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A.' J. GERRITSON, Editor.
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EM OCRII TIC NOMINATIONS:
SUPREMEJUDGE
WILLIAM A. 'PORTER,
PUILADZLP,RIA
CAN AL COMMISSIONER:
WESTLEY 111,0 ST,
FATF.TTE.
special uloticc.
kide persons, indebted 'to the late flrni of
McCollum "Az Gerritson for subsciiption
to tbi Noiatrose Democrat - are hereby forbid
den settling with .1. B. McCollum, or any
person in whose bands he may place theac
comits. Said 'accounts Fave not yet been as
signed to him, in consequence of his baying
refused to render value for them as agreed
upon before the firth was dissolved; any col
. lections - wbie.h he may Make will be frandu-
lent, and his receipts void, until further notice
be given, A. J. -GERItITSON.'s
Montrose, April Ist, 1858.
Not!ce.—Job work, transient Advertising,
i
and air . . rders from a distance, or from atrancem
--Cali . Papers sent out of the county must
be paid f
or in advance. - .N • tf.
far We made some 'comments upon the
resolutions of the confusion Stat i e convention
-last week, but we are not yet done with the
•
subject. Aside . from their general and un
founded charges upori the Administration,
there evident atterriPt at evasion and
non-committal in them, to whidh 'we desire
to call the special-attention of the public..
But iVa will first consider the -leading reso.
lntion, 'which declire:
"1. That ihe Federal Constitution, the sorer
- eign rights and the union of the States, and the
liherties of the people, must and shall be pre.
served." •
If tbey..-are in favor of "preserving" the
Federal Constitution, we must certainly ex
pact them to labor for. the. carryir% out of
each And every part of it, as well- as all the
.4aws under-it. They must not be allowed :to
1 •
:forget. that one cianse - in the Constitution
' l ys •
N. 4 No person held to service or labor in one
Sthte, under the laws thereof, escaping into an.
other,shall in consequence of any lam or regu
lation therein-, be discharged from such service
or labar, but shall be delivered up on claim of
the party to - wholu such service or labor may be
due."
Here we have the for the Fugi-'
live Slave Law,and all good citizens who
are'favouable to the preservatiop of the Con
stitutiori as it is, cannot but stand pledged to
see it fairly executed, at least; until that
clansA be stricken out, and he who repudiates
al,: Law, repudiates that clause, and Pitied
'cally, the whole Constitution:
The first resolution,• then really endorses
the',Fugitive -Slave Law, although , many ,of
'the confusionists will of course deny. it. '
There are:three.questions of great public
interest to 'Which the resolitions refer, and
which it was,expected the convention would
express opinions upon. But in this, as well
as in everything else; they have failed to act
. .
fairly and candidly. We east readily point
eout the fact that unless the resolutions are so
written as not to be definitely understood,
'our opponents have abandoned all their pte
- riotis positions.
A majority or the mongrels have usually
clamored for "protection." They hive de..
minded &protective tariff, that shonla, 'effec.
Wally Close the dour against all foreign com
petition. Their resolution only refers; direct
ly, to a tariff foi revenue purposes. They
have abandoned` the protective policy, else,
_they favor it without daring to openly avow
it. In the latter case, their present-position
is dishonest, and unworthy of the copfidence
of a free people.
Since the intviduction of "Americanism,"
so called, into. politicA they haie ;TO the,
proicription of all perions of the - Catholiel
faith, or of foreign birth, requiring that the I
former should be disfranchised forever, or at
least,.not . pgrrnitted to bold .office; and that
the latter should be required to show, a resi
dence•of 2I years, ,before exercising a free.
man's privilege. We search the resolutions
in vain to find a word touching either of these
• I
• points. They say nothing about Catholicism,
wnd In regard to foreigners, only ask that the
Naturalization - bms.be not violated and .that
criminals be na . permitted to come to our
shores. They have virtually abandoned all.
the "American" ideas of the last fourlears,
thus admitting that the formation of :the
midnight organization . WitS nothing but a
?heat upon its victim's, and was designed as a
'means of placing bad men in power, upon a
pretended -reason that did •net exist, and
"which was to be abandoned when it-could'
•ho longer be used as a false agent to accomp
lish a bad object.
• In some - localities, however,
_ .
,shippers try to - find cousolatim is tbe plat
form of the "new party,' but snob a con
struction_rnist be a - forced one, wtich the
language does not warrant - '
In •relation to the ,great bobby •of the
"sovereign power Of - Congress" over slavery
in the territories, the cony etiticp hi silent:
It harps a little about Kansas, ete., but fails
to titter a word that conveys an Rea: Claim
• ing that to be a prominent question at issue,
it was no more than proper for a "new party"
'to give an opinion, that all Might consider,
understandingly, the propriety of enlisting.
'ander its banner.. •As it failed to give as its
views op the subject, we are led to suppose,,
as a matter of course, that this plank-of the
platfoim of two years agerhas been rejected,
and that its friends have been &reed. tit a
'silent endorsement of the
Plat
form.
. . •
-Referring to the inlject reeemiy,. we said :
"The doctrine of the sovereign power of Con
gress over slavery in the territories 'will doubt
less be abaudono.'
We fuld-ths% the action of the convention
fudy:verifted thg prediction. The tifolitsoei
I?epublicax of the next week _responded as
. .
• "Do not-. deCeive yourself, friend . erritnola,
with"the idea that i the Reptiblican partjt, will
abandon that particular article of faith. It ,is
Rot going to do any such thing. his not in the,
habit of doing that kind of thing. Po not !hitter
3 , ourself with the delusive hope that it will
r idiaridon any of its principles."
It "that particular article of faith"..was not
abandoned. we.are urlable to underaticul the
resolutions. The "Republican" party cannot
ple N ad_not guilty to an' abandonment of its
principles, except on the ground that it was
not represented in the colavention—that it
was a "new•party," for the acts, of which it
is not responsible.
