AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BMTTOJf. Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA,, JAN. 12,1860.
TBB CODim CONTENTION.
In another column will bo found tho full
proceedings of tho Democratic County Con-
vention.. Tho Convention lacked but two de-
legates of being full, and was composed of„tho
—good-and-Bubstautialmenof-our party; — Thtr
proceedings were harmonious, and tho best bf
feeling prevailed. It will bo seen that the
Delegates to tho State Convention wore ap
pointed without instructions, which, wo feel
. . satisfied, was tho proper course to pursue.—
The resolutions' submitted to tho Convention
by Prof. B. ,K.‘ Borns, chairman of tlio Com
mittee, are strong and to tho point, and wore
adopted with but one dissenting vote. 1
It will bo soon that T. P. Blair, Esq., of
Shippensburg, was appointed Senatorial, and
tho editor of this paper Representative Dele
gates to the State Convention. For tlio very
flattering vote wo received, wo bog leave to
~ return our thanks to our friends who eupport
ed«s.
MILITARY PARADE AX OIIDKCBIOWN.-uCa
last Saturday, our neighboring village of
Ohurohtown was the scene of one of the finest
'■ military displays that has been ■witnessed in
our County for years. The battalion consist
ed of the following Companies: One half of
the Permanent Party from the Carlisle Bar
racks, under'. Ist Serg’t Kerin - , numbering
about 42 men; the Sumner Bifles from Car
lisle, Capt. Konx j National Bluesof Mechan
iesburg, Capt. Zi.vs; and the Quitman Guards
Of Churchtown, Lieut. Eechevin'e ; the whole
being under the command of that able and
offiicient officer, Major Messixgeb, who dis
played upon the occasion the,conduct of the.
experienced tactician and the courteous gon
, tlpman. The troops all evinced by their con
duot.their perfect acquaintance with military
discipline. But the “observed of all obser
vers” was tbo company of United States Cav
,,alry from Carlisle Barracks, who attracted'
the attention of all by.thoir fine soldierly bea
ring, their precision and celerity in evolution,
■ by their, uniformity and regularity of all their
movements. If these may bo taken as a fair
sample of the “ gallant braves” who wear the
stripes of Uncle Sam, well may our country
be proud of hor regular array. But where all
did well it would'bo invidious to make dis
tinctions. The Sumner Bifles testified by
their* conduct that they enjoyed the command
. of able officers, and justified the.opinion as to
the soldierly merits of Capt. Kuii.y, with all
- passers who’ know him. *. The Mechanicsburg
Blues fully, sustained their previous reputa
tion for military skill and order, and tho
• Quitman- Guards and their Commander arc
‘ too-well known to, need one word of praise at
our hands.. -IVe cannot refrain, however, from,
expressing our admiration at . the courtesy
and kindness with which they received and
entertained their guests. '
. Clerking Sales.— As the time is approach
ing when numerous public sales trill take
place in the. various parts of our county, .vre
.would call the attention of those interested, to
the card of our townsman, Mr. Samuel 11.
Gould, who will be ready at all times to act
in the capacity of clerk at thescsales- Mr.
G. is admirably qualified'for this .position—is
-quick, correct, and writes a beautiful hand.—
Having clerked for his father (Wm. Gould,)
for. many years,'ho hits become an adept in
his profession. ■ His toms are moderate, “.to
.suit, the times.”
JOS?” The Chambersburg Valley Spirit has
changed hands. Messrs. Dechert and Cooper'
retire, haying sold the entire establishment to
Messrs. J, Geo. Kipper and Geo. If." Mongol.
Mr. Cooper' 1 will continue to occupy the edi
torial chair, assisted by Ur. Boyle, in the lo
cal department. The Spirit is an excellent
paper and has our best wishes for success.
The Shooting Season. —According to tho
act of Assembly approved tho 2lst day of
April, 1858, for the preservation of game and
insectivorous birds, the time for shooting,
trapping,, or destroying in any other way,
.pKcasants, patridgos, woodcocks, or rabbits,
run out on the Ist instant. Any person found
violating tho provision-of this law is liable to
pay a fmo of five dollars for each and every
oflhnco. Persons ottering game for sale are
also liable to be fined. It is to be hoped that
this excellent and judicious law will bo fully
enforced.
J3®" We return our thanks to Gov. Packer,
for Bonding us an early copy of his annual
Message. IVo are also under obligations to
Dr. Crawford, of tho Senate, and to Messrs.
Power and M’Curdy, of the House, for their
kind attentions.
Congress. —No organization yet, nor any
likelihood of any within this month, unless a
very great change shall soon take place in the
disposition of members. Short, sharp speech
es, very disgraceful to those who make them,
and very expensive to the country, seem to be
tho standing order.
An Accident. —The Shippcnaburg News of
the Ttb.inst..says\Vo regret to state that
Mr. Thomas Himes, residing near this place,
mot with serious injuries from being tramped
upon the face by a horse, a few days since..
' It appears that lie was in the not of throwing
a buffalo robe on the back of the animal,
which the horse was not accustomed to, and
vary much disliked, when, by d sudden turn,
throw him upon the ground and trod upon
him, inflicting a serious wound upon his face
and the back part of his head. Wo are pleas
ed to state that ho is itv q fair way to recover.
