II ~aTtir.at: Lincoln as he is. Pro= the' odr:zit:: fiats and Tribune, May 23. 'ten -.thousand tnquiries will . made io'thepa Loki, theltabits, tastes, and 'other chameterhitres of Honest Old Abe. 'lve - Agro t ;ate a few of theM. .stands si# feet and fur incites high iu Visst6ekings: Ilia frame fs eut.ntuettlar,* but guankand wiry; and a:e not unreasonably fo fur u person'of his leighe; his ldiver 'limbs are not diSproiiortiotied to hisbodv. 'ln working. his!gati,thougli 'frth ' iK .nev- Vr.brible.. - He'steps' slowly and delilter 'atetit; iilino's't always With his tiead forward and his -tends clasped behind 'tits,back. In nit.itteti3 of diesti tie is . by 1;n 'means preci.4e. 'Always clean. he is nev er fashionably ;Id is reless, but not slov-- , lady. -roaunpf, fiesta reinarkably car -• • dial, and, at e s t atue me, sttup e. 'ihiliteness is' ail, nyti sincere, - f9ut never' elaboraie and oppressive:: A. warm `Shake "uf the bands iati ff. a _winner smile of rep :ognition are his tnethods of greeting li ‘ is his feattfres,' 69_1%4 those' of it :man a r fe not inch - is .behing tic a handst..uie inan'; but when 'his fine tlaik-gt4y e . j.es are lighted up by emotion, and his futures begin their 'ldiy, - ta.'wolthf be chosen "frotit . ..among a vroWd as uue with Ltd in liiut not ot4 'the kind Aentirnents which .woruen love, Vut theAmarier utetal of which full grown "ineti and Presidents are made. His hair ii black, - and,ibough thin, is wiry. His lead sets well (in his shoulders, but be youil that it defies description. It near •er rezierublei that of Clay than that of Webster; but it is unlike either. It is i•ery large, and phrenologically well pro. port Dried, betokening power in all its de reloputenta. A slightly Romau pose, a bride-cut 'month, and a dark complexion, with the tippei'ranq of baying been' weatherlteaten, 9omPletes the descrip tion. • In his personal habits, Mr. LINCOLN is as simple as a child. "He loves,a good dinner, and eats with the appetite which goes with a great 'brain ,• but his food is ',plain 'and nutritious. He nevei. drinks intoxicating liqu'ors of any sort—nor even A glass of. wine. ;He is not addicted to ,tobseco in any of its shapes. He never was accused of a licentious action in all `his lite. He ,neveruzes profane law. Anne. 'A friend says that once, when in a towering rage, in oonsequenee of the efforts of certain parties to perpetrate 'a fraud upon the State, he was heard to say, "They shan't do-it, d—n 'ow !" but beyond-an- " expression of this kind, his bittere'bt feelings never carry him. lie 'never gambles ; we doubt if hu ever in •dulges in any ewes of chance. 'He is particularly caAbus about' incurring pe cuniary obligations for any purpose what ever, and in debt he is 'never (lenient, un the score is discharged. We Dersuhie be owes no man. a:dollar. He never 'speculates. The rage - -for 'the sudden acqusition of wealth 'never took hold 'of *Lim. His gains from his "professiod have been moderale, bid sufficient for his put poses. While others 'Lave . dreatileciof gold, he lids been in pgrsuit'nf knowledge. in all his dealings he has the reputation of being generous, but 'cleat, and aboire all, religiously ' Ife weed be a bold man who would say 'ant Abraham Lincoln ever wronged any one out of scent; or ever spent a dol lar that he - he'd - not honestly earned., His struggles in' early life have made him carob' or mime). ; :but his generosity with his Own ii'proveibial: is a reg ular attendant' upon religiotis tyership, aria though dot a communieafit, is a paw hofder and a liberal supporter of the Pres. byterian*ChurCh iii Springfield, to which Mrs. Lincoln belongs: * lle is a seruPu loiti teller'of the 'truth--s-teo exact in - his ;lotions to suit the atmospheie'of Wash ington RS it now is. His enemies way say that he tells 131aaV Republican lies; Let DV man ever charged that, in a pro-' keissional eiipabity, or as a citizen dealing his neighbors, he would depart from the Scriptural command. At home he lives like a gentleman of moderate means