tammta_3lntelligettter GICO. SANDERBON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Asionlate. LANCASTER, PA., JULY 24, 1860 . outcuLatrioN, 2000 COPIES: BalKoampr.Pmos, $2,00 per annum. Mr B. ,M. Parma= A Co.'s drama daINOT, U 9 Norm street, New 'lndy and 10 State street, Barton. EL, paasurnia Co., are Agents for The Zernessfer ~ .Aeniggenerr, and the moat inAuentlal and largest eirenla ithenOW:lPlPAll_the United States and the Oanadan— They are antnftir to coittrart for as at our knoe.d rates DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. POR PRESIDENT: STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, of Illinois FOR VICE PRESIDENT: HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, of Georgia FOR PRESIDENT: - JOHN 0. BREOKINRIDGE, of Kentucky FOR VICE PRESIDENT : Gm. JOSEPH LANE, of Oregon FOR GOVERNOR: HENRY D. -FOSTER, of Westmoreland Aar The Democratic Party recognizes In Its creed no "Higher Law" - it teaches no "Irrepressible Conflict"—it does not teach the treasonable dogma of Lincoln, that this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free"—it incites no deluded fanatics to disturb the hallowed shades of Mount Vernon and Monticello, by a traitor's call for servile insurrection. lie ELECTORS: azerarolum. Emma& George M. Beim, of Berke county Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia. REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS. L Frederick Server, 2. William C. Patterson, 3. Joseph Crockett, Jr., 4. J. G. Brenner, 6. J. W. Jacoby, 6. Charles Kelly, 7. 0. P. James, 8. David Scholl, 9. Joel L. Lightner, 10. B. S. Barber, 1L T. IL Walker 12. 8.13. Winchester, 13. Joseph Lanbach, RESOLUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE V. 4 CIITIVE COMMITTEE Profoundly impressed with the importance of prompt, vigorous and patriotic action on the part of the Democratic State Committee, in order to avert, if possible, the conse quences which must inevitably result from the unhappy division now existing In the ranks of the Democracy to our State and nation, we cordially and honestly recommend to the Democracy of the State that they unite with heart and voice In the support of our excellent and competent nominee for Governor, Henry D. Poster, and that in all the local elections they act as one party, forgiving and forget ting any differences that they may hare entertained for the Presidency; bat with a view to a perfect unity against the common enemy, we recommend to the Democracy of Pennsylvania to unite their votes for President on the electoral ticket farmed at Reading on the let day of March, 1860, on the following basis and understanding, viz That if said electoral ticket should be elected by the people, and it should appear, on ascertaining the result in the other States of the Union, that by casting the entire vote of Pennsylvania for Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, it would elect them President and Vice President over Messrs. Lincoln and Hamlin, then said electors shall be under obligation so to cast said vote ; if on the other hand it should appear that said vote would not elect Messrs. Douglas and Johnson, but would elect John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane President and Vice Presi dent over Messrs. Lincoln and Hamlin, then said vote shall be cast for them; and in case the united vote of Pennsyl vania would not elect either of these tickets, then the electors may divide it between them according to their own judgment of what would be the best for the country and the Democratic party—the basis of this united action being that it is the first and highest duty of all Democrats, however they may differ about men and minor points of principle or policy, to unite against a common enemy, and to avert, if possible, the greatest calamity that could befall the country, the election of a Black Republican President; and further, the Chairman of this Committee is hereby authorized to correspond with the several EleCtors in the State, and obtain from each of aaid Electors his written pledge, within thirty days from this date, that he will faithfully carry out the object of this resolution. On motion of Mr. Kreiter, of Dauphin, a resolution was adopted that thirteen members of the Committee shall Constitute a quorum. On motion of Messrs. Petrikin and Johnston, the Com mittee adjourned to meet at Cresson at the call of the Chairman. THE WORK COMMENCED. According to promise we have corn mence razeeing our list, and striking off the names of those longest indebted for subscrip tion to THE INTELLIGENCER. We intend to continue the same course of procedure from week to week, until we have made our packe book, what it ought long since to have been a list of paying subscribers. Those persons, whose names have been - erased, will have three months time in which to pay up their arrearagee without costs; after which their accounts will be placed in the hands of a proper officer for collection So soon as we can collect in a few hundred dollars, of as many thousands owing to us it is our intention to enlarge and otherwise improve the appearance of Tun INTELLI BEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. At the meeting of the State Committee on 2d inst., it was resolved that the next meeting be held at Cresson, at the call of the Chairman. In pursuance thereof, the members of the Committee will assemble at Cresson, on THURSDAY, the 9th day of AUGUST, 1880, at ,3 o'clock, P. M. As business of great importance will be laid before the Committee, it Is earnestly hoped that every member will be present. .mss Democratic papers will please copy. WILLIAM H. WELSH, Chairman. July 29, 1860 LETTER OF HON. Will. H. WELSH We invite particular attention to the letter of this intrepid Democrat, the Chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee, which we insert in another column. It is in reply to one of Mr. Ex-Mayor Veux, (one of the Democratic Senatorial Electnrs,) declining to accede to the resolutions of the State Exec utive Committee. Mr. Veux's letter is refreshingly complacent throughout—elegantly complacent even for a Philadelphian—and the modesty so proverbial to the author will be appreciated by the public when we inform them of the fact that his letter first saw the light of day in a Republican paper, by Mr. V.'s act, before it was transmitted to Mr. WELSH. The high-toned reply of the latter is a fitting, a manly, a gentlemanly, yet over whelming rebuke, and we incline to the opinion that the ex Mayor's epistolary effusions for public use will cease with his maiden effort. ONE OF THEM 1 JOHN HICKMAN, of the firm.of Forney, Hick man & Co., is announced as one of the speak ers at a Black Republican Mass Meeting of the friends of Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtin, to be held at West Chester, on Friday nest.— Hickman has been endorsed by the Philadel phia Press, all along, as a sound Democrat, differing with the National Administration only on the Lecompton question ! This is another indication of where those who follow the teachings of the Press are drifting to.— Hickman leads the way into the Republican camp ! BELL AND EVERETT The friends of Bell and Everett are organ izing all over the Union, and are taking measures to form electoral tickets in every State. The unfortunate split in the Demo oratic ranks—so entirely uncalled for and unnecessary—has given the " Constitutional Union" party fresh encouragement to.susta in their candidates with zeal and energy. KENTUCKY CONVENTION. The Democratic State Convention met at Frankfort, on Wednesday last—seventy.-seven counties being represented. CLINTON MC CARTHY, Esq., was unanimously nominated for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. In the evening, Hon. Joarr C. BRECKINRIDGE was serenaded, when he responded in an able and elocpient speech, professing his devotion to the Union and the Constitution. APPOINTMENTS BY. THE GOVERNOR.