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TERNS W4WIS: P4PEP
Tao Consuls Es Ru.bliShed every Monday
laorning. by ILLIMY 1. STAHL*. at $1,75 per
annual if paid 'grit* tit kov.escs.—s2.oo per
annum if not paid in advance. No snliserip
koa discontined, unless at the option of the
p er , until all arrearages are paid.
A... , vicrtsieNtsis inserted at tire usual rates.
Jue Puts?lsta done with neatness and dis
pati:ll, and at moderate , prices.
Ofricr. in South Baltimore street, directly
opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment, one
sud • half squares frum the Cuurt House—
" CultelLsa on the sign.
Public Sale.
TII --'. ce).-rihPra, intending to reim,ve West,
vrt:i -c . .1 at Publ.c Sale, a: their residence,
11 zlitown rw., 1, 1 mile fr,an
. 1 / 7,1 - JO. day .3! irch
persunal property, viz :
U 7
EMI
•2.v I ~f 11 tl 31 ire, !teary with
f 1 v , -.Lrlin: C 2 Mlle*, 4 Cows, 2
:•••,: , •rs, I B 'IL 1 11 5 Bow Ladders,
,i. : ;; ~nd ll,rroa-s, - S . :nzic Shovel Ploueh,
C rk, 11 .r,,e Gears 2 good S and
le and Single Trees.
Chaitiq, Forks, Rakes, and
t'ler Farming l'tott , ilß. Also, a Cook
I••• a-,1 tixturos, Kitchen Cupboard, Desk,
B lateail., with other Ilatlehold articles.
gorSLIe to c,,mcnencr, at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
Maid (i.ty, when attendance will be giireu
uzol tcni.l3 made known by
I).INIEL TI. 'BENNER,
MOSES C. BENNER.
M...rch 1, IS5'4.
Public Sale,
O T.
PROPERTY.—The sub
r.intetiding to quit farming, will
soil at P.tblic S tle, at his regidetice, in Tv
r •,,t t.,.vn-thip, A hun. c amty, 2 mile* west
Iterkhurg, mt 7oes , lay, the 16111 day of
iterf, the following alnable personal
r p:rty, NIZ: Four heal of Work Horses,
ye.trl.at:, , Colt, 4 head Of first-rate Mach
:t file Heifer, a Four-horse Wagon, a
-b .r.e Hay and Wood Liddell:, 2
a good carriage, horse genes,
1 , 11,4115, harrows, shovel plough., cultiva
t , r., horse-rake, winnowing mill, cutting
1 , c, rolliug screen, threshing machine, sin
g:, aid double trees, spreaders, log chain.,
gr:tin rake., forks, a lot of cider har
t els, and a variety of other articles, too nu
kocrous to mention. •
rtair•Sale to commence at 9 o'clock, A. M.,
on eai.l day, when attendance will be given
and terms made known by
JOID: ECK ENRODE
Fel,. 15. b.%
Cheap Clothing.
GEORGE ARNOLD & CO. have now on
hang, at their Clothing Emporium, a
lar,:e stack of BEADY-MADE CLOTHING,
tt!l o f our own getting up. made out of our
own cloths, and warranted to be tn.t le in the
very best manner and style, among which arc
leis C ints of every variety, Over -mitt, l'ati
tal ,ins. 31.mkey Itekets, &e., also
Back, Blue, Olive, Brown, Claret, Drnb and
Green Cloths, for Over-coats. with trimmings
to suit, sold cheat) ; also cheap Cmisiuteres,
Ca4sinetis, Jeans, Ciirds and coca ' s wear gen
et-Ally. We have Just received the fall twill
i and have h.tn.ls constantly en.pl-iyed
cutting nut and making up, and if we et t
:case you iu a gtrutent rattly made, we will
take your me.uare and make you a suit en
short notice. CAll and see u,. The above
will lie .sold c'acap for cssn. -
Oct. E', 1F57.
To the Country, Good News.
T IIAVC rented the Foundry fur the eitsu
-- ing yr.tr, and am prepared to make the
il,:rercot kiiols of Castings usually made at
~ indry, I wili keep constantly on hand the
diSorent kinds of PLOUGIIS, Points, Sh.tres,
Cutters, ike.; Pots. Kettles, Pans, Washing
M.i.e.hinc.s, tic.; Stoves and Machinery ; 1' ir
elle., Verandah's and Cemetery Fencing made
and put up with dispatch.
All order will be Attended to promptly:
bat being without capital, and money being
necessary to carry on the business, 1 will be
c qn;ielled to sell for cash, but on all country
work 3 per cent, will W. deducted. Suitable
trade grill be taken, if delivered at the time
of purchasing. Give us a call.
E. M. WAR'
Gettysburg, June 1, 1857.
Hanover B. Railroad.
