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CLEARFIELD, PA.,MARCH45, 1853.
Foainees of the Philadelphia Convention.
FOB FBES1DEST,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
VICE TBESIDEXT,
ANDREW JACKSON OONNELSCN.
' or TESXESSEE.
' Bt a reference to the closing proceedings of
fhe late Philadelphia Convention, which will
be found in another portion of our paper, it wil
bo teen that the above ticket was selected by
that body. .
Mr. Fillmore is a man of known ability and
f the bett integrity, and while he occupied
the Executive chair of the Nation, was regard
ed as a safe, cbnservate President.
Mr. Donnelson was, as an orphan boy, reared
Ly Gen. Jackson, and is held in the highest
estimation by those who know hire best. "Old
Hickory' must have had the fullest confidence
in him,- as he made him his aid in war, his pri
vate secretary and confidential adviser during
the whole of his military career, and it is said
that the old hero was in a great measure in
debted to Mr. Donnelson for whatever of sue
cess attended his Administration.
THE SEPTJ2LICAN CONVENTION.
' This body, which assembled at Pittsburgh
on the 21st nlf., continued in session un
til the 23d. Twenty-tour States and two Ter
ritories were lepresented all the free and
eight of tho slave States. The result of the
Convention was the appointment of a Nation
al Executive Committee ; the calling of a Na
tional nominating Convention at Philadelphia
on the 17th of June next ; an urgent recom
mendation to organize in townships, counties,
and States; and the adoption of an address
setting forth the causes of the Republican
movement, and the necessity for it. The ad
dress takes the following positions as the ba
sis of a National Party :
- 1. That we demand and shall attempt to se
cure the repeal of all laws which allow the in
troduction f slavery into Territories once con
eccrated to Freedom ; and will resist by every
constitutional means the existence of Slavery
la any rf the Territories of the United States.
vol
and manly resistance to the usurped authority
f their lawless invaders; and will give the full
weight of our political power in favor of the
immediate admission of Kansas to the Union
as a free, sovereign and independent State.
3. Believing that tho present National Ad
ministration has shown itself to ba weak and
.faihless, end that its continuance in power is
ientifW with the progress of the slave pow-
vio uauouui aoiuciuav, , ivu -
v-iinm from the terri.'cvicf" ' n L
a I- H ;U3-
friev :----rT3 a leading purpose of
amine ir:cSoefiition to ow.ose and overthrow it
tltu U
lioots
" cJrrciAi, Mzssage or the Peesiefxt. On
the 26th ult., President Pierce transmitted to
Congress a special message, embodying a com
munication from the Secretary of the Navy,
recommending an appropriation of Three Mil
lions of Dollars for tho manufacture of addi
tional arms with all the modern improvements,
and for providing arms and munitions; and
also that all the late improvements should be
applied to the implements of war now in the
possession cf either the General Government
or in the custody of the States. Ey carrying
these recommendations into practice it is
' thought that our means of defence, in arty
contingency that may arise, would be improv
ed to an extent sufficient' to place tie on .in
equal footing with any hostile nation. On the
reception of this message, much excitement
ensued, and an animated and interesting dis
cussion arose in both ' Houses. On the 27th,
fa the Senate, Mr. Weller, from tho Military
'Committee, reported a bill for increasing the
efficiency of the army, in accordance with the
"recommendations of tho message. It was the
opinion of some that' it was a decidedly war
like document ; the friends of the Adminis
tration think otherwise, and say if the Presi
dent hrd any bellicose intentions, he would
have announced them boldly and foarlessly.
Bui, unless omc serious apprehensions of a
war, arising out of the unsettled state of onr
foreign relations, are entertained by the Na
tional Executive and its advisers, we can see
no necessity for the recommendations con
tained in the message.
" Impoxtaxt jeOj4 Washisgtox. Mr. llarcy's
final despatch to Mr. Buchanan, of December
2Sth, was contained ia the documents sent to
the Senate on last Wednesday. It demands
explicitly of the British government the r?call
of Mr. Crampton, theBritish Minister resident
t Washington.
