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hahursday, :: : Rai 29, 1951.
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OA 1 The New postage Law.: '4^ !,lk
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1 r2v i s the time to Subscribe for the -"Ad-
V. 3 1, 1 vertiser,"-
tlf:rhe Atm; Postage Law will go into operation on
11 first day of July next, after which date the
1. b IVERTISER willcirculate in Tiogit county FREE
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,t. , POSTAGE. This will reduce the price of
wiJ Advertiser—which is now the cheapest paper
tiPPited in. the county—to mail subscribers, fifty.
4,f;11 cents per year. The mass - of the people will
N!4tl have no excuse for longer remaining ignorant
tiVit!he things transpiring weekly in their own
11 - :11', hborhood. As this 'law does not take effect
i - 1:1 the Ist.of July, we will give new subscribers
4ri.lit immediate benefit of it—we will deduct from
q' z 'F' subscription price (payable in advance) the
Il.',.:Stu;tt of postage chargeable on it, from the time
t-)r,:!tubscribing, till the new law takes effect. So
.th a in your subscriptions at once, and get the
i-f.t.:, ?efits of FREE POSTAGE and the BEST FAMILY
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4. : . 'lf ‘N 7 SPAPER •in the county. Each of our pre
!,qff;:t subscribers might easily procure us an addi
sl4:ial one, by talking the matter up with their
. I,V4hbors, and thus double our subscription list.
1 , ~fter the Ist of July, as an inducement for our
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"4t Ids to interest themselves in the matter, we
iilq,' send fire copies of the Advertiser, to one ad-
A'bs, for Six DOLLARS, and ten copies for TEN
P.4...t.mt5, provided that the money accompany the.
4 . '1 . 1 . f - T. As this reform in the law has been brought
~ .t. ' -I.,tint mainly by the determined, efforts of the
% , ..tntry press, it is no more than fair that sub‘seri.
VI: 4, should use some slight effortglo increase the
1.-11. 1 : citation of the papers which" have effected this
Ili.i.f!irm, the benefits of' Which is reaped almost en
' Oily by them.
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larsusimac DAILY AMERICAN..- : -TIliS valuable
F .,tti I . '
Ai'l•um paper, published at Harrisburg, by Berg
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,;, & Co., has lately been enlarged and much
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'.l roved. It is permanently established, and we
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...,k,i.,9t it will receive a liberal and hearty support
,i g*- the Whig art of the State. The Adminis.
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i iilAion is warmly and enthusiastically supported
4. ',Oll/is able journal. Terms V per annum
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i:44IAT/ONAL MONUMENT.—We have received the
Pr;Of number of a new paper bearing the above
;,; published by James C. Pickett, Washington
It$ -2 at per annum. It is pricted on a double,
sheet, and makes quite a handsome appia-
Mee. It is intended to be a literary, agricultural
Nit miscellaneous paper, the proceeds of which,
ii!:;tr the expenses of publishing are deducted, to
Niliaprilied in the - erection of the Washington
ifltE NEXT ELECTMX.-TIICTC will be more ofFi
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;f i - 5 to vote for in Tioga county next fall, than
IWe ever been voted for at any one previous elec-
The) arc—Governor, Canal Commissioner,
[tiq't Supreme Judger, President Judeg, two fi.sso
i?!/12; Jud , -es one Representative, Prothonotary,
and Recorder, Treasurer, Commissioner,
'.`.ate Auditor—in all sixteen candidates.
Housz Ar Cortsiso.,We learn'that F.
eaver, the late gentlemanly and opular land
of the Mansion -House at Covington, has
14ecl the Clinton House in Corning, N. V., and
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tit it will he open for the accommodation of the
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. t• r.ridie. n a day or two. From Mr, well known
~o.litation as a landlord, we risk nothing in saying
f. 41 who may stop with him, that his house will
11411 times be found a home to the tress-e'er.
ON THE DELANTARE.—The steamboat
. I , tho, with passengers from Baltimore, was run
;sl
b y the steam ferry boat Commodore Stockton,
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' hort distance below the Philadelphia Navy
on the evening of the flOth instant, about 81
r l o,;l7l ' ock , which caused the former boat to sink
14.iost immediately. • The concussion and crash
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ilt:re terrific, creating great consternation among
passerig,ers. About one hundred passengers
p i , : e on the boat at the time—many of whom were
f les—and we regret to learn that several found a
... 1 4!tery grave. Two bodies have been recovered.
