Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, June 21, 1860, Image 2

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    yes Whlreeemate;
A. R RIMS ANDJ. B.BARNHART, RDITORS.
I.IELLEPONTE, PENIVA.
4 7 0RBDAY - , nINE if. 1860
- DEildeiATll, STATE NuMINATION,
FOR 001'ERA'oR,
GEN. lIENRY D. FOSTER.
FOR Pi 1.5;111ENTI.11, ELEcrons
KLWTOKS AT LAIWN
GIWRIM M. V.F.131, falkikH COIIIILy.
itlep ARP VALI, of Philadelphia,
TSTgrIIICT PT.V.FitiSWI
1. lothrk. A Sciv,ir, 13 Jos Lanlntrh,
W C Patterson, 11. I kinar Ittichhow,
3. J Crockett, jr
4 John 11 Brenner, 16 John A. A Id,
5 Ci W. .Jacoby, 17 Joel II Danner.
6 Charleit Kelly, l IS .1 It Cran told,
7 Oliver P James, II Lee,
S. David Schnll, ii..l It 11,i'n
9. Joel I, Lightner, N F:tterian
11l S S ltm her, S Nlarslto 11,
11. 'rhos II W i tm er ,
11'2. S S. \Cinellcst*•r,
:25 ( hi) lor
ITEROCR&TIC STATE COIiMITTk
The tdlovrittg rame,l gentle:l,ll “delpotte tho
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II that Cnits ton 1
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A•knot Iten . ptian II llreo,ter tin Ilerg,ol,
II It Lintlettettin l'lttorles AS Carrigan, lt••ltert
M Coy lAstronl U t'lattr) [high II twir W
Nan, Mt Fmnien, A C l'ettt Ilenry Pon
INT :- , t,, hen I) A. demon I` Al Dnit.,satt, I. itte
Lreeb F P Alagee, John It I'lnt,lotel, ilettrge
Link 11/41110 Aolnnnm
Dllllriet --Chnews I) Manly, Ilt,locrt
14. 1 T 1001 f , t.crfel. trgo Lnor, .7 II 11.111,001
F•turth Dittinet ',lna,. I, littla•tt., ,I,tlol lint 1..
11011 1101 rut 0 II Meyer.; Nele , o, %Vett.,
Sixth I/10 rtet - Dr Clotrle, Iltottter Ilon ,o'l I,
11111er, Dr AI n 11101,1141., .1 Lawrence itt•ll. Ur
liretecitter, It, tihr II • lintan
511,411111 Inntiiet-- Bernal-4 Itt•tly, Stainut•l II
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Shstirmn
Eighth District II II Bui id,
M
Ninto Menns M m (' IVer,l
Tenth Ursine E 11 l'h Ise D Il it/mann
gleventh Ihotrici- II A Wierti.si S C Iltde
'r•elith Outset-'Henry I. Didiculnteh, W 11.
Illnir
Thirteenth District -Peter Ent, .1 W HYnWn,
Juhu Cuaumngn Spoilien heder
Fourteenth District- John Ii Bruthin, Joseph
Parker
Fitteetitb District - A I, Routnrort Thomas C
PoineDworen Sisin II Miller, Philip Dough,-
J Ernie, Wilhelm l) Ilov Ileorice
W Bonin.", Joseph (Hein., II tth ee, N Ihekels
J.-h.. II Zeigler
Sixteenih District- Frederi. It S Pyrer Hr S
Parker. James W Clark Dr A S Bare
Set , •titer nth District-Peter Mclntyre, 4 Hie
main' tile".
Lighteenth bistrei- Henry J Statile, J II
Vtliorom
Nineteenth Di.trct-R F Myer R
Peter ken
Twentleill Distriot- R,,l,vrt I, Johnmem, Ileum!
Tod
Tw•nty•Srat District J Alr. tinier Fulton, J
Th aam
Twenty-second Distrlet-Jstne. C Clark T II
Kennett
Twenty third District licorge W Miller A
A Persian
Tway tsota rth Diswetst -Andrew , Bettie ilAin
M - Irwin, John MeClintry, i% in II M. t ;heti, Ili
ram St Choir, Kilwartl Campbell Jr , F M
Hutchinson, .1 nme• Y Barr
Twenty fifth Distract, Thomas l'unninghsm,
John tirahnin
Twenty sixth District - Thompson Onduun, J
W Kerr
Twenty seventh District -Wilson Lair.l, James
E McFarland
Tw.ntl -eight h District- W T Ale.noise r,
Jt.l. tl. " Elvlisdar of tha Convont i
II 141.:1,till P/.. dehtt
Baltimore Conventio%
RAI TlWORM..filfle I g
The Democratic National Convention as
rmf,kd at the FrAnt htreet Theatre. •t. 111
ck this morning, 111 plIrSll/111CC or the
resolution of adjournment adopted at Char lea
ton
At II o'clock the P-e'ident railed the
Convention to order
Tlx p.ceedin g s were opened with prayer'
Iti•Ci on, e n 41V:0141 M I tilbter
of Ilaltitnore.
At the tone of gong to prow; we have re
ceived no neWS later than the opening pro
etc...llllga IVe khan give f rther parucplars
next week.
