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s 3, 3111CLT AND J. 3. RARNIIART, 'EDITORS
BELLEFONTEZfIiNN' A
THURMAN, DECEMBER I , 1860
FOR SALE
The undersigned being dethrone of alien :
diming the Printing business, ofiensfor
his interest in the Democratic N stelnnen.--
The establishment is a paying one having
about 1,050 inbseribers and a fair share of
Job Work; and Advertising. Any person
wishing to embark in the buriness,reould
'not find a more pleasant location. Posses
sion given on the flrst*day of January next.
S S SEELY.
i r
Demagogues, Lao nt and Modern.
In a recent numbr of the Philadelphia
Pennsylvanian, we 11 d en article of great
truth and force upon he subject of the sys
tematic defamation of our best and most pa
matte public men ; and we commend the
qiilijoined extracts from it to the i'aticond,
thoucht" of the American people.
a 4 6 • * •
There was a grand conspiracy by the dem
agogues in Athena, two theu.tond years agu,
to destroy Aristides, because they could not
bend him to their corrupt schemes, or in-
ilam'e him with their senseless passions :
and there has been a great conspiracy of the
demagogues of the Unite(' States to destroy
Jamts Buchanan, hrenuvr Iv I dto
.omol hrmseg to the venal Jr ~in. any
polittcrone, ,it to lend htnorli to the
1 -, (rlated selllll!irat •0/ arty in edd y or rv r
tersvrimtneirlok4-efw against Atigtulaa,
erellui more signally and disgracefully de
bated by the inexorable presshre of facts and
?vents, from which there was no e,eape, and
which were the sure and 'stint witnesses of
?heir wickedness and folly, than have been
the conspiring mob of traitors and tricksters.
from Seward down to the lowest ward or
wigwam gabuter, in 'Art,- efforts to promote
ft base rotation by attempting to bring the
dignified and venerable statesman, now' In
the thief Magistracy, into lasting reproach
and odium. Hut under no poss.ble riew of •
the case could this bare been Oie.
• • • • •
There never was a field or theatre of hu•
man action in which Demagogues,
By revolving resentments, Fterinnal and
:
Ry fannitg UW11,1(11111 disappointments
fly encouragifig popular errors ;
ity atimulat mg popular passions :
Hy Inv( king local or sectional prejudices
or real nr supposed utter( sts .
It) iiiilefittg•ble and ingeniously inisrep
r.acrating the motives and tempt.; of at ad
IstroCa ration
fly stirring up against it all manna r of
relousies ■nd hatreds on the part of persons
land commUllltleM never aspinng to see ht
y9nd their circumscribed limits ;
By slandering, ridiculing and lying ,
And by artfully playing on the earnest
and honest, though narrow uncandid, and
bigoted feelings and aware of certain classes
and /wets
Melt tri Oct LO 141 and to use for then
bass policy A t o merry dopes and AO vic
tims, or to reap such profitable harvests, in
our own eountry end during the period which
has closed w Ith the election of a sectional
-PrePient,
We 'mst; nevertheless, that this venal
crew of agitators and sectionalists would
bass 'alba! iii accomplishing the results f,,r
~huh they have so vilely labored when
abusing James Bachanan, under every and
all circumstances. There is not an impartial
thinker anywhere among us.,ond Us cc is
not a thinker in Europe whose attention has
been attracted to this country, who could be
imposed on by the clamor of these knavish
Sc. kers after office. or by the 'Musts of
Red or flack Republicanism llistnr would
have lut the matter right most unquestion
ably With her unemployed hands she
would have swept (bete demagogues away
in their petty graves, soon to be forgotten
~, a nd na Ter (o be honored or pitied, • lute
4nting with her ever enduing pen the retie
bite and ixivri rfill struggle which • great,
fearless mini incorruptible statesman has
made to preserve his country froon nine and
the liberties of the peuple from desecration
But the iustificafton of... James Ituethaniin,
hial conic in a manner so distinct us almost to
hike the fonts of i etr,but ire Justice. Four
years ago he, on educated, expi rienced and
enlightened statesman, was elected Preid
,.- dent of the United States, lie was a Peon
eylvaman, born and bred, strongly sympa
' align% with the peculiar interests of his
State, moderate in his opinions, conservative
in all Ma habits of thought, and selected out
of a population of thirty millions of souls for
hie traoscendant talents and unquestionable
moral worth. It must be admitted, howev
er, that he was not eleCted without a des
perste contest.
