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PROPMOR
AND THR RKPLY (IT
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN
WARRINGTON, September 'l-- The
roll4Ont4 hi the raetuorizti of Pmfessor
an 4 forty-two others, of Con-
Deepest, addressed to his Excellency,
Jabies But:118131u, President of the Uni
-44 Stales:
"Tbe onderfrigned, citizens of the
United States, and electors of the State
ilkiktilememtient, respectfully offer to
LOI7 Milclelleney, this, their memorial.
e tUodamental principle of the Con
ititaiiiies of the United States and of
that-rlitleal Institutions is, that the
IZ2e make their own laws, and
t their own rulers. We see with
"ef,it' bot 'with astonishment, that
'overnor Walker, of Kansas, openly
„ftpresertts and proclaims that the Presi
gent of the. United States is employing
phioygli him an army, one purpose of
whicli is to force the people of Kansas
to obey laws not their own nor of the
United States, but laws which it is no
!oriot}s ftud established upon evidence
that they never made and rulers they
never elected. Wu represent therefore
by the foregoing, your Excellency is
held up and proulehned, to the great
derogation of - oar National character,
Aik violating in its most essential partic
;lbw, the solemn oath which the Presi
dent has taken to support the Constitu
tion alias Union. We call attention
further to the fact that your Excellency
is in like manner held up to this nation,
to all mankind, and to all posterity, in
the attitude of • levying war' against a
Portion of the United States, e 'by em
ploying arms in Kansas to uphold a
body of men and a code of enactments
'lmporting to be legislative, bat which
never had the election, nor sanction, nor
consent of the people of the Territory.
We earnestly represent to your Excel
lency that we hare also, taken the oath
po obey the Constitution, and your Ex
cellency may be assured that wo shall
not, refrain from the prayer, that the
Almighty God 'will inakel•our Admin
istration an example of justice and beni
llcence, and with Wi terrible majesty
protect oar people -and our Constitu
tion."
The President's Reply
WAssiNcrros Crry, Aug. 15, 1857
GENTI,EVEN :—On my recent return
to this - City; alter a fortnight's absence,
'Tout memorial, without date,'was plac
ed% my hands, through the agency of
3fr. Horatio King, of the Post Office
Department, to Ncliom it had been en
trusted. Prom the distinguished source
whence It proceeded, as well as its pe
culiar eh:trader, I have deemed it pro
er to depart from my general rule in
cases, Old to give it an answer.
You first assert that " The fundamen
tal principle of the Constitution of the
United States, and of our political insti
tutions,' is that the people shall 'make
•their oWn laws,' and elect their own
`rulers'" You then express your grief
and astonishment ;that I should have
iiblitod this principle,--and - through
'Gov: Walker, have employed an army,
'mite of the purposes of which it is to
- Three the people of Kansas to obey laws,
not their own, nor of the United States,
bat ktws, which it is notorious and es-
Walls' hid upon evidence, they never
Made, and rulers they never elected."—
And as a corollary from the foregoing ,
you represent that I am "openly held
up; and proclaimed to the great deroga
!Jon of our National character, as vio-
Jating in its most essential particular,
he solemn oath which the President
has taken to support the Cofistitution
Of this Union."
These are' heavy charges, proceeding
from gentlemen of your high character,
and if well Rounded ought to consign
my muse to infamy. But in proportion
to their gravity, common justice, to say
nothing of Christian charity, required '
that before making them you should
have clearly ascertained that they were
reit handed. If not, they will rebound
with withering condemnation upon
lte# authors. Have you performed.
thiesprelinOtary toward the man who,
howeyer inwerthy,,is the Chief Magis
trate of' your country. If so, either
yon or I are laboring under a strange
*fusion. Shoild this prove to be your
se,eltiit will present a memorable exam
pie if the truth that political prejudice
is blink, even to the existence of the
Ptaineat and''most palpable historical
facts.
.To these facts;let us refer. When I
entered Upon the - duties of the Presiden
tial Office, on the fourth of March,
!mit t _ What-was the conditioi of Kansas?
• This ;Territory had been organized
under qu Act of Congress, passed the
30th et 'May, 1854, and the Govern
ment in all its branches was in full op
eration. A Gthernor, a Secretary tfif
- the Territoryi r a Chief Justice, two As
kende Justices, a Marshal and District
Attorney, had been appointed by my
•
predecessor, by and with the advice and
eoneent of the Senate, and were all en
gaged in discharging their respective
;dories. A code of laws had been en
acted by . the Territorial Legislature,
and the Judiciary were employed in
expounding, and carrying these laws
jute effect.
is quite true that a controversy had
previously arisen, respecting the elec
tion of members to the Territorial Leg
islature, and of the laws passed by them.
