ho, whose voice has been so often heard at home, and whose pen, with letters of living light, ba3 written Macs for the glory of his country that ho who i our champion, our leader, our hearts, bei-t hope, is about to be advanced to that high position for which God, nature and capacity have-designed hirri. Ap plause long and loud. Mr. President : In rngard to the Slavery question, I will not pay anything now except thin, that I did not agree altogether with you in the views you submitted on a former occa tion. Our difference was mainly a question of - time I say . this with great respect, for our relation, so far on. this floor have been pleasant, as your elevation to the Presidency of this body has been most agreeable to me. I gay that the great question cf .slavery is now to be met because the is sua is a national on;, and whenever itcemcs, the Democratic party is never afraid to meet it. And on what grounds will they meet it, sir? On the grounds of popular sovereignty, in the territo ries as well as in tho States on the ground that the peoplo have the right to establish whatever sort of domestic govern ment, they please within their own borders, whether tacy exist ns a Republic independent, as a Repub lic connected, or as a territory established un der our system, by an act of the general gov ernment. Now, sir, we go into this campaign nsserting that the people of every territory of this Union have the right to establish whatever form of government they please, always provi ded that they keep within the limits of the Constitution of the United States. If they choose to prohibit Slavery, they can do it. If they choose to tolerate or establish it, they can do it. The general government can take no notice of it, as I contend, either at the time it exists in a territory, or when that territory knocks at the door of the Union for admission ns a State. At anytime, if tho people apply ior admission into the Union, having conformed to all the laws that ere necessary and applica ble, the general government is bound to ad mit them, whether they apply with a slave Constitution or a free Constitution ; and I think lie is not a wine statesman,- Xorth or South, who contends for the right of the gov ernment at Washington to reject them Un der the Constitution they are admissible, and I do not think that it becomes a legislature, which is the creature of yesterday, to put lim its and conditions upon them not contained in the Constitution. Applause. Why, sir. suppose that a territory applies for admission into tho Union with a Constitution that pun ishes murder with death, and another applies for admission with a Constitution that punches murder with imprisonment. I would like to know what right the general government would have to reject either, because of that peculiar domestic law with which the Consti tution and laws of tho United States have nothing to do. But it nmy be said slavery is a different affair that it is a domestic institu tion to be sure, and to be governed as such as much as the pnnishmeut of crimes, but that it is also a moral question that slavery is at war with the Bible ; and hence it is the duty of the general government to reject ev ery slave State'oa moral grounds. Uut, you will fiud just as many men in this country to contend that it is a gross immorality to pun ish murder with anything else than imprison ment, while others quote the Bible to prove that it ought to be punished with death. Henca I say, giving this as an illustration, that tho matter should be left to the people who arc immediately concerned in it ; and if it is tho will of a majority of the people in a territory applying for admission, to incorpo rate the institution of slavery into their Con stitution, it is competent for them under the Constitution of the United States to do so, and tho United States have no right to object or interfero. Applause. It may be remarked as strange, that I should utter the sentiment at this lata day, but I believe tho Missouri Compromise was wrong in tho start. I believe that Congress bad no right to pass it that it contained pro visions which they had no powcrto make ; and! think it ill becomes those who with one accord opposed its adoption, now to clasp it to their hearts, the only thing that can there find affection, and to clamor for its res toration as if God would never prosper them without it Of all the Northern men who voted for that Compromise, and they were very few, there was but one or two I think who did not find a political grave, and their resurrection has not come yet. Henry Bald win was returned to Congress, and he was sa ved in spite of his vote on the Compromise