AMERICAN VOLUNTEER' JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 31, 18G5 Democralic Slate Nominations, for auditor general, COL. W. ®. H. DAVIS, OF DUCKS COUNTY, FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, LT. COL. J.P. UNTON, OP. CAIIBRIA COUNTY, Democratic County Ticket. FOR SENATOR, COL. JAMES CHESTNUT, of Southampton tor assemclt, PHILIP LONG, of Newburg. TOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, - CIIAS. E. MAGLAUGULIN, of Carlisle. FOR TREASURER, LEY I ZEIGLER, of Middlesex, FOR COMMISSIONER, ALEXANDER F. MECK, of Carlisle. FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR. JONATHAN SNYDER, of W. Ponnsboro’ FOR SURVEYOR, JOHN C. ECKELS, of Silver Spring. FOR AUDITOR, CHRISTIAN DEITZ, of Hampden, FOR CORONER, DAVID SMITH, of Carlisle. EJECTION, TUESDAY. OCT. 10th, 1865 rry- Wm. Blair & Son, Carlisle, have al wava on hand best Hams, Touguea and Dried Bocf, which are kept in smoko until sold. OUR STATE TICKET. The Democratic State Convention has cor uially responded to the popular feeling in fa vor of regarding meritorious so’tdicrs with the honors and emoluments of civil station, by nominating for the State offices to be filled at the October election, two pf the bravest of the bravo men that Pennsylvania sent into the I'nicn army. They aro not of the class of shoulder-strapped heroes who strutted in the corridors of fashionable hotels or sat upon Courts Martial during the hottest of the War, real heroes who were in actual peri 1 ous service in the field, from the date they re ceived their commissions until the hour of Llmi r discharge. (J 4. Davis, our candidate for Auditor General, is the well known commander of the gallant old 104th Regiment, which, with him at its head, won impel ishablo renown in many a hard-fought battle. A shattered arm, disabled fur Ufe, is the honorable proof he bears with him of tho reality ut his devotion t.> the Union, which none will bo so craven a* gainsay. Our candidate for Surveyor General, Major Linton, was an oilicer ot tho HE'.mc Regiment—tho 54th Pennsylvania— lh:ifc his competitor on the Republican ticket, Col. Campbell, commanded, and is beloved i>y ail the Pennsylvania boys of tho Army of the Potomac, as the fighting man ot bis Reg iment. lie, too, is a baitle-scarra 1 soldier, whoso mutilated body attests his f-sachfi cing heroism in tho cause of tho Union. — Roth cun handle tho pen as readily as they have wielded tho.sword, and have every re qn’Mte for the faithful administration of the jlllces to which they have been nominated. With such candidates, placed upon a plat form nt once loyal, patriotic, conservative and constitutional, our success in October is already achieved. Fire. —On Inst Thursday afternoon, about half-past two o’clock, tho enf of “fire,” “hire,” was sounded through our quiet directs, when it was discovered that tho sta ble belonging to Mr. Jons Noble, in the rear of the Cumberland Valley Depot, was on fire. Our firemen 'were out in full force, and, with their usual zeal, battled manfully with the fiery element and succeeded in- sav ing the The stable, with a largo quantity of hay, was entirely c' iisumed, but the horses’ were rescued. Tho tiro is supposed to have originated from a spark of a locomotive. As tho Democratic Convention of York ccnbty failed to name tho time or place of meeting of the Senatorial Conferees, we vronld suggest Bridgeport, this county, as the place of meeting, the time to be agreed upon by the Conferees. • • Till', AVeatuer. —The mornings and even ings lor the past .week have been very cool, while the middle of the day has been exceed ingly warm. The change from 56 to 91 within & few hours, renders it necessary for persons of feebte health to exercise a proper degree of caution if they would guard against the diseases incident te this season of the year. ■ ' Soldiers’ Discharges. —AVo caution sol diers against selling their discharges to bro kers, who, when Congress shall appropriate lands or bounties to volunteers, will sell them back at immense profits. Soldiers who haye honorable discharges should carefully pre serve their papers for the pecuniary value that may attach to them, and ns evidence of rtheir patriotism in tho'hour of their country’s peril. Lconouv. —The high figures that rule for meat should induce general abstinence on the pare of our citizens, as a means of bringing down prices, THE “HEBiID" AND TUfi El PERTH.- The last Herald, contains a long, windy ar ticle iu defence o(.Oov v Curtin for having pardoned the three Ruperts. tho murderers of Vanasdlsn. Tho article contains a palpa b! „e perversion of truth in pearly every line, .f there is a single man in our county who was not convinced that tho Governor had committed a wrong and an’outrage when ho pardoned the Ruperts, hie doubts will leave him after he rends tho comments of the He rald and Judge Graham’s ed in'■‘lhe’Bftme"papor,-v r £bo~Herald- speaks of tho Ruperts as “ respectable men/’ and of Vanasdlcx as “ a most dangerous charac ter,” who “was going armed constantly.’