Bat at the time I entered upon my of
ficial duties, Congress had recognized
the Legislature iu different forms and
by different enactments. The delegate
elected to the House of Representatives,
tinder a Territorial law, had just com
pleted his term of service on the day
revious to my inauguration. lit fact,
found the Government of Kansas as
well established as that of any other
Territory.
Uuder these circumstances, what was
my daffy?' Was it not to sustain this
Government; to protect it from the vio
lence of lawless men who are determin
:ed to rule or ruin; to Trevent it from
being Overturned by force; in the
language of the Cont.titution, to "Take
pare that the laws be faithfully execu
te4l,,
It was for this purpose, and this alone,
that I ordered a military force to Ran
•-aus, as a posse conittatus, aiding the'Civil
Itagistrate to carry the laws into execu
tion. The condition of the Territory
at. the time, which I need not portray,
Tendered this precaution actually ne
cessary.
•;- ' Ls this state of affairs, would I not
have been justly condemned, had I left
the Marshal and other officers of alike
character, impotent to execute the pro
cess andjudgments of a Court of Jus
tice, established by Congress, or the
Territorial Legishstere, under its es
fess autliority—and thus have suffered
e governMent itself to become an ob
/Pet of contempt in the eyes of the pan
tile? And yet this is 1% hut you de!,ignate
as frein4 "the people of Kansas to
obey lav, 4, not their own, nor of the
U ni t e d States." And for doing which,
you have denounced me as having vio
lated my oath.
I ask what else could I have done,
or ought I to have done? Would you
bare desired that I should abandon the
Territorial Government, sanctioned as
, it, has been, by Congress, to illegal via
; knee, and thus renew the scenes of civil
war and bloodshed, which every patriot
had deplored ? This would indgeed have
been to violate my oath of office, and to
fix a damning blot on the character of
my Administration.
I most cheerfully admit that the ne
cessity for sending a militiry force to
Kansas, to aid in the execution of the
civil law, reflects no credit upon the
character of our country. But let the
blame fall upon the o e guilty.
Whence did this necessity arise ? A por
tion of the people of Kansas, unwilling
to trust to the ballot box, the certain
Ad:writ:an remedy for the redress of all
grievances, undertook to create an in
dependent Government for themselves.
had this attempt proved successful, it
would, of course, have subverted the
existing Government, prescribed and
recognized by, Congress, and substituted
a revolutionary government in its stead.
This was usurpation of the same char
actor as it would be for a portion of the
people of Connecticut to undertake to
establish a separate government within
its own limits, for the purpose of re
dressing any grievance, real or imagi
nary, of which they might have com
plained against the legitimate govern
ment. Such a principle, it' carried into
execution, would distroy all lawful au
thority and produce. universal anarchy.
I ought to specify more particularly
a condition of affairs which I have em
braced only in general terms, requiring
the presence of a military force in Kan
sas. The Congress of the United States
had most wisely declared it to be the
true intent and meaning of this act—
the act organizing the territory—not to
legislate slavery into any territory or I
State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but
to leave the people thereof perfectly
free to form and regulate their domes
tic institutions in their own way, sob-
ject only to the Constitution of the ,
United * States. As a natural conse
quence, Congress has also prescribed
by the same set, that when the Territo
ry of Kansas shall be admitted as a
State, it shall he received into the U-
nion with or without slavery, as their
Constitution may prescribe at the time '
of their admission.
Slavery existed at that period, and
still exists in Kansas, under the Consti
tution of the United States. This point
has at last been finally decided, by the
highest tribunal known to our laws.—
How it could ever have been seriously
doubted is n mystery. If a confedera
tion of sovereign States acquire a new
territory at the expense of their com
mon blood and treasure, surely one set
of the partners can have no right to ex
clude the other from its enjoyment by
prohibiting them from taking into it
whatsoever is recognized to be property
by the common Constitution. But
when the people; the bona fide residents
of such territory proceed to frame a
State Constitution, then it is their right
to decide the important question for
themselves, whether they will continue
or modifv or abolish slavery. To them
and to diem alone does this question
belong, free from all foreign . interfer
ence. In the opinion of the Territorial
Le g islature of Kansas, the time had ar
rived for entering the Union, and they
accoraingly passed a law to elect dole
gates for the purpose of framing a State
Constitution. This law was fair and I
just in its provisions. It conferred the
right of suffrage on every bona fide in
habitant of the Territory, and for the
purpose of preventing fraud and the
intrusion of citizens of near or distant
States, most properly confined this right
to those who had resided Aherein three
months previous to the election. Here
was a fair opportunity presented for all
qualified resident citizens of the territo
ry, to whatever organization they
might have previously belonged, to
participate in the election, and to ex
press their opinions at the ballot box
on the question of slavery. But num
hers of lawless men still continued to
resist the regular territorial govern
ment. They refused to be either regis
tered or to vote, and members of the
Convention were elected legally and
properly without their intervention.
