II `~~ ~~.> . El U MI :0111VOVERTISER. rgy' ' '-•-• PERSEYIIRE:. r Thursday, Picproiubpr2,ll,ASlso. • WANTED.—ThCis o our subscribers whimay wish to pay their subleription in wood, can do so, ias.tho season has arri ed when this article is much • , needed. Who will bring us a load immediately ? Wei also want, in pay Tor subscriptions, Wheat, ~-,,,Buckwheat, Corn,- Oats, Potatoes and Butter, for E - • h• toh Nye will pay th* highest market price. - CoilmiEss will i.e-assemble on Monday next. • B=:ffn3 tzq's will :deliver a Tem t the court _House, on • .d peraricq dress . , Mcinda , evening next, %mien JozzAJrnArt.--;-This mammoth Pianrial kir Chrismas and New Year has come to us from 'Messrs. Wilson & Co., New York, AmOng the many fine and r. large engravings there is a portrait of Pre-' sident Fillmore—beath bed of Gen. Tay ' lor—Sewing Girls Christmas Dream of Imre, &c., and altogether is a very hand- - ' some sheet. -The price is 121 cents per copy, or ten for.o e dollar, !!! [{: GREAT UNION ilfcLiszc.—A great I.lni on meeting,.which' had been in contempla tion for some time - n Philadelphia, was . held on Thursday evening last, and from 'the accounts which have reached us, it must tt. have-been one of the largest and most en thusiastic gatherings ever convened in that ;f city. Hon. John Sargent was called to the Chair, supported by seventy-five Vice'Pre q sidents and sixteen Secretaries. .Ho M. Jas. Coorf.a.—A number of Whigs of ',Philadelphia having tendered a public dinner to the Hot!. James Cooper, ho has 4 replied in a long l letter of declination, in which he urges tl'r cultivation of a spirit E of harmony and . fraternal feeling. He op if, proves all the measures of the last session respecting the territories and Slivery, ex .! cept 'the Fup,ltive,Law ; and recommends k_ an amendment of any of them that need it, in such manner as experience, wisdom and patriotism may. dictate." The general “"- tone and temper of the letter will meet 4 with approval. j_ Oar Congressional Delegation. Great rejoicing have. been indulged by the Locofoco press over the fact that the Pennsylvania delegation in the next Con ! grass will stand 15 Locofocos to 9 Whigs. ~` L The Whigs have two or 'three more than it' was intended they should have when the present apportionment was made by the gerrymandering legislature of 1843. Bu t Ve.9slltaliPall22lllAiktig,prafganalliii majority- on the CongresSional vote is only i r 6,132, according to their own showing, in which they include . the vote given for all three of their candidates in one district ? where they run that many. - Now, does any honest man believe that a fair appor i tionment would give one party 15 members to 9 for the other, with an aggregate ma jor4.of only 6,132 in the State? k fair apportionment would of course give each ROY a`number of members corresponding folti popular vote ; and iti such case the Whigs would be entitled to it least 11 or 12 Members. in fact, when we consider the impossibility of 'districting the State without giving"one or ma i Locofoco districts very large majorities, it is readily seen that no 3, apportionment approaching honesty could deprive the Whigsi of at least 12 members. The Nashv lie Convention. 9d Monday, the 18th insi, this body ad journed sine die.. ,All the resolutions pre vionsly 'offered of en inflammatory charac ter, or having disunion whammies, were stricken out, and a series substituted, declar ing attachment to the Constitutional Union, and that it was the purpose ofthe conven tion le preserve it unimpaired—that the Union of the States was the union• of inde pendent sovereignties, with power to resume delegated powers whenever necessary,; re commending the South not to go.into a Na tional Cotrventicm,larat leaving Congress to deliberate and aet; with . the view of aireit., lug hrther aggresion, and restoring' the rights of the South. On these Peace Reso lutions- the • Statei ' of ,Alabama, Florida, Ge:orgin, 'Mississippi, South Carolina, an'. Viiinia,'(B)' vote affirmatively, 'and Ten'. ite.ssee alone in the negative. . ~ T he most important politicsi result o f this Con'vention is the 'rrecotomendation for the South'iat to 'go into a National Convention for the nteninationlof a President in 1852. Thin:we are glad o see, for it , puts an end to the ~, democrate•,or ; spoils party.". For I years Northern Locofocoslaave