guaranteed ; the sacredness of houses
and persons be again respected, and
an insulted judiciary would again ad
minister the laws of the land.
Lot not the ruin of our country be
charged to our soldier's. It is not
duo to their teachin g s or their fanati
oiNn. In constant official intercourse
with them, I have never heard utter
ed one sentiment of hatred towards
the people of the South. Beyond all
oth.er mon they value the blessings of.
ponce and the virtue of nverey,of gen
tioness and charity while those who
stay at home demand no mercy, no
charity or forgiveness.
The bigotry of fanaticism and the
intrigues of place•men have made
bloody pages of history of the past
three years.
It was a soldier upon whom our
Saviour bestowed His only commetn•
dation when He hung upon the cross
and the Pharisees mocked at His suf
fering. It was a soldier alone who
discovered His divinity when he
heard Him pour forth prayers for mer
cy and. forgiveness for the authors of
His sufferings.
This administration cannot save
this Union, but we can.
Mr. Lincoln views many things a
hove the Union. • We put, the Union
first of all. He thinks a proclama
tion worth more than peace. We
think the blood of - our people more
precious than the edict of a President.
There are no hindrances in our
pathway to Union and peace. We
demand no conditions for the restor
ation of the Union; we are shackled
with no hates, no prejudices, no pas
sions. We wish for fraternal relations
with the people of the South. We
demand from them what we demand
for oursetves—a full recognition of
the rights of the States. We mean
that any State on our nation's banner
shall shine with ono and the same lus
tre.
In the coming election men must
decide with which of the two parties
they shall act. If they wish for U
nion they will act with the pasty
which will hold the Union together.
They will act with that which has
now and always did love and rever
ence the Union.
If they wish for peace they will act
with those who sought to avert this
war, or who now seek to restore good
will and harmony among all sections
of our country.
If they care for their rights and the
sacredness of their homes they will
act with those who have stood up to
resist arbitrary arrests, despotic legis-
lation and the overthrow of the ju
ciary.
If, upon the other hand, they are
willing to continue the present poli
cy of the Government and condition
of affairs, let them act with that or-
ganization which made the present
condition of our country.
There are many good men who
may be led to do this by their pas
sions and prejudices, and our land
swarms with placemen, who will
hold upon power with deadly grasp.
But as for us, we are resolved that
the party which has made the histo
ry of our country since its advent to
power seem like some unnatural and
terrible dream, shall be overthrown.
Four years ago it bad its birth up
on this spot. Let us see that by our
action it shall die here where it was
born.
We desire 'Union and peace, and
the administration deny us Union
and peace, for they demand condi
tions and exact a price which they
well know will prolong the war, and
the war unduly prolonged becomes
disunion.
Wise statesmanship can now bring
this war to a close upon terms sot
einnly set forth-by the Government
at the outset of the contest. In this
political contest we do not seek par
tisan advantages.
We are battling for the rights of
those wbo belong to all political or
ganizations. We mean by these
rights that free speech' shall not be,.
impeached. Although that right
may be need to denounce us we intend
that the rights of conscience shall be
protected.
Although mistaken views of duty
may turn the temples of religion into
theatres for partisan denunciation,
we mean that home rights and the
sacredness of the fire-side shall be re
spected by those in authority.
No matter what political views
may be held by those who sit beneath
their roof-trees. When the Demo
cratic party shall have gained power
we shall not be less but more tena
cious upon these subjects. •
We have foreborne much, because
those who are now charged with the
conduct of public affairs know but
little about the principles of our. Gov
ernment.
We were unwilling to present an
appearance of factious opposition,
but when we shall have gained power
that official who shall violate one
principle of law, one single right of.
the humblest man on our land, shall
be punished by the full rigors of the
law. It matters not whether he sits
in the presidential chair or holds an
humble office under our Government.
The speech of Gov. Seymour was
greeted with cheers.
Mr. Guthrie, chairman of commit
tee on resolutions, stated that the
several resolutions offered to the said
.committee yesterday had been refer
red to a sub committee, and that
there was reason to believe that they
would be ready to report this af
ternoon, and furthermore that there
was a fair prospect of an harmonious
conclusion.
