. e . .eteseed: the At.the mratnent When ..tbpold world believed the cause of France ati utterly desperate cause FraneKitoporerisdiedly dissensians, *united under the rule of besotted demagogues; . and unable to • raise' tle*, leVii-§'„agains; lier- ont.d4ziled- linaginationl tit' OW of the'grandest achievements of war:' While thlf duemies ofFilulco believed; the day' had - comb when that etruntry was to fall be yond redemption, ho crossed" the ice barriers of the Alps...mad; pence& o%m:his legfefiwatp iin'astonished Kis triumphant ;cannon , soon woke old Europe from her 16th:will; and before the bold statesmeni of England could , recover from their first aniazoment,• - after.. pis:sage oVerbills of "eternalsnow, the eagle; of France new illuminated with the 'ttineortal ' though . blethrastought victories of Ildontabello dad.of Marengo, swept on from .. vietory.t.o . vie ! for y over the tar fields of Two weeks- ago. the Whig :party :of this eauatry was intoxicated with the ;hope that' Nwomber.would open, to them . an easy tri tlinpitt They-saw the Demeeratie party rent into - sections; ,They saw the roost,diSCord ant i seedzs• takiWg place in Congreas,nirMng .Dena -o!;•atic representatives. They • &held- the friends of ilfe'respeetivo - cAndidates ifille I with animosity against each other._ They . Watched ‘ the proceedings of the Democratic National Conventlun,:and their bosoms sWelled . With fly- when angry del:rate:aid proteactOilialhatt ilcrs pressoved , an'irremediable and overWhelm lug-catastrophe. B ut they were soon.mide tinfed....oaler rose out of chaos. i From the tu.lealesice of the Convention caane;forth,firsr,. . (far this wai 'universally, known before the InainatiOna the broad and geometrieal pro. portions of our glorious..platform otprinciples' and, finally, nt the moment when : Whig hearts beat wildest; mid Whig dopes rose highest, Vas apparently heated and langry sec tions-of Vie Democracy in Convention, even while - army of tire wisest men in; our ranks -11. tared the worst,- soddenly paused in Mad ca tcor, and, with. ana• glorious acclaim, closed the yawning chasm, and nominated General Fa:lsla:ls Pinson as . the Di:Meer-die candidate fir To say that, the.nconination give delight .to the Dereeeracy, and; that it confounded and alarmed the Whi,gs,„ii .to re peat what the experience of the last few days abundantly justifies. We have Iteardienough front every part of the country to !mow that the selection is acceptable to -aid portions of nor great. party. The lightnings • tOngue, apes. 'ithvl from a thousand cities', and towns, has Whirrs how the popular heart responds to to the notion of the Baltimore Convention,and the gloom of the Whig . Press, and thit groans of the Whig,.politieian, indicate the consterna tion which fills the ranks of our yesterday's most animated opponents. , • • - What is•tha secret of this enthusiastic and willing acquiescence 1. -Why is it that Penn sylvania, so heart-rooted to hues BUCtiAN.A.N, LAY attached to his high character' hia great ability, and his manifold good, qualitieS—why is it th..tt she yields her chosen candidate, so promptlyott the decree of the - Baltimore Con vention ? ft is beeauSe the body t preferred 'Preece to Becatisax, pnferred principle tol e;:tirygling, It is because long before the can didate was chosen at Baltimore, it Was known that the articles of faith had been' aareed upon —anal that they were, as we now; Ittow,broad, full, - and supremely national. In the whole 1 range of Democratic victories, that which was achieved at Baltimore on Saturday, the sth of June, is probably the noblest aid the most Significant,;.—Penrasytaanian. • . ' Railroad. Accident. • [From the Goldwater.(Mich.), Sentinel.] Tt is our painful task to record a serious acci dent. on the Southern road, which occurred through the hellish - agency of some demen'in human :shape, and resulted in the loss of two lives, the placing, - of hundreds ':of others in jeopardy "and the great destruction of property. After the passage of tho down trains, Friday evening, some villain prepared. to ran off the "express passenger train; duo soon aftor, by un locking or breakingthe lock to the switch of a gravel side track, about twelve, miles east of . this village.. The side track wise sie•rt one; terminating in front of a heavy bank. The train arrived from too: east in the night eta speed of about thirty-fiVe miles an hour, and the fast notice of dangerwas even by the cmcassion of thetraht. The' speed. was such theta locomotive- was driVen. into 'the bank clear up to the smoke pipe. One firernan was thrown through the window, his life being saved. The engineer, Harvey Spalding, and ' the other fireman, were caught betieen the tank airline box. Three of the tri.CpekS were broken off, and the steam =came. pouring , out, literally scalding and burnin ,, the unfortunate nietirqs to death. - They lived about two bouts "in the,' ,grpntest agony, all efforts to relieve theta, from their Position availing nothing. Their tiapplications for aid were heart-rending indeed rind an eye-witness informs as tbat it wan, the Most awful adenehs oversaw. The engineer hds left,a wife and - family; and hislast Message to Lis beloved companion was, 'Tell my wife that I die a horrible death.' 1 - Next to the tender was thebaggago ea% con-- raining . the baggage master and about two lituulted , and fitly -tranks"'., The ear was ken into ahundred fragments, and trunks and contents Scattered in every direction, not a trunk, as we are.infommi, eing left Whole, The baggage man was seriously; though not dangermsly, "n:tired.