Mr. Marcy writes: "His connection .with
.that affair, the enlistment, has rendered him
an cnacceptablo representative cf her Britan
nic Majesty near this government, and you are
directed by the President to ask her Majesty's
government to recall him."
Mr. Marcy' also asks ths recall of Consuls
Barclay, at New York, Rowecraftv at Cincin
nati, and Matthews, at Philadelphia In ref
erence to the former, he says': "The improper
conduct -of. Mr. Barclay, in the case of the
barque Maury, has justly given ofience to the
commercial community with which Le resides,
jini with which be has official connection."
. Yesterday we had sunshine,, clouds, rain,
t)t, enow, storm, ard so on, ' -. " i": - I
THE NATIONAL NOMIN AT IONS.
From the Ilarrisburgh Telegraph.
We give elsewhere in to-day's paper a report
of tho action of the American National Con
vention held in Philadelphia. ; It will be seen
that the proposition to proceed to make nomi
nations prevailed by a decided majority, and
that Millard Filimore, of New York, was se
lected as the candidate for President, and An
drew J. Donnelson, of Tennessee, for Vice
President.
The result of thi3 Convention will startle
the country, and but for some such considera
tions as are suggested by our Philadelphia
correspondent, as having been potential in
precipitating the selection of a national ticket
at this most inauspicious period, it would ut
terly defy explanation in the miads of most
prudent men, who honestly and earnestly de
sire to wrest the government from the reckless
plunderers and perfidious betrayers who have
brought upon the nation such a hideous train
of evils. "We had everything to lose by hasty
action, and nothing to gain. The elements
which must unite in support of oao ticket if
we would hope or wish to succeed, are just
now in the worst possible condition to have
candidates flung upon them from any quarter
They are inflamed, jealous and but too justly
suspicious of the good faith and integrity of
each other, and asy act looking to a struggle 1
for supremacy in shaping the course of the
campaign, is but the act of a suicide. Adhere
to our distinctive party prejudices or prefer
ences as we may, and clouded as may be the
judgment of many when called to suggest the
way to success, yet there can be no midnight
of prejudice so starless as to shut out the con
viction that in rxiox alone can thero ba vic
tory! "We have no war to wage upon the ticket of
the Philadelphia Convention far from it.
Wo have no time and as little inclination to
censure those who have strewn the already
difficult path to success with new and more
formidable barriers; but the emergency de
mands bold hearts and unflinching nerves to
care the evils which we cannot now avert. If
we should falter, with embarrassments thick
ening around ns, and our political sky cloud
ing deeper and deeper by the works of our own
friends, we could not be held otherwise than
faithless to our principles, faithless to ourselves
and faithless to our country. The work of
"Union for the sake of the Union," so auspi
ciously commenced in Pennsylvania, should
have, been the basis of national movements
touching the Presidential struggle ; and the
battle will now bear heavily upn our friends
In perfecting it, with a direct antagonism com
ing lrom the American Convention. Did that
antagonism give but the remotest hope of suc
ces, with Whigs and Republicans driven into
the position of foes, then we cculd commend
the party that took the field relying on its own
strength and defiant of all; but it is worse
than madness to rej".cA lZZ-2&&xaT
We would not have the American party Ab
olitionized, or in any degree subordinate to
that dangerous element; but we dare not dis
regard the aroused feeling in the North that
demands simple justice. It is not a narrow,
sectional or disunion sentiment to which wc
would defer it is the.giug convictions and
ZO&li -spirit whi 'jh are the natural offspring
'-of a free nconl. when the fforernmcnt is i.-nri
! A ' -3 '
ing its best energies to spread the curse of
Slavery into territory consecrated to Freedom
by the plighted faith of the cation. To this
sentfment we must yield or fall, and fall justly,
through intestine conflicts. With a common
cause and a common foe with a common pa
triotism to inspire us and with a common
country to redeem, wc should at least consent
to be just to the great North when justice on
ly is demanded to secure concert of action and
a common victory. The Whig party was onco
proud and powerful. It marshaled in its no
ble ranks the brightest intellects of the age,
and, whether in power or out of it, exerted a
controlling influence in shaping the destiny of
the nation. It was the true national party.
