Ir3tlkme : The Cossetuut is published every Monday Morning, by limy J. STAI4I.II. at $1 75 per Luaus if paid strictly t's: ADVAXCII-42 00 per annum If not paid in advance. No subscription discontinued. unless at the option of the pub lisher, until all arrearages are paid. ALKIRTIALMENTS inserted at the usual rates JOB PRINTING done with neAtaess Ana di, patch OPYLCK in South Ilaitinipre street, directly opposite WempkrS' Tinuin i ; Establi.shment— . "Com?tusk" on the sign. Wm. B. McClellan, ATTO. ,- AT LAW.—Office in West Mid dle street, one door west of the new - Court !loose. Gettysburg, Nov. 14, 180:1 A. J. Cover, ATTORNEY AT LAW, will promptly attend to Collectioug and all other busini , s en trusted to him. Office between Fahnestoelta' gait Danner k Ziegler a Stores. Baltimore street, Gettysburg. Pa. [Sept. 5, 1 Citi. ‘ - Win. A. Duncan, A TTOTIN KY AT LAW.—Ortce in the North west corner of Centre Scoare, Gettysburg. [Oct. 3, 1859. if Edward B. Buehler, ATTORNEY AT LAW, will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to Una. lie speaks the German !supine.— thfire at the pLtee, ia South Baltimore street, near Forney's dreg store, and nearly •ppo.mite Wisner it Ziegler's store. Gettysburg, March O. D. Mc Conaughy, A TTOB.NEY AT L.kW, olhee one door west IV of (laeltler's drug and book store,Cbain- Lerson-g street.) ATTOINZY LEO SOLICITOR rot PATENT.' AND PEN.:10.76. Bounty bind. War rants, Back-pay sn4pended Claims, and all other claims against the Government at Wash nogn. U. C.; also American Claims in England. [,lnd Warrants located and sold, or bought, rth d highest prices given. -Agents engaged in lo cating warrants in lowa, Illinois and other we-tern :litotes. kir Apply to Lila personally •r by letter. Gettysburg, Nov. 21,'53. J. C. Neely, LSATTORNEY AT LAW, will attend to collec tions and all other busiaesg V u i sus i e d t o care with promptness. (ike in the S. H. corner of the Diamond, (turmerly oc,upied by Win. Fl, McClellan, Esq.) Gettysburg, April 11, Iti:;9. tr I. Lawrence Hill, M. D. As his office one ov,„,_ door west of t,lie `-'"• "%Tit I,T.* utberan church in Chambershurg street, and opposite Picking's store, where those wishing to have any Dentri Operation perforiaNl are respectfully invited to c all. fIarsaENCES : Drs. Horner, Rev. C. P. kraath, D. U , Rev. 11. L. [laugher, D. D., Res. prof. M. Jacobs, Prof. M. L. Stcet er. Gettysburg, April 11, '53. Dr. A. W. Dorsey, 1111IF.IlLY . of Carroll county, X 14., having permanently lorated in Cettyqburgi, offers 41:4 prulesadonal cervices to the citizens of the town and snrrounding country iu the practice ot the various branches of his profrssiou. (H%ee end rciudeuce, Baltimore sfreet, uc.xt door to The Ccimpiler office, whine Le may be found at till times when not professionally engaged. ItIifERYNCEs. Prof. ntban B. Smith, Baltimore. )Td tter. Augustus Webster, 1.),. D., Baltimore 1111 Dr..l. L. Warfield, West=lubter, 31d. lir. W A. IlKthias, Jacob fieege, JO HIK. Lonwell,Esq., " t;ro. E. Wautpler, E,41., u 44 tier. Thomas Bowen, Gettysburg,. Oct. 25, 1853. Om The Old County IFICILDING. known by every man in the I) county: and no dowht mem.) a one abated there never had been such a -pl ace, as many were broken up by permitting, or radar oblig ed to hare their names entered upon the coun ty dockets. But look at the change. It is pleasure now to call there and buy goods of SAMSON at such astonishingly reduced prices— lower than ever before oiTered in the county. lie has just received Trout the cities large int of new Iteady-tuade•cLoTRING, for men nod boys' wear: with flat , , Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bugs, Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Violins, tiegars. Tobacco, &c., kc.: kc. Call soon, and loo't mi ,. s the great bargains now had at the old County Building, corner of the Diamond and York, street, Getty - slit rg.— T the spot.' Thankful to his old customers for their pa t rouage. he hopes by his change oflocation not etas to retain their custom, but secure u large number of new buyers. An entire summer —eoatonnts and re:t— fur :-. , : 1,15! at. ,SANISON. April 141, 1860 Just in Season! r 3 A CALL I—The undersigned ha%e juAt ret eired from the cities au immense Ett C's. of CLOTHS. CASSIMERES, CASSINI:TS, YESTINGS in all vartetieq, kc. , suitable for the season, which they offer to the public at unpfll cedentedly low rates. " They ask a call. To coot ince all " of the tenth of his assertion. No trouble to show goods and give prices. A large lot of READY-MADE CLOTHING also sellingeheaper than ever. Garments made Up for men and boys. as us ual, in the very best manner, and according to any style desired. The work being done in their own establishment, the; are always en abled to warrant it. Remember, their place of business is the large and commodious room ad joining Cobean k Cujp's on Chamberstnirg street. JACOBS k BRO., Sept. 19, 1859. Merchant Tailors. . J. W. Scott, jLate of the Arm of Winchester 4 geofq GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE I and SHIRT MANUFACTORY, No. 814.lhes nut Street, (nearly opposite the Girard House,) Philadelphia. J. W. SCUTT would respectful ly call the attention of his former patrons and friends to his new Store, and is prepared to fill orders fur SHIRTS at short notice. A perfect lat guarantied. COUNTRY TRADE supplied with FINS SHIRTS and COLLARS. Oet. 17, 1859. ly - Marble Yard Removed. THE subscriber having removed his place of business to East York Street. 