BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Morning, June 8, iB6O. FEARLESS AND FREE." D. OVER—Editor and Proprietor. FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OF MAINE. FOR GOVERNOR, ANDREW G. CUR TIN. OF CENTRE COUNTY. Delegate Elections AND COUNTY CONVENTION. The qualified voters of Bedford County, who aro opposed to the present National Adminis tration, are hereby requested to meet at the usual places of haloing elections in the sever al Boroughs and Townships, or at 6uch other places as the township committees may appoint, on Saturday, the 23J day of June, 1860, to elect two Delegates for each Township and Borough, to represeut them in a County Con vention to be held at the Court House, io Bed ford, on Tuesday, the 26th day of June, next, at 1 o'clock, P. M., to oomiuate a County ticket, and a candidate tor the Legislature, and to appoint Senatorial and Congressional Conferees, aud a County Committee for the eusuing year. Said delegate elections, uuless otherwise ordered by the Township Commit tees, will be held between the hours of oue and five o'clock, P. M., iu the Townships, aud between the hours of five and seveu o'clock, P. M., iu the Boroughs. To ensure proper attention to the delegate elections, the County Committee has appointed the following Committees, and it is hoped that the gentlemen named will see that timely no tice is given, aud that the elections are duly beid iu said districts : Bedford Bor.,Alex.jHeuder3on,K. D. Charms Barclay, Esq., aud David F. Maun. Bedford Township. Zuchariah Diehl, Sanrl Phillips, aud James Rea, Jr. broadtop. John B. Castuer, James Kiohel- Lerger, and John Foster. Coleraiu. Nathan Evans, Jacob Baruhart, aud Emanuel J. Diehl. Cumberland Valley. Peter Derremore, Jo siah Tewell, aud Nathan Lee, Harrison. Hugh Wertz, John MoYicker, Esq., and Martin Feightner. Hopewell. Thos. N. Youug, Esq., Henry Gates, and Luther 11. Pipt-r. Juniata. Josiah Lehman, Peter R. ilillegas and Lcouard Bittuer, Esq. Liberty. David S. Berkstresser, Samuel A. Moore, aud Sain'l F. Siicap. Londonderry. Levi Carpenter, Jonathan Feightuer, and John Wilbelm. Monroe. Jacob L. May, Wuj. Stuokey, and Andrew Adams. Napier. Wm. Hull. George W. Williams, and George Stuokey. Providence E. Sidney R. Whitfield, Win. Lysiogcr, aud David Monroe. Providence W. Wm. Diherf, Wm. Cook, and Nicholas Peok. Schellsburg. Jacob W. Knipple, Wm. A. B. Clark, aud James Gollipher. Southampton. John Johnson, John W. Lish ley, and Jared Hanks. Snake Spring. Asa Stuckey, Esq., John Eshlemao, and Jacob Linaenfelter. St. Llair. Jacob H. Wright, Esq., Jacob Home, and Gideou D. Trout. UnioD. John Fickes, Sam'i Shaffer, Esq , and John Ake, Esq. Woodbury Middle. Wm. F. Johnson, John 11. WiikiDsoD, and Jacob Breuneman. Woodbury South. Adam Ketriog, John B. Miller, and Robert Ralston. By order of tho County Committee. S, L. RUSSELL, Chairman. June 1, 1860. LONDON QUARTERLY.— We have received tbe April number of the Londou Quarterly Review. Its oonteuts are, Laborers Homes, V iccssitudes of Families and other Essays, Tbs Bar of Philadelphia, Washington's Farewell Address, Miss Nightiugale's Notes on Nursing, Fox Hunting, Recollections of Leslie, &c. Noam BRITIBU REVIEW.— The May num ber of this excellent British Review has been received. Its contents are, Bedding's Re miniscences, Thomas Campbell, Quakerism— past and present, Sir lleury Lawrence, Austra lian Ethnology, Poems by Reinrich Heine, Church and State, Tho Origin of Species, The State of Europe, etc. Price of eaoh Review §3 a year ; one Re view and Blackwood §5; tbe four Reviews aud Blackwood, §lO. Leonard Soott & Co., 79 Fulton Street, New York. It appears that the ancestors of "Old Abe Lincoln" were honest haters of tyranny cen turies ago, and it is stated that one of them bad a hand in taking off tbe head of Charles I, and fled to Bingham, Mass., whence they emigrated to Pennsylvania, and that one of the family received the sword of Cornwallis at tbe defeat at Yorktowu. The old a gentiemau who plays the despot a* tbe White House should make a note of these historical incidents and preparo to vacate, for Lincoln is sure to route him from bis reign of usurpation and corrup tion. LINCOLN AND THE MEXICAN WAR. / The laet Gazette has an article charging Hon. Abraham