[I E T I NGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
outrage at Ilarner's Ferry, are here‘vith trans
mitted to the Legislature. The letter addres
sed by the Governor of Virginia to the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, was missent to Har
risonburg, Virginia,. and hence was not re
ceived until the first day of December, one
day before the execution of John Brown ; and,
therefore, it was impossible to reply to it, by
mail, in time to reach the Governor of Vir
ginia before the execution. The answer was
consequently sent by telegraph, which will
account for its brevity and sententious char
acter.
The recent seizure of the public property
of the United States at Harper's Ferry, and
the invasion of the State of Virginia, by a
small band of desperadoes, with an intention
to excite the slave population to insurrection,
have drawn attention to the dangers which
beset our federal relations. It is a source of
satisfaction to know that the authorities of
Virginia possessed the means and the deter
mination to punish offenders with promptness
and justice; that the military force of the
United States was a power immediately avail
able to aid in putting down the outbreak
against the public peace ; that the slave pop
ulation were contented with their condition,
and unwilling to unite with disorderly white
men in acts of treason and murder; and that
the great masses of the people have no sym
pathy, whatever, with any attack upon the
rights and institutions of any of the States,
and have a deep and abiding devotion to our
great and glorious Union. To us, as Penn
sylvanians, it is gratifying to believe that the
citizens of this Commonwealth have not, in
any manner participated in this unlawful
proceeding, and to know that when some of
the guilty perpetrators were arrested, within
our jurisdiction, they were promptly surren
dered to the justice of the offended and in
jured State.
The several States of this Union are inde
pendent sovereignties, except so far as they
have granted certain enumerated powers to
the Federal Government. In cases not provi
ded for in the Federal Constitution, the sev
eral States, in their relations to each other;
ought to be governed by the principles which
regulate the conduct of civilized nations.—
These principles forbid, in all nations, " ev
ery evil practice tending to excite distur
bance in another State ;" and are founded on
the maxim, that " different nations ought, in
time of peace, to do one another all the good
they can, without prejudicing their real inter
ests." This maxim, recognized by all civil
ized governments, applies with peculiar force
to the several States of this Union, bound to
gether as they are, by a sacred compact for
mutual support and protection ; and, there
fore any attempt in one State, to excite in
surrection in another, is an offence against
all the States, because all are bound by the
Constitution to put down such disturbance;
and the act of Congress authorizes the Presi
dent of the United States to call out the mili
tia of the several States for the purpose. It
is a high offence against the peace of our Com
monwealth, for disorderly persons within our
jurisdiction, to combine together for the pur
pose of stirring up insurrection, in any of the
States or to induce the slaves in the South
ern States to abscond from their masters ;
and it would be proper, in my judgment, for
the General Assembly to consider whether
additional legislation may not be necessary
to insure the prompt punishment of such of
fenders against our peace and security.
In determining our relative duties towards
our sister States, the morality of servitude is
not an open question, for we are bound by
the legal and moral obligation of the com
pact of the Union, under which we have been
brought into existence, and preserved as in
dependent Seltes, as well as ‘by the princi
ples of international law, to respect the insti
tutions which the laws of the several States
recognize. and in no other way can we faith
fully fulfill our obligations, as members of
this confederacy.
While I entertain no doubt that the great
Republican experiment of this continent, so
happily commenced, and carried forward to
its present exhalted position, in the eyes of
the world, will continue, under the Provi
dence of God, to be successful to the latest
generations, it is the part of wisdom and pa
triotism to be watchful and vigilant, and to
carefully guard a treasure so priceless. Let
mo lerate counsels prevail—let a spirit of
harmony and good will, and a national fra
ternal sentiment be cultivated among the peo
ple, everywhere—North and South—and the
disturbing element which temporarily threat
en our Union, will now, as they have always
heretofore, assuredly pass away.
Pennsylvania, in the past, has performed
her part with unfaltering firmness—let her
now, and in the future, be ever ready to dis
charge her confederate duties with unflinch
ing integrity. Then will her proud position
entitle her, boldly and effectually, to rebuke
and assist in crushing treason, whether it
shall rise its crest in other States, in the
guise of a fanatical and impressible conflict,
between the North and the South ; or assume
the equally reprehensible form of nullifica
tion, secession, and a dissolution of the Union.
