BEDFORD INQUIRER.
BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday Morning. SOT 36 1858.
"EEUtLESS AND FREE."
D- OVER - Editor and Proprietor.
In the last Gazette i* a long article abound
ing in vituperation and abuse of tho Hon-
FRANCIS JORDAN, on account of his speech on
Tuesday night of Court week. This all falls
harmless to the ground ID this community where
he is known. The slander# of a villian ana ,
wretch like the fellow who wrote that article 1
always miss iheir mark, and lecoil upon their j
author. But as the G ixette writer has no char
acter to lose they do nobody any harm.
Ho says that Mr. Jordan told what was not
true when he said "that iu 185G the battle cry
was l ßuehanan and Frit Kan as.' " T here is
no use noticing this. The L focos in Penn
sylvania and throughout the North, said that
the only way to make Kansas a Free State was,
to elect Buchauan. who would guard the ballot
boxes there, and as it was known that the Free
Sute nicu had a large majority, it would come
in as a Free State. Mr. Buchanan, however,
deserted his pledges, and used everything in
his power to enslave the people, hut they have
decided ogiiust tho outrages of the adminis
tration and tho border-ruffians, and they will
come into the Union only as a Fret State or not
at ail' A majority of upwards of 00.000 of
the people of Pennsylvania at the late Con
gressional cleoti:n say that Mr. Jordan tells
the truth.
lie says that Mr. Jordan tells an untruth in
saying "that the Democrats established the
present (free trade) Tariff regulations." What
are the facts? All tho Locofoeos, G7, that vo
ted on tuis question voted for the present bill,
except only Asa Packer, and 71 of the opposi
tion and Asa Packer, voted against it—aDd not
one Locofoco! 39 Republicans, mostly with
Locofoco antecedents, voted for it, but all that
voted against it, except one , were Americans
and Republicans. This shows that Mr. Jor
dan was right. The Gazette also says, to prove
that it was an opposition measure, Lewis 1)
Campbell Chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported the bill. L. A. Campbell
of the House reported a bill for change of the
Tariff—it did not propose any reduction on
iron, but when the bill weot to the Locofoco
Senate, then it was changed so as to strike
down Pennsylvania interests, and to this the
House would uot agree, and it finally got through
only by a committee of conference. At that
time the Locofoeos had the President, a major
ity of two-thirds iu the Senate, and neither
party lud the House. This is pioved by the
fact that the House was balloting for Speaker,
for six weeks, and Bank# was finally elected
under a plurality re&olutiou. So that Mr. Jor
duti was right in the above assertion.
He says that Mr. Jordan tells a falsehood in
sayiug that the U. S. Troops were stationed iu
KaDsas for the purpose of making it a Slave
State It is well kuowu that these troops only
overawed Froo State men, and protected the
border-ruffians, in murdering, pillaging and vi
olating Free State men and women, and pro
tecting tho ruffians iu their illegal voting and
trying to enslave the people. Every oue who
has catefuily read the history of events in that
Territory kuow this, and the people of the whole
North, at the recent elections have decided that
they believe it, by an unpreeedent majority.—
The other talk on, Kansas, in the Gazette arti
cle amounts to the same as the above Mr Joi
dan tells the truth here again.
He says that Mr. Jordan tells an untruth in
sayiug that the Locofoco party "is in favor of
resorting to direct taxation for the support of
tbo Federal Government." Mr. Jordau said
that the Locofoco Chairmau, W. W. Boyce of
South Carolina, of the Locofooo Committee, ID
the Locofoco Senate, of the iast Coogress, of
fered the follow'tig resolution among others of a
like charaoter :
41 Resolved, that the vast and increasing ex
penditure of the federul government indicates
the necessity of a change iu our fiscal system
whereby the protective policy shall be entirely
abandoned, and a resort hid, at as early a pe
riod as may be practicable, EXCLUSIVELY
TO DIRECT TAXATION.
Free traders aro all in favor of this. Mr.
Jordan's assertion is thus corroborated by the
proof.
Wo have thus taken each assertion of this
ahamelcon Meyers, who changes his political
vparkms a* olten as this animal does its colors,
especially when stovt corruption agents are
about, ami prove in every case, Mr. Jordan'a
MMrtions true by the facts, and Meyers' own
ebarges base lies. fleet- Heels cannot injuro
the party by hir false and billingsgate charges
against Mr. Jordan. People all consider the
source.
