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ULLSBORO' ADYERTISEL
PKASEVERE.
Thnridgy, :
MAY / 5 : 1551.
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-., COUNT • MEETING. '
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The Whig• i
, 5 . Electors of Tioga County arc in.
orrned-that a County Meeting will be held at the
,Court Rouse, itt Wellsborough, on WEDNESDAY
rVENECii of the first week . of May Court, for the
j i tiiiinte of selecting &Delegate to the Whig State
lonvention, to be held in Lancaster on the 24th
sty of June next. A, general attendance is re.
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1,- . 0. - F. TAtt.on, - A. J. MosnoE,
11 . Swim JAEES; 1 - CUAONCY AUSTIN,
I .IL B. SMITIT, I JOELCULVER,
County.Standitig Committee.
The New ostage Law.
- - Notois the time to Subscribe for the "Ad.
, vertiser."
':-..The new Postage Law will go into operation on
4 . W',10 'first day of July next, after which date the
Firwswrissa will circulate in Tioga county FREE
,.IF POSTAGE. This will reduce the price of
11,pe Advertiscr—which is now - the cheapest paper
Onted in the eounty r ...to mail subscribers, fifty.
wo cents per, year. The mass of the people will
sen have no excuse for longer remaining ignorant
if the things transphing weekly in-' thew own
.4;eighborhood. As this law does not take efreel
Thad the Ist of July, we will give new,, subscribers
W,to immediatebenefit ;of it—we will deduct froin.
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Ile subscription price (payable in - advance) the
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mutt of postage chargeable on it, from the time
' ;f subscribing, tin the new law takes effect. So
sad A your subscri ,lions at once, and get the
r enefits of. FREE POSTAGE and the BEST FAMILY
ITEWSPAPER in the county. Each of our pre
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.Itmt subscribers might easily procure us au addi.
1 / 4 tonal one, by talking the matter up with their
3 eighbors, and thus double our subscription list. '
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'. 7 After the Ist of July, as an inducement for our
`Mends to interest themselves in the matter, we
till send fine copies of the Advertiser, to one ad
tress, rot Six Dottaits, and ten copies for TEN
tu.stus provided tf
b 3 that
ehemoney
aascbecoemnpbaronyugthhet
t' der. As h re orm l a wh
k, at mainly by the • determined . efforts of the
toontry press, it is no more than fair that subscri.
F i ters should use some slight efforts to increase the
q 4m:dation of the papers which have effected this
:form, the benefits of which is reaped almost en
if rely. by them. 1 -
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To Subscribers.
We are under the necessity of raising a sum of.
trioney. We knoW of no way so proper and con.
Venient to do it, as to ask those indebted to us to
f4lake payment during our coming May Court,
by calling, or sending by a neighbor who
'allay 'attend Court. We dislike thus to dun, as
llama tall it, but we arc bad off for money at pre.
~ent—our creditors are anxious for settlements,
we have nothing to satisfy them unless you
. T4ssis t us. Therefore, i l zecessity—stern stens rrv,
ifemands that our purse (which at present has not
enough of the needful in it to make a jingle) be
i,,:zplenisbed, and that shortly, or we will be in the
;l AA-ails. Don't forget ust for we prefer voluntary
d - !4yments in preference to presenting bills.
Many persons owe us for near two years sub
eriptions. They are aware that our terms add an
ficdvanced price when pi meat. is not made within
flit year. • All who pa . up during, the coming
sef.urt, will be credited the same as if they had
aid in.advance. We hope-our request- will be
- 'orally attended to.
Wsnal WErrnza is close upon us, and so axe
';!ooling drinks at Roy's Pods Fountain.
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Svms Lust TO Trous:—Messrs. Smith 4. Clark,
!' r rho have for several weeks been running a line of
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h a agis between this place' and Tioga, have put
theirline a new and splendid Concord wagon.
ANY person in want of Dry Goode, Crockery,
(klardware, &c., can get them by calling at Jndge
itcholss.Store, where afresh assortment has been
itecetved, and if we are to judge from the rush. for
~ ;:ipthey will not remain long. ..Go soon if you
:3= any
Ctorurvecse !has just received - a large
And fashionable assortment of Ready-made Sum-
Clothing, Cloths, which, as the heat in
, can't Can't help bat go off fast Who would
Oar a thick woolen coat in warm weather, when
A 4 can get a good ceol one for ten or twelve
.11111ings?
