■"■« - ’ J ' ! . L.
jf&'swpfl!jw£?£, I
r &&» Ne«rJyot> 'iß)i^^b*»-- : a -fetter from! the i
'bums' of’ 3ff. Lirfcoto,'wliich h commend*' as ,
hohtaining the fullest utterance upon -public j
affairs that" Mk Lincoln has indulged in since ,
.his electfcn,- The. writer says- L
''**!> W*s good fortune to talk withbira
an hour yesterday, in relation to this secession
movement; and, tboagh.he mokes no conchal
toontof the oneasiness whicb the contemplated
treason, gives him, be is nbta bit alarmed by
’the aspectof affairs, por is he at all inclined to*
yield an inch to tbW'well intended but mistaken
* eoUeita'tions of ? -h|s friends.- lie believes that
•Sis encmss’is obljla public pretest for what
lias been long-preparing; - that: bis.' position! on
publioconcern— -all which] effect
tb?*iavary_question nearly or remotely—is so
Well known thai. bo declaration of faia would
“ change treascnahre purposes already announc
ed j and that a reiteration-of views which are
patent to all mm» who.have sought to know .
diem, would bean evidence of timidity which
ho does not feef, ilnd bf which he would have
no man suspect him. He is cautious, discreet
and wise in his relies to questions as to wljat
may or will bo dMe, But those who know die
steadfastness of purpose and the conscientious
firmness'whioh ora; his -distinguishing oharac
teristics/have nojdoubt that he will adopt that
policy..,when President, which ft-proper regard
' for the whole dictates; and that he will
pursue it firmly,.persistently, and, iTnecessaty,
obdurately, to -thb end. “ I know," said he,
the justness Vf.my intentions, and theutter
groundlessness d| the-.pretended' fears of the
men who are filing the country with their
plampr.. If ,1 gpfcato the Presidency, they wjill
find me as I ani,<§i 'record—nothing less, noth
ing.moro.; .'.My declarations have been madejto
the iworld withoplj-eservation, They have been
often repeated; mid now self respect demands
of me, and of thwparty • that elected me, that"-
when threatenedjd ishsuld be silent." While
bpbolds Uiis in relation to a.public
letter, fie doesncthesitatein his private letters
{hejhas already a large corrfs-
Khdepce in thab section) and in conversation
tbh|syisitprr,.in answer to proper inquiries,
to give aqy assurances which are consistent
witfabis expressed, andtfie
party platform dpwbich he stands. . • j
rj “ J found Hf fjiiincoln when I called uppn
him engaged in , reading up anew the history iof
tbr aftempted i.qllifioation-. of 1832, including
the discussions i it-: the celebrated' “ Force billp”
and General Jat tjnn’s more celebrated proeja
mation.l am-debarred from saying'what com
ment* these- dpcEiments provoked; but Mr. Lijn
polo's friends ijiiny ’ be: Assured that, while no
has no ambition ; to be an imitator of the* old
Chief, hoture bq him with that sa
gacity, honesty, |nd firmness which made Old
Hickory’s the j cost eroinetly. successful aid
honorable adm(|istration known to the te
publio.: - ■ .-'l’g ■; ■ ■
, : “I mentioned jtbat Mr. Lincoln had already
quite nlarge «oi |espondence with'the South.
There are many! if his letters from thnt quarter
Which the oountt| ought to see.' Missives which
hadeoopt man ojpld write are abundant. Un
fortunately of some of them
ahow thnt their Writers are not devoid of edu
eation. if destitu ja of decency,
i H The rash fol, Siffioehaa already commenced.
While I was wit BMr. Lincoln he handed me a
note from agsntarnsn from-an adjoining Stale
who was'o-xceediilgly invportunatefor the]prom
ise ofa certain pace as a specimen of many
which he is - dally receiving. I may be par
doned ifor relating what thousands ought to
know •. ““ I havbijnade up my mind,” said he,
“ not to be about these places. I have
premised: nothin)! high nor low,’and will not.
By nhd by, whet? I call somebody to me in
character of an*liriaer, we will examine the
claims m i|t responsible posts, and de
cide.what shalf jbe done. As for the rest, 1 .1
' shall have enough to do without reading reconk
mendationsjer country postinasterships; these,
and -all -ethers
die heads of defirtfiients, and make them re
sponsible for the£*ood conduct of their.subor-
'a- h . I >
»Cne thing move. The cabinet makers, who
ore hhsy with their conjectures, ore all at faujt
—notthatthey ttiiy not have, in.all their guesp
iogs, hit upon a ijime or two which will figure
. in the list of but because the red)
cabinet maker hot) not in-his own mind deter
- mined whom he t ill call to his assistance. lie
has his own idea® of the-fitness of things, snld
of hisrtsporvaibillty t° the Country and to his
pkrty; but have not been expressed
in the choice of ejen. Hence, conjecture is at
fault. The wrileij says; j
“ Thst he will look for his Cabinet among
political frienda, ftgd not eleeSrhetf. lie will
not invite the late Mr. Bell to. administer on hijs
' o*n**tote." I | v
- ; ■
THE suspensions.
