INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDVPOII.,
A. SAWDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., MARCO . 11, 1856
CEELCIIILATION, 21000 COPIES
FOR PRESIDENT, r :
JAMES BUCHANAN
(sad,. the decision of the Democratic Nations(
Cbnrention.)
CANA", COMMISSIONER:
GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia County.
AUDITOR OMMIAT
JACOB PRY, Jr., of Montgomery County.
SURVEYOR GMZERA L:
TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter County.
Penneylcani&Ms•Jamee Buchanan.
The proceedings of the State Convention
will be found in our columns to-day, and we
invite for them a careful perusal by all of our
readers. The resolutions breathe in strong
and unmistakeable language_ the sentiments
of union and patriotism—such as cannot fail
to be endorsed by every true friend of his
country, whether hailing from the north, the
south, the east, or the west. The Convention
has laid down a broad and strong platform,
upon which every Democrat, and every union
loving, anti-proscriptive, conservative Whig
may stand from Maine to Texas, and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Pennsylvania stands
now where she always has stood, foremost and
boldest in defence of popular sovereignty, the
union and integrity Of the Republic, the wel
fare of the people, and the perpetuity of the
Constitution.
And now, for the fourtk i time, and with
greater unanimity , than ever, does the old
Keystone State present the name of her great
ly beloved and distinguished statesman, to the
Democracy of the Union, as her first and last,
and only choice for the Presidency, and she
confidently expects that at length, after so
long a delay, her wishes afire to be gratified in
the elevation of JAMES BUCHANAN to the Chief
Magistracy of the Nation. No man, save the
Father of his Country, and Andrew Jackson,
ever held such a fast hold on the affections of
the people of Pennsylvania; and why should
it not be so? In a public life of thirty-five
years, since his first connexion with National
affairs, he has never, by word or deed, betray
ed the confidence reposed in him by the peo
ple of his native State. And in the twenty
years which he served in both branches of
Congress—in the four Years which he served
at the head of the State Department during
the brilliant administration of President Polk,
—and in the five years which he has repre
sented our country at the two mopt important
Courts of Europe—he has displayed talents
which have placed him in the front rank of
living statesmen, and made his name, not only
in this country but in Europe, a synonim for
all that is great and noble and commanding.
Such is the man the Democracy of Penn
syliania delight to honor, and to him are all
eyes now turned as the most suitable standard
bearer for the ensuing Presidential campaign.
Will the Democracy of our sister States do
Pennsylvania but tardy justice. She is one
of the original thirteen—the second State iu
wealth, numbers and importance in the Con-
federacy—has never fur one moment wavered
in her fealty to the Union and her devotion to
the interests of all her sisters. She was the
first State to sustain the immortal Jackson in
his conflict with the U. S. Rank—the first to
throw herself into the breach and stem the
tide of Abolition which, at different times, has
threatened to eugulph this fair heritage be
queathed to us by our fathers. She has al
ways stood by our common country in time of
war, and lute contributed largely in men and
means to the defence, the progress and the
glory of 'the Republic. And shall she not
have the honor of furnishing at least one Pres
ident of the Union in the long space of sixty
seven years? Virginia has furnished fire, New
York two, Massachusetts two, Tennessee two,
Ohio one, Louisiana one, and New Hampshire
one, every one of whom was elected by the aid
of Pennsylvania—and is it not her turn now to
furnish at Icat cue, especially when she pre
sents a candidate so pure and unsullied in
public and private life as JAMES BUCHANAN,
the peer of any statesman in Christendom?
Will our friends in the other States think of
all this, and do unto the Democracy of Penn
sylvania as they would wish to be done by
were they placed in similar circumstances ?
We ask only sheer justice at their hands, and
we feel confident this will be awarded with
pleasure byour brethren in the other sections
of the Union.
New Jersey for . Buchanan
The Democratic members of the Legislature
of New Jersey, on Wednesday huit, unani
mously passed a resolution recommending
JAMES BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania, for the
Presidency. This glorious news was commu
nicated by telegraph to our State Convention
than in session at Harrisburg, and created
great . enthusiasm.
Buchanan in Virginia
A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian,
writing from Richmond, after giving the res
olutions of the Virginia Convention, says :
" It was evident from the proceedings and
tone of the Convention, that Ms. DIICEIANAN
was the first choice of a large majority, and
the second choice of nearly all the delegates
present ;" and winds u,p by saying—" Virginia
is sure for Old Buck."
The resolutions adopted by the Convention
were firm and national in their tone. The
following indicates that the vote Of Virginia
will be a unit in the National Convention.
Resolred, That the vote of the State in the
Cincinnati Conventiotfought to be given for
such candidates as will command the greatest
strength in the Democratic party throughout
the Union, and whose principles are known to
conform most strictly to the cardinal tenets of
the Democratic Republican faith.
The resolutions were reported by ex-tiover
'uor Floyd, a warm and devoted friend of Mr.
g t oCEIANAN, and the leaning of the above res
oiution can hardly be mistaken by any intel
ligent person.
B. F. Sloan, Erie.
Edward J. Keenan, Westmoreland'
D. W. C. James, Potter.
Wm. M. Brisben, Lebanon.
George S. Berrell, Philadelphia.
Jno. Id Cooper. Franklin.
Lewis Z. Mitchell, Butler.
Wm. Pottenger, Berks.
Lafayette Westbrook, Pike.
Chas. McGrath, Philada. City.
Matthew Harbeson, Allegheny,
Moses Bricker, Cumberland.
On motion, the report was . unanimously
adopted, and Gen. Wm. F. Par iker and Col. W.
Hopkins, appointed to cond' sct the President
elect to the chair.
Mr. Wright, on taking the chair, returned
thanks in a neat address, . in which he strongly
—.... eulogized the character and claims of Penn-
State Central Committee.'
sylvania, and powerfv 11 . urged Mr. &CITA:C-
A a publish to-day the State Central Corn- - . . 9
ts's nomination for .
mittee appointed by the Hon. Hendrick B. - - the Presidency. His
Wright, Presidentof the late Democratic State ern‘lrkselicited
r the Conve gr n e at . Applause and enthusiasm
Convention. It is made up generally of ac
fromion, as well as the
.crowds
tive, talented and energetio Democrats, which who occupied tl .t.
galleries.
u'ace offered the follow
will give it an efficiency never before attained: Gen. John r t Pry
ing preambl'
The selection of Col. JOHN W.
, FORIVEY, as ed, for the s and . resolution , ln
which was adopt
p
The of ascertaining the sense
Chairman, is highly appropriate at this time. of this 0 ,
i nvention, representing as it does the
lie has always kept his residence in Penn- Democr
acy of every County in Pennsylvania,
sylvania, returning to vote at every election, — ni
and °', designating the Chief Magistracy of the
u
o
while being engagedin official business at I T ` .
- All
wed, that the members of this Conven-
Washington, for the last few years. He is ti .
on do now proceed to vote viva voce for the
making arrangements to move his family hack , candidate for the Presidency of the United
co Philadelphia, where he intends to give the States, as the choice of Pennsylvania.
largest iwrtirm of his time and talents to tl Jo ' The roll was then called, and the vote
i
west canvass that is approaching; and b 4 6 .4„ 'stood:
Opt of the resilient writers and finest or Atm Buchanan, 127—Dallas s—and one for the
filjw
" the 1°44 ' 1 ' 41 sta g e, we may expect a , nominee of the National Convention.
brilliant and xityriona a campaign-Ir, the Key. The nomination was then declared unani
l - m°°°'
stone State, as any that marked
and disti
gashed the Jackwa, era.hl r. Wilson Reilly offered a resolution, which
was adopted, directing the President to appoint
a Committee for the purpose of reporting the
names of four Senatorial Delegates from the
State at I urge, and two Represen cativo Delegates
from each Congressional District, to represent
Buchanan in Wisconsin
The La Crosse (Wisconsin) National Don
octal, is strongly in favor of Mr. BUCLIAgAN
for the Presidency, and says that it speaks
the sentiments of a large majority of its read
ere.
se- We are indebted to Iloa. IL.
of the 11. Senate, fbr a copy of the Aim dal I
Report on the Finances, for 18544.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
.11kausauso TtrzsDAy, March Ath, 1854.