*— Tho evidence before Court was that Vanas dlen had no arms about h*m when Howard Rupert shot him, and it was shown by sev eral witnesses that- the Ruperts, instead of being the “ respectable men” that the Herald I represents them, were bad men, and much 1 more to be dreaded than the poor creature they murdered. We need not argue this point ■with the Herald. IE" it desires to defend cold blooded murderers, merely because,they are prominent Republican politicians, it can do so. Nor need it remind us that the peti tion asking the Governor to pardon the cul prits was signed by “ ministers and members Of the bar.” We care no more for members of the bar than for any other class of men, for sometimes they are ns ready to de fend a bad cause ns a good cne. But ministers of tho Gospel asked for the pardon of the murderers ! Ah, yes, the ministers. Formerly ministers did not meddle in mur der trials, nor did they preach doctrines of hate and vengeance among the people. We have a sincere respect for the clergy, but very little for those " blood-hounds of Zion” who advocate hanging men and destroy ing men's -property who do not agree with them politically, but who can palliate a brutal murder, provided the fiend who com mitted the bloody deed and violated the law of ’God and man, agrees with them in their political opinions Now, R 3 we have said, it is not necessary I for us to continue a discussion with the Her : aid on the subject of the pardon of.the Ru perts. Judge Graham’s remarks before passing sentence upon the culprits, has made the people well acquainted with the facts concerning the murder of Vanasdlem and dm conviction of the Ruperts. In conclusion, however, we may be excused for calling attention to a sentence in the He raid's article of last week. It reminds us that other murders have taken place, and wonders why we have not referred to them. The Herald says: “ A few weeks ago a man who Imd been a refugee in Canada during the rebellion and who returned a short time since to Bedford, shot the Provost Marshal at that place for twitting him with disloyalty, but we have no recollection that this sumo paper (the Volun teer,) has ever denounced this act. « A short time since a woman in Washington shota man because bo failed to marry her accord ing to promise, and wc beard no howl over her acquittal.” In regard to the first case spoken of above, the Herald states two positive falsehoods.— The man shot by young Reed, of Bedford was not a Provost Marshal, nor was Reed “ t in Pan ad a during the rebellion.” 1 is true Reed had lived in Canada for two nr three years, doing business there. lie did not go there to escape the draft, for he com- menced his residence in Canada nearly two years before drafting had been resorted to. — Ho was drafted, however, at Bedford, when lie promptly returned homo and paid down $3OO to the Marshal, and got an Exemption Certificate. For this ho was called a “ trai tor” and a ** Johnny Rob,” and knocked down with stones by .the man bo killed—a “loyal,” stay-at-home Republican. Wo think wo know of. a few others who occupy the same position Reed occupied. Wo believe a certain J. M? Weakley", editor of the Carlisle Herald , was drafted in this place, and we be lievc he, too, paid down $3OO to buy himself .out of “ military duty.” Was it right, then, that Heed should bo called a “ traitor” and knocked in the head, merely because ho had bought himself out of military duty ?- If it was, then the editor of the Herald is entitled to tho same treatment; he too bought him self out with $3OO. With the Washington murder trial we have nothing to do. A girl killed a man for fail ing to keep his engagement with her. She was tried and pronounced insane and “ noi guilty” by the jury. The Herald - wonders why wo don’t condemn tho Jury! Just be cause we could not do so without being con sidered a dunce. But, wc quote again from the Herald , thus: »* Men who have been four years in rebel s lion against the Government, whose days and nights were passed in treason, murder and robbery, who starved helpless prisoners and ’ burned captured towns, are daily being par ’ daned by scores, and yet no voice is raised in • condemnation of tho clemency.” , Well, if President Johnson is doing wrong in pardoning those guilty of murder and rubbery,” why don’t you pitch into him ? You hear ot no ” condemnation of the clem oncy.” Why? Because you and other Re publican editors have not the nerve to assail the President. You can grumble and throw out inuendoes against your President, but you quail before the power of your own crea tion. If you disapprove of Mr. Johnson’s policy toward defeated rebels, say so like men, and stop whimpering. On tho subject of pardons we think tho President right, ■ If you think otherwise, condemn him, if you dare. The Soldiers’ Friends (?). —The follow ing resolution was offered in the Negro-equal ity Slate Convention by Mr. Lemuel Todd, of this county: Resolved, That this Convention, represent ing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recog nizes the claims of our citizen soldiers, in its confidence and gratitude, as superior to all others ; and that, in token of the sincerity of this, its declaration, it will nominate none as candidates for office who have not proved their loyalty and patriotism by .services in the field against the enemies of the Republic. To the brave