Proceeding of the Congressional Conference. At a meeting of the Democratic Conferees of the count ins of Lycoming. Northumberland, IT. nioo and Clinton, composing the l?th Congres sional district, convened at the home of Theo dore Wells, in the borough of Muncy. Lycoming county, on Wednesday the 11th dny of Septem ber, 1 11, for the purpose of nominating, in tie coi dance with the usages of the paitw, n p-rsnt to be recommended to the support of the Demo cracy of said district as a candidate for Congress, The meeting was organized hy choosing G. LElSEXRIXG, Esq ., of Noi thumbi War d county. President, and appointing Col. Jcin Ei::,NFir, of Lycoming county, Secretary : When it appeared that the coulerns f:om the following named counties were in attendance and answered to their names : LyeimiingUon. Thomas Taggmt, Col. John Bennett. Northumberland William Wilson, Gideon Leisenring. Un'on R B. Barbour, Jonathan Wolfe. The Conferees from Clinton county not ap pearing, Mr. Wolfe moved, Tint the conference adjourn until to-morrow (Thursday 12th! in order to give them an oppor tunity of being present, which motion was a grced to. Tiicrsiiay, Sept 12. The conference met pursuant to adjournment The conferees from Clinton county appeared, and prevnte I their credentials, viz ; VI no i J. Harlan, Allison White, F.sqrs. Col. John Bennett moved that the conference do now proceed to the nomination, which was agreed to. Col. Bennett nominated Wm. A. Tltrikin, of Lycoming ceunty. Mr. White nominated Wm. DtN.v, of Clinton county. Mr. Wolfe nominated ALrxA.cr.ii JcRcan, of Northumberland. The conferees then proceeded to ballot, which resulted as follows : 1st ballot. Crid U.Uot. G'n. Win. A. Petrikin, 4 5 William Dunn, Esq , 2 1 Alexander Jordan, Esq , a 2 It appearing that Gen. WM. A. PEIKIKIN received a majority of all the votes of the con ferees, he was declared duly nominated as the can 'lid.ite of the Democratic paity for Congress, for this district. Col. Bennett presnted a lett-r of Gen Petrikin in reply to one addressed to him by a number of citizens of Lycomi'g county, and asked permission to read it to the conference, which was agreed to. The letter and correspondence be'ng rci.1, OnmotionofMr.Wolfe.it was ordered that the same be published with the proceedings of this meeting. Mr. Wilson presented and read the following resolutions and moved that they be adopted, viz : Readied, Unanimously, that Gen. WM. A rETRIKJN, the nominee of Lycoming county, is the Democratic candidate for Coi gresi, in the 13th Congressional District, and we individually and collectively pledge ourselves ti support the nominee, and that we will use all fair and honora ble means to secure his election. Kfvlwl, That we place implicit confidence in t he patriotism and capacity of Col. JAMES K POLK, of Tennessee, and GEORGE M DAL LAS, of Pennsylvania, the nomit.ees of the De mocratic party for President and Vice Prcsidei t, and that we will give them our undivided f '. ppo.t at the ensuing election in Novemttr Res-Ire J, That we approve of the se'ect cn of J FRANCIS R SHUNK, as the candidate rfthe Democratic party for Governor, and we hull his nomination as arl'earnest of certain victcy. Resolved, That ice tan and tee will ch i t our whole ticket in the lDth District by a triumph ant majority at the ensuing election ; which re solutions were each unanimously adopted. On motion of Mr. Wolfe, Reo'veJ, That the conferees of the 13th Con gressional District meet hereafter at this place, onthovJnd Wednesday of September, JitJvtd, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the officers and published in all the Democratic papers of the district GIDEON LE1SENRING, Pies t John Bi.NNrvr, Sec'y (We annex the correspondence above referred to ) Wim.iamsport, Sept 4. 