tiegioter.
Allentos's - fa, Pa.
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1861,
eirenialion near 2'ooo.
Our Great National Fostival
The hearts of millions will beat and thrill to
morrow with a livelier glow of patriotism than
ordinary. The great festival of the nation is
about to he celebrated, and all ages and condi
tions of Society will, in feeling or in action,
participate in the grand jubilee. It is at , such .
a moment that we feel proud of our country
and its institutions. The spirit of liberty ani
mates and burns in every bosom, and wo re
joke for the blessings enjoyed, for the political
privileges posFessed, for the glories of the past,
the realities of the preeent, and the, golden
promise of the flume. But we should do
more. We should not be satisfied with the
mere expression of feeling, on rut occasion so
hallowed by all that is dear in the history of
the nation. The men who have gone before
were the builders up of the republic in which
we live, of which we are members, and the
institutions of whicb guarantee to ne our tights
and privileges. Theirs was a mighty , work of
patriotism and self-denial. The annals of the
world present nothing brighter, purer, or more
suited for enduring fame. How, then, shall
we best test our appreciation of conduct so en
nobling, of principles so elevating ? How best
shall we perfect, purify and transmit to the
generations that will come after us, the rich in
heejlence of beechen and good gm eretnent,
of anion and brotherly love, won at such cost,
by so many struggles, and transmitted as our
safeguard and guide? flow best shall we
prove true to the !tight task confided to us—
how fulfil the sacred mission of pioneers in the
cause of human freedom?
These are 'question i; Which possess force, and
are pregnant with meaning at a moment like
the present. Wit have not only rights and
blessings to enjoy, but duties to folfiL We hut
form links in the great chain of being. We
realize the advantages of ages of trial ; and it is
our happy lot to be boot in a land that is bloc
ea in many points of view, a lamb n here the
political privileges are more widely diffused
than - in - any - other - on - the - faee-of-t he-glotte,-a
land teeming with abundance, and where the
wail cf.famine has tint been heard :ince the
white•man seleeted it !or his home. We rajt,
through the medium of literature totil history,
look back for ages: watch the pregre ,, of hu
man minim ta r n the early rand barbarian pe •
rinds; see when the lezta of Chri,tianity lust
broke upon and henelltied die w rl 1, arid re
alize: in our pre,ent condition, a ! , 12:11 slate of
civilization and human enjoyment. We I,lve
hearts to ',eel and minds to think, and we
RhOnld trot prove o,,et:siblc to the realities of
the case. What then should we do? flow'
should we shape our though:F., our p:ieeip!es
an d Cur act i o n a, to pronto tlw greatest
geed of Me greatest number, tint only now,
lc'"r I ^ - tr• - ro ,- , bet i time to come?
How should we give to the a which we
live, an onward and U pwar , l impulse ? Bow
a , F.sist the wellan3 et the millions thwegheet
ihe %voila? How e. , :t!ribtne le the con sum ma.
tion to which our !aith as men and chriidians
teaches us to look forward with hope and with
confidence? Let its ponder on these interro
gatories, and endeavor to shape our decisions
to some salutary end.
To be, to exist, to enjoy—all these are the
attributes of the mere !auto. But 'nail has no
bler faculties, higher aims and ol,jeots. To
be true to himself and t 3 his doty, he f , hoold
at least 'make nu effirt to contribute to the wel
fare, mental and moral, of nor common tin ma •
oily, to promote the prosperi+y of the masses,
and above all, to give each other mutual as
sistance, as well in a social as a political point of
view, Uwe would enjoy the blessings thus held
out to us.
Refreshing Shower
The wishes of our citizens were gratified by
the fait of a delightful Nhower on Monday night.
The dust in our street.: hal ri•:c.n tr. frorn three
to four inches., and when stirred tip by din con
tinual movements of voltieics, horses and oth
er animals, was at timed Gurtivlont In eau P
collocation. Every plant now Intitircen and
thrifty. Potatoes, corn, oats, Sz.e.; have receiv•
ed a fresh impetus and wit! yield abondantly.
Concert
IVe are requested to 6:10o, that Mr. Wald:
teuffel, the world renowned Violincellist, will
in the course of next week give a Concert at
the Odd Follows' Hall, in this Borough. Mr.
