IfaqMiret. BEDFORD PA„ FRIDAT, SEPT. 1, 1865. UNION STATE TICKET. ROR AUDITOR GENERAL, Gea. JOHN F. HARTRANFT, Montgomery. FOR SURVETOR GENERAL, col. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, of Cambria. UNION COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR THE LEGISLATURE, Hon. I>. B. ARMSTRONG, of Hertford co. Gen. MOOES ROSS, of fcomei wl co. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, J. T. KEAOY, Esq., of B 'ford. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, (apt. ADAM WEAVERLING, Bloody Rnn. TREASURER, CapG SIMON WICKER HOOF, (Bedford. COUNTY SURVEYOR, DANIEL SAMS, West Providence. JURY COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM KIRK, St Clair. COMMISSIONER, HENRY J. BRUNER, Cnnaberinnd Valley. POOR DIRECTORS, JOHN S. HETPICK, SYR., M. W'OODBCRRY, LEONARD BITNER, 2YR.. Juniata. AUDITOR, JAMES ALLISON, Napier. CORONER. Capt. AMOS ROBINETT, Sonthampton. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Its Candidates, Platform and Prospects. The Democratic State Convention met at Harrisburg on the 24th ult. The notorious Dick Vaux of Philadelphia was appointed President. The irrepressible Dick, after a characteristic flourish of big words about Constitution, defiance, knaves, Democracy, dignity, manhood and social equality, subsi ded and informed the convention that the chair was ready for business. In order to screen family jars from thq public eye, th e first motion made was to appoint a commit tee, to whom all resolutions on Federal or State policy must be referred without de bate. The convention, being thus muzzled and headed off from any public expression and discussion of opinions, set itself down to wait for a platform. After two hours pa tient waiting it became evident that there was trouble in camp, and it was soon known that a big fight was going on in committee. The convention becoming anxious and exci ted a committee was sent to see what was the matter, but getting no satisfaction it was determined to adjourn until evening. On re-assembling the committee on resolu tions reported a platform and the conven tion proceeded to the nomination of candi dates, which resulted in the nomination for Auditor General of a Colonel Davis whose principal recommendation seems to have been, that he was in the service long enough to acquire the military ti..e of Colonel, then quit the sendee in the darkest hours of the rebellion and went home to edit a copper head newspaper in Bucks county, thereby assisting to embarrass the government and makiDg amends to the rebels for any harm he might have none inem wnne in mc Union service. The nominee for Surveyor General, John P. Linton of Cambria seems to have been a Major in the same regiment with our candidate Col. Campbell. Of his political career we know but little, but judg ing from the fact, that he consents to stand upon a re-hash of the Chicago platform we suppose he endorsed the disfranchisement of the soldier and belongs to that class of men who " have not let their loyalty get the better of their Democracy." The platform we have already characteri zed as are-hash of the Chicago platform, as a matter of course, some of the more un wieldly planks of that immortal document have been left out, such as the 2nd, pro nouncing the war a failure and demanding an armistice and peace at any price, also the sth denouncing the government, instead of the rebels, for not taking better care of our soldiers, languishing and starving in South ern prisons, such a resolution just now might have borne heavily on Lee, Davis, Werz &c., which is not desired by the Democracy. A few new features have been introduced, the principal of which are the 6th, deprecating social equality, (shades of Richard M. Johnson and the ancient Democracy !) and the 7th, a quasi endorcement of President Johnson's policy, with an. addition, of buts and ifs and ans, that turns the whole reso lution into one of censure and denounces the trial and execution of the assassins of President Lincoln as murder, and finally winds up with the astonishing announce ment that the Democracy are no longer in favor of compromise. Altogether the prospects of the Democra cy fire anything but bright. The people of Petinsylvania last fall repudiated McClellan and the Chicago platform by a miyority of 20,000, and this re-hash of that defunct in stitution, with its proteges, is doomed to a still more overwhelming defeat on the sec ond Tuesday of next October. editor uf the Gazette evidently does not like his over estimate of himself. We pity him. The horrible contortions that he manifests to prove that he does not at tack women, we assure him, do not look half as bad to himself as they do to the ' 'look er on.' 'Be aisy," friend, you have a green gloss, it reflects some strange things, and we expect its reflections to haunt you until you, entering, bid Cerberus the blan dest passing salutation. REPRESENTATIVE NOMINATIONS. —The Copperhead Representative Conference, which assembled in this place on the 17th ult, nominated, for Legislature, A. J. Col born, Esq., of Somerset, and George A. Smith, of Fulton. With the former we have no acquaintance. The latter appears to be a very "clever fellow." They are sure to be sacrificed. "Burnt brandy wouldn't save them." Ross and Arm strong will sweep everything before them like a hurricane. H®A Copperhead paper says that the "Democratic party has never swerved from its fundamental principle," and we think that paper tells the truth for once. The ' fundamental principle" of the Democratic party has been and still is the "loaves and fishes, and it was held together for a great many years, aa admitted by one of its ablest leaders, "by the cohesive power of public plunder.''