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At $1.30 per Year, always in Advance.
"THE UNION'," established ia ISllWLcIe No., 2,325.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 18G0.
"CHRONICLE," estaViblicd ia 1S13 Whole No., 823.
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t&On our last page will be fuuud two
eolumns of Dews item?, ic, which were
put in type for our last paper, but crow
ded out bj later news and Court advertise
talents We give on our outride another
collection of short articles.
"Robert II. Laird, Lesiburg, has a
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tpeeimen of ''Chamber.,.. . 1 .teot Self- .
Locking, Self Sustaic-Dg and U ater-I roof ,
Store-Pipe." M. J. Laird, Winona,
Winn., has tbe Agency for Pcnneylvauia.
f&Tbe remark in our last, tbafirW
erer there are" iron woiks, "the Sheriff
Baa employment," was rather too sweeping '
to be strictly correct. We meant, in all j
parts of our country, and not that ci'ry :
iron establishment was in trouble. We j
re glad to point to the Union Furnace in ,
this county, the Beaver Furnace in Snyder,
and a few others in various parts, which,
by superior management aud peculiar ai
Tantages, atill live aud thrive.
"Signs is Richmond, Va. At the
parties and balls being held there, the la
dies now go in homespun. Homespun, it
is saidp to be tbe order this winter.
Northerw dry goods stands do earthly
cbanoe in Virginia, now."
Good ! That is a capital idoa. Sena- destiny of the American eagle is to place
tor Mason, and the Speaker of tbe House j " '"' n N..rth pole, tho other
in Virginia, are said to have got some 00 ,ue South pole, dip its bead into tbe
homemade clothes. Good again! Keep Atlantic ocean, and its tail into the Pa
doing so. Raise flax and wool, as w U as ; ciCo- 5uca aa extensive spread would in
cotton and hemp ppin, knit, sew, and cvitably split that distinguished bird,
make your own garments, and y ju and Every additional tquare mile of territory
your families will be all the better for it. - may hereafter acquire, will only
In this way you will be happier and richer, j tca x weaken the Union, and incito to
Soon, you will want to get rid of slavery, 1 furlber dissension and difficulty. If there
which always gives way to honest iudustry.-j ' Prayer wniea patriots should earnestly
Never mind the North she can get along j UP " from acquiring
if yon don't buy her truck and notions, i "re land !" Our obvious policy is to
Help yourselves, and we will do the same, j make tLe most of '' we already possess.
No quarreling no competition but that ; u develop our present resources and
of home industry and true independence ! j 'npr the opportunities of wealth now
Slid to it keep it vph nut yet tind ! j in eur possesaion ; build up our manufae-
Spirit of the Press. A friend in
the South sends us a number of theJjur-
11 af of Winchester, Tenn., which illustrates j
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the temper the Democracy are trying to
rouse in that region. Its first article,
from the Richmond Emjnirer, is a long ar
gument agsinst any compromises orconees-
Uu. uu e .la,er, qu, OUl making
ultra Southern demands. Then follows :
ten column speech of the Democratic ;
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clear from tbe gallows bis brother Demo
crat, Capt. John E. Cook. Then there
re three short articles, which we c.py',.'i 1 . ... , . j t- i-.
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nwv.j nuu.iug iu nunc m iyeiuueratic
Harper's Ferry man they would let ruu
free, they would show do mercy to any
man out of the party. Read, aud mark
the kind and lovely and brotherly spirit
to all not of their own stripe 1
"WiTca 'En. The Eutaw (Ala.) IVA-jf
iari mat among tlie titects 01 lie rtrain K.iund,
who was generally known iiTUreeoe anil
Sampler counties, and who died a few weeks '
ago in Marengo county, were found ihr lei-1
ters from Ossawatomie Drown, marked an-
swered.' This Round was a peregrinating
singing master from abolitiondnm, and, from j
appearances, was an acuve agent or einissa-1
ry of the men who were at ibe bottom of ihe !
will bear watching. Won't they. vmfttor
Nichols !"
