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FOR PRESIDENT,
SnE-iN 10:GLAS,
[Subject to the decision of the Charleston Convcntion.]
DEDIOCEATIC STATE NOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HEY D
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Presidential Calculations---The Duty of ;
the Charleston Convention.
Upon the Democratic Na'ional Convention,
which is to assemble at Charleston on the
23d of April, a great responsibility will rest.
Upon the duty of that Convention the Chica
go Times has some very sensible and well
timed remarks which we adopt and submit to
our readers. They should be placed in the
hands of every delegate to Charleston and
carefully read and considered. The Times
says :—The Republican party, is indulging
in large expectations of success in the ap
proaching Presidential election. These ex
pectations are, however, entertained by them,
with one proviso, namely, that Stephen A.
Douglas, is not the candidate of the Demo
cratic party. If he is not, the leaders of the
Opposition are confident of the election of
their candidate. What are the reasons for 1 ,
the faith that is in them? The whole num
ber of electoral votes will be three hundred
and three—necessary to a choice, one hun
dred and fifty-two. It is admitted that the
Democracy will carry the Southern States,
representing one hundred and twenty votes ;
to this we may safely add Oregon and Cali
fornia, being seven votes, and giving the De
mocracy one hundred and twenty-seven votes
to start with, and requiring twenty-five votes
to carry the election. Where are these twen
ty-five votes to come from ? New York (thir
ty-five) alone is enough ; so is Pennsylvania,
(twenty-seven votes) Indiana, (thirteen votes)
and Illinois, (eleven votes,) with either New
Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, lowa,
Wisconsin or Minnesota, will give us the re
quisite number. Can we obtain the votes of
either, and how many of these States, and
how ? New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, lowa, Wis
consin and Minnesota, are in the hands of the
enemy, and although we might get the vote
of Indiana and Illinois, we still would fail of
an election. Now, is there a man in the
Democratic party so demented as to suppose
that, with a slavery protection platform, or a
slavery protection candidate, any one of the
States we have indicated above, can be re
deemed from Republican thraldom ? Or can
any man suppose this can be done in the
present excited state of public feeling by
nominating some half-way, namby-pamby
candidate, whose chief recommendation is the
obscurity in which his life has hitherto pas
sed away? With Seward as the Republican
nominee, (and the signs of the, times indica
ting his selection as the Republican standard
bearer are to significant to be disregarded,)
would there be any hope of carrying New
York fur a Democratic candidate who was
either out and out committed to the new tan
gled doctrine in regard to slavery, or who,
having been non-committed thus far, might
foolishly expect to wriggle into the chair of
State without a declaration of his views on
that point until after the election ? Could
Pennsylvania be carried under such circum
stances ? Could Minnesota, or lowa, or any
one of the State's whose electoral vote is ne
cessary to a Democratic victory (and we have
assumed that Illinois and Indiana would go
for the Democratic nominee) ?
had these States been opposition for so
long a time that a reaction might be reason
ably supposed to have set in, the belief would
be more sensible that their redemption could
be accomplished, even with a candidate such
as we have mentioned, but as the matter
stands now, it is utterly impossible.
And yet nobody doubts that it is within the
power of the Charleston Convention to pre
vent the election of a .11epublinan president in
1860 and to preserve the peace and harmony
of the Union. That Convention has only to
give force and effect to the unmistakable will
of the great majority of the party by the
nomination of Stephen A. Douglas for the
Presidency and the reaffirmance of the Cin
cinnati platform, and the success of the De
mocracy is certain I The popular preference
is concentrated on Judge Douglas, and the
masses would ratify his nomination at the
polls as certainly as it is made.
Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, and
New Jersey (to say nothing of the great
ATTACIET EXECUTIONS,
EXECUTIONS,
States of New York, Ohio, and Pennsylva
nia, and Wisconsin, Connecticut, and New
Hampshire, all of which we believe he would
carry) would et.. ,t their votes for him as sure
ly as the sun rises and sets upon election
day ; and their votes, with the admitted Dem
ocratic strength of which we have spoken,
would elect him triumphantly.
