AMEMCAfVOtUNTEEft MM Bi BUSTTOS, Editor & Propilotbr. CARLISLE, PA.. APRILS, 1857. Democratic State Ticket. " I’d a Goterkor, F. PACKER, Of Zyeoming County, For Judge of tub Supreme Court, ELLIS LEWIS, Of Philadelphia City. For Cabal Commissioner, NIMROD STRICKLAND, Of Chttitr County. ArPUKNTIOK WAKTEtf, AN apprentice, to loom tho printing busi ness, is wanted at tbis office. An intelli. gent, well-educated boy of 10 or 17 years of qgo, win bo offered a fair bargain by making early application. Lecture. —Wo oro requested to announce that Prof. Tar asy, of Baltimore, will deliver a lecture in tho Court House, in this borough, on the evening of tbo 14th inst. Bo has been re quested to deliver tbis lecture by tho Carlisle ladles, who intend to opproprlato tho proceeds to benevolent objects. TVo bavo not beard what subject tho Profosao* baa selected, but, bo it what It may, tbo lecture will bo entertaining, and afford a rich intellectual treat. Apj’ORTtONH&NT Bill.—Another Apportion ment bill was reported in the Senate on the 21st ult.i by Mr. Brown of the city. By this bill Cumberland Perry and Juniata forms the twen ty-fourth district,-to elect one Senator, and three Members of the House. This, we pre sume, would be satisfactory to our friends in this county. Plainfield Academy.— The twentieth session of this excellent institution, under the direction o( Prof. R. K. Bohns, terminated on the 28th alt., with exorcises which wore ofn refined and intellectual character. After a general review 6f studios, in which they acquitted themselves admirably, a soiree of vocal and Instrumental music was given, which was truly a source of enjoyment to all present. Quite a largo number of students have been in attendance during the winter, and a considerable Increase is expected lor the summer session. Wo are pleased to hoar ol the continued prosperity of this, the oldest institution of tho kind In the county. All that can make a country life desirable is to J>o found hero. In regard to comfort and facilities for instruction, this will vie with any similar institution in tho State. As a Normal school it has no superior. Many of cur best teachers have boon its students. Both at homo and abroad tho institution enjoys a deservedly high reputa tion, and wo trust it may long continue to re ceive tbo liberal patronage it so richly merits. A victorious party, it la generally sup posed, can afford to bo magnanimous and good natured. But, tho Jlmtricm is an exception to tho rule, for, after announcing tho triumph of the fusion ticket in Carlisle, that paper indulges in moan and oowardly Insinuations against tho Democratic candidates who had boon defeated, Why did not tho writer name tho men ho desir ed to attack, instead of dealing In vaguo hints and malignant InucndocsT Who aro tho Demo crats who “ boasted of coming-honors and tho receipt of gambling gains 7” Why not out with their names at onco T This would bo more like honost and fair dealing, and would give the as sallod party lomo chance to reply. Such a coqrso we might expect from a fair opponent— attacking In (ho dark ts the resort oftho knave. Americans Ruling America.—H appears | that the Know-Nothings of Carlisle were not i singular in electing foreigners to office. In all sections of the State, os ivo notice by our ex changes. foreigners hare been elevate*! to office by this faction. In Bloomfield they elected an Irishman a School Director. As wo have said frequently before, we object to no man because of his birth-place or his religion, but we do ob ject to Know-Nothings taking a solemn oath on the Bible, obligating themselves that they will never support a foreigner for office, and then violating that oath by electing foreigners. This we do object to. Toe Coming Chops.—The most reliable ac counts from every section of the country give very encouraging hopes for a bountiful harvest. The growing crops from onccnd.of the country to the other are represented as looking remark ably line. Sickness or Gen. Cass-— A despatch from Washington, dated March 80, says that General Cass had boon conflnod to his bud all (hat day by sickness. Republican NoMLNATiosB.—Tho noptibllcan and Know-Nothing State Convention, assem bled at Harrisburg last week. On the second ballot the Hon. David Wilmot, President Judge of the Bradford Judlcial disli let, was nom'natud for Governor, receiving 00 votes out of 163. The principal opposing candidates were Gideon J. 8011, ol Erie, and lion. John Covodc, of Westmoreland. For Canal Commissioner, Wil liam Mlllward, of Philadelphia, was nominated on the first ballot. James Vonoli, of Fayette county, and Joseph J. Lewis, of Chester coun ty, wore nominated for Supremo Judges. David W ilmot, the Republican candidate for Governor, la a man of talent— no doubt about that. But, on the subject of Abolitioniam, bo is crazy as a March huro. We have known him 16ng ami well, and Imre often beard him discuss and defend the principles of Democracy and Free Trade. Wo ere glad lie Is the nominee of the Republicans, for with him as the opponent of Gon. Facxcb, (ho abolition question will bo fairly mot and discussed, and no sano man can doubt the rordict of Iho people. Wilmot is (bo Dead man of his party In (his State, and his no mination “Inflicts a severe and merited rebuke on certain Individuals, whose presumption and impudence Induced them to aspire to positional for which they wore totally unsuited.” «« fj n tl|| admonish (hom to clip (he wings of their ornbl-1 (ion, and refrain from boasting 0 ( coming honora I and Uio receipt of gambling gains. ” 1 1 Tn* Oohbt has Come.