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Jjalitical.
'Ji'iie gJre*4denilal Qmstiou.
From tfre if. V. Tribune of Dec. 18'A.
Is it. rie it n<'t, desirable that Nation- !
; nl (j<myisUti'ifa to nominate caucjidates for 1
and Vice-President bedispens-j
yd with, and a larger freedom of choicej
(thereby accorded to the People? Wei
those who object to our suggestion j
,fa means for securing this cud would
jneot this question squarely. 1 hey start
jiitbcultica which ate really no difficulties!
when once you assent H;ai there should
J/o souic means devised whereby A, I'.
*ujd C. plain farmers and mechanics in
fhe rural districts, might be at "liberty to'
sustain for Presideut the man ot their
choice respectively without throwing their |
rotes in effect under the table. Now,
they have practically no choice but to sup- j
two candidates presented by;
iwo rival assemblages df active and proui-j
fneut politicians, egch intent on a party!
Pr personal advantage. The candidate* j
thus nominated wy be the very men ;
jjiat they should be, and may qot; tin j
People have uo alternative but LO take TITIC j
pr the other qf them, knowing we)l thai !
jeach was nominated, pot because he wa.-j
deemed mst capaole or deserving, but;
localise he was judged most available. — j
I'here ifrs exceptions, of course, but such
notoriously the rule.
'j'he prevailing system is objectionabb
in that it involves great temptations t">
personal detraction .and slander. A can
didate for President has been nominated
by this or that party, which must stand
or fail with him in the ensuing election.!
It is thence the interest of the opposite;
party to prove fj.e candidate unfit or un
worthy, as a means of defeating his party.
The incessant warfare on Col. i- emoni a
a Roman Catholic, atid with respect to;
jiis nativity, Ac., are recent instances ot
litis. Who now pretends to believe Col.
J>\ a Roman Catholic? "Who cares one j
brass fiutton whether ho is or not ? \\ iio
believes he was born in Panada, or vise- i
where qnt of this country ! let the jour
nals hostile to his election blazed foi '
weeks in 1850 with certificates, letters, j
affidavits even, intended to make the sim
ple believe the lies which the knavish j
bad invented to raise against him the cry
of foreigner and Cuth dic. Hud he been
but ui,e tpnqug several persons whom tier
Republicans were supporting for the Pr-'s- j
idency, there would have been uo motive
for, no temptation to, this wretched elee
tionecring slang. Vet in fact the last
••i ' |
jeauvass was half given over to just sueh
appeals to popular ignorance and stupid-j
ity. Whatever tends to preclude such i
appeals hereafter, by reudcring tiieiu un
profitable, witl De a positive gain to tlie
£vhole country, in giving dignity to any
p&iijtical discussions aud confining them
legitimate channels.
Again: There are several a nong ourt
Ft&tcMncu for whom many citizens would
gladly vote, but they are not permitted
# nr enabled to do so under the. Convention
system. Judge M Lean uiav he cited as
nij example of this class. So long ago as
there were many who desired to
support him for President. So late as
185U twenty-tour years later—he was
>vurm!y an J formidably presse 1 for the
Republican ;<;n;ination. We do not, say
jthat lie would iq any case have been a
f trong qr a weak candidate, nor that he is
more or less capable aud worthy than
those who have from time to time been
preferred; out we do say that the fact of
fiueh preference proves neither that he
p'is less deserving or less available than
those who have from time f<> time been i
nominated over him, but ouly that a ma
jority of this or that Convention have,
'thought so. What opinion was held by
the great body of the People in the sub
ject, our current political machinery vya*
not calculated to discover. And what
was true of this machinery in the past is
true of it in the future as well.