-g The same demagogues,
• strengthened somewhat by popular 'acces
glom who'hird opposed With all the intense
bitteruess that malignity could suggest, the
pacification measu' es of MO, bought for
ward by Clay, Webster and Calitian, and
y sho then cried " havoc and let slip toe dogs
v war," :ndeavored with persister.t efforts
rn sectional disunion
over his experienced
med the Presidential
co be a man possessed,
, inclinations this
and is well known
nit he had voted lor
during John Tyke,:
and that no ono
•t-
'This he has subSaquently provtd. Ile
has been a distinguished Senator, standing
always to the credit of cur Commonwealth,
in the front ranks of debalms. He had been
an accomplished diplumati , t, serving in Reis
eta first, 'and aftervi ards in England ; and
leaving each important post with the confl
dence and respect of all. During . the Ad•
ministi (Ilion of Mr. Polk. he hail been the
Secretary of State, and displayed such skill
and knotliGledge in the nninagEment of the
grave aflairs_of the Department, that he en
joyed a reputation seldom or never surpass
ed- by any crtie of his predecessors. What
could such a man desire as President, but
to administer his exalted office with a strictly
impartial hand, and to secure t 4 applause
and atiection of his countrymen by enuring
the peace, prosperity and glory of the Re
public at home and abroad Wtiat other
ambitious asperations could he have had, af
ter openly and voluntarily declining to be a
candidate for reelection ? Had not well a
man a right to hope that his advice would
he respectfully entertained and carefully
considered, even if it (Yore not thought, on
due reflection, worthy Of being adopted
But the spectacle we have witnessed has
been at. once curoqs and insullerably dis
gusting. We have seen majorities of the
people from those States which should have
been the last to oppose his Administratior,
un , thout any one good and sufficient s eason
reit a• sober and sensible man ran present Jro
surh'hinduct. joining their voices in a 11.11111-
tic screech of passionate hostility, which
would be grotesquely ludierowi but for the
ominous consequences , that have attended
the demonstration If they could have thus
proclaimed Mr. Buchanan's boasted unpop
ularity with the ordinary impunity of elan
deters, they would have been simply ridicu
lous Now they are not simply ridielllollbi,
1/I I flute they will hr held rr yiuntihle for CI -
1 . / /nor r for the ino,t Cl‘ itin (111,11111(1111011, Go
ding disasirk aUd / UM to irA, h f/ic Animran
I ' amts rould he .Irtird They have turn
ed away from the prudent and patriotic re-
Couirgandatrenn of a disieterested, competent
and faithful public servant, who could have
but one totefeat in the matter, and that ta
t,/ill their r, to rata themselves into
the embraces of the demagogues and potitt
cal harlots --the Sowards, the Sumrsers, the
Revellers, the Giddings. the Wentwortha,
the MeNlic'aitels, the Careys, the' dreeleys,
and the Weeds —Now In hold THE END !
NAIL
/tanks surpendhl Tr
-Buslnr,rl prosfraie I
lundr Ms bankrupt
T liotssaras starring
conanotten at our 111,111%11
And, it may he, yea, s of War—of Tears - T
f Blood '
What candid or uncandid man does not
know, and in his heart acknowledge, that if
the people had supported James Buchanan,
and had repudistid the demagogues, :he
foundations of the Union would be ar this
moment as firm as the everlasting — that stocks arid business would be every
where bright and buoyant -(hat disunion
would never have unfurled is dangerous flag
of disintegration and that the national glory
would be as unstained as the sun
We commend the follow Inv 'node/ dun from
one of our exchanges to our delltuptent pa
trons We desire, also, that they 0)411 take
it In earnest, not as a joke, for it means ev
cry mothers' son that owes us, and we want
them to come up to the ‘rratell, and • fork
user " put here IS the mode! dun -- so {is-
Frier.ds, Pat!Sans, Subscribers and Adver
tisers Hear us for our debts and get ready
that you may pay , trust an. we are ni need
- and have regard for our need, for you have
king been trusted : acknowledge your in
debtedness. and dive into your pockets that
you may promptly fork over If then, he
any among you one single parties that
don't owe us something, then to him we
sal , step inside—constder yourself a gentle
man If the rest wish.to know why we dun
them, thin is our answer : Not that we care
about cans ourselves, but our creditors do -
Would you rather that we go to lad and you
go free, than that you pay your debts and
we all keep moving ? An we have agreed,
we have worked for you —IA wo have - con
tracted. we have fornished our paper to you,
but an you don't pay we dun you I Hire
are agreements for job work. contracts for
subscriptions, promises of long creehts and
Iduns for deferred flierraelit Who is there
vii IrlCall that be don't take a paper ? If any
he needn't speak —we don't mean him Who
is there no green that he don't advertise ? If
any, let 'him slide . he ain't the chap either
Who is there so hail that he don't pay the
prude, ? If any, let him shout —for he's
the man we're alter Ili, name is Legion
I Ile has been owing ns forllone, twoor three
years - long enough to mate es poor awl
himself rich at our expense If the vilnr4
appeal to his conscience dries'm awake him
to the sense of ytoitice, we shall have to try
the law and see what virtue there is in writs
and constables.
Among the various propositions, with a
view of quieting the present political evils,
is one' proposing that the representatives of
all the Southern States—South Carolina ex•
cepted —have a Conference and prepare a hat
of their gnevances, and what will satisfy
them as n remedy. This is to he submitted
to the conservative Republizans, and if it
meets with sufficient favor from them, then,
after the reading of the Prevident's Message,
that part in reference to the political troub
les be referred to a committee of one from
each State, Thiel proposition is discussed
to-day. It is said that several prominent
ilterstblicans have already aequiesced in it.
The Supreme Court met in the nese chain.
her at noon .to-day. itmirloe Tany,
and all the Assoc.:ate Justices except Sledge
Wayne, were present. Atter the adjourn
ment) they proceeded to the White [louse
and personally paid their respects to the
President. They afterwards left their cards
far the Vice President.
vivo to place a young
tire of ttwit own—n,
VOLUNTARY 6S/A VRRT.— WC Rotate t,y th e
proceedings of the South Carolina Legisla
ture that ou the 28th ult., a petition - w ee
presented from Lucy Andrews, free negresa,
praying to be allowed the privilege of be.
coming a slave ; referred. This woman is
said to be rich, and the owner of slaves.
