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FOR PRESIDENT:
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, of Illinois
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, of Georgia
FOR PRESIDENT:
JOHN C. - BREOKINRIDGE, of Kentucky
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
GEN.. JOSEPH LANE, of Oregon.
FOR GOVERNOR:
HENRY D; FOSTER, of Westmoreland
ELECTORS
SMTATORIAL ELECTOR& '
' • George M: Kelm, of Berks county.
Richard 'faux, of Philadelphia.
• RICESIESMITETTER ELECTORS.
Frederick Server, , 14. J. Reckhow,
2. William ("Patterson,ls. George D. Jackson,
8. Joseph Crockett, jr., ,
16. J. A. Ahl,
4. -J. G. Brenner, 17. J. B. Danner.
5. J. W. Jacoby, 18. J. B. Crawford,
6. Charles Kelly, 19. H. N. Lee,
-7. 0. P. James, 1 20. J. B. Howell,
8. David Scholl 21. N. P. Fetterman,
9. Joel L . Lightner,
Id. B. B. Barber, ---
23. William Book,
11. T. H. Walker, • 24. B. D Hamlin,
12. &B. Winchester, ! 25. Gaylord Church.
.losoph Laubach,
RESOLUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE.
Resolved, That the Democratic Electoral Ticket be head
ed with the name of Stephen A. Douglas or John C. Breck
inridge as an Elector at large, and in the event of the suc
cess of said ticket, if the greater number of votes shall
have been cast for Stephen A. Douglas, then the vote of
the Electoral College of the State ohall be cast for Stephen
A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson for President and
Vice President; but if for John C. Breckinridge, then for
John 0. Breckiniidge and Joseph Lane, for the same
offices. If the vote of Pennsylvania cannot elect the can
didates for whom a majority of the votes are cast, and it
can elect any man running for the office of President of
the United States claiming to be a Democrat, then the vote
of the Eleetbral College shall be cost far that candidate. If
it will not elect either of the Democrats for whom it is
cast, or any of the Democrats who were voted for in the
States, then the vote shall be cast for the candidate who
has the majority of the votes of the State; and that the
Chairman of this Committee be Instructed to obtain from
the gentlemen on the Democratic Electoral Ticket of the
State their several and distinct pledges of acquiescence in
the foregoing resolution. and to report the result of his
action in the premises at the next meeting of the Commit.
tee, to be held on the day of —.
TO CORRESPONDENTS
We are literally overrun with communica
tions, and find it impossible to give them all
a place in our columns, much as we would
desire to accommodate our friends. This
will account for the non appearance of " A
Looker On," " Old Man, in reply to "E. H.
W.", and several others.
THE REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING
The great Republican Mass State Conven
tion, for which such magnificent preparations
had been made, and to which all eyes were
directed by flaming posters and advertisements
for weeks previous, all over the Commonwealth,
name off, according to programme, on Wed•
nesday last ; but that it approached anything
near up to public expectation, is altogether a
different matter. There were a goodly num
her of the faithful from Philadelphia, from
York, Harrisburg, Lebanon, West Chester,
and other towns, and these made up fully one
half of all who were present and participated
both by day and by night ; but one important
element was wanting, and that was the few
comparatively from the country districts of
our own County who were present at the
meeting. So far, therefore, as Lancaster
county is concerned, the meeting may be set
down as a failure. Had it not been for this
City, and the neighboring cities and towns,
the whole affair would have been little else
than a fizzle. The reports in the Philadelphia
papers, and in the Express of this City, which
estimate the numbers present at from 20,000
to 50,000 are the most bare faced attempts
upon the public credulity that we ever wit
nessed. So far from there being 50,000, or
20,000, or even 10,000, there were at no time
on the ground, where the speaking was done,
over 3,000 persons, and many of them were
Democrats and Bell and Everett men, attract
ed- thither by sheer curiosity. And at no
time in the processions, whether by day or by
night, were there by actual count, more than
1,600 men and boys, exclusive of the music!
The meeting, however, was a respectable
one in size ; but that it would begin to com
pare in numbers with the great Buchanan
Mass Meeting, held in this City in October,
1856, (as some of the Black Republicans
allege,) is simply ridiculous. It would take
at least two such meetings as Wednesday last
to make one equal to that.
Two of the principal speakers, Messrs. Wit,
MOT and GROW, are notorious free traders,
and yet Col. CURTIN, Mr. STEVENS. and the
other small fry orators had the unparalleled
audacity to charge Gen. FOSTER with being
hostile to the interests of Pennsylvania! They
must think the people of Lancaster county a
parcel of consummate fools and ignoramuses,
or they would not insult their intelligence by
claiming for the Republican party what
several of their own party leaders and their
own party candidate for the Vice Presidency
has always opposed ; for it is well known,
and on record, that HANNIBAL HAMLIN also is
an out and out free trader, and nobody ever
claimed him for anything else until after his
nomination for the Vice Presidency, by the
Chicago Convention.
The Tariff and the Negro were the principal
themes of all the speakers from CARL Sunitz,
down to JOE CASEY; but not a word was
uttered about the John Brown raid, or in
favor of the Constitutional rights of the South ;
nor did they breathe, even in .the faintest
- whisper, a word about the disfranchisement
of while foreigners by the Legislature of Mass
achusetts, and the infamous corruptions prac
tised by the Republican Legislature of New
York at their last session. Wool and the
Tariff constituted their only stock in trade,
and they rung the different changes upon
them until almost their entire audience were
completely disgusted. But we cannot enlarge,
as some further account of the proceedings
are given by the local editor in another
column.
LANCASTER CO. FAIR
This annual exhibition of the wealth and
resources of Lancaster county, commences to
day, at the Fair Ground north of the College,
under the most favorable auspices, and should
the weather prove favorable it will doubtless
be the County Fair of the season. The entries
of agricultural r.nd mechanical productions
are very numerous, and the exhibition of
horses, stock, and poultry, will be peculiarly
attractive—so also the machinery, the Ladies'
handiwork, specimens of the fine arts, the
floral department, and indeed every other
department, including the Ploughing Match,
and trial of speed. The arrangements are
most perfect--much superior to any previous
year—and the Managers have spared neither
trouble nor expense to make the Fair a credit
to this great county.
Our country friends, we are sure, will be
gratified with the Exhibition, when they see
it; and we have no doubt thousands will
embrace the opportunity of visiting it during
.the four days it will be open. A special
police has been engaged for the occasion, and
nothing will be omitted to make a visit to the
grounds both pleasant and profitable.
De! Attention is directed to the numerous
valuable premiums offered by the publisher
of that long known and reliable journal, the
Amicricgn Agriculturist. The particulars are
given... in our advertising columns. The
,"laikitr's dozen "
,will interest those ready to
eilimOribe now. •
, ,
UEINfI
The Examiner still continues to be sorely
distressed about the Independent ticket, and
stigmatizes the candidates upon it, atkwell
many of its prominent supporters in:the Re
publican party, as "sore heads," ," disorgani
eers," and` , ' by other • equally choice and'
courteous epithets. Theehoe evidently pinches.
in a particular direction, or Mr. Ilisertano
would. not use _such :opprobrious .hinguage
when speaking of respectable gentleinen i Fe
!dams. DILLER, HI:WACKIER, LECHE, WALTON,
CLARKSON, SCHENCK, and the rest of the can
didates upon the Independent ticket. If they
are such men as he represents them—persons
of no account politically or otherwise in the
county—why waste so much ink and paper
in attempting to bring them into ridicule in
the community ? why, Don Quixote-like, work
himself up into a passion and cut and slash
all round at imaginary enemies ? --
The truth of the matter is, Mr. HIESTAND
and his colleagues on the Slaughter House
ticket are badly frightened—hence the despera-
tion which they manifest in this contest.