Lincoln with bciog opposed to ; the Mexican War, and taking sides against his j country during its continuance. The Locofo j cos are driven to desperation, and clearly show their fright at this early stage of the cam- j paign, when they have to resort to such bate- ' faced lies to help to prop up their fast-sinking cause. They know that the handwriting on the wall can now be clearly seen. The story was started at Chicago, as Boon as Lincoln was nomiuated, that be had voted when in Con gress against supplies to the army in Mexico, and the story was repeated at the Douglas meeting in New York on the Tuesday follow ing his nomination. Our readers will be grat ified to learn that there is no foundation for the story whatever. It was started daring the canvass between Lincoln and Douglas in 1858, at a time when it was thought that the "little giant" was in danger, and it was repeated by Douglas himself ii his debate wttb Lincoln at Ottowa, and also at Charleston. The Chicago Tribune proved its falsity by ex tracts from the Congressional Globe, showing that after Mr. Liucoln took his seat in Con gress he voted for every bill that was offered to raise supplies for the American army in Mex ico. It was also denied by Mr. Lincoln both at Ottowa and at Charleston, and at the latter place ho brought on the stand lieu. O. 13. Ficklin, his Democratic colleague in Congress, and compelled him to give reluctant testimony to the falsity of the charge. [See Lincoln and Douglas Debates, page 158.] It was further proved that Mr. Lincoln's immediate predeces sor in Congress, Hon. John Henry, of Morgan county, then on the stump in behalf of Mr. Douglas, and still a rabid Pro-Slavery Demo crat, did give the votes falsely attributed to Mr. Lincoln. The evidence on this point was so clear that the more decent ot' the democratic papers took back the charge and apologized handsomely.— The Mattoon Gazette, for instance, after ma king the charge, thus neatly retracted : "We made the charges against him, in re lation to voting agaiust supplies, upou the in formation of an intelligent gentleman, who as sured us that the record stood against him.— Having heard it before, we doubted it not, when assured positively by a geutleman of in telligence, such as our informant. The politi cal frieuus ot 31r. Liueolu called our attention to the record, and upon examination we find that instead of .Mr Lincoln, it was JOUN HENRY, of .Morgan, who was his immediate predecessor, who gave the vote. It affords us unfeigned pleasure to be able loay, upou ex amination, that our former fellow citizen gave no such vote, aud further thai his record will •pass muster'' with the best men of any party during his Congressional term." As this charge will soon he iu the mouth of every reckless Looofoco iu the land, it i well enough to expose it fully at the start. "FOSTER OF PENNSYLVANIA." From the following, which has trauspired before the Covode Investigating Committee, it will be seen that the virtuous Henry D. Foster, whilst candidate for Congress two years ago, in opposition to old John Covode, received a nice little sum from Wendell, of the Public Printing corruption money, to secure his elee tiun to Congress. He did not succeed, howev er, and the money was uselessly expended.— He will have no better luck for Governor.— The correspondent of the North American, writing from Washington, under date of May 23, gives the following information: "Mr. Wendell appeared before the Covode Committee this morning, and testified that §2,500 had been paid to " foster of Pennsyl tw/ita," on the 22i September, 1858, as ap peared by his bauk book and the accounts of the Rank of the Metropolis. When asked if he knew any other Foster than the present candidate for Governor, who had been a can didate lor Congress against Mr. Covode at the time the check was given, ho said 'No.' lie also proved that a larger sum had teen given for use in Pennsylvania, and probably in Fos ter's district, to Mr. Witte, ex-member of Con gress, who is summoned as a witness, and may probably euligbten the Committee as to bis expenditures." Since the abovo was written, we notice that Mr. Witte testifies as follows : "Mr. Witte, candidato in the late Democrat ic Contention of Pennsylvania for Governor, testified that