.srdfil'avbik la * J '<» f I"? n fl» S , .o.' ’ 1 T~ Campaign ftuiet, ", It Si frebuently remarked ; ihat the present political is quiet.- There ;is comparatively .. veryglittle 'excitement, artdmany are--Wandering -WjQ it is so, when all allow :that tha Saoisiori 'tO >1 made this Fall htfg bn perhaps : npafaUeled inonr ! history under.'ite ConstitntJ n. - Thdquesttoh of the permS fence of the Union fHhopghtlb haveno Tearsfenthathead, "jiet qhestion Cf fiecee jvonjs to bmJe second iriWe present struggle.. A young party, with rio former triumphs to make their present position appear discouraging, with a strength apparently- greater than that of either faction of Democracy, they havo every reason to be sanguine fdrthcfatnfe. Tet, While the Union party' bat ferison tdfeel encouraged, their want of anyrealisaaes fof which to do battle makes their canvass less Spirited than it would’ other 'trisebe. They htive no platform. of principles to talk about, and can oppose candidates of other parties on tip real'lssues. AU.they;ean -talk about is the*[dangers of sectionalism; and their fears for thf safety of the Union If their nominees are riot elected. With redl live prin ciples, consonant vrith the views of the Ameri cati people, the Union party might haVe been formidable by aridther campaign. The party, or rather the combination of par ties, supporting Mr. Lincoln are too confident , jit itoisily demonstrative, even if it was their riaturfl' to be So. Confident assn tanee of triunipli|indiBposeB them to be loud or to appear concerned. ' "They are Ilkewisebat tlidg for principles which they know to be just, arid -consciousness' Of; the righteousness of a riinsemake itri aßsured,andconfident ( of ultimate snoops; '■ V ' '' ‘ '] . (•' These* are bo# of the reasons'why the' pre-1 Bint carapaign Ip so rdtaorkably quiet. Those I •tirhd are mpraily'sirrb Of winning, are the con servative, intelligent matees, who are, struggling for the triumph] of'HgbT.and reform, whichj cause ’inspires cijba|sopo .in ’ft® advocates.—/ These Whb -can&ot[ hope to ’win, have little stiroulusto pzert themselvea.in the cause which they know tP bdjnnjust or indifferent.—PAi/a ddphid paUy ‘Mw*f : , ‘ f ' ' . , Hfciwib 1 iurh' fToUcirisa DcvoTtosr,-—Oneof the : e‘ave3 'ftom th s hady'Elgin die- givea, the fqllpwVng in*’hi? statement to the Milwankebl,' m touching ns heroic:. ‘‘l'fprgoitamentionihat on a small raft not ifat Shm .the one' T was on, were a mart and wotrtan aioijc, rtnd the woman was washed off a nCmtiei: oTtimCe, when the man would jump off after her evety time, and place her on the raft jngaim |Ho worked like a hero to save the woihan,'ati(i deserves. all praise for his con duct.’ 1 The'y' wire both saved and from what I have since learned, I, thirtk it must 'have , been John Eviskoh arid ;hia. wife. 1 Mr, E. told his wife .to holdfist te'itm.Wdifthey got drowned, thdy wiuld 'die together. 1° Another scene I wlt- Wssedf yjte'very touching. A little distance from my raft p young lady fell off from a-raft, and just aa shi felf a inanon my raft cried out, i'Ohi Ood I,'there : gqes toy poor daughter.” -He said this itt’tbe 1 most .heart-rending tones, and; , ’hlrdaughter it, for* she raisedi waygoing 'down; and look-| fqgat her 'fktheiv with,, an ‘angelic smile, she, »tnllf ! V&ttliaifh jfhater shall ’ forget the: tenderness and purity of' that : smUe as long aa I Uvei , hedtd to exclaim, ‘•‘theiitf jtp& ®>* C^y«^ l Othe^; ,, «m4y qodpfe&rve us” btfief similar exclamations and Shrieks.” . of 'Vu'*& Tnled tb isatinttiC ceriiffoata of election to Shiel, j lately.elected'to CofigteSs aa snccesspr to Ssout, j ’dii ateoohttM beihg prhmature and , frWa’nth'oitotcd by lawf 'Ehis makes a new elee >t!on necessary, and it is dot unlikely that Mr. ' Baker, thq Eepablieittf caHdidate, will this time whom he lacked only a few votes of aentest that vriiT “settle Ms. hash.* - ’ rhm of St. IxrtUfl is 161*000. That Of Cpannuti, i 8158,000. , " ■’ THE AGITATOR. HUGH'TODNGi EDITOR 4 PROPRIETOR^! * WELtSBOKODGH, PA., " WEDNESDAY IB6O- KEPCfI«CAH gAftOSAI SOHIHATIOHS.'' J. ’ FOR PRESIDENT, . __ ABRAHAM LiXCOLN OF ILLINOIS. I . , ~ ; FOB VICE-PRESIDENT,, ' . J ‘ HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OP MAINE. ■ : * • TStectbps i* Barge,' / . *: • Hov. : JAMES - Pot.LOCKj * i ,i He's, Thomas M. Howe. ■ ■ ■ . 1 EdwnrSC. Knight, • - 13 F.B. Pennlrpnn, , S Botiert P. King, , U Uljssea Mercnr, -SHemtfßnmtn, 'i 15,George Btnsrfer, :A-Rot»tt M. Fount, . IS A-B, Bharti,; .; , 5 Nathan Hills, IT Daniel 0. dabr, 8 John 51. Broomull, • .IS Samuel. Calvin, • - J James VT. Fuller, 19 Wjn Cowan, T tevJß.Smi'h, 20 Edgar McKenha. 