Her central geographical position, stretching
from the bay of Delaware to the lakes—with
her three millions of conservative population
—entitles her to say, with emphasis, to the
plotters of treason, on either hand, that nei
ther shall be permitted to succeed—that it is
not in the power of either to disturb the per
petuity of this Union, cemented and sancti
fied, as it is, by the blood of our patriotic
fathers—that, at every sacrifice, and at every
hazard, the constitutional rights of the peo
ple and the States shall be maintained—that
equal and exact justice shall be done to the
North and to the South—and that these States
shall be forever United.
We, as a people, have great reason to ac
knowledge the Providence of God, who rules
over the nations of the earth. Under His
guardianship, hitherto so signally enjoyed,
we feel an unabated confidence in the perma
nency of our free government, and look for
ward, with cheerful hope, to a future glorious
destiny. In the blessings that have crowned
our own Commonwealth the past year•—in
the success that has accompanied all our in
dustrial pursuits—in the steady advance of
our educational institutions—in the quiet and
peace of our domestic homes—in all that can
advance a nation's prosperity and happiness
—we recognize the hand of the Great Giver
of all C- 1.
WILLIAM F. PACKER
correspondence between the Governor of Vir
ginia and the Governor of Pennsylvania,
referred to in the foregoing Message.
GOVERNOR WISE TO GOVERNOR PACKER.
RICHMOND, VA., Nov. 25, 1859.
To His Excellency, the Governor of Pennsyl
vania :
DEAR SIR :-.1 . respectfully send to you the
information contained in a letter to the Pres
ident of the United States, of which the en
closed is a copy. I submit it to you in the
confidence that you will faithfully cn-operate
with the authorities of this State in preser
ving the peace of our coterminous borders.—
Necessity may compel us to pursue invaders
of our jurisdiction into yours ; if so, you may
be assured that it will he done with no disre
spect to the sovereignty of your State. But
this State expects the confederate duty to be
observed, of guarding your territory from be
coming dangerous to our peace and safety,
by affording, places of depot and rendezvous
to lawless desperadoes who may seek to war
upon our people.
With the highest respect,
I am, sir, yours truly,
HENRY A. WISE.
GOVERNOR WISE TO JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESI-
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
RICHMOND, VA., November 25, 1859.
2b His Excellency, JAMES BucHANAN, Presi
dent of the United States.
SIR :—I have information from various
quarters, upon which I rely, that a conspira
cy of formidable extent in means and num
bers, is formed in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
York and other States, to rescue John Brown
and his associates, prisoners at Charlestown,
Va. The information is specific enough to
be reliable. It convinces me that an attempt
will be made to rescue the prisoners, and, if
that fails, then to seize citizens of this State
as hostages and victims in case of execution.
The execution will take place next Friday as
certainly as that Virginia can and will en
force her laws. I have been obliged to call
out one thousand men, who are now under
arms, and, if necessary, shall call out the
whole available force of the State to carry
into effect the sentence of our laws on the 2d
and 16th proximo. Places in Maryland,
Ohio and Pennsylvania have been occupied
as depots and rendezvous by these despera
does, unobstructed by guards or otherwise,
to invade this State, and we are kept in con
tinual apprehension of outrages from the fire
and rapine on our borders. I apprise you of
these facts in order that you may take steps
to preserve peace between the States. I pro
test that my purpose is peaceful, and that I
declaim all threats when I say, with all the
might and meaning, that if another invasion
assails this State or its citizens from any
quarter, I will pursue the invaders wherever
they may go into any territory, and punish
them wherever arms can reach them.
I shall send copies of this to the Governors
of INlarylancl, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
With doe respect and. consideration,
Yours truly,
HENRY A. WISE.
TELEGRAM:IIC REPLY OF GOV. PACKER TO GOV
WISE.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Executive ChanaLer,Jfwpridfurg, Dec.l, '59.
To His Excellency, the Governor of Virginia,
Richmond, in.:
SIR :—Your letter of the 25th, having been
missent to Harrisonburg, Virginia, was not re
ceived until this morning. Of all the despe
radoes to whom you refer, not a man, so far
as I can learn, was a citizen of Pennsylva
nia ; nor was their rendezvous, (which you
say was unobstructed by guards or otherwise,)
in this State, but in Maryland and Virginia.
