- 7_ THE COMPILER.
"LIDAIITI, TUC UN tO.N., AND TUE CONSTITUTLUN,"
OR TTISBUR6 I , PE\W'A.:
Monday Morning, June 9,185 a.
J'or President,
-JAMTIS. BUCII AN AN; of Pown'a..,
(Subject to tiddecision of the Nution4Convention.)
Deatot;rritic Elertoral Ticket. .
- - EI*YPORS,?..T -LAItGE.
Charles R. Ilockalew, of Coluinbia county;
"Wilson MeCandless, - of Al leglieuy county.
InSTRKIT ELECTOIIB.
1. GO. ,Ntritiuger, 13. Abraham Edinger,
2. Pierce Butler, 11. Reuben Wilber,
3. Edward W4rtnian; 15. Geo. A. Crawford;
IV-illiain I itte,-, 16. triunes Black, •-•
5. John McNair, 17. Henry J. Stahl°,
6. John IL I.lrinton, - 18.-John D. Roddy,
7. David LQ.nry, I.#: Jacob Torney,
8. Charles Kesler, 20. J. A. J. Bilf;banan,
-J: Joseph Patterson, 2L WilUam Wilkins,
10. Isaae-Sleillair, 22. Jas. G. Campbell,
11. Frs. W. 1 - 1 - oglieFi, 23. Thos.Ciirmingliam,
12. Thus. Osterii out, 24. John
25.-Vincent Phelps. .
Canal Commissioner,
GEORGE KC/TT, of Columbia county.
Auditor Gemerd,
JACOB Fla, Jn., of Montgomery co.
Surveyor General,
TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter county.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
"CrinsoN Ifousn," Cincinnati, Juno 2, '56.
Holding tn3iselfalwapl.st the service of the
numerous patrons and' readers 'of 'the "Com
piler•," whether at Tome -or abroad, T have
been taking a few . notes of my trip Cincinnati-
ward, with .the intention, if of sufficient inter,
est, - !`to print And-hero, goes: .
I left home on Thursday merning Imit, un-
der the "rein'? of Dr. Weaver, and in due, sea-
son reached Hanover—id alio York, then
Harrisburg, and.there took the mail train for,
the West. The rideslorig the Juniata is -not
an uninteresting one, skirted ; on both banks
as that rather romantic shnot of Water is, with ,
a high range of undulating or moun
t tins, which are clothed' with, denso‘ and now
logy:green forests—affording a sufficient va,
riety-ofyiew r itowavort, not to tire the oyovith'
a monotonous sameness: Thkgrain fields did,
not present so prOraiving an appearance , as,
those of York and Adams, but I suppose, - ,
Sfrarn 'tlio location, _hnd °boater — of the soil,
that any better could not be enacted. •
Arri% 4 at ditOontf,libout dusk, I concluded_
to spend:the night there, in order to allow me
an opportnnity.of enjoying the grand and pie-'
thresqUes views afforded along the line of the
Central" itailioad over the mountain—and'
richly was I remunerated for the detention,
in more ways Than one. The' town, but four
years in existence, contains n population of
5,060,, with extensive railroad workshops, em
ployig 500 hands.
After a good night's' rest, (and a capital
supper and , breakfast, with such beefsteak—
mortal Man never , partook ' of superior,) at
ft,
..;• • • at i". I • 1 •
had just arrived from Philadelphia, with the
"Keystone Club" on board, and in a few mo
ments we were ascending the stoop grades up
,tbe mnuntain. The - scenery is most tna,g,nifi
cep t---indeed, at some points, grand almost
beyond description. ' The train winding; up,
up, and still upward, along tho precipitous
. .
sides of the mountain, formed a picture the
painter might well devote his pencil to.. - Nu—
MerduS siiotsof:attraCtiveness strike tho oyo,
— lintidttarciog sim-er seven - miles:above-
Altuona,.is pre-eminently At this point,.
the readpasses over a deep raTvino, connecting
two oPthe mountain peaks, and the course . is:
Sashort, that, seated as I was in the rear car .
I had a line, full view yf the throe
. locomotives
drawing the train, they coming almost opposite
me. Although eiOssing a chasm hundreds of
feet deep, the beholder, even the most timid,
forgets fear, in admiring the grandeur of tho
natural featUres of the spot, and the energy
and genius of man in znaking those "towering
hills smooth as the trodden pathway." Words
in description' fail me—you must" ,sec to feel
and appreciate. The best I can say is, to ad
monish my travelling readers never to cross
the tuountains at night. It would "pay" to
lie over at Altoona a week in order to have a .
