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TilE • PEOPLE'S CANDIDATES
- • . FOR PRESIDENT. -.
JOHN C. FREMONT, 'Of California
• :FOR VICE PRESIDENT, (
WM. L. DAYTON, of New Jersey..
UNION. TATI;; TACRET.
CANAL ; . 00 311SSI ONEII
-T.ll 0 - Cllll, A
lATIDITOR -7 07 - .YERA T;;--
,DARWIN PHELPS, or Arttrong Co: ,
• SURVEYOR GENERAL, '
BARTRatOII,EWIAPQRTEW3radfopI
UNION COUNT* TICKET.
• CongieBs;• • •
q." Hon. LEMUEL TODD,.: of Cumberland
fflfflM
KIRK BAINES, of Perry' County,
• -
Dr. IV. W. NEVIN. of Southampton,
TIIQMAS B. -BRYSON, Hampden.
.4. , sqviate Judges.
B.."MULLEN..South Alidalotou.
GEOBGE MILLER, W.: Penithbbi.o..
District Attorney,- :
JAMES - B.:SMITH, Carlisje;
Cuii rniuioncr;
JOHN_HUAIER, Carlisle..
Diet6tor the . , Po9r.
JOHNFISHMAN, jr., Dickinson
_ . County Surveyr.-
WM D. 13091 ) , Lowei; Allen
• :1 i/or. -
AiPREIV •1. - KAUFFMAN, Metlintlicsburg
Cormier.
JAMES NITILLI N,.'en
FREMONT 41 I ND IMBED= !
pENNsllono AINAKE
The friends of FREMONT awl Free Konsss
nre requt t ted to meet in Pininfieldi on . SAT
URDAY EVENING,
.the . 27th inst. Severni
nikiresies may be.sK.ol4‘..
Ora GOUNTit TICKET
Piave . not thought it necessary to
speak in special persOnal eulogy oreach
individual-on our county :ticket : They
ard'idlwell:.knowti to the intelligent peo•
pie of the county. , Their qualifications'
- conceded by..ail,,—They are-known as
good citizens, as good iltrinem:(ir as good,
busine'ss men, whose uprightness and in
tegrity of character challenge's_ universal
confidAnce. They will not only • receii.e
-the united vote of the party which has
made' them its candidates , hot asWc have.
god-Jeast;n to believes-irony votes front
their political opponents: The_ majority
which the Union candidate for .Canal
Commissioner received last fall in Cum-
berland county, affoida abundant evidence
Coauty — Tickat 'can—be
carried this. year by a -majority of from!
THREE - to FIVE HUNDRED ! Then
.ivci were divided-- . -now we are united.
But nothing is.SeeeinpliShed viitheut la 7:
friends niuSt not u'ork. • for . n
mere ma.ibrity, but a large .amtsyreepipg
` '°Majority I To , effect this let ALL GO.
TO WORK 1
STATE ELF.orloNs.—California held
its State election on Wednesday, the ad
instant, and we may aspect to hear -from
taouple of weeks. — There-are — no
no further State elections this month:
' Georgia and - Florida come off on the 6th,
and Pennsylvania, Ohio," Indiana and
South Carolina on the 14th October. No
-other State_clectio,ris_take_place,_aftcx.
these, till •Ndvenaber, Louisiana lialds'
liers on the. 3d; Illinois, Michigan, NOW
Jersey, New YOrk and. Wisconsin on the
4th—the day of the Presidential eleetia;'
Mississippi on the 3d arid 4ih t Maryland,
on the sth, Massachusetts on the '9th
and .Delawaie on the 10th,
,-Don't neglect to-beltbeessed I
THE OCTOEEE ELECTiOV.
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•
however they may be. divided upon
_Presidential candidates, the friends 'of
both Fremont and- Fillmore are all.cordi
ally united in the support,of theUNION
STATE TICKET. for'Auditor General;
SurveYo r General - and - Canal 'Coniritissien-'
• ....q., : :_...A..,f.e..w..Lweelts:lengeri_an
d.__tilie}t will
be summoned to the. ballot boxes, not, on
ly to choose there impo:tanti . State officers.,
but also Members of Congress, and'inern
, • -.hers': of -the-State- Legislature.—Are_th ey •
prepared . toasSume all the responsibili
ties involT6V?" ..tkTetltriy - ready — tcrt , c6nr: -
Inence.the campaign, , and in ' earnest?