Ailiers are believed to have been ic:st. The bag.
INe was nearly all lost. The boat can be raised
fprepaired. Every effort was rptic on the shore
i Nelieve the sufferers, and administer such coin.
Ois to them as circumstances required.
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tiff= METHODIST CDT:SCH.—To show the extent
? t Ibis Church in the United - States, it appeared,
1 to statement made at the opening of the trial
rF: 4l'-
proceeding in New York, that it is a colon.
gey institution, and unincorporated ; that it con
t?'V.s Of 7 bishops, 489.3 preachers—and in bishops,
,"•,... ,,i pisters and members under the organization in
Vl*-1, United States, 1,190,960. Of these, about
4:b,000 belong to the North; and 465,000 to the
tiir ' eh SOME
HE Erie Gazette announces by authority of
! NJ. Ball, Esq., that that gentleman will not be a
VAdidate before the Whig State Convention for
i , ,14 .4 ,nal Commissioner. • His numerous friends in
!.11 State will 'regret his declination. Most ccr-
I:Aly it would be impossible to obtain a more
able man for the place mentioned.
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qAN MISSING.—We learn that George Babb, son
INWillitim Babb of Morris, in this county, who
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t,enn engaged for some time in surveying lands
t: Phelps & bodge on the Sinnemahoning,in
ton county, in this State, has been missing for
A •
ut two weeks, and, as be had considerable
icy in his possestion at that time, it is supposed
been murdered.
stz Pennsylvanian announces that CoL Bigler
f, 1 stump the State after his nomination for Go.
'_ , ,!-Anor by - the Loco Coniention. At the last elec..
Gov. Johnston was denounced by the entire
cofoco-..party. for doing the same thing. Now,
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11 ever, it will be a,H right and proper, no doubt.
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ructor.--We learn that a young man named
;!6 - sd Pititt, residing near Chadwick's steam saw
10, in Brown township, Lycoming county, coln 7
Pitted suicide on the evening of the 13th instant,
i 5 shooting himself thiough the heart. The de.
tased was formerly from South Denby, Tompkins
ty, N. Y.
", 1 Inners os FpowEas.—Take refuse, tobacco,and
it soak in water until the, color ofl the water is
'''q'tiie . dark P with which sprinkle the plants in the
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•,:, , ening, or about sundown, for two or three days
~..E.:. , succession. Care sbotild betaken to -do it be
.. tiry..l9oxvto open, as in..thavcase the water
d' ill iscoloi*itower.
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Tiz Csomait..--yire observe in the Cincinnati
onmerefal a statement that the Cholera' has
made its appearance in that eity. Four per.
were attacked on the 15th inst, and two of
tem flied.
Harrisburg Cotton Factory was put in ape
'llion on the 19;1 inst., and work.cd admirably.
Chief Justice Gibson!.
-It is a question of doubt whether Chief Justice
Gibson will receive a nomination From either pqrty
for the post which be now holds with so much
honor, credit and ability. We do not know wheth
er the Judge is a Whig or a Locefoco.'nor do We
care; but aro satisfied that no man in the State of
Pennsylvania will ever again fill the post with the
same amount ofjegal intelligence that it is now
done. He is a man of towering intellect, great
legal'hnowledge, end is considered by the soundest
lawyers in the Union, a truly Master spirit. It
would,be good policy for both patties to nominate
him under the circumstances, in order that the
place may be ably filled. The Reading Journal
copies an article from the Germantown Telegraph,
which nominates him for the 13ench, and adds
So far as we can learn the bar and community
here heartily approre-of the suggestion. Judge
Gibson his been an ornament to the legal profes
sion of the country, and has added to the dignity
of a place once occupied by a Tilghman. His
opinions arc characterized by strong-, good sense,
profound legal knowledge, and great dearness of
language—in short, they arc worthy of_the place
he occupies, and which we hope he may not leave."
South Carolina.