_clay,light _ride over that romantic. division.
After crossing Icittaning Gap, the . road as
cenils at grades varying froth 95 to 106 feet per
mile, until it reaches the long tunnel, three
thousand feet through, in the middle of which
is the summit, being the highest point, of
course, between Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
The construction of the Central - Ratko:l:d is
or the must substantial character; so much
so, as - to silence those feelings of apprehension
which are common in travelling over so rugged
and precipitous a region. Its entire cost, I'
believe, has been. something like sixteen mil
lions, but after seeing what I have or it, I am
astonished that the outlay has nut been g. eat
er. Jut this is digressing.
Our train moved down the mountain at the
rate of about forty miles per hour, the locomo
tives having enough to du to keep out of the
way of the ears, and soon reached Johnstown
and Cambria- • These are bu3y, thriving
places, the latter having sm immense iron roll
ing establishment. At Lockport, SNOW came
down for a few moments, and that part oho
day was rather ufteomfortable. Land in the
neighborhood sou, a few years ago, at four
acre—now it is worth twenty.—
Through Westmoreland and Alleghttity coun
ties tam ride was delightful.- The land is roil-
Laing and ruu in- into
the iuluatainous. ,
iVe 'arrived at Pittsburg at 2, P. M., and 1
found titut. "butoky city," if possible, more
tiA4u 1'..1t up wt the St. Chu:Li,
rtna-was onlortaiued, (new euegmbem,
slided„ :at sapper !)
• At 3 o'clock ne::t inurning,i left for this
pum ~114 passed fiver a eonnt,ry mos' t beauti
fi,i.tu behold, although there are many points
I would nut eomdder 'desirable to have oue'S
abode in. We. passed 'through Rochester,
Coln►nbi ana, Salem, Alliance, where We break
fasted ; Canton, a large and beautiful Place ;
Masilionf, - bat twenty-live years - ago itt-the
swamp, now quite-large and well built : Wow--
ter, also of good site, and evidentlyu. pleasant
place ; Mansfield, larger, I should think, but
nut quite, so pretty; erestline, two years trio
entirely in the wotals, but is growing rapidly ;
Cation, Caledonia, Marion, where we dined;
next !Arm, ;where I was truly glad to' take
by the hand my old Mummashurg- friend,
Henry S. Miller, who settled here last fall;
Rellefoutaio,which has a cleanly, thrifty air
about it;- Urbana, Sprinflehl, a most beauti-
fnl place ; Dayton, ditto ; Miamasbufg, where
the grape is largely cultivated ; 'and then on
through a large number of villages,' , to Cin
cinnati, (3(sB miles from Pittsburg,) which
we reached at 7 P. M.
Within thirty miles of this city, the wheat
-is i n heiul,-and. luxuriant._ _ Clover nearly
ready fur the scythe.
A heavy frost visited the region I passed
through on Saturday morning, which soon
turned to blackness all tender vegetation. It
will long 'bo remembered as a late frost.,
I found the City crowded to suffocation with
strangers from all quarters, and had consider
able difficulty in procuring quarters, which I
eventually did at the Gibson House,
nut street, and .am as comfortably fixed as
could be expected, considering the jam. The
vast body of visitors hero have not come for
purposes - of strife, but; impressed as they aro
with the important bearings of the doings of
the great Democratic party' upim the policy
and prosperity of our beloved country, their
ahriost universal course is for good Will and a
kindly sentiment, so that the nominee of the
Convention may be heartily sustained, North,
East, South and West, and endorsed, by a ma
jority-so spealcingly emphatic as to drive back
into merited obscurity the horde of evil-doors
who are now riding on the top waves of Know
Nothingism and Black Republicanism. Un- .
der such circumstances, I anticipate tho 'best
results.. -
As to Cincinnati, I need say hardly a word.
It known world-wide, as one of themOst at
, tractive and prosperous western cities, many
of whioh are looming up, so rapidly - as_ to
threaten soon „to distance their-most ancient
eastern Asters. :Thminessisnot quite /*brisk
as earlier in the season, because of tho low
'stage'of Water in the rider, but still.tho fact
that wealth and enterprisogo hand in hand
ie evid r enced on allosides;..'
The city, hi decorated at ninny points with
flags, and all sorts of aim's" °merits are adver
tised.for the "benefit of strangors."
The hotel charges are double,
.and in many
cases, - treble; the usual rates, and there is con
siderable' dissatisfaction expressed thereat.—
But such things are common on such occasions,
'and I suppose the most reasonablcv way to
take the matter is "to . griti and bear it."
