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The Twilight Voices.
In the - twilight faint and dreary,
Sat an old man, sad and weary,
Of his household band, he only,
ingered here, a pilgrim lonely,
&nue were over the sea. away,
Some within the churchyard lay,
Sighed the wind—a harper grey !
Far away !
Rising, like a dusty column,
Stood the old cluck, tall and solemn,
To his thoughts still making answer,
Like a holy necromancer ; '
Where were hopes of Fancy born
Where were faces bright as morn?
And, the grim old clock ticked on,
"Lost and gone?'"
Sinking he in his quiet slumber,
Which no earthly care might cumber,
And his inner care tinfeellogi *
Camp a gush of tousle stealing
Through this twilight shadows grey,
As it loved ones far away
Murmured in that silver lay:
"Come away !"
Morning came, serenelyshining;:
• , in ok dreamless 'rest reclining,
strangers found the old man sleeping,
• sever more earth's vigils keeping;
Loved ones from that starry dome,
Where the spirit finds its home,
, e him never more to roam,
retcotne home!
seleci liiseeSJ4o.
The Fireside.
The fireside is a seminary of infinite im
portance. It is important because it is uni
versal, and because the education it bestows,
`tieing woven with the woof of childhood, gives
'form and color to the whole texture of life.—
'There are few who can receive the honors of
a college, but all are graduates of the earth.
The learning of the university may fade from
the recollection, its classic lore may moulder
'in the halls of the memory, but the simple
lessons of home, enameled upon the heart in
childhood, defy the rust of years, and outlive
Maturer buf less vivid pictures of after
dap.
So deep,' so lasting, indeed, are the impres
sions of early life, that you often see a man in
'the imbecility-of-age-helding fresh-in-h'• •&
collection the events of his childhood, while
all the wide space between that and the pres
ent-hour is a blasted and forgotten waste.—
You have, perhaps, seen an 'old half oblitera
ted portrait, and tn the attempt to have, it
cleaned - and. - restored you have seen it fade
,away, while a brighter and still more perfect
picture, painted beneath, is revealed to view.
portrait, first drawn upon the canvass, is
an . apt illustration of youth, and though it
may be concealed by some after design, still'
the original traits will shine through the out
ward picture, giving it tone while fresh, and
snry in decay. Such - is the fireside-= -
the great institution furnished for our educa
tion,
tar The following beautiful inscription is
engraved on the tombstone of the wife of Gen
eral Jackson, erected over her grave- in
Tennessee. It was written by the brave old
General himself, and the brevity of expres
aion has seldom been exceeded by any similar
monumental record.
"Here lies the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jack
son wife of President Jackson who died on the
224 of December, aged sixty one years. Her
face was fair, her person pleasing, her temper
amiable, and her heart kind. - She delighted in
relieving the wants of her fellow-creatures, s nd
cultivated that divine pleasure by the most lib
eral and unpretending methods. To the poor
she was a benefactress ; to the rich she was an
example; to the wretched a comforter; to the
prosperous an ornament. Her pity went hand
m hand with her benevolence ; and she thanked
her Creator for being permitted to do good. A
being so gent] e; yet so virtuous, slander might
wound but could not dishonor. Even Death
when he tore her from the arms of her husband,
could but transport her to •the arms of God."
Haman Brotherhood.—. The race of mankind
would perish did they cease to aid each oth
-er.—From the time that the mother hinds the.
- child's head, till the moment that some kind
assistant wipes the death-damp from the brow
. of the dying we cannot exist without, mutual
help. All, therefore, that need aid, have a'
right to ask it from their fellow-mortals ; no
one who holds the power of granting, can re
fuse it without guilt.—Sir Tr. Sccdt.
ta'A bright and beautiful bird is Hope--
it will come to us 'mid the darkness, and sing
the sweetest Tong when our spirits are sad
dest;' and when the lone bird is weary, and
longs to pass away, it warbles its sunniest
Dotes, and tightens again the slender fibres of
, our hearts that grief has been tearing away.