and.simple tastes. A good-sized house of wood simply but tastefully furnished, surrounded by trees and flowers is his own, and there he lives, at peace with himself; the idol of hislatuily, and for his honesty, ability and patriotism,' the admiration of his- countrymen. If Mr. Lincoln is elected President be wiWearry but little - that is ornaniental i to the - White: Tlouie. The - Ociintry must aecept his sincerity, hi 4 aliiliiy , and his honesty, in the mould in which they are cast. ifeWill not be able to make as polite a bow as Frank Pierce, but he will not commence anew the agitation of the tilaviity - -question by reoammendiog to Congress any Kansas.Nabraska bills.— Iteinay not preside at the Presidential dilners with .the ease and grace which distinguish the s'yenemble public fuuc tiouary,! l4r. Duchanan, but he will not Create the n'ecessitj for a Covode Com mittee and the disgraceful revelations of Cornelius Wendell.- He will take ukthe Presidential Chair just the qualities •whieh the country now demands to save it from' impending - destruction--ability that no other - tinin tan question, firii;i3ess that-inkhing eau overbear. honesty that tieveiha.4'been, ImpeaChed, and patriot. Ism that neier despairs.. ' • AIUtAIIAOII4pICOLIX, , Then* Sefforsorill Celebrated letter to 'eh* Ncw- Haven merchant, who bad rinnoetreted — a fr tainst the removal of Eli. siii;Guodrieh 'from the CollCctorahiP of that port. and the appolntinent'of a inc. otaiot nhuie chief qualification wail that he was.a partisan Of the ?'resident, a hope is expiessed that a good time nay come when the only . questiona ahouta candi• deice or office .be these three. : : "Is he' &meat ?-Is 'he capabie r-:-rs he faiih= ful io the Constiiution ?" BE ' ,Whett:Jeffer4on said ~.- a , ,g,04 1i . , he said ie,iiell, anirthil w a s of fits good things. Those three questions are just thelenuestious • which the people of the Onife : d ~ tites : onglit, to Ask : in regard ,to candidates for t h e Presidency. let Abra ham Lincoln,•for exan.ple, be subjected to the ordeal of tbeie questions. • Is he hone.st? , _Look : upon his face. Is Wit sin honest min ? Inquire.finiong 'his nei,4bOr . s tvlio-hi,norliis guileless in tegrity ; liy the finnilitir nurue which ex [presses their conbdence.and love,-.--Fjon; est: Ahtaltatu Lincoln. limed his speech iii. • Ileai him when headdresses - a pop ' ttlar ksseinbl v. The - first ei.enieut of his -., over his over his heerers isT the irresistible ' , conviction which they Raved his honesty. 7s he•copablel Let hiS whole history, from ilia early and nnfrieudedetruggles to his present high position :among - the acknowledged leaderS tif a• li:tared pro fession in one of the greatest states of the * Union ' —give the answer. :Let the peo ple of his own state, who know him ,as thorouildy as they know any : other .pub lie man, say-Whether be is capable. Let' , those who heard him,' a few weeks ag o, ~- at the Cooper Institute; say whetherhe I 'bah ictcliigiince enough and talent enough tole the successor of James Buchaban. Franklin F:erce, Millard FilliPore, Zech au. TaSkir, Jimes. K. Polk, and John Tyler. We happened to hear that,speceh.• It was nut 'as classically ornate as•one of b'dward Eve, ett'S orations, it was not like one of Tbmaias Jefferson's epistles, but, 4n our judgment; it was a better exhibi tion of that kind of ability which makes a statesman, and which qualifies 'a man for such an office as the-Pre.sidericY, than Everett's eulogy on Witehingtod, or Jef ferson's letter to the Ilew . I.laven • Chain ber'of Commerce. ' A•more thOrough and• exhaustive exposition of the subject which he bad in hand, no oilier man could give. There was • not a word - in it of vulgar stump-speaking - - r --not , 6,' word of the " spread-eagle" style of oratory—not a word. of elaptrap ; it was straightforward argument on the grert question of the times, and, was as able as it was honest. la he 'faithful to -the Constitution ? ThoseewhO believe that the Constitution is is the 'charter and guarantee of slavery, and that by ito own force it carries the institution of slavery into all the - territo- , ries..iiill - say ito: Snell en answer frouil that quarter is reason - enough - for every body else to answer Yes.. 