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New Goons AT Tioni.—.By an advertisement in
Yo-day's paper, it will be seen that T. L. Baldwin
Co. have received their Spring and Summer
:loo 4 e, Groceries, &c,. We wish our readers to
r,:icar in mind that the y promise not to tutdetsold
ray tag other establishrdent in Northern Pennsyl-
Mania. Give them a call!
Cruel= Orrissrai, a clerk in the Pbiladel
itbia Post Mee, was, on the 29th. tilt.; held to hail
n the slim of $4,000 to'imswer at Court the charge
if 'robbing the niall., I
14 ,. STATE AoarcrwmtarJ, Fera.--We learn that the
,'ikecutive Committee Of the State Agricultural
..;ociety, have selected Harrisburg, for 'the place of
'6'rolding the first Agriti'turd State Fair.
Corratrrxrp ELEcrsox.--The examination of Ms.
timohy in the crrntesteil election case, at Danville,
5 1 . closed on the 28th ultimo. The Danville Dente
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.Irat . says the - whole affair was somewhat of a
*::farce, and that no facts of any consequence were
fzlicited. Col. Wright will, therefore, come out as
ae did at the polls, lasi fill, at the u litho end of
Ihe horn." : ,
"VT= VW =Grit, of Clearfield county. was robbed
the 23d ult., at a buitel in Lockport, near Lock
: Haven, where he was I stopping, of about 84.01)0.
thiefa man named Stewart—was arrested,
,4tnd a hearing, andwas' committed. He however
broke jail, and the neat morning the money was
!Annul, hid along the road a short diatince
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' iiiTIBIS.WLAND ITS ExPOWTATION.—The exportation
lierapeele ,frOm New York during, the , month of
April smirmitC.d to 83,482,182- Since:the begin -
nin - z,sif thk i present month, says tho Philadelphia
•• New of the 10th inst., the floir-saf coin to Europa
has -gape on • with increased volume. Tho Asia,
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which nailed on Wednesday; took out about
8O370,000; the Humboldt, on- Tuesday, took out
F. - 8858'03, 1; and the X'a,cific,' which is to leave for
if Liverpool toinorrow, luis $325,000 engaged—ma,
i i . king a total of nearly two millions of do ll ars—a
.1 1 ( largelamount than was received from California
1 . ,..; by th# Geprgia: :: • : , .
'•,!,f, The importations of foreign : merchandise at '
Nei/ - York for the month of April, amounted in
'""value to 61009,1383, while the exports of domes.
f; tic' and fotign goo goods? aid Arreduce, arnounteil to
i $4,947.660:`. With sneli a balance of;more than
ire millions against us, in the business 4)4' one_.
rc mouth,lt may be =sill seen wiry , specie is ex
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- Pelted to Europe. - - -• • - ',
Births, Marriages and. Deaths.
The bill providing_ for, the rcgistMtion of Births,
Marffiaics and Deaths, in this Cornmenwcalth, in
suitable books to be furnished by the State for
the Itegister'S effige in each connty, passed both!
Ilotnies' of the Legislature, by large majorities,
fore the adjournment.' It goes into operation on
the Ist of July next. The bill provides that,
whenever a marriage is celebrated, the officiating_
clergyman, magistrate, or clerk of the meeting,
shalt certify the fact to the register of ,the county..
When a birth or death takes place the - physician,
midwife, or coroner, shall, in like Manner, certify
the event to the register. In all caees'the expense
"is to be paid by the county, and a fine imposed for
the neglect to, certify—nise provisions both, for
without them the registration would be more or
less incomplete. Duplicate copies of the register
are to be forwarded to Hariiiburg, and there kept,
to provide against the origin'als being deptioyed
by fire or otherwise. With such a comprehensive
system - of registration, the descent of every man,
woman, and child, in the State, for generations,
back, would, in trine, come to be matter of record;
and a thousand difficulties of Jiroof, with ten thou
sand inducements to forge family records, such as
now perplex, and frequently defeat justice, would
vanish for ever from our Courts of law.
Electro-Mar„netic Locomotive.
Scarcelyhas the :excitement created by the dis.
covery _of one great scientific invention' passed
away before another and - a still greater is announ
ced to us. Scarcely bawl we become. a little ac•
-quaintcd with the mode; of transmitting intelli
gence from one end of the country to the other
with lightning speed by means of elertrieity, until
we are informed that an ongtne has been con
structed which is to be propelled with great force
aid speed by the same invisible agent Prof. Page
of Washington city, has recently experimented
with his electro-magiietie locomotive, aai..l was
completely successful.! Tho locomotive proceeded
out from Washington las far as Bladensburg, a
distance of .five miles, in thirty-five minutes. This
was the first. experiment. Subsequently the loco.
motive attained the speed of 19 miles an hour.
