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The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-09-02

ical opponents? Let us remember that ..o =
is human, to forgive divine"
While we should adhere to our princin,o...,
manly hrmness, we ought at the same time .
treat those who differ with us, courteousv O.
never say of the living what we would rar...
having said after they are dead.
But must not detain you. 1t only rer,,.
for us to proceed to the performance of tho A.
ty for which we have met
In accordance with the recommended,
the President, resolutions, expressive of :,
high regard OF the Convention for the lonor..s
Mr.. Searight and of sympathy with his f,m;,~
in their bereavement, were introduced nv VI.
FULLER and passed unanimously.
The following resolution, submitted bv n.
Hirst, of Philadelphia, was adopted unanimously.
ResolUed, That the members of this Copvor
ton cordially approve and viii support hearth,
and enthusiastically the nomination Of Fr.rL
lin Pierce as president of the United States ana
VIM R. King as Vice President of the Uptod
States, and that We adopt as sound and enarr
ing Democratic doctrine, the National Plotfor,,
of principles of the Baltimore Democratic Cor
vention.
Mr.. Dougherty, of Dauphin, moved that the
Hon. George w. Woodward be nominated by oc-
clamation as the Democratic candidate for tbs
Supreme Court.
The motion was agreed to amid much applause
large number Of nominations were made for
Canal Commissioner. The Hon. VIM Hopkins
the President, being among the number, he re-
quested permission to resign his position as
President of the Convention, which was granted
He then named the Hon. Hendrick B. Wright
as his successor, who took the chair.
On motion, the Convention adjourned until
o'clock this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re-assembled at two O'Clock.
On motion of MIR. Badger, the Convention pro-
ceeded to a first ballot for a candidate for Canal
Commissioner with the following result:
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Gen. Scott's Hatred of his Officers.

| So bitter was the hatred of Gen. Scott toward
the gallant and lamented Worth, that he suffer.
ed no opportunity to pass, whereby he could in
suit him, and bring him into disgrace, and So
palpable had his design become that the De-
partment at Washington were obliged TO inter
fere to protect him. The following is from the
scathing, withering rebuke administered to him
by Mr.. Marcy then Secretary of War;:
'When General at the head of an army of
freemen, who do not lose their rights as citizens
by becoming soldiers, sets up pretentons to
lDICTATORIAL POWER-when he contemns
the authority of his Government, and is much
more ready to censure than execute its orders
and instructions-when he denounces as an out
rage and punishment the attempt to submit
his acts charged to be an offence against sub
ordinate officer, to an Investigation in the mild
est form-when he administers an indignant re-
proof to his superior for upholding the sacred
right of appeal upon which depend the securi-
ty and protection of all under his command,
such a General sets an example Of insubordinate
conduct Of oide and aOthsrng influence upon sound
military discipline"
1t will also be remembered that Pillow and
Duncan were implicated in the1 same court
martial, and preferred charges against Gen.
Scott to the Department at Washington In re-
ferring to this, Mr.. Marcy uses the following
just language:
s'The crowning outrage, as you regard it, is
the simple fact that you and 'sthe three arrested
officers" are all to be placed together before
the same court ''the innocent and the guilty,
the accuser and the accused, the Judge and his
prisoners, are delt with alike ssMost impair
tal justice 70 you exclaim. And why is it not
impartial justice On what ground of right
can you claim to have your case Disseminated
from theirs ? 1t is true you have determined
to be their judge, and have pronounced them
guilty and complain and repine that the laws
of the country do not allow you, their accuser,
to institute court to register your decree.-
But you are not their rightful judge, although
they acre your prisoners. Before that court
you may have the self-satisfying conviction that
you are innocent and they are guilty, the gov
could act upon no such presumption
By becoming an accuser you did not place your
self beyond the reach of being accused and
unless you are clothed with the immunity of des-
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S
Catholic TeStim OnV.

