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North sth street, Philadelphia: He L anthorissetto
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.And. the guard of its spotless fame shall be
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.71TDIR19 LONG AND BRINTON.
• The triumphant re•eleotion of these gentle
men to the positions they have so long and so
oraitably filled, must be peculiarly-gratify-
ing to them, inasmuch as they were made the
targets at whom all the poisonous shafts of
calumiiy and falsehood were hurled by the,
unprincipled cabal who essayed to lead the
Republican party of the county. Notwith
standing the purity of their character, not
only in public bat in private life, they were
assailed with a fiendish malignity unparalleled
; in our political history, and the foulest charges
were trumped up and published broadcast
over the county in order to injure them in the
community. But they have been triumphant
ly vindicated by the people, irrespective of
party, and they again take their places on the
Bench with unshaken public confidence in their
integrity, whilst their base and contemptible
slanderers hide their diininished heads under
the load of infamy which their villainous con
/ duct has evoked.
COL. WM. HOPKINS=TRE SPEAKER..
We are rejoiced to know that this sterling
patriot and honest man has been elected to
the Legislature, from Washington county.—
He will.refiect credit on his constituency, and
be an honor to. the State on account of his
incorruptible integrity and undoubted talents.
-He was a member of the Legislature in 1838-9,
and elected Speaker during the stormy period
of -the celebrated Buckshot War. How well
he conducted himself in the Chair during that
trying time in the history of our Common
wealth, is a matter of history. Prompt, fear
less and independent in the discharge of his
duties, he was acknowledged on all hands to
be one of the very best presiding officers the
House ever had. May we not hope that the
Legislature elect will also appreciate his ex
alted character and qualifications, and that
his experience and valuable services will
again be required in the same position which
he filled with so much dignity and ability
more than twenty years ago.
UNION TICKETS
Union tickets were elected in the strong
Democratic districts of Luzerne, Lycoming,
Clinton and in the Republican districts of
Lancaster, Lebanon, Franklin and Chester.—
In Lancaster and Lebanon the Republicans
run a straight-out ticket, and were defeated;
and in Luzerne, Lycoming, Clinton, Dauphin
and Franklin the straight. out Democratic
tickets were also beaten.
From the above it will be seen that neither
party has any just ground for complaint
against the other. They are about quits on
the score of ignoring party in the recent
election. Where the parties were strong
enough.they elected their own party tickets,
and where they were not strong enough their
opponents on the Union tickets wore chosen.
This is about the slam and substance of the
whole matter, and as both parties stood pretty
much on the same platform, so far as sustain
ing the Government in the energetic prosecu
tion of the war for the Union is concerned, it
matters but little, in that aspect of the case,
which 'party has the ascendency in the Legis•
lature or in the county offices.
This view of the case ought to satisfy the
grumblers on both 'sides. Where Union
tickets were nominated they were supported
in good faith by those who went into the
measure, and if they were not strong enough
to oarry it through, they had to suffer a de
feat—that is all. Had the straight-out Re.
publican ticket succeeded in Lancaster county,
we should not have heard a whisper of dis
satisfaction from the Examiner or the Union ;
but as the " boot is on the other leg," they
are disposed to - grumble and find fault with
the action of the people in this and other
counties of the State.
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE
The next Senate will probably stand 10
Democrats to 23 Republicans—the Democrats
having carried 8 of the 11 elected this year.
The Renee is stillsomewhat uncertain, and
will remain so until the army returns are
counted on the second Tuesday of November.
From preeent indications its political complex.
ion will be as follows
Democrats, 44
Republicans, 31
Democrats elected on Union tickets 10
Republicans elected on Union tickets 15
64 48
It will thus be seen that neither party, as a
straight-o4.politceal organization, has a ma.
jority, and,lnder no circumstances can the
Republicins, as such, obtain control of the
House,-which the Democrats can have. It
will also be.seen• that the members elected on
Union tickets are sufficiently numerous to hold
the balm:m.3'of power, and that whatever way
they go will give the' ascendency. Should
they and,the: Democrats join together, which
is altogether probable, it will constitute a
very decided Majority on joint ballot. But, as
before intimated, the army vote may some
what change the' above estimate, but, we
apprehend o..• that any change Will be more
favorable to the Democrats than the Repabli;
CM. . •
ser The Union movement in this county
was carried 'out good faith by Democrats
and Repuhlicans, as the official vote will abuiu
dantly show The whole tioket was fairly and
squarely sustained.
sir It seems that'the Bnabaker platforan'
was, after all, not "broad enough and strAng
enough" forlhoYeotile Oflanoaster county; to
stand upon... The,;eturms of the electionahow
that more :than.onalalf the voters could not
get upon it. -, • ~ . •
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The "Examiner" and . " Union" feel very
sore„ ths...reptlk_of,theAsseentAteetiriniir
r this — iiiiiiity:iiitideleTont their nudedielions in
no gentle strain at the "soreheads," as they
are pleased to call the honest end in4eperidimt
Republican voters who supported the Union'
ticket. The former even goes siiz far ea to
counsel tlie,thrionlpg overboard; of certain
s gen tlemen—imembras — of theßepulffican Cann
ty Committee-who it onefilioto of treason to
the Party. 'Our keigbtx*had letter take
the matter coolly` 'Their
ihreats-will frighten nobody, and
will only reciWiiton themselves. "Curses,
like chickens, come home to roost," and, it
may be, Memo. RECEPIAND -and Oocnexcrwill
realize the truth of the adage in their own
experience before they are much older. The
people willed that thelackbone of Abolition.
ism should be broken—that the corrupt and
unprincipled cabal of Seraymrs, Ibiussam,
IbEisiern) & Co., should be scattered to the
winds--arid they successfully carriedout that
determination at the polls. Nay more, they
effectually crushed the "Ring"t—so_:muoh
so; that it will be, powerless in the fnture.-- I
fats.
The organs of Abolitionisni may—ftet and
fume and , threaten, if .they please, till dooms
day; but it all will not avail to restore their
faction to power. It has run its brief and
inglorious career in -Lancaster county, and
sunk so low in popular estimation, that no
hunian power ban restore it to power, or even
ripectable vitality. It has descended to the
tomb of the Capulets
c 6 Unwept, =honored, and =sang,"
nnd henceforth will be numbered among the
things that were—a filthy and detested thing,
only to be remembered with loathing and dis
gust.
The people of Lancaster county—conserva
tive Republicans and bemoorats—lovers of
the Union and the Com3titution—have taken
the matter in hand,.and will continue in the
good work so auspiciously begun, until South•
ern Secession and Northern Abolitionism—
twin sisters in infamy—find a common grave.
Whether our contemporaries will survive the
burial of the latter remains to be peen. One
thing is certain, they have both been acting
as pall bearers at its funeral, and were its
favorite nurses during its last illness: Alas,
poor Yorick
Some of our Republican cotemporaries, says
the Harrisburg Patriot, are busy squaring
accounts with the independent men of their
own party who refused to support the straight
Republican tickets at the late election, and
seem to be at a loss to understand why Dem
ocrats should have stood so firm, while Repub-
leans gave way in many of their former
strongholds. It is perhaps natural that these
Republican organs should attriliute their
reverse to every other cause than the true one
—and denounce the independent men in
their own party as the immediate authors of
their misfortunes. But the true cause lies
deeper than this. Can these. wrathy Repub
lican papers explain why they were deceived
by many of their own trusted party leaders,
while the Democrats generally stood firm and
united ? We think that there is a much
better explanation of this phenomenon than
that ventured by a paper before us, which
comes to the conclusion that the " boobies of
the Republican party are more numerous than
those of the Democracy." The truth is, that
the Democratic party have a firm and abiding
faith in the purity of their principles and of
their ultimate success. The unjust and un
generous charges of disloyalty rung by the
Republican press in nearly every county in
the State, had the effect of consolidating the
Democratic party into a harmonious mass,
while many fair Republicans were disgusted
with the Constant reiteration- of these false
accusations. Moreover, the extreme violence
of the. Republican party papers proceeded not
from the abundance of their faith, but from
the want of it. They felt at their hearts that
they were wrong—they doubted the justice of
their past course, and they knew that they
were guilty of a monstrous wrong in endeav
oring to subserve party by publishing the
adherents of a large and loyal party as
traitors to their country. When men attempt
to attain selfish ends by bold injustice, their
violence is generally proportionate to their
want of real confidence in the integrity of their
cause—and this is the true reason why so
many Republicans refused to follow their
partizan leaders, and why the Democrats
generally stood so firm.
