TAR OF THE NORTH.
WM. II. JWORY EDITOR.
BLCQSSDERG, WED.USDIY, MARCH SO, 1861
Southern PoTerty.
The litl finger of a Northern man is
worth more than tile whole body of a mat
ter with whip in hand, and head on his
houldets. which he seem to u.e lor little
ele than to hang his hat upon. These
threat ot the South to secede are like the
meeting of paupers in an alm-houe, and
resolving lo quit the institution if the coun
ty does not feed them better The South
tacks the Northern bosom and we fill it
with milk. - We work and they reap the
fruit of our toil. We invented the mean of
their prosperity. Whitney made the cot
ton sin that has done so mach for the South,
and he died a poor man, as they cheated
bin out of the reward of his toil. Chivalry!
chivalry ! . Ward Becdier.
To wbichj&e Albany Argus replies:
The idea that the South is poor is indulged
in with great gusto by the clergymen of the
Beecber stamp, by friends of labor of the
Greeley stamp, and by members of Wo
men's Rights Conventions. They bowl at
the poverty of the Sotr.h; they exult in the
wealth of the North; and they assume to
bare settled the argument by the contrast ;
for who, imbued with the creed of Mor
monism acd Materia'ism, to . which the
Bencher and Greeleys minister, doubt the
tight of the richer and more prosperous to
subordinate the poorer and less powerful?
And yet never was fallacy greater than
that which asserts that the Sooth is poor,
r.or falsehood more easily set at rest than
those statistics upon which the contrast is
tased.
Whether Whitney's gin was an invention
cf any inventiveness or not, or whether the
Northern manufacturers who make them
. for the work is done North) have invaded
his rights, is a question not necessary to
discuss, for it is only a collateral one. If,
however, as to the question of relative pro
ductiveness of the two sections, we take the
testimony of the Anti-Slavery school, and
define the wealth of each lo be i s Burplus
oi production beyond the cost of labor, the
South must be the richer of the two. What
is the gravamen of this charge against sla
very ! Is it not that out of the four millions
of slaves, an amount of productive labor is
exacted which is in a most inconsiderable
degree repaid by the food and clothing and
shelter given in return ? No community
that for scores of years exacts from a large
thus of laborers immense work at little pay,
can fail to be rich ; and wn realize the ex
tent of the profits oi the South, when we
measure the exports of that section with
those of the Nortn.
It is in vain to say that the hay crop of
the North is equal to the cotton crop of the
South ! The South has a hay crop too,
which, though it does not enter into the
statistical tables, is wealth. Their cat
tie graze nearly all tne year on pastures
which the winters do not blast. Kentucky
and Tennessee send cattle to the North ;
and the droves of Texas will soon be ample
enough to supply the whole Union Our
' hay crop at the North is offset and rendered
almost nothing by our winter. Our mines
of coal keep us warm during the same sea
sons, at the cost of many millions of dol
lars ; bat is this wealth? and is Southern
-sunshine poverty?
The South is not poor or dependent. Its
' people are agricultural, and have the mo
nopoly of much of the productions essantial
to the world. They concentrate their ener
gies opon these articles; they leave to us
vast fields of production in agriculture and
manufactures, and the monopoly of corn
' merce. A borne market of twelve millions
of prosperous agricultural people offers to
the North the most profitable part ot its
customers. Of the results of negro labor
by the operation of commerce, it is calcu
lated two thirds go to the North.
There is mutual dependence in such a
relation j mutual profit. But no man, ver
sed in the analysis of political econoiny,will
Tentnre to assert that the North is not as
dependent as the South ; and if the artifi
cial system of restrictive tariffs is adhere J
to, much more so.
Ex-Senator Bigler.
The following just tribute to the sterling
merit of faithful and patriotic public
servant i from the Philadelphia Inquirer, an
able organ of the Republican party.
'We dpem it 1o be an act of justice to
Senator Bigler, who has just completed his
Senatorial terra, to respond to the marked
tribute of respect paid him by Senator Crit
tendea on one of the last days of the late
session of Congress. The venerable Ken
tucku.n. according to the telegraphic report,
devotsd a portion of his final speech on
the compromise resolutions to a high com
pliment to Governor Bigler's untiring zeal
in the cause of the Union. This was well
deserved. Senator Bigler has shown all
through the secession controversy, that he
is a statesman who can rise superior to
party when the country is in peril. But
there is another point upon which he is en
titled to the special acknowledgements of
the people of Pennsylvania. . Throughout
the long struggle for the present tariff, com
mencing more than' a year ago, he has
proven himself to be not only a faithful,
but an able and intelligent gnarJian of the
interests of Lis State. To his assiduous and
patient labors the success of the measure
in the Senate is largely due. Differing
from him, as we do on many of his party
doctrines, we yet feel it lo be an act of jus
tice to extend to him, on hi retirement
from office, that meed of praise to which
he is entiiied.5' - ,
General Dix, late Secretary of the Treas
ury during the few months he was in that
department, performed his duly nobly.
When be entered on his dclies the Treasu
ry was laterally bankrupt. There were
rmsitiocs cn his table from the Depart
ntents which there were no mean of pay
ing, exceeding $2U00fi03; fishing. boun
ti?i' craM amounting to nearly S40),000,
mi J Tr?!.M.:r note? over-due amounting to
v.., '! ?3.7 OX-vO. These
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Ire Wo to flare Peace or War t j
The Tribune of Saturda7 contains a list of
the vessels constituting the Home Squad
ron of the United Sta es.'most of which are
ready for iustam strvice, and all of which,'
but three or lour, are now in the port oi
New York. Says the Tiibnne : The list
comprises 26 vessels,- carrying 190 guns
and 2,757 men. This i the largest naval
lorce ever concentrated in one squadron
since the organization of the United Slates
Navy. It consists of more ships than lh
Chanuel fleet of England. It i obvious that
important nowl movements are in contemplation
by the Govemme U."