•
Attention Patrons !
From Washington
W Agit! ‘ovros, Pee 3
Pennsylvania's Anti-Fugitive Slave taw
The agitation caused by the secession
movements in the Southein States has de•
veloped an A 1111.1111 t. of igimranee among, our,
people nt relation to lit.ts ttetually exkling
ppon the Nt Ilte hook of I', nmylvania, that
is lamentable, if not totally ikikliont.
cusp. We have been amazed at (ho PO/41-
tiveness with which some persons, otherwise
well informed, have dented the existence of
any law in itis State intelleritig with the
laws of the United States in reference to thtr
retu,
pof fugitives from labor So frequent
'been These denials, by business men,
and even in some instances by lawyers, that
we have deemed it proper to lay before our
readers so much of the law of Penn sylvania
as relates' to this subject matter.: During
the last session of the legislatur4 of this
State, the Commissioners who had been ap
pointed to revise and amend the Penal Lawn
of Pennsylvania. ‘said Commissioners being
Hon. John C. Kira, ILA. Edward King, and
David Webster, Esq ,k. made report to the
Legistilure that they had completed their
labors, and the result was presented in the
pis .
shale of a bill entitled '•An Ant to c oh.
(nit., revise and amend tho Penal La of
thi‘Vo immonwealth " That report on t e
thirty-first day of March. ISO, was enacted
into a law, and by the 05th section it is en
acted as follows : s,
• No Judge of any of the Courts of this
Commonwealth, nor any Alderman or Jus•
Lice of the Peace of said Commonwealth,
shall have jurisdiction ; or take cognizance of
I the rase of ally fugitive from labor from any
of the United States., or Territories, ander
any Art of Gongress; nor shall any such
Judge, Alderman or Jtuttice of the Peaee of
this Commonwealth. issue or grant any cer•
tifleate or warrant of removal of any such
fugitive from labor, under any Act of ('on
grass , !yid if tiny Alderman yr Justice of the
Peace of this Commonwealth, shall take cog
nizance, or juriadtclmn, of the case of any
fugitive, or shall grant or issue any certifi
cate, o- warrant of removal. as aforerfaid,
then, and in either case he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and shall,
on conviction tbereo(, /e sentenced to pay,
at the dtsrretton of thereon mr; - awyrrnipr—mo ,
e rreeding one thousand dollar', the one• hall
to the party prosecuting for the Caine, and
the other half to the use of this Common.
wealth.
If any person or personl, eloirning any ne
gro or rno/atio at a fugitive OM ICI viturie
sr labor, shall, under any pretence Omaha,-
fry u•hri(soever, violently and tumultuously,
seize upon and carry away. in a riotous vi
olent, tumultuous and mar asonsole mariner,
and so AN to disturb or endanger the public
peace, any negro or mulatto within this Com•
monwealth, eithar with or without (Ac in(en•
(ion of Inking such 11l ;:r a or mulatto before
any District or Circuit-Judge, the person or
persons so offending against the peace of
thin Commonwealth. shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor ; and on conviction thereof shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one
thousand tollars, and further to be imprison
ed ui the County Jail. fir any period at the
discretion of the Court, not r&reeding thrrr
months."
'this law, thus enacted upon report of the
Conimismonera, was in no w me new , it had
twen gie, law of this State, for it period of
thirteen' pars previous to ttiat time. It *as
originally enamed nt li+47, and sas gotten,
up under the mini:vices of one of our leading
Republicans, Mr Chalks Gibbons, then a i
Senator from this city, argil also Speaker of t
the Striate. In one respect the law has been
Cll3 lige(' by the CofllllllM9ionws. 'I lie law
orriginally prohibited any Judge, Justice ofr
the peace, or alderman from taking cogm•
ranee of the clime of any fugitive from letbor,
'under a 1 rrtuln Oel of Congress pUSJed On
the 12th day of l• eh, unry. 179:1 ;'' and the
Commissioners struck out the words which
we have italicised, and inserted in lieu there•
of the words under any act of Congress."
'rhos vainly the law of Pennsylvania in
, regard to fugitives from labor, and it may
well be questioned, whet her there is a worse
one on the htdittle hook of any State in the
Union, By the terms of that laity every Jus
tice ,of the Peace,•-ow Alderman, who shall
' aid in executing a law of the United States,
shall be broke of his office and be fined one
thousand dollars : one half of Which fine may
be pocketed Ly any negro who will prose
cute for die sante, and the other half will go ,
inao the coffers of the State. as its portion of
late penalty exacted from one of its citizens
for obedience to the Constitution and laws
of ;he United States.
Out, bad as that is the po'rtion which re
fees to the claimant is still worse. The own
er or his regular authorized agent, who may
come into this State in search of his fugitive,
not only risks Lis life by assaults from mad I
*Tied negroear, 'as was painfully-established
in the liorsuch case, but lie to threatened
(and he alone be it understood) with fine and
impri so Relent it lie shall attempt, angler ur n s
pretence of auMority ichuircer, violently to
carry his fugitive before a District ot•Circiait
Judge Well did the Abolition iiathor of
this infamous law know that rare would Joel!
the cave when a fugitive from labor could be
taken in any other manlier than violently ;
and thus insidiously did he attempt to de
prive the owner of the services of his fugi
tive,
by hanging over his head the loan
his-money and the terrors of the jail if he
should attempt to recover him.
i f)
It to hu 'bating as Pennsylvanians to be
compelle to h tate these things, but the de
plorable ' ranee which seems to exist,
hit\
renders i erative upon us as fai hful
journalists.