Kr. Lincoln's Conservatism
AN a Fre1•11111efl of'Alr Lints,ln%f ronscirva
halt). Me give helow a comprefiensilfe resolit
hot,. adopted nt the first Repo blies ri Rate
(*.invention ever held in the State of Illinois
Th.lt laai)virao , "lted at Springfield on the edit
fUrteL, r, ixs4 It was eald d for the
especial porpoce of organ', ing a new party.
and repudiating an former attsohments -
committee on remilutiosa appointed by
the Convent ion Willi CoMpo.vd of Abrajpi
Lincoln, J. F. Fransa firth, and Tambod
('adding. The res.dations reported by tin
commit Ire were 11 uftw mou.ly adopted by
the Convention, and among them was the
following
Resole, d, That the times imperatively de
mend the re-organizatnm of part teat and re
pndiating all previous pasty attachments,
Anise, and.preiltlections, we unite onrselves
together in defence of liberty and 81.1 :011 -
stuattlein of the'conotry, and will hereafter
co-operate as thefilioputs-heari petty, pledged
to the aceon ilitdonent of the following pur
poses : To lir the administration of gov
erritne , t back to he control iit tirst princi
ples ; to restore Nebraska nod Kansas to the
position of free Territories; that as the Con•
ntitution of the United States vests in the
States, and not on l'imgresm, the power to
legisla it. for t Ito titradition of fu g itives from
labor. 'lt) RP:PEItiII) ENTIRELY ALI
ROG ATv: THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
tet restrict slavery to hose Staten in twhich
it exists; TI) PROTIT THE OMISSION
.JIfORE Sh•AVE STATES INTO
THE UNDIEN : to ashilish storm/ in the Mi
ts.:el of Columbia p,17; itaude slivery from
all the Territoried over ullich the General
Government hasext.lusive jurisdiction ; and
to arrest the reysirersient of any more Ten's
lanes unless Ihr practice of slavery therein
forever shall have been pi ()Wife&
Tr/KNEW CONGUICHSIONAL APPORCIONMICNT.
—The apportionment of members of Congress
of the several States under the census now
bring taken, will be reported to the next
session .of (;ingress, and will thus afford
ample time to the State Legislatures which
only sleet bienniAlly, as well es the others,
to district their several states. The thirty
seventhtlongress being the fifth under the
present oppdrtionment, the nest apportion
ment will not, by the law of 1850, go into
effect until the" thirty-eighth :'Congress, the
terra of whichvolotnettece Vereh 4th, 1803.
Necessity of a Thorough County Organ-
------- To defend, with the pen, the tongue or
'The present campaign, all must lt
admit, is the sword, the nation of one's nativityror
one of incalculable importance to the Demo• adoption, says the Weekly Penns'ylvaninn,
crane party. i involves The Centre of a' is a dhty that every goust citizen 111111 p
great confederation which has been fowled ly executes and in the performance of
down to us as a legacy from the fathers of / winch they find their nobltst gratification.
the Revolution. The preservation of this in- To sustain her honor and promote her pros
heritunwdepends upon the Democratic par-' perity, in times of p a •e, is s it task which
ty, which has always been moat active in i,invites front every citizen earnest effort;
promoting the inte4est of the nation On the - , a hen war has loosed its dogs, and opposing
*her hand wo have an exhibition of the arms are PWCepinj down our brethren by
sortbd,gilsping avarice of the [Thick Repot) hundreds on the battle field, his must be
!lean rnitty, oontroled by sectional fanata- rraven sour, indeed, thtt. ltrr any' :titan,
entp, and other elements and " isms" for- ran justify :hit- slaughter. Perhaps MitVree
ogn to the vita"urinetples of our Govern- men ever canted an-infamy so deep and lest-
ment Such is ifee s condition of political ing, in the latter, connection, as Ashman,
affairs lietna`ell the twOparties—the Beim- the President of the Chicago Convention,
crats endeavoring to mustalla
„the Gonatitu• ' Abraham Lincoln, its nominee for President,
tion and the laws, while the Brack Repubh- and Tom Corwin of OW, the special advo
cans are working to subvert theni &rid defeat cate of the action and choice of that body.
their true intents aria purpose° if poScOle. The three were in Congress when the war
Fora long
. Inne Pennsylvania has been with Peale() was going on. There hatl beeo
looked upork.as the great,thealre of action— battles lough and victories *OO there had
the liattle'gromid of Presidential' rumpaigna. • been outs of triumph and groans of death;
This is owing partly to her geogi &plural po- the artininf the enemy had swept our sol-
Sitloll and the strength of her electiwal vote diery away from the face or the earth Ilk e
whlth always turn+ the tide of fortune in: chaff before the semd ; and. at such a mo
Netr of the AS pining candidate for whom ik inant, vi hen every dictate of pat' lot ism
limy be cost Hence every fcur tears a shdoid have prompted evidences of si mpa -
titsrci tint heated conflict is anti, thy in Air rongr, ss of the Unitol States, the
and every indication of to-day for, •sliadm s trioa,lxive named 4 4-H their haelcw on the
that the peseta contest a ill be ni ,, d violent nation of flit irlortli and liecame the albes
indeed While ...11.:1• may he the rase, it is of their einintrc ' 5
foe Asfuntin deitount'ed
pleasing con cloirsness to koo.v that •we the tzar with the banal bittirnest; ; Lincoln
have less s..et lona! (atilt lacisnis pryrailing sj 1111.11' d with and di elarol the
*ere, than pi, irk in any othe . r Slate, We eolith , t uneonst notional and unjust . and
tire glad in nor 'very heart that silrli is the Cora in. t o rap the climax of infamy and
furl We mac will boast of our train, State treason. I uvit , .1 the Ilexicatis to eloome
in this particular I espect: It is an cc, kiwi our brethren with bloody hands to hospita
that our people are a levy-abiding people bye graces ' '
Perim') Ivania's interests should he para. It is natural that /the threg, thus allied
mount rut nil 11,111'4 10 tilt darn, stir' 1,1,:lt II • and ready to sacrilb e their nation's 1111111 e,
t 101. s of any other State , . We are glad that who had spot, ii sod voted in ileminei.ction
she has manifested so much of a disposition of a aar tit which the country was engaged,
to attend to her own business. 11e hope who had thug directly given and and comfort
and pray that t h is commendable conserva- to like Auactny, whose matches. were. pubbsit
tinl Tiny ~,,, nte. I I MC ,.,... 1.6.1 wvo. • Mt..-
phron.l, and ei.deavortng to mislead the Iwo. icon I.lllly 111 the [ ' Tilted Stair a. soli who,
I,le We have a goodly number here in ( ' em. ,afterwards, 0111Mh1.1,411101 their votes and
in , county who are endeavoring to propagate their voices. the bestowal of homily lands to
their treason. ' file slavery question has the rapt who hail bray( ly
_battled in the
le . conic the all absorbing riu-stion. It has reunify ' s cause we say it 14 natural that
sw rillotrud op OW know Nulling R01'1111( . 11( 011 . ) 0/"111.1 C011(111UC 11. parpurship coin.