Side by side with our northern statesmen stood
the Clays, tho Bells, the Prestons, the Crittcn
dens and others in support of the principle
that Slavery should not be extended Ly the
government. But gradually it yielded to the
demands of the "peculiar institution," and fi
nally in an evil hour sought to compete with
the Democracy for sectional strength, and from
thence it exists only on the dim canvass of the
past. Its greatness only made its wreck the
more terrible and complete. And yet with
the fate of the Whig party s-till fresh in tie
recoliection of all, the American party seems
not to have profited by the lesson. In 15-S1,
the American party was triumphant in erery
northern Stats, because it was clearly and un
qualifiedly identified with the anti-Nebraska
sentiment not theAbolitionism of the North,
and the popular agencies which brought victo
ry to its banner are as potent to-day as they
wero then. We should not, therefore, if wt
could bet we dare xot now forget that there
is a North !
The time is not yet for cs to determine
how we shall vote for President. We shall
ttand firm to the position assumed by the U
nion sentiment in Pennsylvania, and where it
leads we shall follow. We have no war to
wage against any ticket but the one to be pre
sented by the Cincinnati Convention, and a
gainst that our best energies .shall be directed
anft in support of" that opposition ticket most
likely to succeed. We still hope that time
and the manifest necessity of concert of action
shall soften the asperities and dissipate the
differences which now divide friends, and
while there is" hope of such a desirable, result,
we shall neither accept or reject, any ticket
coming from any organization opposed to the
destructive policy of the Pierce administra
tion. We believe that union is still possible,
and that a ticket can be presented ou liberal
and conservative American and anti-Nebraska
grounds that can command the votes of a ma
jority, of the American people ; and so. believ
ing, we can but work and wait for that union
; that alone can be the harbinger of victory,.
SPECIAL MESSAGE.
The President, on Tuesday, transmitted to
Congress the subjoined special message :
WAsmsGTOX, February 2G, 185G.
To the House cf Representatives of ike United
States : I herewith transmit and recommend
to the favorable consideration cf Congress a
communication from the Secretary of War,
asking a special appropi iation of three millions
of dollars to prepare armaments and ammuni
tion for the fortifications, to increase the sup
ply of improved small arms, and to apply re
cent improvements to arms of old patterns be
longing to the United States and the several
States. Fiiasexix Pierce.
Wasiiisgtox, February 25, 1S5G.
Sir : Improvements in arms and munitions
of .war having been recently perfected where
by their efficiency has been much increased,
it is very desirable that these improvements
should bo applied as far and as soon as practi
cable to the arms on hand, both in the Govern
ment arsenals and in the possession of the
States.
Although our present supply of arms is as
good as and probably superior to those of the
same date of manufacture of any other nation,
we should have in the use of them, in their
present condition, to cope at disadvantage with
others who may have been boforchaud with us
. .. rr,i;(inn to their arms of the i
mtoewiMWtt"" -
recent improvements.
on gradually and slowly the work of prepara
tion for military efficiency, both offensive and
defensive ; and in pursuance of this policy the
estimates of the War Department, from year
to year, have been limited to the execution of
such work only as accorded with the ordinary
means of our armories and arsenals, with but a
small force of operatives in employment. The
regular estimates last submitted to Congress
are based on theso consideration?. , In view,
however, of the propriety of assuring, at the
earliest practical 1? period, military efficiency
as regards armament and munitions, (we have
it abundantly as regards men,) it seems pro
per that more active and vigorous measures
should now be adopted ; that we should in
crease the capacity for production and the
force in employment at our armories and ar
senals ; that we should pr-.-pare more rapidly
armaments and ammunition lor our fortifica
tions; that wo should increase our supplies of
improved small arms by the mamif scture of
new ones and by the alteration of those of past
dates of fabrication, including both United
States and State arms; and that we should pro
vide ample supplies of ammunition, accoutre
ments, and implements for the immediate and
most efficient use of the whole.
