- Zhc Utpubtitatt
'd:E l ifiStintii,' PA.
MONDAY 31011//NG..4UY IG, .1555.
For (a9*i CoOnnbagioner.
UMER. of Wormer° Co.
r:,
SztOtitturrs.—By the late act of
Congress the road from Gienrock, on the line
ofthe Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad, to
idatichmlcr,in Carroll county, 311 d., was dc
elated a post-route. and the contract for carry:
ing : the avail-over this 'll4d has- been awarded
bYthe ytparttisent to Mr. Wit. Warn, of this
it is proposed to 'run the stages con
flee in the railroad trains, which Will
reduce, she Uwe. betweon Baltimore and ,Man
cheater di hours.
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Something Good:
The folleiving is Mr. •E. Z. 'LrrrLtt's recipe
*raking' llfeitd.'as pleasaitt a 'beverage as
cottld . he *AO, this warm weather. 31r.
ccauxibutes it for:pubhaation because Ile wish
es IA) do-the public a service, and at the same
thin save -himself the trouble of writing out
thi,retipealtuest daily. It is as follows : -
"14 gallons milk worn water, take 5 lbs.
white sugar, 1 quart hop sots, 1 pint hop
w*tets. tisane cream tartar, 1 ounce ginger.
whit oil, of demon, to suit taste.. all to.
gothey--Jett it iitand , i; ,or 10 hours in the sun
Orii.lloll3o. warm plate—then bottle and cork
EL
bt4„W6dg . paniention was palled in Wash
ington county, afew , days since, for the par-
e. , un ~n re now-
Nothinia n early all - the tieletratos, and
w hew theosavention met !viol ved not: 'fo rm
a ticketv.'Graat-dissatisfaetion prevails in men.
arrimits,,iho "few' remaining
•
Deiriocrit, his been 'etectefl
/94"11•te, o
..CA?l:**o - 11'fro* Oiejor - m,' !math% his -
Kuow4Tailing competitor 2,000 Totes. .
I:l7Gen: 00a . friesided it” the colebration.of
the fourth in Detroit: and introducing the
°niter'. sonde-a brief lidd'elequent speech.
AND . :SUICIDE...&At ,St., Louis, on,
. 3 1*.siity;-.s young tiOn , nanul Ilelsiog,:efgoo4
fi4d Adyls- r
luio,ll - 66p tbet, wited tier tO - ride with
bittiluto the coontsximbereli shot,hor 'dead,
avid rettirObi*tlie botell•lewiliii . own brains
'FATAL :RAILROAD , Aoclomm-4olin Allen.
Jrk, ,
- of the Anrii of John'Allen - th forwarders
New :Vaik and Ruiklii", find One of his kgs cut
off on the Erie Railroad at Corning on Monday.
The aeciticiat was , owing to his , atteropting to
jtnap,frviiiha 4in',#liin it iiaiin'itiOtion.
4 1j - : 1 . rhe 'Kripw islotpings of WarfOrdsburg,
t"utti?ii:county; held - iineeling on the 28th
bt.'t and 44 1 0'1 1 " the
principles and sentitnents enunciated by , the
AtfieticatiConi , ention:!t This. puts the War.
fet:Ashuritt irrantagonism to the . great
bedy,opitheir partyin
41:7:11r, Knoir',":Soinething 'Coriention of
AlifSaaoltiaetta,iOeti.On Tu4tlay, And, , like; the
Cleveland Convention, • resolved in favor of•
Ffreisdilisai and Temperance. •
HEAVY SANTRNVIL—A Anan was recently
sentenced to IWO years' itniniiennient in the
P9itentialT , in.3lissi:toitipi; ter stealing goods
oCtibo 'sloe of 30 cents.
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AT/43180AT; ~.,Bl.7lL'iT -14(165 OF .L 1 7LThe
steamer• .I!bignolia*Captain Balmer, was burnt
betiowltitim
‘ Rouge; on Saturday week; with
1.010 bales tit, acitton.--Eigbt of If
isbeti. ort board.
A! YrBKII tt¢nna LAW' Dicostox.—Judge
olNew York, decided on Ilrednesday.
that the selling of imported liquor by the glass
isiko violation' of the law.
tr7A pa tier will in Mester county, Pa.. has
been leaSeti:to.a party who propose to [nano
-4.l,apur trout wood.
.
',V:Tfie - Qiipe'n of Diglamt. it is said, is now .
the*oporal morka'rch of more Roman Catho
lics than. the Pope; and of more Slusseheen
than the Porte.
