AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B, BHITTON Propriel»r. CARLISLE, PA.?" JULY 15. 1858. Democratic State Nominations. Supreme Judge, WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia Canal Commissioner, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co, Standing AercoaWv to notice, tlio Democratic; Standing Committee if Cumberland county, met at Burk holder’s Hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday, July 17 On niotlon,EDWAnn Eamo.vt of Mechanics- Lrg. was called to the chair, and Dr. J. D. Bowman and 3. K. Klink, appointed Secreta. ,ie The following resolutions were then offered by Col. John Clendenin, and unanimously ndop- That the members of the Democra tic narty throughout tho county moot at the usual places of holding their respective township, bo rouch and ward olcblions, on Saturdag the. Slot JL 0 f My, 1858, and then and there elect two delegates, to assemble in County Convention, in tho Court House, in Carlisle, on Monday, tho »i day of August, 18»8, at 101, o’clock, A. M., to form a County Ticket, for tho support of the Democratic party at tho election In October next, and to attend to such other business of the party as raav be deemed necessary. Resolved, That said County Convbntiop.when assembled, is directed to hold its session with open, doors, and to vote for the different candi dates for nomination viva voce, instead of by bal ,o ßesolveil, That said election bo held between the hours of 2 and 7 o’clock, ?. M., on the above day. . , ■Resolved, That these proceedings be signed bv the offlcerscml-publisbcd. , EDWARD LAMONT, Pres't. JT. D. Bowman, ; ( Secretaries. , • , J. K. Kusk, 1 DELEGATE ELECTIONS. - By reference to the proceedings of the meet ing of the Demociktio Standing. Committee, it 'will be Joen that Saturday, July Slat, is the day flxed'for the election of Delegates in the vari ous wards, boroughs' and townships, and that on the Monday following, said Delegates will meet in County Convention, at this place, to form a County Ticket. It is hardly necessary for us to remind the Democrats of the different townships of the.iinpSttance and necessity of sending their best men t| that Convention—men who care more about the party and its principles, than they do for any man, or sot of men. The import ance of the approaching election is lully appro, cialod by all good Democrats, and they know ihat'unless Union and Harmony” prevail we can accomplish nothing. Before Hie ossein - bling of the regular Democratic Convention, every individual Democrat is entitled to his preference of candidates, and should he free to express his opinions; hut after the claims of all have been shbtailtod'to the Convention, and a nomination is made, every one should acqui esce in.its decision and be satisfied: That such will bo tho case, no-one can doubt. Wo call upon the Democrats Jo attend their primary meetings.and, to see to it,.that honest men and good Democrats are sent to the Convention. . E 7” & detachment of U. S. troops, number ' fng opo hundred and fifty men, left Carlisle Bar racks,on Saturday morning last; bound lor Ore ., gon.’’ Tiie tot Slat® Fair. Tlie Pennsylvania Stale Agricultural Society will hold its eighth annual exhibition at Pitts burg, on the 28th ol September, continuing, till October. Ist, inclusive. ' The hook of entries will be opened in Pittsburg on and after the Ist of September. The premium list has been pub lished and will be forwarded by the Secretary tdall applicants. It covers' twelve diflerent classes productions, including premiums for in dentions useful to the farmer..; Any articles | deemed worth}’, manufactured of iron, metal, brass, leather. India-rubber, and articles com posed of cloth, fur, hats, caps, umbrellas, &c.,. cash premiums and diplomas may be awarded to. John S. Goe,' Esq ,of Brownsville, Payette county, as a second premium, offers a full blood Merino buck, for the largest and best display of cattle owned and held,as farm stock by the ex hibitor. . Railroads will furnish the usual facili ties for the transportation of stock and visitors to the Fair. The plowing ; match will take place on Thursday, September 30. The field of competition is made co-extensive with the United States, and the Society cordially invites the citizens of other Stales to compete for the prizes. ;. Salt Lake City.— Harper’s Weekly gives anaocount of Salt Lake City; from which we learn that it is four miles in length by three in breadth, covering 12 square miles of ground. — The streets are laid out at right angles and are each 122 feet wide. The sidewalks are 28 feet in width. _ A city ordinance requires that .each house shall be set 20 feet from the street, and that (Shade trees shall be planted in front.— ;Each ; block froth , street to street, is 50 rods ' and eight building lots are allowed in eact. block, The dwellings are mostly long pne-story brick buildings. The city has a pleasant appearance. The river Jordan, uni ting the Great Salt and Utah Lakes, is west of . tbs city. To" the South for the distance of 25 miles, is a plain. o on the East and North are the slopes of the mountain range. There is a hot spring near the city, a stream from which the Mormons have turned into their bathing houses. A stream running through the site where the city, stands, has been turned by vari oos branches inlo eaoh street, supplying every family with pure water, and these streams ena ble the inhabitants to raise trees and flowers Which could not grow without irrigation. The city was founded in the Fall of 1847. O” Mr. John M. Bernheisel, Delegate in Congress-from Utah, publishes an Appeal to the public, in relation, tb-the march of the Ar my towards Salt Lake oily. He declares that the Mormons' profession of a desire for peace is honest, and' expresses a fear that the mis state ments which he charges-upon the .press of the country, will have the affect of prejudicing the public injnd against the Sainta. He adds a threat that war wilbyet ensue, if the Army per sists in the pursuit of the Mormons. i. Mexico. —lt iS-reported, unofficially, that a messenger left Washington on Friday, carrying despatches to Mr. Forsyth, Minister to Mexico, approving ol his suspension of diplomatic.inlcr coursc with that country, and directing the wilhdrawl of the Legation and its return to the United States. Qy-The ' Masonic fraternity, of Louisville, JS.y., Ctcoleda hall at a coat of *150,000. COURTING THE APOSTATES. Our political opponents —the Black-Rcpubli can- Know- Nothing-** any- thing- to- beat- tho- Dctnocralib-party” politicians—appear to enter tain an exalted opinion of apostate Democrats. Last year when they wanted a candidate for Governor, the renegade Wilmot was selected; aga*n, when