THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
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The Latest News.
Judge Terry has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of San Francisco, for killing Senator
Broderick, and placed under $lO,OOO bonds.
The fifth barn was burnt at Reedsville,
Mifflin county, on Saturday night last.—
It is now suspected that a woman dressed in
man's clothing, had done the mischief—but
no arrest has been made.
The Harrisburg Daily Telegraph of Mon:
day, says :
This morning between one and two o'clock,
Mr. John 0. Rockafellow, a gentleman well
known in this community, while laboring un
der an attack of mania-potu, jumped through
his chamber window on the third story of
the State Capital Hotel, and falling on the
brick pavement below, was almost instantly
killed. He was picked up and carried into
the bar room, and in a few minutes breathed
his last. Mr. Rockafellow was a gentleman
of considerable wealth, and of fine social
qualities, but strongly addicted to the intoxi
cating cup.
The following extract from the Richmond
Enquirer of Friday last is a specimen of the
late editorials of that journal :
" What have the Governors of Pennsylva
nia. and Ohio done to protect a sister State
from the lawlessness of their own people ?
And what has the President of the United
States done to guard a sovereign State from
lawless invasion Nothing ! We have been
left to our own resources, just as though Ohio
and Pennsylvania were hostile States to Vir
ginia, and as though no Confederation exist
ed. The silence of the Executive of these
States, and of the Union, is almost a tacit ad
mission that the Confederacy has virtually
ceased to exist, and that each State must pro
tect its own sovereignty.
" We cannot understand this ominous si
lence. Here is a State of the Union arming
her people and assembling her forces; other
Southern States tendering the aid of their
military, and all the preparations of actual
war on foot, and the Governors of adjacent
States issue no proclamations warning their
people to desist from unlawful schemes, of
which, they have been duly informed by the let
ters of their own citizens; and the Executive
of the Federal Union sits a silent and indif
ferent spectator to the marshaling of hos
tile forces.
" We sincerely hope these efficient Execu
tives may not be disturbed by a collision at
Charlestown, but should such an event arouse
them from their singular indifference, they
will have themselves -to blame."
The Enquirer forgets that Gov. Wise took
great pains to announce to the world at the
commencement of the Harper's Ferry diffi
culties, "that Virginia could take care of her
self."
BALTIMORE, Nov. 27.—A steamer arrived
from Norfolk with two companies of military
numbering a hundred and seventy men.—
They will proceed to Charlestown by a spe
cial train to-night.
Two companies, of one hundred men, left
Charlestown to-day, for Wheeling, to guard
the Ohio line.
The Virginia " Cadets" and over one hun
dred volunteers, numbering in all, over two
hundred men, went up in a special train this
afternoon.
These reinforcements will make the force
at Charlestown over 1,000. They are quar
tered in the court house and churches.
Every car that passes through, is searched
for armed men, at all the stopping places in
Virginia.
What new information has been received
has not transpired. There seems, however,
a determination to keep up - the panic.
The military movements, it is said, grows
ont of a confident belief that an attack will
be made to-night.
It is said that Gov. Wise and Mr. Hunter
profess to have received information that an
attack will be made to-night.
Companies from all parts of the. State have
tendered their services to the Governor; also
four companies from Georgia, and one from
North Carolina., The services of the latter
have been declined.
The citizens of Rockinham county have
tendered a hundred mounted men to proceed
to any point the Governor may require them.
The Richmond Dispatch. urges the people
of Virginia to stay away from the execution.
It says that visiters from other States, if they
aro permitted to be persent at all, will be
assigned a position where they can do no
mischief.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Additional milita
ry from Virginia passed through Washing
ton to-day, on their way to Charlestown.
CHARLESTOWN, VA., Nov. 27.—A1l is now
comparatively quiet. We have exciting ru
mors occasionally, but we are getting used
to them. They have been so numerous, thiit
if a genuine attack was made the people
would be likely to consider it a joke or a
hoax.
The howitzer company of Richmond, who
returned to Richmond with Gov. Wise, ar
rived here to-day.
Gov. Wise professes to have received infor
mation after his return which induced him
to send them back.
The barns of Thomas H. Willis were set
on fire yesterday, and destroyed. Loss
$2,000.
The P. O. Organ and its Clique
CHAPTER I.
