i# powder, extinguished. We could contain ;fp TT T~> A S~l Trn a fji p
ourselves no longer, but buret out into a loud r -*■ -tlJu AVJ J.JLA I Uni
«>d prolonged 'hurrah !’ Meanwhile, the baffled
tWtdiiUn stood gnashing bis teeth"; be saw the ,
failure of' his attempt, and stood as though
rooted to the spot. In a moment we all sprang ,
upon him, but snob Was bis superhuman j
strength that be would bare shaken us all off,
bad not a number of soldiers at that moment |
arrived- With their assistance. We bound and
c-jnrejed him away. We afterwards learned
that be had escaped from the other prisoners
during the temporary absence of the sentinel,
and had made his way to the powder magazine
with the intention of destroying the garrison.
When I think how nearly be effected his object,
and of our dangerous situation, I involuntarily
thank the Ood who so providentially saved us.”
tki
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Camcion in Bradford County.
The Bradford (Pa.) Reporter —a radical •Re
publican journal, regarded as opposed
to Senator Cameron—last week came out with
a lung and able article on the Presidency, in
which it take* ground in favor of liis nomina
tion by the Chicago Convention. The Reporter
U published in the heart of the “Wilmat Dis
trict.”
“There i* no lack of men in the Republican
party who would adorn the Presidential chair—•
man who if npminated would command the re
spect and support of every Republican. Such is
Preston King, Hamilton, Trumbull, Fessenden,
Wade, Collamer, Chase, and many others, who
have given ample evidence of their ability and
devotion to Republican principles. The Con
vention can hardly make a mistake amongst the
prominent men in our ranks.
But a careful survey of the whole field—a
•aim and unprejudiced weighing of all the con
siderations which have been urged in regard to
the nominee—bring us nearer home in our
judgment as to the man emphatically and un
questionably'pointed out ns the one to win the
great fight of 1800, and at the same time to se
cure to our principles all the advantages of vic
tory. That man is Simon Cameron, who will
go before the Chicago Convention, as the choice
<>f the Keystone State. To the endorsement of
Pennsylvania, may be added even weightier
reasons which have brought him prominently
before the public as the man upon whom the
choice of the Chicago Convention should full.
Wlrat Seward may lack in availability, and
Gates in identity with the Republican organi
zation, are nut wanting to him, while the prom
inent points of recommendation in both, are
k»IT ily combined in tbe name of Simon Came
ron. To the radical Republicans (in which cat
egory we class ourselves) be presents a record
without a flaw. When the Wilmot proviso was
offered, bo was a senator in Congress, and stead
fastly supported that measure. Through the
memorable struggle when tbe power of a Dem
ecratic Administration was brought to bear, to
seduce or drive men from the support of the
cause of Freedom, Simon Cameron stood its
unflinching advocate. While men with greater
renown .than himself, were faltering and fall
ing, be stood true amongst tbe gallant men who
were unreduced by patronage, and unawed by
power. A supporter of Fremont in 1856, he
has, in bis Senatorial career, sustained with
entire consistency, the cause of Freedom. Dn
deviating in bis atachment to, and his support
nf, the principles of the Republican p»rty, he
is nevertheless not obnoxious to that con erva
tire feeling which is an element of considerable
strength in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. His
position on the subject of protection to the great
interests of Pennsylvanians, commands for him
the respect and support of those who are look
ing to Congress for some measure of relief for
the prestut depression of our industrial pur
suits.
We will not say that we cannot carry Penn
sylvania and New Jersey for the Chicago nomi
nee whoever he may be. We hove the strongest j
grounds to hope for such a favorable result.—
But with Simon Cameron as our candidate, suc
cess in these two States is not doubtful. The
Republican counties would roll up for him their
majorities by the thousands, and in the lower
counties where the battle U to be lost or gained
he would thoroughly demoralize the discipline
of the Democratic party, and make such inroads
into their ranks as no other man is capable of
doing. No prominent politician has such hosts
of warm friends amongst our opponents, as Si
mon Cameron. Formerly a detnecraf, his de
votion to friends, and his open-handed liberality
has made him personal friends, who scorn the
shackles of party when an opportunity occurs
to repay the favors they have received at his
hands. There is not a single element of the
Opposition party in this State, which would not
rally with enthusiasm to his support. An old
fashioned Jackson majority would attest to the
country, that although the ‘best abased' man
in the nation, yet his sterling qualities, gener
ous nature, and consistent career have gained
him the confidence of our people.”
Bbcoking Contagious.— Sswardism is running
“like the cholera of '32/V and is as fearfully
contagious. The other night, at a Democratic
meeting in Connecticut, Caleb Cushing men
tioned the name of Seward, when one half the
audience applauded vociferously. The speaker
was slightly nonplussed. Recovering himself,
be discovered that he was in the hands of the
Philistines, and that three quarters of the au
dience were Republicans. Mr. Cushing went
on. “He (Seward) is the npm who may be. and
probably will be, the standard-bearer of that
party (applause) ; it is best that it should be.