Let us suppose for one moment that
ifie managing politicians of all partiesl
wtre really desirous that the People shouol
pedeef as well as elect the President-
should decide uot merely between the
candidates of the great rival parties, but;
{should actually designate those candid-,
Htes bv their votes. Does any one be
lieve that there would he any difficulty in ;
giving effect to that desire? Consider!
jtl.at the three first Presidents were chos-i'
♦ g without the intervention of any Con
vention or Caucus machinery whatever,
being the unquestionable first choice
of a majority of the People at the time of
Ids election. The next two were desig-I
nafed respectively by a Caucus composed:
qf th,v Members Congress of the t Pen j
dominant party; out this machinery ut
terly broke down in lite attempt to elect
a third, and was abauJo^ed —we trust for
ever. Then come twq Presidents- J. Q
4-, dims and Jack-on —elected without tuc
aid ot'anv (jaqcus or Conyeution machine- j
rv whatever j and then fhe system at iiom-j'
mating by NMGOBOI whicn;
dates back barely to J822, was first in-j
truduecd, uot to grind eat caudidat,es for
J'xesidftut —for Jackson aud Clay were!
rh.a undoubted and unchangeable Jirst j
choice of rhcir respective parties—but u> • ;
udeet the rival candidates for Vice Prqs- I
ident (Jen. Harrison ir. 1*315 was again
h ipontaucous caudiiate, though comma-j T
td bv a National Ccnv ntiot; for the con- P
i .it of !>F' fence then, our Presi J' 1
}a . en made by .National Con- :
-...nitons, and we do ngt think the aver- 1
.ft p c>'i *j. vp'jik . v.'ci) tor t'o. t aohiuo- r
i- b, wot i'. wa 1 f it >cd out At all
*v,-ty # we <u>nfi-Uot that should!'
RVp id IH I IV. k ''O 'r IV
u o, o/ *ri d n< e /i-pcofjetit spirit jl
on.'hi *' i/ f pb i d '—l ■ ( 'ii no '"{
r '• •' >■ ' *' y ■;*' par- 1
"t ' " _ **" " _ ""
: ty candidates ou either bide, but every;
1 voter permitb&d and invited to inscribe on
' his electoral ballot the names ot the men
j of his individual choice for President and
i VicCrPiesident, with the assurance .that
! hia jydiot would count one, not merely to,
1 ward the success of his party, but toward
! making his favorite the choicoof thai ; ar- 1
ty, and thence tlie President, in case tby.t
partv should cliuusc a majority of tl;6
; kilectors throughout the Union.
bet us repeat that the plan we .advo
cate requires no change in the Cun>t{i-!
t-ion, nor in its Ivloctoriai All
this is ;o it would be if made exprif.]y
to allow that freedom and eiijcacy of in
dividual choice for which we .conjcqd.—
-i.ll that is needed is simply the Peo
i ple'g iydorseiueiits on their ballots shall
be coquied as well as the ballots tliein-
| selves. Am) why should they not be?
Who lias any right, to forbid and seek to
I obstruct such a count? Rut if we sup
; pose there are politicians who would make
1 the attempt, we know ir can avail nothing
:if the People really want to select their
i own candidate for President, us v;e be
} licve they Jo. A law of ten lines will
I settle the business iu each Ntate beyond j
iartifice or cavil. Here is ite substance:
, An Act t'j enable the People to *■■>'* directly for
Prej.deill and Vie.-President.
See. 1. Jl* it enacted, iv, That if any voter
j at any clcctioa for i'rcsbhoi'iat Electors here
j after field in thi- State sfiuil see lit to indorse
by wrihug or printing oil such ballot tlit
names of tiie [a rsons he ilesires said Klectors
to support fof Pyesidcpt, Vice-President, or
both, he may lawfully do >u: and it sliull be
the duty of the canvassers to count and re
turn sin h indorsement* along with the votes
for Electors to which thov belong.
( ;iii ;t fc ''| , ii3tig v " Jiivcul ?
A slave that can hoe is excellent. A
: slave t..at can sow is delightful. A slave
! that can reap is admirable. A slave that
can gather into barns is a treasure. A
akive thai will not run away is indeed a
: possession. A slave that will stand any
thing, from the cat and the pad ile up to
! the vendition of his wife and children, is
,ui Abraltaunc model. Here ouc would
! suppose the catalogue of slavish virtues;
; might end. unless we added to it tlut du-i
bious vittue of fecundity, upon which do-j
'eency will not permit us to dilate. Rut'
what will our readers say to a Slave figur
ing in the light of an inventor? Of an j
Inventor ot a "useful agricultural ma-j
chine" ? Of a "machine" so useful that j
it promised to be profitable? And what!