boys who have fought and bled for the'r country, and who have been led to believe that the Kepulicans only were their we will elate, for their information, that the resolution was indignantly hooted at by a vote of 17 for and 111 against it! Mr. Todd was green when he offered his resolu tion. |£7* Michigan prouucea seven million do! lars of copper last year. POLITICS AND ROGUERY. Never is a groat fraud or wrong of any kind detected, but some small politician who has control of a press, endeavors to make party capital out of it, by publishing to the world the political associations of the perpe trator, with tho intent to cast reproach upon the party with which ho may have happen ed to bo idontifiod; jnst as though the hold ing of certain political sentiments necessari ly made a man a rogue, or experience had not proved'that there were dishonest men in all parties. - We.have now a case in point— that of young Ketchum, the New York swin dler, of whonv one of tho “ loyal” journals publishes a letter from Chicago, asserting that/“bo wat( present at the /National Dem ocratic Convention held there last August, as a leading friend of McClellan ; that ho kept open house at one of the hotels, scattered his money like a prince and made a big splurge generally.” Now, even if this were true, it would prove nothing to tho discredit of McClellan or tho party that nominated him, as the small mal ice of the writer evidently intended. But, there is another side to tho story, which puts tho boot on t’other leg so tight that it can t bo picked off. And hero it is, according to the New York World : ■* “ Mr. Morris Ketchum was for a long pe riod the confidential friend and adviser of the lion. Salmon P. Chase, when that gentleman was Secretary of tho Treasury, and thence he enjoyed extraordinary facilities, tor-male- ing money in gold gambling and stock job bing of which he liberally availed himself. | As Tending Kepublieans and members of the Loval League Club, Mr. Morns Ketchum and his son were peculiarly favored with the earliest and most accurate information from the highest Government and National Bank authorities. They have made so much mon ey during tho rebellion, in gold and stock gambling from their confidential relations with Government officials, that tho creditors of the firm and tho holders of the forged gold-checks are Sanguine that Mr. Ketchum s moans will bo sufficient to pay all claims in If men’s politics mnko them swindlers, then the “ Loyal Leaguers" must be the most corrupt political organization that over cursed our couutry; for young Ketchum, so far, has proved himself the biggest rogue in the forging lino that has turned up before or since the war. To be candid, however, no, fact is better known than that the most venturesome-stock gambler or gambler of any kind holds his politics in very accommo dating subserviency to bps greed (or gain. • The innumerable robberies and embezzle ments by “ loyal” officers under the present Administration, and the gigantic swindles of the Government by shoddy contractors, that have disgraced us as a people during too four years of w nr, if they do not prove the demoralizing tendencies of the Republi can party, should certainly teach its journals that it is in very bad grace for them to at temp to make the Ketchum nr any other swindle a reproach to those who nominated 1 and supported McClellan. SOLDIERS AND TAXPAYERS READ ! The Now York Tribune lately published 10 fallowing paragraph without ” note or comment “ Thirty-five employees have been dischar- Louis, and one hundred and fifty negroes employed to do their work. Tho negroes receive twenty five cents per day more than was paid to tho whites. The police were sent to the spot to prevent tho whites from mobbing thorn." Since this was published white veterans ol the Federal army have paraded the streets ol Now York in procession, asking tor work.— They carried a banner inscribed—“ Our las < oinpioyincnt was in putting down the rebel lion.” Did the Tribune observe those veter ans marching sadly along, or was it conven iently blind as they nlod past its office? While these veterans were parading the streets as an advertisement to procure work. General Howard, of the Negro Bureau, was sending cargos of “ freedmen” to Rhode Is land, At Government expense, where employ ment was to be furnished them. At the same time, or shortly after, agents were se curing in Richmond a large number of “ freedmen” at one dollar a day and their board, to go to Cayuga county, New Yo-k, to fell timber. Also since then the Camp bell Hospital, at Washington City, one of the very linest, has been taken by the Negro Bureau, and a “ village” established, where over one thousand negroes and families will he accommodated with shelter and comfort, to he fed with good wholesome food, at Oov erninent expense, and the children to be ed ucated hv teachers supported by societies throughout the North. At the same time Fairfax Seminaiy, at F.drfax Ya„ was turned over to the Bureau, by the Gov ernment authorities, and will ho used lor a similar purpose—the founding of a negro village at the public expense. A little further down in Virginia, at Camp Hamilton and Hampton, buildings are now in