The Republicans of this County were ta ken aback by the announcement by telo• graph that the Abolition Convention at Chi cago had placed in nernipp,tion Mr. Lincoln, of Illinois, for President, and Mr Hamlin. of Alttine4or Vice President. Tha nomina tions fell upon thee' like a wet blanket. Not a particle of enthusiasm was exhibited by the Republicans, which is a strong evidence of dissatisfacsion, We will have more to say upoq the subject again. 4, The Ledger, an independent, neutral pa• per, amuses its readeas with an exit act from one of the speeches of Mr Diiiiglhs to the contest for the Senatorship with Mr Lin coln. We publish it as we -find it in the columns of that paper • Mr. Douglas said : "In the remarks which I have made upon this platform, and the position of Mr. Lincoln upbo it, I mean nothing personal, diitrespect ful or unkind to that gentleman. I have known him fornenrly .twenty-five years. We had many points of sympathy alien I first got acquainted with bon We vivre both comparatively boys ; ,broth struggling , with poverty id a sttatige town for out sup port —I an -humble school teacher in the town of Winchester, and he a flomishing grocery keeper in the town of Salem -- ILitughter ) lie aas more successful in MS meetmation than II and hence beeame more fortunate in this world's goods:* ...Ir. Lin, coin is one cif those peeuliar men that has perfoinied_with inimitable skill in ever) oc cupation that he ever !Welly I plil.. I made as gouda school leio•lier as I (011,d, an-1 whin a eabinet Maker I made the best bed steads and tables, but toy old boss Ma!ll . 1 succeeded bettrr iii.bprean4 rind secretaries than in anything else ILaugh er ~8 ( .,..1 But 1 li, hey.. that )ti lone lii was more , i,,,,., .„s.iful in his business than fm his liii siness soon carried lion doertly into the . Legislature. Then I met lion in a little i l ine. and I had a %yin pathy with him be- lci (oo of the imp hill struggle ere haul in lily [Chia is and laughter I Ile - as ilium, as' good at telling an anecdnie as now 11, could bent any of the boys at wrestling, could outrun them at. a. foot rare, heat thein at prehing quoits and tossing a copper. and could a in noire liquor than all the boys put ' tog, tiler. I laughter and cheers I and the dignity and impartiality with Much he pre sidtd at a horse race or a light were the plat,. of ever) hotly that was present mid I partionsited (Renewed laughter I flew..., I had a sympathy for him hee.iime he it as. struggling anti tinsfortime and vii us Its I -- Nit- Lowoln screed with me or I a ith him lin the Legi , lature of 1. , :1ti alien we parted Ile ..rib.l(led or submerged fur some )ears. and I lost sight of loin in 1. 4 .16 when Wllllll4 raised the Wilmot proviso tornado Mr Lincoln again turned up nu a member of I 011greSS fro m Sangamon District I, being In the Senate of the Unit e d States, was called to aI. ICOMe 111111, then a ithout blend and compa nion. 11 e then il stint-malted hum self by his oppo Moo to Ih( Mealcatt won. taking the auk of the cumin an enemy, in time of war. against his own country - [Cheers and groans I , When lie iei limed home front that Congress, he found that the indignation of the people folhiwed hnn et' erya here. until he again retired to private lite, and was submerged until he was for gotten again by his frienrk Ile came up again in ISS-1, in nine to nialse the A bolitio ii Ithi i k !t rim , hi lean platform in romPail V with Lovejoy, Giddings Chase and I. red Douglass for the Republican party lo ,taro' upon Trumbull, too, was one of nun OW ri 1 fvreutieth District—Robert 1, J0i,,,t,., r....." 1; uonlvoeuporanes Ten iron wmiretanatm. H. s,srtur A'ID J lIXIENIIART, EDITORS BELLEFONTE. PENN'A. i. TUURSDAY, MAY 24, 1660 DEMOCRATIO STATE NOMINATION ' • FOR GOVERNOR, GEN. HENRY D. FOSTER FOR PRESIDENT lAL ELECTORS T LARCIP of Beiku county. f Philatlatphia, C23= Orono' M. •Kehl RICRART YAW, 0 LEBTORS. 13 Jos Limbach, 14. Isaac Rcckhow, 15. (1, Jacksoi 16 John A Aid, 17. Joel B Danner, IS. J R Cranford, 19. ICH Lee, 20.• J. 21 N I' I , ..lternian 22. S Marshall, 23 IVilltain Book, .24. B. D c Church DISTRICT IL 1. FreiPk. A. Server, 2. IVA; Patterson, 3 Ars. Crockett, jr. 4 John 13 Brunner, ' 5 -021 V. Jacoby, 8., Charles Ke'lly. k 7. 01jvi r . P. Jame K..Unvid '43(4111, 9. Joel L Lightner, S A llorb-or: I'l non. 11. Iva;k er . 12' S. S. Wirothemer. 25. Gay lorc DEXOaAIIC STATE CONIMIITIE The following mumel gentlemen eompose th Committee WILLIAM H R u su, Chairman, (II) Rr.olmon ortnP Convention , wit District— City of PIIIIIIEIOIF/I.m +—John luoilton, Jr , L Hrndlonl J Ilcury Askini, Benjamin II Brewster, M Illiam Morgan U It Lindertnen, W Carrigqo Hobert C •y, Ifolviiinl I) Chary, 'high lim• tiro " Irwin, John McFadden, A C tii fleecy Dm. lop. Stenheu 11 1 Ai Jerson, C 11 . 1 1).,1111Inn, Ivor Leech P P. Magee, John It Chmioick Georg.. Link, C Mochell t.lOl. moo Seeond District— Charles D :Usti!) , ~llnbert li Bier aghan Third District—Oe)rge Laur, .1 It 110,11 rd Fourth District—Stokes I, Huhn! tn inhn Danis Filth Distriut-0 N Meyer. Neknn Wein, Sixth I itstbot—Dr C tins to Ina I, Miller, lir Muldelietirg, J I,,iivsent•e Ou In Dr ti rei.einer, Itutbru F Prowl Seventh Distrim —Bernard un Lie! II t•hannon Eighth District —II 11 liunth.m Jackson oodwirrl Ninth Di•triet—J,,ohn F Wang, IV C Wnrtl Tenth Itlei FI rn ne 1) ft an I II Eleventh Dtstricl—ll A I i tie tva•r .912 Ilydr Twelfth Dtstrtcl —.Henry I. Dieffoubllib, W if Blair Thirteenth District—Peter Ent, W Drown John Cummings. Reuben Eater Foorteenth District—John B Bretton, Joseph W Porker Fifteenth Distil& —A I. Rolm fort, Thom,. C Al scll.nrll illiern II Ilill-r I'm ltp Laugher sy Monroe J K reitor I) Iln os Oen: 4n in Joseph tileim, William U Eo kelp, I hu II /ergler Sixteenth Dietrict- Fred, S Py fer lyr ;.; l'/Ithl I W Clark Dr A S Bare Se. ent eenth District—Peter M.elni re A Hie. nr,il