entirely The writ Of .1 , 11111 Brown minced in shame. and. at this motnetit,stand
Turn Corwin, Gerret Smith Helper, llorace side by stile in antagonism to the dontestit•
Greely, arld that very lamest old Alie peace of the ' people, and of the comproull4CH
et 1111( 5 ) are busily at work. and fraternal principles upon which the Un-
":S 11'iltmm
11.001,,
24 IS I) Hamlin,
To counteract their influence the Demo- ion rests. We have no desire to divorce the
eratie party wants a thorough organuat run parties thus ;,ritual togetliFF; but we desire
There to a work to do, and every patriot the public to remember. when Lincoln is
in the County should be enzaged in doing paradad before them as a •• National — man,
it We do not intend to attach more im and pn-tured as a friend of his country, that.
[mottoes to their eft wis than is necessary, a title the Mexican nal was going :011, and
but tt should not h e forgotten that " eternal while ,the three thousand PerinsylyAnniiis
vigilance is Ih.. priee of liberty.'' I acre surrounded by the - c - annon and the
The Black Republicans are also endeavor- kit, of the foe, and falling by the bullet
tng to carry Centre county on the ground or poison and disease. Abraham Lincoln aas in
local oriestimis. Having; no principle emote- the l'ongress of the foetid States, tuk mg
rd,it is their strongest feature of availibilit). sides auh the enemy, embarrassing the op-
Deuce our citizens arc importunvd to tote eratione of our rs en, and encouraging the
for Col, Curtin merely be,sie this is Col NI. %irons to rontomed and desperete ,efforts
Curtin's home. Now why shoot , ' any Dern to put Corwin's advice into pearrtieal elreet,
ocrat sacrifice his principles in view of such i The Justice of the A xlean war has bei n
an argument I Thee. Is oeriesmly r» plea,- I passad inane, and its eremite have inurvi a.
ble reason for him doing so. What cool Ihe l the wealth and progress of the nation. It is
es pert to gam, l Yen Aiifilltttng the pOSSlhihty 11 . 011 f left for the l a,* to 14 5, op., the'
that the Black Republican candidate for [ course of Mr Inieoln and the two gentle.
Governor roulrl be uleetcd fro in among the men who pursued the same path and it ho
people here in Centre cr unty ? It certainly are now his chosen champions Let every
could riot be the hope of any promitied pose' s Penney Ivantan, who points WIG! pride to the
Lion of emolument, for such would he un- j achlefements n< PeliMsY 'Tanta . % sons in that
pardonable ingratitude toward the Col's firm struggle in a foreign land hear in mind that.
1 and faithful friends. We scarcely believe, I while their brethren and friends were bray
however, that on the ?abject of a Meal ia.sue mg the dangers, and suffering the pl'ivations
any appeal is needed to the high mtelligenee of the battle fir Id, while the sulfurs of the
and better reasoning of our readers To ex—r Pennsylvania regiments, in defence of their
I pert success we must utterly ignore this con - 101 . '8 rights, were dropping into the
policy, adhere to Gen Foster. and faith• " hospitable graves" which the Nfexicans
fully sustain the men a nd mesas/reit of the were advised to prepare for them, Lincoln
DeMocratic organization. I was lighting fur the enemy, Let the re-
The Baltimore Convention which is tuna niernbrance of this fact inspire them wtli
in session will soon have closed its labors zeal and courage and defertnination to op-
The Deinoeratic candidates for ihe Presider, I !mac Ins election tot he Presidency of a I nion
cy and Vice Presidency a ill then be fairly in which lie sought, with all his power, td ills
the field It sill be important that we - , grace. To vote for him is to endorse his
should go to stork a till salt rgy to support , acts To endorse has Obi is to give treason
the nriminer pi. blur duty to the country re ui time Of war a virtual patent for all time
puns ammo We must cast I
aside every ufelli di consideration and rleng..l -
Oh manfully for the prize. The honor of
Centre comity tnn•t be sustained by redeem
ber"finin the power of the Black Repub
licans, and we want the e'y to re
metnls r that inactivity in only 'coding half
way measures to the enemy It has been
thin feature more than any other nhich fir
the last ins yearn d,r, 101.,, he nn
p or t a Ire of the lirencut eampaivi should be
felt and duly appreciated by the honest yeo
manry of the County. And when ini-h is
the ease, we believe that it is impon.ilde I.
them to endorse those Abolition and .'.dial
Raffia t lon sentiments which are sq 'nearly
identical with the Black RrrubltCan princt
ples. We have reason to believe that they
will uttetly repudiate the theory that a ne
gro 14 better than a white man. and in the
present come-4 tea_aliall—have the-art- to
ON a 1 . 1101,4 A SI) MAJORITY FOR rite Ua MO
CRITIC NCU here in Centre county. This
can castly he seem:llo4llNi by 'a F-iii)er
spirt --a uni t of action, and a thorough
party organi4ntion of the Democrats.
