with lan fromltlearee to Rearm I think the pis
tol was fired between Monroe and Rome. Twice
think it was fried. I dont know who futgl it, mite
near Sicklers, next bear Piidlets. 1 rode on the
second mat piutlhe way tap. 1 did not hear - Lapp
ford:tell Whiting he would shoot sny,anoWitkilte
pistol:. I Waded the pistol - at Monrointaditept it-in
my pesiseesioulintil wept to Siciclem - Then some
one shot it oft' -Woodburn and myself then loaded
it together ins vice tiifth had Ernie of the,nmemnitimi.
It was rery'rainY. I cant say who fired it at Pool
lets. 1 kept it in my possession Until we got to Mr.
tangford's house, then I gave it up to him. I did
not fire it. I think Langford did not fire it.
_ • Cnovsztunined.—l think I should not 'have been
likrly, to how,convertunitm between the "driier anal
I.l2llgtord.
George If irkots sworn.-1 recollect of Langford's
Wires* my grocery the day this occurrence hap-
Pened ; tbibk itwas in the after-noon ; he
bought different articles, - a ,small knife for a
child, . some candy, nuts and powder ; am
sure he bought the kibk the 11th ofjannary ; don't
know but he the other article a little before
that day, either an that day or a short lime previous
he purchased some raisins, candy, &c. ; think it was
about the lime of-the holidays. He spoke' about
his children expecting something of that kind Ole
here beiak[ something about Santa Claus. After
he ptuehaaed the he handed me some money
and I gave him back a small amount of change.—
He threw back the same change and said he u - au.
ted some powder to Lill a cat ; it, was a small quan
tity—can't recoileet whether I weighed it or not.
Lotiisa Layton sworn.—l lied in Mr. L.'s. family
one week : think it was new year's week. While
J.Sas there, there
. weitt annoyances; both' in the
day time and' night from cats' about the house- - -
more than one night while 1 was there they hap-
pened., there were two eats that frequeuted the
house. Mr. L said he meant to kill the eats •so
that they, would not make ouch noise around ; said
he would - Shoot them. I saw him bring home.
some powder one night; he bad it in a paper in his
hand; said he had got the powder to kill the eats;
lie brought the candy and nuts home new-year's
eve; don't know whether any one was in the - house
or not at the the time he trame home. ,
Cross-eurrnined:--Don't know whether he shot
the cats or not; the eats did not belong to the house
do not know how they got in ; believe they got :in
through.the hall ;-think I heard them one night 'lei
ter be got the powder, whether he was at home or
not I don't remember; saw him have the pistol one
night: he. went off with it after he loaded it:
know 'whether these cats frequent
ed theism.
Xra.lfisabeth Wattles re-called.-4 was at Mr.
Langford'u house the first day of January ; heard
him may that a eat troubled them; think he said he
Would ' kill Lib'. eat. He referred to . Elizabeth
'Wattles, a daughter of mine; it was notour eat, but
one that frequented our house and• the children
called it Lib's eat.
Anorak Wattles re-called.--On Wednesday, the
6th Of January, I was passing by the house of L's
and heard the report of a gun; thought from the re
port it was in L's house. I drove my horses up
to the ban, hitched them, and• thought I would go
in the how and see what wastthe matter; it was
three, P. M. The second thought I took, I thought
I would not go into a man's house in the day time
to see what he was sheeting at ; went on, and came
back in about fifteen minutes, and saw Mr. L in
the road.a few rods from the house ; asked him
what he had been shooting at ; told him I heard
the report of a pistol in his house ; he said he didn't
know, he had been to the burg with his wife to the
store ;1 praised cn and left him', there: He had ap
parently just arrived. - The next day, Mr. L.catne
to the saw mill where I was and told me that while
he was gone, little Willy had got his pistol off the
clack and shot it off and Caine very near killing
, his little govt.
Silas F. Washburn re-cellei.—Upon further reflec
tion, I recollect that Mrs. Meteor spoke to me in
the room a short time after I arrested him, and said
"don't take him away, it will almost kill Rebecca."
I remember that she then tweed to Langford and
says either I, or we don't tiiiollect which, " don't
think it was done on purpose."
Cross mined,-Irecollect Mrs. Mercer was
somewhat excited at the time : think she_was 'Cry
ing. Thomas P. Woodmff wall present.
Dr. Rice retailed— I had attended the family of
Mr. Langford for some time as
.a physician. I re
collect of one instance of L. being faint from the dis
tress of his wife; my recollection is .that it was dur
ing the time of her confinement ; think she was in
very severe suffering. He was faint and pale : don't
recollect Whether he fell or not, but my impression
is that he did lie down.