—Cyrus L. Pershing, of Cambria county, to be Notary Public, to reside at Johnstown. Henry C. Parsons and Robert P. Allen, to be Notaries Public for Lycoming county, to reside at Williamsport. John Murphy, Jr., to be Notary Public for Washington county, to reside at Cannonsburg. Somers A. Smith to be Prothonotary of Backs county, vice John W. Fry, deceased. - George N. Reichard to be Notary Public for Luzerne county, to reside at Wilkesbarre. sew- The City of Harrisburg, according to the census just completed, contains a popula:- tion of 14,862—having increased 6,866 in ten years. The work of disorganization has commenced in Pennsylvania; Mellen) J. Hetrormew, of Harrisburg—a Democrat of scarcely four years' standing, hardly yet obt of hiii swad dling clothes in the party—has been prompted by his file leader to issues pronunoiamentci • against the action of the. Democratic State Committee, and to call a mass meeting of the friends of Douglas and Johnson for the pur pose of nominating another electoral-ticket.— This young Mr. HALDEMAN is made to play the part of a Dictator, and to insult the great Democratic party of Pennsylvania by telling them what they shall, and what they shall not do. They must ask him, forsooth, how and for whom they shall vote ! He. sets himself up against the regular organization of the party, and is put forward as a puppet to dance to the music of the organ grinder behind the scene.. His prompter organized the Altoona Convention some fifteen months ago, in oppo sition to the regular State Convention of 1859, and thereby defeated our State and Legisla tive tickets. He also defeated our State and Congressional tickets in 1858 ; and now be has found a willing tool in the person of Sir Richard to attempt the same game, in a similar Convention to be held at Harrisburg on Thursday next. If they succeed, in their joint efforts, in disrupting the party, as is evidently their intention, of course the Democ racy will again be defeated in the Old Key stone, and perhaps Sir Richard will also get his reward from the Republicans for his "labor of love" in their behalf, in the shape of a foreign mission or its equivalent ! 14. J. Beene's, 15. George D. Jackson 16. J. A. Ahl, 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. B. Crawford, 19. H. N. Lee, 20. J. B. Howell, 21. N. P. Fetterman, 22. Samuel Marshall, 23. William Book, 24. B. D. Hamlin, 25. Gaylord Church. But will any considerable number of Demo crats follow these leaders into the Republican camp? Will they aid by their votes, indi rectly though it may be, the election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN ? We speak now to the earnest and true friends of Mr. DOUGLAS, for it is to them the effort of these quasi Repub lican leaders are directed. We appeal to that portion of the Democracy who honestly and sincerely desire his election. The electoral vote of Pennsylvania may make Judge DOUG LAS the President—without it he cannot be.— To ensure that vote will require all the ener gies and labor of a united Democracy, and the only way to accomplish so desirable a result is for all to vote the regular electoral ticket as formed by the State Convention at Reading.— Any other course—any division of our forces on two electoral tickets—will undoubtedly eventuate in a disastrous defeat. Are, then, our friends who favor Mr. DOUGLAS, and who are honestly supporting his election, prepared to follow the lead of men whose ambition it is to destroy the party ? We cannot think so. We do not believe they can be seduced into a position of hostility to the organization of that glorious old party under whose banners they and us have so often met and conquered the common enemy. We have no misgivings that they will look silently on and see Pennsyl vania made a Republican State, and that, too, by those with whom they and us were formerly in political communion. The Phildelphia Press, all along professing the strongest preference for Judge DOUGLAS as a candidate for the Presidency, had the following proposition immediately after the meeting of the Democratic State Committee: "There is one common ground upon which the citizens who prefer Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, and those who pre. fer Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, and those who prefer John Bell and Edward Everett, can heartily and effectively unite.— They are all opposed to the disunionists of the South, and to the dark and fatal plot concocted by James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, John C. Breckinridge and Jo. Lane to throw the de cision-of the next Presidency into the Congress of the United States." We read, with some degree of care, the mystic leader from which this extract is taken, and confess our inability to divine its meaning, unless it be to afford aid and comfort to the Republican party. It advocates the union of three opposing political elements without designating the common standard bearer.— Surely the editor does not expect the " Repub lican " party to douse its colors and support Mr. DoucLAB or Mr. BELL, and it would be equally preposterous to expect the same of the Constitutional Union " party. Upon what " common ground," then, does the Press desire these opposing forces to " heartily and effec tively unite?" We know of no other con• struction to put upon the language, than that I it is an invitation to the friends of Mr. Donn Las to betray him and march over to the enemy! When the editor of a professedly Democratic paper scouts at the idea of a union amongst Democrats, such as is recommended by the State Committee, and in the same article in vites a conglomeration of his so called political opponents, it is not difficult to determine his political status. It only requires one step more to land him and all who follow his teachings into full communion with the Black Republi cans ! That step, we fear, has already been taken -by him, and he is now coaxing his followers in the same direction. Some of them are already within the outer circle formed by the maelstrom of Abolitionism, and it will require a strong effort on their part to escape from the dangerous current which is gradually, but surely, drawing them into its fatal embrace. The Democratic papers, par excellence, who are loudest in opposition to the plan of union recommended by the State Central Comm,ittee, are as follows, viz : Philadelphia Press, edited by the Clerk of the Republican House of Representatives, an office worth from $6,000 to $lO,OOO a year I Harrisburg State Sentinel, edited by a New Jersey adventurer, who came to this State something less than two years ago, and who has never yet, it is believed, voted a regular ticket anywhere ! Pottsville Mining Record, edited by a banger on to the coat tail of Simon Cameron—a regu. lar disorganizer in 1858 and 1859, and a sup porter of a President of a Know Nothing Lodge for Congress in opposition to the regular Democratic nominee in that district. West Chester American Republican, edited by a creature of John Hickman's, and during the last session of Congress an employee of John W. Forney at a salary of $lBOO for the session. This man also opposed the regular State and County tickets at the elections of the last two years, and is now in fraternal communion with the Black Republicans ! There are a few other papers, good Demo cratic ones, who oppose the union ; but the above are the leading and most boisterous advocates of a separate organization, and assume the direction and control of the Doug las wing of the party in this State—not, cer tainly; on account of any particular love they have for the distinguished Illinois statesman, or to further his interests; but to disorganize and disrupt the party so that General Foster and the Democratic candidates for Congress and the State Legislature may be defeated, and our good old Democratic State given over, in all its departments, to the Black Republi cans! air The following banks, according to their advertised announcements, propose to organize under the Free Banking Law of Pennsylvania: The Clearfield County Bank, Clearfield. Bradford County Bank, Towanda, Pa. Bank of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia The State Bank, Philadelphia.