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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-08-07
LUSUs NATURE.

One Of the most remarkable specimens of humani-
exhibited at the old "Bell Tavern" on Friday last
The ''show" consisted Of female Chinese dwarf
and delormed mulatto-this last said TO have been
found in perfectly savage state upon the island of
Borneo. Both, however, were doubtless born and
bred in America. The little lady seemed TO be un-
conscious that she anything of a curiosity her
SELF acting as kind Of riDg-misress during the ex-
hibition. The other poor creature is certainly the
most distressing piece Of delormity imaginable. The
head is perfectly formed-the skin dark mulatto,
aud the hair straight and black like that OF the lndi-
an. With this exception nothing seemed natural
about it. The legs and arms are shrivelled to the
bone-one foot is dubbed and the other almost on
line with the leg; the arms ell bone, crooked and
unusually long, L. thnnhlass LS.,is, with
the fingers reversed from the natural position About
The place where The wrist should have been, the arm
is badly bent, and just at the angle is hard knot
similar to the heel of the foot The legs, which at
their extremiies are scarcely larger than common
walking cane, are crossed in such way as to rem
der it impossible for the miserable being TO stand
erect When in motion, it hops upon a-lours after
the manner of the frog. Withal, it conyerses intel
ligeny seems always in fine spirits, and is especially
fond of brandy and cigars-uxures in which it ap-
pears TO have been freely INDUCED We say it, be-
cause it is Of no particular sex. sleeps in sitting
posture, and when lying down is constantly in mo-
ton, rocking from side TO another. Poor thing
such departure from the order of nature is truly
horrible. We inspected it with feelings of profound
pity, and went away impressed with sense of mans
litleness, when measured with the power Of that be-
ing who can thus awfully visit the children Of men.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-08-07

"lst. I am favor ofelectin!
for stated terms all Of off
ceIs Of the Commonwealth
whether Executive, Judicial
municipal or ministerial by tn
People, from whom all leeili
mate authority should be de
rived. BIRDS address.
"2d. ! am in favor u wha
is generally termed the Wilt
basis Of representation. -
Byrd.
10Th. | am in.favor of bien
NAL sessions Of the l.egisla
ture, and of restricting the sit
ting TO a session Of 60 or 9
days. ] am opposed TO 50 muc
special and private legisl;
zion. "--Bipd.
! 18th. Our present Jury sys
tenn is onerous and unjust.
am in favor Of paying Juror
for their services. byrd.
"1'hese ellow-ciiizens; ar
my views on sumo Of the Re
forms contemplated. A fearo
proving tedious has compelled
me to be as brief as possible
&c.-Bwd.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-08-07
REMARKABLE coIscIDEscE,i.

.lessrs E&ors:-I was not little amused the oIhet
day in reading The Address of Mr.. Adam Stephenson Of
Highland, The Democratic candidate for the Convention iii
the Augusta District, and contrasting with the Address
of Mr. Sylvanus A. Byrd, Of Bath, also Candidate fot
the Convention in this Ule Bath) District, which had
read short time previous. The subject matter and COM
position of both Addresses amusing enough but the
great beauty Of both consists in The stirling similarity be-
tween them and the remarkable coincidence fthe political
views Of these two sages. am told that intimacy ap-
preaching almost exists between them
that the love of Pyamus and 1sbe was but cold indE
terence compared with their burning aachmep-hat they
in fact the vertabe scese Itcns, that they
bound together BY cord of flesh but by cord Of muu
d political aud professional adyancemen That your resd
may see how much they think alike subjdn few ex
from their respective Addresses in parallel columns
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-08-07

2 "3d. lam in favor Of elect
ing for stated terms all officers
Of The government, whethet
;. Executive, Judicial, munich
pal or ministerial din city by
The people from whom all Ic-
;. climate authority should be
lderived."- Supplements I'D
I ltlress.
+ "lst. lam in favor Of what
lis generally termed The whitB
basis. y Stephenson.
18Th. am in favor Of b.
ennial sessions ofihe Legisla-
: lure and ofreslricling he ses-
} sions to limited periods. lam
b iopposed to so much special
p Stephenson.
18th. ! regard the present
Jury system as onerous and
Oppressive" Sc. II there
Store would be in favor Of al
lowing to Jurors a reasonable
'Icompensaiious for their ser.
vices. y Stephenson.
! "I'hese fellow citizensarej
and have been for a number
'Iof years, rny views. on sums
fofihe leading reforms contem-
plated. A fear Of proving tud
Tedious has impelled me 10 be
as brief as possible. "-Ste.
lphenson.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
The r,e.,,on...I.osofoeo Ticket, sc.

