THE COMPILER. "LIBULTY, TILE 11$10N, ANDIHE CONSTITUTION." GETTYSBI*#G, PE NN'A. Monday Morning, Aug. 25, 1856. Democratic National Nominations. JAMES DUCIfANAN, of Per.o€3-Ivia., ,JOHN C. BRECKINRIDUE, of Xentucky. Democratic Electoral Ticket. ELECTORS AT LARGE. 'Charles R, Buckalew, of Columbia county, Wilson .IV.i.ijandless, of Allegheny county. DISTRACT ELECTORS. 1. Geo. W. Nebinger, 13. Abrahgm Edinger, 2. Pierce Butler, lieuben 3. Edward Wartman, 15. Geo. A. Crawford, 4. William 11.. Witte, .16,-James Black, 5. JohnrlVleNair, ' 17. Henry J. Stithle, 6. John j 4. Brinton, 18. J,olin D. Rodd,y„ 7. David Lanry, 19, Jacob Tu rney, * 8. Charles 'Kessler, 21). J. A. J. Bncilanan, 9. Joseph Patterson, 2.1.-William Wilkins, 10. Isaac Stenker, . 22. Jas. G. Caniii-1,x'.11, 11, Frs. W flughes, 23. Thos.Cunningliam, 3.2, Thos. Osterhout, 2-4, John Kealty, - 2L, Vincent Phelps, Canal Cominixsioner, G'EORG SCOTT, of Columbia, ounty . , .Audkor 'Orwrat, JACOB FAY,JR.„ of Montgomery co, Surveyor Geperal, .JOIN "WWI, of Franklin county, Pa. Cowin, WILSON REILLY, u Chambersburg, GEO; W. BREWEIt, of Franklin county. Assembly, - ISAAC ROBINSON; of lfamiltonban twp AssOciaM Judges, D AVID . ZIEGLER; of . GOttysburg. HENRY REILY, of Mountpleasapt, ' JOSIAH BENNER, of Straban, .Anditor, CHRISTIAN CASLINAN, of Monaca. Director of the Poor, FREDERICK WOLF, of Berwick. Attorney, WILLIAM—McCLEAN, of Gettysburg, t. County EDWARDII.IcINTIKKof Liberty, DENOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE, The . members of the Democratic Committee .of Adanis , county are- requostod to - meet at the hoes° -of 11. D. Wattles, in Gettysburg, on . Sattv'clay net, the 30th inst., at 10 o'clock in the ,foreuoon,.and it is hoped they will all be present - . - - Business of interest to' the vari-' ouS districts will be . presented. ' IL J. S'TAILL,F,', Chairman. _ -1-The Committee iss composed as follows : GettysbUrg—Henry J. Statile, Jacob Troxel. Cumberland—John Batt, Jr. Straban=—Capt. Roiry Witnior. 'Mountjoy—Peter Boblitz. • . • Freedom-;Abrabam K rise, of-P, - Liberty-. Joseph P. MoDivit. . • . - Hamiltonban . 7 —lsaae Hereter. Franklin- - -. Maj. Samuel Lehr. Butler--Jacob Italfensperger, °ye,. doer. Tyrone—Jacob C. Pittentorf. Huntington—Wm. B, Gardner, • Reading-: , -Lfeary A. Picking, I~amiltbir. =4 01. J.J.. Kuhn. Berwick' ftill i f ; —Geo. Berwick Borf.lfenry Mayer. Oxford—. Anthony Felix. MeuntpleaSant—Jacob Cashman. COnowago—John Busbey, Sr. Union—baniel oeisel man. - . Germany—Amos Lefever. Latimore—.Joseph Lohr. "The UtliOn j mow and forerciiiir -cola in separable. I" . _ DEMOCRATIC MEETING, lIIINTERSTOWN. A meeting of the friends-of Buchantin mid Breekinridge will take place at Ilunterstown, oil Saturday tylernowa next, at 1 o'eloek. A Beautiful Hickory Pole is to be raised on the occasion. Good speaking may be expected. Tura out, a.ll who desire to hear the Taunt in regard to the issues involved in the present campaign.. - . [Aug, 25, 1850: Jon Sows, the Democratic can didate for Surveyor General, is a native of Franklin county, and in the prime of life. lie was a Member of the State Legislature for two .successive sessions, and elected on both occasions over a standing Whig majority of seven or eight hundred, and that too before the advent of Know Nothingism, Mr, R. has, until suite ,recently, been engaged in the bu siness of a miller, and is at this time a mer chant in the beautiful village of Greencastle, to whose prosperity he has largely contribut ed. He is eminently a man of TUE i'EOPLE— a man of practical experience, of great indus try and indomitable energy andperseverauce. The Gettysburg Delegation. The Gettysburg Star is twitting the dele, gation frbm that place to the Democratic Mass Meeting held here on the ith about their not having received a notice fr , qu this paper. We did not undertake the hercu lean tna l f , o f g ivi ng a det a il e d ani::,trat that meeting, And other delegations lAirles tho welcome one froin Gettysburg wer. , passed .over without special notice. The c ,, uling of the Gettysburg delegation was ann,uneed in Our_ parer, and when they got here, their - beautiful "Penelope-Ann" spoke Stir them in a voice ) , ind enough to be heard.— C'hantbers- Thiry Valley Spirit. ;*Gen. James Wcir, a prominent mem ber, awl distinguished speaker of the Old Na tional Clay Whig Party of Old Belmont, Ohio, has announced his determination to supper: Buchanan any. irec:lnritigt-. IC is anion-. oral e l ect i on. i n N ovemb , r. ,, the host of influential men of that party in nou!d have 11PCI rie;el(lent, Vice President, Senator, Cominissioner, f'hi Frerr,oni'g Bcef Speculation. enlph ni,sr frith al:en;l4 , eAArce T r ap. matiow v he official documents, laid before Congress by the late President Taylor, says the Lancaster Intel ;flower, will show that Col, John _ Fremont:when _in, cotimuoul of his regiment In California, made a contract for six hundred cows.