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Free Bolt, Free Speech, Free Rent
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7E. 0. - .43OODRICH; EDITOR.
Towanda, Saturday', Jane 21, 1851.
. 1 1' ,1, 2femosr — ihtit-State ~aminatiosra. ".
von oorinsoit. .
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WILT; VS pp ' CLILIIMELD Clit;'s-ry
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..•.. • FOR calm. commostossn,
`I3iTIICIAVER; • or CLARION Cot.
;COOLS OF TOE otrrarlax COCO?.
JEBEMIAIT 8. 81. A C/C......0r 843;ankrilThirSrrs,
JAMES , - CAMPBELL, • or POILSOKLPIIII.II,
,ELLIS LEWIS, or I.axciarts,.
JOHN .n..GIBSON• or 0.0311161V.30 COU3T.T:
WALTER H:LOWIttB,:. - or Atiganisr COUN U.
E„tertbin" 7uestbili - October' 14 • 1851.
Texas, et Tins Usporter. •
IPA 50 per annum—if Mid withor the 'year 50 4•4•11:11 WM'
116 deditera—Mr esidl paid 'bestially la odvarieS 5100 Will be
deducted. No paper sent over two years., unfree paid JIM
Airvarrturterrtrrs. per plasm of ten lines. Sr ecru Mr the
first. and IS cents Mr elich aulisorpterrt laseniost.
Irrlnee to the Union Mort." north side of the Piddle
Square. nest door to the erodfora time— Moraine beiweeit
ddessrs.iftdatas' aid Elwell's law offices.
Irks Sadietai Conventton.
The prodeedings of Ibis body, will be found in
another column. The Convention was composed
of the.ablest men and most ptominent democrats
thiState; and the candidates placed in noinirta
tion,*are the best, perhepo, which_ ender the cir
cumstances could have been selected. If el:cted,
and we have no doubt they wal be, they willcom,
_pose, Suprema Bench, such as Ira retieercredit
epos the State, and bring favor apon4 elective Jo
sliCiary. An article in another column, which we
copy from 'the Pennsyteaniau,,speaks • fully of the•
partipular merits of eachcandidate, and ,te which
we IQ° the attention of our readers.
platoeratte State Central Committee.
Han, tirtt.t.tax DOCK, of Dauphin, Chaiiman.
iGen. WILLIAM Ross, of Lazerue. ,
Wmusat Dest., - E;:q , of Philadelphia.'
: POWER, , &il l of Beaver.
• J. Essasßotwast, Esq., of Cumberland. •
ries!. JAMES BURNMOC, Of Centre
FREDERICK K, BOAS, Of Dauphin.
'Gen. GEDRGC W. BOWMAN, 01 Redford.
• James L. , Rersour, Esq., of Lancaster. .
fiAirerip W. Babb.
This young man mysterimody disappeared, on.
Ilia 13th of Itay, from the vieinity of Karthans, in
Cleirfield county. We' learn from the Clearfield
Republican, , of the sth inst.,, that traces of blood and
' other indications-of murder hal just been discover
' ed on the road •between Karthana and Stnnanutho
i aing.••• Mr: Babb, was a son of, - -Williarn Babb of
Ttog,i county, and the agent for 'Phelps 64: Dodge,
,wbose lands he grasetigagt4 in surveying, (with
- several htladred dollars in his pockets) at the time
or his disappearance and probable murder.
Slorarto United States Railroad Gazette.
t •
We have been much gratified in the examination
cita number el the above paper which we fit.d
among our exchangea, ii contains a complete plot
of the city of New Yolk, and diagrams or various
railroads in .the United stßtesinow in, operation,
"'with their extension from time to lime as lliey may
Occur. The paper will be found useful in 'many
- respects and one from which - much useful in - forma.
tien may be derived, which is not generally found
in newspapers.
Published weekly by S: lion; 1a l, Fulton - st.,
- N. Y. tit $2 00 per annum.
"Ran AT Sucsecounc.—On Monday night last,.
the tavern and Wore Sherlvatrik-vresretileatsoya.l.
by fire; with all the stabling and Outbuildings.—
The buildings were °Weed by Win. Snyder . . The
Lavern was occupied by J. BLAccuas awl was in.
sired for ..5.1200. Mr. B.'s Ittruseliold property was
principally saved. The store was occupied by
'Means, PnINNEY St Leon, who saved from the con.
Migration only their account books. They were
,partially insured, bet are still loners t a considera.
4de enamel. The origin - of the fire is unknown.
Tug CHOLER& —The Western papers contain
some I ,;;rticutars in regard to the spread of the
Cholera. At St. Louis, for the vreek ending June
3;1, there. mere in i teimentsreported; of ihe
Cholera 21, and fi ve cemeteries had been repotted.
-Cap!. Wm. Rogers, of the steamer Aicher;died at
St. trails 01 Cholera. At Cairo, ktouleaths.occnrr•
eJ the 3d inst. At Paducah it has disappeared.
The Paducah Journal says that fifteen deaths had
occurred, nearly all idiersey City.
Ckty-'7le observe (bat some of die newcpapefs'
'itte'braning *bent taiga 'ben's em, but none of
' those crowed over' Fo 'loudly, have exceeded in
AZO, er,;, left at: row' office by Wia Dris
'eine of iinranda iotrostip, la Met' measures 84
find; eiream ference; lengthwise, and 61 &Tonna.
"Ilte 'weight tieing 'exactly °anew," avoinkpois.-
Rannese =Aacmrarr IV THE P.m laar..—Wp
-leans front Middletown that the blight eatde,traic•
~Iran off the tracts, and part of a down a high ern;
banknumr, abOut one o'clock on Smiley mover.
rile-conductor was ltifled,•and the fireman badly
injured. One ear, w -head of mule, was
thrown doirn the embaliktnent and two cattle were
; ' )
ihrasoasceiunas.stost.-,The Fraternity of Free
nod Accepted Alamautnre preparinkto Celebrate
the Anniversary of St, SobuidesAaptii6ntEltuivit cm
4ha . :24tb 'of has , ion -style at vest *maw and
...parade:- It is oaderstood dratover a &owned Ma.