'The views of Webiter, of Cluy, of Marshal], of all our .eini4ent men • who .lived beCie the nt.w I school of Denioaraey was founded-by Cal houn, tire his views on the : question now at issue. That is enough.—N. Y. litete , .. pendent. 7 _ .- . r.o,nttEr laurttaL COVDERSPORT, PA., Iktirshij itme, I, 1860: T. S. CHASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, iiepW6licnn Ikkd--186.0. FOR PRESIDENT. ABRAIIA M LINCOLN, OP tumors FOR VICE-PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAMLIN,. OF MAINE. • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS I. James Pollock. 2. Robert F. 'Kin. 3. Nathan*Bills: .4. Teri P. Smith. 5. David•Ta4gart. - 8 Ulysses Mercer, 7. Daniel 0 Gchr. 8. Wm..M'Rennau. 9. R. P. Roberts. 10. Thos. M. Howe. 11. Henry Bumm. 12. John M. Broomall. 13. Francis W. Christ. 14.. Thomas R. Hull. FOR GayEro:pa, ANDREW G. CEIRTF 111 , CEI4TR . F. COUNTY. ED" The members of the County Ex . =aye Committee are requested to meet at the Prothonotary's cape, on ikronclay .l7ening of June Comt e at o'4lualt. By order of the Chairman. //6r Those Republicans who desire to haire the publication of the Jouuti4L continued`through the campaign, will do well to pay up what they owe nod in crease its cli.culation by jp‘pe We have increased our expenses to adfi to its efPciermy during the campaign, and rely on an increased support ;in keep tho machine running. i& The N. Y. Semi-Weekly Epentg. Post is offered for three morals during the campaign for fifty petits, , 10 : the • Weekly for tircety-five cents, one of the most efficient Republican papers in the country, sus ought to be largely cit, ' • egu, We know man - ,eho is 40 1 ag business thiaphtge without opposition —a demooret—who says he is not. going Y9te tilis because ho feafs 014 by doing so he trill lose the potrenage of wiraleyer party hie vote is cast-against: He is rvelte4iti in the: world's *goods, and is engsgertin s brisipesacepesillry to the wants ;,ofeveiy tillage community. CetoulenCia:unneiftwary. Virtpn the ,28th -instant, the New "gnrk one.of the ablest: po litical and religious newspapers in the world, hoisted the names - of Lincoln . atid : Efamliu to its masaead: It has a citnn lotion of upward of 40,000 numbers, and Ass afia able corps of 04,0 andcontribu• tors. In another column will be found an able article, headed "Abraham Lin: coin," which we extract from .iteeditoti al columns of the 81st nit. " - ilv4reti teee.pts the nom ination for Vice President tendered by the " Constitutional-Union" Convention. His letter t is very elahurate, chpracteris deafly gracefpl, and full of regrets that the 13 . rootsAnd,Cleveland emergency has called hip ottt . of the political retirement to which his conservatism has so long consigned him. Ile has.the satisfaction of knowing that he will be. able to 'retiie to - increased seclusion - after 'the '4th of November: doartepT*--iy ;19. ovpiliglit last week we were made to use the folthwing ambiguous language: "We'lleard a Douglas democrat say, a iday or ,oyo . slue°, that if Douglas was uomicate,d Tie Would Vote for Lincoln..", We intended- to say "if Douglas wa . s_ not nominated," &c. 'Our readers have here a pr*ical illustration of the impor tance of a single word or syllable hi com position. The error Was mode .by — the :compositor; however, and Overlooked iu ,readingproof. THE Richmond Enquirer of the 21st inst., says that three hundred negroes were baptized in the Appototuax„ at Pe. tersburg, on Sunday last. - • ,What were they baptized for? They are nothing but brutes, incapable of hu man development, and of course void of all human riglits—baptism, (ore of the most sacred) with the rest.