The official vote in twenty-eight counties in
Illinois is : Republicans 4U,371 ; Douglasite9
39,375 Administration 5G3 !
The anti- Lecompton majority in New York,
as indicated in the I Congressional elections, is
over 60.000.
The Loco meeting of Monday night week was I
one of tbo smallest County meetings we have I
ever seen assemble in the Court House. More
people wore in town ou that day than there
have been for many years, and the house was
not half full, the seats from tbo middle of the
room buck were nearly all empty! Wc were
present throughout the proceedings which lasted
probably an hour and a half, and intended to
make a full report, but want of room forbids
anything more thau a passing notice.
The meeting was opened by our usual*boiu
bustio friend, the gallant .Major Tute, but not
half so bombastic as heretofore ! He bad a
doleful story about the reeen: defeat of the
"unterrified !" aud said that he would rather
have carried Bedford Couuty than the whole
State. Our particuta/ friend, Shannon follow
ed next, this time, not last; the farce was in the
middle ! He was mutjD surprised at and de
nounced, iu strong terms, Mr. Michael War
inoth for voting the opposition ticket on election
da}' —Mr. VVuruioth being an intelligent Qer
i man Catholic—just us though a German and a
, Catholic had not a right to vote a3 he pleased
liu this free country! Many more of the same
country and religiou arc doing the same thing,
as they see, as iu Ad mis, and other counties,
that ihoy are treated worse by the Loeofocos,
than by the People's party. He gloried over
the result in the County, and particularly St.
Clair and Bedford Borough, aud staled that
they were badly beaten iu the State and
throughout the North, yet they had carried St.
Clair and Bedford Borough ! and ho would
rather have carried them than the State and the
whole country .' He ;tlso said the opposition
would rather have carried this County than all
our recent triumphs. This is humbug. We will
carry the Couuty next full by several hundred,
if we gain, which we will, us many over this
fall's vote as we did over the last. A ihiiig
with a : 'hang-dog" look aud Jljrican.heels,
then read a few resolutions, which could hardly
be understood on account of the Guinea lan
guage iu which they wpre read. If slavery
should ever bo legalized in this State he had
better take care of hissetf! Next came our
good naturcd friend Solid!, who tried to keep
the few iu the house in good humor, by some
auecdotes from history He gloried over the
Couuty! nolhiug but the County ! After talk
ing about this matter, he said, applying the re
mark to the opposition, that tbo Ethiopian
General, Haunibal, had once said after gaining
a victory over the Romans, "auother such
victory and I am undone!" We will correct
Mr. Scheil. Hannibal was not an Ethiopian
General,and it was not Hannibal that made ;be
assertion it. question. The remark, however
will apply to another such victory as they gain
j cd io this County.
The meeting was small, cold, and spiritless; j
an uphill business throughout, and the ac
counting for their defeat anything but pleas <
ant to the speakers, none of whose remarks ex- j
ceedcd fifteen or twenty miuutes. The Le- j
compton question was slightly alluded to by
Schell, only. Mr. Buchanan's "integrity and
practical statesmanship" was approved m one
of the resolutions, and seine of the speakers
were very severe on the "traitor" and "rene
gade," John W. Forney. Douglas was not
mentioned.
THANKSGIVING DAY was not generally ob
served iu this place as it should have been. Oi>u"t
was iu session, and the stores and other places
of business were generally open. We noticed
the stores of 8. Shuck & Co., Mrs. Peugh and
Mrs Potts, wero the only ones closed. A ser
mon was preached by Rev. Mr Heckertnau of
the German Reformed Congregation, in the
Presbyterian Church, to a large congregation.
We think ii is right and proper that a day of
Thanksgiving should at least once a year be set
apart, and observed in thankfulness and prayer
for the many mercies vouchsafed to us, and we
hope that the next such day may be better ob
served by our people.
ILLINOIS.