The threatened outbreak and millification move.
merits in South Carolina, have generally been re
garded by the people of the North, as mere
schemes for effect, and no one at all supposed - the
sincerity attached to the same; but matters have
lately assumed such an aspect as to convince us
that there really is determination among the lead
ing spirits in this rebellious State, to matte at least
an attempt at nullification and secession from the
'Union. The convention which was assembled at
Charleston a few weeks since, adjourned by decla
ring the State ready for unconditional secession,
and recommended to the next Legislature to carry
out this design, by declaring South Carolina no
longer a member of the United States. The object
of gjese miserable traitors is to sat up the inde
penYnt Republic of South Carolina, where they
can rule, act and lord it, as they think, to their
hearts' desire.
However, these things are more easily threa
tened than accomplished. They w i ll find, sooner
or later, that a government like that of these
United States is not so easily trificalwith, and that
they will receive what they justly deserve, They
have made one attempt at nullification already.
They know the result of that undertaking, and
may
,depend upon it, they will fare no better in
this. We shall see what the result of this -move
ment mill be.
President and Associate Judges.
Of all the officers to be chosen at the next elec
tion, says the State Journal, we regard the Judges
as the most important to the community. Whe
ther we consider the long term of their office, their
elevated and responsible station, or the vast range
and effect of their duties,The subject is one of deep.
and vital interest. They are to sit in judgment •
upon life, liberty, and proßcrty, arid we hold that
the utmost care is requisitan their selection.
A President Judge should be learned in the law,
familiar with the Reports, decided, not doubting
and timid, beyond the suspicion of fear c favor or
affectioti, of unquestioned integrity, and of recog
nized sobriety. He should also be kind to those
subordinate to him, not self-willed or dictatorial,
elegant, rather than rude in his manners. Ability
without good moral character in public stations of
trust and importance, is but a curse to all whoso
interests are involved.
The Associates should be eqitally men of repu
tation, having the confidence of. the community.
Although it is not required that they should have
extensive legal knowledge, the duties of their of
fice requires sound judgment, good business habits,
and some familiarity with legal proceedings. In
the Quarter sessions and in the Orphan's Court,
they are frequently called to decide questions
touching the appointment of guardians, the appro
val of bail, settling estates, conviction and sentence
of prisoners, granting tavern licenses, and matters
of interest and grave importanCe.
Relative Density of Population.
It appears from the Census report, that the
population of each State, to the square mile, is
nearly as follows : . .
Maine, - 17 N. Hampshire, • 33
Vermont . 39 Matsachusetts, 11'7
Rhode Island, 3:26 Connecticut, . 70
N. York, 67 .N. Jersey, ' _ 71
Pennsylvania, '5O Delaware, 41
Maryland, - - 23 " Virginia, .24
N. Catolina, 19 S. Carolina, 22
Georgta, 16 Florida, 1
'Kentucky, 19 0hi0,45
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Indiana, 20. Illinois, 15
Wisconsin, ' • 4 'Michigan, 7
Tennessee, 24 Alabama, 13
Mississippi, 13 Louisiana, 9
Arkansas, 4 Missouri, 10
lowa, 3
Hon. niehard Coulter.
The Westmoreland IntelligeiKer of the 16thl
expresses a preference for the Hons. Richard Coul
ter and Walter Forward, as two of the Whig can
didates for the Supremo Court. They are pure
men, sound lawyers, good citizens, and would add
strength to the Whig ticket.
Richard Coulter is 'a gentleman of extensive le
gal and literary acquirements, stern integrity, and
urbane manners. His judicial opinions have made
him hosts of friends ail over the State in both par
ties, and his courteons 'demeanor has greatly
pleased the members of the bar. Ho has adorned
every office - he ever held, id whether in the State
Legislature, Congress, or on the Supreme Bench,
he has always won golden opinions
_among those
whose praise is worth the toils of honorable -Lim
bi tion.
THE GREAT Exnnaztorc.-L-The Seeretary. of the
Amtlfican Committee, Mr. Kennedy, received by
the last steamer a copy of the tOfEcial Catalogue
of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all
Nations," published by authority pi! the Royal
Commission. This catalogue ii i printed in a quar-
to form, containing 320 pages cline 0110 in double
columns: The contributions are from all civilized
nations of the earth—.from the Yellow Sea, the
Burumpgra aid the Ganges in the ]Nast : to the
Mississippi in the West; from Australia
fori3ia- r and their number is inci•edible.