:At 1.0 o'clock the convention wee` calli4 to
order by James F.:Johnsimi, Eeq, Ch "airman
of Use State Central Committea.
On motion "of Mr. Piolb3t, of .Itradfont.; : eo,:
Gen. V. P:Rrawley . , was appointed temporary
Chairman, and bieutte:"R. Biddle Roberts, of
Allegheny, and B. F. Sloan, of Erie, Secreta
ries.,
The following is a list of the Delegates to
the Convention :
nzur.arta.
1. Philadelphia City.—F. C. Frazier, C. McGrath.
2. Philadelphia County.—J. D. Campbell , Wm-
G. 8.. Berrill.
3. Montgomery—Ed. Satterthwalt.
4. Cheater and Delaware—O. E. Strieklarid.
5. Berko—James Hagerman.
6. Bucks—F.' Tsnw,t
7. Lancaster and Lebanon—James L. &quolip, W. W.
-Murray.
C. Dauphin and Nok.humberland—Jacob Lebienring.
9. Northampton and Lehigh—Col. Hannum.
10. Carbon, Monroe,Pike aqd Wayne—Win. Lilly, of
Carbon, Lafayette W estbrook, of Pike...
11. Adams and Franklin—Wilson Riley.
12. York—John Rankin.
13. Cumberland and Perry—Hon. John Stuart.
14. Centre, Lyeoming, Clinton and Bullinui—Wm. F.
Packer.
15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—Adolphus Patter
son.
16. Luzern°, Montour and Columbia—H. B. Wright. '
17. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming—J. F. Means.
18. Tloga, Potter, McKean, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson
and Forrest—De Witt C. James.
19. Mercer, Yetiango and Warren—J. I. James.
20. Erie and Crawford—Vincent Phelps.
21. Butler, Beaver and Lawrence—Lewis Z. Mitchell.
V. Allegheny—B.. Biddle Roberts, J. A. Roberts.
23; - Washington and Green—J. A. J. Buchanan.
24. Somerset, Bedford and Fulton—Wm. M. Hall, or J.
8. Robinson. •
25. drmst rong, Indiana and Clarion—Cluirlas J. Lam
barton.
26. Juniata, kittllin and Union—lieuban
27. Westmoreland and Fayette—Wadey Frost.
28. Schuylkill—Clement Foster.
•
RYPII.Z/IrSTAIIVE DELEGATED.
Adams, I—Joel B. Thinner, H. J. Stahl.).
Alleghany, W. Black, Charles Barnett, Henry
McCullough, 3latthew Ilarbeson, P. C. Shannon.
Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson, 3—W. Ralston, Seth
Clover, David Barclay.
Beaver, Butler and Lawrence, 3--Gen. Carter, John N.
Purviance, David Tidball.
Beaver, Butler and Lawrence, 3--Cleo. Carter, John N.
Purviance, David Didball.
Bedford, Fulton and Cambria, 2—George H. `Aping,
Richard White. _ .
- - -
Becks, 4—Jacob WichLine, J.L.4. Miller, C. W. Esser, W.
N. Pattenger.
Blair and Huntingdon, 2—Theophli. Snyder, Thomas P.
Campbell.
Bradford, 2 V. E. Piolett, W. 11. Peck.
Bucks, 3—Paul Appleback, W. Harris, C. H. Mann.
Carbon and Lehigh, 2—A. G. Broadhead, J. D. Stiles.
Centre, I—Samuel Strohecker.
Chester, 3—J. Hodgson, J. D. Evans, Ralph Marsh.
Clearfield, McKean and Elk, I—J. L. GUM.
Cliu ton, Lycoming and Potter, 2—Juhn Platt, Miler
White.
Columbia and Montour, I—J. G. Montgomery.
Crawford, 2—J. P. Brawiey, David M. Bole.
Cumberland, Cowman, Moses Bricker.
Dauphin, 2—Yam:fuel Bigler, G. Barrett.
Delaware, I—John P. James.
Erie, 2—Wilson Laird, B. F. Sloan.
Fayette and Westmoreland, 4—J. L. Dawson, Robert
Given, Wm. Ross, E. J. Keenan.
Franklin, 2-0. W. Brewer, J. M. Cooper.
Greene, I—JesseLeazear.
Indiana;l—Adam Lowrie.
Lebanon, I W. M. Breslin.
Lancaster, s—Dr. James Cushman. H. S. 31agraw, Dr.
Samuel Parker, James 6. 31c3lalion, Abraham Peters.
Luzern°. 2—Dr. D. H. Troup, Samuel G. Turner.
Mercer, Veriango and Warren, 3—James Hazleton, Ar•
nold Plumer, G. W. Schofield.
Mifflin, I—S. Gilmore.
Monroe and Pike, I—Oscar Mott.
Montgomery, 3—Philip S. Gerhard, John C. Smith. Ja
cob Jacoby.
Norlitampton, 2—J. M. Porter ' John Davis.
Northumberland, I—David B. Montgomery.
Perry, I—James Black.
'Philadelphia City, 4—Charles Brady, Thomas Ellis, An•
drew 011arra, John 31cCombs.
Philadelphia County, 11—Thomas Corgoe, Edward Wi
ler, P. McDonough, Andrew Noble, Geo W. Wundor
Frank McCormick, A. Browne, John Crawford, Emanuel
Street, James F. Nicholas, John K. Ilassinger.
Schuylkill, 2—Ed. Korrs, II J. Healer.
Somerset, I—John D. Roddy.
Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming, 2—W. C. Ward
Dr. J. V. Smith.
Tioga, 1-11. A. Guernsy.
Union and Juniata, I—A. P. Lusk.
Wayne, I—F. 31 Crain.
Washington, 2—Wm. Montgomery, Col. Wm. Hopkins
York, 3—Edy Patterson, Wm. 11. Welsh. Steward An
derson.
After disposing of the contested sects of
Senatorial delegates for Carbon, Monroe and
Pike by admitting Mr. Lafayette Westbrook;
and for Somerset, Bedlord and Fulton, Mr. J.
S. Robinson, the Convention on motion of Mr.
Purviunce, of Butler, directed the Chairman
to appoint u committee of one from each Sen
atorial District to nominate officers fur a
permanent organization.
The chairman appointed the following gen
tlemen as a committee on permanent organi
zatiOn :
Dist DIST.
1..1. D. Campbell. 15. Ed. Patterson, Blair,
2. John McComb, 16. J. S. Montgomery,
3. Ell. Satterthwalt, 17. W. C. Ward,
4. J. Hodgson, 18. D. Witt C. Jam.,
5; C. W. Esszr, 19. J. Y. James,
6. Franklin Vansant.. 20. V. Phelps,
7. James Cushman, 21. J. N. Purvianca,
S. Jacob Leisenring, 22. S. W. Black,
9. John Davis, Es. W. Montgomery,
10. A. S. lirmihea.A. 54. Geo. H. Spang,
11. J. M. Cooper, 25. Charles J. Lambert°
12. Ed. Patterson, lurß. 26. A. P. Misk,
13. John Stuzat, 27. Robt. Given,
14. John Platt, 28. Clement Foster.
On motion the convention then adjourned
until 2:o'clock, to afford the Committee on
Permanent Organization an apportunity of
consulting together.