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BRITI4II TILOOPi FOR T HE GIUMIII4.--The
X:rtilfery gisitiiini t 14al , ifax have beim or
de!edfto'theVilieea. I
Ncireign=liciion ealisted principally in
*Plinked- Settee*: at Melville Island,'haVe re
*:itted; ittrongly Or; deception
4 4j ) i. Peillies Who POlis WI them and . al
so, by the govertment.! ..A strong force of the
7fith -regiment have been gentle quell the mu:
tiny: - 4614 to biing the iiiigleadera to the cita
del.
ag•Waiker's
. fdlibustering'expedition from
Calitun~iu' to Central ,America has landed in
Nicaragua •aud captema:tho town of Rivas.
canals% intense excitement. throughout. t h e
ciintry."
" WOR A, CROP MP It,tOots.—The New York
Post - Imo inGannitiOn from' Illinois that the
Protium of wheat irt_tioit State is expected to
14 et 'least .2.5.099,0p0 bushels the present
yiar, which gives' iinisbel to everiinhabita nt
of the: United Statv:, - young and old. The
largesir ttivilitztk 'of Illinois_ hitlivrto_lias-been
tiot
'istoi4"l;4o 16,900,00(1 bushels.
,
Pimi.urio lkintim , -;-The Easton (>ld.) Ga
zifl4* tins , rece ivea - from Mr.. John Baggs, of
r ---- " %
Trappe di ' t, a bunch of forty-six stalks of
tamp 10,vin %OVAL, 'from one rootoill evidently
the Product lif one grain. from the heads of
vilifai'Mr.' 11. 'counted 2409 grains of wheat.
ll'AY"The Ketittiekr Wheat:crop is Qaid tU Le the w ll )k population into distress, - and Louis
the i.itgrest ever grown in that State. Napoleon is endeavoring to get up an eNodfis
to Al.,,reria,—an entigratton scheme tot a large '
- 1 2,c -4 *..1 lett of via!vr fityfir from North Carolina I ~
PNllitvition 1 N.thl Ln fu. ••low!V
WV% *Obi it* N...1;1ik 41,312 a barrel.' !ht
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Arnold Plumer..
STATE CONVENTION.
"I:lteveole oft?, ensasylvania have so long lx.en 1 .
riceastotned to awileoeitate die name of Atexoin , T b 13 e 111' ttk State el' "lii ; "e o(irt to nom i
-01.011A Stith i#te eharaeter s'!penfeedy bon- 60c n e4n 4 ithlt!e 6 " . 'Canal CoOmissioner, 11fi
niable aml U lily tat k a i ed , sn i n, , t i out tbe.34 _, Ilar2risburg on Wednesday, the 4th
g
'bait with 'dieikeliest Satiifaaion his noun' , 1 / 1 81 ** called to ordafat 10 o'clock, A.
M., by Min. H. B. Wright, of LUzerne, who
- tion by tits tote lientocratie''StatiConventiali.
It - tinierrlikeihese, wl t en-rneireflittle-talent--Rolninntvi-John-B- 1 ; 11111 rie-Esti. ,- of_Alleghe . _
ny, at; temporary Chairman, which was agreed
and less ;mind* wield high powers procured
by equivocal means, it is encouraging m find ' to. Wm. V. McCrath, of Philadelphia, and
a man of fine abilities, unimpeachable chaise-
l'homas A. Maguire, of Cambria, 'were then
ter and commanding position, willing to ac- i chosen Secretaries.
e,ept-the very ; important but unrenumerative j The Convention then proceeded to dispose
office of Canal Commissioner. In consenting 'of the matter of the contested seats from Dan
to accept the nomination for this office, A iti) . l.ll Phi" county, when Messrs. Alricks, Heck., and
liowman were admitted.- The Couven . thin
PLemsii could have been iiillneneed by littne.
consideration, and that one of the loftiesi,
noblest and most unselfish character—a desire
to promote the intereSts,of the State. Such a
Man deServes the ' choicest encomiums of his
fellow-citizens, to whose service he 'dedicates
himself and whose confidence and gratitude'
are his chief reward. Of Mr. PLUMP:a, with
'whom they' are intimately acquainted, our
friends' of the Pittsburg Union say =-- He is a
safe and prudent practical man, who hits-man
aged his own finances and those of the State,
:while under his control. with' equal care, vigi
lance and success. He is a consistent member
of a church ; and yet free 'front every taint of
bigotry or ititolerance. He is a man of rigidly
'temperate habits, and yet not one 'who would
catch eagerly at every chimerical scheme for
legislating mankind into morality. It was
but lately that we had'an opportunity of hear
ing him, in a most enthusiastic Denteinratic
meeting, express in vigorous and appropriate
terms his earnest, hostility to the doctrines 61
the, proscriptive . organization, which ho char
aet4iZed in no' nnappropriate terms as the
wooden-nutmeg party, and denOuncing its cor
rupting and immoral tendencies. Besides this,
Mr. Plumer belongs to that class of Democrats
LUit}iiltt.
who, in all The fluctuations of party questions,
have Maintained . a uniform consistent course.
