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pMDAY, JDM 27, 1860,
- Fibs* Punch Past >nd Prw®nt;
Letter from.-N«* Hampshire; PagiUstie; Letter
from “ Graybeftrd **; From the Seaside j Proceed
ings of tbffDooglM Convention IftTreaWn, N. J.;
General News. Fourth Pags. Pennsylvania
Items; The Bperrita in London; Intel
ligence, &o. '
The Kews.'!
A pretty fall report of ..the proceedings and ac
tion of the Democratic Maes Convention,' held at
Harrisburg yesterday,-will be ftwmd in another
colama, end will be rcid wUh lntereßf by every
Demoo rat and every patriot who desires to see the
time-honored principle* of the party, of the Union
and-the Constitution, maintained by the election of
their embodiment, Stephen A. Douglass, President
of the United States. Such men as Hon. Hi B
Wright, of Luzerne; Hon. 0. L. Ward, of
Bradford; : -Judge. Cfasmpney?,. of Lancaster,
Attorney General Knox,' General Israel'Poin
ter, =' of ” 'Westmoreland'; Judge Kill, of Frank :
Un; Judge Reifsoyderj of Periy;, Hon. Wil
liam L~Dewart, of Northumberland;. judge.Mayf.
nerd, of Northampton; Gen. Ross, of Lycoming;
Col. J. 'D. Pettit; of Cheater; GOO. Pearce oftho
Weat-Ohester Rejjvpttcan ; .Ron*, Charles Brown,
of Philadelphia; Surveyor General Rowe, and
many ethers; distingeiebed.as leaders of the party
in their different sections of the State, were present
and took, an. active part in the proceedings of the
Convention 1 , whihh will result in, bringing into tho
field. at on early day,-a; para electoral ticket,
in favor of the regularly-nominated candidates of
the Democracy. '• * '
The people of. New York will not pay the exorbi
tant Japanese bills contracted by the aldermen
and oouncilmenof that city.. .We learn that is the
Supreme Court of Now York; yesterday' morning,
Levi S GhatfUld served a ,notice of motion upon
the Hayor'and Robert T. Haws that he. will apply
for an injunction to restrain' the defendants from
paying any of the bills for the Japanese reception,
and particularly that bi the Messrs., Leland. In the
affidavits the /plaintiff alleges that’he is informed,
and believes, that the committee on roception, and
members of .the Common Oounoi], sold tickets for
the-baU at prices,, ranging from $lO to $lOO, the
proceeds at' which wore to their
own use;/ that the ihonoy of the tax-payers, is
propoeed.to be.taken to defray the, expenses of
said hall, and yet tax-payers who conld not obtain
or would not boy tiokets were excluded; that the
bill of the Messrs. Lel&nd Rmonnts to $91,000,
bat the plaintiff alleges, onJnformatlen and belief,
that the whole, expense of Messrs. Leland did not
exceed $10,000; and that it was agreed, before tbe
bill was allowed at $91,000; that tno Leiands should
pay to the Common Counoil, or certain members
thereof, the sum of thirty-three and one-third pci
cent.; that if is tho intention of.tbe Common Conr<-
oil to impose and assess said amounts'on the taxable
property of the city, and that the Comptroller it •
tends to insert the same In the tax levy; that the
Common Council have no right to expend large
cams to entertain guests, or to .make any arrange
ment to carry out the fraudulent agreement - above
setforth' .The plaintiff demands that the Comm-n
Coonoil -be enjoined from -levying any of the
$105,000, at which said expenses have been allowed,
and that the Comptroller be enjoined from tho psy
ment of snob amount. .
In the' New Fork Supreme Court, yesterday
morning, the celebrated Washington-market mice
was decided In favor of the city of New York. The
interests involved amount to a ram over $600,000.
-r-WeJeaMfrom.Washington'that the treaty of
amity and eoa~miiteeTrmrirapaprHb»-r»t»tiottUor>t
of which were exchanged when'tbelSmbsejy were
in Washington, is officially published. . Ooe of the
articles provides tbpt the President, at the request
of the Japanese Government, will sot as friendly
mediator in such matters'of difference as may .arise
between the Government of Japan and any Buro
pesn Power. '
On polltioal matters, we have a number of de
spatches from different parts of the country. On
Wednesday night, in Camden,Maine, the ratifica
tion of the Gubernatorial nomination of the De
mocracy took placo, and is said to have been one
of the greatest political demonstrations ever held
,in Eastern Maine It was estimated that from six
to eight thousand Democrats were present. B. K.
Stuart, A. G. Jewett, NVO. Fletcher, and otters
addressed the meeting. An immense Douglas
meeting was held in Petersburg, Virginia, on
Wednesday evening. Charles Irving spoke two
hours, and was followed by others. The enthmi-.
asm was intense, and the spplause unbounded.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Central Com
mittee met at. Worcester, on Wednesday,
and voted to call the State Convention at
Springfield, on the 6th of September. A resolu
tion endorsing Breckinridge and Lane was de
feated by a tie vote.
The telegraph says that a letter from Vera Cruz
-to the Mexican consul at New Orleans says the
Knights of the Golden Circle have proffered tl eir
assistance tp ibe Constifutional Gorertmcct, lat
that Juarez rrjrcted the offer.
, The Chicago Zouaves will arrive in Philadelphia
to-day, and will be received by the Washington
Grays, Captain Parry. They will' stay at Jons’
ffetel. ; •
The Pricoo of Wales continues a triumphant
.march through Canada, having left St.-Jobr?,
: Newfoundland, for Halifax.- The grand ball to hU
honor in St. Johns is said to have be on a 'brilliant
affair. ' ' /'
, The money market Is active, not-having felt.ihe
efforts of tho New Yorkors to oraate a panlo. In
Green and Odates Poseenger Railway stock tber*
was a gain ef j. Tbe 'stock market still reiuafbs
unsettled, with but lltile doing.'' Breadstuff* were
doll yesterday, (here being but a slight demand
.forffoar, Wheat Is eteedy and dull, wbilocorn
meets with but little Inquiry. Cotton is unchanged
There is a good demand for groceries. Tbe pro*
vision, market is quiet, whisky is without altera*
tlon. v
Municipal Plunder.
The Japanese Embassy were liberally enter
tained in Philadelphia for a week—Saturday
to Saturday—for less than $7,600, being three
fourths of what onr City Councils voted for tbat
purpose. In New York, where they, wore
exhibited at Niblo’s (garden, by public adver
tisement, for half, a dollar each view, bills to
’ the amount of .$126,000 were run up, $30,000
. belng thc original appropriation. This seemed
.so .flagrant a robbery, even for New. York,
: thattbe amount waa cat down to $106,000, and
no bills of particulars -have been sent in -with
. this claim. -
TheNewYotk Appropriation was $BO,OOO,
the 'expenditure, in n rowdyiak manner, $105,-
000, The Philadelphian appropriation was
$lO,OOO, and the expenditure, in a manner
creditable to the city- aid satisfactory to its
gaests, was $7,800, To put" New York even
with Philadelphia, tho expenditure there
should have been $21,000 instead ot $105,000,
or $1,048 instead ofslo,6oa a day. •
Comment upon this is unnecessary—every
body knows how money matters are managed
. ia << the Empire City” and “ great commercial
metropolis.” ' 1 i , -.
Tss Savssreis-Yiie Locusts —ln the region
of tbs Lehigh Valley, the seventeen-year loonsts
have mede their appearance daring the 1 present
■■Man la Sarhrms, and ere now passing away, having
•ompieled their. arrangements for the. nextgeno
rattoe, which, If Milleristh 3oes .net interfere in
the meantime, will be due in 1877. A gentleman
residing at Blatlngten, Pa., 'Mr. Charles Peter,
proprietor of the Slatingtoh Hotel, 1 sends us e stink,
Some eight feet is longth, orit from a neighboring
traetoT woodland, at the foot of the Bine Moon
this, la which the process of depositing the eggs ia'
enrioosiy illostrated. These embryonic loonsts; uf.
Wkleh the stick referred tu oontafns. probably ten
iboosand, are. hid in regular rows beneaih the.
parfnttsd bark. In appsaraaoeand slsa they ara
not unlike the seed of timothy, exoept that they
are more perfectly white ‘
' Niw Passing** a»d Pattonr Bone* to Non-'
folk' asp PohrswoDTa—This route has ween'ty'
hew,opened fot travel, and is daily becoming
At presont there is . bat a tri
more popular.
weeklyoimmdnle*tlon, butin a short time (hers
f will hi a daily line. 1 Passengers by this route take
tfce'ewiol the Phileiolphia, Wilmington, anil Biliti-'
“ «nor» BsilroUd, at their depqt, corner ofßroad and
Wiihtugton avenue, at 8.15 A. M., dn TieaeUje,
' - Xhurediye, and Saturdays, arriving, at Seaford,
, Daiawate, at X3O P. it., and theuee by the spied-'
did steamer Philadelphia, arriving at Norfolk at
•a early hour tha following morning. The faro
yls Mttenabi*; •ridt-th® toafO’ apleasafit one, r
'; .wt lutVao/dqubt the frarellfn* community will,
gWalt prefetonco oTef all others. Par parUoiilArs,
see *4v«ru;eVefit in anotheroolunm," * f
Foundling Hospitals.
The recent proposition of O. C. Tqwnshni),
proprietor oi.the Orphnhs’ Home in-lowa, to
onr Guardians of the Poor, to tal;e ehavgo of
all tho foundlings sent' ’(t) our ttlmshouse
nursery, and to remove them to:; h ih_-Western
institution after they .attain a suitable ago,.has
invested this whole'subject with considerable
immediate interest. It is certainly one well
worthy of the attention of every philanthro
pist. We read with horror of tho inhuman
sacrifice of children in such heathen lands as
China, but we’cahßotiblimt'dui; eyes to tbe fact
that in out vory mliist, with all cmr boaated in
telUgenco,' refinement, and humanity, the most
horrible of crimed-—abortion, infanticide, and
the desertion of children—ate yearly’bccoming
more and more frequent, arid tli’af, in conse
quence of tho indifierent care' often taken of
the Unhappy offspring of vice or hopeless
poverty, who are consigned to overcrowded
almshouses, the rate of mortality among them
is truly appaliing. p .