BeirA great Buffalo hunt is to take -place
in the-north-west this summer. The party
will, it is said, consist-of about one hundred
and fifty persons, mostly western men. They
-are to start from rendezvous at St. Cloud,
Minnesota, on the 20th day of June, and a
month is to be deroted to the sport.
s6rAn editor' out west thus 100 tally dis
courses—"lf we - have oil:wk.:1 - any - man in
the brief but brilliant course of oar career, let
4-say-tiottling--more-
about it."
se,'ln Paris, ladies wear daggers at their
-girdles. - In America they wear them in their
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A Mesmerizer Nonplussed.
• During the early part of last week an itine
' rant professor of psyeholog visited our town,
but failed to draw anyconsiderable number of
people to the hail. In the hope, probably, of
inducing a larger turn out, be concluded, one
day, to giie•speciinens of his skill to the
boarders of the Exchange hotel, and to this
end he called up ,a little darkey as a subject.
After various passes and, manipulations over
young Gumbo, his eyes dilated and his
muscles-became rigid .
"Now," said the professor, "your arm is
paralyzed." ' -
And to it really was, for several persons
tried in vain to bend it.
"Wonderful V" said the boarders.
The professor then laid a three cent piece
on Gumbo's hand, and said,:
"Now, sir,' you, cannot close your hand. If
you can, you may keep the money."
The darkey seemed to make an effort, but
the hand remained open.
The professor next placed a quarter of a
dollar upon the palm of the darky's hand, and
invited him to. close on it, and keep both".
The crowd was mystified.
The professor, in a glow of enthusiasm at
the triumph of his science, fluribled about, and
scared up a half dime, which he added to the
pile, Mill inviting the darkey to close.
Young Gumbo, concluding that the profes-
Sor's small change was about exhausted, on
the last invitation to close, deliberately' shut
his hand; thrust it into his pantaloons pocket,
and with a "ki-yi-ki !" such as only a young
nigger can.give," disappeared through the side
door.
The professor acknowledged himself to have
been slightly taken in and one for.
seiy-I knoW a great overgrown, first-rate
man in this place, writes a correspondent,
'engaged in the mercantile business, who is
much troubled to recollect names, and 'who,
one morning, with pencil in hand, and quill
behind his ear, called out to his partner:
"Billy, what is John Supplebeam's first
name ?"
And he never discovered his mistake till he
began to write it, when he forgot the last
name; and with the same unconsciousness,
sang out:
"Excuse me, Billy,' but I have forgot John
Supplebeam's last name now !"
The roar of laughter which ensued, restor
ed his memory.
„Has'''the'Thing Lit.—A gawky backwoods
boy, was once at a depot on one of the Georgia
Rail Roads, and was of course deeply interest
ed in gazing—for the first time—at the "migh
ty fixins.” Finally he got inside of a car, and
while indulging his unbounded curiosity, the
whistle screamed, the bell rang, and the
steam horse began to surge at the rate of "two
forty:"
"bh lordy,-"-- shouted. the boy, "stop it, stop
it, I ain't a,gwine:" and bursting forward he
opened . the door and jumped out on the plat
form. Just then the train was crossing a deep,
cavernous , looking gorge on. trustic-work, and
seeing the earth and tree tops beneath him, he
fainted and fell. 'Directly he came too, and
looking up at the conductor who stood by him,
he evriannell with a fleo Qh_
- _ I? Bigh; f
stranger, has the thing . le'
A spirit "Rapper Rapped.—A noted spirit
rapper in one of the northern conveutieles, at
a _recent sitting of the-faith ful; - remarked - that
he hadjust received intelligence of the death
of• a dear, devoted and estimable friend in
California, and expressed a desire at once to
enter into communication with his spirit.
After the usual preparatory Mille turning and
rapping, the spirit of the departed manifested
its willingness to commence a chat whereupon
the entertainment opened and closed with the
- foildWing - sifor t dialog tie :
"How lopg have you been dead ?"
"Ten weeks next Thursday."
"And the cause of your death?"
"I was hungror stealing a yoke of steers and
altering the brand ?"
No more questions were sent under that ta
ble; complete silence reigned.
