all check., issued by the S&U Treasurer,
t-hnW be countersigned by the Auditor
General, before tK'J are u-ed;-aud that
daily account-"1 tue ouoys received, do
,,ositcd aJliMiSbur-ed, Hl,a!l tr- kept in the
ofiu-e of the Auditor General an well as
ja 7ie Treasury Department; and that
-ffcrklr statements of the balances in the
Treasury, mid the places and amounts of
depo-it. h: It be kept in a book to be
provided lor tint, purpo c iu each de
partment. The Co.no-ionors appointed in pur
uancc of the resolutions of the 19t o!
Atril, l.r-, to revise the Peual Code nl
this Commonwealth, have pie-entcd to
iuc their fin report, which if herewith
transmitted to the Gent ral As-cm ly
It importance to o;:r whole community,
and the great labor devoted to its p epa
ration, commend it to your early and
sruc-t attention. The manner in which
the duties of the commission have been
performed cannot fail, in my opinion, to
receive your approbation
l eoaiu.eud to your fostering care th"
State Luumic Asylum, at llarrisfur-
the Western Peuus lvanla Hospital for
the inane, at Pittsburg the Ay sum lor
the Blind, at Philad, lphia the A-ylum
for the Daf and Dm b, at Philadelphia
the Pennsylvania Training School loi
irtmtin ami fehle minded children, at
Media the Ilou-c of Refuge, at Phila
dclphia and tiie Western Hou-e of He
fuie, at Pitt-burg. These cxcelb nt. char
itablo and reformatory State institutions
hne done, and are doing, almost incalcu
lablc good, in the relief of suffering hu
inanity, and in the reclamation and re
form of the erring young. They hav
Mrong claims upon the contiuued bounty
of the Commonwealth. The annual re
port of these noble charities will be laid
before jou, and will exhibit, iu detail,
their operations during the pa.-t year.
I refrain from recommending, a prop
er obj' cts for the bounty of the State, a
number of benevolent and charitable a
pociatioD", equally humane and beneficent
in tjieir operation?; because they arc en
tirely local in their character, and how
ever iueritcriou their claim ma) be, and
unquestionably are, upon the re-pective
communities for whose particular use the
are founded and conducted, m my opin
ion, .they have no claims upon the Treas
ury of the State, whirh can be recognizee
with a just regard to the interests and
ri-'hts of other sections of the Common
wealth. The editor of the Colonial Record- and
Pennsylvania Archieve- has prepared a
copious- index to the whole work, which
will be laid before the Leti-laturc, at an
rarlv day of the se-sion. This publico
tiou'is now completed, and it i- a satis
lubtion to know, that the records of the
eolony, as well as tho.se of the State, pre
ceding the adoption of the Constitution ot
J790, are now of eay acee-s to the pub
lie, and in a condition whhh renders their
entire destruction impossible. I recom
men I that a suitable sum be paid, by th.
Comuiouweajih, to the editor of the Re
cords and Arehieve-, for the work per
formed by him -ince the discontinuance
of his nalary.
I b;:ve so repeatedly presented my
views to the Legi-lature, of the eml a
ri.ing from local and class legislation,
that it ia not necessary again to repeat
them. I desire, however, to call the at
tention of the General Assembly to the
fnct that we have, on our statute hooks,
general law sprovidingfor the incorporation
of railroad turnpike bridge plank roail,
$rs, water, insurance anl other similar
eompanies. an-i that all corporate power
granted by the Legislature, to such com
panies, i-hould be under these general
law?, f0 that there may be uniformity in
the provision- of similar association-, and
tbst the time of the Geueral Asembly
tony not be occupied in passing bill of
great length, when a simple reference to
the details of the geueral iaws would an
ewer every purpose.
The practice of -ending to the Excu
tive a large number of bills i in media tel .
preceding the final adjoui nrnent of th
Legil turc, i highly oojeetiouable, and
oUiiht, as far as practienble, to be di-cou-tinued.