Einszawsnaci.—An old business map subsii3t un.
til its customers drop off by death or removal, ; but
he who would buUd up a business now, must be
"like, the time," and improve the advantages it
offers: - • • •
Trce fiat regular ;Express Train from Dunkirk
to New 'York, passed over the Erie. road on ; Mon.
day ,a week, in 17; hours. Tho distance is 465
miles, being at the rate of nearly 30 miles an hour,
including stoppagesi I
THE WELLSBOROUGH ADVERTISER.
Vlore Free Trade.
Mr. Gonder, Contractor for the Hanover Branch
Railroad, has contracted for the rails for the road,
with a firm in Liverpool, England. They are the T
rail, and to be manufactured in Wales. They will
be deliverad in Baltimore in September next, for
$40,000. The Hanover Spectator remarks :
It may be asked _by those who are not
well posted in our national affairs, why the
iron is purchased in a_ foreign country ?
This is owing to the humiliating fact that
iron can be purchased, brought and de
livered in this country, at the doors of our
own Pennsylvania Iron Works, for" less
than it is even manufactured here. The
cause is.the want of a Tariff sufficiently
protective to our best State interests. So
far from our Iron works in this country be
ing able to sustain themselves against this
foreign .competition, the Sheriff, and with
him ruin and bankruptcy, are closing nearly
every one in the State! It is the want of
a proper Tariff. We hope the party who
dearly cherishes this great principle will
soon gain the ascendency, and crush the
foes of our domestic interests, so that the
vast railroads of the country may be laid
with the iron of our . own beloved hills.
Varmers Emigrating to Virginia.
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Some of the best farmers in Western New
York have purchased lands in Viginia, and will
soon become cultivators of the soil in that State.
In a letter to the editor of the Gennessee Farmcr r
of a recent date, from Proctor's creek, Chesterfield
county, Virginia, the writer says :
I am anxious for a company of Northern
farmers, say from one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty, to purchase a tract from
twenty to forty thousand acres, within
twenty pr thirty miles of the principal cities
and tide water, at or near a railroad or we
ter-navigation. It will be but thirty hours
travel by railroad from New York and
forty-eight hours by steamer. Some of
these lands are well improved and have
fair buildings; and their average may be
four dollars per acre. The climate is salu
brious add admirably adapted to fruit cul
ture. The following prices are common
fqr the crops named : 14 heat $1.05 and
$1 per bushel ; corn, 70 to 75 cts.; rye, 65
to 70 cts.; buckwheat, $1 to $125 ; hay,
$2O to $25 per ton ; oats, 50 to 64 cts.;
butter, 25 cts. per pound, always; cheese,
none made ; Irish potatoes, $1 to $1.50 ;
beans, $1.30 ; cotton 12 cents ; (little
raised, but might be.) Nothing is farther
from the truth than the common belief at
the North, that it is disgraceful for a white
man to labor.
The Michigan Conspiracy.
The Detroit Tribune of April 26th gives the
following chapter from the history of the late con
spiracy of desperadoes in that State. The story
seems almost incredible. Is not some one prat.
tising upon public credulity fur sonic sinister pur
pbse ?
The schemes' concocted, and the system
under which the gang of ruffians, recently'
arrested•along the line of the Central Rail
road, were drilled, and the depths to which
they. were rendy to sink themselves in
crime and depravity, may be partly infer
red from the following leaf in the history of
their conspiracy,.
At one of the regular meetings, which
they were in the habit of holding periodi
cally at their place of rendezvous, for the
purpose of consultation as to future move
ments, and the division of plunder, it was
reported by some, in the order of business,
that one of their sworn number, %%hose
name was stated, had been detected in re
vealing some of the secrets that should have
been known only to the initiated. Suspi.
cions of betrayal were freely indulged i n ,.:
and t 6 the question as how the guilty one
should be silenced, one of the conclave
made the
,significant remark that ' < dead
men tell no tales !"