Our readers will remember that the print
ing offices of the Christian Observer, Philadel
phia, and the Jeffersonian, West Chester, were
taken possession of and closed up by the
United States Marshal, about two months
since, because, as was alleged by the persons
making the information, said papers
had published treasonable matter. Well, these
oases - came up for a hearing in in the United
States Court, at Philadelphia, on Monday
week, when the United States District Attor—
ney, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
whose duty it was to prosecute the cases, came
forward and withdrew the suits. This was a
virtual acknowledgement that this wrong was
committed on the information given by some
persons, (probably out of personal spite,) with
out foundation or reason. An order was made
by the Court allowing the claims of the papers
for the restitution of their property. The
scamp who made the information ought to be
made to pay all damages and costs.
A suit was instituted at Philadelphia on
Friday, by Mr. Hodgson, proprietor of the
Westchester Jeffersonian, against' United
States Marshal Milward and Deputies Jenkins
and Schuyler for trespass vi et armis, who
were ordered to appear before the Supreme
Court in November. Wm. B. Reed and Geo.
W. Biddle are the plaintiff's counsel.
One of the first sots of the new Legislature
should be the appointment of a competent
Committee of honest men to examine into the
corruption of the last - two Legislatures.---
The public mind has beeestartled with the
charges of peculation and fraud made against
the representatives of the people, in both
branches, and now, that we have an honest
House of Representatives—at least we think
so—that body should, upon its assembling,
institute the moat searching and thorough in
vestigation, so that, if guilty, the suspected
rascals may be exposed and punished accord
ing to their deserts. It is due to the tax
payers of the Commonwealth to ferret out
these abuses, and the people will not be eatis
fied unless an expose is made.
"SECESSIONISTS, ite."
The absolute folly, (to - call it by no: worse
name,) of stigmatising Democrats as "seces
sionists," &c., is fully apparent since the elec
tion. If the Republican papers told the truth
'when they thus denounced the Dcmooracy,
then there is a " secession " majority in one
branch of the Legisleture, and the "secession
ists" have a large majority of the popular,
vote! Do not the Republicans now see boW
they encourage the rebels by-falsely deqounc•
*kg majority of the, people of this State as
l eYmPethieere with the latter? It is an old
saying that falsehoods, like chickens, come
home to;rtloetriffird instance-we have a
striking and painful example of the fad.
atiova GRAPNI 1”
THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT S
SHALL BUSINESS
EXPOSE THE RASCALS I
THAI WAX MAWS.
There is a great deal ofapprehrteLs.7! 7.
vete/Best ie lferiSitildfniireijaite •
delphia Bui/efin, mooning the effect of the
rebel batteries along the Potomac. is, not
to be supposed that the consti464ed "le
work', which has been going onfoitmk long a
time, has iusit,bef,sn *Ought of by cmeMlßtsrY
,and :mitt] tudbothiea,: We ire Talte,sure
thatwhat4o3r obatinstiMiMay.lie mniiiid in
the - navipOnt of tin river will be 0.1117
PorfirY, and that - Yhen - Ae prb ir)iUTA
aziiveg, blow bestruok which will
effectually clear the banks of the Potornsolif
the rebel forces.
The great expedition, concerning, whits' 1t..50
- imuolvitiformatiOn has beenindiscteelly puha
Mud, is now at sea: iiPProtiohinglitt 'destine*
tion, whatever_that may be. • We may: expeck
in- thecoorse,of, a ,week, tear something.:
concerning it, and Whether iE be deiiined to
operateio-Virginia, North Caralina, - er in a .
•
more Southern State, we are Confident that-it
.tvili st.lrike terror-into the . hearteef the rebels
throughout the entire dominion:A - of ;Mr. Jeff
Davis. The - chief danger to be felt Oncoming'
it is that its exact object may • have been
vealed to the by some of the. spies that
still infest - the - Departnients at Washington,
and that the Southern leaders,.knowing more
about' it than the Nort4ern people, may ,have
prepared
-fora
.powerfol : resistance at the
precise pant to.which it is directed.
There ie pretty pogitireinformation that the
main body of the rebel army, that hat so long
.menaced Washington, has- fallen back upon
its stronghold- at Manassas ; and that Only,
small forces occupy- points near Washington
and along the upper Potomac: The - idea of
crossing the river - above Washington seems to
have been entirely abandotied; and it is prob- -
able . that the largest force ; next to that •at
Manassas, is disposed in the'rear of batteries,
from Matthias Point up, to the vicinity. of the
Oncogitan, so as to operate against . any force
that may be sent against those works; 'We
have no idea that there is any serious intention
of crossing into Maryland on the lower Poto- - •
mac, though probably a feint of that kind will
be made, in the hope of diverting General-
MoClellan's attention from some other more
serious operation, which may have a better
chance of success.
In the present posture of affairs, a collision
cannot long be avoided. The Potomac block
ade must be raised, and it must be done by
the joint operation of Gen. McClellan's army
and a force sent by water, supported by a
strong naval armament. The public will have
to wait a while to see whether such a force is
sent from New York, or Fortress Monroe or
Annapolis.
The war news from•the West is satisfactory.
The hostile armies in Western Virginia seem
to have been obliged to suspend hostilities on
account of the weather and the terrible state
of the roads in that wild region. But the
armies of Generals Rosecrans and Reynolds
are strongly posted, and they are able to
maintain their positions, until the advance of
the Federal forces in Eastern Virginia makes
it desirable for them to go forward.
The news from Kentucky is very meagre,
the Federal Generals appearing to exercise
much precaution in reference to the publication
of reports of military movements. Bat all
that we hear is as satisfactory as can be ex—
pected, and General Sherman appears to be
preparing his army in the most admirable
manner for a movement that shall drive the re
bels back into Tennessee.
From Missouri the accounts are encoura—
ging. Fremont, Hunter, Sigel, Sturgis, Lane
and Montgomery appear to be closing in stead-
ily and surely upon the rebels under Price,
who have already retreated nearly a-hundred
miles from Lexington, toward the Arkansas
line. News of a battle may reach us at almost
any hour; for our generals were using every
exertion to intercept Price, At Cairo and Pa
ducah the troops seem to be in good condition,
and amply prepared to resist an attack. We
trust they may soon be prepared to begin of
fensive operations against the rebel army at
Columbus.
While the aspect of affairs along the border,
from the Potomac, to Osage, is thus favorable,
we are as yet without trustworthy news of the
present state of affairs in the Gulf of Mexico.
But we trust that we may, in a few days, have
authentic accounts from the mouth of the
Mississippi and from Fort-Pickens, and that
these may give an emphatic contradiction of
the reports of rebel successes in those quar—
ters.
