THE BEDFORD IMZETTE.
Iledlbni. May '2, 1 556.
G, W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor
FOR PRESIDENT,
BOX, JIMES MM\.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
Can a! Comm isx inn er,
GEORGE SCOTT.
.iu<!ilor General,
JACOB FRY,JR.
Surveyor (lea era/,
TiMCTHYIVES.
IIEMOCR !TIF
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Denser of lledford ConsDy !
Since your tale enthusiastic Mass Meeting,
which lias had such a cbeeiing effect isjK>ri the
hearts of all patriotic men in attendance, the
Democratic Stale Convention has held its ses
sions, and nominated a Ticket for State officers
well wort!:v the supjiort of tlie Democratic
party. That Convention was composed of men
of exalted patriotism and talents, the good old
JJem ruiir. Fires burned brightly, and the or
der ami spirit manifested by them in their deli
berations, the ability and fearlessness displayed
by them in repudiating the evil spirit of Know-
Nothingism, and all otiier 'ructions and Fana
ticisms, entities them to our gratitude, and their
work to our entire resp-mt.
Let is. theu, again meet in Grand Mass
Meeting, and, by our united counsels, refresh
awl nourish that patriotic feeling so happily a
roused at the late meeting, as evinced it) the
glorious result of the late Spring Election.
Turn out, then, Democrats, one and all.—
Come from our fair bills and vaflies, and let us
reason as becomes Freemen on
HOXWIV KVENSMJ OF SENT I'Ol'RT,
(Mav f>.) and ratify the doings of t!ie late Con
vention. Other matters of importance to the
parly and the welfare of the people inquire
your attendance. -" You may expect ad
dresses by able sneakets whom von have not
yet heard. ' JOHN P. REED,
Chairman Conn/ r/ Comma'lee.
\VM. M. HALL, Secret art/.'
■ i'-P'The editor is absent attending to the suit
against Draue and Coburn, charged with the
robberv of certain arms belonging to tfie State.
Ejr'llon. F. .JOHD VN, Sen.itor from this District,
anil family, returned home on lost Friday evening.
Although differing entirely v.-'b Air. Jordan fn his
pi'fitica! sentiments, wo have no h'-itatioa ,n saving
thai ! has exhibited Legislative rapacity of no or
dinary character, i 1":s speeches con.pare lavoratsly
with those of any other member of the Senate. -o
far a< ability is concerned.
following communication is from a
voung gentleman who stands as high in public
estimation as nnv otlmr in Bedford Township,
and n • nisi uterisled man will doubt his veraci
ty. The high.-st legal ability las decided that
the oath administered bv the Know Nothings
is not binding tipon any one, therefore its re
nun' iaticn subjects no man to the charge of
perjury. Every conscientious man should re
nounce the obligation publicly* and a*k his Cod
for forgiveness, for the falsehood he was requi
red to perpetrate, as must i)e done in every case
where an untruth is asserted. It is no disgrace
lo a man the! he was deceived to join the Know
Nothings. The only disgrace that, will attach,
is to the man who holds on knowing it to bean
iniquitous den of corruption and trench rv.
Democrats and conscientious Whigs s -v-r t ie
connection at once :
To t.Eie PtaMSe®
C;:\*. BOWMAN : 1 ha 1 o come t-> the conclu
sion. after MTiotts nd cciion, that it is mv duty
to state that 1 once belonged to the Know Noth
ings. f was besought constantly f r days and
weeks to become a member, and 1 finally con
sented. The oath was atlniif.is'ered ♦> m- at
lite t.me it was administered to mv brother Fred
erick, in the garret of a store room in Bedford,
and 1 concur fully in th statement be r;iv made.
I, iii.e him, left the paitv in di y ?, and have
my certificate 1o show t: -* fact. To be a mem
ber of the oi-d-r, a man is required to lie habit
ually, by denying hi-" connection with the dark
conspiracy. J vof.-e (he Know Nothing ticket
ince, and cannot <<*ll now many falsehoods J
had to fell in order to carry out tite obligations
imposed upon me. The Btble i.u which f was
sworn had a cross on it. But I have left them,
and I take this public me thod of announcing
the fact so that f may stand right in mv own
estimation as well as with my ol i den cratic
friends. Know Notliingism is governed by de
cidedly the meanest principles of which the
mind can conceive.
Daniel P.
B -Ji'-rd Township, April 28, 18.">b.
TO TIB Ed PE'IBMC.
Gen. Bovcmnn:— I am • orrv to have j,> ac
kn .uiedge that, by gross decep'im, I was in
duced to take upon myself the degrading obli
gation of r. Know Nothing, whUi I am now
satisfied ] should not have <!• ne. | was sworn
in a f*\v u lies west of Bedford, in Bedford 'j'p.,
in a field, wh re 1 was engaged in ploughing.
The i an who administered the OATH read it
from a little !-;uk, during which I was requir
ed to hold my hand on the BIBLE. My con
science checked me at what I was doing, and
two or three times I drew my hand from the
Bible, hut 1," told me I must hold on until he
had finished the oath, ft was a black business.
