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VOL 19.
STROUDSBURG, MONEOE COUNTY, PA. MAY 31, I860.
NO. 21.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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41" ' '
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The Orange Girl.
The Cincinnati Gazelle of a late date !
relates the following romatio incident: 1
The citizens of Columbus and visitors ;
nt the Capital, will recollect a beautiful '
vot-tii? sirl. amarentlv "sweet sixteen."
who daily
carried about
the legislative
balls and
state offices, a
nanfjsomeiv
wroucht basket containing tbe plumpest,
ri cBPPfntt. nmiKrix! Oli nvorv.
body remembers Ettie, the beautiful or-
anje eiri. ana uare wonaerea in wnat
1 uuv
two
Dook sbe has bidden for tbe past
.ntK:. fnr nr. mnro hnr nvepfit frxon nnrl
girlish form is seen in the Capital, andiJate uome-
intercut n? c orks with a sroat admiration
for tbe rotunda, are obliged to forego :
. . y r . .
slimoses or tne neatest gaiterea loot trip
Erervhodv about tho State IIouBe ad
mired Ettie, but it was with a respectful 1 nrst noor 01 109 nouse. wllen 1 Deara a
admiration, and if a gruff legislator wa- shriek, and in a moment more, my wife
tempted to jett with tbe btronge girl or;came &5g into the room, and, springing
make light remarks, he was restrained by uPon the bcd behind me, exclaimed
tho modest demeanor and pure soul-look . " 'Sco thereI onr chillJI our ohild!'
appealing from her heaveu blue eye
JSttie always brought a full basket and
went tripping home with an empty one,
snd ber scarlet eilk purse filled with sil
vcr coin. Sbe was the sole dependence
of a widowed, palsied mother, and ber no
ffH irron cxnc trxni tcpm tn,nrn ,
and made the fruit from her basket ten :
times sweeter. j
When the great Union meeting of the'
Tennessee, Kentucky arid Ohio Legisla-j
tores was held in Ohio- capital, the beau j
tiful orange girl was tripping about, di?- j
posing of her fruit to the 'Sons of the
South. and receiving the homasie of ad-j
miring glances from all
At the end of one of tbe halls, viewing
the noble row of princely residence on
Third street, stood alone a youlhful mem
ber of the Tennessee legislature, when he
was startled by a silvery voice asking:
"Buy an orange, sirl"
"How do you sell them!'said the stran
ger, looking iuto ber eyes.
"Five cents each," said the maiden,
holding a large one towards him.
"Cheap."
"Indeed they are."
This introduction opened the way for
a prolonged and serious conversation, in
which tbe girl artlessly revealed to the
stranger the poverty of her home, and tbe
necessity of ber supporting her sick moth-
er. tie was so strucK wicu tne gin s man
n,r and sJnrmlar beaut that he secretlv
resolved to visit her home and become)
mornintimatelv aconaiuted. He did o. '
HUM U11C1 OliUUCSSI v tifiva UU IUU UUMJ u-
dfincfi and lore of the maiden, and the!,uKs
mother's consent to their marriage; and
when he went back to bis southern home
it wai with a promise to return in a fort
night for his bride. He came, and now
the manly Southerner and the beautiful
orange girl are man and wife. He has
taken ber, the fairest of tho fair, to bis
southern home, to dwell with him and
her aged mother, in opulence.
A Good One.
Pat was helping M. Blank to get a safe
in his office one day, and not being ao
quainted with the article, inquired what
it was for.
"To prevent papers and other articles j
-ent papers and otder articles ,
placed m it from being urnt
which are
in case of fire," eaid Mr. B
"An' sure, will nothing iver burn that
is put in that thing!"
"No."
"Well, thin, yer honor, ye'd better be
after getting into that same when ye
die."
Mr. Blank "wilted."
fcQKTbe apprehension, imprisonment,
trial and conviction of Jacob S. IIardeDHb0Uld bavo been ready to take my oath
cumucu aU Mpcu'o uFuu mi. vuuu-
ty of Warren of about S5.00U. Add to
tnis, tno sum wmcu tne prisoners lamer
has paid for his defence, and the net cost!
of the conviction of Harden is some S7,0U0.