8 short dis tance below St. James' Church, would announce to the public that he is still prepared to furpish all kinds of work in his line. such as ?kiwi- Nments, Headstones, ac., ke.. of every variety of style and finish, with and without bases and co , kets, to suit purchasers, and at prices'to suit the times. Persons desiring anything in his line will find it a decided adx enrage to examine his stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere. W3l. 13. MEALS. Gettysburg, March 21, 185 J. Removals. THE undersigned, being the authorized person to make removals into Ever Green Ceme. tern hopes that such as contemplate the removal ofthe remains of deceased relatives or friend; will avail themselves of this season of the year to have it done. Removals made with promptness —terms low, and no effort spared to please. PE [ER THORN, March 1:,'80. Keeper of ule Cemetery RemovaL MBE Subscriber has removed his Plough and Machine Shop from the Foundry building to MaWoad street, opposite Tate's Blacksmith shop, back of the Nagle Hotel, where he is bet ter prepared than . ever to attend to customers. Ploughs always on baud and made to order at the ahostspit abtice, and Machines, Reapers, ks., repaired. Also he will attend to cleaning and repairing Clocks. ' DAVID WARREN. • Ray 10. Casprr il i ke,K,S, Whips, ke. in endless ya !ety, at J. C. (ii.7l.ti a 811.0'8, Br 11. J. STAIILE 42'.'.'.). YEAR. 3PCIET"/€1 CICIO NY HONE-LAND. AY MRS. K. Pi. UtoODI The poet may sing of Italia's bright skies, And the glorious beauty that under them lies, Of her sparkling waters so fair and free, And the silvery starlight that smiles on the lea; But I love not her sunsets of azure and gold So well as America's beauties untold— For our fathers 1-e hers. The limner may paint the scenes on the }thine, Wherea castle is built with•the n ealth ofn mine; Where the rock-covered hills are towering so tall, And the moon shining brightly is blessing them all, - While her silvery-gregight, like tin veil of nano, Is Hunting down overr)wer nu(' town, Sleeping softly below Bat ovy wan native land I love better than all, With its graud old mountains and fore,ts tall, Where I sit io•the gorgeous ftlittimn time, With t h .• heart °filature clii!.e to mine And I COnllt i, ocean throl.bings, nn.l know That the veil nn the leaves is the life-tide's flow Of the dying. year. TIACXS9I A Yankee Trick. lithe following he true it illustrates Yankee ehrewdncs : A week or two tt , o, fonr creditors sta'rted from Roston in the same train of cars, for the purpo.e of attaching the property of a certain debtor in Fl.rmington, Maine. le owed each one separately, and they e.ich were su:Titiuus of the object of the other, but dared not say a word about it. Su they rode, acquaintances all, talking upon everything except. that %%Lich they had tnost at heart. When they arrived at the depot at Farmington, which waa three miles from N% hero the debtor did business, they found nothing but a solitary cab, toward which they all rushed. Three got in and refired admittance to the fotali, and the cab started. The fourth ran after and mounted upon the outside with the driver. II e asked the driver if lie want ed to sell his horse. He replied that ho did not--that he was. not worth • more than SSU, hut he would not sell 1i nt for that. lie asked him if he would tuke $lOl.l dollars fur him. '• Ves," said Lc. Tho " fourth man " quickly piiid over the money, took the reins, and hacked the cab up to a bank—slipped it from the Karnes., and tipped it up so that.the door could )nut he ,poneil, and jamped upon the Inirse's hack and rode off, while the •• insiders" were looking (JUL of the ‘t hitio‘V. He lode to a law yer's, got a writ tw.do and served, and his debt ccured, and trot had: to the hotel jast as the " insiders" came up puffing and blowing The cab-man boaght back his horse for s.:lt). The '' sold" men offered to pay that sum, if the fortunate on, who tun ml propet ty sufficient to pay his own debt, would out tell it in Boston. A Funny Editor A greht deal is being Fail at tho present about duelling.. and we will re produee 31, S. IL Ilanunoud's letter to a St. Louis gentleman, in which he gives his reasons for nut meoting an enemy in mortal Combat : " While I edited the Albany RegjAhr T offended a hot-blooded member of the F. F's of New York. Ife t , ent, a polite invitation through a friend, for me to visit Baltimore. Baying no business in that direction, I dcclit.ed. lle again, through a friend, incited me to vibit Canada. Having just returned from a fishing excursion to the interior of her Majesty's colony, and bating no occa sion to go that way, I declined. Ile then in direct terms invited n) to name friend and timo, weapons and place, to indulge in :„lie pleasant pastime o,g cut, Ling each other's throats. I thought the matter over, and declined a third time, assigning the following reasons: 1. The thing was contrary to law, and I had- no desire to be hung - for kil ling him, or that ho should bo bung for killing me. 2. 