9 Fnnols W. Cholst, 21 J. M. Kirkpatrick, lO David Mnmma,Jr., ; ,»J*m« Kerr. , ; U DevM Taggart, ' Blchwd P. Tlobcrts, 13 ThomaaiU. Hall, • 2t Henry Souther, ' ' 126 Robert Grier. republican state nomination. ; ' I.;- FOR GOVERNOR, ' . ■> CURTIN, ' OP CENTRE COtINTT. ; cQUNrr nominations. ■ i ' ' TOE CONGRESS,’ ' I ; GAIitrSHA A.’ GBOW, < ! ? FOB representatives. I ■' s.- B.'BiJliXpTT. >!'■ I B. B. ST R ANTO, ! FOR PROTHONOTARV, I JOHN ip, ’BONAXffISON. , ; FOR BEG. t RECORDER,' •M-piTJTt.'ir S.' A.H.OSIBTI, TOR COMMISSIONER, AJ^IBTIOSTI FOR -AOniTOR, XI. Hi.. BAEDNBIt. Kir State Eloction—OctiOai 9, 1860. .‘ s . Jflr presidential Election—Nurember A lB6O. ■ S®fThe Republican majority in Vermont -will ataonnt to 22,000. The Senate is unani mously Republican, while the House stands 175 Republicans to 17 Democrats, a Republican gain of 6., We rather think Lincoln will carry that State. •; I . BTA-BTLIHO- .OATaSTBOPBB. ' The-steamer Lady Elgin, which left Chicago on Friday week, was, run into by the schoo ner Augusta riff Waukegan, in Lake,Michigan, about 10 miles from shore, at 2} o’clock on Saturday morning, and sunk in twenty, min utes in 300 feet of water, having on board be tween three hundred apd fifty and , four hun dred; passengers, over three hundred of tohoni wemdrowned l The vrtsel struck tire steamer tit midships gangway, on the larboard side.— At the time dancing was going on in the for ward cabin. It seems there were but two boats on the steamer —no mention of life-boats is mader-which accounts for the dreadful loss of life. Several fire -companies of Milwaulkee forming part of 250 excursionists of- that city, were among tire passengers. jgy The New York Eerald which goeq in for Enfion toidefeat Lincoln, writes the following obituary of the late Democratic party. We presume that the editor—the notorious James Gojrdon Bennett—has not yet been offeredthe -French Mission by either wing of the “cold remains”: “The .democratic patty is’now a thing of the past. • The last and fatal attacks tojwhioh it was subjected at Charleston and Baltimore broke up the little remains of strength it had left.. It never rallied. It was evidently beyond the aid of all political quacks. Breck inridge and Douglas, the two rival resurrection ists, made a feint of galvanising the old carcase of democracy, hoi hardly succeeded in getting the sandiest evidepce of vitality; and now it is consigned to the potters field of defunct par ties. To be sure, this very precious pair of politicians persist, in representing that the old ; cfofunpt is not dead; and each of thepi claims j that he personfies the real Simon Pure, una -1 dulterated article.. They do succeed in making I the people laugh at them, but they, are far from ® convincing any one that there is a kick ■ left in the thing that was democracy. *' No one regrets that it is ont of, the way. It ! has outlived itarespeotability, .and',, decent peo ple had begun to feel thoroughly ashamed of if. It only needed the kind offices of. those miserable politicians who ossembledin Charles ■ton. and Baltimore, at the beginning-of. the summer, to give it the eoup dt fjrace- the fin ishing blow," > 1 Jt’ •; ggy” A straight-out Douglas electoral tiekeji has been At last announced by anti-fuajoi supporters of the Little Giant in this S&te.-* The Double-headed:Crtsson swindle adopted by the Loco Foco Contention of this County hap been ignored by ! tho true friends of Douglal. The Harrisburg SlaU 'Seniind, the organ <|f Douglas in Pennsylvania, keeps the following .-paragraph under editorial 'bead every day: "KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE! | . That the Gresson Doable-headed'ticket Swin dle is S@” UHCONSTIT(JTIOMAL ! And tbit no Democrat will vote such, a ticket 51 unless |iq ; wishes to throw away his vote, End thus eiact Lincoln 1" ' !. 1 ' j f . Mr. Douglas himself, in bis late speech jut Heading .(where.be went to find his mother) denounced all fusion schemes, as an nttemptfto sell the State to the. Republicans. Yiewedfin this light we'hope , the .Cresson Douglasites| of this county will stick to their fourth resolution, and by. this means help elect Honest „Abe X|n coln. . - . .