South would march forward in the career of glory with a firmer and faster step ihan.'was. ever witnessed among nations.. Oppressed* by the burdens of unequal taxation, discour aged in the cultivation of its commercial add* manufacturing interests, and dwarfed in its territorial expansion, the South will soon be come* the helpless dependency of the anti slavery power.' This is the alternative be fore us—a grandeur without parallel in histo ry, or an ignominy which one shudders to contemplate in the bare conception. Will the South choose the career to which interest, honor and every manly motive beckons it, or be tcontent with the lot of the craven and the slave ? The timid fool may whisper that the expansion of our-inslitulion is an impractihle acbievmeni; but nothing is impossible with the p'eople of the South. If the (North re sists, dpou what stronger ground could we stand than upon thisissne of the extension or restriction of slavery ? If the? struggle is to come, lef it come now, while yet weiiave the spirit and the power to defend our rights. If we are to .fight, let us fight for a principle which is essential to our equality in the Union, or our independence out of the Union. Henceforth let the free expansion of its insti tutions be the ultimatum of the South. FROM KANSAS. Preparations for tbc Election. Sl»ooi;iI Com.'3in*ii'li;iie(! of til*-' K. Y. Tribune. La, whence, K. T., March 21, 1857, I learn that several parties of young men from Missouri have been coming into the Territory at different points lately. They take claims wherever they can find them, but limit their efforts to laying a foundation. They idle their time. A dozen of them may be found in some houses. Several of them have slated that they are hired by the month to slay. This is the only indication of prepa re'ion for taking the census. While in Le compton I learned, on inquiry, that the cen sus had been taken in some parts already.— 1 have not heard of a single instance of Sher iff or other officer presenting himself to a Free-State man while engaged in taking the census. I have 100 much reason . for staling thit the census-takers will nut go.into the Free-Stale towns and settlements to lake the census. Whether any considerable number of the Free State men will be listed will probably not be seen until the notices are posted up. Even then, it is a chance if some fraud does not prevent this feature of the bill from being carried out. Only ten day| of the time appointed for taking the census re main. There is not time now to take the census as it should be taken, even if such was the design.-1 shall carefully note all the steps in this process in the different localitiesin^fhe Territory. ■ The impression prevails that the Pro-Slavery men have abandoned their own law, as the census has not been taken. This is a great mistake. There is no doubt but a census list, made up in some way, will be presented to the bogus County Courts. In view of facts now presented, it is impossible to resist the conclusion thatlhe Kansas ques tion will only be solved in some struggle be ginning and ending in violence. The law, Missouri Ruffians, and an inflexible determi nation are on.one hand, and on the other the great masses of the people of the Territory. Neither have the slightest ideas of succumb ing. With the experience of the past and the hard 'features of the present, is there any one who can rationally expect a peaceful solu tion 1 The power of doing so lay with the General Government. It has refused to lake the responsibility, or is unwilling to do justicer The decree havjng-'gone forth that all the world should be taxed, the bogus officers are busy, in the effort to carry it out. Their success is various. At one place, the Assessor proceeded to put up his notice, and just as he had done so a man walked up, read it, tore it down, and tearing ,il in fragijicnts threw them in his face. He left. At another place, a rope with a noose on the end of it was thrown over the limb of a tree, ahd when the Assessor came it was pointed out, and he was advised to leave, which he did. The laws for distraining properly hare been enforced in some cases, and in others the Law-and- Order functionaries have dispensed with the needless preliminaries incorporated in the bogus statutes for the sake of appearances, and have taken such articles as were availa ble or suited their taste. In this way the in genious Collector of Calhoun County laid his appropriation claws on some saw-logs belonging to a Free-Stale squatter near Kansopolis. This effort to reduce the reve nue to a saw-log basis shows a creditable, anxiety on -the part of that functionary to collect soiripthing. Probably ho wauled the logs,' and availed himself of this excuse for stealing them. The probability is, however, tbit this clever exploit may get the