Knowing the object for which The Union
was established, we have carefully avoided
being drawn into a controversy with it until
now, and we ask those of our patrons who
dislike newspaper quarrels, to permit us to
"pitch in" for a few weeks, that we may ex
pose to broad daylight, the rotten political
scamps who are the stockholders in, and dis
tinguished head of that refined sheet.
A few weeks ago, we stated that some of
our subscribers east and west, did not receive
their papers regularly, and we expressed a
hope that there was no disposition on the
part of those connected with the P. 0. De
partment, to " double team" us—and this
was the extent of our offending against the
dignity of P. M. Colon, and the only thing
we had said that was calculated to impress
our friends with the belief that we were being
unjustly dealt with. The Post Office organ,
The Union, owned in chief and controlled by
said Post Master Colon, immediately pitched
into us, and endorsed the falsehoods of the
Journal. We proposed an investigation of
the manner in which the duties of the office
had been discharged under our term, and
since that time, by Mr. Colon. He declines
to go into such an investigation, but shows
a willingness (over the left) that the people
should know what means were resorted to, to
defeat Mr. Wm. Dorris, Sr., and secure the
office for himself. To gratify him, we are
willing to commence with the petition of Mr.
Dorris, and will give facts that neither %Vm.
Colon nor his man Friday, R. Bruce Petrikin,
dare deny. Mr. Dorris, asked for the office
only in case the Department should determine
upon making a change, and his petition was
signed by almost every male citizen of Hun
tingdon. Of course, we could have no ob
jection to his petition—it was perfectly fair
and honorable—but we have ever contended
that political offices of profit should be given
to party men, who labor and spend their time
and money to secure success to their party.
We had assurances from Wm. Bigler that we
would certainly he continued—that he had
seen the P. M. General, and learned from
him that our removal had not been asked for,
and that we would be all right when the time
for making the appointment should arrive.—
So the question stood until it was rumored
that Judge Jeremiah S. Black, high in the
Cabinet, was opposing our_continuance.—
Immediately, Black was written to, and his
answer dated May 22d, (now in our posses
sion,) informed us that "until very lately"
he had no doubt that we "ought to be ap
pointed," but as we persisted in advocating
the sale of the Public Works, they (the Cab
inet) had determined upon removing us from
office. On the day after the reception of
Black's letter, Colon came into the Post Of
fice, and we informed him that he might
stand some chance for the office, if he was
opposed to the sale of the Public Works, and
if he could take that position, he had better
make application, as that was to be a test of
Democracy by those at Washington having
the disposal of the office. ;We urged others
to make application, but they could not be
persuaded to come down upon their knees
before Porter, Brawley, Plumer & Co. Not
so with Colon. The dollars and cents in the
office were sufficiently weighty to put him in
proper position, and the next day he called
upon our citizens for their signatures, and
after traveling our streets up and down, " the
laziest man in all the town," he succeeded in
persuading about seven free white men to
sign his petition. His next move was to get
a letter from us in his favor and in opposition
to Mr. Dorris—in this he failed, as we had
no recollection of him having spent the first
cent of his own money for the success of Bu
chanan or any other Democratic candidate.
True, he did splurge through the county with
the Band, but it was done by contributions
from some of the liberal citizens of the coun
ty, added to which he had pocketed a snug
pile of "aid and comfort" from abroad. He
was thought extravagantly liberal with his
money, until it was discovered that he was
turning a handsome penny in the transaction.
His petition ready, in less than twenty-four
hours after, he was in Washington with Bruce
at his side, ready to "put Mr. Dorris through,"
but they found that Porter was there, and for
the purpose of defeating us, he bad already
made a favorable impression for Mr. Dorris.
Colon and Bruce at once " pitched in," and
on the third day, after they had made many
able speeches before the Cabinet, in which
they argued that if Mr. Dorris should be ap
pointed, the Republicans would, through his
son, have entire control of the office; and as
the son was Attorney for the Penn's Rail
road, the same objections could be urged
against the appointment of Mr. Dorris, as
were urged against us. Finally, after many
truths bad been told with the desired effect,
to please his willing tools, Porter withdrew
or deserted the papers of his old friend Mr.
Dorris, and Colon was appointed.
If Colon did write several letters for us, as
he says he did, we should like very much to
see their contents, for we well remember that
he declined to put his pen to paper for us,
until after we had received Bigler's letter in
forming us that we would be continued.--
Then, and not till then, did he offer us a
letter. But after he learned that Porter,
Brawley, Plumer, Black and Buchanan were
opposing our appointment, because of our
desire to have the sinking Public Works dis
posed of, like Bigler, he too had nothing to
say for us.