• Jim his life Was saved ii amystery.. " -I An emigrant Car Was next, loaded With men women and children.. The car was thrown ;Ivor and broken . into piece's, but not a single iiiPividual was - injured. Fortunately, not a ainple - pf.,gainger of the WO hundred And sev onte-five was hem,,.; It wa.s* cool night, and as the accident occurred in .the Wools; fires were, kindled,-and all made as comfortable as possible=--eonsidering they were 'supperleis---- until a locortiotive arrived 'to take 'the train to Ifillsdn'e. The agents /of the . companY did /everything in their power for the'aceommOda lion of the passengers, quartering themmithe ritszin s timndale, and farnisliin,g them with brenkfast. The stivicions of the 'company, we tinder `\ stand, are fixed "upon an individual, whoLhas threatened revenge for some Ihneiediajury... We-hope that an. pains will be eparecitn ferret Oat the criminal or criminals, and that they will ho brought justice. Tho'Conindny ex -act caution of every man in their employ, and • allow them to wilfully injure no mares proper ! -ty.. So cant' oils are they, that sinc.they.com nieneed running, night trains, the,superintend. 'rot has" ordered all expoied - positions' to be ituarded by - zt night watch, thus insnring the ives'of passengers by keeping the track clear. • - P. S.--Since writing the above woleerii that an in,liVidnal has been arrested, examint-i and held to hail, on a charie„, ,of being eoncerned in fh-t awl:teat.. 'A tOtioti l pimon has also been arrested, Whose examination hat: not taken plium at time - of writing. .• • r Mr. Bachlawn. • • - 1113 aneaster latelligeneer printed It , the home of Mn. Bvmucues, eayee-although he is detwited iti -thee_ notalostion, he is contented and happy in the aonrcionsness having done - nothlagthroughthe entire =van inconsistent with that higlieense-of honor which has always in irked . ; his public and. private career. He speaks "in: the-highest:terms of Gen.- PLeact. sad expresses, tho'gwattestinalety for hie nue-. res,l; and. we ventnre to .8s)? thatthe great Poonsylvmda -statesman - _has Anon) mace - ,.0f pied-At homeiort: t ie ottm little taw; .onil - that he 'will do, intimv-lAii:prianioie the success of the 'APtillitteas 2111 the =viten: 2 lMA ;en euties gat togetlieLt • • • THE DEMOCRAT. Vile , Largest Circulation — in ' , Northern -Irennsylcania-1032CopleoWeekly. 11. - 4 r, -E - .11;-CHASE; EDITORS. SKowATeme, Ma> TUUIISAAY. J UN g• 544-18:12. For President. - Gen. 'Franklin - Pierce, • 'Of New fiatupshire. F'or Vice President, nom William Rufus 14rig, ••• _ Of-Alabama; Canni Connfssioner, Searight, of Fayette. • ESABBIKIAT - FOR TICE OAMPAGN.. A "NEW OFFER. In view of tho importance,of the coming Presidential Campiign, and" the into , rest which will be felt in its progres, and ro sult—ln view .of •the'universal desire on the Part of the people to, know the truth relative tor the great questions at issue, and the men who are to receive their suffrages at the ballot box, wo offer great inducements 'to subscribe for ourpaper until after election.; Wo will furnish ..the Democrat from July lA./leen:A to the fifteenth day of Norenther, after 1 the Presidential Election, a period of four m.-v.hs, as follows: Single copy, cash in advance, 0 50 5 copies, " -" 12 00 ' t 2 Copies,! . 1 1 4 00 Ear Tho clubs must•be to ono address.-- Onr friends in all parts of the county lam invi ted to act as Our agents, in getting pp clubs, and forwarding orders for the same. Addmsss; post paid, S. B. dr. E. B. CIIApE, Montrose, Susquehanna co., Pa. The Democratic Count y. STANDING COOMTIEE, will meet at the house of Wm. K. Match in Montrose, 'on Tuesday next (29th ins t) pt 1'o• clock P. M., for the transaction of important business. !A fall attendance is earnestly re quested. O. G. lirmrsrEan, 1. L. MERRLIIAN, O:LATEIROP, S. B. Cu. se, F.B. STREETER,' Wm. J. 'unutm, m Ta P,' Pura:lts, J. MpatFoßD. f . O. G. I: M" We arir requested to call attention to the Advertisement of W.B. DEA S,in to-day's paper. Mr. D. has new and fine apparatus, and we have soon some fine specimens of his work. NNttn..Gr...ham of North Carolina, present Secretary of the Navy was nominated for Vice President :on the second ballot. Scott and Graham, sheui the whigs• far We would invite - particular attention of the members o! the County Committee to the call for a meeting neat Tuesday, and urge them to be presentl, Much needs be done by the Democrats in Fay of"organization for the important contest [upon is, so' let us *begin right, "be'sure cre arekht,' and •then, like Crockett, "go ahead." Wo are a)nre that it is hard times for money,, bat we think there are not many who cannot raise the shall amount , of their eub. scription. Now, in plain terms, we must.have some money, or our subscribers must go with out a Taper• Had we ,but one tenth part of what is 4uo - on ear books, such an appeal ;would be uncalled for. If not , our frierxis 'step, forward and relieve us. A fair warning, and , thoso who doi, not heed it need find no fault should they bo waited on. - The; NOW jail. • The Commissioners of the county, hare as.: signed the erection of Jail ,te•Mossm. Smith & Co. of Chen:mg° county, New York The bid- taken Isas $5,550. The plan - of the.build ing, is a most admirable one, and it will now be prosecuted to an early completion.' Five thousand dollars are raised by a tax cut the , Borough of Montrose, in decordance with the Act passed for that purpose, to be paid, in an, nual instalments. Book Notices. Otis Sirirsr forfinne, tho,besf Work /for children and youth extant, is lloefore ns. Terms, $1 a year. •Powlers & Wells, 131 Nassau street, NeW York city. • G.o,rs lADY's Boos for July, is a double nUmbei, and more attractive than ever.. Go deY's promises _are always great, but we find ho mote than fulfil s theta all., . . . TimVinasizcanut • ram Toinum. is , nionthly 4eiotad to Agrieulturejlortieultare, and it,uol Economy; pnblif;hed at Lattenster, by A. latAiaver. This is just the worit for farindna, and sfioild take the' preseedsnue o'er agrienltuinl workiof other:States.. Tulin it; and tra -roneh for 'lour liking it)-- Terms, $l, five eoples-et, tun copies 137,6 . 0, twenty $15,00. 