AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
JOnJV B.''BUTTON, Editor &,Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., MAY 24, 1800.
DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS.
For Governor,
HENRY D. FOSTER,
OP WESTMORELAND COUNTY,
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
Electors At larob.
.-|Geo. M. Keim, of Berks county,
APRicllaiid Vaux, of Philndolphia,
DISTRICT ELECTORS,
1. iVcJ’k. A. SorvOr.
2. Wm, C. Patterson,
3. Jos. Crookott, Jr.
4. J. G. Bronnor,,
6. J. W., Jacoby.
6. Charles Rally.
7. 0. P. James.
8. David Sohall.
9. J. L. Lightnor. .
10. S. S. Barber.
11. T. 11. Walker.
.12. S. S. Winchester.
13. Joseph Laubach.
By Divine permission, the corner-stone
of St. John’s German Eeformed Church, of
Boiling Springs, this county, will bo laid bn
Monday, the 28th ihst,, at 1 o’clock, with the
usual services. Ministers at a distance are
expected, and all are respectfully requested to
attend. ;
Valuable Chesnut Timber and Farm
Land for Sale. —Wo would direct attention
to the real estate, advertisement of Messrs.
Himes, Young, Ahl and Beetom, who will of
fer at public sale, on the 31st of May and Ist
of June, several hundreds of acres of Chesnut
timber and farm land. This land is highly
valuable, and is well worthy the attention of
capitalists.
New Lodge op Odd Fellows.— A new
Lodge of Odd Fellows will be opened ih New
burg, this county, on Thursday, May 31st.—
Wm. M. Penrose, Esq., Geo. F. Cain, Esq.,
and other able speakers will deliver addresses
suitable to the occasion. The members of tlie
Order generally are invited to be present, as
nothing will be left undone to make the occa
sion as. interesting as possible. The public
is also invited. .
■ A Deserved Compliment.'— ln the early
port of this month, Judge Graham, of this
place; held a special Court at Bollofonte; to
try several important suits in which the Judge
of that District had been employed as counsel.
The Central Press (Republican paper,) thus
speaks of Judge Graham :
. Court this Week. —Court is in session this
Week, his honor, Judge Graham, of Carlisle,
S residing. Judge Graham is' a man of deni
ed ability, and admirably fitted ,to fill the
position ho occupies. His dignified appear
ance, and clear decisions apd charges are the
subjects of favorable comment on all hands.
The Court is wholly employed in disposing of;
cases ih which Judge Linn was employed be
fore his elevation to the bench.
Congress.— s©n Monday lost Mr. Montgo
mery of Pennsylvania, presented a'resolution
for the final adjournment of Cbngress on the
"18th. of. June, which was adopted—yeas 120,
nays 55. . : ' ,
Gen, Cameron. —The friends of this gentle
man; must have been sorely disappointed, at
Chicago. Even the Pennsylvania Delegates
deceived him, d portion of them voting against
him from the firsthand it is now a well as
certained fact that nearly all of them were se
cretly opposing him, and all left him after the
first ballot 1 lie has been sold in the house of
his pretended friends. The Pennsylvanians, i
aftor.betraying Cameron, voted as a uunit for
Lincoln, and thus assisted do nominate the I
most objectionable man before the Convention.
Cameron might, possibly, have carried Penn
sylvania, but Lincoln —the man who has open
ly advocated negro equality with White men I
■ —will not even make a show in the Old Key
stone. Theßepublicans rejected Seward, the
founder of their party, and the greatest states
man in it, because of his,extreme notions on
the subject; of slavery, and they then turned
in and nominated a man who has expressed
himself in much stronger and more objection
able language than over Seward did. Oh, I
for the consistency of our opponents 1
KEEP IT. BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that
Hamlin, the nominee of the Republicans for
Vice President, is, and always has been, an
open and decided free-trade man! The Re
publicans of Pennsylvania profess great friend
ship and *eal for a protective tariff, but they
always support free-traders for office. Thus,
they nominated “free-trade Wilmoi” for Gov- I
ernor in 1858, and now they nominate Ham
lin, another free-trader, for Vico President.
What miserable hypocrisy. Lot the people of
the Old Keystone, who are honestly in favor I
of a protective tariff,’ think of these facts, and
then,net.
Postmaster of New York.' —The President
fms appointed John A. Dix Postmaster of New
York, in place of Mr. Fowler, and the nomi
nation was immediately confirmed by the Se
nate without-thq usual preliminary reference.
Mr. Dix is a brother of Mies Dix, the celebra
ted philanthropist, and is one of the ablest
and purest nien of Now York, lie represen
ted that State in the United States Senate,.
where he, occupied a high and prominent po-,
sit ion, and is deservedly respected ftr his abil
ity and honored for his integrity. There is no:
danger of a defalcation occurring under his ad
ministration of the New York Post office.
A
PmyiNQ Jury —It is stated of the jury
wtuch recently brought in a verdict of guilty
against Harden, the Jersey parson, for pois
omng Ins wife, that after they had gone into
their room ft constable was sent for a Bible
a. chapter was then read by the foreman—then
all kneeled down in prayer. It was then agreed
that each one should hand in his verdict,
which was done, and the verdict was unani
mous as to the guilt of the prisoner. Each
one,rose in Iris place and gave his reasons on
which ho founded his opinions of the prison
er’s guilt.. Then, the jury closed with reading
a chapter and prayer.