-11fany of the most distinguished And relia
ble membors of. the 'Democratic party of. the
country are here," and it has afforded me no
little plea Sure to take by the hand not a few
whose upright political course I have long ad
-1.1.51 I ••111111;1.
•. 'The Convention met in Smith & Nixon's
Hall, (which is handsomely decorated with
flags and overgreens,) -to-day at 12, o'clock,
M., but as this letter has , already :grown to
stnliciont length, 1 will defer a sketch of the
proceedings for niy next, which trill probably
be written to-morrow. I have obtained a re
porter's spat in the' Hall, but is is no easy task
to write . umid , .this bustle. , . 11. a. s.
I DemocratiLliational_fonventlon
CINCINNATI, trIMO 3, 1856.
, The Delegates chosen to represent the sev
eral States in a Convention to nominate Dem
ocratic candidates for President aud Vivo
President of the United States, convened in
Smith 4 Nixon's Hall, in this city, yesterday
morning, and organized temporarily by calling
Col. S. i. MEDAIVY, of the Ohio Statesman, to
the chair,' and the appointment of several
Secretaries. •
The Convention was fpll, every State being
represented by a complete delegation, with
two sets from each of the States of Now Yurk
and Missouri.
'l'l►e :Rev. Mr. Nicholson, of the Episcopal
Church, offered up a fer Vent prayer, to trhieli
devout atteutiou was paid, all in the Hall rib•
lug to their feet.
Thomas L'llarris, of Illinois, then proposed
that a Committee of Credentials,' to be com
posed of a delegate from each State in which
there is no disputed delegation, to be chosen
by the delegatiOns, be appointed, whose duty
it shall be to report to the Convention the
delegates that present the proper credentials,
and aro entitled to take their seats in
this body. Adopted. Hendrix B. 'Wright
was chosen by We Pennsylvania delegation.
A resolution to appoint a committee on per
manent officers of the Convention was thou
passed—John L. llaw-son representing Penn
sylvania thereon.
Mr..flallet, of Massachusetts, offered a reso
laical_ for the appointment of a committee on
Itesolutions,.of one from each State, to be ap
pointed by the delegates thereof, and that all
resolutions relative to the Democratic platform
be referred to said committee without debate.
Aftersoile discussion, the resolution pruTail
ed. J. Glancy Jones was appointed for Venu
s). lvania:
After the transaction of some othcr.unim
portant business, the Convention adjourned
until 10 o'clock this morning.
Immediately upon the re-assembling of the
Convention this• morning, Mr. Dawson, from
the committee on Permanen •
reliorted fur Prehident, JOHN E. 11 7 .tito, of
Georgia, undone Vice I're3ident and one Sec
retary from each State—for Peauthyhania,
Amo l'haEer Prezident. and JoLI
N. Hutchison for Serffetary. The csnornittLA
furtlior recommentiol.
rules atilt: Imt. Domoiratie, N u ti oln d ( , ; ( ,6, 017,
flea for the (mime:it of thin.
way adopted, Mr.lvVard einidUpted 61110
eh:l4; when he deliVered - the tiillowing
ingly einglicJit address, which was . received
with deafening : - -
Gee ilemen of the Convention, The summons
r -to preside over your deliberations
peeksd as it is grateful to me. Tho distin
• goished gentleman who yesterday presided,
the commuting Hills between the past and the
present, curried us back to that period in our
history when the Democratic party assembled
to give into the hands of its favorite son, its
standard to go forth to. battle itgainst a noble
and a gallant party. That party, With the is
sues which - then divided us; have passed
away. Many of its leaders, one by one, have
stolen away to their silent rtA,ing•place, filled
with years and with honors, mourned by po-
Beim' friends and political foes. '
-‘ , 54) sleep the bravo, and sink to rest
With All their CB entries' honors blest
when Spring, with dewy tin,gers cold,
Returns to deck their hollowed mold,
_ She there shall find a sweeter sod-
Than.lrancy's feet have,,,ester trod,
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
' 'fetlock the mould that wraps their clay ; •
, And Freedom for a while repair
To dwell a weeping hermit time."