Its uece.sary eon- quen-e i-,
cither to compel the Ex eutive to jppro--c
bill- which he has uot full examined, to
Mgu them after the final adjournment, or,
if he di-approve them, to r-turn them to
the next General As-eally, with bis ob
jeetions Thus imposing upon a succeed
ing Legilatur8 the final disposition of
bills, with the origin aud paage of which
it had no couuectiou To illustrate the
evils resulting from this practice, it is on
ly necessary to iuform you. that, of the
large number of bills pre-ented for my
approval, witnin a day or two of the ad
journment of the last Legi-lature, I an.
constrained by a sense of duty to return,
with my objections, twenty-three to the
present Legislature, for re consideration
It is apparent from the exhibit of the
financial eoo litiou of the General Go
crnment, recently made publio. thst the
wants of the Federal Treasury will do
mand a revision of the existing taiiff
laws of the Uuited States, with a view to
an increase of the revenue derivable fro i
imports. Wh n this revision hall take
place, it is greatly to be de-ired, that a
proper regard for the iudu-trial interests
of the country, will prompt the Congress
of the United States, to place her revn
nue laws upon f-uch a basis, as to afford to
our great mining and manufacturing in
terests the largest iueid-ntial protection
To substitute bpecific 'or advalorem du
ties, on a certain class of articles whi h
from their nature are of qua1, or near'y
equai value or to change the foreign o
& home valuation, with a moderate iu-
crease of the rate now imposed, would Ij . ffTtuily, to rebuke, and as-ist in cruh
am satisfied, infu-e new life and vigor in-j ih,; treason, whether it shall raise its crest
to all the various departments of indus
try. aud, at the same time, without im
posing burdens upoo the people, afford to
the General Government a revenue am
ply sufficient for all its wants.
The early adnm.i.nn of the Territory
of Kansas as one of tbe evereigo State
of the Union, nnder a constitution legally
enacted, and fully and fairly ratified by
the direct votes of a Itfrge majority of the
Territory, will remove from the National
Legislature a subject which has hitherto,
iu no considerable decree, attracted tue
attention of the Nation, and which, front
the nature and exteut of the dlcusions
iu Congress, has been productive of much
crimination and recrimination between
the various sections of our common coun
try. Popular Sovereignty having finall)
prcvai led. in the full, free and fair adop
tion of the fundamental law of the Terri
tory, according to the ui-bes ol the peo
ple", this vexed and daugerous question,
tu that Tenitory. may now be cousidere.i
a satisfactorily and perpetually settled
Copie of the corre-j oudeuce between
the Governor of Virginia and the Gov
ernor ot Pennsylvania, on the -ubject of
the recent outrage at Harper's Ferry, are
ucrovutb transmitted to the Legislature.
The letter addressed by the Governor ot'
Virginia to the Gov. rnor of Pennsylva
nia, wan misseutto Uarri-onburg, Virgin
ia, and bcuee was uot received until the
first day of December, one day before thi
execution of John BrowD: and, therefore,
it was impossible to reply to it, ly mall,
iu time to reach the Governor ot Virginia
before the execution J he answer was
eon-equeutly sent by telegraph, which
Mill account for us brevity and sentcn
ticus character.
The recent seizure of the public proper
ty of the Unlteo States Bt Harper's Ferry
and the iuva-ion of the Stato of Virginia,
by a small bandol desperadoes, with an in
tcution to excite the slave population to
insurrection, have drawu attention to the
dinners which beset our fcd.ral relations.
It is a source of satisfaction to know f hat
the authorities of Virginia possessed the
means and the determination to punish
offeuder8 with prom; tness and justice;
that the military force of the United
States was a power immediately availa
ble to aid iu putting down the outbreak
against the public peace; that the slave
population were coniented with their con
dition, and unwilling to unite with disor
derly white men iu act of treason aud
murder; and that the great masses of
the people have no sympathy, whatever,
with any attack upon the rights aud in
'-titution" of auy of the States, aud have
a deep and abiding devotion to our great
and glorious Uuion. To us, as Penn
sjlvanians, it is gratifying to believe that
the citizens of thi.s Commonwealth have
not, in any manner, participated iu thi
uulawful proceeding, and to kuow that
when some of the guilty perpetrators wer
arrested, withiu our juri-diction, they
were promptly .surrendered to the ju.stiee
of ihe offended and injured State.