"Old Brown, the rascally insurgent, as
lltinff last PriHaff mt lh annntnid hn.r n
attempt was made to rescue him. The oih- j make it, should not be waged with the ob
rs will be hnng as iheir limes come. 80 ject of acquiring more territory and par
mote it be. If S. ward. Fred Donglas. Gid-!.- , . - . jj.
dinfc Hale. Chase. Wendell Phillips, and a i ""Sf tfae acrruisillon u intended to
few editor North that we covld name, could '
miy ok swung up inr a lew hours, what a
about we'd glve! They are worse
Brown."
than
k"Tv 7i,rk v?! Bmk- ',".,,;'shc(! l
adelphia, are both sound and valuable pro j wil1 not scll ihe tas ,old us that pet
slavery papers. We recommend ihern both cdly and the last time we offered to buy,
o0, J:z tisz
Harslioa, we ntter will recommend, and hope j
bo Southern man will subscribe to such,
TU I) Hlllf Anil Unmlnr . r . knlh ,:l,n.l "
Tkt RlgkC EM tf IbIm Meetlegs.
The Republicans, honest Americans,
Whigs, and True Democrats don't go
much into the political Union-saving meet
tgs th free-trade, pro-slavery Democracy
n getting up. But they intend to hold
"Union meetings" at every election dis
trict in tbt States, next Fall, and pelt the
Diaunionists to death with little English
nd Dutch paper bullets
"a Mapoa that mam Avmn m atill
Aa IDOS-Siuir, UU U. llic tud,
nwitn m rrwrnmo', will
It the Fire eaters rave and howl. nd lt !
mm ucauuof 4ou iht ill of God."
tteFeopIetote them down quietly.
HfS-llteX. 11 Freemen' sJuurtia(Cita
olio and Democratic) publishes at length
the correspondence between Grow and
Branch, aud thus handsomely compliments
108 1 cunsylvauia Representative:
"We depart from our rule now, to ex-
press our entire commendation of the course
taken by .Mr. Ualusba A. Grow in regard
taken oy Jir. Ualusba A. urow in regal
w .,lr- " urancn. 1 bese cent enicn
are known to ibeir respective i : lends to be
' ""B f dfl(erniine1 PbJsicl "fc".
: Mr. Grow has shown that be is equally
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pressed ot toe higher quality of moral
CJUrage ijjs plea is not by any mcaus
! Illttt ha 18 a DOD-COtHbataOt. 1 1 IS answer
j i'Ili b.t be is a thorough fighting man
-ljut he dcclioes violating at ooce the
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, laws o! the Lunstiau religiuu, and the laws
0f his cuautrj, by accepting the barbarous
; and unreasonable appeal to a deliberate
t murder. Mr. Grow is a
political opponent, but we must ay that,
j in tbis matter, be has entitled himself to
i,he resPcct of Hcj'eii men."
We see similar commeudation br men of
M. . . ,. .
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i ESa.The following is an extract from
Millard Fillmore's Letter to the New York
f f Tlitnn Mont III IT
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'l!ut, in an evil hoar, this Pandora's
i box of Slaver; was again opened bj what
1 conceive to be an atijusuiiible attempt
to force Slavery into Kansas, by a repeal
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i-uc i'lieauuii tyuuiLriuuilltc. IUU IUC
fl )0(Ji of svi, BQV
ilf, , 0Tcrtbrdir tlie ConMilution and
sweep sway the foundation of tbe Govern
ment itself, and deluge this land with fra
ternal blood, may all be traced to this un
fortunate act. Whatever might have been
the motive, few acts have ever been as bar-
rcn of good and so fruitful of evil."
What do the Fillmore men of '50, who
sneered at "bleeding Kansas," think of
the above candid declaration of their then
candidate for President ?
Correct Views.
"We have now as much territory as is
' good for us probably more. By spraw
ling our limits over an entire continent we
only diminish our strength. A solid block
of steel is stronger and more durable than
: any amount of sheet iron, however exten
sive its surface. We do not belong to that
school which believes that the manifest
I tures, encourage our industry, extend our
commerce, and improve our agriculture.
i Wa burn tprritnrv pnniiirfi tn lfon n Imsv
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for the next hundred years in its thorough
settlement, improvement, and develope-
meot "A little farm well tilled." There
is great wisdom in that ! Our readers
know that a hundred acre tract well work-
eJj mm fitM and ,ess ,iabo t0 be
seizod b th(J Sheriff tln farm of ,
lhmiind lei fc l(lt 0M
nriitor. and tilled in a alnvnnlv mnnnAr.