Lle has never been. anything else than a ,
Thorough radical:Democtat: lle bas been- a,
,representative in Congress, Marshal' of the
; Western District of Pennsylvania, under Presi
dent Polk, and State Treasurer;. and yet no
man - can. be less entitled - to the - name - of office
seeker. Often . , when his' friends have urged
him to become a Candidate for more
-important
stations, he : has declined. the *proffered boon.
Ilk nomination at the present . time has not
been sought by hiin. Ile has made n - o - bar.
gains, promiFea or efforts to obtain it. But he
is willing to assume- the responsibilities into
*hid) an almost certain election will intro
duce him, and bring the force of his judgment
again into public .service. Those who know
him 'best are fully aware that his electiojt to
the- office to which ;he has been notniniteAill
confer no faVor upon him, other than the satis
faction which must. always be incident to pop
ular approval.' But, in a time of general laxity
in legislation—at a time vi s iien the most valua
ble.interests of tbe; Commonisrealth are -trifled
*lth, Or squandered by Inexperienied or reck
less hfirkis, it is - absolutely necessary that
°
.every, .pOsit . under the State government,
should be filled With , men of tried integrity.
-acid that novices should be, as far as po:4sible.
I dispensed with:- We have had enough of rash
experinteUt enough of blind innovation—
enough. of insanity under the name of progress.
Let us rally once - more around one of • that
l itenerablibaiul of trine tried Democrats who
'have' bean With the party, in the days of its
former triumphs, and have) not deserted its
principles in the hour of defeat..
U7A resolution was introduced in the Dem
or,r.ltic State. Convention . at Harrisburg, de•
nunciatory of the anti-license law passed by.
;he last Legislature, and laid on tho table. p-
On this action the Democratic Union remarks:
We may as well state in this place that, in
our judgment, the Convention should have
taken a decided stand in regard to the 'Tr,
law" of the last Legislature. But it was held
that, as a Canal-Commissioner had nothing to
do with the question, it belonging alone to
. tie Legislature, it should lie left to the peo
ple, of ,the
. respective counties, when they
came to select men to, represent them in the
next Legislature. ' A majority of the Conven
tion entertaining this view, a resolution de•
trouncing' the *jug , law" was laid on, the table,
as .embracher a queStion on which the, Con
vention could net properly be called upon to
act. We aro opposed to thatiaw--we believe
it injurious in its tendency, and calculated to
work more injury thaw it can popsibly rem
edy. • It was enacted in the face of tbe deelar
ed will of the people, and we unlokitatingly
say it should he repealed. This, we believe,
was also the opinion of nearly every delegate
is the Convention, but as they believed the
question a local one, they refused to take action
on it, except so far as it was embraced in:an
other resolution denunciatory of the acts of the
last hetisfattire:
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her crew per-
t.t) ENcti.sNn.--Tho Pittsburg
Union mentions with commendation the name
of ex-Governor Bigler as a proper person to fill
the vacancy in the mission to the Court of St.
James, which will be occasioned by the return
of Mr. Buchanan.
N 1 IND VI HAT EAT. -- =C holera morbus
end bilious colic are rather prevalent in some
sections of the country, and Therefore people
should pay attention to .vhat they oat and
when they eat it.—Nothing-unripu or difficult
'of digestion should be taken - Into the stetuach
'of delicate perscins, nvr should food be eaten
when the body is overheated with exercise.
Mr. Meigs describes, in the Medical Eptininer,
fatat rase of cholera caused by eating a sin
gle piece of . dried apple.
Comps es; Fumicw.--The French Government
is represented as being exceedini,ly anxious 1,
!llama the coming harvest, which will, it is
said, be considerably below the average. The
discontent caused by the continued high prices
of proviAoas in the provinces has been the
cause of the return of so ticmy opposition call.
(liflates to the councils-general in the south of
France. The failure of the vines will throw
%via very foil, nearly every district in the State
being represented.
A-Committee, consisting of one from each
Senatorial district, was then appointed to se
lect officers - for the permanent organizition of
the Convention, and an adjournment was had
until 3 o'clock.
Upon the Convention re-assembling at 3 o'-
clock,' the committee on otticem reported lion.