THE JAPA NICSIL, INTICHPICHRNIII
WITH THEM rigt on, Jurir
7. - Sundry persons here, having interested
themselves in the spiritual welfare of the
Japanese, they have formally declined all re
ligious communication, on the ground that
but one religion is known onnl recognized by
the laws of Japan, and they are forbidden
in any manner to take part or be present at
the celebration of any other. They, hoirvv
ever, express their acknowledgements for
the interest and kind attentions of their
American (Fiends.
After this expression 'of their views they
were assured that, while it was the duty of
the officer in charge to communicate to them
the fact of the offerirof religious books, and
invitations to attend places of worship, it
way not the desire of the filoverninent in any
way to force their inclinations, and that their
Wishes would be respected ; at which as
surance they expressed their sincere gratifi
cation.
ization.
Mr. Lincoln's Patriotism
When resolutions of thanks to Gen. Tay
lor non , introduce!' in the Ilouse, Janua ry
:id, 11.448, Mr Heorge Ashmun, the nest.
dent of the late Chicago Convelition, moved
to add a 9 an amendment the following "In
a war unnecelvanly and uricamattattanalla
Oa. ;dent of ihr Uttaxii Stair."
Lincoln voted for thus amendment (Ste
Con Globe, IKSB, p 95 ) Hence it •
pears that Lincoln desired to thank (' coal
Taylor for —obtaining a victory o the en
emy (at Buena Vista) which, or its signal
and brilliant character, u raturpassed in
,the militaty annals of world," bus, :.19
rear unnree.orrly nd unconAhlut tonally
" 'l'ha the kind of thanks that
Lincoln de • ed to give Gen• Taylor and
the °Me 9 and scddiers of the regular army,
and the volunteers under him command "
another place in Lincoln's speech on the
war, he thus milk° of the hTemident • ''The
blood of this war, like the blood of Abel,
was crying front..the ground against him "
Thou it will be Seen that Lincoln regarded
the blood that oar soldiers shed iu Mexico,
as crying from the ground against them,
like the blood of the murdered Abel. Were
our (taws and moldier.' in iklelino murder.
? Lincoln answers, in effect, that they
urre ' For this speech ace Con, Globe, 1848,
h o p we inert n aangume of tnumpp, i page 155
to come.
GEN.. ilr.‘ltt D FOSTICH. -In 111 0 re
.1 r
litical c•apenenoe ee have neve Nom Ho
much enthusiasm evinced for candidate
in this State as greets LI nomination of
Gin Henry D Foster r Govern or From
the Delaware to I.9ef - Erie, the Democratic
newspapers coup to us filled with exulta
tion, at the urse pursued by the Conven
tion at lmiding, and every member nit our
II that the Keystone Denvicracy 14 united.
kiked-1 who ha 1141-own Ipkeiviartn utt nr
count of the dis.thniniti and personal idler
ence which fur the last two yeirs have weak
ened our organization and caused its defeat,
arc now ardent in Rupport of our principles.'
and nomiiiie. Every Democrat is prepared .
to do his duty. and that our State will be
most gloriously redeemed from the disgrace'
of Republican fti tat t cthiu cannot be doubted
—Puttsville"fleroril.
Joe Smith, Jr., and his Mormon follow.
em, noinhtlrini several thousand persons,
hyre made exthisive ?purchases of rtal es
tate in Douglas countyi, Nebraska Territory ,
mem which they are 80011 expected to lo
cate. It is thought at least ten th nisand
Mormons will permanently settle in Denglas
county.willtut the. await year. Tho new
ciCy of
Florence is l th be Mem headquarters.
The Omaha City Nehraskian, which is loca
ted in the same county, says : We under
stand agriculture is to be the principal oc
cupation of these people, while they have
also among th_•m artisans and workmen
skilled in the various mechanical arts. We
most cheerfully welcome them to Nebraska,
and sincerely hope that nothing may ever
transpire to render their residence among us
unpleasant to themselves or annoying to
otheri."
Major Brown has, at St. Paul, a
Steam wagon intemled to run across front
the head waters of the Mississippi to the
head of navigation on the Rod River. The
opinion as to the success, of the thing M
about equally divided.
Linotura — Pointed Record
HOW HR WASTED TO THANK OEN. TAYLOR
Since Altrahacrithepoin has been-potina.
ted the the Presidency, says the Patriot and
Union, his friends are trying hard to mnko
hint ourthe matest man in America. It it
unfortunately Oh history will not sustain
such a eharacterre'What has Lincoln" ever
doh that he shah! be called great. or wor•
thy of the ProHiti v ney of a great nation ?
Absolutely nothing ! lip has been a mem
ber of t Stat? Legislature of Initials two
or three limes, and for one sessioroa mem
ber of Congeiti—V7l thae completer his pa-
Ural career up to this brne. While in Con
gress he was .6 brited for only use thing,
viz :, opposition a theAfextran War ; and
*, too. oftpt the jar had bean in ancitess
operation for nrarly htto . yeari ' fie it;ok
his sent In Congress in December, -1847, the
battle 01 Buena Via' a having been fought in
the February previous, but Lincoln, while
a Congressman, endeavor to briug.the war
to its honorable termination, or wan he en
gaged in the discussion of measuresintend
ell to tuvbareass the Government, and en
coniagi. t.lw Mexicans in their nets of hostil
ity f Let Ins record speak.
