VOL. XXXII. gleozoburg gentocrat. .PUBLISIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY IN 11.00118IWRO, PA., ItY WILLIAMSON IL JACO BY. TERltin,—e9 no in nillralleL if not pel4 within SIX NIONTIIII. Stl eente Rolll{olllll will be , stave, ILT Nomper discontinued until all en mite ere paid ereept at the option of the editor RATES OF ADVERTI/41.710. Ire LIME rellefirrTl a scene. Ilne 'Owe Oen Or Iliree Ineertlons limy subsequent Iniertinn less man 13. fines. Ile.. Cr. 3e. G. Is Onco square,. 2,00 I 3 00 4,00 0.00 I 14,00 'Two squares, 3,00 3,00 I 6,00 9,04 14 no Three •• 3,00 I 7,00 I 0,30 ICO I P.M POUT Willerei, 11.00 I 0311 1 10,00 14 !VI :OM Illalf roluMn. I 10.00 I 14,00 I ,2 1440 IIP 00 OO One column. I 15,00 a e 00 u,oo 30 (m)1 00,00 reecittor's and Administrator's Nottee. 101 Auditor's Notice Other advertisement* inserted secorilinu wove's% contract. Business notices, without advertisement, twenty, cents per hne. Transient advertisements psyabre to adturica nit edicts due after the first turwrtion. Campaign bong AI - Sup/ n nab Our fathers made a government, And fixed it up all Eight ; The people then were all content, Their taxes were 40 light ; The Democrats thou had the rule, The laws they made were just : They also had another rule— " In God we put our trust. — Omar's—Then our taxes Were so very light. We always had the cash on hand Tu pty du to off al IVhile Democratic roan did rut, Our I me: so great, We had a "r , urplus revenue To give to every state. The people then were rich and goy, With plenty were content, And every patriot did pray, God bless the government. Tito.—Then our taxes, & e , Now Radicals have math , it debt Mote than we C3ll figure, And they will make it higzcr y e t In Ilureaus for the nigger; For now one half of all we make With plow, or spade, or axes, The government is sure to take In the way of taxes. i'tto.—Now, high taxes Are daily growing bigger: We pay a every WIN k T o f ee d the idle nigger. Rut working tool !lave now nimie up their mind To give theTlicals a pas, Awl leave them all Ll It will be done now, you may het The buttons on ynur eman ; Then we will pay thnuatioh . : , debt With kgallyruder notes. ('no.— Then our nines It'ill be mi very light. always have the mash at hand To pay them oil' ,at sight. Till; NOMINATIONS, S',:ctr.hes of the D •snocsatta Candidates HORATIO SCYMnr Horatio Seymour, the Ilemr.crr;ti , ! carnli elate for President of the United State.. %ea , born in Ponipoy, t.)Dontlavn I'l , llllly, 2 , :e11" 'York, in the year I l 1 and is emiso l uently .57 years of ag(ot The finally to which Mr. Scymen r belo ngs is '61141 , 14 from 11i,ltard Seymour, who was one of the oriainal sot tiers of Ilartihrd, Conn. Major Moses Sey mour, the fourth lineal desTendant, F v cred in toe Revolutionary War, and snkse q uently represented Litchfield in the Legislature of Connecticut for seventeen years. Of his five sons, Henry Seymour. fat her of Horatio, was born in 17817. Ile removed to Utica, in this State, served in the State Legisla ture with signal ability, and was for many years Canal Commissioner, occupying a prominent position in the polities and legis. !mien of the State, One of his brothers was a distinguished member of the United States Senate from Vermont for twelve years. Hon. Origen S. Seymour, for some time Representative in Congress from the Litchfield District, of' Connecticut, was the son of another brother named Wins. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Seymour, Col onel Forman, served through the Revolu tionary War in the Sew Jersey line. Mr. Seymour received a liberal and tbor• ough education iu the best institutions of the State. Ills instincts and preferences natur ally led him to the study of the law, which he pursued with groat vigor and industry. Ile was admitted to the bar when only a little more than twenty years of' age, and at once commenced the practice of his profes sion in the city of Utica. The death of his father, however, soon afterwards devolved upon him so great responsibilities it, connec tion with the settlement of the family estate, as to require the most of his time and atten tion, obliging him, much against his wish, to relinquish the practice of his profmion. The death of his wife's father, the late John R. Bleeder, occurring about the same time, added to his numerous cures its the adjust ment of important property interests. Some of the best years of Seymour's lite were absorbed in this work, but no doubt his mind was being schooled, as it could not otherwise have been, for the graver respon sibilities and duties that were to come in after life. Up to this time Mr. Seymour had acted no prominent part in political WC, although from his youth, as were his anus• tors before him, he had always been strongly attached, through sympathy and taste, to the Democratic party. In the fall of 1841, when not thirty years of age, Mr. Seymour consented to the use of his name as a Dem wade candidate for Member of Assembly. Although the Whigs were at that time largely its the ascendancy in lido, Mr. Sey mour was triumphantly elected by a large Majority. In the Legislature Mr. Seymour at mace took a commanding position upon . . , . . •. `- , *:.. ~ ::13, ~ • AI ... , ..16 , • 1., i'. .4” , ... 