J. ' GLANCY JONES . for President, fon. J. B.
DANNER.' and seventeen others. for Vico Presi
dents ; and five Secretaries—as follows :
President—lion. J. fiLANcir JoNss, of Berks.
nee Presidents--jinn. Joel B. Danner, of
Adams ; Cameron Lockhart', of Carbon ; Jesse
Leazar. 'of Greene ;'John ArCarty, of Philadel
phia co. Nathan Worley, of Lancaster ; Thom
as Adams, of Perry ; J. R. Jones; of Sullivan ;
Thomas Grove. of York ; John Platt, of LycOm
ing ; David
,11.. Miller, of Allegheny ; Jesse
Johnston, of Bucks ; Wilson Laird. of Erie ;
Biter Boyer, of Chester : Charles Carter, of
Beaver ; Timothy Ives. of Potter ; Joseph Lip
pincott, of Philadelphia ; Ma Lathrop, of Stis
quehatinn ;.R. W. Weaver, of Columbia.
Sceretaria—Alex. M'Kinney, of Westmore
land : John; A. Innis, of Northampton ; Thomas
A.. Maguire, of Cambria ; Wm. V. Mlirath,
of Philadelphia ; John Orr, of Franklin.
Mr. Ludlow then conducted the President to
the Chair. On takinT the chair, Mr. Jones
said :
Gentlemen of the Convention, L sincerely
thank you 'for the honor you have done me in
selecting me to preside over the deliberations
of this Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania.
I know of no higher honor. The Democratic
party, gentlemen, at this particular crisis, oc
cnnjes a peculiar position before the. country.
Surrounded by enemies, well organized in their
common hostility to Democricy, althmigh-con
vulsed to the very centre with the elements
of disorganization and demoralization, on all
the great questions of national and constitu
tional law ; they now resent the noble spec
tacle, not only to, the country but to the world.
of an organization resting upon the firm basis
of unbroken political national faith, bound to
gether by the ligaments of a constitution
which, in-all political matters, recognizes no
hii , her kw, and exacts implicit observance to
a strict construction of its decrees.
Efforts, it is true, have been recently made
by other organizations in our country, to es
tablish a National platform, which would ena
ble them to go before the, whole country, and
all the ingenuity and power of interested - men
have been brought to bear to effect this object.
That it has signally failed, every man in this
-Convention and iii this country knows. While
discussions on the qiiestion of platforms, occu
py the papers of the day for other organizations,
the. Democratic party is spared the' trouble ;
'because in all the essentials of nationalities it
is and has been nearly always Ainanimous.
This-is a proud position to occupy before the
country—it is a proud position to triumph
upon, and the, proudest positions to fall with.
Who is there in whose veins the' true blood-of
Democracy runs that would not be proud even
tofall in such a cause? Not only would he
fall upon principles pregnant with truth, secu
ring -his own self respect and the respect of all
honorable men, but he would have the 'appro
val of his conscience in the justice of his cause,
and the certainty of future success, because it
is just to nerve hiM for renewed efforts for his
country, his whole country, and nothing bur l
his country. It is not for me to pretend W
dictate to - you what should be your action, nor
do I intend to occupy the time of this Conven
tion in attempting it. We do not assemble to
make k platform, but to declare one. Our
platform ' is already made and understood.
We are inpower. Our sentiments have gone
before the country and triumphed, and many
years of practice in administering the govern
ment have changed what was once theory in
ourolitical creed, into fixed and sober histori
cal facts. By these facts we are willing to be
judged; which of our enemies can say the same ?
Is this a free, happy, prosperous country ? If
so, then what party, not by loud professions of
political faith, but by actual government upon
fixed principles,
has made and' kept it so I
Let our enemies he our judges : history shows
that all the little experimental success they
ever had, has been in the ratio ofthe incorpo
ration into their creed of our principles, never
it is true Voluntarily adopted, much less be
lieved in, by them ; but used for the occasion
under the stress of a popular necessity. Re
cently. our party has met with some reverses ;
the courage of seine began to fail, and those
not heartily with us, took French leave, so as
not, to be behind in the new organization, as
they ivere in the old one ; but truth is mighty
and will prevail. This freshet has carried off
the drift-wood of the party. What some
feared was going to be a permanent disease,
has only proved to be a slight epidemic, and
our . party now rises proutler,-nobler, and,high- -
er than ever. (Applause.)
It is some years since I had the Iginor of a
'seat in a Democratic Convention of the State
of ,Pennsylvania. On this occasion, when
called upon by my colleagues to serve, I availed
myself of the opportunity of contributing my
aiu to my party if she needed my humble ser
vices. I believed this Convention was not one
merely fur the purpose of nominating a Canal
Commissioner, but one to reiterate principles,
and whose acts done this day we may not hear
the last of for the next twenty years. We
may differ among ourselves about minor mat
ters, but in essentials we agree. In non-essen
tials we agree to disagree—in essentials the
party has nearly always been a unit. The op
position press with peculiar pleasure publishes
that we are divided into 'llards" and "Sorts,"
Nebraska and anti-Nebraskk, Free Soil and
pro-Slavery, Temperance and anti-Temperance
factions. They forget that ittssltOemocratic
party every man may have his own private
opinions on all subjects not-organic, while on
the eFsentials of the National Democratic faith
we are and always will be a unit. I regard
this Convontion, therefore, in that light. The
nominee put forth to the people is a secondary
exinsuleration.- To me the best recommenda
tion is a character for integrity and honesty,
and I have not a doubt but that you will nom
inate just such a man. Yon arc now one year
in advance of the Presidential -electioni — and
you are declaring a platform out of which yoin
dare not take one plank in this nor the next
election. You arc now planting the seed and_
this fall and next fall you will reap the har
vest. that harvest will be good or
toil your acts :hi:, dav wdl s h ow . ( A pplau„.. 1
have tinlinnivil IA MI ni .our part - i have
the !HULA t,9ol.iticti‘t in you, Its itpresenta
.
