A jOepeOaerlf ileptibiiettqi I • CHARLES , F. READ AND R.• U. FRAZIER; BD* .1 ,• 'MONTROSE, PA. . Thand4T, actqber 944 HUM .. _ WOO i 1 WOOD! WOOD ! We have ' dto pay money for Wood re cently, and a already nearly out again. If those who in, nd to pay for their papei in wood, kUew trow.haul it is for us-to get the money, j they) would certainly 'bring us the wood r;ightV, or else theYwre riot then men we tske-theui.-to be. ma Cou4ry. 'Then, 'is o , fully that we trust the People of ihessi' nortern Statesare nrettv well cured .1 2. .; . -.- . , 01, Wind mat is ; tooking to the eciiirseef the ma. jority in the; arge cities, or ~ the generality - of - city . papers,- (especially those that.circulate moat leiveli, in the cities,) for political . gui dance. I Abr leost the whole strength of dough faceisM in the Nortis in the cities and large towns: , Thi was the ease under the old par -, v. . ; ty organizattons, and so continues, Silver Gray or Dongitface Wbiggery was sc arcely knowttiout of New York, -.Boston, Philadel • phia, and th' other cities. The Know Moth - ings a the orth ; though generally Free Soil in the - count i y, are in the cities as genirallY . pro-,Slivery:, This fact has shown itself more 'or less in Bcston, Nei , York, Philadelphia, and recentlyln Cincinnati and the otherprin cipal tovrns;(of Ohio, which give large majori ties againstichase the Bepublioan candidate for Governer. And in out own State, at the 1 recent election, Philadelphia went strongly for Plumerithe pro-Slavery candidate for Ca • nal Comms.siener. The Republican party - must not I k for strength in the great cities, I n its strength is in the hearts and consciences of the freemen of the country. '•- . The intnrests of the commercial classes in tht cities i i iroduce a close connection with the slaveholders, and as the latter make subserv iency to the schemes of slavery a sine qua ' non for their good will, they find no lack .of 1 traders whn are ready to sear.their consciences 'to line their pockets-But it is nOt ctar the interest of the people at large that the South should su6eed, in making, this country th. nursery lino citadel of human slavery. Whatever' the tempbrary , interests of the " mercha nt princes "of the cities may require, the substentitil interests of the great body, oi free nort'ern laborers demand that labor . should • he protected, respected, and rewarded, and not d -.plied, degraded and robbed, as is i 1.,.. • the tendoncy, and natural . result of the pre dozninanen of the slavery system. If our in 7 terests afe antagonistic to those t f the cit.); merchant S,—shall not we look to the up holding of ours as well as they, of theirs 7.- '-;-: Bsides,•4 - e have the nobler motive 'of love of Treed. m and hatred of oppression and wrong; tl sustain ,us. The destinies of our country, at this crisis of its history--thiturn point wh o it is to be decided whether the f.., interests ' f Free or. Slave labor are to con trol the pture action of our government— are in . th hands a the free laborers of the North, the men who have giCen to the coun try her strength and her prosperity ; and we trust they will be found faithful to themselves and to the cause of human freedom and hu man eqtfrlity entrusted to their hands-equal to the gtest emergency, in whiCh they are tow planed , . 1 A false step resulting in'. the eleCtion of a prOklavery President next year, may fix the destiny a our country irretrievably ; as that gr+?rie, that hollow mockery, a Slavery itepublT ; Our triumph would he a death blow t Slavery, and as its consequence we might lope le live to - see our country become 'in deedas well as in word; the " land of the I free an the home of the brave." Ohio Election. ~ In 0. in the Republiesn State ticket is suc cessful—a result attributable to, the wise - and conciliatory course of the leaders of the anti- Nebtaiks forces in that State. Let us go back itnd look at the eircutrlstsoces under which ,[[that ticket was nominated., In the first placeßepublican State Convention adopt— A ed a anti-Slavery platform. Tmn:fol lowan exciting struggle between those 454; . Inem ere of the-convention who were Know 'Noth I ngs and those who were not, for the 1 * nommation c)r. 'Governor. Some thought that I)*Brinkerhoff, whom the Know-Nothings presented as their choice for Governor,' was not dominated, there would be a split, in the 'con+tion.. Before the nominations , were made, each candidate took a pledge to sup port lithe nominees. S.P. Chase was then nominated for Governor; and among the othe nominations were Thomas H. Ford, (the same who made the great Free-Soil Sil in the Know-Nothing National Con vent on, at Philadelphia, ) for Lieutenant Ich Go%Jemor, and Jacoh Brinkerhrff,' (whom • maty of the Know-Nothing* had supported i filt. 1 Governor,) for Jud'ge of the Supreme Cotirt. , . ere, then, were Know-Not h l teg ' -s and anti- Kn , w 7 Nothingseonseuting to lay aside all thl ,O issues, and unite in opposition to Slave zr.. y tenskm. And, in view of the different me of conducting the campai g n in Penn syl' ID* and • the different results in the two Ste ,we would ask some- Of our Penn ey! ania Solana and would-be dictators; wh ther it was wrong for those who dig*. (l e, proved of Know-Nothingistn„ to ' support Brinkerhoff and Fon,. If they say it - was vion en g, d 4hen to w p e lace say t : h th e e s y l r very notho e n g et in ,‘lt el others and to desire the union of all of; 1 to Slavery 'extension on that sole issue. : xi I l n condemning the course adopted by the - publican leaders of Ohio, *they condemn sr' sof the oldest, most , consistent, and most. t anti-Slavery men in the Union.L. l .Were Salmon Pa It , chase and Jonn Gid; 4r false to the cause 'offreedorn, where the former pledged himself to support Brinker hoffind Ford, and the latter made a speech in the convention to conciliate the Know- Nothings I The result genes the wisdom of - - t *h. course. - "fhetraskalta ere routed in „Ohio, and the S tate is safe for next year. -: 1 While the fact aced that a considerable _ pl i ntlpt. of the freSoil streogth in the State 1 Ili .. . was among thelitntrilr-NOing4litsittbottstit . better to seirlit thhiiimpOrt tittlhe RePttto. Heim. ticket4flut. thnss, . • - 110 • ,lir,sy- 61. :their ‘gsiiii,t) ; ii i. l Rep ';. letiii4avii, - .i " • ; 1 t•-"ii thin. ttdri; j h ' 1 .o ,:,.. o for , .. S. ripest:a llcketof t . r le' - - ,4thir' , . it ''' \ ' . 1 / 4 `` 43% 1 74 41 "he plan adopted '4l spa counties infennitylva- ' Ma. Althetigh &fraction of the order in Cin cinnati and other hities, supported the Hunk er Whig can/ iditt! : e for Governor,lfer t thepiir-,.. pose of defia itig i Cha. 4, r.,--.lnst as l (iwn° 7 1 r - tended Free il c ri here 'voted 41. .7illiam soh after he had di,lcliniid;for the- ilurpoSe of 1 d e fe a ting Ntehelshit—rthe great body of the I .order„auppOr ,Cd*.fhe, 'Repuhlieattiticket and will he'as ready hO support • thel . Republican • Candidate fOr i i:Pre i 'siderit.' : , ' . • In the-Wi t mot4istriet, where,he'Republi cans have been renten t• to follow i beert:tiple of their breili?'.'ez tn . ; Ohio, 'and :m ake the Slave ry qUeStieli ilia btile - laue; the: party comes out. Out. of theeentestas.trinttiptiiiatlyt t as in Ohio. Niebolson'ii inajo i iity,sitter Pluirir in the dis trict is. 26244' anal we ttt e- Confident that ,in a t N ational On* b e tw een ee a oiational Democrat and a Republican ;for or • Presidency, the Major ity Will - -be i motet thapilonbli.4 - . We only i Wish the prospeeti was as good every i Where. • ! - 4I- E. .. " A pertii;nlof ' W.. Cpmtnittee (the Republican State Committee PtPermayiraMa,) neting, as we un-. derstand, wiihimt aiii autherit);, withdrew the , name of Paismord-vil:iniathson; candidate ache, Republicans, and in conjunetiOnlaith the Whig !nil Know Nothing Committees, lint it( ionaination a tie* candidate."--. National 'lsis. -, I- , 77telEra lis, miiled by the Pittsburgh Ga :ilk, ichiehiperf4ted down to the day of eke tion in . den a ring that . .Passmore . Williamson bad - decline d ; edi accused those of falsehood ' ' I who stated the •kititrary, thereby dividing the Free Soil vote Olt Al!eghvnY cean4 on Canal Commissio er Slid giving- . .Plunicr a inajori ,, . ty. • ! , . ; -. .. , ; ' ; - The followink facts may help the Era to a . i right understanding of thaesse. : • . - 1. Mi.! W. Thomas , of Philadelphia, a • . - member. ot thertepub)ican State !Committee, had authority from , Mr. Willianison, I when in. the Ilarrisbarg Convention, , to withdraw' his name As a ilindidate.• - ... 1 _ i ; • • 2. ' Altho' the a d d ress of the theft Statil Committees vas drawn up bCfiire any. Am- . , - ' Mal letter of of declination had b e received from- Mr. 'Willianison,; it w,as I not publi,hed, nor did it; receive, the ;-signathrii of Judge Wilmot; till after Mr' WillimSon had •ex .'presslydelino, and 'declared his approval. of the notninatinn of 3ilr. Nicholson. -. 3. 7 When'ijudge Jessup. Ifrfi.! Harrisburg for Towatida to procore the signature ofJucige Wilmot, ai chairman Of the Republican State .ComMit4e,. s'eVeral - in einlms lof - j tliat coMmit tee left ((ft. Philadelphia; withan 'arrangement . that if 'Alr.. Williamson d:d not fully approve: the with4raWitt of hisiname, that fact was to . be telegrhoh estl to Judge Jessup, and, the atl. dress was not to be published. ,i .' .'• 4.: PAssntore Williiiiisoii - didin immediate li declare that he had not lever really ac cepted tie nemination, that he now declined it and appro4ed the nomination of Air, Nich olson ;. and the fact of his declination, as we. learn fri/rn the Galzetfr itself; was telegraphed fiona P dadelpiala 'to 'Mr. Darsie, and byhim com,mu icatid to the:editor 'of the Gazette. •4. Pa -smcfre Williamson '•wrOte a letter to Judge Jess+, dated Sept. ~1855, formally declining the nomination, and approving the nominallOU 1 ,,0f Mr. .Nicholson. This letter was pubiishr4 in our issue Of Oct. 6. 5. . The ktepnhliamin (4' l Philadelphia; in cludingf. Mr.! : 'Willia . iuson's friends Mid' neigh bors who e9uld see him daily and had every opportunityi i tolearn his sentiments, may. be supposed tit have. voted as understandingly , as th 4,40 oft.i'ittsburgli, and yet in the whole I cOnsuldateti• city of -Philadelphia only 2O ; . voteS Ireretat.st, for Passmore William Son, which ishowa that' the cry of frioid„ raised in Pittsbbrgh i i ade for some -personal !'or local ' reason, was iiiP,hillPhia known toi i be unfounded. . , . , . 