It lias haunted m ■ e\ r since, an j fT)V only re
kef is in renouncing it. I an. mure'determin
ed in my democratic principles now than I e
ver was. Know Notfiin rism is a Whig gull
trap to catch Democrats. They caught me
once, but I pledge my word tin y Will never
catch me again a.s long as I keep my senses. }
rejoice to fee! that J am a Freeman once more.
A j>ri 1 26, 1858.
Alter reading the following passages
from tlie Bible the people u iii not b" amazed that
certain Ministers and other professed religious
teachers should have espoused the cause of
Know Noth ingisnri :
10. Many Pastors have destroyed my vineyard,
they have trodden my portion under tool, they have
made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.—
Jeremiah I'd r. 10 v.
Now the Spirit speakelhexpressly, that in the lat
ter times -ome shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing -p-rits, and doctrine-" of devil,.
in i i ■■■■!■ Laaataia.-^Bsau^eiijaij=aaßa"< i| i,: l t.-au.i,. w=
8. Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their con- j
sciences seared with a hot iron.— Ist Timothy, Ist j
and 2d v.
Nothing could portray the character of a j
Know .Volhing Christian ' so well as these;
passages from Scripture. "Speaking Lies in
HYPOCRISY ," is the essence and spirit of
Know Nothiugism.
PENNSYLVANIA LEfaSLATI IIE™
1 CTTThe Legislature of Ihis State adjourned on the
28d nit. after a session of nearly four months. The
llnrri>-burg Union thus speaks of its doings:
"Before we issue another number of nor paper the
present session of the Legislature will have expired.
Its history is mil of instruction and warning. It
teaches the people the incalculable benefits of sen
ding honest and able men to make their laws; and it
; warns them to beware of being led again into the j
wild whirlpool of bigotry and fanaticism. Me would
wi-h no stronger argument in favor of the prudence
and policy of the Democratic party, than that fur
nished bv a contrast of the legislation of last session
with that of the present. Then, the opposition held
| umTTrhited sway, and they justified their claim to
consistency by cutting all -nits of mad pranks bv 1
making legislation a bungled jumble, and by pass- ,
ing their time in a continnoiis wrangle and scram- !
ble. They failed to do what their duty demanded, )
ami what they attempted they mangled.
But the present session has been characterized bv
the utmost harmony, dignity arid ability. There!
were men here who appreciated the obligations of!
their position, and who set them-ejve- about their
duties with an earnestness and determination that
insured speedy success. \Vc had ability here that
would adorn any position, however exalted or horior
able. We point with pride to the record- of this!
sesajon, for it has been Democratic in nearly every
feature, and its acts have been generally* judicious
and commendable. We part with many of the tneai
' tiers with reluctance anil regret. But we trust that
an intelligent constituency will appreciate their ser
vice,. arid reward them with a re-eleetion. Oi one
thing we are confident—that no honest man who;
carefully studies and compares the legislation of .
Democrats with that of their opponents, will hesi
tate to cont'e-s that our party is justly entitled to his 1
sympathy and support."
flcsoiisiioxis of i;u* Stale Conveution—
Their Author.
We ask our readers to give the resolutions ol
the late Democratic State Convention a caretul
and candid perusal. They speak lorth in every
iirie sentiments which ought to animate the
heart of every true Democ:at, and we may add,
of every true patriot iu the land. They invoke
"Stood men and true" ofall parties to rallv in i
one common effort to uphold the principles oil
tite constitution, as framed and undeistond bv
our fathers, and to put down at once and forever
that spit it of sectionalism and disunion, which
tin longer works its treason secretly and in the
dark, hut dares boldly to proclaim itself in pub
lic, arid openly aspires to control the destine of
• the American people. The doctrines of the
Democratic party are the only effectual antidote
' to the baneful poisons, which political charla
tans and unprincipled demagogues have it,stilled
" into the public mind. These doctrines, bioad,
national, conservative and comptehensive, are
1 ably and clearly staled in the resolutions of the ;
; Convention. As therein set forth, we think
t they must command the assent of every honest
man, who will give them an unprejudiced and
candid perusal.
> The author of these resolutions is the Hon. j
■ John L. Dawson, the late representative in i
Congress from this district. Most faithfully has
his vigorous and graphic, pen traced the feelings,
Sentiments and opini >ns which swayed the Con- ,
vention, and which have harmonized and uni
ted the Democratic party of the Union in one j
• great political brotherhood. Nowhere have we 1
seen a more cl. ar, able and eloquent exposition
of Democratic principles in regard to tfie great
issues of tfie day, than that embodied in the teg
olulinns offered by Mr. Dawson, and adopted bv
the Convention with entire unanimity, and with
the utmost enthusiasm. As they constitute the
"platform" upon hit h we are to stand during 1
t the next Presidential campaign, it is important|
that our readets should give them a careful pe- j
' rusal, and see whether they are not such as to J
secure tfie cordial approbation of every true
Democrat. For our part, we think them ad
mirable, and in no respect would we "add, al
ter or amend." They embody the views of the
, Democratic party of Pennsylvania, anil coming
a- they do lrom one of Pennsylvania's most dis
i tinguish. ri men, their weight and influence, in
other section* .d the Union, must be even gr.-al
, er than that which naturally belongs to every
expression of political sentiment from tlie De
mocracy of the "Keystone State."— Washington
Examiner.
