BEDFORD INQUIRER. [
BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday Jlamliisr, Sv. iiO, IS6O.
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
D. OYER—Editor and Proprietor.
Tbe last Gazette is sorely exercised iu try
iug to account for the defeat of its party in
Bedford County, at the last cl ection, when we •
carried thoConnty by '2Bl votes over tbe llead- 1
ing ticket, and bv 181 votes over all opposi- ;
tion. It try? to make it appear that the di- '
minished vote of its party since the October
election was cause'! by its voters staying at
home. Tuc cause of tbe diminished vote of
its paity is as follows: At tho first election
nearly every Dell man (and there were S6 of
them) voted for Foster, and they voted for
their own candidate at the last election; a
great uiauy of its friends who voted for Foster
changed to Lincoln at the second election, and
some few stayed at home, as they always do.
We lost as many voters on account of our tri
umph, as the Loerfooo party did on account
of its defeat. Wbv, the Bell men gave them
the County at the first election. If they bad
voted for u?, as they did for the Locofoco?, we
would have'earried the County, high and dry.
As a matter of course, wa leave to the Gazette
the gratification rf showing the oauscs of its
Datty's defeat. We have had some experi
ence in these things ourself, and oan appreci
ate its pbeelitiks !
As to the typographical mistake that Lin
coln bad 181 T( t:s over Foster, it may make
the most of it. We bad written it "overall,"'
and the compositors made it Foster. The ta- j
bio in our paper of that week, and the article i
itself showed it to be a mistake. Iu the satnc
paper in which it ot'empts to make capital
against us ia regard to 'his overs'ght, in an
article headed "NuliiSoation i:t Pennsylvania,"
in which it attempts to libel the North, it says,
"some nine or ten of tbe Southirn Stites"
"have passed laws or had judicial decisions
nullifying ODO of the compromises of 1350,
the law for the reuditton of fugitive slaves."
Now this is a lie, whether it intended to say
Xouthira or Northern.
EDINBURO REVIEW.—The October number
of this splendid Review has keen received.—
Its contents are, "Recent Geographical Re
searches;" Memoir? of the Master of Sinclair."
"Max Mu'ler's Ancient Sanscrit Literature;"
' Grotius and tie Sources cf International Law;"
'The Churches of the Holy L ind;" "The Grand;
Remonstrance;" "Scottish County Historic?;."
"Braiu Difficulties;" and "The Uuited States
under Mr. Buchanan."
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, for Oc
tober, la* el so fceeu received. The conteuts
are, "Tho Briziltati Empire." "Deaconesses;*'
"Public Sohcol Education;" "Wills and Will
mbking, Aucitut end Mourn;"Kliot's Novel*;"
"Arrest of tho Five Members by Cuor'es tho
First," "Iron-.Sides and Wooden Walls;" and
"Competitive Examinations." These articles
are all powerfully written, on 1 these Quarterlies
are among the greatest in tbe English language.
They are aIo cheap, and nearly every one can
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Fork.
CHURCH DEDICATION.—We neglected to no
tice iu our lu.-t, that the new M. E. Church, at
Blcody Run, was dedicated on Sunday week.
The Dedication Sermon was preached by Rev.
Mr. Crever of Cumberland, in a discourse of
grevt eloquence au l power. In the afternoon,
a very able sermon was preached by Rev. Mr.
C< necr. Mr. Crever also preached in tho even
ing. Tho Church is a very beautiful edifice,
and is called "BarnJollar Church," in honor
of tbe venerable Jacob Baiudoilar, who built
it at a cost of over 51,000, and presented it to
tbe congregation. The whole community owe
him a debt of gratitude for tho aiuuicifent
gift.
Tbe oeremouiuS were superintended by the
Rev. C. Closrer, the p;s'or iu cimrco.