- The Free Bank, Philadelphia. DISOF4GAINIZATION I WHITHER DRIFTING 1 WHO OPPOSE THE UNION 1 TILE DEBIOCRAEYLOR NEW TORS. The Deinairatic State Convention of New York is called to meet on the 15th of August, for the purpose of nominating Presidential Electors, a candidate for Governor and other State officers. tlpon the determination of this Convention may dipend the issue of the Presidential contest. The opponents of the Republican party and policy are in a majority in the State,of New York, and if they agree to forget temporary differences and act togeth er, the State can and will be redeerti&l. If, however, they pursue the mad policy recom mended by Miles Taylor and his meddling committee, the Republicans must carry New York with ease, through the folly of their adveriaries. We observe with pleasure that the Democrats of New York are fully alive to this truth, and that the most gratifying spirit of harmony Prevails. This feeling is not confined to any one wing of the party. The friends of Douglas, as well as the friends of Breckinridge, are for union against the Republicans. The Albany Argus, (Douglas paper) the central Democratic organ of the State, speaks thus of the approaching State Convention : " An early State Convention will tend to an early definition of the position of the Democ racy—and we may add of all the National and Union-loving men—of the State. The Democratic State organization, sustained undoubtedly and confessedly by the great mass of the party in the State, supports Douglas as the regular nominee of the party. At the same time, we believe we express the feelings of those occupying that position, when we say that they have no desire or intention to widen or create divisions, but rather greatly prefer a cordial co operation of all the oppo nents of Republicanism in a great and success ful effort to withhold the electoral vote of New York from Lincoln. They will not, we are persuaded, interpose obstacles in the way of the support of a single Electoral and State ticket, but will rather put in nomination such candidates throughout as will enlist the cordial and vigorous efforts of all National men for the rescue of New York from the hands of the spoilers and the Chief Magistracy of the Union from the incumbrance of sectionalism, fanaticism and rapacity. Around such a ticket, we confess, we expect, with entire confidence, to see the friends of Douglas, Breckinridge and - Bell, rally with equal en thusiasm and energy." This is the right sort of talk. We commend it to the careful consideration of the impracti cable Douglas men in Pennsylvania. It seems that the Douglas men of Now York pay very little attention to the imperial decree of Mr. Miles Taylor, Chairman of the Meddling Committee. They intend holding their own State Convention, nominating their own elec toral ticket, and determining at the same time for themselves whether they will unite for the good of the whole party. We call attention to this fact, that even the supporters of Doug las in the State of New York treat the pro nunciamentos of the National Committee as if they had never been made. They have the manly independence to act with reference to their State affairs as they please ; and they propose compromise and union right in the face of Miles Taylor. VOTE OP THE STATE COMMITTEE We•find in the York Gazette the vote of the members of the State Committee at their recent meeting upon adopting the plan of union. It is as follows: Ykes—Messrs. Anderson, Asking, Barr, (Philadelphia,) Blair, Bratton, Brown, (Berks,) Brewster, Burnham, Cetti, Chadwick, Cleary, Clark, (Lancaster,) Cummings, Dieffen bach, Donovan, Dunlap, Ent, Glatz, Claim, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hobart, Hunter, Hutchinson, Irwin. (Philadel phia,) Linderman, Magee, Manly, M'Cay, McDowell, Mc- Fadden, Ill'lntyre, Myers, (Northampton,) (Berks,) Mitchell, Monaghan, Muhlenberg, Parker, (Mifflin,) Petri ken, Pyfer, Reilly, Salomon, Sausom, Stabile, Weiser and Welsh. Chairman-46. NAYS—Messrs. Bradford, Boas. Brown. (Northumberland,) Davis, Eckles, Griesemer, Kreiter, Link, Morgan, Myers, (Bedford,) Miller. (Dauphin,) Parker, (Lancaster,) Thomp son, Ward and Ziegler-15. The analysis of this vote is only necessary to disprove the accusation that the resolutions of the Committee were forced upon the friends of Douglas by the Breckinridge men, and that they are a mere trick, intended to work exclusively for the benefit of the latter. The list-of yeas comprises the names of a number of well known ardent supporters of Mr. Doug las ; while the very first person voting no, was Mr. Bradford, a warm friend of Mr. Breckinridge, and one of the Pennsylvania delegation who assisted in his nomination at Baltimore. The controlling influence in the Committee, was a desire for union, harmony, and conciliation, to preserve the party from defeat by the Republicans. POPULAR OPINION The following is a list of Democratic papers in the Commonwealth—some for DoucLes and some for BRECEINRIDGE —which favor the sup- port of the regular electoral ticket, as recom• mended by the State Committee, viz : National Evening Argue, Philadelphia. Pennsylvanian, do Easton Sentinel, Northampton county. Easton Argue, do do Jeffersonion ' Chester do Gazette & Democrat, Berke do Adler, (German,) do do Juniata Register, Juniata do Danville Intelligencer, Montour do Democratic Standard, Schuylkill do Norristown Register, Montgomery do Bauern Freund, (German,) do do True Democrat, Mifflin do Democratic Standard, Bucks do Democratic Sentinel, Cambria do Mountain Echo, , do • do Selin'e Grove Times, Snyder do Berwick Gazette, Columbia do Columbia Democrat, do do Star of the North, do do - Erie Observer, Erie do Lebanon Advertiser, Lebanon do Philadelphia Democrat, Philadelphia: Upland Union, Delaware county. Sullivan Democrat, Sullivan do York Gazette, York do York County Press, do do Patriot and Union, Dauphin do Gettysburg Compiler, Adams do Butler Herald, Butler do Carbon Democrat, Carbon do Clearfield Republican, Clearfield do Wayne County Herald, Wayne do Milford Herald, Pike do Lancaster Intelligencer, Lancaster do Carliele Volunteer, Cumberland do Bedford Gazette, Bedford do Genuis of Liberty, Fayette do Greensburg Democrat, Westmoreland do Montrose Democrat, Susquehanna do Monroe Democrat, Monroe do Lewisburg Union & Argus, Union do Juniata Democrat, Juniata do Allentown Democrat, Lehigh do Clinton Democrat, Clinton do Bellefonte Watchman, Centre do Centre Berichter, (German,) do do Huntingdon Union, Huntingdon do Washington Examiner, Washington do Crawford Democrat, Crawford do Clarion Democrat, Clarion do McKean Democrat, McKean do Tioga Democrat, Tioga do Venango Spectator, Venango do GREAT BRECRINRIDGE MEETING IN NEW YORK The New York Herald says :—The largest, most enthusiastic and most imposing demon— , stration in the Presidential campaign that has thus far taken place in this city, was that which was made on Wednesday night in and around the Cooper Institute, by that portion of the National Democracy who favor the election of Breckinridge and Lane. The spacious hall was crowded to its utmost capacity, and still thousands could not obtain admission ; and these. outsiders organized an independent meeting in the street. The indoor assemblage was presided over by Mr. Jno. H. Brower, shipping merchant, and was addressed "by him, by the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, Capt. Marriot and Mr. A. R. Wood. The outside meeting was presided over by Mr. C. E. Stewart, and was addressed by Paul B. Bradley, Levi Chatfield, John Van Blom, Isaac Lawrence and Mr. Lowry. Letters were received from President Buch• anan, ex-Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, Mr. Charles O'Conor, and other distinguished democrats. Among the resolu• tions adopted was one for the appointment of ' a committee to call a State Convention for the purpose of nominating State officers. rAs the truly wonderful merits of the Oxygenated Bitters in curing Dyspepsia in its worst developments, become known and appreciated, orders for it are pouring in from all parts of the country—North, South, East and West. This tells the story. 