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THE WARM THE CAMP.

Everything betokens a war TO the knife
between the two factions of the Democracy.
Douglas accepts, Breckenridge accepts,
johnson accepts, Lane accepts. The battle
has begun already. At Washington, Davis,
Toombs and others openly denounce Douglas
charge him (falsely enoughl with having
abolition tendencies and say his head must be
brought to the block on VIII CHI Van Buren, s
head was taken off. The whole force Of the
Administration will be down on him and on
all the Office holders who sustain him. Yet
the Douglas men are too strong in numbers
to submit tamely. The Breckenridge and
Lane men, having the Administration on
their side with the money and the Offices IN
their hands to work with, hold the vantage
ground TIE Douglas men will try to make
up in yells what they lack in blows, and the
fight will be a bloody and noisy one. Let it
90 on. when knaves fall out, honest men
oJme by their own is the old proyerb,
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EDwARD BATES LETTER.

In letter 10 O. II Browning Of H., Hon.
Edward Bates Of Missouri gives in his adhe-
sion 10 tho nomination Of LINCOLN & HANLIN
and 5lo principles Of the Republican plat
form, in q direc. and manly way. The chic
points ofhis admirable letter are the following
/. The Democratic party has become IT
t,rly corrupt, and noglec:s the most import
ant interests OF the nation, TO extend the
power Of the slave States.
cit has changed tie status Of the negro slave
by making HIN no longer mere property, but
a politician, an antagonist power in
the State, power 10 which all other powers
are required 10 yield, under penalty Of a DIS
solution Of the Union has directed It's ener-
cies to the gra tihcation of its lust Of foreign
domain, rs manifested il itspersistent efforts
to seize upon tropical regions. not because
those countries and their incongruous people
are necessary, or even desirable, TO be lncor-
porated into our nation, but for the mere
purpose Of making Slave States, in ord,r to
advance the political power of the party in
the Senate and in the choice Of the President,
50 as effectually to transfer the chief powers
Of the Government from the many. 10 the few
and has attempted to make the Judiciary
the arbiter Of party quarrels, to become soon
and inevitably the passive registrar Of party
DEGREES.
.. ain most, if not all these particulars,
understand the Republican party, judging
il hv its acts, and the known opinions OF
many of its leading men, to be the exact OPP
posite of the Democratic party, and that is
the ground of my preference Of the one
marty over the other. And that alone would
be sufficient reason, if had no other good
reasons for supporting Mr. Lincoln against
anv man who may be put forward by the
Democratic party, as the exponent of its
principles, and the agent to work out, in
practice, its dangerous policies.
8. The third party, which by Its very for
nation has destroyed the organization of the
American and Wing parties can amount to
nothing.
1.-The most it can do is here and there
in particular localities, to make diversion
in favor of the Democrats. In 1856 eve
made miserable failure, carrying no State
but gallant little Maryland and surely, the
united Wings and Americans Of that day
had far greater show of strength and fGI
better prospects Of success, than any which
belong to the constitutional union party
now"
4. The Democratic party, through dying
of its own corrupt!ons as fast as it can is not
yet dead,
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1.-THE Democratic party still lives and while
it lives, it and the Republican party are the
only real antagonstic powers in the nation.
and for the present, l must choose between
them. choose the latter, as wiser, purer,
younger, and less corrupted by time and self
indulgence.
5. The candidates of the Republicans are
both men ''who as individuals and politici-
ans rank as the foremost in the country"
Il have known Mr.. Lincoln for more than
twenty years, ana therefore have right to
speak of him with some confidence. AS an
individual, he has earned high reputation
for truth, courage, candor, morals and
amability, 80 that, as man, he IS most
trustworthy. And, IN this particular, he IS
more entitled to our esteem than some other
men, his equals, who had far better oppor-
| tunities and aids in early life. His talents
and the will to use them to the best ad-
vantage, are unqu estionable;. and the proof
| is found in the fact that in every position IN
| life, from his humble beginning 10 has pres
ent well-earned elevation, he has more than
fulfilled the best hopes Of his manhood, and
| in the honest pride of having made himself
| what he is, he is the peer OF the first men OF
| the nation, well able TO sustain himself and
| advance his cause, against any adversary,
and in any field where mind and knowledge
are the weapons used.
