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CIRCULATION, 2088.
C: F r itEAD, h H. H. FR N AZIAT. EDITORS
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Thuslidriy, December 2,
Ef•tll4Ce:-3(r. , E. W. FSAVIIVIS our. tra' Tent*
agent, - authorized to receive scu6scriptions, advertise.
manta, &e., and to collect moneys for the p!depend.
tont Republican..
Special_ Notice.—Alf 'Persons indebted to
this office, either for job work, advertising, - on gob.
scriptlon, or otherwise, 'confer a great favor on .
- us by paying up without further 'delay. - We prefer
that payments should be made In money, which we
much need ; but we will also take grain or wood at'
Montrose market prices.
•
Itgr' For s proceedinga of the Earford Fair
see fourth page of this paper.
• • rir May we not bear again - soon from
our ,New York eorrespondent?- and. Miy
Pekir ? and Will? and 8. 3.8.1 and - :•a
fort. ?'
- 'l2e. Advertisers will please bear irimind
that advertisements ought tote in the ,print.
er's bands .by Monday - evening, to bum*
their insertion in tlui Republican the "same
week. The "form" of the is " made
up" on Tuesday 'afternoon; and we cannot
promise the immediate insertion of advertise. .
ruen4 received so late as _Tuesday noon.
itar Professor Stoddard -has left at, our
' office a handsome, well-filled ear of eight-row
-1
fad Allow corn, 141- inches long. t has 164
large kernels in a row. If. he Can , "grow"
intellects On as large A Scale, his se , 00l must
become famous.: ' . ', "
gar' The Pews in
, St.. Paul's Chtirch,
'Montrose, 'will be rented, on Sattrt3ay, Dec.
4, 1858,'at 2r o'clock, p. m.
The - XXXV:th Congress will conteue
-at Washington, on Monday' next, for its clos
ing or short session. The admission of Ore
. goii as a State, a Railroad to the Pacific; the
National - Finances, Our Relations with Spain
and Mexico - , Kansas iirs s ome shape, and Slave
rylin all .shapes, are among the questions
likely to be brought before-it.
Car' Some 'people are fluent in describing
-
the advantages that city newspipera possess
over the country press, but seem never to
have‘thQught_ of the particulars iri which the
local papers have the advantage. , Suppose a
man feels unable to take more than one news-
paper, and is debating in his mind whether
it shall be his county paper or a city pa.
pet. Wnat he wants -is the genegl news
of the country and the world s -the doings of
_the State Legislature, - and the local news of
the county. If_ he decides in ,favor,ol'the
city paper,---intended for general cirCuration
throughout the country, and of course filled
with general news—he loses . all that part
• whieli is of most immediate interest to him
—the localnews. It his paper is published
out of the State—as is the case With most of
- the city papers taken-in this . county , except
some literary papers which contain . little
. news—then, besidesi getting no county news,
be gets almost no State news, and, has to de
rill upon his better-informed neighbors for
information of " what the Legislature is do-
ins'_' dm. On the Other -hand,- a well con
' ducted county paper gives ayeast a syn6p
, sin of the general news, together With all the
. important proceedings of the State Legisla
ture, and a variety of, local news that can be
obtained from no other. source,. While we
are glad to see good city papers prosper, and
would advise all . who can afford it to tale.'
several of them, we , believe that those who
can havebut one, should decide in favor of
the county paper. Those who have , several
trill hardly fail to inclndelt among the num-
lar.? We observe that many of our cotelia•
poraries of the newspaper press are, like us,
greatly afflicted with obituary' " poetry."
Most of it is awfully ridiculous. It is a
shocking abuse of the dead to write such
stuff, and would be a worse to print it. Take
for example the followipg, from a long string
of verSea sent to us, with a graire request
that We •would send a few copies of the ' Re
pub/kiwi containing. them to a relative of the
deceased, for distribution among his friends.
We print the-specimen verses exactly as we
received item : - -
• The pain was awful hard to bear -
- As we must all he well aware'
But calm with patience did she lie • -
Saying she knew that ebe'reust die.- ,-
About eight hours she did survive
And then the messenger did arrive
Then without a struggle all was o'er'
Just as her age was twenty four
Her sister anti her brothers Mourn -.'"
And ati tier friendslts far as known -
Do mourn her I is one that's dear „.
But Hark her, . I may be neat.
• \ '
• ''
No more of her t
setirity j - • a
Shall we in this world ever see-
The places that knew her before
Will knowhe.r in this world. no more—.... _ -
. ri y- The Honesdale Herald (Democratic)
Seems bothered, as we are, to usderstandshow
Douglas's organ; the, Chicago Time, can
claim the R s epublican victories-in New York;
Michigan'," Pennsylvaiiia, dm, to be so many
endorsements of Douglas, while thii latter
denounces the Republican; and chtims fel
lointhip with the Democratic party: Sa,ys
the Herald, " .. We simply hint that there
,is
imminent danger - that the rejoicings of Doug:
lashes over:RePublican victories, and the fisct
thai-they -cleat the defeat of the Democracy
in the Free States, by many thousands, as
•
their work, will not improve the chances of
Mr. Douglas before the Charleston- Conven
*KO -
It is stated that the President and
Cabinet are , intriguing-vrith souls of the -par
ties to the civil war - now existing in Mexico,
with the intention' of " annexing" another
slice of that unhappy country to the United
States. Mexican of the tunic of Mate, ss
miming the high.sounding title of Minister
Plenipotentiary of the screened constitution.