Thus endeth the first chapter.
CHAPTER IL
On the first day of July, 1856, the Post
Office was removed to Colon's Book Store,
located at " Five Points," the jumping off
place for all refined displays of rowdyism
and indecencies. Hundreds of times have
we heard citizens say that females could not
call at the office without running a great risk
of being insulted by rowdies congregated at
the door, or be compelled to hear the most
profane and indecent language. And up to
this time, the annoyance to our respectable
citizens continues to be the same. The du
ties of the office, too, have been neglected by
the P. M. A letter containing over a hun
dred dollars was found in the gutter in front
of the office, three or four days after it
had been placed in the office by one of our
citizens. The office key for opening the
mails was picked up on the pavement, and
we saw it in the possession of a gentleman,
twenty miles from town—fortunately, how
ever, the gentleman was honest, and returned
it to the office. We might mention other fail
res to comply with the instructions of-tite
Department, but we defer them for the pres
ent.
CHAPTER 111.
After being urged for months by a large
number of our personal friends, to open in
connection with our job printing office, a
book and stationery store, in December last
we made a small opening, and immediately
we. were threatened by Colon with an opposi
tio.n Democratic paper and job office. For
months, Colon could not find a man willing
to accept the editorship of his new paper,
and was at last compelled to take R. Milton
Speer, after we had refused him a situation
as assistant editor for the Globe. We knew
Mr. Speer to be a violent anti-Lecompton,
man, and if we had stood in need of the
aid of an assistant, his youth, and want of
experience, and great desire to distinguish
himself; was a sufficent objection to giving
him editorial liberties in our paper. But,
like Colon, his principles were of afree and easy
kind, and he found no difficulty in taking the
editorial chair of The Union, a paper estab
lished to defend Buchanan in all his faults,
as well as to crush us out if it was possible
to do so. The paper has been in existence
for over three months, but, as yet, Mr. Bu
chanan has received but a very slight, if any,
support for keeping its owner in a fat office.
Perhaps all that is demanded by Mr. Bu
chanan is, that his organ shall continue to
abuse better Democrats than himself, or any
connected with the Union clique, that the
Republicans may more easily succeed in 1860
—if so, he has the right men in the rizbt
place, and just so long as he feeds them,he
need not fear that their consciences will dis
turb them in the least.
Chips
"It makes ell the difference in the world whose ox is
gored. When Lewis was Post Master, the Journal repeat
edly charged him with official misconduct."—Post Master
Colon.
True, charges were made then, and repeat
ed now by men of similar character for truth.
You are at liberty to back those charges by
any evidence you have or can collect. We
are prepared to back all charges we make
against you. When you want the evidence,
you can have it.
'Lewis is no sooner kicked out of office than he commences
a tirade of abuse against his successor, which is known to
be false by every man in this community."—P. M. Cbton.
Hope you don't hold us responsible for all
the abuse you have received from white and
black for neglect of duty? "We have never
mentioned it," until very lately. Indeed, if
we had felt disposed to complain, it would
not have been done in expectation of having
you interfered with so long as you obeyed
political "instructions" from head quarters.—
If the charges we make" against yon are
" known to be false by every man in the C 0712-
munity," we challenge you to give the name
of a single one, or more if . you can find them,
who knows'them to be false, and you shall have
the use of our columns to make us out the liar.
" John Anderson feeds and owns you."—P. if. Opion
If you mean John P. Anderson, we have
only to say that we wouldn't want to be fed
by a better man; but there must be a slight
mistake somewhere, as we have been under
the impression that quite a respectable num
ber of friends have had a hand in feeding us.
We may be mistaken. We shall test the
truth of your assertion, however, by ordering
a supply of feed for the winter, and if he owns
us, he certainly will not refuse to feed us.
" Yon wroto to Pershing last fall for VW, and got it"—
Cctivn..
If we_Mid, we done well—and you have
acted the part of anything else than a gentle
man towards Mr. Pershing by connecting
his name with that little arrangement.—
With Mr. P's permission, we will have some
thing more to say upon the subject. Per
haps we may find out where the money is we
did not receive. Two hundred dollars, and
we got it ! Good.