The Convention will soon assemble
to perform the solemn duty of 'framing
a Constitution for themselves and their
posterity, and in the state of incipient
rebellion, which still exists in ii.. - ansas,
it is my imperative duty to employ the
troops of the United States, should
this become necessary. in defending the
Convention against. violence, while
framing a Constitutidn, and in protect..
ing the bona fide inhabitants qualified
to vote under the provisions of this in
strument, in the free exercise- of the
right of suffrage when it shall be sub
mitted to them for their approbation or
rejection.
I have entire confidence in Gov. Wal
ker, that the troops will not be employ
ed, except to resist actual aggression,
or in the exeCution of the laws; and
this not until the powers of the civil
magistrate shall prove unavailing.—
Following the wise example of Mr.
Madison towards the Hartford Conven
tion, illegal and dangerous combinations,
such as that of the Topeka Convention,
will not be disturbed. unless they shall
attempt to perform some act which will
bring them into actual collision with
the Constitution and the laws. In that
event they shall be resisted and put
down by the whole power of the Gov
ernment. In performing this duty, I
have the approhation of my own con
science, and, as I humbly trust, of my
God.
I thank you for the 'assurance that
you will not refrain from prayer that
the Almighty God will make my Ad
ministration an example of justice and
benificence. You can greatly assist me
in arriving at this blessed consummation,
by exerting your influence in allaying
the existing sectional excitement on the
subject of slavery, which hap been pro
ductive of much evil and no good; and
which if it succeed in attaining its ob
ject, would ruin the slave as well as the
master. This would be genuine philan-
thropy. Every day of my life„ I feel
Low • in&quate T am tá perform the
duties ores,- bigketution, without one
tinuing in the SuJport • of' the Divine
Providenc.':
'et placing my tl - 114t in Rita, and in
alone, I entertain a good hope that
tie will 0 1 1r101210 1110 to (10 (VIZI jll2,tiee t.O
ati portions of the awl thus rim
iler no an lininlile in-,truinent in rest Ai
ring. pusee and harmony ailioug ptu
pie of the several StateH,
Yours, very. reapeetfully,
J 11ES 13CCHANAN.
H. J. STAti LE, V.IOIT)R A'ND PItoPRIEToR
GETTYSBURG, P.l
Monday Morning, Sept. 14, 1857
DEIOCRITIC STATE 110MINITIOSS.
FOR uovitivion,
WILLIAM P. PACK E IZ, of Lycoming
CANAL coatmistuosta,
NIMROD ST RICK LA ND, of Chester
JUDGES OFTRK SUPRRMR COURT,
WILLIAM ST IZONG, of lierks,
JAMES THOMPSON, of Erie.
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Delegato Elections and County
Convention.
sarm a meeting of the Democra
tic Standing Committee of Adams
county, held at the house of 11. D.
Wattles, in Gettysburg, on Satur
day, the sth of Augt u 1857 ; the
following resolution was adopted.:
REsoi.vEn, That the supporteVs of
Democracy in Adams county be, and
they are hereby, requested to meet at
their usual places of holding Borough
and Township meetings,on SATURDAY
THE 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER INSTANT,
and elect two Delegates from each
Borough and Township - whose duty
it shall be to meet in County C.e,au
vention, in Gettysburg, 011 MONDAY
FOLLOWING, the 21st, for the purpose
of nominating a Ticket to be sup
ported by the friends of Equal Rights,
the Union and the Constitution, at
the fall election, and selecting a el
ogate to the next Democratic State
Convention. The Delegate elections
to be held between the hours of 2
and 4 o'clock, P. at., except in the
Borough of Gettysburg, where it will
be held betweena and 9 o'clock, P. at.
11. J. StAHLE, Chair'n.
StirWe arc requested, by several
Democrats of ilamiltouban, to call the
attention of the friends of the "good
old cause " in that township, to the
fact that the Delegate Election on Sat
urday next, is to be held in the after
noon, between 2 and -I o'clock, and not
in the evening, as has been the custom
in that township.