—-A comet was seen at the National Observctory, Washington, on Frldajr night, In the Northwestern part of the moving Eastward. It Is only observable I wilt» telescope, and la lliercforo either a great Way off, op Is only a little fellow of no great account, not enough to alarm the disciples of Dr. Gumming, who hare been trying to con tinea themselves and tho world that wo am all of cro »«°n with a whisk of a comei’s lad. THE OATHS' TO BE ABOLISHED, Some two years since, When Know-Nothing ; ism wasjn the ascendant, and spread over this and all other States like a pestilence, it was . charged homo uptfh tho men who composed the Dark Lantern faction, that'thcir members were required, previous to becoming members, to take oaths, obligations and degrees. This was vehemently denied by-tho disciples of Sam; in deed, they denied everything—their stereotype answer to every charge brought against them was, “we know nothing J” They were thus taught, from tho very hour they entered a Know-Nothing lodge, to prevaricate and falai-. fy. But, yet, notwithstanding their falsehoods to tho contrary, they were a sworn body— every member of tho order had to take a most impi ous, blasphemous and horrible oath. We knew from positive knowledge, that every mother’s son of them were sworn before they became members, for we had it from Know-Nothings themselves, who not only informed us of the character of the ooths taken, hut also gave us full particulars in reference to tho proceedings of the Carlisle lodge or council. Knowing this, we confess wo often felt amazed when conver sing with Know-Nothings, to hear them de clare that no oaths were administered in their councils or out of them. A number who gave us this assurance, we considered men of moral worth and piety, and it pained us to hear them make declarations which we knew to be false. We well recollect, and that recollection will never be obliterated fronrour memory, how un blushingly members of Christian denominations who were at the time in full communion with Know-Nothingism denied their connection with tho Order, and how persistently they de nied (after they stood convicted on tho record) that oaths and obligations were required, in or- der to the initiation of members into that Sa-1 tan-invented organization. Some of them deny I It even to this day, and that, too, with an cf-1 froutcry that is only equalled by those who i would “steal the livery of Heaven to seVvo the devil in. ' But tho truth will out, whatever may oppose; and in addition to the evidence heretofore adduced, we have now before us the resolve of the New York State Council, in the words following, to wit; [£7“ “ That Ihe OATHS. OBLIGATIONS, and DEGREES of the Order be abolished," thus acknowledg ing the truth of what has been urged and pro ven against them and their brethren elsewhere. Tho New York Tribune, a Black Republican paper, and of that stripe of presses to which tho Carlisle Herald belongs. Unis refers to the abandomuent by the Order of its oaths, sccre fly. &c., to which wo direct the special atten tion of all parties interested in this region. It says : “The great Dark Lantern has been fractured M to New York, having already boon subjected In several Slates to a similar process, lienee* forth, whatever little candle may bo inside the lantern will be allowed to shed its beams in this naughty world, without the slightest obscruro tion. The American parly, having undertaken to put the Government and politics of this country under the control of midnight con* claves apd secret lodges, and having in the first days of the experiment met with a little tempo rary success, supposed that a Grand National Inquisition was possible, and that hereafter not merely Governors but Presidents—not merely State Representatives, but Cabinet Officers— wore to be apjrointcd by virtue of extra-indi ctal oaths, horse-collars, breast-pins and farci cal rituals. In this opinion a good many prom inent men concurred. Fillmore, for instance, who may be considered eminent or notorious] , a « 1,16 pea( * ep Phases, had large faith in ibird Degrees and solemn binding obligations: m the solitude of his library was put through 1 both and immediately prepared to become President of the United States. He came very near it. indeed. He lacked nothing but votes] land Slates enougtno Ik elected. Unfortunate -1 ly. ho happened to lack both to an unusual de ( groc. and is not. wo believe, to be inaugurated on the 4th proximo "As no have never believed lliat Hie more machinery of the Dark Unlcm party could over, with all the sagacity of Sacred Mountain Headley, be kept in running order after a Pres idential election, and as we knew that the just ness and earnestness of popular feeling and indeed the innate sense of the lodges must final ly condemn it. we are not surprised to hear that “the American Sinlc Council" of New York, which met at Troy on the 25th inal has taken steps to place the party, so far as it is a party, upon the common and well-rccog mz.cd ground of all legitimate political as.sor.a tions. We arc not astonished to find it rcsolv "’B ‘‘That the oaths, obligations and degrees of the Order be abohshed." or that a Commiti.o has been appoint ed - to revise the ritual ami sim phfy its forms." Hereafter the American organ ization is to be known (if we may credit the New York Slate Council) -as an open organa tmn. that is to say. *• tlie American Order " after having tried the experiment of carrying on a party by the aid of grips and of gammon of secrecy and of sacraments, of mystery ami of intimidations, has at lost concluded the re searches having been conducted under the most propitious circumstances, to give up iho game, and to put Itself in the same category with oth er political parties. We always knew that in the end it would come to Hus. We always felt that the Dark Lantern disease was self-limited We have from the beginning foreseen that it would work its evil euro. “And now the Americana aforesaid, having admitted (hat others save themselves have some political rights, and thatolhc- parlies, and more i especially other principles, are worthy of a fair, f Bla nd up fight, it becomes necessary for us all to be informed what that parly professes, and what these principles arc. We have sent the Hark Lantern to take Its place with other rub bish: wo arc no longer ta fight each other in Cimmerian gloom, and the blows to be taken and the blows to be received ore to be fair ones Wo are glad, therefore, to learn that under the architectural auspices of the Rev J. T. Head ly, the platform has been fif we may say so) rejuvenated, ond so altered and contracted in this direction, enlarged In that, raised nud re modeled, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, iimy see (hat the enterprising contractor was in a state of the greatest botheration We are informed, first, that “the pure question of Americanism shall take precedence of all oth ora. This would bo satisfactory and refresh ing. did we but know what “the pure question of American,am' maybe. If •■Americanism" sini means a crusade a-amsl Catholic, an on slaught upon all adopted citiaens. an undis gnised host, ity to classes in the community 1 ive can understand why Itradly should call it (according 10 Ins ideas) ••Americanism " hot ire really cannot see why ho should call It j 07" Mr. Mitchell, o( I’erry county, has boon | appointed Superintendent of the Philadelphia ami Columbia Railroad, In piaco of Col. J. B. Duller, resigned. Capital Punishment in Uiioob Island.