• Croal-examiwpd.--This was when I think I had
not heard of any difficulties—think five or aix years
ago.
Dr. C. C. Worthing sworn.—l attended Mrs. L. in
her confinement, I think in June, 1845. Mr. L.
was present at the time, said he was faint and lay
down on the floor. I did not particularly obsirvis
his situation myself, it was night and the roontoot_
very light, Isis wife remarked that he was subiect
to be faint on such occasions.
John F. Means suern.—Since the court house has
been burnt down L. )►as been in the north upper
room of the fire procif--never has made any attempt
to escape, to my knowledge—has behaved himself
remarkably well—:has submitted cheerfully to the
discipline of the pinion.
Cross-examined : —He has worn shackles since he
has been there made fiat to the floor by a staple.—
A man has slept in the room with him—Mr. &ache
lor, who was partially put in as a guard.
Dr. Samuel Ilustoneteern.-1 first saw Mr. Lang
ford the nest day Whole was bright here ; I was
sent for. He was-very earnest to have me go and
see his wife ; he said she was underthe care of Dr.
Rice. I told hm I thought Rice was competeat and
willing, to, do all that could be done ; he'would not
let me off until I promised kigo c i did na go, but
saw Rice and had a conversation with him, and
learned hersituation, and deemed it unnecrosary
to call, and told Rice she should not live till mom
log.
Jain L Geiger sworn.—l am mm smith. I can
say from my. experience in the business that by
putting a cap on the conduit or: nipple, and letting
the hammer down on to it, then raising the ham.
mar and taking the cap off, then.snap it, you Will
see theramoke and bear a slight report at the same
time. The concussion or blow exploded powder.—
I went home yesterday der contraction:veil, took
a cap and tried it without loading the gun ; took
an i unloaded gun put die cap on. put the hammer
down, rai-edit up, took the amp- oft, snapped ►t
And saw the smoke and beard the report. This
~s pomis, I-loaded the pistol' ith powder put oft',
litt(thb hattimer Arlin oil
. 1 itrAfte Perenfe
apethA person ; ; then "thised '''' , biarner*Otool(
the ooff. P4itoon . r Im.ehi c 'end
went to him. Nild him itwas inglio try;rui expelss,
irneni'drew tick the mm snapped and the' ,
pistol went off.
.
Cates-critanneff.—;Houle only one experiment by
loading - 1 knew . before that -a-gue--wenkk-gb otf if
pen-fission powder were on the conduit.
Iluratioßlact have hail the chae,, , e of
1_ since his confinement ; have never in--covered
ariv attempt of his to escape. meats he hail
tal4e knives to eat with:, Fp:rine* children
carried the meals to him. I 'infuriated Mr. L. of
the tit•adi of his wife. His aPpeanutW was as:
thougli be was very much shrieked. He was un
der a high rime of excitement. I think he burst
out into a pane at that time. 'and threw, him
self on the bed ; think he shed tears at that time
and had before.
lliram Alma sirtsrn.—l saw L. on the day on
which his wife was shot, be went with um from
Charles finish black withshop to Nichols gmfery
where he took some beer and bowht a knife. The
knife Was-a little cheap dog knife. Mr. Nit'hole
said it was eight cents; he took the knifetmd threw
out a Ey, whether he paid theother two Tits, don s 't
know ; he then got into a cutter with Thomas null
son and went dowit the road towards - Miller'sAop
he did not buy anything else at that time.
[At 20 minutes before 11, the evidence on the
part of the defence closed.],
The followingfebutting evidence was then pru
dnsedort the part of the premecution:
Silas F. Waslilnira sworn.-1, was at the office of
Squire Woodburn at the time he was taken =there;
iteeolleet that L. drew a note for twenty dollars that
he mist Cranmer owed him,atid Cranmer signed it-:
it was for borrowed money, C. said.
Mrs, Harriet Miireur swarm—At the timeiet t the
arrest I recollect speaking . M Mr. Washburn, but do
not recollect distinctly What I said ; Mink soon after
W. arrested L I asked L. what Iris ottject was in
killing Mrs. L. lie made no reply. •
- 4.,11r5. Elizabeth' Tontkins sworn.--I was at L's the
exening Mrs. L was shot; recollect when he was
arrested by Washburn I heard my sister Harriet ask
Langford how he could do such a thing. lle made
no reply.
FRIDAY, 'UDC IS
Charics Rash ~warn.--Mr. Lan ford offered to sell
to me a pistol. h was the tiro day of last January :
he asked rn two bushels of wheat for it ; I ,flared
him a and a half: I think he said he wOuld
not take any thing less thati two bushels : • in the
Start I told him- I did not rare abojit buying it.