(here the applause was completely overwhelm
ing) Well gentlemen, I say nothing agn’mt Mr.
Seward, personally/* Mr Cushing retired from
the platform, and took his departure for Wash
ington to inform “old Buck” that the game was
up, and Seward was to be the next President.
Thomas W. Dawson, editor of the Louisville
(Ky.) Democrat, has published his valedictory,
staling, in effect, that after issuing paper
for more than tiro years as a moderate Douglas
man, he can no longer do so “fur conscience’
sako.” Ho proposed to start a straight-out
Republican papar in Clay County, and says:—
“lo carry a double face .during the coming
great struggle between right and wrong, in our
opinion, would be highly criminal; therefore,
we were glad to sell out at the first opputunity,
that we wight' have our limbs free to fight on
the side of right at the nest election ; as also
that each parly might bare a paper to repre
•ent them”
An exchange his the following seasonable
advice on gardening for ladies; Make up your
beds early in the morinng, goto buttons on your
dusband’s shirts ,■ do not Take op ony grievan
ces ; protect the young and tender branches of
your family plant a smile of good temper in
ynor face and carefully root out nit angry feel
ings and cxpect a good crop ofdwpphsess.
Btroa tomtQ,
WELLSBORODGH, PA.
Thhisdtty Morning, April 18, IHGO.
Republican Slate JComlnallon._
FOR GOVERNOR.
ANDREW 6s CURTIN.
01* CtKTRfi COITNTT.
Republicans of Connecticut have
carried that State by a majority of 679 for
Buckingham for Governor. They also elected
a large majority in both branches of the Legis
lature, thus securing the rejturn of a Republi
can United-States Senator. I Large amounts of
money were spent by the New York merchants
and others who “bend the supple knee (to tbe
slave-drivers) that thrift m*»y follow fawning/*
but In vain. It seems the laboring men of
Connecticut can not be bought.
Rhode Island has nut dune so well, the Re*
publicans of that State being divided into three
parties, the Republicans, American Republi
cans and Conservative Republicans. The two
lost factions joined the. Democracy in [electing
Sprague, who called himself a UniJn-Demo*
cratic-Conscrvative-American-Republican.
One Vie« 7 of Corruption.
As the investigating committee of Hon. John
Covode in the House of Representatives are
now unearthing some of the methods employed
by Mr. James Buuliamyi to raise money to
carry the Pennsylvania and other State elec
tions in 1858, this gentleman becomes ns pious
os Pecksniff himself, throws himself back on
his dignity, shakes his Presidential fist in tho
face of Congress, defies their power to investi
gate bis acts and with virtuous indignation re
marks in his late so-called “protest:”
"Amid all the political storms through which I have
passed, the present is the first attempt which baa ever
been made, to my knowledge, to assail my personal or
official integrity, and this has been done as tbe time
is approaching when I shall voluntarily retire from
tbe service of my country. I feel proudly conscious
that there is no public act of my life which will nut
bear the strictest scrutiny. I defy all investigation.
Nothing but tbe basest perjury cun sully my good
name. Ido not fear even this, because I cherish an
humble confidence that the Gracious Being who has
hitherto defended and protected me ttgaiiift tho shafts
of falsehood and malice wilt not desert me now when
I have become ‘old and gray-headed/ I can declare
before God and my country that no human-being, with
an exception scarcely worthy of notice, has, at any
period of my life, dared to approach me with a cor
rupt or dishonorable proposition,” 1
Now tbit? would be all very nice indeed, but
for peveral little facts which have .become a part
nf tbe history of the times. If Mr. James Bu
chanan dues not think the following letter filed
in the archives of tbe nation “a corrupt and
dishonorable proposition/ 1 then bis notions of
official integrity nreJdifferent from those of must
men
"Philadelphia, Sept. 13, 1858.
"Bear Sir: I venture to suggest to you tho impor
tance of awarding tbe contracts for tbe machinery of
the sloop now building at the Navy-Yard at this lime,
and it can be done without prejudice to tbe public
service, to Merrick «£ Suns. Theirs is tbe only es
tablishment in the Ist District which employs a large
number of mechanics; at this time, 390; when in full
work, 450,
“The managing partners (Mr. M., gen., being ab
sent in bad bealip) are full of energy, straining every
nerve to keep their force during this depression, and,
in so far ns 1 know, the only Old Whigs ol any influ
ence in that District who are in favor of tbo reelec
tion of Cql. Florence.
*'l knew, from former experience, the value of that
influence, and feel persuaded that it is the interest of
the Democratic party to increase it.
