' 'l.e.--: •: tb f a struggle of man < i.„-fty and oji,.nicy. Ben old, firemen are advancing towards the table of the Pres ident. First, The ma* Jefferson, wh nLilo- SOphica! spirit grasp* the generality: f things and events; then Bsnjaoiia Frankhn. the great apostle of common s -nee. the clear wis does of real life beaming in his serene eye; then the ondaanted J shn Adam* and t*'j others. Now Jefferson read the Declaration of Independence, and loudly proclaim- the fondamenta! principle up>n which it rests: 'Ail men are created free and equal!' It is said history tells you what it meant. The sceptre of royalty is ftang Lack *>:r the ocean; the prerogatives of n biliry are trod den into the dust; every nvn a king, every man a baron ; in seven f the original colo nies the shackles of the black man *-rn k $ aim -: everywhere the way \> r - ;>ar' 1 1 r g-ad ual emancipation. j rec gnitioo of the right of property in man" say? Mndinoo. 'Let t.laverv h •. ..•i.ed :■/ .a*!' say- Wash i-.gt X•: it,.' to- jp.--a. v.j of oii Eng land !- to be shzkeo 5. but a new organ:sa tin f - :v i- th boiit up a the basis of liberty and ey. lily. That is the Declara t nof i ode pen lenc -. That is the American lier dutrm . A . in j free and equal! Xat ev-n the Or <pj i-r-ert of the Atlantic ocean fct-r - the t.-.ua-pLunt .-.i .ut. B- a old the aa t. r. f the old world are ru-hlng to arms. La-t . • were blown ictv lu.-t as by the tram- I '- ■ -J ii:h j, and like a pillar of fire Ly night ar.d a pillar of cloud by day, the great watchword of the American Revolution show? forever the way to struggling humanity. L rtg continued applause.] All men ar ere tS'-i free arid equal 1 Whence the super natural power in *h- *e seven words? Turn your yes away from the soblirne spectacle f 177b, fr ,a that glorious galaxy of tnen wh ,se hearts were large enough for all mankind, and let me recall yoa to the so her year of 1857. There is Springfield, the capital of Illinois, one of those States which ' their greatness tan ordinance originally framed by the same man 'those hand wrote the b iclaration of independence;. In the hall < f the Assembly stands Mr. Douglas, who initiates an eager crowd into the mystery of 'popular sovereigntyl+e will '<•'! v u what it meant, when the men of 1770 said that 'ali men are created free and equal.' lie says; 'S > man can vindicate the character, the 'motives ut*d the conduct of the signers of the 'Declaration of Independence, except upon the 'hypothesisthat they referred to the white race 'alone, and Dot to ;be African —when theyeje 'clarej all men to he created free and eofal, 'that they were speaking of British sulgt-cts 'on this continent being equal to British born 'an! residing in Great Britain —that they 'were entitled to the same inalienable rights, 'and ant rig them were enumerated life, liberty "and the pursuit of happiness. The Deelara 'ti >n of Independence was adopted merely for 'the purp e of justifying the colonists in the 'eyes of the civilized world in withdrawing 'their allegiance from the British crown, and ' li-s Ding their connection with 'li? mother 'country.' M hat 1 J that alii 1 Is that Uttlo heap of quicksand the whole sub trnpturc on which a new organization of society was to be built? the whole foundation upon which the proud and ponderous edifice of the United States rests? They did, then, w>t mean all men. when they said all men. They intended per haps, tv .. disfranchise those free blacks, ••• ' in five of the original thirteen colonies enjoyed the right af rating? They meant but the white race. Oh, no, by no means the whole white race; not the Germans, not the fre rich, not the Scandinavians; they meant bat British subjects—' British subjects on this continent be tug equal to Brilith subjects born aud reei ding on the other side of the great water!' j Laughter and applause.] There it your Declaration of Independence, n diplomatic dodge, adopted meieiy for the purpose of excusing the rebellious colonies in the eyes of civilized mankind. There is your Declaration of Independence, no longer the sacre i code A the rights of tnan, but a hyp ocritical piece of special pleading, drawn up by it batch of urtful pettifoggers who, when speaking of the rights of man. meant hut the privileges of a set of aristocratic slaveholders, hut styled it ! the rights of man,' in order to throw dust into the eyes of the world, and to inveigle noble-hearted foois into lending them aid and assistance. {Applause.] These are your boasted revolutionary sires, no longer her 'Cs and sages, bat accomplished humbug gers and hypocrites, who said one thing and meant another; who passed counterfeit senti ments ua genuine and obtained arms and money and assistance and sympathy on false pretences! ihere is your great American Revolution, no longer the great champion of universal principles, hut a mean Yankee trick - I hursts of applause and laughter]—a wood en nutmeg—[renewed cheers] —the most ini pudent imposition ever practiced upon the whole world! {Applause.] 