TOWN ANP \ COUNTY" AFFAIRS.
Ithss SpiAnost, one of the 'moat dis
tinguished Traice speakers, in _the United
StaKK5, ailllectoreatFriendeville,onTmesdsp
evening, October 4th, at 7,o'olOck:
A t - z - We norms by a. atatedusot in a SchtrylT
101 l county (Pa.) paper that the poorhouse
expenses of that county were $26,961, during
be last year. It has been . Ooperation sev
eral yeais, and tbis,ia perhaps about the
average expense.
far The Susquehanna Association of lilai
versalists_ will bold its Annual session Sri
Brooklyn, Wednesday and. Thursday, Oct.
_sih and 6th. Delegates from the several
Churches, and societies are requested to be
.r
resent. • -«
The officers lately lipointed by Gen.
C. D. Lathrop, made their appearance dressed
in their new uniform, at a training which was
held at Friendsriile on Saturday s last. We
were not present, but understand that they
Lad a good time, and with the exceptilon of a
slight - rain everything pasAed off very pleas
ant. This was the first training they bad at•
tended since commencing their military cat
reer, butit is nit) they did exceedingly 'well.
' . For the Democrat
County Poor Rouse.
Ma C. E plarvapr; Desa.Sza yan liave
requested the citizens ofthe county,to write
• .
their opinion's in relation to the erection of a
Poor house, and the cost of supporting the
poor of the several towns; I say that Gibson
'has paid alndut $360", - for thelast ten or fifteen
learscexcept list year,' when it cost nearly.
$7OO.
I think it.bad policy to erect a poor house.
Not more than one out of ten of our poor are
able to earn anything; in comparison to their
m ants. The poor house would destroy that
interest which now stimdlays people to keep
their poor relatives for the smallest sums pos
sible. A poor house every 'Fall and
Winter, 'gather large numbers of idle loafers,
and tiplers, and all manner of vagrant's, to sap
their living from the hone‘t and ifiduArious,
in the Spring they will be gone with the
wind. A\ farm, 'house, and other buildings
with the expense of officers, will create a tax,
yea rly, Aak will have to lie collected et say
live per eent.,'.and it is very probable that at
lint w o uld more than equal the one we are
how paying fur our new court house. ,
Now my honest view-of the suject, is, that
each town should domino.? the present plan,
:rad avoid,an enlarged taxation. Fellow
let's give. 1 0 000 tunjorits.
BENJAMIN DIX.
SepteMber Vith;
For the Montrose Democrat.
The C9rinty Poor Ilonsf.
Eorros..—There are several objections
to a county poor house. I will state some of
hem. - '
Ist. I :tin sati.fred that the expense of sup
poring the poor will be increased.
Onesesson for this is the fact that a large
her cent, 'Of the poor of the several townships
ar'krpt+_tip friends aad.relatives at a price
le-s Ilan would be acceptable to strangers.
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The. expense Of conveying the spoor to and expediency of this project, since the annual
coal l iii county house will probably about contributions levied for relief of paupers, are
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-the poor) -under our present system. they may aid -him in forming an opinion rela-
Ido not know the exact number of paupers tire tchle settle is called upon to accept, or
in Gib-on, but think Were are sor 0. Sup- to oject. ,
All are infdtmed that, - for severatantece
pose the township, in the. - county should
dent years , our county taxes have .Eisen
average but 4-30 tosinshipt will make an
bearyto m , any almost insupportable- The
noally 120 poor to be kept at a county poor disbursement ofa large debt contracted for
hous,% Add to this -riumber a Superintendent building the.new Court House still bears hard
and family;. delis, assistants and superno r upon the people. In view of this, and in
fate of the fact that oar' county 'expenditures
merarios, (all of whom must.be well paid,)
will not be likely to diminish in the future,
—ear 20, making 140 persons with= whichto
are our citizens resolved to pave thews% Y 'for
commence operations in our new county I the creation of another debt,' whose Magni
lioilse. !. I lode is to be left, not to their own disCretion,
' What would be the,expense of a bujldingbut to the caprice of commissioners 1 Who,
.nitable. to accommodate such a number p i that has canvassed this subject, believes that
when a farm is. purchased, suitable buildings
Would our 'courthoule'lbe large enough i
Certainly net. . erected thereon, and the whole paid for, there
• will bewn end of taxation in this direction ?
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Let did the court house cost I $20,000; ' •
. Where i s the money coming from to pa s d i ;.
mid is it paid fort No. . rectors, overseers, stewards; matrons, physi-
The poor should' be comfortably housad clans associated with the concern I From a
ane fed; and in order to do so a good ants
tber necessary out build
- ings:rnitst be erected. Will $30,000 he too
large au estimate for their erection, &c.; aic.l
Are the people of- Susquehanita prepared
for another tax equal to or greater than that
for building - . Our new • court house 4 If not,
roie against a poor house." . -
The - salaries of superintendent, assistants,
physiciang, board of managers, and the an
nual repairs of buildings, dc, &c., will pie
balply noebe: lass than $3.000 annually, with
out any reference to the expense_ of feeding
and elotliiii , over 100 persons.
2d. 1- 'am opposed ' to a - county poor
bOuSe on the ground - that we bare no
rizht ti repitrate the poor from their relatives
and r friends:
I have Idown- old and respectable people
taken fmni- - their relatives and friends (and
'Trout th - e . place where they were born and
had spent the most part of a laborious and
-- 4'u , tri one licr) and placed in a county poor
-
IVtsc acme 200 inmates, nearly
rill total Stroup-A.A.
I IraiO sisited but one county poor houis;,
that contained some 200 inmates, and if it
wee a fair *specimen of their general charac
ter. certainly no sane man, possessing one
particle of humanity, would for a moment
advocatZ the erection of a.county poor house.
31 What is the moral influence exerted
by a county poor' bopse f -
'-
his alleged by persons who ought to know,
that the number of inmates of some of our
' poor houses would- not diminish if the sup
ply from the townships were cut 'off; In other
words, the .births would equal the deaths.