They feel that the Convention which nominated
them outraged public opinion in most of their
selections, and that hundreds, aye thousands
of the best men in their party have determined
to stand the trickery and treachery of these
trading and unprincipled politicians (who,
for years, have managed everthing to snit
themselves and fill their own pockets) no
longer. This is what troubles our neighbor so
greatly, and it is the fear of an inglorious
defeat on the second Tuesday of October, by
these independent voters of his own party,
that excites the bitterness and malignity which
are so strikingly displayed in the columns of
the Examiner for the last two or three weeks.
22. Samuel Marshall,
The Examiner, Union, and Express of this
' City, have undertaken the herculean task of
explaining away the offensive remarks of
CARL SHURZ respecting the Declaration of
Independence and our Revolutionary fore
fathers, by saying that the language was used
hypothetically, and in reply to an allegation
of Judge DouGLAs that white men only were
meant in the Declaration where it speaks of
all men being created equal, and also in reply
to another assertion of the same distinguished
statesman to the effect that this Government
was created for white men and not for the
negro race. But does this interpretation
relieve Sauaz of the odium that attaches to
his .remarks? Admitting that Mr. Doua—
Les did make the remarks attributed to him,
the question is are they not right? Is it not
the true doctrine, believed and acted upon by
a large majority of the American people? we
mean of the while race. And if Mr. DOUGLAS'
position be the true one, and what reasonable
man doubts it—does it not follow that CARL
&RAIZ is indirectly guilty of a vile slander
upon the statesmen and patriots who declared
our Independence and established the Govern
ment under which we live? In other words,
&lulu says that if Mr. DOUGLAS is right in
his declarations, then are his own slanderous
remarks true, and the men of our Revolution
ary epoch just such characters as he (Suunz)
represented them to be in his Springfield
speech. The attempt of our contemporaries,
above alluded to, to cover up and slime over
the enormities of this foul mouthed Republi
can orator, is a miserable failure, and they
may labor until doomsday without being able
to satisfy the people that he is anything else
than what we have represented him to be.
GENERAL FOSTER'S SPEECH
The great speech delivered by Gen. HENRI-
D. l'o,Tee., in Independence Square, Phila.
delphia, on the evening of the 17th inst., to
an immense meeting of the people, will be
found at length on our first page, and should
be read by every voter in Lancaster county.
It is a statesman•liko production—terse, clear
and forcible—creditable alike to the head
and heart of its distinguished author, and
effectually puts to flight all the shallow
charges brought against him of infidelity to
the interests of our noble old Commonwealth.
Upon the great issues now agitating the
country and dividing public sentiment, Gen.
FOSTER takes high constitutional ground, in
strict conformity with the Reading platform,
which regards all questions affecting the
measure of the power of the people of the
Territories as of a judicial nature, determin
able only by the Courts. This is the true
constitutional ground upon which all Demo
crats, and all true friends of the Union, no
matter what their Presidential preferences
are, can heartily unite. It is a doctrine that
suits the North and the South, the East and
the West, and the true friends of Constitu
tional liberty everywhere can safely rest upon
it. The Harrisburg Patriot refers to it as
follows:
"Mr. Foster planted himself on the Read
ing platform—taking the position that the
Constitution has conferred no power upon
Congress to prohibit the introduction of slave
property into the Territories, on the one hand,
or to compel its introduction on the other.—
That it is a question for the people to decide
for themselves; and the extent of their power
is a judicial question determinable only by
the Courts. On the subject of the Tariff, Mr.
Foster was peculiarly happy in demonstrating
his consistent advocacy of Pennsylvania
interests, and the folly of those who charge
him with being a free trader. He shows that
while Hamlin and Wilmot were voting;against
the Tariff, he was laboring to uphold the
industrial interests of this State."
This distinguished and talented gentleman
had a very large audience to hear him on the
evening of the 17th inst. Fulton Hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity, and his speech
was characterized with force and ability—
strongly conservative throughout—and was
received with repeated demonstrations of ap
plause. It was emphatically a Union speech,
courteous and dignified, and did great credit
to the head and heart of its author.
During Mr. JOHNSON'S brief, stay in our
city he was called upon by a large number of
persona, (BRECKINRIDGE men as well as DOUG
Les men,) all of whom found him to be a pleas
ant and agreeable gentleman, possessed of
those fine intellectual and social qualities for
which our Southern statesmen geperally are
celebrated. In conversation with him we found
that he was much gratified with his reception
here, and greatly pleased with the general
appearance of wealth and prosperity so ap
parent to every stranger of observation who
visits our county. Mr. J. left in the 11
o'clock train for York, where be addressed
the people in the evening. During the few
minutes the cars were detained at Columbia,
lie was waited on by a largo number of the
citizens of:that Borough, and made a brief
speech which was well received by the audi
ence.
GEN. FOSTER'S APPOINTMENTS
Gen. FOSTER speaks at Easton today; at
Reading, to morrow ; and at Potteille, on
Friday.
Other appointments will be made and an
nounced in duo time. By order of the Denz
ocratic State Committee.
FOWLER'S LECTURE.—We direct attention
to the notice of the lecture of Mr. FOWLER, to
be given in Fulton Hall, on Thursday evening
next. This gentleman, it will be recollected,
delivered the eloquent address at the College
Commencement in this City, a few weeks ago.
We hope he may have an overflowing 'house
on the occasion.
EXPLAINING IT AWAY I
HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON
This somewhat notorious Black Republican
orator attended the Woolly-Head gathering
in this City, on Wednesday last, but ti4.d2ok:
speidr, according to programme, at the miiietpik
in thi) afternoon...He, found ft convenienizt6-
, ,
be unwell.' and left the - starlit s tufi;was
ciently convalescent to deliver an e addroui tn.
his Herman fellow : oitizens,; in :their
language, at Fultorgall, in the eieiling,i*on;
which occasion huittempliedio eciitt;ince them
that Know Nothingism was not so bad an
institution as they bad been taught to believe
it, and that a white man was as good as a
negro, if he behaved himself! . He did not,-
however, say anything about the
_Declaration
of Independence being " a diplomatic 'Ridge,"
"'a hypocritical piece of special pleading,
drawn up -by, a batch of artful pettifoggersp
as he did at Springfield, Mass.; nor did he
denounce the Signers of -thatimmortal State
paper as " accomplished humbuggers and
hypocrites," and the American Revolution
as a " mean Yankee trick," a " wooden nut
meg," ,k,c. No—no. That kind of impudent
talk might pass current with the Abolitionists
and Negro sympathizers of Massachusetts,
but it would not be tolerated in Pennsylvania
—and well he and his employers knew it.—
Hence his silence on that subject.
But his speech here was a failure, so far as
it was intended to accomplish anything for
the Republican party. The Germans of
Lancaster are too intelligent, and too highly
appreciate the civil and religious privileges
they enjoy under our Democratic institutions,
to be swerved from the path of duty by this
paid hireling of a sectional and disunion party.
They are, as a body, warmly attached to our
inimitable form of government, and they will
not lend their aid, or give countenance to
any party or faction whose aim is its des
truction,
CURTIN SHOWS THE WHITE FEATH-
Men of true courage, says the Harrisburg
Patriot, are rarely compelled to fight. Blue.
terers generally get out of their way. The
eloquent, brilliant, gifted and gallant Col.
Curtin refuses to meet Gen. Foster face to
face on the stump. The friend and champion
of Col. Curtin, Alex. K. M'Clure, has nego•
tiated a back out for the gallant Colonel.
