t Wednesday,..lliiie- A ..*l4; { For Ynsident in 1844; • 3.8410 K K. POLK ) - OF TENIESSEE ! - gar Tire'President •GEORGE , '-pALT.4)3? . or VENIONLIrkiLt. = tittiori for President and lice President. WILSON hi~CASDx s as, Senatorial. Ass. Dniocx, • 71.. George F. Lehman. Christian Kneass. •3. William H. Smith. _4. John (Phila.) 5. Samuel E. Leech. 6. Samuel Camp. . 7. Jesse Sharpe. . • 8. N. W. Sample -9.. WM. H'eidenrieb.. 10. Conrad Shinier. ..11. Stephen Baldy. 12. Jonah Brewster. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. IRE 13. George Schnabel. 14. Nath'! B. Eldred. 15. M. N. Irvine. 16. James Wootibunt. 17. HughbloutgornerY 18. Isaac Ankney., 19. John Matthews. , 20. William Pattensou: 21. Andrew Burke. 22. John 23. Christian Meyirs.,- 124. Robert Orr. '' I For Governor, IJON. HENRY .I.OIMUIILE'NEURq, OE BERKS.. For Canal Commissioner, JOSHUA HARTSHORNE, OF CHESTER. NommtnoNs.—We have but bare room to give , toour readers this week the nominations of the Democratic Con. vention for President and V. President. Native Americans. The ~Bradford Argus, in its two last numbers, has ,made and reiterated an out rage upon public decency by inosleta vituperation of the fair fame of Day& Wilmot Esq. and by entire perversion of the recent resolutions of the Democratic Association. The first is a covert attack (for. assassins are only brave in the dark,) but,covert merely against legal responsi bility, (for they too dare face the dis armed,) :tvhile, an adjuvant '" Q in a cor ner" guides the dagger to its heart-thinst. We had supposed that the old stereotype slanders of " bloat-face " &e. were worn out; but as they are to be revived, to save the cost of a new plate, we would now suggest that this stale slang be set to mu sic, to give it new charms, and turned over to Ahe Clay club choristers of whose grace and utilitY . the Argus-man has she'll a marvellous fancy, since "no club is complete without one." This would pleasantly shift the responeisilit'Ar, Be sides these-gongs might help to fill up the blank caused by the omission of " Many Van" ditties f in' a new edition of "the book with the yaller kiver," grown so suddenly out of date. In- the absence of Mr. Wilmot we may speak his due. He fulfils the rela . !ions of a neighbor and citizen to the sa tisfaction of all thus connected !! ( th him. We know him in none other - , subject tQ just remark ; we.can dream of none, sub jecting him to public rebuke. Ae, is a candidate for no office ; he comes before the public in no way except to give his views to his fellow-citizens when called -for , ; and these he would he a _floor demo crat not tu hold open to fair criticism,- which can only be made a pretext for foul mouthed slander by the basely-depraved. Iq this case, the "lower deep" has been 'reached; for the falsification of his re marks seems-to have been &Mere step stone down to the atrocious calumny of private character. Me, shall proceed 'to give the' tenor or Mr. W.'s remarks and to vindicate the spirit of the with the bare observation that the riots of Philadelphia were in no wise the di rect subject of either, and without any at -tempt to meet, specifically, the- world wide digressions from truth as to itoth- . for we have no patience with such low- - felloir manners; and perhaps could not command moderation to speak of aspei sloes so ' false in fact and malevolent in motive; yet as disguising in the execu tion, if possible ; as calumnious in their conception. If we sought for an epithet to brand the infamous calummator we could but ask tbe writ e r of the Argus to catch the echo of 'his own voice as be roads that name, and to note how-weak it is to the thunders of conscience it should • waken, s, , ltabling ever the sante---" FAMOUB CALUMNIATOR !" - After the evening was far-spent in the address of Mr. Allen, who was the "pro ' minent man of the meeting," as the Ar ifs .teams it, Mr. Wilmot prefaceiske xmoludens we published last week . (With a misprint, by the Way of North for 21 7 4.. tine American) with brief remarks chief; iv to thii point;.that; as set forth there in. the .. Native American Associatien hostile to the principles of the beclaiao floe of Independence anti-republican &c.; 'that it iaeontraiy toil) the hospitality of _our laws; calculated .eAcite between, native and naturalized