If the doctrine of the sovereign power of
Congress over slavery in_ the territories is
right, our - opponents -should have•adhered to
it, although they -changed Omit. party name ;
if wrong, common sense would urge them to
an early backing down
,from the position.
The fact that they now give up the point,
proves that they discovered the error, or that
they are afraid to attempt to maintain what
they believe to be right; lest it might be of
popular, and ;leadthem to atilt another de
feat.
- S At a meeting of the editors of the
Southern . Methodisrpapers, recently, it was
resolved "that we regard the' publishing of
long obituaties as an evil." We adopted the
same resolution, some time ago. The feelings
which lead to long obituaries, are commend
able' but it should be remembered that put
of the- immediate :circle of the deceased, a
long recital of his virtues, •&c., cannot-be of
interest or or value to the community, except
in very rare cases. • We hope our friends will
appreciate our motives for omitting or mater
ially abbreviating many obituartes sent to
us.—Montrose Republican.
We entirely agree with the above, and call
the. attention of habitual writers of such
notices to -the aubjett. . We often receive
obituaries; after our paper is made up, ac
companied: with an urgent request to insert
"this week," when by refetence to dates, &c,
it appears that they coul4 have been sent in
nearlfa week sooner without inconvenience.
For one, we do not think that obituaries
should ever be published, except in extra
ordinary-cases, but we are willing#to some
times waive our 'preference to gratify the feel
ings bf the afilicted - ,—ooly let them be brief
--brief.
e AD
R" We would suggest to such of our sub
scribers as have not paid us for their paper
for the present year, .that August term of
Court will afford them an opportunity o
sending . us the amount. Don't fait to attend
to the matter, one and all. Our paper has
been , published very regularly and promptly,
tiros far, and will so continue in future, and
it is but fair that our pay should bo according
ly. Money may be sent by mail without
risk. Ask the Postmaster to mail it for you,
and you; receipt will be sent you' in your
.next paper. Postage stamps may be sent for
parts of a dollar. Subscribers who stop'pay
. ing must expect their paper lo stop too.
Is.n't that fair ! Then attend to our case
soon.
,tom' As the Sheriffs sales, be., are mat
tete of public interest,we present (hem to our
readers; although we have , not receied the
usual orders for their publication as sdvertise
meats.
lEar The store of J. Ethridge was entered on
Saturday or Sunday night,last,butfailing to find
the dialige, only 53.50 in bad money was •etolen
by the burglar, Secure your back entrances.
.Persons wishing to borrow money
are referred to a notice in another column.
The Atlantic Telegraph.
Great hopes have been entertained of the
final and successful completion of this giant
enterprise, but from present prospects, we are
led to' deubt that it . will ever succeed. It
-.6annot_until some further scientific develop
ments are made, tending to obviate the pres
ent difficulties. The first attempt was made
on the 26th of June, when, after running out
two and a half miles of cable it parted, and
the vessels were obliged to join company and
re-splice the wire. This done, a second effort
was made, which failed from the same cause
when forty miles had been laid. A third
trial then took place, which resulted_ in a
break at one hundred and 'fifty miles. It now
became apparent that the effort, must be
abandoned, at least for the present, and
therefore the Niagara bore away for Cork, the
port of rendezvous.
We copy from the Binghamton DCmo
-ere of last week, the following account of a
shocking butchery in Broome county, N. Y.
On Friday, the 16th. inst., a most pitiful
and shocking affair, occurred in Melee Village,
in this County. Oliver Howard, a man some
thirty years old or more, killed two of his
children, by cutting - their threats with a rn
zor. Howard Byes in the Village_of Maine,
and has a wife and four children, two, girls
and two boys. • Ills wife having been unwell
for some time past, went to her father's house
near Kattelville, on Thursday, 4aking with
her *be two girls—the two boys, Royal . and
Alfred, aged seven and,fire years', being left
at borne with Howard's father. About three
o'clock Friday afternoon Howard went, to the
school house and took his boy's from school,
saying that he wanted to take them home;
he stopped at a house on the way, the lady
of which asked the boys if 'they would not
like to have something to eat. They an
swered yea, and the wompo.went into another
room to get something for them, but when
,she returned the boys and their father wee
gone. ,A sister of Howard was, at the school
house when he took the children away, and,
fearing something wrong, followed to her
brother's house, but could not get in. She
then 'wed and got Mrs. Cummings and
another- woman; and they .returned .with her
to the house. They called to Howard and
asked to be admitted; when he replied that
he Would kilt them if they zo attempted to en
ter. One ef them then looked in at the
windoW and saw one of the boys lying on tw,
floor, dead. The neighbors - were then called,
and Howard after opening the door, was ar
rested. After he was in custody,and had admit
ted his guilt, hi related tos physician present
heir be killed the boys. Be rat took the
Oldest one between his knees, and, bolding
him by 'the chin with one hand; he drew the
razor &cross his throat with the other. The
boy at fired - fell to the Boor, but after Wards
got up and walked across the rooni•before.be
died. The other boy was then killed in the
same manner. Howard was immediately ar
rested and : taken before N. W.Eirsfman Esq,
a Justice of the Peace in that town, for ez
amitation on the charge of - murder. , The
"Sam's" wor
A HorTible Tratedy.
prisoner, it seems, admitted that be had com
mitted the awful deed and therefore, it is said,
the examination tvas waived. Ile was hroUght
to Binghamton on Friday night list and
lodged, in' jail to wait the action of, the next
Grand Jury.
s * * * * . *
Whitt excuse the, prisoner renders fur the
commission of such a horrible CATence we do
not know, but we are informed that he saes,
that" he was commanded by the Lord to kill
his two little boys." What has been the past
history of this man, his past life and conduct
in his family we are not advised. Ile. may,
or may nit be insane; that is a question to
be disposed of by the Court upon the facts of
the ease that may be presented. But it, seems
almost incredible that such an insane act
should be committed by a sane mind. ,
The 'lEte.Constructioit •et Parties.