The practicability of. the application of electro
magnetism to the repulsion of mil way trains is
now fully demonstrated, and can be applied with
so little expense that we Would not. be surprised if
in a few years the present: steam engines would be
entirely superseded by Prof. Page's invention. .
Bralforit County.
- The Marrs of this county held their County
Meeting on the 7th instant, and appointed Allen
McKean and Rogers Fowler delegates to the State
Convention to be held in Lancaster on the 24th of
June, and instructed them to support Wm. F. John
ston as the candidate for Governor. E. R. Myer,
B. F. Powell and W. S. Bobbills were chosen Sena
torial conferees to! meet conferees from &urinehen
na and Wyorningi
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The Locofoco Convention which met on the
evening previoqs, is described as a rather slim
affair—not over two-thirds of pe townships being
represented. ! G.- E. Mason a 0 B. Laporte were
chosen- Representative delegates to the Reading
Convention, and Edward CrSpdall recommended
as Senatorial delegate to the same body. To the
Judicial Convention, at Harrisburg, a Wilmot
and LT_ nue= worn aolooto4 and Ilzur.y Gibtrs
recommended..A resolution instructing Guberna.
torial delegates to support William Bigler, was
Laid on the table by the declaim vote of, 38 to 3:
It is alleged by some, says the Argue. it.hat this
vote was the consequence of 'the North Branch
Democrat having hoisted his name and taken him
under its exclusive control; while others[regard it
differently, and-think it intended as a rebuke for
his strong Buchanan iwoclivities. Certidn it is,
the, bunkers are very mad, and the banalmmers in
high spirits over thq result.
Ramos= Curs= CHANGES Cosirtanterm—The
Washington. Republic,in noticing the statements
published in some of the northern journals, that
there were jealousies and ill.feeling growing up
between President Fillmore and Mr. Webster, and
That the resignation of the latter hai been openly
called for or talked about, adds lnither that it has
been rumored in print that other Cabinet changes
were in contemplation, in consequence of thii state
of feeling, and that Mr. Fillmore even took occa
sion to intimate 'to Mr. tiVebster, that he did not
approve 'of his recent visit to the North, on the
grotmd of its being a political tour. le, has even
been alleged, says the Republic; that Mr; Fillmore
• was disposed to recede :from the Union klatform,
and is faltering in his Union policy. All of which
rumors, and all others of similar impressions are,
says . the Republic, not only entirely fiils4i in fact
and in inference, but destitute of the leash &nada.:
tion in truth: •
WE learn from the Danville Democrat, that the
proprietors of the Montour -Rolling MilL have
stopped business in COMIUMICO of a strike for
higher wages by some o the . bands employed.
They find themselves unable to pay, advimeed
wages under the present depressed state of the
iron trade,,and prefer Jetting - the mill stand idle,
to sinking money by keeping the wheeh,in mo
tion. Second hundred -persons have been thrown
out of employment by 'this this operation, Mid their
families, is some instances, deprived of support.
This is but another of the many illustrations of
the beauties and workings of the British Tariff
of 1846: _ - ,
Ont - or tat FEw.—The Perry Cou nty Demand
of week before lest, records the death of Mr.
Richard Baker, a revolntiimarisoldier; who died
at his residence near Pindisburg, at the advanced
age of one hundred and tsvo years and three days.
The deceased svas bons; on: thei.6th'' day of April,'
1749,1 n what is now Schuylkill ; county, but fans
then a 'part Berks':eounty..., 'MO 'was in ilhe
army at the Re v iidation,, under itae . inuned6te
command of Gen:Washingfon, and :WWI 'a mem.
bet of that noble band who croered Bic Delawire,
on the night of the 26th December; 1776, and was,
in tivi . int'im which _took place on the' next dai.
He was alio at the battle of perthantovrn,swd. in
various Other active scenes. . - ' ' - •
• DISCOVERY OF A MASTLOON. , ..Ti r e. SOO krllll
Lewisburg Clfroniele, that on tbtr , 26th rat.,a /4r.
Thomas Howard, of Kelly tovnslip, Union : coon,
ty, while digging:a diteh near Lis' dwelling, about
three miles alarm Lewlsbtirg on the Buffalo creek
dug, up the tusk mammoth or mastadon.
The tusk is ten feet king, moderately curved, and
is nine inches:in diameter at , one end, and ... four
inches at the other. It art found about two fact
below the =race of the ground: , ••; •
THE WELTSIOROU . GIH ADVERTISER.