The ncveraT State of thi- Uuion are
independent sovereignties, except so far
as ihe have "ranted certain enumerated
poer to the Federal Government. In
case- not pio-iuea ior iu ine reueiai
(Jou'tifution, the several States, iu their
relations to each other, ought to be gov
erut d by the principles whi h re-ulate
the conduct of civilized uation, Thee
principles forbid in all nations "ever)
evil practice tetidint- to excite disturbance
iu another State:" and are iouuded on
the maxim, that Mifi-reut natiou- ought
in time of peace, to do ou another all
the good they can, without prejuiicing
their real iotere-ts." This mnsi ju, r. cog
nized by all civiliz d governmeru-, ap
plies with peculiar force to the several
States of this Uuion, tiouud together, a
they are, by a sat red compact for mutu
al support and protection; and, there
lore, any attempt in oue State, to excite
insurrection in another, i an offence a
gaiu-t all the States, because all areboun!
y the Constitution to put down .sueh di
turbacce; aud the act ol Congres author
izen the Pre-ident of the United State
to call out the militia of the -everal
States for the purpo.se It is a high of
f uoe again-t the peace of our Common
wealth, for disorderly per-ons wubio our
jurisdiction, to combine together tor the
purpo-e ot stirring up in-ui reetmn, in an
of the State, or to in-iuce the slaves in
the Southern States to ahcon i from their
u.a-ter-; and it would be proper, in my
judgemeut. for the General A-i-emMy to
onsider whether additional legislation
may not be necessary to is-ure the prompt
puni.shmcut of such offender- against oui
peace and ecurity.
In determining our relative dutie to
wards our sister States, the morality o'
-erntude i- not an open que-tiou, for we
are bound by the legal and moral ohli
nation of the compact of the Uniou. un
der which we have been brought into ex-i-tence,
and preserved as independent
States, as well as by the principles of in
ternational law. to respect the institution
which the laws of the several State re
cognize, and in no other way can we
faithfully fulfil our obligations, as mem
hers of this confederacy.
While I entertain no doubt that the
great Republican experiment on this con-tin-
ut, so happily commeuoed, aud car
ried forward to it- present exalted po.si
tion in the eyes of the world, will coutin
ue, uuder the Proyideuce of God, to be
-uccessful to the latest generations, it is
the part of wisdom aud patriotism to be
watchful and vigilant, and to carefully
guard a treasure so priceless. Let mod
erate counsel prevail let a spirit of har
mony add good will, aud a uational fra
ternal sentiment be cultivated among the
people, everywhere North and South
and the disturbing elements which tem
porarily threaten our Union, will now, a
they have always heretofore, assuredly
pass away
Pennsylvania, in the past, ha perfor
ed her part with unfaltering firmness
let ber uow. and in the future, be ever
ready to discharge her confederate duties
with unflinching integrity. Then will
i i r r a. l i.. i
h-r proud position entitle her, boldly aud
in other States, in the 4.uie of a fanatical
and irrepressible conflict, between the
North and South; or a-sume the equally
reprehensible form of nullification, seces
sion, and a dis-olution of the Union. Her
centra geographical position, stretching
from the bay of D-laware to the lakes
with her three millions of conservative
population entitles her to say, with em
phasis, to the ploiter of treason, on eith
er hand, that neilber shall be permitted
to succeed that it is not in the power of
either to disturb the perpetuity ol this U
uion, cemented and sanctified, as it is, by
the blood of our patriotic fathers that,
at every sacrifice, and at every hazard,
the constitutional rights of the people.ind
the States shall be maintained that equai
and exact justice shall bedone to theNorth
& to the South and that theStatca shall
he forever United.
