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ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY,' JUNE 11, 1856
C. P FDITOIt
[a" ANPNYMOUS,' North Whitehall.—lf you
will send us your real name your communica
tion will appear next week. It is absolutely
necessary that we should be entrusted with the
real name of our correspondents, otherwise they
may rest assured that their labor is in vain.
Answers must also in all cases accompany
enigmas.
EMMA, Catasatujua.—Can't tell you anything
about Henry's character. Some smart' young
men• do wear blue coats and brass buttons.
The blue is indicative of their feelings the brass
of their manners.
Ga'ANSlVfilt TO ENIGMA.—The Enigma in our
last was solved by Wm. Ziegler, of Philadel
phia. The answer is " Edwin G. Martin."
The Cincinnati Convention.
We give in another column, to the exclusion
of much other matter, a report of the principal
doings in the - Cincinnati Convention. James
Buchanan, " Pennsylvania's favorite son," was
on the seventeenth ballot unanimously nomina
ted for President, and John C. Breckenridge, of
Kentlicky, was' unanimously nominated for
Vice-President, on the second ballot. The
news of the nomination was received with great
rejoicing in nearly all the cities and principal
towns of the Union. Mr. Buchanan was born
in Franklin county; PennsylVaida, on the 19th
of April, 1791. Ile was elected to the Pennsyl
vania Legislature in 1814 and 1815. In 1830
ho was sent to Congress, where he continued
for ten years. In 1831 lie was sent as Minis
ter to Russia by General Jackson. lie returned
home in 1834, and was iminecliatly elected to
the United Siatcs Senate, where lie remained
until 1842. Afterwards he was appointed Sec
retary of State by President Polk, which lie
held fur four years ; and soon after the acces
sion of Mr. Pierce to the Presidency lie was
sent as Minister to England, Flom whence lie re
turned a few wecks ago.
Merl:toting Corn.
In.convcrsing with a farmer front the lower
end of the county, we were informed that in
many cases in their neighborhood fields of coin
planted this spring failed to germinate. On
making examination it was found that the
grain was in the process of decay, and conse
gnently a great deal of replanting had Wire
done. We find this to be the case in many of the
counties in the eastern part of our State, which
has given rise to n good deal of speculatiOn as
to the cause. Some have an idea that the ex
treme cold weather of the past winter froze the
germ of the grain, thus destroying its vitality.
If this be the case, it will not do for our far,
mers to expose corn intended for seed in the
open corn cribs. Others attribute it to the
imperfect ripening of the grain last season,
which is the most probable reason: The wet
summer and fall last year prevented the cobs
from becoming as thoroughly dry as they should
have been before housing, which has led to the
decay of the grain itself. It will have 'the cr
feet of retareling the ripening of the crop to a'
late period, and may perhaps materially ditnin- !
isb the production. In some localities the old
corn has been found to be much damaged on ,
taking it from the crib, and in some instances i
has been found to be almost worthless for
food.
Hail Storm.
A hail storm of considerable severity passed
over a section of the upper end of our county
on Saturday afternoon. The wind accompany
ing it wns very violent, prostrating sheds, fences
and trees. Some of the hail stones were as
large as hickory-nuts. Considerable damage
was done to grain, fruit trees and garden
truck.
Painful Accident.
A young . znan named Mounn, an iron ore
teamster, met with a serious accident near
Tenth andllateilton streets, in thiS borough, on
Saturday afternoon last. In attempting to get
on his wagon, which was leaded heavily at the
time, ho made a mis-step and fell so that one of
the fore wheels passed over both of his legs
near the :mole, crushing one of them ill a
shocking manner. Ile was taken to his resi•
dente at the A • • • •. •
Fourth of July.
