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GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA.,, SEPTEMBER 7, 1858
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DEMOCRAWITATE
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JUDQE OP THE SUPREME COURT :
WILLIAM A. PORTER, Philadelphia.
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
Palette.-
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
In-pursnanconf the authority given the undersigned by
a resolution adopted at a meeting of the lierioiratic 'County
Committe?, held on Saturday 'the 28th of August, 1858,
you are relit:mated to !assemble in the several wards of the
Clity,_l3nronghs and Townships of the County, on
Saturday the 11th of September next,
tseu red ' there to elect `not leisi than THREE nor more
thaii EIVE delegates, to represent each district in a general
County P911•011#012, to be held on WEDNESDAY the 15th
ofgEPTMLBEB. next, following, at 11 o'clock, A. M., at
Belton Hall, in the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of
forming ticket to be supported at the next General
/a-The Towneblp 'Committees are requested to give
early notice, In their respective district., of the time and
place of meeting for the election of delegates.
• By order of the County Committee.
H. B. SWARR, Chairman.
LARCASTIB, August 31, 1858.
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THE SEDITION LAW REVIVED!
Attack on the Liberty of the Press 2
The following writ was served upon us by
the Deputy Sheriff of the County, on Friday
last:
LANCASTER COUNTY, SS.
• Tut: COMMONWEALTH or PENNSYLVANIA,
[SEAL) To the Sheriff of said Omniy, Gritting:
Ws command you that you summons GEORGE
ps Sainit'asott, so that he be and appear before our Court
of. Common Pleas for the County of Lancaster, to be holden
at Lancaster, for said County, on the THIRD MONDAY or
Novsienss Naar, thereto answer THADDEUS STEVENS, In a
plea of Trespass on the Case. And have you then and there
thls.Writ.
WITNESS the Honorable . HENRY G. LONG, President of
our said Court, at Lancaster, the Third day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight. W. CARPENTER, Proth'y.
• BiletAßlSH.—George P. Sanderson is not our name, but
we supposed the Writ was probably intended for us. and
accordingly we received it at the hands of the Sheriff.
We are not conscious of having done any
thing to incur the displeasure of TIIADDEUS
Simyrtis, except to say in substance that he is
not a fit person to represent the people of Lan
caster County in Congress, and we intend, if
we can, to make that apparent to the public
between this and the election, regardless of all
the writs he can issue against us. This attempt
on his part to silence the press and deter us
from scrutinizing his political career, is one of
the mistakes of his life,as be will find before we
are done with him. He did that once in Gettys
burg, with poor !LEFEVER, the publisher of the
Compiler, but he gained nothing for himself
in the long run even in that dark region of
Anti-Masonry. Still less, we apprehend, will
he accomplish by his present enterprise. He
will find that he has undertaken quite as diffi
cult a task, as he did when he attempted to
ignore the election of 1838, and frighten the
pifople from the assertion of their rights by the
aid of " buck-shot and ball."
We publish a free press, and claim the right,
under the Constitution and laws of the Com
monwealth, to investigate the personal and
political character of every candidate for pub
lic favor and political honors, and than fear
lessly assert and maintain that right under all
circumstances and at every hazard. The prose
cuter iu this case need be under no apprehen
sion that we shall prove craven to our rights,
and retreat through a back window ! Nay,
verily, if that be his calculation, he will find
himself egregiously mistaken.
The suit STEVENS has instituted will, per
haps, render it necessary for us to bring promi
nently before the public certain points in his
private character of which the community aro
now ignorant, and which we had no intention
of alluding ta, had he not, by his own act,
thrown us upon the defensive. We would have
been better satisfied had he instituted a crimi
nal prosecution, because then he, himself
would have been the first witness we should
have called to the stand, and several pertinent
questions would have been asked him commen
cing with his legislative career, at Harrisburg,
in 15345. We are not done with the old politi
cal demagogue by a long slice.
At this writing we are at a loss to know
what is the slander we have uttered against
Mr. STEVENS. So soon as he files his declara
tion in the Prothonotary's office, we shall pro
cure a copy and publish it, with comments,
so that our readers may be kept fully advised
of the progress of the suit from first to last.
A BL UNDER CORRECTED
The Daily Times of Saturday evening, in
noticing the suit instituted against us •by
THADDEUS STEVENS, says that it is founded on
a charge made against him of gambling ! We
did no such thing. We simply stated that
Mr. BUCHANAN was no gambler, and because
he was not guilty of that vice and other gross
outrages against the Constitution and laws of
the Commonwealth, he was not deserving the
foul epithet, bestowed upon him by STEVENS,
Of being the " meanest" man that has ever
occupied the Presidential chair. We also
stated that the man who would deliberately
and in cool blood apply such an epithet to the
Chief Magistrate of the Nation, was himself
entitled to the appellation, and we say so now!
We made no charge whatever against Mr.
STEVENS, of the kind stated by the Times, nor
do we yet know officially upon what ground he
has instituted the suit. If he chooses, as alle
ged by that paper, to appropriate any part of
the article to himself, he will doubtless under
take to show its applicability to his morals and
conduct, and we shall give him full license for
that purpose before a Court of Justice. In the
mean time we wish it to be distinctly under
stood that for any charge we may make,
during the progress of the campaign, against
the personal or political character of THADDEUS
STEVENS, he is at liberty to hold us responsi
ble in any way he may think propor.
THE DELEGATE ELECTIONS
Our Democratic friends throughout the
county will not fail, we hope, to attend the
primary elections on Saturday next, and elect
such men to represent them in County Con
vention as will honestly and faithfully carry
•out their wishes in that body.
These delegate elections are the more im
'portant at the present time, as by pursuing a
prudent and conciliatory course there is some
chance for a favorable result in October.—
The Opposition are torn and distracted by die
. sensions and heart-burnings, and, if we are
wise, we shall profit no little by this state of
things.
The coming Convention will be one of deep
interest, and whatever may be the result of
its action—and we hope for the beet—every
sincere . and honest Democrat will give to the
candidates nominated their most active and
efficient support. We:hope to see every ward,
borough and township in the County repre
vented in the Convention by good and reliable
men, and we trust that their deliberations will
be such as that the action of the Convention
will be triumphantly endorsed by a majority
of the people of Lancaster county.
To our Democratic friends we again say—
& not fail to attend the delegate elections on
Saturday next, the 11th of September.
t jor , OH4 , llllEB D. Diem:Y . , Esq., is the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the Chester
and Delaicare district.. He is opposed by
EfJosiew, (anti-LeooMpton) and
by Mr. Baoomer., (Republican,)
THE -RIAPIIIPA:N , NOBIINA - TIONtr
The nomination of THADDEUS &raven, for
Congress, has acted like a wet blanket on the
hopes of the Republicans in this county. It
has chilled them to the heart, and theirwrith - -'
ings and contortions give unmistakeable evi
dence that the death•throe is upon them. For
ten years or more Mr. Oriantris has lorded it
over the Whig party and the teatim!, which
arose 'upon it"-dissolution„aad n!) Ctriental
-Satrap ever exercised his power with more
heartlessness and tyraney;,_but the spell is
at length broken, the chains that held his
vassals in bondage have been severed, and he
is unable, arly longer, 'to rally the broken
fragments of what were once the serried
columns of the indomitable-.".-Old -Guard."-=
The National men of that once respectable
and high-toned party no longer listen to his
syren voice, and refuse to obey his mandates.