TAINS over the lTao er Branch Railroad
"r.vr run as
Fir•t Train leaves linnnver nt 9 A. N. with
r3.4erienra f-r York. tiarrielatrg,
nn4l Philadelphia. 'lli+ Train alai eanne...te
the Exvss fur Baltiwore, arriving
there at l 2 w
mtpl Trvin le•tres_ nt 1 T. Ir. with pn--
R.nzors for It:i!tini ,re and inter ne•linte 11n
cc... nu i returns with parriengerq from York,
• . J. LEIB, Agent.
N.)r. 30, 1937,
Blank Deeds, ace.
CommoN DEEDS, {sidle and double ae
knirwlelAinent,) and Deeds for Executors
and A lministrat its with the will annexed,
jii.t printed, on superior paper and with new
type, At TUE CI)31 I'l LEE uiicc. Stunuionses,
Sn'yce.ias, Bonds, alb() on hand and fur
sale. Dec.l.l, D. 57.
Prepare for Winter.
puFFALo, seal
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1p14.E.71f-
andilusinesseuats;
Pants ant Ve,t4, of innumerable styles and
pastern.. suitable fur old and plain men, as
svell UP for the gay, and for boys. Al these
are to he hal at tlo very lowest prices at
Oct. :26. SAMSON'S.
ALAS BURNERS.—.I new and excellent
Ofi style of Cual St.ives, for Parlor or Cham
ber use. It is especially intended for cham
bers,as it consumes the gas, and thus removes
Niue of the objections ti I the use of coal. A
Seattle of coal will barn for IS hours without,
rozutatiug,... Call and see it.
SIIEAUS & BUEHLER.
C i I:CUMBEH Pickier and good Vine;, , ,ar by
GILLESPiE TROMAS.
( - I F:C./CERT ES. —lf you want a c ssi ass )rt
-5-1 meat of Groceries, such as J, rugs, 31-e ,
lasses, Sugar and Coffee, you will do well by
pzautiuing Liao st.escrtr...le.it at
11. S. & E. H. MINNICiff3'.
A IL kinds of CeJar and Willow-ware, for
4 sale low by GIL LESPIE W THOMAS.
}IRUITS and Confections, nice aNd fresh,
just from ale city, to be had at
GILLi:SPIE k THOMAS'.
(11.TEENSWARE.—Persons x ishing to pur-
W., chase Queensware vril I do well by examin
ing the large and well selected assortment at
11. S. .t E. H. .11.1.NNicus'.
NII:LINERY.--Mrss LOUISA KATE LITTLE
wishes tO inform the ladies of town and
osuntry, that she is now prepared to execute
Millinery in all its branches, in West Middle
efreet, a few doors below Mr. George Little's
stare. Work done cheaper than el4ewhere in
Worn. Please call and see. [apr. 21, '56.
JUST RECEI V ED —A lot orbleached
and unbleached Sheeting and Shirting,
all of which we pier at reduced prices.
S.A.E. IL MINIS:ICH:
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A WNDS, Filberts, Brazil Nuts, English
It' note, sad Pelt Nute, eonstautly on
hsed-sed will be soldchaisp by Sorsa 4 SON.
V.—George and Renry Wampler
wjll snake Muse Spouting and put ap the
toir omit or eolen!y.pr o d ine . Far
nehotorwieksocthair haulms,
km* se., 'pentad, would. do well to vvo
t u si .Q.& 11. Yr AMPLER.
AprillB, 1853. • tf
E M. WARREN_
Skin, Lion
and \V hirl pvol Ot er
Curtm.'raltua-4 Raw
•
=litnr. end Loopo--in
0-1 wt. every new
style of CA erCout ;
also Frock, I)resa
BY H. J. STAHLE.-/
407. YEAR.
lite 3_,.)oefs eoilia.
Am Asides( Team.
It was a grand day in the old chivalric time;
the wine circling around a board In a noble
hall and the sculptured walls rang with senti
ment and song.
The lady of each knightly heart was pledgel
aloud by name, and many a syllable significant
of loTclincos had been uttered, until it came
St. Leon's turn, when, liftingthe sparkling cup
on high—
"l drink to one," he said,
"Whose image never may depart,
Deep graven on this youthful heart.,
Till memory is dead.
"To one who;e love for me shall last,
When lighter passions long have passed,
So holy and true;
To one a hose love bath longer dwelt,
More deeply fixed, more keenly felt,
Than any pledged to you."
Each gue.,t upsturted at the word,
And laid a hand upon his sword,
With fury dashing eye :
And Stanley said "We crate the name,
Proud knight, of this most peerless dame,
Whose lore you count so high."
St. Lean paused, as if,,he would
Not breathe her name iu careless mood,
Thus lightly to another:
Then bent his noble head as though
To give that word the reverence due,
And gently said, "Ily Mother."
sclzA i)jiseciqiill.