110 W, IT IS itrugGIVED BY• DOUGLAS reniz NDs. We take from the Pittsburg Post, of Thurs day last, the following expression of opinion upon the Convention called at Harrisburg on the 26th inst; It will be seen that the friends of Douglas in Western Pennsylvania condemn the movement in the strongest terms. The Post says: " We urge upon the friends of Mr. Douglas throughout the State •to ,pay ,no attention whatever to the call of Haldeman. It gives us no time for deliberaticin or considera tion. In Mr. Haldeman's own words, it is founded upon 'the revolutionary character of the political epoch.' Why should the strength of our organization, for which we have fought so long, be revolutionized now ? " Let the power of the State organization be first exhausted in the cause of true Democ racy, before we attempt revolutions. There is plenty of time. There is no occasion to precipitate matters. When the State Com mittee next meets it has the power, and if necessary for the good of the party, will exercise it, of referring the matter for settle ment back to a Convention of the people. "In the action which is contemplated at Harrisburg, there seem to be a disposition to mix matters up beyond the power to extricate them. The resident members of the State Committee have called upon such of its mem bers as are friendly to Mr. Douglas to meet in the Senate• Chamber at. Harrisburg to act in dissent from the late action of the Commit tee. Mr. Haldeman calls a State Convention. The State Committee attempts to settle the Presidential question, and the member of the National Committee calls State Conventions. Truly, it appears necessary that there should ' be time for consideration. To use a homely phrase, this is doing things ' helter skelter!— There's luck in leisure. Let us take time. Let this insane desire to plunge into the mid dle of a fight, which may be avoided, be checked at once. "We are the friend of Mr. Douglas. We shall sustain an electoral ticket which will cast the vote of Pennsylvania for him as the regular nominee. But we see no cause to fly in the face of the Democratic organization of the State, and injure Mr. Douglas' cause by a mad attempt to do irregularly that which may be done regularly. "If the friends of Mr. Douglas are wise, they will make no response to the call for Mr. Haldeman's Convention. To quote his own words, we regard his movement as ' undemo cratic, unauthorized and impolitic.' " The people are not prepared to adjust grave political questions in a Convention hurried together on ten days' notice, and they prefer to have their Democratic rights main— tained within the party organization, if possi. ble, and not by a mad raid out of it." STATE AGRICULTURAL PAIR The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Soci• ety have issued their List of Premiums and Regulations for the Tenth Annual Exhibition, to be held on the Wyoming battle-ground, near Wilkesbarre, on the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th of September next. The location, being in the heart of a fertile agricultural and gra— zing district, accessible by railroad communi cation, from every direction of the State, is admirably chosen for a successful exhibition, and the unusually liberal scale upon which the premiums are graduated, warrants the anticipation of such a result. The list em braces every variety of products of agricultu ral, manufacturing, mechanical and artistic industry; classified in twelve general divisions, to wit : Cattle ; Horses and Mules ; Sheep, Swine and Poultry ; Agriculture and Manu— factures ; Dairy and Forest ; Flour, Meal, Grain, Seeds and Vegetables ; Domestic and Household Manufactures ; Carriages, Cabinet Ware, Musical Instruments and House Furnishing Wares ; Field Crops ; Fruit and Flowers ; Stoves, Silver, Glass, Britannia Ware and Cutlery ; Inventions, Fine Arts, &c.; which are subdivided into fifty two divisions, each assigned to a separate Com mittee. The highest premium offered is $5O ; the lowest $l. The book of entries will be opened on the first of September, at West Pittston. Competition for the premiums is not confined to this State, and citizens of New York, New Jersey; and other States are invited to participate in the exhibition. The plowing match will take place on Thursday, the 27th. The annual address will be delivered on Friday, the 28th, immediately after which the premiums will be awarded and distributed. Hon. John W. Geary, of Greensburg, has been appointed Chief Marshal of the Exhibition, and Maj. E. W. Sturdevant, of Wilkesbarre, General Super. intendent, who will have entire supervision or the grounds, and the police arrangements. The Society announce that a tent will be provided for Editors and Reporters, and every facility afforded them to obtain information and transact their business. In addition, we have the novel offer .of a premium of fifty dollars to be awarded to the Reporter who may furnish and publish the best description of the Fair. JUDGE DOUGLAS IN NEW ENGLAND The Hon. Stephen A. Douglas is now on a visit to the New England States, having gone thither to attend the annual commencement of Harvard University, at Cambridge, on Wednesday last. He was accompanied by Mrs. Douglas, one of her brothers being among the graduates of the University. He has been received with great enthusiasm. At Hartford, he had a formal reception, and made a speech. He denounced the Republican and Breckinridge parties, calling them sectional, and claimed that he and his party occupied the middle and true ground, and were the regular Democratic party, and the only party which could save the country. Mr. Douglas reached Boston on Tuesday night, and immediately upon his arrival Bowdoin Square and all the approaches to the Revere House, were closely packed. In response to loud calls, Mr. Douglas spoke about ten minutes from the portico. Other addresses were made by Oliver Stevens, Hon. E. K. Smart, of Maine, and E. C. Bailey, editor of the Boston Herald. Previous to the speaking, several hundred citizens shook hands with Mr. Douglas in the main parlor of the hotel. • On Wednesday, the Governor, Executive Council, Mr. Douglas, and other persons of office and' eminence, were escorted to Cam bridge by the National Lancers. IN FAVOR OF UNION I The Democratic Committee of York county met on Thursday last, and endorsed the action of the State Committee by a unanimous vote. The Democratic Committee of Indiana county have also unanimously endorsed the same policy. The Lewistown True Democrat and Belle- fonte Watchman, both Douglas papers, also endorse the union policy. The Clarion Democrat, which strongly advocates the election of Mr. DOUGLAS to the Presidency, is equally decided in its advocacy of the plan of union recommended by the State Central Committee. FROM WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, July 20. The number of acres embraced in the procla• mation for the public land sales in Minnesota in October next, is four millions and three— quarters. In 1853, seven millions were offered, but, owing to the pressure and intercession of settlers, all except seven hundred thousand acres, were withdrawn. A year ago, of the two or three millions of acres offered for sale, the lands preempted were omitted, as a further relief to the settlers. The rule is, that the oldest surveyed lands are first offered. The number of acres included in the procla mations for sales in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska in August, is seven millions. From the Ist of January to the Ist of July, four thousand two , hundred passports were issued from the State Department, about three-fifths of them to naturalized citizens.— The "number now issuing is comparatively small. OrTY : ABOD' . 