After some debate, the Convention
took a recess till 4 o'clock.
CHICIAIp Aug. 30.—The Conven
tion re.as (Wed at four o'clock this
P.
Mr. Guthrie stated that' the com
mittee on resolutions had agreed up.
on a series of resolutions, and were
ready to report. The resolutions
were read as follows :
Resolved, That in the future, as in
the past, we will adhere with unswerv
ing fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution, as the only solid founda
tion of our strenth, security and hap.
pinees as a people, and as the frame.
work of the Government, equally
conducive to the welfare and pros
perity of all the States, both Northern
and Southern
Resolved, That this Con von Lion does
explicitly declare, as the sense of the
American people, that after four
years of failure to restore the Union
by the experiment of war, during
wbich f nriclq the pretenca of military
necessity or the war power, higher
than the Constitution, the Constitu
tion itself has been disregarded in,
every part, and public liberty and
private right alike trodden down, and
the material prosperity of the coun
try essentially impared, that justice,
humanity, liberty and public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be
made for the cessation of hostilities,
with a view to the ultimate conven
tion of all the States, or other peace.
ful means, to the end that, at the
earliest practicable moment, peace
may be restored on the basis of the
Federal Union of the States.
Resolved, That• the direct interfer
ence of the military authority of the
United States in the, recent elections
held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
and Delaware, was a shameful viola
tion of the Constitution, and a repeti
tion of such acts in the approaching
elections will be held as revolutions.
ry and will be reeisted with all the
means and power _fender our control.
Resolved, That the aim and object
of the Democratin party is to pre
serve the Fethaitr; ; Union and the
rights of the States unimpared, and
they hereby declare that they Con
sider the administrative usurpation of
extraordinary and dangerous powers
not granted by . the Constitution, the
subversion of civil by military law in
the States not in insurrection, the ar
bitrary military arrest and imprison
ment, trial and sel.tence of American
citizen's in the States where civil law
exists in full force, the suppression of
freedom of speech and of the press,
the denial of the right of asylum, the
open and avowed disregard of State
rights; the interference with and de
nial of the right of the people to boar
arms, as calculated to prevent the res
toration of the Union and the perpet
uation of a Government deriving its
just powers from the consent of the
governed.
Resolved, That the shameful disre
gard of the administration to its duty
in respect to uur fellow-citizens who
now and long, have been prisoners,
and are now in a suffering condition,
deserves the severest reprobation on
the score alike of public and common
humanity.
Resolved, That the Sympathy of
the Democratic party is heartily and
earnestly extended to the soldiery of
our army, who are and have been in
the field under thefiag of our country
and in the event of oar attaining pow
er, they wilt receive all the care, pro
tection, regard and kindness that the
brave soldiers of our Republic have
so nobly earned.
The resolutions were adopted with
but four dissenting voices.
It was then moved that the Con
vention proceed to-ttitrirekaination of
a candidate for the. Presidency.
John P. Stocktoin 'Mew Jerson)
on behalf of the delegation of that
State nominated Gem George B,
Mr. S. S. Cox, on behalf of a por
tion of Ohio, seconded the nomina
tion.
Mr. Saulsbury (Delaware) nomina•
ad Governor Powell, of Kentucky.
Mr. Powell returned thanks to the
gentleman, but he firmly believed the
crisis demanded that the candidate of
the party should come from a non
slaveholding State, and believing so,
he begged the gentleman and his col
league from the gallant State of Dela- •
ware to withdraw his name.
Mr. Stewart, in behalf of the Ohio
delegation, nominated Thos. H. Sey
mour. -
Mr. 'Wyekliffe, on behalf of a por
tion of the delegation' fronr Kentucky,
nominated:Franklin Pierce.
Mr. Harris (Hd.y seconded the
nomination of Thos. H. Seymour, and
proceedea to eulogize his party servi
ces and abilities.
Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut, passed
"high eulogy upon Thos. H. Sey
mour, but stated that his name was
used hero without his wish and with
out the request of the Connecticut
delegation.
The name of G.ov. Po,well was then
withdrawn.
Mr. Wickliffe withdrew the name
of Mr. Pierce.