The traitors at the South—with the "aid and
comfort" of those at tLe North, liko the Bed,
ford Gazitic, who arc making excuses for their
treason—continue their agitation, it his re
sulted in a great financial pressure in South
Carolina, their Bank paper teiug sent back,
and credit often refused, (i'cr who warns to trust
those who breathe out repudiation of all com
parts?) This may cause some trouble to North
ern Back?, who should .decline to furnish tbe
atsews of wtr to those who act th ourselves up
as a foreign pet pie. ,
It is btheved "resident Buelianan will take
a true stand upon this new phase of Nullifica
tion, iu bis foi Incoming Message to Cougresg.
We issue our paper eatlier than usual, ibis
week, in order that all hsnis may observe
Thanksgiving Day, Maori in g t> la*.
MR. COBB SHOULD BE TURNED OUT. —
The St Louis New?, a licll and Everett paper,;
does not liko the retention of Mr. Cobb in the
Cabinet. It suys: "Mr. Cobb, Secretary of
the Treasury, denies the report that he inteuds
to resign bis seat in the Cabinet. At the
same time he openly abeta the Seccssiou move*
merit iu Georgia, the objeet of which is to sev
er his native State from the parent Confedera
cy, and erect it into a foreign power. At this
moment, Mr. Cobb is an avowed enemy of the
Union of which h* is a Cabicet Minister, and
.is scon as Georgia shall have withdrawn from
the Confederacy, he will be a foreigner. Is it
right that such a man should be a member of
tbe Cabinet? - During the Nullification strife
in 1832, Mr. Calhoun resigned tho Vje Pres
ideooy to sido with bis S.ate. llut Mr. Cobb
is iuespable of such an act rf delicacy BDd
consistency, ilo clings to bis office in the
Union at the very lime that he urges his State
to withdraw from the Uoion."
WHAT SHOULD WE DO HERE?
Under the übove caption, tho New Orleans
True Delta has an article to show that, if Lou
siana secedes from the Union, as the vote of
the country parishes would indicate her tem
per to do, the city of New Orleans should se
cede from Louisiana and set up un independent
community for herself, l'ha Delta aonounces
itself as with those who believe the people of
New Orleans can best preserve their rights
and their liberties, their prospeiity, tracquility
and freedom, by setting up for themselves, and
cutting loose from the entiDglements insepara
ble from a combination rf interests so divetse
and principles so incompatible as are those ex
citements between populations strictly com
mercial on one side, and exclusively agricul
tural on the other.
Douglas carries New Jersey by 3,000 ma
jority.—Gazette.
This is ouly another of the Gazelt's false
hoods. The three Douglas electors may have
bec-n eleoted by that majority, but they wore
voted for by the Breckinridge men, the Bell
men, and the Douglas men. The whole seven
jusion electors would have been elected, bad
the Douglas men. stuck to the ticket, like the
others.
BEDFORD LYCEUM.
The members of the Bedford Lyceum will
plca&e assemble tt the Court House, on Satur
day evening next, at 7 o'clock, I'. M., for the
purpose of reorganizing said Lyceum. All
persous interested in its success will please at
tend.
"Wir.MQT'3 DISTRICT" nebly redeemed their
pledge for 10,000 majority tor Lincoln, as fol
lows :
Lincoln. Fusion. Dougla?. Bell.
Bradford, 7,091 2.188 9 22
Susquehanna, 4 470 2,548 *2 6
! Ting?, 4,754 1,277 11 9
16,316 6 018 22 37
0,072 22
I Lincoln over all 10,213
In 1852 before Douglas & On. violated the
Missouri Compromise—this same District gave
Fierce 2,465 mnj. over Scott—a change of
12.708 votes in eight years !
An act of retraction has been done to Mr.
I Gerritt Smith by the New York Democratic
| Vigilaut Association,in withdrawing tho charge
: they undo a yeir ago, that Mr. Smith was itn
| j Reared tn tho instigation of the John Brown
; raid. They say:
"We are now convinced that there vra? no
ground tor such connection, and wo thercforo
take this opportunity to make he correction,
and to express out regret for the error and for
' the wrong dno to you.
ylt seems proper that we shoull also say
that the address iu question was chufly com
piled from articles in the newspapers, an l that
before its publication wo were assured that ifs
statements wire current."
it is said, pi r contra, that some time since
Smith commenced suit for slander against
there gentlemen, and that they have settled by
writing this letter and paying SI,OOO each,
which sum Mr. Smith intends to devote to
chui: atdd purpose?.