pandered to ultiaiim, both South and North, to preserve. a partisan ascendency. They have allied themselves with 111' Niers and abolitionists, at the extreme end 'of the' Union , and thus; thpugh in an actu I minotity r have secured political victories , ; The.country , must now be divided into net parties, and those who are in favor of tit Union as it is, • one ond • I indivisibleovill 111 ly around the standard which patriatisme ects, to preserve our glo rious Constitution .and the supremacy'of the laws. -• To such a standard. millions will fleck ; and bedr down all opposition. ' ..:- ,-- , II `.Clay's Speech at Fraaktort. ' The-New .Yorlr paperelif. the 40iii publish Mr.,',ClaY's:Epee4 . -- , at. Franhfort Having beenjnvitedibythet-IJegislature of, Kentucky4o 'addre,.4;-tbem;'he ,did spia an• able arid patriotic speech, in which review ing at length the action of Congress on the Compromise bills. We,have only room to day for the-following concluding•remarlcs , I may be asked - r and havei'been•lasked, when I would•consent to. a dissolution of the Union, I' answer: NEVER! NEvER I NEVER l because, I can conceive of nor. pos:. sible contingency:that would inale•it for the interests and happiness, of the people: to break up this glorious confederacy and sepa :rate- into bleeding and belligerent parts, shows me what I believe, Co be impossible to show me, that there will be, greater secu rity for liberty, • life, property, peace and human happiness in the midst of jarring, jealous andwarrina independent North. American powers, a nd under the . Eagle of the Union, and I will consent to; its dissolu tion. LIE I would hold to it, if Congress were to usurp a power, which I am sure it never will, to abolish Slavery within the States; for in the'contingency of such a usurpation, we should be in _a better condition as to slavery, bad as it would be, out of the Union, than in the Union. Apprehensions have been entertained arid expressed, as to the want in future time, of territorial scope for the slave population. I believe that at a very distant day, not likely to occur in the present or next centu ry, whenever the vast unoecupied waste in Mississippi, Arkansas, LouiSiana, Alabama, Florida and Texas, shall become fully peo pled, slavery 'will have reached its natural termination--the density of population , in the United States will then be so great that there will be such reduction in the price and value of labor, as to render it much cheaper to employ free than slave labor, and the slaves becoming a harden to their owners will be voluntarily disposed-of; and allowed to go free. Then I hope and believe under the dis pensations of Providence, that the continent of Africa; by the system of colbnization, will be 'competent to receive from America all the. descendants of its own race. If the agitation in regard to the fugitive slave law should continue and increase, and becoMe alarming, it will lead to the forma tion of two new parties, one Tor the Union, the other against the Union, Present parties have been, created by a division or opinion as to systems of national policy, as to finance, free trade or protec tion ; the improvement of Rivers and Har bors ; the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, &e. But these systems of policy springing out of the administration of thegovernment of the Union, lose all their intekest and im portance if that Union is to be dissolved. ItIVRTIO - ftd*TeivegiVettedraTitrilbtiliTilire7 rest of the Union itself. The platform of the Union party will be the Union, the Constitution and the enforee meat of its laws ;;'and if it be accordingly formed, .I announce mySelf in this place a member orthat Union party, whatever Tay be its component elements. Sir, I go farther, I have-great hope and confidence in the , principles of the Whig party, as being most likely to conduce honor, the prosperity, and the glory of my coun try. But if it is to be merged into a contempti ble, abolition party, and if abolition is to be engrafted on the Whig creed, from that moment I renounce the Whig - party arid cease to be a Whig. ' • Igo yet a step farther. If lam alive, I wilt give my huinble support for the Presi -I'.ency to that man, who, whatever party he may belditg to, is not contaminated by fa naticism, rather .than. to one, Who, crying out all the time and aloud, that he is a Whig, maintain