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Tait LikEGESiciRCULATION IA 2eo.lllltElli
& D. GUAM 41; J. I.I.McCOLLUAEormis
.Aft V . 'DAY,
Iloalrose, Thursday, June 14, 1866.
jar In , our paper to-day may be found
the proceedings of the National Know-Noth
ing Council in setsion in Philadelphia.
It will bo 'seen that their platform is pio
'el:ivory, all ovor,—out lleroding Herod on
t that question:, Wonder if - the Republican
will still endeavor to convince its readers that
the order is free soil I We shall look at this
atwitter next week. .
Ntw:Couranrart,--A new cOunterfeit, of
thedenomination of $lO, on the MLA otNorth
Anieries, Philadelphis,has been put in circulation.
- The letters are B. and C., the signatures good,
and the whole appearance of the note calculated
to deceive.
Palm—The Pottstown Ledgersays
that one of their hatchets in situ& for beef cat
tle in Barka county a few days ago, was asked 14
eenis a pound. The Cattle were heavy, weighing .
Owlr lit* lbs. each—making $1613 for one steer:
.c.; The Rock Islander, a Democratic paper
imbiiihed in Illinois proposes Judge Black, of
the Supreme Court of Pennsykania, for Prosi
tent of the United States.
Lmda Napoleon received Mr. Buchanan
Ihery kindl,r at London and- - ; Telma the hope
that France. might : alwaygi be t, peace with . the
United Ogee.
*E'W BOUNTY LAND WATtitiNT ' S.On Fri
4
day last the first issue of bounty land warrants,
tinder the net of March ad, 1855,- was made
from the Pension Office: There were about
eleven. hundred in all issued, of 160 and 120-
acre warrants. A warrant of 160 acres was
forwarded to the rresident of the United States
for military services rendered by him during
the Mexican war. A similar warrant was for
warded to ex-President Tyler, for military ser
vice's during the late war with England.—
Hon. Wm. L. Marcy,'SecretarY . of State, re
cloyed an 80-acre land warrant, for services
in the same war, he hating received a bOunty
Of 80 acres wider the same act of 1850.
" rlace none , but lit inericans on
Guard to-night V'
Nearly every Know-Nothing paper we pick
up, says the Carlisle Volunteer, has the above
quotation for its Mato, and give credit and
attribute the words to WASHINGTON I WASH
INGTON never used this language, nor any
thing like it, and we challenge any Know-
Nothing editor or all of them put together,
to point 'out the passage in . Washington's
writings where be makes use of. this quota
tion. 1 They can't do it, and the words they
hav,l adopted as kmotto is nothing more nor
less than -a miserable me. We pronounce it
sucli,land dare them to disprove our asser
tion. •We have read Srarts's Life of Wash
ington to carefully to be mistakin in what
we sa,; and we repeat, that th e e , man who
attributes the
.phrasemplacencee kat Ameri
cans nn ward -,too-nigiti! - to Washington, is
Pitordtguihy`itf•- a wilful, deliberate and
contemptible falsehood, bat he at the same
tiamffers an insult to th e memory of the
1 1
father of our country , and to our people who
pow e joy the privileges our forefathers fought
and bed to achieve. •
It i 4 the habit of KnoW-Nothing editors to
prevaricate—it is their vocation to misrepre
sent and lie—it is their privilege (they do
think) to consider their readers fools and to
tally ignorant of history. None bet a Know-
Nothing editor - could adopt as his motto, and
put in quotation points, "a- diabolicalfalse
hood; nor would any ,other consider his
readers so ignorant as tobe unable to detect
the fraud he 'attempted to palm upon them. •
It will not do for the miserable oath-bound
conspirators and Infidels of the Know-Noth
ing lodges to quote Washington . : in support,
of their infamous and daMnable doctrines.—
No I—Washington, a man of.eularged views,
a patriot in' every sense of the word, whose
writings prove thst'be was possessed of more
than ordinary benevolence pf - heart—who,
in the generous impulses ,of his nature, accor
ded every man the right to wofship God ac
cording to the dictates 9 f conscience, and
who had mingled with and shared the
,hard
ships of patriotic " foreigners" would, were he
now living, scorn to own as his sentiment,
"place none but Americans on guard to
night." --. Side by side and shcmlder to shoul
der Wasbigton, La Fayette, De-Kalb, Kosci
moo, Pulaski, Stuben, Gates and Montgomery,
fought for American freedom. They were all
act ngted by the same patriotic feeling—by the
lame love of liberty. And is it likely, that at
the time these patriotic men were thus fight
ing, that Washington could offer so gross an
insult to the " foreigners" La Fayette and oth
ers, as to utter a sentiment impugning -their
Motives and their patrotism f No, no, it is
not, likely, nor did Washington ever titter such
a sentiment. ' 1
The professions of the Know-Nothings that
they dnUtd the influence of foreigners and
Catholics, is another fraud, and is utterly de
void of t e nth : There is not we venture to sac,
a
. ,
a sensible man in the trnitediSl the
i ni . states, that se
riously. dreads any such influence. It is all
hypocra7 and deception, and . is another
smart trick of corrupt, men to 'wenn them
ii
*lies in o ffi ce and ;lowa. There is not now
in the IT 'ted States& larger proportion of for
,eigners ak Catholics than there was in the
country when the Declaration of Indepen
dence was signed. There are not, in Ake
in the United States as many foreigners and
Catholics, in proportion to the population, as
there were of These classes among the signers
of the Declaration of Independence and in
the Convention , which' formed the Constitu
tion of tie United States, in proportion to
the whole number of. each. The proportion
of Catholics and foreigners in the armies of
the Reiolution, • on the" American side, was
five times greater than the proportion of thoSe
classes whb ever held office in the United
States. • Whatever the evil of foreign emigra
tion has been and however great the dangers
from the spread of the Catholic religion, these
etils - andlheeedifiginiiire certainly no great
now than they always; bare been. 0n the
contrary, it wonkt= bare' . been much easier
for ,Catholie-„Flattek Spain and -Italy, an!"
asiisting ualtiochi l Ove olr frulepeiaenk- to
kiwis interfere d in fivor of Citholithim, than
for ony rWer now to oyerthrow the firmly
estsplished Protestintistu , of this republic.