a United States Senator was to be elected, the renegade Cameron was chosen. At their late bogus Stale Convention, the traitor Reeder occupied the chair as President, and the traitor Read was nominated for Supreme Judge. So too in the Congressional districts— over two-thirds of their- nominees are traitor-' Democrats.' -Why is this ? Why is it that our opponents arc so much in love with the refuse of the Democratic parly ? Is it not an acknowl edgement that a corrupt and vacillating Demo crat is a better man than a true, out-spoken Republican or Know-Nothing 1 ’Why did the men upon whom our opponents have been lavishing their favors, leave the Dem ocratic parly ? Was it because.they did not agree with usl No, for they are read}' to agree to anything, provided always, that they are permitted to ‘ feather their own nests.” Why did Wilmot leave us ? Because he wanted to bo Governor, but could not be nominated by the Democratic party of his extreme and obstinate free-trade r opinions. He therefore joined the high protective pa>;ty, and was made their nominee fur Governor! The people, how ever, were determined that “free-trade Wilmoi” should not rule over them, and they defeated him by a sweeping majority. Why did the oily-longued and slippery Cameron leave us ? Because the Democratic party refused to recog nize him as a leader or to confer honors upon him. During his connection with the' Demo cratic party our opponents were in of speaking of him as the most corrupt man in the State and the greatest demagogue that could be scared up ; but no sooner did he join"f/teir ranks than honors were heaped upon him, and he was at once recognized as their chosen leader. He is now spoken of by a number .of- their journals as a candidate for President of the United Statis! Why did Reeder leave the Democratic party ? Simply- because President Pierce turned him out V office. Why did John M. Read, the present nominee of the,mongrels.for Supreme Judge,,leave us? Because President Polk. would not appoint him to a Judgeship. • These are the men who are the present leaders of the mongrel party—these are.the- men upon whom our opponents confer their honors —all of them recreant. Democrats—wen who left the parly from selfish motives, and not because they, dillered from the parly on any principle. Can the bid Whigs and old Anti-masons contin- ue io recognize these recrcantsps their leaders ? Will they consent In bo reduced to the ranks and bavc these new masters placed oyer them ? We shall see. But, w'o ask again, why is it that these recre ant Democrats—these factious and unstable men —arcsb much caressed and caved for by our political opponents? Is it because'our, en emies consider the character of even, a boghs- Democrat better calculated to command the re spect of the people than a true Republican or Know-Nothing ? It would seem so. No dif ference how corrupt a Democrat may be, or how obscure, as soon as be joins the Opposition ho is-made tyleader, and .tendered, the highest hon ors inthe gift ofhis new assbeiates. By this menns our '- enemies procure their leaders and masters, and the Democratic party at the same time is relieved of the dead matter that clung lo its organization. Mexico Hastening to its Downfall. The Baltimore Republican says that ever since the nominal independence of- Spanish America —that is, from the period when it threw oft its allegiance to Spain—that country has been a prey to demagogues and adventur ers, and has been constantly depreciating in power and resource’s. Intestine wars and revo lutions have wasted the wealth of the people, and destroyed their energies, until they are now ready to sacrifice independence and nationality for the sake of repose and protection from some stronger arm than their own. At this time an archy and wild disorder reign predominant.— Having beggared their own people, the chief of 'the hour has been attempting forced loans front the citizens of other countries who may be found sojourning among them. Our own citi zens have been levied upon, and those who have i refused to submit to the unjust demands of the i presiding demagogue have been rudely ordered from the country. And these things have been done while a great portion of the Mexican pco > pie themselves are in arms against the tyrant, 1 ! and every day is expect to announce his down- 1 'fall. ' A half century’s experience must have satis fied tho people of Mexico, as it has the world besides, that they are incapable of governing themselves. It was a mistake in this country, or rather the greatest blunder of Gen. Scott, that the country was not kept when it. had been conquered. Th c,people were desirous, of becoming part and parcel of this great nation, and humanity and the best interests of society would have been promoted by gratifying their wishes. Instead of paying the nominal govern ment of Mexico $10,000,000 for a small, por tion of the territory, we should have , brought the whole under (he influence of a stable gov ernment and a purer civilization, and thus se cured to the inhabitants that peace and proleo tion'to which they have been so long strangers. It is not to be supposed that the government of this country can tamely submit to the oppress ion of our citizens by the' ephemeral and irre sponsible rulers of Mexico. It is useless to de mand reparation- from- such parties, and there is nothing left but a resort to- the power of re dress inherent in ourselves. 'lt needs but the invitation, when a- hundred thousand volunteers, would spring forth like the clansmen of Rhoderick Dhu, ready to avenge the.insult io our countrymen, and wipe out the distracted and divided country of Mexico and incorporate its lair plains and mighty forests into our own great family of States. And who is there that shall say no to the proposition ? Who shall dare to prescribe bounds or limits to our empire of peace and prosperity .1 Are we to take into consideration what England or Franco may say I Let England take care of her own (ottering Indian Empire ; and let Na poleon the Third look to his sceptre, lest while costing his eyes beyond the Atlantic, he may find La Belle France passing like a troubled meteor from nndor/his grasp. Wo repeat the sentiment—Mexico is hastening to tier down fall, and tho question is whether we shall con trol its future for tho benefit of the world, or whether wo will permit some foreign despot to galvanize the shrivelled body into a temporary • existence for our further annoyance and Injury. RESOLUTIONS OF TUB MONGREL CONVENTION. As pur readers may bo curious to sco the res olutions adopted by dur zebra opponents, at their latq Stale Convention, wo publish them entire below. It will -bo seen that they are exceedingly •* wishy-washy,” consisting, mostly of “Bleeding Kansas" fragments, with a slight inkling of Americanism, and endorsing strongly the course bf'Senator Cameron. This Convention representing the freemen of Pennsylvania who are opposed to the lending measures of the National Administration, most, especially those which seek tp slide the voice, and ignore the rights of a large majoriy of the citizens of Kansas ; and those which have pros trated the industry of the country, and are fast driving our Government into , national-.bank ruptcy, do hereby declare and icaolve. 