“Xbo Ist Disrriet will, I hope, be carried in any
event,* but with tbo shop at work, full-handed, two
weeks prior to the election, the resalt would, I think,
be placed beyond all doubt. With much respect,
“The President. VT. C. PATTEKSON.”
• This letter, instead of returning it with a
proper rebuke, or putting it in the fire, Mr. Bu
chanan inclosed to hia Secretary of the Navy,
with the following indorsement:
“The inclosed letter from Col. Patterson of Phila
delpfaiiO's submitted to the attention of the Secretary
of the savy. J. B."
A ‘ Napoleonic Decree.”
At a time when the infamous Lecompton
Constitution by which Mr. Buchanan and the
Democratic party sought to force the curse of
shivery upon an unwilling people had almost
become a forgotten thing of the past; at a
time when the people of all panics dis
posed to throw thp mantle of charity over all
hts political acts in view of bis approaching re
tirement, Mr. Buchanan fusts himself as a
man, and not in his capsicity as President upon
the attention of the American people and in
vites the most rigid scrutiny into his character
and life. Never in the history of this country,
seldom in the history of any olhey country in
the world, has such a' remarkable document
emanated from the ruling power as that which
this imbecile old man sent into the House of
Representatives last Thursday. In that House
it excited only surprise and contempt.
Soon after the. organization, Mr, Covnde, a
member from our State, in view of the allusion
by Mr. Buchanan in his letter to the people of
Pittsburg to the use of money in carrying elec
tions in Pennsylvania which he pretended to
deprecate; in view of the declarations of John
Hickman, John B. Haskin and others that their
official integrity had been tried by offers of
bribes during the Lecompton struggle in 1858;
and in view of the charges of corruption in the
navy yards and elsewhere, —offered a series of
resolutions in the House asking fur a commit
tee to inquire whether these charges against
the President and his officials were true or false.
A select committee of five members embracing
men of all political views have bden sitting for
tome time and have elicited the most damning
proofs of political and official corruption in the
present executive and those in power under
him. At such a time Mr. Buchanan chooses
to play emperor, throws himself back on his
dignity and protests against the power of the
House of Representatives to inquire into his
acts as President and declafes-that he in bis
single person is io all respects the equal of the
whole House put together and that he is as
independent of them as they are of him.—-
, Strangely enough his imperial highness con,
cedes to the Bouse the constitutional power of
TH E TIOGA CO UN ft' AOf TATOII.
impeachment, but denies their right to inquire
by Committee or otherwise whether the charges
upon which alone he Oould bb impeached are
: true or false. Mr. Sherman niftde this point
•'-plain, and inquired if~the President wanted to
_be impeached jjpqn amere rumor. Pur a thou
sand years the people of England IxUeved that
“the King could do no wrong/' but the dis
covery that this was afallacy brought the head
of Charles to the block. la the same doctrine
Itor & Proprietor,
to be foisted upon the American people ? Be
cause a man is by a majority of the people ele
vated to the power and dignity of the Presi
dency, can he use that power to advance his
own private ends and tie the hands and stifle
the voice of the people without rebuke? Mr.
Buchanan seems to think so, and the fact that
he should stoop from his high official dignity to
notice vague rumors against his official charac
ter which he avers have no foundation in truth,
Will convince thousands who would not other
wise have believed that there must be some
truth in these charges, else he would not have
been so sensitive. Mr. Buchanan's special
message about his private personal character
will take its place in history ns one of the
strangest documents of any Age or country,
and the question whether the power of the Rep
resentatives of the people in Congress equals
the power of the President will pass into the
coming campaign and bo decided by the people
themselves.
The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned oh
the 3d instant, and closed a very important ses
sion to the people «f the Stale. There was as a
matter of course a great deal of useless and
unnecessary legislation, and by this we mean
such legislation as is made unnecessary in some
other States by the existence of general laws
placing the power in the courts to do that Which
engrosses the attention and takes up two-thirds
of the time of our legislature. We need reform
in this respect, but wo shall never get it until
the press in all parts of the State shall agitate
it and ask for it without distinction of part}*.
To the perseverance ami ability of Mr. Wil
listox our burned.ate representative, umre than
to any other man do the people owe their grati
tude for the establishment of a paper currency,
which, as will be seen, secure* the bill-holder
against (he knavery of corrupt corporations
and banking swindlers of every kind. We re
fer to the passage of the Free Banking Law, a
measure to which Mr. Williston tjaa given his
attention f r four years. The following is a
synopsis of the law :
A certificate stating the particulars tin to the
bank to be established must be drawn up, ap
proved by the Attorney General, published in
the newspapers, recorded in the courts, and a
copy deposited and recorded in the Auditor-
General’s office.