He may essay, in order to save hiinself from
the impending doom which awaits him, to "call
spirits from•the vasty deep, but they will not
come.” The Examiner, the time honored
organ of the whilom National Whig party , of
this Congressional district, has cut loos'e from
the embraces of the foul and leprous 'faction,
which by money and trickery has forced
STEVENS before the people, and tells its readers
in unmistakeable language, that such a nom
ination, brought about by such unworthy
means and in defiance of public sentiment, is
one " not fit to be made," and therefore not
binding on the voters of Lancaster county.—
But this is not the worst aspect of the case.
The signs of rebellion are thickening all
around. In every election district of the
county, serious defections have already taken
place and continue to be of daily occurrence,
and all the arts and appliances of the Aboli
tion candidate and his negro-loving friends
will be unavailing to calm the troubled and
turbulent elements.
Mr. STEVENS has had his day of power,
and he never can regain his political status in
the county of Lancaster. He grossly mis
represented the people in Congress for the
four years he was entrusted with their power,
and they will not now place him in a position
to abuse the trust a second time. " Othello's
occupation is gone " forever, and he will have
to bundle up his bag and baggage and seek a
home in the black region of Wilmotism, or
some other equally dark spot, if he ever again
expects to obtrude his pestilent presence
among honorable men in the halls of Congress.
CAN STEVENS BE ELECTED 1
We doubt it exceedingly. We do not be
lieve the honest, straight-forward, Union loving
people of Lancaster county will so far forget
themselves and the duty they owe to their
common country and its glorious institutions,
as to permit such a man to represent them in
Congress. Even if they bad any local or
other interest to promote, he is not the man
who can be trusted ; and if any dependance
is to be placed in his professions, he could ac
complish nothing—so notoriously odious is he
at Washington. This is well known to all
our people, and, therefore, they will not send
a man to represent them who is entirely des
titute of influence—powerless for good, and
only powerful (by his talents) for evil.
Mr, STEVENS, we think, cannot be elected—
because no Democrat will vote for so dangerous
and unscrupulous a foe of his party and its
principles. No National man of the old Whig
or American parties can vote for him, with
any show of consistency, because of his sec
tional and dangerous proclivities, as also,
because of his bitter and unrelenting hostility
to them and their cherished principles. And
no moral or religious man of any party ought
to vote for him, because of the dangerous
example he sets to all who come within the
circle of his influence.
There are other reasons than the above why
we think THADDEUS STEVENS cannot be elected,
but of these hereafter. The political history
of this man, especially, is a fruitful field for
exploration, and we intend to travel over it
and examine minutely into every nook and
corner, so as to be able to make an intelligible
and satisfactory report to the people of the
county, and to satisfy them, if possible, that
the Republican candidate for Congress is un
worthy of their suffrages, and should not be
elected.
RATHER THIN-SKINNED I
The leading Republicans in this city seem
to be peculiarly sensitive under the very
slight strokes of the lash we applied to their
bare backs in the last issue of The Intelli•
gencer. Truth, it appears, is not always
palatable even to negro-sympathisers. They
are perfectly willing to spit out their poisonous
saliva upon Democrats and every body else
who cross their path, but when the principle
of similia similibus is applied to them in re
turn, they flare up at once and talk of " prose
cutions," " cow hiding," " skull-smashing,"
and such like interesting episodes ! Now, all
this is a very bad sign. It is a certain indi
cation that they already, thus early in the
campaign, see the hand-writing upon the
wall. Like Belshazzar of old, their knees
smite together, and they are turning pale and
trembling with apprehension at the terrible
doom which awaits them. They know full
well that a large majority of the people of
Lancaster county are Union-loving, National
men, who have no sympathy in common with
Abolitionism—that while they are willing
that the negro should enjoy all the rights
guaranteed to him by our Constitution and
laws, they are utterly opposed to elevating
him to an equality—socially and politically—
with themselves. They are not willing that
the sooty tribe, either male or female, shall
participate in our elections, or occupy prom
inent seats in our parlors, or at our dinner
tables. No—no ; this is a government of white
men, instituted by white men for themselves
and their posterity, and the people of this
county never will consent to follow the lead
of any man or set of men who worship at the
dark and murky shrine of Abolitionism.
But, to return from this digression. The
threats above alluded to have no terrors for
us. We are accustomed to such windy de
monstrations. It is a game that two parties
can play at. Let these fellows attempt to put
thoir threats in execution, and we shall not
charge them any thing for their trouble. In
the mean time we shall " pursue the even
tenor of our way, unawed by influence and
unbribed by gain," fearlessly discharging our
whole duty to the good people of Lancaster
county, by applying the knife, as successfully
as we can, to the festering sores which afflict
the body politic.
HON. J. GLANCY JONES
This gentleman was re-nominated for Con
gress, by acclamation, by the Democratic Con.
vention of Berke county, which met at Read
ing on Tuesday last. This must be peculiarly
gratifying to Mr. JONES, coming, as it does,
from a noble and gallant constituency of whom
any man might well be proud. He has well
earned this token of approval, and his election
is certain by an overwhelming majority.
THE DAILY PATRIOT & DNION
We have received several numbers of this
new daily, published at Harrisburg, and can
say with truth that it presents a very neat
and creditable appearance, and is edited by
our friend HALDEMAN with distinguished
ability. - It bids fair to do excellent service in
the Democratic cause, and therefore we wish
the publishers and editor abundant success in
the enterprise.
,-AILite:STEVBNSAND- . Ffig .- TAILLIM
Mr. STEVENS wants to make a hobby of the
tariff question and ride into Congress upon
that ';issne—carefully keeping his abolition
sentinients in the bai3k ground. But did he
dopY thing for Pennsylvania interests when
he was in Congress before?
. 011 theiontrary,
was not his presence Were prejudicial to them?
The one idea that had possession of his mind
was *very . , and the onketudied . epeecirte
inflated upon Congress daring his Tat
was the one in which he made a vile and elan
derons attack upon the slaveholders of the
South. Nor could he effect anything by way
oTternodelitig the tariff, if he were sent back.
He is so odiouti to the SOuthern members, that
they would spurn from them with scorn- ani
proposition he could make. As, we state else
where, he would be powerless for good at
Washington, but might do much mischief, and
would seriously prejudice the interests of our
State in the National councils. We hope the
people of Lancaster eounty,will reflect well on
the consequences of again sending STEVENS to
Congress. Should they do' so, they may have
abundant cause to regret the step for many
long years to come.
THE EXAMINER REBELLIOUS
The Lancaster Examiner, the organ of the
conservative portion of the Opposition in this
County, refuses to endorse the nomination of
Trummus STEVENS, and is evidently prepar
ing to oppose his election. It alleges that the
delegates in this City were carried by fraud,
of which we have no doubt, and then adds :
" That four or five hundred Democrats, mi
nors, and otherwise improper persons, who
voted at the delegate elections, did, in effect,
settle the ticket which was formed at the late
county convention, is an assertion which
admits of mathematical demonstration. It is
for each and every voter, in view of these facts,
to say for himself how long these practices are
to be acquiesced in, and to what extent he
chooses to be bound by them."
In view of these facts, the Examiner thinks
the nominations of the Stevens' Convention
have no binding force beyond the merits of the
nominees themselves; and after alleging that
Government attention to the industrial pur
suits of the country is fast becoming a question
of bread and butter, this significant passage
occurs. The italics are our own, but there is
no mistaking their application :
" The voters will now be untrammeled by
party considerations in the choice of a person
to represent them in the national councils.—
They can support the man they deem best
fitted in all requisites which go to make a
desirable representative, or most likely secure
that friendly regard from - the representatives of
other States which is necessary to obtain leg
islation that will revive the drooping prosper
ity of Pennsylvania."
Further on, in the same article, the Editor
uses language still more explicit, where he
says :
"Our Democratic friends of the city have
already given us one ticket. On this day two
weeks the Democrats of the whole county will
meet for the purpose of forming a second ticket.