\yii| our readers think of the botherations, i
diieuiu,;u, ( pbituscatiiins and general top-:
svturviuesc of (lie Patent Office, when a;
Chattel with a black skin walked into the j
cloisters sacred t> invention, and claimed
to have shown a little intellectual power,!
and to be entitled to remuneration there- i
for ? < Maim d —po >r Chattel that he was
—to have invented something which hu
man beings might find profitable and con
venient. Horrible was the dignified dis
tress ol the Patent Office at this applies i
tiou. Here w-s a thing —in tiie light of
the "Constitution nothing but a tiling —'
claiming the honors and emoluments of;
an inventor! What should a tiling be
doing there? A thing with two legs,
and a stomach, and .t head, and two hands, i
ab■•'lutely pretending to have invented
.something? No plow ever applied. No'
cart ever applied. No horse ever applied.
Therefore, win n this two legged thing!
came up, there was a row in the Office,
and the magnates ord- :ed her or him or j
it to cm about his, her. or its business,'
.
and pointedly declined to issue any bet
ters Patent whatever, thereby establishing
it as a fixed fact that no "nigger" could.
invent anything. In this way Was the
negro of dr. Oscar J. E. Stewart, who
l,ad blundered upon "a useful agrienhur
;.l u; ;ohii!e," treated, t Iscar J.E. Stew
art coqld not stand this. Oscar J. E.
•Stewart cqn.-ide.red that he had a right;
qot merely to the i,rains, but to whatever
came opt qf the brains of his private and
personal nigger. So Oscar J. E.Stewart
petitioned the Senate that, if the Patent
Office wou'd not, could not, or should not,
issue a patent to his ingenious "nigger,''l
it might fie compelled to issue the patent!
to bin). The petition was received, and
the report says that it was appropriately,
referred. We have tried pretty hard toj
make out what an appropriate reference
woqid be. Was it to the (Committee on ;
Agriculture? Or to the Committee on
Claims? Or to the Committee on Ways
and Means? We shall watch this case 1
for Mr. 0.-ear ,T. E. Stewart, and he shall
have the benefit of our assistance. He!
shall have the hard car h for his "nigger's" :
brain work as well as for his "nigger's " i
haudicraltine&s, and much good may it do
him.—A r . Y. Tribune, IT'A.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE NATIONAL TREASURY -A CONGRES
SIONAL FIGHT ALREADY.
WASHINGTON, December 18. —The
Secretary oi the Treasury advertises for!
propo.-als to be received until the 24th of
January, for a loan of ten millions, under
the act Juue last.
The balance now in the Trea-urv is
•S 4,041,000 The receipt* last week wcrej
51,361,000. The amount of tim drafts
paid was 32,502,000. 1 lie increase over
the amount iu the treasury of the week
previous is 3t47,000.
A ditfieulty occurred between Congress
men English aud Montgomery ou Penn
svivjinia avenue this morning. 'lhey
lupp,coed to meet for the first time this
session, )?hen Mr. English, extending his
hand, stid. " How are You, Mr. Mont
b"
gorneiy r
Mr. iJ,qn*'<orDery withheld bis own;
hand, and ufjercd an insulting expression,,
Jiun thing itk y "I doD'c speak to pup-!
pie,," wher- onqn Mr English struck |
iti u a ncvre "blow over the head, break-•
u / L. to pi'.'.Rs, and knocking ,M:
Moudr ornery Rito L.he gutter, but not am
tirMy down.
JHv. Montgomery, rising, hurled a brick
at Mr. English, striking bitii un the boot,
•bvt done him uo injury.
Mr. English states to his friends that
he was entirely unarmed, and was tint
'aware that Mr. Montgomery had any ill'
feeling toward lutu up to the time of the
rencontre.
Mr. Mcmtgomory iu strength is superi
or to Mr. English,
The Tribune & special correspondent
says:
l
Two persons, William Couch and Dan-.
iel Cox. witnessed the affair. I have sent j
a statement, mado and signed by Couch,;
j which confirms Montgomery's statement
in every particular, Couch says :
'•Mr. English spoke, saying, 'How are!
you, Mr. Montgomery V Montgomery:
neither spoke nor paid any attention to
this salutation, but passed on down the
avenue. Mr. English stepped after hint
a few steps, and struck him from behind
with his cane, a very heavy blow on the.
