'She PolstmrlYmpaut— E. B. HAMLET, EDITOR. DIONTII.O4IE. 4 0 7/SAIRrA r WEDNICSOAIf. BEM 48418761 Democratic Nominations. FOR CObTGAESS, . J. B. McCOLLUM; of SusofaTe. POR azrazszsruvrrrrs, C. M. GERE, of Su 'a Co. THERON VAUGHN, of Wyoming Co. ros PROTHONOTAIIY, iG WILLIAM J. PARKE, of Dimwit FOR COMMISSIONER., JOHN FOSTER, of Friendsville FOR JURY COMMISSIONER, JAS. 0. BULLARD, of Brook TOR AUDITOR, MILTON GRIFFIS, of Forest Lake. Election, Tuesday October 11, 18711 —E. C. Fordharn is Assessor for the borough of Montrose. Register at once.. "Extra" Law Judge. 'l'he Judicial canvass has really assumed an extra position indeed, , and in view of the situation, we feel it our duty to give a little biography of the candidates, Mid set forth what we believe to be the impera tive duty of Democrats. • P. D. Morrow, who is claimed by the Republicans of Bradford and a portion of this county to be the regular nominee, is one of the full-fledged Nfercur Republi cans of Bradford county. As to his mer its as a Judge, the people of this county. have had a good opportunity to judge.— We are told that the office of Judge should not be a political office, with which we most heartily concur; but when we see that this most useless office was snap ped upon this district by base political wire-pulleis for no other reason thap to further their partizan schemes without the wish or consultation of the people, there is no room for doubt that it is one of the basest of party tricks, and we pre pose to treat it as such. Therefore, when Democrats are asked to support P. D. Morrow on personal or judicial merit, they are asked to bolster up their sworn enemies. The other faction present B. S. Bent ley, under the name of " bolter," and with their snake-like charmers hope to whee dle Democrats into supporting him ont of policy, and make some of the. sweetest of promises of future protection. The Democrats have not forgotten the protec tion they received from B. S. Bentley in 1358, when David Wilmot was presented as a candidate for President Judge in this distract. te then came out u furious lion hearted bolter, and went so far as to send to the Democratic Convention, while it was in session, that if they " should make no nomination he would stand by them," and they so acted. What did Mr. Bentley do ? He went to Bradford county with the apparent bravery of a lion, and came hack again meek as a lamb, and betrayed the Democracy by resigning in favor of Wilmot. The Radical " fire-wateC of the Bradford "Ring" proved too ailing for him. And now, will they have the an dacity to ask Democrats a second time to support this bolter? We think they had better not do it more than once, if they have an thick boots. The resignation of Judge Woodward has left our ticket without any candidate fur sinecure Judge, and if by our action we could overturn the miserable law that forced the office. upon ns, most gladly would we do so, but such is not the case. Therefore we call upon the County Com mittee for immediate action in this mat ter, and that they place a man in nomin ation. The Democratic party of this county wiW call them to an account if they shirk their duty. No collusion, fus ion, or any other " usion" will excuse them. These are played out. The De mocracy of this eounty are organizing up on a basis of principles, and they propose to stand by the pure old Democratic white man's flag, and all who shirk re sponsibility, or waver in duty, must take the consequences. A Splendid Fiasco. What a splendid failure the Scranton and Montrose editors have made in at tempting to injure our candidate by call ing him a "Union Leaguer," thinking they could deceive the people into the be lief that it had something to do with one of their secret Leagues. In their haste to condemn our candidate, they have unwit tingly acknowledged the fact that it would be a damnable offense to any candidate to be known to the people as a member of their organization, which we accept, and pity their poor Shoemaker for this very reason. It is amusing to see them claim the doctrines of "supporting the Constitu tion and the Lows," for advocating which they called Democrats 'Union Sliriekers" before the war, and "traitors" and "cop parheuds" daring that time. It comes with a wonderful grace from the leading organs of a party whosejeaders denounced the Constitution as "a league with death and a covenant with hell." We knew that Radical leaders would steal anything they can get their hands upon, even to "spoons," but we were not quite prepared for such an attempt to steal Democratic principles right before the eves of every school boy. They mast consider the rank and file of their