Common rumor foreshadows the selection by
them of a gentleman from the country, as a
candidate for Congress, whose well settled
political views are those to which the popular
heart of the Old Guard has in former years
enthusiastically responded. After the nomi
nees are all in the field, it will be for each
voter to weigh fairly and calmly the merits
and demerits of them all, to consider the pro
bable influence for good or evil of their election
upon the moral and material welfare of the
county, and then to cast his ballot as an
enlightened conscience shall dictate."
STEVENS AND THE POPULAR WILL I
Our readers will all recollect the attempt
made by THADDEUS STEVENS, last fall, to treat
the election of WILLIAM CARPENTER as a
nullity, and the immense expense (not less
than 3000:)$ the County was put to in order
to trample under foot the popular will. The
sole blame of that expensive movement justly
rests upon the head of the Republican candi
date for Congress. He was the prime mover
in that affair. Mr. MARTIN was but an instru•
ment in his hands, and would never have
dreamed of contesting the election, had he not
been instigated to it by STEVENS.
Will the tax-payers of the county now en
dorse such a wicked attempt to " treat an
election as though it had never been held,"
by voting for the man who was the guilty in
stigator—the prime mover in this wretched
attempt to contravene the popular will, fairly
and honestly expressed through the ballot
boxes ? We do not believe they will—we are
sure they ought not. Certainly no friend of
Mr. CARPENTER can think of such a thing ;
nor can even some of the more respectable of
the Republicans be willing to "throw con
science to the devil," by endorsing such a
reckless and unprincipled demagogue.
THE BLACK MAN'S :PARTY I
The Republican party is emphatically the
Black Man's party. With it the question of
slavery and the rights of the Negro are para
mount questions! They care nothing about
the interests of the white Farmer or Mechanic
—the Merchant or Trader ; they only indulge
in blissful anticipation of the time when Con
gress shall dictate to the people what their
local institutions shall be, when it shall inter
fere with slavery in the States—of that hour
when the swarthy hordes of Africans, in the
South, shall be set free and scattered over the
Northern States, enjoying the right of suffrage,
marching up to the ballot-box side by side
with white men, sitting in the jury boxes of
our country, and voting the " regularly nomi
nated (black) Republican ticket."
What care these peculiar friends of the
negro for the rights of white men? Are they
interested for their rights in Kansas ? No I
—Their efforts in thp direction have been
solely for the negro ! Ask the noisy and blus
tering Republicans to define their position
upon any question of State or National policy,
they go off at once to theorizing upon the
necessity of immediately taking steps to pre
vent the spread of slavery in some distant
Territory, or they will draw you a ram's head
and bloody bone picture of life on a plantation
in Georgia or Alabama, —as if we, Pennsylva
nians, had any power under the Constitution
to regulate the domestic institutions of the
people of a Territory, or of a sovereign State
of the Union ! Speak to them of any political
question connected with our agricultural,
manufacturing or commercial affairs, and they
will go off with a lingo in regard to the rights
of the colored population ! Everything sinks
into utter insignificance with them, if it has
no connexion with the slavery question or
negroism ! With STEVENS and GIDDINGS the
Blackßepublicans regard the negro as a "heav
enly institution" who ought to be "devoted to
an equality with the whites." And for this
"institution" they are willing to peril the
peace and perpetuity of the Union—they will
endanger the liberty now enjoyed by free
white men, rather than forego the privilege of
making the negro and the slavery topic the
paramount article of their political creed.
- The people of Lancaster county and of Penn
sylvania are tired out and disgusted with these
ceaseless, never-ending jeremiads on the nigger
question. They do not wish to degrade the
African race any more' than they are now;
but they will never consent to uphold the Re
publican party, with SrEviNs at its head, in
their scheming to raise this degraded race to
an equality with the whites ! In our National,
as well as in State legislation, the people want
the white man's interests attended to, and they
will noteutunit to
,have i these interests wrecked
by any false sympathy for the colored man, en
gendered as it is by bold, bad, reekless i design
ing demagogues.
It:Q 0 , 11 ! , ,,1E.V.1.5.1.-rr , .toll 4•T71.1
The Opposition in Lancaster county have
nominated THADDEUS STEVENS for Congress.
-This veteran political manager was too strong
for the more conservative element in his own
party. A few years ago, the Silver Grey fac
tion in Lancaster county ,vvas,able to keep_
THADDEUS under, but in the rapid progr ess
- that the Opposition have beee making towards
undisguised Abolitionism, he at length - -appears
at the head of the domitiant faction. No
man in the State has atyleW
Jess — enviable notoriety/ Throrf , hotit - - - his
whole career, one idea with him has been pars
mount. Although an Anti-Mason, a Whig,
and a Republican, THADDEUS STEVENS has
always, under all circumstances and._at all
times, - been an open and eViiided - iitioTitil -
Hiecionsoienee, which; With thiiiiireoeVehtsti:
city, has adapted itself .to every thane of
policy and oT name of the Opposition party,party,
haa.neye,r been false to his conviotious in this
one particular. He has' never 'heaitated. to
avow his _Abolition sentiments. When a
member of Congress, he made the.-most
malevolent and indecent attacktraPen South
ern men and institutions, manifesting a-spirit
which, did it pervade the mass ofthe Northern
people, would soon convert the !now -united
North and South into two separate and hostile
nations. During the administration of Gov.
Ritner, STEVENS," who directed everything,
turned the Governor's messages into lectures
for the propagation of Abolition opiniOns.
His hatred of the South and of her'institutions
is as radical as that of Garrison, and his
language fully as able and irritating. That
a man of this cast, the very. incarnation
political falsehoods, should be selected to
represent the ancient and honorable county of
Lancaster, indicates the rapid strides the Op
position are makinein favor of the views he
advocates. We presume one strong reason
for the change is, that that conservative body
of men who used to fight and defeat -STEVENS
in the old Whig party, have become disgusted
with this tendency to abolitionize the, Opposi.
tion, and found refuge in the Democratic
party. But what has become of the Ameri
cans? the national conservative Americans?
Will they work in the traces for STEVENS?
While one old stager lifts his head -above
water, we beat of another of the same stamp
being put under ; while Lancaster county
incurs the odium of reviving 'STEVENS, the
Western Reserve district refuses to renominate
another veteran in the Abolition can se—JoSEITTA
R. GIDDINGS. To the astonishment of the
whole country, which had learned to look upon
GIDDINGS' lease of the Western Reserve dis
trict as for the term of his natural life, the
Republicans have cast him overboard, and put
a new man in his place. Even this radical
Abolition district has learned so far to respect
public sentiment as to lay on the shelf a man
who holds the same extreme opinions as
STEVENS. But the Republicans of Lancaster
county come forward to supply the vacancy,
and furnish the Abolitionists of the country
with a Congressional leader, qualified by
ability, and the ready command of a copious
anti-slavery vocabulary, to insult the South
and disgust the whole country.—Harrisbsirg
Patriot.
AN EXPLOIT OF A SEAMAN
The Lieut. Carson spoken of in the follow
ing extract from the New London (Conn.)
Daily Chronicle, is a son of Charles Carson,
Esq., of Harrisburg, and a nephew of our
esteemed fellow-citizen, Henry P. Carson, Esq.