TEE DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH IN PHILADEL—
PHIA.—The infamous acV by which the last
Republican Legislature sought to continue
their party in power in Philadelphia, has been
signally rebuked by the people of that city.
The result of the late election turns out to be
more favorable to the Democrats than at first
appeared. They have secured a clear major—
ity in both branches of the City Councils,
which will give them the control of the vari—
ous Departments of the city government for
the next two years. The Democrats also elect
a State Senator, and 10 of the 17 members of
Assembly. The majorities on the County
Ticket, without the Army vote, are as fol—
lows :
Sheriff.—Thompson, (Rep.) 146
Treasurer.—MeClintock, (Dem.) 1,502
Commissioner.—Johnson, (Dem.) 1,812
Register.—McCullough, (Dem.) 864
Clerk Orphan's Court.—Stevenson, (R.) 966
The Army vote, it is said, gives a largo ma
jority for Ewing, the Democratic candidate
for Sheriff, which will overcome Thompson's
majority as given above. Ewing's election is
generally admitted.
All the old judges are re•eleoted to wit
District Court.—Geo. Sharswood (Dem.,)
who had no opposition, President; and Hare
and Stroud, (Rep.) Associates.
Common Pleas.—Thompson, (Rep.) Presi—
dent ; and Allison, (Rep.) Associate.
Br The Secretaiy of War has recently
been on a visit to the West, and has ordered
Gen. FREMONT to discontinue, as unnecessary,
his field•works around St. Louis and Jefferson
City ; to suspend work on the barracks he is
building near his residence for his body guard
of three hundred cavalry ; to leave his four
and a half millions of St. Louis debts -remain
unpaid until they can be examined and passed
upon at Washington, and to devote all his
funds to current army expenses; to confine to
the regular disbursing officer of the army the
making of contracts, and has informed the
general that payment would not be made to
the officers irregularly appointed by him.
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.—The rebels re
cently succeeded in running the blockade at
Savannah, Georgia, with a splendid vessel,
laden with goods. The name of the, ship ,was
the Bermuda, and she had purchased all the
goods and military stores with which she was
loaded at Liverpool, England. The value of
the articles she landed at Savannah was
estimated at $1,000,000. Besides six or seven
thousand Enfield rifles and cartridgei for the.
same, 10,000 army shoes, blankets, a large
quantity of powder, quinine and other media
nine stores, she brought, it is stated, eighteen
rifled cannon of large size. • ,
RELEASE : OP PRISONERS;
An imtiOrtant order was issued, on Tuesday
last, from the War Depertinent, ,mtthoiizing
the r.elea.?? of_• fifty-seven pli4onont war,: in,
return for a likt nOtaber, lately. :Mewed 'at.
'Aloha:ton& :Their rehuinale;4lependent on SO'
contiltion #hat they take the loath of
to ttio Unita. StaBl3'Gt.:4E6=6l4 - •
twang Gan. Fremonrare published. ' The
charges include neglect of duty and unoffloer•
like conduct, disobediemoe of orders, conduct
unbecoming aneffieer and
travaganoe and waste .of Amp .
and deapotio
the specifications a*, the
Fremont to repair to Loi
his duties—his nimleitllng\ ;
Becker and muniiiihr
General Hurlbutt, " a nom]
continue in command—hi fusing to see
people who sought his presence on matters of
ortleralr the matter :of iiii'3otWif
prrafiamation—his encounwema °se em
to liblimeetinp and,writa,lettars for publiea
ginOniiiaise,ofliinuialf and in -denunciation
ofriall rho differ from hint--ilia•parsiat' even
if4el o .44...difirepalgible pe?sOla k:"ll:72kAinpiny,
and hietifijuateupPreesion of the St. LOnis
Evening New. 'There are . in all be charges
mmd twenty two . - specification, We, append
Col. Bleir's -Second, specification, .under the
chargeof " film:bedlam of orders." It relates,
to Gen. Erin:pea proclamation; Which Pre:if:
dent Lincaln directed to be modified': ,
Specification 2.—On .thar - 30th der, of 'August,
1861, the said Major-General John 0. Fremontlemed
the following proclamation '
(Here follows the Proolamatiim which was modified
by the President with respect to declaring slave. free
belonging to persons in arms against the, United
Si'alca ThCit i on ' the— day of -1661, the President of
the 'United States ordered the said !dolor-General
J. O:.Fremontso modify the said proclamation, ea
as to make it conform to an act of Congress entitled.
.An act to confmate property,nsed for Insurrection
ar7P't!oseei" approved Angora 6, 1861, which the
laid major-liener J. 0. Fremont has - ever since
failed,, neglected and refused to do, in disobedience
of said order and in conteinyt of authority. of .
the .President of the United States.
Specification 3.—That after the order aforesaid
of said President of the United States commanding
the B ot/IM/tier-General Fierriorit se to modify his.
said proclamation, he, the said. Frenient, did, on or
about the 21st day of Septmaber,.lB6l, cense to be
printed and circulated a large number of his precis
matione in original form, contrary to the order of
t the ems P t r o bsi f Lent .
.au of theri the ty U . nited States and in eon-
It appears that the charges which General
Fremont originally made against Blair, on
which the first arrest of the latter was made,
got into the newspapers surreptitiously. As
we intimated a fortnight ago, they were •evi
dently intended to be taken in "a Pickwickian
sense," and were first published in 'a Cincin
nati paper, it seems, and on the following day
at St. Louis. Gen. Fremont was absent at
Jefferson city. The following from the St.
Louis Democrat, of October 7th, gives some
additional insight into the matter:
•
THE PUBLICATION OP THE PAPERS IN THE BLAIR
assn.—Capt. C. McKeever; Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral, received a dispatch from General Fremont yes
terday evening, to the following effect:
."HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPLETE:MN;
Camp near Jefferson City, Oot. 6th.
The publication of the charges and specifications
with accompanying papers in the case of Col. F. P.
Blair. Jr., as in the ht. Louis Democrat of yesterday,
has shocked and vexed me. You. will immediately
proceed to investigate this viol atien of my confidence;
and inform forthwith that the perpetrators may be
proceeded against and punished accordingly. I
have telegraphed , the President and Gen. Scott, that
it has been done wholly without my knowledge or
sanction ; and meets with my unqualified disappro
bation and regret. JOHN 0 . FREMONT, -
Major General CoMmanding."
So far as we are concerned in this matter we are
free to exonerate Gen. Fremont from any knowledge
of or consent to the publication of the papers refer
red to. We think also we can relieve his saliordinates
in this city of any responsibility in the ease. The
documents were published in a Cincinnati paper one
day in advance of their appearance in the Democrat,
and we know had for several days become a matter
of public talk in this oily, persons having read the
copies in Col. Blair's hands. Oar reporter obtained
the papers in a perfectly legitimate manner, and
without the direction of any of the Department offi
cers here.—St. Louis Democrat, Oct. 7.
If the above is true, it would seem that
Blair himself procured the publication of
Fremont's charges against him, at Cincinnati,
the appearance of whioh " shocked and vexed"
the General
No one understands better than the Empe—
ror of the French; the political importance of
Panein et Circenses. Give the French people
amusements and bread, and there will belittle
danger of revolution. During the present
year there will be no lank of amusements in
Paris, but there is likely to be difficulty in
obtaining a sufficiency of bread. The defi—
ciency of the crops is greater than it has been
for many years, and there is a deficiency also,
though to a less extent, in Belgium, Holland
and Spain. In England the crops are better
than usual, but there will be no wheat to spare.
So France, Spain, Belgium and Holland must
look to other countries for their supplies.—
The United States and Russia must make up
the deficiency.