Theis was no attemit to 4o this. Our fath
ers feared no danget, and provided, by a fund
amental law, for perfect religious freedom.—
Slutiulddr to shouidir Protestants and Catho
lics had achieved tin:3 bathe otthe RovolutiOn;
as friends and egials they founde4 a free
government, and 'est.ablisled religions liberty.
Their wisdom has tkien prisived by netu4y three
quarters of2a 4tury'slexperience4 Any
ra
danger which
, ighl bay existed when' the
Country was weak, from ihnead of atiy Tong
ions error, has been "ioutgrolin with the giant
srtength which the republic has sinc e achieved.
It cannot be nrlcessary, we think,, to , do
more than to call 143 recollection of the pub
lic to these facts 4. Oilighten \ them to the
purposes of those tio, having worn font the
Whig party,attemptto found a new one on the
religious pejudicesi 4f a portion of ont7 people.
If there is danger frixn Catholics andloreign
ers, it existed in 742, when the 'Olga
ins ,
at
tempted to use Ches 4 classes, to quite peat
an extent as it exists now, when thirhare
turned round to *Wm . them.
AilattflAia Cort-tsgntlit
PfULAD4I.PIIII,, June 10, 1855.
The hot breath summer is rapidly ap
,
preaching us , and Iwo: have ocerisiOnally a
foretaste of what Svc must °slant durilig July
and, -August. Bu4iness is dailywing
more and more - stagnant. Everybod ywho
can get away during the warm weather is bu:
sily preparing to do so. The prosperous and
fashionable' are setting', their houses in order
1 • - 1
preparatory, to a vist, tO some celebrated wa
tering • place, to Niagara; Saratoga, Long
Branch, thia Sulpht4 Springs, 'I or Cape May.
The would-it-they-equld-be's'are stinting and
squeezing, and twisting and turning in every
way, manner and dirertion, to raise or save
enough to pay the ipenses of a short season
of topping ; and hopping, of , flirtation and
dissipation, Of be:au-catching and daughter
watching, of gaiety and revelry, at some
jamed-up, but fashionalle hotel, under the
pretence of benefittirig their health. .
i
Then ag,ana the country cousins will be,fa
cored with the visits Of Ithonsandsiof their city
relatives, and the, trips to,town Inst winter be
thus recipiecatod. This ,arrangerneat is a
standing one with Mary lainiliet, an& mutu
ally advantageous. , I For all th 4 legitimate
purposes Irecruiting and. preserving the
health, a short residence,in pur air, innong
the beautiful:hills or ; valleys of .o ur faiTland,
—the plain but wholesome fare cand
habits of country life, is far more serviceable
than a &acing visit ~to any of the , fashionable
resorts.
The burglars are ;already , in ' nticipation
t
of these migrations, preparing for their sum
mer campaign. The hons4.s which are sup
posed to containOirtible bootyj r and which
they consider accessablo,.. are all "spotted,"
their arrangements naad,e' .with all' tho cool
nessof a general on i i he eve of a great , battle,
and' if they are'not proper)y guarded, and the
'valuables all carefully sowed away, every
portable article of value is stolen, and the -
oc
cupants return 'from their summer jaunt, to
find .their houses rifled of their richest treas
ures, and the head of, the family conT i elled
to add a large lass of household goods to the
already heavy bill of incidental expenses for
his eumfner's enjoyment&
With our city government, while tremend
oils. expenses hive been entailed upon every
departnaent, until theAreasury is nearly bank
rupt, in other matters, strict reform . has been
the watch Word. The6inine.raCp has recent
ly been receiving their consideration, and
there is a fair prospect that thdir ranks will
be awfully diminished before . the season is
over. Any body is authorized t i p till al dog
found running at large without a collar cr
taining the name of his owner, and unmuzzlld.
The dog-catcheis are required; to arrest hU
dogs found without muzzles la the stre4s;,
and they can. only be released by the pay
ment of a fitie of two dollars, Znd in ease
they are not speedily reclaimed they are of
course killed. One 'or. two r Ns of hydr!o
phobia have occurred I recently among the
dogs, although fortunnielY no persons hi4-e
yet been bitten. _ ,
The Mayor has also recently issued strfct
orders" for the arrest of all organ-grinde'rs
found perambnlating, through the streets, and
that prolific source of "music for the
is cut off, to the sorrow of the juveniles and
the joy of e old noise-bating community.
And the -li to
_beggars, tooth-pick, key, ring,
and orange enders, and the disorderly night,
walkers of tl e feminine gender, are all to be
driven from the streets, ' ' under penalty of ar.
rest. The Sunday Liquor Law is regularly
enforced, and theiniprovident lovers of "tbe
crayture," who fail to Provide for the contin
gencies of the case, by filling, 'their bottles on
:t'Saturilay night, plead', in. vain oh Sunday
' morning, to theinexorable bar-keepers for re
lief.
The principal topiZr of interest , here for
some, days past; has been i the Natitr nal Con
vention of the American or Know' Nothing
t
r
party. I Our hotels arc crowded rilth dele
gates and outsiders, and nearly evry State,
is fully represented, seVen delegatirs being
allowed to each. Propinent -amn,g them
Cat
are Kenneth Raynor, of North Ca lint Al
bent Pikei-of Arkansas, Messrs. Baker npd
D. Ullman, of New York; Goverirori„ Gardner,
and Senator Wilson,. of Massachusetts, &-
Governor Johnson, of , Pennsylvania, and
others pf lesser note. The Convention holds
its sessions in the Assembly Buildings, at the
corner. of Tenth and Chesnut-streets. Its 1
de
liberations are kept as secret as possible; no
outsiders Aro allowed to participate in them,
but'a variety of romans are afloat, more or
less authentic, as to the character of their
,
proceedings. 1
! • .
• i
So far they appear to have been aitogCth
er of a preliminary character, the question! of
organization iravine beeir a very ituportint
Ornewhit' intricate oirt The aiver - y
question is supposed to havw :hiew..discussed
at some length, Wilson of Massachusetts tak
iwg strong anti-slavery ground, and . the dele
gates limn riginia and other Southern States
strenuously insisting upon the adoption of a
policy earigonial with the sentiments of their
constiiirencies. .