We hear a good deal said of late, in the
opposition- papers, about the re-construction
of parties, and in many sections the work is
now actually going on. This course is not
new in the political history of our country,
and but few, if any, are taken by sur
piise. The opposition have re-constructed,
and resuscitated their party so often, that
they are perfectly familiar with the, business„,
and no political organization is better-ac
quainted with the modus operandi of accom
plishing this end. The history of what is
now the Republican and Know Nothing par--
ties, exhibits a somewhat curious record of '
re-construction.,. Th'ey have changed their
name so often in'the last quarter of a century
that, relatively, they are in a worse plight
than the boy's- jack-knife, which had had
two new blades and three, new handles, and
was still the same identical knife. With
- them the work -of re-construction has been
actively going on at stated penods, since the
government was organized. Wiehout going
to earlier times, we'will take the last quarter
of a century. The disappearance of Morgan
was seized upon as a 'fitting opportunity to
embrace a new name, and dissolve their old
organization ; and accordingly a now party,
called Anti Mason, made its appearazice.—
This flourished for a and under the ban
ner some locaLvictories 'were achieved ; but
the name, in a short time, became odious,'
when they dropped it, and assumed that of
Whig. This - organization had a longer exis
tence. The Whig pally had many of the el
meets of nationalityin it, and was really the'
best pokiestl organization the opposition ever
formed. The contests between it' and the
Democratic party were sturdy and honorable,
because they were for principle, and each laid
down and maintained k particular line of nit
tionalpolicy. Our political horizon was never
brighter than when these two parties strove
for the mastery. But the Whig party like ev
erything eLe.l,ad its day, and in time it dis
solved. The contest of 1852, between Pierce
and SZett, sounded its death knell, and the
leaders saw time was no future hope of suc
cess under the old banner. They therefore
cast about for something new, and it was not
long- before the whole Whig party, with the
,exception of a few men who were not willing.
to be traded off like cattle in the market-place,
WAS swallowed upi in Know-Notbjegism.—
For a brief period victory again perched upon
the new baner, and the Democracy was,
routed. But their success was only transito
ry, for the people are opposed to secret polit
ical combinations, and the party soon became
unpopitlar. As there was no longer any
'prospect 'of success, a change of name and
platform seemed, called for by every conside
ration of policy, and the. safety ,of political
aspirants--; so another, ” re-construction" was
deemed absolutely necessary, and it was re
constructed. The old banner, which bore on
its folds only hostility to the naturalized citi
zen -and catholicism, was stowed away into
the secret place whence it had been taken,
and a new one was unfurled - to the breeze.—
Again a solitary idea gave birth to the or
ganization that followed, and opposition to
the people of the territories forming their in
stitutions in their own way, was the only
principle recognized. The Republican party
came into existence as a purely sectional
party, and the national issues they had for:
rnerly; made with .us were ignored, and alto
,gether abandoned. - The history of parties
in this country demonstrates pretty clearly,
-that no political combination, with but •one
idea and without any broad line of national
policy marked out, can exist a great while
and receive the supper , . of the people. In
the contest of 1856 this was forcibly made
manifest, for the Republicans were badly
beaten. Defeat - exhibited the fallacy of hop
ing to achieve victory without a change of
name and platform; and again we see them
engaged in
. the work of re--constructing the
party. -Black Republicanism has become un
popularin the short space of three years, and
in ordeito prevent entire annihilation, they
have assumed the more inviting name of the
People's Party.
There is a moral to be Elwyn from this fre
quent change of name, or re-construction, as
the modern phrase has it. Why is it So often
done ? If principles are right and just, and a.
name—for there is something in it—such an
one as represents' these principles, where the
necessity of alteration? In our opinion,
whenever a political party dissolves its old
organization and assumes a new one, with a
Change of name, it is 'done for the purpose of
imposing upon the public. Why do our Re
pisblican friends now drop their old party
name and take upon themselves another, in
stead of fighting the battle under the same
banner they carried in 18563? Who can an
swer? This frequent change of party name
reminds tts of the shifts that rogues resort to,
to carry CM their depredations', who a every
little while assume a new arias, The more el.
feetuatly to 'conceal their operation;, and pre
vent detection. We musk say that we are
asiosished at the facility with which the op
position take new names and embrace new
principles at the expense of the old ()rtes..- It
shows an accommodating conscienc e , whi c h
seems highly important to many modern N I.
itieisns We,hope no Democrat will be de
ceived into an affiliation with the " People's
Party," for it is only a re-organization of an
old political enemy under a new-name—Re-
publicanistn and' Know Nothingiam in din
guise.
' A curious fact exhibits itself in the work
of re-Construction of the opposition. in some
parts, their old heresy, that Congress has the
right to regulate the affairs of the territories,
has received th`e cold shoulder, and they have
endorsed the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty.
'Whether the strong anti-slavery sentiment in
the party will appiove this,, remains to Ve
seen ;
_but from present indications we should
judge not, as some of :the organs of •Republi
eanism gre already spitting upon the new
platform. To accept this would be giving
up what they have long been contending for
and in this respect they would place them
selves squarely upon the Democratic platforM.
Such a giving up would be paying too great
a tribute to our principles. Can we hope for.
this ?—Doylestown Democrat.
News of the Week.
PRIVATE advices state that a great fire has
()muted at Port Elizabeth, Cape or Good
Hope, destroying all the finest warehouses in
that place. The loss is upwards of half a
million dollars. - - •
To DESTROY RATS.--A friend of ours
says he has found, by I \ oug experience, that
the most effectual way to destroy rata is - to
place a copy of the New York "Tribune," . in
their bole;
.41Y FEE s.—By an net' of the last Legis
lature of Ohio, jurymen's fees hare been in•
creased from $1 per diem to WO—with
mileage of five cents per mile from place - of
residence.