—. These cows were purchas ed by him, under the pretence that they were needed beef for the troops, •and the sum of $6,975 was paid for them by the government. These animals were never used by the soldiers, but were delivered to - a man named Abel Stearns, with whom Fremont had made an agreement to take and kt,ep them on the shares ffir three years as his (Fremont's) privateprop erty! We repeat, this fact rB'oflicially.state(l in r letter all Ire.-ised to Adjutant General Jones, at Washington City, by Col. Mason of the first regiment of U. S. Dragoons, who hail been called nrio,u to foot the bill fur the General Gov. eminent. . Just think of it. Au officer in the U. S, Army to buy six 'hundred cows, ostensibly fur beef for his, regiment, at the public ex.. pence, and then make a contract with-u pri vate individual to 'take the cows and breed them on sletres for three years! Monstrous I And yet this fact is officially stated, and ac companied by documents to prove the allege tion.—Will the. honest voters of the country support any man for the high - office Of Presi dent of the United States who Is guilty of such an act of fraud, corropth.n and poeulation ? Tu assert if is to libel the American people. It is not to be wondered thar-CliTerge—Law the .great steamship monopolist and rusty musket speculator has spent thousands upon thousands of dollars to secure - the nomination of this teef specidknewat. George Law knew maii,l It is not surprising either that the New' York •ll , rald, 'the most villainously cor rupt paper in tlre,World, support's Fremont for Presidek. Bennett also bows lily maal Shall 'heartle.ls speculators and grasping Galphinites rule the dostinies of this country ? That is one of the great questions fur the people to answer it the ballot hoY:. Call of an Extra Session of Congress. The first session of the thirty-fourth Con" greS - s — inljourned On Monday at nowt, in accord ance with the previous resolution of the two Houses*, but having foiled to pass the army appropriation bill by reason of the itoest, per tinaciously clogging it with provisos in, ref. erenee to KanSas, whielt the Senate deemed irrovolent and arbitrary, Mid woald not there. fore agree to, the President of the Unite(' States promptly issued his proclamation call ing an t xtra Session, which convened at the Capitol on Thursday last, For the extra session now. being held the members will receive no additional pay, as under the law which they had just pas e 4 their own compensation is fixed at $3,000 per annum; and there is no mileage•allowed unless ten days elapses between the sessions. Each man, however, gets $O2O more under this bill than he would otherwise have received • for the session just, expired at $8 per day and mileage, The following is tho President's preebaxna tion Whereas, whilst hostilities exist with vari ous Indian tribes on the remote frontiers (.d• the United States, and whilst in other respects the public peace is seriously threatened, Con gress has adjourned without granting the tic cessary supplies tin- the Army, depriving the Executive of the power to perform his duty in relation to the common dormice and security, .itud un extraordinary:oceasion has thus arisen for the assembling of the two Rouses of Con gress, I do 'therelbre, by this my Prot:lama tion, convene said houses to meet at the Cap itol, in the city of Washington, on Thursday, the 21st- day of August instant, hereby re qui ring the respective Senators and Represen tatives then and there to assemble, to consult and determine on such measures as the state of the Union may seem to rcifuiro. In testimony whereof, I intro caused the soul of the United States to be hereunto affix, and,signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day of August, in the year of Our Lord 1856, and the independence of the United 'Status the 81st, By. PRANN uisr PicHrE, By order, W. L, MARCY, Secretary of State. The .11ramorc Shoemaker. -The Republican papers are rejoicing over what they turn► the change of G. M. Joh nston,- the "Drumore Shoemaker," for Fremont.