1. That the Federal Constitution, the sever-, cign rights, and the Union of the States, and the liberties of the people, must and shall be preserved. . 2. That we protest against the Kansas poli cy of the National Administration, as at war with the rights of the people, and subversive of the principles of our government. 3. That the reckless and profligate extrava gance of Hie National Administration, causing a necessity for continued loans, without any means provided for their payment, gives evi dence of a want of that ability and integrity which should characterize the government of a free people, and unless checked will lend to in evitable bankruptcy. 4. That the purity and safety of the Ballot Box, are to be preserved at all hazards, and that all frauds upon the Naturalization laws, which have been so much resorted to, to. pro mote the success of. the party we oppose, ought to be counteracted by wholesome and proper legislation. 5. That this Convention do most heartily ap prove of and endorse the course pursued by our halo and distinguished Senator in Congress, the Hon. Simon Cameron, as well ,ns that of those Representatives from this State, who have stead fastly opposed, the'tyrannical policy of the Na tional Administration in their attempts to im pose upon the people of Kansas by fraud'and force a Slavery Constitution, in opposition to the known and oft expressed sentiments of the freemen of the Territory.." 6. That Ihe National Administration, during, all tiie late long session ofCongress, evincod an entire disregard ot the great industrial interests of the country, and indulged in a most waste ful and lavish expenditure of the public-tooncy. . Resolved, That the revenue necessary for a judicious and economical administration of the Government, should ho raised by the imposi tion ot duties upon foreign imports, and in lay ing them, such discriminating protection should lie given as will secure the rights of free labor and -American industry. - ' 7. That in presenting John M. Head to the people of Pennsylvania, as a candidate for Judge of the Supreme'Court, wo recognize the man, scholar and jurist, eminently qualified to fill and adorn the place. 8. That Wni. E. Frazer is well and favorably known to. the people of Pennsylvania, ns ah able and correct business man, and peculiarly qualified to discharge all the duties pertaining to the offide of Canal Commissioner. ; 9; That wo approve of the enactment of proper Jaivs to protect ua (rom the introduction of foreign criminals in onr midst 'by: returning them at once to places from whence they have been shipped to our shores. .Sub-Atlantic Telegraph. The telegram from Boston, received last night pays the Philadelphia Press, ot Saturday, through the agency of the Associated Press,con vey most important and particular hews re specting the laying of the Sub-Atlantic cable. A.sailing ship arrived at Boston yesterday, met the Niagara and Gordon, at sea, oh the 271 h hist.,’and was boarded by Mr. Gyrus-.W; Field, and a lieutenant of tiie Niagara. The fleet was sixteen days in reaching, its mid-ocean place of rcnde£Vou3. Two unsuccessful Jdtempts had, been made. In one of them forty miles of cable had been laid. The break occurred on tlie Ag amemnon. Each time the steamers returned to their starting place; and spliced the cable. A third attempt was to have been made on the 28th ult. Mr. Field was in good spirits, with lively hope of the ultimate success of the. great enterprise with which he has been so greatly connected, as projector and manager; " The Niagara, as if expressly to contradict the disparaging comments and prophesiosof the London Times, made the voyage well. Her en gines were in fine order, and worked admira bly.. The Despatches from Utah. —The official despatches from Utah are published in. the I Washington Union. They fully confirm the previous syljobsis of their contents by tele graph. The Peace Commissioners appear to act with discretion and humanity, and on fheir representation that the army was' sent into the Territory to enforce the laws and not to perse cute the people, the chief men agreed not-to re sist its progress. The Commissioners are go ing to Provo, to which place Hie Mormons had ! previously retired. It was their Intention to persuade them to return to their homes. Fif teen hundred persons had been loft in Salt Lake City to destroy it, if the difficulties had hot been peaceably settled. It is gratifying to find the civil and military officers acting in perfect j harmony bqth seemingly in tiro same spirit—to further the settlement of the trouble without bloodshed. The Peace Commissioners inform ed General Johnson that the Mormons felt some apprehensions about the safety of their persons and property, on the entrance of..the army into Salt Lake. General Johnson instantly issued a proclamation, declaring that no person would be molested by the army or property be injur ed i and, should protection he needed, that they will And the army (always faithful to the obliga tions of duty,) as ready now to assist and pro todt them as it was to oppose them while it was believed they wore resisting the laws of their government. On the 17th of June the army set out foi Salt'Lake City. The cost of this expe. dition has not been thrown away. . The display of tocre sufficient to back the authority of the Government, has brought the rebcllionists to a sense of their duty to the Government under which they live. It proves lo them and to oth ers who may bo disposed to defy its authority, that no distance is too great to exempt them from obedience, or the consequences of disobe dience. It will establish the authority of law in that wild region, and impress a wholesome fear upon the savages, who have made the over land route to tire Pacific a path, of danger and disaster- Accident. —It is our painful duty to record another frightful railroad accident. It occurred to the express train oh the New York and Erie Railroad, when about, seventy-five miles out of that city on Friday morning. By : the breaking of a rail, the two rear cars were thrown from the track and down an embank ment of thirty feet. Five persons were killed outright, and forty-seven wounded, some ol them fatally. Death op Gen. Quitman.