al government of Mexico„ has been clandes
tinely received ,by President Buckanan and
the Secretary-of Slate, and had several• long
,conferences with them: His object is to ob
tain the intervention of the United States in
the intestine'quarrels of Mexico. The Cabi
net,laving an - eye on Cuba, are anxious to
get up a quarrel with the Spanish govern
ment,atui it has been intimated td the Mexican
that . the best way to secure the y aid of our
government, would be for his party to de
'dare war against Spain. Accordingly, some
thing like a declaration of war against" that
country has already been issued ,by the 'so.
called' constitutional Piesident Juarez. In
pursuance of the scheme fqr the acquisition
of more territory for Slavery, it is intimated
that the - President in his forthcoming message
to Congress. 41 recommend an interference
on nle part of the United States in the- do
mestic quarrels of Mexico. - •
".Many. of the Sharnocratic papers are
attempting to make a terrible bugbear out
of Senator Seward's assertion of his belief
that the Slates of this Union will eventually
become all free States or all slave. States.—
It is true that Mr. Seward went on to express
his confident belief that they would All be
come Free States, but these honest editors
forget to mention that fact. What is there
alarming or wrong in the Senator's predic
tion? Ask honest Northern- Democrats
whether they expect Slavery always to exist
in this Country, and nine out often will say
they do not. They believe that Slavery is
to.pass away, and that this is to become in
verity; as in name, a land -of freedom and
equal rights. There may be exceptions, but
that is the belief and the hope . of the .great
body of the Northern people, without distinc
tion of party.
Or The Philadelphia News having ex•
pressed itself not unfavorable to Mr. Chase
for Speaker, the Montrose Democrat, with its
usual amiability, reminds the Hews of its old
quarrels with some of Mr. Chase's friends in
this county. 'Why can't the Democrat let
bygones be bygOnes in our case, as well as
its own 'l. We think we have some faint re
membrance of quite a. quarrel bet*een the
Democracy and the Whigs; and yet this
year the Democrat and its friends havetshow
ed'their willingness to forget the past by all
voting the " Whig Ticket."
Tux.NATIONAL gnA.—This excellent paper
is about to commence its thirteenth tolume
and as it is conducted upon the cash princi.
ple,,its editor appeals to the public for a con
tinuance of that support which has been ex
tended to it heretdfore . Except the Repub..
lie; which shows symptoms of being short.
lived, the Era is the only paper at Washing
ton which reflects the anti.slavery sentiment
of the country, and as it is I,n that account
deprived of all federal patronage; it is de
pendent entirely upon the people, outside of
the District. Those who desii-e a first class
paper from the seat of government should
order the Era. weekly in the Union has
a more able corps of editors and correspond
"ents. It presents each week a well prepared
variety of editorials on different- subjects; a
summary of general news and political intel
ligence, has a careful record of the proceed
ings of. Congress, and is the repository of a
large portion of the most interesting speeches
delivered in that body. The terms are two
dollarper annum for a single copy, and to
clubs it is furnished at a much lower rate.—
Address, G. BarLxr, Editor of the National
Era, Washington, D. Q
, rgir The /idiom School Journal, pub
lished at Indianapolis, at one dollar a year, is
one of the best educational journals we have
ever seen. W. D. Henkle, its principal edit
or, is a genuine scholar, keen and indefatiga:
ble in, pursuit of truth. The . November
number of the Journal contains an article by
the_editor on the possessive case of singular
nouns ending in a. Many hundred examples
are cited, going to show that an additional a
should follow the apostrophe, making an ad
ditional syllable;--thus, "Douglas's speech,"
not," Douglas' speech." Mr. Henkte states
that his examples have been collected from a
privatelibrary of morh than a thousand vol.
mites ; and that- he will agree to produce
from good authorities three
_examples on that
side of the question to every -opposing one.
Goold Brown says that not of the excep.
Lions (elisions of the additional a) are to lie
aCef anted Mere poetic licenses.
Mr. Finkle closes his article as follows
Lennie, in his grammar, page 86, thus
beautifully -illustrates the impropriety of
omitting the additional et
' It has lately become common, When the
nominative singular ends in s or sr, to form
the possessive by omitting, the a after the
apostrophe ; as James' tiook„ Miele
,tr, in
stead of lamis'e ruins'. shoes. Put
theae phrases into questions, and then they
will appear ridiculous. Is this book James' 1
Are these shoes Miss' ? Nor are they less
ridiculous without the interrogatory fared
as, This book is James', &c.'
"Those who incorrectly say "Davies' Al;
gebra" and " : Bullions' Grammar," are apt
to commit another, blunder, and speak of tht3
authors of these works as ." Defy" and
"Bullion." Thus. we see' that accuracy de
mands the additional*, and we belibve that
ins few years there will be leas departure
from the correct rule. by those who 'rave sen
sitire ears than at present. Even the news
papers ar9 beginning, to be accurate, in the
matter.
"We close with the rule to which our in.
'vestigations have led us. RUM—Form the
possessive singular of nouns by. adding an
apostrophe and letter s, except in the phrases
conscience' sake, righteousness' sake, good
ness' sake • shortness sake, emphaass' sake;
and prob*bly Jesus' sake.
"Note.—Poetical license must be- consid
ered as extended sufficiently far to warrant
ttieomission 'of the latter s."