Editors Rewarded,— The chief clerks of
both branches of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture are editors. Russell Errctt, chief clerk
of the Senate, is the editor of the Pittsburg
Gazette.' E. 11. Rauch, chief o’ork of tbo
House, is the editor of the Maiich Chunk Ga
zette. There was no opposition in caucus to
either of these gentlemen.
Doings in Congress.— “No Speaker yet!’’
is the substance of the nows from Washington
this week. The Senate, having power to do
but little independent of the House, is doing
that little as leisurely as possible, while in the
House the tiresome routine of balloting for a
Speaker without success, is repealed. ■
<6f,lt is said that six hundred thousand
pairs of skates have bee.n sold in New York
during the present season,
OOFEBSOR'S MESSAGE.
i On our first page will bo found the second
annual Message of Qov. Packer, to which wo
would invito attention. ■ It is a plain, forcibly
written document, and -is encouraging in its
statements in regard to the State finances.
The last year’s receipts into the Treasury,
including tho former balance, have amounted
to §4,718,377 ; the expenditures have been
$3,879,054; leaving a balance 0f5839j323 on
the Ist of December, ■ 1859. The amount of
-public dobtpaid off-during the thirteen months
ending December Slat, 1859, has been 5,1-
009,282. Tho present debt, funded and uu
od, is $38,478,961. This good result, the
Governor claims, is chiefly due to the sale of
tho State eauuls. lie anticipates a still more
rapid reduction of tho debt from this time
forward.
The amount of securities hold by tho State
against tho several corporations that purcha
sed the Canals, is a little over 511,000,000,
which the Governor deducts from tho actual
aggregate of tho State Debt, and thus reduces
it to about 527,000,000. If we could bo sure
that those bonds would be ultimately paid, wo
would have more confidence in tho Governor’s
calculations.
The Message gives an encouraging account
of the progress of the Suubury and Erie Rail
road. It states the amount paid by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company as tonnage Tax, .
up to the year 1858, and shows that tho ,
amount withheld and awaiting the Supreme ,
Court’s decision as to the validity of the tax,
is 5246,743 80. From what the Governor
says on this subject, we infer that he will (as
be should) refuse his sanction to the scheme
for the repeal of this tax, which will doubt
less bo brought before the Legislature, at its
present session.
The Governor gives a favorable account of
the Common Schools of the State, and makes
some judicious suggestions for improving the
operations of the system. The Farmers’ High
School and State Library are commended to
the liberality of the Legislature. The exist
ing laws relating to banking are pronounced
defective, and the Governor declares that he
vrill them, approve of any increase
in banking corporations.
The necessity of a reform in the mode of
receiving, keeping and disbursing the public
revenues, is urged. IJut the Governor’s re-,
commendation that all checks issued by the
State Treasurer, shall bo countersigned-by
the Auditor General, docs not go half far
enough to meet the defects of which ho justly
complains. JCothing short Of the adoption of
the Independent Treasury system, which has
stood the test of successful .experiment by the
National Government, will accomplish the:
needful reform.
The benevolent institutions that have here
tofore been fostered by the State, are com-
in ended, to a continuance of the Statens bounty
The practice’of special legislation on subjects
that might properly be brought under excisi-
ng general laws, is condemned; The tariff
question is briefly alluded to, and the recoin-
meudations of .the President, .in his Message 1
of last year, arc substantially adopted.’. . 1
The Governor goes a little out of the way. to'
put in a short paragraph on Kansas and'Pb-
pular Sovereignty, but his remarks are gene
ral, imd in good temper, and do hot appear to
have any other object than to let him' down
gracefully . from .the position into which ho
needlessly placed himself last year..
The concluding paragraphs of the-Messago,
are devoted to some comments on the Harper’s
Fcrry insurrection, which sooth to have, boon
called for, by the letter of Governor Wise.—
The position of Pennsylvania, in- regard to.
that affair, and her relative duties toward her
sister States, are sot forth in .a manly* .truth
ful, and proper manner, and the views the
Governor expresses will moot the hearty con
currence of every patriotic citizen. Upon the
whole, there is much to commend, and very
little to except to, in, the Message, and, with
out further comment, wc turn it over to the
favorable consideration of our readers.'
A New Order.—lVo understand that sev
eral ladies are making arrangements to organ
ize a lodge of “ Daughters of tho Forcst’”in
bur borough.- The objects sought for by the
now organization are, in a measure, similar
to those of the “ Daughters of Temperance,”
embracing the benevolent and beneficial char
acter of the order, without reference to tho
temperance principle, though at present the
larger portion of the membership are connec
ted with the Daughters. The now order had
its origin in Philadelphia, where already there
are twelve tents, as they are termed.
Gubernatorial, —'A largo number of tho
citizens of Washiugton county have addressed
a communication to Col. William Hopkins, of
Washington, requesting' permission to bring
his name before the Democratic State Conven
tion as a candidate for Governor. Ho has.ac
ccdod to their request.
The Genius of Liberty, published at Union
town, Fayette county, strongly urges the
nomination of the Hon. John L. Dawson, as
tho Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania.
The Right Rev. John N. N oumann, Bishop
of tho diocese of Pennsylvania, fell dead on
Thursday afternoon, while walking in Vino
street, below Twelth, in Philadelphia. His
body was- removed to his late residence, at
Eighteenth and Summer streets. It is sup
posed that an affection of the heart was the
cause of death.