The birthday of American Independence is
fast, approaching. No observing person can
hail) failed to perceive the diminution of inter
est of late years, by our people generally, in
Fourth of July Celebrations. This is to be
deeply regretted. That day should be an uni
versal festival. Every eye should beam, every
heart should. beat with noble emotion,, and
every voice should be raised in the expression
of gratitude to the men of 1778. On the Fourth
we love to hear the joyous shout, the wild hur
ra, the loud peal of bells, the roaring of,?rtille
ry, the sharp crack of the Chinese crackers, the
blazing bonfire, and to see the steady tramp of
the volunteer soldiery. Thera is something
glorious in the oft repeated American sentiment,
" 4th of July," a mysterious power, that acts
with enthusiasm upon the hearts of the people,
and makes each man, woman and child feel
greater and nobler when the sun of that day
shines down upon us. Althimgh but little
freedom appears to he tolerated by fanaticism
in the National Capitol and on the soil of Kan
sas, still we are thankful that in Pennsylvania,
and the other great Free States of the North,
we are yet free in the streets to walk ; free to
speak and act. Americans are , doubly blessed,
for they are not only free, but surrounded
on all sides with smiling plenty, their soil yield
ing up her treasures to the touch of the hardy
husbandmen, and industry rewarded by labor's
fair - remuneration. Let us conduct ourselves
becoming the inheritors of this immense coun
try, bequeathed by sires who have handed down
to us a day of freedom to commemorate. Let
the people assemble together as of yore. Let
them hold their feasts and thseir festivals ; for i
we maintain that in the frequent assembling Of j
the people is_ the chief corner stone and safety
of the Republic.
After the above was put in type we were in
formed that the " Columbia Assembly" had
taken the matter in hand for the coming Fourth,
and were making strong efforts to rekindle the
patriotism of days gone by. They intend to
2.et up a grand Pic Nic, which is to be a gener
al celebration, and wherein all the citizens are
invited to participatd. The place selected is
the beautiful grove at Helfrich's Spring, in
North l‘litehall township, about 21 miles from
town. The Managers are men of well known
ability to get up such affairs, and we have no
doubt will on this occasion arrange matters in
such a way that none will come away dissat
isfied. Sec advertisement.
Death of the County Recorder
CIIAILLE:i Gauss, late Recorder of the County,
expired at his residence on Wednesday evening
last. The disease of which he died was Yellow
Jaundice. From the first, his illness assumed
a violent and alarming character, and notwith
standing eminent medical skill, that strove
faithfully in, his behalf, terminated' fatally on
Wednesday evening, as above announced.
Ceotl Will leim
At a late meeting of the " Good Will Fire
Company," of the Borough of Allentown, the
following resolution was adopted and ordered
to be published:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Company
arc hereby tendered to the ladies of Allentown
for the elegant mirror with which they ortia
mooted our Hall.
Struck by
The sharp thunder• clash that was heard by
so many of our• citizens during the thunder
storm on Wednesday night, was occasioned by
the lightning striking a small untenanted house
in South 'Whitehall • township, belonging to
James McShane. It done no material damage.
Atlvantatrus of lint 'Winter's Snow.
In traveling over the country at this season,
the advantages of last winter's snow to the
grass and grain is plainly observable on every
side. Where the snow was blown ow of the
fields or covered the ground but thinly, the
grass and grain , is wore' or less killed ; but
wlnre the snow covered the ground to a good
dept , to grain and glass now stands thickly
on the gi' nd, and presents a healthy appear
ance. The great 'benefits of the snow, which
covered th ground for nearly three months
during the intensely cold weather of last win
ter, protecting the grass and grain beneath, P.m
almost beyond' estimate. ; and yet• seine of us
complained • bt.::::iase of the great abundance of
"now. . • •
:•_:treet Sprit'lain*
During the ptist week the street sprinkler
lad a .sulistitute in his place, old madam Na
ore taking the job into her ownThmuls and do
ug it up most effectually—so effectually, in
eed, that notwithstanding the occasional warm
appeals of old Sol, the streets utterly refused
to "dry up."