Herr’s Hotel, at Harrisburg, has chang
ed hands. Mrs. Ilorr, who lias conducted the
house since her husband’s death, retires, and
is succeeded by ,Mr. BrenfOrd,’ of, Somerset
Bounty,
1 A number of the Southern Senators and
Members of Congress have published on Ad
dress, inviting tho Seoodcrs from the (Charles
ton Convention to attend the Baltimore Con l
vcntioil
Wo know not what tho Seocdors may do in
tho matter, hut wo think it quite probable
they will not, as they certainly should not,
ask to resume their scats in the National Com
vention.. They loft tho Convention voluntari
ly—of their own free will and accord—and if
they arc tho men wo suppose them to be, they
will not return to the Convention, to claim tho
seats they so willingly resigned. If the Sou
thern people are true to themselves, they will
■ appoint now Delegates tq take the places of
those who left tho Convention. The Address
of tho Southern Members of Congress advises
tho Secodors to return to tho Convention, but
intimates to them that they can become disor
ganizdrs again and secodo-a second time, if
their demands are not acceded to 1. Is not this
beautiful advice for Democratic Members of
Congress to give to tho refractory Sooeders ?
If tOTKi Delegates take them seats in the Bal
timore Convention, aS advised to do by tho Ad
dress of tho Southern Members of Congress, it
Will be with the understanding that they will
secede again if they are not .gratified in all
their whims! A.Way With tba men who will
dare thus to instil t a Convention. What right,
WO repeat, have these Seceders to ask to re
sume the scats they voluntarily left ? They
have, no right. Other men, Who have the wel
fare of the country at heart, and who regard
disunionists ns traitors, should take the places
of those who left tho Convention, And no
man is a fit Delegate who will not pledge him-1
self to abide tho decision of tho majority.-
We do hope that wise counsels may provail
at Baltimore—that moderation and concession
may be thp governing motives of all. But; if
the disunionists of the South ere determined,
by their course, to assist tho disunionists of
the North to elect Lincoln to the Presidency,
so be it—certainly the North ean bear the in
fliction if the South can. Wo hope our Sou
thern brethren, therefore, will pause and re
flect before they commit the fatal error that
will involve them in ruin. They have more at
stake than the North, and they, of all others,
should favor moderation rather than rebellion.
Wo feel convinced that nine-tenths of tho peo
ple, of tho South are sincere lovers of their
country, who deprecate disunion, and who de
sire the success of the Democratic party. Lot
them—the sensible conservative men—speak
out, and demand to bo represented in thoßal
i tirdoro Convention by those who feel an inte
-1 rest in the welfare of our common country.
14. J.'Reokliow.
15. Goo. D; Jackson.
16.
17. J. B. Dannoiv
18. J. R. Crawford.
19. 11. N. Loo.
20. J. B. llowoll.
21. N. P. Fettorman.
22. Samuol Marshall.
23. Wm. Book.
24. B. D. Hamlin.
25. Gaylord Church.
Wo hope for the best, and feel preparedfor the
Worst.
The Poor Know-Nothings. —A Shallow
Trick.— The Philadelphia '-Daily News— the
Know-Nothing organ—in publishing the milk
and-water Platform of the Chicago Conven
tion, opiits the fourteenth resolution 1 This is
the resolution that knocks Know-Nothingism
into a cocked hat. It opposes any change in
the naturalization laws, or any State legisla
tion imparing the rights of immigrants from
foreign lands, and favors full and equal pro
tection to the rights of native and naturalized
citizens, at homo and abroad. The News is
not smart if it expects to deceive the Ame
ricans" ih this way. They will soon.discov
er, notwithstanding the attempt of their, cor
rupt organ to deceive them, that they have
boon repudiated, condemned and, sold out to
the Black Republicans. The Philadelphia
Inquirer, another “ American’’ paper, is nipro
honest, arid publishes the Republican Platform
in full, and in doing so takes occasion to de
nounce this anti-Know-Nothing resolution “ as
a fatal blow aimed against the American cle
ment of the People’s party in the two States
(Pennsylvania and Now Jersey) where the
contest mustbo decided,” and winds up by sa}--
ing that “ the moderate portion of the Repub
lican party has boon driven to the wall by the
fanatics.” -
Poor ‘‘Sam!’’ Sambo has triumphed at
last, has captured his rival, and condemned
him to death. Wo predicted this result; years
ago; hut our amiable neighbor of the Ameri
can would not believe us, and, with more zeal
than prudence,.continued, until lately, to wage
war against all those who dared to say that
foreigners should have their just rights respec
ted. A final farewell to Know-Nothingism
the meanest party that ever existed in this or
any other country, the Thugs of Franco not
excepted, Pcqniescat in pace !
Snubbed.— During the sittings of the late
Republican Convention at Chicago, the noto-,
rious Dave Wiuiot, of this State, made quite
a. lengthy speech, in opposition to the right, of
the few Southern Delegates to vote in the
| Convention. This created quite a stir among
the self-constituted Delegates from Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, &c. Mr. Paeuer, of Ma
ryland, replied to “free-trade Dave,” and
snubbed the “ People’s Party” of Pennsylva
nia, by accusing its members of cowardice
in not announcing themselves Eopublicans.-
Ile said:
J lie ha(\, dared more and risked more than
the gentleman from Pennsylvania had ever
•■ asked or dared.. He had avowed himself a
■ Republican, while thq People’s party of Penn
sylvania wore still afraid to declare themselves
thorough Republicans. .[lmmense applause 1
Ho had been jerred by a mob in Baltimore,
and on his return homo had boon burnt in ef
figy, and hung by the neck by a mob led on by
. federal office holders. Ho claimed that if the
party hoped to succeed they must organize
throughout the Union. He repelled the ac-
I cusation that Maryland was the tool of any
J Northern State. They wore unpurohosed and
unpurehasablo, and they told Pennsylvania to
put that in its pipe and smoko it. [immense
cheers.] He cared not if Maryland was turn
-Icd out of this Convention. [Cries of “ no.”
“ no,” “it never shall bo.”j They would still
go homo and run an electoral ticket. [Cheers,]
Ho felt, from the applause sp kindly bestowed,
that he had not appealed in vain to tho fair
and honorable sentiments of the people."
Wilmot was completely silenced, and'tho
Southern Delegates wore allowcd to v voto.
