ADDRESS
OF THE •
3D-OYCI.OOOI"Etti. O
titatt tit t 1 Com mit frt.
In purr:wince of the published call of-the
ibairmati; there was s meeting of the Demo-
er.itic Stale Central Goriirnittee,at the hierch
'tit's' hotel. in Philadelphia,. on Thursday,
tth is' Robert Tyler, Emq., in the : Chair.
On motion the permanent - organization was
• effected by the - appointment of Secretaries,
viz Jacob Turisey, of Westmoreland; J. G.
Frieze, of Columbia, N. P. Felterowt, of
Pittsburgh, and'JOhn Hodgson. of Chester,-
and the'eelection of the necessary_ sub-C9a3-'
tnittee
After some Spent in considering. the
preeent - aspect d-the campaign, aid-the
orgaoiz fig movereiet of certain disappointed
and realissa . pAilicians, fora Convent i on 'to
be held aLlierrishurg, on the 13th init.,. the
fullovring . address was unanimously adopted
and ordered to he signed by the-Chairman,
on -behalf of the Clommittee, and published in
'the Democratic,journals of the State.
• - ADDRESS.
Feu.° w DRSIOCR &TS or Ptesertrata
It is knewn to you all that the Democracy
of the State recently assembled in Convention
at Harrisburg, under ciroumstaticed of the
greatest insEortance. The Convention Met
with a full attendance efbelegales;transeeted
• its important bosinesi with despatels, and
with dignity, to the chagrin and coltsterna
tioe of oar enemies, and the cordial Satisfac
tion of our friends; and concluded itS bar
ettoniceis deliberations with the assured con ,
entrance in the wisdom and efficient) , . of Ate
proceedings, of the •Dernocratto press and
constituencies id every part of the Common
' wealth. - Every intelligent and honest Demo
crat of - Pennsylvania has had reason to regret
and deinecate the stern exigencies of an issue
--itctuelly originated years ag?—thatipro
dined, for a tithe Ruff to a certain eitent t e
'difference of opinions among friends, contra
busing among other Causes, to our temporary
defeat in this State, and the Consequent
. ephemeral popular supremacy Of the twocom
bined opposition factions, now seeking to
obtain possession of the Government, not by
'elate of any plan of, sound* statesmanship.
or by Maintaining correct principles, but by
means of the clamorous assaults of mere nun -
bets attracted togetherby lawless excitements,
and by mercenary calculations 6f power and
pleader. It was therefore a subject forgeneral.
eongratulation;that the Convention was ,
en
abled in a - of calm deliberation and
mutual. explanation on points of expediency,
without theleast nbadnonement ore principle
by any one, to adopt a platform and course
of. action so entirely acceptable to the true
• Demucrao„ria every suction of the State. In
conformity with there sentiments of renewed
' confraternity feeling and' 'objects, the
- Convention resolved, with one voice, that the
once dietrirbing KAI:ISA, question, ..now rapid-.
lr disaPpearingby the peaceful appliance of
..TA - eget Sclution, should be treated in a party
sense, as settle d and past. - \o candid man
citri - or will deny that the *entire proceedings
of. the Body indicate an earnest purpose by
all !stn - were-engaged iu framing then", to
harmoniie.the patty, and to *compact and I
energize itt forces on.- an .honorable and
rational adjustment of •the col, issue, by the
unwise,unneceseary - iind unprofitable obtrusion
of which the Democratic organization might'
have been impaired, and its future efficiency
prejudicially affected. The Convention con
- .erred of bec k -eta, accredited _from *vary
• cotiiity isibaState. Theta Delegates, among
whose-names' may be recognize& an unusual
proportion of the ableet,mciatexpeienced and
• faithful leaders of the Democratic Lost, were
ail -.appointed by and presented proper cre
deutials from the respective county autbori
ties. Nut - a suspicion have been, or can be
raised -respeeting the regularity of each
• County Convention or County Meeting, thus
( participating through theirseveral represents-
tives in the Stabs Convention ; nor has any ,
• one thought of questioning the absolute'
regularity • mailer the rulis and usages of the
.psity, of the§tete Convention itself; in every
partittia&l i origiti, constitution and cop.!
duct. The luxly,-as you perceive, was thusl
perfect as rarty organ, • demisting %of one]
hundred ni gll:tiny-three members, one for)
each Seriatorial-and Legislative Dist:let, and I
• each representing a defined number of voters
free to act and choose for themselves, _in the
- uncontrolled expression of all shades of opin. ,
ion. The reFolutiot s reported by the Com-•
• mittee,the thirty appointed organoftheiteri,
vention, trese•pruseed reithonto si n g l e
sag voice, and we. have, not since' heard a
mormor.ofilisapProval relation to - them,
uttered by a single Batiste who satin the ,
Convention. Richardson L Wright, the*,
" ' pi m a fe l ; the office a Auditor General of ;
the the State, and .. . John Rowe, the nominnee for
the • office of Sun %eyrie General of the State,•l
seen chosen With entire and Striking'. unsni-,
mity, one of thetil having heed always4ard--
ad as a Lecompton-and the other as riarit;-
• Lecompton De: tuns-it. fine •Wo can aver
with actual - truili„that there *pelmet one vote
plea bf. the, Convention on - any question
whatever, having the remotest reference to
subject, frouti.which it deed not unequivocelly
appear,. that the sande kettles lune 'was-re
garded ar !idly endrd and happily takes out
of the tray.
