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There are all i :::':-.iry outbuildings on the premisti,' and Ileuses foi the Proprietor, Foreman anl Also a Blacksmith Snop. There is also . ti"tile:t Saw Mill in conuec'ion witlj the There are about 700 acres of land well J-s.tl. which wid be sold iu connection with t Tiimery. About 400 cords of Bark now on .. :, Hemlock can be purchaed at 2,0 and u n ti,50 per cord, delivered. The property ". i e 1 l'-w and on easy terms. For further .r.'.c'-'-ra a hlrwas C. P. MURRAY, libeusbar, Cambria Co., Ia. J.S.I1, 1S5J. 44-tf. TO COXSl'MITIVES A!VD i I TIIK subs "ribvr, for several years a resident A-;. :Iis-wvf.r.;'i while there, a simple vepcta f.. rj'-ly i;t:ircure for Consumption, Ailh t-i. Bivitrhitif, (.'eujhs, Cchis, and Aerrou De- j. rr t'i' lr!int .f (nsurrptivp and h':rcou4 sa, i'trer, he i willing to make the ja::i-i pLbli'.-. i v.i'- who d'isirf it, ho will send the Pre i. full directions fre fj" thxrt); v, .! j imjc uf tiie medicine, which they-will i h be-.-itifv.! Combination oi Nature's simple r' s. Tii-.si- dt-iiriiix the rt mcxly can obtain it ;i .tiir- oisii, by adilressinp J. K. CUTIIBERT. BVTONIO PHTSICIAX, I No. 42y Broadway, New York. Ajr.l 18, 1SoO.-3ci. - V?3ENSBURG FOUN DRY. HAYING pur i chased the eutire stock and fixtures ot the Llurjr Foundry, the subscriber is prepared furnish farmers and others with iouglis, Ilougl I'olnts, Stoves, Mill Iron. Tlireslilng 31acliliie. f-1 castings of any kiud that may be needed in ; community. By strict attention to the business of the con- iru.be hopes to merit, and trusts he will reoeive i .W d patronage from those in want of articles .T.t. l4-e. Af.uriuess dune at the Foundry. EDWARD GLA.-S. 1'irch 22. '55-tf. HOWARD ASSOCIATION. PHILADELPHIA. jf r'.ol':iU Institution ela'drhed hy xjrtcial En rm'ni.tor the lldi'J J the bick an1 JJxs f, nfUrffd vitt Virulmt ari l Epidemic .-..?. an.l (j:ciaUy for the Cure if Dxs- hjhblCAL ADVICE pivea gratis, by the f- Acting Surgeon, to all who apply by letter a Jcscnptioa of their condition, (ae, occu ' u, h.ibstsof life, iVc.) and iu case of xtreme T "y. Ki!ecines furnished free of charge. yALL'ABLE REFORTS on Spermatorrl.cea, - -t' er Diseases of the Sexual Organs, and on -SKW REMEDIES employed in the Di.-pcn-7. ui t j the afflicted ia sealed letters nv.4 free vf charge. Two or three Stamps for -'e will 1 acceptabl. filn. DR. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Surroc-n. Howard Association. No. 2 "2a MntL Street, Philadelphia, Pa- By order uii Liters 0. FAIRCHILD, Secretary. . xoijU. iy. VAR IN MEXICO. D. J. EVANS & SON. JAVE this day received from the East, and - cniiS vo ine citizens oi iuuensourg anu Mr-a selected assortment of EXS' and Tint's' t'lJiTiiivn !rge lot of DRY GOODS, consisting in '7TVi ' ' ,v' i ii 4 i L 11 n;. , vi6. WE SKINS, SATINETTS, TWEEDS, -S, FLANNELS, MUSLINS, DRESSGOODS of every style, VflTInVS rfJ? ROOTS & SHOES, HATS AND BONNETS, TRUNKS, CARPET CElRIES' FISU SALT &C- &C- --r with such other articles as are usually rerv I C0"Dtry stre, which thev will dispose M'lit. v """,lus ousiness win t carnea on Wa r ACh? aI1 work wl be done in short l r and .-m k i. tbr.v ulUbl reasonaoie terms. i'g.Feb. 1. 1860.-10-tf. rOB WORK of all kinds dote at POLITICAL. Harrisbcrg, July 6th, 18G0. Hod. Geo. M. Keim: 1'iKADiNe: Deis Sir: The majority of the State Central Coiuniittee having failed to repudiate the Secession aDd Disunion movement which was inaugurated at Charleston, and continued at Baltimore, it becomes my unwelcome but imperative duty to interrogate you as to your intentions as a member of the Electoral Col lege at large, for Pennsylvania; Mace I am ordered to do so by the following Resolutions passed by the National Democratic Commit tee on the 25th of June, 1860: At a meeting of the National Democratic Committee, held at Washington, D.C., June 25th, 1SU0, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Ht.tiJ.itJ, The crisis demanding that the organization of the Democratic party shall be preserved intact against open as well as secret enemies of the Constitution aod Union, that it is therefore recommended to the sev eral State Committees that they take- mea sures to secure the adoption of an electoral ticket in their respective States, pledged to the unequovical support of the nominees of the National Democratc Convention Ste phen A. Dolulas aud IIerscuel Y. Jou.n- EO.V. Hesoltcd, That if any State Committee shall omit to take the proper steps for