-14Elp-tancaoter Intelligencer GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Associate. LANOASTER, PA., JUNE 5, 1860 CIRCULATION, SlOOO COPIES'S OsiSoursunr Pm; $2,00 ler annum. SIP Psressem Ca?' Amseasnme Anwar, Mg Nam= street, Nov York, and 10 State street. Boston. 8. X. PRISING= 1 00., are Agents Ibr The Las:eager the . mnetinfinential and largest circlets. thei k In the Melted Mates sodas Osaadas— NW are anthoitted to contract for no at our lowest rake DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. POE GOVERNOR: HENRY D. FOSTER, of Westmoreland. irip- The Democratic Party recognizes to Its creed no "Higher Law "—it teaches no "Irrepressible Conflict "—it does not teach the treasonable dogma of Lincoln, that "this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free"—it incites no deluded fanatics to disturb the hallowed shades of Mount Vernon and Monticello, by • traitor's call for servile insurrection. ELECTORS: George M. Beim, of Beaks county Richard Van:, of Philadelphia, 1. Frederick Server, 2. William 0. Patterson, 8. Joseph Crockett, Jr., 4. J. G. Brenner, 5. 3. W. Jacoby, 8. Charles Kelly, 7. 0. P. James, 8. David Scholl, 9. Joel L. Lightner, 10. B. S. Barber, 11. T. H. Walker, 12. 8.8. Winchester, 18. Joseph Lanbach, A , GENERAL NOTICE. From and after the first day qf July ensuing we shall open a new set of books. It will then •be eleven years since The Intelligencer passed into our bands, and we think it about fall time that a general settlement should take place. We have accounts for subscrip tion due us ranging from $2 to $22, all of which we are honestly and' fairly entitled to, and must have, either with or without the aid of the law, if they are at all collectable. It is neither fair to ourselves nor to our paying subscribers to suffer such delinquencies any longer; and, in order to carry out our plan, which we have fully matured, we shall on the first of July commence striking from the list names of all subscribers (unless, for good cause, there might be some exceptions,) who are over two years in arrears; and shall then, after giving them three months longer grace to pay up, place their accounts in the hands of a proper officer for collection. This is our ultimatum, and we give this timely notice so that none can complain. By carrying out this determination, we expect, as a matter of course, to considerably reduce our list ; but at the same time we shall, thereby, curtail our expenses. We would rather have one thou- sand good paying subscribers, than two thousand, nearly one-half of whom never think of paying the Printer. . A CORRECTION We published last week a sketch of Mr. LINCOLN'S life, taken from the New York Herald, in which the following sentiment was attributed to him as having been contained in one,af his speeches made in 1858 : " I nevertheless did mean to go on the banks of the Ohio, and throw missiles into Kentucky, to disturb them in their domestic institutions." It appears that this extract, separated from the context, admits of a somewhat different meaning from what was intended by Mr. LINCOLN. The entire sentence reads thus : "Judge Douctes said, at Bloomington, that I used language most able and ingenious for concealing what I real:y meant ; and that while I had protested against entering into the Slave States, I nevertheless did mean to go on the banks of the Ohio, and throw mis siles into Kentucky, to disturb them in their domestic institutions." Whether Judge DOUGLAS is right in the meaning he gave to certain remarks of Mr. LINCOLN, we leave our readers to determine. It is very certain that the latter did use language which the former construed into a determination to disturb the domestic institu tions of Kentucky. The true point of the case is, therefore, as to what was the language used, and was the inference of Mr. DOUGLAS a fair one ? HENRY CLAY'S DOCTRINE In 1837, HENRY CLAY, then a member of the U S. Senate, introduced into that body the following resolution : "Resolved, That any attempt of Congress to prohibit slavery in a territory of the United States would create serious alarm and just apprehensions—would be a violation of good faith toward the inhabitants of such territory, who have removed thereto with their slaves— _ and, because, when [not before] such territory shall be admitted into the Union as a State, -- the people thereof shall be entitled to decide that question exclusively for themselves." Such was HENRY CLAY'S doctrine on the subject of slavery in 'the Territories, and the rights of slaveholders to be protected in the enjoyment of their property, under the Con- stitution, and such is precisely the doctrine now and heretofore entertained by the Demo. oratic party. We have italicised the words to which we wish to direct the special atten tion of our readers, and also added two words, enclosed in brackets, for the purpose of more fully impressing the whole sentiment of that distinguished statesman upon'their minds. The Republicans profess great regard for the memory of Mr. CLAY, and some of them _ are wicked enough to claim that they are following in his footsteps ! Could anything be more revolting to the sensibilities of every sincere friend of the deceased statesman, than such arrogant assumptions on the part of a faction of sectionalists to link in hie great name with their crusade against Southern institutions, and their efforts to disrupt and destroy the Union—•the glorious heritage bequeathed to'us by our fathers? STATES UNION HOTEL.—ThiS Old established stand, on Market street near 6th, Philadelphia, is one of the best conducted Hotels in the city. The former Proprietor, Mr. JAMES W. POWER, than whom a more clever or obliging landlord does not exit, has associated with him, our old friend, Col. JAMES BOON, of this county, and the house will now be kept by POWER & BOON. Col, B. is a whole•souled, generous fellow, and will attract lots of cus tomers to the Hotel. We wish the new firm abundant success, and heartily recommend them to the liberal patronage of the public; Gsaite.s W/NE. —We have received through our friend, H. M. North, Esq., from Hon. J. W. Quroor,E, 11. S. Consul at Antwerp, two bottles of the pure, unadulterated German or Rhenish Wine, of the vintage of 1857, for which we return the donor our hearty thanks. Mr. Q., although far away from home, has not forgotten his many friends in . Pennsylva nia—but shows that he is the same warm hearted, generous whole-souled gentleman that he always was. Our wish is that he may long continue to enjoy his present honorable position in the service of the Government, for we are very sure that his course will be such as to reflect honor on himself and on his coun try. DEBADPIL Sroms.—A terrific hailstorm occurred in Clarion county, on the 30th ult., whiehlunssed the death of four persons, and an iumdlisudeutnlotion of property. Houses, burne r -and tines were - blown down and the dope were seriously injured. I Art; • Outside of - the North-Western Statot3, says the Baltimore Exchange, the nomination of Mr. LlNCotirr, as the Republican candidate for the Presidency, does not ,appear to be received with much favor. What enthusiasm has been exPressed is of a weak and dubious quality, anOs altogether sporadic Occasion ally a shout !of satisfaction is heard above the, din, but it can scarcely be called either hearty Or confident. The friends of Mr. Seward profess to bet indignant at the treatment which he has received. The friends of Mr. Cameron declare that he was tricked out of the nomin ation. All express surprise at the result, and none know exactly what to think of it. Some are inclined to believe that the nomination is a strong one; others that it is but indifferent ly good ; whilst not a few assert that it is a sacrifice of principle to expediency. Throw all these diverse opinions into a common cru cible, and the nature of the amalgam will be understood. Here is a candidate introduced to his Party for the highest office in the gift of the people, who is tolerated rather than welcomed. Yet this man, who has but recently emerged from political obscurity, and whose name was scarcely known beyond the borders Of the great Lakes before he canvassed Illinois against Judge Douglas in a contest for the Senatorship, is suddenly elevated, by the adroit management of a few political partisans, above the heads of more distinguished com petitors for the same honor. He will be sustained, too, even by those Republicans to whom his nomination was made distasteful; for all the customary machinery will be brought to bear to bestow upon him a facti tious .reputation. The materials are slight enough upon which to build a biography that shall be attractive to the masses, but they will suffice. Give a French woman but fine eyes, says the satirist, and she will furnish all the rest. Politicians can do better still—they can change cloth of frieze into cloth of gold. Here are the heads of chapters in the history of the Life of ABRAHAM LINCOLN : He was a poor boy. He drove his father's oxen. He was a flat-boatman. He served in the Black Hawk war, but admits that he never got within a mile of a live fighting Indian. He kept a grocery. He studied law. He became a politician. He was a village Postmaster.