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ALLEFITOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, (880
PETER C. HUBER 8 JOHN a. OLIVER
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THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN
THE COUNTY.
FOR GOVERNOR
Sliadvew G. Curtin,
OF CENTRE COUNTY
OUR CANDIDATE'.
We this day place at the head of our col
umns the name of Col, Andrew G. eurtin as
lie the People's candidate for Governor.' The
nomination was expected, and the wishes of
the People of Lehigh county have been grati
fied. The of Col. Curtin in the Con
vention is conclusive of hie strength with the
People. No name would have rallied to its
support a host of warmer friends, and no can
didate could more have strengthened the par
ty in all sections of the State. Col. Curtin
was Secretary of the Commonwealth under Gov.
Pollock, is well and favorably -known in all
sections of the State, and is the idol of his par
ty at home. Prepossessing in appearance, of
acknowledged abilities, genial and social in his
nature, and an orator surpassed by few if
by any in the State, he will make friends
wherever in the course of his labors in the
campaign he makes his appearance. In his
speech in the convention, which made him their
standard-bearer, he pledged unceasing effort
to the cause from the day of his nomination to
the eve of the eleotion. In his own stirring
language, he will plant the standard of the
party on the shores of Lake Brie, and carry it
to the Delaware. A lawyer by profession, and
an ornament to the Centre county Bar, ono of
the ablest Bars in the State, he has devoted a
portion of his labors to agriculture, and is in
terested in an Iron Furnace at Bellefonte.--
The People of Pennsylvania, have presented
foi their suffrages a candidate, Who represents
the protective principle. If Governor, he may
not be called on directly to further the policy
of protection, but his triumph is the triumph
of the tariff party in the State, and his
strength in the campaign is the strength of
congressmen, who shall bo submitted to the
People of the State as tariff men, and who, if
elected, will assist in engrafting upon the rev
enue laws of the country the doctrine of pro
tection. There is no power in the Democratic
Party to defeat our candidate, and his elec
tion, we aro of opinion, is as certain as his
nomination. We copy the following tribute
to his worth and merits from Forney's Phila
delphia Press.
HON. ANDRW G. CUR TlN.—The Opposition
Convention have put in nomination Andrew G.
Curtin, of Centre county, for Governor of the
State of 'Pennsylvania. It gives us great pleas
ure to speak of this selection in terms of high
praise. Col. Curtin is a gentleman of irre
proachable character, and more than ordinary
abilities ; a fine speaker, a thorough -bred
Pennsylvanian, An d . a national man. He
wields a great and just influence in the region
in which he lives, and comes of a family that
hut entitled itself to the confidence of the peo
ple of middle Pennsylvania. His fine pres
ence, generous character, and noble mature,
will attract to his standard many voters. Mr.
Curtin, while Secretary of the Commonwealth
under Gov. Pollock, made numerous friends
by the liberality of his course and the upright
ness of his action.
It remains now for the Democratic Conven
tion, which will meet at Reading on the 29th
of February, to put in nomination a candidate
who 'will be a fitting competitor for Andrew G.
Curtin. When the opponents of the Democrat
ic party choose such men. as Curtin as their
standard-bearers, it becomes and it behooves
the Democratic party to put their best foot
foremost. No mere speculator-will answer as
an opponent of Curtin ; no jobber in national
politics, or in Washington plunder; and no
man, above all, who has lent himself to the
proscriptions of the - Administration of James
Buchanan, Should the Democracy at Read
ing, out of the list of names presented to it,
place - before the people a good man, it will be
a matter of small account to the voters of the
of the Commonwealth whether he or Curtin is
elected Governor. When both the great par
ties choose their trustiest, firmest, and most
patriotic men, no dunger can come if either
should happen to be the choice of the people.
The State Convention
The Proceedings of the People's Stale Con
vention will be found in another column.—
Whatever were the differences, which divided
delegates upon assembling in convention, the
results arrived at were such as met with uni
versal approval. The question, upon which
difficulty was apprehended, was the fixing of
the mode of selecting delegates to the Chicago
Convention. A number of Congressional Dis
tricts had declared their preference for the ec
.leotion of the delegates by the State Conven
tion. After thorough discussion and mutual
concession, the Convention finally determined
that the delegates from each District should
select the delegates to the Chicago Convention,
that Delegates already appointed by the peo
ple be ratified, and that when the delegates
refused to seloet, the selection should be sub
mitted to the People. The result was general
satisfaction, and the unanimity, with which
the result was reached, is ominous of the un
broken front, with which the opposition in
Pennsylvania in October next are to march
forward to victory. Whatever be the opposi
tion, which we shall moot from Loc , rfocoism,
which we expect to be fierce, we shall have
the satisfaction of knowing, that no opposition
is to be encountered in our own ranks. This'
was the enemy which vanquished us in 185(1,
and not the Democratic Party, and fortunate is
it indeed, that no such enemy is to be encoun
tered now.
, The Convention was the largest political gath
ering of the kind, which has assembled in the
State for years, and our gallant standard-bear
er, Col. Curtin, well remarked, that success is
augured in the intense excitement of the
public mind. The Convention has established
the fact, that the Peeple's party of Pennsylva
nia is a unit. Divided, we may be defeated,
but united, there is no power in all the pow
ers of Loco Focoism to defeat us in Pennsylva
nia. The first step has boontaken in the strug
gle, and to insure a glorious victory in the fall,
every friend of the cause from this day on,
must devote himself to unceasing effort. That'
such effort will be withheld, we have no appre
hensions. As to the result we have no fears.
As sure as the setting sun rises on the morrow,
so certain is a decisive and glorious victory.
larThe prooeedifige of the State Comet
tient tozeltulee other Natter Ude weeks
1.
THE PEOPLE'S STATE CONVENTION
The People's Stab Con Warden was called to
order at Harrisburg, on Wednesday last at 12
o'clock M., by Levi Kline , Chairman of the
State Executive Committee: Hon. Francis
Jordan of' Bedford-was selected as temporary
Chairman. A committee of seven was ap
pointed on credentials and contested seats: A
committee of thirty-three, the delegates from
each Senatorial District selecting one of, the
committee, was appointed on permanent or
ganization. The committee on permanent or
ganization reported Hon. James Pollook as
Chairman, assisted by thirty-three Vice Pres
idents, and a number of Secretaries. Gover
nor Pollock upon taking tho chair delivered
the following address which was received with
unbounded applause :
Gentanen Members of this Convention,—l
thank you or the honor in calling me to pre
side over j•our deliberations. My only pledge
is I will endeavor to discharge the duties of
the position with impartiality and fearlessness.