In order to efiect this it is necessary that
more than ordinary means be placed at the dis
posal if tho Executive, and I respectfully sug
gest and recommend that application be made
for an early appropriation of thr?e millions of
j the country, to be applied, at the discretion o;
the President, towards the object b?f-re sta
ted. I have tho honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JirrFTBSOx Davis, .
To the President. Secretarv of War.
The BniTisn Enlistment Coxtcovkhst.
The official correspondence in relation to the
British enlistment cases, and the viol ttion of
our neutrality laws, has been published, but
its greit length precludes us from presenting
it to our readers. The correspondence show
that the subject has been earnestly and ably
discussed on both sides, but we think the un
prejudiced reader will scarcely finish the vol
uminous examination of the subject made in
Mr. Marcy's closing despatch, without gaining
tho conviction that upon all the substantial
points in the dispute the American view is
fully sustained, and that the British Govern
ment and its agents have been guilty of a seri
ous breach of international law and courtesy
for which as yet no adequate apology has been
tendered.
An early part of tha correspondence ex
plains the circumstances under which a quali
fied expression of satisfaction with the expla
nations afforded by the British Government
was expressed by Mr. Buchanan, and which
hos lately been alluded to by Lord Clarendon
in the Douse of Parliament. Mr. Buchanan,
under instructions from Mr. Marcy, had call
ed the attention of the British Government to
the violation of our neutrality laws. On the
lGth of July last, Lord Clarendon, in 'a note
to Mr. Buchanan, expressed regret that the
said laws had been infringed, and assarted
that the infraction was in contravention of his
instructions. lie admitted that there were
persons who wished to enlist as volunteers and
that the British Government had appointed a
rendezvous within the British possessions for
that purpose, claiming this to be a right, upon
the pretext that the advertisements and re
cruitments were conducted by self-constituted
and unauthorized agents. He denied tho ac
countability of his Government. Mr. Buchan
an expressed satisfaction at this assurance, net
knowing then that, at that very day, Mr. Mar
cy was Writing of enlistments, under British
agents and complicity of British officials.
Upon learning this complicity of the British
minister and ether official?, Mr. Buchanan in
a note addressed to Mr. Marcy, dated October
3, 18-V, remarks: "I need scarcely say that,
had I been informed that her Britannic Majes
ty's representative at Washington had placed
himself in the position attributed to him by
Capt. Strobcl, I should not have expressed to
Lord Chtrenion my satisfaction in transmit
ting to you his note of the 16th July."
. lxHViLvx We saw, says an exchange, on a
coid day recently, in one of our cars, a lady,
dressed warmly in shawls and furs, with a
babe of perhaps" two years old, dressed in only
slip and apron and a small handkerchief tied
around its neck, with arms entirely bare and
looking as red as a boiled lobster. It was ob
served by a passenger that she was placing. the
child on the expresi line for heaven.
IMPOSTANT FEOM NICABAGUA.
New -Yoke, Feb. 23. The steauier Star of
the "West, from San Juan, arrived this morn
ing. She left Key "West on the 23d inst.
Tho Star of the West brings 5330,000 in
treasure, 100,000 of which is consigned to
Messrs. Drexel & Co.
On the 10th inst. a decree was promulgated
in the city of Grenada, claiming and annexing
the whohr Mosquito territory as an integral
portion of Nicaragua.
Shortly afterwards the diplomatic coips,
headed by Col. Kinney, arrived at Grenada
from San Juan, and had an audience with Gen.
Walker. On the following day, Col. Kinney
was placed under arrest, and subsequently
banished from the territory of Nicaragua. lie
was sent under the charge of Major Martiu to
the Atlantic seaboard.
The decree of President Rivas, of Walker's
government, dated Grenada,. Feb. 10th, de
clares that the title of the Republic of Nicara
gua to the Mosquito Territory is notorious and
incontestable.