We are sincere in our belief that if Judge
Douglas is nominated at Charleston, he will
be elected by the largest majority that has
been given in the last twenty years—except,
possibly, in 1852.
If the elevation of a_ sectional party to
power in the federal government is fraught
with hazzard to the Union, is it not the first*
duty of the Democratic party to take such
action in the premises as will prevent the pos
sibility of an occurrence so calamitous ?
That possibility can be certainly prevented
by the nomination of Mr. Douglas. Perhaps
it may be done with some other man, but it
is certain with him, and can we at this junc
ture afford to run any unnecessary risks ?
There can be but one answer to this question.
Let the name of Stephen A. Douglas be in
scribed on the National Democratic banner,
and the contest of 1860 is from that moment
won From that moment all fears of the tri
umph of Republicanism are at an end ! and
henceforth the glorious flag of this mighty
nation will float over a united and happy
country, reposing on the protecting power
and justice of its government and sustained
by the strong bands and gallant hearts of a
vast majority of the American people.
The Presidency
That staunch old Democratic paper, the
Doylestown Democrat, edited by Col. W. W.
IT. Davis, comes to us this week with the
name of Stephen A. Douglas flying at its
mast-head. The Democrat says:—
We place at the head of our columns, this
week, the name of Stephen A. Douglas, of
Illinois, as our choice for the Presidency.—
The advocacy of the claims of this distin
guished gentleman for the first place in the
gift of the American people is no new thing
with us, as every one knows who reads the
Democrat. During the last two years our
columns have contained editorials, from time
time, in his favor. and down to this present
writing, nothing has transpired to cause us
to change-our mind.
Our reasons for favoring the nomination of
Mr. Douglas fur President, are few, and can
be briefly given. In the first place he is the
strongest man, by all odds, in the Democratic
party, and, under the present view of the
case, we do not believe any other Democrat
can be elected. Ile holds a place in the af
fections of the masses that is occupied by no
other Presidential aspirant, and his name
alone is a tower of strength to us. As a mat
ter of policy, only, he should be the nominee.
But our adherence to, and preference for,
Judge Douglas, are based upon something
above the mere matter of expediency. We
like him, nay, we admire him, for his devo
tion to principle. Through all the vicissi
tudes of party politics for the last three years,
and for that matter during his whole life, he
has never deviated from the honored princi
ples of our party ; but has advocated them
with a manliness and boldness that have won
him the admiration of his bitterest revilers.
He has always stood fair and square upon
the platform, and neither the blandishments
of power nor the threats of his fees, hove
caused him to turn aside . from the path of
duty and right. He has ever held our ban
ner aloft, in the thickest of the ii ; . 4 lit, and in
stead of waiting for the assault of the enemy,
he has invariably met them upon their own
battlements, and there contended for victory.
He has never been known to forsake a prin
ciple, or desert a friend ; and the cherished
creed of our party is the political lamp
which lights his pathway.
When we say that Judge Douglas is the
strongest candidate, by far, presented for the
Presidency, we make no idle assertion.—
All the western and north-western States have
instructed their delegates to vote for him at
the Charleston Convention, and there is scarce
a doubt but that he will also receive the vote
of every New England State, same of them
being instructed for him, and perhaps New
York, upon the first ballot. His friends have
carried the city of Baltimore, and his pros
pects are the best for a united delegation from
Maryland. The idea, which his enemies have
put forth, that he has no strength in the
South, is being contradicted daily by politi
cal events in that section of the Union. Ev
ery mail brings us new indication of his in
creasing popularity in the slave States, and
the people there are rapidly becoming con
vinced that he is the only man who can lead
the Democracy to victory against the legions
of the Republican army. Within the last
few days, four leading journals in the South,
viz ; the Cobini,bus (Ga.) Corner-Stone, Sel
ma (Ala.) Sentinel, Lynchburg (Va.) Repub
lican, and Athens (Ala.) Herald, have come
to his defence, and advocate his claims. His
friends in that section of the Union are rap
idly growing in strength and numbers, and
as the people themselves see the necessity of
his nomination, they are overruling the poli
ticians and enlisting under his banner.