AFTERNOOI:I SESSION
The convention re-assembled at 2 u'eluck,
Mr. Brwts.ley in the Chair. Gen. Purviance
from Committee on permanent organization
made the following report:—
F(3Ft PRESIDENT,
Hon HENDRICK B. WRIGHT, of Lu
zerne county:
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Thos. Corgee, Wm. Lamb, Philadelphia.
Philip S. Grerhart, Montgomery, (with
drawn.)
John Y. James, Delaware.
Jacob M. Kline, Berks.
Paul Applebaugh, Bucks.
Abraham Peters, Lancaster.
Samuel 'Bigler, Dauphin.
Mifflin Hannum, Lehigh.
F. M. Crain, Wayne.
H.„J. Stahle, Adams.
John Rankin, York.
James Black, Perry.
Dr. Samuel Strohecker, Centre'
Theo. Snyder, Blair.
Dr. B. H. Throop, Ldzerne.
John Means, Bradford.
David Barclay, Jefferson.
G. W. Schofield, Warren.
Wilson Laird, Erie.
David Tidball, Lawrence.
Henry McCullough, Allegketry.
Jesse Lazeear, Greene.
John D. Roddy, Somerset.
Seth Clover, Clarion.
Reuben C. Keller, thaiOns,
Wesley Frost, Fayette.
Edward Kearns, Schuylkilt.
EIZESITEM
the Democracy of the Sta.!) in the National
Convention, to be held at Cincinnati. in J
pint, and for the purpose of advoea
#rnest sincerityarefore the delegate4 . 4inner
tit thrir:emocrtswef,the :Union, the true
trulactOand sentiments ItEllie:ireoplerif our
Age. g l e saidiommißee stpuld renert_anr.
rson sailt delegate notlinowrilo bef.-11 firm,
insistenVand under all - Ycircunistarrceif,
Yeti
e friend of Jesults Buctianau;and *lro feels
. 1 no titbit prefirence.. -- cf?
An motion of Hon. J. L. Dawson, of Fayette
county, a resolution was adopted, directing
the Chair to appoint a committee of thirteen
to prepare resolutions for the consideration
and action of the Convention.
The Convention then adjourned until seven
o'clock in the evening.
EVTSMG SESSION
The Convention met again at seven o'clock,
and the President apopinted the committee do
Delegates-14) the National Convention and
Committee on Resolutions.
There being then no business before the
Convention, by unanimous request, Hon. Wm.
Bigler, Backalew and Black, of Allegheny, ad
dressed the Convention in an eloquent manner,
eliciting great enthusiasm and applause. At
their conclusion, the Committee on appoint
ment of Electors and Delegates to the National
Convention made the following report:
ELECTOII.S AT LARGE.
Charles R. Buckalew, Wilson McCandless.
District Ist—Geo. W. Nebinger, of Philadel
phia county.
" 2d—Pierce Butler, Philadelphia City.
" 3d—Edward Wartman, Phila. county.
" 4th—William H. Witte do do
" sth—John McNair, Montgomery Co.
" 6th—John H. Brinton, Chester county.
" 7th—David Laury, Lehigh county. :
" Bth—Charles Kessler, Berke county.
9th—James Patterson, Lancaster Co.
" 10th—Isaac Slenker, Union county.
" 11th—Francis W. Hughes, Schuylkill
county.
" 12th—Thomas Ostorhout, Wyoming, Co.
" 13th—Abraham Edinger, Monroe Co.
" 14th—Reuben Wilber, Bradford county.
" 15th---George A. Crawford, Clinton Co.
" 16th—James Black, Perry county.
" 17th—H. J. Stable, Adams county.
" 18th—John D. Roddy, Somerset county.
" 19th—Jacob Turney, Westmoreland Co
" 20th—J. A. J. Buchanan, Greene county
" 21st—Wm. Wilkins, Allegheny county.
" 22d—James G. Campbell, Butler county
" 23d—Thomas Cunningham, Beaver Co
" 24th—John Featly, Clarion county.
" 25th—Vincent Phelps, Crawford county
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Arnold Plumer, Venango; Henry D. Fos
ter, Westmoreland; David R. Porter, Dauphin
James L. Reynolds, Lancaster.
DISTRICT DELEGATES
District Ist—Edward G. Webb, John McCar
thy.
2.nd—James C Vandyke, Chambers Mc
Kibben.
" 3rd—John Robbins, Jr.,' Charles W.
Carrigan.
" 4th—Joseph Lippencott, John G. Bren
ner.
sth—Owen Jones, Thomas J. Roberts.
6th—John Rutter, Chester; Charles D-
Manley, Delaware.
7th—John D. Stiles, Ed. Nicholson.
Sth—J. Glancy Jones, P. K. Miller.
9th—H. B. Swarr, Joseph B. Baker.
10th—John Weidman, J. M. Kreitert
11th—Wm. L. Dewart, C.-M. Straub.
12th—H. B. Wright, J. G. Montgomery.
13th—John N. Hutchinson, H. B. Beard
sley.
" 14th—V. E nollet, C. L. Ward.
" 15th—W.F. Packer, John 11. Morrison.
" 16th—henry Welsh, John Stuart.
" 17th—A. P. Lusk, John Cessna.
18th —John C. Everhart, Richard W 'lite
" 19th—Jacob Forney, Ales. McKinney..
" 20th—John L. Dawson, Wm. llopkins.
" 21st—Andrew Durke, Chas. 13arnett.
" 22nd—Saml. W. Black, Jas. A. Gibson.
" 23rd—M. C. Trout, John N. McGufn•
" 24th—J. L. Gillis, T. Y. James.
" 25th—J. Porter Brawley, W. Laird.
The Convention then adjourned until to
morrow a 10 o'clock.
SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION
At 10 o'clock the Convention was called to
order by the President.
Mr. Reilly moved that a committee of five be
appointed to inform the lion. JAMES Bucu AN AN
of his nomination by this Convention for the
Presidency; which was unanimously adopted.
The Chairman appointed the following gen
tlemen on said committee.
G. W. Brewer, Franklin ; Hon. J. M. Por
ter, Northampton ; lion. Joel B. Danner, Ad
ams ; J. A. Gibson, Allegheny ; and George
R. Berrill, Philadelphia.
Mr. Brawley offered the following resolution
which was adopted :
Resolved, That the State Central Committee
may be increased to any numher under seven.
ty-five, at the option of the President, and
that any ten, on the call of the Chairman,
shall be a quorum to transact business.
Hon. John L. Dawson, from the committee,
reported the following admirable series of
resolutions ; which were read and unanimous
ly adopted.
Resolved, That in the present distracted
condition of parties, in which sectional and
partial issues have been allowed to attain a
dangerous supremacy, we recognize in the
policy of the Democratic party, that which
rests upon the Constitution as its basis; and
that it is the party which above all others has,
in the language of the illustrious Madison,
ever continued "to hold the union of the States
as the basis of their peace and happiness ; to
support the Constitution, which is the cement
of the Union, as well in its limitations as its
authorities ; to respect the rights and author
ities reserved to the States and to the people,
as equally incorporated with and essential to
the success of the general system ; and to
avoid the slightest interference with the rights
of conscience or the functions of religion, so
wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction."