45.7' ~ • c I FECS 4 I I i .i. I • ' . DEMOCRAT it,............, ~.. ~......0 :., . ~,,......,._ ....,... .... ___ ........._._..... .. _____...... the great questions involving the interests of the State, engaging in the leading de ' bates with great fervency, and assisting I largely in shaping'tbe legislation of the sea sion. Among his Legislative assorriates were John A. Dix, Michael Hoffman, David R. Floyd Jones, George R. Davis, Lemuel Stetson, and Calvin T. Ilulburd. The Democrats at that time were iu the wens 'Taney in blab branches of the Legislature, and the great measure of the session was Michael Hofftuan'e celebrated bill in rela tion to finances, which was supported and passed by the Democrats. In the success of this measure, which was dcstined'to restore the depreciated financial credit of the State, Mr. Seymour took an active and sympa thetic interest, displaying for the first time the forensic ability and ors'orical power that have since distinguished him. In the spring of 1842 Mr. Seymour was elected Mayor of the City of Utica, despite the continued hostility and opposition of the Whigs. Tn the fall of 1843 he was again elected a member of the lower House of the Legislature, and was re-elected to, and solved in the same position during the ses sions of l and 1845. The session of 1':14 was an important and exciting one, the As sembly being agitated with aerimenieue cos teets. chiefly springing from contemplated opposition to the administration of I lov ernor Ileuek• The leaders in the debates of' the session were Mr. Seymour and Mr. lloffman, the recognized leader of the Leg islature in Is and a formidable antagonist in debate, but Mr. Seymour appears to have coped with him successfully, and to have won not only the plaudits of his political a4sociates, but the praises of his cousritments iikewise. The session of 1845 opened with I a changed spirit, based upon the victorious election of Mr. Polk to the Presidency. At I the outset of this session, Mr, Seymour was inilneed by his friends to enter the contest for Spenkership, to which position he was triumphantly elected, despite a violent fac tional light, which seriously threatened his prospects. One of the prominent and im portant events of this session was the rice tien of Daniel S. Dickinson to the United States Senate, in which Mr. Seymour took a leadinv and ,cove part. lie also engaged with fervent *hit in the discussion relative to the call rev a convention to amend the Constitution, but voted against the bill pro vidiu lor that 111C:01/r0. With this session Mr. Se e,r's lygi-I,l:i‘C career was brought to it close. I S 0 For the :met-ceding five yelr , 4. Mr. Sey mour was not prominent in public liA!, hav ing re.enn e d the practice of law in the Xity "f I'`lea. By the goiun of the Li.,Nature “t . providing fir the enlargement stud improvement of the Erie Canal, and appro priating the revimue'ef the State in contra ventim to t h e pr , l‘i-runs of the Constitm ti in. Mr. Seymour again assumed a leading position in State politics, and most earnestly re.:st( d this effort to override the provisions of a constitution so recently adopted. On account of his stret nous opposition to that nraa,ure, he was that year ( S5O), for the first time, placed in nomination for Gov ernor of this State, in opposition to Wash ington Hunt, The result of the election Wm:, fir Seymour, 211:,;52 votes; foe'llunt, 214,1,11. Mr. Seymour having been de feated by '2,e,2 vote, In IS:12, Mr. Seymour was again in nomination the Demoeratic r at ty, in 0101)0-Ilion to Wit , tintiton Hunt (Whig) and Miniliorne Tompkins (Froi. : 4 0i1), with the following result: .. ..2411,121 T0mpking....19,290 Kant "39,7:14 Mr. Seymour was triumplymtly elected over two competitors as the chief executive Ricer of the State. Ills administration of State affairs, as generally conceded, was tendered by ability, tact, and good judg ment. While occupying the gubernatorial chair in 145'2, he vetoed the notorious Maine law, and the correctness of his views as to the power of the Legislature to pass sump tuary laws was subsequently fully established by a formal deci.don of the Court of Ap peal In 1851 Mr. Seymour was nominated by the Democraey for re-election, with Myron li. Clark (Itopubliean). Daniel Ullman ( American), and tlreene U. Bronson (Hard Shell Democrat), as opponents. The fol lowing was the result of the election Seymour 156,495 Ullman 1112,2 U Clark 156,804 Bronson • '1,8:4 Although this election resulted in Mr. Seymour's deli , at, it demonstrated very snip isfactorily his unwaning popularity with the people, and his certainty of success with the party united and working for the candidate. At the conclusion of this contest, Mr. Sey mour agair resumed the work of bii profes sion at Utica. In everything appertaining to the success of the Democracy he took an active and sympathetic interest. Hu at• tended National and State Conventions with great regularity, and was always accorded a leading position in the councils of the same. At the National Democratic Convention at Charleston, in 181$0, he watt proposed by the Southern delegates as a compromise candi date between Douglas and Breckinridge, but owing to the opposition of the New York delegation his name was withdrawn. In 1862 Mr. Seymour was fig the fourth time placed in nomination for Governor of this State by the Democrats, against General Wadsworth, the Republican nominee. The result of the election was as &Hews: Seymour . 306,649 Wadsworth 9 95,897 Mr. Seymour was thus for the second time sleeted Governer of this State by the handsome majority of 10,752. After an able adminkrstion or two year, he wee, in BLOOMSBURG, PA., yi EDNEsn 1864, nominated for re-election, this time against Ripen E. Fenton, by whom he was defeated. At the National Democratic Conventiou held in Chicago in 18t14, Mr. Seymour was with great unanimity; chosen its President, and how ably and efficiently ho discharged the duties and responsibilities of that im portant position, the records and history of the Convention will indisputably show. Since that time Mr. Seymour has delivered many powerful Democratic speeches in va rious parts of the country, entering each successive campaign in this State with his accustomed vigor, fearlessness and efficiency. At his home in Utica, as well as through out the State, ho is esteemed and respected with that fervor that springs only from .true, friendship. Be has been from early boy bond a faithful and energetic member of the Protestant Epi-eopel Church, the interest of which he has labored earnestly to promote, both us an individual member and a leader in her legislative councils. He takes espe vial interest in educational establishments and in the Sunday school, whose usefulness and influence he labors zealously to promote and advance. FRANcis PREsTON ni.mn. an. The gallant soldier and statesman, who has been nominated for the office of Viee• President of the United States by the Na tienal Democratic Convention, and who will certainly fill that office, was born in the quaint old town of Lexington, Ky., Febru ary 19, 1821, lentils now in his forty-eighth year. In his twentieth year he graduated at Princeton College, and removed to St. . Louis, Missouri, and there began the study of law, in which profession he made rapid progress. In 1845, being then in his twen ty-fifth year, he made a journey to the Rooky Mountains with a party of' trappers fiir the improvement of his health, which had failed somewhat, owing to dose pursuit of his studies; and on the breaking out of the Mexican war, Blair joined the fitree un der Kearney and the gallant Donephen in New Mexico, end served as a private soldier until 1847, when he returned to St. hubs and resumed the practice of his profession. In 184 i, like his Either, Francis P. Blair, Sr., he gave his support t o 1. 6, F r " Soil party, and in a speech delivered at the Court More in St. Louis, contended against the extension of slavery into the Territories of the nation. In 552 he was sleeted front Louis county, Missouri. to the Legiala tare as an avowed Free Sailor, and he was re-eleettal in 1854. though Manta li. Ben ton, the Coneressionel candidate of the Free Sellers, was beaten. Mr. Blair w a s returned to Conere-s limo the St. e ns trim, over Mr. Kennett. who hail defi-ao d Colonel Benton two years befare. In 1857 he delivered an elaborate speech in the House of Representatives in Nvor or col onizieg the black population of the United States in Central America. Mr. Blair was a ls o an editor and writer on the Missouri Deena-rot at one time. The father of Gen ernl Blair was a firm and fast friend of An drew Jackson ; the General, when a child, w:11 wont to play on the knees of' Andrew Jackson in the White Douse. Ilia father was at that time editor of the Globe, in Washington. In I get) Mr. Blair contested the seat in Congress of Mr. Barrett, from the St. Louis district, and soon after was returned to the House, after which he re signed hie seat. In ISt's) General Blair made a speech in Brooklyn in Error of Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency, and