THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT TRIMIS-41:50 PER MM. - IH ADVANCE. A. J. (IE.R.R#SONI . EDITOR, PUBIIBIIEII, AND PROPRIETOR, 9E7I9I:OPPpStrTI',?9SP,OPI:_IC4.. 04e4ade: 0 0,40./_2l‘,. /6'60 01 if 11114i10.16% Ton GOVVI.R.2:OII, 'HENRY_ s FOSTER, Of Westmoreland Cbunty PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ZLEMORS AT WM. RICHARD-VA-U*4 •-GEO, 21. KEIM - i'red, A. Serier, .414. liaaclteekhow, 2. W. C. PattersOn, 15: Geo.D: Jackson, Jcs. Crockett, 1 16. J.'A. 4..3.0. Brenner, 112. B. Danner; W: Jacoby, 18. J. R. Crawford, 6. Charles Kelly, 19. N..N. Leg, ?. O. P. James, '2O. J. B. lloweli, 8: David Schap, 21. N.P.P4terinin, 9.3.'-L. Lightner, 22. Satikuellarsliall, 10. S. S. Barber, 23. Irilliarri Book, - 11.T...E1. Walker, - ,24. B. Hamlin 12. S. S Wincheiter, 23. Gailordtliiwcb, 13. Joiep.h Lanbach, . THE PLATFORMS. We publish below the resolutions adop ' ted by the respective. Conventions which nominated Messrs. Breckinridge 'and Douglas, and the resolutions (relating to slavery) adopted by the Cincinnati Con- - vention in 1858, which are re-affirmed.by both the above ponventions. , If our rea ders can discover any material difference in these platforms - upon the question of-, non-interVention, they have - sharper eyes than we. At all events, the difference is too slight to have caused a division in the' party, and the running of two Itmust be that the main cause of dislan siott in the National Convention is traceable to less important causes than a difference- of principles—to intense sectional iifejudices, and likes or dislikes of 'certain - candidates'. If this be the case,. the - DemOcratie mass es were not fairly 'represented -at Charles ton and Baltimore. -The poptilqr heartof the nation beats strong as ever for the Un, ion, and those time-honored Democratic ,principles that have made it what it is.— 'But this. aside, 'we ask our Deinocratic friends in this _county to carefully scan the resolutions of - the.respective Conventions, and see if there is any real cause for the present state of things. The Democratic State Central Committee, as will be seen in another column,- have recommended • that only one electoral ticketbe voted for, which, if successful, (and it probably will, Ile if' the proposition is fairly carried out,) the vote of the State oul dbe given in • the. Electoral ,College to the candidate ,(Breekinridge or Douglas) having the • .highest_vote. - This is the best-mode leik tons of again whipping the. rotten and . :contemptible abolitionists, whoa are now . more than ever clamorous for Lincoln and dissolution of the Union. -The defeat of thisSincoln conspiracy against th&Union should be the paramount object with eve ry' Democrat, and every reasonable sacri fice should be'made to that end. - - N R, - of„ - o - liciNsodopted be the Diqnocratir Ilia tionat Convention at Cincjnilati in 1 858 : Resolved, That we reiterate, with re newed energy of purpose, the well consid ered declarations of former Conventions upon the sectional - issue of domestic slave- Ty, and concerning 'the reserved rights_of 'the states ; I.'That Congress has no - power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or con trol the domestic institutions'of the sever 'al States, 6rilithat such States - are the.sole and proper judges of everything 'apper taining to their own affairs not prohibited ; by the Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made' to interfere with ;:le.stions of slavery, or to take incip ient steps in relation thereto-, are calcula ted to lead to the most alarming and dal)- , gerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency,to di minish the happiness of the people and en:: danger the stability and- permanency of the 'anion and ought not to be connten • -anoed ;My. friend, of our political insti tutions. 