" The Revenue Cutter, James Campbell,
Capt. Clark, stationed at this port, while on
her late cruise in the Vineyard Sound, found
occasion to render valuable assistance to a
vessel found in distress. The particulars of
the occurrence, as ascertained by the Camp
bell's are these :
" On the 28th inst., about 9 o'clock P. M.
in the midst of a thick fog—wind strong from
the N W.—a boat came along side and
reported to Capt. Clarke that a vessel was
ashore on the Island of Cuttyhunk, where a
heavy sea was running, and that her captain
and crew were unable to get ashore, as their
boat had been washed away. Lieut. Carson
and five men were at once sent in the gig to
their assistance. They were obliged, in order
to reach her, to land on the north side of the
Island—parry the gig across to the south side
—and launch it through the surf on that side,
which they did, and pulled along side the
vessel, took off her Captain and crew, and
carried them ashore. The vessel was the brig
New Globe, Tibbits, master, of Booth, Me.,
bound from Philadelphia, with a cargo of coal
to Gardner, Me. The captain stated that he
got ashore in the fog while running for the
entrance of Vineyard Sound. Finding it
impossible to accomplish anything towards
getting her afloat that night, owing to the
unfavorable state of weather, Lieut. Carson
and his men returned to the cutter about
midnight. On Thursday morning, the 19th,
at about daylight, he returned to the brig with
seven men, taking with them a kedge anchor,
warps, blocks and falls. The vessel lay about
400 yards from the beach, with sunken rocks
on each side of her. It was then low water.
Lieut. Carson made his preparations for
getting her off at high water (3 P. M.,) com
menced operations, and succeeded by four
o'clock in getting her afloat and in safety.
It was found that she had sustained but little
damage, which from the perilous nature of
her position among the rocks, was very
fortunate. But for the timely assistance
rendered by the cutter the matter would have
resulted very disastrously. The place where
the accident occurred being represented as an
exceedingly dangerous one.
" A card from Captain Tibbets, expressing
his appreciation of, and gratitude for, the val
uable services rendered him and his vessel,
appears in another column of this paper."
THE ENGLISH JUBILANT!
The London Times, the leading and most.
influential paper in Great Britain, has a
lengthy and jubilant article on the completion
of the submarine telegraph. It will be recol
lected that both ends of the cable are on
British soil—hence one great cause of the
rejoicing on the other side of the water. The
following extract from the Times article is
significant
We see with no unnatural satisfaction that
the advantage of this discovery will be the
greatest to those countries the possession of
which are the most remote, and therefore,
that England has more to gain than any of her
rivals. More was done yesterday for the
consolidation of our Empire than the wisdom
of our statesmen, the liberality of our Legis
lature, or the loyalty of our colonists could
have effected. Distance between Canada and
England is annihilated. For the purpose of
mutual communication and of good under
standing, the Atlantic is dried up, and we
become in reality as well as in wish one
country. Nor can any one regard with
indifference the position in which the Atlantic
Telegraph has placed us in regard to the great
American Republic. It has half undone the
Declaration of 1776, and gone far to make us
once again, in spite of ourselves, one people.
To the ties of a common blood, language and
religion, to the legitimate association in
business, and a complete sympathy on so many
subjects, is now added the faculty of instan
taneous communication, which must give to all
these tendencies to unity an intensity which
they never before could possess.
TREY CAN'T AGREE S
The Conferees of the sixteenth Congressional
district, composed of the counties of York,
Cumberland and Perry, met at Bridgeport, on
Wednesday last, and ballotted fourteen times
without coming to a decision. They then ad
journed over till Thursday, and ballotted
a number of times with the same result. An
other adjournment was carried until yesterday,
when they would try it again.
The difficulty is that each county presents
a candidate, and claims the nomination.—
York presents the name of Mr. FISHER, Cam
berland Dr. ARL, (the present member) and
Perry Mr. MCINTIRE. They are all three
good men, and fast friends of the National
Administration, but the trouble is as to which
county will yield. We hope conciliatory
counsels will prevail, and that whichever of
these gentlemen may be settled, the entire
Democratic party of the district will yield the
candidate a hearty support.
her We invite attention to the adiertise
ment of DR. KLINE, published in our paper to
day. The matter of which it treats is very
important, and our New York correspondent
informs us that he has knuwn the advertiser
for several yeare,.and that he is in every way
worthy of confidence.
DELEGATE MEETINGS.—The Democrats 61
the different warda, of the city, will meet at the following
pieces on Saturday evening next,-11th bast-, between the
.honre of-64 and 8 o'clock, ff'w the purpose of electing
.delegate to the Conafty Conanntion, which inneta , nt Fuljorr
Ffell, on Wednesday the 15th iaek✓'..,.
PLACI3 OP lIZETING. - : ...1" •
ZiOCltard--Tront's Hotel. West Orange greet.
W: - Werd--litzpatrielCs Hotel, gosrth Oases Anat.
Ward—Miller's Hotel, Dist Chou:rat ittbet.
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• ' \Ward÷rti/jiter'Si notsd,SOUtb Queen street:,
s 'e r M:Titti*Vi oB322 TTT 2
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OFT= 1:128001 TWP.—A. 4;
28 Damao:irate of Upper Leaaxk
twp. are requested to meet at the public house of Michael
Ben - der, In Said township, on Saturday, September 11th,
1859, at 8 o'clock, p. m., to elect TUX= and not more than
- eivs delegates 'to represent sabi_tcossistdp-In=a - E - .. -
County Convention, to be held on Wednesday tlie 15th of
Septemtair; the City of fah ter., it- - the purpose
of forming a- Ticket to be supported at the raext-General
- g1;Cti011. BY ORD= OF TB2 MY. COMMYTT22.
!fits Clams ILLumuteriOir.-Althongh no.
programme had been agreed upon fora general illumination
in this city, the event was not permitted to pass by . unno
ticed. On -Wednesday evening,: numerous bon-fines blazed
throughout - the city, displays of fire-works were Made, and
a few really creditable illuminations gotten up. Among
those we observed In our peregrinations were the Odd
Fellows' Hall, which with the row of tapers along the
entire front of the iron fence and through the beautiful
yard attached to the building, presented a gorgeous appear
ance, : The Elan was thrown open, and thousands availed
themselves of the opportunity to witness the Interior
arrangements. The National House and Hostettees Hotel,
North Queen street, the Times office, Centre Square, Herr's
Store and Demnth's Confectionary, East King street, were
brilliantly illuminated. In the large show windows of
Herr's establishment were two•transparenedes having ap
propriate Inscriptions which displayed the whole building
to great advantage. Empire Hook and Ladder Company,
No. 1, and several Hose Companies paraded with their
machines and torches elegantly festooned and illuminated.
The streets, especially South Queen, were crowded to elate
hour of the evening with happy acd exultant throngs, and
we have not heard of a single accident occurring to mar
the Cable celebration.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT THE EANCAS
xxa COUNTY NORMAI. SCHOOL—The Annual Commencement
exercises of the Lancastei County Normal School, which
began on Wednesday evening and closed on Thursday
evening last, were highly interesting and' drew to the
beautiful village of Millersville a large number of strangers
—parents and friends of the graduates and students of the
Normal SchooL The people of Millersville also show their
appreciation of a proper educational culture by their
attendance and aid to all examinations, etc., connected
with this Institution.
On Wednesday evening the Junior Clio. 'ave an exhibb
Lion, consisting of orations, essays and a colloquy, which
are sp , keri of in the highest terms by those who had the
pleasure to be present. The music on the occasion was
furnished by Taylor's Orchestra of this city.
EXERCISES OF THE PREPARATORY CLASSES
But Thursday was the great day. At 2 o'clock, p. m.,
the Preparatory Classes commenced their exercises. Two
representatives from each of the divisions or classes took
seats on the platform. And here we Must make slight
mention of the tasteful decorations of the stage. On the
Wall In the rear were beautiful wreaths with appropriate
inscriptions, emblematic of the different divisions or
classes. The whole stage presented a very handsome
appearance, and reflected much credit on the persons
having the matter in charge.