Gentlemen —X shalt endeavor to discharge'}
the duties you have imposed Upon tue with
impartiality, and to the extent of my-ability.
I hope, therefore, "that I may have not only
your indulgence but roar cOrdiaraupport. - ."
(Great-applause.) _ . _
(in motion of 11. B 'Wright, a committee
conslating of thirty-three, *as 'awn appointed
to report:resortiticyrts — for the oonsideratio
the Convention.
The Convention then, on motion, went into
nominations of candidates to be balloted fOr,
for -the office of Canal Commissioner, when-
Col. Black nominated Win. S. Campbell ; Mr.
Reilly nornirated John Rowe; Mr. Blair nom
inated John F. Hoover Mr. Butler nominated
Bernard Reilly : Mr. Paltrier nominated Rob
ert Iriin ; Mr. Pratt - nominated H. B. Packer;
Mr. Reilly nominated James Worrel Mr. M.
•P. Boyer nominated Arnold Plumer ; Mr.
Laird nominated J. Murray Whallnn ; Mr. An
derson nominated-Alexander Small ; Mr. Max
well nominated George Scott.
The followin e , resolution was twice. read,
considered and adopted, , viz
'//pBo/ved, That the candidates for nomination
for Canal Commissioner be severally pledged
that they are not at the present time, members
of, or in any way connected with, any secret
political association : that theywill not become
Connected with such association, if nominated,
at any time prior to their election, nor, detect- •
ed, during their -continuance in office ; and that
the nominee of the Convention Bhall give to
the State Central Comniittee a pledge, which
they shall prescribe, in relation to the subject
of Know-Nothingism, and that if he decline to
take such pledge, the State Central Committee
is authorized to make a nomination in his stead.
-The following communication, addressed to
the Convention by Mr. WILLIAM S. CAMPBELL,
was then read, vii:
To •the Members of the Democratic Convention
assembled at Harrisburg,:
WERNE . SDAT, July 4,-1855.
GENTLEMEN :—The undersigned having been
pregented by many of his fellow citizens, resi
ding in different sections of the Commonwealth,
as a cant ate or nomination, a your antis.
for the office of Canal Commissioner, and hav
ing received the, to him, astounding intelli
gence that . the grave and unfounded slander
has been circulated, "that he is connected with
the secret order commonly known . as Know
Nothings," deeins it due to himself and his
friends to give a most solemn. and sincere de
nial to the malignant imputation. He can do
this more - effectually in the form - of an - affida- -
vit, having in view' all the high responsibilties
of an oath.
Dauphin County, as
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of
the Peace, in and for said county, WILLIAM S.
CAMPBELL, who, on his solemn oath, deposeth
and .saith, that he is not NOW, never TIAS BEEN',
nor does he intend To us a member of any se-'
eret political organization known by any name
whatever—that the only political party to
which he belongs, or ever has belonged, is that
known as the Democratic party or the State
and Nation. WM. S. CAMPBELL.
Sworn -and subscribed before me, this 3d
day of July, A. D., 1854.
C. A. SNYDER.
Justice of the Peace.
A communication from ARNOLD PLI.TMER,
addressed to a member of the Convention, ful
ly- meeting the requirements of the foregoing
resolution, WRS also presented to the Conven
tion.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for
a candidate for Canal Commissioner, when
three ballots were had, resulting as follows :
lst bnpot 241 do, 3d do.
Arnold Plower. ofVenango co., 47 60 77
W. S. Campbell,. Allegheny, '37 43 46
John Rowe, Franklin, 10 1
Cleo. Scott. Columbia, 7
Robert Irvin; Centre,
John F. Hoover, do., 4
Berner() Reilly., Schuylkill, 4 1
Alexadder Small, York, 4, '4
Jas. Worrell,
H. B. Packer, 2
• Hon. Arnold Plumer, of Venango, was,
therefore, declared the nominee of the Demo
cratic party for tile (Alice of Canal Commission
er, and, on motion, the nomination was made
unanimous.
