The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-02

for the charter and re-charter OF no less
than fifteen rag corporations in one single
day. Ye. such is the fact. The man
who did this is Gen. VIM. F. Packer, a
Senator from Lycoming county. Where
he will be found next nobody knows, nui
if it be true that 'scoming events cast their
shadows BEFORE" ii does not require the
gift of prophecy to foretell. There are
other men calling themselves democrats
in the Legislature besides Gen. Packer
like the latter, have gone the whole fig
ure for those rotten corporations. All
have to say is that, hope these gentle
men 'may have good time of it" among
their wrong ed and outraged constituents
But II is disgusting to the mind of any
honest man to contrast the practices o
some men in our Legislature, with .heiI
professions of democracy before the peo'
pie. But there is terrible day of reck-
ming coming, for those who desert the in
terests of the community in the hour o
danger. Your member DIR. William A.
Smith deserves we'll Of the people. moi
only of Cambria county, but of the Com.
monwealth, for his bold, manly and sue
cessful advocacy of the appropriations, oi
5000 for the purchase of additional
Trucks for the Portage Rail Road, and
for 100000 for the purpose of avoiding
the Inclined Planes west of the noun a n
on the Allegheny Portage Railroad. Both
these propositions came from DIR. Smith
Of Cambria county; and both of them
were advocated by him with degree of
ability which has won for the DIR. no
small amount of commentator. | see
by the letter of the taUorite correspo,a-
dent of the Piusburg Mercury of the 25,
inst, that that worthy gentleman in his
zeal 10 award to DR.. Jonas r. M'Clin-
tock, the accomplished and talented dem
ocratic member from Allegheny county,
the full NEED Of praise for his efforts III
behalf of the appropriation of 100000
for the avoidance of The Incline Planes
on the Western side of the mountains. on
the Portage Rail Road, has uninientional-
ly, overshot the mark little; because, in
his letter above alluded 10, he makes DR..
not assigning 10 DIR. Smith the post of
again most emphatically, that DR.. "m.
A. Smith is the man who originated the
proposition 10 appropriate 100000 10
avoid the Planes; and not until that gen.
tleman had made his mastery and con-
vincing speech in favor of The appropria-
ton, cid any member exhibit the cour-
age to say one word in lis behalf.
But so soon as the effects of DR.. Smith S
remarks were felt, and seen by the mem
bers, then and not till then, did DR.. NJ
Clintock come nobly TO the rescue, and
made his admirable speech in favor of the
appropriations which DIR. Smith had pro-
posed as an amendment to the bill then
under consideration. Col. Cornyn of
Huntingdon county, also made one of his
usually good and manly speeches in favor
of the amendment Of DIR. Smith, and II
was carried triumPhanily by the joint ex
ertions OF the Sc gentlemen. There Is no
man in the Legislature whom | esteem
individually, more highly than do DR..
Jonas r. M'Clintock. He is a gentle
man in every sense of the term, and with
al d man of ability, and of the most pure
and generous impulses. do not accuse
the DR.. with having any desire TO take TO
himself the sole credit of CARRYING the
measure above alluded TO, but on the con-
trary, acquit him of any knowledge or
participation in the matter-and | do
know. that the Mercury's Correspondents:
Justice" who is gentleman "of the
first water" did not intend when heiwrote
the letter of the 22d inst, to detract from
the merit of DR.. Smith, or 10 make him
play second-6ddle to DR.. M'Clinlock or
any one else. in the matter of the appro-
priation of 100000 to avoid the Planes
| will leave this matter with the above
explanation, which felt bound TO make
after reading the letter of the Mercury's
Correspondent with the simple remark
LET JUSTICE be done though the Heavens
should fall"
L see by the Greensburg Argus. that that
paper. is endeavoring to create a feeling IN
the minds of the democracy Of Wesimore-
land county adverse to the interests of
Cambria county, in the matter OF the next
candidate for Congress in that district, an
attempt, which is at orce dishonorable and
unkind; by charging Cambria county with
the desire of forestalling public opinion,
because forsooth, Cambria county, with d
unanimity that cannot be mistaken, has at
public meeting of the democracy of the
latter county expressed her preference for
a Cambria county citizen for the next nom-
inatlon. With what degree of grace does
1t come from Westmoreland county to say
that Cambria county ought not to have the
nominee this time, because her conferees,
voted for Hon. Job Mann the last time in
preference to Westmoreland county man!
when II is remembered, that Cambria
county was the first county in the district