ARTHOWAOICI MAOAZINX for De
cember is excellent, as this nuozine always
is. know -*IMP comme nce s with the net
ran •
Or We have received from the publish
ers of the authbra• I:xl'4mm:icon , edition, a
copy of Miss ISetneeeiliter tape, - he Four
Bistets, 4rhich the Philadelphia Saturday
-Evening. Post sPeaks as follows :
,
• "The Font. Sisters, -.by Miss Bremer, is
one q'thosti hoirels, by thik'genial author,
Vilischlutve so pleasantly opened to us the
doors of . SerediSh homes, warmed' our hearts
in their cheerful fireside glow, and made us
familiar with the lights and shadows of Swed
ish life. The subject of the story is a wo.
man's life and a woman's fare. The novel is
full of rich humor, clever character-painting,
and felicitous descriptions of town; life and
country life, and in-door and out-. r scen
ery in SwedenJ The - tsanslation ' been
made by Mary Howitt, who seemsThern to
do two things remarkably well—:-write ad-.
mirable stories i ' hi her own, - and admirabl •
transrate the stories of . Miss Bremer. We
would advise all of our reader's to obtaih it
and read it. le is published by T. B. Peter.
son & Brother's, Philadelphia, Who will. send
a bound copy of it to anyone, Ter mail, free
of postage, on isending $1,25 • in
,a •letter .to
them.'
far TIM ATLANTIC MONTNLT continues
to gain rapidlY in circulation and popular eh.
teem. The *comber nuMber As equal to
any yet Issued. The Atlantic has taken pot
slant' as the best purely literary magazine
published in the United States. The third
volume will cOmmence Januaryj,
Published by Sampson 4t Co., Bos
ton, Mass., at .$3 a year. We will furnish it
and the IndepCndent Republican one year for
$3.50.
.
s The .arriaburq• Daily. Telegraph, of
which we publish the prospectus this week, is
a spirited; well conducted newspaper, and is
taking the lead of all others at our State cap
ital.
Court Proceedings,
Nov nuns 122,1858.—1 n the matter of the
Road in Franklin from near S. W. Trues
dell's to near David Bailey's. Upon reading
depositions, and argument of attorneys,Court
do not confirm' the Report:
Moses Any, vs. Wm. Wilson. Certiorari.
On hearing, Court reverse the jUdgmint of
the Justice:
In the matter of the Constable of the Bor
ough-of Friendsville. The Court accept the
resignation of Harmon Birdsall, Constable of
said Borough; and discharge hiria from the
obligations of said office. The Court appoint
V rn. Robb Constable of said Borough.
Daniel Willard vs. Charles Labar. Ap
peal Verdict for defendant:
Jeremiah Alverson - vs. Uollins .Gelatt
A s prieal. Verdict for plaintiff, for $15,:33,
Charles Withey vs. Alex. Ball. Rep!evin.
Verdict for pi IMO', for 8112..
Nov. 24, 58.—Court order Venire Ades
Juratores in Common Pleas, Quarter Ses
sions, and Qyer and Teritiner, returnable, to
January term,,lBs9,,same day, Venire" is
sued.
Hiram C. Baker vs: Jason Dickerlmm jr.
Action on the case, for Slander. - Verdict for
the defendant. •
Rebecca Ann Kelly &e. vs. D. F. Brun
dage.. Settled by the parties.
Samuel Tewksbury vs. Isaac, Daniel, and
Benjamin Smith. Ejectment. Plaintiff takes
non pros. ,
Ezra Chandler vs. W. C. ,Chandler. In
Debt.. Verdict for defendant.
Commonsiealth vs. Elias H. Wellman.—
Nov. 24, '5B, the defendant, Elias 11. Well
man, being at the bar, the Court sentence
him to restore the property stolen, if not al
ready` done, or pay the value thereof to the
owner, to pay a fine of ten' dollars to the
Commonwealth, for the use of the County,
to pay the costs of the' proseEntion, and to
undergo im imprisonment in the Eastern
Penitentiary at Philadelphia, in solitary con
finement at labor, for the term of ten months,
and that he stand committed until the sen
tence be complied with—the sheriff to deliv
er him at said Penitentiary within twenty
days, and to be allowed one assistant.
Commonwealth vs; Russel Barnes. Sen
tence the same as the above. •
Henry Chandler vs. Wm. Barrett, admin.
istrator &c. of Joseph Glover, deceased. • In
Case. "Verdict-for defendant.
Henry S. Spackman vs. Charles Tingley,
executor Sc. of Lois Mott; widoW and de.
visee of Ithemar Mott, dec'd. Scire Fades.
Appearance and plea withdraWn, and. judg.
mentlar plaintiff for $855,64.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for. David
L Meeker vs. Wm. Jessup and Benj. S.
Bentley, executors &c.• of Andrew 11. Rote,
dec'd. Verdict for defendants.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Ragan. Sen
tenced to pay a fine of
. $25 and costs of pros.
ecution, and stand committed, &c.
Comth. vs. John Bailey and Weston Bai
ley. Defts., and C. , H. Roberts and Samuel
Burtztnan recognized in the.
,sum of $2OO
each, that the Delta.- shall keep the peace,&c.
Commonwealth vs. Caren Clark. Deft.
sentenced to pay fine of $5 and costs, and
stand committed dc.
‘ Commonwealth vs. Dwight Thorp. Deft.
sentenced to psy fine of one dollar, and costs
and4give security for payment of costs with
is ten days, and stand committed dm
Tribute of Respect
At a regular meeting of Montrose Lodge, N 0.151,
2.0. of 0. P., the following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously idopte&!
WReelA*, It hoe pleased the Almighty Rufer of
the Universe \ to remove Rom us, by death, our wor
thy brother, Past Grand G. R. PICLERING, therefore
Peso Ned, That while We bow In humble submis
sion to the decree Of Rim who wisely ordereth sit
events, we deeply lament the loss of one whose ex
cellency of character wort the need and esteem of
all who knew him.
Resolved, That in the death of. our beloved broth
er, a link in the mystic tie has been severed, remind
ing us of the uncertainty of life, and the certain de
cay of all earthly hopee..