From Louisiana two different sets of dele
gates have been sent. . One from Lodges
composed wholly of Protestant members, the
other from an organization embracing in its
ranks numerous Catholi cs, , one of whom was
a claimant for a seat in the Convention. • It
is believed that the delegation chosen km'
the exclusive'Protestant branch of the Order
I will be admitted. ..
The delegation froth Mississippi appears .to
have been chosen by lodges acting entirely
upon their own responsibility; without any
charter from the central authority, but the
difficulty thiss presented appearho have been
adjusted by dUly qualifying them .after their
arrival here. -
On the afternoof Thursday; the "Ith inst.,
a banquet'was given to the delegates by the
members of the Order in this city. Its pro
ceedins were public, and have since been
published at length". 'Mayor Conrad 'presided,
and after the feast had been.devoured, made
a speech of welcome,. and defending iegen
end fermi the principles of the party:
Kenneth Raynor then responded to the
oast of "The . Union,"—a gentleman from •
Maryland to the sentiment "Americans must
rule. America,"—Mr. Andrews, of New York,
to the of "Religious Liberty," and
the different States were thefi toasted in al
phabetical order, and speeches , „of acknowl
edgment made by gentlemen - from 4 number
of them. • -
On Thursday night we bad quite a severe
wind and rain storm. • A
number - of - trees and
seteral housq,.,besiles any quantity of awn
in
I sign - 2 c 4,7 e were blown down •
•
put markets. hare not recently undergone
any important Change. Bee( cattle sell at the
exorbitant !ate of 'from- *lll -to *l3.
Flour commands *ll,OO to *12;00 per barrel ;
Rye Flour, t 7,37; Corn Meal, *5,00; Wheat
sells for, from $2,60 to $2,63;. Rye, $1,60;
Corn, *1,06 t0.e109; Oats 66 et'sito 68 et's.
Truly;
THE KNQW.NOTIIING
'AL COUNCIL.
Confusion and Tunnoil = -Tke Difficulty of
a Comproniise-- 7 Vit NatUrali:ation Laws
—The Catholic Question—The- - Slavery -
Question-1111ot a / . 8 to be Done ? etc.
• „Vitti..okoEt.rtirs, June 8,1855.
' The Know'Nothing Council and the outsi
ders, as well those belonging to the organ
ization its those 'connected with, but ready to
join it the- moment they see anything to be
gained thereby, are all in confusion and dis
order.. Many of these hitter are old broken
down politicians of the: two old parties, who
are 'puzzled by this new moyenient; and can
not divest themselves of their old party tradi
tions. Others again are new nien, who are
very good for most purposes, tut who are
wholly ignorant of the practical Workings of
political organizations on . a great scale, and
who are bewildered by machinery to which .
they are strangers. One thing is clear:lire:eV.
There is no leading spirits or master minds
in the convention at Philadelphia. There .is
no individual there who is gifted with the
Commanding'power or over(vhelining intellect
which Tolin C. Calhoun,- AndreW Jackson,
Daniel Welsster and Henry Clay have. each
evinced in their sego's) spheres in former'
times. The Southern men of the Grand Coun
cil, with some individual exceptions,are gen
erally more intelligent in matters f politis4
busbies than this_ Northerners. - • • 'his' a$Wlll .
from the peculiar social condition' of North
ern ant Southern men, in the North, of
late years, politics have become disreputable.
Men of.talent have avoided the political are
na, and taken rfuge elsewhere—in trade, the
professions, or literature. For some time past
none but the unprincipled, and men who have
proved their inability to earn a living other:•
wise, have become politicians in the North - ,or
sought political notoriety. Hence an obvi
ous decline in the character' of the .class in
your section of the 'Country: ' Men in the
South•receive a better -education, and one,
mote suited,to enarde them to engage in, po.
litical life. They study the scenes of iitics
With more care, and hence become far supe
rior to the Northerneni in practical knowl
edge as legislators'or executive men.. These
distinguishing traits of - character are quite as
. discernable among the Know Nothings of
Philadelphia as they have been of late among
the old parties.
But great difficulties Surround the Connell,
and;seem only to increase as they are probed
and diseussed. On.the geriaril questioni of
the naturalization laws-there is not much di..
versity.of opinion. - It - is generally :conceded
by all parties that they should either be grad
ually changed - or gradually . abolished -alto
gether. ' Bat between those who add orate ei-:
they extreme. it may yet prove difficult to
i -
frame a compromise.
The sameAffictilty presents itself on the
. 'religious question. It' has been settled in a
preliminary way;by the exclusion of the Ro
man Catholic members from Louisiana. Yet
there is a strong feeling here in, raver of reti
giOus toleration per se, and for confining • the
hostility of the Order to political Catholicity;
or that kindof interfering with the political''
condition of the various classes of society of
which the - conduct of Archbishop Hughes
-and the Protestant clergy of New England
1 1 ias occasionally furnished; examples.
But the great difficulty ifor the Council - is
the slavery question. There seems to be but
one possible mode of solving this difficulty;
and that is to allow. slavery, like religion ; to
be an open question to all parties . in all sec
tions ;. to form a great natienal: Know Noth
ing party on the basis of oppoSition the indis
creet and corrupt policy of the present ad
ministration, and.to allow each section to en
-tertain unmolested, its local opinions in :ref
erence to slavery,: just as it entertains its pri
vate
views on - religion. Even this view, it
• must be admitted,. would only be temporary.;
the question must be met ultimately in Cons
gress„and an understanding had on the terms
on 'which. 'new:States -Ire . to be admitted,
whether freeor slave, whether . according to
the constitution and the practiec . of former
Congresses or not. Several memembers
.of
the convention and othets with whoni I have
' conversed, consider this the only way, of pre-
Seryini, in its integrity our national organize s -
Lion. ( They say, let ilia - slavery - question 'be
settled'hy Congress. Ic i pongress, at a future
session; cannot agree on a practical comprom
ise; let it dissOlye, and 'adjourn ; let the quo:,
• tion. be referred to the people, and a conven
tion called to revise the, constitution and pro.
vide a new one, if the old one will not an4wer
the purpose. It is very true that the - present
constitution was framed by wise and practic
al-men,- at the close of the revolutionary war,
wh e n every faculty of theirs was in full .play,
1 ~
and their wits rouiedlo the &Most; degree.—
But at the same time:the country then con
tained but three millions of people. Their.
iaterests . were of . far less Inaguitudo,, atni , . ...