14E71101101n PRE:ACM:RS' SAI.ARISS.—Of
the whole number of Preachers of the Pitts.
burgh Conforence,twenty nine got over $,500,
forty-two got between *4OO and ow, forty.
five got between *3OO-and $4OO, twenty four
got between $2OO and *3OO, and thirty got
less than $2OO. The total amount paid to
one hundred and seventy preachers was $62,
542 06, including house rent. and Araveling
expenses, which would axerage *367 00 for
each preacher.
Ir is said that Prof. Morse returns to this
country with $BO,OOO in his pocket, awarded
him by the ten continental powers who brine
adopted bin telegraph system.
It is said that the sable-Emperor of Hayti,
'whose Minister of Interior bears the euphoni
ous title of "Count de • Red Terrier," has in
vited Greeley,. of the "Tribune," to. settle in
iris dominions, offering to raise him to the
peerage of Hayti,.with the. title of "Baron de
How-wow."
; OREGON FAtcrtoNs.--=Private letters from
Oregon state that the election there has re..
suited in favor of the derno,crats, 'who carry
the Legislature. Gen. Lane, it is said,' will
be G. S. Senator.
STATE COMMITTEE.—Ex Governor Reeder,
President of theOppesition State Convention,
it is said, has tendered the Chairman-ship of
the Central' Committee to the Hon. ..Henry
M. Fuller; of Philadelphia, late of Luzerno Co.
A Mon Et. 14mi:cum—A Southern editor
thus discourseth to ye "delinquents":
Wagons cannot run without wheels, boats
without steam,. bullfrogs jump without legs,
or newspaperrs carried on -everlastirtgly with
out money, no more than a (log can wag his
tail when he ain't got none. Our subscribers
are all good,but what good does a man's good
ness de when it don't do any good. We have no
doubt that every one thinks that all have
paid except him, Attic! ag We are a clever fel,.
low and his is a little matter, it will make no
difference.
, CHEAP BatAD.—The New York Sun says:
While the Baltimore and Philadelphia
_stem
bakeries, are furnishing 'bread at four cents
per pound, Hecker, of this city, claims that
he can produce a better article at two and a
half cents. Cheap enough
CIIAN-GE OF FORTVIVE.—CharIes Stant;
pauper in the Franklin county (01.io) poor
house, recently received intelligence that an
uncle who had lately died bad left him
$lOO,OOO.
DISEASE AMONG HonsF.B.—Several Gorses
have died the past month from affection of
the head, caused by a secretion of matter
which• finally tilled up the passage of the
throat so as to prevent swallowing either food
or waters The disease is one that.baffies the
skill of the best farriers, and • the books are
consulted in vain for a remedy. We have
heard of but one hone recovering which was
affected with this disease. Within the past
month George W.Mousley and George Lodge,
of Brandywine Hundred, have each lost a
horse from this disease ; James . Morrow, of
this city, lost one, and James Cleanden, of
New Castle Hundred , his pair of carriage
horses.—.Delawarc Rep.
LARGE ROBBERY IN Yom COUNTY.—The
dwelling house of Dr. George W t Haldeman,
'in Liverpool, the Collector of State and
county taxes for Manchester township, 'was
broken into on the night of the 14th inst.,
and robbed of $1,500 in bank bills, a check
for s2oo' on the York Bank, drawn by John
Brillinger, in favor of G. W. Haldeman, and
a silver watch.—York (Pa.) Press.
Caore tx- INDIA:CA.—The Indianapolis
(Ind.) Sentinel thinks that, on the whole, the
crop of wheat in t bat Stare will exceed that
of last year. "In Laport county alone it is
estimated there will be a surplus of 700,000
bushels for shipment. The grass crop is fine
all over the State. Oats are unequal,in some
localities an Average crop, while in others
there is almosta total failure.
IMP4OVED BANE No - rm.—The London
Times states that the Directors of the Batik
of England, in order to put a stop to the
frauds perpetrated by photographic agency,
have entirely altered the color of the paper
on whici their notes are produced, as well
as changed the color of the ink. From ex
periments which has beefs made, it is ascer
tained that if the notes are printed on a yel
low tinged paper,in blue ink, it is impossible,
or extremely difficult, - to transfer fee-similes
to photographic. Another plan which has
been proposed is that of having a few words
or ornamental device struck off on the back
of the genuine notes. These words or devices,
by the process of Sun-printing, are
note;
trans
ferred to the front of the imitation thus
foiling the counterfeiter's art.
UNITED STATES DEBT.-OD the Ist of July
last, the debt of the United States amounted
to about $05,000,000, including the luau of
$20,000,000 recently authorized by Congress.
THE whole number of persons employed in
Massachusetts in the. manufacture of boots,
shoes in 4 leather, is estimated at about 80,000.
Ma. PEA was lately fined $lO for whipping
his wife and chikiten. Can't a man trash
his own 'peas without interference from out
siders •
The'newspaper is a lack- book for the indo•
'lent, a sermon for the thoughtfur, a library
for the poor., It may stimulate the most in
different—it may also instruct the most pro
found.
THE total cost of the 26,000 milers of rail
road built in the United States is estimated
at nine hundred and twenty millions of dol
lars, about three-fourths of which money was
raised in the United States, and the rest was
borrowed in Europe.
The *cur Part? iloveirieui;
Tile. Opposition sing nn unvarying song.
They . say that the policy of Mr. I3uchanan's
Administration is destroying the Democratic,'
party . ; that the Kansas business has divided
it into irreconcilable factions, with' hate in
theirillearts and destruction in their bands;
that the Utah business has been:sadly mis
managed ; that' the finances of,the country
are in a *hirable condition; 'and' the Treas
ury bankrupt from the operations Of the
existing revenue tariff; that capital is dead,
and labor vainly in search of employment, in
short ; that all the interests of the country are
in a prostrate condition,and that this gloomy
- state of affairs is wholly attributable- to the
insane course pursued by the Administration,
Which 'has destroyed the prirty, an& earned
the cordial detestat leo . of a large majority. Qt
the people.