%. 1, 011.11ie 20th (lay or Deconher 1849, lion
William A Richardson. of Minn,. i n tro
cell the following resolittion4 re Wive to the
war
TVL the existing war with
nes fir Boil neeeseary on our part,.
nod hem hr n prot,etnitittl with the mote nor
rt.e of tl i olwat log- our inetional rii/rte and
honor 11114 te4 stn.:wing all honorable peace.
limpirril, That, the repietion of our re
peated overtures 6f pear•e leaves ih iq
eminent Till n I ternntive 'int the most vigorous
of the war, in such mann. r
eonnii,tent with the law, of &romp; an u ill
make the enemy feel all its ealanuties and
louden% and until :11exhio shall agree to a
lust and honorable liner. IMll.llllg
fnetory indemnity in mines or Territory for
paid Injuries• Including the expenses of Ow
war
Retailed, That the amount of the indem
nity trb.t T w el v e & depend upon throh
atinary of the one and the duration or the
war —role Con. Wohr, 1847, p. 59.
111 - . Lincoln voted against those resolu
tions, as he maul in his speech in the 110nse
on the 12th of January. 1848. from which
tho following will explain,hut position. * Mr.
Lincoln said
Hut in addition to this, one of his col ,
leagues (Mr. Richardson) came into this
lioNce wi , h a resolution in terms expressly
endorsing the justice of the President's con
duet in the beginning of the War So that
he found himself here, he was tar/rued In
the President his supplies, and say i
nothing about :be orignal justice of the war
-- tf he was inclined to go with him, to look
shell. and not back —in a position that he'
could not do ho. Ile should ft's I compelled
to vote on this resolution in the negative "
Does not this show clearly, that Lincoln
not only opposed the justice of.llo war. but
would even have voted against the Preal-;
dent's supplii*." if that question had come
up by itself i Richardson's' resolutions
were for the honorable prosecution of the
war. but Lincoln opposed them, and thereby
placed himself on the record in favor of a
dishonorable ternditatioo of the acme. In
short. nellnio4li Campy. af -with desowing- nap
troops. and telling Mexico nod the world
that we had been engaged in an unjust war
of aggression.
But the :nova noted as well as the most
ridiculous act of Lincoln's Congressional ca
reef:, was the intro !action in the House, on
the 22.1 of December. 1847, of his • spat'
resolutions. This was after the war had
been going on fur about twenty months.—
Among othe'r whereases and resolves, the
following are the pith of the spat' Enemies-
And Whereas, This House is desirous to
tAosin n lull knowledge of the facts which
go to estahligh whether the particular spot
whirl the blood "(our citizens was shed,
W 11.4 or west not at (bat time our own soil ;
therefore.
Ptlaved by the House of Represen&res,
That the President of the Illnited States be
respectfully requehted to inform this House
-Ist. Whether the spot on which the blood
of o ur citizens was shed, as in his message
declared. was nr was not within the Tt.mtn
r y or tTi
aasraft.•r the treaty of 1819,
until the Shaman revo lotion.
2d. Whither that spot is Cr is not within
the tere'aury which wall wrested from Spain
by the revolutionary government of Mexi
co.
34. Whether that spot is - or is not within
a settlement of people, which s&ttlement has
rxiAted roes since long before the Texas
revolution, aryl until its inhabitants fled be
fore the approach of the United States ar
my.
- Thus Abraham Lincoln, instead of trying
to produce measures to bring the war to an
honorable termination, was wrangling about
the "particular spot" upon which the first
blood was shed. But " Old Abe " never
found Hu " And ° there is another
"spot" that he will 9ever: rest upon, viz :
thS "particular spot'' on which the White
House stands.
PEN, PASTE & SCISSORS
h'Yirodel f'onddctor—Charley Wilson.
ITA fast liArse —one ehnined to a post.
Do.- , -The Seldom Crow-boil.
37 - About going to gross—The formers.
CC — , Wanted—A few 'loads of good wood.
R-7-- Come Down—The prico of beef. •
• 1 3 - 7 - Do—The-Know Nothing and People's
party.
a - 7• Ground tints —tho effects of earth.
quakes.
1 1
1 17' A clever fellow—John Grove of Gregg
' township.
(17' Keeps a Good Hotel --John Hewes of
Centre Hall.
r7 4 llldopted—The Black Republican Ab
olition Poky.
t o- On the hifalutin--The Senior, new
cure for a felon.
7:7 - Mean—Practising deception with the
sprated beauties.
Down in thviiiiires—Ourquad box—
pile in aclinpients.
R - 7 - (ion( lo Covodo's District—Col. Cur
tin. IVEnt's up Again
ry-- (kn. Sena luvi announced himself as
favorable to Bell and Everett.
7- Bohm' Round —The Solid with a low
crowned hat and yeller hankercher.
fri- Reminded us of rural lift''—lhe hay
malong opetirtions in the Court house yard.
11 The grain and grit'ss crop. prottuliaes,
as yet, to be unusually good in this vicinity
rl /- How should a husbarvi speak to a
scold i a ife f "My dear I joys thee stilt "
n - j
-It .4 stated that $3,711.i,1100 worth of
111'W buildings are now in course of erection
Ncw 1 . /irk city
/- The widow of o.4onwaloinie itt own
haii received $30,1)00 from her colored aym•
patlivers In Hayti.
There. have been fifty one interments
in the Lewisburg cemetery during,the year
ending the` at of shy
Ll 7" To reinie bile off the stomach—Pe
rune the Black Repolican, alias Abolition
papers of Centre counti>,
T - Col: Curtin and lion. ft. , 4. Grow ad
drvs,u4l a large' Republican mass Meeting at
Welishoro.' on Tuesday the 50 inst.