course of erection by the Government, lor the freedmen who are lying around loose, nod preparations are being made to issue to them, daily, cooked soup, meat and vegeta bles, in lieu i f the half ration of uncooked food heretofore issued to them and to the.sol diers. The wlthdrawl of the soldiers has thus bettered the “freedmen’s” condition in that respect. And yet, while all these extensive prepa tinns are .going on under the Negro Bureau, at Government expense—that is. at the ex pense ol every tax-payer in the North—them sands of white veterans, whose ” last work was patting down the rebellion,” are wan dering the streets in the vain search for lion est employment* Is this just—us it right? Where is the boasted gratitude of the Re publican party? Wo do not advocate doing injury to the poor negroes—they need pro tection and employment, too—hut why should | everything be done for them and nothing for those white men who are as poor and ashelp ; less? There are thousands of whites ns ur gently needing t saistnnee as the poorest ne groes. And should they not have it ?—Pa triot t& Union. - A Bio Job.— The Philadelphia Press has undertaken the mammoth job of defending and justifying Court Martials — Stanton’s oystera of government in a Republic, Al ways give us a renegade to defend new theo ries and rascality generally. The journal that would undertake to defend 3ta nton at this day—a man that has committed more crimes against civil liberty and constitutional law than any man on this continent, since the days of that political knave, George 111 must have little respect for American law, or civil liberty, or decency. [C7* The Democrats of York county, on Tuesday, the 22d inst., nominated the follow ing ticket: Senator, A. H. Glatz, (subject to the York and Cumberland Conference); As sembly,James Cameron and Abram S. Law rence; Commissioner, Henry Hammond j Treasurer, George Davon ; District Attorney, Jno. AV. Bittingor, on all public officers from the highest to tho lowest. M well ns upon pronto oiUMns. it m only by a strict observance of its provisions and a rigid enforcement of its obligations in all th‘o States'tbnt wo can hope for Union, Liberty or Peace ; be who wilfully violates it, or counsels its , violation by others, is a public enemy and a dishonest man. P 4 That among the rights gunrranteed to us by the plainest words of the Oonstlt^ 1 ™ arc these—-free speech, a free press, freedom from arbitrary arrest and illegal " n ß r ‘?"" ment, trial by jury, the writ of hahcM corpus, the perfect immunity of all persons nothin the nrniy or navy from any spccies f punishment for crime or pretended crime which is not the legal consequence of a r ular conviction by an impartial jury—tin. absolute'subordination of all military-power to the civil authority, and the privilege of white citizens to vote at State elections ac cording to the laws of the State. 5. That wo fully concur with President Johnson in the conviction expressed by him in 1860, and repeated several times since, that the Federal Government is sovereign within its proper sphere; that it; actsi not through or upon the States but directly upon Il.iamsntnta, Aug. 24-The Democratic. - lndivi " du . v i 9; that the States could not absolve Slate Convention met at two o’clock, P. M-, tllo pcop | o from their federal obliaatioqs , and was temporarily organized by electing State ordinances of secession were Robert L. Johnson, of Cambria, President, • nullities t and, therefore, when tne attomp„- and A. D. Boileau of Philadelphia. Benja- , roTu l u tion came to an end by the subnns min Whitman of Erie, and D. U. Nienian of gion ()f t i, o insurgents, the States were as Northampton, Secretaries. _ ml ,cl, a par t of the Union as they had been Mr. Smith of Lancaster, submitted a reso- y, e p orf» 0rf » their people wore bound to the sane lotion providing for the appointment of a dut i e3 an d clothed with the same rights, cx oominitteo of oho from each Senatorial dis- of course, such rights as individuals trict to report permanent officers; | ' among them biid legally forfeited by their Mr. Lamherton moved to amend, that the , i( , ts j' n the lne ,intime. And wo hereby tie-- convention proceed to elect a permanent o i are t l, a t, so fur ns wo can prevent it, the President, and that the Senatorial delegates r( , Bumpt i on 0 f their proper places in the select one member from each district for jj n -, on by those States, some of whoso oiti- Vice Presidents and Secretaries, and also 20ng wero lately in rebellion, shall not be one from each Senatorial district as commit- j ' cded nr delayed by the unlawful mlerfer tee on Resolutions, to whom all resolutions on £ o of that f ao tion at the North which al on State and National subjects shall here- g waB hostile to the Union, which now ferred without debate. p-onounces it legally dissolved, and which is The amendment was not agreed to, and [ [Ul malignantly laboring to pfeveut-its res-' tho original resolution was adopted. ■ toration. ‘ , . A recess was then taken, to permit the del- g That t h o effort now making by certain egates to indicate the Committee on Organ! j ons t 0 use the power of the General Gov zation. ' eminent with a view to force