We, as a p. oplo, have great reason to
acknowledge the Providence of God, who
rule over the nation of the earth. Un
der Hi- guardianship, hitherto so .signal
ly enjoyed, we feel an unabated confidence
in the permanency of our fee government
and look torvvard, ith eh trful hope, to
a future gloriou- desllii). In the bless
ings that we have crowned our own Com
monwealth the past, vear in the success
that has accompanied all our industrial
pursuit in the bteady advance of our
educational institutions in the quiet and
peace of our donu-tic homes in all that
.nn mlvnnen a nation's nrosneritv and
.. , - -
and happiness we recognize the band of
the Great Giver of all Oooii.
WILLIAM P. PACKER.
ljc Jctfcrsonian.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1860.
EST Hon. Thomas Craig, of the Seu
ate; Thomas M. M'llhaney, Au itor Gen
eral's Office; and Col. C. D. Brodhead
and E. II Rauch. of the House of Rep
resentatives, at Harrisburg, will please
accept our thanks for valuable public
Documents.
Helper a Hypocrite.
This man Helper, whose hook on sla
very is making such a sensation iu Con
gress, appears to be a great hypocrite
and has not even the redeeming quality
ofsiuctrity to off-et his treasonable doe
trine. Iu Itsfin he advocated the foru
hleiutroduetiou of sin very into Nicaragua;
the following extracts being from his work-
on that subject :
"Nicaragua can never fulfill its destiuj
until it introduces negro slavery.
"Nothing but slave labor can ever rub
due its fore-ts or cultivate its untimberod
lauds
"White men may live upon its soil with
au umbrella in one hand and Ian iu the
other; but they can never unfold or de
velope it- resources. May we not safely
coneluoe that negro -lav-cry will be intro
diiced into this country before the lap-
ot many year- ? We think -o. The ten
lency of events fully warrants this 0er
, Uce." Monroe Democrat.
At the time the book above referred to was
written, Mr. Helper had uot examined the
Slavery que-tiou, and tber fore, like most
Slave holders or persons residing in the
South, took it for granted that slavery
was right, and tended to prosperity
But the campaign of 1856 caused him, as
it should any rea-onable person, to inves
tigate the matter, and from which ines
ligation he arrive? at the conclusion that
slavery i both a mrrai sui I '' 'Meal curse
to any State or corpniutihy ut which it
may exist- and for his pr'CHe vb vis, fee
his "Impending Crisis." Now to a mind
of ordinary clearness, there can e no hi-
nocriov or insincerity in this. We have
not tho slightest doubt that be wrote in
155 as he believed &nd undertood, nor
have we any douft that he wrote as he
understood and belioved in 1857. But we
trust that the Squire judges Mr. Helper's
change of oninion by himself. Cannot
the Democrat recolleot that not far from
two years ago, that the editor of that Dem
ocratic in-tifution, thought and declared
most bleatingly for two or three weeks,
that the Lecompton Constitution was one
of the most despotic and un-Domocratic
measures ever concocted by a free people.
Hut -oon after told us that he had made
a great fool of himself in opposing that
Constitution, and that it was all rifhtand
in accordance with the principle of Dem
ooracy. We have not the slightest doubt
that tho Democrat is well aware that it
played the part of a ''hypocrite'' in its
changes of opinion and was entirely void
of "sincerity," and for this reason he
thinks Mr. Helper is guilty of the same
folly. But Squire, think a moment, and
the fart that there was no President's
knife hanging over Helper's head as
there was over yours, will readily account
for the difference of sincerity between you
and him.
"No Speaker has yet been elected in
Congress. The advertising of Helper's
Hook, the condemnation of the Harper's
Ferry raid, and the denunciation of the
Republicans is continued from day to
day.
State Conventions.
The State Conventions of both parties
will be held next month. The Opposi
tion hold theirs nt Harrishurg Feb 22d
Washington's Birth day; tho Demo
crats t Reading Fob. 20th.
The work on the Lehigh and Delaware
Water Gap Railroad, is being pushed
forward with great earnestness between
Easton and Freemansburg,
s? "fesai fe:
. -v iera -ii'S
Life of John Brown.