One hundred dollars was assigned, by tbe
dollars was assigned, by the
holders, to theb Prosecutor
3o1. .Tfln M Rohosnn bnt
Jtfoard of tfrce
of tbe Pleas. Col. James M. Robeson, but
i e A . . ...... -r
- Vw. -
ue iciunBu iv accept u, ana siaiea inat n r-- - - , ,
his services should be rated according to Pas aod proposes nothing to meet the -t!,at
standard thev wr.,lrl h rnlnori 5. . exigencies of tbe future. It is lifeless A Legal Set off.
Warren County is now some $9000 iD
debt; which is to be paid off, we bear, by
calling in tbe loans made to individuals
hv thn rnmmiswinnprd nf Ihp Siirnlno l?ni.
wv- . r-
enue Fund. Tbe County is haid to have
-
lost a portion of this Fund, by loaning it by tbe person to whom it was sent on tne oo a vaoani ion oi me cueiu, aim ue ui
to Tom, Dick and Harry; and it is thought ground that be did'nt recognize the hand ged S2.75 for the use of the ground.
best to use it hereafter exclusively for writing as belonging to tbe one who was The lawyer left, remarking that lan-
County purposeu. Sussex Register. eaid to bars sent it! Uge wouldn't do too euoieot justice.
A Strange Apparition.
The New York Presbyterian,
Of
date, rclnteB this story:
We were returning from our spring
mcm,ug rresoyiery one gentleman
and two youae ladies in a 'rockwav' and
, , . T. . ..
j the road none of tho best. Night, cold
! and damp, overtook us eight or ten miles
J from home, but only a short distance from
1 Judge Bank's, who, after we had arried
1 9" le. oaid tUo Judge as follows:
Years ago WO had in our bouse
awcet little child, about four years of age,
iand the object, of course, of a very tender,
affection, iiut siokness laid its hand up-j Convention, and urged upoa them the ne
on it. Remedies, promptly resorted to 'cessity of organization and work. He
all proved in vain. Day after day the gave a short account of the life and la
rose faded from the cheek, and tho firo bora of Abram Lincoln, and stated that
in the eves burned low: and at length ho had ever followed the teachings of the
death closed those eves and sealed those
il: t 1 1 1 1 . -
"Ps torever: and we Jearned bv trying ex-
perienco how iutenso a darkness follows
the quenching of one of those little lights
of life. .
Aue ua3e roinng saaiy on, Drougdt us
at leugtu to tbe hour appointed for com-;
milting our treasure to the . ordinarily
8ure custo,1J of tbe grave. The friends
assemniea, tne customary services were
0Cl(1i 1110 iareweu taKen, and the little
tii.f r .
form securely abut beneath the well screw-
ea comn-na, and indue form tbe grave ,
1 rr ,1 ... .
received its trust. We looked on and :
saw the eaVth thrown in, the mound rais-
v t
'
jugted into a great, sheltering roof, and
tUCn WCUaea Our Way DacU to OUr dCSO
Evening came on and wore
a"aJ- mJ wuu uau Kuuo iuio uu au-
m J v a .
joining room to give some directions to a
anrronf find T nfrtfnJ K tt f li annnn s f 1
'-"-"m UUUv wj, ..,.- ouv
and I, unfitted
the day for aught else, had just laid my
ihcad on my pillow in our room upon the
i m -
j lxaisiog my neao, my uioou troze
within me, and the bair upon my head
1 stood up as I saw the little thing in grave
clothes, with open, but manifestly alight
less eyes, and pale as when we gave it
the last ki.is, walking slowly towards us?
I a I . 1 J 1. 1 -I i
aa i been alone bad not the extreme
terror of mJ wie compelled me to play
tne man, I snouiu nave leaped :rom tue
wioilow and bed without casting a look
behind.
"But, not daring to leave her in such
terror, I aro.c, sat down in a chair, and
took tbe little creature between -my knees
a cold sweat covered my body and
gazed with feelings unutterable upou the
object before me. Tbe eyes were open in
a vacant stare. The flesh was colorless,
cold, and clammy; nor did the child ap
pear to have the power of either speech
or hearing, as it made no attempt to an
swer any of our questions. The terror of
our minds was the more intense as we had
watched our ehild through its sickness
and death, and had been, but a few hours
before, eye-witnesses of its interment.
"While gazing upon it, and asking in
my thoughts 'What can this extraordina
ry Providence meanl For what can it
be eent!' tbe servant girl having crept to
tbe door, after a time suggested, 'It looks
like Mrs. 's child.'