/ Our neighbor OF the Democrat consoles
himself with the reflection that he has sim
ply denied the charges brought against
| Ross and others of securing their nomina-
! ton by fraud, deception, trickery, or what
ever term the reader may choose 10 char
acterize the proceedings which resulted IN
disfranchising Mr.. Gibboney for second
term and although we have repeatedly
called upon him to assign reason why
Mr.. G.. was not re-nominated, not word
can we get out of him, not solitary ex-
cuse, no pallation for an act unPrece-
dented in the annals of political intrigue IN
this county. Hundreds of " democrats"
believe that great wrong has been COM
mitted, and are unwilling 10 give their sane
ton to q nomination made contrary 10
all usage, unless some satisfactory reason
can be shown for the course pursued, be-
cause, by doing so, they would aid i'll cast
ing an unqualified censurc on the charac-
ter of the late representative. Has the
Democrat no explanation to make, no apol-
ogy 10 give, for this summary guAlotine
operation We Opine not. The facts are
too well known and of too recent origin
TO admit of equivocalion, and every un-
preiudiced man Of either party is forced to
the conviction that the nomination of John
Ross was effected for the purpose of doing
some act or acts which Mr.. G.. would not
do.
The Democrat is quite unwilling 10 sub
nit lis cause to the people in the manner
we offered, because he says we want him
to DO what would not be required of him
in court of justice. We know all that
but the editor will please recollect that he
made the proposition to submit the case to
the people. We accepted it, and called
upon him 10 make a simple statement of
the charges preferred, so that the jury en-
pannelled could act understandingly on the
matter. But, not won't do; all he
wants is for the jury 10 stick 10 the party
to hear one side, and then make up lis
verdict
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
General Ticket Law,

A law was passed in l849 authorizing
the voters of this county to vote by Gen
eral Ticket. This law does not repeal the
old law, but only confers the additional
privilege of voting by single ticket when
the voters desire to do SO. If they prefer
10 vote separate tickets they can do so, as
the laws says they may vote by General
Ticket, not that they shalt, and the Judge
or Inspectors who refuse to receive either
are liable to prosecution. In voting on
the Amendment of the Constitution, the
law requires all TO vote for or against il on
I separate ticket
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
LETTERS FROM THE HILLS.
To the Editor Of the Gazette /:

To the Editor Of the Gazette
Seeing that almost everybody else was
going to the circus at Perryville on Tues
dav, Dad and | concluded we could afford
to spend quarter for seeing them chaps
ride and tumble about and cutting up sundry
shines. The clown did purity well in max
ing q fool of himself, but decidedly the
best ring performances, clowns and all,
were outside. Andy Parker was there,
looking as big and dignifed as you please.
He came up to me and wanted TO know
what | could DO for him, but | told him
straight up and down that if he turned whig
maybe | would vote for him, tho couldn't
say for sartin. Well, he didn't bother me
long, bat got to soft-sOaping others that he
thought he could come the game over.
don't think he made much in his specula-
tlons, there being several witnesses there
whom he bad walked over rough-shod in
that Valley suit, and hadn't forgotten him
yet. But you'd laid low, Mr.. Printer, had
YOU been there and seen John Ross getting
dad round the neck, and whispering, and
winking, and blinking at him, as if dad
had been his sweetheart. I'm not sure
that he did kiss the old man, but he had
his face close enough half a dozen times
to do so. 1t was fun, tell you. Stroup
was there, too, and so was that anti-Lew-
istownBank man who sued so many for
usury, or something else, but somehow or
other has never succeeded in getting the
suits before Court, and the whole gang
clectioneering as if all the canal grub and
treasury pap in the State was at stake.
They went it on democracy strong, and
some of the b'hoys quite as strong on
whiskey, which must say | was sorry to
see-lor though man may be excused or
justified for now and then taking horn,
provided now and then don't come too of
ten, there's no excuse for getting down
right drunk. looked on for a considera-
bic time, but the truth is there was so much
fuss with sprinkling of "ursing and swear
ing that | thought il time 10 leave. Dad
and | and old Ploughman accordingly
mounted our horses and went homewards,
neither having much to say. Dad howev-
or allowed that he didn't think Ross would
suit very well for Assembly, because if he
spent his dimes as freely at Harrisburg as
at Perryville, he thought three dollars a
day, less board, wouldn't go very far, and
that the man would make more money by
staying at home. S. W.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