Below will be found the programme of the afternoon.—
We will not attempt to criticise any of the performances.—
As a matter of course some of the essayists and orators did
better than others, but, generally, all did extremely well,
and it would be rather invidious to particularize
Announcement—By Prof. Wickersham.
MUSIC.
F Division
Essay—There is no Trusting to the Countenance—Miss
Cornelia Lincoln, Rising Sun, Cecil county, hid.
Oration—Progress of America—Julius B. Potts, Strae
burg, Lancaster county.
MUSIC.
E Division
Essay—Precious Diamonds—Miss M. Jennie Lovett,
Strasburg, Lancaster county.
Oration—Progress of Christianity—George M. Hibbs
Ilulmersville, Bucks county, Pa.
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D D nston
Essay—The Angel's Whisper—Miss Lydia It. Ilavard
Chester Valley, Chester county, Pa.
Oration—The Power of the Press—ht. Howard Harps'
Brickerville, Lancaster county.
MUSIC.
C D U iSios
Essay—There 181511281 c in All Things—Miss Jenule Fredd
Chatham, Chester county, Pa.
Oration—Woman's Mission—J. 11. Prissier, Myerstown
Lebanon county, Pa.
MU O.
B Bit tston
Essay—Falter Not—Miss Rebecca Moore, Christiana,
Lancaster county.
Oration—Gen. Taylor Never Surrenders—C. 11. Forney
Linglestown. Dauphin county, Pa.
111tEfIC
A DI .lon
Essay—Her Heart has Ceased its Throbbing—Miss Mar
tie Schofield, Yardley, finks county, Pa.
Oration—Earth's Benefactors—Thomas M. Coulson
Green, Lancaster county.
The afternoon exercises were concluded at 4 o'clock, and
in the interval between those and the evening exercises
the visitors in attendance amused themselves by rambling
over the grounds attached to the School, and partaking of
the hospitalities of the village. Thus, two or three hours
were delightfully whiled away.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
The Commencement exercises properly began at 7
o'clock, p. m. The hall, which by the way is very spa
cious and well adapted for such purposes, was crowded to
its utmost capacity by as fine and orderly an audience as
ever graced any hull. Some of the audiences which we
have seen in Fulton Hall might take pattern from the
exhibitions and commencements at Millersville. The
beauty and intelligence of the village and the surrounding
country were present in full force, and a large number of
our city folks were also in attendance. We have annexed
the programme of the Commencement Exercises:
Announcement—By Prof. Wickersham
MUSK.
Address—America's Scholars—Samuel IL Reynolds, Dig
MUSIC.
Orations and Essays of the Graduating Class.
Oration—True Manhood—J. G. Moore, Mechanics' Grove
Lancaster county.
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Essay—Piety an Element of Female Character—Miss
Annie E. Hartman, Lancaster city.
Oration—Public Station—D. H. Herr, Millersville, Lan
caster county.
Essay—Mystery—Miss Emilie Hambleton ,
Chester county, Pa.
Oration—The State Needs the Citizen—A. It. Ityerly
Youghloghany, Westmoreland county, Pa.
The Presentation of the Diplomas
MUSIC.
Valedictory—S. P. Van Pelt, New lope Bucks co., Pa
Remarks to the Graduatea
The programme was decidedly one of the best it has ever
been our good fortune to hear performed. The essays and
orations of the graduates displayed a deep mastery of the
mind. Better subjects could not have been chosen, and
the admirable manner in which they were handled brought
down the house in thunders of applause, and the performers
were fairly overwhelmed with Flora's offerings.
The address of Samuzz H. REYNOLDS, Esq., was nothing
more than we expected—a rare literary treat. He chose
for his theme "America's Scholars," and the Scholastic
talent of our country has no abler defender or bolder
champion. For nearly an hour the vast audience were held
spell-bound, and at the conclusion he was greeted with
long-continued and rapturous plaudits. We heartily concur
with the Express in saying that "if our citizens could pre
sail upon Mr. It. to repeat the lecture in this city, they
would be most amply rewarded for their hour's attention."
The presentation of the diplomas was a beautiful cere
mony. After the parchment bad been handed to the
graduates, six pretty young ladies entered the hall and
presented each one with an exquisite wreath. This was a
novel, Mot certainly well conceived, idea, and the modesty
and good taste of the fair maidens fairly took the audience
by storm.
The musical performances of the Normal Glee Club were
gloriously enchanting. We have never listened to better
singing, and this one feature alone of the exercises was
fully worth our trip to Millersville. We shall never forget
to "Come to Dinner," especially should our Normal Glee
Club friends make the call.
Thehddresses of Professors Wickersham and Brooks, at
the conclusion of the exercises, were able, eloquent, feeling
and at the same time directly to the point. Their remarks
will long be treasured among the pleasing reminiscences of
those to whom they were particularly directed. We tender
those gentlemen, and the rest of the faculty, our cordial
thanks for their courtesy and kindness.
Our visit to Millersville was indeed a pleasant one. We
must not omit to return our heartfelt thanks to that
glorious old Democrat, ABRAHAM Prrass, Esq., who with
whole-souled cordiality invited us to partake of the hospi
talities of his mansion, and to his estimable lady and
accomplished daughters for the kindly cheer provided.—
Mr. P. is President of the Board of Trustees of the Normal
School, and a better friend of education Is not to be found
within the limits of our great county.
THE GRAND MILITARY PARADE.-OCI
to
morrow, (Wednesday,) the first parade and inspection of
the Jackson Rifles will take place In this city, and on that
occasion the public yell be favored with the grandest mll
itary display which has ever been sees in this city. All
the military companies In the brigade will be present to
take part in the ceremonies, including the "Lancaster
Fencibles," the "Manheim Rifles," the "Washington
Rifles," of Mt. Joy, the "Maytown Infantry," the "Earl
Infantry," of New Holland, and probably others.
The parade will form in Centre Square, the right resting
on North Queen. After review and inspection of the
"Jackson Rifles," the battalion will march over the follow
ing route, viz: Out North Queen to James ; down James
to Prince; down Prince to Orange; out Orange to Mary;
up Mary to West King; down West King to Centre Square
out South Queen to Hazel; countermarch, and up South
Queen to Middle; up Middle to Faust King; out East King
to Ann; countermarch, and down East King to Centre
Square, where the parade will be dismissed.
Capt. John H. Duehman will be Acting Major Comman
dant, and Capt. Henry A. Hambright Acting Adjutant on
the occasion. Major General Frederick Hambright has
been invited to be present, and take command of the
parade. On the evening of the same day the Jackson Rifles
will give their First Annual Military Citizens' Dress Ball
at Fulton Hall. •
DIED.—OId John Townsend,' who was con
victed in our Court of Quarter SOS3IOII/ twa cir three years
ago, for receiving stolen . Epode Lim the "Gap' Ocitlivra"
died at his home in this county on Priday",isktzume
was pardoned by Gov. Packer, a few weeks ago.
of Councils will be held this evening, at 7 o'clock, in their
Chambers, City Hall.
THE LYCEUM:;QOHVEHTION.- - The County
. . . _
Convention of Lyceums was bold on Saturday last, at
Chrhpusa. The attend'ance,,we are Informed, was very „ ,
large,-thernumber estimaterest present varying frops
t,1.,416H. to four thez*lSllseSlSety,-and, as a matter of course,
Well-014 1 .9 1. the asiallaftaiiiiseethe devotees of Crinoline.
*ouli)rts_w-back..lll76tkiii; rain in the afternoon, which
aPh"wh#lltecreredVl kl/Ll/tracerelser., but on the whole
friklivißght Pa8146 11 (.._/ 1 1.11i1 . agreeable manner to ally
ionceried. Alar.Wdelegation'wes present from this city
and Millersville.