It declares also that Cl. Kinney, Shepherd
Haley, and all persons claiming under them
are guilty of an attempt against tha integrity
of Central-America.
El Niciraguease, Walker's official organ.
published at Grenada, says that Col. Kinney,
ft- his interview with Col. Walker, proposed a
peaccablodivision of Nicaragua into two States
Mosquito. Walker d.clin.d
the proposition. Kinney then offered his ser
vices to the new Republic, which were also, de
clined, Walker telling him that bis antecedent
precluded his holding an official position under
the government of Nicaragua.
Subsequently another interview was had,
shortly after which Kinney was arrested and
held a prisoner. He wa3 afterwards ordered
to leave the State, and he departed oa the th
of February for Virgin Bay, then around to
San Juan and New Orleans.
Col. Louis Schlesinger Lad gone to San.
Jose as Commissioner of Nicaragua, to demand
explanation from the government cf Costa Ri
ca, regarding its refusal to hold intercourse
with the new republic.
Advices Lava been received from San Salva
dor by Walker. Gen. Cabanas was there, en
deavoring to incite the San Salvadoreans to
hostilti.-s against Nitaragua. The people of
the former country were highly incensed a
gainst Walker, and it was feared that they
would adopt measures to provoke a war.
A rumor of a league, ollensive and defensive
between Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and
San Salvador, causes considerable uneasiness
to Walker's government.- El Nicaraguer.se
his a long aiticle on the subject, ending as
follows;
"We have stood to the faith of mfioas, we
have acted honorably and with a most concil
iatory spirit to all the Republics of Central
America, and will still pursue the sune une-
u de-perate alternative, and shotila disconten
ted politicians inflame against us the ignorant
people of the adjoining States, we can only ad
judge them as it has been done siuce the be
ginning : those who draw the sword shall per
ish bv the sword."
Latest rao;i ErscpE. The mail steamship
America, from Liverpool via Halifax, arrived
at Boston, on the 1st inst., at 7 oclock, p. m.
The Captain of the Ameriaa, says there is no
truth in tho report of their having seen a stea
mer, on the the third day. out of the America
from Liverpool, heading towards St. George's
Channel, as was reported fram Hal'ifax. The
America reports having passed, on Wednes
day, Feb. 20, in Lit. 53 13, Ion. 23 51. a large
steamer with two funnels, bound cast, suppos
ed to have lieen the Fulton. . The AiAcrica en
countered large fieldsof ice during the voyage
and on the 25th ult., passo'l a large field, and
clear water could not be seen in tLe north from
the mast-head. The America's Canptain says
that if the Pacific got into the ice will yet be
heard from.
London, Feb. 10. Count Cavour arrived in
Paris yesterday. The sudden fall in the Eng
lish funds yesterday was announced by tele
graph to the Paris Bourse, and produced some
thing like a panic. The cause was not known
at first, and reports were circulated attributing
the decline of the English funds to a complete
rupture with the United States; to disturban
ces in the large towns; to the fall of tho Pal
merston Cabinet, and to other improbable cir
cumstances. The alarm diminished towards
the latter part of flic day.
The Assemblee National contains an article
in which an attempt is made to inspire distrust
concerning the defensive works in the course
of construction at Portsmouth. It says they
cannot be intended as a protection against ei
ther Russian or an American fleet.
It is said that a difi'erence has arisen in the
Sardianian Cabinet on the question of conces
Mon to tho Holy Sec. The Prime M inister is
in favor of this policy, while the Minister of
the Interior contends that it would be a dis
play of feebleness not warranted by the
circumstances.
Chicaco, March 1. The Salt Lake mil for
Dec. reached Independence on the 2oth nit.
The mail party was detained by snow, from 2
to 3 feet deep. Fort Laramie was reached on
the 1st of January. The intensity of the wea
ther was such that the troops at Forts Kear
ney and Laramie could with difficulty be pro
tected from it. Dates have been received from
Kansas to the 20th nit. Tho Kickapoo Ran
gers had commenced preparations'or driving
the Free State settlers from their claims.'