The Auditor-General has the notes engraved
and printed. Every note mustbe signed by him
or by his clerk, numbered and registered, and
have stamped on it, “aecurad by the deposits af
public stocks.” **
The>stocks deposited must be either this
state or of the United States, and the amount
of notes issued to the bank by the Auditor-
General to be equal to the market value of the
sto-’k, less five per cent., provided that this is
never to exceed ninety-five* per cent, of the
stock.
Twenty per cent, in specie must he paid irt
before the bank can begin business, and it must
always keep in its vaults, in specie, twenty per
cent, of the amount of notes issued, ns a secu
rity additional to the stock in the bands of the
Auditor-General.
The capital stock cannot be less than fifty
thousand nor more than one million of dollars.
No note less than five dollars to bo issued.
As soon as a bank stops the payment of spe
cie, the Auditor-General appoints three citizen*
to make inquiry, and if they report the bank is
suspended, he is to appoint a receiver, who is
to turn all the assets into money and pay.
“Sept, Ij) 1553.
1. The noteholders.
2. The depositors,
3. The other debts.
4. Distribute the remainder among the stock
holders pro ratu. ■
The condition of each bank must he published
monthly in the newspapers, and on each semi
annual dividend day a statement is to be made,
on the oath of the President and Cashier, which
ih to ho sent to the Auditor-General and pub
lished, setting forth minutely the condition of
the bank. Existing banks may come under
this hill.
Defalcation is to be punished by imprison
ment in the penitentiary for from one to ten
yearn.
A tax is paid on dividends to the state bf from
eight to thirty per cent.
This law has been signed by the Governor as
it met his hearty approval. It is similar in its
provisions to the banking laws long ago enacted
by the States north and east of us. Thus one
by one our proud old State is breaking off the
shackles by which the Shorn-Democracy had
hound her hand and foot. One by one the sour
ces of political and financial corruption which
made Pennsylvania Legislation a stench in the
nostrils of men are being gradually eradicated.
The Bill for the relief of the Sunbury and
Erie Rail Road has also become a law. Of tbo
importance of this bill apduf the great project
it embraces, we intend to apeak on a future oc
casion.
Advertise. —Merchants and business men
who desire to drive a successful trade, and
make themselves known throughout the coun
ty, should remember that the only way they
can accomplish this is to advertise ! Barnum
the “prince of showmen,” very truly remar
ked on ono occasion, that “he was indebted to
Printer’s ink for half his fortune. A judicious
use of printer’s ink is beyond the question of a
doubt, the policy of all business men, as.it is
only through the medium of the Press that they
expect to gain that notriety which they all can
desire.
Siugci.ab Coitvcipexcs.—On the sth of April,
in the year of our. Lord ope thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine, a lady of Troy, Brad
ford, county, Pa, Mrs, F P—, presented her
admiring husband with a sun and daughter.
The same lady, ou the sth day of April, in the
year of Grace one thousand'eight hundred and
sixty, presented to her amazed husband another
pair of twins—a daughter and eon I— Frest.
The Froo Bonking* Lot?.
Reminiscences of the New York Herald.
We find in the Herald , published at Grand
Traverse, Michigan, the following reminiscences
of «£rly times in New York. They are by the
editor, Morgan Safes, Esq., arc of his own
knowledge and of course interesting:
How Bennett Started the Ketc York Herald.—
Ab James Gordon Bennett la the confidential
counsellor and adviser of the President of the
United States, and bis is the accredited organ
of the*Administration in the city of New Turk,
it may not be uninteresting Jo our readers to
know how and under what oircumstancies a pa
per was started whidh has attained so grbnt no
toriety and wields such a powerful influence
over a certain class of the whole community.
Wo are cognizant of some facts connected
with its early history* which came under our
immediate observation At the time, and which
are probably knotfn o'rity to Horace Greeley,
Gordon Bennett, and We violate no
confidence in placing thefh on refeord as matter
of history, and as tending to illustrate the fact
chat that which is conceived in sin and broUgbt
firth in iniquity will grow and flourish only in
a congenial atmosphere of pollution arid infa
my.
In 1834, just after Horace Greeley A Co. bad
started the New Yorker, in the old yellow two
story building which then stood on the south
west corner of Nassau and Liberty streets, there
stalked into the office one day a lank, hard-vis
aged, squint-eyed, villainous-looking man, who
appeared as if he had just escaped from or was
about to be sent to the penitentiary, and intro
duced himself laMr. Greeley as Janies Gordon
Bennett, bite editor of a Philadelphia paper
(the Pennsylvanian, we think, though we may
be mistaken in the name.) lie stated that he
had called to hold u consultation with Mr. Gree
ley relative to the expediency of starling a
cheap daily in New York. A** Mr. G. was
busily engiigod*at the time, Mr. B. did not fully
unfold his plans, but promised to call again.—
The next day he spread out his programme.