- It is ex. reesive of the consistency of the " pee institution" thus first to declare, that a ," negro'has ao rights that a white man is bound to re!pect,"tad then to see three hundred negroes on a Sunday endoweil with one' of the most impressive of hu man rights, - ruder the direction of a white man- - and a denominate minister of the Gospel, who affects to believe tlat'the holding of negroes in bondage is justified by that Gospel, by the laws of God'and by every principle of human justice.. • ' DEMOCRATIC JUDGES.—Judie Taney nullifies the ordinance of 1787, •on ,the ground that it does not mean what it says ! Judge Magrath nullifies the law ,agaiust the Slave Trade on the ground that it does not say what it tneans Judges Comstock, Selden and Clarke are for i nul- Hying the Law against Slaveholding in New York, on the ground that it does not agree with their- notions or" comity and justice !" By all which it will be seen that the old idea that Laws could not be set aside by Courts, except for eon ! flint with -the 'Constitution, is now cm plocled.—Lewisbarg Chronicle. ' The Rev. Dr. Thompson,- the newly elected editor of the Christian Adrocatt and Journal, in his admirable speech in the General Conference at Buffalo on The 25th of May, defines the monster evil of Slavery in the fewest words of any speak. er that we have read for years, His whole itpeeeh was a gem. Bere are six Hues from it which we oiltureend to the Eaten. pion of every apologist for Slavery, and especiall,y. to Nethodist apologists for the sum of all •villainies. Dr. Thompson speaking of Slavery said I • a There is nfo monsteron the, oaptincet that binds so INN? hands, cords . so pony feet, blinds so many eyes, blasfi so many chars so many hearts 7 —that 'opcnsso wide thp mouth of hell and crams it with apch masses of ruiner mint pfd nsattei," 15. George Bressler. 16. Satunelkin. 1 17, Jo. M Kirkpatrick. 18. Henry Souther. ID. Edward C Knight. 20. Robert M. Foust. 0 21. James W, 22. David Mumma, Jr, 53. F. li, Pecnituati. 24. A, B. Sharpe. 25. Edgar Cowan.• 26. Joules Icerr. 27. Johu.GKer. tht r l statement _ true?:-TheusoFsh. that will longer tolerate the adml9sion of slavehaqp:s.to her communion is nct titled to the name of h christian ohnr9h, If that atom:tent is true, then thq men who will vote to let Slavery into n!) _the Territories of the United States, if only the first squatters who . go they , are in fa._ vor of it, deierves to be himself enslaVed. If the, ftaticrient is not true, We, will take it as 4'persoual favor if ;toy etie who thinks- i„so will- show its. 4peprrectness throu4h our columns. „ . , Capture of Slarqs. Am °Meer oft,lto U. B..Sceiliner Cru . ender ".. writes Its follows from gay West,, antler date of Nay 18th, to pio Lewis . imrgi (Pa.) Ohm - itiae Dieas s. Eptrettat .The negro-liberating business is getting brisk. Tee S. Steamer o Wyttudette " arrived here list night, having in tow,. as a prize, the *Anil rican barque .; William*" with 564 African ;laves, and a unity of about 25 Americans and Spaniards. She was captured on • the. 4th, on the south side of Cuba, There is of course considera ble excitement on' the subjict. ' The vessel, left fho mot of Africa on the 10th of 'March, What Slavery Does. ._ , • with:942 •negroes on board; of whom - T 8 hate alreadYperished. My curosit •again - urged me to board the Slaver s to - ri w the horrid spectacle. I will not burden, our ; :columns WWI in,recital.- a 1 You can not for naoinent conceive of the horrible state of.theseitictiins of avarice. As - to nlyselcrather l than tie in their, fi,r, t l should prefer to go T:p dgath 'for: a t qlla'ng,e; '.The:Ylire much more crowded; - 'and sotlering more from Sloth:lasi,t „an Were the . Cargo'cif the 1 .