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 •