A Biography ot this remarkable man
is to t e published at once, fot the benefit of
of his family. The author is James Red
path, so prominent in Kansas annals, an
intimate personal friend of fjapt. Brown,
and a spirited and graphic writer He
is probably better adapted for the task
than any other person in the country.
The work will contain an aoto-biograph
ical account of Capt Brown's early life.
-It will be published by Thayer & Ei-
dri'dge, of Boston, Mass., and will be an
elegant 12mo. volume of 400 pages, with
engravings, and will also contain a fine
steel portrait of Brown. 20,000 copit
are already subscribed for. Its sale will
surpass that of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin."
We understand that the publishers arc iu
want of Agents to circulate it in this sec
tion.
Northampton County.
At a Peoplu's Gouvention, held atEas
ton, II. D. Maxwell was elected Senato
rial, and,Samuel Lauracb and Henry
Green Representative Delegates to the
State Contention. Tbey are instructed
for lion. A. II. Reeder for Governor.
From the N. Y Tribune.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT,
Falliner of the Pemberton Hills Seven
Hundred Operatives in the Building
Two Hundred Uead in tne Jttuns.
Lawrence, Mass., Tuesday, )
Jan. 10, 18G0. $
One of the most terrible catastrophes
on record occurred in this city this att r
noon. The Pemberton Mills fell with a
sudden crash about five o'clcek, while
some soven hundred operatives were at
work. The mills are a complete wreck
Some two or three hundred persons are
sutioobcd to be still in the ruins. At
present it is impossible to give anything
like a correct statement of the loss of life.
but from the best authority it is believed
that at least two hundred are dead iu the
ruins.
Eighttcn dead bqdies have been al
ready taken out, together with some twen
ty-five persons mortally wouuded, be-ide
some fi'ty in difiereut stages of mutila
tion. Mr. Chase, the at-ent of the mill,
and Mr How, the Treasurer, eccaped by
running from the falling building. It is
imr.o-sitle, as yet, to tell the cause of the
disaster. Some two or more acres of
K round are piled up with every decrip
tion of machiuery and the fallen buildiug
llijfe bonfires are burning, to liht some
two or tl e thousand per on, vho -ire
working, a- if tor their own livei, to res
cue the unfortustc persons, many of whom
are still cryihg and begging to henlea-ed
from their tortures. Every few m'nute
some poor wretoh is dragged froai Ins or
her prison, and it is heart reu sing to hear
their cries as they are drawn nut, with
leirs and arms cru-hed or torn. One
man, shockingly mangled anil partly un
der the bricks, deliberately cut bis own
throat to end his agouie-.
The whole city seems in mourning.
Many are running through tho street-,
and with frantic cries searching the ruin
Temporary bo-pitals have been arranged
for the rescued. . Many stand by the
wreck, frigid with dispair. Often a ter
rible crash, cau-ed by the cleaning away,
threatens d ath to those who may still be
alive in the ruins. Gen. H K Oliver is
conspicuous and active in directing tho-e
person- who arc endeavoring to reoue the
victims of the disa-ter. Gn'S of t.eu,
with ropes below are constantly dragging
out huge pieces of the wreck which im-rri-,ons
so many. Some of the rescuers
are killed in their humane offorts.
Since we left the scene of disaster, re
ports of more of the dead and dying
are constantly coming to us. Surgeon
are coming in from all directions, and
everything that can be done at such a
painful moment is being done for the suf
fering victims of the fearful calamity, the
mystery of which will have to be cleared
up by an inquest.
JSSsrMr. Vice President Breckcnridge
has just been committing political suicide
In a speech delivered last week hoforethe
Legislature of Kentucky, he declared
himself, emphatically, in favor of i Slave
code for the Territories. Previous to
this he stood about the best chance for
the Charleston nomination for the Presi
dency; but this declaration deprives him
of the possibility of carrying on.e North
ern State if nominated, and, consequent
ly, of the slightest chance of a nomina
tion.
fiSfAn act abolishing Slavery in Ne
bra-ka, recently passed the Territorial
House of Assembly, by a majority of four;
-ut was indefinitely po-'poued in the
Council by the casting vote of the Presi
dent of that body It is needless to say
that every man who voted against prohib
iting slavery iu tho Territory, professes
to be a Democrat. If old Thomas Jef
ferson could revi-it the earth, what would
he think of such Democrats?