A Settle !—Wo devote considerable
room in to-day's paper to tho publica
tion of the correspondence between
President Buchanan and orty-three cit
izens of Connecticut, headed by—Pro
fessor B. Silliman, of Yale College.
Tho Philadelphia Press says, wo do not
think that the annals of controversy
can furnish a more complete reply to a
dogmatic assumption of supeVior pa
triotism and piety, than that contained
in Mr. Bucluinan's response to these
Connecticut meddlers. The country
owes them thanks, for the first time in
many years—thanks for exposing their
vain and vapid sophistry to the irresisti
ble artillery of the President's old fash
ioned Pennsylvania logic and common
sense.
A letter from a friend in Harri
son county, Ohio, (enclosing three dol
lars on subscription to the Compact, for
which, thanks !) assures us that the De
mocracy of that State have strong hopes
of redeeming it from the hands of the
Know Nothings and Black Republi
cans, at the October election. Such a
result would send a thrill of joy through
out the Union, and our prayer is, LET
rr costa!
Serious Accident at York.—Mr. John
Lytle, of Peach bottom township, York
county, (formerly of MeSherrystown,)
on arriving at York, on Tuesday, from
Baltimore, attempted to jump on the
Harrisburg train while in motion, but
unfortunately fell, when the cars pass
ed over him, mangling his right arm in
a shocking manner, and injuring his
head considerably. Tho York Republi
can says he was taken to the hospital,
when it was found necessary to am
putate his arm below dm shoulder joint.
Comuzissiomer of Patents.—Joseph
Holt, Esq., has been appointed Com
missioner of Patents. He is a distin
guished lawyer of Louisville at present,
bat formerly resided in Mississippi,
where ho was a partner of the cele
brated orator, the late Hort. S. S.
Prentiss.
im.lion. James Null has been nomina
ted for the Assembly by the Democrat.
of Franklin county.
Saved
The Ma l in Zine injwltction.-7t-The oTM
position papers haNti3 4 been tryillk, to
" play upon a harp of a single string,"
by starting several, bold dischoods in
re gnril to the pay allowed by tlic State
to the counsel employed by the Canal
Commissioners to test the constitution
ality of the hill fur the sale of the Main
Line to the Centail Itailroad Company
—end we are right-gift& that -theme pa
pers have taken the tack indicated, as
their tonne has induced inquiry, and
brought the whole truth to light. The
sequel shows that the Commonwealth,
instead of losing, has made by the
operation a snug sum of '"cash ix hand,"
beside THE MILLIONS which must
accrue from the same sot* ein future.
So.mnch for 'Democratic control over
our State Works. Had the Know
Nothings and Black Ikpublicabs had
the Canal Board, there would have boon
no injunction case, and no Tax paid to
the • State by the Central Railroad Com
pany!
The annexed truthful and timely
comments are from the West Chester
Jelfcrsonian. They " drive the nail up
on the head," and the letter of Auditor
General Fay, which follows, clinches it :
That bill [for the sale) conferred spe
cial privileges on the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, clearly and unques
tionably unconstitutional. It proposed
to gives -them the works at a nominal
price, and at the same time deprive the
people of one of their legitimate and
constitutional rights—the right,through
their representatives, to provide means
for the support of the government by
just and equal taxation.
The works thus to be disposed of,
were in the delegated trust of the Ca
nal Board, and whatever their views in
reference to a jnst and equitable sale,
they were bound in honesty to their
constituents to see, in the sale and
transfer, that the people were not rob
bed of any of their rights. They were
the legitimate guardians of the public
works, and they deserve the thanks
and the lasting approbation of the com
munity, for stepping forward to pre
vent the real plundvers of the Tr..as
ury from perpetrating a stupendous
wrong...
The bill had barely passed the two
lluwes of the late corrupt legislature,
when the Republican Governor, Pollock,
signed it, and advertised it for sale.
The Attorney General, Franklin, fee . d
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and supported by the - Govorner, bid de
fiance to the opinions of the Supreme
Judges, and were aLout to sell and
transfer the works under the odious
provisions freeinz the COMPANY
FPONI. TAXATION FOREVER.
The success of the Governor, in effect
ing a sale and transfer under such pro
vibions, would have despoiled the pub
lic treasury of MILLIONS OF moN-
Who can estimate the amount ? One
item alone—the tonnage tax—amount
ing now to nearly three hundred thous
and dollars per annum, and ,inereasing
-FOREVKR
And this to subserve the interests
and pockets of British stock and bond
holders ! ! forever !!
The tonnage tax is but one item of
ta:iatiou thus to be given away—for
ever !