But-since tbd adj. ll:fil n e nt, o er,b - e c oerce! .
floe under, theinsphing ripplatitiCite have die
*_
cribeei r a staled circumstances have arisen
- in connection with which it has been deemed
R prudential ;f • not necessary: assure, to
,c-all,
-,. together the State Central Committee, : with
pomp : Wes! somewhat- unusual,' and at no
small inconvenience to some of its members.,
_ We • are quite awe thatzio instance can be.
a >, in She whole coarse of the history of
rise Deoneratio Party in Peanaylaaiia or
elsewhere, in which a reckless ittempt, how
. ever feeble, has been openly made by persona
prOfeasing to _be Democrats, , to disorgattine
end destroy -heir party. by _advising, inatigat•-•
jug and engaging:MAom of ,raistancer to
the eel of is-Convent-o:4 while incapable of•
denying - its regular ity:nr• 'Validity: io 'Any
respect whatever.. Rut So it is, that alew
corrnpt and ,dosignina men,: who there'il
every groundlor believing have long noodle ! !
tracted with the Opposition to. rain' %hal
Democratic pirty, If their selfish intrigues
• can accomplish it, have seized :upon a
. pre-1
test by witieft they trust to be able to defeat
Dor.excelleut_liclet, by
_imposing their die e
. loc al views op alleareffecting Democrats they
jaay -be able to apprcacli, and who antybe„
- .ueffartenatety ignorant of the seeps and „bear,
log of their contemplated operatinei. . And.
• what is their shnineless pretext fir this fresh;
of treachisons disaffeCtion I itso
happened that a member of the Conniption,'
, * eating- lab4olibt nnder what he conceived to
Ge his dit
t y, -after the . Conv-ention had nnank
mottsly ilidposelnithe. Reeolutionsrigreed on'
in Committee, of ired of hieown volition _ and
mien hie individual responsibility:A tedolution
' that if adopted would :base : *beans!. the-Con
vention, and-every. member present, end-also,
by direct, impliation. the Democeatha piety
of the State,-hay air 1 311 : 1 01ROUleni , geratal
- terms of shat fink hoes called. -.the;
Policy". oftbe present-Essentials Now, pot-.
• 'withstanding the facia siteedy laid, and
thr nsnre•fotet perfeetti conclave:is-it Mutt
—„— - -
be on the question of the motives of the Con-1. men. - We have something more serious to
vention, that a majority, of te . thirty-seven engage our, attention and our e ff ort' than the
votes recyrdeul in favor of this resolution eon- I miserable trade carded on by base politician's,
silted of these formerly known. as Lecomptim - who are always in the habit of making their
Democrats, it tis falsely. and impudently ae". l personal sinew-ties in acquiring vdlices, or
timed Ss a sufficient • justification for their I personal disappointments, the test of the true
indefensible behavior, that a negative vote I value of principles or party. The Constith
thusforred- upon the Contention against its i tiou s -,the Union—oer free Institutions—our
wishes and its evident policy of silence, ~h all 1 prosperity—the secarit; of property—our
not only be considered a simple. refusal fo en liberties—are all cast itr the balance of a few
dorse the so-called 'State Policy' of Governor years of political history. Should Peuesyl•
Packer,but grail be construed by some strange , vania, the hitherto great High Prie,stess of
calculation unknown fo common sense, into 'Peace and Law abiding conservatism, veil
akinsulting renewal of the defunct I,ecotnp- her glorious countenance in sorrow, and ser
i ion and anti-Lecompton difficulty. But this ! render her trust and her person to the s..r tion
ia. utterly -absurd, for two plain reasons, be- iRI Moloch, sills indeed lost I Rally,-then—
, -cause, first, as the vote on the resolutions con- ; let all good men rally under the timid and
stituting the embodied aentisnents,of_the Con- - gimlet's flag, of the 'Democratic Convention.
.vention,clearly s hows, there was not a Delp- its Platform is the official proclamation of
gate, whether once Leconipton or otherwise, principles and measures by the Democracy of
who was not Cm. them ; and secondly, beciiuse 1 Pennsylvania. The - candidates nominated
not only the resolUtions, but ibe whole pro- I by the , Convention are upright, intelligent
ceedings, indicate a full fraternal accordance I and able men, without a sthin on their *fepu
between all the Delegates in Convention, for. fi l th :k r'. Is it possible that you can be Pre--
- getting past differences and preferring to re- sailed upon to desert it, and bow down be
establish their old cordial relations, with a fore the double faced Idol of Know-Nothing
certain victory before them, rather than a Black Republican devotion you' ;a thing you'
I
become by senseless feuds, the wretched. sic- otherwise despise—because' it mar please
tim of their hereditary enetny. 14
--everthvlos 1 certain vain apostates to throw ;a cover over
two or three political desperadoes, tolerated I its detestable features ? :go man 'who reg .
by, a few - and fespected by none, are inflamed I peels himself, will be guilty of such, morel 1
with hopes of encouraging disorganization and mental obliquity. Stand fast with the'
among tia, and already, gloat in imag ination old Demdcracy 'and participate in our ap
over the pm-Straus ensigns of our no ble old proaching triumphs.; for as certain as our
party, while counting . in their dreams "the country survives, we also shall rise in-the
thirty pieces of tilvet to be paid by those niajesty of a just cause. Should you triumph
who bare purchased ,their too willinz, degrad- with ns, you will stand in the front ranks
Salon to use and then to"despise them. Ac-• with the victors; but aid the Opposition to
.corclingly, these pen, reueotly voting and compass their ends, and if no worse come of
working, as they persistently did, against the it, your part of the rejoicing and profit will
candidates 'of the Democracy,.and in favor of
,be, to march it the rear of a "fusion" pro
those of our unprincipled opponents, and cession, with the blush of shame upon your
Itis basely Assisting to inflict. the deepest face, hated and despised by your mongrel
injuries upon us,have undertaken by a mean,i associates. ROBERT TYLER, Chairman ,
dishonest and cowardly profession of Demo , .
cra.tie opinions, in defiance of'every principle
of honor and every hitherto sacred rule of
party discipline, to involve in their indecent
and dishonorable pans and petty fortunes,the
characters of such respectable Democrats as,
beguiled by their misrepresentations, they
may he able to petsuade to meet them at
Harrisburg on the 13th of April inst., to aid
.them in consumating the dt-reputable busi
ness to whichthev have sold theroselves,wld'e
-
ostensibly t o "vindicate the "State policy"
of Gov. W. F. Packer "
But lot us inquire briefly and dispassionate- ,
ly IA hat shape these disorganizing proceeding
is likely - to assume as a . practical idea ?