Special Election Ordered. —The Speaker
of the House of Representatives has issued
his writ to the Sheriff of Dauphin county, di
recting him to issue his proclamation,, for the
holding of a special election in Dauphin
county, on Saturday, the 21si! ins/., for a
member of the House of Representatives, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of
Marks D. Whitman, Esq.
8S?“ Edward Burke, a farmer, residing near
St. Louis, Mo.,'Was carousing with a party on
Christmas night,-in a shanty, on the St. Charles
road, when a fight arose, and Burke was mur
dered, John Barry and John Boland and his
wife, were arrested, charged with the crime,
and held for trial.
0“ The amount of gold produced from the
mines of California from the year 1848 to
1858, a period of ten years, $448,000,000;
while, during the six years from 1852 to 1858,
the diggings of Australia have yielded $410,-
922,000; making together a total of $858,922,-
poo.
Why Congress is not Organized.
Congress, with an Opposition majority of
about thirty members, says the Democratic On
ion, has wasted an entire month in unavail
ing attempts to elect a Speaker, At this
time the chances of an election appear to bo
as; remote as at. the commencement of the
session. The urgent necessity of an immedi
ate organization to relieve the public credi
tors of embarrassments assumed in behalf of
the. Government, appears.to have no influence
upon the Republicans, who are determined to
force Shcrmiln upon the House at every ha
zard. The Democrats cannot, under any con
ceivable circumstances, assist directly or in
directly in procuring the elevation ol n man
who stands before the country with such a re
cord. Every patriotic impulse demands that
evoiy expedient shall bo exhausted to prevent
his election, and seizure of the influence and
patronage of a position third in dignity and
importance-to that of . President of the United
States, to bo used in fortifying the power of
tire party that has boon detected in the social
crime of disseminating the Helper abomina
tions. The Democratic members of Congress
stand before the country acquitted of blame
for. using cveiy lawful and parliamentaiy
means to prevent the election of Mr. Sher
man. The southern Opposition are compelled
by the influence of th’oir'amstituenta to op
pose the candidate of the Republicans. They
dare not at this time assist In the election of
a Republican Speaker, however much they
may desire that such an event may happen;
and of all men that the Republicans could
present, John Sherman is the one they are
most bound to oppose. Yet the Republicans
insist upon forcing Sherman upon the House.
They know that he is peculiarly obnoxious,
and that he.never can obtain the votes of a
majority. But he is the ouly man that suits
their partisan purposes, and they would ra
ther wait and struggle a while longer at the
expense of the country, than give up the re
mote prospect of securing the patronage of
the House to be used in the election of au ir-
repressible conflict President. The Republi
cans could organize the House at once by
coming to forms with the southern Opposi-
tion, bid it is-a fad icorlhyof note that the Re-
publican party is so thorouyhly and intensely
sectional that if r fuses id unite with the Sin
ttlern Opposition purely because that Opposi
tion comes from the Southern States. And not
only do the Republicans refrain from voting
for a southern Opposition member who could
bo elected Speaker, but they select from among
their number a man who represents the most
ultra and objectionable revolutionary Repub-
lican doctrines, and declare that they wil
have no other man. They stand alone, make
no movement towards conciliation, steadily
refuso to vote for a southern enemy of the
Democratic party, cling to the most repellent
man of their own number, and to crown all
seek to cast the responsibility for.this protrac
ted struggle upon the Democratic members, as
if they could bo expected to draw Sir. John
Sherman out of the mi. o.
On the other hand, tho Democrats have
shown a real desire to secure an organization.
[They have not declared that Mr. Bocook, and
only Mr. B joeck, should bo Speaker by then
■consent, but they .have tried every man who
seemed to have a chance of ah election. They
have even voted for conservative Opposition
men, and thus shown a willingness, to forget
parly for the sake of securing nn organiza
tion. But to all such advances the llepubli
cana have replied that Mr. Sherman is the on
,ly man, that they can support, happen what
may. Well, they have a right to pursue this
course, but they have no right to make others
bear the responsibility of their obstinacy.
It is. proper, in order- that this question may
be'placed in its true light, to boar in mind the
reasons why no Democrat, and why no con
servative momber of the Opposition can abate
one iota of Kis exertions to prevent the choice
Of Mr. Sherman, who seems to come up’to the
Republican standard So exactly that no other
man North or South will suit that party.-,
The chief objection to Mr. Sherman arises
out of his recoin n- nd tioupf Helper's book,
tho sentiments of which ho refused, upon the
.floor of Congress, when interrogated upon .the
subject, to repudiate. The recommendation
which he, with other leading Republicans
signed, states that “ no other volume now before
“ tho public, as wc conceive, is, in all respects,
“ so well calculated to induce the minds pf its
“readers a decided and persistent repugnance
“ to slavery, and a willingness to co-operate in
“ the effort to restrain from the shameless ad
“ vances and hurtful influences of that porni
“ cious institution.” ■
The public are already tolerably familiar
with the character of this work, but tho fol
lowing extract from page 149 is illustrative :
“ So it seems that the total number of actu
al slave owners, including their entire crow of
cringing liokspsittles, against whom we have
to contend, is but three hundred and forty
seven thousand five hundred and twenty-five.