— Now, the truth of the matter is, that Johnston has for several years been vaseillating in his course—as often voting the opposition as the Democratic ticket. It is n'orions that last fall he voted against the Democratic ticket in Lancaster county, nod it is very doubtful whether he voted ter Governor Bigler in 1854. The opposition are welcome to him. We pre dict that before he is with them twelve montlis, they will be as glad to get rid of bun as were the Democrats of Lancaster county. • Kit Canyon against FrentooL____The 2111..c,Tonri. Democratßai s that Kit Cars-on, the man on whose broad shoulders Fremont has been lift ed into notoriet}• as an explorer, dons not sup port his former protege for President. Kit is a in-in of gond, .strong common Eense, and r:remont, as he necessarily must, all through, like a hook, it is by no means s t range that he should decline to lend himself to the seheme of a knot of Wall , street Apeculatms, to make their "stool pigeon" President. The whole thing wears e look that every plain, honest man like K it would "put his foot on." Efl; Pill' Preach ing.—Tho Alton Dotuocrut states as ono of the effects of two 4•1 a relies in t bat city beento - ig tit as iv 4 1 ,1 as religious .sanctuaries, that . sonio of their wetuliers aro getting into very worldly ways: “One pewolwner in. Rev. Mr. Iloley's e4larch fifr(!rs to Lrahis pew (eligibly situated, and valued at 5:Ali()) against a pew in Iles. Mr. Norton's ehtir .11 4) h Z-;:=''lt is rumored that the .\;:fional herrn ' iienrer, ut Washington City, th,, time. honored 1:T - Ins Cuokm's 1.-ttPr to t h e;>r,,r,, o a •Cl• and Webster, will announce it- Clay of MAiio- v, ill appear in our no , :t. He i.,elin favor of Mr. Buchanan in a few days, fir 17,1 Und R Rll ), A. l iere 73 ••, i n t h e de.,:eney" =MI i=c= Democratic Rally. Serong ,qtration I—Tho Democratic meeting in the Come house, on Wednesday evening,.was most enthusiastic and encouraging one. Al though got up on short notice, 'and al - though nearly all the persons - in attendance at Court from the country hail gone home, the Court room was filled to its utmost capacity, and every Democrat present_sfienied alive to the impor tance of the issues now before the American people. The meeting organized by the choice of the following officers : Prrsf dent, lion, Jou; B. DAN - Ny.ll, Gettysburg. 171:e l're.riilents, John Butt, - Sr. ) ennaberland. George Gunder, Germany. Philip Donohue, Strohm'. Georg,e Sl,tgle , Connwagn. .le.sa . ‘Volford, Niountpleasant. Fleury A. Picking, Reading, Matthew EieheMerger, Berwick. Frederick Diehl, Franklin. Peter Adams, MenaHen.. Peter I [oilman, Gettysburg. Jacob Cashman, 3lountpleasant. Edward Showers, Carlisle. Siy,.retarics, Edward Shari), tnion. Sitirmol GI. Cook, Ciettytiburg, rliackley, Straban, John Nool, "Sienalion. Jesse Walter, Gettysburg. The meeting was addroSsed by Groncr. F. Esq., of Shippenshurg, late an ;dd line Whig ; Wit.sos . liEtt.tx, I;sq., the Ikanoeratie candidate for Congress, and GEoinz. W. 13 anw- ER, E&el., tlre Democratie candidate for State kienator—hoth of Clumbersburg. We will 'pot - do the.e gentletnen the Injustice to at - - tempt e•,:en a sketch. of .their elear„ahle and eloquent efforts: tiuflieo It to say that they argued the several issues presented in the campaign with rare power and effect,. fre quently elieiting the hearty. applause of the meeting. Of a truth ; they make a strong 141ani, nod we are happy to be aide to day that an opportunity to hear them will be,present ed to the people of the comity sometime in September. The meeting adjourned with sis thundering cheers for the Democratic Mimi. , pees, National, State, District, and County. Nomination of Ceo. W. Brewer, Esq., for State The Senator al Conferees of Fraiddin and Adams conntios met tit Caledonia Springu, on Monday last—Messrs. Chartism Gihhs, John Rowe and John Oyler Topre.senting Franklin, and "Messrs. Jacob Brinkerhoff, Frederick Dicld and henry J. Statile represent ng Adams. 11p:Nitr J. STAIII.E. WaS dm Chair, CHARLES CA'inits appoilitod Se,,ri)tary. Oil In o t i„,, or Jacob Briuicerhipti, thminiE W. Itrumcn, Clounlorsburg, was unanimously nominated as the Democratic candidate for State Senator in this district, and. the conference commend him to the sup port of the friends,of the Union and the Con stitution throughout thedistrict. Messrs. Brinkerhoff and Oyler were ap pointod a committee to inform 'lllr, Brewer of his nominatien,when the conference adjourned. Mr. Brewer is one of -the most eloquent eham - pions of Democracy in this region of the State, and if elected, of which we cannot en tertain a doubt, will prove an ornament to the Senate_ and a credit to his district. Mark that. AV.The Uhamborsburg talley Spirit, in speaking of the nomination of Cionnt: 'W. liamwmt, Esq., for State Senator, says Our political friends in 'Adams