To those lea ers of the Republidan party.
and to their p itu, who are daily berating
p l r
the So h for *le-setempttd nullification,
we es Tally recommend 6 consideration of
this la , with the advice that, when they
shall h e removed the beam from their Own
eye, the4wilt be bettor 'entitled-is speak of
the make in others.
For the honor of Pennsylvania, we would
be glad to say that no such law disgraced
her statute book, but unfortunately for her
fair Mine, 4t cannot be done the must bear
the odium cif thin, irtaddition to her record•
mg fifty thousand majority for a Black Re
pliblitan candidate Cur PresidenL —Penury/.
vans an.
A large dry goods importing honse in Plul•
adelphia writes to a Norfolk, Va., firm as
follows : 4. We shall wove our house to Char
leston, S. C., or Baltimore, Md. 0 Business
here has completely suspended. We have
thouniods of dollars out and cannot collect a
dollar."
Recantations of a Black Republican
Newspaper..
As;( r mine:sing the Helper hook. aiding
its (t r io Woman . ..li money. and making use
Mit io pioniote the elcctum of Lincoln, Thur.
low 11'is d. of the Albany Jourmil, cotnr s out
nod esio ems his dissent froth the leading
dogmas it inculcates. ile-s*yoi.:
••• At tVashington. in Deciemiter last, we
fir s t leorned dint this d'om-pend' cuntainvd
tin following recommendations •
Ist. Thorongh•orgnnizntion and indepen•
dent political action on the part of the non
slaveholding whites of the South.
3d. iiitellgthility of On veholders=never
wither vote to the trallicer in human flesh
8(1. No co operation with slaveholders in
polities—no fellowship with than in religion
no affiliation With them in society.
dth. No patronage to slaveholding mer
chants— no guestship in slave waiting ho
!els —ho fees to slave holding lawyers—oo
employment to stave holding physicians—no
audience to slaveholding paraous.
sth. No recognition of pro slaver'y men,.
except as ruffians, outlaws and criminals."
-U6 then,haysi:
•
'These recommendations are repugnant
to, Ind in conflict with, Our principles, seu
tanents and sympathies. While these Kin
s'entiments and sympalhres are all in
I favor of Freedom, they revolt at such modes
of warfare. We have never opposed or thu't
of opposing slavery by such..lne,ans ; nor
have we ever cherished-, or intentionally giv
en countenance to such a spirit.tt„
It was as long ago as last December that
Ile made the discovery thatr'llelper's book
contained these doctrines, and he has waited
until now to make kilt - nen his dissent from
r them Mennwhile he has used this book
freely and vi ithout scruple, phblishing day
after day. long extracts from it to aid in
the election of Lincoln Ile has published
as arguments to persuade others whn t he
now rejects and repudiates. Had he ut
tered this condemnation in Decembet last,
when he says he first discovered that the
hook contained such recommendations, he
would have deserved some credit, but hav
ing postponed his censure until he could
reap from the book all the advantage it was
cap
/SIN Qlllollitig he now comes forward
with a confession that con . victk Mit Of ttm
plicity, meanness and dishonor• Such is
Black Republicanism, and such aro Black
Republican editors,
The Presidential Election
The followtng shows the popular vote of
Fthe rniled States at the Presidential (Aix
toms that have taken place since 1828 :
In 182.8 Jackson elected ; majority over all
1410,1/010.
In 18:12 Jackson re-elected ; majority over
all 123 0().
In 1836 Mikan, Can Buren elected ; ma
purity over all 20,767.
In 11.40 Gen. Harrison elected ; his ma
jority was 1.18 00(1.
In 1844 l'r.sident Polk wag elected, but
was in a rnl,4oldy of 22 000
In 1848 aen 'Taylor wax elected, but the
mx . ionty against itimor other crittelnlatks was.
1420)0
In 184;1 G..n. Pierre was elected. Ills
tuninrity over ill was 57 TAG.
In 185(1 Mr Buchanan was elee[ed The
ni a jn , v sKamst ham on the iv pular vote
wav 307,(100
Notwithstanding tlie imposing pyrstni
reared by the Repolilllams in honor of their
vietory, horn , different from the above rec
ords to dist presented by the_resiilt of the
contest nt ISGO.
In ;KM Abraham Lincoln 114 (1 cied hut
the majority against him will I. over one
mdhon - the l'ongievi of the t . n•ted Si lit r
in both branches will he ni hos! Ility to his
A :ministratiou —and amajority Slates
of the Union will have recorded their Eke
rural totes. in opposition to him
Such is the victory won by the Ncpublican
party What wonder (hitt Its(tars should
be so bitter f '
llooss riot Liscoi.s —There are Lincoln
Imes, S.cesston, suspension. banks burst
mg money sharing, business stopping. poor
men Mpg, women starrlng, ■nd babies
crying Ifoora for Lirroin ' What if the
l'nmn Is on the ire of dissolution, States
withdrawing, Minute Men arming. avid civil
war'threatenung I What if credit is ruined,
end panic prostrated every branch of busi
ness, all owing to the election of a sectional
President ecti oriel party--a President
and • party p 1 ged to an "Impressible
Conflict" with t e Southern halfor,the Unirt6!
