From til* Washington Trttgraph. Scott, W iic oft to Victory ted : I UT JOE HAIRTEXGOEB. Scott-, who for liis country bled, Scott, who ne'er from doty Tied, Scott, who oft to victory led, He shall still car chieftain be ! Trust to him in danger's hour ; Should the scheme of traitors lour, He will baffle ail their power- Speed our glorious destiny. Scott, who for his country bled, &.C. Who would not reward the brave ? Forth your country's credit save — Honor him who honor gave — On with Scott to victory ! Scott, who for his country hied, dfce. From the fame of Chippewa, Queenstown Heights, Niagara, Old Fort George, and Florida, •• Sec the conquering hero comes'" Scott, who f. v bis country bled, &e. j By the fields of Mexico, ■Covered with our country's foe. He has scattered, or laid" low: On with Scott to victory ! Scott, who for his country bled, Scott, who ne'er from duty fled, Scott, who oft to victory led, He shall still our chieftain be ! WASHINGTON - , June 8, 1852. Whig National Convention. Our report of the proec-ding- f this body , was brought up to Fridav afternoon in our i.ist issue, anu we therefore give a cntinu- j at ion from FRIJJ\V EVENING sK-IOX. L ing before th" hour for tiie a—unbling 01 the convention, the galleries wr? crowded. , That portion allo'td to the lad is, presented a grand di-play of beauty and fashion. The intense excitement that existed among dele gates and visitors wa- perceptible in almost every countenance, and at 5 o'clock precisely. - the President calied the convention to order. Mr. Ashman, of Massachusetts, then arose i and saidh- a was instructed by the committee on resolutions to present a report from that : committee, which he held in his hand, and which he begged to say had, after much de liberation of a conciliatory character, con ducted in the kindest feelings, been adopted with great, though not entire unanimity. With tiie leave of the chairman he would now take a position in front of the chair, and read the resolutions he was instructed to present. THE PLATFORM. The whigs of the lnited States, in Conven tion assembled, adhering to the great con servative republican principles by which they are controlled and governed, and now, as ever, relying upon the intelligence of the American people, with an abiding confidence in their capacity for self-government, and i their continued devotion to the constitution and the union, proclaim the following as po- ; Jitical sentiments and determination, for the settlement and maintenance of which their national organization as a party is effected : 1. The government of the Lnited States is of a limited character, and it is confined to the exercise of power expressly granted bv the constitution, and such a? may be necessa ry and proper for carrying the granted powers into foil execution, and that all the powers not thus granted or necessarily implied are ex pressly reserved to the States respectively and • to the people. 2. The State governments should held in their reserved rights, and the Gen > ral Government sustained in its constitution al powers, and the I'nion should lie revered and watched over as "the palladium of our lib erties." 3. 11 ja t while struggling freedom, every where, enlists the warmest sympathy of the M big party, we still adhere to the doctrines .. i the father oi his countrv, its announced in bis Farewell Address, of keeping ourselves hue Imm ail entangling alliances with foreign • luntries. and of.never (putting our own to • nd upon foreign ground. That our mission i repiin'ie i.-: not to propogute our opinions. • of th ;Ust Con gress, the act known a;, the fugitive slave law included, are received and acquh-sced in by the whig party of the Lnited Stab--. a* a f ettl-mont, in principle and -übstanee, of the dangerous and exciting questions which they embrace, and so far as the are concerned, we will maintain them, ar.d insist upou their strict enforcement, until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against the evasion of the laws on one hand, and the abuse of tin ir power on the other—not imp ■•ring ii.ir present, efficiency ; and *.\ J. : ail fur ther agitation of the qui timis ihu- ettl d, ■ ballot for a candidate for President, and continued it i bnl lutings in quick succession daring both sessions of the day. The ladies wore in fuller ! attendance than ever, and the interest mani fested in tin- result continued to be of a most engrossing kind. The iir-t ballot of tie- day —the 7th of th" series—resulted iu 1 'yd vote.- for Fillmore, 131 for Scott ami 2S for H • b- • . ster —the next in 131 for Fillmore, 133 for Scott and 28 for Webster. The ballots con- • tinned very nearly the same throughout th" day, Scott being in the lead one, two, thrre, four. live, six and seven vote* —the la-t ballot I of the morning session—the 31st of the whole I number—standing Fillmore 12'.