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CLEARFIELD, PA., SEPT. 21, 1850.
People's national Ticket.
TOR PRESIDRXT,
JOn.N C. FREMONT,
Or CALIFORNIA.
TOB TICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM L. DAYTO.V,
or SEW JERSEY.
Union State Ticket.
CAXAL COMMISSIONER.
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
ATDITOR GENERAL,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
SCRVEVOR GENERAL.
BARTHOLOMEW LAl'OKTE, of Bradford Co.
Union District Ticket-
TOR CONGRESS,
JAMES S. MTERS, of Venango Countjr.
semlily.
JOHN BROOKS, of Elk County.
Union County Ticket.
Frothonotary,
THOMAS ROSS, of Pike Township.
Associate Judges,
ARTHUR BELL, of Bell Township.
Register and Recorder.
JOHN AL-AMS, of Boefrs Township.
Commissioner.
WILLIAM W. CATIICART, of Pike tp.
fcurvevor,
PETER LAMM, of I'iirard Township.
Auditor,
WILLIAM HOOVER, of Bradford Township.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
It will not be denied that the generation of
statesmen who made the Constitution knew
bestniuit it meant. They understood ic be
cause it was the work ot their hands ; and the
policy which they adopted was certainly in
accordance with is spirit and provisions. In
regard to slavery their policy was very dis
tinct. It may be stated in two sentences
First, not to interfere with slavery in the
States ; Secondly, to restrict its extension into
the Territories. According to this policy,
slavery was forbidden in all the vast territory
northwest of the Ohio river, and the restric
tion continued till that whole Territory was
formed into five free States. In accordance
with the same policy, the Mis.souri Compro
mise forbid slavery in all that portion of Ter
ritory purchased from France, which lies north
of 3G deg. SO min. north latitude. The terri
tory thns consecrated to freedom included
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and thence ex
tending westward to the Pacific ocean, em
braced also Washington Territory and Oregon.
This is exactly the policy on that subject
which we advocate. It is the ancient estab
lished national rolicy introduced by Jefferson,
and affirmed or sanctioned by our most emi
nent statesmen, north and south, from the days
of Washington down to the present generation.
We wuh to adhere to the policy of "no inter-
icrence with slavery in the States, and no ex
tension of the evil into territory which has
been consecrated to freedom." It is this pol
icy that Mr. Fremont supports; and it is for
this reason that his nomination has obtained
such general favor.
Besides this broad, national policy, there are
two others, which arc sectional. One is that
founded on the fanaticism of a small portion ol
the North, which aims at interference with sla
Tery in the States. This is the avowed object
the simon-pure Abolitionists, who nominated
Gerritt Smith as their candidate for the Pres
idency. The other is the policy founded on
the fanaticism of the South, which seeks to
destroy ail restrictions against the extension
of slavery into the Territory. This is the pol
icy of the present miscalled Democratic party,
with James Buchanan as theiKcandidate. Its
proper n?me is the slavery-extension party
It was through tho influence of this party that
the Missouri Compromise was repealed, the
Border Ruffian Invasion of Kansas legalized,
and the people of that fair Territory conquered
a&d oppressed. In a word, it is a party whoso
leaders are under the complete control of
Southern Disunionists and Slavery-extending
fanatics. h uso the party organization for
the purpose of promoting the extension of the
"peculiar institution." Such are the positions
of parties on the slavery question.
OTJB CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
We have cheering accounts from other sec
tions of the District in regard to the prospects
of James S. MrEBS,Esq.,our candidate for Con
gress. A friend of ours, writing from Brook--ville,
says : "Oar best political calculators
aet JeffersoiTcounty down at least at 300 ma
jority for Col. Myers." The truth is, Mr. My
ers' unobjectionable private and public char
acter, his undoubted abilities and qualifica
; fcioas, and his sterling integrity, win him hosts I
of friends wheraver he becomes acquainted.