Sappose this is a_ possible state of Aings.
as avoid such possibilities.
The poor are now scattered -over the whine
• cbunty, utters many.of them were barn and
where the . influences surrounding them art
favorable both physical health sad -moral
improvement. - They are generally well cared
anti'Noritil we can , better their uoodition
•iet them remain where they are.
if the I d egislature bad *left the deitision of t
thisAties.tioli to -- * 'vote of - the poor of this,
county it . would probably be szierg.lily and
properly "settled.. • .
*ill oplysadd ,that, every
per.ion
. w . ho wistieti to protect his own - pocket;
every, person who wished tbapcior, to have
rind possess all the comforts and , enjoyments ,
_consistent
. .with. `peteoe - I
w h o mishea their Moroi& Ainnontaininttleti;!
will-consider Well before fastetkur span oa a!
couuty poor home. ' - ..itonrs„Ac.,
ibaop. fir,. qu), mus.
• For the Montrose . Democrat.
Shall we have a 'Co. Poor House.
• "Tbis questiOn is soon to ho submitted to a
vote of the,people„; and a. serious qtesstionit
is, for if- such - en listitutionbe established in
our midst, and it prov t e disastrotia to the in
terests of the people, we- shill have a birden
upon es difficult, if not itepoisible_to be re
moved. Our condition monk' be -sinoilar to
that of the Tailor in fabled story, who took
,upon his back a load-fie afterward could not
'bake off. An obnoxious Peddling. Act,
Road Law, and various other legislative en
actments, may be easily—revoked ; but all
can see that an act like the one in question,
from the consequences which - must result
from its 'acceptance, would not be speedily
repealed, however universal and strong the
popular voice might be for its abrogation:
We hear it- said that the:Poor House will
sustain itself. In some counties, under pe
culiar circumstances, this may be true; but
it is exceedingly doubtful whether it will do
so. here ; so much so that prudence would.
seem to dictate that we should not hazard the
experiment, unless under a thorough convics
tion, of its practical utility.
The male-portion of our,. pauper., able to
work at all, would be employed either in
shops or on the farm. On the latter, they,
would not find steady employment more thir
half the year ; and how much labor would
be done, one day with another, by men and
worrien reduced' to a state of pauperism I
At this day, when money is plenty, business
prosperous, mind - and muscle in active de
mand, it-is folly to• presume that many of
the able bodied will throw themselves. upon
the County 'fiA support. We know that,
generally, they are only the feeble, and the
impotent that invoke. public charity, Ei
traordiniry - contingencies, however; which
sometimes happen in manufacturing, and in
mining, but rarely in agricultural districts may
furnish an exception to ibis rule.
Let us suzpose trio Poor House in opera
tion, and a portion of its tenants able to work,
yet who will not : What then I Pray, tell
us, you, who aver the Poor House- will susi
tain itself. Whip -.them I -Starve- diem t
Either would he torbarous. Expel them
bo so, and they are paupers still, entitled, as
such, to support.
:Further, we are gravely assured, that it
will be cheaper for -the several townships to
keep their paupers at a Poor House than at
home, because the entire county will-then
have to bear a proportion of the, 'expense re
quisite for their support. With due respect for
the sincerity which may have prompted such
a declaration, it can be regarded only as an
assumption, a statement unsupported by fact
or argument. Such an institution, properly
managed, might be serviceable to boroughs
and townships,, at .present burdened with
poor; but we call for the data from which
the advocates of this measure draw their
conclusions, that the establishment of an as
ylum for the poor ill( our county., would op
erate advantagebusly to the financial inter
ests of the several townships, as a - whole. If,
in some sections of our county, poor taxes ere
high, at present, this affords oci - good reason
for those sections desiring a Poor House.; for
time has shown that a township laden with
paupers one year, may, the next, -be nearly
if not entirely rid of them.
It has been very properly suggested, that a
statement of moneys, expended for poor put
pcses, in the respective townships, for the
past year, he sent for publication; but with
this knowledge. will it not still be difficult to
arrive at a. s3tisfactory conclusion as to the
fund created by pauper labor 1 Such .a no
tion is too absurd for serious consideration.
Defray these expenses' by a general tax, it
May be said. True, Ibis is the way it would
have to be dope; but the query arises, wheth
er, by so doing, our taxes would not be heav
ier than they are noir. A.scorrect solution of
. this question can be obtained only by a prac
tical application of the provisions of the Bill.
The history of the. past clearly demonstrates,
that experiments in legislation, involving the
welfare of communities, are dangerous and
should be avoided. In the present instance,
we Lave the power, by a direct vote, to an
nul a legislative proceeding, which, if sanc
tioned by us, may prove a serious drawback
upon our, prosperity. Shall we do this, and
while. rid :A. an evil . , remain so I • Let every
voter respond affirmatively.
The friends of this Act, for reasons best
know; to themselves; hive not, as yet, furnish-
ed os any estimate of the probable cost of a
plantation, and appurtenances necessary for
the - employment and accommodation of our
poor. Perhaps they think their prospect,.
would be damaged by . so doing.. tf, as has
been auggested,.the matter can be kept quiet,'
and just before election, emissaries sent
through the county to persuade a smajo - rity
to vote the thing blindfold, (which it is be
lieved cannot be done,) the ends of selfishness.
will be accomplished ; somebody will bare a
farm to sell ; somebody money to loan; afew
in certain localities engineer thilooncern, and
reap.a.goldea harvest. thereby ; while the la
boring masses will be taxed heavier than aver
before. "Tax-payers of Susquehanna county,,
weigh well this matter before committing an
act, which. afterward, when too late, yob may
deeply regret! A majority of you knew.not
that.a petition for a Poor - House was - in cir
culation. Doubtless the originators of the
plan did not want you to 'know it; for this
knowledge might have led, to agitation,- agita-_,
Lion to remonstrance, and remonstrance, prop
erly directed, killed the Bill. kis hard to
believe that we have among us, sk.corribine ,
don of menzo.rsgardless of the public weal,
as sodesire the inaugu'ration of any measure
whose obvious Sande/my would be to benefit
the few, at the expense of . the , many. ' We
should be slow to impute dishonorable intenT
lions to our fellows) Be - all this as it may,- - -
-and every oneixat liberty to judge for him
ielf—if ow citizens feel that an effort :lips been
needs, by an avaricious clique, to thrust, a re
pugnant Act upon, them, they . ,have now a
good opportunity to assure all: intnguers and
would-be controllers of the public mind, that
"there is a power behind Abe tbrone;" that
they have sufficient penetration to fakborn
their designs; that they possess intelligence
and itidependencei. that they know; and, rill
rnainialo their rights„ and cOnzhat`:wtong,
"Tioewad by, influence, tinlitibed.lfy gain."