side of the head. Montgomery turned on j
him. English stepped back, and drew,
his sword cane, as though about to stab 1
Mr. Montgomery with it. Montgomery
! stepped back into tho avenue, and caught,
up a piece of brick. English was run- j
ning when Montgomery threw the brick,
which hit him on the heel or lower part
of the leg. Montgomery went back for
another stone, and English ran rapidly
away up Fourteenth street. Whey Mont
gomery came back, English had run a
halt'square, and was he von d his reach. —
We were the only persons close by. We,
saw and heard all that passed. Mont
gomery did not speak until after 1m was
struck." ,
Montgomery went immediately to a
inagi-tratc and made a charge of assault
,against Eng'ish, who has been held to,
bail. Montgomery's f;ice was badly bruis
ed by the blow, wnich caused biood to
How profusely. |(e has kept his awni |
since, anu is attended by a physician
Had the cane struck an inch or two high
i er, so as to hit his temple instead of his
cheek, he would mast probably have been
j killed.
The fact that Montgomery had already j
twice passed English on Saturday with
; out speaking, shows that the attack was
] premeditated.
IION. JAMES 11. REAGAN, a member IFF
I Congress from Texas, in a recent speech
\
: to his constituents, expressed the follow
ing opinions :
" There is Mexico, now disrupted bv:
i dissensions at home, and in a state of an-j
arch}', lying a prey ready to be seized bv
| any Power which may wish to do so. To- j
i day some ofthe press are charging tho j
! Government that, dog-in-the-manger ike, j
it qill not take charge of her, imr allow
! any other Power to do so. But if a bill
should be QiVered in Congress to acquire I
it. he should against it. Some of the ;
; press are also urging the acquisition of
' Sonora. To this he was also opposed, be-!
! cause of its position. There was no more {
j chance af ma king a slave s;k*tc of it than
there icas to form on* in the und\
I annex it with slavery. He was also op
posed to the acquisition of Nicaragua. \u j
expressing these opinions, he was accused j
of being unfaithful to the South; but ifi
his opinion on this subject made him so,'
i let him be so called. Slavery, said he, 1
should precede acquisition : it cannot now
go to Mexico, for by the law of that coun-;
, rrv the slave would be free as soon as,
there. Rut some say that we will take I
it thereafter the revolution. This, too,j
i impracticable, if not impossible ; for, by
• the acquisition there will bo necessarily '
j annexed a people opposed to it, brought
up to despite it.''
BEGIN WITII JAMAICA — A corres
pondent inquires whether flie President
can possibly be serious in his repqininend-!
aiion to purchase Cuba, when we have!
no money in the treasury to pay for it.—
Is lie weak enough to believe that Spain :
will part with the jsiaqd to a governmentl
that spends annually more than its in- J
come t If we want an island or two more,
! why should we not try to make a bargain
I with Great Britain for the pleasant Ba-'
i haniia Isles, lying close to Florida? Try
our credit there, and see what we can ef
i feet. It is more dangerous to have a coun- 1
try peopled by free negroes as close to us
as the Bahamas are, tiiau at the distance
of Cuba. Or suppose we should nego
tiate with Great Britain for Jamaica. Not)
: a word is said of the danger arising from
j the contiguity of Jamaica to the Uuited
! States, though Cuba is a slave island, and
|Jamaica is full of free blacks, and free;
blacks only. If we must have Cuba, we
. must have Jamaica also. Suppose we
| begin v\ith Jamaica.—AT Y. Eve. Post. |
THE. notorious Border Ruffian, Rev.
Martin L. White, who murdered Ereder-j
: ick Rrqwn in 1856, was lateiy found dead j
j near It is residence, in western Missouri.!
While in ;{ie bogus Kaunas Legislature.
iho nqido a epcech, iu which he publicly
boas fed, and ' thanked Gob, a minister
that he had killed the Abolitionist Brown.'
He wa.t f;om Illinois, formerly : emigrated
*.o Kaqsas, and joined tho Pro-^iavery;
party. In 185b. Douglas sent for him tp'
go qpd stump Illinois for Mr.
: vvhich lie dicj.
A cpuiplimeutarv dinner was giv
en to Mr. Qicjdings on his recent visit to
the city of Boston. Senator Wilson pre-!
