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011.1t.taSIAXI, PA.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1864.
fiErifiCElT AND 'CHEAPEST. NEWSPAPER
IN CUMNFIRLANII COUNTS' •
Terrns± Two Dollars a year, or One Dollar and
.Fifty Cents, if paid pin:elm:lly in Advance.
$1 75 paid rrithiu the yea,
WECIG iiTATE .
FOR GOVERNOR,
JAMES
FOR CANAL COMAIISSIONER,
GEORGE DARSIE,
FOR JurtpE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
DANIEL M. SMYSER,
WHIG counTirr =CHET.
Aisenfhly,
MONTGOMERY .DONALDSON, Newton
GEORGE W. CRISWELL, Enst Penuebnro
Prothonotary,
WILLIAM D. SHOOP, Lower Allen.
Clerk of Courts.
iikANILTEL S SNYDEIt,
Register,
WILLIAM SKlLESirCarlisle
Consmiasioner. -
WILLIAM BAUGHMAN, Shippensburg.
Auditors,
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JOSEPH WEIBLEY. Carlisle, (1 yenr.)
WILLIAM W. FRAZER, Hopewell, ( 3yeara)
.pirector of the Poor.
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GEORGE V. COOVEIi, Silver Spring
comp RESS
To the rotersof Cumberland, Perry and
Yprk_ Connties:—Felli - ni , -CitizensAt the
request of very many friends, I offer myself
to you as an Independent Candidate for elec
tion to Congress, and most respectfully so
licit your supportand suffrages. Should Ibe
elected, I promise to the best of my ability,
a faithful and fearless discharge of my duty
in advocating and sustaining the intrests, the
freedom, the honor and integrity of our
Common Country against the encroachments
of both foreign and domestic enemies. On
principle, I am utterly opposed to that policy
which sacrifices home interests to flircign in
fluence, and that would darken our National
escutcheon by permitting and aiding in the
extension of slavery over teritory now free,and
that would overthrow those principles of free
dom, which the fathers of the country so ably
promulgated and enforced and which rest at
the basis of all true liberty,
Very respectfully, your obt. servant,
LEMUEL TODD.
Carlisle, September 8,1854.
WESTERN SUBSC R I li liRS. —The labor of pack
up a large number of single papers to-subsirrjbers at
a distance, principally in the Western States. is no small
Ph every week, but would cheerfully be gone through
with if those remote friends only paid their subscrip
tions promptly. We now give fair notice that our paper
will not hereafter be sent to any subscribers at distant
ss UNLESS PAID IN ADVANce Or the payment assumed
me person in Cumberland county. On a number o
rs now sent to Western• subscribers there are ono.
three and some cases lair' years subscription duo,
If these are not soon paid wo shall publisktho names t.
mac delinquents and then strike them from 'our list.—.
OM largely increased expenses require, as they say Is,
arty theatres, the free list to be suspended," and prong li
pument from all. ,
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"UNDER KINO, BENZONI ?
'SPEAK OR DIE !"—We understand tha' ;
at the meeting of the:Democratic county
Committee on Saturday, ) the case of th 9
refractory Know Nothings on the Count:i
Ticket was dulY considered, and 'after a
warm discuAsion it was resolved 'tha
illessre. Gregg and Lytle shoWd.publiel . ;
repudiate Know Nothingism or be strick
'en from the ticket. A ' few days mot
gracu.was allowed them to speak or be pc.
litically- executed. The resolution di.;
not pass unanimously, however, there bc
ing some Know Nothings even in ,
Committee !
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Portirutrry.---The -Volunteer's allu
sion to Todd's personal pOpularity is rr,•
ther unfortunate. It will cause people
look at old election returns to see ho-
Bonham has . run,' when it will be foul;
that when Bonham was last before tl
people 118 a candidate for the Legislatu:
howdy beat Dr, T," - L, Cathcart, the wh• ;
candidate, about thirty yob's! This in.l
eoutttly where Bonham's friends claim a
majority of over two himdred !
pop-alaritylas x yiq7leen tested but we
think 'will be established on the second
TuuSday of October
of Northumborlaud
of Allegheny
of 'Montgomery
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MR. BONHAM'S LAST ADDRESS.