1 PL11.4134.V4\01. ELEcTION.4+The official - re turns as reported show the following vote for Canal Colnolissioner-: PlUrner, 161,281; Nichotson449,l4s. • This gives . the -Nebras ka caididAte a 4klorality .of 11,536. ' But the sattte ing lye* :which is not yet reported L 'from • if ilie.etinnties, stands' . as far as re ceive : Williamson, 6840; Cleaver; 3632; • lien t ersoii, '4;50 ; llartin i l 362 ; total; 13:- WO, which leAves Plumer leas smajority 'by 1,5 - I ''- '. - - • , - '. Ti e .' whole vote here repertvd amounts to 324,116.1 14t, year Pollock had 204,008; Bigler, 1r.04e, showing A falling off from last 'i..,ir !of 46,893 votes. ; Plumees vote in Phiydeliiiiia is 28,384 ;- Bigler's ' ' last year, 24,936. !By OoMparing Phimer's vote with ,13-igir's.in the State it would appear that the Nehra,-kSltesViere nearly all out, and that the ratiinSol! was mostly-Oaring to divisions and idissermittns among their . cpponents.. - -- 13? isiall that Is necessary to carry .the star focian Anti-Slavery President next Year. • i• • I be remembered 'that the 'Re publicn party Was only Very. remtly inaug uralted in.Sradflird COunti, so that, as Judge Wilmot wrote to the Pittsburg Convention, • too party loi s ran was not properly organ -441. Neveitheleas it bits won a glorious victory and!gitren an earnest of siluit it will dotl. hereafter. Nicholsoieti majority over Phi r4r in the county is 1097 ; Holcomb, for i n presentative. over Piilliet, 796;'' Kellogg; fo r Treuurer, over Salishurjr, 1920. This is diting pretty well for a; parry only a few writs old. The 11quOr iiterest and the new , question were rnade--in the hands of t their unscrupulous Upponents--to (per. ate against tbe Ripubhcan candidates for 'Repruentatisiu; but on , the single issue of 13 every , extension, we believe the county, will next 'yeliriivithe 4000 majorityifor freedom pyomisect by Judge Wilmot. In Suaquehan . nit we hope to do nearly as well propor trato our pctulatkm. Karam cm Boras Birairrr.--gendall, of the Nvir Orleans Picayune, writes home that the ladierin waiting upOn Victoria, at Paris, *ere "'a distressingly hrimely,set ;" nor does the profane republican treat . royalty any bet ter. Listen to t his diseription of the Princess Hoyal of En . ilitrid: '1• She is a fat, chubby, toflrse s Peoimeuriifi girl, whomely like , ism of her towhee, sibo sever set up any `Pristinskirt to beauty that 1 arta swat* off" . 1 • • tAir , • • THE PAIL ! The 11th o October , has piiitte4 4; and "Our Ain;inti.l i ii*Unn4l4* been beljiil l ltun' dials sturtit ,oLer - iima btoottiing diaighbititifioci* WWl . * the sitibiliuli ;, 'aftd a whether we eimider the thingi to, ;be looket; at, or' the cro r ivil that . tame to &Prim one 'should write ,a4esy4,poett,krihtt.l:tertf.4„, of those who`were tint there, bui to some other' pen be ithe burden of such a taik--ours is.not at all equal to: ! the subject... We write fur a different; purpcgse. Ifi 'so much as regards the' main: featturea.of the exhibitioit;andttieamirditig of the'larger portion ofike Preiniums, we iviiti;filliot ei presiOurselies as otherwise than well, pleas ed; IMt when premiums are,offered t ied paid for articles rhanuf4tred out O. Ili County, while others:of home produCtion,l and equal credit'and encouragement; are pittssd by With buiit brief notiie from the committee :Lyre are quite'disposed to bring a charge of, injustice and,partiality.j. (Os quitti possible that we belie entertain ed ait erroneous - opinion of the objects of the Susquehann4 Comity Agriculttiral Society,the purpose for 4hi(ili it holds its Ciirs i T and the. real basis of the . i 'system, by which its preiniums and Icertificites of Merit are awarded. If, it is mitt fasid‘ from the general Tdvancement of agriculture, stock-raising, &e.) for the pur pose of encouraging and promoting every de• partment of home juanufacture.l both useful an&ornamental, it pertainly ought to be. We -were not aware, untilthe t Society by . its awards:told us so—that anyone had the priTilege, nor did We deem it right, that per sons should purchase the productions ofsome other county, or state, place/th i l em on exhib ition at oiir , 'Fair, and recive a Premium fur the sante. f, We had (perhaps foolishly) i upposed that the exhibitor must, be the actuel raiser, prO dueer, inventor, or manufacturer of the article exhibited,Lin order to' become. .a competitor for, or reserve the honors which the - Society has to beitow. But on the contrary we find that mencntey; bring in cider-Mills, Corn-1 stalk.eutters,. Patent Churns d'tc..made any- where bilV,in Susquehanna County, and wheth er - there ih coinp'4tition. or- net, receive the m': . 1 premium': which tb Executive , cutive! Committee in . I • theirwisldetn have . sen *fit to ofrer, while ar • • ticles produced right among Us can . find no place-either on the premium or merit list.. " Of this latter Class, we,hav in our mind two, or'three, one of 'which we 'will note as an illustration. At is a branehlof the fine arta; ,>. - - I. and though it may not be considered as• sub stantiallY useful us butter chAnnting. in. eider grindind, . is, nevertheless, suely highly' ap-' proved f.and yeti generally ;encouraged 'by the inasSes: Wie mean Dagne rreoty pi ng., .. At die. Fair just held; .tWo. Artists, Mr., beans of Montrose, and M 4 Hollis, a tray.: elling Daguerrenn, at that _tittle stationed on Wyalufing Creek, - preliento'fd specimens of their wink. 