-,-, ♦ 13tM - ES -Y IZI Tim Comas* h published every Monday seeeehig .by Asssir I. &WILLI, at $l. 75 pe r saws If irsid strictly . te soyasca-42 oo pet mita if sat paid Itt *Amore. No subscriptiou 4111 000111111114 . 4., Wiles; at the option of the pet. Whoa, 'Au% all arrearaires are paid. AavatTrainscirws Inserted as the usual rates. Jos PRIXTING done with neatness and dis patch. Omen in South Baltimore street, &redly opposite Waroplers' Tinning E,tablishment— "COnettinn on the siln. Large Sale THE subscriber. hit ing disposed of the I "Globe Inn.' t•eli at linhlic Sale. at said flute', in Getttnb.lrg, on Thursday. the 22d stay of Ilarch utst the fAotving valuable Per sonal Propert, 110u,e11.11 and Kitchen Furniture. a vury ltr,Te lot, embracing etery article used in the housekeeping line. Also a tirst-rate Mach • Nor Th e rye, :e' “tter.tion of buyers is in vited to the eiten•i%e a.lortment of Gl3,ss, Queen's sod Croeleri-ware, Cutlery, Barrels, ikc., to be offered. beirSale to commence at 9 o'clock, A. M., on a•iid day. when attend... Luce will he given and terms mule known by 11. D. WATTLKS. March 5, ]BCD. td Poor-House Accounts. TOEL B. I.),MiN ER. E.q., Treasurer, in ac count with the Dire tors of the Poor and of the House of Employment of the County of Adams—tieing from the 4th day of January, A. 8., 1d:4), to the 31 day ofJasmary, A. D.,1860: 1859. Cit. Feb. 10. To order un Treisurer,No. 64.51500 00 Sep. 24. a• 265, 3500 00 390, 1000 00 1500 00 Amount reed utJno. Delap, Esq., fine, 25 00 CR . ky elersh paid wit as fellow: Am't due Treasurer at lest settlement, $594 55 Out-door paupers support, 610 00 Mardis udize and groceries, , 1478 58 Pork and stock hogs. cows and meat, 345 80 Beef cattle. sheep and tiorscs, 1178 41 Flour, grain and grinding, 843 08 Ilechanics' work, :66 19 Publi,hing accounts and printing blutia, 44 12 stone eonl, plastrr. limc , Sc, 420 28 ])rugs and medicines, Removing paupers, Wodd chopping, making rails, post tenet., 194 77 Ste ward's sundry expenses, Funeral expenses, Male hireling+, Female hirelings, l'h;sician's salary, IT titevard's salary, Directors' extrA service, Clerk's Treasurer's salary, Balance in hands of Treasurer, We, the undersigned Auditor; to settle and aajnbt the Public Ace ante, do hereby certify th.tt we have examine the items which coin pn-e the e. bore Acentin t ;end that they are correct, being from the 3d day /of January, A. D. 1859, to the 2d day of Jacltary, A. D., 1869 1 —both days incia give. v ISAAC' lIKRETER, JOHN BRINKERHOFF, 3 Auditors. ABIOS LEFKVER, ‘ COD (TLP. Eq., in account with the II Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment of the County of Adams—being from the .4:6 day ofJaniaary, A. D., 11539, to UlB :;t1 clay ufJaagrary, A. l' FL Flllance in heads of Steward At settlement, 27 Order on Treasurer, $5O 00 Cash for lard and t tllow, 75 90 of John Fisher for beef, 5 90 Cash for cow_of Wm. Howard, 20 00 Cash of ILL . Ilaugher for timothy seed, 2 00 Interest of .A.nd'sr Polley for Elias White, 9 97 Cash for row of Andrew Howard, 29 00 found with deceased paupers, 9 00 Order on Treasurer. 50 00 Cash of Margaret Tupper, 27 50 • Cash of IYm. Howard for row, 22 00 irder on Treasurer, 25 00 Cash of Treasurer. 60 00 Cash of H. D. Wattles for beef tongues, 125 EMI By fienernl expenses, CL=h paid hirelings, harvesting and butchering.- . 84 39 nemoving paupers, II 04 ' Relief to paupers, 4 25 Vinegar, 6 '22 VegetAlbles and fruit, 20 20 Flour sad meal, 14 62 Lime, plaster, ashes and lambi; 18 45 Cash paid mechanics, 24 90 Veal and beef, 10 17 Cow and sheep, 35 75 lash paid for pork to Estuary persons, 76 29 Balance in hands of Steward, 23 09 IVc, the subscribers, Auditors to seTile •nd adjust tie Public Accounts. do certify, that we hare examiued the items which compose the Above Account, and do report that the same is correct—the same cud - anteing the account of Jacob Culp, the present Steward, from the 4th day of January. A. D., tass. to the 2d day of January, A. D., Istiis—hoth drys inclusive. ISAAC II ERETER. JOAN BRI);KERIIOFF, AMOS LEFEVER, Asditora. Nardi 5, 1560. 4t IST OF I'ArPERS remaining. in the Alms j l_House of Adams county, on the let day of j unary, 1860: Males, 48 • Females, 36 Children; lit Colored, 8 Total, 110 Transient paupers, 1888 PRODI.IOB OF ?AR FOB 1859. Wheat, bushels, . b 93 Oats, • " 325 . Rye, it 38 - Ears of Corn," 1300 Cloweesete, u 31 Viesothyseed," Onions, " - Reeta, . It 'Pentacle, - nindlia, “ Abode of Corrkfodder. 1$ —Thai of A llay, . .13 end of etabbsim , 2500 . Pounds of Pork, ' - ' 324:13 r Do. Beef, - -- .