Americanlol Hu liintt cr BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL.; 37. Blow and CUosti. Store. THE subscribers respectfully announce tO' the citizens of Carlisle and the surrounding country* that they hare just opened in the store’room’ad joining the store of Mr. J. G. Oarmohy, and di redly opposite Monyer’s Confectionary store, in North Hanover-streel, a splendid-assortment of Dry Goods, consisting In partof Cloths, Casslmcrcs, Oassinels, Satlinets and Vestings; a great Stock of Summer Gooda for Men and Boys wear, Mona, do lainea. Lawns, Ginghams, Bnicgea, Alpachaa, Barege de Lainea, Calioooa, ChecTjs, Tickings, muslins, flannels, table and toweling drapme, ta ble cloths, umbrollae, parasols, nbbons.stocklnge, gleves, linen, cambric nnd silk handkerchiefs, laces, edgings and ibseninga, cap nets, larleton, swiss, book, mull, jaconet and cambric muslins; atv elegant assortment of Cheap Bonnets, -of ihe mostfashmnablfl kinds, Palm Leaf, Straw, and Brajd Hat's,’ -? 1 . ' onOCEniESI'QGEENSHWRE,‘ : Carpel chain, hardware, &c„ somohnhdsnmcand cheap carpels, together with n variety of Goods in our line, which have all been laid in allow pricoe, and will be sold cheaper than can be bought else where. . VVh respectfully invito every body lo call and judge for themselves, as we are.determined to of fer great bargains. ■ 4 b * J. L. STERNEK & CO. April 4, 1850 - • Sprius iintl Summer Pry Goods, At the Cheap Wholesale and Hcfait Dry-gouds S/nre of ARNOLD & LEVI, WHO are now opening the largest, handsomest, and cheapest assortment of Spring and Sum mer Goods .ever brought to Carlisle, among which bo found a beautiful selection of ’’ Ladies Bros* Goods, new stylos; plain, changeable and striped Silks; Bn -ivges, Silk Tissues, Berago do Lainoa, li-iwns, Lin en Lustres, Mouslin de Lniitea; French, English, American and Scotch Ginghams; French.and Eng .lish Ohtnlses; Figured, striped, bn real do plain Swiss ami Book Muslins; Linen Cambric Hamlkhnrchicfs. French’ Worked Collars, Thread and Cotton Loccs, and Edgings. Bonnets Ribbons, of every kind, quality and price. Parasols & Sun Shades, u very handsome assortment. , DOMESTICS/ DOMESTICS/ / Our slock of Domestics can nOt he excelled this side of Philadelphia. Purchased previous to the advance in cotton, wo are enabled to sell 20 per cent, cheap er than those who purchased this spring. We have Muslins, Tickings, Checks, Osnnburgs, bleached and Unbleached Table Diapefs. CARPETS/ CARPETS/ / The largest aesortment ever brought to Carlisle, which we are determined to sell 10 per cent, cheap er than the same quality con ho purchasedfeltowncre. Mattings. Floor and Table Oil Cloths., . , , Uvula •Sf Shoes, for Mini, Boys, Women and Chil dren. ; A Fresh Supply of GVocer/b, .lUch ns Sugar, . Colfeo, Teas,- Molasses, «&c. very cheap. , Persons wishing to ‘purchase good ami cheap goods, will do well to call and examine our extensive (assortment before purchasing elsewhere. Carlisle, March 28, 1650 The Big Gnu has coiiinicnecd Firing! CKIAULES OGILI3Y has commenced, and willho J receiving for some U.iyp,’ hid brilliant mid very extensive stuck of Fresh Spring Goods, and particularly Invites all those who wish to lay lluno cash out to a good Before purchasing elsimhcro* uh he. is determined to distribute a gioat many good bargains this spring ami ftumniur. His stock consists in part of .a largo lot of fresh • , cloths, cassiMeres, S-iltiuolts, Tweeds Ky. Joans, Velvet Cords, Beaver* icons, linen ami cotton Drillings, of every color uml -price. A general stock of Tickings, Checks, bl ach* 0,l nml unbleached Muidlmn Shoutings, Toweling, Osuaburgs, Drillings nml Bagging in great variety. Ladies Press Goods, such as Silks, Satins Lawns, Linen Lusters in great variety am] of the latent {mptfrtulinns, French,Scotch, English ami American Ginghams’ of various style*} Chintzes ami Calicoes, a largo aiM chorfp Idti a great Assortment of Luces, Nettings nml Edgings; the best stock of Ilu'icry and Gloves that has been in Car* lisle for yearn; no stock of Itibbonaniid BnnnetaWke ours; a largo lot of Parasols and. Sun Shiidefc, vfcll calculated to please the ladies; ami hundreds of other art clca to please both ladies uml gentlemen of the most refined U«te. Carpels.— The largest stock of Three rlv Impe rial, Ingrain, Venetian, Girthing and other Carpet*. Quota and Shota. —Mens, Ladies, Bovs, Girls and Childrens bools and shoes, in every vurlsly, and very low. f?rocer/«.—A largb assortment of Fresh Groceries, such os Golfoo, Sugar, Ton, Spices, &c, Congress, Cavendish, Roll, Hand, ami Cut'nnd Dry Tobacco. Como one, coma all, and secure pretty and.cheap goods at the lowest prices, and where you can havi a stork of goods Worth selecting from. Carlisle, March 21, 1850;' , A CARD. ■ OWENS £ RICHARDS, ■. J , FucfaC PifitfDKLvnu/ fxfi HE unierslghed would most respectfully inform J. the citizens of Carlisle and its vicinity, that they have opened a • • Hlarr|»lc Ynrrt in Carlisle, In South HanoversVfief,a Tow doorssouth of the Court House, arid nearly opposite A, &, W. Ucnlz’a store, where they will be happy to wait £n those who may favor lham with a call. Having pur chased b largo stock of Marble for cash, they are do lermihed to soil lower than ony other shop this aids of Philadelphia. They have some most beautiful de signs'for ~ . i Monuments*. Head Stones* Mantels* every thing else in their line’ of btfalnerii, whlcty 4 they will bo