only by his adherence to the tariff, which at that day was considered of more importance to Pennsylvania than the Slavery question, or any other question in which the country was at that time interested. If I have left ont the name of any other, I hope 1 will be corrected; but I say, that with the exception of Henry Baldwin and one other, all the rest went down head foremost " in a sea of trou bles," "and now sleep, in the deep bosom of the ocean buried." Now I know. that I have detained you too long, and I will bring my remarks to a conclusion ; but allow mo to say before I quit, that I heard to-night a word of encouragement 33 a friend and myself walked up the avenne leading to the Capitol, which came from a man just returning from work. I declare I do not know when anything went to ray heart so quickly as this remark of that loan whose hands were blackened with a long day of severe toil, whose sleeves were ci yet not turned down, although the air was cold and searching, and he carried his lr.ntern in one hand and his tin bucket Which Lad bell bis dinner in the other. As we passed him,' ho turned to his companion and said, "Well, all I have to say is, that if -Jimmy Buchanan is our candidate, we'll knock the noise and thunder out of them." Well sir, it is true. That is exactly what vre will knock out of them. m u e will the noise out of them the ..tbjindcr is already gv.ie ; aud then we will infuse them" with new lifo, enlist them in favor of Democratic principles, and raiso them up and strengthen them Iy kind treatment into the same true love for the Con stitution that you, sir, and land all of us pos sess. Nest to the holy book from whleh I have ventured to quote, poor sinver that I am next to it. is the Constitution of our beloved country. :Applause. Give me oh give me. a starless night and a sunless day, and a long and weary life, hopeful only at its close ; give me and my ciildren all this, but oh, preserve untouched, unchanged and untrampled upon, Wahingron's Constitution of cur country. Applause. B The Wisconsin legislature have imleS tiitidy postponed the bill to re-establish wpiUl punishment in thatStato . bicuard wnrrE::::::::::::::::::::::HEXRT c. dkvixb W1UTE & DEVINE, Editors and Proprietors. EBENSBURG. WEDNESDAY MORNING::::::: :::::AVn. 2. roa ritKsiDKNT, JAMES BUCHANAN. Subject to the Decision of the National Convention. Canal Commissioner: GEORGE SCOTT, (of Columbia cocstt.) Auditor- General: JACOB FRY, JR., (OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.) Surveyor General: TIMOTHY IVES, (OF TOTTER COUNTY.) To our Subscribers, We wish to give notice to our subscribers, that payments made to any other persons than to one cf tho Editors of this paper, or Wm. Murray (Summerhill,) and the Tost Mistress at the Sum mit, our agents, will not be recognized. Persons residing at a distance remitting us money direct to tho office, will have it duly ac knowledged. 3-Wo call attention to the new advertisements in to-day's paper, among them w ill bo found, an Assignees' sale of valuable Timber Lands, situa ted in this county, C. L. Pershing Acting Assig nee. Also, a sale by Geo. C. K. Za.htn, Esq., on Thursday 10th inst., of Horses, Cows, Sheep, Wagons, Buggies and Harness. Letters of Wm. Neal. We call particular attention to the letters of William Neal, Esq., which will be found in our columns to-day. They are interestiug, not only in themselves, but also on account of the subject on which they are written the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, and its secret management. Mr. Neal was during the last year a Director of this company ; he is a gentleman of good stand ing and character in Philadelphia, and Lis state ments are entitled to credit. The letters have been published, during the month of March, in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It would appear that Mr. Neal was not made of sufficiently pliable stuff, to suit the present controlling party in the Pennsylvania Pail Road Company; he bad too much honesty and inde pendence to wink at and favor the schemes of personal aggrandizement in which that company are engaged, and therefore had to be got out of the road, and removed from a situation wheie he could investigate and perhaps defeat them.