Franklin and Marshall Collctgo
at•e in the receipt of the annual Catalogue
of this Institution for 1855-6, from which we
learn that there arc connected with the College
proper 73 pupils; preparatory department 36
--making a total of 100. The expenses of each
•tudent for the year are set down at 8166,00,
ncluding boarding, washing, tuition, &c.
Accident.
Gen. Paul Applebach, of Bucks county,
'bile returning from Canada with a drove ol•
verses, niet with an accident at Shimersville,
'orthamplon county, week before last, le
vas riding in a buggy, having four horses tied
o the reat• of his vehicle and n string of horses
n advance of him,' when some of them be
•oming frightened, they turned round and up
.ct the buggy and threw everything into a gen
tal wreck. Gen. Applebach was mixed' up
among the horses and was considerably injured.
His escape from very serious injury seemed to
be almost a miracle. •
ID'On Thursday evening, June 18th, (second
day of the Fair.) a Citizen's tress B a ll will
come °Nat the Odd Follows' Hall.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER, JUNE. H. 1856.00
Columbia Fire Cothpany.
• Whereas, the members of the Columbia.Firo
Conlpany were kindly invited to partake of a
collation at the Island House, by. Preston Brock,
Esq., upon which occasion the Allen Brass Band
tendered its valuable services, therefore;
Resolved, That the Company do,hereby ten
der a vote of thanks• to Preston Brock, Esq.)
of the Island House, for the hospitable and lib
eral entertainment with which he favored us.
This Convention met at Cincinnati on the let
in, but did not organize until the 2d., when
the`v \ eport of the Committee on organization
was adopted,, and General John E. Ward, of
Georgia, chosen President. He was formerly
Speaker of the Georgia Legislature, and deliv
ered some appropriate remarks on taking the;
chair of the Convention. The difficulty with
regard to contested seats waS settled, so fair
ns the two sets from Missouri were concerned, by
the formal admission of the antiHentonites. '
On Wednesday the Platforin was read and
adopted. The first part of the report endorses I
-and affirms the gehei:nl principles of the last
IDemocratic National Convention held in Balti
more in 1852. The report then proceeds as
follows:
And whereas, since the foregtitng declaration
was unanimously adopted by our predecessors
, in National Conventions, an adverse political
and religious test has been secretly organized ;
by a party claiming to bo exclusively Ameri-1
cans, and it is proper that the American Dem
ocracy should clearly define its relations there
to: therefore I .
Resolved, That dig foundation of this Union ofl
States having been laid in its prosperity, expan
sion and pro-eininent example in free govern
ment, built upon entire
no
in matters of '
religious concern, and no respect of persons in
regard to rank or place of birth, no party can
justly be deemed national, constitutional or in
accordame with American principles, which,
bases its exclusive organization upon religious
opinions and accidental birthplace. r
Resolved, That we reiterate with renewed'
energy of purpose the well considered dechtra- I
tions of former Conventions upon the sectional
-issue of domestic slavery, and concerning the'
reserved rights of the States : and that we may
more distinctly meet the issue on which a sec-
I
tional party subsisting exclusively on slavery
agitation, now relies, to test the fidelity of the!
people North and South, to the Constitution andl
the Union
it',:so/»rd, That claiming fellowship with and'
desiring the co-operation of all who regard the
preservation of the Union, under the constit '-
don, as the paramount issue, and repudiating
all sectional parties and plat forms concerti ig !
domestic slavery, which seek to embroil le
c..
