Wk ■ —— - ' : ■ *t*i> ' fTiiraaii - .... * BY DAVID OYER. vf)amjM%i #cbrs. X j -Ui.li- IWM. -I'S" So, A' RBIsPECTFUMjV IpEI'ICA-TED TO TUE Ht.l>|Plkl) WAK h'S ' : JWfi| - |! ly.';j.', , . ' tyjr m * : ' " Wide aW:dct*. r 'Wide-Sv;tkeß; 'jj, \ That fecomAovt too 3al.v*:-. . He'd better %v at bite*. * * rhorus-%'ur These red, slick caps red„jphite and b"lrtey-~-Se! \ vHBI Abe f.iocalb is a brilAnt Wide awak-s, And wa|tl stand by bill, lor we Wlie# hoaie y - a So-ut'.r 1- • ■ us—furtt is Htc. udjim to be, 1c awakes; ''m prom Nigger labor stealing free, O! Douglas, get you honje. .fftS- " Chorn^—For it i? <4c. -g^* LlprfSTa and Hatnlfo are our men, Wide awakes, Wide awakes; Abe's got Donglas iD a pen, be bis home. - Chorus—Fc-r it is our whole intent, W ide awakes, Wide awakes; Lincoln shall be President And Washington his home. RALLYING SONG. The wajrdranis are boating; v Prejj;fr<- for the fight! , The people are gathering In strength anil iri might; Flir.g <Ait your broad banner AgakiSfc tbe blue sky With Lufcola and. ilanilii! or .nu-. • ' -3v/ Tfc /. I jjjte Jiwipßunil" ino morw " wBH s>~ The slave-driving mihiws, Sets see, how they iff.' With Lincoln and Jfavcijjwith to the battle, t Airfeail->s and ealnif ■The st-engtn ira >#**/" -jjjfhrow iijt" y r arn; rf\ With ballots for bullets, -k "LeMnis l>e your cry! / .&*> jJFrtb Lincoln and flaiulia T "'ftTF ■ We'll conquer or die' i - ..,..4 djjfe nils. S. S. WHARTON. This gentleman was owaqamously nominated on Tuesday of fast week a t\n,/sif< fr teflonfor euee held in the borough of BeitftW as our party candidate for St ite Sonat >r. Col. Whar ton is a gentleman of good ah/Jity, u®tiring energy, courteous deportment. with some ex perience as a legislator—baring formerly served a session in the lower House—and comes highly recot]iflj|jpdc'(l and well cndotscjj. by many of iiiostactrveiind inliu--ijti.il patty friends in Hunting-ion Coftniy, wlioaJsqHjjige :o hiai a" there is no doubt, although this dis trie i- was unfortunately lost to us three years?'l®iuce> throagli local prejudices an| di. e ?ffeo{ipos.— Our county can, and than double tiic majority cast at that titue, and t'hV -lone will amply secure suecess. As' uu evi • .nce of iiow Col. Wharton a uo initiation was received at home, wo subjoin the following dispatch clipped from the Philadelphia papers : HUNTINGDON, I'A., Aug. 28. —There was a - irge and enthusiastic outpouring of the people o; ibis borough, last night, iu honor, ,of the nomination of Col. Wharton to tU by the Bedford Conference. A procession with bands of music, ' lencies, torchlightsliud lanterns, ui® tbepomi nee on his arrival, aftd die was carrjfed in triumph to the publie where a trieetingjj was organized, wore by Cola W uarton, Major Utfepbcli and 3 D. Kq.— Somerset Wk For brazen Mr. Douglas ha-i no peer am ng among statesmen While he is perambulating the country preaching the j fight of the people to govern themselves, he is gioritviug the Died Scott decision, which makes ''the people" powerless to reguluto their do mestic allairs with regard to slavery. As Lin* Coin pithily says, he holds that it is "coustita ti'-nal to prohibit slavery where it cobstitutiou a. y exists And yet there arc a few men claiming to be nor only honest but intelligent who insist that this arch political swindler bould he made President! Ihe California Correspondent of the New York i ourier aodlnquii-er, says, Mr. Lincoln v< i. receive maiiy thousands of votes there which would nctb'iave been givta for any other prouiineut Republican. A a P er ' Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. * l< !■'?*. !i the Wo&ds ? If I* J ' SfHK he uiade a speech in to The Press, be ue there was no such by the lion; that they couW*not be. /eft without law, and it Jolt owe >J that the Territorial Legisla ture had absolute control of the subject; to de- to deny the right of self govern- Hpr-foe bakis of all freedom. He vindioa- Hplbcwdependence of tbe States as well aa BwPCeiritories, aud held that the spirit of the fe-amers of the Constitution could aloße pre —this was a spirit of hdri^puy, XlflHV'.. the . ;.j House in this city, f Of the hire- Jings Collector of Port, a person Pftu no opinions Lis'own, wW is paid for eridaising Vbe calumnies upon upright uueo.—yestarday alluded to this report of Greft. Foster's S'oaferaot speech, %s follows: . "That truthful |heet, the Pyess, in its edf ■ tion of li|pJt, published 'what purpaa&dj tu.be a lotler from f Somerset, giving a a of a held there, at which tbeH Hon. Jlenry D. Foster spoke. Sentiments! were (lerein stated to have been uttered by | Gen. jjfostor, in relation to the Territorial I tion, wl.ieh we had no doubt, 4ien readiug it, ! were never spqkeu. Since then Gen. l i iiv fois oDv. and wo fi.nd T that, ju>f r.s wl tlie state- : mews of the lett-r arc utterly destitute of , hub, an sueh remarks having 'been made by him, either there or elsewhere." ■KsptH'' to us by L-q., —one of the uiqst iatel£H§!*l> :■ one of the most twain wHV'the jnouutuin omit Ties of ou^^mK-h iim-.clf will vouch dy's -'iimigftt.y aud veracity, as he is $■ wi firmest and blest friends. y The question now arises, r Foster authorized this denial or coutradiction :in the Ousttuu House newspaper? There uwst . be no more baiking or boggliug oh thispCub -7 AVetMwiyc not objected to the free and easy df'siiiking the Presidential issues io the October election, in order that General Pos ter may bo made Governor of Pennsylvania, because, novel as this plao is, it originated in •good inKCnfiußS.' We have gone far out .of I our way, aa an independent journal, to help gladly ignoring hia o • -mixing. exdtiyjMu 1857, when he brfy a ofe>matibn ofe>matibn to avenge a persoQaß^k^- a; taohjid | a the 'umeriaTTntereHts' of*reidfcl ?MCause he lahoryiti ItonenjHp s ind We lafcjbm consented to let- •••him takd lus c o u •juriughnHtira idgo iu t resi donlpl cauvuss, Ukiu'g it for gi|Mtd|fct he fmpiittiizcil-with bis own Deuilertttiti! people the We£t;"who Douglas, with rare oepujona. * Dut we will not permit any man, not even <feneral Foster, to place us in the.attitude of iAgrepresentltehi# opinions by fabricating re of We have not forced to doctriries npon him. We have not dernaud biui_to speak out for Douglas, the regu- DpWioel&tic candidjWe for .President. Wo ipve qjaly he should uot lend 'uimself to a plot by yijieh the suffrages of the 'Democrats of this Stfto should he traded off for a rank Disunion nfoveiuent, and Jot an ini pudeut and irregular nomination. Now, as wo have artiola in the Cus tom House paper derivi#! significafcee fiotii tne fact that that paper u the mere relection of a few men iu office, wiffe whom General Foster is iu daily communion, and it alio assumes a oertain importance in eotmection with the ru mor, unhappily too well authenticated, that he favors a fusion electoral ticket, which, appoint ed upon the moral obligation to support the regular DcwocAtiq candidate for President, is intended to deftroy bim. The earnesftrießds of Judge Douglas, how ever they General Foster's weak ness in constautty eonsqjiing with the enemies of" that iilustrigjuji gladly greeted his Somerset jfro-agk in favor.of the great prin ciple of and they stood, and I BEDFORD, stand, ready to rote for him upd^9yjtf&ra], But marhe^.-ott^^H^SlMi I 9 agSpts UJ -■ o efflnot wake :a r speech i<yWfeffet iitul di 'av^t in FhiJfi gefcjjjthe tens of iisviDa^^^jmPu^ofEco^^LsarjC'e pte rouu- .Valley aud i Tfr ltailrprfa,' as requested and employed % do by yqiir Secret iry, Mr. A. B" AlWereon. Lwas agrecahiy opou jwspectioii of /the country otflfr Wiych your rofrfojb es?| pccted to pass —for tbe%eputation rough aoi unsettled region. The plough of tbe fanner 111! evidently not been idle here, ami instead bl rough ravines, 1 found bighl^MHppt^ valleys, prodaoing as luuch-tjo . more accessible b'"i' ; Juniata ailW^iPvlfete:. | Its for the practicability of Jot a Railiray, 1 never have doufefod There are |sjjj|Jfconsidcrable hills, to%a - nuini'ng. through it; but t the direction of your road, an 1 art separated by the cultivated valleys to chich i have al luded. These valleys present- the uittuADun dulationa which of oourse must be expected, from J£ m 1 of streams heading in them and running both ways. But these are not moun tam djtrea ms.v they take their sources in the debrits of thcmUls,aajl their inclinations towards RMPipls 11 ofxnose water eouises whose fountains are D in the gorges of mountains them <Vel ves. The uridulatioqis iffo therefore easily over, come by end fiieuTdlreciiyi. road is Coinpctle<to eaaNjfcu rlope of the riu go jah t c the Potomac itself egjfaa.,f 'l y !! nf l be be. yp' I >an be found , West Branch 1 JPKu! be im proved. Jf am iflvieJ !i bt savwfg sum, however, c Lebuon Valley KSfflroad iu Dauphin with which road tho mtitiopolu