also deliv ered a speech at the Metropolitan Hotel, in this city, in June, 1861, in favor of' strong war measures, hinting that General Scott was rather a slow campaigner. Mr. Blair was very assiduous in raising volunteers in St. Louis, and was the first volunteer of the State of Missouri. lle raised the first regi ment of Missouri Volunteers, and acted as its Colonel, albeit he did not hold a commis -1400 as Colonel of the regiment. A diffi culty arose between Colonel Blair and Gen eral Fremont, rind Colonel Blair was unjustly placed under arrest by that officer, who was goannander of that department. This arbi• trary measure of General Fremonerr aroused great excitement in St. Louis, where Gen eral Blair was universally known and re spected, the journals of that city taking part in the quarrel at the time. President Lin coln ordered Colonel Blair to be released from arrest in September, 1861, thereby causing a great feeling of relief to the nn meroua friends of Colonel Blair in St. Louis. He was again arrested by General Fremont, but finally released after considerable trouble and newspaper discussion by both parties. Colonel Blair rapidly rose as a soldier and became one of the most skilful Generals in the IVestern armies. On the 22d of May, 1862, General Blair commanded a division in Shernum's attack on Vieksburg. The brigades of Ewing, Smith, and Kilby Smith composed his division. Frank Blair bad the honer of leading the attack in person, five batteries concentrating their guns. on the rebel position. The attack was terrific and was repulsed. As the head of the col umn passed over the parapet, a dense fire of musketry swept all its leading files. The rear of the column attempted to rush 00, but were driven back. Hero, by the bad management of Grunt, Blair was not sup ported, as the supporting division were too far away to give hiw assistance. At the capture of Vicksburg Blair's division par ticipated, and aid the heaviest fighting in Sherosivem einifignd. It ow this tiow that dram pronounced. Frank Blair to be the beat volunteer general in the United Staten Army, an opinion that was fully UM tained by his conduct butotion and hisjudg meat u a ittrapidlner. la the put march of ShtleMiti Cs the sea -Cian Frank P. Blair con►manded the Seventeenth Aru►y Corps, the finest corps of the whole army. He crossed the Ogeeebee near Barton, and captured the first prisoners. His divieiona pontoons across the river, and the two wings wore thus united before Savannah. His division was the first to march into Sa vannah. From Savannah the Fourteenth Corps was taken by water to Pocotaligo, whence it threatened Charleston, while Stu mm, with the Twentieth Corps and Kilpat- rick's cavalry marched up the Augusta to Sister Ferry, threatening an advance on Sa vannah at Tallahatchie. Blair waded thro' a swamp three miles wide with water four feet deep, the weather being bitter cold. Here the. Seventeenth had another fight and lost a number of killed and wounded, but drove the rebels behind the Edisto, at Branchville. The army then directed its march on Orangeburg. Here the Seven teenth carried the bridge over the South Edisto by a gallant dash, Blair leading his men, as usual, up to the battery's mouth, which was covered by a parapet of cotton and earth extending RA far as could be seen. Blair threw Smith's division in front, while his other division crossed below and carried the bridge after a bard fight. A half a ,l e een wee of Blair's corps were the first to enter Columbia. The Seventeenth Corps, however, were not guilty of the burning of this city, as have been charged. At the battle of Bentonville, N. C., on the march up to Uiehmocd, the Seventeenth were en• gaged loavily. It is not necessary to go further into detail of the glorious services and gallantry of our candidate for the Vice• Presidency. His name appears in the his tory of the great civil war as one of the first soldiers of the North. His life has been a romantic one, and full of strange and event ful occurrences. Hu bade titrewell to his troops, July Nth, 1865, in an effecting ad dress. lie was nominated Internal Rev cnne Collector of Missouri in March, inci. His nomination was rejected by the Senate. llis popularity in the West is very great. His past record insures him sucecss.