negro suffrage The Committee on being announced, re- on the States against the will of the people tired for consultation, and after a short time ond contrary to existing laws is not only a returned, and reported the Hon. Richard hin these measures there can or destroyed by power. Its provisions are , )0 nQ COlll p ro iniso. lie that is not for us is for us and for our children, nnd military no- a „ a j nBt us . cessity shall not deprive ns of eitlrer of those- g That in view of our eneorliT 7 Tli7r"NatTnn~ rights or privileges. [Applause.] Let it be debt, the great weight of our State taxes then distinctly understood, that the dignity nn( j t , lg I|)cal burdens imposed upon .us in of American citizenship must not bo degrn- dive ,. s ways economy nnd retrenchment be ded or contaminated by association or an cnmeB an important duty of all onr represen equality with an inferior race, either social- , ativng . and to this end the vast standing iy or politically. [lmmense applause.] Gen- army now 1)n foot ought t 0 be disbanded, the tlcmen of the Convention, having by your naV y slionld be reduced, and the corrupt and partiality been chosen to preside over your exlr -; iveKant prao tices lately introduced in deliberations, I ask your indulgence, nnd t o the Government should bo totally abolish- 1 promise to perform my duties utmost of my ability. Iho Chair is now' ready for That onr revenue laws need to bo care any motion that may ho made. fully revised in such manner, that while the A Committee on Resolutions, composed of blffi credit will be maintained the national one from each Senatorial district was ap- j„ inor preserved, taxation will be equal and pointed, to whom all resolutions on National . t r and State affairs were relorred without do- J 1( ]. Tj, at t h e gallant soldiers of the Re _ , ... nubile, who so nobly risked their lives in de- Mr. 11. W. Petnken offered ,fenSß of tll(J Uni(m nn d tho Ounstitntion, that the soldiers of 1861 and 1802, having merit and w jU receive the undying gratitude enlisted with little or no bounty, should re- ()f tho Alueri c an people. Living, they shall ccive one hundred nod sixty acres of land, 1!?0 jn our warmo3t affections—and, dying,' and urging-upon the next Congress, the jus- their momor ; es w iU bo cherishud for all time lice of maintaining snob an appropriation.- - t(j oome> T „ sav _ a 8 UU r political opponents UofetTod- . • r do—that . thev fought and bled and died Iho Convention then took a recess to af , mainW for tho (roe Jom of tho negro, is a ford the committee ,tiine to prepare resolu- „ roßa - insu i t on their patriotism, and an out turns for the oonsideiation of the Convention, whict( wiW b o indignantly resented hv and during thoir absence the Convention was , £ Bu „ ivhlg comru des through tho balluf miaressen nt c Dsmoraulo length by Major “ Jncob Znlgler, of Butler cuuuty, and Gen Wm. 11. Miller, of Dauphin. Democratic Stale Convention. the whole STATE REPRE SENTED BY ITS BEST MEN. Hon* Richard Yaux President of the Convention- PLATPOUM ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Soldier's Ticket Nominated. General Bavisrof-Biieks County,Tor Stale Auditor. Major Linton, of Cambria County, for Surveyor General. W A. WALLACE, of Clearfield , CIIAIU MAN OF THE STATE COMMITTEE. EVENING SESSION. The Convention reassembled at the hour appointed, and was called to order by the president. lion. Jeremiah S. Black, chairman of the committee ou resolutions, made the following; report; Whereas, It is the imperative duty and should be the exclusive desire of every American citizen entrusted with the power of controlling public affairs, by his vote or otherwise, to see that they are ad ministered with a single eye to the great ob jects which our forefathers had in view when they laid the foundations of this Republic, namely: “To forma more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,”— And Whereas, The men nnd the party ad ministering the Federal Government since IBGI, have betrayed their trust, violated their most sacred obligations, disregarded the com mands of the fundamental lawSc°rruptly squandered the public money, denied justice to the people, perverted the whole Govern ment frofti its original purpose, and, thereby, have brought untold calamities upon the country; therefore, 1. Be it.ltcHolved, That, wo, the Democra cy of Pennsylvania, are now, as we always have been, faithful to the union of the States, opposing the secession of the South with all our influence and having no sympa thy or association whatever with that party in the North which plotted against the Un ioq and pronounced the Constitution “ a cov enant with death and an agreement with bell.” 2. That if the counsels of the Democratic parry had “prevailed, the Union would have been saved in all its integrity and hongr, without the slaughter, debt and disgrace of a civil war? but when the formation of section al parlies in the North and in the South and in the advent of one of those parties into the scats of Federal power made war a fact which we could not control, we sustained the Fed ora authorities in good faith, asking nothing at their bands except a decent respect. for our legal rights and some show of common honesty in the management of our financial affairs; but in both those particulars we •were disappointed and betrayed.' 