• The The' atter are now -soinfortably - fli e d on shore, a d the, newly' arrived will be transferred as s on as. accom- ; iiiedittionsi,..can i te:reade for-their;racePtion.. WO i hnie-beerdetained here 1 on repairs to • our engine - , 'Vat reeve 'at noon to-day, like sportsnaen whii are keen for their :Prey The 'irdn-b'oat: "Kernineill":will sail also for Nor • - talk, • fly her, tivill spud . thii,letter. i She is 'the neW PatisaeOla vessel; and Is reported has a. perfect Milord. in riga , rd,to speed. ,Keep a 'hall) ;look:out for the entiouneetuent of ,the. " rtisader's " c4tures. )Ve are, on the yratch fora cargo of 15 1 00 negroes. , . s,.itttimated in the above, we learn by lat i kr dates iruin New Orleans that on the nfernoon of the 23d ult., off Cape Verde, in 414. tnouth of th e old Bahama channel; 6 ,the'" Crusader 11f captured a bark (sup , 1 pied -to be . the "-Bogota, of • New t)dyk,) havinglon board °yeti 500 ne ,, roes. e, !These were sent. to Key 7eit, where there are 1700 Africans, in charge of the 1 13.., S. , Itlarshal; atraittng the diAnosition 1 i. - ofour Government. From the above it. wapiti seem that the Slave trade is rapid ly derelaping its grandeur .. nder a dem 'o'er-laic Administration. INT. y not try a F : par`ty that will not permit. stiph a thing i J for' tlte next fuuryears or ,IJimer ? '.. • •1 4' 'Tie Importance cf 1137RultOlcani - I - Success. - ••The Chicago Convention put }n nomi naiion a worthy tick t; and erected a „ 1- 1 strrig platrerrl for the peep pie to stand upon in November. l, is oSe;also, upon which every honest anil intelligent voter may plant himielf for riciny . years to come —4braeing, MI it doel, a d4tinet avowal of policy upc i t every 1 lcaditt principle nosv under diecussiOu by the American people, and disregarding, so / far as, the no , ture of the canvass will admit, every ab . straetion which has no higher purpose than ) personal or mere local ratification.l Principle being the foundation of the Platform, the whale instruthent is one 1 , worthy of the contest which is to•be I fought in its defence ;1 and 'this contest will test more than allj others since the, ReVolption, the integrity, wisdom and du rability of the American character. Upon the success of the principles lof our plat - fern], Ire sincerely believe depends in'a i great measure the maintainance of Re publican institutions, not only in our guy eminent, but elsewhere; for,l with a cor - 1 .. - . runt party, which is inc i reasing in Corrup-. tien with every new party success it has, as the l adtuinisrators of our government, we 'are fast hastening to t hat degree of 1 degeneracy which ever prceefles- anarchy and results In monarchy. - • - Viewing the matter thus, the duty of ey4ry intelligent citizenlis elderly pointed out by the emergency of the occasion. It is his duty first to study Iwell the ef- SeCt, his vote is to bear, the cause Which mikes that effect a necessity, and the . I 1 principles which he will indorse by that vote. After thus careftilly arr r iv.inc l . a at, a ,i , 1 conclusion, it is next his duty to labor for t sucee.s of that Cause and the re. ali ation of that effect. 1 This he cannot 1. do effectively' without jcnninc: wiib some organized party, thus Concentrating the effict of his conclusion; and' it is his l cluty to select and unite with such organization as hy tits published cede or platform of pri ciples and by its - pUblic ants most ne rly comprehends his; politieal views. H. ving proceeded thuf far, it is his duty li Ito abet' with fervent zeal for the Success of lust organization. It is -no more a right than it is the duty of every Ameri ctui citizen to exereisa the elective fran -Ichise; indeed, we regard it as an impera- Hep duty, from (which- no man should be exuse,d except iby physical pauses—de :mapped as it islby his position towa rds his! (0107- eitizeils. ' Flavin g thuspeinted out to every ern -1 zeti what, we believe to be his duty, we' be ,to askk • , Lim,lin conclusion,if he does not, honestly, think that by - supporting the: Repubiipen ;Ticket for 1480, he will ,„.. nottunet ai4 to bring_ about a' reform for thei better in the administration of our goverathentl Do you not believe that corrup ,l tions ate most easily reformed by rebuking the party under whose alatoti 1 they are practioed ? Do you 'mot helicie that Lincoln - anti Hamlin representpolit ie4 principles which should hp rtlairtalp at all - bresards in -a Ilepehlifip , govern meet; and whieh are utterly qt variance with the polio)! of all other oppoaifig par: _l, ties{? Believing . thus, dp yen not also comprehend - the.necessity, lis . a good CU hen, of contribUting' your Vote in NO vember by casting it for the Republican electoral ticket,( Which you Will find at the head of our! paper? Further; as a conservative who is opposed - to democrat ic corruption, delfyou not believe that you willioontribute to thecontinniinCe of that .