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ALLENTOWN, PA.
WiDNEBDAi;,AU4UST 8, 1860
PETER Q. HUB % d; JOHN H. WAIVER
• anrrona.
TO ADVERTISERS.
THE "LEHIGH REGISTER" HAS A LARGER
CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED
THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN
THE COUNTY.
NATIONAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDRNT
ABRAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENTS
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
OF MAINE
ELIEBTOIRALMIERT.
ZLECTOIII9 AT LARON.
HON. JAMES POLLOCK,
HON. THOMAS M. HO WE,
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1. Edward 0. Knight,
2. Robert P. King,
3. Henry Bamm,
4. Robert M. leptist,
b. Nathan Hills,
6. John M. Broomall,
1% Jame§ W. Puller,
. 9.,Levt. B. Smith,
9. Francis W. Christ,
10. David Mumma, Jr.,
11. David Taggart,
/3. norm 11. gull,
25. Job
13. Brawls B. POL`I2IIIIAD,
14. Ulyssui Mercer,
15. George Brinier,
16. A. B. Sharpe,
17. Daniel 0. Oehr,
18. Samuel Calvin,
19. Edgar Own.,
20. William MoKennan,
21. J. M. Kirkpatrick,
32. James Kerr,
28: Richard P. Roberts,
24. Henry Souther,
Greer.
STATE TICKET
FOR GOVERNOR:
Col. Andrew Gr. Curtin,
OF CENTRE COUNTY
AGITATION
With many opponents of the Republican
party it is,urged as an argument against the
party, that the party is constantly agitating
the subject of slavery and disturbing the peace
and harmony of the country. Nothing can be
wider of the truth. The disturbance comes
all from the other side. Pro-slavery propa
gandists endeavor to force their nefarious
schemes upon the country and because Repub
licans will not silently and tamely submit to
these iniquities, they are accused of agitation.
Reference need but be had to the opening
scenes of the last session of Congress, to be
convinced that the Republican party is not
guilty of agitation. The 'Republicans chose
as a candidate for the Speakership an able
representative, a friend of a protective tariff,
and a rising statesman, who in his past career 1 1
had demonstrated, that his mind was capacious
enough to siege hold upon all the live questions
of the times, to understand and grasp them
all, lose eight of none, and to run to extremes
on none, Hon. John Sherman of Ohio. He
bad advocated a protective tariff, denounced
the 'corruptions and extravagance of the Ad
mlnistrution and in the contest upon the Le
compton Constitution had denounced tho effort
of the Administration to force upon the people
of Minns a constitution against their will
simply because it was a pro-slavery instru
ment. With the exception of the latter in
stance he had scarcely opened his mouth in
Congress upon the subject of slavery. His
views were known to be moderate, constitutional
and conservative. And yet despite all these
well-known facts the batteries of the South
were opened upon him, he was denounced as
an Abolitionist and even threats were made of
disunion in case of his election as Speaker.--
Republicans sat quietly in their seats. The
peace of the country was disturbed, and for
all such agitation what party was responsible
but the Democratic party. To such as wish
for peace, and fear agitation the strongest rea
sons aro presented for electing Lincoln. Lin
coln is the only Candidate, who can possibly
be elected by the people, No other candidate
has a chance for a majority of the electoral
college. The utmost that the' supporters of
either Douglas, Breckenridge or Bell can ex
pect, is to prevent an election by the people
and run the chances of an election in the House
of Representatives or the Senate. In the case
of a failure of the people to elect, the House of
Representatives on the first Wednesday in
December next, will proceed to elect a Presi
dent from , the candidates receiving the highest
number of electoral votes. Each State' casts
but one vote. A quorum will require a mem
ber or members from two-thirds of the States.
If the House of Representatives fail to elect
by the Feurth of March, the Senate choose a
Vice President from the two candidates re
ceiving the highest number of electoral votes,
who then becomes President. Of• the Free
States, the Congressional delegations now stand
fifteen States in favor of Lincoln, one in favor
of Douglas, and two in favor of Breckenridge.
Of the Southern delegations, thirteen States
are in favor of Breckenridge, one in favor of
Bell, and one is a tie. The two Vice Presi
dential candidates, who are likely to receive
the highest number of electoral votes are Ham
lin and Lane, and if the Senate elects, Lane
will be President. Neither party has a ma
jority of States in the House, and by protract
ing the struggle until the Fourth of March, a
perioll of three months, the South can then ac
complish their end and elect Joseph Lane,
President. Is it to be presumed that they will
throw away this chance, judging from the
past, even if in doing so they would be compell
ed to neglect the legislation of the country,
and disturb its peace even to the brink of a
dissobstion of the Union. It has been propos
ed to contest the seat of the Democratic sitting
member from Oregon, who it is alleged, was,
elected by fraud. A Republican in hie place
would, make sixteen Republican States, one
short of a majority. The friends of Douglas
in the State of Illinois would then have it in
their power to elect Lincoln, or the same would
be the case with the Bell representatives from
the State of Maryland. It is not likely that
the latter representatives would ever take ad
vantage of the opportunity. But Suppose that
the Republican .defegatiens for the sake of
peace and harmony were disposed to go over
to the side' of Bell and elect him as they had
the power. It could at once be prevented by
the withdrawal of the delegations of twelve
• Southern States, who in this way could pre
) vent a quorum, and who certainly would do
it, in order to secure the olection.of Joe Lane
by the Senate.
