- - - ' " -= = 1 a : 1. 1 1 . ; :v,“ . 1;, Awtt....ili.s. i'n'.7..t-i•i.:.4 ...,41..:',,i:•.,,i1.—: ..4s) k:+,~e::n't,ii e 1 i I,AI 4! .; :a.: .. 1 1 . 5 • `,i!'L` ~Z~~~`~~ -•_i•li c-;0r..-r.: :,4 I."i-::::‘,1-..-13.1.-v,. t ; ,„! 1 ,, .;•1i'.7.:111.;',-!: •wAilliarjEieop):E37 l iT ' - vco •,1- RN v., • • - ; --- •rrnidof Aderslbrigia, re (102,4# 0 •SILIPute4ifoa;:F . i-. - - - p•:/. - ; 50 l bsiquent,trisen4viltstnare 25 ire thrditionths; ' . e . 1 . 50 sit . 41 ; 'r. - 90. ,opi4 • ~00 ias.: 1 I 300 s4smtient insirly?p, _ L is Is ; - - • 7.00 4i per year. - -- - -,= - 30.00 Ig ti .16 00 tle.calumn, displayed, per aununi 65: 00 - • -*** 4- - trtraiam.lis; ; 'l3' Do u three ' 16.00 'dne 6-00 ,:per square 10 lino!, eaell insertion uuder 4, . 1 .00 of columns tirif.Le inserted at 01e-same ME taistrator's or iFixecittor'i Notice;' ' 2 00 tor! - - - 150 ifs Sales. per tract; 1 50 - - ea its Notices, each, . I 50 inistrator's Sales, per sqnere fot lOU or Professinnal_ Cards, each, needing ,8 lines, per :year, - - 500 and Ediforial Notices; per line,• 10 .11 transient ad!ertisements must, be advance, and no ;Mike will be .taken tertisements from a distanie, tinless they zcornpanied by the money or satisfactory cuce. gitsillts,s JOHN S. MANN IRNEY AND COUNSELLOR. AT LAW, ideriport, Pa., will attend the several las in Potter and MlCenn Counties. All ins entrusted in his care will receive mpt attention. Office on Main st.oppo the Court House. • 10:1 F. W. KNOX, - - )RNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will ;urarly attend the Courts in Potter and adjoining Counties: ' 1011 ARTHUR. G. Oi3ISTED, dYEP & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, anlersport, Pa.,. will attend to all business: :trusted to his care, with' prompt:les and 'City. Office in Temperance Block, sec al loor, Main St. 10:1 ISAAC BENSON. 'din* AT LAW, Coudervort, Pa:, will HEaa}2 tale thAttiliOtttcr trim ,rwitif And promptness. Office corner of West Third sts. 7 10:1 C. L. UOYT, .L ENGINEER. SURVEYOR and AUGIITSMAN, Bingham, Potter Co.. zsill promptly and efficiently attend to business entrusted to bin'. First-class :0f..340nal references can be given if re . ty* Cli ARLES 111.11SSI ANN, INET MAKER, haring erected a new anti are:neat Shop, on the Sautlast Third and West ntrects. will be hap :tire and fill all orders In his calling Tiiring and re-cluing carefully nextr. me on short nutico. , i , r9art. Nov. S. 1859 —ll-Iy. 0. T. ELLISON, IICItiG PHYSlClAN,'Coudersport,ra., iectfully informs the citizens of the vil and vicinity that he will prornply re id to all calls for profzssional services. ice on Main st., in building formerly oc 'pied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. 1h22 MIMI SMITH & JONES, IRS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Fancy articles, Stationery, Dry Goods, - oceries, tze., Main st., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1 D. E. OLMSTED, AR IN DRY GOODS,. READY-MADE )thing, Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main St., ludersport, Pa. ,10:1 M. W. 'MANN * 13R TY BUS KS & STATIONERY, MAO :INES and Music, N. W. corner of Main d Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. - . 10:1 • MARK GILLON, nR and TA11.011.-, -late from the City of ;tr?ool, England: —_opposite--°PPG*4° -Ccntri Neie. Ceng.ereponi . Potter •Co. Pa. B. —Partidular attention paid. to CDT (I'G. -• .• • :10:35-4Y. - J. OLMSTED DIZISTED & KaLY, .44 W SEGUE, 7 1 1?iicr8HEET IRON ARE, Mairt.st„ Ilegriy- apposite the Court Qiuttersport, Tirt,-suzd Sheet iirere made to order. iagdod style, on tort notice.l • •• -10:I COUDERSPORT HOTEL, • F : PrOprietor, Corner of 444 4ezon4 2tvects, Condarsport, Pot - °*, Pf, . • • - ALLE - GI .. • *WELII. Colesbut !Kier Co., Pa.., seveu,milealarth of•Cou '4llDort:Ot.t_tlte:s.Fill#villegoad---.A44. : 1:1 7 1.1 - AN . H0135V -i " C. LY'Sfili:Proprittni : -TTlyssOs ) ,Pbtter Co., Pa- This house is situated oa tho Bast corner of Main street, opposite , A.. 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'" 1 0. 0 q-1:6;-.."'