubt that he became the victim of a
desire to screen his relative, Breslin. The lat.
ter has fled to IVindsor, Canada, where his fa.l
mily has joined him. A rumor having reached
him that a Cincinnati policeman would be sent
to secure his arrest, he armed himself thorough
ly with pistols, r es, etc., to resist. It is said
that it will be i rnpossible torecover any of the
money lost through him.
.
Muss Among Ye "Dead Rabbits."
"How now, you secret, black and midnight hags
What jet you do ?
Saturday last was a day long to be remem•
bered and will be sorely felt by the Locofoco
"Dead Rabbits." It witnessed the complete
rout of one wing of the "unterriGed" and the
triumph of another. At an early hour the lea
ders of the immaculate "Dead Rabbits" began
drumming up their forces, to elect delegates—
and as it was rumored that opposition to or in
favor of a sale of the public works, would be
made an issue in the election of said delegates,
a lively time generally was expected. Two del
egates who were in favor of the sale were elect
ted over two oppositionists, by a most trium
phant majority—the vote standing GO to G.
During the progress of the election, several
pugilistic demonstrations were made by two of
the leaders of the rival factions, resulting, how
ever, in no sakes damage. The "talking"
was "orful," and we ate told that one of the
beligerents became intensely poetical, and
waving a billet of wood over his head, a /a Ted•
dy the Tiler, burst forth with a
"Phillaboo, Hullaboo, whack, hurrah !
Fight away, tear away—Erie go bragh I"
Not to be outdone, however, his opponent, ex
tending the "right arm of the Democratic par
ty of Huntingdon county" towards him, an
swered in the language of Kingsley—
.41irelingonammonite, pedant and knave,
Crawl to your muskrat hole ! —sneak to your
grav'e."
Further trouble was stopped by the friends of
the pugilists. This is another example of that
harmony which the Locofocos would fain have
us believe exists it: their ranks. Who denies
that they are "split all round V'
Thus it will be seen that the "Dead Rabbits"
endorse the sale of the pubiie works, by a very
extraordinary vote. Can they consistently en
dorse Wm. F. Packer, their candidate for Gov
ernor, knowing him to have been bitterly oppo
sed to the sale; knowing him to be a public plun
derer, a "canal robber"; knowing him to have
become rich at the expense of over.burthened
tax payers. We shall see. But if there is any .
honor or consistency remaining in the party,
'they will spurn this aristocratical nabob, who
has not the coursge to meet the champion of
truth, David Wilmot, for fear his plunderings
would be exposed.
From Kansas.
The collection of the taxes imposed by the
Territorial Legislature, is reported to be the
main object or Governor Walker's dernonstra•
tion against Lawrence. No taxes have over
been paid, though it is now three years since
the territory was opened. These taxes are its
posed by a Legislature never lawfully elected,
and will go to pay the expenses of the grossest
- - usurpation ever perpetrated in the United
States. The lion. A. G. Brown, of Mississip
pi, is reported as having said in a peech at
Yazoo, that he heard it from the President's
own lips, that this thing of squatter sovereign
ty was one of the most damnable heresies that
ni ear, bcfotemihNitgrillnuthgtgiVelh
thing undone to throttle it. Mr. B. had told
the speaker this in all sincerity, and he believed
him. Ile had no doubt but teat Walker's ap.
',ointment will be cancelled.
A correpoinlent of the Boston Traveller,
writing from Osawkee, ander date of July 18th
says:
"An instance or the manner in which justice
is dealt out to free State men in pro slavery
districts, occurred at Tecumseh yesterday.—
' Henry Boynton, a free State man who lives
seven miles from that town, is surrounded by
pro.slavery neighbors, who have attempted to
drive him from his claim. One, named Adayns,
has been especially offensive, and on three se•
veral occasions has attempted to shoot Boynton,
without any previous assu nit having been made
upon him. Boynton had bins arrested and ta
ken before the United States Commissioner at
Tecumseh, and although he made out a clear
MC, the Commissioner refused to hold Adams
over on any serious charge, but simply placed
both parties under $5OO bonds to keep the
peace. During the trial, Mr. Newstm (the
Territorial prosecuting attorney, elected by the
bogus Legislature) pronounced Boynton a
d—d liar. After its conclusion, Boynton as
ked ass explanation of the language, when he
repeated it, .d at she same instant struck bins
spots the head with a bowie knife, inflicting a
wound upon the temple from two to three in
ches long. Boynton, though blinded by the
blow, bad sufficient strength left to knock
Newsom through an open deer, into an adjoin.
ing office ; but he was instantly set upon by the
bystanders, including Adams, who had been
pieced under bonds to keep t h e peace not five
minutes belt., and was compelled to flee for
his life. He has gone to Lawrence as the only
place of safety in the vicinity, for a few days.