Waldteuffel, as a virtuoso, is believed not to
be excelled in Europe or this country l'he
Concert will no doubt, from what we have
heard, be equal if not exceed the Violin Con.
ports of Ole Bull, or the sweet voles of hunt/
Lind. We would sat , to all who are lovers of
good music, not to I til to be in attendance.
The Now Bank
The Commissioners 01 the Farmer.' and
Aleclianic , d Bank of Ei,ten, ale making all the
necessary preliminary arrangements in their
pnwer, for an early eoto,oonceniont of bast
ing operations. They have rented Mr. &lanes'
building opposite Slionse's Hotel fora bank•
ing•honse—sulject to the dui i:don of the Board
of Directors to be ideated t, the Stockholders.
International Monthly ilcigazine. —This is a
now Journal, issued on the first of every
month, by Stringer d• Townsend, No. 222 Broad
way, New York. Although it may he called
but young in ago, it already maintains a char
acter as being the most valuable and enter..
tenting misoellany in this country. It is pre
pared with a vast deal of cure, its selections
arc made with good taste from a great variety
of sources, and its embellishments are such us
will — interest. every American citizen. 'Sub
teriptions 25 coils it number, or 3 per year.
"The Budget of Slander."
The volley of abuse contained in the "Bud
get of Slander" of last week, is but a repetition
of what the nominal editor has cooked over
fur the third or fourth time, with the. addition
only of a large supply of "filth" and "smut."
As we hai•o no idea of undertaking anything
sn ridiculous as answering the slanderous and
poisolinus discourse—a thing of "shreds arid
paltdies"—stretched over nearly two columns
of close murkier, giving utterance to language
that cannot be mistaken as the genuine style
of Joseph Surface, in the "School of Scandal ?"
We are inclined, therefore, only to touch upon
a few points in which we trust onr readers will
bear with us another week, and
. wc may
Le t the harittleas creattne raw.
As the —Slanderers" hired FvriblAer appropri•
ale:, to the Register the title of •Sintit 'Machine:
it May be necessary to say that this tarathille.: ft ,
quires some little explanation at our hands. A
"Sintit Machine'' is a thing mcd in mills t o
cleanse and separate the
. fungus or smut from
the reheat, a black and greasy substance, often
contained in it. In us, however, to undertake
to cleanse the filthy hide and black character ol
our neighbor, is a task of no little impottanee.
A creature who has polluted and contamina•
ted the place that gave him birth—who dis
graced the fair villaye where he last resided,
and who roiled and tamished his OWII sex by
his nightly connection with a character—who
agrees in color with his lavni he word 'smut'—
in order to carry out his fiendiEh purposes, is no
doubt a tit subject to go throtteh the 'smut rria•
chine," and we know no better way titan to
have hire tied to a whipping- peq, and a round
hundred ‘vith a "eat-amine-tail" applied to his
bare back, a hetet of uyenne and suit, well
laid On over n;ght ; alter which we will give
him a turn through the "smut machine" and our
word for it, it will effect a perfect cure, and
he may by a little attention become an hottest
man, a faithful and attentive hut-hand, and a
useful citizen.
The ''Budget of Slander" with its nominal
editor at its head and a "blackguard scribbler"
in ambush, the one to write lakihoods and the
other to father them, have been the source of
interminable di-cords in all the hallowed re
lationship of the family circle, not only in Al
lentown, but wherever they have been a milli
eient-time-to-earty-out-theiphellish-ititentions,-1,-;
it then strange, reader, that they should glory to
pass the poison of their lying lips from tongue
to tongue and from house to house in older to
level a fellow neighbor to their low and degrad
ed Mandan!, hoWever,
“: 4 !tt:l,!prer: , moy oQpa:l repvtalinn,
iSu forttwattfly rh , t, 'Orr is twywikl Ilnrir wadi
\\ hat tilC! 1.1 regoht to our
vituulatiun, 1:4 not ro boa altar all. It allowd
mt. GOO, and Pays very few papers in
the (mutiny have that number. I'ely true,
Duaga, paid su you make the li , guto unl
in be among that have the larg
est circulation, and that too ty ~ .2theinatical
demonsttation. 11'e in our la .t inn.