— Tho Legislature of Utiodo Island' has refused to re peal (ho act abolishing capital punishment, which has boon in operation seven years In that State. The House, by a vote of 88 to 20, re solved that « every person who shall commit murder, shall be Imprisoned for lifei” and by a vote of 48 to 10, related'to declare that murder commuted by a convict In the Slate prison shall be punished with death. BESPECT 808 TEE JODICIiBY. Timo was, says the. Reading Gazette, when a decision of the Surpcmo Court of tho United I •Slates was not only submitted to,-but highly I respected. Let us tiy and ascertain why it is otherwise at present; It is .not because the Judges of that Court are not as learned os their predecessors were; -for, we maihtaiq; that their opinions exhibit equal research, talent and legal i knowledge with those of Marshall or of Joy, of 1 Patterson or of Story. Their lovo of country is not to be questioned ; then what is tho rca -Bon why the decision in the Dred Scott cose is not acquiesced in on nil hands? It is because that decision removes the platform of tho party styling themselves Republicans. It is because there arc now, as there always have been, men who would rather reign in Hell than serve ?n Heaven : men who would rather sink tho Ship of State tfnln not bo at tho helm. Wo rejoice, however, that we have a national adrainistra* tion, which has already given sufficient indica tions of a pacific and conservative, yet liberal policy. And we rejoice, also, that os a people, we are returning to our first lovo of Constitu tional principles. When in 1832 tho great Compromiser presented to the South the peace offering of a sliding or descending Tariff K ho ex hibited more patriotism than policy or foresight, j That time was more favorable than the present: for settling State rights questions? Congress I should have put dowp nullification uncom promisingly. Not having done so, they have handed it down to us as not only a pos sible but a probable thing. For although wo hear no more of nullification in the South, wo do hear of and see Disunion Conventions i there, and do hear of and see Disunion Conven tions and nullification legislation in the North. The Fugitive Slave Law has been partially if not entirely nullified in Massachusetts. This may bo the result of tho temporizing policy of 1832. That law is unquestionably Constitu tional. The right to the restoration of fugitive I slaves is expressly guaranteed by tho Constilu- 1 tion of the United States. Then, if the Slates I refused to provide laws securing that right, or could not Constitutionally legislate on tho sub- 1 ject, and citizens of the free States harbored slaves that had -run away from their masters, or helped them on their way to Canada, (over tho underground railroad or in any other way) it was necessary that Congress should pass a Fu gitive Slave Law. otherwise there would have been a valuable right without a remedy for its violation: which, the lawyers tell us, cannot bo in any well regulated system of jurispru dence. The difficulties growing out of the operation of tho Tariff upon the interests, real or sup posed. of the South, being thus removed by the Compromise of 1832. some restless polilicians there turned their attention to the subject of Slavery, and finding that Garrison. Qdodell, and other agitators of the North, were uttering and publishing disunion sentiments on that sub ject, they took up the glove that was thrown down to them; and now we have traitors to tho peace and domestic tranquility of our country, in both tho Union, who boldly and in print, whether In editorials, in sermons or in resolutions, threaten disunion on the Slaver}’ question. It may be mere gasconade; we hope it is so. But ‘.‘lf these things arc done in tho green tree what shall bo done in the dry?” Let them be dlspoged of now, and we believe that ' the decision in the Drcd Scott cose will dispose of them and settle them forever. That decision is based upon a faot which never was disputed by ooV fathers, viz; that this Government was j framed by whites for whites and not for blacks. / j f/enco the idea of colored citizens never enter- ed the minds of the framers of tho Conslitu lion, and the only sound construction of that instrument is that which wo have In the deci* sion referred to. because it carries out the ideas of the framers of the Constitution. Again, we believe the decision is right m principle and in policy when It rules that the owner of slaves may lake them with him to the Territories of the Union, and may hold them until Slavery shall bo prohibited by the inhabitants of the Territory, after it has become a StalJ. No State rights arc invaded by this decision any more than they would be by a master taking his apprentice (who may be while) with him into another Stale and retaining him while there, ami then reluming with him. A Stale may. for its own protection, prohibit the intro- duction of slaves as permanent residents, but it is a violation of principle ns well os of poli- cy, to prohibit a slaveholder from visiting Bed ford or Saratoga ami bringing his family and domestics with him. The law of our own Stale of 1798 was a reasonable and wise enact ment—it was designed to keep up fraternal in tercourse between this State and the Stales South of us. Its- principle was equality, the great ba««is of our institution. Why should we take our white domestics with us to the South on a visit, and not permit our Southern friends to return onr visits, by bringing the only ser- vants which they have with them to the North But those good old days and ways have passed —shall we say never to return i We hope not: but rather that the dawn of that return shines out in the Died decision. Wo trust that patri otism is not a thing of the past. Let (is main tain tho integrity of our Government: let us respect