We had some conversation about it, and finally 1 1
told him I.would give him two bushels wheat.
lie then said he did not earn about selling it : he
said he wanted to keep it to kill a cat with.
The testimony' here dosed, inid.the several legal
gentlemen employed, proceeded to discharge th¢ir
remaining duties by addressing the jury. The case
was conducted with signal tact and ability by
Messrs. Hazard, Elwell and Adams, &qrs., on be
half of the cornmonwaalth, and Messrs. Wiltnot,
Knox and Baird for the pmmer.
The cause was then fully, ably and ingenioti4y
summed up by Messriclinnx . and Wilmot for the
defence, and Messrs. dwell and' Adam on the
part of the prosecution. EverY thing was done for
the prisoner that legal ingenuity- and industry cOuld
accomplish, and every indulgence granted, brthe
court and counsel for the commonwealth, compati
ble with justice.
At five o'clock, on Saturday afternoon June I.9th,
the cauie was submitted to the jury under a most
able and lucid charge from his honor Judge Con
yugham : and at half past 8 in the evening of the
same day, a verdict was returned "guilty of inur
der in the first degree." The Court soon aftezir ad
journed to 8 o'clock - on Monday morning.
At the opening of the Court on Monday morning,
the Court room add galleries were filled to over.
anzkrus spectators curious to hear the
sentence of the Court pronounced upon the wretch
ed criminal at the bar. A deathlike silence preva
iled the house, and solemnity marked every coun
tenance.
His honor Judge Conyngham then asked if " the
prisoner at the Bar, or his counsel had anything to
say why the sentence of the law should not be pas
sed": whereupcin Mr. Baird, one of the prisoners'
counsel arose and asked the Court to grant a rule to
show cause why a new trial should not be granted,
and nrged‘in support of the .. motion, two points—
Ist. that the Ve,rdict of the jury- was against the evi
dence-2d, thatsthe juror's had, during the progress
of the trial. on one' or two okcasions been separa
ted, contrary to the express instructions of the Court.
The motion was ably eloquently argued by
Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Baird.
The court grunted the rule to show cause, on the
2d position taken, viz :--Separation of the jury ; as
a possibihry existed that, when so separated, impro.
per influence might /tare bent nsed,although no proof
Was offered to sustain the presumption. Sentence
was accordingly suspended.
September 7th, 1847.
The prisoner was ag , ,ain placed at the Bar. De
positions taken - in behalf of the prisoner, to sustain
the .. .motion fora new trial were read,and the motion
fully and ingeniously argued by his counsel, but
sufficient ground not being laid, the motion was,
of course, overruled. •
Upon being asked,by the Court, if he had anything
to say why sentence ofileath should not be passed up
on inin,the'prisciner arose,und addressed the Court at
-Knife length, in which he undertook to explain this
tragical occurrence, into an excuse or palliation of
his conduct. He denied all-intention of taking the
-life of his wife. 'but confesied he had frequently
threatened to do so. He charged several of the
witnesses with swearing falsely against him ; aver
ed to the last, the absence of design to commit mum
der. -ye appeared somewhat agitated ; and his lan
guage Was miller incoherent and inaudible through
most of his speech. He cloned;-by giving notice,
that he would, at a subsequent day, make a full and
Jr tailed statement of this melancholy tragedy.
His Honor Judge Conyrigharn, then proceeded,
under feelings of deep emotion„to address the pri
soner, in a clear, for and feeling!, manner; and
concluded by pronouhcing sentence of death upon
the prisoner. His Honor was, evidently, much af
feetrd,,and at the close nearly overcome by the in
leash): of his, feeliogi. The conflict between the
stern ditties of the Judge, and the sympathetic and
want, feelings of the man, Was great. But the
' mandate of the law must he obeyed and the offi
cial ditty of pronouncing sentence of death upon a
fellow being, though painful in the extreme, was
performed in this instance ; 11l the. most appropriate
and leellea language.. -
SlotTl2l4ll as 1114 t OOCItT
JJ13114 P . Logirmiso-siger Cull and lair Yid;
4yo - t*:defe ea:acted by takatteraniV
oes &Mr), jikt hirkbeen found gull or *lard -
in thit:O 4 tt de s h as becorni4 4
he tily or
444 I
the Coutt, to miss tt* you the rentenixt,. ;
law awards's/ou' tale eonvictedmu'rileres W
feel for your awful intuit:lion, and gladly Yraidd
to
shun this unpleasant and painful duty, if a Caned.
entious regard to,our officia' abligatioimproildper•-
wit 'it; but the Jury have. returned you guilty, and.
we see no reason to disapprove of their verdict.