Resolved, That by the general consent of
the wise and the virtuous of all nations, the
framers of the Republic of the United States,
exhibited in their individual characters and
in the result of their public deliberations, a
degree of virtue and practical statesmanship,
to which the history of the world affords no
parallel ; that in no part of the Federal Com
pact is the wisdom of our fathers more con
spicuous, than in leaving the whole question of
slavery to the states in their separate capaci
ties ; and that in the provision for the re-deliv
ery of fugitives escaped from labor or service,
they demonstrated a sense of justice—an
a ppreciation of the value of the Union—an
attachment to its preservation—an avoidance
of ones-sidedphilanthropy, and impractical theo
ries of ,sovernment—which present a proper
•example for the guidance and imitation. of us,
their deseendants.
Resolved, That we look only to the Const
tution, and the exposition thereof which has
been afforded by the practice of Democratic
administrations, for the chart of our policy.—
That these conillitate, till the fundamental law
is changed by methods which itself provides,
the highest law of our obedience as citizens ;
and that we utterly discard that partial and
exaggerated sympathy, the attempt to carry
which into practice, is at the peril of our dear
est interests as a nation, and threatens the
infliction of evils of ten-fold magnitude to
those which it proposes to. heal.
Resolved, That the equality of the States is
the vital element of the Constitution itself,
and that all interference with the rights of the
States by those who seek to disregard the sa
cred guarantees of the past, and by all others,
should be rebuked with the same spirit that
would denounce . and repudiate all attempts to
erect odious distinctions between those who
are entitled to share -the blessings and benefits
of our free institutions.
Resolved, That the effort to direct the power
of the Government by anti-slavery agitation,
under the various names and phases of Free-
Soilism, Anti-Nebraskaism, Fusionism and
Republicanism ; and by interfering with the
rights of conscience in establishing a religions
test as a qualification for office, by the secret
oathbound society of thq, Know-Nothings, is
opposed both to the letter and the spirit of the
Constitution, and to the earnest teachings and
practice of its earliest and most honored ad
ministrators.
Resolved, That we are now as ever unal
terably opposed to the doctrines and designs
of all organizations which contemplate the
overthrow of the civil and religious rights of
the citizen ; that the equality of the citizen,
like the equality of the States, is a sacred and
inalienable right, never to be interfered with
by factious parties and reckless legislation,
without a subversion of the primary objects
of our political system, and a repudiation of
the guarantees of the past and the hopes of
Vie - future.
Resolved, That in the repeal of the act known
as the Missouri Compromise act, and the pas
sage of the act organizing the Territories of
Kansas and Nebraska, free from unconstitu-
tional restrictions, the last congress performed
. a work of patriotic sacrifice in meeting the de
-mods of sectional excitement by unshaken
adherence to the fundamental law. ,
Resolved, That this legislation„ cannot 31,
deemed unnecessary, but tbitit expeth
to meet the questions of vihicti 7 it *lipase&
and which could never admit of a more eafy
settlement than at present That we roc*
Lsize in it the application to the Territories :0
144 United States, of the ,ri r ile of i:equallid
exact justice to all men" of all sections of the
confederacy, which was designed by the fra
mers bf our government, and which was defin
ed as one of its essential principles by the
immortal Jefferson.
Rcso/ted, That the Democracy .of Pennsyl
vania, following the council of some of the
wisest statesmen of the north and south, were
ready on more than one occasion in the past,
to extend the MissoariCoMpronlise lice to the
Pacific, so as to make it the basis of a final
settlement of the question of slavery in the Ter
tories ; but when this proposition was rejected
in 184, on the ground that it involved an
undue concession to the south, by the very
men who now clamor for a restoration of the
Missouri line, there seemed to be but one wise
alternative left, and that was to refer the whole
question of slavery in the Territories to the
people thereof, to be regulated as they might
deem proper, and we therefore cheerfully ex
tend our hearty support to the policy of the
government as recognized in the compromise
measures of 1850, and embodied in the laws
organizing the Territories of Kansas and Ne•
braska.
Resolved, That unerring indications point to
the Hon. Jemr.s BUCHANAN, distinpished alike .
by his high personal character, his tried Dem
ocracy, his great abilities, experience and em
inent statesmanship—as the nation's - choice
for the office of President of the United States,
for the term commencing on the 4th of March,
1857 ; and that we do hereby instruct our
delegates to the National Convention to assent
hie in Cincinnati in June next, to use their
efforts to secure him the nomination to that
office.
Resolved, That at a period when seotiona,
ism, in its worst aspects, attempts to under
mihe the foundations of the federal constitution,
and when an abolition majority aspires to
snpromacy in the popular branch of the na
tional legislature, and with the prospect of
difficulties with foreign nations, who for their
purposes may seek to intercept and stay the
progress of free institutions on this continent,
in order that they may more effectually arrest
the advancing footsteps of our republican ex
ample, the statesmanlike qualities of JAMES .
BUCHANAN—his long and well tried services
in defence of the constitution—his intimate
knowledge of all our relations with foreign
countries—and his large and enlightened ex
perience—point to him as preeminently the
man to lead the victorious columns of the
Democracy in November next.
Resolved, That we fully endorse the admin
istration of President PEIRCE as national,
faithful, and efficient—fully equal to all the
important emergencies which the country has
had to encounter, and that he has worthily
maintained her interests at home and abroad..
Resolved, That in the rise at home of ac
tions inimical to our government and consti
tution, and in the stirring and warlike con
dition of the times, we behold dangers to our
peace and prosperity, if not to our perpetuity,
which should cause every good citizen to pon
der well the steps of his political action , and
that we earnestly invite the lover of his coun
try, of whatever name or creed, to join us in
upholding the constitution in its purity, and
transmitting it unimpaired to our successors.
Resolved, That whatever cases of dissatis
faction with the working of our laws and
institutions may exist in the different sections
of the country, the proper remedy is to be
sought in the temperate exercise of the right
of discussion, and the ballot box ; that all
other evils are insignificant in comparison
with that of danger to the union; that all
others can wait the sure amelioration of time,
if the Union be maintained; but that disunion ,
would at once prove the destruction of our
present interests and happiness as a people,
and the death-knell of our hopes.
Resolved, That it was upon the soil of Penn
sylvania that Independenee IVI/1 . 3 declared, and
the Federal constitution constructed, and
that it therefore becomes in a special sense
the duty of Pennsylvanians to watch over
its safety, as secured by the great charter of
the Union ; to resist the first approaches of
danger to its perpetuity, and forever to cher
ish and maintain it inviolate, as the palladium
of our happiness, political, social and civil.
Resolved, That all vacancies that may take
plane in the delegation to Cincinnati, now se
lected, shall be filled by a majority of the whole
number there present, and that the said dele
gation shall have full power and authority
among themselves to regulate by whom and
howtheir votes shall be given in the conven
"ion.
Resolved, That the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee shall require a pledge from
each elector, to vote for the candidate for
President and Vice President of the United
States, who may be nominated by the Cincin
nati Convention, and in case of the neglect
or refusal of any elector so to do within a rea
sonable time, the State Central Committee be
and they are hereby empowered to substitute.
Mr. Montgomery moved that the conven
tion now proceed to nominate a candidate for
Canal Commissioner, which being amended
to include Auditor General and Surveyor
General, was adopted.
. Mr. Packer moved to elect the candidates in
the order in which they are named in the res
, olutiou of Mr. Montgomery ; which, after
some discussion, was adopted.
The convention then proceeded to ballot,
for Canal Commissioner with the following
result:
George Scott
Nimrod Strickland
J. H. Zimmerman
Bernard Reilly
Wm. Hatfield
John T. Hoover
Joseph Morrison
Edward Nicholson
Adolphus Patterson "
The name of B. Reilly withdrawn
The Convention then proceeded to a second
ballot, which resulted as follows :
George Scott received 71 votes,
Nimrod Strickland " „49 "
J. 11. Zimmerman " , 9
Edw. Nicholson 3 I I
GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia county, having
received the highest number of votes was de
clared the nominee of the convention for Ca
nal Commissioner.