secu ring such an Electoral Ticket, then the mem ber of this Committee in that State is hcrety authorized, either in junctions with mem bers of the State Committee, or by his own act, to take such action as he may deem nec ccsssary and proper for that purpose. Attest II. II. Siblev,, T. O. I'risce, Sec if . Temporary Chairman. May I beg that you will be so kiud as to reply before the -4th of this month of July, whether your vote iu the Electoral College will be cai-t for Stephen A. Douglas and Ilcr scul V. Johnson, without compromise, equi vocation, or charge! Your failure to reply by the date specified, will be considered as hoi-tile to the regular Democratic nomi nees. I am. respectfully, Your obedient servant, li. J. Haldkman, Cf lie Au Dem. Com for I'tnnsylvania. Hon. K. J. Hallkuam: Sir. Your cir cular, unsigned, duly reached me by mail. Presuming that it were a Riticere purpose, you hai forwarded it, I sent it to Harrisburg for reccoguitiou; it was then authenticated - by your signature, and herewith be pleased to receive my reply. The first resolution signed by II. II. Sib ley temporary chairman at Washington, af ter an insinuation that all democrats who may be opposed to Lis particular organization, are st cret cneniiti to the Constitution and the Union, recommends to the several State Committees 'that they take measures to se cure the adoptiou of an electoral ticket in their respective States pledged to the une quivocal support of the nominees of the Na tional Democratic Convention, Stephen A. Douglas and Heiscbel Y. Johnson." The secoud resolution, resolves "that if any State Committee shall omit to take the proper steps for securing such an electoral ticket, then the member of this Committee, iu that State, is hereby authorized either in junction with members of the Stkte Com mittee, or ly his own. act, to take such ac tion as be may 'deem necessary and proper for thai purpose." Icopytbe resolution ver batini. the italic are tuiue. The conclusion of the circular is in the following unusual and unprecedented style: "May I bog that you will be so kind as to reply before the 24th of this month of July, whether your vote will be caet for Stephen A. Douglas and Ilerccbel . Johnson, without compromise equivocation or clutrire? Your failure to re ply by the date specified will be considered ae hostile to the regular Democratic nomi nees. I presume the Sibley resolutions are intro duced in order to show me that you have some kind of an apology for the abrupt inquiry whether my vote will be cast for Douglas and Johnson, "without compromise equivo cation or charge." I answer emphatically that I do not roccognize the authority which assumes this inquisitional aod arbitrary con trol over tho democratic organization of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, aud I have yet to learn that a prcremptory request, couched in language that iu itself creates disgust, is calculated to inspire either confi dence in, or regard for the source from which it comes. - I am of the opinion that neither Messrs. Douglas and Johnson, nor Brecken ridge and Lane, are regularly nominated can didates of the Democratic party, which party requires neither prefix nor appendix to its name to designate its national 1 character. That feature is stamped upon its history, is founded upon its immutable principles, and will long survive the miserable controversies and disputes of office hunters and mere poli ticians which now temporarily obscure its glo rious pathway. The Front Street Theatre Convention which called itself the representative of the Na tional Democratic party, cannot claim a reg ular nomination, because the Charleston con vention had adopted a resolution by a large majority before its adjournment,, that no one should be declared the nominee of the Con vention until he received in the Convention a vote equal to two-thirds of all the electoral colleges. This resolution was never rescinded and Mr. Douglas Dever received such a vote. Mr. Johnson has been selected by the Exec utive Committee of that Convention to replace Mr. Fitzpatrick, who bad not received such a vote.' The two-third rule has been, proved to be a good one by long experience of its saluatory effects, and was enacted by success ive Democratic National Conventions, to prevent the very ovili which hare come upon. tho party in crnscqncDce of its non enforcement. Never having been re pealed, I am at a loss to understand the logic which claims a regular nomination for Messrs. Douglas and