The main feature of which was a paper de
voted to scandal in “high life/* but to be con
ducted with such consumate ability and tact
that it would “take” with all classes. lie said
he had one thousand dollars to invest in the en
terprise, hut as that sum was not sufficient to
insure success ho- wished a partner who could
furnish a like amount, and risked Mr. Greeley
to join him, Greeley listened patiently to all
his plans, and then, in his blunt, off hand way,
told him that such a paper might pay if a man
c«mld be found to conduct it who combined the
requisite talent and meanness—and flatly re
fused to have anything to do with it. And this
is the reason why Bennett has hated Greeley
ever since.
At this time there wfls a printer in Ann street
named Anderson, who was a genera) jobber
and newspaper printer, but who did not publish
on his own account! Bennett procured an in
troduction to him, and by fair promises and
false pretences induced him to enter into the
scheme—and the New York Herald was ushered
into being. * *
soon found that Bennett had de
ceived him \vhh-~cegard to funds—not one penny
of the thousand dollars ever having been paid
over—and that he would have to hear the whole
pecuniary burden until the paper should work
its way up to a self sustaining point. He ex
pended a large sum of money to keep it alive,
until, just as it began to be remunerative, the
great fire of ’34 occured in Ann street, which
made such terrible bavac among the printers
and Anderson lost presses, type, and everything,
with little or no insurance. His friends, who
had faith in the ultimate soccer of the Herald,
aided him to procure a power press and' other
materials; but Bennett, meantime, made elan
destine arrangements with another printer, and
the Herald appeared the nest .morning with
James Gorden Bennett as editor and proprietor.
He refused to recognize Anderson at all/ or to
pay him a penny for his interests in the paper,
or for the large sums which he had advanced to
sustain it. Anderson took the matter so deeply
to heart that he died in a short time, and there
it ended.
About this-time Ellon Jewett, a beautiful
and celebrated courtesan, was murdered at the
house of Rosina Townsend, in Thomas street,
by a young man named. Robinson, who was a
clerk for lloxie, and through whose in
fluence he was acquitted. The murder was a
devil-send for Bennett—(be never had a God
send.) He procured, or pretended lie had, a
list of the names of all those who lodged at
Mrs. Townsend’s house that night, some seventy
men, most of whom were married, and occu
pied high positions in society—and threatened
to expose them in the columns of tils paper.—
This ruse brought to his coffers an untold
amount of black-mail; and before the affair was
ended, he bad made money enough to buy a
printing office and set up business on'his own
account.
It is not our purpose to follow him any further
in his course of infamy, our object being only
to show how the New York Herald was started.
Pecuniary he has met with unbounded success
—the success of infamy and crime. But’he
has not reached his present position without
stripes. We have had the pleasure of seeing
him twice cowhided on the public street, kicked
down three flights of stairs by his journeymen
printer, and cuffed and spit upon by the late
Thomas Hamblin—all of which he aubmited to
with the abject humility of a coward.
Such is a faint outline of James Gordon Ben
nett, the editor of the Now York Herald, and
bosom friend of the President of the United
States.
Ty a Tiaar Peace.— A well-digger at Du
buque, named Norton, was about t<> tiro a fuze,
whan his candln upset and set the train on fire.
He rushed tri the bucket and signaled to “haul
up.”—The man at the windlass made superhu
man efforts, and had hauled Mr. N., within
some ten feet of the mouth when the handle of
the windlass broke! Fortunately Mr. Norton,
bought a foothold on the projecting shelf, and
thereby saved himself from falling to the but
tom. But bis position was any thing but desi
rable, and he was in one way,protected from the
explosion, while it was only by almost super
human efforts that ha kept himself from falling
from the narrow Btahding place. There was no
way to get out, and he was sure to bo riddled
by the shower of rocks that would rise from
below. Thus he stood momentarily expecting
that a terrible death would ensue, stood thus in
an agony which cannot be imagined. How
long the time was ho did not know ; but it
seemed ages rather than seconds, until a suffi
cient time had elapsed to induce the hope that
the blast would not explode. This proved evetu
nlly to be the case, although he suffered a
dozen deaths before the fact became apparent.
A Douglas paper tells ns the Little Giant is
a “fixed fiict." Well, so are jackasses, on the
score that “facts ars stubborn things."
[From the Harrisburg Telegraph.}
Corruption Unmasked.