1 hat is the way Mr. Douglas wants you to read and to understand the proudest pages in American history! This is the kind of his tory with which he finds it necessary to prop his mongrel doctrine of Popular Sovereignty! That i- what he calls vindicating the character and the motives and the conduct of the signers of the Declaration of Independence! Thus ho did not blush to slander Jefferson, who, when speaking of his country, meant the world, and when speaking of his fellow citizens, meant mankind; and Franklin, in whose clear head theory and practice were the same, and who, having declared ' all men to lie cre ated free and equal.' became the first Preei dent of the first great Abolition society ; and John Adams, the representative of that State which abolished slavery within its limits wuii one great strike of legislation; and Washing ton, who declared it to be his 'fondest wish to eeo -lavery abolished by law/ and nffixed to the Declaration of Independence the broad signature of his heroic sword ; and Madison, who deemed it 'absurd to admit the idea of property in man and of the f'ramers cf the Constitution, who took care not to disk-nj.ee that instrument with the word ' slavery, ijpd before adopting it finally, blotted out from fhe ciiradition clause the word 'servitude/avow edly bccAuae it signified the condition of a slave, arid substituted the word ' seprjee/ avowedly because it signified the condition c,f a free man. I bus Mr. Douglas dares to speak <>f all tni -o true men, who, after hijvipg pro claimed their principles in the Declaration, endeavored to introduce them into practical life in almost every State in the way uf grad ual eniiM.xipati .ri. That they have failed in this —is it a fault of theirs? it shows not that they were less great and sincere, hut that subsequent generations were hardly worthy of so noble an ancestry! [Applause.] There is Mr. Douglas' version of your his tory. He dcsp&Vs of converting you w thout slander,ing your fathers. His present doc trines cannot thrive unless planted in a cal umny ou the past. He vindicate the signers of the Declaration of Independence! Indeed, they nerd it sadly, I see the illustrious com mitteP of five arise from their graves, at their head Thomas Jefferson, his lip> curled with the smile of contempt, and 1 hear hiui say to Mr. Douglas: 'Sir, you may abase as as 'much as yoo please, hot have tfee goodness "to spare us with vindications of car charae 'ter and motives.' Great laughter and ap piaos-.j It is a common thir.g that men of a coarse cast of mind, to lose themselves in the mean pursuit of selfish ends, as to become insensi ble. to the grand and sublime. Measuring every character and every eves: in history by the t vr standard of their own individualities. applying to everything the narrow rule of thsir own motives, incapable of grasping hr si and geoeroa# ideas, they wiil beitule e*erv thing they cann t deny, and drag d vr. every struggle ct nrinepies t the s .r --♦J:J arena ,f apiE£ se'S-fcce*, or of small e mpeting interests, Eighty;,itur;d-edyears ago, there were men who saw nothing ; rt in cipient Christianity but a mere wrangle be tween <lewi;. theologians. got op by a ear 'enter s L>y. aDd carri-d on by a few cr&sy L-oermin. Throe hundred years ago there were oj-.-d who -aw in the great reformatory rr- jvemenp of the slip jot:. c-estury, not the emancipation cf the individual conscience, tut a Ec f -re fuss kicked up by a German tti' rk„ who waDted to get married. Two hun dred y ars ago there were men who saw in ii iiapden's refusal to pay the ship money, it! vin4icatioc cf constitutional liber tv, hut "ho cruzy antics of a man was mean en "'c quarrel about a few sh.dings. And now, titer arc- men who sec in the Dec laration of Independence and the American Revelation, not the reorganization of human society upon the basis of Liberty and Equai itv, but fr dodge of hngitab cel ..roots who were unwilling to pay their Utes. t Cvn tinued applause ] Rut the dignity of a great character and the glory of gr•"•at events find their vindica tion in the e msciences of the people.— Cheers] It is vain for demagoguism to raise i's short arms against the truth of histo ry. The Declaration of Independence stands there. No candid man ever read it without seeing and f.cßpg that every vpupd of t dictated Ly deep and earnest thought, and that every sentence of it bears the stamp of philosophic generality. It is the summing ♦ri ,f the re?ui r : of the philosophical derel opuieiii uf the age ; it JB the practical eir.bod irrient of the progressiva id-is, which, very fur from being confined to the narrow limits A the English colon jr, pcrvad 1 the very at moephere of ail civilized countries. That code of human rights has grown on the very "urnmit of civilization, not in the miry soil of a Boutb Carolina cotton-field, lie most have a duil mind or a