In Favor of Union —An old couple, each
exceeding sixty years, were married in Trip
ton, Indiana, the other day, in a grocery store,
by the minister who kept the store, the divine
being dressed in his shirt sleeves, just ns ho
had come out of a mackeral barrel, ond the
lovely bride wore a checked sun-bonnet, a clay
pipe emerging from her ruby lips; had on a
once colored, but now colorless, calico dress,
minus the hoops, gaily bespangled with soot
and grease, gray yarn stockings and cowhide
brogans, besmeared with Iloosior blacking. J
AN ADDRESS TO THE SECEDERS,
LINCOLN AND HAMLIN.
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, has received
the nomination of the Black Republican Chi
cago Convention for President, and Hort. Han
nibal Hamlin, of Maine, was nominated for
Vico President.
Mr. Lincoln belongs to the- extreme school
of Republican politicians.' Wo arc not aware
that he has ever filled any public position out
side of his State. Ho owes his reputation en
tirely to the spirited contest he made against
Mr. Douglas in 1858, when ns candidates for
tho United States Senate they canvassed the
State of Illinois together, and lost tho battle.
Ho is one of those rough, unpolished western
men of naturally vigorous mind, but without
tho slightest knowledge of practical states
manship. Tho Convention could not have se
lected a more radical Republican or a more un
safe man.
It was a singular freak of the Convention
after discarding Seward for his “ irrepressible
conflict” ultraisms to select Lincoln. It was
jumping out of tho frying pan directly into
the fire. While Mr. Lincoln has not tho abil
ity, the experience, or tho prestige of Seward,
his speeches contain anti-slavery sentiments
more radical, because expressed in loss guar
ded language. Ilis friends claim for him the
honor of originating tho irrepressible conflict
.doctrine. During his canvass in Illinois,;ho
declared that " this Government cannot perma
nently endure half slave and halffree" —a sen
timent calculated to alarm every lover of the
Union, who hopes to see the compact between
Free and Slave States formed by tho Constitu
tion maintained inviolate—and an exact coun
terpart of the objectionable dogma of Mr. Sew
ard, that an irrepressible conflict exists be
tween tho Free and Slave States.
The nomination of Lincoln plants tho Re
publican party distinctly upon the Irrepressi
ble Conflict Platform, and will tend to unite
all conservatives against him. .. ifhb Platform
adopted by the Convention is admitted at Chi
cago to be a mass of unmeaning nonsense,
which will derive its real interpretation from
the character of the nominee. Lincoln, it
seems, is that interpretation—and his “views
are ns extreme and ultra as any Sowardite dr
Abolitioni&t can desire. ■ .
Sovereign States Hissed,
When the list of States represented at
Charleston was concluded, the absent States'
were called; and Alabama, Mississippi and
, South Carolina wore received wiiJi Jtisses by
the assembled multitude. This contemptuous
. expression was perfectly in character with the
. spirit controlling: the Republican party, and
, illustrates the deep sectional hatred animating
, its members. They have so long been accus
tomed to rail at Southern men that the least
allusion to Southern States stirs up the most
violent passions that find relief in expressions
of disgust and contempt. The very names of
f Southern States—sovereign members of this
Confederacy—have become nauseating to the
sectional Republicans. This spirit would blot
them out from the map of the, country, and
jdeiiyltihem the rights to which they are enti
ti tied'under the common Constitution. Sec
tional animosity is one of tho inevitable and
natural fruits of a parly holding doctrines in- 1
unreal to ono-lmlf tho States of the Union
doctrines which can never become national,
and if persisted in,' must intensify sec-]
tional feeling, and widen the broach between
different portions of tho Union. Men who
cannot tolerate the mention of, the names of
Southern States would not hesitate to deprive
them of their privileges. •
A Jojible op Inconsistencies. —The Head
ing Oaze/fe, in speaking of the Chicago Plat
form, says it was reported by Judge Jessup
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee,
and is considered, by all men of sense an odd
jumble of 'inconsistencies, and a blundering
effort at reconciling conflicting opinions and
interests. After the usual denunciation of the
Democratic party, the''rcsolutious proceed to
deal in broad generalities that may be-con-
strued any way to suit the prejudices of ..the
reader. The eighth resolution makes the
broad assertion “that our Republican fathers
abolished slavery in all our national territo
ry,” which is false in fact, and contrary to
history. It then declares that it is. the duty
of Congress to legislate for the prohibition of
slavery in tho Territories, while at the same
time it denies tho authority of Congress or
of a Territorial Legislature to give legal exis
tence to slavery anywhere. The Tariff Reso
lution is so thoroughly non-committal and
meaningless, that we copy it entire:
Twelfth. —That while providing revenue for
the support of tho General Government, by
duties upon imposts, a sound policy requires
such an adjustment of those imposts as to en
courage tho developomont of the industrial in
terests of tho wholo country, and wo recom
mend that policy of national exchange whicli
secures to thif working men liberal wages, to
agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics
and manufacturers an adequate reward for
their skill, labor and enterprise, and to‘the
nation commercial prosperity and indepen
dence, , 1
It will be’ seen that the word “protection”
is not once used. The resolution is but an
enlargement of the clause of the Constitution
giving Congress power “to , provide for the
general welfare,” and tho ouband-out free
trader may subscribe to it without yielding an
inch, for at commits him to no protective policy
whatever. This resolution is not at all satis
factory to tho Pennsylvanians. Tho Chicago
correspondent of Forney’s Press says of them,
that, “having expected a cordial endorsement
of their high tariff principles, they are disap
pointed and indignant at tho vague and cold
endorsement they have received.”
Alleged Frauds on tub Government.