~ A mass meeting Of the Wings of
Union county was held at New Berlin last
week, over which that sterling old republi-
can NER MIDDLEswARTH. Esq, presided.
Gov. JOHNSTON attended by invitation and
was received at Lewisburg by the citizens,
irrespective of party, and escorted by them
TO New Berlin, the committee of reception
consisting of SIX gentlemen of each party
Gov. Johnston was then introduced to the
meeting by the President, and held the great
multitude in earnest attention for more than
an hour by the force Of his eloquence.
lie paid beautiful compliment to the hon
esty, purity and integrity Of our late Pres
ident Gen. Taylor, and ably defended his
administration and that of President Fill
more. He spoke Of the Tariff, and the
interest of the Farmer, Mechanic, and La
borer, in sustaining and fostering American
Industry. He alluded, in strong terms, to
the fact that Railroads were now being laid
with Railroad Iron, manufactured in Eng
land, over portions of our country which
abounded In the richest Iron ore. He
urged upon the Wing party and upon all
friends of Domestic Industry to send to
Congress men identified in every respect
with the great doctrine of Protection.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

II Our neighbor says 1t is great mis-
fortune that his party has been too much
in the habit of healing dissensions by coax
ing into it and rcwarding turncoats and
renegades, instead of kicking them ont.
Considering that fully one-half of the To-
cofoco party is composed of turncoats and
renegades, we suspect it would be some
what of a job to perform the latter opera
alton. If commenced, however, we would
recommend the Democrat to begin kicking
out the gentleman referred to in the follow
ing paragraph from the Pennsylvania,
written by the % talented Forney :"
"Gencral Cameron, while pretending to be a
Democrat, is exerting himself in every quarter
of the State, with unscrupuous energy and in
dustry either TO secure his friends upon the re-
spective legislative tickets, OF failing in that, to
defeat those who are known to be devoted TO the
well-known principles and usages Of the party"
After kicking Simon out, they can turn
round and kick out some Of the " small
fry"
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

- The election is so near at hand that
1t is hardly necessary to do more than urge
increasing vigilance and activity on our
friends throughout the county. We have
an excellent ticket, eminendy worthy of
support at the hands Of the frcemcn Of
Miillin county, and if it is not elected it
viii be the fault of the stay-at-home wings.
We have pointed out, week after week,
that our opponents had not nominated such
men as the masses desired, but those who
suited certain individuals and their pur-
poses best. All who have watched the
course Of proceedings in this campaign,
either whig or democrat, can Judge for
themselves whether anything we have
alleged against the mode and manner of
the nomination of the locofoco ticket has
been successfully gainsaycd. That it has
not, VIC are well assured, and that it cam
not, we feel certain. In this opinion the
wings are not alone, and hence there is an
additional incentive TO every one to 20 to
the polls on Tuesday, the Sth of October,
and use his influence 10 get his ncghbor to
do likewise
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

~ The Democrat alleges ii has " graft
flying intelligence" from other portions of
the district, that free trade Parker will re-
ceive a handsome increase over his former
vote. That gratifying intelligence will not
last long. Parkcr's free trade notions are
by no means relished in Centre county,
and it is admitted all round that he cannot
expect TO get the same vote in this and Ju-
nIata he did two years ago. On the con-
trary he will lose in both and if the wings
make any show Of strength at all, Centre,
Mifllin and Juniata will not give Parker
more than or 900 majority, Or 1000 al
the outside, while Blair and Huntingdon
will easily give DIR. McCulloch IL Oh
1900 Stick pin there, neighbor.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
AEH C6unterfeits.