In politics he has but acted out the principles
or his own moral and intellectual character
| lie has not concealed his thoughts nor hidden
his light under bushel. With the bOldness
of conscious rectitude, and the trankness OF
downright honesty, he has not failed to avow
his opinions of public affairs upon all lifting
occasions.
6. After recounting what ne understands
to be Mr.. Lincoln's opinions ON the Slavery
question, Mr.. Bates says
II concur with them. They are 10
! new inventions made to suit the exigencies
/ OF the hour, but have, come down to US, as
| the Declaration Of Independence and the
Constitution have sanctioned by the veneer
! able authority of the wise and good men who
established our institutions.
:. Mr.. Lincoln will come in under favor
able auspices.
IF MIR. Lincoln should be elected, coming
| in as L new man at the head OF a young
party never before in power, ne may render
| a great service to his country, which no De-
| m0crat could render. lie can march straight
forward in the discharge of his duties, guild
/ ed only by his own good Judgment and hon
est purposes, without any necessity 70 tenn
porise with established abuses, to wink at the
| deinquencies of old party friends, OF to I'M
! learn and discard the bad official habits that
| have grown up under the misgovernment of
| his Democratic predecessors. In short, he
can be an honest and bold reformer on easier
and cheaper terms than any Democratic Pre-
sideut can be-for, in proceeding in the good
work Of cleansing and purifying the admin
is,rative departm MS, be will have no occ4s-
ions to expose the vices, assail the interests,
| or thwar5 the ambition ~ his political
| riends
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rnE BALTIMORE "PLUG-MUss.' -

OF the TWO fillmore Conventions one
called itself The Democrats National Con
yention, " and the other the National Dem
ocratio Convention is which We
dom understand, and IL doesn't make any
difference
The actual rslatiro strength OF regular
delegates IN the two Conventions was about
IT'S IN the Douglas, and l25 in the South
ern.
The roll 0, the seeding convention was
called with this result. Vermont one dele
gate Mass l6 delegates; New York, Penn,
Delaware and Maryland responded Va. q
delegates North Carolina l93 Georgia e..
Florida responded that all the delegates from
that State were not here, but will be soon :;
Mississippi II delegates. Arkansas was
responded to by Mr.. Heath, OF that State
Minnesota responded. California responded
her whole electoral vote. Oregon, ell the
delegates.
The Vermont delegate We understand to be
Mr.. Stoughton.
The platform of the Douglas Convention
re-afirms the Cincinnati platform, with the
addition of a clause surrendering squatter
sovereignty to Supreme Court sovereignty.
1t also goes in for Cuba and a Pacific Rail
road. The Platform Of the Seeding Con
...-.,z,. :, Il $780,, Nth tbo c,bst;tu+i,o in
the place of the Supreme Court clause, of
declarations OF the right of shareholders to
take their property" into the TERRITORIES,
without interference by Congressional or
territorial legislation, and of the duty of
call the departments of the Government" to
protect slavery" in the territories and wher-
ever else its authority extends"
The vote by which Mr.. Douglas was nom
mated was identical with that at Charleston,
adding the bogus delegates from Alabama
and Louisiana. Less than two thirds of q
full Convention were present in the Douglas
ular sympathy, it is mentioned that the
galleries, which before had been crowded,
were vacant after the split, while the hall Of
the seeding Convention was filled with
thousands of ladies and gentlemen. The
Douglas Convention either forgot to name
the place Of holding the Democratic Conven-
ton in 1864 or more probably, they thought
such res luton would be superfuous, as
there will be no democratic organ zltion in
existence by that time. The other Conven-
tion, however. made provision for such q
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OF CONGRESS.

The adjournment of Congress was effected
quietly, at noon on NJ nday last and we do
not suppose the country IS at ali sorry. Had
the old pay of eight dollars day and mile
age been in force, the adjournment would
not have taken place in a month more time.
The full pay, whether they sit q long OF short
time, has u wonderful effect on Legislators b
shorten sessions. As usual, great deal Of
the session went to waste. There seems TO be
q fatality IN this. 1t is always so. As to
what was done and what was not done, the
result is about as reasonable men expected.