— Lebanon Courier, THE SOLDIERS RIGHT OF SUF FRAGE* The Gazette parades a vote taken in the Legislature submitting the amendment to the Constitution" granting soldiers in active service the right of suffrage and DARES US to publish it, as if fhat proved anything. | When a gentleman of this Meyers' organi zation endeavored to indwee a citizen to vote for the amendment, he v approached, in real chivalrie style, with "I dow't want you to electioneer in favor of the I won't allow you to do any suchf thing," as if he had the keeping of the conscience of every mouth of his party. The gwntleman remarked, "Mr. Meyers you voted for this amendment in the Legislature." Meyers answered, and mark the answer, it is a com plete answer to his citing of the record, "I ONLY VOTED TO SUBMIT IT TO THE PEOPLE!" We have never accus ed him of voting against its submission to the people, but we challenge him to publish the record of its final passage at the polls withß. F. MEYERS among the TEAS. Where did you record your vote on the Bth of August last ? Among the yeas or uays ? We don't care how you voted on the sub mission, let us know how you voted 011 the final passage ? Aud thea W good enough to let us know who printed the tickets in Bedford county against the amendment. We are quite sure they were not printed at the INQUIRER office. Fortunately for as we have your record in regard to the adop tion of this measure, here it is : We must say, that laying aside alt political prejudices tee are opposed to (heprineipleojal loicina men to vote, out of the( State cm. any pretext whatever. We believe m the doctrine* of our earliest statesmen: that a mil is danaerous to a republic. AJNIJ r Ltt- T&ER BILIEVE THAT GIVING SOL DIERS THE POWER TO VOTE ONLY DOUBLES THE DAN GER. — Gazette Jan. 22, 1864. GIVE HIM HIS DUE. The Union men of this State are deeply indebted to the Hon. John Cessna, of Bed ford, for his untiring efforts in the Union State Convention, to secure a prompt and practical recognition of the Soldier's claims, by nominating for office, a brave, gallant and intrepid son of the Old Keystone State, that had aided in crushing out treason, to lead our party to victory in October next. To him as much, if not more, than to any other man, are the people under obligation for the nomination of Major General Hart ranft for Auditor General. Bat Mr. Cess na, to be consistent with his past patriotic record, could not act otherwise. In days agone, we remember him (and we have eve ry reason to do so, having personally aided him in the fight against Buchanan) as one who always fought for principle and hated with every impulse of his soul, the foul re creancy of apostates from the faith of true democracy. Before Sumpter fell he buckled on the armor of Loyalty and strove with the whole power of his great eloquence and un ceasing energy, to rouse the people to the defense of the Old Flag and the preserva tion of the country. And in this act of so guiding the representatives of the Union people as to receive sucn a oravc sutatci o gallant leader as General Hartranfl, he de serves the hearty thanks of the State. —Lan caster Inquirer. A DEMOCRATIC RECORD. A cotemporary thus interrogatively sums up the Democratic record on the negro question. Who said that all men are created equal ? Thomas Jefferson, the Father of Democra cy. Who gave the negroes the right of suf frage in New York ? The Democratic Party. Who presided over the Convention which gave this privilege to negroes? Martin Van Buren, a Democrat. Who afterwards elected Martin Van Bu ren to the Presidency ? The Democratic Party. Who married a negro woman, and by her had mulatto children ? Richard M. John son, a good Democrat. Who elected Richard M. Johnson Vice President of the United States? The Dem ocratic Party. If President Van Buren had died, and Richard M. Johnson had become President, who would have become the Democratic mis tress of the White House ? This same ne gro woman. Who made the negro a citizen of the State of Maine? The Democratic Party. Who enacted a similar law in Massachu setts? The Democratic Party. Who permitted every colored person owning $250 in New York to become a vo ter? A General Assembly, purely Demo cratic. Who repealed the laws of Ohio which required negroes to give bonds and security before settling in that State ? The Demo cratic Party. Who made mulattoes legal voters in Ohio? A Democratic Supreme Court, of which Reuben Wood was Chief Justice. What became of Reuben Wood? The Democratic Party elected him Governor three times and he is still a leader of the Democratic Party. Who helped to give free negroes the right to vote in Tennessee, under her Constitu tion of 17%? General Jackson. Was General Jackson a good Democrat? He generally passed as such. Who, with the above facts, and many others, staring them in the face, are con tinually whining about "negro suffrage" and negro equality ? The Democratic Party. All these things were done by Democrats, and yet they deny being in favor of negro equality, and charge it upon the Republi cans—just like the thief who cries "stop thief' the loudest. gives us pleasure to announce that D. K. Wagoner & brother have bought out the Fulton Republican. These gentle man we are satisfied will give such a tone and character to the Republican as it truly deserves. We wish them abundant success both pecuniary and politically. We are sorry however to part with the local editor of that journal. Mr. Campbell should aeek at once a wider field for the rays of his tal ents. Wl hope to hear of him having a "fat take" some of these times. If we can be of any servioe to him he has only to com mand us. GOVERNOR CURTIN. "10. That the constant devotion of Gov ernor Curtin to the