The intimation here conveyed is that a
hostile movement aguinst the Southern
States is contemplated Either this or noth
ing is meant. How does this extraordinary
naval display this gigantic home squad
ron consist with the peace policy about
which men talk? Up to thi moment noth
ing positive can be predicted as to the p I
icy of the new Administration. Facts look
to war ; rumors point to eace. As for the
Republican leaders, they are ilent on the
subject. Said Mr. Fkssenden, speaking of
Judge Douglas; '-He knows nothing, and 1
do not profess to know more." Well did
Judge Douglas exclaim : "Silence is crimi
nal when we are on the events like these."
It is due to the country that Mr Lincoln
should make known the character of his
contemplated policy whether it is lo be a
peace or a war policy.
Two resolutions are now be lore the Sen
ate, the object of which is to elicit the in
tentions of the Administration on this sub
ject. The first was offered by Senator Ma
son, and is as follows:
Whereas, The presence of a military
force concentrated and permanently quar
tered at the seat of Government is a depar
ture from all former usage of the Govern
ment and dangerous to the rights and lib
erties of ihe people. Therefore
Resolved '1 hat the President inform the
Senate what number of the troops of the
army are quartered in this City, the res
pective arms of service, and the purpose
for which they were brought here ; and
further, that he inform the Senate when
snch troops are to be withdrawn, and if not
to bi withdrawn, for what purpose they are
maintained here, and whether it is his pur
pose to increase said force, and to what ex
tent. The other was offered by Judge Douglas,
and is as follows :
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be
requested to intorm the Senate what forts,
arsenals, navy yards ami other public works
within the limits of the States of South Car
olina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Texas are now within
the actual possession and occupation of the
United States, and by what number of men
each is garrisoned and held, and whether
reinforcements are. necessary to retain the
same, and if so, whether the Government
has the power and means under the exist
ing laws lo supply such reinforcements
within such lime as the exigencies and ne
cessities of the case may demand, and
whether the defence jnd protection of the
United States and their interests make it
necessary and wise to retain military pos
session of such forts, places and other prop
erty, except Key West and Tortugas, and to
re capture and re occupy such others as the
United States have been deprived of by
seizure or surrender for any other purpose
and with a view to any other end than the
subjugation and occupation of those Stales
which have assumed the right to secede
from the Union, and within whose limits
such forts and other publ.c property are sit
uated ; and if such be the motives for re
capturing and holding the forts and other
public property, what military force, inclu
ding regulars and volunteers, would be ne
cessary to enable the United States to reduce
the States aforesaid and such others as are
supposed to sympathise with them, to sub
jection and obedience to the laws of the
Union, and to protect the Federal Capital.
This resolution of Senator Douglas was,
on Friday last, the subject of an acrimoni
ous debate, in which he and Senators Fes
sewden, Wilson and Hals participated -
The srene exhibited was in every way dis
creditable to the Republican side of the
Senate. The three whom we have named
cast their joint strength against the Illinois
Senator, but their united shields afforded
but a feeble protection against his blows.
He eiposed their motives, denounced their
conduct and held ihem up before the coun
try as agitators, demagogues and incendia
ries Said he ul expect to give these
gentlemen some trouble during this session.
I know their schemes. I do not mean they
shall break vp the Union and draw the countiy
into war." This declaration is significant,
and may serve lo explain the somewhat
equivocal position at first assumed by Judge
Douglas in regard to the Inaugural.
Sir. Fessenden, whose whole nature
seems to be saturated with gall and malig
nity, sooght to give a personal turn to the
discussion. In the midst of protestations
that he studiously eschewed personalities,
he made the most offensive allusions, and
while talking bravely, yet acknowledged
himself irresponsible. There are few, we
opine, who will not join the Virginia and
ihe Illinois Senators in this demand to
know the inientenlions of the Administra
tion. Wtiy snouiu mere intentions u cun
cealed from the country, and men be left
to indulge disturbing speculations and
gloomy forebodings? Why should a whole
people be rendered unhappy ? If we are
to have war we should know it that we
may set our houses in order and prepare
for it. If ve are to have peace, then let
the joyful tidings be proclaimed from the
house tops ! There is no reasou why this
knowledge should be locked up as a state
secret in the bosom of Mr. Lincoln.
We are played upon by wretched trick
sters and charlataus as though we hid
neither hearts nor intellects. We are treat
ed as if we had no interest in the Govern
ment. Things are nn-worthily held from
u that we have a right to know, and the
whole nation is kept hanging around the
While House, like a crowd ot anxious chil
dren around a menagerie, watching and
listening lo catch the roar of the lion or the
chattering of the monkeys. How long is
this mockery lo continue ?
The Editor of the AUentown Democrat,
says that he wts offered a large sum of
money to support Senator Schindel in his
Tonnase Tax voto ami thai he took the money.
He. however denounces tho Kailroad Bill,
The Supreme Court Ignored and Defied.