We are having slight instalment of the
promised panic, iggeneral suspension of spej
oie payment* was a|reed on by the Presidents
of the Banks ye»fc*rd.ay. Whatever may be
the'pretended re'is|ijfor this action, we are
very certain that thpre is no'real cause for if
nor chn any that i| isatisfactory be
The motive with tbidßanks themselves is doubt?
lee* to. take advailap of the prevailing ex||
eitement to makeeSifile money for their stookfi
bolder*. Our politwal troubles simply furnish’
• 'desired exouseft&euch action. i
It would be wellSor bank; directors, andoffi?
cere of'other moni|d institutions, to consider!
the ultimate hild Certain consequence of theii|
present course.
Theiridea that of thi banks of
several of~the ffoutdefn State* should redder
it necessary for' thdae; of our own City to|eus-J
pend, i* simply'■ntti.'eapremoly ridiculous.—l-
They have-lost nqSqjn of ohy consequence f
bdt during-thd lastgrkek they, were absolutely
gainers to the extefi||of one hundred thousand,
dollars. 'The action Jftken yesterday, of aonrse]
render* alt our Bau|U liable under the. Act of
Assembly to a forftftiire of tbeir charters; and
if there i* no mare ? 1 back bone” io them than!
is indicated by action, the sooner
they are closed up the better will it ho for the
community. —Philadelphia New*.
Garribaldihos resigned bis dictatorship intcf
the hands of Victor Emanuel, and gone home
to bis rode farm on; the little island of Caprcra.j
After uniting Sicily and Naples with their nips
millions of people io-the Italian Kingdom, the
liberator returns to the simplicity of his peace-1
fultsclusion, refusingboth wealth and titles,!
enriched in nothingbot glory, and the mingled!
aiheiration. fljid offectionof the world. II bis-!
tory records anywhere the Ufa of a hero morel
disinterested, more brarermore faithful, en-l
diired with more sobstantlal magnanimity or!
sdbljmß of character, we doj;
noTknev it, Jtalyiniay well look upon him;
wiA frit* he -belongs to.
hSSJSr ?
THE AGITAt
HUGH TOUNG, ElifTOR i PROPRIETOR. !
a WBUtSBOHODGH, PA., | -
Wednesday! morning;' dec, s, aseo.
8U3C21A87 OP HEWS.
We have'later intelligence from California
by-Pony Express,.. .The election returns Iwere
still incomplete, bat as far as beard from the
vote, stood,, for Mr- Xinooln, 38,646; .forjLMr.,
Douglas,, 37,349; for Mr. Breckinridge; 33,-
357 ; for Mr. Bell, 8,467. ‘ Returns froji all
the cdontics in Oregon ‘ give Mr. Lincold 318
majority over Breckinridge, the next highest
candidate. JS
A passenger oar- on the Beaver M.eadow Rail
road train waa | precipitated into the Lepigb
river oh Thursday morning last. Foot of the
passengers and the conductor of the train Were
drowned. The ca^contained twenty-eightfper
sons: The accident was caused fay the breaking
of a rail, And occurred near Bear Creek Dam,
where the water isabout fifteen feet deep. {The
rescued passengers were saved by. breaking
tbrongh*the top of the car before it sunk, jr
Hon. James Pollock,; of Northumberland;
Hon. A. H.. Reeder, of Northampton; Mdkon
McMiohoel, of Philadelphia; Hon. David pil
root, of Bradford; Edgar. Cowan, of West
moreland ; Thomas Williams, and J. K. sfore
head, of Allegheny; James Veecb, of Fsyltte,
end John H. Walker; of Erie, are the promi
nent candidates in this State for United States
Seitster, in, place of William Bigler, whose
term expires oh the-4th of March next. |Che
election takes place on the 2d Tuesday of Jan
uary-one week after the commencement off the
session. 1 j j
The arrival of the Prince of Wales in Eng
land was the occasion of great;rejoiciog anlohg
the classes. In commenting Upon his arrival
the English press are generally very lOonjpli
mentary in their allusions to the Americans.