Anxious however that, Whatever might be our
opinions or your guilt, you should be coteric.ted only
nr acconctince with the strictest' icorins . tuia'
qf theeciatinat law of „our ~,xile;.wheix„,yopv
counsel, ut their exertions in your behalf after gm
react, brought before us circumstances, tending
to a suspicion that the jury might gave been guilty
of some misconduct, or at least inregularilY, ailbeit.
ing their verdict, we dbferred.your sentence to the
present time, so that proper enquiry could be made
into the alleged matter... Thii4 enquiry has not,
availed you; the suspicious are shown to have been
unfounded, and the rule, delaying your sentence,
has been necessarily discharged.
That you killed your wife, the mother of your
children, her, whom you bad soletanly vowed to
protect, to cherish, and to guard through the various
chance of this mortal We, is not denied by you ;
That you had maltreated and abused heron previous
occasions is conceded ; and at the time of the com
mission of the act for which you have been tried,
you were conduc,tiogyourself towards her so cruel
ly, so recklessly, and so wantonly, that your coun
sel in their candor have been obliged to admit be.
fore the Jury that the pistol wound occasioned by
you, and leading to her death, must be 'varied as
a fellions kiting; though-ha your name they deny
the malice, Owilfultiess, and the premo4tatien,
necessary to constitute the crime of which yotthave
been thund guilty. The jury, however, have be
lieved that you. killed .her of your anger and your
malice, and drat you did so wilfully, premeditatedly
and intentionally.
rpou the cool and calm consideration of the evi
dence in the cause, we cannot but be disposed to
think that the °et was the result of violent and un
governed anger, leading you, under the excitement
of dispute, to the cruel determination to take her
life, rather than the deliberate resolve of weeks or
even days. Your declaration to Mr. Whiting, we
regard more as the rash and foolish observation of
an intbsicated man, than the expression of a pre
formed intention to do violence to the persons,
agaittrt whose lives you so rashly made your threats.
The purchase the pistol apkoarently accidental,
the procurement , of the powder, with the object, we
believe, of destroying the animals 'wnich infested
your house and premises, your conduct throughout
the day of the eleventh of January, aud almost up
to the very time when the new and unhappy dis
pute 'with your wife began, and too, we
would say, your behavior afte , when your
feelings were awakened by the apparent conse
quences of the "act—death to your wife, and the
doom which awaited yourself—have brought us
to the conclusion we have stated but we can go
with your defence no further.
The declarations of your wiks, made under the
cei tent expectation of speedy dissolntion, as well as
under the solemn sanction of an path, furnish the
only distinct evidence of the transaction—the other
witnesses of the killing of their Mother, your chil
dren, are too young to testify before theCOurt. She
told her story but a short limo before death sealed
her life, and its truth cannot be loubted. No illb
will, no passion, no - "disposition Ito do you injury,
appear in herconduct ; but in the same spirit Which
induced her to send you the message, " that she
would tell the truth, and freely forgave you, and
prayed that God would forgive' you," the dying
wife, when the Justice asked her if she way willing
to narrate the facts, as if communing with her own
soul, in the abiding feelings of a woman's love,
could only exclaim, "must I condemn him." She
felt herself bound under the power of conscience
to tell the truth, and though her weak and feeble
situation would not permit her to state the com
meurernent of the difficulty' with you r we learn
that,. after harsh and abusive treatment upon your
part, you deliberately loaded the instrument of
death, arid cocked and pointed it at her with threats
against her life. She pleaded with you as a hus
band not to shoot her—in her language to Dr. We
ston, she had still a ornfidence or hope that you
would not take her . life; but you still continued to
press upon her, and her hope in man's humanity,
and even in a husband's mercy falling, she appeal
ed to her God to save her, when the pistol was dis
charged. The jury have found that this act was but
the fulfilment of yotir accompanying threats and
previous conduct, and that the pistol was then shot
by you wilfully and intentionally. Her arms burnt
by the powder., her fears of you, which after the ar
rival of Dr. Kiuney and during your, temporary ab
sence, induced her to say to him, that she wished
him to take care of her, to take care of himself,
and that she did not want you to come near the
bed. - the continuance of this desire, shown by her
unwillingness to have you approach her, as several
witnesses testify, all corroborate the truth of het
story.