Foster, the successful candidate in that convention, desired to draw cn him, through Barclay & Co., to the amount of six hundred dollars, during the last Congressional campaign in Pennsylvania, when Foster ran against Covode, and he consented; but learn ing that the fact got out, he declined to meet tbe drafts." It is in evidence before tbe committee that Wendell let Foster have §2,500 for the r.am* campaign. Now that the Gazette is weekly belching forth its columns of stale lies, taken frofti kin dred prints, badu't it better correct the false hood it uttered and persisted in, in regard to 'Squire Oldham, of Uuion Tp. ? Can the as sertions of such a print be believed 1 The Uovode Committee have traced thirty thousand dollars of the Wendell printing cor ruption fund into the hands of friends of mem bers of Congress, with the understanding that it would secure votes for the English bill.— Hie records show that these votes were given (or it. Peter V. Daniel, one ot tbe United States Supreme Judges, died at Richmond, Va., on Thursday week, aged 75 years. He was a Virginian by birth, and was appointed by Van Buren in 1840. Ho was ultra pro-slavery in bis opinions. BEDFORD INQUIRER. A LIE NAILED ! The Locofoco journals are publishing the following as & declaration made by Mr, Lin coln in & speech at Springfield, Illinois, in Ju ly, 1858: "I nevertheless did mean to go on the banks of the Ohio r .nd throw missiles into Kentucky to disturb tbeui in their domestio institu tions." In order that our readers may appreciate the electioneering ingenuity of our friends on the other side, we will extract from the speech the entire sentence. In repelling pertain charges of sectionalism made by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Lincoln said: "I have again and again said that I would not enter into any State to disturb the institu tion of slavery. Judge Douglas said at Bloomingtan that I used language most able aud ingenious for concealing what I really meant, aDd that, while I had protested against entering into the slave States, 1 nevertheless did mean to go on the banks of the Ohio aud throw missiles into Kentucky, to disturb them in their domestic institutions." When it is necessary at the very beginning of the canvass to resort to such a trick as i* here exposed, the case must be pretty desper ate. Lying of this description ought to be postpoued till just before the olectiou. We ! presume this falsehood will be copied into the Gazette, like all others it can invent or hunt up in regard to Honest Old Abe. SENATOR BENJAMIN ON LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS. Last week Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana, made one of the most powerful speeches that has beeu delivered from the Democratic side of the Senate during the present session. In reviewing the positions of Messrs. Lin coln and Douglas in tbo Illiuois canvass, ho said the former had consistently and maufully maintained the principle which he bad then asserted, ana was rewarded by his present dis tinction; while Mr. Douglas had deserted his aud had been abandoned. In this conuectiou be admitted, that after a careful examination of Mr. Lincoln's speeches, he was constrained to regard buu as far mure conservative than he had beeu represented to be. One of the most effective points of this speech was a comparison of extracts from Mr. Lincoln's speeches with citations from Mr. Douglas' article in Harpers' Magazine, to de monstrate that the latter had used the argu ment an 1 language of the former, to vindicate his owu positiou anil justify nituself with the South. Notbiug so effective has bceu witnessed for a long tiuie, and Mr. Douglas' presence was alone wantiug to unke it overwhelming. TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION.— The "&Sl - Temperauce Organization met ou Monday evening last. An able address was delivered by Mr. Wro R. King. llev. S. Yingliog and others also addressed the meeting. A consid erable number of ladies and gentlemen then signed the pledge. Rev. S. Barnes is to de liver an address at the next regular meeting. A great temperance reformation is now going on this place. Senator Cameron presided at a Republican ratification meeting at Harrisburg on the 25th ult., and made a speech endorsing the Chicago nominees, iu the course of which he stated that his preference was Gov. Seward and expressed the belief that Pennsylvania would have cast her vote for Mr. Seward if he had been the nominee. PEOPLE'S CLUB.