2. That the foregoing- proposition coy era and }vas: intended to etntrave the whole subject of slavery agitaticai in Con-. • - press; and therefore the Democratic par ty of the Union, standing, on this national platform, will abid'e . by and adgere to a 'faithful execution of the acts known as the! Compromise Measures, settled by the Con . gress of 1850, the "Act forteclaitning'fit ' aitives from service or labor" inclnded l • which act- being designed to carry out ant express 'provision of the Constitution, can not with fidelity thireto'be repealed, or so changed as - -to destroy or impair its effi - ciencv. , - - 3. That the Democratic patty will re: silt all attempts at renewing, in,tongress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made, • 4. That the Dernoc - rafic party.will faith fully 'abide by and uphold the principles . ,l id down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 179'9, an& on the report , of - Mr. 'Madison to the Virginia. Legislature in 17,99 ; that it adopts those principles,as• constituting one of the, main foundations . ofita . pOlitical creek and' is resolved - to carry them ont,in. their obvious Meaning, • and , impqrt. And that we mar more distinctly meet the issue co which a sectional party„, - suh. sisting .on slavery acitation, noir relies to test the fidelity-of - the worth • and South -totheC,onstitotion- an d the Un ion, 1 . Resolve& snat, Claiming fellowship with and desiring the' , 121 , Petlition of all : • who regard the preseryallin or the Aloft . tinder, the 'Poristitiftion'asiqqatnOunt is site, aid repudiating all 64ttonal.,,p&rties' and platforms' cOncerning:doMestie slave - ry whie: ~'seek toa embroll - the7:States,- and . to inei tr n and'ainied resistance to law . ones; and whOse - iyoty-1 - ed purpo !unmated:, - tririst'enstin'l in m jut emit war sunion—the Arnertmua,; Democracy xecomni* and adopt the prin-11 cipleg contained7m the organic laws, es- -tablishing the -territories of Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying- the only sounds and safe 'Solution slavery question' upon whichthe great .national •idea of the: people of this country' can 'r e pose in its de, rer:-_imed conservation,- of the Union—miletro inteAterence by, pongress-with Slavery in State and, Territory or, in the District of Cutup:aut. 2. That this was' the bas,iiii:of the promises of 'lB3o;;'con . firrnedtby botti'lthe Dembcratic and Whig partiee ; ui Nation; al Conventisins 7 ,-", 'ratified h4lie-peoplein the electi*Of p 52, and ,nghtly . applied' to thelortaiiizatioS.of.Teifitories in 1854. 3. That- by the uniform application of the Dexperaticipineiple.to the ormita.a tion 6r wiiiib n ep, and to.the adintssion !, of new States '.".With ftir .withiatit 'domestic slavery t riastheyinay elec the equal rights; of _all the States Will*be preserved intact ? , the origiPal eoil . s,pacts of the Constitiition truant:teed :inviolate, and the perpetuity. ancleapansionelthis linion.ipsured to its ntinost - catifieity - of peace atid haiailiny;:eyeryilitufe iimerieha.staie _that they be cOnstitneed'Or annexed; With a republican form of goyeritmeht: - That recognize the right Of the periple ofall"theterritoriesi; itiglKan anallebraSikii, acting: through thelegallyandlairly-exprened -willOf the majority, of the' actual reilid&ts, and Whenever 'the'finiiiher"Of their inhabitants jUstifiesiit (0 forni-aCtinstitution,wWor without doineatic slatery, and be admit:: 00n-terms -tieefect equality. wi`t)i the oilier-states. ' Tkr.schti,notisadopt/eby-the Baltimore ; ,_that. norneraciled:Breckinridg i e,,and Lane r • ResoedThat th pl tforal( a op e, e a ab' the DiMopratie . , party at tlinairwati is affirmed with the following eiplatiatory resoluti9ns.: „ ! - . . 1, That iliergOVermitent•Of . a terri r tor,v . organized by Act-4Congreszs is provis ional and terifibrarY;:arid during itsfekisi, enee; all eitizens of the 17. States'lnive an equal right to settle with their property in 'the territory, without t heirrigh t pit h. ,cerof prsoti or, piirperty,. beinedest , roYed ;or injured by' Congressional or Territori al legiSlatioir. —2. - That it is:the. Iluty` of the ; rOoral 'Goveriiment,c.in. departmenfi, to. - protepti whet necoasary; the rights - of per sons_and prdieftyin the territories, and wherever else, constitutional authority extends. ". - . 3. ThAt . When!tho !Settlers in .a Territpa ,ry. haVing an adegriate population, forma ..State ,ConstlintiOn; the right of Sovereigii ty.commences, .and . d)cing" consUnimatod by:admiSsiOnintotriiion, they stand on an .equal footing . with the people otlkr. StateS;i'aiga - -state. thus organize ought admitted into the - Federal linion, Whitler its ..,Constiintion. prohibit or re- . , ihe institution of Slavery..: : . 