The minority President, "Mr." Lincoln,
holds the following language! in his Inau
gural :
I do not forget the position assumed by
some that constitutional questions are to be
decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I de
ny that such decision must be binding in
any case upon the parties to a' suit, as to
the object oi that suit, whi'e they are enti
tled to very fitch respect and consideration
in all parallel cases by all other depart
ments of the Guven inent ; and while it is
obviously possible that such decision may
be erroneous in any given .ease. Mill the
evil effect following it, being limited to that
particular cane, with the chance that it may
te overruled and never become a: prece
dent for other cases, can be better borne
than could the evils of a different practice.
At the same time, the candid citizen must
confess that it the policy of the government
upon vital questions affecting the whole
people to be irrevocably fixed by the de
cisions of the Supreme Court, the instant
they are mane in ordinary litigation be
tween parties in personal actions, the peo
pie wilt have ceased to be their own rulers,
having to that extent practically resigned
their Government into the hands of '.hat
eminent tribunal.
A greater than Mr. Lincoln, a man who
was looked up to in his day as the great
expounder of the Constitution, the lamented
Daniel Webster, differed in tolo from this
opinion. Mr. Webster spoke in one of the
greatest speeches of his life, as follows :
But, gentlemen, the judicial department,
under the Constitution of the United States,
possesses still higher duties It is true.
that tf may be called on and is occasionally
called on, lo decide questions which are in one
seine of a political nature Th General and
Slate Governments, bo h established by the
people, are established for different purpo
ses, and with different powers. Between
these powers questions may arise; and
who shall decide them ? Some provision
lor this is absolutely necessary What
shall it t e ? Mr. Webster here goes on
in speak of the different plans for the solu
tion ot this question sjbmitted lo the Con
vention that tormed the Constitution, and
then proceeds : To this end. ihe judicial
power, under the Constitution of the United
States, was made coextensive with the
I egislative power. It was extended to all
ca.ses arising under the Consiilution and the
laws of Congress. The judiciary was thu
possessed oi the authority of deciding, in the
last resort, in all cases of alleged interfer
ence, between the State laws and the
Constitution and the laws of Congress.
Gentlemen 'his is the nctual Constitution,
this it the law of the land. There may be
those who think it necessary, or who
would prefer a different mode of deciding
such questions. Bui this is the established
mode, and. tilt it be altered, the courts can
no more decline their duty on these occa
sions than on other occasions. But can any
reasonable man doubt the expediency of
this provision or suggest a better? Is it
not absolutely essential to the peace of the
country that this power should exist some
where? Where can it exist, better than
where it now exists ? The national judi
ciary is the common tribunal of the whole
country. It is organized by the common
authority, and its places filled by the com
mon agent. Thi is a plain and practical
provision. It was framed by no bunglers,
nor by any wild theorists. And who can
say that it hae failed? Who can find
substantial fault with its operations or its
results? The Great question is. whether we
shall pi ovide for the PEACEABLE decision
of cases of collision Shall they be decided
by law, or by force ? Shall the decisions
be decisions of peace, or decisions of War?
But Mr. Lincoln, with an adroitness wor
thy of the low conning of a third-rate
lawyer, strives to bring the Supreme Court
into contempt with the people, so as to lay
more firmly ihe basis of that "higher law,"
the rule of the mob, which he and Mr.
Seward have so persistently advocated. .
According to Mr. Lincolu's doctrine plurali
ties of the people, such as that body of men
ihat elected the said Lincoln to the Presi
dency, not even majorities shall construe
the Constitution for the people of the whole
Union. Every drunken voter hauled up to
the polls on the firs: Tuesday ol November,
is tiansmu'.ed by the magic of Mr. Lincoln's
philosophy, into a grave and le arned Con
stitutional lawyer! In other words, Mr.
Lincoln's S Court consils of Wide Awakes,
hired Hessians, subsidized presses, and
madmen drunk with the raging fanaticism
of the hour Heaven preserve our unhappy
country from the consequences of such
sublimated folly as this ! Bedford Gazette.
Our Republican Legislature is great on
'retrenchment and reform ' About a month
ago ihey voted to raise a flag over the ca pi
lot, and managed to make the job cost the
S'ate somewhere between five and ten
thousand dollars when one hundred and
fifty dollars would have been abundantly
sufficient. Then ihey raised the pasters
and folders to Assistant Door keepers, and
increased their salaries to correspond with
their additional dignity Next ihey sent on
a large committee to Pittsburg, at a cost of
not less than a thousand dollars, to invite
'Honest Abe" to favor them with his pres.
ence. To these and other little 'reforms'
they added an appropriation of thirty thou
sand dollars for the relief of 'Bleeding Kan
sas' (there are no needy people in Penn
sylvania. And then, to recover strength,
such arduous labor in spending the pub
lic money, they took for themselves a re
cess of twelve days, to go down and bore
the President for chances at the nationl
crib. At the rate of speed they have been
going this winter, it would take only a few
years more lo 'reform' the State from ihe
condition of prosperity in which they foond
it into bankruptcy. But then the people
last fall, clammered for a 'change,' and they
made a 'change' so this exceedingly lib
eral disbursement of the change of the State
must be all right, of course. And an emi
nent set of changers they got into the Leg
islature. They know about as well as any
body ought to now how to change money
out of one set of hands into another and
never once oat of their own hands. Ly
coming Gazette
Gen. Twiggs was enthusiastically receiv
ed at New Orleans on the 5th instant. On
his arrival, a salute was fired and a pro
cession formed, composed of the military,
members of the State Convention and citi
zens, which escorted him to his residence.
Immense crowd were gathered along the
line of the procession, and greeted him
with cheer. .
"The Southern Congress adjourned on the
16th, to meet on the 2d. Monday, of May
Election of David Wilmot.