Two Urchins Selecting a Prgtession.—"•Joe;
when you grow up do you mean to be a law
yer or keep a confectionary store?"
"I haven't made up my mind, Tom, but ma
wants me to be a minister."
"Oh, don't beu minister, Joe, for you can't
go to circuses then!!
"I know that, Tom, but a minister, ma says,
is the best profession, You know Mrs. Love
grew adores Mr. Prettyface, and wouldn't you
like to be adored, Torn?"
"Perhaps I should. ; but then you can't drive
fast horses."
"Oh, yes you can ; ministers drive
. fast hors
es new-a-days ; besides that, Tom, when
they have a bilious attack, the worshippers
send theta on a foreign tour; then he gets re
membered iu wills, and.often has nice pres
ents; and ma saws it won't be long before eve
ry minister has a country seat, and a colle
gian to write his sermons. Won't that be
h h?"
tom acquiesced, and the juveniles indulged
in another game of marbles.
Hiawatha among the S&)emaker.l.—A sign
over a shoemaker's door, not ten miles from
Buston, bears the following inseriptton
"butc.s and shuPs rairpaired,
also ingee rubber souls
put on old butes and shues,
plantin and Ming dun by
the subscriber by the day
lay in stun iv - al ditto."
A Ito nstrous• y. —Flunky—
William, what's the matter ?"
Groom—" Matter? Why, I should like to
know what nest? Here's master, without
saying nothun to me, 'as bin and lent my ' oss
to a friend—and I'm done out of my afternoon's
ride!"
.1/6Y - 4 queer looking customer inserted his
head in an auction store, and gravely in
quired,
"Can T bid sir?"
"Certainly," replied the auctioneer.
"Well, then," said the wag, walking off, "I
bid •ou • od ni'ht."
tee - Texas is said to have increased in pop
ulation during the last ten year% at the rate
of about four hundred per cent., tithing un
precedented at the South.
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA: ,MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1856.
We heard considerable talk, says the Cin
cinnati'Enguirei., about a wild 'woman - brought
up by the steamer nickinan, from the Arkan
sas country. On looking at our pocket alma
nac, and finding that it was not the Ist of
April, we sauntered down to the boat, and,
sure enough, we found i wild female in charge
of a Mr. Northcott, who, the clerk informed us,
discovered her one year kti nee, at which time
he could not capture her. She made her es
_cape,_and he had to abandon the pursuilat,
that time.—lie, however, visited the same
place this last March and dis - eovered her place
of concealment, and, by hanging in ambush,
he succeeded in capturing her. She was tak
en in the Witchatal Mountains, Indian Ter
ritory. She was caught by a dog, and then
secured by cords and ropes. She utters no
words, has a howl or scream when she requires
anything or when slightly hurt by combing
her hair. Mr. Northeott.says she has not the
slightest idea of uttering a word. When taken
she had on the skin of some wild animal, the
'earns were sowed,up by the same material.
She is a good sized person, a handsome form
if well dressed ;. has a Wild look, and appears
frightened when looked at. She is, judging
from her appearance, about twenty-five years
of age.
Steam Power Eclipsc,7.—The London Morn
ing Chronicle announces an important discov
ery. It is stated that a great experiment
"was recently tried at Vincennes., in presence
of Gen. Lahitte and the - officers of the fort.
The secret of compressing and governing elec
tricity is at length discovered, and that power
may therefore nOw be considered as the sole
motive, leceforward to be used. A small
mortar was fired by the inventor at the rate
of a hundred shots a minute—without flash
ing, smoke or 'noise. The same power can, it
seems, he adapted to every system of mechan
ical invention, and is destined to supercede
steam, requiring neither machinery nor com
bustion. A vessel propelled by this power, ie
said to skim the water like a bird and to fear
neither storm nor hurricane. The inventor
h:id it a
already petitioned for line of steamers
from v
Orient to Norfolk, in the United States,
which passage he promises to accomplish in
eight and forty hours !"