1 bad.a wife who lovod me, and who would mourn for me if I fell.. He had only a mistress, who would rejoice at his death, as relieving her from the necessity of flying from his protection to that of some other man. 3. I had three children, for whose education I was in honor and by nature bound to provide. He had none. 4 Society had no stake in his life.— Hie continuance could be no blessing, ar.d his discontinuance no loss. Society had claims upon me—upon him it had none. 5. I'd see him first. And there the rustier has rested ever since. The inconvenience of Looking like a Przze - Fighter.—A resident of Philadel phia, who bears a close resemblance to John C. Heenan, arrived m this city on Tuesday, afters brief absence. As he wended his way up Chestnut street, !carpet bag in hand, he soon found that ho was an object of interest, but could not divine the reason, until the cry of " There's Heenan 1" fell upon his car. By the time he got to Third street, the crowd about him, composed chiefly of newsboys, had increased to such a de groe that bo could scarcely get along, and ho was finally compelled to take refuge in a passenger railroad car, to escape the annoyance of being pointed out as &prize fighter. As tho car moved off, ono of the boys proposed three cheers for John C. Heenan, which were loudly given.—Phila. Ledger. *IP The'comet is plainly visible now, on a perfectly clear evening in this latitude. It will be found for a short time, if - the sky is clear, about duo northwest, and some tea degrees above the horizon, at a gnarter ofnwo o'clock. The nucleus is considerable, and ap pears much Wit, a star of the fourth inag,nitude. THE Mr. D. ' a fashionable London tailor, has just. been the victim of a rather ingenious, though rascally trick. In the early part of December last, a gen tlemanly looking man called and gave him an order for a suit of mourning, to be made in a couple of days, as be had to attend a fullersl at the expirution of that time. Being told that ho could be accommodated in two hours if necessa ry, ho was measured accordingly.— Having a small painting with aim, ho called Mr. attention carelessly to it, and said that a Member of Parlia ment. had offered him eighty guineas for it. On leaving Mr. he desired that gentleman to be good enough to take care of the picture until the mourn ing habiliments were tiiiished, assigning reason that, being so near the Pad dington Railway tt rtninus, it, would save hitit the trouble of carrying it about with him till ho departed on his mournful expedition. This being read ily acceded to, the picture was hung up by r. 1) iu a small parlor contigu ous to his shop. On the nost, day, a gentleman in appearaw-e, but in reality a confederate of the former, coining into the shop ar.d purchasing atrivial article, pretendedne utmost astonishment at seeing such a !minting in such a shop,. reqUesting to know where Mr. D— gotit, declaring it a genuine Titian and asking it money would low it. On being told that it belonged to one of Mr. .I)—'s customers, who bad been offered eighty guineas for it, lie propo sed to purchase it, and would give one hundred and twenty guineas for it.— Suiting the action to the word, the stranger took out a cheek book and of fered to draw for the sum at once. Be ing told that, Mr. 1) had to obtain the owner's consent ho promised t. call in a few days and wrote down his ad dress to be communieated •with. In due course the first swindler presented himself and paid for his mourning suit. On being reMinded of his picture, he carelessly observed : Olt, hang the thing ! I wish I had sold it for eighty guineas. I hare too inut'h to do now to attend to pictures." What Hay you to selling me the painting, if I pay you in ready mono ?" %Vali i,ll my heart !" A bargain ktas Ktruek for ninety pound-, and 310:11) I..ceanie posses sor (Alla, gem. The paintin' turned out to I.e a nitre copy, scarcely Worth ninety pence. " Bahr to Tract and be littrzyel," young *woman, named .Vary Johnston, attempted to poison herself, at Cincinnati, on Tuesllay, but medical assistance saved her life. The story of Miss Johnston is a strung() but pitiful one. She lb apparently about sixteen years of age, and possessed or much re tinement. She says she has a fortune of sixty thousand dollars, vested in her own name, in Clarkosville, Tennessee, where she has been attending school. There she became acquainted with a young man named Waite, who abduct ed her from the school, married her, and took her to Cincinnati. Here, she ',flys, she placed eight thousand dollars in his possession, when ho basely aban doned her. She tells her story with all the earnestness of truth,"and none who hear her can disbelieve her. Profane,Ste, ariny.