doctrines utterly subver sive of the cons itution and the Union. Mr. Speaker—l speak without reserve, and with entire freedom—if there boa, an who treads the soil of this broad earth, that feels himself perfectly independent, I am 'that man. . _ I have no ambitious aspirations ; I want no off i ce, no station in the gift of man ;I` would resign that which! hold, if I thought I could-do'so at this' time with honor. ' I whatever. Ino place whatever. I beg pardon, sir—there is one place only which I desire and that is a place in your hearts. From our late heated discussions and divisions one - good resutt has been pro 'chided : the people genemlly, Whigs and Democrats, hlave been, moi!e throWn together in free and friendly intercourse. - Both have' learned to' appreciate each other.' For myself, . I - may say with truth and pleasure, that during the ,late arduous and protracted . session, I was in conference 'wad consultation' quite us often, if Rot of teier, with;Democrats thanyhigs, and, I foutnk in the Demoetatia,party , quite as. much ` patriotism; deiFotion le the Union, hotter an probity. as the. other. party. - , - GEORGE Tnoiirsos, a Scotch obolitionist and a member of the - Britiih',Parlianient reeently, undertOok to advise and . instruct. people.iiof , Roston .in reletioa,to. their duty on the.!e iting topic ol the day.' He made his al pe ranee under-the 'kind care and Protect'ion.of,Gerrisou,, Rev. 71 . 1teodiE•re ,Parker t , Abby. Kelly, Doughisi and. others 0 ,. but . ' the -"aid and' comfort" afforded lliele ,- worthies - : was •not all powerful, - and'ilir. Thompson was: greeted.with. such a succession; of , shout's,. groans, hisses, cat calls, &c., as to render speakingout of the 96estion: Abby Kelly and otheis tried:theirhande, but'the 'f noise and eonfusicin" was so greaftlintthey' wore obliged to give up, and thermeeting 'broke up. The : whole affair is not- very creditable to the concerned in it.' : : . THE WELISBOROITGH 'ADVERTISER. Our Budget. 1J Mayor Barker, of;l'iitSburg; is @tumping it `roseoe next ,Mayorality-: , • '' Er Hay is so scareetu already se luignt Cleveland at 8um416 per ton. - 117' They have got a Miss of " sweet sateen" in Springfield, Mass., who wnighs only 470 'pounds. ID' Ex-Gov. Ford, of Illinois, died at his resi- Aencein‘Peoria, on thci 4th instant. 147.1ieiatifitlsalmon itieTeaught in abundance in the Ohio river, a few - miled below Cineinnati. V" The man - that . ridei the night mare has challenged the:telegrapti to'trot -fitly miles before a ; Wagon. " I&Liout. Marchand, of tke , sloop or war S. Mary, has brought home with ,him from Java, a living Up * as tree, 117* Filly thousand Pianos were manufactured, last yea!, , in TsToy; , York city alone. Hang up the Washboard and the Tub. QT The fig-tires expresging the number of these United States, have at last changed, the old 13" is turned around. into 31. (Cr Sidney Breese, fOrmerly United States Sena tor from Illinois, has been elected to the lower branch of the I.egislature of that State. (Cr lion. Jacob Collamer, late Postmaster Gene ral, has just been elected Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial District of Vermont. G 3 Samuel Jackson, formerly of Northumber land, has been appointed one the physicians of the St. Joseph's Hospital, in Philadelphia, in place of Prof: Jackson, resigned. ET' A number of the citizens of Charleston, S. C., have declared their intention not •to attend Jenny Lind's concerts, if given in that city, be cause Barnum, a northerner, is her partner 1. , 17 A Western- paper publishes the following notice:—" Dry stove-wood wanted at this office in exchange for papers. N. 11.—Don't bring logs that the devil can't split. lC Tho .Cincinnati Gazetto has authority for saying that Mr. Corwin is riot a candidat‘e for U. S. Senator. J. ILGiddings is a free soil candidate for, the station. TT The residence of the Hon. John L. Dawson, member of Congress elect from the 18th district. in Brownsville, Fayette: county, was entirely de stroyed by fire on the 6th instant. 10*-Before a tree was cut upon the ground now . oceupied by Cincinnati, Boston was a large city. Cincinnati, in point of population, is; treading ra pidly upon. Boston's heels. ILT Atheism is narrowed to the sphere of its own vision, and is a creed without a mind.. Can those who doubt a God's 'existence tell us why the mighty oak spring from the tiny acorn ? ICY Gov. Ramsey writes from Minnesota that the population has increased from 4,000 last year to over 7,000 the present. Emigrants are pouring in itom Norway, Sweden and North Germany. U .