Against this army for the,defence and propa
gation of slavery, we think it will he an easy
mattery-independent of negroes, who, in nine
cases out of ten, would he dclighfed’with an op
portunity to cut their masters’ throats, and
without accepting of a single recruit from eith
er of the f-ee States, England, France or Ger
many—to muster one at least three times as
large, and fur more respectable, for its niter
extinction. Wo hope, however, and believe,
that tho matter in dispute may bo adjusted
without arraying those armies against each
other in hostile attitude. Wo desire peace,
not war—justice, not blood. Give us fair
play, secure to. us the'right of discussion, the
freedom of speech, and wo will settle the dif
ficulty at the ballot box, not on the battle
ground—-by force of reason, not by force of
arms. But wo are wedded to one purpose
from which no earthly power can ever divorce
us. We arc determined to abolish slavery at
all hazards— in defiance of all tho opposition,
of whatever nature, which it is possible for the
slnvocrats to bring against us. . Of this they
may take duo notice, and govern themselves
accordingly.” -
Now, what party is most to blame for the
unorganized condition of Congress— the one
that supports, and continues to support, and
refuses to support any other man than
Sherman, who endorsed such sentiments, or
the party that resists his election by their
votes, and by tolling commentaries upon his
position? Let the country judge.
OCT* The Hon. Neal Dow, of Portland, Me.,
had a narrow escape from a terrible death on
Wednesday, the 4th inst. While walking
across a rafter in his steam tannery,' ho fella
distance of sixteen feet and struck upon a
boiler, narrowly escaping a vat of scalding hot
water. lie was picked up insensible, but is
cow in a fair way of recovery.
Speech by the T(ce President.
Tho Hon. JohnO. Breokbnridgo, Vice Pres
ident of the United States, recently delivered
an able speech at Frankfort, Ky., upon na
tional affairs, Mr. Brookonridge, as a, prelim
inary topic, recurred to the history of Territo
rial legislation, and justified his vote in favor
of tho repeal of tho Missouri Compromise lino,
and in support of the Kansas-Nobraska bill.
Tho transition thence was easy to an indorse
ment of tho views of the United States Su
premo Court upon the rights of slavery in tho
Territories; tho Bred Scott decision in tho
I eyes of tho Vice representing the
full consummate flower of Southern rights
.under the Constitution. "With that decision
ho regarded tho Territorial issue as.settled.
Tho Territories, whether North or South of
tho erased lino,-will be.pooplod by slayohold
ing or non-slavoholding communities, with
out regard to political or Federal influences.
In regard to the present condition of na
tional politics, the toho of tho, Vico President
was dispondent. .The great danger to tho
Union lies, he asserted^ iu ihe existence bf a
Republican party, whoso principles, avowed
throe years since, have long been abandoned
in the heat of anti-slavery feeling, and others
involving direct war upon slavery, not only
in the Territories, but in the States substitu
ted. To sustain this charge, Mr. Breckin
ridge quoted from Mr.' Seward's Rochester
1 speech, and from Helper's Compendium; al
luded to the Republican approval of the latter
compilation; and confessed that he saw no
hope of salvation to tho Union, so long ns the
Republican organization continued to exist
The only redeeming aspect of Northern socie
ty is the existence of fragments of the old
IVhig party, loyally devoted to conservative
measures. In conclusion, Mr. .Breckenridge
exhorted the South to keep itself strictly
within constitutional obligations, and in that
connection denounced the efforts of those who
were laboring for the restoration of the slave
trade.
The Presidenct.— Who will bo the nomi
nee of the Charleston Convention ? This is a
question not easily to bo answered just now.
If wo may judge from the sober indications
reflected through the press, we should point
to the Hon. John C. Breckinridge, ns the most
prominent person ■so far named. It may be
that this is only, an expression of our own
feeling and preference in the matter. If so
we are not alone. Every day brings new and
fresh indications of popular desire centreing
in the choice of the gallant Vice President as
the standard bearer of the Democracy in the
coming campaign. His high character, mor
al worth and excellence as a citizen and a
statesman, point to. him as the man for the
■times. In this State there is strong and abi
ding friendship for Mr. Breckinridge.
The Trial of Stepheus. —lt has generally
been supposed that Stevens, one of the accom
plices of John Brown in the Harper’s Perry,
affair, had been handed over to the federal au
thorities, and was to be tried 'in the United
States Courts. It seems, however, that this
is not ,so. Ge’tirge Sennott, Esq., of Boston, V
wroto u, Vcrtsideut for information, on t"hq
subject,' and from Ats
-1 drew that-“ the authorities of
7 Virginia have definitely settled that ho is to
i bp tried in Charlestown," and that the trial
t will probably come off in the present month,
- though that is not certain
Rktaliatokv Laws, —lt is proposed in some
quarters to meet the non-intercouso compacts
which the Southern people are endeavoring to
form, by agreements among, our Northern
merchants and manufacturers to sell no goods
to the South' except for cash. None of the
Southern non-intercoufso party could object
to this upon principle, while it would proba
bly have the effect they profess to desire, of
driving Southern traders fo other markets
where they could obtain credit. A short ex
perience of such mutual incivilities might pos
sibly open the' eyes-of the ultrnists of both
sections to tho advantage of toleration.
Pittsburg Municipal Election.— The mu
nicipal election in Pittsburg, on Tuesday,
of last week,-resulted in -the complete suc
cess of the whole Republican ticket, and a
largo majority of Counoilmen. Mr. Errett,
the new Clerk of the State Senate, was elect
ed Controller, thus being chosen to two offices
on the same day. He is a great deal more
lucky than the majority of office-seekers.