pleased to show to afty pofoon that may bo wanting them. ' . They are also the authorized agents of Mr. Robert Wood, of Philadelphia; and will fuVnlsh from his I manufactory.all Varieties of Iron Ralfthg for the on- Closing of Grave lots and all othef purposed, at the ' shortost-notieo and at Philadelphia prices. . They will nldo finish oV manufacture all kinds of I building work, such as Sills, StopA v artd.rifttfarnrd. ; &c., at tho shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. ■ - ’ , Having had groat experience, end bffing employed in tho best shops of Philadelphia, lhdy ( afe fjtorefofp enabled to manufacture tho most fuahlonableVork, and respectfully ask a share of thp patronage of Car lisle and tho surrounding country. Carlisle, Fob. 21, 1850—If JOUItf WIW-kAMSOWV A TTORNEY AT LAW—Office in tho house ofiMiss McGinnis, nostlho store of A, & W. uentz, Eeulh Hanover street., Carlisle, April 1, 1860—ly THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, rigidly adhered to: • • tbrus or 'soßscatrnoN For one year, In advance;■ t For six months, in cdpanes, . * Ul * i No subscription taken for a less term than six pionilis and no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages arc paid. Twenty-five per cenl. aUJitlonaion the price ofsubtcripilon will be required of oil those who do not pay in advance. RATES Of ADVERTISING One square, one insertion, . , • One square, two insertions, . 'One square, three Insertions. . . Every subsequent insertion, per square, A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year, or for threeor six months. Omce.—Tho office of the J}mtriean<Volunteer is in the see* oml story of James {{.Graham's now stone building, in South Hanovor street, o few doors sonlhoftho Court House, where those havlng'buslneas are Invited to call. . THE VOLUNTEER CARLISLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, IB6o* JoUn B, Bratton, Editor and Proprietor. Williamsport Convention. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Report of the Committee appointed)lo Inves* ' ligate the Bribery Charges. WiLLiAMSfonT, May 31, 1860. The oommillee appointed, in pursuance of the* resolution’ offered, by Mr. Coyle, to investigate certain charges made, report as follows, viz: To Ihe members of the Democratic State Convention } mw assembled at Williamsport , JPa.t ' • * Gsktumen—The committee, appointed by thia convention for the purpose of.investigating cer tain charges of bribery and corriiplioh, made in relation to the nomination of a candidate fur Canal Commissioner, respectfully report—' " That, in pnruance of their appointment they met, and adj 'turned from time to time, as will appear from their minutes, annexed hereto. That, after .hearing the testimony, hereto at tached, besides sundry other statements Snd evi dences, in relation to tl)o dforosaid chargee, and fxtmurs of bribery and corruption! feterred to them, are, after a full investigation of all the evidence brought before .them, nhanimously of the .opinion, and take pleasure in giving it ex pression, that the several gentlemen before this convention as candidates for nomination, are not, in the most remole degree, in any rpanHtr Coh ncclcd with the aforesaid charges. Your com mittee also take pleasure in exculpating fully anil entirely the public officers, now in Williamsport, in attendance on this Convention, from all con nection with the said charges. They cannot, however, find term 6 sufficiently strong to con demn the dishonest and infamously corrupt course pursurd by lhn Individuals implicated in the transactions referred io, and Would ask that this convention will adopt a resolution, hot only that the nioney shall be.indignantly returned, but con demnatory of such conduct, and repudiate it as being recognized among Democrats, or being that of any person true to pule Democratic prin ciples. Your committee, having devoted much time and aitehtloii io ihe impbrlani'duty commit ted to (item ask to be discharged from tho further, considetdiion of thn subject. Testimony of TVWiam Greene, taken before the (h/iimiUee if Investigation, appointed by (he IVilliaihspoH Ctmveniion, May 30, 1850. My name is William Oreeno, i live in the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, and am a delegate to the convention, now Bitting nt Williamsport. 1 board at the United .Slates Motel in this town] after supper this evening 1 was out on the pavement ajul William. 13. Ban* kin, of the Northern Liberties, came up to me dml asked, me to take a walk with him; we Walked up the street, and going along he said to me, "hole off yim giiing to vote on the next la'lul ?** I ndd him 1 was voting for Franklin Vanzaht He said »• why don't you come over anti give f/übley a tarn? 1 ' I told hlm'l was at liberty to go. for whatever man I pleased, he said “i/ I were iV»; that convention Vd make something, I can get you one hundred dollara In mi fur Ilubley, ht will be nominated and you might as well make the hundred dollara 11 1 told him 1 had not seen any money b((t thought it ftnoney) was about. We returned to the United States Hotel, and he left mo telling mo not to go away from the pavement. 