party as fools. But this is simon pure Raical ism. We hope the voters of this district will look at this not as ,party bigots, but as reasonable men, and fet it govern your acts in October. ---,ll2hati-- • A person who is furnishing a "record" for himself also, has done J. B.MeColliun our nest Corwesknate thjs- hQnor -6pre ingirso through'. - thci;eofnmlo‘ of Ae Moutrnse Republiett* the procielin f ' some public meeqm of pe c tire of party held'at the Court House - in Montrose in the spring of 1863, which we copy for the benefit of our readers. I WYe are thankful indeed that they are , • again placed before the public, and more esrciatl3-.P 3 59.21 8 E4 filetkllLei-OPPeer at this time when nary . tll9le i thing had pixa i f mlWilta" of the peo ple, and when radical enemies. hare .titlen trying to blacken ithe fair itanitirdf , a4 pure a:Democrait arteveibresitht4An'ait of old Sasquehanna . by Their ridinc, shut:Wow in reference to 1 •114$ reconl" As the -prelimivariescii.those meetings as published am -in visual form we copy only the action nnal . Oadli tions Of each which embOdiea p i ta purports to have " At the first meetingldarcb .1.6t1f1863, which met at public call the fulltraing resolutions were atloicl : " &Dared, Thai the objeAor tWp:i' 104, is the formation btu Tinton L6 - glie; Ressized,lnat ;ilte• object - end , ptuposn l of said League shall be tot uppoitand sustain • the Government of the 1:1nitO States in, Aps, ellorts for the suppression lhe:Rebellionomd to dlsenunteneisee, rebitkP, - and'atql all &KY' ails to the Federal Gaverthent ..kesoloaf, That a committesAer.appioinuA to draft resolutions expressive 9f the seuthaeo„ta of this meeting, and a Constitution ork4lMYri.ftwo for the '.ape, and to • report. the aams .an adjourned meeting_th be held at this tilabe Tuesday evening, Ilsrehildth.' ' • • AC the next metting, March 24th, 1863; the following: AIITICLES OF MVOCIA*Orr. , " We, the undersigned, hereby associate' Our selres under the name of "The Union Litague in Montrose and Bridgewater," and adopt the' following fundamental articles of association : We pledge ourselves to unconditiOnal. to the Government of. the United States, to an unwavering support Of its efforts to suppress the rebellion, and to spare no endavor to main tain unimpaired the National unity, both in principle and territorial boundary. - The primary objett. of this League is and shall be to bind together all loyal men of all trades and professions in a common union, to maintain the power, glory, and integrity or , the nation. consanTsma. • ART. 1. The officers of the,Lea_gut shall con sist of a President , a Secretary, a 'll ,, -Ore;;and and an Executive Committee orfive menabera, of whom the President And S ecretary shall eon , atitute two. ' - ART. 2. The President, Vice !Pitsident, Sec retary, and Treasurer shall perform the custom ary (talks of such officer& ART. 3 The Executive Ciumnittee shall have the general direction of the affairs of this League. both in reference to financial affairs and discre tionary power in calling meetings and present ing business at the same. ART. 4. Any citizen of the United States, of unswerving loyalty, may become a member, by signing this pledge and constitution. ART. 5. The meetings of the League shall be hyld on tho first Monday evening of esetunonth, and oftener when deemed , expedient by the Executive Committee, or Appointed by a vote of the League at a regular meeting. The gentleman hereupon came forward and subscribed ttieir names : At the next meeting all which were public, being held in the Court House and men of all parties were present at one of which we are informed A. J. Gerritson former editor of the Democrat made a peach which was greatly applauded, the following resolutions were adopted which we suppose is where the "dog lies" as the name of J.B. McCollum appears as one of the collimate who drafted them: " Re-mired, That the restoration of the Union upon the basis of the National Constitution, is errnesl ly 'Tisired by all truly loyal men; and it is the plain duty of such to forget all party schemes and prejudices in a united effort to save the Republic. Rracrheat, That the present wicked and cause less Rebellion should be crushed by the whole power of the Federal Government, and the National authority restored over all the revolted States; and we are in favor of devoting our whole resources, If necessary; totheaccomplish men( of the object." RTsohred, That parties which seek in any way to embarrass the lawful Government while defending itself against an enemy in arms, nev er survive, but die an ignominious death and are remembered in history as infamous; it was