t flits Eightroulti Dtelrict—liet,ry J Ptahle ./ 1 tualgoin Nin.teonth Distract—B F Meyer• It limes I'o' riiinti 1 wenly-first niatriet—J Alexander J M Tliompom) 1 westramprid.p.istriot — .11Mta C C 1 ,114 B. Sof 4114 , 10}..mrtreVirrrrer=rai - 4 florke, John M Irwin John 1144•Cioury. Wm 11 Mewihre, 11i rum St Clair, Edward Campbell, Jr , F M flutobinson, James I', Harr Irnnty fifth Marie t— Thotnee Cunninghnm John Graham Twenty with Ristrict—Titnmpson Orftlmn. J W Kerr I vrenty•seventh District —Wll.Oc Laird Janice E McFarland Twelity-eiKilth District -Milli .m T Al... Turner ,the 8 liyac, Uy mdcr of the Con% ontion WM n W M.Bll Oar Borough Election Snipe the r e , •ent Borough the Black Repu bli. an • Piesi, - the home of Cul. Curtin of thin place, endcay.acd to convey the iinpr,m.nen abroad (lint thin elec. [IUD It as carried by-an over" hrlwnlg Repub lic:ln majority. IL cla ms the itelniblwan ticket elected by seventy-live votes and mecums to think it in an evidence of Col Cur- tins popularity at home. `et na exuoinr the reason a latle to hette•r illustrate the ra,l4 1.11,t. fall, Thomas E. Cochrane. the Black Republican candidata for litlitor Gen eral, had hundred and forty six votea Now in all their Aorta to make a great show, they have only been a hle to get out seventy fire rat, at the recent election which allowi a falling oil mince lant fall of pit rely one voted. A S the TrSUlt Or the ili,sat lafac lion in the Black Republican party. A !pack Republican paper in thin County. made I grelt ado ■bout t,ho defeat or a Jus tice of the Peace in the Borough of I:reerri , burg immediately after the nomma ion of ten. Foreer, when it was well known that it us a Republican Borough. but to show th e btrenrth of our candidate in that place we give the returns of the election held there on the ith inst. It will be seen that the oppo titian of the fieneral were afraid to nominate a ticket, notenthstan.ling they say they are t in the majority. We copy from the Greens. burg Argus : BOROf'alf FA.F.C7IO!J At the 'election held 111 Greensburg Bora' nn 74losiday the 7th. inst. the following Dem . • et* tley.ref-withnnt opposition The followilag are the officers elect Chef BjrAreas —Jno. W Turney. Burartax— A lex. Dl'Ktn ney Asst Burgsss—Dsn. Kistler, Jr , P Bicrer, Jos Greer. Town Clerk—Jiin M. Laird High Constable --Jno. Lought'ey. School Directors —Jac. Turney, Alex. K 'lgor°. The Tariff Bill Passed. The Fefinvlvsma Tariff Bill, suggested — fa urged by nir. Bitthratian, - has passed tbe not posted themselves in the Revised Penal House of Representatives by a decisive vote. Tire members from Pennsylvania, without 1 Code of the laws of Pennitylvania, adopted distinction of party. voted in the affirmative. at Harrisburg, at the late acs,icni, have a This may be regarded as a triumph of Penn,l fast to learn. By that oode their powers .sylranfa, in view of the fact that while her I have been materially circumscribed. in ti interests a list of ciuninal offenues, hitherto intereste may be benetitted to a reasonable bailable by them, can only be bailable' by exteut by an increased tar, she is surround the courts. Tho list of offences whose ad tradeed on all sides by comparajively ultra free Judioation iii removed from the poorer of the neighbors. New England is particu• ro Al b d h e e r r men, comillk see arson, rape, mayhem, larly interested in free trade on wool andl Aldermen, i y. or i burglary, an d in all such canes I irone i and in 1857- the repisfolicians of bail can ou y be received by the ,upi eine , Massachusetts raised 4430.000 to send to / Court, the Court of Common Pleas, or one Washington to procure the repeal of the of its judges, and the Mayor or Recorder of equally ,g5,... 1 a city. As ;this is the letter of the code. ted taritl io of froo. '4B. tiwkl ,lleyr . Y vv or to k li l e tiie uw......th and Pennsylvania, parties-interested should, re-1 North-willeartilstill tnersi,u.ltrs. ' member Abe fiat._ • ' - i • The Chicago Nominations Mr Lincoln appears to he very popular in the Northwest, and doubtleas he owes his / kitu'r° l 4l44,l,llJana-Mc--Ji.waawiaws‘loceassOrsr to Inferi arc quite as decided as those 01 Mr 1 , Seward, and on the, occasion of his nomina• 1 tion,as a andodge for the United States / Stir lie, hr lonic a gpi 14711. In a hurl, he 111.4- ttrictly gliiirtlin , es the irrepres tblr C lull ct,' as the following retract %ill shun' "Wi ale now far into the filth ye tr. since a pulley was initiated with the avow, I/ IA) jut and confident promise of putting an end to slavery aggation• l'oder the operation of that policy, that negation has not only' .i not centred, hut has constantly augmented In illy opinion, It will not erase until a CliSig shall have been reached nod passed house divided arising!, Itself cs ti.ii sign , ' I islltolv this govertim-nt manse endure permit neatly half ',Live mid half free Ido rot ex pert the to he dirviolved -1 .lo not ex t pert the house to fall -hot I expect it will I ' erase r o It will all on. ' 1 thing or all the oilier Either the opponerga slavery %ill arrest the farther spre of it land plies it a lwre•the public must shall{ rest to the belief that it us in the Cmirse 4,l\\ Ultimate extiri , ti , m, Or rts ntivocstes Nil I posh horn ant till it shall liseom• alike in all the States old as well as new —Not th as well as The Chicago Nominations. IA II \TA 6NI)1A s •NOTIIII. , , SA IA The l'hiltith 1111:13 Nuwa, 111 .111 n rH:1111 pa ' per, talk, in the follow ttt)ln :II regard to the Chu: 11120 nounnations We do, n o t propose to di tine ther.position of the Nevis in rekri nee to this WMIIIIIIIIO,, to-day II COOltooloier • d rr Ith n ten nee to the question Jiird no Matt ran hive any difficulty The Conventi o n, boa, vir, presented a platform ri hid' is to be taki into console ratton. SO far it, the: meet of work deals in gineralitii a, it µdl doubt , Be reCeiVid