The United States .Arming En'jland.—lt is
a curious fact that American mechanics excel
all others, in the manufacture of fire-arms, and
.are at the present time tilling large contracts
for parties in England)' representing the Eng
lish government. Sharpe's arms. particular
ly, are in high favor,) both the carbine and ri
fle being in large demand. They a - re elainicd
to combine simplicity of construction, rapidi
ty of.firing and extraordinary range, with
perfect accuracy and unequaled safety. An
order for 25,060 American
. rifles, with the
Minie sight and knob for the "luck bayonet,"
is in course- of execution _at_ the extensive
works at Windsor, Vt., and is now probably
half - completed.' Another order for 10,001)
Sharpe's rifle, also on account of parties in
-England, is in- course of--fttliihnent_ at -._Colt7s
factory in Hartford.-:—.Y. Y. Jour. 01711.
Walking upon Railroad Tracks.—A person
who walks u on a Railroad track but slight,l 7
apprehends the danger of _us position. c
imagines that he can step out of the way upon
the approach of the train; but there are now,
unfortunately, too many instances uron record
of-the - falliicv - of — the - snpposition. A strong
instance of this kind lately ticcurred at 'Bos
ton. The engineer of a train rilnaing, at the
ordinary speed, dbicovered ahead a woman
upon , the track; with a child in her arms.
The alarm whistle was blown, but she did not
move from her position, and then 'the brakes
were so effectually applied that the train was
brought to a f-tand-still at about ten feet from
her. —WI ens he_was_reached,_sha_was cynuch
inf., down with her child clasped in her arms,
and appeared to be incapable of any effort for
her owu safety as if struck suddenly with par;..
The Budler Tree.—On the banks of the Ni
ger, in Africa, they have a tree called the
Shea, from which excellent' butter is obtained.
The tree is like our oak, and the fruit some
what resembles the Spanish olive. The ker
nel of the fruit is dried in the sun and then
boiled, and the butter thus ohtained is whiter,
firmer, and of a richer flavor than that obtain
ed from the cow, he-ides keeping sweet u
year without salt. The growth and prepara
tion of this article is one of African industry,
and constitutes the main article of their in laud
commerce. If the present prices continue, we
recommend out-dealers import a supply Of
the vegetable butter front Afrira ; or may be
the tree sari be acclimated, and every man
have a butter tree in his yard. 'What will
then become of the cows?
A F-llugifs R, , po ng ,. —O n Monday Morning:
%:Otne wurd-: pa•zse , l at Tacony, N.. 1., between
Patrick McCormick. and a 'Marian named Mar
garet Burns, when the latter drew a double
barrelled pistol from her pocket and fired at
the head of the former. The shaking of her
hand,. in consequence of the excitement, no
doubt saved McCormick's life, as the thre..
slugs with which theharrel she tired was load
ed passed through the rim of his straw hat.
one of which was very near his head, and
then glanced down without touching, his per
son. She was snhcerptently arrested and
held to answer. She alleges that McCormick
committed violence upon her some time ago.
Operatitnts ut United 51,a14;4' ltint.—Dur
inx the past moutli'of May the sum of $1,437,-.
Ois7 Was coined at the Philadelphia mint, in
eluding :".5 1 M)0,569 in gold., and '7.575.009 in sil
ver, unit 51.5 IS in copper. Of the'tsilver $333,-
060 was in half, and :$134,0110 in quarter dol
lars, $67,000 in ditr,;s, ,412,000 in half dimes
and $9,OuU in three cent pice.s.
" Hallo,
A Pleasaut Trariety.—A stage coach re
cently arrMlthin Sacramento, Cal.; With a
load of Californians, which may be taken as
a sample of the travelling population. In it
there were two convicts on their way to the
Stare Prison. a counterfeiter, a horse thief, a
deputy Sheriff, a slippery, crafty, and promi
nent politician, two county officers, an express
man, a collector of foreign wipers' tax, two
ne"roes and - fc;ur Chinamen.
ge-A cemetery is proposed "to be devoted
exclusively" to the posthumous interests .of
sporting and fancy men—Motto over the en
trance—" We're the boys that make, no noize."
