COLUMBIA
DEMOCRAT
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
LEVI L. TATE, EDITOR.
"TO HOLD AND TRIM TUG TOUCH OP TllUTII AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENBD EARTII."
TERMS : $2 00 PER ANNUM.
-. n ..j -.- l I. . .-tj-orn
VOL. 17. NO, 41.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1863,
VOLUME 27.
IL
m
X yctpiven notice of nny Inlonlloii lo wlthilrnw thin
jiopulat I.onu frnm anient par, mul until ton (lays no.
tire I Riven, the iiiiilsrBlgncil, ns "General Hubacrlp'
linn Aci.'til," will continue tu supply t lie public.
The lifjln nniount or the Loin nnlhorlzi'il is I'lvo
It ii ml red .Millions f Dollnri. Nearly I'our Hundred
,Mllllon havo lnon nlrcaily subscribed for and paid in
to Hi i Treasury, mostly within the last seven months
Tlio largo demand from abroad, and tlio rapidly incrcaa
Ins home demand for uso as a basis for circulation by
Win
,'alional llaiililnir Asuoclations now organizing In nil 1
iartj of tlio country, will, Inn very short period, nb. 1
orb the balance. Hales havo lately ranged from Ion tu
iftccu mldioiis weekly, frocipicnlly exceeding three
iilllious dally, nud as it Is well known that tha Sctro !
,v f I'm Tr. nalirv lift nlnliln and lllifall Init i-n.nur.
coi
unci
inillioiis dally, mid as it Is well known that the Seiro
tiry of 1 'it" Treasury has nmplo and unfailing rcsour
ies 111 th i Duties rn Imports mid Internal Ituvrnucs,
and in tlio issue of tlio Interest bearing Legal Tender
'ireasury Holes, ills almnti a certainty Unit lie will
iit find it necessary, for n Ion time to com i. tu soek. I
aniarl.et for any other longer permanent l.oanx, tlio
Int r.'st and I'rlnciiMl of which are payablo in (501,11.
rrudenco and self interest mutt fori.o tlio minds of
tliosicontempliilliig the formation of National Hank
ing Associations, as well as the minds of all who havo i
idlo money on their hands, to tlio prompt conclusion i
that they should loso no timn ill subscribing to this
most popular Loan. It will soon ho beyond their reach,
aiidudvancetoa handsome premium; ns was there.
suit iththo '.-'even Thiity" Loan, when It was all
told and louiii no longer ho subscribed for at par ;
It ii u Six nor (.'enU.oan. thu Interest and Principal I
payauii! tit i.oin, inu.i yielding over .Mile per cent, per
mnmm at the present rate uf premium on coin.
The Government requires all duties on imports to bo
paid tn Coin J these duties hale fora long llmo past
amounted to oier a Quarter of u million of Dollars
daily, a sum neatly three times greater than that re
quired in the payment of the Interest on all she fl-liD's
nnd other permanent Lo.ius, Mo that It is hoped that
the siirplm Coin in the Treasury, at no distant day,
will oiuble tbn United Elites to resume specie pay
ments Upon all liabilities.
The Loan is called 5-!0 from the fact that whilst tlio
llonds may be run for '.Ml year" yet the Government lini
n right to pay them oil' in Gold at par, at any time af
ter .1 yens.
Tlio Interest i paid half-yearly, vizi on the firBt
it.'iva of November nud Alnv.
buhsirihers can hau Coupon llonds. which nre pay
r.ldo to hearer, and tiro $."U, S 1 00. $5H0, and SIII0O: or
Registered llonds of same ili'iiomlnatioiis, and in addi
tion, 55,(101), and $1(1,0! 0. for Hanking purpotes nnd
for iiivestniciits ct Trust-monies the Registered Uonds
urc preferable.
These 5-20's cannot he taxed by State, lilies, towns
cr counties, and thu Government tax on them is only
one and-ahalf per cent, mi the amount of Income,
when the income of thu holder exceeds. six hundred,
dollars per nullum ; all oilier iuve tuieuts, suih ns in
come from Murtgagcs, llailioad c'tock and iJouds. etr..
Miiit pay from threo lo live percent, tax on the income.
Hanks and Hunkers throughout tlio Country will con
tinuo to dispose of thu llonds ; nud all orders by mail,
ur "llicruiHv promptly ntlcuded to,
Tlio incononlence of a fuw-days". delay in tlie ddiv
iry of Hi,. Iloudx i UHavnidahh', fie demand Ii log so
great ; 1ml as inlcroi boiuuieuces from the day of sub
Hcription. no loss i occ.isioued. and every ell'ort is be
ing made 10 diminish the delay
IN HotithTiiird Street, 1'
Pi-cemlrr 5, U0.J 3m.
J. OdUUli, fuoscrip'ton .ngrnr.
niiauuipuia.
Wyoiisiujy cnii:iai y
AM)
Commercial Co! lege.
rPIIF. nest term of this Institution will
J! ci
commence November HI lt("l.