-I. ...gaiggical:Pikb• • si. W. T. •
TheCo - itisti - P001;111oiue.
When we:first invited .a disc'ussion of this
subject in oar &donuts, we intended to leave
it entirely in the handa4 others, as we felt
but little interest in it, and only desired that
be public ibould be prepared'to vote under-
standiogly ; for One, wo'expected to vote
just as we might make op 'our miod, after
hearing argument from others. But as we
desire that the question should be both fully
andfairly-discussed, we nsake a few comments
upon."Tax.Payor's" arcle in our columns,
last week.
He first says thsit "the, ey . sbstn ... ii in,otiora-
tion in the larger part orthe counties of the
State." We do not know his source of infr.4-
mation„ but think he is very much its error.
We doubt whether he tan give the names of
over ten counties that have poor houses.—
Business, pleasure, visiting friends, and view
ing various matters of interest, have induced
'us' to spend, at interval; over two years in
traveling through and temporarily residing
in various counties of the State, in addition
to which we have over three years experience'
in our present business, and receive county
papers froin all sections, and have, from these,
a good opportunity to be posted on this sub ;
ject ; and we-give it.as our belief that but a
small proportion have poor houses. If any
think this incorrect, give us the facts.
lo- tells us the poor tax of the county aver
ages over $lO,OOO per year, but gives no fig
ures to show suoh to 4 the case. We have
made a good deal of inquiry, and so far as we
can learn, not over $5OOO is levied, out of
which other expensesare paid, leaving, per
haps $3OOO to the benefit of the poor ; which
sum will not more than pay the expense of
officers, repairs, etc., of a well kept poor house.
Re states that a huge Share of the tai is
absorbed to pay overseers expenses. No doubt
of this; but can it be shown how a county
house-can be kept without the name result ?
If a considerable sum is often spent in de
termining the settlement of the pauper, would
not a county house cause each locality to feel
leas interest in the subject and thereby suffer
many to become a charge who really belong
ed to the neighboring countleg !
As to paupers laboring to help pay their
keeping, we suggest that if they can labor in
a county house, they can as now kept. A
man cannot be compelled to work, but if able
to work he certainly could not and would
not be in the poor house io Summer, while in
Winter he could do little or no work in art
agricultural county. -
The idei is advanced that humanity
prompts the'adoption of the law, as the poor
will be beUer provided for. •So far as we
know, paupers are at present - quite comfOrta
hip maintained.- Put a crowd of them to
gether, and will not strife, crime; and pesti
lence be the result I
13e says that many towns are ... pay.in,g_from
$3 to $6 per week for supporting paupers.
We never hear of such cases, and think
some instances shobld be - given to make the
`gtatement good.
We differ from his idea that it requires
"but a thought" to convince one that there
can be a saving of one half of pauper expen.
..0 -- lea lumina!' a tussintst line.- It 414"4.1
I quire more; it requires - reflection, calcula
tion, experience. facts. Gives, us statistic!'
from an agricultural county house before
I you ask us to be fully satisfied.
Suppose Tax Payer does not. know of a
county that blas ever tried the •new system,'
and abandoned it I How many tountv
houses has• be ever had within range of his
observatiob I -,Who does not know that it is
very difficult to get rid of,a bad system when
once ,6Aablished I Would not a County
house be unfit for any other use after being.
built for that purpose I Besides this - :here
would be a score of objections from interes
ted sources to prevent abandoning what all
felt to be an evil. To be free from trou
ble; keep clear in the beginning. Get a•wolf
by the ears, sod, however bard it might be to
hold on, nothing but sheer exhaustion could
force one to let go.
. We raise these queries mainly-for the pur
pose of attracting closer attention to the sub
ject. - -
We will review the proposed law next
week.
, THE THIRD ANNUAL FAIR
OF Tag
Jackson Agricultural Society
Will be_ held on Wed nesday„ Oct. btb, on
the grounds of Reuben "'orris:
Exhibitors must have their anicles or stock
entered.on the Secretary's book by 10 o'clock,
and receive a card, which must be placed on
the article exitibited.
-The Jddges will please present ibeinselves
at the Secretary's stand at 11 - o'clock, rind
receive their books.
CLASS I—HORSES.
Judges—Nelson Frencl, A. W. Barret,
Benj. Warner.
CLASSII--OICEN„BULLS AND STEERS:
JudgeF—Jotbam Pickering, Reuben Hill,
Frank. Bryant.
CLASS 111--COWS, HEIFERS, YEAR
-- TANGS AND CALVES-.
Judges—P. Gunnison, James Hall, Chimn
ey Lamb.
'CLASS IV—SHEtEP AND SWINE.
Judges--Martin Ball, Leicester Payne,
Jasper Savory.
CLASS V-POULTRY AND GRAIN
Judges—E. L Leonard, E. Tacker, IL M
Wells.
CLASS VI-FRUIT.
dodges—D. A. Lamb, Fred. Bryant, James
A. Bingham.
CLASS VII=VEGETABLES.
Judges—N. Norris, Jame Potts', Asa Dix.
CLASS \III—MECHANICAL PktODUC-
TIONS
'Judges—J. W. Stone, J. M. Bronson, H
L. Frepcb.
CLASS 12C,DOHESTIC MANUFACTURES
Judges—Mrs. Wm. IL Bartlett, Dire. R
Harris, Mn.s James Hall.