The Republican party in the Legislature,
having the power, yesterday, assumed . the
responsibility of electing David Wilmot,
to fill the vacancy in the United States Sen
ate created by the resignation of General
Cameron. The motive which induced this
election could have been no other than to
appease the radical element of the Repub
can party; for the most ardent admirer of
Mr. Wilmot's ability, who does not reside
on the New York border, will scarcely con
tend that he is a proper representative o'
Pennsylvania interests and Pennsylvania
feeling. His whole political course has
shown that he has little sympathy with the
State in which he resides. When a Demo
cratic member of Congress, he was the on
ly representative from Pennsylvania who
voted for the repeal of ihe Tariff of 1842,
although he was fully aware that the inter
terests and opinions of the State were out
raged by this course. But he voted in har
mony with the radical Democrats of New
York. In the Presidential contest of 1848,
when the Democratic party of New Yok
was equally divided between General
Cass and Mr. Van Buren, and when the
party in Pennsylvania was nearly unani-lPar9
mous for Cass, Mr. Wilmot's feelings be
came enlisted in the New York quarrel,
and caused him to take sides with Van
Buren; again showing how little he cared
for the opinion of Pennsylvania, and how
much for that of New York. More recent
ly, as a member of the Peace Congress, his
voice and vole were uniformly used to pre
vent an adjustment satisfactory to the bor
der Stales ; although he could not have
been ignorant of the fact that the great
mass of Pennsylvanians were looking ea
gerly and anxiously for the adoption of
measures which would give peace to the
country. Mr. Wilmot resides in Pennsyl
vania, but knows little and cares less about
the character and interests of this Common
wealth. His acts have unilormly shown
that his allegiance was due in other quar
ters, and for this reason he is not a proper
person to speak for Pennsylvania in the
Senate of the United States.
Aud Pennsylvania has uniformly shown
her appreciation of him. When a candi
date lor Governor, in 1857, he canvassed
the State industriously, spoke ably, and was
defeated overwhelmingly. A large divis
ion of the opposition party would not touch
him. Again, at the beginning of the pres
ent session of the Legislature, he presented
himself as a candidate for the JujI term in
the Senate, backed by the border counties,
with their huge Republican majorities, and
if common rumor can be credited by a
large amount of New York capital But
without avail. He was rejected even by
his own party, founded upon his own cher
ished ideas, because be was regarded as
too radical. Insatiable in hie ambition, he
has at last succeded in obtaining the rem
nant ot General Cameron's term in the Sen
ate to compensate him for previous repul
ses and mortifications a morsel graciously
thrown to him by order of the Administra
tion at Washington, in pursuance of the )
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both sections of the divided. Republican
parly.
In point of mere ability, Mr. W'ilmot's fit
ness is unquestionable ; but as this abilty
ii u .i, k;- 0,,m. anti
ill be used to promote his extreme, ami-
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snusylvania views, he is an unfit repre
ntative of this State -Patriot and Vnxon.
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Pe
entail
Will the Second Washington Back Down !
The ciiy newspapers for the past two
days hare been filled with "exciting ru
mois:' from Washington, touching the evac
uation or re-enforcement of Forts Sumpter
and Pickens. Several Cabinet councils
have been held lo discuss the matter, and
the last reporus tnai ine meaits uoops
will be withdrawn from these Forts. It is
given as a reason for this that Major Ander-
son is nearly o.ut of provisions a..d fuel, and
that he cannot "be re enforced or provisioned
with less than ten ihousand men, and only
then a, a great sacrifice of human life.
Whether the statements are tore or whether
they are only given as an excuse for the
Lincoln administration lo come down grace
fully from their war position we do not
know. Who would have supposed a week
ago that the first movement in the ' in force
m'eut of the laws,' under the' Second Wash
ington's" administration, would be the
evacuation of Fort Sumpter, and the aban
donment of that bit of government property
to the rebels of South Carolina and her con
federate State? No man could have
dreamed of such a thins. Mr. Lincoln, in
hi. inaugural, however, left the back door
open, in bis declaration that in the execu
o t . i
tion ol the laws he would have lo act ac
cording to "circumstances."
There is a world ot difference between
talking and acting. It was an easy matter
for our republican, organs and indignant
patriots to denounce Mr. Buchanan as a
coward, a traitor, a timid old dotard, an old
granny, at raid oi his own shadow, and to
say that without difficulty be might have
thrown re-eu force tnenta and supplies into
Fort Sumpter; that he ought to have done
it at all hazards and regardless of costs, and
mat he ought to have arrested those South
Carolina treaty commissioners as traitors,
and that 'Houet Abe Lincoln" would soon
make these traitors and rebels understand
that we have a government ; but "Old Abe,"
when invested with the responsibility, seems
to come pretty much the same way of think
ing aa "Old Bdck," to wit, that " circum
stances" must be considered Hence, Mr.
Lincoln begins to suspect that his legacy of
Fort Sumpter is not worth holding ; and
that when a piece of federal properly has
ceased to be of any earthly value to the
government, il is inexpedient to plunge in
to civil war to retain it. LWon Sentinel
Mrs. Douglas is a Fix. A newspaper
coiemporary says that the beautiful and
accomplished lady of Judge Douglas made
a wager of $100, prior to the late election,
thai she would bleep with the next Presi
dent of the United Slates ! She has either
to fork over, or have a homely and most
uncouth bed-fellow. We think the Judge
will prefer to ad vauce the money and pay
From the Sunbuiy Gazette
Letter from Kansas.
