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,VOIDLY MORNING, DEC. 26. 184
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Or" When my eyes shall be turned to be
paid
lag the last time the glorious sun in lies
/14U Way I not see it shining on the broken
poi dishonored fragments of a once glorious
Talon—on States dissevered, discordant, belie
fittest—on s land rent with civil feuds. or dren
ched, it may be, in fraternal blood. Let their
put feeble and lingering eance rather behold
lie glorious ensign of the llepublic.now known
pad honored throughout the world, Still full
pies advanced, not a single star crated, t.c.f a
single stripe polluted,—Learing for its motto no
.such miserable iuterrogatory as —.What is all
Oda worth?' Nor those other words of delwiou
sad folly, 'Liberty first and Union afterward,'—
but sveryeliete, svead alt eller in charact e r;
of living light, that other sentiment, dear to
every American heart, •Liberty and Union-- 2 .'
now and forever, one and inseparable.' •
'tkmal lfcti
Okkitik it
State Convention.
The Democrutio State Central Committee
poet at Philadelphia oa Tuesday lust, and
Psimei ti *.lselution, in view or the fart thnt
the 4th of lieroh will come on Sunday, to hold
=be State Convention on Wednesday, the 29th
pi February, and sed upon ItQading ai the
plane. The proceedings will uppear in our
eat
rirA n immense Union meeting was held
New York on Monday night last, alKwt
30.000 persons having been present. Gen.
irlwas nominated fur the Presidency at
of the meetings outside cf the Acadsmy.
ilarThe National Republican C omm ittee,
in session on Wednesday, in New York, re
poked to hold their Contention to nominate
pandidatef for President and 'Vice President,
"Selnicago ! on die 18th of June nest. •
Blinfon. Linn Boyd died at his residence
to Kentucky on Sunday. He was Lt. Gov.
elect of Kentucky, and formerly Speaker of
Au U. /I. Bowe of Reprtmentatireg.
je'The Danville Inielliyencer and the Co.
ttus: i la cii,c ?mac-sal raise the names of Joax C.
kt
itixqt and ensauts R. BFcit.sksw for
r hlsitideat and Viso° President.
What's to Become of 7hens f—ln ail script:te
pees we uk, what Is to become of the Repub•
purl party grown, Cook, Goppie, Green
pad Stevens all hanged, Gerrit Smith in ai
luau Asylum, Fred. Douglas and Dr. tiowe
ta Cpast's, Selfard ISpalloial of cumAloity
Fhb tuiturs,. Greeley denounced on the floor
pfllongress ! as " occupying a false position,"
AM -eight of their members of Congress
kil
led outright by helper's book, what is it to
butane of them ? All their leaders wiped
out but Abe l ' ilsouln and Tutu Corwin—what
?MI they do ?
JTho editor of the k'emiiJict, last Mon
disy, sought to create the impression that the
Paniopratic members of Congress endeavored
yo coakfce with the South Americans in the
Totes fur Speaker, and declared that the
!' proposed coalition" was only " preOnted by
the refusal Rf the American loeo-werate wiltk
pm In 4 falsehood eo glaring requires but
few words to " nail it to the counter as base
coin." The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Pre4s, (a paper which is quite,
if . possible , as ardently opposed to the Demo
pitlio ' party as the Sentinel, and as oat.
opoken,) in his letter of December 17th, thus
refers to the matter out of which the Sentinel
.00 unjustly seeks to make political oapital:
Mr. Montgomery's suggestion tending
towards an amalgamation with the South
*4!treesicans was scouted, and the motion of
Mr. Craig, of Missouri, to appoint a Commit
tee of conference with the same party, was
exPideci today by Mr. Burnett, of Ken-
Eicky,'! * * * "Mr. Samuel S. Cox, of
hio, expressed the general views of the
Northern and Northwestern Democrats when
he said he oould not Tote for any Know Noth
ing, tir any man who supported a Know
§lothing."
16pDuring the last three weeks several in
•' tar, A.)olitlon demonstrations were made
-....4.9.f"'""1e1PhiN all designed to glorify the
teeesop of ,John Bruwn. The Know Nothing
?door of that city was called upon before
- hand l in the public journals, to prevent, by
• • .
' mute of his office, these treasonable gather-
ingp of " black spirits an 4 white," bkit instead
.pf listspittg to the calls of .patriotism, he or-
Idared large bullies of his police to protect
these Abolitionists in their astarks upon the
lJniou and the Constitution. :cow what fol
lows !. Already hayo three hundred leathern
, atodenta withdrawn from the n‘edical colleges
`1.4.111t city, ("taloa college 200 and the
uivfnity 108,) and several hundred more
rill soon lash. lait nut high time that the
worth "pisits ooelaughts upon the South
011Nortlt Las more than a full share
to Imo by its overbearing course.
the arrest of Cook, the incur
t, the S!ar declared that he would moat
pertalary be pazdoned, because, it said, he
Nees Rocrat. Finding themselves .• oor
peril " hT the plot that he met a deserved
fete Ron the gallows,-the managers try to
twie . twat of the unfulfilled prophecy ty the
Ponsesaioal assertion that " the interests of
party demanded the death of Brown--conse
knently Cook had ueomearily-to fall into the
same ditch his friends dug for pecnen." Thie
taiiimg with truth is itouat ae ridicelotis as
tt io gram
ailifskin—.Tiki 43 ;Aril, the day ti=ed
NI di
it the National fiemoeTstio 14114ig
Cielidinitiao for the ptieOlans Convention, is
*Oda diki or trek ?resident Buchanan
simi.: 4, Posgisa This was 31)e
beijikt# !kir Ciesnmittp., aline that ear
!" at _ _ As ion for thz,*)rtkiern
Willi P° ifuilr ,817 risk
:t is stowed that the notorious Hotpot'
.. , attended the Insatiiii * of the "p~►tiooal" Rs
•,-" . foirtkcoc.,- A Imatro Dv* fi• tpubliosn oosacnistee in New Torii on Wed-
Z4* . IProloblY * riril if MVO i nasdaJ.