The last Volunteer and • Democrat con
tain an address to the voters of this Con
gressional district from J: Ellis Benham,
the locofoco candidate for Congress, which
frOut its cringing tone may be - regarded
as, an appeal to the whig party for help.
But in the very same papers which print
this cry of agonythere is from the pen of
the same J. Ellis Bonham, the address
No. 4 of -the Democratic State Central
Committee, a complete rehash of the
State slanders and misrepresentations
which have constituted his political capi
tal for years past, and with which he seeks
now to stigmatize and render odious the
whig pithy. In address No. 4' the Whig
Party is denounced as "a mere truckler
for office' 2 —as "endeavOring.to-craivl in
to power by exciting the sympathies and
prejudices of portions of our citizens"--,
as " denying the, right as. well as the ca
pacity of . the 'people to govern them,
selves"—as "adherents of-the British"
—as "a party without an exception, stren
nous in their - endeavors to Clothe the
government with strong, if not with ar
bitrary power to keenthe people in check"
—as "endeavoring ~ to excite the people
to violate the constitution of the country"
=-as__'__fomenting __difficulties betiveen_our
native-born and naturalized citizens," and
"being in this close imitators of the fed
eralists—of 179S"—as - having in 1-798
been " aroused to one tremendous exer
tion to erush-the-spirit_of the , -people and_
destroy their liberties," 'and that "thr
mhiggerry of the present dog is the frier :
(Win! of 1799 grown more running."
Vet whilst giving ; publicity to these and
many otfit'fr miserable falsehoods and slim
ders jn address No. 4, their author, terri
lied at the prospect of defeat which awaits
him; now appeals in a special address, in
sidiously directed to Whigs, asking them
with cool-effrontery—to disregard party
ties, to forget, his ultraisms, his abuse and
his detractionsto sanction his Free
Trade and ultra Slavery views—and help
him, their defanier and avowed foe; to a
seat in Congress,
,so that his facilities for
accomplishing further and greater mis
chief may be. increased) We feel satis
fied that this appeal will .be rejected by
every Whig in the district with undis
guised feelings or contempt for the man
whose lust for office leads him to fawn
now upon those whom lie has so perseve
ringly maligned and defamed.
This last address of Mr. Bonham is a
strange.compound of bravado and syco
phancy. While boasting defiance he is
the.same time evidently shaking with .
fear and dread. Such an appeal is made
to deceive and is dictated by no sentiment
of sincerity towards the whig party, but'
simply because he: dreads defeat. .When
Mr. Bonham thought himself Aecure, in
the stronghold of his own making,.he
mocked at the Whigs 'and defied their
power. Now when large masses of his
own party repudiate him and his princi
ples, lie 'seeks to save himself by truck
ling. But the effort will not sireeced : —
ilis• appeal will only receive, as it,,de
serves, the sr and rebuke•of the whig
party.
`Why, let us ask, should any Whig - vote
for Mr. Bonham ? Is he not the expo
nent of every political iniquity that ren
ders locofocoism dtingerous and 'odious?
Is he not exerting pll
,his capacities to in
jure, and defeat every Oinciple and meas
ure dna is dear to the' whig party, and
will he not, if elected, unite with his. co-
thinkers in in icting upon tie country
those very measures which the "Whigs
regard as destructive.and- unconstitution
al? True, the whit; party has no distinc
tive candidate o£ its own in this contest,
but they can and will cheerful .vote for
LEMUEL TOM), the Independent can
didate, whose hostility to the infamous
Kansas-Nebraska bill and frisnuiship for
Pennsylvania interests, are well known
and entitle him to the support of- every
Whig.
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AsEYot- AssEssC.U: , --Iti. order to vote it
is neeessary that strangers and new eonwrs
should'be as'siissed in the district which they
have taken up their residence at least /,!n
days' bclbre Priemls or follicle,
see to it that Slut are 'all rigid: ; and ready t
vilhont, let or hinderance to doposite y tir
ballots on the socond Tujsday or,Oetober.
tEarlisle Acta.
WHIG COUNTY TICKET.
We have said hitt little in relation lo
our County Ticket since its nomination,
as the candidates are generally well known
to the people of the county and beciause.
we feel assured from every account which
reaches us that, the ticket gives entire
satisfaction. It is an excellent Ticket,
composed of good men throughout, and
is entitled to, as we arecofident it will re
ceive, the support of every Whig as well
as . -many democrats.