In this State, the feeling in favor of Doug
las is increasing much more rapidly than we
expected. We saw enough at Reading to sat
isfy us that the masses are with him, and the
politicians, in view of his increasing popu
larity, are becoming more and more kindly
disposed toward him. We know of no, other
Democrat, save, probably, Andrew Johnson,
of Tennessee, who can carry enough of the
free States to ensure the victory; and in
Pennsylvania, with Henry D. Foster as his
co-standard bearer, he would sweep the State
from one end to the other. With Douglas,
victory awaits us, but with any other man,
we fear a defeat. The Republicans are
alarmed at his strength, and in advance of
the contest are using their utmost endeavors
to break him down. Being well convinced
that his nomination seals the fate of their
party and candidate, they resort to the un
gracious task of prejudicing him before the
country—thus hoping to prevent his nomina
tion. Their warfare, however, has the con
trary effect, and even those who have not
hitherto been his friends, are being convinced
that he must be a reliable Democrat, else
they would not make war upon him. Doug
las is the " Coming Man," and the country
needs his services.
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The Voice of Wisdom !---A Manly Ap
peal for Justice!
[From the Harrisburg State Sentinel.]
We very much doubt whether ever before,
in the history of our Commonwealth, there
has been witnessed so overwhelming a change
of public sentiment, as has, within the last
few weeks taken place in regard to Stephen
A. Douglas, the proscribed Senator from Il
linois. The reaction in his favor is truly a
wonderful feature in the political history of
the State. Springing, as it does, spontane
ously from the hearts of the people, its ef
fect upon the future history of our party
must be of the most happy nature. From all
quarters of our State comes borne upon ev
ery breeze the earnest demand of the people
in favor of this bold champion for our ban
ner bearer in the fearful struggle upon which
we are about to enter. Nor is this earnest
cry for Douglas confined alone to the people;
the Democratic press, too, with its iron
tongue, from all quarters of the State,
comes with its thunder tones to join the
fray.
The following able and manly appeal is
from the pen of that gifted young champion,
Wm. B. Sipes, Esq., editor of the Record and
Emporium, published at Pottsville, Schuyl
kill county. Mr. Sipes was, until recently,
the editor of the Philadelphia _Argus, one of
the most ultra Administration papers in this
State, and his views, therefore, at this time,
are entitled to great weight and considera
tion. Read what he says :
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
The course pursued by the Reading Con
vention, in sending an able delegation to
Charleston uninstructed, has placed the Dem
ocratic party of Pennsylvania in a fair posi
tion. The twenty-seven votes of this State,
judiciously managed, must be a powerful force
in the NationaCConvention, and that they
will be so cast cannot be doubted by any one
who is familiar with the men who compose
the Delegation, and who witnessed the har
mony and enthusiasm of the masses assem
bled at Reading. The time for the gratifica
tion of personal feeling in this State has
passed by. Our people havelearned by ex
perience the political evils which result from
prejudiced and bigoted man-worship, and
have expressed a filnal determination hereaf
ter to know no other course than that of hon
est devotion to great principles, regardless of
personal considerations and preferences.
To any man who has carefully watched
the current of popular feeling in the North
ern States for the past two years, it is per
fectly plain that the Democracy of those
States. with rare exceptions, entertain but
one opinion in regard to the subject of Sla
very in the Territories, which question must
be the great issue in the Presidential -contest
of 1860, as it was in that of 1856. During
the heated discussion which attended the in
troduction and disposition of the Leeompton
"Constitution, many were induced to take po
sitions which their sober judgments in times
of reasnn could not and did not sustain.—
Thus it was that ruinous dissensions were
created in the Democratic ranks which
brought only defeat and disgrace. What
originated in honest differences about ques
tions on which men had the right to differ,
soon degenerated into feelings of hatred and
jealousy which severed not only political but
private friendships. Many things were writ
ten and said on the Lecompton issue wl,ich
have long since been regretted Ly their au
thors ; and a knowledge of all those facts—a
sad experience growing out of them—in
duced the Pennsylvania Democracy at Read
ing to sink forever the cause of all their
late troubles and place themselves before the
country a united and harmonious party, gov
erned only by the dictates of patriotism, and
standing fairly on those time-honored princi
ples which have proved the ark of safety to
our Union in years gone by.