Johnson. The Maryland Institute Convention which also claimed to be the representative of the National Democratic party, demands its rec ognition on alleged iojustice to Democratic State delegations, and its declaration of sound democratic principles Although it was com posed of members from all the Democratic States, its proceedings were equally irregular with that of the Front Street Theatre. In this lamentable position when those to whom the Democratic party of the whole Union had coufided the direction of affairs,' have proved themselves unable to 'control a politcal structure heretofore magnificent and powerful, and thus failed in giving it the force that should characterize it. I look at home to our own State organization for relief, and finding that intact and perfect Lave no occasion to consider the opinion of Mr. Sib Icy aud Lis associates as of the least impor tance to the well being of the Democracy of our good old Commonwealth. Accordidg to my understanding of the cus tom and usages of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, wheu a Democratic State Con ventions adjourns sine die, have appointed or made provision for the appointment of the Executive Committe, it confides the whole organization of the party to that Committee. In any emergency they have full power to do what is necessary. I Lave no doubt if a candidate for Governor, Elector, or any other State officer, died or declined so shortly be fore aa election that it would be inexpedient to call a convention, a nomination made by such Committee to supply the vacancy, would be entirely satisfactory and perfectly regular. is true that they can and geuerally do decline so great a responsibility, yet the power to call conventions or supply deficiences. rests with them and no one else, and the Democ racy of the State will never submit to Laving their State organization invaded by a body of men at Washington, of whom they know nothing, or by a clique or single person iu the State whose caprice may only induce an agitation in favor of our opponents. The present State Committee with a del icacy which does them honor, stayed far within the limits of their lawful powers, when they merely recommended the Democracy of Pennsylvania to nnite their votes for Pres ident on the electoral ticket nomioatcd by the Reading Convention according to the plan set forth in their resolutions. If I could not have conscientiously endorsed that plan I should instantly have placed my resignation as an Elector at large into the hands of the Chairman of the State Committe, notwith standing the very large and complimentary vote I received from the members of the Con vention. I hold it to be inconsistent with fair and manly conduct to accept a nomina tion and not carry out the views, as expressed by the authority that gave it. To soy mind it is uuder such circumstances highly becom ing to resign rather than to persist in main taining a position, that Las nothing to justify it but a mad ambition, uncontrolled by the advisary influences of a very honorable and proper authority. Such being my views as to the nominations and power of the State Committee, my course seems to be plainly set before me. The nlan recommended by the State Committe is wise and appropriate. All true Democrats concede that it is of the first importance that f Mr. Lincoln is defeated. I can vote most cheerfully for either Mr. Douglas or Mr. Breckinridge, in preference to Mr. Lincoln. and know no other mode by which it can be done, but by a" Union of preferences upon one electoral tic&et If the insidious devices of those who prefer men to principles should prevail, aud two electoral tickets are thrown into the held, it will not at least be the fault of the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania, but of those only who regardless of the feal ty of time honored principles would sacrifice all at the shrioe of personal aggrandizement. Thank Heaven! that class of men have no weight with the conservative, sensible,, thiuk ing and efficient portion of the community, whose votes must decide the election. -The battle must be fought in Pennsylvania. A cordial union of all for the sake of the Union, upon the suggestions of the State Committee would secure the triumphant election of that excellent and worthy citizen, Henry D. Fos ter to the gubernatorial chair, a majority of the congressional delegation, a majority of the Senate and House of Representatives, and as a necessary consequence a United States Senator. Are all