-'14,21-""' •-f 11 'h 3 t; ;7! ,7<",,t t e. vt -A"'„, . • 11.1 j LIP 'Patient -Chi - Atlantic dlicittld.4,*ilt,..) t tker B r BL rgnsi i One after one the t q 9; . 1 * 'Tliriiveetbirds bf par breisti' flying nwny in th they-Came-again to-their nests? Will'ilefenme again nt nightfnil, ! With God's:breath in.theifsOng? t - = :Soon is fierecwith the,ltentsof.Summer, ~.Aud Summer - 4;w me long: Oh. my Lire/ uptrurtliift.ings„ Thy slownceartl';trilang.rootS, 13.ipening out of, thy . tender blossoms Butlard and' hitter frtilt;-:= In the boughs thetis is no shelter ' For my,bird.. to seeleArolitlicE Ah l the desolrte nest is broken . 'And tarn with storms and TFIE'D.ASTHAT ARE NO MORE . 1 , 14.01 t TESNYSOed , Tears. idle tenrs,lknow - not Wiiitt they mean. Tears froni the depth or sorite'diiiiie despair Rise in the heart'and gather to the eyes, In Inking on the hi.ppy AllTLlMlLfields, And thinking, of the days th:it are uomore. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends, up from the. under- world, • Sad as the•lnst w•hich'reddens over one That sinks-with all we love - below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that me no 'mdr+S. Ah, sad and strange-'as in .dark summer • dawns, - ' The earliest pipe of half-awaken'd birds To dying ears,-when unto dying eyes • • The casement slowly grows. a glimmering Equare ; - So ead, so strange, the days that are no more, Dear as remember'd hisses after death, Anti sweet as those by'hopeless'fitdcy teign'd On lips that are fo• others; deep as loge, Deep as first-lore, and wild with cll regret; • O Death in life, the days that are no more• 11.101 i. ANDREW G. f;lfunirirs. The Peoples Candidate jar Governor, BIOGUIPUICAL SKETCH. From the Philadelphia North Ameriecrn ANDILDW G. CURTIN, the candidate - of the People's party for Governor of Penn sylvania, was born - the 22d of April 181 i iiriallarohte;lllf - eautiftii - "tiffOielhe county of Centre', so called because it lies in the very heart of the Commonwealth. This county is away from the -great routes lbetween the North and the Sonth, the 1 - East and the West, and 'thus it is not as ' well known as it uutht to beAltat it is exceedingly rich and lovely, abotnditi , - in iron (nib) fertile. Valleys and 'fine streams. The rare facilities of this re gion attracted to it, at an early day, the energies and the residence of Roland I ' Curtin who fur forty vear-: was a lead: • ink inn, manufacture: in Centre'county, accumulated - a competent estate, and has left three sons, brothers of ANDIILW. en, !gaged in the great staple business of Pennsylva.iia. ANDREW G. Cuturt.N, comes of first-rate Pennsylvania stoeli. His-father married a daughter of Andrew Gregg, Who was one of th e-great men - of I Peons . lvania in the oariy part . Of this century. He was a representative from the interior of the Stsie in - the first Con= gross under the COnstitutiOn, mid sat in the House Of Represent:tures for eigh teen successive years. Then 'tie wa s transferred to the United States Senate, . and'served a terni of six years. Andrew Gregg was a steady supporter-of the Ad-'. ministration of the earlier Presidents, and especially of Jefferson and Madison. He offered iii Congress the ' famous war resolutions which preceded our last COD - diet with Great Britian, and which elicit ed the clorivance of Henry Clay and John rßandolph; After hi's retirement'. from Congress he 'acted as Secretary 'of 'the { Connnonwealth during the Administra- Ititapf : Goi•ernor Joseph Htister: -Every Penniyhranian et - Middle ake4ill remem ber the fierce and deeisiVe State 'eativarsi of 1823, when' the' eld4'ederallparty,• ut- I der theleadof Andrew Gregg astheir can- &date for ''Govertior, Made a last "atandl for victory and . existence -sad. Were de-1 leafed by thtiold Pennsylvania Demoera.l cy ; under- the - lead of John Andrew Shulz.e., Andrew:Gte.;.. . Curtin, . stint daid•beareres he IC of the rear Deinodia cy of the State at this day, will fare bet ter than his grandfather. , . ..