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the af
flicted family of our deceased brOther in .their be
reavement, and in Friendship, Love, and Truth, m
itre them that the institution Which the husband
hontneti, tail utter tease to tare for the widow and
friends. -
Reaolosd,, That the foregoing , resolutions be pub.
fished in the Montroie papers, stud a copy, (under
seal of the Lodge, attested by the proper officers,) be
presented to the widow of our deceased brother.
R. E. MERRIMAN. N. G.
Amos 2Jtraoss, Besse's,' p.
Pbr the Independent lispublican
Opening of the iormal SchooL
The Susquehanna County Normal School
was opened, at Montrose, Nov. 22, 1858.
The day being veiy stormy, there were not
as many in attendance as 'there otherwise
would hive - beet. .
The opening address was delivered by
Rev, J. C. Boomer, at the Academay Hall,
at 2 o'clock, p. m. The lecture was of a
very practical nature—pointing out the prop.,
er course for students to pursue, and the kind
of habits proper for them to form:
Pro£ J. J.F. Sioddard-- tint- distinguished
teacher, has taken particular pains toprocure
a corps of good assistants. No pains will be
spared to lay broad and deep the foundation
on which to rear the superstructure that dis
tinguishes the profound and accomplished
scholar from the sciolist and false pretender.
. The appliances for giving thorough instruc
tions are equal to any that can be fonid. All
who are desirous of rece r liKing an equivalent
4-.)r their whide time ispd orstey, had Metter
initiebve the present, opporMnity.
OAI
Prom the Nfitiottirl Era.
XLDoneetand the hesiaenet.
The enthnsisam of the Mends Of Judge
Douglas has Watt ekclted to ' fever heat by.
' `f.V;rn to
~
the result of the recent election in Illinois.—Tl-ey
tahe it for greaten:lllM -
his r
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the Senate, undo: ~n e cir c onsta t o e s, will im
press the " Democracy," North and South,
with an idea of his invincibility, and that his
nomination by the Charleston Convention
will be an inevitable political necessity of
the party, however distasteful it may be to
the slave interest. They seem equally son.
guine of success at the ballothoi; antithese
jubilant'hopes of the Douglasites have been
encouraged, if not founded upon the very
generous, and, as we think, unwarranted ad.
missions ot leading Republican newspapers.
We regard the . Presidential prospects of
Judge Douglas as anything but flattering;--
and the extravagant joy of his friends at his
hare success, with a popular majority against
him, indicates a consciousness of weaknesi,
rather than of strength. Illinois, prior to
the 'repeal of the Missouri Compronnise, was
as finally wedded to Black Democracy as
- Arkansas is at this day ; and the majorities
in favor of the party nominations were so•
much a matter ot course, and so overwhelm
ing; that no one , thought of looking at the
figures. The course of judge Douglas, and
the policy he has thought fit to pursue, have
broken down this indisputable ascendency of
his party, and he comes back to the Senate
with a poliular majority of six to eight thou
sand against him. He has a majority of the
Legislature, but Lincoln and the Republicans
have a majority of the peopld. -A reappor
tionment of representation would have given
them the ascendency 'in the Legislature and
the seat in the United States Senate. Mr.
Douglas has therefore lost the confidence of
his constituents, and his success is due, not
to the people, but to the temporary constitu
tional impediments to a fair expression of
their will.' He has therefore ceased to be
the man of the people • and he owes the ec
lat of the nioment to the f t that he is less
udious to his constituent than itny other
man of his party. The m jority against him
f
is only some six or eight . t ousand, while that
against the President in Pennsylvania is we
know not how many thousands. This, then,
is - the glory, of Judge Douglas.
There can be no doubt that Judge - Doug
las owes his escape from overwhelming de
feat to the hostility of the Administration.
The opposition of a President and party
which upheld the Lecompton villainy was a
redeeming virtue, in the eyes of an outraged
piit;ile sentiment, and this single circumstance
parried the keenest thrusts of his antagonists.
ShOuld he again identify himself with - the
fortune; of the Slavery propagandists by ac
cepting their nomination fur the Presidency,
he go before his constituency stripped of
this shield; and, in view of the growing sen
timent of Freedom in Illinois, we hazard lit
tle in predicting his Inglorious eefeat.
The nomination of Mr. Douglas by the
Charleston Convention _would of itself be a
rare political phenomcr.on. History records
no instance of a sneeessful Northern rebell
ion in the ranks of the Democracy, or of the
leader of the rsvolt being induced to return
to his allegiance by - ,alt offer of the chief
command. Such was not the fate of-Van
Buren 4 Wright, although their opposition
to the Pro-Slavery policy of the party only
amounted to a mild remonstrance. Even
Gen. Caw, although he was nominated by
the party Convention, was abandoned on the
field to the mercy of his `enemies, from a
scarcely well-founded doubt of his " sound-
ness."
But supposing that Mr. Douglas overrides
all opposition, and receives the Charleston
nomination, it can only be by making con
cessions on his part which will be fatal to
-him at the ballot-box in bis - own State, and
in all the free States. tie must repudiate
--‘ popular sovereignty," end give pledges of
his readiness to restrain the rights which he
conceded to the people in his recent Senator•
ial canvass. The following article upon this
head, from the Richmond EngUirer, express
es the general sentiment of the party south
of. Mason and Dixon's line, The Charles
ton Mercury, and other organs of Southern
opinion-, have already indicated their purpose
to stand by these demands of the Enquirer.