The London Neat, in an editorial on the Iptb,
says:—“ He has seen a nation of soldiers With
out an army—civil order without a polije—
wealth, luxury and culture without a cour| or
on aristocracy. He has learned to mingle With
the busy crowd of men without the interven
tion of chamberlains and couriers; he Was
found respect without cerempny and honor
without adulation." ! I
The second session of the Thirty-sixth (in
gress met on Monday, at noon. Thera was a
very fair attendance of of both bom
and a not unusual number of spectators. ,
yond the appointment of the usual commitl
to wnit on the President, little business was
transacted in either branch. The proceedings
were not characterized by any extra excjte*
mept. In the House, on the tiall of the rill,
about two hundred members responded to thfeir
names, among them all ot the!representatives
from South Carolina excepting <3ne (Mr. Miles.)
Both Houses adjourned at a little after One
o’clock. The President’s meisige was sen if in
yesterday. We may give a synopsis of id in
onr next. ■ |
THE EIiECTORAIi VOTE. I
The latest news by the Overland Pony Is
press from the Pacific Coast idakes it pretty
certain that Lincoln has carried -both California
-and Oregon. Thus every one the free Sta
jias voted for him, if we except New Jersey,
and even there be gets four out of the seten
electors. Among the slave States, Virginia
and Missouri are somewhat in Qoabt, but il is
most probable that the former has voted or
Beil and the latter for Douglas, though in etch
State the vote is extremely close. Presuming
the reports to be all correct, the following v ill
be the electoral vote of the United States:
FOR tiBBCSIXBIDGB.j
.. 4 i 9
... 6 Arkansas .1 4
...11 I Helawar| { 3
~,13 “ Florida..l, J 3
... 4 Georgia £ JlO
... 8 Louisiana. ~.,J 6
...13 Maryland | g
... 0 MSssissiffpi | 1
... 4 North Carolina. 110
... 5 Sooth Carolina 8
... 4 Texts....* 4
...23 Tot»i hi
... 3 VOfc BELL.' I
...27 Kentucky.! JIJ
... * Tennessee hi
i Virginia, Jls
- i I
, fob lixcoljc.
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Indian*
lowa ,
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire....
New Jerse/
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
.Rhode Island
Vermont
Wisconsin 1...
Total ,j 180
The whole number of Electors being 3C
the number necessary to a choice is 152. M
Lincoln has obtained ISO. or 28 more than.we
necessary. So that he might have dona wit
'dot California, Indiana and Illinois combine
and still been elected. It will i>a soma tic
before we shall get the full popular vote. ‘ M
Lincoln will not have a majority, but bn w
probably come quite os near to it as Mr. B
ohanan did. f
Misobity Presidents. —The Democratic
papers arc deriving what, comfort they
from the reflection that Lis com is a minor!
President—in other words 1 that’ be has not
majority of the whole vote 1 polled. Now, M
Lincoln has, in round numbers, 3;000,000 rote*,
and that it is more than any President before
him erer got; and eery few of oar President!,
'within the last 40 years, bate bad a majority
of the popular vote. Jackson and Harrises
were about the only exceptions. ‘.There wash
majority of 36,000 against John Quincy Adams
in 1824, and James K. Polk was in a minority
of 30,000 in 1844, as was Van Bi|ren hi
The popular majority against Geh. Taylor w#i
151,708, and the majority against Buchanan ip
1850 was 377,629. Pierce, had. a, majority, in
1852, but it was a very small one-*-oniy 58,869.
Ig this riewof the case’it }s not remarkable
David Wilpiot we believe, is the man of all
others, the most suitable to fill, that station. He
ia known, is; capabije, is not a politician, and
will fearlessly defend the great interests of our
State,
-Ilknnwjtbe feeling in this County is deci
dedly in his favor, and we hope be will be cho
sen for our next IT. S. Senator.