the Judiciary, and whilst wo mourn over the appearances of corruption in tho Lcgis lalvc department, we rejoice in the belief that not only is the Executive free from any taint, but that like the Judiciary, the ermine of both departments is spotless. Let us keep them pure as Cicsar’s wife. Let us bear in mind anarchy will be (he inevitable first result, and despot ism the second, of studied and continued I disrespect of any branch of Government, and especially of the Judicial department. Aovtansino last No. of the Bucks County Intelligencer, contains notices of no less than nintly-tight public sales to come off in (hat county. Tho Intelligencer says that In nu other county In tho State are personal, pro perty sales so well attended or oro such good prices obtained as In Ducks county. This is doubtless owing to tho liberal system of pdvor'. Using adopted in (hat community. It hdß been found that money expended for advertising Is cash well laid but. Governor of- ln his proclamation for a fast day, admonishes clergy men not to make tho day an occasion for potllb cal discourses.. Ho expresses tho hope that those called to minister.at God's' altar may ah-' stain from political discussions, and oonflno themselves to addrosslngtho Individual heart. - \xjr Ohas. Lovi Woodbury has been appoint ed United Btatos District Attorney, for (ho Dis trict ol Massachusetts. CAME, • A memorial was presented in the House of Representatives, on the. 19th ult., Troth citi zens of Union county, praying for the passage ; of a law allowing premiums for the destruction of Foxes, Minks, Wild Oats, Hawks, Polecats, Owls, £o, r The mcmoralists say that if such a law were passed, the small game of the' State Would increase in, six years 118,901,760—-quite a desirable increase indeed. Small game is one of the choicest'of*cpicurian luxuries, and it would bo well to protect and foster it by prop er legislative enactments. Penalties for kill ing it out.of season do no good, for they are not prosecuted j and if they were, would prove of but little advantage. The practice of kill ing birds out of season is cruel and barberous, reprehensible, wicked, mean and detestable. — But'wo think it is indulged in because but few seem,tocaro about it, and it is excused upon the ground that birds and beasts of prey will destroy the game at anyjatc. Those who do it, for the most part, have no other object than diversion, for at such seasons the game is unfit for table use. If laws were passed to encour age the destruction of the animals that destroy game, then the lads and'others, who shoot out of season for diversion would turn their at* tention entirely to the former, and thus game would bo' doubly protected. We trust there fore, that the prayer of the petitioners from Un ion county will be regarded. A largo increase of game birds would be very advantageous to the farmers. They arc all serai-domestic, and if protected and encouraged would lurk about the fields, destroying the worms, bugs, and other enemies of the farmer. A little attention to this subject by our people would. soon give us an abundance of small game. ~ Beellnntlon of Judge Lewis. We regret to announce that lion. Ellis Lew is, the Democratic nominee for the Supreme Bench, has declined being a candidate. The reasons given for this declination will bo found fully stated in the letter. The Democratic State Contention, which will soon bo called together, must nominate two candidates for this distinguished office. West Penn Square. Philadelphia, March 25th, 1857. To Charles R. Bitckalew. Chairman of tire Democratic Stale Committee Dear Sir—At the late Democratic State Con vention. tho local claims of (he different sec tions of the State were gcueiousiy waived for tho purpose of securing my continuance in the high and important office of Supreme Judge.— The energy with which those claims are now urged for the office recently vacated on the Su premo Bench, shows the sacrifices then made, and the nature of the dissatisfaction which may exist after one section shall bo gratified and the other disappointed by the anticipated nomination. Tho Convention when re assem bled might be able to harmonize these claims, if that body had two nominations to make, in stead of one*' I therefore feel at liberty to de cline. os I now do, the re-nomination tendered to mo by this Democratic Stale Convention. In thus promoting harmony, I consult my own earnest desire to retire from judicial life, and at the same time put the Delegates to no incon venience, as they will be obliged to come to gether the purpose of nominating a candidate to fill the existing vacancy, I < have been laboriously engaged in judicial duties nearlV twenty-lour years—a longer peri od of that of any other living Judge ,in Pennsylvania. I have been thus ennged un der three clitfiges of the Constitution. I have t 0 °f ,n y abilities in bringing up the arrearages of business, in re-placing up : on (heir antfoM foundations some of tho land marks of Uiuaw which hud been inadvertent ly removed; phd in maintaining the purity and the independence or tho Judiciary, I hove con stonily endeavored to do justice without delay, fear, favor, affection or ilj-wf//. I now occupy, by the voice of the people of my native State* the highest judicial station in it. My Jong ca reer as a Judge has received the approbation of tho Democratic party in the re-homination so generously and unanimously made by the State Convention. All my ambition is satisfied. I have but one wish left, and that is to return to the frccdbrti and independence of private life. I do this with ji grateful heart for the long-con j tinued confidence of my fellow-citizens, and in | the full trQsl that they rtill appreciate and ap ! prove of my motives. Very respectfully yours, ELLIS LEWIS. M. CoKpkrkncb Appointments. —From tho list of appointments made by the Baltimore Conference, whoso session closed last week, we t»ke the following for tho Carlisle District.