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Li. rusts, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
AilliTTY6*ll.llG, PA;
MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 19, I&
Vtmorratir itatr Cirkrt.
F or 4 It. iil i rt . G (*era/
i n f LCHARDSON L. WRIGHT, of Philadelphia
for Surrrw.r General,
JOini BOWE, of Fraulain couu,ty
ihmerratir Xirkrt.
State S;yrnior,
J. W. DOUGLAS; of Franklin county
Agernibly,
FREDIMACK 'DIEHL, of Fnnklin.
Cotrumassienwr,
I.l,kmip.yA. HALL, of Ilamiltonbat
DirA•lor of Mt l'oor,
p?sEry J. KrqS, of Watling
Auditor,
A r VOS LEFEVER, of Union.
anowy Trittestrer,
iWAYBEIGIIT ZIEGLEIC, of Getty 3.1. , urg
Distrta Attar - Ivy,
J. C. NEELY, of Gettysburg.
Snrceyoi,
JOHN G. BRINKEkii/UFF cf . Struban
Rally, preouum l Rally 3
-DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS
E friends of the Union aid Consti
-411 tution—of Equal Laws and Equal
Rights,—tho enemies of Sectionalism
and Prnseription—in Adams county,
will hold Meetings at tho following
Limos And places, viz;
At 3feSheiryLpoi, on Monday After.-
noon, Sept. 26 ;
At J. B. Smith's (the Lime Factory,) in
.Mountpleasant tap., on Monday Evening,
Sept. ; 26 ;
At Ileidkrsburg, on Tuesday Evening,
.Sept. 27;
At Littlestown, on Wednesday Even
,ing, Sept. 28;
. At East Berlin, on Thursday After
poon,Sept. 29 ;
At New Chester, on Thurvlay Evening,
frStit. 29 ;
At Fairfield, gn Epening, Sept.
BO ;
4i voustoting, Saturday After
must, . 1
At New Oxford, on Saturday
.Oct. L
It is expected that J. W. DOUG
LAS, Esq.,the Democratic candidate for
State Senator in this district, will ad
dress a part, if nut all of those Meet
ings. Speeches will be rpa4e by IFfon•
MOSES kfcCLEX.S',.E. B. BUEIILER,
W. 51. IIIeCLEAN, J. C. NE.E,LY, W.
A. DUNCAN, Esquires, and °thefts. •
Friends of Truth—friends of tho
GOOD OLD CAUSE, Rally to the
Meetings !—OINCE MORE TO THE
RESCU E !
rho I)ENOCRATIC BRASS BAND of
Gettysburg will attend die Meetings,
their magniAcent new Iliad Chariot.
"k• 11y order of Committee
H. J. STATILE, Chairman.
Additional Meqtings will hp tail
ed hereafter.
Sept. 19, 1859.
As We Expected!
The friends of Mr. Dv iltlaltAW are beginning
to be rrtGrATAZD by the exposure of his votes
the Legislature. They auppoeed before
his re-nomination,that his votesen the "Extra
fay" were all right, especially as he had
pledged himself to a4vocate low, pay ; and,
/her, his 3200 donation coming in at the
heels of the Beseion, was; in their judgment,
calculated to seduce quite enough Demo
crats into his support to secure his re-elee
tion I But, they now suspect " there is
something rotten in Denmark," and " amain
mice." They begin to realize that kis rotes
'lid not square with hie pledges—chat, instead
of voting for and advocating the $5OO salary,
he feted tor the SEVEN IwzpitED DOL
LAR pay, as his vote among the YEAS on
the Conference Report shows! And what
makes it all the worse for him in their opin
ion, is, that the Star and Sentinet will not
en4crtake to open their mouths iq regard to
his .onarse on the two most important tests,
•Wf i len he DODGED the vote on the
OM passage of the Bill, and ' Whenhe VOTED
?OIL the Conference Report, both of which
continued the Seven hundred Dollar Salary
to Members The friends of Durburaw begin
*to see and feel that the Star and Sentinel
ARE CAUGHT—that they dare not deny his
action on these points / and yet dare not justi
fy what - be did, becoube that would be ac
knowledging what we have charged him
:with, (and PROVED upon him,) a VIOLA
(PION of solemn WRITTEN PLEDOE,.
The dilemma is an unenviable one, but
there is no getting out of it. Mr. Durboraw
DID vote for the $7OO, as we have charged
upon him, and if silence ever " gave consent "
to anything ? the Star and the Semi, et an.
knowledge ctipt he did that very disreputable
thing. If not, why not deny his DODGING
pn the final passage vote, and his YEA for
the Conference Report? THEY DARE NOT
DO IT ! We ropeet ? they DARE .NOT:—
They KNOW that page 512 of the House
Journal records the one. and page 1.005 the
ether.
We defy Durboraw's organs to face the
punier on these points. Come s gentlemen,
how is it about Durboraw's DOIXII4O,
pont his vote FOR the Conference Report?
SAY, IfQW IS IT?
sErDurboraw's $2OO BRIBE is recoiling
ppm him. as it should. Ile begins to discov
pr that FOUR CENTS 4.-11E.31) will not buy
the Toter. of AdJuis equnty, as be and the
l• /inferior Councillors" vq:em to have 'lup
e? *nqi of them, realizing the fact that
pelts 'we ti rough thp miserable trick,
are making panses fqr tLe act ! !trl say Mr.
Darborsw so disposed of the $2"60 because
fag wire not his. Wlothss tbore lie force
fie see in this plea, all we have to say to is is,
Ikea if the money was not his f? /amp it wet
zit his to give away.
6e Canadians talk of aangias.l4ine
sie the naturaliptie t er _
ciettde. The proem of peele
r _tota l.nt th
* i l it i mtint4 e, bat when . it "mare
- sey *ad the stdiag lion
OVA !;Ti' FerY.?4 44.ther:
" Old Documents."