"Many of that noble party who still survive
arc with us_to-day. 'Theyare-withus_in_our
deliberations, and they , are prepared to go
forth with us to do battle in behalf of the Con
stitution and the Union. Why, why, then,
gentlemen of the Convention, with this party
passed away ; and these issues settled, why
are we• environed With difficulties and sur
rounded with- dangers before unknown ? Our
land is convulsed with factions. The one, re
creant to the Constitution, would build a wall
around our country, and give a homo.to the
-exile-who seeks , these shores, .only on condi
tion that he renounce all the privileges which
are dear to freemen ; a party which, in the
pride of power, assumes to dictatAi to the con
sciences of men, and which would extend the
right of-suffrage only to those who bow be-.
fore the same altar With themselves; a' party
which will allow no man to he fit to serve the
country, unless ho offer his prayers.to the
throne of grace in the came form they. may
prescribe, •
• •
The other faction—more dangerous only be
cause it is more nuMerous—has - liberty em
blazoned on its banners and deadly treason
festering in its heart. It is engaged lir an un
holy
- crusade against the Constitution, which
has so long maintained its hold on the affec
tions of the people, iu.the,foml hope that they
may involve in one common ruin all the glori
ous recollections of the past, and all our proud
anticipations of the future. Insignificant and
contemptible in itself, it is formidable only for
its tendency to unitewith all other factibus in
their opposition to a party which makes no
concessions, courts no alliances, asks no affilia
tions. •
Prom the shores , of - the Pacific, from the
mountains of the, North, from the plains of
the South,. from the valleys of the West, dele
gates have come up to-day to-present, a plat
form and, to select• a standard hearer in the
groat cotfiestagaintit these factions; Let us
then go forth as a band of brothers, hand in,
hand,- to tiiti altar - of our common country,.
and lay upon that altar a willing sacrifice our
personal aspiratiens; our sectional prejudices;
and - abo . ire and beyond all, our private friend
ship. ,- Lot our thoughts be chastened by a
higher and a purer sentiment, the love of our
country. Let a desire to advance our person
al wishes he lost in a greator duty of protect
ing the Constitution of our country from the
assaults of its enemies.
With an abiding immfidenco that the kind
ness • which has summoned nilis place,
will bear .with :me in the performance of its
duties ; that that kindness will pardon - the er
rors I must -commit, and forgive what may
appear to' them to be erroneous, and
.may
reatilly - so, --- 1. -- enter --- on - the discharge of-that
trust to which you have summonod me.
The committee on Credentials then made
report, recommending unanimously the ad-
mission of the regularly chosen delegates
from Missouri, (who, I think are auti-Benton,)
and asked further time, to investigate the New
York diiiieulty. The 'report was adopted by
the , Convention, with but few dissenting
voices.
An hour or more was then eensumed in of,
forts to increase the list,of admissions to the
galleries, which NVCXO generally occupied by
the members of the press from various parts
of the Uaion,,but without effect—and at 12,
.M., the Cony' cation took a recess until 4, P.
The Convention re-assembled at the ap
pointed time, when the committee on Creden
tials stated, through the chairman, "that they
were not yet ready to report upon the New
York cue, and would not be before morning,
when the Convention adjourned, to meet to
morrow, at 10, A. M.
I expect to write again to-morrow, and an
ticipate confidently, to announce the noinina
tion of Pennsylvania's distinguished eon, Hon.
JAMES DUCH AN : IN.-1:116 skies are now very
bright iu that direction
CiNciNNATT, Juno 4, 1856
Upon the assembling of tho Convention,
this morning, Mr. Hallett, or Massachusetts,
-chain:tau -of-the-conintittce-on—Resolutions,-
niade report of a 111,tform of Principles, ln
chidin,* those of the Baltimore Convention of
1K):.l. and adding some others of an equally
sound national character,- upon which She
truly patriotic and conservative citizens of
the whole Union may cordially and-firmly
unite. The reading of the report was inter
rupted at the- cud of almost-every-resolution,
with the most deafening . applause, evidencing
how heartily the principles laid down Were
endorsed by, the whole body.
A call to divide was made; to take a sepa
rate vote upon that part of the Platform which
refers to our domestic policy, and then a vote
upon the last part, having reference to our
foreign pulley. The vote was taken by States,
and the first uNANisiousix adopted. Up on
this a shout went up that fairly caused the
walls of the building to shako to their very
foundations.
The Convention then adjourned until after
dinner—when a separate vu4; was taken pou
each rethaining resolution, and which result
ed in their adoption, generally by about 225
yeas - to 30 nays. The applause was again
tremendous.
The committee on Credentials not being
yet ready to report upon the New York con
tested ease, baying undertaken a full investi
gation of it, the Convention adjourned until
to-morrow ut 10, A. M. it. J. S.
Platform omitted this week for want of
room. It will appear in our next.]
CINCINNATI June 5
The Convention assembled at 10 o'clock.
Mr. SteVeimun, of Kentucky, ruse to make
a report 'rum the cuuniiittee uu credentiaL.