disordered brain, who misun derstands its principles ; but he must have the heart of a villain, who knowingly misrep resents, them. [Loud cheers.j *#-**** That true Jeffersonian plan rested, ipdeed, on the principle of popular sovereignty, but it will be popeeqed, that Mr. Jefferson's great principle was as widely different from that of Mr. Douglas a the ordinance of i7tiT is from the Nebrasiut bill. While Mr. Jeffc-rson's no i tion of popular sovereignty sprung from the idea that man has certain inalienable rights, which the majority shall not encroach upon, Mr. Douglas' doctrine rests gpop the idea that the highest development of liberty con sists in the right of one class of rm-n to hold another class of men as slaves if tl;pj see fit to iij so. [Applause.] While Mr. Jefferson excluded slavery from the Territories, in or der to mahe room for frue jtopular sovereignty, Mr. Douglas invents his false popular sove reigntv, in order to make room for slavery. The ordinance of 17*7, the true 'Jrlfersoninn plan,' was indeed r.o na.re accident; no mere occasional act of >u. it sprang from the idea, as Mao.coq d it, ' that re publican institutions wnqJd become o, fallacy where slavery existed,' and in order to guar j antee republican institutions to the Territo ries, they excluded slavery. [Cheers.] The ordinance of 1787 was the logical off spring of the principles upon which your in dependence and your Constitution are founded; it is the practical application of the Declara tion of Independence to the government of the Territories. Its very existence sets com pletely at naught Mr. Douglas' doctrine and historical construction, and the dwarfish hand of the demagogue tries in vain to tear this bright page out of your unnals. [Cheers.] The ordinance of 1787 stands written op the very gate posts of the Northwestern States; written on every grain field that waves in the breeze ; on every factory that dots the course of their rushing waters; on every cottage that ; harbors thrifty freemen; written in every heart that enjoys the blessing of liberty. { {Long continued applause.] There it stands in characters of light. Only a blind man cannot see it; only a fool can misunderstand it j anly a knave can misinterpret it. [Re- I peated cheers! THE GAZETTE. LEW I STOW N., PA. 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Carl Suura, of We publish iu to-day's paper a gretjt speech from a distinguished adopted citi zen, whq handjes Mr. Douglas and his mod ern theory of government without gloves, it is tprse and to thg point, and no doubt reflects the sentiments of nine-tenths of the adopted citizens of this country, most of whom, sooner or lqter, discover that de mocracy a- practiced here is a very differ ent thing from its teachings. ♦S~The shoemakers at Lynn. Mass.. arc ouastrike. •<>. The Navajo Indians it is said are cone.nlttmg depredations on the white*. • A-Thy .regular Buchanan democracy at Baltimore '•as solemnly read the Doujjlas icon there out of the party as taetionists. The Virginians are talking about passing a law requiring an oath of allegiance to that State from all stranger*. Mm'l he disunion commissioner to Virginia from South Carolina made a tavern bill at Richmond ina few wc-eks <>f fro: The Virginia Legislature agreed to pay it, hut with some grumbling. Semination for Governor, &c. The People's Convention assembled at Harrfeburg on Wednesday of last week, and organized by the appointment of Ex- Governor Pollock as chairman The com mittee on contested seats reported in favor of C. 5. McCoy as senatorial delegate from this district, but by some hocus pocus which it is diSLcnit to understand from the pro ceeding, the convention gave the seat to A. B Sharp of Carlisle, who was qfpatßS ed by a part f the district. He was sent < there under instruction? to vote i'or Curtin,! bat on the second bajiot voted for Covode, and toily changed Lis ballot w! cd he lound Mr C. had. been nominatvd .laving thus ahotrti LituaeU" to be an ti reliable man. we think we speak the sentiment of this coun ty in demanding his removal fropi the Electoral Ticket. On the first ballot for Ooveraui Mr. Ctmri* re-cei vc-J 22 \osvb Mr. f'urtin - 5* - Mr Hove - 13 - Kr. rojvai ~- 5 fc Mr. HA sej - 5 - Mr. Taggart ° ! - Mr. K'me 12 Mr.Sciutou 44 4 On the second ballot Mr. Curtin received 74 tows. Mr. Curoue ~ 27 - Mr. Howe - 10 M r. (atrsn 44 Mr. Ha-n-i " 4 ~ Mr. Tisrsrart II - Mr. Koae - I The electoral ticket is composed of the following gentlemen : l-t Dwtri'-t—Kaight. 'Jj I 44 Robert R l• 3d Itearv Buir>m 4th - Robert M. Fou.-: sth - III!!-.' ©tli" u John X. Rrocmali. 7th - James \Y.'Fuller. St.', - Levi B. Smith. 9th 44 Francis W. Christ. l'Jtli - leonrl Muiuina. Jr. r.th - 1 David Taggart. 12th -- ThoriOL- ti. Hull, i 13th - FnuiruM B. Pennii&fcu 14th - I"ly*.--s Mercury. lit ti w <ie<>rire Br,--sler. 16th l?ti. •• ijatn.- 1 O. r.ehr ISih - Sajnnei Caltln. 19th Krfe.tr Cowan. 20th " William M Keunan. 