aforesaid Collector into trouble. A party has been raised and has started to rescue the property. I think it is quite likely that we will have a little brush connected with this lax-collecting business before long. Attempts have, recently been made to ar rest some Free-Stale men living near Ottawa Creek on a variety of charges made by their Pro-Slavery neighbors. Woodson, the acting Governor, authorized the use of the troops, a party of dragoons accompanying the Deputy Marshal. Ayru’s Amkuican Almanac is now ready for delivery at Roy's Drug S'ore, who is sup plied will) it by the publisher for distribution gratis to all who call for it. It contains about the riche-l collection of anecdotes we knew of—a calendar accurately calculated for ibis meridean and found reliable, besides an amount of valuable medical information which should bo in the possession of every family. This li'tle annual has become a welcome visitor to the fireside of the Ameri can people,—and not. to them alone, for its numbers arefreely circulated in almost every civilized court'ry under the sun. It is pub lished in the English, French, Spanish and German languages, with calendars adapted to every meridian of the Northern Hemisphere, Over twenty-seven hundred thousand copies were issued last year, which is doubtless the largest edition of any one book in the world, Odr readers are respectfully invited to call and get a copy, and when got, keep it. A case involving the question whether a clergyman can marry himself has just been decided in the affirmative in'the highest courts of Ireland. i THE AGITIA.TO Cobb. WELLSBORODGH, PA. Tliursdas’ morning, April 9.TSSt, * ( * All otherCoraraunicalionsmust be addressed to ibe Editor to insure attention. Republican Nominations* For Governor, - -.-. - DAVID WILMOT, Of Bradford County. - ~For Canal Vornmissldner,' 'WILLIAM MILL WARD, Of Philadelphia. For Supreme Judges, - JAMES YEECH, Of Fayette County , JOSEPH J. LEWIS, Of Chester County. SPECIAE NOTICE.— The Republican County Committee are requested to meet at the house of PI. H. Potter, Middiebury, on FRIDA F, April lOlh, al4 o'clock, afternoon, for the transac* lion of important business. M. H. GOUty, April 2, 1857. ’ Chairinan. Little Rhode Island lias elected her entire Rcpub- Ucan State liokct by rousing majorities. This is another melancholy case of reaction not foretold by the hunker prophets. Is it not a little singular that every general election held since last November should be won by the Republicans 7 You who are afflicted cither periodically or semi occasionally with that most disagreeable of all colds —“ a cold in the head," are respectfully and re spectively solicited tn excuse any and all shortcom ings in our duties this week. If there be any luck of news, we excuse it by saying that we have heard nothing, distinctly, for the last five days. If there he any fault of taste it would not be strange, as wc have tasted nothing, discriminatingly, for a like pe riod. Hydropathists and Homccopalhists may de lect the aroma of ginger-lea and aconilura—the first in excess and the last in commendable moderation. Whatever may be out of gear, excuse it and wait for Spring skies and fair weather. There is -a remarkable difference in the manner of seeking public favor, as adopted by politicians. For example: we have it from very good authority, that the pro slavery aspirants for Gubernatorial hon ors—Packer, Black and Witte—kept “ open house" for several days preceding the Convention which put Packer in nomination. Liquor, of the best brands, is thought tn have flowed like water from the seve ral headquarters alluded to. But the quality, or quantity that flowed from the rooms of the success, ful aspirant, swallowed up the small torrents of his rivals. We arc forced to conclude thus from the fact that, by mutual agreement, these men placed success with that one who should dispense the most rum. David Wihnot received the news of his nomina tion, silting quietly at home in the midst of his fam ily. Neither he nor his friends kept " open house’ at Hprrisburg or elsewhere. lie did not And it nec essary tn attend as an outside delegate, even. He was chosen as a representative man to bear the Re publican standard on to the glorious triumph which awaits the Right. Republicans I We must strain every nerve to elect him. Tioga County—the glo rious Banner County—can give Wilmot 3,300 ma jority. She can and she will do it. Organize ! The almost Unaccountable. Who docs not, in each hour of active life, pause to note and wonder at the strange grouping of in* consistencies in the moral, social and political econ omics, In accordance with the rules of which, world ly affairs are administered? The law which affords negative protection to the daring speculator, through wiiosc recklessness hundreds may be