The Republican State ticket in Illinois has
been elected by about 5000. Douglas is beat
en ou the popular vote, but it is thought has
secured a majority on joint ballot of eight in
1 the Legislature, which will re-elect him to the
U. S. Senate. Some of the administration
party, howevor, say that there arc three anti-
Douglas Locofoco Senators holding over, and
two representatives of the same class, who
will have tho balance of power, and that Doug
las is quite uncertain of re election. We will
see.
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, ESQ.
This gentleman is uaiued by many of the
opposition papers for the Best State Treasurer
ship. Mr. Cochran was for many years the
able editor of tho York Jidoocott, one of the
best papers in the Stato, and was, in 1856, the
opposition candidate for Canal Commissioner,
and cheated out of his election by the gross
frauds in Philadelphia. He is now the editor
of tho Lancaster Union, and has doDe yeo
man's services in the good cause, for many
years past. He would adorn the station, and
make tin officer of ability and integrity.
FINE V Ear.TAßi.Ks. —We are under obliga
tions to our friend, Mr. JOHN FLEMMING. the
gardener at the Springs, for a nice bunch of
celery, and several very large parsnips and car
j rots. Wo have never seen any vegetables so
. largo and fine raised anywhere, and we have no
i doubt that the celery cannot be surpassed in
} the country. Mr. Flemming cannot be beaten
! as a gardener.
BIBFOBB IWaUIRKR.
Democratic reports say that there will not be
• majority in Ike next Legislature of Illiuois
in favor of Douglas for U. S. Senator. On
the other bend, the Douglas meu say that the
Administration intends to corrupt some of
those who have been elected as frieuds of
Douglas. Corruption is a two-edged sword,
which sometimes cuts two ways; but Locofo
co9 have uo right to complain when their own
weapons are turned against them.
BEDFORD FOUNDRY.— Messrs. Washabaugh
& Bannon, on the 16th iust., disposed of the
Bedford Foundry at public gale to Messrs. Pe
ter tl. Shirts & John 11. Jordan, of this plvcc.
We understand that it is the iutcntion of these
gentlemen to carry it on energetically, and as
they are good business men and mechanics, all
having anything to do in this line with them,
may bo assured that their wants will be prop
erly attended to.
PEOPLE'S* MEETING.
A very large meeting of the peoplo's party
assembled in the Court House, OD Tuesday
night of last week.
The meeting came to order by the appoint
ment of
CHARLES W. ASHCOM, Esq., of Broad
top, as President;
G. W. HOUSEHOLDER, Esq., of East Provi
dence; JOHN E. MILLER, of Harrison; JOHN
! METZOAR, Esq , of Juniata; Capt. GEOUGE
SMITH, of Bedford Tp.; FREDERICK SMITH,
of Colerain; and JACOB H. WRIGHT, E-q., of
St, Clair, as Vice Presidents; and
Maj. Lemuel Evans, ot Broadtop; Titos L.
Rea, of Bedford Tp.; and Michail B. Milter,
of Harrison, as Secretaries.
Hon. Francis Jordan was then called for,
and responded iu a leugthy spoeeli, replete with
facta, and abounding in wit and scathing sar
casm. He reviewed the result of the election
in each State this fail, duriug which he was in
terrupted with frequent deafeniug cheers
showed the causes of the prcsmt hard times,
and the need of a protective) tariff, und a re
duction of the present unprecedented expendi
tures of the government. The President's
border-ruffian course in Kansas was reviewed
at length, and also the warfare which exists be
tween the nduiiuistration uud Douglas. He
was frequently interrupted with cheers, loud
and long, aud took bis seat amidst thunders of
applause. Mr. Jordan is admitted by all, botb
friends and foes, to be one of speakers
in the State, and he does more Lard work for
the cause than any other man in thp Dis
trict.
The resolutions were then rend Ly R.J). 1
Barclay, Esq., and unanimously adopted, when
John 11. Filler, Esq., was colled upon. He '
answered the call in a speech congratulating '
the country on tbe rceult of the recent elec
tions, and brought down the house frequently
by the many happy hits which he knows so
well how to make.
Tbe meeting was large, he enthusiasm great, ;
and ali our friends left there well convinced of ;
our tiiuuiph in 1860, and the redemption of the j
county next fail.
The following are the resolutions:
Resolved, That we hail the result of the re
cent elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
lowa, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, llti- j
nois, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, Ver
mont and Kansas, with feelings of intense
gratification, us we recognise in them a wither
ing rebuke of the despotism, corruption and ex
travagance of the present National Adminis- ;
tration.