They Lid L,iv el, three thiyi utteutiou to the
option o
EMI
11. J. Z.
ea.ie or tho New York contestants, : a i d '
hcard - -but - h - rif - th - arti est laimirGf - s - eats -- Af
ter an able arginoe'it fir both 15COLigillr: of that
party, they hail agreed. to still-1(1,0 2i th e
platform of the convention, and had pledged
the honor of both sections to unite and make
a common battle for the nominee of this con
vention. It was lamentable that the grcat
Democracy should be Nut by , dissonsiotis i _but
'they have pulsed awayi--and both have awe
to bury the past in oblivion, and uniting on the
_last t forms a.dtip ted_ by_th e_ New—York
State Conventions, of the 'lards and sorts.
Ile then, read the report and preamble as
modified, recognising the Soils uy a regularly
organized portion of the_ Democratic party,
and the Dards ItH an rirganized body, resolving
that the two (ietions be now consolidated and
that the Softs have forty-f Our delegates and
the 'lards 26 delegates ; and that the 'ninon
ty'should not be overruled by the majority:
Also, resolved, that the delegates be allowed
to register their vote on the platform.
The report concludes 'with the following res
olution :
ere vet , a ie wo e ega ions rom
New York' be . authorized to select each 35 del
codes , • and that the 70 delegates of the two
•
sections of the New York Democracy to this
ConVention, and that they be allowed one hour
to report their selection. The two delegations
to vote separately, each party to be entitled to
17 votes. The vote of the State to be cast al
ternately by the two delegations: The "SAO
casting-thoir-voto-the-firstztime.--11ntmeoSe
cheers.]
Convention adjourned to 2 o'clock—When
Col. Preston from the committee to inform. the
delegations from New York of the action .of
- the conventi6n, reported that they had attend
ed to the dnty, and that the New York dele
gates were in-the Hall.
Mr. Mead, of Va,, moved that New York be
now allowed to vote on the platform. Carried
unity% imou Sly.
When the vote was called, Mr. Ludlow rose
and cast 17 votes for the "Softie' for heplat
form entire. [Cheers.) Judge Beardsley then
rose and cast 18 votes for the platform entire.
[Loud applause and cries fur the - order of the
day.l
Amidst the most intense - exeitegient, Mr.
Mead, of Virginia, rose and nominated that
able statesman and uncompromised Democrat,
Hon. JaMes Buchanan, of Pennsylv'ania.
Mr. Harry Hilliard, of New I.lanipshire,
nominated General Frank. Pierce.
Mr. Inge, of California, nominated llon.
Lewis Cis.
Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, nominated lion.
Stephen A. Douglas.
The New York Softs cast Mr. Pierce 18
votes and the Mulls cast 17 for Mr. -Buchanan.
[The 18 votei as cast alternately by the Hard
and Soft delegations counting only 17 in order
to preserve the exact equality of the vote of
the two delegations as the half of 35.1
• The following arc the several ballots from
the.first to the fourteenth i
Ballots. Buchanan. Pierce. Pouglai. Casa.
Ist . 135 122/ 331 • 5
24- 139 1191 311 6
3d" 1391 7 ll9 32 5l
4th .1411 119 30 51
sth: '. 140,3 1191 31 51 :
6th - -- '155 1071 28 51
7th 1431 89 53 51
Sth • „ 1.171 . 87 56 51
9th, . - 1461 87• ,56 7/
10th 1501 801 59 , 5,
11th ' 147 , 601 63, 51
12th '•' 148 791 ,63 51 -
13th - 150 -771 63 •-- 51,
14th . 1521 ',76 63 51
The Convention adjourned till 9, A. M., to
morrow (Friday.)
"The people of the town of Lawrence made
an engagement with Governor Shannon that
_they_would---obey_thelaws,_ on theeceasion_of
.his appearance, in the month of January last,
before thetown, with a sufficient force to com
pel olleditnee. He received theirassurancei
and disbanded his force. Doubtless the en
gagement was made in good faith, and doubt ,-
less it would have been kept in good faith but
for the occurrences at New Haven and else
where, to which the Observer adverts. It was
the purpose of the New Haven meeting, and
all other similar meetings throughout the
North, to send reinforcements to Lawrence,
armed with weapons of death, and infused
with a spirit of resistance to the constituted
authorities_ of the Territory :, and they were
sent. These reinforcements, in large numbers,
including the' New Haven colony; have ar-
CINCINNATI, June 6, 1856. I --ued LP' br- --ted
Nomination of
110 N. JANES BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania,
FOR PRESIDENT.
HON. J. C. BRECKENRIDGE, of Kentucky,
FOR 'VICE PRESIDENT.