*. Scott 135, Webster 28, Blanks 2. The 32d ballot—the ■ last taken in the afternbon—stood, Fillmore 128, Scott 154. Webster 30. The hnllo .g> continued, only varied by motions to ad journ over until Monday, to take a recess. &e., which were voted down, until the forty-sixth ballot was taken, which resulted thus :—Fill more 12'.', Scott 134. Webster 31. Then at i 8 o'clock in the evening, tiie convention ad journed uutil Monday morning at J" o'clock, by the close vote of ayes 147, not- 143. FIFTH WAV. The session of the convention on Monday morning was opened with prayer by th • Rev. Dr. W el-tor. Snne discus-n n and difficulty growing out of a despatch telegraphed to N-\v \ ork by Mr. Raymond, editoi of tin i Time-, occupied the early part of the sos-ion. After it wa- settled, the conveufiou proceeded to take the 47 th ballot, a- follows; Scott 135, Filimore 128, Webster 30. Th n came the 48th—Scott 137, Fillmore 124, Webster 27. , The forty-ninth was then called—l3o, Fill more 122, Webster 30. During the calling of the fiftieth vote, when Pennsylvania was called, Mr. Mazlelmrst, of that State, rose and was allowed to speak for five minutes, lie said that the course he had pursued in th" i convention since it met was manifest to all. Lie represented the second district, being the city ol Philadelphia, and til" people of that i city have desired declaration by th'- .. men tion, of the principles of the great \\ eig party. I In- ha- been done, and the ei,;i-;;ui tiou iias been sustain ,-d. i'liat Ci nslituiion was modeled in that city ; and he would .-a\ t i t lit- South that the gr at eniiine nweaith of; Pennsylvania lias h- -n true to t!tc constitu tion since the day of its adoption, j i/c had been in favor of the declaration in favor of the coin promise, lie considered tha the candidate- themselves -hotild have that compromise upon their foreheads. It \>a due t" th- great hero, W infield Scott, to tin model President, an i that other great patriot whose name even:where was known a- the i great defender of the constitution, that this j declaration should hat 1 been ni;i ie. It was due also to the great man who framed and finished that compromise, lb- had voted all along for Mr. Fillmore, and lie now, in an nouncing the 27 votes of Pennsylvania for! Gen. Scott, did so lccau-e it was for a candi date who was in favor of every principle of the eon?promise. {Great applause, j The fiftieth ballot stood thus . Scott J 42, i | Fillmore 122, Webster 27. The fifty-first i ballot:—Scott 142, Fi!lm, Arkansas 4. lowa 3. Total, IL2. For Webster —Massat husetus 11, Rhode I!- and 1, Connecticut 3, New York 1, Wiscon sin 4, California 1, Total 21. For Crotcnde.il —Kentucky 1. W hen the call was completed, the result : was known all over the ha)L The delegates were ail standing on the benches, and when it as announced, the most terrific shouts of applau.se followed, as also cheering ami wav ing ol hats ; the ladies waved their 1 mulker . chiefs and parasols, the utmost excitement pervading all nart- of the room. The I hair then :umourn ed tiuu W INFiF.LD ! SC'OTT was the duly nominated candidat,- of the Whig party of the Lnited States for the 1 i Pi .-ideney. The demonstration;: ofapphiu.vc, &c., wore renewed and prolonged for some ' minutes. The Hon. Mr. Dayton, of New Jersey, . then obtained the floor, but gave way to Mr. Siuith, a delegate from Alabama, who offered ' a resolution that the nomination of Geneial j Scott be declared unanimous. Mr. Dayton J then spoke with great eloquence in advocacy of the nomination of Gen. Scott, respecting whom he said: The Whigs of all sections could support j him. The South had been deluded in the be- ' lief that her rights were in danger. There were not ten men in Jersey, out of a lunatic ; asylum, who were in favor of interfering with the rights of the South. [Applause.] He hoped his countrymen in all sections I , would rally and support the man who had literally carried the flag of his country all over the continent, lie appealed to the \\ higs not to be haggling over words in reso- j lutions or platforms, but to come up and sup- ; port their candidate. They could now go | homo and tell the people that there were no differences between the parties, except tbe old 1 i party issues, represented by General Scott on ] : the one hand, and General Fierce on the other, i He had too much self-respect to say anything | of the private worth of the opposition candi- j date, but in all the'elements of man. soldier, | statesman, and in all the relations of private ; life, General Scott would not sutler by a com- i parison between the two. j Applause. ]. lie gave a sketch of Geu. Scott's public ! acts and eulogized them ; he was a good in- \ ternational and constitutional lawyer, and in i ! the relations of private life his heart was as j pure as female innocence, or female love.