The whole history of this transaction was
contained in the correspondence which we
published yesterday. Col. Curtin intimated
on the stump, that he had challenged Gen.
Foster, to meet him for public discussion, and
that the latter had not accepted the challenge.
Gen. Foster wrote to Mr. Welsh, Chairman
of the State Committee, offering to meet Col.
Curtin at such times and places as their
respective friends might indicate. Mr. Welsh
transmitted Gen. Foster's message to Mr.
M'Clure, who agreed to accept the challenge
in behalf of Mr.`Curtin, provided Gen. Foster
would meet him at the Republican meetings
alreadyiappointed. That is, Mr. Curtin want
ed to take Gen Foster where it suited him,
without going where it suited Gen. Foster.
Mr. Curtin was willing to engage in a joint
discussion if be could be permitted to name
all the places at which such discussions should
take place, and Gen.. Foster was not allowed
to name any. How very modest in the
gallant Curtin ! Of course such terms were
inadmissible. Mr. M'Clure declined to nego
tiate upon equal terms, and so the correspon•
dence dropped.
The excuse of Mr. Curtin, that he has al
ready made appointments that must be
fulfilled, is only a flimsy plea to cover his
retreat. Some of these appointments are
weeks ahead, and if he was really anxious to
meet Mr. Foster it would have been the
easiest matter in the world to have counter
manded them. The meetings might have
been arranged several days apart, thus giving
Mr. Curtin an opportunity of fulfilling many
of his engagements in the interval. But it
suited him better to prescribe unfair condi
tions which lie knew no gentleman could
submit to, and thus save himself from the
humiliation of defeat.
We have alluded to this subject, because the
Republicans are endeavoring to convey the
impression that Gen. Foster backed out,
while the truth is that he was ready to meet
Curtin upon equal terms, which the latter
refused.
IIR. BRECHINHIpGrE , S SPEECH
The Washington Constitution of the 15th
inst., publishes a revised copy of the great
speech of Hon. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
delivered at Lexington, Ky., on the sth. It
occupies eleven of the broad columns of that
paper, and is unquestionably one of the most
eloquent, strongly•reasoned, and masterly
productions of this or any other Presidential
campaign. It is a complete and thorough
refutation of all the charges preferred against
him since his nomination for the Presidency,
and an unanswerable vindication of the plat.
form on which he stands.
The unprecedented length of this speech
prevents its publication entire in the country
press, on the eve of the October election, when
other matters must necessarily be attended
to, and full justice to its distinguished author
could .not be done by the publication of de•
tached portions of it. We presume, however,
the speech will he published in pamphlet
form and extensively circulated, and in this
way will be generally read by the people.
VERY APPROPRIATE
The New York Herald's report of the levee
of Governor JorixsoN, the Democratic candi
date for Vice President on the ticket with Mr.
DOUGLAS, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in New
York, has the following:
" The question of fusion was at one time
broached to Mr. JOHNSON, who replied that it
was a matter that belonged to the committee
in this State to arrange; he knew but little
about their local difficulties; would therefore
leave all the talking upon this subject to those
who had the control of the subject."
That was a very appropriate and sensible
answer—precisely what he should have said.
So says the Albany Atlas d Argus, the
leading DOUGLAS paper in the Empire State.
In applauding the answer of Mr. JOHNSON, it
administers a eevere rebuke to those who
attempt to interfere with the local organiza
tions in New York and Pennsylvania, in
which States "fusion" is all important to
save the country from Black Republican rule.
COL. SAMUEL C. STAIVIBA.IIGII
Our old friend, Col Stambaugh, Surveyor
General in Utah, has sent us a copy of the
Deseret - News of August 29th, from which we
learn that he and his corps had just returned
to Salt Lake City, from a professional tour of
several weeks in the southern portion of the
Territory. The section surveyed by them is
described as very poor—a " sandy desert
region, where, excepting in a few few places,
there is nothing belonging to the vegetable
kingdom, but sage and greasewood." The
weather was represented as extremely hot in
the day time, (95 degrees in the shade,) but
more tolerable at night. One of the party
informs the editor of the News that he does
not think the land, upon an average, through
out the Territory, will ever-pay the cost of
surveying.
ear We invite the attention of the afflicted
to the card of Madame Sehwend's Remedies.
We are assured that they will do all that is
claimed for them.
BosmoN.—The population of Boston is 177,,
002. In 1850 it was 138,788. .
The New York Trthune is terribly frightened
about Pennsylvania, and implores andbe
aches the Republicans not to allow Henry
13._ Foster to be elected Governor. Its appeals
are as pathetic as thole of a criminal, abbut
.to be led forth to exeentica. .It reiteratis
the old story about tliite.ClectiOn 4185,6 having-
IMO carried by money antirorge4 naturalize
tbri papers, but convenienqy forgets that Tom
Ford, of Ohio, who has *we been 3ewarded
; with the Congressional litintinge*r *hat
--
- lhis State in 18561fh, lasAc snauktif
money, which he used in persuading certain
Filh:oore papers to come out for Fremont.—
nit was a reminiscence which entirely
escaped the Tribune. It cannot allude to the
Bell men without raving like -a madman—_
calls them " Dembcratic stool pigeons" and
ether choke epithets; and- milli:made them
with the "straight out Americans" of 1856,
tr,o
without taking the trouble to recollect that
the,leaders of this party in Philadelphia are,
now among the most active Republicans.-
The Tribune „says that Andrew .G. Curtin
was.nominated in full convention by, the
" People's paity," and that a small segment
of that party has bolted the nomination.—
What atrocious infidelity ! How very treach
erous in the conservative members of the
"People's party" not to follow Andrew G.
Curtin over into the Republican camp, and
support Lincoln because he supports Lincoln !
The truth is that Curtin was nominated, not
as a Republican candidate, and that his selec
tion was rather regarded as a tricmph over
the Republicans in the State Convention of
the "People's party"—but as soon as he began
to feel rather easy in his shoes, he became
shy of the Americans, forgot the many Amer
ican speeches be had made, became oblivious
of the fact that he had taken an . oath in a
Know Nothing lodge to war against "foreign
influence," and finally turned up at Chicago
in company with-Giddings and Carl Sharz.—
Andrew G. Curtin abandoned his old associ
ates, and not they him. Yet, because they
will not imitate his treachery and play false
to their convictions by following him into the
bosom of the irrepressible conflict Republicans,
the Tribune very modestly calls them bolters.
Funny, very decidedly funny !
The Tribune trusts that the " unprincipled
"coalition" which it apprehends will elect
Foster, is to be beaten, but is of opinion
" that it will require the utmost exertions of
" the Lincoln men of Pennsylvania." The
men of Pennsylvania are using their utmost
exertions, and from present appearances they
will not come within 20,000 of electing Curtin,
notwithstanding their " Wide-Awake" non
sense and other paraphernalia of humbug,
used with such brilliant effect in exciting the
imagination of old ladies and amusing
very young children. Men who vote from
principle are not easily convinced by
such arguments as blazing torches and glit
tering caps, worn by excitable noodles and
enthusiastic nincompoops. The Tribune tells
this motley array of political clowns that they
" stand in the Thermopylm of this momentous
struggle." Shade of Leonidas ! Only think
of it ! And that if they " elect Curtin the
Presidential contest is decided ; let him be
defeated, and we shall have to struggle des
perately to the close of the polls in November."
Conservatives of Pennsylvania! do you bear
that? Curtin's election is to secure the elec
tion of Lincoln, and Curtin's defeat is to make
the struggle desperate for Lincoln in Novem
ber. Do you understand that the way to
defeat Lincoln is to defeat Curtin ? Under
standing this, will you lose any more time in
profiting by it ?—Harrisburg Patriot.