We anticipate a similar course of action to
the National Convention at Charleston. The
popular sentiment demands such action, and
we believe the delegates from this State at
least will go there prepared to carry out this
great wish of the American people. It can
not be denied that the very existence of pur
Confederacy has been endangered by the
fruitless and foolish agitation of a merely lo
cal question during the past few years, and
it behooves the Democracy of the country to
allay the troubles which have caused this
danger—to calm the angry waves of dissen
sion, and to render once more the greatest gov
ernmental fabric everreared in the name of lib
erty secure and permanent. That the National
Democracy can do this is undoubted—that it
will do it is most anxiously hoped for. Its
success in next November will open the way
fur a return to better days, because such an
event will crush, for a long time if not forev
er, the existence of those sectional, fanatical
parties which have grown out of the diseased
body politic and which have triumphed at
the expense of much that is cherished in the
bosoms of patriots.
The first great question, then, to be consid
ered by our Delegates in the National Con
vention, is who is the strongest man to place
before the country as the candidate of the
National Democratic party? It is not who
can carry the North or the South, or who can
control the East or the West, but who can
unite all these sections—can rally the Union
loving masses of every State around the Dem
ocratic standard, and lead them on to victory.
Such a man should receive the support of every
truly patriotic delegate al Charleston without
regard to past differences, and for such an one
we hope and trust the vote o f Pennsylvania
will be cast solid.
After carefully and calmly viewing the po
litical aspect of the country as it has been de
veloping itself with reference to the Charles
ton nomination for months past, we aro con
vinced that there is but one man now promi
nently before the country as a candidate for
the Presidency who possesses sufficient
strength to secure a nomination and election
at the hands of the Democratic party. That
man is STEPIIEN A. DOUGLAS, of Illinois.
Our readers are aware that he has not been
our first choice for this nomination. We
have urged the claims of the chivalrous
BRECKENRIDGE because we considered him
one of the noblest types of American States
men—honest, talented, biafe, and patriotic ;
but he has virtually retired from the contest
by accepting the election to the United States
Senate tendered him by the Legislature of
Kentucky and by permitting the delegates
from his own State to be instructed fur a ri
val candidate. Among all the other States
men named for the nomination we can see no
one who has the least prospect of success be
fore the Convention, or who, if nominated
there, could rally around him an enthusias
tic and determined set of supporters in every
section of the Union. There are among these
aspirants many good and patriotic men—men
who have gained the gratitude and respect of
their countrymen by works of patriotism
which history will perpetuate—but they yet
' I ,hat hold upon the affections of the mas-
Wv°- - --- 1, 1 render their nomination equiv-
Knives anh
alcnt to an election. With Mr. Douglas this
is not so. For fifteen years he has been in
the front rank of Democratic Statesmen. He
has identified himself with every great ques
tion, and he has done as much for the coun
try as any one man now living. His chival
ric spirit—his fearlessness—his ability, and
his generosity have endeared him to many
thousands who would support no other Dem
ocratic candidate. The great issues of the
day have grown out of his official labors.—
The Democratic party at Cincinnati placed
itself upon the platform he had marked out
by his genius, and on it achieved a glorious
triumph. The Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania has again reaffirmed its adherence to
that political creed ; and it is but fitting that
the champion of our principles should be the
champion and leader of our party.
In the National Convention of 1856 Mr,
Douglas stood next to Mr. Buchanan in
strength, and his Mends adhered to him
with marked fidelity. But when the candi
date of Pennsylvania had distanced all com
petitors, the Senator from Illinois, with a
magnanimity which has graced him on many
occasions, retired from the contest and advised
his supporters to rally around his great rival.