States and incite to treason and armed r rist
ance to law in the Territories, and whose atw
ed purposes, if consummated, must e
nd in vii•
war and disunion, the American Democracy .-
cognize and adopt the principles contained in
i,
the laws establishing tHe Ter4itories of Kansas,
and Nebraska, as embodying' the only sound!
and• safe solution of the slavery question upon
which the great national idea of the people
of-this whole country can repose in its deter-
mined conservatism of the Union ; nen-inter-
ference by Congress with slavery in States and
Territories ; that this was the basis of the
Comm omises of 1850, confirmed by both the
Democratic and Whig parties in National Con
ventions, ratified by then people in the election
of 1852, and rightly applied to the organization
of Territories in 185-1 : that by the unifum ap
plicadon of this Democratic pritr.:iple to the
organization 'of Territories and the admission
, of new States with or without domestic slave
rj-Enrr.Axrixu.-Many of the farmers in ry, as they toy elect, the equal rights of all the
this county have been engaged the past week ,States will be preserved intact. the original
in replanting their corn-that which was plant- l e • i i ) t i e " , P t t i c lt t l the of tilileer p c e o t u u s a t t i constitution onini
and
maintained
expansion i o ir t i l o i
.-
ed in the early part of the month or last of . Union edsured to its utmost capacity of eine ,
April, not having come up. In sonic instances' bracing, in peace and harmony every fticurel,
we are told that the failure, of the kernals to . American State that may be constituted or an- I
gerinirate was owing to the corn having, been ! nexed with a republican form of government. 1
ilel the uld
i r n ig , h i to a ftl a i s e
spoiled while in the crib. The fall Was damp recognize pta l q 6 )l s e ° (rill i t ' l l i l e at 'li v i e tori es
and the corn in many cases, heated, and thus ; and Nebraska, acting through the fairly expres
the germinating 'principle was doubtless des- ! sa-il will of the majority of actual residents ; and
troyed, but some ruiners, we are informed,; whenever the number of their inhabitants justi
attribute the failure to sprout, and to the sever-
1 fies it, to form a constitution, with
or without
domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
ity of the winter. -Del. Rep. : l'ition upon terms of perfect equality with the
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other States.
0.7 - DANIAGED Cony.—A farmer from Pocop- . /ipso/red, finally, That in view of the condi
son, Chester county, intermit us that he hull I lion of die pnpularinstitutions of the Dlil World,
and the dangerous tendencies of sectional agita- ,
in his granary 'one hundred bushels of corn,
shelled in March last. A few days ago on ex- i t l io a t i t i ,dio r i e t i l i b g i i i o w n i s l t ( v i i is tl a i b t i l l i i e u t e tt .; te ri 7 a t i t i t ls t t e e i t i l i f e ot r i;e ,h c t iv o - f l
undoing it, he found it greatly damaged, and acquirin g and enjoying citizenship in our own i
so warm that he could scarcely bear the heat land, a high and sacred duty has devolved an
increased responsibility upon the Democratic
on his band. He took a sample of two bushels
to the mill, and when ground the cattle would country,i t :: ) tr u t3 l , a ci to f i t d hi a s n i,i maintain
li d le t the l p ie ar t t i y d o il f s (,r l7 e n v i e o r n l;
not eat it. There is no doubt a large amount of Slat e , and thereby the Union of the States, and
the corn harvested last fall is damaged to an, sustain the advance among us of Constitutional
liberty by continuing to resist all monopolies
cqual or less extent. The grains in this ease !
In SLATE Pima , MUT IN Tilt: U. SrAms.---Ac- ; heat. and all exclusive legislation for the benefit of
time tscoloredby fermentation and ucat.
were ( • d' fermentation and few at the expense of the many, and by a
cording to the Unitcd States census for 1850,1 li • csi chc ., l , 7 , Rtcord.
vigilant and constant adherence to those grin,
there were then in the slave States three mil-
-0.40.4.-- .."
1 chiles and compromises of the Constitution,
lions one hundred and ninety-five thousand nine rir - A 1111.7. has been introduced into the Mas- - which are broad enough to embrace and uphold
hundred and fifty-one slaves. Taking six hun- . snchusetts Legislature, making an appropria- I the Union at it was, the Union as it is;and the
'
Union as it shall be, in th full expansion of
Bred dollars as ihe average, and allowing for lion of $20,000, to aid the Free State party of`.