— Rev. A. A. Reese has been re-appointed Presi ding Ekler. Carlisle District. —A. A. Reese, P. E- Carlisle. R. D. Chambprs; Carlisle Emory Chap el. T. Dougherty: Carlisle Circuit, S. B. Dun lap, R. Norris: York Springs, O. Eg c , J. C. Stcvans; Newport, George Stevenson, one lobe supplied: Petersburg. T. D. Golwalt; Lewis town, Joseph A. Ross: Lcwistown Circuit. F. Gearhart. Samuel W. Scars: Kishacoquillns. R. E. Wilson: Mifflin, Wm. A. McKee, J. A. Price; Concord, N. S. Buckingham, A M Creighton; New Bloomfield, 0. Graham Wm A. Keith; Grecnvillnge. S. W. Prico. W. Howe, sup; North Mountain Mission to bo supplkd' Shippcnsburg. E. B. Snyder; Wrightsvillc.' Wm. T. Wilson: York John Stine, William Wickcfl, sup.; Shrewsbury. 11. Furlong F E Crcvcr: Costlo Finn, Joseph S. Lee B V Daugherty ; Bangor Welsh Mission, Henry Roberts. J Among other important business transacted, . the Conference wos divided by tiro adoption of i tho following Resolution, 290 to 17, ns follows: , "Resolved, By tho Baltimore Annual Con ferencc, m conferenceassembled. that ibis Con* ferenco bo divided by Dislriols, and tilth the Bnitimore Conference prober bo composed of Ibo Bnl irnore, Potomac, Lewisbllrg, lloanoke Rockingham,Jmd Winchester Districts: inclu ding Palapsco Station, Pnlapsco and Mont gomery Circuits; and the Baltimore East Con ference bo composed of tho North Bnitimore. I*redone, Cumberland, Bellclont, Northumbbr land, and Carlisle Districts, including What* coat and Emory Stations.” llor. Jaueb D. Olay .—Tho mission to Berlin was tendered by President Buchanan to lion. James B. Olay, of Kentucky, but ho declines it. The Now York Dnily N*\at says that Mr. Olay Is now on a visit to Now York, and that many of and warmly attached'person*! friends of huTfathor will call'On him and poy.thoir re spects to or.o who acted as his illustrious father would have done, and dissolved party ties when ho longer consistent with the Interests of his country. The President, in tendering to Mr. Olay tho appointment of Minister to Berlin, In dicated his estimate of- the value of Mr. Olay’s services, and paid at tho same time a tribute of friendship to tho groat orator and statesman of tho West, with whom-Mr. Buchanan was so long , associated on thb most'lntlmato terms of private ' respect' ondaflhetlou, oven while differing on i questions of public policy. , Goysaxon op Kansas. Hon. Robert J, Walker has boon appointed Governor of the Territory of Kansas, in ploco of John 'WVQowy, resigned* ' I Kicking Oat of ike' Traces. f .Tho Philadelphia Daily News 9 the Morgan of j Emow Nothln'glsm in this Slate, denounces tho I , wpoly-hoad State ticket In, round terms, andis J ( out flat-footed -against, it. , The whole ticket, I ftoin top to bottom, is Black Republican. Poor Sam was agaft swallowed by Sambo, but If wo may Judgo from tho tono of tho News, tho night owls will not quietly submit to tho insult that has boon offered (hem. Tho News of Saturday contains tho following strong denunciation of tho Republican State Ticket. Lot all road it.. From the Daily News, (It. N. paper.) THE DOINGS AT HARRISBURG. Wb invito attention to tho proceedings of -State Convention. It will bo seen that it was ton all intents and purposes a Black Republican | gathering, and that It nominated tho most oh-, 1 noxious candidates to the Americans (hat could bo found. It will bo seen, also, that it is called an American Republican Convention, though it Is well known that tho American party has no lot nor share in its proceedings, and is not re presented by any representatives of its own ap pointment. ! The swindle t]ms attempted to b'o practised • upon tlio American party cannot prove auccoss - fnl, but roust react with tenfold vengeance upon . those who have been unscrupulous enough to attempt it. The whole character of t|io Conven tion shows that it Is Republican and nothing else, and no one can road its proceedings with out being satisfied, that had it not been such, tho Republican members never would have abided by its action, but would have withdrawn, formed a distinctive Republican Convention, and nominated a distinctive Republican ticket. This fact'is clearly illustrated by tho conduct of tho Republican members. On Wednesday eve ning, just before the adjournment, a number of (hem withdrew. They assembled in caucus af terwards to determine upon their course, and finding that (hey would haven majority,to carry out (heir Republican plans, they made up (heir mind to return to tho Convention, and nccoid ingly resumed their seats. Tho nominations show that they were not mistaken in their cal culation of tho Republican force in the Conven tion. Had It, however, turned out different, and had their favorites been defeated, they would not have submitted, but rc-orgnnized and nomi nated ft distinct Republican ticket. Theirgnmo was an entirely safe one. If successful in (ho I mls-callcd Union Convention, tho so-called American (unionists would bo bound by its ac- 1 tion, and under obligations (o support the nomi- ■ nccs, no matter how obnoxious, or intensely 1 Republican. If defeated, they did not Intend 1 that tho Republican party should abide by tho ! decision of (ho Convention, but would have ' withdrawn from it, and set up a distinct Rcpub- « lican ticket. t So far as (ho candidates are concerned, (hey could nol well be more obnoxious (o Americans than they are. Not one among them will bo owned by them, aa ot their kith and kin. Wil motnnd Lewis are well known ns out-and-out Republicans, of the most ultra stripe, who are, in truth, nothing more nor less than Abolition demagogues. Both are Loco Foco radicals, in favor o (free trade, and have not a single senti ment of feeling in common with the conservo. tivo views of the American Party. Veech was formerly a Whig, then an American, and is now a Republican, having acted with that party for Fremont last Full. As for Mill ward, (he opos late, he is known here, and whereverhu is known, it will ho fully understood that this nomination, for an offleo-for whlcji hp is notoriously unfit, is .is reward for base 'frcachery to lho*Fillmor cause, and a shameless attempt to betray (hi American party into the hands ofßiack Kepub llcnnlsm. His selection, ns n pretended pcaco oQcrlng to (ho Americans in this community, is n Insult, and will be so treated by (hem. What will be the course of the American par ty, wo do not stop to inquire. Jt is enough tor us to know that to call these candidates the ex pononts of American principles would be a truud. Thoynrc nominations not fit to bo made, and unworthy tlio confidence and support ot Americans. It remains, now, to bo seen what they will do. If they nominate their owh