county 'have behaved very generously towards us, and we trust their kindness will net soon be for gotten. Mr. DA'ssEit, who is a favorite in his own county and is deservedly esteemed by all who know him,- was mentioned for Sur veyor lieneral. Ile did-not, however, permit his namc-to go before the State Convention, of which he was s a member, but voted throughout for Major Rowe, Next the County Conven-, tion unanimously ratified ItEumes notnina tion for Congress ; and lastly the Senatorial Conferees, carrying out the wishos of their constitttenth. ha‘c made Mr. Barwmt oar candidate for Senator. The Democracy of Franklin are ',now fairly, the debtors of their Brethren in Adams. Let them not forget the obligation; nor fail; when the occasion pre scuts itoell, to reciprocate the kindness of their friends on the other side of the mouutain, The fleeting at Abbottstown. The Yhrk Gazette, in speaking of the Demo cratic ?keting at :kbtbuttsto«•n, ou Saturday week, says: '‘Too inch commendation - cannot be bestow. ed Upon the landlord, Mr, Wilson and his la dy, for their kindness and hospitality towards their guests, who, we feel assured, will to a. man join us in this sentiment. "The best feeling prevailed thoughout the proceedings. The siiirit of Democracy and of riiimr. is at work, and our young' Dcitmcniii'e .vister Adams \vitt tell a tale this fall that will not soon he forgotten by Know Nothings-and Black ilepublioans." That's so 1• Isaac Robinson, Esq. A nems (orsTv.—lsaac Robinson, F,sq„ ie the I)olte - wratie candidate for the State Legis lature in Aciams coutnty. 1I r. I{. was one ~f the moot attentixo and industrious members of the last house of Representatives. re election would be a credit, as well to his im mediani constituency, us to the Democracy of tlae \VIION State. rAiy-Thit above is copied from the Reading •edited by J. L. C.g . Erz, Esq., who was a. leading member of the last Legislature. Commendation so flattering from such a ,_source is indeed to be valued, and will still more firmlyi establish Mr. Robinson iu the , feet.kons of the people of the county. a-&-Wilson I.loi Emi., the able and fear less eliampion - of Detnoeraey, has Been unani-i• mously nominattsi for Congress in the Frank lin distrik. Mr, B. is one of the ablest men in Penn.:ylvania, and will di credit to his State in the Nati-mal Legislature, should he be elected, and of this VI (3 have no gubt.—Car f , lisb; DenioN•at, Senator. =IS New Pluixe of Know ilitithingi,sm. The Fremont papers are, boasting a great deal of the large number of Germans and oth er adopted citizens who have, as is alleged, declared in favor of the Rocky Mountain hero. We shall believe this, when we ,B ee the vote cast, and — not before ; for we hitie no idea that any naturalized voters are so blind as not to see the proscriptive spirit of Know Nothing istn beneath the Black-Republican cloak. To show bow little respect these same Republi cans have fur the foreigner, and how they would degmle bins if they had_ the power, read the following extract from a recent letter of the Philadelphia Ledger's Washington cor respondent "ObBervm" It shows plainly that the game of Know Nuthingism is to be attemp ted on a new plan. Despairing of obtain ing a repeal of the naturalization laws, and stbandoning all hope of ever electing it pure I Know Nothing President, the exclusion of adopted Citizens from office is to be brow:ht About by suspending the payment of the sal aries. Will any foreigner who has a particle of lielf-respect, or who values the rights he has acquired by naturalization /18 an Ameri can citizen, aid by 104 vote to place in power men who wou!(I disfranohiso him ? "The most remarkable feffture of the Diplo= math! and Consular Bill, as F4ltffirted by Mr. Pennington, of New J ersey, a leading Piemont man, is, that while• it does not forbid the President to alrpoint adopted citizens to office, it expressly !copulates the, no m o ney hereby appropriated shitll be used in paying salaries and other expenses of other than NATIVE BORN' citizens of th e ' Unit e d States. Mr. Penning ton is chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, nal goe4 in this eliTui;Ctiii — liiioAl, further than most Know Nothings, who would grant political understanding and capacity lbr office allot- a term of twenty-one years, So mach for the assertion that the adherents of Lieut. (Jul. Fremont are no Know Nothings, and that while tlmy profess .warm sympathy for the negroes, their hearts equally throl) with philanthropy for the German and Irish adopted citizens. Perhaps Mr. Pennington has a very high appreciation of the sense of bonor of adopted citizens, which will induce thorn to serve the country .