The Governor of the State, with the
advice of his Attorney General Frank
lin, was making all the haste ho possi
bly could, to plunder the Treasury of
this incalculable amount—not a moment
was lost in the preliminaries, and there
was consequently no salvation, but to
employ counsel to defend the public in
terests from the onslaught, and to kayo
untarnished their own skirts.
And they succeeded. They succeed
ed in checking the Republican Govern
or in this Wholesale robbery; and in
saving hundreds of thousand:4 of dollars
to the public treasury. They succeed
ed in proving the illegality of the act,
which conferred the special privilege,
and the laborers deserve their pay.
Since writing the above wo found the
following letter from the Auditor Gen
eral, in the Norristown Herald :
Letter from the Auditor General
MESSRS. EDITORS :—I. take the oppor
tunity to inform you that the article in
your paper of the Pith inst., under the
caption of " The State pays the Piper,"
is a tissue Of falsehood and misrepresen
tation. I believe, however, not inten
tionally soon your part, but you have
been led to the ref:darks from statements
in other papers. 'lt is not true that the
Auditor General ever refused to settle
an account for paying the counsel em
ployed fur the State by the Canal Board
to try the Injunction case. It is not
true that the Auditor General has
abandoned, or been driven from any po
sition which he has takeifi in the dis
charge of his official duty ; the only dif
ference he had on the subject will the
Canal Board was as to the partffular
fond out of which this pay of counsel
should bo taken, and in that he main
tained the position ho first took.
Judge Knox, in delivering the opin
ion of the Court in this case, said " the
Canal Commissioners were in the line
of duty, as faithful agents of the State,
in suggesting the objections to the
Court.' If, therefore, the Canal Com
missioners were right in employing
counsel for this purpose, and to defend
the interests of the State, which this
act of the Legislature proposed to give
away, then the right to pay- such coun
sel, I take it, would necessarily follow.
As to the allegation that the late law,
making the Attorney General the sole
legal officer of the State, prohibits the
employment of other counsel, it can
have no force in this case. With what
intercourse I have had, officially, with
that officer, I have always found Lim en
tirely worthy of the post be holds. In
the Injunction case, however, it would
seem that as the law officer of the
State, he felt it his duy to defend the
act of the Legislature, as the law of
the State, and hence was emphatically
on the other side of the question before
the Supreme Court, and it would be
simply ridiculous to suppose he could
be employed on both sides. The four
counsel employed received together
$3,000 for their services. The amount
I considered large, but not so large as
had been paid for services of less value
to the Commonwealth.
That these services were of great val
ue to the State is amply pro#en froin
the fact that on the Met of July, soon
after fie decision of the Supreme Court,
he Penusylvanla Railroad Company'
' and the ; Harrisburg and Mount Joy
Company paid into the Treasury 5145,-
, 000 (one• hundred and forty-tive thous
,and,) tar, which, but for the said decis
ion Of the Supreme Court, would, in all
probability, never have been realized to
the State. If you will be good enough
' to give that a place in your paper it, may
to some extent disabe your readers
from misapprehension, and at the same
time oblige, Yours, ,
JACOB FRY, JR., -
Auditor General of Pa.
Harrisburg, Aug. 21, 1857.
The Delegate Election&
By referent* to the resolution of the
Democratic Standing-1 Committee, it
will bosses' that the Delegate Elections
in the several Boroughs and Townships
of the, oottnty, will take place on Satur
day next, the 19th inst. We hope eve
ry friend of the cause will feel it a duty
to attend.
The Convention of Delegates, to as
semble on Monday following, will be an
important one, and its doings should,
and, we doubt not, will be characterized
by sound diserimination and great good
feeling—the glory of the "noon OLD
CAUSE" being in all ita actions kept
prominently in view.
Let there be a full turn-out at tl►e
Delegate Elections. Let there be a full
and free expression of the popular will,
and lot men of intelligence and judg
ment—who will carry put the wishes
of their constituents, and act for the
welfare of the whole party generally—
be selected as Delegates to the County
Convention ; and, .when they meet let
every mau be willing to sacrifice some
what of personal predilections on the
altar of the public weal—let A (moo
TicKET be formedand our word for it,
it will be handsomely elected.
Don't forget the TINE designated for
the Delegate Elections—Saturday next,
the 19th, between the hours of 2 and 4 o'-
clock in the afternoon, in all the districts
except Gettysburg; in the latter it will
be held in the evening, as stated by the
Committee.