'Te which bel / ottged the award , of superior excellency we are not prepared to say, nor is it of much cc nsetitienee so • far as concer;is ourpresent writing. ' . - I. Before determining ' to exhibit, 'Mr. li. is - ~./.. and went to , one of the executi v ..,orninitote, re,ceivc;lf from; him the. assurance' that at least ac,!certifi'mte of merit • w ould .be given, turd furthermore that he thought there was . t not Mach doubt, about a premium. But, for • reasons which have not appeared, the pledge • was not fulfilled, and onlylan apology .ren - dered' for the ti`eglect,. in the; form of a passing notice of Mr. D's pictures in the coinmittee's -1 reporf, - while those of Mr. O. (which we think . just as good) were not deviled worthy of no-. tice. i " New we know as every one must know that ideas not the paltry amount of the pre-4 miuin that either of these gentler ;en desired to seure,.but simply to let the people kiii3w, that there is tOaudable sonbition and rivalry among the producers of pictures, as well; 101 among the producers of - cheese , - and vinegar. They onlrasiked that their work mightlm.' placo , on 'an : ; equal footing with bed - quilts and rag-carpets, which. wit certainly not itsk- ' ing *try much for a thing so beautiful as.nn i accurate and: well finishedlDaguerrentypk . .Mr. D. heS for three 4r four years past' taken much pains to get u specimens for' the ' Faii,'and all: the award.he has received has been .an .".honorable mention," and sane tines not even that. No premiumwas:iiv ,, en because there was no clompetition; antr'yet . 1 , . thiS , year, When that objection is • removed, there la pretniurri l . But how did it hatipen that; an old cidertmill, (rnade nut of the: county,end with the manufacture of Which the exhibitor had nothing to do, ) the only . ..one i exhibited, should draw il 'premium'? ' If our 1 Anneal Fair - is to beinatie the meAum•thro' ~ ~ I which the. purchasers' of patent rights . . may 1 present their wares to the ('public .statired ;with a it piletnium" • - recommendation,, : ' then ~ 'give Artiste ; Mechanics,l and, Tradesmen - an i equal change to advertise, at least that which. is!pmduced right at honie. • • ,- • ' INVe shill be told, doubtless, that cider. per. Mini to Agriculture, whereas Daguerreotypes. do not. 'Otis may be 'true, but how, ;is it With cabinet ware, ornamental- needle-work, - and many other titings I that are 'considered , _ Werthy ofl a premium; or certificate 'I „.; The pithlic can: Udge wheti4r all seems Elk and iMPartial, or if there he not some show .of in: 1. i • justice. . . • . - 1 If the, Society should decide that no award. should bel made to any of . the, fine arts, it Would certainly show la very- . :bad taste.== Then .whY discriminate 7 i llihy favor one iin4 neglect another equally - deserving (4 . en t'otiregement 1 The -dcunty Fairs of :New, York State give prctitiUrns to almost .eVery• , brakth of the, fine and lOrnimental Artst,• and Why should to counties ofPennsylvattia, ea. .: pecially our famed Susquehanna.-he so far he. hind in this matter. .1 - '-• • . - In reference to the introduction of iortigu.. articles We willionly . t!dd, that if the Owner ship of something really superior is the only ~ , ;requisite to entering the premium fists, then; ;other than patent eider-milts; and , fine Der. ; - Aran .11u4s, may behtongitt forward aid bear'„ er the Palm, much to the hinderance and disc: 'couragerpent,',of the roduclions, inv e ntions; and ininuftatures 'of our own county. Mat:. G. maytoil and labo to Prepare a nice pieci :t o r vrnedlint- cloth. hot Mrs.' 11. - . a>< itkport art article or finer texture and finish, from tome region stern the facilities fur such mbfac. ture ansinveqokanyi theßby lee!? Ikkii.. 4 ni b G. of tha t bentlia K.N , :r"4, f w tOr wat --, + 7.....-. , ~ , ...... justly doittrvinti ut tmma- Ay thiil artiO, , ..... Ty. viii ..1' ~, cies p \ i lt u . ,,Mex ition.nd havomei!, be the Olt .11W - a siiillifivweietiegisieo ally pnsctised 1 Why, premiums would go, In that case, to reward a mincer being wealthy, .o.tfugftbni9o44ol44i f 90.10111A0.04 1 / 4 . 1 _1441w_ t _principle a e correct one 1 And lii not ihe 4454ie?inua Co . "Society esini4 lisping bad ;precedents f Ll•tPublie epiuieU give the answer. . - JUSTICX. ME -NewPdtilioits; -.) l x : i: The I*reiiii'isr alto* and` cheap publication,; published Philndelphie, edited by /it. M. fi'lptingleraild Whoie theme. indicated by its I t to - be well edited; and 'will no doubt recsiyelhe patronage of tartness. The Pr* gretsive ..Fhivier Is published monthly, by 11. By cop'; No. 2 North - Sixth . Street; Phila. delphia, 25 cents a ,car, • I • Scenes in. the Practice of a:New York Phyisiciaii=By Dixon, ..tditot of the *Opel. We sirl indebted to ?deism Di wit S Day. enport, thOenterprising publishers,. for a copy Of the abOve named publication, which-on ex. aniinatiria .we find to contain graphic • and Pi quant akotehes of lifka in the'city'and coutiqy, and ninch, valuable information conerning, the laws ;of health. The scenes in tbeNoi i th., ern,•Scalfhern and Western practice ; area ~n ttributed hy other pens, but the •bulk of . `tlic tor;k the trenehafit and powerful pen; of De.. pixein himself. We have,: been burl interested • and. instructed •by its For sale' , by Dewitt & Davenport,i, Publish 4 era, Nevi York, and by A. N. Bullard,,BOok' r seller, Montrose. Price *d 25. Penny' ivaniii Election. Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune, PLULADEIPIiiIy Monday, Oct. 22, 1855. The. Official Returns of our , Cleetipn shi)ar that. Arnold PI utuer; the ;candidate of the sham Iletuoc,rary, is elected canal CornittiSl - by a minority of the votes polled. ITh ,Republicans are therefiiregreatly eitcuurage(l, and are sanguine of success - in •1856. Our oi n for gratification at the r:sult are four fold : - I ,‘Ve have compe - lied.ifinduoisni iic kiioviWgge its weakness . , by withdrawing its own - Candidate and voting Thomas 'Nicii ulsen, was an: avowed Republic.in, and. a mrinhei.of the Republican State executive cOmmittee. • • - .11. We have given to Passntore son, nntwithstanding his deelination Of the nomination, and. The formal .withdraal of his panne from the canvass, a.heavier vote than the united votes of Ilenderson, Cleaver, and Ntartin-. :- 111. •Altheiigh our organization was e L ee e' ingly. inilierfeet. the work , of the canipaign having bet if.delayed till the very' eve of elec tion, we have carried some - of the counties f o r a pure itepublican.ticket. .1\ 7 .1 We 'have denionstrate.d the fact ,that the Pierce administratiiiii is unable to poll a majority of the votes, even at a State elec tion, when its supporters keep all natiiinal issued studiously in . the backgriiund ; and, we hive ,shown that if the, opposition Kill be united, it can be .victorious. I Sutga a iiwpossible, except . . 