Mr. Holmes, ofNew Jersey, moved
that the debate on the candidates
close and moved the previous ques
tion.
Mr. McNeill, of Illinois, on behalf
of a portion of the Illinois delegation,
and, as he believed, a majority of the
delegates ,of the..great Northwest,
nominated Horatio Seymour.
The President said the motion was
out of order.
. Motions to adjourn were made but
were declared out of order,
CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—The Conven
tion re-assembled at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The Wigwam was densely packed,
and the crowd outside •was greater
than ever.
Immediately after the Convention
Was called to order, a prayer was of
fered by Rev. Dr. ialaey, of Chicago.
Wickliffe (Ry.) said that the
delegates from the West were of the
opinion that circumstances may oc
cur between noon of to-day and the
4th of March next which will make
it proper for the Democracy to meet
in convention again. He therefore
moved the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention
shall not be dissolved by adjournment
at the close of its business, but shall
remain organized, subject to be called
at any time and place that the Exec
utive National Committee shall des•
ignate.
The President then stated the
question before the Convention to be
on ordering the previous ques-
Veil to proceed to the nomination of
Iv candidate for the presidency, and it
was ordered without dissent: .
Thb vote was then taken by States,
the Chairman of each delegation an•
nouncing the vote when the States
were called.
The final result was announced, as
allows :
Maine, for M'Clellan; New Hamp
shire, 7 fur 111.4.11e11an : Vermont, 5
for same ; Massachusetts, 12 for
same ; Rhode Island, 4 for same;
Connecticut, 6 for same ; New York,
33 for same ; New Jersey,7 for same ;
Pennsylvania, 26 for same ; Delaware,
3 for Thomas li. Seymour ; Indiana,
3i for Thos. H. Seymour; Illinois, 16
for M'Clellan; Michigan, 8 for same ;
Missouri, 4 for Thomas H. Seymour;
Minnesota, 4 for M'Clellan ; lowa, 8
for same ; Wisconiin, 8 for same ;
Kansas, 3 for same; California, 5 for
same ; Oregan, 3 for same.
Total, for M'Clellan, 20.21 ; Thos H.
Seymour, 23i.
The President announced the vote,
which was received with deafening
cheers—the delegates and audience
rising, the bands playing and the
cheering lasting for several minutes.
Immediately after the nomination
a banner, on which was painted the
portrait of M'Clellan and bearing the
motto : "If I cannot have command
of my own men, let me share their
fate on the field of battle," was run
up behind the President's platform,
and was welcemed with entunsiastic
cheers.
A corhmunication %roil received fTom
the chairman of the German People's
Association of Few. York, claiming;to
keP`rese t 2051,01* citizens, ticcom pa
n ied* resolutions. pledging the mem
bers of the association to the support
of the Chicago nominee. -
Mr: Vallandigham moved that the
nomination of George B. M'Clellan
be made the unanimous sense of the
Convention, which was seconded by
Mr. M'Keon.
Governor Powell briefly addressed
the Convention, pledging his most
earnest efforts for tho success of the
ticket.
Judge Allen, of Ohio and others
made brief speeches, and the question
was then taken on making the nomi
nation unanimous, which was declar
ed carried amid deafening applause.
Mr. Wykoff offered a resolution to
the effect that Kentucky expects the
first act of WOlollan, when inaugura
ted in March next, will be to open
the Lincoln prison doors and set the
captives free, which was carried unan
imously. •
The Convention then proceeded to
vote for Vice President.
The first ballot resulted as follows :
James Guthrie, 651; George H.
Pendleton, 541; Daniel W. Voorhees,
13 ; Geo. W. Cass, 26; August Dodge,
7;J. D. Caton, 16; Gov. Powell 321;
John S. Phelps, 8; Blank, 1:;
On the second ballot New York
threw its whote vote for Mr. Pendle
ton, its chairman stating that its for
mer vote for Guthrie was against his
wishes.
The other candidates were then
withdrawn, and George. H. Pendle
ton, of Ohio, was unanimously nomi
nated.
tbaitzu gobtrtistr.