- soros 41.0ri3 various farts of the , land will be is at,
i. 4 - , ,
DE3toti4r.—evi. J. bee
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kor4mcir OP° aa. a aalaPaPat at
iirispag;Aiikti q!e:diovetiriff. the Col. ie live.
and agreeable wtiteirmil aialie an bilerest
i.ileliotiAl-:-.. • -
Arr. NIL Tem oditor of' the Ifoch'borg
-in; `died oo Sunday iversing . fast of the wood to
reirod Ile stroeVight with bli.Sauodist: Soel!
the. :t.i!Ora• - I*n#o4opT .1 1 4 01- -1 0 40cing
54y
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'll3 t 0
\: Ettawitiiinuaunitat.i..osA
t 4.6 :4.
-iiiint die t thistataven. Ind twat
dirliritaleitothte,DaiioeiaiiC lOWA CO*.
Yemen resembled irLeie Kill of dieliMme ileti
imientativeiOn Ilarriebnirt;:rit ikteelooN A
On motirkof Johit z • Celina ; Roo OAISIPS
PORTER - was ealled - ei the arisr, , fii: "the porriOie
of a temporary organization, rand Boa. E Crum,.
-airear4Amonlia-Ikarretrimirinolltir44.l4N
-scarier' were appointed Secretaries.
The li<t of midirpoted .delegatte ivere - then coi
fed over, When. it. apfieared that 1110 Feats of the
.deleiratealrom.the,coruities of. Philadelphia, Lan
caster. Parks, and Union and Juniata, and-to Sena.
*mid delegates froni
tour, were contested: - •
NJ El
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2 i
AVltallon Mnietl.ihn ItheTtonverrinn :now,
liriiefeittri - d&ida the aiiiiiiirted ifeatif in
ing .order:-:.Tirst . taking np the -districts 'in Which
the 'greaten n limber of seats are'contested, and pro.
ceeding in thinlntnoner.until all districts are dispn. , -
ed ,of Which - shall Ni entitled to more than rake seat
i 4 this - Conyention. — . Then - the dittricis in which
single'ivitir are Cont ested shin 1 - be faked nir in their
alphabetical ortlerj ' '
.:, Mr: Lowry •moverl . to amend so :tato take rip the
contested seats in thi alphabetical order. of districts.
. Air; Cesnia moved an amendment to the
amendment, "that the Convention now proCeed to
the consideration of contested seats, commencing
with;the districts:containing the largest, narrater al
delegates, -and 'afterwards ; the ningle.iieiega!ent, in '
- alphabetical 'errier;'"Which -Was agri3ert tot the
amendment as amended .irdnotea r iamisho.'ofig4..
reinliition, as amended, agreed to. • '" •
The Convention'thgn proceeded tn•the ccmsidma
lino of the contested seats from Philadelphia cairn- •
ty, One delegate from each side being , allowed one
honrtri argue the case.
Capt. Small then addressed the Convention at ,
leng th,in support of.theclaimaof one set of dele
gates. •
Mr. Brightly next addressed the Convention in
support of the delegates claiming under the certifi
cate of 11 1i.p. Cetnia. - '
• Capt. &esti next spoke.at some length in reply
to Mr; Brightly. .
Mr. Cameron moved that the subject of the Phila
delphia contested seats, be referrettlo a committee
10 deternilins which ret of delezates are entitled to
seats, or whether either are eatided to seats; which
was disagreed
The delegates certified to by Mr. Curtis were,
then admitted to without calling the yeas and nays.
The Convention nest proceeded to the considera.
lion of the -Laneastir contested seats. • '
Mr..Wilmot -motel( to admit 4he delegates AN
pointid by the Canvelition called by, the Amwake
committee.
Mr. Cessna - maved4o amend Pa as to admit the
ileleiates appointed by the Convention called by
the Fordney, committee.
Mr. liteiraolds then addressed the Convention at
length, in support of the Fordney delegates..
Mr. Arnwabi nest addressed the Convention
until the hour at one o'clork o when the Convention
.adjourned until three ()Mock this afternoon.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment at
3 o'oloeic. •
'Mr. 'Anuske resumed. and concluded his re
marks in support of the delexates appointed under
theca of his committee. .
Mr. Reynolds rejoined 'and .replied to thckt . o
marts of Mr Amtrak°
Mr. Wilmot addressed the Convention in sup,
port.of the Amwake delegates.
Mr. Whollon spoke at some length in support et
the Fordneydele , •stes.
Col. Klack,' of Allegheny, next addresseal the
Convention in support of the Fortino) , delegates.
The AireuSition way farther continued by Messrs.
Wilmot and Black, , when the motion to admit the
Fordney del sates was agreed to—yeart 86, nays 20.
Theca:itself • scats from Bucks courtly were then
taken tip.
A motion was made to admit C. W. Everheart
Fox and On. Kinsey as delegates from
Bucks.
Mr. Hirst, of Philadelphia, moved to rimand so
as to admit %V. Deans, James IN and Cateb Wright.
Mr. %Vright tholrt -Wrested the -Convention tn
support of the churns of himself and Colleagues.
Mr Virst tr.ored the appointment of n committee,
equal to the number of Senatorial delegaws, to
nominate officers for the permanent organization
tif the Convention; - which was agreed to
The Convention then.adjoarnes until 8 &eh ek
this evening
The Coniention at *6 &dock, - pursuant to
a3journment.
The Con ventioit resumed the consideration of
the Contested seats from Bucks county.
Mr. Fox Fox addressed the Convention in support of
the claims of .htmself
.and.colleagues, and• was re-
The gnesticat'• eras nitifferdifietistielt brkteitors:.
'Wilkins, Mercnr, Reeder and, llirst, when the pte
vions question was called and Seconded, and the
amendment disagreed• to-55 to 63. The original
Motion wa+ then adopted; and Messrs. C. E. Du-
Chas. W. Eiterheart,- E. I: Fox and Wm. Kin
sey, were admitted to seats in the Convention.
The chair then announced they following as the
commicee.to raport officers lot the permanent or
gemiation.