"Now, our neighbor had a child of
nearly the same age as ours, and its con-
staDt companion. Hut wbat could nog
ho L thid hour. and n &uoh
a Ph8bt? Stll the suggeation bad opera-
as a peaative upon our czcucu leei-
aud rendered us more capable of
calm reflection. And, after a time wo
discovered in truth, that tbe grave clothes
were night clothes, and the corpse a som
nambulist! And it became manifest that
the excitement attending tbe loss and bu
rial of its playmate, working upon tbe
child's mind in sleep, was the cause to
which we were indebted for this untimely
and startling visit.
"Wiping away tbo perspiration, and
taking a few long breaths, I prepared to
countermarch the little intruder back to
its forsaken bed. Back we went, it keep- j
ing at mv side, though still asleep. It
had walked quite a distauco across the
wet grass. I found the door of its home
fugitjTC had ,eft &ml
BieeDjn pareDt3 unconscious of its ab-
seoce.
The door creaked aa 1 pushed it
nnpn and nwnkened the ohl d. wbo ook-
ed wildly around a moment, and then ty of the Republican party to save our
popped into bed. j country from tho disuniouists from the
"Now, if it bad not been for my wife, ' factiouists from tbe scctiooiats from
as I have said, I should, on the oppear-jtbe threats of those violent persons who
ance of this apparition, have made a leap desire disunion for their own base and
of uncommon agility from that window; 'infamous purposes. He expressed a wil
oftnrn flight, nf nnnnmmnn vfilnntt.v I liucuess to " let the Vhion slide" rather
, ' nttpenn nf mv nnri Antv. T
.q court either in Christendom or, old political parties, anu was particularly
. , J ' that I bad seen a ehoat." Isevere upon the "Uuion Constitutional"
movement
6TThe Constitutional U ,on pari tjia.
luo 4UC'1" y innraa
tempted to elect a Pres dent . It ignores
existing political issues; has neither
al1 listing pontr
nraiso nnr npnsure to OeSlOW upon iuu.
i . i .
voicejeas anu torpia; ueeiuuio Bimo
voiceless and
memory and nope; ana may wen uo
down 83 tho dead meD's Part
lesSS?- A fnlfifrrnnhlfl dp.SD&toh WAS
, it t
set
re
coived iu iynn recently, but was refused
v - -
Republican Ratification Meeting at Phil
late I adelphia. Great Enthusiasm.
On the 18tb, an impromptu nias mce-
tig of the Republicons was held at their
"an, unue XMono-wesi. corner 01 oeveum
and Chosnut streets, for the purpose of
r ,1 , .1
ratifying the nominations made by the
Chicago Convention. A band of music
' was in attendance, and the room was
crowded to suffocation. At 8 o'olook the
oiuuu 10 me cuair.
I William M. Bull, Esq., was the first
Speaker. He congratulated ihem upon
the result of the labors of the Chicago
immortal Clay I (Applause.) He con-
1 i. I.
tended that a better man could not be se
' lected in the Union one whose life had
been so consistent, so pure. What was
,tho condition of the Democratic party !
-mey uave assemDiea in a oouioetn city,
and after villilymg each otner for a lengtb
of time break up to meet at another city,
to belect a candidate.
-10 aay, waen idc news sprcaa turougn
" .1 1 .1
our city, mere was seen no smue on tne
faces of tho Democracy. Jhey had cal-
1.1 ct 1 l.t .f ...
cuiatea upon oewaro, and men tnoy mignt
have been successful.
"TTi
Dut now
Douglas
hay not a shadow of
a chance.
He rid-
icuiea too Baltimore uonvention, and de-
ciared tnat it would De a convention of
very old gentlemen. The Republican
party bad put forward two good men and
true, with a platform for all. He gavo
at length an account of the discussion in
the Senate upon tho slave question. Mr.
B. exhibited a photograph of Mr. Lin
coln, and declared that he would be Hhe
next President of the United Stales," an
announcement which was received with
the roost uproarious and deafening ohecrs.
lie then read a telegraphic despatch from yet in this people and this language All
William B. Thomas, Esq., stating that his movemeots were the most command
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, bad been ing and graceful that could be conceived,
nominated as tho candidate for Vice Pres- as iu mellow tones he pourd forth his
ideDt, which was received with deafening sweet, round, broad Italian, to which one
shouts. listened as to music.