They did so, and Mr. Buchanan was trium
phantly nominated. In the contest which
followed no man supported the candidate of
the National Democracy more ably or more
ardently than he, and when the welcome notes
of vietoryresounded through ourhills and val
leys after the November election, the people of
Pennsylvania acknowledged the debt of grat
itude_ they owed to Stephen A. Douglas and
were anxious for the time to come when they
could pay it. That time has come, and we
know the Democrats of the Keystone State
have not forgotten their gratitude. Many of
them have differed from him on an issue
which has arisen since that memorabe cam
paign, but they have found him an honora
ble and noble opponent. So long as the issue
about which they differed remained open he
u'as first in the contest for the side he had
espoused, but when the cause of difference
had passed away be joined bands with his
Democratic brethern against the common foe
of their party and their country. Such a
man deserves to be popular, and that he is
so with the American people cannot be ques
tioned. Ills friends love him with a devotion
equal to that felt by the admirers of Henry
Clay, and his enemies respect him as much
as ever the Sage of Ashland was respected.
In writing this article we can safely say
that we are actuated by no other motive than
an earnest desire for the success of the Dem
ocratic party and the good of the country.—
Times lik the present require that personal
feelings Icould he sacrified for the common.
welfare, and we should blush for the Democ
racy were we not ready to lay all our prefer
ences on the altar of our country's safety.—
On every hand it is charged that the election
of a Republican President will be the signal
fbr the dismemberment or dissolution of the
tin ion, while the success cf the Democratic par
ty will lyevent such a catastrophe. This fact
alone should induce the Delegates at Charles
ton to cast aside every oilier motive and make
such a nomination as will be certain of success
lbefore the country. The past history of our
party demands this patriotismdemands it ;
1 and the delegation from Pennsylvania are
surely Democrats and patriots enough to act
in accordance with these appeals.
Practical Abolitionism---Disg,usting De
velopxients.
A case has recently transpired in Michi
gan, which rivals in its prominent features
the notorious Judson elopement affair, and
promises, like that, to afford some beautiful
illustrations of the workings of practical Ab
olitionism. A runaway pair, consisting of a
big negro as black as tar, and a white girl
about seventeen years old, crossed the river
on the first, ferry boat, and took lodgings in
Windsor, with the„ intention of proceeding
onward to that paradise of emalgametionism,
Chatham, where they intended to locate.—
The girl was an intelligent looking female,
and refused to reveal her name, but stated to
several persons that she was the daughter of
a farmer in Wayne County. She said that
the negro, whose name was Smith, had
worked on her father's farm for some time,
and that she had left home at hiipersuasion,
having been induced to return the tender pas
sion (!) which he professed to her.
A gentleman who was crossing on the same
boat, and who appeared to be a traveler,
questioned her in regard to the matter, and
took a great interest in her welfare. lie en
deavored to persuade her to leave the negro
and return home, and offered to give her
money to pay her expenses if she would do
so. She declined the offer, but seemed to
regret the step she had taken. She stated
that her father was an Abolitionist of the un
adulterated stripe, and that her intimacy with
the negro was in consequence of his peculiar
teachings, which held that an ignorant Afri
can was as good as a white man, if not bet
ter, and at any and all times a fit companion
for his children. and a proper person to fill a
seat at his table.
There is no means of knowing that her
statements are strictly true, although there is
no reason to doubt them. If they are true,
her relatives will soon be in pursuit of her,
and if they are not the facts remain as we
have described them. It is not known that
they were married, although such was under
stood to be their intention as soon as they
reached Canada, where such unions are legal.
The girl had the appearance of a country
girl, and was evidently fresh from farm life,
as`she averred. The negro is an old darkcy
who has lived in Windsor before, and was at
one time employed on the Argo ferry boat as
a deck hand.
We are compelled to acknowledge that for
the refinement of depravity we must hence
forth look to the growing results of practical
amalgamation. We know of nothing so dis
gusting or so utterly unnatural, yet it is use
less to deny that it is fast increasing upon us.
zcir- The Cleveland Plaindealer says that
the agent deputed to visit Charleston and en
gage quarters for the Ohio delegation has re
turned and made his report. bA hall large
enough to accommodate the delegations from
the whole West, as an assembly room, has
been engaged for $2OO per day for ten days
—52,000; board and lodging for the forty-six
Ohio delegates at $5 per day $2,300. • This
may be considered rather steep, but it is the
necessary result of forcing a large crowd to
quarter upon a small town. Gray adds, that
to save yellow fever, pestilence and famine
at Charleston, he would recommend, as a san
itary measure the nomination of Douglas on
the first ballot. That would save hot weather,
hotel bills and the Union, all at the same
time.