— j 1 j Enthusiastic applause.] Here Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, rose, not to i make a speech, but to read a message to the ' Convention—one which would be most ac- ' ceptaid' to the Convention, to the Whig party, j and to the Union. Jt was from W infield Seoti, and wa- as follows : WASHINGTON. Juno 21, 1852. Having the honor of being the nominee for . Ifi'esideut by the Whig National Convention, 1 shall ueeept the same, with the platform ol j principles which th- Convention has laid down. lMi-ase show this to G. B. Duncan. , With respects to friends, WINFIELD SCOTT. So delighted wore the delegates with this ' d"spatell, that Mr. Jones read it again, at j their earnest solicitation. Jit • applause be • stowed was tremendous. Th. n followed it series of addresses from , <1 legates fepr,.-- -ntiiig every State in the 1 nion, avowing their concurrence in, and feal- j tv to the nomination, mid pledging it their I support and influence, all of which elicited j the warmest expressions of applause, in : which both Delegates and persons in the gal | lories participated. During this ratification boqucts were plentifully showered by the ladies upon the Convention, and cannon with- ; out added tlteir applau-ive thunders to the ; loud acelsrim. Mr. Botes begged leave to say to the Con- ■ vention, tliat this is the iast great convocation which will probably take place during the ; life-time of the illustrious founder of the j whig party; and lie did not believe there j wtts a whig in the Convention or in the ('nion, ; who would desire this Convention should ad- i ■ journ without expressing its sentiments in . relation to that dying patriot. The resolutions submitted by Mr. liotts ; were then read-as* follows: J'csolved, That this convention, represent ing the whole whig party of the I nited St.io-s. feel that it will ie>t have discharged ! its entire duty to itself, to the party it rep re- j -"tits, and to the country at large, if it should adjourn without tin expression of its pro found regret at the irreparable bereavement tic nation is likely soon to sustain in the loss ol IJourv Clay, thy illustrious founder of our party, whose consistency to his principles, li- i liciity to his friends, devotion to hi--country, whose enlarged and boundless patriotism, , and whose jtre-cjuinent and unrequited ser vices. has not only endeared hint to his party and secured the respect and confidence of j the nation, hut has commanded the admira- ; that of tin- world. Besotted, That to the venerable patriot in his 'u-r moments, we tender the language of our inexpressible sympathy and regard, with the assurance that when he may be no to ore on earth, in our hearts and in the hearts of our children, lie will never die. J'h" resolutions unanimously pu-.-i-d by a standing vole. 1 h speaking was then resumed, until the nr. niton adjourned tit 3 to 5 o'clock. On re-assembling, despatches were read an nouncing that the nomination was being greeted in several places by discharging of , cutitioii. .V resolution von firm mi/ the iiiiuiiitfi ttoit "J Gen. S-ott iros tuifjif'd itittutijnocdy. A resolution, agnizing in the most em phatic terms the successful administration of Millard Fillmore, was pa:--ed in lite most en thusiastic manner. A gentleman of Miss, spoke in honor of. the great public s -rv u i'S of Daniel M obster. : and hi- remarks were received with an out iiurst of euthusiiisin. It was followed bv a re. olutiou expressive of tie- sincere confidence of the Convention, in his wisdom, patriotism and integrity. A letter from Hon. John J. Crittenden was then read, asking that his name should not be proposed for \ ice I'resident. The < lon vent ion then proceeded to ballot for 1 Vice President. Gn calling tlie vote for A ice Presidency, i Maine threw iter entire vote lor James C. Jones, of Tennessee. Gov. Jones rose and in an appropriate man- | uer declined the honor, and stated that he i i could render the party better service in a private than a public station. There were but two ballots taken, which were as follows : JJU.-T BALLOT. Graham 74 ; Manguni Id ; J'earee 32 ; ; Dat.-s 97; D'll 4; Clagg.