'The Binghamton Brass Band discern ed exceilentrnusic in front of the American Hotel - lasi (Thursday) evening. This Band is not apprcerated and eneorna„oed by our cid ceps. As innsually the ease, it is ;height more of abroad, that at horn& Ett the recent celebration at - Cre.ttilend, their pe . rformances threw the 41warese ilerd entirety 7a th e shode, and gave great satisfaction' to their hearers,— A good Band in : a village is more missed when absent than Waited - when present:—.Binghant.7 tgrA trim& at atm eThaw, ttake wss piles; ent At the I ..ireeetit celebration. gt. Great Bend 4" tin is that,in the ahstmlee pf Amsted talent necessary to l r.'?aV ll 4 l 4 1 a *clad Pargia Pnrio rbgvg;in F 7l l r f a c i at Ta *en :that th'e ratibizatokßan4boo a (timid JP giti publican toublevrtheir trumpetetU•thena; The Whig. Nomination. , ',Monday loot, - the Whig National Conven tion it Baltimore, on tho fifty,thlrd ;ballot, and ailer five day incessant labor, nominated,Gen. 1 WlNituin St'prr, of NOw' Jersey, ,for Presi- dent, by A veto of 159 to 113 and 21. Such a result wo . oxpeeted, and our only wolider is, that more than balf-a day should 14,:i necessary? for the universal Whig party to 1 ti rd out . Its strongest max and put hirnin nom i dbiation. Mt. Fmr.tmir. led Gen. Scott in Del ates at first, Mr. WEESIER holding thebal attec-of power. That Gen. Scott- will make, the strongest ran of any candidate the Whigs ii c uld have brought forth wo aro wall satisfied o ; hut, that he is the weakest man'thought o forthu Presidency in the past ten years by •body, we think -:equally Undoubted, We' I l a i nce ro o tg bo o n in e g ve to r :ail: failing index itt o , f d a etra co c n ti tra on c a ted nd c many againstiGen. Scott, Mor do iwo intend t indulge that species - of low, boyish reateve. mind, of an iron sided bigot and a small' man. Ou the :field or battle Gem, Scottls at home, Mid always victorious. The scivice of war is 4s probably, to greater perfection than any merican living. Ittels a hero of which the, ntion will ever be proud, for, in dark and tioublons_tintes,iwhen the eibud of war hung ti lek over our land, Gen. Scott has been found a his post, a brave, skilled, and successful t. . To such a man all honor should be giv e ,by the heart i.rmd voice of tile American 'le, but it do'os not foltolhat 64 should , i ako him President of the United States.-- In that position; the most *wet, Complies, tid, and embarrissing on earth, something bo . - sides a mere redbanded Hero shoUld ho plae ed. , : To ho a great and successful, military - Chieflan is one thing, and to be qualified for 1: • ident is' quite another. We do not say t at both are never found in. ono man, but this ni no do say, that mere military greatness no ore qualifiei a Man for the Presideney'than' des mere berseinanship. '.• • - ' We are gravely told that Gen. Scott is a . tatesman, Herd, Philanthropist and Christian. Ho may be all the rest, bat wo ask: now for the evidence of his Statesman Slip. Wo oak the most enthusiastic admirer of Gets. Scott, to petint us tonne single incident in his whole life,one Single set of his, ono single pablie sta tiion he has everftlied; in a civic.capaeity, from which ho could be enlightened in the great (1 1 Fpfh of governinentat science, into Which be must be thrown 11' an!, election to - the Chief .Magistracy _elf this Republic. WO .ask this question, demand for it an aniwer, but- verily. no answer ,-- no Sign,--eark be given. So far a's his qualifications, his experience, are con-, corned, we' sk any candid Whig if Gent Scott la not the very last man that -would ever been thought of for the Presidency! Lay-aside his Military glory, that is supposed to dazzle -the multitude and therefore make him available,and h, there anything about . Gen. Scott that would it made him a candidate for any civil eta , 'port s ef eminence! l)o,-,nothing....• We aro to h ave over again; the same scenes witnessed in 1' 8. A brave old man, whose life has been • Cotntaittet. Chlirman. rned in camps , and who knows comparative: othing of the science of government, is put orth for the puiposo of carrying a great party to power,,that: they may riot upon the Treas. ry of the country and carry out the common , bjectm of their common faith. General Seottis a Statesman! Shade of • tatesmanship, whither bast then fled? Is by home on the field of battle!—bast thou 1:oiled thy garments in bloodl—and must such .o the robes of thy coronation, Such the les. .n of tby devotees? Has it really come to •is point, that mere military greatness is to ar down alreonsidemtions vital to the pnri y and safety of the government? If so, we • Y look for wars without cessation in future L oars, as the only means whereby the arnbi ion of aspiring men can be gratified. The •• ere lieros -of our past wari c --wars in which we have been unfortunate enough to be involy • or sacrifice aria - lona] honor, should never thrown into the angry arena of pOliticit, 'hero their grateful 'countrymen aro forced to 'se a.voice againetthem, Rather they shared tie) , tbe. full measure of - their_ glory; resting n"unbetuidei hollers _Upon their bloody lan. els, and pass away frour . ainfing us - at ,laSt, , enured, revered,. ' and loved, by" ,a nation in whoie defense. , they perilled their lives,. and poured out - their blood. - ~.• . - To paslfrom Aida subject to the Conran.. lion: ' We' have' said , ttutt,Gn. &ott is. the ,strongest man the Whigs voald, nominate.— By this wo mean he will poll the-most totes. The epaulette, thrt sword, uthh pomp and ch.; 1 ' • - • have • 1 cured:dee' of nar; -chinas that dazzle, fscittatee end lead aside the judgments of•man, ; 1 . • • t. -they bewilder - . the - nattititad l i., . Ger. - Scottl Its therefore More available - than Webster ors• 1 fillmotO,'. though 'poiseSsingi none of their iqualifi s atipns for the -oftce. . Mut; bY.the ite.• I-.. - • ! r on-of . the Convention, We ijudge,..