THE CAPTURE OF WALKER-CONFIRMATORY
ACCOUNTS.-By the steamer Empire City, at
New York, we have confirmatory accounts
from Honduras of the capture of Gen. Walker,
together with some seventy of his followers,
on the river Rio Negro. The telegraphic
dispatches mention the name of a " Colonel
Kudler," who is to be shot, along with Walker.
The Prensa prints the name " Ruttler."
Our accounts, in other particulars, bear
out the telegraphic version. Immediately on
the capture of the filibusters by the forces of
the British steamer Icarus, they were turned
over to the commander of the Honduras forces,
Gen. Alvarez, with the understanding that
Walker and his Colonel would be dealt with
" according to what was right," and that his
followers, who, for the most part, were sick
and wounded, and incapable of bearing arms,
should be permitted to return to the United
States, the United States Consul at Truxillo
being responsible for the necessary expenses.
The whole party were then, under command
of the Honduras General, marched back to
Truxillo, where they were confined as prison
ers—their arms and baggage having been
previously taken from them.
Previous to the capture of the filibusters
the utmost alarm prevailed throughout the
country. The neighboring State of Guate
mala, apprehensive lest their operations might
be extended in that direction, resolved to
make common cause with Honduras, and
with that view, a force of sixty five men was
dispatched, under command of. Col. Godoy, to
act in co operation with Gen. Alvarez. The
union of those two armies was effected on the
30th of August.
tier Walker has since been shot.
THE WIDE AWAKES T
It has been all along a matter of wonder
with many what the aim and purpose of these
semi military organizations are, .which have
been gotton up and maintained at large
expense by the Black Republican leaders.
Senator WADE, of Ohio, has recently " let the
oat out of the bag " in an address to the Wide
Awakes of Detroit. Hear him :
" I have confidence in the Wide Awakes,
and believe that they will guard the polls
and uphold the government."
So, so. The Wide Awakes are to surround
and guard the polls, are they? And we sup
pose they are further to prevent the Democrats
from exercising the right of suffrage as guar-
anteed by the Constitution, and in this wa y
affect to uphold the Government ! If this be
the object of these Black Republican organi'
zations, and we have the high authority
quoted above for the explanation, the sooner
the people know it the better. We once had
a " buckshot and ball " demonstration in
Pennsylvania, to put down the people and
usurp the government, but the project did
not work well with the inventors ; and per
haps the same fate may be in store for the
leaders of the Wide Awakes in 1860. Wo
shall see.
$E&' Those wishing to make purchases in
the way of Ladies and Children's Fancy Furs,
etc., are referred to the store of Fareira &
Thomson, at 818 Market Street.
An extensive and varied assortment of
those adjuncts of dress, at the very lowat
prices, may always be found at this establish
ment. Read their advertisement in another
column.
Oar To cure a Cough, to relieve all irrita—
tions of the throat, to prevent hoarseness, to
restore to perfect soundness and health, the
most delicate organization of the human
frame—the Lungs—use Wistar's Balsam of
Wild Cherry.
There's a vile counterfeit of this Balsam,
therefore be sure and buy only that prepared
by S. W. FOWLS & Co.. Boston, which has the
'written signature of I. BUTTS k on the outside
wrapper.
POLITICAL PREDICTIONS
In 1856 the Republicans were even more
certain of FREAIONT'S election than they now
are of LICOLN'I3. Mr. Burlingame, the
Boston Courier reminds him, asserted that he
had been thoroughly through Pennsylvania,
and that State wou:d give FREMONT seventy
thousand majority. A slight mistake of 234,-
964 votes, adding BUCHANAN and FILLMORE'S
vote together—and 152,801, without counting
in Fillmore's I
THE COTTON CROP.-It i 8 ascertained that
the crop of cotton of the South, for the year
ending August 31, is 4,650,000 bales—being
800.000 bales over the crop of last year, and
2,536,000 bales over the crop of year before
last. It is the largest crop ever grown. Es
timating it at $5O per bale, its value would
be $232,500,000 !
Of this amount, not less than $75,000,000
will be paid to the farmers of the Northwest
for Corn, Flour and Provisions.
be Hon. WILLIAM L. YANCEY, the distin
guished Southern orator, is in Washington.
• CtILT3fa'AVIRDI:IIYI7II_I',ItUP.:AA-
That Monster State Mass Meeting--S 0,000
People Present—ln a Horni.sßrilliant
Display of Hail Splitters, Whiskey
Manufacturers, L late Boys with
Pikes, etc., etc.--Iniposing
and Immense Procession
Cola- Cartisiss "Ne
glected Cold,”11co.
The 19th of Seplember, A.D., 1860, is a
day long to be ninlieMbered in the annals of Woollydcon!
The Monster Stets Masa-Meeting of the People's, alias
party bas been - beld,Sand it proved a
as:Biile'(eo far the peciti4 of the '"county were concerned).
In reference to numbers and enthusiasm. We are telling
nothing but the truth when we assert that it was scatcely
equal to the County Meal Meeting held by the Republicans
In this city on the Ist day of October, 1858, and both meet"
lugs combined were about equal In point of numbers to
the Buchanan County Mass Meeting held, in this city on
the Bth day of October, 1858. - Citizens of all parties will
bear us out in the truth of this assertion. We shall
endeavor to give some account of this monster gathering,
: and shall "nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in
malice." ' -
The morning . of Wednesday was unpropitious, as was
the night before, but about 9 o'clock the clouds cleared
away, and by 10 o'clock the delegations fram the county
Commenced to arrive. Among the first was ono from MIL
lersville, and in one of the wagons was a lady dressed in
black, whom a waggish bystander wickedly dubbed John
Brown's widow! This caused roars of laughter, and was
actually believed by several persons in the crowd.
Then came a delegation of two or three hundred from
somewhere In the lower part of the county, and on one of
the wagons was a huge log, which a number of big fellows,
with nightcaps on their heads, (at least we took them to
be such,) were trying to split. What possessed them to
wear this part of ladies' head-gearing we are unable to say.
No doubt these fellows' "better-halves" are strongminded
women, and wear the "unmentionables" at home!
There was another delegation from the southern part of
the county which had several chaps engaged on a large
wagon threshing straw, and drilling bolos in stones;
the exact meaning of such nonsense is utterly
beyond oar comprehension. It caused a great deal of
amusement for the throngs of little boys on the streets,
who cheered them on,vind the poor fellows worked away
with all their might.
One of the southern delegations carried a portrait of
ex-President Taylor—exceedingly appropriate, wasn't it?
The idea of associating the memory of the old hero and
patriot (a large slaveholder himself) in a crusade agalns
the rights of our Southern brethren, is supremely ridicu
lous! :Were Zachary Taylor living, no man would be a
more bitter opponent of the sectional Republicans.
Another delegation carried a transparency on which was
(what was intended to be we suppose) a representation of
"Old Abe" about to split a rail, but which bore more a
resemblance to old Harry Stiff than any likeness we have
seen of that "peculiar institution" of Lancaster for some
time. Harry doubtless considered himself highly honored
at being made so conspicuous an object in the procession
of tho "Monster State Repnbliean Moos Meeting!"