What do the Bogus.men•propose to do when
they meet at narrisburgin their quasi Con- -
vention. Each person is coaxed and togged
to go there, who may like to'attend on the
occasion either for-the business or the fun of
the thing. Can such self-constituted Dele
gates pretend to be Rhin to show any con
stituencies to whom they are responsible, or
by whom their acts may be popularly reflect
ed]
and by which their extraordinary as
sumptions can only be .relieved from Con
°tempt. Might not a gathering of Know
N'othing-Nack Rere - iblican-Fo,:ionists just as
well meet together, :and call themselves a
"Democratic", Convention, under pre;ext of
""vindicating" GOVernor Packer's "State
policy," and be entitled to equal 2.considera
tion i There can be, we submit, no doubt of
this, Besides, in•tlie absence of certificates
of election, usually presented by those claim
ing membership in a party Convention, or of
some olber process of ascertaining the l iolitii.
cal character and antecedents to the general
~
company, h o eiv shall any deluded ; honest man,
I perchance eallv desirous of vindicating
Governor Packer": "State poricy,lasa :Demo
crat, and not proposing to identify, himself
with the Opposition, feel even tolerably safe
in'yenturing into i.NI: - perilous a place? May i
we not also be permitted . to know what are
the principles to be displayed by ti,i;- ano-- 1
unions movement. Are they more or lees,
I do they agree - or differ With those.held by tl a
National Democracy I Is' the intention, of
the movement confined to the Iprotni.ticit; of 1
mere personal, factious ideas, or can it boast
of any_ principles or,
„policy looking to the
honor and the trait interests of the country I
If it be denied - that OAS. meeting, nought to
I be convened' at flarrisbtfig, be intended toI
organize a distinct faction by Which to under
' mine if possible, and to weaken the Democ
i racy, what, then, is it, that the managtire
I think to do I Is it simply their, object to
l'adopt a string of re- - iolVes "vindicating" Gov.
IPacker's ' Stati Policy," and then to adjOu rn
sine die I Witti ti body of seif-appointed
, delegateiyie'ithout credentials or certificates,-
and of every Yaiiety of - pcilitieal antecedents,
what. will and;
.a "Democra.i endorsement
be worth -•to the - - State -policy of Governor
Packer I If not-this, orif more than this, is
i,.tbeir purpose to nominate a ticket separate
and 'distinct-from that pntforth by the
Democratic State Couveation, and to run it
on tbe principle of a popular "vindication'
of Governor Packer's "State And
if such be their expectation, will any true
friend of Governor Packer consent_ to it ;,or
*bat Democrat who enjoys the confidence
and respect of his associates, - with whom tie
has labored shoulder to shoulder-for ao many
years in so many,glorious contests, is, ready,
in furtherance of the personal rushee or am
bition of unworthy malcOntents, to lend him
self, indirectly,to the Opposition,on' the terms
of endeavoring to defeat at the tolls* perfect
ly unexceptionable
,Democratic ticket, in
order that ; the no minees , ogle Opposition .
may he elected, no matter , sbo they may bel
Or are login operators lifter ",vindicating"
to the bestpf their ability , Govirnor Packer's
"State'Policy" to nominate the ticked of the
Deinecracy 1 . , This would sbereally a farce,
and would 'overwhelm the pOor, beggarly
concern,in the broadeitandidost,pitirol
ridi-
I
cirle.
_Be assured Fellow Democrats . _ that this
'l3oguiConvention .lutibeep corufscicrieltirt
ly outside of the pretext on *hie:A it, is pre
tended to be based. It is an audacious effort
an the part of certain' schemers to use Gov
ernor Packer:and his friends, for Aheir own
secret objects. NO true Friend , would desire
LC,' place him in such a po-ition.' One of the
main object of these plotters of mischief is; WI
distract ns and to defeat-our ticket in the
coming election:hut the immediate step is
6yriterirui specio Of ys invention an in
(Rscrinuna' tiSsures meeting, to , transfer every I
Dendocrat obit li/AY be weak'enough to yield
to thei;sricked professions, and to take part
in it, body and soul, with themselves, to the
ranks of the Opposition. And we pray you,
who may be supposed : to listen to their rep
resentations, to be warned in time of their
destructive machination,, and to' Bea their
ippriractes as you would the poison or stil
letto of the assassiu,
Democrats of Pennsylvania,*itheFergetld
preparation and with tree hearts, we hard
triotriry our grasp. Our Hoerr broken,
not 'by' the enemy, who bad hot the strength
to ddit, but by ourselves, bave hien resestab-
Haled:: Our veteran legioismiveriet beget
ol an equal field; bare linen illjed' lip - 14111 1
frer-b levies-=this old bistinetiStritheitr,.. ad- 1
sauced; atid - wei bear' the'steady tramp
cooqueriot finny, and betiold - thoartlyhtr . :
hordes whose tokber-watchrwpid,kot
patsiotisoz hinter; riclithe Oyler atitr:piPs'
peril , ' of tke cation, - bet 'printer, bolt, the'
"Plikflite - Areingsfor ' ll 4 . llelitesir'airtatiou•
apiast..Geartsbertta Coastitadois; The
trm~6ao poste by:for 4,60 thiao and man
THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT.
J..GERRITSON, Editor
MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA
Thttrsday, April 14, 1859.
- jl:5 - o - ierYizinum in Advance.
FOR AUDITOR MINERAL:
Itteri ARDSON L. WRIGLIT,
FOR SURVFVOR GENERAL:
JOHN RCYWE,, Franklin
T See advertisement of the "ItocLy
Mountain Nor-e Tarn;.r."
t The Sickles' trial is progressing a t
Washiogton.
irgr..We shall expose the trickery of two
or three of our city exchanges next week, if
they do not reply to the business communi
cations sent them-from this office:
Those receiving marked papers N. B.
Bfr. Grow's assertion, made on ,Monday eve.,
that we are in favor of increasing the rates of
postage.- is .n uncalled for, . inexcusable, and
wilful., falsehood. We must defer any cow.
Ments on his speech—altho' full of statements
on a par with the above—as our copy was all
i made up previous to the meeting.