I ST. LOUIS, NOV. 2L— The different military
companies of this city met at their armories
last night, when Gen. Frost gave theta Oca.
Stewait's final order?, which we-e to proceed
at once to the frontier.
Several speeches were uaado by the cffi:ers.
Quite a number of recruits outside of the
companies enrolled themselves for the cam
paign.
The Btigadc, about GOO strong, will leave r.t
10 o'clock to-morrow morning, by an extra
traiu to Syracuse, aud thence proceed across
the country to the scene of the disturbances.
We learn that the Bank of Commerce, in
this eity, is consequence of the high prices of
exchange and inability to procure coin, dosed
its doors ye.-terday (Wednesday) morning.—
While wc are somewhat surprised at this iutel
ligeuce, we are yet sat sfied that the paitics
engaged in its management have done their
utmost to prevent the result. The suspension
may possibly prove only temporary; bur, if
otherwise, wc believe all accounts will be fully
liquidat d.— Erie Gazette.
The Bedford Gazette, a rampant Democrat
ic print, attributed Cut-tin's large majorities
iu Erie aud other Oouuties to tho "importation
of voters from New York." What will it say
now, in the face of tbe fact that Ltuooiu's ma
jority ts nearly FIVB HUNDRED larger iu Eri-'
County than Curtiu'a? Where were ttiey im
ported from! The charge was not only wholly
unfounded, but supremely lidiculoua.— Erit j
Gazette.
NMMM ITOUIRER.
Reports and Rumors from \Xashing
(on.
Wc take from the mass of Washington cor- J
rospoodvooe now found ; n our exchanges some
of tho reports and rumors which find eireulu
tiou in the Federal oapitol:
THE PRESIDENT ON SECESSION.
There is no division in the Cabinet on seces
sion question. So far from it, no consultation
has yet been had upon it; so the President him
self declares. *
In an interview this eveuing between the Pres
ident and some ardent secessionist?, Mr. Buch
anan took strong grounds against secession wiih
| out resorting first to conciliatory measures.—
lie could not believe that the mighty West
would permit the mouths of the Mississippi to
bo held by a foreign power, which both Louisi
j ana aud Atkausas would become in case of their
| withdrawal from the Uuion. "Sooth Carolina,''
; he said, "wishes to enter into conflict with me,
j a conflict with myself—and upon tho drawiug
of the first drop of blood to drag other South
ern States into the seeessiou movemeut." The
President did not intimate what he would do
I iu tha'i event, tie admitted that the South had
suffered great wtonge at the hands of the North;
but the federal compact wes not to be brokeu
up precipitately, and without reasoning aftd ro
fleatioo. first appeal to the North
for justice to the South, and if it was denied
them,'then,' said the President, emphatically,
"i am with them."
All the icports received by tho President
from tbo South are of tue gloouiiett descrip
tion. lie says: "I see uo gleam of sunshine
yet."
The question cf the acceptance or non-accep
tance ot the resignation of the South Carolina
offijo holders is stilt in abeyance. None ot
the resignations have as yet been definitely
acted upon. The resignation of United States
Marshal Hamilton, ot South Carolina, was re
ceived to-day by ibo President, and placed on
tile for future consideration.
The Presidcut does .not appear to be much
coucerued about the proceedings of iho coming
session of Congress, lie is of opiuion that it
will no; be so violent as the lust.
The usual semi-weekly sittings of the Cabi
net arc being held, and no more.—A'eiv York
Herald. -* *
VIEWS OF THE CABINET.
That a difference of opinion exists among
the members of ho President's Cabinet touch
ing the light cf a State peaceably to secede,, is
known by every well informed person here; but
that this difference of opinion has led to suy
unpleasant difficulty iu Cabinet meeting, is
wholly uutruj. Nor are the Cabinet divided,
as stated in tho Herald's despatches. Gov.