impoverished, iimhurcs the child that unbidden lakes a little loaf to satisfy unreasoning hunger. The social law that banishes beyond the pale of human sympathy the erring -woman, takes under- its protecting wing the author of that woman's misfortune. And here, in' this land, boasted as u the asylum for the .oppressed of every nation,” wc behold that greatest reproach to the enlightened people of America~SLAVERY! the rankest and most cruel of despotisms, flourish ing and' seeking for universal expansion, under the patronage of what men arc pleased to term “ A Be. MOCaACY.” The indifference with which the Northern people have seemed to view this‘glaring inconsistency up to this time, is to ns one of the must unaccountable of things. If patriotism be dead in the hearts of the people it would seem that pride might arise in its lesser majesty and protest against the longer con tiiiuancc of the shameful misalliance. But with pa. has departed. Our statesmen hob-a. nob witli the monster and vote away vast territories, not to satisfy, but to increase its insatiable des’ue. The people may continue to permit this; they may sit down and patiently wail for the Almighty to blot out the curse; but they will learn that God works through instrumentalities, and that no miracle will be interposed to save this Republic from the just and inevitable punishment of its great crime. The tyranny of the second James had recourse to the JUtficiary. Through that channel it reached the very heart of the popular soul and awakened feelings of the deepest abhorrence. The tyranny of our second James under the active rule of the Oii-1 garchy, works out its cruellies under like auspices. There was a tyrant in flight from Whitehall on a gloomy night,'and because he had done with his jn dietary what he found could not be done with his Parliament. Modern rulers may regret not having been warned by such examples in history. It is nev er 100 late to retrace' a false step while the people petition. When they demand the time for compro mise is passed. ' The Oligarchy boldly declares that the expansion of Slavery must be bad in order to ensure it equali ty as a political power in this Republic. Was there over a more monstrous declaration ? | What is this leak 1 than to say, that henceforth, Slavery mast be recognized under and protected by the Constitution, as an appendage of the General Government in its administration? Vet the South only asks (or a for mal recognition of the power it has wielded in si lence from the -first moment of our existence m a nation. -That formal recognition has already taken place. James? the Second, through, the Judiciary, has accomplished in one brief month what Pierce, with all Ills infamous ambition for bad eminence, chose not to crown his monster villainies. Why, it is not a half-year since the priests and cl. ders of the tribe of Doughfaces assured the people that Slavery was only a local and domestic institu tion of the South. Now, (bey arc not limited to any narrow ground of that sort. They wilt never soff. cr thcii Southern brethren to cook up a claim so out. rageons, or a villainy so monstrous (hat they cannot advocate the legitimacy of the one and swear to the constitutionality of the other. We have heard men “7. If Mr. Buchanan does this, or that thing, I “ will abandon the democratic party.” They know no&hal they say. A lew, such ee cannot be roach, ed ridicule, will abandon the party when it con- .the g-p-u -^4 isumgsktes Jhe in the drarSof Orushirffcoul Freedom in the VSpng West. m remaindt£*ill hecQKpacc with tßfi_ mutations of ffcb party to which thcjPyield allegiance. When mejs? far principles that'once formed the nucleus of the parly they follow, that they neither remark-their* absence nor the substitution of others it is not likely’ Ural they will hall at any Vtlfainyv'iV may be necessary to enact to retain that party, in power. ■ The great American heart must awake.' * hay battled with Sinvery os a political'wW, ' alone/long enough; all its weallh-of sympathy paogt.be exceed —alfjja finer feelings inusf be called into harmoni oua aclion. - It must be trained 10-look- beyond the formation ef Slates and die* establishment of geo graphical divisions. Tl must cry out when tlie w«fc is sold from the keeping of U>e husband; when the child is sold from Uie protecting arms of its mother; when the girl. Just badding into womanhood,is sold into prostitution: when the sex isvalued as- they promise to increase the planter’s stock of human cattle; exposed to the brutal lust of overseers for gain, whipped in the market-places, crowded into slave-pens and deemed most desirable properly when every vestige of womanhood shall have been crush cd out! Then, when the great American heart shall feel these indignities, an anti.slavery feeling fixed and imperishable, will move the