can didates, as wo confidently expect they will, wo are heart and soul with them, and shall labor earnestly in support of such .nomlncss. That such is the determination of all honest and true Americans, at least in this part of tho'Stato, wo arc well satisfied 5 and honco wo await with an xiety for a movement for an American State Convention, to nomlnato American candidates. Lot a call bo issued at once, and U will meet wlt/i a cordial response., Since writing (ho foregoing, wo havu received 0 telegraphic abstract of the resolutions, which wore submitted by Judge Kelley, and (hoy are i Just of such a character as might ho expected from him, by those who know his bitter and In tense hatred towards the American party. The whole burden of thesu resolutions is nigger, nigger, nigger. A poor sop is thrown out to catch credulous in one of the reso lutions, which gives the old Pope a slap, but (hero is nothing in it In favor of d change of the Naturalization Laws, ortho protection of Ameri can labor, or against tho importation of Foreign Convicts and Paupers. It carefully shirks all the lending features of Americanism. Away with such barefaced duplicity and shameless hypocrisy I Out upon the demagogues who thus attempt to barter American principles for office! Let this Fusion hereafter bo known by the name which will designate its real character, and bo called what it is, an Abolition'movement. Hok. R; J. WAnicEn’s Appointment. —Tho nowly appointed Governor ol Kansas, tho Hon. Robl. J. Walker, is, by birth, n Pennsylvanian, but has resided for many years In the South. In point of ability It would bo difficult lor tho od mlnistralion to have made a more suitable selec tion i and wo have such a confidence in Mr. Walker’s tovo of the Union, ns to behove that In other respects also the choice is a good one. In point Of fact, Ibo troubles in Kansas have less to do with (lie slavery question than Is popular ly supposed, tho rent difficulties omannllngfrom speculators and from lawless men, their tools or dupes. In point offacl, also, a Governor, under existing clrenmstancos, enn do little, It anything, to determine the character of tho constitution Which I. to be adopted In Kansas Ibis spring; for the legislature Is all on ono side, and can secure whatever legislation it wishes, regardless Ol tho Governor’s Veto, Congress, however, possossoss tho power to roftiso admitting Kansan If Biio comes with a constitution that is not tho [ choice of hor'pedjilbi and tlioro la lllflo doubl that, In tho ovont of fraud, (hln powWwlll bo exercised. Meantime, an able, upright man, ns Governor of Kansas, has a chance, second to that of no other citizen in tho republic, to malco for himself a national reputation. Tho gentle man selected la unquestionably ono of tho great est and most sagacious statesmen of tho ago, and bis appointment as Governor ol Kansas shows’ tho wisdom and discrimination of tho President in roforbncoto tho troubles in Kansas. i If .. .8 possible for any man In the‘country to bring order out of chaos in that 111-fated Terri tory, and, place Us afltilas on a proper founda tion, Governor Walker Is tho man to do it. Mr. Buchanan could not have made a bettor selec tion had ho searched the' Country over for n ; month. ; Poot-Jlaotbks Appoimied nv hie President. —During tbo lost two woolto President Duclmnon has appointed 108 Postmasters. 80 of these wore reappointments, and 22 worn now appoint monts. lespatoh from Augusta, Q„., , tnlos that tho latest Information from all parts show Iho decrease In the receipts 0/ cotton to bo 250 - 000 bales ns compared with tho same flmo tost Season. ID” llto following is tbit stylo of travelling dress worn in winter by tho ladies in Minnesso ta and tho Lake Superior countryA pair of Bufialo boots, a buffalo , overcoat, a largo otter c*p, and a pair of fur pantaloons ' The Bank Combination. Hoad the following account of tho Bank BUI combination In tho Legislature, os bketchcd in tho Pennsylvanian of Friday last.. Wo fear tliat some Democratic members of tbo Legislature to ! promote the schemes of a few speculative friends are betraying their Deraocrotlcconstltuoncyand doing their party, and tho country at largo. Im mense Jnjnry. Wo warn them In time, that they aro making up a shameful record for themselves In tho ftiluro. Wo hope the people will “take tho alarm and thunder tones against tho nefarious plans and a hordo of speculators, 1 who wish to get rich upon tho Industry and Un suspecting honesty of others. Tlio accounts from Harrisburg arc calculated to exclto apprehension and alarm. The Senate, from the beginning of the session until now, has done little else than to pass bills providing for the incorporation of now banks, and to in crease the capital of othcisalready existing, and these to the number ot thirty or forty, hare been run in upon the House entering upon that body all the influence and appliance which those 1 numerous schemes of speculation, representing about twenty millions of bank capital—existing and asked for—may be supposed to have at | their control. The majority in the House have withstood the pressure thus far, but it is now | given out that a combination has been formed i among thcirlcndsof all these pending measures, I looking to the passage of alt, and ns if to justify i this rumor,'the House Committee on Hanks I yesterday reported bills to incorporate no less I than fourteen new institutions in various parts I of the State, and to increase the capital of five I others, while some eight or ten other applica-' tloos were reported upon adversely. The four- I teen new institutions which were reported yes- 1 lorday are located as follows, and seem to have j been sclgctcd with a view to further the aims of 1 the alleged combinations —One in Armstrong,! three In Allegheny, one In Crawford, one in McKean, one in Centre, one in Blair, ono in 1 Northumberland, one in Schuylkill, ono In Le high, ono in Philadelphia, ono in Montgomery, and one in York. The struggle for the passage of these bills Is speedily to commence, and It is said to bo the policy of the Committee to defer any further reports until these arc disposed of, another batch will ho presented. It will bo the duty of the Democratic majority, in the outset, to test each and ail of theso measures by the strict requirements of a settled, well defined ond publicly approved State policy, which will not entail disaster; and especially will (he peo ple of the State look for firmness and decision on the part of the majority, if It shall bo found that a corrupt combination has been formed, in relation to the passage of these bills, ond each and all will bo held to the strictest accountabili ty. The enormous increase of the banking capital of the State, which the measures pro pose, is not only wholly unnecessary, hut it would result in an inflation of credit, fhntwould bring disaster upon every branch of trade, while gold and silver would be driven from circulation in the same proportion as paper money is in creased. The Issue is to be presented, and the majority in tno House must meet It wilt bold ness and decision. Lat,e from Europe.