The, ilicefr of official corruption has been
probed pretty thoroughly by the Congressional
Committee on Public expenditures, under the
skilful lead of Hon. itohn S Hnskin. The re
i port was laid before the House on. Monday af
j ternoon, and forms a revelation of venality in
1 high places, Such a« the secret history of the
worst despotism in existence could hardly paral
lel. Ac most we can only give a brief outline
of this gigantic, and ; too successful Scheme to
plunder the National Treasury, for the purpose
1 of controling thf elections, local and general,
throughout the North, for the benefit of the
, disunion Democracy.;
| We gather from the Report,-which is very
voluminous, that Mr. George Washington Bow
man. Senate Printer, and editor of Mr. Bu
chanan’s private organ, the Constitution* ac
tually receives sortie forty thousand dollars per
annum for doing nothing; and from the testi
mony of Mr, Wendell, wd learn, that during
the lasi 'six year p of Democratic hile alone,
more than seven hundred thousand dollars of the
public money has been squandered upon prin
ting, ostensibly, but ■ for the support of such
newspapers as the Pennsylvanian and Constitu*
Hon, and for the control of elections in Penn
sylvania and elsewhere, really; of which fact
there is the amplest evidence.
Mr. Wendell testifies that while Mr. Stead
man was elected printer to the House during
the 35th Congress, that gentleman never dis
charged the duties of that office; but that he,
Wendell, was de facto printer—paying Stead
man the surfi of 64cents on the dollar fordoing
the work, and retaining 36 percent. Mr. Wen
dell supported the; Washington Union , the
President’s organ at the cost of $19,000 per
year, over and above its receipts ; and inXB5B,
contributed money to carry elections in several
districts in Pennsylvania—among which were
the districts »f Mr. J. Olancy Jones, and Mr.
Tom Florence. And the disposition of the
plunder was made iii accordance with a tacit
understanding between Mr. Wendell and iht*
President, the latterj having this huge “take”
of patronage to bestow. Mr. Wendell testifies
further, that ho proposed to Mr. Buchanan to
take away the stipends paid to the Pennsylva
nian and Argus of Philadelphia, and apply the
sums to the elections in Pennsylvania—in the
districts where Jones, Lundy, ami Florence
were candidates for to Congress, to
which proposition Mr. Buchanan did not dis
sent, and the money 1 was so applied. This was
in 1858—some two months prior to the writing
of the celebrated Da Quesne letter by the Pres
ident.
Mr. Wendell testifies further, that the Exec
utive Printing ranges from §75,000 to §lOO,OOO
annually, ami that of this patronage not less
than JiJi y per cent's as now dispensed by the
President, is clear profit; and further, that he
had an understanding with both Mr. Pierce and
Mr. Bucbarmn, that out of these profits, the
Constitution or Union organ was to be suppor
ted. Sometime la’st’Marfdi, Wendell f.mnd that
he could not support the Constitution, Pe?m
>i/lvaniint, and Argus, out of the profits, and
live; and therefore' he proposed to pay these
three papers §20,000 per year, in consideration
of being continued in office as Public printer.
In pursuance of this arrangement he paid Oeo.
Washington Bowman $5OOO to take the Gov
ernment organ off his hands.
It further appears from the testimony of slr.
Wendell, that the President himself is the su
preme power in his private organ; itot that
lie writes the article*, but that he fernishes edi
tors wire' write orider his supervision. And this
fully accounts fur the inexpressible meanness
of that organ, even in contrast with others of
like stripe.
But the testimony of Gen. Bowman before
the Committee disclosed one or two rather sus
picious circumstances, Mr. Bowman is sup
posed to be the Senate printer. .Bat he testi
fies, after touch wriggling and dodging, that he
never had done the work himself, but‘had con
tracted with Mr. Hives, to do the work for the
sum of Gfij cents on the dollar—Mr. Hives fur
nishing ai) the type, presses, labor and paper
and paying Bowman 33| on the dollar for the
privilege of doing the work.- And after being
thoroughly cornered by the Committee, Bow
man Was cojisrrainbd to admit that he had not
a dollar invested in the public printing. JThe
fact, then, seems to he, that Gen. Bowman,
editor of the President’s organ, receives upward
of soo,ooo* per year, for doing nothing at all;
out of which - stipend ho supports the
vantan and Argus of Philadelphia, together with
sundry donations to certain doubtful districts
in Pennsylvania, just before the general elec
tions.
Defining his Position.—The editor of The
Rinyohf (Go.) Express thus pithily sets forth
his views and relations with regard to the
Charleston Convention :
If Stephens, Cobh. Hunter, Who, or any
prominent man, whoso record has identified
him with the interests of the South, should ho
chosen as the standard bearers of Democracy,
we expect to support him with all the zeal of
a “scaly-hark" Democrat. If Douglas should
he the nominee, with no matter how good a
platform, we cannot, and will not support him,
under any sec of circumstances.
Douglas will go into the Convention with
more votes than any ‘other man, and enough
to prevent the nomination of any other man.
