, 1874-09-26

Hnnf. Noul4 10 moro BnCTbh tlR1a tuo hl"so '.
Enlllo'n And yot thfs inat aB long ago ~
1ss3, II do not forget tho dnto, nlado . apnech
III tho Virginia Legsalnturo III favor OF Hrntftia'
emancipation. lilo Nat Turner i:lHnrroctaoii eS-
c'toa him, rs tho John Brown rai tlid not. sis
competitor will bo Alexander Hotcier, o. "A'G'
nNt ar1 old antagonist
II ttoro could bo any aouse or ugc IN such
comparison, might arrange
MoSraoMEnY DLAln AMI, TAuITNEA TohEIHEh,.
ia Scotch rarikSer'a Irish. Tho B,alrn began
Whtg. Tho nlairs boited Slavery Nka, tllsctp,
linod tnolciaus, refusing to honor Calhoun aia
lilo ono and lost It by !ho othor. They
persistence n,ntle frank nlnjorG Mont;
Father Franlt +. l'air ST., tho delighted witnosB
hncoln 10 Mr. nlair !: !" yo,, satl you would givo
lle your reagnation II tllo timo ever camo when
went out both plalra turned Democrats NIL
tho family helped nlako n plnpot-show OF tho
Libaral bolt; h,,t Gratz DEown bnttered l.is
wator-melou entirely, a,l Frank Diair loat TIN
na ns sost al osfo 9Gs Sss
op'no,o' IiESs tho Protostantisn, '0 of Henri
Quatro; Some people might. SEQ q want Of
pn;ai3o IN tS family s'a fa to DO 81
plo: that tl1o country must not get along with
out him; aud he rofnes this purpose by tho
conceit that It csnnot, 70 h.1nseg he IS tfne. M
soldier to big eonam|ssion. Tho world oisencr
goos forward than baok through tho repulRiona
OF Its politicians. Charles I. told lilo 70 do1ni-
3nofarchicnl CROMWELL md excited Ills fcnrn.
or rolled the Kings head. Tho Commonwealth
was declared. It became tue model OF tho
State through tho rosoutmonss Of Denton aud
| tho Dlairs. Two rotl-itoatcd men should bo On
ity esunsc,con: Con. Lyon aud Gratz brown.
Faulkner, no doubt tho best informed aud most
| West Virginia. waB Whie until 'ho aaw tho
| fato Of TINT party nearly soaled whom. upon
| Homo passing iahuo, ho declared for tho
Democracy In tho Into Whig district Of Martina-
| burg. uo was rewarded with tho French
| Mission l,y Buchanan, on tho doath Of John Y.
| Mason. and adrnfsa meeting in England 1ancoy
md tho Rohol Commissioners. but ho probably
| did little mora than consent to nol1oilon which
lle could not holp, md in which lis pnrt WAS
OF spirit In Virginia after tho peace, and lis zeal
| to prcas forward and rccovor place and fortune
vas moro mnrkcd, than straightforward; He
| floppe1 backward lod tho assault, crawlod up
tue blind mont, embraced tue Flagstaff. tolapsnt.
aut1 now runs for Congrcss. Happy for gil tho
| politicians Of Virginia It they could flop III
! much and kcop ns ohoerful.
Parallels being in order, noto tTo State Gov
| ernorB:
1
Of Virginia, and Ai,ilrow Gregg cnrtin: Of Penn
| sylyania. Tliesu two 1Men Will probably bo III
opan alliance with tho Democratic Opposition ii'
tho pooding. canpalEn. Walker tB tho Demo- q!
crato candidate for Cougrous from tho Nlch-
1nond District. Sir yoara ago Ao wann New York
! Federal Colonel, In chngo Of National Bank ut
Norfolk. standing undor nm umbrella hold by
! frank 3scnrns on tho sters Of tho Richmond
land. His imposing appearance, adaptable man,
nors. tho novelty OF his adyont and the hope OF
victory, speedily overrun his little cohort with
lilo alliance Of Nobclsiou III general. stearns
aud Lila supporters withdrew from him. The
Lament rcco,yel Charles tho Second whom tho
| Commonwealth had driven him out. Ho was
bodily transferred to tho traditions OF Virginia
Tho old malignant Sccccssionists llate him for
his succcas tho Republicans for his detection ;
| l,otwecn, tho great body Of fighting youth aud
yoonanry heartily liko him. Ills aleetion is Just
| prohablo.