We ijust that our friends throughout the coun
ty will use every fair and honorable means to
ensure his triumphant election, of which his
friends in other portions of the district feel
. -certain,
Will Bichaxas Withdraw? TVu qnention may
be solved before lone, fnr the Iteuocratio organs
- - Ate beginning to discuss it gravely. The Banbury
American, whic'i flies his name at the mst-head,
refers to the TUiiorsiu.it tUe :South is making ef-
- fcrts to get him to dueiis in favor of Fillmore,
k i to run fur the Presidency on the same ticket
in connection with Mr. Rreckenridge, the demo
cratic nominee for Vice President, and that Mr.
Breckenridge bad visited Mr. Buchanan for that
psrpoee, though it puts no faith in the report. 'Sun.
FThe Loeofoeo leaders are . badly scared, and
wachouldn't wonder if they'd kill their "Bock"
roor fellow! we pity him.
and splcuww
rtm' and.
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THE BALL IK M0TI03T.
Within the last two weeks, the friends of
Free American Principle, the Constitution
and the Union, and who are opposed to tho
policy of the present imbecile National Ad
ministration and the election of James Buchan
an to the Presidency, have been holding a
number of spirited meetings in different sec
tions of Clearfield county, viz : At Glen
IIope, New "Washington, rennvillc, Newbnrg,
Trout Run, Kylertown, Woodland and Lumber
City. Theso meetings were all well attended,
and manifested a determination on tho part of
the freemen of this county to battle for right
and justice. We are sorry that space will not
permit ns to give extended notices of all these
meetings.
Our friends in this county are in high spir
its, whilst the hopes of the Democracy are con
siderably below zero, so much so indeed that
they tremble foi tho safety of their party. It
is, in fact, a life or death struggle with llicm,
and it is but a short time since that a leading
Democrat said to us, if tbey were beaten this
Fall the Democratic party would cease to ex
ist. This accounts for their incessant efforts
to succeed. Tbey are fearful that their pro
slavery, fillibuster ship will wreck on the
shoals and quicksands that surround their track
in the political ocean, and that they will be
forced to take a trip in small craft to the head
waters of Salt River after the October elec
tion. Our own prospects are brightening more
and more every day, and if we but use proper
exertions, we will come out of the contest
with victory inscribed upon our banners. Go
to work, then, American Freemen. Battle for
Right, Justice, and the cause of Freedom,
"strike for your altar and jour fires ;
Strike for tho green graves of your sires,
I'orOod and your native land."
Clearfield, Pa., Sept. 15th, 1856.
Mr.Jaxes M. Kelly, President of the Clear
field Co. Union Convention.
After due consideration I hereby withdraw
my name as one of the candidates for Associ
ate Judge. There will still remain four can
didates before the people for that office, viz :
Mr. Bell who was nominated by your conven
tion, Mr. Fulton who is a volunteer candidate
and Messrs. Bonsall and Moore the nominees
of the Buchanan party.
This step has been taken as the best under
all the circumstances, to promote that union
which we desire, and which, I believe, is with
in our reach. I hereby tender my thanks for
the mark of confidence shown me by the Con
vention, and assure you of my hearty support
of the Union State, District, and County tick
ets. They deserve support and have before
them the prospect of great success.
Uespcctrully, ace,
Benjamix Spackmax..
"Lookeb-On." We have received a lengthy
communication from the Union Club, at New
Millport, this county, in relation to the state
ments of "A Looker-On," in the last Republi
can. The facts of the whole " matter are ex
plicitly stated, from which it would seem that
the Republican's correspondent did not pay a
punctilious regard to candor. In fact, in the
communication which we received, his state
ments are pronounced false, and the conduct
of some "lookers-on" presented in a very un
enviable light. They were evidently exaspc
rated at the truths uttered by the speaker, and
at finding the meeting so large. and respecta
ble. As the communication says, "they were
disappointed, and did not bring their eggs out
of their pockets until the meeting was over,
and then they gave the seats lits. Ut a
truth, by its fruits can we know the tree, and
if it produces putrid fruit, it is self-evident
that the tree is corrupt and evil.
We find tho following intensely interesting
paragraph in this week's Republican :
"An Omisous Coiscidest. On last Thurs
day the National men the friends of Buchan
an an.d Breckenridge, the Constitution and the
Lnion held a large mass meeting, and raised
a splendid pole at the Cherry Tree. At the
same hour a similar meeting and pole raising
went otF at Salt Lick. These two points are
sonic 70 miles apart, and the two meetings took
place without any concert of action-'1
Most astonishing ! most surprising ! ! most
"ominous (?) coincident" ! ! ! Je-Aoj-a-phat !