- hmtoris euusa, for the honor o f it, rm. the whole honor, and noth ing but the honor. Jr so, it is film., that the adopted citizens should knOw..aluit honors are in store tbr them, should the Lieutenant (Jul.t:Joel be elected." Another Roorlatelc.--li now turns out that the terrible story which is going tho rounds or the ,press, representing tliediseovery of fric body of a young, man near Blue Springs, K ansas,•tied to a tree, witlt a rifle ball t trough his head, and his throat cut, is A flagrant hoax, concocted a / younglawyer who prob ably bad more Itusure than clients. It is a singular fact that of all the bloody tragedies, which are stated In lutv-e occurred in Kansas, nine-tenths are as little uunled in fact as the one . 116 Ire referred to.— Philadelphia .I , :eeninj Journal. Nothing singular in it, when we-remeniber that "Kansas'' is all the political capital that the Free.inwthltys have to trade upon. Here is the key to stories of "bleeding Kansas." and "border ruffian outrages" with which the so called "RNLl')Henn" papers have been filled for months past. It was unwittingly diselos e,l by one of the hired outrage manufacturers_ for the New York abolition journals, in a rePent letter to the New li* Times, dated at Lawrence, in Kansas : "in must keep up the Kamm excitement." It 'Vibe °ma - element qrsuccess Mc &pub— liran party in !becoming Pre.lidential election." Here is the whole seerot, in a few words. This Kansas excitement must be kept up, - at whatever cost ; and therefore horrible stories' like the ono above alluded to, will continue to be . printed, without regard to their probabili ty or truth, 'nay. will always gain a day 'or two's' start, so that it will be next to impossi ble fin. their contradictions to overtake them; and difficult even to follow their track. Why, instead of denouncing Judge Doughts and the members of Congress who were chiefly instru mental in procuring the passage of the Kan sas bill, as our "Itepublican" opponents do so wickedly, they—should give them hearty thanks ; for without it, let us ask, (with the Reading Gazette,) what earthly "principle" would they have to rally upon, in the present • campaign? The Re• Action Already Commenced. It requires but little political sagacity to see that the tide of public opinion has already be:. gun to turn with overwhehning force against the 'sectional and disunionist Black Republi can party. The re-action has ; already com menced. The sober and reflecting portion of the American people are becoming tired of these profitless agitations, these idle conten tions without any legitimate object. They sce in the Democratic party an organization compre hensive in its policy, national in its character, wise and just in its management, • and they are rallying to the support of its faith ful standard-bearers. They wish to be de livered from the blighting evils of Abolition fanaticism, with all its impracticable vagaries mid dangerous combinations. They desire'to see unity. harmony, fraternity, fellowship and confidence, restored between the ditTerent por tions of the Union, and one People, one Con stitution, and one Destiny, the motto of every political creed. These aro the wishes of the conservative men of our great nation, and they arc proilucing their legitimate, results in the minds of it multitude. Our opponents see, as well as . ourselves, that their prospects are daily becoming more and more dark and des perate. They will continue to be the case until November. Revolutions never go back wards. Their game is nearly played out. Dozen with the Foreigners and up with the Darkies.—This seems to be the-programme of ; . 1 -Black Repnblicanism. All tho Abolitionists h from Garrison down to Lovejoy, support Fre- I mia. and that means up with tho darkic s , I Col. Fremont was nominated by the northern Know Nothing Convention, it is said On good on a pledge to the Massachusetts dele 4 ation that he would carry out thuir poll ; el.