._____ .
.
Ilh.tery. of , the DOtnocratic . Party. 1
, Those, wlto - tirenttached- to, the Democratic I
party may wellieel a warm glow'of pride any I
satis*ction when they look bask to the glo
rious history Of-tliat, organization, which,
cointnencing its career with the -existence of
;our Government, bas administered •it so tri
„, ,
tri
umphantly and:brilliantly, with but brief in-1
tervals, ever since. There ate bot . few things
which i t ispia:tenie pleasurablerenotions than
happy .memories - of the- past; and that or- 1
,ganizatiOn or association whieli has,an honor-
'able history appeal; most strongly to the con:
fidence and recline . of - teen: - The annals of
our countly,for thelastl sixty or seventy years,
- .are thickly ertiew ell- with the .t cry. of-the con
'tinned and repeated ititrinidis 'of the-Demo
cratireparty, and its illustrious r e presentative
men, over the opposi ion,, which hart been •
arrayed against. it in yoJnany forms and. phases.
The sympathieS6f, tenth, and of all who ad
_ _ .
"listed
greatness rilidgliriy, cannot but - he en
"liSted . in raver of that ple,ty whiCh lias 4 giv
-`en to the nation ten or eleven of its fifteen
... Presidents; which has persistently shaped its
national policy ; which has originated and
carried every great measure that has tended
•to. Ali& a L rgramlizernent 'and: honor. of the
country; which has ,always been intensely
- patriotic and' American in tit feelings; which
. .lini Dever once. sty trek the flag of its organic-'
, ation,,but which has successfully beaten and
• civerwhitlmed. half a dozen . &Irani , parties
: andcombitiations that have been arrayed a
gainst it, and-Which liasover and over again,
been. endorsed -as, the Only party that - was fit
- to'rule.And
. shape the - destinies of America.
Wliedit commenced its retivithaldo career
ii - faii umpli, the ''Ution consisted of but 'thir
_ teem States, and, tinder its auspice=, against a
_ tremendous -opposition, nineteen -new States
have been ridded to-its natinnal constellat i iott.
-It acquired an e mpire feint .F:r IlDce,ftnd an
other from Mexico; . it brought :t separate re
public (Texas) into the I_Triion; won tiegolden
Foil of Cafiforuia.• and, hi. these immense` ac
• ,neisitionst, it made our boundary extend from
one great one.an .U. the work! to the °tiler- -
for-the Atlantic 'washes its Eastern and the
Pacific its N'Vestern . shOr& . It looks forward.
, to, the tittle' wirep §uli, the Queen of the An
tilles and the Gem of the Gulf of Mexico shall
be added to our brilliant coronet, and when
'manifest destiny' shall carry American insti.
• _ •tutions and 'the American flag into realms
%that at present lie fir beyond our political
• vision. No other political organization that
was ever forined in this Union - . is calculated
- to inspire these feelings, but on the contrary,
•
they call up reminiscences that we would .fain
banish forever from ourrecolle'ction. In the
-commencement of our listory, the Federal
party was the great opilement of the bemocra
• Cy. At its bead were many of the illustrious
• patilots of
. the Revolution. It contained-_a i l
--' large amount of private respectability and'
public virtue, and at first it bore the laurels
- of from its great autegoniSt. • But, -
alas; follies and treason soon darkened its
-. -escutcheon ; its higli.liantled- proceedings
under the Administration of-John Adams, in
1789,and its -want of patriotism and its.Brith
- ish proclivities daring the War of -1812 ; its .
.malignant•-violence, against its country in that
- struggle finished its career, and ei'er since the
name of 'Federalist;' in a political sense, has
, been considered to be opprobrious. Next came •
the 'National Republicans, a high•sottndibg
designation,' but, its career was emphetneral
-end briefand is associated in our minds with.
- exploded and erroneous ideas of government,
. • .whose history-it is unpleasant to recall, since
- they are only redolent of defeat. . .
Then came the Anti-Mason crusade, which,
for a while, in some sections of the country, \
was very. p o pular,sweepinLt evetything before
it- and firreatenitig that vet - terrible and illustri
• ous society with rnin, l as well as the time
• . honored Derneerntie. party, -against whom it
was . politically arrayed. Bat the iiirtrado .
soon spent . ; i ts force ; these who had te'en
largely governed by impulse and feeling in,
•. . ,
.. _
support of it became sensible - that their fears
of ,Masonrj. *ere hut a phantom, conjured up
• 4 bydes . ignieg political demagognesand knaves
.for their 'own benefit, and in a few years the
Crusade was dismissed as a must ridiculous
• . , and ill-advised-political movement. Its - sue.
• . censor in the political .field was the Whig or
_ anization,'. that name -having Peen chosen
•. because iSwas identified with Illustrious Rev
olutionary niemories ,and therefore, likely to
- be popular. - For twenty years it struggled
hard against the Dernocrae.y. It was led by
mon of genius andtalent--:it was powerful in
-numbers, but it accomplished nothing. As
, -
its measures were behind the progresgive spirit
-.. of, the age and were lacking in genuine
• Antericrinfeeling,the masses felt that it could,
- - _neiVbe entrusted with the direction of_the
- Government—Whop its great leaders were
. laid in the grate it was disbanded by its- ad
herents as a failure; and- they hastened, to
. • connect themselves with other organizations.
- ' With the career of the, two parties Which rose
tipcin its ruin, the pr-called -4Americart' And
s-. 'Republican,' our readers are-familihr, and we
\ -think all will agree thitt they have "conferred
'no glory upon. the-countr - y and- reflected .A. 6
lustre upon their o re.,zi ni z...rd on. Defdrind
• disaster have:thus far attenlied them; although.
•
4 in their infancy,they are. elmracterized by the
) \ dotage of age, and it rceiiires no seer_to pre
' ~, - . diet that in a short time they will follow their
successors to tend) of an. unregrettedpast.
- - and that a new organization wall take their
, -palace to confront and be sub lued in turn by
the Democracy: - - ..
.. . Amia all these mutations and changes ; the
- • latter have preervl,imbrokon,-their organic..