with satiafaciiiin by most 01 those who hare occupied places in the Peo plejapparty. rt line, however. in it. what is called a "Dumb plank," which, we are told, aas dictated by an ari L , e ml i lag e of iiiitsidi r 4; who also met in the city pf Chicago. This We esteem to be niny.ly an itenit to the Amen can clement, witch constitutes so powt;ful a portion of the People's part) in rerins)l- Varna, ancl as such we nut only er:hew it, I hat'ilenou»ce it is a propusilion unlit to be I put forth by any body of men proftiornig to let in oNiusition to the Locofoco party The tay -haw-not Tet -come -- whrn l,,aiia-Widt-- give up their Shiholeth, and although it may be esteemed as expedient and prudent to postpone a 11180.11;41011 of those dminctive views, until the great 9oeslion of "black or whine': shell he determined arid disposed of in some w&—the gentlemen who iroted ti is pLialt'rala k iveti as the crowd wWich die -01,1 it, marYelit; assered tial the para mount doctrines of44meiricai must and shall be respesW. , AN IMPORTANT LISOISLATION.-M. deimen and justices of thepeace, who have What is to b 3 Done'? Under this Lead, the Lancaster Total: gencer, 6ne of the shiest, boldest and most aityere Derro:ratie papers in the Natloh, has the following sensilde remarks, e•vety weld I The Japanew of which we endorse and cotnnietrd to the ell by their o calm consideration of every Demb—elit thou, left W 1 :1` o'clock, isl ' What is to be done by the Democratic NAL :,11te,PresidtMis ?lust. 7Tliey rode in Open tiontl Convention, when it le-assembles at carritge'S, win. aforee of L 5 ~,,,iprmea po- Baltimore on the 18th of Junel question which is in everybody's mouth; This is rt lid'"'ellrin Itt‘ t, 'saki The min:to-number in t rn h e e i r o e t a n e , , r - cl is i • e l d il I li .a g oi zu si a d r i, iitt r a t o h n e d je o ti r i d e i l l es taz . hut. we have aeon nomie as yet tilt) could the music of dl Trine band . - give a satisfactory answer. Unless all the The chief Was arrayed in a rich' delegates go there in a spirit of conciliation brocade purpi mirk, with ample , over and compromise, and resolve to commences h t:i l n i e il e ' o g lo fi r lec lie hera6ntywno'gdligronvivtamurrioa tiOwf were their work de novo, we are very much afraid ,„ green o r a ,tni texture ari d f,,,,,,,,,,,,A. the Convention will find itself in the same •'They wore capiii inverted ladies' calms, fasten( don thoo nof ;he head bv strings predicament it was In when the adjourn ment took place at Chit Heston. The host Li! , a pl a r ig t 4, 117 , 1 , i: 1 r i t . t i i 11: n 7 ; 0 ; . 1' l i t t iz r ca r r a l l u c k d . iilk r •e i s io , thing, we think, the Convention Could. do. inferior calkers w small hats with a round tinder the circumstances, womb) be to rt nock band, and truing 41t0W113. all platforms lii the head, acknowledge the' The prominent ints along the route wire Constitution of the United States as supreme o w ec t u e pred by mix! . spec tat t ots, the streets matronly, then nominate some sound ron• to . the n T 7 rt?s e ilen ' t i I l l w i ni m a n t u , iti lttn s w h l i o l ie w" i l i g i servative Demmu at, not identified with the the East Itoom, t r hail assembled a brit extremists front mill& section of , tho Union, lima company, a rig %Mini were:the New and, after having ,donos HO, rotimint inie die, Yor mo"1" , r)R1 0 , 11110, who earn. hith -0 invite the J ese to viqt that city. and the 'people will take eare of the rest. 14 z t, mi t a t ~t 1 on ry to t ienrogrninme an d expki 'these quadrennial platforms have been a i lion, there was a -ge attendance of ladies, constant sour ems( ifiltiry to the Democrat is 1 accompanled by ambers of Congress and namy, and never once a fitment that 'we could " 1 11 " 4 holding pi' inert pnblta positions , The Navy chic formed rn , a line in the o In nerve lb fore platforms were thought 01 to heat ammo . ); them ano the Democratic party nas n 1 ways united, copt. rtny officers formed and triumphantly heeled JellerSon, and Nlad- another line : lac rant General Scott was ison, nod Monroe, nod tiflbsen and Van 1 1 4 . 1111 meld. lugelft With his stall . - r 4 ti, to the Presidential They :out- ,ittt, li t , ( ; l 2: l ( : tt, : t i l t 1 1, 11. 0 '' , e , .1.111i5 tt era was an open v, feel aide, winch inenced the platform business. and we were , a n , t o to , t h e scut of the grand presents defeated in I Sill, again ill 1 STS, and may lion, and the bite; aas intense, find the lose a third eleettm to ISMI , from the same usual stir eliaract ed the piehininary plo t! enitse, kinky.; the ensuing Wiltirnore re idi The folding do 4 were opened at noon, vent ion is more than usually careful 'The when the Pecan ten Of the Cooed stn. es I n discussions nlamt slavery are be coining per 1 bred. Itecompanie by his Cabinet rah , . rs, f, ctly nauseating, The tiniest 1011 Is worn and 11.1 3" look a 'Milton on the east and lac. threadbare. amt has lost all 111t111-4t with the 1 1 1t 4'ille "emt . etelary ( nos tired to the ante t'..4to people The Masses rare nothing nbolit n and reLnined wit t - the dafanese Commis platform ; they want n raref, &de of good 01.4114 rs and their lend:nits, ho made wv genuine Democratic stock, a lin. when he Is el al to °mond 11,1 w as they approached the I'll -uli 'el. et, 41. wl l l . administer the I raiment n 9 Id and his intact , 1 11 1 n one of theP(mese opened a serious It was adintundered by Thos .1 1 11',1 011 11 and of paper boxes, on wtthin another. and 111 Andrew Jackson. I, t the Con% Nonni give dile, .1 111 vend lett which mete handed to io, for our standard livitrer arch a Man, and the lir"'111"t. aridly hen to Mr C "''''• ia . e desire nothing more Ile 1.111 lie In. th( 1 ,: 1 t ". .7 1 : p l ' , ' , ll ,i l l 1 1 ;i h , r '‘ ( s ., 7: , 1 1 " ,... f tt l 'C iL t s il f . t o . i 1 ,7 0 , 5 s "ese omphantly elected without standing on any Tllll JAP,lilbair. ADDRESS • plat lorln olher than the 0 , 146(1164in and I llsillttjesty , theftyconn, has Comm anded Ina v W . the country : but fetter ITT] with a l its that a e respectfully express to Hue 'Mak plat form whieti may be obieetiona . ble trf any ( } ' , ..ty. the Pri i ,siileitt of the Lotted Stales. 