massses in the North with a force as resistless as the (ides of the /Editor. The horrors of Slavery have been carefully coa-' coaled from the masses. Ta ke a pro slavery voter from the ranks and send him into tho cotton and rice fields of the South; let him stay long enough to thoroughly understand the system as it exists on the plantations, and then it he returns a pro-slavery voter, God help bis wife and daughters—if he be so fortunate as to have them. It is not enough that a man should sleep in the gutter or watchhouse of some Southern city for a few weeks, to constitute him a- proper judge of the institution of Slavery. It requires a heart alive to distress uod obedient to the teachings of high mor al principles; a sonl above the paltry considerations of pigmy Self. 1 Such a one studies the system only to loathe and to abhor it. We could not envy the man, whatever place lie may occupy, who can Study Slavery as it exists qq tho plantation aud speak in its defence. Gut Ibis great crime again-t Humanity is perpe trated and defended by professing Christians in a professedly Christian land; arid riot necessarily, but from choice! This is til to crown the list of w ,The almost Unaccountable,” The Republican nominations are enthusiastically received by the Republican Press everywhere. We look for an interesting campaign—one lhatshall fur nish occasion for the employment of every moment in the work of organization. Tho Republican par. ty has a nobler aim than a mere selfish existence. It is not to achieve greatness for itself, but for our common country. Let us trim uur lamps anew and early. Let us bury local issues where they can nev. er rise to distract again. We must forget local dif ferences in remembering the good of the American people. jThe man who pauses now to figure in the narrow, circle of Self, or endeavors to engage others to do so, may, by a liberal exercise of charitable judg ment, he honest; hat he cannot be called either wise or patriotic. There may be individuals to whom na ture has denied the privilege of looking beyond the immediate neighborhoods wherin they reside, and such are doubtless to be pitied. -There are others who pretend to love Freedom extravagantly, yet prefer to expend their energies in fomenting private quarrels. There are some who are made unhappy at the progress of their fellows; and these will al ways be unhappy, because tl.ey will always be be hind somebody. And they will keep behind some body, because, instead of studying to build them selves up, they study to pull others down. Such are not “as wise as serpents.” thongh they are “as harmless as doves,** to the student of human nature. These classes will be found in all parties, trades and professions, and they are doubtless necessary ingre dients in the composition nf the world of Man. And therefore, to the several friends who have written us somewhat earnestly npon these matters, and to whom we have not lime write separately and privately, we say: Your teara arc groundless and visionary. We shall help to fight no pqrsonai quar rels planned either by the victims of malice, envy, or disappointed ambition. That is no part of our duty as a man, and certainly not as the conductor of a public journal. Such quarrels never add to the moral slatore ot the man nor to the dignity of jour nalism. They thrive on countenance no more than on apposition; we must'therefore decline to bring them into notice even negatively. Those who push their private griefs and jealousies into the political struggles of these perilous times, are not Republic ans except in name, and should be loft alone with their own unhappy passions—the most severe of in. dictions. As remarked above, such men are born to grumble, since somebody will progress, either so. cially, morally or politically, and without deference to their little likes, dislikes, envys and jealousies. Our advice to our correspondents then, is, to let the individuals to whom they refer entirely alone. The manufacture of maple sugar ties been con ducted with a commendable enterprise by the farm ers of this County, tills season. This spirit of en. tcrprisc was evoked by the high price of cane sugar, we suppose, and will subside whenever good Muscat vada can be had at our stores for 7 and 8 cents. Some farmers have made as many as IOOOIbs of good, marketable sugar, each. Others have made from 300 to COO pounds. It is safe to average the production of maple sugar in this county at 2Qolbs by each farmer—so we presume, Estimating the number following agriculture as a business and as proprietors, at SjOOO, we have 400,000 pounds of su gar produced in the county in a single season. Estimating the population of the coonty at 30,000, tl'is quantity, divided per capita, gives 13}lbs of su gar lo every man, woman and cliild— without dis traction of ser