- -That removal was effected by means of the im mense vote of English proxies, which appeared to have been secured during a recent visit of the President of the company to England. These letters of Mr. Neal constitute one of the most welcome publications that could possibly have been laid before the public, at this time when the Pennsylvania Bail Road Company, is endeavoring to control our Legislation and the State. They are welcome because they will serve to give the people of Pennsylvania an insight in to the plans and mode of operations of the men who are trying to become their masters. They are welcome because they make a beginning in the good work of exposing the secret fraud of a set of men who are trying to build up a despot ism, as remorseless, as unscrupulous, as corrupt as any which ever excited the indignation of free men. Thus far, the company has had the game in it's own hand. It's officers have attempted to sur round themselves with a halo of purity, of hones ty, and devotion to absolute right. That portion of the Tress which they couldjsubsidize, has cease lessly proclaimed their capacity and their justice; venal pens have strenuously endeavored to prove, that although men arc weak and lialle to err, yet the very moment they come under the employ ment of tho company, they become freed from their imperfections and iuaccessable to tempta tion. It is now about time to turn over a new leaf. When hereafter the flatterers of the Presi dent of the company pompously announce, that " abstrac'!;, there may be as good men as Mr. Thompson, but their existence is doubtful," the public will expect them to refute Mr. Ncal's ex posure. We shall copy these letters as rapidly as they appear in Philadedrhia ; they should be publisheei in pamphlet term, and circulated throughout the lcnghth and breadth of the'eommonwealth. A cpy should be placed in the Lands of every vo ter, and another document should be prepared to circulate along with it, and that is, a Legislative History of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, showing the efforts which that company have made to leecivc favors from every Legislature which has been convened since the granting of their charter. It will be found that fully one third of the time spent in Legislation since that period, has be -n occupied by the manoeuvres of this corporation, to have restrictions removed, and privileges grantc 1. We shall recur to this sub ject again. John D. Eoddy. We find that the selection of this gentleman, as the elector from tins (ISth) district, has given universal satisfaction. Mr. Roddy to talents and energy, unites the most agreeable address and manners, we hope that he will niako it suit to visit the different portions of bis district, during tho campaign. We can ensure him a hearty re ception in our county, and we are sure that his reception in the other counties will be equally gratifying." - ' ' "'" The Washington " Union " and Mr. Bu chanan. The " Fennsylvanian " of a recent date, allu ding fo a statement in the Washington Union, says in reference to the course of that paper : ME. BUCHANAN '3 RETURN. The Washington Union says : " We have been favoied with the perusal of a private letter from non. James Bcciiaxan to a gentleman in this city, in which Mr. B. states that he would leave for the continent as soon as bis successor reached London ; and that, after spending a few days in travelling, he expected to take passage on board the steamer Arago, which is advertised to sail from Havre for New York on the 9th of April." We suspect that the fact announced in the above paragraph ia true, although we do not con sider the Union very good authority, just now, for anything that relates to Mr. Buchaxast. A more discreditable attempt to deceive Its readers, could not have been enacted by the Union, than the suppression of Resolutions in favor of Mr. Buciiaxas, passed at some of the recent meetings in Virginia. The Berkeley proceedings, publish ed in the Union, were greatly mutilated, and as they appeared, were a fraud upon the Democracy of the land. The Resolution in favor of Mr. Bu chanan was left out of the body of the proceed ings. Such morality can have but few admirers, even among " scurvy politicians." - ' The remarks from the Pennsylvnnian were richly deserved by the course of the " Union." It would seem as if that Journal, pretend-1 ing to be the National organ of the Democratic party, was trying to ignore Mr. Buchanan, and the great State ef Pennsylvania! for we take it, that at this time, Pennsylvania and Buchanan are one and the same thing. Let these gentle men go-ahead ;" their official influence will count very little against Mr. Buchanan, when the hearts of Wig people are with him. They are no suppliants to kiss the rod of power, and no petty intrigues will divert them from their purpose of placing tliis great Statesman at the bead of this mighty Republic. Tho " Union " will soon find that it is hopeless work trying to " put out the sun with a farthing candle." Wilmot's Proclamation. Judge Wilmot who