. .ation.and prineiples. They have seen,: snc
- measively, the fall of-the 'Federal; 'National
..: - Republican,' 'Anti-llasonic,',.Whig,' and they
are Abort-to wilt.ss the complete collapse of
' their-Republican . merican opponents- Their
flag which was fir. I.given to the breeze by
\
'Jefferson, and which was carried on through
. ' his Administration and that of Madison, and
Monroe-a long-period of twenty-four years----
and which was temporarily lowered by the
younger-Adams, was again taken up to will
. , : Irish victories by the hero turd patriot Jack
. , Son—which has Required new Aand recent
-, - • 'clori6t by Van I3uren, Tyier t - Polk, Pierce,
. _ .. and- Buchanan., out later Chief !tagistrates,—
~
.still wares in triumph over the national halls
.
..i. : ' at- Wabiegton. With `the exception of the
., brief and inglorious
. Administration of John ,
'Q. Adatukthe ephemeral rule of Harrison,
and the weak Tarlor,Eillmore dynasty, the
r - z_Dernocracs , have -been in power, uninterrup
ted, since 1861. SO king a tenure of popglar
favor, in a republican country,' extended to
-
cueorganization, is most rernarkablec.-sed
- ' tMerclusively proves that its adritinistration
- - • • must-have beensignally . suctessfUl and sails- .
• factOry,in every , respeet,and reflects the high
, - . est honor - uPon it. -By the way.-we judge- of,
•
-:.... the,future, and-its §Oreetnts have. rt-right, re
expect
„the -confiKuce of the - men of the
.. -. present -time, by pointing_ to what it has al- I
• rends done for the glory and prosperity of-the
co
ul--
ntry... Like a glorious old treeov,hich h a s
i ,
” withstood the stortns of centuries, and \ which
continues to plant its roots deeper and deeper
in the earth, -Anti. became more -firmly-fixed
.. . by the lapse of time, so the•Derimeracv, by
• .. i
- _ their long and prosperous reign, hive gained
the .public confidence, mid are now more inf
. 'pregnable to assault than ever in- their past
. history.— Chi. Ezra/a/Ter... _ .
_.
- - . -. .
. .
Switzertand,to less than twenty thotr
sand
.w , ',112:2 , .n . ebrn i& fAir livelihood bt• making
Ts'l•‘ 1 ±
. .
.
_.., ..
The Counts'ion State Convention. ct Ity
at
~
The f confusionists met in convention at
_,) ftest- ---- tillfitrat.
Ilarti6burg on the 14th,- in, the hall of the !
_..,_. ..._
Mime of ltep"resentatives::•:"
The Ilon; Wm...lessup, of . Susquehanna,
was chosen - temporary .Preaident and Francis
Jeidan, of.liedfor,d; and James Doan, of 14-
codling:appointed Secretaries. '., •".
. The list of delegates having been real, On
motion of Lemuel Todd, of Cumberland, a
committes• of seven wriS appointed on -contest
ed seats. , , .
- .,(,)n motion of Gen. J. Purviance, of Butler,
a coMmittee of one from each senatorial
district was appointed to report :officers
.for the perinanent
. orgenizstion ,of the con
vention.
The Convention then took a recess of fif
teen_ininutes,and; on .re-assembling, the com
mittee on contested - seats reported only one
case, where a double set. of delegate's claimed
seats from Allegheny county. The committee
reported in favor of. the' delegates - appointed
under the Republican and American call,
which was adopted. - ~
The committee on permanent organization
reported the following : r --President, ii. It
Reeder,of NorthaniPton ; the V-ice Presidents
were Jos . . It. Flannigan, R. C. Smith, Morton
McMichael„ Wm. B. Mann, of Philadelphia,
and one front each other senatorial district,
Numerous Secretaries- were . reported. The
report of,the committee was adopted. .
Ex-Governor Reeder took the chair, and
made a brief address, returning thanks for the
honor conferred upon him. ,
Nomination were then made for the Su
preme Bench, and. the Convention proceeded
to ballot.
FIRST BALLOT..
(Nwald Thompson,
Jolin N. Read,
! John J. Pearson,
J. Pringle ;Jones,
Joseph .1, Le
George Taylor,
Wm. B. McClure,
James Tbdil,
Daniel Agnew,
S. T. Johnson,
Nine:ballots were taken, refulting in no
choice, when the convention adjourned till
evening:
Evening Session
The conyention assembled at 8 o'clock.
A committee of thirty-three, 'being one
Member from -each senatorial district, was
appointed 'to report resolutions. The com
mittee was seleC.ted by the-delegates from the
several districts. _ .
The convention then resumed the hallos
for Judge of the Supreme Court.
TENT II 11.1 LLOT.
- John M. Read,
_ .
John .1. Pearson, ,- • 90
•
J. Pring,leJones, _ I\B
Mr'. Read having received three vOtcs more
'Wan was necessary to a choice, was deelaied
the nominee, and on Motion, the nominatiM
was Made. unanimous. •
On motion of Mr. Srravely,of Backs county,
Wm. K Frazer, of Fayette,' was nominated
for Canal : Com tnissiotrer, receiving on the
first ballot - 90 votes,27.being east taro] among
the, other candidates. _
Iltls nomination was also made unanimous.
A resolution was adopted authorizing the
Chairman to appoint a State Committee of
one from ea c h • etrittori - xl. district.
The Committee on. Itkolutiorts having re
tired, the Convention took a recess of half an
hour. •
• When the Convent i on tigni " wsemblod the
-ComMittee reportOd. , the following resolution.,
Iwhich Were adopted, ard the Convention ad-
journed sine die.
this. convention representing . the freemen
of Ponnsylvania who nro orpost9ll.o the lead
ink tneasiires of the National Administration;
most especially those whick seek to stifle• the
voice, and ignore- the rights of a large major
ity of the citizens cf . Kansar, and those wh ich
have prostrated the industry of the country,
' and are fast driving our Government' into
1 . national bankruptcy, du -hereby declare ani
resolve, . .. .
.• 1. That the Fe(le•al Constitutiou;the sover
eign rights, .and union of the State.A,and the
liberties of the people, must and shall be yre•
served.
That we protest- . against the Kansas
prolicy of the National Administration, as at
war with the rights of the people, and
stibversive of the principles of our govern
ment.