In the abeve estimate we have left out of
consideration tho election of Douglas by the
lloqsq of Repreeentatives, because wo do uot
believe that bo melye gnoggrf eleatoffil
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-. Wort the'
Representativeth We Wets then
Vat iii4ase of k rallure to shot hype people,
we wiii,bave either a continuous stormy mi
nion °Kite Hones of Representatives from the
first Weinesday of December until the follow
ing Fourth of March, or the withdrawal from
that body of a large portion of the Southern
Representatives. Will the people permit such
a oontigeney„to arrive? Will they not put
an end to agitation, to domestic turmoil, and
to unnecessary sectional strife by at once elect
ing the only candi.iate who has a chance of
election by the people, " honest Abe Lincoln"
of Illinoie. If for no other reason than the one
we have indicated above, should the people rally
to the support of t t lie Republican ticket.—
Elect the Republican notninees, and peace will
once more return . to the country, all parties
will be satisfied with the President of the peo
ple, and orys and threats of disunion will be
hushed. We believe that such is their deter
mination, and that the election of Lincoln is
a fore-gone conclusion in the popular mind,
which all parties must concede.
TiZEI ISSUES.
The Republican party in its platform adopt
ed at Chicago, explicitly laid down the issues
upon which it expects the support of the Amer
ican people in November. It arrays itself in
the first place against the frauds and corrup
tions, which have been practised by the Dem
ocratic party for the past eight years. These
frauds and corruptions are admitted by the
Democracy and the only way of relief from the
charge for the two wings of the Democratic
party, is to condemn the administration the
party has elevated to power. But it matters
not how severe that condemnation may be, if
either Douglas or Breckenridge is elevated to
the Presidential chair, the same class of men,
who have rioted on spoils under Pierce and
Buchanan, will ask for a continuance of riot
and revelry in office, without having learned
the lesson of economy and honesty, which a
party out of power and fresh from the people,
is likely to have learned, The Republican
party in its platform also placed itself on the
record as in favor of Free Homesteads, a sale
of the public lands at low prices to actual set
tlers for the purpose of encouraging emigra
tion to the territories, Democratic Senators
and Representatives in Congress pretty gener
ally have opposed the Homestead measure,—
The Republican party again has proclaimed
itself in favor of a protective tariff. Upon
this subject the Democratic party by its past
acts and record stands committed against the
Republican party upon the question of protec
tion to American Industry. Upon the ques
tion of slavery the Republican party stands
committed to the doctrine of opposition to sla
very-extensions For this purpose Congress
should prohibit slavery, where Congressional
intervention is called for, and is necessary to
accomplish the end. A Republican Adminis
tration,will lend all its influence and patron
age in the territories in favor of free labor, in.
stead of being committed as the Administra
tion of Pierce and Buchanan have. been com
mitted to the interests of pro-slavery Border
Ruffians. The influence of the administration
in this direction will be felt in all its appoint
ments from the Supreme Court down, In this
light the doctrine of opposition to slavery ex
tension becomes not an abstraction, but a
practical question, which the American people
have an interest in deciding, and which they
will decide this fall in the election of " Abe
WIDE-AWARE S.
The Wide-Awakes are Republican organiza
tions of late date. All parties in campaigns
hate their political clUbs. The Wide Awakes
differ only from other clubs in this, that they
wear a uniform, generally a glazed cap, and
cape, bearing a lamp, and that they are offidored
and drilled to march like military companies.
The lamp is to furnish light at meetings in.the
night and in night processions and at meetings
supplies the place of the torch.. The cap and
cape are used as a badge of the organization,
whilst the cape is also used to shield the cloth
ing of the wearer from the oil used in the
lamp. The organization and drilling of the
Wide Awakes, is to enable them creditably to
fill their place in a procession. Marching
must be learned as everything else ; and of
late years Fire Companies, and all organize
tione have their peculiar drill as well as Mili
tary Companies. The object of the Wide
Awakes is to promote the Republican cause. In
this respect they are precisely similar to every
Republican Club. They have their c,,nstitution
like every other club, which can be seen by all
and will be withheld from none. The above
brief statement .of the objects of the organize
tion will fully defend the Wide Awakes from
the blank-guard attacks, contained in the Al
lentown Democrat for the past few weeks.—
The misstatements are intended only for the
eye of such men in the Democratic ranks, as
can be deceived by falsehoods and misrepre
sentation. For such a denial lei unnecessary.
Persons of intelligence need not be warned
against being misled by any charges made by
the Allentown Democrat against the Wide
Awakes. So far as the difficulty at the Spring
was concerned we would barely• remark, that
persons of both political parties were to be
found on both sides of the beligerent forces,
and that politics had nothing to do with origi
nating the difficulty, and the Editor knows it.
REPUBLICANS TIYRN-OUT.—We cannot too
earnestly urge upon Republicans the impor
tance of turning out on this (Wednesday)
evening, and of listening to the addresses of
Ex-Governor Reeder of. Easton, and William
B. Mann, Esq., of Philadelphia, on the occa
sion of the presentation of a Flag by the La
dies of Allentown, to the Central Republican
Club. The addresses will be well worth
hearing. • •
On Thursday of next week, the 16th inst.,
Col. Curtin, our candidate for Governor will
arrive in town, and during the afternoon can
be seen at the hotel of Mr. Moses Schnook.—
In the evening he will address the citizens of
Allentown and Lehigh county. Hon. John
Hickman will also be here and none should
fail to hear him.
ELECTION IN NORTH CAROLINA.—The elec.
tion in North Carolina, held on Saturday last,
it is probable, has resulted in a majority of
8 or 10,000 in favor of the Democratic party.
The majority is somewhat less than for the
past few years, but indicates, that Brecken
ridge and Lane will carry the State in Novem
ber. Douglas has but few supporters in the
State.
STATZ CONVENTIOPf or Nsw JXRIBSY.—A Re-
Republican State Convention will be hold at
Trontoth New Jersey, to-day, for the purpose
of forming an electoral tioket. It is announ
ced in aifforent papers that governor Reeder of
45t0il ie e3pQptod tq eddieee the 99yentiqp.