In relation to them, Pennsylvania has done
her duty. Virginia has no right to anticipate
that she will not do so in the future. The
information you have received in regard to a
conspiracy to rescue John Brown, will, un
doubtedly, be found, in the sequel, utterly
and entirely without foundation, so far' as
Pennsylvania is concerned. Nor will we
permit any portion of our territory, along
our borders, or elsewhere, to be made a depot,
a rendezvous, or a refuge, for lawless despera
does, from other States, who may seek to
make war upon our Southern neighbors.—
When that contingency shall happen, the con
stitutional and confederate duty of Pennsyl
vania shall be performed ; and, under all cir
cumstances, she will take care to see that
her honor is fully vindicated. _ _ _
F. PACKER.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 4, 1860.
A New Drop Game
New York sharpers are somewhat famous
for their adroitness in " raising the wind ;"
but the following specimen of Western knav
ery is rather ahead of New York in that line
of business. The Seymour Times says :
A man of genteel appearance with carpet
sack in hand, takinc , it a-foot, came along the
public square in Lexington, Scott county,
Indiana, and when crossing the square drop•
ped dead, to all appearances. Everybody
ran, medical aid was called, rubbing com
menced, the stranger still slept, and was very
stiff; to all appearances his limbs were para
lyzed so that he could not be raised without
the limbs giving way, " Bleed him l"
"Bleed him!" several halloed ; the man comes
to all at once ; looks wild. Voice in the
crowd, " Who are you !" " Where are you
from ?" Ile pulls out a slate and pencil, and
writes : " I have been out to Michigan to
see a brother, but when I got there he was
dead. lam making my way home ; am out
of money ; I live in Cleveland Ohio." Sym
pathy runs high ; the crowd make him up a
pony-purse, $8 50; gives him. He travels
to Bent, nine miles ; drops again ; everybody
is alarmed ; comes to; tells he is out of mon
ey ; they make him up a pony-purse ; the
Doctor takes him home and gives him Sc me
thing to eat ; off he goes again to Richie's
Mills ; drops again ; no men about ; women
frightened and run for men folks ; find one ;
man lies dead until man comes; women with
camphor bottles running in every direction ;
excitement high ; Mr. Richie takes him into
the house, keeps him all night, gives him
breakfast, lodging and tilo. He leaves for
North Madison ; drops again ; he writes he
is out of money, and wants to get home ; hat
goes around ; he makes tC9 50 off the good
people of North Madison. Ho goes on, and
is still dropping and travelling.
Native Africans
Col. A. M. Hunt of South Carolina, recent
ly offered a premium of a silver goblet "fin
a specimen of a NATIVE Afrian, to be exhib
ited at the State Agricultural Fair." The
premium was taken by Dr. Blind, of Edge
field, who exhibited two specimens. How
much better is this Dr. Brand than John
Brown ? True he did not directly steal the
negroes. but he knew when he purchased
them that they had been brought into the
country by pirates, in violation of the laws
of the United States, and he is therefore a di
rect abettor of piracy and a conniver at the
violation of the laws of his country. He de
serves to be hanged in place of the escaped
pirates. The entire proceeding is a disgrace
to South Carolina, and she should not hence
forth, complain when her slaves are invei
gled from the custody of their masters, and
hurried off on the " underground railroad."
—State Sentinel.
TEE GLOBE.
MIEffirdE6DOZ,
Wednesday, January 11, 1860
LANDS ! BLANKS ! BLANKS !
Cj7N STABLE'S SALES,IATTACH'T EXECUTIONS,
ATTACHMENTS, EXEC UTION S,
SUMMONS, DEEDS,'
SUBNENAS, IMORTGA.GES,
SCHOOL ORDERS, JUDGMENT NOTES,
LEASES FOR HOUSES, NATURALIZATION WKS,
cOMMON BONDS, JUDGMENT BONDS,
WARRANTS. FEE BILLS,
NOTES, with a waiver of the S3JO Law.
JUDGMENT NOTES, with a waiver of the poo Law.