•,.. The snbject 'of our sketali was educat adz at the Academy of the Rev. J. Kirk patrick, Still living in Allegheny' county, who' as'one of the old style of instimatOis. MI l- "turned out" hie' boys thoroughly impregnated with the Glasias and math einaties. It is quite a'ooineidenee, that Qctiorner James._ Pollock, President' of the late State Coniention whicji nowiea -04 Mr. CiiitTiN, and 3.lesa.s; Ramo! Caliia and David Tagart, Path canal dafeifor the nomination, 7.ere educatedbi± the - sante. instructor". • - •Thei;e three nentletnnn' in their stleciehei - te the Con e, nutlet:l; endorsing it's `nominee, referred; in "molt toilchiitg - terms to . the happy Memories Pf the sunny:days when they were boys together in - that good ad-Mil- - ion Academy: 'After 'getting' well imbued - with' et- EIDEZIM s. KELLY -bqfteipliit t otlttrhfilica'6 l • • - /-4•. •• ; entOgrifaTi l ftrl i tit i ooo1 1 117.ikiPAtr-IRIMSDhipIihROR 291: I H4l: ;a4 A .1771; I.* • • ~'t .. . .t -:t- Vtaitirift. • - Ar''''''. ''''''''-' 7 .-'“ ' ' "' ". • . -.-- - -;lx:•,1:-7 , .. - .:1 - - - 4*:':gtfJt '4'4 tiT:Tir: vtla FE - 7 7 0 ' . .- ' 1. Itttieli i !ALA,. Rije.e4,:i . , ma pt athp,trAti es as, rea x 1 pg, at) or 141 . s in , pa,fty. :In pra.-. eir, -and:-.4eft- o,Ree• - .witlitlitt-ts cent:oloi ,t rt -- ... ~..--5.., ..,,t..cyort . t..- ba, ...F-m , . ; -..1 . 71 - •• r: “.. _tt•r• ',.e...'? --- 01 -1 i. ..- -r- -- •. a I Ml' any:, ef '19 1 0; c.elleggii 4treist,, - ; the.,s.pinv_ ,st.l.,ery, , th r ulpeir . t,c.,,,qulrtaes ,t q - Ignsas, .. , a Iv ne 11 1 -4 tet Atli 1.4 isolettottu-nri -a..en ; ,, 0; f4Pii waa.,tijar-$4- , Iv: .4.4ll l 4*.Arice-FM , ); ~i .e .'4 , r.j.lP'9Y-54 / i f t inert iVt - 4"i ii: T her- e &P . i.f -4 :4, 4 .o*ziVeoiitA iii ii--*#l l7° P -, ij o lad, tichOel. Ail 44g 4 4 . ..- Aoctiv.9 f 10*lioilli -- .. ~..1 19 11 7 t),ijf'tallgi r ? 3 ,;,,l sl , l 4 - 1 1 ii ' f,:o ` ulfliii , • • . _... ' - .7 ve-. .4. 1 44.:44T'u1t5-, 14 4 , 4wF5'r 4 : 1 - 0 .5 1 .. lustseliti_,,was:9uo..-pf * Ant,4partment -political cont.es . or 'j, - .6a-n - , „.sl,ltirtyt ii ) e. ,ant ,e;2ltrtiggifs qf,-,t4p ittp,ipy,Tottifd.... it. of Dickinson College. 'and as lungasits g;etterni.a4cation-froditibfe * Sio , ',,ithii's rtes rentore&lie..-tho.late Calventioti; Professor--liv.a.- 41.-ilotteist*Pa.,. and sent teiliesetfliaßiffileaiiii+4: 4 .. l .l-nitlin the libi In nowthittliWvbitd. tiO.firtUntitly and by. forth - smite qtrzlixi I .bestila'oryieih and pub,:ituldsoof.all,l:tlitril!ont. , cs44.l limisiimaTOrrippitt , V vlig . .titanqcntwitt„ . .4ol3e, , :I,i,o:lneb of ' Peiiiitfylvataii ;'.judge . .Ree&l ; tteltiLittOlerir44FAybirihirloiliakg• i t.b . ,4-m*r. ! Ettit ..'' : Vlblidritkoleft4l,renthit 7 was:well- kn - owa' . fur Ails; "Pennsylvania I eats and : the honor of r ,,,,,,i,,,,,, ) ,,„..„0- siast i te - .pint fritiinli'.- . :'!'here never ; Blackstyne," one of' the';liitit al:tempt ev. 1 dem n i ng . the' barkarities wlitlh ctures tita.. sec,l 'Er Oindti to' adapt: the iminOrtal-•:Com- I the 'people.' itrit-4i15.14, iVaiiirP fuithiestligi WreifitblialiShbfibleSifibrl, g tff - elartnil $ 'men (ark?' tit' Our ' irio dein ' l owl." 1 Tier ~ ~W le: I 's`e riti id i leg' . . - -4. 1 t. he ' ; Picii'eti! 'elk illige, Ira na n 4:0, - a X ton- iii isin OT. Centre; 'lttiitotk;he-Wihr-,1 a Eli!" ' r rii r te'lio .,i yer a. ,' Otitl'air adept i a te4,11- 1 ' Adlill nistratiptis=Fattetiaiers , ' , Yeitel' for; till ~ t.4 l .iitUtiittaWnelatrers, 3 (if, r z A ii,uki t ing lege - prut - .",' '- •-•;' - --• ..-"'' .''''" •.' )roteetiein'to'tlre'intitili!.rics . nr-' , Pennt.tylim - -- - •Ptym r - , : i ., , ,Thescaynercial metropolis of the,' 1 -A !: iitrku , • .‘. tituttif..74...ai . admitted ilia, arialilt-*biting,• • •uti ,le4ry.. - e'eb,.pion.;. l . AEr -- .....,an5wbr5.it.,,, with nW - hriderful . general : to thellrarin'lBB6 . ,' and '' . befiti ilie'prac• 1 thin dignified 111;1(14*i2 rill' IP lii";' ft iri , s. pe? , ;:tipp - Ftlie . : `" ' If ti`e *a business fil , • tiee tit lavi in - his ttafitc town: ". He'. im I collar- to . : the eentittypaniaz jilitit'acteYtlMly ruld-the Statelire delighted With. it-,1 utediately i-rttered' . .uton a hirge . '',aiiir ytt- ; That-Administration Ate:nifty 'W'oit . the con- i ..r T.' , Lalte :Erie 'to- the . .f :Delaware .., this ' i l rigid' 'practice , and hait'eliet • Sleet.