3 . That the reckless and profligate extrav
ngance of the National- - Administration,
causing a 'necessity of continual loans, with
out nay means provided for their payment,
giveslevidence of n want of that ability and
integrity which should characterize the gov
ernment of n free people, and unless checked
will lend to inevitable bankruptcy.
.4. Thnt the purity and safety of the-Ballot,'
Box,-are - t3 be preserved at all hazards, and
that all frauds upon the Naturalization laws,
which has been FO, much resorted to, to pro.
inote the success of the party we oppose,
oughts to be counteracted by wholsonie and
proper legislation, s
5. That Oki; Cofiventin do most heartily
anprove of and endorse ti
ceourtie purstiW by
•
our able and distingnish d Senator in-Con
gress, the lion., Simon 'amqron, as well as
that of thoseitepresenta ices from -this State,
who have stondfa.stly opposed the'tyrannical
polic y -oldie
vNational Administration in their
attempts to impose upon the people of Kansas
by fraud and force, rt slavery Constitution, in
opposition to the' known anti .oft expressed
"sentiments of the freemen, of the Territory.
• 6. That the National Administration, dur
ing all the late -lorig t session., of Congress,
ev iuced nn entire disregard of the great in
dustrial interests of Oa; country,and indulged
in a most wasteful and lavish expenditure of
the public money. .•-
_
Revolved, That the revenue necessary for
sa judicious and ,economical a t iministrationOf
the Government, should be. raised by the im
position of duties upon foreign imports, and
in laying them, • such discriminating pro
tection• shofild be. *given as will secure
the rights of free taw and American In.
.dustry.' i
.7 .:That in presenting John M. Read to the
people,o'f. Pennsylvania, as a candidate for
Judge 'of-the Supreme Court, we recognize
the man, r =choler, and jurist, eminently quali
fied to filf and adorn the place.
• 8. That W i n), E. Frazer is well and favora
bly known to ilia people of Pennsylvania, as '
an able and corrert business man, and pecul
iarly qualified toldiScharge all the duties-per-,
• -:.
taming to theleflice of the. Canal Comuaisj
shiner. • •
, 9. That we. approve. of the enactment of
proper laws to protect us from the introduc
tion of foreign.crimitinle in our midst by re
-turling them at once to plan& from whence
they have been shipped to our shores. ~
..
A Goon ;I'o.lst: 7 —The following toast was
given at al'ourill of 4uly celebration at Spar
tanbnrg,S. C.:—" The President of .the Uni
ted States, James Buchanan—Not a North
ern min with Southern principles . ; but a
Northern man with constitutional principles."
NEW WitEar.---The Fredric.kaburg (Vir
ginia) Herald thinks the market will
,open
at about $1 or a little. less. It hears of an ,
offer, by a, miller in %hat .place of $l. 25 for a
erep,:t& be delivered on the 17th inst; or $1
deliverable on the first of AutznAt. ' •
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AY.'GERRITSOIf, Editor..
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IC NOMIVT.IONS ,
SUP:ENE JU l f: G 1; :
WILLI A. PORTER,
intADELrnin.
~ f'
:lON
I).6'm -6-67i.-1
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WEITLEY FROST, .
FAYETTE.
. I -
. Special Notice.
A L L persona indebted to the late firm of .
a McCollum I& Gerritson for subscription i
to the Ifontrosej Democrat are hereby forbid- I
don settling with J. B.%McColluta, or
toany
person. in- wl ' hands he may plate the ac
count:. Said', counts lave not yet been as- .
signed to -him,a consequence of his having
refused to rernler value for them as agreed
upon bef(ire the firm was dissolved ; any col
lections which he may make will be fraudu, 7
lent, and. his rOeipts void; until further notice
be given.A..l. GERRITSON. •
Montrose, April Ist, 1858. -
.7.= --
- Notice.ob work, transient advertising,
and am. orders from a distance, or frotn strangers
—cash. Pelts -Sent o'ut of the county most
i b
be paid for in a vadoe : t .- [tf.
--' ----.41 , 41111111. - .111. ----,
I' fish a report of the confusion
.13 ,
n in another colt(mn, that our
tdenvor - to understiind the exact
1-the " new party" assume. The
) very cautiously prepared, and
nts ad tit of just such a con
ie, various factions of die party
t r upon themond judging froM
licli opposition- papers as havo
ee the date of the convention,
WP p
State convent'
readers may e
position wide
resolutions ar
on some Pm
struction as tl
see fit, to pn
the tone of s
reached us si
they will be t
7
'. 7
G
i:prtured into a variety of mean-
This, being in perfect
the practice of the.vorious il-*
-lived parties which have pre
-styled " people's party," shows
ie which the - people of the Old
ia laughed at ant repudiated so
'tst four years, i.._agaiu,to be ro-
lE=l
keeping
with
u
°s shor
ceded this sel:i
that the car
Keystone hay
often in tbe I
enacted.
The first re
solution is exceedingly patriotic,
T hops that the mongrels will
the principles therein set fort' ;
ilurse having been sadly at rit
li sentiments
and we earn
begin to stud
their past o i
riance with s:
The secon
is too oh],
refutation
charges that the " profligate ex
hf the National Administration
neoessity of loans to meet the
goverotnen s t. This charge is
ndlesi and wickedly false, and
toto point out the manner, time,
which a single dollar hag .been
nis-spent by the Administration.
sow that the depression in trade,
is a matter entirely beyond the
'y administration, in any country.
1 1 ? e President.of the United States
a falling off iii the imports, from
The third,,
travagrince"
has caused ti
expenses of tl
utterly grog
we defy the i
or _place, In'
wasted or 11
They well k
everyi%here,
control of au
To charge t
with causiu
which our revenue is derived,
cs as to nitomnt to hnlii him re.
ithe ac t ion of the elements.
liTurth recommends "•wholesotne
for the protection or the purity
I
:it-box, we would suggest to the
party that they have been harping
tr.ing long enough, and that, as a
b,- make some sensible proposition
',to the 'Matter. They Lave sung
teeny chorus so much that every
! '
$ that it means nothing.. We pre
the first move to be recommended,
lical portion of the anti-slaery
;east, Would be to "purify" the
chise of all " proscription" in re
tom for certainly those who ad
i doctrine that Negroes are
. born .