1614. Gen Wm A. Pstrikin Dear Sir . The Democratic County Convention of Delegates, from the several townships in Lycoming county, having recommended you for nomination as the democratic candidal for Congress in the 13th Congressional District, and it being generally conceded that Lycoming county is entitled to the candidate, we as members of the Democratic party and your fellow citizens, take the liberty of propounding to you the following iuterrog ito xica : "Are you in favor of a tariff for revenue and protection to home products and manufactures'?'' "Are you opposed to the charter of a United State Bank?" An early answer is respectfully requested. Wt itrnuin, with great respeat Yours, &c. J. A GAMALE II. A. KERR, JAMES LOWDEN, O. WATSON, JACOB RODEARMLL, T. B. TORBETT, A II M'HENRY, JOHN BENNETT, THOMAS TAGGART. Mi-Ncr, Sept. 1 1th, 1611. GtxTiiMK : Your favor of 4th inef., inform ing me that I have been recommended by my de. mocratif fc-llow-cititeni, through their delegates assembled in Convention, as their candidate for Congress in tha 13th Congressional district, and propounding to me certain interrogatories, is le fo.e me. i." .'. 1 1 I" . . .1' I feel thankful to yon, gentlemen, for thus af fording me an opportunity to express my grate ful sense of the very high honor conferred upon me, by this flattering testimony of the esteem and confidence of the democracy of Lycoming county, in selecting me as their candidate, and particularly at this highly important crisis, when our party are buckling on their armour, to rjinstate the l'tih Congressional district, in its former high and honoiahle position which it re cently lost, by the accidental ascendency of the Federal Wh:g party. To your first question, viz: "Are you in fa voi of a Tariff for revenue and protection to home products and manufactures?" I promptly snd frankly answer in the nffirmaHte. I am now and ever have been in favor of a Tariff sufficient to raise revenue to meet the necessary expenses ft the Government, economically administered, and at thp same time affording protection to the great 1-ading interests of the country, to the farmer, ni"chanic, merchant and laboring man, us well as the manufacturer ; and although some have thought that the TariiT of 1812 maybe ad vantageously modified in some of its details, yet, upon mature reflection, inasmuch as it is found upon trial to be highly beneficial to the interests of my native State, I have no difficulty in com ing to the conclusion that it ought not be dis turbed. I am therefore opposed to its repeal and if I shall bs honored by my fellow citizens of the 13th Congressional district, in being e lected to represent them on the floor of Congress, I shall ever be found sustaining the interests of Pennsylvahia and our common country to the best of my abilities. In regard to your last interrogatory : "Are yon opposed to the charter of a United State Batik ?" I can say that I ever have been, am now and ever will he. My opinions on that sub ject were formed in my youth ; were in fact part of my education ; have grown with my growth, and strengthened ns I advanced in years and experience, and it is the settled conviction of my mind that a bank chattered by or in any way connected with the general government, ei ther in the shape of Clay's Tank, with a 30 mil lion capital ; his great fiscal or Tyler's exche quer, is unconstitutional dangerous to the li berties of the people and destructive of the bust interests of our country. During the bitter and vindictive war waged by the cohorts of the old rotten and corrupt Bank with Biddle at their head, aided by Webster. Clay, Frelinghuvsen and other of its stipendaries in Congress and throughout the Union, ogaint that great, good and incorruptible stateman And'w Jackson, when many a democrat quailed and many a heart waxed faint, I adhered still more closely to the democratic cause, and with all my feeble energies I sustained the adrninis t rat ion of that distinguished and revered hero am! patriot, and the principles he contended for and carried out. I am very respectfully Your obedient sci v t , WM. A. PETRIKIN. To J. A. Gamble, H. A. Kerr, James Lowden, 0 Watson, Jacob Rodcarmel, J B. Torbett, A. II M'llenry, John Bennett, and Thomas Tag gart. Nsw York Awakb. There were eight meet ings of the Democracy at Now Yoik on Monday evening. Mr. George Bancroft, Mr Robert Ty ler, Mr. Farnumand others made addresses The True Sun (neutral) says: "The meeting at Tammany Hall last night, and its brandies in the open air, formed