A delegation from liempfield township had a distilling
apparatus on a wagon, and were manufacturing whiskey
by the wholesale, and dealing it out by the cup .full to
thirsty Republicans. They carried a banner with this
inscription "'J. B.' Whiskey, and the Tariff of '42." That
apparatus and motto were interesting things for ultra
Temperance men, of whom there were quite a number in
the ranks, to march behind. But these Republicans, being
composed of all the decent, temperate, order.loving, law
abiding citizens, can do such things with a clear conscience
and the utmost impunity. Had such an affair taken place
in a Democratic procession the Express would have lifted
up its pure hands in holy horror at ouch vulgarity, inde
cency and intemperance. As it is, the "saddle being on
the wrong horse," of course our pious and relined contem
porary has not a word to say against the " 'J. B' Whiskey,
and Tariff of '42" Distillery I
The Ephrata delegation carried a banner on which was
inscribed, in German, "Wilkommen Carl Schurz," "Wel
come Carl Schurz." We did not think there was one man
in Lancaster county but what would, after having read
this Infamous slanderer's speech at Springfield, have been
prepared to give him a.coat of tar and feathers, rather than
a hearty welcome. But it seems there are some persons in
our good old county who are willing to take to their loving
embrace ono who, to say the least of him, is but a fugitive
from Justice In his own country, and is now in this land
of liberty preaching up fraternal strife and hatred among
the inhabitants thereof. This Carl Schurz is an impudent
imposter, and really deserving the fate which awaits him
should he ever return to his native land.
A delegation of little boys, who would have been much
better employed at home at their studies, also made their
appearance in the procession a portion of the time. What
the idea was in arming them with spears, or rather imita
tions of John Brown's pikes, is utterly beyond onr compre
hension. If these boys are taught nothing else at the
school from which they came, the citizens would be doing
themselves and their children groat good by closing it
up. The idea of bringing little children, armed in warlike
style, to such a motley gathering Is preposterous I It Is
all marvelously right and proper, however, for Republicans
.to do such things!
Another of the mottos was "Keep the Niggers where you
Breed Them." Now, that's just what these Republicans
don't want to do. They want to set the niggers free in the
Smith, so that they ran come up here North and drive off
white laboring men (who aro mostly Democrats) by working
at half price for their Abolition friends. This motto•
therefore, should have been reversed.
We also observed one or two curious buildings in the
procession, which resembled hog pens, but whether they
contained any of the long-suontad gentry we could art
perceive, as the pens .were surrounded with woolly-heads.
Several of the drivers were real Uncle Republicans, and
they seemed to enjoy the fun quite as much es their breth
ren of a lighter color.
We also noticed among the mottos this one: "Henry S.
Shenck, our Next Sheriff." The man who bore the banner
was forced to leer° the ranks, and did so with the remark,
"that they could put him out of the procession, but could
not put his vote for Shonck out of the ballot-bum." '•Straws
show which way the wind is blowing." Rebellion is rife
in the Republican camp.
We have given a few of the mottos and designs which
figured prominently in the procession. A number of others
were in hue, but being of a similar character, it is hardly
necessary to tire our readers' patience by describing them.,
A. procession of all the delegations Wes formed at 2
o'clock, p M. The Chief Marshal's Aids and the Assistant
Marshals, in the meantime, were riding up and down the
streets, attracting the admiring gaze of the juveniles, ne
groes, and a promiscuous crowd generally, by their display
of/ine horsemanship and gay trappings.
At this time the Philadelphia delegation arrived, and,
instead of numbering over 3,000 men, as the Republicans
here predicted it would, it mustered between 1000 and 1100
all told. Tho Columbia and Marietta Wide Awakes also
arrived at the same time, and numbered between 200 and
300. At last the procession moved off, and although the
Republican papers of Philadelphia have variously estimated
the number In line at 0 , 10, 15 and 20,000, they were
counted at several points on the route, and the whole
number did not reach quite non, Wide Awakes, boys,
musicians, and all. And this was the immense procession
of the Monster State Republica'n Mess Meeting!
The route of procession was up Chesnut street to Char.
lotte, out Charlotte to West King, dawn West King to
Centre Square, out East King to Plumb, and down Plumb
to the grounds at the Locomotive Wm ks.
Here the crowd was coiled to order by Eatias
Esq., Chairman of the Republican County Committee, who
nominated Hon. Thaddeus Stevens for President, together
with a long string of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. Mr.
Stevens made a tow remarks, and then introduced to the
audience Col. Andrew G. Curtin, the Republican candidate
for Governor. That "neglected cold" which "our Andy"
"caught" made him apologize for the "forty-seventh time"
for speaking to an audience. Poor Curtin has a sorry time
with that "neglected cold which he caught." This apology
seems to constitute the sum-total of all hie speeches. He
will be relieved, however, of the "neglected cold which he
caught" on the 2d Tuesday of next month, when the Union
loving people of Pennsylvania will consign him to oblivion
by placing afoste,ing hand open his head.
Carl Schurz was on the ground, but from some cause or
other did not speak. We can assure Carl that had he
repeated his Springfield Fpecch here be would have been
warmly greeted and applauded, but not in a manner which
would have been very agreeable to his feelings. He, no
doubt, "smolt a rat," and kept mum on this occasion, not.
withstanding the hearty welcome of his Ephrata friends.
The meeting was also addressed by Hon. Galuslaa A.
Grow, Morton McMichael, Beg., nod lion. Joseph Casay.
There were 2,000 to 3,000 people on the ground. That,
of course, tallies very nicely with the estimate of the Phil
adelphia Inquirer's report, which mode the number from
30,003 to 40,000, and the number of horses and carriages at
from 0,000 to 10,000! We will venture to Fay that the
reporter of that paper was indulging extensively in the
vilest kind of "tangle-foot whitkey," Cr, if not, then be is
most awfully given to lying!
The torchlight procession in the evening was a very fine
affair. Some 1700 Wide Awakes from Philadelphia, Har
risburg, York, this city, Columbia, Marietta, and two or
three other places in the county, (including Marshals,
musicians, boys and all,) were in line. The heavy rain
between J and 10 o'clock spoiled the appearance of the
procession, and caused a general stampede.. Numerous
mottos and devices were carried, but they were nearly all
the same that were used in the day-time. The delegation
from York had a transparency with the inscription, "York
good for 2,000," which, naturally, created a broad grin on
the countenances of the spectators. You might as well
say that the "Leopard can change his spots, or the Ethi
opian his color," as that old Democratic York would give
such a majority, or, in fact, any at all, for a pia -bald party
like the Republican. The idea is simply absurd.
A meeting was also held at Fulton Hall in the evening,
which was addressed by Carl Schurz in the German lan
guage, and Hon. David Wilmot. Carl said nothing about
what a "batch of artlal pettifoggers" the framers and signers
of the Declaration of Independence were, and did not call
that sacred document a "hypocritical piece of epecia
pleading," nor did he even pronounce the "great American
Revolution no longer the great champion of universal
principles, but a mean Yankee trick." Carl reserves that
speech for the more pleasant and congenial atmosphere of
Negro-loving and "Higher Law" Massachusetts.
We have given a short and faithful account of this
"Monster State Republican Mass Meeting!" The Republr
can organs to-morrow will, of courre, be filled with won
derful accounts of it, and relate any quantity cf Munchen.
Eon stories; but we defy either one of them to prove that
what we have written is not correct.
In conclusion, to show what hifalutin nonsense ti e
Republican papers sometimes publish, we give below two
or three extracts from the report of the Philadelphia Bul
letin, of Thursday evening, of the extensive pteptilttiota
made for this "Monster Bate Republicau.blem
-Tt Ciidetot thazitrAlling
days before hand, as this report says, Is too ridiculous even
to laugh at!. And then that the hotel-keepers were hard
pushed to accommodate the vast cro - wdsl Why, man, our
hotel-keepers arevrcnt to entertai n as large or even larger
crowds two or three tithes 'gray year, and do not make the
least fuss about it. But here la this rich specimen of
reporting:.