Neosho Falls, February 21, 1861 "
We publish the following letter, written
by Oliver P. Haughawont, son of John
Haughawout, of Upper Augusta, :o his
friends in that township He gives a reli
able account of the distress in that country.
Ed. Gaz :
Dear Friends : I seat myself to answer
your kind letter, whicn I received lat week.
You asked me lo tell you all about the fa
mine in Kansas. I will try and do so, or at
least tell you all I know about it. I have
had good opportunities ot knowing the
wants ol the people, for I have traveled
over the southern portion of the State, pret
ty generally, and what I state, I know per
sonally to be so. The seasons previous to
the last have been good, and large crops
were raised, but it is invariably the case, in
a newly settled country, especially where
there is emigration, that the demand for
bread-stuffs, is far greater than the supply
hence there is always a scarcity, and,
consequently, high prices. This being the
case with Kansas the citizens ot the State
,n
a uep:oratie situation, i win ten
you briefly, how the people struggled last
summer, and tried to avert the fate that has
befallen ihem. In March there were Urge
quantities of spring wheat sown, which
failed to come up, and the ground was re
plowed and planted with corn; this also
failed. The ground was then sown with
buckwheat. This grew well, and people
still had hopes bf raising their bread, but
ihey were doomed to disappointment a
frost came while it was yet in the milk
state, and thousands of acres thai promised
well was cut down, and with it went the
hopes of thousands who had paid out their
last dollar for seed, with the hpe thai it
would be the means of keeping ihem from
starving. Aa soon as this last hope was
gone, large numbers left the country, some
intending to retard this spring, but many
that had not pre empted their land, left
their improvements and their labor, which
will now be taken by somebody else. But
there are large numbers that were unable
to get away. While there is a smalt por
tion of our people who had means enough
lo keep themselves here, 1 am certain that
eight tenths of the people here, in the south
ern tier of counties, are now depending on
pablic charity for the bread they eat. The
people in this, as well as most of the coun
ties have sent special agents to the States,
Illinois. isconsin and Iowa, lo solicit aid,
believingthat the general committee would
not receive enough ; and the different
Churches fr.re likewise doing a noble work.
The Stales above named are doing nobly in
the way of all kinds of provisions. What
we need most in money lo pay freight. Our
agent has sent on to Atchison enough for
this county, but unless we can Ret money
from some source to pay freight, part of it
must go for thai purpose, and that remain-
I ing is still over one hundred miles to haul.
so the amount we will gel here, 1 fear will
be far too small for the actual wants of the
destitute, we nave seen snippeu, a.su,
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which roust be here in order to help us
fairly out of our present difficulties I want
you lo take this matter in hand, and see
what you can do for us. If the peoplo of ;
Sunbury and vicinity have not already giv-
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'en 1 think I know of many who would
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g"e freely to so charitable an object. 1
make this request, noi on my own account
for with the government appointment lat
summer, and my situation in the mills here,
1 am in a better situation than many around
me. But those in the best circumstances
cannot keep bread stuffs for more than one
week's consumption, for humanity will
! compel them to divide with their suffering
niahhnr.
lock lnm.ihH,ff in lh ni.mii
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of M-m X ,ee around me. Any
. amounI you may raiee und Bend lo my ad.
dre!i;,f wi bereceiptej or by the county
We received S100 from Bos
ton this week which was greatly needed,
and we need another hundred jut as badly
next week.
O. P. HAUGHAWOUT.
EtmoTals and Appointments
Washington, March 16 The Postmas
ter General has appointed Edward Mcbon
ald and William H. Lessig route agents
between Philadelphia and Reading, in place
of H. I. Hendler and P.S. Higg'ms removed.
Wm. E Gapen of Pennsylvania, Thd
deus H. Stanton of Iowa. Warren T. Lock
hart of Indiana. Elijah C Mayhew of Indi
ana, and John M. Hay cf Illinois, have been
appoir.ied to clerkships in the tension
Bureau
George Wood, of this City, has been ap
poiuted to a clerkship in the Treasury
Department, vice Barker removed, Wm.
Clayton, of Georgia, has been removed
from a cletkship in the Bureau of the First
Auditor.
A. T. Britton of Rhode Island, Jerry L.
Mills of Ohio, Wm. M. Thompson ot Mary
land, Jasper M Dresser of Indiana, ar.d
Alexander Leib of Indiana, have been
appointed to clerships iti the General Latid
Office.
Wm. M. Burwell, of Virginia has resign
ed the clerkship of the Senate's Foreign
Affairs Committee, and Mr. ben Perley
Poore, ol Massachusetts, has been elected
to that position.
James N. Tyner has beon appointed
special agent of the Post Office Department
for ihe State of Indiana, vice Wm. Gar ver,
removed.
John H. McRae and T L. O. Hatcher,
both of Virginia, have been removed from
clerkships ia the Census Bureau.
Mr. Hai'towav.of Indiana, and Mr. Defrees,
were lo-dav nominated, ihe first for Com
mistfioner of Patents, and the second for
Superintendent of Public Printing.
Treason Abroad. One night last week
some mischie?ou4 person raised a minia
ture Palmelio flag in front of Trainer's
building and surmounted il with a small
box of cotton. In the morning, young
America spied the rag, hauled it down,
trailed it in the mud, and then made a bon
fire ot it Lvcoming Gazette.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
The following is a complete list of ihe
Officers elected at the late election in the
several townships throughout the county of
Columbia. If any mistakes have crept in
this list, and we are informed of ihem in
due season, we will cheerfully make the
corrections and republish the matter in our
next.