-that the 1 Whig partY.is at last Waking to sensible no,-' troirs'and honorable endear* after qualifies. I 'ens. XlLtlxilare.majerity - 4f ten; :after the' .... . . estetuagry and exciting contest ever witness,. • Ina Convention, was Geis. Scott nominated. bie does not speak: highly' for hie • strength Politically in his own party.:. her iralhe nom then tilthis : friends bowed, themselves In the dint and embraced 'with - loving fond * thlgod of Slavery ;Propagandism., "All e earnest' professions of. Gen. Scett• for the past five years; all the solenui laserietions of ew4.Greeley & CO., thrit they would stip. rnWitoinatt •who' *mid- not Stand up to nor: ~ ern' etitiment ; all the' passionate demi:kid ieti!iii,:tiorthern . whiggery, against southern - erimehments; lonthern usurpations. nor, limit dottgbfaces are fergotten,and when Gen. Se - mt.:Was apparentlY defeated in the Convent ' .. n;, !Al whole foree,led bY . John** of Wait ylv44l4fell detirnlWith,supPliihnititi - . l44teA, , . i.,.-.f e onstience, 1 - embracing the 7 ;t0ga_ , .,4:4 the prielt - 4af filivocitcy,:i eidline : Ged.-te l •witttera 1 thelr ilerotion to - .‘ithe• iiiitittitioni.' and' their lure".:*_iiieli"setitherti.brethrtia. (masters.)" Rten - our 'own Jessup.o ff:Sastpieltiunns,' trona ,E,E.«;bitoirlderA the 'edictal • ermine has 'but 1 just,fallati,' - ;.0i4; ite • Whose: - eloquent - - *deer= Italia' Is behalf of philenthrOpie.AlAiihoideat ind:?:the'canse of the poet:Slaver- 7 .-4re litivitt 1-,;often listetted,44rerulyi:oeit: he ; could I 0tt:1iii,44411421 '.BWO* inietletiiipf.ble heart; 1- OfP.. - 'l'eil i'* 44 4 6.44ii i . t 440: 1 14..faiP • .fidelity ,rte - vOrastOing-;d - oyotion to 4*gbairliz4mitii,--fazill:.l,korautitie:of " our southern brethren t" No epithet has been too coarse and vulgar to be heaped upon thelkinoeratie party by peso` same. Whigs . because-they:hais heretofore pledged . their faith ,to standby' the Constitution and laws Of their country. The Deinocratie Convention resolved, that the'piwty would "abide By and adhere to a faithful execution of the Compro mise measuresr—a duty which every good citizen owes to the laws of his country while recognized in those they are laws; but they laws no Finality 'over other Taws, no "fine) settlement" further than time and , future wis dom may. demand. For this they *etc -de nounced as servile suppliants at the foot of the slave power? Now let us read carefully tho resolution on this subject by the Whig Con vention.' • , • Eighth—That the series of resolutions known as•the Compromise; including the Fu gitive Slave law, are received and acquiesced in by the wlqg party of the' United States as a settlement in principle and substanee-sa . nal settlement—of the daugerotis and exciting subjects which they embrace; and ,so, far as the Fugitive Slave law is epneerned, we will maintain the mime, and insist es its strict en forcement until time rind experience shall dent. - onstrate the necessity, of further legislation against evasion or abuses, but not impairing its efficacy; and we deprecate all futurdagita. tion of the slavery question as dangerous to the pence, and we will discouhtenance all ef forts at the renewal or continuance ofsitch ag itation in Congre* or ont 'of it, whenever, wherever, or howsoever the attempt may 'be made, and will maintain this system -of ;meas ures as policy essential to the nationality, of the whig party and the integrity of the Union. Could a More filiptiliatino spectacle be wit nessed than that of northern Whiggery, in the face of all its protestations in the past,'shout , ing Hallelujah at the passage of the `above' resolution? Strange, humiliating mid Incon.' sistent as it may appear, it, is nevertheless so.' Abolition lecturers, Free• Soil devotees and Southern Fire Eaters, all gathered around the same altar, mingled their invocations together, and with happy smiles and loving hearts,blen. ded their affections in one unruffled stream.— , That philanthrophy that once opened wide the,huge hearts of Christian Governors, Judg es, Senators, air d Editors,was crashed todeath under the platfo r m of Universal Whiggery,— its swelling emotions were repressed in the bosoms of thosei great find good men, who saw in , expectancy this rod of power and the emol uments of offiedi what frail texture are the consciences lof men composed!! how it gives way to the approach of cupidity, and how easy to reconcile opposite professions and practices! How soon .they go ince The quarry elate scourged to htsoangcal,P —When over their heads is raised the whip, and in the distance is pjced the green palluie of political plunder. With tears of joy and hearts overflowing With 'gladnessanddevotion al sentiment, they heed thevoice of the temp ter, eat the fruit of bitterness, and drink the waters of Marc, witiva halo of benignant grat itude upon their, countenances, 0 what ten der souls! Webster and Fillmore they could not support on this platform; because their past praCtiiis has been in accordance there with, but a man who, by his letters, has placed himself on bath 'sides of every question he has ever lititten - on, who has deninmced and in the same breath ekiimed" to be the special father of the Compromise, mounts the plat form, dons his epauletts, flourishes his sword, and at the word Of command All chaunt the Te Deu27t latulamus of Southern niggerism. We shall speak of thiSsubject further. Ratification in the South. . The Charleston Mercury states, that- upon the appointment of the late JUdge Woodbury,' of Naw.lfirap.ihire, to . : the bench of: the Su. • picnic Court :Of 'the -United States, Gov. Steele. - • • . pressed,Gen. Pierce bi accept the seat in the Senate which; Judge 'Woodbury had vacated. PieMe.decliaed the proposal firmly, as he af terwards declined, the, ilkttiimey Gerieralshin, preferring the independence of a - Titivate' citi zen, :. The Mercury also says, that South Car . - otina trill go for Pierre and Xin g len to'one- Mobile Register, is speakHing of Gener al Pierer) and WS- . - • " -The unanimOueselection;in a spirit - of con- ciiation and brotherhood, of the.entire Dernoc . racy, it embodies the • full Strength of - the par. ty, unweakened by dissensions tied- 'cuietuhar rassed by any 011ie antipathieS efig - indered in the. late contest between men; Who; if tbey were-Mort, eminent, were more exposed to personal, sectional; and factious objections.