21-t - John M. {^'rkpatrfk. | 22d '■ James "Kerr. 23>i •• Pochard P. Robert* 24th - H-fii/ Southe? 25th - John Crier. The cominittpe iippftinted for that pur pose reported that James Pollock and Thom as M. llowe wepg selected as the elector.? at large. By the conservative course of Hon. Jas. T. I [alt, Cab McCMure, Mr. fjtwry and a number of others, the delegates to Clijpa go Convention already selected in the dis | triets were recognized, and the remainder named by the delegates to the convention. By this judicious course uu almost unani | mous vote of instruction was given for Gen. j Simon Cameron :u Pre&id&ttt. I'ro.m this district Wm. Butler, lviine G. L'ui-at, Lind say, Mchaffey, and C. B. Overton were selected We subjoin the address and resolutions adopted by the Convention. Address to the People of Pennsylvania. The people of Pennsylvania qsseiqbjpd in ' Convention at llarrisburg, on the birthday of the Father of his Country, hereby nominate General SIMON CAMERON for President of the United States. This act is not done hastily, nor without careful consideration of all its consequences, and in all the issues involved in the present momentous struggle for the highest office in the gift of this great nation. The reasons which have influenced us in coming to the conclusion we have reached, we now present tq our fellow citizens: Ist. General CAMERON is the only mart, so far as we cap see, of alj tliosp now mentioned for the Presidency, wljo can unite the entire body of the people who are opposed to the present corrupt and disgraceful Administra tion. That a majority of the nation are op posed to it we fylly believe, byt there is im minent danger, from the want, not of streugth, but of union, of a failure to elect any man who will be an honor to his country. It is very clear that any candidate who, op the one band, is considered u'tra or extravagant in his views, or who, on the othep, would be con sidered as untrue to those principles of liber ; ty which arc the very pulsations of a freeman's j heart, could pot command the suffrages af the united Opposition. The man who will be j elected must be able to carry Pennsylvania and the States that lie west of it, while, at I the same time, there must be nothing in his | character or history which will prevent his being received with entire cordiality by the Eastern States, by New York, and by the , Northwest. We are UDable to name any statesman who combines these reqqisjfes ex cept the man of our choice. For more than half a century no President has been elected j without the vote of Pennsylvania. The Joss of this State and that of the others to which wo adverted, was the cause of our de feat at the last election. Let us learn wisdom i by experience. I 2D. That General CAMERON'S name is a tow er of strength in Pennsylvania appears from ' our aciiuH (, f t" day. But the causes of it are not obscure. He has Deed Bie early and un wavering friend of every measure calculated to develop the resources of the State .and to protect its domestic industry. Not a mile of canal has been dug, nor a section of railroad constructed, in which he has not taken inter est. In bringing the iron and the coal from their mines, and making (hem productive .and useful, lie has been constantly aetive, and to no man more than to General Cameron can we confidently look for the restoration of the cheerful hum of neglected Industry in this old Commonwealth, by nature so highly fa vored. A Pennsylvanian's heart is in him, and no man dare say that he has net constant Iv aijd .unswervingly given his best energies to her welfare. And she, as is fitting, now , presents him to the nation—his faithfulness to her js a pledge that he will be Faithful to the whole country. 3d. We present General CAMERON to the people as a national man in the best and high est sense. With some persons national char acter means only subserviency to an aristoc racy who are content to live in ease on the sweat of the brows of men, whom they look down upon as their inferiors, only made to be perpetually servile. General Cameron be lieves in no such nationality. He is a self made man. He not only believes in free la bor in others, but he has exemplified it in his cm life. Possessed at first only of an hon est name, derived from a virtuous and not un- i distinguished ancestry, having os'y a strong • arm and a clear brain, he has kirasffK gained by his owe manly exertions srv step of &U way. He can sjppatbize by exjrierce. with all classes of k,is fellow men. He has shown his ability to s-vcrs other* by first governing himself. He has never sought a station which he has not gained; he has nev er failed in any undertaking which he seri- * ousiy essayed. He has been equal to every station he has reached, and he knows himself so thoroughly that he will accept nothing for which he is cot fully qualified. In regard to that great question now before the American ; panpfe, and on which ail men have a right to demapd a frank egpresai , n 0 f qbcim—the extension of slavery—General Cameron' 4 r-c ord is clear. Against the earnest r leadings of personal friends high in power, he v,-ted for the Wiimm proviso, livery where and at times he has op r*,is subject a tfcor ough Pennsylvanian. This Mate, the first to aLjJsfi slavery, in fie- great emancipation law passed in 1780., sevep year- 4 bef.re the ad.