Our candidates for Legislature, Messrs.
DONALDSON and CRISWRIA. are both men
of intelligence, good judgment and unim
peachable integrity, and calculated if e
lected to make discreet and useful legis
lators. Our candidates for the county
Shoup, fur Prothonotary—
Mr. S.Nxior.p., for Clerk of Courts and Mr.
SKILEs, : for, 'Register, are each of them
well qualified to fill those places, each Of
them capable, honest and worthy. If
they are elected,,whiclr we are confident
they will be, the people may rely upon
their duties being performed with integ
rity and faithfulness. The Whig candi
dates fur the other offices—Mr.' 13
MAN for Commissioner—Mr. Com - 1m for
Director of the Poor—Messrs. FRAZER
and W MAY - for A uditors—arc well
known in their respective neighborhoods
as men of high - perso - nal worth and re
spectability—men of prudence - Indjudg- -
ment, to whom the interests of the coun
ty- may - he safely - confided.
Such is the Whig Ticket and' a more
unexceptionable ticket in every respect
has seldom if ever been nominated. Tt
is Worthy thxsupport of 'every Whig and
if our friends throughout the county exf
ert themselves as they should it will be
triumphantly elected. Whigs ! the signs
are auspicious of success I Be united,
be vigilant, be energetic and Your ticket
w i ill triumph!
THE POPULAR REVOLUTIONI
Since Franklin Pierce's election by a
majority in every State butfourj-the-peo—
ple have become so utterly disgusted with
the man, that they are now more anxious
to overthrow than they were to set pp his
abominable administration. II is own na
tive State, New Hampshire, has condemn
ed hitn-Maine has condemned him----
lowa has condemned him—NcW York has
condemned him—Connecticut - has con
demned him,and Michigan,Wisconsin,ln
diana and Illinois are ready to folio* their
example, But rising above all Will be
heard the pealing thunder of PENNSYL
VANIA'S condemnation on the • second
Tuesday of October !
LIBERALITY. We do not se ~.Mr.
Todd's card in the Volunteer, though we
learn its publication was requested in that
paper, as in others, as an advertisement.
The Vo/unteer has been loud in its de
nunciations of intolerance and liberality,
as utterly at variance with the spirit of
our institutions, and yet shows such an
abject subserviency' to party itself, and
such a want of liberality as to refuse to
publish Mr. Todd's 'card even 'in its a&
vertising , columns. Surely such a stick
ler for the rights of, the people Jo-govern'•
themselves, should not have refused' to
submit to their decision Mr. Todd'S
peal. : 'The.' Volunteer's course in thiS
Matter is a' sorry commentary.,. upon its
own professions of tolerance and liberali
ty. After this it ought to cease its Mat-
Fmnraitraima Mrrfq=llll
Y3IOLER AND STATE PEBT.—The loco
foco papers are exulting over Gov. Bigler's
proclamation showing that through the
operation of the Sinking Fund establish
ed by (ov. Johnson, some nine hundred
thousand dallars of State Debt has appa
rently becu paid during his adminiStra:2
don: If true, Johnson is entitled to the
credit instead. of Bigler. But the fact is
that while the Funded Debt of the State
has been thus ITtittectr,i'lligkr has tiOtuttl-•'
ly made over a milliou of 'dollars of new
(1,.14 ! a•
sut t ,r(i.y, st v t.. 2d, 250
rants, on their way to Nebraska, pas, ,,, d
througlt•St.
BONHAM AND DIRECT TAXATION.
An k tong the heresies advocated by J.
Ellis Bonham, is that of raising by di
red titxution a revenue for the support of
the General Government. This theory
involves, of course, th'e repeal of all' im
post duties'andtthe ronsequent admission
of every species of products into_the
country free from all charges. Indepen
dent of the death-blow which such—t . sui
cidal 'policy would inflict upon alI the in
dustrial 'interests of the country, in bring
ing them into direct competition with the
pauper labor of Europe; it would vastly
increase the hurthens of the tax-payers.
