The New York herald., 1845-11-12
HARRISBURG, Nov. T. lS45. Il
Our Governor and his .ancssto, s-Poilcs of the State

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the world know through the columns OF the Herald that
such place exists But apart from these transient
beyond the narrow limits q the State is rather insign
cant. The time has been when various on
the POLITICAL social and religious chess boards
watched with degree of interest and the circle Of
our influence somewhat extended. Our present obscu-
from hs want Of whc
enters somewhat essentially into the condition and
The iocoioco party did us the honor last fall to elect
chief magistrate but since the Inauguration, it has
been mooted point among curious folks of all parties.
whether the said chief magistrate is in or not
Some assert that Francis X. Skunk hovers round the
scenes of his boyhoods years down in the far-amed
La Trappe others believe that to the derment of all
such small matters the interests of the Common
wealth. his time is solely occupied in preparing
satisfaction of antiquarians phloogists and herads in
all time to come, two deeply interesting and important
facts which have heretofore been the study and
sideraton Of his le The first of these recondte pro-
blems to be demonstrated is that the aforesaid La Trappe
should be spelt with two ps instead Of with one as has
known and unclassc OF Skunk IS corruption in
dsn f. our S tongue Of Dssheng The family
peep er erafa) originally of Huguenot extrac
ton and d, dwet in the sunny plains Of Provence
ed of the who has perpeuated its honor Gull
laume Deshong minstrel Of the court of Henri Quatre,
and who in old lay, still exant sang that monarchs
success at the famous battle OF Ivry After the
ton of the edict of Nantes, to avoid the persecution
eraton and laid the foundation of their greatness which
has flowed in varied but uninterrupted channels down
to the present time.
This certainly labor of love for worthy Execu-
tive and prosecuted no doubt amorebut we would
ly ested in genealogy Of family as they are in
the just energetic, and wise administration Of their 60
sy nna
equivalent. The truth is, the affairs of
ancient and beloved commonwealth in such weak
hands, that all parties in letting it nger its
existence unmolested.
In after !, times if the the history sn Of our State should be
terregnum, to prove how quietly and peaceably
could live in the absence of supreme power to direct
and control US.
The old Keystone is no longer the battle-ground Of
political strife The lines of political demarcation
drawn SO broadly and wide, longer exist The tariff,
heretofore considered peculiarly Pennsy lvania nsttu
ton excites little no interest except amongst the iron
masters weak attempt is making to get up Conven-
ton to meet time this month"; deter Congress from
altering modifying the present system Of duties espe
cialy those relation iron it is doubtful whether
they succeed in raising corporals guard attend Our
delegation, both IN Senate and House, will doubt
unanimously support the existing tariff simply because
people have been drilled into the belief that the very
bread and butter they devour the gift Of this wonderful
an ana ~ ne 2, h0se saOe rests
relying and acting upon this delusion, have hung
their political destines to its skirts and with it they
sink SWIM Coal is however, the great sta
pie of Pennsylvan = and its coal mines, trea-
sury, to which, and to which alone we must look
for the exnguishment of our blightng debt. Iron is
found throughout the Union, and will be
monopoly with us. And this cherished interest, which
found toresult in eniichiDg few without being benef
ca the many but in fact burdensome and oppressive
known, and our narrow minded great men viii be corr
PEELED to hunt up other hobby to gull the people
The Herald circulates here elsewhere, amongst in
ellIgent and women of all classes who anxious
to know the condition and doings OF the nation and the
world.
| SINGULAR CAsE.-Tobias Goodwin, aged about
- years. died in the Jail at Smhfield in the neigh
boring county of Johnston, the ID of October He
convicted of murder at the last Spring Term of the
Superior Court Tor that county He took an appeal to the
i last Supreme Court when the Judgment affirmed.
and His Honor Judge Settle, at the last Term in John
son sentenced him to bo hung on the 10th Of October
When the miserable man was brought out to receive his
awful sentence his haggard form, worn down to shad
by disease-hs cadaverou ace-his sunken and lus-
ported by friends while the Judgment Of Death
pronounced His Honor postponed the execution OF his
sentence for three weeks, hoping doubt that death
would anticipate the sentence of the law The convict
ate nothing for than week before his death. 1t
may have been ofvountary starvation, though he
seemed to be in the last stages Of consumption and said
that he had appetite for food. 1t may be, also and
manslaughter, or homicide Of lighter grade He
had killed his brother in rencontre, when
present. lie admitted the killing before witness, but
gave explanation of the occurrence. The law pre-
sumes homicide unexplained, to be murder. convic
a victim OF harsh legal presumption Three days be-
fore his DEATH when he must have known he could not
and several other gentlemen an account of the matter
which might have made it barely of mansaughter
his tale in the solitude Of his dungeon believed it. But
the homicide was proved and It was unexplained was
to and the
obliged to sentence. But is it not awful that such
man is presumed to be innocent until he proved be
guilty Here, when his life is the forfeit the defendant,
who o has KILLED t his hsSst Sw n to be gull
prove himself innocent unless he have il in his power
to circumstances that mitigate the offence. How
he do il, when two together without Witnesses
and ono kills the other One may attempt to rob the
other andibe killed and the slayer may be hung Is
not not this proper matter for legislation Instead of
presuming the worst ought not the presumption to be
reversed ought not the slayer to be presumed to have
committed the lighter offence until proofs fasten upon
him the graver crime -Rateigh N c. Register, Oct 81
! TYPE SETTING MACHINE.-Several type-setting
machines have, within as many past years, been In
vented of which much has been said and many promises
made yet have proved of practical Importance
Ono OF these machines has, however recently been in.
vented in Vienna which is said to have already proved
have an incaculable effect on the periodical press Its
external structure like that of piano. with set Of
Il said to set NV $50 in
1000 within hour; while ordinary composter,
By the usual mode of composing cannot set 20eo
The ten fingers rendered practically operative, and
the machine therefore performs its work ten times
quickly than the quickest compositor 1t may likewise
by application of the ten fingers and consequently
from 20 to 60, or even more letters, may be set sim
was completed and exhibited at the Royal Printing
Office, where its application and utility have been
construction is said to be remarkable and Is light and
portable SO that as is said, the great typographical
prOOlem Is cOnsIdered solved" Won kuegal thought
to be the first engaged in the solution of this problem,
and he followed by Young and Delecambre in Eng
land and France, and Menk, Of Hamburg but all the in
entions Of these men have proved useless Tho
invention" it is sad will henceforh occupy place
among the most influential of this distinguished century"
The name Of the inventor is +. l. lschulk, young
Of Bohemia, who is engaged in the construction
of companion to his machnea distributing machine.
4 EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF FoRTUNE-A cores
pondent OF the Boston Courier, writing from Buffalo,
says individual that city, who, in the great expan
sion ofbusness in 1885, stood next to Rathbun, the Sc
cond in the list of heroes who travelled through the
country in state and who spent hundreds II dollars
the hotels of evening" and then cursed the landlords
for not charging higher; who purchased the American
Hotel, for know not how much, and expended saw ooo
in furnishing t-who approached with awe and look
ed up to with reverence who is said to have given IN
schedule In bankruptcy OF some eleven mions-s now
engaged in TIN humble but honest empl0yment OF drlv