collectively one of the largest popular gatherings we have ever seen in the city of New York " The Herufd says . "The meet ing, or rather the meetings, of the loeofoi-os of this city, last evening, indicate the existence of a degree of enthusiasm and unanimity in that paity, such as none or its leaders dreamed ofTa few weeks ago. In numbers, enthusiasm and unanimity, these great popular gatherings have never been surpassed in this city, or probably in any section of the Union, during any of the con tests which have heretofore agitated the country " Important from Texas. The schr. "Star. from Galveston, arrived at New Oi b ans on the 7th inst , bringing pews of the dath of the Hon. Tilghman A. Howard, U. S. Minister to Texas, w ho died at Washington on the 10th ult. Gen. Howard numbers the fourth American Minuter who has found a grave in that republic. It is but a few weeks since we recorded the deaths of Gen.'Murphy, the American Charge, and A. M. Green, Esq , U. S. Consul, within a few days of each other. It pains us to leainalso of the death of Commander J. T. K. Loihrop. of the Texas Navy. He died at Washington on the 1 1th wit , of bilious fever. He was a native of Massachu setts. Commodore Moore's trial was piogressing, as was also the canvass for the Presidency. In the "Star" came Mr. E. O. Con, withdc--spatches for the U. S. Government, and for the British and French Ministers at Washington city. The despatches are supposed to refer to the inva sion of Texas. Gen. Woll, with some 10,000 of the advance detachment ot the Mexican army, has, it is said, arrived on the banks of the Rio Grande. This it indeed deeply interesting in telligence, and may be supposed to have created great excitement in Texas. The despatches were immediately sent to Washington, by the Collector at New Orleans, Mr. Barrett Since the above was in type we have received the appointment of Major Donaldson, the Private I eerf'flt nf .Taf-Lcnri n. rM.nrirA st'AfTi.ira to Texas, in the place of the Hon. Mr Howard, deceased. '-- The news above, brought by Mr Coi r, in re lation to the invus on of Texas, is said to be a lalse report. Fxcs6ivLY Fpnny The Boston Courier it disposed to ascribe the defeat of its patty in Maine to the falling off in the Millerite votes. It fays th Mdleritea are Whigs, but thinking the world would come to an end in the course of a few month", thy did not think it worth while to vote for somebody to legislate for the country after the world is burned up ! THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Srjt. 21, !811. Democratic Nomination. FOR PRESIDENT, J ABIES IE. rOLII, OF HCNNHRSFlE. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. GEO. IM. DALLAS, OF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR GOVERNOR, ifvancffif it. 3 n unit. FOR CANAL COMMlgftKINFtt, FOR COM II KM, C.KX. WM. A. PET1MKIX. C O U N TV TICK E T . FOR ASsK.MKl.Y, EI) WAN I) Y. 1$ Kill I IT. FOR COMMISSIONER, DAVID MAHTZ. FOR AflJlToR, THOMAS STHIXi:. K L F. CTORS, Fo I'reniitent and Vice President nf l'ie V Stairs WILSON MTANDLESS, Seiiatoi iiil. ASA DIMOCK, R F. P R F. S E N T A T I V E . 1. Gko. F. T.FiniAN, 13. Gkorue Sciinadle, 2. Christian Kneass, 14. Nath'l. B. Ell tu n. William H. Smith, 15. M.N. Irvine, John Hill, (Philu ) SoirrL E. Leech, Samvel Camp, Jr.ssn SiiAr.PE, N. W. SA.Mrur, Wm. Ht:lPENRrtrli, Cdnrati Simmer, StiI'Hf.n Bai.ov, Jon ai Bp.r.wsi tit, 10. 17 1 1!. 20. 01 ! OX Jamts WoorniTS, limit Montgomery Isaac Ankney, John Matthews, Wm. Pattftson, Antirew Rrr.KE, John M'Git.L, Christian Myers, 11. Roi'EKI Ol!R. IT, It. '..', 7.. at litg Kr.iir.g late a-id tout timer, .V-. 