— He was elected to the Illinois Legislature.— He served one term in Congress, and signalized his Congressional career by voting against supplies to our gallant soldiers in Mexico. He stumped the State of Illinois as the competitor of Judge Douglas for a seat in the Senate of the United States, and was beaten. He was a Whig. He is a Republican. Out of these meagre materials some industrious and not wholly disinterested biographer will speedily fabricate a volume that shall serve as the text-book of Republican orators, and as a new medium for conveying the trite but encourag• ing information, that in every poor American boy is a possible President of the United States. It is somewhat unfortunate that the great bulk of the people of this country should have been ignorant of the claims of Mr. LIN— COLN to the high office to which he aspires; but it is certainly gratifying to know that the initial steps have already been taken towards their enlightenment. His friends have already begun to distinguish him by those familiar but endearing appellations, which not only disclose to us the character of the man, but also his social standing. Some of the rougher sort rather irreverently designate him as " Ole ABE." Others, more considerate, and with a shrewd knowledge of the value of the prefix, speak of him as " Honest old ABE ;" and others again, as " Old ABRAM LINCOLN." Now, although age and honesty are both of them valuable qualities, and entitle to a certain amount of respect those who possess them, yet they are not of themselves all sufficient. An old man is not necessarily a wise or pru dent man ; nor is honesty the sole qualifica. Lion for the Presidency. The true point, therefore, is not whether Mr. LINCOLN is old and honest—but whether he is a patriot and a statesman. Of course his partisans will assert that he has notxmly age, probity, and capacity, but every other virtue that should distinguish the Chief Magistrate of a great nation. There are those, however, who esti mate him very differently. They see in him only a third-rate lawyer—a stump orator of some local notoriety, and a- politician of nar row views and equivocal morality. It was reserved for the New York Evening Post to discover in him "the real representative man" of this country. In the opinion of Tice Post, Mr. LINCOLN personifies above all others " the distinctive genius of our country and its institutions." If this be true, those who regari the sectional issues which now prevail as dangerous to the prosperity of the one and the perpetuity of the others, may well despair of the Republic. Nominated by the Nor. there and North-Western States alone—re jected by the entire South—Mr. LINCOLN has nothing in his antecedents to recommend him to the Presidency, without a platform ; while, with the platform upon which he professes to stand, he can never be made acceptable to more than one-half of the States of the Union. 14. J. Reekhow, 15. George D. Jackson, 16. J. A. Ahl, 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. B. Crawford, 19. H. N. Lee, 20. J. B. Howell, 21. N. P. Fetterman, 22. Samuel Harebell, 23. William Book, 24. B. D. Hamlin, 25. Gaylord Church. “HONEST OLD ABE , S ” QUALIFICA- We have been looking over the Examiner 0( last week, and compile the following among the reasons which our handsome friend, who does up the editorials for that paper, sets forth why " Honest Old Abe " should be elected President of the United States: Ist. Bec4use " Old Abe " and his partner, Tom Hanks, split 3,000 rails in one year.— That is at the rate of nearly nine a day. Well, we have many hard fisted farmers in Lances. ter County who split more than-that number per diem, and yet do not claim the Presi dency. 2d. Because he has managed a flat-boat on the Ohio River, and tells some rich anec dotes of his experience in the business: 3d. Because he was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, but " never smelt powder." 4th. Because be is a handsome man, vide his portrait in the Lancaster Union and Har per s Weekly. sth. Because he stands six feet four in his stockings. 6th. Because he is as simple as a child. 7th. Because he never swore but once in his life, and then he said, " damn 'em—they shan't do it I" He had reference, we presume, to some action of those benighted Democrats, from that portion of Illinois called Egypt, in the Legislature. Bth. Because he loves a good dinner. 9th. Because, like a dutiful husband, when he heard of his nomination, he went down and told the " little woman at our house." 10th. Because he has a wife and three children. John does not tell us whether they will " all be Presidents." " Old Abe" will be apt, however, to follow the example of a whilom illustrious Chief Magistrate of our own State, and permit no one but "daddy and mammy" Ito wear the Presidential robes. These are the chief recommendations thus far of " Honest Old Abe" for the Presidency, as furnished by his adherents. Should any others betrought to light, we shall cheerfully furnish our readers with the benefit of them. Diem OF LADY BYRON.—The decease of this distinguished lady, in the 66th year of her age, is announced in the London papers. She outlived her husband, Lord Byron, about thirty-six years,—and. her daughter Ada, Lady Lovelace, some eight years. She was Married to Lord Byron in 1815; bat after a few months they separated, were divorced, and never-met afterwards. Lord Byron died in Greece, In 1824, having actively partiaipa• Aett 4t the 9ieek Revolution against Tuiltey. PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN. TIONS FOR THE PRESIDENCY POSITION OF SENATOB. BIGLER. We direet the attention of our readers to a brief and pointed speech of Senator Biome, on the - subject of slave property in the Terri tories. The remarks were elicited during the discussion of Senator Davis' resolutions, and will be found on our first page. Mr. BIGLER defines or explains his position with admirable succinctness and strength of Statement, and his arguments are such as will be bard to controvert by those who take the opposite side of the question. We also publish below an able and satisfac tory letter from Senator Dumas addressed to D. W. Moore, Esq. This letter is a frank and manly reply to the frequent and coarse attacks made upon the Senator and the major ity of the Pennsylvania delegation in the Charleston Convention, for the policy they pursued, and we recommend a careful and unprejudiced perusal of it by all our readers. WASEUEGTON ' D. 0, • Mar 26th, 1860. Dear Sir: My attention has been so frequently called to flagrant misrepresentations of my action, and intentions as a delegate in the Charleston Convention, similar to those enclosed by you, that I have reluctantly concluded: in order to relieve myself of constant importunities, to meet all these charges in this reply to you, which yon may give to the newspaper press, if you think it necessary and proper. It Is right to premise that, whilst I shall speak somewhat freely of the majority of the Pennsylvania dele gation in that Convention, I speak only for myself, not having had an opportunity of consulting with any one; and must be alone responsible for what I stay. The strictures which you enclose to me, on the course and purpose of the majority of the Pennsylvania delega tion, at Charleston, would be severe indeed, if they were founded in truth; but they are either totally unfounded, or find their existence in a forced perversion of the facts. It is not true that the majority of the Pennsylvania dele gation sought to drive Mr. Douglas from the field, by adopting a platform of principles on which he could not honorably stand. So far from this we voted to make the nominations before the platform, whilst the minority of our delegation and all other friends of Mr. Douglas voted to make the platform first. This was the fatal error of the Convention, as all parties frankly confessed at the subse quent stages of its proceedings. Then again, on this same point, the majority voted for a motion submitted by my self, to re-commit the platform, hoping in that way to reach the balloting for candidates with a full Convention ; but the effort failed. Equally untrue is the allegation that we favored a plat form of principles committing the party to the policy of a slave code in the Territories. It is true that we sustained the series of resolutions last reported by the majority of the committee, or rather by the seventeen Democratic States; but no fair-minded man will pretend to discover the principles of a slave code or anything like them in those resolutions. They simply forbade the conclusion that the Territories are sovereignties; and declared it the duty of the government to protect