is now c^B* My idea is that on WitlVurcck, where you connect mH.Cup nellsvllq rqad, will pro wimbw. dual sw be vflspy nearly the exact middle pomfof <fis tanoe Wdtween Barrisburg and im this rem*. The distance of Bridgeport eicdb rtuinus of your great railway, being to spectively 135 miles. /. From nt®|flisbarg to Bfv >po?t tc cost as stated, say aS es timate of Mr- Litrobe, Pjre'wJtjut opthee'i bUrg and r fo- 4beH<iiodSt of-wwk remaining to btWorre > ihat under. t, is three milJionsSt® bufdreij thousand - Wgp,, AiiM distance to rofla. Qfrrinburg to oan The sylvatlta Railroad, from Philadelphia to Har risburg, are far less favorable than those of the chain of railways from New Jfork to llarris burg. The graduation of the Pennsylvania Kuil Road along the 6osqaebanua and the Jdniati, to the base of the Alleghenics, is better than ours to a homologous or similar point, though for the same distance the curvature and thn infrequency of bridges arc both in our favor. But in crossing the Alloghenies the graduation is 50 per cent, in our favor, and while our decent to the Ohio is uninterrupted by any ascending grade, the Pennsylvania Railroad is impeded by high iu ration as the maximum we have established tor tbo most difficult parts of our route. I /eel satisfied then, as far as it is possible to be so without actual measurement, that the assertion we made to the world, in our Con vention iu May last, will he borne out by the facts when they shall have beeu duly ascertain ed, namely : That the connection between New York and the Ohio can be completed on a route entirely distinct from that of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which shall be twenty (20) equated miles shorter than the Pennsylvania Railroad connection, aud that the said proposed con nection will not cost more than $7,500,001£5^ This route, for its whole distauce from Haisjb risburg West, passes through a rich, beautifoii m i 3i}d portion of Pennsyl .T&ina.and wijijt it is not in a fiue agricultural it bo in tltfolate contact with JE^ W%- 1 3I "J GCWFEFCEA, r V \ ory your obedient servant, ML j wokjialu c. /•;. Dtogtart Sherman's Modern 1} emocjffiirVd wliii 1 the Time! | hlwltk ID !! I )We hold these truths -self-evident that a\\ men are creatvi equal: tSfci they are en dowed by their Cr®t?r with ciTfcuu inaliena ble rights, auiong which are and the pursuit of happiness.— Declaration of In dependence. 1 DON'T CAKE whether Slavery i 3 voted j up or voted down.— S. Jl. Douglas. -itw ei It is among uiy first wishes to see softie-plan j sdopted by whiab Slavery in the country may 'he abolished by iaw.— Washington. | ••£ J DON'T CAKE whether Slavery is voted *kor voted down.—S. A. Douglas. T&tjLl deed. 1 tremble for inv country,when I r*a| ti/Ct God is just; that his justice cannot | sleep for&wer, that considering numbers, nature | and natural means only, a revolution of tie 1 wheel of foituoe and exchange of situation is j among possible events; that it nr:y beccmo pro bably by supernatural infiueuce, the Almighty cas no attribute that can take side with us iu | such a contest.— Jefferson. 1 DON'T CAKE whether Slavery is voted : up t.r ro^Afiown. —S. A. Dougl s. WeftSJpWiad tliis evil (slavery,) has prey i ed tlpoti the very vilayjjjLUie Union and has been prejudicial to which it has 1 jDON'I" CAKE js voted 4i&]A. Doui'i corruption, oonsent, ad rwith a curious "SWWJBMflakd what the <M U1 " 1 • ■ ."MMMU .• , the eiecto u; ■ | <WByttf<aa'iOD of the lb rr "l" (jWBRfcTf i tbcrii is a ' cei ' ) our •• c •' l 2fjßM>eeoiuiuj s*#.*n at their uieet a(Mbt the princ ter-<kelter after ijMof Wet 'le.t ttbat ®*ovKßSdit t ] ISO'"* V In a few weeks—in less than a month the people of Pennsylvania wiH bo called on to elect a Governor. We are now in the stormiest days of that election campaign, and the ijues .tioo, Who should be Governor? assumes a uiorc birring importance as the seooud Tuesday in approaches: it assumes an importance, pufiiouot in every particular, iu which the oe of the Commonwealth is not only cou ' having able and if h|; uiore trit*' 1 be very i*er there is:f tr knows nfj j ( j his nauiel* | ty ticket?* 1 J 1 battle w.- r k JF TOOf ; party w I * duct ot ft( | i .he su ( .r. The AH?