—The revised Penal Code, passed by the last session of the Pennsylvania Legislatnre, makes all persons who speak loosely or profanely. of GO, Christ, thu holy Spirit, or Bi ble, liable to an indictment for blas phemy, the penalty for which is a fine not exceeding ono hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, at the discretion of the Court. Wire Worms on Corn Land.—A far mer, at a discussion nn corn growing, as reported in the Maine Farmer, says that soaking seed corn in strong salt water before planting will keep off the wire worm. Ho regarded this as indis pensable in planti ng corn on sward land. sarA !wine without a girl in it is only half li.estaxl; it is an orchard with out blossonis, and spring' without a song. A house full of sons is like Leb anon with its cedars; but daughters by the fireside are like the roses of Sharon. jGoodness is goodneaß, find it where we may. A vineyard exists for the purpose of maturing vines, but he would be a strange vine-dresser who denied the reality of grapes because they had ripened under a less genial soil, and beyond the precincts of his vineyard. 411114 Important Rumor.—A New York cor respondent of the Boston Courier re ports that at a recent Tenting of the Republicans of New Ycitek city, held at the house of Gov. Morgan, to take measures to insure the suecoss of the Republican cause, the most intimate and most prominent friends of Governor Seward, such as Messrs. Blatchford, Evarti4, and Grinnell, were all absent. The writer intimates that they wore bent on executing.the programme pat forth by - the Albany Evening Journal immediately arum. the Chicago Conven tion, according to which those who bad nominated Mr. Lincoln were to be al lowed to elect him. They'll have a good time in trying to do so, we don't Wink. larThe jail at York was struck by lightning on Thursday night week.— The electric fluid entered the base of the tower, then passed dowirisome four or five feet to the cornice of the main budding, completely shattering the heavy wall and scattering the stones over the prison like a shower of hail.— :go other damage was done. femorratir, gitiro and tamiit gournal. GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JULY 16, 1860. An " Artful" Trick. COMPILER. "Mina Ig lIIDRTY, AND WILL PREVAIL." Ir. Douglas' Letter of Loceptance. The following is Mr. Douglas' letter accepting the nomination for the Presi dency : WASHINGTON, Juno 27, 1860. Gurnekizx : In aceordanee with the verbal assailants.° which I gave when you placed in my bands the authentialevi dence of my nomination for tkisPresi , dency by the National Convention of the Democratic party, I now send you my formal acceptance. Upon a nitro ful examination of the platforin of prin ciples adopted at Charleston and affirm ed at Baltimore, with an additional re solution, which is in perfect harmony with the others, I find it. to be a faithful embodiment of the time-honored princi ples of the Democratic party, as the same were proclaimed and understood by all parties in the Presidential con tests of 1848, 1852, and 1856. Upon looking into the proceedings of the Con vention, also, I.find that the nomina tion was made with great unanimityin the presence and with the concert- n % of more than two-thirds of tho whole number of delegates, and in exact ac cordance with thu long established usa ges of the party. Afy inflexible purpose not to be a can did:lte, nor accept the nomination in any contingency except as the regular nominee of the National Democratic party, and in that ease only uppn the condition that the usages as well as the principles of the party should be strict ly adhered to, had been prtclaiined for a long time and become well known to the country. These conditions hiving been Complied with by the free and voluntary fiction of the Democratic nuv.ses and their faithful represen:a tives, without any agency, interference or procurement on my part, I feel bound in honor and fluty to uccopt the nomination. In taking this step I am not unmind ful of the responsibilities it imposes; but with a firm reliance on Devine Providence, I have faith that the peo ple will comprehend the true nature of the issues involved and eventmilly main tain the right. The penee of the coun try and the perpetuity of the Union have been but in jeopardy by attempts to interfere troth and control the domestic affairs ry' the people in the Territories through the agency of the federal govern ment. lithe power and duty of federal interference bu conceded, two hostile sectional parties min -t be the inevitable result; the One inflaming the passions and ambition of the North, and the other of the South ; and each strug gling to use the federal power and au thority fur the aggrandizement of its own *section at thet.xpense of the equ a l rights ot the other, and in derogation of those fundameral principles ot self government witch were firmly estab lished in this country