Horrible Suspense
WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF A MINER FROM IN
STANT DEArn.—The Dubuque Herald says that
a man named Norton, while sinking a shaft
in that vicinity a few days since, had occa
sion to blast a rock thirty or forty feet be
neath the surface, his assistant waiting above
to draw him up by the wijadlass whenever he
should give the signal.
Having finished a drill, loaded it, and get
ting ready preparatory to firing the fuse, Mr.
Norton commenced picking up his tools, in
readiness to ascend. At this moment his
foot struck the candle, upsetting it exactly on
the fuse, and in a second it had caught and
was fizzing down towards the powder. Mr.
Norton immediately commenced calling on
the man above to pull him up. The latter
was at some little distance from the shaft,
and did not hear the cry; but fortunately hap
pening to look in that direction, he saw the
rope shaking, and thinking he might be wan
ted, he hastened up. The next instant he
became aware what was wanted, lie immedi
ately commenced hauling up the other.—
The situation of the latter was anything but
pleasant—sufficient time seemed to his im
agination to have elapsed for the fuse to burn
the powder, and he momentarily expected to
be blown out of the shaft. The man at the
windlass made superhuman efforts, and had
hauled the other within some ten feet of the
mouth, when the handle of the windlass
broke ! Fortunately Mr. Norton caught a
a foothold on the projecting shelf, and there
by saved himself from falling to the bottom.
But the position was anything but desirable,
as he was in no way protected from the effects
of the expected explosion, while it was only by
almost superhuman efforts that he kept himself
from failing from the narrow standing place.
There was no way to get out, and he was sure
to be riddled with the shower of rocks that
would rise from below. Thus be stood, mo
mentarily expecting that a terrible death
would meet him—stood thus in an agony
which must be imagined, as it is too strong
fur description. How long the time was he
did not know, but it seamed ages rather than
seconds, until a sufficient time had elapsed
to induce the hope that the blast would not
explode. This proved eventually to be the
case, although be probably suffered a dozen
deaths before the fact became apparent.
TUE CLIARLESTON CONVENTION-FAMINE
PRICES. —A Washington correspondent of the
New York fkrald , under date of March rith
says :
"Every day produces some new evidence
from Charleston that the landlords of the ho
tels and boarding-housesare charging the most
extravagant prices for quarters during the ses
sion of the Democratic National Convention.
A member of Congress received a letter a day
or two since, in reply to an application fur
quarters, stating that he could have a room
provided he would agree to pay the enormous
price of ten or twelve dollars for it from the
15th of April—eight days before the Conven
tion meets. He declined taking it. Another
gentleman showed me a letter to-day, which
he received from a citizen of Charleston, to
whom he applied for rooms with board. fur
himself, wile and son, informing him as fol
lows :—" I went to the principal hotels to see
what I could do for you, but all refused pos
itively to have any ladies in the house, as in
each hotel, drawing rooms, parlors and
will be packed with beds and cots, and each
occupant will be charged ten dollars per day.
I next went to all the private boarding hous
es, and found them all engaged. Nest I
went to several private houses, and at last I
induced a lady to say she would fLOCOMIII.O
- you, if you and your wife will take a
bedroom, and Charlie sleep in the parlor4n
a sofa. She will charge you eighteen dollars
per day fur three. I assure you you cannot
do better if you wish to come. I have never
seen such an exciting time here as there is
about the Convention. - I board at the
House, but bad to give up my room last week
until the Ist May, fur the landlord told us
all that we must pay during April fifty dol
lars per week, and then allow him to put
some one else in our room. This I could not
afford, and went to a friend's house, and now
I find I must change again, and God only
knows where I sleall go. The reason why
board will be so enormous is that everything
in market is very high. Beef now sells for
fifty cents per pound, and everything is in
that proportion."