— Tho People's Club of Bedford Borough, met on Tuesday evening last. There was a good attendance and much enthu siasm was manifested. Hon. Fr. Jordan made an able address. Adjourned to meet on the first Tuesday of July. LINCOLN AND HAMLIN CLUBS. —Aro our friends at work organizing campaign clubs?— Let there be one organized in every election district forthwith. Bedford County can be car ried at the next election if this is attended to. Tho Gazette takes it very much to heart that we support the gallant oIJ "rail splitter" of Illinois for President. Rest easy, his name will float at our mast-head until he is elected in November. That's so. CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS. —We will send our paper from now until after the PresU dential election for 50 cents, cash. Friends get up campaign olubs. Let there bo light. The New York Tribune's Washington dis patch of May 23J, rcferriug to the very able speech of Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana, says : "He announced one extraordinary fact, which though well known before, had never been frankly admitted. "Both wiugs of the Democracy agreed iu a caucus of the Senate in 1857, that each should maintain its particular theory before the public —one side sustaining Squatter Sovereignty, aDd the other protection to Slavery in tho Territor ies, but pledging themselves to abide by the decision of the Supreme Court, whatever it might be. "This is the manuer in which tho people North and South—have been deceived into the support of the Democraoy, by promulgating doctrines adapted to both, and yet hostile to each other. "Mr. Benjamin proved by the record what question they agreed to submit to the Court, and how it had been decided, reading from the opinion of Justice Taney to sustain bis argu ment. The Illinois Republican contains the follow ing obituary notice of a ODDO popular animal: "Difc'f.—At Charleston, S. C., on tho 3d -ult., the old well known horse Democracy . The above horse was sired by Tbos. Jefferson, and dam(n)ed by Stephen A. Douglas." From the Philadelphia Inquirer. A JAPANESE DESPATCH HOME. Although our Washington correspondent has been unable thus far to obtain anf copies of the Japanese despatches to their Government, a gentleman of this city has been fortunate enough to obtain the sight of a friendly letter of one of the Commissioners to an acquaint ance in Niphon. Uudei a promise to couceal the name of the writer, he has been authorized to publish it, and has kindly placed it in our hands. We iusert it below: FROM THE SACRED CITY" OF WASHINGTON. MOST ESTEEMED HAKODADI We have been invited to visit next in order the great city of Phi-la-dol-phia or "the place conse crated to fraternal aifectioD," the capital of the province which is the birthplace of the American Tycoon. Our reception, we are in formed, will be atteuded with the most august ceremonies that the city ever offers to its most distinguished guests. The Council-men, after examining our credentials, have decided to place us on a footing with "the most favored'' foroign Fire Companies. All the military of the Provinces, ordinari ly engaged in other avocations, will bo in arms. This will enable us to report, from our own observation, upon the extcutof the milita ry power of this vast country. Do not fear that this large display will induce us to act otherwise than becomes the dignity of our na tion; for although we have in our whole em pire but 480,000 soldiers, they are fully equal to maintain our security, armed with two swords aDd entire devotiou. There will also be a great exhibition of "squirts" upon our arrival. These, it seems, ate generally prom inent ou all such occasions, uud have quito u notoriety here. The details of our reception by the Auieri eau lycoon you have in my former letter, lie is called, not Tycoon, but ".President;" some times, however, by a straoge analogy of lan guage, "old coon." i at first thought this au attempt to pronounce our Japanese phrase, but aiu assured that it is strictly idiomatic, and implies astuteness and age. It certainly seem ed applicable to the head of the uatiou who re ceived us. We find it very difficult to comply with the demands of our sovereign, forbidding us to touch the women of this country. Not from any disposition on our part to disobey, but troiu their desire to seize us by our bauds.