citizens' whnhave!:4l# lights; 1 4t;riot andl).3ods4oi - asiit'ShidiiliiliSiatti legitimate and inevitable finits:of such hen in - • troduced into partisanpolitics ; that 114 combination Ind assumed a - or= ganization, add that all lts political impor._ • . tance.is dna to, the countenance given it acid saccessacheived with it by the Whigs in .New York; and that all efforts-toln troduce this question into the politkinf the 'day, ought to be frowned down at . °ace . ; for where is the security-:-if 'you ire 'made • the victim . to-day of thaacci dent of your' birth=place - and the consti entiousness of your religion, that I shall not fall to-morrow for my native home Which I. can not help and my sacred re ligion dearer a thousand-fold than life. This, dwelling upon scenes like those of . Philadelphia as the certain catastrophe of the unholy 'union of such a question-with partisan politics, was the whole spirit andeztent of Mr. W.'s remarks; with out imputing at all, directly, the deplara. ble riots of the city to any party, wliich we know he refused, pricaiely; to do.; atipubtick he no way did, - the Argus 'man to the contrary notwithstanding. The " Native American Association " is one which, scattered through nearly all the states and dotting the Union in all the principal towns, 'with a head in Washington, is capable of immense' in jury to the Republic. As samples of its principles we quote now merely a resolu tion of the . N. Y. Association; viz We da solemnly resolve to oppose the election or appointtnent of any but Ame rican citizens to office, and henceforward to use our united efforts and unsparing zeal to procure, such an-alteration in the naturalization ilaws as shall exclude from the rightof ,luffrage all foreigners who come into "" country after such law has pessed "--an an extract from an address of the Louis ana Association publiihed with much s lemniy of form, saying— "'lt is indeed by their labor, and by that only, that foteigners render any service to the United' States ; and it is the first prerogative of the American people to confine them to this, their only proper voeation in our conntry." Such are the proclaimed principles Of an Association with which" the.whig party openly and manislestly identified "themselies in'the recent charter election of New York" when the Democrats gave their candidate for Mayor some 20,000 votes, near the party strength ; the whip, theirs, some s,ooo—those who scorned a coalition--d while the whigs. and " Native Ameri cans " together gained the day over both..r If this be not identification, for " all useful purposes," we' mistake the team;—and this was- the first move 7, ment which gave them importance as A political party, and was speedily imi tated in Philadelphia, or its Liberties, but with an ill-success which engendered' feelings for a very different cpmest. But we wish to show fully the hospi tality breathed throughout our institutions for the stranger within our gates ; pre mising that it ill becomes us who atmoat are but few removes from a foreign stock, the migration of whose fathers hither was to find for themselves and found i for others an asylum from the religious and political despotisms Of the old ivoild,now to close our hearts ,Sr:. our ports upon the miseries of the unblessed of the earth, while the boundless fields of'the West offer the rich deposits of ages to-the uses of labor. Nor is such inhospitality' less:opposed (to the spirit in which our Government was founded and_ the form of all the funda mental-laws of our country. The Coe tinental Congress, fourteen months be fore the Declaration of Independence, - published an address.to the people of Ire land, in which; after expressing the re gret of die Colonies thai their commer cial non-intercouse with - Great Britain must affect. frelandwhich "had done them no they say "Itgave us, how-- ever, some consolation to_ reflect that should' it 'occasion you much distress, the fertile regions of America would a 1 ford you a safelaylum from poierty and ) , in time, [nobleprophecy from oppres sion also ;"in asylum, in which : thou.' sands' of 'your countrymen have found hospitality, peace- and affluence, and'be ,eo* e united to , us by all the coty sangitinity, m utual , interest, arid affpa don." AThe Declaration of Indepen &nee itself (be-4 -itumortall)'asaigneaa the Sth "pct winch may define in thii- Aing of -:Gre4t Britain that :" he' 'has`; endeavored '.lt); Oteitenfithe ttod:of these states for ihatpurpose ob. _ettg!ting ;the laws of hatupdiza4ort:•:4, foTeigners,; refo,o ll ,o o . Plsllothers en 7 ogoroge t4eir it.. 3 0 1 0;4 1 -40 4 !.