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which, from its extent, it must necessarily
be. While the owner can concentrate all
uia IttUUli MblVUlfUU UU UldUUIC UU UIB Ilk
tie farm, the big one would be too much
for him. On the latter there are too many
division fcuces to be kept up ; the neigh
bors' cattle are continually breaking in,
requiring too much time to drive them
out, and disputes unavoidably arise there
from ; the acres are too many for the man
ure ; the fields are too numerous and large
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,0 be VZi thoroughly ; eventually
some of them are abandoned, and pines,
thistles, aud mullen stalks begin to spring
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UPJ tLe harassed by bis creditors,
grows poorer every year; and finally his
Does not this reasoning apply with equal
force to Lncle Sam s farm : A war with
Mexico, necessary as circumstances may
be slave territory,
The President, in our humble opinion,
is too importunate in regard to the acnui-
"'ion of Cuba by fair purchase. Spain
Why persist in offering this affront to
f.iendly power J If this Cuba project is
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in earnest, the only way we can hope to
obtain tbe island is by force ; and when
we consider that only few months sgo
this despised Spanish nation equipped and
sent to war a fine Army of 50,000 men
larger than any army we ever raised that
ber Navy is more numerous than ours
and, further, that France and England,
by secret treaty, have guarranteed to her
the possession of Cuba, tbe attempt to
take that island by force would get us into
such a scrape as would, perhaps, cure us
of our fillibusterlnir Droneosities for some
Tears to come. Sunluru Gazette. ( Dem "
jlSfWiif.
Dying Poor and Dying Rich.
"It was a Sid funeral to me," said tbe
speaker, "tbe saddest I have attended for
years."
"That of Edmondson V
"Yes."
"How did he die 7"
"Poor, poor as poverty his life was
one long struggle with tbe world, at every
disadvantage. Fortune mocked him all
the while with golden promises that were
destined never to know fulfilment." .
"Vet be was patient and enduring," re
marked one of ihe company.
"Patient as Christian enduring as
martyr," was answered. "Poor mau ! he
was worthy of better fate. He ought to
have succeeded, for he deserved success."
"Did he not succeed ?" questioned tbe
one who had spoken of his perseverance
and endurance.
"No, sir, he died poor, as I have just
said. Nothing that he put hani to ever
succeeded. A strange fatality seemed to
attend every enterprise."
"I was with him in his last moments,"
said tbe other, "and thought he died
rich."
"No, he baa left nothing behind," was
replied.
"The heirs will have no concern as to
the administration of the estate."
"He left a good name." said one, "and
that is something."
"And a legacy of noble deeds that were
done in tho name of humanity," remarked
another.
"And precious examples," said another.
"Lessons of patience in suffering, of
hope in adversity, of heavenly confidence,
when no sunbeams fell upon bis path,"
was tbe testimony of another.
"And high trust, manly courage, heroic
fortitude."
"Then be died rich !" was the emphat
ic declaration ; "richer than the million
aire who went to bis long borne the same
day, miserable pauper in all but gold.
A sad funeral, did you say? No, my
friend, it was rather triumphal process
ion ! Not the burial of a human clod, but
the ceremonial attendant on the transla
tion of an angel. Did not succeed ! Why,
bis whole life was a scries of successes.
In every conflict he came off the victor,
and now tbe victor's crown is on his brow.
No, no, he did not die poor, but ticb, rich
in neighborly love, and rich in celestial
affections."
"You have new way of estimating the
wealth of a man," said the one who bad
at first expressed sympathy for the deceased.
"Is it not the right way T lie dies rich
who can take his treasure with him to tbe
new land where be is .0 abide forever ; and
he who has to leave all behind on which
be has placed affection, dies poor indeed.
Our friend died richer than Girard or As
tor; his monument is built of good deeds
and noble examples. It will abide forever."
Two Democratic Parties in Illinois.
Illinois Douglas Democratic CoiitciIIoo.
Springfield, Jan. 4. The Democratic
State Convention met here to-day, when
delegates to the Charleston Convention
were elected. Resolutions were also adop
ted, re affirming the Cincinnati platform ;
repudiating new tests, the revival of the
slave trade, and Congressional slave
code in the Territories ; denying that da
very derive iti validity from the U. S. Con
stitution ; declaring tbe position, of the
Democracy of Illinois to be that of Mr.