-U I'd: Stanly 14; i Stewart 2 : Badger I ; Brown 3; Jones ,: Williams 3; Pralt 2. SECN.MI BALLOT. For \V. A. Graham, of N. 0., 100 ; Bates, of Missouri, 40; Pcarccol' Maryiaud, 4; Man- > guni ol' N. C, 4. The nomination of WILLIAM A. GRA HAM for Vice President, was then confirmed unanimously. Ujion this followed many more eloquent | and enthusiastic addresses, after which the Convention, having completed its arduous labors, adjourned in the very best and most ; harmonious spirit, united in feeling, prm -1 triple anil a lirut and ardent support ol lite nominations. Great Ratification Meetings have been held in all the principal cities east, west, north and south, and the fires of enthusiasm al ready kindled show that the B A LL 18 ROLL ING for SCOTT AND GRAHAM with a force that will crush all opposition ! At Washington City Scott, Graham, Fill j mot", Webster, and others, were called upon , by an immense number of Whigs. , RECAPITULATION. The following is a recapitulation of the several balloting?: Ballots. SCOTT. FILLMORE. WEBSTER. First 131 133 29 Second 133 131 29 Third 133 131 29 Fourth 134 130 29 Fifth 130 133 30 Sixth 131 133 29 Seventh 131 133 29 Eighth 133 131 28 Ninth 133 131 29 Tenth 135 130 28 Eleventh 134 131 28 Twelfth 134 130 28 Thirteenth 134 130 28 Fourteenth 133 130 29 Fifteenth 133 130 29 Sixteenth 135 129 28 Seventeenth 132 131 29 Eighteenth 132 131 28 Nineteenth 132 131 29 Twentieth 132 131 29 Twenty-first 133 131 28 Twenty-second 132 130 30 Twenty-third 132 130 50 Twenty-fourth 133 129 30 Twenty-fifth 133 128 51 Twenty-sixth 134 128 '•/1 Twenty-seventh 135 1 2.8 29 Twenty-eight 135 128 29 Twenty-ninth 134 128 30 Thirtieth 134 128 29 Thirty-first 135 129 28 Thirty-second 134 128 39 Thirty-third 134 J 28 29 Thirty-fourth 134 12b 28 Thirty-fifth 134 128 28 Thirty-sixth 133 128 29 Thirty-seventh 136 127 28 Thirty-eighth 130 127 29 Thirty-ninth 134 128 30 Fortieth 134 128 29 Forty-first 132 128 52 Forty-second 134 128 30 Forty-third 134 128 50 Forth-fourth 153 J29 30 Forty-fifth 133 127 32 Forty-sixth 134 127 3.1 Forty-seventh 135 129 29 Forty-eighth 137 124 30 Forty-ninth 139 122 30 Fiftieth 142 122 28 Fiftv-one 1 12 lgo 29 Fifty-second 148 119 25 Fifty-third 159 .112 21 " THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWN, l'A. Friday Eve Ding, June 25, 1552 FOR PRESIDENT, IVIXFIELD SCOTT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM L (.ii tlim of North Carolina. JUDGE oi THE SUPREME COURT,' JOSE I'll BUFFINGTON, of Armstrong County. CANAL COMMISSIONER, JACOB HOFFMAN, oj Berks Comity. Contrary to the hopes and wishes of our locol'oeo friends—nine-tenths of whom be- ; trayed a commendable anxiety to have some- i body else in the field—"Old Fuss and Feath ers" is the whig candidate for President, and what i- of still more importance, he is tin' I'eopb's Candidate, a- their votes will att-\-r in Nov mber next. With a name familiar as household words—connected with almost ev ery great event iii the history of our country from 1812 to the present day—the favorite of Madison, Monro •, and Jack-on —tit- greatest General of the age, and distinguished in many civil affairs as an able and humane ne gotiator—no one need ask" W no is W INTTKI.B Seorr His history is written (where W asl:- ington's, Jackson's, Harrison's, am! Taylors , are engraved) in the hearts of his country- : men, a monument more enduring than mar- j hie, and needs no eulogy. Wit LJ vvi A. Git AH \M, lite nomine • for 1 ice President is at pr —it 8- • rotary '4* lit" Na vy, a post lie has ably an J sati.-faetorily filled. His politi' il career is sufficient to show that he is a gentleman of high standing and com manding talents. In IS II he was chosen by the Legislature of North Carolina to fill a vacancy in the I . 8. Senate., and serv-al ... ■ through the 27th session of Congress. In 1844, he was the Whig candidate for < lover- ; nor in North Carolina, and carried the. State over an able ami popular opponent by 1 ; 3102 majority, on a larger vote than I ever before polled. He was re-elected in 1846 bv 7850 majority, and declined a third term, returning to private life. In 1850. on the ac cession of Mr. Fillmore, he was called into the cabinet to till the post of Secretary of the Navy, which he still holds, lie had already been indicated by the entire Whig party ot North Carolina, through almost or quite every journal and public meeting, as their choice for Vice President, to which place the Na- j tional Convention has just called him. The Whig State Convention, which assem bled at Philadelphia on Saturday last, placed in nomination JOSEPH BUFITXGTON, of Arm strong county, as the whig candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. 11" is an able and honest jurist, who would not hesitate to !do right if elected. We have no room for the proceedings this week—Col. Butler represent ed Mifflin county. J . .