Kansas is kept out of the Union by the Sen
ate. We said it would be. There was
no change made in the Tariff. We did not
believe there would be, and said 50. A
Homestead bill was passed by both Houses
not so good one as the original House bill,
got so bad q enc as the original Senate bill,
q result of conference between COMMITTEES
Of the two Houses-but the President vetoed
il on very shily shally reasons, which many
of his friends secuted for their worthlossness.
Nevertheless the veto stood.
The bills for the suppression of Polygamy
in Utah, the Slave and Peon Code Of New
Mexico, Pension Reform Bill, bill for the
better protection of lives of passengers on
steamboats,, Sc, the French Spoliation, Ore
gon War Debt, and Treaty with Mexico. all
remain dead in the Senate calender.
The Post Office Deficiency bill was
passed, the House receding from its amend
ment to restore the suspended mail facilities.
The Post Route bill came back t. the House
from the Senate, at late hour, with ninety
amendments to it; and the House would not
alter it. There was q reduction made in the
rates of Public Printing, cutting down
Bowman's prices about 40 per cent. This
was submitted to by the President with
extreme reluctance, it is said. The loss of
that source Of plumber leads to the announce
ment that 9" The Constitution " 1.-THE Presi-
dents organ,) must stop grinding.
Senator Mason's Harper's Ferry lnyestiga-
ton Committee has cost the country a
round sum of money, and has proved a
contemplate failure in every particular.
The Covode Investigation Committee has
cost about $4,000, (cost of printing
the report excluded, we presume), and it has
unearthed mass of corruption in the
management Of Government patronage and
the disbursement. OF Government money
which no une beforehand could have
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contingency, by naming Philadelphia as the
next place of meeting, which does not look
much like dissolution of the Union. The
n. Y Heralds Baltimore correspondent
says:
"The Southern men laugh at the idea that
the nomination of Douglas is any nomlna-
ton at all. Before the breaking up OF the
Convention his highest vote was l5la; but
from that must be taken minorities which
were swallowed up by the unit rule. The
exact vote for him, if heads were pOlled,
would DO Extraordinarily less than a ma
joriy.
Mr.. Douglas, in speech at Washington
on Saturday evening, accepted the nomina-
ton, with an expression Of the pious hope
''that Divine Providence would impart the
strength and wisdom to comply with all its
requirements. lie re-asserted his principle
of non-intervention, came down severely on
his opponents, who were now he said, trying
to form q new patty in hostility TO the De-
mocracy. and declared it to be "our mission
Ito save the Constitution and Union from
the assaults of modern Abolitionists and
Southern disunionists.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, who is an uitra-south-
err man in his politics, has declined TO stand
on the Douglas ticket, and Mr.. Johoson Of
Georgia takes his place.
1t is announced that Breckenridge and
Lane both accent.
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The Troy Arenc, Douglas paper,
thinks the split in the party and the nomna-
ton Of two tickets, won't amount 70 much
in the way of damaging Douglas success
"Our present impression Is and we believe
it is the impression of the most saGaclous
Republic IN leaders, that the Douglas ticket
will receive the compact vote of the South,
Notwithstanding all the Southern men now
gay to the contrary. In the North, there
Will be 4 dusty hunt in Illinois, as well as IN
New York and Pennsylvania. As - what
those States will do, it is not too much -
say that the most ardent intelligent Lincoln
men, are not by any means positive
The Troy Aroaa's say and what the "m'st
ardent intelligent Lincoln men" teFeus differ
as widely as the North does from the South.
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The Boston Post, which mas beon won't 70
give the key note TO the subordinate buglo-s
Of the Democratic party N New England.
comes out at once tor Breckenridge & Lane,
talks about the ''the Democratic curses loud
and deep atthe extensionists who have caused
the DIVISION, and denounces -ourdlv the
Douglas nomination
A nomination, thus made, viii fail to appeal,
with the requisite moral force, 20 the nation -
has not the support Of the old democratic states,
and thus lacking IN IL mode the essential quality
OF nationality, il is open to the most objectionable
charge which can be made against a political
party. It must, IN the present aspect Of aflirs'
have It's chief aliment from hostile sentiment
against the South; indeed the language that oIten
fell from che lips Of these Who we're resolved t---
Mr. Douglas should az all events, be the no mo
-thei- charge that the south desired sisVe cl-e'
was the came n tone as falls continually i'0-
the lips Of the republicans. The neecle is not s1'
to point towards the pole, than are those WIS use
this line Of argument t3 ultimately 1-itt into inc
pit &C sbolitiopjsm.