5'J Vine Strut, I'M tacltlphia, i atithnrlztd In net on .t?rnt, ni d rrerlt tor all tuoiiir due this oftitr, for tub nerlpllon or adv. rthhig, ,1lito,i.t hlit OMee.Vo. ICO .Vati S rrrt, .V.ip IV. C7 A letter of Gkn. Wm. A. Petrikin will be found in the proceedings of the conference, pub lished in another column of this paper. The General speaks to the point on the United States Bank. Ev Who Can Beat it. A Tomato was presented us on Tuesday last, by Mr. James H'Med, of this boiough, which was raised in his garden, weighing SOounces. It can be seen in this ellice. We were aUo shown a Pach. a few days since, from the garden of Mr. J H. Zimmerman, of this place, which weighed t'J ounces. CP" HuN Jami Hi f hanan. This gentleman visited our borough on Monday lat, as the guest of his old friend, Mr. Lewis Dewart. He was wai ted upon and cordially greeted by many ol our ci tizens. O" Littei.l's Living Agl. This valuable periodical, of September 7th. i before It is a periodical that every person should posess This number, like all those that have pieceded it, abound w ith the choicest matter of the Age. Publii-hcd in Postun, 1 lj Washington Street Price, Io j cts. a number A Codn on his Ba k. As the thousands of Democrats were passing up the canal, to the Great Muss Meeting at Milton, on the 14th inst., a com was observed lying at full length on his back. The Maine election was, undoubtedly, a "coon killer." K7 Omi-Fei.lowiiip. On Friday evening, lljth inst , we had the pleasure of listening to a very interesting lecture on this subject, by the R. v. Wm. T. Fames. The lecture was deliver ed in the Court House, in this place, to a large audience of ludies and gentlemen ; and from the attention that was paid to the remarks of the tah iited orator, and the commendation bestowed upon him after tin; 1-cture was over, we have no doubt that all were highly gratified and pleas, t d w ith them. The subject was new to a treat many, some having m ver heard that such a so ciety w;is in existence, and few being aware of the b: u fit such un iustitiitn is to tb persons b. lorgir.g to the society. The lecturer treated the subject in a very masterly ami eloquent man ner, and proved clearly to his audience the b me lits arising from mutual reli. f societies, if pro perly conducted. Mr. Barnes, in the course of his remarhs, stated that he had frequently been asked "why Lot admit the ladies to member ship " He very ju-tly remarked that ladieg were Odd-fellow s already, because they were always engaged in works of benevolence and charity, in soothing the couch of pain, and in administer ing to the wants of the afflicted. Arc you Assessed. From to-day, but 16 days intervene to the e lection; if you are not assessed before the 28th inst you cannot vote. Again we say, are you at $etied t Let every Democrat look to thit, and let thote who are assessed look around them to tee that there are none of their friends who have neglected thit important requisite. At the ap proaching election we wish to secure every De mocratie vote "A fair field and a fair fight," and thf vi- ory is our's O It A N D It A Ii L Y or TUB Dimocrary of the Uth District, at Milton. 6,000 DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLED IN COUNCIL. Last Saturday was a glorious day among the unconquerable Democrats of this district, a sure presage of the great victory which will crown our exertions on the second Tuesday of October next, and an auspicious harbinger of a still more glorious victory on the Ides of November, over the mcdly array of count. The Borough of Milton presented no unusual spectacle as late as ten o'clock of that day, and the coons began in their usual biagadocia style, to cry failure ! a complete failure ! but the demo cratic masses soon began to come in by thou, sands, and the poor coons disappointed, mortified and dismayed, fled to their cooneries thoroughly convinced that the 13th district would be re deemed from the yoke of modern whiggr-ry. The hardy yeomany arrived in such masses that it is impossible for us to describe in detail the differ ent clubs and processions as they marched in ; for they came on horse-back and on foot, in wagons and by boat loads, withtheir banners raised aloft, their flags flung to the breeze, and their bands pealing forth the soul-stirring airs of '7(1 and'S'S. Our readers may form some idea of the enthusi asm which pervades the Democracy, fiom the fact that one single procession from Lycoming, numbered three hundred and tixhj-firc wnunt and 1200 hardy democrats. The Democracy of Anti-masonic, Bank-ridden Union were re presented by hundreds ; the "Star of the North" was there w ith her unlerijicd demncrari, and our own