Another High-Life Elopement —The peo
ple of Malden, Canada, hare been quite exci
ted of late oyer an elopement in high life, the
parties to which.wore a prominent physician,
Dr. Carrier, and a highly accomplished young
lady, named Maggie Dougherty, daughter of
a retired British’ army officer.. The Doctor
leaves a wife and child after him. The young
lady lias been his patient for some time, and
only a day or two before the rascal was paid
a considerable amount by Captnin%oughevty
for his professional services. Both families
and their friend? are, of course, in the greatr
ost affliction. .Whore the guilty parties have
gone is not known..
llaiid on Rails.— Tho Pittsburg Journal
soys: “ The severe frost of the post three or
four days has been quite disastrous to the rails
on the different railroads loading from the
city. The Pittsburg, Port Wayne and Chi
cago road has boon the greater sufferer, al
though the loss is not by any means heavy.
The track of the Pennsylvania road has also
suffered to some extent. The only important
injury to the roads however, Trill bo the de
tention of trains which will occur from the
snapping of the rails.-
Attempted Assassination, — As Mr. Ben
jamin D. Williamson, a merchant of Peters
burg, Yu., was returning from a party to his
residence, last Friday night a, week, ho was
knocked insensible by a blow in the head from
a briok. Some friends coming up, found him
lying in a state of stupor, and took him to his
residence. Their coming up had, doubtless,
saved his life.
The Maine Defalcation.— Wo learn from
the Portland Argus that the defalcation Of B.
D. Peck, the State Treasurer of Maine, hod
been anticipated for several days. It may
amount to $lOO,OOO. Neal Dow is one of his
bondsmen. The Argus'esye ;
. 14 IT'! 1 he recollected; that Mr. Peck went
into politics from the pulpit of Casco Street
Church in this city.. He was for several
years editor of the Temperance Journal, and
become Treasurer of State on the accession to
power of the Republican party in 1856."
CoDgrtss— The Tariff*
. The various questions which have orison
1 during the tedious dohato which has boon kept
. up for a month past, are not without intoros
• and importance to the country.
On Friday last the tariff question was
brought up, and although manifestly it hud
no connection with tho olootion of Speaker, it
was discussed at length. Messrs. Killmgor
and Campbell attacked their. Democratic col
leagues from Pennsylvania for their votes for
Mr. Bocook, alleging that ho was a free trade
man. Mr. Montgomery replied, in an able
and spirited speech to put’ the matter right.
Ho gave tho charge that Mr. Bocook whs a
free trade man and in favor of a direct taxa
tion'a most emphatic and positive denial, and
asserted, that ho was in favor of a revenue tar
iff by which incidental protection could bo
afforded to American labor and industry.
Mr. Montgomery then proceeded to review
tho history of the tariff question, and demon
strated that the tariff which reduced the duty
on iron from thirty to twenty-four per cent,
was passed by a Republican Congress* over
which a Republican Speaker presided. The
debate was a protracted and spirited one, and
most ably did Mr. Montgomery stand up for
tho interests of Pennsylvania and those of
American labor. The attack upon Mr. Mont-
gomery was a prepared one, and his replies
were off-hand, but eminently appropriate and
judicious, although he had neither time nor
preparation for reflection, Tho people of the
State, and especially those of tho Western
portion of it, owe much to tho Congressman
from the twentieth district for his able defence
of their interests.
On the same day, Mr. Montgomery, by the
introduction of a resolution for- the appoint
ment of a temporary speaker, in order that
the deficiency bill might be passed, and the
contracts for the. mails and other public ser
vices paid, entirely relieved the Democratic
party from the odium of postponing the organ
ization of the House. .
The mail contractors having.clnims against
the government are clamorous for payment,
and with reason. ’Mr._ Montgomery proposed
the election of Mi - . ,Corwfti as speaker for
twenty-four hours, in* order that provision
could bo made for the payment of those claims.
These men have been really badly treated,
and Mr; Montgomery demonstrated the fact
that the Republicans wore not serious in their
pretensions of friendship for the contractors,
for . when his motion was announced, designed
as it was,- to save these honest and innocent
men from impending consequences of delay in
Organizing the House, the Republicans were
not only fierce but tumultuous in their oppo
sition, and would not even consent that the
motion should bo read. ’This shows who arc
the friends of tho contractors, and relieves the
Democratic party from all-censure on this ac
count. 1
Tho crowded state of our columns prevents
us from reproducing. Mr.- Montgomery's re
marks upon tho tariff? as wo should like to dp..
His course, however, must meet with a hearty
approval from the Democracy of his State.
■ "Democratic State Conventiokof Illinois. 1
Tho’ Democratic State' Convention met at
Springfield on Vfcdnesday week. . lion.‘John
Moore acted as Chairman. Delegates to the
Charleston Convention wore elected. Reso
lutions wore adopted, re-affirming the Cincin
nati platform in the words and in Die spirit in
which it was adopted; utterly repudiating
such new tests as tho revival of the slave
trade, or a congressional slave code for the
territories; denying that slavery derives its
validity from tho constitution of the United
States; declaring tho position of the demo
cracy of Illinois to be that of President Bu
chanan in his letter of acceptance; denying
the intorportntion which the Republicans gave
the Dred Scott decision, that it denies the
right of people to regulate the slavery ques
tion to suit themselves; deprecating the foray
of John Brown into Virginia, and attributing
such invasions to the teachings of tho Repub
lican party; instructing the delegates to vote
for the re-adoption of the Cincinnati platform,
and declaring their determination to abide by
the decision of-tho’Charloston Convention.