Whites; cannot consistentlfdeny
•Tolitical and social equality.
tend distinguished Senator . in Oori-
Iron. Simon Cameron"•‘—says the
! 1 ion! Shame!' shame, that an in
oily of men could- make such a dcc
Every honest Republican cannot
o hear that so false an expression
uttered by. the representatives of
tiarty to which he belonged. The
. to convention says that those reso
ro.adopted ummintovly.
,Where
iirs Jessup and S. lit Chase when
puff was read. Surely they must
n absent, or they would have risen
against so monstrous a perversion
They both know that ho is neither
1 - •
(distinguished in any sense, - sts a
They well know that the honest
their constituents regard Simon
tss the embodiment of characteristics
it'i
the klutiea
IV RA F PnCPt -
!Tensible to
As the
legit.lation
of - the ball
purification I
upon, that si
change, the' i
in rehttiOu!
this catch- p
body know
sumo that ti
by' the rat
party, at 1
' elective Ira
lation
vocate 'the
equal to tb
them full [
" Able
greqq, the
fifth resolu
b
Ltration.
•
but bluAt
has been
taw late
report of t
lotions
m ns :
that silly
have twe
to protest
of facts.
able 'nor
statesman
masf,es oil
Cameron
rpposite to those contained in tl e
Able and distinguished !---Ilble - to
buy a feW reckless political scape-goats; dis
linguishe4 for political debauchery and cor
ruption. That may have been what, was
meant; is the only legitimate coast ruction.
of the language.
t l he charges in the sixth resolution that the
National Administration evinced a disregard
of the industrial interests of the, country, and
indalgedlin a lavish expenditure of the public
money, like idle declarations and are not sna
tained by a single fact. They are simple as
sertions 'Which they do not, and "dare not at
tempt to , prove.
They next introduce a tariff resolution, to
Which we invite special attention. They only
pretend to ask for a revenue tariff, with 'dis
qriminating" protection. This-moans any
thing, everything, or nothing, to suit the
latitude pf the tartans sections of the State-
It wilt be noticed that a protective tariff, for
the saki of protection; is nor asked far, al
though that constructfon will be put upon it
in certain
quarters. Fairly construed, it may
mean nothing more or lug than3s contained
in the provisions.of the-Democratic tariff of
'4O. We will perhaps notice this pint in
futufe, after noting the various constructions
the neni party may be pleased to force upon it.
resolution endorsing J. IL Mead, for.
, ,
aught anow nt • present, may be-proper,
aid is 'ln that respect a relief to , theletero
geneoruk mfti'of tiasfithafpreeeedi it. Wm.
E. Yraor, if pmessrd of an ordinary degree
of: intelligence is of etorrowi qualified to
directly
resolution),
is nothing but "Kansas," and
tale, false and silly to tequir.e
charge "all the duties pertaining to the office
of Canal Commissioner," as the State 'has not
a uOle,of canal for him to oversee.
"/The grand farce closes with solmeiliiPt
ationt -foreign criminals,. an all important
subject with cur opponents, since they he
crane enlightened by the . dark -lantern mys•
teries of 'tr4.
Altogether the new party is a very nice
hocus-por,us, contern, and at present-is - here;
:there, everywhere era nowberei anti a:
fear
from now will be somewhere else.
to - The report of the Fourth ofJuly cele
bration in Lenox should have been sent to as
two weeks ago, to be °rimy interest to the
Ou'r copy 'for this,•week's paper was
all made up, when it was received, which will
be sufficient reason for its non-appearance.
to" We ask the attention of our readers .
to the prospeCtus of HARPER ' S MAGAZINE, in
another column. Also read the 'opinions of
the Preas in relation to IlattPcit'a WEEKLY.
We learn that Post brothers mowed
an acre of stout grata in thirty-ftve minutes,
with ono of _Manny's machines, on ifsMday
morning last.-
' Doctor 0. V. Thayer'of the Bing
hamton Water Cure, will. be ,in iton i trose,
Thursday, August sth. See advmthernent.
New Items.
THE Delaware Division of the Pennsylia
nia Cinal,was purchased of the Sunbury and
Erie Itailroad.Company last week, by Messrs.
E: W. Clark Az-Co., on behalf of a number of
capitalists of "Philadelphia, for the sum of
e,1,775,000.
IN Jersey City, on Monday, a box contain
ing $1,430 in specie w•as stolen fron the New
York and Erie Railroad depot.
rimming'', July 15.—The steamers Arc
tie and Great West, were destroyed by gie
this evening at the Marine Railway, two
miles below Pittsburgh.
TIIF. longest railroad on the globe is to be
found in the United States, viz., the Illinois
Central, being 784 miles long.
A nos B'inches square and 4i inches deep
will contain a gallon.
'Dov'•r LIKE IT.—The Chicago Journal,
which is one of th 3 most crispy of all the •Re
publican newspapers, thus closes a review of
Mr. Douglas' late speech
. in that city: "Thus
much for this harangue of Talsehood•and eva
sion at this time. There are several other
points and men of straw' in it, to which we
shall refer hereafter?'
TIJE Odd Follows of Ohio number 330
Lodges, and 2'2,000 members. '
Tile wealth of Vm. 13. Astor, is estimated
at $30,000,000.
IN Virginia, a man sent to the Penitentiary
the third time is never allowed to -quit the
institution. A man,named l3lackensnit, re
cently sent there finds himself in this predic
ament. It was his third• offence, and he will
be kept there for life. -
A retry pretty lady stopped one`-of the
Boston horse oars the other day, got in, and
preceeded to give the driver a tremendous
thrashing. .She -afterwards explained that he
was her husband, and had loved some one
else, not wisely, but too well.
TIM latest way to pop OF° question i to
ask n fair - lady if you can have the pleasure
of seeing her to the minister's.
,f ... o n.e.ted 10
procure a new subscliber and send the name
and money to this office. Recollect only
one-dellar and fifty cents a year.
TUE following contains the alphabet : John
P. Brady gave we a black walnut box of
gene -a small size.
Ex-Parsroxyr. Pierce and lady, will spend
the summer in Nevay, ii) Switzerland. Mr.
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mr. John Howard
March, will be with hitt,.