4oitiOg-thnkt- ';otitiL: 2 3Y0 : bow coup t: - over
twelity-fivemiltious of ;people. :I'o thirty4one
Statet. Hence our - cireunisttitices arts very,
ditfmentfrem,what they
,were zit tho the* the .
present constitution was adopted. - • . ; .„-
;
Unless the slavery; question is disposed of
in some practiettl friendly Way,,by a revision
of the .consti teflon, and adapted to the grdwth
nnd.increase of tile country, angry fings
are sure to-ariae, !Inflation will take place
tweed the North and the South, and the ulti
mate result wilt be insurrection:and civil war.
Hence the propbsals we Bays iteard, if the
difficulty cannot. be settled in any other way;
to call a new convention of the States and
form a new constitution.. if the. representa
tives of the varihus States cannet agree upon
a-Compromise that will suit the . 'present tithe,
give a promise of durability, then the N o rth
and the South had far botterseperate arnica-
pry, and.organiieseperate republics with sep ,
crate governments. •
.' . .. .
One thing is Certain—,the adoption of, this
line Of policy would compel real patriots and
busines men to reflect on that approaching
crisis. The mere ephemeral politicians who
have used this slavery question for their pri
vate corrupt purposes, would be floored and
thrown overboard. - - . ;
It is absurd to expect that 00. free States
c. n over be pro-slavery. Such. a thing is as
utterly impossible as that a Catholic will
an
d-take a defence of Protest a ntism ora Pres
b terian of Episcopacy. The two old . par
ti s
t .
long acted on the principle; of . dragoon- .
in .the North and South into lan apparent
uniformity of sentiment on the i subject, and
the consequence has been that they are now..
both disorganized and ruined..
if any such plan as this ceuld be adopted,
the party might be Completely Organized, and
with pro-slavery principles in the South and
anti-slavery principles in the North, might go
into the nest State 'and 14esideritial elections
:---leaving it to the meeting of Congress or to
the national convention to be
.Called .for the
purpose '
to settle the question of slavery for
ever. I will make further inquiries on these
interesting.and important points and ideas,.
•and will give you the result of my researches.
Among other curious phenomena attending
the meeting of the: pending _Convention, -the
.great number of persons belong ng to the old
political parties who have crowded here with
various views and designs is ! perhaps the
most noteworthy. Several of ;the leading
Seward men fro your State,i and several
politicians Mtn New England Who are _affili
ated with them, are very busy, of course, with
the object of breaking up the Convention.---
There is hero a-member from a Wdste.rn State
whose name I do not • nolx . remember, who
passes for a Know Nettling, and high 'in the
third degree, and yet is known as a : Seward
man, and reports the proceedings daily for
the Neu' YOrk Mune. Many of the mem
hers both from the North and the So' Ett talk_
with considerable indiscretion.
Kenneth Raynor, of North Carelina, oaks
in a, very hostile manner of the policy of the
New York Herald. lk)cellisiders it an en
emy of ours, hem the freedom.; and the _sar
casm with whit it has occasionally discuss
ed the Know Nothing movements.-
'Jhe lion.; James Brooks, !es-member of
Congres '
s is also here, and frequently-denouu
ets. the herald to Southern i and Wetefti
men, as a foreign organ, edited by a renegade
Scotchnian, who has no other object than
the gain of money, and lives on what he has
filched from the principal men of New : York.
Poor .I:unes forgets, that he himself still owes
from three to five thousand dollar; to George
Law for the expewes of his election to Con
.
gres.s. • .
Another friend of yours is Prentice, a the
Louisville Journal: he is very severe on, you
and the Herald.
I have other amusing anecdotes and opin
ions which I may
.k.4a . you another time.—
They deserve to be recorded for the benefit of
the Order.. • •
PoeceditVgs• of the Convention.
Tir - c Orgailization CoMideted—Lisl of 0/ii
(yrs Elected—The Platform Committee Clio
ten. Etc.- •
Fourth Day
1 1 111LADELP111.1,..Juhe P. M.
The Convention assembled . this Morning at
nine - o'clock. - .After Scffile general di . ussion
the hour fur the elebtilm of permneut offi
cers was fixed at four',l'. M. .The
noiuinatious were mach?
For
James W. Barker, Of New. York. James
B. Ricaud, of Maryland. 11(inry J. Gardner,
of Massachusetts... Bartlett, of Ken
tucky. ' Es. Gov: Colby, of New Hampshire.
W: Danenhower, of Blinoia.. -
For 17cc-Pre' sidenLt
Henry J. Gardner, Of Massac s busetts.
Moue, of Georgia.' N. D. Sperry, of Conneti
cut. ----Matliews, of California.
For Ree - ordinY Secretary.. .•
Davis 13. Booth, - of Conneticut. IL 11:
ford; of Vertnont. • •
Fur C9rre spancling '&cretary.
C. D. Deshler, pf New Jersey.. • ,
There was no amination of a candidate for
Treaurer" offered./
After an animated debate, a resolution was
adopted eunra t wering . the several delegations
to nominate one, each as a committee on. the
preparation - of a platfomOhe nominations to
be madeAhe afternoon session. At. two P.M.
the Convention adjourned till four o'clock.
Miugre newspaper reports to the contrary,
amore harmonious body never -convened.—
Bar ring a few malcontents, the entire bodY is
strictly national and conservative . .
Half Pag Six .o'clock,
The convention met. at' the hour appointed.
The address of the late President was read,
amidst the most evident. aerriostratious of ap
plause. The election of ofircers was now en
tered upon ; and on the sixth balloting—Mr.
Barker having been ahead five ballots sne
cessivelv,
Mr Bartlett, of Kentucky,
was chosen President, having received ninety
votes..: •
Half Past Eight o'clock. .