A. Beamblul Truth.—Benj. F. Taylor,
the author of "January and June," once
said that "she who has been a good
' daughter, a loving• wife and an old
fashioned mother, is pretty near ready
• for an entrance into the Kingdom of
'leaven. A home without a girl in it is
only half blest; it is uu orchard without
blossoms, and a Spring without song.
A house full of SOns is like Lebanon
1 with its cedars. but daughters by the
fireside, are like the roses in Aharon."
Boys Out at Niyht.—Wo tind the fol
lowing truthful paragraph in one of
our exchanges, under the caption of
"Boys Out at Night :"
"Night running is ruinous to the
morals of boys in all instances. They
acquire, under the cover of night, an
unhealthy state of mind; bad, vulgar,
and protane language, a lawless and
riotous bearing. Indeed, it is in the
street after nightfall, that boys princi
pally acquire the education of the bad,
and capacity for becoming rowdy, dissu
lute men."
Peaceful Policy Better than War.—
When Commodore Perry went to Japan
it was contended that he could do no
good unless he used force to make the
Japanese receive him, and even now
Commissioner Reed is ridiculed by some
of the newspapers for not joining in the
war against China. Com. Perry, in
stead of sending the Japanese shells and
cannon balls to show hiS tender regard
for them, sent the Emperor a model of
a locomotive and a magnetic telegraph.
The Emperor was so much pleased with
his present that he has sent his nephew
to the United States (now on his way)
to learn something more of the nation
which uses such improvements. If a
show of friendliness for the Japanese
can break down its exclusiveness so far,
what may not a similar respect for the
rights of the Chinese effect in removing
its opposition to foreigners ?
war Pride is as loud a beggar as want,
and a great deal more saucy. When
you have bought one fine thing you
want ten more, that your appearance
may be all of apiece; but it is easier to
suppress the first desire, than to satisfy
all that follow it.—Franklin.
What 1:43 to .Become of Me.rico 7—The
London Times says : There is not a
statesman who would wish to see Groat
Britain hamper herself with an inch of
'Mexican ground. Let the U. States,
when they are finally prepared for it,
enjoy all the advantages and responsi
bility of ownership, and our merchants
at Liverpool and elsewhere will be quite
content with the trade that may spring
out of it. The capacity of the Mexican
population for appreciating a constitu
tional rule is not, so remarkable that we
should voluntker to administer it." '
The _Leviathan —A correspondent
wants to get an idea of the size of the
Leviathan—something by which he can
realize the length and breadth of her
deck. Let him stand on Baltimore
street, sad• opposite Holliday, and look
towards Calvert, which distance will
give him the length of her deck. Im
agine Baltimore street, including the
pavements, to be half as wide again as
it is, and thus he will Lace the breadth
of the deck. The length is 6)I feet, or
an eighth of a mile, which is 660 feet.
Thus a walk of four times around the
deck is a promenade of a mile.—Balt.
Sun.
Wouldn't Discount.—A man named
'_Halo, of Montreal, had a note against a
man,: with four good endo i rsers, for
.$5,650 ; He presented it for payment,
when the maker.sicagoired it. lie was
arrested, taken to the Police, and a doc
tor sent fur, and he was forced to swal
low an emetic in the hope to make him
disgorge the note—but the note would
not come up, but remained in a fair
way An. digestion.—Buff. E.zTress.
ler" Gouge on Banking," is the title
of a work issued from the press. A
eotemporary remarks that "Banks on
Gougi,pg," - would be an appropiaee title
for a work setting forth the operations
of the present system.
PMM=MM
THE COMPILER.
tmorratir, titio ind twilit!! journal•
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1858.
I WOULD I WE= A BOY AGAIN
We talk of Adam and Eve as having
been,. before the fall, in a very happy
condition, but one thing they missed,
they were never children.—Correspond
eat Albany Register.
True. We neverthought of that.—
Adam never played marbles. lle nev
er played "hokey." Ile never skated
on a pond, or played " ball," or rode
down hill on a hand sleigh.—And Eve,
she never made a play-house, she never
took tea tables set out with tea things;
she never rolled a hoop or jumped a
rope. or pieced a baby quilt, or dressed
a doll. .They never played "blind man's
buff," or "puss wants a corner," or
" burly burly," or any of the games
with which childhood sports itself.
Pow blank their age must have been,
wherein no memories of early youth
came swelling up in their hearts ; no
mother's voice chanting a lullaby to
the ear of infancy in the still hours of
night; no father's voice of kindness
speaking from the churchyard he sleeps
in. Adam and Eve, and they alone of
all the countless millions of men and
women that ever lived, were never
children.
CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS.
It is discoverable, from the " old re
cords of lla , ..sachusetts," that the fol
lowing singular punishments were in
flicted in that colony,between the years
1101 and 1730
Sir Richard Slustonstall, fined four
bushels of malt for his absence from the
court.