-. A Cincinnati editor has been presented with a turnip, just two feet three inches in circumference weight seven lbs. ten 'oz., and, measures from the end of the top to the point of the tap root two feet three inches. 07A coach containing a young man and woman, with a bunk on •behind the coach, is pleasingly suggestive of matrimony. %Chaff a dozen young, 43 The reported election of Seymour, as Go vernor of New York, was received with three cheers, at the Southern Rights' meeting, held in Savannah.. The subsequent news of Hunt's elec tion created quite a damper: lia , The Fugitive,Slave Law excitement in Cin cinnati, is awful A crazy fanatic has been watch ing a wooden image of a darkey, on Main street, at the cigar store, under the speculative' delusion of its being a fizgitive slave. ri" An attempt WWI made lately to poison the ifamily of Mrs. Swisshelm, the editress of the i" Pittsburg Visitot," and fortunately failed. No cause is known for the deed,, and no clue has been, found to the perpetrators. , 'CU' Dickinson College, at Carlisle, now tinder control of the Methodists, was established by John Dickinson in 178 k. Be was one of the mo i st re markable men of the State, both in intellect and energy of character. 01' On the Ist instant, according to the usual custom in New Orleans, the cemeteries of that city were thronged with persons who repaired thither to decorate the -tombs of their deceased friends with garlands and boquets of flowers. .1:D"A reward of $5OO is offered by the town council of the borough of Northumberland, for apprehension and conviction of the incendiaries who have set fire to the buildings lately burned, or may be hereafter burned by incendiaries in that place. 11' The wheat crop of Ohio is estimated at thirty million bushels. Calculating one-half for home consumption, there will be fifteen million bushels, equal to three million barrels flour for export, - which at .$4 per barrel will be worth $12,000,000. Ty- The Journal du Havre says—Hi. Emmaus Lind, a distinguished citizen of Copenhagen; and brother of the Swedish Nightingale, has arrivld at Paris. lie is expected soon to arrive at Mire, where he' will take passage on board the. Franklin, in Oilier to join his sister hi the Uniled States. ll The Calvary church, New York, in addition to: 5.5,000 salary, has given, it is reported, Dr. Hawke, its Rector, 815,000, furnis4ed a parsonage house; and insured his life to theiunount of $lO,. 000: This is probably the largest living ever be stowed upon any clergyman in; the Union. 07'The nuniher of Post Offices in the United . Staten at thiS time is nearly twenty-one thoesftmi. Of these tiiere is eighiy.three Post mrstiesses:, Upitrzirds'ef thirty-sin 'heridred offices have been established •within the !ant eighteen months. In' In' he New York Deaf and Du mb Asylum, on Thursday week, a marriage tool'plarin Which the "bride, bridegroora, attendants,'nd officiating, Cleripman were all deaf mutes; the ceremony be., ing conducted entirely with'the finger:S. lb' Eight yOung ladies IMve bCen awarded , di plornas at the Oberlin College, Ohio. One the them was,"c l otored' young Lady." One' of the, iadies WhO has finished the theologiCal course In.: tendsto devote h erself ' to Preaehing. , ti:r One of ktlie.riiek . military ,companies of New York, the Light . Girard, Capt. Vincent, are making arrangements to goupren an exciarsioA,..t.o Liverpool and London, , during tie World Fair in the latter ,ettr'next ittne. ''A ;Squad of Yankee ' "'1".1 militia' marching to the time, o et Columbus, ! through .riceadilly on' the a ; new thing 'under the sun. ' ; " lEEE BOAI oThicch itc.' do's lino heats : • • run ,overi the dam at ; Clatlie'a Fer 4, on the Bth instent,,arid with the ;cargo is a:total loss. It was nttaclied t o 4.86:t0w-igiatoind got loose by sumo means whilst crossing the river. The boat was loaded with coffee and soda ash. BRIDGE Rao= DowN.—About thirty feet of ,the bridge across tho Connecticut river at Hartford, broke through at noon on tke, 14th instant, carry ing with it a number of cattle. A lad, who was passing, narrowly escaped with his life, being thrown upon the edge of the broken planks. Seven MEN Dao*ssn.