Floyd is erroneously represented as defeiffng
tho right Of aud taVor*o;i e to SCCCMsion, while
Ueu. Cass is very open In Lis opposition to it;
yet the latter does not believe the Union can be
kept together by f'oreo,
f i'hc right of President Buchanan to enter
tain and carry out Lis owu views is not ques
tioned by auy Cabinet office*, and he is prepar
ing these views for hi> Messge. While he will
deny the tight of peaceable secession, be -will
show that he has uo legal power to prevent w.
ludependeut of the difficulty of there teicg
neither Federal Judge nor Marshal iu South
j Oarolioj, the acts ot 1795 aud 1807, tho only
ac;s in force on the subject, give biiu no autbor
f'ef using either the militia or tho Federal
| foices to cutoree the txecutiou of tho Uuited
States laws, after Congress has Lei a iu ses-iou
j thirty days. Tbe power must ooufo from Uorj
j gress. Bach is the view of Mr. Bacbauau, after
j a thorough examination of the subject by biui
self aud Attorney Geuer.il Black, and ou {his
he will aot, without objection ou lite part of his
! Cabinet, seusatiou despatches to the couirary
j uolw'thstandiug.
The impression is more firmly fixed hero to-
I day than ever that a dissolution of the lltiion
jis inevitable. 1 nut satisfied that tho Cabiuet
i has iuilo h( pe of the reverse. The enlarged
j edition of tne John Brown raid, now going on
;iu Kansas, wiii still more inflame the public
| mind at the Bouth, aud the impression is that
unices the Northern Butcs put down the brakes
| at once, the train uiu-t run off the track with a
i general smash up.
Dealh of llcnry K. Mroug.
lion, Hettry King S'roog, of this city, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon, at the Bt. Law
rence llotel. The iuteliigeace wiii to learned
with sorrow by a large circle of acquaintances
I here aui throughout the Bute. Mr. Strong
was in his 64:h year, having been born March
i -J, 1797, at Pttiatield, Mass. Having received
| a liberal cducatiou, he ws tor some years
: principal of -a seminary at his native phce.—
! When twenty-seveu yeats of age, bo removed
j to llarruburg, iu this State, where he studied
1 for the bar, and was admitted to practice.—
i But we .-ire not aware that be ever pursued
I that profession. He started a weekly news*
j paper called the Pennsylvania Intelligencer,
\ which lie conducted for scute years, earnestly
! supporting the Whig cause. For several year!
he was Btatj Librarian, aud übout the year
1344, came to reside iu Philadelphia, t out lin
ing here ever siuce, except for a short period
which ho passed in Illinois. The coal ianhs of
tuts Bt.aie had received much of his attention,
aud he bad large iuierosls iu the Schuylkill,
Dauphiu and other coal distriits. it Is doubtful
wbotber any una iu tho Btrte was better in
formed concerning coal property titan Mr.
Strong, lie was elected to tho Legislature
from this city, iu 1894,1855 and 1850, during
the last named session having been choser.
: Speaker. Last year he was again elected to
j the House of Representatives. He uado a
j most valuable member, und his opiuious carri
led with them weight. During the election
j eanvuss of the prestut year, he devoted him
self to the cause of Curtin ani Ltucoln, and
contributed much to tueir success, lie was a
geutlemuu of great intelligence, a sound poli
t.cian, and a in.u of liberal and geucrons liii
| pulses.— P/iila. Bulletin.
j PUTSBURG, Nov. 23.—The Batiks of this
city, wiih tbe exception of tho old Bauk ot
Pittsburg, suspended specif paymentr to-uay.
The Bank of LVtsburg pays specie on all its
liabilities, os it did during the suspousion of
1857. Jr
GOVERNOR WISE.
NORFOLK, NOV. 23.
Ex-Governor Wise has offered his services
to Governor Gist, of South Girulim, in oase
ot an emergency, arid if not required by Vir
ginia.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION—MEET
ING OF LINCOLN AND HAMLIN.