these glorious re sults to be jeoparded for the sake of any one man? Is it to be done at the dictation of a body, which can claim no shadow of authori ty for its interferaccc with our State organi- ! zation, and which seems to have so little con- I fideoce in its own innate strength as to trans fer all it possesses to the keeping cf a single j individual. I trust, however, that better coun sels will prevail how proudly you could re turn Mr. Sibley s letter and join the gallant j forces of our Democratic Commonwealth. j There is no room for a middle . course. If jou wish well to our cause, you will not act ! with that fragment of a party, who uuder the pretext of purity and good faith, carried their treachery to the utmost reach of the enemy s camp, and desecrated the name of Democracy by voting in the ranks of those who have constantly opposed it. In Berks county, for several years past, a fusion of factions under the lead of the pres ent Clerk of the Republican House of. Rep resentatives, has accomplished the gloomy picture of an invasion of this citadel of Dem ocracy and the once succeeded in levelling it to the earth, lo this achievement all done in the boasted name of the regular Democra cy, we owe the Republican organization of the House of Representatives. More than once a single vote might have saved us tho disgrace we now witness in their defection aod our discomfiture. I find too. that every move ment which is made iu this State by those who are sensitively regular and critically punctil ious, is prescribed and heralded forth by the Editor of the Press, the manifest object of whose editorial labors is not to elect Mr. Douglas, but to defeat him so utterly that he shall be powerless hereafter forever. From 6uch chicanery and deception Berks county has resolved to rid herself. It is not to such sources she looks either for Democratic prin ciples or Democratic usages. She is this day as ready to manifest her attachment and de votion to the principles as inculcated by a Jefferson and practiced by a Jackson as in the :3almieet days of her success, and Ler abiuing intelligence cannot bo convinced Low any party can be made strong by division. She holds ia abhorrence all who have caused such results, and for my single self, I will not be linked with any of them. The conclusion with which I close is briefly to say, that for all these reasons, I shall, if elected, cast my vote as Elector at Large, "without equivoca tion, compromise or change," according to the action of the State Committee. If that Committee should deem it proper to suggest any other service for the general good, it would be equally proper either to acquiesce or resign at once. 1 here is m my opiaiou no coudition more degrading than to misrep resent those who hav confided to you a pub lic trust aud which no private consideration should ever impair. , Yery respectfully, your fellow citizen, GEORGE M KEIM. CORRESPOXDEXCE. Acceptance or John C. nrecken rld?e of the Xomlnatlon for the l"reldencjr, DEXOCIIJ TIC XA TIOASL C OXVEXTIOX. 'Baltimore, Md., June 23, I860. Sir: I am directed, by vote of the Demo cratic National Convention, tp inform you that you have been this Jay unauimously com inated by it as the candidate of the Democrat ic party, for the office of President of the Uni ted States, and in their behalf to request you to accept the nomination. I beg leave at the same time to enclose you a copy of the reso lutions adopted by the Convention as the po litical platform upon which the party stands. I have the honor to be. very respectfully, C. Cusuixg, President. Hon. J. C Brcekinkldge. Wasuingto, Crrr, July, 9, I860. Dear ir: I Lave your letter of the,2C J ult., by which I am officially informed of my nomination for the office of President of the United States by the Democratis National Convention lately assembled at Baltimore. The circumstauccs of this nomination will justify me in referring to its personal as pect. - I have not sought nor desired to be placed before the country for the office of President. When my name was presented to the Conven tion at Charleston it was withdrawn by a friend, in obedience to my expressed wishes. My views had not changed when the Conven tion re-assembled at Baltimore, and when I heard of the difference which occurred there, my indisposition to be counected prominent ly with the canvass . was confirmed and ex pressed to many friends. Without discussing the occurrences which preceded the nominations, and which arc, or Kou will be, well