Mr. HorKiNs moved that the nomination
be made unanimous, which was agreed to.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for Auditor General.
On the first ballot,
Jacob Fry received
Murray Whallon
John Rowe
Joel B. Danner
H. L. Dieffenbach
William Workman
Daniel Kane
The names of JOEL B. DANNER and DANIEL
KANE were withdrawn, when a second ballot
was had, which resulted as follows
Jacob Fry received
Murray Whallon
John Rowe
William Workman "
H. L. Diffenbach
Neither of the candidates having received
a majority of the whole vote, the convention
proceeded to a third ballot—the names of H.
L. DIFFENBACH and WILLIAM WORKMAN hav
ing first been withdrawn—with the following
result :
Jacob Fry received 57 votes,
Murray Whallon " 47 "
John Rowe 26 "
There being no nomination, a third ballot
was taken, as follows :
Jacob Fry received 64 votes,
Murray Whallon " 46
John Rowe 10 "
The fourth ballot resulted as follows:
Jacob Fry 'received 76 votes,
Murray Whallon " 51 "
Jecon FRY, Jr., of Montgomery county, hav
ing received the highest number of votes, was
declared by the President the nominee of the
convention for Auditor General.
On motion of Mr. Lamberton, the nomina
tion was made unanimous.
Nominations for Surveyor General being
made, the Convention proceeded to ballot,
which resulted as follows
Isaac W. Moore,
Wm. T. Alexander,
Timothy Ives,
Thomas J. Reiner,
Hugh McKee,
Michael S. Boyer,
William Fry,
Philip Johnston,
, John Horn, jr.,
William S. Garvin, 41. -
II
John Hodgson, .., 4 "
Neither candidate having received a ma
jority- of the whole vote, the convention pro
' , peeded to a secondballothe names of John
Hats? and ... )psttaelyer halt* 4,4
been
a lidraE. :It, ;' . ,•P- 74 :'
r . Ive-c . - ;keceived I : 0 vo tiii ,
&Aka T. Ali:and& " •i, 25 ',..:
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W.
om:
Thos. J. Rohrer
WI. S. Garvin
Philip Johnston
John Horn, Jr.
William Fry ... 4. ' "
The name of Thomas J. Rehrer . and Wil
liam fry Were vrithdriswn, when :a third-bal
lot was taken, as follows : _
Timothy Ives ' received
William T. _Alexander , "
IsOne W. Moore "
Hagh htPlias 41 13 "
Wm. S. Garvin , " II "
Philip Johnston_ " 8 -
There being no nomination, a fourth ballot
was taken, caller the name of Hugh Ittliee
had been withdrawn,) with the following re
sult :
Timothy Ives received ti 9 votes,
William T. Alexander " 40 "
Isaac W. Moore,
Philip Johnston,
Wm. S. Garvin
Timothy Ives, of Potter county, having re
ceived a majority of the votes polled, was de
clared the nominee of the Convention for Sur
veyor General.
The nomination, 'on motion,' Was 'made
unanimous ; .after which. the. convention ad
'ourned untill 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Convention net, pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was called to order by the President.
Mr. Reilly offered the following resolution,
which was read and unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the nomination of George
Scott, of Columbia county, as the Democratic
candidate for the office of Canal Commission
er ; that of Jacob Fry„ jr., of Montgomery
county, for the office of Auditor General ; and
that of Timothy Ives, o Potter county, for
the office of Surveyor General, be and the
same are hereby unanimously ratified and
confirmed by this convention ; that we confi
dently present these gentlemen to the people
of the State as candidates in every way wor
thy of their confidence and support—knowing
them, as we do, to be men of tried integrity,
faithful in their devotion to Democratic prin
ciples, and well qualified to discharg the du
ties of the several offices fur which they have
been nominated. . .
Mr. Reynolds moved that the President
have power to appoint the State Central Com
mittee, after the convention has adjourned ;
which was adopted.
Mr. Portei moved that the thanks of this
convention be tendered to Hon. Hendrick B.
Wright, for the ability and iinpartiallity with
which he has discharged his duties us Chair
man of the convention. Mr. P. took.the vote
on the motion, and it was unanimously adopt
ed.
lepresentatives for die use of the Hall of the
louse, was also adopted.'
The following resolution, offered by Mr.
Velsh, was read and adopted. •
Resolved, That this convention appoint a
Committee of Correspondence, hi consist of
five from each county, whose duty it shall be
to communicate with the State Central Com
mittee, and attend to such business as may
be necessary to secure the triumph of the
Democratic party in the approaching contest.
At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Biddle
read a telegraphic dispatch from Hon. John
R. Thompson; of New Jersey, that the Demo
cratic members of the New Jersey Legislature
had unanimously passed a resolution ,declar
ing the Hon. Jews BUCHANAN their choice
for the Presidency. The reading of the dis
patch was received with great applause.
Addresses were delivered by R. Biddle Rob
erts, of Allegheny, Wm. F. Packer, of Lysom
ing, James M. Porter, of Northampton; G. W.
Brewer, of Franklin, W. H. Welsh, of York,
S. W. Black and Hon. Wm. Wilkins, of Alle
gheny; after which the convention adjourned
sine die.
State Central Committee as appointed by
he President of the Democratic State Con-
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City of Philadelphia.
JOHN W. FORNEY, Chairman
Gideon G. Wesleott, James F. Johnston,
George Plitt, Alfred Gilmore,
Wm. Rice, N. B. Browne,
George Williams, Thomas, S. Fernon
Wm. 0. Kline, • Emanuel Street,
IPm. Y. McGrath, Edward W. Power,
George W. Moore, Thos. J. Timmons,
Jesse Johnson. . .
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Third District
Wm. T. Morison,
A. H. Tippin.
Fourth District. SLvteentl.
Joseph Hemphill, R.W. Weaver!
John J. Leiper. . Dr. B. H. Throop.
Fifth District. Seventeenth District
J. Lawrence Gets, Asa Lathrop,
Wm. Karns. Wm. M. Piatt.
Sixth Dietrict. Eighteenth District.
F. 'Consent, Julius Sherwood..
John Davis. IL H. Dont.
Seventh District. Nineteenth District.
Samuel C. Stambaugh. Wm. S. Garvin,
H. B. Swarr, Robert P. Cochran.
C. D. Gloniger, Twentieth District.
James B. McMahon. Joseph Douglass,
Eighth District. . B. F. Sloan.
Isaac G. McKinley, Twenty-first District.
Andrew Hopkins, James M. Bred's),
Wm. H. Miller, J. M. Rooster,
Richard McAllister. Samuel B. Wilson.
G. Barrett, Twenty-Second District.
Samuel Bigler, David Lynch,
Henry Omit, M. J. Stewart.
Wm. P. Wlthington. Twenty-third District.
Ninth District. Wm. Workman,
David D. Wagoner, Charles A. Black.
Samuel Wetherill, Twenty-fourth District.
- Neilson Weiser. George W. Bowman,
Tenth District. J. B. Saneom.
John F. Lord, Twenty.fifth District.
Wm. Lilly. S. S. Jamison. t
Eleventh District. Chattel; Lamberton.
Wilson Roney, Twenty-sixth District.
Joel B. Danner. A. S. Wilson,
Twelfth District. Thomas Bower,
Wm. 11. Kurt; J. S. Miller.
George S. Morris. Twenty-seventh District.
Thirteenth District. E. J. Keenan,
George H. Bucher, R. P. Flenniken.
George Stroop. Twenty.eighth District.
Fourteenth District. Bet nerd Reilly,
George White, Thos. J. McOatnant.