— By the arrival at Now York, on Tuesday, of the steamship Africa, from Liverpool, we have three days Inter news from Europe. Lord Palmerston announced 1 1 Parliament that a dissolution would lake place in May, and until then ho would continue to maintain a firm policy with regard to China, and hoped, with the aid of France and Ameri ca, to compel the establishment of additional commercial advantages. The signing of the treaty of peace with Persia had been officially announced in the House of Lords, and it has been sent to the Teheran for raliflcalion. The Russian telegraph reports the signing of a com mcrcial treaty at Teheran, between the United States and Persia, by which American Consuls arc permitted to reside in the Persian cities. Austria seeks a similar treaty wuh Persia. The Prussian Ministry has been defeated' on the di vorce bill. The Chinese news received by pri vate letters continues unsatisfactory, but there is nothing really additional.. Reinforcements ore being dispatched from England.- It is re ported that Commissioner Bowring has been recalled by the British government. Also, that on the slh of December the Chinese seized the East India Company’s opiuffi depot. The Par is Mouitexir has despatches from Hong Kong to the 14th of January, which state that all the foreigners there appear to have been poisoned. The family of Sir John Bowring were suffering badly. All the Chinlso bakers had fled. The Neufchalel Conference was opened at Paris on the slh inst., but the proccdings are private:— All the foreign troops had left Greece. | Tnn Fusion Repudiated.— A largo and cn , thufliastic meeting of Americans, was held at i the Sons of America Hall, corner of Seventh and Sansom streets, Philadelphia, on Friday evening last, in which strong resolutions were passed denouncing the proceedings of the Black Republican State Convention. The President of the meeting was- a-utlrorizerf to appoint a committee of twenty-four, with the view of re organizing for the State campaign'. Thc'idca is to call a State Convention to nominalo a full straighi-out American ticket, in opposition to Black Republicanism id pnKicultd*. rind all oth er sectional isms in general. During the speech es made it was .asserted tint nl least 05.000 votes in the State of Pennsylvania could be de pended on in the next fall campaign for the straight-out American ticket. Kansas Apfaius.— We learn from Wash ington that the Cabinet was engaged on Satur day in the consideration of the instructions to Hon. R. J. Walker, as to his course In Kansas. The whole subject was freely canvassed In the presence of Mr. Walker and Mr. Stanton, the dew Secretary of the Territory, ami the views of Mri Walker’met thb licaVty cbhcutrcnCo of every member df the Cabinet. Unusual LiDEnAtrrx.- 1 -A benevolent goiitfo inon In Northern Now Yotk recently senta do nation of $2,000 to tho Church BooluSoclcty, of Now' York, which, by mistake, was acknow ledged as $B,OOO, upon which ho forwarded tho additional $l,OOO, to make ids donation coi re spond with tho printed statement. ln tho cqbo of John Doan, tlio Irish coachman, who man-led (ho .daughter of ]|] a master, John G. Dokor, a rich merchant of Now York city, the commission ol lunacy having do elded the girl perfectly aano, Hie Court beloro whom the ease was pandit* ha. dissolved the blluncllon granted agaln.t Dean, and given him possess °n °( his wife. Tbb dbclslou was re cohod in Court on Monday, will! gfoat cheer- Ug. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Dean had an ntorvlow, and talked over Ibolr little plana of life. They propose, It lb said, to leave' the ollV and settle down, bo to Ida carpenter’s trade, she o giving mlisio lessons, if nocossory. a?" Tho Dallns-Claromlon Treaty has boon considered and approved by tho Cabinet ol Washington, as It passed tho Senate, and lias boon sent to England by special mesaongdr. C7' Tho Queen of Great Brit|«„ has com mnndcd that a medal be granted to all persons of every, rank and- class who have been engaged im the several expeditions to the Arctic regions whether 1 of discovery or research, between the years of 1818 and 1866, inclusive. . AKKIVAr, OP the TffoWceks'LajcV from ■the Pacific, : iei INTEfcLIGIfNOiS FROM OALIFOT?Vr« NICARAGUA,.THE ISTHMnq KIA * ' . OREGON, &a. OTS ' . VmWH'.m, DESERTING. Tho Moll Illinois arrived „rlv ' York, on Saturday, from, Aspl„ K „H,, wli| , California passengers and $1,187 12H of which $210,000 wns for Droxol & Co. 8 ° M ’ S I S - Co.’sSleamdr Guidon Ago, j, T WMBTO wu' in ,‘ r °” SUr ° 0n fre W'^whS «t p~r e °P'm: 18 : 1 rs* “* March 10th—A18P.M" dirfwv. ■. passed sloomer Sonora, for Sno p P raSco"if' steamer Panama,'from San*. Jnan ’Sm* « brought to Panama 125 deserters ftSnAVatt" r; all in a very destitute condition Thr.tr „ *"1 to the United States was hy .hJ’S” Klcan Government, and I,oo.were token ™ hoard the steamer Grenada, for Now Orient.? and 25 came per Illinois to Mow York also brings ns, passenger Mr. Spencer, of Co. » R.ean notoriety. These deserters are rcSdi ingiii Panama until thoanlvalof tho rl 1, : * Gate from San Prauclseo, whe“ they win 1 0,1 over the road and embark on bS.Jd ho , for New Orleans nnd New York w»n T strongly fortified at lilvos, and will defend » *! all hazards, although ho has only a foren if rm nion, nnd Is getting short of provisions hommod In with 8,000 Cosln Means Slates of Honduras, Salvador nm/san Jn.i 1,0 furnishing ana hovo forwarded 8 000 nmr “f™ Join the Costa Hicans, making a lotal°o? B