- •been 1 titiene,e' Of the people wilit' prOceeded; and j limn nation io.rqtrArcred as . the -,,b . e; , i lining I constantly and ite.i'i rely eniployed'in' tin.; TrOi red • froul'i.poWer-;'atttritlell 'hy ;140 -",re-. lof a _tri I limit campaign, trati the .harlOtf: , .ir i CdurtS cf tile Counties Of 'Centre:: -Ci - ear- speet of . .every - citizen i, tr - the ' Com Moe- Joe' ecisi4e 'State and Xational xictory. field,- - "Mitliin and Clinton. His 'great wealth': and aborc'evelolie Suspicion. of I The[People's party could not'hiteel , lOced, infornuttion, his, ‘lzorous mind; and can , ' enriti in ion : 'el: •. tr.trthility. 1 . - ERtSecretaryl at the head, Oktheir; ainly,. a morn gallant, di.n'rc:eoinnieticlad Tian : to the .Curts ; ,L--- OpttiiN• i :.:P§llle intiinate -friend • anu .Con- I adtlirable, - and.formidable chanip 11' inn. .c' 'his' Winning ti'Vle 'Made liiii4" fieivelfril Stitnubrial ' adviser'• of ..(the' • Garernor, IS l Will inalit . 6lll*eniisylvania.'ririg, With 'his Wall .snries. /Te.::itipidly - became 6,64 ot 'fairly entitled to d'fall-lrat•cti..f the credit frenchaa; - 1- parklim- and sehorinui elo, , the m best . knotOil;'4tid. inost' risltiii46titig Whirl attaelieS tci thelionesti . wise; - and. l'ittence..- . He Will b t e.surrounded .by the en in central zil Pennsvivania. ',-.. -•,;[,- .'.beni - Aillinist . tationi"ofdtn atis.Pollock. beerl:llp of, the Pcople'S party--,--the flew-, A Inanwitli!the' gifts and temperthent . ba'ring that . strennons 'oentest for (Lel er and proutis.c of its tuture-rjouug,-in-.1 of ANDRtiw G. - CURTIN 'c'ould :nor, fall' to I United Sr:ite , i Senatorship,. which distin.:l tell et nal ' weltin forme& - pulilic-Suirited , 1 be • largely " interested and . concerned iu ; auished the legislative',isessions of - 18'55, !'tuid . entliusial:stic ;' who, fighting by " his 1 public affairs:'' Strikinizly aniitible,. gen-ICoIongI,CWITIN was stortgly•and penis --1 side, Will insure a . powt4ftil • and stirring ial and warm-hearted, of luininous r ciitiek I tently..urged,...by alarae body. of .friends, discUssion of our ,glorious ideas of Free-, and ekterisive 'intelligence, of the itiostifo'r that •highposition;.l. - , _ en[.;aging address, endowed With 4 fluent.' : His department of ' the Aliniinistration Jl.s ItuW - . G. Gi;it'FlN is himself a Young facetionS,-and captivating"cloquence, and I connected him closely lrith our Common : l nia , iii 'the very prime of: life, and ; When instinct with old-Pennsylvania traditions 1, School systein asits-Snperintendent. He' lie . becomes -Governor of' - Pennsylvania, Of policy' and .- patriotism, he threw • • him- ll ,as Itiborions *attention_ to it, - zind took. his dministrOoon. will exhibit all•the vir- Self - at once' into those political cont ro- 1 1 particular, Pleasure in - iierteettog - its de • tue of . a youtlifh l maturity,. solid • enter , verses.,which, as Burke • tells us; ore the I tails and increasing . * CfEcie.ic,y. ' The 1 prise,, -generous liberality, :enlightened' noblest emplOpnents of theeultiVated Commenwc.altit is.gre:4oy indebted tollihni hurnity, anti a thorough Pennylva'uitt, wan. Fie wils. an 'ardent anti titerou. , lt for tile legislatitin etineerning Nohnall , potty. W •., • ' • ' . .. . , going lii.. and in 1810.1 re took antic 1 Scheols, - wh of ich ards !tin-, methods 'ands! -' • hi's- sketch comes from the-heart, as dye part in th .t etitli;:i'astie canipiiigi, {!)scansof sy;•teniatically ti :Lining a bOdy of ' ' , el zs_the head of it true Pennsylvanian, Whitli inadeGeocial Harrison' President j intelligent and highly, eompetenr leachers. ' - i- ~ much as' he admires and trusts the Of the tiniled. ! States: -In 18-4-I . .he was .. andthus supplying tile flost.. pressing-need llidate l • loves. -the man: tin let iro one,- -.. : . MIS a fervent adherent' of the illustiithiS Can didate of the 'Whigs, and Ire 'stniiiped ail ,central , Petnisylvhnia