A SABBATH SCRIBIL — CELEBRATION will be
held in.A grove inSha_Tictnity_of New Providence, on Sat
• • •Ttra - Mb of September, by the iichocils of the Naa 7-
Providence charge, under the pastoral care of the Rev..l.
V. Ecazitr, commencing at 10 o'clock, a. Choice vocal
andiuttnutmlai inswin_war be expectralLteri - by
_Mr.
Hiram Peoples, of New Providence. Addresses will be
delivered by Rev. Aferars. Harbangb, Gerhart, Rutter,
Sumption, and others. The arrangements promise a pleas
ant and profitable aanirersary.. `•
&MIMI:LING or A CALF. W; Groff,
of West Earl tsvp.., has a calf which at Its birthiliteighed 114
the., and now, at the age of two months, weighs 315 tbs.-
14. Groff intends to enter it for exhibition at the Agricut
tural and Illeibanical Fair, and if he does not take the
premium there 'must 'be some remarkably fine rakes in
Lancaster county.
RULE OT COURT AMENDED.—On Wednesday
last the Court made an important amendment to one of
their rules, the operation of which has heretofore been, in
many cases, oppressive to defendants committed to prier
in default of bail, subjecting ahem to the expense
of employing an attorney and taking out a writ of
habeas corpus, when it was clear the committinz, magic
trete had the right to admit to bail whenever satiifictory
surety was offered. The following is the rule as it now
stands, the amendment being indicated by brackets:
RULE 3. In the cue of all the defendants n,..t ,y ..eut
mitted to the jail of Lancaster county, up.rn au v
charge, the hearing upon any application fur ad in iS4iOll to
bail, or discharge, shall be upon a writ of -Limb,. I ',pus."
sued out under the directions of the Acted AS. , n biy. upon
notice given to the District Attorney; and the sureties (•,
be taken upon such recognizance, shall reside in Or.,
county. [Provided, That these provisions shall not apply
to commitments made in default of bail, when th. , Wen.,
is bailable, by an Alderman or Justice. In such crises trail
may be taken by the committing magistrate. nod there
upon tht defendant may be discharged with-not any Hat. , [s
Corpus .-I
THE ATLANTIC CABLE. —MetzSid. H. L. S:
E. J. ZOOM have a number of pieces of the Atlantic Coble
on exhibition at their Jewelry Store, corner of Nurth
Queen street and Centre Square. Tu those who take any
Interest in the success of this great undertaking thee. , me
mentoes will be sought after with much eagerness. By
the way, Harry and Ned think It a pleasure to show their
fine establishment to visitors.
COLUMBIA AFFAIRS.-WO glean the follow
log 'items" from Saturday's Spy:
LEFT nun HOME.—On the evening of Sunday. died ult..
a young woman, Leah Hoffer, left her father's borne, near
Elizabethtown, in this county, since which time her friends
have not been able to discover her whereabouts. She is
about 21 years old, 'fair in complexion, light gray eyes,
about five feet six inches in height and proportionately
stout, and of a healthy, robust appearance. She speaks
German generally. but can converse in English. When
she left home she had on a black dress and bonnet. She
was last seen in Columbia.
The young woman Is partially insane, but the derange
ment easily esaipes notice. She left home with the inten
tion of securing a situation as a servant in Columbia. Any
information that may lead to her discovery will be thank
fully received by her friends, and may be communicated
to Mr. Hoffer, Elizabethtown, or to Mrs. Stacks, Perry
street, between Second and Union, Columbia.
Exchanges will confer a kindness, which will be grate
fully remembered by a distressed family, by giving circm
lotion to the above.
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OBSTRUCTING VIE TRACE..—On the night of Monday, 30th
ult., Esquire Welsh stumbled over the body of a man.
lying across the main track of the Penna. R. It., near the
old Depot, opposite the Canal Basin. The 'Squire called to
counsel and held a brief inquest over the deceased. It was
suggested that Deputy Coroner Hollingsworth be sent for,
but the magistrate urged that as the unfortunate creature
was evidently dead It was unnecessary to burthen the
County with the expense of his obsequies, and advised the
attachment Of a sufficient sinker to the neck of the defunct,
a short '•eifdicatiou" fur the repose of his ••sowl," and his
speedy interment in the odorous depths of the raging ditch
near by. Either the coolness of this proposition or the
night air acted galvanically, and the corpse, suddenly re
gaining Its perpendicular, showed unmistakeable fight.—
The spasm was, however, but momentary. The icy hand
of Death had too surely seized upon the vitals of the un
fortunate; the King of Terrors inexhorably claimed his
prey. The Justice had manwuvered backward at thin
demonstration, but on the fall of the enemy came boldly
forward and ordered the body of the quickened dead to the
cellar, where it was accordingly conveyed.
On Tuesday morning the "dear deceased" appeared before
Esq. Welsh, in the shape of one Thomas Cahoo, a Greek, of
Wrightsville. Ho gave account of himself to the effect that
he had come to our hospitable shores, in. a laboring ca
pacity, on a canal boat, and was here discharged. Being
in funds, he mentally decided his happiness incomplete
unless also in liquor. As a preliminary to thorough eojoy
moot, when about half soaked he fell into the canal, effec
tually soaking his paper money, the which he bad nu In
distinct recollection of his having subsequently deposited
with the "rivenoo agent" at the bridge for drainage sod
safe keepirig. When asked why he had selected the rail
road track fur his bed he said that he never was particular
in Wrightsville, and as often slept on the railroad us In the
street; in fact, he considered it the safest place.
The magistrate censured the prisoner severely for his
inconsiderate conduct, in endangering the macinery of the
Penna. Railroad, but in consideration of not having thrown
any trains from the track permitted him to leave town
upon payment of his lodging, 371 cts. Thomas considered
the accommodations slender for the price, and after the
recovery of his valuables, nn deposit at the bridge house,
took leave of Columbia with a strong expression of dissatis
faction at the gross neglect of the authorities in permitting
the sleepers of the railroad to be intruded on by passing
trains. He ventured into the bridge, with a visible dis
trust of his ability to get out of the very small opening at
the farther end.
MANIIEI3I MATTERS.—From Friday's Senti
d we extract the following:
THE "MASHEIM RIFLES" upon invitation of tho "Jackson
Rifle" corps of Lancaster, a new company just organized,
Intend visiting that city on Wednesday next, to participate
on the Occasion of the inspection of that company.
Bottotamotts ATTEMPT.-011 Saturday night last an un
successful attempt was made to outer the stable of Mr.
John Swartz, in this Borough, with the intent, as is sup
posed, of horse stealing; but it appears the depredators of
this foul act were surprised in their attempt; and obliged
to "vamoose," minus their contemplated "booty." At these
times, when the country is swarming with all sorts of
night prowlers, people should be on their guard. and we
would advise all to see that their doors and windows ere
well secured before retiring at night.
StotEN.—We omitted to notice last week that n valuable
top buggy, belonging to Mr. Benjamin B. Brandt. was
stolen from his premises, a short distance north of this
Borough, on the night Of Tuesday week. The buggy is a
new one. There was also stolen with it a new set of har
ness, fly-net and whip; the whole valued at $2OO. A re.
ward of fifty dollars is offered for the apprehension of the
thief.
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BlPROVEMENTS.—lmprovements in this Borough, not
withstanding the "tight times," aro progressing slowly, it
la true, but visibly and satisfactory. The southern portion
of Charlotte street, the grading of which was begun in the
Spring, and afterwards postponed in consequence of the
scarcity of hands, has again assumed a busy appearance,
and the work will now be pushed to a speedy completion.