Mr. Whitmore was born in Vermont, Nov. 7,
1753, and I am informed be made a profession
.of religioni when but! twelve years bid; and by
what little information ! could elicit (as I drove
to the bouse only a few mlnutes before the time
to repair to the church for the funeral services,)
he bob lived a soldier of the cross since, or 95
years. He was also in the Revolutionary War
a short time. Were f able to trace him through
bis long pilgrimage, ipany important and inter
esting incidents could |be recorded, but I am
not.' . ]’ ( ,
Throughout his longlife he retained his men
tal faculties, also his bodily strength, in a won
derful manner. His j conversation exhibited a
strong and retentive, mind.' He was also ena
bled to labor at light mechanical business until
very recently, and alsb to .walk about the vil
lage with tin activity ] surpassing many at the
age of sixty. Still he had lived about one fifty
fourth part of time I could bat think of changes
that had taken place and revolutions that bad
convulsed the world during bis life. Empires
and kingdoms have risen and fallen ; our na
tion has burst from its connection with, and
the oppression of, its rjiother country and has
risen to what jt is. ’ '
Many nations of ancient renown have fallen
to ruins; warriors haye risen from infancy and
drenched tbe earth ini human gore and then
passed away; improvements have advanced,
the wilderness and solitary places have been
converted into'cities, at d many spires nowpoint
heavenward where the lofty forests waved be
fore the breete, since more than half of his
life was passed. i
Where now (are the companions of his child
hood ? Ah, they are gpne.'and their children
have grown grtey headed anid passed away, and
their children's children are now controlling
the destinies of our nation. jNew counties have
become old- Commerce has, doubled an hun
dred fold, ahd- every ocean and sea, and every
navigable mer and lake has been converted
into highways of nations, developing the vast
resources of the world. Generations have
passed away ; still be has lived on, and lived
on amidst tbe dangers that hare threatened
him and the warnings that have reached him. ■
The brilliancy of youth had long since left
his brnw, his step bad dost its elastic spring,
until finally, worn’ down with cares and the
weight of over five score and seven years, he
peacefully jfell asleep to awake no, more till
Gabriel’s trump shall arouse tbe slumbering
millions of the dead.
His funeral solemnities were attended in tbe
village of Westfield on the 19th nit., at 10
o’clock A. M., where remarks were' mode by
the writer, jfrom Luke 23, and 28, “ weep not
for me,” to an attentive; audience.
Simeon Cleatzlasd. .
P. S. Will some of h»s friends .who were ac
quainted with him please to:favor tbe public
with a brief history of- his life, which will not
fail to interest many, and be nothing more than
what circumstances appear; to demand, and
which 1 cannot do, for want of information?
Will other papers please copy f
Total
TO* DOCGLAS,
Minouri „....
Sew Jersey
Total
that Mr. LiscolD -shoDlS fall abort of anjtbso
lube majority of ; the popular vote, especially
when it that tWmajority against
him ia nbt greater than that against Buchanan
in lass. i. .
hi-ths —
United States. Senator, .
> ' BEiwrolfTE, Nor. 28,1860.
Edito* Agitatok: Dear Sir— The time is
hear at hand when {the people of this State
through- their -Representatives will be called
Upon to decide who’shall ta¥e the place of Wm.
Bigler ; in the tf. S. Senate. What kind of a
man do we [want to represent os there 7 All
will admit the importanceof this question, as
the solution tof it will bare an important-bcar
ing upon the interests of Pennsylvania.
At this time in our history os a notion, we
want no ordinary map to guard our interested
the Federal; Capitol 1 i He should be a man
whose principles are-jkpown, and who has the
courage to declare [add maintain them. Not
as the bigoted partisan/ but as the Patriot and
Statesman has done in other years. "
i Truly Yours, O. D.
j| • * For the Agitator.
Another' Veteran Gone.
Dntn, in [Westfield, Tioga Co., Ps„ Sot. 17, 1860,
Mr. X ATI! AN WHITMORE, »ged 107 years and 10
days. i
. For the Agitator.
The Common School Teacher.
The present is manifestly an ape'of want,
also abundance. In the; matter of Education,
our people want the very best—rapid and thor
ough advancement—good Teachers and good
Schools. . j
On the other hand, our Teachers want good
situations, good schools as well, and good wa
ges. But unfortunately enough, these quite
natural and necessary wants are almost entirely
wanting. Not to say that we hare no fine
Teachers, thorough scholars and good schools;
but to-say deliberately, tfajat pretensions are not
always bached up by actual performance; that
we are often disappointed in the instruction,
which our children receive;; in other words;
the majority of our cominon' school Teachers
are absolutely unqualifedlor the position which
they occupy. Now why is this ? And what is
the remedy ? I answer that the one principal
cause, is thi low price paid for teaching. Now
is this susceptible of demonstration ? Lot us
see. I 1 • ,’ ' ‘
It is not Intended to exciteany feelings of;
hostility between employed , and employer, to
array one against the other, ‘or question the
motives of dny; bat simply to state facts. '
It is an ojndemable troth that labor is usu
ally proportionate to its reward. It does not
seem that even honest men ore very often actu
ated by so liberal and charitable a spirit, as to
roluntarially earn more than they are paid for.