so with the tortes of the Revolution; It was so with the }team party of 1812 ; and such must be the fate of any organization that may be still ing to divide with itself the odium with' which public sentiment throughout the civilized world now regards the rebellion against the Union. Emil-Ts-I, That in the effort now being made by the Government to suppress the Rebellion, every citizen, no matter to what political party he may have been attached, whether he be high or low, rich or poor, is alike interested in, the success of this effort, and upon Its success de pen& the comfort and -welfare of every family throughout the States which ant yet tmtrodden by the heel,of the Rebellion. , Resrired, That loyalty to such a Dovertunent as ours is the duty of every citizen; that our remedy for rnis-government is'not rebellion, hut the ballot-box; that he who in such a crisis seeks to paralyzed the National ann, IS an en emy to that (orlon and Constitution which has never tailed to protect his life, his liberty, and promote his happiness so long as he discharged the obligutions due from every loyal citizen ; that in attacking its authority or In refusing to maintain the honor of its flag, he becomes an alder and abettor of truison, and should be punished to the full extent of his crime. Rsiolred, That in union there is strength; this meeting resolves Itself into a National League, pledging itself to an UNCONDITIONAL sup port of the UNION, the Constitution, and the Government, no matter by whom administered, in its efforts to suppress the Rebellion an secure a pence, not by compromise, but by con quest, as well as the discouraging of treasonable manifestations in whatever form they may Op pea r. Resotreel, That we are apposed to the Inter vention or mediation of any Foreign Power in our present troubles, preferring to settle Our own difficulties in our own way; and- , alt propositions to that effect which may be made by any foreign State or Ration, ought to be rropectfully but unequivocally declined by our Government. Our readers are aware that a short time previous to the holding of these meetings, those Sourthern Fireaters, like the north ern Radicals, deserted every principle of Democracy and the salutary basis of our Constitution and Government, and in stead of appealing to the ballot 1;4, as ever has been the ruling prinepleof . Dem ocracy, disgraced our nation by ruthlessly firing upon our National Ensign. The President called upm the people of this nation to jrally to the _Enppott of the Constitution and the laws which, was then supposed to be our Government, and the facts wilt sustain us in saying that never in the history of any nation did the people obey the aft of their country, irrespective of party, as did the people of the North * that time, and many are the Democratic hearth' stones that were made, desolate in this county, as Well, as the whole Northern Statei. Public trieet ings like the above were held.everreirres. • -• ••• Ittrwarkitiontilitume:''BUlToo , after when it became apparent that the Administration had the con qituti".mtkieb e gorirt: iment,and 10:91'e prosecepg kwar . for . se partisan i n tp 05e5 ;.,4,,,,4 p ri nc iples of Dem .' taeyql&l *Verelqemocrlitt to protest ' &Oast*, - - • Now for the sake of argumentadmit the worst, which is that 3. B. McCollum wrote every syllable and letter of,,those Resolutions, the worst' point of which is " an unconditional samort_of_te,Urttn*. a. the - C - oTailiZon, arid the Government, nb 'Mater bl l , . , u' L lioln 'administered," and evel4li thrsui, not wliat'tlie Democratic party, to fiay , are taltingrthe Radical. ,par ty (to anoccount for not doingdiThoae were then, and are to-day, the•pure principles of Democracy. 'Bee-ange Radicalism has Etaraeled them as theirsbefore . the people, to gain power and basely deserted them in every part of the'esecutivo government, does not destroy their Dernaeratie purity. If such is dot democratic Where would be our Qeo. 13., McClellau, Hancock - , 'Pen dleton, Seymour and Packer, and ,all the noble leaders of our party. But it is said that, at the head of the proceedings of those meeting are printed in large capitals "Union League." You may head the proceeding of one of our coun ty fairs Union League and does it make it so? There never was anything but a Union'Leagne in the Democratic party. The Union, Constitution and the Laws, ever has been and is to day their glorions watchword. Where-oar friends, some of them, have been frightened is at the similarity of the name with "Loyal League" of which we hare no knowledge hence we will let another speak who has, which we copy from a correspondent of the•ficranton' Times : 111eCtdium not a Loyal Leaguer. Editor of the Torr.s. SCRANTON . , Sept. 21 I see the Repablienn rejoices greatly this morn ing treatise the editor thinks that a few days since he told the truth In an editorial in his paper. If this were-therease, it certainly would be a n‘atter,for i self7oungratulationi but :unhap pily tbettets undliis editbrial do not agree. I am sorry to see a man who calls himself a Re publican editor, so ignorant of the organization of the Loyal League, as to suppose that a public Meeting in the Court House could be organized as a branch of that body. I suppose, though, it would be vain to expect anything better of a man who locates Francis Joseph at Berlin, and , snakes him Emperor of the Prussians The Loyal League was first started by the union men of Tennessee at the beginning of the war, and was intended as an offset to the Knights of the Golden Circle. It is not and never has been. anything but a secret society. It is true that after a branch has been organized and in work ing order, a few meetings have been held, but no members were even taken in or business transacted at such meetings. The only branch of the Loyal League of America that was ever organized jn .Montruse was organized and the meetings held in a room over Cushman's store. The meetings were secret, and none could enter without the regular sign and password. The meetings at the Court House in Montrose were not the meetings of a Loyal League. The Constitution and By-Laws, the ritual and pledge of the Loyal League of America were In ex. istence sometime before the meeting at the Court Hoow in Montrose, and were not prepar ed and invented by Jessup and others, us the editor of the Ncraalan Republican seems to think. Because the meeting happened to he called Union League meeting it no more made those who attended it toolllbora of dm Loyal Lcogn,- than would the calling of a horse an elephant make it so. The resolutions that McCollum signed, and the pledge of a Loyal Leaguer, arc two entirely different things. I assert that J. B. Mef'..ollturt is not and never has been a mem ber of the Loyal League of America. I will deposit in the Second National Bank of Scran ton one hundred dollars and Mr. Scranton may do the same, and the one who has lital shall lose his money ; the money lost to be paid over to the Treasurer of such inebriate asylum as Mr. Scranton may designate. Mc. Wm. Frink was the Secretary of that branch of the Loyal Lcape organized at Montrose and the records are - in his possession or that of his suceessOr, and the truth can be easily ascertained. Of course Mr. Scranton will not be atlnid to back his word with his money. - Now hi view of the above facts to all personal enemies of our nest Congress man and Radical sneaks, weeny that if this is the "Awful Record" of which we have heard so much, "Lay on McDuff and darned be he Who tirst cries hold! enough r Democratic Judicial Conference. The Conferees of the 10th judicial dis trict met at the house of Wm. H. Sher wood, in, Rush; on Thursday, Sept 22d, 1870. • C. L Brown, A. Lathrop and A. Drifts, appeared as Conferees from Susquehanna county, and John Baldwin, S. W. Little and P. C. Moore, as Conferees from Brad ford county. Upon motion, C. 1.. Brown was chosen chairman, and S. W. Little, Sec'y. Geo. W. Woodward having been nom inated by the Democratic County Con vention of Susquehanna county, and hav ing declined said nomination, on motion, his declination was accepted by said con ference. There being no amdidate presented to the Conference, it adjourned to meet at the Call of the chairman. C. L BnowN, Ch'n • • STA NLE Y W. LITI'LE, Seey. yp.~_ __ Shoemaking. The Radical nominee for congress in this district, spent Thursday and Friday last in"Montrose, and we do not know bow much money. He will tied this a very poor county fur Shoemakingas Dem ocratic soul-lea/her is moreespensive than Radical, money • cannot buy it. Let him and all his under-droppers kmp pegging away until the I lth of October and we think he will find that lie is the bid man that will ever represent this district. Tal ent, honesty and Democracy propose again to rule this Congressional district insteadof money. ==B=l gSonie one said to us that we made a mistake in giving the extra expense of the "extra" law judge to be $5,000, as the salary is only $3,500, We calculated the balance of $l, 500 would perhaps collect it. But in casting about we find that 'ire have made a mistake. Under Radical rule it requires two dollars to collect one, hence we see, that we should have put it at $lO,OOO, as the gross expense, instead of five. Rupert, the Lackawanna and Blooms burg railroad station, is but two miles from.Bloonutbttrg,.