This-tale is told by every opposition paper,
and yet—singular fact I—while the Admtni
straeon'policy is • thug represented as doing
the work of - the opposition, they have been so
Completely cut up,dietracted and demoralized
ainco Mr. Buchanan came Into ACE., that
they havebeen compelled to retreat from the
position which one year ago they occupied
so vauntingly, and all their surplus energy,
after heapibg abuse upon the Administration,
is devoted to the work of re-construction-s—
-denying their old creed, and forming new
ones—retreating from their old positions and
assuming-grounds :pore likely, to meet with
public favor than the ones from which they
have been assailing the Democratic party.
When General Taylor whipped Santa Anna
at Buena Vista, the Mexican General issued
a Claming pronunciamento, stating that be
had annihilated the American army,although
General Taylor was stupid enough not to
know - when he was beaten. The "woad
laughed at him. ,The defeated braggart was
compelled to retreat, and while uttering his
high-sounding notes of victory his routed
army was flying in dispersed bands before the
victorious enemy, in search-of a safe,point. of
concentration. So it he with the Opposition.
They tell us, with an amazing degtee of
courage, that the Democratic army is-Ireally
beaten ; but while uttering this bombast we
know the actual fact—that they have teen
driven from their strong positions and are
looking about for safe refuge—for a new ban
ner, new recruits, and fresh campaign, in
which they may hope to renew the war arid
regain lost ground.
It is certainly an unusual spectacle to see
,a victorious army retreating in this tumult•
uousfwav - before a vanquished enemy. If
,Mr. Beehanan and his Administration have
been beaten on the Kansas question, why is
it that the effect of the success of his policy
bas Veen tobring quiet to a distracted coun
try; and to compel the Republicans to° give
up the old rallying cry of Congressional pro
, hibition and "no more slave States I' -Kan
sas has disappeared from the Republican
papers. Who talks abOnt Kansas now °
Who sleep nndisquieted by' border ruffianism
and mangled freedom there 1 The Republi
cans are dumb. They have dropped the issue,
and are now making a very awkward attempt
to mount the Democratic platform of popular
sovereignty. If to quiet sectional disturb
anees, to bring order out of confusion, and
from the tangled web of Kansas complica
tions to unravel the straight thread of policy,
in succes, who can doubt the Administration
has been successful in healing a four-years-old
ulcer? •
But even in the work of re construction
the Opposition is at variance. MI sorts of
political engineers are at woik in the erection
of breastworks capable of withstanding the
vigorous onset of the Democracy. The great
N`orthern array that supported Fremont upon
a sectional -platibrm, has lost the-power - of
cohesion, having been dispersed by the very
Administration policy represented as so
suicidal. The new Nay is to avoid the errors
of' the old, and having something like nation.-
ality infused • into its being. While the
Opposition leaders in Pennsylvania are at•
work patching' up the fragments of their
party so as to suit this latitude, more compre
hensive artificers are taking a wider range.
The following manifesto, frem the leaders of
the Crittenden movement, .is a part of the
history of this-political mutation :
Washington. Juno 23, 1858.
DE/In Sin : Please destroy the printed letter
I sent you on the request of on the
17th inst., and reserve the enclosed as a substi
tute.. The reason for this may appear obvious
to you ; if not you will probably see
ere long, when he will explain. If have not had
the pleasnro of hearing from you.
Very truly yours,
N. SARGENT.
“Wilmington, June 23, 1858.
"Mr DEAR. SIR : It has beenNdeemed advise
able by a number of gentleman - lately here from
different'quarters• of the Union, opposed to the
present Administration,to open a correspondence
with prominent individuals in various States,
whole general , sentiments accord with theirs, in
order to interchange opinions, learn 'their views
as to the re-organization of pirties, ascertain
what public sentiment is in their locality in Tele,-
once to the course to be pursued in the contest
for the. Presidency in 1860, and to draw out and
to give expression to that sentiment through the
channel cif the press.
"They are of opinion that, without giving
intionality to the oppositioa party, by whatever
name it may bo called—though the term 'Union
Party' is deemed appropriate--it wilt be idle to I
think of defeating the party now in powar in
1860 ; and that such nationality cannot be given
to it if its candidate shall, be an ultra , sectional
man.
"Such a man ,could only receivethe support
of the distinctive organization to which he has
belonged ; and it is dear that such a nomina
tion would drive the Democratic party into
unanimity, whereby a Democratic resident
would be elected by even a largir ty than
Mr. Buchanan obtained."
Mr. Sargent, after thus. giving cognovit, of
the irresistible strength and pristige of the
Democracy upon existing issues, asks whether
a new combination cannot be made, and a new
set of principles be Ina forward, .to unite the
opposition? He then answers his own questions,
by propoSing:
I. At new name, "The Union Party."
2.-Ni new platform, "t'he Crittenden amend
ment.".
3. A - how Measure, "Protection• of American
ndustry.''
4. The exclusion of foreign paupers from
citizenship.
And lastly, a candidate "in whose character,
principles and abilities the whole nation can re
pose confidence ;. who has a strong hold upon
the hearts of the people; who is neither charged
nor suspected of sectionalism—a statesman of
the old school,, of elevated , sad conservative
views, high sense of national honor, and who
will b e ready to render even-handed justice
to other nations, as prompt to exact it from
them." This Candidate is Sfr. Crittenden him
self.
This movement originated in the consul
tation of the Opposition leaders; since the
adjournment of Congress, and may be re
garded as the basis upon Which the new na
tional organization will be formed,if it, is eves.
formed at all.
But what is to•beconne or:the remnant of.
the Fremont party—the no-more•siave-gtate+
anti.Slarery wing. They must •submit, or
perpetuate an , independent organization. The
house has been rented to new occupants, end
they are to be transferred under the sweeping
designation of "fixtures," comforted by the
soothing fancy that in the general flight from.
the'face of the conquering Democracy they
have really gained a rictory.---Patriot and
Union.
Frazg,r,Riverl—The Near Eldorado.
botrespondeat at SC l'aul, Minnesota,
writing twan eacbange, paper in reference to
tiaoVrater Itiver gold discovery, says:
Thtsrecent gold discoveries at Frazer River
'mite awakepeti quite a lively interest in 'ibis
- eotittnuniti as we believe the most feitslide
route to Ce . through St. Paul, for that region
of countrKaii another season will makeevi-':
dent, -,
That part of BOA America lying north
.of this, and eitending to the Pacific,Aas, un
til within a late date, beep a terra incognita
to most intelligent people, owing to the care
which the Hudson's Bay Company has exer •
cised in suppressing all information of the
richness, fertility and exhuberance of the soil
and salubrity of the climate of the large ter
.ritory.over which , their chartered tights have
extended., From the little knowledge gained
of that tract, the.desire to know more of it
has been quickened; and has thus Ta r, resulted
in the organization of two explOring expedi
tions-by the British GovernMent, one Of which
will - proceed from Ile east' and . the other' from
the west. The excitement occasioned by
the discovery of the rich atiriferouS valley of
Frazer River in British Oregon, will very
much hasten the develotnnept of the vast re
sources of the Most fmiorlble Foote to the
Pacific coast,lor either rail . -tor wagon road.
With n desire to give fio th'e public the
most tell - able information lir . regard to the
country over ,which emigtant trains from
this point to the gold bearing portions o
Oregon will have to pass, several meetings
have been held-in this city, and reports made
which give to any one wishing inforthation,
all . the knowledge they can desire.
From these reporta'we learn that the dis
tancefrom. St. Paul to the Gold Mines on
Frazer River, is asfollows:
St. Paul to Pembina,. . . .. : 450 mi!es
Pembina to Carlton Mucus, . . 600, miles
Carlton House toEdmondton,. . 400 miles'
Edmondson to Thompson Rive•, (a
branch tfFrazer,) 200 miles
Total, 1,650 miles.
It is estimated that in 'view of -the facilities
afforded by thirface of the country, and a
continuous line of Hudson's Bay dompany's
posts, this journey , can be - accomplished in
seventy days, at an:;expense to a company,of
ten persons of $lBO each.
There•are many reasons why the above•men
tioned route is the best from the valley of the
Mississippi to the Pacific. One is, it has more
water, timber and game than those which
start from the Missouri. Another is, tfiere : 'is
no danger of mo'estation from the Indhins on
this northern• route. • Another, a"nd very im
portant one is, that the ridge of the Ri;cky
Mountains, which, west of Missouri, hunches
up like a camel's bad:, gradually flattens out,
so the transit on the northern route is com
paratively easy.
The fifet must be kept in mind; also, which
is verified by "Blodget's Climatology,y that
there is a rapid increase of heat in going
Westward from Minnesota on a line of latitude,
and this, even where the .elevation increases,
so -that the climate of -St. Paul js carried far
north into the valley of the Saskatchewan, to
the Rocky Mountain,, beyond which we find
a climate- very similar to that of England,
mild and humid.
The region of country through which this
route to the Pacific passes, besides being-well
watered, well timbered, and abounding in
game, as well as being most ea .y in crossing
Ale mountains, is also the healthiest of any
which has'yet been traversed. In the report
of Gov. Stevens to the War Department, of
the route
,he surveyed fora
. railroad - to the
Pacific, taking this point as our tertninitS,
is the report of the Surgeon of the 'Expe
dition, in which he says the climate on
the line of this survey is so hiE,ily.salubrious
that the avarage amount-of sickness, with all
the exposures Incident to a constant march,
are far less than when the troops are in gar.
rison. Such, in tenor, is also the report of
the explOrers, surveyor•antl voyagers on
the northern route. -
It would not be at all surprisinfy, if the
Frazer River gold tract i which (30,. Stevens
states extends into our possessions as far
dowp as Southern Oregon, be found the-rich
est on the continent. The dizicoveries sand
yield thus far warrant such a belief.:. Then,
there must of necessity ho some more direct
communication with the Pacific than we now
have with California, and, as an enthusiastic
railroad - projector once saiA of another route,
"The finger: of the Almighty has indicated
the route" by way of St. Paul, the valleys of
the Red and Saskatchewan Rivers, over the
great depression of the Roeky Mountains, iii
about the 52d deg.. of north latitudh, as the
most feasilfle,,anci in all respects desirable; to
the auriferous regions of the PacifiC.
Sheriff's Sales,
Y virtue of sundry writs issued by the Court
I) of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County,
and to me directed, I will expose to sale, by public
vendue, at the Court House, in Montrose, on
Saturday, the 14th of August, I 858, at one o'clock,
p. to., the following described pieces or parcels of
land to wit;
ALL that'eertain piece of parcel of land,situate,
and being in the township of Herrick, Susque
hanna County, bounded and described as follows,
to wit: beginning at a stake and stones corner,
south of the Cochecton and Great Bend turn
pike, on the line between lots in the warrantee
name of John and-Isaac Cox, near the Lackawana
creek; thence north 46 deg. went, 89
,perches to
stake nod stones, an original corner, thence,
south 19 deg. west, 51 parches to a stake and
stones corner, at said turnpike road; thence
south 10 dig. west, 93 perches to a stake and
stones corner; thence south 71 deg. east, 83 per
ches to a stake and stones; thence north 5 deg.
east, 84 perches to the place of. beginning; con.
taining 53 acres and 88 perches of land, with
the appurtellances, ono framed dwelling' house,
one barn, one wagon shop, one blacksmith shop,
and about.3o , acres improved. (Taken in -execu
tion at the suit of Patrick McGunigal vs. Mabit
Mathewson.)