The (Mowing is the result of the_ election
•
for permanent officerv:—
President.— • Bartlett, of Kentucky.
Vice President--C. 1) Freeman, of Venn.-
Cor. Secretary--C. D. Deshler ' of New Jersey:
Bee. Secretnry—SteOhems, . of Alnryland.
Cranc, of Ohio.
The following natw \ were announced as
the nominations forithi
, • Cononittie on Platform.
Gibson s of Illinois. Colfax, of Indiana.—
Lyons, of New York. Gambk, of Missouri.
Colby, of New Ilampshire. Ortle, of Indiana.
Sperry, of Coun. Ellis, of. Dist. Columbia.
Foster,.
of Mau. Balling, of Nlfiginia. Desh
ler, of New Jersey. Iticard,Tof Maryland.
Mathews,- of California.
Thuabove is but a pattial list of the nomi
nees, It is sufficient, however,,to give an, idea
of the character of the platform whie„h will
be Presented. •
' - The Platform.
Ilesolutious on the Slavery Question.
Philadelphia, June 1 1--i P. M.
The following resolutions respecting 'the
slavery question have been
,adepted by the
platform committee:—
. ..... ._. . . _ . . .... _ . ~ .
Resaqid.
._ That
.the A uteri - Ca party; him
lig ari.si.it. up on the ruins, and in dc.spite,, of
' whig and democratic ptirtiesi cannot` be
held inany,Aanatit.mpotusible for the . ob
noxious actk .or 'eiolateil pledges of 'either;
that : the or the Slavery
sykemaiti o - an'i 0; Lotio n
qiiestien bt.-those . partici has eh ratted section
al bostilittlato.iiipOsitiii cleulent 'oU politic = .
at POWer, itto brought otirlinstitutieni: into
peril. It has therefore, become the impera
tive duty of the American party to interpose
fur the purpose of givingpeace to the country
and perpetuity to the Unieit ; that, as expe
rienceitas-shown, it is imptissible- to : recon
cile opiitionS so extreme as those which sep
crate the disputants;
. and, ue there can be no .
dishonor in submitting to the jaws, the NAL
tional Council:tuts. (teethed it; -tlai - b:rst. guaran
tee of common justice and ci f future peace to
abide - by and maintain the eX . isting laws upon
the subject,of slavery, as a final and coneht‘
sive settlement of tliat subjell, in spirit and
in substance. - .
ti
Rcaolbecl,,, N . .That, regardi g it • the highest
duty to;nvow theseopinions upon a subject
so. important, in: distinct nd unequiVocal.
terms, at is bereby,,declared, 'as .the -sense of
this National Conneil; that Congr es s possess
es ito power under the constitution to • legis
late upen 'the subject of slavery in the States,
or exchide any State front admission into the
Union because its constitution (lees or does
not recknise the institution of slavery , as a
part of Om social system, and expressly, per
tenuitted any expression of . opinion upon . the
poWer of Congress. to establish or. prohibit
slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of this
National Couneil. that Congrms•ought-not to
legislate' pon the - subject of slavery - -as it
exists in the 'District of Columbia, .and that
any, interference of Congress with slavery,' as
it. exists'in said Distriet, would be a violation
of the spirit and. intention of the compact by
10601 - the
... Stated Niaryland ceded it„ to the
United States, ands breach of the national
faith. • .
Datne limmorliath- it that Lyons, of Ness
York, had the, honor to propose this measure,
which, the same 'garulous old Ibune' asserts,
n•as adopted in the committee by Ayes seven
teen, noes fourteen.
The Sorcreiynta of Territories— Affir
mation o . f . the Pngitirr Stare Law. - -
Philad,ciphia, jam! 11 7 -to P. M
The two resolutions sent in to (lay consti,
tuteihe platformlon the.sulject of slavery in
tlik general sense. It will be athlthl, O. and
construed. in sukitance -as tollows:
To the first resolution will be - added this
provision, viz,:---Subject to- the decision of
the grope courts having judicial cognizance
thereof, Ad such amendments ns shall be
needed 41 4 fillly carry out their spirit and
more ful"Ogive to the inhabitants of the ler
ritories th entire power of local s4erei,,,mity,
as the same is possess(' by the people of the
State. ,-
. .
After the second resolution Will he added
the follouing, giving the scheme of the Amer
ican party for the solution of the probleni of
the Union
/610/cell,-. That it is the opinion of this
National Commit-that the - people of the Ter
ritories of the United States shoat possess :is
full and actual sovereignty within the same
as tile people of the States do; that Congress,
in passing the organic law for the organiza
tion of a Territory, should put therein uo
more provision's than will Merely authorize
the people of the TerriterieS to net for theth
selv; and should empower them to
. ereate
their 411 . scheme of government, limited ton,.
republican character, authorizing them to de
termine upon • what officers, 'from govenor to
the lowest subordinate, they will possess, and
and to elect the saine; to establish what
courts they choose, and appoint Lir elect the
judges of tlexame as they may decide' for
themselves,.and give to their courts the power
to adjudicate on their own Inws as the courts
of States possess. the power to do, subject to
the laws of the States and the deeisioni Of the
courts of the,States - to review by the Supieum
Court of the United States iu, case of - a car
flirt with the constitution of the United
States and the laws passed in pursuance there
of. That Congress shall create - within 'the
Territories such courts of the United States
existfbv laws of - Congress in the States,
and the . l'residenc. , of the United States shall
appoint, with thensent of. the Senate Of the
United States; the jiabres thereof shall hold
office and • possess - jurisdiction as- all such -
judges do in the like courts of the. United
States in the- .States ; that Congress shall
create all such offices and oflikers in said Ter
ritory as are now existent in the States, and
said office sr he appointed by
,the Presi
dent as the - sam.e are appointed by - him, ei
ther alone or with the consent of the Senate
of the United States; and that the Territo
ries should in general posses like powers,rights
privileges ntidtmmunities 'as. do the States,
except a representation
,in. Congress, they
having meither'Senatare nor • Representatives
therem,"but only a single delegate.