gallant little county poured forth her mass cs of Democratic Yeomanry. By lio'colck the tow n was literally filled with people, so that it w as almost impossible to make one's way through the streets. At 1 o'clock, Gen. Green, the Chief Marshall, attempted to form the procession, for the purpose of proceeding to the island where a stand had been erected for the speakers, but the dust was so annoying that not more than two thirds of those in attendance could be prevailed upon to enter the procession. The persons in procession was counted as they crossed the bridgj to the island, and their number was fmir lmwand even hundred und nijcty-threr. The meeting was organized by calling GEN. ROBERT FLEMING to preside, assisted by a number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. Gen. Fleming made a few eloquent and pertinent remarks npon taking the chair, and concluded by introducing to the people the HON. JAMES BUCHANAN, whose appearance was greeted with shouts hat seemed to shake the very earth. ' Our own Buchanan" addressed the assembled multitude in a speech which enchained the at tention of the vast assemblage for several hours. Every eye throughout the mighty concourse was intently fixed upon the eloquent speaker, and every ear hung upon his convincing argument his thrilling appeals. We will venture to say, that no Democrat left that ground without clear er iews of the ereat political questions that now divide the country the mighty conseqiieu. ces involved and a firmer conviction of the truth of his principles, and an abiding confidence in their ultimate triumph. We wish that it was in our power to give our readers even a sketch of ti.m speech, but it is not. The meeting was also eluqnently a d.liessed by the Hon. Ellis Lewis and John V. Forney, Esq., of Lancaster. The speeches of both these gen tlemen were veiy rflective and commanded great attention. About tiOO ladies from Danville, Northumber land and the surrounding country were in attend ance, and presented a splendid array of youth and beauty. Their smiles cheered on the youn" de mocracy in the welt tried path of their demo cratic ancestors. The ladies from Northumber land carried a banner representing THOMAS W. DORR in his Cell, w ith his manacled hands raised to Heaven, asking for mercy for his cruel and aristociatic tyrants. 'I hi meeting was emphatically THE MASS MEETING of the campaign, out-uumbering by many thousands all the meetings held in this quatter, either by thewhigs or democrats. It has stricken the coons with dismay, and filled the bosom of every democrat with enthusiastic con fidence in the success nf our candidates by a tri umphant majority. Gin. Wm. A. IVtrikin. Our readers will see, by the proceedings of the Congressional Conferees, that Gen. Win. A. Pe tiikin, of Lycoming, has been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress, in this district. This gentleman is wad I qualified in e very respect to represent us with honor and abil ty. He was born and bred a democrat of the Jef fersonian school, he has labored long and earnest ly for the cause of Democracy, and is richly en- t.tled to the support of every true democrat. His moral character is unblemished not a word has ever been breathed against it. His letter, pub lished with the proceedings of the Conferees, must satisfy the most ardent friend of the Tariff that his viesvs upon that subject are sound and coirect lie avows himself in favor of the pro tection of home industry, and unequivocally op posed to disturbing the TariiT of tM2. He is then the Tur "candidate of the Democracy, and will be elected by an overwhelming majority (Q-Umon Count. The Democracy of this county are aroused, and determined to give the coont a warm contef t. 1 he whig majority will be greatly reduced at the coming election. Meetings were held at New Berlin on Monday and Tuesday evenings last, which were ably ad dressed by A. Jordan, W. L. Dewart and C. W. llegint, Esqrs. On Wednesday a very large county n . ting was'held, far out -numbering the coon men of the daypreviout, and eloquent speechet 4 1 'e by Gen. Wm. F. Packer in the English and E. W. Hutter, Esq , in the German