best interests of the State and nation during the last four years, and his indefatigable efforts on all occasions to pay the just debt of gratitude we owe our national defenders, not merely by words, but also by deeds, entitle him to the thanks of every loyal citizen of Pennsylvania. This brief resolution, from the platform framed by the Union State Convention at Harrisburg, docs but scant justice to the chief magistrate of this commonwealth, and we are sure that the people generally were prepared for a much stronger endorsement. Governor Curtin has guided the destinies of Pennsylvania during a period when it re quired all his prudence and shrewdness to resist the efforts of alarmists to plunge us into vast financial embarrassments, which could not have benefitted us permanently, and would have done no more toward pro tecting us against invasion than was done by the regular action of the forces of the United States. Governor Curtin has saved Penn sylvania from an ocean of debt, and it is to his credit mainly that the finances of the com monwealth are now in a far better condition than ever before during the past twenty years. Very few States of this Union can say this after the experience of the past five yeai s. The fidelity displayed by him toward the citizen soldieis of the State in the pen ding war, has been everywhere the subject of praise. No soldier of Pennsylvania has been by him left uncared for anywhere. To this record even the Democratic members of the Legislature have occasionally borne tes timony. His administration has enjoyed the counsel and services of some of the most eminent men in the State, who are fairly en titled to a share of the credit of its success. Of these, his legal adviser, Attorney Gene ral William M. Meredith, formerly Secreta ry of the United States Treasury, is too well known in Philadelphia to need reference at our hands. The Hon. Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth, who is not so well known here, is a very able man, and has ex ercised a wholesome influence. Adjutant General Russell has proved himself a most efficient officer in his difficult position. A State administration composed of such men could not fail to be successful." We clip the above high compliment, to our State administration, and the officers composing it, from the Philadelphia North American. It carries the greater weight from the fact that the North American sel dom compliments men, and never until as sured the compliment is deserved. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. The twelfth resolution of the platform adopted by the Union State Convention, at Harrisburg, arraigns the leaders of the Dem ocratic party before the tribunal of the peo ple, and thus enumerates their crimes : The leaders of the Democratic party stand arraigned before the people of Pennsylva nia for constantly obstructing the efforts of the constituted authorities to maintain the life of the republic. They did this; By inflaming the passions of their igno rant followers against the legally elected of ficers of the Federal Government, and re fraining from all reproach against treason or tXI tlical 7 By procuring a decision from the Demo cratic Judges of our Supreme Court denying the right of the Government to the services of citizens of this State for the defence of our imperilled country; By discouraging men from volunteering into the armies of the Union, thus rendering it necessary to succumb to treason, or to pay large bounties, and so burdening every ward township, and borough in the State with debt to till the ranks of our armies; Bv opposing the enlistment of negroes for ourdefence although thusone white man less was required for every black one who could be enlistea, and this at the very moment when the battle of Gettysburg was raging on the soil of Pennsylvania, and the result of that decisive battle was uncertain; By denying to our soldiers the right to vote while fighting for the flag of our fath ers, on the plea that such rights were not al lowed by our Constitution, and by opposing an amendment which removed their objec tion and relieved our brave soldiers from this disability; By exaggerating public indebtedness, de nying public credit, and teaching that the financial resources of the North were un equal to the suppression of rebellion; By a shameful opposition to the measures for extending relief to the families of Union soldiers; By a malignant effort by these means to secure the success of the rebels in the field, or such a nrotraction of the war as would exhaust the nation in its effort to subdue their friends; By now heaping abuse upon the Govern ment for punishing assassins and their accomplices; By demanding the release of leading trai tors; By frowning down all attempts to bring to punishment the fiends who starved our soldiers; By assuring rebels that neither in person or property shall they be punished for their crimes. \ And if anything were wanting to complete their infamy, we have it in their determined opposition to free labor and to a tariff, wnicb, while it would make labor profitable by protecting the workingmen of Pennsyl vania from British competition, would large ly increase the revenue essential to the maintenance of the public faith and credit THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.