Non-interv'ention will no longer answer the
purposes of Slavery, and is abandoned out
right,. The South now demands intervention
\ by Congress for the protection of Slavery in
the Territories. . The Richmond Enquirer
says:
" But, while counseling unity and har
mony, Vit ginia• is not unmindful of the great
questions that are yet unsettled with regard
to Slavery in the Territories. Virginia sees
that though the Constitution recognizes, and
the Supreme Court sustains, her right to car
ry slaves into a Territory, yet she also re
members what Judge Douglas so pointedly
brought to light in 111i,nois, that this right
may be rendered null and void by the non
action o'f the Territorial Legislature. _While
Virginia recognizes no power that can com
pel a Territorial Legislature to enact those
laws- necessary to the constitutional
rights of alaveholders, yet she does hold that
Congress has the right, and is in duty bound,
to protect Slavery tin the Territories until the
people of a Territory, when on the i re of
farming a State Government, may decide the
question finally for the future State.
" This question is one above the plVormi
of parties, and must be met and decided,
constitutionally in favor of protection, or un•
constitutionally against it. It cannot and
must not be compromised; if the Cincinnati
platform does not provide for this question,
it must be made to meet this issue.
" This question of protection to Slavery
in the Territories will have to be met, and
the South will demand her constitutional
rights ; these rights are recognized in the
Constitution, asserted in the Kansas-Nebras
ka bill, admitted by the Cincinnati platform,
and have been sanctioned and adjudicated by
the Supreme Court ; and, with this array of
authority, the South will demand the legisla
tion necessary to render valid the rights so
amply recognized by the party, the cottntry,
*the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the.
Constitution.
"The right to reclaim fugiti slaves was
given - by the Conititution ; the Northern
States refused to legislate for the practical
enforcement of this constitutional right, and
Congress was compelled to provide the legis
lation necessary to the usefulness of this pro-
vision. So is it with regard to Slavery in
the Territories.• There is no' power to co
erce a Territorial Legislature to do its con
stitutional duty, and Congress must supply
the legislation withheld by the derelict Terri
tory. - -
"Intervention for - protection is a funda
mental principle of the South, and a wiser
nor better remark never fell from governor
Wise than the following extract from his III•
fools lettei : -
" Protection in the Territories and every.
where, to elf rights of person and of proper
ty, in abeordance with the -rights of the
States, and of, the Constitution arid. laws of
the Union! • tiere, then, may be found Vit.-
ginia l -4 declaration with regard to Slavery in
the Territories. To this she is constitution
ally entitled. She asks no more_; she will
take' no less."
Xt is needless for us to say that Mr. Doug
las child not take the ground of the_ Enguir
", and We troy.4ad, pit %gm Bouttleca
" Demic.raeh"...withihkt a totAl and
less itblinaohincut 0? Ns-soNnAl!itia
declarations to the peOple Of Illinois
the recent canvass.
The Enr..;-- ~...
qwetty assumes-dm
jeet of Mr. Douglas in alluding to the
ence of a power in the people of the
tories to exclude Slavery, was ma,
drtisr attention to the necessity of
legislation on the part of Congress. Tl
a dagrantimputation upon the honor
Illinois Senator, which he -and hie
should resent. We are unwilling to
it just, but we think that, consideri
friendly relations which have subsisted be
tween, the‘Briguirer and Mr. Douglas, the
friends of the latter are called upon to re
move all misapprehension by an authorita.
tine, statement of his true position.
Supposing it possible for the ‘Southern
wing of the Slave Democracy to forgive the
revolt of Mr. Douglas, we think we yet see
inextricable. difficulties in his path,- growing
out of this question. It will be equally per-
ilous to take either horn of the dilemma. If
he staid by his popular sovereignty, pro-
claimed from . every stump in Illinois, he at
once abandons all hope of support at the
South.- If he accept the terms of the props:
gandists, pledge himself to stand upon their
platform, and, to sanction Congressional -in
terference for:the protection of Slavery, he
is a doomed man in all the Free States.
Thus, on all sides, we see what seem to be
insurmountable obstacles in the way of Judge
Douglas; and we'cannot- avoid the conclu.
sion that the high hopes of his ' friends are
destined to an early blight.
gar In reply to certain assertion.; of the
Express, on the subject of Congressional pro.
hibition of S ry in the. Territories, the
New York Trib e Vas the following :
" It is demonstrably true that the original
Ordinance for the Government of the Terri
tories of. the. United States, drafted by Thom
as Jefferson and sanctioned by a large major.
ity of the Continental Congress of 1784, did
provide for the positive, and absolute exclu
sion of Slavery by act of Congress from ALL
the States to be formed out of the Territories
of the United States, whether South or North
of Mason & Dixon!s line. That proposition
was sustained by the-votes of Elbridge Ger
ry of Mass.,
Roger Shermhn of Conn., Jeffer
son of Va., Williamson ON. C., twelve oth
er Members, sixteen in all—while only even
votes in all were cast against it. New York,
then a Slave State, unanimously voted Ay ;
so did all the Members present from six oth
er States; yet the proposition was lost be.
cause the affirmative vote of nine States (two
thirds of the Thirteen) was required to carry
a proposition.
•In 1787, the Ordinance was revised and
paed,'expressly ,nrohibiting Slavery in all
the Territory the United Stales.then possess
ed. Mr. Dane's bill did not, like Mr. Jeffet4
son's, anticipate the acquisition of further
• Territory, and provide for the government
of that also, But it said with regard' to eve
ry foot of territory then belonging to the
United States :
There shall be neither Slavery nor invol-
Untary servitude in the said Territory, other
wise than for the punishment of crimes,where
of the,parties shill be duly convicted.' •
For. that proposition all the States voted,
Georgia and South Carolina included. It
goes as far as we ask or wish Congress to go
now. And it was sanctioned and' re-enacted
by the first Federal Congress—assembled
and acting under the Federal Constitution—
and was approved.and signed by Washing
ton. No one denies that.