All eyes are at this moment, ? says the
Fillmbre paper,
directed towards PennsYlvania.----She may
_- be said to , hold - the result in her hand
.
Let her vote go against • the Cincinnati
.
platform, and the Presidential
,struggle
may be. regarded as over. That the Op
- position of . this State constitute l the ma
,
jority, we Lore not, ti 'detilit: All that is
necessary, IS - UNITED — ACTION - -ON -TTIE
SECOND Ti:LeD - Ik ' y IN OCTODER. . .00 that
day, there `, most he A - Fiji:STYMY
_ TnnotumouT THE ENTIRE ..CDMMON
. WEALTII, ;Let Pennsylvania th ! •.n .A leak
as he should speak, and, there
,will be -
' hearty resporise in ,every section. of, the
Union, That, We repeat,.,will be thelir:;t.
-- geelit - Im - d - i - mportant struggle. Tire:oll- --
' r positiori have but a single. ticket in the
field s 'and they.should_support it, not wiry
w4l9thaniwity; lint With confidence and
enthuSiasm., As Penrisylvania votes in
in October, so Will- the nation, at large
vote, at t.h.e Still, inOre ininortllllVstrup . .gle
Which is to take place in November. The
freemen. everprherethroughout the State
shoudd so understand the case,-and.,goV
. . ern;themselve; accordingly'. All minor
should thrown aside, . and.. a
hearty, - lout; and'uniVavering
should be made for the ' UNION . TICK.
ET, 'as agreed upon by the • vari
branches orthe Opposition: . •
PTOOItESS OF TliE 'CATMFAIO N T
far twenty members of ..the.•thirty-fifth
,Congress .have hen
: elected in the State's
of lowa, i'Onwas,. Missouri, Vermont
and Maiud." . Politically., • they .divide
thus :
'Fremont. Buchanan. Fillmorc
Misiruli, a. '.* 1. , ' 4 , 2
Ai:katisad, - .. •---- • • 2 .
Maine, , ~'. . 6. ...„. . ---
lovra, o
..., • • .
Verintoit,
11l
Total,
Tn the *present Congress the repre
sentatives from . the ahove States stand
t(inaliy divided: 'At this rata the anti
litiet,f4e,c) force, in the next Hou,se of Rep
re:w i yes' will be much greater kali it
trz p.4,,ent.
?plied Stafes Senate consists at
, presctit of 37 supporters of Mr. Btfcha
'tutu. 15. a Mr...Fretnont and 7 of Mr.
--The . N.. Y.. Post oalptilates
tina at the beginning of the next:-Oon
:gress the Senate will stand 29fOr Bucha
nan, 25 for Tremont, 8 for Filimore. .
coL - vuzircoNer - so vATuorao
The s Newark (N. J.) publishes the following
leiter from the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
written from his country residence. It ought
to satisfy • the doutite of those who still. have
fears that Col. Fremont,is a Catholic: -
Diu •story of the, dog Noble is
true, and the record of it you 'enclosed' toms
1 wrote. Nothing, onn he more silly than the
attempt•to fii - iipon Col.:Fremont the Catholic
*religion, I 11.61 personak acquainted With Col.
Col. Frement •and- his excellent Wife; and
shave repeatedly talked with both, tipon . ,thia,oub: !
,_.jest, minutely, and must say that in all' my
life I never knew a lie, so utterly baseless and
persisted-,iw, — after — contradietioni - aucli
iMalice. ,
But, it is plaiti that where personalities make
•up the subitance of a Campaign argument,
• there is little else upon which they core to
make on issue. It is well the great moral
principles, and the Civil 'doctrines which lay
at , the foundation of our. Government are
, on
tlia:ReputAio4 ll side, ,
Let the falsehoods, and the gross personal
--abuse be left to:thoie -Who cheek,- to—employ
them, • 'Slieu4.l Colonel Fremont become our
next President, Ibelieve that we shall have •
taken.a long and' firm step towards the „purity
:otWashington'a Adininistration, • _
'Very truly 'yours, IL W.••I3BECHER.