British Diplomact ExrLAixEn'.-Kpssuth,
Ex-Governor of Hungary, thus interprets the
Central American treaty: "Two travellers
had but one horse ; one of them proposed an
agreement on these terms: the first half hour
yon shall walk and I will ride ; the second half
an hour I will ride and you shall walk. Just
such would be the Central American treaty,
according to the English interpretation." :
NATIONAL AMERICAN CONTENTION.
IEB. 25tH. ATTERXOOX 8ESSIOX.
The Convention was called to order by the
President, at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Brownlow arose and proposed to receive
into the church Gen. Call, of Florida, Percy
Walker, of Alabama, and all others who Lad
been going astray. Mr. Brownlow, amid great
applause, advanced toward Gen. Call, and cm
braced him. The greatest merriment was ce
cal? oned by this fond embrace, and Mr.
Brownlow took his seat, with his brow radiant
with joy, amid the cheers of all present.
The vote for President was then proceeded
with, the nami of each member being called,
each State being entitled to its vote iu the
Electoral College, the absantecs to be voted
for proportionably by the votes cast; no State
not represented to be entitled to vote, with
the following result :
For Millard Fillmore, . ' 170 - "
George Law, 24.
Garret Davis, 10
Judge McLean, 18 -
Samuel Houston, . .. 8
. Kenneth Rayner, 34
The Chair declared that Millard Fillmore
having received a majority cf the votes cast,
was the nominee of the Couvection for the of
fice of President of the United States.
Mr. Scragga, of N. Y., said, as he had Cist
nominated George Law fr President, he now
moved that Millard nilmorc bo declared the
unanimous choice of. the Convention.
The motion being put, It was carried by a
tremendous shout of "Ayes." j
Six hearty cheers were then given, and the ;
greatest joy prevailed, amid all present, there
being at thi3 time COO outsiders in the room,
who gave vent to their feelings of delight in
tones of thunder. Mr. Reedy, of Tenn., pro
posed three cheers for New York, which were
given. Loud cries now ensued for Brooks, of
N. Y. Three cheers were givn lor Kentucky.
Mr. Boiling, of Ya., said ha came here on a
platform "of right and victory." We Lai now
got Fiilmore, and we wanted one. of the two
old Dickcrys. He therefore nominated Gen.
Call, of Tla., for Vice President, and eulogised
him as a man of truth, courage and ability.
Kenneth Kayr.er.ofN. C, was also nominated.
Gen. Call, said he was deeply Impressed
with the gratitude of his brother in nominating ', they would net be put before the people wrong
him far the distinguished office. He desired J felly. He thought that if they protested a
to say he was one man of the American party j gainst the Nebraska bill, and against tie man
who wanted nothing for himself, but all for j who had signed the infamous Fugitive Slave
his country. His hands Lad ever ministered i it would be enough. He wanted the body
to his necesities, and hoped they would con- j to go beforo the people as Americans, not m
tinue to do so hereafter. All he wanted was
peace, harmony, and the prosperity of the
country. He, therefore, most respectfully de
clined the distinguished honor, ard begged to
be permitted to present one more acceptable.
lis proposed the name of Andrew Jackson
Donueison, of Tennessee, lmmer.se applause
followed this announcement. Mr. Call contin
ued his remarks, and said .that Mr. Donnelson
iv.c p.fLtn 1 ,;.r.lvciv- '-ir".- T,v.".
and was aid de camp from the time he gradu
ated at West Point. He knew him io be a
man of tho highest honor sr:d capacities wor-
thy cf any position thut might be assigned
him. No man knew more of the past admin-
Mr.- D. lie was Li3 aid in war, his private
secretary and confidential friend and adviser.
The speaker finished his remarks by sayiig
that he was personally aware of the fact that
Gen. Jackson was more indebted to Mr. Don
nelson for the brilliant success of Lis admin
istration than any other living man.