While there nnqnestionably exists among us
a warm and sealous ieeling of benevblenee,
which is ever on the ' alert to discern hew ob
jects .worthy of its energies, and to alleviate
the harden of hitman wretchedness, it is strange
that iSore care and attention is' not given to tho
forsaken little unfortunates whose miseries
commence with the very hour of their birth,
and who, bereft of the sustenance and protec
tion of maternal care, become the .most help
less of beings, with their very existence loft
trembling in the scale, no one knowing at what
hour it may be sacrificed through » want of
the attention necessary to secure their health
and comfort.
-The objection is sometimes made to found
ling hospitals, that they exert an unfavorable
influence upon morality, and that, if such re
ceptacles are freely opened for infant children,
and no questions asked in regard to their pa
rentage, they will be speedily crowded, in
some case 3 with'legitimate children whose
parents might and should properly support
them. There may be much force in these
suggestions; but, on tho other hand, it is
arged that they exort a powerf|i influence in
preventing abortion and infanticide, and pro
vide facilities for the nurture of children,
which go far to supply the care of faithfnl
mothers.
Here is certainly a wide Held for thought
and action opened to those who have the time
to devote to such subjects, and the means or
influence to carry out such benevolent pro
jects as they conscientiously sanction. While
we may dread the supposed immoral inflnence
of foundling hospitals, we must not forget that
it is a common and repeated occurrence in
onr own city for misguided beings to stain
their souls with the guilt of the murder of their
offspring, and that of the children consigned
to our almshouse it is but reasonable to sup
pose that many die whose lives might bo pre
served if more efficient plans were adopted to
sustain them.
Some months ago, wo believe, the corner
stone of a new Foundling Hospital in this
city was laid, under the auspices of tho Catho-,
lie Church, and at no distant day, wo presume,
it will be completed, and partially supply the
existing necessity for some such institution.
A. remarkable difference appears to dxist bo
tween Catholic and Protestant countries in re
ference to the degree of favor with which they
are regarded—as they abound in nearly all tho
former, white in tho latter they are compara
tively rare. But tho proposition of Mr. Town
send,'made to onr Board of Guardians, was,
wo believe, warmly sanctioned by Bishop Por-
rEK, of the Episcopal Church, and we are glad
that such evidences of interest in the treat-
ment oftho ill-lnted foundlings are not altoge
ther canfined to any ono denomination.
It is curious to see tho comparatively su
perior degree of importance with which this
whole subject is invested in Europe, as con
trasted with the custom of the United States,
.in Borne there are several hospitals, into which
about 8,000 foundlings, from all parts of the
Papal States, are admitted annually. In
Maples there are annually about 2,000 found
lings out of 15,000 births, and a population of
about 400,000- The number of fonndiiDgs in
Tuscany is about 12,000, out of a population
of,about 1,800,000. -There are about 70 found
ling hospitals in Spairi, and about 18,000 found
llnvs- annually—ln' -Portugal illegitimate births
and foundlings are stillmore numerous than in
Upainv In France the number of foundlings
in 1856 (only including children below the age
of twelve) was 120,000, and the annnal number
of foundlings or deserted children is from
26,000 to 30,000. A loundling hospital exists
in each arondlssementof the country, in whicii
children are kept until they become six years
of age, when they are placed under the charge
of peasants until they reach the age of twelvo.
The boys are then either taken into the public
service, under the direction of the Minister of
Marine, or bound out as apprentices. The
innual expense of maintaining them is about
$1,800,000. In tne German Statestho system
of foundling hospitals has been gradually
abandoned. In Sweden they are numerous,
ind contain many children.
The two most extensive foundling hospitals
in the world exist in Russia, at Moscow and St.
Petersburg. The former has a lying-in hospital
and schools connected with it, and tho number
of its inmates exceeds 25,000. 1 he upper part
of the building is devoted to infants, of whom
ihero are always abont 600, with tho same
number of wet muses- All children are re
ceived, whether foundlings or not, on condi-.
tion that they are given up to tho Stato, and
those who exkibitany peculiar talent receive an
excellent education. In 1857,14,000 children
were received, and from j 1762 to 1858,390,000.
Tho expenses of the institution amount to
nearly $5,000,000 annually. The hospital at
St. Petersburg now annually receives about
7,000 children. Tho only question asked is,
whether they have been baptized, and, if so,
by what name. It employs from 600 to 700
nurses, upwards of 600 teachers, besides a
large number of physicians, cooks, house
keepers, and servants, making a total of about
6,00() employees. lis annual revenues are about
$4,600,000. Children are taken to these hospi
tals from all parts of Russia. The property
devoted to tho support, maintenance, and
education of foundlings in . Russia is said to
amount to $600,000,000.
.It is singular to notico in what different
channels the sympathies of nations run. We
collect millions annnalty to sustain foreign
missions, and to support almost every variety
of • religious and charitable enterprises and
benevolent associations, far outstripping, in
these respects, most of the European coun
tries. Yet, while they rush into large, and,
in some cases, apparently lavish and unneces
sary expenses, to support foundling, hospitals,
such institutions are almost unknown in onr
country. Considering that abortion and in
fanticide have grown to be frightfully common
among ns, is it not well enough to Consider
whether it is not onr daty to adopt some effec
tual measures to check such fearful crimes ?
Bank Counterfeits.
In ihe present month of July, as we learn
from the new number of Peterson’s JD elector 3
88 new counterfeits have been put into circu
lation, besides the issue of what purport to bo
noteß of the City Bank of Trenton, N. J.,
there being no such bank. Wo have, beyond
all comparison, the best bank-note engravers
in the world. Arc we to believe that the per
fection of their skill does not reach to the ex
tent of producing bank-notes which cannot bo
forged 7 The bank-bills circulated in Europe
are apparently plain and simple, in design and
execution;but forgeries upon them are snr
prisinglyrare. Is it not possiilt to produce
bank-bills tu this country equally proof againßt
successful imitation} Paper-money, the soul
of onr commerclsx system, ought to bo imita
tion proofs at all events.
, Mr. Saunders, th« Sculptor.
This eminent artist, so long a resident in
Philadelphia that we consider him as a fellow
citizen, has retnrned to bis stndio at Wash
ington; from Bavannab, and is now busily en
gaged in the practice of his beautifkl art. It
is understood that he will return to Europe In
a short time, arid probably will be rehabilitated
in bis native land, under the amnesty given to
the - Polish patriots of TBBl, by the present
Czar.
Nxeonrons’ Sal* or Won and Felt Hats,
Caps, Bt»aw Goons, to.— We, invito the attention
of tbs trade to the large siook of silk, wool, felt
and ossSimero hats ; oloth and plash asps;
trimmings, straw gootls, fixtures and lease of store,
40., to be sold this Friday morning, by B. Boott,
Jr.,- auctioneer, at 417 Market strett, upon alx
months oredit. Bale oommenoing at ten o’clock
preoiseiy. '
Bam of Fcaammu to tat Bltoh A Son, No,
914 Chestnut street, sell by auction this morning,
at ten o’olook, a large assortment .of household
furniture, superior piano-forte, Ao.
The Union of the States,
The United States Government, is neither
wholly federal nor wholly nnlirm'al. By fede
r(U .is nseentecmfeilercicii of sovereign States;
by national 1 , consolidation - qf, the States.
The' eXamplesf iff /edtrai unions are such as
the. Amphyctienio Council, the 1 Achtean and
Lyisian leagues, of the ancient Greeks; tho
United Netherlands, and the Germanic Em
pire, of the last century; Great Britain and
Ireland, until tho union of Scotland and Ire
land with the-Kingdom of England, in its
present form; and the old Confederacy of tho
thirteen United States of, America, before tho
adoption of the existing Union. Tho connec
tion of the Swiss Cantons, and that of the
Germanic Diet, are scarcely entitled to the
name of poiitical'confederaoies.
Tho pureiy^ ' national uDionß aro louml only
in monarchies, of which the British Kingdom
is an instance; the several kingdoms having
no longer their separate Parliaments or local
Legislatures.
Our Government is a composition of both
national and federal nnion—a novelty among
political confederacies ; exempt, as we fondly
believe, from the tendency to anarchy, which
ail instances of mere federal unions have
heretofore exhibited; and as happily iree
from the’ incident evils of consolidated and
centralized governments, embracing diverse
populations and large territories.
Tne Constitution is strictly federal in the
source of its f authority. Tho words of the
document are, indeed: “We, the people, do
ordain and establish this Constitution,” hut
the seventh article provided that the ratifica
tion should be by Conventions of the States >
and the assent or adoption by “ tho people”
was not signified by the people as individuals
composing one entire nation, but as compos
ing the distinct and independent States to
which they respectively belonged; nor was it
in fact adopted by a majority of the whole peo
ple of the Union; but it was adopted by the
States in their sovereign capacities, represent
ingtheirrespectivedistinct constituencies. Vir
ginia, Massachusetts, and New York, three of
the four principal States, giviDg the assent of
their citizens only constructively, not truly in
point of fact f for ftis not unjust to the sentimei t
of the people, diffused among them by the
anti Federalists, to say that in Massachusetts,
Ames and Sedgwick; in Virginia, Madison
and Mabshall ; in New York, Hamilton and
Jay —respectively first among their peers—
adopted tho Constitution, and tho after-thought
of the people approved it.-
Again, in the matter of amendments to the
Constitution, it is federal and not national.
Such amendments can be incorporated only
by adoption of three-fourths of tho Legisla
tures, or of State Conventions called for the
purpose, the amendments consistently de
riving their authority from the same source—
the States in their collective and sovereign
capacities—as did the original instrnmont.
In the present condition of the Union eight
States contain a larger population than tho
other twenty-five. If amendments wore in
such circumstances proposed they might be
constitutionally adopted by a minority of tho
peoplo of tho Union, and yot have binding
force over the whole. Moreover, it is not
national in this respect, for, if it were, a ma
jority of the whole population of tho Union
could amend, and so alter the entire character
of tho instrument, hut its provisions, instead,
require three-fourths of tho States to give
sanction to any and every change, or addition
to the contract i yet, in requiring Jess than tho
whole number of States to make such amend
ments, the federal character of this provision
is somewhat impaired and compromised.
It is striotly federal, aIBO, in ono of tho law
and treaty-making powers. The Senate re
presents the States, not the people of the
Stateß. In this branch of the Government the
States meet as co-eqnals, sovereignties, and
distinct and independent republics, ffeither
is this body popular in the sonico of its ap
pointment; the Legislatures of tho several!