* coustyet ofso - eqatityi At Blowasbu4is I?(tt ted theNOrmal, t Settekol et the Oh di= trict, tinder the:efilcienfinanage*ent and snperviaion of Prof: 11. 'Carver. The school buildings may be seen on the east ern elevation of the town, consisting- of several large and substantial, Asli„ flees. Crossing the North llrabeh; sifter leaving Rupert, Bloomsburg is seen , on ,the left . iiiaeor the care TGe Normal School buildings are on 'the side of the billy; the south-east of the.town. The*. tire'.the best Normal fictmol buildings in Nutlet vania., The school , is one of the , best managed in the country, and is= igroviing rapidly in' the estinattiou ' of thelienple. Prof. Caner la pilsp , of the best diSciPlina rains and managers to be.met with any where, and as a. teacher has few :equals and no superiors. Satisfaction Demanded., !IVt. received one of nnreschaiigea rite this superscription, Danl. Mon trose."- - We looked upon it at first as a pen7ogn4pli ical error of the editor's devil," and 40 intended for an abbreviation for the name of our paper, but we afterward were look ing at it•and card:alder dz.?' • NoW, we have this to say : If the editor meant that as it reads, in earnest, all right; but we wish him to distinetly understand that we are not taking such things hi fun. Radical JadicialConference. The Radical Judicial Conference .met at Waverly on Tuesday last, and the Ben tlyites claimed under. that "immortal Res olution," of Bradford county. whatr:they denied to Wyoming, and the same kind of of " harmony" prevailed aa.did at tipting. Bradford refusing to admit thou in to conference and made their own . nomi nation of P. D. Morrow, and Susquehanna conferees styled Isy them us "butters" made the nomination of B. S. Bentley. .. Prussia refuses ati armistice. Peace projects are still progressing . . The main portion of the French tleetis at Calais. No important lighting before Pnris. is reported. The Prussians are said to have aband oned ttn: beige oi TouL Favre appears to have had little success on his recent mission. The clergy of France are strongly in favor of National &fella.. A Constitution is preparing for the se curity of a German tang•. All communication between Paris and 'Fours has been broken. The cession of Alsace will certainly be the ultimatum of Prussia. Lines of communication between Lou don and Paris have been reopened. Political arrests continue to be made, though not in any great numbers. It is reported that Lyons will be made the temporary Capital of France. The Papal legions have gone to, Ckita Vecchia en mule fur their several coun tries. Tbc Papal troops, in capitulating, hod down their arms before the Italian sol diers. The people of Italy am very entbusastic over the accomplishment of Italian unity. Formalities are being arranged to pro claim King William Emperor of Germa ny. - In all the departments of France great activity prevails for the defense of the Republic. It is rumored that Napoleon intends is suing a manifesto to call the French Sen ate together. The Anglo-American Ambulance Corps is performing "mach valuable ser vice at the seat of war.- L H. Butous. Strasbourg has been subjected to _severe assults, but the rumors of its capture lack authentication. The seige of Strasbourg is being push ed vigorously forward. The Prussians took Lunette No. 52. Large quantities of armsare being made in France, both at the. Governient estab lishments and by private parties. General Burnside left Londot Thurs day fogy Paris, carrying letters of introduc tion to important military personages. Fresh complications flare arisen be tween Russia and Turkey, and there is a prospect of war between those two coun tries, The Catholic Powers have already communicated to the Pope that they are ready to contribute toward the mainten ance of the holy see. , The other cities of France are opposed to the capitulation of Paris, and they• as sert that if she surrenders they will 'not be bound by the terms subscribed. Peace can only be had on thecondition of Prussia retaining possession of the districts now occupied until terms are rat ified by the Constitutional Assembly. It is generally believed that. the Prus sians are seeking delay through peace ne gotiotions, so that they may be better pre pared to carry on a campaign against Pa ris. Newspaper Change. The Hearth & Home. a finely illustra ted family journal of a high character, hitherto issued by Messrs. Pettengill, Bates & Co., has boen purchased by Messrs. Orange, Judd & Co., of ,No. 245 Broadway, New York, the well-known publishers of the A mcri can A gricultu rist. Messrs. S. M. Pettengill & Co., whose