• i. •> j . . ‘ Mr; Foster the candidate of the Locos ifor Qpvernor/has not yetideolared himself fop cither Douglas, or Breckinridge.' Yesterday's JPtesa sayeotninonaly: . i , | <*Hb candidate for Governor, ih any free StKte, can shy the Douglas platform by holdingjout one' hand 1 to the Breckinridger*; and anothw to • I J 3 TTOCrA COUNTY AGITATOR. i,.. T iharegnlir/Democracy;'' a man will‘Most nssurtdlyl/Bi rebuked by independent pfine cratsj HowTnnch better thansaob a coarse is ’the manllr.'attitude of such Democratic oaodi -datea-forfeoverßOr as Saze/ef Vermont, -Stnart, of Maini Hendricks, of Indiana, and'Alien, of TnißofsTt defeStedrbSt "they' WOT not;be .defeated so disgracefully sis thofowho talVi dtorent course." '* J " ’V ' "* " We hair that Foster is to be here nest week. Will sonie Democrat askhim which candidate for the presidency he will- rote for—Dooglas or Breojunifidgefi ' ' _j; ■ • ,■ fEEPABB FOB ELECTION. It'is high time dur friends were Cully organ ized is leach election district. The 'first step aliouldpe the appointment of a small commit tee of the best raen, with the best man at the head. ; |IC -there is no other way of doing this, ietthe men get together and appoint themselves. The business of snob acommittee is, Ist, |Tp make a list of the Republican voters irvialplUbetical order, with doubtful voters in* separate-tiet,-. • ■ ■' 2d. iA.scertain who have not been assessed, add gqb thera assessed at least ted days before electro ■.':3d :llbt to each working Republican his 'special .... ; 4th.l Have the tickets eat and. folded; and pat apf in'a convenient form for distribution.- SthrMake provision for bringing- out the infirml voters; and even the lazy if therebe any spchi , ■ ; ■ (}tb| Appoint two. or more suitable persons to. superintend the outside work at the polls, *ho will, -understand how to keep the right men In- the righ t places/ " , , j ■7 th. Appoint one suitable person to check i names of the voters 'as their votes are polled, vat it may be known who has not voted in I' to bring them in. Republicans desire a solid! and permanent ry, now is the the time for option.' If the rn'ment shall remain in the hands of thieves, (holders and; dough faces, four years longer. <9O, tl time viob ; i * T ~ 11 be. the fault .of the strong Republican .-lets in Pennsylvania, where the people ere confident, simply because, in the same dia ls,’the foe is weak. Friends, it 'is not so, rywhere. Our opponents axe better united their candidate for Governor than, you sus t. '■ We well know that either the Douglas i or the Breckinridge men are to be cheated, ’ostef is elected ; but, if the cheated party iot find it out till after election. they will ) all the'same. ten will the Presidential Election come off .in the State 'of Pennsylvania P . According to law,’ sometime in November nett; but in fad, about one month sooner; to wit on the second .Tuesday in October, carl? in tbk horning. Remember thati yd Repnbltoans, who are trusting to appearances} and, because ycm fee) so strong at home, are expecting the diction to take dare of itself, j Yon have long waited for .the day to coine when tbat corrnpt party calling itself democratic, might be driven from power, and the policy of the Revolutionary Fathers reinaugu rated. XU 'j just at hand; ■ but, without your help, it will be a day loti— a day of disgrace—a darker day than any other incur history. If pass, neglected*— what can be said of-us, hut, that we are deserv !ig of oppression—that wei ate fitted to be icked and {spit upon by pligarcb»r-tbat we are the dry quality of slave* ingrained in ns— because, that, when we bad the golden oppor tunity of asserting onrmanhiood and of driving |ur tyrants from the seat of power by one good fay's work, we were tod stingy of the time dr too lasy to drag ourselvesTo[ the polls? If, in this strong -hold of Republicanism, we fail to (feye oar full vote for.the Republican candidates, and, especially, if we fail to poll for Gbvcrnor, Ithat majority which our brethren' elsewhere have .a right ,to expect—then indeed- an- we “mad sills," and have no iright to disown the title." ’ j’ .' • •’ ’ ; We tell you, Republican*; How, all id good time, that y!our .votes will altbe needed. There I are several doubtful States whose vote for Lin [ coin may be secured by a Creasing majority” for Andrew Curtin.