111 portion or the party, and the chances are '. l/:• a s m iii e n a g s to ii e:ital 'ws illsh. on a (tern andJalt that the I .overnment will fall lute the hands jlig 4 . .. no t ation, oi,, relations of peace mill or the Black Republicans at the close of ti 11.... commerce so lisp pill existing between the tki 4, countries that lite] v the 1%111 , 410 . 0t - present administration. ties of both counires have nigotintlit and Them- are our Vievf,y of the subject, and concluded a treaty nom' he has nidere.l us we throw them before the ',oldie lor what 1 toexchange the ratification of the treaty ui they are worth We are not wedded to the h it, and shall cheerfully adopt iollr 1,11111'1p:4 CllrOf IA as hington. fence - plan - forth he hopes thtt the ft whdly r dat 1 1: 115 ally better (inv, should such be promi„.4l, shall he held very t:app),ionotc':::elt"i yourle 11f1r1; lasting (.,di , ailetg lie only so the great 04 101111 any party or the Th .* , you hate blionghl 119 111 the ("lilted l rat in may hrtioglit safely through the States and will Seta US backiki - lapitii in peals vi )11(11 SIII 111111 d it, 011 the I'l ion 311111 111011 of mar 11.011 be preserved, intart, and int 14/late, 11, 1 t! i , j , . , "vle4 1h II Vel 11 flu( message they re tti Wattle. to the Pr. oiliest and the Cali it has been handed 11014 11 14.114 fl oat 1111 e met reinnicely ut i t , t ,, tog their preach , Ile I-, 1 . 1 4 4. arc in the midst of a rrsis Not 'l • b, v 00011, )111ner, r, reUtnled, hovrliql old) is the Pciii s'r itn party in danger, but profoundly as heforb, Winn 11t. President Lha Union Itself is imperiled IvY tiom ofeipal adtlrt-it..l 4r. ann I'ml - ruiner, or en Envoy : I - chanc." lti °lie) a itePublivan be eke" I- TIIC give arlicitolairS:diallC:lielArponninelTis repr(sl;n -to the Presidencv, and with that result good live oar fad ov 041 I'llloll WIII , II .1.15 1...X1s Led 1 1 ) 7 ' 1 1, 1. 1 , i : t i t for - none than seventy' years, Th.. great are all 11 4 . 0,11 gent 6..1 that the first Einbasv; Demorrati. party 47annot be benteti, a lieu which oar gloat Enitere has ever at ety.411 , 34..1 united tut it may become dissever,. I, dis. I 0 auv f4 t uaigii '•r has been sent 1.1 the cord:int and even belligerent in a short time, I rota s harbingei "t ..f perm trust that t teal peace a r; :l o d " frt 'l4 . 1 1'T. 1,1 he unless calm, dtspasseilinte and wise councils ',elk% eim these two great countries "I' pFtvail In that event we would soon fall' s The treaty of commerce, whose ratatica. I all 1 a,) prey to Ow 1 , 1111111011 1 nem) , of our I "1"-)1111 are a h "ut to exchange %oh lhe faith and our principles, and a mild have to 1 c. t y e t o ' ,. re f i" l 7 ‘ ,: t li tt i.4 r i tt o ah:orlinlilm 1 i tfnli I t o , t people he i n." 1111 t ics regret our folly when too late lo be of any 14, „,„1 o f the 1 rued ,titan v, 1 iaavail May vre not nidnlge the sangnine 1 min bay for mysell and pel/1111412 (01 my 4110 hope, rhervfore, tli it our friends everywhere I''vs,,lr1 ''vs,,1r4 that it shall lie i arm 41 into rX , ,1 tom in a la 11 111)11 and friendly spirit, 00 114 111 -north, south east and west—will sec the I secure to loi.li countries all the ;vivant:l ' .'42a p opriety, nay the vast unportance to the tiny may lostli . expect Gom the 111111 pr sus Union Itro If, of coming together at Baltimore miller El filch II has been negotiated and in a spirit of Lllllllll 1111(1 harmony, ronetlia- ratified I 1 - 1 ',ore that you Sr.' pleased null Iwo Mill eolllr/r111111.411, MO as to pr«Venr nii ' the kill realineni t _ s t hlc t h you t i lav lee'lved 011 board r our broken front to the cohort.; ofT he I )iposi t ion p„,,, In ti ns t v . ‘ „ . l„ ti ty4;, i , I'un ~hall be seal nl thus defeat the dark designs of Section- back in the as ne wanner to your native land, all n and Aladitionism 1 under the to otert,..in of the ?internam flag - ......... 91 , nnw611e during your residence ninangst Defalcation. ill a hlrh I hope y he 1151 . 010111(e11 40 av 1.1/ he large It In Ow 11,e...r0nd0 of Mr enable you to visit diticreut portnitla o t f o wtr we shall he happy to exu•nd eon Pun 1, r of New Voil, creates a good deal u' a' " l ' lf i t n l it elY iliospitality and kindii,s eminent I) 0 , 111 menu everywhere 1 1 1 1,4, income of the due to the great and friendly sovereign whoii; 0111,, Is a hill" less !hall a )1111111PN' 0111111111 1111 you SO worthily represent. A month, all.l the deficit reaches *.1511,11110, 1 Tllll I''''.llflll,l handed them a 11 . 3 1 ) V of his Haan as Anti hands with thi.m I that the amount must have been some 1 I The huholdinsie Ji111011(00. 0 'beers were time accumulating Fowler is missing a k o brought m 11 „1 in t r ol u e e d _ . • .. or m fashionable parlance, ha lei" Wit' at l ' aPla , /1 Dupont was prominent. In thIS home. " It IS that Ills frlttitthi bar, Par , of the ceremony been to and off, red approvid 1 ' 1 1:11, Cafole, t oflit ‘ -ers were p i resentel l in the ch e ek s to the amount of the tit 11,it Tow* on, t, i( a )Y rid their doubtful relative official positions were briefly ex• The propoqtron of the friend; of Postmas• plaited to Fowler, which the Postmaster Ueneral rejected, was to raise the amount embeZtled provided the t;vernment would noppreaa the evidence of the offence, and, forbearing nll proceedingm against him, continue him in oflb•r for a linived tinr, for the pirrpd.tie of protecting Iriri reputation. 