U erietgies and capacity f e this great and pro
the mate ial increase since 1850, the total val- Kansas. The American State Cotincil of the
, gressive people.
tie of slaves in the United States at this time is same State have resolved that, if such outrages ; 1. Resolved, That the questions connected
estimated at two thousand millions of dollars,l as that committed upon Senato r Soma. are; with the foreign policy of the country are info
the annual interest of which, at six per cent.,' repeated, they will go in a body to Washing- ' rior to no domestic question whatever. The
thne has come for the people of the United
will amount to one hundred and twenty
lions. mil- ton to protect the representatives of INlassachu,
i setts. States to declare themst , lves in favor of free seas
.
I and a progressive free trade throughout the
1
The estimalid v. - One of slaves emancipated in [ I world, and by solemn manifestations to place
the British West Indies was only fifty millions,l ID---A whole family, 7 persons-a man of 45, ; their moral influence by the side of their sue
not half the amount of the United States. Yet
a woman of 40, a young man of 13, a girl of 16 ; cessful example. 1
and 5 small children, have been MU • I , •
it Lied or ! ~2. • Resolved That our geographical and oli t- :
it is estimated by an able writer in Blackwood's i '
al position with. reference to other States P of
burned in the neighborhood of St. Louis, They
Magazine, that the loss of productive property I
1 i tiie Continent, no less than the interests of our'
were all sleeping in the room of a cabin 16 feet ! commerce and the development of our growin
in land, houses, machinery of various kinds, ;
square. Their bones were found in the ashes ; power,. requires that we hold to the sacred - prin•l
which arc rendered valueless by •emancipationl
; of the burnt cabin, in the morning, by their ciples involved in the Monroe doctrine.
.Their ,
was not less than four times the amount of the
bearing and import, which admit of no rmscon-1
whole value of the slaves. : nearest, neighbors. t
I struction should ; be applied with unbending
-.........- I [l.-To remedy the Sunday sleepiness which! rigidity.'
ri - Tris Sun says that Preston S. Brooks I bothers so many good people who want to keep I 3. Reso/Hed, That the great highway which
was severely wounded in a duel with one Wig- awake, • the Christian Intelligencer says :- nature, as well as the assent of the States mostl
:
fall, of S. C., before going to Congress. Both- ,< The patient must lift his foot seven inches ! immediately interested in its maintenance, has I
Brooks and Wigan w marked for a free communication between the;
were ounded in this duel, above the floor, and hold it there in suspense,l Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, constitutes one I
the former severely. Wigfall, not satisfied, without support to the limb. Repeat the rem- lof the most important achievements realized by
says the Sun, afterwards challenged the father edy as often as. the attack comes on." • the spirit - a modern times and the unconquera-1
of Brooks. The old gentleman refused to fight ! fa - A marriage took place a short time since, ble energy of our people, and that this result
and Wigfall
posted him Os a coward. A young in New Orleans, La., at 7 o'clock in the even- should be secured by •
' time]Y •
and efficient eer
tion of the c .
x
control which we have the' right to ;
relative of Mr. Bird, attempted to tear down: ing, but the bride was taken suddenly ill and claim over it. No power on earth should be !
the placard, and was shot dead by Wigfaill, who ! died at 0 o'clock ; so that the same paper that . suffel'ed to impede or clog its progress by any I
had previously said Ile -would kill any one who chronicled her nuptials, also published her' interference with the rerations that may suit I
should attempt it. decease.