Buchanan in bis letter of acceptance; de
nying the interpretation which tbe Re
publicans gavo to tho Dred Scott decision,
that it denies the right of the people to
regulate tbe slavery question to suit them
selves; deprecating the foray of John
Brown, and attributing such invasion to
tho teachings of the Republicans ; instruc
ting the delegates to the Charleston Con
ventiun to vote for tbe re-adoption of the
Cincinnati platform ; declaring tbe deter
ruination to abide by the decision of the
Charleston Convention; and instructing
the Delegates to vote for Mr. Douglas.
Illlneut Bucbaaaa Democratic Convention.
Springfield, Jan. 11. Tbe Democrat.
io Convention met to-day, and elected del
egates to the Charleston Convention. Tbe
resolutions adopted affirm the Democratic
doctrine that neither Congress, nor the
Territorial Legislature, has the power to
exclude slavery ; but that the people, when
forming State Governments, have tbe
right to permit or exclude slavery ; that
the principle of squatter sotreignty it calcu
lated to promote discord, disunion, treason,
and murder ss practically illustrated at
Harper's Ferry; and express full confi
dence in the National Administration, in
cluding its policy on tbe slavery question.
In New York State, the Hards or Tam
manj Democracy elected Delegates to tbe
Charleston Convention by general ticket.
Tbe Woods or Mozart Hail Democracy are
electing Delegates by districts. The latter
re said to be me good at fighting, and
will go in body, by sea.
A man who bad brtally insulted hit
wife, in London, was brought before Jus
tice Kavariaugh, lately, and had good
deal to say about "getting justice." " J us
tice V replied Kavaoaugb, "you can't get
it here, I am sorry to tell you, as this
Court his no rrwer to bsnc vnu."
The Capture of General Prescottj
A 8T0BT a.XD MtttToF Till fiETOLlllOH. j
In the year 1777, Ihe lown of Newport, K.I,
was held by Ihe British, under Gen. Prescott,
who caused himself to be very much disliked
by the citizens on account of his overbearing
conduct. Lieut Col. Barton, of the Militia
Stationed ai Providence, made a prisoner of
Present!, on tbe night of Ihe 10th of July, '77,
and he was sent to Washington's quarters on
the Hudson. Next spring, bring exchanged
for Gen. I.ee, Prrseoll relumed to his troops
in Rhode Island. He went to dine, one day
afier his return, wiib the Admiral, on beard
of the latter's ship. It had been customary
lo send such men or boys as had committed
some slight offence, to ihis ihip, and confine
them fur some time by the authority of those
in power. After dinner, the guests having
passed Ihe bolile freely, a song was called for.
The First Lieutenant remarked, that they had
a Yankee lad who was a capital hand at a
song. Tbe little fellow some thirteen years
of age did not know Prescott; and when re
quested to sing, replied that be 'couldn't sing
any but Yankee songs." Prescott spoke, in
his haughty manner, "You young rebel! give
us a song, or I'll give you a dozen." The Ad
miral interfered, and assured the little fellow,
that he should be set at liberty, the next day, "if
he would sing them a song any one be ould
recollect." The lad then struck up ihe fol
lowing, (wriltenby a sailor of Newport.)
which correctly describes ihe amusing, and
yet io its influence quite important, enterprise 1
Twas on a dark and stormy night,
The wind and waves did roar,
Bold Barton then, with twenty men,
Went down upon the shore.
And in a whale-boat ihey set off
Unto Rhode Island fair,
To catch a red coat General
Who then resided there.
Thro' British fleets, and guard-boats strong.
They held Iheir dang'rous way,
Till they arrived unto iheir port,
And then did not delay.
A tawny son of Afric's race
Then through ihe ravine led.
And took them lo ihe Overing house,
Where Prescott ate his bread.
But to get in, they had no means.
Excepting Cu fire's head.
Who beat ihe door down, then rushed on
And seized him in his bed.
"Slop! let me pni my breeches on,"
The General then did pray.
"Your breeches, Massa, I will take,
For dress we can not stay."
Then, through rye-stubble, him they led,
With shoes aud breeches none,
And placed him in their boat quite snog.
And from ihe shore were gone.
Soon the alarm was sonnded loud,
.The Yankees ! they have come.
And stolen Prescott from his bed.
And him they've carried home."
The drums were beat, sky-rockets flew,
The soldiers shouldered arms.
And marched around the grounds they knew
Filled with most dire alarms.