1 celled Mr. John Donahue, a delegate from the county,of Philadelphia, to me, and told him what was going on f Rankin told me before to see Donahue* to sue if I could nuf gel him <o coma,over, that wn could get one hundred dollars a piece by it. Mr. Dunnhue said he did pot want to do it, Dona hue Nyenl away, Rankin met me, and told me (a get Donahue and go up into No. 47, in the United States Hotel; Mr. Samuel Ovenshine of tho oily of Philadelphia,. Win. 0. Bankin and mjself went up into No.' 47, in the third story of the United, .Stales Hotel; Mr. Samuel Ovenshine took his pocket book from his pocket and gave mo five twenty dollar bills, which I have marked vHth the letter G ? the bills are tVoo twenty dollar bills on Ike Bank if Middletoion, one tiuenly dollar billon the Harrisburg Bank, and fine twenty dol lar bills on the Cecil liank of Maryland; Samuel Ovefiibihe told me Ip vote for .Hubley and I could have anytfilhg 1 wanted If he got Ilia nom ination; Ovenshine then left. I told him “J did not want to go out with himaa somebody might see us, 11 and he left me with Wm« 13. Bankin; we came out, Rankin said tome “ note mind on the first ballot t" I said “ Yea, 11 and there we par ted.* 1 than went and hunted up Donohuo and John Cline* find fteht up into my room; 1 told Donahue i would get him one hundred dollars; wo oame down stairs together, met Rankin on the pavement; I told Rankin that “Donahue would do right p* he told us to go up |o the Eagle Hotfl and that they (Ovenshine and Rankin) would bo up tyefe;’ met us therof vve wfint in nitd drank at ihp ban Bankin and Ovenshine went out the back door of the bar room; 1 called Don* ahue.nnd wo went out of the front door, and went into part of the entry where We met Ovenshine and,Rankin; Oyenshino and Rankin parted; Rankin oame around and (old Donahue there was fight# dollara *hloh he gave him say ing ho would give him twenty donate nWc; lie said, “ note whatever you do don 1 ! say anything about it for H will ruin me, 11 .We parted and oame to the Court Houses we made it known immediacy lo MA ,0. M. Johnson,delegate from Lancaster;'and to Mr. John Cline; Mr. Johnson said jocosely, *‘l wonder if I could gat a hundred dollara. 1 * • Crou-examimd by Dr. 5/oi«—Mr. Rankin did not 101 l mo whore tho money came from; Rankin said lo mo “ (hot General Oamibon always look oaro of his friends, and that when nny person did HU nartV n favor h 6 ndtlor doeoiled Ihom," "' V 3 WILLIAM GREEN. Sworn and aubsoilbed before mo May 30,1860. E. Oalvuiit, J. P. tfbiliihmy q/ Satin S. Donahue of Philadelphia county, taken before the committee of Investiga tion May 30, 1850. Jfypiama I. John S. Donahue, ! live In tho ootlnty of Philadelphia','add'am a delegate to llio 'OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BS RIGHT —BOTjEIOHToR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY ’* CARLISLE, PA., TIIURSDAX, JUNE 13, 1850. :| WlUiamapotl oorivenUpn.'noWjsUiipg. ,Mrl Wil liam Green told trie he got ono hundred’dollars 11 and that 1. sould gal one hundred dollars by 1 the same operation, that is promising to vote for Hubley; 1 said that as soon as 1 received (ho money I "Would take,it over,to.the convention, and I did so, ,1 received eighty dollars from Mr. 1 Wmi B. Kahkin of Philadelphia county at tho i Eagle Hotel, consisting of three twenty dollar notes of the Bank of hfiddletoiun, and one twenty dollar note the Bank of Harrisburg I i The testimony of Mr. Green as far as I have » any connection with it is true; immediately''after I the tittle the money was given, Mr. .Green said to Jjme, “Now' Donahue you vole before mo and when yob vote.hold up the mphey, and say you I got it for your vote.** I said I would, and 1 never » put it into roy pocket, but handed it to the presl -1 dent of the convention when I. want in. Cross-examined by Jfr . Slojees —There.was noth ing said about General Cameroh or whore, the . money came from, there was no lime to say any thing after thb money was pe|df as the bell was finging for the meeting of the convention. lam willing, if required, to make oath to the faots above slated; JOHN S. DpNA.HU,L# ■ Stvorh and subscribed before me May 31,1850. R. Cjllvbbt, J. P. On motion of Mr. Brewer, the report Was twice read and .adopted. , . . ■ Mr. Coyle: offered’the following resolution, which was twice read and adopted, viz: Resolvedy That we denounce as disreputable 1 tho conduct of those men who ollßjnpted, ( by 1 briberjr, td assall iHo integrity of members of this ’ bonVbntion, and diiccl the President to return the money to the source from which it came. $ 4o 75 1 00 RESOLUTIONS A DOTTED. Mr. Frazer from the committee cn resolutions, mado report aa follows.viz : . . Tho Democracy bf Pennsylvania by her Delegates in State Convention aSlenibiod; do hereby rbAolvo b« followsi ,1. * That the doctrines and principles of Democracy as asserted by the. National Democratic Convention at Brtllimorb, in May, 1844, and May, 1848, wo still warmly recognize and aupport, and pledge our selves, as representatives of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, not to or give dp ( sny, pprtjon of that broad and bonatitulidnal platform, covering lit* entire extent of the Union, and which is aa fol low* 1. That the Federal Govcrmont Is one-of limit ed powers, derived solely from (he Constitution, and tho grants-of povyet shown therein ought, to. be strictly construed, by all tho departments and agents of the government: end that it Is inexpedient and dahgoroua to bieroiso dohbtlul tonettlhllonal pow ers. .f •„ . ; 3. That the Constitution does .not confer upon (ho General'Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improve ments. 