understood by the country, I have only t say that I approved,- as just and necessary to tan preservation of the -National organization, and the sacred rights of representation, the action of the convention over which you continued to preside; and thus approving it, and having resolved to sustain it, I feel that it does not become me to select the position I shall occupy, now to . shrink from the responsibilities of the post to which I have been assigned. Accordingly I accept the nomination from a sense of public duty, and, as I think, uninfluenced, in any degree by the allurements of ambition. I avail myself of this occasion to say that the confidence in my personal and public character, implied by the action of the con vention, will always be gratefully remember ed, and it is but just also to my own feelings to express my gratification at the association of my name with that of my friend, General Lace, a patriot and a soldier, whose great services in the field and in council entitle him to the gratitude and confidence of Lis coun trymen. ; The resolution adopted by the convention have my cordial approval. They are just to all parts of the Union, to all our citizens, na tive and naturalized, and they form a noble policy for any administration. ' ' The question touching the rights or persons aod property; which have of late been much discussed, find in these resolutions a consti tutional solution. Our Union is a confeder acy of equal sovereign States, for the pur poses enumerated in the federal constitution. Whatever the common government holds -in trust for all tLe States must be enjoyed equal ly by each. It controls the Territories iu trust for all the States. Nothing less than sovereignty can destroy or impair the rights of persons or property. The territorial gov ernments are subordinate and temporary, and not sovereign; hence they cauatt destroy or impair the rights of persons or property. While they continue : to be Territories they are under the" ' control of . Congress; but the constitution nowhere confers oa any branch of the federal government, the power to discrim inate again the rights of the States or the property of their citizens in the Territories. It follows that the citizens of all the Strtes may enter the Territories of the Union with their property of whatever kind and enjoy it during the territorial condition without let or hindrance, either by Congress or by the subordinate territorial governments. These principles flow directly from the ab fao of WYereiguty ia the territorial gov-1 ernments. and from the equality of the States. Indeed, they are essential to that equality which is and ever ha? been the vital principle of our constitutional Uuioo. They have been settled legislatively settled judically and are sustained by right and reason. They rest on the rock of the constitution. They will preserve the constitution they will preserve the Union It is idle to attempt to smother these great issues, or to misrepresent them by the use of partizau phrases, which are misleading and delusive. The people will look beneath such expressions as "intervention," "congression al slave code," and the like, and will pene trate to the real questions involved. . The friends of constitutional equality do not and never did demand a "congressional slave code," nor any other code in regard to prop erty in the Territories. They hold the doc trine of non-intervention by Congress or by a i territorial Legislature, either to establish or pi ohibit slavery; but they assert (fortified by the highest judicial tribunal in the Union,) the plain duty of the federal government in all its depaitments. 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 claim sovereign power for the Territo ries or to deny that the constitution recogniz ed prcperly in the services of negro slaves, or to deny that such property can exist. Inexorable logic, which works its steady way through clouds and passion, compels the country to meet the issue. There is no eva sive middle ground. Already the tignx mul tiply of a fauatical and growing party which denies that under the constitution, or by any other law, slave property can exist; and ulti mately the struggle must come between this party and the national democracy, sustained by all the other conservative elements in the Uuioo. 