44 TRUTII IS RIODTY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
The Wild Woman:
.• Democratic National Platform,
ADOPTED BY TEE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
Resolved, That the American Democracy I
place their trust in the intelligence, the patri
otism and the diseihninating justice' of the
American people.
Re owed, • That we regard this as a distinct
ive feature of our political creed, which we are
proud to maintain before the world, as the great
moral element in a form of government spring
ing from and upheld by the popular will ; and
we contrast it Willi — flTe — e - Wa - aiiirpfactiee - of - '
Federalism, under whatever-quill:le, or form,
which seeks to palsy the will of the constitu-,
ent, and which conceives no imposture too
monstrous for the popular credulity.
Resolved, therefore, That, entertaining these
views, the-Democratie--party-of this Union,
through their delegates assembled in a gener
al Convention, coming together in a spirit of
coucord, - of devotion to'the doctrines and faith
of a frie representative government, and ap
pealinPto their fellow-citizens for the recti
tude of their intentions, renew and reassert
before the American people the declaration of
principles avowed by them onformer occasions,
in general Convention, they have presented
their candidates for popular suffrages.
1. That the Federal Government is one of
limited power, derived solely from the Consti
tution; and the grants of power inane therein
ought to ho strictly censured by , all the de
partments and agents of the Government.; and
that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exer--
chic doubtful constitutional powers.
2. That the Constitution does nut confer up
on the General Government the power to com
mence and carryon a general system of inter
nal improvements.
.3. That the Constitution does not confer all.
thority upon the Federal Government, direct
ly' or indirectly, to assume the debts of the
several States, contracted for local and inter
nal improvements, or other State purposes,
nor would such assumption be just or expe
dient.
4.• That ju9tibe and sound policy forbid the
Federal. Government to fester one branch of
industry to the detriment of any other, or, to
cherish the interests of one portion to the in
iui•y of another portion of our common coun
try ; that every citizen and every section of
the country has a right to demand anti in
sist upon an equality of rights and privileges,
and to complete an ample protection of persons
and property from dumestie:violenee or foreign
aggression.
..'That - it isr the duty of everybraneb of the
Government to enforce and practice the most
rigid economy in conducting our public affairs,
and that uo more revenue ought to be raised
than is required to defray the necessary. ex
penses of the Government, and for the grad
ual, but certain extinction of the public
debt.
6'. That the proceeds of the public lands
ought to be sacredly applied to the national
objects specified in the Constitution ; and that
we are opposed to any law for the distribution
of such proceeds uniiing the States, as alike in
expedient in policy and repugnant to the Con
stitution.
7. That Congress has no power to charter a
national, bank; that we-believe such an insti.
tutioa one of deadly hostility to the best in-
eres s o L o 4
lican institutions and the liberties of the peo
ple, and calculated to place the business of
the country within the control of a eoncentrat
ed-rminey - power, and above the laws and the
will of the purple; and that the results of Dem
ocratic legislation in this and all other finan
cial measures upon which issues have been
made between the two political parties of the
country, have demonstrated to candid awl prac
tical men of all parties, their soundness, sufety
and. utility in all business pursuits,
8. That the separation of the moneys of the
Government from bankin , in - stannous it•
indk pen sable for the safety of the fins Of
the o.ivernment and the rights of the people.
t). That we are de,;ideclly opposed to taking
front the President the qualified veto power,
by which f.(; is enabled, under restrictions and
resposibili 'es amply sufficient to guard the
public inters ts, to suspend the passage of a
bill whose merit , ; caanot secure the approval
of two-thirds or the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives., until the judgment of the people
can be obtained thereon, and which has saved
the Americanteople from the corrupt and ty
rannical domination of the Bank of the United
States and from a corrupting system of gener
al internal improvements:
10. That the liberal principles embodied by
,Tefferson in the Declaration o f Independence;
and sanctioned in the Constitution, which
makes ours the laud of liberty and the asylum
of the oppressed of every nation, have ever
been cardinal principles in the Democratic
faith, and every attempt to abridge the privi
lege of becoming citizens and the owners of
soil among us, ought to be resisted with the
same spirit which swept the alien and sedition
laws from our statute books.