Acting upon this hint, it was unanimously
agreed that the punishment should be death ;
and that the duty of carrying the penalty
into effect should be let out to the lowest
bidder for the job ! The first offer was
named at three hundred and fifty dollars for
trn assassination, and the bidding went on
till the sum was lowered to one hundred
dollars—the bidder reserving the right to put
the victim out of the way in his own place
and manner, and the time allotted not to
exceed four days. This offer was the price
finally agreed upon, and the money
, was
immediately counted out and paid over to
the fiend who had agreed to steep his hands
in the murder. The individual complained
of, and thus singled out as the victim of
their vengeance, was one of the two, who,
for 18 months, had been, under pay of
,the
Central Railroad Company for the purpose
of detecting and cringing to' justice this
most abandoned gang of desperadoes.
Fearing that he had become suspected of
treachary,_he, had disguised himself, and in
the capacity of one of their more western
accomplices, had presented himself by the
proper pass word, and was present through
out this interesting counsel, where his life
had become a price ! At the first opportu
nity after these interesting preliminaries
had been settled, our " marked man" with
drew fl•om the infernal cabal, little relish
ing, as may be supposed, the warm position
in which he found himself placed—malang
it the last time he ever met the, precious
gang in council, and being but a day'or two
before their official escort to our city, under
the guidance of the Bherifr and his posse.
WHO. COMES HERE 1 GEENADIER !--
They have a boy in Providence; R. 1., but
19 years • old t who is eight feet high, and
weighs 400 pounds. It is believed by phy
sicians that he will grow two feet higher.
He can carry a barrel of flour under each
arm.. He is going to the World's Fair.
Guess he'll fall in with Barnum and Jenny
Lind there._ ,
J. GranoNs Mijxs, the dentist, convicted
of seduction, and confined for nearly two
years in the Dauphin County prison, is said
to be in very poor health ;probably in the
incipient stage of consumption.
New Costume—How it Takes.
The Keposha (W is,) Telegraph says :
There iS no reform which is correct in
theory, which cannot find some indepen.
dent spirit in Kenosha, to redUce to practice.
On Wednesday afternoon two of the wives
of our most respectable citizens appeared
in short dresses and pants. The fashion
on the whole is appropriate, and has some
show of common sense to back it. If any
thing, the frocks are a little too long, and
the pants a little too full. We admire the
independence of the ladies who dare do
as they please—what business is it to the
carping and barking crowd, if the ladies of
this city are tired of using their dresses to
sweep the crossing and sidewalks? The
ladies or Milwaukie, Racine, and Eagle.
eille, can now get their dresses made and
come here and wear them, till they get
used to them, and our ladies will return
with you, and assist in breaking up the
mock modesty of your hen-hussied
The fact is, "its a go," and it will not be
long, before the novelty ceases to attract
attention.
The Geneva Gazette has the following :
Day before yestsrday it was our privilege
to witness the appearance of some of the
ladies of our village in the improved mode
of dress, viz : with short dresses and Tur
kish pantaloons. This novel appearance
was greeted by some with undistinguished
mirth. By others with ridicule, manifestly
impolite and indicative of the extent of their
good sense. But most regarded it with
decided approval.
Yesterday morning, also, we understood
they were worn by some ladies taking a
morning walk. We hope that this may be
the beginning of a speedy and general in
trodution of an improvement so - desirable.
We might enumerate the advantages of
such an improvement in personal attire, but
they are so obrious that they must com
mend themselves to the good judgment of
the ladies of Geneva, as they have already
done to those of Seneca Falls, Syracuse,
and other places.
The Springfield Republican says that
several of the new dresses for ladies, con
sisting of the short dresses and trowsers,
appeared in the streets-of that town on
Saturday.
Another of our exchanges, the name of
which we have forgotten, speaks as follows:
The new costume—the short skirts and
Turkish trowsers have " come in town."
If all stories are . true, there was an "ap
pearance" in the -full style in this place,
not two days since, and numerous suits, of
the new costume have actually been or
dered at our most fashionable dressmakers'
shops, and will be out in few day's.
Those who intend to follow the fashion,
must go and do likewise.
The dress has become too common here
to attract much attention, and all agree as
to its neatness,and the improved appearance
of the wearei.—Syracuse'Journal.
Altogether, this costume, call-it Grecian,
or Turkish, or what you will, is femininely
graceful, convenient, tidy, and in harmony
with the laws of health, and; if ".fitness is
the chief element of beauty," the most
beautiful that our ladies have ever,worn.—
Syracuse Standard.