♦ i A loeofoco orator in New Hampshire has recorded it in a speech as a iact that Geu. Pierce, years ago, having found a little boy crying because he had no stick ot candy to cat, like some of his playmates, actually gave the box a cent, although he was a total stran ger! In a case like this, vv hardly know which to admire most —the giving of the cent, or the small potato orator who records | iu gyp- Since the nomination of Pierce for President, several incidents have leaked out which favor the idea pretty strongly that his ; nomination was secretly concocted previous to the assembling of the convention. For instance, the last Chauibersburg \ alley Spirit says that Mr. McLauahan, the member of Congress from that district, predicted the nomination of Pierce while on a visit to j Chambersburg in April last! We have seen ' other statements of similar predictions made by the knowiny ones, and now think it no- j wise improbable that Cass, Buchanan, and i j Douglas were cheated in the most scientific ! ' style of poke by the wire-workers who princi- I pally composed that convention; and that ; instead of being the free will choice of the j party, Mr. Pierce is in reality but the off- : spring of a congressional caucus ! A contract has been entered into for re | building the Lutheran Church. j ; The lat foreign news has the usual an | uouitcemeat that Wheat and Flour have re ! ceded in price. while " Manchester goods are : firm," and "-ah - of iron at Birmingham are large, at improved quotations." A severe hailstorm passed over portion- of this county on Monday afternoon, whi'h damaged some fields of grain, Ac., in the ; valley.. Since then the weather has been cool, very cool for tbe season, and this morn ing fire- are by no means unpleasant I ~ Jrorougli A Hairs. At a recent meeting of the Town Council, 1 I . . tiie following ordinance was adopted and or- I dereii to in.r published : .1 General Ordinance to Pi ovule for Pore- j ineids, d c. S'-'-fiiui }st Be it enacted and ordained bv ; the Town Council of the Borough of Lewis town, and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the authority of the same, that from and i I after the publication of this act, the owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, of any house, lot, or pa reel of land, situate upon any street , in the Borough of Levvistown. shall pave the side walks opposite to and adjoining such 1 premises with brick, if the same be not al- ! ready done, under the direction of the Chief ' Burges- and Town Council of said borough— said pavement to be secured at the outer edge by good and sufficient curb stone. S Oimi ~2d. And be it further enacted bv j the authority of the same, that if any person : or persons shall, after the publication of this ; act us aforesaid, being the owner or owners, i occupier or occupiers of any such house, lot, j or parcel of ground a- aforesaid, neglect or I refits" so to pave and secure as aforesaid, the j side walks opposite to, and adjoining his, her i or their promises, under the direction of the] . -aid Burgess and Town Council, he, she or j j they so offending, shall forfeit and pay a fine j ul five dollars ffrr tie* first offence, and a fur titer fine of five dollars for each and every pe- ; riod of ten days thereafter that the said side . walk- sltall remain unpaved as aforesaid, un- i j til the fines imposed upon each delinquent ! -hall sum unit to a sufficient sunt to defray the ! expense of making his. her or their resnec- j tive ]KIV: tnent- —all of which said fines shall j bo recovered for the use of the said borough, I j in like manner as other fir.es are by law re covered, to wit: before the Chief Burgess of the said borough, and when collected, to he ] pa d into the Borough Tie isury. I 3'/. Ami lie it further enacted bv j tin* authority aforesaid, that as rvuru as fines ! ! shall have been levied and collected iu av one . ••a>e sufficient in amount to make the pave ment.- in such ease, it shall be the duty ef the | Chief Burgess and Town Coiticd thereupon to make such pavement as soon a.- may be. S i fioii 4 ili. And l"i it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all pavements j shall be of the width of ten fret from the | house to the curb, ir.h•-? the latrgess and council iifoi said shall otherwise •direct: pro- ' \ :ded that -aid pavements from house to curb i shall have one half inch fall per foot. S' ction s'//. Ami b" it further enacted, that • so much of any by-law or ordinance of said j borough as is hereby altered or supplied, is ' i li'-rcby repealed, Pa--ed -June 14. 1852. : --• • - C'iueii>(imli*nce of tlie Lewistnwn Gazette. WASHINGTON, June 22, 1852. j ! ;;I NIL FRV.-IXGER :—The excessive heat of the pa.