9OIUNIPX AIRS• ' CENSUS RETURNS—LANCASTER etTy„—The population of Lancaster City will foot up nearly 18,000— being an increase of over 5,000 during the hat decade. By the census of 1850 the population was only' 12,389. This is a large and satisfactory increase for this city, considering thefinanetal embarrassments and consequent. singnatiOn of hiatuses with which we have have been afflicted for te . last three years, and which compelled so many of our mechanics ind working men to remove with their familia and seek employment elsewhere. Had the same state of prosperity -with which our people were favored for several years prior - to the explosion of the Savings• Insti tution and Lancaster Bank; continued to the present time, our population now would be twenty thousand. As it is, the population of the city at present Is of a permanent and substantial character, not liable to the fluctuations of many other inland cities and towns in the Commonwealth.- We have received the following additional census returns from the county: ' Sas" Emu. Towsrsum.— Population, 1860 Increase 296 White Males . 1126 Females ' ' 1160 Colored Males 7 " Females 10 Males between 80 and 90 years of age ' 3 F ema l es a 44 44 .ili 4 over 90 years of age 1 Died within the year ss Males 25 Females. 13 Births during the year 68 Married during the year • 39 Pairs of Twine under 20 years of age, all living.— 11 Foreign Born 32 Blind 1 Insane 1 Schools • 11 Teachers 11 Total number scholars attending school 608 between 5 and 20 years of age who did not attend school 207 Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read or write • 43 Dwellings 433 Families 944 Farms 176 Manufacturing Establishments 35 Number bushels Lime burned In 8 %Bre 69,700 a " Wheat ground in 6 Mills 21,100 . " Cern chapped " 15,000 a 4, Oats chopped " 13,500 " Rye chopped " 1,900 " barrels Flour made In 5 Mills 5,122 Ciao. DOCEIMA.N, Deputy Marshal. .. _ EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP.— Male. inhabitants Female inhabitants........ Total population.... BRECENOCIC TOWNSHIP.— Male inhabitants Female inhabitants.... Total population.... ADAMSTOWN BOROUGII.— Male inhabitantg ...... Female inhabitants... Total population 43 CYRUS Rwo, Deputy Marshal COLUMBIA BOROUGH.— Population, 1860.... Males Females Population, 1850 Males Females Colored poputation, 1860 1850 Decrease 252 Increase in White population 918 Number of deaths during the past year 30 " " from 1829 to 1850 111 SAMUEL E. Marrox, Doputy Marshal. CONESTOGA TOWNSHIP.— Population 3091 Males 1546 Females 1547 Attended school within the year 650 Pereone over 20 years of age cannot read or write 172 Married within the year 20 Births " " 134 Deaths " Insane 1 Blind 1 Con vie to 2 • Parma 120 Manufactories 22 One female 109 years of age. M. R. SOURBEEEL, Deputy Marshal. PEQUEA TOWNSHIP.— Population 1051 Males 589 Females 463 Attending sehpol within the year 245. Persons over 20 years of age cannot read or write 8 Married within the year 4 Births Deaths " " " 5 Deaf 1 Insane Farms 108 Factories M. R. SOIIIIBEEII, Deputy Marshal. THE EXPRESS, A "REMARKABLE CONFER SION. AND '• OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHARITY."—The Expresr, of Wednesday evening last, very nearly exhaust s its vocabu lary of Billingsgate in endeavoring to shield itself from the welt-merited castigation It received at the hands of the local editor of the Harrisburg Patriot ed Union, whose article was copied into The lotelligencer of last week.— Keep cool, Mr. Geist, all the choice selections of slang and "fancy" terms. (peculiar only to the '•haunts of vice" about which you prate with so much 2. irtunizs indiguation,) which you have at your tongue's end, cannot help you in your wallowings in the "buffers' " mire. The Intelligeucer will do justice to all classes of persons, nu matter what their condition in life, and even if they have been convicted and suffered for the most notorious offences! "Put that ire your pipe," Mr. Aminadab Sleek, "arid smoke it." Whilst on this subject, which is not at all an agreeable one to us, (the Junior,) however much so it may be to The Express, we beg leave to respectfully inform Mr. Geist that we have no knowledge of what was done at the Pie Eic to which ho has given notoriety. We were not present , nor had we any spies there, in the shape of reporters.— There are no "Paul Pun" or "Peeping Toms" about this establishment, and, of course, wo do not mean to insinuate that such despicable creatures would be permitted to pol lute The Expiess office. The truly moral editor of that refined sheet attacks this and all similar gatherings merely on the score of public duty, and because the morals of our citizens might be shocked and spoiled by a repetition of the same. Therefore it is that the inmates of the "haunts of vice" will not be permitted to "gu on their way and sin once more." Very well, sir, we will take you at your word. Why, then, did you not attack a similar gathering held at the same place only a few days ago, of which you were cognizant, and which, our information is, was one your exalted position as censor morum of this community should have been called into requisition? The answer is at band, Your mouth was kept shut because the printing needed for the affair was done in the jobbing department connected with your establishment. Magnanimous and consistent Geist! Filthy lucre, or self-interest, will not deter you from doing your duty! Ole, no! You are doubtless aware of the old adage, that "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." Explain your seeming inconsistency in reference to these two gatherings, or forever after hold your peace about such "disgraceful affairs." In reference to Indulging in a 'light," In such matters, either with the pen or a is Heenan style, we ask to be "counted out." We. have no very great conscientious scru ples against fighting in any shape, but are decidely averse to using our mental br physical capacities In such dirty squabbles. For whose establishment, Mr. Geist, have you become "buffer," that you wish, when occasion requires, "to indulge in the thickest of the fight?" In conclusion , we beg our readers' pardon for occupying Bo much space with this nasty subject, and promiso them not to refer to FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COMMENCEMENT. —The Commencement exercises of Franklin and Marshall College take place to-morrow (Wednesday) at Fulton Hall. The graduating class numbers seventeen members. This afternoon, at 2 o'clock. the biennial address before the Ecethean and Diagnothean Literary Societies will be delis erod by J. W. FOWLER, Esq., of Poughkeepsie, Now York.— Subject—"Versatality of AmericarrOratory." This evening the annual address before the Alumni Association will be delivered by WILRERFORCE NEVIN, Esq., of this city. Sub jeCt—"Enlettered,Learning." The Commencement exer cises of 1860, in connection with the addressee, we are safe in predicting, will prove an unusually interesting literary treat. —The annual re-union of the two Literary Societies will take place this evening, immediately after the address of Mr. Na i SPLENDID METEORICAL PRENOMENON.—A few minutes before 10 o'clock, on Friday evening last, one of the most brilliant meteors passed from north-west to south-east, at a few degrees' elevation above the northern horizon. It seemed to be a ball of silver fire, (pyrotechni cally speaking,) about eight or ten inches in diameter. It passed slowly and horizontally on its mission through the air, emitting a flickering glare. The main body was imme diately followed in a straight line by three or more smaller sized balls, of a beautiful green cast, and these again were followed by a train of halls, of brilliant corruscaling car mine, numbering eight or ten, each one gradually getting smaller until nothing appeared. The display lasted fifteen or twenty seconds, and its beauty was seen and greatly admired by a number of friends with whom we were con versing. We were fortunate enough to obtain a good view of this effort of Nature to get up a gratuitous pyric displays and feel prepared to say that it was decidedly the prettiest sight of the kind that evor attracted our vision. THE FIREMEN'S TRIENNIAL PARADE.