, our policy to establish with the governments of;
•
. States within whose dominions it lies. We can'
I ( 1 l Aneditor out West says-" If we have ; under no circumstances surrender our prepon-1
Ca - AmitauLts nom. AT MAITCII OMSK.-- .
offended any man in the short, but brilliant derance in the adjustment of all questions axis- I
We stated recently that Mr. D. M. Krause had•
out of it. I
. course of our public career, let him send us a I ju g °
become proprietor of this popular house, which i ' send 1 4 P •co/r !/Tlat in view of so criminandingl
new hat and say nullity , . more about it." ' .- ""•• " ' i
was a mistake. D. Conner, Esq., is the propel- I ___ -„ . n ,an interest to the people of the United States
1 11_," In Glasgow, there is a chimney 460 feet ! they cannot but sympathize with the ellitids
etor, and Arr. Krause, superintendent. I
in height. It is used to carry offthe deleterious which are being made by tlte people of Central
Ca'GILOWto or A CmartnusiA 'l'owN.-A ; i gasses arising from retorts in manufacturing - America: to regenerate that portion-of the Con
tinent which covers the passage across the
year ago therd were but three houses in the, chemicals. •
: Oceanic Isthmus.
neighborhood of Oroville, Butte County ; the I ri - Col. Richardson, at pressent a member ' 5. Resolved, That the Democratic party will
other day the place was chosen County Scat, ; of Congress, has accepted the Democratic nom• , expect froth the next administration every pro
and has 3,000 inhabitants. Motion for Governor oflllinois. per effort made to assure our.ascendency in the
Gulf of Mexico, so as to maintain the perma
---....----------- -• .rr 'Naomi the dawdlter of Enoch, wasr'ito !
a,..
• 071 - .Saow to the depth of three inches fell at' ' - ° mint protection of the great outlets though ,
; years of ago when she married. Courage, la- i which is emptied into its waters the products :
Ontonagon, Lake Superior, the 11th oflllay.l dies , raised the soil and the create
fr7The Astor House-New York-prOprio-1 [-•• There were eighty arrests for drunken- !by the on
industry of the peoplecommo uf our s
western d
tors have failed. 1 ness in New York out Sunday. !valleys and the Union at large.
After the transaction of a largo amount of f
Oa - Louis Napoleon has borrowed since the i I:',john AL Niles, one a United States Son- other business, it was on the sth moved that
coup (1' alai, 1,700,000,000 francs. , ator from Connecticut, is dead. , the Conventino tiroceed to ballot for :t candi-
Resolved, That the lasting obligations of the
Company are due to the Allen Brass Band for
the rich musical s treat which they presented on
the above occasion.
Resolved, That these proceedingS be publislad
in two papers, and that. a certified copy be for
warded to Preston Brock, Esq., and the Allen
Brass BaUd.
AUG. G. RITZ, } Committee
WM. REIAIER.
Attest—J. P. DILLINGER, Secretary. •
The Sumner and. Brooks Anil'.
The Senate Committee of investigation have
reported in the Sumner and Brooks affair, and
have referred the matter to the House. The
Committee of the latter have prepared their re
port. It gives a synopsis of the evidence taken,
which covers more than sixty printed pages,
and concludes with a resolution expelling
Brooks and censuring Keitt aneEdmundson.
The minority report that there has been no
breach of privilege, and if thgre had, that the
House has no jurisdiction. It requires a vote
of two-thirds to expel. Mr. Sumner is reported
as slowly recovering.
From Europe.
The steamer Indian, from Liverpool, with
dates to the 21st ult., arrived at Quebec on
Monday night. The political news is unimport
ant, if we except a speech from Lord Claren•
don, concerning Central American :advs. Ile
stated that the agents of Costa Rica and other
Spanish American States had frequently ap
pealed to the British government for aid against
Walker. The requests had been refused. A
British fleet would be sent to protect British
property from damage by Walker. Arms had
been loaned to the Costa Ricans, but the agent
of the tatter had never taken them. Despatch
es from Vienna state that a convention had
been concluded between the Porte and Western
Powers.
VOTE op"ritA:S:Ks
The Columbia Library Association tender a
vote of thanks. to the Hon. Samuel C. Brad
shaw, Member of Congress,' and to Nelson
Weiser, Esq., Clerk of the Stale Senate of Penn•
sylvania, for valuable documents presented by
them to the association.