Mr. Brooks was loudly called for. Ho pro
mised that, while Mr. Fillmore would be true
to the North, and maintain her honor, he
would le equally so to the South and the Con
stitution, and that New York would not dis
honor the nominee.
Mr. A. H. II. Stewart, former Secretary of
Interior under Mr. Fillmore, promised that
old Virginia would be carried for Fillmore
ani Donaldson.
Mr. Andrews, of Virginia, nominated Percy
Walker, cf Alabama, for Vice President.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for a candidate for Vice President. The bal
loting was attended with much excitement and
the frequent change created difficulty in ma
king short a correct record. The candidates
at first voted for, were Win' 11. Smith, of Ala.,
Andrew Jackson Donnelson, of Tenn., Percy
Walker, of Ala., A. II. II. Stuart, of Ya., H.
J. Gardner, of Mass., and Kenneth Rayner, cf
N. C. But after the vote had been called,
delegates from different States arose, and
changed their votes in favor ol Mr. Donnelson.
The result was announced as follows:
For Percy Walker, 3
A. H. II. Stuart, 2
Kenneth liayner, 8
Andrew J. Donaldson, 1SI
H. J. Gardner, 12
Mr. Donaldson having received a majority of
the votes for the Vice Presidency, was decla
red duly nominated for that position.
Oa motion, and amid much applause, the
nomination was made unanimous.
After a number of short speeches, and a
mong the rest, one from Mr. Donnelson, Mr.
McCune, of V., said that the National Council
had adopted a platform which was satisfacto
ry neither to the North nor to the South.
They had now a platform which was satisfac
tory to both, ia the shape of Fillmore and
Donnelson. He moved that this Convention
repudiate all platforms. The motion was sec
onded, and thereupon a great scene of confu
sion took place, in the midst of which the
vote was taken on the motion, but it was im
possible for any one to decide whether it was
adopted or rejected. The President was tin
able to tell, but he thought it was lost. On
the other hand, the Virginians contended that
it was adopted. In the midst of the confu
sion, a motion was made to adjourn "nefic,
and it prevailed.
MEETING OS" B0LTESS.
The Northern and Western Delegates, who
bolted from the American National Conven
tion on Monday of last week, when the vote on
Mr. Killinger's resolution was announced, met
in the ffternoon, at the Merchants' Hotel, and !
organized by the selection of Ex-Gov. Tho.
Hi Ford, as President, and L. G. Peck, acd
L. n. "Webster, Secretaries.
The following named Delegates were pres
ent, Ex-Gov. Colby, of N. II. ; L. G. reek.
J. E. Dunham, H. Griswald, E.Perkins, D.
B. Booth, of Conn.; E. J. Nightingale, Oliver
Chase, of R. I.; W. S. Thurston, Z. K. Pang
burn, cf Mass. ; Jhn Williamson, B. M. P. id.
die, T. J. Coffee, S. P. Chase, of Tc-n.; A. r.
Spooner, T. II. Ford, h. II. 0!!?, O. J. Fish
back, Thomas McClees, E. T. Sturtevsct, II.
C. Hedges, J. II. Baker, N. H, C. Mitchell,
Jacob Eggbert, W. B. Allison, W. E. Chap
man, A. D. Eodgers Chas. Nichols, W7 Gil
more, D. W. Starabangh, of Ohio ; L. H. Web
ster, W. Penn Clark, of Iowa j Henry Ss Jen
nings, of Illinois.
Mr. Clark, cf Iowa, moved that a commit
tee ot one from eacb State be appointed to
prepare a protest or a aeries of resolutions ex
pressive of the sentiments of the body.
Mr. Clark said that his object was to Lave
?uch a protest prepared as would show that
the other body waa not national.
A discussion arose on the motion.