The Old State Canals,
The Philadelphia Evening Argos says it is
understood that the Union Canal Company are
negotiating with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, for the purchase of the line of the
State Canal train Columbia to Pittsburg, re.
costly sold by the State, and that capitalists
largely interested in the Union canal and the
Schuylkill Navigation are disposed, if the line
can be obtained at their rate, to invest largely
in the effort to make this water route to the
West efficient and productive, as we have little
doubt it can be. The negotiations, as yet,
have assumed no positive shape, but it is un
derstood to be the desire of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to keep the whole line open
and their propositions as to terms and the reg
ulations in reference to freight passing over
the mountains, &e., are understood to be quite
liberal.
The company desire naturally, to devote
their whole energies to make thefr now contin•
tutus line of railway from Philadelphia to
Pittsburgh in the highest degree productive
and efficient in meeting the requirements of
trade and travel, and it is not doubted that in
the hands of a single management, distin•
guished for intelligence and experience, this
great central route will be able to defy all cow•
petition and realize the design of its projee.
tor. Nor will the keeping open of the line of
canal in any way injure, but rather, advantage
the business of the road. There appears to
be Iberality in the propositions submitted on
both sides, and we hope to see the pending ne.
gatnations result satisfactorily.
for The American Republican delegate
meeting in this borough, was harmonious. The
delegates were elected by acclamation.
Another Horrible Tragedy in Chester
County.
About the 10th of July a mon named William
Baugh and a colored man were hay-making in
West Pikeland township, with a slight prove
cation, the former ran the pitchfork several
times into the latter, not, however, wounding
him dangerously. The black man made com
plaint before a magistrate, when a warrant was
issued for Baugh's arrest. M. Moses, the con
stable, tried to persuade him to submit to an
arrest, but he said he would not be taken, but
he would kill any man who might attempt it.
Word was sent to West Chester, when consta
ble Lynch. who is not a very able bodied man,
deputized Milton Layman to assist him; they
arrived at the house of Baugh on Saturday
morning last, about six o'clock and found him
at his wood pile with a sharp axe in his hand.
He told them at once that he would not be ta
ken, hut would kill the first man who should
touch him. Lynch, the constable, read his
warrant and corntnanded Layman to seize him
when 13augh who had bsen standing with the
axe uplifted, brought it down on the neck and
shoulders of Layman, making a gash nearly
three inches deep I The wounded man in an
instant took a revolver from Lynch's hand and
and fired at the villain, but the ball glanced
from the axe helve and only grazed his shoe!.
der. Baugh rushed at the deputy again, when
be was seized around the arms by Lyt.ch. and
the whole party were borne to the earth togeth
er. After a desperate struggle they succeeded
in hand-culling and getting him into the light
wagon, when they started fur Lionville, two
miles off. After proceeding for some distance,
Layman finding his strength failing from loss
of blood, told his companion that he must get
other help to secure his prisoner, when the ma
nacled desperado seized the opportunity of at
tempting to force Lynch from the wagon, when
the latter drew his pistol ; Baugh seized it, and
after a desperate struggle between the three
for the weapon, Lynch succeeded in discharg
ing it at the temple of Baugh, who fell over
and expired in about an hour afterwards.
Baugh is noted in the; neighborhood as a
desperate character, although a man of some
property; indeed, he was so well known that
the first officer was afraid to arrest hint ; and a
black man who was summoned to assist, about
the time he was shot, was also afraid to inter
fere against him.
The axe in descending on the wounded man,
cut through 16 thicknesses of cloth, splitting
slightly the jugular vein, and during the strug
gle Baugh thrust his hand into the wound,
greatly increasing the hemorrhage. Layman
lies in a very low condition, though the doctors
think he may recover if serious inflammation
does not ensue.
The officers are worthy of all praitiO4iteir
conduct being universally justified.
The Illustrated Gymnasium.
- - -
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Tama, M. D., now being published by Fow.
PF R ..:Mna s i. T Fa v ot Y lifi l fre ale 1118i l frign:
presses; for it contains not only an exposition
of Gymnastics proper, but also the applies,
tines of Gymnastic, Calisthenic, and Vocal
Exercises to the decelopement of the whole
body, the proper training of weak and stereo.
tire organs, and to the cure of disease.