Let old maids talk against them, cynical
editors sneer, and rude boys, and big dirty
corner loafers abuse them, but short dresses
and Turkish trowsers will eventually come
in vogue. The same prejudice that exists
against them, was once brought to bear
against white hats and yellow kids ; but
those articles have triumphed, and those
who once descry them, are now their con
stant wearers.—Albany Knickerbocker.
We have not had the pleasure of seeing
a specimen of the ladies' " frock and trow
sers," but we freely confess the change
strikes us very favorably, and as we con
sider the ladies of our goodly city quite up
to the mark in any good cause that pertains
to them, we shall confidently expect to be
gratified in a few days with a sight at " the
new style." In many places the dress is
received with approval' and admiration,
while from no quarter do we hear a reason
given for continuing the present inconve
nient and often inelegant style of 'ladies'
garments. The only weapon attempted to
be used in opposition to the innovation, is
ridicule,—a weapon quite as efficient in a
bad cause as a good one, and more fre
quently used.—Troy Post.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE CANAL BOARD.-
Timothy Ives has been appointed Superin
tendent of hew work on the Portage rail
road, and on the Western reservoir. Wil
liam Brindle has been appointed -Superin
tendant of new work on the North Branch
Canal. These appointments have been
made from Gamble's , district, and are re
garded as a victory over the radical De
mocracy.
Both Brindle and Ives will receive three
dollarS a day, and each ono will hare the
disbursement of one hundred and seventy
fire thousand dollars during the coming
campaign. We suppose that all men wil
ling to vote on their side can find employ
ment.
Brindle was Major of the 2nd Regiment
of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the war
with Mexico. He can give employment to
as many volunteers as will ask him for it.
Harrisburg American.
Tom TBU3III BEATER.---A female child
was recently born in Suffolk, Eng„which
has now attained the age of• 18 months,
and stands only fifteen inches in height,
and'weighs only 5 lbs. This Fanny Green
beats Barnum's Tom Thumb all hollow.
SLANDER SUIT.—Mrs. Fish of KnoCking
notoriety, arrived in this city yesterday,
and commenced suit against C. C. Burr,
for slander. Mr. Tiffany is her Attorney.
The damages are laid at 810,000, and the
case will prove a spicy one, affording good
'gossip for tea sralls.' —Cleve. Herald.
The Wailing of a 'Panther, and
Weeping of a Crocodile..
It is an old and well-known belief among
American backwoodsmen, (and they are as
good authority as Oliver Goldsmith,) that
when a-panther. is hungry and feels dispo
sed towards cannibalism, and prefers the
tender flesh of a man to that of cattle, he
utters mournful and wild cries, similar to
the lamentations of a child, or the shrieks
of a woman in distress. Some brave and
good natured traveller wandering along the
road thro' the wilderness, hears the cries,
hurries to the spot, intending, to protect at
the expense of his life-blood, a child, or a
woman in danger or distress, and, perhaps
too late, discovers by the glare of the eye
balls that he is within the leap of a beast of
prey. So, we are told, that when a cro
codile wishes to allure a stranger to his
jaws, the interesting, and amiable beast,
like the Hebrew Patriarch ;, lifts up his
voice and weeps."
Who does not remember the professions
of the opposition of particular friendship
for the producing classes Who has not
read and heard their lamentations about
the poor men, and the laboring, men of the
country ? Who has not been annoyed by
-their incessant declamations about the farm
ers of our conntry, and who has not laughed
at their maudlin sentimentalism about wid
ows and orphans? What intelligent man
does not know that these are mere tricks
for the purpose of getting the people into
I their power and then devouring their sub-
stance?