* CLASS X—BUTTER AND CHEESE.
Judges—Mrs Geo. T. Perry, Mrs.'LL M.
*elle, Birk 0. H. Perry.
CJ. +MS .XI—ORNAMENTAL NEEDLE
WORK; &a
Judges—Mrs.Philander Hail, Miss H. lamb,
Miss FL MIL
CLABSaiI—XISdELLANEOUS.
Judges--1,t,-W: laumbea r Wat.Zamiltoik
Eloo Liz _ ---"•• • • •
A cordial in ta that). is +Wended td ibe ca
mas of the ectuatyAnd it is expected thaLthe
&kcal . ' of ituprovereeitt E lla Abe vijObling
Woos at 410/ 14 tiotstrily, fits,/ utLarith
their PFSurasy•but with, thuir apitcbMs
Ot, Agriculture, Agriculturia,_,limpletneata,
Stsickokcv tkr- , • - _
,imptvitaddikte 43!y •
T. W,TilifaMili
L D. Brno, Seeptiry. •
Gibrovi Agricultural Society
At a meeting of the Gibson Agriqltutal
Society, Sep. 3d, 1859, it was decidesl.tO hold.
ei Fair at GibiritsAill Oct': OW-, It-vrate itho
onaniosously..voted ibit_othet townships be
inviled , to join -Abe Fair. Judges to b e up.
pointed, and premiums deterinitied by the
ganagers, subject tb the approval of thelii
ciety at its general meeting in the Chamber
of the Academy Building, October 13th, at
2 q'clock, p. m. •
• ' An address may be expicied: . " -
JOHN SMILEY, President.
,W, Secretary.
Gibson, Sept . . 27tb, 1859. •• - -
Fair and Exhiblikni ntliarford:
The Second Annan/ Fair and'Exhibition Of.
the Harford Agrieultural'and Mechanical
.Aisociation will beheld-at Ehoford village
on Thursday,. October 13th, 1859.
All articles for exhibition . should be on the.
ground and entered -upon the Secretary's
bulk before 10 o'clock, a. m. A card will
be furnished by the Secretary to be' placed
upon the article exhibited.
The judges are requested to report them
selves to the Executive Committee as early as
11 o'clock, when they will be furnished with
books for their reports. Classification, Judges,
Sc., as follows:
CLASS 1-11ORSES AND-MULES.
Best Stallion, 2d beet; best , Brood Moire
and Colt, 2d ast; best Gelding or Mate for
all work, 2d best; best pair of Matched lloises
do., 2d best; best Colts 2 and 1 year old, 2d
best; best pair of Miles, 2d best.
Judges—S. B. Gslile, Win. Brundage, Wm.
T. Mosley.
CLASS lI—BULLS AND 'COWS,
Best Durham Bull, 2d beit; best Devon
Bull, 2d Not; best Graded or Native Bull,
2d best; best do. Cow, 2d hest, 3d best.
Judges—Milbourne Oakley, G.J. Babcock,
E. N. carpenter.
CLASS lII—OXEN AND STEERS.
• Best pair of Working Oxen,
_2d best; bee
pair 3 years old Steeis, 2d best; best paii o
2 rears old Steers, 2d- best. _ _
Judges-Shepherd Carpenter, a E. Whi
ney, Hoyt H. Wilcox..
CLASS IV—YOUNG STOCK.
Best 2 years old Heifer, 2d best; best
yearling Heifer 2a best; best lot of Yearlings
not less. than 3,2 d best; best lot of Calves not
less than 3; 241 best.
Judges—George Leach, E. C. Peck, 11. M.
Jones.
CLASS V-SHEEP
Best Coarse. Wool Brch, 2d best; best
Fine Wool Buck, 2d ,best; best lot of Course
Wool Ewes, not less Than 4, 2 d best; best lot
Of Fine Wool Ewes not than 4,2 d best;
best lot of Lambs not less Theo 4, 2d..best;
Judges—lra .Carpenter, J. G. Hotchkiss
Willtlrd W. Wilmaith.
CLASS VI—SWINE.
Best boar. 2d best; best Sow, 2d best; best
Sow and Pigs, 2d beat; best of Spying
Pigs not less than 3, 24 best.
Judges—lL J. Tyler D. T. Roe, Edwin
Tingley
CLASS VIT-POULTRYI
Best lot of Poultry, 2d - best. best pair each
of the-several breeds exhibited; best lot of
Spring Chiokeos not Jess than 5.
Judges—A: Chase, t. Sibler, J. Powers, Jr.
CLASS VIII—BUTTER ARD CHEESE.
Best Butter in.Firkins, 2d best; best Butter
in Pails, Tubs or Pans, 2d best; best Butter
in Rolls, 2J best best Cheese not less than
12 lbs., 2d bent.
Judges-11. G. Blanding, B. F. Eaton, C.
CLASS IX-GRAIN
Best samples of Winter Wheat, 2d haist;
best sample of Spring Wheat, 2d best; best
sample of Corn, 2d best; beet sample of Oats,
2d beet; best sample of Buckwheat, 2d hest.
' Judges—C. 11, Dliller,Abel Read, John L.
Ti ffany.
CLASS X—FRUIT.
Best peck of Winter Apples 2d best; beg
peck - of Fall Appels, 2d beii; best lot of Ap
ples, 24 best; all other fruits. :* -
Judges—Geo. A. Lindsey, L. L. Forsythe
Stephen Sweet.
CL ASS .1X —V EGBTA BUS:
Best Potatoes, Best Onions, best Turnips,
best Beets, best Carrots, best Squashes,- best
Cabbages, hest lot of Vegetables.
Judges—Jacob Clark, N. G. Brainard,
Joseph More.
CLASS. XTIVINEGAR, . HONEY AND
SUGAR
Best Vinegar, not le s s than 2 gallons, 2d
best; hest honey not less thari 10 lbs., 2d•
bdst; best Maple Sugar not less' 10 lbs, 2d
best. -r
Judges—Rev. A. Miller, J. W. Tyler, R. L.