The amount of money now raised for gov
ernmental- pu-rposes, from-Anti-es -im posed -
on foreign products; is about sixty-five
millions of dollars, which is paid by all
who consume these products in exact pro
postion to the ittantity used by each.—
Were the system of raising the revenue
altered, the basis of taxation would be
property instead of consumption, and the
onus or weight of paying thin revenue
would rest, mainly, on the farmers or
landholders, becauSe the I description of
property owned by them is tangible and
apparent, and,.unlike money, stock, &c.,
incapable of concealment. Under a/sys
tem of direct taxation Pennsylvania's
share of the revenue to be raised would
be about six millions of dollars annually ;
1111 1111101111 t Cl . l/11,1 to more than three times
our present State Tax, which in itselfls .
scarcely endurable. So that a man who,
now patis a State Tax of 'thirty dollars,
would have to pay in addition thereto, for
the use of the general government, , at
least ninety dollars; when perhaps under
the present system of tariff duties his pro
portion would not amount to one tenth of
that sum.
-Farmers, property-holders, 'taxpayers !
what think you of this'scheme and of the
man who favors and advocates it ? It
°
may suit the trading politician, and such
ipen as' Mr. Bonham, who have nothing
to lose, and who wish to throw something
off the prices of their broad-cloths acid
- other litxuries on the brawny shoulders of
the farmer, who is stisfied with home
made articles. - But we may imagine
that those who compose the producing
classes, and are interested as tax-payers,
will reject any such attempts to increase
their already - oppressive burthens, and
oppose any man who exhibits his hostili-:
ty to their interests by falirhig any-such
unegnal thid unjust schemes.
fterThe two democratic papers of Per
iy, the Advocate and Democrat are en-•
gaged in hot discussion of the merits of
.the Pope of Rome, in connexion with the
Congressional nomination. Vin. a fi6rce
onslaught upon our neighbor of the Vol
unteer, the Advocate stroll Its editor
John Bedint Bratton. Keep '661, gen
tlemen.
OUT AT LAS'V
The Lager Beer bill as it is called, has at
last been brought out. of the breeches pocket
of Coy. Bumfat, as we learn from the Wilkes
barre Record (4( the Times, of the 6th inst.,
which says—speaking of his speach at that
placer-_
"The G'ov. cant out boldly on Thursday
-and said, the lager beer hill was not in his
bretiches' pocket, but that he hud al}•cad •
retor
We sirould think all classes now ought to
vote for .Bigler—since he is in favor of all
sides of R,Nery question. In fife first place,
his organ at Ilarriaburgdeclares him oppos-'
ed to the Prohibitory Ftii - v, and his letter to
the Prohibito , ry 'Convention lends to the same
conclusion. Thixt the Rev. John Chambers
assures the TeMperance men that his friend
Bigler will sign a constitutional Prohibitory
Law. Now he vetoes a hill requirina '' retailers
of malt liquors to have a license from the
Court. And in March and April last he sign
ed. two bills of a precisely similar character,
applying only to the county of Chester, and
parts oldie county ofTioga. Thus favoring
local laws
,and opposing general Ones for the
souse object. I;id ever a tiovernor involve
himself in such a maze of ..inconsistencies
and contradictions? •
1413ut Of what importance is itovhat he does
liow? "1' he' people are th6ronglilv disgusted
with his course, and arc waiting,. with as much
patience as possible . for . the, 10th of October,
when they will bury. him under stick •4 load
of paper pellets that. he will no more 'bi - '
heard or. ••
igkir Attention is inVittul to the advertise
ment of the Cumberland Valley Institute, in
anotla r t ou tinu of this Impey,tlw winter ses
sion. of n•hii will open oi:1 the first ot',No
vonber. This 601001 is fast gaiiiing reptita
titß.
JEDGE POLLOCK.
The-tour of this distinguished gentleman
in the border counties, of this State, says the,
North American, has been eminently sue
eessful. At all the points designated for his
meeting &citizens the assemblages ha 4 been
unusually large, and composed of members
of all parties, and he has been listened to
with the most marked attention and with the
most gratifying results. Judge Pollock is,
indeed a speaker of very superior abilities.
He has been thoroughly educated; and has
all the fiilish which scholastic acquirements
can bestow upon natura& fine powers of dee
imitation. But his great merit lies in the
thoroughness and earnestness with which he
discusses topics he presents, and the largo
amount of information he bears upon them.