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tn‘cetcrs 7 13tstatcrit.
1. Wm. L. Hirst.' 14. C 6. Eldred,
Chambers McKibben, 14. John Crisswell,
2. Joseph Collins, 16. H. M. Nicholson,
S D Anderson, /7 IL.Mercur . ,
J. Lippencott, 18. 'John Hamm;.
3. S. N. Rich, 4 19. Win. Mature%
4. J. J. Lewis,o. .1". E. M'Farland,
5. Wm M. eister, • 21. Thos. Cunningham,
S. C. E. Dubois, ,22. Samuel W. Black,
7. John Weidman, „ Wm. Kerr, Ale!;, , ,hy,
gen. Saaiderson, 23..1 D:teet,
8. Sinum Cameron, 24. John Cessna,
9. H. C Longenecker, 25. John S. Rhey,'
W. S.C. Dimmick, 26 J. R. Crawford,
11. Moses Mtleats, .27. 11 P. Laird,
12. Mans 'Ebangh, Wm. Y. Roberts,
13.:Wm. Kerr, Conibll 28. C W. Hegins.
The Colombia, -Luzern° nil Montour contested
sere-were then taken up • •
After a discussion between •Blesses. Wright of
Lemma, and Mr. - Reilly, the contestant; Weidey
Rost was admittedli a seta.. ,Adjonmed.
The
_Convention met it 8 o'clock pursuant to
adjournment.
The delegates in attendance - Irani Mont emery
einnity substituted Adam Hirst iniplace of Nathan
iel-Jacoby: : _ • , - < •
_ John a I:engem rhea Iseseeteci a letter nom
kithattiet deputing him to act in place of
mkt '
&motion was made to atitnit Mr. :Hirst ; when
Mr. Fulton moved to str:ko out the name of Adam
Hind and insert that offotut B. Sterigere.
After 4 teit remarks by 'Messrs StinigereOlich,
Thomas and Chain, the motion to admit MT. Steri , ..
'gerekvits agreed to-1,113 ; nays 3G.
The next.gnestion m order -was the contested
,seat and , I .
A:mot i on eras smile to admit C. It.ttninerio
seat whelp ' •
ilfr.-geernaa :moved to 'stake ant the 'frame of
Mr, Sinister. awl insert 'We name , ol Ile nett.
After:4 .disc.uisian nomilength by
Mr.
lituth and Shriner, thcirucultrWit Mr. fetich.
was"agreed yeas,. 83, nay . • • '
Mr. ,fiirtg; (meat con - Ott -Gegen, se.,
Patted 416 folistaitatmeatipmes - as ofteent- OE the
.connitioq; lirkzato4o Waif tinotaisnotilik adopt
ed. ' ' - '
4" Prirsiderrf" de' C '
ice s-- *ems . o r, on am&
ion, Dr, T. I. P. &arm; Fonteill'Cooper,' Stephen
Rittervott,,
Israel, Thomas„ Dr. lasse,Torms, Everheart
Newton D. Soong, ff. IV. ; `, Serepte,,f); p;Olettiker
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ME
AFTErmorni ar-estos
I,,,SENING iEStION
Intim HAUL - ' Acker, Thor: P. Pada, Pant tangy,
hunts Barak* •A. Perim Willor4icaullL SW&
C NWi TO ll o l _oteflinlO:rflPlinlyi
entiVhighni Let.folan*.
it.Cribma, Wm. HopAtini, JaMei Lekl. .klrehik•
Wl.l3, , , , Eillei:Joh *mai ifteph-IVArd, '.ThLo
f'.•• Laird, Fittiddin - Heateher.'
Sxiiiaric444 Petriken. lames
noldsPlie4 .L.Sisihle, %V. H. iPitel*,/ofig
Hickman, Wm. H. IVnllace, John Vakforth. .
The Preiidtnt was then conducted to the chair,
titril addremeashe c'entratodeir itravinittfiftet# ,
able and elormeto opeeech.
• The_Vice Pretadenta : end *retaties_then ; took
their acat4
Mi. Rich then sohmine4 a resolniOn. terumir
the thanks . , of ilie,Conrention to Hon. kuKee 41.
,Porter, terapnrariipre . syelit, 'llO to
;+»h4 temp;
nay officers. itiloplett. _
Qn modoni- Our Cofivention ; . thea froctederi:lo
make noruihations I JI JeihNsi
,orhen _
Mr. Cepsna " nominated Jaynes Campbell.
" -Wiimbesier .4 ; loher Kiddef.
•Sarulatson . i 4 • • ,Tiii.4.l.eirio,•
; parley ' ' 1 ; •
Prtrikei! . " J. 1. Maynard.
. " - Waltei H Loirtio.
inneks - •
.
' 44, :.Clifininhara.:z 7 ' 14 '
t 1 [ Atr i a It T. S Bell.
Artl , A. Wil4on,
•: Lopunerker' u Joel JoneA
44. It'Miller gg Geo. W.--Wcxxlsr.artl
wimi nan . -gt Davjd J: Krause. '
• Sample. . ." Malmo C.'ll o ogers.
44 Melnflaci_
Ir James Thompson.
Mr. Porter submitted a resolution Mot the mem
bers of thivConvention. in•votin2 6ircantlidates for
the Snpreme Bench, shall vote foi. five canditlntes
and that the ,candidates, having a majority shall be
nominated; but no one having lees than 67 votes
shall be linminated.
Lowly moved to strike out "five" and in
sert . 3 one:'
• Mr. Reeder moved to strike - out the above and
insert the following, as an amendment to the amend
ment.
That the Convention do now proceed to a viva
:voce vole for candidates to be placed upon the
,ticket for Jtalges of the Supreme Court,, and that
each delegate, as his name is called shall vote for
One person from the State at large; and at the end
clench ballot, in which ,any persons shall have re
ceived a clear majority of all the votes polled, the
candidate who shall be highest in votes polled shall
be placed upon the.ticket ; and that the beaming
shall continue until five candidates rife thus elected.