The Adams Sentinel, of Oct:. 4, 1858,
olutrgod ,Cis.atts WILL with fir,vorin ; g
$7OO pay to Members, because, among
iatilor things, wbco the Cooferenee Re
iseeifori the Appropiaation I;i11, allow
ing that sum, came before the House,
it passed " without opposition, the yeas
and nays not being called." Further
on in the same article, Mr. Will was
charged with "permitting the Bill per
manently increasing the salary to IRu°,
to pass without opposition—making a
difference to the Tax-payers of the
State of over $26,000 a year." And
tho article _concluded with this, sow,
very significant paragraph :
" member those facts, Taxpay
ers Ôr Adami county, when you come
to east your ballots tor a member of
the Legislature. Remember, too, that
Mr. Inauoanw, the opponent. of Mr.
Mu ft is publicly PLEDGED AGAINST
EXTRA PAY of all kinds—yleilged to
veto for a Repeal of the s‘oo galary
'Law ! Remem her these facts, and then
Vote as yoorludgments and censeience
approve."
The Star of Sept. IT, 1858, cluqgod
PIIARLES WILL with favoring the $7OO
salary, declaring that he " sat,
_quietly
in his seat on the coal passage of the
bill" " increasing the coqipenaation
permanently to $7OO, withont, opposing
it even by a call of the yeas and nays."
The Star, of (Jet. 1, ISSB, said :
" REM Elf/3ER, Ta x-Pay c,es---tha
this $7OO flaw, If not repealed, will in
crease the annual expenditures Avery
Year over $221,000, anal in ten years
amount to over s26o,ooo—which might
otherwise go to the extinguishment of
the State Debt.
" EM B E R—That SAMUEL
DUIIBOIIAW is p/edged to vote for its
IirREAL, while CIIA.RLES WILL sat
quietly in his seat without opposing the
ba t h"
This is the way the Know Nothing
papers spoke last' fall, and we shall give
further similar extracts from them here
after.
No'w, voters of Adams, look at the
course of Samuel Durboraw in the Leg
islature, on this question, notwithstand
ing his solemn pledges, and the Star's
And Sentinel's frequent re-iteration of
them, during the -canvass of 185$ !
Charles Will teas faulted Weans° the
yeas and nays were not milled! This
was an enormous crime in Mr. Will in
the oyes of the 'Star and Sentinel • cdi
-I.ors—- base botrgyal of his verbal
pledgee ! Bald what has Samuel Dur
boraw done! After his puldisfood pledg
es for the repeal of the $7OO salary and
the restoration of thgeof 5500, we find
him, on the 4th of March, (page 512)
DOPtil-Isigr,tke vote pa the anal pas
sago of the Appropriation Pill, allowing
the SEVEN 11UNDRED DOLLAR
payeo continue, and on the 11th of
April (page 1095) voting IN FAVOR
of the Report of the Conference Com
mittee, which also allowed the same
pay of 5700 ;
ip,re FACT.--stnbborn and
txmtrocertible--and we ask an honest
Public, in view of them, whether &x
-um. Dtplolt.AVi is worthy of being
trusted with the responsible post again?
You cannot but answer, NO I—NQ 11
—NO 11 !
Durbcrasl ray,
On referring to the llouseJournal, we find
that Skunuel Durboraw received for his SerTi
res ip t i lcse Legislature last winter $7OO as
salary, $22 80 mileage, and $25 for sicilioa
m. Of this comfortable aggregate of $747
80, he set aside $2OO as an Electioneering
Fund; but still the sum remaining is very
snug compensation for his services, among
which may be counted his remarkable feat in
DODGING the vote on tits final passage of the
Appropriation Bill, albming the $7OO salary
to 000tinue, nqd his equally astonishing vote
?PR the Popferengs Itepeit, which also eon
tioucil the Pacie high pay to 00 wexabwl !
Very well done, Mr. Durboraw. Wouldn't
you like the chance to do so again
A Bungled Ticket.
To realise how egregiously the Star man
agers bungled their ticket, it is only neces
sary to know that vliould Mr. 411.783CL1AN,
their candidate for Director of the Poor, be
elected, the Directors compassing the Board
would be residents of three adjoining town
ship.. Mr. Werra resides in Freedom, Mr.
SPANGLIR in Cumberland, and Mr. Mussel.-
N in Usmiltonban, directly between the
two. Voters of all parties, look at this !
Mr. Musselman's election would leave with
out a Director the entire north, east and
south qf the county. Surely such a division
cannot bp regarded as judicious or fair.
Persons may ask how so glaring a mistake
was made. The reason is not bard to
figure opt," if a trifle posted in regard to
Opposition mencouvring. To carry out the'
aim of the Professional Office-seeker on the
Commissioner's Clerkship, it was necessary
that he should have Mr. Jacob Realer as the
candidate fur Commissioner, and nobody else.
A candidate taken from the upper side for
that office might, (if elected, let it always be
remembered,) be favorable to somebody else
for the Clerkship, and that wueld "spoil" the
oracle's "whole kettle of fish." Mr. Raiser
was, therefore, taken from the lower end, in
preference to a far more popular candidate
from the tipper end, Mr.7syse MAILSH ALL, Of
A : , and to satisfy Ihuniltenban, Mr. Mussel
;pen was given the Director candidacy.—
Stich is the slim total of a very singulartrans
action-.7.-such ;he secret of the nomination of
a " temporary resident" for the important
office of County Commissioner.
filarWe understand, from various sources,
that the Opposition candidates, especially
Messrs. Duesosaw, Resssa, I,4l.cCasp..ter en 4
FAILNILIIToCIL, are very actively canvassing for
votes aaleng Democrats. The friends of the
GOOD OLD cacsa need only bear in mind that
not one of these gentlemen would, under any
eir!;.umstances, vote for a Democrat, because
"it of them are violent Know Nothing and
Mack Republican politicians, who, in their
r ileart4, regard the Democratic party with
hetrett peesocr4ta wiU hgrCtly be !cedar.;
enough to vote for these leading Lark Lea
f ternitea simply because they 'Ray Fo o o ,4, f id
' fts fuf their YPtesT
Five "Dollars a Day and Roast
Beef!"