-ptton of the constitution of the [Jnited States cse f the following rctuarkabk language: " We conceive that it is our duty, and we re joice that it is in our power, to extend a per tion of that freedom to others which hath been extended to cs, and refers them fr ,j m that state of thraldom to whi-.L we ourselves were tyrannically doomed, and from which wj hwe now every prospect qf being deliver ed. We esteem it a pecaiiar blessing granted to as, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by remo ving, as much as possible, the sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which, by the authority of ibe King of Great Britain, no effectual legal relief could be obtained. In justice, therefore, to persons so unhappily circumstanced, and, also, in grateful commemoratfen of our own happy deliverance from the state of unconditional suboiisoiuD, to which we were doomed by the tyranny af Great Britain"—they proceeded to pass an emancipation law. j lu these noble sentiment". General Came j ron has ever concurred. While maintaining the absolute right of every State to manage its own domestic affairs, to adapt and control its own institutions, without interference from any quarter, he has inflexibly resisted ail at tempts to extend slavery ; believing that its iuflqencp is always deleterious t . the prosper ity of any State where it is established. At the same time, he is an earnest and cordial friend of the I nion and the Constitution, un j dep which it was formed. But, while uphold lug these principles, he has never yielded anything to arrogance or assumption. He has calqily maintained the rights of his own State, understanding well that great principle that, if we would have others to respect us, we must respect ourselves. We ask with confidence, then, in what re spect General Cameron fails of meeting the preciie want of this time? Strong as ada mant at home, capable of carrying the States esteemed as doubtful in this contest; without on? characteristic which is obnoxious to the opposition party in any quarter; a man ever calm, cool, able, clear, successful, patriotic, we ask his nomination b? the National Con vention as the certain presage of his election by the people of the United States. Rc-sidced, That the following gentlemen be the itelegates at large, viz: David Wilmot, Jlenry D. Moore, Samuel A. Purviance, Andrew 11. Keeder, Thaddeus Stevens, Titian S. Coffey, John 11. Ewing, Morrow B. Lowry. Resolved, That Gov. James Pollock, qud the lion. Thos. M. Howe, be the at [jrge. Remit*d, That the present National Ad miuistratioD, by disregarding the just claims of the industfijtl interests of the wlioje coun try, by fostering sectional excitements and antagonisms, by conniving at schemes of land piracies, and by the rankest corruption diffu sed throughout all the departments of the gov ernmcnt. has forfeited the confidence and re spect of the people, has disgraced Republican institutions in the eyes cd all observers, i whether at home or abroad, and deserves a signal rebuke from friendß of constitutional order and of*political justice. Resolved, That corruption in the Adminis tratior. of the general government, combined with federal usurpation both of the delegated rights of the States, and the reserved rights of the people, have become so flagrant and audacious as justly to excite the most serious apprehensions in fipeasts of the intelligent and thoughtful of ovjg pitiyeqs for the stabili ty of free institutions, and especially for the riiaintenance of personal liberty and State sovereignty. Resolved, That believing slavery to be an element of political weakness, and of social infelicity, \ye qro pnalterably opposed fu extension iqfo free Territories. Resolved, That the dogma that the Consti tution, of its own force, carries slavery into all or any of the Territories of the United States, is a new and dangerous political her esy, at variance with the explicit provisions of the instrument itself, with contemporan eous exposition, and with legislative and ju dicial precedent, that it is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the people. Resolved, That the 4fr' c ® n Slave Trade is a i relic of barbarism, condemned alike by the civilizatjop, the humanity, the laws, and the religion of the age ; and that the attempt to reopen it is an effort of the powers of dark ness to bring again the reign of " Chaos and old Night," which patriots, philanthropists and christians aee under the most weighty ob ligations to oppose. Resolved, That we view with just apprehen sion