3, That the Constitution does, not confer author ily upon the Federal Government; directly or indi rectly, lo assume (he debts bf (he several states, con tracted for local internal improvements; o'r dlhck stole purposes; nor woiild-sabh ak&Umplion oe just and expedient. ; 4. 'Phut justice and sound policy forbid (he Feder al Government lo foster one branch of industry, to the detriment of another, or to cherish lha.ibterokU. of ono portion to the Injury of another portion of our common country; that every citizen, and ev ery section of the country, has aright to demand and insist upon on equality of rights and privitegss, and to coftiptelb an ample protection of persons and properly from domestic violence or foreign aggres sion. 5. That it ia the duty of evoty branch .of gov ernmcnl to enforce ond practice the moat rigid econ omy in conducting olir phblio affairs, and that no more revenue ought to 6c raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of tho government, ond fur the gradual but certain extinction of ibe debt created by tho-prosecution of a just .and neces sary war, alter peaceful relations shall have been re stored. C. That Congress Ins no power (o charter n Na tional Dank* (hut we believe euch an institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the coun try ; dangerous to our Republican institutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the bftslbesi bT the country within the cqqtrol of a concentrated money power, and above the law* and the will of tho people; and that the results of Dem ocratio legislation, in this and nil other financial measures upon which issues have been made between the two political parties of the.country, have demon* •trated to candid and practical men of all parlies, their soundness, safely, and utility in all business pursuits. ,7. That Congress hss no powsr under tho Con* ■ litution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several slates, '.and that such Stales arc the solo and proper judges of evoiythlng appertaining to their own affaire, not prohibited by tho Constitution filial all efforts oftho Abolition late or others made.to induce Congress to Interfere with quest ions of Slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, uro'oalculuted to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences { and that ail such t-ffurte have an inevitable tendency to diminish tha happiness of (lie people, and endanger the eta. bilily and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political in solutions. 8. That the separation of tho moneys of the go vernment from banking instjfulioh* is indispensable fof the safety pf the fuhus of the Government and thu rights of the people. . 0; That the liberal principle!! embodied by Jeffer son in the Declaration of Independence, and sane (ioneri in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty, ond tha asylum of tho oppressed ol every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in (he Democratic faith; and every attempt to abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens ind the owners of soil among us, ought to bo resisted with the tome spirit which swept Hie alien and sedition laws from our stdluo books. Resohrd, That (lie proceeds of the public lands oftgh{ to'bo sacredly applied .lb th'6 national objects specified in {He Constitution ; end that wo are oppo ted to any law for the. distribution or such proceeds among the Slates, as silky incxpedlent.in policy ana repugnant (6 the CotlAlftullon. lutolved, That we are decidedly opposed In ta king from the President the qualified Veto power, by which,ho is enabled, under restrictions end re* sponslbllllirs, amply sufficient to guard the public interest, to suspend the passage of a bill whoao mer its cannot secure the Approval of two thirds of the Senate and House of Representative* until Ihejdog* Went of the neo’plo oanbb obfninod thereon, Sfio which hoe saved the American people from tho cor rupt end tyrennloal domination of the Bank of the United Stales, and from a corrupting system of gen* oral Internal Improvements. . ifeic/prrf,That'ln the recent development of this grand political truth, of the sovereignty of.lhe peo ple ano (heir oapaeity and power, for self govern* menl, which Js prostrating threats and erecting re publics bn tho ruins of despotism in the old world, we feel (Kat a high and saored duty Is devolved, with Inefoased rtsponilbility.'apon (he Democratic party of thla as the parly of (ho poqpte, to sustain and advance' among pa constitutional liberty, equali ty, and fraternity, by continuing to resist all monop olies and exclusive legislation for (he benefit of the few at the expense of the nfany, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to those prlnoiplss end com promises of (he Constitution which are broad enough arid strong .enough to embraco and uphold thsUnlofl as it Was, the Union *» Ufc/anU'lhb Unlonos U shall bo, In (ho full expansion of tho energies and dopaof ly of thla groat and Progressive people. , * x . (Elndaf tl(e Baltimore Resolutions.). ■ • t Rttolved, That, '.ibs, Pennsylvanians, our whole country is alike door tod's; we have no sectional^ • dfe know no North, no South; no East nor 1 West, Ajnd this groat State, occupying her central position countenance no disaffection (o lhat ■ Union, nor expanding from Ocean to Ocean. , Resolvedf That attempts to crealo prejudice against doy section of tho Union;’or the institutions