—X.w Fele Wort/. What Pennsylvania Owes to Hunttlo Seymour. W'le Lee invaded Pentisylvarda the wildept id ur n i prevailed all along the border. No one can ever fhrget the scene which was presented in Harrisburg, at Lancaster and throughout all the Southern tier of comities. Every mailable means of locomotion was e a licil into requi-ition. The railroads were crowded with the fleeing tonhittle. wad Ler• th cried ey•end precedent with the goods toblehattli s which were being feat north ward and ea-twaid to plan's of supposed safety. Every turnpike and bye rode was alive with lintse , and cattl e , which were being led or driven to the mountain, or e l.o• where out of reach of the enemy. In the most earnest terms ilevernor Curtin called upon the able bodied men of Pennsylvania to enlist in the militia, and come to the re,- cue of the Commonwealth. The call met with a hearty response, but days elapsed before the unorganized yeomen of the State could hr marshalled for her defence, In the meantime help, efficient help came from other quarters. The Democratic Governor:l of New York and New Jersey promptly sent the organized militia of those States to the front. No one can fhrget with what earnest cheers the New Yolk militia were greeted as they passed through Lancaster to the defense of our State Capital. No one in Pennsylvania would have dared to im peach the loyalty of Horatio Seymour in those trying days, when thousands of the New York militia, fully equipped and promptly sent forward by the man who is now the Democratic candidate fbr President, were hailed with blessings by those to whose hearts the coming of the foe had stricken terror. Tlien even the most malignant rad icals blessed the name of Horatio Seymour, as in their flight they met the soldiers he had sent to defend their persons and property. No man in Pennsylvania has a right to speak of Governor Seymour except in terms of admiration and respect. governor Cur tin know how to appreciate the loyal and patriotie action of Horatio Seymour of New York and Joel Parker of New Jersey, and in a speech in Philadelphia he publicly thanked them for their promptness in re sponding to his call for assistance. Before any Pennsylvanian dares to express a single doubt as to the perfect loyalty of Horatio Seymour he should remember that nearly ten thousand of the troops sent by him to the defence of this State wore in Harrisburg ready to meet the foe, before a single coin party raised in our State had left their homes. No man who has any regard for truth will dare to call in question thb perfect loyalty and exalted patriotism of' that great statesman, who is now the Presidential can didate of the Democratic, party. No Penn. sylvunian could do so without standing be fore the world convicted of being at once an ingrate and a base and malignant liar.— When the State was invaded, when our homes an property were in danger, he promptly came to the rescue. For that Pennsylvania owes him a debt of gratitude which she will delight to repay with interest in Novetuber,—Lanemtter intelligeneer. Tilt Radicals aro shouting loudly over the fact that, the Democratic platform and candidates are assailed by suoh English newspapers as the London Mies. When were these journals ever pleased with any thing that 'promised good to . the United States? Have TO riot alwarriebn against us? The feet th MI Demerit& party is mailed by the organ of the British alien,- erste, only shows it is right. Y, JULY 22,1868. On Ohl lay her gentle in the mould, Cover her o'er— She from her bed so dark and cold Will come no more Bushed now forever in her song, So touched with fire; Fain would I still its strains prolong On mom'rys lyre• Ye gentle gales, that breathe of spring Flits o'er her grave, And when ye balmy oders bring, Gives as she gave, Oh, nurse the willow•tree that weeps O'er her sweet breast : Oh, nourish each fond flower that keeps IVatch o'er her rest. Then soft and fragrant summer breeze, Her grave come nigh, And linger 'mong the cypress -trees That o'er her sigh, Ye brightest stars of shining spheres, Smile from above : Thou rosy morn, tby„dewy tears Weep o'er my love. Oh, weep then at thy dawning hour, When none i. near; Oh fill the ehalice or each flower With one pure tear. So should they drop upon the ground From flow'rets' eyes They'll fitly consecrate the mound 'Neath which she lies. A Most Exciting Scrim A rage of Wild Atainals Upset an the Pond-111v Create a &rue— An Ele phant and Half a .I),,;:en. Camels (nce4 with liar. On Saturday night Bailey & Co.'s Circus and Menagerie concluded its engagements in this city, about 4 o'clock Sunday morning left for Watertown. The teams drove along slowly, only caring to reach Oconomowoe on Sunday night, have a good rest and drive into Watertown Monday morning. About 12 o'clock yesterday the teams left thejunc tion of the Watertown and Waukesha pikes and struck the Pewaukee road. Those of our people who have driven on this road know the very bad condition the road is in, and will not be surprised to learn that the train muster urged extra caution on the part of the teamsters. He had just passed along the line, waking up the sleepy drivers and warning them, when it is supposed the driver of the team containing the cages of the lioness and