Tingley
CLASS XIII-LEATHER.
Best Leather and its various inanutactures.
Judges--H. C. Mosley, John W. Watson;
A. M. Tiffany. -
CLASS XIS'—CABINET , MANUFAC
TURES.AND CARRIAGES.
Judges - -11. Sibley, A...W. Greenwood, 0
Payne, Jr.
CLASS XV-_-IMPLEMENTS.
Best Farming Tools, Mechanical 'lmple
ments and Hardware Manufactures.
Judges—L. it. Peck, Arta Sweet, Joseph
D. Richardson. —, •
CLASS XVI-DOMESTIC MANITFAC-
TURES
Best piece of Flannel not less than 10 yards,
2d best; best piece o( Fulled Cloth not less
than 5 yards, 24 best, best piece of Rag Car
peting, 2d best; best 2 paip all wool Soaks,
2d best;• best two pair Yarn Mittens 2d best.
Judges—Mrs. L. R. Peek, Mrs. G. J. \ Bab
cock,Mrs. George Leach.
CLASS:XV 11—NEEDLE WORK.
Best piece Patch Work, 2d beam; best
Quilt of any kind, 2d beat; best Winter Bon
'net; best Summer Bonnet; beat Ladies' Sample;
best Ladies' Wrought Collar; best piece Or
namental Needle Work.
Judges—Mrsi William Mosley, Mia.
William N . Wi limns .Mrs. Fowler Peck.
CLASS 011ILPAINT.ING; tto
Best exhibition of Painting;bext Ornamen
tel Fruit Work; best-Ornamental Picture
Frames. .
"Judge.--Migs Sarah A. Adams, Miss
Nancy Streeter, Miss Nancy J. Sweet. •
A Plowing Mt4ch will ..be held on the fare%
of Fowler Peck near Harford village on 'the
Bth day of Oct. Teems will start at 2 o'clock,
p, In. Competitors from the :vicinity aod
adjoining townships are invited to attend.,
~Committee of Arrangements for Plowing
Match—Jacob Clark, Geo. A. Lindsey.E.
Carpenter.
Judges of Pioreing-fra Carpenter, John
Blanding, J. G. Hotchkiss.
The Executive Cominittee are not prepared
to pay any premien?) this fall, bet - hope that
all friends of improvement in Hanford ,and
adjoining tdwaships will take an interest,*
bringing fOrWard 14eirstock #1?(I-PC0400Ptii ts
as to make an intere4ing eiln6ttion; •
--
SuperintendentChitijohn Blanding.
Committee. of .eirreusgteUi,atlhe*Fair—
Geo. M.' Carpenter; 4L'.13. Tocier;Walierr,
Graben', A. Abel, S. C. listatesd.
Executive Committee-4. 1 & - Ca:rPaiter, tf,
MirtfitOoltb Lestio;D.VlDetißevrter7ne r k
'Biafora, 5epf28414.18b9.
It a remarks fact - o*-Alatoso
Legislature is ousissinkaY
-THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT: ,
eiTii) Per
4U.o,7xiinfioNrEir
PefONTROSE SUSQUE AtiNkCOUNTY,IPA: ,
Thlaißatiti lk4V2-9, 1809.
Tickets! Ticliits!!
We expected to have the tislets ready to
distribute, Fair_day, but owitig to the
,ad
jOurnraent of ilia.. Senatorial!. eontitreitie.. to
this, Thursday evening, we are unable to do
so. _We shall set up the types, and have
thenanidy to put to press as soon as our
nominee-is-selected. -Oa -Friday,,,eanaidates
and others tan. obtain - su ppli ea.. and . ids lope
they will attend to their , distribution.
Zir See adroitieement Ofeoin detector in
another column. .
gar Rod New York Store advertisement
in paper this week. 'Those `wiing to
Bingharntoa to trade will do well to call at
51 Court street.
Jim - We have received of T. 13. Peterson
dr Brothers, "Anne GeTritein," being the
fourteenth volume of the cheap edition of
Waverly Noveia, by, Walter Scott.
tar Siace,going to press we learn that
the Republican Conference have nominated
Rev. George Landon' fop Senator. His po
litical character may bit judged from the
fact that be is a Methodist preacher who got
so crazy for Fremont in '56, that:be left a
religious appoinibient at Brooklyn and came
to Montrose to a mass meeting, where hp de
clared Thar Bechanan's election would be
"WORSE- THAN SHOWERS OF
HELL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE!"
Shall such a fanatic ever disgrace our Sen
ate l. Let freemen answer, No !
Candidate far Senator.
In response to all inquiries as to the prob
abilities of our having a candidate for Sena
tor, we state that we expect . the nonainatino
of.a Democrat will
_be made to-oight,-.azid
hope Mr. Johnson- f will - be chosen, Audi( our
party ' will turn o ut and,.olla vote;,, wed ,
shall come much nearer -electing him than
many, perhaps, of our filen& have supposed.
Democrats! do your duty, once again in
the cause of the party of your country ! Let.
not local defeats in. the past dishearten you,
for we,ahall yet tiiumpl.; even .in "alt dis
trict." The mongrels may not permanently
split this year, but causes are' now operating,
the eff e ct of which will be, •eventually 7. the
disruptio; and utter defeat of the offiee-seek
ers party. We have always said that office
was their,only °idea, and stoutly as they de
ny it, the truth is becoming painfully evident
of late. Such a party must and will finally
be'defeated,—it will destroy itself, and they
can count the Democrats in, as likely to lend
a baud at the "razing." '
Our State Ticket.