—A?Ve learn by the "Sun bury American - that seven men were drowned while crossing the Chesapenhe Bay, on the 12th instant, -between Havre de Grace and Baltimore, five of whom were formerly citizens of ,that place. They were boatmen, and during a severe storm their boats became detached from the steamer that had them in tow. WOMAN'S DEVOTION. The. Dresden (Tenn.) Whig Mirror, of the 27th ultimo, says , that on the preceding day a woman went to the jail at that place, to which her husband, by the name of Re. bees, was confined on the charge of perjury, ob. tained admission to his cell, and to all appearance, ant , * a lehrthy interview, departed. Twenty-four hours afterwards it Waa dint:tom-L.(l that her hus. band, dressed in her clothes, had escaped, and the devoted wifo was the solo tenant of his cell. • Dissratreravz Butamr.—Mr. Lagrange, a 'French apothecary, after experimenting for Clem years, has just invented a new and destructive bullet. Each one, on striking the object at which it was aimed, exploded with a report as loud as the gun from which it was discharged, and producing the most destructive explosion. Ho asserts.that while a gun.boat, armed with four pieces of . cannon, he would sink a ship of 120 in twenty minutes. He is in treaty with the government for the sale of his secret. Exr..crrzos, Almosv!—The Ashville (N.C.)News gibes the particulars of an. affair that occurred there on the last. Friday of October. A man by the name of Creasman had been condemned to be -hung on that day. Every preparatiOn had been made for the execution; the gallows had been erected, a large crowd assembled• to witness it, and the. Sheriff proceeded to' the jail, solemnly commanded the prisoner to make ready, and after he bad done so, shedding tears all the time, and asking if he was to ba hung like a dog, brought him out in the street. Excitement was at its height, when the Sheriff pulled out of his pocket a paper, which proved to be, a pardon from the Executive of the State! HORRIBLE Stitcmi.—Freeman Tucker, an old resident near Montezuma, Pike county, 111., was 'found dead in his bed on the morning of the sth inst. He had spent the night alone in his house, and in a fit of mania potn, as is supposed, be seated • himself On the floor, cut open his abdomen, took out his intestines, and cut them off in exact lcngtbe until he had obtained five pieces. He then raised himself up, as the prints of his bloody hands on the floor plainly attested, laid his knife on the table, following morning quite deid. The doggery keeker at Montezuma, who had regularly furnished Tucker with liquor, on hearing of his horrid end, immediately looked at his account book, and very coolly rmarked that he had lost " two dollaars and a - quarter" by the operation. Verily, he shall have his reward. a sign SINGULAR AND SORROWFUL CASUALITY IN BALTI. 310 RE.—Miss Mary Jane Pink, the daughter of Mr. Nicholas Pink, residing on Exeter street, was so badly burned a few evenings since as to cause her death the next morning. She had been suffering from a pain' in the side, and hot bricks enveloped in a.,covering of some kind were applied as a remedy: One of the bricks had been heated to such a degree as to set fire to her clothing, and when her scrums called the family to the room in which she was, she was found enveloped in flames. Her father attempted to tear her clothing from her, but not ,succeeding in this, the unfortu nate girl threw herself under the hydrant in Alto yard, and by the water which was thrown upon her, the flames were finally extinguished. She was then removed into the house, and Drs. Cole and Aikins called in, who did all in their power to alleviate her suffering, but withoid effect, as after enduring the innst intense pain, she finally breath. cd her last next morning. A FAMILY CAST Aw)v ON LAKE Sprenion.—The Cleveland Plaindealer of the 12th instant, contains an account of the sufferings and providential pre servation of , a party who were cast away on Lake a Superior few weeks ago. It appears that a Mr. Griswold,.wife and small child, with a boy about 17 years of age, set out in a skiff from Eagle Harbor to reach Eagle River, some ten miles up the coati. They Were seen rounding the point where a Government light-hodse is being built. It was then blowing quite stiffly from the land. The skiff was observed to put farther from the shore, as if for room, but it never reached its destination. The beach was, searched for many miles, for some weeks, but nothing was heard of the adventurers. They were mourned as dead. 