MRSE DEMOCRATIC ITLINCIPLES CEASE TO LEAD, WIL CEASE
TO FOLLOW."
WM. IL BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1664
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS,
FOR PRESIDENT,
Geo. B. McClellan,
Or NEW JERSEY:
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Geo. IL Pendleton,
OF OHIO.
FOR CONGRESS,
HON. MY ER ST,ROUSE,
MORE DRAFTS.
Governor Curtin has issued a proc
lamation ander the acts passed by
the last extra session of the Legisla
ture, providing for the raising of fif
teen regiments of Pennsylvania
State Guards, for three years service.
He orders that if a portion of the
regiments, &c., are not raised in thir
ty days from August 30, that the de
ficencies be supplied by DRAFT. So
it seems, we are also to be deviled
and drafted by the State authorities
in addition to those of the United
States.
Mir The "loyal" and "pay-triotic"
legislature in session for three weeks
at _Harrisburg lately had the mean
ness to appropriate $3OO a piece for
their services. This too when the
people are already overburthened
with taxes to defray the enormous
expenses of the war. It was down
right robbery, and every one engaged
in the transaction should be held-up
to public execration. Bat, what else
could be expected from the "loyalty"
and "decency" of the land.` Derma-
crateare traitors Tor defending
constitution and the -Union Unions while
they are "loyal" by robbing tlae tax
payers.
10,..The administration at Wash
ington, seeing the hand-writing on
the wall, and feeling that the people
are desirous of peace, and wish at
least an effort made to accomplish
that desirable object, are striving to
hoodwink them into the belief that
they are doing so. For some weeks
already its papers are filled with stuff
that they are anxious for peace, &c.,
and this too in the face of the "to
whom it may concern," where the
abolition of slavery is made the con
dition in advance. All the people
have got to do, however, is, when
announcements are put forth that the
administration is anxious for peaee,
that it is initiating steps therefor, is
to wait a few days and they will in
varlible discover that all such reports
were false and intended to deceive
them. The administration of Abe
Lincoln does not want peace. There
is too much money in the war for
-them` to think even of stopping it.—
They are not doing 'very well in sup
pressing the rebellion it is true, but
they are enriehingthernselves. Even
if the rebels agreed to "abolish sla
very," Abe Lincoln would throw oth
er objectionable atid-lrimpracticable oh
stables to peace Who ivAy. ' '
ATLArATAL TAKEN.
Sborman ciepti4ed ' Atlanta last
week. The Confederates have taken
up a position some twenty-five miles
in the rear of it:. There 'was not
much fighting. We lost about 1200
men and captured some twenty-five
c on and 800 prisoners. A battle
wlralso fought at'..East Point in the
neighborhood of Atlanta, which re
sulted in the defeat 'Of the rebels, but
the particulars have not yet been re
ceived.-
Igl..There never was a nomination
made for President that was so en
thusiasticly received by the people
as is that of McClellan. Everbody,
except the rebels :and the friends of
Old Abe and the war, is delighted
with it.
O*- The Republican con vention in
this borough on Monday; was a mot
ley assemblage, as well as is the ticket
nominated. The former was compos
ed of many of those: who seceded in
1851, and the ticket! is a sprinkling of
those then defeated' as well as of
those that aided in - accomplishing that
Work. Mr.' iroger was the seceders
candidate then, and,defeated Mr. 13ix
ler, who, it is to be presumed, will
not break his neck in now furthering
the election ofhis then successful corp.,
M bl" t -h
peti
,am, e o :was
then so. objectionable the seceders
that he was opposcO_And defeated by
' his own party' plods, is now again
put on the track -find maae n - bed
fellow with men who claimed to be
par egeelferece the Union candidates,
and this too to the exclusion of a
wounded soldier who served his coun
try on the tented field for years.
Where now are the professions of
love for, the soldier by the opposition ?
On the wholejm think, that although
they have iiiade a ticket, they will
have some trouble to elect it evell in
Lebanon county.
Last week the stamp:act on match
es took effect. Every box hereafter
must' be stamped with a one-cent
revenue stamp. Ain't the 'people
glad that we, have a war, and taxes.
and Abe Lincoln for President ? If
they are they should vote for bine a
gain.