I=lll
t.,47 - We welcome-to our exchange list-the :
Bradford Herald, publishidat Towanda- by
Messrs. Chase (Geo. A.) A: 'Keeler. The first
number i well got up, and has the ring of
the true metal. We trust that it may long
be a Mauna advocate. of National ',anti
meut in abolition Bradford.
t ar An alleged fugitive slave was recent
ly arrested at Banishing; and the ne - ws, on
reaching the capitol was made the pretext by
the in•en•ely abolition members, to agita•o
the removal of the seat of government, and
the passage of a "Personal Liberty Bill" vio
lating the Constitution of the United States.
Chart from this county voted with the
nullifiers. NS the f negro has..since been dis
charged, their ardor will doubtless cool, and
terminate as A s imilar attempt did in New
York and Massachusetts. The abolitionists
dare not, a s yet, go before the country upon
an open, upequivoCal, nullification issue.
pr The oppoiition and their allies are
circulating a report that the (Mods of Got.
Packer did, net have an opportunity - to de
fend bimln the Demodratic State Contention:
The charge is contained, in sUbstanre, in the
following paragraph :
• The only sessoni why they (Packer's friends)
dia -not defen4 him was, that they were riot
permitted to epeak. After Monaghan closed,
two other Lecompton' men made speeches,
and then the .previous question was sprung
upon the conventi'on, by one of the besd
Lecompton managers, expressly to cut of the
friends of the Glprernor from making,-any
reply. -
ged thist Mr. Johnson wls
those - differing with _the
Lecotnptcin question, fur
r, after , the previous gust-
It is further all 4
permitted, to abuj
President on th
nearly ball/4; 1 1y
tion was call . .
We take this or,
person; who was
has read the offl
above is maims t
As a delegate, wet
veution where wr
the doings, and v
is made with a d
excusable ignorai
followed hlonagl
ADVOCATED THE
tcasion to matt ; what:every
t the 'convention, or wto
al report koows, that the
each and eery particular.
occupied a seat in the coo
,
could digtinctly , note all
e assets., that the statement
sign to falsify, or from kr.-
.ce: The two speakers, who
au
,(Jenks and Hopkins)
PACKER RESOLUTION, AND
The statement that any
"Lecompton"
. sentiments
foundation and those who
e statement we brand as
TOTED TOR IT
speaker intrude.
is utterly withou
are circulating t
wilfal falsifiers.
-If the•hiends
fGovernor Packer desire to
,;licy, let them do it, in
,e Black' Republicans in a
question which.iq no wise
defend Lis State
stead. of joining
false cry about
delSerto ions of the conreo
ish to 'hew to the w, ea,
iOn did wrongc,ret, them die,'
1, °
s for. which be was non
endomed. Let em take the sale of - the
entered into the I
Com. If they w:
that the torrent;
cue those questi
canals to the , b
Boa!road Corn pa
!tenger of the
Itnkrtipt. Sunbtery and• Erie
ny, in garters!, and the re
lelaware division in partieulart
in which, through Packer's wrong, the State
last '?6
. per .- telYt. of at least 112215;00t1.00 !
Come, iteats, - stlit to theeuVeet, sad letthe
. - • . • ,
niggers' lcne: . - ,
.. ,. 0 •
We regret to see ill,at the W!lllitmspart
%tette Las beep led latso.oa.erlort:ris4rf,bl .
ter:above. .If thlieditot:*4ll. ; slid 4il4l.lsitr
carrefelty;tte'irildiseetet , viptei: tie 4woor
h.s. been ;*stn: nti-ei fil4 Irk. '.. ' '
. The "litra Pay" Swhidte. -
At the opening of the sersioo of the Ste!
LegislattAit was hoped that the - ,"Extra
Pay" Law, by which the Members pocketed
$700.00 per sep>ion, andmifeage; would
be repealed. But a resolution'to that effect
was indefinitely postpcined, and. when thi
Appropriation bill came up, a like-effort—was
defeated. Recently the following,: bill was
offered :
he it enacted,.443„ That from and after. the
prwent-session, the pay of the members of
the Senate and !Wise of Representatives shall
be tire bombed dollars per annum, and all
the Inas inconsistent herewith be, and the
same are Ittreby repealed.
Upon motion fur the consideration of the ,
above bill, the yeas and nays wens ordered,
and were as follows : •
. Yeas —Mess`rs. ACker, Balliet, Barnsley,
- Barlow, Dover, [Schuylkill,] Burley, Custer,
Dismant, Durboraw, Flemtng, GI, tz, Gray,-
Grittnan, Ilottenstine, Jackson, Ketchum,
McClure, McCurdy, Oaks, Patterson, Pierce,
Pitikertet., Puglie, Ramsdell, Rohrer, Smith,
[Berks.} Stoneback, Stephens,Stuart, 'Wogon
%eller, Welke?. Warden, Witman,
[Bedford,] Withrow, Wolf and Lawrence.
Speaker-37. ' -
Nays—Messrs. Abbot, Broadhead, Bryson,
Campbell, 403E : L i gocno, Dodds,
Eckman, Ellmaker, Feron, Fisher, Foster
Galley, GrahaM, Gratz, Green, Ilamerslev
herding, Irish, Keneagy, Kinney, Laird,
Lawrence, [Washington,] Mathews, Mann,
WDowell, Miller, Neal, Nill, Palm, Pennell,
Price, Proudfoot, Rome, Sheppard, Smitad:
Slyer, Taylor, Thompson, Thorn, Wilcox,
Wiley, William*. [Bucks,] Williston, Wilson,'
Woudring, and Zoller-46.
It ..ill be noticed that Mes:rk Chase,
Smead, Kinney, and Williston, the model
Republican members from this& Congressional
di,trict all voted against the consideration of
- tie resolution, thus securing the continuance
of the extra pay. On the other band,Messtr - .
Gritinen, Jackson; Oak's and Stephrtis, the
Democratio "members from the adjoining
counties favored the Measure of retrenchment
and economy.
