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THE COMPILER,
F;. I. '47AM, vDLTOI3. AND PaDrEirroz.
GWETWOBITRO • PA ,
MONDAY. MORNING, MARCH 5, 1860
;FOR GOVERNOR,
ILENRY D, :FOSTER,
OF MTOTUOnNGAND.
D.VIOERATIC STATE CONVENTIO4'v".
Nomination of Hon. H. D, Fodor
• for Governor by Acclamation!'
SKIES BRIGHT!
Th,o Democratic State Convention
Mot At Reading on Wednesday last, all
the cdistricts being represented. The
city Nyas crowded. Hon. W. H. WELSH,
.e.fYork, presided. Hon. S. B. DANNEI
rVIIB one of the Vice Presidents. The
following dispatch, which vo find in the
;Baltimore Sun, of Friday, gives 'the
most important of the doings of the
Convention. More next week.
-READING, March 1.,--The delegates at
urge to the Charleston Convention,clect
e4 bx the Democratic State Convention,
pre lions. Wm. Bigler, John L. Dawson,
Wrn, Montgomery and Joseph Baker.
Riehard Van; of Philadelphia, and
George M. Reim, of Berks. county, were
elected Electors at large,
Nominations were now ° made for
.candidate for Governor, Wm. 11. Wit.
se's name was bailed with tremendous
Applause and a salute was fired by the
licystone club. Among other names
put in nomination were those of John
L. Dawson, Jacob Fry, Nimrod Strick
land and 11. B. Wright, .
The first ballot -was without result,'
f3tanding—Witte 44, Fry 30, Wright
12, and the balance scattering; neces
sary to a choice 69.
The second ballot. was also without
result.
'The third ballot stood—Witte 54,
Fry 30, Foster 24, and the balance
f4attering ; necessary to a chore° '69'.
There being no election, Mr. Deitrick,
of Lycoming county, now rose and in
a loud and emphatic voice moved that }
a - cup D. Foster, of Westmoreland
county, be nominated .by acclamation.
A scene of thowildest enthusiasm now
ensued. The motion was put by the
president, who announced Mr. Foster
nominated by acclamation.
[SECOND DISPATCFI.3
READING, March I.—The convention
adjourned sine die, after the appointment
of delegates to the . Charleston conven
tion, and the adoption of resolutions
onOrsing the platform ofthe Cincinnati
convention; deprecating the slavery
agitation; declaring the right to hold
slaves in the Territories is purely a ju
dicial question and not legislative ; that
The irrepressible conflict doctrines are
draught with danger to the Union, and
hat every true patriot should frown
upon them, and that they will resist
the effort of sectional parties to obtain
a central government ; applauding the"
foreign and domestic policy of Presi..
'dent Buchanan, and the conduct of the
Governer in delivering up the fugitives
from Virginia concerned in the Harper's
:Ferry affair; declaring that the convic
tions of the Democracy remain unalte
red as to the wisdom and justice of affor
ding protection on iron and coal; ap
pcoves the views of Presidentßuchanan
rz to specific duties, and, finally, en.
domes the Charleston nominee.
Previous to the adjournment of the
Convention, speeches were made by
Hons. J. L. Dawson, - 17. H. Witte,
Jacob Fry; Lewis C. Cassidy, Daniel
Daugherty, Wm. Bigler, George San
derson, Richard Brodhead, George M.
Reim, and Es-Mayor Vans, all cordial
ly endorsing the nomination of Gen.
Foster, and confidently predicting his
success. The wildest enthusiasm pre
vailed, and the Convention adjourned
in the highest spirits.
Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford, and
Bon. James Niil, of Franklin, are the
Delegates to the Charleston Contention
from this district, and Hon. J. B. Dan
ner, of Adams, the Elector.
IFISON TIM PAT6IO7 AIM mon
Henry D. Foster.
The Democratic State Convention at
Reading, after three unsuccessful votes,
:nominated HENRY D. FOSTER, Of West
. moreltind county, by acclamation, as
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Tins happy result was attended with
the greatest enthusiasm. Individual
preferences were forgotten in the gene
ral desire to present a man acceptable
to the entire Democracy of the State,
around whom the party and the people,
can rally with the certainty' of success.
• Such a man is Henry D. Foster. His
name inspires confidence , and will be
responded to by the people With an en.
Vinsuisin efliml to that which moved' the
Convention when every delegate prea
eat recorded his vote in ratification of
the nomination: -
The office has literally sdught the
man in this case. Mr.' Foster, did net
- wish to be considered a 'candidate, and
titedie exertions to procure a nomina
tion. , But the Convention,,in the exer
cise of s sound judgment, selected him
as thoone beat adapted in this 'emir
,•gncy lead the Democratic party to
victory. Anxious as he may be to re
main in private life, he cannot "disre
gard the unaniutoits nomination Of the
representatives ,Of the Democracy of
Yonnsylvania, or -refuse, tohear the.wt.
tient standard through ,the campaign.