Im.The German Repiblican papers
of the west are one after the other
coming out against Lincoln. The
Dutsche Zeitung, a Republican paper
of Peoria, says that, Not only Mr.
Lincoln, but every candidate in his
interest, will be defeated in that sec
tion,
ez".A favorite argument of election
eering last among the soldiers
particularly, by the - opposition of
:this, county l was, "vote for Curtin,
now, and next fall we'll all vote for
cCiellappy,.:X4 thy_now do as
they then ;promised! And if. they
-were in favor- - of McClellan- then,
What 'has- 'he-done since that should
make them oppose him!
06-When the people now make up
their minds between McClellan and
Lincoln let them first look over the
four dark,. bloody and miserable
years we are just completing, and if
they see anything pleasing in them,
let them vote for Lincoln. :If they
wish the same spread over four years
more, with the addition of more lives
sacrificed, more treasure expended,
more drafts, More taxation, still high
er prices for the necessaries ofi.life,
let them vote for Lincoln. If they
have enough of such scenes ;if they
believe that enough has been sae ri
ficed in the attempt to ma.ketlke states
slaie or all free;" if they believe
that the irrepressible conflict should
cease and' oar cottfitrY•be restored to
the great blessings of peace, pros=
erty and happiness;; or, at least'an
atteanpt made therefor, let them vote
for that patriot and statesman,
Gm. GEORGE B. , McCl,Emax, and all
*ill -The • people will have
to choose. It la in their hands gmd
upon them restatbe rempo*hikty.
ORGANIZE.-Our nominees are an
nounced, and as there is but little
time left before the election, organi
zation of the party should commence
at once. Let McClellan and Pendle
ton Clubs be formed in every district
of the county. Let meetings be held,
committees appointed, documents and
papers be procured and distributed,
and every other means adopted to
save the country by the election of
McClellan and Pendleton. Letevery
friend of McClellad consider himself
a committee to do all in his power
to elect. his favorite. Do not wait
for credentials of appointment or au
thority, but cippoint yourself and go
to work at once. Now is, the last and
only chance for our county, anil all
the good wprk in its cause must be
done in the neat eight weeks.
vg,,, As many of the seceders of the
Republican county conven Lion oflB6l,
were delegates to the county conven
tion on Monday, and as some of the
candidates now were the seceders'
candidates then, may we not call the
ticket the seceder's- ticket. If they
are seceders And made 'a seceders'
ticket may We'Aot
,call ,them seces
sionists, and the ticket a secession
ticket!' NoiViet tfieni atop abusing
the secessionists.
The abolitionists now; since
Gen. McClellan is nominated for
President, are trying' to deprive him
of the victories won by him, forget,-
ing, or not caring, that in doing so
they also deprive the soldiers who
fought under him of the, glory they
achieved by their valor. What say
the heroes of Philippi, Rich mountain, •
and Carrack's Ford, of the Peninsula,
of South Mountain, and finally, of An
tietam ! was Gen. McClellan, and con
sequently were you, defeated atthose
places ? Did you or did you not,
while under Gen. McClellatywin any
battles ? If you did, tell the aboli
tionists so when they ask " - what
; battles has Gen. McClellan won r'
. ngt. Are the - ahol Rion papers going
to drop Abe Lincoln and take Jeff.
Davis as their candidate for the Presi
dency? We see them publishing so
many extracts from the speeches and
sayings of the latter, for which Ave
cannot account in any other way
than by the above supposition. We
do not see, however, that they can
gain much by the substitution, or by
convincing the.people that Jeff. Da
vie is, in favor of war, when Lincoln
is all in that line that man or devil
can desire I
-QuEtty.--4tis now. said .that our
fire upon Fort Sumpter is kept up
slowly, but so accurate that the case
mates arcs already becoming unsafe,
_
and that the rebels-._apprehond seri
ous damage." " We were told :two
yeari ago that Fort Sumpter was a
heap of ruins. and that it. could not
withstand two hours of our fire when
we opened upon it. Are there two
Fort Sumpter's, and if so, where is
the one located whose "casemates are
becoming unsafe !"
ggl,„ The Convention. of Monday
had a rich set of as4Pis after their
votes for noininatiot;s. .2ikuniber of
them threatened right and left that
if not placed on.the ticket they would
run independent. How then can the
defeated ones support the successful
ones when they thus forced them
selves,on they ticket?. •
(ri".When the pilgrims of Plymouth
harped after the rich lands and hunt
ing grounds of the Peqoes, they as
sem bled, in Puritanical style, and
Resolved That the earth and the
fullness thereof belongs to God's cho
sen people.