— i hey are apparently allowed here the greatest freedom, but it is only in appearance. Every woman, married or siugle, is fastened in a cage of bamboo or flexible steel extending from the wait to the feet. This seems to be arranged as to give them no uneasiness, but they are very much ashamed of it, and conceal it under so many coverings that it renders their ap pearance (juite ludicrous. They are unre stricted as to the upper part of their persons, which tbey arc permitted to expose as much as they wish. 'I his they seem to avail themselves of, and on ali occasions of high ceremony wear very low dresses. As in all barbarous nation*, they slit their ears, aud suspeud from them or nameuts of gold and silver. They also paint and powder themselves, and after greasing their hair, twist it into fantastic shapes, and fasten it up with long pins and combs. Some of thorn would be fine looking if they did not disfigure themselves by the hideous and vulgar custom of wearing eyebrows and keeping their teeth white. Be assured, therefore, that we are in uo danger of being captivated by their appearance—we feel nothing but regret thai the barbarous aud absurd customs of man should thus destroy the charms which cultiva tion and refinement would so muoa improve. Nothing strikes us so muoh as the want of respect tbeso barbarians show even to their highest dignitaries; tiiey never hesitate to spit before them, and it requires considerable ac tivity to prevent being spat upon at all times. The custom of wearing one sword, it 3eeuis, originated from this cause, as it enables.you to avoid with greater facility the saliva of your neighbor, Uhewiug to-bacco is much prized, it seems, from the saliva it produces, which is preserved, when possible, in handsome vases of porcelain, and placed in prominent positions. None of the iubabitauts do reverence by crawl ing on their bellies, except after tho election of a new Tycoon, when those in search of of fice come to the central city and perform that ceremony. Those who are fortunate enough to meet with honor from the Tycoon, seldom walk uprightly during their whole term of of fice. Tho uufortuuate applicants become at once censors or spies upon the others, and their silence has to be bought at a bigb price. All public servants have their price, whioh rises or falls according to the necessities of the Ty coon. But I shall reserve my reflections ou political topics till i have another opportunity to address you. Until then rest iu peace. RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.— The Conven tion which was called at Harrisburg to pro mote the building of a Railroad from Eastern Pennsylvania to tho Ohio river, met on Wed nesday week. The attendance was quite large, and the proceedings spirited. Mr. Reilly, from tho committee on perma neat organization, reported the following per manent officers of the Convention. President—Hon. Walter H. Lowrie. Vice Presidents—David Mills, Adams coun ty: W. D. McKistry, Fraukliu: Win. Lyon, Bedford; S. W. Woodcock, Fulton; Hon. F. M. Kimmel, Somerset, A. P. Wilson, Hunt ingdon, Geo. Hensh, Perry, R. J. Jialdeman, Dauphin; W. J. Kirk, Juniata. Secretaries—J. W. Douglas, Franklin coun ty; James Kelly, Fulton; Hon. S. L. Russell, liedtord; J. E. Glasgow, Huntingdon; A. B. Anderson, Perry: W. J. Baor, Somerset; J. M. Woodburn, Cu/iiberlaud; Satnucl Philson and Col. Geo. Noss. Judgte Black, chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported the follow ing PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION. Whereas, It has been made manifest to this Convention, upou the most conclusive evidence, that a railroad from tho city of New York to the Ohio river and tb9 heart of the Great West, may be made for less than $8,000,000, and 20 equated miles shorter than by any oth er route now in existence, through Pennsylva nia, and one hundred and fifty 4 actual miles shorter than by any other route through the State of New York} thereforo Resolved; That a committee of five persons be appointed, for tho purpose of laying these facts before capitalists, aud other persons who are interested tu this great thoroughfare of trade, and inviting their aid to secure the speedy completion of this important enter prise. The preamble and resolution were unani mously adopted. The President announced the following gen tlemen as the committee under the resolution: Tbos. Sbriver, Isaac Hugus, John Oessua, A. P. Wilson and Wilson Reilly. Mr. Woodcock, of Fulton, submitted the following: Resolved, That the committee appointed by this Convention be authorized to call a Con vention of delegates, to meet at such time and place as the committee may indicate. I'be resolution was adootcd and the Conven tion adjourned sine die. \V e take tho following article from the Cham bersburg Times, in reference to our ab'e and worthy member of the House of Representa tives at Washington, and heartily subcribc to every word contained therein: EDWARD M PIIERSOI. Ihe people of this district were peculiarly fortunate in selecting our preseut worthy Rep resentative to attend to ibeir interests in the Na tional Legislature. The campaign into which we were then about to enter required a strong notuiuee, especially as the gentleman who op posed us was personally very popular, and pos sessed surpassing abilities as a public speaker, with an energetic and ardent temperament.— When Adams County presented her youthful favorite, we gladly welcomed him, for he had already made himself ailtate reputation through able political and literary articles which be had written, in addition to his intellectual quali fications, he was known to be an earnest worker, and a man of unblemished character. His nom ination gave general satisfaction, aod his and our labors were crowued with success. Since he has taken his scat in Congress our highest expectations from him have beeu realized; and this district has the satisfaction of knowing that her Representative, although young in vears, has won for himself a place of distinction among a body ot men which bus never been surpassed iu ability Early in the session, be made an effective speech, timely aud telling. It marked him at once, Constant and steadfast in bis attentiou to his duties, his vote is ever found upon the rolls, and always is in accordance with the wishes of his constituents. In ail respects he is a model Legislator. Were there no other sort of Con gressmen at the Capitol, tha business of the country would be transacted in a creditable manner, and the disturbances so common now would bave no existence. We feel confident that a career so honorably beguu will end with splendor, if his fellow citizens appreciate his services, as no doubt tbey will, Rdward McPhersoo will become one of the leading men of the fetate. While the late Illinois State Republican Con vention was in session, the Hon. Abraham Lin coln stepped in to witness the proceedings.— His appearance was greeted with tha utmost en thusiasm. He had hardly taken bis seat when Mr. Oglesby of Decatur announced to the dele gate? that an old Democrat of Macon County, who had grown gray in the service of that party, desired to make a contribution to the Conven tion, and the ofl'er being accepted, forthwith two old time tence rails, decorated with flags and streamers, were borne through the crowd into the Convention, bearing the inscription: ABKAIIAiI LINCOLN. | The Rail Candidate Foa PRESIDENT IN 1860. H 8 Two rails from a lot ef 3,000 made 3 in 1830 by Thcs. Hanks and Abe Lin- 3 B coin—whose father was the first pioneer of Macon County. The effect was electrical. One spontaneous burst of applause went up from ail parts of the "wigwam," which grew more and more deafen ing as it was prolonged, and which diu not whol ly subside for ten or fifteen minutes after. The cheers upon cheers which rent the air could have been hoard ail over the adjacent country. Of course, "Old Abe" was called out, and made an explanation of the matter. He stated that, some thirty years ago, then just emigrating to the State, he stopped with his mother's family, for one season, in what is now Macon County; that he built a cabin, split rails, and cultivated a small farm down on the Sangamou River, some six or eight miles from Decatur. These, he was informed, were