A MZI.ANCHOF.Y RVU.KOAD ACCIDENT.—ON
- Tuesday evening last a melancholy accident oc
curred on tfie L-hrgh Valley Railroad, just op
, posite Easton. An old gentleman by the name
t of Sletor, in company with two other gentle
f men were standing conversing together, on the '
s lower track of tiir Railroad, at tin* time a nttm
sl her of cars were coming down the track run
, ning by gravitation ; the brakesman on the train
; shouted to them to clear the track; they stepped
l over to the wall and remained standing there
; un'.i! the cars came near to thein \\ hen t!wv
- stepped to the opposite side of the track. Mr.
• Sletor attempted to follow Ihern, but being old *
and feeble, the cars struck him before lie got
across the tiack, knocking him down and cut
ting one of his legs off below the knee and
ir.angiing the other so badly as to render ampu
tjtr.n necessary. Had he remained standing
• by the wail he would have been safe, as the
- cars would not have come within four feet of
- him.
P. S.—Since writing the above we learn that
' Mr. Sietor dif-d the same night, from the injn
• ne* iie received, as above staled. This is anolh
• er warning to persons who stand or walk on j
railroad tracks.— Ens/on Sentinel.
.
FIRE AT NIAGARA FALLS. — Three Persons
i Burned to Death. —At half past ten o'clock
. last night, a fire broke out in one of the wooden 1
. shanties just below Niagara Falls, and consumed i
it. it was occupied by a French shoemaker
. and his family, 'l'his morning the bodies of the !
. f rettchman, with those of two women who'
lived in the shantv, were taken from the ruins
roasted to a crisp. It is supposed that tliev j
, were suffocated by the smoke before they knew !
. their danger, and so perished horribly in fheir!
beds. A Coroner's inquest was held this morn
ing. Verdict in accordance with the facts.— ;
Buffalo Republic, 15Hi up.
Rust LTS OF FANATICISM.— By an arrival at j
New York, which brings advices from Demera
in to the *Jgd February, we learn that the "An
-1 gel Gabriel - is there, and has succeeded in tai
; sing quite a not. Six or seven hundred arrests ;
j- had been made by the authorities. By his in
temperate denunciations he incited the blacks;
against tfie Portuguese Catholics, and in their J
;. rage they pulled down, plundered and set tire
to several churches and ships. His Angelshij)!
j had been put in jail.
, He l i\es" you better who stiives to made you ,
good, than tie who strives to phase vou. " '
REASONS or A WIIK.
For Joining the Democratic Party
To >hr Editors of ihe Boston Pttxt.
Mrs**'.. Knrrous. -As my oh) I'npnds of tbe ,
ton Courier p.VP IT?- some eurjonity 10 know how T
should fi'pl on thp democratic platform, 1 will endear
vor to satisfy them on this point. 1 presume thii |
curiosity receives edge from the anticipation on their .
part that many citizens, perhaps themselves of thf
number, wilt be under the necessity in the course <1
the coming year, to take "locof'oro" pills, and d
course lliey would like to know their operation aril
elleet. 1 own up to having swallowed the democrats
ic creed, "Simple and pure,'" us (he French diploma
tists say. [.ike all medicine, the anticipation is
worse than the operation. 1 intend hereafter to act
and vote with ihe democratic party, for the follow
ing reasons, and 1 hope these few lines will find the
Courier "enjoying the same blessing."
In the iirsf place, that is the only party which nevr
exists, which has a history, principles or policy. Jts
great unlugonist, who conte-ted the victory w ith it
in many a well-fought battle, is no more. The name*
of its statesmen are enbatmed in the history of tlie
past, hut it has no present and no future. One IT
one all its strongholds have been stormed, its artil
lery silenced, leaders it, the captivity of retiremelit,
and the rank and tile scattered, or forming iu power
le.s tactions. The democracy has a history, whiih
of itself is a tower of strength, and a prestige bf
flit in e good to the country. Born amidst the sltoij
throes of the popular hpart. its cradle was rocked bf
storms, and its lirst triumph was to place the philos
opher and statesman of Monticelloat the head of tlie
nation. This was done sguin-t the prestige of the
name of Adams, in spite of the most accomplished
eloquence, the strength, of wealth, and the posses
sion of power and place. Timid men predicted the
prostration of the altars of leligion, the overthrow
of morality and the ordinary course of justice and
oider. the reign of infidelity and red republicanism.
None of the-e things came to-pass and 1 have lived
to ee and hear the very men uho were then in the
oppo-ition, and others who wore their mantle, prai-e
to the vpry skies this very Thomas Jeflersou, ami
claim lo he democrats of his school.