- in ree-ard to foreigners. This i, r ret - ‘‘kettle of :1 , 1i," truly. Imazine a big, burly, thick-lipped, African crowding General Shit:li! away from the polls w eleetion (lay Tha tho working of the fusion policy —l/1/ituis paper. From tho Charnbercbarg Valley Spirit - 1-Brief ;Memoir of Wilson Reilly. There aro few things More remarkable, and perhapS.more reprehensible, in this great re public, where the people choose their' ONVII .rulers, than when a cititen, however eminent mr well capacitated. is brought forward for kinne position of honor and trust, that the public press and those advoeating, measures different from his, apparently lose sight of of that glorious privilege "Freedom of Speech," as well as the honest intentions of his heart, his good traits of character, and descend to 'that low, disgraceful vituperation characteris tic of cone but the cowardly blackguard. We have men before us now, for the several offices, of honest and high-toned integrity, who stand amongst us like some mighty mon ument of art and genius, attracting the atten tion and consideration of all around them,— men who from the humblest circumstances. in life, have risen like a meteor to the very zenith of greatness and glory; and who it is the boast of the free people to entrust with the manage ment of their public affairs., However much it should be the pride of every citizen to favor and support such men, there are - still to be tZ)und iliteiiiwho aro actuated by a sense of moral turpitude, that leave nothing •untuuch ed by their calumniating efforts. Where indeed is there to he found a living public man who 'presents to the world a re cord more significant than Wir.sox REimaa the present Democratic candidate for Con gress? • If we look down-along the lapse of years, and consider the portraits of the great Inert of other days, how very feaaaire_tke_ who exhibited in their lives the same indomi table perseverance and successful conquest Of difficulties, which to thousands are impossi bihtie,. E . we consider him the humble - sail of still humbler parents, pladding his way re luctantly to school, with no inducement from friciels nor encouragement front teacher, and see him stand eminent at the bar as a counsel !, ii;iiTild - lidViaiite`, - Wittriiiralisraiii - than - ahis own ileitistry and perseverance, we are oblig ed to acknowledge his groat diserviugs 10111 lofty capacities. ltii Ison Reilly was born in the year 1811, in the vicinity of Waynesboro', Franklin coun- ty. His father being poor, was not aide to give him even a good ordinary Faiglish - eduaa. tem, and in those times the teachers•of com mon schook were net qualified to give instruc tioas in any of the higher branches of educa tion, At the ago of thirteen, the seviees of V Wilson being needful to his father, le was taken from school and, set to work at t it car pentering trade, at which he labored- until the ago of sixteen; when he commenced an ale prentieeshiP at the 'flatting and served until he was twenty. Being; desirous - of doing well at his trade. he, like the great linger Sher man, shouldered his knapsack and started west, and that ton at a time when the Great West was net within a' single dav's travel, but when there was no puldie mode of con veyance, save an imperfect line of staasse.— He, however, did not avail himself of this op s portunity, but diligently plodded his way along on foot, until he arrived at the city of Cincinnati. .Finding nor very great_ opening fie- his businet:, he remained hut a short time and then returned in the same manner to his nati \ e viffage. Ile there opened out a shop and did a respectable business until 1834, when lie removed to Chambersburg and settled himself down as a hatter. lie continued here but a short time until Lewes induced to cum mence the study of law. Having a family to support, end being. in debt, he V.'ils required to speed all, the time possible at his trade, in order to support his family and provide against times-of sickness and trouble. Ile, however, did tint relinquish his studies, hut at the still ness of the midnight hour. Was earnestly en a e fo sod in preparing himself for that pi - ;sitio — position which one day he was - destined to occupy. , NO tinfrequently had the morning sun risen, and by his brilliant, sparkling rays invoked the laborer to hhi - task, before he quit his kitivi-y-firpurstre - dris - wonted -- avoeation - by the-- side of'the Hatter's kettle. Thus day after day :net night after` night was he employed, until finding himself qualified, he made appli- Hatian, svae exianieed and admitted to prac the. law at the bar of Franklin county. , 1 Butt now comes a time more trying than ne e h e reiefore. He was admitted at a time whoa the lair was tilled with the ablest law on;, and having nothing upon which ho could . depend for support antil he, would get . ( into practice, but his occupation, , which he 1 pursued eagerly for more than one-year after ' his orlinioaion. About this time David R. Po; teelvas Ow ted Governor of Pennsylvania, and upon application to the Governor. Mr. Reilly \vas appointed Prosecuting Attorney. This hr, Light the voting Hatter before the bar, vhere h cviti e e4 7 -poweraof-mind-character-H. istie