Flight of Free Negroes from Arkansas.
We learn from tho Ciuoiunuti papers
that on Wednesday evening ot last week,
a party of forty colored persons arrived
in that eity from Little Rock, Arkansas,'
the Legislature having passed a law re
quiring all free persons of color to leave
the State on the first of this mouth or be
sold into slaver. The party consisted of
men, women and children. They were
received and provided for by the colored
people of Cincinnati. They report thai
hundreds bad left the State, a great por
tiou of them going into Kansas and the
adjoining Territories, and some expected
to make their way to Pennsylvania.
A horso arrived in New York on Sat
unlay from Itally. only seven hands high.
Me is to bo sent to Washingt n to Mr.
Buehanan as a present from J. II. Bin
da, the U. S. Consul.
Helper's Cri.is.
Is there anybody simple enough to be
lieve that oue per-on in ten ot those who
are clammering ageiu-t this book ever
looked betweenits lid-I Wuat is thi- book;
whence did it.orijnate; to whom is it ad
dressed; and what are its drift and ob
jectl Before answering the-e quetim
it may be well to state that there are two
i-sues of the work the original, coutain
in" 420 pages, and a compendium, ol
214 pages. It is the latter which ha;
reen recommeuded for circulation b
members of Congress and others.
I. Mr. Helper, tho author of this work.
wa born and bred in North Carolina.
He belongs, by origin, and sympathy, to
that class of Southern men, numbering
some five millions upon whom three hun
dred and fifty thousand slaveholders an
wont to shower sucb opprobius epithet- a
"Poor Whites," "White trash who don't
own niggers, ' &o.
II. His book isaddresed exclusively to
this olass. Not a line of it is intende i
tor negroes, bond or free; uot a single
paragraph i adapted to their condition
Whoever asserts the contrary has either
not read the work, or, if he has is a fool
and oan't understand it, or a knave ana
willfully misrepresents it.
III. The main drift of this production
is an elaborate and careful comparison
between the effects of free labor and slave
labor, as exhibited iu the past and pres
ent condition of the Northern and South
ern States in regard to Agriculture, Man
ufactures. Mechanic Arts, Commerce. Ed
ucation, Newspapers, and cognate mat
ters. It is largely made up ot tables an
statistic- compiled from the last national
census. In demonstrating the superiori
ty of free labor, it rarely trenches upon
the moral aspects of the subject, but con
fiues itelf chiefly to th poiitlco-economi-cal
bearings of the que-tion, making it
pre-eminently a compilation of facts anu
figures, with which a quarrel would be as
bootless as with the uinc digits or the
multiplication table.
IY. Its main object is to arouse the.
non-slaveholoing whites to a sense of
their depres-ed coudition. and to the as
sertion of their proper moral, iutelleetua
and numerical weight in shaping the ries
tiny of the Southern States. De-pairing
of aid from the -mall, aristocratic, slave
holding class, in throwing off the incubu
ihat ret-trds the prosperity ol that section
ot the Union, the author call- upon the
great mass ot the whites the nou slave
bo.de r the real Democracy to arise
and consummate the good work by ma
kmg Southern communities a.s free, iudus
tnous intelligent, and wealthy, as their
Northern neighbors.
Now, it is these appeals to the nou
-lavebolders which have arou-ed the bit.
it-rest ire and the greatest clamor against
the look, it author and its reader.-.