he circulattoo of the "P. n'iet ct
der" was neat . 300, i•ieh
verig and e‘) ol the ••:;lander
er').— hands in Cie ( like informed 118 that
tie could work all their whole edition in Mien
quarters of an hour. I: is ;iii admitted fact that
O. good pressman earl aver, (41 . 300 "hems in au
Then, it 300 sheets can be w ()Hied oil
in one hour, how many can he worked ( II in
throe quarters? 11'hy precisely 2'25, and since
figures vent lie, this would appear to he the
exact circulation of the "Alientown Detrllll tat"
xLas "81140. of Slander." 11 . ):1) (loth a lead,
ing and influential democrat lately retriaikeil,
that a paper e lilt snelifistiy political pretensions
()Nil,' not Inv sustained ter I.chi: 4 ll county.
The cha , ,, , ,e of flcimg the •Ilegisiell for
sevenryfire anti a year and afterwards demand
ing double thatarnouni" is ton contemptible to
notice, as it tarries the heliport its face. So is
also the change that we had offered it to one
as a 11'10, and to another as a Democratic pa•
per, equally untrue, and only bear the - evidence
on its fain Mill our neighbor has sunk himself
in the mire of his own iniquity, and is catching
at straws to save hint..elf.
IVe will now cloki this our Fparc
is 101 l proc•jous . to appropliwe sroie to the vil-
Ilan. We will only mentiav, 11..1 ‘‘t• have peen
letters' now riewati, speak or at:IS iihre.
vvalekl, that %rook!, if properly pimi,lied,
"Cot.tlemit the rascal to tIo tombs."
Graham's ilagazinc.—ThA July litiMber—
commencing I'oliitne XXX IX--is 16c he,t of
ho cm.tly series which Graham has issued, thus
lar, 1 - 111602 "eampaiga"ol Igsl. For splem
(101 01 embelii,thmetort, mill sterling excellencu
of literary t•tmtente, will lake the
"The o , ieen of Beam)" 1. , a perleot gem—an
exact repnventation of the poet's ideal of le.
male Ilvelinees. lhe 11.1 of cont l ibmors em .
biaces the names of Euker, Piety:lee, ‘Veber,
I)anforth, Homer, Hethert, Simms, Ern.
bury, 'lra. Eamoz, aod other difoing,uishr,l
Graham'o motto—r' "—ia well
f : llo,.pn. F th d he flu; or to ti with an earnest
tree:s which es that he Icilows no sui.h word'
a,l fail . (;eiirge. R. Graham, ph V.ii4lier, Phila
.•:; 4 yt`..E
The Plough, Loom and Anuil.—Tho June
number, ettrupletiug Volume 111, is on our
tattle. \Vti observe no diminution in interest,
since the death of Mr. Skittner, but rattier tut
Improvement in its editorial management.
The editor handels the question of protection
or home industry in a masterly manner, and
independem of this subjoct, our many readers
will find much in this Magazine to please
and instruct. Published . at 79 Walnut. street,
Philadelphia. a year.
G"Pasey, the thorium, made a bucceasful
Balloon ascoutdon - froin Philadelphia on I'l on
day last, on an artificial eagle.
IrArA man in Pittsburg, on Saturday night ate
a half pound of mould candles, a small baskets
of crackers and drank 6 bottles of porter on a bet.
General Soott
In answer to many inquiries as to the age
of General Scott : and the date of services, the
Cincinnati Chronicle makesthefolloWingetate-
mein :
Winfield Scott was born on the 13th of
June, 1786, dud will, therefore, be 66 years of
age in June. next.
-Admitted to-the. bar in 180,6, and practiced
for a few months in the 'Petersburg (Vu.)
Circuit.
Appointed Captain of Light Artillery in May;
1808.
Appointed Lientenant•Colonel of the Second
Artillery, in July 1812.
Fought the battle of Qtmentdown atid was
talicn prisoner 13th October, 1812.
. Appointed Brigadier General in March, 1811 .
Fought the battle of Chippewa, July 5, 181 1.
Commanded the main body ol Brown's ar
my in (he battle of Niagroa, (Lundy's Lane.)