All departments or the work are profusely
illustrated will; engravings. It is a book for
the Individual. the Family, the Club, and the
School. It will be completed in two numbers.
Price, for the work complete, $1,25. Address
Pewter and Wells, 308 Broadway, New York.
More Help.
The Tamaqua Casette, heretofore neutral,
has come out for Wilmot and the Union Tick.
et. A new paper recently established is the
same place, called the Sentinel, also runs up
the Wilmot flag. There are now about one
hundred Wilmot papers in the Commonwealth
embracing all the political journals in tie
State that are not either Locottico out right,
or playing into the hands of Packer bi• the
support of the llaz.lenut ticket.
Opposed to the Sale.
The liarri;il;nrg Union, on being intcrroga•
ted by the Telegraph, respecting the pusition
of Gun. Ricker apse the bill fur the sale
of the Main Line of the Public Works, says it
has the best authority for declaring that Gen.
P. was unempromising opposed to the count.
meet of the Legislature of 185 i ,, authorizing
the sale; and that he believed it tmcoastittt•
tional and an outrage. The great mass of the
people of the State, who rejoice that the Main
Lino has been sold, should malts a note of
this.
The Next Congress.
The Congress which is to assemble in Da•
comber; will be in the hands of National Ad•
ministration. As (or as elections have been
held, the condition of parties stands, 91 Re.
publicans, 78 Democrats, 2 South Americans,
and 3 vacancies. The States yet to elect are
all Southern, and will of course return Anti.
Republican members. They number 60,
which added to 78 Democrats, as above slated,
would give a total of 138, and with the vacan
cies, 140 on a party contest.
Toe SALE OF TUE LINE—TUE TRANSFER—
TUE •DEND TIIEREVOIL—The Deed conveying
the Main Line of the Public itnprevernents to
the Pennsylvania Railroad company has been
signed by the Hon. A. G. Curtin Secretary of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This
will be 11(1 news to the honestly disposed cit.
izens. State has, as is well known, spent
an enormo s amount of money on these itn•
provernents, and by mismanagement lost large
sums of money.
We kayo no doubt that the Stockholders
will new receive some profit from the large in.
vestments they have made, for some of our
most skilful business men are connected with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
On Thursday last, the 30th of July, the
State debt was reduced, by the payment on
the part or the Company of the sum of seven
and a half millions of dollars—that amount
having been paid to the State Treasurer, and
the money is to be applied to reducing the
State debt. The Company will of course pay
interest on the bonds, which will reduce the
State debt to that extent.
entil Notts;
A cuiers awing ye takin' notes,
And faith, he'll yrent it.
Ser Musical—The 'song of the reapers.'
Sira- President Buchanan Is visiting Bedford
Sprin gs.
Eir Mrs. Cunningham's next confinement
will be in the "Tombs" prison.
utga.. Hon. James C. Dobbin, Secretary of
the Navy under Gen. Pierce, is dead.
gar Voters, remember that Wm. F. Packer
bitterly opposed the sale of the public works.
fl Gov. Walker has withdrawn his troops
from Lawrence. •‘The king of France," Ste.
Se - The people can't sleep in some parts of
our county on account of the racket made by
the growing corn.
KO' A young lady, a seamstress, residing in
York, Pa., died in that place last week, from
eating ice cream.
siZir Arrived—The glo . ocklebar" season.--
Berries scarce and prices steep—considerable
more than 'lmp a quart."
fie" There are 753 cases at issue on the tri.
al list fur August term of Court in Luzerne
county. What a community.
Skilr The store of our friend Ceissinger, in
West Huntingdon, was broken open last Friday
night and considerable amount of property sto
len. The thief has not been detected.
Ile' Prof. Shaw, of Texas, soya that sweet
oil if taken in liberal doses, is a successful an•
tidoto to srychnine. Gentlemen who drink
strychnied whiskey, will make a sore mit.
Ear Sensibhi I—A friend suggests that the
man who will pay three dollars a bushel for
new potatoes, and 60 cents a dozen for cumin,
hers, insist have more dollars than cents 1
6eV.- A number of members of a Methodist
corgregation' in Indianapolis have withdrawn
from it on amount of the old fashion of seating
males and females ou separate scats having
been abandoned.
Ur' Thomas J. Rusk, United States Sena
tor from Texas, committed suiePe in that
State on the 29th ult., Sy shouting himself
through the head with a rille. The cause is
not mentioned.