Mr. Dunham, of Conn., said that he w'on'
act with the present body, if there was to Le
no afSliation with the black Republicans, ne
was still an American, and would continue to
be so, but he could not stand on the Platform
adopted by tha other body. '
Mr. Booth, of -Conn., was of the same opin
ion, ne said that if Mr. Fillmore be nomina-
ted by tho ether Covention, aad he would b
willing to stand on the antl-Nefcrcska Platform,
h-3 could go for Lim. He had bolted from the
June Convention, because he could not stand
on the Platform with the twelfth si-ction ia it-, .
ho had bolted from the convention to-day, be
cause it had refused to repudiate the Nebras
ka iniquity; and without meaning to be Irrev
erent, said he, I swear that I wiil always bvlt
whenever that measure is sustained.
Mr. Stambaugh, of Ohio, thought It would
not do for the Bolters to be stifT. If fhe" Re
publicans could meet them on the American
Platform, ha did not see why they could not
embrace. He expected, he said, to stump the .
State next fall for the Republican measures.
Gen. Williamson, of Pa., said that be hoped
, Republicans. If, said he, you put us before the
pc-ople as Republicans you destroy us.as much
a; we are destroyed by the action cf the oth- r
body, in rc-f using to repudiate tho Nebraska
bill. After some further discussion, the mo
tion to appoint a Committee prevailed; th
EoltTislhen adjoKrnei to meet at S, P. M.
At 8 o'clock tha Delegates sga-n assembly!
-v h .Uu iriittnt' U-otul. TLaro irer ijllit'j A
number present who were not at the afternoon
Eession. Among them was Gov. Johnston, or
Pa. The following protest .is present el by th
Committeec eppcinted ia the afuruoon, thro'
i the Chairman, Mr. Biddie, of Pa.:
Tj the Jlr.-.irica Parly of the Union : The
undersigned Delegates to the National Nomi
nating Convention, now in session at Philadel
phia find themselves compelled to dissent
from the principles avowed by that LoJy.
And holding the opinion, as they do, that th
restoration of the Missouri Comprom!.se, de
manded ly the freemen of the North, ia re
dress ol an undeniable wrcv.g, ai the ir.?er
tion cf it in spirit lit least indispensable tha
repese of the coufitry, they have regarded the
refr.ifll of that Convention to recegui.'-e ti.
well defined opinions cf the North, and of th
Americans of the free States, upon this ques
tion, as a denial of their light and a rebuke
of their sc-iuiment.
They have therefore withdr.iwa free the
Nominating Convention, rvi'usir-g top?rt::!
pate in the prop--eei nominations,. &.-d ncwai
dress themselves to the Americans of t.v;
couufry, especially of the States they repre
sent, to justify and approve their action ; and
to the end that nominations confirming to tha
overruling sentiments ol the country on tha
great issue, may be regularly and auspicious
ly made, the undersigned propose to th
Americans in all the States, to assemble fa
their several State organization, and that Del
egates be sent to the Convention to meet In
the City of New York, on Thursday, the 16th
of June next, for tho purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President
of the United Sutcs.
The discussion was confined to a few of thoa
present, and was of rather spicy character.
Some of the Delegates decided in favor of
uniting with the Republicans, whila other
said that if that were done, they could not re
main in the organization. Adjourned. .
Cool. Iu Detroit, Patrick Towslee stabbed
a man named McGLuighlin so that he died in
a few days. WLile his victim was lying on his
death-bed, Towslee sent him word that h
would settle the matter for $40. This beats
the man who said, "I forgive you the $5 I owe
you." "..'-,
The Charter of tho "Franciscan Brothers,
of Cambria county," which passed the Hocso
of Representatives, has been reported in tha
Senate, fiora a committee, with a recommen
dation that ibo negatived. The bill releas
es the property from taxation.
Dr. Robinson was asked by Gov. Shannon
what the free-State men would do if comman
ded to deliver vtp their arms? ."Well," said
the doctor, "I would propose a compromise
keep the : ifes and gi're them the contents ."
. A Texas exchange says that the earth is o
kind in that State, that "just tickle her with a
hoe and she will laugh with a harvest." -
Heads rr. If you would get along In 1
world you must hold p your head even i
there is nothing ia It,
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