The Convention re-assembled at 9 o'clock,
and resumed balloting font Presidential cand-
counting those of yesterday,) the Hon. JAMES
BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania, received 296;
the unanimus vote of the Convention, and was
accordingly declared the nominee of the Con
vention for the Presidency of the U. States.
FTFTEE NTH MA I,LOT.
13nehanan 168 ; Pierce 3; Douglas 118 ; Cass
4. Mr. Pierce was witl►drawn. by the New
Hampshire delegation.
SIXTEENTII BAT,LOT.
Buchanan 168; Douglas 121; Cass 6.
SEVEN_TEENTII-11.11.1.0T-
The result of this ballot being unanimous
for Mr. Buchanan, created a perfeetfurm - y. of
enthusiasm, both on the inside and outside of
the
.1101.
Since the nomination of Mr. Buchanan for
the Presidency the city has been in a constant
state of excitement. Various clubs from Penn
sylvania, headed by the Philadelphia brass
band, bearing a mon.ater banner, paraded the
streets, awl-the-Young Men's Union Club of
New York, fired salutes, much enthusiasm
being manifested.
The first ballot in the Convention for Vice
President resulted as follows : Breckenridge,
of Ky., 55 ; Quitman 59; Boyd 33 ; Fitzpatrick
11 ; Brown 29; llerehal Johnien 31 ; Bush 2;
Bayard 31 ; Polk 57 ; _Dobbin 13.
(The Convention had not adjourned at last
accounts.]
1 'Foreign News.—There has been two arri
vals during the past week, but the news is
- wanting in - interest - to the - gcn cral-rc er.--We
therefore omit it to make room fir more inter
esting items of news. Broadstuffs had
slight
ly declined.
Franklin and Marshall College.—We have
received a catalogue of the officers and stu
'dents nf thislnstitution, locatedat_Lancaster,
in this State. The number of students is 109,
of whom 73 are in the College and 36 in the
Preparatory Department.
New Hawn Election.
We notice that at the Charter election held
on the 2d inst., the Pemociats were victori
ous, electing their Mayor, and fifteen out of
twenty Councilmen. The vote is said to have
been one of the largest. ever polled at a similar
election. We have not heard of any riots or
murders in connection with this triumph !
Such outrages do not follow the successful
rule of Democratic principles.
rga'The rmntivipal elee - tion in )Vashington
City held on last Monday, resulted iifl ie e ec
thin of Magruder, Democrat, over his Know-
Nothing competitor. Another Democratic
City.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. June I.—A collision oc
curred off Long, Point on Friday between the
propeller Cataract and brig ()fiord, by which
e _i a tt o . r cp - minodiately anil tilt perSt4.4
ierished.
IlosTwc, May 31.—At 13;lpgor, Waterville
and 1);“ ivi Ile this morninc.; it was snowing and
the weather wa:: er V CAL
TheTrauks' anti Sumer Affair.
The I I ousoinveAigatioct into
committed by Mr. Brooksou Mr.
Stilarter,' have prepared their report, and they
recommend titex.pilsiou of Brooks, censtdo
Kcitt and EdMalaSiA., A-tainority,re . port ar
gds that there VMS no brerachof `priNilege•of
-
- House, an - d -- the — llo use; Irtither-efor-e,n4-.
jurisdiction. The jurisdiction appears _.to be
properly with the' Senate. It was their priv
ilege wl4 was invaded, and they have the
right to protect themselves. The House has
exclusivejurisdic tion of cases of disorderly,con
duct, affrays or tumults, by - its own memterA,
occurring iu its own presence, but it is doubt
ful if this exclusive privilege extends to breach
es Of the peace committed elsewhere. The
Senate Las, however, in deference to the House,
of which Mr. Brooks is a member, left the sub
: _to the discretion of the latter hod
tho , llouse may consider the affair as interfer
ing with legislative functions, and therefore an
offence against itself as well as
,against the
Sonata. If the :House take this view of the
case it will endeaVor to expel Mr. Brooks, in
which two-thirds of its members are required
to concur. It is very doubtful if that number
can - be. obthineVand hon - c - e - 31 - tc - Bruo . • •:
•
likely . to escape punishment,by Con tress. He
is still, hOwever, liable for a breach of the pub-
lie peace.
Where the Responsibility Rests.