States choose them, and this by express re
quirement ot the Federal Constitution.
On the other hand, the House of Reprp-
sentatives is, in the source of its appointment,
purely national, and not federal, The whole
people are represented therein, as one indis
tinguishable nationality, just as tho people of
the States are represented in their own Logis-i
latnres.
The Government, in the operation of its
powers—legislfttiTe;-e.r«cntive, and judiciary
—is national, and not federal. The laws of
Congress and the decisions of tho courts, ex-
cept where States are parties, and tho execu
tion of tkeso laws and decisions by the execu
tive branch, operate upon individuals, and not
upon the States. Thus the action of the
States by which the Union was created, and
the constitution and agency of ono branch of
the legislature, have all tho qualities and cha
racters of a compact, league, or simple fede
ration ; while in the representation of another
branch of tho legislature, and in tho operation
of ail tho powers of government upon the
people, it is a national or consolidated go
vernment.
In the election of the executive, and in the
appointment of tho judges ot tho Federal
Courts, both forms of political union meet.
Tho Electoral College is compounded of na
tional and Stato representation; and tho Fede
ral Courts, being appointed by tho President,
a composite lunetionary, and tbo Senate, a
State sovereignty agency, are, if possible, a
still more complox organism of tho Govern
ment than any ot the co-ordinate branches..
But if, in tho operation of its powers, the
Government is national, and not federal,
in tho extent of them it is just tho reverso.
It has authority over individuals, but not
an indefinite supremacy over all persons and
things, so far as they are naturally and neces
sarily objects of lawful government. Tho su
premacy of legislative power is not completely
and exclusively vested in the national Legis
lature, as it is in that of a single independent
State. The local or State Governments are
no more subordinate to tho Foderal, within
their respective spheres, than the Federal is
to them in its proper sphere. Its jurisdiction
extends to certain enumerated objects only ;
a residuary and Inviolable sovereignty over
all other objects is loft in tho States, or, in the
Jangnage of the instrument itself, “ reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people.”
This view of tho Constitution, which might
be largely extended, so as to cover tho army,
tbo navy, the regulation ot foreign commerce,
internal taxation, and a multitude of other par
ticulars, shows that the Federal Government, as
it is distinctively called, is a complex of national
and federal powers; so that, as it has not, on
the one hand, a consolidated, centralized, su
preme, or exclusive jurisdiction; on the
other, in the language of Hamilton-, “it i B
not a sovereignty over sovereignties, a go
vernment over governments, a legislation for
communities, as contradistinguished frem in
dividuals ” which ho eloquently adds “is a
solecism in theory and in practice, is subver
sive of tho order and ends of civil polity, sub
stituting violence in ibe place of law, or the
destructive coercion ol tho sword in the place
of the mild and salutary coersiou of tho magis
tracy,” which justly describes purely federal
unions of sovoreign States, and as justly cha
racterizes all the provious confederacies of
history.
IV o, therefore, cannot concnr with Mr.
Webster in the doctrine Btated in the first of
bis famous resolutions, supported in bis reply
to Mr. Calhoun's Nullification speech, made
in 1833, slier the passage of the force bill, in
which ho holds “ That the Constitution of the
United States is not a league, confederacy, or
compact, between the pe-plo of the several
States in their sovereign capacities;” (wo
can see it as nothing else in the sonreo of
its authority, in its ratification, in tho provi
sion for its amendments, and In one at
least of its principal organs, the Senate;)
“ but,” he continues, “ a government proper,
tonnded on tho adoption of tho people, and
creating direct relations between itself and in
dividuals.” To which wo can agree, without
being able to seo how tho affirmation of the
last clause proves or supports tho negation in
tended in the first clause. To our apprehen
sion it is « a compact of tho sovereign States,”
and it is «a government proper,” operating
upon tho individuals of the Union, and is not
exclusively either, because it is a mixture of
both.
Tttr. Webstar forwarded a copy of his speech
and resolutions to Mr. Madison, who, in a let
ter, dated March 16, 1838, returned his tbanlrs
«for your late very powerful speech in tho
Senate of the United States,” which Mr.
Webster's biographers are fond of quoting as
an endorsement of his doctrine. Hnt the let
ter totally abstains from any notice of the re
solutions, and argument supporting them.
Mr. Madison solves tho enigma which under
lies j&f. Webster's resolution in this' way:
THE FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1860.
“It is fortunate, when disputed theories
can bo decided by undisputed facts, and here
the undisputed faot is, that the Constitution
was made by the people, hut as embodied into
the several Slates, who were parties to it— there
fore mado hy the States In their highest au
thoritative capacity. Thoy might,' by the
same authority, and by tho same
process, have converted' tho Confedera
cy into a mere loaguo or treaty, or contiuued
it with enlarged or abridged -power; or
have embodied the peoplo of their respective
Stjites into ono people, nation, dr sovcsejguty;
or, as they did, ky.a mixed form, make them
one people, nation, or sovereignty, for certain
purposes, arid not so for others.” The italics
in tbe quotation are ours; they give onr own
reading of ihe passage, which is not an en
dorsement of Mr. Websteh. Mr. Madison’s
doctrine, as we understand it, commands our
entire assent, Mr. "Webster's theoretic pro
positions, and tho conclusion ho drew from
them upon the rights of secession . from
the Union by a State or Stateß, esteeming
themselves intolerably oppressed, or released
from the compact made by their ancestors,
by its failure to secure their liberties'or to
promote their welfare, has not, we believe,
commanded a general acceptance. That is
still an open question. Its practical settle
ment when it arises, we suppose will not be
much influenced by speculative opinions upon
tbe obligations of tbo original contract. What
States and nations must do, thoy will do when
the time comes.
This question of tho nature of the Federal
Union, the powers conferred by the Constitu
tion, and those reserved by the States, as it
was the whole ground of controversy while
the adoption of tho compact was underdiscus
sion among the people of the States, so it re
mains the sole subject of difference and dispu
tation now, and will continue probably as long
as tho Union shall last, and will doubtless be
the cause of secession or dissolution, it that
result shall unhappily close tho debate at last.
There was nothing else in the nullification of
the revenue laws by South Carolina, and there
is nothing else in tho war of opinion about the
territorial and slavery question.
A curiously refractory subject the power of
CoDgress over the Territories has ever been,
and is likely to remain. Onr own opinion is,
that the debate will never ba settled, nor will
ever settle anything, but that the matter under
debate will settle itself, unaffected by the opi
nions of tho parties to the controversy.
The old Confederacy came into the posses
sion of a vast public domain in tho Western
wilderness by cession from several of the
States, and tho Congress of that Confederacy
undertook to dispose of the funds arising from
the salo of the land, and even proceeded to
erect temporary governments, appoinffofliccrs;
for them, to prescribe the conditions pn which,
such Territories might be admitted as States
into tho Confederacy; and still further, to
regulate some of tho domestic concerns
of tho inhabitants—among other things of
less moment, prohibiting slavery there
in ; and all this without tho loast color of
constitulional autborify I The Articles of
Confederation, not contemplating any such
ownership of Territorial properly or political
dependencies, mado no provision whatover
for the necessary government of thorn. The
question thus got its first settlement without
any constitutional authority, and, at' the
same time, without any controversy.
For, tho last forty years, it has been
under constant discussion. Thu Constitution
gives to Congress power ‘to dispose of, and
make a) j needful rules and regulations respect
ing, the territory or pther property belong
ing to tho United States,” but whe(|)er this
power applies only to the property of tho
United. States in tho Territory, or to tfio pro
perly to he disposed of, and Ihe needful rules
and regulations of the civil and domestic con
cerns of the inhabitants, also, is tho vexed,
question dividing tho parties, and threatening
i to divide tjio Pnion besides.
We think that itwou)d pot be difficult to
show that tho discussion has always beep, enfi
must always continue to be, utterly incapable
of deciding the matter at issue.' Whether
Congress has or has not tho power in the let
ter apd spirit of the Constitution, it cloarly
has no effective power to determine or settle 1
the question when it is ttrisefi. J t always m!tk
ties itself—as under the Confederacy without
anthority, sff now independently of tfio con-’
tiOTertod authority. ------
Yhcro is a lesson for us in this fact, if it be
one, which WP v/UJ in another placo endeavor
to enforce.
Georob CjiriBty*B Minstrels —II may bo as
well to remind tho publio that Georgo Christy’s.
Minstrels must conclude tbeir performances at tbo
National Theatre tormorrcw evening. They will
have a great juvenile display to morjewafternoon.
For Cape Mat.—Tho splendid Bteanier Vfaßh*
ington, Captain Whilldln, leaves her dock'every
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings, for
Capo Miiy.
St. Josephs. July 26.—Tho Pony Express has
arrived, with datoßirom San Francisco to tho 11th
Inst.
Tho steamer Sonora sailed on the 11th wilh
$1,070,000 in gold, mostly for fifevr York. No
mails were taken by tho steamer, but letters and
newspapers were forwarded by an express meseen
gor accompanying the stenmer as tbo only moons
of transmitting them to Mexico, Central America,
South Amorioa, and tbo West Indies. All tho
newspepersfor the AUantlo States had also to be
expressed by the stepper, sa tho overland mail
only carries letters.
The ship Vistula bad cleared for New York viib
a cargo of 2,000 bales of wool, 8 000 sacks of wheat,
9.000 bides, 2 000 barrels Swntow sugar, 300 bar*
rels pork. 350 barrels bams, and other article?,
valued at $lOO,OOO.
Tho ship Notre Dnmo.for Australia, takes 13,000
sacks of wheat and 2 000 barrols of flour. Several
other ships are loading for LiterpQolandAustralia,
most of nhioh will load with wheat
A ship will sail in & few weeks with a cargo of
silver oro from tbe Ophirmlno. .
No pony expre«fl had arrived since Juno 30lh,
and that brought dates to tbo 17ih. Tbe St. Louis
jfttea wore to tho 18th June by tfio Butterfield
roato. ‘ ' ■ t
Carson Valloy adviocs state (hat the agent oftho
Pony Express accompanied the last -messenger
eastward with stock, to report tho route as far as
Salt Luke. He is expeoted on his return to bring
in threo or lour expresses, after wbioh the route is
expeoted to be thoroughly organised, so that thore
will bo no more Interruptions.