is chairman of tho Repub lican, or Sambo committee, in this State, has jissu ed a proclamation inviting the faithful to meet in convention at Philadelphia, on the ICth day of June next, for the purpose of forming an electo ral ticket, nominating State officers, &c. The proclamation is sufficiently bombastic, as it nat urally would be, and reads as if the Judge had resolved upon the destruction of Mr. Fillmere. Poor Fillmore ! that visit to Rome will fetch hini yet. We see but one way for him to get out of the scrape, and that is to attach himself to the " third order of St. Francis." The Judge speaks in his proclamation of " at tempts to corrupt the Legislative department of the government to elebauch our public men. Wonder if he means the Rev. Mr. Tierce and bis recent financial operations in Congress ? there is "certainly a reference to allusions" here, that will bear that construction. We hope that the Judge will have a good time with his convention ; that is in case, that Mr Buck alew's resolution in relation to the meddling of Judges in par tizan politics, does not pass. By the way, it is high time that the community should frown down political Judges. The func tions of a Judge so lofty in their nature, so im portant in their bearing on the characters and fortunes of all citizens should bo performed by men above and beyond the turmoil of political parties The purity oi the ermine, should never be soiled with the dust from the arena of parti san strife, for bow can even banded justice be metod out by men whose foelings are swayed by political ambition, and whose perceptions are blinded by the mists of party predjuelice. The License Bill. The Committee of Conference on the License bill reported it back to both Houses of the Legis lature on Friday last, having adopted substantial ly Browne's bill with some few amendments. '- The report was concurred in by both Houses, by a large majority, but under protest from many members, who expressed themselves opposed to many of its provisions, but were compelled to take it as the best and only bill that could be got this Session, and preferable to the " Jug law " of last year. Upon adopting the report the vote in the Senate was Yeas 27, Noys 0, absent 5. In the House Yeays 64, Noys 82 ; the Philadelphia members all voting against it except Messrs. Morris and Dock. The law is a stringent one, but will not put this vexed question at rest. Time will prove its obnoxious features, and how it works. An other legislature will be required to make it more acceptable to the people, although it cannot be denied that there are some salutary measures embraced in it. It is too long for publication this week but we shall lay it before our readers here after, when they can judge of it for themselves. Hotels are graded and classed according to their an nual rental, there being nine classes. The highest rate of license is $1000, and the lowest $25, ex cept in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg where no license shall be for less sum than $75. In country towns and Boroughs having over 200 taxables the amount of license is $50. In the cities one hotel is to be licensed for every 100 taxable?, and one for every 150 taxables else where. It also allows one restaurant, or eating house to be licensed for every four hotels every where, tlie license not to be less than $20, and to be granted by the Court. The " Jug Law" of last pear is repealed, but the Buckalew law, and Sunday law are still in force. ... .-' . By this morning's mail we learn that the Gov ernor has signed the bill, consequently it is now the law of the land. C3- Grahams Magazine. The April number of this popular Magazine has come to band, rich ly embellished and with its usual quantity of in teresting reading matter. Trice $3 per annum. -tr ' A , letter from Tennessee says" We are preparrng.for a great fight in November next.! The Democracy of. Tennessee was never xn tetter trim" than at present, and you may ex pect to hear 'some thunder' from us in the autumn." ; , Adjourned Court. An adjourned Court for tho hearing of ar- guments &c., commenced in this place yester day. His Honor Judge Taylor has made the following apportionment of the Hotels &e., to which this county is entitled, under tho new license law. Taverns Eating Houses, Allegheny, . . 2 1 Blacklick, 1 Cambria, 2 Carroll, . . 