"Resolved, That we are God's cho
sen people.
They then proceeded to appropri
ate said lands and hunting grounds
to their own use, and exterminating
the Indians.
The corrupt and despotic stipport
era of the present , administration,
copy faithfully after the &radical and
thieving New England, original. They
That the government,
hhall only be administered by loyal
people.:
• "liesolved, That , we are the loyal
people." • •
And would proceed accordingly.
The people, 'however, have discov
ered that they are utterly unfit
to administer the government, sand
will put McClellan in the Presiden
tial chair, hoping for something else
than drafts, taxation, despotism, and
fanaticism from the change.
Stir The bitterness of feeling prev
alent among the aspirants for nomi
nation on Monday, as well as thoir in
disposition to support the ticket, may
be gathered from the fact that one of
them, who stood prominently as a
candidate, was in our office before
the Convention had adjourned and
pledged himself to the , support of a
good Democratic ticket.
et - The' people - wanted a change
in 1860. They got it. Everybody
.will admit that the change was a bad
one; and now, again, everybody is
willing to admit that a change ,can
not be for the . worse Would it be
wrong totry the'experiment? We
havemnoh to: gain, and nothing,tO4ose
by. &Asap.
Mild
mg,. The second article of the a
mendments of the Constitution of the
United States says :—"the rigid of
the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed."
Major General }leintzleman has is
sued an order that all arms sold to
citizens of Ohio, Indians, and Illinois
shall be seized and confiscated.
Thus, one of Abe Lincoln's satraps
places himself above the Constitu
tion, and flagrantly violates one of
its plainest articles find that no doubt
by order of his master in the White
...11ouseot)Washington.
iidttritii that sucivasmiserible
and despotic administration be voted
out of poivei ';'
ter A vast amount of dissatisfac
tion with the ticket nominated on
Monday, in this borough, is 'already
apparent among the opposition. It
seems that the ticket is partly Clique
affair and partly' anti-Clique. Both
sections threaten to defeat the candi
dates not their own ; in fact this feel
ing was so prevalent, and determined
even in the convention itself, that we
have it on the best of authority that
the members of the . ,_ponvention refus
ed to pledge themselves to support
the ticket.
sa. A Republican paper says—"lt
is roughly calculated that within the
next.year there will be three more
drafts." We should say that was
rough, and add, in addition, that the
three ° drafts must ,he -made in six
months, for after that period Republi
can papers will be very poor authori
ty of what is going to transpire. If
the people know themselves, and we
think they do, they will have McClel
lan in the Presidential chair in six
months from now, when drafts will
be by-gones, only to be thought of as
spectrums of the dark ages of Lincoln
ism, despotism and fanaticism.
'The people have had four years
of war ; now let them try four years
of peace, and then they will be able
to make a selection. If they should
prefer the former it will be very easy
to get up a squabble with somebody.
"We must have a change."--Vou
rier of
. 1860.
Ittlir Well, the change is here, and
we have learned a bitter lesson from
abolition rule. The•poor:man hardly
knout bow to provide for his family.
The Union is dissolved. The prices
are up, money is down. fle it.a won
der the people are disgusted with the
shoddy administration ? • ' •
"VOTE FOR CURTIN ,AND. AVOID THE
DaArr."--Courier of . 1:863..
ma„,. To show the people how much
confidence should= be placed in aboli
tion papers, wvpfer them the a
bove quotation. Gonement
nneees
snry.
"A ROME FOR TILE HOMELESS."-
Courier of 1860.
sm. We have thousands of families
throughout the country, who were
made bereft of affectionate father, and
fond brother, through this War. But
remember, the abolitionists call the
graves of 'our brave soldiers "homes
for the. homelesS."