A great number of emigrants wore arriving al
Carson Valley from Salt Lake.
Advices from Port Townsend say that tbe 4th oi
Julv was celebrated by a grand regatta and fire*
works. t
The Pnget Sound Indians were waging a mnr*
dorous w:*r against the coast Indians.
Tbe adviees from Honolulu are to June 4th.
The Japanese steamer Candiumarrah sailed thenco
May on her return to Jo pan. •
One hundred and sixty.nino whalers had gone
North for the spring season. ;
San Francisco, JulyTl.—Business bfts been un*
changed during the last fovr days. There is a
heavy supply of produce here, which la da\ly de
teriorating in quality, and cannot bo sold unless
through the anoticn rooms. 1
No arrival since the 7th inst.
Balled on the Btb inst—Ship Morning Light,
for Honolulu; bark Corneillo, for Melbourne; ship
Notre Damo dea Viotoires, for Sydney, Neff South
Wales.
Bell and Bverett Meeting.
Hollidaysburo. (Pa ,) July 26 —Tb» Bell and
Evorott mooting, held hero last night, was tho
largest and most on’buslastlo mooting since the
Taylor oo utpalgri. CoJonal Saymora and E. p.
Pcohtn addroosod tbo mooting.
New Orleans July 26 —Thrto hundred halos
of cotton la tbp Louisiana cotton press wpre burned
to-day, causing a loss of £15,006.
Sr. Louts, July 20 —A mob attacked a nntnbor
of bouses of ill fame last night, and destroyed
property valned at $30,000. Sixty-throe rioters
were arrested by tho police end wore Said $5 eaob.
Bell and Evqrett Meeting at Altoona.
Altoona, Pa.. July 20.—A large and enthusi
astic Bell and Everett meeting was held hero this
evening. Dr. We. B Pinky presided, and Col.
tV. P. Sevmour aud K. C. Pcchin, Xsq , add rested
the meeting.
Baltiuorb, Jnly 26 —James Logan was arrested
to dny, ohargod wnh being the murderer ot George
Kyle, on tbo last eleotion day. Witnesses wore
present at the examination who identified him.
Boston, July 28.—Tho DemoorotloPtete Com
mittee yesterday decided to oall a Btato Conven
tion to meet on the 6tb of September. A resolu
tion endorsing the Breokinrldge and Lano nomina
tions was defeated by a tie volo.
Tub Aobicultdbal Department Tho
now Commissioner of Patents, Governor Thomas, de
siring to infuse new lifeinto tbo ngriculturatdopart
mentof his office, bas sent out Colonel Olrm-on to
Europe to purchase good soeds suited toour climate
and wants. That gentleman has largo praotieal
experience and ’ abilftr as an agriculturist.
Wheats, Italian barleys, <to , ara to bo special ob
jects of acquirement. New and valuable soeds and
plants are also to be obtained at any oost consistent
with the appropriation of $60,000.
That great boro, tho Hoosic tunnel, is still
pocked away at, day and night, by fifty workmen,
and tho bottom is completed ready for a traok a
distance of about ono thousand s;x hundred and
thirty feet. On tbo western side a sjiaft is boing
.uuk, from which tbo work wiil.be pußbod in both
directions. The oontraotors aro still experi
menting with r etv drills, and hope to complete the
tunnel in five years. The read from the mouth of
the funnel to flreoofiehi is under contract —Warn
York Paper.
Later from California,
far ponv r.xpnass.]
Fire in New Orleans.
Riot at St. Louis. &
Arrest for Murder.
Massachusetts Politics.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press. ,
Regular Democratic Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
HERS.CHEL V. JOHNSON, OF GEORGIA.
Grand Mass Convention of tho Democracy of
Fennsylv&nia at Harrisburg.
flfO FEJSIOJV lUTii THE SECESSIONISTS 1
A CLEAN ELECTORAL TICKET AND A
GLORIOUS VICTORY.
Proceedings, Speeches, &c«
SPECIAL DESPATCHES to “ THE PRESS.”
HAttnismißO, July 2f1,-1880
Pursuant to tho call of the National Deraooratlo
Committee* through its representative in this
6tat%—R* J> Baldeman, E*q , and to thelnyitntlen
of the members of the Demoorotio State Commit
ice -resident in Harrisburg—the'Democracy of
Pennsylvania assembled In Mrbs Convention to
day at. the State'Capitol. Every county is repre
sented, and tho utmost harmony and
prevails. Any union or fusion with the Ureckin
ridge Disunion faction is laughed at, and a firm
and unyielding disposition manifested by ail to ad
here to the timo-honored principles of the Demo*
ency, and tho regularlj-nomiqated candidates—
Douglas and Johnson.
Delegates from every section of the State give
tho most flattering accounts of the strong feeling
nm&ng tho Democratic masses in favor of DovgUr,
and the opinion is freely expressed that, in No
vember next, Pennsylvania, at least, will cost her
veto for the Littlo Giant.
Tbe Convention mot in the hall of the House of
Representatives, at two o’olook P. M., and was
oalled to order by It. J. Haldem&n, Erq., who
said:
This Convention has assembled in accordance
with the rrqavst of tho inombers of tho State Com*
mitteo resident at Harrisburg, with ono exception,
end of the member of the National Demeeratio
Oommtiteo for this Btato, who ohancos to be a resi
dent of this city.
The National Democratic Convention wbioh
met at Charleston and adjourned to Baltimore,
passed d sories of resolutions which differed
from the platform put forth by our State Con
vention at Reading only in this, that it conceded
to our Southern brethren a more determined
expression upon tbo Territorial question. Rat
National Convention, beforo its adymrsmeot,
appointed a National Committee of ene from each
State—tho delegation from oaoh State soleotlngone
of its number to represent its State on that com
mittee, and consequently esoh member of it is a
part of his State as well as of the national organi
sation of .the Democratic party. When tho Demo
cratic Convention adjourned at Baltimore it was
known that the Secedors had prearranged a plan
for tbo division of the Pemooratio party in all tho
States of tile Union under the speoious plea of
compromising- ”
With this knowledge the Committee
met, and In order to prevent, so far as potslblo.
such a plan of disorganization, whiob might be
fatal to the party, it passed two resolutions, which
I will rond from ft certified copy of the minutes
of that committee:
At a ‘meetinir of tbe National Democratic Comin't"
tee, brid at Washington, D. C. June 26. 1860, the follow
in' resoliiMOf swore un'nimoosly adnpteu:
Kftolctd, The crisis demanding that the organization
of tho Dttfocratio part? sluuid be preserv'd inwio*
against open as well as teoret enemies of the Constitu
tton and the Union, and that It is the" lore recoin
mended to the sever l ! Ftnte Committee* that (her take
measures to sfoUTe the adopt on of an electoral ticket
in their respective States-pledged to the unequivocal
support ir the nominees oftho National itomooratie
Convention, Stephen A. Douglas and Hereof el V. John
That if any f tato pommttlee shall omit to
take the proper stops for ee*u in* auoh an electoral
ticket. th‘n, the member if this .committee in Dim
Mate in her bv authorized, either m conjunction with
toemembetsof tho Stale Committee, or b- his« wn act
to toko auoh action as be riaj deem necessary and
proper for tb&t rnrpoae.
_ „ „ F. P.mblby, Temporary Chairman.
H. O. Pbincb. Secretary.
The National Committee felt that in a period of
disorganisation it was necessary that it should do
that wbioh had never been ceoessary before—exer
cise supervisory powers over the State orgnniza
tioos. We either bavo a nations! organization or
not Having a national organization, there rousi
fbe some body, some corporate body, to speak for
it. Under these circumstances, tbe State Commit
tee assembled. It had been formed at Readicg
in accordance with the resolution of tbe btate Con
vention, which authorised tho President of that
Convention to choose the memb ra from eaob
Senatorial district and be himsolf chairman
thereof.
Ap additional resolution required & pledge that
all who were members of that committee fhou'd
support tbe regular nbminces of the Democratic
party, made at Reading, end to bo made at
Obarleston, and consequently to be mado by the
regular Convention at Bslifmore. The chairman
of fhe State Convention, who was made chairman
'of'the Btate Committee, was the organ through
wl om the wilt of that Convention was con*
MtJpUpqmmitteo It assembled in Phila
delphia; forty-five members tyeye present, less than
a msj >rity of tbo whole committee, ootlmure tnan"
one half of those forty ; flv* were v gentlemen frm
Philadelphia, and this fraotion of the committee
adopted a series of resolutions which wero ln direct
hostility to tbe action of the National Democratic
Convention nt Baltimore, and the decision of the
pemooratio Committee at Washington
Gentlemen, I cs tbo rcpregoptAtive of tho Natijoal
Committee In this Stute.' carrying out the spirit
which the friends nf Mr Douglas bavo shown trom
tho beginning of this war, mado every oooocssion.
As we yielded to dictation at Charleston whet
we were told that men would secede If we did no*
Disk© tho platform before the nominees; as we
submissively bowed when wo wore told again at
Biltimoro that they would scoedo if we did not
yFld to every one of their imperious demands, bo
£ have never attempted to uie, in any manner
i-biticrcr, that power wbioh rightfully belongs to
tho National Demnpratlo Comipittee. [Applause ]
I have done nothing blit request round nstioun
Democrats to meet in council and £ have don<-
that under the eolor of tbo State Committee and
the Stato organization.
The national organization, tho national Demo
cracy, have nssemblod you here today. [Ap
plause.j It bAs been said, even by so high a per
soitsge as the President of tbe United States, that
there uro no Pemooratio nominees. If such is the
oaeo, why should his frjondp pjalm that we should
obey tho Stato Committee, composed ay R wnsoi
the friends of ono man? If ho has loosened the
bonds of tbe Democratic organization, may wo not
rivot them again, and save tho country from the
effects of such a disorganization ?
If there aro any in This country who think them
selves liko paente, able to declare thus far, proud
waves, ehnlt thou gq apt) pq farther, wo will
answer that tho Doioooratio party in it£ national
organization is as strong and anoloquorabloas were
the waves that disobeyed Capnte. [Applauso] Wo
moot hero, to-day, for the purpose of saving the
Democratic party from disorganization and ruin.
Many of the national delegation from this State
to Charleston find Baltimore aro prosent, ns are
also mrmbors of tho State Committee, and dole
gates from the Reading State Convention. Thoy
a,vo all come togethor tor the purpose of saving
tho Democratic organization from treason.