.111 , :sy. The Canal Department of the Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company, has been placed
under the charge of W. 13. Foster, Jr., Vice
President, as General Superintendent T. H.
Dupny, Engineer, and D. L. Mitchell, Esq.,
Secretary and Auditor.
tar John Reek, late of Marion township,
Centre county, has met with an untimely death
in Kansas, whither he went some six or eight
weeks ago. He was shut in an affray on the
4th of July. This; vill ho sad intelligence to
his friends in Centre county.
! - The friends of Slavery are :Adopting nc•
tive measures to make Oregon a Slave State.
Under President Palk's administratipa. slavery
Locotocoism nas
end so rapidly in the cause of Slavery since
then, that those who profess it now, endeavor
to spread the "institution" into all our terri
tories. •
fOr Eta Riles Frauenzimmer.—ln Jeßer•
son, Mo., befindet rich gegenwartig ein 22 Jahr
fates Frauenainner, wulehe 580 Pim! weight
Sin ist nor 5 Fuss 1 ZOll heck, and hat dater
nicht weneg ihr vieles Fleisch here inn
zutragen. Fiele Herren shut der Meynung,
dass die Gestalt dieser Dame keines Reilruelies
lied uri. •
/2tiir The Blair County Whigsays President
Buchannu has appointed B. T. C. Morgan, of
Pittsburg, att 'lntense Americas," and one of
the principal 'aside door' supporters of Fillmore
last year, to the lucrative ollice of Postmaiter
at Omaha City. Nebraska. Thus has treachery
been further rewarded. What do honest Straight
Americans think of it?
b•" A fire occurred at Johnstown, Pa., mail
Saturday evening a wet+, which destroyed pro
perty to the amount of $50,000, prineipnllyin•
sued. The extensive Iron Works and Bolling
Mill of Wood, Morrell it Cu., sustained the
grcalest loss. The damage to the works it is
thought fan be repaired in time to re-commence
operations in September.
Se' There resides in Hollidaysburg a lady
whom all our readers must admit to be a full
woman, entire and complete, independent of
cotton, crinoline hoops, or any such shams.—
She weighs only 286 pounds—is 27 years of
ago—has been 16 years married, and has 18
children I—having borne twins twice. She is
in fine health strong in proportion to her weight
and can curry a cargo upon her head that we'd
break dawn the shoulders of half the men we
meet. So speaks the Register.
OW. We hope that our friends throughout
the county will gird on the armor and get to
work in good earnest for the State and County
ticket. To arms !To arias Iye brave.
Now, now, the dangerous morm is rolling
Which treacherous men confederate raise;
The dogs of war, let loose, are howing,
And to I our fields and cities blaze ;
And shall we basely view the ruin,
While ruffian force with guilty stride,
Spreads desolation far and wide,
With crimes and blood his hands embraing.
Oar A despatch received from Lawrence,
dated August 3, states that most iniquitous
apportionment for the October Territorial else.
tint, has been made ; nineteen counties having
only three representatives, while iburteen coon
ties have thirty-six." Troops arc to be detain.
ed to guard the "bogus" officers of the elec
tion. The emigration of this year is not to
vote. Govqrnor Walker has turned over the
job of making apportionments to the President
and Speaker of the first "bogus" Legielatute.
£l An unusually brutal prize-tight between
two Philadelphia bruisers took place in Canada
On Saturday afteipoon, for $l,OOO a aide. Up.
wards of one hundred and fifty rounds were
fought, the fight lasting about three hours.
Fifteen or twenty fights were going on : at the
time putside the ring, and drunkenness was al
most universal. Religion seems to have en
tered somewhat into the affair, one of the par.
tics to the fight being a Catholic and the other
a Protestant Irishman.
Poison—Tea—The Chinese.
Much apprehension iq felt among the tea
drinkers, lest the Chinese who hate all foreign.
ere, and at present have especial cause to hate
English, for their unjust aggression, should
poison all the tea and other articles of luxury,
for which the world is dependent on them. It
is knoWn that the administration of poison is
their favorite mode of effecting their revenge.