Lenoister was in , a 'full blaze yesterday by =alight
during the day, notwithatinding the frequent showers of
rain that endeavored to dim the lustre of "old Sol," and at
night by torchlight beacons borne In the hands of thous
ands of honest-hearted meri, assembled to do honor to thii
names of the meawho bare been selected by the people as
.oivididites for the gubernatorial-and presidential offices.
For many weeks past this grand political festival, which
has been in the hands of the State Central Committee, has,
next to the crops, been the all abeorbing topic of converse.
Hon; and In every town and village of the "Old Keystone"
this event has been looked forward to, by young and old,
with a degree of interest that has not bean excelled since
the days of "Old Hickory" and "Hard Cider." The people .
of Lancaster—patriotic and 'aketone old Lancister—proud
to be appointed to a position of so much honor and trust,
as to recsive into her homes the noble eons of the Republi
can creed, sought by every art in her power to give to the
sires and children of this crest Comity a generous welcome,
and one whose memory should go down with thein to the
latest moments of their lives. And how she succeeded in
her design will appear below. [O, Jehosaphatl We trust
our citizens will be able to survive this sublime description
of their generosity. . They ought by all.meene to tender
this reporter a banquet]
As early asMonday of the went week strangers were in
all partsof the city. ' , Thom who had friends there Imme
diately took up with them, while others set ont to find
accommodations at the different hotels and boarding houses
of the city.' All day Monday and Tuesday the city was
rapidly filling up, so that by yesterday morning. it was
easily perceived that many more persons were arriving
than lodging places could be provided for. The majority
of these people consisted of farmers with their families,
who came into town in market wagons and other convey
ances; others came on horseback, while some, not FO fare
tidlous as to the style of their teams, made their entree on
hay wagons, ox carts, ke. Among the people above men
tioned were to be found a large number of ladies, young
and old, married and single, and Whose chubby forms and
rosy complexions singled them out at a glance from those
bred and reared amid the city's smoke, and there also was
the farm hand and the milkmaid, and the boy John who
brings home the cows, all attired in their beet bib and
tucker, and klynheer Focob and his crow—the latter in red
frock and blue aimed, and cherry-colored ribbon, and Myra
heer in his corduroy pants and scarlet waistcoat—all of
whom had lett their country homes for a while to swell
the throng of patriots, and to join with their voices in the
universal Jubilee that ascended from that populous valley.
At the hotels and the private boarding houses busy
hands had been set to work weeks previous, to provide in
creased aceommodations of bed and board. The largest
number of rots were crowded into the smullest-sizA rooms,
and additional leafs were added to the eating tables, with
a view of reaping a rich harvest from the strangers with I
which the city was expected to be filled. All the drinking
saloons had laid in an extra supply of lemons, loaf sugar
and mint numberless casks of lager beer were rolled into
vaults already crowded to their utmost capacity, while
every article in the crockery line was provided with liberal
hand to meet the wants of those inclined to indulge in
these beverages. At the stables attached to the hotels and
other places additional stall room was prepared, while '
sheds for the accommodation of vehicles were erected on
every available spot. All chuckled and ambled—polltirians
and hotel-keepers. John ogled the milkmaid, to which
she replied with a tom of the head and a swing of her heaps,
and everybody smiled generally.
Fearful of remaining too long up in the olonds we have,
after a terrible straggle, descended safely to terra firma,
and concluded to let that reporter take oar hat!
The same paper goes off in-the following 9randilammt
style about the torchlight parade:
In the evening the parade came off. The night.' was
pitch dark, with signs of rain. The line formed on North
Prince street, and marched over a very long route. between
files of people growing denser at every step, and filling the
air with their incessant and tumultuous cheers. There
were about eight or ten thousand equipped torch and ban.
ners in the line, [Jerusalem, what a whopper If and the
display equalled anything we have ever witnessed. Looked
at as we saw it from the market square, with the lino
passing down a hilly street, in full view, from the Repub
lican Invineibles at the head to the very last township
delegation. the scene was one to fire the Imagination. Had
the stars of the milky way moved from their courses and
sailed down in one glowing group until they touched the
soil of Lancaster, the scene could not have been more
lovely. Every torch loomed like a planet, and as the line
widened and manoeuvred at intervals, the street seemed
literally to be filled with fire.
Independent County Ticket.
State Senators :
CHRISTIAN L. HUNSECKER, Manheim,
SOLOMON DILLER, Earl.
Assembly:
DANIEL LEFEVRE. (Farmer,) Drumore.
DAVID H. LECTIE. Loacock,
SAMUEL LINDSAY. Marietta,
JOHN C. WALTON. City.
Sheriff
HENRY S. SIIENCK, City.
Prothonotary :
0 ERARDUS CLARKSON, City.
Register:
JOHN MARTIN, Conestoga.
Recorder:
ELIAS H. RHOADS, East Cocaliro.
Cleric of Quarter Sessions:
DAVID HAUK E, Clay.
Clerk of Orphans' Court:
ELISHA GEIGER, City.
Chanty Commissioner
WILLIAM SPENCER, Strasburg.
Prison Inspectors:
JACOB E. CItOOS. Retain,
SAMUEL BLANK. Salisbury.
Directors of the Thor:
JACOB M. FItANTZ. Lancaster tap.,
HENRY SHREINER. Manheim,
JOHN ESLILE NI AN, West Lampeter, (I year.)
Cornner :
JOHN HAMILTON, City.
Auditor:
BENJAMIN F. LUTZ, East Hernpfield.
PoLrrreAL.—A meeting of the Democrats of
Salisbury and the adjoining townships will be hold at the
White Horse Hotel, on Friday evening, the 28th lust
Addresses will be delivered by Hon. Ore. Sanderson and
H. M. North, Esq. The New Holland Brass Bend will be
in attendance.
MEETING AT Wru.ow STREET.—A Foster Democratic meet
ing will be held at Gaulle Hotel, in the village of Willow
Street. on Friday evening, the 28th Inst. F. S. Pyfer and
Wm. T. McPhail, Esqrs., will deliver addresses.
MEETING AT INTERCOURSE.—The friends of Foster will
hold a meeting at Geo. Diller's Hotel, in the village of
Intercourse, on Saturday t venlng, the 20th inst. The
meeting will be addressed by F. S. Pyfer, Geo. H. Kline,
S. H. Reynolds, Janne B. Treadwell, Wilberforce Nevin
and 11. M. North, Esqrs. The New Holland Brass Band
will be in attendance.
POLE PAISING.—The German Democratic Club of this city
will raise a large hickory Poster pole in front of Witlinger's
Saloon, at the bead of West King street, on to-morrow
(Wednesday) afternoon. Several addresses will be dolly_
ered, and the Democracy of the city generally are invited
to attend.
THE Crsr AROUSED!—The Democracy of the City had a
splendid Foster meeting at Fedderson's Hotel, South Queen
street, on Friday evening last—John T. MacGonigle, Esq.,
in the Chair; Charles G. Beale, John Ditlow and S. C.
Taylor, Vice Presidents; and James Barnes, jr. Secretary.
The meeting was addressed by Hon. Geo. Sanderson ,
Col. William S. Amweg, and F. S. Pyfer and Abram Shank,
Esqrs. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and the speak
ers were frequently interrupted with vociferous applause.
Another meeting was called for Trout's Hotel, West
Orange street, on last evening, and it is in contemplation
to hold Foster meetings nearly every evening during the
balance of the campaign. The old fires of Democracy are
kindled, and will burn brighter and brighter until too
polls close on the 9th of October.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT THE GREEN TREE.—A Democratic
meeting will be held at the Green Tree, In Bart township,
on Thursday evening, October 4th, which will be addressed
by Fred. S. Pyfer and Geo. W. McElroy, Esqrs., of this
city. The Strasburg Band will be In attendance.