'After three weeks absence they were all found safe at Sault. They had been picked up two weeks before by a coast ing schooner on the Canada shore, whither they had been seven days drifting, without seeing a vessel, without shelter "and und without food. How they lived so long under such exposure and with out food, is a most uniraralleled mystery: MOST SINGULAR AooIDENT.--One Of the most singular accidents of which WO 'have ever heard, says the Pittsburg Gazette, took place a few days since on Liberty street. empty barrel, which' had been brought from Neweastle, Lawrence cam; ty; stood - on the pavement in front of Mr. William Dyer's grocery and produce .store. It had con• tabled a mixture of turpentine and, alcohol, ,and tIM end which' had been pierced for the spigot stood upicrmost. A small colored boy, abeut years old, named . Williams,came sauntering along with ,a cigar in his mquth, and, as it was unlit, drew a match across, the Jrad,of the barrel te:light it, Ouin an explosion as pmo at thit of a cannon. was hear'd p and the little fellow was prostrated upon_ upon the paireniant, one portion of the barrel hay. Struck himon the cheek, which it laid'open to the bone,,while the other part was thrown over the warehouse of the Messrs. Mitahiltree: The poor fellow was . likewise severely burned. It is suppo lied that the heat of the sun had filled .the, barrel with gas, and as the lad drew, the match acress its head, it passed over the spigot hole, dins •cemmu -nicating with the inflammable air "within. ' Notes of the week. Puptie Sentitnent The able and discreetly 'ionducted paper rePresente as much of • public' sentiment...as arty weel4 paper in lit • . • • the atern Fig or the' Sukte: The editor is a member of the State-Senate,-where he has been favorably known as a gentleman of discretion and ability. In the last num ber there is the following article: GEN. VVINFIELD-SCOTT. In obedience to the well-known and oft repeated preference of the. Whig party of Butler county, we .have this day placed at our mast-head the name of Gen. WrNFIELn Scow, as our candidate for the Presidency of the United States, subject to the decision of the Whig National Convention. The history of Gen. Scott comprises the brightest pages of our National history, and posterity will look back upon him, as one, of the proudest monuments of American great ness. His example will cheer the youth of a later time, and stimulate them to tread the paths of usefulness, which- have conduc ted him to an undying fame. Theachieve. ments of Gen. Scott upon the bloody fields of Chippewa, Bridgewitter, Queenstown and Lundy's Lane, in the war of 1812, were only excelled in glory by those achieved in his own person at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the city of Mexico, in the recent Mexican campaign. By this series of victories 4 halo of glory has been shed around the American name, and astonished Europe forced to admit that American prowess was superior to her own. But it is .not as a military chieftain alone that Gen. Scott commands the admiration and confidence of the American people.— Public attention has long been turned to , wards his career, and has not failed to mark in him the distinguished ability and eminent powers which constitute the great states man. With him at the helm of State, the people of the Union could rest assured that his administration would be one that would reflect honor upon the country, and inspire the fulleSt confidence both at home and abroad. The claims of Gen. Scott have once been postponed through mistaken notions of po lineal policy ; but his hour has now come, and we cannot entertain a doubt that the Whig National Convention, governed by a desire to promote the prosperity of the peo ple, and the triumph of our 'cause, will ac knowledge his claims and recognize in him all the elements which are essential to suc cess—integrity, competency, and availibili ty. Nor can we doubt, when this shall have been done, that the American people, re gardless 9f the party distinctions which have hitherto divided them, will rally around the standard of the old Hero, and elect