by the American revolution as the basis of our entire re publican system. i During a memorable period in our political history, when the advileates of federal intervention upon the subject of slavery in the Territories had well-nigh "precipitated the country into a re ' volution"' the northern interventionists. demanding the Wilmot pro% iso for the prohibition of slavery, and the southern 1 interventionists, then few in number and without a single representative in 1 either lionsio'of Coo ,, refift, insisting upon Congressional legi;ltion for the pro ! section of slavery, in opposition to the wishes of the peopl in either case, it will be remembered that it required all ' thew isdoin,l;ower, and influence of a Clay and a Webster, and a Cass, Blip ! ported by the conservative ansifititri- I otic men, 11' big and Democratic, of that day, to devise and curry out a lino of 1 ' policy which would restore peace to the country and stability to the Union. The essential living principle of that policy, as applied in the legislation of 1850, was and now is, non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the Territories. The fair application of this just. and equitable principle restored harmony and fraternity to a distracted country. If we now depart from that wise and just policy, which produced those hap py results, and permit the country to be again istracted, if not precipitated into a revolution, bysectional con testlbetween pro-slave y and anti-slav ery interventionists, where shalt we look for another Clay, another Webs- , ter, another Cass, to pilot the ship of State over the breakers into the haven of peace and safety T The fedoral union must be preserved. The Constitution must be maintained inviolate in all its parts. Every right guarranteed by the Constitutiop must be protected by law in all cases where legislation is necessary to its enjoyment. The judicial authority, as provided in the Constitution, must bo sustained,and its decision implicitly obeyed and faith fully executed. The laws must be ad ministered and the constituted authori ties upheld, and all unlawful resistance suppressed. These things must all be done with firmness, impartiality, and fidelity, if wo expect to enjoy and transmit, un impaired, to our posterity, the blessed inheritance which wo have received in trust from the patriots and sages of the revolution. With sincere thanks for the kind and agreeable manner in which you have made known to mo the action of the convention, I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your friend and fellow oitisen, Hon. W. H. Ludlow, of New York; P. Dick, of North Carolina; C. Wickliffe, of Louisiana, and others of the cogynittee. sir No manlcan bo in two places at the same timo, but many a hypocritical follow has shown that ho can be two things in ono place. Acceptance of Hon. John C.Breekinridge of the Nomination for the Presidency. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, } Baltimore, Md., June 23, 1860. - SIR : lam direotod, by vote of the Democratic National Convention, to inform you that you have been this day unanimously nominated by it as the candidate of the Democratic party. for the °facet& President of the United States, and in their •behalf to request you to accept the nomination. I beg leave at the same time to enclose coca copy of the resolutions adopted by the Convention as tho political platform hpon which the party stands. I have the honor to be, very respect- - fully, C. CURIUM}, President. Ilon. J. C. BRECKIMIIIiGY. WARRINGTON CITY, July 9, 1860. DEAR Sin : I have your letter of the '23d ult., by which I run officially in formed of my nomination for the office of President of the United St.ites by the Democratic National Convention, lately assembled at Baltimore. The circumstances of this nomination will justify me in referring to its personal aspect. I have not sought nor desired to be placed before the country for the office of President. When my name was presented to the convention at Charles ton it was withdrawn by a friend, in obedience to my expressed wishes.— vieels bad r.ot changed when the convention re-assembled at Baltimore, and when I heard of the differences which occurred there, my indisposition to bo connected prominently with the c'uvass was confirmed and expressed to many friends. Without discussing the occurrences which preceded the nominations, and which aro, or soon will be, well under stood by the country . , 1 have only to say that I approve, as just and neces- Sary to the preservation of the national or4anitation, and the sacred rights of represootation, the action of the con vention over which you continued to preside ; and thus npproving it, and having rebolved to sustain it, I feel that it does not become me to select the po sition I shall occupy, nor to shrink from the reaponaihilities of the post to which I have been assigned. Accordingly I accept tho nomination from a sense of public duty, and, as I think, uninfluenc ed, in any degree, by the allurements of ambition. , I avail myself of tliis occasion to jay that the confidence in my personal and public character, implied by the action cif the convention, will always be grate fully remembered, and it is but just al so to my own feelings, to express my gratification at the association of my name with that of my friend, Gen. Lane, a patriot and a soldier, whose great services in the field and in coun cil entitle him to the gratitude and confidence of his countrymen. The resolutions adopted by the con vention have my cordial approval.