In your defence before this Jury, you have not
denied the.general accuracy of her statement, but
allege that the firing of the pistol wart accidental,
and unexpected too by you, as there was no cap
upon it, and that your threats and other conduct,
however cruel toward your wife were Only inten
ded to intimidate : the Jury, however, have not be
lieved this explanation. It differs, widely, very
widely, from the story of the then all eg ed accident,
as you described it to Dr..Kinuey and . Mr. Wattles,
upon the evening of the -unhappy occurrence, when
the truth of the facts must nave been vivid in your
recollection, and when the powder stains upon: the
wrists both of yourself land wife, as well as the. po,
•ition of the woman, compel all at this time to ad
mit to have been untrue—yet this was then assert
ed by you to be the truth, and why should thejury,
unless the evidence showed to themthe probability
or truth of your laner representations, yield to them
theirconfidence and assent. The account given on '
the tth Jan., it is to be presumed too was the one to
which your unhappy wife reterred, when, either in
her fears of yon, or in the last lingering of her con
fidence and trust, she assented to the statement
Made to Dr. Kinney and others on their first mi.
vat at the house, that the melancholy act was not
intentionally done—the truth of this allegation from
her terror at the time of your attack upon her, tut
her evidence fully disclosi*, she could not have
known or believed, but firs7tiorne unexplained or
uniinown reason, at first seemed disposed to adopt
from your imenion. Whatever may have been
her waive for not then toratterlicting the details of
a trammetion, now Admitted to have been liens%
"i'rbrirever lbayluotiii - • , Aiete
seekillEigitte* *v.**
demi , 4 1 , 611 1 16 0 11 1-:
'ha4loutia try *lirvlll4. • • • 'eno
yo4iet bliciirOtd oat IPA your
heati; mot that you are die ddtWritultderer o ,
your wife.
Weber* sot Wended Altneecto ILtipfn s
circumstances, -either of the charge or the defame;
we bwrealluded Merely-to their leading features,
to show the general grounds of your conviction, and
to canse you to rellecs 4 that the jury, the only. con
stitutioit4 ;rim , ate suOtkir 1 11 ) (1 0 01 ) .1 101,1
m negatived the only hope of your weeps, the
serfs rook! "ofilielaiitiotatily aiirrheArti:
would not 'routed your feelings by the unneceseery
repitition of their tale; we would net add one par
ticle to the weight of sorrow and of trouble which
now rests upon you: God knows, unhappy man,
that we feel for you, turd in referring- to the'past,
would in all sincerity call upon you to reliant
these things, which are behind, and to jook for
ward,to the future—to•kty aside all temporal hopes
and earthly considerations, and to turn ,to the Lord
of Mercy, for -his knivenesa and pardon. We un
derstand that you have at pedals been a reader of
, the Holy Me: look now in yourbeavineur of spi.
rit to that blessed book—seek for sphituaLinstruc
tion and guidance, aid it may yet be, that the pray.
er of yourdying wife, that God would forgive you,
may be in his mercy, answered;-That tilos' God's
grace it may be so ' ie the earnest and ferient pray
er too of him, whose voice the law her now re
quired to pronottoee headman sentence.
The sentence of the Court is, that you lasses P.
Ltmgfard, be taken hence to the place or places
provided by law for the safekeeping of persons in
your situation, and fromthence to the place Of exe
cation, within the walls or yard of the jail of Brad
ford comity, wean the Executive uremia shall di
rect it, and be there hanged by the neck until you
be dead=ond ma God• have merry on your soul.
Brun Pincra.---We have recently horst:one rah
er uncomfortable specimetui of the high prices of
food, but I apprehend these pricet are nothing to
what some of our forafathers experienced when
their only currencywas coatineard money, or Go
vernal:tint scrip. following extracts from the
journ of the Rev. Thomas Smith, of Fidmo ,
(new ortland) will give a specimen of the p
as they tonged in 079:
" A nil I.—There is a grievous cry for in
all the seared mans, and ,there is but bale eat
and no futh.
" April 7. —lndian meal is sold* thirty doltlLs a
bushel.
" April 27.—1 hear that wood is fifty-two d
aco . . Boston, and flour £5O per hundred, e.,
a . ,is more than my whole salary. "' I
"May 3.--Cora is now at thirty-five dol@s a
bushel, and coffee at three dollars a potmd. 1
"June I.—Molasses is raised to sixteen dollars,
coffee fonronigar , three. doll ars,
" J&ie 10.—A man asked seventy-four d s
for a bushel of wheat meal
" June i 1. - "' . ..nr a l td eas . sold at Boston at litfrenty
dollars a quieter. sixty dollars a wee .
"June I:7.—We bought. three pounds of hali
but for a dollar. (Probably this was a real . ver
dollar.)
" August 19.—We bought a pound of t for
nineteen dollars."
