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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 OF WESTMORELAND READ THE .NE Tr AD ERI7ST_JZE TS.` R 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. E o==. The hog cholera is r1 . 20'; hatchie Co Missis<o , very cheap and beau at D. P. GWEN'S. 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.