her whelps, fell asleep, for his wagon, in passing over a hart place in the planked road, (armed and fell into the ditch by the side of the road. Thu driver behre thrown off struck a stone by the road side, injuring him so badly that he let go his horses, who started, pulling the capsized cage with them and dragging it over the rough road. Tire animals in the cage set tip a terrific roar, which frightened the horses, increasing their already rapid speed. Fortunately the horses broke from the wa gon, and before going a great distance were hauled up by one of the advance teams. The affair created much excitement as it was learned through the scattered line, and the other teams closed up to it in order that the attendants `'might render assistance. Upon attempting to lift the wagon back to its place, it was found that the cage of the lioness was broken, and the train mnster or dered it let down again until the tamer who had the cage in charge could be sent for. In letting it down a part of the cage caught the kg of one of the whelps, badly jamming it. Hitherto the lioness had paid no atten- tion to the men gathered about, but when the whelp set up a cry of pain,' the mother This set the whelp t o sprang up in anger. uttering most plaintive roars, when the rage of the older became terrific. It dashed to the whelp, began licking it, and at the same time tittered those loud roars which have made it so famous. Becoming enraged at its treatment, it dashed to and fro in its narrow limits, throwing itself with full force ngainst the aides of the cage. A couple of lions in an adjoining apartment became ex cited over the scene, and not only added to the confusion of their roars, but strove break down the barrier between the two (rages. A gentleman living at Pewaukec, who was near the capes at the time, says the scene was one of the most startling im• aginable. All the beasts in the capsized cage were yelling and striving to get out, while those in vans, which had halted near, became frightened and were uttering tokens of alarm in their peculiar manner. The horses, ton, of all the vans exhibited the utmost alarm, requiring the efforts of the drivers to look after them. Until some help arrived, nothing could be done with the prostrate van, and it was left, while word was sent to the rear teams to puslt forward as rapidly as possible. Meanwhile the anx ious drivers stood in fear that every moment the now furious beasts would break out of their cages. As won as word came to the band wagon the camels and elephants were urged for ward, and came up on a quick trot, But no sooner had the animals attached to the wagon come within the sound of the lion's voices, than they exhibited the most abject fear. The elephant threw up his trunk and blew a terrific blast— a blast that star tied all—even those who had before exhibit ed no signs of fear. Its keeper bravely kept by its side and attempted to quiet its fears, but the massive animal wad thorough ly shinned. It seemed to be insane, and ita yells were full of agonised fear—filled with terror. The emote startled—some attempt ed to break from their hamar, while others fell down flat, all uttering a peculiar dry,— The bud men leaped out, and while the keepers of the animal wagons looked after them, it was found that the lions must be quieted, or there would be a scene be yond the control of al About this time tie lion tamer cams ur, and hastened to the cage. The beasts had become so ex cited now that they scarcely noticed him, but made redoubled efforts to get out into the open air. Had the tamer at this time lacked a courage that seemed akin to utter recklessness the beasts would no:doubt have succeeded in making their escape. Without fear ho went to the cage, and very soon did covered the cause of the fury of the mother. lie called the attendants of the team to his aid, but they were scarcely to blame when they did not care to venture too near. Two or three of them came and with the assist ance of levers, separated the pieces of the cage so that the whelp extricated his foot. The mother, her suspense relieved with the release of the whelp, ceased her yells, and again commenced licking the wounded foot. The other lions seemed not entirely Ratified, OA rather to enjoy the confusion they were creating. Reaching through the ventilator the tamer struck one of them as heavy a blow as he could with a short iron, bar, which seemed to send some reason into his head ; and when the order came for him to move, he and his companion went into their own apartment, ceasing their howls, but keeping up a low, indignant growling, like dogs. Observing this, the men came tbr ward angj raised the wagon to its place, ra,.tpui ng up the cage whore it was ',rotten, And the horses being attached, the team drove on, While this was being done it seemed as if the band tear' wOlll4l more than fill the Lill which the lion family had attempted. Although the sound of the lions voices could no longer be beard, its effects was tilt on the camels. Their keeper had detached them from the carriage, and had succeeded in getting them a few rods away. They:neve m a d e no effort to emeape, butlay dowdpant ing through fear, and apparently oblivious to everything around them. The monster elephant, also detached, seemed to be in a lotandry as to what he shouhL do. lie slashed his trunk against his side with a dull but loud "thud," and then raising it in the air blew blasts upon it, before whm!. all the trumpets of the band were *.as nothing.