— General Quitman died at his residence, near Natchez, Miss., on Saturday, of the disease which he contrnotcd'at the National Hotel, in Washington. 05” Stephen M. Routh,of Louisiana, who was on route for Europe,died at Wheeling on Sunday. THE FIGHT WITH THE INDIANS NEAR THE mOUSE RIVER. THE DEFEAT OF, (JOL. STEPTOE. The War Department has. received olßoial despatches, staling that. Col. Steploo, with a command of five commissioned officers, and a hundred and fifty-two' rank and; file, was' at tached and defeated by n large body of Indians on the Itlii-of May , at about eighty miles north of the Snake river, irf Oregon. - The battle lasted ffom'7 o’clock in the morn ing till a short time before sunset. Ammunition being nearly exhausted, and the Musquetopns being nearly useless against the enemy, a retreat ahd lbrccd march to the cross ing of the Snake river became necessary. . The details of the disaster to Col. Stcptoe’s command, show that he was led into an ambush by too mucji confidence in the friendly disposi tion of the Spolsan Indians. The immediate cause of hostility oh therjjinrt of this tribcis.the fact that the GovcrmheStis about to cut a mil itary road through -Irom Walla-Walla to Fort Benton. The indians gqcm determined to resist any transit whatever 'across, the country, and the Spokans havc.-boen jftined in their revolt by the Flalheads and' the Qceur d’Alancs. It is feared that a gcneintl revolt will take place ; bn fortunately there is a largo force of United Slates troops, in Utah, which now there will probably bo nonnecessity for keeping (here. These can, be drawn upon if necessity calls for it, though, from tha promptitude with which the Pacific Military Department has already acted, it is quite probable that the Indians hav c before this been,chastised; and their hostile op erations checked. Th? temporary success of the Indians may embolden them to attack the settlements, and sholißTthey do So, they have strength enough to drench the country iti blood, skilled as they are iipjfcie use of deadly rifles, with Which they are well Supplied. . A letter before us.yviitten by Mr. John F. Noble, (son of our respected townsman, Mr. John Noble,) gives Us sonic.interesting facts in relation to the battle. Wo will not attempt to give the wholo,lc,tter r , (for it is quite lengthy,) but cull from.it such-items as may bo interest ing, It appears that bn the Cth of May last, Uol. Steptoe left Fort.'Walla-Walla with some 140 Dragoons, and 85jncn of theOthTofantry, with two mounted.(howitzers under the com mand of Oapt. Winder,, with the intention of making a tour through the country, for Coll ville. The officers of the command were Col. Steptoe, Captains Winder and Taylor, Lieuts. Wheeler, Fleming, Gaston, and Gregg, After marching eight, days the. troops reached Peiouse river, and were about passing the Spokan coun try, when they were informed by the Indians that the Spokans would resist their entrance into the country,. The Spokans have always been regarded as fficndly to the whites, and when the troops left Walla-Walla, no one tho’t of having an encounter with them, or anyother Indians on the march. Col. Steptoe continued his march till about dusk, when he found him self confronted by (Some 600 warriors,-well mounted,and armed tvith rifles. This was on the 10th May.- The Cofbhel apprehending an at tack, put the troops in position, and marched on a mile more to a sheet of water and encamp ed, when a “talk” was had with the.rcdrskins. The Indians, however, were insulting, and told the troops (o rctuni the way they came, or take the next morning the Indians again made, the same request and the same threat, and soon put their threat into execution by firing upon the troops as they were crossing a small A fight immediately ensued, and a continuous fire from both sides was kept up for some time; Two companies charged the Indians on a bill and killed 12 of them. .Loss to the Americans, two commis sioned officers killed and eighteen non-commis sioned officers anil privates killed and wounded as follows Kitted, 5,.—1n Company 0, First Dragoons, Brevet Oapt. 0. H. Taylor and private Alfred Barnes; in Company E, First Dragoons, pri vates Charles 11. Uaiiiish and James Orozat; in Company 11, First Dragoons, Lieut. Win. Gas- ton. ■Wounded, 15.-Tn Company 0, First Dra goons, privates, T. 0. DeMey, Jas. Lynch, Henry Mohtreville, and farrier B. R. Birch ; m ■Company E, First,Dragoons, First Sergeant W. C. Williams; -privates Janies Kelly, William D. Micon, Hariet Melchu, James, Henly, Mau rice llenly, Charles Hughes.and John Mitchell; in Company E, 9th Infantry, privates Ormond, W. Hammond, Jofin Klay, and Gilbert Berger. Missing, I.— ln Company H.First Dragoons, First Scrgcant.Edward Ball. . A correspondent' of the Oregon Times, in a letter dated May 26, gives the following inter esting particulars »n regard to the fight: : “After having charged the Indiana, and killed a number, we got our scattered men together and kept up the Tight for half an hour, and again started to .reach . water, moving half® mile under a constant and raking fire, under which our comrades, Taylor and Gaston, fell. We finally reached a hill near the water, and occupied the sunjtnit, and the Indians having now completely -surrounded' it, wo dismounted and picketed our horses close together on the centre of the flat-inclined summit, and posted, our men around the crest, making them lie flat, on the ground, a$ the Indians were so close and so daring as to attempt to charge the hill, but, although outnumbering us eight to one, they could not succeed. Towards evening our ammunition began to give out, and our‘men. suffering so much from thirst and fatigue,.required all our attention to keep them up. To move from one point to an other wo had to crawl on our hands and knees, amiu Ihe howling of the Indians, the groans of the dying, and fill ..whistling of bajls and ar rows. We wcro’kept in' this-position uiut. o o’clock P. M., tyhen, as night name on, it be came apparent that on the morrow we must ‘go under,’ and that .not one of us would escape. It was plain that, nearly destitute of ammuni tion, we were completely surrounded by six or eight hundred Indians, and the most of these on points which we must pass to get away, iherc lore, it was. determined to run the gauntlet, so that, if possible, some might escape. . Aban doning everything, wo, mounted and left the hill at nine o’clock, and : nfter a ride of ninety, miles, mostly at a-gallop, and without a rest, We peached Snake River, at Red Wolf Grossing, the next evening, and were met by our friends, the Nex Peroes. We had two officers, five men, and