It is also known that they have already tried
in that manner to wreck their vengeance on
the English (including all foreigners) since the
working out of the hostilities between them
and the English. While it is almost irration
al to suppose that any nation—the Chinese
even—however insulted, injured, oppressed, by
any nation, would run the risk of running its
foreign commerce forever, by poisoning all its
exports, which are brought by the civilized
nations of the north, just to revenge a wrong
committed by one nation ; yet caution admon
ition, especially when coming from such a din.
tinguished source as the London Timm, should
not lightly be passed over. We therefore give
for idiot it is worth, the following short'extract
from that journal
"Is there anybody foolish enough to suppose
that the Chinese will not poison every box or
chest of ten, preserved ginger, sweet-meats,
chow.chow'
'
marmalade or anything else flint
is exported for the use of foreigners'? We be.
liens honestly and- truly that the destruction of
human life in this country and America from
the use of poisoned tea, will he the most fearful
calamity that ever Visited the two countries in
thin century. It will kill more people in Eng
land than were killed in the Crimes. It will
destroy mote hoot on life in the U. States than
one wars, the yellow fever, or the cholera.
People continue to,-drinli tea, and think there
is no danger ! It will be a fatal mistake. Wait
until the cargoes of ten now en the way to our
ports are landed. Those who dream we shall
escape poisoned tea, had better peeserve the
extracts front the Times. We him no doubt
our warning, articles about tea will save thou.
sands of lives in this country. We wish all
wuuld take warning in time."
The End Draws Nigh.
Under this caption the Times ;peaks blunt.
ly of the ultra American movement. It says
that sines the southern twelfth section was a•
dopted in its platform, the party has declined
in strength; until now it is utterly broken both
North and t outh. Almost all thnt wns essen•
tial and vital in its strength, has gone over in
the North, to the Republican party. The de•
feat of Mr. Fillmore was the signal for a gene
ral stampede to those who still adhered to its
fallen fortunes. In the South, its remaining
strength is fast oozing away. The election in
Kentucky evinces clearly that there is no more
hope for it even upon its chosen soil. What
prospect is there, then, of its resuscitation into
a national party ? There in none—there can
be none.
Where,then, will the honest portion of those
now go who have still clung fondly to it? They
must seek some new affiliation. They cannot
remain isolated. Those who prefer Democrat.
is principles to thostrof Republicanism, will go
thither. But those who desire to see fairly what
was substantial in the doctrines of their putty,
carried out, will, at least in Pennsylvania, rally
to the support of Wilmot:
THE CANVASS DECLINED-PACKER BACKED
OUT !--Gen. Packer the Democratic midi.
date for Governor of Pennsylvania has declined
to canvass the State in company with Judge
Wilmot. Packer referred Wilmot's lour to
the Democratic State Central Committee, who
upon consideration, declined snatching a dis•
cussiun of the slavery issues.
Just as everybody expected—his party
views on the subject wont bear discussion be..
fore the people. Here is his letter.
Williamsport lit., fulp 27, 1857.
Hou. D. Wihnot—Dear Sit,--Your letter
of the Li inst., W. duly received; and as it
proposed it plan fur conducting the 0 übernitto
riot Campaign which has hitherto been adopted
iu P , nnsylvania, and on the interests of other
candidates were involved in the result, I did
not feel at liberty to accept to your proposition
without first consulting the St ate Committee
to which the Democratic Convention has on
its part specially confided the control and
management of the canvass.
You will receive herewith a copy of my let
ter !o the Committee, as also their reply, by
which you will perceive that your suggestion
dues not meet their approval, and that, for
reasons stated at length, I ought not to secede
to your proposition. It is therefore respectful•
ly declined.
I am, your, truly, Wm. F. PACKER,
Stir Mrs. Cunningham, who figured in the
Burdett murder 'case, has been arrested in
New York city on a charge of felony, connected
with the fictitious birth of an heir to the Buz.
dell case. The contemplated fraud was made
known to the District Attorney by her medical
adtfiser, and measures were taken to detect and
expose her design. tinder the counsel of the
officer mentioned, the doctor feigned compli•
once with Mrs. Cunningham's plot, and proton.
ded to have found a "California widow" who,
being about to become a mother, desired to
dispose of her child. Mrs. Cunningham ea
gerly seized upon this, and undertook to get ill.
The doctor borrowed a child from the Belleville
Hospital, and it was sent to the boom in Bond
street, where the denoument took place on
Monday noon. There Mrs. Cunningham took
it with a motherly affection, in the presence of
a nurse and her former physician. Dr. Catlin.
In the midst of the proceedings the police
marched in and arrested all the ',fifties Dr.
Catlin and the nurse were taken to the police
station house; but Mrs. Cunninghan, still
feigning to be ill from her acoucheinent, was
allowed to remain in her chamber under the
surveillance of the police.