great advertising agency, established in 1849, is one of the largest and must repu table in the world, find that their exten sive business requires their exclusive at tention, and they therefore trrisfer Hearth & Home to the new publishers, whose long experience and abundant facilities will enable them not only to maintain the past high character of the paper, but to add materially to its value. The-new pub. lishers also annum:toe a reduction., of the terms to $3 per year.: The clump, will not at all affect the Americus Agrmultur isi, which will continudon independent ly as hithertofore. The illustrations.and reading matter of the two journals will, be entirely different.' Either of the journals will be furnished from 'tow to the end of 1871 (fifteec months) at the yearly sub. scription rate, viz : the weekly llama if Home at $3 ; the monthly American Ag riculturist, $1.50; or the two for $4. —An old Indian, who had the effect of whisky for many yea" said a barrel of whisky commi tt ed a thoaaan4 eongs and fifty fights. The War. I=llEl How did Pennsylvania receive the title of the Keystone State ? That question ecfirgu iniand agatnNl itice y, itivrOr in rho ; *heo*7 Glea if4t forth the idea thafthe bathe was s t gested from the syMbiriiicul,letki s on keystone orthe thirteen blOcks‘;'..comisits ing the arch of the bridge over hock creek, in the District of Columbia. This idea is combatted by a writer in the TEL!- grit o oh, of Phtladelph ,ja who puts upon rrectrd £61,64441 Cu relation to the patriotic services of Judge Morton, of Pennsylvania, ia-the,-..Contrention which adopted the Declaration oflodependence, and their-eciiiiiMloliWitli fife idea of cal ling.. Pennsylvania_ the. Keystone- State. The wAi,terisalfein ivu 3 .' I 'r In tlie'Dla Eritecopal chnrch o -yard in Closter, Pennsylvitnta, lie the remains of ' Juilge.3lottod; and tiptin his tomb the folk:l%o6g inietiptioit,—' " ' "Dedicated to-the memory of Jobp Mcrrton, a membet of the first Americah Congress, from the State of Pennsylvania assembled in N'ett"Yokklfitls, and of the next "Co ngteas, `assembled in "1 1 11 i lad elplq a , in 1774, and varietts- otherlitildie, Stations. Born j. 17;;4—flied April; 1'777:: This monument Wifferected b) ; a 1 401 ' tion Of his relations, October 9, 1845. In I ;75, 'while Speaker' Of "the Assembly of Pennsylvania, Johp Mort *n re-,elect ed a member of Cdngress; and in the '(_,T -! et memorably session 17;0; lie at tended•that august body for the last time, enshrining his name in the grattlil ro tneuitiran& of the 'AiMrlcan pe.,ple signing the Declaration of Independence. Iti voting by States upon the question •,r the independence of 'the American 'Colo nies, there, was a tie until the , vote of Pennsykunia was in tn.ci "inc;tober, from which voted in the atti?titative and two in the negative. The 'tie continued until the Tote Of the last Member, Julio Morton, decided the promulgation of the glorious diploma of American freedom. John Morton being censured by some of his friends for his - boldness in giellig ! his caSting "vote for the Det•tdrati,.o of Independence, his prphetic spirit dicta, ted from his death bed the following mes sage to them : “Tell them that they will live to see the hotir when they shall ac knowledge it to have I?een the nntst glor tons service that I ever rendered My country. This monnment was erected by his near relatives, some of whom were livin g when he died. No one will deny that this inscription expresses the millions of our RevolutiOnary period as • hand)ll: down to them by him. 'The men, who signed the Declaration of Independence ! rendered themsel yes liable to death in ease of a failure, and their dangerous sit uation naturally led to family conversa tions relative to the subject, so that this record has really the force of written tes timony. It is well known that there was a great diversity of opinion among the people in regard to the Declaration, und.thr probe bihty-is that the vote ()mitred as stated ; on Judge Morton's monument, and was made unanifitons after the question had been decided by the majority—a very common practice among the deliberative bodies when unanimity is essential to suc cess. The fact that Judge Morton was censured for his vote by the enemies of the Declaration would, and doubtless did, impress the friends of the Union more fully with the idea that Pennsyhania oc cupied the keystene position. Sanderson's Livee of the Signers." published in 1823, vol. VI, page 21Q, says: -No wonder, then, that Mr. 3lotton ex perienced the most intense anxiety of mind when he was required to give The casting vote of the Pennsylvania delega tion—a vote which would