We have assembled upon a day of glorious
memory, a day hallowed as the natal day of
him whose name is the synonym of honor,
truth-and greatness, [applause] of justice, lib
erty and. right. •
Pennsylvania, true to every constitutional
and confederate duty, has ever been as willing
to recognize and maintain the rights of her
sister States as to defend her own. We are
here to-day, gentlemen, friends of the Union,
and of the States. Advocates of law. and
order, pledged to fulfil every legal obligation,
every Constitutional requirement, and pledged
to resist every attempt, come from what quar
ter it may, to prevent the due execution of law .
or Constitution, State or National. [Applause.)
We have no sympathy with fanatidism, politi
cal or social, whether it be in the form of
Northern abolitionism or Southern slavery
propagandism. We have no sympathy with
fanatics, whether they be John Brown or his
confederate traitors in the prisons of Charles
town, Va., or the plotters of disunion in the
legislative halls of Chareston, S. C. [Several
voicesL-" Hum! hurra I" Cheers and over
whelming applause.] He concluded by say
ing—Let us, then, gentlemen, as members of
this Convention, gird on our armor and prepare
for the contest. Let us, strong in the strength
of our principles, move onward and forward,
until our work is done—until success crowns
our labor with victory.
Mr. Lowry of Erie introduced a resolution
declaring Hon. Simon Cameron..the choice of
the People's Party of Pennsylvania for the
Presidency, subject to the decision of the Chi
cago Convention. A lengthy debate followed.
The resolution finally passed by a vote of
89 to 39.
Mr. Lowry, of Erie, offered the following:
Resolved, That a committee of one from each
Congressional District be appointed to report
an address and resolutions expressive of the
views of this Conventien ; to report the names
of two Electors at largo and one from each
District, and to report the names of eight dele
gates.at large, and four from each Congres
sional District, to the Chicago Convention,
which shall be submitted to the Committee by
the delegates from the respective Cougression
al Districts, and subject to the approval of the
Convention; and that the delegates to Chicago
thus selected, he and are hereby instructed to
vote as an unit in the National Convention for
the nomination of General Cameron, and to ad
here to him unitedly, as long as his name is
before that body.
Mr. McClure offered the following as a sub
stitute :
Resolved, That this 'Convention proceed to
choose eight delegates at large to the Chicago
Convention ; that the several Congressional
districts of the State shall, at such times as
they may respectively determine upon, select
four delegates in each district to said Conven
tion. and that it is hereby recommended to the
delegates to he chosen by the several Congres
sional districts, as the sense of the Conven
tion, to support the nomination of Hon. Sums
CAnzitox for the Presidency.
After a lengthy debate on the resolution of
Mr. Lowry, several amendments were accepted
of by the mover, and the resolution finally
passed by.a vote of 127 to 4 in the following
shape:
Resolved, That a committee of seven lie ap
pointed by the Chair to prepare an address
and resolutions, and also to report the names
of eight Senatorial delegates to the National
Convention, to be held in Chicago; in June
next, and the names of two persons for Sena
torial electors ; and that the delegates from
the different Congressional districts report to
the Convention the names of four persons from
each Congressional district, who shall be the
Representative delegates to the National Con
vention, and one from each district as elector.
The delegates appointed- by this Convention
to the National Convention are hereby instruct
ed to cast the vote of the State as a unit, and
to vote for General Cameron while his name
remains before that body.
Provided, That in the districts where the
delegates are already elected, such delegates
be accepted by this Convention.
Provided further, That when the Congres
sional districts represented in this Convention
decline to present the name of any delegate to
Chicago in those districts, the election of del
egates to the National Convention at Chicago
shall be referred to the people.
On motion, the Convention proceeded to nom
inate candidates for Governor, when the fol
lowing named gentlemen were placed in nom
ination :
Andrew G. Curtin, of Centre county.
Thomas M. Howe, of Allegheny county.
John Coved°, of Westmoreland county.
Samuel Calvin, of Blair .county.
Townsend Haines, of Chester county.
David Taggart, of Northumberland county.
Levi Kline, of Lebanon county.
Lemuel Todd, of Cumberland county.
George W. Scranton, of Luzorne county.
A letter from Lemuel 'Todd was read, in
which that gentleman respectfully declined the
nomination.
On motion the Convention then proceeded to
ballot for a candidate for Governor; whtch re
stilted as follows:
A. G. Curtin,
Thomas M. Howe,
John Covode,
Samuel Calvin,
Townsend Haines+,
David Taggart,
Levi Kline, .
George W. Scranton, 4 0
On the 2d ballot, Mr. Cunrirr, having receiv
ed the highest number of votes polled, *as de
clared duly nominated;• and on motion the
nomination was made unanimous.
On motion, a committee of three was appoint
ed to wait upon Mr. Curtin and inform him of
his nomination, and invite him to appear be
fore the Convention. •
A committee of three was glee appointed to
wait upon Den. Cameron and inform him that
he had boa designated as the choice of this
Convention for the Presidency, and further to
invite him to take a seat in the. Convention.
. Several motions were made, and a resolu-
Aion adopted inviting the Hon. David Taggart
to address the Convention. •
Mr. Taggart appeared and made a very hap
py spceeh
. giving in his firm adherence to the
nominee on the Convention. He came hero a
very decided Taggart man, and would go away
as decidedly a Curtin man,. and would buckle
on the armor to fight in his behalf. •
Just as Mr. Taggart had concluded, Mr.
Curtin appeared in the hall of the House, and
•was vociferously cheered. • •
After the applause with which he was greet
ed had in a measure subsided, Mr. Curtin
spoke as follows : „
Mr. President and Gentlemen: I would riot
be false tei tho natural pride which I feel in
my nomination by this intelligent body. It
is to me no personal triumph. I am happy to
ho in the exalted position in which your kind
ness has ph...od me—the representative of a
great party , .4
, enJoy l, . r.QQat political senti
ments, It is not that' should persoluslly have
been preferred by this body to other gentle.
men A•Vho contested this nominntiois, fof I do
nut pristend to nay superiority tle tltont*tileh
•
should have subjected me to ycnir Mezked kind=
ness. It is not a personal triumph. I hive
no animosity. I have no epmities to the fiien'ilei
that now surround me in this
.phiee, and I
would obliterate from m y memory this record
of the vote bY which triumphed. ;lam a
party man, [Cheers.]