3. That the Constitution established by onr revolutionary fathers is entitled to our unqualified respect and obedience; the oath to support it is binding religiously, morally and legally, at all times, under all circum i stances, and in every part of the country up- 11, That the noble manner in which the Democratic press of this Commonwealth have contended in defence of the liberties of the nation, amid trials and difficulties almost un parallelled. is deserving of our grateful rec ognition and should entitle it to the encour agement of every Constitution-loving citizen. 12. That we re affirm our adherence to the Monica Doctrine. The resolutions were read amidst much en thusiasm and adopted by a unanimous vote. The Convention then proceeded to n uni nate candidates for Auditor General, when the following gentlemen were named : Col. Franklin Vanzant, Bucks county. Hon; Isaac Slenker, Union county. Col. W. W. 11. Davis, Bucks county, Robert J. IlernpMlj, Philadelphia. Col. Wellington 11. Ent, Cdumbia. Wm. Workman, Washington county. lion. Win. Hopkins, 44 44 S. T. Sluigart, Centre county. Charles D. Manley, Delaware county. On motion, the nominations closed, and the Convention proceeded to ballot with the fol lowing result: Col, W. W. 11. Davis Col. Franklin Vanzant Isaac Sl**nker Hubert J. Ilcmplnll Obi. Wellington 11. Ent 11. “ Wm. Workman 2 4 ‘ Win. Hopkins 13 “ S. T. Shugart 5 “ Charles D. Mauley 5 “ None of the candidates having majority of all the votes cast, a second ballot was ordered. Before taking a vote the names of Messrs. Hemphill, Workman, Shugart and Manley were withdrawn. The second ballot resulted as follows: Col. Franklin Yanzant Isaac Slenker Col. W. W. 11. Davis Col. Wellington 11. Ent Wm. Hopkins No nomination being effected, the name of Col. Vanzant.waa withdrawn, and a third ballot ordered, with the following result: Isaac Slenker 30 votes Col. IV. W. H. Davis 86 “ Col. Wellington EL Ent 7 “ Win. Hopkins 9 “ Col. W. W. 11. Davis having received a majority of all the votes cast was declared duly nominated as the candidate for Auditor General; and on motion thp nomination was' made uminimaus. | On motion, the Convention proceeded to the nomination of candidates for Surveyor Gen eral, when the. following gentlemen were tamed: Lt Col. John P. Union, of Cumbria James P. Birr, of Allegheny. ' Col. Henry A. Hambtight, of Lancaster, lion. Bernard Riley, of Sonuylkill. David Cnrksadden, of Clinton. Col. John Cummings, of Union. Col. S. B. Sweitzer, of Allegheny. Abraham Lamberton, of Cumberland. On motion, the nominations were closed, and the Convention proceodou to ballot, wnu the follotving result: , ' I.t. Col.-John P. Unton 23 7.otes James P. Barr . 44 _ Col. 11. A. Ilambnght o Bernard Riley David Cnrksadden ” Col. John Cummings . “ „ Col. S. B. Sweitzer “ „ , Abraham Lamberton - ° There being ho choice, the namesl nnucssrs- Ilambright, Riley, Cuirfmings.ond Bamber ton were withdrawn, and a second ballot was ordered, which resulted ns follows; , Lt." Col. John P Union James P. Barr „ David Carksadden “ Col. 11. B; Sweitzer | There being no choice, the name ol Colonel Sweitzer was withdrawn, and a third ballot taken, with the following result Lt. Col. John P. Linton James P. Barr David Carksadden . Lt. Col. John P. Linton having received a maturity of all the voles cast was declared the nominee of the'CcuTOiition fur Surveyor General. , On motion, the nomination was made unan imous, and the announcement, ivas received with three cheers. Mr, Sanderson, of Luzerne, offered the lot lowing resolution, which, after some discus sion, was adopted: - _ ■ Resolved . That the delegates fr.om each-se natorial district select one person, and tor ward the name to the president, to constitute a State Central Committee, to continue in of fico until January 1, 18G7, and that hereafter the-duties ol the.,Gommi.ttoe shall commence on the first of January and continue for one y °The delegates from the various Senatorial districts reported the names of gentlemen for members of the State Central Committee, as follows: STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Hon. Win. A. Wallace, Clearfield, Chair man. Ist Dis 2nd “ 3rd “ 4th “ sth “ -C. E. Kamorly, Philadelphia. Jas. \V. Ilopkina, “ John M’Oarthy, “ Albert R. Schofield, “ Robert E. Monaghan, West Ches ter; Isaioli B. Uoupt, Norris town. Franklin Van Zant, Oakford. Robt. McDowell, Slatin"tan. Dan'l Ermentront, Reading. D. E. Nice, Puttsville. Wm. H. Dimraick, Hnnesdalo. Washington Boyle, New Milford. J. B. Stark. Wilkesbarre. Stephen Pierce, Weilsborough. Henry W. Petriken. Muncy. Thus. Challant, Danville. Bonj. L Forster, Harrisburg. H. B. Swarr, Lancaster; U. T. Shultz, Elizabethtown. J. 11. Cresawell, Shipponsburg. F. M. Kimrael. Chambersburg. G. 11. Spang, Bedford. JE. D. Parker, Mifilintpwn ; W. F. Reynolds, Bellofonto. Philip Collins, Ebensburg. W. W. Barr, Clarion. Robt. Given, Gresnsburg. Andrew Burke, Perrysvillo; Jno. C. Dunn, Pittsburg. W. W. Smith, Washington. Jacob Zeigler, Butler. Albert Price, Sheakh-yville. M. Park Davis, .Meadulle. 