for :11 en ry Clay acid Protectitth to Ai ieric'en- Indu;try. In that strew:de, Mr. Curtin first, acquired his 'wide spread reputation fur' effective and'reiistless- populat:el&itiencet. There is not a county from the. Sustraeliannieto • he 'Ai ftlisides; -iir 'sii - delt-'lliv' -- tianifr - irf ANDREW G. CURTIN ever fails. to attract I the, very largest c . .owds, Who eagerly gab. er to enjoy the, feasts of wisdom and wit, of humor and patios, of.poetry, statistics-. Lawry, argument, • and imagery, -which . :spread main his glowing and melodious _ . Iperiods... . -. _ . • lii 184 S he was placed or the Whig .. i electoral ticket, and agai it traversed man . % Isectimis of 'OM State in behalf ...,r. Gen. IZac'mry Tii:::or. Ile was an ori:: Mal sup- I p'ort2r of the nolL.ination of• Gea Wi. - field Sctt; and i'ii 1.5..;3 . .,1 lie was , fi!'rai !I ' placed on the elect ola I I i;;1-:,..t. 'and Jot ked Iwitii his usual zeal to carn t i lie State 1 . ,:. I the herd of the Valley 0f.M. , .? ; •-.ieo. .„in-- deed, ...gr.. Curtia was at all tinies.athoro' and iiiln'ed Pennsylvania Whig., devoted, to ail those conservative and humane id2as which distinguished that party which mute I sleeps in the graves i‘f Clay and Webster. -lle is-by. training,. and by.. -mature cotivic- I lion, a ,believer in systematic and efficient IProtectiOn,.,in , liberal' jaternal finprove• ments, in the policy of encouraging well-, paid and wide-diffused Fiee ..., American Labor. . Such a ; 11'hig could -not fail to, be a leader and a counsellor of the party,' and, accordingly. Mr. Curtin was an iiiflu withal member of nearly - every Whig State Convention which met during the last ten years of the Whig party's (xistence. ' . No man was eve.: more popular at home. Fle is endowed with 'much .of that rare! magnetism which- neutralize's social and political-differenees, and inakeS the-man) stronger than his party. As an iliustra tioo of this,' in the year 18-I-9:Cent re coon- I ty composed part of the,Senaturialdistrieti in winch Gen. William . F. Packer,. now i fovernor, was the Democratic candithif el for the State Senate: The Whig candi date withdrew frmi the canvass - on"the Friday before the election. -At the earn est and general solicitatihn of the party, Colonel CU TIN - took, th 6 field. • There remained only three. days to - canvass a Very- large district. let;_ while .-Centrel county• cave a majority of eleven hundred{ for the rest of the Detrocract ticket, she gave Gen. Packer aimajority of einly three hundred.. Three days .sullieetl CURTIN, against, as strong:a -candidate ;as, Packer, to 'scatter. two-thirds.: of the Democratic' majority. •-• r• .. In the :year- 1854, 01. Cuf;TIN - Iras strongly urged by the counties.of.central Pennsylvania for the Gov_ernorship; and when lion.,Jiiino;; Pollock, of ,Nortlimk berland; receiVed the nomination, CUItTIN was made Chairman of tiro State Central Committee. Ilpomtlie.eleetion Of Gov ernoi PollOOk,appolOtedXol:-.011,1iTipi Siort:tary of ATM Commonwealth. H e elisrgid the varied dutiei of - thaVoioe with signal ability anti disef6tion: Gelb: PolloCk's AdMinistration' was sinnulariv puro, moderato, and conseriative:. It was not'distinguished by any' startling urfS', ar.4ny exciting inucivations. *The . agitattops'aiid. fluOtitations eanti,?.d the I'M lite Diagtgitittivt rotiggih r igl: ilitAttlwilWAtftim of our free schools.- Under the working, i jof that law. 'one' Stare I r Nornial School ,k..' ittethetent operation, and others are sprin'g litig „up in various parts' of, the Common-- I wealth. ~ , es.ebretarys Curtin Was :ari original ind active advocate oftha4 4 :::k4iit taie - asureOf t he'Pt'tlioc)i :AtlaiiniZsTratiOn—the, sale'o( r aid. Main -l.Etii-Hoh,ROYublre * fintir - oee.l [ ments. The measure Was vigorously cip. posed before its consuiernation.,but -it as] now agreed on all han4s thatit tyas tißkcH ly and wise,,and that t.ie : Cotuntonwealth i I was theteliv relieved of *an incolinS'Which I tzinually depleted its.J.ltreasury and -cor :rupted its polities. .