July 12,, IS IL
Bit:vet:4.d Main . General, July, 1814.
Maintains peace in the Patfiot troubles, in
the aflair ol the Caroline, 1837.
Aids in the pacification of tlni Maine Boun
dary in 1839.
Captures Vera .Cruz, 23d March, 18-17.
%Vim+ the battle ol Cerro GUldo, April 18,11,
1817.
Wins the battle of Contreras, 19th Angu..t,
1817.
Wins the battle of Cherubusco, August 20111,
1847.
Stormed Chapultepec, on the 13th Septem
ber, 1817.
Entered the City of Mexico on the morning
of the 11ili September, 1817.
Thus has Winfield Scott been forty-two
years in the service of his country, having
made some of the most brilliant campaigns
on record, and never failed in any under,
taking.
Whig State Convention
J.AscAsTEn, June 24, 1851
This ancient city is quite thronged tmday, and
the streets, usually so quiet, are lively with pol
iticians from all parts of the State, attracted by
the meeting of the Whig Convention to nomi
nate candidates for Governor, Canal Commis.
:Muter, ;old Supreme Judges.
The Convention assembled in the Cuurt•Housc
-- at - 11 - 1? - elnch - this - morningratid - was - ealled - to - or
der by Mr. Loomis of Allegheny.
A ientrrtrary organization was then effected by
the r leetion of Hon. Samuel Bell, of Berks, as
Ghatr man. Mr. D. U. Wilson nominated S. W.
Pear on, and Mr. Pury lance noininated Amos S.
fret derson as Secretary.
he roll of the delegates was then called, con
t.:is:nig of ilorty.one :Senatorial anti nne hundred
urpicsentotive delegates. Nearly all an s wered
lo their names.
14 , olved, That a committee of ton be ap.
f .1 tit, ptnpu,,c of nominating the regular
(Wirer, of the Convent:on."
l'lte following resululion gave rise to ecalsitt
erabir discussion
That it k inexpedient to admit:lily
tilktittur, itnics3x Ihey reside in the counties fur
wlorli thry are. proposed to jet."
fOihltA in commttlee was appointed 1, )
the chan•man for the nomination of regular orli..
cers of tlic Convection
Col. James Paxton, of Adams; o s
(2.ailleati, of Comfierland ; C. 0. Loomis, of Al.
Ic~huiv; Thos. Steele, of Philadelphia G. W.
Michncr, of Bucks . ; A. H. Shaw, of Fayette ; J.
11. V. Dickey, of Beaver; Isaac B. Dana, of Erie;
John Brothciline, of Blair; John 1,. Watson, of
Mcniour.
The Convention adjourned, without transact
ing any furihrr bir•itiess, till two o'clock P. M..
nlien a rim:Anent organization %till be ct.
ceAcd.
The fol}oe low letti.r, sent to the ehairman,cre
sued solo. sen,ation among the few who read it
It is believed to be a hoax:
To the President of the State Convention now
holdinet at Lancaster.
The undersigned, regularly elected delegates
to represent the Democracy of Lancaster county
to the Detnocratic State Convention, respectful•
Iv represent that on the 4th of June instant, they
proceeded to the city of Reading, where it was
alleged the Democratic State Convention would
be held.
13:11 tlik it appears was a inistahe,.inasinuch
as it was not democratic, but a convention of
Federalists and as a matter of course, in conse
quence of our political principles, we were un
successful in our efforts to obtain seats therein.
Being determined to find out the whereabouts
of the Derniteratic Stitc Convention we chased
up another at Barrisburg, the week following,.
and !Ileac offered our credentials, but we were
doomed to a second disappointment, being in the
wrong pew, as it was also ft.deral:st of yet a
deeper dye than the former.
SIN being desirous of serving our Constituents
and finding this present Convention aAseinbled
I within the lint tt.; of our own county, we concetve
ourselves to he in the right track at last, and
Otto efore pray to lie informed whether your body
la the real, legitimate, si moo pure petnocratie
State Convention, and it so, we do respectfully
claim our seats Otitreirt as the delegates of the
county of Lancaster.
S. it. AMWAKI....
PETER MAHN
.1. SIMON WINTERS,
.101 IN REAM,
C. M. JOHNSON,
REAR FRAZER.