The New York Freeman's Journal, in refer
ring to the statement that General Pierce had
sustained the religiouse test the Constitution
of New Hampshire, thus speaks:
t'The Democracy have nominated man ac-
knowledged as an able lawyer, a man of fami-
ly, and of antecedents emitting him to respect
and confidence, and one who has the rare and
high qualifications of rather stunning than see
king official promotion. Every thing that we
have known or heard of General Pierce has been
in his favor. He halls from a State that has an
invidious distinction sustaining prosecuting
laws against Catholics, but we have heard that
General Pierce has been one who has favored
the repeal of the shameful statutes imposing
disabilities on Catholics in New Hampshire
On this subject we will have ample time to OBJ
the old school-not a French radical Democrat
He has not been mixed up with the base pand-
erings to the mob, that have characterised too
many Washington politicians.
And the New York Truth Teller adds its tes-
timony, refuting the unjust charge of religious
intolerance against our brave ond noble minded
candidate for the Presidency:
"Mr. Pierce, it is universally conceded, pos
sesses all the requisite qualifications to adminis-
ter the affairs of Government with credit and a.
bility. We are assured by those who have
known him long and well, that a more liberal,
high toned, true republican, does not live. On
the question of the 1sCatholc test,'' which has
ever been bone of contention in New Hamp-
shire, Mr. Pierce has been faithfully and zeal
ouSly arrayed in Just opposition to the stain nm
ON the laws OF that State; and, although uu-
successful in his efforts to have it expunged, he
is nevertheless fully entitled to the gratitude of
every liberal mind, for his exertions in the mat
ter"
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WAYNE.
From the Daily (Lradiana) Madssonia''.
Gen. Scott and the Catholics.

The wings have been making great efforts to
secure the Catholic vote, as such, on the false
assertion that General Scott is friendly to the
Catholic faith. We commend to these gentle
men and to Catholic Democrats the following
slur upon the Catholic religion in General SCOTS
celebrated platform letter:
sI do not consider it respectful to the people,
! nor otherwise proper in candidate, to solicit
favor pledge that, if elected, he viii not ac-
cept second nomination. 1t looks too much
like a bargain rendered to other aspirants-
yield to me now shall soon be out of your
way-too much like the interest that sometimes
governs the cardinals in the choice of Popo-
many voting for themselves first, and, if with
out success, finally for the most superannuated,
in order that the election may the sooner come
round again.
WINFIELD SCOTT"
Rendered into plain English, this sentence
reads: The Popes are elected by improper bar
gains, by voting for themselves and not be-
cause of their fitness, their piety, and life of
devotion to the cause of religion but because
they will soon die and make room for other as
pirants This is the SANDER upon the Catholic
religion put forth and endorsed by General
Scott.
-DaThe editor Of the New York Tribune,
Scott, whig paper, says:
ssStrictly speaking there is but one organized,
disciplined party in our country-that which as
sumes to be the champion and embodiment of
democracy. This party enjoys certain advan-
tages in a contest over any which can be mus
tered against it. In the first place, it has the
more popular name-one which the most igno-
rant comprehends, in which the most depressed
finds promise of hope and sympathy, and which
the humble and lowly emigrant, just landed
from his Atlantic voyage, recognizes as the
watchword of liberty in the land whence he is,
for liberty's sake, an exile.
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A Clincher.

The Baltimore argus has been furnished By q
gentleman just from Accomac county, with an
account of joint Democrat and Wing meeting
held in the district of Hon. Henry A. Wise
The latter spoke four hours, and was replied to
by Mr.. Mass, Whig preaidential elector and
member of the Virginia Legislature, who char
ged Frank Pierce with being identified with Free
Soilism and Abolitionism, and gave for his au-
thority the Concord Democrat and Manchester
Democrat. He had been in New Hampshire
some two years ago, and heard speeches from
John P. Hale and General Pierce Mr. Wise
took the stand, and rebutted the charges most
successfully, and made Mr.. Mass acknowledge
that Franklin Pierce was not what these Aboi-
ton Wing papers (although called DemocraD
represented him to be. The following thrilling
dialogue took place:
Mr.. Wise.-Were you in New Hampshire two
years go, and did you not hear Hale speak, and
say in his speech that che would head an army
to march upon the South, to put down slavery"
''Mr. Maas.-I was there heard Mr.. Hale
speak, and say what you state.
Mr.. Wise.-Did you not hear Franklin Pierce
reply to this and say-''f Hale should head an
army to march on the South, he had first to
march over his (Pierce's) dead body, for he
would head an army to oppose him?''
Mr. Mass.-I did.
The court house rang with shouts of applause
repeated again and again. Mr.. Wise then re-
quested his opponent to state the facts again.
which he did to an almost breathless auditory
General Pierce did say fslapping his hand up
on his breast) that Hale would have to pass o.
yer his dead body before he marched upon the
South.''
pretty figure these Southern Scott wings
cut in charging Gen. Pierce with Abolitonlsm'
No wonder such impudence is Waserlooed after
this fashion 1t ought to make every SOU Ok
them, all their lives long,
| s'The sad burden Of some merry song
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Cen scott ana GEN. Taylor.