IStirßeed the itenounts of outrages in
Kansas, on our 7th page, and then - vote.
for Fremont. ,
Lenox, Aug. 25, 1866.
fieralb.
HON. IJOHJEL TODD
, .
h nay- ikatilwh
Lemuel. Todd has been noininnted .by'the
opponents of Buchanan, for 'second term.
hi Congress froni this distriet; a -- the
York 'Republican truly, observes "a marl:
of their - confidencewhich. is well deseryed.
The4teiiubliUati, adds - that-= • .
j l l ,llir!(l.llllrlTEMTTrildittillriila -44!.-late
lion ,of
.Congress, when ho provod
"faithful among the faithless," has secured
for him the respeet'of all who assisted in his
elevation to the seat he holds with se Imuch
oriolit,to himself tnd.benefa to the dh9trict,77
,Nyas an influential and industrious intenaiio;
such an QTIC as this Count Tend •distt:FrA have
reason to be proOd of,: and, it is not doubted,
they kill again entrust to him the charge of
representing their interests. When'a-contli••
date two . years . since,
_notny.:Petoorts. "Were
dOulaul - if lie wbu.ltl , prove true to the trust
which waif then confided Id him, and some
went so far as to withhold•frot him their soli,
port, and a number cast their votes for his
opponent. This be the .cnsa now.—
Everybody has. heen..satisfied with him as a
r opi'esentativo:twith-his-positiort.mLall.:sie s,
tions, uad with the broad and comprehensive
view*of TMtionak affairs which 'clMiliktOrize - d
HS 'action nt Washiny,ton.. Ilis speeches in
the ilbuse proved be'att able and ready
debater, and were scathing,to,those who•caus
..ediiiiiTt•Vartitnadvcrt on their- - principles and I
conduct. • They were-of such a chaittete'r as
t , l please hnr constituents rind command their
admiration, whilsvtliey i-Vffected cri••llt on the
Ileretofoi•e. • in too ninny cases, this
$ •
prettOlt I.7••uptressitieli have tietzt made to.lt now
that there tire..such counties in' the• Ste of
Pettsylvartla as York, Cantherlatid 'atid Perry.
IVe are . no longer a tilalik (3••tiir:resti ; aural
for this We ti•reindet•ted to the talen•s, energy
, k tid industry of our presetit rt•pre:')eittative,--:
The tlis • trict. through OW ability-of !Ina.
I , EI. TOD 1),• kati_taligil 1 . 1 . I , l'Utill . stand, 1111 . 1
whilst he fontains as reitre,imititio • will
coi ! tit:lle to oei!.(apy uiniutiiii dna position
theoe:niel iettgail4
he..1",, , re . the peep le, placed wiitiont.soliei•
tati , a' on liis Jport, 1)11 tietvlf3 l 3 . again
hy. the •spolitniietiu - s. notion of the people 14'401
.the comities of the ••hig district "
ro .
prerentlivire butt thus met with the entlinsi
aStiC alitiriihation of, his . co tit 10: It all
tory i•iows that . his re-ele•tithi 11118 - bren certain.
Su6ll will be tho. ( )awe in — this- instance. and
Hon. LEMUEL TOICI) vrt lA, 06 DA TO WASH -
'INGTON WITH Sl'ol A OP II Iti
COURSE Al ANY )lAN MAY tin, rubuu 0F Let'
us all 99 to nor/c to obtain this endorsenrent for a
faithful rrpresentatir;. We can elCc't him by
as triumphant a majority ns we did two years,
ago, aniI.LET US RESOLVE TO DO IT."
, • Our irlandkin York and Perry may
be assured that CuMbefland do her
duty by •our talented and faithful repre
sentative. Fron) every quarter - of the
county we have the most cheering intel
ligenceinrelation to his prtimpectii,, and
feel warranted in saying that Todd's ma
jority in 'this county will Tall little 'if any
'short of his former unprecedented' tri-
umph I -
.
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The people of Cumberland have no no
tion of letting down their character ' for
intelligence and discrimination by reject
ing.a man of genuine • ability like LEM
tin, TODD to elevate a man . SO much his
inferFiTri. qualification-and fitness. as Dr.