4esolVed,! - .That the - 7Democratie. party are in favor of the . acquisition of-Ithe Is-. land.. of Cuba, on, such terms a.s'shall :be .honorable to, oirselves and just id, Spain ; at --the earliest practical moment., „ • Resolved,That th r e enactments of State LegiOatures' to defeat the faithful: execu tion, of the Fugitive : Slave law,are hostile in cliaracter to, and subversive of the. Co nstitution, and revolutionary in their effect. ;13,eolved; That-the DemocraeY of the United - :States recognizes it. as an ,impera tive duty 13f. this. Government Ttolprotect naturalized citiiens, in all -their 1 rights, -whether at-home - or ia.foreig,n' lands, to The eXtent, as - its native born citizeps. And, • , • Ayhereas, One of - the greatest 1-2eceSsi ties'4lf the age, in a political, commercial, posta., and military point of view, is a speedy ec.r. - .a.t.niGattea betvi - cen `the Pnei tic and Atlantic coasts ; therefore be it Resolved, That:the National ...Democrat- . is party:Ao . hereby 'pledge themielveS to use every means in their poWer st•duri the passage; of some bill, to the extent of :the Constitutional° authority of Congress, for the construction of a Pacificßailtoad froni the Mississippi -River to' the Pactfic - OceiM at the earliest practicable inomerii.- . . .0 • Ri..scournows.adopted by the Baltemore Con - •i jai, tion that ruminated Nuglas and John . 1 • . , ; son. • ; it;csolved,• .That wei the, DemOcrany of the union, in, Convention assernbled, do hereby declare our ..iftrmation of. theires! olutions unanimously adopted and deOar; ed as a platforutof principles by the DemL -ocr.itic Convention at Cincinnati, the, year 1856„ - believing that pemoc'ratie principle& are: Unchangeable in. their na ture when applied. to the same subject matters. . • Resolved, That it is the, du y. or the United . States. to afford ample and Com plete protectionto 'all its-citizen, ;Whether at home or abroad, 4'l3(l'w/wale native or foreign born: TZesolved,. That one of the necessities of the age tit.a.military, commerci4l and po,s - :of view; is speedy Commitnioa tioh between the -Atlantic and Pacific 'States, and the. Democratic party pledge such constitutional power of the GoVerti ment as will insure the construCtioni of. railroad to the Pacific coast at the earliest racticable Period. - . flesolved, That . the -Democratic party are in favor of the acquisition o Cuba on such terms as shall be honorahle-At? our selv.es and just .th:Spain... Resobied,. Tbat. the enactments of iState _Legislatures to' defeat the faithful ,:ecu tion'Of-F.:ugitive-'SlaVe law are; hostile in character.and subversive to the Const3tti tion,' and revolutionary in theirieffects. _Ae - solVed, That it is in accordance with the , Cinemnati Platform, that during. the e*istence of Territorial' Governments the I measure, of -restriction,' Whatever it may I be, imposed:lv the . Federal .ChnStitutign op the power of- the - Territorial - Legisla titre over -the subject of the demeatic re lations,-as the same has been . or shalt here: after be finally - , determined by the' - Su- - , 'pi-eme Court of the United - States, Should' be respected bye.ll good citizens, r&d forced with promptness and fidelitylby.eir- . .0-k bra* of-the,Geneial goirernillect:- . , gliplesOnsrAsc_tcrore' Wonas.—Th e known- firm Of T. 13. Peierson Briiitbers; 306' Cl edtnui Jima, -P . 1'1134114, bave 6sne4 Elie eleTenth volume of their ) remar kably cheap edition Orthege urapprachae file works of 'fiction, containing tie ebs - ; tin uati6n of Doinbity It ie nailed " . Peterson's Cheap Edition forAhe *11; lion, - of the entire writings!, of Charles' Dickens, 10r,. ; and will be, litisneal'oiiin; plete,in Twenty-eight weekly, volnur#.7- One vnlume- Publish 4 regularly on `each asd ev‘trY . Satxtrd4y, whole number iifyi , llutne,s , ;-tWet4eiglit I 'e---is - empleted. The low Klee 'for, 4 ,them by the Publishers is only 25' centsa .