Resolved, That as citizens of the Keystone '
State, we have especial cause for rejoicing in j
the late result, as it affords us the cheering |
hope that the great industrial interests of our
State, which have been so long prostrate under :
tbe cruel free-trade policy of tbe sham-De
mocracy, will obtain at last the full measure of
protection which they deserve.
Resolved , That iu the midst of our rej >ie
iugs, wo cannot forget to make fittiog ackuowl- |
edgemeors of the eminent services rendered to
the cause of Freedom and the Right, by Jobn
W. Forney, Jobn Hickman, John B. Raskin,
Horace Clark, and hosts of other Democrats,
who could not be seduced from tbe path of hon
or, neither by the caresses and blandishments
of power, on tho one haod, or awed by their
threats and denunciations on the other.
Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt con
gratulations to our sister counties of tbe Dis
tiict, upon the election of Edward McPbcrsou
to Congress. For the betrayal of solemn
pledges to his constituents on the part of the
present member, and the eager haste with
which he surrendered his oft-declarsd opinion*,
and gave himself up a ready instrument to as
sist in fastening an odious law upon an unwil
ling people, he has met witli merited cor.dem
nation.
Resolved , J hat this defeat of the party iu
power, aud their consequent inability to con
trol a majority in tbe next national House of
Representatives, have put a summary and ef
fectual quietus upon all the ncfatious schemes
for forciug tbe lostitutiou of human slavery
not upon Kansas only, but upon all our free
tecritories.
Resolved, That the appointment of J.
Qlancy Jones to a high diplomatic station,
made with such indecent haste after his defeat
at tbe hauds of tbe voters of Berks county,
was a flagrant iusult to that people, aud a wan
ton uttaok upon the established principle which
holds the representative amenable to his con
stituents alone. It exhibits in the worst
light tbe spirit of despotism which controls our
government at Washington.
Resolved, That these proceedings be pub
lished iu the Bedford Inquirer.
The Chester county Times says it is repot ted
that Tbaddeus Stevens, after being assured of
his election to Congress from the Laucaster
district, in spite of all the efforts of the Pros
ideDt to secure his defeat, went to tbe telegraph
office and dispatched the following message :
"To his Excellency, James Ruchanan : I'M
COMING."
COURT PROCEEDINGS, NOV. TERM. I
w
Coniasouucalt.il vs. John Herkheitnor, —lu-
iJictHient for Foraicafiou and Bastardy, on
oat is of Elizabeth Dull CMSC settled, and
Dist, Atty. outers nul pros.
Same vs. Josiali Mowry.— Indictment for
Fornicatum and Bastardy, on oath of Sarah
Bradley. Case continued.
Same vs. Henry Milier. lndietment for
Fornication and Bastardy, ou oath of Catha
rtuo Forney. Nov. 15, 1858, deft pleads not
guilty. Jury called, case tried, and verdict
guilty. Spang for Commonwealth, Cessna &
.Shannon for deft. Sentence of court thut he
pay sls lying-in expenses, 77 cents per week,
in quarterly instalments for the support of the
child until jt is 7 yrs. old—that he pay all the
costs of prosecution, that he give bond for the
payment of the money for the support of child
in S3OO, and boud iu S2OO to the Directors of
the Poor.
Same vs. E. A. Fockler.—lndictment for
Malicious Mischief, on oath of Win. Brown.—
Dist. Atty. enters nol. pros.
Saute vs. Andrew Sleek, ot ul. lndictment
Assault and Battery, on oath of Jas. Defi
baugb. True bill. Case continued.
Same vs. Joseph Wolford.—indictment for
violation of liquor laws. Ca.-e settled, mid
■ Dist. Any. enters uol. pros.
Smiie vs. Dr. Ilozta Hudson.—lndictment
| for Fornication mid Bastardy, ou oatb of At
| cittda W. Smith. Case settled.
S.nne vs. John H. Brown.—lndictment for
violation of Act of Assembly of 1822, for ob
taining goods on oath of Jacob Fockler. Case
coutinued.
Same vs. Elizabeth Mason.—lndictment for
Larceny, on oath of Win. Piremore. Not a
true bill.