Letter front Sam Slick, Junior.
DEAZ BAILS,: Your friend, the Eagle„ IMMO to
have a monopoly of the Telegraph from our vil
lage—Borough—that was.to.be. I consider all
monopolies piggish, whether of -Telegraphs or
Post, Offices, or in, or of Printing Offices, or any
other matter o; thing, in which the public are
.decpiy interested,
Now therela your - corinty.town folks, desirous
of monopolising a portion of our. revenues, to pay
for a town'clock„because . they have already gotten
or takbn the privilege of placing one in the steeple
of . tliC Court House. I think , u Tioga" of the
RalleLhai been telling, the Weftsborough people
some truths that they would do well to heed.
They had better pay for the - clock themselves, as
we da for curs, and so let the matter drop ; or, if
they can't do all that, let them send a subseription
paper this way, and we'll.. give them a. lift--in
lumber "delivered.at the Turn Out." I have no
doubt that other parts of .the county will do the
like, " after their kind." " Millions for Charity—
nut a cent for tribute." •
But I was speaking of monopolies, with other
matters in view, when I commenced this writing.
I wonder if any body has written the natural his
tory of monopolising, or if they are not too ano
malous and unclassable to be written of at all , in
a scientifid way. There is our Tinge post office,
Air example, had been so long the perquisites of
Locofoism that her very fingers had grown fast to
ft. It had been hers in victory and in defeat.
Her right to it had become Divine—so she, or
some-of bore; seemed to believe. It was therefore
&most daring and impious measure—that of ta
king it Out of their hands—but, alas ! the deed is
done!. Ye * * and little fishes ! What a bold
move on the part of Fillmore's Administration!
The "no party man who reads the Tribune" has
much to answer for, because, don't you- see, be.
ing a no party man, he had no interest in public '
affairs, and no right to say a word about the post
office to any body ;, more especially as ho is also
a " reader of the Tribisne r" You can't believe
what an excitement was gotten up in this village,
among one or two persons, when it was discovered
that a " no party man" had " spoken in meeting !"
However, as ono excitement sometimes kills ano
ther, the temerity of the " no party man that reads
the-Tribune," has been quite forgotten, and all his
notoriety absorbed in that of' one, at least, of the
"chiefmourners." - It was a sad parting, that, of
the Tioga post of from under the protecting
care of Locofocoisrii, had in its choice embodiment,
the person of Albinos Hunt, Esquire; but Albinos
is something of a . philosopher, and won't take
things hard when there's no use in it. His I
sometime deputy, however, (not the Judge,) being
of a more "affectionate disposition," refuses to be
comforted, and will probably never be "himself
again." His case in reality beats the fictitious , 1
one of " Irish Johnny" all to nothing. I wonder
Incognito of the Eagle did'nt report it instead of
writing that foolish romance-nbout the mail boy.
"Irish Johnny" is now as happy as the Vicar of
Bray—his "little . ugly face" quite handsome with
good humor, while that of the " chief mourner"
aforesaid, though once filar to look upon, and still i
" bearing the register" of former triumphs, goes
"clouded with scornful meaning" which my face
should not wear for all the offices in' the gift of
Fillmore and the Silver Greys. Thejeli a mystery .
in it!
Soon after the Eagle came to hand, with the
communication of Incognito in its columns, save.
ral individuals got oftended because the authorship
of, that article was attributed to them. Its unve.
racity in some respects was so apparent, that none
or but few in the village would like to be thought
guilty of writing it. When at last the real au
thor was discovered, the excitement subsided, for
nobody was surprised.
Well, the post office under its new officer goes
on like clock-work—much better than the town
clock. Nobody grumbles any more. There never
has been, among the great mass, any olijeetion to
the change. There is not, nor has there been any
mistrust of the perfect competency of Lewis Dag.
gett, nor any misgivings as to the measures taken
and arguments used to procure his appointment,
by the "no party man" or any body else. In-fact,
tergiversation, if any, has been on the other' side;
as Incognito probably knows; and by this time
suspects can be proved. I would not disparage
Mr. Daggett's predecessor; lint most certainly,
"ability and integrity, and the convenience of the
people" have not been disregarded in the change.
In respect to ordinary property, I have heard it
said that lei* possessiOn is ." nine points of the
laive' but when an officer is in question, it is, in
all reason', Point No Point. Yet this is all the
point there is in 'lncognito's letter to the Eigle--if
you take it minus die untruth.