„-: i. , " i Since his retiremeny.from the Secret - n.l reship of the Commonwealth, Col, Curtin' has devoted, himself . main to the practice 1 of I he law ; and to the' - inatetial and indui• vial inteiests of.his region of ,C.,e. Com wo:i T.:41.i. IL. ba:i been very active in pr,,tmaing tleselin4s of railroad which are to bring Centro, -,c,:lint:l),. Clea s rfieid, and tilerij aoining:con„i \ :tios into. connee,- , tii.;!;: with the . PennsevamaSentrai, and the.Sotibury and I.lre 1 railroads.% .Ile i., a gentleman; ut: ttnusqal r i&ut t liciptrit..and his whole•sonl,is, bourAl ,up in the decal 9Pnent of the immense. Inine;-al and agri cultural resources ,of his native S-ate. I.:y, birth, education: ,iad ; lifelong habit and association, he is ai Protectionist, and a traditionary believer iti Fre - eLabOr,and in that ,polioy whichpurposeiy encourages, diver.-dies, and nerli:c, all: the - arts, in dustries. and refinements of a . free and civilized community, k Since.that auspielott's union of the Op positiOn•in Pdttisyl%;ania. - ; whi..lll has. re :.iilteil' i n'the forl,iiationl - ainftlie eMitinned . , aseendaticy, of the People s party, 'COI. Curtin has been:- for:at least two vears, regarded „frourinany.quarters.orthe:State, as a particularly worthy and.suitabieCab clidate fur Governor. - Fir that high po sition he is pecidiarly well qualified. : He uiritts an even: temper;' and a - SOlitijudg', ment,:to great -ItboWlledge,...• not .Cinly ,of books, bz.t of menqind: afiairs:, .No!.man in :the CotMr.onsveartit is-. More, familiar with its history, or tv4:h its various dead interests ; with its diversified capacities and requiretnents-ovi i itslegislatiori..its poliey,:and Its Public-, pinion; no;one has 3: such:in .extensive ,ac uaintanee' all uver the State, .16 all lii • private relations, and - tu the discharge ' f his - offibial dtitie:s, he has achievetPll'hig character for pro . ; hibity and, hondr..,: in head and heart,' in temperament and action:. hc . is :in in7rain ed. • Pen,osylyaniati:' —i.W.it hitu-our !broad limits: there is Mine whxcan arid will-make a .belter Governor!. ~ ; - `. .. - •-s - ~ . - COI. CURTIN. is, not only .rbove 7 all.re= pruaeli, but is beloVe, •by his immediate neighbors and Ms pars - • n a I acrinaintanees.:, A. man of dignified pr sauce, of graeionS and gentle . deintancir; ind.irearred, geol. al..and sunny. tompdi . , .remarkably: iri structiie and ~ fasciriati giii,coliveriation, lie is tiejjorid all quest rx,:the. most popu-. lar . man of Ms age iti ennsylvdnia.: In his.-native County. - and all •through the valleys - .of ;central -iliinsylvania;• every man-, woman :and chi d cherishes a, feel ini.r. Of perionhl attar infant foe . " Andy Curtin.' ' Ht is Outtir tins at Immo for his 'open liapded libelant tilid for liis: con urinal : charities:: —.A illmagh ; lin' is not. mom ~;}' .. t:~ EISSM : suppose tint the te - nrulth . of fid4hipcolurs thia pifte're ton 'II+RE 11...3utt..rEsT will sorot visit.eveiy of the. Slow. .bjtuseff.'; .When - ...ver.ho the crowds who will. meet and kuow • will.beeoine his eharuied a - tnie:wer• Uir'Al'iri&; , ll.'''' Goober thelleopie of Pennsylvania I tille.lf-theiltifiW.:ot r. 'Voles, and d . the : -Ttitere eou . rse of tAs. will only prove the cortectne#s of Tr verdict, and tuyo , lour untieiption3 )'facts. Apirl i issionT KANSAS. e Laboi4 Stat,ebvs. the Capi tal States. POSITION OF THE REPUBLICAI PARTY, PMECZUrOF2 SEWAP-EN 'rertfl in Alf' CT S. &halt: . FeliettaFy ! fZuti 18(io. • S De , ~.... : (C:wain/ie./ I ), ..t Dem:;eratie COi 1 i!,TV.:!S brought Texas iht.the littiuti, stiptil.ati'llg praeriealiy for' 4 . its- Uture re-r;r is oarniation into four - slave S . :rites. IVlesito was incensed. War in sued. , The rabi.rr 'tirates asked that the 131ewierin law iifliberty, which - covered the Territories' brought to by the treaty _of [ neri4 ' - might 'remain and be contirrned., .'ielre 31.rssourt debate of 1820 recurred .1 noW, 'under circumstances of heat and ex ; eitetnent, in relation to these courfuesta. I The delendeis of Iribor - tgok alarm lest the, number of. new capititl-States might be..l route so-great as to - enable that class of', 'acs to dictite the whole. policy of tile) fernment; and in c'ese•Of constitution-t -esistrince, then to, form a new ;lave 'ling confederacy 'around . the Gulf'ot icu. By thi.4. tiure•tbe - eap4al Suites ! ned to !.lave' become fixed in'acieter I atfou that; the • Federal ' govern - went, j even the 'labor States ; - shotilil ''reeir.