Josins Plastow shall, for stealing four
baskets of corn from - the Indian., re
turn them S baskets agaMe fined Z 5,
and hereafter to he cal Josias, not
Mr. :.14 he used to he.
Joyce Dradwick shall give unto
*Alexandria Becks 205., for hromiaiuu
him marriage ithont her friends' con
sent, and now refusing to perform the
acme.
Thomas Peter, for suspicions of slan
der, idleness Dud stubborness, to be
severely whipped and kept in hold.
Richard Turner tier being notoriously
drunk, was fined .E 2..
Edward Palmer, for his extortion in
taking 322. 7d. for the plank and work
of 13:)ston stocks, is fined .C 5, and sen
tenced to be seL one hour in the stocks.
John Withe, is bound in .£lO to be of
good behavior, and not (0010 into the
emnpanv of his neighbor Thomas Bell's
wife alone.
One of the 13.);...t.—Rev. 11. W. B ,
(Beecher,) a distinguished clergyman
of Brooklyn, was taken on a stag:
sleigh, from the depot in \V , ( a
New England town, where railroad
communication then ended,) to B
a place fifty miles distant, where he
was to lecture that night. It was a
warm February day ; the sleighing was
splendid. B. was on the box beside a
young driver; the teams, of four horses
each, were perfection, and
,the result
was that the fifty miles were got over
in something like four hours—pretty
good railroad time on some tracks.—
But it didn't do the teams of horses any
good, and when, some days after,
knowledge of their condition come to
the proprietor of the line, he called up
that particular driver (Sam.) and asked
how he came to drive his horses that
day at such a rate. " Well," said Sam,
" I had one of the 'boys' on the box
with me—he wanted to see 'em go, and
I put 'cm through !"—K. Y. Post.
Singular and Awful Freak of Nat are--
A Child with a _Frog's Ilead.—A negro
woman, belonging to Mr. Lawrence
Smith, of Petersburg, Va., lately gave
birth to a child, the physical malforma
tions of which were of the most horri
ble and extraordinary possible charac
ter. From the waist downward the
child was like others, and symmetrical
ly built, bat above the middle it was
moulded into a frightful resemblance to
the form of a frog. The head was flat,
the month being several inches wide,
and placed underneath. The nose was
entirely wanting, as the eyes stood out
like goggles. No physician who saw
it ever witnessed any phenomenon to
compere with it, and it was considered
by them a perfectly unprecedented oc
currence in the annals of embryology.
It lived bat a few hours. The ears were
the only portion of the head which did
not boar resemblance to a frog, and
these were mach like- those rf a cat,
being salient and pointed, and adding
still more to the horrible appearance of
the anomalous creature.
bilirA private letter frOTh Berlin, Wis
consin, dated Feb. 9, gives the follow
ing extraordinary low rates for produce
in that place : " Wheat is selling at 40
cts. per bush.; oats 17 ets. per bush.;
corn 20 cts. per bush.; potatoes 12} eta.
per bush.; batter 121 cents per pound;
eggs 11 cts. per doz.; white beans 621
cis. per bush., while last spring they
brought $4 per bushel in the market.—
Hay is selling at from 82 to 52 50 per
ton, and good hickory wood brings $2
per cord."
Extravagance in Washington.—At
Lord Napier's last ball, the wife of
Count de Sartigos wore diamonds to
the amount of several thousands of dol
lars. The lace robes worn by Mrs.
Matthews, of Alabama, .cost 33,000.
Mrs. Gwin, of California, also wore a
robe of .11.ouiton lace, valued, with its
decorations, at $2,500. The dress worn
by Lady Napier cost nearly the same
figure.
liirEvery man has a right to be
thought and spoken of according to his
real character; consequently whoever
by any means, direct or indirect, is the
ooeas►os of his neighbor being worse
thought of or spoken of than be de
serves, is guilty of the most degrading
vice.
'emu .-rte
"TRUTH IS MIOHTT, AND WILL PREVAIL."
THE IRON HSIE AB MEIN BY A
(law' ONE.
"When we got to the depot, went
around to look at the iron boss. Thun
&ration! is warn't no more like a 110884
than a meetin' house. if I was gain' to
describe the anirnolo I'd say it looked
like—darned if I know what it looked
like, unless it was a regular ho devil,
anortin' smoke all around, and pantin',
and heavin' and swellin', and chawin'
up rod coals like they was good. A fol
low stood in a house like., feelin' him
all the time ; but the more he got the
more ho wanted, and the more ho
snorted. After a spell the feller catch-1
ed him by the tail, and great Jerico !I
he set up a yell that split the ground
for more'n a mile and a halt', and the
next minit I found my legs a waggin'
and myself at eater end of the
string o'vehicles. I wasn't skeered, but
I had three chills and a stroke of the
'
palsey in less than five minits, and my
face had a curious brownish yellergreen
blui.h color iu it, which was perfectly ,
unaccountable. Well,' says com
ment is superfluou.e.' and I took a seat i
in the nearest wagin or car, as they
call it—a consarned long, steamboat
lookin' thing, with a string of pews 1
down each side, big enough to. hold
about a man and a half. Just as I set
down. the boss hollered twice and start
ed off like a streak, pitehin' me head
first at the stomach of a big Irish wo
man, and she gave a tremendous grunt,
and then catched me by the head, and
cramapsd me under the sent; the carpi
way a and team' along at nigh
on to forty thousand miles an hour, and
every body was a bobbin' up and down
like a mill saw, and every wretch on
'cm had his mouth wide open and like
thov was lattin', but I could not bear
nothin', the earl kept up such a racket.