constitutional rights by constitutional means, as well in the Territories as else where. Surely no government should do less than this. As I understood it, the friends of Mr. Douglas took excep tion to that part of the resolutions that excluded the idea of sovereign power in the Territorial government, or rather the right of the Territorial Legislature to exclude slavery or slave property from a Territory; but I do not think it was seriously pretended by any that the resolutions com mitted the party to a slave code; nor did I meet any dele gate who was seriously in favor of any such speculative legislation. No sensible man pretends that Congress can create rights for slavery, or slave property in the Terri tories or anywhere else. The only question is as to whether that species of property is to be maintained and protected in the rights the Constitution gives it. Nothing more is asked, and nothing lees will be acceptable to the South. It is also untrue that we favored the course of the seceding States, or at any time manifested a determination to go out with them. No body of men in the Convention could have witnessed their withdrawal with feelings of deeper regret than did the majority of the Pennsylvania delegation, for the direct tendency of that act was to favor the nomination of a candidate we were against; and I do not believe there were any men in Charleston who exerted themselves more ardently than did a portion of the Penn sylvania delegation to Induce the seceders to return to the Convention, myself amongst the number. It is true, that when it was generally understood and believed that the remainder of the Southern States, falling to have their ultimatum accepted by- the Convention, would also secede, together with the two Pacific States, many of us had de termined, and bad not hesitated to say, that on the hap. pening of that contingency, we should refuse to participate any longer in the proceedings of the Convention. This we should have done, because a nomination made under such circumstances would have been an idle ceremony and would have foreclosed all chance of reconciliation in the Convention or success for the party; but no one, so far as my knowledge goes, thought seriously of going out with the eight States that had retired, or for the reasons which they assigned. The inquiry—put in no gracious terms—"whether the Cincinnati platform was good enough for the majority of the Pennsylvania Delegation," is readily answered. It woo good enough for us and we voted for it; but we were willing, in addition, in order to save the party from disrup tion, and because we believed it right in principle, to ac knowledge that modification or definition of the meaning of the Cincinnati platform which the decision or opinion of the Supreme Court, in the case of Dred Scott, had necessarily engrafted upon it, to the effect that the Terri. tories are not sovereignties; that a Territorial Legislature cannot exclude slave property from the limits of its juris diction, and that within its jurisdiction it is bound to take as good care of that species of property as it does of any other. This concession would have preserved the harmony of the Convention, and then Mr. Douglas, if nominated, would have had a fair chance for an election. lam willing to leave the public to decide between me and my assailants on this point. But the great complaint of all is, that the majority of the delegation did not vote for Mr. Douglas. This com plaint Is as unreasonable as anything else that has been said, and only goes to prove that in the ardor of their ad miration for Mr. D. certain of his friends are utterly in capable of looking at both sides of this question and judg ing impartially. We certainly never pretended to be for Mr. Douglas, and, therefore, no one has been deceived. It was perfectly well known when we were elected delegates that we preferred other candidates to Mr. Douglas. But it is attempted to Sod in the large vote received by him a reason—to some a conclusive reason—why we should have abandoned our favorites and gone for Mr. D. Under ordi nary circumstances there would be great, if not conclusive, force in this view of the case, and I do not hesitate to say to you, that with auspicious surroundings, and where the alternatives- involved only a choice of men, with about equal chances of success at the polls, it would have influ enced my action to no Inconsiderable degree; but to my mind the surroundings utterly forbade that we should go for Mr. Douglas. As the case then stood, his nomination could have resulted only in utter - defeat to himself and the party. Yon must keep in mind the fact that we did not ballot for a candidate at all until the delegations from eight States and the half of the delegation from Delaware had retired from the Convention, on the ground that they could not stand by the platform of principles as then adopted. Had the Pennsylvania and other delegations yielded at this juncture and nominated Mr. Douglas, everybsdy knows that the seceding States would forthwith have nominated a Southern candidate, and probably called a Convention of all the Southern States to have ratified that nomination; and thus, sir, the Democratic party, that glorious old organization which has done so much to advance the prosperity of our great country, and vindicate the principles of our Reoublican system of government, would have been shattered into fragments and prostrated, probably forever. Whatever I might have done under other circumstances, I thought it a duty, an imperative duty, to the Democratic party and the country, to stand out against the nomination of Mr. Douglas as things then stood. Surely the Mende of Mr. D. do not seek to nom inate him for the glory of the nomination alone. I take it they desire to see him made President; and In my judg ment no act could have more completely foreclosed all hie chances at this time than to have nominated him in a divided Convention. For myself I preferred to look rather to the harmony and success of the party than to the nomination of any favorite candidate. Now, sir, it is no more than just to say that the aggre gate vote as recorded in the Convention in favor of Mr. Douglas did not truly reflect the individual preferences of its members; nor did it reflect the choice of the States, had all the delegations voted as a unit. Under neither rule could Mr. D. have received half the votes of the Conven tion. His large vote was, therefore, in some measure, ficti tious. On the rule of voting per capita, he would have received from 125 to 128 votes, and by delegations from 130 to 140. This is the most liberal count that can be truth fully made for him. In the Now York delegation, alone, there were fifteen or sixteen delegates who preferred other candidates, and so voted in their caucus meetings, and anethere were a number in Ohio and Indiana whose indi vidual preferences were not for Mr. D. Yet all of these votes were forced to him by the new rule adopted by the Conven tion. Now, sir, I will be frank enough to confess to you that hod the large vote for Mr. Douglas resulted to him under the old rule that prevailed at Baltimore and art- Monet', I should not think it generous to make this point; but I make it because the rule was changed, and it seas the change of the role, and not the individual desire of the dele gates, that gave Mr. D. a majority of the votes in the Con venticas. The Cincinnati rule allowed the majority of each delegation to determine how the vote of the State should be cast—whether as a unit or as the individual delegates preferred. The Charleston rale so far changed this law as to take the power from the majority of the several deluge done, if not instructed, and glee the minority equal right with the majority. Hence where, as in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, there was a large minority for Mr. Douglas, they were permitted to vote as a unit. he received the en tire primber by the force of a majority. Everybody who was at Charleston knows that the friends of Mr. D. greatly rejoiced at the adoption of this rule, and regarded it as a strong point in his favor, as I ash sure I did. lam not mistaken about the two rules, for I have read them both within an hour so that I might state the difference cor rectly. Nor will it do In presenting this case fairly and imparti ally to overlook the fact that the fifteen Southern States and the two Pacific States—all that are counted certain for the Democratic nominees—except a minority in Missouri and Maryland, and two or three scattering delegates else where in the South, were against the nomination of Mr. Douglas, and differed with his friends as to the platform of principles, as did a majority of the dele gations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, two of the hopeful Northern States, leaving Mr. D.'s entire vote in States admittedly Republican, with the exception of Indiana and Illinois. It Is thus seen how necessary it was to