Same vs. Jackson Stuekey, et al.—Surety
i of the peace, on oath of Joseph Barley. Nov.
! 17, 1858, case heard, and sentence of court
that deft'a pay costs of prosecution, and give
security to keep the peace toward ail the citi
zens of the county, and especially toward Jo
seph Barley, for one year, and be in custody of
Sh'ff till sentence be complied with. Spang
for Commonwealth, Cessna & Shannon for
deftc.
Same vs. Jacob Loo Fockler.—lndictment
for Burglary and Larceny, on oath of Susan
McMillan. Not a true bill.
Same vs. John Noner —Surety of the peace,
i on oatli of Win. Speelmin. Recognizance fur
| feitcd.
Same vs. Joseph Barley.—ludictuumt for
Assault and Battery, on oath of David Stuck
; ey. Deft, pleads guilty. Seuteuce of court,
tiia*• he pay a fiuc of $lO and the costs of pros
ecution, and be iu the custody of the Sh'ff un
til sentence is complied with. Cessua & Shan
non and Spang for Commonwealth, and King
& Jordan tor deft.
Hame vs. George Tricker.—lndictment for
Malicious Mischief, on oath of Danl. Conway
True bill. Case settled:
•Same vs. Wui Huffiuin and A lain Huffman. I
lndictment for larceny of a hoe, SiJ., on
oath of Henry Wertz. Deft, pleads not guil
ty. Verdict, gulty. New trial granted by
court. Cessna & Summon aud Spang for Corn.
Ber.ford & Meyers and Col born for deft.
Same vs. Joseph Moist, et a).—lndictment
for violation of Lottery laws. Case settled, j
and Dist. Atty. enters nol. pros
Same vs. Soloruoo Shroyer aud Win. Huff
man.—lndictment for Larceny, on oath of Ja
cob A. Harduian. Case continued.
Satne vs. Valcntiue Dull.—lndictment for
Larceny, on oath of Joseph Fuller. True bill.
Deft, being called, did not appear, and recog
nizance forfeited.
Satue vs. Jonathan Snowdeo.—Surety of the
peace, ou oath of Eliza Blackburn. Case coo- -
tinued.
Satne vs. Eliza Blackburn.—lndictment for
Assault and Battery, on oath of Jonathan
Snowden. Case continued.
Smie vs. Nathan Norris.—lndictment for
Larceny, on oath of John Hafcr. True bill.
Deft, pleads guilty. Sentence of court that
deft, pay costs of prosecution, and undergo an
imprisonment in County Jail for thirty days.
For the Inquirer. ,
BALTIMORE, Nov. 17, 1858.
Mr. EDITOR : —ln coming from Bedford to
Chaiubersburg, and thence to Gettysburg, bv
stage, everything teuds to impress the mind of
the traveler with the spirit of change going ou
in our country. Some of our Mlow-passeu
gors could tell us how uot many years ago, the
road WJS lined with wagons, sometimes fifty iu
a liiug, aud several lines of daiiy stages;
nearly every house a tuvein, and in a flourish
ing condition. Compared with those times the j
road DOW looks deserted and lonely, many of
the old tavern stands fallen to decay, several
burned down, and never rebuilt, because there
was nothing but the business of the road to
call thorn into existence or keep them going.—
Oiliers have been handsomely fitted up for pri
vate dwellings, as is tbe case with the old Rea
mer stand, on the east side of Sideling liill,
now iu the ocoupauey of Dr. Scott.
We spent a couple of days at Bondersville,
a small town teD miles north of Gettysburg.—
The people ir. that neighborhood were es busy
as in harvest time, taking up oud packing
fruit trees; the nursery business is carried on
very extensively there. The aggregate num
ber of trees now beiug cultivated iu the nurse
ries near Beudersville, will probably exceed
one million. They arc bought by the tree
dealers, and shipped through here to the east
ern and western tkores of Maryland, and dif
ferent parts of "old Virgiuny," where the stu
pefying influence of the "peculiar institution"
has, in a great measure prevented them from
raising (beir own fruit trees. Of course, there
are abo large quantities sent to other parts of
the country.