Well, says the Express, Congress proceed
ed soon after toadmit new Slave States. So
it did but they were States formed from
territory ceded by Slat o States on the ex
,press condition that Slavery should NOT be
prohibited therein. • Kentucky was an inte
gral part of Virginia, just as. Maine was of
Migsachusetts, and just as much slaveholding
ns her mother. She was never' a Federal
.Territory. Tennessee was'ceded to the Un
ion (Dec. 22, 1785,) by North Carolina, on
this express condition :
Provided always, That no regulations
made, or to. be made, by Congress; shall tend
to emancipate slaves.'
So Georgia. ceded what are \ now , Alabama
and Mississippi (April 2, 1802,) upon,certain
conditions, one of them being that the anti-
Slavery proviso aforesaid should not be ap
plied to them. Of course, Congress, respect
ed the condition."
• Fitom Wasursoros.—There is no truth in
the report circulated throughout the South,
thq!, Secretary Cobb has accepted the' posi.
tion of Minister to France, -
The'tabinet was in extraordinary session
to-day, on matters to be presented to Con
gress, on the opening-of the session.
A Kansas letter, from an authentic source,
mentions that Montgomery and his associates
jiave been indicted, but are evading the pro
cess of the
NEXT SPEAKER.—We see by the papers
in the eastern pnrt of the State, that S. B.
Chase, Esq., of Susquehanna county, A a
proMinent candidate for Speaker of the
House of Representatives. Mr. Chase is
elected for the third time, and is one of the
finest men in the State; Ile was temporary
Chairman of the State Ccnventiou, in 1857,
and is a man eminently fitted for the port, as
well as a gentleman of unspotted reputation.
More than all,he is a Republican of the school
of '56, and from intimations of the Press, he
stands a good chance to be the next Speaker.
—Monongahela Republican.
SPEAKERSIIIP OF HOUSE OF REPRESENVA
TIVES.—An animated and uncertain contest
will take place for - the next Speakershiii of
the House of Representatives. The combi
nation of partici will render the election one
of great interest. Hon. G. A. Grow,the Re
publican Caucus nominee before, will proba•
bly be the candidate again for that high sta
tion, and with better hopes of success.—
Broome Republican.
Tna SOUTII CAROLINA SENATORSIIIP.--The
subject of the selection of a candidate for the
seat iu the United States Senate; left vacant
by the death of Mr. Evans, is now a promi
nent question of discussion in political circles. :
Ex-Governor McAdam , is the favorite of all
those who desire to agitate the reopening of
the slave-trade, but R. Barnwell Rhett, Ex.
Governor Manning, or General McQueen
will most likely be the choice of the Legis
lature.
THE TAX ON MONEY AT INTEkEET.--This
tax ought to be removed by the Legislature.
It is hostile to-the interests of the producer,
and benefits the shaver. It drives muney
out of itenatural channels, and throws it into
the hands of speculators and those who prey
upon the people. This law has driven mil
lions of money out of the State, which would
have been kept at home and develop our re
sources if it had been free from taxation.—
Every press in the State ought to insist upon
the repeal of this tax, if they desire to ad
vance the interests of Pennsy
Journal.
Goon • lirr.—The Plailuriakr sannoun .
an eating match in Cleveland for the cham
pionship of America. The two contestants
are to go beyond the city.limiukand eat mush
and milk until one of them burats--the one
who does not beret to be otedeiei. tire Attar I
.... A Bet ks county Dutchman says " It
is - von shame If Mishter.Shones be not elect.
ed, for he is the . . Committee of the Shairman
of Mean Ways." -
.... The Washington Union gives notice
that the President will sustain those who suf
fer for their devotion to his Administration.
Ile will hive to establish a pretty extensive
I house of refuge.
.. Gov. Packer tendered the vacancy in
the'Supreme Court to Mr. Read, and it was
declined on the ground that he wished a short
time to settle his business prior to entering
- upon his duties in December.
.... The Selano (Cal.) Herald says there
are many . California lions (cougars) " slosh
ing about" in that county. One of them,
six feet long,, was killed a short time since , .
under a house, in Vallejo, the ex•capital of
the State. _
.... The war in India continues. Sever
al scattering encounters with the rebels are
reported, but nothing important At the
last accounts, several actions had been fought
near Lucknow, and a large number of the
rebels destroyed.
... A fire occurred at Mauch Chunk,
November 27th, by which the Lehigh Coal
Company:a carpenter shop and a ware house
were destroyed. Loss, 0000.
.. A son of Mr. Edmund Bartlett, of
Newbury port, Mass.. aged seven_ years, on
Friday, the 19th inst., fell with a needle in
his hand. The needle entered the knee joint
and broke off, occasioning convulsions, -from
Which he died on Monday morning.
Who are the rniterable ?—Let the
Dyspeptic, who Suffers physically and men
tally. answer. But though he has drunk the
very dregs of suffering, relief exists in the
Oxygenated Bitters; they are " a cure for all
his woes." -
•. Ten negroes (five men, three women
and two childrenjin absurd pursuit of those
" Rlitteringgeneralities," life and liberty, ran
away from Morgantown, Va. They had a
fight against twenty-five men and the Dred
Smitt decision, in Fayette county, Pa., but fi
nally escaped and ,are now in Canada, it is
supposed.
It is singulWr how much of the New
England, biped is among the Congressmen
elect from Pennsylvania. Stevens is a na•
tive of Vermont ; •Grow and Scranton were
born in' Connecticut, and Dimmick, Hale,
Babbit, Hall, and we know not how many
others, are sons or grandsons of good old
Yankeeland.
.... The people Of Washington Territory
complain that. E. C. Fitzhugh, Whom Mr.