Be On Your Guard!
sar-Thin Know Nothings of Chester
county have again taken to secret night
meetifigs, and there is a well-grounded
suviuion that the party are doing the
same thing here in Adams. Let voters
be on their guard against the machina
tions of the midnight conclave. Some
underhand TRICKERY is doubtless again
to be performed by the "union" Know
Nothings and Black Republicans.
—By the way, nobody should he de
ceived with the term union," which is
employed by the opposition. It applies
only to the "union" of the two factions
upon the same platform, as exemplified
in their candidate Wilmot. He is Know
Nothing as well as Black Republican.—
All who vote for him, or any of the so
called "union" candidates, hero or else
where in the State, endorse by their
votes the proscriptive and unjust creed
of the one and the disunion tendencies
of the other. Have a care, honest vo
ters, that you are not entrapped into the
support of Black Republican and Know
Nothing candidates by their "union"
representations. In addition to getting
your votes now, they hope ultimately,
to "creep out" of their odious names of
Black Republican and Know Nothing,
under this "union" cloak.
war The Black Republican Know
Nothings, or the Know Nothing Black
Republicans, of this county, are to hold
their "union" Convention, to nominate
a ticket, on Tuesday, the 22d instant—
the day immediately following the hold
ing of the Democratic Convention.—
The opposition County Committee was
advertised to meet "at the office of the
Chairman" more than two weeks ago,
and yet their papers contained not a
word indicative of the doings of the
Committee on the day of meeting, until
last Monday, (after the Demoerats had
chosen a day,) when a call appeared,
fixing the 22d. Whether the particular
day was appointed at the meeting of
their Committee, or the choice of it left
to the chairman, persons outside of the
"Superior Council" deliberations are
not presumed to know; but the ar
rangement is not "sharp" enough by
half to accomplish anything for the
opposition. Their entire game,. since
the springing up of the midnight order,
has been of a tricky character, and it is
gratifying to know that their chances
to succeed by it have been, and still are,
growing "smaller by degrees and beau
tifully loss."
The disastrous tendencies of Black
Republicanism, as well as the intolerance
and proscription of dark lantern Snow
Nothingism, stand in no more favor with
the voters of Adams county now than
they did last fall, and there was no
mistaking their opinion then.
as.. The Democrats of Carroll county,
31d., have made the following first rate
nominations : Senator, W. W. Dallas ;
Assembly, Joseph Davis, Win. 11. Har
den, S. R. Waters; Clerk, John B.
Boyle; Register, Joseph M. Parke;
County Commissioners, Joshua Byers,
John Kroh, Jacob Wickert ; School
Commissioners, D. W. Houck, Jas.
Crouse, Ephraim Tracy; Sheriff, Jno.
31. Yingling.
Si Wm. Wiorman, formerly of Ad
ams county, Pa., but latterly and for
many years a resident of Baltimore,
died in that city on Sunday night.
tiirlirs. Cunningham . has been ro.
leased from prison on $5,000 bail.
.i: oral `;'.',l' attereS.
TH3 RA.ILEOAD.
The First Passenger Train. into Adams
County I—A Pleasant Ereursion.--0a
Thursday last, the first passenger train
upon the Gettysburg Railroad staitod
out from Hanover, at I P. M., with sev
eral hundred excursionists on board—
the train 'consisting or the passenger
and baggage cars, and three or four
open cars, provided with Nate. Among
the company we noticed the officers of
the Hanover Branch, Littlestown and
Gettysburg Railroads.,
The moment the train passed from
the Hanover Branch upon the Gettys
burg Railroad, three hearty cheers were
given, and when crossing the county
line, three more wore proposed for " the
first passenger train into Adams coun
ty!" and responded to with a will. Ar
rived at the,termination of the track,
(nearly two miles from Hanover,)
the train came to a halt, and all on
board alighting, a call was made up
on Capt. ElCHELBrataxn, the President
of the Hanover Branch Railroad, for a
speech, and his remarks, which were
of a very happy character, were receiv
ed with enthusiasm. DAVID WILLS,
Esq., Secretary of the Gettysburg Rail
road, and WM. MCSHERRY,'ES4I., Presi
dent of the Littlestown Railroad, were
successively called out, and made brief
but highly appropriate speeches, which
were also well received. The order
"all aboard !" was then given, and the
party returned to town. In a few mo
ments, the train was again dispatched
over our road,and made another out-and
back trip. Upon returning to the Stu
tion House, Capt. EICHELBEROER invi
ted the excursionists to some refresh
ments; after partaking of which the
party decided to extend the ride as far
us the Hanover Junction, an invitation
to do so having been kindly extended
by the President of the Road.