Look OrT ALTERED s5 notes. purpor,iov :,
be on The Bank Of Gettysburg. are IN circrIa,? "
Ihree men were arrested in PbiIadrlnLia ~
"Wednesday last, who had some of them i, ~ VI
session. The signatures are good imi,ation. ee
those on the genuine. Nignette, the figure - a
female, eagle, shield, and liberty pole sh;ns
the back ground. Left hand, an Indian G,,,,n oh
with strung bow. On the right is the f,,,,ra
an American sailor, with DAG Adams Sp.t;a,I
Beware Of all five dollar notes answer;,,..
the following description Centre yigosit55 .
female (Justice) resting on a short COIN,
holding sword and scales in her hands -"t'
side of the yigngtte, a square die. conta;n;n,,"
large letter " ~ ON each end margin = fe,9, a
holding rake IN one hand ana sprig az o.
~ the other, with the figure IS r in each 90" -"
ner Of the note; the word ff. occurs five TIM.
on the top and five times on the lTottom mar
1t bears the imprint Of Draper, Unaer,oarJ
Bald & Spencer" This plate, now in the .,ed,
OF eounterfeiters, is well calculated 10 dec
the unwary, and was originally got I'D 10 com,
terieit the Harrisburg five dollar note NJ Nh
II IS good imitation. 1t was afterwarI 1t
ed TO the Bank of Germantown. Ia The ",
Bank, as five and a ten, then 10 the Prinoati
Bank as five, and now we see it again. On ~
Union Bank, Hayerhill This plate can anE
will, doubtless, be altered TO other banks snf
other denominations and we, therefore. adr;s.
our subscribers to bear the above description N
mind. that they may be prepared to meet II mn
der any gulsc II may assume.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

~ We have received several numbers
of the EVENING BULLETIN, a daily papeg
published by Messrs. Cummings and Pea
cock, Philadelphia, at two cents per copy.
1t contains all the news received up to two
or three o'clock in the afternoon, and can
be had from Mr.. Cogley the following
morning, thus forming another important
link for procuring early intelligence,
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

FIRE.--We learn that the barn, together
with the contents, of Martin Dribblebees,
of Penn township, near Milheim, was con
sumed on the night of Saturday the 7th
inst. The fire was discovered about IL
O'Clock, and is supposed to be the work OF
an incendiary. Mr.. ID. was insured TO the
amount of $3.50 in the State Mutual In
suranee Company at Harrisburg. This is
the first loss that Company has met with
since going into operation, about three
months ago.=-BeHgaate Whig.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

r. No public meetings will be held
this year by the wings of this county, but
still, IN the language of cotemporary,
every Wing voter can do something to
make up for the want Of these meetings,
and every one has 4 duty TO perform.
First and foremost, it is the duty Of erery
whig TO attend the polls and rote. But
more 1t is his duty TO talk with his neigh
Dor on the importance of the coming clee-
tion to press upon him the duty of turn
ing out on that day, and if necessary to as
sist him in making his arrangements 10 do
50. II we are to have no public meetings
or public speeches, let Us at least have a
good many prirate speeches. On the
whole, we arc inclined to think that they
arc rather more cfIectual than majority
of our public harangucs. Let every Wing
voter be a Wing speaker, and address every
man he meets ask him If he is going TO
attend the election, and how he is going 10
vote. If he is indifferent or lukewarm,
rouse him up; if he says he cannot leave
his work to go to the polls, offer to stay
and ,c0rk IN his place until he returns from
the polls if he thinks of voting the wrong
way, straighten him out ; if he is a new
voter, and has not been assessed, attend TO
that; if he is an aged man, or has far TO
90 to the polls and no means of convey
ance, proUide him q horse or some other
conoegnace; if he is poor and cannot pay
his tax, plank Om The dust for him tell
him when the election will take place (for
we fear many will forget it J tell him who
are the Wing candidates, and DON'T LEAVE
HIM till he has promised 10 attend the cleo
ton and Uote the Uhig ticket.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
unnleasant "reminiscences.