"Lewis wrote to 'Washington: 'lliave carried this coun
ty, and I ALONE! I'"—P. X. Colon.
Too strong to be swallowed, whole. Give
us the documents. We helped to carry it for
" Old Buck" a little further than it will ever
be carried for him again.
"Ills (our) subserviency to Anderson—who voted for
Buchanan under protest—killed him (us.)—P. N. Colon.
But we didn't stay kilt—and that's what
troubles you and your masters at Washing
ton. Perhaps the distinguished editor of
your organ, who has his knife ready for
slaughtering, may next try his hand at kil
ling us. We are still alive, and Anderson, if
willing, is able to feed us, if nobody else
will. - .
A FREE EXHIBITION Or A NATURAL CURI
OSITY-" a white and black slave."—R. Mil
ton Speer says he has never heard of " a white
and black slave," and is anxious to see one.
If he will follow our advice he can see the
critter free gratis for nothing,' which will
be a saving to the Post Office, or to some of
our citizens, of at least ten cents. Robert,
stand up before thy mirror, look into it, and
behold thyself—a natural curiosity : "a white
and black slave," with white skin, but with
in, a heart as black as the skin of a genuine
African. If you should find any difficulty
recognizing yourself, call to your aid the
" Big Yank," or his lap dog, who can satisfy
you from experience, that it is just as possi
ble for a slave to be both white and black, as
it is that there are white black birds. Bar
num need not come to Huntingdon for such
natural curiosities—he will soon be• able to
get them at Washington at half price.
Vir Hon. Jacob Fry, present Auditor Gen
eral of the State, is strongly urged by the
Democracy of the eastern counties of the
State, for nomination by the next State Con
vention as the Democratic candidate fOr Gov
ernor. The following extract we take from
an article in a late number of the Montgom
ery Ledger, and print it with pleasure.
" Mr. Fry is a descendant of the good old
German settlers of Montgomery county—the
same stock that gave Pennsylvania her la
mented Shunk, and the former was the per
sonal and intimate friend of the latter. Mr.
Fry has represented Old Montgomery four
years in Congress, two years in the Legisla
ture, and has for the last three years filled
the important office of Auditor-General, sa
ving by his watchfulness over the State finan
ces, and determination to make all corpora
tions live up to the strict letter of the law in
returning their taxable property, thousands
of dollars to the Commonwealth annually.—
If the Democrats of Pennsylvania wish to
present a popular candidate and tried states
man, they could not do better than nominate
Mr. Fry."
THE DEFEAT OF GEN. WRIGHT, THE DEMO
CRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN NEW
JERSEY.—The Hackettstown (New Jersey)
Gazette says:—
" GEN. WRIGIIT IN Sussm—ln Sussex, a
county that alone should have given Mr.
Wright a greater majority than received by
Mr. Olden in the whole State, and where the
divisions of the party in reference to the Le
compton folly of Mr. Buchanan had just been
compromised and healed, the wounds were
opened afresh by the removal, on the, part of
the Administration, of a worthy and popular
Democrat from a petty post office, on account
of his entertaining principles in harmony
with those of Judge Douglas, and also with
Mr. Buchanan when he was elected in 1856.
The result is, that this staunch Democratic
county—always good for from 1,500 to 2,000
Democratic majority—gave Mr. Wright but
a meagre majority of 635."
ger The Huntingdon Journal and Hun
tingdon . American will, after this week, be
united, and one paper take the place of the
two. John A. Nash and Samuel G. Whitta
ker, both practical printers, will be the edi
tors and proprietors of the new paper. The
press and part of the Journal materials have
been purchased by Mr. Lutz of Shirleysburg,
for the purpose of commencing again the pub
lication of the Shirley sbur g Herald. Mr.
Brewster retires to private life—peace be with
him.
tip' Our young friend, Mr. Robert B.
Brown, of the Brownsville Times, has been
circulating himself amongst his friends in
this neighborhood for a few days. We would
not suspect him of being in hunt of a
well, that's his business, not ours. We are
pleased to learn that he has a paying estab
lishment, and that he will soon be able to sup
port an assistant.