Rini-.i ill" late nre i-niirnmtns the Hoardinc Hall, new
brirk buildings luwi been erei te.l and the old ones en
tirely renovated. Tlio newclppil !in the center build
kn la ninrh l.irjer lhnn tint old one. and bv slide Ii. II-
iitior.s can ho ma.lo tolnci.ido all the lower lluur-iiil the
two nun' wings; alto' ether i.iahiug till largest auui
i lire room in Nortlieru IVuns) Iwiuia.
K"cil.illon rooms, suidenlj' rioms dining hall as well
n. thu hiiildini's throiigheut havu been inado in every
tespuet ii phm-ant uud convenient as those of any
ichool In the country.
Til ladies reach the chapel, recitation roomsand din
ing lull without going into thu open air.
A full board of thoroughly educated, experienced and
.iiff, Tnl te:ic!ir.i. aMinerkir Chemical and I'lnlosonh.
I til Apparatus-n largo ami well sulci ted Library, a
valuable ("aidant together with all appli.inros of rt first
class Seminary, ensure thu patrons of this Institution
nil Disadvantages they uau desire at school for their
tons mi tl ciaugnters,
Thoso who may w ish to prepare the selves for tcarh
ing will have asgood adva.tagos here as at any exclu
lively orinal tfthool.
l-i . i 1. 1 mul imurioos anartnienls having been fitted
and furui'hed for a Commercial College, no pains will
be spared to make it cpial in every respect to the very
bet I'oinnieri i.il S hool.
It will eiubrurf two departments. Titi.onrnc.ti. and
TnuiiCAi.. In the former will he taught theSpencerlan
Svsicni of l'eniimanshin, n thorough know leilg ' of Hook
keeoine. the best a d most niaitical methods if com
puting Interest, I'ercenlage, Discount, Hroker.ige. ln
H'rance.t'omniii'sion, H'luatiou of fajments, Duties,
Taxes, f artnerslnp S.'ltlciueuts, &c &.e.,
In the l'raitlu I Deparlmei.ts will In put in artnnl np.
rratio a a Hank Willi its Notes, Hills, llralls, Cln'iks.
Ii.m.ug,, 'rirlru. A.,:.. &r. Wliiiles.llo all I Keluil
htnn.b- l'nsi. Itnilro.id nnd te.iiiibo:it otfipe- sllPiilled
with all customary fixtures. Speiial ntlen
rh..ii in llnsioi-Ks Ctirresoondeiire. Iltile Ll
ml aiienuoo t in uu
,aws. custom
and Operations, and nothing will bu ouutti d w Inch
may lend in the shortest possible time and in the best
manner to prepare students fur success in ihe business
dui.isandemidoynientoriiiv. ,., ,,.. P('ct wc nhould have spectators: but as wo
Thern will iilmi ho est. thli. lied in tlio College two i r i
Telegraph Olllces furnbhed Willi superior iiiMruments ijot hillhcr, aild the view ODCllcd Under
and they will be icndered as complete iu t'vei) respect ' , 1
ns tlio best unices in thu American Teh-grnnh tJompa- j 0UV feet. I baw that the htreotS WOTC al
ny. The leather of this branch Haprartical operator, '
anil wilt give ail uecesrarj aiieuuoo low otiiui.....,,.
t-ucli will b' the fncll Uio fur uc'piiriug loo art of lele-
graphing that i-tudcuti. ca-i become practical operators
luavetytu.riiMoe. ...,...,',, I, l i. -.1 .... ...
iiv conncdiug uiis ueparimeiti wiiu hip m.iuii.
Uiu cntiro cxp.
in cnuro e.pufu lorn Lomoieriiai couim; i. n.m
isusuaiiyihargedinsciiooiscjciusivciy
id yet tho advantages hero are un.ur-
ihimi'rchil nn
3&
Ilinlr
.... ... . ..
fomjtli'tn the Course, mul wo f
in a dins iu all mclfcto secure situations in business.
ilz- freni! f"r a Circular.
A..,.i;,:iininri r.ir o'liniriKion tnilm Colteifo or Bcminarv
or' for turlhcr pailiculars in regard to either, may bo
addressed to It. NI'.l.fON.
Oct. 31, IrUia-Gw, htNOtTos, l'a.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS!
Magic Time Observers.
Jltinc a Hunting or Opon Face or tody's or Gcntleman'i
IValeh Comliiud, tcilk I'atint Sclf-II'mdiiig Improvcutnt
amoit l'ltastngproceiuj.
ono of tho prettiest, most convenient, and decidedly
:t, in
bt till!
1. It
"iio?sa" vi'r ic.i. it las within it and connected
with its machinery
.I.-.;,... n k.e piillri
its own winding aiiacnnieni rcn
d'. r jug a k.y entirely unncccsary. i no cases oi in is
.inna7al
lover moyeii
sjoi. Hampie Watches, in neat moroico bows, SJ5.
Silver WalCllCSl
Firs! 0aJ mntin" TimtpiiMfor aeturatyof mavtmint,
teamyu maunii, and, abovo ail, cheapness in pnee,
Ar?iComnt
lagerS
": " . .. .. . ,nr...n,i UlK'... ll riltmnt
rllver, w mm uiu nioei mm i .. . ...... .
he rccogniiod by culling or heavy engraving, inaking H
notonly in appearance, hut In durability, tho bistre.
tc mblaiice of Solid Sterling .Silver In existence.