keep the States intact that were against Mr. D., for, without them, and all of them, our chances of election are almost hopeless. Under all the circumstances we united with the majority of the Convention in favor of the adjournment to Baltimore, hoping that better counsels might prevail; that the party might become united, and a nominee be selected with whom we could defeat the Black Republican party. I do not care to notice what haebeen said about misun derstandings in our delegation. These things are very common on each occasions. Nor do I think we had more than the usual manifestation of feeling. I must say, how ever, that the allegation, that the attempt of the majority to instruct Mr. Wright as a member of the committee on the platform was "a trick," is utterly unwarranted. Mr. Wright had very frankly and repeatedly declared that he would obey the will of the majority of the delegation on that subject; and certainly no more formal or imposing way of expressing that desire could be devised than that of each delegate over his proper signature expressing that desire. That was all that was done. That mode was adopted because of the necessity for prompt action, and the difficulty of getting the entire delegation together. I certainly knew of no other reason for that course or any Intended indignity. to Mr. Wright. But this is of small moment. I am not for a elave code, and never have been; and nothing I have recently mid or done could warrant any such conclusion. I have no patience with men who will not distinguish between an attempt by Congress to estab lish and maintain the Institution of slavery in a Territoiy, and the duty of maintaining the constitutional rights of citizens and protecting property. The vote in the Senate OA Friday last ought to be conclusive on this point. The fifth resolution in the series proposed by Mr. Davis, in which some affect to find the principles eta slave code, was adopted by a vote of thirty:five yeas to two nays; even the Republicans being unwilling to vote against a declaration that it is the duty of the government to maintain the rights of property in the Territories, whilst Mr. Brown's resolu tion, which avowed the doctrine of a slave code, received but three votes. As for the tariff, I know the wishes of my constituents on that subject, and I shall labor diligently inseason and out of season, with every proper meats in my power, to carry out their win; and failing to get all they desire, I shalt endeavor to secure the best measure possible. . Very truly, - • Your obed't serft, WM. BIGLE.S . D. W. Moons, Esq., Philad'a. ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION.—Hon. EDWARD Evaaarr, of Massachusetts, has accepted the nomination for the Vice Presidency, which was tendered him by the National Convention 'of the Constitntional Union Party, at . More. • • CITY AND 001:INTY, AFF.AISS• A DOUGLAS MEETING. —A call first appeared in Forney's Pr= of Wednesday last, (and also , in the Express of this city the tame evening,) for a moss meeting of the Democratic citizens of the City and County of Lan aster, favorable to the nomination of Hon- STUMM A. Donates for the Presidency, - to be held In this city on the evening of Thursday, the 7th bast, at 73:4 eclock. We publish the call below, as copied from the Press, with the single remark that as it is only the friemds of Judge Dcruntas who are invited, of warm the friends of all other candidates are excluded front may partiefixdiens is the meeting: The undersigned, Democratic voters of Lancaster, favor able to the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas far the Presidency, by the National Democratic Convention, which will meet in Baltimore, on the 18th of June, present for your serious consideration the following facts and sugges tions, viz: frat—That the Charleston Convention, having by a vote of 165 against 138, reaffirmed the Cincinnati platform in reference to the slavery question in the Territories, has given a clear and emphatic endorsement of the_ grand principle of popular sovereignty, as it is advocated and defended by Stephen A. Douglas. Second—That in every one of the fifty-seven ballots for the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency by the Cheri , on 'Thovention. Stephen A. Douglas received two r, to over er , v of the other candidata! ; that in many of them he rec trod a two.thirds majority of the whole number of votes cast; and that in some of them be received a clear majority of, the whole electoral vote, notwithstand ing fifty Southe r' seceders were counted as if they had voted against him. Third—That Stephen A. Douglas' generosity, which in 1856 gave Lancaster county, "the Home of Buchanan," the honor of naming the President of the United States through the Cincinnati Convention, by telegraphing to his friends to withdraw his name when our venerable fellow-citiaen bad but a simple majority, deserves, and should receive from us, a grateful reciprocation by a public expression In favor of his nomination at Baltimore, on the 18th of next June. Furth—The Black Republican nomination of Lincoln, of Illinois, for the Presidency, makes, In our opinion, the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas, as the National Demo- cratic candidate, a political necessity. Realizing the importance of these facts, and deeply im pressed with the necessity of speedy action, we invite the Democratic citizens of the city and county of Lancaster, favorable to Stephen A. Douglas, to assemble in mass meeting in the city of Lancaster, at 7% o'clock, on Thurs day evening, the 7th of June next, to give public and for cible expression to that preference, in order that the dele gates to the National Convention may truly (by their votes) represent the sentiments of this Congressional district in that body. JNO. S. DOUGHERTY, Pres't. S. A. Wittig, Secretary. Dr. P. Cassidy, S. H. Reynolds, Wm. S. Amweg, Dr. Levi Hull, Dr. Samuel Parker, Jas. Boon. We cordially coincide with the above call. and urge upon our fellow Democrats the importance of a full attendance. Signed--George M. Kline, I. E. Hiester, J. H. Barnes, John Ditlow, Eli Overdeer, Rudolph Smith, James Peoples, E. Spent, John Riley, B. Fitzpatrick, H. E. Dougherty, M. McCullom, J. B. Amwake, Jno. T. McGonigle. T. W. Welsh, James Train, H. B. McNeal, M. McGonigle, IL A. Wade, G. G. Brush, Benj. Eby, Samuel E. Keller, H. Heiser, P. Mar tin Heitler, Nathan Worley, Dr. Jno. Ream. J. B. Kauf man, George Brubaker, Christian Shenk, and 219 others. TEAT GRAND RATIFICATION MEETING ! Well, the meeting to ratify the nominations of Abra. ham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin has been held, and a sorry affair it was. On yesterday week, (Whit Mon day,) at 2 o'clock, P. nt.., the hour fixed for the meeting, not a solitary person was to be seen on the Duke street side of the Court House, where the meeting was to take place.— And it was not until near 3 o'clock, after the crowd had witnessed the Wire Walker's performance, that any sem blance of a meeting was apparent. At this time a band from Mount Joy appeared in Centre Square, played a tune or two, and then started off, on a sort of "dog-trot," with a crowd of two or three hundred pebple of various complex ions and sizes at their heels, to the Court House. The Express estimates the number at 1500 or 2000, while the Examiner and Union speak of "great numbers" and "much enthusiasm." The editors are not given to exaggeration, and thei afore most have been looking through magnifying glasses of immense power, for "Optics sharp it needs, we wean, To see what is not to be seen." At a few minutes of 3 o'clock, Mr. JAY OdDIVELL mounted a chair, and read off from a slip of paper a long string of officers, and moved that the list as read be agreed to. The motion was carried amid breathless, silence by the follow' ing vote: COl. JOSEPH W. F1.13111T, of Columbia, was introduced as the President, and delivered a few remarks, among other things telling the audience that he was sorry to inform them that their glorious standard-bearer, Andy Curtin, was prevented by sickness from being with them, but was happy to state that his place would be supplied by other able and effective speakers. As If to appear ridiculous, he compared Lincoln to Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, which only excited a broad grin on the countenances of most of his auditors. He wound up by Introducing Col. O. J. DICKEY, who, he said, would enlighten the audience as to how "Old Abe" happened to get the Chicago nomination. Mr. Fisher did not receive a singh; cheer or mark of ap. pious° during the course of his remarks. True eloquence Is not always appreciated I Col. DICKEY mounted the chair amid cries from two or three excited individuals in the crowd of "goat Dickey," "hurrah Dickey," Ate. The Col. apologized for his own lit tleness by saying that if "Old Abe" were here he would not have to get upon the chair to be seen. The Col. claimed for