A Democratic Foster Club has been organized in Bart
township, with John Q. Taggart as President ; Vice Presi
dent, Daniel McGowen ; Secretaries, H. Baughman and
Edwin Garrett; Treasurer., William Picket. The Club is
prospering finely, and Bart promises to roll up a fine
majority for our gallant standard-bearer, Henry D. Foster.
'Kamm az PENNVILLE —The " Foster Regulars" had a
glorious meeting in the village of Penriville, on Saturday
evening last, was presided over by that sterling Democrat,
Joseph S. Keener, Esq. The meeting was addressed by SI-
B. Swarr, Esq., in his usually eloquent and happy manner.
The Democracy of the Northern townships will give a good
account of themselves on the 9th of October.
MEETING AT SAFE ILtanor..—A large and enthusiastic
Democratic meeting was held in the,village of Safe Harbor,
at Holp's Hotel, on Saturday evening last, which was ad.
dressed by Fred. S. Pyfer and James B. Treadwell, Esqrs.,
of Lancaster, and Messrs. JohnKolp and Charles J. Rhodes,
of Safe Harbor. A Foster Club was organized, and a large
number of names were signed to the constitution. John
]iolp, Esq., was elected President.
GREAT FOSTER MEETING IN Comusitte.--The Democrats had
a glorious meeting and torchlight procession on Saturday
night. There were 410 torches in the procession, and the
meeting watt addressed by IL M. North, .P.sq , and Emanuel
Blitz—the latter a Bell and Everett man. The Democracy
of Columbia are up and doing, and prepared to do their
part towards giving Gen. Foster an old•feshioned majority.
MARIETTA DEMOCRATIC FOSTER CLUB.—A Foster Club has
been organized in Marietta. The officers are: President,
Charles Kelly; Vice Presidents, William Carter, Lewis
Martin, John Hildebrand, sr.; Secretary, Abraham Erie
man ; Treasurer, Abner McMichael; Corresponding Secre
tary, John W. Clark.
The Club turned out 176 moo to attend the meetiug at
Columbia, on Saturday evening last.
Porn Baum AT FAIRMILD.—A Democratic meeting and
Polo Raising will take place in the village of Fairfield, at
F. D. Waters' Hotel, on Friday next, at 2 o'clock, P.
EL
Addresses will be delivered by Frederick S. Fy ter and
Wilberforce Nevin, Fags., of Lancaster, and Mr. F. Swift
•
THE FIREMEN'S PARADE ON THE 28TH.—The
several lire companies of the city are already actively
engaged in making preparations for the grand triennial
parade on the 28th inst., and there is every probability of
the display being one of the finest witnessed here for many
years. The Chief Marshal has Issued his order for the
formation of the procession, which is as follows
GENERAL ORDER OF CREEP MARSHAL OF PIREILEN'S PARADE.
The Fire Ctinpanies will form into line on North Lime
et., right resting on Eaat King, at 1 o'clock, p. m., on 2Sth
inst., and will take position in the order fixed by the Con
vention. To avoid confusion the Bun Co. will march up
Lime st. and form, facing south, right resting on East
Kin • et.; the Union Co. will march up East Orange at.
and their position; the other Companies will march
up East .Chesnut et. and take position in order. Those
Companies for which there is not room in Lime at. will
take position to East Chesnut at.
As each Company takes its place in line the mounted
Marshal will report to the Chief Marshal, at the head of
the line.
Visiting Companies will take position immediately to
the right of the companies whose guests they are.
U. E. SLAYMAKER,
Le&cesTSS, Sept.2l, Ise°,
Among the visiting companies will , be the -Eagle Fire
Company, of Trenton,_ N. J. Accompanied by the U.
CJrnet Baud, of Philadelphia, the Eagle will arrive hero
on Thursday afternoon. The GoOd Will Steam Engine
Company, on its road home from Cincinnati, will posably
remain long enough to participate in the parade. The
Eagle 0 ompany will be the guests of the Friendship, and
the Good Will of the Union. . . •
F. 0. RE.Eslasusitra). 7 The Poet, Office at,
Wheatland' Mine, in ttils counir, has bein'reldabliahed,
and John Ilniaianian raappoinwd Poetmaster.
William. Young, a son of Simon J. Young, of "this Oity',
who has been employed f,r several weeks past, at the
Parkesbttrg Machine Shops, was badly injured by having
been caught in the machinery. - One of hie arms was bro.
ken, and he sustained a severe fracture in the tut*. He
was brought home, and Lwow attended by Dr. John L.
Atlee, Sr.
ROBBING ..A TILL.—On Wednesday evening
but, between 8 and 9 o'cloCk, as the Wide Awake proces
sion was 'musing up North QCIOCII street, the bar.rooni at
Shober's Hotel was entered, and the money drawer taken
out. Ur. ShOber and his. bar-keeper having gone to the
door in order to see the procession, and neglecting the
precaution to lock the door, some slippery 4bliow, on the
look.ont for an opportunity of the kind, took out the
drawer and went into the yard, but an a servant girl was
at work on .the rear porch with a light, he could not get
past her without being seen. He set the drawer down,
and, making a grab, secured between $2O and $6 in notes,
and beat a hasty retreat. Tho drawer contained between
$4O and $6O.
FIRE.—The Humane bell sounded the alarm
of fire on Wednesday morning last, between I and 2 o'clock.
The alarm was carded, we learn, by the burning of a one
and a half story frame house in the outskirts of the city,
west of High street near Love Lane belonging to Sebastian
Dicke'. The house was nnocccnpled at the time, Mr. D.
having moved out of it a few days before. The property
was entirely destroyed. and the lose is about $6OO, on
which there is $3OO insurance. It is not known how the
fire originated.
MR. GROW AND THE HOMESTEAD
MEssas. EnPress: At the recent Republican domonatra•
tion in this city Mr. Grow, who is said to be the author of
the Homestead Bill, which passed the last session of Con
gress, but was killed by the merciful interposition of the
President's veto, made a speech in which be enlarged upon
the policy of a Homestead Bill, but railed to explain the
provisions of the bill the Republicans managed to have
passed, and from the veto of which they now wish to gather
some capital.
Mr. Grow declaimed long, and as be no doubt thought
forcibly, upon the unheard of extravagance of the last two
Democratic Administrations, but felled fairly and manfully
so to discuss the bill as to give his auditors aprons,. under
standing of its true intent and policy, well knowing that
such a discussion would develop the fact that his favorite
pot would prove to be the most extravagant bill ever offered
to the consideration of any Congress
lie was careful not to tell his friends that hie bill con
tained a session of all the public lands to the States, which
are within their re•peetive limits, involving over twelve
millions of acres, as a presea donation, and afterwards a
transfer from time to time of such lands as may not be
absorbed by private purchase or settlement. All this
landed wealth, and this inimeme source of revenue is an
absolute gift to the Stales, whilst the poor laboring man, for
whom ho so earnestly pleads, is forced to pay ileenty five
cents per acre, under the restraints of the bill, for his farm
of one hundred and sixty acres.
Ile neglected to inform the people that the provisions of
this bill involved as a principle of equality end justice, the
rehinding of perhaps fifty millions- of dollars out of the
public treasury to the old settlers, who paid from $1,25 to
$2,00 per acre for the lands they purchased from the Go,
eminent, and have settled amid all the dangers and priva
tions of a frontier life.
Ito failed to explain the Eget that the land warrants is
sued to the old soldiers,—who fought the battles 01 their
country.—and which now cover seven millions of acres,
would have been reduced in value to ouo-fifth the amount
due them, and thereby robbing the old soldier, who has
not yet sold his land warrant, of the small amount the
Government has given to him who went to battle in its
defence.