But through the fleet, with muffled oars.
The Yankees held Ihrir way.
And landed him on 'Gansei shore,
Where Britons held no sway.
And when unto onr troops they came, -Where
rescue there was none,
A d d bold pnsb !" the General eried,
-Of prisoners I am one."'
There was a general shout of merriment,
in which Prescott joined most heartily, and
handing the boy a guinea he said, "Here, you
young dog! is a guinea for you." The next
morning, the lad was set at liberty.
Sasie Man !lrVllra stale CoiiritleB.
Providence, Jan. 4. The Convention
was large, every town being represented.
Tbe resolutions affirm opposition to the
extension of slavery over our territories;
chirge the existing excitement upon tbe
Democratic party ; declare that we look
only to legal and constitutional remedies
for political evils ; that we condemn all
measures of violence, whether for the es
tablishment of slavery in Kansas, or for
its abolition in Virginia ; that we enter
tain toward all the members of this great
Confederacy, no feelings but those of
kindness and good will ; that we look with
indignation upon the persistent misrep
rescntations of publie opinion in the South,
as increasing the sectional character of the
Democratic party, and weakening the bonds
of the Union ; and that we regard the
threat of resisting the inauguration of
Republican President as an empty threat,
to subserve the interests of political par
ties, by deterring tbe people from exerci
sing freely their constitutional rights;
and that it ongLt to be ranked among the
basest and mos: contemptible services of
political profligacy.
Tbe Delegates elected to the Chicago
Convention are James F. Simmons, Ben
jamin T. Eamcs, Henry Staples, Benedict
Lapham, Rowland R. Hazard, Jun., Si
mon H. Green, Nathaniel B. Durfee and
Rowland G. Hazard, (said to be Dayton
men.)
Novel Suggestion. A wag suggests,
that, in case tbe Hotspurs of the South
carry out their non-intercourse policy, the
people of tbe North retaliate, by refusing
to purchase or use any of Mei'r products,
such as cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco, 4c.
He says, we could very readily dispense
with tbe use of "the weed," ia all its
forms, and this alone would be saving,
yearly, of large amount of money. To
bacco, at best, is but noxious plant, and
the use of it, in any shspe, is vile, filthy,
nd disgusting habit Let, therefore,every
true patriot of the North man, woman,
nd child abstain from using the vile
trash, and in short time the "chivalry"
would find out that non-intercourse is
game that two can play at Tbe sugges
tion we give for what it is worth, hoping
t the same timo that it may not end in
tmokt !
Dylrg Words of Noted Hen.
While you are in health and strength,
labor to do good, and to avoid evil, if you
ever wuh to escape ibe distresses that op
press me. Sir John IlawKint.
Be good, be virtuous, my lord. You
must come to this. Lord Littleton.
See in what peace Christian can die.
A'ldison.
So you will keep peace within, which
will be comfort in tbe day of trouble.
William Penn's Father.
I have lived long enough. Locke.
It is sharp medicioe, but sure rem
edy for all woes. So the heart be right,
it is no matter which way the bead lies.
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Be of good cheer, and play the man,
Master Ridley. We shall this day light
such candle in England, as I hope by
God's grace shall never be put out. Lat
imer. I am grateful to divine merey for hav
ing left me sufficient recollection to feel
how consoling prayer is to the dying.
if. de la Ilarpe.
Had I served my God as diligently as I
served the King, be would not have for
saken me in my gray hairs. Cardinal
Wuliry.
God bestows talents on our votitb. Do
see that they use them right. ihbincthou.
G ive Day roles a chair. Lord Cluster-
field.
God preserve the Emperor. ITaydn.
The artery cesses to beat. Ilallcr.
Let the light enter. Goethe.
All my possessions for moment of
time. Queen Elizabeth.
Be serious. G rutins.
What I is there no bribing of death ?
Cardinal Beavfurt.
I have loved my God, my father, end
liberty. Madame de Stael.
Into thy bands, O Lord. rosso.
It is small, very small indeed, clasping
her neck. -lnne RJeyn.
I pray you see me safe np ; as for my
comiDg down, lot me struggle for myself,
ascending tbe scaffold. Sir Tlwmas
.Wore.
Don't let that awkward squad fire over
my head. Burnt.
I feel as if I were myself sgain. Sir
Walter Scott.