It the lnion isn't sale now, then tbere is no
use of talking. Two poles raised on one day,
70 xchole miles apart, "without any concert of
action J" Mirabile dictu !!!!!!!!!!!! !
Who ever heard of such a thing before 7 In
the words of Baron Dubois, "Vot a country,
vot abeeples !" "An' they played on a harp
of a thousan' strings, spirits of just men made
perfec' !"
We mentioned incidentally in an article a
few weeks since that Lloyd Garrison, a Dis
unionist, favored Buchanan's election. We
received our information from one of the most
respectable, influential and well-known papers
in the State, and we have as yet seen nothing
reliable to the contrary, though the astute edi
tor of the Republican has undertaken to con
tradict it. Anything our down-town "neigh
bor" may say, will not, however, in the least
invalidate the correctness of the statement, at
least in this community where he is known to
be one of the most unscrupulous politicians,
and no ways troubled with the use of candor
Axother Stbiso Broke. That "harp of
a thousand strings" played on so pertinacious
ly to persuade Mr. Fremont that he must be a
Catholic, whether he will or not, is likely soon
to be broken all to bits. Among other stories
was one that Rev. Michael Olivetti (an Italian
prelate) had positively testified to Mr. Fre
mont's. Catholicism. Now appears a letter
from Mr. Olivetti himself, in which bo denies
the whole story, and moreover adds : "The
fact that he (Fremont) was married by a Cath
olic priest, if such was the case, furnishes but
little evidence that he was a Catholic. Cath
olic clergymen often marry those who are not
Catholics." This letter appears in the White
hall (N.J.) Chronicle, of Aug. 28, Mr. Olivet
ti being a resident of Whitehall. A corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Time offers a wager
that he will prove marriages of Protestants to
ProtostanU. by Catholic clergymen-
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MEETING AT KYLEXTOWH.
The friends of Free Speech, a Free Tress,
.
Free Kansas, who are opposed to tne elec
tion of James Buchanan, held a meeting at
Kylertown, on Thursday evening the 18th inst.
A large.nuruber of persons were in attendance,
and it was, in every respect, ono of the m6st
respectable meetings ever held in that region,
Isaac England was elected President ; Arte
mus Johnson and C. R. Williams, Vice Presi
dents, and James Hughes, Secretary. On mo
tion, M. A. Frank and J. B. M'Enally, Esqs.,
addressed the meeting. The speakers review
ed, in an able and comprehensive manner, the
great questions involved in the present con
test. Tbey were beard with marked atten
tion. Much enthusiasm prevailed, and the
proceedings wero characterized by the besj
fcelings,and the utmost harmony. vl'lie work
goes bravely on."
LABGE MEETING AT LTJMBEE CITY.
A meeting of the friends of Free principles,
who are opposed to the election of James Bu
chanan, assembled at Lumber City on Satur
day evening the 20th inst. Very large dele
gations Iroiu Pennvillo, Curwensville and oth
er points were in attendance, and it was alto
gether tho largest meeting ever held in that
part of the county not less than 600 or 600
persons being present. The meeting organiz
ed by appointing Elisha Fenton, Esq., Presi
dent; Samuel Widemire, E. Carman, Dr. S.
L. Coble, Michael Shoemaker, Nicholas Mc
Cracken, Geo. Leech, Washington Rex and J
Ilepburn, V. Presidents ; D. S. Moore, andM
Watts, Secretaries. After the meeting had
been organized, J. B. M'Enally, Esq., Cyrus
Jeffries, and Harvey Moore, successively ad
dressed the assembled people. The great
questions of tho day were fully and clearly
stated, the duplicity of the leaders of the
Buckaneer party exposed, the Kansas question
fairly presented, and the position of tho dif
ferent parties and candidates clearly showu
The speakers were frequently inteirnptcd with
rounds of applause. We never witnessed more
enthusiasm in any meeting ; in fact everybody
wa3 astonished at the large number of people
assembled. The truth is, the ball is in motion
the People are moving, and we trust will
continue so until those who are misruling the
affairs cf our country are hnrlcd from power.