J. Richter Jones,
H. L. Diffenbach.
received 41 votes
A. . 33 "
15 "
43 votes
29 "
23 "
15
12 "
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46 votes
43 "
25
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received 21 votes
18 "
13 "
13 "
12 "
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AFTERNOON SESSION
A resolution offered by Mr. Snyder, return
thanks to the nAnbers of the House o
State. Committee
Fifteen Dist.'
Wm. J. Murray,
Thomas A. Maguire
LE -
IDS— On the first page will be found the
substance of a Lecture, delivered on the 28th
ult„ by Rev. J. V. ECKERT, of New Provi
dence, on "The importance of the Moral Train
ing of Children." We invite for it a careful
perusal.
WIIITE HALL ACADEMY. — We direct public
attention to the card of the Principal of this
flourishing Institution, in another column.—
The Academy presents great advantages, on
acccount of its beautiful location, the moral
character of the neighborhood, and thorough
education which the pupils receive.
lletr. There has not been much of general
interest transacted by the Legislature during
the past week—except the passage of the Li
cense Bill in the louse with several amend
ments. Should the Senate not agree to the
amendments, each house will appoint a com
mittee of conference, the result of whose
deliberations will be final, unless the Governor
should veto the bill. A iew days will deter
mine the question.
Stir The "Tenth Legion," a sound Demo
cratic paper published at Woodstock, Va., is
strongly in favor of Mr. BUCHANAN for the
Presidency, and is of the opinion that, in the
event of his nomination, he will " assuredly
receive the electoral votes of New York, Penn
sylvania, New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland,
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabarda,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Mis
souri, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, lowa, and
probably North Carolina, Tennessee and New
Jersey." The editor says further, that he
"cannot count the same number of States for
any other candidate" named in connexion with
the nomination.
110,-The municipal election in Chicago, Il
linois, on the sth inst., resulted in the complete
defeat of the Abolitionists arid Know-Nothings.
Thomas Dyer, the Deniocritic candidate, was
elected by aboutAoo majority, and a majority
of the Councilmen elect are Democrats.
MI-Andrew Jackson Doneleon was not the
adopted son of 4... Timmy JAcKsON, but only
the nephew of Gen Jackson's wife. "Every
man. has his pest," said the general once in
Washington, with a sigh, a smile, and a twin
kle of philosophical humor in his eye.
COLUMBIA AND . PIIILADAgEn.A. RAILROAD.—
Parkesburg, Mandts,.*—ePs inissistpu statement of Tolls
collected on thisßoaCtbr . Ats months of February, 1555
and litiantb for they titine t¢onlbs of the fiscal years
ifaid 1816:
Feibruem 1856,
Sapio modth last year,;
DOC 4 184 4 to ree7.zklss6.
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9
9
M. Goucik's LEcrusE.—Fulton Hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity, on Thursday evening tut,
to hear this celebrated orator deliver a lecture on the
subject of Temperance. And never, we venture to say,
were the people of Lancaster more eloquently entertained
for the period of nearly two hours which be occupied the
platform, than they were on that occlusion. lie is, without
exception, the most faicinating speaker we have ever HS
tenet' to, and there is probably no man now living who
raa render so attractive to a popular audience a subject
which, by many, is regarded as hackneyed and threadbare.
The subject was handled in a masterly manner—now In
dulging in the huinercrus vein and convulsing his hearers
with brighter, and anon, by the narration of some touching
Incident, powerfully told, affecting them almost to tears.—
Not a sign of Impatience or weariness was visible from
beginning to end, and every eye was intently fixed upon
the speaker, as if fearful of losing the alighted gesture or
expression of countenance. Ills apostrophe to a glass of
water was beautiful and sublime in the highest degree.—
' ills remarks generally bore severely upon the social drink
ing customs of this country and dread Britain, which he
regards as the chief source of the prevailing Intemperance.
And, although combating intemperance in all its forms,
and urging the duty of total abstinence upon his hearers,
there was not a solitary word of abuse escaped his lips
agninet "rum.sellers"—thus presenting a marked and pleas.
ing contrast to the intemperate and even disgusting tirades
42 votes,
32 ' "
24 ' "
t mane who COLICOITO It to Le their duty to preseh Tempo
once, but whose principal arguments are villification and
abuse of their neighbors. We veature to say that one such
lecture, as Mr. UOUGH favored our citizens with on Thurs.
day evening, will accomplish more for the cause, than the
whole tribe of Temperance Lecturers who have held forth
In our City for the last five years.
We have the gratification of announcing that Mr. (loco a,
at the request of the multitude present, will deliver another
lecture, at Fulton Mall, on to-morrow (Wednesday) evening
This announcement is sufficient to Insure him another
oyerflowlng house
A VENERABLE PREACILEIL—The Rev. 11.Y.N BY
Bcsaat, now of Staten Island, a veteran minister of SI years
of ego, gave, on Sunday last, n the First M. E. Church, an
Interesting description of the riseand progress of Methodism
in this city and county. His fathea.,XLattis littlil4, origivally
a Mennonite, was the first pioneer in this county. Ills sou
henry, above alluded to, organised the First Methodist
Church in this City, in 1807, and had regular preaching in
the house of l 3lr. Philip Benedict. He had occasionally
preached in the old Market House for three or four years
prior to that time, but there was no Society formed until
that year. The circuit which he traveled then embraced
all of Lancaster, and parts of Dauphin and Berke counties,
and required him to ride about NM miles to till all his
preaching appointments. Mr. Boelsm was a trureliug com
panion of Bishop ASBURY for four or live years, arid with
that venerable man of God visited the most of the States of
this Union. Although past the ordinary period alloted
to m ,n, Mr. B. is still hale and hearty, and bids fair to
have his useful life extended many years longer.
THE "FENCIBLES."—Wo attended one ut' the
drills last week of the new military company, being formed
in this City by Capt. John U. Decimate, and were agroseably
surprised at the efficiency of the won, and the precision
with which they march and perform the diTerent evolu
tiLais connected with company drill. All this is highly
creditable Au the veteran officer at the head of the corps.
who. by his untiring energy, connected with his ability
and experience as a commander, has already brought his
men to a state of perfection in drill which few older com
panies can surpass. The company has adopted, we believe,
the army uniform, with slight alterations, and will make
its that appearance on parade sometime during the Spring,
or early in the Summer. There are now come fifty• men
enrolled, and the ranks are daily filling up. We hope to
tee it, in the course of a few months, one 'Attie strongest,
handsomest, and best drilled companies In the State.
LECTURE.—The neat Lecture of the course
will be delivered before the Young Men's rb.4-".n .800
ation, on Friday ev.".....ext, by Rev. 31r. RAY, of Dow
Li, town. Mr. R. is said to be an able and eloquent speak
ter The attention of our readers, in town
and country, iNdirected to the card of Cox & SUYDAM, in
another column. Their assortment of carriages is very
large and fine, And they will manufacture to order and
furnish them at the most moderate prices
A GOOD AITOINTIIENT.—P. G. M. SAMUEL
Lcitr.as, of No. 451. I. 0. 0. F. of this city, has been ap
pointed Diitrict Deputy Grand Master of the I. 0. 0. F. for
Lancaster county, (to serve to the end of the present term)
in place of George Sanderson, resigned. This is a good se•
lection, and the fraternity will have, in Dr. Welcher., an
active, Intelligent and energetic officer.
Sdr As the time for holding the township
elections throughout the county Is rapidly approaching ,
our Democratic friends and all others opposed to Know-
Nothingism would do well to prepare themselves without
delay for the contest. The result may have an important
bearing on next fall's election.