1 , 3n ;the platform, and there can ibe ;but, ttuit the good sense of the' Artter icatht; the . .Whigs .an the true Dererats will ppproie a . platform to whiCh rip, good citizen can urge a single valid objectilm, :and secure victory, by . union, .rather ttan scatter their totes and thus permit the sueix,s l s of the most unprincipled party that , eve; dared shoW its shameless heard in . .our pulitical.:con testA. That the ao.called Deinoeracy is J:inus= - faCed no one need he told; hut it dOesi not °free attempt to preach Pre- ! Slavery and Ab olitiOnism in the same and at. the same time.. We : had a .however,. an Unitising instance 'of such duplicity city at the lute: elev.! ion ; for while the PennsylvOnian was hurling its diatribes at all ,the opponents of the Jefferson Davis dynasty, and. i aaiwing theft with Abolitionism its the direst, of conceivable crimes, appeals were circulated among - the German voters, by handhilhi and otherwise, urging "all who desire the final AtcOlition of Slavery to rote. the- -.Dept . Orralic • . Alter such - a_manifestation, an intelligent Cointiainity shOuld surely have no hesitation in•c* - -oosing between tricky Li,44.rtmoism. 'whielisteals the good name of Demo'erSey, and shouts the slogan of 'State Rights,' to hide its underhand pandering to the a:ristoc raey of Slavery, and its attempted' 'nullifica- Coin of all the rights. of Frdoin--atid the true Republicanism ilfich . follows the lead .of Washingtim, Frankltn,• and Jeirers4l9, and recognizing no sectionalism, but supporting_ the ordinal principles of, our great, pill of Rights,. has but tine platform for the 'Mirth, SOuttE; tag and West—the platform. ;.f Zan .A 151) Untotr, the preservation of State SOvereiguty, and the hinitation of Federal aggression by s strict construction Of the Con stitution. • 2 = • • The decision of Judge Kane in the case of the application of dace Johnsonl seems to have sealed the lips of most of mir city ed• hors by. its unblushing audacity. 1 it is. true that the entire paper presents suet u tissue of special pleading that serious argument to controvert its positions - would seem alsnot hke burlesque, but it would be well to keep the fact before the people that so far as Judge Kane -has the power his influence will be ex erted to make all the States of this North and West slave States, through which the sdave driver may proceed With impunity with his Chained gangs - of human cattle.lf this fact were but simply stated, and petitions fur hiss impeachment circulated at every poll at the Coming State elections, 'they would doubt lessly be as numerously signedas the ones referred to by-your Ohio , correspondent. . The Judge reiterates •his assertion dust Mr. answer was evasive and untrue.' If such was' really the ease, then ,IPassinore Williamson was guilty of perjury, for his return was made under /solemn tar mation. • sise be other than an unjust judge who tes his vietiml by arbitrary , impdsontn it, and dares not.submst.to & ju ry the question-of his guilt or innocence? 'Judge Kane, with a great show of magna nithity, after being - Catechized - lby Afr. Cad wallader, implied a iiilingneA :to receive an amended mum from:lir. Williamson, end attempted to throw upon the cicsamad a per, !ion of the blame for his long iMprisontnent. And yet when the counsel 'offered a paper relative to the case, a -few dais sttbseqttent to his attempt at exculpation, • 'be refused to "'Nave it, but would only entertaiia Motion for argument to show anus may 'it should not Os noised? - 1 ' 0 tempora ! 0 tnort l / 2 0. • ' 11,111POBle. Aivarez bas•been dog l'he Reset of Union. i The Feee.Soill men of Ohio have *wed their brethren iii many of the okySitates, tilfiietltii`ttsitthfiof#trii**thi *il 4pufa,., et s.. mike *t r io, to *lf*. Itil i v' i -.. .ry 41e! _- erns to .:poinlllo*r.l CI e, ~.e i4wly , AO ted '-tiovemNior ttle IWObli ..:tillif3ii date for President..,;*ew York basiier Sew. ord. and Massachusetts ber Sumner and Wil lis but ppitberAtto,stioshosr _ the solid :ar. - ray of Free - S'ollers thairQhioean, and nel.. tber has the same Claim any the candidtite ti: will be difactilt for any State to Overinaieli the Buckeye in her preAent proud positing. - The Cleavelain), V:Philo), Leader (Republ ic:lo4lms announces the • Wehave e1064:1 Wi.utiffeall'Oraierileir:' 4 . We have eliteted lik•pubtican Lieutenant. Gairernor. • t • . . . We lave elected a Republican Airdithr., We have ete,uted a : Uepublieaa Treaiur. er. j,•.. , ~ , , 1 -6 We haie elected a tepnblican. Attorney. General. . : j. ~1 . . . , ••• ~, ... i *We have . 'eleeted two Republiivaudges. 6 We have , elected a ifiepubliean.Counnis sioner of Publik Wnrks.. • • We have eleeted . onr whole State Ocket by an average majority of more than forty thousand. . - I • 6 We have rebuked .'the Pje:ce and Shani , - min Administration. '1 I . - .t -- 6 We.liave taught the:Soinh. that ObiO will nOyperthiyarnied ruffunts to invade Kausai, and plant Slavery with the bowie-knife: . . 