And if it were so, one would not offer big ser
vices in a situation where be Would do his best
or nothing, for a consideration which he thought
inadequate to the result of his labors; allowing
at the same time, his bump of Benevolence to
be fairly full; withal:- Hence, the fact that
competent and efficient Teacher are no imire
plenty. For instance, suppose a poor Teacher
(for no other will be) is hired for a paltry price.
The full development of such a tendency would
result In a total disregard of, all interests any
farther.than is necessary for'him to retain bis
position. .In fact the smallest amount of labor.
G O H NTT= A GTT ATOTC
that can ppssiblyba performed, without risking
ids own pecuniary benefit, becomes the ultimate
rule by which he js'governed. ’There is no
feeling of solicitude or trust beyond his person
al responsibility; and when an injury is sue
tained through his neglect of duty, no regret or
compunction is manifested, unless he. is iden-,
'tlfiadas an instrumental cause. This, of course,
is not universally the-case.;there are many,
honorable exceptions; (why hot bave sll ex
ceptions) ygt is it surely of- too frequent occur-,
rence, audio the main, true; because Teach
ers, who possess the shadow of a claim to such
a' title, will never' cross' the threshold, of a"
school-room for such 'paltry half-pay. And
why hot? Because they have a proper appro
eiatioß of the value of their labor—their pro-’
fession. The common laborer that supports
himself by manual exercise,'commands in many
respects, a far better remuneration for bis time,
his work than the common school Teacher.
And note the contrast of their respective efforts.
Why they are incomparable, in point of popu
lar benefit. Tet the one, though inferior in its
results, is net to be depreciated. But if such
continue to be the plan upon which on'r common
school system is conducted, what substantial
inducements are offered for superiority in men
tal excellence? None. The illiterate yokel
may successfully compete with those who have
spent time and money in preparing themselves
fur one of the noblest duties of life. Do any
complain of this? Then let them support and
improve good common schools,' by which all
may avail themselves of the opportunity of
such mental improvement that may acquire an
Education adequate for, any of the praotioai
and business relations of life ; and bold an ele
vation in society that will be anything but un
reliable. The cry is raised, that taxes are high,
and the same breath also ; complains of poor
schools. But poor prices invariably draw noth
ing but poor applicants. Would you have tittle
taxes, and corresponding little, shabby apolo
gies' for schools; or more tax and better schools
in proportion? It is a question fraught with
vital interests. Tax-payers, how will you de
cide? “G."
A SOUTH OABOLINA ASSUME ITT'-
AGAINST SECESSION. |
W. W. Boyce of South Carolina, now a se
cessionist, wrote and spoke on the .other side
in 1851. The following objections to secession,
as stated by him then, apply with equal force
at the present moment; — . |
“ The first great fundamental unanswerable
objection to it is, that it is the disunion of the
South—words of snob fearful import that I
will not weaken them by elaboration.
2. South Carolina cannot become a nation.
God makes nations, not man. You cannot ex
temporize a nation out of South Carolina. It
ia simplyj impossible; we have not the re
sources. -
3. From the weakness of dnr national gov
ernment, a feeling of insecurity would arise,
capital would take the alarm and leave us.—
But it may be said, let capital go. To this I
reply, that capital is the life-blood of a modern
community, and in losing it you lose the vitality
of the State.
4. This national government would be a very,
very costly machine. The cost of a government
is-in inverse proportion to its numbers. A
small national government is necessarily far
more expensive than a large one. Look at tbe
small German States ground down with taxa
tion. So it would be with us. Tbe federal
fleets would cut off all import duties, and the
immense burden of tbe government would have
to be raised by direct taxation.
5. The feeling of insecurity arising from-the
weakness of our national government, together
with the burden of increased taxation, would
cause, or rather, continue, an immense emigra
tion. Emigration is naturally going on all the
time from the old States to the fertile El Dora
dos of the West; put any further burdens on
the citizens of the old States, and yon add im
mensely, tothis stream.of emigration. Unfor
tunately this emigration, in the event of yonr
becoming a separate nation, would be only
from the white race, and you would therefore
be going down tbe declivity of ruin with fearful
velocity. ' 1
6. Following emigration, and a natural effect
of it, would be an immense depreciation of
property; lands first, more land being thrown
into the market than the demand required;
then negrqes, as they would be cat off from, the
western market. Millions would be lost to the
State in this way.
*******
10. Secession is against the wishes of the
other southern States. Ought not they to have
gome influence with os? Should we not defer
to our allies, who have twenty times the inter
est in the institution of slavery that we have?
How can we ever hope fora Union of the South,
if we, a mere handful of the southern people,
insist on enforcing our opinions on the rest of
the South ? A southern Union implies a modi
fication of the extremes of all opinions.