My allegiance to the party has never been
doubted, and when the drum beats I Wits not
the tardy soldier.to fall into the ranks at any
part of my life. [Cheers.] I congratulate
you. upon the harmony and unanimity / with
which the protracted sessions, of this Conven
tion have closed. There is success intimated
in the extreme anxiety of the public. • !Cheers.]
You have given me the nomination. You have
placed me there, my friends say, unanimously.
[Loud cheers.] lam thankful that there was
no animosity to me in the breast of any dale.
gate in this body to make him refrain from
giving to the candidate of the party that una-•
comity which ho deserves at the hands of the
Convention.
You have placed me in nomination. Do you
imagine that .your duty is performed? We
battle with a foe long in power, well versed in
political tactics, with means and applian
ces of men and money, and I need support in
i.
the great struggle which to follow your ac
tion. I call unon the o hundred and thirty
three delegates, with the President at their
head—whom I know well—to come into the
field, make a bold effort, surround the stand
ard bearer, and victory will perch upon him.
Your duty performed, I have a duty to per
form, and can assure you that my covenant
will be performed with fidelity. I will take •
the standard of the party and. plant it upon
the shores of Lake Brie, and carry it to the
Delaware. [lmmense applause.]
The fight will commence soon, [Cheers.]
If I fall in the struggle ) no matter.—lt- is a
man that has sunk under the pressure. But
if I do fall, I will elevate the standard—for
principles can never die. Carry
. the unanim
ity and sense of this Convention into the Chi.
cage Convention; make thoisentiment nation
al. Give us a candidate for the Presidency
worthy . of the place. Let the voice of Penn
sylvania be heard. [Cheors.l Let us have
the position which we deserve in the affairs of
this nation, and the rank our position and ne
cessities demand:
If victory go with us, something has been
achieved for the country ; nothing for the in
dividual. Having served long and faithfully
in the party, my personal triumphs must orig
inate in the triumph of principle. If the
principle fails, it is, your fault; not mine. I
am a feeble man, but I will perform my duty
faithfully. Here I pledge myself. to perform
every covenant I this day make with Lou.—
[Cheering, loud and long-continued.]
Tho Convention re-assembled at two o'clock
P. M. Several substitutes were appointed for
delegates who had necessarily returned home.
The President announced that the first busi
ness would be the report from the Committee
on Resolutions.
Mr. Lowrey informed the President that the
committee was not yet prepared to report.—
The next businessin order was reports from
the several delegations on an electoral ticket,
when the following names were presented by
the delegations to compose the electoral ticket,
v :
Majdote.
1 —Edward C. Knight
2 . —Robert King.
T—Henryßurnm. •
4.—Roboit M. Foust.
G.—Nathan Hills.
o.—Jobult. Broomnll
7.—James W. Fuller
B. Smith
'D.—Francis W. Christ
I.o.—David Mumma, Jr.
11.—David Taggart.
12.—Thomas R. Hall.
13.—Francle Piannitrian
The committee appointed for. that purpose
reported that James Pollock and Thomas M.
Howe bad been elected as the electors at large.
Delegates at Large.—David Wilmot, Homy
D. Moore, Samuel A. Purvianco, Andrew 11.
Reader, Thaddeus Stevens, Titian J. Coffey,
John H. Ewing, Morrow' B. Lowrey.
Delegates to the Chicago Convention.—The
following gentlemen were reported to compose
the delegation to the Chicago Convention to he
held in Juno next:
First district—Referred to the people.
Second do. do. do.
Third do. do. do.
Fourth do. do. do.
Fifth district—Not reported.
Sixth do. do. do.
Seventh do. do, do.
Eighth district—lsaac Eckert, David E.
Stout, J. Knabb, S. Bowman 8011.
Ninth district—O. J. Dickey, C. S. Kauff
man, Samuel Schoch, Joseph K. Pownall.
Tenth district—Chas. B. Forney, Jos. Casey,
William Cameron, Israel Gutelius.
Eleventh district--Robt. M. Palmer, Jacob
G. Frick, Semi. A. Gergstresser, William C.
LaWson.
Twelfth district—H. Hoyt, P. M. Osterhout
Frank Steward, Davie Alton.
Thirteenth district—Cnarles Albright; Wm.
Davis, W. H. Armstrong, Samuel E. Dimmick.
Fourteenth district—Not reported.
Fifteenth district—Wm. Butler, Kline G.
Furst, Lindsay Menaffey, G. B. Overton. •
Sixteenth district—Kirk Haynes, W. B.
Irvin, Alex. J. Fry, Jacob S. Haldeman. .
Seventeenth DistrietWilliam McClellan,
D. McConaughy, John J. Patterson, Francis
Jordan.
Eighteenth district—A. A. Baker, S. M.
Green, Wm. M.,Lloyd, Wm. H. Koons.
Nineteenth district—Not reported.
Twentieth district—Andrew Stewert, Smith
Fuller, Alex. Murdoch, Wm. E. Gapen.
Twenty-first district--Not reported.
Twenty-second district—Not reported.
Twenty-third district—Not reported.
Twenty-fourth district--John Patton. S. P.
Johnston, James S. Myers, D. C. Gillespie.
Twenty-fifth district—B. B. Vincent, Thos.
J. Devose. S. C. Hays, S Newton Pettis.
' The Committee on Resolutions then subinit
ted a report as follows:
PREADDLIB AND RESOLUTIONF.
•
The people of Pennsylvania, assembled in
Cavention, at Harrisburg, on the birth-day
of the Father of his Country, hereby nominate
General Simon Cameron for the President of
the United States.
IST BAL. 2D DAL
56 74
13 10
22 27
5 1
5 4
16 11
12 7
This act is not done hastily, nor without
careful consideration of all its consequences,
and of all the issues invoked in the present
momentous struggle for the highest office in
the gift of this great nation.