either confirm or destroy the unanimity of the Declara tion of Independence." "Lieber's Ency clopedia Americana," published in 174'2, vol. 9, page 57, says : "Mr. Morton gave the casting vote of Pennsylvania it favor of Independence?' and characterizes it as "an act ofsb t .mal intrepidity." "Loss bug's Lives of the Sig ners," published in 1 - 4 tetyt: "MrMorton WaS called on official ly to give the casting vote of Pennsylva nia ; that it was a solemn responsibility thrown on him ; it was for him to decide whether there shonla be a unanimous vote of the Colonies for independ,enc.., but he firmly met the responsibility and voted 'yes' and front that moment the United Colonies were declared independ ent States." There is much other author ity to prove chat Pennsylvania voted last, and made the Declaration unanimous. This fact coupled with her geographical and legislative poailiou, could not have failed to bring to the minds of many t he old idea of the unity and strength of the arch and its Keystone, and cause them in the fervor of patriotic feeling to claim fur Pennsylvania this proud position. The events we have recited enlisted the strongest sympathies of the people at the 'time of their occurrence, and the promi nent place oeetyied by Pennsylvania must have possessed the minds of all with the appropriateness of the insignia the moment it was uttered. Wins tirst.,gave a public expression to the idea is not known. It might have 'occured to the minds of hundreds of people iu every county Of the States at. the same time. It certainly rests on geographical, historical, and tradition grounds, and we therefore think the antiquarian who still clings to the Rock Creek Bridge story deserves .to be elected a 'member of the celebrated Pickwick ('lub. ,T-to The violins made at CreMona, about the year 1600, are snlu•rior in tope to any of a later date, age seeming to dispossess them of their noisy qualities, and leaving nothing but the pure tone. If a modern violin is played by the side of one of those_ instruments it will appear much the hinder of the two ; but on re ceeding a hundred paces, when compared with the Amati, it will scarcely be heard. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CHICAGO,— Shictigo, Sept. 4. A fire broke out about 5 o'clock to-day in the paper store of Laflin, Butler 4 Co., and is still raging, at 9 u., though under control. The whole of . the niiignificent Drake block, on Wabash' avenue, at the corner Wash ; itigtou street, is destroyed. The total loss 'will reach about -83,000,000, on which ; there is an inuratice of 81,500,000. - —C a ution ! jri our changeable olimate, coughs; colds, inia. diseases of the throat,, hinge and chest will always prevail. Cru el consumption' will claim its victims. These diseases, if attended to in time,cati be arrested and Cure.d The remedy is Dr. Wi.rtar's Bangui of 117 Id Cherry. —Horace Greeley is repprted to ho pre paring a series of articles on " What 1 know' about running , a Saw-mill.' The allusions to dams sill be frequent. . . 1 o , iMie4" .. Mt. ..Will - F . l•Titionirriniclirltillialtleelelif traftotlrrilereglfirlirld underthe Laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be Te A tie.. The ladies of a town out there , opened between the bourn of six and seven o'clock, a.m. hate given ;94113 editor of one of the pa- I °l ' d n e . loss i a ci t o ne f ven o'clock, p. rte. , WA. entitled an flyitten eTridered shirt, which contains , act ? r egulating thaMode titvotingthilt i ll t electlons in the aiActoria istorY - Aof Texas, inektrdiumthe'f i y c j.:l, 4 7 6°l°r th e &ttotto . g.lat• it I, enacted as 41 ni t ric tinlico, and the meeting ! oftthe I t . :ttSemetnrWl. Bo it enaltiid by the senate and lions e drat let 'rule, and also ipictures - of-ithe i ia i 1 ofle i p i nt z t:U ra r A t . o .o f m thircommonwea;to oi Penney! fliitti a &cert . :lls of the State, all worked ; tee by thoVilottiority oi tVemsa'ait.:"Aa"t hereby coat flint , Invent! eellitales of this Con u u ea . .1 _Ad worsta The editor nelK w9PP i it t ilf i g:sessavoisr.srea, borough awl specll:l ' ele w ctio l u th e . shirt in his life, and lie thought it was a are hereby hereafter. authorized Mid required to vote: , by tickets , printed or written. severally clas•ltled ae banner for the temperance procession, : follows: One ticket shall cuihr ce th e n • d . et,- l'e lil l ault t ur l i t which was to come off the next w"eek. So" 9 11 .4sisr f ary "iFt oli v s ° tref:e l° t e etos - i; embra . ee t ' he ' ' 4Mes " O ' f d all he made a little speech of thanks, in i srata ups, tested reressageieihrritiorri , iii r- tr,ixt which he said he would "fling it