We trust our binds will not overlook the
great importance of polling a full' rote for
our State ticket. A victory this Fall; although
of trifling importance, when considered in re
lation-to the effect upon partietin - ext year, is
amply worth winning, even at a hard-strug
gle. If we carry the State now, our triumph
will be easy; if through negligence to turn
out, we suffer the-enemy to beat us, we must
work so much harder to give our State vote
to a - Democratic President in 1860. The
Old Keystone may again be the battle
ground ; how important then, that she shoild
not - waver from the right f That Pennsylva
nia will help elect our National candidate neat
Fill, there l t a no good reason to doubt, and
. - •
the sooner we convince our sectional foes
it, the lietter ' '.. A victory now .is highly pro
bable, and a full vote renders it certain. Theo
_let every Democrat be oui, on election day,
and see that his neighbors are with . him, and
we shall give an old fashioned' Democratic
majority in October. Our candidates, Messrs
Wright and Rowe, as you are already tiati-fi
ed, are competent and worthy men, and most
be elected. • '
Abolition lintritdepce.
The Abolition %now Nothing fanatics of
Massaclinsetui met; recently, tore-nominate
Banks, the Union-slider for Governer, when
they took' occasion, among other maniacal
ratings, •to 'censure 'the Administration' for .
" refusing protection to naturalized. citizens.",
Do they wish to appear as ignoramuses in
overlooking the fact thatthe• Adniinistration
fully, freely; heartily, and unanimously ad
vocates the doctrine that naturalized citizens:
are by law and justice entitled to t4,prii,
tection of our- government? And do thertiot
aho know that the Administration. haw de=
mended a recognition of this doctrine fr4in
thelianoverian authorities in the Ernst erne,
winch demand - has been yielded . tot
If ever a'politit.at party has Sought to oh'
tali . power by sacrificing irutb,.courtesy,.de-
Centyrevery idea :of manhood—it W . - the
self-styled " Republioan" party 'which'whichhis it sr
head, quarters in nl olidou,. nigger trading,•
nigger-stealing; nigger4oving-Mareschusetts.
Why, they have 'scarcely done 'announcing
their verdiCt—given by the advice Of Ranks
—that the naturalized citizen,: Should be
stripped of theright of suffrtigeztssparanteod:
to him by our - Constitution and law.;
even''degraded belowithe level'of the negro.
Yee' for the like of venting their' malignant
spleen; and gratifying a morbid appetite,
they stoop to_the sealing of their own shame,
and the falsitoation of historical tante famil
iar to , every acbool bOY
Reststmoirott-THE Mtl i tiorr.— ; :-.T2R Peter.'
son 4t Brothers' r hnie issued the secondzvol
owe OPtheir new and c oap edition of Charles
&Wrens: Works, for the Million, to bloom !
pleted , in 28 volume's, OTIO to be issued Du
each slid 'every Saturday; for tsienty-Bs%
a volatile. The cheap ittirat4e "fortn`4
pears 414: not leci4l.livick Olvq..
readOrs,..hol , iiiitt , PosysoseMw
givos l ,strprioes-whic - 1 scardely-oosor
VSIP tills if of:' rxi s ctilntOers 4l 4l4l l ik
exercise a good inglierice put4lp,
isitlkbrinakingtAll Magi_ :ligiMilliedisith
the mArkkpf4i - iistiesit, fiothw ‘0914 111 -3i) Oft
fcoglish listiguago. :A reader jgAlcouutry.
focosik+ I lay hAW4 - o,firit- teur
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A ''''sir Theßepublican, in its attempt to mis
repr4int Oen. cam on the expatriation goes
tiOn,liiesia long article, made up into fuur
beadist#ntltiqing quotations from doojinents,
with i ctipitnents, by which an inconsistency is
attempted ; to be shown. -,-. 4 \ '
: NO,Ii:SiVRS the Cass-LeClem letter , wh ' ich
only statetolt'i 4'renvh doctrine; yelil:te..ai- ,
sertiOn ismadeibat it is Cass' opinion. Fail
ing, however, to-make it appear-at all prciba
ble that Opt vipud,iated nqatrititicolh this is.
-followed b 7 , '.'' : ' -•-- , . ' ' , -
N 0.2, which purports to. be from the Cass-
Hofer letter, and, as eiplained, it intended to .
commit Cass - to the anti-KnierAiidectiine.
Of tbh - we hif taiy'!olsa'retigukt is not quoted
from Ca Siti : at, iil . i ; 'some / . stiff perhapt illihi;
words _may he; to uncl. Ls - different parts of the
letteri (so they may be in the dictionary,) but
they iire;so garbled'and misplaced as to con-,
rey 'a different idea frb'rix" the letter 'itself.
Haring, thus, by...misrepresentation , and:hitt
way falsehood, apparently committed Cosy-to,
the doctrine of perpetual 'allegiance,'
voreCwith
No. 3, which is from CUB to OUT BeTtio
Minister, and advocates expatriation, and,
unfortunately for the Republican, exposes:the
trick of the No. 2 garble, as it refits to the
expatriation doctrine, in the .11ofer Letter,
instead et its repudiation. - '
N 0.4, is from,AttornetGenerat Black's
opinion, advocating expatriation, vrherein he
fujly agrees with Case. °
The attempt, under heads No. 1 and 2, as
we have proved, failed to sho've an advocacy
of perpettiai allegiance by,Cess,_while
4 fully prove that Cass and our party - do
advocate the expatriation docttine; the Re
publican, has, tbe!efoier, failed to make giiod
its charge of inconsistency ageinst our party,
to:4 hich it resorted during 'this controversy ;
and not only this, tont it has, fully , proied
what we contended for-at the beginning, that
its statement that Cass and our party advo
cated the doctrine, -of: . "once a 'subject
,a -
ways a subject," was not correct.
`The Republican has, thee, byl .. resoitiog t o .
the charge of inconsistency, and making a
fruitless attempt to prove it, given us excel-,
lent (al tbo ugh'enti rely. u ry)
in proving, beyond .a doubt, tbittF it, was
wrong, while we were right,-7for *hick ser
vice we tetaler our • hearty thinks.,
In taking leave of t his.subject, (as durin'g.
three months, we find it impossible to 'get•the
Republicans to give any of the facts ... Whatever',
—except such as were unwittingly extetted,
—we conclude it never will,) we will "only
say that all the writings of Cass, and other
Democratic authorities; wherein opinions, are
given, advocate the. American doctrine. of
of expatriation - and. naturalizatiorri- Ind al
though the opposition ffiarsay tbat - sticb is
Cot the case, and give short, garbled.extracte
to prove it, they dare not print the documents'
entire, and give their readers a fair chance to
judge fair tberriselies.,_
For the Democrat.