- - olume, or the whole twenty-elght• nmes.for five dollars. A qomplete set will be forwardedliee,ofpot4WhylMail, to lan y: l , 3r t of the Unit ed States, to !any - one, 1, by the . publishers; on - sendutgliein a re: . ; , mittanoe of five - dollar; . -awithev twenty igt.t. %Awes. I IMPORTANT Ductsuix.—lt has`for "some , time be,en . ponsidered a r titatter bf*itot, - 'even. a mong legal - ,itiother farmers can--'be taxed , itipn; either fo =' State County . or' Schools purposes. "Audge -Sna . yser*centlyi erecl'an opinion on thieque4tton, in Thich his honor held. that a farther. was -not blelo an occupation tax; whether it be for State; "Canty or - School Oses • that frotri:the kst , tivole is espeeially:ex6opt, ' find in'iegard 'to the last,,.the various acts of:legislation - bearing , nt..44 upon the, subject will admit no tither interprotation.i -The decision is an important . One,, as in: . many townships farmers haVe - beenpayini the usual Ucet;patiOn tat ,ot-onisdollar.aa7 Ati:ltion-The'lproposition„to -run with genertd. approbation' byalkreasop able. Dem ocrits:,'Sunit creatures as :John W. Forney;:who disgraces ,Asouglas -with his' support, oppose _the movement,pf course, tha' s f 'or any other oo s o e eat-of black reptplicanistn;, In New -Jersey, New: York, , Petmsylvania, Virginia; - • and other-states . *here etinWOrthe Democrat. lc , candidates - has larg - e nimabers of friends, the;roposition to; unite On — o - ne elec . . to- . ral ticket wiltbe "stexnly inshitedtn by.the .Deinaciatic masses, and we dmibt not will be faithfully carried. but. BEAntipls.Dtatißoott6:—Messr,s. Irwin F. - Beadle L Co.„ - 141lliaid r street, New Yorlc haVe -commenced . Une_lw. - enterprise in the publication of " , Dituo:. 800k5.".-- .. - Each - book ; :tiontains 428 pages, complete in itSelf, handsomely printed, and sold at the very loin price of 10 cents. - ..N05..1 and 2 of the. " Dime Noiliwate.on our table, each containing a popular tale that . _ t'eadilj sells in ottier • forms - for 25 ecnts. _The . enterprise deserves, and we doubt not will,rec'eive,coUiplete success. Mr. A. N. ;Bullard, at the Montrose BbcikstOre, keeps the" Dime Books" . for Sale, Call and loOk at them. "the apportionment under 'the pen - ius - now. being taken, Will -bereppited at he next session of Congress, in order. to. afford ample time to the Legislatures that , ineevonly bienially, as well it others, to district their several States, The new ap portionment will not -gp into effect until the 38th Congresi, the- first session of which commences the 4th of Mareli, 1803. ; Pr . A comet Cantaw, be seen eyery.i ele4r . evening in the-North;' it is however very dim and:fainf. RATIFICATION The friends of Douglas and Johnson he a ratification'mectincr inPhilndelphi on Satbrday- Jnpe 30th, and the friends of Breckenridge_ and Lane lield oul Api Monday night, July 2d. Both seen!: to have been well attended and enthusiast tic. The folloWing comments :from th 4 Philadelphia Inquirer, of • Tuesday, (a$ Independent Bepubhean j.:,arnsl) . giy fair idea of what both of the meeting 4 were . The Breckenridge .meeting last .niglit in Independence Square :was aNery largp and suctessfullemonstration.. Between it and th . e . D.'ouglas meeting on Saturday night there ; was., a.-.broad. contrast, veq. much to the advantnge,Oftheßieekenridge Meeting e•Very .pnrticular. Although there-were three stands„ at, the Doughas . assembiag.and but one last night, a . prae z . ticed efe could easily determine that the single, Breckenridge meeting was mnoih larger than the three others combined. There was an2theripoint" upon, which . the. .contest was still more marked. Tile Douglas meeting Wa's• largely composid of ‘'the boys," and was excited and MOM ed to be 'demonstrative o in its Show of ep thnsiaSin; while the Breckenridge meeting - made up almost exclusively 6f quiCt; orderly and attentive liiteners, who induig edin applause only when the speakers Made "palpable . hits," and, then the INA burst was genuine and 'not stimulited. ilf these two meetings are fairlindicitionsiof the relative, strength of the two branches pfthe'Democratinparty, our preconceived opinions on• the lubject have been wrong, for the Breckenridge party is much strotig er than we snritoied... - :An attems