ARTICLES OF AG REEAIENT, with Teachers.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, for Justices of the Peace
and Ministers of the Gospel.
COMPLAINT, WARRANT ; and COMMITMENT, in case
of Assault and Battery, and Affray.
SCI ERE FACIAS, to recover amount of Judgment.
COLLECTORS' RECEIPTS, for State, County, School,
Borough and Township Taxes.
Printed on superior paper. and for sale at the Office of
the HUNTINGDON GLOBE.
BLANES, of every description, printed to order, neatly,
at short notice, and on good Paper.
THANK - S.—Gov. Packer has our thanks for
an early copy of his Message. Hon. Joe
Lane, Hon. S. S. Blair, lion. Win. P. Schell
and J. Simpson Africa, Esq., have our thanks
fur pub. doe's.
xr2r. The silly fools of The Union seem to
think that whatever they say will be be
lieved. They charge us with having de
nounced Democrats as traitors to their party,
because they would not be transferred over to
the Republicans. We have never yet de
nounced Democrats as traitors to their party.
We have denounced James Buchanan and
those who have managed to control our late
State Conventions by the free distribution of
the Government funds, offices and contracts, as
traitors to principle; and the successive ver
dicts of the party, in every non-slaveholding
State in the Union, have sustained us. Who
joined hands with the Republicans in Illinois,
to defeat the Democracy of that State ?
James Buchanan and his office holders
Who was the candidate supported in opposi
tion to Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ? - Abe Lin
coln, a fanatical Republican—and he was the
choice of Buchanan and his political friends
—and with such facts staring the Democracy
in the face, it comes with a bad grace from
an Administration organ (a contemptible one
at that) to charge us or any other Democrat
with au attempt or desire to transfer Demo
crats over to the Republicans.
The Union also says: "Honest differences
of opinion are to be tolerated ; but toleration
must be mutual." When The Union can give
a single case of toleration, by the President,
of a Democrat who has honestly differed with
him in his Kansas policy, we may have some
thing more to say upon the subject. " Tol
eration must be mutual" before the Democ
racy can again be successful; and it would
be well for Mr. Buchanan and hie once
holders to remember this.
STATE CONVENTION OF 1860.—We agree
with the Reading Gazelle, that the delibera
tions of the next Democratic State Conven
tion will be looked forward to, with more
than ordinary interest, not only on account
of the momentous political questions that,
from present indications, will enter into the
campaign of 1860, which the act of the Con
vention will fairly open ; but for the reason
that a candidate for Governor is to be chosen,
delegates appointed to represent Pennsylva
nia in the Charleston Convention, and a tick
et fur Presidential Electors nominated. It
will be one of the most important Conven
tions, both with respect to men and measures,
ever held in this Commonwealth ; arid it
should be the earnest prayer of every sin
cere Democrat, that a single eye to the best
interests of the Party, the State, and the Na
tion, may govern its choice of men for the
several positions named ; and that a spirit of
moderation and harmony, but at the same
time, of firmness and decision in the enunci
ation of principles, may prevail in all its pro
ceedings. The success or failure of the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania, in the great con
test of 1860, will depend, in no inconsidera
ble degree, upon the character and acts of
the next State Convention.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.—BaII Houses
organized on Tuesday of last week, without
difficulty. In the Senate, Wm. M. Frances,
of Lawrence, was elected Speaker ; Russell
Errett, Rep., of Pittsburgh, Chief Clerk;
George IV. Patton, of Altoona, was elected a
Transcribing Clerk. In the House, Wm. C.
A. Lawrence, of Dauphin, was re-elected to
the Speakership ; E. M. Rauch, Chief Clerk.
Our young friend, P. 11. Bence, of Clay town
ship, received the Democratic caucus nomi
nation for door keeper, but the Republicans
being in the majority, elected a Mr. Morgan.
Better luck next time, Mr. B.
On Wednesday Gov. Packer's message was
received in both Houses, and read, and sev
eral thousand extra copies ordered to he prin
ted. The message will he found in full in
to-day's Globe.
Both Houses adjourned on Friday, to meet
again on yesterday: After the appointment
of the Committees, we may expect the mem
bers to go to work in earnest, and reform,
with a short session.