6th “ 7th “ Bth “ 9th “ . 10th “ Uth “ 12th “ 13th “ 14th “ 15th “ 16th “ 17th “ 18th “ 19th “ 20th 21st “ 224 “ 23d “ 24th •• 25th “ 26th 27th “ 28th “ 29th “ On motion, the president appointed Messrs. Zeigler, Mott, Johnson, M’Grath nnd Bennett n committee to inform Colonel Davis and Col. Linton of their nomination. —Hnrrriferemiirfr-S—Black—w-as-cailod-upon to address the Convention, and responded in an able and logical speech, which was listen ed to with interest by the large assemblage and repeatedly and enthusiastically applaud ed. On motion of Mr. Zeigler a vote of thanks was passed to the President and other officers of the Convention for the able and faithful manner in which they had discharged their duties. j The motion to adjourn having been adopt ed, Mr. Vjuix arose and made’ the following closing address t Gentlemen of the Convention r— You have concluded the duties which your constituents have imposed upon you. You are now about to return to them with a report of your mo tives and actions. Go to the mountains and valleys of this great Commonwealth and tell the people that the Democratic -party still lives and its principles are vital and vigorous. [Applause] Tell the people that we are nei ther dismayed nor disheartened, Tell them that the infamous tyranny of the “ War De partment” can neither prevent nor paralyze the assertion of our principles nor the exer cise of our rights. [lmmense cheering which lasted for some minutes.] Invoke the young men to consider the labors and trials of our fathers to establish our system of free govern ment. and to defend it. Invoke the men of middle ago to consider what they owe to their posterity ns having received it as stewards for coining generations. Invoke the old men to counsel and-advise and bless the efforts of those on whom the ark of the covenant of i liberty now rests. Do this and have faith and hope. Trust the people. Gentlemen, • the Convention is adjourned without day. The Abasement of the Pardoning Pow er. —A few days ago we published the sen tence passed by Judge Orahnm, at‘Carlisle, upon the three Ruperts, who wore found guilty of the killing of a deserter from the army, named Vanasdlun. We understand, that, upon the next day after sentence had been passed. Gov. Curtin granted them a full pardon , and they are now at liberty. After reading Judge Graham's summing up of the evidence, it seems like a most flagrant out rage upon society to interpose the pardoning power, for the benefit, at least, of the prin- | cipal in that murder. A more cold blooded 1 crime than it was. and more brutal conduct thereafter, have scarcely ever been recorded. No one, who’is conversant with the facia in the ease, can excuse the action of the Govern or. Was ho influenced by false and detesta-’ bio “ loyal” or political reasons, or merely, by mawkishneas and weakness? Respect for courts and laws should have deterred him from exhibiting what must be considered, at least, as unusual and indecent haste. If the principal Rupert was not deserving of death, he richly deserved severe punishment in some shape, but the Governor has made haste to relieve him from all anxiety and discom fort. Unless the Governor has been noting tbo case during the trial nud carefully sift ing the testimony, his action is indefensible. In one day only he could scarcely examine and fairly determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. It Is but a week or two since one Dr. Hughes, a bigamist, who was pardoned out I of the penitentiary by Gov. Curtin, atrocious ly murdered his wrenged victim. This ought to have bepn to tbo Governor a terrible war ning against casting hardened criminals loose upon society to indulge their terrible pas sions. But, it seems, the horrible results of his clemency to Hughes has had no effect upon him, and if, hereafter, another atrocious crime is the result of bis present cureless and unaccountable use of the pardoning power his name will bo rendered little less than ex ecrable. In another column will bo found an article from the Carlisle Volunteer, which’ touches upon the points of the case calmly though very clearly. —Patriot & Union * 27 votes 8 " 41 “ 18 “ 9 votes 41 “ 55 “ 8 “ 19 “ Ohio Democratic Stale Convention, [ GEN. GEORGE W. MORGAN NOMINA. TED FOR GOVERNOR. UNION AND HARMONY. Cincinnati Aug. 25, Iho State Convan* [t-',- tioiv assembled at Columbus yeaterriny, and organized by electing Rufus P. Ilimnoy, President. The following ticket was nnnii. nated : For Governor, Qnn. George W. M., r . gan ; Lieut. Governor, William Long; Su premo Judges, P, Van Trump afid lliotuas MeKey ; State Treasurer. George Speneo; AttornoySOenoral, -Daniel M,. Wilson ; School Commissioners, S. C,, Wilson and 11. IP Barney ; Board of Public Works, 0. Basil; 1 Clerk of Supremo' Court, D. S. Donor, The resolutions oppose a consolidation of power in the Kinds of the federal Govern ment; paaintain the doctrine-of State rights, as laid down in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1793 ; declare that’ the ordi* nance of secession being void, that the South ern States are still in the Union as States and entitled to nil their reserved rights, and to their duo representation in Congress; da