lhe| bay© for iHqitiseives; is in oUr opinion; | Anft-Amencan and fraught with the most dangerous tendencies; and impressed with these sentiments, we ■hall cordifSly rejoice at, and approve of, subh com* promise oPthc existing controversy as will secure tho eonbmaiiona) rights of every portion of the Uni* 1 on, and put to rest tho spirit of discord now so fear fully destroying (ho fraternal regard of the oodntry; • and with this view we approve of the, admission of California ts a Stale, with her present constitution i and boundaries 1 and wo believe it to bo the duly, of ’ Congress, At tho same lime, to provide governments . Without deity for the new territories of Utah’and New Mexico, on the principle of non-ln.fsroshfion, , thus disposing forever in a just and equitable man , ncr,of the biubarrussing subject of.dsmeitio servi tude. „j. . ; ' ( , _ we will yield lo'hbne In our devo tion to, andH warm, zealous and cordial support of we will defend, preserve, and protect it. at every |m.k, every hazard, anil at etary iacri fibe | and w* believe that; aa Americans, proud of our great coumijp, we cannot too warmly commend lo the coiiaidbratlon of our countrymen, the farewell Injunclionssf (he father of his country, expressed In the following prophetic language! “ Tocherish a cordia l , habitual and immorublo altaclimcnt la it, accustoming’.ourselves to think and speak. or (t oe of the palodiuni of our political sufety-and jifospcri ly : watching for its preservation .jvillr joalyus anil ely { discountenancing whatever may sliggcst even 1 a snapccion.thal it can in any event;-bo abandoned : and indignantly frowning upon tho first dawning of every attempt lo allcmale any portion of_our coun J try from the rest; or to enfeeble tho aacred tics that new link together (ho various parts." - r ..'.rifcsoiord,vChal the National Administration, nolo. |loo* rpr.ilsjwanl of energy and ability, for Us prod %slity the public moneys—the pay merit orillet§l claims to its own officers and Cabi ns! | rewarding favorite# against the solemn and of\ tefiealqd [dodges of its head, before, clectionf; by un. usual and unheard of proscription ; by its Inaction in regard tojiho necessary protection of the now Territories, denying them the benefit of all govern ment whatever by (heir repealed blunders in regard to our foreign intercourse ; have bat tbo trhly naif sed what the democracy predicted of (hem priJf lo election, and vwhal the c* dairy mourns to realize eince that evoiil. *ujir Resolved, That the State Administration, true lo the abandonmet of previous pledges, has been dis tinguished flnly by a factious dn'il illiberal policy,re versing add overthrowing, as far as possible, tho wise ond late Democrat, ic Administration lamented Shunlf, and fixing upon the Commonwealth an odiodi iystem of corpo rate and irresponsible monopolies, as well ea using the Veto power for party purposes; indicate oner ringly that our great and good commonwaallh should return to its Democratic policy, (ho only true con servative principle of the Constitution and (if the freedom of lltfrrpfoplc. ( . ( . /{esoibttfpTbc Committee being unable to agree in favor of a permanent time and placo for holding future Democratic State respectfully, suggest to the Convention that the nsxljConvenliuri bo held at Reading, Berks county,bn the Ist Wcdnes day of JupfrfelitT..-•-> recommend lo this,Convention hereafter (<r dispebiso with the Senatorial Delegates, and elect Represnitativo Delegates only. Resolved, That candidates (his'duy pul In no mlnatiom viz: W.M. T. MORRISON, for Canal Commissioner, Col. J. PORTER BUAWLEY, for Surveyor General, and- EPHRAIM BANKS, for Auditor-General, are standard bearers that (he Demo cracy cun follow with confidence that In (hem the great qualities for office is take found, “ honesty and capability," and worthy of the .warm, ehd lioarty support bf the democracy of tho State. That we will use all honorable means in our power for tho success of our candidates, ond we oan confidently *Ay, lo our respective oonstituen cics, (hat never were auspices- more favorable for success to our cause than tho present; and wo confi dently expect by vlgilcnoe, to realize for them, an old fashioned Pennsylvania majority, of at least 20;- 000. Retolvtd x Thst we lender the thanks of Ibis Con vention to the Commissioners of Lycoming county, fur Uio use ol the Coftrt Ilotaio, and to (he commit tee of arrangements, and others, fbr (heir cafe and attention to thp comforts andiwabts of the Conivcn (ton while in sessjon. Mr. Thompson offered the following: Reiolvett, That this Convention take, this occa sion to express to the citizens of Williamsport their most cordial thanks for the kind reception they have extended to them, and assure them (hot (hey will bear away, with them, and long cherish, (he most pleasing recollections of them, and their beau ; liful borough. These resolutions' having been, on motion of Mr. Brewer, read the second lime, (ho vote was asked Id bo taken on (hum separately. . Thu first six resolutions wore unanimously adop ted. The seventh resolution, in relation to slavery in the lerrUurihf, was considered. When a motion was mads by Mr. Pennimsn, to amend, by striking out (ho words •• or othersdisa greed to. ,* : . And the resolution was adopted. The remuihing resolutions werb unanimously ■ agreed to, except (he last one,’ in relation to Sfanuto* rial ln State Conventions, which was