— The follow ing figures show the measure of the "grand victory'' of the Democracy in Kentucky. The popular majority now claimed by them is 15,000, last fall McClellan had 36,565 ma jority, a loss of 21,565. In the Louisville district General Rosseau, the Union candi date, is elected by 1500 majority, while last fall McClellan had 9,952 majority, a loss of 5,452. In the Covington district, Green Clay Smith, the Union Candidate, has a nnyority of 1,000, last year McClellan had 2,630 of a majority, a loss of 3,630. In the third district, the vote is reported as very close, last fall it gave "little Mac'' 7,235 majority, a loss of some 7,000. Rejoice Cops while you can, at the same rate of progress it will be a long time before you have anoth er Kentucky victory to rejoice over. JEFF. DAVIS' trial, for reasons approved by the authorities, has been postponed. In the meantime, Davis' great ally, the copper head faction of Pennsylvania, will be put on trial before the tribunal of the people there of. The charges against that faction are a bly and clearly set forth in the resolutions adopted at the Union Convention of the 17th inst. In that indictment the copperheads are arraigned for complicity with Davis in all his acts of treason, rendering him aid and comfort in the effort to destroy the Gov ernment. By October a verdict]will be ren dered-—Harrisburg Telegraph. OHIO BOURBONS.—A pocket convention of those fossil Democrats who never forget nor never learn anything, was held, a day or two since at Columbus. 'They nominated ALEX. LONO for Governor, with CLINTON A. WHITE for his successor, in case he should be elected and should sink into a premature grave under the burden of his official duties. Bip Van Winkle would have been delighted with their resolutions —they are not only antediluvian but absolutely pre- Adamite. They are against everything; against the war; against the government; against the suspension of fvibettt corpm; against military rule; against any other rule, (except that of themselves;) against public debt, or any other debt; against na tional currency, or any other currency; a gainst emancipation, or any other pation; against negro suffrage, "sure pop;" against colonization; against, against —well, against everything that has transpired since Gen. JACKSON was President, with the Monster Bank under his glorious feet, and MAKTING VAN BURENG a looking on with both eyes fast fixed on the chances of succesion.—N. Y. Time*. jfcafThe Gaxette asserts that we are mail ing the INQUIRER to seve*l hundred Dem ocrats (?) who have never subscribed for it. We suppose the Gazette is well informed in regard to the matter and therefore should not controdict the statement. We do send the INQUIRER to a large number of Demo crats who have come up and subscribed for it voluntarily, paying for it in advance sta ting that they desired a paper that contain ed some reading matter and one that they could introduce into their families without fear of corrupting their morals. If there are any Democrats who get the INQUIRER, who have never subscribed for it, they can rely upon it, that some good Democrat has subscribed and paid for it and ordered it to be sent to them. TAKING CAKE OF THEMSELVES. —It is common enough to hear it remarked, that the negro cannot take care of himself. It may be that some white folks are in the same boat; at least we think that the follow ing official report of the number of rations issued to destitute persons at Mobile is evi dence of the fact: To white persons, 58,978 To colored persons 11,080 That was for May. In June it was — To white persons 68,416 To colored persons 8,000 We rather guess that the lazy, impu dent white rebels will need more looking af ter than the black freedmen. Will some of our Copperhead cotemporaries make a note of it?— Exchange. WANT TO BE HELD. —Prentice says that the anti-amendment people seem terribly apprehensive, that, unless restrained by the Constitution, they will inevitably marry niggers. We have all heard of that noisy fellow, who, getting in a quarrel, cried out to those around him, "Hold me, gentlemen, or I shall strike him." Each anti-amend ment man seems calling aloud in a similar T'li* " Ha 'd jnc, dear ft t:*-.*:..... r shall marry a nigger as sure as you are born.'' But we propose that the Constitution shall stand off and see fair play.— Exchange. According to Noah Webster, and he is good authority, a "Democrat" is "one who "adheres to a government by the people, or "favors the extension of the right of suf "frage to all classes of men." So the true democracy is represented by such men as \\ endell Philips, Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Gredey, Ward Beechcr, and oth ers of the Radical stripe. Will some of the high priests of bogus democracy move to suppress Webster's Un abridged ?— Exchange. The only two countries which now main tain slavery are Spain and Brazil. From present indications, Brazil is likely soon to abolish it. The Imperial feasts in Mexico have been many and gorgeous. The diamonds worn were of almost fabulous price. The Mexican ladies are celebrated for their jewels. It is nothing uncommon for a lady to own $20,000 worth of diamonds and pearls. The Empress of Mexico is shortly expected >n Europe, the precarious state of her fath er's health being the cause. The Duke of Brunswick is dying, and has willed enormous sums of money to the Empe ror Napoleon and the Duke of Hamilton. The cholera is still spreading at Constanti nople. A man in France killed five persons with a hatchet and left asixth for dead, in so incred ibly short a space of time that, until he made a full confession, the public refused to believe in the possibility of the crimes of which he was accused. The Governor of Buenos Ayrea is author ized to call the first town to be located in the Province, "Lincoln," in commemoration of the late President of the United States. The Government of Canada intends, at the earliest practicable time, to enlarge all the canals of the Province, with the design of at tracting the trade of our Western States. Ihe loyal Americans in Paris have presen ted the chief editor