The Emperor of France some time ago saw
that there was to be a scarcity of bread-stuffs
in France, and at least two months ago meas—
uree were taken to secure supplies from this
country, and doubtless, also, from the ports' of
the Baltic and the Black Sea. French dealers
are still buying enormously of our wheat and
flour. In former years our shipments of bread
stuffs to France were almost nothing. But
we learn that during the last four weeks the
shipments from New York for French ports
amounted to over two million bushels of wheat,
100,000 barrels of flour and 65,000 bushels of•
corn. The deficiency of the .Fretich wheat
crop, to be made up in a great measure from
this country, is variously estimated at from
60,000,000 to 80,000,000 bushels. This we
probably cannot furnish ; but we can furnish
Indian Corn in almost any quantity, and as
France has made a beginning with that grain,
its great cheapness will probably bring it into
general use in a time when wheat is scarce
and dear. If this season of dearth, in France
should have the effect of introducing Indian
Corn into France as a regular article of food
among the poorer classes, the benefit to. the
United States farmers will be incalculable.
REMOVAL 00' THE COLORED POPULATION OP
THE UNITED STATES: The annual report of the
Pennsylvania Colonization Society considers
the practicability of the removal of the color—
ed race from America to Africa. We: make ,
the following *extract :
The census of 1860 gives the number of free
colored persons at 499,700, and slaves at 3,-
950,343, making a totalof 4,440,052. By the
official returns obtained from the State _
De—
partment, at Washington, it appears that from
Sept. 30, 1843, to December 31, 1860, there
arrived at the ports of United States,iby 'en
from foreign lands, 4,386,441 passengers.—
The greatest number that arrived in a single
year was 460,474. From this it is evident
that the free colored population of this °atm—,
try might emigrate to Africa or elsewhere,
within a little more than a single year, and
that the entire. body of people of color, with
the increase, might remove in lese than
twenty.years. Two fifths or $100,000,000, of
the amount recently voted by Congress for
war purposes, would be sufficient to coverth
expenses of the passage bf these emigre°
Liberia; and also to Ray for six wont
their support after arriving in that * try.
A REMARKABLE COUPLE.-Lin the'
Hillsdale, N. Y., resides Mr. Conrad Decker'
and wife, the -former in his 100th f , and
the latter id her 99th. They have : b mar.
ried 77 years, and are both in .oOmpara . velY
good health. , They keeP house by, themse ,
and have no neighbors within , a quarter of :
mile. Mr. Decker cultivates his own, 'garden
and saws his own wood, While Mrs:D. &es
her .own housework, without .thinklitg of
"hired help," although she complains occa
sionally that she "can't go about the house
as spry as she used, tc.." • We, have read of
"remarkable couples," but this instance has
few parallels in this . age., -
nurariare THE inovg.4ll3a.
papers report that the item*
Nashville ran the hioekade otiarlestoii on
the 12th inetinit,lviih Nenahsilifition;sif yjit
7 1 = maa ' - ir . 1 0aJg•ACtA r P4 13 106 P. stittliTt
;.•
BREAD FOR EUROPE.
Col. Haxabrigava Regimeat.
Mr. Gem, the editor of The .Expreae, has
been an s !bit to CbLßambelklit% Luitatoter County
.
Me. ore gaod—Jbeeph /rl. Costley.
embers of the Bea—Gunge P. Sirenderlf, Herman
Neworyer, Joseph Brenderly, Charlie /L__TiVann Jekn-1
-Ifsehleh - L thiPting.:Adeas . -- B - ri etch;
-alab--Adia ewis
Predexick-Reptheg. Jpips , P. Bhindle,..ll. P.
Alignest, l ll..Adiuns; H. a RinsinsE —
Chariot R. Hayes is at praremt Acting Regimental Quer - .
brosstar. - - The Eignoton,Aaalatinat &num end Chaplidd
have - stetb — al definitely settled as, yet,. Gov. Oaths Dot
heeingetanntiadonettinem illedlpottsd ea CO. Ihtiabright%
The companies hate hoMi Usigne4pradtkers ha the,,Aefer.
"A. - li r a. I:Captain Kendrick,
2.• Otptain
D. 8. - Captain
Mcßrldys.,- -
- Captairi.Whitestde,
,H. ." 5.. Captain Limiter, •
CL'.
P.
" 6. Captain Disirt,
N. a:. Chiptainllficluseshath, "
iL " capeotin aompy
.G. Captain' liekrverry,
B. alik , Captain Illiles._, •
CAPT. wiramaiimea COMPANY.
• Claphda-i-Moiris D. Wieteriharn;
, lea Lierdenent-.Willhun P.-Lostiu4 - -
Butane! S. Hartman... _
let liersrutßderiollL
8d • • J.ll. Friday,
4th ,"
sth
Ist Clorral.—Charlse IL Wise,
adth • " Bainberger.
4 J.B. Witmer,
sth a Martin Bachman,
6th " "John F. Wolf,
7th ." G.-8. Erb. _
Bth
.Edward Edwards, Jr. •
Ilogendbbler.., Fifer-3.1L, Cla l r Teamster - William . Kahl
.=
Pumas—P. B. Arndt, W. H. tactical. B.Bon ny, Silas Bennett, W. H. Bookman, J. W. liones, - Amas S.
Brown, William D. Burnham, J, B. Buckwalter,Jaeob J.
Byers, Jena Bachtu, Michael - Bangart, X. H. Brandt, J.,
H. Barton, J. M. Bleacher; Cyrus: Belmar : John IL Carter
John Olaika: Doeretler,
.Luther Bearish. F. 14. Delp, ; George M. Delp, Philip Donts," J.: W. Eberly, 'Benjamin
Esbenshade, Peter a Brb, EPhmila Gr e tml w alt, ‘" bn IL •
Greider, , Blim Ginaer. Thaddeusll.'Herr. Matthew Hart
inan.Philip Hannan, Edward Hollinger, T. B: Harabletom
- A D.'Homberger, D. M. Helm, F. A. Jones, David Imh of, .
Immo A.. - :Erelder, -- A.• M. Kapp,.P.: B. Keller, M. P. Kendig,
W. R. Knehel. _Charles 0. Mash, S.W. Lantz, William S.
- Lamborri,J:H. Lockwood, R. Ct. Long, J. R. Lively, Thee,
Melons. Obrietianlieyer.'it. J. Myers .f. S. Mnrr, 8. MO;
Laughlin, - John N. Marks, George W. Marks, Tome J..
Moore, George W. Neal, George Nagle, J. H. Oberlin, Levi
Perry, J. S. Perry, J. L..lteltsel, Peter Reese, A. W. Suave.
ly, Michael Stauffer, Isaac Schlott, J. H. Shirk, S. P. Shirk;
Ephraim_Snord, Emanuel • Sultienharger, Jacob Sultzen
berger, Benjamin &math. B. P. thban,-3.11. Witmer; H. B.
'Wolf, F.` W. Weller, E. H. Witmer, H. M. Witmer, Cyrus
kite, Jacob Zerphy, Adam Zeigler.
CAPT. GOMPFS COMPANY.
Captain—Jacob D. Gompf,
Ist Lieutenant—John M. Johnston
2d " Rudolph A.
let Sergeant—Edward Edgerly,
24 " Samuel Martin,
Sd " Henry Miller,. •
4th.. NUM Illatellen,
sth , Philip Metzger.
let Cceporal—William H. Pool,
24 " John P. Suter,
8d " William H. Showers,
4th a John W. Powell,
sth " Joseph Martin,
6th " Frederick Engle,
7th " :John Begley,
Bth " ADIOS Metzger.