ALSO—AII that certain piece'or pircel of land,
situate, lying, and being in the township of
Clifford, County of Susquehanna, and 'State of
Pennsylvania, bounded as follows: begitining at
a post. the southwest corner of Michael West's
lot; thence by a , warrantee line north 45 deg,
west, 62 perches to a post, the corner of Tuttle's
lot; thence by this line, north 45 1-2 deg. east,
266 perches, to a post; thence south 45 deg. east,
62 perches to a post, said West's northwest cor
ner; thence by said West's -line, south 45 1.2
deg. west, 266 perches to the beginning, con
taining 103 acres, more or less, together with
the appurtenances, one framed house, one Nun
and sheds, one horse barn, one orchard; and
about 50 acres improved.
ALSO—AII that certain pteco or parcel of
land, situate, lying and being in the township of
Lenox, county and State aforesaid,- bouqed and
described al follows, to wit: beginning at a stake
and stones, on the west side and line of Hiram
White's !nod; thence - south along the landa of
Dewitt C Roberta, 67 deg. west 6 chains and
86 links. to a stone wall; thence north 18 deg.
west cluties,l6 a stone in the east branch of the
Tunkhannock, 'lO links from the beilk; thence
north 54 deg. east 5 chains and 25 links, to a
stake
..and stone
T on the banks , thenCe 54 dog.
east chains and 25 links to stake and stones;
thence south
_l9 deg. east 93 links to the place .
of. beginning, containing one acre end. t 26 rods
of - land. (excepting 78 rods of land conveyed by
Ins N. Hawley to Abraham Churchill. by deed,
dated December 13th, 1849,) together with the
appurtenances, one framed dwelling house, and
all improved.
ALSO-4111 that other piece orparcel of rand,
situate as the above described lot, and' bOunded
and described. as follows, to wit : beginning et 'a
.., - 7 : --'.--------
, . .
stake and stonee, about twenty feet' each way
from the. fence,
~.ip therliottli east earner of the
garden paw occupied bit AdneY C.' Tempkins ;
thence north 65 deg. east 28 feet, tea Stake and
stones; thence north 25'ileg.West r fority feet into
the' tree& about 8 feet front the bank; thence
south 65, deg. west, along said crebk, 28 feet;
thence south 25 deg. west,_forty 'feet to the
place of beginning, containing 1120 feet. of land,
together with certain_ rights .to take water from
the penstock- of saw mill,' (reference eine had to
_did from S. Tompkitia, et al. to Ira Hawley, da
ted the 9th day of July, A. D. 1849, nd recorded
in deed book, No.. 18, page '73,) t gether with
the appurtenances, one framed building occupied
its a turning lathe, &c. [The ahoy three pieces
taken in exution at the suit o Jamon 11.
Phelps and Daniel Searle vs. Dank Baker.
. ALSO- 4 :All ,that,. certain, piece or
,parcel of
land, situate, lying, and being in the township of
Auburn, and county , aforesaid, boundectand de
scribed as 'afloat's, to wit: on the &forth:by lands
of Ansel and Martin Wilco:a,,on the[ east by lands
of Thomas R:"White, on the seta by lands of
James Rifenbary, on the west by lands of John
Vwksbury, contiinining one. hundred seers of
land, with the appurtenances, one OW mill, and
about 25 acres mireved. tTakeein execution
at the suit of T. Kellogg,' to these \of Grover,
Phillips & Co. .v W. M. Sherwo d.]\
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' ALSO—AII that certain piece of 'parcel. of
land,situate, lying, and being in death town
ship, County rand State afolb :d, bounded
and described as follows, to wit': en._ the north
by lands of Samuel Picket and- Collins Wood,
on the east by lands of Milton Harris, on the
south by lands of Jacob Young, on'the west by
lands of G. White, containing abut 124 acres,
with the appurtenances, 2 dwelling houses ono
barn and, shed, and about 60 sires improved.
r-Takett in execution at the snit of amen Bunnell,
2d, and A. S. Low vs. R. H. Burch Wm:Cooley,
2d, and P. G. Burch. .
ALSO—AII that certain piece or parcel of
land, situate in the'township of Auburn', County.
and State aforesaid, toonded s and descibed as
followsi to wit: on the north by- land of Jacob
,Brontzman, on the east by land of M. Divine, on
the south by land M. Coburn and I. S. Carter,
and on the west by land of Wm D. Cope, con.
taining about 100 'acree, together ith the ripper
tenanees, one framed house, one log barn, and
about 30 acres improved.. [Take in execution
at the suit of A. Lathrop vs. Jose h Farley.
ALSO—AII that certain piece o, parcel of land,
situate in the township ocHarinony, County and
State aforesaid, bounded and described as fol.
lows,lo wit : bn the northeast byi land of J. and
J. Taylor, on the northwest by Ind formerly of
Ira Williams. on the southeast b land of J. and
J. Taylor, and on the southw st 'by land of
Amos Barnes, containing about 35 acres, with
the appurtenances, one house, no small barn
and about nix . acres improved. Paken -in exe;
cution at the suit of David Taylo vs. Philip M-
I
rich.]
ALSO—AII that certain pikeL or, parcel of
land situate, and being in the township of Rush,
County and State aforesaid, bounded and de
scribed as follows, to wit: on tht north by lands
of William Ross,on the east by lands of Charles
Jerry, on the south by land- ,of Dr. Hiram Cogs
well, and on the west. by lands of N. J. Sherwood,
being the same lands recently, toils -eyed by N. D.