Aj7trizoun Session
The Convention re assembled at tr.' o'clock,
and the Committee then reported permanent
officers.
Mr. Iwing was chosen President of ihe Con
ISMIIMI
After the transaction of the usual preliminary
business, Gov. Johnston ,was nominated for
Governor by acclamation. I.
Gov. Johnston shortly after entered the Hall,
and was received in the most cordinl and enthu•
siastic manlier. The folloWing named gentle.
men were placed in nomination for Canal Cotri
missioner and Judge., of the tinpreme Court..
Canal Commissioners.
E. P. Markle,
Wm. Campbell,
John Strohm,
J. Konigrnacher,
0. V. Lawrence,
IC. P. Meelay,
Lord Butler,
E. M. Lloyd,
Juhn Covade.
For Judges of the Supreme Court.
B. F. Gordon, E. 0. Parry,
Richard Coulter, D. H. Stnyser,
Joshua Comfy, John -IL Walker,
John G. Miles, Thomas E. Franklin,
George Chambers, James Pollock,
W. Jessup, T. S.. Bell,
J. T. Hale, John M. Scot!,
Nat. Ewing, Wm. M. Meredith,
D. 11. Mulvaney.
The following resolutions were introduced and
adopted amidst much enthusiasm:
Resolved, That in the enactment of Revenue
Laws by the National Government, fair and ad
equate protection to American interests should
be carefully afforded ; that the Whig party, now
as heretofore, maintaining and declaring its de•
voted attachment to that American, system of
international exchanges which secures to the
workingman fair wages, to the farmer remune
rating prices for his productions, and to the man
ufacturer anti manufacturers a just reward for
his skill, labor, and enterprise.
Resolved, That the Tariff of 11396 is - unjust
and unequal in its operations, and anti American
in its tendencies; that it is equally' destructive
of the vital interests of Pennsylvania, tha pros
tration of the iron and other manufactories of
merchandise ; in the depression and partial ruin
of her whole operatives; in the consequent de
crease of revenue from her public works, and
in parts of the State the great decline in the val
ue of property.
Resolved, That the Ithiarty has at all times
and under all crmstances ly contended
against that poli y in our national a airs, which
favors and protects the laborer of °the
at the sacrifice of the prosperity of our ow
MO
. Resolved, That the importation of millions of
dollars worth of railroad iron, by which our peo
ple have been robbed of employment, and large
balances of trade produced against us, is conclu
sive evidence of the blasting and destructive ef
fects of the tariff of 1846.
Resolved, That the government and people of
Pennsylvania are loyal to the National Constitu
tion, and are ready at all hazards to carry its
rovisions into effect, to assert otherwise is a Ii-
bel upon the fair fame of the citizens (lithe Corn
won wealth.
'Resolved, That the adjustment• measures of
the last Congress shall be faithfully observed and
respected by the Whigs.
Resolved, That an unalterable determination
to maintain the supremacy of the Constitution
and Laws has been, and is now, one of our car.
dinal doctrines, and that, while others have fal
tered, the history of the Whig party demon.
stra'tes• that, in the sin rut of adversity or in the
sunshine of prosperity, this guiding star of our
country's hope has never been dimmed by its ac
tion or counsel.
Resolved, That the opinions of our worthy
State Executive on this subject, as expressed in
his last annual message, meets the cordial ap
proval of this Convention, and expresses the
v tows of our constituents.
Resolved, That it is our duty to accustom our.
selves to think and speak of the National Union
as the main pillar in the edifice of our political
safety and prosperity essential to our collective
and individual happiness, and for which we cher
ish an attachment discountenancing whatever
may suggest, even a suspicion that it can in any
event be abandoned.
Resolved, That the National Administration
under the guidance of our Whig President, Mil
lard Fillmore, has the unbounded confidence of
Whigs of Penn,ylvania, that in our domestic po
licy its manly advocacy of protection to native
industry, the improvement of rivers and harbors,
the reduction of postage, and the strict account.
ability and economy of public officers, its ener
getic, republican, truthful, and dignified manage.
ment of our foreign affairs, have secured for it
the gratitude of this and the respect of other na
tions.