— They are just to all parts attic Union, to all •ur citizens, native and natural ized, and they form a noble policy for any administration. the questions touching the rights of persons and property, which have of late been much stiscussed, find in those resolutions a constitutional solution.— Our Union is a confederacy of equal, sovereign States, for the purposes enum erated in the federal constitution.— Whatever the common government holds in trust for all the States must be enjoyed equally by each. It controls the Territories in trust. feral! the Stites. Nothing less that. sovereignty can des troy or impair the rights of persons or property. The territorial governments are subordinate snd temporary, and not, sovereign ; hence they cannot destroy or impair the rigts of persons or proper -I.y. While they continue to be Territo ries they are under the control of Con gress; but the constitution nowhere confers on any branch of the federal government the power to discriminate against the rights of the States or the property of their citizens in the Terri tories. llows that the citizens of all the States may enter the Territories of the Union with their property—of whatever kind—and enjoy it during the territorial condition without let or hin drance, either by Con grisior by the subordinate territorial governments. These principles flow directly from the absence of sovereignty in the terri torial government, and from the equal ity of the States. Indeed, they are es sential to the equality which is and ever has been the vital prine'ple of our con stitutional Union. They have been set tled legislatively—settled judicially— and are sustained by nght and season. They rest on the rock of the constitu tion. They will preserve the constitu tion—they will preserve the Union. It is idle to attempt to smother these great issues, or to misrepresent them by the use of partisan phrases, which are misleading and delusive. The peo ple will look beneath such expressions as "intervention," "congressional slave code," and the like, and will penetrate tq the real questions involved. The friends of constitutional equality do not, and never did demand a "congressional slave code," nor any other code in re g,ard to property in the Territories.— They hold the doctrine of non-interven tion by Congress or by a territorial leg islature, either to establish or prohibit slavery; but they assert (fortified by the highest judicial tribunal in the Union) the pitman duty of the federal government in all its departments, to secure, when necessary, to the citizens of all the States the enjoyment of their property in the common Territories, as everywhere else within its jurisdiction. The only logical answer to this would seem to be to elainteovereign power for tbe Territories or to deny that the con- ' S. A. DOIZIOL.ML. TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR stitotkla recognizes property In the services of negro slaves, or to deny that such property exists. Inexorable logic, which works its steady way through clouds and passion, compels the country to meet the issue. There is no evasive middle pound.— Already the signs multify of a fanatical and growing party which denies that. under the constitution, or by any other law, slave property can o4ist ; and ulti mately the struggle must come between this party and the national Democracy, sus fined by all the other conservative elements in the Union. ' I think it will be immusiVe for a candid mind to discover hostility to the Unice, or a taint of sectionalism in the resolutions adopted by the convention. The Constitution and the Union repose on the equality of the States, which lies like a broad foundation underneath our whole political structure. As I con strue them, tho resolutions simply as sert this equality. They demand noth ing for any State or section that is not cheerfully conceded to all the rest.. It is well to remember that the chief dis orders which have afflicted our country have grown oat of the violation of State equality; and that. as long as this great principle has been respected, wo have been blessed with harmony and peace. Nor will it, be easy to persuade the count'' , that resolutions are sectional which command the support of the ma jority of the States, and are approved by the bone and body of the old Dem ocracy, and by a vast mass of conserva tive opinion everywhere, without re gard to party. It has been necessary more than once in our history, to pause and soletnnly assert the true character of this govern ment. A memorable 'finance