oLet all W u will, travel in That road, II Is 10,
tie path that VIC can travel n. Iais -P-'e %
aboitionism W. believe 70 be evil to cur c1Lh',y
70 bode not hing but evil; ana, lH4e7s 0A.-Al-
some v,av that seem, net ucv iiit out. 70 41s'
re,it "a, tb. 1rarest IS al political evils. bu''
ss.tirr aside ccr.e eUces, this forced loli-siion
L el1fr1ry TO that sgir., e amity and fraternity
.1orr e,g.ls That has prevailed ~ the great F-:1i
mas has s. long governed ,Ae count ;, AKA wa
IS akin TO tie spirit inat made cur mon NJ
curel our eonstitatic1.In eli our party exei1ei-oi
tbs-a has been 10 such drsgo1ninS 81 IVES seen ID
liking NJ a bogus list t. make up zO2 deisgs,,
and We believe nomination thus nae "a 49,
II .lstt's words, ''is rain 70 tina psn, And Fa''
Tia party"
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FROM rms ANCIENT VILLAGE OF
BINGHAM.

I1yeuAv, N4ss. J1-a Is, 1850.
Ed.7-s F-.s Prs;
This goodly cid w Ct Hiag-,u. situated on
tbs southern shore Of Boston Bay. was settled sta
very early date. and YET. Notwithstanding the
beauty fit. lo,-toa. is proximity to Boston and
some other advantages, !: has not PTosPerei IS
many q the villages In this region have done.
7 an told tlattae population and business have
not increased for the last thirty years. Eighteen
CT twenty macAer, 0osts and tcv5 elhsting vessels
arc owned here, few email mznuiaoJories. salt
work. ara dozen retail stores, do what business
there IS done. During the watering season, this
IS r. l4,.. i.srllce Ct resort
There ara Elk or seven caurc1e- here, Of tles c
the eli Unitarian C.u7ch is from It's 90 and pcs %
zion. the NOS, noticeable. IL T. large. square,
wooden building with porch aui entrances reach
OF two adjoining sides and having o.d-;1sLioned
steeple GROWING tle f5ur-sid1d-lish-peakeir roof.
The pevs are Of the cid squire form with high
backs and sides. sUrmounteI With open wood =
work through which the Congregltiel, or az least
the taller persons among it, may see each others
heads. On three sides are galleries, On tie re
naming one, the high pulp, aul a souniiaS
boarl In t1e centre Of tsc c-u-3l hangs tbs
bell--ope.
Thi. church was ouiil il 1851 ana IS one II the
Oldest in the United States whioA IS now used as
s church Tradition .-y5 TIA, 4. the time Of its
erection there vas much contention rs TO It's looa
tioa. The frame was prepared to &c pu, I'D a: q
point mile south CT It's present site. But an
opposing party, undsr cover Of darkness. removed
the timbsrs and raised tlefrsus on tho spo. where
it now stands.
Back Of the old cluroh Is g cemetery, taste
fully laid out and we'll kept. Init noticed
monument dedicated TO the memory OF the FIRST
settlers, another Over tle grave Of General Lin
ooln; and scattered about among the marble stones
or'lodern date, sfo the short, rough. brown sand
stone slabs on which are recorded in letters ami
figures Of an i4ue form the names of tho early in
babitaats Many Of these inscriptions are more than
a hundred years cid, AMI are ao~ illegibls unless
cleansed-
1 observe lew very large treos here; one elm
near by must have been a iair-sizOd tree when the
Pilgrims landed at Plynouth. It may have been
tiny plantlet when Cola,abu, smiled from Palos.
The old tree is still thrifty; huge chasm in one
81 10 Of It's trunk has been fued with brick ana
mortar anu it bids fair to live another hundred
years.
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s;ness Some Republicans were anxious
IN vote on the resolution, but the Sp aker
said this could not be done, as objections had
heen made to is introduction, and 1t having
been merely read for Information.
The House amended the Civil ApprOpria-
tion bin by appropriating $3.50, 600 for the
extension Of the Treasury building; SSOo,-
000 for the prosecution OF The Capitol ex-
tension tom and S205 900 for labor AMI materials
{or the same for purchasing from Rice &
Ueehner thirty-iOur GonOlithic columns fr
the Capitol at the price supplied in their
snnnlemer tai contract in 1851. SAT 600, the
material to be American marble. Adjourn
ed
WASHINGTON. Tuesday, June 10.