# 1 4 Mg tirkeonditiOaf newlappropriatirms of lands;" and carry out a 4eclored inalienable right ollman nil "pursuit of haripiness," ;vherever it niaylead him in his'lMiest vneatiMis;_ihe. eons ttution enumerates 4th - :amoths. the,-powers. o f Congress this; to establish an uniform rule: of naturaliiation" 4t.c.; Congress has accordingly passed various Jaws sihOle tendency to ameliorate the cintdi- - clition of aliens is known in the redne ,tion,of the term of naturalization from fourteen to fi ve years. Naturalized„citi _ , zer become eligible in time to any station . in, the 'general govern m ent except - the two first - offices. By= the constitu tions of the several states no restriction whatever is 'placed on. naturalized citi zens a.e'eleCtors; unless in Rhode Island or is their _qualification for legislative ftinctions distinguished in any way, from that / of ; Native Americans -except ;in Maine and Georgia ; the farmer reqiii ring Assemblymen and Senators to have been five years citizens of thel.7. S., and the latter limiting seven years for the H. R. and nine for the Senate. We should odd that in three 'states, of which ours is one, Assemblymen are reqnired to have: been" citizens and inhabitants of the state" three years t Senatera a year or two more ; though in our plain view this could not operate any discrimina tion ;- but we leave that to professional opinions or adjudications. We will no tice here the. State-constitutiimal provis ions which appear more lenient than the national naturalization laws, omitting qualifications not pertinent to this inqui ry. Massachusetts, by her constitution of 1779-80, made " every male_ inhabi tant of one year's residence an elector Sr eligible to the H. R. "and to remove all doubts concerning the word 6 inhabitant ' iii this constitution every person shall be considered as an inhabitant (for the purr pose of electing or being elected into any office or place within this state) in that town, district, or plantation where he dwelleth, or hathi his home." In 1821 an amendment was made, as to electors only, substituting the word citizen for , inhabitant. The constitution of New Hampshire of '92' gires ",,,ei , ery male in habitant excepting paupers and persons excused from Paying taxes at their own request," the right of voting, and quali fies inhabitants of two years residence for the H. R., with the same . clause de fining the word "inhabitant" above quo ted from the constitution of Maesachu setts ; and this constitution remains una mended. The constitution of North Ca rolina which is contemporary with our; independence, makes all freemen' of one year's residence. electors and eligible to' either branch of the Legislature. It has this remarkable provision, the only one containing the word crizen: , " Every foreigner 'ho comes to settle in this ‘ State," having first taken an oath of allegiance to the saine,,may purchase, or by other inefmeana acquire, hold and transfer land, or other real estate ; and after one year's residence be deemed a free citizen." ' ' . The constitution of Vermont provides that every man" with the qualifitions of age, one year's residence, good cha racter, and the oath of allegiance, shall, be entitled to all the privileges of a free man; and borrows from North Carolina the liberal article above cited, with this alteration, that every person after one year's residence in the state, " shall be deemed a free denizen thereof, and end -tled to all the rights of a natural born sub ject of this state, except that he shall not be capable of, being elected . gbvernor, lieutewnt-governor, treasurer, councillor, er representative in assembly, until after two years'. residence." • The charter of Rhode Island, granted by Charles 11., under which its government was admin istered until lately, made the. governor and members of the," general assembly" eligible by " the major part of the free men." We learn from the Public Ledier that under the constitution of, the Alge rines;. "free negroes are allowed'to vote —naturalized citizens are • not; unless they own freeholds." In Weir Jersey, - , an attempt made in the conventio n: now .sitting, to prohibitpatuizilizeil citizens of .the retident there, from voting until a certain period after - - their naturali zed' on, was recentlylvoted detin. Their , -conatitution,two days older th-,#)ar De. elarMion, entitles“all inhal!ltants" Worth fifty pounds proclarnationmoney tdvote, according to which ladie!t farnOrli - eier4 tised the right,- until the men in e !Mute, the cortstitutton,thce s it admitted ..anytinhabitanti ta the coon. 