OE3-The Wheeling Intelligence). of Monday,
says : We learn that certain suspicious-loOk
ing boxes, consigned to the vicinity of Har
per's Ferry, have been detained at Benwood
Station, supposed to contain blunderbusses
"and things," for rescue and insurrectionary
purposes. Previous to the Harper's Ferry
outbreak, and since, a number of coffins, sup
posed now to have contained arms, passed
over the road.
g Ut nix etz.—The learned scribbler of
the P. 0. Organ, after spending years at
hard study, is not able to read or spell cor
rectly the most common latin. His head must
either be empty at times or he has grossly
imposed upon his profession. "Ut mix etz"
—go to your books you blockhead, and never
expose your ignorance again. Quiz 22,24 X et
zed.
g*D'' Dr. W. G. Bigelow of Reedsville, lost
his barn by fire on yesterday two weeks.—
Most of the articles in the lower part were
saved. It was not known how the fire origina
ted. Several barns in the neighborhood have
been destroyed by fire during the past three
or four weeks.
Vir We should like to have an opportuni
ty to look upon and take by the hand the ed
itors of the Middleburg Weekly Tribune.—
They print a most excellent independent pa
per—and feel right towards men like them
selves. Bro's. lieintzelman & Young, send
us your pictures, taken as natural as life.
Ste- New York, at the late election, elec
ted a •Democratic Canal Commissioner, the
State Engineer and Surveyor and the Secre
tary of State, with the aid of the American
party, by small majorities. The balance of
the State ticket elected are Republicans.
Diar Congress will meet on the sth of next
month. We shall keep our readers advised
of everything of interest that may come before
the honorable body.
The Excitement in Virginia
Governor Wise Visits the Prisoners—Brown
Beady to Die—Cook Wants . to be Shot—
Wise Urges Them to Prepare for Death—
Military on the Ground.
CHARLESTOWN, VA., Nov. 22.
Governor Wise is here reviewing the mili
tary, and in the afternoon he had an inter
view with the prisoners. The Governor
urged upon them the necessity of preparing
for death, as the sentence of the Court would
be carried out, without any interference on
his part.
Brown declared himself ready to die. Ho
justified his course, only regretting his error
in not allowing the train to pass without in
terruption.
Cook said he was willing to be shot, but
always had a great repugnance to hanging.
Governor Wise said that Coppeo was the
only one that he had ever thought of com
muting, but he had now determined to hang
them all.
Governor Wise, yesterday, --received a dis
patch from the Governor of South Carolina,
tendering him any amount of military aid,
in the defence of Virgina. Mr. Wise replied
by thanking him for the offer, but assuring
the Governor that Virginia was able to defend
herself.
The Richmond military were all ordered
to return home yesterday, but the people
protested against such a course, declaring
that if there was any necessity for them to
come, that necessity still existed. Finally,
Governor Wise ordered two Richmond com
panies to remain, and also the Petersburg Ar
tillery.
Several of the Richmond companies started
for home this morning, and others will go to
morrow.
Governor Wise and his staff left this morn
ing. He expresses the intention of having
a thousand military present on the day of
execution.
Anonymous Letters from the North—The "No
ble Sons of Liberty"—Rescue of " Old
Brown"—llfore Stariling Developm - ents.
The Richmond Enquirer publishes extracts
of letters received by Governor Wise from
"reliable persons" in the North, detailing the
plots of secret organizations for the rescue
of Brown and the rest of the insurgents.—
The names of the writers are not given, and
the tone of the letters show that they were
written for the purpose of " hoaxing" Gov.
Wise and adding to the fears already exist
ing among the panic-stricken Virginians.—
We subjoin extracts from letters purporting
to emanate from Harrisburg and Lewis
burg :
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROH DAMUSBURG.
" I will reveal to you a conversation be
tween myself and a man from this town, who
has traveled recently through New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. His state
ment is this : He conversed with a man in
Ohio who told him that he knew the North
too well not to reprieve those men under sen
tence; and that if you did not reprieve them
they would certainly rescue them. He was
then told there, by .a man who was favorable
to the South, that there was certainly a move
ment on foot to rescue them with aid from
New York."
" He says the New York people are deci
dedly in favor of rescuing him (Brown.)—
Consequently I think it would be right and
proper to be well fortified in case of an emer
gency. I think it would be well to have a
considerable force at Charlestown proceeding
the day of execution."
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER PROM LEWISBURG,
UNION COUNTY, PA., NOV. 15, 1859.