SExArE.-The Legislative appropriation
hill came no and committee Of conference
was ordered, On disagrecing amendments
The House resolution to reduce the price
of public printing forty per cent was taken
up.
10 and inserting 25 (; agreed to--yeas p,
nays 81.
The committee Of conference on the Army
Annropriation bill reported and the report
being agreed to by the Senate and House, the
bill stands passed.
H,nssteqd B.H-Ths committee Of CON
ference or the Homestead bill reported that
the House recaded from it. amendments, and
esreed to the senate iii, with certain
amendments.
The report Of the committee was cohcuFieQ
ir-yeas Sc, nays ,. M.asrs- Bragg and
Pierce were the only votes IN the negative
A committee Of eonieEtnco vas ordered on
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SENSIBLE TAlS.-Senator Anthony OF
Rhode Island, formerly the able Editor Of
the Providence Journal, in a recent speech in
the Senate, on thecorruptions IN the Govern
ment printing, gave the members some good
advice in regard to the value o. class Of
newspapers with which every party Is afHiot-
81. to d greater OF less degree. Mr.. Anthony
laid down the common sense rule that "a
paper that cannot support itself cannot be
Of any service to q party and that OF all
the foolish expenditures that are made for
political purposes, none ere more useless Ut
wasteiul than those Tor the support OF the
class Of newspapers that very few read and
that nobody believes. To which the Boston
journal adds There are papers which exc
out a miserable existence by contributions
levied upon the party and the candidates.
they profess TO support-butwhich in reality
SUPPORT then.-4ud wlreiJ NOT ivr such con-
trIburi0us these papers would n0t live
month. Our only wonder Is that either
party leaders on candidate, for office can be
imposed upon and be Jed 20 squander their
money ior such purposes. Were they to ap-
pig the rule which the Senator from Rhode
Island, speaking from a long experience,
lays down as applicable TO such cases,
they would save their money, and at the
same time Do good act for the party which
thcv relressnt'
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4 BIT OF PLAIN TRUTH. Tae Charleston
Courier tells the Northern Democracy With
tolerablo explicitnoss what is expected or
them. 1t says plainly that "now is the
time for Northern Democracy 10 give itself 10
the :, uth by rem7iniay faithful to it. Or TO
silly itself with the Republicans. marshaled
under the banner Of Lincoln" And it goes
on to inform the Northern delegates 10
Baltimore what their play is as follows:
oThosc delegates from the Nortb) ate
six weeks Of reelection will probably under
stand that they cannot be generals, but only
ourlharies of almost no account. We believe
alike IN the ambition aud good sense OF the
DELEGATES Of the North They cannot dis
curse the fact that if they desire federal favor
they can only obtain it by Southern inter
vention. 4 cihzen Of Boston can only be
collector of the port on The condition OF assisting
the Democracy Of the South against the
common enemy. A citizen OF New York or
Cincinnati cannot be Postmaster, Judge OF a
United States Court, or Marshal, without
embracing entirely and unrestriinedly the
cause of The South, and acting IN concert
with the South in the approaching cam
paisn; for those citizens can get nothing
from their respective States.
How true all that is The Northern
Democracy are "of no account" to the South
except as their humble servants-the camp
followers, doing the dirty work and fed only
by the crumbs which fell from the table Of
their Southern masters. How do the present
and would be Postmasters, Judges and
Marshals, like this sketch of their position,
from South Carolina point of view?
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COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republicans Of Chittenden County are re-
ouested to N Get in Convention by their delegates
At ESSEX JUNCTION, on TUESDAY JULY Sd,
1880, at 10 O, lock A. n, 70 nominate County
omcers for the year ensuing, and to transact any
other business thought proper when met.
In conformity to tho rule heretofore adopted
the Convention will consist Of delegates elected BY
the Repu blicars of the several towns in the County
o. the following basis-one delegate for each
town and one additional Delegate for every twenty
tvs votes given for the Republican candidate for
Governor in 1859 and for each fraction Of thirteen
or more over c Oh twenty-five votes cast ss above
stated, an additional delegate. On this basis the
towns will be entitled 10 delegates as follows