117 - • While the Pryor-Potter controversy ens going on in Washington, n Cute of the Muse wag called upon some mmor mat tent. When Mr. Potter's 11061110 ens rallc,l an old Dutch number from Permsy (cams who nev er takes up time unless he has something to say to the point. rose 111 ills place arid ex cused Mr. Potter thus. "Misther Slipeaker. 4 will shust say ash how Mother Potter hash a kryor engagement " Both sides of tho (loose and the galleries united iti an uproar ious explosion of inirthat the Bon. member's sally of wit, and it was only checked to be redoubled. when, after the name of Mr. Pry or was called. the same old pans arose and said . " Vel, %Ater Shpeaker, Altabter Pry or.ba,+h gone to pp ash clay in to hands of to Potter," For some moments the scam in the Illouse l waa indescnbiable, and, for the once, five pound bowie knives and shotted rifles come at a diacount. Er7•A Large Tree,—An exchange saye:— Thb largest tree in the world k and to be iii Africa, where several nogro families reside in the trunk f' A friend at our elbow sug gusts that itavould boa capital place for an Abolition hotel, for this head quarters of the Black Repablicaus! A pretty good ides, . - tat. i - - The nose Embassy RECEPTION Y' rflE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Alny 17. busy. ptioperlir attend s and the Nsval cotuthis- Ifolffi shout hnit, past corning, on their way to rI'IIIOSIIIKS nlttll!fillT BY TUN JAI'ANESIE. .—The ealMielS and dressing eases, No called, are beautiful beyond dincription. AS to the wood work, which is of nailve material. the inlaying of Mllimit pearl, the waved an tangled grain mingled into one haruninions while with a dolictil'y and ingenuity and matehlug. that deifies dkacription Ifni polish throws back The sunlight like a perfect nor ror It is said tliat'scalding water produces no Aka upon_thia._ -putiedt- -aIItUMS 4 / 1 44 tritium uts, which are mostly pore silver. ele barately ornamented with tasteful deVI- Ues, ' , induce with their surroundings, a most , pleasing idllied upon spectators not accim toured to wOrkinaniship so exiraorilinary.-- The porcelain ware displayed comma of ar ticles not only rare and beautiful, but of great practical utility, which indeed maybe Raid of many other good things in this exten sive collection The washbowls, for in- Ranee, fruit doilies. toilet vases, &C., are of patterns sad of a cmisistericy that will un• doubteilly counnend them not only to the good taste but to pur chasersthligood judgement of pur chasers The pone bowls are unequalled ; they went almost to speak in tones of con vivialty. The death of I.BIIIC Slith 111'Mtaten, late United States CMisul at - Acapulco, Mei'co, has been summoned and mmtlrmed. Major M'Mjcken was well known to the citizens of Harrisburg, having ppent several winters in thin city some years ago. Ile was a native of I,Ycoming Nutt 11,14-741 s esteemed by all who knew him is a brave, generous and a,coom [distinct 2 114 roan. lie had won for himself the respect and esteem of the citi. zoos of Aeapi)co, by bia s unifurin urbanity, of'manoirisn4,faar)ota discharge of hie an. c.sl duties. PEN, PASTE & 80113808$, rr - . 7 reli like p Wet blanket—The lumina• lion of 11.A1, by the llaltirento convention, upon the Republicaaa. tre7 Edwin NCI, a noted Boe'tett "Prig." has challenged lohli Monistloy tQ 6. pito tight for 0,000 a side. rri—jho 4). S. Spate passed ink own tioinestvacrbill.• and rejected that offthe lions% on Ilivrsdiy last. " 117 - Re upon - Your guard optima treachery. Remember, that when men and women laugh most they most Ants their teeth. CO - The Middletown Journal boasts that they have a boy residing in that vicinity, who is only nine years old and weighs IGO pounds. A whopper !--the boy, we Mean. (airs to tight,—A "Southern Boy" offers to tight the .•Benecia Boy" for the tri fling sum of ten thousand dollars ! lire wouldn't fight the big lubber for less than twenty thousand dollars ri - When Banks way elected Speaker of Congress, John Covodo was a( member and telegraphed home to a friend, " Glory to God; Banks ine elected " Since that time Covet& is designated ns "Glory to God Co - rr -- : The contested election case of Daniel E. Sickles has bten referred back to Com gress. by the Supreme Court of` New Yo& fur Ilse nava of time io taka the necessary 'Vida'Lee Without interfering with the rights of lint stint; parties there. Mr Evert tt Declines - The Wash ingtim roriiii,pondent of the Roston Traveler states that tt is revolted in Washington, on the iinileoity of n relative of Mr. Everett, that he wit , not sr.-, pt the po.iiiton asidgned to loin upon the Italmwire ticket.' 771011,. Rilling -John B hill was seemly arru , deil at tit Lotus for robbing his lnipinyery in Huntington, , ‘,l eight, n hundred dollars and a large amoitill of , loilong, which he was trying to !i l ly. w 101 hint to Pike', Peak Rifle pm oba• lily now leek tallier pen!, ed ~- lion A 11. Stephens, of Georgia, has wlitten a lel Rl' Ifl reply to a number of 1.111- ~ens of vrliieh be sustains the principles of nun-intervention disapproves of the necession al the Charleston Convention• sod recommends that delegates be sent ID liftilll7l.le 1,7 - An old ‘rwonal was onre a , dsed what Wat 4 the lint. step that led to his ruin, when he nao.aired The first ,tep wr, cheating a printer out of one year; soh‘cript In. Whet) I had done that the old di ‘ll laid hold of me and I could imt gou:r loin oil. Delinquents reflect, ere it 1, too late r 7 - 14 NV nirlship, the "Airongest man," is the man 1,1 . ,Jr limey Ile is a sensible btu-Maly ii.foinier, fie lionlaa 1 1 0,0'91' 1 e might In fud r. di- and •Irep “Never." says do slnmg-n raid D o ctor. .