I resign my soul to God, and my daugh
ter to my country. Thomas J-Jfuson.
It is well. Washington.
Independence for ever. J-jhn Adams.
Tbis is the last of earth. J. Q Adams.
I wish you to understand the true prin
ciples of government. I wish them car
ried out. I ask no more. Harrison.
I have endeavored to do my duty.
General laylor.
There is not deep of blood on my
bands. Frederick V. of Denmark.
You spoke of refreshments, my Emilia.
Take my last notes; sit down to my pi
ano here, siog them with the hymn of your
sainted mother. Let me bear once more
those notes which have been my solace
nd my delight. M.zart.
A dying man can do nothing easy.
Franklin.
Let me die to the sound of delicious
music. Miraheau. j
I still live. Webster.
Dissolction of the Union. "In
United States Coupon Fives of 1B74, there
were sales at 103." Xe lork Herald.
The same paper contains seven columns
of matter devoted to predictions of the
speedy dissolution of the Union ! The
very men in Wall street, who are most ea
ger after the coupons of 1874, at the above
premiums, are those reported in tbe same
Satanic Herald as prime movers in tbe
Union saving meetings in New York. If
this Union were destined to dissolution,
think you, gentle reader! 'Squire Hunks
would be anxious to invest at premium
in stocks depending upon the Union's con
tinuance for their value? Bah! This
farce is well nigh played out, we trust.
Let's have a little common sense, and see
bow i will tcem.lUiddlelurg Trilune.
HretlBg f Ike Okie Legislator.
Cleveland, Jan. 3. Tbe Legislature
of Ohio organized yesterday. Tbe Gov
ernor's message is confined mainly to State
affairs. He recommends the re-enactment
of laws repealed at the last session, pro
hibiting slave-holding and kidnapping.
He condemns all inroads on other States,
(an4 attempts to incite servile insurrec
tion,) but thinks tbe whole blame should
not fall on the Free States. Ohio had
frequently been entered for tbe purpose of
kidnapping, and tbe Fugitive Law execu
ted under circumstances of great aggrava
tion. Her citizens, traveling in other
Slates, on mere suspicion bad been subject
to espionage, indignity, arrest, and im
prisonment. Still, the people of Ohio
held fast to the Union, and she will neith
er dissolve it nor consent to dissolution
by others.
A good story is told about the appoint'
ing of Post-Masters in Illinois. One ap.
pointec was compelled to decline, for the
reasons set forth below : "Bear Sir : Al
though I scknowledge the honor of my
appointment, I regret to say that I have
yet an unexpired term of five years to serve
ia the Penitentiary, which oomp els me to
deoliae jour flattering offer."
Truea8Pueacuino. The South Ame
rican member of Congress from tbe Third
Congressional District of Georgia, writes
as follows to the Georgia Cltiz'n :
"You now have a little insight into the
management of Democratic affairs here.
Tbe first day of tbe session, they begin sn
inflammatory debate upon the slavery
question, intended alone for home consump
tion, aud tbey are still consuming time,
speaking to empty benches. 1 havciieard
the speakers denounce Sherman as w fit
to lice, and, after their remarks, arm
Sherman, and tcalk riff in social glee I So
much for (heir sincerity and honest indig
nation.
"I tell you the politicians of tho Dem
ocratic party are making Black Uepubli
cans every day, by menaces and threats,
and tbe South will yet learn that their
Representatives, by imprudence, bare aJ
ped fuel to tbe flames. The moment you
say you are no Democrat, you are denounc
ed as an enemy lo Southern rights, and
ruled out of Southern organisations. But
enough. I write io baste.
Yours, 4c, T. Hariem.4!, Jr."
Deaoon Salisbury, formerly of Oswego
county, N. Y., bought a farm in Virginia,
a few years since, and removed thither.
Since tbe John Brown affair, being found
with a copy of the Albany Evening Jjur
nal in his possession, be was pronounced
a Black Republican, marched ol to Jail,
and finally driven out of the State. He
has returned to bis old home in New Yoik,
and his return is considered as good for a
thousand Republican votes in bis country
next fall. He is a most active Christiau
man, was never called anti-slavery, and
was engaged in renovating some of tbe
wora-out lands when the madness of sla
very sent bim back a decided aud effective
foe to the institution.
In the Alabama Senate, the Hon. Mr.