Se' The Clearfield Journal has a story of a
panther •vhich is prowling about that neighbor.
hood, attacking cattle, &c.
A FEMALE In MALE ATTlRE.—Catharine
Craw has been arrested in Oswego, N. Y., for
being in male attire. Catharine, it is stated,
has lived in Oswego, some nix months, nll tho
time in the employ of Mr. Jones, fruit dealer,
as an errand boy, etc., and has been noted for
her honesty, modesty, industry and general
good behavior. She says she has been in male
attire, fur three years, and assumed the dress
in order to earn bo i ler wages than she could
get as a girl ; and she had succeeded in laying
up a little money. She is aged t 9, and a dirk
knife was found upon her person, which she
states she carried for the purpose of defending
herself, should her sex ever have been disco,
ered, and no attempt made to trifle with her
honor,
Huntingdon County Entitled to the Sena•
Mcnonni EDITORS
As the conference will soon assemble to
place in nomination a candidate for Senator of
the District composed of Huntingdon, Bedford,
and Somerset, it is proper to any a word in re•
lotion to the incontestible claims of Hunting.
don county to the nominee. In 1811, thirteen
years ago, John Morrison, of Huntingdon coml.
ty was elected Senator from Bedford and Hun.
tingdon counties, and Alexander King, of
Bedford minty was elected from the seine din.
trict, (Blair being then a separate county in.
eluded therein) in 1847. Another apportion
ment was then made which constituted Hun.
tingdon, Blair and Cambria counties a Senate.
rial District, and R. A. MeMurtrie was elected
to represent it in 1850. In 1853 Cambria
county furnished the Whig nominee, but he
was defeated by Jelin Cresswell of Blair. Last
fall Huntingdon was considered clearly entitled
to the candidate but was again passed by. A
new apportionment of the State was made last
winter, which constitutes Huntingdon, Bedford
and Somerset a district; and as Bedford does
not claim the candidate, (having had two sena
tors, since Huntingdon had one—one of whom
Mr. Jordan, has just gone out of office) the
contest lies with this county and Somerset.
Now, which of those two have the strongest
claim? Somerset had a Senator who went
out of office three years ngo. She has furnish
ed Conzressmen, Senators and Judges to all
districts with which she has been connected
for many years back.
Bet further she is now connected with Hun.
tingdon in a Congressional District, the latter
having had one term in the person of Dr. John
McCulloch, and she having two terms in the
person of John H. Edie. In all the district
nominations, where other counties presented
candidates to her voters, 'Huntingdon county
stood manfully by tham, and cast her votes
with unfaltering fidelity. Site feels now that
reciprocity and the courtesies usually extended
by county to county in the harmonious arrange•
menu of their path ical affairs, when forming
district, requit, that she should have the can
didate at this thee. JUSTICE.
ror We heartily endorse the sentiments
emtained in the above. We should and must
have the State Senator.
Zit- The People's Advocate, sty county
says that Mr. John Shaffer, hitherto a firm
and reliable Democrat of New Buffalo, has
been dismissed from the Foremanship of the
Susquehanna Canal from the Junction to
Northumberland, to make room for a raw Irish
Roman Catholic, named Holland. Holland is
one of tl.e last imp l / 4 ations of Archbishop
Hughes from Irelatid, and is not yet a natural.
ized citiz.n. Thy, people of that section in.
dignitatly remoustrated against the conduct of
Supervisor Elliott, in removing Mr. Shaffer, a
native Deriver:it, in order to get an billet) for a
raw foreigner, hot Mr. Elliott replied that
when he wan appoieied Surervieor he prornin•
ea we I'emoerutic Canal Commissioners the
privilege of filfintihis office of Mr. Shaffer.—
Henry S. Mutt, the critter wife) attempted to
defeat the sale of the public works, appointed
Holland and turned oat Shaffer. Here is an•
other evid, n e in.our midst of the preference
the Denmer..ey have fur Roam Catholics over
Protestant Democrats. Huns for the Pope
and the. Canal Commissioners. The Pope is
a .e.id in Perry
lEirJolin H. Stringfellow, the fatuous pre
slavery leader in Knneac, publishes a letter in
the Letuotrat, saying that in January last the
proslavery puny in Kansas abandoned it or•
ganization ; that at that time a national Demo.
credo party oat organized in the Territory,
and nominated as its eittollillite for Congress,
ex• Governor Ransom, of Michigan, who, he
says, hod never before taken any part in Kale
sea politics, and who is not a pro slavery man
nor the candidate of the pre•slavery party
The whole tone qd the letter, emsidering the
party addressed, is significant that Stringfellow
himself no longer cares a button fur slavery.