Wlie Mr. Chase from thin 'Comfy voted
at the lain session to pocket the extra 1200;
we supposed' ho merely did it for his own
temporary perionol benefit, but hardlyex
pected ho would aid in ftistening this swind
ling law upon the tax-burdened people of the
State. llis record above convinces us tothe,
contrary. he has already pocketed $l2OO.
00 more-than the former pay of members,
:and still votes to keep-thn salary above a just
* figure. From this vole we presitirie he ex:
pects to he returned another year to rob the
pockets of the people of mom money , than
belongs to were justice: permitted to
rule at the capitol:,
jr4r The psert ion made by -the opposition
press that the President favored' an extra
sesidon of Congress, but bad yielded iris con
victioDs to the dictation-of 401 Southern
members of his cabinet, is without foundation,
as he was frorit the first opposed to an extra ses
sion, and for various good . reasons. To have
called an extra session at the time the quo , :
Lion was agitated, would have deprived near
ly half the States 'of a reriresentation, their
ruetribets not basing been electeg.
g Since going to press;sre Ilase received
a memorial flout numerous citizens of Rai
ford, in response to that of the 17 amalgama
tionists published last week. It will appear
next week.
to - The well known firm of T. 13.. Peter
son and 'Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, are now engaged iir publishing! ,
a remarkable cheap edition of the Waverly
novels. The first of these, Ivanhoe," ap: l
peered on Saturday, March sth, 1850, the
next, "Goy Mannering," on March 12th,
"Rob lloy," was issued OA March i9r h,
"Kenilworth" on March 26th, and so on, one
no's-el will he published regularly on each and
every con.ing Saturday, until the *hole num
ber of volumes—twenty-six—is completed.
The loves price fixed by the publishers for
them is only twenty-five. came ft volume,. or
the whole tirthty.sis volumsii Tor five dollars.
A complete set will be forwarded, free of
postage, by Mai!, to any part of the United
States, to any one, by the publifibera, on_ re
ceiving a remittance of five dollars for the
twenty—is volumes; or a remittance. of three
dollars sill pay for the first twelve volumes ;
or a remittance of one dollar will pay for the
first four volumes. The novels will be'.neatly
printed, and each volume will .contain about
125 page's, printed on fine white papel, and
neatly bound with paper cover. The revised
uniform Edinburg edition, from which this
is reprinted, comprises -forty eight volumes,
the cost of which is seventy-two dollars ;
and this edition will contain every word of
the Edinburg edition. We commend the
determination of this enterprising Philadelphia
firm, to furnish the works of an author like
Walter-Scott, at a price so reasonable that
all persons whatever may possess a- full set,
and direct the especial attention of our read
ers to the fact, and advise them .to cilltand
sub,scribe,OT make a remittance of five dol-,
tars at once, per first .mail, to the publiaheri,
for the entire set, wbo.will send them com
plete to any one, free Of poitage, on receipt
of that sum. •
MOrderen to be Execitted.
Within the next two months the following
persons will be executed for murder,unless the
Governors interpose : •
tire. Hartung, of Albany, 'for the murder
of her husband ; ;and John Wilson,• for the
murder of Patrick McCeithy. oth bare
been sentenced to be hung in the Jail at Al
bany on the 27th of
Peter Corrie, Marion Cropps, Henry Gam
biill and John H. Cyphus, convicted of mu-r
-der • were executed, in Haltimore on the
Bthi of April.
Isaac Freeland has been sentenced to be
hung in Fayette county, Georgia , on the sth
of April, for the murder of Claiborne
Vaughari. -
nary lumLertz, the man who murdered
m
hii mistre, and it/sated her WI In a bar._
1.el; Michel' MeNance, foe killing hie
Witi; and Michtel Fenn, will also be titriv;
cuted in Chicago on Frlday,the eth day of
MAY, .
Ilurtisd'or the imnrda'r of a man' 111111343.1
Berke, will' be htrdgto Cincitiati, OD Fattish
May 6th.
- Beeidee the above Nola rittg
litirgh. ander sentence' of deith, and die,*
Boston. ,
. .
'Forty' men' were evecntea for ' - ritufder in
Baltimore on Friday lan. •
Itowdeiin in Lenox.
Mn. .EDITOR.- 2 1n the Independent Fi j i ulr
limn- of March 12th appeared an article on
the R0wd . 0.1 . 2 of Lenox toenahlp. If that
article gave a correct statement 'Bf 1 1:he affairs
of this taint, I think it mutt to entitled to
the. Bannir. •
• •. -
....According ,- tethe ' epittle ciftlint preeminent
citizen of Lenox, one werild be led to ibink
that this township was tmmposed of it-motley
-crew, consisting,of , thie•ee,,rUbbers, gamblers
and black legs! i do not know_ns the writer
intended to con‘ey ate idea, that all of her
citizens wore such awful chaps, and as he has
.so much to otkr in regard to churph mat tent,
it would lead one to suppose that all thii
rowel ) ism was concocted .uesr tbe•church
I do not intend to notional' the statements
of the writer,but shall glance, at them, giving
some of them what I think Is their just due
!n the first plane "they frequently take out
iiitnels from the ichool Louse door, if it is
locked ; and then they will play cards equal
to Mississippi Week legs, in the garret !"
sow, Mr. Editor, do you, net think with
me that such talk as this, is not-becoming a
gentleman I Surely, the writer must have
great respect for his friends. and neighbors,
when Le compares them to Niis-imippi black
legs ! And I should', be gla I to have the
gentletuaw point out Lime the house where
the panels bare been whittled our, nod, these
isfuk tordirs in the garret plat ca&
equal to a 11i.;--issippi black lei ! But I pre-
sump, the gentleman has a'sity glass, or some
thing contrived by which he can peep in
and watch the movements of the.e.!rowdies.
Again, "they . cannot read as well as some,
though they contriveto read a-poster by tak
ing it down, which they 'invariably do—al
ways forgetting to put it up again : " Then
it appears that they can read some. I should
have thought they would have been very ex
pert at reading, especially, being under the
infilfence rif sabbfith schools and prayer
meeting.'