The reasons which have influenced us in
coming to the conclusion ire have reached we
now present to our fellow citizens:
Ist. General Cameron is the only man, so far
as we can see, of all those now mentioned for
the Presidency, who can unite the entire body
of people who are opposed to the present
corrupt and disgraceful Administration. That
a majority of the nation are opposed to it we
fully believe ; but their is eminent danger,
from the want, not of strength, but of union,
a failure to elect any man who will be an hon
or to, the country. It is very clear that any
candidate who, on the one hand, is considered
ultra or extravagant in hie views, or who, on
the other, would be considered as untrue to
his principles of liberty, which are the very
pulsations of a freeman's heart, could not com
mand the suffrages of the united Opposition.—
The man who will be elected must be able to
carry Pennsylvania and the States which lie
west of it, while, at the same time, there must
bo nothing in his character or history which
will prevent his being received with entire
cordiality by the Eastern States, by New
York, and by the North-west. We are unable
to name any statesman who combines these
requisites except the -man of our'choice. For
more than half a century no President has
been elected without the vote of Pennsylvania.
The loss of this State and that of the others to
which we have adverted, was the cause of our
defeat at the.last election. Let us learn wis
dom by experience.
2. That General Cameron's name is a tower
strength in Pennsylvania appears from our ac
tion to-day. But the causes of it are not ob
scure. Ile has been the early and unwaver
ing friend of every measure calculated to de
velop the resources of the State, and to pro
tect its domestic industry: Not a inns of
(Mal has been dug ' tior emotion of railroad
APTERNOO,4 SESSION
I Districts.
U.—Ulysses, Mercur.
15.—George Brimsler.
15.—A. B. Sharpe.
12.—Daniol 0. °abr.
18.—Sattittel Calvin.
1 19.—Edgar Cowan.
Meßermon.
21.—J. M. Kirkpatrick.
22.—James Kerr.
23.—Richard P. Roberts
24.—Henry 'Souther.
2b.—John
'constructed, in which he hail taken an interest.
In bringing the iron and opal frcm their mines,
and 'making them, produetlye and Useful, he
huts been constantly' actiVll; and
,to tin 'him
More flint to General Omicron can we . eon&
deftly look for the ohinfrild hum of neglecitod
industry in this old' Commonwealth; by. Na
ture so highly fantod. : A Pennsylvanian's
heart is in him, Ruda° man dare day that he
has not constantly and unswervingly given his
best energies to her welfare; and /she, as is
fitting, now presents him to the nation. His
faithfulness to her is a pledge that he will be
faithffil to the whole country. . •
S. We present General Cameron to the peo
ple as a national 'man in the best and highest
sense, With some persons national character
means only sabeervleney to an aristocracy who
are content to live in ease on the sweat of the
brows of men whom they look down upon as
their inferiors, only made to be perpetually
servile. General Cameron believes in no such
nationality. He is' n self-made man. He not
only believes in free labor in others ,
_ but he
has exemplified it in his own life. Possessed
at first only of an honest name / derived from
a virtuous and not undistinguished ancestry,l
having only a strong arm and a clear brain,
ho has himself gained by his own manly exer
tions every step of hie way. He can sympa
thize, by experience, with all classes of his
fellow-men. Iltbas shown his ability to gov
ern others by first governing himself. He has
never thought a station which he has not gain
ed ; he has never failed in any undertaking
which be seriously essayed. He has been
equal to every citation he has reached, and he
knows himself so thoroughly that be will ac
cept nothing for which he is not fully quali
fied, In regard to that great question now be
fore the American people, and on which all
men have a right to demand a frank expres
sion of opinion—the extension of slavery—
General Cameron's record is clear. Against
the earnest pleadings of personal friends, high
In power, he voted for the Wilmot Proviso.—
Everywhere, and at all times, he has been on
this subject a thorough Pennsylvanian. This
State, the first to abolish slavery, in her great
emancipation law passed in 1780, seven years
before the adoption of the Constitution of the
United States, used the following remarkable
language : "We conceive that it is our duty,.
and we rejoice that it is in our , power, to ex
tend a portion of that freedom to others which
bath been extended to us, and release them
from that state of thraldom to which we our
selves were tyrannically doomed, and from
which we have now every prospect of heingde
liiered. We esteem it n peculiar blessing
granted to us, that we are enabled this day to
add one more step to universal civilization, by
removing, as much as possible, the sorrows of
those who have lived in undeserved bondage,
and from which,•by the authority of the King
of Great Britain, no effectual legal relief could
be obtained. In justice, therefore, to
. persons
BO unhappily circumstanced, and also, in grate
ful commemoration of our own happy deliver
ance from the state of unconditional submis
sion to which we were doomed by the tyranny
of Great Britain"—they proceeded to pass an
emancipation law,
In these noble sentiments, General Cameron
has ever concurred. While maintaining the
absolute right of every State to manage its own
domestic affairs, ta• adopt and control its own
institutions, without interference from any
quarter, he has inflexibly resisted all attempts
to extend slavery: believing that its influence
is always deleterious to the prosperity of any
State where it is established. At 'the same
timephe is an earnest and cordial friend of the
Union, and the Constitution under which it
was formed. But, while upholding those prin
ciples, he has never yielded anything to arro
gance or assumption. He has calmly main
tained the rights of his own State, understand
ing well that great principle that, if we would
have others to respect us, we must respect our
selves.
We ask with confidence, then, in what res
pect General Cameron fails of meeting the pre
cise want of this time F Strong as adamant at
home; capable of carrying the States esteem
ed as doubtful in this contest; without one
characteristic which is obnoxious to the Opym
sition party in any quarter ; a man over calm,
cool, able, clear, successful, patriotic, we ask
his nomination by the National Convention, as
the certain presage of his election by the peo
ple of the United States.
Resolved, That the following gentlemen be
the delegates at large, viz: David Wilmot,
Henry D. Moore, Samuel A. Purviance, And.
H. Reeder, Thaddeus Stevens, Titian J. Coffey,
John H. Ewing, Morrow B. Lowry. ,
Resolved, That Gov. James Pollock, and the
Hon. Thomas M. Howe, be electors at large.
Resolved, That the present National Admin
istration, by disregarding the just claims of
tho industrial interests of the whole country ;
by fostering sectional excitements and anta
gonisms rby conniving at schemes of land pi
racies, and by the rankest corruption, diffused
throughout all the departments, has forfeited
the confidence and respect of the people ; has
disgraced republican institutions in the eyes
of all observers whether at home or abroad,
and deserves a signal rebuke from the friends
of constitutional order and of political justice.