— Gen. Pierce comes beforelthe country with an escutcheon immaculate and - spetleas. 'A man of the purest private eharaiter+"antiable, mod: est; dignified and coniteone-'-deSeenite.l froth a family distinguished in the refolution,Midin Our - Second' strug,gle with Great Britain; him ' self- one of the most gallant soldiers "of' the Mexican war; a statesman of the strielesteen stitutiorial school, Without guile or any shadow ' of ;turning; a disciple, adherent,' and, coadjutor of yiroodbury; - With a mink ;the full an of- its powers, and - well verged - in the. par:, : • suits and - duties of public life4feWmeneould ' bentere . universallytteeeptable: to the.riceple, th.in..the - one thus called, I ike .Cincintiatirs; freer .hist plough, in the- Derneeraticißeldi of. - ew !):laltip'shire."- • - s • A RemOkalile • Mail. • belzt.' a temperance; Meeting held not long. sin ,in Alabama, Co). Lemanbusky, whO had a twenty-three ,years a soldier:in the armies of. Napoleon .Donaparte ? addressed the meting. He arose before the audience, tall, erept and vigorous, with aglow of 'health upOn hiss cheek, and said: ; . . o You see Wore you a man 'lO years of age. I Ifrve fought 200 battles, hav 14 wounds on m ; body, have lived_ g.O days pn , horse flesh with the bark of trees for my bread, snow and iceitbr my drink, the canopy ofibeaven for my covering,, withoilt stockia„rw:Or shoes - oil my feet, and with only rags for my clothing; In the, desert of Egypt 1 hive marched five days with, a burning sun upon my n i kked bead, feet blistered in the scorching sand,i and with eyes and 'nostrils and mouth filled with dust, and with a thirst so ,tornientkim that I havo opened the' veins of, my arms illa sulked my own blood! Do You ask how . I. - could survive all these horrors? I answer under theprovidence of. God, =I owe,My prommotiew,inly. health und rtert to this faint, that 1 ncirer *frank alb:oßn( spirituous liquor liCrey life, andAirron.-Larry, Chief of the medical staff of theTronch Azmy, has stated it as a fact, that the 'OM survivors Suke'esfely returned fram,Folsitt, were - all of them men who abstained froinl , l4 use efL Or dentspirihe_ . LI- ~. ... -)`. .; ~ . - • —TitO amo r nni of 6 matOria MV. fronVVlnt% ons nnumoo voolvodby. Gov...KOMI/tit goo he left AlsOnolmao, :$7,523...: 'whole Lk mount ralood in this Com*? . -109%. . • The Pederg Press • sad- limnlol • rierem- Trtie to the,instiiacts of federalism, the fed l i end press aye 'opened', theirliaLteries of Man._ der upon Fietutt.)o , PrOcet and seek by every subterfuge and:fallact to detract from his high character as a tititteittean, Mauler nil a soldier and his ,rideoreplishinents as a 'gentleman:: In , thitfcritsade'no ef%rt its' spared to'delixdo and blind the people 'in 'their honest. judgment; and fearing the perSonat popritarity of the De mocratianominee tor the Presidency,* well as tho mighty poWers,of thoprinciptes of De stiOcracy, the federal .ptesalitiveradopted a, pa, cellar tactie—that Of assailing. he motives of our candidate--in the vain hope of 'nttmeting public scrutiny from the notorious incompeten ' ey of their then, and the utter inconsistency of their creed, The Work of defamation is pecu liar to The federal ptens. They sought and failed to -overthrow - Jefferson :by the' same means=-they'essayed to intimidate.Jaekarm.by their vituperationsuid the. illustrons -Polk , wasria less assailed.;.Thene men,l-however, all: 'lived to produce. iitosperity- throughout the hied, and died o:trend - With the blessings.of, al grateful people. The slanders of - federalism were refuted by the successful administrations of thorn all, quid theishame recoiled upon those who led -on•thedirty warfare. Franklin Pierce ;never sought office. _ On , the contrary he has invariably declined every public position , until urged to , acceptance by considerations of Patriotism. Can, the federal press - point to any Min now before their party i ati - a candidate for Presidential nomination who has evinced similar disinterestedness? Look Ist the history of Prank Pierce: From his ear liest voutle - he-avoided all contention, never seeking to thruit himself for Ward in any can. test, but-al - ways prompt to act When his State and country_ demanded his services. Honors plentifully were- proffered to him—olliee and emolument were within his reach; but he At. dined them all,- rind, in. the sober .walks of a plain citizen, he labored to promote thevood of those by_whom ho was surroueded.. In New Hampshire ho-was and is the people's fivorite., They!were unwilling to lose the services of ' such A sterling patriot, and netnaily ferct.d him to places. of lattor and of trust. How well he discharged his duty. the history of the nation conveys ample testimony. In the low er House 'of Congress, his energy, industry; and profound abilities won the respect of his opponantsand the admiration of his friends.— On every qiiestien of national peliev,ittn- was,, 'ever foremost in its advocacy; cunvi acing by his logic and thrilling by his eloquence. So I distinguished. was his careeer,,so unblemished' , his course, that the Legislature of New Hemp- Shire almost' unanimously, etimmoned him to ;take a scat in the United States Senate. In that body he added fresh laurels to his fame and new-, lustre to the Democratic cause.