—The Firemen's Convention met again, on Thursday evening last, at the Washington's Hall, North Queen street, S the purpose of arranging for the triennial parade, but the.difil. catty with respect to the right of the procession could not be satisfactorily adjusted. A resolution, however, was passed authorizing CoL Price, President of the Convention, to write to the Chief of the Fire Department of Philadel phia, and request him to appoint three members of the department of that city to visit Lancaster, investigate the claims of the respective companies as to the right, and report thereon—the decision of the committee to be final. So far as we are able to form an opinion on the matter in dispute, we agree with The Express, and think this plan is as fair and good a one as could be devised—though we regard this periodical dispute as a species of child's play, inconsistent with the dignity of firemen. REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING.—A call has been famed for a mass meeting of the friends of Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtin, to be held in this city to-morrow evening. The meeting will be addressed by Wm. B. Mann, Esq., of Philadelphia, and others. The Wide Awakes will embrace the occasion to have a grand torchlight parade. CAMP MEETING.—A camp meeting will be held in Samuel Brown's woods, near Brownstown, this contity, - commencing on Monday, August 13th, to continue throughout the week. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Evangelical Association. COLIIMBIAI ANTI . .hIARTI,AWD'..LINE —Messrs. Bartrani A. Shaeffer, Wyatt W. Miller, John C. Walton, 0.9. Kauffman and Jacob B. Shuman, a Committee on Surveys of the Beard of Directors of the proposed rail -road from . Columbia to. Port Deposit, have published an interesting report on this projected improvement, whiCh is of deep interest to the public, especially those living along the line of the proposed road, and its various con . . mentions. This road was projected twenty years ago, but owing to difficuilles in securing the necessary legislation from the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Direr tors were unable, until last winter, to get the enterprise into such a shape as to lay it tangibly before the public, and make the necessary arrangements for commencing-the work: but, after nearly..twenty years of steady persever ance, they have succeeded in obtaining the necessary legis. lative assistance and sanction to the enterprise, and they now come forward and ask the railroad and canal comps.. ales, capitalists„farmers, and all others interested, to examine the project and the arguments in its favor, and if convinced of their soundness, to lend their aid. As an encouraging fact, they state that releases of land damage's have already been obtained for about .23 of the 29 miles between Columbia and the Maryland line, and for the remainder of the routine difficulty is apprehended. Appended to the statement of the committee hi an able and lucid report of the Company's civil engineer, Joan A. Sanas?, Bsq., of this city, who surveyed two routes from the Pennsylvania Railroad. south of Columbia to Turkey Hill, in order that the Board might have a better under. standing of the subject. The average cost per mile of the one route is estimated at $14,800, and the other at $9,000, eiclitsive of land damages. The latter or lower route is traced along the river for nearly the entire distance, and through the west side of the main street in the Borough of Washington. AP the final adoption of one or the other of these routes will depend upon several contingencies, Mr. Sheaff does_ not, at present, recommend either. .009 In looking over Mr. Sheaff 's report and the accompanying map, soya the Express, we are free to conclude with himself and Mr. Sewall, also a civil engineer, familiar with the route, that this company "have one of the best unoccupied Railroad routes in the country ;" for by constructing a railroad from Columbia to Port Deposit, a railroad corn' munication will be complete from the tide water of the Chesapeake Bay to Oswego and Charlotee on Lake Ontario, to Elmira and Dunkirk on the New York and Erie Rail. road, and to the harbor of Erie on Lake Erie, when the Sunbury and Erie 'Railroad shall be completed; and by the construction of a branch of five and a half miles between the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore and the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroads, there will be a continuous line of railroad between all those points and the Delaware Bay at New Castle. One great advantage of this connection would be, that coal can be shipped over it during severe months in the winter season, when all other shipping points are closed, the harbor of NOW Castle being open in the coldest weather, and never clogged with float ing ice; and Mr. Sheaff very justly concludes that such facilities for the coal trade can no where else be had, and that no Canal or Railroad-now made and in operation can compete with the proposed route in delivering coal loaded in cars at the mines, and unloaded into the steamship on the waters of the Atlantic. It is therefore apparent that the only outlet which CAD give full vitahly to the coal trade of the middle coal field is down the east side of the Susquehanna valley to the Delaware Bay, on which route the proposed road will be the connecting link. That this road .would pay handsomely on the capital invested there can be no doubt. The estimated cost of the rand and its equipment is set down at $1,230,453. Mr. Sheaff makes the following estimate of the amount and rates of coal and lumber, with some other of the more prominent items in the receipts of the road, leaving out those of minor importance, and all return freight: 300.000 tons Anthracite at 58 cents $175.500 100,000 111_ feet of Lumber 97% " 97,500 15,000 tons of Iron 1.00 15,000 15.01 , 0 tons of Iron Ore 40 " 0,000 I 600,000 bushels of Lime 134 " 7,500 20,000 Passengers 1.00 20,090 Say one.half for repairs, expenses, &c Nett profit $160,750 Tho above profit is equal to thirteen per cent. on the esti mated cost of the road and its equipment, and if only one half that amount should be realized at first, it would still be a paying investment, to say nothing of the increased value of property along the route, and the fresh impetus it would give to various branches of trade and manufac. ture. We commend the report to the attentive perusal of all Interested In this important improvement. INLETS TO THE NEW SEWER —The mortar of the new Sewer having sufficiently hardened to justify the introduction of a full flow of water, Mr. 3PCsuly, the, master-mason of the Railroad Company, has had men at work for a few days past in constructing the city inlets.— Those at Prince and Orange streets, six in number, are are already completed, and the Street Committee are having the gutters filled up and the crossings replked. The job will be a very aurtplete one, the deep gutters being filled up, and the "broken-backed" foot bridges dispensed with. The eta-set at Shober's corner will be fixed in the same way, and the great advantages of this improvement will only be seen next winter, when, instead of a slush or ice pond there, we will have have a dry, solid street. • MILITA.ar.—By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that Gen. Witwer has Issued an order indefinitely postponing the Military Encampment, which was to have commenced in this city an the 27th of August. The reasons given for the postponement are, that a general State Encampment has been ordered at York on the 3d of September, and that many of the men con nected with the several companies in this county have expressed a desire to visit and participate in it. A parade, however, for inspection and review, is ordered to take place In this city on Saturday, August 4th. A GRAND GERMAN FESTIVAL.