occurred in the struggle which ended the civil revolution of 1800. The Republicans of that day, like the Democracy of this, wore stigmatized as disunionists, but they nobly conducted the contest under the constitution, and saved our political system, By a like constitutional strug gle it is intended now to assort and es tablish the equality of the States as the only basis of union and peace. When this object, so national, so constitution al, so just, shall be accomplished, the last cloud will disappear from the American sky, and with common hands and hearts the States and the people will unite to develop the resources of the whole country, to bind it together with the bonds of intercourse and brotherhood, and to impel it onward in its groat career. Thu Constitutiioa and the equality of the States! Those are symbols of everlasting union. Lot these be the rallying cries of the people. I trust that this canvass will be con ducted without rancor, and that tem perate argument will ta kel the place of hot words and passionate accusations. Above all, I venture humbly to hope that Divine Providence, to whom wo owe our origin, our growth and all our prosperity, will continue to protect our beloved country against all danger, foreign and 'domestic. I am, with great respect, your friend, JOHN C. BRECKINRYIXIIIL Iron. C. Cushing, President of the Democratic Convention. Peter Cartwright and Abe Lincoln. Ono of tho "institutions" of Illinois is old Peter Cartwrigfit, a famous Methodist preacher, who commenced has career in that region as exhorter and politician long before Illinois be came a State. Ile was at the recent Quadrennial Confen-nce of the Metho dists at Buffalo, where the principal part of four weeks wits thrown away in buncombe discussion on the negro. A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier, who was on the ears with him a day or two after the nomination was made at Chicago, relates tho following inci dent: • The venerable Peter Cartwright had taken a seat for Rochester, and, during some fifteen minutes previous to the time the cars !atilt) depot, the Doctor was giving me, in his honest manner, his opinion of both Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. 113 had finish ed the "Little Giant," and was saying of "Honest Abe," that lie is a good citizen, upright, and "in point of talent, is a second rate lawyer." Just at that moment, in Caine a bouncing hot Re publican, with his platform in his band, and took a seat near the Doctor. lie came just in time to hear the remark in regard to Lincoln's talent, and it ronsed him wonderfully. lie inter rupted the Doctor, (not knowing him) and proceeded, under a rather high pressure of steam, to inform him that he was mistaken on that point. Alter he had blown off somewhat, the Doc tor said : " Well, my ft lend, I don't know but you are more familiar with the character and history of both Mr: Douglas and Lincoln than I am. For myself, I can only say that I have lived in the same county with both of them for twenty-five years; and I g*ve to Mr. Douglas the first office ho was ever favored with, that I have myself •twice run in opposition to Mr. Lincoln, for a seat in the Legislature of Illinois, and beaten him both times- -and can do it again ill will !" By this time you may well suppose that the laughter drowned whatever else the Doctor might have said. Forney—The Truth Coming Ont. The reader is rekLred to the report of the testimony oW.essrs. Thompson and Cobb, members of the Cabinet, be tore the Covode Investigation oommit tee, to be found on our first page. The truth is corning oat, and this miserable traitor,. to the Democratic Party, is shown to be nothing more or less, than au office hunter. This has been the cause why the Press has been the vehialip of slander and vituperation fur years past against the Administration. lie has had in view - bat a single object, and that has b3en the destruQtion of the Democratic Party, and he no doubt now rejoices that ho has at least contributed his share in bringing about its disrup tion. That this is so, is evident from the fact, thilikhe in now doing all in his power (in an indirect nay) to secure the election of Lincoln, for President. It was supposed ho would support Mr. Douglas, if nominated, but instead of putting up his name, he announces that the Press is " not a partisan paper."