1 think it will be impossible for a candid mind to discover hostility to the Union, or a taint of sectionalism in the resolutions adopt ed b;r the convention. The constitution aod the Union repose on the equality of the States which lies like a broad foundation underneath j oar whole political structure. As I construe ! them, the resolutions simply assert this equal ity. They demand nothing for any State or section that is not cheerfully conceded to all the rest. It is well to remember that the chief dijorders which have afflicted our coun try have grown out of the violation of State equality; and that as long as this great prin ciple has been respected, we have been bless ed with harmony and peace. Nor will it be easy to persuade the country that resolutions ar sectional which command the support of the majority of the States, and are approved by the bone aud body of the old democracy, and by a vast mass of conservative opinion everywhere, without regard to party. It has been necessary, more than once in our history, to pause and solemnly assert the true character of this government. A mem orable instance occurred in the struggle which ended the civil revolution of 1S00 The Re publicans of that day, like the Democracy of this, were stigmatized as disuoionists, but they nobly conducted the contest under the constitution, and saved our political system. By a like constitutional struggle it is intend ed now to .assert and establish the equality of tho States as the only basis of union and peace When this object, so national, so constitutional, so just, shall be accomplished the last cloud will disappear from the Ameri can sky, and with common hands and hearts the States and the people wih unite to devel ope the resources of the whole country, to bind it together wuh the bonds of intercourse and brotherhood, and to impel it onward in its great career The constitution and the equality of the States! These are nymbols of everlasting union. Let these be the rallying cries of the people. I trust that this canvass will be conducted without rancor, aod that temperate argument will take the place of hot words and passion ate accusations. Above all. I venture hum bly to hope that Divine Providence, to whom we owe our origin, our growth ad all our prosperity, will continue to protect our belov ed country against all danger, foreign and domestic. I am, with great respect, your friend, Joun C. BaSCKtMRinOE, Hon. C. Cushiog. President of the Democrat ic Convention. OurXext Governor. The cordial and enthusiastic reception in all parts of the commonwealth of the nomi nation, by the Reading Convention of Henry D. Foster, warrants the expectation of an overwhelming majority for him, at the polls in October next. His nomination was one j that was eminently fit to be made. It came upon Lim without any, seeking ou Lis part It was made by the people themselves, and they will ratify it at the ballot box. Not a murmur not a whisper of discontent, is heard anywhere in the Democratic ranks. Union, perfect, entire, complete harmony, undisturbed by a single ripple upon the broad waves of Democracy, justify the high hopes and cheer the glai hearts of the Democratic legions of the Keystone State. A proud tri umph awaits them the proudest they Lave enjoyed for years and the sole condition upon them is, they put forth their hundred thou sand hands and grasp it! In view of this auspicious circumstance, we invoke our breth ren everywhere throughout the Common wealth, to organize at once and without de lay. This is all that is needed to achieve a glorious and endurirg victory. 3 'ork Ga zcltee. A sound mind in a sound boly are the chief desiderata necessary for rendering ex istence ani happiners. When these are pos sessed, all other causes of infelicity are most ly of our own production. Republican Economy. The printer to the lower branch of Con gress has been ordered to print cce tbndred thousand copies of the Report of tLe Corode Committee, for electioneering purposes in the present campaign. Tbe entire expense of ' priutiDg, binding, directing, mailing and car rying in the mails to the different part of our extensive country, these one hundred thousand copies, of twelve hundred ptges each, will be between one-Lalf and .three quarters of a million of dollars. This is a Republican job and a Republican measure, for the purpose of making capitol to elect an abolition Pteaident; and yet politicians of this stripe are continually prating about publio economy, corruption. Sic. It is scarcely cee cessary to say that this enormous and lavb-h expenditure of public money is taken from the pockets of the people In this connection it might be appropriate to remind our readers of