—A Grand German Musical Festival will take place in this city, in August next. commencing on the 11th, and ending on the 11th. The affair will ho conducted on a plan similar to those which have been held In the larger cities during the lost few years. The Festival will be under the direction of the Meaner Choir Association of this city, ancrwill be participated in by Societies from Philadelphia, Harrisburg, York, and by delegations from New York, Baltimore and other places. We have been favored with the following outline of the programme. On Saturday, the 11th, the Cecelia Verein of Philadelphia, will arrive and will-be of• cially received at the depot by the Mennor Choir, and escort ed to their quarters. On Monday the Eintracht of Harris burg, the illennor Choir of York and other visitors will ar rive, when a procession will be formed and parade through the principal streets of the city. In the evening a concert will be given at Fulton Hall, in which all the societies will take part. On Tuesday the Singer's plc nic and au open air concert will take place at Rocky Springs, and on Wednes day the festival will be formally closed by the President. These societies are said to embrace some of the best musi cal talent in the country, among whom are several accom plished performers on the piano, who will appear at the concert at Fulton Hall. lieffer's orchestra has also been engaged during the continuance of the festival. The oc casion will no doubt wove one of much interest to the Germans of this city and their guests.—Saturday's Express. BRECKINRIDGE CLUB IN WEST EARL.—At an informal meeting, held In West Earl township, the follow ing resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we cordially endorse the resolutions of the Breckinridge Ratification Heeling held in. Independence Square, in the City Of Philadelphia, on the evening of the Resolved, That Mr. Brockintidge should receive the hearty support of ail Union-loving Democrats, and that we believe we are best doing our duty to the glorious old Democratic party and the Union of the States, by support ing, Breckinridge and Lane. Resolved, That if Stephen A. Douglas will withdraw his name we will support him in 1864. Resolved, That John W. Forney is not regarded by us as a Democrat, and that his "Press" is a heretical publication, and really intended by him to assist in electing the Black Republican candidates, and, therefore, no true Democrat should read it. Resolved, That we endorse President Buchanan's Admin istration from beginning to end. - Officers of the meeting:—President—Jacob Busser, Jr.; Vice Presidents—M. Lewis Lauber, Jacob Smith, F. G. Car penter, Isaac Ruth, Alexander Perry; Secretary—George G. Lauber. A Breckinridge Club was formed at the same time, under the same officers. COMMON SCHOOL CHANGES.—The new in structions recently issued by the new State to the County Superintendents will, if rigidly enforced, make very great changes in the administration of our Common Schools. The whole instructions are too long for our columns. They, however, contemplate the examination of teachers in each country dis trict in the presence of the local Directors. They also enjoin that this examination shall be much - more largely oral than has been the custom—in some branches written examinations are still allowed, but only in case of absolute necessity. The new instructions take ground that the temporary annual certificate held by four fifthsof our teachers was not contemplated by the act of 1854, but resorted to by the School Deparment, because of the impossibility of finding a sufficient number of properly qualified teachers. That now six years have elapsed, he thinks the time has nearly come when these can be entirely dispensed with; and only the professional certificates be used. Some of these recommended changes involve very important modifications of the adminis tration of our Common Schools. GREAT DROUGHT.-A merchant of St. Louie who has been travelling through. Missouri, furnishes' the 'Missouri Democrat with a gloomy account :of the crops in that State. Such a drought has never been experienced there. The beds of streams are dry, and rivers like the Grand, usually navigable for steamers, can now be waded without difficulty There are no wheat fields worth harvesting on the line of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, so short is the straw. Where it is cut at all, for seed, the grain is good. Prob— ably not one farmer in a hundred will produce his own flour. Shipments of flour are now made to Boon, DeKalb and bther counties from St Louis. Nor is the hay, oats, hemp or vegetable crop any better. Beans, peas and potatoes are failures. But prospects of a fine corn crop are excellent, particularly on the west side of Grand river and on the Missouri river bottoms. , - sey• Governor Packer has appointed Robert E. Wright, Esq., of Lehigh county, Reporter of the Peeisions of the • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in place of Joseph Casey, Esq., whose term of office has expired. - ..EX-PRESIDEJSMAPIERCIa. The following letter from - Ez•President Pir,acz to Hon. B. F. HALLETT, will be read with more than ordinary interest at the present time: • HILIABORo r , N. H., June 29,1860, - 31r Data Sin.; Your letter from Baltimore directed to me at New York and forwarded thence to Concord, has at last reached me here, and I will - not lay it aside without saying a word in reply. Your rejection as a delegate was, Dewy judgment, a clear violation of right, but It must -hate gratified your friends on the spot, as It has me since, to observe that the wrong perpetrated in your exclusion was not more palpable than your vindication of sound principles and of your claims to a seat was conclusive and triumphant. It was vain to hope for harmony after the action of the majority upon the report of the Committee on Credentials. it could hardly have failed to be understood generally that such action must terminate the existence of the Conven tion as a body representing the Democracy of the Union, and eventuate the present condition of the powerful and patriotic organization, which has so long upheld the equal rights and vindicated in peace and in war the common honor of these confederated States. There has been, in fact, no nomination made in conformity with the estab lished and recognized usages of that organization, and hence sound and faithful men will find nothing in the proceedings, so far as the nominees are concerned, to bind their party fealty. Linder these circumstances it would gratify me exceedingly if our friends in all sections of the land could unite earnestly and cordially in the support of Mr. Breckinridge and Gen. Lane, and time insure for our cause signal victory; but this cannot even be hoped for. What, then, is to be done with a result so repugnant to our wishes t It is of less consequence to discuss who were right and who wrong upon the question of membership in the Convention, than it is to determine how the Democratic party, 'which united is invincible, can avert the calamity of an irreconcilable breach.. - • - • .. If division is at present inevitable, it may be well to inquire whether it is to be permanent ? Is devotion to principle, to the equal rights of the States and to the integrity of the Union, to be sacrificed td} any object of personal ambition, or, what is worse, if possible, to the blind control of passion, of which we have already had too much 1 Have the doctrines and sentiments of sectional fanaticism which culminated last year in the-armed inva sion of a sister State with the avowed purpose of exciting insurrection, ceased to be dangerous? Where is the - evi dence of change in the direction of sounder and more conservative opinions? Ido not perceive it. It certainly is not to be found in the want of concert, so apparent among the great_ body of our countrymen who are op posed to the principles and policy of which Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Hamlin are-now the representative men. • While it would be culpable weakness to intermit effort for the right, there is neither wisdom nor courage in turn ing from a full view of the embarrassments which