- ; , DOUGLAS vs. : WHAT IS TOPUX.AI >■ t.ook os ran picture. . I firmly and conscien tiously believe that there is no safely far the com dry. no hope /nr the preservation/ of the Uniin, except by tt faithful and rigid adhorence .to the dwtripy of non;in tcrventiow of Uongress in the Territories. ‘ INTER VENTION,' MEANS DIS UNION. There is no dif ference in pHnciplo between Northern hind Southern in tervention J The one inter venes for slavery, and the other against slavery, bat each appeals to the passions and prejudices of his own rectiod agiinsl the peace of • the whole country and the . right of self-government by the peopleof ibe_ territories; hence the doctrine of non intervention must he main tained at all hazards; but while I can never sacrifice , the principle, even to attain •the Presidency, I wlllcheer fnlly and joyfully sacrifice myself to maintain the prin ciple,-—Uong las’ letter to lliqhardeon,, ’ The ultra men in each seotiou demand. Congres sional intervention with the subject in tho territories.— They agree in respect to the power and duty bf the Federal Sovernmentto con trol the question,, and differ only ns to the mode of ex oreisingthe power;—Doug -Ins’ Serenade Speech . - .Will Mr. Henry Sherwood who advocated the claims of Douglas and Johnson at the Loco Food convention of this county,, tell the people which o|f these men is.tight? ■ I* the “high ground”, ho spoke of, that of non-intervention maintained by Doaglaa, or is it thatofprotec tion to slavery by dongrpss advoCafed by John son f "Soma one of year candidates must be humbugging the people: Which of them is it Mr. Henry Sherwood! j hah. i‘-*£AiarEii ] /4_kb||» REPUBLICAN sunrise. VMa'ma dlda nobl&day’s yesterday.- wed thitthe fierto clamor of ttoj adversary concerning 'EHifPeok'B defalcation and other localiseues, anithe. desperate exet. tions of the alßed Pro-Slave 17 factions, would result ln the of (Ho Begatlfi. can Congresamen in tide three close Districts two years ago, and that the Republican major ity for ‘Governor—-12,000 last year, when- little effortwas made; and., buto light vote. polled— might be somewhat diminished. . But we, un derrated the strength) not the energy,->hf- the compa.triota.of Hannibal .Hamlin, Tbeyhave , gallantly.me£ and, gloriously routed the motley hosts mugtered.to. overwhelm them. In rain has Douglas stomped the State, and Smart railed at • the , Republicans as, thieves,' and . Btooks implored the Old-Line Whigsto ‘’conquer their prejudices,” and the State been beset from all sides by the combined power of Doug las, Bell and’Breckinridge men. The Republi cans have fought the good fight with alacrity, with steadiness and unflinching courage. They have 'carried jtbe Governor by an increased majority dyerlany year but 1856, “carried every Member of Ccpgressj more, than doubling their majorities in jail the close District^'carried' the Legislature all to nothing', carried their County Officers, and finished up their work for the cam paign. Nothing can now stop their State for Lincoln and Hamlin in November by at least 25,00 majority. Nobly alone, gallant Republi cans of,the Pine-Tree Stafei' Thp mustering legions of free Soil and Free Labor pause to rend the air with-cheers for Mai-ve and Ham lin, then advance, at a charging quickstep to the battle and the victory \~Trzbune, 11 th. joHirsoKr. - I-- , l SOVEREIGNTY? AND NOTT OS THIS, That the citizens of the United States- hare'an equal right, to settle with hhefr property of alii/ hind in the organized territories of ibe United Stales, and that under thb decision of the; Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Dred Scott, which we recognize as, the correct exposition, of the Consti tution i» this particular, slave property stands Upon the.same footing as:all other descriptions of prop erty and that neither, the’ General Government tor ! unp territorial government : can destroy or impair the ; right to slave property in thb common, territories, any more than the right to any other description of property; that property of all'kinds, slaves as well as any other species of property, in the territories, stand upon the same equal -accl broad constitutional basis, and subject to like principles of' recognition ■ and PKOIECJMON in die ! legislative,, judicial. and -executive departments,. : — II. Vi Johnson's lieporit ■-in the Georgia 'Convention , EBIGHTFTTL SCENE. PE OF THE STEAMSHIP ARABIA, [he Spriogfleld Republican, Sept. Jl.j - THE ESCA) . [From; of this city, write* home the fol lowing graphic account of the harrow escape of the steamship Arabia from sudden and ter rible wreck on Fasnet Back, Cape -Clear, of which a brief : account has been given: .Steamship Abasia— ll a. k., Friday, Aug -3d., 1860. In the midst of life we. are in death. Just half an hour ago, while standing bn the bow, the ship running 14- knots an hour under steam and sails, in. a thick fog, I heard a large shout “land ahead t 1 turned towards the cap tain* or rather bad