2 1 Chest, 1 Clearfield, 2 Conemaugh, 2 Borough, 2 Ebcnsburg, 4 2 Jackson, 1 Johnstown, 5 3 Loretto, 2 Munster, 1 Richland, 2 Summerhill, 3 1 Susquehanna, 1 1 Washington, 3 1 White, 1 The Court fixed the first day of June Term for the hearing of applicants for licenss. Hall's Patent Coffee Pot. Col. Henry Fink has been sojourning in our town for a few tlays, disposing of the above Pat ent a number of our citizens have purchased, and the general opinion is that they answer the purpose. Col. Fink will remain a few days lon ger for the purpose of disposing of the balance ho has on band. Those wishing to secure one should call soon. The following are the direc tions : Put into the Coffee Tot two thirds of the amount of Coffee generally used, pour on your boiling water as in the ordinary way, then CIl your con denser Avith cold water, and place it on top of the Coffee Tot, place tho Pot on the Stove or fire, let it remain until the steam commences to escape through the tube, when ' your.; Coffee will be thoroughly done. The unwholesome gasses absorbed by the Cof fee, with the steam will rise up into the tube in the condenser, where the gasses will become sepa rated from ihe steam and pass out through the tube ; the steam coming in contact with cold sur face, will become condensed into what may bo considered the essence of the Coffee, will fall back in cool drops into the Pot, sink to the bottom, carry down the sediment, and effectually settle the Coffee, without the use of eggs or any other ingredient. The tubes through the condenser serves also as a safety tube against explosion. The milk for your Coffee can as well be heated in the condenser, and will serve as well as water for condensing the Coffee. Col. Fink has also the right of Duncan's Patent Churn wdiich is said to be an excellent article, its moddle can be seen at Major Thoaipson's Hotel. Convention of the Innkeepers in Cambria County. On Tuesday, the ISth inst., after the "Act to restrain the sale of Intoxicating Liquors " had ta ken full effect, a circular, of which the following is a copy, was addressed to each of the Innkeep ers of Cambria county. "Deak Sib : Knowing you to be engaged " in common with ourselves, in the business of "Hotel keeping, we take the liberty of addressing " you this circid.sr. " You are well aware, that the Legislature of "this Commonwealth, at its session of 1854 5, " passed " An A- t to restrain the sale of Intoxi " eating Liquors." By that act commonly " known as the " Jco Law " a tavern, licensed " to vend spirituous or vinous liquors, cannot " exist. By that act, our Bars have been closed; " by it, we have been shorn of th principal " source of our revenue. " In consequence of this state of facts, it be " comes necessary, in order to justify us in con " tinuing to cater for the public, to increase our "charges for Boarding, Lodging, S:c., in a ratio " corresponding with the benefits and advantages "of which we have been deprived. " We, therefore, suggest that a Convention of " all the Hotel-keepers in the County, be bell at " the bouse of Maj. James D. Hamilton, in Jeffer " son, on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of March, " instant, at one o'clock, P. M., at which time and " place, uch action can be naa in me premises as "to us shall seem meet and proper. Your atten " dance is earnestly solicited. JOHN THOMPSON, Jr., " Mountain House. Ebensbcro "ISAAC CRAWFORD, Logan House. "CHARLIE LITZINGER, . " EBENSBfR House. "JOHN A. BLAIR, " Unton nousE. " JAMES D. HAMILTON, " Cambeia House, Jeffebson." March 18, 185G. In pursuance of the above Circular, the follow ing named persons appeared, at the time and place designated, and took their seats as members of the Convention. Ebensbubg. John Thompson, Jr., Mountain House; Isaac Crawford, Logan House ; Charlie Litzinger, Ebensburg House; Gideon Marlett, Excelsior House. Jeffehsox. James D. Hamilton, Cambria House. . Carrolltown. Lawrence Schrott, Washing ton House. Hemlock. Richard Trotter, Exchange Hotel ; William Strauss, American House. Summerhill. William Murray, Summerhill House. Loretto George Litzinger, Litzinger's House. Cambria Township. James M'Kee, Walton House. Chkss Springs. Geo. W. Strohecker, Eagle Hotel. Gallitzin. Jacob Shaffer, Galbtzin House. St. Augustine. Henry ILirber, American House. . . - ' - ' . Conemaugh. Leonard Kcst, Connexion House; George Eichensehr, Conemaugh House. The Convention was organized by calling Maj. Gideon Marlett to the chair, and appointing Charlie Litzinger, Secretary. . The object of the Convention being stated by the President, a number of communications from Inn-keepers who were -absent, were handed in, which were read by the Secretary. They were as follows:' Loretto, March 22, 1856. Messrs. Thompson, Crawford and others. . Gentlemen: I received your circular on the 22d, inst. Tho views set forth by you in it, fully meet my approbation. Self-preservation is the first law of nature. We must