The democrats joined the i.-sue, carried on the
war of 181:2-14, and wort its victories, in the lace of
an opposition which, if it did not go ovei the line,
appioacbed the fiery border of that volcano where
patriotism i- swallowed up by 11eason. The count
ry was ruined then, so said the opposition ; but now
all parties claim the honors. a> ail luive shared in
the beneficial results of that war. The next great
battles of democracy have been with their oppo
nents in matters of national policy. In every in
stance, so far as | recollect, they nave not orili" won
a \ ictory, but have extorted the admission, even lions
opponents, that they were right.
t read long and tedious debates in t'ongres-, about
tariff-, before 1 well knew the meaning of tlie word;
and it ended by one party claiming a "tarili for rev
enue," and the other a "revenue tariff." The con
test has been abandoned, ihe democratic ground con
ceded. "Internal improvements'' was once the war
cry of a party. The conviction is all but universal,
that private enterprise i- more sagacious and eco
nomical than national supervision. The suggestion
made by .Mr. Otis to Mr. Webster, when he hung
file for a word—"there is no national road—but the
road of :tun"—is more truthful than sarcastic. A
i'ew Cumberland roads would have ruined the tiea-u
--ly of the country.
A national bank was aliirmed to he an absolute ne
cessity. Yet Mr. Webster lived to say "it was an
absolute idea." The democratic party, have always
favored an extension of territory. It is fraught, said
the oppotitiori, with the most imminent peril. And
now the classic anil accomplished Everett shakes
Cuba into the lap of the nation, as gently as her trop
ic fruits fall to the earth.
When (fen. Jackson was a candidate for the Pres
idency, the records of antiquity anil the pages of
modern times from Nimrod Ihe great hunter, down
to Bonaparte the iirst consul, were laid under contri
bution to show the peril to a republic of uniting the
civic wieath with the sword of the military hero—
but in ten years alter this, the same party which
biought such an array of argument against the hero
ot New Orleans, seized an aged general bv the eu
phonious name of the place where he won a victor*
over the savages, and passed liirn by his title on the
wave of popular song into the white house. The
experiment was so successful that it was twice re
peated; the last general breaking down on the rich
Irish brogue and the sweet German accent.
Gut of this brogue and accent there sprung forth
another party, which has swallowed the whole whig
party—a lire out of the bramble which has devoured
the tall cedars of Lebanon.
What party now but the democratic party avows
ita principles or proclaims its poljcv ? The
can party has one platform for the latitude of 8:')4.
iMphia, another for Springfield. One week it is 3
ge<| m a republican convention, and the next it-clar
ion notes are heard in every secret lodge and echoed
hack Irom every town and village. It will vote lor
no man who owes allegiance to a foreign power—by
-ome this is admitted to be a religious test, by others
denied. Here all Catholics are shut out from office,
ir. a southern state they are elected to office under
the same banner. At one time it is strictly section
al, at another intensely national. Now most thor
oughly anti-slave iy; and tiieri non-intervention is
the law ot its action. When their trumpet gives so
many end such uncertain sounds who can have confi
derici* in them ? In regard to ihe subject ot slavery,
tlie conviction has been growing stronger in my own
mind ever since 18IS, that we can do no good to
master or slave by attempting to act upon it politi
cally. The ohl liberty party which up lo that point
acted on principle, was translated, not to heaven, but
Jo the purgatory of barriburneri-rn, by the splendid
eloquence of Charles Summer, and the winning
smiles ot Martin and John Van Buren. From that
day to this it has been known as freesoilism, true
democracy, coalition, native Americanism, changing
position as often as its name. It has been used in
tact as a make weight, either for party or tor men
as circumstances required. Now nearly all parties
profess to he national, and affirm that they will abide
by the provisions of the constitution and let slavery
alone.
The compromise of 1820 has been repealed, and
the whole new territory opened to settler-, and the
question of slavery to be left to the actual settlers
when tbey form the constitution. There are but lew
who would vole lor the restoration of this compro
mise. Both parties prefer the chance of what thev
may gain rati.er than the certainty of the restora
tion. And one can hardly see the very great ditler
ence it can make either to the slaves or the country
whether the old states ot Mar} land, Virginia and
Kentucky shall continue slave states, or he drained
to supply new regions, while they are gradually but
surely to become free.
As the north has now presented the subject to the
south in all it- phases, rnoially, politically and reli
giously—a they have confessedly no power to eman
cipate staves without the consent of the state where
they are—would it not he wiser and better to leave
them tor a time to their own reflections and the si
lent operations ot a far-seeing and wonder-working
Providence, than to drive this question to a civil war
ami a division ot the Union? The slave will gain
nothing by -iich a catastrophe, and the country and j
the world will 10-e all the hopes that hung upon our
success. Nine weeks of anarchy in the llou-e of
Representatives are nine heavy blows upon the heait
oi the nation, and nine great shadows upon the light
that we were shedding abroad upon other lands.
Sectional strife was one of the rocks of which
Washington warned us. Anarchy is the rock on
which the ancient republics were wrecked. If the
republican party succeeds, of which there is small
probability, we are thrown upon the former; if the
American party succeeds we shall have an intermin
bl" war oi ami creeds—a war of races and of
clatis. In civil strife it is hard to say which is most
to be deplored, tho.e who survive or those who per
ish in the lir-r conflict. The wound to the nation is
incurable. Jhe arrows of hatred and revenge will
rankle in the heart- of many generations. If the
war in fvun-as shall break out afresh, and flame over
those prairies no mortal can tell where it will end.