The Now'York Commercial says; “Yesterday
Marshal Kynders, in company with his Depu
ties, O’Keofo and Calligan, paid a visit to
Wall street, for the purpose of arresting a
brace of operators who are charged with forg
ing claims on the Pension Office, with the in
tent to defraud the Government of the United
States. The parties implicated in this for
[ gory are Solden Brainhard, a broker in Wall
street, and Joseph C. Lawrence, an Attorney
at Law and a Notary Public. It is supposed
that their united operations in the way of
forged Land Warrants for soldiers’ and sail
ors’ bounty and pension claims, will reach the
amount ofgoOO,ooo. Mr. Commissioner Betts
ordered them to bo hold to bail in §5OOO each,
i!Sr The Clothing Emporium of Granville
Stokes, in Philadelphia, is one of the most
extensive in that city. We invito attention
to his advertisement in another column. I
SEWARD'S FRIENDS INDIGNANT.
Auburn is the homo of Governor Seward,
whore bo was sojourning when tbo nows of
bis defeat arrived. A despatch from that ci
ty states that "ho boro his defeat with great
equanimity, but his friends are indignant an(T
outraged.” It further states that the Chicago
Convention have “ nominated a man without
principles, and adopted a platform without any
meaning.”.
Tima Low Weed Disgusted. —Mr. Weed,
the fearless and indomitable editor of theyli
laji;/ Evening Journal, Mr. Seward’s oldest
and truest friend, is greatly disgusted at the
'overthrow of his favorite, and threatens to
bolt. *■' '
Wade’s Friends Bitter Against Lincoln.
—A letter from Chicago, to Forney’s Press,
dated May 19, says:
“ Wade’s friends are particularly bitter, de
claring that had it not been for Chase’s oppo
sition, the Ohio delegation would have been a
unit fojf Wade, from the start, thus insuring
his nomination, ns the general opposition to
Seward would,, have rallied to a candidate
unanimously'presented by the great strong
hold. of Ropdiuioahism in the Northwest much
more quickly and with much niorcenthusiasm
than they agreed to support a man presented
by a State which has only eleven votes in the
Electoral College, not one of which was over
cast for a .Whig or Republican nominee for
President. There is no doubt that the Ohio
delegation would gladly have united on Wade
—for he had strong and devoted advocates and
supporters in almost all of the other delega
tions—had it hot been for the opposition of
Gov. ..Chase and his friends,, which was the
uiore objectionable, inasmuch as it was pure
ly selfish,.-Chasg washing to, be a candidate
himself in IBfi’iVnnd fearful that Wade’s nom
ination at this’\time would destroy his hopes.”
Ingratitude or tub Pennsylvania Dele
gates.—The same correspondent, writing from
Chicago, reveals a secret in regard to the means
used by the .Black Republicans of Philadel
phia at the late spring election. It says: 1
“It was generally admitted that had Penn
! sylvahia come out hero with a candidate, and
steadfastly adhered to him, the nomination
yvjpuld have been yielded to her, hut her dele
gation was so divided, and there were so ma
ny conflicting, interests in it, that it exerted
very little influence. There was only one
bond of union between the Cameron men, the
Curtin men, and the straight-out Anjoribhns,
comprising in part the People’s party, and
largely represented here in the Young Men’s
People’s Party Club of Philadelphia, and that
was opposition to ’Seward. The friends of the
latter are particularly indignant at this, and
charge that it iscold'ingratitudo in return for
the material aid furnished by Mr. Seward’s
representative man, Thurlow Weed, who, they
say, sent Col. M’Cluro, the chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee of Penn
sylvania,. §5OO, to aid. in carrying the late
spring election in Philadelphia. Besides,
Pennsylvania might have had the Yico Pres
idency, for there wjs a general disposition on
the part of the CouvoritiOn.to place John Hick
man in nomination- for that office, but when
I his name was proposed in a meeting of the
delegation, the Cameron men cried “no,"
“no,” and went for Governor Reeder, to show
the' Convention that Hickman was not their
choice.”
Opposition" to Hamlin on" Account onus
Pbee-Trade Record. —The same correspond- i
onl thus speaks of Hamlin, tho Black Jtopub-1
iican nominee for Vico President:
“His feared that Hamlin’s anti-tariff free
trade record, may injure the ticket in Penn
sylvania; arid some of the anti-Seward men
openly and indignantly declare that tho New
xofk delegationjmpsentod him fori this pur
pose- Obtain 'sT* that the Pennsylvanians
hero are not as'&wlh ' gratified with the plat
form as they would have Boon had a decided
tariff plank Boon put in it. Mr. Albright, of
Pennsylvania, presented to.the Committee on
Platform the resolution on the . tariff adopted
by tho People’s party of Pennsylvania in their
hist State Convention, and askfd.thora to in
corporate it in the platform; But this they re
fused, preferring a less explicit and less in
telligible declaration of principles on this sub
ject. What “ tho policy of national exchan
ges” clause of the resolution, as adopted,
means no one knows. Gov. Reeder says that
hois utterly unable to understand it, and that
when tho platforni was first road in Conven
tion, ho would have asked the chairman of
tho committee to explain it, but there was so
much noise {pd confusion in the hall that ho
could not have mode himself hoard, and there
fore allowed it to pass,”
The Know-Nothings Whine and Threat
en*—The Daily Acres, tho organ of the Know-
Nothings of Philadelphia, in speaking of tho
Chicago platform, jays: ,
„ “ , has ’ hoimer, in it what is called a
Dutch plank, ’ winch, wo are told, was dic
tated.by an assemblage of outsiders, who al
so met m jhe city of Chicago. This we es
teem to bo simply an insult to tho American
element, which constitutes so powerful a por
tion of the People’s party in Pennsylvania,
and as such wo not only eschew it, but de
nounce it ns a proposition unfit to bo put forth’
by .any body of mon professing to act in oppo
sition to the Loco Poco party. Tho day has
"°t. come when Americans will give up
their Shiboloth, and although it may bo es
teemed as expedient and prudent to postpone
a discussion of these distinctive views, until
the groat “black or white»"ehall
no determined and disposed of in someway—
tho gentlemen who voted in this plank, as
well as the crowd which dictated it, may rest
assured that tho paramount doctrines of Ame
ricanism must and shall be.respected.”.