We do .not ciaggerate ?iVIIPI3;We say
that Henry . A' F-oeter, , Molie; ie. tweilr
respect, among trite: best men- in Pen n 3
•'sylltanis. He -possesses s' mild of the
,trat 'order. He combines au anaki and
powerful intellect with &liar& attire
of solid eamman sense:_; As a-lawyer,
lto- stands in the first rank among the
men of, the , western partiar the
State. lie has represented. hisdistrleti
in Cimgrew, andires a member of the
Le at the-sessions of 186dand
-tease who heard his poirerfel
itzemehti l itott -ola-ved the residioeto
with which he seized upon the strong
points of a question, stripped it of all
obscuring sophistries, and- elucidated
and enforced the truth, will not Won
forget the impression ho made. ;His
mind is singularly quick, his language
direct and pointed, and his made of ar
riving at truth clear and overwhelming.
His integrity giaavtiniti3peadhed'an'd
unimpeachable, d his election to the
office of Governor of Pennsylvania will
be as creditable to the State, as his nom,
inution is to the Democratic party.—
The Convention has given us a candi
date for whom we can work with a
hearty good will, and who will com
mand the vote of every Democrat in the
State, as well as thousands of conserva
tive citizens who desire to rebuke and
overthrow the Republicanearty.
F AO Opposition Convention,
The Opposition State Convention
terminated its labors by designating
Sitnon Cameron as the choice of the
People's party of Pennsylvania for
President of 'the United States, and by
nominating Andrew G. Curtin as its
candidate for Governor. The Conven
tion was characterized by great disor
der throughout, and at times presented
more the appearance of a mass meeting
or a mob - than a grave and dignified
representative body. This arose,• in a
great measure, from the incongruous .
nature oldie material eollected together.
Every shade, stripe and hue of Opposi
tion to the Democratic party wore diet
together, with - no other bond of sympa
thy than a common hatred of the prin
ciples orthe great national party, and
a common desire for the epoils of victo
ry. There were men who had been
Know-Nothings, men who had voted
for Fillmore, men who
. had voted for
Fremont, and men who had been Demo
crats. There were also men who had
in turn espoused and abandoned nearly
every party, and wore first Whigs or
Democrats, then Know-Nothings, then
Republicans, then Opposition, and final
ly People's party. There were men
who have abused Cameron without stint
and lauded him without reason—men
who in 1855 signed the celebrated "Buz
zards' Feast" protest, denouncing him
as the worst and most corrupt of mor
tals, unfitted for the United States Sen
ate, met in . 1860 to present him with
acclamations as the most worthy states
men, qualified to adorn the Presidency.
It was, in truth, an assemblage of mon
who Lad, in the course of a few years,
affirmed and denied almost every politi
cal principle—a thing of shreds and
patches—an incongruous jumble of poli
tical inconsistencies. This was the char
acter of the Convention which met in
this place in the.pretended name of the
people, to designate candidates for Pres
ident and Governor and to purify the
politics of• the State.
Ex-Gov. Pollock was very happily
selected to preside over this assemblage,
he being the living representative of the
dangerous and ephemeral nature of
what the Opposition dignify with the
:name of principle. Once elected Gover
nor by an overwhelming majority of the
people misled by momentary excite
ment, his administration proved a sig
nal failure, and he retired from office
marked with popular disapproval, after
the most unsuccessful and odious ad
ministration which the State ever wit
nessed. On the present occasion he ap
peared again on the surface to inangu
, rate anotheir movement more disgrace
ful
and dangerous than the one with
which his name is 'unhappily associated.
The person designated as the choice
of this Convention for President was
assailed on the floor of the Convention
with the utmost power of intense ha
tred. If half that was said against him
by party friends is true, then his party
enemies have but to repeat their state
ments to show that the Convention has
presented, as its candidate, one who
ought not to be President of the United
States. This war upon the candidate
of themajority was so fierce and deter
mined, that they were compelled to
abandon the original programme of se
lecting all the delegates to Chicago, and
to accede to demands which must result
in a divided delegation. The result will
be to 'admit some of Gen. Cameron's
most decided enemies from; this State
into the Chicago Convention, and thus
far to damage his prospects. The plan
of a united delegation was not fully
carried.
Andrew G. Curtin, the - eandidatO - for
'Governor, was Secretary of State un
der the Pollock- administration. We
have ample time to — examine his claims
hereafter. At present we can only say
that if the charges brought against him
by' members of his own party, of acts
performed while in connection with
that administration, can be.. substan
tiated,'he is destined to suffer a defeat
more overwhelming than that once ad
ministered by the people to hiS grand
father, Andrew . Grogg. - -41arriiburg
Patriot & Union.
Andrew G. Curtin.
This gentleman has been nominated
by the opposition for Governor of
Pennsylvania. - We have heard aproMi
nent Republican, who had good oppor
tunity of judging, pronounce lklr. Cun-
IN' one of-the most corrupt men in
Pennsylvunia. His judgment' is' con
firmed by Curzra's nomination by a
Convention under the influence of Cam
zuotnt. No honest man stood any chance
in`such a crowd. • s
Those
,naturalized eitizMis who have
been.,voting with 043 . Republicans for
several sears past, will, perhaps, be glad
to leant that Mr. ettint? is a:hitter
Know Nothing„ andd 'first aegnired
prominence in the celebrated campalgn
of 1851.-,—Yalley
.