- I 1 •-1 ' cotruptiiin by voting fOr any or :tha sn outed" coc . servativo tigicets ?- Question thyself, 9, ; citiz e n, f4r Mt, ,co4Rtcy's „.• • Lincoln•astia. • New jersey CotreSpondent:Cf,bhe Nr.Y2.ike: Post SaiS' that tiaatilie carry that State it ,by fro'n,),ol.lo to 5,000 --:. majorityowing iliq . perfe . et union of oppojitlUn fureci,thern. --.-A. - cerresiondeitt lof t the Tribute, writing from Ohio, states that Li n coln will carry .that State 40;000majority over any. man but Douglas, and by 20,000 tn. 50,090 over the lit . person. He isisigns an* ieaso . n . lo s r.-t . las that - the . con servative ,roteu.tfiti,snuthern counties of the State will all go ;tor „Liriceba; and which could.iot hiNe-'fieen coutrolledk Seward, Chase or :Wade; A jotter from Naion County in glum, to the. Tribune, Says that the miter knots between fifty mid seveuty-fiyopeo ple in his sieinity'wholiare sure pq vote fur Lincoln and . ' Considering that iu the last Campaign tiler?. pas not a vote cast ehete fur iFreeiont, the id 'twice. is not small. liSlapon .County is situatedou the Ohio riser, point Pleasant being its chief 'eown.-I.Like all the bOr der' counties- of tfie slaie,States, it is be coming Republican4ecl very fast, and will exert a happy infl , nenee on the future of Virginia, and Of the nation by its rapid liberal develop:neat. '1- • ' • --The Illinois State Journal, pub lished itt . Springfielii, the home of Liu cola, says : "The.DennicratiC organs, The Register among them, arc so well satisfied that Mr. Lincoln is to be the next President of-the United States, that they arli already bapy engaged arrang ing hi; Cabinet. Of course all their specula tions are the merest gue4s work, but they are fat least straw's which gusto show it is the ex pectation even of the 'Democracy that Mr. Lincblii'•Will . .have the •natning of the next Cabinet officers. •These expectations will be fully verified in Noveuib4r next.” • —Gov. , Chase, of Ohio, thus emphati cally announces his satisfaction with the Cliicago Platform and] nominations., in speech at the ratification meeting held at Columbus on the• 23d ult : "With the final choice; of the Chicago Con vention I ant entirely satisfied. le.very princi ple in that platform I hive publicly avowed and advocated for many lyears ; and its dec larations still meet withliny cordial concur rence. "It has beensaid that the :nomination of certain candidates might have endangered the success of the - eau's° we all have so much at heart: God forhid that my nomina tion or that of any otherimau should imperil the triumph of Republicait principles! Those principles are dearer to ..ue than all merely personal considerations, 'and I rejoice that, al though I .was• tint nowhiated, my principles were; and that they have su true and so faith ful icrepresentative in ate, coming ,contest as, At rahant Lincoln, of Illihois." t - —The Hon. SiinowCanieron, presided et a ratification nteetiii l g in IlarrisbOriOn the evening of the 25ch'ult., nud on tak ing thochair, -made ti-speech- in -•which, while declaring that hp had hope for the nomination of " I.llr. Seward, described Mr. Lincoln as ". a caudidete less. known, iu public life;•perliaps, tint Who, on all oc (lesions, when demand's have been made upon 'his.zeal and patriotism, has borne :himself bravely and houorably. In re gard-to the great interests of -..Peunsylva bia, the subject of protection to labor, his record is clear, emphatic - , and beyond suspicion. -- Lie will require 'no indorse ment to convince the 'people of Pennsyl vania that their interests will be perfectly secure in his hands. Himself a laborer 'in early