Snyder to S. 11. Canfield, with the y appurtenance's,
one saw mill, with lath machinattached, con
taining about 11 acres , be the sa e more or leak
and nearly all improved. [Tak ain execution
at the suit of A. S. Smith vs. I. Canfield and
1 11
Fairchild Canfield.]
ALSO—AII that certain piece dr parcel of land,
situate, lying, and being in the township of Rush,
Counts and State aforesaid, bdunded and de.
scribed as follows, to wit: on the north by lands
of David Collar, on the east by lands of T. E.
Brown, on the south by lands ofiGeorge Slocum,
and on the west by lands of B. A. Graneer, con
taining about 50 aer, s, with thi r nppnranance.
and about 15 acres improved:, [i aken in execu
tion at the suit of Daniel flo11:1r to the use of
John B tldwia vs. Nathaniel Billings.]
ALSO—AII that certain piece br per eel of land,
situate, lying, and being in the tavnsliip . of J("4-•
sup, County and State aforesaid, boanded ani
described as follows. to wit :417 the north and
east by lands of Austin Sherma , on the south
by lands of James Front, nnd;get the west by
lands at Mathew MeKe.eby andlthe puhlie higi
way, containing about thirty nei,esi. with the ap
purtenances, one dwelling houile, one barn, an•
orchard, and 'about twenty acres improved. -
[Taltsll in execution at the suit lof Mdtthew Mc-
Reebv vs. P. A. Fietd J
-
. ALSO--All that ' , certain pieco ifor parcel of land,
situate, lying, and being in thelownmhipof liar
ford, county and State aforesad, bounded and
described as follows, to wit :
O n the north' by ,
the public highway, on the east 4. Wm. E.
Tingley, on the south by lands ,f Gee. Lindsey,
and ou the west by Peter Williams, containing
B.acres, more or less, with the appartenances,
one saw mill, and all improved; [Taken in ex :
• cation at the suit of Denisrin Oakley, to the
use of L. R. Peck, vs. Richard L. Tingley and
1 ---
Freeman Peek. •
ALSO—MI that certain piece or parcel of
land, situate lying and being in the town4tio - of
Oakland, county and State aforesaid, •boneded
and described as`fellows, to Wit? OTi the north
by lands of John Hlborne, on the east by lands
formerly oc,cusied by David It md, and on the
west by JandoMpposed to be ong to John Mc-
Carthy, formerly occupied by Jeremiah Wilson,
Containing 106 acres of land, there or less, with
the appurtenances, 1 framed (house, barn, sale '
mill, and about 18 acres imprOved. ' (Taken in
execution at the suit of B. S. Bentley, vs. George
Ilerrick.)
ALSO—AII, that certain tritct -of parcel of
land, situate in the township of ------ county
of Bradford, and State of Penn I butted, bounded
and described-as to/lows, to wilt: beginning on
the county line, at the corner of land hereinafter
described; thence north along the said line 51
perches, thence north 87 deg. west :79 perches,
thence south' 3 deg. west, 10 perches ; thence
south 87 deg. east, 21 perch : thence by the'
4 ,
land hereinafter described, north 3 deg. east 43
perchs, sad, thence still by ti+ sampsonth 87
deg. east 61 .. perches to the place of beginning,
containing 34 3-10th acres. ' 1
A LSO- , - - "Ail that certain triesauag.e or tenemen , ,
and tract or parcel of land, 'situate partly in
Bradford and partly in 'Suskieehniana county
aforesaid, bounded and described its follows, to - S
wit: be g inning at a post in the line of Lewis
Burton's land, thence north 2 deg. mist, 100 per.
ches to a post, a corner of land surveyed for 01-
' iver Mayhew, thence-north 87 deg. west by the
line of said Mayhew, 104 perc 'ma to a beech in
the county line, thence south ,by said lino, s'l
perches to a post, thence north 87 deg. west, 23
perches and 7-10th of a perchby the above de
scribed lot in thh county of B dford to a corner
thence south 3 deg west, 43 p hes, to the line
I ce
of James House; and thenc by said James
House's land, south 87 dee. eitht, 124 and 7.10 th ,
porches, crossing the's:a c noty, line to the
beginning, containing" 70 set - with the iupper
tenanses, log house, barn, "so e fruit trees, and
80 acres improved. [Taken in execution at the
suit of Caleb Carmalt vs. Thothas O. Doud.
Purchasers will in all casesreqUired to pay,
on the day of sale, an amount efficient to cover
the costs of saleotherwise, tlr property will be
1p
re-sold forthwith. .
. JOHN YOUNG, Sheriff:
..
,
Sheritrs Office, i
Montrose, July 21, 1858. c
Register's Retie.).
11OUBLIC NOTICE is -hereb i t , given to all per-
IL sons concerned in.the following Estates, to
wit:
Estate of STEPHEN HA LETON, Into of
Dimock, deceased, Wm. J. furrelt and Elijah
Bunnell, Executors. I' 1
Estate, of JEREMIAH O.O6F o NCRANTS,
late of Springville; deted, D. P. Stark, Executor.
Estate of JONATHAN ELLSWORTH, late
'of Middletown, deceased, M. C. Ellsworth and
Samuel-Taggart, Administrators.
. Estate of WM. - H. BROWN, late of R 3B b ,
deceased, John W. Benscoter,l Adniinistrator
Estate of AARON RYNEARSON, late 'of
Lenox, deceased, Isaac Rynea rium, Administrator.
Final account of R. W. 0 RE; Guardian of
Ellen Bagley, Brooklyn.
That 'the accountants ha
counts in the Register's Offic
County of Susquehanna, and'
be presented. to the Judges ofl
of said- County, on . Mondr4
confirmation and allowance.
CHARLES N
Registeei office '
tiout:ofe, July 21st, 1858.
e• settled their ac
:, in nd for the -
that the game will
the Cfrphans'Conrt
;
August 23d for
ALP.,' Register.
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