Alll.l WilEltEA, Since the fpregoirig declara
tion was unitOrtuly adopted by our predeces
sors in National Conventions, uu ativen , e po
litical and religious te,t has been secretly or
g.aniztd bya party claiming to be exclusive!,
A
merican, it is proper that the American De
mocracy should clearly define its relations
thereto, and declare its dotermined opposition
to all secret politiral societie;, by 'whatever
name they may be called.
Resoirr , /, That the foundation of thislartion
of Stab... , basing been laid in, and its prosper
ity, expansion, and pro-eminent er.ample in
free government built upon entire freedian in
matters of_ religious ctuicernment, and no re
spect of person in regard to rank or
place of birth; no party can
. i c deemed
national, constitutional, or in accordance with
A merican principles, whicll base,-its exclusive
organization upon religious opinions and acci
dental birth-place. And hence a political
crusade in the nineteentli""aniury, attain the
United States of America, against Catholics awl
fOreign-born, is neither justified by the past
history - or the futurd prospects of the country,
nor in unison with the spirit of toleration and
enlarged freedom which peculiarly disting
uishes the American system of popular govern
ment.
Ifi:solred, That we reiterate with renewed
energy of purpo.:e, the well considered declar
ations of former Conventions upon the section
al is.ne of Durne:,tie ::;lavery, and concerning
•td :hts of tl—
aere , erveit of t ie ._tates,-
1. That CougreF,s has no power under the
Constitution, to interfere with oCeontrol the
domestic institutions of the sever - al States, and
that such States are the sole and proper judges
of everythingappertainingto their own affairs,
not prohibited by the Constitution ;. that all
efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to
iiniongress to hit - afore witliquestions - o
shivery, or to take incip,lent steps in relation
thereto, are calculated to lead to. the most
alarming and dangerous consequences; and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tenden
cy to diminish the happiness of the people,
and endanger the stability and permanency of
the Union, and ought not to be counte
nanced by any friend of our political institu
-tions.
2. That the foregoing proposition covers,
and was intended toambrace, the whole sub=
ject of slavery agitation -in Congress;and
therefore, tbebeinocratio party of the. inion,
standing on this national platform will abide'
by and adhere te;el, faithful execution of the
acts known as the Compromise Measures, SO
tied by the Congress of 1850; "the act for re
claiming-fugitives from service or labor,'? in
cluded ;' which act being to carry out an ex
press provision of the Constitution, cannot,
with fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so chang
ed as to destroy or impair its efficiency. -
3. That the Democratic party will resist all
attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it,
the agitation of the slavery question, under
whatever shape or color the atteMpt may be
made.
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully.
abide by and uphold the principles laid dOwn
in the fientucky and Virginia resolutions of
1798, rind in the report of Mr. Madison to the
Virginia - Legislature, in 1790; that it adopts
those principles as constituting one of the
main foundations of its political creed, and is.
resolved to carry them out in their obvious
meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the
issue on which a sectional party, subsisting
exclusively on slavery agitation, now relines to
test the fidelity of the 'people, North and
South, to the Constitution and. tbe - Union :
1., Resolved, That claiming fellowship with,
and desiring the co-operation of all who regard
the preservation of the Union under the Con
stitution as the paramount issue—and repudi
ating all sectional parties and platforms con
cerning' domestic slavery, which seek to stn
broil the States and incite to treason and
armed resistance to law in the Territories;
and whose avowed purposes, if consummated,
must and in civil war and disunion—the A.ineri =
can
_Democracy. recognize and adopt the prin
ciples contained in the organiaTawSeStablish=
ing the Territories of Kansas and Nebt'itoka
as embodying the only sound and safe solution
of the "slavery question".upon .which the
great national idea of the people Ofthis whole
country can repose in its determined conserv
atism of the 13 Dion---NON-INTERFERENCE IIY
CONGRESS WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRI
TORY, OR IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
2. That this was the basis of the Compro
mises of 1850—confirnied by both the Demo
cratic and. Whip. r' partiesin national "conven
tions—ratified by th - elye - oplain - ther election .of
1852, and rightly applied to the organization ,l
of Territories in 18a4. _
3. That by the uniform application of this
emoeratic,priocip e to • zatiort — o
lerritories and to the admission of now
'totes, with or without domestic slavery ;
hey may elect—the equal rights of Al th ,
twarnmitilvawam r • kmmf. 4 r' ina
- -
Compactis of the Constitution mniiitlitried invio
late—and the perpetuity and expansioaof this
Union insured to its utmost capacity of em
bracing, in peace and harmony, every future
American State that may be constituted or
annexed, with a, republican form of govern
ment.
