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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
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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
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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,
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[{: 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
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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
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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. ' ..:- ,--
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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.'
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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
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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
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• 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