lost. • * • ’ ’ Mr. Barnett offered the following roeolutlon, which was twice read and adopted, viz: ■ Resolved that the present revenue lewe of (he gen eral government ire just end fair in their operation upon all tho great Interests of the country, and we would regatd any deviation from thp principles up on which they ore based os unwise and impolitic; any alterations that time and circumstances may re quire in Ihelr details, we ore willing to submit to the patriotism end wisdom of tho Comocralio party of tho Union. Mr,' Johnston offered the following resolution, which was twice read and adopted, viz t of (ho Convention are cntil'cd lb mo thanks of this body, for the able and impartial manner in which* they discharged their Ltomsn offered the following resolution, which was twice read ond disagreed to, vizi liftnlvtd, That this Convention recommend to (he State Central Committee to give notice that the delegates to the National Convention, for May, |853, will bo appointed el bur noil Stale Conven-. | Anderson,'ffom jfie'tqmmltteq U Infirm Mr., I Morrison of his nomination as a candidate for Csqel Commissioner, reporloil, that the Committee had performed that duly and that Mr. Morrison sc* copied the nomination, with a full eppreeja lion of tho honor conferred by the confidence * reposed In him by the rtembore of this conven- Similar reports were made by the committees to . wait upon Mr. Bunks end Mr. DfAwley. • , • i On motion of Mr. Ballade, the recommendation attoehed to tho fcpo/l of the’committee on resohi- 1 (him; naming the oily of Rending se the place for , holding the Democratic Stole Convention, on tho 111 Wednesday of June, 1851, was agreed to. ■ * On mo'lon of Mr. Blutlenborgor, tho convention adjourned sine ‘ 1 My dear mndnm.” s»W;» doctor to his pa tient ‘‘ I am truly gratified to find you In life,— At my last visit ycatbrday, you know 1 told yotf dou had but nig hodrd to llW 1 ‘ ‘ . J a yes, fcs. I kno\y you did, doctor, b\it l aid not Uko.tno dose you lefti’* “ iIOIiKST WORTHi As streams that run o'er sOlden mines. Vet hnmbly, calmly glide, . Nor seem to know the wealth that shines Within the gentle tide;, . . . Bo veiled beneath the simplest guise ♦ Thy radiant genius shone, V And that which charmed oil other eyes, Seemed worthless in thine own.' THIS BEREAVED. There's many an emptycradle, Thpre’s many a vacant bed, Tlisre's many a lovely blossom, WhAsejoy and light Is'fTed | For thick In you graveyard. The little hillocks lay- And huncreds of sweet blossoms Ate gathered there 10-tley. The tnrn of Life* From forty to sixty, a nun who has properly reg. . gulated himself; may, bo considered si in his prime l bf;llfe; Hla Matured strength of cpnstUilullon/lepr . ders him almost Impervious to Ijie attacks of disease, ? apd experience has given his judgement the sound ness of almost the infalibilily. Uis mind is resolute, firm, and equal, all hla functions are In the highest order; he assumes the mastery oyer, .his business; builds up a competence on the foundation he has laid in earlyjnanhood, and paasea through a period Of life attended by many gratifications. Having gone a year at two past sixty, ho snifcs.al p.critical peri* od Ih the road of his existence; tho river of death flows before him, qnd ho remains a! a stand still.— But athwart (his Kvef is a viaduct called "The Turn of llfy; ,k w.hlch, If crossed safely, loyfls.lli tho valley of" Old Age," around which the river winds; and then flows beyond; without boat or causeway to df* 1 feet his passage. The bridge is, however, construe. 1 led pf fragile materials, ond it depends how It, is 1 trodden whether it bend or break. Gout, apoplexy, i and other bad characters also are in the vicinity to < waylay the traveller, and thurst him from the puss; i but'lot him gird up hia joins anti provide himself with a fitting itafl, and .he may trudgo.on in safety with perfect composure. To quit metaphor,the‘turn , of lire 1 is either into a prolonged life or into the grave. Tho system and powers haying reached their utmost expansion, now .begin either lb clov>, like flowers at sunset, or breakdown at once. One in judicious stimulcnt, a single Tata) excitement, may be forced beyond He. strength I while q carefull sup ply of props, and the withdrawal of all that lends 16 force a plant, will eustain the beauty and vigor un til night has fairly sot.—TAe Seitnce of Lift, What an Taflaepiefe S There are at; least three millions of'mother* in the United States. Those mothers, aside from older children, have it ie supposed, between two and three hundred thousand infarile in (llelr charge. No, is fluonco, at present, can reach tbeqe Infant minds but that of a mother. These minds may be meuldbc) at tlio will or. these mothers. If this army of miilhera ahoi)ld,combine,to accomplish any given object, what in!