MANOR TURNPIKE COMPANY.—At an elec
tion held on Wednesday last, the following gentlemen
were elected officers Of the Company : President—Daniel
'Harman; Managers—Abraham Peters, Jacob Bauman,
Jacob M. Frantz, John Lininer, Jacob K. Shenk and Sam.
uel Bauman; Treasure.—deorge F. Brensman.
MESSRS. EDITORS—:—I was happy to learn
that our friend, Mr. Ilugh Rambo, of Paradise township,
has withdrawn his connection from the order of K. N's. so
called, and is now amongst the Democracy. Mr. Rambo
has always been a Democrat in principle, and has exorcised
every exertion in order that Democracy should be trium
phant. A DEMOCRAT.
March 8, 1856
COUNCILS.—Councils met etatedly in their
Chamber. on Tuesday evening but. In Select Council an
ordinance was passed creating a permanent loan of P 3,000
for the payment of a floating debt of $lO,OOO and tempora
ry loans to the amount of $20,000. They also framed a res
olution requesting Mr. Relgart to make some alteration In
the Post Office room for the accommodation of ladles, but
this was not concurred In by Common Connell. The Com
ells went Into Convention and elected Philip Leonard and
William Lowry Tax Collectors, and Jas. C. Carpenter, City
Regulator, with George Albright and John Rom as hie
Assistants. After transacting - other business in their re
spective chamber. loth councils adjourned.
TUE WEATIIER.—On Sunday last we had
another slight sprinkling of 5110 W -119 usual. It cleared off
during the night, and yesterday morning Wm intensely
cold. 'Verily, “wlnter still lingers in the lap of spring."
A NEW 110 TEL.—A project is on foot for
the ptfrpose of erecting a Large first-sloes hotel In thin city.
About $75,000 has been raised for tho purpose, and the
site spoken of Is the North American Hotel, at present oc
cupied by Barnet & Cox. It will front on North Queen
streee, and run back the whole length of Miller's Row, on
Chelan! street. Such a building hat long been needed In
Lancaster.
The nominations made by the Convention.
are calculated to carry weight, ensure confi
dence and command success. They are in
every sense unexceptionable men', and the
candidates men of ability and intelligence.—
GEAGE SCOTT, of Columbia, the niminee for
Canal Commissioner, is favorably known as a
man of large business experience, familiar
with our public improvements, and eminently
fitted for the responsible position. Jscoa Far,
of ?dontgomery, the nominee for Auditor Gen
eral has served a number of years, we believe,
in both branches of the Legislature, and is a
gentleman of the strictest probity, and of very
large personal popularity. TIMOThY IVES, of
Potter county, the nominee for Surveyor Gen
eral, is also well and favorably known, coining
of a stuck that has been largely indentified
with the progress of Northern. Pennsylvania
from its earliest settlement, he unites to fine
abilities and great gallantry as a bold and
.unflinching Democrat, a popularity second to
no man in that section of tho State. We con
gratulate the Convention upon the harmony
of its proceedings, the patriotic purposes man
ifested throughout, and the unexceptionable
character and strength of its nominations.
We notice in various sections of Ohio, pub
lic sentiment is developing its elf in regard to who
is the favorite of the people, as the nominee
of the Cincinnati Convention for the Presi
dency. BUCHANAN meetings are being held,
and measures taken for a full and fair expres
sion of public sentiment in Ohio, as to who
shall be the standard-bearer in the next cam
paign. We noticed a few days since, a call in
the Cincinnati Enquirer, for a meeting of all
friendly to the nomination of that Statesman
as the Democratic candidate for the next Pres
ident. So we go. We believe the popular
sentiment of the country will demonstrate the
man, before the meeting of the Convention,
and the delegates will only have to go through
the "blank motions" of making a nomination,
so far as the nomination for President is con
cerned. We hope to see nominated for the
second office in the.gift of the people, Hon.
JOHN B. Wzmx.a, of California.—Lebanon
(Ohio) Democratic Citiiren.
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Democratic Nominations
The Presidency
The Journey to El Dorado Regained and
Concluded:
Messrs EDITORS :—TAI, trafsit ofthislattuutt. of Panam
is now made wholly iryirO,4k,kiattitic;mpltsbed t
passenger. in less th4.one-twelltfipart of the former thno
viA, three hoses; ineteaa of :two day's, andel' baggage, es
4A'rekinietter Itjevniseepanenus freight is easily delivere
on boakit.the Scitlc steamer in eight or ten : Ileum. An t
the rapgrseage by cars wberelrt 'you scarce inhale ths
miasmaief rivet or arum knd tire speedy transfer the to
deck. of the Peeinc steamer', where you respire the fine
• t
breezes of Panes) xs 13ey---Imre tranakeXped what was once
• day or two ocesposure, rczation and 1,,i1. into a brief,
epiaxle in the journey, and a welcome relief from the teal-
Ma and languor of the long dhys Ogee.
For the completion of thAgreat undertaking of uniting
' by railroad the two oceans—with so much toil and no vast
an expenditure of money, end in the face of unparaleiled
discoumgements and obetacies, the world is largely indebt
ed to the wise forecast, energy andlmrseverance, Of one 01
the most public spirited and wealthy eiticons of our Union,
Wm. 11. .I.spinwall. of New York.
l'anama in not unhealthy, and her native and acclimated
citizens enjoy as uniform good health, and attain as groat
ago as the InhabitantrOf any tropical country. The greetr
part of the sickness In the early years of California emigre
lion was caused by excessive indulgence in a mixture of
fruit and bad liquors.
The modern city Is situated upon a gentle slope at
foot of LteNeer 1 1 111, so called front the alleged fact tb •
upon the tep, the South American Washington (:) plant,
his cannon in an attack upon the city, in his campaign h
support of the Now Grenadian patriots against the Spanisn
Provincial Government.
The Catholic church here la not wealthy, the v •
images and ornaments of the Cathedral and •
c,
having Dearly all melted before the rapacity of iEI mit,
the moat noted, the buccal:tear Morgan. This Is a wall ,
city, and though gradually crumbling
,to ruin, there are
ortione of the massive wall which might defy attack oven
- -
from AughoPrench cannon. A. sort distance below the
present site are the ruins of au rinta Panama, destroyed by
as earthquake. That city was- the port of recruiting.
rendezvous and equipment for Francisco Pizarro In his
ruthless expeditions sialriat the Incas of Peru. The Bay
of Panama Is one of the finest on the coast, and the nu
merous islands, promontories and peninsulas Constitute a
panorama of most picturelique beauty and loveliness..
Thu Pacific portion of My trip was made In the unrival
led steamship Golden Aga, which, under command of
Lieut. Porter when first launched, eclipsed all ocean steam
navigation in the passage from Liverpool to Melbourne, and
has made some of the boat passages between this port end
Panama on record. This steamer, under command of the
veteran Watklua, is a model of neatness and good order,
and nut to be beat in speed by any steamer In the Pacific
The entire coast trot/114111mm to Situ Fraud., beats
unmistakable evidence of Its volcanic nature. Mountains
so lofty that their summits are ever cloud capped, and be
tween deep dark flssuresAnd ravinew never penetrated by
the sun light. Touchling at Acapulco for coal, water yond
pruvisious, the pa.engeis amuse themelves by throw.ng
dinars Into the Ilsy to see the little native, copper colored
Imps dive sod regain them. And this feat, though per•
formed by the little bratilin most blden-like uskedne,s, is
often witnessed with entire composure by lady ,yassetigs:,
Above cope St. LUCIIA, lre saw the remnant of the Iniurt...
ful wreck of the Nicaraguan atearuerindapetlence. of
the list of passengere by that 111-fated st•azuar twu
drod w ••in Ih t deep boson of Mt Orton bland," and
their bod ies e now rest beneath the green wave, or Men h
and perish nu the lonely and desolate sands of 31argue,
Island.