— Besides he is doing all in his power to prevent unity of action on the part of Democrats to prvent Lincoln's election. The truth is corning out and this traitor to the Democratic Party will soon ap pear before the country in all his hid eo as u ess. —.Norristown Register. NO. 39. Mr. Miles Taylor, Chairman of thr) Douglas National Co,inittoe, has k need, in the name of the Gorniiittce, circular from Washington protesting against tho union of all Democrats upon a common electoral ticket for the pur pose of defeating the election of the Black Republican candidate's. The Democracy Of Pennsylvania may welt inquire, who is Mr. Miles Taylor, and who authorized him to interfere with the Democratic organization in this State? We are competent to arrange our own political affairs, without the - aid and assistance of a member of Coin gross from Louisiana. Mr. Taylor and his Committee are entirely opposed, to a union electoral ticket, and insist upon the formation of a straight-out Douglas ticket in this and other States, where union alone can prevent the success of Lincoln. What can bo the object of this movement? What but the utter defeat of the Democracy and the elec tion of a Republican President? Let us look for a moment at the position the friends of Douglas will put them selves in by foolishly following the ifil pertinent dircietions of Mr. Miles Taylor: Tho Democratic State Convention, which assembled at Reading, in Febru ary last, nominated for Governor, Hen ry D. Foster, and agreed upon an elec toral ticket. At the same time the Convention' committed the organiza tion of the party to a State Executive Committee, and constrtuted the Chair man of the Convention Chairman of the Committee. This Committee was recently called together to consult as to the best means of perpetuating the union and harmony inauguration at Reading. They 'saw the party divided. They did not stop to inquire how the 'division was created, for this would have been about as foolish as for fire men to inquire about the cause of a conflagration before commencing to ex tinguish the flames. They saw a di vision, and they only thought of tho best and most •practicable moans of healingit. There were but two courses open to the Committee—one to widen the existing broach in the party, and he other to suggest a measure for Wal ing it. Dare any Democrat say that the latter course was not the true one ? Proceeding upon the fair assumption that either of the Democratic candi dile@ in the field would bo preferable to the election of a Republican, they agreed to recommend that the electors chosen at Rending should cast tho.vote of the State for Mr. Douglas, in case it would secure his election ; but ifykat should prove impossible, then Eby should vote for Mr. Breckinridgelf the vote of tho State would elect him. Every man can see at a glance that tiro only hopo of carrying the State for the Democracy lies in the cordial adoption of this plan—and, also, that those , who. oppose it would rather eco Lincoln elected President than a Dernderrit.— Mr. Milos Taylor and his Committee prefer Lincoln. There is no power without the regu lar Democratic organization of Penn sylvania to change the electoral ticket adopted by the Reading Convention.— Let the extreme partizans of Mr. Dcing• las attempt to put another ticket in the field and they immediately place them selves in an attitude of rebellion to the Democratic orgahization. The Reading Convention accomplished its work fully before it. adjourned, and the electoral ticket it nominated is just as much an act of the party as the nomination of Henry D. Foster. Tho Convention did not authorize Mr. Miles Taylor to interfere with the _Democratic organi zation of Pennsylvania, but committed that organization to the State Commit tee, which is alone empowered to take any action in ibis emerrenoy i arid which has taken such pacific cinch-con ciliatory action as every loyal Demo crat in the Commonwealth will itipect and follow. Let outside meddlers with our inter nal affairs, in conjunction with demes tic factionists and traitors, attempt to disorganize the pal ty by rtronineituo ther electoral ticket than that authori zed by the Readipg Convention, and they at once put 31. r. Douglas id the humiliating position of th,e candidate of a mere faction. The mass of the De mocracy of Pennsylvania, who care more fur the integrity ')f the party than for the triumph of any individual, will vote for the union ticket and adhere to the regular organization, in spite of the treasonable counsels of Forney, the Black Republican Clerk of the House, and in spite of Mr. Miles Taylor. The Democracy of Pennsylvania aro compe tent to settle their own domestic affairs. The Old Dodge.—The "rail-splitting" dodge which the Republican papers as tempt to defend, appears to be disgust ing eves Os originators. The Chicago Press and Tribune, special organ, says : " We hold that the splitting of.rails, the successful navigation of a flat boat, or the following of a plow, are but - a small recommendation to the highest office in the world." All tho capital ho bas left, then is his vote against the Mexican wur aoldicrn and the newly invented party of ".114- est Old Abe." • Cheap Sponge Cake.—One cup 'What) sugar, two tablespoonful's batter t ocro cup sweet milk, ono te , aspoonfurttawn tartar, half teaspoonful soda, *little loss Than a pint of flour, ormegg,, , Jand nutmeg to taste. • le-The triumph of you= lies.litt in the admiratioo of losrAyer,' the respect of her .littahluatti can only be gaiwal bjt a eginet 4 4 . di ration of those qualities knows ho moat values. MAI Till PATRIOT LYD 011101 Foreign Interference. lifirLet well enough alone. ‘t:
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