- - 2144 JACOB CULP, flieward. ,14.reit 4,41160. et ;, Itta4lll3 iron Ammo"Wu atistatuot to tiff Au At XXpctX lc 840.'S Sky-light :Nortli.oos. —" voinii of tbelThanoad, Ge - trelvt: -" kilfAr-9 1 1. 1 11 1 41 1 4 4 1, Golf Medallions, Adif-trugs, /it, le prothstou Sc to ff1t141441, Eritnity; Gettysburg. ~ , , BT I. J. STAIILE 421 D YEAR. NoCit EFX"EI CNC, .1 7 IMO . * rue llorrli grVITIG TUE XECIIIIL Olt MSS. DZ.VISON. There he goe. r , with sturdy tread, Toiling for 111,1410t/est breed,— Sleeves uprolicld3n , i cheek high flushed, While the city hushed. 0, the strong rue nie I The .ineu y-arrued t losnk! With his broad Che.t weltin the stroke Of the hammer against the lusty'rusk, Driving the nail * , th * hearty will, • Whistling nr carolling—noer still, lint crer in labor doing ills will Why loves the noble mechanic! Etna smoke and Vesuvius itume Oft are the attics of earth-horn fume; But to hew the rock from the vaunting cone, And to change to blessings the flinty stone, These do the mechanic, The sinewy-armed mechanic ; (living his babes what God gat e him, Force of muscle and vigor of limb; Scorning the fear that his boys shall be The pampered weaklings of luxury, Or his girls fair puppets for men to see, The brawny-backed mechanic. But mind, I speak of the real thing— Not of the kind who shout, and sing, And smoke at the tavern, and curse Abroad, And who care for neither themselves nor God; But the true, the earnest mechanic ; The clean, white Pouted mechanic! The man who polishes he a rt and mind While he frames the window and shapes the blind, And utters his thought with an honest tongue That is set as traces his ninges are hung— This is the nobleman among The noble baud of mechanics. God the Maker, I reverent say, He is a worker by night and day, Framer of skies and builder of Measuring worlds by the space which Ile fills— Ile is the Master mechanic. Making a palace of every star, Fashioning out of the air a car For the sun to speed on his royal way Over the fire-white track of the day— Yes, God has labored—labors away ; Take cheer, then, noble mechanic I $7525 00 27 92 41 04 The Discouraged Pester. Wo believe that a largo number of the frequent removals of ministers arises from a morbid feeling on their part, that their people have ceased to love them, and their usefulness is there fore almost gone. Ia some cases there may be truth in these feelings, but 'gen erally they are a species of morbid dis couragement, the origin of which is in the prostrated nerves and jaded mind of the pastor, rather than in the actual feelings of the people. In many eases all this might be prevented with a very little trouble on the part of the people. A tithe of the affection shown to many a pastor in leaving his flock, and a hundredth part of the trouble required to replace m with a suitable successor, would ha retained him. and gladden. ed him to a doable efficiency in his work, if it had been shown before he had taken that inevitable step. Let the people think of these things, as well as the pastors.—Central Presby terian. 195 00 12 00 221 i 00 192 75 100 00 20 00 250 00 63 00 40 00 40 00 $7177 49 347 61 $7325 00 Why Children Die. The reason why children die, is be cause they aro not laken care of. From the day of birth they are stuffed with food, and choked - with physic, sloshed with water, -suffocated in hot rooms, steamed in bed-clothea. So much for in-door. When iterinitted to breathe a breath of pure air once a week in summer, and once or twice during the colder months, only the nose is permit ted to peer into daylight. A little later they are sent out with no clothing at all on the ports ache body which most need protection. Bare legs, bare arms, bare necks, girtod middle, with an in verted umbrella to collect the air and chill the other parts of tlip body. A. stout, strong man goes ont in a cold day with gloves and overeoct, woolen stockinE , s, and thick,double-soled boots, with cork between and rubbers over.— The same day a child of three years old, an infant in flesh, and blood, and bone, and constitution, goes out with shoes as thin as paper, cotton socks, legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare; an exposure which would disable the nurse, kill the mother outright, and make the father an invalid fur weeks. And why! Tu harden them to a mode of dress which they are never expected to practice. To accustom them to ex posure which, a dozen years later, would bo cormi.lerecl downright foolery. To rear a child thus ter the slaughter pen, and then leave it to the Lord, is too bad. We don't think the Almighty had any hand in it. And to draw com fort from the presumption that he has an agency in the death of the child, is a profanation.