Re.loired, That we recognize the right of the
people of all the Territories, including Kansas
and Nebraska, acting through the legally, and
fairly e%pressod will of a majority of actual
residents, and whenever the number of their
inhabitants Justifies it, to form a. Constitution
with or withent — donyestie
,kdaya . ry ir aird-lye-ad.:-
mitted into the Union .upon terms of perfect
equality with the' other States.
Ileso:Yed, Thnt in view of the condi
tion of popular institutions in the Old World,
(and the dangerous tendencies of sectional
agitation, combined with the attempt to en
force civil end religious 'disabilities against
the rights of acquiring and enjoying citizen
ship in our own land,) a high and sacred duty
is devolved with increased responsibility upon
the Democratic party of this country, as the
party of the Union, to upheld and maintain
the rights of eves, State, and thereby the
Union of the States ;lend to sustain and ad
vance among us constitutional liberty, by
continuing to resist all monopolies and ex-
elusive legislation for the benefit of the few
at the expense of the many, awl by a vigilant
and constant adherence to those principles
and compromises of ;the Constitution which
are broad enough and strong enough,to em
brace and uphold the Union as it was; the
Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be, in
full OXpansion of the energies and capacities
of this great and progre , si tie people.
1. Rexoterq, That there are questions con
nected with the foreign policy of this country
which are ; inferior to no domestic questions
whatever. =The time has come for the people
of the United States to declare themselves in
favor of free seas antrprogrei — stre freetri
throughout the world, and, by solemn mani
fe,tatious, to plivy their moral influence at
the side of their strccessfal example.
2. 11-mohvyl, That our geographical and po
litical posicion with reference to other States
of this continent, no less than the interest of
our commerce and the development of our.
growing power, requires that we should hold
as sacred the principles involved in the Mon
roe doctrine ; their bearing and import admit
of no misconstruction ; they should be applied
with unbending rigidity.
3. Rededre.tri, That the greathighway which ,
nature, as ,well as the assent of the States
most immediately interested in its mainte
nance, has Marked oril,Torqt. free communica
tion between the Atlantic and the Pacific
Oceans, constitutes one of the most important
achieVements realized by the spirit of modern
times and the uriconquerable energy of our
people. Thiit result should be secured by a
timely and efficient exertion of the control
which we hare the right to claim over it, and
no power
,on earth should be suffered to im
pede or clog its progress by any interference
with the relations it may suit our policy- to
establish between our government and the
(Fol. - emu. • • -•
minions it IteM. We can, under no circum
stances, surrender our preponderance in the
adjustment of all questions &rising out of it.
4. Rao - teed, That in view of so command-
TWO DOLLARS , A-YEAR.
ing an interest the people of the United I ri e
can not but sympathize with the e ff o W ich
are being made by the people of Central er
-ica-to-regenerate-that portion - of-them:Leine
which covers the passage across the Inter
.
oceanic Isthmus.
5. Resotved; That the Dem(*atic party
will expect of the next Administration 'that
every proper effort will be made to intone'our
ascendancy in the Gulf of Mexico, and to main
tain a perrhanent protection to the great out.
lets through which are emptied into its we
tere the_yrogiucts ?Meta OUtdtbe Qoil t
commodities created by the industry dills
people of our Western valleys, an d of the
Union at large:
Important Decision.L-A circular hen just
been issued by the General Land Office stating
that by the act of March 22,1852, land war
rants and locations, not pre-emptive, are ae
signable; but it is the decision of the Depart
ment that where 'locations are made by pre
emptors of their rights, under the act of Sep
tember 4, 1841, such pre-emption locations
are not assignable, for , the reason , that there is
an express inhibition , in the said act of 1841
against the transfer of preeemptinna: ,
, Scarcity of Flour in Vera Cruz.—The
Progreso says that the scarcity of flour is such
that unless the Government`peornptly comes
to the relief of the 'Vera litizane, great des
titution will ensue. It recerninends a him
importation of the article from abroad."