BeirTha Lanpaster inie;4geilper says
of the Opposition noreteee for Governer:
Mr. CunTIN is the grandson of AI4DIIEW
, Gazao; who -ran . forGovercei in. 1823
and was , defeatid,j),yi the trecnoeratid
entslidutei-il.l492tDusstr, "Saux.szz.- fir.;
Gnzoo had been the. Seerettiryof•the
- PornmetiWeaith• under Apnincir -11-res
wak tmderGOvernot
The,fate of', the ,ciee. will,
more ihanlikely r be that of-the other,:
. r nie Denwerate defeat - I)&4bn kreoilfa:
- ther, and raw intend to thro*ti
i i)er:O*i4(e atiOiratione of thoOpriyidson.
Eark_Vegefigi9p,,.79k4riturciariveek;
:al stroll/bor.ries .ml 4 .qua
*i'as abitipod from
2ow - I'9 l C ;
Dbuffeetien Predominating,
The action of the recent Convention
at Harrisburg, nailed-inlbe
,rfortilkeim
and Wesgrn `Counties ftubliesn,"
And in other sections" Peoples Party,"
excites no enthusiasm. The sentiment
is univeFspi that, by the adoption of a'
platform Ortinqueitioned sectionalism,'
p fearful responsibility has been ineur-!
red, and the result is contemplated With
forebodings of disaster. The selection !
of Mx,. Conn:Vas a candidate for Geyer
nor, was bag enough ; but to declare
with such_Mariled unanimity for Sntoi I
VAMEILON, the deuntry Bank manager
and small politician, for President of the
United States, evidences so strikingly
a dispiisitiOn to litterly ignore states
manship in the Management of _ our pub- -
lie affairs, that all who" lay claim to
dignity of Character and correct appre
ciation of public responsibilities are for
, ced to robe). The mutterings of discon
tent (says the Pennsylvanian) come lc
various tones. The Nortl4 American,
wise, dignified, and characteristically
non-committal, gives vent to its dislike
by, deprecating the absurd laudations
of men by convention's. The Pittsburg
Journal, differently educated, different
ly- practiced, And less fearful of cense
q uences, speaks more openly, and brands
the whole proceeding as disgraceful in
the extreme. The Journal claims to be
the organ of the business community of
Pittsburgh and 'Western Pennsylvania,
and as such has successively swallowed
Anti-Masonry, Know-Noth ingism ' and
that last great humbug the "People's
Party," without even a grimace; but
it cannot accept "'CAMERON, KIIRrIN
and the Konstitution" so readily. It
speaks very truthfully of its party
when it says :
Political success—to our shame be it
said—breeds political corruption. No
sooner is there a door open to position,
power or emolument, than a whole horde
of political vermin sh in, to the utter
exclusion of honesty, decency and good
manners. One devil may be dislodged,
but seven others enter in and dwell
there, and the last state of the party is
worse than the first. To such a state
has the People's Party of Pennsylvania
degenerated, when the dictum of one
man can wrest the representative rights
of ten thousand from their legitimate
Use to his own advancement. We feel
willing, in .ome eases, to tolerate errors
of mind or of heart; but when, as in
this case, one man's political ambition
presumes to dictate to us the policy we
must advocate, we. shall claim, and at
our discretion, shall exercise the right
to rebel.
These denunciations by the Journal
indicate the sentiment of the masses of
the Republican party in Allegheny.—
So, too, in Erie ; and it is little wonder
that the Opposition in the State, no
matter by what name they may be cal
led, should fret and chafe at having
such candidates and such a platform
thrust upon them by a . Convention, the
control of which was held by a gang of
renegade Democrats, famous only now,
as in the past, for their cow-boy propen
sities.
"Republican" Sectionalism.
A great outcry was raised by the
Black Republicans, when the Chairmen
of the more prominent committees in
the tT. S. Senate were taken from the
South, and the charge was freely
made that this was a proof of Demo
cratic partiality for that portion of the
Union. Below we give the. chairmen
of the thirty-seven standing commit
tees of - the House of Representatives,
all of whom are from the North. Does
not this demonstrate most conclusively
the sectionalism of the " Republican"
party?
Commerce—Wasliburne, of 111., North.
Post Office—Colfax, of Ind., • North
District of Columbia—Carter, of N. Y., North.
Judiciarp.—llickman, of Pa., North
Naval Affairslorse, of Me., North
Foreign Affairs—Corwiti, of . Ohi.), North.
Territories—Grow, of Pa., s North
Ways and Means-,—Sherman, of Ohio, North
Claims—Tappan. of N. H., North
Public Lands—Thayer, of Mass., North
Revolutionary Claims—Briggs, of N. Y., North
Public Expenditures—tlaskin, of N. Y., North
Private Land Claims—Washburne,of Wis., North
Manufactures—Adams, of Mass., North
Agrimilture—Butterfield, of N. Y., North
Military Affairs—Stanton of Ohio, North
Militia—Tompkins, of Ohio, North
Revolutionary Pensions—Potter, of Wis., North
Invalid Pensions—Fenton, of New York, North
Patents—Millward, of Pa., North
Public Buildings—Train, of Mass., North
-Unfinished Business—Logan, of 111., North
Accounts--Spinner, of N. Y., North
Engraving—Adrain, of N. J., North
Expenditures in State Dep.—Metean,
- of New York, North
11 Treasury Dep.—Loomis,
of Connecticut, North
War Dep..—.stowart, of
Pennsylvania, North.