• e is e f i ,pro the lAN,. on,ati.fird -novvr g.t, ou t o f b e d long as yoo Las I. any inchnattou to he there •' Lrl all those It ho have tabled to ait. down to and bids to lie on, govern them- The "People's Party" Abandoned l'he 110mill:own of %hr/lIIIIM I.IIIWOIII, an out and pr. 4 , 1141' ronfhet loan, by the Ito puhlio-an Conventwn, Nays the Patriot of - 1 noon, applies a severe teat to that decep tive humbug, the a• People's Party " of Po twos) Ivania. The (1111.0110 n 18 HOW pre s entwl to those Arnerwans aho have acted atoll the orgainr...tion a ith the ninlergtand. mg that it a a , to fair cutup' nonse between pubbearin allot Anierwaiw, whether they all C0113(.111 to be 1110114errl d to the support of 1111 11V0V11..1 A holitionod. The Reptilth cans of tlo. s‘ta'e think that they have play. (A a very khreed game• and that the Amer trans are can lit sti completely in their toils that they ( 11.111101. t \ IfICIIII. themselves. It is ettrimis to (lb.. Ile the gradual pr ocess by it hug i the Amur', an party of 1H54 and 1855 lia% bruit I ran4fo , mud into the Republican patty of lht,t) Itithose years the American 1(1 , 3 . I'so the prominent principle incorpo imid into the Platform of the opposition of Pennsylvania In 18. - 4 the Republicans and America' s were separated to some extent by dill rent candidates for Prv.ident. In 1857 a combination was formed betweSn, the two parties under the name of Amerman-Repub lican or Oppointioo, and this title was gen erally adopted throughout the State in Cous ty Conventions. IMring ISSH and 1859 the affiance was CA I IItIII I IC 4 I under the new ly in vented name of the '• People's Party." The delegates to Chicago were elected by a Con •ention called the '• People's Party" —but instead of fiddling; the trust conimitted to them by laboring for the nomination of a modulate candidate lot President, they .de -1 sorted alter the first ballot and assisted• to the nommatiod of Abraham Lincoln, one of he must violent and extreme Republicans of the West 'nits was not all - they helped , I to pass a rese k lution distinctly repuriminig the 1 rincypies of the American party, with ; , , which t hey professed to be associated—in tltaStAlau•ttig- wurchLL. F it to, oils That the National Bespblican patty is opposed to any change in our natur alization laws, or any State legislation by which the rights to citizenship hitherto ac corded to esnirogrAnts front &snug n lands [For the Watchman WWI be abridged or impair* and in favor of giving a full and Illcient protection to the Bellefonte Academy rights of all climes ( f lume., w h et h er na - 11litssas Ent roses While strolling over tire or naturalized, at house and abroad. our Bellefonte hills, which, by the way, aro The very men who represented Pennsyl- quite romantic, I became desirous _of visit• vania in the Convelitten, Lid assisted to ing my friend. Prof. E.,J. at his eta pass this resolution, contended, not tire tom in the above named Institution. When years ago, that the salvation of the country' I called, he was just in the act of invoking depended upon changing the naturalization the blessings of Almighty God, on his flock laws—and now they wheel square around and his labors. This act, which, should bo and deny ther# own principles, ,at the hid- I the first in all our undertakings, is too often in,; or the Republican party. It strik- omitted by the majority of our teachers. To mg illustration of the tergiversations, faith- say nothing of the future, it has its bonen leheness, insincerity anti unprincipled char- end effects at the One. It softens tude acter of Opposition politicians. I hearts, and certainly harmonizes disuffrdant The aourse of these delegates must tenni % spirits) making school government one-half nate the alliance between the Americans and easier. Mr. Wolf has acquired to himself, Republicans maintained under the name of in this place, a lasting reputation as a teach ' People's Party," if there is a spark of er, and happy are they who Aro privileged manhood or principle remaining in the to attend his school. I was told eines that - 1 Americans. They were hot only sold at this session wilt StSon eloie, after which he Clicago but Moulted into the bargain ; and cannot witl o P i n lo a I L 4 its " ; thou " P a s an s i l !tf gu a gg rdians if they can-stand that, they will submit to] charges to the care of so good's tesoner. any Indignity.. Br. G. the Metepria.Showor in Ohio. Wo era 111 kJ abgationa to Prof Henry, of UM Smithi?Fninn lontitnte, for the follow ing more definite and detailed account than has before been publitthed of this i•ttereating and rithrtling plivitomenon : IleNnimsnuttft, O, May 18fiD. , DEAR PROFESSOR Yon n 111 oonotiess see in the papers an noctioot of a shower of meteoric slimes that fell on the I,t near the village of Concord, in Nluskingum county, Ohio. Lest,you Aficuld think it a hoax, of at least an incorrect Account, I have taken such %mins as oircum . stances oh would permit to oain a near as posaildo all the facts and circumstances connected with it. The shower took place between 12 and I o'clock p. in. The day was unusually cool fur the saamod of the year, and the sky about tive thuds overcast with. clouds. Sunulta• neously with the fall of the stones a tre mendous explosion occurred in the Minos yhere. To those near by it resembled a se. vere clap of thunder in sound, but was Be , conepernied by a jarring sound_ which, to. gether with noise. Wart telt and hoard at a much greater distance. theta the efiect of thunder. It was observed not remarked RN something peeuhar by persons fifty miles off I was at the time about Out v miles distant, and so extraordinary was the detonatiem and jarring sensation that I thought tt (although an unknown occurrence en this region) an earthquake shock ; in fact such was the gener,el opinion of all, who heard it. To those near a hem the stones fell several distinct repeete were beard- , acconnts vary (lota six to twelve ; they Mere pi rapid succession, perhaps noLover a secreted of time between them No strange was the sensation that rattle in the fields ran startled at it Four stones were stew to fall and bare' been recovered, hot the probabilities nn. Unit many others Tell. Two. which ren athin about six hun dred yards of each other were , semi by couple of men who ice's lalioring m R fit Id. ' nearing the reports' one of the ineu loohul up and saw a large bit ( . 