There is no difficulty in-rightly placing the
responsibility of the past and present state of
things in Kansas. The New York Observer,
the principal organ of the Presbyterian de
nomination in the United States, says in a late
number: "Professor Silliman and Mr. Dutton
may disavow having given -any advice that
can ho construed into encouraging men to vio
lence, (Mr. Beecher cannot,) but the influence
of the rifle meeting at NeW Haven, and of the
incendiary speeches elsewhere on the Same
subject, has been to inflame the minds of the
colonisti, - and to prepare them for deeds of
blood. The counsels of these advocates of the
rifle have not been peaceful and such as be
come the Gospel ; and if uneducated and im
pulsive men in Kansas where
law is weakore tempted to go
vice of the New Haven meeti
murder of a sheriff, who will
the eye of gea,ven a terrible
rests on those who advised7t
grant to go with arms in his h
session of the soil of his, own country ?"
Commenting on these timely and: truthful re
marks of the Observer, the Detroit Free Press
says:
rived in _Jawrenee, and they have impai•
the spirit of the New Ilati to all
other colonists, and to the people who had
promised Governor Shannon that they would
lowed? The telehraph,advises , us. The town
obstructed the execution of legal process in
the hands of the marsh:tit (A" tb e United States
and of the sheriff of Douglas county—forcibly
obstruCted it. One account says the sheriff's
party was fired upon. If, at this juncture,
the marshal and. the sheriff could not restrain
their men=if the latter rushed upon their. as
sailants and committed some excess, aro we to
hold up our hands and wonder ? Is it a thing
of surprise ? We aprehen d not. But where
rests the responsibility? The New . Vrk Ob
server answers. It rests uon you.Sillimans,
and you Datong, an(you ocvh - c - rsTand - snch ---
.like in New England, and upon you Chand
lers and you Pennimans, and such like in this
State. It rests upon the men all through the
North .who have placed - rifles in the hands of
emigration parties to Kansas, and charged
them, when they arrived there, to 'keep their
arms and give the contents to their enemies."
The Butchery of Seven Persons.
The telegraph 'announced a few davS ago
that Jacob,Friend, his wife and five children,
residing four miles from St. Joseph, Mo., had
all been murdered on the night of the 21st
ult., and their dwelling burned down. A let
ter in the St. Louis Republican says:
The house or cabin contained but one room,
about sixteen feet square, with two doors, a
window and a fire-place. • The window and
the fire-place were in the opposite ends, and
the two doors in the opposite sides. Oh either
side of the window, with their feet towards
1 -the-doors c -had-sOod the-beds-in-which the
slept.—From where the beds stood,
egress was easy and convenient through the
window and doors.
It win; hardly possible then that 7 persons
—a man of 45, a woman of 40, a young man
of 13, a girl of 16, and 5 Small children could
have been burnt from fire originated in the
tire : place.—There Were too many ways of es
eaPe. Nor for, the same reason could they
have been burnt to death if the fire had been
communicated to -any part of the building.
The conclusion then before any examination
was that murder most foul and unnatural, had
been busy with his bloody knife, before the
fire was ignited.
This conclusion was confirmed by silent ev
idences which lay around. There, in the
corner, near the fire lace, a skeleton, and
there, just in front of the fire place, was anoth
er ; and where the beds had stood, were all
the others—a large one with the smallest
clasped in its arms, and the rest clustered
near. These were evidently the mother and
children ; those near the fire-place, the father
and the son. By (ine of the latter was a lam
'knife; and by the other, a three-pronged pitesh
fork, with points extremely sharpened, and
it bqrrell of a gun ; and_in the front of the
house a revolver was found.
.The radical 'Abolitionists held a Con
vention at Syracuse on Thursday, and nomi
nated Gerrit Smith, of New York, and Sam
uel McFarland, -o Pennsylvania, as the candi
dates for the Pre lency and Vice Presidency.
The Convention was • • omiscuous gathering
of white;., b acss, an unsexe women. -
, tir - 1.,N..-ItANKIN, Esq . .. ling - become one
of the priqiiietors . of the Charuborsbu.rg
pvsitury and Transcript.
..,.. After a careful perusal of the accounts
ft•especting the croPsin ull the principal, grain
rowing States, the Journal of Commerce
and we cornet, to the conclusion that, should
nothing_ unforeseen' occur, and favorable
wenther'eontinne-for the next three weeks,
- thelcrrthcoming - wheat - crorwillhe-thela,rgest -
_ever produced in the country.
.....The Amerii....nO - Farmer says thatit is
unable to arrive at 'any" Positive cenclusien , ':as
to the supply of Peruvian Guano for the fall
trade. 'l l hOse who ought to know say that the
mill:twit will be' :;mall, but others predict a
large supply, For reasons heretofore assign
ed; we incline to - the opinion thz4 the quatiti
kY will
,not bear large, as usual, but we have .
no certain data on which to found our con
clusions. So 'says
. the lialtirtiore Sun.