If these friends are firm and true, it will there
fore be Douglas nr nobody. His opponents,
however, will he strong enough, at first to pre
vent his nomination. And we hope they may
continue so. but we greatly fear (hoy will not.
If they hold nut, a compromise may be effeted,
by which some man never before heard of out
side of the county of his residence, will be
brought forth and a hundred thousand wool hats
will be waived aloft, and a hundred thousands
“Dimmicrats” will make the welkin ring with
their huzzas, while from Main to California the
hills send back the echo, “Hooray for Dalin and
McFugan.” If that ia the game, wo are not
in.
Chills and Fever 1 Chills and Fever I—One
of the greatest remedies that has’ ever been
laid before the public, for Fever and Ague, and
which have received the highest eooniuma from
the press and the people, is DR J HOS
TETTER’S CELEBRATED BITTERS. Who
would endure the tortures arising from this ter
rible disease, when it can be 'so easily cured ?
Who would endure sleepless nights, burning
fevers and icy chills alternately when a remedy
can be obtained for a mere trifle 7 And yet
how many families linger out a painful exist
ence under this deadly blight, and do nothing
but gulp down quinine, until it becomes as com
mon as their daily meals, and yet they are not
relieved. None hut the foolish and weak would
hesitate to procure these valuable Bitters, and
save themselves intense agony. Sold by drug
gists and dealers generally everywhere.
MAERI
On tbe Bth inst.. by the Rer 7 t»
of S." f W ' U,bor ° 10 “to
dSS*A! Mias CATEAEI « STAna^?
Afresh lot of flour «mi chop r
• MLDB^fejfc
QUUSCRIPXIONS remvedlbT^iTTp^
KJ and papers, ©Ubcr in clubs, or bv »i • I Wi
*— - »BW^
BOOKS, Magazine* ami Neiv.nancr. k„„ ,
perior Styles. Universal facihtio, and ia St
please all. Call and see at the liOoVs'f'' 5,1
SO TI C E '
To Collectors and Other*
AliL Collectors of tales previous in |g co ,
not settled their Duplicates, must
or before. Summer Court. Also all ne' . 5Q bj
lo Tioga Co. by Notes or Judgments, or c
% order of Cun^^H
tO ST; —^
ON or about the Jst of March, 1860 r
on Delmnr. township. No. 207, drawn v
ISSB, to James Stee]e for $40,00.
April sth, IbCO.g ROBERT STEEU.
"
LETTERS of Administration h*rio*bt#n
to the undersigned upon the t-tate of I???}
HARDY* late of Delmar, dec-U, ail
to said estate are requested to make imoediai **
mentand those haTing claims aimii/.t fh*«,
present them to JOHN R. HARDY
RUSSEL LA IVTON f ida?t
Delmar, April 13, 1850. - . a 1 I
VEKJIICVEA’S HOTeE
a. C. VERJtILYEA, PJtOPJilßros
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa,
THIS is anew hotel locateJ within e .n,
the boat fishing and hun.ing grounds NVrtier'
ba. No pains willba spared for the accwnaotlsiian
of pleasure seekers and the traveling public °
April 12. 1860.
Wool., WOOL.
THE subscriber give*) notice that he has t.t,„ ,v
Woolen Factory of J. I. Jacket, n. near W e lW*
wacre he will do all« ustoui carding and club dr r «
that may be entrusted lo him the coming
works hare been put in thorough repair*ami an ffo i #
will bo warranted if the wool ia brought m proc ..
condition. * *
The terms are pay down in all cane?.
The highest cash price will be paid for wool tn thaw
who wish to sell. it W. JACKSOV
Wellsboro, April 12th, 1860. 3m.
PICTURE EIM.THm
TOILET GLASSES, Portraits, Pictures, Cen-anw
Engravings, Needle Work, Ac., Ac., fra Dle d . a
(lie neaest manner, in plain and ornamented Gih.
Hose Wood, Black Walnut, Oak, .Mahogany. Ac. Per.
ions leaving any article fur framing, can receive theta
next day framed in any style they wLh and hun* f Qr
them. Specimens it the Book Store. a
Tor Salt:.
THE undersigned wishes to sell in order lo ealar-«
his Mercantile business, his farm (with personal
pioperly, stock and farming took; situated ia L‘Jv;«e#
Potter Co. Pa., consisting of 100 acres 80 cleared’,
good buildings thereon. situ4t*d on a good road and
near a good market, a Warrantee Deed given to the
purchaser. Price $3OOO, one third down, four vein
lor the balance in annual payments. Address
THOMAS E. GIUDLEf.
Brookfield, Tioga Co. Pa.. March Ij. IS6O.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post 05a*
at Wellsboro, Pa. Quarter yadii.gMirc’i-H, 1333.