an eye on him at that mo ment. His face could not have expressed more horror if .be hod seen hell's gales open. He sprang toi the engine bell, at the same time shouting “hard a port your helm." A counter order of “starboard” was given. The captain leaped from hie footing, shouting so that his voice was heard above the escaping steam, “bard a port, in God’s name.” His order was obeyed.' Then taming forward among the hub bub of voices shouting “we are lost"'“God have merely on us,” I saw the rooks not twenty feet from the ship’s bows. On their top was a light house. As we swung ' around, it seemed aaj if we should eretj moment feel the shoqk of striking. The huge swell of the At lantic; was reverberating ; and the spray .flying all around us* Tine sails took aback, heeling us over so that this deck stood np like thereof of a bouse. Women were screaming,, aeatnen running to and fit), and above all the, captain and lieutenants shouting so as to be beard, above thd shrill, escaping steam “bard aport, bard, hard 1" “Brace, around the foreyard 1” *lLet fly the halyards and sheets fore and aft 1” I stepped abaft the foremast, to be out of the Way of its fall, and waited for the shock. But - j “There's a sweet tittle cherub who sits np aloft And looks after the life of poor Jack.” Dr. Smitl We approached, as all agree; within ten feet of the rook, and then began to recede. Just realise that there.were only ten feet between usand eternity. It is the opinion’ of seafaring men on board that the ship, if she had struck; would have sunk in' five minntes,.for it is a sharp ledge of rooks, six or seven .'miles from any shore, and deep water ail around. The boats ctmld not pave .been got-ready, and if they could, they never could have lived in the heavy surf. No; if she had gone ten feet far ther, we-should have been almost instantly pre cipitated into a raging aeiv where, six or seven miles from land, in a dense fog, few of ns would have escaped.’ We should all have perished as miserably os did those inthe Hungarian. Three seconds! more wotild'bave tolled the death knell of most, if not ail of us, for we were so envel oped in fog, add far from land, and 'also ho boat at the lighthouse, that if we had soiled fragments bf the wreck, they would hare been torn from our grasp by the sea, -boiling; as in a cauldron, over the -sunken; reefs, hours before our fate could have been known. I-knew there wasnotime to go below for life-preservers— which are hong- up by each ’berth —andso con tented mysClf with just stringing Upmy nerves for a buffet with the-waves. For three minutes; l oan assure,‘you man. showed what he is when expecting, the “King of Terror's/'? Two.or three ladies took it heroically, and seemed to draw in strength from the scene around them. It was a terrible moment for the captain—Cap tain Stone, of the royal navy—for as We swung around, the sails taking aback and -heeling ua over, Everybody-expected to feel the grinding crash beneath .-bur feet. I felt for him; for all his great rashness,''and gladly say that te-his . decision in our hour of need, we owe our lives. The rook is called.Fasnet Book, and nponitis the Cape Cleat Lighthouse. A subscription is now losing taken up among the passengers for -the seaman who first shouted, “breakers ahead !” I never shall forget, to my dying day, the.face .of the captain when be heard that wild shoot. I have seen distress and pain in all their fforms, hot never, a face, : like that—so foil of horror/perfect agony, and crushing respon sibility. The cry, “breakers ahead,”, the stop ping of -the epgin.es, the escape of the steam, and the shifting the helm, all occurred in one second. . Itseemedat the instant as if -it whs utterly impossible to, step the ship’s way, in time to s aveus jbutGod rules. /.-He .put forth His hand, and' the vessel, trembling as if with mortal fear, yielded to her powerful engines, proceeded from the rock, and we .were saved, ; . ‘ Scene in a Village Chorch. —On Sunday: last, in one of the churches'of the good town of Spencer, while the people were engaged in the regular 1 worship; something unusual occurred. It was at the' Communion service, End just be fore 1 thesacrament was offerred a man in the back part of the assembly rose, and dsliberatev ly passing tip the aisle to the table : in front of .the altar, seized'one of the sacramental goblets with One hand, and the laTgesilver pitcherwith the Other, filled the goblet with wine, and torn ing to the audience coolly drank it off and re turned to his seat ' The reader nay imagine the “surprise” of that congregation.