" Post. Office Dep.—Pahner,
• • • of NEW York, North
" 'Public Buildings—Bray
- ton i 'oflibode Isiand, Nth
joint Committee on Library-4Pettit, of
Indiana, • North
Joint'Committee on Printing—Gurley, '
of Ohio; - • • North
'ln addition 16 this,lhe new Clerk of
the Hogs°, in Making- his appointment
of thirtpsix officers under him v seloets
thirty•two from the North, on from
. t pay . , rflireteror,mer" reside nts
o .ilie — ..l;To.rtb,, but ' , now residing in
Washington...L- 7 43 - O.PM Gazette.
Ctrl? orma for .Dickinson.—A: San
,Vianpiaee letter in the New'. York
Journal of Commerce says that Cali
,fornitivill go intolhe Chariestetn•Pon
iieittiort in favoi of D:' S. 'Diekinetin. "'
-'etiltSertittorSsivslur jslisppeth
in OW tiF i tted ttasisSennt Wednee r
secqiing. the
. I **.**PabliPeTs Aatgiea 4.:4;17: the
Presidency at Chicamand-Washington
lettetil eftfidenil3 iirtstiet:tlti* , it 'tti!i
c hi t% ifireet./
.
.111,57quAte Stitte &hate Of New York
petitiOncittilefiti,brilL Roe and seve•
ral handrodeikebeititen4 Of New York,
nekiOg that southerners trayetint _with
*Wen attelithinte tiny he Termittofi
in .the. State for Ow tuottthso
At the Into caucus of the. Jteßtibile4D
*embers of the Nesiliirli s Legidiituit,
gt, Sessions, a leidinl Repub l ican, it'
.eported-1,0 have sitid, 4
they bad got
Acpublicen Prent, to elect, and
Would need a m z n Of dalaratoaecon
4)Wt, and he_thondi It theirNi,nty ,
,he looking around to see where it was
o come from."
i This scarcity of finida.anceunts for
the tent - City With whiCli the Helperitett
Congresa cling to their -vrivilege of
burdening the, mails with their election
,
Bering documents. !Their-cause, says .
Abe Evening Journfil, is so desperate,
zind their success so hopeless, that they
Rio not hesitate to acknowledge the ne
.
tessity they are
_under. of resorting to
the'use of money in the next election.
'They do not see, however, where the
funds are to code from, andlence their
concern.
,'Forney is said to be the engineer
Of a movement to defeat. Wm. :Se
'ward at Chicago; and place the names
of Cameron and Bates on the sectional
ticket. Let this old plotter, this emi
nently venal political sinner, be brought
forward as a candidate for the Presi
dency. Ile may, like the Veiled Pro 7
jhet, have unbounded influence 'among
his deluded followers, but we will lift
the veil, not at all gently, and expese
the hideousness
, of hid personal as well
as'political features. Among other re
ininiscences'Wo Might commend to his
Notice the Winnebago pamphlet, opera
tions with MiddletoWn.Bank notes, &c.
We can beat Seward; but Cameron,
with Forney as public•abettor, in pass
ing through a campaign, would only be
Making a short and inglorious race to
his political grave.—Erie Observer.
! )The election for Councilmen in
Frederick, Md., on Monday last, result
ed in the choice of five Democrats and
itro Opposition. The Democratic ma
jority is larger this year than last, and
Nvould have been mach larger still, had
it not been for the side issues made by
the Opposition party.
, " The Amencan Eagle a n Danger."—
Under this head the New'York Tribune
describes a - bogus 610 gold piece, a dan
gerous counterfeit, which had been de
tected at the United States Sublreasu
ry, having been paid out by the Metro
politan Bank of that city. The coin
stood all the tests of weight, sounding,
circumference, and thickness.' On be
ing cut in two it was found that a gen
uine coin had been split edgewise, both
hhlves being quite thin, then filled with
some whitish metal, and remillod.
- The subject of overtasking child
ren in schools has been considerably
discussed in Salem, Mass. As a conse
qbence the committee of the classical
and high schools have reduced the num
ber of daily recitations from four to
three. Thus far the Change has work
ed beneficially to the school.
004
,- •:Pending the discussion of a bill
grating a divorce io the Nebraska Leg
islature, one of the members related an
incident of sharp practice of a couple
resident in that Territory. They ap
plied to the Legislature and obtained a
divorce, and immediately the man and
wife pre-empted
. one hundred and sixty
acres of land a piece, and having prov
ed their title thereto, were married
again the next daY, after securing one
hundred and sixty acres of land by the
operation. Sharp practice, that.
tEr The report oftle lynching of a
61ilve at Marlboro; Md., which is going
the rounds of some of the press, is a
hoax.
zIZ-E. K. OLMSTED, Esq., has become
associated with the editorial manage
ment of the 'Washington' Constitution.
6;:y-Petitioha 'are in circulation in
Allegheny county, asking the Legisla
ture to make the officers of State Super
intendent of Common Schools, and State
Librarian, elective by the people. •
~At, a few days since, a lit
tle girl was p - cisoned by eating the com
position on Lucifer matches,' and died
after a sliort sickness.
;Eclipses,—Ad exchange Paper says:
There will be six eclipses this year—
two of the Sun, two of , the moon and
two of the Republican party. The tiro
latter will oceurin October and Novern
befr—ono . of 'which will' be visible in
i l ennsylvania,tindthe other all oVer the
;Upion.
Iwir The - death of Burton,,the'enniedi
an, has eansed great sorron?: in artistic
and' literary 'eirdieS. Jle', stfas
litOsperons in a worldly ',bens° 'than
,many' reel - a bets ,or the intbariousjro•
fefigion he folloiveii. The Itetaid i statea
that his:property' in litidson ity9ot, is
'rained 'att3ti,oo6„;:: Glen Nye' estate,
f4.0,00¢; the. theatie,,7* Chuabprs
sheet, $216,600.
lir di;oree taso is 4ow,pe - ading,4l
CjIIiC4L7Q in which :the:defendant,
Mary W. -11 nreh,.wice:et18 - 114',4. 13yeb,
tvell-t wh' ba4S ker;, ' l Mrifelt * l O l
aduiter,y
memiter,ot'tongOSS:fiOni:the"StAtlt
of New 'f ork.- II e*.pkincipal.fisiidencie
in = .the ap.se is the lady's oivn ,ecitifeagen,
Sic tea, vibich"now, beWetisr,l;(o'n4
wiling her friends in New York; gtie
retracts, averring,tbat it lives,e4fiirt.ed
from her. ;.
.••,.
46/4 ErgaibilbolittOini*.Agoitior
effect caused by the abolitieriiietai6ii
at il the
hii!; jeet'epine to It g ht. 1. Tt - stprie*A of
Je c ir I , 4l . Bpett l ible'abd :worthtmori
mec1 '5:*44,444141e,n4
tgatAk.Corii4i,, hs . t r eoalitty.,,Roon
apt UngaawilfunatioAilinii;
Oti 11i:4440 a derinled#4o ge v ig,
Yeolithgrforo - fed44loPßifn blil 9r °
tletiliti4.=:—NOTTWOWlreglitif•
Disorganization and Disunion.
Mr. Wi i heraeN...afthitiState, deliver
ed a *speech it ongress on the 24th,
rest., upon theiluttieett Of the disorgatti
zation of Congreskauddistmloin wberee:
in he seeks to fasten -.upon the Dente ,
`eratic party reeponsibilay for the long
delay in electing -a-Speaker, and ar
, reigns it for harboring disunion senti
ments. The speech was evidently in
tended for 'party efflact. There are
:ken - forcible facts which destroy the
columns of argument through which
the honorable gentleman labors to
throw the burden of responsibility up
on the 'De refocratio 'party. Re' alleges,
in substance, that the Democratic mem
bers threw obstructions in the.way
,of ;
the election of Speaker, by debating'
the. resolution offered ,by Mr. Clark, by
refusing to vote oftener; and by enter.'
ing into art agreement, to resist :the
adoption of the pluralit y rule. Atibe
same time it iaadmitted thatthree votes
were taken during the - first Week; seven
during the second week, eleven during
the third week,'and so on, without the
majority being able to elect a Speaker.
As the House failed to elect upon all ' 1
these trials, it would not have helped
the' matter to have voted oftener with
the same result., The real cause of the
delay was not because more votes.were
not taken, but because the Opposition
majority could. not harmonize,, when
they did vote. The discussion Vas,
therefore, not the cause of the protrac
tiqn of the controversy, except in so far
as it damaged. the moral force of the
Republican party It seems singular
that at this day any one should have
the hardihood to accuse the Deniocrat
ic members of preventing the organiza
tion atilt) House. Did the,Republicans
expect Democrats to vote for Mr. Sher
man ? It' not, upon what ground do
the Republicans complain of Democrats,
because, after forty trials, they could
not elect him? Their own weakness
and folly was the cause of this delay.—
The long contest was clearly of their
own making. It was the consequence
of an attempt to force an .objectionable
man into the 'Speaker's chair by the
power of obstinate endurance ; and that
this was clearly and unmistakably the
cause of the delay, which Mr. M'Pher
son labors to make the Democrats re
sponsible for, is demonstrated by the
fact that as soon as Mr. Sherthan was
dropped by his friends for a leSs objec
tionable candidate, that candidate was
immediately chosen. Mr. Pennington
could have been elected the first week'
of the session. The Republicans,pre
ferret' a more ultra man, and disorgan
ized the House during eight weeks, in
the vain attempt to elect him. They
must bear whatever of odium is attach
ed to that struggle.
The second part of the speech is de
voted to the tank of demonstrating that
the Democratie leaders of the South
are secessionists and disunionists. We
deny that the Democratic party is in
any degree tainted with disunion doc
trines' or that any man is authorized to
utter disunion sentiments in. behalf of
that party. The Democratic .party is
pre-eminently a Union party, and, un
like the sectional Ilepublicans, is not
confined to any tection or - division of
this country. The great glory of the
Democratic party is its nationality, its t
dislike of small sectional jealousies, its
comprehensive regard for every portion
of the country, its determined an
tagonism to sectionalism of every kind
and degree, whether manifested in the
Southern-hating Republicanism of the
North, or in the disunionism - of the
South. When mei, from the South
threaten to secede from the Union, in
case they aro trap pled upon by the
Republicans, they speak as Southern
men, and not as Democrats—as the rep
resentatives au section, and not as the
mouth-pieces of a great national party.
Why, we hear the same declarations
from men of different political , parties
in the South, thatin n certain contin
gency they will seek redress against
sectional aggressions upon their rights
by revolution; we hear, it from the
Richmond 11 7 hig; w' hear it from the
Southern enemies of the Democratic
party ;wo heard it at Philadelphia
from lir. Maynard. Mr. M'Pherson.
should have arraigned the South Amer
icana for treason, - or included the whole
Southern people at once.
He might, with great profit, have in
vestigated -the cause of this muttered
revolution, which comes from the
South, likea statesman, instead of seek
ing to turn it to party account, - like a
politician. Why this lamentable fact
that many Southern men, as Southern
men, arid not partizans, dare anticipate
a time when they will seek - safety in se
cession ? The cause, is palpable. It is
the institution and progress of' the sec
tional Republican party;with purposes
,wholly anti-Southern, hinelin,e , together
and comprehending every shade of Abo
litionisin,_and subsisting eatirely upon
the moral and political hatred to slave
ry
,that controls to-so alarming a degree
the Northern mind. We, heard. no
threats, from the South until the watch
word went forth that_the -"South must
throttled,"-and threats that we now
bear would die away instantly if, the
Republican party bad the wagnanimity
and•the patriotism, to cease its sectional
agressions., The' dieturbed state, of the
South ieproduced by theattacks of this
party, and as long as the assailant eon"
tilluea the warfarei str long, may we.ex
pect, that the assailed wilt contemplate
a resell, to the saws of force. Disunion-
ism at the South is the- natural cense r
(pence of Rephblicanism at the North,
and)the best, and only way' of defeating
the former islosweeptrota the field the
iatte.r:lT-Yarrint 4E= Union.
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SPRiNCELECTIONS.—The Spring elections
forlusticoi, Constables, Assessors, Supervisors,
School Directors, Judges and Inspectors of
elections,. etc., will take place on Friday, the
16th of March, throughout the townships And
- boroughs of this county. These elections are
too frequently neglected, although they are of
vast importance to the people. It is very im
portant that good and efficient men should .be
elected to the several offices to be filled. The
Judges and Inspectors of elections are also im
portant, as the persons to be elected on the 16th
instant,_ will hold the coming Gubernatorial
and Presidential elections. :The Opposition
papers advise their political friends throughout
the county to be active and vigilant in this mat
ter, and not be caught napping—and we can
not do better than urge the same counsel upon
the Democracy. The result maybe taken as
in indez to the general result next fall, and our
friends cannot attach too much importance to it.
363"'We are nearing a political campaign
which promises to be ono of the most interest
ing and exciting we have ever had. National,
State, and County officers are to be elected.—
The State Convention which met last week, will
be followed by the NationalConveution in April.
The ball was opened at Washington at the open
ing of Congress, and the excitement will, be
kept up throughout the year. Under these cir
cumstances it is of the highest importance that
the pople of Adams county should be posted
on the political topics of the day, and especial
ly' important that Democratic principles be
spreild - broad cast among the people. In order
that this good object may be more effectually
promoted, we would urge upon our friends to
go to work with a will, and aid us in circulating
the Compiler.
. ACCIDENT.—We regret to learn that Mr.
DAVID rfiTERS, of Menallen township, met with
a severe accident in Bendersville on Thursday
evening - week. He had been to a blacksmith
shop in that place, and starting on his return
home, riding one and loading another horse, the
animals became restive. The one he led fell,
and the other one 'llion bins, Mr. P. going down,
between them, and breaking his right leg. just
above the ankle. He was immediately cared
for, and is now doing as well as could be ex
pected.
MOUNTED VOI4INTEERS.—We arc request
ed to state flint there will be ameeting at Fair
field on the evening of the 16th of March, for
the purpose of raising a Volunteer Company of
Motinted Men. Persons in the surrounding
connlry who feel an interest in the project will
please attend on that evening. It is huped that
a large turn-out leill be had, in order that
•
early success may be insured.
PRISONERS LEFT.—On Friday night last
three of the prisoners confined in the Jail here
-Lim:ay STEVE:NS, WILLIAII QUAIL, and JANIEB
CRAIG, the latter colored—made their escape.
They effected their exit by cutting off one of
the bars across the small window in their cell,
the instrument used being a sort of saw made
out of a case knife. They squeezed themselves
through the narrow apperture (so.en and a
quarter inches high) into the yard, and then
quarried through the outer wall. Nothing
has since been heard of them.
THEFTS.—The liquor store of Mr. G. W.
Bowles, on the Railroad, was burglariously en
tered, through the cellar, on 'Saturday night
lust, and some small change and several bottles
of liquor stolen therefrom. A can of fifty
pounds of lard, in f the adjoining cellar, belong
ing to Mr. PHILIP Do.asom, was also stolen.
'We understand that a theft ofa similar char
acter was committed at Barker's hotel in Lit
tlestown, one night lust week. '
It is to be regretted that the guilty parties
cannot be ferreted out and brought to punish
ment. •
WATCHES STOLES.—The residence of Mr.
JACOB 'WAGNER, in Straban township, was
broken into by thieves on Monday night last,
and robbed of three - valuable silver watches
and a pair of spectacles. Pity the villains have
not been caught. , •
GAS.—The Board of Managers of the Gettys
burg Gas Company hare pareinsed, from
Messrs. DIIIIISO3I. and Conon!, an acre of ground
along the Railrond, immediately north of the
Engine House, for the• location of the Gas
Works. The price to be paid is $5OO.
RAILROAD.—The Waynesboro' Ilreord says:
"The friends of our Railroad enterprise are go
ing forward with their work 'rigorously and
sanguine of success. They have received, the
most encouraging assurance of aid from all
parties interested. The Books for Stock Sub
scription have been opened, and we are confi
dent that at least $lOO,OOO will . soon . be sub
scribed."
TELGRAI'II.--The Hanover Spectator says:
"We will state concerning our telegraph, that
contracts have been entered into for 'all-the
work, materials, instruments, necessary for
- the construction of the line. We hop erelong
to have the pleasure of announcing its com
pletion'."
• THE GRAIN BUSINESS.—We learn 'from
New Oxford that the merchants of that thrifty
community are doing enactive grain business
at the. present time, and that the indications
justify the belief of largely increased transao
tions._ We are pleased to learn of the continued
prosperity of our neighboring town.
BarA letter from Fuh Chau; China, of De
tember 7, says that the:Rev. R.. S.Maclay, of
the Methodist Mission ; triii his family, left that
place on the 28th Of November, in the ship
Samuel Russel, 'for the United States. With
the exception of Mr. Peet, Mr. Maclay vvas the
oldest. missionary is Fuh Chao. Be was for=
merly of this place. . '
jorOa Monday week, Mr. MipPnsason pre
sented to the House of Representatives the pe
titien`: of M. A: , W."Ftattarso, of this Ova, an
invalid pensioner,,for, relief.. It was during the
Flealtv war and In the service of •his.country
that Mr. Flemming reeeired thei wound in ,his
thigh v by a bullet, that; has rendered him; 4
cripple for life. .•
Es(f., of Winch es'=
io.,"Vit:cfitiriahrl3 4 :of county; has
imihtti4'Oehei*l giiiiiTioteisdent of 0(6 Aliion:
AIOASE j3IPLS.-I:We 'Of 001.1ofann our,cnert
,teinerkt in, this line, that.. The 'oinees office is
'prepared print Bonn Bata In she. cheapest
{nod-asatest stile:. We have splendid avast'
illuidrate our bilk. . :
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GO IN, LADlCS.—Theladlei are-now fully
authorized to commence making loss itt
any
gentleman' they :may deem ' 7 i 1f their
hands, beasts end fortunes. This Year - Ufall.
e d leap year; because- it Is the lady's : voll%g°
ter "leapo into theracms' of the man she fintlies.
To proVe this, we quote from an obl 4 witsk,
printed in . 1860; entitled 44 Courtship, LoSe:and
Mattintenle." In the ehaptei entitled ` l4 When
ye Orley. shall eparke ye meaner the learned
author thus speaks:
" Albeit, it 'is nown it . partOf yeVetintoon
Lawe in regard tope social felationaofiifeihat
as often as every beiextile year (loth retarnoye
ladies have ye sole privilege during the whole
time it continheth,"of mating love unto ye then,
which they may do either by words or looks,
as unto them _ It seemeth proper end r • noreover,
no man will be entitled to ye'l;ettefft• - efojeritk t ,
who Both refuse to accept ye caTertAt./ 1 , 1 4°,L pro
who dothe in any wise treat her prOpoSalwitts -
slight or contumely."
; -
Therefore, hilles, you must comply with !be
law, and, bringing your captives up to the Altar,
allow them the benefit of clergy:
A Novel Verdict.—A rather enricius
case was decided Mat week in Urbana,
Ohio. The plaintiff, Sane Brush, alleg
ed thatch() was the wife of one Reed
Brush, t.n intemperate man, and that
the defendant, Peter Lawson, though
cognizant of the habits of her husband,
sold him a pint of Whiskey, on the 24th
of April last, in violation of law, with
which ho became intoxicated,"and in
his drunken fury - chopped off the loft
foot' of the plaintiff. In compensation
for this she asked damages in the stun
of $20,000. The defendant denied the
allegations, and introduced testimony
to substantiate his denials, and further
offered to prove the immoral character
of the plaintiff, but the court decided
that evidence on the 'latter point Was
inadmissible. Tho jury gave a .votdiet
of 85,000 damages.