..Ilimehy they stopped all at once, an 1
su.b another I.tugh hn-ted out o'thein
passengers as I never hearn before —1
Laflin• at mo, too, that's what made me
mad as thunder, too. I rig up. and
sha kin' my List at 'em. says I, Ladies ;
and gentlemen, look a here! I'm a
peaceable strangor'—and away went
the darned tram like small-Ilex was in
the town. jerking me down in the seat
with a whack like I'd been thrown Iron
the moon, and their cussed mouths;
flopped open, and the fellers went ter'
bobbin' tip and down again. I pi: 0
an air of magnanimous contempt like. l
and took no more notice of 'cm, and!
very naturally wont to Whin ; up and
down mvsell."
11E1 8- In the Massachusetts Legislature
resolutions were lately introduced to
amend the Constitution of the State,
so as to prohibit naturalized citizens
from voti4e until two years after they
had become citizens. A negro is allow
ed to vote upon six months residence,
and there is no intention of changing
that law. In the debate on the resolu
tions Hon. Caleb Cushing, Democrat,
am mg other things said:
"Mr. Speaker—l—you—wc—gentle
men of the House of Representatives,
belong to that excellent white rate, the
consummate impersonation of intellect
in man, and of loveliness in woman,
whose power and whose privilege it is,
wherever they may go. and wherever
they may remain, to Christianize and
to civilize, to command and to be obey
ed, to conquer and to reign. I admit
to an equality with me, sir, the white
man—my blood and race—whether ho
be a Saxon of England or the Celt of
Ireland. Ent Ido not admit as my
equals either the red man of America,
or the yellow man of Asia, or the black
man of Africa."
Tho loud and continual applause from
the spectators in the galleries, that
greeted Mr. Cushing on. the delivery of
the above, is strong evidence that the
practical good sense of thUpeople will
continue to be, as it has been,' proof
against the negro-equality views held
by the Chase, Giddings and that class
of politicians.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
kirA boy out West entered a neigh
bor's house weeping bitterly.
" What's the matter, Johney ?" was
the sympathetic enquiry.
" Dad's dead !" was the reply, and
the boy's tears started afresh—" tVey' re
goin' to—(boo-hoo-hoo!)—bury him to
morrer, and I know (boo-hoo I) that I
shill never git over it !"
At this point the crying ceased, and
the boy's oyes rested with apparent in
terest on something above the mantel
piece. Suddenly , he exclaimed, in a
tone of surprise and admiration :
"Thunderationl Mr. Jones, ain't
that a bully rifle! Whar'd yet gait ?"
Rather a Salty Lake.—Thorn is a lake
200 miles long, between Corpus Christi
and Brazos Santiago, so salt Quit a skiff
cannot proceed but about 50 miles from
the latter place, because of largo, solidi
fied cakes extending clear across the
passages--so says a writer in the Pla
quemine &Wind, who has visited it.—
The same writer adds that on the side
of the mainland, crystalized salt is to
be seen piled up in blocks, ono upon
another, and shining in the sun like
glaciers.
Parlu a town on the line of Es
sex and Middlessex counties, Miss., a
hen-house was entered and robbed.—
The next morning the owner missed his
biddies, but discovered the portmonnaie
of the thief containing sixty dollars
and his name, lying, on the door! No
questions were asked. The ben-fancier
is said to pass for a respectable and
honest citizen.
Want of Domestics in Kansas.—A let
ter from Kansas says that servant girls
are the scarcest article in Kansas, es
pecially in Leavenworth, where they
can readily get 119 por month.
ANECDOTES OF STUMP MAKING.