Resolved, That corruptions in the Adminis
tration of the General Government, combined
with Federal usurpation, both of the delegated
rights of the States, and the reserved rights of
the people, have become so flagrant and auda
cious as justly to excite the most serious ap
preheneions in the breasts of the intellectual
and thoughtful of our citizens for the stability
of free institutions, and especially for the
maintenance of personal liberty and State sov
ereignty.
Resolved, That believing slavery to be an
element of political weakness, and of social in
felicity, we are unalterably opposed to its ex
tension into free Territories.
Resolved, That the dogma that the Consti
tution, of its own force, carries slavery into all
or any of the Territories of the United States,
is a new and dangerous political heresy, at
variance with the explicit provisions of the in
strument itself, with contemporaneous exposi
tion, and with legislative and
judicial prece
dent ; that it is revolutionary in its tendency,
and subversive of the peace and harmony of
the people.
Resolved, That the African slave trade is a
relic of barbarism, condemned alike by Cie
civilization, the humanity, the laws, and the
religion of,the age, and that the attempt to re
open it is an effort of the powers of darkness
to bring again the reign of "chaos end old
night," which patriots, philanthropists, and
Christians are under the most weighty and
solemn obligation to oppose.
Resolved, That we view with just apprehen
sion and alarm the reckless extravagance in '
expenditure which pervades every department
of the Federal Government, and the steady
and persistent departure from 'the principles
and policy of the founders of our institutions ;
that the restoration of a system of rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
restrain the plunderers who feast upon the
Treasury, and to prevent our politics from de
generating into a wild and shameful scramble
for the spoils, in which decency and public
morality shall be overthrown.
Resolved, That to maintain inviolate the
rights of the states, and especially the right
of each State to order and control its own do
mestic institutions according to its ownjudg
ment exclusively, is essential to that balance
of powers on which the perfection and endur
ance of our political fabric depends, and we
denounce now, as heretofore, the lawless inva
&lion by armed fordo of the soil of any State or
Territory, no matter under whox pretexts, as
among the gravest of crimes.
Besolved, That it d:es not enter into the
scheme of the Oppositton
_party to seek the
abolition of slavery in the States where it pow
exists, but to leave the amelioration and ulti
mate abandonment of the system to the moral;
religious, and economic forces which pertain
to the elaveholding commdnities, assured of
the final prevalence of justice throughout all
the land, among all the tnhabitants thereof.
Resolved, That to the Union of the States
this nation owes its unprecedented . increase in
population, its surprising developMent of ma
terial resources, its rapid augmentation of
wealth, its happiness at home, and its honor
abroad; and that, consMttently, we hold in
abhorrence all .machinations for dissension,
Come from tritaterersottrod they marl
Resolved, That the threat of disunion in case
the Republicans and their affiliants shall elect
the next President, repedtedly made in both
Rondos df Congress by Democratic members,
not :simply without rebuke, but with uniform
applause from their political associates, is a
denial of t hat vital principle of popular gov
ernment, free election, and a bold avowal and
countenance of contemplated treason, whiclrit
is the imperative duty of the people to sternly
confront and forever silence.
Resolved, That while we are now , opposed,
as we ever have been, to the extension of
slavery, we hail the people of the South as
brethren, in whose prosperity we rejoice, and
whose constitutional rights and privileges we
are prepared to sustain and . defend.. That in
the s pirit of f,ood neighborhood, whenever the
passions of different sections of our common
country come in conflict, we stand on the
ground of mutual forbearance, believing that
a fraternity of feeling is a chief element of our
national strength.
Resolved,. That in the enactment of revenue
laws by the General Government, fair and ad
equate protection should be systematically af
forded to the industry of all classes of our citi
zens. ' That we maintain a devoted attabh
ment to the policy of national exchanges,
which secures to the working men liberal wa
ges, to farmers and planters remunerating
prices for their products, to mechanics and
manufacturers of their skill, labor, and enter
prise, and to the nation commercial prosperity
and independence.
Resolved, That we approve the policy of a
'donation by- the General , Government of a
homestead to every actual settler upon the
public domain, and we hereby request our re
presentatives to urge the passage of such a law
without delay.
Resolved, rhat the purity and ea f'.•l v or the
ballot box must be preserved, and that frauds
upon the naturalization laws, continually re
sorted to by our opponents,-ought to be coun
teracted by proper and wholesome legislation.
Resolved, That the influx upon us of foreign
criminals is an evil of serious magnitude,
which demands the interposition of a proper
and efficient legislative remedy.
Resolved, That this Convention most cheer
fully recommend to the people of Pennsylva
nia Col. Andrew G. Curtin, the nominee of
this Convention, as a candidate for Governor,
and mutually pledge themselves to hie sup
port ; that on account of his long and proved
devotion to the wotection of American Indus
try, involving the dearest and most material
welfare of,the people of this CoMmonwealth,
and hie earnest fidelity to the intrests of the
white man, and opposition to the extension of
slavery over our Territories . • and, as a repre
sentative of the principle ofreform, retrench
ment, and integrity iu the administration of
govern Mental affairs, he is well qualified to
receive the suffrages of the-people of this cen
tral, . conservative Commonwealth, which is
unalterably and inalienably pledged to the
maintenance of the Union, and the perpetua
tion of the 'Cimetitution of the United States in
its entire integrity, and according to its exan
ime interpretation, and the real sense of its
terms and language.
The resolutions were adopted by acclama
tion.
A communication was received from Gen.
Cameron, thanking the Convention for tho
honor conferred upon him.
Mr. Po Dock, efore adjourning the Conven
tion, made a most eloquent speech.
At 41 o'clock the Convention adjourned,
without a day, with threo cheers and a tiger
for Cameron and Curtin.
SPITEFUL REVENGE.—The Buffalo Courier
relates that a young man, who had been pay
ing particular attentions to a young lady of
that city, was seated at her side at tho tea
table on a late evening, when, during the
course of n jovial conversation, the mother of
the lady turned upon him with the
question: "When are yyou• and M-go
mg to get married?" The gentleman respond
ed, with an apperance of great astonishment,
that he had never entertained any such inten s
tion, and proceeded to joke upon the idea.