When I spoke of Locofocoism's Divine right, I
had reference to the implied opinion, of a very
small number,- who carry their Demo.cre.cy in
their pockets. In this neighborhood they consti - -
tuto a-small band, called Q t roservatives, probably
the same "fifteen or twenty" spoken of by Incog
nito, whoM the `reinoval of Mr. Hunt has "made
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strongly deraocratic." These " fifteen. or twenty"
were neither Whigl nor Free Sellers; If the
'Post Office was the price theyset an their ad
lerence to "Filhnomand.Silver.Grayism," . they
prize themselves too `cheap even for Cass men.' I
believe better things of them, albeit, they
have Some faults. If their views, or rather inters.
Sons, have been changed by 4 change in the Post .
Office, so- mote it be. They are : the only folks
living in these Diggins whose votes can be•chan
ged by any 0130 motives. MI the rest !MVO here
tofor4 professed , to . vole and act, upon higher min
ciplei, and fguess it "would [take several changes
• in - a - petty Post O ffi ce to threw them off the track
much. .; Yours, - • •
SAMUEL SLICK, JUNIOR.
Tioga. 1851. ' • .
Tim Hens OD Das.vnurrwana—ty E. L. Bun
.ensam—LThhu is one`of the most interesting and
enchanting romances that-has been published for
many-a day.; The scene is laid in Landeafin the
-year 7773, and: the exciting events of that. One
are well worked uP,and give an additional historic
interest to the 'star"; For a copy of the girlie
work , we'; - are indebted' to Sie gentlemanly pub.
fishers, Messrs.- Dewitt da'iDivenpart; Tribune
BuildingS; New; York.' Price 50 cents.
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TfIE Irani.? sop- in this - ugh= 'never, at this
seek= of the y i eer. - wor e a mom proMising 'ap•
. penance, Our ; exchanges fDom Atli partS of the
:State concur in this:. - . • • , -
ALI. - bar r roo* ;ire !I:Low doss ut Harrisburg,
on Sunday, by tbo court.
Court House In Piater County.
The following communication, Which was re.
ceiscd too late_ for our last paper, We publish at
the request of a number of citizens of Harrison
township, Potter,county
HAttßistiw,P tt er CO P o a.,
May 2, 1851. S
The scheme for the erection of a new
Court. House in Potter county, having met
with - the decided disapprobation of a very
large majority of the inhabitants, and mett 7
sures having been takeim by the public WE
ceis to thwart their Wfshes, by hurrying
thiough the Legislature, so l os to preclude
numerous protestations and remonstances
to' the contrary, an act authorizing the
County Commissioners to borrow $15,000
for the above purpose, the people of several
townships have met to express their.senti
ments in a more general and decided way.
At' a_ very large and enthusiastic meeting
held in Harrison township, the following,
among other resolutions, was by unanimous
acclamation adopted:
'We hereby resolve and mutually pledge
to 'each other our firm and unfaltering sup.
poet, That we will not pay any tax levied
by the County Cothmissioners, hereafter to
be collected from us, which has been ex
pended in borrowed funds for building a
Court House, or a Plank Road ; and that
we will resist to the last extremity, and by
all means in our poiver, any effort to sof
lect the same by law.
Wit. J. LATTA, Chairman.
James Martin, Secretory
i We notice that large meetings have also
been held in the townships of Genessee, Sharon,
Clara, and Ulysses, in opposition to the project of
borrowing money for building a Court House.
License Law of 1195.
The following section in tho license law of 1795
has never been repealed, but it might as well be
for it is never enforced:
SECT/ON 2. All persons who are found
drinking and tippling in ale houses, taverns,
or other public .houses or places, on the
first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, or any part thereof, shall for every
offence, forfeit and pay one shilling and
sixpence to any-constable that shall demand
the same; to the use of the'poor ; and all
constables are hereby empowered, and by
virtue of either office required to search
public houses and places suspected to enter
tain such tipplers, and then when found,
quietly to disperse, but in case of refusal,
to bring the persons so refusing before the
next Justice of the Peace who may commit
such offenders to the stocks or bind them
to their good behavior as to him shall seem
requisite. And the keepers of such ale
houses or places, as shall countenance or
tolerate any such practises being convicted
thereof, by the view of a single magistrate,
his,own confession, or the proof of one or
more credible witnesses, shall for every of
fence forfeit or pay ten shillings, to tm
re re-
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covered as and, for-the uses above said.
Another Discovery.
Mr. Paine, who claims to have invented a
method of producing light and heat by the com
bustion of water, not satisfied with this discovery,
has hit upon a cheaper and more abundant fuel.