• Drummer—Joseph Adams. Fifei—Emanuel
Teamster—Henry P. Dorwart. •
Paiverza--Simuel Binkley, John Blitz, Abraham Bon.
der, David Murder, George Bowmab, Lawrence Boyle, Jos
eph Charles, Daniel Cramer, Jacob Davison, Jaraes Davison,
George Dawson, William Douglas, John A. Bantle. John
Richman, William L Ettinger, Thomu Fitzpatrick, George
W. Fordnoy, Harrison Gerber, Jacob Graub, George W.
Goodman, Thaddeus S. Goodman; Robert Graham, Andrew
Groff, James B. Gunton, Charles Ham, William H. Hamil
ton, William Ilegens, Frank Herzog, John Hess, William.
H. Homp, Martin Horst, John Hasson, Adam Heck, Val.
online Kircher Frantz Kirehgenmer, Christian . Kreider,
Jacob Kreider , Lanning, Franz Lelbel, 'Joseph Like,
Isaiah W. Muarty, James Marshall. John Mast, George
MoComlia, - James McCombs, Francis McCoy, Henry A..Mo-
Orabb, John H. McCulley, Barton McGuire. Henry P. hill
ier, Martin Momer, Peter Miller, - Jahn - Mur r ay, Robert
- Nicol, Henry O'Neil, Christian Peterman,iThomaail. Quinn,
Michael Bulkier, Nathaniel Rittenhouse, Franklin Both,
Isaac P. Radial% David Selvert, William Selvert, Frank
Sharp, Bernard Short, Peter Sieber, Henry Simon, Francis
Smith, Henry Smith, Frank Stahl, Henry Swentzel, Mar
tin . Sweigart, Charles B. Vernon, Frederick 'Vernon, H. B.
Vondersmith, Baltter Wagner, Jacob Weaver. Samuel O.
White, James A. Wilhelm, William H. Wire. Got. Zenker.
CAPT. McGOVIIRN'S COMPANY.
13 - aptain—Edward McGovern;
let Lieutenant—Wilberforce Nevin,
2d • . - • " • Washington W. Hopkins.
let Sergeant—F. Stranabach,
2d " John A. Madden,
8d " Thomas Langan,
4th " John Marlon,
6th " Walter 8. Ditto.
let. corporal—James Campbell,
2d Daniel Leonard,
Sd Hiram Snyder;
4th " Amos M. Kapp,
sth " Cornelius Souders,
6th." William A. Sturgis,
"
7th John M. Gallagher,
Bth " Joseph' M. Steel.
Drummer—William White. Fifer--Jonathan Holt.—
Teameter—Samuel Frantz.
Palve'rzs—Philip Bissinger, Addison Benedick, William
H. Blank, Jacob Border, Joseph Breadin, Augustus Brink
man, Franklin 0. Brown, Walter Collins, Lewis Culbert
son, John Curry, George W. Dehoff, Adam Dennis, Michael
Doebler, James Donnelly, Mark Erb, Peter Erb, James
Ehrman, Benjamin M. Finefrock, Emanuel M. Finefrock,
Charles B. Fisher, Frederick Flick, George Fraley, Cole
man Frazer, William Frazer, D. K. Habaker, John K. Ha.
baker,Levi Herr, Levi Hoover, Charles Houser, Michael
Inter James Johnson, - Jesse 3. Jones, Dennis Keough, 'm
uter Knight, George W. Lead, B. F. Myers, Fred'k Myers,
Augustus Milichsock, Adam Miller, Samuel Montgomery,
William Montgomery, Sebastian Muhlbaner, Daniel B.
Mumma, Joseph Musketunss, Lewis Nauman Anthony
Oudinot, George Puiallt; Samuel Plckel, John Powers,
Isaac Quigley, Michael Reilly, Henry Reesing, John Rich
ardson, John Rinear, Leonard Bockey, Philip Ruhl, John
Sawyer, George Scheurenbrand, Peter Beasenderfer, Chas.
Shreiner,
Henry Shay, Charles Smith, David B. Smith,
Emanuel Spiegel, D. K. Stamm. Emanuel Stump, John
Seeman, John Wolf,William Wright, Aaron Young, Henry
Young, Henry S. Young, Michael Young, Lewis Zecher.
' CAPT. DYSART'S COMPANY.
Captain—John H. Dysart,
Ist Lieutenant--Samuel J. Boone,
2d " Frederick H. Kennedy.
let Sergeant—Henry L Feat,
2d " Cyrus L. Eckert,
8d " Richard T. Maxwell,
4th " William I. Pinkerton,
6th " Israel Gillespie.
let Corporal—W. Park Eagle,
2d William Peel,
ad " Henry Karts,
4th " William Stewart, •
sth " Jeffrey 8.-Reese,
6th " John L. Diffenderfer,
7th " Henry Hershey,
Bth " Edward Kuhns.
Drummer--George W. Shaffer. Fifer—William A. Hot.
bath. Teamster—Samuel Bear.
Praverse—Christian Derkeheyser, Daniel IL Breekirt
ridge, Charles It. Berry, Benjamin F. Bollinger, Josiah
Bliley, Emanuel Beck, Amos Bear, Daniel D. Clark, - John
Crawford, Daniel Deck, James Dick, Lewis Defterline,
Walton E. - Ely, John Frymyer, Emanuel B. Greenley, Peter.
S. Gamble;James A. Gregg, John D. Gallagher, Andrew C.
Gets, Peter Hann, Michael Has; Henry H.'
Henderson,
N. Hopper, Charles G. Irwin, Wm. J. Ihrig, James Kidd,
Hugh M. Kidd, David B. Keplinger, George W. Lawyer,
James B. Lytle, Isaac W. McLaughlin, Benjamin F. Mc:
Neal, Joseph Maxwell, Samuel Martin; Joseph F. Mays,
Jacob F. Miller Andrew Murray, John - Miller, Benja
min McLaughlin, George McLaughlin, John N.. Metzger,
William Nelson, Wiliam Nixon, William Norris, Henry C.
Prints, S. Anderson Purvis, George. W. Patton, William
Preston, John W. Ross 'William M. Rea, Joseph S. Rice,
Henry M. Reese, Elwo od Soften, John Somers, James A.
Bengston, Joshua E....l3trouse, Daniel Schnader, Abraham
Strock, John H. Stroh, Samuel Settly, Henry Shaffer.,
Frederick Sweigart, George W: Singleton, Wm. A. Sloan,
Howard J. Slayraaker, James. H. Smith, David ShemP,
Peter Trego, Theodore Vulmor, Morgan West, Benjamin
Weldler, George W. Zell.
CAPT. WHITESIDE'S COMPANY.
Oaptain—Willlam Whiteside,
let Llentenaat--Robert M.
.Dysart,' •
24 ` 1 George F. Kurtz.
let Sergeant—Josiah H. Bowman,
2rl ". S. J. Heintzelman,
3d 4, Jabot. Kreiner
4th . " • Isaac H. McChesney, •
• 6th " William D. Steigerwalt.
let Corporal—William Echteruacht,
2d " Abraham rimer, •
8d " John D. Weller,
4th " Samuel Nixdorf,
6 th " Peter Druinmel,
. 6th " 'IL D. Wiggins,
7th " John Ulmer,
Bth " John F. Stains. •
Drummir--Samuel -. Mctlimeghan. Fifin-4ohn F. Mc-
Cue: Teamster—A. B. Maya. • ---
• Parvetzs--Arnes Albright, Samuel. Actaeon, J. Beam,
John Beard, D. M. Bear, J. H. Byerly, B. F. Brown, Wm..
Bell; Reuben-Balmer, D. 31. Byerly; Valentine Byer, J. B.'
Chamberlain, Doersh, Michael Battling, J. S.