— Just then had his elephantship knew his strength there is no doubt be would have made it felt. But by soothing and coaxing he was at length quieted, and again attached to the wagon. The camels were aroused at length by kicks and blows, and the strange animals moved on, trembling in every joint. A Girl of Fifteen Years Outraged by a Negro lle cuts Her Throat and Leaves her for Dead. (From the Quincy (I 11.) Herald.] The Lagrange papers are filled with the details of a brutish outrage committed by a hot blooded young buck of a negro upon a thriner's daughter, near that place, on the road leading from Lagrange to Newark.— Wit bin about seven miles of the latter place lives a Mr. Loukton, a man of prominance, a farmer, his wife and several children, one of whom is a girl of fifteen years. For about eighteen months the fanner has had a cop per colored negro working for him, and, from subsequent events that hare transpired the fiend has, during that time, been seek ilia an opportunity to ruin the girl montion ed above, and not until Sunday evening last did he carry into effect his terrible premedi tated crime. The particulars, as far ns we have been able to gather them, are at fol lows : On Sunday evening last, this :2sth ult., the little girl went into a skirt of tim ber near the house to drive home the cows. She had passed out of sight of the house but a short distance when the negro wade. his appearance, and committed the foul deed of ravishing her after which he drew a two-edged dirk from his bosom and pro ceeded to cut the child's throat. lie suc ceeded as he supposed, in killing his victim, then adding a few stabs in each breast, and 'one near the,collar bone, he left her to the care of the beasts of the forest. He left that part of the country, and the first inti mation the horror stricken parents had of what happened their child, was her presence in a gore of blood, reeling into the house. She told what had taken place, and after summoning medical aid, search for the ne gro was instituted, though without avail, until Tuesday afternoon, when a little boy, brother of the ruined child. came across bun in Marion county, near the residence of Mr. Randolph. The brave boy, drawing a revolver, leveled it at the monster's head, ordered him to proceed in front in the di rection of Monticello, at which place he succeeded in arriving, and placed his pris oner in the hands of the proper officers The negro is now in jail. GRANT %MINOS WONT DRAW.--Tice Radicals attempted to get up a Grant meet intrin Norristown last week, and had flaming bills posted and the loudest kind of a call in the newspapers for days previous. Thu ap pointed evening came, but the people came not. Less than half a dozen politicians gathered in the hall, and, after waiting for un hour after the time act, they sneaked off without attempting even to organise a collet ing. The 'ems evening the Democracy tired a salute of 100 guns in the public square, in honor of Seymour and Blair, and a largo and enthusiastic crowd gathered to witness the proceeding. Except in the large cities, the Radicals have not been able to get up a meeting, and even then the atten elon+• has been wonderfully slim. Unless the party rouses itself the Democratic can didatee will have nothing to do but quietly to walk over the course, —Lam:oder had. —New counterfeit fifty mint *pm have made their appearance. They oltimlendid• lyßascuted,•and will easily dectivii. NUMBER 22. Intereetlng and Valuable Curl amity. A wonderful old:document boat present in Canada, being nothing less than the skin or parchment signed two hundred and thirty years ago by the Scottish people, and known as the "National Covenant of Scotland." The substance of the deed is written in a firm, beautiful hand, almost unique in its kind ; the signatures of the noblemen, in-. eluding the famous Montrose, and many of the others, are very distinct, as also arc those obliterated ill the blood of their sub scribers, while the whole parchment is in a good mate of preservation. This celebrated old document is without doubt a relic of the troublous times which gave it existence.