Moses A. Dropsie, Esq., was tho next After this, as bambines appeared to be
speaker. He came there to congratulate in tbe ascendent, our guide proposed to
them upon the excellence of the nomina-
tions made by the Chicago Convention
The names of Abram Lincoln and
Hannibal Hamlin had been placed in
nomination for the Presidency and Yico
Presidency names which will carry ter
ror into the ranks of their enemies.
These men were typical of tho times, and
cannot fail to bring success to the ticket.
These men were the exponents of the
times we live in, and of .the principles of
the great Republican party. He procce-
ded at much length in a historical ac-
count of the slavery agitation, and tho
course pursued by Thomas Jefferson and
the other great men of the day upon this
great question. He concluded with a for-
cible argument, that the principles of tho
Republican party were calculated to en
lighten and elevate tbe working man, and
not to depress bim.
Wm. B. Pierce, Esq., w.as the next
speaker. He met Abram Lincoln at the
Convention in 1856, which nominated tho
Hon. John C. Fremont for the Presiden
cy. He was astonished at the control ho
had over the Illinois delegation, and the
devotion of those men to that gentleman.
He knew Abram Lincoln to be every inoh
a man 1 Lincoln, during the campaign
in Illinois, once came upon the platform
with Douglas, when the latter accused
the former
of having used certain lan-
guage
in an
address to CongresB. Lin-
coin
brought
forward an old man, who .
was siting in tue room, and was in Uoo
gress at the timo and asked him if it was,
so ? No, said the old man, it is untrue.
This is tbe character of tbe man. It has
been said at the South, if tbe Republican
nominee is elected he will never take the
Presidential chair. Take my word for it
ray fellow-citizens, if Abram Lincoln is
elected, he will bo President of the Uni- j
ted States, or he will drive every disu- !
nionist, every scceder in the Union into
tbe Gulf. He will aot as General Jack-
hou did in ioo.J. it elected rresideni no
will be President, despite of Henry A.
Wi9Cj of Virginia, Davis, or of that arch- j
traitor, Yancey, of Alabama that man ,
wuo was anxious to prepare tuo people
01 the SOUtU lor 01SUUIOU
It is the du-
than have bis back lashed by the South.
He reviewed tbo present condition of the
emarkBhen the t adjourned for
ft t t xt i- r
the purpose of having a display of firo-
P P V 7
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nun. fiuuii u J. . Jiu tu auu ukuwiui
a iew aays since, an anoruey preauut-
ed a bill of 82.50 to a humorous chap for
legal advice. The latter admitted the
correctness of tbe bill, but plead a Bet-off.
When asked what it was, he said the law-
yer had given the advice while standing
a i r a i i: x. j iv. inM
Hiracle Worship in Rome.
Mrs Stowc, in her last contribution to
the Independent, has the following:
Yesterday afternoon we went to tho
Church of the Ava Coali, to see the miracle-working
Bambino. The priest put
on vestments and lit candles, and unlock
ed with solemn reverence a little coffin a
foot and a half long, lined with white gold
embroidered silk, and there lay the ugliest
little wooden doll that eyes ever rested
on. Said doll is said to have been car
ved from olive wood on the Mount of Ol
ives, and painted by St. Luke, and is cov
ered from head to foot with jewels which
attest the miracles it has wrought dia
monds, emeralds, rubies, saphircs, from
various prinoosses and royal personages
to whom it has been sent For the pay
ment of a certain sum, tho Bambino is
carried in state through tho street to the
relief of any sick person, psalms being
chanted in its honor.
An American gentleman, while look
ing at it the other day, inquired if it could
cure weak eyes. Tbo prieat answered in
the afiirmative. The gentleman then
said he should like to try it for his, which
were ailing. "How long will the benefit
probably last?'' ho added. 'Are you a
ProtestantaL" said the Priest. "Yes."
Tho priest immediately, began to laugh,
and had quite a little time joking over
tbe whole affair.
In the church when we entered was a
large congregation of tho very poorest
peoplo, with their rough gblack hands,
shabby, dusty clothes, and that .peculiar
; air of dilapidated gently which marks the
lower clauses here. They were listening
' with nrofound seriousness to a Franciscan
friar, who, in hi rough, brown wool gown,
tied round his waist, and with a little black
cap on his head, preaching with the ut
most earnestness.