CONGRESS.—No election of Speaker yet.—
The Republicans and South Americans can
not come together. Neither can the Demo
crats and South Americans unite upon a man
sufficiently strong to elect. How long the
struggle will continue it is impossible to tell.
COST OF LEGISLATION.—The Auditor Gen
eral's Report shows that. the expenses of the
Senate for the last year were $50,144 65
Expenses of the House 125.453 57
Public Printing, for Senate and H0u5e,..... 39,896 80
SEir Some weeks ago we charged Wm. Co
lon with having violated the law and the In
structions of the Post Office Department, by
permitting The Union, a paper owned by him
and a Republican, to be circulated, free of
.postage, to persons not subscribers. In an
swer to our charge, R. Milton, the smart
young lawyer who has his name up as editor
of that paper, attempted to justify Colon's
conduct by asserting that we were guilty of
sending the Globe, free of postage, to per
sons not subscribers, and promised to give
the evidence if called for. We have called
for the evidence, but that brave young lawyer,
editor of that lying sheet, declines to give
it, and for a very good reason, he has not got
it to give. We now charge him with false
hood and dishonesty in the matter, and of
having swallowed his own lies—and Colon of
having permitted the Department to be de
frauded out of postage. We have made oth
er charges against Colon, as P. M., all of
which we are prepared to prove to the entire
satisfaction of the Department and the pub
lic, if he will but place himself and his wit
nesses under oath, and answer our questions.
We are always sure of being right, before we
go ahead.
nEir R. Milton has wriggled himself into a
lie about Globes said to have been refiesed, and
is now trying to wriggle himself out again.
Bear him :
"The wrappers were taken off and the papers thrown
to one side, as H. T. White, who was with us when we
got one or two of them, will remember."
Mr. White tells us that all he knows about
you having received our papers in mistake is,
that while walking up the railroad with you,
y 31.1 pulled one out of your pocket and you re.
marked that you had received it in your box
in mistake. He did not see that it was direc
ted to you, or that it was marked " refiesed."—
We have your word only for that, and you
should know that your word would not be
good evidence even if given under oath.
Hear R. Milton, the lawyer, again :
"Two of them (Globes) were returned from Coffee Itun.''
The Post Master at Coffee Run infurms us
that all the Globes mailed to his office have
been lifted,—that he has not returned any—
but has returned about twenty "Unions" sent
to persons not subscribers, and refused.
Try it again, Milton. Give us the names
that were written upon the "refused" Globes
and we'll help you plead your case.
" We want no imputations of dishonesty in the matter."
R. _Milton Spar.
No imputations of dishonesty ! You cow
ardly whelp. Your failure to make good
your word is stronger evidence against you
than any thing we might feel justified in saying.
Is it honest to receive from the Post Office
what is not your own, and persist in keeping
it ? Is it honest to lie in the matter ? A very
beautiful start in life for a young lawyer,
truly.
"Personal detraction may serve a temporary purpose,
but, like the scorpion when surrounded by tire, it stings
at last with deadly venom, its own author."—Post Office.
Organ, August are.
We pity you in your agony. And so soon !
Preachers should always practice what they
preach.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY.—We have received
from J. Simpson Africa, Esq., a copy of the
Auditor General's Report, for 1859. The fol
lowing amounts have been paid into the State
Treasury from this county :
By F. IL Lave, Treasurer, •
Tax on real and personal estate, $9,392 99
" A. B. Crewel. late Treasurer, estate, 1,423 88
" F. 11. Lane, Tavern Licences, 410 11
u " Retailer's Licences, 178 20
44 " Billiard Room, &c 28 50
u " Eating Houses, &c 134 00
44 " Militia Taxes, 693 09
" D. Caldwell, Prot'y, Tax on Writs, Wills,
Deeds, dm 192 25
" 11. Glazier, Reg, 6C 4C " 141 36
44 64 ~ Collateral Inheritance
$13,146 53
The County has received from the State
Treasury the following amounts :
Common Schools. $2,932 ne
Pensions and Gratuities, 40 00
That the people of this country are, at the
present time, greatly agitated upon the sub
ject of slavery, there is no use of denying;
and that this agitation seriously threatens the
harmony and stability of the Union, is equally
true. The question then arises : how is this
agitation to be allayed, and the threatened
danger to be averted ? We answer unhesita
tingly by a strict adherence, on the part of
the great Democratic party, to the principles
recognized in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, in
corporated in the Cincinnati Platform. This
was the basis of a solemn compact between
the North and the South, and should be re
garded as binding as the Constitution itself.