Is Kansas, two weeks ago, Miss Irene Ba
ker, a girl of seventeen, married a man of
seventy-five, from admiration of one of his po.
Utica! speeches. Thus is a- common saying
verifled—" polities.Makestrange s bed
The Louisville Journal is responsible.
STEAmstur "Star Of •the West," Alfred G.
Gray, E.q., Commander . , from Aspinwall .Ith
inst., with mails, $1,401,713,45 -in treasure,
and 250 passengers to M. 0. Roberts, arrived
Wednettday at New York.
"Co m, why don't you kick that dog?".
" What am de use ob kicking every cur
whet snarls at you I Don't you know dat
am de way lie wants you to Lriog him into
notice I" '
BEN BALL, a notorious catcher of runaway
slaves in Kentucky,•has been arrested, charg
ed with inducing negroes to run away in or
der to get the reward for returniriz them.
AN EX-REPORTER'S TIIOUGIIT.—A Post "of
fice clerk, in Chicago, came near drowning
the other evening, and was asked by a com
panion what ho thought about during the
critical period. "Thought about," said he,
" P was thinking what the morning' papers
would say about it." In explanation of his
-singular remark, it - is said that he was once
a reporter.
Tug MAILs are 'now transported between
Philadelphia and New. Orleans in five anti a
half days, being carried 88 miles in Mississip
pi by'stages. The time -will be in a few.
Months reduced tofour days, by the comple
tion of the Mississippi Central Railroad.
Gov. Desvert, d Kansas, arrived in this
-city on Tuesday lot, and •is stopping, at the
Kirkw_oood lletem. He is in good health,
and undoubtedly .would weigh at least a
" stone" more that, he did when lie under:ook
the management of "border ruffianisin" and
" bleeding Kansts." It has been stated
in the papers -drat it was his intention
to resign his oflce, but this, we -are assur
ed, is without my foundation wbatevet.—
So faithfully ands° judiciously has he ad
ministered the goternment in that distracted
Territory that such a step on his part would,
'indeed, be a sore calamity. Instead of mak
ing speeches, he las used every means in his
power to break- up the lawless bands which
have disturbed tin pence of the. Territory and
to promote thee sappiness_ and prosperity of
the people.. Tit; Governor, of course, is the
" observed of alto` bservers," and was occupied
during the greabr portion of yesterday in re
ceiving calls fern his numerous frieuds,—
BrushingtOn rion, 151 h.
A LADY TAXIS 'A COCKTAIL—A lady pas
senger on bosh. the. steamer Montgomery
dressed herself t her sleeping husband's vest,
coat, boots, hatand pants, and thus attired,
came out of hetstate room, and went forward
to the bar in tip gemtlemen'scabin,look her
" morning bittris,' and returned. to the ladies'
cabin, where $r appearance created great
_consternation, tpectallw among the ladies en .
dishabille: It Pas aid to be amusiog to see
the ladies " dping" into their state rooms
and screamingmt that a man was intruding
himself.;:-but item the tlxeitement was at its
highest pitch, ttir hat fell off, and.displayed.
A profusion ...olionrle r which explained every
thing--except. small-bet won . from her hus
band,— V;ck,v4ry .941 t.
, .... Unrequited Service. ~ ..„,i\
Te Detroit Free Pro's very pointedlypye
that; in the newspaper discussions of' tliw
queetion'of the right_pf semob, growing oat
of the recent operation{ in the :Gulf, the,enlyl
prominent journals which have advocaterk the
search doctrine ate American. The leriaini;
English journals have all - taken _the Other
side of the ' controversy. " And the Biitisli
government has adopted the 'views Wats)
London Times instead of those of the N. York •
Tribune—in' this respect acting upon the ad
vice of, thatofficers
,of the -Crowo, that the
right of search or visitation does dot exist in
time of peace. The New York Tribune, the
New, Yolk Evening Post, the—Louisville
. ../eiirmat.-ihe — Albany idurnal,':the Philadel
-1 phia North American, and the other Black
Republican sheets which have assorted and 1
supported, the right, have thus prbffered sei-
vices which are not appreciated in England.
.They have out-Whistled the 13ritish. .They
I have' nvited aggression upon A erican com
merce which English public opi irin Says is
unlawful and wrong, and for_ i dulging m
which -on the late occasions,
‘ nglish naval
officers will be called home and punished. It
is a pity that the .liibors of these would-be
British organs should be thrown away. We
think-hat it should at least be acknowledged
by the British.— But is, doubtful whether it
will be. NO 'elicit service having been en
'gaged--it -having- been. voluntary—there is
no disposition to requite it any way.
es ism. lip _ - _
THE KANSAS, QUESTION ty,.4. NUT-SHELL—
Senaior,Bigler, in his admirable sth of July
speech in Philadelphia, thus presents the whole
Kansas question at a single glance :-
what is the Kansas measure, that it should
drive men from the Democratic, party !
What is there in it so offensive in principle or
unjust in practice, that it Cannot be tolerated!
Viewed in a single glancg, what does it a
mount to I Why simply ibis: after a strug
gle of kyr months on the proposition,to ad
mit Kansas as a State, it was determined in
accepting her under the Constitution which
she had presented, to extend to her people
the opportunity of deciding, for themselves,
at the ,polls, whether : they would be c ome a
State or not, on the conditions proposed.—
This is the head and front of the offence, if
there be any. Surely no Democrat will leave
his party for a reason like this! The people
of Kansas are to decide by vote whether they
will become a State or remain a Territory ;
and we are told that; because this is - the
measure of a Democratic Administration, the
friends,of popular sovereignty will leave the
party ! I do not believe they will do any
'such thing. Some of the leaders may, for
other reasons, and make this the pretext
but the masses will not. ' The sober second
I thought' Will bring them back to the Demo
j erotic fold ; and' they will be of the party
I and for it, as herexofore. They will go for a
Union 'of the Democracy, for the sake of a
Union , ckf the States." •
JEFFERSON ON Exes.xstost.—The master y
wisdom of Jefferson, the great apostle of -lib
erty and lender of the Democracy, the truths
which he inculcated and the gentinnts he
advanced are still our Safest guides WI-follow.