On the first ballot, Mr. Danner voted for
John Rowe, and on the subsequent ballots for
Arnold Plumer. Mr. Marshall was not in at
tendance, owing, we suppose, to the throng,of
the season, . usual with the farmers abOut
harvest time.
EVENING SESSION
The Convention re-assembled at 7 o'clock;
and was called to order by the President.
Col. Black, from the Committee on Resolu
tions, submitted the following, which were
read amid loud applause :
Resolved, That the Democratic party need
not, on old and settled issues, to declare its
principles in detail. It is sufficient for us to
say that we belong to the Democracy of the
Union, and recognize no geographical lines be
tween the Noith and South. The interests of
all parts of the country arc the same to us, and
so tar as in our power we will maintain the
Constitutional rights of every State with uni
form fidelity.
'Resolved. That every one who makes our
.country his home, and loves the constitution,
the laws and the liberty of the Union. is in its
largest sense, a true American.—Ris birth
place was not of his own selection, and should
do him neither good nor harm=his religion is
- between himsel and his God, and should be
left to his own judgment, conscience and re
sponsibility.
lic.vdced, That we regard the secret order,
commonly called "Know-Nothings," as an or
ganization dangerous to the prosperity and
peace of the country. We consider its designs
as unconstitutional and void of patriotism
being at once opposed to the spirit of true Chris
tianity and a just and manly American senti
ment.
Resolved, That the Democratic party reite
rate and re-assert their cmilidence in, and ad
herence to the political creed promulgated by
Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural ad
dress: and practie,ed by Madison, Monroe, Jack
son, Van Duren, Polk, and Pierce, in their ad
ministrations—that these principles - require no
concealment. and that experience has fully de
termined their applicability- to all the interests
of the American people. .
Resoired, That we have undiminished con
fidence in the ability :aid integrity of Franklin
Pierce, and his administration of the govern
ment of our country.
Resoii;rd, That the views-and principles of
the present State Administration, as embodied
in the acts passed by the recent Legislature,
and approved by the Governor, by which the
interests of the,,State have been or arc proposed
o be seriously and injuriously affected, con
trast strongly with the wilt awl judicious man
agement of the Government by Govcrnur Rig
kr, and ten.: to show the da9g(4T
the cot I of the (.'... , n-ortn..ll'h to t!ic
of m.. 1 t !t e Ly lituaLc.,...ua anti boy
. Lithiitx.
licsolrcd, That 'we pledge our hearty and ' Froze the Readtag GrFtett, J oJy T.
united efforts to the election of Arnold POnier. • THE KNOW-iiOTHIP C OUNCIL. -
the candidate for 'Canal -Commissioner, whom '
we have this day nominated without adi ' -nt- , FLARE-UP BETWEEN 'SA.II AND SAMBO!
ing - voice. -- -- -.- '—
Sambo Carries the Field! _
Hop. H. B. Wright submitted a minority re- f
port, because he chought that of the majority 1 The State Know-Nothing Council met in
should have embraced the Nebraska . and the city of Reading, in secret session, ova -.
temperance issues. The report - of Collilat---, -Tuesday.--the--3d-inst.,--and--adjoarne d—on_
however, was adopted unanimously, after be-' Thursday, the sth. It was composed of three
ing amended as follows : , delegates from each subordinate Council,
Insert after the word 'State," i n the first I but the 'Northern and•_Western counties
resolution, the words "and recognize in its li only were fully represented÷tbey beitr, on
widest extent - the principle of popular sower spot in full force, to prevent the adoption
sowerl
eignty in the territories ;" so that the sentence 1 of the Philadelphia Platfortn, in which they
will read—" The interests of , all parts of the I succeeded . Exc Governor . Johnston. was .the
country are the same to us, and so far as in 1
leader of the free soil and abolition division,.
our power, we will maintain the constitutional. i and under his skillfuk generalship. SIR only ,
rights of every State,and recognize in its widest 1 national plank which , the Philadelphia RIM-,
extent the principle of popular sovereignty in %fin contained, was tiocked into splinters by
the territories, with uniform fidelity." a full two-thirds kick. The following are the
1113
. The following resolution was then twice
'read, considered and adopted, (Mr. Danner in
the chair) :
Resolved,' That the thanks of the Convention
be presented' to its President rind officers, for
the able manner in which they discharged their
respective duties. .
The Convention then adjourned eine die.
The Harrisburg Patriot says : We were
pleased with the Convention—pleased with its
honesty and fairness—pleased with the ability
and the eloq6ence displayed in it—pleased
with its Democracy—pleased with its determi=
nation to pace that party, in a position that
every man not wedded ,to its opponents must
approve of. The harmony and enthusiasm
displayed there was the harbinger of a victory
in Pennsylvania, on the second Tuesday of Oc
tober next. over the hordes who-are banded
together for "treasons, strata gems, and spoils."