£hi thsy'hoi do| If every mother should Imitate the example of Hannah the old, and cbnudflße her infant to Ike. service of tho Lord; what boiild withstand such a moral influence And yet from, thesq Infants qr* to come our rulers, ,onY judges, our, ministers, and all the Influence, i; Uhcr for good or evit; which Is to sway the destinies of tho nation; ‘ • Knucy nisolpllna* j ( * ( t Sufficient attention Is not aiwpys.pnid .to the ear ly training of little children 1 , and to the necessity of good nurserp discipline. Implicit obedience to ps rental authority should be lha first thing that we (each our > children, for it Hoe at the root of every thing else. _ ' ■ . ■ . % , Gentleness ahd mildness should be fninglcrl with firmness and decision, ahd all that wo do and say Iri reference to them. Our commands should be rea sonable, and given with kindness ; but once given, It should be understood they mini be obeyed. TO Alf ADIENTBE. O'er hill, and data. and dutant eea. Through all (lit mitre that tlretch bttween. My thought mint lly to rail on thee. And.woulJ, though wotida abould Intervene. Farewell I I did not know thy worth, (hit thou art gone, ami now ’tie prized; Bo angel# walked unknown on earth. •' Uuttvhon they, flew were recognized I Cjtose RxXDiMfs.—Here are some readings, dimoil as Jntclligibls and quite as laughable,' ee any Iran soendental reverie: Early yesterday morning* ae,a Umecorkfercw was walking on his head to fight Julius Conor, e tittle boy on three hundred jugs of gin dared to declare war against the Yankees el the Cape of Good Hope. This beautiful farce, hidden ceil waft by a terrible shriek, like SB of falling ftriow, broKo suddenly into a gallop of delicious music, and stepped bnccfmbni ously into a monkey*! bed room—tho barber, know ing, (hat ee the sweolmeats were desperate, they would probably out his leg off) etole.eix Jack knives and made them Into nh ico oresni. Not content with this, the populace pulled off (he ent*a ahirt, when they discovered the akelclon of a cannon ball pass Jnp rapidly on Ills way to ohuroh. Bon cannot des cribe the screams, (he broken boots, combed whisk, ere, and inkstands which danced tho first quadrille —the queen having taken a lump of cool to break fast, sal down on the large spire of a time kiln, where the oatllo gave hor nneegoya mounted on stills. Thb pleasure wee much marred by a ragged bedbug that Daniel Webster had seduced into love for pickled wheelbaraowe aqd though nobody wee hurt everybody was killed. • P. B.—The child** leg haa not yd learned to pick its teeth on account of the weather. FihiDamf EiPLoilnK.—We regret to learn that: an explosion of fire damp occurred, on Monday Inal, in (he.mince of Messrs. Bainb'ridgo & Dyers,on Mill Creek. Some sixteen persons were severely and several otherwise wounded. tfno man in pafrli'* uloV, whose nunie wp could nol loarn, bad broken, and It was subsequently reported that he died of the injuries received. This explosion Was rendered ad ditionally violent and deslrueiive; from its having communicated with five or six kegs of powder, which also exploded instantaneous wilh-tbe fire damp. It is always more or less dangerous fo ent ft a mine—J particularly such as are knoWn to be fichr— on Mon. day morning—labor being suspended on Sunday, the Inoxious gases accumulate the mpre freely,'and more especially when, as has been the ease for several weeks post, damp aud cloudy weathfer prevails. Do* rangemenls in (he weather always Inler/bre, more* or less, with the ventilation, of the mines, end they ere l not unfiequenlly filled with water so far as to com 1 pel a suspension of work in therp. Such wo learn [| the case in the above Inetencc. mniri* Journal. before anything U effected we think il »• Im possible; but whan it Is dnpe# we atari ®nd won der that It wan not accomplished before. A Lovino puwßin.— **Wif«. I am going to leave yoy. The doctor tel!* me that loan live but a few hours at the moat! 1 shall soon be In heaven!’* . j , . r ‘vWlini! you Sodh be In heaven! You' You’ll, nevfet be no nearer heaven than you are now. you old brute!” “ Dolphmie,”-hoarsely growled the old man, V Uolplieuß, bring me my cage, and let me larrup the old trollop, onfie moje before T die 1” A Southern.paper says that “all the ladies are f6r Uhion— fo n man , ■ Misery has many bitter moments < but 1 hoUevo the first after ariyi great sorrow, is the one of its most utter agony. iTftOO PERANNDB. . s Jo. 1. K PRETTT THOUGHT* These'* not a hearth, however rude, . Hut htlh tome little flower, -Toibrlghten up lja iolltudf, And Rent the evening hour. 'There's not a heart, however cast .By grief and sorrow down. But hath eome memory of the pnt.| To love and call its own. • A PKETTI IEHENAdE. Slumber gentle lady, • Slumber like the rose,-’ When the air of Heaven Lulls It to repose, Angels hover o’er thee, ' . ■ Softly seal thy eyes. Waft genttyv To the smiling skies. ~t i A, Beautiful Character* ( • < VVe extract from a volume of .Lectures anti Eq . eayd. by tHe Rev; Henry Giles, the following • beautiful picture of a Just man*. The two vol > umes are filled with similar passages of eloquence 1 and truth {• A jual man is always simple. He.ji ; a man of direct aims.and purposes; Tlilre is nq 1 complexity ip his motives, and thence fhere Is no jarring or discordancy ip his eharaqterv Hq Wishes to do right, and in most cases he does it; he may err, but it is by rpisiqke of Judgment, and not by. perversity pr intention. The moment bis judgment is enlightened, his action Is corrected* Setting before himself, always, a clear and'Wor* thy end, ho.'will.nbvet pursue it by any concealed or unworthy means, we ihay carry opr remarkq fbr.illualraiioH, both into public and private life* ' Observe such a man in his home; there Is a charm about, no artificial grace, ha* ever had the power to bestow; there is a sweet*, ness, 1 had almost said a music in hie"manner** which no sentimental refinement hae ever His speech over fresh from purity and rectitude of thought,.controls all that are within