Whereas, the constitution - of the. United
Statei contains the provision following, being
the third clause of the second section orartt
de four thereof, viz. No person held tt
service or labor-in one State, under -the laws
therof, escaping into another, shall. in copse- -
(pence of any law or regulation therein;be
discharged from such service or labor, but
shall be.delivered up on claim of the party to
whom stkir service or labor may be, duo—"
Ilesolved,-That this National Council rec
ognize the full and binding obligation of- this
provision of the constitutionf upon the States
Of this Union and the people thereof, and
that it is due toithe constitution and to good
faith in one State towards another that the
proper laws shottld exist to fully, - fairly' and
benestly carry on the said provision in letter,
and spirit' and that all the courts of this Un
ion and of the States - should- fully, honestly
and with alacriti enforce all laws made in
pursuance of said provision 'of the constitu
tion, and render Int all times and in all places
the said provision operative and effective, for
the keeping of good faith of one . State with
.another and.for Ithe rendering of justice and
the protection of property ;and v ilie National
Council - pledges itself to all just and. proper
measures tc secure that this provision of the
constitution and the laws made in pursuance
thereof shall be duly enforced, and the faith
shall be kept acid justice done iii'its regard.
The platform.as sent was adopted in the
- committee of thi l tty-one on• that subject by
seventeen; to flitirteeti. - . The abolitionists all
standing in opposition on the one side, and
the national men in support on the other.—
Its adoption was an overthrow to them—:they
will now strive in the- Convention to carry
_theirviews, era iiiiling in that will bolt.- 7 -
They came to nholitionize the Order; and
when defeated 'will 'secede. .Their departnre
.will c ear the ski 0...5 and brighten Prospects.—
Eve ything now' looks well, and the friends.
Of ie Union and of George Law are in high
spi it s.—N. Herald. -
• . :. —l---. ier 4. -. '. •
t(1
QUITE 'A opyrit..A.sv.—The Pahlaville (Ohio)
Telegraph' states that two classes of people
in that village uhdertook to raise funds for
the relief of the poor. One . held ' , a dancing
party in.- the evening, and . raised 075. The
other, whose conscientious scruples prevented
their attendance where dancing was a part
of the exercises nppointed a committee to
reeeive- the contributions in the afternoon,
and the amount 'received consisted of $1 in
money, two pieces of pork, and 4V° pounds
of butter.
Fourth o Sabbath . tkhool
Celebration.
•
. • .
- A'nteeting of the Sabbath School Termlins•;,i
of Susquehanna county, and - others ; yris
in tileAeitdmy Ilall, Junetith, for the
poke of oinking arrangementa-foi a geneial -
Sablttit School Celebration on the . 4th oft
July,loire held at Mantra:nu. • -
Couttnitieetv . were appointed to obtaittinn
able-speaker, good music and refreshments.
C0131.11114EE AItR,A EMF:xfs..--L-111essrs - L
F. Fitch, 4. Chalnberlaiil, J. ley;Gea.ll4-_
Bring, Ge 9.. Lewis, Henry I)rinker,. Misses
liiininpre, M. S. MPtt, M. 0. S.
-- Lyons, F.,l{ead, Eliz.llidille,-Eudpra Keeler,
Mrs. Geo. Lewis. . ,
Comari-rea ON Ft NA Neti. — Mr.hatiiel Sayre,
Saxon Wilson, Samuel-Jessup. - - •
COMM ITTEE ON 'SITAIMIk AND Aft:SIC.--
11fefAr6. -- 1: L. l'ost, Foiteic, • it.
(..:OMMITTEE ON liarnasimyrs.--Mesirs.
George Lathrop, Chapman., Sayre, G. V.
Bentley, M.` d_. Albert Chamberlain,
11.- J. Webb, Leonard Searle W. PCiiit;
Miss - Annie P.': Jessup, Augusta `Carpt.stiter,,
Fanny Drinker, Ellen Mitchel,llevcieS. Riley,
Margaret Dunmore,Mary Etheridg4i:
All the Sabbath Schools in the county are
itivited,_ to attend; znd the - eitehO s of the
respective schools are requested - to give notice,.
to the Committee.of arrangements, how tniny
from' each - si hool. may be expected:
The several schools are also invited to meet
in the Academy Mall, at 4 P. M., of each
Saturday till the 4th
,to practiee• music for
the occasion.
lieligiotts'•Notice.
pishop,PotteA. appointments for Susque
hating county are as follows:
Juue 13th,•llnndati', •
" . -17t1), A. M., Montrose,
" P. M., Springville,
" 20th,• Eve., MontrOso,
" 21t, A. M„ New DlitforJ,. -
" • " i Eve., Great Bend.
LeCture.
, .
Tile Right Rev: Bishop Potter will deliver
ii, Lecture on MOnday evening next, the 18th
inst., in then:ill the Academy, in Montrose.
Admission 25 ..p.es. Proceeds to iv, applied
ta the Ladies.'SCwing Society of tin; Episco
pal Church.- The subject of the LaCtnro will
be announced its Handbills:
liart9rd Univermity.
Tb ExbibitiOn
.of Tlarforil 'University will
be on TuesclAV, July 3d, The arrangements
will be, the salmi as last year.,.
Few, are aware how' frequently
.Publish
ens are. compelled to insert among their' ad-
Yertisement, statements_ -which they can
neither sanction' or believe. . , • .
A pleasant exceptiiiii,to this dishgreeable .
necessity are the advertisements of Da. J. C."'
AvEit's Cherry Peetoral and Pills, which will
be found in our column. . have
publish
ed for him before, and always with the feel
ing that in so dOing we in no wise. lend •our
selves to tieceive:or mislead the public, for
we have haul indisputable proof that hiswords
are strictly true,; with abundant reason to be
lieve that his meilicinei will do all they prom
ise, and all that can be reasonably expected
from medicine. His Cherry Pectoral is too
Well known in this community to need any
commendation from us, and his Pills we are
creditably informed are not inferior to his
Pectoral.—ProrNen& , Mirror, R. I.
•. - 4:44%41111P,, . •
At Kirkwood, on Wednes{lay; the 6th inst.,
by the Rev,. .1. li. McerearV, Mr D.A . viu
of McWilliams .town, .dhester County, Rt.,
and Miss IlAxsAit JASI.4 daughter of Mr..