Tho sale of theso Watches in tho nruiy isu sourco of
enormous prollt. retailing, ns thy very readily do, at
a-.5 and upwards. Muuy hundred dollars can bo inade
In a tingle pay day by any one of ordinary business
Ut AT WllOI.KSAI.r. ONI.V I In heavy hunting
cnics, beautifully engraved, white iiinnie dial, nn.1
fancy cut hand., in good running order, by the half
doien, SGI) ttoM only by the case of six I
Upon receipt of two dol.ars. ns guarantee of good
filth, wo will send watches by express to any pail or
tlio loyal States, collecting balance el bill on dc.ivj rj.
This ensures buyers against fraud, giving them their
watches before payment is "'a?1''1. 2EJS." 10
lbs sole importer. , ,c!'lua,,1
. 1 No. IS. Jeweler's Uxchango.
Cor. Cortlandt St, and Uroadway, New York.
Dtcerr.bcr 5, lcfln-lni.
Jewelry and Silver-Ware,
f Mir. undersigned would re ipectfully Invito your .
J tcntlun tu his well so ecled stk or Hn Ool d and
Silver Watches, l ino Ho d Jewelry, of every Kltiu
tad variety of stylc.-coniptlsiug all oflhe newest and
most beauiiful designs. , . ... h...
Also, Holld Silver Ware, enuat to Co n-a id t ho to.st
mak of Silver riutcd Ware. Uacli article is warranted
WMchcs'of'j'owlry cnrefully rep aired and sat
Lftction guaranteed, JACOn .lAW.W. ,
(ButHisori to Htauffer & 'IWjyJ,.
Ka, If M iT Bta Fen? i.
t l,ll!t-.tM.
POETRY.
The Pen and the Press.
by John tniTciiuv rm.ics.
Voung Genius walked outby tlio mountain and streams
Lnlranced by the power uf his own plcaiaui dream,
Till the silent, tlio wayward, tlio wandering thlnn,
r.und a plu niolliat had fallen from a passlncblrd'd wing
Kiuiuiig aim proud, like a boy at Ills play,
Ho bore tlio fair prize to Ills dwelling away
Ho gnzod for n nho on its beauties nndii.nn
,. ,, ' , V ,, "" "eau-- ni then
113 cul a,iu unpeU It, and called It a I'm.
.., ,.,.. .. , ,,
"ul lls niaglca. Use llO dllCOVCrCll not Vet.
'I'll I he dipped Its bright lips in n fountain of Jet:
And, oh I what a clnrlnus ihlnir It i,r,,.i
(, ,,
r ur " 8noK'! t0 11,0 w" In a language of flamo :
hi'e in master wrote on, llko a being inspired,
Till the hearts of the millions wcro melted or tired
,,.,,. , , "'""'" nreu,
11 C'1,I1I! a" a Lou' and a blessing to men
The peaceful, the pure, the victorious I'm,
Young Genius went forth on his rambles once more
Tlio vast nunlci. rni-r,,. nr .i '
'"uvast su " ciucrns of earth to ciplore :
110 scarchd the rudu rock, and with rapture ho found
" siiusiancc unknown, which he bro't from the ground'
Ho fused it with lire, and rejoiced at the change.
As ho molded the ore inlocharacters strange,
Till his thoughts and ellorts werecrowned with success ;
Tor an engine uprose, and ho called it tlio l'Btss.
The fen and tlio l'rcss, blest aliiancol combined
To soften the heart, nnd enlighten the mind :
Tor that to thu treasures of knowledge gave birth.
And this sent tlie'ni forth to the ends of the earth ;
Their battles for truth wcro triumphant indeed.
And tlio rod of the tyrant was snapped like u reed i
They were made lo exalt us, lo teach us, tu bless,
Thosu iuviiiclblo brothers -llw 1'lx and tho 1'ress.
SELECT SKETCH.
A PERILOUS HOUR.
I was npprcnliced to n decorative pain
ter, but beiug of a bold, daugor loving
turn, I rau away to sea' beforu my time
was out.
After some years of knocking about, I
y;ot tired of a maritime life, and having
married and determined to stiek to the
shore, I got work with a builder, whose
peculiar lino lay in erecting tall chimneys.
I had always a cool head, and could staud
on elevations that made ir.ost men dizzy,
and so was toon a favorite hand with my
master.
Wo had on ono oco.is-iou to fasten a
ngiituing conductor, wiiiefi liau. sprung
near the lop of a very high chimney, and
.Mr. Staining chose myself and ono James
Colly to do it, as the m t daring of his
men About half a dozen of us went that
morning with a handcart, containing the
necessary ropes, blocks, the kite, aud a
box or cradle. Having flown tho kite,and
dropped in line across the top of the
chimney, wo'ooudrow up a rope, at the
end of which was a block, through which
ran the lino whereby we were to be drawn
up.