Resolved, That NVilliam F. Johnston, Penn
sylvania's Whig Governor, deserves, and will
receive the gratitude of her tax-paying thou
sands, for his untiring zeal and devotion to se.
cure and further their interests, by perfecting a
sinking fund system that must ultimately pay
that oppressive State debt, which has been fast.
cued upon them by the profligacy and extra?_
gance of our opponents, and for his effyrts to
complete and bring into successful operation the
unfinished public works, without incteased tax_
ation, thtis, proving how well he has watched
over and guarded every interest, derived every
means and directed all that the welfare of •the
whole people should be secured.
Resolved, That the history cif Governor John_
ston's administration furnished the safest guar,
antee that on all subjects submitted to his con,.
sideration, his action thereon will be governed,
influenced, and directed by a faithful regard to
truth Attlee, and the nquireuients of the Von..
stitution.
RPsolved, That General Winfield Stott is be
yond question the choice of the Whigs of Penn
sylvania, as their candidate for the Presidency
in 1852, and that we earnestly recommend him
to the Whigs of the Union as the most des.erv
mg and available candidate for that high of
rice.
Pending the question upon the adoption of
these resolutions, John M. Scott, Esq, of •Phila,
delphia, moved the insertion of the following us
an amendment:—
Resolved;That the provisions of the Consti
tution in reference to the rendition of fugitives
held to service or labor, demand and shall re..
ceive front our party, a faithful, manly and un
equivocal support.
On the question of the adoption of the amend
ment, a long . discursive and exciting discussion
sprang up..in which Messrs. Ogle, Sullivan, Bell,
Robinson, Dootnia, John M. Scott, John Dickey
and others participated. The remarks of the
.different speakers were frequently' interrupted
by be noisiest demonstrations of appiaus. The
speech of Mr: Ogle was recieved with uproari
ens shouts of laughter and great satisfaction.
Resolved, That the Whig party, and all such
members of other parties as feel a common in.
wrest in the propriety and good name of Penn..
sylvania, entertain a just pride in OUT execu•
rive office, who firmly maintained her honor and
faith at home or abroad, and Who has defined
with ability her principal and policy, whenever
and wherever assailed.
It being announced that goy. Johnston Would
make a speech; the Vonventioh adjourned to a
more convenient place to hear him.
The Governor was received with the most live
ly demonstrations of joy. lie made an eloquent
speech urged upon the Convention the necessi•
ty of choosing ”good men and true" for the Judi
cial ticket. I cannot du justice by telegraph to
the very able speech of the Governor.
The Cow:colon) reassembled in the Court
House at 9 o'clock this morning, and proceeded
lu buMiless
A letter was read from Joseph Kimignaacber,
L'Ach declining the nomination for Canal Com..
MEI=
The nominations of James Pollock, Thomas
E. Franklin, John M. Scott, Nathaniel Ewing, as
candidates for judgeships were severally with-
192211
Letters were read from J. Geo. Miles and
Frederick Watts declining the nomination for
judgeships.
The names of Cyrus M. Markle and Dr. 11.
13. Brower, Jr. and William Campbell, as.can•
dilates for Canal Commissioner, were with_
drawn.
The balloting for a candidate for Canal Com
missioner then proceeded, the Gth ballot resulting
as follows:
Lawrence,
Sirohin,
Lloyd,
=
It was then declared that Hon. John Strohm,
o Lancaster county, having obtained a majority
of all the votes, was duly elected the candidate
of the Whig party for the office of Canal Coin-
I=l3
On motion, the nomination of Mr. Strohm was
then unanimously confirmed, and ratified by
three times three cheers.
Mr. Strohm, was in the convention, and rising.
returned his heart-felt thanks for the honor con
ferred on him. If elected, he pledged himself to
devote the whole of his energies•to the fulfilment
of_
the...duties of-the office-of Canal- Commission
er, and to the promotion of the interests of the
Common wealth.