• Me: Wrigld then read *letter from Judge Wood-
Wilfti„ en the subject oldie nomination, whieh was
ordered to be entered on the mintnex
Met some remarks by Messts. Wright Wilmot,
Petriken, Miller, Lowry, Anderson and Reeder,
the amendment moved by .Pdr: Reeder was disa
greed to—..yeas 30, nays 101. .
P.. Laird moved an amendment to the amend.
meet, that the Corivention proceed to vote for the
number of persons to be selected on 7esteli vote, and
that the candidate - having the highest numbet of
votes on each ballot shall be nominated, provided
that no one shalt be nominated by less than a ma.
jority of the whole number of votes given on sa id
ballot.
Mr. Lowry accepted the amendment of Mr. Laird,
when
Mr. Mercur moved to amend by milking ouLarol
inverting.
That we now proceed to n vote, each delegate
voting for five caitilid.ite.4 at first, and on each pub.
savant vote for as many as remain to be nominal.
eJ ; and earl' vote tile candidate 'laving thehighest
number of voles titian he nom:nateil, provided no
one shall be 'nominated Without having a majority
of the whole nOthbur 'OM
Mei Convention adjOunted until 3 o'clock.
£VTERXOON SESSION
The Coniention again met at 3 o'clock, 'and re
gained the consideration of the resolution of Judge
Porter and the amendnients offered thereto;
After some remarks Messrs. Ifirsi ; Rhey, Porter
and Reerhsr, the amendment of Mr.- Biercar was
disagreed td—yeas 61, nays 71.
The amendment of Mr. 'Laird was then disa
greed to—yeas 67, nays 72.
The original resolution was then slightly moth.
find antladopted without a division.
The Convention then proceed to a first vote, and
the own t being vscedained, it appeared that
J. S. Black - bad votes.
Jam. Campbell 67 "
Ellis Lewis if • 78 "
J. B. Gibsoir
W.ll. to* no "
T. S. Bell a
Kidder
Jas. Thompson • "
J. W. Maynard "
G. W. tVooilward "
RielianrCoulter . "
A. S. Wilson
M. C. Rogers ce
Joel, Jones .
D. 3! "
On motion, The nominations were Unanimously
confirmed by the Convention.
Mr. Burnside entailittesl the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
Remised, That this Convesatian ! congratulate theti
Democratic brethren. lately assembled at Reading,
on the nomination otCol. W. Bigler, for Governor,
and Seth Clover far Canal Commissioner, and m
the bright . prospecta wo havecof giving our old mut.
mien a New Orleans defeat in October next.
, .
M. Sterigere moved that the Presided and Vice
Presidents be a committee toprepare and pnblish
an address to the Democracy of :Pennsylvania, in
favor of the ticket nominwed • which "runs adopted.
On motion of Mr. Wilmot, / ihe thailks of the Con
vention were returned to the Preskent and officers
of the 'Convention, for the faithfiff and impanisl
manner in whit h they had discharged their duty.
On motion of Mr. Sterigere, the President of the
Convention was requested, to inform the runuinees
of this:Convention of : their nomination. •
On• motion of Mr. tattoo, it was
Rewfaetl, That the prneettulin7A of this Conran.
pion be. published. in all the Democratic papers of
the State.
After a few eloquent and appropriate -remark,'
from Jodie Wilkin', rwomending the ticket and
taking leave ofthe members.
On motion the convention adjourned. sine the.
. .
A New irmactuerr or Basvaucrten.--A, rifle
capable,of wenty five balls every minute, in;
• Ire-iireirtailestlivai thirrw.
two since, as an 'important improvement in fire
antra Under the barrel, in the place of the ordinary
mimed, is an iron tube containing the twenty five,
balls ' and by cocking the . gun ball is brought op
in barrel, and the same "operation alio brings up
. from the breech a "pill" ofpriming. The charge
of ,insw i ler ill contained in the ball, -which is:not
round, but ohlong,_and having.an opening which is
corked,shat alter the powder has been indreduced.
The quantity of, power is only twenty-eight grains
and drives the ball with greeter- force than the large
charge in an ;ordinary gan. This is anew - invention,
and the manufactersagof the gun is now beginning
at Williamsburg. ,red we team that a large order
haabeen received's* thefioundry Of Gardner, liar.
risen & CO., 'of Ail cityrcasi-hreaches; &r, ,"' ter
A—Newark Daily Ado. • . • •
• irr Coiactnesc..—The Heading Gazette of Sat..
Imlay says: . a It is worthy - of note, as a somewhat
extraordinary coincident, that the three first officers
of the Demme* Masi Meeting on Tharsday even.
ing Hon. Jose Loewy; President, and Gen Mu.-
rye tiorvi;Vice President. on his right, and. Hon.
Sra,fate lorf. P.s.stert, Vice - President on his left=
wet•ofd school mates and intimate companion.,
wla grew, lap together at Wilkesbarre,and the sons
of three of the 132 DeMOMSIS in Ninth Eastem
Pennsiliartia,,whe ivied tor Timm howeasos is
thedarkilays of 17'99' - This striking coincidence
proareelluit the same devoted spoilt which nerve
,theautters of Hemoerecy to combat the tyranny of
forleralign, fivesoe, they . ..eon. , and desen.
.41101.;I' : . •
~9etie`~'.i~e~at~c'~a~lich~~'el ~~
tiri ail taisatitioSlet *emu
antg*ltylii.e44ol4lliing - illoone- 161 1*" 1 1
-tbeireittiokirtilar , dfiticriffli etrOrietialrf Men(
whOcetigrege* 06;4014i:1W Jen% tog*tspitepi,
eilitneiked elitiiencytkilas- - VonsOttianeVenans4i
aiekititbe erla retalutia
e eetirtg their fittpieraCiediciart.,.NeVer
• Sylitinin lies atirCrigftittioti smile in dignity
stepsitiettedOesiltradWtitreiethetv.- - j - kikes*
wets Democrats frefin - alt - Partsr.of th State
.1410;:er/Itiler4Fit' -01116111" pothtcat
tine lege
,acumew, Mardi ttlete.
every epectsitor; and : garb an &feet eitilt(il M vet- to
all Ito dbingsof; Mkt as., feeder
itlettr;*ce ititifillk binding
The grave' questinii - that the Conven
lionpeallerkeetostAlie.testne4intekitsatirewhizi'
I though ardent Democrats, have rtei t enabled
I to 'mingle irithrihrselS trf feithefilaiti Many.