It is all a , There 4 nothing in it.—
There will be no seceasion,eno trouble. It
is only • nine de> 's bubble The South
don't mean it. MI sham. Nobody scared.
Bring out the Wide Awakes ! Let us go on
a ith the Jubilee What if the bunks do sue
Pend manufactories cease, merchants fail,
farmers Ilnd no aale for their stock, and
what litile money they have laid up rapidly
depreciating — Naar est bibendam." ITOO
RAII FUR LINCOLN.— Cleveland Plain
dealer
CIRAIVIRLD COUNTY BANK —This rnstitu•
hen Was to go into operation last week, the
notes having been procured from the Auditor
neneral, )y whom they are countersigned.
The notes, in ay opinion. are really beauti
ful The vignette of the V. represent •
raft, with the hands " polling it nfl " the
bank 'of the stream. A woman and child are
also seated on the raft, alongside of the
I shanty. The vignette on the X's is • forest
scene men cutting down trees, and a saw
mill Hi the distance. Thay , bank is one or,
the soundest in the State, as Slade stock has
been deposited with the Audit(); General for
the whole amount of notes that will be III•
sued, less 5 per cent. ; as provided by law.—
Rolisman'r Journal.
ISM
CALivottni&— By the pony express we
have San Francisco advice& to the lith ult.
Quite a trade is springing up in a direct form
with Great Britain. Two vessels, laden with
wheat. had 'sailed for Corp and Liverpool
Trade was dull, and CalifOrnia markets gen
erally were woak, but the export demand for
wheat for England was brisk. The State of
California was generally conceded by poll•
ticking to Lincoln, who wig still 500 to 800
ahead of Douglas. All political animosities
had greatly moderated• A Sacramento pa-
per thinks that a dissolution of, the Uthinit is
inevitable, and urges California , ind Oregon
'to think about a , separate republic on the'
Pacific coast. • The advice of the editor,
however, engages,no sympathy among the
people.
PEN, PASTE AND SCISSORS.
fi'• Queer kind of love—Neuralgia knee
tiint.
A galley 'slim —A cornpositor on a
morning paper.
Slow—There is a man up townl4o avow
that he eaol draw his breath.
37 - There is a place in South Carolina
called n Punch 'em S'ig .
(17Motto for an anti temperance Rased
ation—" A little mar grape."
4. , V When liars die and can lie winger,
them epimpha gendifty lie (or them.
Ql Is there a Ilemocrat in all this broad
land who is not proud that he is s Democrat
now?
Q_? Congress met on last Monday. The
seasion will probably he the nu2st exciting
ever hybrid in our political history. '
117' Two Germans of Detroit drank lager
beer on a wager the other day. One drank
eighty four glasses, and the other ninety..
six.
IVanted—A load or two of good wood
hop soini of our subscribers. Will they do
us the favor to respond to the call immedi
itely
A young girl generally looses her
freshness by mingling with fashionable so•
ciety, as a bright stream does by mingling
with the sea.
(37- In matter of Wain speaking we aro
not like the soldier, 'Who in his first battle,
was afriud to fire off his musket for fear" he
might hurt somebody.
ir.l7 A Olive in Charleston. S, C., has earn
ed by over work, in the last five years,
50n. but rifosts to boy his Itherty, pre
ferring to hes to botolsge,
it i An eitiliugiviiie Repntilienn in New
Ilainpstnire RIlyP
The hiornieg light le breeking
So ale the Banks —flux ton Post
Q'7 Button your coat to the chin when a
proud man begins to flatter yak Ills as -
sautes upon your understanding betray only
a further design upon your pocket or your
Jot honks.
77 - The York Independent is of the opin
ion that Douglas' chapter of Sines will foot
up pretty much as did the celebrated "chap.
li ron snakes in Ireland '—namely, " there
are no snakes in Ireland."
l 7 Curious —A strange story is told of a
boy at Newport, Ohio. sixteen dears of age,
whose body is covered with scales like those
of a salmon, which he sheds twice a year,
new ones taking them places
Ti 7 Wendell Philips says the " spectre
hand ofJohn Brown lifted Abraham Linc‘oln
to the Presidency " And that "John Brown
was behind the curtain at Chicago when
Lincoln stepped out in front."
rr7 Sneering others to think for us. when
Heaven has supplied us with reason and a
conscience tar the express purpose of ena•
tiling us to thick for ourselves, is the great
est fountain of all human error
frt It Is reported that there arc may four
hundred disinterested Republican patelota
who would like to fill the office of Flour In
spector under Governor Curtin, and over five
hundred that of Whisky Inspector
T A gentleman of real eetability, just
nrnvell from the South, states that at diners
ent points in the seceding States he counted
as many as thirty Englishmen, busily Cu.
gaged m fanning the flames of secession and
disunion.
a - 7111 tell you by and by ‘• Patrick."
said a judge, •• what do you say to the
charge are you guilty or not guilty 1"
n Faith that la difficult for your Honor to
tell, let 'lone inyscifiVVait lull I hear the
ividence
C? The work on the Washington Monu
ment ought to be going on htsteely. The
people of California are contributing to the
fund Immensely The amount dropped into
the box at the San Francisco Post Office
'during the week ending October lit, 1860,
reached the handsome Bum of thirty three
cents.