— Woreet~ ter Spy, September Oih. • J>. VOBfSB. . • ; ,>The: democrWoTsandtdate for Governor Is a ltmusthave ‘been Whife lading n#fcr a prescient forebo -ding’of the fertbeomingSpKt at Baltimore that the Reading Convention fell upon him as their at this particular crisis in. the affairs, of the party.., Jff-the leaden of the two factions wanted amainwho hadn’t the soul to say he beionged to either, so that'both . might .claim him,-with tbetaoit understanding between themselves that he was not to be com pcUedto show his hand, theyjshow the skill of trap genius in selecting Mr. poster. He is just ‘the man to play off upon credulous factienists who are prepared, if not anxious,'to be de ceived. • ! . If, however, the convention thought they were choosing arepresentativo man—a man of positive characteristics; if h| was their inten tion to make him take a decided stand; if it was their purpose^to put him forward as the bold, Out-spokenraan, ready [to advance promp tly to the front jpthe hour of doubt or’danger, then they were Utterly mistaken in their man. He has nota single atribute ! that .fits, him for the position of a bold and resolute leader. jCold, unimpassioned, selfish, irresolute and, weak—too cowardly to say j yes,-and-afraid to say no, ha is fitted only forj that position as a candidate which'requires but one condition— that of keeping his mouth I shut. His whole political life has demonstrated bis unfitness to occupy the front rank at such a time, as this. He was-never bold, manly (or resolute in his .pplitics,- but ever the shrinking j. fearful, doubt ing do-nothing. A mere negatve man, all the popularity he ever possessed was earned by the ability be has always shown in 'doing nothing to give offence. ■ j ; We are inclined to believe; however, .that the democratic leaders at Reading chose him for ■his possession of these very characteristics.— They wanted a negative and not a positive man. Foreseeing disaffection, if not; division, they fixed on him because they thought .or hoped they could get through the campaign -without asking him to declare himjaelf on the points of difference between the two factions. They knew this was their only chance for success at the October election; and they had sense enough to see that if they failed-in-October they could not succeed in November.? They have reckoned, however, without their host. There, is a determination in the demo cratic ranks to know jiast where Mr. Foster stands, and which of the candidates for the Presidency he intends to support. They know be went to Baltimore a warm Douglas man; bnt (bat was before the Convention split, and when a probability existed that but one candidate would be chosen. In thafevent he had shrewd ness enough tosee that jhe had no chance of -election, himself if Douglas were not selected, and hence he was fijr Douglas as the candidate df the united Democracy ; bnt when the split took place, the whole aspect'of things changed. It became necessary-for him, then, to conciliate the Breckinridge men ; and: be accordingly re turned homo close-mouthed and oracular. ' All at once the- Breckinridge men became very, earnest for bis election. However the party might differ, they said, about the Presidency, they were united on the Governor question; and the utmost anxiety has been evinced by them, ever since, to concentrate all the party strength on Mr.. Foster, The “compromise” dodge, or union upon one electoral ticket, even, was urged upon the ground tbatitwouldpromoteFoster’s success; and there waasnoh a mysterious con nection , between' the two, that Mr. Henry D. Foster happened to be in Philadelphia when the State Committee met, and was understood, by those who were capable of understanding him, as being in favor of the compromise scheme. All this has naturally provoked the suspi cions of the Douglas mien; and we accordingly find the Philadelphia Press kindling a fire to smoke him out. It says: “A painful rumor in fine of yesterday’s (Sun day) papers leads us tojthe impression that Gen. /Foster, the Democratic candidate for Governor, counselled or approved! the scheme of the office holders bnd their friends bn_ the Democratic State Central Commitjtee to finite the-Democrats of Pennsylvania ofi the present electoral ticket, composed, of Douglas find Breckinridge fi>en, with the understanding that if these electors oould not elect either bf these candidates, they might vote for any other candidate for Presi dent: Wo called upon Gen. Foster, some days ago, to