Tho Convention also instructs its delegates
to use all honorable means to secure the nom
ination of Hon,'Stephen A. Douglas' fOf. the
Presidency. , .
Got*. Letcher’s 1 .Message. —The first* mes
sage of Gov. Letcher to the Legislature of Vir
ginia was sent in on Saturday. Tho relations
of. the Free and Slave States constitute the
burden of thomqssago. Admitting that the
large majority of the. Northern people are
loyal to the Fcderal Compact,' he recognizes a
dangerous minority, whoso power for mischief
needs repression, and declares that it must
be repressed. To this end he proposes a Ge
neral Convention, to take into consideration
such amendments of the Federal Constitution
as. shall place tho rights of tho South boyond
question. Should tho North decline to fur
nish those additional guarantees, then lot the
Convention determine tho conditions upon
which tho two sections of tho Union may
peaceably separate. In tho meantime ho pro
poses to despatch a commission of the most
dignified Virginians to visit the several free
States where the Fugitive Slave Law is nulli
fied by special laws, to demand tho repeal of
such enactments.
A Welcome Cannon Shot. —During the
firing of the salute on Jackson Square, New
Orleans, on the 23d nit'., one .of the shots had
a wonderful effect, for it not only restored
hearing but speech to a young man who has
been deaf and dumb for the past three years,
the result of severe sickness. He was born
m Quebec, but subsequent to his misfortune
went to Now York, and then made his way
down there. About mid-day ho wqs praying
m the St. Louis Cathedral, when ho suddenly
hoard a cannon, the noise being accompanied
with ;or producing instantly a cold rushing
sensation through- the cars, a choking sonsa
turn about the throat, and a fooling as of
something breaking in both places. Ho reel
ed out of the church, and heard another shot
but literally “could not behove his own ears.”
A third shot satisfied him, and also that he
could speak, so ho burst into tears. His name
is Joseph Wells ; is a six-footer in stature, an
intelligent young man, and speaks, as before,
both French and English.
Mail Robbeii Killed, —The mail iu Green
. a 1 count y. Va.. was attacked, a few days
since, on Spring. Mountain, by two men, when
the mail rider drew a pistol and shot one of
his assailants dead. The other instantly fled.
THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY.
Tho newspapers are filled with the Presi
dent's message, and accompanying documents,
and for a few days public attention will bo de
voted to plotters at homo,, rather than abroad;
nevertheless tho “state ofLlareign politics is so
interesting, that we venture 1 a brief reference.
thereto.
By the lust advices from Europe, it appears
that Louis Napoleon assents to the appoint
ment of Buoncompagui as Regent of Central
Italy, followed up, as it has been, by the con
centration of Parma, Modena and Romagna,
has shaken -the confidence of the popple in the
good intentions of the Emperor. The tone cf
the meetings which the clergy, are getting up
in Ireland and France, would seem to indicate
that the Pope now relies upon the conserva
tive element rather than the fidelity' of tho-j
“ eldest son of the church."
. This Congress will consist, of course, in tlft
first place, of the five “ great powers,”—
Francoj England, Austria, Prussia and Rus
sia, whose right to regulate and rango Eu
rope has been, ever since the treaty of Vien
na, .at least, a well-settled privilege. As,
however, the main subject of discussion will
bo the re-organization of Italy, Sardinia and
Naples, the two leading Italian powers Will
have to be admitted,to, a share-in the procee
dings, and with them must come the Pope, for
[ a portion of his dominions are at stake I The
Pope’s admission renders necessary a large
accession of the Catholic clement, and Spain,
at least, and perhaps Portugal, will bo invited
to assist in watching over the interests of the
church
In this Congress the Catholic powers Will
oppose tho severance of Bologna from the
States of the Church. They regard tho Pope
as something more than a more prince'. His
territory is not the mere territory of a secular
prince, but is “ the patrimony of the church.”
It is the domain which Catholic Christendom
allots for his support and to maintain his dig
nity, and which it is desirable for tho world
should remain intact. The Protestant portion
of the Congress of Nations regard the question
simply as one of temporal government. They
take tho ground that the, Pope derives his ti
tle to his temporalities from precisely the same
sources as Victoria of England or Francis Jo
seph of Austria—from successful wars, alli
ances and treaties, and not from tho Apostles,
The question which the Congress will have,
to decide in regard to Italy,is oho of groat in
terest to the Christian world, and the progress
of its discussion and its final settlement will
be watched with great interest in this conn
try.
Gubernatorial Appointments.—Among
the appointments to bo made by the Gover
nor this-Winter, the principal are, State Li
brarian, Superintendent of Common Schools,
and Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme
Court. Tho present venerable Librarian,
Rev. Dr. Do Witt, who has made a faithful
officer, will doubtless bo fc-nominated. For
School Superintendent, H. L.