The Worcester Spy says : _
Although the patent of the Hydro Elec
tric Light has been secured, Mr. P. has not
remitted his-, investigations, and at last has
discovered a process of catalyzing the oxy
gen of the atmosphere, and rendering it
highly luminiferotts at a mere nominal ex
pense, without the cost of machinery, or
any other apparatus than an air receiver,
capable of holding common air. We have
it in operation in our office, examined it
miUntely, catalyzed the oxygen ourself, and
read by the light so produced, which- is
equal, if not superior, to the best gas
turned in the cities. -The flame is pecu
liarly bright and brilliant, burns with a
clear, steady 'light, .is entirely inoderous,
and during the half hour that we watched
its operation, we could see no consumption
of ,the catalizing material. The whole
apParatus which we saw, could not have
cost more than a couple of dollars, and it
is-capable of furnishing all the light needed
for' the illumination of an ordinaiy sized
room."
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY WHIG CONVENTION.--ThiS
which met - at the Court House on the 22d
ult.; to elect delegates to the State Convention,
pasSeil the followinglesolution
Resolved, That we witness with pride
and hail as All omen of good to our beloved
country, the general favor which is expres
sed in all parts of the Union for Gen. Scott
as the next President. Long have We vene
rated his name ; long have We cherished
the' proud recollections of his hard earned
fame, his many virtues, and his eminent
services, and , we hope, with millions of. our
countrymen, that we may have an appro._
bation of his course by giving him our votes
for!President in 1852,
- Noma Vxisow—lt is said that Mr. Washing
ton; propriekir of the Mount Vernon estate, was
asked bq President Fillmore, the price at which
the ; United States Government could . purchase
Mount Vernon, for' a - Military - Asylum, and that
'the reply was, that for two hundred acres around
theinum3ion, he would ask two hundred thousand
dollirs. Mr. W. remarked .that - the offer , of two
hundred thousand dollars had been made by pri.
vote. individuals,and that, of course, he- would
expect the government to pay.
, THE Governor and Council .of Massachusetts
hae designated the
.96th day of,May, for holding
eleetiims in the second, &nth and seventh Con.
gressional districts of that StUte. AP the Illtirality
law win-then be in force; there:renstbe a choice.
In Lancaster courity, in every case where proof
is Made to tho court of landlords dolling
_liquor to
drunken men' or Minors, or . of 'their tolerating
gandding .
,of any kind. on their prendies,..their
license is Y . 1410 Atus -6 s9L A very gs 4 ruict
which we would like to see adopted everywhere.
- Oui.lhinar......Axnorig the effeete of David
Gr4lY, of Earl township; Lancaster 'connty c lately
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From the Harrisburg American.
Election lPrands—Reedar. Unease
HOD.' R. Kneass and ; William B. Reed
were candidates at le last election, for the
office of Dietriet Attorney of the city and
county of .Philadelphia. Mr: Kneass was
returned as elected by a majority of eighty
five votes. On a complaint , of certain elec
tors, alledging that Mr. ,Rneass was unduly
and fraudulently elected, his election was
contested before the Court of Common
Pleas-King, Kelly and Campbell, were the
Judges on the bench.
The returns of three election
. districts
were impugned as erroneous and fraudulent,
to wit : the borough of West Philadelphia,
the Eastern precinct of the District of
Penn, and the Second Ward of Moyamen
sieg.
There was a manifest error in the re
turns of West Philadelphia, which reduced
the Majority of Mr. Kneass to thirty-five
vates. We extract from the 'opinion de
livered by Judge King, a statement showing
the number of illegal votes returned in
Eastern• Penn and Moyamensing :
The following statement exhibits the aggiegate
corrections of the returns of the district under in
vestigation. The result shows thatron the second
Tuesday in October last, Wm. 'B-Reed was duly
clected.District Attorney for'the county of Phila•
delphia.
STATEMENT.
- Mayamensing, 2d Ward.
Return for Mr. Kneasg, -
Deduct for illegal votes after No. 906, 1 . 52
Also deduct the deficiency between 24
returned for Mr. Reed, and 133 al
lowed for on proof, - - - - 39
191
leave true vote for Kneen, - - . 906
Eastern Penn.
By returns from this district Mr..
Kneass has 407
Deduct difference between 26 allowed
Mr. Reed on said return, and 73
votes proved, 49
Leave Mr. Kneass' vote here - - 358
' RECAPITULATION.