OFFICE-HUN TERB AT CHICAQO.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22, 1860—Mr. Haiulin,
Vice President elect, arrived this morning, and
took quarters at the Tremont House, where
Mr. Lincoln is stopping. At about ten o'-
clock this forenoon they were introduced to
each other, it being the first time they have
met since their nomination. Although they
were onoe members of the same Congress, Lin
coln in the House and Hamlin in the Senate,
they never before formed an acquaintance, or
even had an introduction. Mrs. Lincoln, at
tended by Mrs. Dodge, of Spring6eld, Mrs.
Don Piatt, of Ohio, and GeD. Robinson, of
Pittsburg, Pa., and Mr. Gage, landlord of the
Tremont, who introduced the parties, were
present duriDg the ceremony.
Mr. Linooln and Mr. Hamlin, upon meeting
avoided all stiffuess or formality, and eutered
into a social etyiversa tioo, which was soon in
terrupted by an invitation to visit the famous
Wigwam, where they were nominated. The
invitation was accompanied by the announce',
oicnt that this famous building is about to be
torn down, and therefore the visit must be
made at ouce. which was done. The Presi
dent and Pice President elect, accompanied by
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Piatt, aud attended by
several gentlemen, accordingly entered car
riages and proceeded to tho Wigwaiu. After
a short tarry, tbo party visited the uew post
office, custom Louse, aud United States Couit
building, and returned to their hotel..
An unusual number of political vultures are
in the city from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, New York, lowa, Miunesota, and
Massachusetts, and a large Dumber fiorn differ
ent parts of this State. They seem deter
mined to rush upon Mr. Liocolu, aud occupy
his timo from more important duties with Mr.
liattilin and others, whom ho came to see on
private business. Rut Old Abo set his face
against seeing them to-day, and fixed tbe hours
between ten and twelve to-morrow, when he
and Mr. llamliu will receive callers.
Hen are bore witbpocktts full of Cabinets,
and any quantity of highly importaut ad
vice.
Mr. Hamlin will leave here to-morrow eve
ning fur Wisconsin, on a visit to Senator Do
little. He will re'urn on Saturday or Monday
and proceed to Washington, via Cleveland,
Ohio, paying a visit to Ssuator Wade cu
route.
Mr. and Mrs Lincoln will probably return
home on Saturday.
Indiana is harmonizing. Mr. Lane, Gover
nor elect of tbe State, had an ambition for the
United Btates Senate, but a pressure Jra.s been
made upm him to remain Governor for two
years, and then succeed Bright, and allow Ca
leb bunch to succeed Filch ou the 4tb of March
next. 1 his progiamme poiuts ti Schuyler
Collax as the Indiana candidate for the Cabi
not. lie will be Postmaster General or noth
ing. A. 11. Currier aud Johu D. Dofrees, of
Indiana, are here urging Colfax's claims.
E. B. Washburne, M. C. of this State, and
his brother, W. D. Washburne, of Minnesota,
hive been here to-day, and had interviews with
lii#colu-uod llautlin.
By oouitesy, the State Department will be
offered to Mr, Seward, who will decline it.
It will then undoubtedly bo offered to Mr.
Bate-, of Missouri, who may accept it, if ne
gotiations now going on are successful.
AN AMATEUR DIRT EATER.
Mr. Dougli*, in his speech at New Orleans,
congratulated his auiieuce en the fact that ibo
"Conservatives had a majority in both branches
cf Congress." When it is recollected that
soven-eightbs of these "Conservatives" repre
sent the ptrtzans who preferred defeat from
tho Republicans to au election who seceded
from the National Conventiou siuiply because
there was a probability cf bis receiving the
nomination for the ITesidenoy this remark
shows that the little giant has within himself
all the qu.tlilies which consiituto a first class
Hit tearing doughface. That he should re
joice because tbe tire eaters under Yancey sud
others, who broke up two conventions iu order
to insure bis defeat, have the power to cootrol
tho uetion of Congress for a brief period, ar
gues lit tic for his much vaunted tuinly spirit.