Cc:Z . llam I,m Colo.—Lincoln and Hamlin
ni together on Thursday at Chicoto, for
the first time, to view each other, though
they both sat out a term In the same Con•
grew; for two years such men as Clay and
Webster wou'd have known each other if
they had only sat together for twenty-four
hours.
PRINCE or W The arrival of the
Pro-ce of Wales in England was the occasion
of great rejoicing among all classes. In
commenting upon
^ his arrival the English
press are generally very complimentary in
their allusions to the Americans The Lon
don News, in an editorial on the lath, says :
" lie has seen a nation of soldiers without an
army—civil order without a police—wealth,
luxury and culture without • court or an
aristocracy. Ile has learned to mingle with
the busy crowd of men, without the inter
vention of chamberlains and couriers ; he
has fouud respect without ceremony, and
honor without adulation." The Post, in an
article upon thiiiiii - n'ie — subjedt, - goes our of
its way to indulge in a fling at the people of
•Richmond.
KAructs.—We learn fiqui Kamm
, the,t
env. Beebe has issued a proclamation milling
on Montgomery to disband his men, end as
suring peaceable citizens that they shall be
protected. and that all violations.of tho law
will be punished. The present famine in
Rations is exciting the sympathy of the poor
ple of the west. Gov. Randall. of Wisoormin
has issued a proclamation calling upon the
ci,tizens of the Stale to contribute mune",
provisions, and clotting for the relief oflkse
starving poitiliition of Kansas.
&camper.— Our 'deices from Washington
■nd Charleston still ludicate.the prevalence
of the secehsion feeling at Cho South. The
Cabinet held a meeting last week. it is
rumored that thed Southern niemberti were
averse to Mr. Buchanan discussing the ques
tion of secession in his Message, they 'deem
ing it advisable to wait until a formal decla
ration had been made by the seceding States,
when the subject could be treated in a ape
oial message. ✓
Tem Ranawqa IttarrieS by Stratagem.
Quite an naming seine toolTTiacc in - one 1
of our Justices' Courts on Tuesday morning.
It seems a rattier gall.int young it ishman,
from the region of the oil 'Springs, back of
Sarnia, had become smitten with the charms
of a buxom Teutonic maiden of the same lo
cality, in whose bosom the tender passion
was reciprocated.
After a short and li ttrf‘lfssertabip, after
the most approved style, he offered his heart.
hand mad fortune. (the latter consisting_ of
an axe and ten dollars in cash) and was ac•
cepted with £'very dutiful reference to her
mamma, who upon being' asked to bless their
love, told the loving young man to " go to
1 der dnyfels, and never come pack dere some
more, or she vould. prake his head mit der
proem sticks." Them were the lovhs pair
disconsolate indeed. But it was no use cry
ing ; so laying their heads together, they
planned an elopement, which they executed
after the most romantic style imaginable—
walking all ~light through such mud as only
Canada can produce—arriving Item almost
tired opt. Upon their arrival they immedi
ately repaired to the Juice's offleo. there
i
to be made one. The j t
tics commenced
the ceremony, and had ju finished ques
tioning the poling man, when the Mother of
the maiden appeared upon the scene, and
loudly and energetically forbade the comple
tion pr the sentence, and amidst eetorrent of
invectives led the girl out of the office and
down to the dock in triumph—leaving the
poor youth completely bewilllered at the idea
of his being married and the girl not : nor
was it untiribijiietteepaßtened him off after
her, that he came to his senses. Gettinron
board the ferry boat, where the ladles were
by that lime, he explained the circumstances
to the gallant captain, who is always ready
for fun, and he promised to arrange it all
right,. So, is the boat was leaving the dock,
the young couple stepped off at the stern on
the dock, leaving the old toady on the boat.
On discovering the trick which had been
played upon tier, she threatened all manner
of vengeance on the captain : but seeing this
would not do, nor avail her anything, slue
tried to bribe him to return--offering him
the contents of her pocket book, (consisting
of rather a black looking "guider," and a
receipt fur making ' sour krout ") The cep.
lain explained the itnpoi.ibility, as his boat
had to stop to rest before she could turn
round and go bark. In the meantime the
couple hail returned to the justice's office,
and had the marriage ceremony completed,
when they returned to Canada, iloubtlems to
forgiveness and blessings --Port Huron
(11114 eh.- Press. ,
STIIPHICNS AGAINST SIWERSION —ln
the course of a great npt cell, delivered before
the r ;corgis Legislature, Mr. Stephens said .
The fleet queition that presents itself is,
shall the people of the South sectde from the
Union in consequence of the election of Mr.
Lincoln to the Presidency of the United
States i My countrymen, I tell you frankly,
candidly, and earnestly that I do not think
'that they'ough;. In my Judgment, the elec•
tton of no man, constitutionally chosen to
that high office. is sufficient cause for any.