Deitrick, Finley Elliot, Andrew Mahon; Henry Zarit,
John Frick, William Flick, Henry Getter, Stephen Greta,
A. S. Gantwan Hillrinin, George W. Horn, John
• Hoffman, B.:E. Harvey, ,B. finishers's, O. W. Hanker, Ed
ward Hambright, Augustus Ilabaker,.William Hantctr,
George Kreiner, P. M. Kohli . Rlchilid Kohl, W. A. Keller,
Jacob Kopp, John Keller, Andrew .Killian,Danial A. Look, '
Thomas Leonard, Elias Imlay, 13.'P. Martin, David McAl
lister, H. W. Miller d,W. McElhanney, O. W. Itinetuirt,
Michael 'Shindle, H. P. Seivert, Solomon. Shripp,. A. M.
Shissler, John &dealer, - William Shlndle,' D. N. Shower,
George Trumbull, Daniel Ulmer, William Weidel, Rudolph
Walter, B. F. Watson, Reuben Walter, G. B. Whiteside, B.
Wiggins, lime IWlnters, Aaron Wolfe; Peter Westhover.
.
.
csmpany is not from Lancaste r d naturally be
longs to CoL Stambaugh's Itegimen which'
,Oapt. Pyfer and Lieut. Ober are now r wi ke
the foil complement of the "Lancaster County Regimen
We are glad to learn that - these of fi cers are meeting
much success. Let the company be filled up at once: •
- -
. .
• „ Ed - PRESIDENT-BUCHANAN YORIL.; , —ThO
ork Gnostic; of Tnesdayjast, retain tq a. Wait of ex-Prod.
dent Buonertax as follows; "Him. Jartas Bucaansar,
President 'of. the 11. Stabts,.:visited our:borough last week,
sojourning at the residence of his former Private Secretary,
ADAY 4. clinaidnutturn,'AO- He' htrivattoll "ThiltStiolt ar"
temoon, and returned to Wheatland on Saturday 'During blavhdt he wee called on by a large number pf his
acquaintances and. friends,Auni on Thursday night' wins.
serenaded' by the York Harmonic Baud. On. Priday he
dined with, his former Secretary of - State, Hon: Jsassaan
tiLlbratat, now residing In this borough. The ex-President
has recently recovered from a severe Sinus% and.though
still somewhat debilitated;looks hearty - And in fine
. A
SHULTZ & BRO., the. well kn oWn, an es •
losable Hatters of North Queen street,hase
_*& .. .13a1l an
- • • cement In tcHlay'telntelllgencer. Tha•ffeseinLBautse
are lxinni-tokatvlwrisuoulf hiving one of the
best establiehmen .
_STATE Aams.—Thereare now not less than
, seven thousand stand of goal arms in the dreenal.,-.some
hundreds of rifles, but mostly muskets, of the old ;album;
.modenfixad and Improved no se to be capable of doing all
the execution of a musket 'readat.toilall• — After :all the*
troops eared *lbr bi the gate are' organised and-in-the
geld, there will still be asesertebt Mrs , thonenellnaskets
in the Arsenal to fall back w are Inzef°,°%°lll4nigloY•
A. nuinbetof it* that ware thbught be entirely I n •
MP
hind the age 'avenues thMakthe mfi,and bats cbmd
out completely Incideenized.
: - . - ..The'firedit of yg art - throidnknutot Stateann.
to Nala-ef-Leneastar. who first
Inidetidok the job of altering Am. „At Ida asisaaten_
1 , Win Lenessbak he hat nude the niesessiy inanition
iq between Aye flu i t Ax t illetwalfstfatantste And ttle4 and
he new on 'or. COlkirekin the Iht a
_..nthesAti
'do* these AdtendlomauWlatalhatik'ssid see ten
dootednllshad tam , bas need the State et his " 1
Atiandbl-dellem—
, .
....t...t.f - ,-•::::! ---. . - .' --- * - 1---" ••,, • , 1 o', t . : i7, —. 03g
,
itlMMlffe ' At PlPeletleit —,IL Letem Moo's latman—Az.,
nun: Moutzt SamomMT-2ma ChM Or MI ACCIDIIII%—.
The Pittsburg
_Guam of Odurday manilas furnishes the
" • " .- . a aasidillt t w et ai ritt h er isened
toe - .24,',' . . Mg 011
Ytlday to learn theta shat
Walley le re . - ~' • Injured. The
place at the wharf, Yeetat., l
day idternbooilm mi . ~- . . Bir William Wallace, wipicli ,
to Mai •
...
..,„, of thirty whiter, being fejurel,)
aft ~ , ' --. tens dangerously. Souse live huttwi
'' ' • ~- 'n'' . 7 , ..',. OoL Moeda** Hailiment, had
M c,
j".. •••'. 1:1
\ l''''
ill
„... • . • - ... , • ,
deck "!7 .' , • .. • ::. , atheist yenta's the hurricane
nor where the Lancaster ‘• Band was &foot:rang sev
eral patriotic aim. . .t , ~ . • • excitem e nt was created
about this time amtheatelmer J: W .1T•.m... , ., which was
moored alougdde of the Wallace, mused by a horse being
Azilled by becoming frightened and Ming from the gang
way to the wDart A general rash vas made for the front
w
. • . ef_
the theT roof briat; s at anxious to ma - what atat wasa tig . the ri
quite etSer,
hen uddenly to
way, ppit
number to the boiler deck. We were unable reci to n learn the
wens of all the parties injured or the untober-:- • -
-. :. atom- Ctit - Yralley; or (kV Ilambright's regimen
was badly cut and bruhted, and fears are entertained Of
his recovery. We understood that he was removed to the
redden of a friend in the city, wham he will receive
aaarY atte4 lo, 9# quALPRSIr_ec-, 4ik *aamddant of Lam, 1
. Budd Landis, prlvalte in the
„Etna nighnent.waa ahp
bidly a nd Slight heves are entertained for
hi. retelwril 1.18- 11 -ftslut.itauoutter county. - TenVor three' members of the Us Wester Barad. were in:
Wed, Mora 'at -/tr* ha Wet modernly: ' We :were unable
to lean. the amino: any of the injured parties, with the
siception of those above mentioned. _
The_deartager to:theta:at Arai ow it wis - soon tut.,
paired, and she was ready to leave with the otherethe
.Clate Brie, Moderator; Argedant,4. W: 'Hallman and Silver
Ware—at six o'clock leskevening, ;The brigade Eurobond
In the aggregate three thopend and thirty inw, which, if
dlstributed equally, wield 'give to each boat fire hundred
and flry men.
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MORE OP THE ACCIBBieT.
Blare ttie abeneiria in ..typis the Pittaburg Deaptdch of
Batarday evening bas come to hand., From it we glean the
folkodng additional 'particulars:
Those who were Most seripewly brjuretwers Immediately
eared for , and with hot exception were carried into the
clan of the boat, Where the ireedmentil were
Calltd.upon to set lathe line of. their duty._
Col. Rambright and Lieut. CoL Boehm= were. on the
boner deck, the kwertor,,athEctiously,lt would seem, escaped
entlrelY,lsut the latter received an Injury to his a neck, from
which he considerable laconvenktitee.
The adjutant of Col, HendelitdPs regiment, .oharras
wag also on the boiler deck, and most seriously
njured._4thEroldockbei.witi in an insensible state; from
cosicuindon of thebrain. „Ile wag observed standing up.
rlghti-rinder the brOken dec k, Imniediate4 otter the. acct.
dent, but was soon overcome from the effect of the heavy
weight suddenly coming upon hie bead.