The young lady immediately arose without a
word; and went into a room adjoining, from
whence she shortly returned, with a bottle of
vitriol in her hand, and, without a syllable
or gesture of warning, dashed the fluid into
the face of him whom she had supposed her
lover, shockingly disfiguring his features, in
stantly destroying the sight of one eye, anti
injuring its fellow hopelessly.
SLAVERY IN NEBRASKA.—Oovernor Modary
of Kansas has vetoed a bill passed by the Leg
islature abolishing Slavery in the Territory.—
The boast of the Democratic party in 185 e
was, that to the People of the Territories
should be submitted the question of the estab
lishment or abolition of slavery and yet in the
cases of Nebraska and Kansas, Ciovernors ap
pointed by President Buchanan have vetoed
laws passed by the People, abolishing slavery.
The significance of the vetoes lies in this, that
they represent the wishes of the President and
the leaders of the party. Henceforth the
.par
ty must be regarded as wedded to the princi
ple, that Slavery exists in the territories, and
that neither congress nor the people have a
right to interfere with it. Republican lead
ers predicted this result in 1856, and their
predictions have been fulfilled.
PRICES OF PRODUCE IN N. Y.—On, Wednes
day, common to extra State flour sold at $5.10
to ss.4sper barrel ; common to extra Western
$5.10 to $6.50 ; extra Genesee, $5.50 to $7.50 ;
extra St. Louis, $5 to $7.50. Rye flour, $3.70
to $4.40 per barrel ; •corn meal, $3.35 t 054.15.
Wheat is firmer, with a more active demand ;
white Canada, $1.43 ; , white Michigan, $1.60 ;
Chicago spring, $l.lB ; rye, 87 cents ; oats 38
to 46 cents ; corn, 80 cents. Hops-8 to 15
cents for prime. Prices of bareled beef and
pork have not changed from quotations of pre
vious week. Live beef cattle, 6 to 10 cents
per pound—average 8 cents. In the retail
market•there is no change in prices of meats.
Poultry, 11 to 17 cents per pound. Potatoes,
$1.50 to $2.25 per barrel. Apples $2.25 to I
per barrel. Butter, 20 to 28.cents' per pound
—eggs, 10 for 25 cents.
THE POPULATION OF KANSAS.- Washington
Feb. 20.—Judge Amy, of Kansas has re
ceived from Hon. J. Robinson, Secretary
or State under the Wyandot Constitution, the
census taken last spring, as filed in the office
of the Secretary of the Territory, which shows
that there are 70,916 souls. It leaVes more
than a hundred towns unroturned and fifteen
counties not returned, Mr. Robinson says
there are now 110,008 inhabitants in Kansas.
Riley county is one county of which not a word
is said, Atchison county is not returned.—
Atchison city alone has about 5,000 inhabi
tants. lie says the official election returns for
delegate when receivod here, will show that
Kansas has over 100,000 inhabitants.
A LUCKY POLITICIAIC—MiIton S. Latham
the newly elected Senator from California
seems to have been "born to good luck." He
is now but thirty-five years of age, and has
hold the following important offices: Having
emigrated from Ohio to California, he was, in
1852, elected one of the representatives in
Congress in that State. Failing in a ro-elec
tion, he was appointed by President Pierce
Collector of the Customs at San Francisco,
which post he occupied for three years. Two
years after his retirement he was elected, in
September last, Governor of California, and
immediately thereafter as United States Sena
tor, in place of Broderick. This has been a
singularly successful political career.
NEW POST OFFICE STAMPS.—A Post of
fico Stamp has been invented by a gentleman
in Philadelphia, which is calculated to.meet a
public want that has long been felt. The pe
culiarity of the new patent stamp is this :—it
leaves its impression not only upon the envel
ope enclosing a letter but upon every fold of
the letter itself. ' This is effected by means of
a steel die, the letters and figures upon which
are formed by a series'of fine points, which
pierce the envelope and its contents in each a
manner as to impart, ineffaceably, the name
of the poet office and date upon which the let
ter is mailed. Since the general introduction
of iinvelopes, mai inoonvdnlenoo has bead
suffered front the wane of etteit id it:Motion,
LOCAL AFFAIRS.,
DeL.The amount of iron made at the Lehigh
Crane Iron Works during the last:month is
3,549 tons.
LEG BROKEN.—A son of Ruben Moyer,
thirteen or fourteen years of age, living
near Wheelers lock along the Lehigh canal,
had his leg broken on Sunday last, whilst en
gaged in wrestling with a comrade.
)Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress in
the Presbyterian church. The next lecture
will be delivered next Sabbath evening,
March 4, at 7 o'clock. Subject—" The De
lectable Mountains." All are invited.
Heath's Lecture will be given at
Laubach's Hall. at 7} in the evening of the
27th of March at Catasauqu and Examinations
and Advice Free at the Eagle Hotel on the 28th
up to the leaving of the last train for Allen
town.
ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.—An attempt
was made on Sunday evening to break into
the Grocery Store of Charles Schermerhorn, at
the corner of Ninth and Hamilton Streets.—
Some time since a similar attempt was _made
at the same place, but whether by the' same
parties, is unknown.
A HINT TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—A few
drops of aqua ammonia in a little warm rain
water, will prove a safe anti-acid ; and will
change, if carefully applied, discolored spots
upon carpets, and indeed all spots, whether
caused by acids or alkalies. If a carpet is in
jured by whitewash, this will immediately re
store it.
SMASH-UP.—There was an accident on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, at thhi place, on
Wednesday, by which a number of cod cars
were smashed and an engine pretty badly in
jured. One coal train was waiting for a passen
ger train to come along, when another coal train
run into it, the men on the running train not
being able to see ahead on account of the togs
•COAL.—The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany brought down for the week ending Sat
urday, the 13th inst., 14,100 tons of coal,
against 9,750 tons for the corresponding week
last year, making for"the season, commencing
Ist of December, 149,972 tons, against 104,821
tons to correspondingperiod last year, boing
an increase thus far, for the season, of 45,151
tons of coal.
MAMMOTH SWINE.—Two Swine wore
lately . slaughtered at the Hotel of Peter Buch
man in this Borough. One slaughtered on the
22nd weighed 713, and the other 613 pounds.