Eiforts are making to procure enough per
suns to charter Orl3 or more first class ocean
steamers in New York, each a crack hotel in
itself, and go round to Charleston in that
way, the passengers, in such an event, only
having to land at Charleston to attend the
Convention, without being beholden in the
least to the landsharks.
ga- The Pittsburg Dispatch, the most in
fluential Opposition paper in Western Penn
sylvania, speaks thus of the Democratic nom
inee for Governor :
"The Democracy at their Reading Conven
tion have manifested more wisdom in the se
lection of their Gubernatorial Candidate than
is usually manifested by State Conventions.
They have selected for their nominee for
Governor the strongest man to be found in
their party in 'Western Pennsylvania—one
who is not particularly obnoxious to the Ad
ministration or Forney wings of the party,
though there is no telling how soon he may
be. Gen. Henry D. Foster is a man of un
blemished reputation as a citizen and prcfes
sionallnan, and personally popular with men
of all parties. 'lf he is not saddled with ob
noxious National and State platforms, it will
require the most united and powerful oppo
sition to defeat him. Both parties, indeed,
have selected strong men as their standard
bearers—men worthy of so important can
vass as this is to be. Now, Gentlemen, poli
ticians, let the curtain rise, and the play be
gin."
SHOCKING AFFAIR AT NAPIERSVILLE,
—A Whole Family Poisoned.—The citizens
of Napierville, Dupage county, have been
having a mad dog excitement lately. Ono
day this week, a gentleman, whose name we
have not learned, went to a drug store to get
some poison for the purpose of exterminating
a part of the canine community, and while
there purchased some chewing gum for his
children. lie put both packages in his pocket
and returned home. By mistake he gave the
wrong package to his children and baited the
dogs with the gum, in consequence of which
the former very soon died. Not long after,
his wife also expired from the effects of a
small portion of the supposed gum, and the
man was himself taken dangerously ill—he
having taken a taste of the poison under the
same mistake. Our informant states that the
child of another man bas - been poisoned in
the same town by eating a soda cracker pre
pared for a dog.
Indian Affairs
Tile Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
issued a letter, in which ho says almost every
Indian reservation in Kansas has either been
settled or trespassed upon by the whites, in
utter disrespect of the law, which is impera
tive and must he enforced. He would ex
ceedingly regret a collision between citizens
and United States troops, and hopes that such
a calamity will be avoided ; but as at present
advised, unless they obey the notice, the
strong arm of the government will be em
ployed to enforce it, however formidable they
may be in numbers.
John Ross, the Cherokee chief is now in
Washington, with the view of selling to the
government about eight hundred thousand
acres of land in Southern Kansas, belonging
to those Indians. This question is, however,
anticipated, the Senate, at the last session of
Congress, having intimated that no treaty in
volving the payment of money from the treas
ury, will receive the assent of that body.—
The large amount of hinds in Kansas and
elsewhere, seems to justify this determina
tion.
The Indian Bureau has received a letter
from Superitendent Collins, dated at Santa
Fe, February 19, in which he says that a de
tachment of troops, together with a party of
Mexicans, hotly pursued the savages who had
committed extensive robberies in the valley of
the Rio Grande. A large number of cattle
were recaptured, and twenty-eight Indians
killed; and, on the other side, two were killed
and severally seriously wounded. This is
regarded as the most successful pursuit after
the Indians that has been made within the
last ten years, and Mr. Collins thinks it will
have the effect of checking them until the
campaign can be put on foot.
INTERESTING DlSCOVERlES.—Antiquarian
discoveries, of the greatest interest, have
lately been made in the Great Desert, beyond
the river Jordan, by an English gentleman,
C. C. Graham, Esq., who read a paper on the
subject to the Royal Asiatic Society, on Jan
uary 7th. Par to the cast of the district of
the Hauran, and in a region unvisited by any
European traveler, he found Eve ancient towns
all as perfect as if the inhabitants had just
left them, the houses retaining the massive
stone doors which are characteristic of the
architecture of that region. One of the cities
is remarkable for a large building. like a cas
tle, built of white stone, beautifully cut.—
Further eastward other places were found
where " every stone was covered with inscrip
tions " in an unknovl character, bearing
some apparent likeness to the Greek alphubet,
but probably referable (in the opinion of Mr.