— No era of t3eotla n 'a history claims more interest or presents greater charm than the memorable year 1038, when on the Ist day of March, its vigorous and high-minded people, oppressed by restrictions on their religious liberty, and roused to resistance by the attempts of the King and his ambitious prelates to violate their consciences by fore ing upon them a liturgy utterly opposed to their Presbyterian notion of simple worship, rose up en masse, and with unanimity of views and feeling unparalleled, subscribed the national covenant of Scotland. The covenant survived the crisis that called it Ibrth. For :the following fifty years the principles which produced a geueration of heroes found their nobles exponents in the lives and sufferings of their sons. Purified in martyr blood, they triumphed in the cause of freedom, and left a legacy to suc ceeding generations, which to us was never more sensibly enjoyed than in the present age. For the past seventy years the docu ment has been in the possession of a family of the name of Henderson, into whose grandfather's hands it came when he was the senior Cameronian Pastor in Scotland. The existence of the document is well known in the United Kingdom, where in moat of the principal towns and places it has been shown.-31onerotl Gazette. The Coward Traducer. The midnight assassin, who stealthily breaks iu upon the sanctities of the private home of a family, and thrusts his: stiletto into the heart of slumbering innocence, is no greater villain than he who assaults his neighbor's good name—invades the hallow ed courts of the Ibmpie of his well deserved and hard earned fame—breathes blight awl mildew upon his spotless reputation—aril leaves in his tortuous track., the slime and venom of the basilisk, The sentiment has been most truthfully and graphically enunciated, that he who can choke the sweetest flowers of social love, and taint them with disease—and in the paradise of earthly bliss, where the plants of virtue flourish, spread the malaria of moral desolation—the poison of hatred and distrust—who gladly would were it possible, crush his neighbors character to dust—grind to powder every restage or his public honor and private value, and build upon the ruins —who can write infamy upon the brow others to prove his own purity—is neither man nor beast, but a hearties demon. Those who have seen their dearest inter eats tampered with, who have known what it is to have th priceless gem of a good name sullied by the pestilential breath of cold un pitying slander, there best can say, the cal untinator has no heart, no conscience, no soul I If the lightnings flash ever dada from heaven to strike the guilty down, it will blast the hopes of murderers such as these. But bad as is the vile defamer of the liv ing, yet far worse, is he who exhumes from the peaceful shadows of death, the depart ed victim of his envy, to hold him up to the gaze of the world, as a target at which to hurl the pestiferous shaft of his malignant hate. In such a monster there is to bo found no trace of the immage of God ; but in room of this, is seen ever appalling and disgusting lineament of the arch•fiendof perdition.— Rev. Z. Puller. CALLINiI FOR NEORO SENATORS.—The Philadelphia Port, the must ably edited Republican paper in the State, commends Charles Sumner's letter which calls upon the Negro Legislature of South Carolina to send at least one of their own race to the U. S. Senate. It says ; "At a time when many men calling them selves Republicans hesitate upon the expe diency of giving the colored man a vote, and quite ignore his eligibility to public( office, it is inspiring to hear the noble utterance' of Mr. Sumner in his letter to a member of the south Carolina Legislature." That is a clear and unequivocal endorse ment of Sumner's proposition. The Post is logical in its arguments. The silliest fools in all this land are those Republicans who scoff at negro equality and yet continue to not with a party which is pledged to that as the grand cardinal principle of its political Taw Radical platform is represented by 4 white mon lying upon his back, with a pen dorous negro kneeling upon him, and on the negroe'a shoulders Grant stands with a cigar in his mouth. On the top of Grant stands a robust man, holding a bundle of Govern ment bonds. JOHN PIICSNIX once raid, that when, from the deck of an out-going steamer, he shouted to a friend, "Good bye, Colonel," two-thirds of the crowd raised their bate, and said, "Good bye, old fel. Takkar yerself." ==l "WHEN s fellow in tmo lazy to work," soya Sam Slick, "hc paints his came over the door andoalle it a torero or grocery, and makes tie - *tole neighborhood as lazy aa blautlf."
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