or color. Again,—4oo,ooo pounds of sugar at 12} cents per pound, (tbo retail price of ordinary cane sugar in this county,) is worth the snug little fortune of 350,000. Now wo have not guessed at this result; on the contrary, we have used the Census report of 1850 lying before us, as the basis of the foregoing estim. ate. Tioga produced upwaid of 200,000 pounds of sugar in ICSO ; probably she has produced twice that quantity this present season. It will be seen that our estimate is rather under than over. Something may be learned (rein thisl It teaches that the development of our Agricultural resources is of the greatest importance. The production of grain, hay, sugar, &c n ruins none, but enriches alt The manufacture of lumber, while it enriches the few, impoverishes the many. Hundreds try and keep trying for a lifetime and die unsuccessful lum bermen. All manufactures on a large scale require a large capital. Few individuals have a large capi tal ; Lumbering must be conducted upon a large scale to be profitable. .The deduction is inevitable apd need not be written) “ A freshet in Pine Creek’ was reported hereabout Tuesday Morning. %Y A|G IT AT 08. gr 9 , 7 pLATpoxem of the 1 Conventipa. ■V I Adopftd March 23th, 1857, ' • i*Eiii? Conve|jlion ofjDelegales, representing the Freemen of Pennsylvania opposed to the tea'difig"measures of the' late National *Ad- of the same tlesiruciive policy clearly foreshadowed by ■he acts and declarations ofitke adminisira* lion just inaugurated, .do .. - Resolve, Tjiet the maintainance of the prin ciples promulgated in the Declaration of In dependence; arid embodied in.the F ederailCon stiiuiion, is .essential to the prraeryalionqf olirße’publican frisiilujioris; that ihVPederal Constitution, the liberties of the people, the sovereign rights of the States, and the Union of the Stales, must and shall be pieserved. Resolved, That with our Republican fath ers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth,' that all men are created equal; that they are en dowed by their Creator with certain inalien able rights ; that among these are life, liberty, arid the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted anjong men ,* and that the primary duty and object of our Federal Government is to secure these rights to.all persons under its exclusive juris diction. That, ns our Republican fathers abolished Slavery in all the national territory, arid’ordained itvlhe Constitution ‘-‘that no per son should be deprived of life, liberty or prop erly? without due process of law, it becomes our duly to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it, for the purpose of establishing Slavery in the Terrilories of the tffriled Stales. That we deny the authority of Congress,“of the S£t preirie Court, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Ter ritory of the United States, while the Consti tution shall be maintained.. t Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power aver the Ter rilories of the United States, for their govern ment; a power hot controverted for the first sixty years of our national existence, but ex ercised by the genera-Lconcnrrence of all de partments of the Government, through every Administration from --Washington to Polk; and that in the exercise of this unquestionable power, it is the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Terrilories, those twin relics of barba rism, polygamy and Slavery. Resolved, Tuat we abe yet Freemen, and that while we teiain the inestimable rights of Freemen, secured to tis by the sacrifices, sufferings and blood of our Ravolulionary fa'hers, we will not submit to have a new Constitution imposed upon us by- the extra judicial opinions of Judges of the Supreme Court—opinions subversive of the rights of human nature—in conflict with the truth of history, with the unbroken action of the gov ernment and the law of the land, ns hereto fore pronounced by the Federal Judiciary, and the Courts of nearly evety Stale in the American Union. - Resolved , That (he recent opinions of the majority of ihe Judges of the Supreme Court, in a case over which they decided the Court had no jurisdiction, and, therefore, no authori ty to pronounce the law arising therein, is but another step in consummation of that conspiracy against our free inslilutions, which had its inception in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ; that it is the direct result of the, late triumph of the Slave Power in iho elec tion of iis candidate, James Buchanan, to the Presidency, and unless promptly rebuked by the people at Ihe ballot-box, may be followed by other usurpations fatal to the independence of the Free Slates and the liberties of our pepp'e. Resolved, Thai the constilulional rights of the people of Kansas have been fraudulently and violently taken from Ihem. Their Ter