"As a friend to the constitution and the
Union, I feel it my duty to apprise you of a
sworn, secret and lawless hand of fanatical
Abolitionists and Black Republicans now
forming in this, as well as several other
counties in this State. The principal organi
zation is in this village, and auxiliary socie
ties exist in the neighboring towns. They
call themselves The Noble Sons of Liberty,'
and as far as I can learn, number about five
hundred in all, and are led by Capt. Smelly,
alias Limber Jim,' an ultra Abolitionist of
this village. They are armed with a pair of
Colt's revolvers each, and design dropping
into Charlestown and the adjacent places by
ones and twos, so as to avoid suspicion, and
when all are collected at Charlestown, at a
certain signal, pounce upon the jail and de
mand the release of that old villain, John
Brown, now a prisoner in the hands of the
judiciary of your State. The reason for
using revolvers is, that they can be carried
about the person without attracting attention
or exciting suspicion. The exact time for
collecting the forces of the brigands above
mentioned, I could not ascertain, but they
will go to Charlestown in disguise, and most
ly by night, which, I believe, is a plan adop
ted by their ringleader.
"Thus far they have observed the utmost
secresy as to the existence and object of their
association, and to avoid suspicion on the part
of all outsiders here, they will leave gradu
ally, so that their motives will not be suspec
ted until a day or two' previous to the execu
tion of Brown. * * * I was ushered into
a large room, where, to my astonishment, I
found about seventy-five persons congregated,
and seemingly conversing upon some topic
which they wished kept secret. * * *
Whde I was in the room several persons
were initiated, and took the oath of mem
bership."
A Guard along the Line—An Alarm—Panic
Among the Nervous.
CHARLESTOWN, Nov. 23.--Governor Wise
left Harper's Ferry this morning for Rich
mond.
After the departure of the Governor, Col.
Elliott addressed the military, telling them it
was possible that they might have to undergo
arduous and perilous duty, and he felt satis
fied that if the venerated Commonwealth
should be invaded, they would effectually
wipe out the stain.
Last night, at 9 o'clock, an alarm was given
by one of the sentinels firing his rifle.
Military orders were immediately sounded
from one end of the town to the other, and
the panic among the women and children,
and some of the men (whose nervous systems
have become much disordered by the late
events) was very great. Shutters were closed
and lights extinguished in quick time.
The excitement continued until 10 o'clock,
when it was ascertained that the sentinel had
mistaken a cow for a man—that she would
not halt when he commanded, and he fired.
ANOTHER ALARM.
At three o'clock this morning another alarm
was occasioned by the report of three guns.
A sentinel came rushing in and reported hav
ing hailed three men, who, instead of halting,
fired at him.
Scouts were sent out, but no men could be
found, and the town was in an uproar for the
balance of the night.
The fact is that the, soldiers regard their
present occupation as a frolic, and it is be
lieved that some of them, under the influence
of whiskey, were playing pranks on their
comrades.
All has been quiet to-day.
HARPERS FERRY, Nov. 23.—Major General
Taliaferro arrived here by express last even
ing, and assumed, by directions of Governor
Wise, the command of all forces on duty.
A rumor was afloat to-day, that there was
a party of marauders in the mountains, near
Cherry Run, and that the sentinels at Charles
town were fired on last night. ,
Governor Wise exhibits no sort of fear of
any rescue, but thinks it best to have a good
force out. In reply to a gentleman who
asked him this morning if he had any fears,
he replied that he never had the least, but
considers it the finest opportunity ever offered,
to put the State in military training. I can
now teach my boys how to carry biscuit in
their knapsacks, and to arrange bullets in
their cartridge bo'es.
Another Virginia Excitement—Alleged At
tempt-to Bun Of Slaves.
NORFOLK, Nov. 23.—A special messenger
has arrived from North Hampton, on the
eastern shore of Virginia, for volunteers, it
having been ascertained that an attempt is
to be made on Friday, the 25th, to run the
slaves off to Canada. Great excitement pre
vails.
Brown Becoming Repentant—Military Prep-
arations.
CHARLESTOWN, Nov. 25.
All is now quiet, with the exception of oc
casional alarms and rumors amounting to
little or nothing. Four companies of milita
ry are quartered in the Court House. Gen
eral Taliaferro has taken command over Col
onel Davis.
It is rumored that Brown has greatly
changed during the last twenty-four hours,
having become quite repentant.