His remarks were received with great cheer-
In the course of the balloting, Mr. Purviance
moved a reconsideration of the sixth resolution
adopted yesterday, and which reads thus: "Re
solved that the adjustment measures of the last
Congress. shall be faithfully observed and res
pected by the Whigs:',
An attempt was made to debate the :limb'.
but it teas ruled out of order, and. a wee havibg
been taken, the motion to reconsider the re:othr
tion Was lost— yeas thiriy_one, nays ninety_
=
After the nomination for Canal Commis.•ion•
er was concluded, the following resolution was
adopted:
••Resolved, That each Delegate vote viva ewe
for live candidates 11 , r the Supreme Bench."
Dr. l'ennypackcr hoped that the gentlemen
present would give all the information in their
power in relation to the nomination of judges, in
order that the Convention might vote knowingly
and understandingly.
Considerable discussion on various motions
took place, and the name of Thomas S. Bell, of
Chester,• was withdrawn from the nomination.—
The following candidates formed the list at the
time of voting:
R. F. Gordon, Berks,
R. Coulter, %Vesimoreland,
J. Buffington, Armstrong,
James T. Hale, Centre,
W. M. Meredith, Philadelphia,
D. M. Smyser, Adams,
J. W. Comfy, Montour,
G. Chambers, Franklin,
W. Jessup, Susquehanna,
D. 11. Mulviny, Montgomery,
John 11. Walker, Erie.
V. 0. Parry, Schuylkill.
The following gentlemen were , nominated on
the firstballot:
Coulter, v . . . . . 115
Comley, . . . . 104
Chambsis, o4 . . •. 97
Merediaqi; . . . . 77
The whole number of votes is 122, requiring
62 to make a nomination.
On reading over the votes, Mr. Bitting stated
that one of his votes had been received for Mr.
Jessup, who had, according to•the return, 62
votes.
The correction throws Mr. Jessup hack on the
Convention
The next highest is Buffington, who has 53
votes. •
There is much anxiety •nnd•excitement be.
tween the friends of.lessup and Buffington.
The President decided that Mr. Jessup was
nut nominated.
Another ballot was moved, and the names of
D. M. Smyser and D. H. Mulvany were then
withdrawn.
On the second ballot the numbers were, Jcs_
sup, 50 ; Buffington, 56 ; Hale I I—no election.
The name of Mr. Hale was withdrawn.
A third ballot resulted in a tie, and the Tell
' %Petition adjourned to tf P. M.
DISPATCII
j The Convention reassembled at half past two
o'clock, and proceeded to a fourth ballot fur
Judge of the Supreme Uotirt, which resulted as
fu;lows
William Jessup, . . . 77 ,
Joseph Buffington, • . . 38
William Jessup was then declared to be duly
. nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court.
; Various resolutions were then offered and
; adopted, among which was one pledging . -an' un_
divided support to the candidates nominated, and
the'returning (hunks to drecitizEnS"of i liancaster
for'their after .whiich I the' Con
j veto ion adjourned sine die.
(VA very offensive quarry of soapstone has
been dsicOvered ian the farm of Mr. Enoch Gth:
son, of Canterbury, N. iii. Mr. Gibson disposed
of his right in the soapstone for WOO.
Or A grisly boar, or wild hog, with tusks that
would do credit to. an elaphant, was shot near
Blue Hill, in Stratford, PI. H., a fet days since.
gar A mosquito is a very small insect, but one
has been known to' move a' man weighing two
hundred poOnds..
Llir Three hundred new houses were built in a
few days ; on the blackened ashes of Franci,co•
It takes the Americans.
I.,V"Thd eVerlasting perseverance of the lean'e
kce is admirably illustrated in a' case that lhte
ly occurred at Lynn, away down East. A cute
chap indentured himself to a hoot-maker for two
weeks, to learn to fit boots. At the end of three'
days be bought out his time, arur set Op for Mot;
self.
June 25
The Panama Herald relates the following case
of elopement :
A lady at San Francisco, on the morning of
the sailing of the Tennessee, was quietly seated'
reading over the list of passengers who liad'en:
gaged passage of Panama, When to her aStontsh ,
ed sight there appeared the name of her huSbanti
in the list! Could she believe her own eyes.—
She knew that her husband's trunks were pack.
ed and that he had informed her "he was oblige
ed to go to Sacramento on business which would'
detain him a feW days." Startled and convinc
ed by the truth, thus manifested to her, she con_
eluded to open his trunks where she found M.