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Lincoln, it Wont °Pinion, could have been
elected, had the Dernooriuly heartily and har
moniously united upon a single candidate.—
The divisions of the Democracy render a vic
tory still more certain, States, which could
not otherwise be carried by the Republicans,
will now declare,for the Republican nominees.
Whilst however such are the facts, we must
not blind our eyes to the truth, that the di
visions of the Democracy are not so alarm.
ing as they might seem to be, The masses of
the Party are under the lead of masters whose
bidding they follow with a facility and ease,
unknown to all other parties. The leaders do
the work ; the people have nothing to say. A
divided Democracy to-day may .be a united
Democracy in a very short time to come. The
party apparently has split upon Principles, a
difference upon which would prevent all union.
The cause of difference in reality is more a
difference as to mon, and a quarrel as to
spoils. Hence men with the principles of the
Breckenridge wing have come out in support
of Douglas, and men with Douglas prineiplei
support Breckenridge. Mayor Wood always
was an extreme pro-slavery Administration
Democrat in principle, at Charleston favored
the seceeders, and yet now supports Douglas.
Senator Brodhead of Neaten always sided with
the South in the difficulties In the Democratic
Party, and yet now supports Douglas. Sena
tors Johnson of Tennesee, Fritzpatrick of Ala
bama, Senator Clingham of North Carolina,
were adherents of . Douglas, and yet now have
declared for Breckenridge. The tailing:, change
may be partially accounted for by the reason,
that these politicians want to maintain them
selves by keeping in the majority at home.—
Another reason may be also assigned. Men
have declared for Douglas, in order that they
may wheedle the followers of Doggies into
such a course of notion, as will result not in
the election of Douglas,.,but in the success. of
Joe Lane. Douglas cannot possibly be elected
by the
,people, If there be no election by the
people, his success is equally hopeless in the
House of Representatives or the Senate of the
United States. As a Presidential Candidate he
is entirely out of the question. It is doubtful,
whether he will carry aNingle state. If how
ever the people fail to elect, It is equally evi
dent that the House of Representatives must
fail. Here each State has but a single vote,
and neither party can command a majority,
The fourth of March doltea on and the Senate
then selects from the two candidates for the
Vice Presidency, having received the largest
number of votes. Hamlin will be 'one of those
candidates and Everett or Lane may be the
other. tane, ;we beleive, will be Hamlin's
competitor in atoll a deritiilkencY and would
be elected. 'hose then, who. in heart are in
favor of Breckenridge and Lane, will do any
thing, which would prevent the election of
Lincoln by the People. Hence their ready
willingness to support the Fusion ticket in
Pennsylvania. It can dolDouglas no good, it
may possibly elect Jo Lane. The contest then
practically is• a contest between simon-pure
Republicans, and full blooded pro-slavery
Democrats under the head of Breckenridge
and Lane. All, who do not believe that slavery
is not a national institude, a great political and
social and moral good, and that the good of
the country requires its ektension, that the
country.is better off under the government of a
few arristocratic slave holders of the South,
must if sincere support Lincoln. This is in
fact the great question. Squatter Sovereignty
and popular sovereignty can not settle this
question. A portion of the South demand the
repeal of all Federal laws, branding the slave
code as piracy. The officers of the govern
ment already countenance the slave-trader in
his .infamous traffic, and lot him escape the
punishment of the laws, if possible. The
South demand an annexation of such territo
ry, as will make more Slave States. The
South oppose the passage of a Homestead bill,
because it may have the effect of poring
Northern emigrants into the territories and of
making Free States. ' The South oppose a
tariff, because it may benefit the North. The
South demand, and thus far have been parti
ally successful in their demand, that the offi
ces of this country should be filled from the
Presidency down to the • lowest office in the
gift of the Federal Government, by Sbuthern
men, or Northern Dough-faces, who agree with
Southern men in the sentiment, that slavery
should, be the great controlling element in
politics of the Government. These are politi—
cal questions and must be met. There is no
such thing as non-intervention. Douglas has
already found to his heart's sorrow, that he
could not maintain his position of neutrality
and non-intervention, and has consequently
incurred the bitter hatred of the South. He
must see that Republicans have been right
in their position and prophecies. His only
plan left is to abandon his party and become
a Republican or ho will find that he will be
fairly crushed out between the great oppos
sing forces. The people do and must see that
such is the case, and in proportion as they
see it, will the hosts of men increase, who will
rally and elect Lincoln. Political hucksters,
commercial politicians in the Douglas ranks,
who consider votes a matter of traffic, may
undertake to reduce the masses into a scheme,
which will benefit, not Douglas, but Joe Lane,.
and may partially succeed, but there will bo a
number, and not a small number either, who
will not be led astray by their allurements.
THE GERMANS WEST TOR LINCOLN.—Tho re
ports from the West indicate a rapid change
in the Western States, among the foreign Ger
man population in favor of Lincoln. The
change is •proven in the changes in the German
newspapers from the Democratic to the Repub
lican side. In sOmO instances the change has
been such as to revokitionizo whole political
neighborhoods. The change in Milwaukie of
three thousand in favor of the Republican
party was brought about by Germans. Their
prominent men, Carl Schurz, among the most
noted, are' stumping Illinois and other Western
States in support of the Ropublicon ticket.—
'The liberty-loving Germans, who have sought
refuge in this country from the oppressions of
the old world, are to be no longer deceived by
the empty name and pretenses of the Demo
cratic party.
RE-NOMINATED.—The Republicans of Leba
non county of this State, recently' re-nominated
the Hon. John W. Killinger, the present rep_
rosentative in the Dauphin District in Congress.
As no other candidate will be presented by any
other county of the District, Mr. Killinger will
be the candidate without opposition.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY MEETING AT EASTON.-
A Republican County Meeting is announced
git Easton, on the afternoon of Abe 21st inst..
id the Court House, which will be addressed
by Col. Curtin, the Republican nominee for
Governor, Governor Reeder and othbrs, •
COUNTY MEETING.