life, he bag itruggled•with . ad versity until he has reached the proud position he now occupies, by the . single aid of a strong purpose, seconded by an unyielding will; and : it is 'not in the hearts of Pennsylvanians' to doubt such a . man. The laboring men Of this State ever control the ballot-box when they arise in the ni;ljeSty of their strength. Let them go to the election next Autumn, and, while they are securiug their own interests, let theuPeleyete io the highest place in their electivegift, Abraham 8010, a working man like themselves." his speech eloSed ;with. the following truthful assertion : • "Let us remember when we go up to this corning battle with organi;ed wrong and offi cial corruption, that a recreant' sort of Penn sylvania has brought this great shame upon the country and now Imailslhe war upon pop. ular rights; and let the remembrance of this fact nerve us in the purpose to crush out that c Inkinatian which noviwields the sw.ord and Vie purse, and thus redeem the good name of our noble Comtunnwealth. " The ouestion ig now; really .betweqq. the 'people and aface-holders—a set of •bad men held together by the cohnsive power of public Plunder now control the ; Government. They gre demoralized and their ranks are broken ; a id we have only to be United, Arm, and AO tire, to secure the rictorY." Banks, of Massachusetts pre sided at the'Bostou'ra t tification meeting, and made a speech intivhich he heartily cuttersed the platform and candidates.-- The proceedings of the Meeting gave glo rious evidence of the entire and hearty approval which the,! RepUblions of that, State .give to the nominations.— Similar ratification • meeting were . held thrOughout the State, ;and 'the same en thusiasm and good cheer for Freedom's standard-bearers was manifested iu each of them. --,The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, the home organ of filer Fillmore in 1856. and which would naturally have endorsed the "_Constitutional Union Party," de. Oared itself for the Chicago nominations before'they were made, assigning as a reason that. success - aiainst. the Black pemocracy is, alisolutely necessary to the welfare of the American people, and that the Republicans haiing tho strongest hold of the.popular will in opposition to the party in -power, ofkght to beim .the earnest aid of every one who desires the NM overtiiiiiotileteocieey "tiow.y ki.t4e - 4 1 .0liPistration., The Softe .f rtmr4isidulti t hik hepubric a , poptwe ,pase t s . 1 p AO, hare•ah o c4iN4 LingPiP audaffWaiiP• : '• the - Burni ng . , - 41,Jkettfr Setiur r - The kol i lnwitig letter has been add, by Mr:s . S.exard to the gentlemen . of Centro *- 11:epublicnn - Committee, wh o vit4,ltim to attend - a_meeting to be' for tlinratification : of the proceedir the National' Convention: - seen Ant Mr. - .Seward : .takes hie . with ,the same calm .dignity and s pecs has - alt.4s . chars;e4; political conduct. In 't* revel 'fortune, as to success; he :does not that his -cause is greater than • and. that the true patr iot roust loot his reward, pot it personal triumph ! iu triumphs of principle. R e that he not now be able to pense his friends for their: 'long and nest fidelity; but be eviditftly- loaf ward to retirement pith . ateeling of lief . ...and Mr..-.S.Expt.nn • core approves- of the doetvine's presentee the Convention at Chicamo,-and her willing-testimony. to the ;44, thr actor and the zeal of the person nomination. The graeefultmci. terms in'which Mr. SENyARD ezat his sineere'concarrenee ikk the actiot the Corivent.on will oily endear. hip . mere to his friends, and to all,other prize greatness of Aouf • • 4cttet«qty May 21, IBC " Gentlemen wilt not alert to Car the sensibility with which I have receive letters-in - which yon and so many other spected friends have tendered' to me el sloe's . Of renewed and enduritig confident ,These letters will remain with as at ances in 'faint e years time, aLLthoughdrta unwilling to await, even-for inether, age, vindication of my political principles, yet they, did nevertheless