® 1 " decfcrul It/orca an power of the government . iMa;ur ne xr gone. A Republican majority for PKiUt, tg.to corn• would be worthless and id meohpwy but a Republican Governor — ¥ ALL HAIL' BEDFORD' i It was our pleasure to be present, on Tues i day evening last, at a meeting of the People's party in the Borough of Bedford, and we can > say without exaggeration, that for an impromp • tu meeting, as it was, we have neither seen or • hearrd of anything to equal it since the memo- t laydays of 1840. It was one of those Btaaeous (Jutpouriogs of the people, which i we see when great interests aie at st,'fee, and dWen thejfKiiee of eternal truth and ■ justice is heard through all the land asserting ■ their rights and inspiring popular heart . | with an enthusiasm as wild afplil® wind, and tj as powerful in, its effects againM whatever it is U directed, as the hurricane. . |j No hall in the Borough being large enough y.to contain one quarter of the immense ctosfe, meeting was orgauized in the public square, rf which was beautifully illuminated by the torch es of the " Wide-Awajies," who were out in ,-Jafge numbers, splendidly equipped in uni form, aoa -beaded, when in procession, by a band of martial music. The first speaker introduced to the audieftce was Dr *S. E. Duffield, of this place, who pro ceeded to addiess the people in bis usual clear, , forcible and argumentative manner, during which he was interrupted by cheer after cheer and round after rouud of applause. The doc tor's speech was most logical and eloquent, i and the multitude fully appreciated its merits, took the sraod, and fairly electrified the audi ence by his eloquent manner ftud great depth ;of argument. Next euine fur able represent i ativo in Congress from this the Hon. ' Edward McPherson, wb4jacquittesl himself ad mirably, as he always <IUs, and rendered to I his constituents, \a(bo werwpreseut, a faithful ! account of his tiieir represent ative tn the halls W'our' National legislature. 1 And lastly came very icnr horse of the people—onlW th-akollesi champions that ev er wore great and glorious cause —HoniWranf JwTn his own elo quent ar,^ in laid hare the stirring music of the drum and fife, banner of the free as it made melody in the breeze, and tbe soul-cheeriug shouts for "Lin i coin true and Hamlin too !" rekindled the tires ; of 1840, andrfienc the blood bounding through | every vein with the impulse that animated it , when uiarcbing with the Sage of Ashland and ! the ilero of North Beud. Bedford County is ready for tbe conflict— all honor to her gallant mea^^^//o Re ilou. Ldtrard McP^crtftii. \Y e have no doubt that many of our readers j will be pleased that the gentleman | above named has been tfhauimously .nominated • for re-election to Congress fromt-Tfae Adams, ! Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Moi*ta District. According to the one-tenu vailed there, th - this year widkae J which bad the State exeelkntwH in ilie profits of his labor for Who should be Governor? Tbo people will soon be called ou to decide. Betweeu Henry D. Foster and Andrew G. Curtin they cannot long pause. While Foster struggles for an j organization that he hates and fears, Cuitin is i contending for principles of equal utid oxact i jtisiice. While Foster stands treuibl : ug be > tween the factions in bis own party, unable and I unwilling to decide as to their regularity aud the justice of their principles, Curtiu is pre sented by a harmonious organization of men devoted to the uohiest purposes, and pledged to sustain the most patriotic principles. While Henry I>. Foster is denying bis devotion to the interests of his State, in order to secure the support of federal officeholders, Andrew G. Curtiu is daily defeudiug aud advooatiog those interests. Who should be Governor? Tbo people will answer, Andrew G. Ourtiu!— Hairhburg Tele graph. PENNSYLVANIA THE BATTLE GROUND. The uiiuiuas ai the *<■ ' ' ■ •• ■ OPX uy al joounjj the election of Henry I). lister, uud vheu that is accomplished, they calculate on an easy victory iu November. To do ti.is the slave bo iers of the South have uuited with the doughfaces of the North, oof.tri£;utiug their VOL. 33, NO. 37. AMERICA!! TRACT SOCIETY PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH. The quarterly report of H. N. Tbissell, the superintendent tff this Branch, embodies the details of the personal labors, sales, and grants of 9L colporteurs on this field ; Blowing that in the quarter ending June 1, including sales at the depository, they circulated over sll,- 400 worth of publications, addressed 677 pub lic meetings, made 