I anvil& name, almost historic hi ''rett nin u ils, was
lonnd among. the , lirst.ol : delegates, .nrul 'Dili the de=.
bases, irei!esseti. K en,ientennt..of research of
learriug—ofStiong common •sense gird of inspiring
SiiiiiveriltOUr shell
theisprestionat lame Was apprecirateiidind how earl
nest ail were to achieve. a .satistactoiy and tririmpli
ant resell, klver3i ,interes Was represented, theugh,
natura'ly enough, the Bar preeonderated ; While
every Comity in the Suite, and every" opinion in the
Demeemtie , ranke, had ite'deteg i ateer itscitampion.
It ileatasyriziterthavtheiselectioria:Of suclrebady
of Democrats are entitled. to this ;•sepport of the
• - least-as-Irue. that
the selections w wit hare been announced. for the
responsible positions on the Supreme Berich; should
be endorsed, elm byimany even Of our '• political
opponents., •.The.Convention itself, and the candis,
dates it has nominated, constitute a thorough refu
tation of the allegation, that to confide in the hand
of the peop le
. the choice of their Judges, in the last
as welt as tit Mehra resort, is a danvrons and may
be a latel venture. :-..Lettts take up the nominations
in the order in which they were made.,
First on thelist, is JEREIII4II SezuVAIC Butz, of
Somerset eoun`4, aa 'man who did not need the
prompt and "emphaiit:' endorsement of more than
three-fourths of the delegates, to indicate that he is
one of the masterietellects of the day, and that his
great Judicial Merits areas . timinestionable, as his
Character is spotless:" Judge Butt has been a
president judge of his present dititrict hir a number
of years. lie was appointed when a young man ;
he is still a young man—only a little over forty—
and though always associated with the Democracy :
and recently 'urged in connection with Several oth
ers for the highest political offices, his :lecisions
have been received with the respect that the just
man obiains even from his . adversaries, and his in
tegrity will fitness.are applauded by those who have
- strention4t apposeitqiim in politics. • A-strong vig-
MOW' writer, whose Saxon sentences and original
thoughts would have adorned the pages of the Ed
itiburgh-iter iew, m iheilays of JEFIIIt evs., he unites
with all his other qualities, a scope of legal acquire
ments and:habits of research, Snell a 4 would signal
ize him in any community as a commanding intel
lect.
Neat on the list is our townsman, JAMES CAMP
BELL, whose noble vote for nomination answers
triumphautly the slanders of his enemies. Would
such - lawyers as the veuertible Wittess, the .ener
getic roma. the , - esperience& STOW:ERE, aid to
place in nomination for this high office a man who
was not competent! Indeed, he was knownto more
than one-el thesifgentlemen, rind they acted less'
upon what they heard than upon what they knew.
Warmly advocated by COI. BUCK, of Allegheny,
whose- reputation as a popular orator is known
throughout the whole State: by 11. S..MAnasiw, of
the samecounty, whose ability for a lawyer, and'
w hose' eharacter. as!altrutliiiio'x Democrat; are alike
beyond reproach; by Mr. Boast. of Allen .
.
Neawit- 1:k FOSTEBi' tit•Web*Mo . lMlll:l(l, anti other
.welbkhown lawyers, it is not; to
,be, supposed that
they acted with out being aware of the qualities
and the - Chitmeter - of the man. The t)emocratie
party of Pennsylvapia owe it to themselves to stand
by JAN es CAMPBELL, to shield - him from instil:, and
in .his person to vintlie,lle one of the vital elemeo4
of the Constitution and of the Democratic creed, as,-
sailed ... by those who would crush him. JAMES
CAMPBELL has lived in Philadelphia all bib
By his devotion to the business of his pirifeasion ;
by his unreproached and irreproachable deport
ment; by his - consistent adherence to the Demo
criitio partr; and bj his high, manly and generous
(ittite, he tins surrounded himself with. friends,
and to is built up an ha:Newest:lob as Any•mart might
•tavy. These elements led 'to his , early appoint
mantle the Common Pleas .ol this County, and
bait) Matti him not Only an' honest, but a safe, and
steady, mitiCoorageousWeeannot believe
—we will not betieve—that! such a man can be
crushed because of his taligiCHlP persuasion. . From
one end of the State to theother the attempt will
be 'rebuked by every and right-minded
zen. The spint of alt will! be, let as hope, that
which animated an old Prelbyterian Democrat, in
one of the AVetstern counties, who, having seen the
famousi!rotesxagainstJuilste,-Caseraes...„ rose from
blifilat 'bed, arid eatte trillarrisburg to throw his
vote in his favor.
Of F.r.us.Lawts *a iiae4 say little: for his name
is everywhere acceoftil writhe name of one of, the
boldest, ablest, and quest thoroukli jurists in the.
country. his legal works are standards in the pro.
fession, and.display the energy, - the learning, and
the research., which are so essentially his character.
isties. has long been identified with the Bench
and the Bar • and, thong!, still in the vigor and
prime.of life, P he has contributed vastly to the sim
.plificatien the.practiee,' and to the -eluci
dation 'of the principles of the existingeode. Judge
Lewis ismow a citizen of 'the county of Lancaster,
Where tie has been Pieodent Judge for some
years; but he was born in the North, has 'spent the
best Paw of his Mein the North, and is intimately
identified with Northern interests anti Northern
men.
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inns 11191anst an GMON is now. the Chief of the
present Stipienie Deitch. and is a giant jurist. llis
greatlibilities airs'histerical; Hisrlecistons are. re
ceived everywhere with dur.higheit respect, and by
the legal prolemion he is venerated and esteemed. .
Long absence from active pnliticallife, because for
many years a part of the highestduthcial tribunal of
the State, he nevettheless, a decided Democrat.