Letters from Kansas say that in consequence
of the fears that the overwhelming preponder
ante of Free Stat., men in the Territory will
induce them to break up by force the Constitu
tional convention at Lecompton, and also . to
ta..e possession of the election polls in October,
the United States troops are to he quartered at
all the prominent points to protect the pro.slin
very officials.
The new apportionment of Kansas Territory
fog members of the Legislature is published in
the western papers. On examining our map,
we find it fully justifies the telegraphic accounts
characterizing it as intended to disfranchise
the Free State men.
Another Mob in Kentucky.
A Mintaler Dragged out of the I ttlidt while
Preaeholg.—Cunanina, Rockcastle Co., Ky.,
July 22.—Last Sunday, as Rev. John G. Fee
was preaching., at this place, an armed mob
forced their way into the church, seized loin
and two other ministers who were with him,
thee. J. Richardson and Rev. J. M. McLean,
and after abusing and insulting thew, finally
decided that they should bo token out of• the
county. Mr. Fee was struck on the head and
considerably injured. On the way out—a din•
twice of about ten tniles—query opportunity
was improved by the mob to insult and abuse
their victims, and they heralded through the
neighborhood they passed that they had three
horse-thieves and nigger.thieves, that they were
going to lynch.
The mob was composed of the lowest class
of Kentuckians, awl, all of them drunk ; yet
such is the state of public opinion that it would
be uncles to prosecute.
This has long been an antislavery place, but
the immechate cause alb° outrage was the at•
tempt to establish a school there. Schools are
regarded us most dangerous and incendiary in
stitutions in this part of Kentucky.— Cincinnati
Gazette.
WHITE Ti ETII, PERFUMED BREATII AND
(BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION—CaII be acquired by
using the "Balm of a nousand Flowers."—
What lady or gentleman would remain under
the curse of a disagreeable breath, when by us •
ing"Balm of a Thousand Flowers" as a don
iirice, would not only render it sweet, but leave
the teeth white as alabaster? Many persons
I do not know their breath is bad, and the sub.
ject is so delicate their Iliends will never wen.
tie,, it. Beware of counterfeits. Be sure each
bottle is signed. FETRIDGE & Co., N.Y.
For sale by an Druggists.
Feb.18;61..6121.
M'Kim, the Murderer.
A gentleman of this city, who recently visit
ed Hollidaysburg, had an interview with Me.
Kim, condemned to be hung on the dist of
this month, for the murder of young Doctor
Norcross. The prisoner was free in his man
ner and communicative us ever. He still keeps
up his jocular vein of conversation, as if to stn•
press visitors with the idea that he feels no con•
cer•n in regard to his impending fate, while at
the same time he frankly admits that lie has
no hope of escape. Since his late attempt to
escape, by cutting his hobbles, he has been
ironed more securely, and indeed presents
store the appearance of a wild beast or a maui•
an, than a rational Kaman being. He him
chains attached to both legs, in addition to
hobbles, in addition to which be is closely
handcutTed. The reader cats possibly form
some idea of his painful situation, but language
cannot fully describe it. lie is, ns it were.
buried alive. And yet, such is his remarkable
character, that with but u little over three weeks
to live—With the full knowledge that his body
is to swing upon the gallows, and then fill a
murderer's grave—he can yet indulge in jests
and frivolous conversation. An individual
who occupies the next cell, one night last week
tore otr a portion of the plastering, fur the pur•
pose of setting the plastering on fire, This
circumstance gave McKim no little satisfaction
and when speaking of the matter he remarked
that his next door neighbor was a good me•
chanic, and did not like to remain idle. But
as fur himself, although he lobed industry, he
lots at mosent bound to remain in inactivity.
He would wet*, if he could only get a chance,
but his hands were tied, and if he died for want
of exercise the blame should rest upon other.
than hiwetlt;—lii s•narg Union.
Desperate 'Attempt to Brea Jail —Baron
Trenck Rivalle7.