Buchanan has sent them as a judge, has mut.-
tiered a peaceful citizen, goes armed with pis
tols, to intimidate the people, and keeps a
harem of Indian girls. There has evidently
been a mistake, and JudgeFitzhugh was in
tended for Kansas, to assist Lecompt and
Cato.
.... A large delegation of the " iron men"
of Pennsylvania are in Washington ; endeav
oring to have a favorable indorsement of
their desire for an increase of duties in Sec
retary Cobb's report. Southern politicians,
61i the contrary, urge the impost of duties
upon coffee and tea, in preforenc to any oth
er mode of raising the revenue necessary to
defray the expenses of the government.
.... A bill has passed the House of Rep
resentatives by a vote of fifty-six to fifty-two,
prohibiting the intermarriage of first cousins,
under a severe penalty, and cutting off the
inheritance of issue. The preamble to -the
bill,asserts that many deformations of mind
and body are of congenial origin, from the
practice of near kindred intermarrying with
each other.—Milledgeville Becord.
.... It is currently reported that Mr.
Cobb will, instead of a,loan, propose a duty
of twenty per cent. on tea and- coffee, from
which five millions wilt be realized. It is
possible that he may present this.as an alter.
native to a loan. No tax would be more
unpopular than a tax upon these necessaries
of life, though the proportion each person
would bear, would be necessarily small.—
Still it would considerably affect the con
sumption of the articles.
An -Englishrioan named Edward J.
Dickens, who lies been connected with vari
ous prominent journals in Great Britain and
Australia, committed suicide, by taking poi
son, on Wednesday,.. in Jersey City., The
Times says : "He probably left England un
-der circumstances of' embarrassment, and
-found himself a. stranger here, without re
sources or friends. He had taken apart
ments in Great Jones street, which he had
been obliged to leave,- and went thence to
Jersey City, where, on Tuesday night, he
ended his life, either intentionally or by poi
son taken incautiously with some other in
tent." Subsequent developments tend to
show that his death was accidental.
.... Bennett of' the Herald was arrested
Nov. 26th, on an indictment 'found against
him by the grand jury of Westchester coun
ty,, for an alleged libel published iu that pa
per, in June last, on Mr. John B. Baskin,
charging that gentleman with having forged
the records of the Willett's point committee,
of which he was Chairman. He was allowed
'to find bail. • '
.. A good anecdote of Professor Agas.
siz is told in a new volume in Press, at Bos
ton.. The Professor hod declined to &liver
a lecture before some lyceum, or public Soci
ety, on account of the inroads which previous
lectures given by him had made upon- his
studies and habits of thought. The gentle.
man who had been deputed to iuvite him,
continued to press the invitation, as i sering
him that the society were ready to fitty him
liberally for, his services. "That is no in
ducement to me," replied Agassiz; "I can
not afford to' waste my time in making mon
ey."
Gen. Win. Larimer—formerly a
banker at Pittsburgh—was, at last accounts,
on his way to Pike's Peak, gold hUnting,
with a Leavenworth party. He writes from
the Little Arkansas, October 12, ,giying •an
animated account of a- buffalo hunt. Ile
says: "I, with Messrs. Jewett and DeGett,
rode side by side with. nine beautiful. buffa
loes, but our ponies were not fast enough for
them ; but a fair going horse will outrun any
buffalo. The sight cannot be described. - To
enjoy it you have to merit. The buff a loes all
run in a string, with a lope, and their ponder
ous dimensions and regular movements are
beyond description."
.. In 1784 an American vessel arrived
at Liverpool having on board as a part of
her cargo eight bales of cotton,,which were
eized by, the- euatotrphouee fficers, under
the conviction that they could 'not be the
growth of America. Last year there were
imported at Liverpool not, less - thew it - mil
lion mid a Ulf hales of cotton from the Unit.
ed EitAtell -
ent of New.
=
)r.f&Enesa beef''recent ly
Crom Auitiaria, has
ela * Lkn e!P 6. 7 . :
Barris, ImittiOorniN
Iher". of Congress from
Mauls, died - of coon mp.
election in Michigan, the
for Governor'waa elec
art, Dem., present Uni-
;1111 1 to t
1 1 011 -OP . trrn
. Ceitotisi.....GovernorMeton, of South Car.
olipa, lent hie message-to , ,the Lolislature of
that. State on Tuesday.' The' Asbt of the
State is $4,044,00!, throseAsurths of which is
invested in the new 'capitol - at Womble....
The sinking fUnd nimattOnts to $1,842803.
He recommends the repeat of the unity lair. -
• ife recommends the Inveattnent - of Sonthern
capital more in Sotithertt Impoiietnetits an j
less in Northern securities ; ,refers ( term s
of disapproval to incendiary - resolution s
against slavery by the free State Legislatures,
declaring such resolutions undeserving of a
response, and exhorting the States to culti
vate moral virtues, industrious, domesti c
habits, and _to observe scrupulously all the
federal -obligation". Heathen refers to the
recent slaver cases, as piesenting in stron g
relief the devotion to law and order orth e
people of South Carolina, 'but expresses r e .
gret at their occurrence, as productive of un
wonted-excitements. He questions the pro.
priety of interfering in such a manner with
the commerce of the inhabitants of Cubs,
and expresses the belief that while the navy
of the United States may. under the
,Consti
tution, be eharged`with preventing a slave
trade between the coast of. Africa and our
oWn shores, it is policy to let foreign nations
regulate their own affairs and enforce their
own police,
Mr" The Washington -correspondent of
Forney's Press writes': -
!'
llis Excellency David. R.' Porter and
General Duff Green are said to be in negoti.
ation with the iron interests of your State,
New Jersey, and New York, to obtain such
legislitiois as will be satisfactory. . lam told
by a gentlethan, new here; that-these'worthy
and venerable men, profess to speak Far the
President in making certain promise:lAD the
-iron interest. -It is a little unfortunate, how.
ever, that they were both the ardent and us.
flinching advocates of Mr.' BUChanan's Le.
dompum policy. Gen. Duff Green is a very
able man, of much historical' itpute, but he
is not the person, I fear, to secure the
..,coufi.
dence of either the North. or South. Ile
possesses intellect of a high • order, but his
suggestions are too vast and visionary for
our age. Es-Governor Porter is a practical
iron -master, but he is. not GO much beloved
by our Congressional delegation as,te secure
the great desideratum ,of protection to our
interests. i However,loy go with both, and -
success, too.