its bearlngi with an unfelt and yet resiatlefta sway.' Faithful. ip every domestic, as to iellgtoq and hi* (Sod, h& would no more prove recreant to any loyally of home than he would blaspheme the Maker in whom he bejleves, or than he would forswear (he Heaven in which he hopes. Fidelity arid triiiK to thoaebound by love and .nature to h(e heard are to him most sacred prin'lplesj they are'ic| the last recesses of his moral being, they are im- ; bedded in the life of. his life; and to.vlolalq them, or even think of violating them, would, seem to him as a spiritual extermination, the suicide of his sou). Nor is Such a man, 1 unit;'' warded for the goodness he so largely glv.es, Iq - Jargely paid back tohlm again l apd, though thd current of hiljifo Ifllranqpajem/U is not shallow; t on the contrary, it is deeb and strong.. Tbei|iT9£ that fills its channel, glides smoothly along in tbq . power of . Us. course; It is the stream which scarcely covers the raggedness of its bed, that le turbulent and hoisjr. . With all this gentlenesq (here is k exceeding force; with t all this meekness there is imperative.cpmtmind; but .the force ift the force of wUtlbm; and the command le tbs command of love; And yet the,authority which rules ao effectually, never gathers an angry or an irritable, cloud ovqf ihe brow, of the ruler; this sway which sdiyi’ts of no resistance, does not - repress one honest impulse of nature, one moment, nf the soups high freedom, one bound of joy from the hearts unbidden gladness, in the spirits Of tho governed. Vieful Riclpoi for Farmtrf* f A lady writer, who has had experience in farm* ing, communicates to the Boston Cultivator ,th* successful reanlta of a .few- of her experiment*. Thinking they .(pay prove of tisb to our readers! wa transfer them to our eulums : . 1 once heard an old person observe, if peoplij would kill off the bugs in the garden when they.' first ootne, for a few (fays, they would aeon disap* pear altogether. My husband had but little faltfat in the remedy* and for that tea Son neglected ia try it. Last year I proposed id p*y my daugh-* ters ten cents a hundred for all the black bugs they would kill, and five cents a hundred for the striped bugs! they agned to the proposal, and went to work, and it proved a profitable business for about three days, but after that their pennies came few and fdr between. '.This remedy proved - successful in our case, after others hajl failed. About six or seven yeara made tbfcir appearance on our currant bushes,, and ftoAtfnrted . their woik of destruction until the foliage was; nearly consumed, and tho frqll, became stinted and worthless f and (hoy have chfis made their nnpoaran.be about the rn(tfdle.of Junb .pyery year since. Lfut by applying aehes to, the. buShel when the dew was on, we have destroyed tho worm for tho last three years, and oar bushes ere thrifty, and yield a good supply of fruit. Ashes have destroyed lire on our rose bushes, applying them when the dew ia on, and have given them a healthy appearance,. For more than thifljh.* years 1 nave known hog's lard, applUjTtp tho necks and Under r the wing* of geese,' hens and, lurkkya, to kill lice, and do not know that li ever, failed. Wa once had a goalin that had become so full of vetroin, that its. feathers were eaten : neatly off, before we were aware of the fart; We applied hog's lard to It, and it soon became . healthy, and in a few weeks was oovsred with %' new coat of feathers. Important Question*. —Sqrtishpdy- say*., (jiat* a ynung; lady should always 'ask the four foN lowing question* before accepting the hsudof a young man: Is he honorable 1 . ~ . ' z 1 la he kind o t heart I Can ho support me comfortably % Does he take.a newspaper and pay for it in «/• vanee? A Wii.o VVomAh.—Tho. Htrfford iilktt * ayl.a, beautiful girl, abouttwenty lakfyf,.. {n lII*- wpods, about three miles west of that el(y," on Slondsy, In a atala of frantio insanity. Shows*, Uncovered In a slale.of nudity* and. when would leap ordinary •fent«a.will»;lh« agility era dear; •. She spoke two or three languages, but appears to bo-, of Irish descant. It Is not known wliere sbo ls frotn. • ■ * 1 Lono Term or Imprisonment— The Jqry in tha ~ case of Nicholas Melio), on trial for murder, yeatarr. day rrlnrned the verdict of H guilty .of murdet fb'tnV. second degree*’ aaSesslng the. penally at ninety' Ailti* * years* imprisonment In the penitentiary. Thejwlai' .oner believed that he would be found goilty-bul had. ■Axed the term of confinement In hie own mliidai Un ; - years. Evan this* ha frequently of Ule complaintd* to tha jailor, Mr. Marlin* he thought a more severe mnlsh«ntnt than Ifio crime alleged to him eallea for.— Si. J/ouie/nlel/igeneer. fTnx WiißßLirjo Bbidok Caak.BßTTt.im to Favor . or PBNNsYi.vjiNtA.-*-'A prlveto despatch.to Mr. Rid-)., die, of (ho .'Journal, received yesterday, announced tl\e very gratifying, though not uneipeuted intelll. gonoe, that this case hna IfVcn decided In fav6r pH Pennsylvania, 'V’ho-fmly before the Court' was that of iuriediction, which hat been seltlod above aluteJ. Chancellor Wplwnrtiv has boenpjK pointed a commiislnuor to UWo testimony si .to Ina psaclabiiltjr of elevating Bio Bridge. 1 If this oanhbt bo donci it must oomo down. 1 Wo. presume nb in^ 3 > telligenfce oonWJm more gisllfylng to our cltlxons—' i at least to our river men. , PfUtbu'rg DtipalcA, Fridinf.
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