The meeting was kept up until a little after 10
o'clock, when Benj. Hartshorn, Esq., offered
the following resolution : Resolved, That this
meeting adjourn to meet in Mass Convention
at Curwensville on Saturday next at 2 o'clock,
M. Tho motion carried with three hearty
cheers, when all quietly dispersed. The en
tire proceedings were marked with harmony,
good feeling and the best of order.
THE L0C0F0CO LEADEES.
One of our Washington City Exchanges savs.
that "the Newbury (S. C.) Mirror contains a
letter from M ashington, giving full particulars
of a dinner party in that city in honor of the
birthdayof Mr. Brooks. Judge iJutlcr, Lrcn
eral Lane of Oregon, General Quitman, Colo
nel Davis, (Secretary of War,) Judge Dong
las, Mr. Edmundson, Mr. Bocock, and Mr.
Clingman, were present. Quitman presented
Brooks a cane, in behalf of the citizens I
Holmes County, Mississippi, and made a high
ly complimentary speech, eulogizing the he
roic achievement ol attacking an unarmed
man sitting at his writing-desk. What high-
minded Southerner will not blush for shame
at the mere mention of the word Chivalry !"
Chrtshfiti Advocate and Journal.
This is same Preston S. Brooks, that declar
ed he "was now, as in 18-51, a co-operation
disunionist," that be ''thought it best to dis
solve the Government under which we now
live." And yet here we find him the chosen
companion and friend of those who stand high
est, and in fact control, the present miscalled
Democratic party, and those same men ap
plauding him for an outrage which is a dis
grace to the American name. Is it any won
der that such men in power will bring the
country to the verge of ruin.
for tht "Raftsman's Journal.'".
What abe We? Among our political op
ponents we are everything that is evil. They
print and circulate thousands of tracts and nra-
phlets,that are full of falsehoods of such a dark
character that they are ashamed to give the
name of the author or the place w here printed.
What are we J In the teeth of the beast many
names are given. Hear them : Know Noth
ings, Abolitionists, Freesoilers, unprincipled
Demagogues, dead Whigs, Black Republicans,
Sectionalists, Americans, Traitors, Subvcrters
of the National Government, Enemies to the
Constitution, the Union and Religion. This
is like the pot calling the kettle black. They
are themselves doing everything to destroy
the Constitution and the Union and the peace
of the people, by shooting some, pounding o-
thcrs with hickory clubs in the Senate cham
ber, hoisting the floodgates of destruction by
taking up the Missouri Compromise, subvert
ing the Freedom of the Press, Freedom of
Speech and Freedom of the Ballot-box, and
destroying innocent people's lives and proper
ty, and then keep up the cry against their op
ponents, charging the latter with the acts of
which they are themselves guilty. They lay
theso charges to the honest Republicans, and
strive hard to get the Whigs to help them
out of the mire into which they have fallen !
(Rev. 13c.) "If any man have an ear, let him
hear" what the evil spirit can do in raising tip
another beast out of the arth, having two
horns, like a lamb, tor a buck, and spake as a
dragon, and exerciseth all the power of the
first beast before him, and crusheth the Earth
and them . that dwell therein, by taking away
the freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
and freedom of the ballot-box, and by carry
ing pistols, bowie knives and hickory clubs.
Now, my neighbors and friends, who are in fa-
vor of the Constitution and the Union, Free
Principles, Fremont, the restitution of theMis
souri Compromise that Slavery may be at
peace in their own States, be careful that the
beast docs not persuade you .to get into the
mire, or get his mark in the right hand or
forehead, by the cry that the Constitution and
the Union are in danger. I admonish you to
go to the polls on the 2nd Tuesday of October
and vote tbo Lnion Mate, District and County
Tickets. Ak Oin Democbat.
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THE UNION STATE TICKET.
We clip the following from tho Berks and
Schuylkill Journal, a decided Fillmore paper
with the hope that all tho true friends of Free
dom will follow the advice and go to work in
earnest:
Friends of Fillmore, . Friends of Fremont,
Old Lino Whigs!