Then, again, "if tbeyieorne tv church at
all, they come twice or thrice during one
a rroon ; if it be in the evening, the 'devils
cornee_ is always full." l'ow 1 should
to know whit the- wr i ter 'intended by this
sentence ! How did be mean h should he
construed I Did be tear° it for one to ap
ply such a meaning to it as he saw fit I lf
so, then I translate it thus ; that these row
dies (as . he calls them) have great re4pect for
meetings ; for bOw can it Ile 'Otherwise when
they conic twice or thrice during one sermon.
The sermons mist be also very lengthy in
deed, and there must be _something in them
very attractive to induce them to Come so
Often during bun sermon. And as to' the
'devils corner'..beicii always full, by this
.one
would naturally Ind lEI l 3 con'icettire, that
possible there 'might be such a thing as that
here was the place they (*earned their trade.
But when they attend church, and that is
fiery often, by the writer's account, it should
be the preacher's duty to point out their er-
TOM and persuade thign to abandon their evil
and enter into that- straight and nar
row path which lead to happiness. Ili;
would look a great leairbetter in the eyes Of
community, than to expose their follies
broadcast over the country.
Now 'see what he'has to say on the wind
ing up of that great epistle,"tliey eaubbacco,
drink rum; get awful tipsy 'oh cider, attend
every spree within ten mi'es—cut your bar
neve while on Sou horse's imele tit bitureh;
steal linch pins , epee - carriages in the roada'
and do a great many - other-thinga which I
have not time to mention." It seems%y this
that they must have craving appetites, and
were reduced * to the last point 6f starvation,
t
to eat tobacco. And as to their drinking
remand getting awful tipsy on cider, and at
tending every spree within'ten miles, I think
the, gentleman must be some travelling
agent, or at least .by some mishap be
throVin in their midst where be can' watoh
their doings and, enjoy their society. I think
I have lived in this town as long as the een
tlemart has; and to my knowledge there has
.neier beau an instance where a harness has
been ant oo' of s horse'sback while atcheirch,
nor any linch-pins being stolen: Nor have I
known of their up-setting carriages: io the
toads. And as to their doing many .other
~things-which he bad not time .to mention, I
think is out of the question, fur be told about.
all—enough to convince one that he must be
one of the party concerned. I say let stains
rest upon the one can the! slander the.
citizens of Irk own township.. for my part,
I rejoice that I have the privilege of living in
such a township. I should think the gentle
man would be too proud of his friends and .
:neighbors to compare them to the Mierissippi
black legs - 1 Let us look at the matter, and
see on what foundation the gebtleman's frame
wotita stands:
• There are in this'township, torn e who pro
fess piety sad godliness, and who think that
they, have had a'callitig to-enter the "Holy
Vineyard 1" also this town can boast of a
Representative in Congress. Nov should
oar townsman, lion. G. A. Grow, or the ones
that supported him, be
. styled as rowdies
And especially should those who ptetend to
be teachers of Godlings, be added in the
same category f 1 think this town deserves
a better treatment, than it got in the Inde—
pendent Republican. I would ask the gentle.
man if be is not proud of those who profess
to be teachers of piety aurtgodliness I Also if
he is not proud of the honorable gentleman,
our fellow towurtnan who sits in the Hall of
Congress I I would in crumb:lBlMb also re
mind him of an old saying that -"they who
I.ve in ghee houses should be very , careful
how they throw stoner," although they might
he 'wi s er so expert at it. seems easier for
some to see the motes in their neighbor'a eye
than is to see the beam inltheir own. With
My best wiabett for the welfare,happinem, and
prosperity' of the eitliens 4f, this my beloved
tchrifshipi t now eti*ribis tripe!,
. -• „ A CITIZEIT.
tenoz,. April
WDOD, EDDY & • Co: hire . been: inflicted
by 'll4 (*and Jury of NeW York city; for sel
ling:lottery = tickets, mat the proprietors of
rievernilieedeylutpera for thelottery
•
For the Democrat.
Amaigamationlam.
Mn. Enrroni-1 find by the Independent 1
ItenutiliCans:if March 31st, and / your p a p er
of last week, that several .of the citrzeni . of
Ilarford Lave made certain uncalled for, state
ments in regard to our. John and family.
I inn at loss to undeisland the. reason of
'such a move, unless those gentlemen wished
to insinuate thetas our colored friend ma very
exemplary young negro, the amalgamation
act is right, and they were acting very,com
Si-tenily and honerahly, in sustainingit. They
tell LS that he was a member of the clwrch,
belonged to the chair, and that Lis sis:er
taught school.
They seem to think that there k ft wrcng
impres•imt in community, anti that theiu
dignation meeting held in Hatton] a flw
w-ek since primed resolutions unjustly tra
ducing the character of this colored family,
of which John is a hopeful member.
I have read carefully the resolutions passed
by that meeting, and there is not a word i
breathed against the character ofJohn &phis,
or connections, previous io this amnlgarna
tin° conspiracy in which John 'played a con
spicuous part, second only to that of his very
interes:ing spouse. Permit me to. ,say here
that we have other negroes in this vicinity
who sustain good moral, charavteis, don't
steal or get drunk, and some of them, with- .
out doubt, belong to the church. •
The people of this community, in
: view of
the farts in the caw, are very well satisfied
thal those ient'emen, who have favored i.e
with their opinions, sympathize with, and up
hold ama l g am tion, a 7 d I have no doubt but
that my benevolently dispes,d town-tnen
will appreciate their feeble attempt to-defend
themselves in their sedicnlons position.
I, however, am very willing to do this in.
trrerting negro ju s tice. Ile is certainly ft
very promising young man, He has one
extraordinary IfFlit. conside,img his psrentage ;
it s-ems that he sloes-no appreciate colored
-people, and I am disposed to sympathke with
him in his.very creditable taste.
I am f.ornewhat acquainted with his "bet
ter half" by the way, snd it is my plisilege
to Ave that the conduct of the gentle I)esde
-111011111 in this aflitir, has betrayed all the re
finement 1 once gave h r credit for.