of Prince Napoleon's or gan with a magnificent service of silver, in appreciation of his sympathy for oar national cause in the late Rebellion. Thirty per cent of the native Mexican pop ulation are brigands. Piratical junks are wandering about on the Indian seas. A great fire occured in Quebec, Canada, on the 17th, destroying between CO and 80 buil dings. Maximilian has had shipped to Mexico a set of Hoe's celebrated printing machinery, two fire engines, and intends to order steam ships to be built in New York. Saratoga is infested with beggars of all classes. Reenforcementß to the extent of 6,000 are to be sent to Mexico—3,ooo from France and 3,000 from Algiers. In Paris, the popular subscription of ten centimes for a gold medal fo? Mrs. Lincoln is still progressing. There are 25,000 subscri bers, and a committee appointed to raise the number to 100,000. In London a man took three children to lodge temporarily in a coffee house, and mur dered them all in their beds by suffocation. There is no prospect whatever of any fur ther payments of dividends or principal of the Confederate Loan in London. The Emperor of the French intends send ing one of his aides-de-camp on aspecial mis- j sion to America' i SOUTHERN NEWS. OLD Government pensioners in the Sooth are making application for a resumption of their pensions. A NUMBER of late Rebel officers have gone to Germany to induce emigration to Southern Georgia. There have arrived in Richmond, direct trom Europe, a large party of Swedish emi grants, who design settling in the upper par l of the James River Valley. THE Government machine shop at Norfolk have been discontinued, and the hands all discharged. Gov. Parsons of Alabama requests the President to suspend all petitions for pardons heretefore recommended by him. OCT of 25,000 applications for pardon the President has actually pardoned less than 100. TWENTY-FIVE planters are under arrest at Vicksburg, charged with either maltreating or wilfully killing their former slaves. NEGRO testimony is not valid against white men in Mobile. PRESIDENT JOHNSON regards the local civil governments established in the Rebellious States merely as experiments, to give the people an opportunity to show whether they are possessed of a truly loyal spirit, and arc disposed to act in good faith toward the Na tional Government. CUAMP FCRGUSON, nowontrial in isasnviue, Teun., denies ever having committed many of the acts charged against him, and states that those whom he killed were seeking his life, hunting him down and waylaying him. GEN. BEAFREOARD'S house at New Orleans was surrounded recently, and himself, with others, kept in a cotton press until morning. It was supposed that Kirby Smith was con cealed there. Beauregard complained to Gen. Sheridan, who righted the matter. GEN. KII.PATRICK expresses the opinion that reconstruction in the South has been commenced at least four years too soon; that the people are not to be trusted, and will make another desperate effort to effect their separation from the Union. THERE is considerable disagreement and lack of co-operation between the civil and military authorities of South Carolina. Gov. PIERPONT has decided upon changing his policy. He says that the Virginia Rebels have deceived him, and proved ungrateful for what he has done for them under their prom ises of future loyal and decent conduct. THE Rebel General Joe Johnston, on his late visit to Fortress Monroe, on being asked if he would like to see Jeff. Davis, is repor ted to have replied that he neither wished to see him nor hear his name mentioned. Immense quantities of cotton, piled along the Alabama River, are prevented reaching market by the high freights charged by steam lmat owners. Those pardoned citizens of the South who make personal application at the Freedmen's Bureau for the restoration of lands, are gran ed restitution, with the provision that they compensate the blacks for the crops they may be cultivating thereon, or leave them in un disturbed possession until the same are har vested. GEXEIAI. TERRT defines the term "during the war" to mean "while the necessity for a military force created by the Rebellion shall continue to exist." T.... n, 4.: :U. A.,..!,*. adopt a Free State Constitution. A MONUMENT is to be erected at Lawrence, Kansas, to the 150 victims ot Quantrell's mas sacre, 69 of whom lie in one trench. THE father of Payne, the conspirator, re cently took the oath of allegiance at Jackson ville, PI a., with the view of visiting Washing ton to bring away, if possible, the body of his wretched son. There is truth in the report of utter desti tution in some portions of the South, and of the desire of the people at large to submit cheerfully to the Government of the United States. Orders have been issued from the War Of fice for the immediate discharge of 20,000 of ficers and men, from the Middle. Washing ton, Kentucky, North Carolina and Mississip pi Departments. A mineralogical investigation of Virginia shows that gold exists in the state in large quantities, and that the development of its mineral wealth, which is great, has been grossly neglected. THE worms are ravaging the cotton fields on the Tallahatchie. THE citizens of Northern Texas pledge themselves to abide by and defend all lawful authority. A SEVERE earthquake shock visited the por tions of Tennessee and Mississippi lying along the Mississippi River on the 17th. It was very sensibly felt in Memphis. THE sky over some parts of Nashville is completely darkened by swallows every mor ning- FROM WASHINGTON. Regulations concerning passports to paroled rebels.—All except those a gainst whom special charges are pend ing will be allowed to leave the country.—They cannot, however, re turn without permission of the Presi dent. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, DEPT. OF STATE, ) WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 1865. J Paroled prisoners asking passports as cit izens of the United States, and against whom no special charges may be pending, will be furnished with passports upon appli cation therefor to the Department of State in the usual form. Such passports will, however, be issued upon the conditions that the applicants do not return to the United States without leave of the President. Other persons implicated in the rebellion who may wish to go abroad will apply to the •Department of State for passports, and the applications will be disposed of according to the merit s of the several cases. By the President of the United States. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. TRIAL OF CAFTWIRZ. WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 28. It was seen from the time >lr. Baker en tered as counsel for Capt. Wirz that he would not long enjoy amicable relations with the commission, and on repeated occa sions sharp words passed between them. To day, he, together with his associate. Schade, withdrew. This is the second time within a week that Wirz,s counsel have deserted him. Wirz was very much hurt at this, and imploringly said to Mr. Baker: ' 'You might stay to help me; and you should not mind even if the court does sometimes over rule you.'' In the absenee of other counsel it now devolves on Judge-Advocate Chipwan to see that he has fair play. LIEUT.-Colonel James D. Mc Bride attac ked Gen. Sol. Meredith with a loaded whip in the hall of the Metropolitan Hotel, Washington, on the evening of tho 15th. The General, though entirely unarmed, sent the young man off with a bloody nose, black eyes, ana a battered countenance. The cause of the assult dates back to the time I when Gen. Meredith commanded the District I of Paducah. THE PIRATE BHEKANDOAH. She Continues her ravages among the Whaling ships.—Her Captain declares he expected the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. NEW YORK, August 25.— The latest San Francisco papers received by the Ocean Queen give the following details of the rava ges of the pirate Shenandoah: The Shenandoah had destroyed the bark Susan Abigail near the Gulf of Anadyr. It seems that the Susan Abigail had San Francisco pajiers of the 10th of July, con taining accounts of the collapse of the rebel lion, butthe pirate Waddell would not credit them, as they cainc from Northern papers, and announced his intention of burning every American vessel he could find. After destroying the Susan Abigail the pirate went towards Behring's Straits and the Arctic Ucean. At St. Lawrence Island he burned J eneral Williams, of New London, and the next morning he burned five more vessels. The baric General Pike had arrived at San Francisco with tbc crews of seven vessels viz: bark Susan Abigail, ship Gen. VV llhains, bark W. C. Nye. of New Bedford; bark Gipsey, of New Bedford; barks Catha rine, Niinrod and Isabella, all of New Bed ford. The paroled prisoners report that Captain Nye, of the Abigail, must have succeeded in notify ing some of the vessels of the prox imity of the pirate, as four were seen put ting back soon after, and, with those noti fied by the General Pike, some thirteen were turned back. , '-t he ticneral Pike was bonded by the pirate for $4 r >,ooo,and two hundred and seventy-one officersand men of the destroyed whale ships were put n board for San Fran cisco. Among those turned back by the General Pike were the Addison Pierce and Canton packet, both of New Bidt'ord. It is believed that the pirate will certainly destroy fifty more vessels, as they were all to the northward. The bark Richmond was also warned off, and sailed from Plover Bay for the Sand wich Islands. In conversation with Captain Smith, of the ship Wm. Thompson, the pirate asked the news. Captain Smith replied that Presi dent Lincolu had been assassinated. "I was prepared to hear that, " said the pirate, exultingly. He did not believe that Lee had surrendered. Among the people on the Shenandoah was an Englishman,' who seemed to be prospecting for the purchase of fine vessels to put on a line between Australia and New Zealand, and it was probable that he would purchase some of the captures made by the pirate. The officers of the Shenandoah talked of arming two of the whalers, to go up and ie stroy the whalers at points which tnc pirate could not reach, and were very desirous to enlist the captured crews. In some instan ces they were successful in obtaining men in this way. The Kanakas, an Knglish vessel, laden with coal, was seen by the ship William Gilford, bound for the Shenandoah. RESTORATION OF MISSISSIPPI. Doings of the State Convention—lts Proceedings endorsed by President Johnson—He makes liberal promises to them. NEW ORLEANS, August 24. A special despatch from Jackson, Miss., dated the 23d instant, to the New Orleans Tinicx, says : 'ln the State Convention an ordinance has been passed ratifying all laws and official acts passed since the act of Secession not re- Sugnant to the Constitution of the United tates or of Mississippi, prior to January, 1861, except the law concerning crimes, and the act® enabling the railroads to nay moneys borrowed by them. It repeals all laws au u—paying of dues to. the State in Confederate scrip, and the distillation oi spirits on the State account; ratifies all offi cial accounts, proceedings, judgments, de crees, &e., of the several courts, with all sales made by administrators and others act ing in a fiducial capacity; authorizes cxecu torsand others to compromise with persons against whom they hold notes, as to the real value of the property for which such notes were given; authorizes parol testimony to be taken to prove whether or not the con tracts contemplated specie currency : ratifies all marriages consummated since January, 1861, whether celebrated with the new form and ceremonies or not" JACKSON. Miss., August 24. via New Orleans. —The ordinance proposing to sub mit the constitutional amendment to the people for ratification or rejection was lost by a vote of five to forty-four. The convention gave their President the right to convene them when deemed neces sary. NEW ORLEANS. August 24.