The annual County Meeting of the Repub
lican party of this county, *as held - on Satur
day last, at the public bouse_of Mr. B. F.
li i,
: • isel, in trpuer . MiLchngie township, along
. e line of the Cataeautitta and Fogelsville
•
aikoad. The attendance ivati geheral from
all parts of the county, and the meeting in
point of numbers was the largest meeting of
e kind held in the county for years. The
meeting was called to order by Mr. Tilghman
Good, Chairman of the County Executive
Committee, and permanently organized by the
appointment of the following officers: .
President,---Dr. 11. 0. WILSON, of Wash
ington township,
Vice Presidents—Capt. Thomas Yeager, of
Allentown ; Sanford Steffen, of Saucon ; Capt.
Henry S. Hart°, of Cataeauqua ; and Preeton
Brook, of Allentown.
Secretaries—Wm. F. Mossor, Esq., of Wash
ington ; William 11. Seip, of Allentown ; and
Wm. Laubach, of Cataeauqua.
On motion a committee of fi4te were appoint
ed to report resolutions for adoption by the
meeting. The chair appointed E. J. Moore,
Esq 4, of Allentown; Lewis C. Smith, Esq., of
Washington ; Reuben Guth, of Allentown ;
Dr. Joseph H. K'uder, of Heidelberg ; and
Williain It. Aney; Req., of Allentown, as the
Committee. During the absence of the Com
mittee the meeting was addressed by the Hon.
Henry C. Longnecker and John H. Oliver,
Esq. The Committee reported the following
resolutions, which on motion were adopted :
WHEREAS in a few months two important
elections will take piece, at which we will he
called on to perform a sacred duty to the coun
try at the ballot-box,—a freedom and a right,
enjoyed by no other people on, the face of the
earth ; and whereas it, is our duty to transmit
to our posterity unimpaired this right conse
crated by the sufferings, the efforts and the
blood of our forefathers; and whereas it is uni
versally known, that the present administration
in the hands of Democratic leaders, is extrav
agant; corrupt and ruinous, more so than any,
whin has goVerned the nation, and which has
disgraced us as a people, both at home and
abroad, but *WO was not, condemned but
rather approved by our opponents in the Con
vention at Baltimore, which nominated Stephen
A. Douglas and John C, Brcokenridge as Pres
idential candidates ; and whereas the Demo
cratic party in repealing the Missouri Com
promise line, has opened the question of sla
very as a theme for agitation and brought it
erica Mort into the hells of Congress ; and
whereas it is evident that. the question of the
extension or restriction of slavery is to be an
important question in the coming presidential
struggle and it behooves all opponents of the
extension of human bondage to co-operate,
therefore be it
llesolval, That we re-affirm our ardent and
abiding attachment for the Constitution of the
country and the union of the States, and pro
test against all efforts to destroy that spirit of
harmony and conciliation, which resulted in
the formation of a great and glorious Union,
and which has so , long preserved it.
Reiolved, That we regard with contempt the
threats of Southern. Democrats to dissolve the
Union of the States in case of the election of
it Republican President, satisfied that such
threats are intended to operate upon the fears
of Northern dough-faces, for the benefit of
Soethern slaveholders, at the expense of North
ern free laborers.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the exten
sion of Southern slavery over territory, now
free, and express our decided determination, in
a Free Land, at all times to favor, when in our
power, the extension of freeddm and not of
slavery.
Resolved, That whilst slavery is soiscing hold
of our free territory, it becomes a duty of first
importance to the laboring classes of the coun
try, earnestly to co-operate with the Republi
can party, to prevent the extension of the in
stitution, and that whilst the slave power, in
accordance with their interests, as is now ap
parent, undertake to reduce the white laboring
classes to the level of the negro-slave, it be
comes a matter of self-preservation, as well as
a duty, to free our posterity from this oppres
sive evil.
Resolved, That we regard with disgust the
present administration, elected to office by the
Democratic party, which during the entire
term of President Buchanan, has cost the
country more, than any previous administra
tion, and especially since the President has
allowed himself to be controlled by corrupt
and haughty politicians of the South, to favor
the extension of slavery, to disregard with
secret disfavor the passage of a protective
tariff and to veto the Homestead bill;to the
great injury of the interests of the entire North.
Resolved, That every honest citizen must re
gard with disfavor and alarm Democratic lead
ers, and the officials of a Democratic adminis
tration, convicted upon oath before the Covode
Investigating Committee of robbery of the
public - Treasury, interference lb elections in
the States, and of corruption in the public, of
fices, whereby the country has been brought
into disgrace, and that it is indispensably ne
cessary that Democratic leaders should be re
moved from the helm of State.
Resolved, That we can neither support Dou
glas, Breckenridge, Bell, Houston or Smith,
for the Presidential office in view of their po
sitions upon' the subject slavery, tariff and the
homestead bill, since the election of either
would not free us from corrupt leaders, a ne
cessity, if the Government is not be totally
impoverished.
Resolved, That the platform of the Chicago
Convention in all respects meets . our hearty
approval; that in the persons of Abraham
Lincoln, the candidate for the Presidency, and
of Hannibal Hamlin, the candidate for the
Vice Presidency, we have men worthy of the
highest offices in the gift of the people ; that
they shall have our hearty and united support
at the coming election, confident in their elec
tion and that their puccess will once more
bring back the government to the principles,
which governed in the times of Washington
and Jefferson.
Resolved, That we are in favor a protective
tariff; that without such a tariff labor must
suffer, the country be impoverished, and the gov
ernment be reduced to direct taxation ; that
every person, who has noticed the proceedings
of last Congress, must see that Democratic
Senators defeated the passage of a protective
tariff, and that every tariff man, when con
vinced, that the Democratic party is in favor of
free trade, can no longer support any candi
date which the Democratic party may nominate.