A Voice That is the word.
J#r. Ualdemap. Aps rye tbrotj bso£, with all tho
enorgy derived from proof «nd truth which cannot
be mot, the ory oi disorganization.
Gentlemon, I am now ready to rooelvo a motion
for the appointment of a temporary oh&irman.
Mr. Lamborton, of Dauphin, moved that Geo.
Nelson Smith, of Cambria, be appointed tempo
rary phaiipi&n, which m°tiQn was qnonjmously
agreed to, and Merers. Lamberton and Painter
appointed n committee to oonduot him to the chair.
On taking the chair, Mr Smith said :
(jenttemcn of this UTass Convention: In re-
turning 70a my sincere 'hanks tor this distin
guished mark or your esteem and confidence, I
mu3tbo permitted to say that, al though I feel greatly
honorod by the Compliment, I woulahavoprefem-d
that some other geutlomou should have beon se
lected for the position. In assuming its duties I
wiil pot datspn you with a speech. This is the time
for prompt aodoacrgetU aciion, and cotjop on my
part most cspeoially is more important than
words J Cheers') Never, in tho political history
of tho country, was the lemooracy of the Union so
unfortunately divided and so uohappUy riven
ncundcr. we jiavo mot to-day for tho perform
anao of a roost important duty, and it is to
bo hoped that nil our actions will bo in
tbo fltriot lino of duty, and especially
within tho lino of DorooOr&tio usages ana rules
[Great applause ) For tho present I shall have
nothing more to 'pay. I cm now ready to enter
npon tho dischargo of iny dutios
Mr. J/smborton, Itpko pleeiurp in recognising
In tho occupant of tho chair, too gentleman who
was oalled upon to presMo temporarily over tho
Heading Convention. [Cheers J
On woti n, J. ‘ Biuipson Africa and J. T. Owen
wore appointed temporary secretaries.
Mr Lamborton moved that tbedifloroDtcouuties
be called over, and tho delegates from each furnish
a list of their natncb.
Mr. Milter, of Dauphin, suggested that such a
oourso would oocupy too much time, and that, with
out calling over tho list of counties, tho delegates
from caoh could make out and hand a list of their
names to the secretaries. He considered it very
important that the name? of those who participated
in tho Convention should be known.
Mr. Lamberton accepted tho modification of Lis
motion suggested by tbo gentleman from Dauphin,
and tho motion so modified was agreed to.
The following is as complete a list of the dele
gates as your reporter oould obtain, ho not being
tiblo to procure Ml the lists handed in fropi tbo
secretariesl
Adam*.—Jisi/ili Benner. John Buabey, Sr,
Bsats.—Hon Wm, M Hienter. Hon. Geo. D. B‘iUel,
BenJun'nTie 11. Dr. R.E Gri s a mer. ftnm Ely, A 0
flre*n. Esq.. Petf rA. Lnutz, Tho*. 8. JBrenholts, John
L. R.»KH*uv.?er
Banvoun.—lfon John Cresna. 0, H. Oanher, A. J,
• tn.‘t<?r u. F. a eyors
Bi.• in —Col. J, a. Lemon, George Brnrke» Esq., J. B.
imwford
Bucks Jfts M. Boileau, Samuel Chambers, Al. D.
Jutioap.Gm John ' avis. '* ■
BUADFn*«n-JohnF. Mon s, 0. L. Ward, P. Smith,
lenten wiih-r.
BuTLEß.—Jolin Graham, James Brady, Jacob Zeis*
lor.
Clarion.— C. L Lamhcrinn,
0. nu v ßtA. B»!dy.
Cumbkkca» b —i?fo. ft iinnkor.
Cumd'ELani,—(ieo. H Burlier, Abni. Poslor, Wm.
B, Goo as. Join Camjitfe:!, K Cornin >n* Jab. S Wa*-
roner Hot**r F. fcpo. rjinatinn Kuhn John M, Good,
Ja*. AriUP*?ori. Frod’k Bonninuer.
J>. BoariMov Jofin Jphnson» L. P.
Bvnrior. „ .
CH-' TSR—Qo' John T). Poller* Gen. John J, Worth
ington. Win. ft Wadrlfil. George W. Penrce.
Carbon —William Lillv.
. ckmiuc.-1.0. Miiohell. C.T. ‘ftxander, C.D. Kel
ler James ft. Bobbins, 'amesil. Bankin, Jonn P. Pack
er Samuel Haupt, Jr. Wui. J.Smiih
Camduia— G. N. Smith. D. J. B Side.
Dkl ware.—Dr. Wm. Young Wm. 11. Lagle,Geo.
Palmer. • _ _
R.L. Lamberton R. J HMdnman. John
W Bj-own.A. L. Bouuilorr, Win. Jl. Miller, jqhn M,
Diehl. 0 O.Hmeifno. ' ' *
1 ranklin'.— General John Rrw*» Jno. R Orr. John L,
Robucß. lohaG. Orr, A. Ja kson Brand, James Mill,
Samuel Gilmor. ,
Hpntinopon.—J. eimpmn Africa, WPiiamlowir.
Lahcastre-— tlmmas Welsh. Hon B Gaampnere,
Benjamin Ely, A. W. Boleniua, Dr, 8, Parkor, ( member
State Poramitfe-,) Dr. Levi Hull. John state Committee, to ke held »t CressonenUie 9tk
GW.Mert?n fiaffi!. ?Pi action eftbe 2J of July.
Heser, Hush K. Douxheny, Ja • «>s 8c w»rt, Vonry ami prodflt tolntefiwate the electors if they are
Fr*nlr. Frederick Joln Deaner, H, Fits- prepare* to obey theinatnietioiis of the Readilg
C»: WS2S: SsjKSt“ d ?„<>*? for ,‘ft re « 0l ‘ r, ? l ““‘“f*
lITCOMINO —Hon. C. D. K droll. B.it. worriMM, CU «. Wemooratlo candidates of th*- party, Dongles and
t\ * inerj, Isaac Bruner. Jr ,J w. Mont.omerv, 0.8. Jonnaon, and on theNPiiee 6ftiie electors If va-
Hfespl Hon. J. W, Msrn»rd MaJ. Jus H. Perkjns 1 oanolee beour by a rofasal ef anr. then to oall a
Peter t ß , rne. l 'E “it io oh«e o'eo.' K Steele, s'anley OonventtonoftbeDomooraHo party to complete
Woodward, 8 tf. Winchester, S. H. Putorbaugh.D, R, the electoral ticket, and pledge it to the uncondi*
Randal, H. _ tiofial support of regular orminisAtfnn end the
•Lmnon-General George Cll rainar * F. repolarly-nominatei candidates.
Lebanon— David Tice, Philip Orntz. P. J. O’Rourk, I Resolved Jurther, That the integrity of the
Henry B!iaefl>r. l M w ~ * 1 principles and organisation of the Democratic
Mifflin —Jwphi Alexander. Wm 8h nek JnlmA, party and the success of its Candida tea is it, e
McKee. G*n. John Rots. {delegate to •. luirjestaa£pn- . f ,4 m aTU i hnnn and that to ininm <iaaaa ® •
vemion ) Wm. Wilson (State de’egate.) Gilt>ert Wal- a l m .® , no P®» antl tßftC to Insure these objects is
tor*, Dr. A. Schwartz, Joseph G Glassxo, J< s. W. Par- , of vital importance, as well now as. for the fntar*;
ker. „ „ , ~ _ . '• and should the Democratic State Committee refuse
w%r.r&Va F .o& is."' Me .R’fc.trsr.i: «*• /cT™* *» ‘w c<m
suitua Long, Heii»y Fritz, *teph*n Wilson, Joseph vontion and tne demand of the Oonventlon now
Brest's Gcorro Nirman, Walton, ADm. L&uman. , assembled at Harrisburg endorsing them, then the
Jo MovPn V zf ft R« m .. a ifl -n,»hd»r Democratic State Committee, orsueb members as
1 omßUMu S EaLanaj W. L. Dewart. J Woods 1 »fnse Bo 10 vote, have forfeited their power and
Brown Mftj.J Kouah.Dr. W. H, Marr, Fd. 21 alien* position, and we hereby invoke the falthfmt and
Awin. Dr. w. L >twAter« BMaaaer. Gen. J. K. true Democrats en said committee to carry out and
i?r“ n,wiu -?”h”r!., Br l »! r ‘vc”i. Wm. V. perfect the purpose* or Us creation, end when no
McGrath. Wm. Nolan. John F. Piel, Joseph Mexary, assembled to act as the Democratic Btate Com*
Fd Kerser, Fol. Dexan fl- Carson Adam Wartman, mittee of Pennsylvania.
W*«* Th.HH, hereby dcclercd to be .be
mln*e E. G. Webb. Jas Kelso*, I. Leeoh, Jr., Ued. duly of the said Democratic State Committee, as-
W. Jones. Wm. P. Lauraan, Kd. I.aum&n. gambled as herein set ou», to call a Convention of
rf^ M M RY M. J v A,M<lgeo * R,M ’ BuMell,Jud * e ReiC,njf " the Democratic party of Pennsylvania in f*voref
Potter —W. W. Knox. its regular organisation and nominated candidates,
Bchl*»lkill.—Benjamin C.. Christ. Henrr L. Cake, the delegates to be eleoted according to usage,
Smiyel Hun'ziuger, J. Addison MoCool, Jerome K. and to meet on or before the 28th of August text,
c. Ward. ™ earl T a * practicable, for the purpose of per*
T'iuoa,—Henry Bhoward. fee ting the Democratic electoral ticket pledged to
Un:ov.-J. m, B»um. , . , , , support, maintain, and abide by the action of the
DenM KiS L , Andrew Wamfffmi. A 1 S*
via Williams ’of the party—-Stephen A. Douglas, Hersobel V.
Yoex.-H. L. Fisher. Johnson, and Henry D. Foster.