AH who desire tho vote of Pennsylvania
to be cast against that arch-demagognc, and
political turn-coat, James Buchanan, bear in
ruind that the sure tcay of accomplishing such
a result is to turn ont to a man on the second
Tuesday of October next, and vote the Uxio.s
State Ticket.
Vote for TnoMAS E. Cocura.v, for Canal
Commissioner;
Darwis Phelps, for Auditor General ;
Bartholomew Laporte, for Surveyor Gen
eral.
Let no lies or Roorbacks, which the fertil
ity of Locofocoism can invent, induce you to
withhold your votes from cither one of the a-
bove Union candidates.
Let nothing prevent your attendance at
tho polls. Kain or shine be on the election
ground on the Second Tuesday of October
next.-
Form Committees of Vigilance in every
township, ward or borough, to see that every
anti-Locofoco vote is brought to the polls.
Get out your teams, your horses and carria
ges, for the benefit of the sick or infirm, or
those residing at a distance.
Let there be a union of hearts a union of
hands and above all, a unicn of strength, in
the October contest.
We have the strongest assurances from all
parts of the SUto that tho Old Line Whigs,
the Americans, ani the Republicans, will give to
the Union Slate Ticket a cordial and unanimous
support. A full turn-out cannot fail to roll up
such a majority that Locofocoism will stand
aghast.
Two years ago we gave Pollock 37,000 ma
jority and that, too, without a single Roman
Catholic vote ! We can do as well for Coch
ran, Phelps and Leporte. We have the strength
to do much better.
October is tho time to strike. Men and
brethren, let us do it with a will, by voting in
..olid column for the Usios State Ticket.
C"The following did not come to hand un
til our last weeks pajcr had gone to press.
At a meeting of the citizens of the borough
of Chcrrytree and vicinity, on the evening of
August 28th, 1856, a Fremont Club was organ
ized by adopting a Constitution and electing
the following officers, namely : Dr. G. M. Gam
ble, President ; Israel Conrath and Win. Lat
vian, Vice Presidents; Thomas James, Secre
tary; James II. Camp, Corresponding Secre
tary ; Robert Hughes, Esq., Treasurer ; E. B.
Camp, Wm. F. Knevdler, Robert Makeagc,
Bcnj. Pittman, Jr., Joseph Lyda, Z. Books
and N.Ross, Executive Committee; Jas. II.
Camp, Wni. Latman, Joseph Makeage, John
L. Johnson, L. K. Hollistcr, t . II. bowers and
Wm. Lanvdon, Finance Committee. The fol
lowing resolutions were unaDimou&H- adopted :
1st. Resolved, That we are in lavor ol civil
liberty in every sense in which it can be used
without violating the letter or spirit of our
National Constitution.
2nd. Resolved, That we are in favor of lib
erty of Speech, liberty of the Press, of Free
emigration to Kansas, and Fremont for the
Presidential chair.
3rd. Resolved, That every lover of his coun
try should join heart and hind, to overthrow
the tyrannical despotism that now rules the
nation.
4th. Resolved, That Kansas should be free
and protected by Fremont.
5th. Kesolved, I hat the despotism of I rank
Pierce is not surpassed by that of the Empe
ror of Russia.
Gill. Resolved, That we heartilv endorse the
nomination of Fremont and Dayton to be our
standard bearers in the present campaign.
Resolved, That a notice of this meeting,
with a copy of the resolutions, ba sent to tne
'Indiana Register" and "Raftsman's Journal'.
for publication.
For the Ra ftsman' s Journal
Great Mass Meetixq of tiie Democracy.
Pursuant to notice, the LTnion-savers of W'hite
township, Cambria county, met at the Fallen
Timber school house, on the night of the 13th
inst., for the purpose of discussing and com
paring the platform of principles of the 10-ccnt
Shaving Institution, and the broad platform of
Freedom. Joseph Bodinc, a graduate of the
above school, and ex-constable of this district,
an exemplary member of the Unterrified, and
withal a person well calculated to enlighten
his fellows, (over the left,) was to address the
meeting. But, behold the end man proposes !