11. A large minority, at least, of our citi
zens are opposed to secession. If there were
no other objection, this should be conclusive.
12. Secession, separate nationality, with all
its burdens, is no remedy. It is no redress
for the past; it is no security for the future.
It is only a magnificent sacrifice of the present,
without in anywise gaining the future.' Se
cession, gallant as may" be the spirit which
prompts it, is only a new form of submission.
s. e,
For; the various reasons I have stated, I ob
ject in as strong,terms as I can to the secession
of South Carolina. Such is the intensity of
my conviction upon the subject, that, if seces
sion should take place—of which I have no
idea, for I cannot believe in the existence of
such a stupendous madness I shall consider
the ihstitntion of slavery as doomed, and that
the Great God in our blindness bait made us
the instruments of its destruction.” 1
How the President is Elected.—The suc
cessive steps in lbo election of. President and
Vice President of the, United States are taken
according : to existing laws, at the following
date*: F
1. By the act of Congress of 1845 the Elec
tors for President and Vice President of the 1
United States are appointed in each .State on
the next Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember. ' ‘ ;
2. By the net ~of 1792 the Electors are to
meet oh the 1 first ’Wednesday an December
after in' their respective States, to c&st their
votes. v
S. These votes when cast are to be certified
by the Electors and sealed ttpj and sent op to
the President of the Senate, f •'
4. On the second Wednesday, in February
after, the sealed certificates of the Electors ore
to be broken open and the votes counted and
. the. result -declared, in. the presence of Con
.'grass."
THE SOUTH' NOT iA UN|T EOH 818.
; >; SOLUTION, i ;V, i
‘J .What is called tha-Sonth may be divided into
.two classes.via: negro breedings and negro
consuming States. The first class Embraces
those-which -raise slaves for sale andeXporf, and
consist of Virginia, Maryland, DeJaware.North
'Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee,
The States which purchase, slaves ate Sooth
. Carolina, Gcclrgia. 'Alabama, Mississippi, Flor
ida, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. The
former grow negroes and the latter cotton.—
Slaves ore rapidly worn out on the cotton, sugar,
-rice and indigo plantations, and if requires an
annual importation of fifty thousand to replen
ish them.' The demand for slaves bos exceeded
-the-supply,and os a consequence the price has
immensely enhanced. - A- few years ago able
bodied slaves could be bought for $7OO to $BOO.
They now cost $l,lOO to $1,500. The cotton
planters are opposed to paying those prices.—
They want cheap negroes and abundance of
them. Africa-is the only market which cap
supply their ..demands; hence, they want the
African Slave trade reopened and all laws pro
hibiting that traffic repealed. The free States
and the Slave breeding States, resist their de
sires.' The former on the grounds of humanity
and morality, 1 and the latter from self-interest
If the Slave trnde should be re-established, the
price of Virginia negroes {would fall two-thirds.
A “ boy" than readily brings the breeder would
be slow tola at $4OO. - The price of all the
wheat grown in the West, is regulated by the
English market, though mot a gill to a bushel
that is .raised ever finds its way. to Great Brit
ain. So also the prise ofall the- Slaves in the
Slave breeding States would come down to the
African standari-t*. If the cotton planter could
purchase a cargo at two or j three hundred dol
lars per head from the imported he,would not
be likely to pay the VirginiaJireeder'five times
that price fur his stock. - '■>, '- ; ’
The free States will not permit the re-open
ing of the African Slave trade; therefore the
cotton States, propose to go puf of the Union
and open that traffic on their own account and
responsibility. It will be i readily seen bow
deeply interested the slave 1 breeders are in pfe:
venting disunion and the African Slave trade.
Their chief income is derived from the sale of
negroes. Whenever a family is bard up it sells
a mulatto “ down South" for the, price of an
Illinois farm, and replenishes its empty coffers.
When a son is ’to be sent to College, or a flam
Is to be made at a fashionable watering place,
away goes a darkey to the auction block; and
the needful is procured. The Slaves of Vir
ginia are estimated to be worth 300,000,C00 of
dollars, and the moment the [Cotton States suc
ceed in opening the African [Slave Trade, they
would not bring seventy-five millions, Ken
tucky negro breeders would lose one hundred
millions from the same cause ; and all the. other
border States in like proportion.
In view of these grove, considerations it is not
surprising that the negro breeding sections
should frown upon the schemes of the fire-eaters,
or that they should ramus loyal to the Union.