'MI or assembly, provided that h htshoOld posiesi • a certain' amount' of , property) put an and in.feniale.ffights and , ramify Jarl , quoad Oct declarator y row' ,tiodinformintthe world _that a , all inha 7 bitants" ()Mew Werellot Yionlen Marylandll4lW, same ; prOvilieni (mak:- ing all freentett''of one years' reaidence erectors and eligible inthe H. It.) as North Carolina, which' appears to have (copied , ,from the former but an amentirnent of .1802 substituted,tha woo d s s‘ fi e!w hi te male citizen." erinessee, like these dates, declares - ...' even' • freeinati" after Six months' residence 'entitled:tn vote r and after _ three years .eligible, either , , hoiiie AsseMbly. Ohict i entitle 'white' Male inhabitants" to votel the former state after one years' , residence, the-latter, six Months.: As ,to the highest office in the gift of the people of the states, that of gnvernor, three only require;unqualifiedly; by the ,filiidainental law; , native-bora citizens, Maine,lNew - York and Virginia, and two; MisSouri; and• Alabama, admit only native citizen's, or citizens at the for- i , then' . 1 mation of separate governments, • with the broadprovision in Alabama that any white male, person" resident there. in at the adcptiiiii of ,the constitution, 1819, Shall be eligible' to any Office of :trust or profit,gany provision to!the eon- , tiary notwithstanding. , requires ( 30 years citizenship;` Mississippi 20 ; Delaware, Georgia and Ohio 12 ; South Carolina and Indiana 10 ; and the' rest of the states from no years, as Connecticut, up 10 . 7, inrennsylvailiaalone.; ,Massa chusetts and New Hampshire require an inhabitant"-(with the constitutional ex planation before given) of 7 years. Ma ryland and North Carolina a 5 years' re sident ; Vermont one of 4.; and the elan ses as to freeholds before-cited, show that in the two last named states, for 211 constitutional prohibition, aliens are eli gible to their first offices. An act of the Virginia . Legitdature of 1,779,' contains this emphatiC declara tion 1 • 4.11 men have a natural,rig•hc to re linquish the , country in which birth or other accidents may haveihroWn them, and to seek subsistence and bappiness wherever they may be able,' or may to find them." Such is the welcome of our land to the 'family of_ man—a land proclaimed • by our National Convention jof 1840, lati i tilways by Democrats, the se asylum, of the oppressed of every nation."-- 'Thus do we cherish, (in the !words of Jefferson, consecrated by their incor poration into one of the text-books of our political faith, the Kentucky Reso lutions 'of '99,") ss the friendly stran gers, to whom the mild sptrit of our country and its law had pledged hospi tality and protection." And shall the small-souled sa Native American" (Hea vett save the mark!) stretch out one fin ger of the clenched hand, which should be as open as our hearts towards the oppressed, to point to this' land and say,— "Nor there will weary stranger halt, To bless 'the sacred bread andsalt.'" We must defer the subject to our next: TO THE POSTMASTER aT.°l3.otwicK. But few Postmasters seem to understand their duty in regard to newspapers re maining in .their office. Poe instance, we lately - received a paper from,the Ber wick Post Office, with the very pleasing intellige'n masked on the t margin that " this paper,lB not 'been taken out of the Office for sorne time." For the in formation of this Posynaster i we append the law in regard to thimattfr. "In ever, instance in wkieb newspa pers that come to the office; j arenot ta " ken out by the person to -Wholit4ey "are eent, deputy postmasters will give " immediate:women of it to the publish ers, adding the'reason if known, v,hY "the paper's are not taken oui.” And the Supreme Court has decided that Postmastess neglecting thus to give notice are liable for the subscoption price of the-paper. STEAMBOAT SUNS.