The mass of the people in 11a'rf..r.1, regard- -
less of party poli•ics, arz op pored to amalga
mation, yet we have Monomaniacs, thank
heaven but few however, on the suhject of
negro equality—men who are not aatiAied
with defending the natuial righta of the black
man, hut who, sharWeless in their ihis - riken
zeal ail: that till shall go down, and nesi
him on grt Linda of political and unitl
equality. •
John Sophia has : been a rat among ti cer-
tßin das. in our town, and I trust that the
result of th. ir wonderful negro syrup by Ai I
teach. Lis worshippers a les:sott nut - easily fur-
gotten.
It is Faid that this negro is only quarter
blood,: It matters oat. The negro blood 1 . 4
ill him, and, like murder, "it will out,';_and
Ins latest talsterity shall blush fur the contim:
ination of th-iir father's hl o 1.
The white man who values his•manhood,
would as soon marry a fresh caught Ethiop
ian, as John Sophia's great grand child.—
I attended to exhibition lately in are vicinity
of Messrs. Sweet and Watious, and _listened
among other exerti.s..:s to an 0 s'iy en ti t l e d
'Chronicles,' ih which the anthy, sum..
pig of this li•etary age, labored to show i .rs
I und e rstood it,thatt men who could find fault
a ith tl4 darkey four marrt ing whom l ie
pleased, would very flat/rally ,uphold rid--
guided yo o g .....i. 0.1—.. h.... .....d.
Hartord) in -ula lag ;their thievish pranks.
1 Knowing the men who oppos3 ama l gama ti on
in Llarford, the pubrmwill no! ask for. com
ment on the extraord:ii try pfoduction I have,
deigned- td sHice.
I am opposed to amalgamation because a
it: tendency—the cerruili ii of . Wood.. I
Understand mingling ni_h the guar er ',toot],
to be no less a crime, than. Ivith, the full b:0 4,,
and I protest Tost . empbatio4lli, again:i any
sprinkling of it, Even in homeopathic pro
portions. if you ask 'n comtiilerit axon its
, e ir ee I M e xico with its swarms of ighoraitt,
dePtaVed aFt , I sepsis ituous
. ittr e teles . 2 ,
majority cf whom are mixed races,is at hand.
The patriot p. i.;resseti .. of.opospatk oft WO
cal know!elge, . r offering one , pr7yir fox the
future of our country, will ctitinr,Sh all siluides
of atualgama i m. and will not seek to excuse
its_ enotmity, or palliate the Rttibutiuu it
deserves.
April, 1859
No BLACK ItIifIntLICANISH
it CIIL'RCtI.--
A correspondent of the Hendon] Times says
a singu!ar scene happened in the lispii
church in Pleasant Valley, Connecticut ; on
Sunday, the 27th ult. A preacher, probably
one of "the three thoussnd,"• from a neigh
boring town, was occupying the pulpit.
After announcing hii text, be bad not gone
far when he said,
.to the' audience, 'I have
been instructed, not to- prcaclt an ything of
abolitionism or, republicanism ; bu t I must
serve my Master,
and I —' At thitcjunc
tare one of 'the deacons rose and twit 'Hold
on. It's my impression you have said enough.
Meeting is out. The audience rose stimul
taneously and went' out. The miniater sat
down, 'and the deacon went to-the pulpit and
said to him—'lf you -want to preach polilics'
I have•no objection, and my house is at your
'service ; but this church is not the proper
place, and it cannot permitted. If' you
desire to give a political sermon "or speech,
you can do so at my house, or any other
place, and J will Warrant: a good audience,
and you' shall - have s fair play and not be
hurt. 'But you must not attempt it bare."
There was no more preaching in , that church
that afternoon. • - •
Death of the oldest Ilan in Penn.
sylvaida.
Fairview - township, ButlAr•conn
ty, on the 27th ult.; Mr. ilstorni SirEENET,
Aged 122 years. • -
Mr. Sweeny wee born in the year
in (lambert, Pruieh'cif Ardfert, county 'eery
Ireland, and emigrated to — this country in
1847, being' than . one hundred years aid:
The subject of this notice was never known
to have hird'an honii sicknesi even up to the
very day of his death, but ,Was always re = .
truirkably stout-and healthy; having the full
use dant% faculties tu - the last, with a deli
oriel of hearing and 'a quickne-s of percep
tion that was really rniracitlons in one who
bad journeyed so far beyond the allotted'
bOunds 'of early exis'ence. His last day on
earth was spent, as wine, at the genial - -fire
side of his daughter; Mrs. Nolen, surrounded _
by admiring.and affeetionate grAnd:children,
and nothing occured - to warn them that in
the sleep of the coming night the patriarch
I was. to sink silently and it Once :into the
deeper slumber of the graVis.---Post.
Diterrr hes-rarely f iitritded the precincts of
a Presidential Cabinet The only instances,
prior to-- the death .of Post Master General
Brown,:were in the death of Abel P. Upshur
and' Thomas.V. Gilmer, by the bursting-of a
canonic on. board the: Princeton, and that' of
Hugh B. Legere,. at. Bostonov hen accompany*•
lag Mr.,T)lnr upon a.Presidential,tour • .
FROM the . report ; of the State- Tresearer
to Ate enate,. we !eartt. that theltelief Neter
eiill 0 4weeding amount to it0441,50i
Will they wake an Issue
It is not all surprising to see. the Opposi
tion papers lending aid and comfort to the
movement of the disorganizers, because they
hope that the Convention of thel3th of April
will play into their hand. and enable them to
elect their State ticket._ This display °rim
ternal concord between 'the organs' of dis-,
organizaiion and this regular organs of the
Oppoiition, is so marked, that it is difficult
tO _determine which. are engineering the
movement of the lath of April. A journal
that maybe classed with the regular OpPo•
sition, takes it for granted that the "anti-
LecoiniAiiii Convention will nominate candi
dates for Author General - and Surveyor
General,in opposition to Wright and Rowe."