And another bound that binds the border States
to the Union is found in the fact, that in ease
of dissolution the Canadian line would be
moved down to that of Mason |& Dixon. . With
slaves escaping at pleasure on the one hand,
price knocked down to that Icjf horses on the
other, how long[ Would the institution last in
those border States ? And after they bad be
come free, no matter bow so [made, what in
ducement or interest would! they -have to re
main in confederacy with the Gotten - States
with their discontented myriads of human chat
ties who at any moment, might break nnt into
unquenchable Tribune, '
THE PANIC.
The New York Independent, one of the ablest
and most interesting Journals j now published,
sums up the nature and causes of tbe.preaent
financial disturbance in the following, express-
ive terms
“A party,of merchants in this city united
several weeks ago in a discreditable combina
tion to defeat the election bflMr. Lincoln by
working upon the fears of tbossj who. were made
to bejieve that bis election would bring ruin
uponitbe land. The Herald foi- a fortnight be
fore election, announced tbs coming of *
Panic with.as much assurance as the coming of
the next steamer. Of course, it was easy to
prophesy it, because j it had : been already
planned. :Of course,'these who 1 ; were to make
it knew thatit would be made.> A prearranged
movement to push down stocks is easily effected
in this city. Such a prearrangement was made.
Only some who had a right to - bo parties to it
were not told in time, and lost money enough
to vote for Mr. Lincoln. But jthe leaders, if
not - the rank and file of followers, knew very
well when to get rid of their stocks before the
coming depreciation of value. ; We could men
tion the names ofjome well-known champions
of the Fusion party who sold odt their stocks
shortly before the. market was to; be born down
by their unworthy act. 1 j
“ This was before the election, but as this
preliminary Panic did not succeed in defeating
Mr. Lincoln, it has been keptup since—regard
loss of expense!—to break up tl|e moral force
of bis election, to embarrass theiincqming Ad
ministration, and'to defeat the popular wilt ex
pressed in the vote of the sixth jof November.
It is supposed that if the Sou to I clamors loud
enough, and the Panic pinches [long
and the lie bo told often enough I that the Re
publican party did it, —the Republican States
will at last be bullied into blotting ont Personal
Liberty Bills—into permitting some of toe free
territories to be turned into slave soil—and into,
accepting some cunning compromise by which
the country shall still continue to| be governed
by the old hereditary. Slave Power whose .do
minion has now, by. the people’s! decree, come
lawfully to an end. But thahk;;God- that an
honest and, brave man is to be President [
“ This is the secret of the Panic s The Slave
Power undertaking to do through tke stock mar.
kei.whal it failed tq do through the balM-bosN
The Fuaioa Pyramid,
Three-Sevenths of,
E W i
JE R .
S’ E Y; 11 •
" AND 'TEhßitfijri '
MI 8 S 0 URI 1
, Cool.—rflFe see Breckihridge editors Claiming
all the vote for the Beading Fusion Ticket as
having been cast for Brack.—wtlch they dared
not do , before Election. Do not tho Doirglaa
men yet see how they were fooled in that game 1
We suppose at least half the vote, was cast by
Douglas men, ‘
Fisher (Lincoln and Bell) has 248 maj. for
Congress) in the Statepf Delaware.','
MISCKIiIjAN£OTTS
...Tbirty-geren applications bare beta
to Lincoln for the'Richmond, Ya., r
'' ...Lincoln carried hb ova ward, cii
and Stater He also carried Hoogly
city, county and State. ‘ ,
.. .Napoleon Bonaparte need to taj «
tile newapapers are more to. be feared
hundredthousand bayonets."
...The thirty-three Governors of the
States comprise 16 Democrats, 16 Repal
and one American—Hicks, of
...The population of the State of p ei
nia. as estimated bythe recent census
two millions nihehundred thousand.
...South Carolina is (till enrolling
men. Such infante tn«n will nerer eftet
thing unless the/ hare sixty seconds spi
Lou. Don*
...The value of the bop crop of the
States, this year i» eetmaiad at
nearly all in Otsego, Oneida and
tie*, N. 'Y.
...Got. Banks, of Massachusetts, is ik o!
go to Earnpe to organize a system of «
tion, to settle lands belonging to the i;
Central Railroad.
...Packages hare been received at the
office in Alexanderia, V.,a directed to 11
anderia,' Virginia, Southern Confeder
This is rather premature.