Mr. A. B., a staunch Fremonter, was called
upon to take the chair, whereupon that gen
tleman declared that to fill the scat with pro
priety, it would be necessary to turn his coat,'
and suiting the action to the word, he pro
ceeded to divest himself of that outward gar
ment and replace it with the other side out.
At this moment, three deafening cheers for
the Rocky Mountain candidate rang out on the
night air, and, presto, the orator of the Invin-
cibles, instead of displaying his rhetorical
powers to the assembly, took to his heels, fol
lowed by the faithful at the respectful dis
tance of forty feet, retiring, as the darkey said
to the tornado, in dis-gust. Reporter.
Another Niggardly Act. In 1814 the A
mcrican troops at Buffalo were quartered in
the private residences of the citizens. The
British forces under Gen. Ryal, as is well
known, entered the city and burned these iru
promptu but costly barracks to the ground.
When Congress assembled, the people who
had thus suffered by the virtual act of the Gov
ernment, applied for compensation to which
they were clearly entitled by every considera
tion of justice and honor. Mr. Buchanan vo
ted against the bill granting this compensation.
Yes, while the wives and children of these cit
izens, as a direct consequence of the occuna
tion of houses by the American soldiery, were
trembling shelterless in the streets, and while
the thunders of the victory of New Orleans,
that would have kindled a glow of generosity
in any heart not absolutely stockist), had yet
scarcely aiea upon tne ear, James Buchanan
sat in his seat like the cold statue he is. and
voted No ! against this resistless appeal to jus
tice ana humanity. U e do not know that
such ineffable meanness finds any retribution
on this earth, but if ft does we cannot be mis
taken ifl the citj. Louisville Jnwrnl. "
. LETTER FROM KANSAS. ..
The following lettei Is copied from tho Chris
tian .Idvoiate and Journal. Its author the
Rev.Ir. Dennis is a member of the Missou
ri Conference of the Methodist E. Church,
and presiding Elder of a district in Kansas-1
Ma. Editor, Believing that many of your
readers are anxious to hear how matters move
with ns at present, and feeling an equal anxie
ty to communicate any fact, that would con
tribute to our aid, under the peculiar circum
stances that now surround us. I sendyou the
following.
Public prints have been teeming with news
about the wars, in Kansas, ever since last No
vember; a portion of the time it. Las been
truth but a part of the time there have been
many exaggerated reports. But I am sorry to
inform you that we now have war in good car
nest on these beautiful plains. For more than
two weeks everything has been in almost per
fect commotion, and on every tongue, and in
every circle, we can hear nothing but war !
war! war!
Ever since last May many of the "Georgia
Regulators," and "Border Ruffians," have
been congregating in djfierent portions of the
territory, building fortifications, fixing places
of deposit for provisions, arms, and ammuni
tion, and otherwiso exhibiting indications of
war, or a campaign of some sort. These things
continued to the 11th inst., to a great extent,
unnoticed by the opposite party. But before
that time, many of our friends had suik-red
from the persons in these fortifications, in va
rious ways. Horse-stealing, honss burning,
and marauding of every kiud, and occasional
ly the murder of some of our citizens. Eve
ry means that could be, had been used, of a
pacific character, until it was almost the unan
imous declaration that ''these places must ba
broken tip." There were some, however, that
still entertained doubts as to the real charac
ter and design of these depots, &c.
Accordingly on the 10th inst., Majot Hoyt
visited one of these dens. A prisoner that
was then anong them, informs us that he was
kindly received, and conducted through the
several apartments, and was soon missing.
The next day. he was found by some of our
men not far from the fort, buried ia a shallow
grave, in some brush. Some wagon tracks
were followed from the grave to a honsj not
distant. The man of the house was closely
interrogated ; for a time be plead ignorance,
but finally confessed that they had killed him
there, and that he had buried h:ni.
This greatly enraged many of the settlers,
and Ihey determined to break up every one of
these places they could find. Ou the 11th,
15th, and 10th inst., three of these fortifica
tions were stormed, and they ail proved to be
what they had been represented, and even
worse. There were two of our men killed.one
at the first, and one at the last; bow many on
the opposito side I cannot tell; I ouly heard
of two. Since that time the border counties
of Miss.or.li have been in perfect commotion,
and threats of the most savage nature have
been made. Companies have como into the
territory, stolen horses, pressed our men into
their service, and frightened and alarmed our
families.