Siete to separate froui t the Union. ft ought
to stand by and aid still in maintaining the
Constitution of the-oeuntry. To make , a
point of resistance to the Government—to
withdraw from it because a man has been
constitutionally elected—puts as in the
wrong. We are pledged to maintain the
Constitution Many of us have sworn to
support It. Can we therefore, for the mere
election of a man to the Presidency, and that
too, in accordance with the prescribed forms
of the Constitution, make a point of retina
once to the Government, without becoming
the breakers of that !tiered instrument our.
seta(' f Withdraw ourselves from it—
would we not be in the wrong 1 Whatever
fate is to la fall this country, let it never be
laid to the charge of the people of the South,
and especially to the people of Georgia, that
we were untrue to our national engagements
Le the fault and the wrong rest upon oth.
er' If all our In pea are to be blasted—if
the republic is to go down -let us be found
to the last moment mending on the deck
with the Constitution of the United States
waving over our heads Applause.l
MR. Bi'r • irANAN ' e nowt —The Lancaster
Express 41Iye We notice that a Wash
ington correepondent now and then amuses
himself' by speculating in regard to the fu
ture home or President Ilnelian•n —Some
positively asvertine that sifter the 4th of
March he will make his home in Virginia --
To cave the Washington letter writer any
further trouble on this point, we feel diapos•
sd to settle it by slating that Wheatland, the
Mecca of the political pilgrims in 185(1 •s to
remain the borne of Ex President 13• chanan
Some weeks ago a couple of the subordirrates
of thil. Whitt Souse came On here and, un
der the instructions of Mr. Buchanan, pro
ceeded to put the pfelllltiVl in proper order
rpr reoccupancy. Next summer Wheatland
will be a more attractive residence tlisii ev
sr; and, indeed, no inure beautiful retreat
for a retired President could be found in the
country thus Wheatland. There Mr Du
china!) will hare a line opportunity amidst
the inspiration afforded by a quiet, invigora
ting, picturesque rural retreat. topinsue the
literary' labors to which. it is underatood, he
propose. to devote the remainder of his days
after vacating the White [louse."
In a spirit of disgraceful levity, the New
York Tribune seri •• Let's have
■ Panic —a roaring, mashing, high old Pan
ic,"—ap if it required the Tribune's senseless
mockery to add to the country's danger !
The '• Pania" is come, and the gibbering
Tribune betrays its shaking knees in its
forced merriment! It has a ghastly If riu
only for Its election triump'., the '• Panic "
stares It in the face and banishes all genuipie
exultation. It Is in reality alarmed at th - e
distress it has worked so hard to bring upon
the nation, and hides its true feeling in ut
tering pointless ridicule• "A' high old panic"
needs not to be desired ; there is panic ev
erywhere, in stooks in businesson the South,
in the North, in the West, and in the Repub
lican ranks more than anywhere else—Bar
ton Poss.
8800 ND 080 P or CORN IN • TRIAB. - The
Galveston Civilian says : The aboriginal
festival, known as the green corn dance, may
be celebrated semi-annually in Texas. We
have already noticed the second crop of
roasting ears this season on the Rio Grande.
.The Adve&te mentions Pie second clop of
corn grown this season 6y Captain James
Scott, of Victoria county. The crop was
planted in ACgust, and is now safe from
frost, making about forty bush* to the
acre, besides a fine yield of fodder!
A paragraph recently went the rounds
that Col. Fremont!' mines yielded IWO per
day. The amount of deposits at Col. Pre •
wont's bankers, front the Mariposa mills,
was $51,000 for the month of September,
,
and a fraction over IMMO for the morttil
of' October. The "Acleaning up," which cia—
curs about once in ten dam "Mows an gr
ump yield per day of P 2,500.
IIXAVY FAILURIL—The West Cheerer Jef.
fersoman alludes to the failure of Parch&ll
Woodward. Mr. W. has been for some years
doing business as a banker in Chicago, 111.,
and it is reported that many persons in Chee
ter•oouuty, who have entrusted money to
him for investment, will lose heavily. Mr.
'Woodward was at West Chester about three
weeks ago, since which time he has not been
heard of.
Meeting of Garibaldi and Victor itt‘i:f
manuel
The Times correspondent Writes : "It
was agreed that his Majesty should meet
Garibaldi at the foot of a bill called Santa
Maria dells Croce, and that he should review
the Eber and Bixio divisions, which had fol
lowed us. At eight o'clock on. Friday morn.
nig. accordingly, our soldiers were drawn
lip in good order, and although covered with
rags'," they did not make a bad show. 'When
theA.bg made his appearance, followed by , -
a brilliant staff, Garibaldi advanced' to meet
him. 'lt was a curious sight. The elegant
and Splendid uniforms of the Pledinonteae
officers contristed curiously with. the plain
red shirts of the Garibaldians. The Genepat
himself wore his famous wide awake, a Pisin
red ilinnel shirt half covered by his Ameri
cm, gray cloak, and a pair of black trowsers.
It is true that he hid it his side his famous
English sword of Cidatallmi and Mellazto--
a sword which is worth all the embroidered
uniforms in the world. The two great lead
era of Italian unity then. cordially shook
hands. and I could see by their faces that
1 that shake of the hinds was the expression
of a true sentiment of affection on Garibaldi's
part, and of the greatest admiration on the
King's. The two Waifs had halted at a eter•
I trail distance, ar,d listened in breathless•ex
pectation for the conversation of those .two
Warriors. The King complimented the Gen
eral by saying, that without his daring ex
pedition the unity of Italy would not have
been a reality for ten yerrs to come. '!lt
may be, Sire," answered Garibaldi. "but: I
eihuld not have attempted my expedition had
tipt. Victor Emanuel been the ntost node snit
generous of Kings." _ _____,
CouNTsitPRITING GOLD.—The Philade lphia
Ledger says: Gold itself is just now
a lucrative, though moat rascally ern•
ployment, to some extensive concern in the
counterfeiting business. Gold coins are
split open, and half or two thirds of their
contents taken out, and the vacancy fillet)
with a composition of platina and zinc. of
precisely the same weight as gold itself :
plating weighing about as much more than
gold n+ zinc less ; the outsides are accurate•
li closed, and thus We hare a coin. gold on
the outside, that weighs as much as one
that is of solid metal, and 'yet is no larger
in linlk, but has lost half its value. It
would seen , that the old sage who Minutest
.• Eureka !" When he thought he had discov.