1411 into a 11,1,1 close by , the other, ',whim( in nnoth, r dt• To idiot', saw another whtrh h II 111101111 fl thee IVillllll about tummy timilite‘i they op prronrhrrd nod dug ant the one 1,111, 11 bad fallen in the field, a ht to it hid born d Nii If to the dept it of about PTO' h‘Ch" in 11 hilt) 111111.81u11111,011 It,CO. stilt S 0 hot that it c o uld some, 1), lie in In in the lianas From the direction in which it cm., i,,1 tlw earth Its fall appeared to be vertu-II Its wi 11 lit was twenty one pounds, and fts shape ureg whir, long and flattened, but resembling somewhat the enclosedsketch It entered the , ground point foretno-t The other nloch h e'll upon the fence, weighed fun ty-t wo pounds In its descent it cut through the rats et the fence and horn d itself in the ea , th, hli mg, a dirt ruin apparently Nom t h t . n „y t 1, 4 ,1 Me n d one and ii 11.111110 h s from a lt, re these t I.hi, a a oom! man P"'-' 10 fll! it , hMl4olll)!teti'hiCime wt/mug •I,lllill 11%i the id, hllll, 10,1,111 g 111) RPM the r loads 111 a strangi, state 01 cumin" tom (The same with rognid to the agitn• Una of Ole clonda waq*/), .‘ry rd by other , : ) Tl inking that lu heard something fall, upon searching ire round a gimp. weighing thirty- NIX 11011111 R, which had fallen 1111011 and em bedded itself in it decayed log I t was hilt) pow d that it had in tit fan 11,111reCt.1011 smith east Near (int sville, squint six notes distant, T Tito - grmiemen walking:out heard the rrplp sers, and %cry soon alterwarl I a .tone weighing four pormol, fen Ilea!" them Rink 111 g the ground Ohilqlllll. Ili to rici,chet The direction ~f this appeared to be film the north. The finn skim 1 above Mehl were all that wt to seen to fall another. however, wag found which had fair,in the C wider Orroots toirrotinTilg - W * - - ft wen:lied about tlst.ity pounds. and Alilrese ell to have (Men yervically All the stones I were Irregular in figure an I had the satin. general appearance harms- a Llnrkenrd smooth, vitrified surface 'I he exterior coat Intr. V 1111.4 however, very ihlll-110 , ON, r (The fiftieth Of an inch nr this kn'es , 4 within the stones halisan ashy color, and rontrlned floe particles of ,orne shining httlo,(snee prob ably native nickel Enelme d I send you a amall spenriwii which 1 picked oil a lar ge lump It was tie desire to Send yon n large piece, or, if 1,0."1,1,.. one of the stones en tire, but all except the largest one acre Iwo kin 1111 and the pacts diqt I-Milted among persons mho w tole the [wired lasts amid, to them great val , e. The I erg sr win (y , t unbroken) is ur possession Of A S Alithnl land, from whom, if de4ealile, you might possibly obtaw it for, the Stuilltsuntan lost,- ' tulle • You could, I presume, obtain further in formation and pri.bably a specimen by writ ing to Ur kJ Met•onnell or Rev Mr Meig (red. at Concord Olno I write ureter very unfavorable eireuniqtilleeq, but hope that you will be able to dent her it I remain very truly youry, Jonsi C Tinnet.i. Livia IT S Army. Prof JosErn LtvNnv , Stnitlisotlian Ibstitta lion. • Fur the Watchman I PI ICANANT (;Al', 11111iy 21. Isr.o \t mits 1':1t tat hi Saturday last Plt as ant Gap Hotel was the scene of one of the largest crowds of people ever assembled iu Spring township. It was the day 'sit apart for the up rations of the celebrated Veten • nary Surgeon, lir McCrum, of Ohm, and truly can rassert that never was a crowd better satisfied with any exhilutnin than that of * skill practiced on many horses be• longing to farmers in this vn may. 1)r. MaUrum rlertainly under,iands 1114 profession. lie has been long skilred in it, and can doubtless compete with any man who dare boast of his knowledge and prac tice of the art. The improvement .of this art is of great Importance to the agricultin al interest as well as (I) horsemen, thcicfite. all 11410 are intereated in it would do well to "fait iwnt-on-nrirs• F'rviity;--tfin Milesburg, and witness what no man dare dispute—the most wonderful surgical opera tions of the age.. OBSgRVER. " bibs front aver vi,onittres. I.I . OOMING CouNTT. — Destructive Frediet in the We.l Branch—Williamsport Inunda ted—intense Excitement, and Great Loss to the Lumbermen.r—The Gazette says: The recent heaVt in ra n i h ns fuilin filled thesuch a shr jr ibutoart timeies of the Susquoii that the river rose altimst as rapidly as a small creeks 41saW4Wiriesday and Thursday it roes so high as to inundate a part of the town on the south side of the upper end of River street, causing twelve or fifteen fami lies to remove to another part of the town. The vegetation in many gardens in that sec• tion of the town was entirely destroyed, and considerable itainage was Sustained by diff erent parties. The water rose from low water mark to seventeen feet and - three inch ea above, which was the highest freshet 1* this branch that, has been known for several years. During Thursday night pthe lumbermen were thrown into a high state of excitement by the escape of many of their logs from the boom. The boom was not broken st all, as was reported. The logs that were in it at the time the water commenced dein were Mated in when'tlie•wister was WWI( were lying on the surface. When the Ito (Mm, it carne so suddenly that it set the hole mass of logs iwtbe new part of the boom, (coveting atm upon acres) in motion and by rushing them together, sunk a por tion of the boom and forced them over it. lie Finley, the banks of the river were col : - .141 vrtli people, , regardless of the drenching ram, to tentless the. thousands o' floating duple 'Everytdung was done, to .save theut t but the water came in such torrents and with mien force that hutlithle could be ac. cstnittlisheil At times, the billiaCe of the water was