Pennsylvani'a the honor of having nominated Lincoln, and gave his dear friend Cameron a few left-handed com pliments! Simon's saying "wiggle-waggle" and "thumbs up" didn't have any effect at Chicago. On the contrary, he has been "barbarously slaughtered in the house of his friends." The valiant Judge_Advocate tried to get up a little enthusiasm by telling two or three anecdotes, and spoke of "Old Abe's" honesty, "rail-splitting" operations and "fiat-boat" excursions, but it was no go. The Applaud. ing Committee, consisting of the two or three individuals before named and a couple of pedagogues from Millersville, did their hest, but all to no purpose. The Col.'s allusions to "rails," "mauls," "the purification of the government," tee., fell still born upon the mournful-looking congregation he was addressing. [They began to "smell a rat," and found themselves "sold," none of the "big guns" announced to speak having made their appearance, but their places were being filled by "other able and effective speakers."' The Col. became disgusted at last and retired. Our amiable friend of the Union, Jons J. COCHRAN, Esq., was now introduced, and proceeded to read a lot of mean ingless resolutions, which only had tht effect to drive off a considerable portion of the audience. Poor Cochran must have felt decidedly cheap in his position. "Better luck next time." "The Old Guard is" not yet "under arms and eager for the fray." Col. A. K. McCoin; of Chambersburg, the only one among the list of "distinguished speakers" announced who appeared, was now brought forward - to revive the drooping spirits of his B. R. friends, but he totally failed in the accomplishment of his humane mission. He likewise apol• ogized for Col. Curtin's absence, said that he was detained at home by the severest indisposition, but that he would be with the party in the "Old Guard" before the campaign closed. The Col. retired with as much grace as possible under the circumstances, greeted with tremendous applause from the vigilant Applauding Committee, which shook the Court House building from "turret to foundation stone." The last speaker introduced was Col. D. W. PATTETu3oN, who had a miserably slim audience to address. We will do the Col. the justice to say that his speech was about the beet of the occasion, and it must have been truly mortifying to him that the crowd so suddenly dropped off. However, they were in search of other amusements, and of course had not time to tarry long at one place. Had it not been for the few Democrats .and "Constitutional Union" men who remained out of courtesy and respect, he would have been entirely deserted. Our Silver Grey friends, those who rally around. the Examiner standard, were given the "bark seats in the Synagogue" ou this occasion. Every thing was In the hands of the Woolly portion of the party, and they held the rod with terrible severity over the others' heads. If the Black Republicans of the "Old Guard" cannot get np larger and more enthusiastic demonstrations their cause must indeed be in a desperate condition. The leaders were ashamed of the meeting and the apathy and lnkewarmness which prevailed, and all this, too, on the strength of the "distinguished speakers" announced to speak. A more contemptible failure we never witnessed. Even the Ex press, at the conclusion of its glorification article called it a "complete fizzle." "Rails," "wigwams," and all such clap trap appliances, are below par hereabouts. THE JACKSON RIFLES.—This company was inspected on Saturday afternoon week, by Maj. B. F. Cox, Brigade Inspector. Over seventy men were under arms.— After the inspection, accompanied by Ellinger's Band and the Rifles' drum corps, they made a short parade, attracting much attention by their fine appearance and admirable marching. The Rifles, we are informed by our good friend, Lieut. Reos, will hold their first annual celebration, at Rocky Spring, on the 4th of July. Extensive preparations are already being made for the same. The spot selected for the holding of the celebration to a lovely one, and, as the Rifles are as gallant a set of fellows as ever shouldered arms, a real merry time is in store for the participants. WIDE AWAKES.—The Republicans of this city have formed a Wide Awake Club, and elected the following officers: President, Col. 0. J. Dickey; Vice Pres idents, F. Shroder, John M. Kelly, tieo. F. Breneman and John W. Park; Secretary, Dr. G. H. Markley; Treasurer B. F. Rowe; Captain, Emlen Franklin. One lieutenant and one sergeant to every sixteen men are to be chosen herpafter. Tha equipments adopted are a black cape with the letters L. W. A. (Lincoln Wide Awakes) on the back, and a glazed cap, and each member will carry a tomb.— The members of this Club will, sure enough, be wile awake to an inglorious defeat of the piebald party of which they are shining lights on the morning after the first Tuesday in November next. • MODEL CONDUCTORS.--OtiT exchanges fre quently notice what they term "model Railroad Conduct ors." The most polite, attentive and gentlemanly specimen of a Conductor it has been our good fortune to, meet with fora long time is Mr. Re4be, who has charge of a train. be tween here and Lancaster. It Is refreshing to meet and ride with him, and the Company have no man in their employ better fitted for the position which he fins with so much dignity, affability and courtesy.—Har. Telegraph. We can heartily endorse every word of the above. It is but simple justice to one who is a gentleman in every sense of the word. Mr. R. is a great favorite with the Lancaster traveling public. REGULAR HABITS.—The health of the human body depends in a great measure on habits of regularity and careful protection from the sadden changes of temper ature incident to our climate. Wet feet, or a sudden blast of cold, have produced an obstruction that has frequently laid the system under W contribution from which it has never recovered. These are the seeds which bring around a cough or cold, which, unless early and carefully attended to,'end in-consumption, from which few recover. The cough or cold is always cured by a bottle or two of Dr, Keyser's Pectoral Cough Syrup, and sometime.; even the latter alswww;but"ieryisreli by anything. It will always ease the coMplaint, however and as it costs a mere trifle, it should be tried. It will wird: never do any harm. Sold by O. A. HelnitahAnd ail _: CLERICAL CoNvinvizos.—ii. convention of Ministers of the M. R Church will be held In the Duke Street A!. 13. Church, conuneziling to-d3y at 10 o'clock, .10 , N., and continuing over tomorrow. What the object of the convention is we have not learned. - "THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD."—A neat little semi-monthly periodiad, with the above title, has j net made its appearance in this city . . The printer is Mr. 8. B. Mawr- Ler, and the editorial and pnbliehing department is under the charge of Mr. D. L. gammas. It is putdiabed it $1 a year. We with all concerned in its manageinent abundant mem& POSTPONEMENT OF CAMP JACKSON.—Brig. Gen. Wrrwmt has postponed the holding of Camp Jackson, which was to have commenced yesterday, until Monday the 27th of August, to continue until the close of the week. INTERESTING LEcTuns.—This evening Rev. Gotassura A Mallow, late Superintendent of Missions for the Si. E Church in South America, and now pastor of Trinity M. E. Church, Philadelphia, will deliver a lecture In the Puke Street M. E. Church for the benefit of St. Peril's Church, South Queen street. Elie !subject will be "City and Country Life in Spaniel America" Mr. C. is said to be a very eloquent and effective speaker, and will doubting make his theme an exceedingly entertaining and interesting one to the audience. BURGLARY.—A few evenings since the cellar of NATILM Worms; Esq., a welltnown merchant of Alan beim borough, was burglarionsly entered and all the pro_ visions wnich it contained, bread, meat, butter, &c., carried off. As the country around Blenheim is very productive in the staples of domestic consumption, we have no doubt the depleted larder was speedily replenished. ToOTHACHR.