film troops of tho allied army; Walker iMn a orm°. col situation, and unless ho Is immediately rein forced. his chances are small of gaining nnollmr ha lie, Ho will maintain his position and hold out as long as possible, and his men will sell their lives dearly hefuro they will ho taken a. no quarter will bo givonby the allies ’ The deserters have Issued an address, describ ng Walker ns doflolent In taet and ability, and totally regardless o 1 tlio comfort or health of hia men. 4 FROM CALIFORNIA, tj ,fl u^ e j Wea^or * n Uallfornla has caused con siderahlo destruction of property by floods. Iho Stuto Troasiiror, l)r. Bates, and (bo Comptroller, Mr. WhJtmnn, have boon Impeach, ed in tho State Assembly, and their trial Is to take place before the Senate. The Supremo Court has again decided (hat all debts over $BOO,OOO are unconstitutional, and a committee In tho Senate has reported such lia bilities ns void. • • Ned McGowan has returned to 'Sacramento and demanded a trial. Ho was (old in San Fron-' cisco that steps would bo taken by tho Vigilance Committee to obtain possession of bis person. They, however, resolved to leave him to bo dealt with by tho courts, whoso prisoner ho is, and whoso duty it is to take him into custody and give him a lair trial. A rich deposit of coal has boon fonnd near Mormon Island, twenty-two miles cost of Sacra mento city, near tho terminus of the railroad. The Governor Ims granted an unconditional pardon to William Sconeclfer, under sentence ol death for the murder of Richardson, hi Sacramento. Tho Folsom bridge, a Dno structure over the American Fork, has been swept away. A wire suspension bridge is to take its place. The project lor constructing a railroad from Benicia to Marysville, Is again agitated. On tho 14th of February, three men named Lyons, Poor and Wallace, attacked three bro thers named Blakeley, living on a ranch nbmif four miles abovo Sonora, and shot one ol them dead, and severely wounded another. Tho as sassins are in custody. Anustaclo Garcia, a notorious desperado, was hung in tho jail at Monterey, where he was coil ed on a charge of murder, on the 16th of I ebrunry, by a" band of men, who broke optui tho doors In tho night time. J uan Flores, tho captain of tho band that kill ed ShorUJ* Barton, was taken from tho jail on tho 14th of Feb., by tho people, and executed. A largo number of yocrults went down on tbd’ Sierra Nevada to Join Walker In Nicaragua. PROM OBEOONi The advices from Oregon aro to tho 20th of February, but nothing of gcneraltntciv.st had transpired since the previous 'advices. ' . Th o Commissioners for examining tho lalo Indian war claims were In session at Salem. Ooodiron' oro lias been found on tho Zanlatln river. The' winter has been much moro severe than for ninny yonrs before, the snow being so deep in the Interior ns to Iriipcdo the roads, and cause groat-suffering to the slock. Most military ope rations had, in consequence, been suspended. Washington ierritort.. Complaints nro rpudb at Hip great.fjuanfily of rain that tins fallen In (lII* region lately, being more limn for several years past. Two express, men wore frozen to death during the Into cold weather, between Walla Walla and the Dalles. Acquittal' of Mr.’ lee. 11-A.IIINOTOK. March 2011,.—' Tho ji.rj- In 11,0 enso of Mr. Loo. Indicted f„r |llp nulrdof of Mr.' Hume, In tho I’onnlon ollico In thin city, ro turned Into court this morning, with a verdict of acquittal. Tho jury were governed by in structions of tho Court, given at the Instance of. tho counsel fof flic* atTctikdl MKjieb, it will bo recollected, openly, but erroneously, charg ed Humo, nt tho last public reception given by "resident Pierce, prjjh having picked his pock et. Tho next morning, when Ilutno called upon Loo, at tho Pension Ofllce, to convince Leo that lie had bccri mistaken,. Leo not anly refused , l‘d, retract.tilo charge, blit* flrthly reiterated It. For this, HUmo caned Leo, who shot him. InslrnrtlonofCovernor'li'iilket-Etnppolnl- merits. Washington Maucii 30. -The outlines off tho inalructions to Robert S. Wnlkir, the new Governor of Kansas, have been agreed upotvby, the Cabinet. They proceed on the principle of recognizing the' statutes of Kansas as valid. — Tho principle business with which he is charg-,. cd, is, as heretofore aurniiScd*, to see that the people have a free, independent, rintl uninter rupted expression of opinion, and tile' ..exercise of suffrage concerning the affairs of tha Territo ry, in carrying out tho'nrovislpna'of (tie census’, and registry low, and that for the election of delegates to the 1 Convention.— Tho troops heretofore employed* jn' ihb Terri tory arc io bo removed, and othcitfridt /nnir cd In lI'O toner difficulties are ordered't Wilier ■ but H is "Ot apprehended Hint thdret!dllW,v' use IhMhem or the militia. The AtlmiSl.f™ • tion have resolved that tho laws shall h. " talncd, and have full confldtnco in to awry out tlioir instrnolionn, talker lire acting Governor Woodson, who is sn-' perseded by Mr. Stanton, will certainly ».p-' v T, Vt L “ n<l 0nlc(! 1,1 K ""aa./ t hei following Post Masters have been rc-tipl' pointed George Bowers, Nashua, Nbrt Ilampf « Horans P, Pi crco , Mam-healer. NcAK Hampslnro; David, Small, York, Pctoyfvn nm; 1 honirfi Brdshers, Siobcnvllte, Ohio, and utl Cimmbcfß, Jersey City, New Jer- 1 Rush Spencer has been appointed Hokls 1 -- ter of tho Land Ofilco at Hudson, Wisconsin,' Vico Mr. Henning, removed. ny-Gov. John Bigler, o( California, lias roi colyed tho appointment of sHnl«oi-tb lho lie public of Chill.. a ,nnhI I rf,n' B r 7i T !l 0 1 “laths that; It) oeCUro ninojorlly oftho licit House ortteprcsontatlvcs, 118 members, tho Democrats must yet gain Seven members oVcr' their strength in the last House. 1 Soolt —''lio ig remanded to slavery l>y too recent Supremo Court decision—ls lliu Blivo of otio of 11 to Massachusetts M. O.’a, Dr. Ohatfoo, through his wlfo. Dr. 0. represents the Sprlngflola district; tho Jlrgui ol which ,lo ' t ' Scolt heenmo Che'lfeo’s T'"/ marrying tho widow o< Dr. S ' ” r Missouri. ■ Tho decision of tho 1 iriol./o) Drod Scott wea not acltlson of tho United Stales and could not suo In tho United ?*Vif““nrl tus remanded him ami his family to tho chaltolhood of Mra, ClmfTbo, - [ft K
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