To this reminiscence of our correspondent we
might add, that at the time,. to which heh refer
r•M, the people of some neighborhoods we a4 rwreat
ly distressed for want of breadstnffs. The *ire of
John Adams, in one of her letters to her hisband
written in 1779, says:—
" The universal cry for la*, the ' uman
heart is painful beyond &script' and th ; great
price demanded and given for it erifies t pa
thetic pasisageuf Sacred writ, " A that m ' bath
will he give fin his life." Corn is sold at Nur dol.
tare, liwd money, for a bushel. [This, it drei rate of
exchange then, was equal to eighty dollars n kcon
tinental money.] I scarcely know the l ks or
taste of biscuit or flour for these four mon s ; yet•
thousands have been much worse , off, hating no
grain of any sou." i -
DEMO CZA.TIC Noantisrmas.—The democratic con-
vention of Lycoming county, made the flowing
nominations. We presume Gen. Picker Svill re- ,
mire a majority this fall, which will petit mis
takes out of the•gnestion :
Assembly—Willie:73 F. Packer.
Sheriff—John Bennett.
Treasurer—Thomas-C. Longan.
Commissioner—William Sedan. .
Coroner—John Wendle.
Auditor—Henry Wolf. •
In the new county of Sullivan, the democrats
have formed the following ticket :
Sheriff—Evan H. Mims.
Prothonotary-Dr. A. Bennett.
Commissioners—William Lawrence, (3 years;)
Joseph Molyneux, (2 years;) John Hotta, (1 'year.)
Coroner—John,D. Wilcox.
Register & Rederder—William Mullen.
Treasurer—James Taylor.
Auditors—ilichard Taylor, (3 years,) John S.
Green, (2 years;) Thomas ling, (1 year.)
A CAPITAL Hrr.,---The Whigs in order to prove
Gen. Irvin's capability to administer the govern
ment affairs of Pennsph - anian, insist upon laying it
down as a general rale that the men who can
manage his business affairs with success, must
must necessarily make a good Governor. In other
words, that those who can make and lay np money,
are beat calculated to make and administer laws.
Will they apply this princible to their candidate
for Canal Commissioner. who tailed for the amount
0(821,543, and took the benefit of Geneva' Irvin's
Bankrupt Law for the amount.
Dastocairic Nostursuons.—S. Porter Brawley is
the Democratic candidate for the State Senate in
the Crawford and Venaugodistrict. - The tFenkoorats
or Beaver county, have nominated Henry Wey
gandt and Aaron Bender for the Assembly, and
James T. Robinson for the State Senate. The
Democrats of Delaware county have nominated
the 'following ticket: Assembly, George Palmer;
Prothonotary, Joeeph Esrey: Director, Robert
Frame; Treasurer, ,facop Byre; Auditor, Edward
H. Engle.
Cot. Barron ? it is reported, has written to Wash
ington demanding a Court Martial for the vindica
tion of his son-in-law, Col. Fremont. , A Lousville
paper says that Col. Benton is preparing for a terri
fic-attack on the administration next winter: In
speaking of the administration and the war his lan
guage is very bitter.
Amov.mcat ine mpwriox.—A requisition has been
made upon ri for one battalion of vulunteers,
to serve in the bal.ian country for the purpose of
the Italia on the Santa Fe road and the
tt emigrants. The battalion will be under the
command of Gen. Arbuckle.
SLAVIC, IS VIRGINIA AIM NORTIF
James C. Bruce, of Halifax, Va., recently delivered
an address before he Agricultural Club of the
counties of Mecklenburg,, Va., and Glanville, N.
Carolina, in which he openly declares his con.
vision of improfitableness of shve haw, as at pre.
stint, employed in Virginia and North Carolina. •
Tows SetrAroas.—Letters from Town: appear to
make it clear that the Democrats will have a ma
jority in joint ballot, in the lowa Legislature, mil
thus be.able to cheap two United States Senators
of their own faith.
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We gave the proFerdinTLlna. MA .I),frarnaiL .-
County Convention, last ,weelF, but Arens corrgoeUed7 •
by want of room, to pu*Arthemilvidmut f rernasks.
We were pleased to see lbe must perfect harnin,
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ny and. good feeling pervade. 4#4ffin n ,rh erai
competitors entered thelist forimmination,, were
:Satisfied with the result: and the ; ; friends, o the re
spective candidates will giSeM the nominees as
hearty and ,cordial support as they would have
rendered to their own peculiar favorites, bad they
been successful. All could not succeed,: find it il
lustrates the beauty and ability nfthe delegate sys ,
tern m see all who submit their claimsto a conven
tion ordelegates, cboien by the peoSe, acquiesce
cheerfully and cordially in their decision.