The system of canvassing and elec
tioneering as it is earned on in the
Southwest, affords much that is amus
ing as well as instructive. We find in
the "Editor's Drawer," of Harper for
December, a rich joke said to have oe
curred in a canvass in Tennessee, be
tween the Hon. Cave. Johnson and Ma
jor Gustavus A. Henry. As the story
runs, Major H., in reply to an allnsion
of his opponent as to his manner of
shaking hands, said :
" I will tell - you a little anecdote allus
trative of the peculiar electioneering
abilities of my honorable friend in his
intercourse with our intelligent consti
tuents. We wore canvassing in a re
mote part of the district, and, having
an appointment to speak near the house
of a very influential Squire, wo spent
the previous night at his house togeth
er. It was well known that the Squire
controlled all the votes in that premet,
and his bettor half controlled him, so
that it was all important to get on the
right side of her. We had agreed not
to elixtioneer with the squire while wo
staid with him ; but I did not think
this forbademe to do my best with his
family. So I rose about daybreak the
next morning , and, thinking that I
should make friends with the. mistress
of the house-by bringing water to cook
the breakfast, I took a bucket and start
ed off for the spring. I was tripping
off on a ' light fantastic toe,' singing
merrily, as went along, when what on
earth should I see, ati I looked nit° the
barn-yard, but the old woman milking
the cow, while my 'honorable friend,
with his face roily with morning exer
cise, and his long locks streaming in the
breeze, was :bolding the cow by the tail!
1 saw in an instant that he had the start
of me. I returned to the house discern
fi t ted, and abandoned all hope of a vote
in that' region."
Thisreminds as of a good thing that oc
eurred in Marshall county, in this State.
A young Fillmore orator, who was also
editor of the Fidlinore organ in that
county, made a speech at the little
of Cliti!aboirm in the eottrrie of
whieli he charged Mr. Ihielninan a Lill
being in favor of " squatter sovereign
ty." The Ifieaker on the opp e;ite
aas the lion. J. W. C., a distiti. , nished
ni.smbe'r of the Legislature, and in the
course of his rely, he turns to his op
ponent:and inquires, " Did you say Mr.
liachat)an was in favor of squatter sov
ereignty?" "I did," replied the F.llmore
man. ." Why, you don't call this squat
ter sovereignty, do you?" says Mr. C.,
' reading something from a document,
.. coanici I do,'; was the reply.—
" Theny" says Mr. C.. turning to the
audience: " allow me to inform the gen
tleman that what I have rea.l f ' roin
Filimore's Lockport speech." It is
hardly,necessary to say that there was
no great number of Fillmore votes
made there that day. It is said that
ever al)erwards our editor-orator teas
remarkably particular how he answer
ed questions put to him in debate.
HONORABLE 'CONDITION
Many years ago, in what is new a
flourishing city in this State, lived a
stalwart blacksmith, loud of his pipe
and of his joke. Ile was also fond of
his blooming daughter, whose many
graces and charms hail ensnared the af
fections 0f.4 susceptible young printer.
The couple, after a season of mutual
billing and cooing, "engaged" them
selves, and nothing but the consent of
the young lady's parent, prevented their
union. To' obtaih this, an interview
was aKrangcd, and Typo prepared a
little speech to astonish and convince
the old gentleman, who sat enjoying
his pipe in perfect content. Typo
dilated upon the fact of their long
friendship, their mutual attachment.
their hope for the future, and like topics,
and taking , the daughter by the hand,
said : new, sir, ask your permission
to transplant this lovely Rawer from its
parent bed''—but his "plielinks" over
came him, ho forgot the remainder of
his rhetorical flourish, blushed, stam
mered; and finally woand up with—
" &emits parent bed, into my own."—
The father keenly relished the discom
fiture of the suiter, and after removing
bis pipe and blowing a - elond, replied—
" Well,. young man, I don't know as
I've any objections, proyidod you mar
ry the gal first."
' BOGUS DITTY.
There are bogus doctors—bogus pills,
Bogus charges—bogus bills,
Bogies stories—bogus teachers,
Boos saints and bogus preachers,
Bops friends and bogus names,
Bogis cures and bogus claims,
Bogus sighs and bogus fears,
Bogus smiles and bogus tears,
Bogus looks and bogus airs,
Bogus faith and bogus prayers,
Bogus sales and bogus notes,
Bogus laws and bogus votes,
Bogus words cud bogus deeds,
Bogus coins and bogus creeds,
Bogus gents and bogus ladies,.
'Bogus wives and bogus babies,
Bogus reports upon the wing,.
And bogus almost everything.
sia-" Madame,"said a doctor one day
to the mother ofa svreet, ho:►lthy bah 3,
"the babes have deputed me to inquire
what you do to have sucti a lovely, hap
py, uniformly good child ?"
Tho mother mused for a moment
over the strangeness of the question,
and then replied simply and bctintiful
ly: " Why, God has given me a healthy
child, and I let it alone."
&Thero is an old fellow in Nash
ville who snores so loud, that he is
obliged, to sleep at a house in tho next
stroet, to avoid awakening himself.'
serA Yankee, boasting of a visit
which he had paid the Queen, clinched
his remarks by declaring; "I should
have been invited to stay for dinner,
but it was washing day."
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TWO DOLL OtS A-TEAR.
, prom th• Bog+id Gasetta.
KANSAS N THE STATE SENATE.