taken from that fence; but, whether they were or not, he had mauled many and many better onessinco he had grown to manhood. The cheers were renewed with the same vigor when he concluded Lis remarks. In the Fall of 185$ a correspondent of The Boston Transcript, the President of a College in Illinois, described Lincoln's debato with Douglas at tL.isbury, 111. That paper now re publishes extracts from the description. After stating the reception of the rival champions, the writer continues : "The men are entirely dissimilar. Mr. Doug las is a thick-set, fiueiy built, courageous uiiu, and has au air ot self-eontideuce that does not a little to inspire his supporters with hope. Mr. Lincoln is a tali, lauk man, awkward, apparent ly diffident, and when uot speaking, has neith er firmness in bis countenance nor fire in his eyo. * * * "Mr. Lincoln has a rich, silvery voice, enun ciates with great clearness, aud has a fine com mand of lauguage. commenced by a re view of the points Mr. Douglas had made. lu this he showed great tact, and his retorts, though geutieuiauly, were sharp, and reached to the core the subject iu dispute. While he gave hut little time to the subject of review, we did uot feci that anything was omitted which de served attentiou. "tie then proceeded to dcfeud the Republi can party. Here bo charged Mr. Douglas with doing nothing for Freedom; with disregarding the rights aud interests of the colored man; and for about tarty minutes, he spoke with a pfrwer that we have seldom heard equaled. There was a grandeur in his tooughts, a comprehen siveness in his arguments, and a binding force iu his conclusions, which were sdeut as death; every eye was fixed upon the speaker, aud all gave him serious atteution. lie was the tall tuan eloquent; his couuteuanoe glowed with ani mation, and his eye glistened with an intelli gence that made it lustrous, lie was no lon ger awkward aud ungainly; but graceful, bold, commanding. "Mr. Douglas had been quietly smoking up to this tiine but here he forgot his cigar aud lis tenod with anxious attention. When he rose to reply ho appeared excited, disturbed, acd his second effort appeared to oa greatly inferior to his first. Mr. Lincoln had given him u great task, nod Mr. Douglas had not the time to answer him, even if he had the ability." THE PHILA. NEW3. A correspondent of this paper, writing from CORDOVA, Illinois, under tho date of May 19, says : "I left St. Lou">s yesterday for this dace, trav eling through the State of Illinois, and t.us* confess myself astonished at the rild enthon astn exhibited for Lincoln all along the roo e. At every railroad station there were Luo re j g of people gathered to ascertain if the report r-j C °n e L Ct_ ,' f " hoD * Bt Mt " w what they call him) Lincoln was reaily nominated r'or Pres ident of the United State—they couiu nardlv trust the telegraph wires. The'news was t.o gratifying, they thought, to be true. It over joyed them so much they wanted to be fail - satisfied the report was correct. At 3'reming ton, your correspondent thought there was one of the tallest rows he had ever seen, 'j ie peo ple were crowding and scrambling over each other's heads to get igto tho Court House to hear the full account, and to listen to the speech es, and your correspondent stopped there for some time, just to see what kiud o? an ex v t meut they could get up; and I can assure yu-i .t would have done you good to have Lear J the honest yeomanry seuding up a shout of jv y at ! the result of the Chicago proceedings. Caoeou were brought out, and sent forth, in thunder | tones, the exultations of the people. Ia Illi nois, Lincoln has the people witn hiuo, and ro doubt will carry the State, evea should the "Little Giant" be nominated against him. Per sonally, Lincoln is a very popular man. lie is much loved by ail who know him. In this State, so far, I have fouud but very few Bell men, while a little further South, it was all Bell. A AFFECTIONATE ADVICE FOR THE PKF.SI DENT. —lt is alleged that George Sanders amu sed himself at the Charleston Convention by sending the mostsublimeiy impuient despatch es to the President, of one of which the fol lowing is claimed to be a nearly verbatim copy: "His Excellency JAMES BUCHANAN, Presi dent of the United States: The minority res