James lierealcw„ofKirkwood,.BrOonal county,
N. Y.
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•
D11M74
•
In Middietovin, May , 10th; .1855 ( Mr.
ROSS; in the 81st d year oFhis age..
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In Bridgewater, May 11, .185,5,- Mrs. A
ivINIA,-"wire of Harvey Orifling, and daughter
of the ,Rev.- Andrew roWle,r, of Charleston,.
S.C., aged 59 years. . •
4 in Great Bend, on the ,
15th of Nay,
Of consumption, Mrs. Jtmirr Rowl;s, wife of
A. DußoiS,Tsq., aged 01 years. •
in Factoryville ! Wyonling county,'Pa., on
Saturday, the.loth of May, 1855, Jo:mu:NE
dnughter of John and 'Nancy Baker, in'the
Gtli year of her age,:after an illness of abort
nine hours: •
Wool! Wool!! Wool!!!
000 POUNDS wonted at the Farm
ere Exchange for which the
highest market price will be paid in Cash by
A. LATHROP &
Juno 12, 1855. • • ,
$1,90 Reward,
PRAY-ED or stolen, a beaver colored Pointer
o,Dog. The above reivariVTifiil be paid to any
one returning }lint to the-stofe.of
June . 12, 1855.
Breastpins'and.Eir-rings.
A! NEW lot of Brinstpins and'Ear.rings this
.LX. - day received from the manufactory, by
A. J..ENTANS.
Jbne 6.
Gold and Silvpi Watches.
subscriber has just received another .
lot
1.1 of Ladies 'fine Gold Hunting, Lever %Vetches,
also! Gold and Silver Watches of every variety,
some extra fi4e.
\ *
A. J. EVANS.
Bingliamto,,June 4.
CLOCKS—A line variety,.seine entirely new
paterns, very ista!,•by
June"..6.
Q I LVE AVARE—A large lot of
_Silver Ware,
0 consisting Of
. Table, Desert,- Tea, Cream,
Mnstard, and Salt Spoons. Table, 'and Dessert
Forks, Soup Ladles, Pie Knives,, Cups, Napkin
Kings, Ste., just, finished and for sale by •
• • •A. J. EVANS,
No. 2 11 ow Ihn
Odd-Fells ft •a , ghadipton. •
• •
Jude 11.
•
. y OLD and Silver Speetatiles, of all ages, also,
Steel, Plate ti, and Giernian Silver do., by
• - : A. J. EVANS.
Jape 11.. , ,„,i.5:.. : , . ~.. _
New Goods Cheap for Cash. •
. W. MOTT has juSt received another lot Of
C
New Goods ~ R as Challis, Barge Do
Lain"; De Bagcs,VthiS, Collars, Embroidery,
-Laver% & c . , iSz . 5 ll . pilticu um OFFERS AT VERT. tow
reacts, - SUM ER BRAWLS; a new lot just
received—beautiful pattdrns at very low .prices,
also CRAPE and BLACK SILK . S"IIAWLS7
as low asihe.loiresh . . . ' •-•-•
. • .W. MOTT.
June 13. • • •
pARASOLS—Latest 'atilei at
• e. W. mums.
lane 13._
Lnck Dress Sinks and Changeat;le, at chnizsu.
1 al low prices: C. W. MOTT.
June' 13.
CLOTHES—LBfaek *aid 'Fancy Cassitnera, -
Jean; Drillaoirid , sniffs; :n •irent
varieties at • . .C.Ntr:3IOTT'S. • .
`June . 13. \ • • - •
A LL.kinds of CliutstriTrod,sace wanted : such
.Ll. as Batter, Egg*, L3rs 4 , liams, - Socks; . &a. ste.
• C. W. MOTT.
June 13. • - - • •
A. LATfIROP & CO.
A. J. EVANS.
AMERICAN PORCELAIN
-11111iiiiIclz9ifIron, Hardware, Ot t -
i. SHEPARD. BRO HERS;
,
I: 4 I 4 I.fLULOVE.P . iOENTWor I st, sale et Ault::
1
1 icittt, .:-Poreeleini and Marbkzed Iron, ,fthl
Broolaw:.coulity, N.:: - Y.,• would innounce t 4 d ie
public tlit• their large and beantiful new ta u ,.
rtietti,lll,the - New Exchange Bleck is now 01 ,,
for the sato of-Antericati,-Poreelain in all it a
meroustran'efies, consisting Of •
• Plain and Decorated Table Ware;
,
Mantle Ornaments, Paper Weights &c.; D OO ,
Drawe r and Shotter!linobs ; "Door, Nurber Abi
}lnger Plates ; Block Letters, all sizes, NVardml,t
Ilookavi - Clocks, with *wailful. Porcelain fr.,tlt.,
.4ke., tar surpaiain g in strength * beauty and dar z . - ••
jaility, rusytl ling ever imported:froni the bld sqd
and Warranted Itevez to'eltip- Or citrze.
--i: ..-.." iiiiklitlfilWklitlE.
'SHEPARD BROTHERS ,ireAd - call th e
attention: of - .4UILDEILS - particidarly to thi,
brancli of tlualr buSiness, a- complete a:4401111mA
of Marbleized' iron Mantles, Table and ti ta ."
Tops, Fenders, Grates, Fire Trick, tt,c, Lock%
Door and Blind Butts Screws;•Nails, Sd.ii", &e .
Carpenters' 'Tools in all their , vSrielies; Plait e d
-Forks and Spoons, Brittunik Ware, Bird Csa l‘
Glass and Stone - Ware, Table and Pocket Cuu tty,
the cheapest and beat assortment _ ever olfcrtd i l
town; an etidlessvaiitatfof - • I ''' .- : - •
Porcelain Door And House Trinning.v.
Our goods were purchased of the manufsatat•
crs for Cash, and can and will be sold ekes ? . -
WATCH CLOCK . REPALRI'N.