Theta are texts in Jefferson's letters to his
successors, which, st this critical turning
'point in out foreign policy, cannot be kept
too steadily before the people. Speaking of
the importance of acquiring Cuba, Jefferson
says :
We should then have only to include the
North in our Confederacy, which• woulcl'be
in the first war, and would have sucile.an em
pire-for Liberty - as she never surveyed since
the creation ; arid I am persuaded that no
constitution was ever before-so well calculated
as oursfor extensive empire and self-govern
ment.
It ryjll be objected to out; receiving. Cuba,
that no limit can be drawn to our future ac
quisitions. Cuba can be defended by, us with
out a navy, and this develops the principle
which ought to limit our views. Nothing
should ever be accepted which would require
a navy to' defend it.—{To James Madison,
President of the United States,April 2.7, 180 Q
Our first and fundamental maxim should
be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils
or Europe. Our recond, never to suffer Eu-
rope to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs.
I-candidly confess that I have ever looked
on Cuba as the most interesting addition
which could ever be Iniu s ie to our system of
Stares. To control which, with Florida
point, this island would give us ou the Gulf
of Mexico, and the countries and Isthmus
bordering on it would fill- up the measure of
our political well-being.---[To James Monroe,
President of the United States,.lB23.
CONVENTION INCIDENT. - A friend informs
us that during, the recess.of the Opposition-
Convention, on Wednesday, which was held
in, order to give the Committee an opportuni
ty to select permanent officbrs, several gentle
men Among the lookers on, to gratify their
curiosity, took a note cf the " lobby." After
inquiring of every voter " behind the bar,"
58 in all, the result was ai follows : Demo.
crats, 41; Americans and Republicans, 1 . 7,
the' latter including an aged negro and
young man not yet a voter., As it is cus
tomary on the part of the Opposition to take
the votes of different bodies of men in public
places, during the caropiigns, and when they
result in their favor, bold them up as very
significant, we publish - this statement for
their especial benefit.—lfarrisburg Herald.
Ex REV. J. S. K A LLOCII AGAIN lii TROL - BLE.
--Mr. Kalloch attended a religious meeting
in Rockland, Me., a week, ago Sunday even
ing, and took part in the proceedings. H
got into a sharp discussion with Deacon Wil
son who. was a prominent witness in tke fam
ous Kalloch trial, and . Elder J. Baker, a Bap-.
tist preacher. Mr. Kalloch took offence at
some remarks of Elder • Baker, Which he un
derstood to apply to him. The disdussion
and meeting were' at length ended by the
gas being turned off, leaving the audience in
great temporal darkness.
A far The Kansas Daily Ledger says : The
evidence adduced oti the part of the prosecu
tion, so far from exonerating Gen: Lane from
culpability, places him in a position far worse
than west first supposed him to occupy in
the affair. The whole senor of the testimony
goes to-show that the'homicide was not com
mitted in the heat of passion, under the im
pulse of the moment, but,• that it was the set
tled desie of Lane to kill Jenkins should he
ever trespass upon the 'property which he
(Lane) claimed. Yet this niotriter has been
set at liberty! Shame on the Workers.of "the
second crime ; they are worse than the mar
derer.
A CQLON'Y OF Sivniustt
About one hundred Swedish immigrants,
men, women 7thfi children, who reached - this
pit It few days since, in the bark Pdinona,
left vin the Worcester ntnt-Western railroads
this morning, for their nen , homes: in the
West. They appear favorably and have evis
deuce about them in the form .of bulky bag
gage, that they do not come to this ccaintry
io a penniless condition.. Their destination
is the State of Wisconsin. -u-Boston Traveler
of July 14th.
9XTGIENATED BnITIICT-EA3Ch. successive
day Wogs nee! 'evidence of its efficacy, until
its present position,i4 , tias enviable Ape of be
ing far in advance of all preparations, ever ;
offered for the cure of Dyspepsia and Aitbrna.
• IitIWITIRE CAl:Nita ' A TIIIEV 1? B VIIE.
%.Il i tai.--Sive six,,days ago; says a lite Pa
a photographer, al
lured b,y thei brightness of the sun apd the
settnes - spf'tbci•alr, provided - himself with nec7
*ary Iplgage and hastened to Fountaineq
bleat* to take views in the forest. lle idataTled
lilt a very iiict*resque quarter,. erected
letratusiprepir4 his plates, opened bis object
glass, and_ enedloPing at 'once his case Void
1 his head in a large dark andAuctbrant veil,
- set himself to the task of seizing the object
in - view. He had just taken out his proof
from the dark chamber, and was subjecting
1 it to cheiniCil reactions, when a strong hind
was placed on his shoulder. He turned .
round histily andj found himself in the pres
•
ince of a speci&t of giant, meanly attired,
wlm-- by gesture and voice, -demanded this
Is not
,alllercules, and
from the first glance , cast.towird his adver-Sa
ry, he concluded that all, resistance was use
less. , lle therefore politely offered his purse,
which , was accepted with thankfulness. The
robber bowed, and leaving him to his resig
nation; went into the depths of 'the forest.-- - --
Poor on his sad lot,
remained some time motionless; his looks
were Mechanically set on, his photographic.,
proof; he mese& upon it with a diverted and
unconcerned e e suddenly--" What is this I"
exclaimed he ;1"-.whit, is the human form in
this coppice, under the shade of the oak ?r
Heaven! should -1 believe my eyesl It is
him, s it is. Illy robber, perfectly delineated, and
very easy, to he recognized. 0 Providence!
0 diirine .sun, my do-laborer, bow well you
do things!" On his return, he repaired to
the police menmissioner's at Fontainebleau,
related his adventure, exhibited his proof
plate and the Malefactor's likeness: Next
day, with the aid, of this singular description;
the robber was arrested
KANSAS EDITOR'S PLATFORM.-A newspa
per just started at Doniphan, Kansas called
the "Free Press," lays down the following
programme& •
" We claim a charter to blow on arhot( we
please.- We . will puff Doniphan city if-we"
think it deserves puffing; puff all merchants
in the city who will remember the printer ; .
puff steamboats that will-let us ride dead head; I
puff boarding housekeepers that don't bother
us about our bill, and will promise to puff
any decent political party that will promise
not. to make Congressmen_ of us. We fear
God, bate 'the ,Lecompton Constitution, de
spise all our coternporaries, respect the City
G,vernment, don't. ask any favors of the town
company, love ourselves, will take Atchison
money for subscription. We will make war
against the devil, against the Administration
and anybody that says "boo" to us. We
won't "tell anylies, won't take clubs of one
thousand to one address, and 'won't join any
Free State party until we find which is going
to be tbe:stiongest. We believe in matrimony,
that there are a very many great men fie
Kansas, and believe the Dutch are going to
be the salvation of Doniphan."