ritory has been invaded by an armed force; spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and executive officers have been set over them, by whose usurped authority, sustained by the •military power of the Federal Government, tyrapnical and unconstitutional laws have , been; enacted and enforced j the right of the people to keep and bear arms has been in fringed ; lest oaths of an extraordinary and entangling nature have been imposed as a condition of exercising the right of suffrage and holding office j the right of an accused person to a speedy and public trial by an im partial jury has been denied; oruel and un usual punishments have been inflicted upon the innocent, while murders, robberries and arsons have been instigated and encouraged, and the offenders have been allowed to go un punished ; the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, has been violated ; they have been deprived of life, liberty and property, without due pro cess of law; the freedom of speech and of the press has been abridged ; the right lo chose their has been made of no effect; That all these things have been done with the knowledge, sanction and pro curement of the Federal Government; in vio lation of the plainest mandates of the Consti tution ; That the usurpation by which a spu rious Legislature was imposed upon Kansas, and its people subjected to a code of laws un paralleled for cruelly in Ihe history of civi lized nations, is still in full force, and the people are denied the right peacefully to as semble and petition for a redress of grievan ces ; the National Executive has permitted two Governors of his appointment lo be driv, en from the Territory under fear of assassi nation, and has not dared to exert its power for their nrofgwkin. against the lawless min ions of Slavery; while judicial monsters and men whose hands are red with innocent blood, are retained in office, lo carry on the work of subjugating free territory lo the cause of Sla very. Koalas has been denied admission under a free constitution, and fraudulent means are now in progress to secure Us ad mission as a Slave Slate at the next session of Congress; Against this stupendous wrong, 'We poorest, in the name of Gqb asid Human-. all that is glorious in our history, and by the memory of the* great and good men'who established our liberties. ~~ Resolved, That ii is a fraud upon our laws, and fraught with danger-to our institutions,, to admit to a foil participation in their bene fils, any man who'-acknowiedges a foreign supremacy, which he odnpot conscientiously and without mental reservation, abjure -and forever renounce; whether that supremacy bo civil or spiritual. , Vi if Resolved, the fjriperidous frauds by .which fifor jjbpular are swayed majority of /the legally qualified the foutidaiion and life of our system of government; and unless speedily corrected, willtead lo violence and anarchy~; and wearge ; upoo;aU : good citizens to unite for the suppression of this evil’; and we call upon our own Legislature to guard by effect ive and stringent lawsilje- purity.ofthebal lot-box. ~ 'Resolved,Thai ifte sale of the Main Line of-puri approvements, is demanded by every jionsjderalion lhaf should weigh,with intelli gent and honest men. As a source of reve-j nue, it is wholly worthless to the State, while! it is riotoriously used as a means of pecula-! lion and plunder, thereby inflicting upon the State pecuniary loss, and also irreparable in jury, in the almost universal demoralization and political profligacy engendered Through out its entire extent. Resolved, That, we invite the affiliation and co-operation of men of a.ll patties, however differing with ua in dljjer respects, ip support of the principles herein declared } and believ ing that tbp spirit of. our institutions, as well as the Constitution' ,rif our country, guaran tees liberty of conscience and equality of rights among citizens, we oppose all legisla tion impairing their security. Pennsylvania Legislature. Monday, March 30, House—Petitions.— Mr. WILLISTQN, twenty one, signed by 1,189 citizens of Tioga county, for the incor poration of the Tioga Bank. Mr. BENSON, one from 'lhe citizens of Poller county, for the estriblishment of a Teachers’ Institute in each county in the State. Mr. VAIL, four from citizens of Wayne county, for a law for the preservatiori of deer in said county. Mr. BENSON, one from citizens !of Ly coming county, for a law to require Boom companies to puss logs and lumber free of charge, J Also, one from citizens of Potter county, in favor ol the Summit Bank. Mr. WAGONSELLER, two from citizens of Schuylkill county, for a new county to be called Amhracif. RETORTS OF COaIMITTEE^^. Mr. WILLISTON, same, as committed, the bill to attach Warren county to the East ern District of the Supreme Court./ • Also, Senate bill