—This disease can be cured by Dr. Keyser's Toothache Remedy, prepared by him in Pitts burgh, Pa., which is put up in bottles and .1d at 25 cents each. It is an excellent medicine, when diluted, for spongy and tender gums, and IT worth ten times its price to all who need it Sold here by O. A. Heinitah and all Druggists. GREELEY'S LETTER We publish below, from the New York Atlas, the much talked of letter which was addressed by Mr. Greeley to Senator Seward, nearly six years ago, severing all further con nection with the latter, in consequence of his heartlessness and ingratitude to the philoso pher of the Tribune. As the New York Times made the charge that Greeley's hostility to the nomination of Seward arose from personal pique, and dates back to the time when the letter to which we refer was written, its production, which Mr. Greeley himself demanded for the purpose of vindicating his course in the eyes of his party, cannot be otherwise than interesting. It is sharp, acrid and Greeleyish all over, but Seward deserved it all, and what he has since got to boot, for his cold and shabby treatment of a devoted partisan. Revenge is sometimes sweet, and we have no doubt Greeley enjoys his triumph amazingly. Had Seward not turned the cold shoulder to an old friend, and thus con. verted him into a bitter enemy, he would now be the nominee of the Republican party for the Presidency : NEW YORK, November 5, 1854 To the Hon. William H Seward : Sea :—I desire to say to you, that the firm of Seward, Weed & Greeley is from this day dissolved, by the withdrawal of the junior member of the firm. When I edited the Teffersonian at Albany, yoti and your friends Acknowledged the effort of my labors in your cause, in elevating you to the office of Gover nor and United States Senator. For my labors in sustaining you I only received ten dollars a week to support my wife, self and child.— When you were Governor of this State, with great patronage in your hands, no offer of any position to assist me was ever made. When General Harrison was elected President you had full control of the Federal patronage, in this State, and I received no consideration at your hands. When General Taylor was elected President you also had the principal distribution of the Federal patronage, and in connection with Mr. Weed, you made Hugh Maxwell collector of this port, a man who was never entitled to the confidence of the Whig party. Instead of rewarding men who had faithfully adhered to Henry Clay and to you, such men as Zebedee Ring, an outcast from Nova Scotia, was appointed surveyor of the port ; David A Bokee was made naval officer ; William V. Brady, postmaster ; Wil liam H. Leroy, navy agent; Hiram Fuller, naval storekeeper; John Young, sub treasurer; and a man was selected for United States marshal whom you know I cannot name. And yet, while you knew I had lost every dollar I possessed, in starting the Galway line of steam packets to benefit Ireland and yourself, no offer was made me of assistance or place. Subsequently, it was understood by my friends that I should be the candidate of our party for Governor, and your consent was given ; but, instead of supporting me, you and your friends nominated that trimmer and little villain, Raymond, for Lieutenant- Governor, who was of no advantage to our party, nod a man whom to know is to detest. In all the positions I have labored to place you, the emoluments and the honors have been divided between yourself and Weed. I have now to say, that any support you may hereafter receive from me, will be because it is necessary for the party, but not from per sonal consideration. Yours, ece., CAN'T COMPREHEND IT The tariff plank in the Chicago platform is so exceedingly dull and meaningless, that they can't understand it themselves. The corres pondent of the Philadelphia Press, writing from Chicago, says : " It is feared that Hamlin's anti tariff free trade record may injure the ticket in Pennsyl vania, and some of the anti-Seward men openly and indignantly declare that the New York delegation presented him for that purpose.— Certain it is that the Pennsylvanians here here are not as much gratified with a platform as they would have been had a decided tariff plank been put in it. Mr. Albright, of Penn• sylvania, presented to the Committee on Platform the resolution on the tariff adopted by the People's party of Pennsylvania in their last State Convention, and asked them to incorporate it in the platform ; but this they refused, preferring a less explicit and less intelligible declaration of principles on this subject. What " the policy of national ex• changes " clause of the resolution, as adopted, means no one knows. Gov. Reeder says that he is utterly unable to' understand' it, and that when the platform was first read in Convention, he would have asked the chair man of the committee to explain it, but there was so much noise and confusion in the hall that he could not have made himself heard, and therefore allowed it to pass." DEATH OF JUDGE DANIEL Peter V. Daniel, of the U. S. Supreme Court, died on Thursday, at Richmond, Va., after a long illness. He was a Virginian by birth, and was seventy-five years of age. He graduated at Princeton, and studied law with Edmund Randolph, whose daughter he subse• quently married. Afterwards he served as a legislator and member of privy council in Virginia, and in 1840, be was appointed one of the Supreme Judges of the U. S. by Presi- dent Van Buren. His politics were Demo cratic, and be fully coincided with Judge Taney, in the Dred Scott decision. GEN. HENRY D. FOSTEI2.—In all our politi cal experience we have never seen so much enthusiasm evinced for any candidate in this State as greets the nomination of Gen. Henry D. Foster for Governor. From the Delaware to Lake Erie, the Democratic newspapers come to us filled with exaltations at the course pursued by the Convention.at Reading, and every member of our party, whom:we meet, is sanguine of triumph, now that the Keystone Democracy is united. Hundreds who had grown lukewarm on account of the 'dissension and personal differences which for the last two years have weakened our organization and caused its defeat, are now ardent in sup port of our principles and nominee. Every Democrat is prepared to do his duty, and that our State will be most gloriously redeemed from the disgrace of Republican fanaticism cannot be doubted.—Pottsville Record. Ater"' Time tries all things," and has pro ven that Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry is the remedy, par excellence, for the cure of coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, bron chitis, asthma, phthieic, sore throat, influenza, and, " last not least," consumption. /There's a vile counterfeit of this Bal sam, therefore be sure and buy only that prepared by S. W. FowLE & Co., Boston, which has the written signature of 3. BUTTS on the outside wrapper. LIFE OP LINCOLN, BY DOUGLAS. We extract the following brief recital of the career of Mr. Lincoln from one of the speeches made by Stephen A. Douglas during the canvass in Illinois ii 1858: - "I have , known Mr. Lincoln for nearly twenty-five 'years. We had many points of sympathy when I first got acquainted with him. • We were both comparatively boys, both struggling with poverty in a strange town for our support—l an humble school teacher in the town of Winchester, and he a flourishing grocery keeper in the town of Salem. He was more successful in occupation than I, and hence became more fortunate in this world's goods. I made as good a school teacher as I could, and when a cabinetmaker I made the best bedsteads and tables, but my old boss said . I succeeded better in bureaus and secretaries than in anything else. But I believe that Mr. Lincoln was more success ful in his business than I, for his business soon carried him directly into the Legislature. There I met him in a little time, and I had sympathy for him because of the up-hill struggle we had in life. He was then as good at telling an anecdote as now. He could beat any of the boys at wrestling, could out run them at a foot race, beat them at pitching quoits and tossing a copper, and could win more liquor than all the boys put together, and the dignity and impartiality with which he presided at a horse race or a fist fight were the praise of everybody that was present and participated. Hence I had sympathy for him, because he was struggling with misfortune, and so was I Mr. Lincoln served with me, or I with him, in the Legislature of 1836, when we parted. He subsided or submerged for some years, and I lost sight of him. In 1846, when Wilmot raised the Wilmot proviso tornado, Mr. Lincoln again turned up as a member of Congress from Sangamon district. I, being in the Senate of the United States, was called to welcome him, then without friend and companion. He then distinguished himself by his opposition to the Mexican war, taking the side of the common enemy, in time of war, against his own country. When he returned home from that Congress he found that the indignation of the people followed him everywhere, until he again retired to private life, and was submerged until he was again forgotten by his friends. He came up again in 1854, in time to make the abolition black republican platform, in company with Lovejoy, Giddings, Chase, and Fred. Douglass, fur the republican party to stand upon." THE CHICAGO DELEGATION FROM TEXAS.