Resolved, That we regard with pleasure the
proceedings of the late House of Representa
tives in passing a wholesome tariff bill, a good
homestead bill, as well as a bill for the admis
sion of Kansas under a free Constitution ; that
whilst our thanks are due to the body of Re.
publican representatives, a Democratic Senate
defeated these wholesome measures of legisla 7
tion, and we feel assured, that' honest voters
at the coming election will' hold the Democrat
ic party responsible.
Resolved, That the Republicans as well as
the whole people of Lehigh' county, have rea
son to take pride in the course pursued bo the
llon. Henry C. Longneoker, who by his fidelity
to the Constitution of the United States, his
unfaltering devotion to the eternal principles
embodied in that immortal charter of human
right, the „Declaration of American Indepen
dence; and his persistent efforts to proinote the
interests of our state and of the whole coun
try, has won for himself the confidence and
gratitude of his constituents.
Resolved, That in Col. A. Q. Curtin, the
candidate of the Republican party for Gover
nor, of the Commonwealth, is presented nom
inee of whom all have reason to be prond ; of
dieguguialuni abilities au4 ungirttod obarao,
ter, we look forward with oonfidimce to his
triumphant election, satisfied that in his hands
the duties of the high position of advernor will
be discharged.to the satielfaction of the public.
Resolved, That in Samuel J. Kistler ,
. Esq.,
our Representative to the . 4 1,egislatare we rec
ognise an honest and upright public:servant,
Who in the performance of the arduous duties
imposed upon him by his constituents has sus.
tamed himself upon every occasion with honor
to himself and oredit to the District he rep
resents.
Resolved, That it is With regret that we learn
of the high taxes, into which the country has
been brought through the squandering mis
management of the county commissioners and
that it Is highls a heeessary that every man
should lay his Ind to the Work to hurl• from
power the Democratic party which alone is
responsible and that the necessity for this
change in the politics of the county becomes
still more apparent, when we consider the
favorable character of the 'proceedings -of the
last Republican House of Representatives and
Republican State Legislature.
Resolved, That un Saturday, September the
Bth next, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the public
house of Mr. John Dorney, in South White
hall township, Lehigh county, a Republican
County Convention be held for the purpose of
nominating a ticket to be supported at the
coming October election, by the friends of
freedom and the opponents of slavery exten
sion, the friends of a protective tariff and the
enemies of free-trade, by all friends of honesty
in the Government, and opponents of the offi
cial corruption,neli as has been dis,losed by
the investigations of the Covode Investigating
Committee, as well as such as are opposed to
high county taxes ; and that the same plan
of nomination be adopted as was adopted by
the Republican party of the county in 1856,
and that each ward and township be entitled
to one vote.
Resolved,
• That the members of the County
Exocutito Committee be requested to attend
the meeting and that each act as Chairman of
his respective ward, township or Borough.
Resolved, That the delegate system, upon
the corrupt plan practised by our opponents in
this county, whereby delegates are managed
and perhaps in some cases bought by wire
pullers and office-seekers, is one cause, why
our county is cursed with worthless office-hold
ere; that by unjustifiable means persons, who
are notoriously incompetentprocur, places upon
the ticket, not by reason of their popularity
and good character, with the expectation, that
if once on the ticket, their election is a cer
tainty, which too frequently has happened to
be the case as tax-payers have discovered to
their sorrow.
Resolved, That a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all persons of whatever political af
finities who agree with Ile in the necessity for
a change of administration, and in the princi
ples we advocate, to join with us in hurling
from pclNVer a party, that has becoMe a public
shan't).
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Lecha Patriot, Lehigh
Register, Fri edensbote and Catnsauqua Herald.
On motion a Committee of seven werepp
pointed to report to the annual county meet
ing of the year 18131 the standing rules and
regulations of the party organisation in Le
high county. .john 11. Oliver, Esq., C. M.
Runk, Esq., E. J. More, Esq., Reuben Guth,
Tilghman Good, James W. Fuller and George
Bowel, constitutythe Committee.
At the edit or the trioetirig the following
named gentleman addressed the amlitieee pre
vious to adjournment: William 11. Ainey, Esq.
and C. M. Runk, Esq., of Allentown, 'and
Charles Albright, Esq., of Mauch Cuunk.—
The proceedings of the meeting were spirited
and harmonious and betokened good results in
the October and November elections.
. Five Persons g!ve . j.)t over the Niagara Falls.
—On Saturday last, a boat containing five per
eons—four women and ono boy—was drawn
over Niagara' Falls, and its helpless occupants
to a death as speedy as it was inevitable. It
seems the party Were crossing a dam a sho
distance above the Falls, whore the curre
was not strong, but the women not having
sufficient strength to row against the current,
the boat was drawn. over the dam, upset, and
its occupants thrown into the rushing rapids.
It is but a breath from the dam to the falls ;
for a second one of the wo men was seen to
grasp a rock, and the little boy was observed
still clinging to the boat ; but these wore the
last struggles of life. One after the other they
plunged over the abyss, and into the boiling
whirlpool below, from which escape is as im
possible as from the grave itself. The names
of the yietims are Mrs. J. J. B. Primeau, with
her little boy, four years of age; Mrs. J. J,
M. Primeau, and her mother, Mrs. Beausoleil.
and Miss Louisa Bibaud. Mrs. J. J. M. Pri
meau was a bride of but four weeks, and her
age scarcely seventeen.