pt-was niade_by an .orgapized band of-rowdieS te rrupt the-speakers MAIM Outset Of-Ihe ,Breckenridge meet ing, but it• waS'Suppresied'hy the pronipt and effective intervention of the polieei OBITUARY. Died, in Brooklyn, Pal; Jane 30th, 1460, B. F. TF.wxMativr, Vo..Sup't cifSitsq't aged. 27 years: He leaves a wife abil tiwo 'children, alsO a large qircle of relatives and friends, to mourn his death. The career of the deceased deserve.imere thin a passing notice. In early yo'uthi he discovered a thirst for knowledge, find a facility in-its acquisitiOn, truly surprising. He read with--Tavidity, whatever camelun der his notice,, and What he read he, re-. "tanned. His memory was not only reien tiVe capacious: Although he poases. •sed well : balanced mink a ready -4(im wand- of factsind detail; large languitge;• ' a rigorous and chaste" ' imagination ; keen 'perception; an. se* and" discriminating judgment ; prominen t • self.esteena,. 'formed the - aistittgurhing:characieliftica of his : mental . constitution. , - Be was - , ern= pbaticallY-; the' architect of his owd for turiesi conseiner O pitietgetic and ierse vermg. As an , " or "a tor Arai debate r, lie occupied an .enviable position. Fertile in itsourceiy gifted with:a "voice combining flexibility;;Melay .. and volume; -fluent, afCraceful, y et capable -of vehemence • ., • r and re, 4e, seemed wellialen latect:th infirest, to Control, to charm.- While lienived,- it hi knfit*vi ho lyihose . pOweiCiveriCexereised; and, now that - be ta - r.geneit iv consoling o remeni. ,beithatlbey,werelit:v4iiihly used the aide ofttaaii4f. Wiee write= fugia• evident s . Had his` sttentioi > = been" y.lO ter d'onbtl4ss be havp Ven -known •in the wdrla 'of er.ol 47: 44iionilivf-a4t. tho , It.is, ho ever , of teScher,. and superintendent= of . common schools,, that he is best.knOwn 4:6 the - His career alperceptor bega&oihen he was about -17 years of :'age t a . iind so zealous" and4fficient a friend of 'pOpolar education' did „fie:nianifest - himself 4 that, on the resignation of Prof. Richard Son, in 1656, he was tottered with an sOpoint- meet as'his successor. Hoist well he per tooted. the requirements tor that* ,resptit trtist,-,tk,seen in thw'faCt that twice line, ; he been'AriuMphatitlY electea to the s - , •rebent uwid ltneuti ti',call to theTcountatiperiit tehdetuiy,:7iitulhonar artite*et:iced,and ectutplimeittgrY%—was,!iti Tabt,- the ihighest eilcominin, an intelligent `constituency °Mild:have bestowed , astthe, re vtidd aPPINC-ittied services behalf of eduCatiotial interests , of our.; county. e . activity he •• dispipyed . in the past, in ,It'ppoit - ifot - our eompidli.trclibbl system, .made teluitripions, and foreshado'i4d flirtnnt a useful and brilliant • fihure;dey,otion canse‘#ielsignat; . 44 4 `prod uctive of iMportattevesillts. iibrquo 'severe.,.gradtiliy thereihaustiththe• Vital forces'ollife*td 'yet, with *Ade,- thid; tOrgetfuldess of Bell 'worthy of adtiiiatioti; he ° , liePt' , thef field' - until,the Valid of;iseaae,4,bo'POientici be resisted, Arced",hiti thereftiiire. 'About weeltia hero,* he died' at the . spiggeition of his frtend;;Prof.Palkins, of 'New, York; he' went-tit that city,Y hoping, to receive benefit fricia a Medical- establish rhent therb ;');int'-iti‘ this .'„he doomed tlO;ilisaPptiiiittuent. grew ;worse" soon 'after reaching tltes-metrgpolis,'and return Ti 'ed home:MuripletelyTproatiated. His case leas now 'deemed'llepeless'"; dent thite;hiii eartfkly career was pear its blose: 'With ' - 'Chrietitiii°reeigtiation And• eoniposure,;;_he aNiajte'd: the. approach of death, and when, letigth;•he came, Stink into his arrati;paifiles4,l-:- . leithout a strug interred'accUrding to the'usages'of the I: 0,0: F., Of whitth he Avas Milionoiedtthentber, NttaS, felloied.to the grave - hy a large ',concourse sof persons, by'their, sorrow, evinced the meas. 'Of 'their affection for the departed. ;Our -.friend Is gone,to return .to us no :More: That once eloquent Voiee.is - noiv illushed in: the stillness - of thel tomb; that expresiive and benevoleut face; those lustrous orhsbncebeaming with love and Ithe • fire o£ iiti intrePid'sbul; that manly Ibrowl are now mouldering,,back'te their