000 in hard cash. This she divided—taking $3,.
000 and leaving $5,000, the "lion's share," which
was exceedingly generous on her part. In due
time the affectionate husband bade her good bye,
telling her he would be back in three or four
days and little suspecting that she was not only
cognizant of his villiany, but that of his means,
she had provided amply for herself. He left
and wen 3 on hoar) the Tenaessee, came to this
city and is now•on his way to New York, whilst
his deserted wife is rejoicing to think that she
has so easily got rid of such a contemptible
wretch as his conduct proves him to be.
The Nominations.
The following are the candidates of the two'
parties
Democrats
Witham Bigler
For Canal Commissioner.
John Strohm
Seth Clover
For Supreme Judges.
Jeremiah S. Black. Richard Coulter.
James Campbell. Joshua Comly.
Ellis Lewis. 6...torge Chambers.
John B. Gihion. • 11'i!ham M. Meredith
Walter 11. L rsric. ‘Villiam Jessup.
Raise Good Shirk—For a moment, look at the
raising of stock for a market. Does it cost any
more to rek for sale a good colt than it dors
a poor one ! Probably not five dollars more.
The poor animal is a drug in the market at from
$6O to ¢75, while the other will command readi
ly $lOO to 200. Good horses are and ever be in
demand—and ever will be a source of profit to
the farmer, in a grazing district. But good hor.
ses wont come from poor stock and to neglect con
stitutional peculiarities, family traits of health.
strenght, endurance, docility, dr.e., follow physiol
ogical laws as surely here as in the human race.
If then the farmer would get profit from his hor. ,
ses in the market, he must make them enough
the 'object of attention, and to do that he shall'
raise only from good stock and with due regard
to the laws of animal physiology.—Granite Fan
Good News For The B.jbics.—The baby jumper
considered one of the comfort givers to worn
out mothers and nurses, is to be followed by
a °baby walker," whereby many a smiling rep
resentative of its pa will be saved many a
"bump," and the nerves of sympathetic mem.
mas saved many an agonizing shock. Its form
resembles somewhat a common parlor ottoman,
though in the top is cut a hole into which the
baby is placed, and secured from falling. A%
small saddle is suspended beneath the hole ;
upon which the infant rests, its feet touching
the floor. The saddle is supported on springs
which give the up and down movement at every
motion of the little occupant. The con
trivance is placed upon castors, and can tip r.-
tore be pushed around the room by the youngster,.
with the utmost ease.
Cure fur Gravel.—Having much sympathy for
all those troubled with the gravel, you may re.
lieve many sufferers by inserting in your paper
the following very valuable receipt, which sel:
don] fails to relieve and entirely core that dread.
ful disease :
Make a strong tea of wild carrot, of the fi e bw''
er and seeds, iitto a pint of which put a piece of
saltpetre, abotlt the size of two large peas; let'
the patient drink it as warm as possible and in.
bed, and it will produce a copious perssfraticin ; •
it may be taken at other times during the day,•
and will act strongly as a diaretic,
Mayhem by a Boy,-I'he St. Louis papers tell'
of a boy who cut oir his sister's nose. The boy'
had attended the exhibition of McAllister, the
Magican, and saw him cut the nose 'oft' of one
of the audience, and then,place it on again as
'natural as life.' This made an astonishing; im
pression on the boy's mind, and he requested'
his sister to let him tty the experiment on her
nose—she consented, and he got a big carving
knife and cut it oft; his sister's screain soon•
brought persons to the spot, and 'there th 4 found
the boy trying to put the nose on his sister's
face again. Pears are entertained Mitt the little
girl will not live. •
Another Miming Letter:—Mr. L'eufs F. Heckel,
of Bethlehem Pa., in a letter dated the 17th, writes
that on the 24th of May, he had a letter mailed
in that place, directed to Joseph H. Taylor, cor. ,
ner of Front and Markel sfreets Phiittdelialtra:
covering-a cheek for sl2l' 2t3f oti"tlie Easton
bank; atothank 'notes to a'considerable amount,
which never, reached its place 4031010 V..
Gleanings.
MESS
Elopement
OEM
For Governor
William F. Johnston.