A Bearded Woman.—Mrs• Lucinda S. Stain
ford, now about 3'2 years of age, wife of -Janis
T. Stainford residing in Tolesborough, Lewis
county, Ky., has a full suit of beard, about
five inches in length, grown upon her face
since the Ist of September, 1859. Iler has
band informs us that he and Lucinda were
married about fifteen years ago, and that they
have three children and that they are all living
that his wife had'no indication of beard until
about the Ist of last, September, and that it
commenced growing at that time. He states
that it grew faster at one time than another and
sometimes it grew as much as one half-inch in
a week—that it is thick, very dark and coarse
like a man's beard, and has never been shaved
or trimmed. Another fact is that she has no
beard upon her upper lip, it being smooth,
and she has none on her neck. The beard ex
tends up to within One and a half inches of
each ear and a space on Olaf to one inch in width
from her mouth over her chin to her neck has
uo beard.
Strange affair recently occurred at
Columbus, Loruin County, Ohio. John Squire
and a cousin of his named Wallace IValrath
the latter not more than nineteen years old,
'had been in the habit of sleeping together.
One morning Walrath— the latter left the house
early, then returned to hid chamber, then came
down among the family, saying that he was
afraid that ho had hurt his cousin in his sleep
for that be lay in bed covered with blood. An
examination disclosed the fact that young
Squire had been fatally beaten with the stock
of a gun standing in the room, and, though
still alive there was no hope of saving him.
Walrath insists that he knew nothing of the
deed and that if he did it, ho must have been
asleep. He was arrested, however, and com
mitted 'to jail.
A Fast Young Man.—The Saretogian says
that a lad, only five years old, residing in Ar
gyle, Washington counry, N. Y., a few days
since took it into his head to go and see the
Great Eastern. So he took the cars, went
down saw the big ship, and returned home the
same way as he wont, and all without a cent
of money, His return was much to the relief
of his anxious parents who had searched inlvain
for him for several days. Incredible as this
may seem it is told as a fact.
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON IN GEOROlA•—Fler
schel V. Johnson, tho Vice Presidential can
didate on the Douglas ticket, lately made a
political speech in his own State, at which he
was hissed. Ho managed to succeed in finish
ing his speech. It may be taken as an index
of what the people down South think of the
Douglas party. They will have nothing unless
it is fully pro-slavery, the Breckenridge and
Lane ticket.
o:7The editors and proprietors of tho La
Crosse (Wis) Republican and the Democrat
have bet their offices papers, typo-and every
thing. (value $4,000) on the result of the elec
tion in Illinois and Wisconsin. .If Douglas
carries both States the editor of tho Democrat
is to take both concerns. If Douglas does not
carry both States then the editor of the Repub
lican is the winner.
WI-There is estimated to be running upon
the railways in the United States'not less than
3000paasenger cars ; and Bonn 80,000 freig ht oars, under the whale Of whidb pipuo (1 8 E/p O l9
Wheels are repines. „ •
LOCAL AFF
se-Incroasing--Col. CUrtin's prospects.
o:7Ditto—the Register eubseriptionJist.
03'Pleasant—the weather, for several days
received• several communications
but came to late for this weeks insertion, they
will appear in our next.
11®-The property of the West Ward Water
Company of Easton is in the hands of the Sheriff
who advertises it to be Hold in a few weeks.
11.71tev. Solmon Neits., Presiding Elder,
will preach next Sunday morning in the Ger
man Methodist Church. Services commence
at 10 o'clock A. M. The public are invited to
attend.!
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HARVEST SERMON.—The Rev. Joshua
H. 'Derr will preach a harvest sermon in the
German Reformed Church of this place on
Sunday next at half past nine o'clock in the
morning, in the German language.
POLITICAL MEDALS.—Neat little medals
with the likenesses of Lincoln and Hamlin for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency are worn
about town by the friends of the nominees.
They are very neat and pretty.
11:7•The Rev. Wm. G. Mennig of this place by
request delivered a sermon for the Sons of
Tomprance of this place which was attended
by a large cumber of people. He spoke for
nearly one hour, and done:himself much credit
for the able address delivered by him.
JUNIOR SONS OF AMERICA.—The Sixth
Annual State Convention of the Junior Sons
of America, was hold at Pottsville, last week,
the sessions of the convention commonoing on
Wednesday. Camp No. 03, of this Borough,
was represented by George L. Keiper and
Luther Monnig, of Allentown.
COAL AND IRON.—The Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company brought down for the week
ending Saturday the 28th ult., 12,626 tons of
coal making far the season, commencing De
cember Ist, 468,675 tons, against 344,511 tons
to corresponding period last year, being an in
crease of 123,675 tons of coal to date. 1.550
tons of pig iron were also carried over the road
or the week ending same date.
ilkirlire commend to the readers of the
Register the following rules for sustaining and
contributing to the interests of their localpaper :
1. Subscribe and pay for it. 2. Send your
printing and advertising to the office. 3.
Help Make the paper interaattng by sending
items of local interest to the editor. 4. Do
not expect the editor to call attention to your
business - every week for nothing. 5. Lay aside
any fears that the editor will. get rich faster
than his neighbors.
COL. CURTIN TO BE IN ALLENTOWN.
—Col. Curtin. the Republican nominee for
Governor, will arrive in Allentown, on Thurs
day of next week, the 16th inst., from Mauch
Chunk, at 12 o'clock, 30 minutes, P. M. He
will be escorted to the Eagle Hotel, where lig
will stay during the day. In the evening a
large mass meeting will be hold on Centre
Square, which will be addressed by Col. Cur
tin, the Hon. John llickman, of Chester coun
ty and others. Let Republicans turn-out this
day and see our noble candidate for Governor.
SURGICAL OPERATION.A little girl the
daughter of Joseph Borts, of !Uniontown, has
been affected for some time past with a malig
nant disease of the eye. The little patient
suffered much and long. It was seen that
nothing short of a surgical operation would
give her any chance of recovery. Accordingly
on Monday week, the entire eye ball with a sur
rounding diseased mass was excised by Dr. John
Detwiller of Easton, assisted by Dr. C. L. Mar
tin, of Allentown, Dr. S. Rittenhouse, of Millers
town and others. Up to this time we aro happy
to say the patient is doing remarkably well.