beset our party and the dangers which threaten our country. The only manly Idea on which to act is, "Things aro bad and may be worse, but with the blessing of God we will try to make them better." At all events, it is no time for crimination and recrimination among those who expect hereafter to need and to have each the Support of the other. It cannot mend the post—cannot help the present —and cannot fail to he disastrous to the" future. He who takes a different view and sets upon it. will only accumu late a hariest of regrets by uttering sentiments to be explained, qualified or recalled, unless indeed he is already at the "half-way house," (where so many have stopped temporarily before.) only to resume his march and take his place in the ranks of those whose °elisions and action have been In direct antagonism with his own. I am not without hope that the sterling Democracy of the Keystone State will be able unitedly to support the electoral ticket already nominated by them, without regard to the preference of the individual nominees, but with a satisfac- - tory understanding as to the manner in which the vote of the State shall, in certain contingencies, be cast, and that their example may be followed by other States. and thus something like unanimity be yet secured. Should a policy like this ' at puce conciliatory and just, ba pursued, we may well be animated by fresh hope and confidence. I expect to be in Boston next week, when we can inter change thoughts more fully and satisfactorily than It is possible to do by letter. In the meantime if you see the editors of The Post (especially Col. Green) will you express to them my thanks for the well considered, able and dis passionate article in which they grappled with the emergency of a divided National Convention, and for the characteristic promptitude with which they assumed a position, which I am confident more ample time for reflec tiou will fully justify. Very truly, your friend, FRANKLIN PIERCE. Hon. B. F. HALLETT, Boston, Mann. HONEST ADVICE I The Belfast (Maine) Journal, a warm and able advocate of Judge DOUGLAS far the Presidency, has the following sensible remarks and suggestions in favor of conciliation' and compromise in the Democratic ranks: Our first suggestion is that victory does not lie in the direction of censure and denuncia tion of our brother democrats north, south, east or west. The democrat who expects to subserve the interests of the democrati.•. party, or to get votes for his favorite candidate by denouncing Messrs. Breckinridge and Lane as disunionists, or Messrs. Douglas and Johnson as abolitionists, needs to he instructed in the first principles of his political duties; it' is madness in political friends to use the same weapons against each other which their ene mies employ against both. Nur is success to be assured by denunciation of the present na tional administration—a practice quite too commonly indulged in certain quarters. If we are to have a Democratic President, it must be by the conjoint action, in some form or other, of the friends of the national adminis— tration, and of both the democratic candidates for the Presidency ; no section of the demo— cratic party is strong enough to defeat Lincoln and Hamlin single handed. There niugt be concert of action among democrats, at least in some free States, as we have heretofore re-- marked, or defeat is inevitable, How shall this be secured ? We are deal— ing with facts, and must take themes they are; and not as we would have them be. It is not now to be expected, however ardently it may be hoped, that either of the democratic candidates will withdraw from the field, nor that the friends of either in all the closely contested States will unanimously waive their preferences. The only remaining alternative in such cassis, if success would be attained, is union upon a combination ticket, or a ticket instructed to vote in accordance with certain specific contingencies. This latter course has been recommended by the State Central Committee of Pennsylvania. The democratic electors, if chosen, are to vote for Mr. Douglas, if their vote will elect him ; if it will not elect him, ' but will elect Mr. Breckinridge, it is to be cast for the latter; if it will not elect either, it is to be given as the electors think best. This method gives Mr. Douglas the precedence, and seems to us the most practicable way of healing the divis— ions in the party. It may not suit the hot heads of our divided forces, nor can that be done without incurring an ignianinious defeat. We believe, nevertheless, that the democratic masses, as well as the conservative democrats, will regard with favor all judicious efforts for repairing the damages done the party at the late convention. In New Jersey, too, the Democratic State Central Committee recom— mend that the electoral ticket consist of four Douglas men and three Breckinridge men. In New York also, the Mozart Hall, or Wood wing of the party, have recommended a com— promise ticket, though their friends were ejected from the National Convention. THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT Tne Pittsburg Post, which was at first in clined to disavow the action of the State Committee and discountenance any attempt at conciliation, having taken time to consider, has arrived at the rational conclusion that it is better to follow moderate and temperate counsels than the rash advice of the National Committee. We are gratified to find the following in its columns: " Pennsylvania is not ready tol Wave an ultimatum thrust upon her now. It is stated that the National Democratic Douglas Com• mittee is about to issue an address, in which the policy of the party is to be fixed-, -, defined and designated. We deprecate this. So far as Pennsylvania is concerned, such action would be hasty and improvident. " In this State the Democracy has a large stake. We have a Governor and Congressmen to elect, and a Legislature who will have the choosing of a United States Senator, in place of Mr. Bigler. The Democracy would regret exceedingly that the State should be given over to the Republicans for these offices, on account of any difficulties which have arisen on the Presidential question. "On the nominations which have been made, and still are to be made within the local Democratic organization of the State, the members of the party have nu differences of opinion. ©s-one man they desire that Penn— sylvania shall enrol herself for the Democracy We believe that she will do so if the issues of the. Presidential difficulty are not precipitated upon us by too hasty action. It is not desir able at the present time that the National Com mittee shill take upon itself to decide anything for Pennsylvania. Let the Democratic organ ization of our State arrange its own affair s. The question of the electoral ticket has by no means been decided. The action of the State Committee was but recommendatory. The subject is yet under consideration. In his recent reply to Mr. .Vaux; Mr.- Welsh, the Chairman of - the State Committee, says : Whether the Committee will undertake to place other names upon the electoral ticket, or prefer to submit the whole matter to the State Convention which formed them, both are questions for future consideration and deeis; ion.' " In view of the fact that Pennsylvania has so much a stake besides the Presidential question, it is important that time be taken to fully enlighten the voters as to the best course by which union and harmony may be secured. The people want no questions hastily and arbitrarily decided for them by the National Committee or any other body. HORNED SNAKE.—On Friday week, the 6th inst., Mr. Reinhard. Keeler, of Zeiglersville, Montgomery county, killed a horned snake three feet loug, in a meadow on his premises. Ten years ago, Mr. Keeler killed,one of the same kind. These snakes, says the Montgom— erg Ledger, are very rare - 16-. that section of country. They have perfeelliorne at or near the tail, and 'are very poieonotti.,
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