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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<nded*So far|w those who moke.
■' each threats areconcerned. Thejpeopie one tg
decide whether eiiofa. threats are . to* be forever
silenced, or
nsetTby aa pamsan weapons. The
disunion game ;has lonj^tieenkucceSsfolly
played hy v thb Southern leaders bf the Demo
cratic party! enedunighti ‘ ai|d abetted by their
Nurthorh’ ’ Thegr how make
that treasonable shpat lou'dip than ever, as they
peiiylve that/ the'' probabilities of their defeat
Sre ; more'imminent.
Tfj Dmcolri be; elected wi'ehaH hear no more
of t[hese ! treftBoiiiibld' wall cries. ; Disunion is
employed hs a trlspon h‘ secure parti
■»anl triumphs/ If It fails it wilffie,cast aside,
for ihe : party wfltTiare for! it, and
U vrill BavC been found useless, .This will
h^the'posltSoh'of-agreat|n£ftority of the Seces-’
Bionisf Democratid : part ! j| although, there are
Sofee';;whci from .pride, .threaten to
attempt inaking their. yfhifds good. 1 They ate,
‘however, too insignificatit in.numbers' to be
fetired, the great bnlknfjthd party being dough
face hragadaoios, who wnl talk very loudly hot
hare not th'e'o’onragd to .hot,’ ' ■ • ' ' \
’ .The'divisions ! bf the? 1 Democratic party at
.Charleston and.at, Baltimore, made it evident
to the
was hbpeiessj |n the present'campaign. For
this reason they have felt thaf it was useless to
enter the campaign with any great ardor, as the
result was a foregonectincldsion against them.
The saceaaiobiat shout has been 'raised, and
more loudly than ever, putthe. echoes which it
has roused have been phything but satisfactory.
Democracy as a parly, is demoralized anddis
pvrited, and'only theyeryfew yrtto ate really
bent bn a iiestruotioijlpf theUmon, care to lift
up their voices: Thiswe say, of genuine, pro
gressive, pro-slavery Democracy, which marches
nnder the batiner.of Breckinridge and Line.
' The followers of the Squatter Sovereign are
rit her 1 wore noisy, and it fe not possible that
anything inspired by' Judge 'Douglas could be
otherwise’ ! than clamqtoas. But this party ex
! Mbits no spirit founded on confidence of proba
ble or possible success; Pretty much the only.-
.nuitivcthat theta is spite against.the,.
Bi-eokitjridge faction l, for riot allowing their
short hero to be nominated without making a
fuss, and fornot supporting" him. when he was
nominated? 'influenced by such a motive, and
perhaps baring some reason for their indigna
tion,, they [desire only the defeat of what they
consider the bogus democratic candidates, and
buve’nC hopes'for. (the success of their'own.
Naturally, there, would be little heartiness or
depth in snob a.'contest/ -However boastful
, they may talk 1 bccas|onally,'they know that the
result is a 1 foregonC|conclasion|,that they ore at
hiari: discouraged—too much ,$b to keep up a
Spirited and Contiriujal warfare.
Theßetland E^wtt 1 party is strugglirig for
a position, and has { fair prospects of becoming
> 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. - •