— 1 I',Comparatively young, ho et too end mated in the midst of_ the. sagesy s of the d nation, the ' i l fearless .vindicator-of the right and , the bold 'denouncer of the wrong. - Active when duty ;called, tenacious when fully convinced, invin ;elide:when aroused,Frisss. Piener.'in the Sen. ,ate was regarded as one or the ablest states. men. But he resigned atter having- peeform6d :his wort, to make room fiir Others, and retired ,crowned with - the approbation- of his country 1 [ and his . constituents. Indeed his - peculiar l'Nersion for office became a '.virtue---..nd no in. ' , I.4uceruentS„ne hlattering hopes orproinises of igain or glory Could-win him from the humble ':shades of privacy., President Polk offered him I seat in his cabled, but lie declined,rtlip pee. Pk of New Hampshire were clamorously s e ek.' ing his elevation, but he resisted all their good intentions, to' reap the, fruits 9 t-pdAce and 40111- , fort- in the midst of "a virtenus family. Can the federal press produce a statesman who will edinpare with Piesee . Can they 'paint to ona act in. his lifedeseriiiig of censure?. ,While' in ithereouncil.4 of the nation, he dune no wrong, and aecomplished'great good— His votes; and his speeches "are on record, and .we defy the ' horde of his detainers - to diitever a - Single ac tion of hie thatis not worthy Of even deir ap. prom]. .c .When wars rude blast shack upon the eats of the Ainerican,people, the President at once demanded the , services- of Pierce; arid called him to the field. Did he refuse then, when his country was in danger 3-. Did be 'remain at home to deride those who were gallantly fight ieg, and almost starving in defence of their entry? Let- the Federal-press answer.. We country. „le lode lA. pi reply. Ncl! hastened at once to the , thick est of the Oght,, and ~b y proWess.and valor *on . the high . title of the galiont Pierce:- No Man served with mere devotion thrcrughout Strug7les- with Mexico. No man. treated his' soldiers with; ore humanity,-.:and no General 4o Modestly refused'tho, honors and . plaudits which' belong to thelimve.soldier, As soon as the war. had . 4:eased,. he resigned—and again retired to_privaay.-to, : pactice it' : profession in Which he was distinguished.. . _• . .. here then man whomthe Federal press , tvouldtlefanie and-destiny. The gloiOng re. Cords of the pasf, - teeni vrith-the relations of his talents, his 'itateSmartship and his valor:-, Will the:peal:4i accept the 'bold lieti Of . newi- Paper scribblers, and reject thei sacred truth of history:' We "cannot believe it :The cause of Deppocraaris just:--God is with the just=.-rind Victory is - 'with GocLi.'lf.:-FrAux PtERCE has nobly performed his , duty..during the ilcult, in I the. fa lure. he Wilt more than realize the . h apes of the people,' .by redeeming . the nation from the thraldom. of Feduial. domination.. The Federal. Federal. press cam:continuo to - assault and . de. Erniehis' 'repntation;..but-- , the people,, relying; Upon-thevorrectness of history as the 'fountain of truth, will signally vindicate his cheriCter and' fame bye motif! triumphant death:m- 1 Perinsy/ranim - - ' -Sabbath School Cclebmtion The people of Franklin; propose to emit= memorate the fact of our. national Independ eace, on Saturday tbo- third day of July next. 'The' procession will- be- formed at thellp. sonirillo Exchange, under the direction of Col. Rufus Smith, Atli) o'clock, A.ll.,tand march to'the Churek,rhCrotervices will be perform. ed hr the folloWinty, order. ' • .3.-Prayer, by Rev. Sabin - 2. Hymn, by .;the 3. Reading the Declaration, by 'J, L. Merri man.,, 4. Addre.ss to the Sunday.Pcho,ols, y Rev. 31r. •McKinney, , - b. Hymn, by the Choir. - 6. Oration by'Wm. IL Jessup; Esq. Music. :8. Benediction. The procession will be again formed, and proceed to m grove near the church when re, freshments wilt bo provided for etit, young and A cordial invitation is extended to scholnrs, and teachers of Sunday Schools in -- adjoining towns, and to good citizens generally to meet with us and aid' fn a proper observance - ,of the dvg y order of the oommittoo ot arrangements. Pennsylvania Whig State Con veation, Vhihidelphiai Simi) 18152:j The WhigSbite COaveation, to nominate' a eaudidato for_the, Supiome - Bench, to wi t : .va. caney, Met again'this morniag'i but the Mow. bora were too• anxious - about the Bsiuruoio nomination - to`trimsaat 'business, ' - and ,they journed - to 4 P 3i • AFTERNOON:BEBSIOX' • , 5, . " 4 Upon rsf ! asseribliimi the first ballOtims had :.when Joseph Anifingtetilvas- nominated;ro- aoivink . 30 votoi. to - 3 for Mr. Comfy,:, 49Inination , Was thon'doelaridMungtooma c and tho COuieatiO4 - ,adjoirted aina - • • • Popular Deiusions: Mett, and women are credulous Other =busts are wary and suspicions in pro portion as they are sagacious. . - Bueman, to whom alone !mon is given, :is distinguished by his credulity. Scarcely any iheory , Is too absurd, anyrillegatien to monstrous, any doe, trines too self-contradictory, ior any practices toOrninous and degrading, not to find a boat of believers,' with works according to' their faith. The worst.consequenees of this credu lity are sometimes entirely veiled from the world; sometimes they hake! form and•stib stance and develop themselies in organiza tiers, associations. and special communities.-- I Perhaps the most egregious jcrednlity known at this. day and here-about is that which places reliance upon the spirit rapping,s ; and but fent follies, of any-day, have predneed so much mischief. This glaring imposture, for - it -is nothing else, : has left in its !course domestic misery, dethroned reason, deselation and death. Had wo preserVedeill the instances of. these evil. results of the delusion 'whieh have_ met our eyo in exchange.papers, or otherwise come to out knoWledge, and were hero to classify them es ahelve, the list Would be positively ap palling, 011 y, yesterday, the came to us in the St. Louis Evening Despatch: A - entletianit living in Illinois, and 'known to many in this city, has a family of sons and daughters, grown up men aid women, of the highest respectability. Sento years ago his wife died, and lie, living in the strong camera.. branee of her love as allfithful,good wife, has, never married. During her life they were very happy, perhaps less thin the', usual domestic 1 imxation of married life attended them ; not' the first blush of a suspicien ever attached to her goodnamo. But this has been swept away by the inagnetie_ jugling of a