Ahl. They,are determined td:. maintain
the present high reputation. of the dis
trict- and we have altoonidence that
WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION. - -This
body will 'assemble itCßalthoore tammor
rOw,andlvill of course endorse the nomi
nation of Fillniore;.as 'none but
_llinore
men seem to have 41iin any . .iilirt •in
electing delegates to it:
PUILADILPIIIA.--The Philadelphia Tenses,
which is laboring var.! earnestly for Fremont,
says that Philadelphia is now good for .15,000
votes for Fremont, and promises 20,000 by
-N ovember -says:
4 4 We say tben town, trust.to Philadelphia;
she will do her whole : duty. Let the West,
we she promises„to do, send us twenty thous
and majority to Altoona; let the North send
in her ten thousand uksjerity, and all Is safe.
Ourfriends,pbroad Will be Surprised at the
result here ; for the Repubbohne are working
in tbisWity, as me t a never worked before, end.
they win minima, to Work until November
with as-mupti energy as eVer,"
" IfFremont be eieoted, there is not th e
slightest hope that' the trolon".will last •an
our after 'Mr, Pierce's term expires,"—Rich.
mold Enquirer. - ,
rft.loan't you say •one bour.aud a quarter .
.21 7 : 1 7 , Tribune.,
p fits aro. not• to be despised.
The Great Fremont Trium
— uu cis .ry-A x+s-x~n mss ~~ vk:n-L=---
• ,
Oh hav e you heard the news from sitthie
3(
Oh hare 01Juni:a the newit
•
The Demos cannot Jisit again,
Ana Buchanan he shakes in his
- That c.etteniag, the Democratic flag,
Fit 1)0k, or two`lewer
And plet remembet, that next November,
- Wen have it bungle') on the ground.
The . ii'remout victory in - Maine - is the'
grand triumph of the times ! It is un- '
paralleled in election annals.. The hinds.
of Buchanan are in 'despair. Their de,
•
feat in Maine f4ceSimelf upon them - es
the handwritino• on the wall. unmistake
ably•
indidating the doom of Buchanan:
'Maine, Verirlont and lowa beye already ,
spoken, and their .overwhelming maj'64-
ties only . Indicate that all Newleglandi
with Wisconsin, Illinois, ,Indiana,
ga ri, • New — York, an a l 'New Jeisey will
_thunde.rAlleThanw result, whilu Pennsyl-
Vaida will Crown the magnificent triumpl!
'The mighty - movement for FREEDOM
cannot be check .111 t •Its' starry Standard
is imrne .by FREMONT, .the youthful
l eomierer, - and as dashiru; aside every
olnitaele and dangei• he planted the.: Na-
tional Vijy: on _the'topmost peak of the
2io2ky 'Mountains, he„be':ir 'forward
the enskul of nyedum from VietUry to
Victur
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LATEST nETURNS FROM MAINE
25,000 MajOritE:
The latest returns shovit the vote for gover_
t),ir in 823 towns as follows.; •
Hamlin, Republican ) ", • • . 62.013: -
Tlltgotterat,, • " • 37.701.
Patton, Whig, ' • ..6,520.
nni'oritj over Wells :14.314 ; over
hot It Wells iitot - lbattho. 18,786 F. `The inugoi
code of the victory - may he estima , eti vitien it
is retil, inhered that in 1852 President. Piersty
Msnie by a niajority•of tii•er9,ooo tintl
mist' last year the- conthivetl majority of the
D‘kenot:vais 11.1141. Whigs Over the Republicans
wit% 7.6801 Thu reuunt election therefore
allows a-Republican gain -of over '..'5.000,;
The six Cougrateiional districts ate all ear•
riet by tlie'Repolilielllis, by heavy Vill'ijorities
The larttet4 is that of E" 11. Morse. in the Kell
eher, ait.triot, who Itls shoat 7.000 majority
The.smollest is that Sof .Foster, in • the sixth'
district,, whim has about 1000, .The State Seu
ate will he unanimously - Reptiblicati, tut is the
.case in Vermont. • Such is the .triumph iu
Maine. •
.AND lOWA
•
FUR -returns from. :Vermont make the .