and alarm the reekless extravagance in expenditure which pervades every department of the Federal Government, and the steady I anu "?rsistent departure from the principles and policy ot tne founders of our institu tions, that the restoration of a system of rig id economy and accountability is indispensa ble to restrain the plunderers who feast upon the Treasury and to prevent our politics from degenerating into a wild and shameful scramble for the spoils, in which personal decency and public morality shall be over thrown. . Resolved, That to maintain invioiate the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that bal ance of powers on the perfection and endnrande of our political' fabric depends, i and we denounce, now as heretofore, the law less invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretexts, as among the gravest of crimes. Resolved, That it does not enter into the scheme of the Opposition party to seek the abolition of slavery in the States where it now exists, but to leave the amelioration aod ultimate abandonment of the system to the moral, religious and economic forces which pertain to the slave holding communities, as sured of the final prevalence of justice through ! out ill the land, among the inhabitant" . thereof. , _ ResJr-eti, That to the union of the State* ' this nation owes its rvnpreoedeated in ereve in population, it* surprising devel vpipent J nw :'tai resources, ita augmentation of wealth, its happiness at home and its honor abroad, s"-'- that, cmwecuentf*, iri abhorrence all machinations fr disunion, conje fr ta they may. Resolved . That the threat of disunion in case the F,epubocAti s£jJ tLelr : ete-t the neat President, repeatedly mav£ in both Houses of Congress by P ra eratie mem bers. not simply without rebuke, hut with unif. rm applause from their political as>j ciates. is a denial of that vital principle of p-pul&r g vernment, free election, and a bold avowal and countenance of wnteopiitfJ treason, which it is the imperative duty of she people to sternly confront and forever si ienee. Restated, Thai while we are now opposed as we ever have been, to the extension of sla very. we had the people cf the South as breth ren, in wb _se we rejoice, and whose 1 constitutional rights anti privileges we are pre ! pared to sustain and defend. Ibat in the | spirit of good neighborhood, tyhenever the passions of different aecti .ns of our common | countrv come in conflict, w? stand op the 1 ground of mu'Uil forbearance, believing thsit ! a fraternity cf feeling is a chief element of ! our national strength. lyf-scJud, That in the enactment of reven ' ue laws by the General Government, fair and I adequate protection should be systematically aff rded to the industry of all classes of our citizens. That we maintain a dew ted attach ment to the policy of national exchanges, which secures to the working men liberal wa ges, to farmers and planters enumerating prices for their products, to mechanics and manufactures for their skill, labor and enter prise, and to the nation commercial pros pert ty and independence. Resolved, That we approve the policy o£ a donation by the General Government ola homestead to every actual settler upon the I public domain, and we hereby request our Representatives to. urge the passage of such a law without delay. Ji-fdod, That the purity and s .f.-ry of ;l,e ball -t box inu*t be preserved, ar,d that frauds upon the naturalization law-, continually re sorted to by opr opponents, ought to be counteracted by proper gnd wb,clesoiie legis lation. Ifc*olrs<l, That the influx upon us of foreign criminals is an evil of serious magnitude, whish demands the interpositiou of a proper apd e§cicnt legislative reipedy. jiesoked, That this convention mostcbeerful ly recommend to the people of Pennsylvania Col. Andrew Ccrtiv, the nominee of this Convention, as a candidate for Qovernor. qni ; oiutally pledge themselves to hii support: that on ace unt of his long and proved devo tion to the Protection of American industry, involving the dearest and most material vye'l fare of the people of this Commonwealth, qnd his earnest fidelity to the interest* U J t|,e la bor of white uien, and opposition to the ex tension of slavery over the Territories, and as i a representative of the principle of reform, ' retrenchment and integrity in administra tion of governmental afiuirij, he ts well quali fied to receive the suffrages of the people of this central, conservative Commonwealth, , which is unalterably qpd inalienably planted J to the mamtcnapee'of the I'nior, qri'i the per petuation of the Constitution cf the United States in its ep',iie integrity, and according to its *£ unimo. interpretation, and the real sense i.f the language. 9e Hip -t.-arm-r Huajtarian wa.- wn-'-ki-'t fn-t u. <-k h Cape s-d-U*. and it is i ail on i-e.r.i hav perish.*!. PROPOSAL. To T. I await thy lone promised visit. And tin- •mention tluu you w. re to , L -k : M y answer lias long sins'.