Our readers aro well aware that we
have from the beginning protested
against the discussion of Kansas affairs
in onr State Legislature. We cannot
believe that it is proper for the Sena
tors and Representatives of Pennsylva:
nia to consider' a subject which ha;
nothing to do with the affairs of Penn
sylvania. But the Abolitionists differ
with us concerning this matter. They
deem the affairs of Kansas to be of
ipar
amount imPor .anee to the people of
Pennsylvania. They must have “81e,,d
-ing Kansas" On the Legislative tapis;
its " wounds" must be manipulated
and poulticed
,And bound up, though
Bleeding Pennsylvania may lie groan
ing and friendless until some Democrat
ic good Samaritan comes along and
takes compassion on her condition.
But the eagerness of the Abolitionists
to get Kansas before the Legislature,
has received a decided check. The
resolutions on the subject in the State
Senate, were referred to a Committee
of seven, compoced of fourlitemocrati
and khree Abolitionists, of which CHAS.
R. IneKALEw was chairman. On the
24th ult., Mr. BUCKALEW, from this Se
lect Committee, made a report recom
mending the immediate admission of Kan
sas under the Lecomnton Constitution.
The report is unanswerable in its
ar
guments in favor of the recommenda
tion which it makes. It proves that
the people.of Kansas can at any time
after their admission into the Union,
l
abolish their Constitution. It ws
that we, at present, live udder a tip
'on
stitution which never was submitted
to us for ratification, and that the peo
ple of the , Union 'levet:ratified the Fed
eral Constitution, by a direct vote upon
that instrument. We make the follow
iog extracts, which speati fur them
selves:
The abjection that the Constitution
is unchangeable until Mil, is fully an
swered by the 'citation already made
from Penns3 Icania constitutional his
tory. We may . conclude•that the same
power will exist in the people of Kan
sas to change their constitution through
a'regular process, as that exorcised by
our own people in changiiig the Consti
tion of 1776. The cases are alike upon
the qiimtion of power, anti the one is
solved by the deeisioik of the other.—
Any one who accepts Az. Pennsylvania
practice as regular and lawful, will nut
doubt that. upon admission, the people
of the new state of Kansas will have
powcr through a convention. to amend
or change altogether their . fundamen
tal law, retaining in any case its repnlk
lican form. This power stands upon
the solid foundation where oar fathers
placed it ; and upon general grounds of
reason where a constitutioa provides
for its own amendment, the mode or
tune so provided cannot be - exclusive,
unless others are expressly prohibited.
Every presumption should be made
in favor of popular right in legal instru
ments of government, and the power of
changing them must, remain entire,
unless expressly limited or forbidden.
The Kansas Constitution does not forbid
anwndntent beforejB64, and it does not,
contain a declaration of popular powbr
over constitutions similar to those
quoted by our Legislature of 1789, in
a :use precisely similar to the pressut
one.
The Territorial Legislature passed a
law for taking the sense of the people
upon the question' of a convention to
form a constitution, and subsequently,
on the 19th of February, 1857, passed
a law for the election of delegates to
the convention. Both these acts ob.
viously contemplated the possession of
general power by the convention.
In neither was there any limitation or
rest_iction whatsoever. And the dele
gates having been elected in view, of
these laws, possessed the power of form
ing and enacting a constitution, subject
only to the ratitication of (Jongress, as
heretofore shown. It extends the right
of suffrage to every bona fide inhabitant
of the territory on the third Monday of
Juno,MT, who, being a citizen of the
United States and over twenty-one
years of age, shall have resided thee°
months in the county where he offers
to vote; and provides adequate penal
tiei against illegal voting, fraudulently
hindering a fair expression of the pop
tiler vote, and unlawful attempts to in
fluence the electors. And as a further
guard against fraud, and to secure the
elective franchise from prostitution, a
registration of the voters is required to
be compiled from a census previously
taken by the sheriff and his deputies.
The census returns ace to be filed in the
office of the probate judges, showing the
number of qualified voters resident in
the county or district, on th 3 first of
April, and to be p)sted in public places.
And the probate judge from the; tinie of
receiving them, is to bold his court
open until the first of May, for the pur
pose of correcting them, by ad.thig
names or striking out those improperly
inserted. Provision is also made for '
vacancies in the office of sheriff, by au
thorizing the probate judge to act in
his place ; and in case of vacancy in
both offices, the Governor is to appoint
some competent resident oitizen to per
form their duties.—The other details of
the act are equally unexceptionable, and
tend to the production of a fair and
honest election.