largely on the prestige of General Taylor's tri-
umph availing him in the canvass. They are
mistaken in that calculation. No two men
could be fonnd in the army of high rank, more
unlike each other, or impressing the popular
mind more unequally. Taylor was supposed to
be simple-hearted old man, (they might have
added simple-headcd, who was plain, frank, un-
assuming and meaning well, and who would
honestly try to perform the duties of the office
of President, if elected. His manners were so
plain as to amount to vulgarity on some occa-
sions, if tested by the ordinary standard of po-
lite society. His clothes were always made to
do full duty, and were never discharged, except
upon certificate of disability" That old brown
coat of his, which was the subject of as much
comment as Suvaroffs old coat, won him thous-
ands of votes. At a barbecue in Virginia in
1S4S, 1 received the first foreboding of defeat
for the Democratic ticket, on hearing a gray
haired old lady, who may have seen the revolu-
tionary war, for aught I know, launch out in
blessings on the dear old General, and his old
coat, followed by a croaking warning to pre-
pare for defeat as certain as election day came
round How does General Scott figure in com
parison with this picture? He Is known to be
the very quintessence of splendid show on par
ade, a situation he always seeks-always wear
ing every inch of tinsel and every button, feath-
er and chain which the army rules permit-as
vain as a peacock, evidently counting the admi-
ring gaze of every spectator, down to the boys
and negroes-while at the same time, his man.
ners not only to the masses, but to his equals,
are naughty, presuming and aristocratic. Even
in e~'----- nv --~-~- -<1,----
at respectful distance, under circumstances
which would unbend any mans manner, who
had a soul of chivalry or kindness. Military
service and the participation in common dan
gers and hardships, bring all men, except Gen.
Scott, to certain community of sympathy and
feeling, makes them feel like brothers.
General Scott is not a man of sympathy. His
vanity swallows up eyeey noble emotion and has
made him solitary man in the midst of thous-
ands Such is not the man who can rouse the
popular enthusiasm. There is no element in his
character, which will inaame the love, affection
or esteem of the people. None but those who
expect to gain political preferment, will raise
the shout when his name is heard. The people
remember his concomitants, of Seward, Aboli-
tionism, slavery agitation and danger to the u
Mon, and they fly instinctivey to the standard
of the only National parties in the Union, now
represented by Pierce and King on the Balti-
more platform.
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VIM. Hopkins of Washington county, having
received majority of all the votes cast was de-
clared the nominee of the Democratic party for
the office of Canal Commissioner
On motion the nomination was made unani-
NOUS
Mr.. Hirst, Chairman of the State Central
Committee, invited the members of the COnven-
ton to attend the Democratic Mass Meeting to
be held at Reading on the 4th of September next,
which was accepted.
Mr.. Strong on behalf of the Berks county
Committee, promised a cordial welcome to all
who might attend upon that great occasion.
After brief address from the chairman, the
Convention adjourned sine die with three cheers
for the nominees, Woodward and Hopkins.
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The State Nominations.