It will be a great improvement to that part of the town.—
Of new buildings there have been but few erected thus far
during the season. Mr. M. White contemplates erecting a
two-story brick dwelling on East High street, opposite the
Lutheran Church. This is a first-rate location, and, with
Mr. W.'s well-known taste, will make a desirable residence.
In this connection we may also state that there Is a
rumor of the building and establishment of machine shops
in this place. This is a branch of trade greatly needed in
this Beaton of country, and it is somewhat surprising that
it was not established here long since.
H. E. KLUGH, of .Maytown, will be a can
didate for the Legislature, if nominated by the ensuing
Democratic County Convention.
LECIBLAT ORE.—We are authorized to an
nounce the name of Jellies M. MIME, of Drumore town
ship as a candidate for the State Legistaturo—subject to the
decision of the ensuing Democratic County Convention.,
EDITORS' BOOR TABLE
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December next, permanently, his residence in New Or
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then be conducted.
CONVENTS OP BEPTEMIaII =DEB.
Tram-Atlantic Telegraph,
American Coal Fields,
Geographical and Statistical Society,
Justice even from the North,
Diplomatic Relations with Mexico,
Agriculture—Commerce--Mannfactures,
Internal Improvements—Education,
Editoral, etc.
FRUIT CULTURE: or, a Guide to the Cultivation and
Management of Fruit Trees, with descriptions of Fruits,
and a variety of useful Miscellaneous Household Receipts;
fully illustrated. By Thomas Gregg, New York : Fowler
and Wells, publisher?. Price, by mail, paper, 30 cents ;
cloth, 50 cents
Fruit culture has just begun to receive the attention It
deserves, and we gladly welcome this work, as the matter
It contains is well calculated to aid and instruct, and 'con
sequently benefit, the fruit-grower. Every person who has
a tree, or ground enough for one to grow on, should read
it. To be successful In fruit culture, as in anything else,
you must know how to do it; and this book gives much
information one can not well do without. The price Is so
small that any one can afford it There is no doubt but
in all sections some fruits can be made profitable if judi
ciously cultivated.
VW" Brigham Young is said to be worth
$3,000,000, besides having control of all the
church property in Utah. The later exceeds
in value all the rest of the property in the
territory, and is exempted from taxation by
the territorial law. A correspondent of the
New York Tribune says, in writing from Salt
Lake City :
" In my strolls I have been astonished at
the number of deformed persons who are
visible in the streets. I have never walked
half a mile without meeting a hunchback or a
cripple. lam informed by Mormons that the
cause of the assemblage of such people in this
territory is the claim of the first presidency of
the church to the possession of the power of
healing all diseases and curing all deformities
by the laying on of hands. On referring to
the published discourses ofYoung and Kimball,
I find repeated instances in which they assert
that it has descended to them from the
Apostles of our Saviour, but I can hear of no
instance in which they have attempted cures.
Mak of these deformed unfortunates are
Welsh and English, who have spent "their all
in journeying to Zion."
Iror ma in
THE STEVENS ABOLITION TICKET.
MESSRS. EDITORS :—By your permission we will bring a
few considerations to the notice . ofthe public, concerning
the above named ticket—calmlyisnddlepassinnately inves
tigate its character in area-and meaeures. The head of
the ticket (Stevens) is an Abolitionist. lie denies it in
his addreselo the Convention. That was done, however,
*to blindfold it few old lino Whigs. The fact is, that Con
vention would hays nominated Stevens more heartily if he
bad declared to advance that he was an Abolitionist, and
by his own words; In the latter part of his address, he
makes hihtself an Abolitionist. 'This is an &Meriden which
I can prove to enlightened minds, but would be loatti to
nudertake to prate It to the satiafactlen of animals
rior.r (There was some very expend Ye language used in
that address.) Neither he nor his friends dare deny the
charge. !id not the Whigs of Lancaster county, some
years ego, repudiate him on account of his Abolition pro.
Militias? Ask history and she will answer that they did
so do. We will not pretend to disparage the great Intel
lect.3loa whickhe is blessed. We rather regret that such
talents should be subservient to purposes fatal to our
Union—our liberties. Has Mr. Stevens changed his views
on the subject of Abolitionism since 1852. If so, the pub
lic has no assurance of it. Or why was he thrown away
~atthat time on . account of those views, and now brought
In and worshipped? The answer can be found in the trace
of political change. Mr. Stevens and his imps have mani
c footed much cunning. Through all the changes they
seemed to share the common excitement. But, do you not
see that it was a delusion. They were all the time one and
Inseparable in reality. They helped to kill the Whig party,
as Whigs themselvee, and no sooner is that accomplished
than our hero revives. They have acted Brutus tolerably
well, but a Dblllippi awaits them. Mr. Stevens knew very
well that by extinguishing the Whig party a sufficient
number of what were called Silver Grey Whigs would fall
to the Democratic party. To bring his " Old Guard" in
the ascendency in the new party he foresaw the Republican.
His calculation came true to a fraction. That Stevens
lost no strength, that his men stuck to him through a
long and bloodless revolution in parties, Isapollitical
de—the same birds of the same feathers. We look In vain
I forcorrespondino faithfulness or blindness outside of Utah.
The few National Whigs who are inveigled into the sup
port of this singular man, deserve our commiseration. By
reflecting Upon the preceding, and enlarging upon it, they
may Bee the melancholy strait they are in. They must
see that they are Joined to the car of Stevens and Aboll
-1 tionism, and whirled at top speed to certain destruction,
unless they cut the connexiou on or before the second
'Tuesday a October next. You hear these bleeding victims
murmur in low emphatiC tones that the Stevens ticket is not
a fair pane—that they hare no foothold upon it. Attention!
did you ever know Stevens to give any quarter to any but
Woolly Beads or AbOlitioniits. if In his power? If so, you
Know mere than I. He Is haughty, arregant,degpotic,seltish,
unpritnipled as Asiatic Sunup ever Was. You good melt—
you at lona? Whigs, help no longer te_proruoto the man
oho rile your principles as dear to you as life. The
king m ,tumour of American fame dare not be poi
listed to, upers winding, or trying to wind a loathsome
Ira k t words Its top, blotting out as they proceed the
01-11.1 • • Excelsior." Coma then, you who love your coun
try. milt+ iu your effort for defeating this political mot,
stir
ditTer with those who say that the ticket is not lair.
the fairest ticket ever offered to the voters of Lancaster
g m ty. The Convention could make no other ono, and
the party could make no other Convention. The ticket is
like the party exactly. Mr. Stevens has the entire control
..f the so-called Republican party in the county, and he is
Ne ver. man to make iise or R. Ile wanted no National
Clay N% logs the ticket, and that to the reason why there
e none n it. He waut,4l Stevens mew and ho got them.
(I a pert ;he Harpers to turui•li us with a portrait page of
the coll.-cll.:1 of an nails) All that the Clay Whig,: are
desired h• is to vote for them, and then go about their
own b us i o , v , and not stand about in groups talking at
such obsolete matters as the Stevens, or I've-worm rail
road. Buck Shot War, etc., eta. More ,moo .
Yours, kr.,
FL LAM PETER, August 31, 1558
For the Intelllgonrer
Mosses. ENTORA your last Issue that U. H.