! The grain in Adams county looks very flour
; ishing for tbe season. The railroad is nearly
: completed to Gettysburg, tho workmen laying
j the track being in sight of the towu when we
; were there.
Tho "Monumental City" is as healthy, and
j enjoying perhapH as much peace and general
: prosperity, as any of the eastern cities, not
: withstanding the efforts of an unscrupulous and
i malicious partizan pross to croate the irnpres
i siou tbi't the American administration of Mayor
Swann is little better lhau a "reign of terror."
The Mayor, iu his message to the City Council,
attributes the recent tragical outrages to their
true cause, namely: the increased number of
low drinking houses, aod a spirit of rowdy-inn
fostered by tbe enemies of the administration.
1 On the 15th inst., snow fell here nearly all
Jay, but melted as it fell. Since thc#-*tie wea
ther has been clear and cold.
Very respectfully,
VANDAHA.
Douglas .Nominated for President.
The Democrats of Trenton, N. Jersey, friend
ly to STEPHEN A. DonabAS, popular sovere
ignty, a protective tariff, aod free lands, held a
public meeting on Saturday night last, to re
joice over the recent triumph in Illinois. A
mong the resolutions sdopted was one nomina
ting Mr. Douglas for the Presidency in 1860,
"subject only to the popular will, as expressed
through the ballot-box." An address of some
length was delivered by Augustus Green, urg
ing the claims of Mr. Douglas with considera
ble effect.
The National Era, ulloJinsj to the fact, that
the tricuds of Mr. Douglas, even before the
smoke of the battle had cleared up, claimed
him as tbe Democratic candidate foi the Presi
dency, says :
"He is to ride ♦rough-shod" over all compe
titors, and to receive the Charleston nomination
by acclamation, as the only adequite reward of
his heroic and triumphant campaign in the vin
dication of 'Popular Sovereignty,' against the
supporters of the •Lecoiiipton fraud and swin
dle.' Wo, of course, claim no right to inter
fere in the family quarrels cf the 'Democracy,'
but we cannot but express our admiration in ad
vance, at the spirit of forgiveness which the
suggestion of a nomination of Mr. Douglas at
Charleston implies. Such an event could not
take place without a complete transformation of
the characters of the slaveholders, trout that of
proud and haughty dictators, into meek and
submissive dough-faces. The old prophets, we
know, have foreshowed a period when the lamb
and the lion are to lie down together, and we
rejoice in believing them: but our latter-day
seers would haw us believe that tbe sheep are
to conquer tfie wolves, and lead them can
tive !"
It is scarcely to be expected that the Ad
ministration and its friends will abandon the
war against Douglas; nor wi',l he (Douglas) treat
them kindly for the unmerciful war thev tuado
upou him during the past summer. The Wash
ington Union, foreshadows the feelings of the
Lecoiupton wing of the party agniust its oppo
uenls, when it says 'Douglas' victory in Illinois
was a victory, won upon a charge of fraud and
delinquency of principles, ag tiun the 'DJUIOO
racv.'
The Washington correspondent of tbe New
York Tribune writes that the tone of feeling j
in Administration citcles in that city is as bit- '
ler a ever towards Douglas. The prevalent i
opiuioc there is, that lie will be rejected by the
Charleston Convention, and will run as an in
dejtendent candidate for the Presidency, in the ;
hope of throwing the election into the House of;
Representatives.
Hurliauau lias Stopped tlie *rens!
Col John W. Forney, in his speech .at Cam- !
den, New Jersey, on tue 29'h ult., thus allu- !
ded to the President's stopping his paper, The i
Press
Now, gentlemen, 1 have a most inclaDcboly j
announcement to make in this connection. It;
is that the new-piper. The. Press, is stopped— ;
my Press is stopped ! [Sensation.) 1 did not i
expect, in coming here, to be compelled to j
make this sorrowful announcement; but it i, ,
nevertheless, the fict. The Press is stopped— |
not the establishment, but the single copy which
the President of ihe United Slates takes —it is
stopped. [Long continued shouts of laughter.)
I suspect 1 shall survive it. [Renewed laugh
ter.) I have DO doubt 1 shall survive it. But
it was a terrible blow. I do not think that j
over two cents created so much havoc before. <
But we shall recover; we shall get over it.— ;
And now for the bright part of tbe story: 1 |
shall receive, in a few days, almost the only j
dollar that 1 have ever received from the Fed- ;
cral Administration—which will be about $7.50 ■
in piymcut of The Press. [Laughter.)