If I could stop with the above outrages,
greatly would I r.-joicc ; but it is my painful
dutv to announce a most wretched, deliberate,
cooi-blooded ntnrder, that took place on the
l'Jth inst. A gentleman by the name of Hopps,
who had just arrived in the territory, and had
taken no part in the troubles ia any way, was
taking a buggy home in which he had brought
his wite from the rf ver to his brother-in-law's,
near this place. In that unarmed, unsuspect
ing, and unprepared condition, ho was met by
a man by the name of Fugct, who had just bet
that he would "take a scalp before night."
He asked Mr. II. but a question or two, and
then shot him through the temple, took off his
scalp, partially concealed the body, and made
his escape to Leavenworth, where he exhibi
ted the bloody scalp as evidence of his brave
ry. This scene was witnessed by a lady and
some children. A few minutes after, some cf
the government teams came along, and the la
dy conducted the wagon-master to the bleed
ing body, the pulse still beating. I make no
reflections ; I leave your readers to their own.
Another man was killed a few days after the
above, by the name of Jennison, Lut as I have
not the tacts fully, I feel some, unwillingness
to give flying reports. But one thing is evi-"
dent, his only crime was going after a load of
lumber, at Kansas City, and he was murdered
at West Port, Mo., as he came back.
Several of our men are now prisoners, and
others, as I have intimated, have been pressed
into their service. And one of our preachers,. J
Brother Stines, told mc that he was qttite con
fident that as many as two hundred horses had
been stolen in and near the neighborhood where
he lived. Brother Stines reached here this
morning, just before daylight, having travel
led all night, and he and nine others have
gone to see the Governor, to pray for some as
sistance in some way ; but we cannot look for
much relief from that direction.
Northern men have been arriving at the rate
of more than one hundred a day. for the last
four days. Every man in the territory, on the
side of God and righteousness, no doubt will
be at his place. But of course there are not
enough to meet the hosts of "ruffians" from
Missonri, and the numerous hordes of "Geor
gia Regulators" from the South. Owing to
the loss of horses, and the destruction of the
crops, (as the Missourians just turn their hor
ses right into the corn-fields, whenever it suits
them,) there will be much suffering among
the citizens.
To yon, my dear brethren in the Lord Jesus
Christ, that arc more highly favored, we ap
peal. Certainly you have an interest at a
throne of grace. We ask vou to irav for us.
It is not reallv whether this shall be a frte or
are frtate, but whether tre will be slaves, or
not. iiod help us, as ministers, to live and do
right all the time. I again say, Pray for us.
And in every way that help is needed, certain
ly good men will help us as far as they can.
. Affectionately yours, . L. B. Denkis.
Lirrenre, Kansas, Aug. 27, 1866.
LIEUT.GOV: ItOBERTS,
- ' OF KANSAS, -AND
COL. HOLLIDAY,
who has recently returned from that unfortu
nate Territory, , v
have agreed POSITIVELY to. address the
the pecphof this county,
AT CUKWENSVILLE. ON SEPT. f 7TH,
and also
in cLi:.KFii:r.n borough, on mon-
DAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH,
at 2 o'clock and in the evening. All are In
vited to attend. . . '. . ., !
Thursday's Easlouian says : "The trnth is,
that Buchananism is getting below par, even
in this section, the OldTenth Legion, of which
we have heard so much from Democratic jour
nals. The great truth of freedom is implanted
in the human heart, and party organizations
cannot crush it out. . . , . . - .
Within a few d.iys past, we can number many
men, in this section of the State, who have
come out from party lies and declared them
selves lor freedom. Others will follow, and it
is difficult for any one to predict the change
that will take place in favor of Republicanism
before the November election. The masses
are moving the workingmen arc moving tho
true men and patriots of the country are mo
ving for Fremont, . the champion of Liberty.