KLI,III. Esq., of East Donegal township, will tar a emlt
dot.. for the Legislature, if nominated by the Domocrati •
Count), Convention. As I On,' the selection of insn to the
legislature so one of the most liniartant duties the people
have to dischaige, (politically) from the fort that all or
partial and unjust laws arm attributable either to inca
pacity or want of integrity ou the part of those who arc
selected for that important post. This foot will be admit.
ted by honorable men tit all political organizations, and in
view of the Ably(' tact permit me to say to the Democracy
and people or Dmeasler comity, through the columns of
your paper, that Mr. KLUOU Da gentleman of the strictest
intezrity and possesses talents of the first order; his nom
ination by the Democratic County Convent on would be
Ligiled by the Democracy in the western end of the county
as a triumph worthy the man
For the Inl elligeticor
ItnwuNsvlLLE, Sept. ii, 1558
Ens. INTELLIGENCE!' :—Permit me to suggest the name of
Wm. S. UIDSON, of Martin township, as a suitable . pyre , .
fur a place on our Legislative ticket. No man is butter
qualified for the position, and certainly no ono would Ore
more general satisfaction to the Democracy in this section
of the county. MT. NEBO.
For the Intelligeucer
3IE.S,AId EDITORS :-ISAAC SHARP. E.i , of Ilort township,
if nominated f, the Legislature. could rein, nwi,.to
supp,rt by the Democrats of the south-eastern will of the
eouoty. EDEN.
AMERICAN WATCHES:
Theirlmmfacttire at Waltham, Masa.—
Comparison with the Foreign Produce.
In this age of splendid mechanical triumphs, in which
our own country stands so proudly foremost, there is one
that is just beginning to receive the attention and prom.
inence It deserves. The same perfection of machinery
that has made Colt's firearms the acknowledged hest in the
world, after patient experiment, has been suhcessfully
applied to the manufacture of watches.
The hitt eduction of American watches marks an ere in
the history of time and timekeepers, and may well be joined
with the Atlantic Telegraph, the Sowing Machine, and
other kindred successes of mind over matter, which so
wonderfully distinguish the present period.
Hitherto, England and Switzerland have been the watch
rankers of the world. Coventry and Prescott in Lancashire
and Warwickshire, in England, and Lode and La Chaux
de Fond in the northern cantons of Switzerland,by Lake
Geneva, have been and are the world's famed seats of watch
manufacture; but now it seems that Waltham, Mass., has
surpassed these old world competitors, and with machinery,
system and intelligent skill, unaided by protection of any
kind, already produces the most thoroughly exact time
keepers, nt about half the cost of the host foreign watches.
All imported watches are made by hand, the movements
and parts of movements by different persons, and at differ
ent times and places; and cash watch is finally finished
with special reference to itself—every part being made to
suit only one place, and the whole movement fitted to a
case which will suit no other movement—no two watches
being In all respects, approximately, alike.
A large majority of these watches are worthless, as time
keepers, and a constant bill of expense to their owners,
over $5,L00,000 being annually thrown away In vain at
tempts to improve them.
The American watches are constructed upon the most
scientific and approved principles, designed to secure uni
formity, simplicity - , durability, cheapuese, and unvarying
perfection of movement. and aro sold with a cm - Lift:ate of
warranty iu all canes, for ten years, signed by the manufac
turers.
The specific advantages of these watches to dealers and
wearers, as compared with the best Imported handmade
watches, will be moot readily apprehended by the following
enumeration, to wit Each watch and each part of every
watch, of a given style, is the unvarying counterpart of
every watch of the same style, so that any single part is
exactly fitted, and may be transposed Indiscriminately to
make up any one of any number of scotches. The move
ments are made to fit any ono of any nutnberof cases, thus
enabling the dealer to keep a large and varied stock of
movements with a limited number of cases, to salt the
demands of trade.
The ease and facility with which any part can be rests,
ed when broken or lost by accident—each part being regis
tered at the factory—a counterpart can be had for the more
cost of reproduction, and with whole movements changed
and sent by mail or express to any part of the world. Deal
era aro thus brought directly in contact with the manu
facturer, and a single retail profit is the only added cost to
the wearer, to manufacturer's prices.
The watches have fewer parts, are more substantially
made than any others, are easily kept clean, and the chan
ces for failure by breakage are diminished four-fifths as
compared with the English watch, which has upwards of
eight hundred separate parts, while the American watch
bas but one hundred and twenty-five parts, and most of
these are so substantial, and all so perfect, that It would be
very difficult to break them.
The American watch is eminently adapted for railroad
engineers and conductors, where exact time is of the ut
most Importance, and where the constant jar of the moving
train offers the most trying test to prove the quality of a
watch as a timekeeper. Many eminent engineers and con
darters on the leading railroads of the country have been
supplied with these watch s and now will have no other.
There is no article of common use that is so little under
stood, and about whirls so much deception, charlatanism,
end swindling may be and is continually practiced, as at
taches to the watch ; and it will be a great comfort to hon
est dealers and legitimate buyers and wearers, to know
that they can hare a substantial and reliable pocket time
keeper, at moderate price, and at home, and about which
there can be no deception or mistake, that may not be
easily, promptly, and cheaply remedied, by writing to Walt
ham, or to Robbins di Appleton, t 5 Maiden Lane, New York,
General Agents.
In many parts of the country great difficulty is ant:trier,
cod in finding good watch repairers and reliable time-keep
ers. By the introduction of American watches thin diffi
culty may be almost entirely obviated, no that the country
merchant can obtain adjusted watches no a part of his
miscellaneous stock, and the customer will buy his regu
lated timekeeper, wind it up, and go about his business,
as he would after purchasing any other article without
mystery or humbug.
'rho manufacturers, Messrs. Appleton, Tracy le Co., with
their present means, can furnish 20.000 watches per annum,
and they intend to furnish, from time to time, as the wants
of the trade may require, other styles and sizes of watches,
including an entire new form of sporting or timing watch,
which will indicate the minutest divisions of time with
more accuracy than has ever before been attained.
Arrangements are now being made to supply email and
elegantly finished watches for ladies.
The manufactory stands upon the banks of Charles River,
in the town of Waltham, Mara., and occupies a site of sur
passing beauty, covering an area of 100 feet, forming
a quadrangle, with an open court in the centre. The build
ing is two stories in height, and hos eight hundred feet of
floor line, with about sixteen hundred feet of bench line,
for the accommodation of the one hundred male and female
artisans employed.
The motive power is a twelve-horse steam engine which
gives motion to lines of shafting In all the rooms, to which
are attached the numerous delicate and wonderful ma
chines which are used in various processes of manufacture.
Appleton, Tracy ,h Co. have added about a hundred acres
adjoining their manufactory, which affords admirable loca
tions for home sites for their workmen, several of whom
. . .
have already purchased lots and erected comfortable homes
In the immediate vicinity of the manufactory - .
Every facility Is afforded to encourage and attract the
attention of skillful workmen, who are here offered largely
remunerative wages and constant employment, under the
moat pleasant conditions, with an opportunity, in a few
years, of securing a competency and an Independent home,
with other advantages and attractions such as are no
where else to be found.
KANSAS.—The following, says the Boston
Journal, the leading Republican paper of
Massachusetts, is au extract from a private
letter written by an intelligent and judicious
gentleman who went to Kansas unbiased in
his opinions, to see the country and investigate
its business capabilities. The letter is dated
Lawrence, Aug. 18 :
" Men of every political hue concede that
the slavery question is settled finally and for:
ever in favor of freedom. Whether another
attempt to be admitted as a State into the
Union will be made, is quite a different ques
tion. There is a strong party in favor of
remaining as they are, under Territorial rule;
but it is quite likely that a new constitution
will be started, and its adoption fought under
entirely new issues." . .
QUARANTINE BUILDINGS.—The quarantine
buildings, at Staten Island, wore totOly, des
troyed by fire, on Wednesday night, during
the time of the great telegraph illumination
in New York city. They:were set on fire by
a band of armed men, the, recent sprawl of
yellow fever on the Island being the jniqntive
for the incendiary ant.