No. 289, relaftng to the Treasurer of Allegheny couniy, ] Also, with a negative recrimfnepnalion, the bill to prevent hawking and pedlirig in Hunt ingdon couniy. Also, as committed, the bill to increase the fees of Justices of the Peace in Tioga county, ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS. Mr,IMBR[E offered the following reso lution : ' Resolved, Thal Bank bills in their regular, order, as they passed the Senate, shall be considered on Friday next, and that a special session of this House shall be held for that purpose, commencing at 3 o’clock P. M. of said day. ~ The House refused to proceed lo a second reading of the resolution, by a vole of 48. lo 16. BILLS IB BLSOB, Mr. WILLISTON, one to abolish iho Su perintendent of Common Schools, and lo provide for the election of scltool directors. Also, one to legalize the elections in Osce ola and Nelson townships, Tioga county ; which was taken up, considered and passed finally. April 2, Houses —The first bill in order was No. 172, for the protection of journey men mechanics, day laborers and mechanics. The question pending was on the indefinite postponement of the bill. Mr- THORN said that this hill had been fully discussed when lasi b.efbre the House. There was nothing in it that would please me chanics aqd laborers, except ihe title. It was an effort to repeal in cer.ain respects, that wise and- heueffeial not, the three hundred dollar law. Mr. LONGAKER difjfered with Mr, THORN. It was not an, effort iq repeal the $3OO law, but lo make it protect the me-, chanic and laboypg map. There was a class of sub contractors who employed labor ing men and refused to pay them for their labor, or were unable to do so- If suit was brought, foe property of such Contractors was covered, by the $3OO law. It was to remove tbit evil (hat the bill was prepared, Mr. CALHOUN thought the bill would have the effect of repealing . the very law which was passed for the protection of labor ing men, Mr. WILLISTON favor^-the indefinite postponement of the bill. He intended to offer a bill during ihe session increasing the amount of property exempted from taxation from $3OO lo $5OO, and would have offered it as an amendment to this bill if it was in forder. * The bill was further discussed by Messrsf HIESTAND and KAUFF MAN, and the motion lo postpone indefinitely was agreed to. Ira Couch, of Chicago, who died recently worih $1,500,000, left his properly in the hands of Trustees, lo accumulate for twenty years, at the end of which time it is tq be di vided equally between his four children, now minors. Mr. Buchanan, in acknowledgement of the debt of gratitude ho - owes the loafers and bul lies of the country, has appoiated Isaiah Rynders, Marshal of Ihe Eastern District of New York. The New York Ji lxpress, whose editor was the Know Nothing candidate for Governor last fall, gives unmistakable indications that it intends to support Mr-Buchanan’s admin istration. Mr. Ellis Lewis, ihe present Chief Justice of this State, and the Pro-Slavery candidate for ■ re-election, declines the nomination. Is he afraid of being beaten ?- ■ A mare called Lady Kale lately trotted on the ice at Chicago at the- rale of a mile in two minutes and twenty seconds'; said to be the quickest.time on record. 1 Bcipomci to tbe Nominations. from the Blair Co. TVliig. •1 We take extreme delight in placing the names of the gentlemen nominated by the [pie, Union State Convention at the bead of oureditoriiil column. Itis a lower of strength, and'can be elected if we give it astron»paj| and a pull altogether. With David we have a candidate that we can be justly proud of. From tlie I7on«s<Ule Democrat. The nomination of David Wxlmot, as the Republican candidate for Governor of this Commonweal! h not ojily meets. thecxpecta lion but also fulfills the desire of all the op. ponents oflhe National Administration, in this county. 1. Because he is eminently fit for the place. He has been much in public- life, and has never been found wanting in force 'and dig nity of character, in intellectual ability, in, decision and inflexibility. of purpose, or in, those peculiar qualities of insight, self-reli ance and tact essential in those who are called to the leadership of popular movements or to the conduct of governmental affairs. Though, still comparatively a young-man he has fairly won a distinguished position. In all gencies he bps exhibited a solidity of under standing, a breadth.of view, a power of sharp analysis and illustration, a cogency of argu. ment, and a fervor of eloquence, entitling him to take rank among the first Statesmeaof the country. 2. Because his nomination, makes the issue so distinct as to be entirely unmistakable.