Republican majority - fully 25,000 !
official returns from lowa make the [Re
publican majority in the •first Congres:
sional district, 6,017,•aud in the second.
district, (195. ; Total Republic majority
in the 5tate•6,972.1 Last year 'it went
• .
Democratic. `.
CONGRESSIONAL 4 ‘CONFEIt.t.:NdE. — The
oongressieual Ijonforeei of York, Cumberland
rind eerry counties, met at the pUbliii house
Erb, iu Bridgeport, on Tuesday the
6th _inst.. Messrs, James 1g: Shearer and
U. Neff ef -York ; Jamer
. Orr and - Jacob'
Bombei•gor,,of Cumberland, Eind, 11, IL Etter,
C Ileisoy and J. S. Demaree, of perry, were
present, r e conferees from , their respective
counties. The conference was organized by
electing C. 11..KEIT. Esq., CPtirmau, an •
Secretary
On Motion the Hon LEMUEL TODD, of
Cumberland, was unanimously nominated for
Congress.
.tk The following - resolutions were offered by
Dr. J. M. Shearer and unanimously adopted.
Roolved, That we most heartily approve and
endorse the course of the lion. LEMUEL TODD.
during the recent session of Congress, and re
gard with peculiar admiration his manly and
resolute consistency. of 0 ppos Lion to the Ne
braska swindle and',,the series'of .cruel wrongs
and inhuman outrages, which' have been in
flicted upon the free,settlers in Kansas.
Resolved, That we heartily pledge OM our
enrrort and earnestly - recoinmend -hito
to the people ()Untie district for re-election,
as a mark of theiV appreciiitioil of his faithful
and able services.
(Signed px . the officers.) '
SENATORIAL CONFERENOE.—The
atorial - Cenferees — of =CUmberlitful --and -perry.
Counties . met at Briageport, on the 16tlf.hiPt:
; inotion,Tlgaj; R:31. - ,Blddle,ofCumberlatl ,
was culled to the : chair; and kfr.,Aenriiroi,•ap•
pointed Secretary.' .
On motion, - KIRK pfAINES, , Esq.,or Perry
County, was . nominated by: seelamottion fer
State Senator in tde district of Perry „sud
Cumberland. The Conference then adjourned.
• fleir•Prooeedlngs - of the meeS%g; in Frank
ford in our next.. -
Eaton 6;0 (!,*ciunto 31liitters.
h in Maine !
.. •
. EXTENSIVE. SALE.OI?
Tlie entire stock of Household end , Kitchen
P.Uruiturc. in the Hotel at,thqeorlisle,Sqlpher
Springs, will be offered for Pale on Wednesday
next, the 24th inst. See adverthsement
days paper.
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ANOTIIER ENTHUSIASTIC' RALLY..—.
• -Irtvge-iintl-eirthirsiAtio-meetliT-.a-the_trle.rls .„..
df I ,4 ItEMONT and' Preedont wash eld'at bites
riatel, on Thursday eve Ling Mr. lotcot;t_._
DUEY, - an old 'citizen or the borough, was call
ed to the ehnir, Mr. Dney hr.S nrted with-the •
sham . Domeeracy all hit' lift Arid voted: for
Pieree.inlBs2, but like seartkuiLot
midst, is not willing thnt the iiiiquitone ad
ministration of Franklin Pearrm:t,hull bo•per
petuated by the election of .lamt Buebnitai..
lie ie' opposed to the extensitM .of ~l,ivery and
now goes for seenring'ilte right; of Free rabir
Kansae.and other new territory. Messrs.
Frederick Dinkle and-George W'Mpe were also
elected Vice Presidents,. am! Junes %Alin
Secretary.