As I looked at him I could not but
think -what capacities for eloquence a?e
show us another; which he gravely infor-
mcd us was tbe richest in Rome.
tT1
We
went, therefore, to the church of St. A
gusta, where wo found an image of the
Madonna and Child, completely covered
with watches, seals, chains, rings jewels
of all shapes, sizes and settings, the whole
inside of the church being in like manner
covered with offerings, among which largo
silver hearts appeared to be the most fa
vorite artioie. Pictures on the wall ex-
pressed various miracles wrought by this
image a child preserved from being run
over by a horse, people rescued from
drowning, fire, and other accidents
were portrayed with more or less vigor,
each picture being a representation of
some votary memorial of tho event
chronicled. The whole church was filled
with a murmur of prayers, whioh a mul
titude of people on their knees were heard
reciting.
Drawn up in hollow squares round the
side aisles of the church were classes of
children with a priest instructing them to
repeat the Credo, the Ava Maria, and tbo
Paternoster in.Latin. A class of these
little fellows surrounding a grey-haired
old monk, particularly struck me rag
ged, unkept, unwashed, they were yet so
bright
and intelligent looking; and all
with such dark, soft oyes, and many of
them so handsome, that one could not
help wishing there were somo saint in tbe
Romish Calendar who presided over soap
and water.
How the People Create what they see in
Nature.
Four men visitod Niagara Fall's. One
was a preacher of the more Lurid type of
theology, the second was a mill-owner,
tbe third was a poet, and tbe fourth was
a geologist. What was your impression
of it 7 was asked tbe clergyman. "I
oould only think of, the outpouring of
God's wrath." And wbat was yours,Mr.
Utilitarian ? "I thought it a shocking
waste of water-power. And what was
yours I was arked the poet. "It seemed
as if a million of war-horses were rusb-
ing aown a precipice, loamiug, anu wuu
white-flowing manes." And wbat was
! yours, Mr. Geologist T "I calculated bow
j fast tbo rock were wearing away, and
how long it would take tbe cataract to
travel up to Buffalo."
Sir William Hamilton, in one of bis
lectures, quotes an anocdote from some
one wbo describes a parson and a fashion
able lady, looking by turns through a
telescopo, at the moon to see if it were
inhabited. "Why," said the lady "do
you observe those two shadows 1 Thoy
bonjj towards each other, I have no doubt
are two happy lovers." "Nonsenic," said
tbe parson; "they are two steeples of a
cathedral 1"
JlgyAmong the recent counterfeits no
ticed by Thompson's Reporter are fives
on the Sussex Bank at Newton N. J., al
tered. Vignette, man feeding hogs in
trough on right end, figure 5, and men
with basket of corn on left end male por
trait. Joun A. Dix is appointed Postmaster
at New York, vice the defaulter Fowler,
who has hid or absconded. Tho appoint
ment of Mr. Dixis approved. by ail par
ties. '
Baron Munchausen
The 'Adventures of Baron Munchausen'
was a work written several yonrs ago, for
the purpose of putting to shatco a class ,
of writers, who, in giviug to tbe world o-;
counts of their adventuron in foreisrn
lands, told all sorts of improbable stones challenge to the Democrats to nominate
in ordor to render themselves famous as Douglas when their Convention reassem
travelers. Tho book which professed to bles at Baltimore. Little doubt is en
give the travels of tbo renowued Baron, tertaiued that the challenge will be ac
"was, of course, a work of fiction, and the ccpted, nd that Douglas will be put in
statements it contained so far outstripped the field. Tho Seward men in this city
those of all other travelers that it served
as a severe satire npon them. When,
therefore, persons on returning from a
broad were dcteotod in telling lies, or
giving greatly exaggerated accounts of
what they had seen or done, they were
accused of being disciples of Baron Munchausen.