—A special despatch to the Times, dated to-day, says : Gen. Sharkey has received a communica tion, by telegraph, from President Johnson, congratulating the Convention on the pro gress it is making in paving the way to re admission into the Union. All obstacles will soon be removed, and he says he will restore the writ of habeas corpus and remove the troops at the earliest moment when the State makes sufficient progress to have en tirely returned to its allegiance. He hones the example of Mississippi -w ill soon be bil lowed by other States. Judge E. Fisher was nominated for Gov ernor, and the Convention then adjourned sine die. THE CAPTURE OF KETCHI*. Detective officers MrDougal and Gilmore find him in West Twentieth Street- He did not leave the City—His com plete nonchalance—Forty-eight thou sand dollars In Treasury notes recov ered. On Friday Detective Officers Gilmore and McDougalj to whom Superintendent Ken nedy had intrusted the "working up" of the Ketchum forgeries, ascertained that Edw.ird B. Ketchum had been seen in the Central Park and elsewhere, and that he had not only not departed from the citv, but had frequently during the past week ap peared near a house in AY est Twentieth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. With this clue in their possession, the offi nr began to "pipe" the neighborhood of YY est Twentieth street, and at 5 o'clock" on Friday afternoon their search was rewarded, Ketchum then appearing to take an after noon ramble. He was instantly taken into custody and hurried off to the police Head quarters, and there closely imprisoned. When taken into custody Ketchum be trayed no surprise, but maintained perfect nonchalance and conversed freely with the officers while on the way to his prison. He informed his captors that with the excep tion of the Tuesday on which the frauds were discovered he Had been abroad daily, walking and riding in the public streets with scarcely an attempt at concealment, and conversing with citizens whom he knew, but who did not know him, and on Thursday last he rode in the Central Park, and in the evening walked thence to his temporary abode in West Twentieth-street. He fur ther informed the offieers that he had S4B, 000 in his possession, and this he yielded without reserve. His property, he said at one time was valued at $6,000,0 00: but with the decline in the premium on gold, in which he was one of the heaviest operators, his losses commenced, and he saw his wealtt rapidly disappearing, until his liabilities reached the enormous aggregate of $4,000, 000. But even this stupendous debt, he says, he could have canceled, if he had car ned the gold {rands through successfully. He also spoke freely of the life which he had led and on entering his cell remarked, "This is the close of a fast career." HE is a brave man who dares to wear old clothes until he is able to pay for new. The Democratic Platform. The following is the platform adopted bv convention at Harrisburc , It is the imperative duty, and snould be the exclusive desire of evorv American citizen intrusted with the power of controlling public affairs by his vote or otherwise, to see that they are administered with a single eye to the great objects which our forefathers had in view when they laid the foundations of this republic, viz To forma more perfect union ; establish jus tice; insure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; promote the gen eral welfare, and secure the blessings of lib erty to ourselves and our posterity. Wkereag, The men and the party admin istering the Federal Government since IKb], have betrayed their trust, violated their sa cred obligations, disregarded the commands of the fundamental law, corruptly squander ed the public money, denied justice to the people, perverted the whole Government from its original purpose, and thereby have brought untold calamities upon the country, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the Democracy of Pennsylvania, are now, as we always have been, faithful to the Union of the States, opposing the secession of the South with all our influence and having no sympathy or association whatever with that party in the North which plotted against the Union and pronounced the Constitution "a covenant with death and an agreement with hell." Second, That if the counsels of the Dem ocratic party had prevailed, the Union would bare been saved iu all its integrity and hotl or, without the slaughter, debt and disgrace of a civil war. But when the formation of sectional parties in the North and in the South, and the advent of one of these par ties into the seats of power made war a fact which we could not counteract, we sustained the Federal authorities in good faith, asking nothing at their hands except a decent regard for our legal rights and some show of com mon honesty in the management of our fi nancial affairs, but in both these particulars we were disappointed and betrayed. Third, That the Constitution established by our revolutionary fathers is entitled to our unqualified respect and obedience ; the oath to support it is binding, religiously, morally and legally, at all times, and under all