)11 isissiehdos_ ti)Crivii 4 4 I cnni ' 46 4! *- Arm, Wigfall, I
na De by
44 1 ,
4 11111 "P kil " Ila" AbrAitk4"au bade else* UP the U. S. Senate, by
. rhe Ts*
4
-1. P l At a ri ' iu"t•
“Union iltiois r'
"They taunt you with being 'Union liar-
' finl.' " said•lion. Rinses Ceosrf, in Lis great
speech at Lowell, three years alp. ills re-
I ply to the Sneerwells thee, is in eeason now,
`because we Ind this *am taunt echoed and I
I , re-echoed by a large class of sectional Aboli- i
; riot' journals—that elan to which the filar
helcmge. Mr. Choate said:
1 "I never thought that a sarcasm of the
#rst magnitude, but as men but do their'
' best, let it gu for what they think it
worth. I take for grtinted.,felluw citizens,
that yon, that all of us, despise cant and Ely- 1
poerisy in all things; that the feigning of a'
t fear nut felt, the cry of peril not believed to'
l ei.ist, all meanness ;. r d 4J wickedness of
ifAsehood in oar dealings with the mind of
tlie people. But I take it for granted, too,
that we are above the cowardice and immor
ality of suppressing our sense of a danger,
threatening precious interests t,,ml possible to'
be horresiod, from the dread of joker,' or of
jokes; and that we are above the folly of .
' yielding Cant vast e.lvantage which deep con- .
victions give to earnest men in the di•t. ens ions '
of the republic. 7 hinl.. what a !him) it were'
to ttlit Me pr...] and soundlny name and real- r
real
,/ which they I , fliivbt . iii derision. Suppose, 1
•rnity suppose. it so for the argiimeto, that.
there is danger--over estim a ted, perliar.s, by
the solicitude of filial love,—hut teal or pro
bable and less or tare remote,—suppose
merely fur the supposition, that 11•ashington
had reason to leave that warning rigain•t this
kind of geographical combinations, u n.ige all
' pretexts, and that thus one conies within the
spirit arid the terror of warning ,- -“lFT`'''' 1 :.
to be ~.) that we are right, that vehement pas
, sins, eager philauthrLphy, moral emotions
nut patient our comprehensive of tire indis.-
. pensable litditatims of political duty, that,
anger, pride, ambition, the Iwo of sectional ',
power, tie jealousy of sectional aggression,
the pursuit even of ends just and desirable by
. means disproportitmed and needless and ex
asperating—the excesl and ontbreta: of cirtues
:oy 4,-.Aii,h, more su,-rly ti..4n by rircß, a country
ma y b e 11,1,1 one—that these all working in au
unusual conjuncture of affairs and state of
, public temper—have exposed and are expoti
; tug this Union to danger less or more remote
—rued then suprs,•e that by the same Word
, seasonably uttered, some vote openly and
courageously given, some sincero conviction
plainly expressed, we could do something to
earn the rbality of the praise which they give
1 us infest—something fer the safety, something
usee peace, of this oly and betiful
hs of our fathers, sume h tlitt.g were it au ever
so little- would not this be compensation fur
the lanykter of fools; aye, for alienated
friendships, averted faces, and the serpent
tooth of slander—a thing worth dying for,
cud even worth living for,"
The "Aggressive" Policy of the "Ite.
publican" Party.
The Now York Time:, a paper which in
1856 was strongly " Republican," and advo
cated the election of Fremont to the Presiden
cy, don't seem to relish the evident tendency
of its party to Aboldionissi I and in a well
writtea and judicious article on the present
tendencies of the "Republican" party, it puts
forth in a strong light the fact that while
the express purpose for which that party was
organized has been accomplished, while it
hns no Unity of opinions or harmony of action
on Any other article of political faith, its lea
ders are now aboltionizing its platform and
urging its adherents to a position in violation
of the Constitution. Thousands of calm and
sober minded " Republicans" declare that
they can bare no share in this " progressive"
movement ; thousands are seeking now fur
some other channel of action—some associa
tion of men for political purposes which shall
fairly express a true, sober and Constitution
loving sentiment, and at the same time shall
be possessed of more than the one idea of
anti-slavary. The Times alleges that the
party is becoming rapidly .dbolifiortized ; that
" instead of limiting its aims to prevent the
extension of shivery, it is preparing to wage
open war on slavery itself in the Southern
States; that it is thus gradually throwing
aside its national character, end becoming
op e nly a sectional, Anti-Slavery, Abolition
party. Its leading organs deny the charge in
words,—but the very terms of the denial in
voke a substantial admission of its trash."
If we are not grossly mistaken in our in
terpretation of the popular mind, the elements
of disruption are already planted in the Re
publicanparty. and when it becomes evident,
all soon it must, that its drift is towards
abolitionism and active aggression upon the
South, the large moderate element within it
will desert the organization and seek wale
other alliance.
John Brown a "Brave" Kan.
The Star managers speak of John Brown
as a " brave" man. The following letter, we
think, will put John Brown in the category
of a revengeful coward, sneaking under cover
of the nightlo murder innocent people, apinst
whom be had no cause to entertain enmity.
John Brown was undoubtedly possessed of a
remarkable stolidity of feeling, either fur him
self or fur others, in peril ; this was manifested
in his social relations, when hi abandoned
his wife, fur two years at a tit. and when
his suns were shot, to order them to make
less noise ; but such things do not denote
bravery in any sense:
Yo John Brown, Commander of the Army at
Harper's Ferry, Charlestown, Jefferson Co.