Aiislcy, Geo. Mcacfcim, .Mrs. Lois
Audrich, Epbrora Monavcrt, Benj.
Brownun. Lewis Putter. l?aac
Blackwell, George Royce, J. il.
Brockway, Daniel Ruff, Jacob
Banner Risder. Win. 2
Brown, J. ' Rand. Miss Asenett
Bridge, Miss Susan Smith. Miss Charlou
Brewster. A. C. Spanogle, 0. B.
Brown, Thomas II- Simons, Jcdulhan
_Comf*-rt, Miss Frank Smith, Betsey E.
Dewe, George * Sweet, Mrs. Mary
Dralle, Charles B. Stetter, Mr.-. Jemin*
Farm Journal Sherman A Co. H.
Francis, Miss Emily Taylor, C. W,
Fouchf, Daniel ti Williams. Job
Francis, Epbrom Wo..den. Maria
Green, Charles WilLon, Ira C.
Hardy, Miss Ellen Williams, Washington
Jarr A KimberJand Wood, J. D.
Kimherland, Mrs. C. ■ Willard, Win.
Lewis, Job TVilcox. Mi-* Caroline,
Lewis, Lewis heeler. Lane.
Persons oallicg Tor any of fbe above letters wJI
please say they are adveriLcJ.
I. V RICHARDS, F. 31.
STATE
Constitutional Union Convention.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
Non-interference with the whole question of Sla
very as not being n subject for Congressional Legisla
lion. I
1 The maintenance of the Constitution, ns expounded
by the Supreme Court of the United states, and lia
enforcement of all laws enacted by Congre?.*.
Protection to tbo industrial interests "1 th®
country, and prudince, economy and purity in the ad*
ministration of public nffalh.
Citizens of Pennsylvania, who are opposed to polit
ical tuitions and edctiunnl i.-sues, who are desirous of
reißui Ing the caiises which haveeodaugered the Union
of the Slates, and restoring harmony amongst the
people, by forming a truly National Party, based upon
the above principles, are requested to tend delegates
to u State Convention, to assemble at Lancaster, eo
tho 25th of April, 1860. at 12 31., lor the purple o*
electing delegates to the National Convention, to be
convened sit JJalihnore, on the yth of May, lifiO,
nominate candidates for the Presidency and *i Cfl
Presidency of tho United States.
iiy older of the Executive Committee.
CHARLES LANCASTER, Chairman.
B. C. PECIIIN, Secretary,
April 12, 1860.
F.ißfl FOU SHE.
JT*FIE Subscriber offers for sale at a lo* 6gor9, 3
I; farm situated in Deluiar township, containing
one hundred and fifty acres, with seventy-fi'"* acr f s IB
a good state of improvement, with a large Irame barn
upon it; n convenient house; two gotd orchards o
choice fruit; with good fences, and a g°
timber and wood upon it. The quality ot the 501 ,
excellent, and the distance is only two miles 1
village of Wellsboro, situated upon a go y 6 P?
highway. This farm can be boughMit a bargum-"**
Apply to Henry Sherwood in Well.-boio. "r t< the f
scriber in Charleston SEELY SATTERLi*
Feb. 16, 1860.* _
AdmaiilMralor’ft Noiicc.
LETTERS of administration having been | r^ n * .
to the undersigned on the estate of Mans *• ’
Intent Union township, dec’d., all persons » n ® , {(J
themselves m4ebied to said estate are rfi^ u<8 J A | 1S |
make immediate payment nod those having c
against the same will present them to , ,
Feb. 6, 1860.* IRA LOPER
LETTFRS OF Administration granted
undersigned, this day, on the esW fe
Ramsey, into of Sullivan, dec’d: *ll pers t,BS 1 . x 0&
to said estate are requested to settle tcnm^ :3
those having claims will present then duly ■ ,
etd for settlement, SALLY A. A
Jan. 19, 1860. F. W. «IT^IELL t —.
Administrator's notice.-lcm"
mluislralion bavins been granted to t*
signed on the estate of SILAS A. THEM*;**' t#
Uelinar doe’d., all penons indebted to «i'id
requested to make immediate payment, aoJt '
log claims against the same to present them .
ELIZABETH H. TREMAI-V A****
B. A. FISH, Admr.
Jan. 5, 1660.
Farriers powder »now
horse distemper, also for colds and L . * yon
hordes, to increase the appetite, regulate the *
and to improve the condition of the ao . l ®, 9 {je,
also as a preventative for born distemper m L
For sale at Roy’s Pru^______
PEDLEKS will find it to their odrenlaje “ “JUJ
Roy’s Drug Store, as ho has just reccj* jin3l
supply oC Essential Oils and •E.-fieo*'* s
wtkh be is selling vary «h«op f°r cash*
Philadelphia*