- The Detriot Free Press, in violation of party tactics and usages, tells who and what were the delegates from Texas in the Chicago Black Republican Convention. It says: The delegation, pretending to represent Tex as, was got up at Grand Haven, in this State. The names of the delegates, as they appeared in the published list, were " Dunbar Render son, James Scott, J. Strauss, G. Fitch, dele gates at large ; E. J. Garrison, William Seagrist, M. T. E. Chandler, A. J. Yoakum, district delegates"—not one of whom was ever within a thousand miles of Texas. Dun bar Henderson is none other than Don C. Henderson, the editor of a Black Republican paper at Allegan, in this State ; James Scott is James P. Scott, the Black Republican County Clerk of Ottawa Co.; J. Strauss is the keeper of a small beer saloon in the village of Grand Haven; M. T. E. Chandler is a resi dent of Canada East, and is not now and never was a citizen of the United States, but at the time the movement was started, he was on a visit to some friends in Grand Haven, and readily entered into it. The others, we believe, did not attend the Convention, but all of them are residents of Grand Haven and its immediate vicinity. Henderson was one of the Secretaries of the Convention, and Chandler, the British subject, was one of the Vice Presidents. OFFENCES BAILABLE BY JUSTICES It will be seen by the following section, from the Revised Penal Code of Pennsylvania, adopted by the last Legislature, that the power of Justices of the Peace to take bail in criminal prosecutions, has been considerably curtailed. They cannot take bail for persons charged with burglary, mayhem, rape or robbery. The section referring to this subject, reads as follows : In all cases the party acccused, on oath or affirmation of any crime or misdemeanor against the laws, shall be admitted to bail on one or more sufficient sureties, to be taken be fore any judge, justjce, mayor, recorder or alderman, where the offence charged has been committed, except such persons as are pre cluded from being bailed by the constitution of this commonwealth: Provided also, That persons accused, as aforesaid, of murder or manslaughter, shall only be admitted to bail by the Supreme Court or one of the judges thereof, or a mayor, or a president or associate law judge of a Court of ,Common Pleas.— Persons accused, as aforesaid, of arson, rape, robbery or burglary, shall only be bailable by the Supreme Court, the Court of CommOn Pleas, or any of the judges thereof, or a mayor or a recorder of a city. INDIAN BATTLE.-A desperate fight occurred between the Indians and Major Ormsby's U. S. troops, in Carson Valley, California, on the 12th of May. The Indians numbered about 500, and Major Ormsby's command 105 men. The latter were defeated, with the loss of about one half their number, and were pur sued by the Indians for some twenty miles.— Only 38 succeeded in making their escape. Amongst the killed is Major Ormsby. The news caused great excitement at San Francis co, Sacramento, and other places, and large bodies of troops, regulars and volunteers, were on their way to chastise the Indians, at the latest accounts. HORACE GREELEY AN ATTACHMENT FOR CONTEMPT.—In the case of Hamilton vs. The Pittsburgh Select Council, the Supreme Court, now in ses sion at Harrisburg, .on Tuesday afternoon, ordered an attachment for contempt to issue against all the recusant members of both branches of Councils, viz: Messrs. Win. Ward, Richard Thompson, Samuel Morrell, John Quinn, Jackson Duncan and Jacob Tomer, of Select Council ; A. G. McCandless, Wm. F. Taylor, A. B. Hayden, George Hill, John Lane, Wm. Robotham and Aaron Floyd, of Common Council. The writ was made returnable at Lancaster, on June 27th, at nine o'clock, A. M. The Sheriff was directed to have the men there at that time. The former writ as to the other members of the Common Council was continued until the same time. THE "HOME MONTHLY," for June, is embellished with a splendid steel engraving representing " William Penn's Treaty with the Indians "—also, the "Rhode Island Greening Apple." The reading matter is also excellent. "LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW."—This standard British periodical, for April, has been received from Leonard 'Scott &'Co. the American publishers at New York. The contents are as follows, via: 1. Laborer's Homes; 2 Souvenirs et Correspondence de Madame &vernier ; 3. Vicissitudes of Families, and other Essays; 4. The Bar of Philadelphia.—Washington's Fare well Address; b. Miss Nightingale's Notes on Nursing; 8. Fox-hunting; 7. Recollections of Leslie; 8. The_Budget and the Reform BilL "BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, for May, has also been received, and has the following table of con tent', viz: I. War and Progress in China ; 2. Munich and its School of Christian Art; 3. Captain Speke'e Adventures in Somali Land; 4. Judicial Puzzles.—Elizabeth• Canning; 6. Wel lington's Careen—Part 2: 6. The Mill on the Floes; 7. Narciasus; 8. The Snowdrops; 9. A Feuilleton ; 10. Switzer land and French Annexation. All the above excellent periodicals are for sale at J. M Weathaeffer'e Book Store, North Queen street, Lanemider BIOGRAPHY OF GEN. FOSTER.—Edward J. Keenan, Editor of the Greensburg Democrat, has just issued a biographical sketch of the Hon. Henry D. Foster, the Democratic candi date for Governor of Pennsylvania. It is well written and gives a concise and very accurate account of the public history of Gen. Foster, with appropriate comments upon his public acts, and upon the different questions of policy or principle that divide the political parties ; the whole forming an interesting and very readable pamphlet. It contains forty eight pages of closely printed matter, and will be furnished 'at the rate of $l5 per 100 • copies. DEATH OE A STATE SENATOB.—Hon. Benja min Nunemacher, State Senator from Berko county, died at his residence in Upper Bern township, on the 28th tilt., in th - e . sBth year of his age. THE EDITORS , BOOK TABLE ST. •LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE. Bain at Lad—Yellow Fiver in Yew Orleans—Terrible Hail and Wind Storms—Less of Life—Arrival of Pointy/. vanian.s—Presentatifm, of Cant to Gen. B. A. Shaeffer— The Penn:Amnia Delegation Visits Mr. Lincoln— , ..r. B." Whisky, cfc.—Black Republican Ratification Meeting in this aly—A Gigantic Flute--Daumfall of the Platform Frank Blair Goes Under After Ms Speech—Edward Bates Refusal to Speak--" Distinguished Speakers" Oneldn'ibc Ebund-- One Orator Egged—Black Republican Electoral Ticket in this Statt—Mestings in the Seceding States, eta, ifs. The weather continued very warm and dry up to Friday evening, when a refreshing shower passed over the city, and a heavy rain fell on Saturday night, all of which was much needed, as vegetation was burning up. The 'weather is again warm. The rivers are quite low, and freights to all points very scarce. Receipts of produce light, and sales on 'Change without any _material alteration. City quite healty. We learn that. the yellow fever has made its appearance at New Orleans, and several deaths have occurred. This fact has been concealed from the public for fear of injury to the business of the place, but the people are already leaving the city for some more healthy localities. A few days dote the scaffold around a - :inew chirCh building gaTe.way, precipitating nine or teOrorkmen to the ground. All of them were more or less Injured by the fall, some it Is thought fatally, but up to the present time none of the unfortunate men have died. tour readers have no doubt ere this read the account of the terrible storm that visited Cincinnati, Louisville and other places, which resulted in the loss of twenty to thirty Eves and over a million dollars worth of property. Quite a destructive hail storm passed over Atalanta, Ills., on the alb, doing considerable damage to the growing crops. Hail stones the size of ben's eggs fell -in great profusion. In St. Charles and other places, in this State, 'the crops have greatly suffered from the recent hail storms. On Monday last, after our letter was mailed, we had the pleasure of meeting at the Planters• House, in this city, a number of our old friends from Lancaster county—two of whom were delegates to the Chicago Convention, some ac companied them to make an outside pressure for Gen. Simon Cameron, and others for a little recreation and sport —the outside pressure men, however, predominated, whilst there were a few good and true Democrats in the party, whose Democracy the "burning prairies" of Illinois could not impair—even a sight of " Old Abraham," him. self, created no particular change in their political opin ions. The party consisted of Gan. B. A. Shaeffer, Col. 0. J. Dickey, Adj. H. H. Locher, Walter G. Evans, 8.. W. Shenk, Gen. George H. Steinman, Henry E. Leman, Col. J. W. Fisher, Dr. Benjamin Rohrer, H. H. Fray, C. D. Mehaffey, T. Scott Stewart, of Philadelphia; Charles F. Shaeffer, of Lancaster, Ohio; L. W. Hall, of Altoona, Pa. Gen. Shaeffer was made their Captain and leader—a bettor selection, or a more whole-cooled gentleman it would be difficult to find in any party. He piloted them to our city without the slightest accident to mar the trip, and we hope they may arrive at their homes as much delighted as they all seemed to be when here. Through the instrumentality of Gen. Shaeffer, at Chicago an extra car was