Thu train was soon in motion . for
the Junction, and made a fast run
of it to that point. A half hour
or more was pleasantly spent there,
and upon the arrival of the 'train
from York, ours was again pat in mo
tion, and reached _Hanover in "double
quick time."
The party were delighted with the
attentions of Capt. EICIIELBEROER, Con
ductor lltlyr, and others connected
with the Ilanover Branch, and they
will not soon he forgotten.
All were struck with the remarkable
smoothness of our Railroad, the ears
gliding along at a rapid rate without jolt
or jar to those upon them. The rail is of
an excellent pattern, of fair weight, and
will, doubtless, wear well.
It is thus seen, that the happy effects
which follow the construction of Rail
roads, are about to be realized by oar
county. Though long delayed, and re
quiring frequent efforts, It gives us more
than ordinary pleasure now to say that;
a lire Railroad in Adams county is A
FIXED FACT! Throw up your hats—
huzz.a ! uuzze ! lIUZZA !
In and Around Smmitaburg.
A friend at Emmit.sburg writes us,
that the work on Wile's new Hotel
building is progressing rapidly. The
first story is up, and a good forte en
gaged upon the job. Messrs. Rider and
Smith, of this county, aro the under
takers of the mason work.
- On Saturday week, a serious acci
dent occurred near Grabill's mill, at
the residence of Mrs. Feezer. Iler son
Amos had his arm crushed in a thresh
ing machine, as their wheat crop was
about being finished. Drs. Patterson
and Eicheiberger amputated the limb
near the shoulder. The patient, who is
about 17 years of age, is doing well.
Another.—On Thursday last, whilst
Mr. Daniel Stoner was threshing his
crop, upon the farm of Mr. Eli S. Smith,
the cylinder bunted, scattering the frag
ments in every direction, one of which
struck Mr. Stoner on the cheek, knock
ing him down, and cuttir.g his face
rather badly. His injuries are, we are
glad to say, not serious. how the
rest escaped injury is wonderful.
Emmitsburg dry and dusty.
"The Dead Alive."
EreVona weeks ago a young man mini
ed Bumf, in the employ of Messrs.
Range and Miller, Machinists, at Lit
tiestown, whilst sawing out work with
the circular saw, was struck in the ab
domen by a piece of board of consider.
able weight, and rather severely injured
internally, but, it gives us pleasure to
be able to say, is recovering as rapidly
as could be expected. The Sentinel last
week announced his death.
Tall-er Corn 1
Mr. Jeans S. WILSON, Of Hamilton
' ban township, brought to our office on
Wednesday, a stalk of Corn, measuring
fifteen feet The corn was planted on
the 27th of May. Our friend Wilson
says it is the "Buchanan breed." Hard
to beat—" that's so !"
illir3ll% DANIEL BENNER, residing
near thbi, place, placed upon our table,
last Monday - , a stalk of Clover measur
ing four feet eight inches 1 Tall enough
to boast of, we should think.
Oar. r . Idiotism Farr, of Cumber
land township, presented us, last week,
with a lot of very elegant Peaches, for
which he has our thanks. They were
among the boat we have seen this season.
We are indebted to our neighbor,
Mr. DAVID MCCREARY, for two baskets
of exoellent Pears. He, too, will accept
our 'thanks:
Fire Ina. Company Zleatkm.
The following gentlemen were, on
Monday last, elected Managers of the
gg Adams County Mutual Fire Insurance
Company" for the ensuing year: Geo.
Swope, D. A. Buehler, Robt. McCurdy,
Jacob King, A. Reintzelman. D. Mc-
Creary, J. J. Kerr, 11. A. Picking,
Wm. B. Wilson, S. R. Russell, A. B.
Kurtz, Andrew Polly, S. Fahnestock,
J. Aughinbaugh, Wm. B. M'Clellan,
John Wolford, R. G. McCreary, E. W.
Stable, John Romer, Abdiel F. Gitt,.
M. Eichelberger. ' .
•erA Tournament at Fairdeki, in
this county, is talked of—and we hope
it will not end in talk. Tournaments
e l l
are all he rage in -Maryland and Virgin
ia just ow, and we should judge, troth
the a onnts given in the papers, that
much pleasure is afforded by then.
iThe Hog Cholera stili prevails in
oar County. Col. Kunn, near East Bar.
lin, has lost a number, and Maj. Wow )
near Abbottstown, upwards of forty.
for •tb. Dampllar.
Cr7Answer to Oi ford Firmer's Question:
2d power-27 m 27=-729.