-t week or more, has deterred my writ l ing to yott sooner—for, between the neat of ! political excitement, consequent upon the de- ! iiberatiiois of the conventions, and the weath er, it has been impossible to keep coot long i enough to collect one's ideas, or " shoot folly ! as it flic-." 9 | | W ell, the Democracy (as the locofoeo partv j is inappropriately termed) have at last jished up, from the bottom of their cauldron, a can- i iliihUi: for the Presidency, in the shape of a General J fierce, whom, it is thought by . i tliein, they can convert into auoUier James K. J'oik. Now. who would have thought, a short time since, from the squirming of the " Old 1 logics. they were doomed to such sudden ; i deaths? But, alasi poor Fogies! you uilj t'/ed too greedily and hastily at the bint, with ; out allowing it sufficient time to ripen, and, being hard of digestion, the last bite has 1 proveu too much, and you have thereby been your own executioners. Before me lies a I pamphlet edition of what purports to he a bi ography of the life and services of Gen. Lane, of ladiaya, (written by himself of course,) which was dedicated to the delegates to the last National Locofoeo Convention, in order to enlist their sympathies in his behalf, and make him the nominee ; but, like old fogy ; dom, it uid not produce the desired effect, and ; the General, along with his book, were con signed tii the shell' as tit subjects for the de liberation? of spiders and cobwebs. I only mention this laot as an illustration of locofo eo deception, and this city is now being flood j ed with publications of every description to suit all latitudes and sections of the country, landing the services and character of their nominees. It is a pity they cannot resort to j mure honorable ways to meet their ends, be -1 cause this is calculated to deceive the honest j and unsuspicious voter. At the ratification meeting in the city last week, the people were presented with one of the choicest dishes of " pot-house" slang that ever emanated from the mouth of politi cians, cooked and served up by Senator DOUG LAS, for which he has received the just con- I detonation of Gen. ('ASS, and other speakers | then present, besides bringing down the neu tral pres.- (trout afar and near) upon his head like a " thousand of burnt clay." Now, tor our nominee. As the country expected, we have selected from our galaxv I ot .-tars one ol its brightest luminaries, who, | wo have not the slightest doubt, when placed in the Presidential seat, will administer the government worthy of a Washington. It is futile to comment on the \>ast history of Gon. Scott, as his life and services are too well known and identified with the welfare of our country, to need any eulogy from us. Wo have presented him for tire suffrages of th * great Whig party, and it becomes us to unite, and give " a pull, a strong pull, and a pull . altogether," and success must crown our ef j l'orts. It is necessary that every whig of the coun try should cast his vote for the nominees, as | the forthcoming campaign will belookcd upon as a test one between the two great parties. The Whig party is, and has always been, ; greatly in the majority ; but many of its j members are guilty of unpardonable indis ■ cretions. As an instance : we had a mayor j alty election in this city on the first Monday | of the present month, and the candidates were Walter Lenox, the then Mayor, and ) John W. Maury, who is an admitted locofoco, who entered the course as an independent, 110 party candidate. The result was that Mr. Maury received the whole locofoco vote, and quite half the whig poll, thereby giving him a majority of some vine hundred voles ovti his competitor. At night, no sooner than the result was known, the whole city was en livened with music, processions, bonfires, and the shouts and huzzas that proceeded from ' locofoco throats fairly made the welkin ring | —and thus this election has been heralded : abroad as a Democratic victory, when it is i well known tka.t the whig majority here is fxdhj two to one. W usbington is comparatively dull at pres ent. The places of public amusement re main closed until the fall season. PETER. Fioro the Baltimore American. Armaments in I Europe. Two contrasts are presented by the present j condition of things on the European Conti nent —one in the fact that since the organi zation of Peace Societies and the assurances I of Mr. f'obden and his followers that stand ing armies should be disbandoned, the mili tary establishments of the European Powers have increased to an extraordinary extent. The other contrast is to be found in the present attitude of Absoluteisni on the Con tinent of Europe as compared with it- po sition and prospects in IS4B. The proclaim | ed advent of Peace among the nations' is con fronted by unusual preparations for war; the triumph of republicanism in France and the bold demonstrations throughout central Eu : rope in U?half of liberalism under constitu tional safeguards, have given way to the ad i vanciug power of despotism which now rears I its head with more daring front and clenches its grasp with a sterner hold than before. In 1-Sol, statistics of good authority rate the number of regular soldiers under arms in Europe at 2,773,853 men; and if to this number be added the various volunteer orga i nizations and national guards, the aggregate would rise to three millions. Resides this va.