him, by an overwhelniing majority, to the most exalted of all earthly stations— the Chief Magistracy Of a free people. The Berks and Schuylkill Journal, has - • NEE upon the game sublect_t. Fortunately we have a Candidate who is just the man for the times—a Hero-States man, whose military and civil achievements are fresh in the recollection of his fellow-i citizens. Such a man is Gen. Winfield Scott. With him for a leader, the bonds of Whig union and fellowship will be cemented stronger than ever. Under his victorious banner the party North and South will rally as one man, freed from all exciting local divisions, while thousands now arrayed in the ranks of the opposition, will fly to his standard to do battle in his behalf. We are happy to note, as one of the most gratifying signs of the times, that jus tice so long delayed to this noble chieftain, is now in a fair way of being freely accor ded. Within a few months his name has been brought out in various parts of the Union, with such a prestige of strength as to leave no doubt that the mass of the peo ple are with him and for him in the next national struggle. His nomination may be regarded as a settled event-=and once fairly in the field, not all the powers of Locofo. coism, Free Soilism, Abolitionism, or any other ism will be able to prevail against him. The Lackawanna Journal, is also out for Scott and Brown for the Presidency and' Vice Presidency ; and makes the folloiving hearty response to the nomination of these' gentlemen by the Blair County Whig: We this week place at our mast-head the name of Gen. Winfield Scott, as our choice' for President in 1852; and believing that his nomination for that position. would give general satisfaction to the people •of the whOle Union, we shall spare no effort in en deavoring to bring his claims before the country. The hero of Chippewa and Lundy's Line —.the mighty mind which planned and exe cuted those series of brilliant victories that laid an Empire prostrate at our feet, would grace the Presidential Chair; and in that Tosition, command the respect and admira tion of the world. ' Theshafts of envy have fallen harmless at his feet, and he now Oc cupieS'a position in the hearts of his Coun trymen, second to no man living. That he is an accomplished • Statesman, as well as• soldier, no person will have the hardihood to deny ; and that he is fitted in every respect to rule the destinies of' a great and growing People, is equally certain. His name would'-prove a rallying. point,- around which the whole Whig party, North and South, could gather as a band of Iroth ers ; and the causes which swept the coon-- try like air avalanche, for Gen. Taylor, la 1848; would operate with two-fold fOrce in fay& of Gen. Scott. • In - conjunction with the name of Scotty we can think el. no better man• than Thomas Brown, the present Governor of Florida, for • Vice ..President: The. Whig party und• the country . owo him a' debt of gratitude. which the highest honors in the gittOrthe people, would hardly repay; and the Blair County Whig has but spoken the sentiments of the party generally, in thus connecting the names of these two eminent and pat. riotic men`. ;:When, i called upon by the Florida Deleg4tion in Congress to commis siendelegates,to the Nashville Convention, the*plY.,,•of:Gov.i Firptyn7,lwas worthy of 'the . palmktisk.days of 1046. It has earned forhim*, prima dime,'"whicit will live in every true-America n heart, when Nullifiers and Disunionists have sunk into the sea of Oblivion, and the dark surges of Time has washed every vestige of them from the face of the earth. With Scott and Brown as our standard bearers, in 1852, the contest would not be a doubtful one ; and the flood of popularity which Would - follow their nominations, would rally to their support the patriotic of all parties, and elect them by a triumphant tu tt: jority. Frazer and Cameron. It is generally - rumored in' political cir cles that Col. Frazer and Gen. , • Cameron have formed a treaty for the purpoae of ad vancing their respective interests.:—the one seeking the U. S. Senate, and the other the Gubernatorial chair. Some confirmation of this alleged'! holy alliance" is found in the Lancaster Intern. gencer, in n letter from John W. Forney, replying to an article in the Lancasterian, in which Mr. F. says : .