provided, with a splendid brass band, for the especial accommodation of the Pennsylvania delegatiOn to visit Springfield, and see the man that these "outside pressure" men are compelled to swallow fOr the Presidency. They were received by "Old Abraham," the "call splitter," and after assuring them that he was a " Black Republican of the first water—a second William H. Seward, minus his brains "—they all threw up their hats and pledgded the Keystone State for 10,000 majority aver a bottle of "J. B." whisky, which one of them had hid somewhere about the small of his back I Mr. Lincoln was informed by one of the party—that " this was 'J. 8., whisky, which stands for James Buchanan." Abraham replied, "well, well, who would have thank it, that you gentlemen have travelled all the way from Pennsylvania to Illinois, and hate so much whisky left / My friends will in due time present a new brand, which must be called 'rail splitting whisky."' Whereupon Mr. Dickey proposed three cheers for " rail splitting whisky," which was given with a hearty will, the " irrepressible " candidate joining in the shout. They left Springfield—so we are informed— under the impression that with "Old Abe,? as he is familiarly called, the Black Republican, party will have a bard road to travel in Pennsylvania, and 'arrived in this city on Monday last. After a walk through some of the business Jhoroughfares and among the private residences , the party expressed themselves highly delighted with our city. Indeed, we should not be surprised to hear of some of them returning in a short time, to make St. Louis their future homes. They ell seemed pretty well satisfied that the eternal slavery howl was a deception and a farce' and when people once saw for themselves, their views on that question must undergo a radical change. One gentle. man asked us " where all the negroes were?" He said he had not seen as many in our city since his arrival, as he could see in Lancaster in one hour, and those that he did see appeared to bo.much better cared for than the idle free negroes in the boasted " Free States." On Tuesday afternoon his personal friends, composing the party, met at the Planters' House, and presented Glen . B. A. Shaeffer with a gold-headed cane, for the many kindnesses they received at his Lands !Inca their departure from Lancaster. Col.O. J. Dickey, on behalf of those with him, presented the cane, in a neat and appropriate speech, which was received and responded to by Gen. Shaeffer in his usual happy and eloquent style, soon after which a basket of champaign mysteriously found its way in the room, and as mysteriously disappeared (I) From what we have been told of Gen. Shaeffer's attentions to the party which he bad in charge, the compliment was richly merited and justly bestowed. The bead of the cane contains the following inscription: To Gen. B. A. Shaeffer, from his Lancaster County friends. St. Louis, Mo., May 22d, 1860. The present is a high compliment to Geri: Shaeffer, com. ing as it does from his personal and not political friends. The party, with the exception of Gen. Shaeffer, Steinman, Leman and Evans, departed for their homes on Tuesday evening, and those mentioned above on Wednesday eve ning. Their excursion from Lancaster to this city was one of great pleasure and enjoyment, and we have no doubt they will return with a much better impression of the Great North West than they have heretofore entertained. Our country Is only to be seen to be admired. The party returned under the charge of Col. 0. J. Dickey—Gen. Shaeffer having business in lowa woe thus unable to accompany them on their homeward trip. Mr. John F. Shroder and lady passed through this city, accompanied by Mr. Edward F. Hager, on Tuesday last , en route for Kansas. Mrs. M. Christ, of Lancaster, is now sojourning in our city. The Fort Madison (lowa) Piaindealer of the 18th, reports a somewhat extraordinary case of blasphemy and sudden death that occurred near Farmington, Van Buren county, a few days previous. A farmer living there, while talking to a neighbor about the dry weather, began an outburst of the most - terrible blasphemy, using the vilest epithets toward the Almighty, and the Saviour, because Ile did not send rain. The man was going on In frightful language, when all at once his jaws became palsied, his tongue became powerless, his voice ceased, and he fell on the earth a corpse. The stage from Leavenworth city to Atchison, KAMM, met with a serious accident on the 13th inst., by being:upset. There were 19 passengers in and - on the coach. Mr. Jacob Elliot and his wife were badly, and it is believed fatally, injured, as were also several others, but we have heard of no deaths. The Missouri Democrat published at the head of its columns for three or four days In large capitals a call - for a " Mass Ratification Meeting " to endorse the nominations of-Lincoln and Hamlin. A _number of distinguished speakers were advertised to address the "masses," and on Tuesday evening the meeting came off. At an early hour the masses began to assemble—a band preceded a proces sion from the German district, with three transparencies, followed by about 12 men and as many boys; another band from North St. Louis brought down about 15 or 20 and one from the Western limits swelled the crowd about a dozen more. Hundreds wore attracted there by the music, and at half-pant 8 o'clock the meeting was called to order, Mr. Frank Hunter was proposed as chairman, and there were about twenty to one against him taking his seat, but the mover declared the motion carried. The Chairman made his appearance upon the platform and thanked his fellow caftans for the flattering vote be received—(we could see a smile creeping over his !face)— and after fully endorsing the action of the Chicago Con vention, introduced Mr. Francis P. Blair, Jr., as the first distinguished speaker. He was greeted with hurrahs and hisses, the latter by far in the majority, which for a moment confused the great would-be-Vice President. He com menced by stating that he, as well as every citizen of St. Louis and the State of Missouri, was disappointed In the selection of the candidate for President and Vice Presi dent. (A voice they wouldn't put you on for Vice Pres]. dent.) He was for Bates first and all the time, but the majority over-ruled him, and he had to succumb, and now he was for Lincoln and Hamlin, and hoped the Black Re. publicans of the great State of Missouri, would bury their prejudices and give them a cordial and hearty support. "No," "no," "no," went up from a thousand voices. He gave a brief history of the Abolition Convention at Chi cago, and then struck on to his old hobby-i-the nigger— but how much of his speech was heard we cannot say, for the greatest noise and confusion prevailed during the delivery of his entire speech. First there were three cheers for Bates, then three for "Missouri Dick," and then three for Douglas, three for Breckinridge, three for the Baltimore nominee, three for Heenan, and three for almost every body except Lincoln and Hamlin. All kind of ques tions were propounded to the speaker, some of them quite laughable, and thus the crowd was kept in gnod homor throughout the whole speech. A voice cried: out, "fare' well, Frank, you're a goner," and in about two'Seconds after the platform gave way and down went Frank and about twenty others who were on it, which created shout after latent. Fortunately no one was hurt. Thls for a "time broke np the meeting, but they soon took to a board yard near by, and a Mr. Stephen James, a Black Republican elector in South-East Missouri, where there is but one other man of his stripe, addressed - the much amused audience. He soon found out that his room was more ac ceptable than• his company to the crowd, and he very prudently "dried up." The distinguished speakers "didn't come," or it they did, they had sense enough not to make their appearance before the crowd assembled. Mr. L. W. Hall, of Altoona, Pa., was at the meeting and would have addressed it, but he didn't deem it Rrndent. An article published In the Evening 11 ems, drove a Mr. llcerner, (a German from Illinois who camo over expressly to speak to his German friends) back to his home. He wait the man. who so bitterly opposed Judge Bates at Chicago, and. yet 'he was invited here to speak at a ratification meeting over the politictil corpse of Edward Bates. The real friends of Judge Bates kept up a ahont for him during - the: whole. evening, and to take it all in all it was one of the moat gigantic farces we ever beheld; Any body could commas ,l ' three cheers except the Chicago nominees, who were loudly hissed and hooted at whenever their Dunes were mentiOned:i: . Trulge Hart, another bobtail'? speaker, : visa . sero . rie/y. espied for an unfortnnite remark that.. 4.3i2,48„ ; and 1 440; 1!lis dOlPasea tbs 4lldal,"afad9n-le , 2; I: 1 :%:1,;),",":4;.'4,Rij.ki Si. Louts, May 28,1860:
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