TERRIBLE MURDER IN BRISTOL.
Bristol was thrown into a terrible
excitement: on.: on Friday last. A hey
in the borough, eleven years ol:l,And
of honest,.respectable parentage, en
ticed a little. play-fellow, four, years
his junior, into , an unoccupied loft.—
They .sported awhile, as children will,
when the elder •boy drew, a pistol and
shot his companion dead. To hide
the crime was thelligext thing. Tak
ing the lifeless body in his arms, he
descended the stairs, and, unseen,
reached the alley at the rear of the
house, where a . large quantity ofshav
ings were stored. Burying the corpse
in the shavings, the boy fired • the
heap and fled. Aroused by the light,
the citizens hurried to the spot, and,
scattering the flames, extracted the
dead body from the glowing embers.
The murder was at once traced to
the boy, who did not deny it, and, ex
hibited the pistol with whidli it bad been
done. • The annals of crimein Amer--
ea will furnish no parallel to this cold
blooded murder.. The extreme youth
of the murderer and his victim - give
the deed, an awfulness seldom experi
aticpd.—Philad. News.
ria-The.New York Tribune-thinks
President Lincoln did : wrong in 'clos
ing the door to peace ',by his iopo
whom it may Concern." In its Tues
day's issue it says :
"Supposing th:e Confederates (Clay
and aoicomb) had not been invested
with the authority to negotiate a
peace, but had been. disavowed and
discredited by Jeff. Davis,_• would not
our government have made a strong
point on the Rebellion by trusting
to their assurances and -afford; them
every facility for trying to procure
from Richmond the powers which
they thus pledged themselves to so
licit ? So great andanecessful a war
rior as Napoleon was remarkable for
the eagerness wherewith he continu
ally sought, or at least seemed to seek,
for peace sometimesin utter con
tempt of diplomatic formulas and
precedents. A Government fighting
an insurrection is naturally, and nee.
essarily anxious to extinguish it at
the,earliest moment, and " can - rarely
'afford to repel an overture , which . 0 ..
pens even a doubtful avenue
oiliatiun
* A
lady in Berkshire; was dolly
ered of her. twenty-first well
US!,
week. lter busliand‘ Is:a t i as pan
be expected. .
-.A Sousrrro% poo
pie watit's suletituto for
Poor - Richard's Reasons, for buying Unitad
Mateo OecuritLea.
The other day we heard a rich
neighbor say he had rather have rail
road stocks than the U. S. stocks, for'
they paid higher interest. Just then
Poor Richard came up, and said that
he just bought some of Uncle Sam's
three years notes, paying seven and
three-tenths per cent. interest. My
rich friend exclaimed, "You! I thought
you had no money to buy with."--•Yes," said Richard, "I. had a little
laid up, for you know it is well to
have something laid up against a wet
day, and I .have - kept a little or my
earnings by me." ;Now Poor-Richard
is known to all the Country round to
be a very prudent - and industrious
i
and withar, - ;:wis - e v Mak; - foT. Richard
,neve r
learned oythirig $ . :110 -- didn't`
'know how to make use : . of, and .'his .
wisdom and prudence had; become a
proverb:.:. So,-
when, he - took, out his
savings and bought the notes, more
than one was :sinprised, and.itimas no
wonder rich Mr. Smith askegtwhy:7—•
So Poor - Richard, in a very quiet hum
ble way—for he never assumed =v.-
thing—replied, "1 suppose, Mr. Smith,-
you know a great deal better than I
do what to do with money, and how
to invest; for I never had-much, and
all I got I had to work hard for. But
I have looked round a good deal upon
my neighbors, and seen what they did
' with their money and I will tell you
some thing's I saiv and what I thought
of it. One very rich man was-alway 4
dealing in Money,:and he made a great
deal, but was never satisfied withont
high interest. .So he lent most of. his
money to some people who he thought
were very rich, at a very high rate i
and he often told - how mueh he got f
till one day the, people he lent to, went
to smash.- He got back about ten cents
on - 1:L . dollarvof his Money: I knoW-an
other old g entleman, who had some
bank stock and he went to the bank
and got ten per cent. dividend. The
President and everybody said it was
the best stock in the country—paid
, ten per cent; Bitt what did the old
man do but sell his stock the next dayl
Why? why? said everybody. -Be
cause, it pays too much ,dividend. And
in six months the bank went to smash.