'sided, and about fifty gentlemen were
i present including the distinguished Re-j
publicans of Boston and vicinity. Speech-j
jes were made by Mr. Giddiogu, Gov. |
Banks, Hon. 0 F. Adams, Hon. >Ioso|
Kimball, Co 1 ,. Schooler, and othtrs
SENATOR EUMNKR. —Senator Wilson
has received a luUe-r from Fx'ia, stating
rhat Senator Sumner will not return to
the United States during theipreeent ses
sion of Congress, by auviee of his physi
cians. He is going to the south of France
for medical treatnuit..
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I tT-lir Jotter Jflurtral
t'OIDERSPOKT, PA.,
Jipjrsettti hiOi'ifiuth Dec, iSoS.
T. S, CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISH: •
BaST We invite attention to the adver
verti&emeut of Dr. Culverwell's Essay ou
i Nervous Diseases, etc., in anuther column.
! It costs but a trifle, and may be obtained
direct from the publishers in New York.
Bat" Col. W. \Y. Browne, editor of the
Centre Democrat, is a candidate for the
State Treasurership. The Col. is a work-j
ing and a deserving man, and is our sec
ond choice for the office. He may or
may not be one of the ten or a dozen ox
peciants who are doomed to disappoint-'
1 meet.
r
A Western Exchange, instruoted
by the receut eleotien in New York and
Illinois, proposes for President in 1800, ;
James Buchanan; and for Vice-President,
Gcrrit Smith. They would make an even
team, and if the race is not to the swift,
might run it. ;
£'jy Douglas' friends in Washington
1 have given out to newspaper correspond
ents that the ''Little Giant" will not be a
candidate fur the Democratic nomination
for Preisident. Our opinion is that Doug
las' instruct ions to his friends were to
pu'i wool over Northern oyos while lie
punched r*t f on into Southern cars. He
is now coming up to attend to tho '"wool"
j business himself.
U> had the pleasure. Tuesday, of a lop?
| and pleasant eail from ROGERS, of the
j MeEeau Citizen —as fine a specie on of
! the genus editorial as we have had the :
j good fortune to meet in a long time. He
is, like ourself, a bachelor, and loads us
in yours and experience; and, however
i humiliating the confession may seem for
us, we believe he could throw us into the j
sh: ide as a ladies' man, he being vastlv,
more handsome and fascinating. Rogers is j
, a candidate for Assistant Clerk of the As-.
jsen.bly, and our opinion is that he not!
only deserves it, but will get tbe appoint-!
I uient.
Bc£C I he JOURNAL will not be publish-'
ed again for two weeks, as we desire to
i visit our home in Crawford county, after
an absence of over two years; and we know j
(of no more appropriate time to do so than;
during the annual holidays. We leave 1
' JIG business of our office iu charge of
.JetIRS 3- MANN, Esq., who will receive!
ail moneys intended for our purse during;
our absence, but whom we have espec
| ially instructed to pay no claims that may'
be presented against q.s. We will re-.
_ main at our post until ChßstffiW evening,
and after an absence often or- twelve days :
return again. Those who pay thoir snb
'scriptions are too generous to need fur
ther apology for the omission of two of
jour weekly visits, and we are under no
obligation to apologise to our very large
list of delinquent subscribers.
Sf'v" In looking around among the
members of the Btate Senate for one to
preside over that august body, our will
and wish runs b ac k to Old Crawford,,
which ha done a vast amount of hard vot
ing on both sides of politics, hut has nev
er yet been permanently represented in
the Speaker's C'hqjr qf cither House. In
the event of the possible plcetion of a lie-;
publican Speaker of the Seqato, (an event'
not entirely visionary,) the compliment
could not bo better or more deservedly
bestowed than upon DARWIN A. FINNEY,
of Crawford. I{e was chosen Speaker of
that b°dy qfc the close qf the regular sc.s-,
I slop at 1857, aiid presided at the Special
Hussion of that year, with honor to the j
, Senate and himself. He is well adapted
j to that responsible position, and we trust
will be the caucus nominee of the Repub
licans. Old Crawford demands and should
J receive the recognition of her large Ko-j
publican majority.
£ty*Thc Wjrld is full of fools—so full:
that there is very little danger of the
i stock running out —yet a fool is not an
ass, and vice versa. Fools never make!
: yiptims of their friends under the impres
ts iop that tluy are doing them or their
poqutpy a fqvar thereby, except iu a cheer-,
ful maimer; while an ass must needs be (
kicked and spurred, and coaxed and beat
en, even to do a Balaam an injury. Fools,
are, generally, forward, anticipating; the
eyuttscomparative is back ward, discrepant.