'We have strengthened these of iFree. . - dom ever: where. - I , • . • We have aphievedia victory of which our children's eliblren will : hoa4. • * , 'Come and et us r4itee together"; for our adversaries are latmbled, and those who con spired agaitist !Liberty have been punished. . • l.et aill.good men i . rejoice ; tin- dal, hand they - taised . the sword iagainst right t a u been 1 cut o8:' ;-. I 1 • . Few readeis can .bi; aware, until they have • I had occasio n to tie filet, how much labor of research is It)fton veil by such.a table as the following.* the wtwk of one now in his grave. If " its Poetry," as ne who is it lin e poet! himself forcibly rernarks, then here is '•Poetry Perionified."—ilarrer. .{ - 1607 Virgitua first settled by the English: , 1614 New York first . ettled by the EltUch. 1420 Massatchusetts settled by the Puritans. 1623 New, Ilitmpshire settled by the Ptiritans. .1624 Nett - Jtirsey 'settled by the. Dutch." 1627 Delawriie settled be the Swedes and This: 1685 Maryland settled be Irish Catholies. 1635. Con*ticut settled by the Puritans. Rhode': settled by' Roger Willianas. 1650 Nordelloolina itettled be the English. 1670 South Carolina ettled,by the , tlukenots. 1682 Pients34vania settled by Win. Penn. ' . 1733' Georgu;:i settledibv Gen. Oglethorpe. / • 1791 Vermont admitted into the Union. . 1792 KentuOy admitted into the Union. • . 1796 Tennetsee . admitted into the UniOn. 1802 Ohio admitted into the Union. 1811 Louisiana admitted into the Union. . 1816 Indian* admitted into the Union, .. • 1817 Missit+ippi adulated into the Union. 1819 Illinois admitted into the Union. 1819, Alabama admitted into the Union. 1820 Mainef admitted into the Unioni, 1821- .Missohri admitted into the• Union. • • • 1836 Michigan admitted into the Uniem. • - 1836 Arkatissi admitted into the Union._ 1845 Floridagadmitted into: the Union. • • - 1645 Tevii admitted into the - Uttiom' . • 1846 lowa 'admitted. into dm 1848 WiseOnsiu adMitted into the Union. , 1850 califirnia adMitted into the Union. • I • • Central /merino. „ • - - We havtitt hatch of rep irts just now which took very :bad fin- the prospects Of Cl: Kin.' ney. AcO•rding to the'New York Tribune, there are hitterq in New YOrk from Sae -Ju- • an, stating i tlyit Colonel hai ahando»ed his grand expeditifM. there being. only r two men of all :his corn pany who stand by Re is Said to be . c;xpected home in the :itexi steamer, lit Appears to be beylnd a doubt that the S. commerical agent at San Juan, Mr. Masi , has been dismissed .by President Pierce fiir McknoWledging Kinney's - lir:int-pa t:on. succesi:or-,. Mr., comet!, ha's been already appointedand sent out to supersede him. A: correspOndent :of the !Witshingion - Star, whelwrites ifroin . San Juan; under date of the 15th ult.,.says that :only three real res idents atld propei-ty owner's of the town, be. sides sotto: Janndea negroes, were present at: the uncetbtg'•whieh elected Kinney .Governor. - - 'Another retter; from the same place. to the same papi.r, - sayS that Kinney has dissolved his Conned, plaeed his resignation in -• the hands of, Mr. M.frtin, acid given lup hope iii settli the - oklntry s . : Ile has - only, five adherents; left, and:even they refuse to work. All hiSiiillowers t who could get away have l e ft -. in:the steamers as . fast as poSsible.. The staterro;nis mad e. in his newspaper are said to be fotid'y untrue, and merely latendvd for effect, 114 story ;of tht . • disCovery of gold, es *—poeiany tbeing 4 e ..i g a e d, to bringarelnittanee The whole country about SapJuatii is said to be a morass unfit for cultiyation, and this is .the !and lkt offers for sale.] • '1 . " tW singiilar-triumph of affection and art is related •: .by the PortsmOuth (N. If.) Chtuniele:.Jamithan Dearborn . of that place, loSt. interealing little daughter of eight years, ,Of whom' . no likeness remained except 1 such_ as lwas'pietured it, the memories of sur--, viving friends. i A brother of the deceas e d, mere Ixly, insisted that, .a goOtl portrait of ; his little sister !might be - ob..ained & win - such I a deseription.aS he could give the artist,' and in spite of rennwnstnutces-he started . for Eus ton with : the purpose of parry in:: out . theidea.l _llls plan was to visit all the picture galleries!. to whilift he enuld obtain acre s, lecting me re -attire front one picture' and in.! other ,from- anther thus, get a, conbination! tha't, shlould ani:wer to- the picture that was so. impresed upon his Menuir,y.. And; strange ti say, after 'numberless discourage., tnenta and two outright failures, the enthi4 siastie ib.oS.seeceerled even bilond his Owtl . . expectations; 'Slid had, the Kati faction of. re• turning 'wine! with a portrait 'that was reeog!. nizml as a ma st beautiful and correct like Bess Of the dfter lost are.=~Springfteld Re-. publican. • .• • .. 1 • • . rir1",„. 1 . 3 1 bile Presidinit Pierce was - standing near' the hotel ai whieb he had, taken romnar says the Chariot t:4'si I le . Repuhlican,,i4 a rece4 date, a tittle chap, of a few Sulu mere. finding his hat.h.snd nniniekled, !rent up to the Prer ident itnd accosted him--" Fix, my hat-lianit; !s Whiit is your name l" said the Prt•s. ident4" . Do -.you know me 1' "'`lfil# , ..ynii are the President," ',gild young. America .