Doubtless Mr. Helper ha u-ed some sharp
words, and recimmended some -trin-eiit
measures Among ot-er mode of break
ing dowD and hringiug to their senses an
odious oligarchy, which has o long crush
-d and despised and utd hiu. and h.
class, bo advise- the nan -slaveholders not
to ot" for slaveholders nor any tin-
wares, nor read their uewp .per, nor hej
their sermon-, but to set up candidates
and -hops aud journals and preae ier- of
their own. And he recom me.ud.- his hreth
ren to organize for this purpose Un
douhtedly his plan of operation- woui'i
prove to be more effectual than charitable;
embodying more ot the sharp practice ol
this world than of the liberal -pint of
Christianity. Hut, it must he remember
ed, that the w.iter belongs to and is ad
dressing tho.-e who have long been under
the financial, political, sooial aud educa
tional ban of their haughty neighbors;
who bae always been systematically ex
eluded from posts of honcr and emolu
ment; who are prevented, by a punlic o
pinion ttronger than law, from owning anu
cultivating the soil, because they cannot
or will not buy and work nero sla-.es
Whether the modes which thi- work
proposes for throwing off the domination
of the rulinj class of the South are the
b(t that can be devised we do not care
now to inqure. Wo are explaining rath
er than advocating the author's plan.
He and tboe whom he addresses are the
suffers, and they are entitled to a candid
hearing. They Bre Southern men, who
look at the evil from their own stand
poiut, know precisely where tbr pressure
is severest, and will be apt ultimately to
discover the weak links in the chain that
gall thorn. Let them write, read, reflect,
aud aotiu their own way.
That the aristocracy of tin South fear
such an uprising of the white democracy
as this book suggests, is apt areut in eve
ry shriek of terror uttered in Congress
and through the slaveholdiuir journals aud
the servile echoes in the Worth. As "the
pen i- mightier than tho sword," so Row
an Helper armed with facts and figure-,
calling upon the five millions of non-sluve-holder
to ri-o and take possession of the
Southern ballot boxes, is far more to be
dreaded by the Slavery Propagandist
than a thou-and John Biowns, armed
with pikes and rifle-, urging ignorant ne
groes to escape into the Free States This
is au insurrection which the laws are i en
potent to suppress the insurrection ot
the mind and conscience a rising in
which the in-urgeuts will uot cut their
masters' throats nor fire their dwellings,
but, in the guise of accepted suitors, will
take captive their portionless daughters
and, partitioning their thriftless planta
tions, will sub-titute the stimulus of wa
ges for the co-eroions of the lasb, making
the soil to bring forth an hundred fold.
An "impending crisi-'' indeed I
It is but fair to say. that there are some
severe anathemas again-t slaveholding in
this publication. One chapter i devo
ted to "Southern Testimoo) Against Sla
very." It is made up of extracts from
i.e writings and .speeches of Washington
Jeffer-on, Mr-hall, Madison. Hetirv,
Mouroe, the Randolphs, Pinkney, Gaston,
Faulkner, McDowell, Clay, Benton, an I
other eminent stato-m. n; and that chap
t,er contains pr-tty much all the ,,me,ndi .
ary" matter in the book. A strictly "con
-ervotivo writer would have omitted this
ihflimmatory chapter.
A word concerning the commendation
ot tuts work by members of Congress and
others, which has cau-ed so much eenae
b ss uproar. It will be noted that they
havo recommended onlj the smaller book,
the "Compendium," aud that a large
share of the sharper and severer passages
of the original have been expunged from
this compilation. If there be any objec
tion to their act, it must spring from a
difference of opinion as to tho propriety
ot Northern meu taking sides in a purely
Southern controversy. For, it must not
tor a moment be forgotten that this is ex
clusively a Southern production, both in
it- origin and aim, though doubtless con
tiiiii'ug a vast deal of profitable reading
toi Northern men of philosophic minds
aud conservative proclivities. Still, as no
harm as intended, and hope has been
none, the only answer which the bigners
of the circular can properly give to tboae
who call tb m to accouut for their act is,
"Mind your own business I" Perhaps it
H not wonderful that tar-sighted R pub
licans should be interested in the success
of this book. It is an appeal to that class
of their fellow citizens upou whom patri
otism relies for delivering the country out
of the hands of the Negro Propagandists,
and crushing to powder disunionists and
traitors of the Calhoun school. When
the millions of uon-lavi'botders, beyond
the Potomac come to understand the priu
ciples and policy of the Republican party,
they will sympathize with it, they will
coufide in it, they will join it, they will
act with it. The White Democracy of
the South will, by and by, in their own
persons and on their own soil, give un an-
wer to the charge of "sectionalism" now
urged against the Republicans which wilt
confound their slanderers. Let them
study Helper. We abide our time.