—liall's Journal of Health. $387 79 $5B 42 5397 79 .Purchase of the Pan-llandle."—Res olatious have been introduced into the Peonsylvania Legislature contempla ting the - purchase of that portion of Virginia known as the " Pan-Handle." It empowers the Governor to appoint three commissioners, to meet a similar number to be appointed on behalf of Virginia, to negotiate such cession.— The Pennsylvania commissioners are to report the terms and conditions, if any are agreed to, to the next sessions of the Legislatures of the two States. .10 10 260 -Fives, never snatch your hus band's tobacco. Last Thur sd ay a gen. tleman on a train from Washington to New - York, in company with his wife, bad licaution to take from his pocket a pjece of tobacco wrapped in paper, and fft+stead of taking the weed, as she sup posed, drew out a roil of hank bills, *mounting t011',60, when his wife play fay Matched the same from her hus band% ,bands. and threw it out of the window. The gentleman returned* the next train m search of wfiti treasure. ......_ • 1 111111111 V —__ . , #lolllllllll r .. Two-itZt;isT.i.., f,' f i •A .. -.04" A* -,•.- : ,-`•:..t.,—...; - _ . --.- •_. I ^ - , ... . . ..... ~... , . .. . , 4 FA . . COMP LE R. . ... #emorratir, Fewe and. tantiki gourual. GETTYSBURG., PA.; MONDAY. MAR. 19. 1860. The World The following was one of the late Major Noah's stories : "Sir, bring me a rood, plain dinner," said a melancholy looking individual to a waiter, at one of oar principal hotels. " Yes, sir." • The dinner was brongbt and devour ed, and the eater called tho landlord aside, and thus addressed him: _,-- " Are yon the landlord ?" •' U Yes." " Yon do a gogd busi pege" al Yes," ( in astpent.) " Yofinake, probably, ten dollars a day, clear ?" "Then lam safe. I have been oat of employment about seven months; but I engaged to work to-morrow. I bed been without food twenty-four hours when I entered pier establish ment. I will pay you in a week." 4 ' I cannot pay triy bills with such promises," blustered the landlord; " and Ido not keep a poor house. You should address the proper authorities. Leave me something for Pee urity ." " I have nothing." " I will take your coat." " If I go int) thii street without that, I will gut my death such weather as this." " You should - hare thought of thst before you came litre." " Are you serious 7 Well, I golomnly aver that one week from now I will pay you." " I will tuke the coat." . The coat was kft, and a week after was redeemed. Seven years after that, a wealthy man entered the political arena and was presented to nem:muses an applicant fur congressional nomination. The princi pal man of the caucus held his pence —ho beard the history of the applicant, who was a member of the chureli, and one of the most respectable citizens.— Ile was the chairman. The Vote was a tie, and ho cast a negative, thereby defeating the wealthy applicant, and whom ho met an hour afterwards, and to him he said : " Yon don't remember me?" " I once ate dinner at your hotel, and although I told you I wns famishing, and pledged my word of honor to pay you in a week, you took my eont, and sow inc go out into the inclement air, at the t isk of my life, without it." " Well, sir, what then ?" " Not much. You call yourself a, Christian. To-night yon were a candi-?: date for nomination, and but for me yonP would have been elected to Congrebs."l , Three years after the Chrisliati hotell! keeper beime bankrupt. The poor, dintieriess wretch that was, is now a high functionary in Albany. I know trim well. The ways of Providence , : are indeed wonderful, and the mutat ionsl almost beyond conception or belief. 11 Old Dick's PiineraL One of the most numerously attended funerals we have witnessed, in tins city for many years past, oeeurred Monday; It. was that of a slave, belonging to 31r4 John Nearille, familiarly known RS "Uncle Dick" by our people. lie was a score of years preceding his death; employed about the store of his master and by fidelity and honesty, mingle with great politeness, had won a posth tion in the eoinmnnity of which an man might feel proud. His master a ways felt that his interests were safe i i f Dick's hands, and though ho was pc milted free access to the money - drawn, as salesman, in no instance or under any circumstances, with the amplegt, opportunities, did his account current, exhibit error. The tribute to his worth was such els he merited. His death occurred, sud denly, last Sunday moraing,—he wala shrouded with a black cloth suit, placed in a mahogany coffin and buried Moe day. dlis Master's store was closed, Ur entire family and a numbur of our citi zens, with perhaps a thousand or fiftecfn hundred colored people, followed his remains to the city of the dead, arid every one in that large company felt that an upright, honest, sincere, ehristi an man had departed this life to put an im mortality.