Colly had only been married a fortnight
and as we stepped into tho cradle the men
'banteringly asked him if ho "hadn't a last
dying speech for his wife ; and then, Mr.
Staming having shaken hands with us aud
bid us bo cool and steady, we wore drawn
slowly up. It was known all over town
that the conductor was to bo iised, though
a3 j1Q ,Jav Was nQt ,nmcd. I did not ex.
" "'v aa "ul huiulu, a. uiu not t-i-
icuuy iiruimuu wilu Siarers. UOUV Was
. . , T .
very quiet, and WUOn 1 waved my cap
iU tag pcgpio, no B.uu, suupuisiiiy, mar.
. . . ...
! mis wua uo iiniu tor suon ioiiy, aim tuat
be j . of bt.tter tb
" O
, tuau bow to amuse thoso gapiiw fools who
. ,ii j. s.i i.......i . ..
us meet with an accident.
I had como up in the best heart, think -
ing, indeed, nothiug about tho danger we
incurred; but as we drew nearer and
nearer to tho top, and had noihing, as it
seemed, belonging to this world near to
us but this straining rope, I began to see
the peril of tho undertaking. What Colly
, ., ,...(. t i i . -. .i..
vwwuut vi ,v, uw t. uuut, uu cut, ut iuui
b0IU 0raJlc D0r looking Out,
though I told him he would do better to
keep his eyes about him, so that ho might
crow used to the heiht.
b uti0io,
Good Heaven ! what was this ? Ilore
wo were within a yard of tho top project -
Bti11 ihy wero winding
away without slacking tho speed in tho ! wero parts we could not raako out, I had These evidences of popular disfavor
loast I I guessed in a moment that they put it in ijg pooken, intending to get our were too potent not to be discerned by the
mistook our height, and that with tho timo-kcepcr to read it for mo. It had a Abolitionists themselves. Mr. Smithers
great purchase of that wiudlass the ropo scrap of uncovered paper at tho bottom; and his friends wero convinced that ho
would bo broken when tho ctadlo camo to and by another good providenco, I hap. could not bo elected. Thoy had canvassed
the block. I Bprang up, and catching the pened to havo a bit of red lead-penoil in tho Stato, and cverywhere-tho people had
ropo, climbed hand over hand to the cop- ' uiy pocket. I wrote on tho paper, "Get failed to give them the coveted cucouragc
ing. Colly, too, sprang up and followed us down Colly's gono mad j" this I shut ment. AVh'lo thoy were parading through
inc. He, too, got safe ; aud still they went i' my tobacoo-box, and was fortunato tho Stato ueir imported speakers and
on wiuding up, till tho ropo sung again enough just to drop it at tho loot of a coup- brass band., and meeting a cold reception
with tho strain thero was upon it. 1 1 of men who wero standing by tho cngino i from the voters of Delaware, Mr. Rrown,
Then it snapped, and cradle, hauling-1 liouso door. acoompauitd by a fow friends went
lino, and tho main ropo, with its block, 1 Directly all was bustlo to resouo us. ( through Sujscxcounty advooating a poaco
foil down. Thus wero no two poor mon Thoy got the kilo up again, aud I suatohed 1 ablo adjustment of our troubles, a tormina
left in a most desperate bituation. it mounting slowly slowly ; aud wheu tho tion of thu war by uogotiatiou, a rostora
Poor Colly was completely dazed with tlaok twine fell between Colly and myself, ,tion of tho Union as our fathers made it,
affright, and tho momeut he got on tho took il in my hand, and could havo kissed tho preservation of the constitutional rights
copiug.'which was ouly a foot and a half it. Poor Oolly, with his teeth chattering, of tho people, and a snored regard for the
broad lie cried out : still fancied I was a spirit, and I did all rights of the States, demonstrating, by tho
"Whoro oan I pray ! whero can I . I could to favor that idoa until thoy got I clearest reasoning, that tho war nnd the
kneel md pray V ' another cradla up to uj, Then, having I negro cmcuripntion policy of the Abolition-
And so I said, very solemnly :
''Sit down, Jem ; God will hear us if
wo pray to Him sitting dovn."
Tho color of his faco was of a tran
sparent bluo; and it was distorted and
twitching, as if ho was id a fit. His eyes
wcro very wild, and drawn into a squint,
and ho couldn't sit steady, but swayed his
body backward and forward, so that I
felt certain he must topple over.
"Come, Jem, lad," 1 said, thinking to
lake tho fright oiThim j "it's bad enough,
but it oan li mended. Hitch up a bit and
put your arm around tho rod may bo it
will steady you."
"Whoro arc you? and whoro is the
rod ?" he asked, in a hollow voice, though
ho was looking straight at me, and the
rod was only a foot or two to his left. Uy
this I knew that he had gono blind with
fright, and self-prcasrvation said, don't go
near him j but then I remembered his now
wedded wife, and that taking him all
through ho was always a decent fellow ;
and 1 thought how I should havo liked
him to havo done il I had been in" his
case; so I determined to run a bit of risk
in his favor. Of courso,! dare not get on
my feet, but working myself on my hands,
I got to him , and puttiug my arm round
his waist, aud telling him as cheerily as 1
could to keep cool, I got him with his arm
rouud the rod. It had, however, sprung
tho stapling for five yards down, aud it
was so loose that it swayed with him, and
I expected any minute to see him falling
head and heels down, and tho rod tearing
away with him.