Esq., tho present Deputy Secretary of the
1 Commonwealth; is .named,. . Ho was Deputy
Secretary under Gov.. Bigler,’when tho State
and School Departments wore one, and had
Charge Of the latter during that admimnis
tratibn—performing its duties in an able and
faithful manner. For, Reporter to the Su
preme Court, Ira. C. Mitchell, Esq., of Belle
fonto, is mentioned. Those nominations are
made to the Senate, and require the confirma
tion of that bfldy.
An Indian Kills a Bear and the Bear
Kills the Indian. —The Eau Claire { Wis.)
Free Press says: On Tuesday of last week an
Indian hunter encountered a huge bear near
Beef River Station, and the affair proved fa
tal to both. , The Indian shot the bear, woun
ding him severely, and then rushed up, ex
pecting to dispatch him vvith his tomahawk.
Mr.-Bruin “looked horns” with Mr. Indian,
and a struggle for life ensued. The conflict
must have been a terrible one, as the bcliger
ents were both badly maimed. They were
fcund a short time after, lying a few feet
apart, dead.
Abolitionist's ordered to' leave Ken
tucky.—On Friday last, thirty T six persons
arrived in Cincinnati, having been ordered to
leave Madison codnty, Kontupky, on account
of their Abolition' feelings. They wore the
neighbors and co-workers of the Rev. John G.
(Fee, a Kentucky Abolitionist, whose lectures
at the North have attracted some attontion.—
Among the exiles are Rev, *J, It. ’Rogers, prin
cipal of a'scbooFat Berea, and his family: J.
D. Reed and family; John S.' Hanson and’
family; Rev. J. F. Boughton; E. T. Haynes,
and S. Life, carpenters ;—Toney, a natlfC
of Tennessee; John Smith; a : native of Ohio •
a farmer, who hiis lived in Kentucky some
years. It appears there has been much ex
citement in the county since John Brown’s
Harper’s Ferry raid, and that the parties above
referred to left in consequence of resolutions
passed by a large county meeting,- giving them
ton days to depart the State or abide the con
sequences. Rev. Mr. Fee is among the num
ber ordered to depart. . ‘
JUS?” The Republicans of New York propose
holding a Union meeting within a week or
two. I'hoy did all in their power to discredit
and cast ridicule upon the one hold there sev
eral weeks since, hut so rapid has been the
advance of patriotic sentiments, that oven they
have caught the prevalent infection. It would
be much more appropriate for the Republi
cans to hold meetings for the purpose of testi
fying. their repentance for past transgress
ions. . .
fi®“On the night of the 28th of October,
the store of Win. Carlin, in Cassapolis, Mich
igan, was entered and robbed by three biir
glars. Mr. F. IV. larzaloro, who attempted
to arrest them, was shot dead by John Stearns,
one of the burglars. Two of the fellows were
arrested in a couple of weeks, but Stearns re
mained at lafge until last Monday night a
week, when he was captured after a desperate
resistance, near Wellington, Ohio, by Deputy
Sheriff Lotis, of Cass county,, Michigan, and
taken to Cassapolis for trial.
Growth or Allentown.— Sixty-five now
buildings wore erected in the borough of Al
lentown during the past year.
O' John B. Gough is working wonders for
the temperance cause in Ireland, large au
diences flock to hear him everywhere, and in
m^aaaa 6 th ° whiak y metropolis of the
North, 2000 persons have signed the pledge.
Di. Cummins,
Of Dr. Gumming, who is tho groat Scotch p re
or of London, and so welljtimwn by his writing
this country, an English review gives the f o u 0 *!
personal idosorlption, 1
" His singularly handsome person, bis htiiu ■■
flow of pootio thoughts, his striking talents on I?
burning seal, combine to make him one of tho'
interesting speakers of tho flay. Dr. CninmCf
very small in person, not exceeding five f oot [ n *«
five inches in height,, with n slender and ernr n
figure. His face is one of the most beautiful 1 1 *
over seen, for ho ia altogether too diminutive uu!
culled strictly handsome. His hair is of a jot hi v
with a soft waving curl upon it; bis complexion - ...
sembles alabaster, with a deep damask colour' p ie
forehead is high and finely formed, and his eye',!’ ■'/!
concealed by invisible spectacles. His nose oquili
but very largo; and tho lower part of bis f aC o i,
perfect ns that of some Greek statue, with tin,
tion of beautiful teeth. . Altogether ho is What I'S’iiiftl
countrymen call a very ‘ bonnie ohtci,’ and llonotifijp
really bo incomparable were ho only magnified 1 'SI'
His manner is very unnssummg; ho .never
himself forward, but remains behind the other suit rewf
ors. While silent ho has ail the meekness of ainl K’S
tile child, but when ho spoaks ho displays all (1
vigor and energy‘o£a young oaglo.”