The bend of the regiment were Collected immediately in
front of the hurricane deck, and when. the crash came
were fleet to fall forward.' Daniel Minn; the leader, we
believe, received a severe *setups of the-wrist and arm.
Aden Butch, F. Belding and, Charles Heckler belonging
to thaband, also receivediejurieatiot of a salons charac
ter, however, having no bones broken. Corporal Michael
Coyle, and privates John Cramer, and Daniel. Landis, of
Company B, were also injured, the latter very . severely,
J. B. Chamberlin, hoepitalstaward, received ewers cut in
this llne, bet did riot seelflo be greatly inconvenienced
thereby. Private Landis was picked up in an insensible
state,. and we thought to ba.fatally injured. ,He was car
ded to the liouse'of Miss 'White, on Yront street, and we
learn that there la a probability of his recovery.
A similar accideht nearly took place on the . J. W, Hall
man, from a like cease, The sadden weight caused one of
the staunchiont of the upper deck to give way, the noise
it Made warning the soldiers Of their danger.
DIPARTMti or !El Fuat.—The fleet left the wharf about
a quarter betide, "Ix o'clock, amidst loud and prolonged
cheers, and crowd, as tit, 'taunters passed out of view,
slowly retired from the wharf.
. .
Three of wounded, Adjutant Franey, Private Landtit,
and Musician Clemens, were left behind. Neither of them
will be likely to again join their regiment, u their injuries
will incapacitate them for the duties of the soldier.
Adjutant Franey wu taken to the holm of G. W. Smith,
of the gram of Hostetter & Smith, and .we are glad to state
that hopes are entertained that he will recover.
A number of others, whose names we. did not learn, re.
ceived slight, injuries. That - ome were not killed, or at
least more seriously. injured, is certainly most fortunate.
TWo guns of the brigade battery were on the bow of the
boat, upon which a number fell.
—The latest from Pittsburg is that Adjutant Walley is
not so seriously injured as was at first 'unposed. He is
doing well, and expects to be about In a day or two. This
will be good news to Charley's host of friends in thin city.
We are also glad to learn that Heassne. Clemens and Landis
are likewise doing well. -
DEATH OP DS, JOIN MILLER.—One byooB
the old inhabitants of our city are going to "that bourne
"from whence no traveler returns. Dr. Joust Mama died
.at his residence, in-North Queen street," on Priday. last,
after a lingering illnese r in- the 69th year of his age. 'Dr.
M. was a native of Ireland, but for meny years had been a
resident of this city, wherehe practised his profession with
great success. Re always enjoyed the respect and esteem
of this community, and had occupied several positions of
honor and usefulness, the. ditties of which he attended to
with fidelity and promptness. At the time of his decease
he was President of the Lancaster County Bible Society,
which position be was annually unanimously chosen to
fill for the hut seven or eight year's. Dr. N. was a kind,
devoted husband and father, a plod citizen, and his death
will be much felt by a large circle of friends and acquaint.
- His remains were interred en yesterday afternoon in the
Lancaster Cemetery, attended to the grave by the Eason
tire Committee of the Bible Society, the City and County
Medical. Society, and a large concourse of other citizens.
ManrcaL.--Dr. J. T. BAKES, a -well-known
and highly-successfal liomceopathic Physician of this city,
has established, at the request of a number of citizens, an
office at Bear's Hotel In the. Borough of Strasburg, where
he can be consulted on Thursdays of each week. Dr. B. Is
an excellent Physician, as his extensive practice in this
city fully attests.
FATAL Accmanr.—Mr. Jacob Leonard, well
known in the neighborhood of Intercourse and New Hol
land, as well as in thin city, as a saddler, and aged between
slaty and seventy years met with a fatal accident on Sun
day week, at the ralirmid bridge over the Conestoga, about
a mile east. f this city. Mr. Leonard was in town during
the day, and between three and four o'clock in the after
noon he reached the bridge on his way to Intercourse.—
While, attempting to pasesdowsiover the abutments to the
road which rune underneath the bridge, halost his balance
and fell to the ground, a distance of seVentY or eighty feet,
fracturing his skull and injuring himself Internally. He
was removed to the County Hospital, and died a half hour
afterwards, from his injuries., A high wind was prevailing
at the time, and it is supposed that as he stepped upon the
abutments, a blast suddenly atm* him which threw him
from his balance.
THE CAUSE OF THE DEFEAT.
The Philadelphia News is terribly exeroised
at the defeat of the Republidan candidates in
Philadelphia, 'and lays the blame thereof on
President Lnmoi,x. It talks in the following
lugubrious strain : ,
Notwithstanding the uncertainty which ex
ists in regard to the election,or defeat of a num•
ber of persons who were candidates on the
People's Ticket, it is distinctly known - that our
candidates for City Treasurer, Register of Wills,
and City Commissioner, are all defeated. - In
addition to this, which may certainly be;termed
a disaster, it would seem that we have carried
but about one-third of our candidates for the
Legislature; whilst the Loco Focos, otherwise
the Secessionists„ have obtained a majority in
the Councils of our City.
Very naturally, these fitcts bring up the in:
quiry as to the canoes of this defeat.
Twelve months ago the People's Party swept
the State of Pennsylvania as would a whirl
mind, and its victorious_ banner was carried
throughout the countvywith a success which is
almost without a'precedent. Hoiv ie . it that
the mighty are so fallen? Why is it that the
great party which placed Andrew G. Curtin in
the Gubernatorial Chair, is to-day so weak ?
Why, that the party who carried the banner of!
Lincoln: Lincoln. and Hamlin throughout the Old,Key
stone State, and whichsent it to Washington
with majorities of thousands emblazoned upon
its folds, droops to-day under such heavy
clouds ?
These are not only serious, but heart felt
questions, and they demand from tho faithful
journalist true answers. A single "term will,
perhsps,comprise the answer to . the whole.
That-term is TrirrostrrY7
When the Chicago Convention nominated
Mr. Lincoln for President of the United Stateri,
it did so on the prinoinle that he was, opposed
to Loco Foooism. Tfit had observed any other
consideration, it would have beenas well for it
to have renominated the Old Public Func
tionary," -or the "Small - Giant," who, to the
terror of the coon try, was so instrumentalin the
re-opening of the slave question, after had
been closed by the old Whig Party. The.Oda.:
van don, howeveriacted from pure motives and
npon high . principles, and was notrwe'think,
mistaken in its choice of n mint to represent
those principles.:; Mr. Lincoln, however; as we
think we shall shoat, has been extremely unfor
tunate in his-surroundings. He - Was voted, for
by the great mass of the people of Oil+ country,
with a distinct understanding that the terrible
despotism so, long,known under the name of
Loco Fowlers', should be at last annihilated.
This result has not followed the action of the
people, so far :as the .Administration of the
country is Concerned, and, therefore, the mos-.
see who created - the' Administration, having
to a very large - extent lost conftdetica - in it,
either failed to vote for or othersiise Voted
against it.
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' COTTON' m Ocae.—We find in the,last.,files
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of Havana papers that the cultivation of
hinton has begeurto -'occupy the attention of
d owners tkunghtint the island. Old -Worn
on coffee_ fields, which have been ailed - 118 -
filer cattle andesuree, are eagerly soughtafter
bx spec ulators for,tke _ purpose, at' converting
% ec
them into cotton plantations, and, the . prices
of th ,se so called waste lands have suddenly
rise; to.a very high figere. ' Thereare already.
th' : cotton plantations in ' the. immediate
n..ghborhood of Havana, and the mania , for 1
” e enterprise appears to beguile considerable
in that pity. . - • • ' -
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It was the plan of Dr. Hayes to enter
Smith's Sound and sail up the Wed mast
iie - farria-possitile, and then either by sledge
or boat attempt to reach the open sea around
the Pole. It was supposed that the climate
of- - she West :coast of Smith's Sound was
milder than that °Utile East coast, and that
it was by that route par eicatence that the
,POIO-eould.be reached.,.. -
-it.- - wasßut the misfortune of Dr. Hayes
ibis' he reached Smith's Sound, to find its
month firmly frozen. over. Dr. Kane, it will
be remembered; entered Smith's Sound, and
was then frozen fast. But Dr. Hayes could
not enter. He therefore remained another
year, awaiting the effect of another summer.