•• fix my hat.band." The . Pre.ilent . flied his hat.bandand then' . AMtir. ica went to play, contented and'hapPy that he, too,ii-as the 'President's "peer." - AfTEARAIIICa or . DR. KANE---The Arctic explorey,Dr. Kane, has returned to New; York from Washington, to make nut hia detailed lofficial report. ..The Union saY4: His grey hair. and fitrrowed face plainly tells', the story of his hardhiPs and sufferings, His 'appearance indicates two score and tQn., iti reality he has just entered hi., 85th ,yar. His,form and physique are not - what is ger.? erally isticii , 4 to be in keeping With a daunt ; Icssf spirit, daring exploits, and .hnrettliqm, l tin. dertskinga.: Heiahelow the medium height, will? a spare dehcatiihrpe l , President of UM . tamer of **ad - t in PoPlirAnnit. Irrixolbe,Phtladelphis Puluirer;. :7,4 - . .., •,, ,-, „.. " It is, ;:..` ~, p or, isle to *ciliate pt. fiiiq inn , 1e —" the result oftkE reems4.e. A k in ; ' • 11y: 0 46m, - it -is 4041 it; hitite - Wen derlistedijmtirchiefly because ihipni4 , wJleb iwaik so eirnO)rdesired, and. tic awls:a , essential ta...apecesit, . was not ' Milne ‹Vhe ti r tr eitrt,moe to acoomplish , it, clime. too Late. The catise;refitefeat on the State ticket may be brieflysunnned up thus : ' " . 1. A :mulplicity of candidates for Cann' Onnmissiimer. There were; in fact. no less that five. in the field in .addition to Piutner. True,'lllr Willhonson. Mr. lienderson, Mr. Cleaver,,Spd_ Mr. Martin, - were 'nominally withdrawn, buten were voted: for to seine extent ,iri certaitt parts of the Co rainon wealth., mid these vot es , it. Is - highly . probahle, . will friivriiii ihrifiiinittreatie - than,;Mr; Pluni t il's: majority... . „ .. , .: .., .. ~. . ". 2. 'Ple neglect or, positive refusal .of. a Large body- of conservative, 'Voters to .at tend: :the poll: at all. ,§ome were,di,watisfied with. i the. intent Ar. in • which'. , 111 r. Nicholson was brought befiire:the l people, ,other.s:preferred one of the other candidates, iothers.Could not taalie.up their minds,, and :ethers again were . , I perfectly indifrjtent. The las,:tiatnrd arc, in nio4.-- eases, the. individuals .who .find the greatest fault with the untoward results of 'a struw - e, forgetting that they are really..the culpable perAonit. . They grumble at.all sorts o f nominations ; are never satisfied, retuse. .vote when thg time arrtves,and.then complain. „ f; the +feat.. • • ,3. The individuala, emountingperhaps several l i thousands, whit eharge:that,.Mr. - Wil, hammierrits the candidate of the Abolition. who therefOre, would not unite .any vitiy with that - party” or its.movements. ".4. illie,dismtisfied 'Whigs,. who either re., tOkote at all; or '.who p the Delmafraitie Cindidate. At -a low estimate there Must have lie , ti .at least ten thottyiutai of the.. 4,• not a few ofivhotn..are residents of PhiltoitAphil • •I. . •- - " The oi 'posit ion to the Prohibitory qu,,r Law of last. s&ssiott." This. was truly . formidable, and its raCritifieltions extgud'ed every Where throughout the State.. It inete. , ded, Moreover, Varit us* branches -of the OP , positiOn'—imlividualf. who are either concern ; tit tuimulaeturing ?cor sellit.g Kohibitvd bey. erailie". 'or who believe that the law. is.uneon stitittional. * * " While theref4e, the Nathinal Aciminis - • natarally shout cult Viatory ! we hope stir be able to.proVe . atihe proper-time, that tiw majority oft the people of Pennsylvat nia are•oppo , cd I.General Pierce and his, polio ,!and that thi oppos;Con may be Made effective when a tliorough union can be ae - .. eptiudil:•hed of all the conServative . voters of nn A reverse, sometimes I has its uses. • kparty flushed 'with - triumph and bill of confidenee. is apt tO 'co mitt and- ovet leap the bounds of, prudence. Bettt'r, defeat now than in- the - emttest for the. Pke-ddeney. There are, moreover, soine.i:s. snes',.and 'points in thetreed ofsoine branches of - the ; optawdtion, that, might with propriety be thiidilled. profit by experience! And itbove - all.thitigs let, us avoid eritnination :urddat t Windt ng. f tea l ready too tn:my-of t etc wh4 should have.acted with ' us, have. either • • . gone Over to the enemy -or Are hesitating . as .to their conrke' for thefutnre'. We repeat, thelOpposition to he effectiVe, must lie uni ted; not. only in Philadelphia and Pennsylva. • nial but everywhere throughout the Repubtie. be not , isuflieiently rtheral, let it I'menlarged ;' and if -it, curtain planks that arq Weak and unstable; let them be feinoy edj" . . • 'The returns of the late eantass in our State are remarkahly2slow, corning in, so . that we 1 alp Unable to give the inajority.(ifant) -for limner; or the exiiel : majority 'of the Oeinoc-• ,racy in the Legislature:,. ,- ' .iThe attetnptett•union upon. Nicholson, al though spot.lbt with the pure..l motives,: wan . 01de.ntly too lute, as it coatt. d the canvass very seriously in nearly eve :. eciutity ; and. thousands of votes have 'been cast for lien-, derson, Williamson, Cleaver, and Martin; 414 Othert hi?usmias' ;4:anti-slavery votes were nit: cast at all. Front returns, it would seetp that the vote on Canal CoinmisSiener is SO,OOO to 75,000 short of last fitll'fi'vrite..and therefore is only. a test and proof.of the.supe tiiior activity' of the friends of the -repel; of titejug laW. The Liquor League has Jane up its i usiness as. slily • and as clean as. the Know Nothings did theirs :last fall.—Lewis. 4r:9 Chro4icte.. . . t GENERAL PELlSSlEFL—Extract'uf a private teter dated before . Sevastopol; fj I .was rather surprised at . the appearance French cemmatider of the forms.