.Perhaps tho reader never seen the Ba- . ., tU . . ,, . f :i
, , , Tr , .... .in the West, where they can hardly fail
n 3 book. If so, he will be amused . , nJ T. ,t,M
ron
velour'arL 8peClmeD3 frm U3 Diar" fore, be the most abject folly for thoDem
o s pages. ! ocratic pnrty to nominate Douglas with
One evening the Baron declares that lhc e ePctalJion af hj3 carf f ,j lc
he was overtaken by a snow storm So NorthrWeslern State. Lincoln can car
much snow fell that .ho was obliged to IjliDoJ:J 0?er tbo hoad of D la9 hy
dismount, and tie his horse to wba he cat teQ tbougand m -orit Tho
thought was the stump of nn old tree, whoe fi fa &s faf as tho Jg C0Q.
while he wrapped himself in h cloak, cerned ag be(jn trnnsfcrrcd to lhc Mid.
lay down on the snow and fell into a dc Statcg of New.york New-Jersey,
deep slumber. When ho awoke in the : and PeDns lv8nia. Hcre t00r be
morning, his horse was missing. He tbo oQj ybcre tho Be and Ev.
couldn t see him anywhere. At length, craU tiJket wif opcrate to tho disadvan
look.ng up toward the sky, he espied tne . of tho Repct5can3, In thc Wcst
animal suspended to tbe cross of a church ; tf ... . , f -n . , . nown
steeplo. There had been a free thaw dii-
ring thc night, the snow had melted away,
and wbat he had taken to bo the stump
- , cu.Ug i0, r,w w
nothing leas than the cross of a church
P i a r ii ""J?- Q my.Icct' 01
snow -had fallen and disappeared in twen-
ty-four hours. Tbo Baron took his pis
tol, fired at tbe bridle, shot it in two, and
when the horse fell to tho ground, his
master at once mounted hi in and went on
bis journey.
On another occasion he was passing
under a gate, which fell down by accident
and cut bis poor horse assunder just be
hind tbe saddle. The Baron didn't know
of his loss until an hour afterward, when
passing ovor a brook, the horse took a
drink, and hearing something gushing out
like water behind bim, Munchausen turn
ed around Bnd saw to his amazement that
for tho last four or five miles, he had been
riding on a half a borse instead of a
whole one. The Baron turned back, got
the hind quarters of the animal, and sew-
an flirt hniln fnfrnt hop tt 1 f h ir , 1 I n to f tTli.o
which afterwards grew to be fine trees,
and proved a fine shelter to him from the
sun, when he was on his journeys.
On ono cold day he was playing tunes
on a bugle, when all the tunes froze be
fore tbey came out at the further extrem
eties of tho instrument. However, upon
hanging it near tbe fire, tbe bugle began
playing, and never ceased until all the
frozen tunes were played out in their reg
ular order.
Travelers, with all their desire to ex
cite the admiration of lovers' of the mar
velous, were taught a lesson by this book,
and, no doubt, since its publication, ma- met by a platform equally plain and in
ny a writer has been forced to keep the telligible, it will require no prophet to
Btory of his adventures within the bounds interpret tbe handwriting on the wall.
of truth, by the exaggeration and cutting
ui oi .uiiruu luuuEimuaEu.
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good story was told us, (Hartford
B . .J. . ' - . -
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Press) the other day about John Van
Burcn. He had taken some technical le
gal advantage, by which his opponent's
client in an action was non-suited. The
man was furious, and deolared bis pur
pose to give John a piece of his mind
when he saw him he would wither him.
Happening to see John one day at Down
ing's, standing at the bar, getting outside
of a dozen New York boys, he boldly
confronted tho Prince, and being a small
man, looked up at bim fiercely, ard burst
out, "Mr Van Burcn, is there any olicnt
so low and mean, or any case so naty,
that you won't undertako to defend him
in it I'' "1 don t know, said John, stop
ping to put away another oyster, then voted personal friend of that great states
Lndim, down and confidential! v drarinir i a hc is ihe advocate of protection to A-
bending down and confidentially drawing
out his. reply in the little mans ear
"What have you been doing ?"
Gunpowder Superseded.
Sir Macdonald Stephenson, writes to
the London Times, describing a new mor
tar upon which he is now engaged : "It
consists of the application of higb-pros-sure
steam to produoo great centrifugal
velooity, and the angle of discharge of
the shot or shell is regulated by very sim
ple mechanism. No gunpowder is used.