An old wreck, or dismantled resell is a melon, holy ,t 1
unsightly object any-where. They may be found in oil
latitudes, scattered along the Atlantic' coast from Until...,
to the Equator—sometimes on a rock bouml shore, and
sometimes upon the shelving beach, where the sands and
the sliella'rite daily higher round the shattered bark, 34
if emulous to yield her a titling laviel. There It a mute
eloquence in a wrack which appeals to the strong nature.
telling of hopes blighted, power and energy crushed, peril
encountered and tierce, etruggles ending, mayirap, in the
death of many a brave Man. The white wings that swelled
to tho ocean breeze, and the cordage through which it
whistled, are gone, and runt, decay and barnacle.mar the
proudest ships that sear delighted the heart of a true sail.
or. Below San Diego In Lower California, we saw at a
distance of 150 miles—inountains of an altit tide'M 10,fti
feet, whose towering and majestic heads, hoary with the
(mete, and covered In the snows of centuries, and bathed
In the light Ma sun just "sinking to tool tubers his fee
of refreshment lie," in Flte calm, but mighty western sea
presented a scene of sitrpassing sublimity and grandeur.
But we are lIONV ouVring tne tiotoen Gate. the persta
tiro of many a sanguido youth looming with piles of gli
taring ore which he will be quitp_as likely to realise in the
inaccessible heaps of dust and coin in the !sinking hens
of Drexel, Sather & Church, el id mune gentle, an In the
• • ,
.ult of his own earnings andzood fortune..
Before concluding, permit me to notice an importat
change recently effected in New York in thu California
steamship lines. As you are doubtless aware, by the net
arrangement, the celeurataai Cbractius Varulerbill—recently
elected President of the Nicaragua company, is to have On
supervision of the eto4mers of both the C. S. Mail and N'-
omegas, Atlantic lined and W. 11. Aspinwall, long kuow,
as the able and excellecnt President of the Pacific Mall Com
pany, the control oft;e both lines on the Pacific
Mr. Vanderbilt has g been known es a Lading strain
ship operator; the founder of the Nicaragua line, and lb
new and popular unpitnsioned line from Now York to Ilav
re, and also distingulithed for his private pleasure cruise t'.
the British channel, Baltic and Mediterranean in his mat
nlficent North Star. llis pecuniary renourcee are immense
and in all his gre at enterprises, the rare tact, shrewdnes
and energy, and the Wonderful executive abilities he pot
sesses have always Made him eminently successful, an,
troth he and Mr. Aspi l nwall occupy deservedly a'high rani
among the merchant and commercial princes of our tan '
Whilst under this ilangement, the rates of passage s
undoubtedly be plat dat a standard remunerative to t
companies—on the oilier hand the prices will be such . •
to enable that class f emigrants whose presence hero
in any country is really desirable, to come hither, and tLe
resident Californian ho, by well directed effor • .., •
omy has acquired su dent means to reader •
among his old friends pleasant, or creditors safe, ,
to his native soil.
But senseless. rut us competition between rival
and irresponsible ciposition, under the present regime,
will not, Lam coati at, soon appear to attract hitherward
the pernurious and hriftless vagabond, who stirrer trav,ls
or migrates, utiles he can do so without paying a fan
equivalent.
Pan Francium, Jan. 31, 1846.
1
er from Carlisle
Ctaustr, March 7, DiSti
After four years' absence from Car•.
-to see the spirit of improvement trtileli
prung up among the denizens of this
I propose to make mention of a for of
huildings which have come under my:
Dear lutelllgene
lisle, it is surprislu.
has, in that time,
beautiful borough.
the moat prominen
notice.
riven Is a splendid specimen of archi
lif Edward Haviland, aeon of the archl
- County Prison. It is built
tyla, but the atone Is of s prettier color,
netully le much better finished, though
It reflect. great credit on the people cf
The now County
facture, the design
teat or the I.ran
much In the same
.and the building g
not near so large•
this county, The Ituation, bekt near the centre of the
town, is not a pie .ant one, givi g, es it dote, a sort of
gloomy appeamnci to the houses about it.
Marion Hall, bu it. by an old and enterpriziog citizen,
Jason W. Eby, E l i:: quite s line structure, anti, I truce,
he is being well nized, for thus showing a dispmition
to improve the apji l tearance of the town. If Carlisle had a
few more such men as Inc. Eby, It would not belorobel.re
it would become tate of the most active and bustling towni
in the State. I:ur a
In the‘• way of de a. the G.,,....., Reformed is one .f
i
the handsomest ' u the State, out of Philadelphia. The ft .nt
itiN believe, of th Gothic style of architecture, and mat is
a beautiful and i posing appearance. This improveme I,
I suppose, will be Ifullowed np by others of the same kin I.
There are several other buildings worthy of note. 'The
stores of Messrs. Bentz, Haverstick and Trout are bond
some affairs, and add much to the appearance of the streets
on which they and situated. The building of Dr. Kieffer,
now being finithe l d, is certainly a handsome one: The hinter
etury le of iron, and,the two upper ones are in Imitation of
sandstone. This `will be one of the bent finiabed buildings
in the town, and IDr. Kieffer has shown much goal to.te
and energy In erecting such a structure.
Water and Gss pipes have been Introduced into the
town, the fermek being now in use, aud anon peat,-
triens, after night-fall, can walk the streets witil !Wilk!
.i i ,
degree of safety, and not stand in danger of breaking a
limb, or what old be worse than all, their "pate" with
ail the "la/min" in it. The intruluctitm of Water and
Gas watt a nue ty long needed In Carlisle. .
1
I went to hear a lecture, fur the benefit of the Ilnieu I rh
Cowpony, bat u gbt, by Professor Johnson, of Dicklniv
College. The Priolessor chose for his subject -Hiawatha
and hie lecture was instructive, entertaining and !Milli[]; ,
at the same tinvi chewing the speaker to be a-man of deep
learning, and c pable of expressing himself in the litt,..f
kind of language. The lecture was given In the Cu,, .
House, acidities large room was completely tilled by a high
intelligent and 'appreciating audience, a largo portion .
which was comeed of the fair sea, whu, by their beset,
and presence, atributed greatly to ti,ie entertainment of
the everting. The Carlisle Band was in attendance, and.
. . .
considering the line it has been in existence, (about thro.
months.) dlscou sed some eery fine music.
As to the Pre 'deny, nearly every'persunjou poet Wit
_ . ... .
i
is for "Pennsyl ania's Favorite Son." Not only among the
Democracy, but in the opposition there is a strong current
in his favor. S te pride has a groat deal to do with this
remit, very y contending that tho great State 0:
Pennsylvania uld be honored, for once in her exist
ence, with the Merit. And when she presents the name
of one of the test of living statesmen, and one who has
over been true 7 the but interests of the Union, she should
be granted her equest, by her sister States, in the Natioua
Convention, without any hesitation. From all I can lean
Mr. Buchanan,, should he be nominated , will sweep "Old
~
Mother Cumber f rond" by a tremendous, old.frusbioned Dem
ocratic majorit . But I must bring this rambling eplstl ,
to a close. :, A. S.
Thi Editor's Book Table,
PENNSYLVd.I I A SCHOOL, qoualie.i...7-Edired , 91 pul
Betted by T. H. Burrowes,l,aneaster, Pa., at $1 liar arm- -
z h aa
in advance. .
The March bar contains the usual amount ,-.. r , . .
matter—anch addresses, essays, reports, edltoria.- ,
all olorblch will be lbtaretting to the Wade or the Co ,
fooß scltool iryi6en2. We are glad to learp. the Joratpal
in a proverols contUtion.
MEM