— Fri Tin his character I expected to have seen ,a young; active man, whereas General rens- I!.i e r is an enormously fat man, with "very white hair; which is cut very 'close ;:he is so fat That he is mashie to ride any distance.-;-. Ole was in ar_epen ra rriage, drawn, by- fisie . lgrays, and twin soldiers us outriders, and an Arab with a white flowingrobe, fidlowed. it. Tne General was - dressed itt unifbrin, with a number e . c.4 iratiens on. his breastou id over hiS shoulders he %yore a white cloak, ,souit= what similar to those worn by the- :Arab chiefs. flu is net very tall, and his ~face - has rather a good-humored expression, and . uite ,diirerent from what your imagination portray fem his history, ~either, .hererpr in Africa. - gar Arnold Plumer is elected Canal Cortt niissioner; and a Majority of the IsNOSlllttirei will be of the same stripe. -'-' We deplore this! result, and did Mir \ best to 'prevent it,,hut we have ni a, ;int Motu ed to our renders - at . iitii time that we hoped for anything better. Madness seenied to ruleAhe hour, on 1110 part of the opponents of slavery extensionj eveeiallin Pittsburgh and western Pennsyl venial. :•• ~r trtead of hartnonizing on one , the Pitts nitwit - gazette - seemed .nmre an,viouS to fight KnOw Nothnigistn, than pro.slaveryi i4rit. Hence union was impossible, .and the State is iost simply" to gratifi- the . Personal prejudices . of .at 'few men.- We hope.. wise counsels will prevail . ..next year. If they :df., the vote of this State. will he given against the eitensiim ofslnvery. - In northern Penn sylvania,' Where . the Republican press 'devoted all its energies to . the advocacy of freedunf,. and leteKtiow Nialtitedsm to ~itself, there is nsolid ;Vote agair,4 the allies' of - slavery-4-, Western Pennsylvania would h ave spoken es emphatically hut :for ridiculpus : quarrels.-4- ° Coudersport People; Journal.,. . , ' 1 Quittv.i—Why don't the DemocnttiePress come out 'again4 the• Liquor, League as fien-VN ly as it did against 'm the- Know . Nothingsti— One is as much' a secret politieal organizatinif as, the other;' but `we bait, not heard a_ lisp , from the party organs againt4. tin Liquor . League; !hicb is- sprewling , ,so extensively over the century:'' is Setrecy: allowable in the Ligtine - League,' the ..Ittinits.. the Sag . Nichts, and the numerous Societies of f, ers in nue large cities,. Jigastve . the,y all help At- Deraieratic party;-and only to be repro.. 'bated in ihose opre the party 1' .; • "mho einveirlain this singularsiteneef' =I Stite Election. Mtltt iniiie4 . - f 'at the Derna eratic candidate. iur U. S. Senatur fruin,llo.t. sylvania. • —Santa Anna-is sal] to. be . .now. , in IV.vh ingtoti," keeping himself very close, but 114 iug frevien;, , conferences with Predent Pierce. • ;-The American. party are succes4el California, having elected their Gtiverac.ra a majority 'of the - tcgislature: - They:hoe4 U. S. Senator ;to elect, • . Governor of Peintgylvanii't ed, on the-9,h instant, thu bill passed, by ee lag Legislature respecting tho.eliartet 01;:e Erie.und Northeast Railroad Company. • . .fitim''San Antonio -.Tti l 4 - 1., port that it is 'found 'by- the survey Nut 411, cilia Valley that - the possession of this Ins 'secure.: to thel United States the , posse.s,' of both intsseS tot he• Pacific: The new ritury is also reported to be rich in.liutb and silver. - ,: • rumor!, reit died •Leiingt, been 17th that Goy. Reeder had Mar& at Sr: doseph7S .but it i, 'pronounced 4 h , The editor' of the Lexingtii.'Eipress GUy. Reeder has been fighting; but; is ul jured. ` .At the election :On the . 90, el pa-sed oil quietly., he i•lecteedOrgat Con4iess from Kansas by a largfma . of 'the legal - Votes of the TerrlOry. ' • • Rai:ma aABLE ExPEnutprz..•---Aytra a science gives the, (lent; which Settles a qneath - (if portance in Odin:4lllv, Two. hnntief,d lr w t ighe of earth was :in a oven, at: teiwards ibto an earihen vessel, . earth was then inoistenetl with' rain. 'c . . _ . aairi-a - wit tow tree, Weighiag five Place 4 therein. Darin . the Apace of years the earth was carefully watered 'rain water, Or pure %Titer ; 'the Willow and flouri and tt vii prett the earth mixed with fresh earth (kr duist bhlwn by Ate wilds, it Wa,i'etwt4ed with .a Otte perf.,rated with a great nurnhrli Boles suitehte fir the free aulnlit4:ien only. Afti:r growing in the stir for:fivey , the tree we.: removed and tintnd tic ivelizi p. 111111j:4 And nb. eft'three- intiiees; the le which' fell 'from the-treeljesery - nntn nut not included in thitv.vrefght. 'ThOeartt than reenoved froin the vesse.l;. apin di thn oven end 'arteriwneth% weighed; : . it ' terwnriis dixeliyPreti. to hnve. lost or!, twt).A•uncra of its original Aitiight pima& of irtaaircibrc; hark and Mot,.' _ eertaitily •praduced,' hot • from ,what r hhs Lawn .disetaiered ta - he i shi mklid. elehtentat This Attarme , at first appearfliicredible, hat on slight tiem its truth proved, Menu-'e the phir‘ conthins.eorbiinie acid, which is 714=pitrts of weight, of asp 8 3 8 Pasist-.1& weight, otrarboh. • r s r Eleetifina are t4i take place In n.nd,y,' Ntri.ember 5, 'tiw-Statt. and five Rrpresentatisev tti Con,4ress. siasippi,'Motulay; Noveitilier Vii, SW , and five RipergriltatiVeS tti C 4 aigmss. .Y4k; Tit Noiern her • State hut tug Ooyertica;;"6 - r - Lietitenant Got New Jtirey; beni,orWtzsetiibly'aud Cottaty'.ifficei!. Navem bee 6 - State ' - ligaqltiiit% Weiliteslay, N a ve4 - i tier 1, a ref4nto ivu§' '; et ot igrks; • 310 0 stt iiiii!ty; Iqiiveather... 12; State -i,flio 1100eAsee,.'Attiltauta,i, Wi siil:::P . Vattaylvarfin, the Legisiaturo eteet..fitie-lt Si . Sepltor. ii