We have the pleasure of announcing to our
readers the harmonious termination of the Dem
ocratic State Convention, and the nomination of
Hon. Geo. W. Woodward, of Luzerne, for Su-
preme Judge, and Col. William Hopkins, Of
Washington county, for Canal Commissioner
No better selections could have been made
Both of these gentlemen were the choice of a
large majority of the party throughout the State,
and both will rally to their support united and
enthusiastic Democracy.
Speaking of the nominees, the Pennsylrdntdn
has the following well-deserved tribute to their
worth and integrity.
sJudge Woodwork at present occupies a
place on the Supreme Bench-a position which,
in a short time, he has adorned with the indu-
ence and power of the most brilliant abilities.
AS iurist he has no superior. Sound in all
his opinions-well fortified and balanced by
great legal acknowledgements in mo-
rails and generous principles, he is man en-
inently fitted for the high honors and responsi-
bilities of a Supreme Judge. No man in the
State has more thoroughly studied the hstori-
cal jurisprudence of Pennsylvania-no man Civ
en- more attention to the resources, the wealth
and the wants of the pe9pleH1aands therefore the
the Commonwealth will be equally fortunate in
securing the eminent services of GEORGE w.
WOODWARD.
WILLIAM HOPKINS belongs to that class of
men who have made the prosperity of Pennsyl-
vania part of their ambition He is a stern re-
liable and uncompromising Democrat man
imbued with the largest principles of public en-
terprise-always successful in his projects for
the public good. He has resisted for many
years the encroachments of Federalism in this
State-and during the memorable buckshot war,
he manfully battled against the party that desi-
red to treat the elections if they were never
herd. He is known to the people the State
has discharged every trust with honor and abil-
ity-and will be supported..with that zeal which
attaches to every honest public servant
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potic power and can claim the benefit of the
maxim THAT THE KING CAN DO NO
WRONG know not why your conduct, when
made the subject of charges, may not be inves-
tigated by court of inquiry, nor can 1 per-
ceive what other, or better right You have to
complain, and arraign the government, that the
other officers whom you have accused, and whose
cases, with yours, were referr ed to the same
court If yours is a hard case, theirs is not
less so if you can rightfully complain of per-
secution by the government so they, with
equal justice, and an equal claim to public SYM
pathy.
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If your extraordinary pretentions are to de-
rive any support from your distinguished servi-
ces in the field, you ought to be mindful that
three accused officers put under arrest by you,
have like claims for distinguished services On
the pages of impartial history their names, and
deeds, must appear with yours, and to monopo-
lizing claims, seeking malignant exclusions at
the expense of the truth of history will be
permitted to rob them of their fair share of the
glory won by our gallant army while under your
command" !"
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County Nominations.

The Editor is absent this week which will
account for the lack of Editorial in this number.
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No candidate having received a majority of
all the votes cast, there was no choice. sec
ond ballot was then had without effecting a
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-03-02
TnE WHEELING BRIDGE CASE.

We clip from the Pittsburg Journal the sub
Joined notice of the points decided by the Su-
preme Court in the above case. Other suits are
likely to grow out of the subject:
/. That the Ohio is a public naVigable river,
the free navigation Of which is secured by the
regulations OF Congress establishing ports otcn-
navigation, and by express compact between
Virginia and the other States, when Virginia is
bound by that compact.
Q. That the States bordering nthe Ohio have,
therefore, no right to obstruct the navigation by
bridges.
8. That the Wheeling bridge does obstructthe
steamboat navigation Of the Ohio river, and
therefore is a public nuisance.
a. That the obstruction of the navigation on
the Ohio river, by the Wheeling bridge, in injn.
rious to the public works of Pennsylvania and to
the m Of the river.
s. That the State of Pennsylvania has a right
to maintain her suit for the abatement of the
nuisance, on the ground of its injury to public
works.
6. That the State of Pennsylvania being a par
ty, to the suit, the Supreme Court has original
Jurisdiction TO grant relief.
z. That the equitable powers Of the Supreme
Court authorize it to grant relief, as prayed for
in the bill, by removing the bridge, or compelling
it to be elevated so as not to obstruct navigation.
8. That the bridge must be raised to the height
of one hundred and eleven feet, twenty.:eethigh-
er than it now is at the highest point, for a width
OF three hundred feet over the channel of the
river.
1t was suggested to the court by Mr.. Johnston,
on the part Of the defendants, that the obstruction
might be removed by making a draw on the
bridge. The court said they would hear a mo-
ton, if the defendants desired TO submit one on
that point.
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WEARsEEY,S ROTEI,

Fairmont, MARION County, Virginia,
TIME undersigned begs leave respectfully to
a inform the community and travelling public
that he has removed from his old stand, at Tower
corner, to The corner of Adams FOR Main) and
Irwin, and known as the marion House"
The House has recently undergone athorough
renovation, and is also improved by ADDITION
AL BUILDINGS. 1t is now believed to be in
every res ect adapted to the wants of the traveller
and sojonrner.
A large and commodious Stable has been add
ed to the extensive. Stabling conveniences alrea-
dy on the lot. Every thing will be done for the
comfort of travellers and others who may favor
him with their custom.
JOHN KEARSLEY.
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GOOD SHOT.