receive the gent support of many good, wise and patriotic of my own time. "Such assurances, however made, of the circumstances now existing, derive 1 priceless _value largely from the facithat steal upon me through the chain:Leis correspondence, and altogether unitnewr ihe.world. You will at once - perceive such expressions would become p'sinful t and justly offensive to the CotumunitY, should be, allowed to take on any' public conventional forin of manifestation. For' reason, if it were respectful aud . .censh with your public purposes, I would hire layed my reply. to you until I could had opportunity of making it verbally next r on my way to Washington, after coisple the arrangements for the repairs .uji , titt dwelling here, rendered necessary by tivi fire: line same reason .determines me also decline your kind invitation to attend meeting in which yoa propose"soine am( strations of respect to m3self, trhila so,juf considering the nominations which hare . made by the recent National Conrentica Chicago. At the same time it is your n to have a Srank and candid exposition 4 own opinions and sentiments on that imj tans subject. My triepsi.7,lcraT r y.ery_ well .that. they .hitve always generousli tide - de ray motion to public trusts their own exclt care, mine has only been to 'execute tl faithfully so as to be able nt the close oft assigned terms to iesign them into the lit of the people withimt forfeittire of the put confit'e nee. The presentation of thy name the Chicago Convention Item; thus their a not mine. The disappointment, therefore, their- disappointment, apt mine. It may hi found . them unprepared. On the other I have no sentiment eith,er of disacpointu or disconteoti for Wbo . In any • possible • could, without 'presumption,- claim tin great nat onal party ought to choose him its candidate for the first °Ace In the gift the AmericanPeople?' I find in, the tea lions of the Convention a platform as mm factory to me as if it, had been framed yak, my own handi, and iu the candidates adoptel by `it eminent and able ., Republicans, aid whom I li:e cordially cooperated in mai:. taming -the principles embodied ill Alm ei• celleut creed. I cheerfully give them a Jil• cere and earnest support. - "'I trust : moreover, that those with This thave labored so long that common serria in a noble .cause has created -between then and, myself relations of personal friendstdi unsurpassed in the experience -of politied men, will indulge Ma in a confident had that no sense of disappointment will.be el. lowed by them to hinder or delay, or ia embarrass, the progress of that cause to tit consummation which is demanded by riotic regard to the safety and welfare of the country and the best interests of mankind. I am, your friend and seivart, .• • - i AVM. H. SEWARD. To Charles C.'NOtt, Wm., H. Bull, A. J. In' liams.on, C. S. Spencer, F. 'W. Shephetd— for Central Committee." • THE M. K. General Confereiho at 13uffalo - adjourned sine die on the 4th inst. • PRICE CURRENT, Corrected every Wednesoey, by P. A. STS BINS, - wholesale and retail IrealeritGro cerics and Provisions. Main 'Street; • COUDERSPORT, PA. Apples, green, la bu. 113., 51 00 io 125 -- do dried, • 41 . - 1 75. 200 Beans,. 11 • 125 . / 55 Beeswax, 'I3. - 20 2 7 Beef, 61 6 7 Beef 11 . ides,' 14 •-4 • 5 1 Berries, dried, f 3 quart 1 0 0 Buckwheat, /7 bush.,an • . 56 Butter, 13 lb., " _ • 121 14 Cheese, . 11 • lO 111 Corn, "t3 bush., • • .100 • 1 17 Corn Meal. per cist.,- 200 - 2 27 Eggs,.sl doz., 11i Flour, extra, . • 19 bbl., - •6 50 756 Haws, . 121 Hay, 3 ton, • 120 0 , Honey, VI lb., . le 11l Lard, 1 . 1 • • ' - 14 Maple Sugar, per lb., 8 7 : Oats, 171 bush., • 35 4' - Onions, 11 .. -75 100 Perk, `fl bbl., . . • .19 00 . 315 0 . de `fl ib. 10 1.7 7 do inwhOler hog, lb., 7 8 Potatoes, bush., 31 . 37 Peaches, dried, lit lb., • • .„ Poultry, IR lb., '_ Rye, 13 bush.," Salt ( bbl., - do `l7 sack, - Trout, 19 1-bbl., Wheat, la lush.; White Fish, per. 1-bbL, 1 00 255_ 600 6 " 112} 1 / 5 60G 6
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