circumstances, and in every part of the country ; upon all public officers, from the highest to the lowest, as well as upon private citizens; it is only a"strict observance of its by provisions, and a rigid enforcement of its obligations in all the States, that we can hope for union, liberty or peace. He who wilfully violates it, or counsels violation by others, is a public enemy and dishonest man Fourth, 1 hat among the rights guarantied to us by the plainest words of the Constitu tion, are these : —Tree press, freedom from arbitrary arrest and illegal imprisonment, trial by jury, the writ of habeas corpus, the perfect immunity of all persons not in the army or navy from any species of punish ment for crime or pretended crime which is not the legal consequence of a legal convic tion by an impartial jury, the absolute sub ordination of all military power to the civil authority, and the privilege of white citizens to vote at the State elections, according to the laws of the State. Fifth. That we fully concur with Presi dent Johnson in the conviction expressed by him in 1860. and repeated several times since, that the Federal Government is sover eign within its proper sphere; that it acts not through or upon the States, but direct ly upon individuals® that the States could not absolve the people from their federal obligations; that the State ordinances of Secession were nullities, and, therefore, when the attempted revolution came to an end by the submission of the insurgents, the States were as much a part of the Union as they had been before. Their people were bound 4© 4k© caino dufcioo ou'l clothed wifll thfi Same rights, excepting, of course, such rights as individuals among them had legally forfeited by their own acts in the meantime, and we hereby declare that so far as we can prevent it, the resumption of their proper places in the Union by those States, some of whose citizens were lately in Rebellion, shall not be impeded or delayed by the unlawful in terference of that faction in the North which was always hostile to the Union, which now pronounces it legally dissolved, and which is still malignantly laboring to prevent its restoration. Sixth. That the effort now making by cer tain persons to use the power of the (Gene ral Government with a view to force negro suffrage on the States against the will of the people and contrary to existing laws, is not only a high crime against the constitution, but a deliberate and wicked attempt to put the States of this Union (all of them more or less andsomc of them entirely) under the domination of negroes, to Africanize a large portion of the country, and degrade tne white race, morally and socially as well as po litically, to the low level of the black. We will not acknowledge the incapacity of our own race, to govern itself, nor surrender the destinies of tne country into the hands of negroes, nor put ourselves under their guar dianship, nor give up to them the political privileges which we inherited from our fath ers, anu we exhort our brethren in other States to take up the same attitude and maintain it firmly. (Cheers.) Seventh. That we will support President Johnson in every just effort he may make to place all the States in their proper posi tions, to give to them a fair representation in Congress, to save tnem from the curse of negro equality; he shall have our heart} ap proval when he inflicts legal punishment by legal tribunals upon offenders against the Cnited States, and we will be with him in every measure which looks to the mainte nance of the public credit. But our full ap proval of his administration can be founded only in the belief that he will execute the law. the whole law. and nothing but the law in all parts of the country, that he will not allow the military to interfere with State elections; that he will punish kidnapping and robbery through the legal authorities, whether committed by Federal officers or private oitizons, and that he will suffer no person to be murdered by Military Commis sion, and upon these measure-- there can be no compromise; he that is not tor us is a gainst us. Eighth. That in view of our enormous national debt, the great weight of our State taxes, and the local burdens imposed upon us in divers ways, economy and retrench ment become an important duty of all our representatives, and to this end the vast standing army now on foot ought to be dis banded, the navy should be reduced, and the corrupt and extravagant practices lately introduced into the Gevernment should be totally abolished. Ninth. That our revenue laws need to be carefully revised in such manner that while the public credit will be maintained and the national honor preserved, taxation will be equal ahd just. Tenth. That the gallant soldiers of the Republic, who so nobly risked their lives in defense of the Union and the Constitution, merit and will receive the undying gratitude of the American people. living, they shall live in our warmest affections, and dying, their memories will be cherished for all time to come. To say, as our political opp• meats do, that they fought and bled, and ui>•!, mainly for the freedom of the negro is gross insult on their patriotism and an out rage which will be indignantly presented by their surviving comrades through the ballot box. Eleventh. That the noble manner in which the Democratic press of this commonwealth have contended in the defense of the liber ties of the nation, amid trials and difficul ties almost unparalleled, is deserving of our grateful recognition, aud should entitle it to Uie encouragement of every CoDstitution-lov ing citizen. Twelfth. That we reaffirm our adhe rence to the Monroe Doctrine.
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