Va.—Care of Jailor. Charlestown.
CIIAITANOGA. Ter.h.. Nov. 20, 1859.
Jon* BROWN—Sir :—Although vengeance
is not mine, I confess that I do feel gratified
to hear that yeu -were stopped in your fiendish
career at Harper's Ferry with the loss of
yonr two. sons. Yon can naw appreciate my
distrers in Kansas, when you then and there
entered my house at midnight and arrested
my husband and two boys, and tool; thorn out
in the rand, and in cold blupd shot them dead
in my bearing. You can't say yon dune it to
free our slaves ; we had none and never et
pected to own one, but has only made me a
poor, disconsolate widow, with helpless chil
dren. While I feel for your folly, Ido hope
and trust you will meet your just reward.—
Oh, bow it pained my Heart to hear the dying
groans of my husband atd children. It this
scrawl gives you comfort you are welcome. to
it, MAHAL& Letts. _ • .
. .
4N. B.—My sae John D,yl e , whose life I
begged of you, is now grown up and is very
desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of,
your execution ; would certainly be there if
his means wouki pernalelt, that he might ad
just the rope round your nepk, if Gov. Wise
would permit. M. D.
,Ipatil:e to the Nortk-The
Ty, of Florida, in a debate in the U. S. Sen
ate, lest week, did justice to the Democracy
of tie North is the following tiesikiacitiou :-
1..11i / 4i/se, sir. that if there be in the world
a patriotic bond of pap, devised. to the beet
interests of their country, and determined at
erten eiticemeriftoe to teniatein them, it is the
Kaput litanuf Northern Democrats in
these very New Ragland Stake ; and I take
this opporbmip, to znanifpfliny confidence
in their actions.'
MEI
TrtiAwm.
Congress hue bsMst in amnion mince the fifth
day of the month, and yet the House of Rep
resentatieee has tot sumeeded in choosirii s
Speaker. How much Jaeger the contest will
go on so man can tell. The esd of it can not
1.4 seen. Some happy chance may bring the
struggle to a speedy and firtunate close, but
there is reason to fear ihwill go on fur weeks
or months. draining the public treasury.
heating tho 1.400 d of the contending part.,
and weakening the bor.Js of the Union.
The Republican party is powerless fur good.
but potent fur evil. Its triumphs are always
followed by confusion and strife. Four years
ago, when Republicanism and Know Nothing•
ism overrun the country, it Wok the House
more than two month* to elect a Speaker
qnd that Con;, , rep.s, orcr whinh M). Battey
presided, was distisguisbed above all ethers
fur corruption.
Two years ago, when the Democrats had a
majority, the Lions° was organised without
trouble or delay, and the public business
went un. But now again, as four years ago,
Republicanism and Know Nothingism—the
one operating at the Korth and the other at
the Si,utli—have reduged the Democracy to a
min( rity in Congress, and what is the result ?
(Donfugiun and strife! D tranene
!ion of public business ai
eigtlifioant,
There are few men who do not know of the
"Ne . .we YOILK !mercy." There are few so
ignorant of the political charaeter of noßAcz
Catgut) .. . the editor of the Tribune, us not to
know that he is the right hand man of W.
H. Stwsaa. aryl one of the most dangerous
and insidious advocates of the "irrepressible
conflict" against slit% ery. And, yet, the °di
tor ofthe Exxiatxxa has the hollitffronfory—..
while professing to be a Union man. and at
the same time a Southern main in sentiment
—to publish in his lest riper a prospectus of
Genstar's "Tgesums." is it for pelf that the
Examiner consents to brooms instrumental in
having the circulation of tiles Aholition sheet
extended in Maryland ? Iktes the Examiner
*del t this covert and cowardly :limns of hav
ing Abolition sentiments, which he dare not
utter, disseminated in this community?--
Whet does it mean? Cannot the editor of
the Examiner say enough in defence of Black
Republicanism, and utter enough of scurrilous
abuse of the Democratic party, that it should
need or seek as city in Horace Gree:ey ?
What do professions amount to when acts
contradict them so palpably ? this the way
the Examiner prures the "nationality" of the
tnerlean party ? Is it by promoting the cir
culation of the acknowledged organ of the
sectional Black Republican party, that the
Examiner proles its hostility to "sectional
ism" and its attachment for the Union 1 Of
c.ourve the editor of the Examiner will con
vince hi. followers that it is all right for him
to atirertOs the prusectiu of the New Fork
Tribute, and that it is, quite proper fur
them to subscribe fur and read that pernicious
Abolition sheet.—ircderich: Citizen.
iliirTbo Adapts Sefitisael publitlies the
2ribuse prorpectus e sud the remarks of die
Cairo; arc not inapplicable to it.
Infamotui Sentiment.
At *large and enthusiastic meeting held at
Natiok, (the residence of Senator Wilson.)
Maas., the following rorulution NVIII Witi`t. s d :
Whereas resistance to tyrntittt is obe.li
enee to God: therefor.: Iley,lred, That it is
the right and duty of the ohiros to re.ist their
insulters. and the right and duty of the
North to iacde thew to reai. tatil.o w.d W a:d
theru in it."
This was passed without di...Renting roive,
though Senator Wilson w:1 present. If the
resolution should prove utipalatalilts to the
afar raanar,em they will of twinge deny that
it was passed at all. .11's a, u.iy they
hate." •
Congress.
In the House, on •M"nday last, Mr. Boenok
withdrew his name from the li,ttifcandi‘lates
for Speaker, tendering his I.e.trtielt ocknaw
ledgments to his Democratic fellow-In ctolfers
for sustaining him so tionstantly and ottani
tumuli, for thespacouf t r necks. Anot her
ballot was then had for Speaker: Shertnnn
110, Boteler 3t. Dm is 12, &mock 12, B.trks
dale 20--the balance scattering.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, t he Sh.n ling
Committees were announced. Nu ellan,v4 of
4totnent front the last session.