Bloom Constable Gorden R. Goff, An
thony VVitman ; Poor Over-eers Jacob R
Gronl, Eli Barton ; Supervisors Rb:t Hag
enbuch, Caleb Barton, jr.. James K. Ever;
School Directors Joseph Sharpless, Joseph
W. Hendershot, Jeremiah J Brower 1 year ;
Assessor Leonard B. Rupert: Assistant As
sessors Elias Mer.denhall, B. F. Hartman ;
Auditor Andrew Madison ; Judge New
ton Boone: Inspectors Isaiah W. McKelvy,
George Kishel.
Bentok Justice Saurnet R. Kline: Con
stable Samuel Rhone; Poor Overseers
John F. Conner, John Ashelman ; Supervi
sors Samuel Rhone, Samuel Hess; School
Directors William Ash, Thomas Bellas;
Assessor Richard Stiles ; Ast. Assessors
John Doty, David Yocum; Auditor Rohr
Mcllenry, Valentine Fell; Inspectors Jesi-e
Ohl, Abraham Young: Town Clerk J. R.
Ikeler.
Beaver Constable Wm 'Michael. Chas.
B. Troy, tie; Poor Overseers Moses Moy
er, John Singley; Supervisors Joseph Heis
ter, P. Gearhart; School Directors Nathan
Bredbemler, jr.; Andrew Shu man ; Judge
Joel Bredbender: Inspectors A. B. John
son, John J., Driesbach; Assessor Ed m on d
Schell; Ast. Assessor John floats, John
Shiiman; Auditor Johu Hoats; Town Clerk
Joseph Sherman.
Bkiahcrrek. Constable Charles Ree.I :
Poor Overseers Henry Deiterich. Absolam
Bornboy; School Directors John 11 Smith,
Jacob Creasy; Supervisors Einrnor Deiter
ich, Stephen Hess; Assessor David Miller;
Assistant Assessors David Shaffer, Vincent
Richard; Judges-Isaac Boer; Inspectors
Jacob B. Mostellor, Joseph Blank; Auditor
William Lamon.
Centhe Justice Ellwood Hughes; Con
stable Charle- H. Deiiericti; Judije Dan 'I
Neyhart; Inspectors J-se H.iflman, Sam
uel Hidlev; Supervisors Sain I Hageubuch,
Samuel Bower, Assessor Samuel Neyhard;
i Ast. Assessors Levi Aikman, John Hill;
School Directors Edward Hartman, C. D.
Hrri"g; Poor Overseers Eleazr H. Hess,
Ellwood Hughes; Auditor Sarn'I H. Hutch
ison. Comtngham Justice Jonathan H Hoag
land, John L. Beadle ; Constable Philip
Mourer; School Directors Philip Monold,
John C. Diener; ptsrvis rs Daniel Bor
doff, William L. Kline; Assessor Henry
Muser; Ast. A?-essora Philip Steely, Benj
Lindenmuih ; Jude Stephen Monahara ;
inspector Uaiuel L.uiiis, David Uamp; Poor
Oveiseers, Daniel Bordoff, Wm. Kline; Au
ditor, Court appoint.
Catta WiSsa Justice Clinton E. Marge
rum; Constable Peter G. Campbell; School
Directors Wm. Hartman, Peter Bodine;
Supervisors John Stroue, Reuben 0rati2e;
Poor Overseers Able Thomas, Jaco'-Gen-sel,
Assessor Isaac Seesholtz; Ast A'sei.
tors John Miarpless, Benjamin P. Former;
Judze Georse Monhardt; Inspectors Wm.
Cofimaii, Peter Bodine; Auditor James S.
McINiiich.
Franklin Justice David Zerr; Consta
ble 1 nomas flower; Poor Overs-eers Jos.
Beaver, Joshua Mendenhall; School Direc
tors Daniel Zerr, Seth Hartman; Assessor,
Aaron Lamleron f Asst. Assessors Jesse
Cleaver, Clinton Mendenhall: Judge Jesse
Meusch; Inspectors Jacob Kniltle, Elias
Weaver ; Supervisor, Aaron S. Knittle.
Jonathan George; Auditor Joseph B. Knit
tle. FisHiNGCREiK.-Justice-Cyrns White; Con
stable Cyrus Robnins ; Poor Overseers
Keutien Hess, Michael liishtine; Supervi-
wrsVui. Stucker, Hugh McBride; School
, Directors John Savage, Isaac Labor. Jacoo
i m,i,i. . i.w u .
i Merkle ; Assves.or Joseph C Runyan Ast.
Assessors J D McHenry, Dani-I Thomas:
- Judge John Weuner; Inspectors-Daniel
Weuner, Cyrus Crevelin; Auditor Alex
ander Kreamer.
GutF.NwooD Constable Paxion Kline ;
i'oor Uverseers Jas. Yantiorn, A. J. Albert -
1 son; Supervisors Humphrey Parker. Jos
V anhorn; N:hoo; Directors Mattiias Kline
Geo. Derr ; Jacob Schuyler, (two latter tie)
i Judge J.J Robbins; Inspectors PeterGir
tor, David Alber.son; Assesor-Geo. Girton;
nwur-ftuueii ftuumut, u r
M.w.ra- Ai.,l.-nr. H. h U lUlf ITri,.h
McHenry, Samuel Gillespie
Hkmuxx Judge Jesse Bears; Inspectors
Wm. S. Mar-hall, Peter Bruler: Con-table
Jno. Kioiler; Supervisors Isaac Leidy, Elian
Ginger ; Poor Overseers John G Nevius
Franklin McBride; School Directors Ken
ben Bogart, U. A. Harurian: Asses.-or Jno
H. Foust; Ast Assessors T. J. Vaml-ridice,
U D. McHenry; Auditor William H Mioe
maker.