1 - 7. It is estimated that over 100,000 bar
rels of oil are now ready for market in the
oil regions of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
( 1 - 7* A 'rotting match will take place on
Friday, June 22.1, at the Dud( Haven Park
Several fast horses front Williamsport are
expected
frf - • The government ham purchased the
mite of the post office ii New York, for $250,
000. of which the merchants of that city con
tribute $50,000.
The Selinsgmve Times states that a
hail storm pissed over that place lately. do
ing great irijory to the crops— the hail atones
being as large an hen's egg.
17: The People of Texas are trying
(lad the persons who represented that State
in the ('hicago Convention. They will have
to go to Michigan to succeed.
CEP' A young swan be conversation it!pi
evening chanced to remark, "I am np/fr
phi•L" True," replied a lady, a
to yourself or to any one else."
'" -- Y' The Senior Editor ne urns his heart•
felt thanks for the kin eatment Ike received
from the ciuzens ,regg township. They
are ah lionorab and Itigh.minkled people.
The .flowing return was made by
the S dl of a county in Virginia, upon a
Ca : Was seen, but not arrested was
aught, but not held ; was shot at, but not
hit."
7" The hills of Smith Carolina &mill-icor
gia are rapidly hi:coming covered with
vineyards. One wine grower, 1)r. Macl)on•
aid has already ninety acres planted with
the grape.
fl? The lion George ,tahmun, president
of the Chicago Convention, has received let
ters from Slesars. Lincoln and Hamlin; each
accepting the nomination tendered by the
Convention.
ri" Ten or twelve monster steamboats in
which locked up capital to the amount of
not less than two milliois of dollars, are
now lying idle at the deeke at Chititagn.
Buffalo. and other lake came.
Ty. The editor of the Lancaster Examiner,
who was an Indent. Cameron man, professes
to be jubilant at. the nomination of Abe Lin
coln, but advises his republicaa friends not
to bet on his election. Sensible advice, that.
(T7* Pr,..1.1ay eB' Expedition to the North
Pole, will leave Philadelphia in a few days.
The funds for the outlit have been obtained,
and the ship will be provisioned for three
years. The crew will consist of fifteen men.
E - 7 - The Richmond Convention.—The se
ceding delegations from. the National Con
ver.tion at Charleston, which Resembled a
Richmond on Monday, have adjourned with
out action to await the result of the Balti
more Convention.___ ---
Seely and Col. R. Lipton, the
census takers of this county are beady at
work taking dawn the proper enumeration
and classillvstion of thb 'firithibitaats. The
questions to be a-eked are simply and easy,
and need no circumlocution.
[l`? Distressing Accident.—A pleasure
party. consisting of Win. and Alex. Iloig,
Miss Alla Biker and Miss Ellen Martin,
went on a boating exoulion from loronto
on the 25th ult., in whh three of them,
including the two ladieilisere drowrylc
1 17'' A minister held f0ki..4.4.5 his ferni‘le
auditors in the followiNg banner: •'Be not
proud that our blessed Lord paid you the
distinguished honbr of appearing first to a
female after the resurrection, it Wll.l only
done that the glad tidings might be spread
the sooner I"
Qom' The Coal'Elcuttle 'Bonnets afeitaid
be already out of fashion in the East—t
killing objection being that they cause the
fair wearer to look many years older than
she shpuld. That is final, of course—the
bonnet joust go, and be who can invent one
to make the wearer always look young will
make his fortune.
the Opposition.
The Black Republicans are becoming
ashamed of their - name!, and are now' calling
their party the People's Party." The or
cutlet; pf the Democracy pee themselves a
new - name every campaign, the old ones nll
becoming nhomnlable itl the opini7M of the
public alter one campaign.
IC is interesting to recall the natnes..by
which the oppontlitiffoPthe Demo•ralie party
have be r m known since the Revolution, and
notice the diaries. They called thetnselves
In 1770 Tories !
In 1780 NaQ Scotia cow boys ! •
In 1786 Convention Monarchists'
In 1789 Black Cock,wie L.
In 1808 Anti•Ji &den pressmont nien !
In Dill British Ranh men !
In 1812 Peace men I , -
In 1813 Illuelighti !
In 1814 Hartford Conventionielsl
In 1815 Washington Benevolent Society
mane
rn 1818 No Party men !
In 1820 Federal Republicans !
In 1726 National Republicans !
In 1820 Anti Masons:
In 1835 Atitt-iitasoni , ! Whigs !
In 1837 Conscrvativem . !
In 1838 Abolitionbas !
In 1830 Democratic Whigs!
In 181t)-Log Cabin, Hard Cider, Democrat
ic Republican Abolition W higs !
In 1844 Anti-War Whigs!
In 1847 I't lie Anti- Anne xatnin %Sings !
In 1852 Scott IVbigs !
In 1854 American Know Nothings!
In _1866 Prerionters !
In 1857 Black Republicans'
In 1857 Inneric.iii Republics tis !
In 1850 People's Party'
In 1860 Iper's !depressible Conflict
Itei 041(3111 People Party. -
The Independence. Monument
'I he Commissioners appointed on behalf
of ten States of the oligilial thirteen: - Hays
the Sunday Dispatch, for the purl ose of
erecting a monument to comme:norate the
adoption of the Declaration of Independence .
have progressed towards a conclusion of
their labors. Their proceedings have been
marked by good taste and direction, and
their dignified action wilt elicit tokins of re
speck and confidence. The business has
been faithfully discharged, and there is every
probability that in the course of a few
months the memorial will he erected. The
centre of Independence Square has been
chosen for the proposed monument, and as
by ordinance passed some time ago the
grou,pd was pledged to the thirteen States,
that part of the business may he considered
as setiltd 'Afeere was a large number of
plans auburn t te(r for the proposed structure,
but none were adopted.. It must be obvious
to every person of. taste at the grab
portion of thetp are unsuited ftit . t4gpotrae. l
Such a medley of Gothic monstrosities at
in deser be ble oddities would scarcely have
seen anticipated If the C , ommi.siyrers act
with the Judgment that is expec . ).4 of them,
they will confine their cons oration of the
plans to a very few of 0 o which were pre
sented. it IS said tl they.hav determin
ed that the wont ent shall be of granite,
and simple t resign. This resolution will
exclude o iy plans that have been preparrl
with .tuary and elaborate carving, which
c d not be executed in the material named.