three friendly Indians killed, and ten men wounded ; ’.Sergeant Ball, of H Comany, missing. The Sergeant distinguished himself very much during the action, and wo all hope ! he will yet - Captain Taylor waa allot through tho neck, and Lieut. Canon through tho body : they both fell fighting gallantly. Tho companies fought bravely jiko true men. Wo brought our horshs back in good condition, except about thirty, which Were shot during the fight. The Indians made no captures, lie fore the battle was over, the Indians picked up nine of their dead; how many of them were killed is not known, but Loan count fifteen ; they acknowl edge having forty wounded. It will taka a thousand men to go into the Spokah country.” ■ 03” No professional man lives so much from the mouth ns a dentist. from the Richmond Engnirer. The Monroe Obsequies. GOV. WISE’S ' , Address at the place of re-interment and at the Entertainment in Richmond. . COONTHTMEN AND FIJI.I.OW CITIZENS i;—The General Assembly of the Commonwealth has ordered that the remains of James Monroe ono of the most honored, and best beloved of her sons; shall, under the'direction and at the dis cretion.of the Governor, be removed "from the' public burying ground in the city of New York to the ccmctary at the cfly of Richmond. The remains are removed, the cenotaph is open, and wc are here assembled to inter them in their last resting place, with becoming ceremonies. In view of the speaking precept and example of the long life of usefulness, distinguished pub lie services and patriotic devotion once’ templed in The body of which these are the remains, I am not permitted to be silent. No better instance of an American man.of the People, or of a'true American Republican can be cited than that of James Monroe. His leader, his holler, his master, was the fath er whose statue mounts the plynth of yonder monument; but Washington was unrivalled arid stands alone among men upon earth. The patron of Monroe lies at Monticello, his compeer and equal at Montpelier, and no trio of patron and proteges in.our past history can approach the group of Jefferson, Madison and-Monroe, in political philosophy, in constitutional lore, and in patriotic action combined. Washington stands alone and above all ; they apart and grandly by'themselves. Washington is the great tvpc of Nationality ; they arc the triple bands of Individual Rights, of Slate Sovercign i ty, and of Republican Truth. Washington is supreme, but they are subordinate in supre macy only—special only in a greatness necessa ry as the supreme. James Monroe was a country boy of West moreland, the county man of Washington- Frrim lhc.lBth.to the T3d year of his ago (for 55 years) he was almost incessantly in the pub lic service. At 18 he left his letters arid science, his Horace and his'Homcr, at William and Ma ry, to'enlist iirtho battle-fieldsoflndcpendonce. lie took a 'commission' low down, next to the ranks, was severely wounded before, ho rose to a higher rank than that of Captain, and never rose higher in the line of the military. ; In the staff of Lord Stirling ho was an Aid de-Camp, and acquired tho title of Colonel of’ a regiment of Virginia, which whs never raised. Ho was a Commissioner of Virginia to the Southern Camp. He was a Legislator of Virginia. lie was a member of the Continental Congress lie Was q member of the Convention of Virginia to adopt the federal Constitution. lie was a Senator of Virginia in‘ Congress. He was a Minister to .Franco. He was twice Governor of Virginia. Ho was again Minister to France, Minister to England and :o Spain) and again to ■ England. He was-secretary of Slate, and in the war of “Free Trade and Sailors' Rights." for which he had contended as early as 1807,. he was Secretary of both Treasury and War.— He was twice elected President of the United , States, and orice almost unanimously.- And from the height of the Chief Magistrate of the ! Nation he again descended to the ranks of the ■ People, and-becamo a Magistrate of thcQuo i rum of Gentlemen Justices of the Peace for the I , county of Loudoun. And, lastly; in tho years ' .1829-’3O he was President of the first Converi ' -lion of. Virginia to reform the Constitution of . the State, ' This last post infirmity and old age compell ed him to resign and then, in 1830, his course run, his good fight fought, full of years and full of honors, the great and good old man retired to the bosom of his family, in the State of his adoption. There ho had told tho tale of his youthful love—there he had inhaled the per fume of conjugal affection—there he had mar- I ried the wife of his bosom—there he had buried I her —there his children were settled and there weary arid heavy laden with labors and years, he sought repose. Soldier, Legislator, Com missioner, Diplomat,' Statesman, President; Justice of the Peace. Cbnyenlionist and Consti tutionalist, ho had filled every measure of pub lic place, and filled it \ycll : and had received; nearly $400,000 of Slate and Federal:pay, and yet retired poor —a debtor for the Government, not to it—havingspont all, and more than all. his substance in his country’s service, apd went out of her. high places an Honest Man,..im poverished by his self sacrificing patriotism ! He became involved in debt by pledging his private means for the defence of the country in the war of 1812, and died before a grateful re turn was ever made. The full debt to him, nev-. cr was, and now never can be repaid. Plain, practical, didactic, a man of action not of words, he was efficient and potential in won’ drops works of usefulness, and thousands a thousand fold more .brilliantly illuminated by genius, were not half so successful by the force ol good cotrimon sense, and the inspiration of a good, earnest, honest purpose. In the Federal service, he was signally blessed and happy He aided essentially in purchasing Louisiana, and in acquiring Florida, and was the first to give Executive sanction to tho good cause of Colinizalion, whrih, in spile of all that is said to the contrary, is ‘ redeeming the promise of America to give back to Africa a freed man and a Christian for the slave and the savage which Africa gave to America ; and the only Black Republic, hopeful of any good to cither country or race, and tho best known asylum of the free Blacks everywhere, hands down to posterity the name of a Virginia President—the name “Monrovia." We are told “blessed is the peace makerhe then is blessed, for he pour ed oil on tho troubled waters of party politics, and they were stilled by his wise and moderate administration at home : and when the Holy Alliance, abroad, threatened to intervene against tho liberty-of the Colonies of Spain in South America, tho still small voice