These "conservatives" will have a majority in
the United States Senate, and if Mr. Douglas
Was presented to them for a leading position
ou an important committee, they would tira
from I- u with the same loathing and disgust
that they did at Chat lesion and Baltimore.—
.Mr Douglas is aware of this, and yet ho de
grades himself and humiliates bis friends by
rejoicing in the prospect of his traduoer.s gain
ing a temporary ascendancy in Congress.—
Biucc suou is the effect of democratic associa
tion on a nun who possesses the ability to
make ana me tor himself, we do not wonder
that- the veiy title of 'democrat' has become
odious in the estimation of the people of the
tree North. It really seems as if tho support
ot slavery aggression by a Northern niitt bas
tbe efleit to paralyze his sensibilities that ho is
incapable of receiving insult from his political
masters. If the treatment which Mr. Douglas
Las received from tbe South, within the last Bix
utotstjs, cannot drive him from its service, it
w tuld be difficult to conceive what amount of
ill ustgo wcul l have tint effect. It is certain
that whatever service he may render to the
slavery propagandists hereafter, must be a
mere labor cf love. They (iospiso him too
tuuafl to trust Liut with any responsible posi
tion, and if he follows theui in tho future it
mu.-t be iu the eapaoity of at: unwelcome oautp
follower and a suspected intruder.— Pitls'nirg
Gn ze tie.
Garibaldi has resigned his dictatorship into
the hands of Viator Emanuel, and gone home
to bia rude farm on tlia little island of Cepre
ra. Alter uniting Sicily and Naples, with their
uiuo millions of poo.plo, to the Italian Kingdom,
tho liborator returns t> the simplicity of bis
peaceful seclusion, refusing both wealth and
title.-, enriobod iu Dothiog but glory, and the
mingled admiration aud affection of the world,
if hi>t ry records any where the life of a hero
tuoro disinterested, utnro brave, more faithful,
endowed whb more substantial magnanimity or
a more sublime simplicity of character, we do
not kuow it. itily may well look upon him
with pride and gratitude, but be belongs to
humauLy even more than he belougs to her.
Virginia you. Heel. —The Richmond fin<
quirer says Bell's majority iu Virginia is 250;
the Whig says 200, and the Dispatch says
254.
The Result in New Jerse) .
We olip the following from the Trenton True
Democrat , of yeaterday:
We wake the following table, giving the Re
publican and Fusion majorities:
Fusion. Repub.
Atlantic 326
Bergen 613
Burlington 1600
Camden '25
i Cape May 150
Cumberland 1148
Essex 948
Glouster 800
Hudson 1532
[ Hunterdon - 795
Merc6r 322
Monmouth 850
Morris 600
Middlesex 633
Oeean 691
Passat 0 499
Salem 60U
Someiaet 304
j Sussex 400
I Union - 300
; Warren 230
6575 6761
6575
; ltepub. maj over four Fusion Electors, 186
Massachusetts.
Lincoln. Douglas. Bell. Breck.
Essex 14805 4277 3188 889
; Hampshire 5184 1743 299 522
; llampdau 4588 578 182 229
Franklin 4061 914 135 328
Norfolk 8804 3590 2987 453
J Bristol 7854 1752 673 465
I Pl> moth 6855 1423 1874 284
1 Barnstable 2367 134 343 408
; Dukes 342 115 58 64
Nantucket 437 32 76 69
Middlesex 17580 4794 7022 936
Worcester 17275 5217 1905 422
j Suffolk 9723 4606 5164 876
j Berkshire 5297 2833 240 198
| Total- 108,272 33 839 21,831 6094
Liuooln over Douglas, 74,433, over ail, 40,-
508.
For Governor, Andrew (Rep.) has 102.646-
i Beach, (Doug.) 33,976; Lawrence, (Bell) 22,;
: 362; Butter, (Breck.) 5,736.
Netr Hampshire.
Lincoln. Douglas. Breck. Bell.
: Rockingham 4,084 2,290 385 100
j Strafford 3,231 1,868 249 40
' Belknap 1,981 1,786 48 4
J Carroll 1,076 390 36 5
Merrimack 4,795 3,819 279 49
Hillsborough 10,048 6,765 332 98
Cheshire 2,806 1,500 104 17
Sullivan 1,318 662 45 11
Crafton 3.924 2,605 273 35
Coos 150 149
Total 33,963 20,026 1,624 329
Liucoln over Douglas, 9 937.