The Sentinel endeavors to prove 4hst 1111.1%
fhltlknAW redeemed his pledge beemute fie
voted to make the pay of members svo del
hxs per Jay.' ilis won't do. lie was not
senteklere to vote in any [web manner. Five
dietary a day is a very diderent thing from
1300 a session—beesuao the session may be
run c,tit to any indefinite leu&Skt, end the fire
dollars a day go on all the time, making the
pay fur the session probably ONE TiIOCS
-4.ND DOLLARS! The last session was of
one hundre I and s,re days' duration. The
session of 1537 lasted from January Gth to
May 22.1, four months and a half, ur about
IZZIi days, which, at IS per day, would have
imp the pay, exilusir o : of mileage, ac., W gix
hundred and seven%) -two dollars! Let it be
recollected, however ; tits these were salaried
sessions—had the pay lean per agent, both
would lure been longer.
Fortlwr, before the rote was taken 04 USS
$.5 a day proposition of MeCLure, speeches
were made by a number of the members, in
which ,i„t rips repeatedly declared that this
uwd.e of compensation would ce-tainiy tend
to prolong the sessions, and therefore increase
the pay over $5OO. Durbaraw, I'i.rDCCD
AS us WAS, should 113% e heeded these warnings
and voted against the propolition, because of
its dangerous tendency ; but. no, he saw dt to
follow 3luClure, the advoeste of high pay,
And voted fur f.ve dollars a (lay. This is
currying dot his pledge with a vengeance:
In his reply to the Ramer letter, a year
ago, Mr. Durboraw promised to vote "for the
restoration of the '5OO rompeneation." No
xnan, with a particle of regard for consisten
cy, can say that be redeemed that pledge by
ruling fora pap of $5 a day, when it is SICS
turious that' per diem sessions invariably,
without exception, have run far beyond one
hundred days.
Try some other tactics, Mr. &Wine,. ?hat
vote won't relieve Mr. DurLomw of a scintilla
of the odium which he has incurred by
naltax i txo n i ts SOLVIN PLSDCLS.
=CM
Bear it in Mind!
The Star managers and their minions are
endeavoring to make voted among Democrats
fur Durboraw by representing him as a good
neighbor, and as having deposited titat SLIM.
This game is very transparent. If they could
succeed in having him re-elected they would
claim it es a party triumph — an the success of
Know Nothiugism joined with Black Repub
licanism, over Democracy. They put forth
such a claim upon his election last fall—they
would do so again. But the opportunity
will not be given them. Adams county is
not for dark lantcrnism, as she will demon
strate by beating ono of the deepest dyed
Know Nuthiugs within its borders—Samuel
Durborew. -
Voters. BEAR IN MIND, that every vote
cast for Samuel Durboraw wRI be claimed by
the Opposition as se many votes fur their
party—Abair proscriptive and dim-union mon
grel organisation!
Watch the Movement !
somewhat prominent Know Nothing in
cautiously remarked, the other day, " If only
we (am manage to hare Kuhn beaten !" mean
ing Col. Joatra J. KruN,,the Democnitic can
didate fur Director of the . Poor. This confirms
a suspicion we have entertained a week or
two, that the Opposition would make a dove
rate effort to defeat him quicay—for the time
being not abusing the Catholics in their pa
pers or otbasrerise openly, in order that Dur
*prow, Fahnestack; end oti k ers--reeking with
jhe stnneft of Dark Liuttern dens—might with
smooth words upon their tongues approach
Catholics for their votes! Let all opposed to
Know Nothingism closely watch this move
ment. It is a dark but characteristic plot,
and must be blown to the four winds.
ltr" I) I 3D
SAMUEL DUILBORAW, or not,
VOTE FOR the Conference Report on
the Appropriation Bill, continuing the
Seven Ruadral Dollars Salary to Alen.
ben? Will tho Star answer? Will the
Sintinel answer? If Mr. Durboraw•did
not, as they try to make an unsuspect
ing public believe, violate his' pledge,
dal he conform to it. by voting for a Bill
allowing the 1700 .As you, gentle
men, sewn to be entirely cleat on these
points, nilow us to yell it in your ears—
11-E T
Darbonsw's oath in the Muuntjoy Gwn
eil Know Nuthingism. to proscribe Foreign
ers and Catholics. is a sore subject with the
Star managers. They know there's no getting
round :he feet, and, therefore, must " grin
and bear it." Their situation is an unmn
furtahle one, but they have only themselves
to thank fur it, because they were the origin
atorsof the infamous organisation here, and
at the time expected to get plenty of oounty
tacos through it—Mr. Durbornw being among
these aspirants fur Know Nothing favors.
Berne Superior Councillors are in n sad
plight. DuItISORAW'S votes they find cannot
be successfully defended, and Cept. Wain.
cannot be successfully assaulted. In regard
to the latter, they could only "intimate " that
he did not vote the whole Democratic ticket
last year, but his character as a man and
a Democrat is too high to be injured
by such a petty attack. Beside this, honest
FRANK WILL has volunteered a card, certify.-
ing that he saw Capt. Diehl vote an open full
Democratic ticket at the time alluded to.—
Thus all the calculations of the Star man
agers are, one after another, being " knocked
into a three-cocked hat." Thus their visions
of Bowes*, to be accomplished through hum
bug and deception, are dissipating—fleeing
far away!