Deducted- from Mr. Kneass', vote by "the _
reformation of second Ward, Moyamin
sing, - 191
By reformation in cast Penn, . - - 49
Add error against Mr. Reed in West Phila.-
delphia, 50
From this deduct the majority re
. ,
turned by the General Board for
Mr. Kneass- •
... A 85
Errors in N. i , B.Garden and
Kensington, ..-,.
e. 20
105
Leaving a majority to Mr. Reed of ' -
After a long and laborious trial the
opinion of the Court was delivered by Judge
King, - on the 3d inst.,
and the,allega t ions of
the electors were fully sustained by the
opinion. Judge Kelly concurred -in the
opinion delivered by the President Judge.
Judge Kelly moreover stated that he be
lieved Mr. Reed was entitled to even a
larger returned vote than the opinion of the
President allowed him. Judge Campbell,
who is a candidate for a nomination on the
Bench of the Supreme Court, dissented
from the other Judges.
It appears that the illegal votes polled
were entered on the lists kept by the clerks
in the names of persons not to be found on
the Assessor's lists, of persons unknown in
the districts, of persons who were proved to
have been dead , years ago, and of persons
who had emigrated from the State, or left
the country. Gentlemen of undoubted re
spectability appeared before Court, and
swore that they had voted for Mr. Reed,
and these votes were never returned by the
election officers. These men have exhibi
ted a total disregard of their oaths, and of
the most sacred obligations of good citizens.
It has been the habit of the opposition
to continually charge election frauds_and
bribery at elections on the Whigs. They
charged fraud on the Whigs in -1840.
They alledged that Gov. Johnston was
fraudulently elected, and all may remember
Judge Champney's visit to Schuylkill coun
ty after the election in 1848 for the purpose
of discovering and exposing the tremendous
frauds in the coat regions. Unluckily for
them, the crj, of fraud against the Whigs
`'raised at almost every election, by opposi
tion leaders and journals, has never been
sustained by proof; and it has 'generally
been nothing more nor less than a political
stratagem, intended to direct popular atten
fion to! the Whigs, while they - themselves
import' votes, manufacture certificates of 1
naturalization, and perform the miracle of
resuscitating-the dead. •
In this trial there can be no unfairness,
nor partizan partiality. These frauds -are
alleged to have been perpetrated in Demo- ,
cratic districts, and their effort was to place
a Democrat in ono of the most important
offices in Pennsylvania.' After a fair, full,
laborious investigation, before three Demo
erotic Judges; it is decided by' them that
their own party friends have disregarded
their oaths, have perpetrated frauda, and
desecrated the sanctity of the ballot-box.
The President, Judge King, stated at the
clo . se of the trial that the Court. would, is
sue a decree declaring the certificate of Mr.
Kneass invalid, and installing Mr. Reed in
the office of District Attorney for the County
and City.
•
THE CHILD OF Mns."Warrn.—We learn
that there is strong reason to - believe that
this daughter of Mr. and Mrs. White, who
were murdered by the Inc:lrina% a band of
the,Apackn_ Indians; near the settlenients of
New Mexico, in the fall of 1849, is still
living'; and_ that, with the negro', servant
girl, tatter' at the same time,. She is now I
held in captivity by some of the Indians of
that 'territory. We learn, also, that hopes
are yet entertained that the measures_
adopted, by the ex•officia SUperintetidant of
Indian Matra, the governor, Under instruc.
from the Indian Department; autho
rizing a reward of 81000; to be pnittout of
the money appropriated by i Congress for
'her ransom, Will effect' her reatOration'and
return to her friends and relatives.
Waahington' Telegraph.
• A Tteßusu StnrAnort.-:-Ilaving your
throat shaved by a drunken barber. •
Dreadful Loss pit Life.
Burniiir of the Steamboat Webster.
VICKSBURG, May 3.
The steamboat Webster, Captain Samuel
Renp, took fire yesterday afternoon, and
Was burned to the water's edge, at the head
of Island Eighty.six, one hundred miles
above :Vicksburg. -
The fire was first discovered and the
alarm given about 3 o'clock, and almost in.
stantly afterwards the boat was enveloped
in flames._ ;
The pilot, Mr. Buckman, to whom great
credit is due, having charge cif the whe e l,
immediately endeavored to run 'the bo a t
ashore. He was in part. successful ; but
the flames finally drove him from his post,
and the boat being unmanageable, floated
again into deep water, thus depriving the
passengers and crew or- the first and last
hope of safety.