They are said by persons, who know, to he the
weightiest bru tee of the kind, which have
been slaughtered for years in our town. Wo
should like to learn of any cases, beating the
above in weight.
PAID US A VISIT.—Last Wednesday, the
Foglosville Brass Band, paid our Borough a
visit. As they could not parade the streets
on aocount of the rain, they regaled our citi
zens with excellent music, from the portico of
the Allen House.
Though the Band has not been organized
for a great length of time, the music discours
ed by them was such as is seldom heard out
side of the cities.
iIDROWNED.--OnNednesday last, a man the
name of Knauss with a wife and child under
took to cross the Little Lehigh near Emaus in
a wagon. The rains of the previous day arid
night had considerable swollen the stream, and
the horses becoming entangled the wagon was
upset, and Mr. Knauss and his wife and bhild
were thrown into the stream. The wife was
'drowned before she could be rescued. The
others escaped. Mrs. Krauss is thirty-five
years. of age,' and leaves• seven children to
mourn her untimely death.
A NEW COUNTERFEIT.---A very dan
gerous counterfeit, as we learn from Peter
terson's Counterfeit Detector and Bank Note
List, has made its appearance. It is a very
poor imitation of the genuine 4's on the Bank
of Central New York, Utica, N, Y.: vignette;
three females and figure 5. spinning wheel,
boxes, &c ; medalion head, with 5 above and
" Five" below on right end ; State arms, with
5 above and "Five' , below, on left end ;' three
story house between signatnres. Some are of
a yellow tint. Look out for . this plate, as it
will be altered to many other banks.
NEW COIN.—Dim half dialog of the
new coinage hav •S t been sued from the
Mint. The re neat and beast ul coins, and
we have no doubt will meet with general ap
probation. They differ from the old style in
having on the obverse, around the female figure
the 'words " United %States of America,' in
stead of the thirteen stars : on the reverse the
'words " One Dime," " Half Dinte," surround
ed by . a wreath similar to that on the nickel
pennies. They will soon be in general
circu
lation, and our citizens can pass judgment
upon them.
STAN DA RIMER:7 ttl? C LOVE RSEED.
—We haVe no doubt our farmers will be pleas
ed to learn, that a law is about to be enacted
by the Legistatiiiit, reducing the weight of a
bushel of clover-seed from sixty-four to sixty
pounds—the bill having already passed the
House of representatives, and We presume
there is no doubt of its passage through the
Senate. This will correspond with the stand
ard weight of cloverneed ill the adjoining
States, and enable the Pennsylvania farmer to
maintain a proper position in the market, in
stead of being overreached by New York tra
ders, who naturally took advantage of the
short-sighted policy of our Stat 6.
STORE AND SHOP WINDOWS.—The at
tention of the police is politely requested to a
number unisns& of youngster's who make it
Their business to insult females who may psis
along, or who may be desirous to take a view
of the contents of the windows of stores and
shops. Now ae goods are put into these wir.-
dows lira the purpose of being displayed td the
View of passing customers, it is a trying nuis
ance to have these fellows standing right in
front of them, cursing and swearing, and snak
ing indecent remarks. We know this is a free
country, but the space in front of a storekeep
er's window is not part,of the public domain,
and trespassers had better take a note of it.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.—Proceedings were
commenced in tile Court of Nisi Prins, at Phil;
adelphia, on Naiads:7 last, in a suit brought
against the the Lehigh Valley Railroad COIll•
pany.by the widow ofJoseph Fields, one of the
two unfortunate employees of the Company
killed by the breaking down of the Bailroad
bridge at Allentown, in July, 1858. The suit
is brought . to recover damages for this loss of a
protector. The damages in the first place were
laid 'at $50,000, and subsequently on being
left Wan arbitration, $15,000 were awarded
her, from which the Company appealed, and is
now brought up before the Nisi 'Prins in Phil
adelphia for trial. The widow of . Landis, who
lost his life at the same time, effected an amica
ble settlement with the Company, the latter
having agreed to pay her $2O per month as
long as she bears the name of her deceased
husband, to educate her children, and to live
rent free.
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.—A Panorama of
the Pilgrim's Progress executed by Messrs
Kyle & Dallas exhibited at the Odd
Fellows Hall this (Wednesday) evening. Tho
Panorama has been very favorably noticed by
the Press. We copy the following extract
from the Now York Tribune
PANORAMA OF THE Pummels PROOMENS.—WO . at
tended, on Monday evening, a private exhibition of
the Panorama of the Pilgrim's Progress, which ha.
just boon completed by the talented artiste, Kyle and
Dallas. The figures and architectural drawings of
Mr. Dallas, especially in the Palace Beautiful and
Vanity Fair, are execnted with great spirit and a
breadth of effect quite above the reach of ordinary
panoramic landscape. Mr. Kyle,
in the Valley of
the Shadow of Death and the "Land of Beulah)"
gives evidence of a fine poetic Imagination.. The
entire work has ,been highly pelted by the artialo of
ow , City, who , have paned reselhltont •teitifying to
ft. ittpollot thigh) ohimototi
. SC.ALRED.—On Wednesday last a daugh
ter of Polly Reinhart, of the age of two years,
living at the dwelling of Israel Lehr, in Sixth
Street, being left alone in the house, upset a
bucket of scalding water. Her body was teri
bly scalded, and the injuries were so serious,
that a recovery is not expected.
THE TWE NTY - SECOND:—The 'Anniver
sary. of Washington's birth -day proved 'rainy
and unpleasant. The Allen Infantry, the
Jordan Artillerists and the Lehigh Brass
Band braved the storm and paraded in the af
ternoon. The Allen Infantry numbered fift y
one men, and their fine appearance served
but to add to the favorable opinion already en.
tertainedof them by the public. The Artiller
ists and the Lehigh Brass Band aPpeared for the
first time in their neiv army over-coattl. The
over-coats add much to the appearance of the
military company and Band, as well as serve
the purpose of convenience and comfort on
such a stormy day as last Wednesday. We
believe the time is not for distant, when all
the military companies in oar borough will be
provided with over-coats.
siarLAUER'S ARTESIAN WELL.—An
analysis of the water taken from this well, at
a depth of 1060 feet, has been made by Mr.