ANDREW dnEud CURTIN
wAa ono of tho twelve memorable St1:o Govern
ors wi,o mot IN tho nogslborllool Of hiu homo,
at Altoona, Sept 22. 1862. and hcadcd tho liR'
addressing Tho presidont in condoleuca and sup
port, and fndorsiug hlu project OF Emancipation
There wore Andrew, Iatos, Iarnel Wnal!burno
aud othors. to mention whom is to strike al tht
cnurts Of human career. uorn wo 300 tile nanlt
OF d Hobrom thoro y row Of Erares hero
r,iuod fortune. ono Of tho gfcntcst OF it8 day
tltT9 u NkGu BILL AtEtEAALtAJ kEuAStpAa VI WV
Presidency.
Curtin is nlan Of peculiar Qua1lties, not to bc
we'll understood outBldo OF Pon.lHylvatsia. tls
las boon, aud is tho Dest-beoyoa mnn i'll tlt
With none Of Yateb dlnpIlation. His stature il
ing, readily relaxed to humor md tht
co',rtior gracca. Lis descent il Irish, a1't
tho family. was originally c"tho3lic: M bn
boen almost all his life n State functionary, wtl
Harrisburg for Lin resort. Ills homo iA village
in tho Bald Eagle Mountains. While l. man o
arars and direction, his amuhoInont mud sphere
il politics. As politician simply; lo ocsnpet
lilo highest ranlf. with Henry Wilson, Dlane
EcntpYl. William, Allen, Alexander llan1Boy, Ilen
~ $. Footo, and William NJ. Gwlu. llospeesabl.
cohnoctoa, educated, II gona lnwyer, norH'lnslv
orator. an actor SO tino tint it III often hnrtl tt
toll whcttor he breaks out i'll oar1oot or II art
and as popular at st. Petersburg % ut liarrls
burg, ho ncomss to lack only Ercat motive Il
havo boon nm OF tho first rank in state-ship
few grains Of tho grim Eurposs Of Ihsa y, se sto
Cameron, a triio Of tho lion, On occasional hol
rngo would l,ayo inatlo him tho groatost pro
motor of public spirit res1,sylvanla las ha
Biuco Franklin and Mckean;, l1la possotnn
has''Si iso II now 'A'I prepared to A.! sDanao
tho Republican organization. less for Office thai
to crush ont Cansoroniam. III. towcsfoks te
mo be is rich. inhabiting Il State full OF coal an
Gro. anu or iRnlly prod 10 tnb p!ast- uilaSt
lis wife is lady Of real character. and Of IL
best stock in tho 6tate. 1t may be q possibi!it
that Pennsylvania will 60 Democratic this fal
and Curtin DO III tho luee FOR tho Presidency
There ia no rnan so capablo to load that pnyty /
tho 6tato. Lis future s hopeless IN tho lleput
lican party.
It begins to be study as to how long tho Ii
publicnlts onn stand thlB dribblo and waste {
thoir beat blood, however they may koep tho
State organization" iutact VITA Independent
| prfft II t1tUri(.k III Tin CUHfft
it would appear that there III no time 30 nusp
cious for incn Of tho Btripo of Curtin ns til
: present. dATn'
E1unta of Il Eslllsalo Hermit.
Fran. khe SprinadeiI {liax,.} itepubi.can.
: The lifo Of Mary l1nm, Of Nye, Nsw Hanlt
shire, who recently died ut tho aEe of oa. wa
runailtio aud Interesting in tho h'ghoht do|;rot