Thcro was a groat bustlo down below ;
people wero rushing round tho yard and
pushing to got in, but as yet thero wero
but some score of men at the foot of tho
chimney, and by close looking I saw them
put somebody on a board and carry him
gently away towards thu engine house.
One of the men walked after with a hat in
his hand ; then I knew that somebody had
1 t I... .i.. rii: 11. ..-.l .1....
utuii uiiti 1 1 1 c lulling cruuiu, aim mui u ;
must bo poor Mr. Stamling, as none of our I
men woro hats. Not a face was turned up '
to us. I learned afterwards that our men 1
were so taken up with sorrow that so good
a man ai d so kind a master should be
killed, that for a while they had never
thought ahoutus ; and the proplc outside i
imagined that wo had corao down with the
cradle ; so thu? wo wore lsft in total isola
tion for full twenty minutes.
While I was watching them below, feel
ing sorry for my poor master, I was start
led by a wild laugh from Colly, who began
making cat calls, and yelling as if he was
possessed. Then I knew, of course, that
he had gone mad.
Even now I tremble when I think of that
timo j it was horrible to peer down tho
suatt, black and sooty and yawning, ana
scarcely less so to look outside aud sco a
tight ot pigeons, sweeping round at con-
sidorably less height than we woro. Then
ioliy tliaun uod he was so dazed tnac
he could not seo mo called my name three
times, as I sat tairly cringing in uroati mat
i I. :,: .:!., ! .
, '"a aiut, uiigut liiuut , uuu nun guM,uuu
i. :.:.! 1 : . 1 ..,!. :
1 uuuwmg huh uia uiuuiu, nu uug.iu nuiumg
j hilnsolf Unvar(is ,n0, I worked away from
I him as noiselessly as I could, with every
11...: r ,i ,i it-
followed twico rouud that horrid coping,
1 making most hideous noises, and then be-
;ing once more aside of tho rod, he got it
into his muddled head that I had fallen
I over, for ho never lost a senso of where ho
, was all through this tryiug timo. Then
ho tried to gat on his feet; but, at tho risk
i of my own lifu, I could not let tho poor
fli ,i, . ...i.: .ll, .:.
.umv.. .....wm. wMw
more ellort ; aud 1 cried out to him to sit
! down, and ho cowered down liko a whip-
j pod dog, all trembling, I supposo it had
i been put into his head that I was a doad
i
' uiau f-pcaking to him.
1 That morning my wife had got a letter
1 from her sister iu Canada, and as thero
rot him in, I scrambled in myself, and
clutching him fast, 1 Bhouted lur them to
lowor; and so wo got down, ho wrestling
and fighting mo all tho way.
Ho was in tho mad-houso for tomo months,
and then went to scavengoring, for he
never could faco any height again ; and I
havo never had tho samo clear head siuco
that adventure.
THE SPECIAL ELECTION
IN
DELAWARE.
Troni tlio Dclawarcan.
The facts connected with tho special
olection held in this Statu on Thrusday,
the 10th day of November, A. D. 1803
aro so significant in themselves as illus
trative oi tho spirit, plans and purpose of
tho Abolition party controlling tho Govern
ment, and so fully justify tho action of
tho Democracy of Delaware in refusing to
participate in such an election, that wo
deem it right aud proper to submit a can
did statement of thoso facts to tho people,
notonly of ourown Sttte,but of tho whole
country. Thu death of tho late lion.
Wjlliaui Temple, Representative from this
State in the Congress of tho United States
rendered a special election necessary to
fill tho vacancy thus occasioned, and tho
Governor of tho State was clothed with,
authority, by law, to appoint tho day for
such special election. In obedience to tho
duty imposed by the provisions of Articlo
II. of the Federal Constitution, William
Cannon, Governor of tho State, issued
writs of election t fill tho vacancy afore
said and appointed Thursday, the 19th,
of November, .as tho day for said election.
Prior to the issuing of tho writs of election
the Republicans of the Stato held a con
vention of their party and placed in nomi-
nation as their candidate) for Congress Na
thanicl B. Smithors, Esq. Subsequently
the Democracy of Delaware held a con-
vcniion, and, with great unanimity norai-
rt-itoil frti- i,ft c.mn imt-ttftn It... TTt.
Iw . tho uom.
nation,, which he hud never sought, and
which he would havo been glad to have
avoided, Mr.Brown briefly but clearly
d' fined his position, ttating to the conven
tiou that he btood on the platform of.tho
Democracy of Dlawaru- thft nlnlfnrm nf
pea(.ei
Immediately after his nomination Mr.