'After a numbeiofinspiritin:! national airs •
had been performed by 0 9p,:ny.ter's . String:
- Ban - d . , - .a - companr-oftalented--younv, - musieinnEy
wbo Id
present,' James S. - Esq.;
rose I d in a few
,approprinte t cinrke intro r _
duded_to.,_the_._raciting....Coh- ORAiGiIEAD,
of Daytonibbio. Mr. ci:1::41:L•:.1 Spoke at
length and in a truly eloquf:Dt' ?fr.tin, dwelling,
liprin the Slavery question no ti“.! !, , ,reat issue .
before the eountry—depict4i 4 - graphic
interest the outrage's and nirl.cs comtnittsd •
by the Bonier BoBiOns:!0 eetahii=il Slavery in
• ~
Knnons,•and-olding up to niur ted scorn and
tion the course
condemtnt, die co,
whose reckits.,4 -übservioncy
to the Slave power, for the
. I:':( , llllplisliment of
their own Ambitious 'designs, h: plunged, the
countiy.iute Ore° - sec tionni r itation, and
thade the faire plains of
pillitge conolusien
the speaker.d welt , iu ternis r i iotitrent oulo•
Oy upon the character of Co,:..1011N C. )='RE—'
mpYr, Whose distinguitNed varier he traced
front hoyhood through scene, of ;linl - .difficulty
and danger, ini all - of whicli
thelofty ceurage antijntrepi:iity of a-true be
r, - find won the highest alltiti . ra of his coun - -
trynfe.n, wito . now regard the 'h.,roic Conqueror
of California nuti.theintrepiA oxplorer - , - 017 - the - .
Rocky Mountain region, atf.tfid eery than for
the-times and the age!. Col. Cep) ...Lead's speech
WAS liStened to with 'the wiirrnest interetl
throughout, runt frequently interrupted by
the heartiest dentonslration , O , f nr.plause..
After voting, their thanks to t;o1. Craighead
for his eloquent-and interest:l,g address the
meeting adjourned.
SELECT SCllooL.—Settiq , scholars fq,r
the quarter ending July I=t. 1856. The
aeholars-are named in order Aeccirtiing to their
cauduct, attendance and imprOvement:
gcnnot. No.•ll.—Edward Arnold,
-F. Dinkle, Juo.,Corntnan.
N 0.12 —Fanny Eby; Leonora 'Crottitreli, -
Virginia Turner. ,
r-No. Mary- F.. Hal.;
bort, Anna•Roney. •
. No. 14.—Chas 11. - Lemia; Wm.- 11. Ceinman,
Frederick Harris. ..• • _
No; , ls.—Sybilla Eby, Mary Weaver, Annie
Ritter.. „ . • -.
16.—Jacub_Landis,,Rufus E. Shipley'.
Wm.'s. Law. -
No. 17.--Anastasia Fuller, Margaret Trego,
mule Hoffman. -
No. 18.—Jefferson Edmonds. Wm. Britton
John. Cauffman.. , . ' 1). ECKELS.
Chairman.
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WHITE H ALL ACA DE M-Y.—The at
tention of parents . and guardiaos is - invited - to --
the advertisement of this institution, vibich
under the energetic manageniunt of 'Mr:Den-.
linger, has attained a high. 'repqation: It is •
in a plesant and healthy locality in the east- e
ern section of our county? . •
Ruip's COLLECTION,— e •lia.ve
re
ceived another of the nionthly Vipers of
" RUPP'S collection of thirty thouiTod names '
- ofHorma - rt, Swiss, Dutch, - French, - 'Portugese, -
and other imigrantS in Pennsylvania, chron
ologically arranged,from 1727 to. 1775." To•
many persons this publication possesses much
interest, as being an:authentic reocad , as to
when their ancestors arrived in this country, .
the orthography of their litnes, &a. The
work, ma . king 500 pages,' , Will - be furnished
ceimphl tor $1 00 per copy in advance, or
$1 50 ou the completion of the Voiame. Per- •
sons wishing eoPies can' send their names,
and ihe cash direct to the publiettere,Hupp,
Wingert & Co., Harrisburg, Pa.. -*
-OUT Foit FREmoNT !—The Shippens
burg..lrewa, whichlvutzpsenlll - pretofors nantral
in politiC i s boldly takes its stand in favor. of
Fremont-and Dayton. 1V e _welcome
the ketis as art auxiliary in the good work.
A Milt long pit:arta-eft.
drought is the toploor:anxious thought . ind•
conversation everywhere.-- Njost4 the`'thrill
ers have suspended: - -their sending operations' z ,
until a good ,rain shall put the ground in bet- '
ter"oondition... •
in our