_A PETRIFULD WIFEe.-A few days since,
a gentleman residing in rising sun, led., who
had married a second time, wished to remove
the body of his wife to a new cemetery.-
Preparations were made to that effect, and
the laborers opened the grave iii the. usual
mariner, but when. they reached the coffins
they could not lift it, so great was the weight.
After obtaining considerable assistance, how.
.ever the men succeeded in raising the coffin
from the - tomb. They then could not resist
the temptation of peering into thecoffin, and
learning the reasons - for its. unusual weight,
and found, instead of the remains of a corpse, '
a stone figure, the exact counterpart of the
woman who usi died. This strange story
soon spread, and hundreds and-thousands of ,
persons were present to see the strange spec
tacle.
The husband took , the body of his depart'
ed spouse homeiand has it there_ now, where
it is visited by hundreds of the curious and
scientific. The body seems' to have been
petrified, and to have become a perfect stone
woman. The probability is, that the body
has become adipocere, and will, before long;
melt or crumble.—Cincinnati Inquirer.
SINGULAR ACUMEN T.;-The .ogdensburgh
Journal tells a strange incident: The engin.
eer of the 4 p. Tn. train from Potsdam,
Thursday last, while crossing -" Hoton
Bridge," near Antwerp, observed the , singu
lar spectacle of a man hanging from one of
the beams thereof. The train was stopped,
and the matter looked into. The man had
evidently been dead but' a little AV ' hi le. It
was inferred that the man, while crossing the
bridge, with. the strap of his carpet bag
around his neck, stumbled and fell. He
pitched one side of the beam and the bug
the other. The bag balanced the man, and
the strap being strong and fast around the
neck, there was no help for him,.and. in this
singular position he was found. There was
no clue about him that indicated his ntiffie or
home. He sppeared to be a poor wayfarer,
and was probably under the influence of lig.
uor whon he met his mishap. -
The Philadelphia Press, !peaking of jour
nalism in France, intimates that English - pls•
pers respectfully let alone the little scandals
about royalty that are constantly arising in
London. Thus, when Queen Victoria, ear•
4igged'by Lady Portman; behaved harshly
and unjustly to poor Lady Flora Hastings,
the English press made no condemnatory
remarks upo,n her Majesty, although public°.
pinion was unequivocally hostile; nor when
Victoria, incensed at the .Morning Post for
having published the letters from the Mar
chioness of Hastings to Lord Melbourne, in
vindication of her daughter Lady Flora,
trampled that fashionahle journal- under feet,
did theinewspapers,even hint at the impel
uosity Of royal temper p nor did they breathe
a syllable of teproach when the royal band
that bears a sceptre, jealously boxed the ears
of Miss Spring Rice, then a Maid of Honor,
now the wife of Mr. Marshall, of Leeds.
Great excitement Was been produced
among the Southern leaders at Washington
by the publication in Forney's Press of a
strong speeCh made by President Buchanan
in the UnitarStates Senate; in 18t% in favor
of a protective tall. Forney, takes groynd
in favor of an increase tariff on iron and
some other important Irticles of American
production.
; if:Tr Both branches of the Indiana Legis
lature have passed a joint resalution dec!sr•
ing the pretended election ofliesirs. Bright
and Fitch to the United StsteaSenate uncon
stitutional and void.
rgr Pev. Dr. Tyng is. lecturing on tha
Life and Character of Judson, the Mission.
ary.
.
Francis Davison, X D.,
ANT layale t tlit .. 3l.P.l f )lVlFF, mad Stlgarlcy, - ( 1 4 1.13 1 7
Rote orrif. 11.7 R quihs ldes, cornet , opposite 11,a , r
did Church.
Montrose, Pa., lioviceber . 17.
"'Yankee Poodle came to Town
Upon a little Pony." .
A ND one day last week a new lot of Books Ind
..ti. Stationery Came.to Town, per Hope's Rpm' ,
aid were landed safe it
•
A. N. BULLARD'S 800 K STORE, \
.on Public Avenue, where they are for Sale cAstypP,'
cash. ,
Every Woman her own Lawyer, The Magician.
Own Book, Arts of Beauty, Gem of the Season, Di
Keepsake, Book of .Beauty, The , Family. Expo''''
Book, `Webster's new 'Counting: ROW DiCtiOallit
Sic " lc * A uelulmPPl.Y.iff Prof. Stoddard's Atith•
tactics, &c., ke.;_and all selling. 0. IL -
1 • A. N. BULLARD ,
Montrose, - Dec. IsS-1858. ' -
: W
; lEST'
O&r. the 19ttiNoy between IL S. *bon k
Ore =A tbelolv ry Stable of a DE!
Li a•
snore, FurGliove, of Mad eased Driver's
Gloves. The finder eallltut at the State of M. a
ean find .6 sub to it; sad Re till eider
mope arrangements to take both au. let the finder
hive both. N. B. WILSON 4 Wi•
Itiorter, the. 1, lea.