Messrs. Managers, we might feel inclined
to ask the people to sympathize with you, if
we did pot know that they feel it a duty to
keep on giving you and your supple instru
ments terrible drubbing; et the polls:
===l
i 'bhp Chambersborg Transcript, *O
- organ, in au article grossly misrepre
senting Mr. Lk)troi.ss, the Democratic candi
date for the Senate, says that Mr. Mytus, of
this county, "was not pressed by his Con
ferees," We are authorised to pronounce
;his assertion entirely false, as the Conferees
went there resolved to secure Mr. Myers's
nomination, if possible, apd voted for him on
every ballot. But they were out-voted, and
of course, like good Democrats, yielded to the
majority. So much is doe the Conferees.—
Tho Tralueript will make nothing for jtt fa
vorite, McClure, by misrepresenting them.
ser 41ex. Itay, of Yurk, Yak parehaaed the
pelehratal tFotter, " Mat !apple ? " gt,
0OO•
Hand Over the $lOOl
The hVar managers, or " SePorior
Coo ocillors," am reduced to the despc
! rate expedkont of resorting to high
' sounding, windy amwtions, to. re li eve
'Mr. DURBORA.W from the dilemma be
has placed himself in by a violation in
the Legislature of the pledges which he
made to the people of the county before
!last fall's election. ?LIE FACTS ere
all against him, and the managers be
gin to see, that, twist and distort as
they may, they cannot wipe out Liao
least significant of them. Mr. Durboraw
declared, iu his reply tp the lessor Let
-I.er, that if elected ho wouki vote for
" the repeal" of the $7OO salary,
.and
t' usehis influence to have the Gild 001M
p‘:nsation of 8500 restored."
This "$5OO compensation," mark it,
render, had reference to $5OO per session.
Now, let us examine the Journal of the
I Mous - Zito see how be comes out on this
point. On page 455, it is recorded that
ho VOTED FOR the McClure amend
ment, fixing the pay of Members at
85,00 PER DAY ! The last session
oontiuued 105 days, and had the pay
been per diem, the days would have
numbered 135 or 140. Re was pledged
to vote for a definite sum, and here we
find him sustaining a measure which
would have made it in the highest de
!gm° fudejlaite—whieh would have run
it far above the $5OO, as was demon
strated by more than a dozen of the
members, in earnest speeches, on the
floor of the House, at the time the-vote
was token. Did Durboraw in this in
stance adhere to his " obligations 7"
On page 512 of the House Journal
the vote on the final passage of the Bill
—the Bill continuing the 8700 Salary to
Members—is recorded, but the nano of
DURBORAW is not found in the list of
yeas and nays upon it ! Hero ho found
it convenient to DODGE, although his
/ name occurs immediately previous and
soon after in the Journal. Was this
adhering to his " obligations 7"
On page 1005, serSA.MI_TEI, DUR
BORAW is rel t irded as voting 1N FA
VOR OF the pert of the Conference
Committee, which Report CONTINU
ED TILE 6700 SALARY TO MEM
BERS! ! !-c t et Wei this voting to" re
peal" the $7OO law ? Was this a using
his influence to have the old compensa
tion of 8500 restored " ?
The Star managers, forced to the
wall, and without a chance of escape,
tremblingly offer to "give to any. per
son one hundred dollars who will prove
that Samuel Durboraw, in a single in
stance, violated the above obligation."
We here PROVE such violation, in
THREE " instances," from the Journal.
Will the SYar managers hand over the
8100? Of course, not—but they will
DODGE, as they and their favorite,
Durboraw, are acenstomod to do. The
honest and intelligent voters of the
county, however, will decide the matter
for themselves, and remind Mr. Durbo
raw, i 9 a crushing voice, at the Polls,
of the old addage : " You cheat me
once, that's your fault; you Cheat me
twice, that's my fault :"
airA Chance . to Make ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS Yvan
The Journal of the (louse of ltopresentn
tivea proses that Samuel Durboraw voted
agaitort a proposition to make tho daily pay
of Members $1,50, with expellees going to
and returning from Harrisburg.
The same Journal proves that Samuel Dor
boraw voted for a proposition to make the
pay of Members $5 per day and mileage.
The same Journal proves that Samuel
Durboraw &dyed the vote on the foal pas
sage of the Appropriation Bill, which allowed
the salary of Members to continue at $7OO
per scission.
The same Journal proves that Samuel
Durboraw voted for the Conference Report,
which continued the $7OO salary to Members.
These foals were stated in our last. and we
re-state them now fn. tlie purpose of offering
ONE HUNDRED DO4LARS to the &or
managers, or others, who will prove them to
be untrue—the Journal of the House, of
course, being taken fur the testimony. What
say you, Messrs. Superior Councillors—
guilty, or not guilty
from the Talley Spirit
McClure's Record. ,
MR. EDITOR :--In looking over the " Legis•
lative Ite.mrd" of the last Scission of tho Leg
islature of Pennlylvania, my attention was
inadvertantly directed to the "House bill, No.
333,"—as it is generally called,..-entitled
"An Act to prevent frauds at elections,"
published on pages 512 and 513 of said Re
cord. Among other stipulations laid do% nin
that Act, the first Section provides, that no
person shall be entitled to vote, who, having
beeu no alien has nut been natuntlited, in
conformity with the laws of the United States,
at /mixt six calendar months be fare the elec
tion, lie."