sustain ourselves, and let us do so by honorable means. With these views, Gentlemen, I subscribe myself, Your humble servant. MRS. JOS. PFOFP. Chess Springs, March, 24, 1856 Messrs. Thompson, and others, . . . Gentlemen: I hereby autliorize Mr. Henry Harber to act for me,- and in my place at the meeting to be held in Jefferson on to-morrow, respecting the regulation of prices, &c., for Inkeepers; said Harbcrbas ful power to use my name in any matter before your meeting, the same as though 1 were present my self, and I shall be bound by any regxdation you may make for the protection of Inn-keepers here after. Very respectfully, SYLVESTER WEAKLAND. Cabrolltown, March 22, 1S5G. Messrs. Thompson, and others, Gentlemen : j received a circular inviting me to JoCerson on l,e 25th inst. I have appointments made that , ill not allow ol my participating m j our meet ing. Allow me to say that I will acquiesce in whatever tho maiority may do except to sell whiskey. lours trui3', HENRY SCANLAN. Johnstown, March 25, 1850. Gbntlemen : Wc received circulars from vou on yesterday, requesting our attendance at J H'tr- eon fco-day : but we rerret to sav. that thev came ot in time for us to make the necessary prepara tions to go. Mr. Hinish and Mr. Snyder are both absent, and neither Mr. Shaffer nor myself can possibly attend. We would, therefore, suggest the propriety of adjourning until somctimo hence. as it is believed tho Legislature will tako 6orce action on the Liquor Bill in a few days. lours respect! ullv. GEORGE ENGLEBACII. On behalf of the Inn-keepers of Johnstown. To Messrs Thompson, Crawford and others. Hemlock, March 21, 1856. Gentlemen : I am very sorry that I am un able to attend your Convention ; but jtou are at loerty with all mv heart to make use of my name in any resolutions that yov may pass. lours respectiuiiy, C. B. KENNEDY. To Messrs. Thompson, and others. Loretto, March, 22, 185C. To Messrs. Thompson, Crawford and others. Gentlemen : I am sorry to inform you, that my ill health forbids my attendance at your pro posed meeting at Jefferson. Your ce-urse, so far as your circular purports, meets my cordial ap probation. " S-ilf-prescrvatiou is the first law ef nature." It is right ireemen to assemble togem- cr, aud lay their grievances before their oppres sors. It is passing strange that the Legislature should pass a bill to license houses of entertain ment, and entail a bond of from $500 to $1000. It is odious, it is repugnant to the feelings of free men, and ought, with its authors, to le frowned down. But, the sober second thought of the reemen of Pennsylvania is always right. The fmember offering such a Bill must have an indirect interest in this bond matter. My opinion of it, is, that it offers only a bounty to informers. These are the mildest views I can take of such Bill, and, with them, Geutlcmen, permit me to subscribe myself. Your very humble servant, P. SHIELDS. Ou motion of Maj. James D. Hamilton, it was Resolved, That the chair appoint a committee of five, to establish and report a Bill of Rates of Boarding, Lodging, &c, to be adopted and used by all participating in the Convention. Whereupon the chair a 'pointed Jas. D. Ham ilton, William Murray, Richard Trotter, Isaac Crawford and said committee ; and they, having retired for sometime, reported in ac cordance with the Resolution. Some dissatisfac tion arose here, and a motion to adopt the Report of the committee, as read, was negatived. It was then, on motion of Maj. John Thomp son Resolved, That the Bill of Rates for each sepa rate locality shall be established by a majority of the votes of the members representing it. In accordance with the foregoing, the votes of the members were taken, and the Rates as estab lished will be found embodied in the following Resolutions, which with the preamble, were offer ed by Maj. Thompson, and adopted Isaac Craw ford and Jacob Shaffer voting in the negative : Whereas, The Legislature of this Common wealth, at its session of 1855, passed an act to restrain the sale of Intoxicating Liquors, wherein, amongst other things, it is provided, that no li cense for the sale of vinous, spirituous., malt, or brewed liquors, or any admixture theteof. shall be granted to the keeper of any hotel, inn, or tav ern : And Whereas, in consequence thereof, the licenses granted to us respectively under pre-existing acts of Assembly; have expired, and cannot now Iks renewed ; by means of which we have been shorn of the principal branch of e.ur reve nue, and must, therefore, at our present rates, suffer peeuuiary losses in the continuation of our business : And Whereas, we deem it the duty of every good citizen