of his message to the guardians of the United States capital sub limely muttered tho warning that the hoary Despotism ol the Old World should not dare to lay its mace on the liberties of the New- What ever be the interpretation of tho Monroe .Doc trine for tho-futuro, it was -then and thereby that the Southern Republics sprang into life and assumed it separate and equal station among the Nations. It was then that the North Amer ican Republic taught tho world to respect its example and its sanction of Freedom, and that it put its moral weight into the scale of the balance of Power on earth ! ~ . • Venerable Patriot I—He found Ins rest soon after hPrctired. On the fourth of July, 1831, twenty-seven years ogo, he departed, like Jeff erson arid Adam's, on the anniversary of Inde pendence. His spirit was caught up to heaven, and his ashes were enshrined in the soil of his pdorited State, whoso daughter ho had married —of that gfot’.d and prosperous Oommonwcalih, whose motto is “Excelsior,” Ofir sister New York, the empire State of tho United States of America I—Virginia was the natural mother of Monroe, and New York was his mother in law: —Virginia by birth and baptism: New York by marriage and buriel. This was well, for.ho gave to her invaders the glaiv.cd band of “bloo dy welcome” at Trenton, and New York gave to him a “hospitablegrave.” Virginia respect fully allowed his ashes to lie long enough to con secrate her sister’s soil, and now has dutifully taken them to bo “earth to her earth and ashes , to her ashes,” at homo in the land of his cradle. New York has graciously bowed to the family request; Has disinterred tho remains ; has laid • them out iq state, and has sent the elite of her chivalry to escort them with banners and trum pets, in military and civic procession, to our cemetary. Thrice grateful are we for this one more binding link in the chain of affection, and Union. It makes this no funoral.it wails no dirge. It is an anthem of praise and gladness, and glorification. Thank God ! that wo have lived to this another day of Liberty and Nation al Independence in the bonfis only of State Am ity arid Union. Our griefs shall still bo the same griefs; our joys shall still be tho same joys ; our memorials of men and events shall still be the Same memorials : pur salvos for tho past still be the same salvos : and bur. shouts of victory for the future of a common country shall forever be the same shouts! Who knows this day, this hour, here) and around this grave, that New York is of tho North and that Virginia is of the South 1 " “Tho North Tins given up” and ‘‘tho-South shall not hold back,” and they arc one-, oven as all the now proud and- pre-eminent Thirty two arc one. , » Wo affectionately, then, welcome New York, and cordially embrace her around-the'grave of him, Virginia’s son, to whom she gave a resting place in life and in death. And now I call the Minister, of God to pray, for His blessings on this passing scene. 1 ask the righteous man to prav fervently and effectually for the example of this patriot’s life to be blessed to the youth of our country—blessed to' the people of this generation—blessed to the public men of New York and Virginia and the United States — blessed to-tho cause of Truth and Justice and human Freedom ; and blessed to the perpetual Strength, Peace, Liberty and Union of the,Con federacy,“one and indivisible now and forever. ” May the good which this patriot did bo revived by the disinterment of his bones,and may mon uments of wisdom and virtue like his be so mul tiplied and raised around yonder capital of the Mother off States, that the very statues of her heroes and sages and patriots, dead and depar ted, shall bo the moral guide marks of her liv ing and active servants, to preserve this .Com monwealth untorn in destiny and .untarnished in glory .to “the last syllable of recorded time,” wheirtho tenants of Holy wood, this beautiful city of the dead, shall rise to immortal life ! The proceedings at. the grave having been concluded, the line was again formed, and the volunteers of this city, with the Henrico troops, and the Now York Regiment, returned to the city, and repaired -to the large new mill ol Messrs. Warwick & Barksdale, where dinner I and refreshments had been provided. After the company was seated, appropriate toasts .were drunk, and‘'several,-speeches delivered. The sixth regular toast was road as follows: Oth. ‘-Virginia.- -Her sons of the past. Her sons of the present, can speak for themselves.” Gov. Wise was loudly called, for from all parts of the hall ; but ‘beforo responding Oof., Duryca called upon the National Guard to give nine cheers for the Governor, and five limes nine' were given. When order was restored, Gov. Wise rose and said : Fuu.ow Citizens. —I think I can call our selves to witness that wo are the most cheerful .meeting, that ever gathered together. [Laugh ter;] We arc told, ni the to.iat to which'! have been called' upon to respond, that it is first giv en to ‘Virginia; ’ next to her ‘sons of the past;’ and as for her sons of the present, they can speak for themselves ; and I think I can call yourselves to.witness, that every one of us ean speak at once. [Laughter. There was immense confusion in the hall.] Last night, late, I was notified duly that I would bo called Upon this day to respond to this toast; and when I came to look at it, very little reflection taught nio that it would take a whole life time to respond to it. Once when the State of Massachusetts, the older sister of Virginia, was alluded td, : arid with a sneer—all that that master of eloquence—l no other than DaniclYVebstcr himself—didsay, was, “there Massachusetts stands ;’’ and in re; spcct’to Virginia.l would take up thesentiment of his words, and say, “here Virginia stands.” (Applause.)' But are you prepared to listen to a library of history in speaking of-herself and a biography in speaking of her sons of the past ? It would take volumes to speak, or to write her history and their biography. No! you have not .the time for either now, and we aro not pre pared for the task. But Virginia.hashor histo ry of her settlement-! And there stands James town, with all the ormahee of the. history of Pocahontas .and C'apt. Smith.’' (Applause.) Virginia has her colonial history* and there is a volume in the first rebellion against British tyr rany on thisgTeat continent, in Bacon’s rebel lion. And here, near you, is “Bloody Run ;” and besides this, there is Point Pleasant; and beyond that is the march of Geo- Rogera Glark to Kaskaskia and Vincennes, (hat beats tiny march of the ten thousand in Grecian or Persian history. (Applause.) And then Virginia has her revolutionary history.,: Go to the old maga zine at