Hence, they are incongruous in theirj
causes and effects. The President ol these
iUnited States is a /W; Douglas,the would-!
■ be-President of the said United States, is i
' an a as. One is a localized inanity, and
the other an itinerant political vagrant.
Both have disciples, and both need their
physicians. Both are beyond the hope
of recovery to political integrity. The
' one is excusable because of his extreme old
' aire ; the other is excusable because nature
i . i
has endowed hint with stubbornness.
But after all we do not believe the peo
-1 pie of these United States will longer cub
■ mit to being humbugged by such arrant
knaves as they have both shown them-;
!selves. When a man shows himself a>
'demagogue in full dress, people are apt to.
turu from him; and we cannot conceivej
|of more unmitigated specimens of deuia-i
igogueisai than are given by the present
! occupant of the White House, and theAf
. tit fellow who desires to be—especially the
j latter. We give the evidence of the dem-.
jagogueistn of Douglas in the following ex
tract from the JJUV isiana Courier, in a
1
brief notice of his recent visit to New
Orleans :
; i
| "From thi- triumphant vindication of the
imperishable doctrine of state rights, and from '
this explicit enunciation of tie true American
j progressive policy, we -.night turn and give u
dissertation on those views entertained by Sen
ator Douglas, as to the * fleet, which ho suppos- |
! es might follow th<- refusal or neglect of the
people of a territory, or of their legislators, toi
' pass local laws in such territory, for the pro- .
! tcction of property in slaves, lint that matter '
is so utterly devoid of practical importance, so !
insignificant, so barren, of all result, so cu
t-rely immaterial in comparison with the great
features and purposes of democracy, thai we
cannot waste our time and that of our readers
with fine-spun casuistry upon it."
lie tells the people of the North that
Popular Sovereignty menus the right of
the people to exclude slavery from the
territories if they wish ; while he tolls the
Louisionians tl. it the local territorial leg
islature ai.d executives must pass laws to
protect slaveholders in their human cliat-j
tels wherever they see lit to take them
Bah ! We thought Buchanan was a
doughface, but Douglas throws b'.m into
the shade entirely.
Our Rook TaM>.
III.STORY OK Till-; UK! IN <F PHILIP 11. OF
SPAIN ;hy Wil 1.1 aM Jl. PKKSCOTT. Vol. 111.
Bvo. uniform with the Author's Work-.!
l'rioe Si 'do. Phillips, Sampson .V Co., Bos
ton, Publishers.
The many a iuiiiers of Mr. Prescott wili
welcome this continuation of his master! v
J •
history of Spanish rule in Europe. The
| above volume was published on the Bil- ■
; inst* Also —new editions of Ferdinand
•and Isabella, 3 vols.; Conquest of Peru.'
1 2 vols.; Present t's Robertson's (with 1
; portrait) I vol.; Charles V., 3 vols.; Con- \
; quest of Mexico, S vi>&. ; Miscellanies; '
Philip 11. vols 1 and 2.
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_ ! .
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■ than this delightful reflex of Eastern life ;
and character. The stones are full of in- 1
vent-ion and fancy, and gracefully told ;at ,
the same time, they are free from the ub- i'
jectiouabie features of their great proto-j i
type, "The Arabian Night's Eutertain-; n
~ r
meuts. I j
HYMN'S OF THE AGES: Being Selections'*
from Classic Devotional Poetry, principally i
from the - Lyra Apostolic, " " Lyra C'atholi- I
ca," and '• Lyra Germanic-.*.'' With an in- '
troduction by Prof. F. IF llrxrmei>o>\ In c
one Vol. 12ino. With Steel Frontyspifect-. 11
la various Klegant Styles of Bindings Ai e
Beautiful Gif' B<ok. Phillips, Sampson, A 1
Co., Boston. Publishers. a
In this work are gathered together th- .
hymns which have been consecrated by '
generations of Christians of all denouiina-
tious. It is believed to be the most He- 1
vatcd and devout in character, as well as
the most, varied and complete, of any col-i
lection extant.