JNO. P. DI 1,T,1N( R, Secretary
[1.7) The accounts as to the growing crops in
Ohio, Indiana, .lichigan, Illinois and Wiscon
sin are highly encouraging, and it is predicted
that the yield of breadstun the present year
will largely exceed the last, enormous as was
that product. Throughout Pennsylvania the
crops are unusually promising, and farmers
estimate that a full fourth more of wheat and
corn has been planted than in any previous
year.
(r.7'Speculators iu breadstuff's arc footing
•frightful losses just now. All kinds of produce
have largely declined, and leave to the unfor
tunate individuals who had not discretion to
" stand from under," ample margin to lose.
Speculators in corn on the Wabash river are
sull'ering. They have been giving forty and
forty-three cents per bushel, and corn is now
down to twenty-live cents, with an immense
supply on hand, and almost a moral certainty
that it must go still lower.
LADthS, WIIAT NEXT ?-OUr duty to our la-
Ay readers makes it incumbent upon us to
chronicle still another addition to the volumin
ous list of female apparelitigs, which have re
cently mode their appearance. We refer to a
new style of skirt which resembles the lattice.
work around our Summer-house in the country,
or thread-lace magnified one thousand times.
It is appropriately termed the " Skeleton
Skirt," and consists simply of a frame of
ropes of fine texture, on which an . ordinary
skirt will stand out " like quills upon the fret
ful porcupine,"' IVe must be permitted to in
quire, with the greatest respect : 'Ladies, what
next ? First it was hoops, and now it is hen
coops, and we feel very much alarmed lest the
sex should become so thoroughly assimulated
to barrels and chicken-houses, if they go on at
this rate, that we shall forget that the are an
gels. Surely some jealous fairy, envious of
their charms, is striving to metamorphose them
into immaterial substances, so that they may
no longer be compelled to contend with them
for the golden apple. We saw a lady alight from
an omnibus in Fifth avenue, on Thursday, who
had on one of these new-fashioned skirts. Un
fortunately, the rope-work became entangled
around the step of the stage when she reached
the ground, and before she discovered. it, the
vehicle' started. Of course the lady was com
polled to run, also, after the omnibus—and, be
ing : rather short, none of the passengers per
ceived her and her predicament, until she had
followed thus, against her will, fastened by an
infrangible cord to the stage, for nearly half a
block. We apprehend the lady threw aside
her " Skeleton" when she reached home, with
a vow never to wear it again.—Nor Yen:
HOHMID INHUMANITY OF A STEP MoTurat.—A
recent trial before the Hardin County Court;
has developed a systematic course of cruelty !
by a Mrs. Hnbbard toward her step-daugiper,
a girl of thirteen years, that exeeds anything
o which we have ever read. It appears that
for two years past, the young girl has been
subject to constant dyspepsia, and to occasion- '
al convulsions, with the most excruciating'
pains in her stomach. Recently she vomited
up thirty-three pins of various sizes, and five
needles issued 'from her side. This led to an
investigation, in the course of which the girl
stated that her mother, assisted by another wo- '
man, had at dilli•rent intervals thrown her
down and compelled her to swallow pins and
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Democratic National Convention.
date for the Presidency. Mr. Meade, of Pio%
ginia, rosdand nominated James Buchanan, Of
Pennsylvania.
Henry Hibberd, of New Hampshire, nomina
ted Franklin Pierce.
Mr. Ingo, of California, nominated Lewis
Cass.
Mr. Richardson,- of Illinois, nominated. Ste
phen A. Douglas. •
Much applause succeeded the nominations
of Buchanan and Douglas, but the name of
Pierce was received coldly..
The Convention then proceeded 'to ballot for
a candidate for the Presidency, when fourteen
ballots were had, resulting severally as follows :
Buchanan. Pierce. Douglas. Cass.
Ist ballot, 135 122 33 5
2d do 139 119 31 6
3d do 139 119 32' 5
4th do 141 119 30 5
sth do 140 119 31 -. 5
oth do . 155 107 28 5
7th do 143 89 ' 58 5.
Bth do. 147 87 56 5.
9th do 142 87 48 7
10th do 150 80 59 5
11th do 147 80 63 5
12th dO • 148 79 63 5'
13th do ' 150 77 63 a
14th do 152 79 63 5
The following is a detailed statement of the
first ballot by States :
"ilea. Baelmurtn. Pirree. Douglite, Cu...
Maine, 5 3
N. llampshire,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
R. Island,
Connecticut,
New-York, •
N. Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
N. Carolina,
S. Carolina,
Georgia,
Alabama,
Mississippi,
L uisiana,
Ohio,
Kentucky,'
Tennessee,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Missouri,
Arkansas,
- Michigan,
plorida,
1
Texas,
lowa,
Wisconsin,
California,
135 124 31 5
The New-York Softs cast 18 votes for Pierce,
the bards cast 17 votes for. Buchanan.
On the second ballot Mr. Buchanan gained 36
votes. (len. Pierce losing 3, Mr. Douglas losing
11. and Mr. Cass gaining 1.
On the third ballot Buchanan lost 1, Pierce
1. and Douglas gained 2. In Kentucky, Buch
anan gained 2, which Douglas ifist. In Wis
consin, Douglas gained 1, and Cass lost 1 in
Ohio.
On the 4th ballot, the only change except the
regular New-York change, was in Kentucky,
where Buchannan and Pierce gained 1 each,
and Douglas lost 2.
On the sth ballot, Buchanan gained 1, and
Pierce lost 'I. In Massachusetts Buchanan lost
On the Gth ballot, Tennessee changed 12
votes front Pierce to Buchanan. in Kentucky
Buchanan gained 2, Pierce .1, and Douglas lost
The announcement of the Tennessee vote was
received with cheers, which were checked by the
President.
On the 7th - ballot, Tennessee turned from Bu
c ban an to Douglas 12 votes, and Arkansas
changed her 4 votes from Pierce to Douglas.
Buchanan gained lin Massachusetts. Georgia
changed 7 votes from Pierce to Douglas, 3 for
Buchanan.
On the Bth ballot, Buchanan gained 1 in
Maine and 2 in Kentucky.
On the oth ballot. Buchanan gained 1 in Ma
ryland and Massachusetts each , but lost in Ken
t u rky.
The Alabama delegation asked and obtained
leave to adjourn for a few moments.
(ht the 10th ballot; Vermont changed from
Pierce to Douglas; 5 votes, and Douglas also
gained 2 in Ohio.
- On the 11th ballot, Maryland gave her entire
vote to Buchanan.
The 12th ballot showed no material change.
On the 13th ballot, Rhode Island broke from
erce, casting 2 votes for Buchanan and 2 for
lerce.
On the 14th ballot, Rhode Island cast her
whole vote for Buchanan. •
The 15th ballot, which was taken on the Gth,
resulted as follows :
Buchanan, 168 ; Pierce 3 ; Douglas 11E4 ;
jot.3;ii:S, 44.
'rhe name of Pierce was now withdrawn, and
; the 16th ballot resulted ns follows:
Buchanan 168 ; Douglas 121 ; Cass, 6.
The 17th ballot was then taken, when Buch
anan received 296 votes.
No pen could describe the scene of tumult
that ensued on the announcement that James
Buchanan was the unanimous choice of- the
Convention as a candidate for the Presidency.
There were cheers and congratulations on.all
sides, and it was HOMO time before anything
like order could be restored.
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institution has failed. The Public Ledger cre
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(O'PRESIDE:WT Palms, Preston S. Brooks
and Col. George have been hung in effigy in
.Concord, New Hampshire.
O:7*A Liverpool onmaker has invented a
hreech-loading rifle, which can be discharged
400 times in an hour.
ll:7'The New Jersey American State Conn
eil have endorsed the nomination of Fillmore
and Doneison by a vote of 100 to 5.
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H. ANTORNE.