of the great null successful 1 _awyer, his proeTess since has been onward anti upward, until his mime has become associated with the great and learned jurist.; of tho State. In 1841 he wits placed upon the Democratic ticket for Assembly, and in consequence of his strict adherence to a local question which then was somewhat agitated, was defeated; anti upon the same question was Mr. Ptearoy defeated, who then was his opponent and is now placed upon the Republican ticket, his antagonist for Congress. Mr. Reilly, how ever, in this election ran largely ahead of the average of his ticket, and would probably have been elected 'in the succeeding, election, had he permitted his name to appear before the people us a candidate. Ile was not an al fice-seeker, but was more content when net.- mitted to attend to his practice and stay with his family, In 1845 he was again nominated for the legislature, and was defeated : but as before 'getting much more than his part vote. Franklin county at the time of both his elections was strongly Whig, and to have succeeded in his election, would h ave rectu i r _ ed a much greater effort than that made either by him or his friends. The Whigs then were devoted to their party and their principles, and they adhered firmly to it, not because they loved Reilly less, but because they loved their gallant leaders more. %[r, Reilly, after this second defeat, turned his attention more particularly to his profes sion, and soon received a large anti profitable practice ; but whilst enjoyitr, its pleasures, lie in 1854 was earnestly solicited to accept the nomination for Congress, which he did, although _with reluctance. The contest on that occasion being conducted in an unusual and unfair way. resulted in his defeat. But it is earnestly believed that had the opposition met in an open and fair election, Wilson Reil ly would this day be our representative in th e Ileuse of C4rigress. It is readily observed I I that his nominations were all unfortunate— the first and second when the public mind NV:V. unsettled, and the third when the• Know Nothing orgauization swept everything be fore it. s __ Wilson Reilly is now again before 6,3 peo ple of the 17th district for the offico of Con gress, Ile has been fortunate and unfortu nate: but he stands before you the architect of his own fortune. a man'oi'undaunted cour age and pure patriotism, one upon whom the foul touch of personal malignity has not dared to lay h"r hands, and who-as a Scholar and Lawyer, stands a prowl trophy of perrieverauce reel' with feelings of pride and self-approval those of a per,-,n who has almost un ,limbed to the peak of a lofty mountain. a true renro.4o:l!ative, n'g , tht , A meri,,:an c!1a...1. , ;, , r. with all it- intlu' , try and aviratious. About such a repre.scatativu there Call Deno tinsel; nor monarchial reserve. Ile is worthy to be theservant of ;. a people who look to Institutionsand principles., not to men, for prosperity- and happiness. MR. 'STA fiLE: I observe by the last Star That_the shifts_ofitceedeubtable .editor_ are. still bravely going on. He, by skillful ma noeuvring, manages to keep the ball in almost constant Motion. The political history of this, man of changes would afford a complete parody to the "Wandering Jew." In the . early part of the fall of 1K54 he was a Whig, the professed defender of his Catholic friends, and the open and ,ostensible advocate of Col. Neely. lmmediately after the election of the same year, he dropped Col. Neely, changed his ground and style in regard to his "Catho lic friends," and really sympathised with the defeated Mr. WilSon, who had all along, and up to that very hour, I May say, been what the Star termed an uncompromising "Loco , foco." Since that time until quite recently, he has stuck to the hnow . Nothing plat fOrm like a good fellow, and when the Phila delphia nominations were made, he run-up the flag of Fillmore. Ile clung to this reve l .. ed name for a while, but as time advanced he gradually became more and more smitten with the peculiar and congenial windingswindingsf the `"Pathfinder," and eventually he saw fit to place the name of John Charles Fremont on .The very top of his flag staff, high and dry, enough above that of his late friend Fillmore. Notwithstanding all this shuffling, he can- . not directly say at this moment what man-he iten d s=to - support at - the - comi iig - Presrd election, and consequently he has his present Platform so constructed as to allow him to take out, and slip in a "plank" at pleasure i la order to keep step with the variations of the tunes that he may adopt from day to day. lie has not given publicity to anything haltsio ex pressive and definite in regard to his political _ t and mei es, 6110, tbe_ bet yel of hit j~i.cnd eely, , as the communication in his last issue, headed "Union and Anti-Buchanan Club."