medium, who has borne evidence from -some departed spirit, that she, the good wife, the reveredln memory was unfaithful to hits through all her whole career, and that the children, ono and nil, were illegitimate. Wholly under the in fluence of a conviction that-Spiritual agency is a fixed fact, the gentlenian has disinherited his children as common bastardS, and driven them, from his heart. A wife's memory blasted, chit (lien's names dishonored in their life, a happy home made desolat, and a father'aclosing eve of life rendered dreadful in its loneliness. On what eiidunce On nothing. This:morning the Fitchburg /yew-mentions the death of a lady alLuertburg, undcr,eircum-,- stanceslof pitch a natant: as leave little doubt unit her death.nras precipitated by a ,prediction of certain spirit rappers that she - would die within h.specified time. Cases of mental, de rangement,-induced by belief in the imposture, , are nil too numerous, while 'even high Intel!. 1 eats have beett tainted its influence. Add to these.the radical but sPecious infidelity which it has fostered and diffused, the mawkish- tran seendentalistx which it has substituted for practical common sense,and the wild and bias - - phemouS vagaries which' it .pawn 4 upon the , world as revelations, while' it repudiates the only and Divine revelation of the Gospel, and eine's-leart aches at.the vision of moral pesti lence walking at noon,day. We may not lift the curtain from domestic circles; or -we might tell of the practical duties of life neglected, of filial and fraternal harmony interrupted, o morbid curiosity and of -wasted energies, of mind creuchinginfore superstition, and of A super-sensitiveness that finds a supernatural agent, in over,' sound and motion.—Commer cial .Adr. - _ „ Official Notification of General, • - PiQrce. - A p.aragraph in the Boston" Post sacs; that the Committee of: the Democratic Sational 'Conventien waited on General Pierce- ycster day. at his residence in Concord, - end present ed hitn a letter informing him of ,his nomina tion. General Pierce will repli- - irt_4vriting.— There were no formal 'ceremonies ..on the oc casion; hut, nigh pleasant ion versation,Gee. Pierce, with aletiv friends, took thein* out, in carriages to look at the' town. _Between ,one and two o'.elock they arrived at .the American lieule, Where the gentlemen ..of the Commit. too Were introduced to many cititens'atid mem bers of the,Legislaturc.. The committee Then, with Gen. Pierce, the Governor, members: of the Council, President of dui Senate, Speaker Or the House,.amt.iorne otherS, numbering in all Mann' twenty.five . perions, sat down ' . to..a Very . fine dinner provided by eider of General Pierce:`After. despatching. the ;dinner, - the gentlernen-of the .committee appeared; upik. the .lialeottY, and were largely:cheered by large crowds'essembled in front of the. hause. Ilon::31511.6 S. Wells intrOdtiiied the, Man hers of the connittee..aingly; and: they were reecited with three hearty cheers for their re- Speetiie - ,stafe'a. • ..31r. Soule c .of Louisiana; in reply to a loud cali f nuide - a -few Pertinent marks; as esellid'the Other members of the committee, viz': Mr. "Barbour of Virginia, Mr. Fetch of Ilichigoit v andMr. Thonipson of Ili's sissippi; 1I of Wilolll were received with hear tychuer,4. ACS o'clock; by .invitation of Gen. Pierce;The committee,. witkafittinbeiof - other gentlemen, toOkilio ars - Iftir a' trip 'to .Lalo WinnipieogeO.! „ , . 'DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION 31EETLNG ti Quail:P.s2ex S. C.—A largo and enthusiastic m democratic ratification. eeting Was held ht Charleston S. C., on the 16th Inst., at which Hon. D; Porter presided. Speeches Were made in favor of the nominations of Pierce and Kingly tho_chairman 'of the meeting, and hr -Messrs.-Macbeth, hiemininger, - and •DfcGratii, and the following resolutions ,were unanhuois ly adoptedt-- • ' , - Resolved, That the Democratic party of the Union has presented' hi the cnitntry a ncianina tion for :President and 'Vico , PreSideet Of the United:States,vldeli ritakes4 the - thity of the advocates of Southeni righti throughout tho Southern States, to suPifort . that nomination. Resolved, That approvandthe nomination of •Franklitt Pierce for the Piesideney, and Win. R. King for the Vico Presidency of these Ufii ted.Stages,- wo will earnestly en pad ill' all proper.efforts to Insure, the succe.ss of 'thoir • Resolved; That a "cotomittee of fifty be, ap. Pointed. for, the purpose of corresponding:with i the democrats n- this'State, who are prepared to unite with in this effort, and of adopting such other measures as may be necessary for the success of this movement. r •-• Wife of Gen, Pierce. The Boston - Times says • aerie Pinson is now in his forty•cighth year; in the veil prime and viger of manhood, and with ccintmarr• ding abilities at their ripest , lie is pleariiid with an estimable Wo o at whose re: quest it is he has declined the 'many lion. ors _which his. State was aices3l ready to 11*31111tirri; 44vve learn that cirt.terilay ehe received: the inteligenceof her hosbands nom ination for the Presidency - with an; aic:of sad mess._ It is to - she hoped heiwever, that, her spirits- will riviio as the - campaign progresses, and that aim neier will have reason' to regret the'eleVation orher noldetearted consort; to the highest atticpi on - earth. , , 'filuotriAttl . Milli, 44i idiflAted Inthe n 'Trav - - . eller that e - a day or,twe diode; at South Beaton, a child..