. . There Will,be five eclipses this .ear--
two of the sun—two o the xnoon , and one.of
the Americau and Republican parties: - The
latter will occur in the month *0 November,
and will be visible to the naked eye all over
the Union.
....Let f‘Americans,rule.Amerien," writes
- a forwarder to. the Rochester . .pe n ii Hr i o 4 b ut
►-us at least:the-capacity of an, ordinary
Irishman to manage the canal. :NA bad,
that!
...."Sonny, dear," said a :fond mother.
"you have a dirty face." "I Can't help it,
ma, fatherrs-a,-Black-Republican."
....There was a severe frost last Saturday
in Nladelphin,. In some places in the coun
try, adjitcent to'the city, it was an eighth of an
inch thick. rears are entertained that fruit
and early vegetables have sustained some
damage. In the country thin ice was formed.
....It appearri that the advance copy of the
treaty of pence, which eventually appeared in
the London Daily News, was hawked about
among the London press, but not one of thoso
"enterprising" papers wonld pay for it tho
price demanded-1,000 francs—about $2OOl
... :All the towns in Minnesota territory aro
crowded with emigrants. Boarding and pro
visions are high -in consequence. Since the
spring opened the emigration to the Territory
has not fallen short of one thousand -persons
a day. The population will soon exceed a
hundred thousand at this rate.
~A jolly old darkey down South bought
himself a new . shiny hat, and when it com
menced a raining he put it under his arm.—
When asked. why ho did not put it on his
head, he replied: "De hat's mine; bought him
wid mine own money; head 'longs to masa;
let him take keer he own property." -
....A saucy debtor was recentlynautioned
by a creditor to be ware. He didn't take heed,
and the next time we heard of him ho was
turned into a "stone jug."
. Connecticut has a State debt of $4,604,
and some of the ,presses there .sound w.the
alarm. For thrift and economy old Connecti
cut is a model State.
. The "United States Railroad Directory"
states that the railroads in the Union, aro over
500 in number, besides some 80 branches, find
the amount of capital invested in them exceeds
seven hundred million dollars !
. . . . Lieut. Bonaparte, formerly of the army
of the United States, late of the Crimean
arm . where he distin_uished himself L' his
bravery and modesty,- has just been attached
to the Chasseurs d'Afrique, of the ,French
army, and will form part of the expedition to
....Col. Samuel Bugg, of Tennessee ; re
cently went to Cincinnati, accompanied by
several servants to attend himself and family.
110 ofrered the abolitionists not only every op
portunity to seduce them from his service, but
a premium of $l,OOO, to be handed over ticcany
orphan asylum in the event of their success.
.The London papers mention that a
monument to the memory of. the Rev.john
Wesley is to be erected in his native town,
pwor h; n
....11. L. Ellsworth, who some years ago
presided over the Patent Office, has . nearly
4,000 acres planted in corn this year, on his
little farm in Lafayette, la.
is said there is still a snow bank near
Niagara Falls 40 feet deep. Early in tho
spring it was,l3o feet deep.
—.Henry Hopkins, the lawyer and post
master who robbed the mail at Island Pond,
Vt., has been found guilty, and sentenced to
ten years imprisonment.
Watermelons, from Bermuda, aro
among the dainties of the season they have
now at Savannah, Ga.
....An old lady in this State had a great
aversion to Rye,-and never could-eat it in any
form. "Till of late," she said, "they-had got
to making it into ivhisky, and IMA-that-Rink
now and then worry down a little."
....They dress cool ontwest. Ayoung lady
being asked if she would wear that bonnetio
church, replied she should wear nothing else.
:...The trip from Chicago to IST4 York is
now made according_to now tin/0 tables in .36
hours.
....At Mobile they had ripe apples on 410
25th ult.
....The thermometer stood at 78 in the
shade at Pittsburg on Monday. _
. . . . Col. Preston Brooks, of South Carolina,
served gallantly in _the Mexican war, where
he had a brother killed.
....The youngest member 'of the present
Congress is the llon. William Cumback, being
only 2G years of ago.
....On .Monday 300 U. S. troops fronar
lisle barracks, en route for Kansas, passed
through Pittsburg.
....Col. Richardson, at present a member
has ac
nomination for Governor of Illinois.
....A Liverpool gunmaker has invented a
breech-loading rifle, which can be discharged
400 times in an hour.
....The street lamps in Carlisle, were fit
with gas for the first time on Thursday eve
.
mng as .
figs and green corn are among the
luxuries of the season they now have ut
Charleston
RANDOM, Jorrmus &TLIPPIAGB,