— While he has never been, a fanatic-or a rest-, less agitator, but op the contrary a conserva tive of the school of Jefferson and Madison, he has steadily resisted the extension of Slavery into territory consecrated to Freedom bylas solemn guaranties ns it is possible for a nation to give ; and this he has so done as to make his name throughout the Union and throughout the civilized world a synonym for such resistance. Wilnjpt’and his Proviso are one and indivisible. 3. Because he is a Son of this county, and the most disf'nguished son it has produced. .Even those of our citizens who diSer (roar him on .Jvjlitical subjects, cordially assent.lo his title to distinction and rejoice in his renown. From the Pittsbarg.Cazettc, With respect to fhe gentlemen who is our standard bearer for Governor, wherein Penn-, sylvania.or in this oation. is his name not fa. miliar ! He.is a representative map, andjn fighting for his election we feel new vigor and determination, from, the fact that he stands, out as the representative of the Anti-Slavery Extension principle which inspired every true heart in this great State. Even if we were defeated for ogee or for’twice, what is a man. ora principle either, worth, that can’t stand up to the last in the midst of defeat and dis-. aster as proudly erect as though victory crowned their efforts. Our cause must gather strength wherever it is honestly maintained,, and at the present moment it is stronger than, it ever was before in this State. The nances of - Our other nominees, wiih, that of Wi.lmo.t’s, stand at Ihe head of our coluntn, and (here they will stand, we trust, until thprr owners shall have been chosen by the people of this Stale to fill the offices for which they are named. £ There is no time, place nor we' believe, to cavil. We can whip the dis-, tracled Buchananitcs if we will. Shall wa not do it !• i From the Philadelphia Bulletin. Wliatever dinerences of opinion there may fie in regard to the doings of the opposition convention, there can he no disputing- the fact that they have nominated a strong ticket, and one-that truly and fairly represents the senti ments of their constituents. With David Wilmot as the candidate Tor Governor, there can be no evasion of the great question of tha extension of slavery into free territory. The man identified with the opposition to such extension, from.the moment of its commence ment, cannot bq considered as holding a doubtful position on the subject. The people will have the issue fairly presented to them,- The Democracy will not be permitted, as they were in the Presidential campaign, la pretend one thing and to inlent^another.—. Both candidates for Governor will be expect ed to take their positions fairly and squarely, and there will be no evasions or-tricks crea ted which may be designed to deceive the people as they have formerly been deceived. From tbo Philadelphia North American. The Opposition Stale Convention yesterday did some important work at" Harrisburg, the effect of which upon the politics of Pennsyl vania remains to be seen. A Union ticket has been made as good materials as ■such things can be. David Wilmot has been nominated for Governor. He is clearly and beyond all peradventure a Republican, pure and simple. In him that party stands up erect without halt or stumble. He is no ob scure man ,merely picked up to represent its principles-s-no half way personage, with here a “but” and there a “however,” standing upon the fence and looking both ways for (bar of losing votes or' influence. In all the essentials of a Republican party man, he is the proper standard bearer in the present cri sis, and though we were not among his advo, cates, we cannot otherwise than rejoice that so fit a candidate has been found to rally the great mass of the Repubfioan opposition.—- Sriginally a Democrat of the straitest sect r r. Wilmot adhered to that parly as long as he could do so without losing his own sense of self respect, or being false tn the great principles of human freedom and Democratic Republicanism, to which he was so ardently attached. He only left the Democratic party when be found he must either do so or give up his creed. Among the few early and steadfast opponents to slavery extension, ba was the leading and most active spirit. * The Hales, Sumners, Chases, and the Sewards, who now flourish as the heads of the Re, publican party, were but - followers inJhe movement initiated and persevered in by him. For this ha .was proscribed .by both panics, but his constituents at home have always re ; . maio'ed faithful to the man and his princi ples. -To his influence may be attributed in a great raeasuro-tho revolution, in Northern Pennsylvania. It will mailer td os.very little whether -bet be elected or defeated, though wa most ardently desire bis success. The nom ination of such a candidate will be a tower of strength to the Republican party. ?
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