“Marked Dissatisfaction;” —The same
paper, in referring .to the Republican nomi- 1 i
neos, uses this language: '
, * s d^guiso the fact, however,
is not only very great disappoint
ment in regard to the candidates presented,
but marked dissatisfaction: .
x The Japanese Eiibassv.— I The presents
brought by the Japanese: Embassy, for the
President of the Puitod States were opened on
Friday, in Washington, for inspection, and
then transferred to the naval commission to
bo delivered privately to tho President in the
name of his Imperial Majesty, tho Tycoon. '
The articles are of the most magnificent de
scription; saddles richly embroidered and
bossed with gold and silver; silk bed curtains
and bod screens, similar to those used onlybv
tho Princes of Japan, and ingeniously elabo
rated; two swords, such as are worn by tho
Princes of Japan, superior to any ever manu
factured either in this country or Franco - pa
porhanglng, ornamented with gold; lacquered
case, including writing cases, and a lot of
valuable miscellaneous articles, all of them
exhibiting the most refined taste and advanc
ed artistic skill, and superior to any which
have boon brought to this country from Asia.
IT , IS , SA ‘ D that in J apan old maids are un
heard of-do not exist.' When the girls do
not ge married vokntarily in a reasonable
time, the authont.es hunt up husbands, and
make them marry, willing ornotwilling. An
t°Mn™ S r * ‘ inks t '- mt thn Japanese know a
preparing to mtroduco it generally
Platform of the Republican Party.
The following is tho Platform adopted by
tbo Chicago Convention. Tho latter portion
of tho second resolution vraa not reported by
the committee, but was proposed ns an amend
ment by Mr. Qiddings, for tho purpose of
covering,the doctrine of negro suffrage. It
was first rejected upoh his motion, but was
afterwards incorporated into tho Platform
upon tho motion of Gen. IV. Curtis, the well
known Abolition lecturer. Tho attention of
tho .Americans is particularly directed to the
fourteenth resolution:
Resolved. That we, tho delegated ropreson-.i
tatives of tho Republican-Electors of the Uni
ted States, in. Convention assembled, in the
discharge of tho duty wo owo to our constitu
ents and our country, unite in tho following
declarations: .
First: That tho history if the nation dur
ing tho last four years has fully established
the propriety and necessity of the organiza
tion and perpetuation of the Republican par
ty, and that tho causes which called it into
existence are permanent in their nature, and
now more than ever before demand its peace
ful and constitutional triumph.
Second; That .the maintenance of tho man
ciples promulgated in tho Declaration of Inde
pendence, and embodied in tho Federal Con
stitution, is essential to tho preservation of
our republican institutions, and that the Fed
eral Constitution,.tho rights of the States, and
tho Union of the States, must and shall bo
preserved. That wo solemnly ro-assert the
self-evident truths, that all men are endowed
by the Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among which are those of life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness ; that governments are
instituted among men to secure tho enjoyment
of these rights.
Third; That to tbo Union of tho States this
notion owes its unprecedented increase in po
pulation ; its surprising development of mate
rial resources; its rapid augmentation, of
wealth; its happiness at home and its honor
abroad; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes
for disunion, come from whatever source they
may; and wo congratulate tho country that no
Republican, member of Congress has uttered
or countenanced a threat of disunion, so often
made by members of Congress
without rebuke and with applause from their
political associates; and wo denounce those
throats of disunion, in case of a popular overr
throw of their 'ascendency, as 'denying tho vi
tal principlos.of a free Government, and as an
avowal of contemplated which it is
the imperative duty of an indignant people
strongly to rebuke and forevemsilonco. 1
Fourth; . That the maintenance inviolate of
tho fights of the States, and especially the
right of oach-Stato to order and control its
own domestic institution's according to its
own judgment exclusively, is essential to that
balanoc of power on.which.the perfection and
endurance, of our political faith depends, and
we denounce the lawless invasion by armed
force of any State or Territory, no matter, un
der what pretext, as among thegravest, of
crimes.
Fifth: That-the present Democratic Ad-:
ministration .has far exceeded'orir worst ap
prehensions in its measureless, subserviency'
to the exactions of a sectional interest, ns is
especially evident in its. desperate exertions
to force tho infamous Lccomptoil Constitution
upon the protesting people of Kansas—in I
construing tho personal relation between mas-j
for and servant to involve an unqualified pro-./
porty in persons—in its-attempted enforce
ment everywhere, on land and sea, through
tho intervention of. Congress and the Federal
Courts, of the extreme pretensions of a purely
local interest, and in its general and.uii.vary- ;
irig abuse of, tho power intrusted to it by a
confiding people.. ■
i Sixth: That tjie people, justly view with
alarm the rocklcstrfcxtTavaganco which per
vades every department'pf the Federal Gov
ernment ; that a return to rigid economy and |
accountability is ■ indispensable to arrest the
system of plunder of the,public treasury by
fayorod partisans; while the recent startling
developments of fraud and corruption at the
Federal metropolis, show that an entire change
of administration is imperatively demanded.
Seventh; That the new dogma that the Con
stitution of its own force carries Slavery into
any or all the Territories of the United States,
is_a dangerous political heresy,.at variance
with the explicit provisions of that instrument
itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and
with legislative and judicial precedent, is re
volutionary in its tendency and subversive of
the peace and harmony of the country.
. Eighth; That the normal condition of all
the territory of the United States is that of
Freedom; that as our republican fathers, when
they had abolished Slavery in all our national
territory, ordained that no person shall bo de
prived of life, liberty,, or property, without
duo process of law, it becomes our duty, by
legislation, whenever such legislation is ne
cessary to maintain this provision of the Con
stitution against all attempt to violate it; and
we deny the authority of Congress,* of a Ter
ritorial Legislature, or of any individuals, to
give legal .existence to Slavery in any Terri
tory of tho United. States.