Their friendship for the producinkclas
ses has been exhibited by a revenue policy,
which gluts our markets with. British goods, -
and British iron, and breaks dOwn the
manufacturing establishments in the North
ern States. Their friendship for poor men,
and laboring men, has been shown by de
priving them of employment and good
' wages in manufactories, and coal-mines—
by allowing British coal to be brought under
low duties into our ports and sold cheaper
than American coal, and by the proposi
tion of their Board of Canal Commission
ers to tax all coal that crosses our borders
into other States. This - tax, along with
the importation of British coal, necessarily ,
operates against laboring men, for it les
sens the ability of the owners of coal-mines
to pay their colliers good wages. The use
fulness of laboring men is especially appre
ciated
by James Buchanan, the leadsr of,
the Democratic party in this State, who
proposed to reduce their wages to a shilling,
and sixpence a day, or about 20 and
cents in American coin. The friendship
of the opposition for farmers is demonstra
ted by depriving them of good home mar
kets, by heavy taxation, and by an enor
mous State Debt, all accumulated .under
Democratic administrations.
But we want the public to especially
note the love of the opposition for widows
and orphans. Whenever a bank is broken, 1
the opposition immediately charge it on the
Whigs, and commence a long howl about
the widows and orphans, ruined by the ini
quities of corporiitions. All remember the
annual lamentation about widows and or
phans deprived of their just rights by the
erection of Girard College. Now, despite
all this lachrymose sentimentalism, it is,
and has been the policy of the Democratic
party, l 0 TAX WIDOWS AND ORPHANS!
When a poor man by hard labor acquires
a competency sufficient to feed his family
and educate his children after his death,
this same Democratic party proposes. by
A TAX ON LINEAL ,INHERITANCES IO take
from the widow and orphans, a portion of
the property he left them. The Democrat
ic party is not content with taking a man
through life, but they want to follow him
beyond the grave, and impose a posthumous
tax on the estate he has left to support his
family. They may want to live like de
cent people, and christians. They may
want comfortable clothing. They may
want a house comfortably furnished.—
They may want books and newspapers.
They may want a useful education, and
there are a hundred objects to which their
little property may be well applied, the
necessaries and comforts of life and know
ledge, charity and religion. BUt no! a
portion of this property is coveted by the
great Democratic party. They have a host
of' insatiable blood-suckers along our pub
lie improvements who must be well fed and
well paid, or they will refuse to 'do the
dirty work demanded of them. They have
agents to procure fraudulent votes and sub
orn election officers. These men must be
well paid. They have plunged the State
into an enormous debt, whose interest must
be paid, or else they cannot borrow more
money. They have electioneering schemes
which require money. They do . not pro
pose a new tax on men during their lives;
this might be bad policy, it might cause a
loss of votes and endanger the supremacy
of the party. They propose to postpone
taxation until a man is dead, and then send
the tax-gatherer on his widow and children.
The policy of the Democratic party
always has been to make taxation fall -on
the farmer and laborer. In the administra
tion of the National Government their
political economists make the farmer and
_laborer suffer in order to benefit the wealthy.
In the administration of the State Govern-'
meat, instead of economy and honesty,
they have heaped up- a debt which must be
paid by the farmer; and they propose new
loans and additional and most iniquitous
taxation, which falls on the weak and un
protected, the widow and the orphan.
Whenever the leaders of the opposition
are empty and hungry, they raise a long
mournful cry about poor-men, and a most
lugubrious ululation about widows and or
phans, When, however, these Jeremiads
have entrapped the people into their pqwer,
they devour the substance of the Poor,
seize ender the form of taxation, on a part
of the property of the laborer and farmer
during life, and then tear piecemeal the in
heritance left to their wives and children l -
AarriOure American.
The Campaign—Goo. Ohnston.
Although neither of the parties in this
state have yet made their nominations for
Governor formally, yet it is conceived on
all sides. that WILLIAM' F. JOHNSTON will
be the candidate of the Whigs, and William
Bigler the candidate of the opposition.
This will not be the first time that these
gentlemen have been in competition for popu
lar favor ; and the auspices, we may truly
say, afe altogether in favor of‘the former.
But Gov. Johnston at this time has not to
depend upon the hopes and anticipation of
his friends as when he first came before th e
people. His reputation as a statesman,
was not then established as it now is.
Though known to be eloqnent and popular,
and to possess a sound, discriminating judg
ment, and talents of a high order, he had
not distinguished himself as a Statesman, in
the discharge of high trusts. But the case
is now very different. He has for the last
three years been placed in that trying posi
tion of Governor of this. great Common
wealth, and as such has discharged his
high trusts in a manner that has won and
receives the approbation of every candid
and patriotic man in the State,
We may in all candor and truth inquire,
who has any charge to bring against the
administration of Gov. Johnston ; and
answer none, who regards the honor or
welfare of the state. On the contrary we
say without the fear of contradiction, that
no administration of the government of this
State has done so much to merit the appro
bation of intelli g ent men as the present.