—The steamer Emerald which left' N. York on Sim'. day, with 120 passengers,for roughkeep= sie,. met with a serious accident off Gov. &table's Aresidence at Cold. Spring. It, seems that a crank gave way, and while her crew were arranging the 'rest Of the machinery, she drifted on 2l to _a. sharp rack, _called the. Brother., which caused her to - leak:- Boats' from the ihore sac-, ceedadin saving the' pasaengers and baggage before `she went (brim,. _ . `COAL - MINES DISCOVEEHED.*The Pittsburg' Age of Saturday ‘.%as , e'that the fate storm =inMercer blowing dowa avery laige-quaatity of ituber, has opened . some tenor twenty coal pjts,`showing veing.-tolha emir y thiCh had 'cis% tt 110 ,Wn Pr halt a reapitir.,-. , - • •.; '`• , HENRY Crutv's Tanacnsar.—= . Below we give a letter from General4o4On; reference to the whigdeelaratiOnthat ballad written-a letter . -tn Gen. , llamil• bin redanting.theinhavie - of bargain and sale made against Henry ()lay, in elem. ing John Quincy Adams President: A CARD: T o the editdis. of the Nashville Union: GENTLEMEN -- My aitention has been called to various nesvepapersarti yclee referring to a letter field to have been, written by me to Gen. Ilamilton, recanting the charge of bargain *lade against Mr. Clay when he voted . for Mr. Adams in 18 25. fo• put an end to all such Tuition', I feel it to be due to myeell to state, that . I have no recollection of ever haiing written such a letter, and do not believe there is a letter from - me to Gen. Hain . ikon, .or anyone , else, that will bear such a construction. Of the charges brought against both Mr. Atlanta 'and Mr. Clar at that time, I formed my. opinion as the country • at large - from facts and circumstances that were itOsputable and conClUsive ; and, may , add, that this opinion has under- . gone no change. • If 14tin. Hamilton, or any one. else, has i a letter from me on this subject, which the friends el Mr. Clay desire to be made public, all, they have td do is to apply to him for it. As foi my self. I have no secrets, and'do not fear the publication of al! that I have ever arritten4at this or any other subject.— Signed. . HERMITAGE, May 3, 1844. ANDREW JACKSON. Commenting upon the above, the Union says perfectly establishes the falsehood of every allegation and in sinuation that General Jackson had ever written such• a letter, or changed any opinion which he bad ever formed on the sUbject.—The card, however, needs no commentary—it is plain and expli cit, and opens the doors wide for the admission of any, fact General Hamilton or the whigs may have it in their pow er to disclose; Will. Mr. Clay dare to give the same permission in regard to all the letters—one in particular--which he Wrote to the present editor of the Gloke, pending the same presidential, election ? We are' - fully satisfied he will not dare to give such permis sion. INJURED BY LW RTNING.—qbe house of Mr. .George Keeler, in Montrose, was struck by lightning, on Saturday, 25th ult. The Democrat; in relating the accident - says :--‘• The damage done wig howeier eimparatively trifling, inasmuch as, from appearances the elec tric fluid seems - to have passed through the house in all directions. At the mo ment of the .shock, a flame burst through the stove-pipe hole in the chimney into the room Where MO. K. was sittiov and the fluid thence pioba bly passed out at the open door. Mrs. K. though receiving a 'severe shosk similar in its effect to that received from an electric machine, was not injured. The house! is affected as by a violent and powerful concussion in - the inner side whichjarred and wrenched it in its ,every part."i HORSE - STEALING.—We learn from Bloomsburg Demoerat, that on Friday evening, the 2d ult., two valuable horSes, and a saddle and bridle Were stolen fiom the stable of Mr: Alexander Crivelling; of that township. ,Upon their being missed the next inorning, Suspicion fell upon an Irishman, calling himself Patrick Hutchinson, but whose real name. is supposed: to be qradY, who was prowling about-the neighbor hood the day previous, pursuit was made, and- he was traced . -through W.kesbarre., and caught on, Saturday aigtli,,about 12 &clock; 25 miles be yond", nhe Elston turnpike. snugly stowed awayqn bed at a tavern. The .horses and thi4f, were xeturned to .the -county on - Mondan' d the thief de. posited in the connty jaik to await the orders of the 'Court. at thelingust-term to take a journey to Philadelphia in company with the Sheriff. . -N AcciDENT.