No matter which party is the aggressor, which is
most to blame, tne result to ihe nation w ill be the
same. Ir is tune that a strong voice went forth, and
a strong arm outstretched to hush this civil strife.
Now what party but the democratic can accomplish
this /
1 know the present administration is receiving un
mea-ured censure, both for what it does and lor what
it neglects to do. liut I remember that this ha-been
the fate of every administration within my memory,
and indeed of evpry one that has occupied the place
ot power since the formation of the government
with the exception of that of Washington and Mon
roe. The gates of the temple of war at Rome were
only twice shut in the course of seven centuries.
The gates of political -Irife and bitter abuse have I
j been elo-edouly twice in seventy years, almost equal
to seven of the ancient centuries in the progress of
nations.
Indeed the violent abuse of Ity power* that be is
one of the luxuries of which the American people
never willing to deny Ihem-elves. It is no more
j evidence that a man is w rang because he is abused,
' than it was the guilt of the victims of Louis Xl.be
| cause thev were hanged. The execution was always
J pointed at as conclusive of their guilt. The present
i age and posterity are rivals—whoever sacrifices to
; one mu-t lose the other. Nearly all our national ad
j ministrations have been severely condemned while
J in power and praised alter a few year*,
j Now 1 see no other peaceable solution of 'he diffi
i culties by which we are surrounded but in this, an
: cient and strong party. "In the dark night by which
; w 'e are surrounded,"' 1 see no other star that can
guide the ship of state mto the haven of safety.
Will my good friend of the Courier, therefore, whom
j I sincerely thank for his uniform personal courtesy
! who-e fidelity to his flag I admire who-e liefence of
j the Ru-siaits 1 applaud, will lie ponder anil review the
j whole subject, and spak his mind, whether it is not
| best for those who find themselves without a home,
j in the breaking up and contusion ol old party lines;
, hail not belter take shelter under the Democratic
i flng, whether it is trot best To make that party strong
against all tactions, restore to it the government en
tile, and help it to conduct the nation.on to higher
and wider cycles of prosperity and greatnes;.
Done at Cambridge, tlifs lltb diiy of February,
19">6. *J. C. LOVEJOY.
From th New York Evening Po-t, April 2.1.
RECEPTION OF MR. RI CIIAVW AT NEW
| YORK.
Tlie Hon. Jnmes Buchanan, late Cnited
i Slates Minister at tlie Court of St. James, arriv
i e<! in this city this morning, in the steamer Ara-
I go, front Havre.
' In accordance with artnngements made bv
the Common Council, a Committee corn posed of
( .Alderman arid Coo net! men, at the head of
which was Alderman Ely, were at the pier to
• await the arrival of ihe steamer and offer a cor
fjdial welcome to the Ex-Minister, who is now
: I the guest of the citv.
. ; At the early hour at which the steamer was
• telegraphed rendered it impossible to carry itr
ii to effect alt the arrangements which had been
1 1 made in honor of Mr. Buchanan** arrival, and,
_ | indeed, llm Committee were harely able to
, j reach the pier before he disembarked. A barge
i ] number o| persons, estimated at two or three
j thousand, however, had collected in the vicini
;ty and made the welkin wring with tin it
i cheers.
! As soon as the steamer was moored to the
i wharf, the committee went on board arid were
i introduced to Mr. Buchanan, whom their Chair
j man, Alderman Ely, add teased in highly con
j giatulatory terms, offering him a welcome to
the city, whose hospitalities he was happy to
! he empowered to offer.
Mr. Buchanan replied briefly, expressing his
i gratification at the distinguished honors paid
-1 him by the authorities of this city, and his hap
piness at seeing his native land and countrymen
\ j again.
I He then entered, in company with Alderman
> | Ely, a boronche and four, which was in waiting,
I 'tnri was driven to the Everett house, where
| he remains during his limited sojourn in this
•city.
i ! The rest of the committee fallowed in rnr
■ i riages, and saw their guest safely established in
' | the magnificent suit of apartments prepared far
t , him in the Everett House.
i | Mr. Buchanan is looking remarkably well,
• j and seems really happy to see home and friends
j again. He is, perhaps stouter than when he
. J left os, nearly three years ago, and there is a
. j ruddy hue of health upon his cheeks, and a
i j a contented look from his eyes, which indi
: cate that he is physically and mentally at
1 j ease.
j Ihe same genial kindness and bran hommie
j which formerly marked los manner are appa
>| rent, and his personal friends, who are a host,
' will find him changed for the better in these re
spects, by his residence abroad.
.j The committee held a conference with him
Ij at the Everett House, as to the mariner in
" ( which he would prefer to he entertained as the
! city's guest. As lie is obliged to leave the city
Jon Fiiday morning, he lelt obliged to decline
• i the ofierol a public dinner during his stay in X.
■ York, but signified the gratification be would
j experience, at meeting bis fellow citizens at
, j such time and place as Ihe committee should
. ] appoint.
. i Their arrangements are not yet completed in
1 j all tlie details; but we are enabled to state that
; Mr. Buchanan will receive the citizens of New
J York, at the Governor's room, in the City
[j Hall, to-morrow, from twelve to three o'-
1 | clock.
; j VVe understand that he dines with the May
.; or privately to-morrow afternoon, and that in
: j the evening a magnificent serenade bv D >ds
-1 i worth's full band, will be given to him in front
; | of the Everett house.
, | In the course of the morning, Mr. Buchanan
, was waited upon by the Mayor, Alderman Bar
! ker ,President of tlie board of Alderman, Sena
[ j tor Sickles, his former Secretary of legation,
and other citizens, all of whom he received
with great heartiness.
| He has a strong desire to reach his home bv
I Saturday evening, and to enjoy a quiet Sunday*
jon his farm in Lancaster. Alter the public life
j he has led during the past thiee years, the wish
1 is a very natural one, and we congratulate the
| ex-minister that he can soon escape Ihe ova
j lions and demonstrations that are pouring in up
jon him.
From the New York Express April 2.1.
As soon as the steamer was announced as he
| low, as previously agreed upon, the fJhief of Po
lice notified the Mavor, and Mr. Wood tele
graphed to thejoint Committees of the Common
Council, who immediately repaired to the pier
foot of Beach street, where the Arago was ex- 1
pected to arrive.
There was a very large crowd at the pier, j
who manifested no little curiosity to see the lion
of the day ; but as the steamer neared the slip,
nothing was seen of him on the deek, and cheer
alter cheer failed to bring hirn out. As soon as
the vessel was made fast, tlie members of Ihe
committee went on board, and proceeding to
the after saloon, were presented by ('apt. Lines
to the distinguished visitor.
ACD. rev's WELCOME.
After shaking hands, Alderman Ely address-:
ed Mr. Buchanan in the following words :
In behalf of the city of New York, sir, we,
have assembled here this morning, to congratu
late you upon your safe return to your native
land. Wein common with the American pen-j
pie, are highly gratified at the manner in which
the interests of our country have been conduct
ed and Iter honor vindicated by you during your
residence abroad ; and now, upon your return,
we take pride in extending to you the hospitali
ties of the city of New York.
MR. nOCHANAff's RESPONSE.
Mr. Buchanan replied to the Alderman's ad
dress in the following language :
Gentlemen of the Common Council of New
) York T In artilv thank you for this cordial and
——n TmnpMwTiii—'—■— „|,
j honorable reception. Most certainly would I!
do violence to niy own feelings were J for n
moment to withhold art expression of rnv grati- !
tilde. But sir, when f look around me and see
such a glow of patriotism {here loud ch***-inng
was heard from the p.*op!e on the pier.) it cre
ates in my breast a feeling of warmth almost
j beyond the power of expression. It is now
bout three years since I left mv native laud on
the mission from which I am now returning.—
During that time, I have encountered many
obstacles and difficulties in my path, toil it af
fords me pleasure to know that I have ahvavs
endeavored to do mv duty. In conclusibn,gen
tlemen. allow me again to express to vou mv
i hearty I bonks.
On the conclusion ofthespeeches suite slight
refn shments wvte partaken of, and tin* com
mittee and their guest entered carriages that
i had been provided fr them, and amid the most
enthusiastic cheering of the crowd, drove up
Beach street, Laight and ( ana! street.:, to Broad
way , and thence to the Everett Mouse, where
an elegant suit of apartments had been prepared
tor Mr. B. consisting of two parlors on the first
j door, and two chambers on the third.
I Quite an assemblage had gathered in front of
the hotel, awaiting Mr. Buchanan's arrival, and
j he was loudly cheered upon alighting from his
j carriage. He was immediately escorted to It is
parlor, where he was waited upon hv Ins hon
or the Mayor, and several other distinguished
. citizens.-
; Invitations were already wailing for him on
his arrival, and among others, one to attend the
St. (ieorge's dinner at Metropolitan Hotel this
evening.
Mr. Buchanan is in fine health and spirits,
and declines any public reception lor dinner.—
He will, however, be the guest of th- Commit
i tee until friday morning, when he will leave 1
; the city.
The Committee h*-ld a special mpeting at the
j Everett house and it w as decided that he should
receive his If ieiids at the Governor's room, to
■ moi row, {Thursd i v,) at I2M.
Correspondence of the Daily Pennsvlvanian.
H Afu:isBCRO, April 23.
Before thp Legislature adjourned, the follow
ing which speaks for itself, was placed in my
hands for publication :
The undersigned, Democratic members < f the
Senate and House of Representatives, in their
individual capacities, r speitlully announce to;
their constituents, and to their Democratic
friends throughout the Union, that lh*-v unani
, moutly approve, and cordially endorse the pro
ceedings oi the late State Convention, held in
; Harrisburg, in March last, in presenting the !
i name of JAMES B ECUANAN as the nominee of the :
Democratic party of Pennsylvania for the next
Presidency. In declaring their sentiments on
the subject, they disavow all intention to make j
unjust or invidious distinction between him and
other eminent Democratic statesmen, who are .