state his position on this disputed and delicate question, and np to this, time no an swer has been returned. The Sunday paper alluded to declares that he favors it. Several of the interior Administration papers make tbs same declaration, and it is a significant fact that every party journal.in’the State which refuses to raise the name of the regular Democratic ‘ candidate for President, Stephen A. Douglas, ■flies the flag of Henry D. poster. He must speak aid in this crisis. Boldness now may be fortune hereafter., -Defeat to-day, under the Douglas popular sovereignty flag, .would be more profitable for Gen. Foster than defeat un der the scandalous proposition of the State Cen tral Committee. A separate Douglas electoral ticket toiU certainly hi formed, and Gen.'FoaW must ehobae between such a 'ticket and the mongrel combination supported by the officials .on the State Central', Committee and tj)6 Die .unionists/’.. ‘ ': These ate ominous words for] the Weatmoro land trimmer. ■ Cannot the Dress be induced to sparb him t Why urge him to commit himself against his friends t It is very painSful. to do so. The .Press'is cruel., Pray let ft finale its ardor. A' sensitive man, he - disli&a exceed ingly to wound the feelings of any of his sup porters/ What has he to do with-the Presi dency? He is simply a candidate for. Go vernor; running upon State issues,-and' the Presidency is not an issue in that election. Let him alone: • This is not our fight, however; and-we have no right to meddle* in it farther; but, just for the sake of cariosity, we should really like to know who such a .man as Fosteb- w for. It would be a rarity in politics to see such a trim balancer take sides openly with any one t Upon second thoughts, therefore, we trust the- Trees trill succeed in smoking him out,ahd gain an answer to the qnestion, “Who is HeketD. Fosms for Y>~l>i(ishury IStuetie. The Albany So/esmanisconSdentihatVS,- 000 Americans in the; Stateof New York who have never before voted a Republican ticket, will vote for Abraham Lincoln in ; November next. The Americans cannot be transferred as easily as the nianagera expected; >! • The-Gatholid clergy of Schuylkill and Berks counties, have denounced del. Curtin from their pnlpits. : ' , ■; it:, I' • r / - , • ' 1 Hoh. : Daniel Ullman of New York, is can vassing this Stats for Lincoln and Hamlin. r- STEPHEN ABHOIiD DOTJQLAB, Favorable circumstances, rathe* than moral integrity and statesmanlike qualities, bare jpr. en this gentleman an enviable notoriety, bat now; a change off circumstances threaten to bury him in unenviable obscurity. The history of out country affords but one similarinstiincs of an unmerited rise, speedily followed by nni yersal execration; I- ' j Less than ten years ago, Mr. Douglas Was the leader of the Democratic party. The Sen ate heard his 1 'stumpish .oration,” - and submit ted to bis haughtyjdictation. In the eye jif tile populace, his fearlessness, energy,'and bluff suavity, made him tbe beau ideal or the states man.. But in an evil hour for hislame and for tunes, all hazards, to wii the Presidency. The Northern Democrats bid ©r en so many prt>ofi of party by ‘sutolt ting to Southerndictation, that ho feltsurt of their support; Be thought he only needed'io lay a great sacrifice at thq; feat of hisyiolitical masters, andhis- election ,wouia be secure. .., His lifelong devotion -to .their interest was " not sufficient. They demanded the pound of fleet; and to gratify an inordinate ambition, he prepared his-breast fbrtbeknife. • Through • iia instrumentality the “Missoqrt'Cdmpromise” - was repealed.’ The- Southern' shylocfcs- wore jubilant. The name of Douglas ,n household word with, the breeders pf Virginia and planters of South Carolina.' '’' But mutterings 'of wtath were beard at the North, Even inijfhe cotton-dyed cities adelphia and New York, the “little. Giant” met with a'chilling reception.