Finally, ignoring a few harsh epithets
and questionable theories, and overlook'
ing occa-ional faults of style iu view of
the magnitude of the theme, the "Impen
ding Crisis of tho South" is entitled to b
place among the most va'uable books oF
the day. Southern Fire-eaters ati-i Nor
thern Dou htaces have combined to force
it into circulation which is rapidly ap
proaching that of Uncle Tom's Cabin; nnd
i Pro-Slavery journalists aud Members
of Congress advertise it as persistently
tor a month to come as tbev have for
few weeks past, the sale bids fair to be"
-ecoud only to that of Webster s Diction
ary or Robinson Cru-oe Tribune.
A Proper Locofoco Township.
It will be recoibcled with what evi
dent gu-to the Locofoco pap r. announced
a ft i r the last election, that in Maiibeim
town-hip, York county, the "Democrat--ie"
State ticket had one hundred aud fif
r y -oii' votes. tiV-j he People's none!
The r ason is ikv u in the report of the
' uiit Superintendent of Common Schools
th t count, a.s follow- :
THE TOWNSHIP OF MAN
HE! M IS NOW THE ONLY ONE IN
IlilS COUNTY IN WHICH THE
Cu.M MON SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT
IN OPKUA nuNirsjr
Tha? explains the wi.ole matter, and
comment is uuneoe-8ary ! Harrisburg
Tt ff graph.
Csg-A superior quality of Iron ore has
been di-covered on the premises of Mrr
fienry Albert, Mansfi. Id, Warren Coun
' . N. J. The discovery was Hiade by
the Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company,
V correspondent thinks that Warren
County is destined in a few years to pro
duce more Iron ore than any other couuj
ty in the State.
Arrest of Counterfeiters.
Jackaon, Mich , Jan. 9. I860.-
Eight persons, among tbem sev
eral o i residents, were arrested on Sat
unlay last charged with making and"
circulating- counterfeit coin. A large
quantity of bogus money, tools, presses
and dies were found in their possession.
Tbe-e persons were undoubtedly larger
operators, and belonged to an tztousiva
ganK-
Freemasons of the "World.
The Masonic Register for 160 states
th.t the whole number of Lodges of Free-'
ma-on- in the Uuited States and Territo
ries, and other countries, is 0,360, and"
allowing au average of sisty-fie mem
bers to each, the whole number Freema
sons throughout the world is 413,400.
It has been ascertained that there arc?
four survivors of the Wyoming Massacre1
still living Mr. Chas. Harris, of Kings
ton, Pennsylvania, ftill haie nnd hearty,
aged yf: Mrs. Hannah Jones, of the same
place; Mrs Deborah Bedford, of Abing-
aud Mrs. Ryan, of Wayne couuty.
John M Rice of Sutton, Vermont, has
a five year old son that weighs one hun
dred and sis pounds I
gA case was tried for the second)
time in a Cincinnati Court, a few day
since involving the title to a barrel worth
1)0 cents. The costs of the case have a-'
mounted to over 50, and as it is to be
appealed, they will probably reach $200.,
Twanty Barrels of Water from a "Woman,
Within the past four years, Dr. S. M
Kiug drew from the persou of Mm. Ad
ams, residing in Mononghela City , Penn--ylvania,
over twenty barrels of water.
Mrs. A. i forty five years old, is in the?
enjoyment of good health, and should?
nothing unusual occur bids fair to livo
for years yet.
CAUTThnj TO
Fishermen .aid Others f
All persons ire hereby cautioned not
to fi-h or trnp-s upon the Twelve Mile
Pond situiit. in Porter township. Pike
County, Ph. All persons fishing on said
Pond without permission from the under
si, nd. will be dealt with to the full ex
tent of tho law.
WILLIAM OYERFIELD,
DEPUE S. MILLER.
January 12, I960. 3t. '