Thousands of men of all ponies will rejoice ' see
.him a candidate for the popularsoffrages under the
new System,
• The fifih, though last not west, is WALTER it.
I-owlet, of Pittsburgh, how President dndge of the
Common Pleas of Allegheny chanty. Judge Low
iun is lawyer . and his name win back
ed. via an afforifilitterhillbehitiralliaritsOurg,by
themeirtbers of the bar with whom he , daft: ruse.
Ciated,'thal showed how well he deserves the high
firmer he has attained. An enthusiastic. devotee of
an arduous and trying profession, a erroneous and
couragerus magistrate, and a ; ripe scholar; these
are gran& pre-requisites. andgo to make np a can
didate worthy of the support of the Dernectacy—
yes, and Of the whole, people of PeonsYlvania.
- lash is the Democratic .ticket for the SUpreme
Coon. Suckis the i selection of the gray/stand dig.
nirreileortvention which closed it,pession on Thurs.
414: 'Alto present ii to the *pie without a'doubt
that it will be triumptiaidly carried' through at - the
polls,. =this in toith wprond specure'e to-bit -called
.upon loyete Costive such men, and the. friends. of
the Bemire Judie iarrhare.reasen to congratulate
themselves Winer s wink which the efforts of the
enemies of that gismo had, fird'us to fear, ilrOUld
110 i be effessed "widioetthe most disashrousidissen•
sines —.Penntyloaaitte.. • - ,
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, FATAL. Acemetir —Two miners named' James
Traims, Lel &Mt. Firinielr, ;were fonrid deed 'on
WerfOrtsday morning last; in a ant rritho at: No:' 3
slope of the Pennsylvania Coat Coy :Mont a .
fmm.thietitlage.. his- supposed they, were
kilted on T,aestlay eeeningprevions by the falling
,of r ost upon them white engaged in • mining, it.—
TheY both le ft families.' - •
IWe leam-Ihat another explositin of the fireglamp
took piece: onl Thursday morning, the,Mine
Port ArifEttli t .tesultitig
,tittlp? iupux ofieome three!
or, kir Feist*, .
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fir MaRENSISCSI
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ligh:‘ *big pet* has net iet t,Opraiially,
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eateApti a fairly opened. braltiedliet•
Wing arriabargConvention ',l-, Th*
ilealeu the emaotninsOanief, r per' lti . eia r etlactl some - ilitieukeLffikeeiCe.
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type , ; ' Il iftelefluenees *tech his oflicatil- man:.
ence cal at his Command, has been an remitlingi:
r_ -_I.p.
_. sneeraiwieetimal4lbersteweeitne
hew anew on l aecord I ofthe fail Ore of inch al l ':
pliances in the Nelda elan admit and unserupulena
tactician. ' ~..,, ' ' '
- . Theeampaign ` fore as is characterized by novel
tied neenliatlertfores. At 4 ono in which the De.
Yrieeagey.Will biteillial lien to reassert and re -its.
tablislitheirpelitiCarsitlltratacy in a State which
ltai-leten temporarily lost io-, ihern through. a cop..
innefinn .of oittrtinidinaty t rind, to the local polities
of theState;4ldotteerittri anduenee politics
'The Seeeetts
ofthiv: TehriStielitt not tette 'airlifted se ttinchlia
'his oven exertions' although we Mein- admit -that
much wag accrittipliehed by his terrier tactic', at
to the prevalence of One of lifted. periodical excite-
Ments whlch'Perfert die judgment and deran g e the
nada' iietheill' efiliiinies.' ,- Thereli Stink, degree
of enCottmgement to be derived from this fact ; bat
-there are other and higher incentlees te Wittily,
which ' ould move the tiemocrecy to the very
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centre of hs organilatlen. .
The g eaten' rind most fatal weakness of the poi:
Octane .)oer rfay;is an .overweening confidenee
in their rettglti—aq error arising more from: What
IljeY Ita,„e.,rictaimplistied, under totally, different
encunist ceii, than from what they Can reasonably
expect t ' accomplish no*. It is no neeentertte
thing; to hear a partizan pledge himself .and his
f an
party, to a majority of; fifteen or ..twenty ; thousand
for pig! f OU ;Clover, when, if he reflect atell, he
mutt co cede,' that' such a' etult is utterly, tetra&
tieable, 'nil that the simple election of them gerele:
men, by any majoriy r embmces the whelp scope
of the duty andrhe work of the bem, ocnicy. . Such
beasts as these indicate anything ,but sound jnilg.
merit; and a true perception of policy; while they
actively and irresistibly superinduce a slate
god, of apa
thy indolence, which are calculated to ensure
the most disastrous results, 'fllte party has more
than ohce defeated itselC.,by such fatuity, and itmay
do it again. It may he well enough for the ado
lescent orator to wave such calculations into his
turgid declamation—it may be well enough for the
supertiFial politician to midget his arithmetic for
anticipated majorities: but the (sound, sober, pene
trative mind wilt seek for name secure data from
whichao argue and to act. Our bombastic ficilitical
prophets 'are do safe &tektite. Their, enthusiastic
fights. May excite and nerve
,us , for a moment , : but
the practical effect is as. ephemeral as their own
lintim lancer It is pleasant to hear, and to hear it
in sonorous language, that Mr. Bigler is about to
sweep everything before him with the force and
power, ot a tornado; but the pleasure ovoid be tin
memerably heightened, if the prescient declaimer
would 'only pause to show the cansect and the in•
fluenOes which are to produce so grand a political
ptten mermtt
aWile we have no dcmbt of the triumphant-sue.