‘ The direction of, Simon Cameron's movement in Dauphin, in having a resolu tion in favor of Bigler laid upon the table, at a County Convention and the recent, in trigue against him in Lancaster county show that Col. Bigler's enemies understand each other. If any further proof of this, were needed, the studied silence of the. Laneas terian for months, on the Cameron move ment, would be sufficient.' One of the con sequences of the opposition to Mr. Buchan an, is Lancaster, seems tO be, a fraterniza tion between. Cameron. himself, and the men who have heretofore followed him with'un , reasoning bitterness." Death of Col. Johnson. Col. Richard M. Johnson die& at Frank fort Ky., at 9 o'clock yesterday, having for some time been, deprived of his, reason. He was born about the year 1760 and was consequently some 70 years Oct In 1807 he was chosen a member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky, which post he held for twelve secutive years. In 1813 he was authorized to raise a volunteer regiment of cavalry of 1,000 men to fight' the British and Indians on the• North West. In the campaign which followed he served gallantly under Gen. Harrison as Colonel of that regiment. At the battle of the Thames he . distinguished himself by breaking the line of the British infantry. Proctor hay ing stupidly formed it with considerable gaps between the different divisions. The fame of killing Tecumseh in this battle has also been attributed' to Col. J. but the-glOry of the act has other claimants and it is not , f uite certain who took the life of that sav age. In 1819 he was transferred from the House of Representatives to the Senate to serve out an unexpired term. When that expired he was re-chosen, and thuS "remain ed in the Senate tilt 1829. Then another re-election being impossible, he went back into the House where he remained ti 111837, when he became Vice President under the Van Buren dynasty: In 1829 the Sunday Mail agitation being brought before the House, he, as Chairman of the Committee - on Post Offices and Post Roads, presented a report against the suspension of the Mails on Sunday. That report was able, though its ability has been much exaggerated ; it disposed of the subject, and Col. J. got what never belonged to him, the credit of having written it. From 1837 to 1841 he presi ded over the Senate. Since then he has not held any office, though his ambition has desired that goal which all our great nien regard with such surprising unanimity the Presidency. Col. Johnson was a - weak man, with in ordinate vanity, but brave and naturally generous. In his private 'relations we know nothing but good of him. His Con duct to his children, who were partly negro blood and not born under- the sanction of wedlock, was truly manly and admirable, though the meanness of political ditimosity made-a contemptible use of it-against him. His long career in political life has no other fact so remarkable as his rise to' the Vice Presidency. - Peace to his- remains.—Tri bune. Where is the Wilderness. At the beginning of this century it was in Ohio and .Indiana, Twenty-five years af terwards it was in Michigan, Wisconsin, and so, forth.. . Last year it was in Minne sota territory. Next. year we shall have to set:it in Nebraska and around .theiLake. of the -Woods. Where the steamboat goes, Aim. the wil derness disappears. ~And the steamboat is sooti to startle the Indian and wake the ech oes of the forest above thelalls, of St. Anthony ; for a boat is now :building there which is rapidly progressing.. The time for launehitig , her, has even , been fixed— "as soon !is the river ; :is• clear of ice." The. - builler bails from Bangor, Maine, tho opposite extremity of ,the Union duo east, and is said to .be. n highly work man." Tbe,:dimensions ..of,tlie croft. are . 108 feet keel, 12.0 feet deck, 25,feet beam, and will draw twelve inches light,. TM machinery is in course. of construction at Bangor, and will .be at the falls-by the open ing of navigatien., Steam .navigation river trade",ahoye the falls of St. Anthony ! Poetry. may „as gather up its garments and. emigrate from this land, unless it, can, be content. to find . its,therncs in the work shop, and : the : crowded street. . CONF/p,ENcE may not be recipi:actd, but kindness Should be. TnirriaTioxis 11 - fire that bringh Up: the iicutmartita heart. : rcic
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