The second Section of th 3 Act prescribes
that "as the only evidence that such aliep has
been naturalized as aforesaid, he shall pro
duce a certificate thereof, Ice.," "except such
person shall have resided in the ward, dis
trict or township, fur ten years or upwards
nett preceding such application to vote, which
residence must be known to at least enc. mein
her of the board of election officers." The
3d, 4th and sth Sections respectively require,
that a known qui.litied elector shall make
oath "that the spolicant to vote is the identi
cal person named ip suet certificate of natur
alization ;" and that "the inspectors of elec
tions shrill nut permit any person su natural.
ized. to vote cif/rout the product iou of such
certifiiate" unless "he has resided in the dia,
trict fur ten years," and further, the inspector
shall retain such certificate "until j 2 o'clock
meridian of the nep day succeeding truth
Plection," when it shall be returned to the
owner thereof, unless there should be "reason
o suspect that such certificate of naturalise
lion is forged," when it shall be the duty of
the inspectors to retain the said oertifipate
until an investigation can be made."
The whole bill contains 12 Sections. On
the final action upon the bill, a motion was
made by Mr. Griuzian, of Luzerne county, a
Democrat, to postpone the further maide n) .
Lion of it. The Yeas and Nays were requir
ed by Messrs. Gritman and rvans, apd
result was as follows t • l'eas-..Messrs. Berta.
let, Buyer (Clear fi eld,) Buyer (Sehailkill,)
Bruedhead,ltuyief,_Custer, Disurant, Rudd*.
Evans, Faeroe, Fleming, Foster, ()alley,
Goeppe, Grithagh Oritentn, Rill, llottenstine,
Irish, Jackson, Ketchum, laird, jaws,
(Washington,) Mehaffey, hieNwel, • lellet,
Nill, Oaks. Pugbe, Quigley, Rohrer. Rose,
Bmeeds, Smith (Berks,l Stephens, Stewart ,
Thompson, Thorn, Walker, Warden, Wilton,
(liloox, (Bedford.) Witham.
eks.) Wilson, Withrow, Woodring and
er m . 7 47".
tVar—gesso. Abbot. Acker, Bail; e t,
Barnsley, Bryson, Csimpbell, Church. DC It-
BORAIW, Eckman, Ellmalter. Orats, Green,
Harding. Kensagy, Kinney, Man, Mafthews,
McCLURE, Neal, Patterson, Pierce, Proud
foot, Ramsdell, 3hater, liihsppard, Styer,
Walborn, Whelan. Wi! , Wtllinwn and
Lawrence (Dauphin,) Speaker-41.
It will be seen from the above, that all the
Democrats and 24 Republicans voted for post
; pining this subject, and those against it are
tall Ite7sublicans, including Col. McClure.
Now, Mr. I:ditor, there is not a man living,
who despises and coodenins frauds—no matter
where and by whom they may be romnailleil—
: more than my humble self, nor du I deny that
tlj4ere are no frauds practiced. Frauds at
elections are a calamity ; they are a death
blow at our liberal Institutions, and should oe
frowned down by all good citizens who cher
ish within their bosom the precious priviLer
I gen which we enjoy. It is a lamentable fact
that some men will "stoop to conquer," and
that too, just so that they gain their selfish
!ends.
Rut, notwithstanding all the facts staring
us in the ince. it Cannot be denied, that the
cloven foot of Know Nothingism is not stick
ing out in the bill above alluded to. And
how so? it may be asked. Let us see. The
Constitution and las as they now stand, al
low a naturalized sTfer to vote as aeon as he
is naturalized. According to this bill, how
ever, he must wait six rysonas before he can
vote ! I Yes, Mr. Editor, he must wait six
months before he can vote, even after he it
naturalised ."fhat, sounds very stange; but
so it is given in the bill alluded to, and, as
already shown, for this bill—this gentle hit
--Col. McClure voted. Now, this shows very
plainly, that the Republican party of Penn
sylvania is leaning towards having the same
contemptible laws enacted here as are in exist
ence in Massaohusetts—a State where a No
gro is put on it level with white men. It is
absurd for them to talk about "equal rights"
after such an attempt to disfranchise a large
number of our naturalized citizens of their
votes. Who can tell what step the Oppusi
tioa party will take next? In regard Li
McClure, I would only asimt will ho Row ask
the naturalized citizens to vote for him, after
voting against their rights? Will ho ask
them for their suffrages when he is going
hnnd in hand with such men as Keneagy,
Abbott, Hardin sad others?. We shall see.
FRANKLIN.
seirr; will be observed that the name of
Mr. DURBORAW is also found among the
nays—among du who wore in favor of
keeping a foreign- ern citizen SIX MONTHS
OUT OF lIIS VOTE AFTER BEING NAT-
U RALIZEB. This was but carrying out the
infamous oath hetook en the Mountjoy Know
Nothing Connei , to MARK sod PRO
SCRIBE Foreigiters and Catholics. Will
any one of them now so unman himself as to
vote for him f Ctirtainly nom! can with the
slightest degree of consistency do so.
him as Clesekraieri Vali*/ PPI
The Rule that. Won't Work Both
Ways.
The great embodiment of political infidelity
who cracks himself up as a " bead and should
er, taller this any other man in his party,"
has the consummate andasity to travel over
this Senatorial District and preach up fidelity
to party. This Sines with a bad grace from
one who has himself voted against the beat
men in his own party, and been unfaithful to
it in its most trying hour of need. It may do
fur those who are pot ooastantly up before the
people fur odic°, sit McClure has been, to oc
casionally vote fol' a personal friend in pref
erence to a political one, but fur an inveterate
ides seeker to meliciously.mratch his ticket,
to further his 0101 6015861 Na, is not to Le
overlooked or pardoned in a party. This is
the game Meek: l a kes been playing and it is
art
time that his p sad the public should know
it, and he be m feel the ounsequences of
his own dastardly acts. The rule works very
well so lung as it works to the interest of
McClure, but when an independent member
of his awn party, who has become disgusted
with corrupt politiaians, applies the rule to
him, he considers it most unpardonable, and
pronounces him " a contrary d—d fool"
lle seems to think that he is the party—that
the voters have no privileges but what he al
lows them—that he may preach one thing
and practice another, bat it is a political sac
rilege to vote against him.
It will require Lot a very slight examina
tion of his political record to show his unfaith
fulness to his party. and his corrupt charem
tar as a politician, In 1853, when Dr. David
Mellinger was the candidate of his party for
Senator in this District, McClure treucherous
ty voted agotaut him. McClure is now the
candidate of the same party, in the same dis
trict, for the same office, and ho expects the
party to stand faithfully by him. Will they
endorse his perfidiousness and vote him into
the eery office that he voted to keep out the
previous nominee of his own party I He did
not stand . up for , Dr. Mellinger uud yet he
has the assurance to ark the party to stand
up for him. The friends of Dr. Mellinger itt
Adams county will remember his treachery.
Again, in 1855, he voted against the ticket
of his own party for Aessembly, on which was
placed the name of that excellent man James
Crawford, of Guilford township. The bare
idea of such a corrupt politician as McChtro
scratching the name of as honest a man as
James Crawford from the ticket he helped to
form, has something in it so base that every
homiest mind must shudder to think of it.
Again, in 1856 r . his political perfidy seeing
to have reached climax. lie voted against
B. Laporte, for Surveyor General ; Joseph
Pumerny, for Congress ; Washington Cro dm,
for State Senate; and L. S. Clark, for District
Attorney. lie almost made a clean sweep of
big whole ticket, Thus did he sacrifice his
party to further his own selfish purposes.—
Here for the second time did he vote against
the nominee of his own pally, Washington
Crooks—a better man socially, morally and
intellectually than ever 31‘Clure dare be—for
the very same office he is now risking the sup
port of that outraged party. His friends may
felicitate us on having his valuable support
for our candidates—well, we did somewhat
admire the trepon but we heartily di.spiscd
the traitor.
Again, in 1857, he 'voted per arrangemej
against Washington Immel, for DirectOr of
the Poor. Thus was Mr. Ivnel sacrificed by
the friends in his own houfhold. Ile, too,
will be expected to hide the wound he receiv
ed in the dark, egad vote fur the aaet►asin who
inflicted the stab!
It will be observed that he has Rover votod,
since he resided in the county, for the nominee
of his own party for State Senator, but i nvaria
bly against him, and yet he has thel,arefaced,
unblushing impudence to ask the party he has
deceived and outraged, again and again, to
vote for him for State Senator ! It will not
be done. Everz principle that is decent in hu
man nature rffolu, at the idea of honoring a
roaa who is forever dishonoring himself.
tor iz) 1 ID
SAMITF,I4 DPBBOBAW, or not,
DODGF, the vote on the final passage
of the Appropriation Bill, allowing
&ven Hundred Dollars to each of the
Members? Will the 'Star answer?—
Will the &WOW answor ? Don't keep
the crowd waiting, gentlemek
our!
barns Star managers know that of itself
their Party =not elect anybody in the coun
ty to the smallest 01000, *WI home their lying
atria to impose, upon Democrats, to get them
either to vote fin'some of their candidates or
stay away from the polls altogether. Demo
erste, disappoint the elliereesking tricksters
by ping to thirelection and handing is fall
Detwoorstio tickets, and poking else, -
I.K)peq A sirs_
The'exereisee oonaected with the closing of
the Summer Session of the College and Semi
wiry at this place attracted a large number
strangers—probably more than any simi
lar occasion previous. For days before, the
care came crowded with passengers from all
parts of the country—many from points far
distiw--oontributing to give our streets a
very lively appearance. Limited space pre
vents us from giving more than a running
sketch of the week's doings:
On Sabbath woruiug Dr. BACGLIZR pro
nounoeil the Baccalaur este Discourse.
On Tuosday evening, Rev. A. C. WIDII
- of Lebanon, delivered the Address be
fore the Seminary Alumni--subjeet " The
Modern Pulpit."
On Wednesday morning, the Junior exhi.
bition took place. The following are the
names of the young men who compose the
class, and who acquitted themselves on the
occasion in a very creditable manner all
winning applause, whilst a number were hon
ored with showers of boqueta from the ladiest
J. W. Tyven, R. Weidensall, J. L. Rice. J.
R. Groff, A. A. Lechlider, J. B. Fox, J. F.
McCreary, ./. B. Waidle, W. V. Gotwald, B.
F. Apple, C. 11. Sheffer, A. 11. Groh, M. IL
Richards, W. 11. Dill, J. 4. Waters, IL J. 11.
Lemeke. and D. L. Tramiel.,
On Wednesday Afternoon, the Address be.
fore the Phrenakestnian Eioeiety was deliver.
ed by Prof. Copps*, of Philadelphia, and the
Address before the Liftman Association by
Dr. Stifle, of Philadelphia.
On Wednesday night, the Address before
the Alumni of the College was delivered by
Rev. W. M. Baum, of Winchester. Va.
Oa Thursday morning the Commencement
Exercises proper came off--addresses being
delivered by the following gentlemen, mem
bers of the graduating class :
F. B. Wolf, G. M. Brinkerhoff, J. W. Eb.
bert, W. R. Eyster, A. L.Guss, Theo. Usilig,
Wm. heckler, T. S. Warren, A. J. Weise, J.
G. Goettatan.
D. J. Benner, J. 11. Moore, and Y. C. 11.
Lampe, were unavoidably absent, and T. B.
Blauvelt died a few wesks ago.
The Latin Salutatory was awarded to F. B.
Wolf, and the Valedictory to J. G. Watt
man.
The speakers acquitted themselves very
handsomely, and made highly favorably im
pressions on the minds of their nanaerons
hearers.
The Degree of A. B. was conferred upon
the graduating class. The Degree of A. M.
on the class of 1856---composed of the follow
ing persons : S. Aughey, J. S. Cutter, T. W.
Welt, W. Eichelberger, S. M. Firey, Wm.
Hay, Adam Hoy, E. B. Kramlich, 11. W.
Kuhns, G. W. Leidher, G. A. Long, D. R.
Miller, E. P. Muhlenberg, J. C. Neely, W. M.
Riley, J. W. Schwartz, E. 11. M. Sell, R. L.
Sibbct, W. Murry Weidman, Jacob Weidman
and B. D. Zweizig.
The Honorary Degree of A. M. was confer.
red on Rev. Geo. Butler, of Washington. and
Rev. J. Allman, of Hanover. The Degree
of D. D. on Rev. J. A. Seidel, of Phila., Rer 1.
A. Brown, of N. Wolin's,. Rev. C. A. Ilay, of
llarrisburg, and 'Nev. E. Grecnewaldt, of
Easton.
The exercises were all attended by large
and fashionable audiences, and everything
passed off pleasantly.
Arming the must attractive features of the
occasion was the music. which was furnished
by the celebrated Blues' Band of Baltimore,
under the leadership,of Prof. HOLLAUI t This
Band has the reputation of being one of the
best Bands in the country,—* reputation
which they fully sustained while in our midst.
They won gulden opinions from our citizens
by their gentlemanly conduct, and placed
them under oLligations for a number of night
serenades.
The Alumni Dinner came off in Siresila,
Buehler & Kurtz's large Hall, on Thursday
afternoon. and was one of the most pleasant
features of the week, Tho company consist
ed of about one hundred, and the Dinner, we
are told, was capital, as was to have been ex
pected under Dr. Wearer's supervision. Sen
timents were replied to on the occasion by
Rev. Dr. &broacher, ion. M. McClean, Rev.
Dr. Baugher, Rev. Dr. Shaeffer, of German
town, David Wills, Esq., Rev. Dr. Emil*.
jr., Dr. Wagonsellor, S. A. 11.11 man, Prof.
Strever, Rev. R. Hill, l br. Stile, Dr. Morris,
Rev. Passavaut and others.
On Thursday evening, the Commencement
Promenade took place. Such a display of
beauty and fashion was probably never be
fore witnessed in Gettysburg, and the occa
sion gfropied much pleasure to all participat
ing. In “beauty's circle proudly gay," there
was but one thing lacking to make the enjoy
ment all it could have been, and that was a l
chasing
of the glowing hours with
flying feet"—
or, in plainer Eng,lish, a lively, joy-inspiring,
wholoilouled dance; Will the Committee
'•rnake a note ?"
84lip Voir.
Vie are requested to announce that the Get
tysburg Railroad Company e will issue Esour
sion Tickets to Philadelphia and return, good
from the 25th of Sept. tolst of Oct. inclusive,
to persons wishing to visit the State Agricul
tural F4ir, to be held there on the 27th, 28th,
20th, and 30th inst., and in addition two
tickets of admission to the Fair Grounds, at
the following rate, being half the regular fare:
From Gettysburg at $4 73
" Oxford at 4 43
" Emmitsburg at 5 45
jt is hoped that many of the citizens of this
county, interested in the promotion of Agri
cultural and Mechanical pursuits, will avail
themselves of the opportunity now offered
of attending the exhibition, when it will omit
them oomparatively so little.
Arm lieeksa.
We are sorry to hear of an aelSdent which
happened our friend, Mr. Prima MAcc.Ler, of
&ratan township, on Wednesday last, Whilst
engaged in threshing with a machine, a strap
ran of one of the wheels, and in the attempt
to got i t b oc k again whilst the machine wee
is sunion, one of hie hands was suddenly
'aught in the strap, and, before he could ex
trieate it, the arm was tatkim, Me is getting
along under the misfortune as comfortably as
could be expected.
slirThe Winter Session Oche Female Sem
inary will commanoe on the seoond Monday of
October. The School is under the eficient con
trol of Rev. Mr. Ernie !led Ile estilegois
lady. Tinder their one the Institution is
pining a high reputation, and has the fill
conideros of the community. We take pleas
ure in so unending it to the attention of par
ents who desire to have their dasgkters set
oche $ oompleto and thorough education, -
Atoms Swat, /Ire Ilaslamas* 111:14saspastr.
The Bard of Directors of the Adams Cow.
ty Mutual Fire Insuranos Company trrganixed.
on Monday last by the reelestion of the old
Akers, ria : President, Gump Swope ; Vies
President, S. R. Russell ; Seerstary, D. A.
Buehler; Treasurer. P. McCreary ; Executive
Committee, Rot ert McCurdy, Andrew Mint:-
Leman quid Jacob ling.
The Annual Report of the Executive Com
mittee, which is subjoined, exhibits a highly
gratifying degree of success on the part of
the Company, the lassos having all thus far
been paid without resorting to assessments,
with a handsome balance still on hand t
3:2=11
A.DAIIS CO. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
CONRAN V.—. 4 emus( &Kowa for year aiding
&pt. 5, 1850.
Amount of rash on hand Sept. 6, 1858, $4173,51t "
Notes hearing int. " " 3,035 TS
Premium cash received during the year, 874 8I
Borrowed froth Bank of Getty burg, to
pity loss by fire,
Interest on notes,
Cash paid oneduring the year,
as per report of Treasurer, $144 43
" Ron. Daniel Sheffer, loss
by fire, 1 80
" If. G Carr, lose by fire, 514
" Ephraim Miller, " 1300 Oft
" Henry J. Kuhn, " 366 00
" Repaid Bank of Gettys
burg, (loan,) 700 00
" D. McCreary, Treasurer, 50 00
" D. A. Buehler, Secretary, 50 00
Funds invested, bearing int., 2017 23
Cash in hands of Treasurer
and Managers,
Atn't of Premi um Notee, Sept. 8, '5B, $80,845 94
"
" received du
.
ring year,
$9ll 91
Ezpired k surrendered during the year, 99
9 , ,u1u 19
Premium Notes, Sept. 5.183 T,
.t oft of property foi'd Sept. 6, '58, $1,129,750 79
tlueg the yeti r, 26.1,180 20
$1,392,931 05
Exp'd k surrendered du'rthe year, 127,612 0J
Amount Insured , Sept. 5, i 5%, $1,265,318 43
No. of Policies in force S .111, 185 s, 219
" ' issued dur the year, WO
Surrendered and expired daring Lboyear,
No. of Policies in force Sept. 3, 1859, 821
g.
AYAILLEILI rust's..
Funds invested,
Cash in hands of Treasurer,
Cash fund, $2,H4! 41
Premium Notes uncollected, 49,8:12 lu
The Executive Committee, in submitting the
foregoing statement, renew their congratulations
to the Board by reason of the combatted prt).4
peritY of the Company. During the nine years
of•the Company's operations, by husbanding
its resoarms, it tuts been *ble to pay the losses
and expenses IVoin year to year, without as-
Segment man the members. The looses
year amounted to nearly Soma. which have
been paid in full, leaving a handsome fund in
the Treasury, which must all be extutu.ted in
future losses before resorting to the Premium
Notes. A. lOUs fZELIIAN,
Attest—D. A. Bru►4►n, &e'y
We had the ploosuru, on Thursday last, of
taking by the hand, our esteemed friend W.
W. Witionv. Esq., who recently returned
from Europe, where, especially in Lowlen, he
had been spending a number of months or.
business connected with the oontemplattoi
Honduras flitilrtaul, in Central Ameritat, tho
survey and location of which was ountplettal
under his supervision a year ago, lfe is in
excellent health nod spirits, and bids fair to
live long enough to he at the very top of the
Civil E igincering profession of the oountry,
a distinction he is rapidly and surely attain
ing. His native -county of Adams way
well be proud of him.
Mr. Wright has been appointed Chief En
gineer in the construction of the Railroad al.
luded to, at a sal•►ry of 512,000 per annum.
The work will prubahly be commenced in the
spring, and may require .five years to com
plete it, the distance being - tyro hundred 1/11104
--estimated cost $15,000.W0. Out bed
wishes always attend him.
MirAt a meeting of the members of the
Bar and officers of the Coprt, held at the
Prothonotary's office, ou Saturday, the lOch
instant. convened tuatli.pt approptifhte action
in regard to the death of J. K. 31cItugsr,
Esq., Into a member of the Bar, lion. DAVIO
ZIEGLEA was appointed chairman, and .1. J.
Coven, KN., Secretary.
Alter a few pertinent remarks by It. G.
McCreary, Esq., the following gentlemen were
appointed a committee to draft and report
resolutions expressing We views of the meet
ing : Wm. McClean. 11G. 'McCreary and D..
Wills, Esquires. The Committee submitted
the following preamble and rosolutions,whieh
were unanimonsly adopted:
Whereas we have heard with pmfoundstor•
row of the death of our esteemed friend and
professional brother, J. K. Mellbeny, whom
if has pleased Divine Providence to cut off in
his youth, in the midst of usefulness and at
the very moment when years of mental toil
had introduced him to membership in an hon.
arable profession, in which, by the sum
of an active, vigorous and cultiva mind, he
was well qualified fur success; and whereas
our respect for his memory and his many vir
tues render it proper that* we should give
formed expression to our sentiments in regard
to this mournful event. Therefore
Resolved, That in the decease of J. K. Mo-
Ilheny, Esq., the bar has lost one who bade
fair to become one of its brightest ornaments
—whose ninny virtues had justly endeared
him to all who knew him, and whose intelli
gence, activity and public, spirit, evidently
qualified him for geueral, ae well as pro.
fessienal, usefulness.
lksolved, That while we deeply sympathize
with the bereaved family of the deceased in
their has of an affectionate, obedient and
promising 800, a confiding and attentive
brother, we cherish the hope that their loss
is his gain.
ficenteed, That as a toten of respect lot
our deceased friend, we will in a body attend
his tuneral, and wear the customary badge .
of morning for the space of 30 days.
ReaoloM, That these proceedings be enter
ed upon the Retards of the Courtsomd pub•
lished in the several newspapers of the own.
ty, and that a copy thereof be communicated
by the Secretary of this meeting to the &mi.
ty of the deceased.
DAVID ZIEGLER, Chairman.
A. J. Covra, Secretary.
jWe beg oar subscribers to toss wish
us a short time. Our column, bass ho l m
so mach crowded with adreraseepesits Coe
some time post that we have becumeekii to
give oar usual variety. Ia a few weeks the
rash will be over.
BIWA. the noon train from Hates*, et
Baturda3r last, was passing thmuglt
this side 91 Swift Ben, the lambs)) a tate
whisk bad Oft falku 4 .arsped" ow a*. if
Punnet Oar, tweaking in dares of
window panes, but doing the Ciaiiii" . •
damage, Tyre at the pasmagens big(
faces Blighty etthby the !iln 44%.
15.459 87
226 17
$5,469 67 .
18,16 G 01
589,832 1G
$2,11.17 23
US 17
$92,(174 51
11.. IlleCCIII)Y,
JACOB KING,
Er. Committee.
" House Alialut.t,
MMI''! 1 ?!WI
700 4N3
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