'ASINGCLAR WELL tx NEWCORT.- - There
is a well on Bridge street in this eity,entirely ,
sourrounded with .salt water, the water of
which is soft and sweet as rain water. The
well is about twelve feet deep, and has some i
seven feet water in it. In sinking this,stakes
were driven down into the river bottom, and
boards nailed on, inclosing a space about ten
feet square, which inclosure was filled with
earth,and through that the well Was dug after
the usual manner. A lady connected with
one of the families using the . lititer, - informed
us Monday that it was as sui+alillb-M washing
purposes as rain Water. • It is properlo . say
that the well is cemented.
ninCoast llct,Lot Islami t a phenomenr n
in connection with a well still more singular
than the above. Into this the tide el,bs
and flows every six hours, and vet the water
is perfectly soft and free from any 'brackish
taste.
._ The water in the Newport wells is uni
formly hard and brackish, which is senerally
atfributed - to their proximity to the ocean;
but the abore'would seem to indicate the con
trary, and to demonstrate the feasibility of
drawing 'good fresh water from the bottom of
the ocean.—Nitoport _Nev. •
•
UNPLEASANT !—Two . young men from
Wheeling, Va.otttempted to ford 'Wheeling
creek in a buggy, on the sth,found the water
too deep. and the buggy getting fast on the
rocky , they stripped to the skin,:to
release ilirr vehicle, but seeing a large party
of ladies and' gentlemen approaching; they
took to' the woods,leaving behind their cloth
ing, horse and 'buggy. The , pi c-nic party
coming up and seeing the horse, buggy and
clothing, supposed that something dreadful
-had happened,. and were about taking the
horse away. One of the young -men had a
view of the proceedings, from his retreat be
hind a large tree, and the idea of being left
in- the Woods without a . garment to his back,
nerved him to a desperate resolve; aid he
bawled loudly to the-patty to let the arrange
:went alone. One of the gentlemen replied,
and kept up a conversation with the unseen
spirit, in which he learned the truth of the
whole affair, and the pic-nicers proceeded on
their way, full of mirth at the,incident.
"THE OLDEST INDADITANT:'—In 1827, Mr.
Michael Meyer, then of Annville township,
moved to a farm kit Derry township, Dauphin
county. In that vicinity there had lived a
family by the name of Hayes. In the first
year of Mr. Meyer's removal to•his new home,
his son Henry found a common land turtle
with "D. H., 1774," cut on his - shell. This
was supposed to have been put there by David
Hayes. Henry added to the above, on'the
shell, "H. M.,.1827," and let the turtle gr.
On the 6th of this month, Mr. Meyer found
'the same turtle, within a very short distance
Of the place Ire had found it 31 years ago, in
dulging'in a meal, on mulberries. How old
it was. when the first letters were cut on it.is
of course unknown, but the eighty four years
it has lived since then, would be considered
a very respectable_ age for most animals. Its
present appearance would indicate that age
hair but little effect/on it.-Lebanon. Courier.
ANT) OTHER STATE Faras.---The
Annual Fair of the Pennsylvania State Agri
cultural Society will be held at Pittsburg
from the 28th of September to Ist of October,
titchnive. A liberal premium list has been
issued by the Society, and copies will be for-.
.warded to all applicants by the Secretary,
Hon. A. 0. Fleister, of Harrishurg; - The
plowing match will take. plane on the 30th
of September. ,
The State - Fair of New Jersey will be held
at - Trenton, Sept. 15th to 17th.
New York, at Syracuse, Oct sth tp Bth.
Ohio; at Sandusky' Sept. 14th to 17th,
- . .
Indiana, at Indianapolis, Oct. 4th. to 9th.
Illinois, At Centralia, Etept..l4th to 18th.:
Connecticut at Hartford, Oct. 12th to 15th
United l'States, at. Richniond, Va., Oct
. 25th t 0,3941. • „ _
the
..office ,of the Chambersburg
"Valley. 4iritr. was, recently removed to.a
room that- had been occupied by a Know
Nothing ."Lodge.. ; The editor 'says that "on.
tithing , possession ,of the room, they encount
ered a stiong smell of sulphur, and a careful
examination . revealed, numerous, marks e
cloven. feet on the •
• .1 -
Acc : ldea& on the , Erie flail rwati.
A dteadful- - -aeaident occur'rec ' Thursdar
eveninfi', to the express train w ich leaves
Jerstei 7 city at b R . M. The tr in arriv e d
wind!! Six ruilesseast of Port Jere s, when the ,
litst tivi4clrs were. , thrown (fuse ±e track by
rs:biokeit rail, precipitating the , down no
embaniment some thirty or forty. feet.
The passengers in the forward earn were
thrown into the greatesidis'orcler by the Pid
den break,and on gaining their fee, they open
ed the wiedows and doors of the cars, and
heard the shouts and !Inas of t "e dying be—
neath them ; the greatest confusi n prevailed;
some running to and fro, calling i on the don.
ductor to stop the train,, ,. while' ethers rang
'the bell attached' to the engiite i's rapid sue,
cession. - .
The.engine was soon stopped,
f engers Tan to Abe spot . where
the dying and . it.ounded - were
rending. .. -
The train was, immediately. ent to Port .
Jervis for medical aid, and in he course of
au bout four thedival men Tro t rot that place
were on the ground:,
In the meantime - the - passem i ra had been
at work in i taking.out the dead and wounded
from between the, broken fragmnts, and car
ried them a few, yard and laid thetn,upcm
the grass. 1
A passenger wbo was 1:I - resent! informed us
that the
„scene ,was beyond ile.s.cription—
Children:crying Tor their fathersand mothers
and husbands for their wives, 1 '
Six persons were killed; anc • one was sQ
badly injured that be cannet possiLfy survive.