Jackson. Constable Joshua Robbins ;
Supervisors, Matthew McHenry. Hiram
Baker; School Directors Irani Derr. Asa
Yorks; Poor Overseers Absalom MTIetiry,
EIiha Robbii.s; Jn-'ce Irani Derr; Inspec
tors J. II. Fritz. Samuel Y. Hess; Assessor.
Silas W. McHenry; Ast Assessors Irani
Derr, John McHenry; Auditor John H
Fri z.
Loccst Constable Solomon Fetlerman;
Supervisors-Henry RhoaJe-, Cha. Men.-ch;
Judie John Yeaer ; Inspectors Samuel
R Levan Jacob Long; School Directors
Jobr. P. Waller, Henry Keinbold; Poor Over
seers Amos Rtioades, Daniel Bieber; As
sessor Gera Hower; Asst Ase-snrs Hen
ry Retnbold, Reuben Fahringer; Auditor
A Mears
Montour Justice B. F. Paxton; Const
ble Jacob Am wine; Supervisor- William
Hollinasheai!, Mi::iael llonch; Poor Over
seers Philip Foust Isaac Mourer; School
Directors Jo-epa Mouset Jacob Arnwine;
Assessor Peter M. K&rshner; Asi Asses
sors Philip Fousi, Andrew Clark; lu.le
Even Welli ver: Inspector Wm. Hollings
head, Noah Mauser ; Auditor Josial A.
Rooberts.
Madison Constable Benjamin F. Fruit,
Supervisors Betzer Essick, J C. Kenney ;
Po'.ir Overseers William Barber, Jacob De
;nott; School Directors - Huh McCollum,
Jacob Swi!,her ; Asresor D A u arson;
Abt. Assessors Si ias Welliver. Henry Dil-
dine; Jiidge A S. Allen: Inspectors D P.
Rosa, Uaac Mcbnde; Auditor James Dil
diue. Mr Pleasant Constable-John Shipman;
Supervisors John Mordan.J. II VanderrMiee;
Judge-Elian Howell; Inspectors George Ja
cob)", Aaroa Kester; Assessor-Henry Kitch
en ; Asst. Assessors John Wannich,John
Ruckle ; Poor Overseers Paul Kline Ga
briel Everett; School Directors William
Kitchen Benjamin Kisiler; Auditors Wm.
Miller 3 years, Elian Dreiblebis 2 years.
Mifflin Justices-Samuel Creasy, John
- l
H Heller; Coiitable-Lew.s hckroie; Super
visors Jno. B. Angle, John Modeller, Poor
Over-eere John Keder, Joua Hartzel; Assessor-Lawrence
Waters; Assi Assessors,
SteDhen H. Swank, I'hos. Bowman; School
Directors-Jno.K Folk, Lewis Creasy; Jude,
Stephen Pohe; lnit?ctors-A. t; Millard, J.
J. Hess; Auditor William Pettit.
Maiki Canstable Isaac Yelter; Super
visors,-Michael Grober, Jesse John; School
Directors-Washington Fisher, Daniel Nuns;
Poor Overseers Jacob Shikars, William
Mtnsinger; Auditor John M. Nuss; Asses-
eor-Wilham T. Shuman; Assist. Assessors,
Henry Bowman, Daniel Shuman: Jnda,
Samuel Yetter ; Inspectors Peter Fisher:
Henry Hartzel.
Okanu. J-mtice Alfred Unwell. John
Herring; Constable Michal C. Keller; As
sessorJesse Coleman: Ai.Cia..t Ast)oti,
John While, I ttu mas M Henry: Sopervi.or
Moes Ev-rett, Samuel Henry. Svhoo! Dir
ector James D Harman, Reuben Sitler
Poor Oversfer Wtu Frnz. Daniel Kiefer
Auditor Vs'ey Bowman; J.i.l-Richarj!
Brewer; Iiipecior-J..hu Ft-di-r. Eli Kline.'
Pike. Justice, L. A Garman, B-njimirt
Wiutersteen tie ; Constable, A. J M inning;
Judge, Dar.iel Fortiwald: Injmciorn, V. H
Chamberliu, H. J. Potter: Auditor Michael
Whitmoyer: School Directors, Grro. Wei)ivr
Valentine Wi'.tersteen; Assessor. John Lnr-As-istant
Assessors, Thomas McBrid Al
bert Hunter; Poor Overseeis, John Lore,
Benjamin Wintersteen; Supervisors, John
Whitmoyer, John Fans.
Roarinockekc Justice, John C. Myers,
William Rhoades; Constable, Jacob Lniigeti
berger; Poor Overseers, Henry H-lwig. John
Rang; Snpervisors, Henry H el wig, George
Kreich; School Director. William Rhoades,
David R. Hower, Judge. Elias Rarig; lit
spectors, William Gearhart, Hiram Cool;
Assessor, Chas. Stire; Assistant Assessor,
Henry Hoffman, Michael Federolf; Auditor,
Mahlon Myers.
Scott Jus'ice, Wm. Peacock; Constable,
John G. Jacoby; Assessor, C. C. Marr, Asst.