-. I nizir their slave i ; thougli-Fontside . of ifiel Sla've iStatzrs, 'M ill iritirin the Territories of the ' United S i t'atetr, aa - priirierty-'nf Whiirfi th , ura4t er could not lie -"hinny Way,- ot-liy; any - ;authririty' 'divestedl' :. - titirl ''-t Le :- labOt Sitttes,..having , beetinia 41v- inore `e'ss&f.'• tially?;Detnneratia-tharc'e'vel.tbitifortf,,:bY tile - great 'de velopment' o e free labor;natira firmly. than - eet lugged ion tile etitistitd , ; tiona I doctrin that Staves carried - . 14 'titbit ; niaztersAntathe , common -Terri*,orieiVidi ;'into - labor States;tare Persons'onen.e titni der the auspiniotts!intriences =of a . BV,hig success California - and !New: MeXiCo ap pe I re& beford -Coirrt's.ri as labor Biatei] :rh capital states refused- to consent to tli r ad:nig - Sidra - into the Ouirlti3' nod again 'threats - of' Disunion- carried: terror- and ' - ' Ai 't the :-' -- nonsternationltlirong on, land. - 0 1.ra- tothler, compromise r.,Wai,..tiradd. -'Specigct lenactments admit teill3alifortria 'as A labor ;State, and rtirnandecl :New 'Mellen:anal . 41..1tah ttr re . main Territorr„trkt 1;:i. the4oV• s tliiililitiSAW Ereailiii'ik:',Bl44s::,V-hiiilipt l'ened• into"Sitiec :wiri'V`ihey riava-up w I. ;re m ethos - .... .. , . .: .. • , m for ;the, ,reca,ptron of fugatves I , tfroin.'lerilee';;,"lairtl- abilliShed - the - open) lislave!nidrliet ltf*th:Distrior of Columbia.l, 'Tbese-nesr enactments .Collated wit/1111°1 se: new . • ' 4 i ext pu, 7 , §tatuxes , .ml34,- the,„Qrtlip*nte I I of TB7, the Missouri Prohibitory lair pr r ; ',FS' o' . , - and ib a 'ariVeleA et. texas anilexa , ' ,l tioni; disposed,' by -law. or'iltit - subjeat• Of', . .. Slavety 7 ` its sit ' - shti -- teiritorie r i - -of the '-', ai ri hol Me seal h 1 ii and t'L* o .l t=6,:zsz 1114 - rmuct;l4 41: c..e.:14:4;4j;i74' s:f;ai 1.2 ak t -- ,TrE::).11, , t:Tt .;"inzs - i.- tISAI eBrill;, 0 ijfl•4l roam 1 1 011113;;.- t;2s'ne , 4 1 SPFMIV, - _.:'. Pi fia;F:titii;:-.;i4444.i -01 1 1 1 040 14,-i1 i 5: 6 q 46 1.,, 4k.F.''414V 1 .4 . 10 . 44. 4 4 A /intititb\ ~viAute ,Intt . 4uulpromroiAetplat , ,,.. , Otiof 8 11 : 9.*iqicg, irt4!ol -Et/As- 1 .0.94A*. .. F y 9FOii!il..§LaYA.lo l .oisM arg charity: . 'l4.eut*69,-gr9trAWAlir 44 it 1 19,1 4 1 44.i.P!i null 1 444-..TT,Ovivg,to A ß.o9l l lol4=, 1 nt:1)44t95w4.44,9: 1 0 , -Oetoh - t-- - ~ r - 'l9vS4 P1Y1'!5;.P11.e4;,4-pst- .flt; . ~.;.., . 4157 Fiip44 ii,,byotiNdiAle.( l kl3l4l.3 ' 4 ( 4 _ Pie, mut: Prctipiesti . , elpsmovarAktt 1 .C . r . 4 3 P .iiv.a!, : ,uPeqgiEo,4l.s qa,`t,hp.. Lj if(!el.er..lo 4l l l tbl 3 Y-eii-K'u9.t ,,4 o. l :*** .t , ~, ,t, pur.c1ue10.,m414.14 til.p,,peli,l , l*, ; iii , vi6lnte l !,trinClit v listate .tp „Itltill.l9# Air. I pir;tiitiou *ieu .r. gongcl4 04e410,,, ...go I..si t 4:, .. .. r -, -„, ,:„:.i,.J-,—. When the grare ithliiilu:ya eitasediner i all wiie are n9w endeavoring tii,ntect theo4l4;a -tlOns'or dui,f,Tilid ': , eur 1850 ii_ l ill be i'eciirrt4 I tOj a? it ile'ri6cl - ifile7l 'with - Vilsiety . and' tifpfe- - I b4rision.:. • A suecesful war has just tertaitta teti : peace brought,yrith its great angedenta- Itie,n.of territor,4. „.Di.sturting guestictsaatise L iniaring upon •the ,dome:stin nist4tiellii,sf s p6ition of the tdn'ederafiy,trnitinvolVitiithe eciriqitutional rights of th6'Statei.' But:not withstanding differences of opinion , curlsen tiinent, in relatiotk to, detail sv. zw-41 . specific:4re vfsions, the aefluiescen cc of . di.stin..luisheti cit. lizens, wilesi: (I evOtitie to tinAliiiiii Can_neier I he, doubted, has at'VQlt - ' 7 fetiikii d tigcif tcr'atar i intltutionijAnT•riAtired a seose - of tecit'ilty I anci repose to the 'Fiiilllic. Mina thrbughout the. 1 Confeder4ey. , That-this repose.is to#l4fecno I,:slioek during my otfipial _tarp,. if I,ll4,ve.thi lipii:er to avert it. tlitrie who .filaceltno tic's, 111 !AS , be assured."' '= ' • : : - ''-'4 Ing Hardly - hnweve . r, -- . tad . Oleic inepiriag winds died away, thronghout'4.eiliityied and delirlited land,. before the . i rdpoie was -shoeked:.