Beteler, of Va., (Independent Whig,)
withdrew his name as a candidata fur Speak
er; and befdre hetoe& his seat nominated
Gen, Million, of Va., Memoorat,) for Speak
er. The House theliprocteded to vote, with
the following result: Sherman 106, 111illAnn
96, Gilmer 6, Ethridge 7. Davis 4..—ecatter
ing 7i
Two more ballots were had for Speaker on
Thursday. The first—Sherman 95. Matson
79, Gilmer 36—the remainder scattering..—
The second—Sherman 108, hlillson 60, Gil
mer 21—the balance scattering.
fanaticiint Rebuked.—thtptain I terrington,
Democrat, who was re-elected mayer of 31an
chester, N. U., last week, over t.ne Republi
can candidate, is the gentleman who, when
the fanatics of that city attempted the tolling
of the bell of the city hall on the day of Joh
Brown's exccution,defeatod the base attempt
by dropping their emissaries through a scut
tle. Capt. 11. was sustained not only by
Democrats, but by the citizens who hold nu
fellowship with the Republican party.
Sincere.—The great praise -worthy oharaa
teristic of John Brown, in the estimation of
many, is, that he was sincere. We do not
question the feet. Benedict Arnold was
sit mere in his tresun ; so were the Puritans of
New England when they burnt witches and
persecuted the Quakers. Sincerity is com
mendable only when properly exercised.
iffir Tbe occasion of the introduction of gtut
and water into Altoona, was celebrated on a
grand scale, in that town, on Friday week.—
Eight bands of music were present. k pro-
cession of a mile in length was composed of
Masonr,Ckld Fellows, Red Men, Firemen, 014
Soldiers, Lc., &c.
Railroad .Acriclent—A sad igecident occur
red on Thursday morring week. un the Cum
berland Valley Railroad, at Bridgeport, which
resulted in the death of a fireman named
Milinich, who whilst engaged in coupling ears
fell upon the track, when the wheels of one of
them passed over his body. Medical aid au
summoned, but the life of the unfortunate
man could not be saved." L. died in th e
evening of that diu, and his romaine were
conveyed to Chaplbersburg, his place of reel
denoe. for burial. 11 haft" a wife end Awe
children.
Another Applicani for Admiss4on ialo Lis
Union.--florernor Black, of Nebraska, in his
m e mo to the TerritorialLegts" Amur, dated
Deoemlier 6th, warmly tires tio4lnissioa of
that TiwtitOry into the Union. lie °Weems
that sheaolta not possess, at the result time. •
sulleient populsuon to entitle filar to. arave
seenaiive ander the existing' ritio of 95443,
bat 14 Owasso 'into an elatnesta argiummi to
Korn *bee 011itio no legs barrier to her ad
itatilltee the of Florida
"44144 E
Simi§ Saw boo air iisigiti•Nruk most
'team north 0641.. ponds kat 00$ t
th• ••••kilm . •
The Boa DiftuntoiNts--The Argu
ment
of Pore°.. — I
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" It really looked as if Southern metnbets 1 ittaiiread starter.
UV in mintiest, or believe thousselrea to he, to 1 Mr. Jos. S. Grrr's Engineer Corps arrived
their determination to follow the examile of i in this place on Friday evening last. complet.
John Brown. in the event of the expulsion of I . S rev from Wayneilsoro' to this place.
tbeir party from power in the Federal Got- ; In g ''' u lo w -
can only exhort them to rem , nobcr the fate of menced on Wednesday week, oceurylng near
ernment. If puch be their determination, we ;As we stated in our last, the Survey wage:4 2 / 7
John Brown."—Adoms Sentttt. I ly two wec4s to i elect a favorable route,
—The Sentinel, (with the great body of which, as we learn, was run up the valley
its party journals.) is endeavoring to aerosol from Waynesboro' to the Mountain hear the
Black Repuhlipiiiisin froin the responsibility Turnpike, then running up Red Run to near
justly attaching to it f , ,r its sectional teach-' the Ga4e,
crossing the ull Tape-worm at the
0 i
ings, and to place the du-union burden upon I far end of the gralcd portion that rued,
crossing the Mountain at or near the Gum
the shoulders of the -South. We find in She!
Patriot and Union an article pn this subject. 1 Springs, which in considered the lowest point
which not only "drives the nail upon the
in the mountain--then running along or near
heed," but clinches it an the other side—as
the Furnace rood, crossing Toin'.4 Creek
follows :
litho:we Snyder's saw mill, then passing hack
Two men enter intn ti contract which is un
derstood to br mutually advantageous. They
agree to live in peace and harmony according
to the terms of their written agreement. But
by and by one of the parties becomes stronger
than the other, Anil with the arrogance of
power and wealth he tells his co-partner that
their interests are antagonistic, and that a
contest has been commenced between them
which cannot end until one or the other oh
tains the mastery. The weaker party pro
tesu against this act of injustice. Ile points
to the terms of the compact which says noth
ing about inferiors or superiors. and makes
no mention of an irrepressible conflict. But
the strong man replies menacingly that the
conflict must go un until the weaker is throt
tled. At this point of the argument the weak
man assumes a firm and determined attitude,
and tells his antagonist that if ho is inflexibly
resolved to trample upon the rights solemnly
guaranteed by the terms of the contract be•
tween them, that he (oho weaker) will tear
the agreement to pieces before he will see it
perverted into an instrument of outrage and
oppression. The strong bully hero cries cut
"traitor! disturber of the peace:" and threat-,
ens to use force to compel his weak partner
to live up to the agreement with all its provis
pion* disturbed and all its oumpact s violated.
The powerful partner says, "It is true that
an irrepressible corflict is going on between
us, and It is my intention to pursue the can-;
test until you are subilited; but juu chant
complain. If yuu attempt rasistonce I will
put forth my strong aria and hold von in a
position were I can best strike." To which
the weak partner responds, "I desire to live
in peace with you upon the terms of our
agreement, but I cermet endure this cppros-,
pion. I am your equal ,\ Treat me as such,
You hare proclaimed me your enemy and in
ferior. You have invaded my territory end
murdered my friends. I will not endure this.
If you persist in assailing my rights I will
Now isnpriLise that the week partner should
break the contract. who would be to blame?
Which parer would be responsible for the
rupture? iktit the weak partner. for lie
warnea the strung one if the consequences of
continued injustice. Sfectutors of 010 strug
gle would, with one voice. hold the strong
man 'accountable fur the resistance of the
weak.
to the
This is precisely the position of the North
and South at the present time. The North is
the strong party—the South the week one.—
The North, under the control of the Aboli
tionited Republitetns. bus declared that an
irrepressible conflict exists between the part
ners to the federal conitinct, and that this
conflict must go on until slavery is Predicated
from the Southern Stales: TIRO Solllil Orp
lest, agnitp.t such diietrines ns t lola ti ye of the
Constitution, and says that,.. soon as that
Constitution is I,roken. No so o n o ill s ho be
compelled in pelf-defenee to separate from
those whip have proclaimed vier agninst her
rights. The irt-pressitile Conflict Rena:li
e:lns cry out " Trete:oil ! Pistini.sii !" Tney
ere wonder} ally devoted to the Union Ili 1./11A
Ili they hold the pones-, and hope to he altilf
to use that 15.% er against the South. Hut
suppose the parties change:l places. Suppose
the Sootli to be as strung us the Not th, and
the North es weak WI the South : end Com
suppose the pnwerful South saying to the
weak North. ..IVs will plant ,itlat cry in New
York and 3ltuooichusetts. Free hiller must
he subdued. •Siatery is notional; freedom
sectional. An irrepressible conflict exists in
to:am thz, States. It is our mission to co nf er
tipen the benig,lited North the blessings of
shivery." In additioo to this, suppose a band
of Southern propagandists invaded Mussaeliu
setts,' seited an urtnitial, murdered sumo of
the citizen'', and prated a portion of the popu
lation to tut the titwiatti of diode opposed to
the relice. Suppose the South lamented
the lintigi :..; of such disturbers of the peace,
called then ruible end brave, and buried theta
I:\
As ith hut.or and lamentation. Suppose that
Southern men recants:ended the circulation
of rt book containing the must the
mlent charges
ugutinst free society. and iiistigating Southern
etithusiasts to attacks upon the North. Sup
pose at the meeting of Csitigreso the South at
tempted to sleet one of the recommender,: of
this book Speaker. and declared menacingly
that that they would have no other man.—
'' lint would the North du under tench cir
cumstances? Would she say that the spirit
of the Constitution was vbserved hy the
South.; would she submit, and declare that
this state of thiwoi ntight go on intetminahly
without tairuplaint from her? Or would not her
freemen cry cut teliett the -Amin galled them.
and protest against the continuance ul the
Union upon terms of inferiority and oppres
sion? And at such a time would it not ag
gravate the disorder for the South to profess
superior devotion to the Union, and threaten
the North with free in ease she attempted to
assert and maintain her rights?
It the dark night of disunion ever settles
upon this molar), the ahulttionized Republi
cans will have to atoiwer fur it. They may
talk about forcing the South to rem,.in in the
Union, and persuade themselvea that they
can proceed to any extreme of injustice with
out danger ; but when it comes to tiows ;
when the mail tannticism of the North arrays
the South against a broken and violated cum
pact; when the golden chord of love is kir:ikon,
this Union is nut worth preserving. I
Agricultural Convention and liecturea
It is proposed to have what may be termed
agr agricultural " protracted meeting" at
Yabi College durini th present winter, to
last throughout the whole mosnth of Fa4u
4rY. The exercises are to consist of lactOres
by leading reliable men, eminen in the` differ
ent depot tments of agriculture,' horticulture,
stock-raising, About eii;fity lectures are
provided for,—two to four each day,—each
lecture to be followed by etniyoriituartnl es
efctses,questions to the lecturers, and discus•
%ions. Twepty or thirty gentlemen, well
known in Agriculture, besides the Professore
in Isle College, ere engaged to take put in
the exercises us lecturers nu l l, teachers, while
cnumerous other eminent agriculturiete and
horticulturists have expressed their intention
to be present and participate is the discus
; lions.
Among the lecturers are Lewis F. Allen,
Ciunduri M. Cloy mid Fmucis notch, on Cat
tle ; Sanford lloward and Dr. Gulliver, on
lbraes ; C. I. Flint.and other*, on the thAity;
lion. Marshall P. Wilder, Dr. C. W. Grunt,
Atom. P. Barry and R. G. Pvir . dee, on Fruits;
Prof. Portico* Orgaaia .Cheausy ; Prof. S.
W. Johnson on Agnoultazal Chemistry ; Prof.
Jr., on bleteorolof, 9 4. Stanton
Gould on Grasses and Uri ; - Judge
French on Draig age ; Joseph aryls on Cara
ale ; Prof. Brewer on Commercial Planta,
(eat, hemp, tobacco, etc:;) 000. Eineraon
uatorest Tree,. ; Dr. Comstock on Fish Cul
ture; Donald 0. Mitchell Ntrvel,) oa
Rural Rootiony.
The Whole ia to be tree, etcept_thp nominal
charge of siky.ten dollars orliWilTt niewt the
necessary papaw* of lootorattjut other
incidentals: The occasion will ddi f t wi i v mn4
ono of peat interest to Mariam
and NIU together s estoolLusee frese aii
part,' of the country, Inginlrreajwith Wee'
sacs seprideet ismy boido mt Pre
lity4irt,
. oiler, ?fel ! Breen; CsonernOn-
at Yale College
Local Ai?alr3.
of Bighorn's, or Buyer's farm. keeping abuse
Reed's and Watson's Saw Mills, connecting
the old Tape-worm at the Viaduct, and keep
ing that road from Maria Furnace to this
place.
We could get nothing from the Engineer as
regards the practicability ut the ate run,
probable cost, &c., as he has not made his
calculations. lie oontemplates running an-
Other line or two before making his report to
the Board. The distance, we learn, from
IVaynesburo' to tho Viaduct, is less than 13
miles, and from there to this place 13 miler,
so one-half the road is nearly graded. ousting
less than one-funrth:thati (ruin Waynesboro'
to the Viaduct. The graded portion of the
old Tape-worm from Myers' Mill to this place-,
which is about 9 miles, wil: cost but a trine.
Ever 3 thing appears to be encouraging for
our neighbors:
171221
At about half-past five o'clock, on Tuesday
evening last. the one and a half story hack
building nr kitchen attached to the dwelling
of Mr. 'lzmir Waxxx, on the north side of
town, was found to be on fire, and before any
effective aid could ,be rendered, terrific flames
issued through the roof, threnteuing the de
.Unction of both building's. By the most ac
tive and well directed efforts of our citizens,
however, the progress of the devouring ele
ment was arrested at this point, a ith the loss
of the roof and upper timbers of the struts
ture in which it originated. The fire is attri
buted to hot ashes, the ash house not proving
as secure as it was supposed to Le. The
furniture, notch of it elegant and, valuable,
was all removed from the front house, under
the fear that it would be consumed. That
some damage should result in this removal
was to be looked for, but there was more than
was reasonable, end we trust that hereafter,
under similar circumstances. a more ?teady
and thoughtful course will be pursued. All
meant to do their duty, but, in the excite
ment, forgot that it way sometimes be over
done !
Mr. Wants is fully insured, sind we doubt
not that his very desirable home will soon as
sume its wonted snug and coin:unable ap.
tiCariA RC°
United Prenityterions Closetdit
A meeting vf the L'nitefl Presbyterian
Congregation will he held, iii the Church e .li.
flee. iu this place, on Wet/item/ay next. (the
inst.,) at 10 o'clock, A. M., at which
time the Pews will be rented. It is hoped
Nutt all the members of the cioigregatinn
will be present, as well as suck others us may
desire to recur° Pews.
The Clinrch has recently undergone
thorough remodeling in the interior.
.grectly
increasing its comfort and appesrance,whilst
the exterior has also been much imprord.—
Preaching will be reauwed in it in shout three
weeks from this4tne, ul which due notice
will he given..
Since writing the above war are informed
that the opening exercises of the rch are
expected to take place on the third Sabbath
of January. when the Bev. Dr. D ILiA, of
Philadelphia, is expected to Wrench the open
log sermon, and assist in the exercises ul the
communion. which will be hell at thai time.
Lea/lei 01.11116.
We hare to record another trarttingngainst
keeping firearms loaded. The other day a
gentleman carted ill at, Cul. Smir4oN's emit)).
lishment, opposite the i tank, in York street,
with the design of purchasing a doultlabar
reled gun. The article was shown him, the
clerk, Mr. Arun Ilm.ttstats, telling him it
was loaded end removing the caps. The
getttletuan esitruined the piece. but in hand
ling it one barrel atxtidentAill went off, the
shut passing. within a few inches of Mr. llol
linger's head. and lodging in the ceiling. It
was a narrow estntpe, and • points a moral."
ter An Election for Thirteen Director% of
the Strings Institution was held * on 3l..tt
day last—resulting in the choice of tho follow
ing gentlemen :
Geo. Throne. John Brongh, &mine' Dnr
boraw, Wm. Culp. Andrew Ileintzelionn, 'ft:a
vid McCreary, Charles Horner, John Mussel
man, David Mt:Coping's'', John Mickly,lohu
Throne, Geo. Arnold.
girThe days are now at their shortest pe
riod. It is generally conceded Ly almanac
makers that winter commences with the
shortest day. The old ooiiplet tuns in this
way i
As the days begin to lengthen
lire cold begins to to trengthea.
Although we hare had a few touches from
the p frost King, yet it /104011, as tbou4h he
bad been balding his breath to redouble his
strength, and give us a hard keeling blast
from his Arctic temple before long,
lier The editor of the Complier tenders to
its friends and readers the compliments of the
season, with hii best wishes for their health
and happiness.
ifiirChristmas is a hap:sy time for young
nod uld, for rich and poor ; fur then, if any
time, the spirit of charity softens the heart
and relaxes,the poraestrings of the wealthy
to aid the needy, that all may hare a" Merry
Christmas.?
Niiir Our Carrier requests us to say to Ills
town friends that ke is getting up a New
Yeses Address which be thinks "first rate,"
aM will welt upon diem with it at the proper
time. Ile is evidently awl in the mood of the
fellow who " expected nothing,"
11111rMessys, U. J. Curs are prepared to
psi pp Picture and Looking•glass IPnwons, in
Rese-wwwl, ke., at the shortest notice,
and at niodergte rates. There is now no oo:
casion to send th the cities for this king{ of
work, as their styles, are the newest, and so
nffreaspile to please every taste. •
_ ., .,art Mr. Prua times debtor for
e teir of large and fat Balky.. A. ilke o f
tote ben no; graced our Lade ler. nosy a
Moey be clamed esuang the"
- 0 open winters," whio fle t
tilept plenty of tool. Peter boa our thanks.
.sy. Paaeqs. of Plui t am. M o
similmose fret, seasdaimfr
7=;.%&7' cbarogi Pr Mumps. New Yak.
Glee emirs.
Another meeting of our citizena. in rela-1
'ion to the organization of a Can Company,
took place in the Arbilratinn Room of the
Court House on Monday evening butt—Chair
man DlitiNfll and Secretary RULSZLL in their
seats.
Prof. SICHLVIIIIMG, in response to a Call,
addressed the meeting at some length, and
his remarks were listened to with much in
terest.
The Committee on Stock Subscriptions re-,
ported $10,011) subscribed. Mr. IVaara, the
chairman of this Committee, made some ap
propriate remarks, when * about $1,500 were
added on %lie spot.
A Charter was reported by the Committee
baring that subject in charge, and it was
ununimmisly adopted by section!. The fol
lowing Committee nal aprdinted to secure
an Act of Incorporation from the Legisla
ture:—Mears. D. McConaughy, R. G. Mc-
Creary, David Will'', H. J. Stable, Henry
Wants, J. F. Fahnestock, D. Ziegler and W.
A. Duncan.
On motion, the following gentlemen were
appointed to procure infurwntion in regard
to the best mode of taimstrocting Gas Works :
—Prof. Jacobs, Pruf. Muldenberg,, John Gil
bert, George Shryock and Solomon Power!.
Adjourned, to meet at the call of the Presi
dent.
A sufficient amount of mops having been
subscribed to secure the success of the cater
prize, it will Le pushed forward without un
necessary delay. It is desired that about
COO additional be subscribed to the stock,
to secure the ,company against any debt, and
it is nut doubted that the required sum will
s°on be forthcoming. Tut INVESTMENT WILL
PAT WILL
For tho Caviler
The Old Clack.
There in the corner it stauds ! It is an
aid-fashioned eight•day cluck, enclosed in a
massive walnut case, about eight feet in
height, and is withal a very good time-piece.
When and where and by what ingenious
Yankee this goodly piece of mechanism was
constructed perhaps nobody living knows ;
but certain it is that it is worth a whole car
go of such clooki is are now most commonly
imported from the land of wooden nutmegs.
It has been in the family so long, and has al
ways performed such good service, that it is
now valued at something more than its in
trinsic worth, and forms not the least impor
tant part of the history of the family. Origi
nally the top was set off with beautiful carved
work and a few small gilded spires; but, in
the course of human events, the old clock
became the property of homily who bad no
apartrrunt in the house Eige enough to ac
commodate the stately etruotare, and there
fore, to adapt it to its new home, a carpenter
was called in, who—to his shame be it spoken
—sawed off some six incl,es of the carving
and removed the spires.
0 irreverent wretch that you were! Bet
ter had your arm been paralysed C,rever than
that you should thus deliberately mutilate
and to-ever disfigure what with respe.:t to its
age and importance may be culled an heir
loom of the family!
The old clock. however, was determined rna
revenge. Despite everythingt at could be
dune it refueled to go. very ant dal*.
maker that came 'dung was ed in td'ex
amine it, and nearly as often did its machin•
cry lOCCITO a rubbing and oiling. but all to
no purpose. It was determined to stand still,
nor could Humphrey Clinker himself have
made it go. Finally it passed Into-the hands
of its present ovs nevi, As it happened, the
mom into which it was now introduced, and
which it now 'occupier, is an unusually high
one ; 1611 a search was instituted for the erne-
Meats of a hit+ it had been despoiled. These
were happily discovered, and with considera
ble difficulty they were at length readjusted
in such a manner that one not in the secret
would hardly have detected the device. From
that day to this it has never once thought of
stippling. provided it was Waling' up once a
week. 'rke venerable old clock has now
been in our family many years, and a more
fuitliful friend no use need wish to have s --
Even while I ant writing I hear its regular.
measured vihrabons as the long pendulum
sways to and fro in its antique case. The old
cluck, :hough yet a good time-piece, is no long
er a fashionablo piece of furniture ; and for
that reason it several times came well nigh
being swapped on ono of those useless, harm
less mantel ornaments (nee:ash - many hawked
about by shrewd Yankees. But, thank for
tune, the old clock still has its place among
the household gods of the Itantlom Cannily,
and pi) long as Will has the power of tuning
an honest penny, or has an arm to defend it,
it shall not go out ef it. Sell it, indeed ?
Rather would I lose the best cow un the farm,
ur do without my pipe and tobacco for all
time to come, than part with the ancient
chronometer.
Just think of the vast atnaunt of good it
has already done ! A secret nook within its
strong case has been made the repository of
many valuable documents aril important pa
pers relating to the history of the family.—
Times innumerable has the shrill, clear sound
of the hammer as it struck the bell warned
us to wake proper use of the passing moments,
and, in the beautiful lines of Longfellow, told
us that time once lust can never be regained—
never here
The horologe of Eternity
Sayeth this incessantly,
Forever—never!
Never—forever."
Its busy bands bare for many years mark
ed the times when the doctor's medicines were
to be given, and told the long and tedious
hours as the patient husgaished on the couch
of pain and suffering. This same ancient
timepiece, while it has marked do Booting
hours of many a joyous and happy wedding
party, has also noted many seasons of sadness
and grief. Qunld it but speak it might relate
many a tale of sorrow occasioned by disap
bointed hopes and unrequited love.
Often, too, alas 1 lute it been stopped, when
• deith occurred in the family, so as to mark
the precise time when the spirit left its mor
tal tenement, How many records, too, has it
made that, lire fist sealed up, to he opened
only when the last great day of reckoning
shall have come., WELL RANDOM.
Ms, S;& .s-Ste: T noticed a ooze
atualealion in the "Star " of the 16th ism.,
si g ned " Cashman," oontaining ohargee
rested *towiircip me which me ham. erroneous
atud anfonadsof. never was wheeled of any
pradamkon I ever T rots, neither have I li
belt( my nail** wilfully, or misrepresent
ed them is any whit as charged ; nor made
any laaajail allusions without Was-
Lag Whet I said.. Bet this low etisorteutt 01*
1 1 104 11 11"ailOSIP" d , thiut, ceipeisitb•
ektulisee tibial/ugly etesectionim kg e
, .
its escape from durum AO in the *
he wed In Ins conunnaleadon. olth bat o n rajleptib•
lican would have you believe that they es
neighbors and friends, would rotifer &neigh
bor Democrat when out for oboe; but the
troth of this matter is well understood, u I
leave for tie consideration of alt honest men.
they being complimented or not. This author
is like unto Samba's brother, whose muter
, charged him with haring no truth in him,
and was going to chastise him for telling
what was not so, when Samba exclaimed to
his master, ' that there Was more truth in
that nigger than any other nigger on the
plantation, because he never lets any out."
So with this author. Wo have a Republican
school teacher, like unto eyok by professions
before he was hung, who is obliging, as he
(tarries the " Star" paper in his pocket and
ibads the communication signed "Oashtuwn "
fur all those who cannot see very well. But
the author of the communication signed
" Cnslitowri " is like en animal in creation
called the skunk, the more he is disturbed
the greater stench he will make by falsehoods,
&o. And yet if he was not a Republican I
would talk about him. As the Goatee from
whence it comes is good considering, (i. e.
for falsehoods, &4.,) let ns have a little
more, spiced with something otherwise than
with falsehoods, libels and misrepresenta
tions. 8.
Caslstown, Dee., 1850.
For the Compiler.
Neat EAST BERLIN, READING TN}
A DANS counrr. PA.
The iransgers of the Star and Banner are
so-liberal that they commenced rending their
paper to a hard Democrat near East Berlin,
withont subscribing for it. But they must
recollect that I will not pay for it, as there
are too many lies in it. A TAX•TATER."
[Compiler.
The managers of the llZi'ar must be " bard
up," when they blame the Compiler for making
up the above; but they must know that it was
me, a citizen near East Berlin, that has sent
the above to the Compiler offiee,to be printed;
and I'say again, I never asheelitoti fee their
paper, and yet they are sending it to my ad
dress. But I will not pay for swat a paper,
that about three-fourths of the readingis Snot
to substantiate their puty, whether *math or
not truth. A CITIZEN NT.AS, EAST BRUM
The Star managers think the Compiler
prints nothing but lies, hot if they would ra
vens. that, they would bit the nail a littlo
better on the head. If a patron reads their
paper, one would suppose that their ticket.
carried in every County and State in tho
Union, and yet n large proportion of tho
Democratic tickets have been &noted in all
parts of the country. This abinoCat ooco
than they are falsifiers, and shows what
Know Nothingimm will do. They will ray
everything to prop up their party, whether
trio or LOt. A Camas or TOM COUNTY.
serßealf,'Johr. Brown's " Secretary of
State," has turned up in Texas, and will sus
render himself to the Virginia authorities.
We are greatly in need of money, and our
patrons who axe in arrears to as for subscrip.
lion, and advertising or job wort. will con.
fer a favor upon us, by settling their bills al
soon as possible. If they cannot pay in full,
they may be able to pay in part at least. Our
expenses aro very heavy, and we maid have
money. We hope this appeal to the generosi
ty of our patrons may not be in vain.
On the 18th in4...hy the Rev. Jacob Ziegler,
at the re.idence of Hit. H. Hoffman, in Middlia.
town. Mr. GEOHON BUSHMAN to lltai
SUSAN TATE. both of Straban tounakkip.
On the' 211 uh., by Het', S. }lraq, Mr, HENRY
DYERS Miai SUS.AN HOLLEIiAUGI3IIi of
ibis county.
Ou the 12th inst.. by the Rev. P. Scheurer,
Mr HENRY DLIK3 to Mrs. SARAH Efteir.
ZAHN. both of this tountx.
no the 22d Wt.. at the Methodist Episcopal
Parsonage, bj lter. H. G. Dill, Mr. CRAIG )1
GEISELMAN to Miss JANE X. mrenocK,
1,4.41, of this place.
(fn the rah inst., by Pam. Schaeek, Mr.
Asir: ULRICH to Miss 10,11,YJAN.E, DEAR-.
DORFF, of Petersburg, (Y. 5.3 ,kdains couuty,
On the 14th Mr. JOIDI BOBLITZ, of
Hamilton township, aged 68 years 3 months
and 24 days. .
Un the 19th inst., ELIZARKTN MARY,
daughter of Mr. Wm. Miller, of ikiecitersrille,
aged 27 years and 9 days.
on the 14th inst., Mrs.. JANE MORRISON,
trite of Mr. James Morrison, Sr., ot Bentle.s
-1/41.11e. in the 72d yearnf her age.
fu Little town, on the 11th inst., SARAIf
Lor IS 1 / 4 .. daughter of James and Ellett Kelley.
Near llendir4rdle, HANNAH CATHARLNE,
daughter of George and Catharine Filler, age,i
I; ye irs 2 months and 13 days. _
Ou the 13th inst., in Adams county, Mrs.
CATHARINE YOUNG, Widow- of John Young,
deceased, aged N 3 years and about 10 months.
On the 13th inst., in Adams county, Mrs.
EVE UNGER, widow of Adam, Ungeitodemossed,
aged 72 tears II mouths and 19 days;
On the 13th inst., in Fairfield, WILLIE M.,
youngest son of Dr. A. O. Scott, aged about 2
years.
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Superfine Flour 4 50 to 5 00
R3e Flour— 3 50
White IVbent 1 10 to 1 25
Red Wheat 1 05 to 1 13
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Hop, per bund ......... ............ app to 7 00
Hay ...... ....—.44 00 tel. 04
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