-t array of soldiery, there was an aggre gate fleet of 2,7 fid vessels, carrying 44,105 i guns, and manned by at least one hundred j and fifty thousand seamen. Si une recent accounts from Europe state ! that Austria lias ventured upon a reduction j of her army appropriations—considering her self safe in doing so, for the reason that llus i Man protection is at hand if an exigency of | danger should arise. The triple alliance, i uniting the despotic Powers of Russia. Aus j tria and Prussia in one band or combination for "the m&intain&nee and the advancement ; of the despotic principle, stands now in the face of Europe and the world as an ominous warning to the cause of Freedom. Appre hensions have been expressed in some of the British journals that this powerful concen tration of the absolutist forces might be fol | lowed by a system of propagandism for the extension of the sway of Despotism. The better informed opinion, however, is that the alliance has beep formed and strengthened by the Czar with a view to defensive pur poses, and for the preservation of peace on the Continent. The London morningChron ; icle, dwelling upon this subject, says: \ et, apart from such considerations, the combination ot the Absolutist Powers cannot ;be regarded without suspicion, Notwith standing the catalogue of constitutional Gov ernments which Lord Palinerstou presented to the House of Commons, we look in vain for that organization and union among them j which distinguish the Northern alliance. Since the usurpation of Louis Napoleon, j trance has been morally isolated from the , rest ol Europe: and the influence of Eng j land abroad was probably never at a lower point than at the present moment. Thepre l ponderance of power is, therefore, altogether on the side of Absolutism. That equilibrium of European opinion, which was maintained so long as the .Monarchy of July lasted, has ceased u> exist. The constitutions in one or two third-rate States—the Charters suspend ed at Naples andmuhitutedat Berlin—are but : a poor compensation for the destruction of Parliamentary Government in France. It is in vain to deny the fact that the absolute Powers have latterly acquired greater strength j than they possessed liel'ore the revolution; and it is probable that they will have learned trout the experience of the last few years that so long as they remain united they are nearly unassailable. On the other hand, oven though they abstain from direct inter ference in the affairs of other States, it is clear that the whole of their influence will be employed to check the growth of popular liberty in Germany and the neighboring countries. I here is little hope of the develop ment of the Prussian Constitution whilst the < ourt ot Berlin cultivates such intimate re lations with St. Potersburgh : in fact, it is far more probable that the King may be thus em boldened still further to restrict the very limited amount of Parliamentary freedom which the Chambers are still suffered to re tain. But, whatever the reigning Houses may gain, Germany cannot but lose by the | Russian alliance; and it may be doubted whether the promise of protection against trench invasion is an adequate compensation for the immediate evils of despotic Govern ment, sustained, as it must be, by a eloso union with the Czar." flic exclusion of England from the consul tations and confidences of the Absolutist | Powers has been so arrogantly announced ; that we can have no difficulty in believing the j declaration of the Chronicle " the influence • of England abroad was probably never at a, I lower point than now." The possession ; of i such immense power as is now concentrated j in the triple alliance, all of which may be said to be under the control of the Czar, may well inspire apprehensions of aggression and give alarm to every constitutional nation. In a biographical sketch of Gen. Pierce, published in the New York Herald, and written hv a friend, it is stated, that General Pierce had four falls from his horse during the campaign in Mexico—in each of which he was severely injured. The same authority stales, that after Ins last- fall, he resigned Ilia commission aud returned home.