the fact that the new York Tribune of April 5th ia speaking of this Covode Commit tee and its illegal proceedings, remarked that "It is an attempt to make party capital by au abuse of power a dangerous it retch of doubtful prrogative," and "if the object is to fish out evidence upon which to base a prosecution, we object that the mode is illegal, unconstitutional, and the whole procedure fraught with danger to the rights of every citizen." Ills Abolitloalkm. Abraham Lincoln, in a speeeL made at Chicago ou the ICth of July. 1S5S. says: Z luiie always hated slavery, 1 think as muck as any Abolitionist How far, then, does Mr. Lincoln's hatred go? As far as our old line Abolitionists who would go into the States to crush it out? As far as our fellow citizen, Maj. M'Farland, who believes that the Con stitution gives general government power to abolish slavery in every State in the Union? As far as Mr. Burlinsrame, who wished t9 Lave an anti-slavery Bible and an anti-slavery God, and would recognize no other? As far as the third infidel Garrison, who repudi ates the Bible, because he believes it recog nizes slavery, uuder certain circumstances, to be rigLt, woul J be in favor cf tho general government using the army against the slave holders of the South, and in favor of a negro insurrection? How far does Mr. Lincoln Abolitionism go? Wash: Review, Clubs for Xewsjiapirs. "Tommy, wj son, what in the world are jou going tj dt with that club?" "Send it to the editor of course." "But what are you going t send it tw th editor for?" Well, cause he says, if anybody will send him a club be will send him a copy cf Lis paper." The mother came near fainting. but re tained consciousness eLough lo a?k: "But. Tommy, what do you sujposa bs wants of a dab?"' Well, I don't know," replied young Lope ful, with a "long nine" stuck in his chops, 'don't kuow, 'oc-pt it be to lick Lis subscri bers what don't pay up." That hopeful will yet be President, long before the dissolution. Old Abe as a Legislator. TLe only legis lative enactment which ever found its origin in the brain of A. Lincoln was a law passed by the legislature of Illinois in 1834, when Abe was a representative from Sangamon cauuty to authorize Samuel Mu.-ick to con struct u toll bridge over Salt Creek. The toll bridge was built, but it is said that Mr. Mu stek never collected the first red cent of toll for the simple reason that everybody could ford the creek. Col. Forney, in tbe Philadelphia Pren, of a late date, proposes a uniou of the friends of Lincoln, Douglas and Bell, to defeat Breck inridge. The infamy of such a proposition is only equalled by the impudence of this paid biro ling of Black Republicanism iu claiming to be a Democrat. Bought and paid for by the Abolitionists, and mpporting Judge Douglas only to betray him, bis effrontery is most bra zen and shamele?. Gnxnsburg Democrat. The Philadelphia Press is bitterly oppo sed to the plan of union adopted by the State Committee by which Pennsylvania is to b secured to the Democracy and rescued from the Republicans. Of course this was to ba expected The editor of the Press being the recipient of daily pay from ths Republi can party, is bound to render a quid pro cuo. Any plan that promises to prevent tho elec toral vote of Pennsylvania from being cast for Lincoln, will meet with the inconsistent ar;d disinterested opposition of the Press.' This may bo lelied upon. The Republic ans did not pay a price for Forney with out being sure of getting the worth of their money. The Oldest Inhabitant. There resides at Rising Sun, Indiana, tbe oldest man probably in tbe United States. The name of this ven erable personage is Solomon Pacgborn. who bays ho was born in the city of New Yorfi, in a small town of five or six Luodred bos ses, in 1725. lie is consequently loo years old. Shortly after hi birth Lis father pur-. chased a farm oa the Mohawk river, not far from Fort Johnon, whither be removed. The old gentleman resides wi'.h relatives who are in comfortable circumstances. He complains that for tie last year or two Lis health Las been much impaired, and that he is so old -medicine fails to improve Lis condition, as it might in younger person. The Albany Journal prod aces a picturo of "Old Abv" splitting rails. Aba is iu Lia shirt 6leeves, bare Leaded, Lu troupers rolled up. a beetle on bis shoulder, aod an exprti tion on his face, which wouiJ indicate a vry MTsre grips nnwor tbe waistband ir Zi C D C
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers