■Hi; Leaver ; argus.
! AUGUST 23d, 1865.
] Uniop State Nominations.
. . FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, V
dAETRANrfc
j ..of Montgomery county |'
'V ' t ' .j ’ !
I. j FOR RURVBYOtt GENERAt,“ ! '.j
o), Jacob Im. cabepbeix*
A; ■■■■■,• of. Cambria county i * i
L County Nominations
. Assembly,
BW S.r.QtJAYJ'Seuyoi ;
JJ. KELLEY, Washington;
B. WELSH, Washington;
Trmurer. ; . r
B. ADAMS, Now? Brighton;
District Attorosy. 1 .
.8. RUTitSf, Borough;
Corrtrtdsfldnir;
lndustry; '
- ' County Softeyor. /
A7ARJAH WYNN, Beaver; ,
' | Poor IHous A Director.
.fcAil UEL GIB3OE, Brighton;
v " ' Auditor, i|.r ■
HUGM J. MARSHALL, Big Beavor;
Coroner.
, THOSIAS McCOY. Moon;
v Trustees of Aesdemv. i
A T. SH ALLEN BERGER,Rochester;
Bbv. D. p: LO WARY, Beaver;
TE CONJVENTIbiT-
UNIONSTA'
’ ThoUmo'nCanvoniior. met at Haf*.
rishufe~on.' tho lTth inst.v pursuant to
‘ycal!. Aflopresendng as it did the pre
dotninanti'purty in the. second State of
the Union, its await-,
fed withTauch interest at.ffiome and.-
■abroad, and it brought’ logethei to
mingle in its deliberations gentlemen
of the first promtnence ih onr politics.,
For some weeks prior tbjts rapeting,
it '..md been supposed that,.; the nomi
nation!; for Auditor General lay bee
twechfaeistand and M’Comb, with the
chances in favorOf the former; but as
the canje.in a decided senti
ment |ras manifested in favor of a
K|)ldiers'Uicket. + As no military
camjicjfete had be'en presented for the
Generalship, Gen. Hartranfc,
%wbo had beef, mentioned in one qr tvro
counties in connection with the Sat
, veyor tieneraUhip, and who was on
the'grou.niT, was solicited to permit
tUo wpe |of hisi fearne.' He consented
. reluctance, but a few hours
3@*vi|u| to thi j pfeeting of, the Con?}
venti|fi|and it was- at once evident
tliht f ofwould bo a formidable compet e
Is itor race for the honors. By
oohSjpnl the Surveyor Gener
alship 1 vyas nwarcJedHo the soldiers, and
• was.fcq|tested by ? General of
Sehivji|till and , Oolbnel Campbcll of
> ;- ’ ,-'j
' ThbUonyonlion assembled at boon.
wari ’called to ofder fey Gen. Cameron,
j Fhaipipapbf the StatWExecutive Com-
J; /i n iltee| and Hon. John jGeAsna, of BotK
form-jfiw elected, fey acclamation; tem
porary Cha;rniap.'_-'^ia-'eloqnqnt-and
1 .patnglie speech oh- taking the chair
. we gVsie ontite. 11 ' . ■ • ■
• L of the Convention ; I re
tnrn'l you. my sincere thanks forfthe
honor! cohfeiTSd pin selecting me to
, preaiJeovertho preliminary proceed
ings of jour Convention. : lam fully
I aWate {or the fact that the position is
_ ; cmoi'pf diffioalty and requires the die*
‘‘ obfaTge of at;duon|. duties.' . I eafnistly
sbtfeftf the dele'
. gale ip my efforts, toy) reserve order,
prornofe harmony and hasten the ba-|
sines? ofthe, Convention. On my own
part iSpledgo you that I will endeavor
to discharge of the position
to thehtmostbf ability, with im
Affif fidelity. ' !
lliljßeerfelyl hope that the delifeera
liofeil iff thmbody may bo barraoniohs
andiiall the fesults of onr action en.
tirei^feati“(factory to the people whom
wo Bs|reBeni., .J regard the Conven
. tioc justheing organized as one o£ no
'■ ordtppry interest. The position of
Per nsylvanja in the Union as well as
■ her phst history entitles,-and will
corn fnfe c d former, a potential voice in
thej ||-oonBtrtic|ibn of pur Govefn
,mepf| At all hazardB, and at-e.very
i ' sacrifice of everything save principle,;
: mnstlthe action of . this Convention,
~ in tJSiliehd, ,be|unanimous. The whole
armyfpf loyal'voters) who, in 1564,
• rallji||l -around the standard df Abra
hairc Lincoln,fand proclainrtd%tb;thq
-'wofijf, tha't the Union intist r be pro
* served. and the rebellion sappressed
at every hazard,; must again be called
intfeitfee field iunfier the banner which
shall |)o hoisted ffiere to-day'.'
Thfe mil it ary power, of the rebellion
hasspeen trashed. Our, bravo and ho- j
roik- pfficers. aoldi.ers and sailors have j
| , wolf Iperfqrraedi their parts. Beioro
L 4lia;rtiagnilade ,of their achievements.
. .lie;|fa.rB of former times and the bat-.
ties jjf othotinations-sink into compar-?,
” atijjre insignificance, j Unr nation to
day peejapies ayrroudferposirioh-before
thf World.’'ih,d ; is,,mpre feared by the,
aristfeefacies. bf Europe, than ever be*
fbfe|. Thegjlbries as .well.aathe toils
‘of bniflsurelving, heroes, botji officers
atid j| feordipijs, ?tb,ememories of. the
thpasahds stain and starved indefoiico
oTlour, cadho, tfeb tens of tbonsf nds of
Widows and orphans made such by
thd'war, and the millions of debt wil
inentred by a- loynt people to
< presfervo the Ufa of Site nation, all de
mand tliat the friutsof' the>great vic
toml of human freedom shall not be
frij||ererli away fey the_mistakea ef pol
-' -itipmns." '■ |, ; 1 .] . .■> !
.tojyjeld upOn the altar of patriotism
T ai{ pis persona! preferences and indi.
vidotl wishes I for tlio common good'
There may:'be, and .there Jrp doubt
wiV-,, seme which we
muy ToascnaWy and ; safely I differ —-
Uphnoll ih’c toreatt vital issutes of-the
day all tfolyihyal men| raustland WI M
a'jffco I During Ihe lour ye'arjsQi fear
ful and bloody «»r just the
reb-lli'in increased ami
and wan greatly’ protra'cVed|3)y rear
■ son Northern. syMpathy. Now;
| that ,if; is over, these.men in the North
[ have grown biiideisr ami mof; defiant
by reason' of! the aid r and cpmfbft
1 whichtlreyexjp'eht'to receive in turri
from-those lately in arms agiinsttbe
Government; [Tide, the rob el lion is
over, the fighting has ceased, but> the
wnrisnotonded, the spiiit't f rebel
lion stilt |snd it is;to day active",
insolent and»dofiant. |The great ob -
jbet ofitherCbbllion was the death of
the republic, the dimnemberjnent of
I the. natUm—that object! has not been
abandoned. Those who undertook it
foiled to accomplish their purpose’ by.
force r df anns.| They now strive to
reach the same end by meahs pf man
agement andfippeals the prejudi
ces of thepeople at tbe ballotfßbx. ~
This may ’appear to be a harsh
Judgment. ‘ I would that I could be
lievo otherwiso. spliit that
for; thi r tyy <> a rsa n d rnorfi'has detract
ed our people.and disturbed tb< ipeace
.of the natipn, in a . bold attempt to
! make slavery the rhlingppwer of the
I nation,'an 1 alii other interests inbser
ivienl tolbat—the spiriti-whic i slew
:oui wounded and mangled 01 r dead
on th,e field Of battle alter tb( battle
was over—fbq saino spirit whidi pre
sided pverjthp prisons fiLAni erson*
ville, Libby’, Belle Island and else
; whero—tbat Whictr organize;. irre
sponsible bands of^guerrillas—slew
innocent women and children n rail
road cars,poisoned fountains of water,,
and imported Iciathsomojdigeasi s—the
same spirit which animated the hand
1 of the assassin] as it sped the fatal bull
!*to, the brain of 6ur late merpift I,mag'
I nanimons arid patriotic Preside njjwill
I not hesitate to'seize the throat orstah
the heart of the nation.'and d ?slroy,
if possible, the noble old repn >lie of
our fathers, utterly regard! eos at the
ruin anil, woe which may follow.;
Already .those men in the So;
organizing to send tepre«entap
itheir Wind to Congress., Their i
jin' the-Nortb ajre rallying fop thj
purpose. Allow them to sucoi
their scheme and soon the rebc
will be .-t
els fob injuries suffered by t|
and pensions granted to rebel .w
ed and rebel widows. Under tl*i
it is confidently expected'by tbeji
the good ojd ship of state. wil|
go down and the nation perish', i
this failionr whole ’national debt
next bol repudiated and ; tbe. d
rui,ned, ‘
Shall, all. this be avoided 7j M
a correct an'swer to this qiiestioi
depend upon your action to day'
ety dollar" of debt, municipal
and national, Contracted for V
=I
:|. i
pression of the rebellion, rnu;
shall be paid rtt iill hazards Nt
cent of.rebel debt, .damages, or
siotis shall' oyer Be aisdinod ol
upon any yiretext or Ipr any ■
whatever. ‘ 1 j - \ |
Our present loyal land patriotic.
President, Andrew [ Johnson, 1 has sub
joined to these people a policy which
challenges . th'je adniiration of . the
world. It will fitarnp biin UirdagH-aIl
tirtip to cQmb as a magnanimpm!, mer
ciful : and kind-hearted ruler, in h:a
efforts to carrj* it pit ho must and
will receive, opr hearty Sand zealous
co-operation apd[ support; But ihpuld
those people , they have,
already com treat his offers
of mercy w.ithiscorn and. coij.empt,
and present Ito the country nr 3T *’
world ac exhibition of folly, m id.
and ■ wickedness, nnparalled, et
here proclaim to .them snjd'to our ci
[sen ruler ’that ; wo will, one and :i
I stand By himj in seizing anil hlpldi
their oyn . territory by ithe mliliia
| power of the country, and that I
I'grasp of the military arm shalllnot
satisfy UB, by th<
I professions and their vpraoticps. tl
[they are ready-, and wilHrig toltibcs
in . good taith the resulla pf th j wj
Itiwas ojf thejr' own seeking Mid
their own making. They hare
right to »sk tfho.ad vantages of i tr
unless -hey {rapan to .submit to t
Verdict. . Tho war has v not ended ur
the conquered party ihas fairly j ceb)
ed its results,|n,nd the. Governing nti
nbt only a-.perfect: logalright,; but
is her shlemri duty to enforce!.'th
results, by: military aiim., Oprfc
years’ v?ar, tho.rhpst gigantic in 1
world’s bistoiiy, must hot be in va
Let the late rebels accept In good, fa.
.the policy of"our President, and wo
w.iil gladly" welcome thenv, again as
brothers’ intojthe loids off oiir Union,
Let. thhrn reject it,/and stand
by him and Congress in compelling
them ip aoknowledge our Iriuraph „anj
their defeat, i Slavery ip dead, ahr’
m!ust and shall bo buried.i The] spr
dl'slaveiylanVst dio ! dnd be
it Thai aristocracy ofV' the Soi
which hits fostered and npheld slave
and- whiph inangnrafedihe date, ter
hie civil war.Tnhst. Jjojshorn of
power. ; Already it is at work s ,irri
Bp opposition tie the policy 1 t f I
Government j and cheating hi-still
and; bitterness among ' the, people:
Per two years wo cafiihd oh tje v
without striking at tbo cause pf \
war. ! Indeed we rather [guard sd a
protected it. p At last Abraham L
coin, when biis. time had pome, on
memorable first day bf [Janus
1863. struck J at 1 slavery; | , The Irei
is befdro . us. And yet j’ it j
seems ns_i£; r no lessons are; "at
cient tp reach the' authors of
rebellion. Ijt is faSt beComing ma
fest that dtp permanent peace, ev
with: the death of slavbry. ean bo
euredjintilj the authorsandstjppb
era of slavery Sro subdued. In l
words of our present patriotic Pre
dent, !.■.-• f" j
“This arktoicraey ija snthgosietie to
principles, pf /rce democrat id, government; i
the time has come when thisrebeUioMfelem
of aristocracy j mnSt be pnnigfhcd. The ti
has comowhen their lands must be <Jonfi;
ttd; mart be pit doem radfordinoreasod protection to Ameri
their powNeion* divided moms the woittler f <Jan the develop-
Merers of . i .J . lAint wealth |of the
This result will throw Into our xiMtonu<• •W»Aa*miti A I'^jj
Ttomott mvnj nriHjonj i ' le mn %
feited lithe Vewofcof fheirformerowner*. 1 horpe mar-
Wl»at loyal mu ouVibjort thatby mealMr of, gets for , out; agriculturalists; |to AC*
' tbU fund a few of thecomfcrta, if sot the lex- tract Capitalto "the ml noral fields of,
nrfe*; ofdtfei adAd ; the .provide tevonnd
atraaggafcaasgs!
ratherby the tf ebon whlek lit 'JWho cretHt; agd this Convention reoognla
will object that the bounties and pension* of ;es the chief wnemy to a policy of pro
onr soldiers by whom the victory was won rad'l tectiOn Mo--- that European. jpower
the nation, saved, should bo and a w hich for years, has f«roished;rJrati»
tbit bj cn, of ,I.™ rjn;l’tn : V Lu# tndeiTOt»J to (itltb Olir, Cum
jurtly forfeifedalarge of onr natlonaPnierce from the SMS, [ .J , ~
debt should be ettlngni»hed,a«d ihoreby the 7. ‘fhat any; attempt jby foreign oaf
taxes of all elaases of. Our people diminished, t ; onBt o eetablish monaifchicalgovetni'
SiiaaAtiWSapSite *
removed by treason itself? r a designrto destroy Sepubhcao inatfe
! Having proclaimed the freodom>f the ,slave tntious, ] Kecftrd for pur own . safety
let ua not jreaken ourselves or endanger his an d for the fbfnre Becuhily pf,;th.eKe«
condition by any controvert/ ami kf oia*Hvee pdblie demand that' hffl such'attempt
about bis presentposition ortbe extent of lua j • .. i . •;
privileges, bet carefully and snrely provide, 'J- * ‘ .
that'u« freedom- thus prbclalated snail-be -b- knaV itlStbe doty of Congress
firmly Imd irrevocably, established andsbnr* to eecnre the fail Federal ; to
ed through all time to bb'me. .'. all honhrably diacbargeld soU^ nil \ ir* :
Letibity oraotlonand*bheerfttl aeqtf es* the data-rf : tW]^T N W
cende in the decision of the majority aarx L ; I 'C '
our deliberations—lot the glory. ftrpeimij ro p {- /nVv U
and snecess of our common country, alone, be recogtllts in eILuJU M.
OUT olyeot, and aU will be well. ; Stanton Ufa fearless, bdnos^" r P ‘ able
Mr. Cesshd was a lew' years ago a head of die Department M ’ l -A >.ar, a
„ . *u„ - public servant who hasdeserved well
Democrat strictest sect, was a couhtty; abd haf bbrtJ.hlme
Douglas delegate to the Charleston; B «|f «, oliar In hjs grebt , ofßcVas to
Convotuibn, find adhered to the parly merit tbe,t*Brneet of aK‘Joy
so Jong as it masked its hostility to al mejri; atdwe lender |lo him jand to
the war -for the Union, ot Which he tho
a j « I*. wtW ihet our tbftbks for then v^luaulß.ser
was an earnest and valuable in theo lP Übortjr an( }
er. He voted for Oortin in and r t ;... ■ ;. ; ’ . 1 a.<: f ;
came squaroly out r against the Dcmoc |jd That the constant ’devotion of
racy in 1864, when bo was am inflqen- (governor Curtin to. the best inUreats
tial canvasser,for,theLincolniticket. . ffi#
At . *■ - last foai years, and hia laaefMifeable
, Cotnm.tte,e B on permanent organ zu* e^lt^n .Jn ; to’ pdj- tl
tion and resolutions were duly ap* i Jebbof grtttftiido-'we O«eobr t atido
pci n led. In tlie-fbrracr it Ls said there al .defendora. mot inorely; by j’vordsi
was a littlh ;tbe : only bktW.aoby : dso)iJa bimjto the.
pan Mar
the . ponyenuon . was dietnrbed.A: Cduvkubu, Wcipfcs
number of the Coramitteemep desired genii rig. tlip Joj?aJ peopietof Pinnsyl
"the coptionapccof-Mr.Cesanawpermsi** Jthe claims ;i>F oaf;
nent President of the Convention,j but’ citizen our:Cj(iijfidonce-and
tv *» «: | se^^|tSE?Ti&.
disposition of the majority olhei- to the 1 elaitos orihpsa wihojhare faith*
wise: 111-natured , porsonsLsaid that fully servetkiheir country in ar»j
' J — " thy or; the nayy in tbe'sUppressioiii’Of
tb are
res, of
Hernia
> same
;ed in'
il deb’l
So reb*
Mr, Carrieron .intone to accept .iy or ; i,u»
with great reluctance the chairman- i I'k'-Vi'■
;. fe „ : o ,Vi . i n ! 12. Thattho loaders-of the Demo
ship of toe. State Central Gomm ttoe ,J r[lUCj paP t y gtand arkWd
lor the coming year, and that it ; wag Uic people"-of Pennsylvania for con
feared Mr. Cessna might hot press it staiiily obstructing the effortsj'of the
upon him wilhWsufficiont pertinacity, constituted: authorities to maintain
anyhow by a .the friends [j* republic. Thjey did'
of Ilf. Cameron and one of the lead- *”? & pWsions £* j gno „ nt ;,
: ing for Auditor uonerul, followers against the legally elected officers of j
Hon' Hearv C. Johnson, was reported the Fedjeiwl Government,,and riftiimng from;
•* . .*• 1 > r all reproach against treason or armed traitors..
as permanent. Onairman by U’vple.oj .; py procatfng a decision firom Ui« Demo--
18 to 14 for Cessna. Hb other nomi- ici-atio judge* of onr supreme Court, denying
. • ,; . .j.' .j .l. n ■; the tight of theGorernment to.Mie services
uation being: made in the Convention, o f. th e citizens of this Sute for the defence
Mr, Johnson Was elected By acelahia- of their imperiUed country,. : - T ’
uon. & v--/ H- - :By “discouraging men from rolupteering i
. ’ V' r , . /. , _ into the armies of the Unfen; I
5 The Committee on Resolutions re- it necessary to suoohmW to treason, to pay
pofVed the following, which were>oail Mwge bounlies;WiS4 ae Wdetfag etei^r'ward,
v ~iZ. V , township and .borough in the Slate with debt,
amidst enlhii“iasUc. applause, | and Ibe ranloriof our armies. . : • "
adopted , unanimously: | , By oppoeihjftheehlisimentof negroes for
1. That as representatives oft the °BV defence, although , one wfiiie man'less
10,-.1 v^plo, txL «.»j. -»
Reverently., desire to offer per vrLcu the battle of .Gettysburg was rrxgmg on
Tude to ’Almighty Cod; wljpse favor the soil of rennKylrnnia, and tue reaultof
1 lias vouchsafed'victory to the rtatior.nl that deoisfre bstile was uncertain. | ■
arras, enabled us> to eradicate i the I B J denying to oor.soldicre the HgU-' to Vote
nf Klnvorv from .incl iJniP and' 't hile fi B ht |“B for lb? flag of our, fathers, on
crime O , ) . ■ -*Lj. ’ . the plea that such rights were not allowed by
tp.render treason egatnsl too Jicpub- our constitution, and by opjfesing auj omend
lic impossible forevermore; uncr nest ment which rcmQTodjtheir objections; andre
to Him, OUr . thap.ltS .are dbo land are lieved our bravo soldiers from ibis disability,
heiebv tendered lo our lirave soldiers] s By exaggerating the public indebtedness,
and sailors, who, by U.otr enfcnco,- <Wory.ag thepubliccredit and teaebrngthat
.- » ... . • .T •j. the nnauciAl resources of the uortli .Wefßrtto
sacrifices, a.tiu. iLuatrious uoi*9iBin, , e q i 0 the suppression of the rcbcllion.i
bavc sceurctJ: to Ineir country; * i By a shameful opposition to mcasjr*res' : for
and to the down'-lroddch everyV.herb ] extending relief to tWs families of Union sol-,
/ an Liberty: who 1 have i dlers, and by a malignant effort by these
-he shown that tbh war for the restora- 1 means‘f.s«cure the 1 success of jin
.. ; „ rr . . . _• . ■ ',>atbe field, or such a protraction of the war ‘as
Uon of the is not afat lu re; endj ex haust the nation in its effort to"sub-,
ns has-proveh foe ! dae their friends.
ho- the fact that; this'Government of the! ; By m>w heaping abuse 'upon the Gorern
all. People,-by the People, for; tho Peoplo,! ment for,punishing assassins slid thciraccom
ing is as invincible in.itfl strength Witis I P U| ?“: »>y demanding the release tof.le'oding
®- ■■ I
*h6 That revering the memory of dor soldiers, and by assuring ■ rebels, that
he Abraham Lincotn. tho gfoat martyrof neither’in person or’ property shaU.lbeybe
eir libcrt\’, wo cannot show greater honor punished.for their crimes. -m
hat to bis name than by a go'herouw snp- I And if anythin*;w«« wanting felcomplele
enf -c k:i „„„ their infamy, we haVe it in their determined
p port of his fellow patnotio iandj sue, oppoaltiqa to free labor,and to a tariff which,
ar, ecssor, Andrew Johnson, the Presi- w hile"it would make Übor profitable by pro
of dent of the IJnited Slates, wild has deeting the workingmen Ot Pennsylrani^from
no been called to complete tbd’task which .-British oompetition- wonid. largely, increase
rial bo lefc hnfinisbe'd. Hia unbending pa- ff* 'VS ,B «•' »h« mafaWnaace' of
the triotisbin the fastis a sure the public fiitb and credit. J -
nlil in the mdmehtoasj fufiore the | THcde was some wrangling‘6vcr the,
!pt* authority of the Governnient will-bo resolatsoii: relative to Boldior nomtna
has u.pheld, and the rights and liberties of Cren Todd of chmbefiumi, of:
tit all the citizens or the i*opahiic se- > ..v A i\ . ;
lOg o- c j . ~ - 1 ■ v.* i forrng a substitute I'.nuling thp choioo
onr 3.: That the mild anti' generous of tbe Conyonlibn in the nominations
the method of recoDStruetioh offered by to- be made to.tnilllary gentlemen; but
•in the President,to the [people laWly -in the’substitute was evontnaliV' voted
th I'ebeljiori, in the judgmeni/of this; Con- [j &w ; and Uio rcsolution of tie Com
veiittOn, has not been accepted in the i . . i •i ~ . i , v £ J ■
spitit.of honest loyalty ania gratitude," m.ttee was tf.cn adopted w,thout d.S,
but with; SDch evidence! of-’defianQo -sent. The Convention tnen jballoted
rand hostility* as to-Jmpal* us to the for AutJitdr Got.eral. ‘ Hon, .John ’Ay
conviction that they cannot safely bo-j n <l ; vUl b d) a pepalaf riodjeapable oanV
pe.ntrus’.Cd .'with the political rights; ~, , T
-c| which they forfeifed; by th,eir tre^oni d ' <late tro f Lancaster WM jtVaruity
until they have proven thoir accept*- jsupporled^.in the East, ’and , you Mp
ilh atice of the,-results of *|tlte; wair, by hComb tmited ihe'voles the
nth incorporating' them in constiUiiional ji d eiot»ales from tli« extreme West, but
■xy provisions and securing to all| dhwfa belore the retjdhf Uxii
Ti~*,within their,borders their inalienable f ~ •_■ •. , „jii_ . «... -T
.its right to,life; liberty pursuit rels of rim hero of FortSteadman. and
ißg ol happiness, ’ ,| ' r 1 jGen.’ was nopriinateff ori‘tho
the 4i>That haying:, cobqnsrdd; the, re- [first bhllbt."' This' rendered d|western'
ily bonibus States; they shop held in i C andidfitb necessaiy foV Sqrvey6i-,Gferi
'Sl objection, and the trehtmentj they oPa)> p >r w hich Colonel Campbell Was 1
ere to receivoand t&elU'S's which are , ’,l. i . ■ , ....
thei to.govern them; should, referred to dominated with tffißmg opposition.
and the lavf making pp wet; of, the j, nation The papal resolution
An- to' ,, IChkirman 1 Cb'appdiiil the •Ohafrintm of
the 5. That as tho' late rebcMipt] was, the Siftte Chhl ral Committee, Ac., was
still that they should pay the expenses of ven9 rudely set his foot Upon the
tffi- the war, and Copgresa-sbpuld declare Cameron arrangement, if any , there
the as forfeited and vosjEed in the 1 Govern- waa ; W moving the election by the
S Convention of John Cessna to'the po.
ven estates exceed the sum of BIG,OOO, ... ...
sP- and tbat;the proceeds of the property ertlbVr,[and hia, motion was passed with
)PtV so epnfiscatea should bo lapplied to in» romarknble ananimity. :
the crease the pensions of those entitled- The Coovention then treated itself
thereto by theicasnaliiesof the f war,tb to ? a i oo k at iis: candidates, and ad--
«.■ sr.surs- >r*i
burden of tbb national <)ebt. ! ; the ticket. . , .1. f '
*ime 6 ” T,, at »t is tho duty pf|Cpngreea The candidates and platform are un
,a. so lo revise the Vevonuc;laWB as to »f- exceptionable,and with the proper ex-
10 war
[cund 1 -.
is load
:m that
soon
Should
jwould
cmntry
[uch of.
i may 1
-Ev-
State
e sup
t and
iti'qne
pen
r paid
easbn'
K -1-1
ertion andorganiaation • c*rtf :
the State., by filtython*ati4 majority.
Tafl-tiaina «rf
|ia
tollhe 'pAbiite sSr.w j^da^ r^»en ; li^
: &m* w
ijond *ndljee>nipmy Jn*jlhe recap
tar® of~Fortiß«id»nin. ]b rli''• gin-j
Tteman of r was,
aclvil engineer
bar of jttPnlgomery coni iw/ ®%ife!»r
5 ■-.. .v. tf .,.< . UJ v».j.*s -v;f : gj ■»' *v-* ■ *"«,->• ■
month* to the >JbrMk|P^9p|
swmiig; jjt rajj^Pf^
•jsjfii;’ Vni®'pfjHp^:
Art# *■ which‘ jrt spondedttO
ithoV^li^lbr^ibreo; montls men,, jwi®
Cplppyl o^i
tb®' Fourth/ Begitnßiitl |, When hip
«i>&l|«pdi ipryico, hj^
reftWto jUig
sbppd of tiip eneniy'g punrioh” -®t Bp)f
Ban, hb open tb® aUfT of
6fthvßr®nlt|i‘n;4knd «to< io tb®,
bdttlp^l&inrninghe^
FiVetl regiment’ of,
was assigheiT ;io‘r^^cn»i<^'r.^<^V«i(!pbis
0f;.80,-;
arioke Ifllaod*apfl Xewb(irn; joined
jiß'o ‘a , rmy of ' thei|*ptpma.o on .its ,«*,
trebt|frorij, tßp and fought
gallantly’ at tbo second ba .tie bf )Boli
•Ban and South Mouhtain/.At’Antip*
tam.lie wodeliovo/thc
brigade whkjh carried the Stpnp'
brirfgpfrti® p^dti^’^'o^'Uio.
left/ljis ‘rejnmWt . bpqgj ibo,
followed Burnßidi®
Jlp the iMTest, .and took i f artin/tbje
I Kentucky and/KnOxrifj® &mjMUgsf, |
and’ pel'nPlied in time]to jj pi.n (grands
grind' ir overhCDt upba - R phmond.-p,
Hart^ani V in tbp rhean! Urierwa» jpr j>--
moted Per vice; to bo a Brig
ntfior.Gtneral, and ; tp !
the cpmiband of a divlsipn bf the new /
oho year organisations fro n < bis own
State; -How he 1 fought U e'm,- onj the; p t
28th pf MaW;h, when Loo massed bis; ,w-'
troqps in a desperate, effpr L to brcait' (Jj*
qurltnes and sorer Oar jdirri ir.twain.
is fresh in J evet
rtotWclicye; the Democrat:}
election wijl, fare ninth h
him than .did their frlobds
eranfrl; 'No soldier emerge
.• \J : . -< ' ) 3 i
present war iwith a 1 better i
Gcii. iHartrahft. ' .
' Colpnel , Campbell is ai
from Cambria. who eomn
541 h P. V., from its must<
discharge from service! H
wasengaged daring moat;
in fighting Moaobyand- W
the line of thy Baltimore 4
road.ja service 101 l of ’peril!
less ot laurel*. It joined
his clash op the Valley, i
biocttle with Breckenridge U
its ' number ' sn : ' kitted jvnd
Campbell being diat&jgui si
official reports for his galli
is a gentleman of excellent j
diftpottod rcputatloi, ! and;j
heavy yotoalongl-tho ittonnj
; ticket is decidedly tj
est which could have been J
the Bold,, and should be elec
least j50,000i ißeayer count
her snare in the work.' All
ceasary is tobring out the
to ibis end bur friends must |
aTbnico and effect a ( tborou,
zaUon.
Hon- ■ Wm- D. Kelley to
•i‘ • stituenta- !
The fire - burns and. the caldron ■bubbles
and. tail and trouble are doubling fast amopgst
the politicians of ; the metropolis, sarcastically
termed the City of Brotherly Lota Gen. Cam
eroni a.fewnights' since in-out of his unfortu
nate Spasms bf l speech-making which over-'
came i him at the' Girard Eouse, t ook occasion
to animadvert upon the course’and character
of the Philndclphia;t)ongressmen and there-:
upon-the member: from the Fourth District
says a, few words to his constituents upon the
Character and public services of the woTtiiy
ex-Ministcr to Russia, .wjiich we giyo below.
Judge Kelly'ls one of - ,.the foremost public
mep of,;thd diiy anil.the 'State, of the, first a.
bility, unsullied ' reputation, and I unswerving
fidelity to Republican, principles, nnd enjoys h |
deserved popularity' in' the City— We imagine
that Gep. Cameron already apprel ends hia-er
rorin 1 casting down the gauntlet before shitn
intbis Interesting quarrfc . W s’eopy
fromtite Ihquirtf. ■ ; b j , ".-.i
■ ’ 1 HIL AB ELr iI lA, AUg. ]
To the Umqn Men of the T burlti Con-1
gtessional' jt>istridl;—A long and sue
cdssiol career in Crime emboldens tbe
guilty. A. recent ill astral tor, of this
lawf of human : nature impels;, mo, to.
violate my ..lifelopg rule of
andlfor ohce to notice a political ’slan
derer. : I do not, howevet.-^atjflyers,
yon for the purpose of ihia
muendoea or falsehoods-, My life lias
beep passed among ft its rec
ord; familiar toyou all. does potfrepp.lj
;th‘efh, I hiayo liyeiTin vajn. llSly.j purj-i
pbse is simply ;to pierce the'mail of
ill-goUon gold in which
besclothed 1 himdelf.'apd.jgi'va ; ’a
glimpse at,, the; loatlispiio.; :it
■protects.' '. . ‘ ;■■;, .
• Thh papers of .Friday,
that' Simon CMmoroni aof
coanly, waa : serenaded bj> t
jin ithe preceding evening ai
.rard- house, in this pity. a:
himself of the.ocoasipn -Ip}
cblieagtiee and myself, ‘‘tbet <
raentg Philadelphia,”'!n a '
IheMsemblnglß; l ;.”
1; was but. a youth wh
I '
-i ,r
.V.' 1 /%
«reit Hp
S* **’
• Those
.. ituined .• in
6a, y bni/p^f
Cbe popr Indians, jfc
tWepdcie-Wtich tfaroi Goverorbenfcdni
fidedto .bint l«r that pnrpoee,-be
tained itanfi gave;;tbeip,tliip ,npt«» of
the.' Middletown .Bank, .of „whidß,J»e
in ihe remote wilderness tb«B.%f.pte*
Iwerei utterly wortbleeir’jrbf.liAlUttli
could fiot;BM,; them ;for .any purpose
there, nor carry them lb
: {dr'ijw|pw. : ‘ Bat lwM .that
td -i «ifhon hot ?,their
loss bis gain, and eras ha nPtso much
,$e richer by ; every, noW;? that iftiled
to, come home for redempHop, [though
they.did eofferand BU;rvef ' ; Ai|d, thosp
ol ybu iwnb are hot tfld enough to rjsf
member all tbis/noef know Why this
: bold, bad iban is sometimes spoken of
by.y.<my .»pn|ora as the <,‘great Winner,
bago, ,v and someti mes _*a ‘‘OldKfcka-r
'''pOpw|-; ‘- I -’ ' _ r
tban'tltirfy years; I bare
y£aicbud. the tortuous career, of this
mahland havefieveii seon, t reft«ion to,
abandon mv first impreesfcm of bi»
character. Whether ‘ acting with the
Heinodratic, the Know Nothing! dr
toe.RopSbli,can,Party,.for he has in
them,all, bo has pever
Mehrialsoi: criininal ‘instincts.
Bje has ehaeayoredt ,io turn them lal 1
'bccbant. His ambition
isfsardidOsind panders to his avarice,
a|d;i ,e ."w^fts u ffi*; i honors byvi the per^.
tO-.-bis; grasp!—
ic&nndenjfeb in -the ‘people
and ji|.a,wSrp that tlipy distrust him. i
His speecfi ,bt Thurspay opening was
npf-jkaTaclerUup of j him, Ifpr he isi :
prd,no tO tho nso bf Hipi
habit is to point to
employy'ano.tber hand to drive it home <■
Though iaii active participant iii-th©
pofitics of hip county and State for
tpp.rc than half a century/during
which. long period'ho lias’pursued the
roEls.bf office, of jobs,' of contracts,
ith eager arid copse less assiduity- be
never dared, to perniit his name to
B-prCsgnled to the people of county
hS atg as a candidate for anolecuvo
He »i‘ Hie crawls to the j fpet of th e
opt inline power, tie cares not who
iay be King, so that.,he' may “still bo
"in r : of, Bray," and to’ that cud be
jijflf fers' wilh'and corrupts weak ! and
needy members*! of teonvcntionß and
the Legislature of both parties. ,: t=',
I need not recite] ihp, disgraceful!
factkaltehding his several canvasses
Ipr illio United States jSeppto. Their
ninVeoni odef, lingers in your nostrils
tii lit is .hour. In'the. first he bought the
vole rof ,three Tiemticralie members,
and: in the last - bid twenty thousand
(Iplh.rs for the vote Which -.would
have elected him. : This lastAransac
'iOr. wnSjSp flagrant that the legisla
vre Wa»compelled to take cognizance
, it|,and if justice jbe not lame as
well] hs. blind, the law and, honor of 1
our State will yet bo vindicated
Tk evillreport of bis deed pervades,
"’pi lie.' country as a reproach to; our
e State. : Yes,unhappily fpi Pcnnsylva
e iiia and, her greal inierosts the bur.*
d -fsardi-wittged famo-of jSimon
is ‘national. By months' of abject so
licVt'atlpn and corrupt bargaining ;he
IprpcUred,. a ma c s ot lletter.-i, 'Certifi
cated and recantntioT.s, that, imposed
|iitn upon j President Lincoln as the
.reprisenlatiV/C jrfian cf the Kej'.itpno
Statu,: ‘/That jwas a|n; evil hour 1 for
PeTiusyijfanin. | Ypuall rerricmberhow
he, organized the Nayv Agency in this
city,[and fed .the. ineffable reproach
' hoitbos brought on pur Navy; Yard (
anil | commercial and other business]
men. In, the his impudent
[anp ill-judged harangue! hp said;—i“ln j
the olden time a memlber rif Congrfess |
frnrii Philadelphia i would have ibad!
sufficient influence' to jb«ve carried hiaj
■point (the : establishment.cf a Naval
StAiion at League CsVand) without a
diSßenling voice”, I* that the asser
tiomof a sober man? and did\he yphp
made it fbrget tbal diir
in il)e. olden times ift jpropoging to 10-|
cate|n G.bverpment workshop at Phil
adelphial had; not the terrible reputa
tion joflsimon Camerdn, the Fagan; of
the Harrisburg lobby and ez Secreta
iy of \yisr tocontdnd with, and, thpre
forej badspmo drnnee for success?—
cnlleagufi? and ! vrerd Idas bappy
than! they in thfs reipqpt. i ,
; , 1 ijifive said; ho .bogged add
gained iffir the influence which indue- j
I cd iirWliiineolo to, invito, him to a scat!
riij liis; Cabinet. It was now fortify]
(hppdd, by, those who Imd not eoe/rdca
(llio depths of his.depravity, that,ihe
j,ingi)ldjaiid rith, he would -
vanlageiof So distingnishcd an pppor-
I tunlty ib- prove thatlhe - could bo hon-*-
'e%t,aiuf cpuld aduiinisicr a trust wjth-_
ojut llurping. it; to his own profit, or
bandihg!tto/fund over creal«
fires/jp !be used on Joint
Hmv isadly these.,hopes were djsap-’
pointed js attested by! the brevity, of
his Lenu of office, and [tbe-cireumstani
ces uridpr which it closedi j ; . j• •,
I ( In .less than one year from the day
: on which Si,raon. Camkofi was install
ed ‘as Secretary of War, Congress,
tbnngh: early pay! it had be
fore 1 it (but partial evideuco of .his
crintcs, ,iod^gnah,tly , drove- him from I
that high office. ;T>vjp-thirds of the]
members ol the lower House were j
friends Jot tlitr A l^l uistralion. and
wbuid gladly have sustained , each
radniberjof it; : a» its, distin.r!
gnishediheafl. ’: , ! ■- 'I l/'
• Yhu kh -imagine kk^ a l If
Won liairo. beefrlo them to find tfiem
solvea''p6nit¥airied by duty tp-pro*.
factih'at thpm rßt man/the,
head pf ;theTf paity had been,.induced’
ibo of John B.
Flbyd hid exhibited greater aptitude
than.bdj’for his worst tricks i But if.
became inevitable, for this old mart,
nolwilhstandidg his boasted and ren
j.-; { j - Ivl
sr :'" l T *
and we t!(i
at the next aj
>tler jwfoie nj,
—Leo’s vet
is: from' the
record than
i Iron llan
Handed the
er«in to it's
Iti* regiment
bfitstorm
[hit©" ''MOfig*
t Ohio rail-i
Is and fruit* ti
Hun tot i n 01
itid ' in t!
[it or.e-bal
winnilec
ed in f
ntry.
ibjlity ai
will poll a
tains.
ic strong*.
4>la(ipd in
itcd by. at
must do
that is ne
volOjiand
gp to work
jh orgnni-
hia Con-
\ ■
■an non nee
I Dattphih
iis friendai
Ji:tho Gi ;
availed^
;ongreBB«i
peech to
in I first
z====l
; , n y,
to proclaim
bikr crime* Nor IS' ®
a iy
5^W d ib«w ff ißU
;have t pverted tWa 0 * 1;
ftoimur, Stale tould rankr in!
dne-third cf th&Bouso
resdiatipn «tcondem n aUp D “ itJ.
wad two , to one igainH fc ?t ®'
bear. *?*
representative, ofonr Stated bat i
against the resdiotion.talled to reena
my vote. "■;; : ... ..... ~ : Y ecof a •
i iln'thte fact, gentlemen Ton -J;-'
1 naan s hostility to me and
Mr. Walbdrh, the offi
i adelphia, and others of hik qreLnr!.
fcave : offered me : bis friindallTn C J■
support if. I would endeavor to h&«
tbat resolution expunged.; Mytepi!
has mvanably been lhatj to atirM
matter would be to proiWce«
I have never in this or.a«*bt e J e "t
deavoied to. propitiate .'hin£ M j r vi
creatures.. Kdslone mai- mwll J*.
epot where,my poor remains mar «!'
I mean that- my child'
ren shall , be viidi cll( l' -
name, by pointing to the fqfct th»t g.
mon and bis confident
fHenda were ever hosjiile.io'me.^
With. grateful : regards, yonrs rwri’
truly. ! ; Wm.J^Keu.q-/
List of Jurors far September
:r Term, 1865?
,'r. COMMENCXNOjSTMOJ D.VV. “
‘ GRAND JEROaS :
ORip: Daniel Dawsdii,:(F , proioaji;)
.Hanover: David Anderson;
Marion: Wesley J. Bools, J
New Brighton: Benj fiedisim;
Prebjdomrlsftae Black, [,?- ’
South- Heaver: Michael' C6nklc,
Stewart S Elder; .
i Chippewa: Petei Clar.kpj: ?
• Darlington: ,Gec> Dilwortli, Jacob
Marks, -•• , ’.!> ’:'■■■: r. ! -
Brighton; Geo Elliott, John Kirk,
patrick;-,./' J [• /'■ .
' Rochester: Joscphlfiiys; ; , ' '
i Boroiigh;N .1 Lloyd.Jpbiv Slrdck;_.
,Robt II J.egper; | ‘ , • 3 '-
EcpnOttvj; James-Mot)re;|, i
Big Beaver: Fergus il’CJlplland;
Raec6on:4Vm Robb,Michael Spring
er. i j ' r
(4 N TajJor;
Hopewell: .Henry > Temple,;- jape's
Jones;; .■ _ .
Rochester: Tlioa Jackson. > ; i
' ■''l VETXT JURORS.: V ! ■
Ipdos*ry; John Abet,' jb^nston f. j
Jack, Job Pother, John jr j
■Beaver Boro: \Vm Biireluy, Sr, ■ i
INfew Brighton: Geo S'Bark|r, Jno
CorbWj'Jus JlcGarroll; ii
Bridgewater; ffm Barrjef; ;
Kconomy; Adam • Burtiomv, Daviii
L: Anderson- dames Sala; i ’ I
Bit: Beaver; Jus Jv Calhoun, 'fhos
~ *» j. 1
Gran?;
. Dariir.gloti: A J G6ok,
Ihitt; . ,
, Raccoon: J- C Christy;
Ohio: John Barclay, JoVn Bh'ncan,
.(of'Sami,) Johnston Lauifhliiij D C-
Thompson; . ' ■ : ' i -
Rochester:!Geo C .(?uhningliam,' [
I ■ Green: Johnston Calhoun. Samuel
Reed- -(•
j (Jhippeiva; L’avid Ihmla i, Jim Wil*
-sJn; ■ L
[! Now Se.wickley:' Sami. I eaii.-.>brain
| Hunter, Jesse R 'Oakle}';
I Ha.tpvers William -<Jil|il•
.Fallslon: Thomas <S Hay's;'
' .Marion: GeoHartzell, sf; -
j- .North Sewickly: James
jjamos Thomas; -■ ’ •r. :
| Hopewell; Sam! Neoly.. C Ritchie;
i Pulaski; Ephraim SmUli; . -
| Frankfort: Robert Vane;. ' '
I. NOTICE.-i
LETTERS of! adnUmatratiunon' tile estate,
.-of. Jobs S. P.! ’lbWis.:liij; of Ma . r,et ‘
jita, Ohio; deceased, havias-: h een
!ed to the nndersignpd, all. persons '»(“
l.are required .to make immiliat eqi.iy.mti’ , in
t those having claims Wilt 'presVnt them, prop
erlv authenticated for settlement.
■ ELIZA ANX IR'VIN. A.ilmt-.!
]! AOg2S’6o. ‘ kS* InJrrtp-^
f N Mavslial’s- {4al e -
T) V virtue’of a writ of sale hr 'l' c n ’
I) Wilson; r M’Cnn (Hess, of tire UU-,
triot Court of the United Stale, |n,aaJ f»r.‘
Western District of Pennsylvania, in 1 £ a "ji
of forfeiture, to ; me directed, [trill he sal
the CUSTOM HOUSE, imlic ■f- iV
CITY OF PITTSBURGH,
j , On Friday, September :
at 10 o’clock, a. m-, fbc following
property, to wit:. V * .A.
[ A certain DISTILUERY&with all the bniM
mgs appurtenant there!oPiogether wl, “ .
LOT OF OHQUJJD on urhicli the siflne ~»1 0
sltpaie in Bridgewater, !
Pa,, the same being tho property of Jnm vi
1 Also, the iCoppcr Distills, ;.,'V, rro - S , n( i
Tabes, Mash Tubs, and empty barrels m
about said. Distillery, j and ' 93J Barrels
J Terms of sale. casb-fso" n,wect
funds.. \\ MURDOCH. ,
. U. *5. Marshal West.’n .Dist of Penn
. V U. S. Marshal’s offic.e,’ V
,1‘ Pittsburg, Aug 14,1855, < ■ ■ ■ ■ J . I
1 Public Sdle:
I 'WILL sell all my personal property,
..prising ■ ■ ' 'Lb
FIVE HEAD QP HOBSEo.
\ TCows,Voung Cattle, Sheep,Hog®.
■WAGON’S, BUGGY.. UARSEJ*.
farming Utensils.of all kinds;, h° us ®V! * M
kitcbea furniture.&nd many o*iSi r 4rt *r .
Itedious to mention.: ! vj : r : f*
" :' Friday,. A’ltfust 25f|I-565,- [ ; j
commencing at 2 o’clock, !’. M 5 0 n
will be ginah 'Terms fsrp
;dav;pf sale. At : game time X.wiU °“ er ..;'j rc d
in MOon! township, comprising one “ .
apdfourteen acres of good farmland,
!’ '■ -TUOS. REED. Moon township,
i au g 9'Gs. ; ../^Bearet^
For Sale. • ali ,
I, OFFER for, .sale the house and low
borough of Beayet in wbich.t .
uated on North-west corner of l h j D , r 4 nd
[I hand, refitted the house-in good or< J 1 , ijt.
jbuilt a good stable; a good ciatornon ifi
ITHb house contains fitc rooms, and 13 p os!ff |.
niently arranged foca : small, family•,
=
9
r t osepb DoU'
if - ' 1