| The Iocofoco candidate for Congress in
this district has always been known as a
lawyer who spared no language against his
opponents client, no matter how abusive,
and we think it can truly be said that he
has retained the good viii of but few
against whom he has ever been employed
When such man epters the political arena
he cannot of course keep his tongue within
bounds, but is apt to indulge in eplthets not
over-creditable. We last week gave an
extract from communication In the Junl-
alta Sentinel, which reminded Mr.. Parker
of one of his political trades against the
wings, and this week we give another un-
pleasant Ito him certainly reminlscence OF
certain slips of the tongue at Waterford,
in 1874. In his speech there, the writer
in the Sentinel says, " Mr.. Parker labored
to prove that the wings of Rhode Island
had imprisoned Tom Dorr, because he was
democrat ; that they are now, and al
ways have been, the friends Of the rich, and
the oppressors, the grinding oppressors
of the poor ) that like the cold-blooded
tyrant of Russia or of Austria, the wings
would stlle every noble impulse and every
lofty aspiration of the human heart for
freedom, and put their foot on the neck of
every patriotic struggle for equal rights :
that their sympathies are with crowns
and diadems, and sccptres, and despots ;
that if they had the power, they aco"fd
be deSp0tS, mercilcss and remorseless :
that in the Revolution they were tories,
and in the war of 1912 they were the
sons Of tories And in fact it seemed on
that occasion that no epithet was too OPP
probrious to be applied to them. But as
he had a large audience, composed chiefly
of Locofocos," continues the writer, g
suppose he felt inspired by the genius of
the progressive democracy, which may ae-
count for his extreme abuslyeness of the
LNONJ Sitbtl WI Il ANA HohSSt5
believed the wholesale SANDER against the
wings in which he INDUCED in that speech !;
or he acted the heartless demagogue in re-
lating merely for effect, vile slang which
in his heart he knew to be maliciously false.
And yet, notwithstanding this fact, this
same Mr.. Parker has the audacity to soli-
cit and importune the sons Of tories for
their votes.
If there is whig in this district who
can vote for the utterer OF such slang, we
should think he would be able TO swallow
anything in the shape of locOfoco from
Tom Dorr, of Rhode Island Rebellion
memory, down to the most ultra disunion-
isl in the Nashville Convention, or the big
talking Governor Of Texas.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

~ The Lewistown Democrat thinks
we are scared about Congressman. When
we send the editor the Juniata returns, he
be apprehensiye. If every county in the
district will change the vote for Congress
as much as Juniata, DIR. McCulloch's ma
jority will not be less than 500 We are
not talking for talks sake, but speak the
words Of truth and soberness. .'-Jtalidfa
Sentinel.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27

WHTG NOMINATIONS.

For Canal Commissioner,
IoSHVA DUNCAN, of Bucks County,
For Auditor General,
upxpy II. SNYDER, Of Union County.
For Surveyor General,
yoSEPH HENDERSON, of Washington Co.
CONGRESS,
Dr, JOHY McCULLOCH, of Huntingdon co.
ASSEMBLY,
ANDREW H'FARLAND, Of Armagh township
PRoTHoNoTARY,
JOHN BALSBACH, of Newton Hamilton.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
WILLIAM LYTTLE, OF Lewlstown.
COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM CUHHIYS, of Armagh township.
AUDITOR,
AUGUSTUS NJ. INGRAM, of Decatur township.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
JOHN W. SHAW, of LeWistOwn.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR,
Brora .4rEagk, Union dad -HeHRo,
JAMES n. BROWN, Of Armagh, years.
Decatur, Derry GraHrilie, Olicer BraaoE BayHe,
S-eastoR HGnlfon and -ucPeytoEa,
AUGUSTINE WAKEFIELD. Of Oliver, years.
Bor0ngA Of Leristorn,
GEORGE W. STEWART, year.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
LOeOfOfo GalPhlnIzlng /!

The public lands given by the present
session of Congress to various contemplat-
ed Improvements, reach the enormous sum
of thirty-eight million, five hundred thou
sand acres equal to about torfy-seren
millions Of dollars! The Congress which
thus squanders away millions, while at the
same time 1t Is passing resolutions of CEN
sure on General Taylor and his cabinet
for paying just claims with interest to a
few revolutionary patriots, is locofoco in
both houses. But there is nothing aston
ishing in all this to any one who has OBJ
served the course pursued by that party
for years. Its adherents can raise great
outcry against the expenditure Of a few
dollars when made by wings, but if mil
lions are thrown away or quietly fobbed by
some good locofoco, there is not word
said-no howls raised-no crocodile tears
shed
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-27
Notices Of Advertisements.

Rudisill mas some articles on hand that ought
10 claim the attention Of the Ladies.
Nusbaum, Brothers, give notice that they will
sell off their present stock of goods at auction.
The attention of contractors is invited to the
Turnpike Letting advertised 10 another column.
A valuable property at Reedsville is offered
for rent. See advertisement of |. B. Parker
J. c. Sigler, Assignee Of J. K. Philips, adj
yertises q farm and buildings for sale.
An Administrators Notice and an Auditors
Notice also appear to-day.