. | or mav be candidates for nomination ; but thev
believe it is the spontaneous wish of a large
majority of the people of Pennsylvania, (and
.•from all indications, of those ofthe United
States,) that Mr. Buchanan should tie nomina
ted, because fie is looked upon as eminently
qualified as a safe and sound statesman, and as
tlw man for the times. Entertaining this opin
; ion, and inspired by deep feelings of respect,
confidence, and attachment to the candidate ot
Pennsylvania, they most warmlv, and with en
tire unanimity, endorse arid applaud the action
ofthe Democratic State Convention, in the
nomination of Mr. Buchanan.
MEMBERS or THE SENATE.
CI ins. 11. Buckalew, Jos. Laid.ark,
John C. Evans. Jonas R. McClintock,
Ttios. Hoge, Christian M. Stiaub,
Harlan Ingram, J as. H. Walton,
s. S. Jamison, IVm. H. Welsh,
Thos. P. Knox, Samuel Wherrv,
N. L. Browne, William Wilkins,
VVm. M. Piatt.
MEMBERS OF THE HOOK OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1
James Anderson, Win. B. Lebo,
Seth. A. Backus, Chas. M. Leisenring,
John B. Beck, A. Brnwer Longaker,
I Isaac Beck, John H. Lovett,
I Joseph Bernhard, John McCarthy,
James C. Boyd, Christopher Magee,
M. K. Buyer, Chas. D. Manly,
And e v Buchanan, John Mangle.
Ruins K. Campbell, Geo, W. Miller,
Charles (.'arty, John G. Montgomery,
Aaron Coburn, B. Nnnnetnacher,
• Thos. Ciaig, jr., James B. Orr,
Jos. Dowdali, L. B. Patterson,
Abraham E linger, .lessee Pearson,
John I'ausold, James Ramsey,
H. D. Foster, David Riddle,
Joshua A. Fry, John Roberts,
James B. Fulton, James Salisbury,
J. Lawrence GetZ, Geo. Shell!;,
George Hamel, Samuel Smith,
John Hancock, G. Nelson Smith,
VVm. Heins, Geo. Smith,
S. Hibhs, John V. Smith,
i Samuel Hill, John' Thompson,
Joseph Hillegas, \. W. Vail,
Samuel Hippie, Frederick 1. Walter,
Joseph Huneker, - Murray Whallon,
John A. Innis, Harrison Wright,
Robert Irvin. R. L. Wright,
Peter A. Johns, Townsend Yearsley,
Alexander B. Johnson, J. H. Zimmerman.
It will be observed by the foregoing, that the
i name of every Democratic member of the low- j
er branch, with the exception of Mr. Robinson,
of Adams, is appended. That gentleman, ow
ing to indisposiiion, has not occupied his seat
fin the last three or four weeks. Every Detri
j ocratic Senator, except Messrs. Cresswell, of
j Blair, and Ely, of Bucks, have also placed their I
• names thereto. The former gentleman bad lefi
before an opportunity was taken to present it to'
him. and the latter has been confined to his
room dangerously ill for the last week. A few .
minutes previous to the final adjournment of the ,
Legislature, the customary resolution of thanks!
was voted Speaker Wright—yeas 92, nays;
none. 1 his, I believe, is the largest vote ever
| given in tin* Pennsylvania Legislature, on a res-!
! olntion of that character; and never was it
j more richly merited. 1 now assert, and time;
wiil prove it, that Richardson L. Wright has
made more friends during the present session i
than has any other man who ever held the same j
laborious post.
I he Governor, 1 am informed, has signed the
bill relative to the Eiieand North-East Rail-•
RIALTO.
EXTENDING THE TIME. —The Wesley an con- !
fere nee, at its late sitting in London, so altered :
their ecclesiastical regulations as to allow rnin-!
| isters to remain five years at one place, provi
| 'be quarterly conferenceof the circuit make 1
a yearly request to that effect after the second '
! year. A similar change in the discipline of the!
; Methodist Church in this country has long been
contemplated.
Post" (Hike llopar t out*iic
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5, JR.-,
Newspapers throughout the •
will render a service, OUr opinion . tes
sons having correspondents i n n it . p.' ? N
• gion, by giving a conspicuous pi ace m
'"'"loHN
Del. from Oregon Ter. H R r*
J. PATTON ANDERSON S '
Dei. from Wash, Ter., H. p j- s
To persons mailing U tters fur Ca1if.,.,,-
Ili. I •■rnt..r.. , s of Or, 8 „„ „. d "■M
lliousamko 1ei,,.,,, , he P, c | #cr ! ™;~
come dead letters. To remedv this
Post Office Department, under the authority n f
Congress, has adopted, as an auxiliary to it
, eratiuns, the following p| ai> lor ai midland
publishing a*each and every post olfic- ''
J acihc region, in a list tailed the <*p aflß 'I 'j'
List,' the iiamea'of persons to whom lette, I
been sent by mail to post Offices m C*U
and the Territories ot Oregon and
By this system a letter may be sent to anv
office in the Pacific region ibr ape rson ,
cation is unknown,save Ihe mere fact tl-t i '
somewhere in Cal. or the Territories <,f n p * H
and Washington : yet, if the letter be If'!