- tw-.-n ready, Tor me twa- uo difficult tusk. Then hasten, lest I should grow weary Thus waiting ..ud w aching f--r you," And bestow ijeart and hand on another— J u-t til ink. tii. u. oil, wiuu would you do? Yes. tiunk of the long .ir.-aa} future, And thy hf- filled w'ith sorrow and care, When yofi find I belong to another— Then tiunk, oh. reflect find tieware. I >ii. yes. J eiin readily tell Your terrible agony and gr;-f. When the —id news to you is unfolded. Oh. where i) ill you then find relief. l'ui I think it may Is; the proposal, ' Affer all. tliat has kept you away : If so. you need not be discouraged, A- even lor that there's away. Tlu- y ear j2ive- tlie ladies that privilege, 'They should all make good use of the time, j Hut J spall not ask another, It' you vjill consent to be mine. First think of the sad, mournful picture f have drawn your future fate. If you should refuse my kind oiler. And take warning before 'ti- too lute. | liuiinta Co.. February. 1860. C.VRRIR. Died. In Ferguson Valley, on Frid.iv la.-t. Mrs. MARA' K.. i" tie of Harrison An and. [ (bmv,unieated] i liied, t,x his late residence in Beltevitye. K ieh:o Vluii ; las. Valley, on the 20th February, General' PAVJD MILLIKEN, in the 73d year of his age. At the commencement of tho last war with Great Britain, in 1812. Gen. Milliken entered the armv as a Captain of Infantry in the 22. 1 Regiment, under the ; command of the fate fjenenp, at that time Colonel. I Hugh Brady. In the autumn following he marched with his company in a detachment of the 22d. lrom j Carlisle Barracks to Fort Niagara, at the head of I.ake Ontario, and remained in defence of that fort until the I fallowing May. when he participated in the attack and | capture of Fort George. Our armv crossed the N'mic . ara in boats, uader the lead of Col. Scott, and landed under a heavy fire from the enemy, who, with a strong force, were drawn up on the shore to oppose then lauding. Alter a short and desperate action, the enemy were routed at all points and abandoned the fort to the assailants. The los- of the Americans in tin's affair was 39 killed and 110 wounded; the British loss was 108 killed and 100 wounded, together with 115 regulars ; and 500 militia, who became prisoners of war. Such i was the spirit of rivalry and determination displayed bv our officers and men in this action, that it would I have been considered invidious to draw distinctions . where every man had done his duty. After the en- I aagement the British force under Gen. Vincent rc i treaiT-1 to a strong position on the heights of Burling | ton. where they received considerable reinforce- I ments. Generals Winder and (handier were dee i patched from Fort George with two Brigades for the j purpose of cutting off their retreat, and verv innau | tiously encamping in an exposed situation, without | the necessary precautions to guard against surprise. ; They were attacked id the night, and that part of the I camp in which Captain Milliken was stationed was ] overborne by a sudden irruption of the enemy, and amid the confusion that followed it was impossible to rally the scattered fragments until daylight. In the melee Generals WinderandChandlerw'ere taken pris oners. Several of our regiments in another part of i the field were promptly formed in order of battle, and the enemy soon found their safest course was a pre cipitate retreat. On the following day the British fleet ; appeared Su the baV and the detachment fell back up on Fort George. No blame could attach to Captain Milliken, or those under his command, for the disaster of that night, as it was impossible tor unarmed men. aroused from sleep at midnight, to withstand a sudden - onslaught of armed men, tor which they were as ut terly unprepared as Wayne was under similar circutn i stances at the Paoli. At the close of the campaign a majority becoming vacant in the Regiment, instead of promoting the- senior captain to- the post, a private citizen received the appointment. Such a practice, although common in the British service, (where offi! ces in the army are daily bought and soli; has always been considered here at variance with the spirit of our institutions, and indignantly resisted as a bar to that regular promotion to which every uiun has a right to look forward upon entering the service. Captain Mil jiken. with several other officers of the Regiment, 1 looking upon this appointment as unjust to themselves j as it was injurious to the service, threw up their com j -missions and returned to private life H. pttent democratic r ; r-hc quently qaote from " lietp'.r - but a rs wcrj carefat in flriectin# oljectioiml! extract?. Here a ouv they doc't pubiisi^; • Io leo 4, there were j f>r tan-' n in South Gar*-, na. Acre* f land, 17.1*1? Valued at £22,KW .^74 Averr,* vaiue per acre. jl.lij At the same liuie there were ;n New J. . of land, C. 124.* i \'alut*i at §id3,lol,oiv Avrage value per acre, .70. What ii-yrkvs the difference in tii-.