Upon this platform we beat down sectionalism
in 1856, and elevated James Buchanan to the
Presidency. What the Democracy accom
plished in 1856 they can repeat in 1860—
upon the same identical platform !
It is to the great National Democratic par
ty that the people must look for safety. No
other party bas the power to save the coun
try from the dangers which threaten it. We
must therefore unite in order to accomplish
the great task before us. The basis of that
union must be NON - INTERVENTION WITH SLA
VERY IN TERRITORIES ! If we can not unite
upon this just and equitable basis, we cannot
unite at ALL! This is the naked solemn truth!
No man, come be from what quarter he may,
can succeed in carrying a single free State
for President in 1860, who is known to be op
posed to NON-INTERVENTION with the domes
tic affairs of the people of the Territories.
What the people demand, is, that this ever
lasting question of slavery be forever banish
$215,497 02
Chips
BE!
The Plain Truth !
ed. from the halls of Congress. The country
is sick of this eternal agitation ; it demands
peace. These great objects can only be ac_
complished by and through the Democratic
party. A strict adherence to the letter and
spirit of the Cincinnati Platform, is therefore
not only absolutely necessary to restore con
fidence between the North and the South, al
lay sectional agitation and restore peace and
harmony to the country, but it is indispensa
ble to the success of the Democratic party
next fall. If we can not unite upon the prin_
ciple of NON-INTERVENTION, we can not unite
at all! He that says otherwise knows little
of the spirit of the great body of the Demo
cratic party. Therefore the matter reduces
itself to this—non-intervention and a Demo
cratic President, or, Congressional interven
tion and a Republican President !—.Elarris
burg State Sentinel.
SENATOR DOUGLAS' PROSPECTS.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Cour
ier and Enquirer, a Republican paper, writing
under date of the 27th ult., says that " Sen
ator Douglas made his appearance on.the floor
of the House yesterday—Democratic side—
apparently in the full vigor of health." He
was warmly greeted by Messrs. Keitt and
Miles, of South Carolina, Mr. Barksdale, of
and others of the "fire-eater stripe." The
correspondent adds that the impression is
gainingground in Washington that Mr. Doug
las will be nominated at Charleston.
The Centre Democrat has changed
hands, J. S. & J. J. Brisbin having become
its proprietors and editors, with IV. W. Brown
Esq., as associate. The Democrat looks well
—reads well—(barring its politics)—and
will be a noisy organ during the approaching
campaign.
The Democracy throughout the State, are
fast settling upon Hon. Jacob Fry, Jr., of
Old Montgomery, as the man to lead them to
victory in the next campaign. For Governor
of the Keystone State, we want no better
man than honest Jacob Fry, and will be much
gratified to hear of his nomination by the
Convention which will shortly assemble in
Reading.
The Sentinel, published at Easton, Nor
thampton county, an able and influential
Democratic journal, speaking of the action of
the next Democratic State Convention, says :
The selection of a suitable candidate for
Governor will be one of the most important
works of this Convention. The person thus
to be selected will, of course, be a Democrat
of intelligence and information—of incorrup
tible integrity, and well acquainted with the
history and business transactions of the State.