he coat has been fixed at 16150.000, and the
time of laying the corner stone duly 4th,
1861. By that time it is hoped that the
States will make the necessary appropria
tions, so that the work can be carried on
speedily and efficiently.
o profit
How Linooln' Made $2OO
Last winter. Mr. Lincoln lectured before
the young men's republican club at New
York, and othel cities at the East, receiring
is ovary instance pdy aids lectui es For
his lecture at le w York. J,e e/paneled
of the club 8200. The -ur - unit was. paid.
but the president of tee club • Ils plqtly in
dignant al the charge, and at a meeting held
the next evening took occasion to volunteer
his opinion of Mr. Lincoln. free of charge, in
words as follows :
Ile thought that fir a prominent pi Fili.
cal man, and a carididate for the Presidency,
in some parts of the country. as Mr. Lincoln
was, to charge IMO for addressing a Repub..
'wan meeting wax shamejuf (Applause )
If he were to receive a nomination for the
Premidenay, and this fact were known among
the
.generthis people of his own Mtate, how
many votes would he get f Ile dud not be
lie . ve that prominent men who had won their
way to high Office by a devotion to the Re
postai•an puts, if that was% useriLd. Ua speak
before this committed, would charge any
thing for their services in such a case.
(That's so.) Ile was willing to pay tleorge
Christy for dancing. or Mrs. John IVood for
acting at the Winter Garden, or Forrest for
impersonating the characters of Shakspeare ;
but he was not willing to pay men for ad.
dressing Republican mei tinge. It was
wrong. (That's so ) it was wrong, it was
mean , and he meant what ho said," (Ap
plause )
TORNADO IN KANSAB.—Leavenworlh, June
15 —Lykins county, !Wises, was visited
with a severe tornado at Ossawatiimie,atid
the vicinity. liousee Were unroofed, and
much damage was done.
The honse of Abraham Ilelhany, located
two )1)&8 from Oesawairomie, w as blown to
pieces and Mrs Halliday weelrilled.
indiamipnlia_eniveral Lou Me w ar •
titmyed. At Sante, Mr. I). it. 0. Baker
and his two children was killed.
There are rumors of further disasters in
tho vicinity.
yy APPKIIIIMNIMD ATTACK ON TON PIKeIt,P,KAK
' EXPHK..S9 BY ROBIIKKS. ---Si LOUIS, June 12.
--itetiable information having been received
by the Pike's Peak Express Company, that
a party has gone out on the Denver City
road for the purpose of robbing the mes
senger. the tromptay have taken steps to
profenThia malts, thwart any attack that
may be made upon tboint,_and give the in
temdad robbers a warm reception, by sen
ding out, with the Messenger this morning a
guara - of 4 too men.
AOOIDENT ON TIIIO BIELLVILLII (MO.) RAIL
ROAD —Sf. Louis, June 12 —A passenger
train on the Rellville Railroad ran off the
trick this morning. completely destroying
the engine, baggage car and ono passenger
ear.
About thirty poreohe wero injured, and
many seriously. A large numlAtr of the
passengers were Delegates to the Democrat
ic State Convention to be held at Springfield
tq morrow.
MURDER OP A OBORGIA PLANTER. -THE
MURDRRER BURNT AT A STAKIE.-AULIUBTA,
GA., June 12.—A man named William Smith,
a planter in Oglethropo county, Georgia, was
murdered by a slave on Saturday. The
slave was captured, and burnt at a Blake on
Monday. "
Edo front Otter Conntiti,
CLIABPISLD COUNTT..—ife learn from the
Republican that a shocking ease of suicide
occurred'in that county at or near New
Itlillpost on yesterday a week. The name
of the victim wis Samuel Strt,up, who lied
been insane seine time ago, but had partially
recovered, and was permitted .to go at large.
[laving become a towpehip charge, some
Itric - plaints were made thout the expenses of
hi aintainanqe, which reaching his keowl
ge, he determined to rid the public of the
charge entirely. This he proceeded to do
by first cutting oft his hand at the --wrist
with a hand axe, but; this not serving
purpose, he took a laige quantity of hor
powders ; (what their poisonous qua
arc, wo are not, aware of.) But tearing a
failure of this dose to ensure death ho„pro•
pared a place with p rope and other futilities
for hanging himself. This final measure, it
' seems ho was not compelled to adopt, an the
powders did the work. Such is the account
repelled from one who, was in the vicinity ;
but how an insane or any other p(2113011 could
go through so much preparation in the vi
cinity of other persons, and after having
threatened to take his own lifr, without br
ing observed and prevented, is something of
a mystery to us. The unfortunate men was
shout thirty-five years of age. * * * *
On Friday night last, June fith, the store of
C. Kratzer & Sons, of this borough, was en•
tered by an unknown person and robbed of
some small change, two 'counterfeit batik
bills, and several dollars of bogus coin, which
had aucumulated in the drawers. The thief
gained admittance by placing a ladder at
the back door,-and cutting a 10 by 12 Wass
out of , the trans um over it. After 7 llMlllag
-111g tlyu draerers,'hedript,,to !Tillie his elAcripe
thrOtigh the front door, ,4 but aT'not sucrieril
in unlocking it. lint effected hey egrem thro'
a window by tiffetbllmg the shutter,
LI COMING COUNTY - -Mr. Martin n.