. Ninth: That wo brand tho recent ro-opon
ing of the African slave-trade, under cover of
our national flag, aided by perversions of ju
dicial power, as a crime against humanity, a
burning shame to .our country and ago, and
wo call upon Congress to take prompt and
efficient measures tor the total and final sup
pression of that execrable traffic.
Tenth; That in tho recent vetoes by their
Federal Governors of the acts of the Legisla
tures of Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting
Slavery m tjioso lerritorios, wo find a practi
cal illustration of tho boasted Democratic
principle of non-intervention and Popular So
vereignty, embodied in tho Kansas and No
braska bill, and a denunciation of the docop
tion and fraud involved therein. 1
Eleventh: That Kansas should of right bo
immediately admitted as a Slate under the
Constitution recently formed and adopted by'
her people, and accepted by tho House of Re
presentatives.
-fudflh •' Tliat while providing revenue for
Jho support of the General Government by du
t.es upon nnposts, sound policy requires such
an adjustment of those imposts ns to oncou
rago the development of theindustrial inter
ests of the whole dbuntry, amK;e commend
that policy of national exchanges Vhioh se
cures to the working men liberal wage's to
and mnn r ? r ° ,mmeratin g P™e 9 , tOmeoT.anios
H?nL lv-| f f . tUrora , a " a, ‘ ec l uato reward for
thoir skill, labor and enterprise, and to the
nation, commoreml prosperity and indepond-
Thirteenth ; _ That wo protest against nnv
sale or alienation to others of the public lands
Congress of tho completo and satisfactory
the House “ r 0 Which has ftlread .>’ P«» 4,
Fourteenth: That tho National.llopublicah
party is opposed to any change in our Natu
of g a i| fa , and effio;ont protection to tho rights
for iCtnd I ar|^ P 1' Or,S b >’ Gou S 1
protoSfaw SSiM th f Government to
Sixteenth; That „ P l , n o l l | ,ort^ of lts Oitmons.
Ocean is d» , *? tho Paoifio
preliminary thereto a daily overland mail
should bo promptly established.
Seventeenth : Finally, having thus sot forth
our distinctive principles and views, wo invito
the'co-operation of all citizens, however differ
ing on otlipr questions, who substantially agree
with us in their affirmance and support.
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.
RECEPTION J)lf THE PRESIDENT,
Washington, May 17.
. The Japanese Embassy, properly attended
by their otliccrs and the Naval Commission,
loft Willard’s Hotel about half-past 11 o’clock
this morning, on their way to the President’s
House. They rode in open carriages, with a
force of twenty-five armed policemen in front,
and the same number in the rear, while the
marines and ordnance men marched on each
side of the vehicles, to the music of the Marino
Band. . . . ,
The Chief Prince was arrayed m a rich
brocade purple silk sack, with ample over
hanging sleeves, and flowing trowsers of the
same color. The other two dignitaries wore
iu green, of ti’similar texture and fashion.
They wore caps like inverted ladies’cabas,
fastened on the crown of the head by strings
passing under the chin. carried pikes,
halberds, and emblems of their rank. The
inferior oflieers wore small bats witii a round
band and triangular crowns.
The prominent points along the route were
occupied by anxious spectators, the streets
were crowded with the multitudes following
to the President’s House. Meanwhile, in the
East Room, there had assembled a brilliant
company, among whom were the New York
Municipal Committee, who came hither to in
vito the Japanese to visit that city.
Contrary to the programme and expecta
tion, there was a “largo attendance of ladies,
accompanied by members of Congress and
others holding prominent public positions.
The Navy officers formed in a lino in the
East Room ; prominent among them was Cap
tain Tattnall. The Army officers formed ano
ther lino; Lieutenant-General Scott was
'prominent, together with his Staff.
Between these linos there was an open
space about, twenty-five foot wide, which-was
to bo the scene of the grand presentation, and
the interest .was intense, and the usual stir
characterized the preliminary proceedings.
The folding doors wore opened at noon,
when the President of the United States en
tered, accompanied by his cabinet officers, and
they took a position oil the.cast Und facing
the west. .. i ■
Secretary Cass retired to the ante-room, and
returned with the Japanese Commissioners
and their attendants, who made several pro
found bows as they approached the President
.and his Cabinet; . . „
Then one of the Japanese opened a series of
paper boxes, one within another, and produc
ed several letters which were handed to Vthc
President, avid by him to Mr. Cass.
The principal Embassador of the Japanese
then addressed the President as follows ;
THE .JAPANESE ADDRESS.
His Majesty, the Tycoon, lias commanded
ua that we-respectfully express to His Maj'os
ty, the President of the tJuitcd,States, in his
name, as.follows: ’■
.Desiring.to'establish, on a firm and lasting
foundation, the relations of peace and coni
'(.moroe'so happily existing between the two
I countries that lately the plenipotentiaries, of
I both countries have negotiated and concluded i
I a treaty, now he has ordered us to cxciiango J
I the ratification of the treaty in your principal
city of Washington. Henceforth he hopes'
that the friendly relations shall bo hold more
and more lasting, and bo very happy to have
your friendly feeling. That you have brought
us to the United States, and, will send us back
to Japan in your man-of-war. I
Having .delivered their message, they retir
ed,! bowing to the President and, the Cabinet
repeatedly in leaving theii- presence.
' They soon, however, returned, bowing pro
foundly, as before; when, the President ad
dressed them as follows—Mr. Portnmn inter
preting to the Japanese interpreter,.and the
latter communicating' wilh the principal JJn- 1
voy
THE TREStnEXT's .t DURESS.
I giro you a cordial.'welcome, ns represen
tatives of his Imperial Majesty, ,tho Tycoon
of Japan, to tho American Government. We
are nil much gratified that the first Embassy
which your great Empire has accredited to
any foreign power, hae been sent to, the Uni
ted States. I trust that this wjll be the har
binger of perpetual peace and friendship be
tween these two great countries.