Bullock, urging the adoption of Disunion
Resolutions, said :
"If the South should delay, and wait
for an overt act, venal papers and men
would spring up in the South, within a
short time, to advocate giving a fair trial
to tbe Black Republicau Administration,
and to bold office under it. Tbe policy
of that Administration would be to give
more offices to Southern than to Northern
men. It would be shrewd enough lo woik
in such a way as to keep the South divi
ded, and prevent Southern unity. It
would not commit any overt act."
That mast be the most sensible Bullock
in all Alabama !
The letter in cipher, which so alarmed
Gov. Wise aud the Virginians, is explain
ed. A journeyman printer, at Dayton,
"squabbled" a few sq'iires of type, which
be afterwards set up without regard to or
der, making an unintelligible mass of let
ters with hero and there a word mix.'d iu,.
Fur the joke of tbe thing, he took an im
pression of it, and enclosed it, in an envc!-
nno ii I.tlin llrnan ft m:rn nn.inpil tiv I
un - - " --r j
Clnv lYisp'fl min. m a thpv Annlil mkA
nothing of it, they concluded that it con
tained information of soma dreadful plot,
which Brown would understand! This
mischievous joke cost Virginia several ex-
tra companies of troops at Charlcstowu.
toe iv.cnmona t..,Titrcr nas -inougni
better of it,'' and will now wait for non-!
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ma v.- 1 ... ..I 1.1
intercourse with the North till tbe rest of
tbe South gets ready ! It says, that, "if
any single Slate casts itself off from com
mercial intereouse with tbe North, it sub-
iectt iti venule lo inconvenience and vant
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which may be quietly submitted lo during
such an excitement as that which at pres-
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I trorn ntt, the people icdl no longer submit
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ro an inconvenience irum waicu 111 uiuer
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Southern States are exempt ...Another
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ifhmnnd tinner, tbe jlorntni jet?t. nith.
ily says, "We understand the demagogues
very well with tbcm, Disunion means
Democratic success."
Sew Jersey IrgMaiare.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 11. The LTouse,
by vote of 31 against 27, declared the
seat of Mr. Johnson, Representative from
Passaic, vacant, on the ground that be
had been convicted of conspiracy in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Bergen.
The Governor's message takes a strong
Union ground, regards the idea of Disso
lution as very remote, opposes the African
slave trade, favors the Registry Law,
hopes the Tariff will be increased, urges
retrenchments in the State expenses, and
recommends various measures to that end.
Without a Friend. Alfred Caldwell,
the State Senator from the Wheeling dis
trict, Virginia, wbo, it will be remember-
r r ' o r
ed, avowed Republican doctrines at bis
homo last summer, at Richmond is treat
ed with extreme coolness by his brother
Senators and tbe members of the other
House. At the hotel, at night, when all
seem to be engaged in conversation, be
sits alone by the stove in the rotunda, as
little recognised as though he was an en
tire stranger to all present.
".tWa rCaastaVrtay at Frankfort. It.
Frankfort, Jan. 10. CassiusM. Clay
spoke, yesterday, to vast udience, from
tbe portico of the State House, tbe doors
of which bad been closed against him.
He avowed himself an Emancipationist,
and vindicated the patriotism of Senator
Seward. There was no disturbance.
Fools and their money are soon parted.
A St. Louis goctlemaa paid SO for tbe .
uss of a ?ij h:-v s'"t i rur hotns.
Roor,lS(lEHMAK,VS.Jon!l CANDOLTlt.
Mr. Sherman was rej rescntativ is
Congress from Connecticut ; bis business
bad been that of making shoes. John
Randolph arose, and with his nsua! sqneak.
ing voice said : "I should like to koo
what tbe gcctlt-man did with his leather"
apron, before he set out for Washington f'
Mr. Sherman replied : "I cut it up, sir,
to make moccasins fur tbe descendants of
Pocahontas," (of whom Randolph claimed
lo be one )
The Constitution of the United State
is no longer a protection and passport ill
Virginia, the home of Washington and Jef.