The gentlemen, selected for the various county
offices, are all men who are "honest and. caps
ble,"—mentiwho will discharge the duties incum
bent upon them with fidelity and honesty of pur
pose, and to the best interest of their constituents.
Our. candidates far Representatives, FRANCIS
Saute and Aauws.a Warn.= Esqrs.,.are known to
the Democracy and ba the people of their county.
Mr' Smith was elected at the special election in
January last to 'supply the, vacancy occasioned by
the death of the lamented Jona L Weis, and dis
charged his duty, to the entire satisfiaction of his
constituents. As an evidence of which and a token
of regard for his services and .talents he received
the nomination on the.the first ballot by a decisive
minority over all competitors.
Mr. Wattles is a Farmer of Rome township, an
active, of dent and steadfast Democrat. For more
than forty years has be fought in the - ranks of De
mocracy in this county, ever true to the great prin
ciples of the party, and ever in the foremost ranks
defending and sustaining its measures and its men.
Although a farmer by occupation he has held sev
eral important and responsible public trusts, all of
which he has discharged with promptitude, ability /
and with an eye single to the public good. He is
courteous, affable / geuttei-141dortuient,—
a straightforward latsiseas man, in errands
the business of the people may safely be'confided.
J. M. PEcii Esq. This gentleman, illected by
the delates, almost unanimously upon the first
ballot, is worthy of the confidence reposed in him.
He has conducted the business of the office forthe
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last two years as deputy under Mr. Rear; therirre
pent incumbent, and so entirely to the satisfaction
of the people that we have never heard Lhefirt4
murmur or complaint. He is kind, obligittg and
gentlemanly in all his intercourse, and &Wilily ho
ne& and correct in his business habits. • During the
time the office has been under his charge, county
orders have not been one cent below par for a mo
ment, but always prompt'y redeemed on presenta
tion.
We feel that we need not spend time to rehearse
the many reasons that might be urged in favor of
his election ; as we cannot think he will meet with
any serious opposition. Surely, if merit is rnacle,
the contention he should receive a unanimous`vote..
HIRAM SPEAR. Our candidate for commissioner,
is also a Farmer of Springfield township. ' He is a
native of the township in Arbil' he lives: his fath
er having been one of the pioneers in opening.set
tlements in this county. We have known Mr. Spear
from his boyhood—and we kn9w him to be a gen
tleman of strict ' 4 lntegrity and industrious business
habits, and abundant caplbility.. Notwithstanding
the hardships and privations incident tO the settle
ment of a new and wildentess country : and the
consequent want Of opportunity for education. 'Mr.
Spear has, by his own industry and perseverance,
stored his mind with a funtiptiseful and ; ractical
knowledge, which will, rensler him a mom valua
ble acquisition to the bcdrd of county eqmnaission
ers. Plain in habits of the most rigid econorily and
industry, and having es.tatkished for himself a cha
racter for the most 'scrupulous honesty; is just the
man whose counsels will be of service to the Board
of commissioners. A more fortunate-_Seleetion
could not have been tuade.
S. W. SHEPARD. The candidate settled ripen for
Auditpr, is also a Farmer of Granville. We have
known Mr. Shepard for years, although it has not
been our good fortune to become as intimately ac
quainted with him as with the qther candidates_ We
are however free to say, from personal knowledge
that Mr. Shepard' is well qUalified for the duties +of
the office for which he has been I laced before the
people.. We aow him to be a good scholar—a
ready accountant, and possessed of a strong and
discristffiating mind. In the discharge of the du l •
ties of his office, the interests of the people will be
the one great object at which he will aim, and
which will not be permitted to suffer. We have
no doubt of Mr. Shepard's election, and we be
-speak for him, at the close of his to m a full share
of public approbation.
Firudly, we consider the ticket in every respect,
a good, one, fortunately selected and judiCiously lo
cated. It only requires that the members of the
democratic party `should arouse to their duty, and
enter upon the work at once, and its election is cer
tain. The enemies of our principles are at work,
practising every kind of stratagem and deception to
defeat our candidates. Let us not, then, steep at
our posts. Go to the work, „ work from now to the
day of election, and show to our enemies that io
bringing forward such men as we have upon our
ticket we were, in earnest.• That we cannot and
will not be defeated.
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reproach, both personally and politically, and is em.
inently qualified fist the ditties of that unisortantofe
five. If, under soty eireutruseusees,therdemocratic
Keystone should ve smy, there is great danger
that the arch ma tumble into pieces, In this eon,
te4t, emphaticall , he that is not for us is against
us. Ido not app head defeat, unless our wily foe
should first lull into security by making no ex.
traordinary publi efforts and then at the eleventh
hour, quietly a march on Its as - they bare
done in . other es. Our vigilance ought to be
constantly on th alert, until the moment of victory.