Charles Lennio, of the Tacony Chemical
Works, who writes to Mr. Lauer, that "it is
very soft, and contains, a very small quantity
of Sulphate of Magnesia or Epsom Salts, and
only traces of Line, showing evidently that it
comes from other than Limestone strata. If
its contents of Magnesia increase somewhat in
quantity, it will assume the character of an
active mineral water, which may be of useful
quality ; from the borings you have since sent,
you are evidently out of the limestone, and in
a formation of different range of strata, which
may tend to success." This is regarded as a
very favorable report, and encourages Mr.
Lauer to look for a speedy realization of his
Most sanguine expectations. The well is now
1700 feet deep, and the borings are through -a
hard stratum of primitive rock, with a strong
er impregnation of Magnesia in the water.
MAN SUFFOCATED BY COAL GAS.—
On Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock Mr. Win.
Leibert went to the house aids neighbor Mi.
Wm. Woehler in Water Street, and enquired
if they did not feel fearful of high water.-- ,
Mrs. Woehler came down, but did not seem to
understand the question. She seemed uncon
scious that it had, been raining, and spoke as
if it were morning.2--Onlhe—whole-her man
ner was very confused and strange. At last
she asked Mr. Leibert to go up stairs and bee
1 her husband, who she said was so very eald.
When he went he found Mr. Woehler dead,
and to all appearance he had been dead some
time. He had been in delicate health for some
time past. From what could be ascertained
from Mrs. Woehler it appears, that before re
tiring to rest last Tuesday night, she had giv
en sonic antimonial wine to her husband.—
They went to bed at 9 o'clock. She recollects
that Mr. Woehler got up at 11 o'clock in the
night. From that time she slept till 5 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. Leibert
came to the door. She thought it was then
morning, and appeared to be surprised that it
got darker instead of getting lighter. The
Coroner, Mr. Samuel Brunner was coiled, and
a jury was summoned to invesSgrte the cause
of Mr. Woehler's death. Dr. Wilson was also
present. The jury consisting of Messrs. Ja.
cob Luckenbach, foreman, Chas. N. Beckel-
Robert Peysert, Wm. Leibert, Christian Bell
ing and Felix Fenner, after due examination,
brought in the verdict that Wm. Woehler
came to his death by inhaling eoal gas, from
a stove in a room adjoining their chamber.—
It was a long time before Mrs. Woehler and
the child living with them could get over the
effects of the foul air. When they were dis
covered on Wednesday afternoon the fire was
out, and it was thought that Mr. Woehler had
go about midnight. The house in which
this sad event occurred 'is situated in Water
Street, opposite to Mr. Wm. Leibert's tannery.
It is an old brick building, one of the oldest in
Bethlehem. The sitting room and adjoining
chamber are small and very close rooms with.
low ceilings. The family used very large coal
in the stove ; and it is thought that the draft
regulator in the pipe turned round and pre
vented the escape of the gas, which filled the
room and suffocated Mr. Woehler, who was
the most delicate person in the family.—
Some persons have susPected.that the house
was entered, and chloroform ailininistered
with the design to rob the occupant, but
Mrs. Woehler has missed nothing, and the
house was fast looked with old fashioned locks.
The jury after examining the premises could
find no signs of any one having entered.—
Bethlehem Advocate.
EIGHT WITH A MAD DOG-FIERCE STRUG
GLE AND NARROW ESCAPE-A few nights ago
Mr. Owen HaMilton of Chester county, was
aroused by his dog going mad in the room oc
cupied by his wife and family. Lighting a
candle as quick as possible, he saw the dog
coming towards him as if to make battle.
' Not knowing in the amount of excitement
what to do, lie jumped 'upon the bed; but see
ing the danger of his wife and -children, and
having no weapon at hand to kill him with,
he made an effort and succeeded in catching
him hack of the neck. After a desperate strug
gle, we might say for life or death, he over
powered the 'dog. Then came the trouble to
dispaeh him—being almost overcome in the
struggle. The gun wan brought, but it was
unloaded ; the axe, but both hands were re
quired to hold the dog. Finally. a rope was
procured and the wife tied him. Ile was then
killed. Mr. Hamilton fortunately received no
injury: but one band was completely paralys
ed for a time from the effects of the struggle.
WEALTH OF LOUISIANA.—The report of' the
State Auditor of Louisiana Chows the taxable
property in the city of New Orleans to be
$106,646,838, more by six and a half a mil
lions than one-fourth of the whole taxable
property of the State. Including the right
bank of the river, the assessment of the parish
orOrleans complete is $109,192, 668. There
are ten parishes iu the State which are assess
for over ten millions each ; fit e for nine mil
lions, two for seven millions, and five for about
six millions each. The total taxable property
is set down at $400,450,747. The free popula
tion of the State is given at 336,986. The as
sessed value of taxable property, therefore,
averages more than $l,lOO per head for every
free person of all ages, sexes, and colors.
A DRUNKEN MAN BOILED TO DEATH:.
A man named John Stuble, met with a horri
ble death in Westmorland county the other
day. He was engaged in some capacity . or
other at the salt works, and, while intomea
ed, fell into a vat of boiling salt • water. He
was extricated with all possible dispatch, and,
when taken out, presented a horrible specta
cle. The flesh fell from his bones in large
flakes, while ho was so horribly disfigured that
he bore hut little resemblance to a human be
ing.. Ile lived h short time, suffering the most
excruciating agony, and then expired—anoth
er victim to the demon of intemperance.
MEEI-IT IS SAID that President Buchanan
entertains the idea of purchasing a rural resi
dence near. Washington city ; and. settling
down after ifie close of his term, having few
inducement to return to his homestead at
Wheatland. The old gentleman is so wedded
to slavery that he cannot abide the atmosphere
of a free State.
A rich miser in Auburn, N. Y., has made
arrangements to be buried in Owasco Lake.
a beautiful sheet of water near that town.
Ile has a stone coffin made which takes twelve
yoke of oxen to draw it. Ile gives a man a
good farm for burying him. Ile is to take
him to the middle of the lake and sink him.—
seirAn enemy to the Domestic Cirolo—the
husband who objects to his wife wearing hoops
at home.
091-It is asserted that there are not less than
700 persons engaged in counterfeiting money
in the State of Ohio; • *
ieep.Who is she?.-There is said to be a lady
n this neighborhood , go 'ignorant of all domeei
le 'moth that ehe cannot - milt her brews!