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cess kd Col: Bigler and hen. Clover, we cannot
con. ientionsty assist in the promulgation of the
absu d predictions of some inflated and indiscreet
pan' ' tlllP. •If you convince men. that the milk be
fore hem is already done—dome without effort, and
by p re namerieal force, yon remove eigry ineen
tivespycompt, decisive . and- energetic action. A
dun pernicious policy 'doubt riot be dictated by the
e it
mot , yialent 'Of ore party, whether throkr,h ig,nor:
tine , temerity,' Or a mere passion I'M declamatory
exc sses, should.,endanger our whole Emmen by
atte i piing to inhere into the ranks a confidence in
their external strength, which may and will weaken
andynenerve all their efforts, by remosing the e,reat:.
ell eper to exertion which can be applied In the
politte-ll arena. .
o l we believe that Col. Bigler is safe beyond
the ossibiliiy of danger. flut the party most Work
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In ensure even that. tle will have in 'Gov. lobes.
ton 1 a " Rieman worthy ol his steep" an active,
enWelia, Wiring competitior, vihor perfectly in
doctrinated in all the mysteries of politics, and n a
f !borough adept in their practical application to
cv.ary combination of circumstances, will elicit all
his provers of eloquence, and all his resources of
address veil energy. We have had the most satis
factory eviOence of his influence with the masses.
Daring the la. , tenbernatorial campaign; the party
was listlessly u , :eaming of what was deemed an
a old-fashioned majority," which wag to exceed
even that given to Ve:vral Jackson ; but Governor
Johnston was wide awoke, traversing the whole
State,afdressing the pe0,p . 1.1 in every hamlet and
valve faMiliarizing.himsell with the wants and
prejudices of respective SecZion'h and perfecting
that grind *Scheme of political strattNY, which ex._
cited oer surprise and admiration when it was too
late to repair thetinjury. And he is rewly and gird
ed for the work again, and only waits his nnmina
(inn to . enter the breach. This is the kind of tran s ,
with whom Col. Bigler will have to deal, and wa
rejeieelhat it is so ; for there is more glory, in van,
qmshing an-equal, than destroying a horde of inte. 1
rims. With any other man than Cot. Bigler as a
standard bearer, we should despair; but hie ready
eloquence, popular manners, accurate information,
decision "e) and • promposwmumf iminiart, ten
der him 'evincible. These are the elements of
strength upon which the party must rely for his
success, and• not upon any imaginary estimates
based open political events, which have no more
relation to the present position of affairs. than the
battler rd Thermopylm has to the eiege.ol Pewee.
There are a variety of considemtihne, presentinc
themselves in this eanneetion, which may be of
service to the party, at thii crisis. There are many
truths;' which must be tittered, no matter how en
palatable to the few, who cannot, or will not recr'g.
nip their force and value.—Perresylrenia Statesman.
Ttsanttit r. Toausbo tornado at Reborn,
IVlclrenry, county, tripoli, uti . the 3d inst., is des
eribed an follows
.ft uprooted trees,. demolished how*, and ki ll ed
three persons the titre-and child of a Mr. Peterson,
and a child of Mr. Itfaitin'it..ll4r. Peterson's house
was totally demolished. -So far as heard from, Nr.
-teen houses were blown down, and perhaps 'more
lives have been lost. The track of the huricane is
said to have been from oneruni a half to two Miles .
wide.
The accounts of the tremendous force of the
wind seems allmost incredible It swept every
thing in its path. Houses, trees, fences, wagons,
and grindstones, werer.whirled through the air like
leathers. A lady who had risen for the purpose of
AO:fog the 4foor, was aariistf cut of Ilia loose and
4anded some forty rods from it breaking One other
arms, and .braising her ,severely otherwise. A
large cooking.storre was.earried some eighty rods
and tlaftheilio pieces. The wind appeared to come
from all points of the compass it once.
earnings* , Itstr.iipso.—We understand that the
Cattatrissa, Williamsport and Erie: Railroad Cote.
pang have perfected their moneyed arrangment tor
the completuni ttieir road tit the Susquehannah.
A large, amount oftheirmortgage bonds have been
neotiated in EuroPeand thiseountry at satiofttetory
prices, and that contracts for the iton :and super
structure lutve attladstbe9n_made, thegrading for
a double track having been made some years since.
- tilrtvettarleg R. Paxton of Bloometimg,• has been
appointeiChiet Engineer ot the roail.—Star of the
IVorlk. •
Bit rrilr's Pttortn—A despatch in the New York
papers tells the followine , rather marvellous stow,
which our reirderscan tale for what it is worth;
Mr. Barnum acknowledges to a friend, : who is
not given to exaggeration, that he has mule $506,
060-hy the 'Jenny Gitidcongeri., anti says that !en
vy.' has realised not lets the $350,000 in, this cruet.
try. - The net twocesds of the ninety•four concerts
do not lack above $25.000 of a million dollars.
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• °triolin N. Porviance;-Foli., late Aaititor Gen.
etal, 4nts been3nommated bribe. Democratic Con.
caution of Builexcoopty,As the candidate for•Pter.
ideitt .tmlgeofflindistput lately inesilleti ovel by
,f9tige' %edits ticc'd.
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11M-..BINYOMIN 4
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Met ALT, Ile TO ALliolllll,
Mantras at Salt Lake propositto conittect a
qemAlutteity to San Frigate:6, and each
p
the jimapersZ 4 **people ghat thagerremo
ieePsipe e t Wid4 is that they surd
dotier it, iriEt t ,pndetlake it.
The Oiling° 7rklune intirlistes that they
- alacatly accumulated atealikehO6gh tdi pi
,iosithontittsistance from any person oft of it
own community or rit,aeyyate that with seek
as they would get fritht Califryrrie Ilse% the
ffit
meet, tris'domtnencild antlet ilia miutranfitt
auspices, many of thi first ealcmiste- basing
obliged to flee for their fiveil fropr
Illinois, has become a most irk:partial Amami
in Several !expe c t s .
"The whole history of new tel4i fntire
parallel to the' rapid end peaceful progress wI
Ma been made by the Mormons, in this their
refu g e, in population, social improvement,
anddevelopment of the general:resources
country. They have a large and flourish'
the inhabitants of which entoyagrealef
temporal prosperity, with fewer of the
tmon rub= life, than is tO be found . ht any
city in the world. F.very man =has a neat
comfortable tenement,. which according to the
elation's of that party, with a lot of ground alt
sufficient 'Mr a large garden. They have
schools, a University very liberally endows
rims social and benevolent associations, sad
bean dos some time engaged in building atm
Cent temple. Meantime, an unintemmted s t
alp:oblation is setting in upon ibem hoot all
of the world. What may . not such a peopl
complish.