Ice Muntifactory.—At the Cuyahoga loco
motive -works, Cleveland, Ohio, there is an ice
manufactory, where this article ' , it is said, is
produced in merchantable tpumtities by pure
ly artificial means. '‘ By means oft; steam ell*,
gine and sundry condenseri ether is driven
from a retort' contai ping 'about -three hundred
and fifty pounds= between a- double-rangeof
iron plates, through Which the Water is pump ,
ed, and. by the ether is converted into ice.
The arrangementis nof yet completed, but even
now ice can be minufacture4 with the ther
mometer 60, at a coat of n ot mote than half
a cent Per P01.1P4-
llarEvery few days (says the' Journal of
Cominerce) companies of Morrsowi, varying
from two to seven hpndred' 08/1001119; are na
tired as landing at some of the Atlantic ports,
and proceeding westward. It seemathat lowa
city lips been selected by the • ksiders of the
church as: the' place of rendezvous :for: ewe
5,000 of their adherents, previous to their
finally starting for Utah, in Julyor August.
They are principally recruited from England
and - Scotland.. The company which, arrived
inowk:ir some moTti krFa-go7erirlemp----
rarity lodged in the railroad building inlowit
city, and an encamptaent of tents boa, been
o froni' the" town. -
•eanadian Merchant, at Hamilton,
has - recovered damages to the :amount of $3,-
090, from the Montreal Telegraph line. Ms
case was brought on the ground of failure on
part of the CoFppany to deliver, Within a rea
sonable time, a dispatch; sent by him to a New
York houise, whereby - be sustained; as alleged,
a loss of the above iFrtlnt, by ad.edline in the
price of dour.
04.1:—The-now-License_Law-willyield a • • •
large Revenue 'to the Cornmonwealth:
In some counties the .mount will be nearly
double the amount under the old License Law.
In Montgomery county there have been 103
Licenses granted, theliital amount of the li
cense is $2,525
,
Dauphin county, total, amount, 3,998
Lancaster, " " " 7,000
tt
In, the latter county the amount is double
that received under the old law.
*'There is found growing wild in that
most wonderful of all Linda . , California, a kind
of mustard that is said'to be 'superior to any
other variety. One'man has cultivated tield
of forty acres, and last year he'ground up a
thousand bushels for market. : It is said that
it can be sent to New Nork and sold for a
profit at a less price than the currant rate in
that market.
)?e- Mr. Andrew Jackson ,Donelson, in hie
Baltimore speeeh,--said-that ,the Democratic
party "left him:" To.which.a correspondent
of the Ralei
_h Standard ell w:ts "that the
Major told the truth—the .Democratic party
indeed "left him"—without an °lice! That
was cruel ; but the 'Major is likely to remain
thus "left."
"(Ey-Queen Victoria's eldest daughter—aged
fourteen—is soon to be married to a prince of
Prussia—heir to the throne, aged twenty-five.
The British parliament are about to bestow on
the young princes a life doWry, of no less than
£300,000 sterling per annum; which, if she
lives to the age of fifty, will - amount to the
small sum of only fifty millions of dollars, al
most as much as it takes to support the gov
ernment of the UniteeStates, with our twen
ty-five-millions of:people:for-a-year-.
Corn Spe.c4tors.—The conclusion of peace
has reduced the prices of breadatuffs so ma
terially as to cause heavy losses to some of
the speculators who had been accumulating
stores in expectation of good rates. On the
Wabash river, where they had. been giving
it is now down to twenty-5 , m cents, with an
immense stock ,, nn hand, and almost a moral
certainty that it mustgo
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