Smithers, the Republican candidate, inau-
gurated the oanvass and avowed himself
iu favor of all tho mensurcs and policy of
tho Administration. Tho Abolition pa-
pers of the country immediately became
enlisted in his favor, and throughout tho
Northern States an interest was mapifos -
cd in tho election of Mr. Smithers, sur-
prising perhaps even to himself. lie called
to his aid in carrying on tho canvass
outers fr0m all parts of the country,
nl0st of whom were unknown to the peo-
pje ol'ti10 glatt;) cven from reputation.
ueso imported men, with tho exception
0f Daniel S. Dickinson, and ono or two
otuerSi Cnca2cd in tho dirtiest work of tho
r,ot.Uouso politician, and disgusted with
t)joir blaokguardism, lying and abuse the
. w .. w
ilonest men ot tlio atato. JUr. isrown
. ... . .
wuosu oliaracter, public and private, is
w,,Uout a stain and abovo reproach, was
llpfor(! ... ,, of lhe Slnt0 ,)v
IIHUWUll VUIII MUWIW AWSIIWMVtlt
.... . . .. J
theso blackguards as tho "meanest of man-
l-tnd." Rmss bands, wcro cranlnved nr.
roat expense to asSlst'in exciteing public
attention aud to aid the Republicans in
tho canvass.
i Rut their canvass was a failure muic
had loal its charms when invoked in such
a cause, and hired orators, with sounding
titles, failed to gain audience with tho peo
' i p .1.. c.. . n..,vi (3 t:-i.:.-
..wu, i.,juuiubu,uiuuM.iiw. ..uu.udwu
could not command, in tho capital of tho
State, an audience of more than 250 por-
sons, many of whom wero women and
children, notwithstanding public notice had
.,..,', ,,
I been given by flaming posters all over the
StaU that he would address tho pooplo of
Delaware at that place
ists was ruining every intorest of the granduer usurpassed in thohtslorjr of hu
country, preventing a restoration of the man action.
Union, and subverting civil liberty in tho N'no thousand freemen, in tho Stato of
freo States. Evorywhcro ho wa3 received Delaware, on Thursday last, toluntarilly
with enthusiasm and approbation j hun-! rofused to exercise tho clcctivo franchise
dreds upon hundreds turned out to meet
him at every point. His canvass iu Sus
sex was a success a triumph a demon
stration of popular approval, encouraging
to tho Dcmocraoy, but withering to tho
hopes of Mr. Smithors and tho Abolition
ists. Tho samo state of facts existed in
Kent. White tho Uopublicans could
scarcely muster enough men at many
points to justify their speakers in attempting
to address them, the Democratic meetings
wcro largo and enthusiastic, showing, be-
yondinistako,that Mr.Brown would bo dec
ted by an overwhelming majority if thcro
was no military interference.
It had been given out by Mr. Smithors
and his friends that tho election should bo
jperfeotly fair and equal, and that no mili
tary interference would be permitted and
such wo have no doubt was their original
intention; but tho oanvass of the State sat
isfied Mr. Smithors and his party that
Mr. Brown would be clocted, and that
greenbacks, by means of which thoy at
first hoped to succeed could not prevent it.
Convinced that Smithers would be defeated
by a large majority unless something could
be done to prevent tho people from voting
tho Abolition party of tho Stato invoked
Federal interposition. This was done,
and "General Orders, No. 59," was issued
we believe, at the special instance and re
quest of Mr. Smithers and the leading
Abolitionists of tho State. Wo aro aware
that they deny all complicity with the
matter, and affect to regret the military in
terference that was had with tho election,
but wo do not believe them we cannot
believe that General Schenck would have
disrcgardetflho wishes of Mr. Smithors,
whose election he was anxious to promoto,
mul ten IrTinur tlilll Willinm (Inttnitn trnwlrl
Lavc endorscd ,he ordor a3 h(j
without the permission of Mr Smithers.
! In lUL'ir desperation they have trampled
"Pn the most sacred rights of tho pcoplo
ol" 11,0 State and now meanly attempt to
transfer to Gen, Sohenck the odium which
justly attaches to themselves. Schenck
I has his own sharo of blame ; but not all
the sin is his. 'Wo havo not timo now to
examine critically this military order ful
initialed against the Democracy of Dola
j waro bnt we will say, in passing, that no
'such clss of ovil disposed persona exist in
Delaware as is referred to in the preamble
of ''General Oi'ders, No. 59," unless, in
1 deed, it bo the AbolitionUts themselves,
I who a year ago did disturb the publio
peace and prevent a fair cloction by bring-
i ing military forco into the State to do
feat the Democratic party, thereby proviug
that they do not recognize allegiance to
Constitution and laws of the country or of
the Stato. This military order professes
to provido a test of citizenship, and to
make that test tho qualification of an clec
' tor a tost not prescribed by any law of
Congress, because no such law can be con
..... .. . , , ..
sttiutionaiiy onactcu : nor ty tuo uonsti
. . . . .