nounco all efforts to confer the right of suf- , frugo upon negroes ; discourage negro emi gration into the State ; •compliment, th’tt sol diers for their valor and fortitude ; regard the national debt as a national curse, 1 and demand the exercise of the most rigid economy, roo ommend that the national tax be collected by the county treasurers as far as possible, anil that the military corinnutation tax bo repeal ed ; denounce tiie-arrest of citizens by'raili tary authority in States where the civil tri bunals are unmolested ; declare that the coa tinned suspension of the habeas corpus sines the termination of the war, and the denial of right of trial by jury and interference with! the elections by military power, as in recent instances in Kentucky and Tennessee, are revolutionary of the Constitution; and.the last resolution declares that while we so res olutely-condemn all infringements of lbs Constitution, and while wo regret that the terms of pacification agreed to by General She.-man in April last wore not at onoo rati fied by-the federal executive, we will never theless stand by President Johnson in all constitutional efforts to restore to the States the exercise of their rights and power willi n the Union 75 VOtG3 50 “ The Kclchnm Dejuleaiion—Edward B. Kelch-; nm Cauglil. \ Edward B. Kotchum, of the firm of Morrn' \wl Ketelium, Son & Co., whose abstraoliou (if Ijoods and other securities from the house nl. o.® which he was a member, and whose tor^on-1; :.0 of gold certificates have made him .so -.ft, oua, was arrested at 5 o’clock on Friday eto in* ning, in Twentieth street, between Filth an' <• Sixth avenue, in New York, near a hou" Jjg where he had had hja lodgings. _ J Tho arrest was made by detective office Gilmore, who had been “ working up” • tkl-'vMi case with Detective McDougal, under the d; rection of Superintendent Kennedy and Sa, , geant Young, of the detective force. | Information had been conveyed to the [0 ■ lice that young Kotchum ootUd be founds . Twentieth street, nad oflioorGinaoro proceed ed thither on Friday afternoon. The arrest was made near the phv Ketchnm was stopping. It appoarSN, walking homeward, and the officer, reoojhv ing him from the description that had hcet'v furnished the police, took him into custody. Ketchnm made no resistance whatever-! lb: did not seem to bo even surprised; br saying it was “ all .right,” he tnpanie£ ,■ -y Central Park, and remained there-for no, - & siderable time. lie saw there a persons with whom he had been --cy and it is reported that be spoke with aoiw{. V : y£\ them. This, however, is a mere rumor. | Ater Kctchum was taken to the pub * headquarters, his father and- other meniltf, f.v 1 -.-), of bis family, with the ofiibeittt'Ofc oneuCi-, • banks which had received a part bfi die: f ed paper, and persons who have beon.chi us his counsel, were notified ufhis unrest.; In the- course of the- evening, several them called to see him. lie mot themi except his father, with singular r< --:n spoke with them as though he had been * * porarily absent on business* He did nun -.-.*B dcntly consider himself a criminal, or atk, did nut acknowledge the fact by his demeal - The persons who were called spoke ‘ with kindness, and non-e ol them 6 disposition, whatever, to prosecute him’. ' his crimes, j * The interview of Ketchum and his fab . t 1 was deeply affecting. The father had hndj knowledge whatever that his son had * ed in the city, and the announcement arrest naturally caused him l the greatest prise, while the,safety of young unnaturally gave him pleasure. The meeting cannot bo fully describe^ The father clasped his son and ’said to li' t s ' “ My son I my son T you have ruined cne t . I forgive youd” I. During the interview, which was protry■, ed, great mutual affection Was mauifcv - acd the two were reconciled. * , 1 ' Edward Ketohum’s wife aljb saw W . The particulars of this interview come to light. • ' hy,‘q Ketchum speaks with entire freedom operations. Ho says that at'one tim** -vis owned property worth six,million dollar* His losses began with the decline nni premium on gold. He says that the ai«> I' 1 which vyas irvolved in his varioustray tiona his “liabilities.” ns he says-'.. . about four millions of dollars. | ; Ho would have found it eaaj, ho deck «£ to pay off an indebtedness of two and a*, r ® millions. . Iv-S-g The sum found with him was $48,000.[ Frightful Disaster on the PACirUjHj Nearly Three Hundred Lives Losi« Tlio stcamship Ocean Queen arrived at York on Friday, with San Francisco pers of August 3d. They ooptain the »Ij ling intelligence that thef steamship B fl 1 Jonathan, From San Franoison, Jaly '| for Portland, Oregon, and' Victoria, j tweon two hundred and three hnndre , aengera, was totally lost near Cape k* int pj| Oregon, July 30th. Only fourteen P' ct p| one woman were saved.' ' Among, the passengers ' ware Henry, of 'Washington Territory, adier General Wright and family- Waite, Surgeon A. Ingraham, of the • and Captain Chaddook, of the Bovone«|,|||| [vice. No other particular's had been A||| ed .rhen the Ocean Queen sailed. w |||i General Wright was on command of the Department of Coin | I ■Si w a M ill ms s§fi , #■ ,-ej •';4 'M £0 when ]q wit $