in the "Pacific Mail List," its ultin.ate!v C > J
by the person for whom it is intended w u '
rendered higlily probable. ■ To enable those wt
may desire to extend to their Pacific corre Sr T
dents the advantage thus offered, the followh*
illustration is given : ' J
Suppose it is wished to send to the Sacramen
to post office a letter for George Wilson w|
emigrated to California from Pike county V C
souri, but it is feared that he may have chang
ed his location, and hence may not
letter. In tins case Direct the' letter to Owl
V\ ilson, (late ol Pike county, Missouri,) Sacra
; memo, California. Then, in order to pubff,,
the letter ill the "Pacific Mail List," copv th
address of the letter upon a piece of paper 0f
card, and enclose the card, together with a three
cent postage stamp, in an envelope, and direct
the envelope to the "Pacific .Mail List,' NVw
York. Deposite the Inter, as usual,'in the
mail for California, and at the same timed,
the envelope, containing the card to publish the
letter, in the mail for New York. From the
address on the card thus receive.! at the N e .
York post office, the name, George Wilson, vii|
he entered in its appropriate place in the "Pa
cific Mail List'," which list is printed and vnt
1 by each mail to each and every post master in
California and the Territories of Oregon ami
Washington, and hy them posted in a conspic
uous place in their respective offices. The fig
being thus distributed over the entire Paiificle
gion, George Wilson may at once learn from it
that a letter fir bun has been sent to the Sacra
mento post office. No person of a similar nan -
will receive the let'er, for the address on it
points out that it is intended for George \Vi!>
late of Pike count v, Missouri. Thus many Ti
ters will he received that would otherwise be
transmitted to the dead-letter office.
The envelopes Containing the ad verfssmfr I
cards, sent to the "Pacific Mail List," New Y
pay postage like ordinary mail matter, and must
he prepaid. The addresses of letters copied on
, the pieces of paper or cards should be written '
in a plain and distinct manner. The three cent
postage stamps enclosed in the envelopesdelrav
the expenses of publication, and must not tie
pasted to the cards, but simply enclosed with
them. In the absence of*postage stamps, three
cent coins may be sunstitntyd.
It is believed that this circular has been
j drawn up so explicitly as to require no exphur
• ations : but,should this prove not tob<*thecas .
! post-masters will take notice that all interrog -
i tories must he addressed to the "Pacific Mail
List," New Y oik, and not to the department.
The first of*this series of lists will accouqmv
the mail of May sth, and will be forwarded ty
each succeeding mail.
OLIVER EVANS WOODS.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, ]
March 5, I SAB. )
Mr. Woods has my authority to put his plan,
as above, in operation, hut no responsibility is
assumed by Ihe department : and all correspon
dence in regard to this arrangement must h** ad
dressed to the "Pacific Mail List," New fork.
That the public may avail itself of ihe ndvw
tages thus offered, postmasters are requested 11
give the circular a conspicuous place in their
• respective offices.
JAMES CAMPBELL
Postmastei General.
Fioni the Dnffilo Commercial Advertiser o! Monday.
Brutal Murder by a Husband.
Yesterday morning Mr. Cffaver, an under
taker and sexton, was sent lor to bury a woman
named Mary Manning, who died in a room in
the Lock wood Block, No. 95 EastS-imca street,
i Mr. C. proceeded thither, and on seeing tt"
, body, found it in a horrible condition, the lac-*
j being swollen and covered with bruises—"tie
eye black and blue, and one ol the teii-j ' S
j pounded to a very jelly. Knowing that -•• '
i violence had been done, he refused to bury t•
; body, and immediately departed for the (.orr
m*r. After finding coroner Not!, the body as
• taken possession of and removed to Saonoer >
Exchange, where a jury was summoned ano an
inqnrst held.
The fact elicited before the jury showed t! -u
the woman had been living with her bus 'o f -
Nicholas Manning, in the house where her
was found—that both were in the habit ol gc.
ting beastly drunk, and when s*, of fighl' ll -- -
Also, that during the post three or four ers ,
Manning had beaten Iter severely at vai.y
times, with his fists and with cfubs; had U '
her ; thrown plates, billets ol wood and l
wise misused Iter. On Sunday morning.
S o'clock, a man passing on the street hear., a
noise proceeding from the house, and on -J' .
around and looking in at the window sau a
man lying on the bed and a man leaning M '
her, and heard him exclaim, "I have ku e ( * 1
I have killed her—and now 1 will kill my
self'." An alarm was given, and Manning v '
arrested and kxfged in jail. Ihe air*-st y
trade by policemen Rohe and Butler, ol
No. 3, oti Carroll street. ;l)
The verdict was rendered in accordance r
the facts. Drs. Hunt and Baker held a I
mortem examination,and found the bo t' n
awful state. The muscles of the ' err ''
pounded to a jelly, and the artery on th** ,
ofthe skull was rtijil ired and the brain
with blutxi.