Graham) to the ancient Hamyaritic alphabet,
formerly in use in Southern Arabia. Copies
and impressions of several inscriptions are
presented, and will, no doubt, engage the at
tention of Orientalists.
FEMALE DICTATION IN Cosa aEss.—D nrin g
the progress of the balloting fur Speaker, in
the House of Representatives, many ludic
rous scenes transpired. One, in particular,
excited a great deal of mirth. As Barksdale
was urging all the opposition elements to
unite on i\l'elernand, a lady in one of the
front seats in the gallery was observed to be
come very much excited. She coughed, made
signs, and by other means attempted to at
tract the attention of a member below. Not
succeeding, she leaned far over the balcony,
and in an audible whisper, exclaimed, "Da
vid, David, change your vote, you booby I"
The honorable member looked, recognized his
better half, colored, hesitated, stammered and
then instantly changed his—seat. A small,
delicate fist was shaken at him from the gal
lery, amid the suppressed mirth of the spec
tators.—Bositon Couricr.
Mr. Tyler not Pleased.
We have heard and read of but one man
who professes to be a Democrat, who is dis
pleased with the doings of the Reading Con
vention, and that ;nail is Robert Tyler, late
Chairman of the State Central Committee.—
Mr. Tyler, nbilst he avows his intention to
support Gen. Foster, strongly condemns the
resolutions, because they do nut come up to
his idea of what they should be. Unfortu
nately for the Democratic party, this gentle
man was put forward one year ago as its or
gan, and to him, in part, may he attributed
our defeat last fall. Fortunately the place
he lately ceenpiel has been filled by another
and abler man, who instead of putting forth
his own peculiar views as the doctrines of the
party, will enunciate the riews and senti
ments of the masses. The time has gone by
when such men as Robert Tyler will be per
mitted to dictate to the Democracy of Penn
sylvania.—Car/ide Democrat.
Hon. Henry D. Foster
[From the Gazette and Democrat, Reading.]
In the nomination of the lion. Henry D.
Poster, of Westmoreland county, the Conven
tion has accepted the first choice of Old Berks.
We know him well. No warmer heart ever
beat in human breast—no more generous im
pulses ever actuated the conduct of man—no
purer character ever adorned a life—than he
possesses. His mental qualities, too, are of
the first order. In him, the Convention has
given us a candidate for whom we can work
with the most hearty good-will, and for whom
we can confidently ask the votes of the uni
ted Pennsylvania Democracy, as well as those
of thousands of conservative citizens who
respect unobtrusive merit, who honor unos
tentatious talent, and who admire a truly up
right and generous character.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.--A most distres
sing case of drowning occurred above Salts
burg, on Friday last, as we are informed,
which resulted in the death of_ five persons.
The accident, as related to us, occurred in
this wise :—An old gentleman, of the name
of King, was attempting to row a skiff across
the darn, in which were his two daughters, a
daughter-in-law, and a Miss Waddle. The
river was pretty full and rapid, and before
they had proceeded far the skiff was upset
and the whole party drowned. There was
every effort made that could be to recover
their dead bodies, but up till dark on Friday
evening they had not been found.-I.ndiana
(Pa.) American,
DANGEROUS RESULTS or VACCINATION.—The
fatal results attending the vaccination of the
citizens of Westford were nearly equalled in
this city a short time since. Five men em
ployed in one establishment in Elm street,
were vaccinated with matter obtained from a
scab taken from the arm of the child of an
acquaintance. Inflammation followed, their
arms became swollen to double their natural
size, delirium set in and for several days the
lives of the patients were despaired of. They
have, with one exception, recovered. In that
ease the patient is still in a precarious con
dition. The inoculation was not performed
by a physician, but by the father of the child
from whose arm the scab was taken.—Bosion
Atka.