— It will - be seen by perusing this document of his Own composition, that he has the honor of presiding over an Anti-Buchanan Club,—a position that becomes him to a fraction, since it serves as a "nut shell" exposition of his po litical creed. An ti-Dealocrati c. Anti-Buchan an, and Anti-Catholic, are the only things that are likely to stay on his stomach, ofagree with his elastic and raving appetite. C. How Sthods the Record. ba 1840 Mr. Buchanan addressed a Dem:o 'er:ale convention in Pennsylvania as follows: "The Whig party had in Mr. Clay a. candi date of whom they might justly be proud--4a man of bold and fearless heart, a mans& bold• and cominanding eloquence, and a,man: d is ting-uish‘Ki Although oppost4 tci Ma political principles, yet I have ever felt for him the highest regard." . _ And yet, in the - face of the above declara tiou, Mr. Buchanan ha.s been pronounced "the slanderer of Henry Clay." The Watch-word. The united convention at Syramese, N. J., has giVen to the Democratic ariny the word "Close ranks cud charge;" and we• mistake, the temper of Democratic soldiery if they .do not drive the broken ranks of the enemy he fore -t em like chaff before the wind. Presidential Prospects.—The recent eleo tions, taken in connection with other facts, says the JOurnal of C 0111,711 CTCC, render it not im- I proliable that - the tileetoral vote of - every Sonth ern State.will he given for Buchanan. The. total of these votes is 120. Number ueeessa ry to choice, 159. Penmsylvaniu giVes 27 cousin 5, New Jersey 7, Maine 8, &e. If northern Democrats do their duty, the result cannot be doubtful. But they must work for it. Such a, &vial - ice• to whip out sectionalism and ultraNin does notoecur often. Mr. .131b31,attan aihd Governor Letcher.--Ex- Governor ',etcher, Of. Kentucky, in. a speech, at May slick, in. that State, said ‘-'that Mr. Bu chanan was his personal friend—that he was a gentleman and a patriot; for whom be en tertai ued a hi;g:Lisgard---ccad Mot kecoiard not say a' word against okaracter, as a man.. He did not like his, political sentiments,. and.• i:45 the -.aitness upon, whom. the. opposition edi tors have relied ta prove- Mr. Duchana.a. the. calumniator of Mr.. Clay r Last Joke of the &axon !—A loeofocn , paper in Ohio say's that the Committee- , Appointed to, wait on 31r. Buchanan to 9,unoumee to him his. nomination, found the,"UU Sage" calmly at work in his garden, hdeing potatoes I—Ctir/iste• Hcrukl, A Black Republican paper- printed on the. other side of Jordon says that vrhen the fusion: committee waited on Mr. Fremont, they founat the "Young llysou" calmly at work in his sta ble, currying the kinks out of the. woolly horse's Mir.—Valley Spirit. • Highly Significant. In the town of Faxm ON T, near Toledo, Min, a Republican procession had two coal-black negroes as its standard-bearers. One of them carried a flag in front of the procession, upon, which was emblazoned thirteen States, with the motto, "Free Kansas and Fremont." The other negro carried a black eagle upon 4. standard: So we go. August Elections—Democratic Majorities. Nownt CAROLINA, 10;000 t ARKANSAS, 5,000 ALABAMA, 10,0001 • KENTUCKY, 10,0001 MISSOURI, 20,p00 - DEMOCRATIC MAJOAITY IN FIVE STATEN FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND !I ,The Constitution of the United States, Section 4, Article 6, says, No religious test shall ever be required as a ip4alification to any oflice or public trust under the United States. When Mr. Fillmore joined the Know Noth ing Lodge at Buffalo, he swore that he would not vote for a Catholic for any position of trust, or profit, and of course if in parer would have to ask a man what his religious predilec tions were before he could appoint him.—Can Mr. Fillmore .bc- trusted—lot him act as he would, base perjury would come near the re sult.---Hanorty Gazette. The List Explat q . the Puthfinder.—A par ty of shriekers, lately returning from a gath ering of freodom, found a man assiduously es saying to ascend the - over-shot wheel in a large w lite aNkerilt hu \VaS , 1 7111', ...Well stran-er7 said he, "do yo u see that, whit- ii' use up there? Well I'm try in!, t,, get into it, hut somehow theseJ. stairs won't hold. still." That is what we call a free-mount B u t -such a getting up stairs we Cleve.; lii St 3." For the CotripSler =2 aiCVOI2,II
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