slier, of Reading, lost his life at Trout Run,
last week. While ruining after a railroad
train, on Tuesday aftern'oon. he fell in ro.;
the titnbers of a bridge and thence into ~ler.r
creek receiving Midi injuries that lie du d on
Wethie'sday evening • r • • • 1% intim
Epps was very seriously injured yesteiday
afternoon, at the large saw mill of I.nngdon
Wilde arranging some heavy ma
chinery a rope broke and struck him mall
suchlorce as to knock him against a post or
machinery near by, cutting his head terribly
fle !ermined insensible for several hours.—
Drs. Sinitb and Lyon dressed hi* wounds,
arid se understand that they will probably
not prove fatal. " • ! 6 " • A little boy,
aged between three and four yearn, son al
IVilhain Ade, residing on Fourth street, was
run over on Saturday afternoon, by a %%von
loaded with straw. Ills tight hand and lig
were badly crush, ii •• • • • John
Dean, formerly of •Tompkuts N y ,
lost his life by an aconlent of l'ai klrr s
Williamsport, on Tuesday of last wi ek. -
Ile had ascend to the upper part of the
building to arrange some gearing, arid ni de•
'wending a plank, with strips nailed acroc
it fur steps, lost his footing and fell to the
floor—a distance of 25 feet, The deceased
as a married man, and about forty-Hsu
yt ars of age.
INDIANA COUNTY, —Maar wife of
James Mills, of CarnbriirtoWtwillip. whilt ru
turning home on last Wednesday, on horse
back. from a VISA tO !:er parents in .lack.im
township, was met by a.inati named t
also mounted on hortieb.ick • just as she was
turning into the road leading to tier rest
deuce, a short distance west of the farm of
('apt. M'Vicker, on the Pittsburg Road
Ile immediately rode up to her. caught held
of the bridle of her horse, and jumping (pint
his horse, compelled her to dismount its
then in spite of her resistance, violated her
person. She states that when he pulled 11, r
from her horse, she supposed he was a ha.se
thief, and that Ins object nes to steal her
horse. lie WAS arrested next day rn Johns
town, and is now safely lodged in jail. lint
residence is, we learn, in Allegheny City,
and is said to be wealthy. He came to this
place on Tuesday for the purpose of oh: nlll
ing a Pedlar's licence from the C"unty
Treasurer. lie was on hin way to Johns
town when the outrage was pt rpotrattd
It occurred about three miles west of th N
place.
Tom( ConNie —We learn that the rill
tens of tfoldidsirough, this county, have re
(inlay been much trmililed with mad deg,
and a young man, named George Matthews.
, wits bitten last week by one of Ike rabid :lici
t lIIIIthi. He was taken to Lebanon to
placed under the charge of a liydrophobt.t
Doctor residing there. A wat excitement
wa s th e conxispience, and nearly all the illOgh
in the town and neighborhood have been
killed. A considerable ntimber of 'horses.
(lc , were attacked anti bitten • • • • •
The house of J 1 . 1 ,140 Hildebrand, about Hotta
miles east of Shrewsbury, was struck by
lightning on the afternoon of Monday, the
4th inst. The fluid entered the roof at the
side of the house, in its passage shattering
and tearing, off the plastering, passing down
Imo the cellar. There were at the time tit%
teen persons in the housoconsisting of Jesse
fliblebrall4 wife and eleven children, and
John and Henry Hildebrand.. child elileP•
log In a - cradle erag not disturbed by the
shock The vest were all very much stun
ned —Jesse Hildebrand very severely.
ATA COUNTY. —The sentinel gives the
following account of a severe accident which
happened to Wm. 11., non of John McCtirli•
ran, of Million! township, which a ill poss . ,-
lily result in the loss of An eye. Ili was in
company with another young lad named
Jefferson Goss, who after loading a patent
pistol, or animal trap, and putting on a p-r
-mission cap, and firing it off, the cap explo
de,' and a small piece struck the eye of Me
t:at:bran, who was stanilk about three
yards distant, penetrating deep in the eye
entirely through the iris and very near the
pupil or sight. The wound was small but
was distinctly seen, and it is supposed that
a small piece of the cap remains imbeildel
tenlre_of As aye.— .The-eye- 44
very much inflamed and the sight entirely
gone. The. young man-is'under the care of
Runtlio, and is recovering as fast as
could be expected under existing cillcutn
stances.
CAMBRIA COIRITT.—Some of the workmen
engaged in excavating fori,the Branch 110.0
on the farm of Joho Thomas, about four
miles from Ebensburg. on the gist
found a few riot specimens of quartz rock.
They are about the site of biokort nuts, nod
lieh with gold, Ord - California Miners have
examined the specimens, and the rook for
motion fro& wbiob they, mei obtained, and
have no hesitation in asserting tho existettoe
of gold thereabouts ; but whether it eau be
obtained in sufficient quantities to jii4lify
:he working of it, has not yet boon deter
mined. Some of the dirt will be washed,
and further examinations will be made . , the
results of which we will publish hereafter.
DA - ;CHIN COUNTY.--A young woman re
siding in Susquehanna twp.;',llsuphin coda
ty rerently gave birth to a child, which died
shortly afterwards, and was sediAllberied
by her in a garden. The body remained
there a few days whop the alTair leaked out,,
and some of ttto citizens residing in the vi
cinity had the remains of the infant dtsin•
terred and removed to the grave yard.
DBATIT OP JUDO!. GALBRAITH, OF PA•
PA., June 15.—Hon. John Galbraith ,
ex-member of Coupe's, died suddenly It
14s residence in this city to-day.