-again.,--.shaekef,..p ded. as it had never_ before. balin,:a f ttd silnitten tbis . tie-ky":a bins; from the Vqy hfind that hiliquit released the etiordeitif the iiationai harp from their litteratiatilif 'that exnitecl I:symphony of peace: Kati m vi the long:devoted reSortia tiOn of labor and .Freedom, saved in= the agony of national fear in 1820, and saietd again -in . the virile 6f . 1850; - Were noio - W be'opcned by' ooli g ress, dint 'tile •Dei'lir inidiuo• eouriie of seed time add' liarteit J . . night: - begin. - The ,elave tapitaltsurof MiSNauri . , frtitrf - - their • li4ines . 6liLthe . esterii . .bankicif thoir'u'oble ri•i;i‘•!n;,,lii(>yed doirif upon and eaireied - ilfe , terror ran throngli all. the capital •Stdteli, whvn they sa‘r a:seeming cerfaintj , 'shit at! last a new Labor State would-be built '0 I l i tlieirire4ern ineritablyfraiOht. tkey said; with' a 'near 'or remcite:abeli. tiOn of.Slafery: ' - -• hat 'could be dope? Congress email hardly be expected to intervene • riireelly for their safety so.soon after --thecons 7 Minute of 1850.. The labor . hivi of.the Pfc.° States was distant; the way nenyun knoo, and not without perils: . Missouri .was near and watchful; ansdheldthe keys ofithe gates of Kansas: She alight:Emile thp. new aitti sti.iling Territorvby sur- . .prise„if Only Congress •would remoya the burlier .established it .1820.. The eel. jeer IA: was favorzble. Clay and Web. ter, the distiuguislied eitiieni:whose quesCoirable devotion to the. Union vie manifested by their acquiescente in the coinprotaise of 1850, had gone dawn a'. ready into their honored trayss., Thely bur States had dismissed many...of their . representatives hors fur too great fideliti to ;freedom, and too great distrust of the efficacy. of that new bend* of peaceoind hail replaced . them with parnins who %lire only timid, . 1 The Democratic President . -'and: Cott. firers hesitated; but -tot long. They le. • ' viseA ~ the last:great cpmprumise, Sid' follat .. 0 with delighted surpiioo, ihatitAttas sortie. 1 from citufirraine the law of freedoitt - of ILb.., that. on the othei hand, 2,, exactly t provided for the abrogation'of that:Veper; 1 ated statuo,-. na', :that *the' toutpromise itself ac•tially killed the spirit of thiMie; souri laW, and. devolved .oti Vongrettalha drity-of ranioving the lifeless: letter-froni I the. national code. . The deed FaiOonee The nen) enactment' not•orily , reneiled tliti : SI issou ri - prellibitin n of sliverziliut itlire; . trounced' the ,peopru: of KanSasratta INT brarktr perfectly free to.establ ish . freedout or slavery, and pledged Congress itiii& in 4 them in - due flint , as , States r either ef.. capithLor of labor, into . the 'Thilelt. ,, -Thil Whigrepresentatives of thficaPitallitatext in 'an lour of strange bewildermeni, teal mitred ;sand, the AVII4, • party ittstaetlyt went down; never to - tise - agairl; -Tetath crate seeeded,,and stood:aleof; ••the r coutil try war confoundedl-aud,' amid -tbelltr.4 p I exities of the hour,' a Republicair party was seen. gathering-itself tokether might much easnestnesa . , but' wih 14tInanderot orkintitation,„tct rescue if it werenett:l* too late, the cause of ireedenfantlitaboto So. tinexpect ed lit a e nd grieveuslyinxperilled .. in,the.Territories of the Uttite&States: •r:, .1. will not' llager tirdi seqi#4";:The 'polluter sovereiginty hd-the ;Stale 'EkrisreiMl„ ty of,Miesoaicli onV only in the persons of the inler* . bnt tivere irft the letter of' an arbitrary aiid—Cruet code. The perfect freedotitfproaerto a hateful - and intelerable'_bonclage.: _Fmk GO,' Kansas;-austaineil - and. eattrag6il only by •Ilm , has been' engaged atidoestire ititd-'eVeitt 111
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