-- Portsmouth Tra n.scr*, ( ca.) Rehearsing a Prayer.—A Waeingten correspondent of 'the Cleveland Plain dealer noting a visit to the White House, says the President did his hill share In joking and telling anecdotes, sinnisz which he sa3s he related an anecdote of an eminent lawyer of Pittsbne, which was well told and will bear re. peating. James Ross was fitted first for the miniAry, and bein ,, about :to preach his trial sermon, witch ho bid committed to memory, he went to the woods atone, as he supposed, for the last.' rehearsal. A venerable old pa triarch of the church, Father McMillan, suapeeting Ross's intention as well As his piety, followed at a safe distance, and crept up behind a tree. Ross 'spread himself, and finally wound 'up with c‘ Amen I be dam'd if that won't just suit old McMillan," and wheeling- on his heel, old McMillan stood before him. " No, James Rosh," said the old man,. "that does not jest suit old McMillan, nor will you dolor a preacher." Roes reviewed the evi dence of his calling, and concluded that. the law was "just the thing for hitar" I The folloWing is an hitherto un published sech by a siccessful cern petitor for t h e vitae at the skate rage a few dayi since : " gentled:ten—l Imre won this cup by the nse of my leis : I truaLl may never lose the use of any legs by the use this cup. • l!-The neighs of Coale ow-401°p of 3Lont Blanc. " CM ; IS MIGHTY, ATI) WILL I'REV A IL." Hard on Judas Iscariot Artemas Ward, the " grate American Showman," relates, in his peculiar style, th4ffollo w : iNsint:NT IN ISTIK.Y. n the Fault of 1556 1 showed my show try Utik,y, a trooly grate bitty in the State of New York. The people gave me a curdy al reeep shun. The pros was loud in her prises. r day tie,l was given a deseripshun of tsly Beests and Snakes in my usual flow / stile, what was my skorn k disgust ti see a big burly fuller walk up to the c ge containin my wax Jiggers of thu rd's Last Supper, and catch Judas I rrot by the feat and drug him out o to the ground. Ho then noinmeneed f r to pound him as hard as he cood. 4 , What under the sou arsyou abowt," 'ed I. Sez ho, " What did you bring this .ussylanorraus cuss bore fur ?" & ho hit t o wax figger another tretuelljts blow On the hcd. Sez I , " You egrojus 111U1, that air's a tax figger, a representuahun of the itle Postle." 1 Sez he, " That's all very well fur yon o say, but I tell you, old man, that udas Iscarrot can't show hisser in Cky with iinpuncrty by a darn sits V' kit wllitch obsurrushun he kaved in udansis hed. They oung mnu belonged o 1 of tho lust fnmerlies ►n Utiky.' I •od him, & the Joory brawl in u %w -ick of Arson in the iird degrco.—Cre , t Jachrus. A Coroner u knew the Law. The office of coroner, in most of our nland counties, is almost entirely use ess. hence there is seldom a con ten ion, and never a ' spirited canvass' for he office. Like most of the other unintics, ours has a coroner, who, in •cordance with the above facts, was elected last year. His first (I believe his only) cage was that °fa poor deluded creature who loved whiskey 'not wisely, but too well ;' and who, in a fit of apo plexy ur delirium, either fell or threw himself into a creek, where ho was found in a few minutes utter. Every effort—such as turning, rolling, and rubbing—was resorted to to reoscitato him, but all to no effect; and though there were warm 'pots on hi, body. ho obst'nately and persistently refused to be brought to lite. Death seemingly held his gripe. At leugth the coroner's jury was summoned, the facts elicited, and the verdict rendered.—At the hist:tete of the coroner, and under his supervision, a rude coffin had been constructed, into which the hotly was thrust, , and over which a top was nailed. Some who were present thought they recognized some signs of returning life, and insisted on removing the coffin lid to use further remedies. But they met with a stern rebuff. liaising himself to his full height, the coroner said, " Gentlemen, I'm the officer! The verdie' has been give ; that man is seal ed up ; he's uead ix the eye of the law.— Nutt toudt him if you da?.' They "Lfi him alone in his glory." DiiirJudiv C—, U. S. Senator from Vermont, related to us a good anecdote the other day, illustrative of Abolition. ism. The morning ho was leaving home to enter upon his duties in this city, a struight-faced deacon, who look ing upon the wholu . Scbuth ad a groat pandemonium, called on him and said : Taw, Judge,l want, you to do all that you can to aolish slavery." Well," said the Judge, " how shall I proceed ?" " Oh, I don't know ; but you must abolish it,. It ie a damnable curse, and must be abulishod. , You know more about law than I do. The church is my stronghold, but yon underetand nation al matters, Judge, and can davise tome plam, I know." " The ofily way I ace to abolish it," Said the Judge '• is to buy all the slaves and set them free." " Well, go in for that; have a law passed that, the North shall buy them, and then this trouble will end. les, go in strong for that, Judge." . " Jr.st as you say, deacon. I will agree to it in a moment, and will stand my obore of that expense. Here is NN oodstoek with three hundred inhabi tants,and this town would be called on for about six hundred thousand dollars —and I will urge it before the Senate." The good &icon opened his mouth, then his eyes, allowed his tongue to es rape from one corner of Ins mouth. scratched his head, and tapped impati ently on the floor with his toot.. As the Judge was leaving the room the deacon's power of speech came to him, and ho Palled out: Oh, say, Judge, I guess you'd better let slavery alone, the poor black devils are better off South than up here in this cold climate :" There are sereral just such deacons in the country.—States and Union. Leap Year.—A Scotch statute of 1.223 reads as follows : "It is statut and ordaint that during the reine of her maist blissit iLagestio, ilk forth year, known as leap year, ilk maiden laycie of baith high and low estait, shah have liberty to bespeak ye man she likes; albyit, if ho refuses to tak hir to.be.his wit*, he shall be mulcted in ye sum of ano poundis (.£.l) or less as his estait rnoi be, exivpt and awn, if he can make it a appear that he is betrothed to ane woman, that be shall then be free." sairTo keep egg% from spoiling, oat then► while they are fresh. W boom tried all kinds of methods, but this, we think, is the only one to be foiled on in any climate. iitierbe Ohlo•Legislataro h t 4 r cooly ed upon Invin i ran ottra uonitnt. Curious Facts. The following caridhs facts with re gard to oar Presidents appear from history : George Washington, our first Presi dent, died without children. Ho was re-elected. John Adams, second President, had children. Ho was not ro-elected. Thomas Jefferson, third Prellidont, died without ::kildren. 110 was re-elected. James 'ludison, fourth President, died without children. 110 was re elected. James Monroe, fifth President, died witkint children. Ile was re-deck& John Quincy Adams, sixth President, had children? He was ilot rr-oletted. Andrew Jackson, seventh President, had no children. He was reelected. Martin Van Buren, eighth President, bed children. lie wee not re-elected.. Win. 11. Ilarrison, ninth President, had, children. lie died in about six months after he was sworn into office. John Tyler, tenth Presiderit, had children, and WWI it re-elgeted. James K. Polk, eleventh President, had no children, and declined a nomiuu• Lion for a second term. Z. Taylor, twelfth President, had children. Died Wore the expiration of his term. blilbird Fitimbre, thirteenth Presi dent, lead children, and was not re elected. . James Buchanan, fifteenth President, h:us no children, and nous verrons. From the above facts, it appears that no President over having had children hus been re-elected to the Chief Magis tracy of the nation, while, with the ex ccp:ion of lir. Polk, who declined a se-nomination, nll those having no chil dren have been re.cletted.—Chied9o Journal. gar lir. Buchanan has, in tho most positivu inaithor, declined u N-11011111311- lioll. Singular Recovery The Now Bedford Standard relates the •eircumstanees of the very sudden I recovery- of a young lady front a long and painful! illness, the accoutie which was received from the lady BErself.— ; The subject of this strange story is Miss Louisa James, ayoung lady of 21 years, the daughter of the widow Mary Mitchell, of Fairhaven. Miss James has been ill for the greater part of a year past, and fur the last four months has been confined to her bed. The physicians pronounced her disease ono of the heart and lungs, and though thou best of medical aid was procured, she need to fail rapidly, until at last it was announced that human skill could do nothing more fur her. Fur the last two months she lust all control of her lower limbs, and it was with great difficulty that she could be.moved. She was reduced so low that her stem ach refused the slightest nourishment.. lOn Wednesday, the Bth inst., a female friend visited her, and in the coarse of a conversation remarked that, the Rev. Joseph K. Bellows of New York, of the ' Second Advent persuasion, to which the invalid belonged, was in town.— Miss James desired to see him, and in the evening he called at her residence. She felt that shoald the reverend gen , tleman pray for her, shosould recover, and after a short . wnversation She made such a request. Threlergyman and the mother of the invalid knelt down, and a fervent and earnest The was offered up in her behalf. The mother says that before the minister prayed the body of her daughter was cold u marble, and at the close of the exhortsi ; tion she perspired freely. filiss James describes her sensations during the prayer as similar to those of a person ing a galvanic shock. That night she past comfortably, and in the mon ' ing arose and dressed herself withont as-istanee, and on the following Sab bath attentied eliareh. She is now en joying time best of health and relishes the heartiest food. Planting. The operation of planting a tree might be briefly stated as follows : Prepare a sufficiently wide basin for the reception of the roots, keep the surface, Middle and lower layers of soil, in sepa rate heaps, when taken out of this ba sin ; set the tree in the basin to a depth, about equal to the depth at which it stood before its removal, allowing a little for its settling after a heavy rain, prune off all the damaged roots, pre serving all the sound roots possible.— Spread a little rich active soil in the basin ; on this spread out the rootlets and fibres, then rctnrn a portion of the best of the active soil over the roots, or what is better, have some rich compost mixed with this, composed of decayed leaves, &c., but not too rich, or in a state of rapid decomposition. On this return first, the upper layer of soil, and afterwards till in the whole. It is sel dom found necessary to water the roots of a fruit tree. In transplanting extra sized trees, it would be an iudispensa blo appliance, in order to. settle the roots properly. Having planted the tree, the next pint is to keep it there. This must be done by stakes, driven around the tree, from which several ropes are secured to the stem, binding a piece of woolen cloth around the tree before Securing the cords, so that the bark may bo protected from ohadng. Tree-guards or fences with variotisother devices for securing trees against dis turbance have been employed. The disturbance of the tree in the soil is a great drawback to its krowtb. /There is s gentleman in Glasgow, (Scotland) so polite that he begs his own pardon every time he tamblos down. Being good natured he always grants ft. e• Time waiti fur no mau. TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR Gen. Foster at Home. We glean from the L ',accrue, publish ed at Greensburg, Westmoreland coun ty, the home of Gen. FOSTik, the pro ceedings of the Ratification Meeting held there on the evening of the nomi nation at Reading, which had been telegraphed to Greensburg. The town was brilliantly illuminated, the oitiaens almost wild with enthusiasm, and, al though there was a notice of but an hour or two, the Court House Was packed to safrbeation with the citizens —the friendsand neighbors of Gen. Fos eza--anitions to testify their gratifica tion, and to congratulate him and each other upon the unexpected result at, Reading. JAMES C. CLANCY., Lq., presided at the meeting, and upon a motion fur an address from Gen. Format, the Chair man, in putting the motion, said "In rising to put the motion just made, I do not know that I am called upon to make any remarks to the meet ing ; every one present is aware of its object. *e have, but a few hours since, learned that the Democratic State Con vention, asserfibled in Reading, has most unexpectedly, and by -acclama tion, placed in nomination, as the Dem ocratic candidate for Governor of the great State of Pennsylvania, our dis tinguished fellow-townsman, General Henry D. Foster; [cheers] and we have met here, spontaneously as it wore to rejoice and congratulate eachother , upon that nomination, and to ratify by our united voices to-night the action of tho Convention—a ratification, which, although at, the right time and place, coming as it does from the grateful hearts of tho immediate friends and neighbors and personal acquaintances ; 'l of General Foster, is but the prelude to the greater ratification which will be!, given by the people of Pennsylvania at: the ballot-box on the second Tuesday , of October next. [Renewed cheers.]-1 Fellow-citizens of AVestmoreland eoun-; ty, I most heartily congratulate; I con-11 gent elate the people of Pennsylvania one this auspicious nomination. The man-il ner in which it was mule, unsolicitedli as it was—and even against the wisliesi of the recipient—assures us that th Democratic party of the State is agai returning to the good old times ot it purity and integrity, when the (Awl sought the man, and not the man' the office; [great applause,] when the onlY question asked was, is he honest, i 0 hd capable t The unprecedented unanimity ty with which the nomination war, made, and the unbounded enthusiasm 1 which followed its announcement, aura gur that we have but to do our duty in this coming political contest end , a glorious Democratic victory will • follow. Rat I will nut detain you long er from the pleasure I know you ail an- 1 eieipate, of listening to the ei , oice of ae ceptaneo of this highly honorable nomi nation from the generous and noble hearted son and favorite of Old West moreland--General Foster himself."-- [Loud cheers.] rani chairman then put the motion. It Ws answered with a deafening shout for Foster, and his appearing in the meeting was the signal for long contin ued and boisterous cheering. General Foster spoke as follows : President and Fallow-Citizens :»-1 I confees, (het a few hours ago, no man I in Pennsylvania less anticipated the ac tion of the Democratic State Conven tion, and of my fellow.eitizens hero present, than myself. I had no expec tation that I would be selected for the high and honorable p osition that has been assigned me. L poi every proper and convenient occasion, I had discour aged the use of my name as a candidate. But the nomination has been made and tendered to me in a manner - and with a unanimity that precludes a declination. While I have no personal desire for the nomination, it is not now a question whether it, is to my advantage, or my disadvantage and my loss I cannot but accept it, and thus accede to what, appears to be the urgent desire of my party. That such a nomination, ten dered in such a manner, is gratifying, it would be idle and foolish in me to de ny. But while I appreciate the honor dono me, I cannot but feel that it is rather a compliment paid to me out of respect for, and on account of, the noble Democracy of Old Westmoreland. All that I have, and all that I am, I have had from the hands of its Democracy; and this nomination has been given to them, rather than me. " It is not eepected of me that upon this occasion I should undertake to dis cuss any of the issues of the campaign. It will be a long and arduous contest. There will be no child's play in the bat tle which is to be fought in the fall of 1860, but to deserve as well as to secure success, there will be required not only the untiring energy of your candidate, but of ever• individual Democrat in the State. That Democratic principles ought to prevail, should never for a umunient be doubted. By the principle4Of that party—by its measures--measures that have made this country what it is—l shall stand firmly. Its measures and its principles are dear to every Demo cratic hurt, and upon its platform I shall surely stand. " Great gneationt of public policy and of vital interest aro agitating the coun try to its very centre. Those (insidious =WIC be aettied upon sound, national, cdinotitatia' nal grounds. They toast bs settled not for the benefit of the North nor for the' beuvit of the genth—nut '4the ';agclusitre henget Of any section, . for the best interest and the ecim. men good of the whole country. 4 ' The tattering manner in which this nomination was. mat*, compels me to +wimps It. I should toe false to my prin. etOlee, false to my party, !also to my (mods here and elsewhere, by e t n4 through and from whom it has been en, if I failed to accept it. I take it routthe Democratic party, and if that party goes down, star.ding as it does ape)] principles of justice and of- right, I am content to go down with it. "To yon, my neighbors and friends, I can; hardly find words to express my gratitude fur this spontaneous exhibi tion of your friendship for me. Here, of all other places, it, fulls most flatter ingly upon me. Yon have known mo for many years, and to you I owe au that I um. Wherever situated, and wherever my lot may be cast in the fu ture, my heart shall alAays be turned to my present home, where my imper fections have always been overlooked, . and a !need of praise awarded mo far greater than my deserts. " I thank you, again, for this warm manifestation ofyour kind regard, and, believe me, I shall cherish it through all the years of my life." ;During the delivery of these remarks he was frequently interrupted by the wildest applatibe, and when ho sat down the Court House fairly shookonuder the cheers of the multitude. D NO. 93. In response to repeated calls, 11. P. Laird, Esq., took the floor. Ile allud ed to the manner in which this nomina tion had been made, regarding It as a certain precursor of a Democratic tri aim& With such a candidate as Usu.. Foster, victory was certain. The speak iir did not believe that this nomination as intended only as a compliment to e Derpoeracy of the county. True it, was an honor, but Gen. Foster had Upon it for them. The Democracy wore now united. United, when were they ver defeated. (Cries of never, never.) he speaker pronounced a glowing eti ogy upon Gen. Foster, &dal; that lie ranked hini as second in 'a that Makes a man, to no man in Puniniylva pin. __ John Kuhns, Sr., was loudly `called Tor. Mr. Kuhns said that sppech mak ing was no part of ills business, but ithat he could not refuse to express his sentiments. He was the oldest Demo ' crat present—had soeulniany a bard fought campaign—had voted for Thom-. as M'Kean and .cor every Democratic candidate for Governor down to the 'present time, and if ho lived until next iOctober, would cast his vote for IL D. Foster. He hoped that every - good Democrat,and not only cvcry good Dcin ocntt, but every good citizen, would do the same. Throughout the whole of the speeches, every allusion to Gen. FOSTER was re ceived with deafening applause, and the meeting, adjourned with nine cheers for Gen. FOSTER and the Democratic ticket. ' • Such is the rosponse of old Westmore land to the nomination made at thu Reading Convention, and we are assur ed by men of standing in that county that the 'Star of the West" will roll up, next October, one of its old-fashioned majorities for the Democracy. The nomination of Gen. FOSTER. has excited boundless enthusiasm in the Democratic ranks. His probity, his integrity, his ability and high attain ments, aro freely admitted by political opponents. His election does not ap pear as an unsolved problem, but is now looked upon by all as a fixed fact; The brutal doctrines of Helper's book meet with a cordial response from Mr. Giddings, - who recently was so much glorified by Goy. Banks and his Repub• bean friends. .Here is Giddings' letter : WAsnusurox CITY, Feb. 5, 1860. To the editor of the Ashtabula Senti nel: Our friends at home shothilho slow to censure their Representatives fur de serting Mr. Sherman. They did so fOr the purpose of electing a Speaker, and defeating a party that has long wielded the federal power to the support of slavery. They felt the humiliation of discarding a eanii . dato because ho 'had endorsed the dovi.rtnes of Helper's book, every sentence of which finds a response in the hearts of all true Repulkeans. JOSHUA R. GIDDI;IGS. If there bo meaning in language, this book, .assuming to speak for the Republican party, recommend. busi ness non-interoourso between 110801114 and the North, and the abo'dtion of .41irver,y by violence. Is the intelligeneo and patriotism of the North prepared to do this? If not, lot them trample down the party which responds to OW terrible doctrines of helper's book. "Jr Down in Egypt, 111., Deacon Smith was ono day called iipion to ttuir= ry an old couple pot less than sixty years of age. A crowd assembled at the old log schoolhouse to see the hap py couple Joined together. The deacon and the marital candidates rote. " Mr. Jones," said the deacon, " and Sarah Long, stand up. Do you, Mr. Jones, take Sarah Long, whom you hold by. the right hand, to be your lawful and wedded wife so ion. , as you both . shall liver" " No, sir, Llama Smith,' said Jones ; "so long as we bcth ahaN agree." This matter being understood, the Deacon proceeded : "Boyou,Sorals Long, take air. Jones, whom you. botd by the right hand, to be your lawful and wedded husband so king as you both shall live r" No, sir,DeritiA Smith; so long as Mr. Jones alati slam the Democratic ticket," replisd., ti}c par triotic female. The happy (xmple were joined together, and went on their *ay rejoicing. A Dead Man Adjudged to Pay $1,4198 for the Fan of being Blown up in a Pod der 41111.—At a recent L'iater county, New York, Court, the folloiring_. tcifi came off: John Smith agaiist Wean% Hasbrouck, administrator MIMI Wiesner % deceased. Hr. Hmsbniactia administrator of Wiesner 4.Y his office of county treastlM.,ltYtionq claimed that the eareletustioisdnrciiir caused an explosion of his ixtisikt tant at Isopus, by - 111111VRI Wiesner- was kfikd&rifting) and loft seielativtia: kAVlojoryogattii4 verdict for AstakitiftWnistso.;! - 1. - -)7vik • ilifirA boy was siskiidlitat iii lama., 14a thmsobt 11110311101114 -kJ/4 Noakes* gives sopplialgagenit i a_ ugh., Short but Brutal
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