We .hope they will, but are not prepared
to take anything for granted concerning the
movement of this body of selfcotre i titoted
political purifiers. his much more probable
that th ey will refuse to nominate a'ticket,
with the secret understanding that they, will
go over, bag and baggage, to the Republi
cans, as most of them did dlast ~ fall, When
the self-elected delegate, Meet lei Convention,
we-expect to see them vroleutlvagiitated, and
to- , hear therririve end froth about the des
potic National Administration—we expect
to hear a number, of excellent - speeches,
abounding in the purest paftietiste and the
most disinterested - alirin at the corruption
- that has crept into' govereiratint—then as a
commentary omso much virtue, we expect
that 'our worthy, honest and - much abused^
chief magistrate, Governor Packer, be
endorsed including the sub-sale of the canals.
- (The Sunbury and Erie contraotors, whose
names abound in the call, will see that this
portion of the business of the Convention is ,
not negleoted.) After this glorious demon
stration, we anticipate that the Co_ nvention
ill dismlve--/that the patriots will dis
perse, and the contractors return_ to their
viodms jobs—without venturing to nominate
a ticket. It will be an agreeable disappoint
ment •if they do. !laving. denounced the
r,gular Convention in the mf at unmeasured
term; having asserted that it did no: represent
the Democratic par y, and that its voice
was only the purchased scion of office
holders, these disorganizes hare now An op-
po4Unity of putting their ft.ith in their own
allegations to the test: L. t them e.e.:t a
platform, of which the chief planks shill be
oppoAtion to the National Adminiivration,
and adMirati In for William ! .. F. Packer, in-
chiding a hearty endorsement of his State
policy. Upou this platform, let them place
candidates,. and ip before the people with
them. This would be opm and manly, too
much so,. we fear, for the offiee-hating patri-.
Judging fruni their ae?ions in the paq,
r will nut venture to dWelese their own
goificance by nomiuriting men of their
J kiduey,but will prefer- o play the 'leak
ing game cf afT:cting the suppott of the
Democratic ticket, while arcretly playing in
to the hawk 'of the Popublicarts.
It has been 4 assettrl that the DemocrAtic
pra.s of thht State generally, diSarP CANS of
the action of the convention. Now, if the
its‘emblate of April 13th wi i notni aa - a
ticket, it can he Ascertained beyond all con
troversy, where the newspapers of the par .y
stand, whether for thi Forncy-Pitker ticket,
or fur the Dignouratie ticket. Will the Con
vention accept the i.sue f Patriot and
Union.
We obst reed in the New Yotk Tribune t' a
other day a paragraph reflecting upon Col.
Black ; wt-ielt we have every reasm to believe
is untrue in evety particular and in every
tine. Tim rorrennntxteht p r -wirc. - , it . r .
pear,, had his perpose to sere, and took the
mean advantage of his r o.ition to do it.
fhrrr was tin trodlrre in-rogartb to his nomina
tion in the Senate, and hisconrluct has been
untxeeptionable doting his :tither protracted
stay in Washington. We have r onvelacti
frith gentlemen who have been in Washing
ton all winter, and in daily intercourse with
Mr Black, who stye that the rep, rt of lis
being iniuiirated is a lie out of *llan Clotli.
We make tl.i4 statement in vintii-ntion of
truth and the chirecter of a distluguistiedson
of Bennsyliania.
„Pie appeOetl tiaragiaph is taken f o n 'hi
"Herald,uf Freedom,” publibhed at.l.Awrence,
K. I'. The 'Jerald i; a con , sriative Free
Tral*r, and sustains Goy. Mectitry . . For
the benefit of the Kepublie2.ni who blubbered
over Ain Lane's wrongs in 18.56, we extract
it
HARFORD
.
'Gen James bane. the lian:as Hero,
came to Kansas a Pro-SlaFery man; he tried
to buy sietvis; he sided with the Pro-Slavery
men;_ be recognized the. Atat . bogus Legis
lature, by trying to get a divorce from his
wif e ; the L-gislatare refused; Lane got mad
and turned Fr-.e State men ; -stumped thie
Territory and went fur a Free. State because
it was .not a hemp-growing country. He
seduced a woman, gut drunk,. joined the
Temperance Society, the Clench, and was
bleCted United' States Senator brirler the
Topeka Co'ustitu tion,.all in one week."
NEWSPA CYR FOR SALE.—,Tha American
Republican, an old' Democratic organ in
Chester County is offered for sale. Mr.
George. W. Pearce, its proptietor,bas followed
the lead of Hickman and Forney, until he
finds it necessary to Fever his connvtion
with the paper to save it from ruin. Traitors
always reetn to find their reward, in politics
as well as-anything else. -
CORNELIUS WExnatz, Fog, has Sold the
Washington Union to Gen. George W. Bow
man,the Superintendent of Public Printing—
the transfer to be made in about two weeks.
Gen. Bowman -was for twents-fiveleare the•
editor and publisher of the Bedford Gazette,
in this State, and is a gentleman of talent
and integrity, as well as an orthodox and
continent Democrat.
POST.MAErmc&—e•County Postmastersahould
bear in mind, for their advantage as well :as
that of the local press, that for every county
paper received at their office, they are wllow
ed 10i cents a year, out or tile Post °Effie
funds, or two mills for each number of the
paper; For papers published' outside the
county, the Postmaster gets but from 61 to
13
,Cents a year, and has to collect it off the
party receiving the paper besides.
lark is reported that Den Rice has
offered to contribute about t 2.0,000. to the
Mount Vernon Fund, provided the Hon.
Edward Everett consents to" trivet With his
circus for a single ,season in the capacity of
a clown. -
jar The election in Connecticut resulted
in the election of the opposition members of
Congress, State ticket, and a majority of the
legislature by small. majorities.
Yearaiumv, the 13th of April, 1050, wal
the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary-of
the birthday of Thdtrunt Jefferson, the author
of the Declaration Of Indepentienne.
Invested by several _hundred-young: men du
Oa past fait *n4' winter, for tuition,
books, board, all ,expenses .io full, at the'
Isoie -Cruz Cou sott, rittsbnrg, Pa, bas !e
-cured !or a emit majority-of them employ'
this gringi: Tates. ',aryl or Irons tack t 9 SKI
per .mortib, .
4.1111. - -
lion. S. W. Black
A Kaaisai Hero.