The treaty of commerce, whoso ratifications
you are about to cxchn'ngif with the Secretary
of State, cannot fail to be productive of benefits
and blessings to tho people both of Japan and
of tho United States. 1 can .say for myself
and promise for my successors that it shall bo
carried into execution in a faithful and friend
ly. spirit,,so as to secure to both countries all
the advantages they may, justly expect from
the happy auspices under which it has boon
negotiated and ratified. I, rejoice that you
are pleased with the kind treatment which
you have received on board of our vessel of
war; whilst on-your passage to this country.
You shall bo sent back in tho same manner*
to your native land, under the protection of
the American flag. Meanwhile, during your
residence amongst ns, which I hope may bo
prolongned so as to enable you to visit differ
ent portions of our country, wo shall bo happy
to extend to you all tint hospitality and kind
ness eminently duo to tho groat and friendly
sovereign whom you so worthily represent.
Iho President handed them a copy of his
address, and then shook hands with them,
Iho Subordinate Japanese officers wore also
Drought in and introduced.
Capt. Dupont was prominent in this part of
the ceremony.
The Cabinet officers were presented in the
following order; Messrs. Cobb, Floyd, Touooy
Ihompson Holt, and Black, and their rela
tive official positions were briefly explained.
The Platform as amended.—After tlio
Platform of the Chicago Convention had been
reported, it was adopted with two amendments.
One was the addition of the preamble to the
Booln ration of Independence to the second re
solution. The other was the striking out of
the word “ National” from the fourteenth re
solution. In this resolution, the term “ Na
tiandl Ilbpublican Party” was used. The
proceedings inform us that “Judge Jessup
moved to strike out the word ‘National,’ as
that was not the name by which the party
was properly known.” The motion was car
nod, so that the Convention has publicly ac
knowledged that the Republican party is what
Democrats have always said it was—a section
a party, not national, but thoroughly section
al in. its composition and aims."
A IfEAVy DEKAOWER.-Mr. Fowi.Bß, Post-
Master of New York, it lias recently been as
nnn? m ?r’ W a dcfaultor in tll(5 sum of $155,-
, I ’ H “ has ma<le tra °ks for parts unknown,
hut the Government officers are using every
effort to fernt .him out, and wo hope ho may
yot he captured. If arrested, his conviction
Mill follow, and a sentence often years to the
penitentiary will ho his doom. Mr. Fowler
was appointed by President P IE r C e, and re
recentl 7 and until
lecently was a trust-worthy officer, who stood
high with the P. 0. Department.
«@“Go n A. L. Roumfort has resigned the
Superintendent of the Eastern Division of
flic 1 onnsyivania Railroad, which ho has hoU
over smee tho road was opened '
Douglas Delegates at CiiaiilesiosJ
following is a correct list of the Pcnn n i\ ,
Delegates at Charleston who
nomination of Judge Douglas: '
, Messrs. Montgomery, of W M fiing|.
ty, Lewis C. Cassiday, of Philadelphia?. 'k
drick B. Wright, of Luzerne, Wil 601 l; ;
high, Hnldenmn, of Dauphin, lloss,ofg,-.-ii
Eoifsnydcr, of Perry, Cessna, of 3JcJf or j jS
son, of Washington, Dr. Gray,-of Green,’
froth, of Somerset, Nill, of Franklin, jX
of Lawrence, Smith, of Cambria, Weir (iiV
dinna, Painter, of Westmoreland, Juib'.Mi
ninghanl, of' Beaver, Shaftuck, of Cm|||
Ward, of Bradford; and Gurnsey, of
making the nineteen votes, (countcil h'Jjb!
a half by districts,) which ho receivediH
Pennsylvania. The - other seventeen inni
half-word variously divided, but Wore JJMI
pally given for Guthrie and Hunter, w|i
votes wore occasionally given for J O0 ’ jJ®
Oregon, by Mr. Phillips, of Philadclnlii.fe;
two or three others.
Sad Occurrence. —William White, aij&
of the Freight freight Department
Pennsylvania Bailroad, at ; Pittsburg
himself in the head with a pistol, last Siife j
evening, at his residence in that city,
evident intention of committing suicide,
is still alive, but cannot recover.
33 years of age,,and.has a wife and hvu|p
dren. Prosperous in his business affairs
esteemed by all who know him, exempt [/
bad habits, and surrounded by domestic t ,f
piness, it is impossible to conjecture them 111
that drove him to this attempt atsclf-dcslt
tion..
O' It is said that in some of the villas
the West, it is so healthy that the folks!-, ri
to shoot a man tostart a hm-ying-grounj. »
O’ Seeing a collar nearly finished am'’/
gish fellow remarked that there was
colloid foundation for a story. ;’>tj
Jfiimirb. • i
On the 10th inst., by tlie Ifnr. ,1. 11. ](Jm
nier, Mr. John Tv Baiter, tolling StMjr i'?r|
llii’iM.E. both of Curjislo; "
vileb. I
In Monroe township,on the 14th
Emzaueth Couxhan, aged 53 ycurs,
ami 25 days. . - ' v!
=3 ; -J
,?r
S:
PiiiladbU'Hia, Mu; w ;i ;
Fi.oun, and Mr An.—The -Flour market is. SV
'there is little shipping-'demand, .Sales to
nt $5 75. Small sales of superfine and cstniin’V-'/j
and at $6,5007,75 ifuf exlgat^amily’:
brands. Rye Flour and nro.<vfcr.sl
The former is selling hi lots at $1,12, undia\& ,'j
at s.'{ 50. ■ ,1
Gi:aiV«—.-The Fiipply of IVlic/it is fair, hit v.j
demand is light. IVo quote good and prune nib.' *
$1,3501,45 per hush., nnd small sales of whitci]
$1,45, afloat.- Jlyo is worth l)0c. for Pennn. C&., :
—prime quality' is in light supply, with salutßß
70 cts. afloat,-.and some damaged at 72073 c<ifj|
Oats nro in fair request, at 440-Hlc for ilehnW
and 45@4510. for I’onn’a. ’
Ci.’ovßiiSKßD of prime quality sells at $4,5®
-i 75 per 64 lbs, Last sales of Timothy at s3,Bs™
Flaxseed soils on arrival at $1 62 per bushel; • f B .'- 1
IVirrsKV is quiet. Small sales of Ohio
22J@230,- Ponna.do. at Zibets? hhds. at2lo2lM
and Drudge at 2t)e. I i
Morkttn
CARLISLE. U;.