. 1
All - kinds of Jeb*ork done to order, in a neat"
and substantial martneriat short - notice' . by an d
under the superintendence of Jahn .E..h•p ar d,
an experienced and Competent work man. 1 'A gea.
eral meartment of Clock always onliand. . Daft
'Plates, with m me , cut it! ten' minutes'. 1,. ' -
~ ,
.. 4
7' . PORC4I,44N`IVARz.-
•
. Shepard Brothers-I'4d tall ' ' imaiar att n .
lion to the beautifid . **xdik - transpariney o f
these wares, ether :I ith heir. astonidn n ,
strength, - conneet ' to fact of their Lein;
"American AlanufactureAmnst recommend thew
to an impartial and disetntinating public, and all
lovera of notte.tant:STreir.
ItEaMEMBELt THE ri4cn, next door above
two doors east of th 4. rani. -
• - I SHEPARD BROTIIEIN.,
Binzhnmiik Jitne:,-1855. •
•-.- '* - EVirSTORE I . 0.: •
.tars Mr 272 4 61.4)zs a '
A G EN_EgAI.. asOrtcnent of Staple and Fi nle y
Si Dry Go C
, )ds,Gioceries, Hardware, Ilats,ups
B4ots snd S nos, Wall Paper,- I/rngs,. Dye Stull:4,
Paints and ( ils, &e., - which will be.sold as cheap
as, the :ehen ' t for Cash or npproved oredit, l,v
1 . , ' . - • • ~- , 11. 11. JONES..
1 8
r. _.
i liafford Ji no 1; 18.55. - , • -
. ,
1 . ) LACK Gro de Rhine Silk of excellent quali
ties at - ". : • - IL M. JONES'.
. June 1, 185 . 5. '. • I • •-•
,
Ina ROCHA and Cashmere Shawls, at al! prices,
.11_, also a few 3fautillos by. 11. jali. JONES.
June 1,1855. - •
CADY Mad° Clothing, nt lodr::priees. by
j_t, • . ' N. M:
June 10855
ARIES will find a great variety, of Bonntt:,
and. Ribbons at . Jl. 31. JONES;
June 1,1855. .
1 AWNS, Challis, Barge do Lains and Ging. ,
1..4 hams at - 11..3LJONES',
June 10855. ,'
ESIAROIDEXIES an Window Drapm at _1
- • 1-11 M. JONES'.
June 1855. , . • .
A good asortment of Boot 4 And Shoen• nt •
- H. M. ,JONES'.
. .
.ltde 1,185 5
CASII paid fur Dairy Butter by •
•••• IL M. JONES
junel,lBss
CIASII paid for Wool by IL-31. JONES.
Jucie 1; 1555. - ' ,
XTEEN lbs, of Good Mackerel for ode.dol
lar in'cash by H. 31; JONES.
. Juno 1, 1855. • ' " I
riNiE best quality of Nails at 5 et's per pound,
JL .t"ur.sale by = IL M. JONES.
- .June .1855. J
JUSTreceiving a fresh -suppiy etfise Ashton
- Salt ta • .. • 41,31. JONES'.
June 7,1855—'• ,• • . : •
To Bridge . Builders & Contractors.
ROPOALS will be received untiliVednes
-1: • day the' IRth day of July next, for the eret
lion of a . Bridge - over &he -river Delaware, near
the town of Milford, I'ike - county,-pa ., at which
time leans and specifications most be eihkbited
by those desiring to take the contract. Ameet
ing of the managers will be held on that day at
the house of
.Samuel Dimmick's, in .51iiford, al
10 o'clock M. Stone necessary to complete,
the work very convenient and mostly dressed'
to lay. Any information 'required will be given
by addressing the sobsiriber. . ..• .
. By Order of the Bonid.
JOHN H..BRODHEAD, See'}'.
Milford, June 7, 1855 24w4*
'CA,ah • Air Land Warrants.. f '
I 3
I9EST market rice paid by
• L. F. FITCH;
73fontrtae, Juno 6,1855-2,1w4 • -
LOOK HERE.
POCKEI .K3uvr.s.—A good assortment of•the
best kind , in market. Also, Table knives acd
korks.• .
Srociss. l ---Su.san, Saver Plated,German Slicer.
Albrata. and Britania-warer Spoons. Also all
kinds of Butter Knives. •
Viow &mos, Bows, and *all the, fixtures,
Violin's, Aecordtions, Flutes, Tuning Forks, &e.
FLUID Lames, Fluid, Cunaphoney Candles, Lamp
Oil, &c...
Yetstity• Git Entr.s".=-A fa assortment, new
and good. • '
,
Dauds AND. ATENT 3.laDiciams t —A first rate
assortment, and collide.
Farm ANli ,if.s.—A generid asssoryient, and
of good quality • , ‘-
JEWELlLlC.—A . spleridid varietY, of the nea_test l l
paterns. - - - •
•
FANCY GOODS.—Nearly_ everything in, this
branch. - -
PEREnuz.av er A choice- Variety,
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•
(flew e supplies received nearly every seei)
~,
'ln short, nearly "eVery-thiirg persons !ant, rind
cheap, at the variety store of
litontrosqinne 14, 1855.
Executors' Notice:
ALL persons indebted to Joseph Rona',
ed, late of Itliddtetown township,• are here
by notified to call mid• maker immediate payment.
And all persons having -claims upon the same
will present them duly attested for payment.
POLLY ROSS,
. 1
. OTIS ROSS, Executors
NORMAN ROSS, *
liddletown, June 10, 1855. 24- 6 . w. 1
- Auditor's Notice• •
Susquehanna County, as: •
- The undersigned an Auditor appointed by the
Orphan's Court of said County, to distribute
among the heirs et Thomas Burdick; deceased.
the funds remaining in' the - hands of Avery. Bu;•
dick, Administrator, will attend to the duties Of
his appointment at his ptlieo in Slontroic, es Sat
urday, the 28th day of July next, at one - deleek
the afternoon., At which time and plod° all pri
sons interested will present - their vhilinst or be
forever after barred from 'coining in - upon gala
fund.
- „,FRANKLIN FRASER, And -
Juno 14, 1855. *.'
taBOCERILS of ell kinds, at'inicoe that col
ILA be boat. syrup--firet rate article a l, 4e.
Call end eintnine the stock betom, purchasing , i f
you wish to &two thespenny.."
%V. mum
'Juno 13.
A. TURRELL.