MARRIFU WOMAN ELOPKS WITH (
ANOTHER M an —Hf.b HUSBAND ELOPES j I
WITH the CoQIv. —-V voung German, on \
the Wbsf side, a few weks ago, eloped ''
with Pi® employer's wife, and went to v
Grar d Bi.pids. Michigan, where they were j n
I married. The interesMPg pair took all t
he available articles in the house with 1
thorn. gueh a.i spoons, linen, etc. The I
bereaved husband took matters coolly, i'
went about his business, and made no out
ward show of grief. Last week his wife, J
having heponio siok oi her new husband,,
left him and returned to her eld one, 1
fetching with her the spoons, linen, etc. • c
Old huspand quietly welcomed hor back t
to his bosom, and the woman congiatu a
la'ed herself on the pleasant upshot of v
her foolishness. But " phancy lu.-r phe- i''
links when awakening on Sunday morn-! -
ing she ascertained that her husband had i 1
eloped the night before with the hired;]
girl, the pair taking with them the spoony j 1
linen, etc., as t'other pair had done he-;-
fort t hew.— V'o inJcaler.
THE BUTTER Tit AHE OF \V W V"' I
\ • I # 4 *' IFI J*' 1/ -
VE givo below a single county', J"
uient. of butter for ouo week TO ; ,
j -From Monday to Saturday NIXT
302 load* of butter
\v ill wick toll-gate, in tlster cou£ V F l '
tliis city via Roudout STEAMERS IL
loads avoraeed 20 lirkius (VEII'-I/"^
firkin atOulbs., and WE HAVE
or over 2i tons of the best butter UL
j market, passing this one POINT, P ' F
: value, as prices now rule, IS NOTLCXTH
§185,000. IWS "THIU
This relates to the business 0 f B- I
; single week at one point, and from *l/
county— A. Eve. >W, IS//,.
:ON FRIA,R R^T^-,J |
of 1 oungsville, IN tins comity, '
ito cuuiuut suicide. It SEEM*
i young man bad drawn a revolver, M
the successful endeavor of Mr. HAN |
get the pistol from his sou, the FATHER U 'I
shot thiuugh the hand, making a "I
wound.— W'arrrn Letft/er.
I PBISUX-I;r.KACII.-OiiSat..RJ:, VC i..l.|
, fifteen prisoners escaped from THE' jnifi, 1
Rochester, one of whom J, MANLV I
who killed Benjamin Starr in (I'R ;> - I
I I he) cut oil li\ c iron BARS with A I
I made of a watch-spring, AND let TU' J
iselves down into the Genesee river R : 1
the rope with which Ira Stout was h U ,',l
None have been recaptured.
PRICE CIRREXT
.Corrected every WYDM TIY, }, V - P \ 5 ... I
BINS, wholesale aud rta . ■' J
ceries and Provisions. Main Stnc-' "
eOCDIiIRSI'UKT, PA.
Apples. GREEN, Y hush., $ LO .. I
do dried, " 100* 2<U I
_ '• 1.,0 I„:
Beeswax, PI lb., 20 v. I
i Meet, 4 ' 1
:B -OF HIDES, .I R .1
: Berries, dried, QUART ]0 ;C|
Bur I; wheat. FT bu-iii., F,O , I
; Butter, V B>T 18
••••■ - " - ;;|
; Com, \i busli., • ! YU |
; %/*, DO2 , 1.1 1J I
I Fiour, superfine, hU., f, 75 ROO I
do extra, " 725 710 I
ILAILLS, 'ft 18., JO ]; I
Hay, PI ton, COO 900 I
ltuiiey, lb.. JO ;|
bard. " 12 p-L
Miuk Skiu , each., 75 JO U
O.ltS, \< }>. LL ~ R ," I
(> '.ii>R.s. " 75
Pork, YL BID., 2 1 2 I
do lb., JO I;J
do in whole hog, "53 !H., F 7 I
Potatoes, Y bush., 371 5.; I
P >uliry. | ' lb, 5* 6 I
ivr. IT bush., 6:1 71 I
Suit, FT bhl., 3 50 1
do "J? sack. 2J I
Trout, FT YBB!., R. 50 6")|
Wheat, FT bush., 125 1501
W aire Fish. per. J-bbl., bOO LO'JL
Wool, per. In., 26
SHEEP Pelt*, each, F>o 75 I
ifoiiccs,
RP: > CONSTM PTL VES.—Thc ADVERTISEJ
W. in/ been RESTORED TO health in A few \MKIR
* / -cry simple remedy, utter 1: vl G R TERJ
C'l several years with a severe Luna Attttu -J
aud that dread disease. Cousmn' lion 1
anxious to U;uke known to Hl* fc'LIOV-sufii"-':!