Forty four others were injured, some very
sevetely, others - but slightly. -
The wounded were taken to. Port Jervi.,
,where then - are attended bylskillfol phy
siciani, and receive every pos ible care and
attention
Deserlptlon of Great Salt Lake.
As the great Salt Lake of tliti Mormons has
of late years become a .place i of interest to
the people of this country, I .Sntl: you an Ni
-1 tract of a letter from a resident[of that placv,
giving some description of it.
.rThe ;take. is on the west sid?. of the valley,
80 miles long, 40 miles vvide, withoutisink
=or outlet. - The deepest watr is 41 feet,
interspersed with islands,_mostly at the north
end, two at the south end; one twenty niile- ,
long, the other fifteen ; on 'Abe east island
broiler Parr keeps a herd Of same fine cattls,
a fine ranche, plenty of ivater,Oenty of wood.
The hest island- (Stanbury's)ihas sere liitie
wood and fresh water', but. fine was.; cattle
summer and winter on these bland,;, making
the fattest, - beef I ever saw. I have 1.Q.1,,i
salt at the south end of the lakeicidled Bdiu-k
Hoek, far five, years. There is en a- mount h: ri
some forty Miles north,horderi ig on the Lak•!,
,any amount of copperas end alum: Thee
years ag0.(51) three pails of % ater made ,r..., -
ii ,
of salt. The lake has risen s ven feet; in fivs
years ! It now takes near! five pails .cf
water to make. one of salt ; so that not much •
salt makes orr the beach no . Four year
ago I loaded a wagon in twsolhottrs, as hand
some coarse salt as - you ever shw,ancl-as 700 .1
quality. The water is imregnated with
glauber salts, lime, copperas, alum; mariatii
4.71:
acid, . The salt springs issue from the
1
foot of the mountains. Tiler , is not a pure
fresh water spring on the whi4le of the south
end. , Tire-spring which we qe from - is tr.)
much flavored to suit strangers. It is a widl
romantic place, but I love-it,' it is my hem.
we were driven from our lijomeS by a bat I
of ruffians; that would give ui. no rest lily S.r
night. Here we can sleepy sweetly atm.!
the dashing of wave's, the boW ling of 1! e
wolf, and the grisly bear, and
. the yell - of ihe
savage.—Route'ciVl ie.) ..lefftncl.• , • .
The Atlantic Tele.re l tpla •Fleet.
0
BostoN, July 1 f}. •
. -
The ship Alice Munroe7fruitn Liverpqnl.i::ti
arrived at this: port, bringinglimportant intei
lige.nee relating to the Ath
fleet. Through the- kintlnest
minp, we have obtained t i
port : - I
At sea. June 27th, let 52P 5' North, lon.
t
:339 15' West, windy, cir,iat.h 1 113 z,, saw two
ships heading Eastward. . a` lookine , with
the glass, found them to e United Statss
frigate ,Niagara, and • the IGorgan, of tie r
Telegraph squadron - . ' Tacked \ ship and stoid
towards them. Were board -by CT rtt , ‘V.
Field, E-q..,rind a lieutenant om the Niscrlrs,
and received from them the following &Is:,
ments : ' '
STATEMENT OT MR. F1E1.1)1 Tile_ squad re, n
experienced very bad weather-from die time
of starting, and was sixteen Jays in leaching
-the point of destination.
Two unsuccessful attempts has. been made •
to lay the cable. - • '
The second attempt was made on the 26th,
(the day previous). 171-,war ls . of forty mile ,
of the cable were iaid,and the ship was g,oinf:
along finely When connnunir atioe ceased: the .
cable having probably broken on the Aga-:
memnon., , .
On the -27th,the ships ret rued to-the start
ing point, to await the re mrn of the Aga
memnon and Valrirons. Ad splice sin then
be,inade, and the laying of the cable again
proceeded with. -
Mr. Field was in good sp
they would yet succeed in I
The stormy weather had.
with the success of the, ente r
One of the ships had susti
age, one sailor bad a leg br
an arm.
All were well on board
machine worked finely,
ably performed . its. share
duty
The Alice \Munroe lost
at half past\ three on the
27th.
The weather since has be
settled.
- The squ r a4ron did not pro
the 28th.
PROLONGED CA'NNON Firt
merits to test the _capacity
been progressing at Fort
several weeks past. It is,fro
and its weight G o soo poum. The e:cperi
went is under the charge oil Capt.' Van Brant.
.It. has beeen fired upwards pf 1,5Q0 tiniest
the rate of 120 a day. INlen fired 000 times
it was observed to have sightly warped.—
Some 15,000 pounds ofpo wder hive beep.
consumed, the charges bein ten pounds each.
It is to Le continued till Ile instrument ex
plodes. Shells are fired an enter an embank
ment near by without Imago. A slow
match is used, and the inol are 'protected by
an oven-like apartment ocivered with earth.
The experiments are condu ted in accordance
:
with an order from Washi gton.
•----"0-4•—•-r---- --- - ..
A LONG LIVED SPARK.
osi l
Reporter notices the folio'
nomenon : "The other da
lamp, with a cotton wick, ,
store. of Messrs. M'Neil tt.
tinguished, as was supp,
after. Several•days,afterw,
found ..to be still ignited.
single spark of fire, but
come br contact with corn'
heavy damages. 'May not
account for some fires tl
'and fix' which - no cause p
We have never observed, o
cireitrustance before,and th,
nd the pa•-
the waifs of
truly heart•
olio Ti."l,! , zra: , ll
of Capt.. tiim
a re-
krits and thought
laying the cable.
i ititerfAred much
prise.
Stilled slight (ism
/ken and another
e Niagara. 11, , r
1 the ship 3(l..trth
.f the \importaut
ht of the Niagara
afternoon of ibe
a; foggy and on
IMB=IBII
NG.—The experi
.l a cannon have
IntierkendCnce for
a Alger's foundry
; The *Napa (Gal.)
lug curious p . 1),!•
a common slant
waslighted i-u tl:e
Walker, and ex
, i low moments
rd the wick -was
There. Vas hut a
enough, if it had.
ibustibles, to cause
this:ThuStmenon
at have occurred,
uki be assigned!
, heard of such .!,
- lore mention It.