His speech at Pittsburg, which we had the
good fortune to hear, was most impressive.
It was clear in its method and forcible in ris
expression throughout; and, when the accts.
sion admitted of it, it was marked by passa
ges of great beauty and eloquence.
During this week Judge Pollock has the
'following appointments:
Coudersport . .
Wellsboro', . ,
Troy, . . .
Towanda, . .
Montrose, . .
At the close of the present, or the begin
ning of the next month, lie will be in Eastern
Pennsylvania, and about that period' will ad
dress the people of Philadelphia..
PERRY COUNTY
The Whigs of Perry held their couventiont
on Monday of last week and nominated a full
ticket with the acception of associate Judge,
whieli'Was left open 'to an independent can
didate to be voted for by the people at large.
The following persons were settled f'or the
other officers, viz : For Assembly, Dr. A. C.
Styes; PrOthonotary, Gen Joseph D. Situp
son; Register and Recorder, John Camphel)
Commissioner, Wm. Power, of Tyrdne; 1 i•
rector of the Poor, Samuel Milligen Audi
tor, Wm."Bosserman ; Coroner, John Bretz.
The wings will unanimously suppOit Todd for
Congress.
Hox. ClEounE DA ESIE.—The garrisburg
Telegraph says that the Locofoco papers,
with their usual reckless disregard of truth,
charged that Mr. Iltrsit some weeks since
sent to the Whig State committee a letter tf
declination; 'the wish is father to the thought'
with these Locotheu editors. They know him
to be a good man and a " popular Man, and
would prefer to have him out of die way.—
Mr. I)arsie has not and will not decline; and
the •whigs of the Old Keystone, true to their
party, their principles and their candidate.,
will rally -to.hig - `Tupport, en ,masse, on the
• second Tuesday of October. We trust that
our Locofoco friends will give themselves'no
further trouble on this score, for they may
rest assured that Mr:Thirsie will not dechu.e.
POLITICS IN LANCASTER.—Thu, Locofocos
of Lancaster held their County Convention
last week, and nominated a full ticket, head
ed by Wm. B. Fordnev, of the City, tbr Con
gress, who has since declined. A portion of
the Convention was in favor of an Open-/u
-sine with the Know Nothings, but after a
strong conn ( st the motion to settle a full tick
et prevailed by a vote of 32 to 11. The Ex
am i ner says 'it is an undoubted fact that at
least two of the candidates on the Loco tick
'ef'are Know . Nothings."fhe Examiner fur
ther states that the Know Nothing party in
that county has formed an entire ticket for
Congresq, Senate, Assembly, and County Of
and publishes a list of names saki to
be so nominated. For Congress the name
given is A. E. Roberts, of New Holland, who
-since the diclination of Fprdner will un
doubtedly receive the support of the Locos.
Isaac E. lliester, is the regular Whig nominee
and the indications are Sat the.enti+ Loco
ftico and Know Nothing parties alltiTd agfffiTi - St
him, there will be a close run.
The Whig county Committee of IVMetk.lter
county, have nominated Joshua
of Mtintour county, for Associate Law Judge
of that district in . place of Mr. BroWn
declin
ed.
. _
has been seriously ill, at Waverly,,etholine
of the New • York anti Erie biailrthul. The
Harrisburg Union,' however states that the
fever has been broken, anti all that is,fteetled
to restore him to his usual health is a few
days rest. The Union thinks not,
probably be able to athlress the people again
for some time. • ,
WON'T WRITE ANY '-‘1010: LurrEns,—Tho
Pottstown Ledger, a LocotOco journal sav:.;
"A doubting Democrat, who don't appear to
have much faith in Mutts denial of his Lein.;
in the Ninow-INToilting ring; h:u• wrilteUini
another letter, making the queries More di :
rest and senrching. Mott however rofutieS to
ansper. lie won't write any more letters on
'that sulljet.A.”
F.+vAt, A 1-1 , 11.11" AT SANTAFF..---A letter yo
;viswell at St. 1.Un19 front Santa 1° . ; ., announ,, ;
'tltat :51r. F. X. Anlavv, thy mi•sr.oll - 1
aml.inirvpid• travidier, was stabbod in, a I.o v
with Majny Weight:onn, that phuo, about
tSept. I'B
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