Gov. Johnston has not only maintained the
dignity, and watched over the interests of
the Commonwealth with a zeal and wisdom
that has thwarted all tho schemes of his
enemies, but has created for himself repu
tation abroad. Other Executives haveleen
known for their weakness, corruption or ig
norance, but not so with Gov. Johnston.
He has a reputation all over the Union that
not only gratifies his friends, but sheds
honor upon the state:
But Gov. Johnston has not only managed
the business of the Executive Department
as to receive the approbation of all, but he
has done what is equally important to the
taxpayers of the Commonwealth; he has
PUT A STOP TO THE CREATION OF HORE
STATE DEBT, AND PROVIDED A WAX FOR
PAVING IT oFF, by the creation of a my-K
-ING FT:ND, that has already paid off more
than half of a million, and which, if let
alone, will in all probability, totally sink
the entire debt in twenty-five years. This.
fund will go on increasing from year to
year, while the debt will be constantly di
minishing. How important is it then to the
people that his administration be continued
until the system devised by Gov. Johnston
be permanently and irrevocably established.
So far as the great Whig party are con
cerned, it is gratifying to us to know that
Gov. Johnston will be sustained with a zeal
and unanimity never exceeded. Truly may
we say he is the most popular man in the
Whig ranks, in the State. All over the
State their voice is unanimous in his favor.
But Gov. Johnson has strength out of the
Whig party. There are thousands who
are ranked with the opposition, , who, we
believe, will give him their support. They
are candid and honest men who have no
personal political objects in view, who de
sire to see the State debt paid, and the hon
or of the State. maintained ; and who will
vote according to their judgment, in the
manner best calculated to secure this re
sult. -Such men will not be acting in ac
cordance with sound discretion, if they do
not sustain the public officer who has set
the ball of Reform in motion. Such are
the present prospects of- Gov. Johnston,
which are certain to secure his re-election
if every Whig is found•to do his duty.
Harrisburg Telegraph.
PEAS AND BEANS.—Almost every one is
fond of these vegetables, in their green
state,, and would doubtless be pleased to
have them on their table Free`asionally, as a
rarity, the year round. Many, however,
are not aware that it is practicable; yet it
is a well known fact that they may be-pre
served through the winter, and, indeed, till
the regular succession of seasons presents
them again green from the vines, as sweet
and succulent, as when first plucked. All
that is necessary to accomplish this is to •
take them when green and put them in ves
sels .filled with water sweetened with good
sugar, boil moderately for ten or twelve mi
nutes, and remove them to 'an oven mode
rately-warm, where they should remain till
perfectly dry. They are then_to be bottled
and corked tight. They may also be pre-
Served by shelling when green, and drying
them carefully in the shade, without allow- .
ingJthem to mould.—Germantown Tel.
A CUBAN HERo.—Montes de Oca, the
young Cuban, recently executed at Havana,
for attempting to bribe a pilot to assist Lo
pez in his invasion of that island, died like
a hero. A letter to the Savannah Repub.
lican says:
Previous to his execution, the Captain
General, Condit, gave him nine days to de
nounce all the patriots on the Island, and
promised him his liberty and a large sum
of money ; but he nobly replied that he
would sooner die a thousand deaths than
denounce his friends ; for, said be, Cuba will
be free, and after generations will shed a
tear to the memory of one who fell in be
half of his country, and our friends in the
United States will now know that Cuba has
thousands who will perish by the garote
rather than live in bondage.
DiNGERS OF REPOSING IN WET CLOTH?.
If the clothes which cover tho body are
damp, the moilituto which they contain will
be evaporated by tho heat of the human
body so fast as to produce cold. Thus we
see the danger of sitting-in wet clothes.
By walking in them, however, until they
can be changed, we avoid the danger of ta
king-cold ; for the place of the heat car
ried oft' by the moisture in evaporating, is
amply supplied by 'the additional: heat gene
rated by the exercise.