1 tution and laws ot tne Stato, but by a
! higher power than cither Constitution or
laws, according to Abolition teachings
and practice. Tho Democracy of Dela-
waro havo uot thus been taught, and al
though without tho disposition or the
power to maintain their constitutional
.rights against tho military power of tho
General Government, they nevertheless
refuted to acknowledge the right of a mili
tary commander to prescribe tho terms
upon which they could exereiso the privil
ege of voting. Tho qualification of an
elector is specifically defined by tho Con
stitution of the State, and every person
qualified according to that instrument has
the right to voto a right of which ho can
not bo rightfully deprived by nny power
on oartb aud any additional qualification
prescribed by military authority is a super
sedeas of tho Constitution of tlio State and
a virtual disfranchisement of tho citizen.
Tho laws of the"6tato prescribe tho man
ner in which elections shall bo held, and
guard by stringent provisions the right
of ovcry qualified citizen to voto as ho
pleases. This "Goneral Order No. 50"
sets at defiance tho laws of State in this
behalf, and compols officers, of election,
under throats to bo executed by provost
marshals and military dotachmcnts placed
at tho do Is for that purpose, to d srenard
tho statuc-laws of the Stato. and to yield
. U
obodienco to tho maudato of a military
commander. Troops woro sont into tho
Stato to enforco tho general orders referred
to and no alternative was left tho Domoora-
oy but to silently retire from tho contested
'
voluntarily resign tho mostsaorod right of
Cwnnnian 'Plil limit ilf.l nttlli iin.nlmifu
tiuuuiuu, J-..IB ...uj nnu uuuuiumj
which slothes their notion with a moral
rather than recognize tho right of a mili
tary commandor to prescribe thoternis
upon which they might voto 1 Wo rcpoat
no action could bo noro sublime. It is a
greater triumph, far greater than tho clec
tion of Mr; Brown oould possibly have
been uuder tho military regime of Thurs'.
day last.
It carried dismay to tho enemies of law
and order tho Abolftionists of tho Stato
and will meet the approbationof honest
men everywhere. To-day every Demo
crat, conscious of rectitude of purpose
I I 1.1 t.I. 1 .1 - r , i
,,0W UP his head a freeman ; ho has not
surrounucu ins manhood at military dicta
tion nor dono augbt in violation of tho
Constitution and tho laws of tho State.
Ho will point to this net in refusing to voto
by permission, as the proudest of h
lifo and his children will raiso up and call
him blessed? Mr. Brown, our candidate,
approves it all and feels happyhappier
far than Mr. Smithers with his barren
honors. The latter will bo returned to
Congress, but ho will enter its halls not
as tho Representative of a free people, but
as tho Rcprescntativo of "General Order
No. 09."
Ancint Ruins in the United
States.
Dim and misterious is tho early history
of man on this cont'iEent. It is enveloned
in thick darkness, never, it may be pre
sumed, to be penetrated by human research.
And yet tho ruios of ancient cities arc fre
quently discovered, that tell of a raco that
has long sinco passed away probablo ex
terminated by tho ancestors of our present
Indians, who are also fast departing from
tho human family fairly dying out, before
the evor advancing infiuenco of tho ple
facca. But these monumental cities indi
cate great populations, and prove tho exis
tence of mighty men of old. A new stim
ulus is likely to be given to American ar
chaeology, by a discovery recently made
some ninety miles northeast of Fort Stan
ton, a long account of which has appeared
in the Fort Smith (Aakansas) Times.
Tho plan upon which ho tho mussivo
rolics of gorgeous temples and magnificicnt
halls, slopes gradually eastward toward
tho river Pecos, and is very fertile, cross
ed by a gurgling stream of the purest wa
ter, that not only sustains a rich vegetation,
but perhaps furnished with this necessary
clement tho thousands who onco inhabited
this present wilderness. The city was
probably built by a warlike race, as it is I encc uetw011 views of the two. Tho
quadrangular, and arranged with skill to j principles of tho Federalists led them to
afford tho highest protection against an ex-1 distrust tllc Peoplc, and desire a strong
terior foe, many of tho buildinKs on theicentral Government. Tho principles of
outer lines being pierced with loopholes,
as though calculated for tho use of weap
ons. Several of the buildings aro of vast
sizo, and built of massivo blocks of a dark
grauito rook, which could onlyhavo becu
wrought to their prescot condition by a
vast amount of labor. Thcro are the ru
ins of three noblo edifices, each presenting
a front of thrco hundred feet, made of
ponderous blocks of stono, and tho dilap
idated walls aro cven now thirty-five feet
high. There aro no portions in tho arear
of tho middle (supposed) temple, so that
the room must havo been vast; and thero
arc also carvings in has relief and fresco
work. Appearances justify tho conclu
sion that theso silent ruins could once
boast of hulls as gorgeously decorated by
the artist's hand as thoso of Thebes and
Palmyra. The buildings are all loopholcd
in each side, much resembling those found
in the old feudal castles of Europe.dcsinn-
ed for tho use of arches. Tho blooks of
which theso edifices aro composed aro ce
mented together by a speoies of mortar of
a bituminous character, which has such
tenacity that vast masses of wall havofal
Ion down without tho blocks being detach
by tho shock.