i ered an infallible test in the displacement of
the bulk of water, shouted too anon : and
' there is absolutely no detecting thin, thing,
while welt done, except by-cutting- the coin
to piece. What this will lead to we cannot
till. irate individuals do not like to take
r i ti
money, ether in hills or gold. except from
the banks, and Us a minute knowledge of
metals, and their possible changes, become
absolutely essential to the man who would
make money or keep it !
TIM GREAT ROWING MATCII. —The grey
k
rowing match with shell boats, betweett
%Wm. 11. Decker and Andrew Fay, took place
on Thursday, Nov. 2.3, from the jersey City
Yacht Club• House. foot of Van Vorst Sltreet,
in which Fay came out victorious. .Between
two and three thousand poisons—a large
portion of them from New York and Brook •
lyn —were present. It-was It match for 8250
a side. The men got the word to start at
18 minutes past 3 o'clock, when Decker
took the lead, rounding the stake.tsmat nliont
two miles distant, about two lengths' ahead :
Fay came up gradually, and the two kept
along de for some distance, when Fay took
the Ad until nearing the Judge's; stand
when he slacks d)up, allowing the bow of
Decker boat to4bme up to the stern of his
own and then, whit a few powerful strokes
shot ahead. corning in about one length •ti
advance. Time, 23 minutes and 30 seconds:
distance about four miles, During the pni
greis of the race about 30 feet of a bridge,
eonstructed of old canal Isriatst gave way and
a number of persons were partially immers•
ed in the water.
Tits use or Dr. Dostetter's Stomach Bit
ters for Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Heaviness of
the Stomach, or any other like affection, is
second to none in America cr abroad. To
be able to state confidently 161. the •• Bit
ters" are a certain ere for dyspepsia an 4
like diseases. is to (he proprietor.' a source
of unalloyed pleasure. It removes all morbid
matter from the stomach, purifies the blood.
imparte renewed vitality to ilie nervous
system, giving it that tone and energy so
indispensable for the restoration of health
The numerous acknowledgments of its env
rtor excellence and henefic•al results have
■vsured the proprietors that it cannot hut
prove a great cure to the afflicted,and impart
vitality to the thorough system.
Sec advertisement in another coluine
Teo Ill'NPRICI) AND FIFTY I'ISRSOMm JIANG
RD. —The Mobile, Ala., Mercury, of a Into
date nays : We saw a gentleman yester•
day, direct (nun 'Leila. He came from the
region of country wi.erc the hanging precess
was nfe some time back. lie says the din
tent public is not informed of the extent of
the hanging. Ile is a member olVrigilant
committee, which has been en correspondence
with the committees of other counties. and
estimates Lhat not less than two hundred and
fifty persons have suffered death at a ropb'n.
end.'
RisULta BIIGINNINO TO A PPICAR —A gen
tleman from Natick, Mass., itbe home of
Senator Wilson) to day informed as that the
anti-siavery crusade upon the South has op
',rated to depress business of all kinds in
that vicinity, and that the effect of lute on-.
currences has been to bring the shoe busk
nesii=the great staple of proaucltive incluse.
try in Eastern Massachusetts, and which
depend* on the South fur a market—almost
to a dead stand.— Dartford Times.
A PsxhinTio Sonts.—Florenoe, the actor,
did a little gag" in a St. Louis theatre, the,
other night, which brought down the house
treukendausly._ Mrs:, Florence had_kung_anti
danced in sailor's ooatume, holding the star
spangled banner, which she tossed to Mr.
Florence at the other side of the stage. He
took it, spread it out carefully, counted its
thirty-three starsoaloud, and exclaimed with,
deep (Mk& Thank God, they are all
there f" The house rose as one wan, and the
enthusiasm lasted several minutes.
YORII/10$ iIIIIIOIAT/ON TO ViVril,Nt4. -it it
stated that a company has been formed in
France, by Bellot des Miniorea and others,
with a capital of ten millions cif dollars, for
the purpose of forwarding immigration tq
Virginia, and they hare bought of 4agies M.
Bennett, Esc,, and others, 'ROW scree (at
per sore), in (lamer it,r4 Calhawn tong•
ties,.and intend to colonise it. i n. eskinpn
ny Swiss) is heavily backed by dipi
tat int'.
Tua 'Wptrxmq POST AND PILLORY ;
Awas.a...,-In the Newcastle county (11.1.,)
court last week, four persona were sentenced
to punishment et the whipping post, one of
them also to stand in the pillory for one bons,
The number of lashes awarded was from fir
teen to twenty each. Three of the four were
also sentenced to terms of imprisonment, and
to wear a convict jacket for six months after
thitr-Alisoharge. crime in each case
was stealing,