Rhode Island.
Lincoln. Douglas.
Providence 7,202 4,875
Newport . 1,610 879
Washington 1,519 834
Kent 1,216 657
Bristol 667 762
Total 12.244 4,707
Majority for Liucoln, 4,537.
The Herald's Slanders.
Those readers of newspapers including
Governors aud old and young public function
i arie*, who depend upon tho JYew York Herald ,
| for their supply of faots, are continually bluo
. deriug. That journal startod the slander that
! Pennsylvania had passed a lawJiuterLriug with |
the execution of the Fugitive Slave law of i
1850. Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, swal
lows this as truth, an i comments on it in the :
letter we published yesterday. Other South- I
eru Governors and nearly all the Southern edi- i
j tots, are now repeating this Calumny.
The simple truth is that Pennsylvania has ;
passed no law at all in reference to negroes or I
fugitives, since tho Fugitive Slave law wis j
passed by Congress. There was a law passod I
by our Legislature in 1817, to prevent the |
stizuro of fugitives "in a riotous, violent, tu- j
multuous and unreasonable manner." But it
says nothing about their arrest in a legil and ;
proper way. This law was signed by that j
sound old Democrat, Governor Shunk, and it
was incorporated into the new code, which was
revised by three equally sound Democrats, aud
was approved by another sound Democrat, i
Governur Packer. It docs not in the least
interfere with the proper execution of the
Fugitive Slave law, aud it would uover have
been pretended that it could so interfere, ex
cept by an unscrupulous caluuiinator like the
The New York Herald. There is no State
where thcro is a more willittg obedience to the
federal laws than Peuusylvania. The Fugitive
Slave law has been better executed here than
iu any other State in which cases have arisen
under it. Ttie Legislature has doue uotuing
whatever to iuterfere with the recovery Qt i
slave property escaping into Pennsylvania.—
Pfula. Bulletin.
South Carolina Secession—The Views
of the Administration.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.
Letters coi.tnuo to be received from Sjuth
Carolina sayiug that tho people of that State j
have no quarrel with tbo.Prcsident ; but, how- !
ever, as secessiou. on tho assembling of the
Convention in December, is spoken of as certain j
to take place, the probability is that the j
questions growing out of secession will have to !
be practically dealt with by the preseut Ad- |
miuistration. From all reliable iufonuatioD
received it does not appear that there are any j
persona of iuflueuco in South Carolina opposed ;
t> secession,
'I ho opinion obtains in official quarters that
though tho South has just cause of cotuplaiut
agaiust the North, uo State is justified to se
cession nor revolutionary movements, net at
least until every constitutional aud legal
measure o:' redress his been exhausted. That
no State has tho right to commit any aet which
would have tho effect of precipitating such a !
condition of affairs as would induce other
States to join her in a disruption of the Union.
Purser T. B. Wallo has been ordered to
Chailestown Navy Yard.
LITER PROM_ CALIFORiVU.
ELECTION RETURNS.
LINCOLN STILL AHEAD,
ST. JOSEPHS, Nov. 23.
The California advices to November 10, by
pooy express, was by some mistake, brought
past hort Kearney, and arrived here this even-
I iog-
The steamer Sonera sailed cn the lOtb for
lanarno, carrying three hundred and four
passengers and $920,000 in treasure, 820 600
being lor New Y<rk.
It is believed that the total vote of the State
will Dot be very far from 115,000 v- 3 . -pae
returns already rcoeiveu inoitido 105.868 of
which
Lincoln received 35
D°ogl® 33,336
Breckinridgo 09
, . 6,942
Lincoln's majority over DuUglus is 1,150.
These returns were all received by telegraph
m more J ban ono hundred messages, and mis
takes have probably occurred, and the official
returns may be required to determine certainly
whither Lincoln or Douglas has carried the
State. Douglas will probably gain a few bun
dled votes in the remainder of tho State, but
the probabilities are now in Lincoln's favor.