■ Leap Y£ak.—Tho ydah 1860 hah been wuj. fjj|
’ ly set apart for the benefit of that class of ]p %
dies who are anxious to enter the state rfl'|
' matrimony, but who have' not had the gooj M
fortune to entico sotno’luokless wight into th( S
meshes of their not. A contemporary savi
- on and-aftor-the 29th of rebnjiniy,‘iB60 I te,||
ladies will bo fully, authorized- to 66mmen«fe|
• making love to any gentleman they may dcccittj
worthy of their hands, hearts and fortunes] :;-
It will devolve upon the ladies to invito tb> fi
gentlemen to parties, concerts;,balls, and olh-; ■'
or places of amusomoat, and it will also bc i ’ £
their duty to furnish the gentlemen, with cap ‘
triages, if the weather be boisterous, and (at
see that they have "secured seath’ in a pica Jan
saut part of the hall. And, above all, ladies, So
it will be your duty to pay the bills. We •
doubt not pur tailors and milliners can fur- pr
msh you with’work sufficient to earn whatevi t?
cr little sums it . will require ,to meet
current and should you bo, obliged! ™'
to take in wishing Once in a while, to
both ends meet, you should do so cheerful!;, |;||
This year, Indies, you, can rule the roast. Is|i
You will, of course, improve an opportunity |p|
so temptingly placed before you; but takof||
our advice and rule with Dohot|®||
allow yourselves to bo ruled by that class of||,®.|
females which Shakspeare has immoralized aj
"Shrews” They will give you no good od.Kjg
vice. ■ ■ ■ '. rtf; 1
A' away a few 1 . moawnW-c
the railroad depot, a few days ago, wo sanit'ch;
young wife bestow a parting kiss full u;k r
the mouth of her husband—and such a kissl-,ed
She was going to visit her friends down (1* ■' pa
road somewhere, ; to be gone but twowedr, ; tltj
and if that "kiss, loud, ringing, earnest, trod D'.
clear, didn’t embody tho concentrated
of two weeks’ ..affection, may wo—och-honf,fcj||
wo never expect to. If Sidney Smith—tin
immortal Sidney—could ’but, have witnessed pah
that “buss,” lib would have gone into an cc-f|||
stacy of huge delight. Hear what ho says oi M
kissing: AVemcin favor of a certain degree
of shyness when a kiss is proposed, but il -*j|
should not bo continued too long; and when 0S
the fair one gives it let it bo administered j||
with iedrynth wid energy. Lot, thoroho
in .it. If she closes her eyes and sighs
immediately after it,-the offout is greater. SliCjgji;
should ho careful not to slobber q kiss! Wjjjj
give It as a humming bird runs his
honcy-suokle—deep but delicate! There
much virtue in a kiss when well
AVe have had the memory of one wb
in our yopth, which has lasted us tweniy •??
years, and wo believe it will booms of the la* fed
things wo think of when we die. . ;fR
Never Despair; —Man should never dcs
pair of his resources or his race, lie fre
quently does little or nothing, because ho doe:
not manfully attempt, enough, ’ We are von
sure (and, indeed, tiro experience of every day
adds to tho proof,) that tho true extent of hii
powers has never yet been developed. lie.
himself, is quite as much confounded at-iiij
own achievements, when ho makes them, ai
any of the spectators. He is usually forced to j
his best performances by what ho vulgarly!
calls necessity. We might easily find anotfw*
word and origin for the impulse which Jio Vaj?!
obeys ifit such momehts, and by which he par-'
formsi Though his reason, trembles to ad-* Sggh
vaheo, his blood bound'S‘tp i lhe t 'cdnsuimnatioii
of the unusual tasks. Verily, we too much
underrate this instinct.' .What is it but the
God within him,'throwing aside’the'" shackles 'y : 'd[Ji
of clay, thd idipedimehts, htfd donblshnd fcari
of poor earthly reason, and lim'rying him
ward—lie blind the, while—under the
ring guidance of an immortal soul I - feisy
—— ; ’ stt
REPnlaLrcANisM.—Republicanism,''
ding to its supporters just now, 1 is sound
theory but “insane*’ in' practice,' The mail
who professfes its principles, who sympathizes
with Jblin’Btown afid hisrdid in Virginia 1 , is p;fo,
a patriot and a Christian; but the man who
acts them out is an"“insane” tfaitor and a inj
murderer 1 That is tho plain logic of
treatment which Brown now recctvesfromhis \
party friends.■ ’ ,ra|
I®
_ Accepted.— The Legislature of Virginia, ty> : ;
joint resolution, has accepted the flag
ted to that Commonwealth by the citizen! i- >
Philadelphia, viewing it ns an evidence of %
devoted patriotism of its donors. a, ;!
Bv
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3“lt is- stated at "Washington that
French mission was some timo since
the Hon. C. J. Faulkner, of Virginia.
excepts, the nomination will be sent in .bom
after the Senate shall regularly convene nto TW
the holidays.
aT Two men named Francis Singer and
Andrew Maxwell, wore killed on the Penn*
sylvania Railroad i last Saturday evening*"
Both wore horribly mutilated.
The daughter of a late 1 ■,
physician of Philadelphia has gone into aeon*’ ' ■
vent, taken the veil, and given to the institu- j.
tion her whole property, amounting to s6o,*.
000. •' fe ;: 11 5
The Thaw.—Tho change in the temperature
the warm rain bn Saturday have relieved tho
of a groat deal of ice. Sleighing is effectually
up, and the weather at present quite moderate.
Printing Office Sold.—The printing mator!**
of tbo.JJflr£« County Democrat office have been wU '
at Sheriffs sale,.. They were knocked down at kt
prices, to various purohasors.This is,the ooncci*j gjj.,
started by Lauman A 00.
Quite a number of tho medical student
recently loft Philadelphia, have returned
Burned their studios, declaring that their dopa^ ll **; t, vawi
was intended merely as a Chrfijpius joke. •
it is expected, will return sooni ’ ‘
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