- AtiTrenton be was saluted with; hisses and groans. He went home, but his constituents were not in a-pleas ant mood. He endeavored to justify himself in their estimation,bat the meeting broke up in confusion. - I . ,r 1 ' ■ Had it not been for the evil days of Frank Pierce and James Buchanan, Mr. Douglas would hove been heard 6f .no more,- But their deeper degradation made him appear in a less repulsive guise, f They! went so for beyond him in their submission to' slaveocracy, that his treason to liberty waspafUy forgotten. "With a tact—of which ha did not think himself pos sessed—he endeavored to take advantage, of Buchanan’s unpopularity to mend his ownpo liiical future. I ' He mounted] the hobby of Squatter: Sover eignty and, rode furiously. His hopes were high. His friends prophesied that be would ' win'the wee, bht wbal slave can hope for sac- --. cess who dares expostulate with a tyrants The North heaW bis professions of repentance with incredulity. He bright be on the sids'of Constitutional freedom now, but, bis repealing the Missouri Compromise was not forgotten. - The South from him in dis gust. The Democrats of thd South will rather ruin the party than acknowledge his leadership, and they make their election accordingly. - - We bid adieu to S. A. Douglas. He will soon disappear from, public ruined in health, fortunp, and reputation. '; - Repdbucanis* in WashikotoNj— The Wash ington Star of the 7th (a democrnticpaper) says: “On no occasion- has- the regular weekly meeting of the Republican Association of this city been more largely attended, or greater en thusiasm manifested,, than was the 'case; test evening. After the transaction of the custom ary‘preliminary business, the Glee Club] com posed of members of the . association,- sting in a spirited manner some of the choicest Bepobli can anthems, after; which it was announced that Mr. Benjamin F.’Wilkins, who ’was pm- - ent, would address the meeting. ‘‘Mr. Benjamin I|j Wilkins, of Virginia,:: was * introduced, and proceeded to address the Asso ! ciation. He alluded to the fact that too little attention bad been paid, in the contest between parties, to the degradation of free labor conse quent upon the competition in the same bran- 1 chea between that class of laborers anid slaver. : The recorded expressions ofmnmah-hearted and liberal-minded statesman and'philosophers - in every age hitd spoken with ,/a mighty voice * for the dignity-- of labor.. Common -sense moral' feeling, humanity and religipn recognised and approved these expressions, and no man- or party could obliterate the record. , . ■ “The statement might seem strange, (the speaker said,) but was not less true, that nine tepths .of the non-slaveholders of the; South-oc- cnpied the same ground open the question of free labor [as the Republican party. They woqld deny it possibly, but the denial would only prove.jthat understand the matter properly. Many of them believed ‘ the Republicans to lie 1 rank who would npOu foeelahttcm of- tiincoln make war upon the Soath.diberate the negtoes, and make them our equals. Yet nevertheless there were many sympathizers with the Republicans there, though their personal safety' demanded their silence'. 1 “During the conjee of hia remarks. Mr. Wil kins introduced a touohing episode of Melzar Gardner, who was |inurdered -some years since in Portsmouth Vaii.f for upholdingthe dignity of free white labbtleira. '• Mr.’Gardner was editor of the Portsmouth Chronicle and Old Dominion . In view of the cause which led to his sacrifice, the apeaker'happHy flehdminated him as ‘the first Republican martyr/ ” ’■ Sratuf: News. —The Syrian massacres are effectually quelled at fast. Fuad Pacha is pnn ishing the murderers of the Christians with that speedy and bloody, retribution which is characteristic of’ Mussulman rule. A hundred sod eight; of the wretches were executed itv Damascus almost; simultaneously. It is said to have struck terror, as well it might. The Srench troops have landed, but' tie knowledge of their coming has already accom plished the purpose for which they were sent. They will only have to; occupy, instead ot con quer. ! The destitution of the Christians,.however, remains. ' Peace is restored, but not their lost homes, kindred and property. The contribu tions for their telief are beginning to be dis tributed, and arcf doing great good. Ahothsb Tdr.v or the Scbew. —John S> Phelps, memberof Congress from Missouri) and, since the retirement of Mr. Giddings, ther of the House 1 ," stated recently ini a public speech [that a case was being prepared in Kan* gas, which would be brought before the United States Supremo Court, in order to procure * decision from tribunal affirming the ddo* trine respecting; slavery in ,the Territories which the. South contends for. . He 'said. that such a .'decision would heal, all the division i tt the'Pemporatio party, uniting it firmly on the Son them platform. That, such a ca#e will ,b» made up we have no doubt, and there pan b* one reason to hope for any other decision that which Mr. Phelps foreshadows ; Mr. Seward’s proposition for a reprgau. of thelCourt should prevail, of which there present but small prospect. - •