Every description of missile can bo dis
charged, and if necessary, tho boulders
or beach stones can be used. The mor
tar canbo kept in continuous operation,
loaded and discharged by two men. Tbe
range varies from 800 to 2000 yards, ac
cording to the velooity, angle of elevation,
and dimensions of shot. Ten or more
shots can be discharged for every single
discharge of tbo ordinary mortar. In
tho original plan I proposed to apply a
rotary steam engino to impart high cen
trifugal force to a cylinder of about seven
feet dianjetcr, near the contre of which
the shot are inserted, and pass down tha
arms or epokos to the periphery, were
they are relained by tbo apparatus, whioh
is regulated to release them at the precise
time required. The velocity required by
the centrifugal motion is sufficient for the contains to excite our interest and admi
disohargo of tho heaviest description of ration; tbc sunsets appear to us far lattj-
in nowor. lior than thev wore -in- other ,yr:
velocity, range, angle of disoharge, weight and the bees, the birds, the .flowar.
of Bbot. and Tapidity of firing, may bo . the clouds, are objects of curiqaite to.ua
! varied according to ciraumita.oces." which they were not in our early days.
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
How the Nominations arc Received.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From The jt Y. Su7i, (.fccinoera,)
Liucolo'a nomination is considered a
do not conceal their vexation, and they
openly soy that, if either Douglas or
Houston be nominated at Baltimore, tbe
State of New York will go against the
Chicago nominee by a large majority.
From The N. Y. Sunday Adas, (Dem.)
The nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin
will be received with immense enthusiasm
The three Middle States wo have men-
, f- , n . rriiA u flf, i)PBnn
, .f ft candidate is eclectedjbut
that candidate is not Stephen A. Douglas
, who would be beateD n eacb of theS
tneso
States by thousands of voles,
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Give us
Seymour or Guthrie, or both of them, and
the battle will sorely bo won for thc Dem
ocracy and its principles. If ihn Balti
more Convention will nominate Horatio
Seymour for the Presidency, he will to a
certainty receive the vote of tbe State of
New-York, which, added to tbe entire
vote of tbe South, would be sure for such
a candidate, the victory for the Democrat
ic party will be as sure as thc rising of
j the sun on the election day.
It is quite time for all true Democrats
wbo desire to see tbe Republican party
beaten, and the standard of the Democ
racyonce more triumpbaut in be Union,
to stop talking about thc nomination of
Douglas. The handwriting on tho wall,
to which we would call the attention of
: tbc deegale3 who are to aESombIe at Bal
i timore on thc 17tb June, is thus interpre
ted by us "Douglas and Defeat ooy
. mour and Success I"
' From The Boston Herald, (Doutlas.)
i The nomination, in many respect?, is a
strong one, and will be difficult to defeat;
and those who flatter themselves that tho
Democrats are to walk over tbe Presiden
tial course with ease, will find thotslves
mistaken. The Convention at Cbieago
has given evidence of shrewdness, no less
in the nomination of Mr. Lincoln than in
the platform adopted, whih is progrcs
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sive wituout ceing ultra; auu, uuists u m
j ,..We ?eDturo to sayj- declares
j Cincinnati Gazette, "that there is not in
the whole West a man wbo stands higher
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in nnnn nr nnnfirlnnpn than 1 Jltl ABC Liin-
r-r
coin. He is a man of the people. He
has risen by the force of his owu energy
from the position of a flatboatman to the
honored head of the Illinois bar. He is
a man whom no obstacle could intimidate,
no defeat check, no misfortune embitter.
A man whose life i3 a synonym of hones
ty, capability, and energy, is Abo Lin
coln." Lincoln and the Tariff.
The Reading Journal, in publishing
some extracts from a speech recently de
livered by Mr. Liocolu, thus refers to
him "A Heory Clay Whig, and the do
mencan industry, which circumstance
should make him acceptable to the Oppo
sition in Pennsylvania who (if tbe standard-bearer
is not to be-selected from our
own State) will search in vain for one
who will better ropresont their interests,
or in whose person are combined more of
tbe requisites necessary for the faithful
disohargo of the duties conneetod with
the executive chair of tbis great country."
Lincoln and Hamlin on Staten Island.
The Republicans of tbo North Shore
met in largo oumbors on Saturday even
ing to ratify tbe Chicago nominations.
Tbe names of tbo candidates were receiv
ed with the greatest enthusiasm and ap
plause, whioh indicated the most entire
satisfactionand confidence on the part of
the poople. Tbe people all joined in rai
sing the poles, from whioh is suspended
this morning an immense banner. It was
noticeable that the most active men in
raising the poles were, until tho recent
outrago upon tho ballot-box in Richmond
County. Democrats, in good standing.
Their enthusiasm for Lincoln and Ham
lin leads all the rest. Tribune.
iS'Till we are about to leave tbo
world we do not perceive how much it