So we see that this proscription ruus from
great to suiull. It attacks a populir tribune,
and i strikes down a newspaper. It turns out
a postmaster, aud it refuses to pay two cents to ;
an independent journal.
"To mcli base nsesiuust we come at last."
Thus we see the Administration of the Fed- |
eral Government, presiding over thirty millions '
of people, with all its vast patronage, with all j
its great power, forgetting all its duties an d ail ;
its pledges, aud becoming a party to the pettv j
proscriptions which village politicians would i
despise, and which honorable men would laugh j
at. [Applause.)
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR CON
GRESS IN BERKS COUNTY.
READING, Nov. 20ih.—The Democratic
County Convention met here to-day to nomi
nate a candidate for the scat in Conertesj made
vacant by the resignation of Hon. J. Giancy
Jones. There was considerable excitement in
town in regard to the result.
The Court House clique carried the day, tbeir •
candidate, Joel B. Wanner, having been nom
inated. The vote stood for Wanner 76: f.r
Captain S. E. Aocona 65.
The resolutions of the former Convention
were reuffirtned. A resolution in favor of the
admission of Kansas with a new Constitution,
was voted down.
The eleetiou takes place ou Tuesday, Nov.
30th. Gen. Win. 11. Iveim is a volunteer cau
didate, and will receive the votes of the Inde
pendent Democrats, the Tariff men and the op
position generally.
WILL DOUGLAS SE PRESIDENT.
Tbe St. Louis Evening News does not be
lieve that Douglas will he the Democratic nom
inee ; it says :
U c think not. Y\ e don't think he will even
be nominated. His friends aud admirers, we
arc aware, imagine siuce his triumph iu Illinois
that lie is the autocrat of nil tbe United States,
and is bound to be nominated by the Charleston
Convention in 1860, when he will sweep every
thing before him.
We see no such rosy future before him.—
Douglas will never reach the White House,
because ihe politicians of tbe South will not
1"? him.. They are wilting in have him in. b
Senate, because ho can le of u.-e to them there
They went manageable men for President e
Douglas is eminently en unmanageable Ws *
with two great a love of power, and a t oj lin '
reasonable ambition to submit to the nces Sir ,
and wholesome restraints which hedge 11!'
; Presidency around. Besides, bis Freeprn
S "Sq a *tter Sovereignty" dogma will * tari( j W*
; an iron gate across his path, and forever nrc .
| vent his access to the White House.
I COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY -_F or -
j be.ut.ful copy of tbis Book we arc indebted to
T. o. PETERSON & BROTHERS, the Publisher,
of 306 Ohesuut Street, Philadelphia. Th
Home Journal , the best authority on 1 iterorv
matters, says of the Bwk:-This is the title o ' t
a vo!utn > from the port folio of Robert Morris
I Bsq., the able editor of the Philadelphia I,
qutrer. L. these days, it lB gratifying to fi Qf |
; a volume, like, the present, wherein taste is ur,-
vit'ated and sense uodestroyed, in wbirh sin!
■ plicity of style and ch artless of expression ar<-
retained, and which is written, not to excite tba
imagination or pand.tr to the evil J;
our nature, but to inculcate lessons of wisdom
as well as to draw to tears and move to laugh
ter. We are reminded, in reading the.se es-iTy,
of the geuial-htarted Goldsmith. They cor '
tain the delicate fancy, the good sense, a.i<ii| e
quiet humor which characterise Goldsmith's
writings; and they are, moreover, written with
like correctness of ianguage. They treai, be
side that of courtship and matrimony, of a v
riety of subjects, from scenes and experience,
in social life, and are particularly adapted for
every day family reading. They are indeed
such as will boar io le read aloud about tl ß '
evening lamp, an i will please and i.-is'rucl t,-.;
only the 'old folks at home,' Lut also tbe'littl*
folks.' No ouo cau read Mr. Morris's T..| um ,
without being impressed by the tone of earnest
j tboughtfulness that pervades ir, and we belim
i this work will be the msaus through which au
| iufiuity of good will be accomplished. It is &
fit book for anybody to read, and worth* of .