Several good men are named for the position,
and we do not mean to draw a comparison be
tween them. Their friends will, of course,
advocate the merits of each, and while we
have our own preference, we shall cheerfully
support whoever is the nominee of that Con
vention. We have, however, in our eves, one
gentleman, for whom we have a preference—
and he is Jacob Fry, Jr., of Montgomery
county, the present Auditor General of this
State. We have known him almost from our
infancy, and we know that he is incorrupti
bly honest, and from long practice and expe
rience is intimately conversant with our pub
lie affairs. He filled the office of Prothono
tary of Montgomery county well, as he did
also those of Representative in the State Leg
islature, Representative in Congress, • arid
Auditor General of the Commonwealtin
which latter position, by his industry ~nd
l‘ t
perseverance, he has brought into the treas
ury hundreds of thousands of dollars from
sources which were, in a great measure, neg
lected by his predecessors. For instance, hi
the item of tax on corporation stocks, ho has
collected, the past year, over $468,000, which
is more than double the amount, we believe,
ever collected by any of his predecessors.—
In Join ;.this he has compelled corporations to
do what each individual is bound to do—pay
the taxes honestly levied upon them. He is,
emphatically, a man of business habits and
talents, and has made himself intimately ac
quainted with everything connected with the
finances of the Commonwealth, in the ad
ministration of the affairs of the Auditor
General's office. He speaks both the Eng
lish and German languages well, and is fa
miliar with both these languages. As an ac
countant he has few, if any superiors. He
combines, perhaps, in a greater degree, than
any man living among us, the firmness and
statesmanlike qualities of Simon Snyder.—
Wherever known he has always enjoyed un
limited public confidence. Having the ne
cessary qualifications and talents, the ship
of State would be safe under his guidance,
and we think that the Convention could not
do better than to select him as their candi
date for the next Governor of Pennsylva
nia."
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Democratic State Convention of Illinois.
Homination, of Delegates to the Charleston,
Convention—Douglas the First Choice for
the Presidency.
SPRINGFIELD (I 11.,) Jan. 4.—The Demo
cratic State Convention met in this city at
noon to-day. Hon. John Moore acted as
chairman. Delegates to the Charleston Con
vention were elected. Resolutions were adop
ted reaffirming the Cincinnati platform, in
the words and the spirit in which it was
adopted ; utterly repudiating such new tests
as the revival of the slave trade or a Cengres
sional slave code for the Territories; denying
that slavery derives its validity from the Con
stitution of the United States ; declaring tlle
position of the Democracy of the State of Illi
nois to be that of President Buchanan in his
letter of acceptance ; denying the interpreta
tion which the Republicans gave the Dred
Scott decision—that it denies the right of the
people to regulate the slavery question to suit
themselves ; deprecating the foray of John
Brown into Virginia, and attributing such
invasions to the teachings of the Republican
party ; instructing the delegates to vote for
the readoption of the Cincinnati platform,
and declaring their determination to abide
by the . decision of the Charleston Convention.
The Convention also instructs its delegates
to use all honorable means to secure the nom
ination of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas for the
Presidency.
The Convention then adjourned.
Hon. Jacob Fry, Jr
[Washington Correspondent of the Chicago Times.]
Douglas in The South.
In regard to the oft-repeated assertion that
" Judge Douglas has no strength in the
South," permit me to quote the following from
a private letter just received from a leading
Democratic editor in Florida :
Douglas.will carry every Southern State
except one, if he receives the nomination.-z
The " fire-eaters" and disurtionists" in Geor
gia; Alabama, and South Carolina will rave
mightily for a time, bit they can do no seri
ous damage. * T * No delegates from
this State have yet been elected ; but you may
be sure the delegates from Florida will be
politicians and Men of policy. Judge Doug
las may not be their first choice, but they will
support him on the ground of availability.—
If I am not much mistaken, Senator Douglas
is the only man in the Union who can possi
bly defeat the Republicans in 1860. Doug
las must be nominated ; and the Cincinnati
Platform must be readopted, or a Black or
Brown Republican will succeed in the next
Presidential contest."
As an evidence of the changes going on in
the South, I may mention the names of the
following as a few of the journals of that sec
tion which are already flying the Douglas
flag: The Washington States and Union,
the Mobile Register, the Memphis Appeal,
the Louisville Democrat, the St. Louis Repub
lican, the Petersburg Press, the Lynchburg
Republican, the Murfreesboro' Citizen, the
Edgefield Advertiser, the Norfolk Argus, the
Montgomery Confederation, the Selma Senti
nel, the Athens _Herald, the Huntssille Advo
cate, the Eutaw Gazette, the Paulding Clar
ion, the Western (Tenn.) Democrat, the Jack
sonville Republican, &c. There is no candi
date before the people who has as many
friends in his favor as Douglas ; and there
is no candidate who has as many ardent and
influential friends at work in his behalf.