' FLAG PRESENTATION TIIIS EVEN
ING.—The Republican Central Club of Allen
town end the Wide Awakes will turn.out this
(Wednesday) evening, at half past six to at
tend the Flag presentation, on South Seventh
Street. After the ceremonies of presentation
and a short march through the streets, address
es will delivered by Ex-Governor Reeder, of
Easton ; Wm. 13. Mann, Esq., of Philadelphia ;
lon. Henry C. Longnecker of this place, and
of tors. We invite a general attendance on
thi part of the citizens of county and town. •
COUNTERFEITS.—A new and dangerous
altered note on the Mechanics' Bank of Bur
lington, N. J. of the following description, is
in circulation: Vignette—Farm scene, farmer
mowing, child playing &c. ; figure 5 on all four
corners, and the word five on each end ; also
five in red across the body of the note. It is
well executed.
A new counterfeit three dollar note on the
Windham County Bank, Brattleboro, Vt., is
also out. Vignettd—a female seated, one arm
resting on abate of cotton, ships in thadistance,
a bee hive between the sio, to natures. .
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SAD ACCIDENT.--On Monday last a young
man by the name of Milton if ohr, son, of
John Mohr, ( Miller, ) near Trealertown, left
home in the morning to fetch a load of sand
and while loading the sand caved in upon him.
How long he was under the sand is not known
but a 'passer by saw the team and that the
_sand' had fallen down, and ,bolieving that an
accident had happened gave an alarm and soon
found that he'was killed, by the fall. We are
told that he was badly bruised and dead when
taken out from . Under the sand. He is said to be
about twenty years old and a young man of
high standi ugand beloved by all who knew him.
xeSrA few weeks ago Mr. Schmoyer, ten
ant on the farm of Peter Wickert, of Lower
Macungie, lost one of his horses (a beautiful
and meat valuable colt,) in the following man
ner. In driving the horses home from the field
into which they wore put for pasture, the un
fortunate colt in the act of snorting with one
of the horses, had the knee joint of one of the
front legs dislocated in a most shocking man
ner. The parts covering the joint were all
ruptured and the upper bone projected from the
external wound to the extent of three or tour
inches. The unfortunate animal was killed
soon after the accident occurred. There was
no insurance upon the colt.
WIDE AWAKES.—The Wide Awakes of
our Borough procured a full set of equipments
on Friday last. Thanks are due to the energy
of Capt. Yeager, for urging and successfully
effecting the speedy organization and equip
ment of the organization. The equipments
were brought from the city by Capt. Yeager,
on Friday evening last and a large number of
Wide Awakes proceeded to the depot and with
the now lamps marched in procession to town.
The sight was the best we have seen for some
time, and whilst it could not but excite the
admiration of some. Democrats, it served but
to stir the ire of others. The Wide AVrakes
will appear in full equipment at the Flag pres
entation, this (Wednesday) evening, and wo
bespeak 'a general attendance of our citizens,
both from the country and the town.
' PIC-NIC FROM CATASAUQUA. —On
Wednesday last, a large party . of the citizens
of Catasauqua, the party consisting of married
and single ladies andgentlemen, in many
cases, families with their children, proceeded
to a woods this side of Bath, Northampton
county, on a pic-nic excursion. Several of the
handsome otnnibusses of our townsman, Col.
W. F.. Yeager, were engaged for the occasion.
The party engaged themselves in different in
nocent and pleasing amusements during the
day, and nothing transpired to mar the plea
sure of the festival. From persons present we
learn that too great praise cannot be awarded
to the Committee of Arrangements for the
skill and taste displayed in all the arrange
ments for the day. The following. persons
composed the Committee : Robert Wilson, Jas.
S. McClelland, Samuel Nevins, John Baird,
William A. MoKibbin, Win. John
Eagelson, ge q ., Col,..4drew Ac ß wart„Toseph
A, claskov, Dante) A l lie • •
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liSepWe are' ratified to announce that with
). the last three weeks, we have added forty
; names to our subscription list. Whiny.-
..
iat accessions to our Piet evidence that our -
efforts are appeciated, it is also the best stim
ulus to their continuance. We regard the , in
crease of our readers as an addition to our re
sponsibilty, and as an increase - of the necessity
to employ all our means for the purpose of im
proving character of the "Register." An
audience so large and so respectable as we
weekly address deserves all the labor that can
be expendedin their service; and while con
gratulatng ourselves on present success, we
are-sensible that there never was so
. great .a
necessity for zealous, liberal and consetencions
exertion. We could have no bettor incentiv ,
to this, than the ready, generous manner i
which oul• past exertion has been mat by the
public, and we trutt we need offer no furthe
guaranty for its continuance than may be,
found in looking back over the past history of
the Journal with which we have been connec
ted for the past year. We shall continue to
make it our object to furiish the citizens of
Lehigh county, with a good family newspaper
—one that will prove worthy of the support of
the county of whose interests it shall be the
faithful guardian, and of whose advantage it
shall bo the unbiased representative. To the
host of friends who have so readily lent us a
helping hand, we take this occasion to return
our warmest thanks, with a renewed assurance
that we shall spare no effort to justify the in
terest they express in our humble enterprise.
DOUGLAS RATIFICATION MEETING.