Assessors, M. J. Kinney, Thomas Graveling,
jr , Judge Thomas Creveling; Inspectors,
J. R. Robbins, Geo. ' W. CrevelHig; School
Director, Jacob Terwilliger, H G. Crevei
itig: Supervisors. John Shuman Jesse Shan
non; Poor Overseers, Aaron Boone, 11. W.
Creasy; Auditor, Eli Crevei. ng.
Si-oabloaf Justice, Josiah Fritz. Mont.
Col"; Constable, Jesse Hartman; School
Directors, T. Q. Stephens. Reuben Larish;
Poor Overseers, Kichard Kite. Samuel Hess:
Supervisors, Samuel farks, T Q Stephens;
Assessor Jacob rritz; Ast. Assessors, Wm.
Herlinger, Orin Parks; Auditor, George W.
Steadmatt; Judge, Jo. O Hess; Inspectors,
Henry C Hess, Jacob a.. Hess.
The Spring Elections.
The Spring elections for borough and
ownship onicers throughout the greater
part of the Slate, took place on EriJay, and
as far as we have been enabled to learn, the
Democracy has swept every vesiase of
Black Republicanism before thern. Even
in the very strongholds of sectionalism has
the reaction been so great that the misera
ble plunder-seeking party seemed terror
Etricken at the verdict of the ballot box -
In the city of Reading, where the opponent
ol Democracy have been ruling for years,
the Democratic Mayor is elected by a tni-
onry of b44, and the entire Council, with
three or four exceptions. In Harrisburg,
Norris;own and West Chester the victory
has been equally great. Rut will this sig
nal rebuke soUen the beans of the rulers at.
Washington and cause them to pnrsue a
peace policy ? We fear not." The.i hatred
to the South and her institutions is so deep
seated thai they are callous lo public sen-
timent.
READING.
Joel B. Wanner (D-m.) i elected Mayor,
by 61 1 majority over Benneville Keim (Rep )
the present incumbent.
Peter Mianeman (l)m.) is elected 1 reas-
urer by 45-1 majority ; ami Messrs. Smith,
Haus and Morris are elected Auditors by
majorities of 323, 337, and 256 respectively.
Franklin H. Miller (Dem i and Wm. B.
Scho.ner (Ind Dem.) are elected Aldermen;
and Christian Snyder and Joseph Good hart
(Democrats) oniab!es.
The Democrats also elect all the Common
Councilmen and the Judges and Assessors,
in ihe Northeast. Southeast and Spruce
Wards; and one of the three Common
Councilmen aud the Assessors in Northwest
Ward,
KOSRISTOWH.
The election in Norritown has resulted
in a complete triumph of the Democrat a.id
Bell Everett ticket, by au average majority
of nar 400.
PHfEKtX VILLK.
The election in this borough resulted in
the success of the Conservative aud Inde
pendent lickel.
WEST CHESTER.
The contest ia the election here was con
fined to Chief Burgess The candidates
were Henry S- Evans, Citizens candidate,
and Addison May, Rlack Republican.
Evans was elected by over. 200 majority.
Hollow ty's Pills and Ointment Let facts
speak for themselves. Practice vs. Theory.
To mistify the nature and treatment of dis
ease is the unswerving maxim of the med
ical profession. To familiarize all classes
with its cause and effect, and enable them
to subdue it by two essential remedies
Pills und Ointment has been the unceas
ing effort of Holloway ; r.ow mark ihe result
the public mind is daily losing confi
dence in the pretentions of the faculty, on
account of its late theoretical dissentinfc ;
while, on the other hand, Holloway's Pills
and Ointment have found a local habita
tion and a name" in every nation of ihe
earth. In rheumatim and all its phases,
in neuralgia, glandular swellings, scalds,
burns, chilblains, frostbites, &c , the effect
ol iht Ointment ii truly marvellous while
in couiihs. colds, soM-throaU, asthma bron-
c'-itis and consumption Ihe cures by the
uniteJ artion ot ihe ribs ana Umimeni are
unquestionable
DIED.
In Bloomsbnrs, on Monday laM, at th
residence of George Moyer, Airs Hakkak
Potter, of Caiiajrissa, in ihe 6Ut year of
her aj;e.
The deceased had come to Mr. Moyer
for ihe purpose of paying ihem a visit, aha
being a relative. She was taken ill and
died very suddenly, not complaining in the
least but a couple of hours previous to ber
death. Her remains will be followed to
Cattawissa to-day (Wednesday) lor iuter
ment. Ed 3
Near Catawissa.on the 17th int., Charle "
0uer, son of John H. and Harriet R. Bulz,
aed 6 months, aud 27 days.
In the village of Wautonia, on Wednes
day morning last. February 20th, after a:i
illness of three days, Nathan Fibrose Mc
Caffertt, M D , aged 25 years.
Thus has fallen, in the very morning cf
life, one ol our raostesteemeJ and valuable-
citizens, cut down at an hoor when least
expected, and when his professional skill
atd services were demanded and required
by many sufferers. Doctor McCaffertv
had resided in Wantoma most of the lime
for the last three years, and was universally
esteemed for bis upright, manly, and cour
teous demeanor, and his promptness and
skill as a physician. He was a graduate of
Buffalo MeJical College, Buffalo. New
York. Wherever known he was a general
favorite ; and his sudden demise was a
source of n'oom and sadness.
Doctor McCaffkrtt's remains were taken
to Berlin for interment, whilher they ware
accompanied by many of oor citizens. Hi
mother resides in Luzerne county Pennsyl
vania, where the deceased was born arid
reared, aud where he leaves a large circle
of relatives and '.rienJs to niouru his an
limely death friiW5(Vafff levity Aru.