At the first alarm tr scene ensued which
it is impossible to describe, and mingled as
it was with the burning boat, from which
the flames were spouting in all directions,
became terrible in the extreme. Many
rushed into the flames, while others
crowded to the side of the boat, clinging
convulsively to the guards, until driven
away by the fire, and compelled to' throw
themselves into the current. •
It was with difficulty that any of the fe
males could be saved, many of them being
separated from their husbands and friends.
About twelve or fifteen of the passengers
jumped from the boat, and with difficulty
saved their lives. by clinging to the snags
until relieved by the yawl of the vessel, and
skiffs from the shore.
46 soon as the fearful truth was known
by the inhabitants or the share, three or
four boats were quickly rowed to the scene
of disaster, and succeeded in saving the
lives of several persons who were clinging
to the sides of the boat, and to c the snags in
the river. They were taken on board of
the store boat Grey Eagle, Captain J. L.
Case, who did all that could be done to af
ford an asylum to the few women and chil
dren who were saved.
1079
The number of passengers and hands on
board the Webster was about one hundred,
of whom only about sixty can be found,
the rest are supposed to have perished with
the boat.
290
The steamer New Orleans, bound for
New Orleans from St. Louis, hove in sight
about an hour after the accident, and stop
ped and wok, most' kindly, on board all the
survivors, and rendered all other assistance
that could be desired.
ECM
The boat, papers, and money, were all
lost.
The above statement was givenYby the
crew and - passengers saved.,
Sttange Coincidence.
We . have been informed by t friend in
Philadelphia of a remarkable circumstance
which recently took place-in that city. A
young lady of a wealthy family was de
votedty attached to a gentleman- who loved
her in return sincerely and disinterestedly.
The lady's mother was bitterly averse to
the continued attentions of the lover and
finally forbade him to enter the house.
Thus repulsed, he was obliged to meet his
betrothed—for such she was—in a clandes
tine manner. They were accustomed to
meet in Ronaldson's cemetery, doubtless to
talk of their hopes for the future and to ex
change vows " of ,fidelity while walking in
that beautiful. spot. This was discovered,
and the mother in order to stop further
communication, with 'a cruelty that needs
no comment, kept her daughter .strictly
closeted. Previous to this the latter had
made an agreement to meet her lover in the
cemetery on the 23d of April, three weeks
hence, by which time she expected to make
definite arrangements for the future, nod if
it was necessary, to elope. Poor creature,
she never saw him again I Between, two
and three weeks after her close confine
ment to her room, she'died, and singular to
'say ; was buried on Wednesday, the 23d •
April! The cause of her deatb is un
known, but as there are various modes of
terminating life, there is said to •be room
'for harsh conjectures. However,we ,may
say, that we have reason to ieve" the
matter' will not bear - Close investigation,
and terminate favorably to all parties. Suf
fice it to add, that -in hei delirium the un
.fortunate girl requested • the- name of her
betrothed to - be engraved on her tombstone,.
since she was married to him t y the best
affections of the heart, if .'not' by a formal
ceremony. The lover is, as might be ex
pected, almost distracted, and Was utterly
incapacitated to attend the funeral.
Wealth of Showmen.
An exchange paper says, two millions,
six hundred and seventy thousand dol.
lars have been made by showmen in the
last ten years making an average for each,
of one hundred and , seventy 'eight thonsand,
_ The following is,a list of what each man
has made, commencing with . P.T. Barnum
the richest showtian in the ,world, he hav
ing made in the last eight years over $BOO,-
000 ; Jenny Lind is worth $500,000, not
withstanding the has given over half a mil
lion in charity ;: Moses Kimball, of the Bos-,.
ton Museum; $300,000_;' Edwin Vor rest, the
great tragedian, $350,000,; Button, $125,-
000 ; Blitz, the Magician, $50,0004 Ham?
blip .of N. Y, Bovery Theatre., $70,000;
Gee. -. Welsb, the great Circus man, $60,-
- 006 ; Wyman, the, prince of Magicians ..and
Necromanoers, . 835,000; : General Tom.
Thuinb,. Barnum's, greet dwarf, $75,000 ;
J. E. Owens, the , comedian and: Proprieter
of ih e , Baltimore Museum, $85,000; Herp
Aleprider, the juggler and artis!e, 8 25 e
000 ; Banvard, the proprietor. of, the nitrab,'
Panorama, $75,000 ; Wm. Niblo,lthe We",
bratcd. garden, proprietor of New York, - is
worth $150,000, notwithstanding' his se—
rious loss bY arse : .;,;. ;±.
Fie - ivhci has 'not . , bread to apaKiihould
not keep 'a dog. •
,HoFr4bu'rksTekgraph.
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