Hon. hlr. Keitt's Brother Murdered:—
On Friday Mr. Keitt, the member 'of
Congress from South Carolina, received
a dispatch staiing that an elder brother
of his, a physician, residing at Pilatka,
Florida, was murdered in his bed by
some of his negroes. The murdered
'lrian was at the time ill in bed, and his
throat was cut by one or more ncgroes,
whom he had net long purchased. They
were from some ono of the Northern
staveholding States—probably Mary
land or Virginia. There a report
that Pilatha was marked down on John
Brown's map with -a red cross, iiidi
eating that it embraced the elements of
insurrection.
The Late Election in Baltimore:—The
chairman of the committee on Elections
on Monday reported to the House of
- Delegates on the contested Elections of
the sitting members from Baltimore,
and also on the f , ontested - election of
the Clerk of the City Circuit Court, de
claring them - void and illegal, and the
office of the Clerk dci!lareci• vac:aut.- 7 -
The Speaker• of the House is recom
mended to issue his warrant for the
election of the ten Delegates to repre
sent Baltimore in the present General
Assembly. The reports , lay over fur
action at an early day._ •
Le3A Balloon passed over our town
on Sunday last, between four and fire
o'clock in the afternoon. Whether it
contained a tenant or not could not be
ascertained. It was very high, appear
ed about the size of a huslel, aid was
going north-east.—Carlisle -Volunteer.
tgiir At a sale of real estate in London
the property sold at the rate of $1,000,-
000 per am:. •
iltirliard words make no friend:4; a
spoonful of honey will catch more flies
than a gallon of vinegar. •
On the 28th ult., by the Rev. L. T. Williams,
Mr. EPHRAIM P. IiirfINGER, of ilamiltotiban
township, to Miss MARY SUSAN, daughter of
Mr. Henry B. Cromer ; of Curnberland.township.
fee.fhe kind remembrance of the Printer by
the considerate parties. (a gold dollar accom
panied the nfitiee) calls forth his sincere thanks
and earnest wishes that their days nosy be
crowded by all desired blessings, and when the.
snows of many winters shall. have fallen on
their heads may they by able to look back to
the present happy period with the proud COl4-
seionsness that the Chilling hand of time bad
no power to cool the 'ardor of their affections.
On the 28th ult., at Friendsberry, near Balti
more, by the Rev: Jag. 11. Brown, Br. J. L.
WA RFIELD, of Westtisinster, to Miss OLIVIA,
daughter of Judge' Wm. Raker. •
On the IGth ult.. by the Rey. 3f. J. Anemia's,
Mr. JOHN' 11. STERNER to Miss LOUISA
WALTMAN, both of Adams county.
On the . ..?Gtit inst., by the -
Mr. LEWIS WOLF to Miss 'N'ANNIE A. COM
FORT, all of Arendtsville, Adams cotinm
On the 20th ult., by-the Rev. Dr. Hcidgson,
Rev. J. L. IIEYSINGER; of the M. E. Church,
(formerly of this place,) to Miss JOSEPHINE
M. TINDALL, eldest daughter of D. M. Tindall,
M. 1)., of Philadelphia.
On the 19th ult., in Springfield, Robertroa
county, Tenn., by, the Jt0r...1. W., Collura, Mr,
W3l. K MA UREY, late of Gettysburg, to Miss
SUE D. PERSISE, of. the fotniee plaCe.
solo u-ig wig
On Friday night last, at the residence of Mr,
John Culp, Miss M.ATILDA SCANLAN. Slice
was a native of the county of Derry, Ireland.
At New Windsor,,lld:, on the 28th Mrs,,
ANN CRAWFORD, widow of the late Dr. Wtn:
Crawford, aged`B2,yeais.
In 'Reading, township, on the 14th ult.i.Mr,
DEWILY -KAUFMAN, aged 85 years 4 months
and 28 days.
Ou the Bth ult., in Moitutpleaktnt township,
ROSETTA L.GARDER,aged 13 years 2 months
and 15 days.,
In York, on the IGthalt., SLIViBETS;wife
of the late George Dingo, of .New Oxford, in the
81st year of her age.
On the 27th.ult., Mt...PETER micasx, 8r.,,
one of the oldest and met respected cithseus of,
Franklin township, aged 89 yearss months and ,
27 :days. • • • • ,
On the 15th ult. o iu Adams oconittyiwAvgt.,
infant son of Mr. DavidLohe r . aged 30 days,
Near Balinitsburg,. )14., Asn 44 ; ; 16;h- O s ;
MARY 14701N12A f agiVr-17 PURI; AillogOttle
21 days; and ort.tire 291,10VS,PT . CHRIMVA ,,
aged 7 years 6 months and Ldayer-datigkters:
of Abraham Krise
• 'Optima oioat4
On the Bth ult., WIL,LIA24I.BANDEftS., atm ,
of Z. and SU. J,- Sunders,•oiled L mm4_ ll l o oll,
and 11 data.
" Weep not for little Willie, _
sellgs rtt's lied;
It - sweetly slOps•with
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ghedzriot a tear (stumpy,
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