to yield an implicit ebedience to, and assist in the faithful execution of, all the laws of this Commonwealth, no matter what may be the private opinion entertained as to the rela tive merits or demerits of the same. Therefore, be it firmly Jiesolvea, That we hereby p'eilgc ourselves to each other, aiul to the community, that all laws j relating to the sale of Intoxicating Liquor within this Commonwealth, shall henceforth receive from I us an unqualified observance ; and that v. e will, in common with all good citizens, upon all proper occasions, exert ourselves to the utmost e.f our ability in enforcing and carrying into effect the provisions of the same. Resolved, That to compensate us for the advan- tages niinenG resulting w us uom iirewww in toxicating Liquors, aud of which wc are now de prived, we find it necessary to increase uur char ges for lodging and entertaining the public ; and we do therefore agree henceforward to charge our respective customers in accordance with the fol lowing rates, each of which shall be the minimum price Ifor that to which it pertains. That is to say : At Ebensburg : Tho charge for Supper, Breakfast and Lodging shall be $1 00 4 ' Single Meal 37 t tt Transient Boarders per week 4 00 1 . t Regular " per week 3 60 At Su7nmerltUl, iAtrctto, Tunnel IliU, Hemlock, Chess Spring, St. Augustine, Conemaugh, Car roUtown, and Walton House. The charge for Supper, Breakfast and Lodging shall be $ 75 it ft ft Transient Boarders per week 8 15 " " Regular per week 8 00 " " Single Meals. 25 I' " Horse Feed 18 " " Man and Horse (Inclu eling Supper and Break fast 1 00 Reserved, That we hereby pledge ourselves to each other, that each and every one participating in this Convention, will procuro a copy of the abovel Rates, and cause it to be conspicuously posted in bis place of doing business; aud furth er, that we wilf'severally abide by the same, untd the Legislature shall pass a law authorizing the licensing of our respective bouses, aud no longer. And we do hereby earnestly call upon our repre sentatives to use all honorable means to secure the passage of a Bill authorizing the Courts to grant licenses as formerly. Resolved, That the proceedings of this Con vention be signed by the omcers, and published in ail me papers in me county. A motion was then made by Wm. Murray, Lsq., tuat the action ot the meeting be unani mously confirmed. Jacob Shaffer alone voted against the motion. Whereupon, the Convention adjourned sine die. G. MARLETT, Pres't. Charlie Lirzisger. Secy. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of ex-Governor Bicler of California, to be U. S 1 Minister resident at Stockholm. From tite rhilcutejJiia Inquirer. Correspondence 'Pennsylvania Railroad. Inter estin LET1EB NO I. PHiLAMxruiA, March 8th lgf.6 William Xeal Esteemed Friend : Being stockholders in tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and not being aware of any inten tion to strike your name from the ticket, we were surprised and disappointed at finding you had not been re-elected on the 3d inst a member of the board. We have great confidence in your ability,' fidelity and energy as a Director in that Com pany, believing you had no personal interest to subserve, but were actuated solely by a de sire to perform your tlnty with a single eye to the best interests of the Company. If not inconsistent with your feelings, we should be pleased to have an exposition of the manner hi which the result was accomplished and the causes which led to it". AwaitiDjr your early reply, wo subscribe ourselves, 1 our friends, very truly, John T. Smith, John Ii. Myers, William Amer, Morris L. HallowelL, Geo. Boldin, D. Ii. Ilinman, Edmund Deacon, Robert R. Levick. John Thompson, Nathan 11. Potts,- llliam poocer, Esteemtd Frienx3 : I have receired rour' letter of the Sth inst., asking, if not incon sistent with my feelings, an exposition of tha manner in which the result of the late election for Directors of the Pennsylvania. Itailroud was accomplished, and the causes which led" to it. I feel that when a question is asked by so highly respectable a portion of my fel low-citizens and stockholders in the road, that I ought to respond with such exposition as I am able to give. It is an ungracious task for a defeated candidate to complain, because he is subjected to the remark that it proceeds from disappointment or spite. On the other' hand, I am aware that the result of the elec tion subjects me to unjust criticisms affecting personal character. Stockholders will By truly, that there must have been some causo for this unexpected and mysterious result. But before I proceed to the modus operandi, permit