Williamsburg ; and there you will find was the first ball of the revolution to which Patrick Henry’s eloquence gave the impulse. (Applause.) Go .to the very frontispiece of the first work of the first Convention of our fathers and there j'dn will find the record of 4He first Bill of Rights, not excepting Magna Charta (Applause,) I am, fellow citizens, not alluding to events like'those which threw the tea into the harbor of Boston—that, and other deeds of like kind, were done by masked men—men who had to assume the costume of the red man—of Mohawks. But I speak of open and organized ■action. Go to the Old Raleigh in Williamsburg, and you will there find, that without putting on a mask, Virginia; through her.legislators and (representatives, the first that ever sat in the (world, of a sovereign constituency, was Ihefirst that openly, daringly, in organized conclave to, proclaim freedom and Independence on theSOlh of June, 1776. (Applause.) She proclaimed herself solely without knowing whether any sis ter State would back her, free, sovereign, and independent. (Applause.) Go then into Car pehier’s Hall and see the sovereign States meet: see them assemble there. Oh, what a scene ! My God, if you can only picture that scene this day in an assembly' like tin's !. Glut lies Carroll signing the risk of millions, xmd Stephen Hop kins, with palsy in the hand, but none in the heart, signing—signing 'what ? Signing the great Charter, the great National Declaration, which said that the Virginia Declaration of the 20th of June shall not be left alone, but that the declaration of the 4th of July shall be added to the declaration of the 20lh of June, and that the whole-.nation shall be united in one declaration, written by the .four’ fingers and the thumb-of one of Virginia’s sires.- (Tre mendous applause.) Look to Virginia s parlj in the formation of the articles of the Confedera tion. which led to the formation, ol your Fede ral Constitution. Listen to me' noytS and to what I am going to. say-H'wish thanberp was no noise, and that there was silence- m dll the earth aiid thitt I- had the trumpet of an Arciff Angei to sound' it everywhere. When' your fathers attempted to form this Union they, did not know, beforehand,lwhat sort of a-Uhiori .it was to. bp. They set to work to do the best they could .'under the circumstances. Whri£ they would accomplish no pitta could tell. There was not a head upon either that had the human wisdom to foretell whalfit was to be ; but they went in for union, for union's sake. (Ap plause.) By all the Gods ; by all the alters of my country, I go for union for union’s sake. (Loud applause, which continued for several minutes.) They set to work,to make the best Union they could, and they did make the best Union and the best Government that ever was made. (Applause.) Washington, Franklin, Jefferson—all combined, in Congress; or out of Congress, in Convention or out of Convention, never made that Constitution. God Almighty sent it down to your fathers. (Applause.) It w'5S a work too of glory and a work of inspira tion. (Applause.)' I believe that ns fully as I believe in my Bible. No man, front Hamilton and Jay and Madison—from Edmund Randolph, who had the chief hand in making it—and he was a Virginian— the writers of it, the authors of it, and you who have lived under it, from 1789 down to this year of our Lord, 1858— none of your fathers and none of your father’s sons.lms ever measured the height or the depth, or the length or the breadth, of the wisdom of that Constitution. (Loud Applause.)' .; Virginia! Virginia speaks for herself! she gave you the father of your country, [Applause;] she gave you your revolution; she gave you your liberty; she gave you the author of tbo*decUmu (ion ot Independence; she put the ball of the revolution in motion and was the first that gave it impulse, [Applause.] She was the mother of your Constitution in the person of Edmund Ran dolph, find Madison.. And.then she was the mother of your Judiciary in the person of John Marshall, [Applause.] .Mother of the Father of the Country; mother of the Constitution; mother of tlie Declaration of Independence, mother of the Revolution; mother of the Judiciary, which is tho great bulwark of (ho Constitution. [Loud applause.] iVe may well claim that she is •« mother of- us all !?*. Is it necessary for mo to give you a list of her sons ? They are more numerous than (ho mighty pillars of this mighty fabric; and they are just.as staunch in their, his torical reoo'wn, as these pillars!in their firm basements. [Loud Applause.] And now, after alii they talk about Virginia's decay! Stic never has, decayed. She never will decay. Sho lias not- progressed in mecha nic arts, in mining arid manufacturing and.com. merco, but she has ton times the field of i’cnnl sylvania in iron rind coni, rind sho con have me olmnics or minors or manufactures and com" merco, whenever she chooses; and, ns I ] lnvo said often before, every river lias its water fall which murjners tlie music of her power forma, chinory. [Applause.] ' I thank you [addressing Ivimseif to Mr. Cock rano] for tlio honest truth which you have told! them this day, as n witness of what I h nTO i, ecn preaching for twenty years to my constituents It is time that Virginia was turning her alien" tion to manufactures, mechanics,'to commerce and to mining. No country, no Stale can live upon' one only of the live, cardinal powers 0 f production. She must resort to all of tliofiVo combined; and Virginia is doing it. G 0) you [eavo here, my friends from Now York and look at the iron factories that arc growing', m . around this noble scenery. I say, that , not the “mud sill” of society; and I thank God’ that thb old colonial aristocracy of V'w g m' which despised mechanical and manual labor 'd nearly ran out. I thank God that wo are bo ginning to have minors, mechanics and manu.- fact lifers, who will help to t-aiso what is left of that aristocracy up to tlio middle grade of re spectability. [Laughter and applause.] Look at tho-iron,factories hero; look at tlio tobacco, factories here—Hint factory which is every day stealing iny life away with tlio very weed of lux. ury. But it is worth some five or six millions now. And if you ask me where Virginia is (o day, I will tell you whore you are—in Warwick & Barksdale’s mill house,-that, grinds out rj . moan all our nulls] about HvoliumlrciMlioiisaiid barrels of flour per year.' [Applause.] And sir, we arc reaching our Brini iim arms to the hiV ’ bend of tlio- Ohio. Wo are running a dead! straight line of railroad from Hampton Bonds to. _ thb month of the Ohio, which lies exactly mid. way between the Gulf of Mexico and the Norlli ern Lakes. Wo will carry this canal—look at its basin—wo will carry it across (ho Alleghe nies; and, Mr. President of tlio James River and Kanawha Canal, [addressing himself to- Col; Ellis,] it you and I don’t livo toscoitcross; the tunnels of the Alleghenies,-my children will live tb sec it. ■ I can’t say that as yon. have got, none. [Laughter, amTcries of <■ lids, way,” from the- lelt.] The fact is [said Gov. Wise,] I am now tnlk. ed out, I have but recently recovered from sc. vcrc illnos, arid'tool, consequently, unable to. ■ speak at any length.' . . [Cries of “go on, go on.”] , Gov. Wise.