languages. These gentlemen gave the cons such a skinning as thry will long remember. V I C T O It Y t One Thousand Cliccn for MAINE ! The returns from this gallant little State indi cate a much greater Democratic triumph than we had any reason to anticipate. Never has Whiggery sustained such a defeat, or Democracy gained a more Brilliant Victory ! We extract the following returns from the Au gusta (Maine) Age of last Saturday : Anderson, (Dem.,) so far as heard from, 47,122, Robinson, (Whig,) 37,400. Present Democratic majority, 9,410. In 1810, Fairfield, (Dem ) 1 1, 047 ; Kent, (Whig,) 4 1,015. There are 31 towns and some plantations to be heard from, which in 1910 gave a Democratic majority of G01. Allowing no further gains, the Democratic majority in the state will be 10,017, and the Democratic gain, compared with IS 10, 10,418. The Democrats have carried 5 members of ' Congress, the Coons 1. In the strongest demo cratic district in the state there is no choice, the Democrats having run two candidates. The next trial will elect another demociat, making the delegation stand Democrats 0, Coons 1. Senators elected 2S Democrats, .1 Coons. Tin House of Representatives will probably stand, Democrats 101, Coons ID when all the vacan cies arc filled. d" Popi'lar VolE of I.mhana. The New York Journal of Commeree, (w hig paper.) re cently gave a statement of the popular vote in the counties of Indiana, except eight, show ing a democratic majority of 721. Add the majority in the eight counties, 1000, and the majoiityin the State is 1,7.')0. Harrison's majority in IS in, 11, U S. Demociatic cain. 1 I.S'.lS ! BT7 Pi'iTt.AR Vote of Illinois, as indicated by the congressional elections: Dem , 51..V. Whig, ,'fi,vo3. Democratic majority, 11.77'). Van Buren's majority in l'UO, ,0'M. Democra tic gain, 1-2.S.10 ! C7Tiie nixi Stat Ei.rci ion. The next State that will vote will be Maryland, on th second of next menth. Then follows soon after Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Georgia. E7 In speaking ofEmvAiti. Y. Biii.;irr, our j Democratic candidate for the Legislature, the Pottsvi'le Emporium says: 'Our democratic 1 friends have nominated their late able and faith- ful representative. This is right no member at Harrisbuic, last winter, stood hi-iher in the estimation of the public for probity, integrity and industry, than Mr. Bright. " ZT The New York Express says, that Cap tain Stockton ofTers the follow ing bets, to wit : 510,110(1 that Polk and Dallas will be elected. 10,000 on each of the States of New Yoik. Penn sylvania, Virginia and New Jersey, making ViO.omt; all to be taken together. ZJ" The following is an extract of an address, delivered by Gkn. Simon Camhson, on being called to preside at the Democratic Mass Meet ing, held at Harrisburg, on the 2d instant : "Hut it may be more appropriate now to fpenk of the living. The unbroken iinanim'tv w.th which I'KAXCIS R. Slll'.NK his been made our leader, is at once an evidence nf his great worth, and of the strenetli nnd lu.rimuiv ..'!. 1 1. . ... V.. ,..1. ... ! V ",l " ''" " l""'.v- ''"'"""n"1" inns-, iii mt! iii at oi i in- connici.i le name more th in half 'iiuM, have suddenly sell cted a new leader, nnd pl.ici d him at the in a.! of themigh ty l.ii-t w it In .nt experiencing the least confusion or disorder. Mr. Shunk has hern tried in ma ny stations, and found faithful in all. During the last war he was content to serve as an hum lie private in the rands a grateful people will now, by ncclamutioii, make- him the Cumman dr in Chief ! He owes nothing to lami'y or fortune. Ti e son of a poor man, he had not, in early life, the advantages nf collegiate train ing. Ilis journey up the hill ot science whs arduous nnd painful but by persevering indus try, coupled wilh good si use and sound prinei p es he has reached the summit. 1'i.r Mich a lender no man can refuse to do the battle. The old will rally round the standard, and turning to the young- w ill incite them lo f 'inilate his example. The unanimity with which A 1. 