—A meeting of the friends of Douglas, John
son and Foster, was held on Monday afternoon
last in the Court House lawn. The Court was
adjourned during the meeting. Mr. Thomas
B. Wilson of this Borough was called to the
Chair, assisted by a number of Vice .Presi
dents. A series of resolutions was read b 7
Robert E. Wright, Esq., endorsing the nomi
nations of Douglas, Johnson and Foster, and'
protesting against the plan of fusion adopted
by the State Central Committee. The meet
ing was addressed by Richard Yana, ex-Mayor
of Philadelphia, and Joshua T. Owens, Esq.,
of the city. Among the spectators were a
number of Republicans, who seemed very much
pleased with the scathing remarks of Mr. Vain,
in reference to James Buchanan. • A meeting
of the same partisans was held on the Market
Square, in the evening, and addressed by the
Hon. H. B. Wright, of Wilkesbarre, and Jos.
T. Owens, Esq. Mr. Wright in his speech
stated that the Democratic party had been con
ceding too much to the South. Republicans
have always contended for this position, and
the large number of Republicans present lis
tened with pleasure, and a respectful attention
to other remarks, candid remarks of the
Speaker, conceding the truth of the changes
made in times gone by against the Democratic
party by Republicans.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND DE ATII.—
On the3let nit., as4lie five o'clock train on the.
Lehigh Valley Railroad was about leaving the .
Bethlehem station for Easton a man:by the name
of William Lewis, who travels through the
country with a patent Rock Drill while attemp
ting to jump on the care, the same being already.
in motion, lost hid, foothold and fell head fore
most between the cars when the two rear cars
passed over hinr. Both of his legs wore cut
and mashed in a shocking manner, he received
several large bruises on the head, and Iwo fin
gers on his loft hand were cut off hanging only
to the skin. After being taken out he was
laid on a bed, when he lingered_perhaps an
hour in dreadful agony, . before . be expired..
Mr. Lewis is a native of Harrisburg, Pa., where
he has a brother and a mother living. Tho
unfortunate man was about forty years of age.
Coroner Brunner was called upon to hold
an inquest and after the examination of wit
ness the jury issued a verdict of accidental
death, caused by not being sufficiently care
ful while getting on the. oars while they wore
in motion, exonerating tlialonductor and em
ployees on the train from all blame as to the
accident that caused his death.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC CLUB. ir
Thursday last a number of the Democrats .f
our Borough assembled at the Saloon of Mr.
George Leply in Sixth Street, near,liamilton,
for the purpose of organizing a second Demo
cratic Club. The resolutions po s etied by the
meeting endorse Mr. Foster as the Demoortv ,
tic candidate for Govenor, and approve of the
electoral ticket framed at Reading and the
plan bf fusion adopted by the State / Executive-
Committee. , Major A. B. Schwarti was elect
ed permanent President and Josejth Balliet
permanant Secretary of the Club. „The meet
ing was addressed by Major Schwartz and
Hon. Samuel A. Bridges, bolli t 'of whom de
clared themselves in favor of Beckenridge for'
Presidency and the fusion' elinitoral ticket.—
Meetings will be held weekly on Thursday
evenings by the Cinb - in the future. The
regular Douglas Club also hold a meeting at
Democratic Head Quarters the same evening.
The object of the meeting, we presume was to
prevent a general attendance at the meeting
of the other Club.
LUTHERAN FEMALE SEMINARY.—
The Lutheran Conference of the East Penn
sylvania Synod at their last meeting passed
the following resolution unanimously
That the establishment of a female seminary
in Eastern Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of
Philadelphia, in connection with the Lutheran
Church, has long been a felt and acknowledged.
want, and that this Conference deems it a
duty to recommend and encourage the found
ing of such an institution; and that a commit
tee of five be appointed ( the President of Con
ference be chairman of,) to invite correspon
dence on this subject and to devise whatever
other measure they may deem expenient in
furthorencc of the object. Revs. Seaman
Mutter, Greenwald, Titus, and Reimensnyder,
wore appointed to constitute the above com
mittee. . •
NEWS FOR THE GIRLS.—As an item of
interest to the fairer portion of creation, who
are ever on the qui: vice for the latest mutations
iu the world of fashion we publish the follow
ing ;It is said to be the very latest. " Tiers
of narrow flounces are still the rage ; some
robes are trimmed with but one deep flounce
bias is being tried in Paris ; if it succeeds we
shall probably see it, but the' world may be
revolutionized before this bias very deep flounce
is fully inaugurated. The skirts of the barege
anglais brews are sometimes bordered on the
edges with a very wide box plaiting of the same
and mantilla and shawl to correspond. There
is a furore for douses and mantillas to match
—to the latter hoods are indispensable . , . with
the pretty silk lining, and soft, glossy goat's
hair trassels, intermixed with velvety chocillo."
.TOMATO CATSUP.—As the time is at
hand for enjoying this favorite sauce, the fol
lowing is a very good receipt for preparing it
for table uso :—To a half bushel of skinned to
matoes, add one quart of good vinegar, one
pound of salt, a quarter pound of black pep
per, two ounces of African Cayenne, a- guar
ter of 'a pound of allspice, six good onions ono
ounce of cloves, and two pounds of brown su
gar. Boil this mass for three hours, constant
ly stirring it to keep it from burning. Whoa
cool, strain it through a tine sieve or coarse
cloth, and bottle it for use. Many persons omit
the vinegar in this preparation.
GRAND MILITARY PARADE.—A grand
military parade is to take place at Leitheville
Lower Saucon township, on Friday the 10th
inst. Should it rain on the above day, it will
be postponed until the following day. The
following companies will be present: North
ampton Artillerists, Applebach's Artillerists
Spnngtown pioneers, Union Dragoons and
Jackson •Guards. The California Band will
also be preserit. On the same day, Mr. Al
bright of Allentown, will walk across ono of
the streets of the village on a rope stretched
from the top of one house to another.
COLLISION.—On Wednesday afternoon
two trains came into collision on the North
Pennsyr.rania Rrilroad, in the, neighborhood
of Centre Valley, throwing ono of them' off the
track and causing considerable detention and
damages. totthc amount of about $3,000, rot.,
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