A bear, for some time past carrying on an i'm.
proper intimacy with the young hogs belonging
to the settlers in the Queens Brush, closed his
career last week in rather a singular manner
From a litter of nine, in,an industrious mans
sly, the bear had at divers times distracted four,
and one night on repeating his visit, the hogs
screamed SO f~uriously at the abstraction of one
of their brethren, that the settler became alarm
ed, and loading his gun in all trePidation, hasten
ed out to the sty, and seeing the grizzly monster
a few PAGES from him, with the porker in his
tusks, he let fly with his musket, and the recoil
was SO violent that it threw him several feet back
ward, with his head under the fence. Believing
that the blow had been dealt by the bear and
that the monster was upon him he reared ont
hideously, and was of course Immediately Joined
by his wife who disabused him of the idea that
any thing else but herself was near him. He
then got up and found his monster antagonist
pierced through the neck to the hog sly BY the
ramrod of the gun, he having forgotten in his
hurry to abstract it from the weapon, and thus
the recoil became so great as to upset him
The bear died Immediately, and his case amply
repaid for the loss of the pigs, and the fright of
being turned into grease in the bowels Of a griz.
zlyzbruin!-GdH { Canada Reporfer.
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miarenanegllg.
g-APglMGTOM2g HOTEL,
ChnrIestoWn Jefferson County, Va.

yTNH1slarge and very commodious Three
u story Brick Hotel, situated IN me
centre and business part of the town, is now
AMONG the most attractive and desirable resting
places in the great Valley Of Virginia.
THE Injuries of the TABLE OF this establish
ment, are surpassed by none, and the is at
alltimes supplied with a choice selection OF SUI
perior WINES and LIQUORS.
have been added since last year.
A splendid Yellow.Mounted Coach attends
the Charlestown Depot, upon the arrival Of the
Cars, which will convey visitors TO the HOTEL,
free of charge, Persons wishing to be conveyed
to other parts of the town, will pay a reasonable
compensation.
SADDLE and Harness HoRsEs, CARRIAGES,
BuGGIEs, and careful Drivers always ready for
the accommodation Of visitors.
GEORGE W. SAPPINGTON,
July {. 1850. Proprietor.
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CIRCULAR.
A Method by Ohich Stare OOners may be Pro
teclca from Loss.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND EIFE ASSU-
RANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON.

TN future, Insurance will be ensctsi on the lives Of
Slaves, under the following rnes
LIST. Three ourths the actual cash value will be as
snred.
I'd. There will be inserted in each policy a condition
that no other Insurance. he made on the Same life.
Sd. A policy may ne: transferred to another party in
this State, or 10 a Shareholder in another State, with
out first obtaining tlIe consent of the Company.
4th. A slave dying without the State, is still covered
by the policy.
9Th. The premium stated in the first instance in tie
policy, is the same, irrespective Of age, E" the wlp"!e
term Offive years.
9Th. The premium for said term OF FIVE years to be
paid ANNUALLY, and tho policy thus renewed, ~irreSTrc-
tive of the health of tic slave at the: time ofsuch re-
newal.
9TH. Referees letters, demanded il ordinary cases,
in efTecting an Insurance., will be dispensed with in
cases of insurance or ffe lives Of Slaves. -,
9Th. Salts factory and REASONABLE irooI Of age wall
be sufficient TO have ttIat fact endorsed IL the policy !;
and proof thereofa Gcr death dispensed with.
Oh. In case of dif1stehce as to the actual fAsnvALTE
of a slave, it may be determined by reference to two
persons. 10 be mutually chosen by the owner and The
agent fthe Company.S;
10Th. Parties insurine on the lives ef Slaves, can 1T
the end ofany year. discontinue tEe policy, TtIiey
wish to do so.
1lth. The annual exitenses Of such insurance Willie
pend upon the age OF tie Slave at his next birthday,
viz -