Ile forgot to say that this bill would benefit the termer
alone, who could go there and cultivate the land upon
which he might settle, whilst a mechanic emigrating with
him, although the bead of a family, would be obliged to
labor almost a lifetime before he could purchase such a
tract of laud as the farmer would receive by the bounty of
the Government for twenty-five cents per acre, and a credit
of five years at that; simply because the farmer was a
tiller of the soil, and could work Ills farm himself; the
latter a mechanic, or a professional man, not being able to
do so, Is to be excluded from this bounty, although as
much entitled to it as the other, by this supremely just
and extremely charitable act of our squatter Pennsylvania
philanthropist
He failed to unfold to his auditors the fact that John
Chinaman or Tommy Ty coon, or any other foreigner com
ing to our shores, and filing a declaration of intention to
become a citizen !either single or an head of a family,•nta
clmic, laborer, or farmer, no distinction or restriction,
can have his farm at twenty five cents an acre, and a credit
of five years, whilst an American born citizen, who does
not happen to be the bead of a family, or a cultivator of
the soil, is to be erctuded.
The price heretofore paid for public lands never was con
striated exorbitant, or even too high. The revenue derived
by the Government from this source is at present some
four millions annually, and when all the baunty land war
rants of the soldiers are settled ir will amount to ten mil
hone annually. IL is thus an immense source of revenue
to the country, and from the fact dist millions upon mil
lions of acres of land are spread over the broad territories
of our country, which have never yet been surveyed, the
fund of wealth to the Government is inexhaustible. It
also flows into the public treasury without subjecting a
single citizen to taxation, or the least Imaginable oppres
sion. No one, except Mr. Grow's Homestead Bill, has over
complained that the country, or any citizen thereof, has
suffered in the least in consequence of the condition awn
which the public lands afford a revenue of so great a mag.
nitudo. And yet this man, who reviles the President, and
seeffs at the policy of the llov.rtininot by wide!, its Immense
Interests are initinhined. would scatter to the winds Na it
were ail this wealth, all these broad acres. and deprive
the vital interests of the country of this substantial con
servative element, and lavish it upon individuals and
States. And then talk about extravagant Democratic Ad.
ministrations! Ridiculous pretensions! Who would not
rather envy the immortal hand that struck the bill dead
at his feet, than the reputation of time indiVidual who seeks
notoriety, and even greatness, from its in famous provisions.
Can any just. patriotic American citizen make himself
acquainted with the provisions of that Homestead Bill,
and not thank the President from the bottom of his heart
fur his patriotic veto , L. S.
Coernarvon .Corresporidenee.-.Tremen.
dons Wool Gathering.
MESSRS. EDITOII.B Allow me to give your readers a true
account of a pole raising. about a fourth of a mile east of
Churchtown, on the 19th inst It was superintended and
gotten up by a leading man in the Republican ranks,
named Enamor M'Coy. Last spring Enamor gave the party
some trouble by coming out as an independent candidate
for the office of Judge, hence the title, Judge Nl'Coy; but
since thut he has repented of his misconduct, and the
party have gladly received him its their arms. The friends
of " Old Abe" came sneaking in from all directions across
the fields and through the corn. I noticed one, a Justice
of the Peace, who bad walked about three miles out of his
way, to avoid coming through town; others came in from
different directions until they nunilwied about twenty.
They were also assisted by two " Border Ruffians" from
the County of Chester, and one from Old Berks.. They still
thought their force too weak. and called upon. the Demo
crats that wore standing by, to assist them, but they re
fused. They then commenced raising It about high noon,
au& did not Anish until six in the evening. It is a miser•
able looking thing; the MALI le splice is about three inches
thicker than the butt, and the names of Lincoln, Hamlin
and Curtin, being upside down, persons could read it very
well by standing en their heads; but that is not the
natural position of the people of Cawnarvon. They were
somewhat disappointed. George, the Register, had started
early in the morning to Lancaster to get King Thaddeus
to come and speak soft and soothing words to his black
subj , :cts; but neither George the Register. nor Thaddeus
the King, made their appearance. Andy, the High Priest,
then read extracts from " Helper's Book," which were
oecasional:y interspersed with the:Bong, " Hi! Rol and up
she rises." When the sentence: ' Not to lrs an Abolition.
let is to be a wilful and diabolical instrument of the Devil,"
was read, they stood thunderstruck, with their eyes turned
Heaven ward, invoking the spirit of "Old John Brown"
for an interpretation, when 'Squire, the Blacksmith,
mounted a stump and gave au explanation thus: To be an
Abolitionist is to be a Republican. This appeared to give
satisfaction, and three cheers were then given. Then
'Squire, the Blacksmith. proposed three cheers for non-
Intervention, when Andy, the High Piked., mounted a
stump and swore Intervention not non-Intervention. This
raised considerable disturbance,
and a general riot was ex
pected, which wagwagquieted by Enamor, the Leader, when
a compromise was affected by putting It to vote, which
resulted in favor of Intervention. They then dispersed by
forming a procession, each man with a rail on his back,
marshalled by Andy, the High Priest, and 'Squire, the
Blacksmith, each with a pair of wedges on his neck and a
maul on his shoulder, they marched into Churchtown and
partook of a bountiful repast prepared by "Pretty Johnny,"
of the Washington House. AN OBSERVER.
CLIORCHTOWN, Sep. 20th, 1 , 60.
THE GRAIN (DROPS OF EUROPE.—Our last
European advices report a very decided im
provement 'in the weather, both in Great
Britain and Northern France. The rains
had ceased, and been succeeded by dry, bright
days, which were of course being improved
to the utmost in harvesting the outstanding
Wheat and Oats. The crops will of course
still be deficient ; but to no such extentas has
been anticipated. This news is not calcula
ted to enhance the prices of American grain,
at least not much beyond the present figure.
A FAMILY OF CONVICTS.—Among the prison
ers sent to the Penitentiary at Pittsburg on
Saturday, were five persons belonging to one
family—father, mother, two daughters and
son-in law. Their offence was larceny, and it
is said that the son-in law enticed the girls to
steal, while the old man and his wife were
convicted as receivers of stolen goods. One_
of the:daughters is single, while the other:
the wife of the individual who is blamed. fol.'
all their trouble. Another of the daughters
had been arrested, but being placed' in :an
insecure cell in the jail at Kittaning, she
made her escape. The, separation of the
parties, upon being assigned separate cells 'in
the penitentiary, is described as a most affect
ing and distressing scene. The old couple
are said to have enjoyed an excellent charac•
ter up to the time of their arrest, and they
will no doubt be pardoned.
BADLY FRIGHTENED!
As an evidence of how badly the Republican
straight•outers are frightened in this county,
they are now offering to trade off CURTIN,
their candidate for Governor, to secure votes
among Democrats for their county ticket !
This is a virtual acknowledgment that they
have no hope of CURTIN anyhow, and are now
only intent upon electing their county ticket
which is placed in great jeopardy by the inde
pendent movement. But we hope none of
our Democratic friends will be caught in this
way. It is the last desperate scheme of an
odious faction, and should not be entertained
for a moment by any Democrat. They would
cheat you in the end.
Chief Marslin'.
THE STATE DEBT.—The COMMiBBIOpeTS of
the Sinking 'Fund have made report. to the
Governor that they have redeemed, during
the year ending September 3d, 1860, $602,
264,39 of the State Debt, and Governor Packer
has issued his proclamation, declaring, so
much of the debt " raid 'and finally dis—
charged." Of the amount redeemed, on,
628,54 were coupon bonds, $3,103; 42 interest
certificates, $5,527 relief notes,. und, $5,40
domestic creditors' scrip.
For The Intelligenrer
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