Letter Judge Tyler.
A. J. Gatt;trrson; Sir I bad
banded the the other day; the Independent
Republican, published 14 one Frazier of vote
challenging notoriety; and edited by bis Hon.
Jtidge Read, and the s t aid Frazie r; containing
a long, windy, two - catmint editorial, upon
the "late Democratic County Convention.,"
and as I come in for a large share of persegn
al abuse, and. ridicule, I concluded,-althougli
my business has seen, for the . last . few years,
the selling of Hardware in the City of N.
Y., ir hen I have done itliy.thing,•ana also be
ing- interested in another branch of trade
here, atd have little time to devote. to, poll
ties—to say.a few words, through the medium
of your paper, in my own defense, in rela
tion to the attack made niion mein said arti
cle of the 15th Inst.: 'Ou the Tinning Orthe
Convention alluded was called upon by ,
quite' a. number of my 'Democratic friends,
among'the delegates assembled; with ,a . re
quesdthatlabould.illow my'rame•tohe used
before the Convention ass
for
forSen
-ator. Imi:seasons for not desirindspy
dame to-bellied/or alit, or any other o ffi ce,
but my humbleinatie was, when the conven
tion voni„bititgh.t.before that highly respec
table and infelligerite' body of Democrats, for
thiif partiality of Which, they have ..my sin
cere thinks.- I lost no time in declining the
ntexided horior of zocnisioatioi?, and , trio! . (fie a
foiW.ramarhalci the Cot i rgntiou. ,IFot,,hanng
any
. uotea of,ray-speach,l : .icaunot gratify mi
kind" tiOther , :Julie with theni, and' rol .
time being 'PrO4ocUueip4l; cannot write out
auY: ',Emilie:ars life of a politidian:NO grat
ify his !mitten, hut if the• Wined JuOge . will
appoiut it,day,"(and glye ule, a
,long notice,)
and enlighten-the public-:with a speeetion
ownliii; and times fora len yeqis
with all the "moral reflections and incidents
spieed" . in," of his former denunci a tion of
flan: Divid Syiliont; .'nkieriene;e, 'as 15ep-
uty
_Marshall under a Democreth3 "Adminii ,
tuition, .his opinion: on
," Wills; 'bow much-he,
received;. nhe wh e n, run through . the;" Hole in
•,
the wall," to the tother side.ef Jordan," I will
. •
nispbed to Said and'-':repeet • what'l
can re4ollect, Of My speech;
excite bis irk And, 3,. will, after 'his, add 'even
more, icr; have, his sp,eiMh; .is filled with'
" truth andjustice,t) printed, for the edifies
tiou of future generations, and perhaEri it,
might be as well to have it
,stereotyped,se
that it nab tie left as a legacy,.to his legal
repreientatities: , . , ...-
The resolution ; I offered, whicli ` no
doubt will be parallej - ,
petiodiMilly„fey many
'perk to -.come; ;ct fnroish eatilbs
_to fright.
en _back any who, might be incl i ned to find
the hole% the Wall, and tome thougli f 'find ge . c
On the right side spin; mar need' so
"time Of..fofferinf
lion alluded te,..the oriuntry, was mobil - het*.
t'ed. Therepeal so called,: , was before
Coligtes!‘ r ' I was' one Of AlkolO whb,w.iStinti
for: peace,
,and-Aioien. to iny, notiatry, orfimi,
oppoud :thol Roof or ,
asid bi ll :was'Allot pending befortr-Conrior
I was , erilljogyara did. joirt r in:miwx meeting
to.protest against labb- repeal. Hut 'w ristijorz.
itt'tlf - Ohti"psbple s errep,reiseittittWeli, :hi:Pron.;
greis,; - whOie not
rei1:1ca.. 4 7," 41 - 0 440 :::!° 4 4;
1 44 itbbbilt.`!4o P 1.04: itit!
Y.IPS *lttt.l l l(litibl oi OVID, I. eo nsiderittit
my duty Mr - bow to the wiff- of , thetaeicirity;
which is the tfiferlolittiteiit:the :Democratic
So`tnnreb tif-VlSCliiioloSiAl. i. fl aid
whatl+eoarlioo
of talOWitstidtati,/,`:4ollgt;'44.:llseithie to
if "DIV Etitirril?ll.4l Societies, and less!.
ing_to Kansas the roam 'of the Eastern Ci
ies,aricied'with"ffUliii knives andSh a rp'e rifles,
to Lid 46:ince to law and order, I advocated
peace ; „believing _that if.• right counsels pre
railed. Kailas svotitd 'come in• a free state,
siud:l have no dpubt, hilt to- day, had it not
wen for the op . p osi t ion ; vha,* stars and stripes
ould Ociattag over State Capital. I
hitve 1&tle timcf to spefid in scribbling. Let
tkern gl'ory on,a tittle of.reckoning will come,
a - -the Judge may " see himself as some
others see him." and could the spirit of his
dear deceased Democritic - Father look down
upon some of
.his turnings and twistings,
a nd know the unfiiendly, and covethus coarse
pursued bi...„.buli.tovvtrds those who have in
fo r bevyeari•itood by him politically, and •
otherwise, hetpight feel, at least, a abivoring,
if not kal!ort 'Of ai@iing his-,bpots", r which
would makes '"sketclifiir an artist,".-es.
pecially if the heads, the back ground, of
those aiding , and encouraging , (as I have
good reason to believe) - fiiiv Homer editot, in
challenging an old citizens,vote, in 1850 1 -
were - well arranged,,eid:t . : their prop er
order—and swhiak" no doubt
Would have . a vtiiiidirint - AAcit cake" run.