Corrected Weekly by , Woodward <.(; Sc
Ftoun, Superfine; pcr libl., - 1 -
<lo., Extra, ' . do;, . .... V'M
. do., Family, do., V : '\&7Q§t
• do;, 7?ye. do., '/•
irj/rTE per bushel,. f.V,
JtBD do., do.. iww
, - do., M
Coit.v, do., ’ Mt
oats . ' , do., Ri
I.'.U.L B.utt.Kt-, . do., fSa<
SI'tUXG IIAIU.KV, , do., . fjw#
CI.oyESSKKO, do., ' #£>£
Thkithyski:;), do., jp#l
Notice. Iljpui
T ETTERS of administration on the
of Jubu Hummel, dec’d., Into of Monroe liifiwifi
ship Cumberland county, Pa., have been iwmiS’jfe
the ilcgißter. of said county, to tbc'mib.«ril«r,ffis£
siding in Monroe townabip. All persona iiulcWlfS
to said estate arc requested to make in.merii,,lt[Ei'-'£
men t, and those having el,/bus if ill preset acLv
for settlement to i./ • Ifap
ORDER No. 4. . . jAI/q
JIKADQU.iRTKnSy Carlisle, May 15. j
Tho order of Major John M.’Curtney, RrfcW* jhffif?
spooler of the .Ist Brigade, 15th Division, of I\'ahs&y
sylvaniu Uniformed Militia, directing t heis.v/»U'n;tiA T L
of tho Ist Regiment of Cumberland
Carlisle, on Saturday, tho 20th day ofMaj Intel,
for inspection and review, is hereby
And in Hcu of said order, tho Ist KcglmcutftfCWjt*9*y#.
bcrland Volunteers, commanded by Col. \V*m.
Penrose, will assemble at Carlisle, wr
the 4th day of. July next, for tho purpose (4 <l«v Silyoi
pliuo; inspection, and review; Thu lino will
formed at 30 o’clock of said day, iu .Xfuuovcr
tho right of tho Regiment resting in front
Court House. j. M. ALLEN, Brig. Ocd, indidti
CcmPg. I t Brig., 15th l)iv. Pa. Oltf'nexl
— -I ; —■ —rocrutic
Valuable Real Eslalc for Sali' 0 “^ d / {
Thursday, May 31st, 1860, the un; ;
will exposy to. public sale, at tlic
oi George Sboufer, near Wolfs tavern, on
over and Baltimore turnpike, I^Tha'l
200 Acres of Valuable Ches-tttci Titnler
in lots of 5 to 15 acres, to suit purchasers;
in Lalimoro township, Adams county,
Hanover ami Baltimore Turnpike, 3 miles
Petersburg, adjoining lauds of David Johnson,
Aloorchcad, Cyrus. Albert,, Joseph-Pickcl,
X' xckol and others, A public road pusses
a part of tbc abovelaud.
Also, several Tracts of Land, part clcnrcil
part covered with thriving Timber, suHoblfie Denw
larming purposes, situated in Adams and Cnnil „,j • 3
land counties, adjoining the Carlisle and
turnpike,. George Shenfor, John Wolf ami otn
containing from 10 to 100 acres each. 3 EGX
Also, a Tract of Land,, containing 67 ■«««[%# I bffi
■«7’porches, west of the turnpike, udjoiu'iiig to tho
’ *o Shcafcr, David Miller, and ol lioU tho
Also, on Friday, June l«f, 1860, will .ho c#.
to public dr private sale, at tho Boiling 6fW, Carlisle
t/Umborlaud county, ; yr- —:
j 200 Acres of Choice Chesnut Timber
from 5 to 20 acres each, situated ini South
ton township, adjoining lauds of Thomas h^lnriajSß
heirs, and others. 9 Sfllili
Also, a Tract of Land, containing 100
or less, part cleared and part, covered with
1 i ri mt Ghesmit timber, adjoining lands of thj
of ihomas Green, dco’d., Henry. Breohhlll,
ram Kaufman, and others. Tho above tract ictftdfy
old Log House and an excellent Spring of
and is suseoptiblo of being converted into a \
BEAUTIFUL FARM. 3
Also, two Lots of Ground, at Boiling
the one having thereon erected a two fltpry
Jlouac, and other’improvomonts. Tho other sri
thereon erected a two storv Loo .Home, ana jo,
' im Pravemonts. Also, 4 or 5 good F AIL* 3
I ~ . BUXLDING LOTS, ... J Alarg
| adjoining tho above. Tho undersigned 'at tl
P r * vato sa l®> largo or small tracts of
1 888. LAND, at such places as purchasers
sire, of any of tho land known as the 1 " Carlin -them,
Works,” a largo amount of tho same homr ni
land, with lino Springs and running water .^Al,
same. Also,' several good sites for Saw
t Persons -wishing to view the properties «Jay3,.X
shown them by calling on Mr. A. M. .
Boding Springs, who has drafts and plots J*
od, and who oun particularly describe them „
chasers. , P;
Sale to oommonoo‘at 10 o’clock, A. M.i , 8 .
days named, when conditions will bo mad ».„
i ’ '’•“•sf' pi
. WM. YOo at Phil
0. IY. All Xji ,> 'ocembsr
May 24, 1860—It I, i',-
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