%bout a year oldt, Which had been left asleep' itt"thet kitchen, In the' aro of its grand Pargalaqica attacked by a rat during the'night, which cat, drone of tho'fingers from the'hatiO ct ttle fresh to the tone la:several places baits: aim's is sad frightful a manner, that althoughluediesl aid•was Inuao diately ealled,,yet the child lived-014 a. sheet. _ . •f = Se** „„At ec i, bigooke sole omnivore of the , to d beskTitirmount r Philadelphia, t an 4.4 rived at 14611'61k. - • - ; Xhoiern is Clouding at the we f t oth,; l were 285 deaths from that cense in New% leans during the first week iti the month, —Mho Vona entz• det Comem(e, oftn 29th, announces-the ototoplotion of the tete. of gra lio xicm. p hi c tine between Tem Crnz and thee, —A duel was Au' ePpbsite- June 15th, between D. Charles Ganaht Thomas Daniel. — .They fired two shottetrit, but neither party was injured, 1 Pierre Soule, of .143111811Aiie . ditTey oration in Philadelphia ,' on tke lexeiversay of thoDeelasution of Independeaee, &bk .. sioksoo is to-bo charged, and the profits of t o be applied to - ono uf the 6lic e!uviteg, institutions. period -'The Auburn Adr:44o: ehro i nkka t marriage of Aaaph Moran, of oraria la Ciy. uga county, a revolutionary hlier, 'gait, to Cynthia Whittaker, ,of ke, in Ma az ,. count : ngod 83, a role of tir tame glories ii.c, i —Mr. S. D. Sineerbox, of f Poughkeepsie,- has on Ms , years old, which has .sbeared of wool, averaging 4 1-2 lbi. i it y, bringing CO cents a pound. that. --One of the most homirl heard of, was that of the cat Champlain, on thetri7 ing to prevent his craft from dock, near lock No. 1 , lost fell,' thereby receiving the ful lision. He was drag,, am. the sides ofthe boat d literally torn to pieces ....:.The Nantucket) or says there barks r? i prospect of a return o the scenes of the e:4 period of whaling, w en vettselsi were - td out for a few days.or eeks to cipture st a b s on the coast. . What are usually pled! all along shore this s ason. About a Ina since, three . wore seenp rom asconnet, sem. al have been taken f m 3I rtbalt Vineyard, and five had been cam t off Plouthamptoa, I. ; Island. I. T . 0 se a i ti t ak ni n Vr. 0114 en and nis i :: • kettle full of bail of a stove into a tub th•h WitS Bleeping the t but fifteen mods hockii gly , aealded, ockiligly :millet sisi • hours tn, exontigist I . i —On Saturday even rel took place in a ho South Boston, betwee During tho fight, a4e water was knocked Off standing near, in wit' . koungest child; an in old. The child was :aftorlingerin,g ford fe, agony died.. I persofts, rattendfitit t rookbrn, and Aden, in vqbat,is tennedat have!, pure:based 9,00 e did Mention, skin fie. of stotimboat natztks fty ilea fromanrla. ey hive settled. Ili itrofiroPcilrAtati sdbatoneo—. 4 WA. In el , Bends of NW —A esitony of stit• Northampton, IlasS., • N. firm belie • Spiritual Philosiiphy, 'acres• of land in a sple tY miles from the he.. on thy Banatvpa, and ton, Va., upon which I do not have a comina. man is]stewir3 of his tainin Unity, of Fal . m . , —,-After any =ma ecssf I trials, thereof an election of 3layor ' Lyn , , on Satatdtr, % o n e 0 3 jority, effected , y a' .oalition' of , ... erats and free-soilers.. The 'whole mink d vo ',eh thrown was 2410 ; neepssarl . final:l42 1,988,;' Benjamin Ifud,go (fro soil) had IA and i 9 chosen., Daniel E. Baker (ntig) bid 989,and there was 9seattcring. -4Snch is the rage or latirg inGnss ny, that English tutus ago of Germansoh are translated back a,, 'n in German. Tlin 3frs.: Robinson's' lid .isse; ti , fifes Disa pline,' long sincespubr bed ` , Genaany,appat now las a translation: ; - , . A'; Potrrrn Ran, . i..— ivliq had lived hithe data Revolution, would . ve. a arms,-a3 the fouride : ' , Of written n communitatuin MI delphia, in which he ttienap; Pierce for his service li in the Sun treats the m'tern: -- -" Gen. Franklin Pi Ice tit; i 'Contreras, Churnb.u.s - o", go, Chapultepee; "near 11 len, : " Reim - : The correspondentl Vele libel,'hinting that he fai l fight, Must:take it to v ither : t un. Gen. Piere6l .i olunt.' like. a . true Americitk i vine ri's.honor;and shall a wave 1 of praise from us for ._mt a , 1 Mown is run Wu 'EL - ticles sent over the tie ' ago was a piano for Salt The distance, is about, 4001 whore itZisAestined 6 go, e was inhabited ; only b the derness peopled with dra only his to be crosse bor. The - tot id the pioneen . elvill /y upon its trocks, in on Jimmies and - refinem nt of says the condition - o he o proved.? A P..triier—Fen T E att eieetioneeringsp • rh, t., the pulpit. He told .1s heti was tisteless and ralteleal peratia party. ThO stun wa and disagreealthlt was lie then sdd he irond situ) party. Ho cracked, :nut TEN • • I NT Al di . I f► „,_ . 1 CATITAL ruarirt NT is Petitions are iitieiren ration (tressed to the Gene . I • fur.thernadoration of the p for. taurder: The ':. Previa e "These Petitioas hare bee nitetber of people.” -I I. - -----------7 -- ~, : - C o ce We vero much ill rased, tOndlnir th'e contort ,ily th, ii.iolnitr nil". AlthOUgh African blood, and cOntiog of, those aitannobno "ipotra _ly 'seem Solo iieice of these tratolllng c pee ... • , cos aro really exco4ut-.• concert this (1 4 hurolaY) e thee "particularts,No "400, anti hear and atiOfbr tbents , -.. . . . Angai 1 114 Amnia Exhib, fifty will beheld at I duy June 30th, 115. aiag at,9 .$. in *tiesbarm on `che 244114.4 ga t W., ItOk/Adiii Mr Jogs EtitsmAl of r$ 4? auntie, and miss r i Axtmrsta cabendile, wog liatol4loll6 E, - rSWICOVIrIf tyke both of Brooklyn. I Stomi4e, mitt totem' utem f the heat get Profitable tit? deut(u we ste t rain of their* I wbo, in gn u *, it.naticig into fie Ins Inlanee forCe of dined, i !ral rods betsea d„L.s. tree of the Armco ded the Bri* is Fifty did, is the Sun et Pt& to lewd Get. exiCe. Hex bof 1 ; in ,the Wilts ,1 ino del Ray, Tat ad it, Gari who sends 1 led to void Cs ',plates for poi ,erelf, his term cation of hiseotrep avelhe duo mot lion," I s—Amon:ll2M final, e foraql ~ k e, Utah Mita/. the ibet a few fere 4 1 ' ndiatie end a al ten nd a few two !re it is rts6ll. er, but how ei►* day, follow do lailized life. WU ity has net A *ES k at 2a iitt i e ic ro- a w that 4 the Ad ;that was 000 natICTOUL oda ha Abo/ilioaPuel• them ,•difonadit—ss RUODE .1314.d a n Rhode 140 4 • mbly, Any Prg I nishmenCof ice Inunsit $l . signObY last eienieg, 13 Lvc4 FAxtoid tinged Ito us iwithoist OT eadeir ... •.cogsal ° tioji rd±' ep kice , a x e , cuing, ad t oar reifies it' bitiOn.