Mr. Ward, of Bradford, moved that a committee Resolved. That it is hereby declared to bo the
of thirteen he appointed by the Chair to report a Jill and wish of this Convention, representing the
lietof oSoers for the pennunent or g au,ration of
tno Convention, for Douglas and Johnson, and no other candidate;
Tbemotlon was agreed to, and the Chair appoint- and in toe event of any obstacle arising to prevent
ed the following gentlemen on that Committee: the assembling of the Convention to be called to
.Col. Ward, of Bedford; Gen. W. H Miller, of ; S 6 ® 1 ? cn ’ 1?» d la th At * co ¥ oa, /»- f^
Dauphin; Wm. V. McGrath, of Philadelphia;l State Committee, organized mherein
McLaughlin, of Cambria; Graham, of WestmoTe- I I W B W Bh * n P OB *** exercise the
land; Pnterbnugh, of Luzoroe; Runtzlnger, or P^ersudßmboritytoformßuchaneleotorr.lticket.
Bchnvlkill; Judge Chamnneys. of Lancaster; H. Resolved, That the president;of this Convention
W. Weir, of Indiana; 0. H. Gaither, I. 0 Mitchell, ft,* 1 . 1 . a PP°* n * A Committee of Correspondepcer or
of Centre; Gon. Patten, of Erie; Simpson, of Vigilance to address the Demoeracy of Peßoeyt-
Snvder > v * yama, correspond with the regular organiwiiona
m . ... _ .. in the several counties, distribute oorreetdaforma*
Tho commitlec retired for consultation. ti on> ani j Kuarc i the vital ioterejts of the party. •
A gentleman in the book part of the Convention Resolved , That the Convention respectfully and
exclaimed, at this stage of the proceedings, earnestly ask a prompt and efflolent organization
“ I am one of the people, and I speak for the to be mode in every county and town
people in proposing three oheers for Stephen A. ?, P 1” Commonwealth, so that the electoral
Douglas, the next President.” ticket may be presented to every Democratic voter
rm,,, » m Pennsylvania, and also to insure the aaccess of
The oheers were given with a hearty good will, the Democratic State and national candidates in
Mr. Hineline stated that some time would October and November next,
elapse before the Committee on Permanent Organi- Resolved, That the Democratic party of Penn*
zation yrould bo ready to report, and he did not 8 7\ v *nia is not to be held responsible Cor the
UaowW they „ou,d beU.roeoap, , h at llmotben
in listening to a speech from the Hon. Charles tors or appointees, have united with seceders from
Brown, of Philadelphia. He made a motion to the Democratic party, and arousing their publio
that effect, whiob was agreed to unanimously. position to destroy its Pinion and harmony, and to
Amid great enthusiasm Mr. Brown took his a *B*‘ 0 ' ,nd L d “ , !f- ~
, ~ , _ That no newspaper other than those
stand at tho clerk s desk, and addressed the Con- which rally to the sopport ot Douglas, Johnson,
vention as follows: and Foster, ehsll be considered as speaking an-
GbntiiEMbh : lam not remarkable for any kind thor t «tively for the Democratic party,
of apoiogles, and I say to you that lam not hero Without action on the resolutions, the Conven
to*dny the pnrposo of makingfipeeohes. I left the tion adjourned till 8 o’olock this evening
oohtioal arena years ago to men younger end abler About two hundred gentlemen participated in
than myself, and lam only here out of love for tho proceedings, few or nose of whom were espe
the oause in which we are sow engaged. For forty dally delegated,
yaars, perhaps longer, I have voted and supported . stewing session.
the regular Demooratio tioket, never having faffed Mr Fisher, of York, addressed the Convention
In a single instance in finding where the Demo- at length on the strength of the Douelas Democracy
cratlc parly was. who were its nominees, and what In his county, and in the Btate, He said it con
were its principles [Cheers J eisted of nearly the whole parly as originally oon-
I trusi C have always supported the party from stitnled.
unsolßsh motives, and because I believed that its An amendment to the resolutions was offered
principle* were best for tbe prosperity of the coun
try and the good of the human family. Having
almost sat by the oradle of the Demooratio party—
for I was born about the same time It was horn—l
do not want ts> walk by its hearse. I would like
*o see, when I leave this world, that party to which
l have so loog been attached, and whose prin
ciples I susteioed in these halls more than
thirty years Bgo, as well as in the halls of
'he National Legislature, in the full tide
of viotorv as I have seen it freqnentlv before,
(great applausej and I am here because I think I
Have some experience in the interests of tho party,
and havo seen it in darker times than overshadow
»fcnow Mare than twenty years ago I stood in
these halls during the bank excitement, and beard
*he cannon thundering out on the grounds in front
of tho Capitol In honor of victories over the Demo
cratic party. Though my voloe was then drowned
by the thunder of the cannon, { did not fear to
•peak, because I felt that the principles I sus
tained here were immutable and must be success-
ful f Applause]
I think so now. Attacked by foes within and
foes without, I b**Ueve that this cloud which now
overshadows us wHf'pass away, and'the Democratic
party he a party of power and priooiple—the suc
cessful party of the country—oarrying on tnis great,
country of ours to its destinv, whatever that may
he. T repeat, gentlemen, that I am here merely
to adviso with younger and more aotive men. and
not to make a speech f have come up horo to see ■
and counsel with you. but for no other purpose.
The time is not now to speak or write the history
of the troubles of the Demooratio party. We are
hero to heal its wounds. We Rre not here
*o criminate or re criminate, to widen the
hrenoh oriooresse the difficulties; we have come
here to heal them, and. as far as is in our power,
*0 bring tho Democratic party out of Its troubles,
and reriore it to Ds vigorous action ai the pariy of
the country, and the narty that hRa so long been
the solvation of the TJoion.
This is cot the time to speak of the sn’hors of
those troubles. Tbe time will come, it may be
*Odh or it m&v be later, when the guilty authors
of the difficulties which the Demooratio party is
now suffering under throughout the oountty, will
he held to a fearful responsibility, and a just
»Atriimtlon, and a terrible one it will be when that
• time oops oome. - _
Our duty now'lSa plain one. The demooratio
party fg in trouble.' Men who should have kept it
out have brought it In, and it ia our duty to go I
hack to the source of all power, the Democracy of j
Pennsylvania. [Cheers J The men in whose bands
they have intrusted a portion of the organisation
have proved treacherous or derelict, and it belongs
to tho Democratic masses to cure the pvil. for th ( e
*uTo*t way to* outc it effectually is to appeal to
them, and whenever they get it in their hand?, my
word for it they will do it well, f Applause. |
We are here, as I understand it, Democrat*,
who feel An interest in the success of the princi
ples of the party and its candidates; we are here
to advise with one ftUQ'hcr, and then to lay the re
sult of onr oounsels before our Democratic fellow
citizens over the State, and to ask them to act.
That I understand to be 'be object of onr meet
ing here There is no difficulty in the matter.
There is time enough before tho eleotinn to do all
this if it he done immediately, and done with a
will. We have time enough yet to get out of the
fusions And oonfusisns which have been intended
to insure onr defeat; time enough to get out of
them nil, and to place tbe Demooratio party upon
a solid basis, where it nlaoed by the Demooratio
State Convention at Heading.
Mr. Brown then proceeded to review at length
tho history of the Charleston and Baltimore Con
ventions, proving conclusively that the majority
of the Convention furnished no ground for tho at
tempt made by a factious minority to disorganize
and break up the Democratic party, and in taking
this step they had acted upon their own Individual
responsibility, ip the hope that their qotion wptijd
'end to a dissolution of the Union. We were not
fighting against tbe South—only against these men;
and even should wo be defeated in November,
whioh he did not believe, we would lay the founda
tion of a new Demooratio party, in whioh thoro
would be no Disunlonlsts.
[DESPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PEES3.]
A permanent oTgnnliatinn was effected by the
eleotion of Hendrick B. Wright, of Luzerne, ns
president, with a npgiber of yico presidents and
seoretnrle*.
Mr. Wright took tbe obairamld loud applaujo
and ohoers for Douglas. Mr Wright said: we
have assembled to resist rank usurpation. lie
would vote for no suoh mongrel coroern recotp*
mended by tbe State CnpmltteQ. If he eould not
vote for tho regular Demooratio nominees, and
them alone, he would stay at home, and weep for
thedegeneraoy of the times.
He might question the propriety of the body of
men now assembled to foim an electoral ticket, or
usnrp the powers of tho Demooratio State Conven
tion, by calling a State Convention. He believed
it would be aoffictent for this meeting to deolaro
Douglas and Johnson the regular nominees of tho
Dycnoorotio party. Wbatevor may be done, he
would be willing 10 make it bis party creed. But
lot there be deep deliberation before aotion.
ilo would not he willing to submit to the aotion
of the old Bonding Convention which had been
disbanded, bat he would consent that the peoplo
should form a new Cpnvontion to present an elec
toral ticket. The leaders of the eeees«ion move
ment look forward to a Southern Confederacy Ho
dcQed their opposition In conoludon, ho advised
tho members of the Convention to be cautious as
well as efft-ctual.
A committee on resolutions was appointed, with
Richard Vflux as ohairman.
Joshua T. Gwen, General Davis and Goneral Mil
ler addressed the Convention.
Tho conm>it r ee op resolutions, after considerable
dobflie. rrporteit tbo following:
XV/ierra* t The Democrat* from all parts of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in mass Conven
tion assembled, in favor of the regular organiza
tion of the Demooratio party, its nominations,
usages, and principles, do hereby solemnly declare
and resolve—
Ist. That we ratify and confirm the resolutions
and nominations of the late State Demooratio Con
vention hold at Heading.
2d. That wo ratitv end confirm the resolutions
and nominations adopted and made by tho only
revulArly-organized Domocra’io National Conven
tion hold at Charleston And Baltimore.
31. That we hereby prool&im our sincere, faith
ful. energetic, and uncompromising support of tho
rominations by the Stnto Convention of Uonry D.
Foster for Governor, and by tho National Do.-nn.
oretic Convention of Hon. 8. A Douklrp. of Illi
nois. for President, and Hon Ilersohel V Johnson,
of Georgia, for Vioo President of the United States,
4th. That we hereby solemnly protest ftgainat
tho proceedings of tbo Dewooraiio State Commit
tee, held at PbiladelpMaon the2J of July, IB6o—
Because said aotionof tbat onmmiftee was
unwarranted by the terms and authority of its ap
pointment
2t. That it waa In opnoFltlon to tho instructions
and resolutions of tho Readirg Convention, from
which it Mono derived its official authority.