- price ,t" land? Ails. "~N'i|£ser.-." Colaiuas ol similar extract- u.'.-ht !- given. # ~ , From Washington. ' fA* I*a -. V- Mr. ii tesutied the other day, before the Special Cjitunittee of sue iSt-aau, that Ly request of Mr. Buchanan. President cf trf- Ur.Ued Stats, be went tu Pennsyhauia and New ■rk year ago last fail, ana u.-ed m;. ev for the purpose of controlling an } influ :- cing the election for member* of Gong ret--. Mr. siideii aaked hiua if be intend.-i t sure r that the President bad requested him t- co this? His reply was that he had g ,m, and was ready to sw ear again. I understaii j he stales that he did use money to pr cur? the election of Mr. liorence, but declin--1 nsino ai.v in Mr- Philips' district, believing that Mr. be dclealcd any I. W, that to uss tftvciy there would Le throwing i: awav. He also ( states, as lam informed, tnat he fiscd tnohcy in New York to secure the election of some Democratic members there. Married. i i.i, Sid uit-, bv Rr-v. Suiiiii -a kttkr. Rf>i?n2;: t\T ' R. of Bu- k> ,-otuitv, t„ Mi* RACIiKI. \ ... Mf' Tf \h!J- of shi- plio-c. >'i lh>' Or'i tilt., bv ft. \, B. P. King. :i- T . BELL to Mi-- MA RGAKET Ftik'HT. both of Alien v: . Uu iii 24t1; Januarv, by K,-v. .Luuca Liwn. Ji?|!N i. STWWI*, <>{ tbi- <„ift,rv. t., Mi- MARA* I'ltF.-Hl": ■)i Voctrv cWrsfir. en tli'o V\x!i-IHI -f lip- 22.1 ;iL_ . - II- .. . . the bride's fivfruT in Newton I?Mi!}i!'. -.. !: St-vsr—n. SAWrET. IViXIK of IWie•>. • •>!.-- KLI/-ABETH. (fcuicnti-r ot Joiiu Mori--. .1 - '>ll the 2lst ulf.. bv Rev. J. L. I. 11 rViL'.'R to >IAR<iARKT lENJH.K. Urtu : •Ins count} ; To Merchants. YTPE are now Deceit a,g by each ariiv I I T from Kurope fresh additions to uur stock of FAYfT GOODS, SISPE*OERS, Violins ffcftFt sery. PORt 10YMIES, FAYS. HAIR BRIsHES. KCOKDEYOs. kt. \Ye have always a full line of Hosiery and Gloves, Undershirt?, ' &c., dtc. Merchants will find our stock as large nr. i complete as that of any house in Use \ rtlu ri. CiU<23. UPil Ut'-ih? Counwtibcr iu ait the KkDiifaeiurißg DistricU of Eurupn, we are able and determined tj seil as 1 ,w re any house in this oAuutry. F£ED. FICKEY & SONS, 2ot> BaLTiMukt St., Bai.tiji- i;r. llaitiuiore, March 1, Notice to Collectors. ''PHK Collectors of State and County Tax lor 1.557 and ISOtS hereby uotifie-i to pay over the balances due on their ri-spt-ctive duplicates forthwith, or 1 shaii feci in.r.i Iki ; to issue warrants agaiqst them, the conditior of the treasury reqtlgrig such a course il- • lutely necessary. The Collectors for H" 1 ai-.- also n.-tified to prepare tlieniselve to their duplicates by April Cugurt. MM. C. \ INKS, Treasuier. Lewistown, March 1, 1800. Estate of Lazarus Steely, dee'd, is licrehy given that letters i.f i'l s ministration on the estate of LAZA Kl v 81 EELY, late of the borough of Lewistowo, Mifflin county, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in said b.-rouj!. All persons indebted to said estate are rcqut-- ted to make immediate payment, and th se having claims to preecut them duly authenti cated for settlement. CATHARINE A. STEELY, inh I—Gt Administratrix. PH'JIT TS.SESI HAY iNG accepted an agency fur the M r fis Nurseries, M'egt rl.p-fer, ]la , I am p'repared to orqe'r kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees. j Apple Trees for Summer, Autumn or Win'.- : Dear Trees do d J D. Dwarf Dear Trees, Peach Trees, Dlum 1; Apricot Trees, Qrnamcntal Trees, Grape icv, Straw berries, Gu"Scbefrics, Rispbcrries, Lavrton Blackberrry, Ac., Ac! As the Morris Nurseries are near our own latitude, trees from them are well calculate;.! for tjiis climate. Those desiring f rcef - Ac., wi;l do well to calf and examine' descrip tive catalogues. f. J. Huffman GY AIvDEN SLEDS I—A good supply of I fresh Garden Seeds on hand and for sale b y [mhl] F. J. HOFFMAN. HI NGAKIAN MILLET or llonev Iliadc Grass Seed at j-1 per bushel, for salely "it' l F. J. HOFFMAN. ' ClOitEE! —Any one wanting an unusually > fine article ot Coffee will find it at F. J..HOFFMAN'S. SLED POT A TOES!—I have for sale, at low prices, three uew varieties of extra early Potatoes, abundant bearers aud fineet quality. Also, two varieties of late Potatoes, good bearers and good quality. All who want a good article lor coed should supply thetnselvf' in time. [mhl] F. J. HUFFMAN- G1 ARDEX TOOLS for sale by 1 mhl F. J. HOFFMAN*- fjpOBACCO AND SEGAKS!—I have on hand a large stock of good German aci American Segars, which I am selling very lo* to Dealers. Also, Congress Tobacco of quality. [rahlj F. J. HOFFMAN"- SHOE FINDINGS.—A full assortment^ Shoe Findings on hand, some article* much reduced in price. F. J. HOFFMAN- The Daily Telegraph, Publighed at Harricburg, Ra.jbyGeo. bergner 4t"- the List of Letters by authority, a sure eviJef* of it baving the largest circulation. Terms— $3 per year; the tvoekly and semi weekly also published at #2 per year.
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