It is to be further observed upon this
act, that voters omitted from the teneUS
eNefiti full notice of the emoiseleop#,...
sad' ample opportunity to - have their
nouieecoilded, by the probate judge, to
the register of names. Full time Is alew
aftbrded for the proceeding. But it is -7-
notorious and undenied that the great
body of those who did not vote at the
subsequent election in June, withheld
thetastives'trom enumeration and
iltry, sad instead of assisting the_ GM
cerA, as good citizens should lave dote,
interposed all possible obstacles in their
way, extending, in some eases to actual
inticgailatiou nett force; because they
denied the authority of the Territorial
Government and laws, and. intended
by their conduct to refuse a recognition
of them. Yet over nine thousand
names were registered, although many
who were registered, and in favor of a
convention, did not vote for delegates,
as in many, if nut most of the districts
there was no serious opposition to the
candidates named. But the case is
oven yet stronger than these facts make
it. A part of the nineteen counties, so
often spoken of, were wholly without
inhabitants; they were counties upon
papers established in expectation of fu
ture settlement. Beside these, most of
the counties composing the nineteen
had an inconsiderable population;
settlements in them having just _bit
gun. It is said that four only of
the whole number had any considera
ble population, and that these wore the
very ones where the Topeka party were
strong, interposed resistance to the law,
and neither desired nor attempted tO
qualify themselves for voting at the
election. it is not necessary to go into
minute details, nor to explore the caus
es remote or immediate, which induced
opposition to that as well as other Ton i
torial laws, although such inquiry would
strengthen the general conclusions al
ready stated. As fur as the objection
to the powers and proceedings of the '
convention, on the ground of nairew
nes* of suffrage in the election of .the
members, is concerned, that man who
would remain an objector, after the
foregoing statement, would remain nn- •
convinced by the production of any
fact or argument whatsoever. *
NO. 25.
If there be fault upon the part of the
government with reference to this in
surgent and misguided population, it-is
that they have been treated with ex
treme leniency and forbearance, illy re
quited by continued turbulence and re
sistance to authority upon their part.
And that tho appeal• should now be
gravely made, in their behalf, for the
rejection of a legal constitution and the
continuance of excitement and disorder
in the Territory until. they 'shall be
pleased to subside in to'order and regu
larity, may be classed amoug•tho curi
osities of faction.—With equal proprie
ty might the appeal be made In behalf
of the insurgouts of Utah against the
attempt to enforce upon theta the
jurisdiction and authority of the United
states.
'Much has been said by the Black Re.
publicans about the statement of Goy.
Walker, that in nineteen countiem of
Kansas, no registry was made of the
voters, and consequently no vote was
polled therein—leaving it to bo infe*ed
that the officers to make the registry
did not do their duty in the preinises.
But it appears .froth reliable infirrirut- -
tion, says the Bridgeport Farmer, that
only four of the nineteen weroorganis
ed at the tune, and that in Aisle of
hose, the men appointed to dio t the
work were driven off by the Free State •
men, and threatened with death if they►
persisted in their efforts to execute tae'
law. In the fourth a Free State Mat
was appointed to make out thellat, and
he refused. to act. This was in accord
ance with the programme of Greeley a.
Co., at that time, antLe coarse throws
the whole blilmo upon the Free Suite -
Law breakers and marauders, where it.
really belongs. In fact nearly all the
wrongs in that Territory have been
perpetrated or provoked by that lawlese
set of men, acting as agents of_Black
Republican demagogues in the Eastern
and other States.
tern has been boasted that Mr
Douglas holds Illinois in his breeches
pocket, and can lead it away with hint
in suppdrt of whatever vagaries hie self•
willed head may lead him into. This
is a most tremendous mistakioll4
whinillthe enemies . of the DOMOali k ey
countqpen such a state of fact's, they
are reckoning without their host. The
Democracy of southern Illinois witi sup
port Mr. Douglas as f:►r as they consist
ently can, but not against Democracy..
When it comes to the test, they will
be found to be largely in favor of the
ad:ninistration and the prompt admis
sion of Kansas. It is true that someot
them:were led away for the moment by
the clamor about "popular sovereign
ty," but they are finding oat that that
great principle - is not in any danger;
and they are coming back in regiments;
strong in the desire to-localize the els ,
very question and give peace to the
country.—Giro (ill.) Ti►m►es and Delta.
Black RepubliCalir correspond=
ent of one of the Philadelphia papers /
in noticing one of Senator BIOLKIeII
votes on the Kansas question, says that
immediately thereafter he "4eft the
Senate disgusted and ashamed of seek
a representative of good old Penneyt•
vania." Poor fellow I we hope the
next time he goes to the Senate cham
ber, our goad natured Senator will
take pity on his "stomach," and ab
stain from voting as ho pleases
Star They are haviiag, trotateat Weet
Point. The chaplain insist:ls that the
cadets,shall kuoel in certain parte of
the service. The caduts refits° to Com
ply. The chaplain appeals 'to the com
mander of the station. Tito 0-maund
er sides with the chaplitiit otiO:gays clue
cadets 0611 intim) The . is
that they will do amproilled fielitee
the word of oomosiodiesid gait
wise. 4-4;
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