'.'.The Salt bake Valley, es all are Swirl,
&tine A very inipomint &hit in connection w;
emighttion to eatifotnis. There is the der
all sorts of supplies foy the teller of the •
haffifemirting travellers Berries. the plain;
thonsands of them. retain pi grateful recollectic
the kindness and fiasPitality With Which Ibey
treated While Worming from the hardships of
journey. o •
A TREATY WITH TIIE OREGO . IO
Tzaarroay.—The Washington Republic anr
that the eammissioners appointed by the F
of the United States to treat with the It
Oregon, west of the (arcade mountains, !or
purchase of their lands, have concluded a
with the Sentient baud of the Catlapooya tin
Indians, by which they cede to the United Sint
portion of the Wiflimeette 'shay, tibiae eighty,,
in length and about twenty in width. And
have likewise concluded a fresh , *ith they
ty band of the same tribe, incluirin i tt a Fouha
fifty miles in leng h, tend about tareiity
width. The lands ceded by theie ireatir
among the most valuable in the Williameue
They object to remove, and refuse to have
the purchase money appropriated to edocat
purposes, and they have been , - allowed to
where they are.
A large-portion of both of those bands are
times living in white families ift the capaci;
servants ; and are represented as being very
to the white poptrlation of the country. It
opinion of the cornmikkioners that themost
plans tar the civilization and enlighiemnent
Indians or this country is to
,permit them to i
in the neighborhood of the white settlentehlx,
to be employed in the various indestrial Orr
the, white men. These Indians; unlike tin
the east side of the Rocky mountains, are dot
but anxious, to adapt the babitsof civil
life;' and for this-reason it Was stipolatiti fe •
large portion of their annuities in clothing.
of them have, for a number of, years past, beet
the habit of receiving, money.,for their seivieet
have a tolerably correct view.of its value.
The treaty has to be acted upon by the Semi
the United States. .
°BERT 1 1( 1 : 1 3DATION.—Ifillnen8C Destruction (o
ea.O!—The Illinois and lowa papets bring at
accounts 61 a disastrous freshet. on the Missitt
At Burlington, lovtra, many hortees situated on
bottom were six and eight *et under water,
Keithsbrug, 111., the water was : op , to the
stories. At Clquawka, on the 111 instant, in ,
business portion of the tdvini Iffif stater was
enough td float a steambitat; / The Spectator I
At this moment (Mond* even' g) the
bottom presents a spectacle of devsdnatione
the bank of where the river " - used o was,"
kit of the sand ridge, the water is m four
feet deep, and is standing from ten to 84
deep in the house west of the east de of
street, south of and including Spectator Row,
the whole tittle flat south of the Post Office.
oar press-room the water is over 25 inches its
The'farmers along the bottom of the Ridge •
pletely inundated,. and* many of the fend
disappeared. Several hundred cords of
been washed down the stream.
Just as we are " puffin.; ‘p!' this park
Oat boat is passing op rug street, fatten
eras hundred sacks of grain—and others are.
at ditlerent warehouses. Lumberyards are
doated inland or staked down to keep them
f aits and boats are plying every where—and
are wa,ling shoulder-deep from house to house.
At EltiVibal, and for seven miles above
mir es -b e l o w, the rives was sit /saw wide.
ion'aitv is en a . . e:r inundated and all comma,
cut with- the Eh'df country. :Seiretat ( arg
have been sucked On: : , pon the prairie*, bele
the force of the current. t the -Rapid* Flute
Keokuk, water stood 18 incte."B lleeP on the
floo r on Sunday night.
EsTer:Fr:sec.-4 small Steamboat for the
Steamboat Co,, is now being boil! al this el
der the superintendence et ont,enterprisur.4
citiaen, Capt. Convease. feet keel,
floor and 12 feet beam; and. its Engine 20
power. It is intended to ply on theJ river, I
this point and. Tunkbannock, at low water,
ry coal and other freight as well as passen
is in some respects upon tho model, and
de,eil be considered the infant offspring of
boat" Wyoming," with perhaps something
of the " go ahead" 'principle, and will be ret,
to walk away from the old lady and take the
ness entirely out Of -ha hands.. - Resides, it
better adapted to low water, and will dour
dipping and darting and dodging about like
perdu k, or icork in a bucket, at alt nines,
seasons. Most men, in navigation want A
boat and et& or ten feet water : but all th e
asks is a paler/a and a g00d.51111 fog or
place, and " his loot is on his native heat.
name McGregor." The new wharf, chutesk
cline plane for loading at this place, are Tel
vcnieatly ariangede - -Tittstim Gozefle.
loos voa - Pimusvurauta.—The steamboat
lurk, from New Orleans rfor Si. lour' la
Cairo a few (layssince with 500 tons kid!
road iron, belongingio The Ohio and Penra
road Company.. The steamer John J. en
would bring it. from Cairo to' Beaver, trt
would be`delivered' along the line of the
ward. Some of the Pittsburg, papers are
dignant that .Pittsburg shoukl be "di
havingjkilish iron laid on the track near
The mils fiiithis whole division from Pia
Beaver,. and :500 tons bertides have been
by the company from tho great Wesual
Works in Armstrong„County, Pennsytrasit,
heavy advance on the price they pay Who'
article.
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AN Ow LADY, 94) years of age, named EX
Jliolfinger, died last•week in Upper Dublin "
ship, Montg,omeryetandy, where she hruffog
a resident, and until virehia six months of her
occupied a smidl bones entirely alone.
emitting the hoes. alter her decease, the neh'
laind earefullystowad away, in diflefent
no less than 5/4400,. all bankable money, eon:
650 bill, together with some $2009 in bow l
mortgages—making in all, the snug tittle sate
over $3lOO. The old lady always r epresentzl
set its very poor. • LShe .was °atoms(' 0 .
tier taxes, reauitted,,m it. was geneially bel t :
according to her own story, that she hall 1211 1
interest of S5OO to lire noon
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