—Mr. KING. and lady; two aged persons, from Canieteo, Sten ben Co.. N. Y., were upset while. Pas sing through the street opposite Rayns ford's, and severely, injured . on Thurs day last. Mr. King wasbadly bruised, and Mrs.' King had her arm broken near the shOUlder. 1 • Nar BAD.—The Boston Post says' that' the name of Frelenghoysen, ewers a sort of ehloßide-of 4irge.. TW. pose on the Clay ticket. - - • _ DEMOCRATS!' rerneinber 'she-meeting ri>the, township, peat Mrs.ScolVat on. Simi (lay eveeuing next. . Bonop fh;a gano lists addressed aletter to iatus a H , Mayor • of New York city, l ately ted, which is published in the York Courier and Enquirer, a n d pies four Columns of that paper. h written' upim, receiving a note f yOung Native American," saying belied provided himself with a ad" by which Bishop A. was t o the dust." It is a calm but pawed written letter. . • PRESIDEPPIAL ELEC?IOIp --tilt can's bill, - providing for the holdia the Presidential Election, on th e ; day alt over the country, passed Rouse on Wednesday last, b y 141 to nays 24. If the Senate 0 , the strong senurnent of the p eeve favor of this desirable measure, th e will soon become. It is in ed, to take'effect at.theensuinbii,- tial election._ IsuratiTtrocatEs.—A tetterjerei at =lndependence, Missouri, f rom mountaiUs, states that at Various during the past winter, the si nz dians made - inroads upon 'th e p aw Indians, killing in their t ' 4 6 4411 , eighty of the Pawnees, takt n i 1 , 0 them prisoners, and • destroyit i hundred--lodges. Only' three Sioux Indians were killed. A PRIMITIVE IVIETUODIBTIip' who had been preaching it New since August last, and who uni t , name of Rev. Mr. Maine. has beet pelled from his church, for the rai l two girls, who had been ,dpmestiet his family. He has sloped, leavi, wife and several children in New t yen. A SIXOULAR INCIDENT:-.—The part of the interior of St. Aague ChurCh - untouched* the flames, a portion of the inscription over the tax. The words, " THE Loan Se remain upon- the burnt and black's wall, almost as clear and legible as day they were placed there. TIOG A COUNTY.-A meeting o? Democracy of Tioga was held at 11, boro' on the 21st ult. Hon. Jo , BREWSTER presided.. Resolution favor of Van Buren , and 141tddenb agamst the Annexatinn, for the pie., Tariff, and against the sale of the 31 Line was passed. eft 'Put: RIOTERS.--It is said that. Governor has no authority to pron for the payment of rewards. This perhaps, correct, as a special law to be 'passed at the last session provi ing compensation for the arrest of I , Norristoan Bridge burners. EnuATA.-- 7 A' most provoking err occurred in, the commune:llin 4 , WurrEur4n," in the last Report In the. 2311 line from the bottom, e_ the word engaged; insert,.“ in thehi! ing of cells? If more than a due p. portion of them wern.thos engager N. Y. &ERIE' RAILROAD.-M L glad to learn that strong hopes:taro entertained for the 'speedy copied" of - this important 'work. The Ile . York:Express says, that within ale days a movement has been rnade . hk' to insure its success. 13RADFORP COUNTY Idvrost. INF ASCE Coursyte.-A meeting of ' stockholders of the above- company to be held on th - 6 Bth day of July er for the purpose of dissolving the ea patty should all. the members be agre• PROCEEDINGS OF TIIE CONVENTION. The' publishers of the Baltimore S are entitled to our kindest thanks furnishing us with the proceedings the Conventions held in Baltimoa• Ti tl\tN ' DAY.-By the order of Brigade inspeCtor, the " Bloody i 5 will parade on the 29th of June, make the usual military dioplay . Walking canes. broomsticks, DiazminimED Visrron.—An all tor, some five feet long was lately tred in New Orleans, within 3,5 0 .' o t esti (3 St. Charles Hotel. Ov Dl'%-lt is stated in letters f' Washingto that Hon. N.. P. m adge has b een-offered the Seere ship of the Treasory', ana Jabal' T HE _PROFITS QF trikr,teroto6. The Bartlett, M a ss., Mitikkivediv t. eight.per cent: for six montl n oi d ak ?sixteen for thS pear. This s' • 11 look like a " losing business. t hencelik ,l betel, IteeperJ.in Washington cilY;. dead.. . . II n