...According to the St. Paul Timet, tbei
not a Democrat elected to the Minnesota
la tore. That’s cleaning out the moccsjia be
mocracj prettj well. 1
...Dr. Livingstone, the African
been heard of. He was safe and well nptnl*
May, and reported that the natives of Aftg.
evince less hostility to travelers than forou 1
...A young lady, writing as enlbusia
as young ladies generally do, portrays Ga
di as “ a dear old; weatherbeaten angel.”
did’nt let anything bat the. weather beat 1
...Several months since, a Sir. McNight,
Cortland Co., N. Y., bought of & pedler it
salve lor corns.' He applied it, and it causei
sore whiBh continued to spread and came
tense paid nntirhe was relieved by death.
, ...Andrew B. Hutchinson, [a son of v
Hutchinson, of Milford, N. H., and on* of
well known Hutchinson family, died at
Lunatic Hospital at South Boston, of obi
insanity, a few days since. He was lift;
years of age.
...Where is Henry A. Wise? He has
been beard from lately, amf as he declared,
-will nerer remain in the Union twaoty-f
hours after Lincoln’s election, so help ms G(
his agonized friend* fear he may hare »
individually.
...The colored population of Pfailadel]
numbers from twenty to twenty-fire tbouu
They own property to the amount of neii
three million dollars, and churches '
schools valued at from four hundred thor
to, five hundred thousand dollars.
...A Dastmctive fire occurred at Dundee, Yi
Co., N. Y., by which the whole of the bush
portion of thetown was laid in rain*. The '
printing office was also destroyed, on
there was only, on insurance of $2OO.
total loss is estimated at $50,000.
.. .Cteirles F. Brown, the renowned “ Arttmu
Ward, showman,” began hie career as a writ'
in Bostdb, while a printer’s apprentice,
contributions to the Carpet Bag,: win -
signature of “Lieut. Chubb.” are well remem
bered by-many readers of that periodical.
...The’Albany Journal remarks that Tarsi,
after obtaining her Independence, started with
a separate Government, but soon wearied of it,
and sought admi.sgioa.inta the Union. But nor,
when her Claims and War Debts bare hem
paid by the General Government,- her Wigfalli
go'for Secession!
...Pennsylvania made the first turnpike rosd
in the United States, laid the first railroad, »
tuljlished the first water works, ran the first Is
coinotiTe,-established the first hospital, the fint
law school, the first public museum, ' the fin
ball of music, and the first library in the wotl<
open freely to all.
...The pottage, collected in ths State of SontH
Carolina, for the last year, of which' we bt«
official returns, amounted to $91,000. The coit
of transporting the mails throughout tho State
was $192,216. In Massachusetts, the seme
year, the post office receipts were $532,184, end
the expenses $153, 091!
...The largest hotel in this country, and con
sequently in the world, is said to beJhe Linde!!
House, now nearly completed, in St. Louie.
It is 272 feet front, 227 feet deep, 112 feet high,
and fronted with cream colored magnesian lime
stone. Its cost, unfurnished 1 , Will be $600,000.
It has 500 rooms, and can receire 1,200 gueeti.
...About twenty young gentleman of Nt*
Orleans, La., wishing to display their spirit
determined to wear no cloth except what ws»
manufactured-in a Southern State. So the?
bought some pieces -of Kentucky jean, and had
it made up into suits, but they discovered,
when too late, that the Kentucky Jean had b« a
made in Massachusetts!-.
...The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Time* t»p
that a most terrible tragedy oeoured in Adams
county, in that State, a few day* previom.—
A woman about to churn butter, threw earns
boiling water in the churn, into which on# of
the children bad, unnoticed by the mother,
placed an infant, and it was. instantly scalded
to death. In her frenzy, the .mother seized a
chair and inflicted a death blow upon the little
girl. .After realizing what she had done, she
threw herself into the Well and was drowned.
Tnz Thue Spibit^ —The following from Col
Forney'* Friss (which supported Douglss)
breathes the right spirit and will find a hearty
response in the breast of every right-minded
American citizen of whatever political creed:—
No two sentiments are'more deeply enshrined
in the American heart than those of Jackson;
ond Webster—“ The Federal Union—it most
be preserved,” and “Liberty”and Union—one
and inseparable.- And there is no more clear
r and imperative duty enjoined upon all American
citizens, no matter what may be their political
sentiments, than to assist in? sustaining tbs
righteous authority of whoever is legally eh*
ted President of the United States.' Acqniea'
t cenoe in the will of, the -majority, consiitutioa'
ally expressed, has be6n the only bond 'which
has kept ns together in spite of oar bitter and
vindictive; partisan conflicts, and when Iba*/
bond is broken oar whole system of Damedratf?
government-mast necessarily be destroyed,
the iron hand of a military despotism invoked !
s* nur only'protection from anarchy. • '‘ J ''