3d power-9 Ot 9 4 9=-729.
6th power-3 M3M 3M3 It 3ot 3=729,
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CONOWAGIO PAPaltli.
Emmitsbfirg District
At a meeting of the Democrats of the
sth Election District, hold in Emmits
berg on the 4th inst., to nominate Can
didates for the District offices, it was
unanimously
Resolred, That it is hereby recom
mended to the 'Democratic voters of
each Schook District in this sth Election
District of Vrederick county, to hold an
election as goo n R 8 practicable, within
their respective School Districts, for two
delegates to represent each respective
School District in a Convention, to be
assembled in the Male Department of
the Primary School House in Emtnits
burg, at a o'clock, P. M., on - the first
Saturday in October, and the said dele
gates so elected, shall then and there
by the majority of their combined votes,
nominate candidates for the different
offices of this District.
Repolced, That we hereby pledge
ourselves to the support of the candi
dates thus to be nominated.
DAVID AGNEW,. - h'n
CRAB. 4.. SIiORS, SCO'y. '
The " Roy Chotera,"—A merchant of
Cincinnati, who traveled through sever
al counties in Indiana last week, reports
to the Gazette that the hog cholera is
prevailing to an alarming extent. The
trade in stock hogs had been checked
in consequence, feeders not being. dis
posed to run the risk, which is now
very great. In some sections the opin
ion prevails that the use of pork would
he suspended in a great measure, owing
to the fears created by the spread of
the disease.
Prosf.—lienvy f* s osts have occurred
at Albany, N. Y., and eastward for a
considerable distance. On Sunday
bight there Was frost in several places
in Connecticut, but not sufficient to do
any harm to the tobacco crop. •
Skir - The cholera has broken out in the
British army in India.
rap The Big Sofe,menouri ngs feet high, by
41 feet wide, and weighing ,4,31;t1 pounds, has
been nttrncting mil • tteution at the elllce.of
the FARMER'SAND ECll.Vflen SAVIXO'S /NSW-
Trnox, in 8. . corner of the public square.
Everybody nearly in town has been to see it.
Our triends from the oouutry have been and
are still dropping in, to see'this, Lie largest
Sale erer broitglit into the coney.
this Safe furnishes another ground for
confidence to depositors. The security for
the derr:sits they make is of the , same char
acter, and as extensive as those *forded by a
bank to its depositors, the stockholders in the
one and the other being in the same manner
liable. The safe keeping of the monies and the
security to depositors thus Ilford a double
sategoard to those thinking of depositing
their monies where, instead of lying idle, they
will prodece interest—in the Suring's buili
ution.
aiiirThere are hundreds of remedies sold
at every Drug Store, purporting to core all
diseases nameable, each advertised as the
very beat ever known, till we had lust all
faith in them all, but there is one exception.
We . speak of Dr. Sanford's Invigorator,
which came to us recommended as a cure for
Liver Complaints, and all diseases arising
from a Diseased Liver. The testimonials of
so many of oar Physicians in its favor, in
duced us to try it. and now conviction is cer
tain that it is one of the greatest blessings
ever given to Dyspeptics, fur it made a com
plete cure below' the first bottle was taken,
and, now we can eat anything eatable without
trouble, while before nothing but the lightest
food would digest, and often that gave pain.
Now what we want to say to our readers is, if
Liver Complaint or Dyspepsia trouble you,
do not fail to try this the greatest remedy in
the world. ,
IgirA. D. Buehler, Agent fur Get sbnrg ;
' - Wm. Berlin, Hanover ; and Charles . Hen
ry, Abbottatown. Aug. 24 Int
Mir Rat, Roaches, Bed-hugs, lestets,4-c.—
"Costar's" Bat, Roach, tte., Extetmieat ;or
" Qatar's" Bed-bug Exterminator ; "Coolie's"
Electric Powder, for Ante, Insects, ka. (The
only infallible remedies known.) "Omar"
sends by mail, pre-paid, a sample betr;of the
Rat, Roach, etc. Ex. to any address in the
U. 8., on the receipt of $l, or the Electrio
Powder for 65e. (The Bed-bog Ex., being a
liquid, cannot he sent by mail.)
"Costar" will furnish Druwwists, Dealers
and Storekeepers, a $lO sample package of
his various preparations (assorted) with cir
culars, bills, posters, atc. on receipt of $ 5 .
(leaving bat. of $5 dne when sold,) in order
that the_y may test their merits.
advertisement. For Circulars,lo.,
address "COSTAR," No. 3103 Broadway,
New York. Aug. 31. lm
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