: The question • t slavery, in one of its ancient as ,
poets. has been recently revived and threatens to
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convulse the co ' try. The Democratic party of the
Union ought Mt repare themselves in time for the
approaching : rm. Their best security in the
hour of dangervis to cling kutto their time-honored
principles. A L Sk.,nrard record for the Federal- con ,
stitution, and teethe 'reserved rights of the Stites,
is the intmcm --,ile basis on 'Which' the party can
alone safely ". This has sated its from the iin
roads of abolit tt. Nonbent:'Democ s are not
expected to •. • e slavery. in the ra ce, bat
they-awe it to t emselvea, as they vat e Union
and all the political blessings which boant ly flow
from it to abide by the compromises of t mei : ,
tutiirn, and leave the question, ;sheer t instru
ment has le ft it, to the States wherein sl sty ex
ists, our fathers have made this agreement with
their brethren of the South ; -and it is .not for the de
scendants of either party, in the present generation,
to cancel this solemn A:templet: The abolitionists
by their efforts to annul it, 'have arrested the natural,
progress of emancipation , and done great injury to
the datesthemselves,
After. Louisiana was . acquired-: from France by
Mr. Jefferson; and when the state of Missouri. which
constituted a part of it, was about to be admitted ue
to the Union, the Missouri qoestion aro s e ; and inks
progress threalened the dissolution Ofthe Union.—
This wee settleJ by the men of the last generation,
as other important and dangerous..questions bare
been settled, in a spirit of naval's! concession. Un
der the Missouri rolnprortilse, sfatery was " for.
ever prohibited" north of the parallel of 36 degrees
30 unites aml south of this parallel the question
was left to be derided by the people. Course,
in the admission Of Texas, folloWinfin the footsteps
of their 'predecessors, adopted the same ride and,
in my opinion, the harmony of the states, and` even
the security ,oithe Union itself, require that the line
of the Missouri compromise should be extenßed to
any new territory which we may acquire fop
Mexico.
1 should entertain the same opinion; even if it
were certain •that-this would becoineia serious prat-
tics!
tical question ' • bet that it never can be to consi
dered. must be evident to all who hare / attentively
examined the subject: - -
Neither the soil, the. climate, nor the "prodertions
of that lairtion of the Californias south (of 36 d.
30 iniu.. nor indeed-of any portion of it. North Or
South, is tulapted . to'slave labor; and, besides. er
ery facility would be there afforded to the slave to
escape from his master, Such property would he
utterly insecure in any part of California. It ism°.
rally impossible; therefore, that a majority of the"
einezrants to that portion of tile territory south of 36
deg. 30t min : , which will be chiefly composed of
our fellow-ceizens from the pastern. Middle. and
Western States. will ever re-establish slaverroill'
in its limits. In regard to. New Mexico,. east efihe
Rio Grande ; the question has been already settled ;
by the. admission of Texas into. the 1.7ni0n..:
• Should we acquire territory buyond the Rio
tliande, and East of the Rocky Mountains. it is tail
Iniore improbable that a majority of the people 01
that region would consent to re-establish slavery.
They are,-themselves , in a large proportion, a col'
ored population : and among them, the negkP deer
not belong to a degraded race.
• The question is, therefore, not' one of raial )
importance . . Its agitation ; however honestly inten
ded, can produce no effect but to ienate tyre pet) .
ple of different portions of the Uniot from each oth
er: to excite sectional division and jealousy, iiial'
to distract and-possibly destroy the democraa Pr'
ty, on the aseeldaticy of whoseprinciples and llee:
sures depends, as I firmly.
,believe,' the occesi 01
• our grind. experiment of government. - ,
Such has been my individual opinion , opt
and freely eapreased , ever since .the commence'
meat of the present Unfortunate agitation : and °`
-all the places inthe world, I prefer to put thern:, A n
record before the incorruptible democracy of y_Z
Berks. I therefore beg• leave to offer you Ite fm
lowing sentiment :
The Missouri Compe3mise :—lts adolifia rr i 2
1820 saved the Union from threatened convulsien*
Its extentionhn 1848 to any new i territory which sce
may acquire, will seenre the like happy resuf t
. Yours, very respectfully,
T l - 41111E8 RUC IiAN- 04 ..
Charles Kessler,
Esq., President, and Gcoir r •
Spayd and Jacob Livengood Esqrs., Secteinn
are., dec. . .
A BRIGHT PAIK.--Jarnes Irvin, the federal can ';
(late for Goventof voted *the I3ankrapt law aad
Joseph W. Patton the Weral Candidate for Carol.
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