place in every family. It is thsste in 'style,
elevating in tone and sentiment, and contain
many useful lessons which may contribute to
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lic contains sounder'morality, or practical houre
hoi'j wisioiu more pleasantly expressed, and
certainly there is no collection of essays, better
adap'ed tor general reading in a family. \ %
the work has been most enthusiastically praised
by such men as John Grigg, it is neeuiv.se to
say that we trust that all person* will extend
io it their hearty patronage, by sending tor i\
'I he publisher* will send a eopy to an* per
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! A 'SMART WOMAN' AT STEWART'S
ONE WAY TO BUY A SHAWL.
On Fiiday erenirg, says the j\ . Y. Dim
| to elegantly dressed woman entered Ste
wart s and asked to see aonie .sinwis. After
assorting and comparing, she at length njde a
: sciectiou, the price being five hundred dollars
• Graceruiiy producing her portmonaie, she ten
dered a two thousand doll it bill in pavilion:.—
He took it immediately to the cashier j who cx
■ amined it catefully, and then to make himself
! peifecily sutp, scot a clerk out with it to res
I an expert and obtain his opinion.
Meanwhile tin. lady became v*rv i'tdiKUiat,
i and resected the affront which she said had been
1 put upon IIT. She was not a character to re-
I ceivt* or pa>.& off had currency, and would never
; come a gain to Stewart g to do any shopping.—
; Presently the messenger returned witii the in-
I U-iliger.ce that ihe hill was good. Siie caug! t
j it from him, declaring that she would not uk*
j tli6 shawl. After a httle while, however, she
j seemed to relent, and sail that she had bven
to a large number of establishments, snd thai
tlic shawl was the only oue that had suited
her, she remarked that she would tuko it. ad
ding her determination not to expose herself
again to a similar afront. 'i'he clerk was pro
fuse in apologies as hp did up the article, and
j the two thousand dollar bill was taken by the
, cashier and fifteen hundred dollars promptly
; paid back to her, when without bidding good
, night, she look her leave. The bili this lime
i proved to be a counterfeit. She had paid the
i clerk a different one f:oni the one first exhibit
i ed.
...
t OXTKSTKD SEATS IN NEXT CON
GRESS.
Amor J. Williamson, American, will contest
j the light ol Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, demoorat,
! to represent the third district tf New York,
j in tin- thirty-sixth Congress. Go'ivernor Kem
j bie, democrat, witl ioiu issue with Hon. John
, 11. liasfiii, anti-Lecouiptou, if the latter sac
-1 cceds in getting the ceitificate, for the right t'
j repiesont the ninth district of the State. J
j VV. Ryan, Republican, denies the claims of T.
; 1> Florence, democrat, to the seat of the first
! district of Pennsylvania. Alfred W. Johnson,
democrat, will cudeavor to show before the next
liou.-e of Representatives that he is better en
titled to speak aod vote for the third district of
j Maine, than Ezzra Ji. French, republiean, who
has received the certificate of election. Francis
P. Blair, Jr., republican, has announced that
he stands ready to prove that hie opponent, J
11. Barrett, democrat, in the first district of
Missouri, was elected by fraud, and on thit
; ground he will claim the acaf.
The Louisville Journal says :
\N c felt right bad at first about tbe rc-eier
tion of Douglas, but wheu we saw bow much
worse the Administration felt wo became tusr
vellously comforted.
The prize fight in Illinois was for the cham
pionship of the light weights between the Lit
tle Giaut and the little President.' ft wis a
rough and tumble ; the giant tripped tbe Freti
do:;t and eanio up an tap. . The. .president
backers claim "first blood" from a deeipiU'eo
poutniasH r.
Only four Administration men Imve been
; elected to Oongre.ss from New York, and tb#
scat of one of these (Sickles) will be contested.
' Tb? Leeorup'on incrrlhe'rsel?ct area)! front Ve*
York city.
The Washington Union admits that i-be Ad
| ministration has appointed some rascally P uSt
masters, but thinks wc ought to fee! obliged to
lit for not having appoiuted more. Pijrhvps **■
! oughL
Flour tn Philadelphia,, at latest dtifs, fr®* ll
$5,124 to $6. according to quality.