The
THE VERDICT AGAINST NEAL Dow.—The
Portland Advertiser contains the verdict of the
body of John Robbins, shot during the late
riot in.:Portland. The jury.find that gobbing
came by his death ! ! from a musket ball, fired
either by a- member of the Rifle Guard or
sonic, person acting as a volunteer, by order
and command of Neal Dow, the mayor of the
city:;_that _the_Rifle_Guards__were_called_out
under a precept signed by said Dow, which
was unauthorized by - any law of the State,and
wholly void ; that, although the mayor and
some of the aldermen had reason in the early
part of the day to.apprehend a disturbance,
they took no means to prevent the assemblage ;,
and that, in the early stage of the proceeding,
a few policemen, acting in concert, could easi
ly' have dispersed it, and that the military,
When they discharged their muskets, were
wholly out of Sight of the crowd upon whom
they fired, and who appear to have had no
revious notice-of their presence or desips.
The jury say no 2roof was, furnished of any
exigency existing requiring a resort. to such
extreme measures, and that the act is with
out any legal justification or excuse. John
Robbins, they decide, died by felony, and not
by mischance; but whether his death was a
murder or a homicide they leave for the State
tribunals to decide. It is supposed. therefore,
that Dow will be indicted and tried.
A Remarkable Man.
AND A UNIVERSAL REX' EDY FO R DISEASE.—
This city is now the home of ono of the most
remarkable men of the age —a man who has
traversed the civilized globe, and established
in almost every country which he has visited,
the sale - of his medicines for the relief of human
suffering, and which are a certain cure for dis
ease in all its for Ms. We allude to PROFESSOR
TIIO3IAS HOLLOWAY, of London. It is, now
several years since this benefactor of the hu
man race first proclaimed' to the world, through
the British press, that he lad, , after' deep re
search, prepared a remedy that was sure to
eradicate disease. Year - S of patient investiga
tion into the laws of human physiology which
control our bodies in health and when discos ,
ed, led 'to the invention and preparation of the
world-renowned Elor.Lowar's Pius and JINTZ
31ENT. Nearly, if not quite one half of the hu-:
man race have taken his Medicines ! His
name is as universally known over the globe
as that of Alexander, Napoleon, or Washing
ton, when in the height of their ambitious ca
reer. If they conquered nations. on the field
of battle, Professor Holloway has, with no
weapon but that of science, conquered disease
in all its forms. His meritorious career is
bounded by no imaginary lines of latitude and
longitude short of those marking the confines
of civilization itself. No isolated country or
nation was sufficiently extensive for the opera
tion of his enterprising and gigantic intellect.
Where - Ver diSease has a residence, "there he
has penetrated with his medicines, and left an
enviable and enduring reputation. After en
lightening Europe, his fame spread over Asia
and the civilized portions of Africa, and finally
appeared in America. He has translated the
cures he has performed . and the virtues of his
medicines into as many languages as the mis
sionaries have the Bible. Governments, other
wise the most despotic, have been forced by
the great value of his medicines, and their
popularity with the people, to remove the an
tiquated and time-honorei restrictions upon
the introduction of foreign medicines, and open
their custom houses to a free introduction to
the pills and ointment of this distinguished
man. Empires and kingdoms removed the
barriers_ _of ages against the.i ntrod uc on and
sale of propriatary or patent medicines, and
freely permitted Holloway's medicines to be
come the physician of the masses,--N. 1.
Diqatch. _ .
--- _
-A SLIP or THE ToNarTs."—A few days ago,
at Newton, N. J., a boy found a clam with the
shell partly open, and undertaking , _ to suck it,
he put his tongue in to aid thexperation, when
the bivalve -shut down" on him and kept him
in severe torture, until the shell' was broken
and his-torr:uti std.
Know . Nothing State council of
Loiii , i.ttia has repipit men the ('athol lc tc,t- If
th" 1; • till , : r r 7', ‘v , n t ha ,. e a 7 - 7.4.01,1 • stiii ctmu:a 111 ITOla CalifOrilla,
Lvt lol;owt.r. - .. Lu , by L..4b
land -8i
rM
proceedings, as we find them in yesterday's
Sun
The Convention repudiated the 12th section
of the National Platform adopted at Philadel-:
'
phia,. - '
A section was adopted in place of thel2t4
declaring in favor of the re-enactment of t'W
Missouri Compromise, and opposing the itd.
mission of any more slave States north Of the
Missotni Compromise rine. Yeek' nftirk
The Eastern delegates stood 73 to 27. Thir
ty Western men opposed the platform-as not
Free-Soilish enough for them, „
A resolution - was offered, caning a Natkmal
Convention at Cincinnati, on January ‘Bth, to
act on the Pennsylvania Platform., as follows :
Resolved. That a Committee of Thirteen be
appointed to invite the co-operation of all the.