As to the slook,,ahiliatfeidlitigsit to the' nig •
ger drivent . ef thailonthiWpro-alavery
of the D'emiiiiisitti*partY; and We holy hottor_
for a rene t d ° s oe.Oilerii haire'oilly to
"bray on ; "the Demagogues of his
p ‘ arty to place and power, if it does not .
help - O'C. poor tneo, whose farms are often
sacrificed; for a Paltty`surii, in tight times; to
satisktbe.. greedy maw .of some wboshriek
the loudest and longest, fo'r free farms, free
niggers, Fremont, free whiskey, freelore, and
down with James Buchanan, as firm -.a patri
ot, Sod as treat a statesman; as now lives,
notwithstanding, the blind subserviency of
'those who seek to: bring - him to a , lev,el with
themselves, and if the scale-should 'some day
fall from" off the eves of certain Black -Re
publiCiin leaders. and they conclude to draw
the beams tiut,lso 'that the.) , dais see clearly
to pull - them:iota from their brothers eye, and
adoptAhe-" golden fat" so long laid by to
rust and Canker; -they will have found a,pew
and righteous starting point,. the road of
which. if followed will lead them where. envy '
malice, deceipt and hypocrisy, will .have no
abiding place. So mote it be.
if. C. TYLER.
bfew York, Sept. 270 f; 1859.
TUE GREAT EASTERN.—An explosion on
board the Great Eastern occurred on the 9th
inat„ when off Hastings. The funnel was
blown loathe air, tearing to, pieces the grand
:saloon' and' (king great damage to the Wen
'nal fittings of tbe , vessel. The guests on
board bad just quitted' the saloon,
fortunately es - gaped-injury; - The exploision
Wast.terrifie,.bot the ahtircatisted the Fbock,
the frame sustaining-no it.jory. The acci
dent' made differensZe in the move
menta'Of the vessel that. her engines were not
stopped"till she reached Portland, her place
of destination., •
. .
The Coroner's inquest on the fireman killed
showed that, the supply of water to the boilers
through-the water jacket was stopped be
eanse of the failure of the auxiliary pumping
powerl - rieeondly, that a tip in the stand•pipe
which acts as a safely valve, was turned ap
parently 'intentionally, so that Ole pipe was
useless: The injury to the fi.ting will be re
paired at an expense of about 5,000:
General ,Wathington was a member of the
Masonic Lodge at Fredericksburg, Va., and
was initiated November 4th, 1752. The fact
is interesting to all Masons, while it is espe
cially a source of pride to the old lodge at
Fred ricksburg, It has been deemed' proper
to procure a statue of Washington, by Pow.'
era, and an order .to that effect was given
some time since. The- statue arrived at New
York. from Legh‘rn...a few days since. It is,
the property of the Fredrickaburg Lodge, and
has been paid for by voluntary coot ibutions
of the Masonic order generally. It cost
$5,000, and is somewhat. larger than life. It -
was , proposed also to erect a building•at
Fredricksburg , soitable for the statue, and to
inaugurate it with-appropriate ceremonies.
Hon. Richardson L. Wright.
The Pittsbnrz Dispatch, a Repoblican,pa
per, pays the following high tribute to the
political. and social worth_ of Richardson L.
Wright.,. the Democratic candidate fur Au
dit& General. Coming from such a source
the-compliment t:anaot be otherwise than
deserved.• .
" We regret that both parties du not always.
nomirtitte , ota ,honest and upright men as Mr.
Wright arecbrididaStes for offnie. During Lis
service in the Legislature he consistently op
pissed Corruption, and although rather more
ultra thin Jhe practice or:his' party in his
votes on' banks and 'corporations generally,
he proved himself. a valuable legislator.
flowerer men resy'differ from him in politi• •
cal rinciples,be is persopally uixexceptiuoa
tile.. 1
llore r In China.
• . •
We havw.late.inspottant,news from China,
the war with ther:English-and French forces
being renewed., The aliied.squadron baying
attempted. -to enter teiho with. the
. -tnglish
and French . Ambassadors , the Chinese assem
bled, in; great-strength and defeated the at
tempt; •Nearly five hundred _British are re•
ported'killed ant wounded, five of their gun
boats being lost. The allies were: finally
fortied toiitr4at. -
It' is repotted that the American Minister
reached Pekin unmolested.
'Every intelligent man knows that the sto
ries about the landing of slave carwoes at the
South ',been, manufactured for the ex
press Ontario( beingtised by •unscrupulous
agitators, andthat the Governittent is apply
ing everrmeans in its power Co prevent the
possibility, of re-opening this l traffic t .by dis
patching additional ,vessels , to cruise on tha
costit.iaf Africa _ and in the Southern waters.
e merman •Conventio In session at
Utica, N,Y; have nominated a ticket from
the biro 'dread? in - tht From"the Dem
'ooratic side they select Messrs. Jones, Rich
:mond; Skinner and Elderkin ; and from the
"Republican" Davies, Donniston, Donsheimer
Mjerwand-Htighes.. ,,- - .
•
The Democracy are not clamoring 'for a
slave code for the Territories. The whole
party at the North. oppose such a measure,
and a•velpmeisgre minority at the South fa
vor it. . - .. L •• •
.....
_ ,—Tl,:e Coto tnittee : , eppointed
_by the . Illi
., S
note tele :4iricoltittel Soeiely to mike e
prentioel.;:tettt: Of eteei* • Plovviost ntohinel,
,\.
hive n ri aiivoopoly 'steepled the priz of $3OOO
to dovepti W. - Fawits, of Christina, eon..
=litowititiand , itonii4ration continuos to'pour
iti:9&noh, t!ufroricig is reported to exirt on the
plaioesimbrig the tiroien down Pike's"-Peak-,
yaaf roajori . ty of Ora Soattiern Dernoe
rit4 Ant . oppoiled. to te-opeiting tbe African
.alave trade. .
A tinel.betereeis• Jeßige Watts and Mr.
Otero, candidate for •Congress from Nev.
Maxie?, hadlatiojilaao.neai Three
sli6ti, navy revolvers, at fifteen
PaWinqtAtifinitjfeeL,teitboat , ;affeetewb eu
tberpirtifelfeilicentbdra 4 iiii by tberr seterie.