42,241 family visits, united in prayer or held religious conversation with 27,316 of those families, 5,924 of which, em bracing nearly 30,000 souls, habitually neglect the house of God OD the Sabbath, and 2,319 of them bad no Bible. One colporteur, who has labored fourteen years, had visited nearly every family in Blair and Huntingdon counties, and many of them repeatedly ; and in thia time had furnished them by sale with volumes, or $14,- 000 worth, and distributed gratuitously 7,000- 000 pages, ilis circulation had annually in creased, and the last quarter it exceeded any quarter siuce he began his work. Another, who had visited 384 famlies, and conversed and prayed with 296 of them duriDg the quarter, relates an account of the conver sion of aD intelligent gentleman by the blessing of God on the reading of the American Mes senger. Another, describing the destitution of his field, says religious books would never go into some parts of it unless carried by the colpor teur. Persons had shown him tracts and books which he sold them three or four years ago, which had been the means of their conversion. Some had been active in promoting Sabbath schools. Seven colporteurs, during their connection with the Society, report the organization of 125 schools. Many other cheering facts might be enumerated, if our limits would permit. During the months of May, June, and July the Committee have commissioned 120 colpor teurs, including 74 students, to prosecute this work in twenty-three states. Will not all who appreciate the gospel as the means of salvyjjpti give this work their prayers and efficient cooperation < U. S. Senate, pending the consideration of those very imgfc-tant Bills—the TarWpthe Home stead, aduAhat for. the of Kansas— th#vo;oe of Stephen Arnon@&)uglas was never ||ieard. Ilisifriends andpartisan supporters, excused biin on /the ground that "his throat som that it was doubtful if he could public;" butT no sooner does jHpui'n than bh is heard all over the bellowing at the top of his voiced likeljJliroe yqurling Bull, tusking stump l es ofhiji own election deney. s- J JW.a r mere The Hfrm&urg* Daily £*fa contest F u p!L B t^^y^jp^^ o / or our o'clock. rec 'P roßi "' the preffcot atglE—one side to main? It is business and J^ il ' I a crusade on society by breaking up MB"ations of husband and wife. To degrada jumanify by enslaving the body and soul. To iheapen labor either by depreciating it, or eaviog it unprotected and unencouragcd. i'uo leaders of both factions in the Democratic party are struggling alone for free trade aud tic cxteusioQ of slavery. The friends of ouo candidate opeuly admit their indiffereuoe as tj the result, while the other as shamefully de eiire their adhcusiou to tree trade aud slavery extension. Wo ask again, if the people of i ennsyl vania are willing to be corrupted by the gold derived from a Southern traffic with slave dealers ? If they are, theu will these factions succeed to power, again to disturb tho country with their quarrels and excesses, ant} again to arouse a bitter political and sectional warfare. If they are uot —if they are in favor ot progressive freedom, the protection of labor, ibe homestead, the peace and prosperity of the North and tho bculb, under liberal, wise and patriotic legislation, they will yotefor 4.udtew (i. Curttn, re-elect a Republican delegation to Congress, and secure a Republican majority in both branches of the Legislature, for the pur -3 of electing a Republican Uritcd States ator. We must achieve such victories, or viil fail iu November. We must accept proposition ot making j'eunsylvauia tho !u fielj and route our pie-bald enemies in bcr, or they will gather courage ayd gth for the tight in November, defeat us the country needs the exercise of Re can principles iu its government, and ar lur progress iu the great race of the s of the world, at least a hundred years, eloping our resources aud iutproviug our ry.— Har. Tel. thcr sot of Deiaocratio (Jaudidates for ent and Vice President would ecern a ut the Baltimore Jljnerican informs us, pursuance to previous enuouncemeut, ' me Uouiocrati, of St. Mary's county, Md., as j souubled in large uumbers at Leouurdtowu, on the Ist., and uominated Judge Taney and Sfud. Nelson, of New \ork for Presidcut and Vice President of the Uuited States. I Judge Taney is ooinewlut over eighty, at tbo least.
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