A Veudant Young Man in a Concert
Saloon. A young man, son of a respec
table farmer of Luzeinc county, recently
visited Philadelphia, and in his rounds
dropped into a concert saloon. He was
well dressed, appeared to havo been
brought up carofully, and evinced a do
grco of rclincmont in his appearance that
all farmers' sons do not show. Ho had
been drinking beforo ho entered. A wai
tor girl took a-scat beside him, and he
drank moro. Tho cirl was brazen, pain-
. tou anil uctnzzeneu with jewelry. bh
, . , 1 .1 ., .
drank and encouraged tho youth to drink
with tier, i'lnally sho dared him to mar
ry her. Ho accepted tho challenge. Sho
retired for her shawl and bonnet, and ho
followed her out. As an ox coclh to
! slaughter, ho accompanied her to Alder
man's ?.e vh.aI tuo magistrate married
4 tin tn l' n mien! i 1 .t miti
that 0 inan ad LU j, J ' I
i ,1 . 1 1 .1 - T
rUUlS, CBU CSSliy U0 UUUCrSlOOUi U01U
ruent is unnecessary,
The Reign of Terror,
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OS TUB
OLD FEDERAL 1'ARTV.
In the days of tho older Adams, when
Federalism had tho control of tho Gov
ernment, nets of despotism wcro commit
ted having somo rcsemhlanco lo thoso which,
distinguish tho Administration of Abra
ham Lincoln. Ono caso will illustrate tho
character of many others, which occurred
during tho reign of terror uudor Federal
ism.
A Gorman Democratic paper (tho Adkr)
was published at Reading, Pennsylvania,
by Honry Snyder. That paper was sup
pressed, and Mr. Snyder arrested by ardor
of President Adams, for some criticism on
his Administration. This act of tyranny
aroused at onco tho Democratio spirit of
that county ; and a small band, headed by
John Fries and John Miller, held a meet
ing, nnd passed resolutions disapproving
of tho Federal Administration, and tho
arbitrary arrest of Snyder, and tho sup
pression of his paper, and asserting thoir
constitutional right to tho freedom ol
speech and of tho press.
Government soldiers wcro at once for
warded from Philadelphia, then the seat
of tho Federal Government, to arrest
Fries and his compatriots. Fries and
eight other Domoorats wcro arrested, for
ced to Easton, Pennsylvania, and thera
locked up in a dark cellar, knec-deep in
water and mud, lor forty-eight hours, and
then, under a .strong guard of Federal
soldiers, taken to Philadelphia and im
prisoned. There they received a mock
trial tho Judge of tho Court being a sub
servient tool of the Administration, and
the jury baoked by tho Federal Marshal. .
Fries was condemned to he hung, and tho
others sentenced to the penitentiary, somo
for ono, some for five, and some for nino
years. But, before Fries was hung, Jeff
erson was elected President, whoso first
official act was to pardon Fries and hU
fellow victims of Federal persecution and
tyranny.
When Fries and hi6 fellow Democrat!
wcro released from their long confinement,
tho people met in a largo mass meeting
beforo the jail, and constructed a platform
on which they carried Fries high nbovo
thoir heads throagh tho streets of Philad
elphia, amid tho shouts and huzzas of
thousands of Democratic freemen. Thus
ended tho misrule and tyranny of tho Fed
eralists, as well as the roign of terror thoy
created.
The present Republicans are tho legiti
mate political descendants of tho Federal
ist of 1799 and 1800. There is no differ-
tho Kepubhcaus aro tho same. Thoy
distrust tho people, and clamor for a strong
central Government, The Federalists had
their reign of terror, suppressing newspa
pers, and arresting their proprietors and
editors, incarcerating and otherwiso pun
ishing cilizous for expressing their political
opinions. Tho Republicans arc doing tho
same thing, ouly on a more extended and
malignant scale. Despotic power, to rulo
and control the people, lies at tho foun
dation of their political creed ; and all
they want is tho opportunity to create a
monarchy aud enslave the people.
The Blessed Ones.
Blessed arc Jhey that arc blind j for
they shall seo no ghosts.
Messed arc thoy that aro deaf, for they
never lend money, nor listen to tedious
stories.
Blessed are thoy that aro afraid of thun
der; for they shall hesitate about gotting
married, and keep away from political
meetings.
Blessed are they that aro lean ; for there
is a chance to grow fat.
Blessed aro they that nro iguoraut j for
thoy arc happy iu th.o thought that they
know everything.
Blessed is ho that is ugly in form and
feature ; for the gals shan't molest him.
Blessed aro tho orphan children ; for
thoy havo no mother's to spank them.
Blessed are they that oxpect nothing ;
for they shall not be disappointed,
Blessed aro thoy that do not advertise ;
for they shall rarely be troubled with cus
tomers. Exchange,
Blessed aro they that do not livo in
Abraham's kingdom, for they shall not bo
troubled with green paper, consoription,
and equalization, Jim,
Mus. Tom Thu.mii is uot what her
friouds confidently expected, -Motion Post,
Perhaps Gen. Tom Thumb U uot what
bis friends confidently expected,
Chiano 'oil.