the means of cu V E. To AL! who (ie.-iri ii t.J
WILL SEND a copy of the proscription 1 J
of ch,l ny), with directions for prepurin: nmfl
using tiie same, which the v w.il had a J
T.ure for t'orituritp/ion, Asthma. />V n .1 1
i'he only object of TLIC advertist-r in I-tcii.nJ
tne perscriptioii is to benefit THE 3 fiII. AR.L
he hopes every sufferer will try HI S remedy *1
it will cost them not HILAR,, AND may pr<A> J
blessing. Parties wishiug the prc.-cripioJ
will please address
HKV. EIWARI) A. WILSON,
10-3mCvJ Williamsburg, Lmg MI I
TO FATHERS AND MOTHERS. I
You IVC.,. w J1 U w important it I.N fur your 'D-.:!J
dren that you should keen good health. LI'W
frequently do WE S<H- feeble parents dressed ill
mounting 011 ACE. tint of the death of hilr R |
loved children. What a pity it is. W.-S, I
proper care und remedies, all the E tr. .. •' 1
troubles can be avoided. When 8.-alth OIL
be restored to the parent nnd life and HAFPEL
ncss IN the child. Restore the HT- !th A *".!
mother and you obviate, the ncces ity ef FI:J
agor:E. <B..ifrey'l Cordial and other infiri
narcotics for crying ehihlren. I VE entr-.IT Y "I
A-; we desire to improve the CONDITION I
race, to procure ir. Morse's Almanac and W*L
how CIISEASOS N.-E cured in aeeor iaii ! |
N A I'L'LVL'.-J law - with innoeeni ROOTS AR. i i'l-1
PREGNANCY.
During thi J critical PERIOD M-T- • lU'- ;;! L
Root I'ills will L>E required, because L "'L
cleanse the body from those morbid HUM UJ
and thoroughly drite away all pains, and / I
ease and comfort to the mother. FROM or.' '-(
three of th< se Pills, taken tw or three T-""L
A week during pregnancy, will cat' C TBE MOTNL
er H SALE and easy delivery, nnd W ; .i F* > ;R J
to give A ST-IUT and uealtliy coustituti'N I
NKJ E':„i)G. I
¥H-. MULE'S Indian T 2OOT IDIA are .* I
by all DCALOCS ia. MEDICINE*.
Idyert (FPCJT! I'ytrs OJCU
NITI lIT AKOUT T-'.VCEJ
nT>! all ye that hath ears let HIM
and he that hath EYV.. E iiiro COM® •••'
SEE the wonders being done in Wei.-vii ■
City ot Tanneries, and J-XIA. v. t TIN' '■
Regulator, where thirty- two MEN ASD ' F '
boys arc wanted to work FIFTEEN HOURS
day, (Sundays excepted,) and he thatii
money come. Bring a board, bring A - -■
bring a H /. bring & G-C- . bring A ->F
A hide, bring n mink, bring FT pelt, HR AG:
butter — bring what you like, yc U S'A;- • -Y '
turned empty away because TOD H' ITE R ' TL .
filthy lucre to buy your bread. IHUS 'T 1
the first LESSEN. CLARK A PHILB'-" •
20 -
("TLAP.K A PHILLIPS render their T^ R ; j
,^ R to nil tht good people I.F - ,; 3
wealth for their most liberal PVIRONTK'-.-V
they do tender their tpccial t
competitors and any others, F° R . L ' U '; R
BARKING for ail time, concocted FALSI:
all tirxp), envy at, 1 jealousy; 1-R no CO- .
WAS meant FOR evil, but HAS proved OUR i
SO go AHEAD. The more the bi-tt-T. .
20 CLARK A
5A VERYTHIXQ bought and sold AT^ ? J
1 A R gulator. T XE.PT GAS. Gas, (
Blarney. Soft So..tp aD 5 DI-r,
pound, MU3I T,C bad AT Soru Brother?,
Brotbirs, IU CGII TOWU.
20 ' CI ABK A PNIL I '"-