me to say, that during the two years I sat at the Board, the most friendly relations were maintained between my colleagues and myself. We frequently differed in opinion, particularly on all those matters wherein the road was to be made (as I thought) subservb ent to private interests, instead of the general interests of the stockholders ; but we conduct ed our differences with becoming propriety, so as to leave bo acerbity of feeling 1 had no personal interests to subserve, and constantly resisted the offers, because I was aware of tho great difficulty of giving an impartial judg ment in questions affecting our own interests. Suspicion will always rest upon us, whether we are guilty or net. The ticket was formed as is usual, upon such occasions, by the mem bers of the Board, without any dissatisfaction on the part of any. It consisted of old mem bers, adding the name of Josiah Bacon, in. the place of John Yarrow, deceased. I bad been requested to procure & candidate from amongst the merchants, and after some hesi tation on his part, and persuasion of mine. J. 1?. consented to serve. The ticket was print ed and distributed as usual, on the day of the election, and stockholders were told there was no opposition. But the unexpected result was accomplished by a secret combination of certain parties, who had control of the Eng lish proxies. IIow many votes these proxies command I am not able to say. There is a largo number of shares held in England, and every share commands one vote. One for eigner, I think, has 2400 shares, and others a thousand each, so that they count fast. They had also their agents on the line of the road from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, gathering up the proxies of contractors aud others. By1 keeping up in the mean time an unusually friendly intercourse with me, and announcing to our stockholders that there was no opposi tion to the regular ticket, their victory was easy, ieruaps turee-tourths of the vote poll--ed for the secret ticket consisted of English proxies, a powerful engine to punish refracto ry members. The stock consisting of 12, 300,000 after deducting $5,000,000 owned by tlie city, and Sl.VUvXiVO by Allegheny not entitled to vote, there would be left gti.SOO 000, giving more than 125,000 shares cntb tied to vote. So secret was the management of this enterprise, that even the gentlemen' elected in my place, although voting the tick et containing his own name, did not know it. I am not aware to whom the laurels belong of planning and executing this secret movement, but it seems to mc that the achievement was' not very brilliant. ' When men make up their' minds to work in the dark, whilst j-coplearc asleep, they can accomplish wonderful things. The deception practised upon me and the stock holders not in the secret, was complete. Per haps my colleagues, who were very friendly with me on the day of the election, cstx ex plain better than lean. It Is rather remark--able that no one of them has ever called upoa me, or written to me, exculpating himself from participation in the rlot, since I left them on the day of the election. As long essays ar seldom read, I must leave an exposition of the, causes for a future letter. Very respectfolly, your friend, WM. NEAL. ; LETTER SO. II. John B. Myers, D. B. Ilinman, Morris L. Ilallowell, Robert R. Kevick, and others. Esteemed Fwni3 : In my last letter, I explained to you the manner in which my election was defeated. I must now answer your question as to tho causes of the unexpec ted result ; those causss which were consider ed of so much magnitude as to justify a resort by honorable men to so extraordinary a schesie. Tha result xf the election set the inquiry on foot, what has this man been guilty of, that he should have received this rebuke? What peculations, or ppeculations, or defalca tions can be laid to his charge ? Has he been neglectful of his duty ? Has he had so much other business to attend to, that be has failed to attend half the meetings of the Board ? ' Metliinks I hear the reponse, no. The diffi culty with him has been, thathedoes toomucht My kind friends will certainly allow me m explain the causes, so as to remove, as far as I can, any imputation of improper conduct. - That the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been swayed by men whose speculations in property depended upon the road for its' value, cannot be denied. And although the members of the Board 'Who hate been thus en gaged, are men of unimpeachable charactet in all the private relations of life, still tbej axe hut mm, nd lUble, !n their hacU to he
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