1, now come to fie re-cue, is a beautiful commen tary on the efficiency of free government. It is proof that here "all men are free and equal," and that ihc road to distinction is open to him whose only inheritance is a sound heed and an honest heart. Stimulated by such a noble ex- liitiition nl the character of our free institutions, we shall emerge from thp October and Novem ber struggles, as: in times of old, with the De mocratic banner streaming in VIC TORY ! C7 Ji stics to Francis R. Siilnk The following resolution was passed unanimously at a Native American meeting, Philadelphia, for New Market, Cedar, Locust ami Tine Wards, held on Saturday evening last : 1 "Refo'ved, That the Native American party neither recognise nor endorse as true, the charges brought against the Democratic candidate for Governor, in relation fr an alleged speech made by him in IMtsbur?. as published; that we desire every American Republican to vote for such can didate for Governor and President as he pleases; we as a paity eiuloise no slander against any man " Will the whigs now retract their slanders a gainst Mr. Shunk ? They were published to secure the Native vote, but the bait did not take, it seems. C7" The Democrats of Unity township, West moreland county, the home nf Mnrkle, recently held an immense public meeting, and unanimous ly passed the following resolution : Resolved, That the friends of Gen. Markle ask the people to vote for him on the giound ofin'ii cjiles, we cannot sustain him, because he is in fa vor of a National Bank, of an assumption of the State Debts and of the various measures that characterized the old Federal, and now mark the modern whip party. The friends of Markle must not be offended if we take them at iheir own words, and again condemn his principles, as we once did, by a majority of 2,500 in Westmore land. CT" Note tiis pRoriiKty ! On the 02nd of October, lfell, the Pittsburg Gazette, a rabid coon paper, made the following prophecy. It will be verified to the letter : "Henry Clay can never be Presiifer.t of these United States, and it is uitltsi for tha whig party to throw away their votes in the attempt.'1 Letters from Mr. Miunk. The Slanders Nailed. The following letter from (ho Democratic candidate for Governor, vill be read with in terest. It puts lo rest a vile, infamous fabri cation, which the whigs, with their usual industry in propagating- falsehood, have been retnilinjj through their Jonrnsl and stump speakers. Is it not disgraceful that a great party, claiming to possess so much of the "talent and respeclahility" of the country, should ba found willing to make use of such detestable trickery and falsehood, fr the purpose of in culcating their opininns, and forcing their In competent men upon the public ? They never" say one word in relation to their own cnididate( 1 1 ifi lamentable incompetency is too notorious for even Federal sssiirsnce to deny. They spend their enr-raien, therefor", in inventing slanders again t the Democratic candidate; which wnuhl be hateful, did their fiimsiness not sink them into contempt. It is trim, tint aftor the 4th of March Con vention had nominated Mr. M i'iilfmikhq, the Clay presses, with one accord, were lavish in praise of Mr. Shunk, lauded his unexceptiona ble cbar-ietpr, nnd expressed s t'reat deal of tender sympathy for him. "Had hmint Fravk Shark received the nomination, we confess I iwrrhnncr of electing Mnrkle would have been but s'im," was echoed from every whig mouth ! in tho StntR. Hut since a Providential Dis i pensalinn has made Mr. Shunk the candidate j of the Democratic parly, they Imvt: nssumrd a different tone, entirely, and do not hesitate to charge upon him eveiy ?prcies of liitfh crime j and misdemeanor. Oh! Whipgery, Wliiggeiy, it we had no other name by whic'i to know thee, we would call thee rank hipnci irj. It will he seen that Mr. S. confronts his ac cusers with n broad anil unqualified denial. Wh.it now becomes of his petty slanderers and f.Is Tiers ! They will go on, totming and fret ting, until they w ind themselves up in the fila ments of their own disgrace, tor it is hut an art .j't:cf tr th; impotency of their calumnicj. t tate, that even nmv, v. hen their paroxysm is iN zenith, iiu one apprehends tho least evil to 'he Slate : "Pm isih ro, August 21, 1-i 1 1. 