This Chain homburg "Valley Spire has au
account of an attempt of two persons to release
tht mselves from the county jail, which rivals
the exploits of Baran Trenck :
"Theprisoners engaged in this attempt, aro
the burglars Barns and Kelley, imprisoned on a
charge of arson. Barns, by the aid of a case
kill°, converted into a saw, severed the iron
bar of his hobbles and freed hinisellot his fe
lets
The wall of the room in which they
were lodged is constructed of brick ; and is
about three feet and a half in thickness ; barsj
citron are built in the well at such n distance'
apart as not to allow the passage of a man's
body between them. Through this wall they
succeeded in tear', an immense hole—rend.
ing Rounder the bars of iron, and filling their
room with a huge pile of brick and mortar.
By means °fame Manufactured cut of their
beibelothing, they descended into the prison
yard and passed the greater part of the right
in filuitless attempts to scale the wall by the
aid of their ropes. Morning beginning to dawn
and their grapples obstinately refusing to take
hold on the top of the wall, they aband oned - the
idea of escaping in that way, and, with des
peration, they attacked the wall itself. In or•
der to do this they were necessitated to re-enter
the prison and obtain the•pieee of brbken sho
vel which had done them such good service in
tearing down the wall of the house. The re
entrance into the prison teas effected by means
of the plank of which the steps are constructed
that leads Con the buildings into the yard.
Having obtained their implement, they set to
work on the holid masonry of the massive wall.
A small chink was discovered, in whirl, the
point of the shovel would.barely enter—a little
mortar was loosened—a small particle of stone
gave way, then another and another, larger
and larger, followeff. So.ya workmen about
the depot, passing the prison at an early hour,
discovered what tons going on and gave the
alarm to the sheriff. Ott entering the prison
yard, no one was to he timed. After searching
for some time, Burns wee discovered concealed
under the steps, and Kelly had re-entered his
room and was apparently in a very sound sleep,
wholly 111.11.1.1.3 of whet had occurred dit•
ring the night. They are now lodged in other
quarters and ere properly secured and guat•
ded.
Ara' The Student S Tiel;oulmate, puldished
by Calkins & Stiles, New York, nt $1 n year,is
an interesting little work. The August No. is
before us.
•Court i, taro in session. It it; tolerabbt
brisk.
PHILADELPHIA MARKS '
The market Or Flour is inactive, with con
tinned. light receipts and stocks. The sales
for export are 800 barrels fresh ground from
sew Wheat at 57 23 a $727/ per barrel, and
300 barrels middlings at $4 75 a ss—the. latter
for line. Small oaks Mr home consumption
from $0 75 up to $7 50 fur old stock and fresh
ground superfine, and 7 62/ up to' l;f9 25 for
extra and fancy lots. The receipts of Wheal
are quite moderate, and most of it is damp and
of a quantity not suitable for milling. Prim,'
dry lots are scarce and wanted. Sales of 1500
bushels good and prime Southern red at $1 60
a 1 65 per bushel, and 600 bushels white ut
$1 73 asl 75. ltye comes forward slowly and
commands 95 cents. The demand for corn
has fallen off but there is not much coming for
ward and prices are unchanged—sales of 2300
bushels yellow at 88/ a 89 cents in store. and
90 cents afloat. Oats are doll and lower--
5000 bushels good new Delaware sold at 40 to
41 cents per bushel, as to condition.
NEW API ERTISEMENTS.
SALE OF SAXTON'S STORE.
Thu store of J. & W. Saxton is now open for
sale, by wholesale and retail of the entire iw•
mense stock of goods at greatly reduced prices.
Dealers and all others also have the cash
can be accommodated at auction prices. Terms
—Cash.
Serloo Saelis Ground Alum Solt autl GO
tons Plaster to be disimsed of.
SCOTT & BROWN.
Au), for Creditor,
Aug.5,'57,
A Douse and Lot in the Country
FOR SALE.
A NEAT and comfortable house with a lot of
n one acre in extent, situate about four miles
north of Huntingdon, hod about one mile front
the Warm Springs, is offered fur sale by the
proprietor, who at present resides on the prem.
Ines. Said house is u log building two stories
high, and very comfortable ; all necessary boil•
dings thereto attached. Any further informa•
tion can be had by calling at the "Journal"
Office.
A ug.5,'57.
All of those Perilous
$lO, $3. $l, and 25 cent
D ECEIPTS and Secrets, wonderful money•
11 making chances, together with au epistle on
allow to Win the Affections of the
Opposite Sex."
All sent to one address on receipt of ten cents.
Address,
A. C. RICE,
Box 275, Haverhill,
MASS.
Aug.5,'57..3t.
L EAD PIPE for sale at the Hardware Store or
JAMES A. BROWN & CO.