Now,
that I know to be a fact. Well,
Mr. Smith, you say railroad stocks
are best, because they pay high divi
dends? Can you tell how long they
will pay them ? I like railroads. I.
elped to build one, .and 'I go 'in for
lisefulthings. But I tell• you, what I
know about them. One-third of the
railroads don't pay any dividend, and
two-thirds (and some of them cracked
up, too,) do not pay as much as Gov
ernnient stocks. Now - that brings
me to the Government securities, and
I will tell yon why r prefer their* I
take it -fo l i,will v admit, Mr. Smith,
that in the long run the investment
which is best should have these quali
ties : First, it should - be perfectly se
cure: secondly, that the income should
' be uniform andpermanent—not up one
' year and down the next; and thirdly,
I
that-it should be marketable, so when
Vyour wet day comes, and you- want
V your money, you can get it back.—
I' And I think these notes or bonds have
got these qualities more than any oth
v er kind of personal propertY you-can
--,
name. Tryst. .
"First, then, I have been looking -
into that great book you call the Cen
sus Statistics. I used to think it
wasn't worth much; but since 1 be
gan to study it, I tell you, 1 found
out a good many things very useful
for me to know. I found out, by look
ing at the crops,
and the factories and
shipping, &c., that we (I don't mean
the Rebel States ) are making a thou
sand millions of dollars a year more
than we spend. So you see that (since
the increase of debt isn't half that) we'
are growing rich instead of poorer, as
John Bull and the croakers would
have us,think.. Then-the debt will be
paid, anyhow, :no matter hew lolig the
waris.: : 33 - 00 - eles v ,.:did you ever hear of
a Goviernmeinhat broke before 'the
people did ? . :took into . your highis
tones; Mr..Sinith, - and .you. will find
the peoplehreak -before the Govern
ment. Well; then,, I call that stock
perfectly secure.
"Secondly, - you want the income
Uniform and permanent. Well, I Want
you to take up a list of bankS, rail
roads, mines, insurance companies—
anything you choose—and tell me
(honor bright, now 1) how many have
- paid a uniform income.for ten or twen
ty years. Not one in a hundred, Mr.
Smith, and you know it.
"Now here is the Government will
pay you without varying a tittle.—
Now I like something that gives me
my income every year.
" Thirdly ; you want something
which is marketable any day in the
year. Now, if you will ask any bank
President, he will tell you that Gov
ernment stocks are the only kind of prop
erty that is, always saleable, because
they will sell. 4lN/where 'n tl e ld
"Now, Mr. Smith, this is why I put
My ' little ::savings um iGOVernment
stocks. I confess, too, 'that I wanted
to .help that: ear : old eountry; which
is any home and Tv country. "I' Con
fess ,iiaidlii. ' Smith, "I hadn't.thol
of all this. -There is a good deal of'
sense'in what you Say; and I will go
so far asr to4nit two or threetheusand
dollars in. United States stocks." It
can do no harm"
- We left Mi. Sinith. going
..tow.ards
. . .
the bank, and Poor Richard returning
home, with that calm aralpla,cid air
which indiCated the serenity of his
'disposition and the, consciousness of
doin:: , right towards - his country and
his fellow man.
te...Verified—Th e Abolition predic
tion that this country could not "en
dure half slave and half free."
LINCOLN'S DEATII WASBANT.-Lin
coin signed hie, own death warrant
Whec.rbepnt . . , ;,bis-name to,tite-noteAq-
Alress6d "to .- wlro - ra' it MAY nonce re,
He is now politically' dead, and his
funeral will take place in November.,
itbe tan be kept so losg. Bat mor
tification has already set 7: "
Herald.
The Draft wee to have taken
plapwon Monday, but we presume the
rain interfered,with ft. At least we did,
not see &heti. - - isi4thing of it.