1 Dkar Sir : -The publication in the II ir- nslmrg telegraph, ot the 11th Hist , amy, as you observe, require some notice. It isnnex tract from the Pittsburg American, and pur ports to be the substance of a speech made bv meat a Democratic Mass Meeting, held at Hroadhursi's, in this city, on the evening of the .'II instant. Tiik Set-in n Ascunici) to mk i IKNTIRFIV A WORK OK FANI V. I DID NOT II I TER A SIXCLi; SENTIMENT IT CONTAINS, AND IT DOES NOP C).. TAIN A SINGLE SENTIMENT I UT TERED. lieiog called upon, on that evening, to speak to my German fellow-citizens in their native tongue, 1 made n short inhln ss to them, in which I alluded to the emises w hich tore them from the homes of ih'-ir youth, and the graves of their ancestors from the ib'a-ntit Father- j I'tnd upon the Rhine and induced them to 1 come to this laud ot freedom, w here the pow er of government is Vste '. not in Emperors and I King-, hut in the sovereign people. I also al umni to me questions which nt the next elec tion liir President are to he dee;ded, and with out entering upon a consideration ol the details, I urged them, in common w ith all goul Citizens, to ex ntnine these questions w ilh that care w hich their import. nice demanded, in order that their decision might he made with u view to the pro- I servation efour free m-l, lotions, and keeping i sacred, in the li'inds of the p -opie, the control of the goiernim nt. :5'b lut'i fic fl fllvl r, l i ,!(i!"fn ?iiiltc tor OJu'niM kit w voithortijon. hot n word, and il'ol nut allude, directly I or indirnit, lo riliaifus disputes, or sects, or ! In the limn an nts of I lie Satire Aniericun par' ty. I appeal, w ith the utmost confidence, tn I every man who whs present, of whatever party j or politics he miiy be, who heard and under I stood what I did sav, tor the truth of the ttnte I ment here made. In this city, where the facts are know n, the publication alluded to, is under stood and known to he a fabrication, and has no effect, but abroad it may be believed. I have lately seen n version of it in a (!ermr.n piper, published at Lebanon. Hence I am troubling von with the statement. Use it as you think best. In haste, 1 am, Yours re-pertfollv, FRANCIS It. SIIUNK." I urged them, to vindicate the Equal Rights of mankind. , The following letter was addressod, by Mr. Shunk, to the-editois of the Pittsburg Daily, for publication, refuting the base slanders published , in the whig paper of that city, concerning his hos i tility to the Bible. It gives them the direct lie. What will these honest worthies invent next ? j "Pitisiiimi, Sept. 12, ; the lid Inrs oj the D.uly : (ieiilleinen, 1 he p(Ksitiou paiiers are ! crowding accusations against me. The 1'ilts , bin eh (iazetie now sas that I am hostile to the use ol I In: llible in Comitcm Schools, and the ; conclusion the editor draws, is I am told, for 1 ! have not seen his sheet, that I am an enemy to the Uible Unt il. The truth is, tint Iain friendly to the use of the It. hie in our Common Schools, and among my first acts, alter I was elected a School Di rector in llarriiiburg, in lS'17 or lis, I pro sed that the Ihble snould he read in the Schools ot our Ward, which was agreed toby the Iliard. 1 do not know whether a record of tins proceed ing was kept, hut I am certain that I)r Eager, the Secretary, and the other members of the Board w ho were present, remember it In conversation, I have no doubt said, because it is my opinion, that in Schools where the pa rents ol tho children differ with regard to the use of the Hit)! e as a School book, it is well, ra ther than make that holy book an occasion of unholy strife, not to insist upon its use for this puiposc. For the religious education ot chil dren belongs to their parents and their Sabbath School instructors, and is not in common en trusted to the Schoolmasters whose srholais ge nerally belong to various denominations. There are manygo-jd men w ho conscientiously believe that it is improper to use the U'ble for the pur pose of teaching children to read, because, it may bo calculated tj lessen their reverence for
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