State Councils in the Confederacy, who may
be willing to concur in the principles and plat
form this day adopted by the State of Penn
sylvania, as and for her National Creed; andl
that a Convention be held at Cineiriztati, on
the Bth day of January nest, to concert mea
sures to secure the nomination in the Conven-
tion, miles y t Minna ounce ,o' -mutt 1.
dates for President and Vi'e President, wit°,
are wining to stand upon the platform this
da esta iii •hed ant ransa rich other Inn -
ters as may be - deemed necessary to secure the
snccess of the American party in the ljuionk.
The representations of each State in said Corr
vention to,be elitial,to the number of members
such State is entitled to in the National Con
gress.
The Convention adjourned sine die on Thurs
day, having passed the resolution calling FA
Convention at Cincinnati,
_without a division.
These proCeetrings disgusted the national
portion of the K. N's.—a mere corporal's
guard, however, numbering 20 all told—and
with JACOB BROOM, met . ober of Congrees elect
from Philadelphia, at their he ad, they denounc
ed the majority body as disorganisers and
traitors; Who had "turned the Convention into
an abolition gathering, and set at defiance the
entire authority and jurisdiction of the National
Council,"—and forthwith set up on their own
hook as Me State Council, pure and sinapk, to
whom all rightful authority' in thinp
belonged. 'We find a report of their doings
also-in- the Sun,with-the editorial-sanction , to
the act of these faithful few among the faithless:
At a meeting of the American State Con.
vention, held at Reading, on,the sth instant,
the following preamble and re s olutions, re
-ported by the Hon. Jacob Broom, chairman of
the committee on resolutions,'were unanimous
ly adopteit, and ordered' to-be published, sign-
ed by the officers of-the Connoil; viz':
Whereas, The National Convention at its
late session at Philadelphia established and
promulgated "The platform and Principles of
the Organization,"
And whereas, according to the constitution
and laws of the Order, the National Council
is the. supreme head of the Order, and as such '
is entitled to the respect and 'obedience of the
subordinate branches.thereot . "
And whereas, the unfortunate .agitation,.of_
sectional matters within the said National
Council has resulted in the introduction of an
article (xti.) to which there' appear to be
serious and grave objections on the part of a
portion of the members of the Order, therefore
Resolved, That while we deprecate and
disapprove of the agitation in any manner of
the subject of Slavery, or any other question of
local or sectional concern, in the consideration
of the principles of the American party, as
being incompatible with harmony, and de
structive of thai concert of action 'which is in
dispensable to the well-being of our nation , at
large, and the peace and security of posterity.;
yet, nevertheless, our- im perious sense of duty
and subordination to the National Council,
and devotion to the great American cause,
which we hold to be paramount to all other
political or sectional considerations, impels us
to ratify, adopt and confirm the said platform
and principles.
Resolved, That the minutes purporting'io
he the proceedings of the State Council of
Pennsylvania, which assembled at Reading
'on the 3d inst., disclose-the fact of tne seces
sion from the National organization of a large
number of those in attendance, who have re
pudiated the National Council and disowned
its authority, and that therefore' their entire
proceedings are, in the opinion of this State
Council, disorganizing, and are hereby re
pudiated and disavowed.
ILLIrrITIMATE CIIILDRRN. —The last Legisla
ture passed the following important section,
relating to the name and right of illegitimate
children to inheriting the estate of the mother
—and the mother to inherit the estate of such
child :
SECTICiN 3. That illegitimate children shall
take and be known by the name of their
mother, and they and their mother shall re
spectively have QApacity to take or inherit from
each other personal estate as next of kin ; and
real estate as heirs in fee simple ; and as re
spects said real or personal estate so taken
and inherited, to transmit the same according
to the intestate laws of this State.
A SINGULAR FREAK OF LIGIITNTNG.—Daring
a thunder storm on Sunday evening last, the
lightning struck a post in front of Mr. Platt's
house, in Pen Yan, N. Y. 'The fluid descended
in the form of a ball, and shivered the post to
atoms.—A small particle of the fluid separated
from the ball and passed through a window in
which sat Mr. Platt and his daughter, and
through the room into the kitchen, and strik
ing Mrs. Platt, who was standing near and di
rectly in front of the stove, in the mouth, pass.
ing down the entire length of her hotly and
left, leg, and out at her big toe. She tv4s
struck perfectly senseless, and remained so for
some 15 or :20 minutes. when she partially re
covered, and complained of violent pain in, the
breast, side an' eg. le is si in considera
ble pain; and it..is impossible as yet to deter
mule vr VI L •the result t.nay he.— Troy Times.