But the barrier remained olosea. Be there—
fore tried sledging over the ice. But this,
for long distances, is severe - work, and they
gave In, as we said, at a point between eighty
one and eighty-two degrees. -It thus appears
that Sir John Franklin has reached nearly two
degrees nearer the Pole than any other
'explorer; _ `_
We cannot forbear sympathizing with Dr.
Hayes, and would fain- put him right before
the public. There are some things that human
power cannot aboomplish. It would seem
essential to any favorable progriise by Smith's
Sound towards.: the North Pole, that that
Sound should be open to vessels at some point
in the summer. In other words, it'seems too
far for any human beings to make their way
by sledge from below the mouth of Smith's
Sound to the Pole. If Advantage could be
taken of a favorable moment to pass the mouth
of the Sound and pierce by-water to the 83d
or 84th degree of latitude, then by sledge or
boat the Pole might be reached, for there are
many facts going to show' that the limit of
extreme cold is some degrees below the
Pole.
Mr. Lamont, a Sootchman, accompanied by
Lord David Kennedy, went a summer or two
since to hunt sea horses in Spitsbergen. Mr.
Lamont has published a - very interesting
account of their voyage, called "Seasons with
the Sea•horses." They had two vessels, the
yacht Ginevra and the "jagt" or sloop
" Anna Louisa," which they obtained at
Hammerfost, which is, by the way, further
North than any town in Europe. They were
very successful in the object of their voyage,
having killed 46 walruses and 88 seals, 61
reindeer, besides 8 Polar bears and a white
whale. They have some claim, therefore, to
be beard about Arctic discovery.
Mr. Lamont differa from Dr. Kane about an
open Polar sea. His opinion is that for six
hundred miles around the Polo there is
nothing but solid ice, unless there may happen
to be some frozen land. But he thinks, at the
same time, that the Pole might be reached
from Spitzbergen over the ice, by sledge, " if
there were sufficient inducements to make the
attempt." Most people, certainly, would be
more interested in this, than in spending a
summer in killing seals and walruses.
From the extreme north of Spitzbergen, it
is only, be says,
.600 miles to the Pole. His
plan would be to go there in the summer with
plenty of, sledges and dogs, select a sheltered
harbor, and pass the summer in killing rein—
deer and wild fowl for the men, and walrusses
and seals for the dogs. In two months, good
hunters could lay in a hundred tons of pro—
vision. They would then winter in Spitzber
gen. They could start with the first fine
weather in the spring, in dog-sledges, and he
" entertains very little doubt that they could
reach the Pole and regain their ship in a
month or six weeks."
We have often been struck with the fact
that the actual attempt to reach the Pole from
the sledging point is begun too late, and when
the men are exhausted. Parry, Mr. Lamont
says, did not start in his sledges until the 22d
of June, two months too late, when the ice
was too soft. Besides they were drawn by
seamen and not by dogs. Yet be reached 82°
45'. They then found that they were afloat
and drifting south faster than they were
traveling north. But Parry always main—
tained, Mr. Lamont understands, that it was
possible to reach the Pole by sledges. This
was also the belief of Dr. Scoresby, who
reached 81° 30'.
Alesei Markboff, a Russian, started from
70° 30', and made, in a dog sledge,
_,the 7,61 th
'degree, 400 miles, in seven days. In coming
back, -he got out o provisions, and was seven
teen
days returning. He thus made, under
-disadvantages, 800 miles over the ice; in n
sledge, in twenty-four days. According to
Mr. Lamont, the entire distance to be made
from Spitzbergen to the Pole and back again,,
would be but 1200 miles. We could hope
that he would do it next year, were it not that
we should like that the Stars and Stripes
should be the first flag to float from that
" Bulletin. -
A NEW WAR IN MEXICO.
There is no longer any doubt about the fit,
ting out of a large Spanish expedition, which
is to sail from Cuba for' Vera Cruz. - There a
'strong _force will be landed to march to the-
Capital, while a joint fleet of Spanish, English
and French vessels, is to watch Vera Om and•
other ports.., The necessity for this mode of
redressing grievances is no greater now .than
it has been at any time within the past ten
years ; but the European powers are taking
advantage of the civil war in the United
States, to do what they were afraid to do while
we bad no domestic troubles on hand. The
Southern sticklers for the Monroe doctrine ,
'heve thue thethselvis only to thank for its
complete nullification. It is not unlikely that
the war about to be begun will lead; to - the total
dismemberment of Mexico, and its app9rtion- •
ment between England, France and Spain. It
is intimated that this movement upon Mexico
is but.a first step towards a still greater move-
Meek the object of which is the possession of
Our revolted Southern States. Texas and
Louisiana will be menaced, when a European
army occupies Mexico. We are, at present,
powerless to do anything which may directly
check these plans. But by a most vigorous
prosecution of the war against the rebels, we
may succeed ultimately in defending them en
tirply.—LPhilacklphia Bulletin.-
WREN-WILL THE WAR ENDt
Secretary Casse,.in his appeal to the people
:in behalf ofsubseriptions to the National T.oan,
Says ". the war. if prosecuted with' energy,
courage and. skill, may be brought to a ter—
mination before the close of next spring."
The=N. Y. Herald says the " insurrection
will never 'be put down till Abolitionism is
cat, up`root and branch. The Abolitionists
are as much Rebels in heart and as much die.
affected to the Union and the Constitution as
tho Southern _Secessionists."
The N. Y. Trantne, on the other hand, as—
serts that
_"-Slavery is the cause of the• war,"
and that it "is just as much the groundwork
of-this rebellion as , whisky was that of West—
:ern Pennsylvania 'during the Administration
'of Gen. Washington," and the argument of the
tribune is, that Slavery must, therefore, be
abolished, in order to put down the rebellion
and end the war.
FEMALE OCCUPANTS OF THE Hoses.
—The Washington correspondent of the
Springfield. Republican writes as follows:
Mrs. Lincoln is a very active woman...-:-
Not . hing escapes her eye. She manages. the
'affaus of the White House (I do not mean
'State affairs) with ability, and will Bee to it
that the "old man" does not return to Spring
field penniless. - In foreign countries her turn
for politics would not subject her to adverse -
criticism,-but the .Americampeople are noun
used to theee things, that it is. not easy for
them tOlike it. Hrs. Douglas was , a good •
deal of a politician; but rather Improved it, by
her Tiolitical alliances: Miss Lane never al.
luded to politics, and Mrs. Pierce knew notli
ing about thein. She was probably the 'meet -'"
simple-hearted woman that ever eat at the
President's table.:; The word "simple". is not
Used in a depreciative sense. Shames a pure
-it-gored, unselfish, Christian woman, and know
.nothing at all of the world.
Ituarizatiat nine Platirarran.—Gottaiaor
Gratin, at Pit!eb_urg, on Viounday,- presented
tintAtate regimental flags to Gen. Negley'a •
kied. 0 91 about:*
OrgjetY . Oc,. %ter= made.
`a brief. pattiritio speeob; rirboreb was appro..
priately responded to, by Gen Negley.