But a few weeks ago, this section of Pennsyl
vania bad scarcely a Republican organization;
now they are everywhere ; in every village,
in every township, and good and trne men
have joiued in tho work. Every man feels
the importance of the issues presented in the
present contest between frevdom and slavery.
Every man can understand this issue, and
there is yet enough cf honor and honesty in
the masses to chose the right side. Even hera
in old Northampton, Republicanism, has a
mighty foothold, and one that it will retain.
Communications come to us from every sec
tion, bringing good news of the advance of our
cause. Men of all parties are aroused to a
sense of their situation. The farmer leaves
his plough, the mechanic his shop, And the
scholar his study, as Ihey did in the days of
the revolution, to strike another blow for free
dom and for their country. The oppressed of
Kansas are everywhere in otir land. They
waik abroad to speak against the so-called
Democracy of to-day. They stand up in their
strength against slavery, and they will not
fail."
Tun Dkmocract Acksowleikjid to be vst
Favor or the Extensiox or Slavery. Tho
New York Day Book, a leading Buchanan or
gan which tho Hunker journals of this State
quota from more freely than from any other
paper out of the State, states the position of
the Democratic parSy in the following explicit
language :
"We hold r.ejro 'slavery' to be right, right -per
se, right in itself, so the natnre and neces
sity of things ; that while there are defects or
imperfections of detail, as in everything elst,
and in all human institutions there are perhaps
no more evils connected with Southern socie
ty than that at the North ; that negroes ar
negroes, and not white men; aud, then-fore,
tbo peculiar domestic institution of the South
is no slavery at a',1 ; but, o:i the contrary, tho
natural relation of the races, and the normal
condition of society, whenever or wherever
whites and nugroes are in juxtaposition. And
we further hold that slavery extension, so cal
led, or the froe, full and unembarrassed move
ment of Southern population, or its perfect
freedom of expansion, of emigration, of devel
opment southward and tropicward, is absolute
ly essential to tlu' peace, progress and safety
of American civilization, and, indeed, to th j
J very existence of the American Republic.
And in our frequent ai tides on this particular
phasu of the mighty question now upon us,
and before the prople for their action, we have
said that the Northern Democracy, when tLo
question should be presented to them, would
be in favor of the free expansion of Southern
population, or as the dupes of imposture would
term it, the extension of 'Slavery.'"
Hr.BnchaTian tea-ifyiag in favcr of Fremont.
Nk w York. Sept. 19. The Evening Post of
to-day will publish the affidavit of James Bu
chanan, made ia 1S32, in the case of Gibbs
vs. Fremont.
The affidavit bears the fullest testimony to
the high character of Cel. Fremont, both a
man and an officer, and to the value of his ser
vices in California. It states that in his (Mr.
Buchanan's) opinion, Col. Fremont was better
entitled to be called "the Conqueror of Cali
fornia"' than any other man.
With regard to drawing bills on Hallman &
Co., lately referred to in the papers. Mr. Ba-
cuanaii sys : "I should have accepted an J
paid these bills, from my general knowledge
of things in California, had Congress appro
priatcd the money." . ' ...
Holloway's Pills invaluable to persons afff;c
ted witlrdiscase of the Liver and Stomach.
The virtue of these Pills, having been tested
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by the citizens of the Union, renders it need
less to expatiate upon their merits; the thou
sands who have derived benefit from them i a
each and every one of the States, being suffi
cient to convince the most incredulous. All
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well rubbed into the chest night and morning.
It is stated by Virginia papers that there is
a Fremont ticket regularly nominated in that
Mtate. The following is given as the list, (com
plete, save two electors lor the state at large):
1st District, Charles W. Ncwlon, of Taylor;
2d, Andrew S. Iloldcn, of Harrison ; 3d, John
S. Barns, of Marion ; 4th, R. W. Caruthers,
of Monongalia; oth, John Crabtree, of Ije;
6th, Absalom George, of Tyler ; 7th, William
Lants, of Monongalia ; 8th, James T, Mcl ver,
of Scot; 9th, Isaac Parsons, of Hampshire!
10th, James B. Kee, of Pendleton? 11th," Jo
seph Kelley. of Russel; 12th, Hiram Riggs,
ol Scot s 18th, E. T. Brandon, of Freotw -
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