3d That it thereby proposed to release tho
electors from the only duty enjoinod on them
to vote for the regular candidates nominated by
the regularly-constituted National Convention of
tho Demunracy of tbo United States, and under
took to AtffWiae and jostify said electors to vole 1
for candidates other than those so regularly
nominated. /
4‘h. that Bald action of the Slate Committee
is contrary to the usages of tho party, tends to
broak up its organization, recognizes direct oppo
sition t* its nominee*, and would prevent the
masses of tbo party from voting for 8. A. Doy Mas
and Hersihel V. ,Johnson, tbo Demooratio nomi
nees for President and Vice Presldentof the United
Stall*.
And t pkertat, therefo)e y in tho present condition
of the Democratic party, thus itiduoed by the disor
ganising action of the Stnto Committee, it becomes
necessary for the Demooratio party to take suoh
deoislve and unmistakable ground as will put to
rost all doubts as to Us feelings, wishes, opinions,
and duties in the present crisis : therefore, b.e it
Resofafid and declared. That the proposed plan
of the J)emuor%tio Btftto Committen for tusien and
compromise is anti Demooratio, will not be sanc
tioned by a full meeting of tho committee, and
will be rejected by tbe Democratic masses; and in
Order, therefore, to test the truth of cur eonviotlons,
we demand tbat the meeting of the Demooratio
adding Mr foaldsman, the member of tbe NaUonai
Democratic Committee, tothenewSta*Comml'tteo.
Mr. Haldeman opposed the amecamant. He en
dorsed every word of the resolutions, but be be
lieved that there was not sufficient action in them.
He wanted an executive body representing this
Convention, which he considered fairly represent
ed the Democratic party.
Mr. Chase, of Lursrne, replied, ia a speech
whioh caused some excitement. Though a Dong
las man, he was not disposed to be ruled out of
the DemooraMo organisation, and contended that
the eleotoral ticket foimed at Beading should be
sustained until it Was mutilated. [Cries ot “It
has been mutilated !”J \
Gen. Davis, of Books, suggested that the chair
man of this Convention be empowered to appoint
one or two members from oaoh Congresaionaldis
triot, to sot with the minority of the State Execu
tive Committee, and form an electoral ticket in
case the committee refuse to do Justioe.
Geu Ward, of Bradford, argued, in faver of the
resolutions, and of conoUtatiom as ’according to the
usages of the party. Wo should not fall into the
seme trap as our opponents, by breaking the rules
1 of >ho party.
1 He wanted to avoid any interforenoo with the
legal actions of the State Committee, which is the
regular agent of the party appointed at Reading.
|Wo don t know yet who aro the true men.of the
oleotors, and oaonot properly arrange a ticket.
Mr. John Cessna, of Bradford, said that the pro*
gramme (resolution was not fully understood, and
e expt*iaed R.
i Mr. Welsh said that overy elector was held to a
i pledge to the Rending Convention to support the
I regular nominees. We have deolared that those
I who refuse the pledge shall be sacoeeded by mon
: who will oarry It out. We ask the State Com*
j mittee to reconsider tbeir action, hot us not un*
furl the banner of disorganisation, but throw that
oblotpy upon the State Committee if they dsro to
, meet it.
The amendment of Mr. Ualdeman, for the ap
pointment of an exeoutive committee, was lost.
• Tho original resolutions and' addressee were
unanimously adopted, and tho Convention ad
journed sine dio. -.- -
The Douglas state Convention*
- UARitfSBnRQ, —A l»Vgo »\»mTrer'of~th*"
rUpmis of J>mjgtw arrive <T in the trains from dll
jjarta of the State dutlhg yesterday and this mora*
There to considerable debate among those who
intend to participate in the proceedings of the
Convention to meet this afternoon, as to the proper
raodo of notion. •
It is claimed by some that a straight out Douglas
electoral ticket should be immediately nominatod,
while othors contend that such precipitate aotion,
by an irregular Convention, called bv a minority
of the State Executive Committee, and a member
of the Rational Committee, might endanger the
cause, nn<J urge that tho mass Convention about
assembling here should provide for the bonding
either of the Reading Convention or a new S'ate
convention, to consist of regularly-constituted
delegates, according to the rules and usages of the
length of tho Hesslon will depend upon the
consideration of these questions Thereto some’
indication that those in favor of calling a State
Convention «ill be in the majority, and an early
adjournment will then result.
The leaders of the party] have been engaged in
earnest consultation this morning, while the hotel*
have been thronged with politicians, arguing the
political questions of the day. A prominent tbeme
is tho merits of the speech delivered by the Hon.
John Hickman, on Tuesday evening, in Philadel
phia. nto attaok on Mr. Douglas to strongly cen
sored, being ascribed more to personal than politi
cal feeling. The fact that several bats were pend
ing on Mr Hickman’s choice lends a signifieanoy
to the matter.
# Replies to the attack are in oourse of prepara
tion ny able friends of Mr. Douglas; one of whom,
the Hod. John R. lia&kin, it is s*id. will take occa
sion to addrers tho citizens of West Cheater at an
early day on the course of his lata political col
league. Wbat is considered as moat unjustifiable
iu Mr. Hickman's speech is the manner in wbioh
he associated the names of Douglas and Broderick,
especially the complaint tbat”Mr Douglas could
pot find time or opportunity to speak a word in
eulogy over the grave of his friend.. The friends
of Mr Douglas consider tbat tho known illness of
(heir leader at tbe time when the death of Mr.
Broderick was announced io Congress, and his ef
forts to postron* tbo announcement until his re
covery, should have spared him this wound
The action of tho Douglas Convention at Tr*n
ton yesterday, in resisting all efforts at conciliation
on the part of the Breckinridge Convention, gives
muea gratification, while the peculiar formation of
tbe fusion ticket canses considerable surprise and
speculation.
Yale College Commencement.
Nbw Haven, July 26.—The Yale College Com
mencement olosod this evening. The degreo of
Baohelor of Arts was conferred on 108 mernbrrr of
the graduating class. And that of Mister of Arts
on 46; tbat of Civil Engineer on 1, and B*ch< t'r
of Laws on 8. Tbe degreo of Doctor of
was conferred cn President gallon, of Harvard
College; tho degree of Kncholor of Arts on N.
Henry Powers, of tbe olas*of 1857 ; Master of
Arts on Judge Parks, of the Superior Court of Con
neotiout; Dr. Stephen G. Hubbard, of New Haven;
H W. Suley. Professor of the Medical School of
Pittsfield; W. 11. McAllister, California; Josiah
Charles, of Boston, and John C. Mitchell.
The Japanese Treaty,
Washington, July 26.—The treaty of amity snd
commerce with Japan, the ratifications of which
were oxohauged whf»n the Ambassadors wero in
Washington, is officially published.
Oae or the articles provides that the President,
at the request of the Japanese Government, will
act as friendly mediators in such matters of differ*
ence as may ari*e between ibo Government of
Japan and any other foreign Power,
Steamboat CoUision.-Loss of .Life*
Louisville. July 26 —The steamer S. B. Hib
bard, b*nce for Memphis, was sank this mornit.g
below New Albany, by collUion with the steamer
Chancellor One deok passenger and three of the
orow ate missing. And supposed to bo lost Tho
boat and her valuable cargo are noarly a total loss.
Gold from the Pike’s Peak Mines*
Ft Louis, July 20 —Tbe express from Pike’s
Po«k. wbioh arrived on the 21’h inst, brought
$20,006 in geld dust, which is the largest amount
ever received-
The Knights of the Golden Circle,
New Orleans, July 35 letter from Vere Cruz
to the Mexican oousul residing here, save that the
Knights of the Golden Cirele bad proffered their
assistance to the Constitutional Government of
President Juarcs.
Donglas Meeting in Virginia,
Petersburg Va , July 20 —An immense Doug
las meeting was held hero last night, in Phtonix
Hull,* wbioh was crowded to overflowing. Charles
Irving spoke for two hours, and was followed by
others The applause was unbounded and the
enthusiasm intense.
Another Fire in Poughkeepsie,
Poughkeepsie, July 26.—Tho stables attached
to Baldwin's Hotol were bnrncd thi* momirg, (o
galbor with the barn* of William Davis and Dr,
Cooper adj-'in/ng. Eight horses perished la the
flame?. Tbe loss 10 $l2 006-
Steamship State of Georgia,
Savannah, July 25.—The steamship State of
Georgia arrived hero at Jl P-.M. on Tuesday, all
well.
Tho Golden I'lccce at st, Johns,
St. Johns, N. F, July 26 —The steamship
Golden Fteeoo sailed at midnight for Galway.
Markets by Telegraph
Baltimore. Jolt 26 -Flour *t«ady, h<*ld at 55.25. No
s«la« of bu r red J? baovnntiat J!Bffl/70. ftrd
whit*at 18a»iono. COrrwlul; je}|ow,62ffBip; white,
70JT720. Pwi'Hona quiet- but firm; quotations Un
ohnnued. Whieky quiet at2QHw2l
- i *nis *NB, July 26r o tton quiet ; 800 ware
sofa Irtoludiug two bafesof the new b-oo? rmrfd
are qnnr*d at 10a So, ar a'eady «t 7Mt -
lasses 23fr30c. Corn dull at 60ff1750 Freights and Ex*
change are unaltered.
fwb WmHuafftott*
Washihuto*, Jaiy 26—The U 8. Ccarfcof
vlaims has adjourned to meet on the 15th of Octo
ber next. Bat liUle basinets bM been transacted
daring the present year, ooanae], in mac? eases,
preferring to await definite aotion on tbo Coheres*
atonal bill proposing to so change the law estab
lishing that tribunal as to make its awards final.
aa d giving the right of appeal.
The Hon. Miles Taylor, of LouUUna, having re
turned to Washington, the Douglas Executive Com
mittee have fairly commenced their document dU*
tribnUng labors. As an item of political literature
Itm&v be slated that they are printing ah edition
of 100 000 oopies of a- tract entitled 11 Lincoln and
his Record.”
*The Breckinridge Executive Committee are pre
paring for extensive circulation an address on the
Territorial question in opposition to the views of
dodge Dobgia*. . ,
b ,® Republicans are not idlers is to the punting
and | distributing of campaign document*, while the
Bell and Everett Committee are industriously era
i ht * n t ° S of their own political
H..^.J ut o 0r General Cushing aspires to the
♦u*^ ei^ 6 .v founded on nothing excepting
?.t,lf°VA" thi , sUUDU *“<J would emit
SL Euctl * P ,B “ Hi* Tisws »nd
"isheshave a different direction
♦5 ti f 1 ? t £ aa fc PP°iated George Mead post*
master at Battle Creek Mien , vice Mr. Campbell.