CAN'T AFFORD IT.—Those who are count
ing the cost of dissolving the Union, may
close their calculations somewhat after the
fashion of the old woman in the subjoined
anecdote :
A person having occasion to visit an old
couple in Durham, of extremely penurious
habits, found them holding counsel together
upon a matter which apparently weighed
heavily on the minds of both, and thinking
it was respecting the probable dissolution of
the wife, who was lying dangerously ill, pro
ceeded to offer them all the consolatioa in his
power ;`but was cut short by being informed
that this was not exactly the subject they
were discussing, but one which afflicted them
still more deeply - , viz : the cost of the funer
al ; and, to his astonishment, they continued
their ghastly calculations until eery item in
the catalouge, from coffin to night-cap, had
been gone through, with much grumbling at
the rapacity of the undertakers, when a
bright thought suddenly struck the husband,
and he exclaimed—" Well, Janet, lass, you
may not die afier all, ye ken,." " Deed, and
I hope not, Robert," replied his helpmate, in
a low, feeble voice, "fur I am quite sure that
we canna afford it."
Douglas in lowa
The Duhuque Herald concludes an article
en the appointn - ent of a unanim , us Douglas
delegation in Ohio, with the following re
marks :
As the Democracy of lowa are about to
choose delegates to their State Convention,
we trust the example of Ohio will be follow
ed ; we hope to sec every county pass resolu
tions expressive of their preference, and in
struct their delegates to carry out their wish
es at Des Moines. Nothing adds so much
strength to a caucus as demonstrations prov
ing that the masses of the people are interes
ted and engaged in it. Let the demonstra
tions be made. The Democracy of Ohio have
declared through their primary assemblies,
that Douglas is their choice ; and we trust the
Democrats of lowa will be equally explicit in
their declarations, for we know that Douglas
is the man who can be elected, and that nine
ty-nine hundredths of lowa Democrats are for
him first, last and all the time.
With Douglas as nur standard-bearer we
can carry lowa in 1860, for the Union and
Constitution.
AN IMPORT.I.NT ADMISSION.—An influential
Opposition journal at Buffalo, N. Y., in com
menting on the late election in that State,
makes the following important admission :
" Any calculation of the result in 1860,
must take into consideration the facts devel
oped by this State election ; the principal of
which is that an ultra Republican Presiden
tial candidate cannot succeed except against
a very black Democrat. With a Douglas in
the field it would require the whole vigor of
the united Opposition to carry the State."
If that be true of the State of New York,
what shall be said of Ohio, Wisconsin, Min
nesota. and lowa ? With Mr. Douglas as
their candidate, the Democracy can sweep
each and all of those States, besides Indiana,
Illinois, California and Oregon, and we may
safely add Kansas. If the Democracy, north
and south, wish to make their success certain
in 1860, all they have to do is to nominate
Mr. Douglas at Charleston.— Cin. Eng.
Latest from Brownsville.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6, 1860.
The steamship Indianola has arrived at
this port, bringing Brownsville advises to
the 2nd inst. The following intelligence is
furnished : Cortinas with four hundred men
attacked and captured the city of Rio Grande,
on the 24th of December, and killed a num
ber of the citizens. A party of U. S. troops
and Texas rangers immediately started from
Brownsville and attacked Cortinas' force.—
After a hard fight they re-took the city and
captured Cortinas' guns. In this engage
ment sixty Mexicans and nine Americans
wore killed and sixteen wounded. The list
of the wounded includes the names of Capt.
Ford, who gallantly led the attack. After
his defeat, Continas fled across the river.
• a 0
--gel. •• good story is told by the
Times, about the appointments of Postmas
ters in that State. One unlucky appointee
was compelled to decline for the reasons set
forth below : "Dear Sir—Although I .^c
knowledge the honor of my appointment,
regret to say that I have yet an un expired'
term of five years to serve in the Penitentia
ry, which compels me to decline your flatter
ing offer."
We wonder if that unlucky man would be
mean enough to cheat the Government out of
postage, by using, for his own private busi
ness, franked envelopes in - which had been.
enclosed political documents ?
Se-Diaries for 1860, for sale at Lewis'
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