ferson, to those wbo entertain the seuli
meats expressed by those illustrious men
oa the sulj et of Slavery. It requires a
more potent documeut to secure the right
to pursue s j mroey ia that State, viz. a
"permit" from Gov. Wise or one of his
militia captains ' f ,. j
The Deurxsratie Convention of Ken
tucky declared against Douglas and. his
distinctive doctrines. Douglas friesid
claimed this State for hint. It demahBj
security for slavery in the Territories, un
til they become States, by Congressional
aid if necessary. The Convention of Ala
bama was still more ultra, and threatened
disunion pretty emphatically. Tbu is
sectionalism dividing tbo Democracy. J
Robert Emmet, according to B.itUh
law, was a traitor, and suffered felon's
death in 1803. Is there an Irishman wbu
believes Emmet was not genuine patriot,
and an honest end true man ? Is there
an Irishman, cr a deseccdent of an Irish
man, wbo is not fully of the opinion that
the British Government committed a great
moral wrong iu putting Emmet to death ?
" A Vaiedictost. The editor' of tle
St. Anthony (Minnesota) .Yixs published
his valedictory last week. He says: "Four
years' active service in the profession edi
torial, have revealed to us the fact that
the principal emoluments and immunities
enjoyed by the cba'.r, are an oceaa of ad
vice, a shower of brickbats, and an enllti
procession rf lico d'M ir promises." -
Sigss If you spill itk, it L a sign yen
will go hungry if you don't cat your vic
tuals. If you need anew coat, it is not
improbable that some tailor is about to)
suffer. If you laugh in your sleep, it is a
sign that you caa't do all your laughing
when you arc axake. If you cross your
knife and fork, it signiiies that they Uju'i
lie parallel with each other.. . .
Dr. Adam Clarke, in his Commentaries,
says : "Ia hcathn countries, slavery was
ia some sort excusable ; aiaaa; CurUtianr,
it is an enormity and a crime f r which
perdition has scarcely an adequate state of
punishment." It is well fur tbe Dr. that
j he is not living in our days an-1 in Vir-
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Kandolpii os Douan-rACEj. The
creature most despicable in tbe eight of
old JoBn Randolph, was tbe Northern!
"dough-face." When in Congress, said
ne, "s.r, 1 envy neuner too nean nor 1110
bead of that mau fro:a the North who
risea her3 tQ J(.end sWj lpau flaei,
,e . : ,:
Mliburn, in his "Ten Years of Preacher
Life," says, "I confess to a grateful love
of log cabins, aud am much inclined to the
belief that their humble roofs have shel-
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; tered a greater amount of health, eontent,
1 , . . . , , . .
happiness, and virtue, than the be3t styles
of domestic architecture." - ,
11 cuul- 1 1 u iiiiin, iu ma spt-cvu lueuiuor
1 ' r
I ntght at the John Brown sympathy meet
tiTj.,i iji.:ii: - u: j..v--.t
. -. ..... .
mg in ew lork, said: "My good friend,
0 ' JO '
ik iuia iuuii u ever bco tut? tuwu 9 tioor
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separating from the town, tbe next act will
be South Carolina going out of ihe Union."
The following may be seen on a grave
stone in Dcrwen (Denbighshire) church
yard : Husband died aged 103 ; wife died
aged 93 ; their son died aged 93 ; iheir
daughter aged 101; their grandson sged
93. Total 497; average 9DJ
When tbe "Union meetings" are all
over, tbe churches of the North are to de
clare their attachment to tbe Bible. There's
Legree down io South Carolina that
doubts their orthodoxy, and says bo will
break 'em up if they dou't speak !
The New York Evening Pust eays a
man "can not be active and quiescent at
the same time."' There mty be some
doubt of that. Some fellows bustle about
terribly, and yet lie stilL
A Democratic paper, noticing demon
stration of that party, says, "tLe air was
rent with tbe snouts of three thousand peo.
pie." After which, we suppose, the Band
played "Root, hog ! or die." . .
Tbe Pennsylvania Said lately that "the
Democratic party consists of iron men."
Whereupon Prentice concludes that ''Old
Nick will have a good many irons io tti
fire."
The pursuit in which we can not ask '
God's protection, must be criminal; the
pleasure for which wc dare not ibatk 11 io,
ean not be inucccur.
Ladies, please don't carry what you.
call "perfumes" about jou. Fascinate
our eyes and our cars as much ss ycuhi,
but do let our noses atoue. . ,
"Can't yeu credit sac, Mr. Batcher, Lt
a lit tie Ei'-it this p.frr.in ? ' "N-i e;r,
r :t !:- f ! ::.! i'r --i n :.'. '