As near as can be ascertained, the members
of the Legislature stand as follows : Senate
9 Douglas Democrats, 5 Breckinridge, and 4
Republicans. House—4o Douglas, 21 Breck
inridge and 19 Republicans. Of the 17 Sen
ator* holding over from Inst year, 11 are un
derstood to be Douglas, 4 Breckiuridge, and 2
Republicans. Under these circumstances there
are already numerous Douglas Democrats •-
piring for Dr Gwin's place iu the United States
Senate. Among theui are Governor Downey,
General Denver, James A. MoDougall, and S.
W. Ingo.
Fresh Troubles lu Kansas.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 21.
The Government has just been officially in
formed that Capt. Montgomery and his eomua
ny have commenced operations tn Kansas
again by hanging and killing their opponents,
and tbreatiniug to compel an adjournment of
the land sales advertised to take place during
'he month of December.
Several days ago, letters were received from
responsible sources, addressed to the proper
authority, statiug that Capt. Montgomery ha.-,
a force of probably five hundred men, with
plenty of arms, ammunition, and other material
aid, and that from time to time warlike sup
plies have been received by him from tha
Noriii. The writers also say tbet the demand
to adjourn the land sales would be resorted to
as a mere pretext for raising an armeß foree,
and that the real object of this lawless organi.
zaliou is a raid, first on the frontiers of Mis
souri, and theu on Arkansas and the western
border, to avenge the punishment of Abolition
emissaries.
Gov. Medary has recently communicated
some impoitint particulars relative to Capt.
Montgomery's reported alarming movements.
Orders will be fortbwiih dispatched ordering
the Uuited States troops in Kansas to such
points as may be necessary fur the promotion
of the Ltud Officers in the performance of
their duty as well as the public property
menaced, including Fort Scott.
We ore sure the public will not believo the
report which the Border Ruffians of Southern
Kansas and Western Missouri have started with
regard to Capt. Montgomery and the Free
| State men of that region. Capt. Moutuomery
is not merely a bravo and true uian, tut ho is
anxious for peace and justice, and only the
must intolerable wrongs ever goaded hioj iuto
the field of combat. Fort Scoit is a well
known Border Ruffian stronghold of long
standing, wherein all manner of robberies anil
outrages hove been plotted and set on foot
against the Free-State men UDder tho pretense
of devotion to "Law and Order." The recent
clearieg-out by military force of the settlers
on the Indian Neutrel Lands south of Fort
Scoit was among the last of theso outrages. —
When the wnole truth comes out it will ap
pear that Uapt. M. anl his Froe-Stite neigh
bora have only done what tbey must do or be
driven iuto exile. All tnay not remember that,
when the whole country was ringing with
charge* of wholesale robbery, arson, treason
and murder, sgiint Capt. Montgomery two or
three years ago, he coolly walked up to the
Federal Governor and surrendered himself to
take his trial; and 110 grand jury could be in
duced even to fiud a bill against him. So, we
tru.-t, he will vindicate himself now.— JV. Y
Tribune.
The enemies ol tho Union iu the South bavo
a difficult game to play. Tbey must ignore the
Declaration of Independence, written by a slave
holder, and violate the Federal Constitution,
the basis of all their recent domauds upon tho
tree States. They must trample under foot the
Farewell Address of Washington, and the proc
lamation of Jacksoc, (both slaveholders,) and
reject all the admonitions of every leading
Southern statesman in favor of the Union—in
cluding CUy, Grundy, Wrn. R. King Win. 11.
Roane, audf Ambrose H. Sevier; and tbey must
follow the example of John C. Calhoun. This,
with the fact that tbey have no cause for their
preseut conduct, somewhat embarrasses their
position.— Philn. Press.
CURSES COME HOME. —Some journals, which
have been tryiug for months to convince the
South, that, as soon as Lincoln is inaugurated,
he will cross Maon & Dixon's line with fire
and sword and liberate all the slaves, are now
beseeching bim to ooino out with an address and
assure the South that they have been lyinq!
POTTSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 23.— Tho Bm'k of
Poltstown has.suspeudud specie payment. Its
notes will be redeemed in Philadelphia
heretofore.
Morrissey, the pugilist, is said to have won
SB,OOO in betting on Lincoln's election.