hidden by the great mass of the. lux, arid during the whole day logs were seen floating down the stream It is esti mated that fifty tuttlion feet of lumber passed IVilliattisport---nod the best lot of logs ever listed to thisTelelo stud lumber depot—,their value being about half a million of dollars. he nulls are not nnuung at present, and o ill not be in operation until the recent tio.,blesi are settled. There yet ruin:tens a p o rtion of the logs in the booms, and we halo that the 'unpin) , of lumbermen w ill soon go on is golarly with (hon . basintss This loss will be lelt inure or less by the whole comintliMy. Considering that there is less dry lumber ill this market now than there has been at This season for ninny years, IL ti ill make the price of lumber advance very much It IS thought that there will be a sufficient quantity of lugs in the hennas to keep the nulls running from a thud to half of the inattithietiii mg Season. * • • • • " VIE CAMPUS. — Detvreen eleven and tuelve o'clock on Nliinday night, the low , r end of the burovigh war, thrown into state of ex"rt"ineut by all unusual nolan at the) . ) unitary The cry of fire was sounded us tire strut., tool eitipms ran towards the lull to le.trei the uorst On approaching the place it was ascertained that the atudente had turned out to give a calithumpian sere nade to use of the faculty, who bad been re cently mauled. and, as they supposed, had returned to the Institutron that evening— though in fact he had not returned Tho police repaired to the scene and rein nistra led ; but being weitaticed and dulled, two of the party were taken into custody, and after a hearing yesterday morning, before Jiisdce Montgomery, were held in 5300 to answer at (Duet. • • • • • (Issuer. Al ki.es. -(to Friday a fight was had on River St [vet, abuse West, between a German and In, son and Koine CcdOred persona Alter (none sparring . ' was dune, Constable i'&foek lived on the "turf,' weut into the crowd and demanded jesce, which demand seemed to right in on his ploz ' Other °Meets were, noon mmlllolll,l, A ret the &gray was ternus slated by Ihree of the colored persona being attested, all of a horn have since been releas ttl • • • • * OARING RoWardir "I he deracy Shore itetandican mar Oa Momlay night last as Solomon dudykunose r _ agent 01 the.Expiess COlll/./.IIIY, WAN going home lie was met by two ruffians the JO b) bet weer MEMielsurs' aud Simmons, was knoeked down, and while In a state of Ili s, millslity 1114 valise was cut with a knife a... 1 live hundred dollars taken therefrom. NIX thousand dollars were 111 the v,rlise in diflerept packages. The attack. ens so &widen and uncap. cud that Mr tonlykunst could nut recognize who struck him, and the rubbers escaped. Ci ItAITrtELD COe§TT. --Pisait.ool" ADvaN- Tt its - The Republican says , Yesterday afternoon as Mr Charles Mocumber was at• tempting to cross the ever at the forileig. bi low town, Which IX still very raft ing flood --his wagon became uncoupled, and the horses went on with the front carriage. leaving Mr Mocumber with the hind car• riage and body, floating down the stream. ann not being side to swim, his situation fur a while was quite perihmi. 11, however. succeeded 11115117 11l geLl.llll,r, • • • * th a h. 001) (PI MOS/lANON I\lo . - 01.1tioli Creek rose so iiiiibki y arid rapitily on NHL Wednesday and Times ay, in consii quence of the rants the those I erg rafts in the stream were nimble to rca theta tin trine and • large quantity. numbs g about thirty rafts were swept off, and at last ac counts scarcely any portion .of them had been recovered. The loan falls ripen Mr. 'I I•muis U Snyder, Jas. M. Williams and one or two others. * • • • • ELIO-, 7111\ nN I'ouNTT twrintitermarnlTlT.—On last Monday a week the School Directors of the cetiniy met in Iles borough, and on the fourth ballot. elected Jesse Brootnal County Superintendent for the next three years. The salary was fixed at $578. The other caimidates bajlotted for were, Charles B. Sanford, , of this place, Dr. A. T. Seer , . ver, Wm 'l'. Thorp, kfiti , and Janet' Rollin Mr Sanford received the next hilliest num ber 01 votes to Jesse Brofrinal. • • lo • Thu Journal says: Some. tee, days ago, the carcass of a line black mare was found' in the seeds on the hill near the mouth of Potts inn, in Knox ttmovirmltip. The fact A1ia.c.u0...00e.-in-tite-atestationlisnatiods-itatt-ast. animal, that the carcass was found in a se cluded place not likely to he frequented by a house, and other circumatances, have rais ed suspicions that the owner of the mare, whoever he may have been, has been foully dealt with. Considerable excitement exists among the people of that vicinity in• regard to the matter, and it is to be hoped that the mystery, of what soevcr character it may , be, will soon be unraveled. t.. alarms COUNR7.- ; ‘, HIGH FLOCIP IN Tlil War BRANCH. —The Democrat says :• , The continuous rains during last week made a very high flood in the West Branch and its tributaries. Extensive damage, Ines LAWS done to Farmers, Millers - and others livino upon the margin of the various streams. Bald Eagle creek, whigh empties itself into. the Susquehanna at this point, has probably. not been so high before since the disastrous flood of 1847. It has done -ruttal• d ama g e " P bridges,.,fencea, &c., along its course. No serious injury has bee" done Vie railroad, and the land shies which were anticipated have been few and unimportant. The worst Muster-we have to chronicle as the loss of property at the Williamsport boom. The flood rose so high as to carry the logs in the - enclosure of the boom entirely over it. The boom did sot givd way, but owing to it de fect in its construction, it could not rise to the height of thellool. _We are_bAPPY to Learn that ray manyorthe logaware saved at the bogy , iamediatetirtelow:Williatasport.
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