—l would if I could, -but I can. not. I will , now conclude by giving you tlio following toast : , “Virginia’s Guests —they must measure Vir ginia's welcome to them by tlio size and Use of tier dining room—(ho largest-flouring mill, willi tlio best brand of the world. If there be not bread enough, on' the board below, there .aro barrels for thousands more in the stores above.” The Opposition State Convention. Tlio-Opposition Stale Convention assembled at Harrisburg! on Wednesday of last week, amt* nominated Jons M. Reed of Philadelphia, lov Supremo J edge, arid Wm. E. FnAZEn-of Fayette county', for Canal OiVnmissioncr. The Harris, burg Union thus spooks of {lib Convention, its candidates, arid, its doitiga : ■ The ..mongrel crew who lake to themselves (ho generic name of Opposition to the Democratic ’party,'gathered, in an incrdngrirons assembly- at Harrisburg,.on the 14th rqsf. At this time wo are still unable to give a name to tlio coalescing party, because tlio spongers' have themselves’ failed to baptise life liybrcd bantling. In pass ing; wb' would'earnestly beg the'guardians of. tins movement to snppjy ns with s'driro cogno men which may hereafter spare ns the, necessity of circumlocutions. Gov, Reeder, was selected to be permanent chairman* aiid.acquitted -him self with that fact which might be expected from a gentleman who bad so Recently left the demo-, cratio school. He seemed to be head and shoul ders abovc.the convention; arid it was flattering to the Democratic party (hat a pigmy in it should be a giant among this rabble. We must, in justice to Goy. Reeder; state that lie has for; gotten comparatively iittlo'ol his,good training' in his two-yeal-s rebellion. . . . : And further, wo desire to prdlbst argainst (bo unwarranted use which this “Convonßo.n’tmaot of Democratic materia). Wo are'really tumble , to supply oflioes, candidates and piatfornis for ail parties. . Mr. Reeder was ft good Democrat;, John M. Read was in tlio. innorfnost sanctuary of tlio Democratic church, until .within a short period ; Wm. E.'Frazer, until 1854j»)iad not been misled-by any will-o’-the-wisp. Tlio greatest stnigglolvas naturally respecting' tiro candidate for tho Supremo' Bench. The nominee tor this position, although-properlynot' a political office, will this fall lie tho banner bearer of tlio party. In this Keystone Stale, standing between the warring sections of the, country, a contest is to bo fought winch shall. exert a considerable influence upon (be fate of parties rind the country’s destiny. Through] different.accidents the candidates for a judicial station have become, or'must become, the re presentatives of principles.. It is - impossible that Mr. Porter or Mr. Reed should shirk the question. On the Bench they.must-bo incor rupt, impartial and able men, ns the world con siders each; but necessity, and their-own ac ceptance of party nominations, burden' then; with partisan responsibilities. It is of small importance who shall l)o tho fifth Judge upon, the Supremo Bench—so that ho,be honest and. capable,-ns'aro these gentlemen—but it is of .considerable moment (bat tlio people of Penn; sylvania should know tor what principles they contend and which party they endorse. ,wimt- are tbentho principlos-wbicbJohn ,'f- Reedis expectedto represent’? . I-io bdVbeea ti good Democrat in his time.- Ro Ims.nsiwi'S, boon considered tho enemy of a protective tarif I .', and- tlio resolution' in which the sense of the convention is expressed ori thnt-snbjco't. seeias to-have been moulded suit bis particulars views. It advtmees*no'sncJi docti-ine ns prolcc tion lor the sake of protection, biit maybe ndo'p ted'withoHt res'cr-Ve, by allpnrties of tills Com monwealth.-, So far ns it goes, it is correct ia priflciglo, for there is no one in our State who' .disbelieves that' tho bettor method for raising revenue in these present' times, is by a laritf.w Tho resolution does not even cxliort Ponnsylva nia Representatives to the.pOiTor'mnricc off plain duty, namely, to watch that in tho format tion of a tariff that is protective in fact, tho coal rind iron interests of Pennsylvania should ho zealously guarded. , It is ambiguous, general, and devoid ql point, as all tho resolutions of this convention aro. With number onowe' moat decidedly agree; number two wo emphatically deny; number three is absurd, When wo consider that Die com mercial depression of ibo country is owing is the inflation of bank paper, railroad and other securities, witli the general liecdlcssiicss and expanded credit of a too prosperous pooP'®'' with number four wo are iri strict ncco rMnc r upon resolution number five, Wo hnr° j 1" wf to say;-number six is more dectoi''' 11 ,., > numbers seven and eight we have n,rc ,{ i h( j ken, and come to tlio niiith-yapparc ... most insignificant, but in' reality the' portaut; of their dogmas. For fear that wo should bo misunderstood, wo dM«“ ( ’ n^d hero entire those words winch ” j cnn3 .>» satisfy the wounded honor of . Amo { of «9. That wo approve of the er lotjon proper laws to protect us fiora f re turning of foreign criminals In our midst y them at once to places fromi whence they boon shipped to our shores. . JO- ; •To preface, wo yield to tins. minohc > g . n _ solution our most hOarty, on ir ?’ —.riizm'sup ocro, unreserved, patriotic, n^ d ,lr ‘ , l)0 port.’ If this is ■.Americanism’ wo in the innermost sanctuary. If this I> “■ . d Nothing dragon that has been so much a >us the next democratic convention should s best respects and politely offer excuses wi conciliatory presents.. , • . • ■ . VCB . There,was only one idea inwlyoh thisoon tion seemed to bo harmonious— ppposit u the Democratic party. The blind, "J’l'.j n , 1)9 string-halted and-foundered brutes which . Democratic coach has dropped by the way in assembly, with a majority of jackasses to uw out their complaints for the sores Which ___ mocratic .harness had worn' upon their skinm They arc likely to have a pood rost fi om r ministration dlflicultlos, apdwo wish them pi lyoffodderi - ' . . QSTTho Store of Totipy & Bryan, ol I " d , - apolis, Indiana, waa .broken open on Batnr j night and about $1,300 worth of silks taken on •