Tjmovfd, and D. A. Fuller at Corning, N y fr iefi
Mr Walker, removed, ft la reported that sereral
other removals are contemplated. Including Tf. S.
Mortal Jewett, and tbo postmaster at Albacy.
Ihejeceipts into the Treasury for the pwt week
have boon SI 537.000; drafts paid, $1339 000;
amount subject to draft nearly $4 OuO.OOO
Secretary Floyd has deolined going to Old Point
ComiOit at present, as he intended.
The Prince of Wales.
THB ORANO BALL—DBPABTURB FOR HALIFAX.
St Joij.vs.tf F., July 25-The ball given ia
i »2?- r *!L a nCfl ot Wales, last evening, war a
dr About a thousand participated. 7
Tho Prince danced nearly all the evening, and
SJljj fl / c half past three o’clock this morning.
When be retired, deafening cheers were given bv
the band playing “ God-save the
This morning, after a ride about the town and
its vicinity, the Prince embarked with the same
ceremonies as attended his landing. The Seel
soiled at 11 o’clock for Halifax, calling at St.
Republican Nomination.
Chicago, July 26 —The Republicans of tho
Second district have nominated J. N Arnold for
Congress, in place o? J. F. Farnsworth.
THE CIT Y.
AMOBJSMENTB THIK fcvrNlffs. ‘
PswiiaTLVAina Acadrmt of Fir* Arts, 100 Chest
out street.—The 57th Annual Exhibition.
-SffiSSS •ftS-toS"**'’ **»•
w ‘ !,ra ‘ rtrt,t ’ * bor * K,hth.~
TBBRIFIC TORNADO AT CAMDEN.
DESTRUCTION OF A LABBE BOILDING
three men killed and several.
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Onoof themost terrible toraadou Ibat have visited
tbia part of tho county, for ,ear», ocenrred jester
day afternoon, about quarter-past three o’clock,
near Camden, New Jersey, completely d< straying
tbe large phemicnl works of Messrs. Potts and
three men end injuring several
The building is al uated on Cooper’s ereek. on
toe liaaaonfifld road, about one mile north .of
Camden, had just been completed, and was pro
nounced by experienced architects to be perfectly
8-ue. it was tiro hundred feet long, thlrty-aixfret
wide, and two stories high. It was built of brick,
* w , al f being twenty two inches thick, bad pilas
ters both oQtside and inside to sdd additional
strength and wm oovered with slate, and had a
little gallery running all around its roof—in fact,
every thicff had been done to render it one of the
m ? B Lf as * fl one of the most eomplete
establishments in the country.
At the time the tornado occurred, Messrs. Potts
and Klett, and the book keeper, Mr. Dumont,
were seated in the office—a small room partitioned
off in tho northern pert of the building—and eight
laborers were oeoo pled In other parts of it, clear
ing out the rubbish preparatory to introducing
the machinery. *
It appears that those who were inside the build
ing at the time were first startled by Yha heavy
o;«P of thooder, which was 1 accompanied by light
?v*. a hail storm The shook wes so sever#
that it appeared to shake the butldiogto its centre,
and simultaneous with the shock the entire build
ing, with the exception of the northern end, was
moved from .its foundation, and turned almost
completely around from southeast to northwest.
.The laborer*, through fear of being buried in
the ruins, jumped out of the windows, and as they
2,!? 80 , P ortiooa of the heavy walls fell upon th«n.
The three men who were instantly killed, were
Anthony Schwab, & German, aged 24 years, who
leaves a wife and child residing in Camden:
Auguste Bronte, also a married man with a family
®*x or seven children; and James Daroy.
Michnot MoGleughlin, Treae Longhead, snd Fred
erick Pray, were slightly iojored •
Messrs Potfe and Klett retained their seats In
their office, and although'onssoiomi of the danger
surroundiog them, deemed it more prudent to do
so than to rnn the risk of being crushed by the
falling walls. The tornado lasted bat a few min
utes,-and uprooted several large trees and a num
ber of small buildings In that neighborhood.' The
nolso produoed was heard a great distance frem
-wesceimxiXjhfijiiaastec. -
o«me gemiemen'~whff were drlvirg along the
Haddoofleld road, about a miio from the ohemical
work*, stated that when they first heard the clap of
thunder they noticed something like a pillar of fire
revolving in the sky, and almost simultaneously
were startled by the failing of the walls of the
budding.
The proprietors of the works summoned four
pbysiotani as soon as they could, and everything
was done that could be done to relieve the roffar
£be bodies of the unfortunate men who lest
# J r Bves, were removed to their late residences,
and Roberts will hold an Irquest this
morning. We learn that the loss sustained by
Messrs. Potts and Klett will not exceed $4,000.
The Census Heiubns.—The returns of
the census come in slowly, in oonsequenee of #
large number of eitizens being out of town, which
prevents the assistant marshals from completing
their labors. The whole retaros will not be fully
completed for three or four weeks yet, but before
tbst time a number of the wards will be finished,
wbiob'we will present to our readers as they treua
plr*. The following returns were made yesterday
to the marshal’s office :
The portion of tbe Twelfth ward lying from
Third to Sixth, and from Yine to Green streets,
has been completed. The population within there
ltaiUitB?47; during the last year there were 78
deaths. The valuation of the real estate is $l9-
830 900- There are seven schools; 2 public, 2
Friends , 1 academy, and 3 independent German
schools. These schools are attended by 862 scho
it* ♦ ®‘ght thousand dollars are expended anon
a 1 *J* support of schools, besides the amount
talied by taxation. There are five German papers
published within these limits, mostly- religious.
There are also elqht oburehrs. possessing property
v-ilnoa At $255 000, and 33 manufactories of varlona
kiod?, having a capital invented of $1,206,000,
From Dauphin county the returns of fom town
ships have bees received) as follows:
Wicoofeco Township—2s37 inhabitants; 17
deaths during the part year; TalouMon of real es
tate, $475,000; 9 public schools, 10 teachers, and
57tscho!aT* j 31 farms; 5 oburchcs, having property
valued ats7,3oo>; two newspapers puhluhed—one
weekly and one monthly.
Lykens Township—Population, 1.280; 4 deathß
goHpg the year; valuation of real estate, $426,000;
83 farms; 8 public schools, 8 teachers, and 44S
scholars; 1 ohureh, valued At $2,500
Mifflin Township—Population, 1 440; 18 deaths
during the year; valuation of real estate. $410,000;
9 public soboola, 9 teachers, and 425 pupils; 1 aca
deiny, with 28 purila; 8 churohes, owning property
to the value of $l2 500 This township appears to
be exceedingly well supplied with churches, there
being one to less than 200 inhabitants While there
is such an abundanoe of ohorobes, it appears that
there is cot a single newspaper pnbHrbfd in the
towmhip. In the township there are 92 farms.
Gralzborough Township—Population, 320 ; 3
deaths darintr the year; 17 farms; valuation of
real estate, $3O 000; 1 public school. 1 teacher,,
and 70 pupil* ; 2 churches, with property valued
at $4 800 r r *
From Bucks county, returns have been received
as follows:
Solebury Township—Population. 3,014; in 1350
the population wsa 2,034; daring the past Year tho
doitfas were 22
N-w Hope Boroogh—Population. 1,141; in 1850,
1.114; decrease in ten years, 3; 12 deaths durine
the past year. *
Bell and Everett Meeting at Had-
J —Visit or the Minctb Mbn op
56 —Last evening a laTgo and enthusiastic Bwll
and Everett meeting wns held at Huddonfield, N.
J • si* rciiea east of Camdon. The Minnte Men of
’SQ, of this city, made extonsivo preparations for
display, in the way of transparencies, torches, flags,
Ac , and, headed by Beck’s Band, made an impo
sing display through tho streets, boforo crossing at
Vino-street wharf.
The party numbered over 1,206 persons, and the
train which conveyed them to Hartdocfield num
bered fifteen cars, drawn by on© locomotive. It
was near 10 o’clock when they reached Haddoa
held, after wbioh they marched ihrough the main
street, with their band creating quit© an excite
ment in this qn : et and beautiful village.
A stand had beon erected, mod the meeting was
in progress when tho Minute arrived.
Jesse It. Peyton pre.rided, asria'ed by John K.
Roberta, Robert Hare Powell, John,!. Hoiking,
(J- H, Shinn, and Samuel O Smith, as Vice Presi
dents Wm. Hutchinson, J. Q, Cuihbert, aud
Wrn-0 Shinn, acted a« secretaries
Addresses were made by tbo president. Mr
Peyton, Jacob Broom. Hon. Henry M Fuller Wm
A. Danville, of Maryland, John H. Jones of’c«m
rion, aud Grayson, of the -
Journal of ibis city . a
The meenng woa large and very enthusiastic
and all tbe Tpealjers labored to show that Bell and
Everett “ had a ohance,” and a good one. too
Tho excursion party returned to the city about
half past 12 o’olook, without the occurrence of any
accident or.nnpleasant incident. *
Hospital Cases.— George EathauTTEs
bo. who waa injured by falling into n mortar bed.
on Wedneatjay,- died at the hospital yesterday
afternoon.
Patriofc Mallia »aa atabad In tba cheek by a
man named Mtehael MoCluakey, laateycnin/ in
a fight which to.k place at Front and Chriaitaa
rroots
* Elizabeth Lomus, who fell from a chorry- tree on
the premises of Mr Morivaioe, at Chester, on the
fonrtti of July, and broke her back, died at the
hospital last evening.
Robert Stewart fell from a swing, yesterday, a
distanco of twenty-five feet, at Haddington Grove,
and injured biensdf severely. He was admitted
to the hospital.
Dishonest Domestic.—A colored girl,
Dimed Virginia Bradley, who had been em
ployed as a domestic by William Morgan, at
1119 Spring Garden street, deoamped on Tnesdfty
and took with her a number of valuable
and a lot of fine jewelry. She was arrested v* a
terday, end the goods recovered. Alderma '
Bcitler committed her for a farther heariD*>
Qhureday next. *
Sthbck by Lightning.— Yesterday after
noon, a barn on Mr. Lee's farm, about three miles
east of Camden, was struck by lightning darine
the storm, and was completely destroyed. 4