RICHMOND, Nov. 25.—Gov. Wise has order
ed five hundred additional troops to be pres
ent at the execution of Brown, on Friday
next. The Enquirer says the rumored des
patches, from Gov. Packer, tendering military
aid, and from Gov. Chase, cautioning him of
the approach of filibusters from Ohio, are al
together unfounded.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—According to 'the
reported conversations with Gov. Wise recent
ly in this city, he has no doubt of the exis
tence of secret societies in various portions of
Ohio and elsewhere, the members of which are
bound by horrid oaths, not only to rescue
Brown, but to take revenge on those who
were instrumental in the conviction of him
and his associates for their offences at Har
per's Ferry.
Gubernatorial Candidates.
We clip the following paragraph from the
Easton Sentinel.
BRING THEM Oui.—The names of a number of gentle"
Heinen of this State are being mentioned in connection
with the next Gubernatorial nomination, both on the
Democratic and Black Republican side. In the last Mon
roe Democrat we notice a correspondent names our fellow
townsman, Hon. David D. Wegener, in this connection.—
This is right—bring out the metal in advance of the meet
ing of the Convention, and let all have an opportunity to
examine their qualifications.
That is the true doctrine—" Bring out the
metal in advance of the meeting of the Con
vention," and give usa chance to canvass the
merits of the respective candidates. David
D. Wegener is a good man and a sound Dem
ocrat—so is Jeremiah Shindle, so is Henry
D. Foster, So is William Wittie, so is Jacob
Fry, so is Hendrick B. Wright, so is George
Sanderson. Any of these very excellent
gentlemen would fill the Executive chair
with credit to themselves and to the party.—
But let us consider a moment. If the policy
of the National Administration—the policy
of proscription—is not stopped; if the union
and harmony upon principle is not secured;
our State Convention will be but a farce, an
assemblage of men to resolve that defeat and
not victory is what we desire. Look at the
candidates named; 'Wegener, Shindle, Foster
and Wittie, &c. We believe we are not
mistaken when we say that the first and last
named of these gentlemen have stood stead
fastly by the National Administration, while
Shindle and Foster have, in some respects,
differed from it. Now, if by-gones are to be
by-genes, all this is nothing to us. We could
cordially support any of the candidates—but
our support would not avail, nor would the
support of every Democratic paper in the
Commonwealth avail it, by our platform, we
are pledged to sustain the course of the Na
tional Administration. Drop that, and we
can elect our State ticket—endorse it, and no
matter who the candidate may be, he will be
defeated.—Harrisiturg State Sentinel.
The Presidency.
Judging from the number of names which
have been presented to the public, there is no
reason for apprehending any lack of interest
in the contest for the Presidential nomination.
The following names have been mentioned in
connection with the Presidency
Illinois—Stephen A. Douglas.
Kentucky—John J. Crittenden, Jas. Guth
rie, John C. Breckinridge.
Pennsylvania—Simon Cameron, John M.
Reed, Geo. M. Dallas, James Buchanan.
Oregon—Joseph Lane.
Tennessee—John Bell, Andrew Johnson.
California—John C. Fremont.
New York—Daniel S. Dickenson, Horatio
Seymour, Wm. 11. Seward.
Michigan—Lewis Cass.
Mississippi—Jefferson Davis, Albert G.
Brown, James Thompson.
Virginia—lL M. T. Hunter, Henry A. Wise,
Wm. L. Goggin, John Minor Botts, A. H. H.
Stewart, W. C. Rives.
Texas—Gen. Sam Houston.
Louisiana—John. Slidell.
Georgia—A. H. Stephen, H. Cobb.
Massachusetts—N. P. - Banks, Chas. Sum
ner, Edward Everett, R. C. Winthrop.
Maine—Win. Pitt Fessenden.
Ohio—Thos. Corwin, John McLean, Sal
mon P. Chase.
Missouri—Edward Bates, Trusten Polk, J.
S. Green. '
Alabama—Wm. L. Yancey.
New Hampshire—Franklin Pierce, 3. P.
Hale.
South Carolina—James H. Hammond, Jas.
L. Orr.
PENNSYLVANIA CANAL.—Navigation on the
canal is to be kept open very late this season.
A notice issued by the Superintendent states
that the eastern division will be kept open
until the first of January, and if previously
closed by frost, a force will be employed to
break the ice and keep the communication
open. The Juniata and western divisions
are also to be kept open until the first of Jan
uary, unless the boats are previously with
drawn or laid up, when the water will be
drawn off, and navigation suspended.